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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-06

20 there. AS 1t Is, we CA raise only
little more than zoo O0O,0 600 pounds OF
such tobacco, and Of that amount the
United states is consuming In the neigh
borhood Of s10,0OOOOO worth. This is
only a fraction Of the crop.
Fashion8in Tobaccos.
How about tobacco raised under
shade, Mr. Book? understand that "a
large part of the crop Is now grown
In tents?" Y
THAT Is 50. We are raising tobacco
under cloth because the shade protects
ithc plants and gives 1t a lighter colored
leaf. There isaa fashion III tobacco and
the fashion now Is for light -co.ored ci-
CARS. Many suppose such cigars are not
so strong as the darker ones. but that
Is a mistake. The color Is caused by
the SUM-, and dark cigar Is only a
sun burnt cigar. The shade does not
change Its flavor or quality. 1t serves
as a protection, however. and the plants
or the winds.
The Tobacco Trust and Prices.
"Docs not the tobacco trust raise the
prices OF cigars Mr.. Book? Is not your
combination SuGIl liiht Sou c<,ti ~ yo"i
own prices, and the public must pay?"
eve have no tobacco trust" said Pres
Ident Book 1--WE are only a combination
OF tobacco manufacturers, united under
one head, 1in order to reduce expenses.
AS a result. we can make cheaper and
better cigars than ever before, ana for
this reason tho pure Havana cigar Is
cheaper now than it could possibly be I'M
der the old conditions"
What are the chances for Americans
iin Cuban tobacco raising?" I asked.
5i"They are not many in the production
OF fine tobaccns. The best lands, al I
have told you. have long since been taken
up, and they arc so valuable that the or
binary investor will not buy them. Tho
ueople here know the exact value OF such
lands. and the industry REQUIRES such ex-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-06
STORY OF" J1FIN PAUL JONES, WRITTEN By F1lMSEI

Richard and the Scraps and set a proper
value on victory obtained over force
so greatly superior after such a long,
bloody and close engagement. st Il f58
The Vengeance, n corvette. mounting,
twelve three FOUNDERS, and the boat be-
longing to the pilot with my second,
lieutenant, another officer. andaten men,
would have been OF singular service,
either In pursuing and capturing the con-
voy: or, by reinforcing me; but, strange
as It may. appear, the fact Is. .Ant they
remained all this time mere spectators
OF the action, In which they took no in-.
sterest keeping themselves to the wind.
ward and out OF danger; while on tho
other hand, the conduct Of the Alliance
had at least the appearance OF proceed-
Ing from a principle worse than isno-
rance or characterization. All Il; 5s
ITO Be Concluded.) t 4 & 5sy65
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-06
CUBAS TOBACCO KING TELLS HOW WEED IS NURTUREE
Declares Americans Tiave Not.
Much Chance III Cuban To-
bacco Raising. 3

each makes his own kind of cigar and
works on that kind year in and year
out. 3t 555a8
Y Cigars arc OF many varieties, lean and
fat long and short, light and dark, big +
and lttly. pretty and ugly. Tho cigar
matters go In as boys and work at the u
trade all their lives learning It 30 we'll
that the manufacture becomes almost
automatic, and they could roll cigars In 4
the dark. % CHI
a A singular feature Of these cigar fac
tories is the professional reader employed
by the cigar workmen In each rool,i.
In Il pulpit fastened to the wall high s,boye
reads for hours to the men and women
below They bring the daily wspapers,5
poetry and stories, and, In fact. anything
that tho workmen dema nd. and read away
hour after hour. They are chosen for
their voices and ability to read. and tho
usual rate of pay Is about $40 In gold
per day. Tho men pay them out OF
their own wages. They are a feature
OF almost every factory In Cuba. ss3
Among the Cigar Packers.
II spent some time In the rooms where
tho cigars are sorted md packed ready
for tho market, Every one Is gone over
again and again. Those OF the same
color and size are put together and after
this they are laid Just 80 in the boxes.
Tho ring labels Of red and gold are put
on by girls who hold the labels between
their lips in such a way that the dry
ends arc molstoned by the saliva Tho
other ends are m,lcllaged and the fasten-3
ing Is so done that the saliva does not
touch the cigar nor carry any strange
microbes to the mouth Of the smoker.
Speaking Of hlghpnced cigars. some
OF tho boxes exported from that factory
retail for $3.50. They contain ono thou
/, sand cigars and are put up In cabinets
which would be fine pieces Of wall fu l.ni.
ture King Edward OF England and other
European monarchs order such cigars, and
I doubt not some which 1 handled may
yet kiss the lips OF a king.
Suggestions for Smokers.
During my stay in tho factory l asked
some questions about tho care Of cigars
and how to smoke them. They should
be kept In the boxes until used and Il
possible at IA Temperature Of about l9l 60
degrees above zero. a good Havana
cigar Is a delicate article. The leaves
will take up 4mois tire like a sponge and
will absorb any impure air or bad smell
They cyaporate as quickly az they abb
sorb, ana II the box IS left opened and
exposed to extremes of heat or cold,
moisture or dryness, the cigars are,
ruined. s6.
The experts tell me that Havana cigars
should bo smoked slowly. You should
puff away at them. producing q perfect
cobustion, or the delicate aroma Will
DO lost. The maj, who would puff ~ 4
rlously alta Havana cigar Is as foolish as
he Who would gulp down a fine old wine
Or fail to SIP the brewing of the choicest
4 Chinese tea FRANK g.. CARPENTER
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No Cheap Havanas.

