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ARE ORGANIZED FOR MURDER.
Assassination Chief Business Of
Osthbound Order Of the Malta.

SHiC' ouo'VSoo W
Oathbound Order Of the Malta.
Assassination is the chief business
of the terrible oath-bound order of
the Malta, which for more than thirty
years has maintained a reign of ter
ror In Sicily and, although the gov
eminent of Italy has at times made
efforts toward its suppression, it is
to-day the most powerful organiza-
ton of assassins in the world No
mans life is safe in any part of the
kingdom II he has an enemy rich
enough and INSCRIPTIONS enough to
invoke the aid of these mercenaries.
Assassination is their profession, rob-
bling their diversion. With such Sc
crecy and skill are their crimes per
petrated that the officers of the law
have seldom been able to discover
the culprits and such terrorism
have they inspired that no public
prosecutor has dared to attempt to
bring either the instigators or execu-
TONERS of their conspiracies to justice
through fear that he himself might
some day fall a victim to their muir.
derous revenge.
A decade ago New Orleans was the
scene of many violent disturbances
because of the MaEa and the trouble
finally eliminated in the murder of
! Chief of Police Hennessey in 1891.
| Sixteen men were arrested and
charged with the crime, but the jury
failed to convict any of them. This
so enraged the people that a mob Sc
cured eleven of the men whose guilt
seemed indsputable and summarily
| lynched them. This action caused a
serious diplomatic alteration with
the Italian government, but since
that time New Orleans has been
singularly free from trouble with the
Malta.
Many murders in New York anc
other American cities have been
ascribed to the Malta, but so great
is the terror inspired by the dreaded
organization that no Italian will ever
testify against its members and the
criminals have been in consequence
allowed to 90 unpublished.
Originally the society did not re
sort to violent means, but gradually
the members sought to gain their
ends in any manner possible and In
recent times murder has been fire.
quent as the result of this vicious or
ganization. The fact that members
of the Malta are bound together by
the strongest oaths and fear OF bring
! inc lnUn rho GnpiptU'g Iy,e
the task of ferreting out and punish.
ing the crimes attributable to the or.
! der almost impossible.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-26

is estimated by the police that the
spark would have touched the dyna-
mite within five minutes.
A letter written in lead pencil, and
sent to police headquarters, gave
warning of the plot to blow up the
Umbria. This letter was headed "A
Warning from the Malta" and in 1t
a man whose name is withheld by the
police stated that there was Malta
grievance against the English steam.
ship lines. He described the box, and
said that the clockwork which it held
was set to explode the dynamite
thirty-six hours after the time of the
delivery of the box at the pier.
Detectives were sent on the run to
the pier, and they notified Capt. Wat
son, the superintendent of the Cunard
dock, and Mr.. Floyd, the agent of the
line.
When Capt. Thomas Dutton of the
Umbria, was informed of the plot to
blow up the vessel he declined to sail
until the box was found. From the
description furnished by the writer of
the letter the detectives had little diff
ficulty in finding the box.
II was made of plain pine boards
and was 40x20 inches. The cover was
on hinges and was locked with pad
lock. There were absolutely no marks
on the box.
The detectives heard the clicking of
the clockwork inside, and they forced
open the bottom of the box. They were
astonished to find in it fully 100
pounds of dynamite.
There were 100 sticks of the ex-
plosive, each about one and a quarter
inches in diameter and eight inches
long.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-26
euoenie Not Popular in France.

Empress Eugene was never really
popular with the French, not even dur
ing the first years of the second en-
pire, before she began to NEEDLE with
affairs of state. and in many incisive
ways the Parisians heaped ridicue
upon her. A curious little pamphlet
with text and illustrations about the
new empress was sold in Paris at the
time of her marriage. This pamphlet
was entirely complimentary and harm
less. The biting humor of 1t was on
the title page. which the vendors went
about crying in the streets: The
portrait and virtues of the empress,
all for . sousl"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-26
Got Rid of the Bore,

During her engagement in San
Francisco Mrs. Patrick Campbell was
taken for trip around tho bay.
Among the party was young man of
the all-peryading kind, whose atten-
tons to the noted actress were more
lavish than welcome. AS the party
stood gazing on the city the young
man said DO you see that house up
there, Mrs. Campbell?" describing the
location. Yes" said the patient
guest, II was born there" remarked
the numerous one proudly He
paused for reply and this was what
he heard What pity" The young
man managed To efface himself
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-26
MANY Titles Withdrawn.

