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Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-27
A VANISHED RAGE.

1 The eruption of Soufriere volcano on the Island of St Vincent added the
 finishing touches to a tragedy that has
 been enacting in the Caribbees for
 centuries. Tn little valley near the slopes of Soufriere there lived the rem
 nant of once powerful tribe of Indi- ans, the carlos. When Columbus
 came to this country the Carlos domi- hated the north coast of South Ameri- ca and the islands skirting the Carib-
 bean sea- They were fierce and war like race of red Indians. Tn battle they were relentless and cruel, but with kind of thrift associated with laziness they treated their prisoners well, making slaves of them and often marrying the women. In this way the race was constantly changing It did not begin to deteriorate, however. un- til after the importation of African slaves, when there sprang up a race known as black Carlos.
 When Spaniards conquered and oc- cupied the Antilles they at first tried to enslaye the Carlos. This they found impossible of accomplishment, so they began that other process, ex- termination. Gradually the Carlos yielded before the superior race and ip one Island after another they dis appeared. With them disappeared the picturesque nomenclature of the is lands and in it's place came the hide ous style of designation so common to Spanish countries, with it's confusing duplication of St This and St That. It was much the same i'll the islands oc-. cupied by the English. Long and bloody wars were fought and the Car ibs, reduced to a mere handful, disap- peared save ill their last stronghold. the Island of St Vincent. This is- land the Spaniards had not deemed worth the cost of conquest, and the English when they took possession. gave the Caribs a small reservation in the mountains. Here they lived, and But these black Caribs are said to have been nearer the original type than any other descendants of the race. There is a branch of the tribe in Hon. duras, but so degenerate is it that it is scarcely recognizable Hence those black Carlos on the Island of St Vim cent may be regarded as practically the last of their race
 Dispatches from Martinique inform uo llidI VI tue two lHOuSauu N1cIlInS or Soufriere volcano the majority are said to be Carib Indians. This means that the race has been practically ex- terminated. that it has vanished from the face of the earth. A people once feared by all who knew them, tribe that dominated all the country round about, q race of freebooters who drew their subsistence from whatever people crossed their path--they have faded and disappeared before superior civ. ilization. And it was q fitting end. too. They perished not by the hand of man nor by the insidious inroads of disease, but in one of Natures great est cataclysms. Grand and terrible was their fate. They yielded only to force no mortal man could combat Utica Observer
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-27
PRIZE CRANKS.

''We certainly do have some peculiar customers.' conceded the wool under wear salesmen yesterday. '.Take, for instance, that man just going out. Why he's tried everything as often as it came out with sufficient advertising to suggest itself. Linen. cotton and every other material he has gone into with equal enthusiasm, only to be on the lookout for something new the he'd try chain armor if the case were attractively put before him! To-day he was real wicked. He said he had a scheme whereby lhz intended to rob us. His idea is to buy four suits of wool gauge underwear many sizes too large for him. He reasons it will be all the cooler and more airy, so he will be comfortable all summer Then by winter the things will have shrunk until they're as thicks as boards, so he'll be right in it summer and win ter with the same underwear. He's one of our prize cranks.' .''-Philadel- phia Record.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-27
STOOD KNEE DEEP IN SILVER.
But Costello. Bafnum's Famous Clown,
 Is Now Dying in Want.

