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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13

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England. They have oppressed Ireland
for five hundred years. and ground her
people into the very mud and dirt or
Ter boss. They have deliberately broken
up Irelands manufactures. stamped out
kerscommerce, oppressed her people FOR
their Catholic belief, taxed her land most
Isllamefully5 and done everything that pos
ts!bly could be done to bring her to rum;
and now they are seeking meansfto help
ireland. and lift her up and teach her
Industry. 1t Is a mockery.
4 ''Ah, America Is the Irlshman's home!
4 God bless that free country, where and
Ir,shman can meet an Engllshnan MS an
equal and not as a serf and vassal-at
country where an Irlshmnn does not have
to take N Englishman except for lwhal
& he Is worth as a man; and II the English
man sneers. Pat can paste him one In the
iaw and say, Here, by daps, I'm as good
Il man as you are!' !" =. Ell S
III my rambles In the far Interior
always found the Irish people eager 70
/ hear about America They asked me
every conceivable kind Of a question
about the United States, and wanted to
know all about the climate, the crops,
the railroads. the cattle. the mileposts,
the geese and ducks, the pigs and even
the garden vegetables, And ! always
told them about these things as best
could.
Ono morning when was In Killarney,
ttat real Irish town near the lakes and
noutains of that name took my
camera and n note book ana strolled far,
away from the great tourist hotel, where
4 ! was staying, After half an hours walk
4 found myself IN the heart OF the VII,
slege, In the very midst of tho most per-
feet irish scenes had up to that time
7had the pleasure OF seeing. Three or
four gangs of geese We're padding and
diving in black. filthy pools, and piSs
were equally as much In Reyldence. These
latter gentleman seem TO be very
familiar on short acquaintance, and as
I stopped at q cottage or rather a hut,
to speak With an old barefoot woman
tile pig of the place came up to/me,
rooted up my trousers leg, and than be-
gan to rub himself against me- That was
d procedure i did not exactly fancy. and
+ as + klckcod at the pig, the old lady said,
sf'Och. phase yer honor. yell have to ex-
cuso the pig, He is that spho.ed he
gives me moro trouble than all mo chill
diem togither.." vi.
a i talked for some minutes With this old
woman, who, like all the IEslh was Very
stalkatiye, and then moyed over 70 the
other side of the streetfto where another
middle-agsd !: woman was selllnS small
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13
INDIANS sUPERsTITIONs
Believe Steam is a God and Burn
I Human Beings.

Z In India tho gross superstitons pres
yallIng among the natives frequently pro-
duce horrible & tragedies. Occasionally
they como to light. In the&up country
town of Elingoli, IN tho ocean, Is a cot
ton ginning mill owned by natives. One
of the proprietors,8 "a Pnrsee named Now
rojcc looked after the engines and ma -SSs
chinery OF the MIL. Lately the machinery
had not been working well, and the en-
ginc In particular had given iderablcf
trouble The native engineers seem to
have got 1t Into their heads that thc5en-#
gIne was really driven by q god which &
took the form of steam. When 1t went
wrong they thought the god was angry
ana needed propitlnting by tho sacrifice
Of n human being, One night a. Hindu
laborer named Govindahwas passing the
MILL. Some workmen sitting In the yard 3
smoking called out to him to join them.@
The gang had Just been discussing the
vagarIcs of the engine and the necessity
Tor offering a sacrifice to it.E The whole
purEy walked toward the boiler, and some
OF the men seized GoSlndnh,b others
swung open the furnace door and tho
unfortunate man was crammed Inside.
head first They had to lose their hold
of his body III order. to shut the furnace
door, whereupon Govindah, who was n
very powerful man, managed to get out
and free himself. He was frenzied with
pain and fear and had sustained CHASTITY
Injuries. The engineers did not make q
second attempt to thrust him into the
furnace, and ho crawlcd away to his hut
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13
WOMAN " OF KILLARNEY