"Are there any cheap Havana cigars?"
There are some cIasscd rs such, hut
they never saw Cuba. The pure Havana
tobacco costs so much to raise and to
manufacture into cigars that It cannot
be sold more cheaply than 1t Is. 1t Is
safe to say that one cannot buy q. good
Havana cigar anywhere in tho United
States for less than ten or fifteen cents.
Our cigars retail from ten cents to one
dollar each"
The English Smoke the Best.
What country takes the most high
priced cigars Mr.. Book? The United
States %
mo. the best cigars go TO England.
The British buy more high-priccd cigars
than the Americans. and the tariff which
Is charged by our country, upon tobacco
prohibits us from taking the bulk of the.
product We have to pay tariff OF.
about 125 per cent. so that cigars cost
enormously more in the United States
than In England. If the United States
would cut Its duty down to 30 per cent.
tho most OF the Havana tobacco would
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-06
Chat With Don Glistavo Beck,
President Of Havana Branch Of
American Tobacco Trust.

Copyright, 1o05, by Frank g. CarpenterO
HAVANA, July 25.--tt was In tho big
gest cigar factory Of the world, situated
near the sen OH the edge ofefInvnna, that
| met Cuba's tobacco King, Don Gustlvo
Book, the president Of the Havana To-
bncco Company. This company controls
.wcnty-thrce OF the leading brands OF
Havana cigars, owns 225.Ooo acres OF tho
finest tobacco lands and employs 1000
more men than xenophon led on his
march to the sea. ] Is mn American or
sanizatlon. and Isl perhaps. the biggest
feature OF our commercial invasion OF
cuba. 1t lis now paying Interest on about
Z k42, 900 900 worth OF stocks and bonds, and
Is ono OF the branches Of the American
Tobacco Trust, which represents alto
gcther Il capital OF about $500, 900, 900 and
sells tobacco to all the world. a
Cuba's Tobacco King.
Don Gustavo Book is German by birth,
but he speaks English nuently, and lie has
been 30 closely connected with the United
states that he may be considered an
American citizen. He came to Cuba with
three companions at the age OF twenty.
Ills companions died Of yellow fever, but
Mr.. Book thrlved, mastered the tobacco
business and made fortune. He has been
Interested in every branch OF tobacco pro-
duclion. and is to day one OF the leading
authorities OF the world on the raising.
manufacturing and selling Of fine to-
bacco. In our talk asked him whether
4 he was not afraid that theTncw methods
OF cultivation would enable other coun
tries to compete with Cuba In tobnccos
n "Cubn has nothing to fcnr from tho
rcste OF the world, !" was the reply. 1T
is not what we have done. but what God
has done which has made this country
produce fine tobacco. There Is part
~ France which yields the best grapes
for chanpagne, and there Is a pocket
of soil along the Rhine from when
comes wine which sells at SID a bottle.
This is go notwithstanding the regions
adjoining produce grapes which WIZ not
Weld more than 2-cent vine. II ~
Y Inc combination OF soil aud climate that
does It, and that combination IS such
that man cannot initiate 1t. 1t is the
Same here in tobacco. We have a little
region called the Vuelta Abajo. IN the
provincc OF Plnar del Rio In the west
crn part OF the island. The land lies
on the sunny side Of the mountains and
tho soil is such that it cannot be Inn
itntcd We have sent samples Of this
q soil 10 the scientists OF the United States
agricultural department. They have
analysed &c, but so far they have failed
10 produce q similar soil anywhere else.
Even in the vueta AbaJo not all the
soil Is good. There are some places bet
ter than others The country has been
prospccted Just like a mining region. and
the best paying soil beds are now known.
They are all owned and are all used
for tobacco raising
"rhen the fire tobaccos OF Cuba must
always be limited, must they not, Mr..
Book 2"
"Yes. The yield OF such grades will
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The "Enignlarelle.'

