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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16

1.-TWO years ago there was scarcely a
negro in Salt Lake who used the drug;
now there are scores of them. They
have Oriental hop layouts' in their
rooms in Franklin avenue shacks,
where they smoke by the hour. The
American fiend gives us much more
trouble than the Chinaman. The opium
seems to bring out his criminal char
acteristics more and renders him a
dangerous man.
Craving Is Unsuitable.
while the Chinese are poor citizens
in that they take but little interest in
the public welfare. nevertheless they
give the police little trouble and are
usually extremely passive. / know of
but one Chinese thief who was ever
arrested in Salt Lake, while the prison
is full of white and colored hop
fiends. Toy Smith, a negro highway
robber, who was recently sentenced to
eighteen months i'm prison. was an
opium f1end of the worst type.
1T seems that the Americans are
not nearly so moderate in their use of
the drug. The Cinnamon will smoke a
few pipes of opium and then go back
to work in his laundry, while the
American seems never able to satisfy
his craving for the drug.
1T was at one time the custom of the
department TO supply prisoners who
were opium fiends with the drug while
in jail. Gum opium was furnished the
prisoners and was chewed by them to
allay the appetite for the poison We
decided, however. that the city should
not foster the vice any longer and
opium is never given the prisoners now
except in extreme cases when to deny
it would mean serious Illness
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16

habit had reached such proportions that
the San Francisco council and he Cal
ifoTnia state legislature passed strin-
gent measures against opium smoking
They were prompted to do this by the
alarming number of juveniles vino We're
becoming confirmed smokers. Young
girls were taught the habit by shame
i less procurers in order that they might
more easily be enticed into a life Of
shame.
Despite the action of the law the
habit continued to spread and dens were
opened in all the coast towns. Then
with the migration of the Chinese to
the interior cities the opium fiends in
creased in number and before 1880 the
vice had gained a strong foothoId in
eastern cities.
Today there are probably 100, 900
white men and women who smoke
opium, half as many negroes and 20
per cent of the entire Chinese popula-
ton. The vice is more prevalent in the
west than in the east. In Salt Lake out
of 150 Cinnamon, it is said, over 100 use
opium. A large per cent of the negroes
here also smoke opium. as we'll as an
increasing number of white people
The American opium smoker becomes
more of fiend and uses the drug in
greater excess than does his Monaghan
tutor
Claims Body and Soul.
The opium fiend mas little use for re-
ligion. He delivers himself body and
soul 20 the Undertaking influence Of the
drug and its be1tific transports. To
him heaven means plenty OF the drug;
he'll, the abstinence fran il.
The destruction ot Chinatown ana
with it the vile pes.'iential opium fens
with which ii has long been Infested in
the San Francisco earthquake uas one
of the blessings OF the calamity The
Chinese quarter "t Salt Lake IS not
rearly such menace Ia the CITY as
was that of San Francisco, but its re-
spOnsibility I0T tho spread Of TIA. opium
habit here cannot be denied Chief OF
Police Sheets said.
"In spite of all the endeavors to
check the practice of opium smoking
in Salt Lake. the number of fiends in
creases at an alarming rate. There are
no dens here where they congregate
and smoke, the last one having been
raided and closed up a year ago. but
they manage to find some place to
crawl into and smoke their opium.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16
Continued to Spread.

The opium habit was transplanted 10
America by the Chinese. y California
sporting man named Clendenyn was
che first white man in America to use
the drug. He began smoking opium
in 1868. and taught several Of his as
eDeiates the vice. By 1879 tie deadly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16
Sixty Years Experience of an Old
Nurse.