! haunting car, or row on the lake, my old
companion would threaten with awful
| tones and lie with the smoothest grace
Imaginable. He told one man who want,
ed me To- take boat ride that WAS
Lord Chamberlain, and that another
word from him would put him In stocks
IN tho Tower of London. fle told another
! that I was due at the station In eNaetly
three minutes and must bo in Dublin
! that night. This, too. when the station
was three miles away.
This old freshman wanted , 20 kno ,%
every single thing about America; ! s"au
him about the large railroad trains opsr
in the states and how fast they fhnl;
America compared with those OF lrelama,
over there they could haul seven nous,
ana pounds, I told him our cars SoWtu
haul sixty, eighty and q hnnnpe nne rhc cnrs
over this way could easily carry mar
Of their longest freight trains, ,
llowly, Saint PathrlekH he eX &c mur,
lky?'' asked tho old fellow. told nm
about our crops to his utter, and neon,
prehens!bA establishment. lie told me
he had not ha Se a s"pd hnnt his clothes
We're very poor. A dozen times he begged
10 be excused for his appearance, ad
t9ld IL tho wss wem arInker 3 but that
he was 'ithe greatest tImpranee man anl
worrukeriin three countless ~ nose tol1
what kind Of ''worruk = he had pee'' useu
i In speaking OF the pay, Of farm labor,
era. he informed mo that ~ lar raia nd ran
in tho Killarney section Vas Was p'i'n s, sst
what hat kid Id og board tbs hands got, Ae
told mo for breakfast they got ,preaa.
butther ana tay," for dinner IN tne J, ,, gss
/ hew rot ',another. cup OF "tay and
b b'si With a cup Of milk H. asked me
What the farm hands received in Amefis..,
II told him farm hands receives tsn,
as twpnty-hye dollars q mouth, with good
"po they set mate TO eat?" he asked
Innd Sometimes two kinds, He Looked at
me lncredulously and studledly, IS Is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13
A Sliding Boat.

Tho sliding boat OF Mr. do Lambert, a
French Inventor Is designed to avoid frlc-
ton by skImmlng on the surface of the
water. and II Is made to do this by In
cllncd planes fixed under the boat eat
carefully regulated distances apart and
at an anglo determined hy many trials,
When at rest the weight Is supported on
two narrow parallel floats resembling cer-
tain Asiatic canoes. the sliding planes
sinking Just beneath the surface. A. light
weight model of wood and aluminium Is
twenty feet long and ten feet Wide be-
tween the inclined planes, and while IL
weighs loo pounds. It requires n 4motor
OF only twelve horse power, althonah
other boats of tho capacity need motors
of sixty to 100 horse power, As tho boat
Is started, the planes rise on the water,
where they are supported by thin
layer of air, and easily slide along ny
ffteen to TWENTY-FIVE miles an lipur
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13
New Trunk Line - Santiago
Built BY Sir William
is Van Horne.
! BY Frank q. Carpenter.
sASrA .c1A1lA, cr1sa.

8 SANTA CLARA, CUEa.
Within the past few weeks I have trav-
eled over the ost OF Cuba by i;ttl. 1t Ia
now possible to go from one end or tho
island to the other, and branch lines ara
planned for tho east and west wliicn VIII
eventually make every Fart OF The coui-
try accessible by train. There are already
more than fifteen hundred miles Of trunk
lines, and or these more than o,ic-third
have been built since the war. The Cuba
railroad. owned by American md Cana
dian ca pitnlists, headed by Sir William
ynng1lornc, completed It's main linc m
1900 and the trains arc now running OH
.3thc branch which Joins that ~ith tho
nov port OF fAntllln. on the Bay%of Nipe.
The Cuba ROAD has now 45D niles OF
I track. ana II has thrown about 10 per
cont. OF the whole Island oncn to settle
mcnt. shall write fully concerning ~
later on.
Good Railroad Properties.
III The odclrniIroads OF Cuba are well cs-;,
tabllshed, and thcs nov have large earn
ings. Their stock IL fur above par and
y lg growing in value every day. There !Nn..
been about sG5ooO.O6 Invested In such
roads up to 1893, and they were then max
Z INK UGl hthIulukS IlOI5 LUll' v~tVV''o''
rer annum. The roads have been i'm
proved since then, and nearly all have
made extensions. II
Cuba Is one OF the oldest railroad cotIn-
tries on our hemisphere. II had railways
before any other country Of Spanish
America, and as far back as the days of
Jacksons presidency a. concession was
granted for n railroad from Nucvitas OIL
tho north coast Of Camagucy.'a distance
OF forty-fivc miles. This road Is stu IN.
existence, and It has n large traffic
{s The Western railway OF Havana runs
from that city for n distance OF two hum
dred miles down into the province Eoii
I'Innr del Rio, reaching tho famous to-
bacco folds tbs well built. we'll :quipDed
and mnkes good tlmcs. 1t has flrst and
third class cars and does n good business
in both passengers md freight Tue
through rates arc about 3 cents n mile
first class and half that for third--tclass, ",
The United Railways.
The United Railway Company extends
from Havana eastward through the prov
tnces OF Havana and afatnnzas. with.
branch lines covering the whole Of Ha-
vana. including Batnban. the sponge-lish T.
Ing center and fort on the. south This
road has 2c5 miles Of track. IT is well
built and one OF the best managed on
the island. It is connected with the Cuba
road by the Cuban Central Railway,
which runs from Jovellanos to Santa
Clara, thus completing with the United
Railway, theftrnnk line from Santiago to-
Havana. The Cuban Central Railway is
rough to an extreme and is in bad condi-:
ton. although It goes through ono OF tho;
richest parts ofsthe Island and has
large traffic. In addition to these there
are branch lines. which arc more or less
under the control OF the main lines. and
also the plantation railroads. about one
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Victims Of Old Jokes,