The "Enlgmarellen of the London hin.
podrome appears like bulky man SIN
ara Of iron, The legs arc OF steel and
wood, and tho arms arc OF steel and cop-
per, while the body is an insulated wlro,
frame cased with fiber and rawhlde ana
the head is of wax, 1t Is moved by three
spring and four electric motors. WIN
fourteen storage accumulators. In it's
back is a switchboard, containing The
rheostat, fifteen switches three levers
and three automatic brakes, Though tho
motions are rather Jcrky, the machine
very cleverly walks With long or snort
steps, mods it's head, waves its arms. rides
u cycle and writes It's name on olitch-
board.
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never be greater than now. We may
increasc the crop by more careful Guilt
walton, but we cannot increase the area,
for the soil does not exist.
Put" said I, ''the population Of the
world is increasing. Where are our swclls
10 get their fine cigars when the globe
has three billion inhabitants instead Of
fifteen hundred millions. as now?"
81 don't know" sa!d Mr.. Book, and
5itdon'timuc matter: for you and Will
not be here to supply them.
''How much Of Cuba is now In tobnc-
COZ s
LESS than 1907 acres, should say.
About one.tcntli OF all the land cult
waited Is devoted to that crop. Much
of this produces a good tobacco, but not
the choicest That, as 1 have said,
comes from where the Vuclta Abajo. the
region from where we get the leaves
used in the Havana cigars.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-06
An Orchestra of Murderers.

Nav Calsdonia, the oonvicts have organ
lied a band, The Leader is q notorious
murderer. and Was once In the orches-
ira Of the Paris Opera, House, Tbs Gym,
bal player killed Il subpcSA.a server. aud
the drum player nairdered his landlord
With VII a ham hie This tirst cornssas guilty
OF ' murder. with robbery as motive,
and ono OF thp clarinets, 2 tavern Keeper,
son, ,Phn assistant handmasteT Was coRs
victed Of having cut his wtfo3 to places
This convict hand gives daily concerts p
tthhusiastic over the new Organization.
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mon md women were making cigars. The
first hal was large. II YOU will Imagine
nj acre OF girls, each with her sleeves
rolled up to he$,elbow, her head bare
and her arms moving like lightning, you
may have some idea of what saw IN
this hall. Every girl had a harrell be-
tween her knees with tobacco leaves laid
on the top. She picked up leaf after
leaf and tore out the stem, putting the
rest of the leaf into tho barrel. The
girls were Of all classes, colors and ages.
Here was n negrcss as black as your
boots, there q Chince as yellow rs gold,
and at the next barrel n Cuban of q
rich Jersey cream. Most OF tho girls
were young and not a few pretty. Some
were hummlng. some singing and others
chatting as they went on with their work.
There were about 400 In the room, and
they were the most strenuous women
workers J. have ever seen. X asked as
Ito their wages. and was told they were
paid by the piece, and that they each
made from $1.75 to $3.50 a day. The
total wages Of these 400 girls are more
than $500 a day. They are among the
highest paid women laborers Of the
world. @ III
Tho work was dirty, but the girls were
surprisingly clean. They have dressing
rooms with all toilet convenlences con-
|5nected with the factory, and they powder
and prmp every day before leaving. In
deed, on the street one would not Imagine
them the same girls he had seen stripping
~, r.5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-06
High-Priced Cigarrnakers.

3R All classes Of labor In Havanna cigar
factories are high From this cstab-
'lshment no cigar goes out which costs
less than ten cents, and the most5of those
made retail from twenty-five cents to
one dollar. The best cigar rollers re-.
ceive So and upward a day. Mon who
strip the leaves and prepare them for
the rollers get Si.50 per day, and some Of
the rollers work by the piece, making
much more. There arc 800 men In tho
factory who do nothing but roll cigars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17
PERILoUs EXPERIENCE.
Crew of Wrecked Tug Narrowly Es-
caped Death