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup Is the
prescription of one of the best female
physicians and nurses in the United
States, and has been used for sixty years
with never-failing success by millions Of
mothers for their children. During the
process OF teethiug it's value is incalcu-
liable. 1t relieves the child from pain
cures diarrhoea. gripping in the bowels
and wind colo. By giving health to the
child it rests the mother. Price Is cents
q bottle.
A 12-month Christmas present for
man or boy. a Y. ". G. A. membership.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-09-21

law announce opposition to the use
OF public moneys for private. ghin
and demand that all sums which
mayhave been obtained by private In
dividuals out Of the unlawful use Of
the public fund be recovered for the
State favor election of United Stats
Senators by direct vote of citi-
zens; demand "a just and effe
Law for railroad commission" call
for adoption Of use of voting mnchin-
IS; Call for Improvement in the arid
hand laws; favor such anlendme nts Of
tax laws as will with unerring car
tainty0 insure and compel the discovery
and subsection of all taxable proper
ty to the payment of taxes on terms
of equality
The notable plank in the platform
that brings a hearty "Ame.n!" from
republican and democrat alike is the
final declaration, as follows: "Whil4
recognizing the obligation of the ma
tlonal administration to execute exist
ing laws regardle SIS CT conss qus nct S
to individuals Or interes S, we are
neverthe ss profoundly imprs sssd wit
the natural rights Of the actual set
tiers of northern Montana to the be-
neficial use of the waters flowing in
| the SIRENS Of the country originally
embraced in the great Blackfoot re-
serve of northern Montana, and we
therefore suggest such legislation by
congress as will secure TO the north :
ern Montana people the use of said
waters under the laws of the snte
of Montana, with full regard 10 the
rights of the Indians
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-09-21
A FOUL MURDER
AT THE FORT
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riot. His associates say that he was
hopelessly involved in dsbt, and mona
Of the post officials or others know
of any source from which he would
have legitimately received any large
amount Of money. Mason'sl attorneys
made no effort to secure his release.
which was continued over Tuesday in
order that the United States district
attorneys office could be rapr5 s:nted
at the hearing. The verdict was as
stated above.
The rooms Of both Huff and Mason
had been locked during the time the
accused man was in Havre, and it was
supposed that Huff, also, was in the
city. If Mason is the guilty man, he
locked his room door and lett the
quarters by way Of Huff's room, Sc
curing that under lock and key, also.
During his time in Havre Mason rode.
a bicycle, and he told a number Of
ON this. This bicycle was borrow d
| from. an acquaintance at the post, and
was later found to have baen triawned
| fo, small sum.
| The lamp in Huff's room was found
overturned, but there was no oth:r
sign of a struggle having occurred. 1t
was plain that Huff had been killed
from behind without the slightest
warming, the lamp probably being
dislodged by the slayer in his haste
to hide the body. Fort Assinniboine,
during stormy days, has been the
scene Of a numbsr CT killings, but
this is the first assassination reporte
in its history and thsre have been
excite d. u,rtterings that Mason was
safer in the city jail in Havre than
in the post guardhouss.
The cffe!.se having occurred on a
military reservation, Mason will be
given trial in the United States court,
doubtless before Judge Hunt in Hsl-
ena. The next ste7. in the case was
|
to give Mason a preliminary hearing
before United States Commissioner w.
B. Piper in this city. at which J.
Miller Smith Of Helena app AIRED tor
the government as pross or. The
hearing was begun Tuesday afternoon,
immediately after the coroner's jury
had rendered. its verdict.
The coroner's jury which took up the,
preliminary work of invs stigation VIZ
composed Of Charles w. Ling, Olaf
G. Skylstead William F. Yaeg r,
George T. sanderson, George E. Her
ron and T. J. Troy.
Mason takes his arrest cody, thu
only statement he will make being
that he came to Havre ON horseback
Tussdhy night, arriving in the city
about 10 D. m. He declares that he
rode back to the rost and testimony
Was given to show that he worked
all day in the post shops, leaving a.
gain en- a bicycle Borrowed from
Sergeant Brown, which he pawned
Friday at the store of Hodge 6 Potts
He says that he was in Havra all
the time between Wednesday night
and Saturday morning, but dOes; rot
say whether he visited his quarters
Wednesday; in which case IL must
have discovered Huff's body if the
view of the coroner's jury be correc..
The last sen CT Huff alive at The
post was at 6 p. m. Tuesday nigh.
The bOGy Of Huff was buTisdi Tu:s-
day at Fort Assinntb5ine, upon orders
from the home in Kentucky.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-09-21
WELL WORTH TRYING.

