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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-18
LHASSA, THE CENTER OF THE
THIBETAN REBELLION-THE
GRAND LANIA'S RESIDENCE.
1.-THE BLACK HAND"
IS A MERE FICTION,
Society Had It's origin In n Spanish
Political Movement Years Ago.

Political Movement Years Ago.
From Minneapolis Journal.
The famous fiction of THE Black
Hand" which has spread more terror
and cloaked more crimes in the past
thirty years than any other name, has
bobbed up again, this time in New
York city, where. as told in the Jour-
nails dispatches last Monday, the mys-
FERROUS society was charger with re-
sponsibnity for the bomb-throwing
which caused injury to twenty per-
sons. As in many other instances in
which the Black Hand" has been ac-
cused, the victims were Italians, and
the attack followed the failure OF
marked" men to pay tribute to the
strange, unknown men who formed the
band Of extortionists
The men who receive the mysterious,
threatening letters directing them to
deposit in specified usually seclud-
ed spot, a certain large sum Of money
or forfeit their lives, are natives OF
those southern countries of Europe
where la Memo Negra" ("The Black
HANDY is even more dreaded than the
Mana. as an organization OF cut
Threats banded together and shrinking
from no means. however desperate, In
carrying out their fell purposes. Il Is
for this reason that the subjects usu-
ally pay and keep mum about H. firm
~ believing that a horrible and GER
tain death would follow any open COM
pl9int OF disobsdience. Then after the
FIRST payment comes a demand Tor
second and larger contribution 20 tho
society whose name causes the average
Italian % tremble with fear.
Sometimes an Italian, imbued with
The ldss ~ personal liberty which he
lac been taught since HE coming 90
Amertca. and relying upon fbe strong
arm 81 The United States government
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-18

colony in the northern end OF Man
haitian, for weeks Tribute was paid
silently The operations OF the band
became so extensive that the news
spread, and the unfortunate Italians
were discussing a means OF protection
against the blackmailers. They were
together IN East one Hundred and
Ffty-hrst street when the bomb was
thrown into their midst. bursting and
manning many.
IL these Italians had followed close
IS the trend Of events ia their ma
tive country and in Europe Rener-
ally during the past few years they
would have saved their thousands Of
dollars and spared themselves "a Frent
deal 81 worry and anxiety and per.
haps the tragedy Of last Monday
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70 protect him. timorously goes 70 the
police with his story. II frequently
happens that the informers body Is
found horribly mangled in some place
so conspicuous the police are astound-
ca BY the daring Of the murderers.
ana detectives assigned TO solve the
mystery OF the crime and arrest tse
Offenders take up the task with fear
ana trembling and pray silently for
the repose OF their souls while follow
ing clues that take them abroad in the
city or country az night time. momen-
tarily expecting the mysterious hand
% fall ugOn them
II was thus in New York this week
The society. by their threatening.
had mulcfed the residents of Che
Upper Little Italy'-the Italian
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-18

mist that rose from the disturbed soil
OF the isthmus was far more disastrous
IN its killing effects than the mist Of
the ocean 1t rose from the soil lik
incense from brazier. 1t carried Wa
II from its underground prison all 81
poison of putrefaction, and whereva
it inclosed its victims, there fever adj
death followed. The soil is moist asSy
damp. and when disturbed in thse =
climate, 1t releases a dense white ~
FOR generations past luxurious vG@cs
tation has been decaying in the sol,
and when the surface is scratched.
strange, unhealthy gases and poison
Gus vapors rush upward to spread
around. Tier upon tier of annual crops
OF rich vegetation are packed
down solid over the surface of the soil.
In this hotbed Of feverish decomposi-
ton, the process OF fermentation and
disintegration is ever in active opera
ton. Fortunately, nature holds most
Of the deadly exhalations in close pris-
on walls, but when man comes along
to disturb the even balance trouble
begins. In the hot, damp air Of the
lsthmus, the poisonous exhalations re-
leased from the soil mingle with the
mist, and the white ghost of the ca
mar is accounted for. When the
Frenchmen excavated for the canal.
Tue mist hoVered over their camps ana
homes during the greater part Of the
year. II entered nearly every home
10 claim its victims. Men died like
beasts in the field They were stricken
az their work, IN their tents. in their
beds and even at the gaming or wine
and card table. II was all one with the
monster; II knew neither rank nor
condition, wealth nor poverty only
the native knew enough 70 avoid II
and 20 keep away from the fever
camps OF the company.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-18
PANAMA AS A GRAVEYARD.
The UBcanny Inheritance Left Us by
she French.
From Tho scientldc American.