lp 4NOW Dll HE LII " ttht.
 Dan Costello, once millionaire and former friend of F. T. Barnum, the famous snowman. says the Chi cago Chronicle of the 14th, was taken to the county hospital last night by the police of the Harrison street sta tion.
 Almost penniless and suffering from a severe attack of pneumonia. Costel- 10 was found in cheap lodging house in the .levee'' istr1ct, where for some time he had been living in obscurity, his whereabouts unknown to his for mer friends and associates. Physi- clans at the hospital say Costello's con- dition is dangerous and that his chanc- es for recovery are light.
 Costello is now almost 70 years old, and owing to age and long suffering from priyation and want, he would not be recognized even by his best friends as the one time famous clown who made multitudes of two continents laugh and whose satire and comedy caused pleasure in almost every corner of the globe
 Costello at one time, in addition to his reputation as a clown and funmak CT, was known as the greatest expert in the handling of money in the United States. He acted as financial man for the great Barnum shows. and for years sold tickets for the main office in front of the great tents.
 He was known as lightning calcu- lator, and could receive and make change with more rapidity and correct ness than any other three men in the business.
 It has been said that he frequently stood knee deep in silver in the ticket wagon, yet he never made mistake as he exchanged pieces of cardboard for the money of the struggling masses, Costello, so far as can be learned, was born in England and came to this country when a boy. He joined the Barnum shows and later secured an in- terest in the great amusement enter prise. In 1878 he is said to have sold his interest in the circus for $700,000. At that time he became interested in mines in the Black Hills. and the for tune he had made in the show business is said to have been lost there i'll the quest for gold.
 Costello is said to have been one of the first to take a shelter into the Black Hills country. He, with others, secured large mining claims; which they equipped with the latest improved machinery. The mines proved a fail ure, however, and Costello, it is said lost his entire fortune.
 Then. broken in health, he returned to the East, and for several years en- gagged in various business ventures. He
 was unable to recuperate his losses, and later he came to Chicago. For several months he lived in lodging houses, and one week ago he contrac- ted a severe cold, which developed in- to pneumonia.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-27
HEARD za PASSING

If there should be a slip twixt cup and lip in South Africa now, London and England's disappointment would be keen indeed. At present the pig city and Englishmen generally refuse to admit the possibility of such a thing It is to be hoped the event may 1ustlfy their confidence, and that right speedily. One of the rumors is that. with the re turn of peace the government will re- peal the duties recently put upon lm- ported grain, four and meal-the so- called .scorn duties.' If that is done, Lord Rosebery will be '.out' an issue which he seems to have inspected through a magnifying glass and sized up as q big thing for campaign use.- Hartford Courant.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-27
The American Society of Civil En

The American Society of Civil En- gineers is holding a large and enthus- iastic meeting in Washington. Ad- nIiral Melville extended to the society the welcome of the District of Colum- bia, remarl1ing in so doing upon the extent to which Washington is becom- ing an engineering center. The so- ciety appears to take great interest in the engineering projects which are calculated to make Washington the most beautiful capital in the world.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-27

The riots in several places of late caused by the raise in the price of meats shows what the people can and will do when aroused to the proper pitch. A writer in a magazine speak ing on this question says that bread riots have been common in history
 but that meat riots are new. A sin gular incident of the agitation against the great meat-selling corporations was seen in the disturbances in the Jewish quarters of New York last week. The agitation was directed against the kosher butchers, whose meat is inspected and certified by the rabbis as in accordance with Mosaic law. It is charged that these retail butchers took advantage of the fact that they practically had the orthodox Jews at their mercy and raised prices inordinately-for instance, converting raise of quarter of cent in whole sale price to three cents in the retail price. Hence arose what the Yid- dish. newspapers called 8 "ReyolItion of the Women" Not content with boycotting the dealers themselves and urging others to do so, the women sent picket committee to every shop and issued circulars setting forth their wrongs and saying, Buy no meat yourself, and let no one else buy!v and describing the butchers as loving dia- monds more than humanity. More over, the women agitators seized the meat bought by those who refused to join the movement, threw it in the streets, or poured oil upon 1t. At one time some three thousand excited wo- men thronged the streets of the so- called Ghetto, and breaches of the peace were common if not very dan- gerous. The police were unable to keep. order, and in one day they were forced to make six hundred arrests.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-27

''Your cavalry is magnificent" Gen. eral Burgere said to President Roose- welt Saturday afternoon. ..It is the best cavalry in the world. We have cavalry, Germany has cavalry, England has cavalry, but there is nothing like the cavalry of the United States. It fights as well off of horses as on horses. Hartford Courant.
 The French general must be given credit for Knowing a good thing when he sees it. His compliment to the United States cavalry is no doubt de- served, and coming from such source, it is worth something. What will the other fellows say?
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-27
WHOOPING COUGH.