". H. Brown, the popular pension
attorney, of Pittsfield, VT, says:
Next TO pension, the best thing to
get is DR.. Kings New Life Pills" He
writes: they keep my family in
splendid health" Quick cure for head
ache, constipation and bilousness. %
CENTS. GUARANTEED at Roon s DR. G
store.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-09-21
ADMINISTRATOR SALE.

There will be sold at privae sl1e
at the ranch of Robert Thompson, de-
csEsad, on Clsar Creek, about 100
head of mixed cattle, and head Of
horses. Bios will BE- received in part
or whole at Havre, Montana, or ut
mnch on day Of sale.
Date of sale, Sspt. 90 1906.
A. G. STATION,
Adm mis- IA Or
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-09-21

Visitors in the city from judith Bas-
in this week report that it is runlored
that John p. Barnes Of the Barnes
King mine has leased the Judith
Basin FIGURING Conn any's plant to a
Lewistown syn dictate.
FOR SALE-Ore 14Ax22 c. P.
Gordon. used three months; one r.
lance paper cutter, used six months.
Cheap for cash
E. R. THATCHER,
l5-4t Minot. n. Oak
THE BREATH OF LIFE.
It's significant fact that the
strongest animal Of its size, the go
rilla, also has the largest lungs. Pow
erful lungs means powerful creatures.
How to keep the breathing organs
right should be mans chiefest study.
Like thousands of others, Mrs. Ora
A. Stephens, of Port Williams, O., has
learned how to do this. She writes:
Three bottles of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery stopped my cough of two years
and cured me Of what my friends tIlot
consumption. o, it's grand for throat
and lung troubles Guaranteed by
Booneis Drug store. Price soc and 81
Trial bottle free.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-09-21

The Guild will meet next Wedns sday
AFTERNOON with Mrs. A. D. Smith.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-09-21

The Fort B;nton d:lsga es are D.
G. Browne, c. E. Duer, John Harris,
W. Y. PcEiharton and jose phi Sullivan.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-09-21

Briefly,the rlsolut ors 2dopt by
the republican state co We zion Ct
1906 declare that TIL. ME # cur
country and its benign intlu ne n
ether nations of the world hive BEEN,
immeasurably adyarc-d by the eds
and the administ rat ion Of Pr ST
dent ROOSEVELT pay an eloqu ut til
butte to the late Wilbur F. Sanders;
commend United States S5nator Car
ter, representative Jcs:ph NJ Dixon
and State Chairman Lee Mantle; en-
m nd adoption CT the proposed colstt-
tutioRel amendms Mt providing fer the
initiative and re!epfndum; favor q
mendmanss of the prs n. primary l.w
Sc as to make il fully and COM
pletely effectdye;" declare h ar lily in
favor" Of such amsndmen o :he
eight hour law IS may remove any am
biguiay tfaarefn and SECURE the results
that We're sought t. be obtained thsrz-
by; proclaim that I'VE are ineXoralbiy
opposed 10 the Organization or oper-
alton of combinations CT trusts that
finally extort from the pop,e undue
protits;" and for the "strct md
impartial rotec.ton o. The consti u
ton and impar i'll enforc arne Mt OF h
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-22
FORMER NARROW
ESCAPES ABOUT here

About two years ago steamer from
the Colonies, arriving at night during
heavy southerly storm, missed her
reckoning for Honolulu harbor and ran
past the island through the Kauai
channel In the morning she rounded
Diamond Head as if coming from San
Francisco instead of the south. Had
she not made so wide miss the ter
rible reefs of Eva, Waianae or Waia-
lua might have given her a rude berth
Once the steamer Australia took al
most the wrong drive for the Molokai
channel which has placed the Man
churia on the reef. She was heading
for Heeia and in dangerous nearness
to the shore when the mistaken course
was discovered. it was in daylight
too
One of the sailing vessels which ar
rived recently from the Coast is said
to have narrowly escaped the fate
which has overtaken tie Manchuria,
a fire at the Waimanalo
plantation for the light at Diamond
Head and sailing close inshore before
the mistake was seen.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-22
MANCHURIA NOTES.