For some months the Italian her
aldic office has been overhauling the
rolls of nobility and every claim of
hereditary rank has been carefully
scrutinized by experts. The result
has been a great slaughter of titles,
a large number of counts, marquises
and even princes having received no
tice that they are merely commoners.
The entire BLACK" nobility-those
which owe their rank to the popes-
have been struck from the lists; like
wise the large number created by the
kings OF Naples Another class
which suffered is that which owed
rank to the deposed and fugitive
Bourbon sovereigns, whose titles are
now legally extinct.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-26
Earache.

When called in the night TO attend a
case Of earache, in the majority OF
cases the pain is caused by begin
ming of inflammation of the middle
ear and in the rest of the cases 1t Is
probably neuralgia from exposure. In
either case the pain is almost in
stantly relieved by filling the ear full
of warm water, This proceeding seems
very simple, but It is as effective as
1t is simple.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-26
SECRET SOCIETY IN PLOT TO
DESTROY BRITISH SHIPPING

An attempt to blow up the Cunard
line steamship Umbria, sailing from
New York last week, with more than
four hundred passengers and a crew
of three hundred aboard, was frustrat.
ed in the nick of time.
Just before the big ocean liner sail
ed an Internal machine containing 100
pounds Of dynamite was found on the
dock at the foot Of the first cabin
gangway ready to be taken aboard the
ship.
Fuses were already burning, and it
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-26

This explosive was in the very bot
tom of the box. over it was a shelf,
and on this shelf rested the clockwork.
Attached to the clockwork was a
wheel, which, after making one entire
revolution. would bring piece of
metal in contact with wires from a
dry battery.
The contact had already been made
and two fuses had become ignited.
Sparks were eating their way slowly
to the dynamite. ."-
The detectives extinguished the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-26
Left Fortune to Dumb Pets.

Mrs. Charlotte NJ. Hoyte of Tifin,
Ohio, has died, leaving quite a com.
Portable estate. A trust fund of $780,
600 is established and from the income
for her cats and dogs, The deceased
apparently thought twice as much of
her father as of her four-footed pets,
for he is to get 800 a month for life.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-26
HEAD OF VAST INTERESTS

Morris x. Jesup President Of New
York Chamber of Commerce.
Morris Ketchum Jesup. who has
been elected president of the New
York chamber of commerce, is a re-
tired banker, widely known for his
numerous benefactions in religious
and charity work and for his long
standing and prominent connection
with the Young Mems Christian asso.
citation of New York Mr.. Jesup Is a
native of Connecticut and from 1852
to 1884 was one of the leading bank
ers of New York. He has taken q
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-26
ARRIVES
Preston. 1898 u. m........,........9:io a. m
SOUTH BOUND.
LEAVES.

For tickots to or from all points East. West.
North or South. call on
W. W. WoopsIDr.
Agent
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-26
AS THE WORLD
REVOLVES
MAYOR AMes is CONVICTED.
Minneapolis Has Set the Country a
Good Example.

As evidence of its restored virtue
Minneapolis may offer Ames, convict
ed of bribery by jury of his peers.
II spite Of the direct primary. in spite
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-26

keen interest in the Museum of Natu
al History, to which he gave 100000
for a collection of native woods.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-26

THE cuNARp STEAMER uMeRIA.
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The San Francisco call., 1903-09-17