rum AtA' tNiNtAAAiAN hiAt'A tNatif
With American control Of the Pana-
ma canal opening the second chapter
IN the story Of the great isthmian wa
terway. we inherit graveyard OF
many wrecked hopes and lives. with
theh monuments Htrown from the At
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-18

"A proposition 70 organize the school
teachers Of the country. along trade
union lines. created considerable dis
euaaion az the recent meeting % the
National Educational Association.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
By Electric Light and Office
Telephone.
BR0CT0N, MASS, TRAGEDY
Something officials Are as Yet Unable
to Explain - Victim Was Hang
ing Up Receiver and Turn
ing Out Light.

Brockton, Mass, Dec. Harry b
Masters, formerly an alderman Of Brock
ton and managerin Southeastern Massa-
chusetts for the Standard Oil Company,
was instantly killed in his Office while
hanging up telephone receiver with one
hand and turning an electric light but.
ton with the other. The two contacts
completed circuit through his body
and tho result was death His left hand
was badly burned.
The police, electric light authorities
and city authorities are investigating
the matter today. Mr.. Masters had
Just telephoned to his home, No. 100
Spring street, telling his wife and daugh
ter Helen, that he would not be home
TO supper lis bookkeeper, Carl Merrill
of Avon was IN the Office at the time.
He saw Mr.. Masters hang up the re-
ceiyer and start TO turn out tie electric
light. Then he fell dead.
Mrs. Masters and her daughter are
Frustrated. Mr.. Masters was born ii
Nova Scotia in 1855. Ia 1884 he came
to Boston where he entered the employ
Of the Standard Oil Company. Five
Years later he went to Broekton
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
A BUILDING WITHOUT wooD.
Baltimore Structure Of Steel and Con
crete With Metal Trimmings.

a firm Of architects have designed a
building TO be erected at Baltimore in
which no wood will be used. says the
Baltimore News. 1t win be six stories
and will have frontage Of forty-one
feet six inches. with depth OF seventy
feet The entire structure Is to be Of
REINFORCED concrete ana steel Even
the doors. trims and door lambs are 10
be OF metal The windows are also to
be Of metal and win be glazed with
wire glass.
The binding is to bo for store and
warehouse purposes. and IN order to
make 1t as fireproof rs possible even
the frames for the show windows viii
be OF steel, into which the plate glass
VIII be fitted The door Of tho show
window Will be OF concrete. with a
glazed tile floor. Tie side walls, col.
umns and rear wallis, rs well as the
supporting columns Of the front wallis
will be Of this material The floors
win all have Il top dressing Of cement
one and half inches thick. The stairs
viii be Of concrete, with slate treads
and wrought iron baIustrades The
elevator shaft win be OF concrete, as
will also the Enclosure around the stair
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
The Times Daily Short Story.


