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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-09-20

they are simply in the preparations
being made to send men to Cuba,
carrying out the presidents instruc-
tons, for the purpose of protecting
American interests.
Plead for Intervention.
Letters, kilograms and cablegrams
are pouring into the state department.
by the scores asking that the United
States intervene in Cuba, protect lives
and property, and put an end to the
revolution. Thus far all of these re-
quests come from private individuals,
those who have large property inter-
ests in the island chiefly, but so far
no request for Intervention has come
from the representative of any foreign
government, despite the fact, as re-
ported, that British and Canadian cap
italists are largely interested in the
railroads which have been destroyed
or damaged.
The president is being advised or
these requests, and they are being
given attention by the state DEPART
ment, but none of the correspondents
have been led to believe by the ma
ture Of the replies sent to them that
it is the intention of this government,
for the present at least, to step in and
manage Cuba's affairs. They have
been told that this government IL
making every possible effort to pro-
tect the lives and property of its sub
jects. Dramatically, these steps are
the same as would be taken in any
case where American interests were
jeopardized in a foreign land and the
government of that country appeared
to be unable to give the required pro.
lection.
Prepared to Land Men.
When these complaints first came to
the department Mr.. Sleeper was adj
vised and directed to call the matter
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-09-20
Prepared to Land Men.

When these complaints first came to
the department Mr.. Sleeper was adj
vised and directed to call the matter
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
RENO CAPITALIST
FIGHT FOR LAND
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.


RENO. New, Nov 19-The efforts of
capitalists to get control of the prop
erty lying south of Reno, and extend
ing to Moana Springs, is growing into
an open battle.
S. H. Waller, formerly superintend-
ent of the Truckee River General Elec-
trio Company. headed by the Fleisch-
hackers of San Francisco. has recently
resigned his position with that firm
and relinquished the management of
the Nevada Transit Company, which
operates a line from Sparks to the
southern boundary of Reno. Senator'S
Newlands and Nixon have recently ac-
quired the ranches south of Reno and
propose to operate line over this
property to Moana Springs. Interested
with them and an equal stockholder is
Herbert Fleischhacker.
Waller has, it is understood, de-
clared war against the corporation and
his. engineers are surveying road
over this property just acquired by
Newlands, Nixon and Fleishhacker It
develops that Waller has months
option on the property so purchased
by his rivals. giving him the right Of
way over this property, and Waller
declared that he will SO build that the
purchasers of over 400 acres of land
will be deprived of their right of way
over it.
1t was the intention of Newlands,
Nixon and Fleishhacker, principal
owners of the property taken over by
the Reno Development Company, to
make a resort out of the place, estab-
lish an artificial lake and park and so
improve the property that it would be
attractive as a resort as wei as a sub
urpan residence section. II Waller,
who is opposing them. succeeds in his
plans, Moana Springs. lying at the
southern extremity of the district. will
maintain itself as suburban resort of
Reno, and the capitalists who have just
spent 100000 for about 400 acres will
be reduced in their enterprise to sell
ing suburban lots.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
President Roosevelt Puts
New Plan Of Manage
ment Up to Commission
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR
DECLARED VACANT
Seven Divisions Will Take
Place of the Departments
That Have Controlled.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.--An order
signed while he vvns on the Isthmus of
Panama by President Roosevelt, max
ing radical changes in the organization
of affairs in the government of the
canal zone, was made public today at
the Offices of the canal comimission
The effect of the order is to place the
zone under the direction Of Chairman
Shonts, aided by chiefs of bureaus, who
will report directly to the commission,
thus eliminating the Office of Governor.
The order gives to Chairman Shonts
supreme authority over all depart
ments. 1t reorganizes the entire work
ings of the commission in accordance
with the Presidents views of controll-
ing the situation under his plan to.
press the excavation as rapidly as pos
sible. The executive committee of three
members, each the head of depart
ment. has been abolished, and in its
stead seven departments are created.
and the chief of each will report and
receive instructions from the chair
man of the commission.
The departments thus created will
be under the direction Of John F. stew
.ens.s chief epgineer EssesaN1 81. Rod
gers, general counsel; William G. Cor
gas. chief sanitary officer: d. W Ross,
chief purchasing officer. E. s. Benson.
general auditor; J. Williams. disbnrs-
ing officer, and Jackson Smith, man
ager of labor and quarters.
The President will take UP the ques-
ton of the appointment of new com
mission upon his return to Washing
ton. Ii is believed here that in addition
to Mr.. Shonts, Messrs. Stevens, Rodgers
and Gorgas will be members. At pres
ent the acting commissioners arc
Messrs. Shonts, stevens, Rear Admiral
Endicott B. M. Harrod and Brigadier
General Haines. There are two va
cancies. 1t is said that Admiral Endi-
colt, Harrod and General Haines are
slated to retire. Chief Stevens will be
second in authority and viii act in
Chairman Shonts absence. The gen
eral counsel will exercise the authority
heretofore vested in the Governor of
the zone.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
KILLS HIMSELF IN
W|FE.'S PRESENCE
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
BRADDOCK, Pa. Nov. 19.-"If
thought you did not love me would
kill myself
This was the burden of the Jealous
fear expressed by Andrew Carnegie
Baldridge wealthy cousin of William
Ellis Corey, and youngest son of john
Baldridge wealthy property owner
and fnancier, one of the trio of Brad
docks richest men, when he com
mitted suicide last night. For two
hours previous to midnight Baldridge
pleaded with his wife to prove her
love for him and she reassured him.
Alleged brooding over the attitude
Of relatives caused SBaldridge to be
seized with a mania, and he threw his
bride of six weeks to the floor, drew
a hunting knife and tried to kill her
They were alone in the house of
Baldridge's sister. Mrs. Julia smythe
Kirkpatrick avenue. The bride plead
ed desperately for her life. and che
husband lifted her to her feet, then
sitting at table he told her he would
leave her all he had. He rose from
the table, embraced her, and then. be-
fore she could comprehend what he
was about to do, he placed the muz1le
OF a Remington rifle in his mouth.
pulled the trigger with HIS foot and
blew off his head.
A moment before he had told his
bride he was only testing hsr when
he threatened to kill her
Baidridge and Miss Madeline Quinn
met eighteen weeks ESQ for the first
time. although both were oorn here.
Baldridge married her three months
Later.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
Keane and Herbert Schmitz Go to Meet the Mayor
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY

