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The Jewish outlook., 1906-09-21
Hurmurines

Some murmur when their sky is clear,
And wholly bright to view,
If one small speck Of dark appear
In their great heaven Of blue;
And some with thankful love are filled
If but one streak Of light,
One ray Of Gods good mercy, gild
The darkness Of their night.
R c. TRENCH
The Washington times., 1906-08-12

all boxes Is contain gun7 No, no
There is not war In Guatemala. But,
work. Yes. Good. Tirty dollar in
The month You shall shoulder one
p.ckax. senior. and dig ior the liberty
and prosperity OF Guatemala. on %
your work. The guard waits for Won
Little. ftt. poodle dog of a brown
man.. SAYS I. quiet, but fun Of indig-
nation ard diseomforts. things shall
BaTpen 10 Won. Maybe not right away.
but as soon as J. Clancy can formulate
suWethin' In the way of repartoe.
The boss Of the gang orders us 70
work. ] tramps off with the Guineas.
and I hears The disringuish,d d patriot
and kiluaper laughin'. hearty, as we
60.
IT'S a sorrowful fact, for eight
weeks built railroads Tor that misbe-
havin' country. I tilibustrrrd twelve
hours "A day with q heavy pick and
spade. chopin away the luxurious
landscape that grew upon the right Of
way NE worked in sTamps that
smellcd Ike there was leak In the gas
mains. trlmpir' down fnc assert
ment OF the most expensive hot-housc
plants and vegetables. The scene was
tropical beyond the widest imagina-
tions of the geography man. The trees
was al s'ly-sc~s~ ~ers: the undcrbrush
was fun of needles and pins; there was
monkeIs iumpin' around and crocodiles
and pink-taile1 moCkin' birds. and ye
stood kues- deep in the rotten water
and grabbed roots for the liberation 4
GuatemalG. Of nights we would build
smudges IN camp 10 discourage the
mosquitoes. and sit IN the smoke. with
The guards pac.n ali around us
There was twu hundred men Workin'
on the road. mostly Guineas. uigger-
men, Spauish-men and SwcGes Three
or four were Irish.
"One old man named Hallorau-a
man of IIibernian entitlements and dis
cretions. explained It to me He had
been wortin on the road year. Most
of them died in less than six months.
He was dried up 10 gTistle and bone,
and shook with chins eN cry third night
When YOU first come. says he. 'ye
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and 7 ain't slept enough. Run away?
I told you. Clancy. I've eat the let
tUge- I've lost my rr!p. IT'S toe
tropics that's done it. Tis like the
poet SAYS. Forgotten are our friends
that we have left behinds iu the hol-
low iettuce-iand we viii live and lay
Teclined.' Nou better so on. Clancy.
I'll stay. I guess. It's too early and
cold, and I'm sleepy.
SO / had To leave Ialioran,
Irt ssed quiet. and slipped uIt of the
tent we were iH- ~ men the guard
came along 3 knocked him owe, Ike
"a uHtCr5,.. with green cutGanlt had,
and made Tor the railroad 4 guI Ola
that haudcaT and made IL fly. was
yet q while before daybreak when l
saw the lights us Port Barrios about
"a mile away. Z stopped the handClr
there and walled to the town. ]
stepped inside The corpora ION dt that
town with care and LosltatiluS. ] was
rot afraid of the my OF Guatemala
lut nay s1ul quakei AZ the prospect OF
"a haud-to-haud struggle with It's em-
ploEmeut bureau 'Iis a country that
hires i-s help easy and keeps 'em long.
Sure. ] can fancy Mis=ts America ard
Nissis Guatemala passiu bit oi gos-
sip some fine still night across the
mountains. oh. dear. says Missis
America. and It's lot Of trouble I'm
hayiu as Ia ~~lth the help, seuo~a,
ma 'uW, Laws. now. says Missi5
t1EutCm1 Ia. Won don say Sot ma am
Now. rnlne never think OF leavin. me
te-AeS ma'am. snickers Missis Guate-
Uula.
Il was wonderin' how I was goin' to
IH, vo away from them tropics without
helm hired again. Dark as IL was,
could see n steamer rid.n' in the har-
bar. with The smoke eme-gin' from her
stacks ! turned dOEal a little grassy
street that ruu down q the water. on
the Zach J found a little brown mig
german Just about TO shove of In
skih
Hold or. sambo says I. 'sayvy
Heap plenty. yes, says he, with
pleasant grin.
what steamer is that?' asks him.
and wbere Is 10 going2 And what
tho news. and the good word. and the
time of day?
That steamer the Conchita,' said
the browu man. affabie and easy, roll
in cigarette. Him come from New
Orleans for load banana. Him goT
load last night I think him sail IN one
tWo hour NeTree nice day ne shall
loo Eoir' have You hear some tIikee
bout big battle, maybe so? You think
catchee General De Vega, senior; y
How's that. Samho@ says ]. Big
battle? What battle? Who wants
catrhee General De Nega2 I've been
up at my gold mines iu the interior
for couple of months and haven't
hea~d any news.
- oh saws tho niEgor-man. proud To
speak the English. 'verree great reVo-
luton in Guatemala one week ago
The Washington times., 1906-08-12