Sheriff Brown and Harry Murray re-
turned from the scene of the Manchuria
disaster yesterday afternoon and re-
port that there were no heavy seas
running to prevent small boats from
going alongside. AS an evidence of the
quietness of the water they say that
Judge P. L. Weaver, who is spending
a vacation at that side of the island
swan half way out TO the stranded
liner and was only prevented from
reaching her by the attentions Of a.
number of Portuguese men-of-war. I'M
plea SAINT companions in the water.
There is plenty of accommodation for
the SO Oriental passengers of the Man
churia now quartered at Quarantine
Island In fact another three hundred
could be looked after there with com
fort The commissary is in the hands
of the steamship agents and they are
doing all that is possible to make these
people comfortable. Among the ORR
entails are several suffering from Ill
ness and the whole lot, with few ex-
ceptions. are in hard straits, being
those. refused admission to the United
States for various reasons and others
to China because they had
passed the age of usefulness. Just
when they will be sent forward has not |
cen decided. ]
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-22

water, which at its worst is hardly
as rough as at Waimanalo at its best
Without flexible ladder it would be
opt of the question for any dredger to
operate there, and without reliable
data as TO the formation, any predie-
lions as to the help to be rendered by
dredging are more or less guesswork
BLASTING NOT RECOMMENDED
There was a report in general circu-
lation yesterday afternoon that J. B.
Agassiz, of Cotton Bros, had proposed
to blast a channel through the coral.
but this report was denied last night
by him.
Cotton Bros. have offered the use
of their tools and apparatus in the
work" said Mr. Agassiz, land possibly
it is from this that the report was
started. I have made no proposition
to the agents of the Pacific Mail to do
any blasting, and I would not thing
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-22

exposed portion of the coast, where
rough weather is the rule at nearly all
seasons.
Even lying favorahly, as she was, the
Miowera was stripped of everything
movable but her engines.
INDIGNANT AT REPORTS.
Everywhere among the passengers of
the Manchuria yesterday We're heard
expressions of Indignation that there
should have been report started that
Captain Saunders was in the slightest
degree intoxicated at the time of the
accident or at any time during the
voyage.
This indignation was shared by the
various seafaring men In the port who
have had occasion to meet the Man
churia captain in a professional way
and had an opportunity of knowing
his character and disposition.
Il have known Captain Saunders for
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-22

sufficient, which is doubtful. The scow
Pioneer, which left in the morning in
tow OF the tug Ecu. carried two sea
anchors and all the hawsers it was
possible to secure, taking for the use
of the cableship Restorer the hawser of
the Alameda. which had been loaned
for the work.
SCEPTICAL AS TO DREDGING.
The numerous suggestions made as
to the possibility of dredging out the
reef and making channel for the
Manchuria do not commend themselves
to those familiar with .,le scene of the
wreck and the conditions usually prev
alent there. A dredger such as the
Pacific, il is pointed out. could not
possibly work in the exposed bay In
dredging the channel for the harbor
here it was found impossible to use
the Pacific on account of the rough
Observation-Disclosures
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HzHaasazHzmzmz
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of making any such offer without first
making borings and learning what
could be done"
CAPTAIN METCALF COMING.
The report in the cable dispatches
that Captain Metcalf, who established
reputation here by taking the Milo
vera off the reef after all others had
abandoned her, was discussed along
the waterfront and the positions of the
Miowera and the Manchuria compared.
The concensus of opinion was that the
latter vessel will prove much more
difficult to save than was the Canadl-
an-Australian liner. The Miowera lay
on the lee side of the island, and while
stranded was not subjected to any
weather of consequence, the sea being
unusually smooth even for that time
of the year. The Manchuria. on the
other hand, Is stranded on the most
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-22

the past fourteen years." said a well
known sea captain yesterday, "and
have never seen him Intoxicated once
in all that time, nor do / believe that
he ever was intoxicated since I first
met him. l have seen him on duty
scores of times and know him we'll"
On the contrary, it would seem from
the expressions among the passengers,
that Captain Saunders has gained
great favor with them for his actions
all through the trying time, and ex-
pressions of regret that he should be
made the scapegoat for the results of
the affair are heard
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-22