TELEPHONE TEMPORARY SO
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 90, 1905.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20
DIX is PUSHED OVER

OF the seventy nine passengers
aboard the Dix more than half were on
the lower deck when the collision oc-
Cured They were penned like rats in
a trap and had absolutely no chance
for their lives One 15-year-o1d girl of
all the survivors is known to have
made her way from the lower deck and
to have escaped with her life. All the
members of the crew save Captain Ler-
his collecting round, and deck
hand went down with their steamer.
When Captain Mason of the Jeanie
realized a collision was inevitable. he
signaled his engineer to reverse his
engine. Captain Lermond says he
heard a similar signal from the Dix
temporary commander and the impact
of the two vessels was lessened. The
bowsprit of the Jeanie hit the upper
works of the Dix and pushed her over
to port with a force that was not sharp
enough to crush the woodwork of the
cabins. But the topheavy sound
steamer could not rally from the shock
and went down.
There was no time to launch boats
from the Dix or even to throw over
board lifebelts or RATS. Bits of
wreckage strewed the water and to-
ward these the frenzied passengers on
deck leaped. a half-dozen jumped for
the Jeaniess chains and hung there
until pulled aboard that steamer The
rest were either Imprisoned below or
were swept from the deck when the
boat settled few minutes later
SMASH CABIN WINDOWS
4 few persons caught in the upper
cabin smashed window lights and
crawled out to a fighting chance in the
icy waters of the sound Below the
main deck a frantic rush for the com
panionway resulted in jam and the
death of those imprisoned below
Almost Immediately after the colli-
sion the Jeanie was stopped and two
lifeboats were swung into the water.
The Jeanie stood by for three hours.
Continued on Page 3, Column
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Passengers on Upper Deck
Saved by Jeanie's Boats,
but Those Below Drown
ONE BODY COMES
UP FROM DEPTHS
Mate Of Wrecked Vessel Is
Charged With Throwing
Her Across Crafts Bow