who gave a very complete description Of
the methods pursued in the Salvation
Army colonies of California and Colorado
in settling them with people from the
teeming tenement districts of the East.
ALL URGE COOPERATION.
All Of the speakers urged more COM
plete cooperation between States. land
owners and railroads in the general
scheme Of colonization. without which
they claimed, the scheme Of irrigation
would be of no value
The first i'll feeling shown during the
sessions developed over an ATTEMPT to
change the constitution So as to allow
each accredited delegate on the floor IN
vote on pending questions. Some of the
States are heavily overrepresented and
as the constitution Of the congress pro-
vides that no State shall have moro than
twenty votes this meant a great deal
to Montana, Idaho, Nevada. California
Utah and other States with large delepa-
tions. The row was started by the South
western delegations, who are pulling al
most as unit for FL Paso as the nlaca
Of meeting in 1904, and after a rather
sharp debate motion to table the nro-
posed amendment was carried almost
unanimously. This was considered a blow
to the chances Of Boise, Idaho. for NEXT
year. From expressions Of delegates to-
day there is a possibility that st. I,oujs
may be selected. however, sentiment in
favor of that city apparently spreading
rapidly
FRUIT AND GRAIN AWARDS
Awards in the fruit and grain exhibit q,
the arid States will be made tomorrow
The exhibit is considered one of the most
elaborate ever shown. rivaling that of
the worlds fair in 1893
Tomorrow the work of the Tfnt+aa
States Department of Agriculture regard
ing irrigation and forestry will be nut he
fore the congress by Government expert.
in a number of papers and in the after
noon the delegates will view practice,
methods of irrigation shown in the Stat.
School for the Blind near Ogden. where
a model farm Is conducted.
The seating capacity OF the tabernacle
is totally inadequate and it is proba bIe
that arrangements for some other han
will be made. Ten minutes were this
morning set aside for the reading and in
PRODUCTION Of resolutions and a flood OF
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-17
Loses
COUNT Of HIS
MANY WIVES
Boston Police Are
Certain That He
Has Four.
Special Dispatch to The Call

BOSTON. Sept. 16.-Dr. Charles c
Peary. a man about 4s years old and a
graduate Of the New York College Of
Physicians and Surgeons. was confronted
tonight by two Of his wives and list Of
criminal charges. He acknowledged that
he was a polygamist and swindler and
upon his own confession he was locked
Up and held for trial
In his confession Peary said he did not
know ho7s many women he had married.
but the police claim to know Of four The
first marriage occurred in San Francisco
in 1877. when Peary was welded to Miss
Sarah Pratt. He deserted her few
months later and of all his wives she
Is the only one for whom he feels no af1ee-
zion and 10 whose support he has not con-
fributc
on NAY 9. 1883. Peary married Mrs.
charles sfla Cnee Isabelle N. GeneauD
and later deserted her. In 1898 he led TO
the altar in New York Adeline Colgrove,
q Roston widow. His next matrimonial
venture was in Cambridge. this State. on
July IS. 1902, when he married Annie
Britt.
From the letters found in Peary's room
Al 1ss Adolph street to-day IL is evident
he has been contributing regularly to the
support Of ali Of his wives, with the ex-
ception Of the San Francisco woman.
Some Of the letters found show also that
p, has been sending money to women in
Europe and America
Peary a. a swindler has international
notoriety. He has served three years in
Sing Sing prison. New York. for larceny,
and in Boston. London and Paris he has
been arrested and convicted on charges
OF obtaining money under false pretenses-
His arrest to-day was brought about by
wife No 2 and wife No. 4. When con-
fronted by the women at police headquar-
ters he said.
We'll. I guess the jig is UP and I had
better make a clean breast of It
He then launched into a confession in
volving varied assortment Of swindling
games. He is a man Of fine appearance
and seems 10 be highly educated
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-17
STORM SWEEPS NEW YORK.
Many Vessels Are Sunk or Damaged
in the Harbor.

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Greater New
York and it's environments for several
miles in all directions were visited to-dav
bv the fiercest wind and rain storm
known hereabouts in years. The day be-
gan with rain which increased with the
wind and for about two hours about mid
sav the combined fury OF the elements
xrought damage on Ian. and water
amounting to many thousands of dollars.
he gale eliminated at noon In a wind
velocity of fifty-four miles an hour. An
narently solid sheets of water drove
across the city, drenching every unfor-
tunate caught without shelter and The
Gauges at the Weather Bureau registered
"A precipitation in two hours Then tba
.torm subsidized BY the middle of the
af.arnoon the wind had dropped tn I.
ere breeze and the sun roke thrones
the clouds.
The gale was especially severe at ses
causing havoc to the shipping down tbs
hsv where many vessels were sunk .,
.,racked. The worst OF the damage Nc,
rarorted from Staten Island. The ent,rs
aast of the Staten Island Yacht Club :,
ancbor was either sunk or wrecked. Tbs
-,Iot boat Hermit was driven ashore and
there was a collision between a schooner
and a barkentine. A tugboat was
xurecked in He'll Gate.
The hurricane burst with cyclonic force
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-17