hospital surgeon says that thefe !, =
more facial paralysis among ? ink pi ~.
ing tellers. photographers ana e'eYait,s
operators than In any other clhsFfs' ,c ais
accounts for It with the woFas'A oia
Jokes.
NJokes! How so? LIZ
"Whenever bank clerk hands out
fresh, crisp hill the man On tue otnor
side OF The. window says, n.y. y ,i"G !,
IN to the teller 10 force laugh the
man on the chair says, Amt you airald
iii break the camera lie L,, " weH !, = nv Nv
.inuph. ono man out OF every ten VIII
enter an elevator and say % the boy at
The rope Lots OF ups and downs ~ your
life. alnr there? me BOY ioFceAs
IN" Year after year OF this sort Of bust.
ness tells IN the long run Fhe ylctlins
come hero for treat mept, ana We Gun
hold our no nope to them unless they
net into another line OF labar.'-T4'leye-
land P!aindcaler,
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trying to realize what 1 had said. Final

Trying to rea11zs What.-I hau Said F'lfla1-
ly he said: Ss ri i. }ss Ii.
he the salvation OF the worruld
AS wo walked back to the town. tho
sun was setting over tho upper Lake of
Killarney, and the Mucgillicuddy Reeks,
like great masses of$8the densest blue
lazllite. lowered over us and filled the
world with the widest and most indie
scrlbab BILE beauty that.I had ever seen.
}.'What a wonderful countryEtls this!"5
thought l. ".Nnd what Il strange. un-
movable and fascinating people sE5
PIiUNINtl@R y n. ~ ONES. 84
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tie stations for meals. which cost from
fifty to seventy fite cents. There are
MISC lunch counters. and at nearly every
stoppage pcddlers bring fruit and eatables
to the car windows
How the Cuba Road Was Built.
The Cuba Railroad is by far the long
est on the island, and 1T Will eventually
be one OF the best railroad properties OF
this part OF the world. 1t runs right along
the backbone OF Cuba. extending from
Santa Clara. which Is west OF the center
OF Cuba. eastward to Santiago, opening
up n country which heretofore has been
accessible only from the coasts. This is
the widest part OF Cuba, and 1t has some
Of the richest soil and best material re-
sources The trunk line Is 1854 miles.
long, but with the branches there are
altogether about 100 miles more OF track.
and the system will be extended until 1t
encloses eastern Cuba like net.
The Cuba road Is one OF the wonders
OF modern railroad building. It's main
lire was constructed within less than two
years, and that without government
concession. without right OF way and
without the asking OF a dollar OF the pub
Iic.E II was planned. financed and built by
Sir William Van Horne, who had com
pleted the construction Of the Canadian.
Pacific, and, Alcxander-like, was looking
about for other worlds to conquer. lie
had come to Cuba Just after the war, on
his way to- British Guinea, where he had
interests in gold mines, and the railroad
recrie here had taken him over their sys}
tenn In special car. Sir William. never
travels without map. He is n shrewd
observer, and. as he rode about over the.
central and western provinces he saw the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13