SEATTLE, Nov. 19.--Forty-nine souls
sunk in this harbor Sunday night by
the Alaska Coast Comrany's steamer
Jeanie. Those who were drowned were
mostly on the lower deck of the sun
ken vessel and had no chance for their
lives.
Only one body has been given up by
the waters. though vessels have
searched tirelessly.
OF the seventy nine passengers on
the Dix thirty We're saved by the life
boats of the Jeanie They were taken
to Seattle at II p. M, when the first
news of the catastrophe was received
ashore
The mate of the Dix is accused of
negligence by the captain of the
Jeanie The latter vessel, 1t is said
did not make a hole in the Dix. The
latter listed at the impact so that she
could not recover. Both vessels were
trying to back their engines when they
came together The Dix was showed
over by the larger craft and could not
right herself.
The deepest sorrow holds Port Blake
ley, where nearly all those drowned
had their homes.
Like most of the mosquito feet, the
Dix did not carry a purser and Captain
Percy Lermond was collecting fares
when the collision occurred. Charles
E. Dennison, mate on the boat, was at
the wheel, and he took his steamer di-
rectIy across the bows of the Jeanie.
the Smith Cove docks with a cargo of
ore and had the right of way. The
Jeanie signaled for the passing, but
Dennison apparently lost control of
himself and turned his boat toward
the approaching Jeanie. The two
steamers were so close together
that frightened passengers on the Dix
upper deck heard Captain Mason's
startled call from the Jeanie, Where
in - are you goingg" before the two
vessels crashed together. The Dix was
struck abaft amidsh1ps. and a moment
later she listed heavily to port, taking
water below. For a minute she hung
there. then righted herself. The Dix
was topheavy and she reeled drunkenly
and then, as she began taking water
rapidly, commenced to settle aft Less
than five minutes after the crash the
Dix sank stern first into the waters of
the sound, the passengers being swept
off her decks by the rush of the vessel
into the water.
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-11-20

George B Keaae secretary the Board Supervisors
merly Mayor Sehni has gone New York
York By Herbert Schatz brother Of the Mayor and together they
will advise him his arrival from Europe OF the hap
pennss here since MS departure.
Keane has New York the special representative
Abe Ruef It deeed essential by Ruef Mayor at
informed o the desperate OF affairs from the
standpoint uei would made tip himself but he
recognizes 4t his departure on the city this might to
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WEATHER CONDITIONS

YESTERDAY Clear; northwest wind; maxi
mum temperature, 81; minimum temper
ature. 80.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Increasing eloudi-
ness; possibly rain by night; light east winds
changing to southwest Page 10
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-06
MARINES REFUSE TO kNEEL.
Sailors On English Ship Resent Short
Officers Orders.

Portsmouth England, Nov. Ga mu-
tinous outbreak of 500 to 500 sailors
last night necessitated the mobilization
of the entire force in the naval par
racks here to prevent the event from
developing into a serious mutiny
The men had assembled In the gym
nasium when the senior officer, man
of short stature, wishing to administer
a reprimand for breach of discipline,
ordered the front ranks to kneel so that
he could see the men in the rear. me
order was resented and some OF the
sailors who refused to obey were ar
rested Their comrades, aggrieved, ran
amuck wrecked the canteen and 9TH
er premises, started to break out the
barracks with the intention of wreck
ing the quarters Of the obnoxious Of
ficer, and We're only prevented from so
doing by the fixed bayonets Of an over
whelming force.
A number of other men who attempt
ed to break out of barracks We're ar
rested.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-06

There Is just one other sure way tc
be cured-painless, safe and in the
privacy of your own lhome-it Is Pyr-
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We mail trial package free to oil
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this great remedy and start you well
on the way toward perfect cure.
Then you car get a full-sized box
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often one box cures.
If the druggist tries to sell you
something just as good, 1t is because
he makes more money on the substi-
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Insist on having what you call for
The cure begins at once and con-
tinues rapidly until it is complete and
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You can go right ahead with your
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the time.
It Is well worth trying.
Just send your name and address
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free by return rnail the trial package
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Thousands have been cured In this
easy, painless and inexpensive way,
In the privacy OF the home.
No knife and its torture.
No doctor and his bills.
All druggists, 10 cents. Write today
for a free package.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-06
Deafness Cannot Be Cured.