BLOCK ISLAND, r. l., December 16.-A
story Of extreme privation and of having
been repeatedly passed by coasting vessels
which totally ignored their signals of dis
tress In told by Capt. John P Brown of
Yarmouth. Mass. and Herbert Henderson.
engineer Of the little tug Blue Jay, which
came ashore on the southeast side of the
island today after having hoated heIplessly
about since last Tuesday night The tug
began to go to pieces in the high seas soon
after she struck and will be a total wreck.
The Blue Jay sailed from Newport. r. l..
for Osterville. Cape Cod. In the evening
her engines broke down and she anchored.
but in the rough sea which prevailed her
chains parted and she was at the mercy of
the waves. On Wednesday she was spoken
by coasting schooner and a hawser was
attached to her. The hawser soon broke
and the schooner sailed away, refusing II
Is alleged. to take on board the Blue laws
men. The helpless drifting continued SIG
mails or distress were sent up, but these &c
cording to Capt Brown, were totally i9
nored by passing craft, among which were
several steamers.
The tug was seen by a surfman plungfn,
through the breakers, and when she finally
crashed on to the rocks the life savers nre
pared to go to her Before thew could oet
out their boat, however, the engineer on the
tug attempted to make shore in a small
boat. but was capsized in the heavy seas
He succeeded In swimming to shore. The
life savers then went to the tug In n ufa
boat and brought off the captain and TIC
two men comprising the crew. All were
greatly exhausted from exposure and lack
of food. there having been little to eat IN
board the tug.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17
In Behalf of Russian Jews.

The committee appointed by the Wash
,roton Co!ored Ministers Association to
|-snoe resolutions expressive of the views
az colored Christians relative to the SUI
fering of the Jews in Russia has been re-
ouested to meet at 10 am. Monday and re-
mort at - O'Clock TO the association at
Tdncoin Memorial Church. nth and
streets northwest. The committee consists
OF Revs o. ]. W. Scott, J. {. Waters, +,
A wallace f. j. Grimke, s, l.. Corrothers'
g n. Brown and James w. Poe, mission
airy.
After a general discussion OF the report
submitted by the committee the associa-
lion will take vote on It. 1t is pracu-
csuy assured that the report will call on
the colored people TO contribute to the
Jewish relief fund and that It will appear
10 Congress TO extend aid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17
KISHINEFF ATROCITIES
LETTER DECLARES THAT SCENE
BEaaARs DESCRIPTION.

NEW YORK. December ia letter esti-
mating the number OF killed and wounded
at Kishineff and the amount Of damage
done to property In recent Russian riots
was received here today by Arnold Kohn.
vice president of the state bank OF this city.
THE damage in our city the letter
states. amounts to 10000 to 60O0Oo
roubles fabout $4,000 to s300.00 and thirty
persons killed and sixty wounded. In our
nearest neighborhood Kalarash and Ismail
had to stand the worst, the damage
amounting to millions of roubles. In
Kaiarash four hundred families have been
robbed. seventy or eighty persons have been
killed. and about one hundred wounded
Fifty or sixty persons who could not De
found are being hooked for in order to bury
them in the Jewish cemetery. In Ismai
there were no casualties"
These cities. the letter adds. are within
two to three hours ride of Kishinen. II
states also that practically nothing can be
done to relieve the need at Kishinen. since
that city has not yet had time even to re-
cover from the damages of the riot Of 1903.
From Zhitomir, Russia, Mr.. Kohn today
received another letter. reading as follows:
1.-THE atrocities committed are indescriba-
Bile; parents have been murdered before the
eyes OF their children. children killed In the
presence Of their parents. babies torn from
their cradles and thrown out OF the win
dows, girls and women maltreated,t stores
and houses totally ruined. as the police and
the military were helping the murderers
and preventing the people from defending
themselves.
I'm these days of terror thousands OF
Jewish families have been driven to pow
erty and left without shelter. People who
were rich yesterday are now starving.
Immense sums are needed in order to re-
lieve the sufferers the conditions generally
and the total lack of business in Russia
being any way fatal"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17
FIREMAN's FEARFUL DEATH.
Head Burned From His Body in Rail-
way Wreck.
Special Dispatch~to The Star.