passengers leavIn' the country nad 70
have papers and passports, but al last
le Took NE oItf alongside the sLedtH't
"Iav was just breskiu' as We struck
her. aud there WASH soul 20 pe seen
ul board. The water was very sun.
and the ulFgGr-mIL gave lur lilh
from Tie boat. and ! climbed Onto lilc
steamer where her side was sllird 20
The Ie1k for lUadiu fruit The hatchVs
were uTru ard ! looked Gown .,ilt
SAW tar cargo of bananas that H4iv0
Jhr hold % within SIX feet OF iNr lop-
7 thinks 10 myself. clancy. YOU bttt-t
so cs StHWaWaF- II 7dI't .to
steamer men ml-HJ hand YOU oatA 20
Tie employment bureau Ine tropics
u get you, clancy, 81 YOU don ""'ch
$50 I jumps down easy among the
baugnaS. and digs out huir I'd moe
I'm among the lunches. I'm un hour
on 50 / could hear the engines goin
and feel the steamer Fochll ana \
knew We We're OH 20 sea- heA tei
The harches open for ventilation ana
pretty soon il was light enough 10 the
hold 20 see fairly Wen. ! got 70 Ieellh
a bij. hungry and thought } q nave
light fruit lunch. hE way OF lelItsll-
meut I Creeped out of the hole
made. and stood mp straight Just theh
] saw another man crawl up apoul ten
feet way and reach out and SKIN
banana and stun II into ms mouth,
Twas dirty man, biack-fHced 0n2
ragEed and dlsgracetul OF aspect. les,
the man was a ringer Tor the pictures
of the fat Weary Willie in the funny
papers. i looked again, and saw X
was my general mau-De Vega, the
great revslutonist, mule rider ana
pickaX importer When he saw me
the general hesitated with his mouth
filled w'th banana and his eyes the
size of cocOanutS.
d" Hist. ] SAYS. Not a word. or
they'll put MS off and make as walk,
''NeeV Ia Liberty / adds, cappeTin
the sentiment by shown a banana
into the source of IT, I was certain
the general wouldn't recognize me.
The uefari0us work OF the tropics had
left me ipokin different. There was
half an inch of roam whiskeTs GOVERN
my face. and my costume was pair
or blue OVeTalls and a red shirt.
90 How you come in the ship. senory
asked the general as soon as he could
speak.
=. .Rv the back dooc-whistr says T.
'''Twas a glorious blow for liberty we
struck I continues. but We was over
powered by numbers. Let us accept
our defeat like brave men and eat an
other banana.
.. Were You IN the cause OF liberty
fghtiu', scnOr7 saws the general, she'd
din tears on the cargo.
A." To the last says I. Twas ] led
the last desperate charge against the
miniOns OF the tyraut But IL made
them mad and we WAS forced 20 re-
treat Twas l. general. procured the
mule uPou which You escaped. Could
YOU give that ripe bunch little boost
this way, general? rs BIT out OF
my reach. Thanks.
The Washington times., 1906-08-12