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining
Of the Eusta chan Tube. When this
tube is inflamed You have rMnbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when
it is entirely closed Deafness is the re-
suit, and unless the inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored
to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out of
ten are caused by Catarrh, which is
nothing but an inf1amed condition of
the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-06
DINING TABLES.
rhc Transition From the Festive
Board of Primitive Man.

'Thc Transition From the Festive
Board tof Primitive Man.
The first dining table was probably
just block Of stone or log OF wood.
but even primitive man must soon
have discovered that these devices did
not provide for the comfortable dis
posal of his legs and have set about
taxing all his ingenuity to invent some.
thing else. 1t Is probable that M the
result Of his cogitations n rough hewn
piece Of board supported on two big
stones came into fashion among the
elite In these far prehistoric times.
The early trestle table which was
used in the beginning Of the fifteenth
century consisted Of parallelogram of
wood, fashioned into a board, resting
upon two or more pedestal-like sup
ports. And we have a "Reminiscences of
this movable kind Of table in the cx-
preston, IA seat at the board" today,
while that Of taking the chair" is OBJ
viously survival Of the time when a
chair was the place Of honor reserved
for the master Of the house or given by
the grand seigneur to the guest whom
he wished to honor, the other diners
sitting upon rude benches placed at
the side Of the table.
One can imagine the Inventor seated
at the head of his new dinner table,
clad In his best bearskin and surround.
ed by select and admiring company
Of his intimstes who ate roast AcsI,
literally OF the festive board and who
drank the first toast at this first prime
val dinner pnrty in his honor in cool
water from & stream hard by. From
this stage to planks resting on rude
trestles would be an easy transition.
and civilization had Of course made
considerable progress before the sup
ports and the board were Joined as one
piece Of furniture.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-06
One of the 140 Laborers Washed
Away In Florida Storm,
Is Rescued
TELLS STORY OF HORRORS
The Man Was Picked Up. by Liner
From Galveston to Liverpool, After
Floating Sixteen Hours, Without
Food or Water, and In Imminent
Peril of Death.

Liverpool, Nov. 6.--With the arrival
here of the Harrison liner Barrister
from Galveston, it was learned that
one more of the supposed victims Of
the terrible tornado which swept
Florida on October s, had been
saved
On board the steamer was Thomas
Anderson, who was swept out to sea
on barge during the storm. He was
picked up miles off the Florida coast.
after he had endured hardships and
suffering which rival those of Joh,
Russell, who was landed in New York
on October %, by the steamer Eel Paso.
which picked him up after he had been
thirty-six hours on frail raft
Anderson chung to a single log for
over sixteen hours before he was res
cued. Buffeted by the waves score of
times, he was on the verge of giving up
in despair and cutting the rope with
which he dashed himself to The log,
preferring death at once to the linger-
ing torment of his awful position.
When picked up he was so weak that
fears We're entertained for awhile that
he would die. He rallied, however,
and was in apparent good shape when
he landed here.
His story is a tale of the horrors Of
shipwreck which has seldom been
equaled. He was one of the lao labor
ers washed out to sea on houseboat
which had been anchored off Long
Keyes. The storm swept on the little
isle and near which the houseboat was
anchored without warning. Before the
occupants OF the boat realized their
danger they We're far out on the sea.
The shaly craft, which had never been
intended for anything but housing the
men in quiet waters. could not long
Withstand the waves, and 1t soon went
to pieces. Anderson was able to pick
out good-sized log to which he LASH
ed himself. When the frail houseboat
finally collapsed the log kept him
afioat.
For the sixteen hours he was dashed
to the log and in imminent peril OF
death, he was absolutely without food
or water and there seemed scant hope
Of rescue. On the day following the
wreck of the houseboat, the Barrister,
staggering thru the waves, sighted the
log with its human burden.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-06
QUIZ FOR GOVERNOR STOKES
Child Asks Him About Babies He
Hasn't Got and Offers to BE Kind.