a negro. asked the broker to let me
look at the weapon, and he handed It
to ME. Taking It TO window where
the sun was shining in, looked into
the barrel. Near the muzzie noticed
some spots Of rust. There were two
near together and one opposite
Noting the caliber. went out and
got some cartridges to ft the pistol
and, going into the back yard with it,
fired a bullet into barrel Of water
when l examined the lead found
scratches on il exactly like those on
the bullet that killed Mulholland
fred several more bullets, and every
one was marked exactly like the first
without saying word to any one,
went to Mrs. Mulholland and asked
her II her husband had ever had any
trouble with negro. At first she an
swered "No," but presently remem-
bered that three years before a negro
had stolen some clothing and Mulhol-
land had been instrumental ia sending
him to the penitentiary. The negro was
an ugly fellow. with a bad record. /
hunted up bis case and found that bis
time had expired and he had been re-
leased few days before the murder
AT this point / made d grave mis-
take. was not willing to give the po-
lice the benefit Of my discovery, so
traced the negro myself and found him
in low negro dive swnre out a
warrant. had him arrested and In his
pocket found a pawn ticket for the PTS
tol had discovered.
l then made out the papers accusing
the prisoner OF the murder OF John
Mulholland The police, who had in
the FIRST place resented my Interior.
ence, treated me with whitening con.
tempt
Young feller, said the chief. when
you've been mixed up with criminals
as long as / have you'll learn that It's
one thing to suspect a man or even to
know he's the one you want and an
other to prove 1t It's just such men
as you that cost the state money spent
uselessly.r
AttAAAN So ANHAtf GA8A&H LIZ AAAICf
When the trial came off the prescott
Ing attorney was well posted by me on
the case and demonstrated before the
Jury what had discovered In the
pawnbroker's back yard He showed
them the bullet that had killed Null
holland, then took a cartridge and fred
it into barrel of water. The bullet
coming out marked as the one he had
shown them, be fred another and an
other till they were perfectly satisfied.
One would think that to be the end
OF my story, but it isn't. The chief OF
police not willing that an amateur
should accomplish what he couldn't do
himself, connived with the lawyer ap-
pointed By the state to defend the
prisoner to prove an aiibi Witnesses
swore that on the night OF the murder
they were with the prisoner a hundred
miles away from MuIholland's farm.
The man was acquitted
] went or to a distant city and be-
came detective, but that's the orssyy
case ever worked without keeping In
with the police.
AUSTIN A. KINGSLEY.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02

way and elevator hall The cellar and
roof are to be Of cement
In order to eliminate an wood the
two flngstaffs on top Of the structure
viii be Of steel One Of the interesting
features Of this structure Is that In an
ordinary building Of this height the
walls are about twenty-one inches
thick. but by the use Of the REINFORCED
concrete six inches will give sufficient
strength. This will give forty feet
clear breadth on the inside Or the
building,
The building will be of the original
modern French designs. 1t will have
an Indiana limestone base, which viii
extend to the FIRST story There will
be stone bands at the intersection Of
each story, and the trimmings will be
of Indiana limestone The side pilastcrs
viii be Of gray brick. with brown brick
worked In geometrical patterns IN the
center will be long metal bay OF
structural steel covered with heavy
copper At each floor level win be
heavy wrought iron griils, while the
window frames Oh the front will be OF
copper. The front will be treated IN
Verde antique finish The cornice viii
have a projection Of six feet. which
viii give the structure an imposing ap-
pearance. This cornice viii be OF orna-
mental wrought iron. with ornaments
10 the sotElts Space
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
Holv I entered fbe
Defecfix,c Field


t0riginail
The way | got into the detective bust
ness was this. one morning I took up
paper and read that John sIulhoIland,
farmer living on the Arlington road,
had been fUand dead with bullet III
his heart. There was no clew Co the
murderer. was out OF a Job at the
time and made up my mind that /
would test my natural bent for detec.
tive work by trying to unrayei what
appeared to be an insolube problem
I went to the house and found the doc
tors engaged in extracting the bullet
from the dead mans heart. / asked to
see Il and was permitted to do so. My
reason for wishing to examine ii was
that had always heard that every
minutia in detective cases was lmpoF-
tant. The truth is was green and
didn't know how else to begin.
The bullet was Of the usual conical
shape. ! looked ii all over and noticed
places where II had been rubbed or
scratched. There were three Of these
marks. two near together. a third on
the opposite side. It struck me that
there had been some projection In the
barrel OF the pistol that had caused
these scratches. II could find the piss
tol that would make similar scratches
on other bullets fired from ii / could
identify II as the weapon with which
Mulholland had been killed But no
weapon had been found near the body
Stories about murderers leaving knives
sticking III their victims or dropping
pistols III their haste to get away are
inventions Murderers do lot Of
things to incrlminate themselves. but
they're not SO stupid as that.
I secured an interview with the muir
1ered mans wife and asked her TO tell
me about every one that had had any
connection with her husband during
year or SO past. He had had trouble
with the owner Of an adjoining farm
about the boundary A tramp had
been turned out OF the barn few days
before the murder and had gone on
muttering curses. A farm hand had
been discharged, but an interval or
three months had elapsed since the
discharge; besides. the man had made
no demonstration at the time.
or the three my suspicious were for
the tramp. hadn't the means OF
securing the country for him, so
went TO the police aud recommended
them to do SO. The tramp was hunted
down and arrested. He had no pistol
on him, but he had pawn ticket The
pawnbroker whore It was issued pro-
duced silver watch that II stood for
OF little value. After the police had
dropped the scent went to the pawn
broker. hoping to elicit some clew.
While we were chatting | stood lean
sng on a glass case continuing pawned
articles Among them | noticed pis-
tol. 1t was a cheap. old fashioned arti.
Gle worth a few dollars. Something
moved me to ask the broker who had
pawned ii. He said that the man was
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
SEARCH FOR NIssEN.
Foolhardy vOyager Probably Drowned
in Lake Michigan.