of the unchanged engine has been
worked loose and unless weather con-
ditions moderate, that viii soon be
wrenched and made worthless for the
time being.
LOCAL AID UNAVAILING.
The efforts made during the day have
shown that locally there is little that
can be done and the proposition now
is to secure aid from the Coast in the
way of wrecking tackle and more
powerful tugs. This is the opinion of
Captain Saunders, who has given up
all hope of having the vessel pulled
free by the local boats after the de-
termined efforts they had made on
Monday.
The great drawback to the local
boats is that there are not enough
hawsers of the necessary strength to
allow all of them to act together. even
if their combined efforts would be
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-22
MORNING NEWS AND
WATERFRONT RUMORs

Returning vessels from the scene of
the wreck of the Manchuria yesterday
morning brought little news of hope
full nature, and only the cutter Man
ming and the steamer Niihau stood by
until the arrival of the cableship Re-
storer. which sailed for Waimanalo in
the afternoon. There was no attempt
made to do any pulling by these yes
sells The tug Fearless returned early
in the morning, having broken one of
the ffukes of her anchor and being
compelled to cut loose from the liner.
Captain OLSON took a gloomy view of
the situation, expressing his fear that
the pounding TO which the Manchuria
was being subjected would break her in
two AS to the ultimate saving Of the
vessel he was doubtful.
The situation, as seen by Captain
OLSON, is that the Manchuria is rest
ing on a hard portion of the reef amid
ships with her bows and stern in softer
formation, a most dangerous position
in view of the report from Waimanalo
last night that the surf and wind was
worse than at any time since the
Bleaching of the ship.
All day yesterday the liner pounded
on the reef, the effect being felt Sc
verely In at least two compartments, |
Nos. and leaks had started, whether i
from the piercing of the hull or the |
racking loose of the plate rivets, could !
not be told, but enough TO show the /
strain being put upon the hull. The !
continual pounding has affected the
machinery. the steam pipe Of the Port
engine breaking from the shocks, While j
four of the boilers have been damaged |
and are out of commission. In the
straining of the immense huh the bed
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-22
COMPANY IS CARING
FOR THE PASSENGERS

these two vessels in San Francisco so
that we can get you out of here as
soon as possible.
we are not advised that the Korea
will leave before her scheduled time.
1t would be loss to do so and il would
be almost unreasonable TO ask us to
change the date of her sailing
VOTE on ALLOTMENT.
There was considerable discussion as
TO the manner in which the win of the
passengers could be ascertained as to
the vessel they desired to leave on. 1t
was finally decided to call for stand
ing vote, cases of necessity to take the
first vote, being the principal reason
for any one voting to go on the Hong
kong Maru. Those who could afford
to wait, or would sink their own per-
sonal comfort. business and desires and
wait for the second boat, We're to rise
on the second call
Out of the nearly 100 persons present
As announced their desire to proceed
by the Hongkong Maru and AZ for the
Korea. General Smith was one of those
who arose on the vote for the Hong
kong Maru, as it is important he get
to Manila as soon as possible. Cen
eral Smith, it is understood, would
have preferred to wait over to accom-
modate others, but necessity compelled
him to go on the first boat.
In order to facilitate the work of
apporttonment a committee was ap-
pointed comprising General Smith,
chairman; E. j. Jones and n. Bentz.
The meeting adjourned to meet again
at o'clock this afternoon at the same
place at which time the resolutions
committee will present its report
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-22
VOTE on ALLOTMENT.

The last of the Manchuria passen-
gers were brought to town yesterday
morning in a tally-l1o. They consist
ed of two families with children, who
Waimanalo plantation for the night.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-22
ALAMEDA MAY A42f
LEND A HAWSER

It was rumored at a late hour last
night that the Alameda, which leaves
this morning for the Coast, will turn
into waimanaIo bay and help pull on
the Manchuria If her assistance is de-
sired.