A woman who has had experience with this disease tells how to prevent any dangerous consequences from it. She says: Our three children took whooping cough last summer, our baby boy being only three months old, and owing to our giving them Cham berlain's Cough Remedy they lost none of their plumpness and came out in much better health than other chill dren whose parents did not use this remedy. Our oldest little girl would call lustily for cough syrup between whoops-Jessi Pinkey Hall, Spring vile, Ala. This remedy is for sale by all druggists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-27
NO LOSS nE rIAIr

I have sold Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for years and would rather be out of cof- fee and sugar than it. I sold five bot- ties of it yesterday to threshers That could go no further. and they are of work again this morning.-H. Phelps, Plymouth. Oklahoma. As will be seen by the above the tbresh- CTS were able to keep on with their work without losing a single days time. You should keep a bottle of this remedy In your home. For gle by all druggists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-27
Hubar e Co.
 I2l South Main Street.

There's advertising every day,
 And each on fancy lines; There's patent cures for all diseases
 Except the use of wines. We know not if they tell the truth,
 But this we say to thee: For health and strength and merri-
 ment,
 Drink Fenton's Breakfast Tea. There are many imitators
 Of our business and our art, And there may be some pretenders
 Who may fancy they are smart. But we stand before the public
 AS solid as can be, And the best produce from China
 Is Fenton's Oolong Tea. We are not monopolistic
 Tn the race for mundane gain; We'll treat you well whene'er you call At Jefferson and South Main. That is an old established house
 Where many things are free. And all our goods are up to date,
 Like Fenton's Ceylon Tea.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-27

Tn a few instances the windows of butcher shops were broken and the meat thrown out, but for the most part the rioters were noisy rather than bent on serious mischief.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-27

Try the new remedy for costlveness, Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets. Every box guaranteed. Price, 9 cents. For sale 5y all drug gists.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-27
SPECIAL SALE
 ON. Or Neck RlffS.

Just receiveda large consignment o these goods ln all sylesPlain whites plain Hacks and combinations o both coIos Some very handsome pieces and at very low prce We would advise you to make selection early as they VIII sold very quickly at the prices they are marked lnlS week only for Special Sale Another new lot ofShrt waists, handsome styles and patterns prices way down Ou ey of suits and jackets is as usual the best in the towf mencing Wednesday, May IA are going to offer " As order made in any style from SIP up Ahandsoe serge or chevot suit blue black good Things throughout fine y tailored for SIP This special offer remains open until Saturday, May IT, Call and see us.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-20
STARTLING DECISION.
New York Judge Claims that Disor-
derry Conduct Is No Charge.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.--Should the
view of Judge WiInlot II. Smith be
upheld. il is "stir'a Ell that 10000 per-
sens serving sentences in the four
county jails Of Greater New York II ay
be released.
Judge Smith, sitting in special term
of the supreme court in Long Island
city has rendered this opinion in a
decision on writ OF habeas corpus
obtained for two young men who were
arrested a month ago on the charge
of disorderly conduct.
They were sentenced to six months
in the Kings county Jail Judge Smith
after listening 10 the al gumcnts in the
case ordered the immediate release of
the two men and in 10 minutes they
were free,
1t was upheld by Judge Smith that
no magistrate in the City Of New
York had the right to do anything
more than to hold an alleged offender
for a higher court or for the grand
jury. He said not only that there
was not such a thing as disorderly
conduct, but that all police magls-
trate could do when a prisoner was
accused of intoxication was to hold
him while his case was being investi-
gated by the commissioner of charities.
The matter probably will be submit
ted to the appellate court for a rul-
ing.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-20
BAD WRECK IN OHIO.

CHILLICoTHE. o., Sept l9.--Twc
persons were killed and a injured in
wreck on the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern railroad at Leesburg, IS
miles from here, last night. The dead:
PHILIP ROE. engineer, Chillicothe.
CHARLES STURpER, fireman, Chill
licothe.
The most seriously injured are:
Mrs. John Seles, wellston, will die.
Mrs, Sylvest. injured about the head.
Charles Mosher, Chillicothe hurt
about back.
Mrs, George Warner, hurt about arms
and head
Mabel Warner. bruised about face.
John Sellers. Wellston, hurt about
leg.
Mrs, John Sellers, bruised about face
and head,
Mrs, Sylvester wellston, body badly
bruised.
Mrs, Otto wissler, Chinlcothe, hurt
about body, baby child also injured
Henry Greenbaum, Chillleothe, bruis-
ed about body.
Unknown Englishman, cut about
head.
The train wrecked was the No.
Royal Blue Flyer" which left Cincin-
natl at $40 p m, 1t consisted Of eight
coaches and was crowded with pas
sengers returning from the Cincinnati
Fall Festival
The train was running at the rate Of
so miles an hour when 1t ran ito an
open switch, every car leaving the
track The engine exploded and En-
gineer Roe and Firemn Studer We're
killed outright The postal and bag
gage cars piled on top of the engine
tank, and the rest of the cars were
more or less damaged. General Man
ager l, G. Rawn was in his private
car on the rear of the train and he
superintended the removal Of the in
jured brought here. They arrived here
after midnight and were at once taken
to the Warner house, where they were
placed In the hands Of local physicians,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-20
Negro Baptist Quarrels With Choir
Fight Causes Stampede.
Mistaking Cry of Eight for .Fire" 1000 peonle
become Panic Stricken = Dreadful Scenes
Around the Edifice