AZ took but few words to get their sub
scriptons Among them were L. Fl. IIar-
riman. James j. HILL, Granville NJ.
Dodge and others Sir William had only
to point out that here was one OF the
richest OF all countries, lying In the
front dooryurd OF the world, With mil
lions 6sof acres of . undeveloped lands
surprising all Others In their ability to
raise sugar, toba eco and other money
crops. 4 He showed them that similar
lands In Hawaii costing as high as $500
per, acre pay an Interest on the invest
ment IS and that these lundeveOped lands
could be gotten from 81 to s. an acre, and
&that3by5the thousands Of acres. The map
spoke for Itself, and there wns no trou-
BILE in getting the subscriptions. This
was five years ago. Since then a lmost
twice that amount has been spent, but
the trunk line OF the road has been
completed, a great harbor opened UP on
the biggest and best bay of Cuba, sugar
planta tons and other enterprises begun
and system OF development originated
which In time will probably be Of great
profit TO tho investors. .3{553
Building New Railroads in Cuba.
The buldlngBo the Cuba road was q
wonder. THE American syndicate had no
right OF way Cuba was then IN charge
of the United States and the Foraker
amendment forbade that any concession
be granted during the military occupation.
Is Sir William Van Horne had the Spanish
railroad laws translated, In the hope 81 E
enable. him to 90 ahead, but there was
none. He then fell back on the common
right of every man to build upon his own &
land, and decided to buy the lands on
which the railroad was to go, from the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13
Cuba's New Port

One Of the most important parts OF the
Cuba road Is that which, was opened this
year to Antilla on Nlpe Bay. This bay
is large enough to hold the harbors Of
Santiago, Ma,tanzas, Ha S and every every
room to spare. In a great part OF 1t the
water is over 900 feet deep with q depth
great enough for big steamers close To-
tho shore. IvharvesE have lready been
built att4Antllla, and the Ward. Steamship
Company has contracted to put on on rc FL
ships will be Of from 1000 to $500 tons
and viii make The trip IN two AND y one.
r. Havana. Via AntIlla and the Cuba
Ralroud, will be sold at the same rate
rs 10 Havana direct. and It Is probable
that a large part of sthe tourist travols
will come or return home this way. A 4,
rangements have been lnada win ~ |, the tns
TO cali at Santiago or .Antilla, and pas
sengers will be able to SO through this
part OF Cuba on their way to and from
jamaica. I, VI, q
The Nipe Bay harbor will have all mod
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Quick Financiering.

ss AS soon as he decided however, that "
would pay, h e started for New York. and
there financed the road In less than two
days. He wanted big men, and rich men;
men who would not expect immediate re-
suits, and men who could afford to lose
their. money II things went the wrong
way. lie started out to get over $1,000, OO
In $4,000 shares, and picked out eighteen
men OF whom he expected to ask 500, Oo0
each to begin wlth.dfThese men were
among the leading capitalists of the
United states. They we're men accus-
toned to dealing an large sums, and
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potential wealth Of the Island. He real
lied the profits that could be made In
sugar, tobacco and fruits. and was inn
pressed with the fertility Of the soil. In
locking at the map he saw that seven
stenths Of Cuba seemed to be undevcl-l
oped. and that It's whole eastern half
had no great railroad and practically no
farma lie asked MS to the character Of
the land and was told 1t was fully MS
good az that OF western Cuba, but that
1t was inaccessible, although a number OF
railroads had been. planned in the past,
5;Stki tile Spanish government had once Of,
t:ern 70 guarante eight per cent. dividends
Or the cost OF construction II trunk
line were built.
Ii THE more Sir William investigated the
subject the more he. became convinced
that such road would be OF vast good to
cuba, and that It would eventually be a
profitable undertaking. He did not come
to this conclusion until he had sent his
cnrireers over the line on horseback and
Lad travelled over the most Of it himself
on horseback and In wagons.
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HOW RAILROADS HAVE OPENED CUBA TO OUTER WORLD