Special Dispatch-to The Star
PHOENIXVILLE. Pa, December 16.-In
a wreck of his train with another near
Perkiomen Junction. on the Philadelphia
and Reading road, today Fireman John H.
Snyder was damned into the fire box by
the force Of the impact. his head literally
burned from his shoulders and the trunk
of his body charred to cinder. The en-
gineer, Morris Sahl. who Is accused Of TAX
ing occasional maps on his train, Is said to
be responsible for the crash. He escaped
from the train, and up until late hour
tonight has not been apprehended. In adj
dition to his frightful end. the body Of the
unfortunate fireman was buried under two
tons of coal.
It Is understood that the engineer walked
two miles to Phoenixville. and there board
ed train.
Mrs. Snyder. the widow of the dead fire.
man, Is In this city, and tonight she tells a
startling story, which the deputy coroner Is
taking as q basis for his investigation
She declares that for over year her hus-
band has often spoken to her about Sahl
having a practice of taking maps on his
engine. She says that Snyder kept a long
poker always In hand to prod the somnolent
engineer into wakefulness. At the time of
the crash Snyder was replenishing the fire
box Another train on the Perkiomen road
was pulling by, but the fireman did not
know it.. His furnace doors were thrown
wide open, and he was in the act of throw
ing in shovel Of coal when the two coal
trains came together. The impetus threw
the man headlong. head and shoulders, into
the seething caldron.
The engineer and fireman of the Perkio-
men train were both injured. Newton Con-
rad, fireman. OF Allentown, and Engineer
James Ritchie were both treated at a hos
pttal here. The former is likely to die.
The police and railroad officials are MAX
ing every effort to find the missing en-
gineer. and Mrs. Snyder is on the verge Of
nervous collapse
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17
IN HONOR OF KING CARLOS.
Reception at American Embassy in
Paris Last Night.

PARIS. December 16-The American en-
bassy was the scene OF a brilliant recep-
ton tonight, when King Carlos OF Portu-
gal was the guest of honor OF Ambassador
and Mrs Mccormick. The embassy was
beautifully decorated for the occasion. the
corridors and salons being filed with flow
ers and plants. The band Of the republican
guard. which was stationed in the vesti-
bule. played the Portuguese national an
them as King Carlos entered, accompanied
NV Ambassador Marquis de NUM- and Mar
ouise de NUM- and the notabilities of the
kings suite wearing evening dress.
The party proceeded to the reception sa-
Inn where they were received by Amloas-
sador and Mrs Mccormick. Mrs McCor-
mick wore a blue and gold brocaded gown.
King carlos was most gracious and chat
tod st length with his host and hostess and
min Ied democratically with the guests
cha rlemagne Tower, the American ambas-
sador to Germany, and Mrs. Tower, Count
Taronca Count Arnoso Capt Pinto Basto.
Count and Countess Louis Contamination.
Count and Countess d'Haessonville, Count
and Countess Jean de CasteNane Prince
and Princess Amedee de Broglie. Mrs. Car
roll OF Baltimore, Nine. Andre and Mrs
eisllman wife OF the American minister
to Turkey, were among the guests.
After dinner a musicale was given in the
hall room NJ Renaud Of the opera sing
ing and Mile lie Comte of the Coincide
Franchise reclting monologues. The King
was most interested listener and fire.
anently appiauded. He departed at mid
night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17
PHILADELPHIA's SUBWAY
Inspection Of Mile of Completed Road
Notable Guests,

PHILADELPHIA, December 16.-An in
spection of the Market street subway as
far as 1t is completed, from 18th street
to the Schpylkill river. a distance of about
a mile, made today by several hundred
prominent men, including nearly all of the
high city officials and many visitors from
other cities. They were the guests of
President Parsons OF the Pniladelphia RAN
Id Transit Company. which corporation ts
constructing the railway under Market
street
Among the more prominent guests were
August Belmont. president Of the INTERIOR
ough railroad of New York: Frank T. He'd
ley, general manager Of that company;
Edwin ". Winter. president OF the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company; ]. F. Calder
wood. vice president of that corpora ton;
Gen. w. A. Bancroft, president; c. s. Sar-
gent, Vice president and Paul Winsor, as
ststant Vice president of the Boston EIe-
waited Railway Company; H. H. Vreeland,
president; Oren Root, jr., general manager
and NJ. G. Starritt chief engineer of the
New York City Railway Company Wis
itors from Baltimore, Washington. Chi
cago and Cincinnati also participated in the
inspection.
After spending an hour inspecting the
subway the visitors were entertained at
luncheon at the 23d street station The
subway will be opened to the public for
inspection tomorrow. The first car will be
operated on Monday. Electricity will be
the motive power.
In the construction of the subway par
ticular attention has been given to ventila-
ton and the entire operation is said to in
corporate all OF the best ideas embodied
nthe underground systems of other cities.