Chicago, H., Dee. with only one
report that his strange craft, Fool Killer
No. 3, had been seen since he passed
the north pier at $3.50 o'clock on Tues
day afternoon, practically all hope for
the safety of Peter Nissen, who started
TO roll across the lake in his Aquatic
balloon, had been abandoned, and the
belief Is now general that be has either
frozen 70 death or that his craft has
collapsed and gone down.
AT an carly hour this morning TUG
boat in command of W. II. Gantzell, 4
nephew Of Nissen, left in search Of the
Ifoolhardy yoyager The proposed route
viii be gone over thoroughly, and the
tuge will not return until some trace
of Nissen has been found or it has been
clearly established that he has persisted.
The only report that the Aquatic
balloon had been sighted was received
late last night. John Rufus and Frank
LOTUS, two roofers in the employ Of the
illinois Steel Company at Burlington,
Ind, reported that they had seen the
balloon about four miles off the shore
lat 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
craft was then at the mercy Of the wind
and wave and was rolling about help
lessly In a rough sea-
Burlington is east Of South Chicago,
and if the roofers really sighted Nissen
he was several miles south of his route,
which was in direct line to Michigan
City
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
Keep Your Bowels
Regular
In Natures Way.

Suppose your bowels fail to move for week
Or tea days. Don't y0u know You would ba
quickly Frustrated or conrse you DO. 1t Is
inst the same, differing in degree, when your
bowels don't move once every day. Yen know
roa soon become languid and tired, and your
5l0od gets bad and you feel out 81 sorts = sick
III ever -.lf yon dpn't have full, healthy
passage daily. Don't let such serious condi-
lions develop. Use Smiths Pineapple and But
ernuf Pills. They will drive bowel poison ont
II Your system and establish regularity.
These little pills are purely vegetable and cure
n one night.
Remember that bowel poison is the direct
ause OF slow, wasting feyers, loss of memory,
emaie weakness, nervous prostratlon and gem
raj debility. Bowel poison leads on 20 misery
ind death as surely as constipation or heart
isease; the well advised use Of Smiths
pineapple and Butternut Pills will cure and
establish bowel, stomach and liver health
SICK at night, well In the morning Smiths
Pineapple and Butternut Pills cure constlpa-
ZION, biliousness, headache in one night. at
dealers, % cents.
All genuine signed W. T. Smith.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02

two telephones, one belonging to the
indianapolis Telephone Company and
The other to The Central Union. Having
occasion to call, be took up the tcie-
phone belonging 10 the Central Union
Company, but failing to get the num-
Der, tried the telephone of the Indian
apolis company. Both were metal desk
stands, and it happened that their bases
were touching, Adams took the re.
ceiver from the hook of the Indian
apolis telephone, and, while waiting for
the number, rested his chin on the top
lot the Central Union instrument. A
shock resulted that rendered Adams UNI
conscious, causing him to fall to the
floor.
When revived, It was found that he
was paralyzed from his waist to his
feet, and for some time it was thought
that he would die. The accident was at
once carefully investigated, and the wire
chiefs of both companies reported that
the lines were in perfect condition, free
from contact with other lines carrying
heavy currents, and that if Adams did
receive an electric shock it could not
have produced any such effects as those
from which he suffered. Their theory
is that while using the telephone he had
a stroke of paralysis which he would
have had whatever he was doing. On
the Other hand, physicians assert that
Adams was il perfect health and that
his paralysis was the digecr consequences
Of an electric shock Of mere severity
thetn the telephone oiiiciais will admit
could have been received ever their lines
while in good order.
The officials claim that ii tie oper.
ators at both Of the exchanges had rliug
The telephones while ADAMS was in tie
position deseri9et, IN eleciiicai pref
sure e about Is VOLTS wnnii have bsou
given; but that this Is not probable. and
that even rs volts Is not enough Is
harm in the slightest degree any except
people who are particularly sensitive.
There the case stands, and the telephone
companies are not little worried bv
it.-New York Times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
SHE BUYS CITY HALL.
Old Town tMe.) Woman Levies On It,
And Then Bids il In.