center orfthd e1slandiof Santiago. lie did
this, and was then only blocked where.
the route crossed the public roads. and
he could have the right Of way I, only by
however that the people wanted the
road, the ofclnlsswante It, and our gov
eminent wanted 1t. and also that no one
was likely to object atoSwhat every one
build across the public roads without a.
concession. He did this, and no one has
objected \ sls} ss ;. } r. K
Etc used Cuban workmct, to construct
the line and he says that they arc a is
good labor as can be found anywhere. NJ
to handle the pick and shovel, but after
that they worked rapidly and cobscien-
tinusly clearing the forests and laying
the tracks, Come Spaniards also were
work was done quickly and we'll
Big Sugar Mills.
This Is, however only tho first stage In
the development OF the enterprise. The
Cuba Com pany, which Is the name of the
syndicate owning the road, has several
hundred thousand acres Of land, and 1t
Will buy more. tits already clearing the
tati6ns. There Is onci at Jntibpnico, be-
tween SANTA Clara and Cicgo dc Avila
whore In the neghborhood OF three etholis,
and acres have already pcen cleared hhu
d MILL grinding a thousand bags a day,
Is building. This mill alone Will repre-
sent Il population Of eight or ten thous'
and people when 1t and ths plantation
connected with It are IN operation. Sim
liar mills Will be built by the Cuba Com
pany and other syndicates all the way
along the ron1 to Santiago and Nipee
Bay, and 1t is believed that one hundred
mills could he prontably established.
Each such mill should be worth to tho
railroad about $250,oo0 n year In gross
traffic receipts, SO that the possibilities
| are enormous. There are already I'VE
sugar mills owned by private companies
along the road, and the Cuba Company
/ has, I understand, agreed to build q mill
for an American corporation which re-,
Gently bought about 5000 acres OF land
\ not far from 1gnacie. 94j5 its
AS I have said the road runs along the
backbone Of the island. The richest soil
lies in the valleys, and It is the Intention
]of tho company to build branch lines
down the valleys all along the way. so
that the trunk will be fed by these
Hines, making the system look like the
veins Of leaf Other. tensions nro
! planned at Santa Cruz and Bayamo on
tho south, the latter reaching the main
| line at San Luis not far from Santiago.
Seward gateway., 1905-10-07

Washington. D. C.. Oct. 6. Complete arrangements hay. been made for the entertainment of the British naval squadron under command of Prince Loui, of Bat,ouburg. The squadron will arrive at Annapolis November and will be met there by the North Americans squadron under Rear Admiral Evans.
 After two days at the naval academy and it, environments the officers will proceed to Washington November 3. The next day reception will be given in their honor at the White House. The squadron will soon after sail for New York. arriving there November :. and may remain there some time.
 Peoria, rI.. Oct 6 Prof. Doughcrly, ,apriu;cudcnt of the city school, and president of fine Peoria National bank. has been arrested on two true bills returned by the grand jury in the state circuit court, charging him wilh embezzlemcnt and forgery.
 The school fund i, found to he short sG00Oo The money was embedded by means of forged voucher, for school coal which was never supplied.
 Washington. D. C.. Get. 6-Howmd M. Kutcain, special agent cf the trea- Sury department to supervise the sal mon industries of Alaska, was married last night to Miss Mary KiubaII. daughter of Dr.. Edward Kimball of this city.
 San Francisco, Oct. It ts proposed to reft the steamer Alameda where she lies on the rocks of Fort Point. Divers have found big hole under her boilers, and she connot be hoated until some repairs are made.
 Washington. D. D., Oct. G-The fed eral government has decided to build d stone wall thnty-ive feet high around the penitentiary on McNeirS island in the state of Washington, on account of the frequent escapes from the prison which have been steadily taking place. A strong wing will be built for the detention of desperate prisoners.
 Washington. D. C., Oct. G-The Jap- anese and Russian ambassadors held conference today to discuss the formal exchange of notifications of the peace treaty. The exchange will probably be made at the White House. but no date was fixed.
 Seattle, Oct. 6-All trace of the five escaped bandits who held up the Great Northern overland last Monday near Ballard, has been lost. Blood hounds were unable to follow the trail because of fall of rain immediately after the robbers took to the woods.
Seward gateway., 1905-10-07

More than 53,OOO tons of freight have been slipped from Seattle to Beriag sea ports 50 far this Sumner on the steam sad sailing vessels engaged ia the trade
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-12
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