- GDEN, Utah, Sept. 16.-It devel
oped to-day that the fight over
~ the proposition to commit the
National Irrigation Congress in
favor of a repeal of several OF
the existing land laws, including the des-
ert land act, the timber and stone act
and the Communication clause of the home
stead act, will be a very close one. Cham
pions both for and against such action
we're heard at to-day's session of the con-
gress. George H. Maxwell Of the execu-
tive committee of the National Irrigation
Association and Senator Paris Gibson Of
Montana favoring such Lotion. while Con-
gresham Mondell in a lengthy speech
took strong grounds against such repeal.
Both the repeal resolutions introduced by
Mr.. Maxwell and the speeches of Sen
ator Gibson and Congressman Monden
were much applauded and it was evident
from the feeling displayed that if the
congress does recommend the repeal Of
these laws. and II is ger i belief that
the committee on resolutions will report
in favor of such resolutions, that it will
only be after a very hard fight. Interest
in the possible action of the congress on
this point. in fact. overshadows every
thing else that has come before il.
HARD WORK FOR DELEGATES.
This was a day Of hard work for the
delegates. Besides listening to half a
dozen interesting speeches, numerous res
olutions were introduced and referred TO
the resolutions committee, Of which Sen
ator Smoot Of Utah mas been elected
chairman.
Action on the long considered consoli-
dation with the Trans Mississippi Com
mercial Congress was also taken. The
committee appointed last year to investi-
gate the desirability Of such affiliation
reported through it's chairman. Senator
Carey Of Wyoming, against such action
on the ground that the time had now
come for action and the Irrigation Con-
gress would best preserve it's Individual
ity in the work # set out TO do so many
years ago. The report was adopted unan-
imously.
The NOR 1g session Of the congress
was devoted to colonization and the opin-
ions of railroad men and sociologists on
the best methods OF settling the arid
regions with desirable class of. farmers
and small stockmen were listened to with
much interest. The feature of the morn
ing session was speech Of Commander
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-17
SEVERAL CREWS MISSING.

In the old harbor southwest OF the mari
time reporting station three schooners
dragged their anchors and collided They
were the Emily F. Northam. the Ade-
line Townsend and the Sea Bird. The
sank. Her crew was rescued and landed
on the point of Cape Henlopen. The men
were cared for at the Iife-saving station.
The Northam's jibboom was carried away
and her yawl wrecked. The Townsend
lost her head gear and jibboom.
The barges Elmwood. Gilbertson and
Kalmia, laden with coal from Philadel-
phia for eastern points. were sunk in Del
aware Bay westward Of the Brown shoal.
Their crews were rescued by the tug
Tamaqua. which was towing the barges.
The tug Spartan, which was towing
the coal barges Treverton. Hammond and
an unknown barge. is reported to have
sunk. The barges are anchored at Bear
shoaI. There are no tidings of the Spar
tan's crew.
1t is reported that three coal barges
were sunk on the ocean of the capes and
that their crews probably are lost.
FLYING DISTRESS SIGNALS.
An unknown bark is anchored off Ocean
City. Md. with distress signals in her
rigging The pilot boat Philadelphia has
gone to her assistance.
The barge Marcus Hook. from PhiladeI-
phia for New York, was almost wrecked.
She dragged her anchors and was fast
drifting on to the cape when tugboats
saved her and towed her to safe anchor
age.
Much minor damage was done to the
breakwater. The Harbor of Refuge east
end light and the day mark on the break
water were carried away. Some of the
piling at the reporting station was washed
away and the telegraph line was down all
day.
The fury of the storm was felt at
Lewes, near here. Many trees were
blown down and chimneys damaged.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-17
ShippingS Suf
ferS in the
Storm.
No Trace OF
Lost Ships
Crews,