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Sept. 1s.-In an
awful crush Of humanity caused by A
stampede in the Shiloh Negro Baptisa
church tonight rs persons were killed
and as many more were riouslv
injured. The catastrophe occurred
just as Booker T. Washington had con-
cluded an address to the national con-
vention Of Baptlsts, and for three
hours the scenes around the church
were indescribable. The dead bodit
were strewn in every direction and the
ambulances OF this city were utterly
unable TO remove them. Dozens of the
the dead bodies were arranged In
rows on the ground outside of the
house OF worship, awaiting their re-
moval to the various undertaking es-
adjustments. while more than score
were laid on the benches inside. The
church is the largest for negroes in
Birmingham and the pastor believes
that there were at least 1000 persons
present in the edifice when the stam-
pede began.
Just as Booker T. Washington con-
cluded his address, Judge BilIou, a
negro leader from Baltimore, Nd, en-
gagged in an alteration with the choir
leader concerning an unoccupied chair,
and 1t is said that blows were struck.
Some one in chair cried: They're
lighting" Mistaklng the word Fight
ing" for Fire" the congrega ion rose
en- masse and started for the door,
The ministers tried again and again
to stop the stampede, but no power on
earth could stay the struggling, fight
ing mass OF humanity. The level Il
the floor is about is feet from the
ground. and long steps lead to the
sidewalk from the lobby just outside
of the main auditorium. In Is min
utes persons were piled on each other
to the height of 10 feet. Two white
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-20
BRITISH EDUCATION.
London Times Endorses system in
Leading American Cities,

NEW YORK. Sept ls.-In an e,ito-
rial article today the Times warmly
advocates the development of the va
cation school system in the United
Kingdom upon the lines already sue
cessfully followed in New York, Chica-
go and elsewhere in America, cables
the London correspondent of the New
York Times.
1t Is refreshing, concludes the edito-
rial, In themidst Of so much barren
discussion upon education from every
point Of view except the good of chill
dren, to find an educational movement
so wholly admirable in itself and with
such promise of genuine usefulness.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-20
A DAY OF SMASHES
Railroads Deal Death and De.
structiOn in Three Differ.
ent Places.
Friday Seems to BE An UnIucky
Day--Largc Number Are In
jured aud Killed as Result
or Collision.

TACOMA, Sept. ia head on
freight train collision on heavy down
grade at the eastern end Of the North
ern Pacific tunnel through the Cas-
cade mountains last night caused tho
death Of H. 8. shaffer, fireman, and the
serious injury Of A. ]. Adams, engin i.
eer, both of Tacoma. Brakeman w.
oswold, also OF Tacoma, was badly
hurt. The wreck caught fire and u
cars of lumber and coal were burned.
A fire engiae from Tacoma saved the
other cars. The engines are badly
wrecked. .As the collision occurred on
high embankment, wrecking crews
are working with great difficult. and
the track will not be repaired for sew
eral hours.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-20
FIVE DEAD AT PITTsBURc,