Bangor Me-, Dec. l. Tho City Hal
of Old Town, was levied upon and sold
at auction today to satisfy an execution
of about 1875 issued BIZ the supreme
court in favor Of Mrs. Cythera A. Jor-
dan. The hall was bid in BY Taber d
Bailey, counsel for Mrs Jordan, for the
amount Of the execution.
The execution was given to satisfy d
claim which Mrs. Jordan had against
the city for alleged damages in building
q road across her land Judge +. ID
Whiting, city solicitor, says that the
execution upon which the sale was made
was Of no value inasmueh as the su.
preme court had no authority to issue
such execution. lie further states that
Mrs Jordan has not been damagd BE-
cause the road has not vet been built
across her land.
Mrs Jardan's attorneys ray that al
forms Of law have been compiled with,
and that the execution which made the
sale possible was issued by the highest
conrt in the stats If the city does not
redeem the property and pay the inter-
est and other charges within the lawful
limit, Mrs. Jordan IL assured BIZ her at.
torneys that the entire City Hall prop
erty viii be hers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
Y Miss Agnes Miller, Of Chicago, speaks
to young women about dangers Of the
Menstrual Period how to avoid pain and
suffering and remove the cause by using
Lydia E. Pinkhann's Vegetable COMPOUND.

ITO You've WoENI suffered for six years with dysmenor-
Thea painful perods much that dreaded month
knew it meant three four days Of intense pain The doctor said
this nhaed condition of the appendages
by repeated and neglected colds
@If young girls only realized how dangerous is take cold
this critical time much suffering would spared Thank
for Lydia ~ Pnhams Vegetable Compound that the only
medicine which helped Within three weeks after started
take il noticed marked improvement N general health and at
the time OF monthly period the had diminished consider
ably. kept the treatment and month later Like
another since am 10 perfect health brighter have
added IL pounds weight good
happy p MISS AGNES MILLER 20 Potomac Ave, Chicago I'LL
The monthly sickness a woman's
health Anything unusual that time should
and attention Fifty thousand
that Lydia g. Pnkhams
situation and makes those periods painless.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
RENDERED UNCONCI0US
WHILE USING TELEPHONE
Indianapolis Man Rested His Chin on
One, but Opinions Differ as to
Cause Of the Shock.

Most people have discovered in recent
years that it is possible TO get a
rather smart electric shock while using
the telephone, but these shocks are or
dinarily startling, not dangerous or even
painful, and rarely do those who ex-
perience them take the trouble to ascer-
tain just what they did to attract the
elecFic current from its proper paths.
The American Telephone Journal, how
ever, treats as decidedly serious a queer
incident reported from INDIANAPOLIS.
There, it seems, one James Adams was
standing at an Office desk on which we're
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
Flag signals

The flags TO be hoisted at one time
sn signaling at sea never exceed four,
II y an interesting arlthmetical fact
that with eighteen yariously colored
fiags, and never more than four at d
time, no fewer than 1862 slanals can
be given
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
FEW SICK SOLDIERS.

Remarkable Health Of the Men in the
Philippines.
Washington, d. O., Dec. 1.-The last
monthly report Of the chief surgeon Of
the Philippines, covering the month end
ing Oct, Is, just received by Surg.-Gen.
O'Reilly, shows the percentage Of sick
out Of total strength Of 1864 sol
diers to have been less than 9 per cent.
The surgeon general regards this as d
splendid showing for the tropics. But
six deaths occurred during that month,
three from disease, the Others being vio-
lent or accidental The chief surgeon
reported an entire absence Of smallpox
among the troops.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
BOYS SUICIDE

Hanged Himself Because o. Brothers
Death
Springfield, Mass, Dec. l.~-Grieving
over the death of his favorite brother,
and respondent because he was kept a
prisoner ia the Hampden county truant
school, Henry Labonts, IA years old, Of
Holyoke, committed suicide by hanging
himself in his room. He had been takea
back to the school by his father after
lhaving run away few days before.
The brother died two monthhs ago, and
Henry had carried his picture about
with rim