ELAWARE BREAKWATER,
IA Del, Sept. 16.-The southern
~ storm which had been coming
~ ~ up the Atlantic coast for
A several days struck the Della
ware Capes early this morn
ing with almost cyclonic force. and a
result at least five lives were lost in this
immediate vicinity The storm lasted
from 8 o'clock this morning until o'clock.
The wind reached maximum velocity of
eighty miles an hour and the rain fell in
torrents
The most serious wreck reported was
that which yesterday afternoon befeIl the
schooner Hattie A. Marsh, whose captain.
j. B. Mehaffey, and four members of the
crew were drowned. The Marsh hailed
from New London. Conn. and was bound
phia with cargo of paving stones. She
was caught in the terrific wind storm out
side the new stone breakwateT. The cap
tain tried hard to reach the Harbor of
Refuge, but before he could do so the
vessel had to anchor and try to ride the
storm. Her anchors did not hold and the
schooner with her dead weight of
stone was dashed on the rocks
of the Harbor of Refuge The
steam pilot boat Philadelphia went TO
the rescue, but succeeded a saving only
Mate Norman Campbell and one seaman.
Captain Mehaffey and the four other sail
ors were lost in the fury of the lashlng
waves The rescued men were taken TO
the Lewes life-saying station, and cared
for They were in a very exhausted con-
dition when picked up.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-17
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT,S HNPERILED TERRIFIC
WHILE CRUISING LONG ISLAND SOUND ON THE YACHT SYLPH
NEW YORK, Sept. I6.
1 Y FoIIo1CEng is a sum-
mary of the great

NfEW ONA, OePE. 10.
1 Y FOIlo1CFng is a sum-
mary of the great
hurricane:
Killed BY storm, IS;
missing and probably dead,
r., fatally injured in Ne1O
York, 4.
Greatest veIocity of the
7pind in Ne1U York, 63 miles
al hour; south of NerU
York, 70 miles an hour.
Rainfall amounted to
I.2o inches tn tao hours
and forty minutes.
The high 7Oind lasted less
than three hours.
The temperature at noon,
in height of the storm, 7UdS
II degrees.
The general direction of
the gale 1cdS from the
southeast.
A feature of the storm
5cdS the small diameter, coz
eriag only a small territory
IN the East.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-17

on the center Of the city, loosening the
2sO-foot spire of St Bartholomew Pro-
testant Episcopal Church on Madison
avenue.
The steeple Of the South Conversational
Church in Brooklyn also was loosened.
Trees were torn up and the streets Of the
city were Uttered with signs and un-
brelias Of unfortunate pedestrians who
bappened to be out in the fury Of the
storm. Telegraph and telephone wires
above ground were broken in all parts of
the metropolis
The tugboat James Kay was blown on
Hogs Rock in He'll Gate and completely
wrecked. The captain and crew saved
themselves by swimming toward the ISL
and. The streets OF Manhattan borough
were strewn with broken signs and other
debris
scores of plate glass windows along
broadway were broken. the vicinity of
the FIatiron building at Twenty-third
street suffering severely in this respect.
In the Flatiron itself forty windows
xere smashed. Occupants Of the build
,ns said they felt the huge structure
.vav in the gale and many were so bad
~ scared that they left the building. An
sxnress wagon was blown over while
turning the Flatiron corner and the drfv
~ and James Billings. who was CROSSING
the avenue, were both seriously hurt. A
score OF others were more or less injured
in this neighborhood-
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-17
ENCOUNTERS THE STORM.

When the Sylph weighed anchor the
skies were dark and fOrbfdding and as
the vessel drew out OF the bay 8 light
rain fell. Less than an hour after the
SyIph had entered Long Island Sound che
ran into a terrific wind and ralnstorm.
The storm increased in severity rapidly
and of Fort Schuyler 1t developed into
hurricane. The wind blew, according TO
an estimate made by Lieutenant Preston.
commander Of the Sglph. at the rate OK
sixty-five miles an hour.
The Sylph. a comparatively small YES
sci. pitched heavily and on Willets Point
listed very sharply to starboard. The
President and his guests had been forced
to go below and beyond a drenching none
OF them suffered Inconvenience
The storm became even more severe as
the vessel neared He'll Gate. The waves
and wind swept the deck. making it al
most impossible for the sailors TO remain
exposed to their force. The baggage OF
the party. consisting principally OF hat
boxes and dress suit cases, was swept
about the deck and everything movable
on deck had 10 be clewed down to prevent
its being SWEEP overheard