FIVE DEAD AT PITTsBURG.
PITTsBuRG. Sept. is.--Flye train
men were killed and two seriously In
jured as the result OF head-on col
lision betwean Buffalo Rchester, &
Pittsburg and Pittsburg & Western
passenger trains at Wilmer station.
on the latter road, about / O'clock to-
da. A number Of passengers were cut
and bruised by flying splinters and
broken glass. but none were serously
hurt,
The dead:
GEORGE CHUGBERT. brakeman.
WILLIAM BENEDICT, engoin er of
ths b r. & p. train.
THOMAS DuG,iAN. fireman OF the
b. II. s. +. train.
FAY DE MOSS. a bailer maksr.
WILLIAM GRAHAM, fireman Of
the p, & W. train.
Seriously injured: II. T.. Chambers,
engineer of the Pittsburg & Western
train; C. w. crosman. express mes
senger. r. R. & p. train.
The following were bruised painfully:
H. T, Moore. mail clerk, Tacoma; r.
E. Chase. mail clerk. Fremont; Chas.
Saurens, express messenger Tacoma.
In the passenger coaches Is persons
were more or less bruised.
Congressman F. w. Cushman was
passenger on No. and received Sc
we're jolt, but was not seriously hurt.
Stephen +. Barron. Democrats poll
ticIan OF Eastern Washington, also re-
ceied severe shaking up.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-20

men who were in the church turned in
fire alarm.
The dead bodies were quickly re-
moved and the crowd inside finding
the outlet came pouring out. Sc r s
Of them lost their footing and rolled
down the long steps to the pavem mt,
sustaining broken limbs and internal
Injuries. At least Is died before tn ~
could be moved from the ground.
Most Of the dead are women, and
physicians say that in many cases
they tainted and died from suffocat,on.
The remarkable feature of the calam-
ity was that there was no blood seen
on any Of the victims. They were either
crushed to death or died from ran
gulation.
Captain Frank H. oBrien vas q
witness of the catastrophe. In de-
scribing 1t he said:
Il have witnessed many api alling
sights, but the wild scene at the head
Of those steps is beyond description.
The wildly excited negroes reached the
top Of the steps and began falling
down the incline. In few minutes
men and women were piled upon each
other to the height Of 10 feet. Pres
emily negro woman with a baby in
her arms mounted the mass and climb
ing over the bodies reached the ground
without injury to herself Of her in
FAINT"
Rev. DR., Walker. pastor of the Shi-
loh church. said tonight:
THE deaths were caused by every
body trying to rush out Of the main
entrance at the same time. People
near the front of the church were no.
injured in the least"
Mayor Drennen said: Most of those
who were killed were strangers, but
their bodies will be cared for until they
are identified and claimed by their
relatives
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-20
STEEL BUILDINGS
FOR GUATEMALA.
French Ambassador to Central Ameri-
ca Reports Business Improving.

French Ambassador to Central Ameri-
ca Reports Business Improving.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. is--chnrles
Miron,, OF Guatemala, a confidential
agent Of President cabrura. has arriv-
ed here. He is entrusted with a COM
mission to purchase steel and iron for
l6 new public buildings TO take the
place of those destroyed In the earth.
quake Of April 18th last None OF the
buildings viii be over two stories In
height and nearly all OF them will be
erected In the cities Of Quezaltenango
and Mazatenango.
Count de pourtales, the French min
lister to the Central American states, is
here enroute to Paris on a leave of
absence of several months, The offic-
ial residence OF NJ Pourtales is in the
city Of Guatemala.
The country, he said, is rapidly re-
covering from the widespread havoc of
the recent earthquakes. Business con-
ditions in Central America, which have
been depressed, he says, are slowly i'm.
proving.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-20

who were hastily summoned to attend
them.
No explanation has yet been given
for the wreck. 1t was at first thought
that a freight crew had left the switch
open, but there was no train or the
siding at the time.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-20
GENRAL sLocUM HoNoRED.

GETTYSBURG. Pa. Sept. 19.-The
equestrian statue of Maj. Gen. Henry
Warner Slocum, a tribute to his mem
cry from the state of New York, was
unveiled today on Cups hill, where his
line was located during the historical
battle.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-20
FLAG III les ON pALos.
British Have Put Their Hand on Palos
Island.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1s.--ofH 3lals have
been told here that the British govern
ment has raised the British flag on the
Island of Palos, which Is near Trini-
dad, Notwithstanding the protest of
the Venezuelan government, says a
dispatch to the Herald from Port Of
Spain, Trinidad,
Sovereignty over tho island of Pa
los has been in dispute between Great
Britain and Venezuela for & long time.