Hasn't Got and Offers to BE Kind.
A sweet faced little child was play.
Ing about the steps of the Mechanics
National bank in Trenton. d. j., the
other day when Governor Stokes, who
Is the president of the institution,
came along, says a Trenton special tc
the New York Times. The governor
noticed her and stopped to ask hei
name. She said she was Catharine
johnson, daughter Of Frank johnson
Of South Warren street. The governor
followed this up with question as tc
her age She said she was eight years
old. After answering him the child be
gan to interrogate the governor.
whats your name?"
"Mr. Stokes" was the reply.
"Do l know your little girlsT was
the next question.
mo, don't think you do" answered
Governor Stokes, with smile. II have
none."
mo babies. Never had any?" came
from the child, with surprise.
Never had any," answered his ex
cellency.
"Babies are so cute" said Catharint
as the governor moved toward the
bank doors.
"You are not much more than baby
yourself" replied Governor Stokes.
backing into the bank, while the child
told him she was old enough to take
care Of baby, and IL ever he had any
at his house she would come around
daily and play with them.
Governor Stokes Is bachelor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-06
IN THE PERSIAN DESERT.

Curious Way In Which Water Ii Pro-
cured For Yead.
Almost in the center Of Persia lies
Yezd, city Of perhaps 10000 people.
on the great caravan route. 1t Is city
Of the desert, says the author of give
Years In a Persian Town." but how
complete that desert is and how large
1t Is hard to realize.
In going from the Caspian sea to
Yezd one sees strip of green country
thirty miles wide along the sen and
another twenty miles in diameter
round Teheran. Aside from that there
Is nothing but waste.
The desert in Persia, however, Is of
many kinds. There are places where
the ground Is absolutely bare except
for the thick crusts of salt that lie
like snowdrifts, streaking the plain In
every direction. There are also places
equally salt where the proximity of a
certain amount of useless water pro
duces larger quantity Of plant life
than In the ordinary desept. For the
rest there Is vast waste Of sandy
patches and Of gravelly soil. fertile
enough when water can be brought to
1t, sometimes flecked with dry, brown
ish shrubs, sometimes quite bare.
Two desert plants never touch one
another. In the most favorable places
two very tiny shrubs may be found
within two yards of each other, but
with single exception one does not
see on the central Persian caravan
route place away from the hills
with enough natural growth to modify
the color Of the distance.
Even In the GASES no seed comes up
that Is not purposely sown: no plant
seems to have any association with
the rest. One Axes the eye on each of
them individually as upon a single
unit, not as on a part of field or a
garden.
The water for these Gases Is brought
by the most difficult means magma
BILE. 1t is found in abundance at the
foot Of the mountains, perhaps 300
feet underground. When well has
been sunk and plenty Of water found
a hunt Is made for the nearest place
in the desert which is lower than wa
ter level in the well. Such a spot Is
Yezd, thirty miles from the sources
which water It, In line with that
place other wells are sunk thirty or
forty yards apart, each shallower than
the one before, and then from the Sc.
lected site tunnel is run in to the first
pit, from that to the second. and so on
back to the wells, even though they be
forty miles away. Through this UNI
dersround channel flows the life giving
water.
Sometimes it happens that sudden
hard rain falls in this desert country.
1t brings many disasters, for the sun
baked mud roofs Of the dwellings are
caved in, their walls are washed away,
and other damage Is done them. But,
worst OF all, too much water washes
out and caves in these "Quanat" chan
nels, and until they are again dug out
no water comes to town.
1t has happened at Yezd that single
rainy day, the water from which had
dried away or sunk into the ground be.
fore the next sunrise, has. by filling
the channels, caused water famine
In the city for three months.