think ven leave right away. But they
hold out your first months pay for
your passage over. and by 'fhat time
the tropics has got its grip on ye.
Ye're surrounded by a raEin' forest ful
uT uisreputa bic brasts-liOns and ba-
boous and auacOudas- waitin' 20 de-
Your We The sun strikes ye hard.
and mrlts the marrow IN your bones.
We get similar 20 the leTJuCe-faters
The poetry hook speaks about. Ae for
set the elevated sintimeuts of life,
UsCh s patriot SIN, revenge, disturb
.ces OF the pence and tne dacint love
of a clane shirt le do your work.
and ye swallow the kerosene he and
rrahfr UiresIem disGed up TO SO hy
the Dago cook fer food. Ie light your
psitIul and say fu y1UrSllf Mkt week
III break away, and ye so % sleep
and call yersiH liar. for ye know ven
never d1 e.
Who is this general man. asks I.
that calls himself DE Nesaf
'Tis the man says HaNnran,
who is irwin 10 complete the fiuishin'
Of the corporation, but IL busted, and
then the government took II up. De
Negy is a big politician, and wants %
be president The people want the
railroad completed, as they're taxed
mighty on account Of r.. The De
Negy man IS pushiD' II along as a
campaign move.
TITS not nv way SAYS T. TO make
threats against any man. but there's
an account 90 be settled between the
railroal man and James O'Dowd
Clancy
'.''Twas that way 7 thought. me-
silt at first Iellnrau says wi'h a big
sigh. until got tn be q lettUCe-eater.
Tire faults MID these tropics They
rejuices a mans system 'Tis a land.
as the poet s7ys, "Nhere II always
seems 10 be after dinner I does me
work and smokes me pipe and sleep.
There's little else in life. anyway.
Yen get that way yerself, mighty
soon. Don't he harboTin' any sintl-
ments at all. Clancy.
% I can help IT, saws 1, I'm full of
EN- enlisted in the revolutionary
army OF this dark country In good
faith TO fight for its liberty. honCrs
and silver candlesticks. Instead Of
which 7 ana set TO amputatin' its seem
cry and ETubbi1' IFS roots. lis the
general man will have 10 pay for II.
Two months I worked on that rail-
road before I found chance 70 get
away one day a gang of us was
Sent hack to the end 0f the completed
line to fetch some picks that had
hcen sent q, Wu 10 Port hairios u be
sharpened. They We're brought on
handcar. and 7 noticed. When we
started away. that the car was leIt
there on the track
THAT night, about twelve / woke
up Hauoran and ,old him my scheme.
90 'Fun awsav2' sHvS H4iifIt.l io'I
Lord. Clancy. do you mean itf Why, /
amt GOT the nerve IL TOO chl-F'
The Washington times., 1906-08-12

General De Vega, him try be president
rim raise armee-One-fiVe-te thous-
SAND mans for fight at the govern
HtellJ Those government send five
I"ftN-oue hundred thousand soldier 10
r'lfi fess revolution. They fight big
Lattie yesterday at LsOmagraude-tha
""tit hiueteen or fifty mile IN the
mountain. That government soldier
Hhrep General De Nega-oh, most bad.
Five hundred-niue hundred-two thOu-
ssstd or his mars is killed. That TevO-
'1nn lS smash suppress-zust-veF
quick. General De Vega. him r-T-ruu
."ay fast on one big mule Yes. ear
TamDos! The general, him F-F-Fuu
eminent soldier they try find General
De Vega verree much They want
c1tchec him for shoot You think they
catchee that general. seuorF
Saints grant 10! says T. 'Tw0uld
be the Judgment Of Providence for set
tin the warlilSe talent OF a Clancy To
gradin' the tropics with a pick and
shovel. But. tis not so much "A ques-
ti0p OF insurrectiOns, now. me little
man. as 'tis Of the hiTsd-man problem
lis anxious ] am % resign Il situation
Of responsibility and trust with the
white wings department OF your great
and degraded country Row me in
your little boat out to that steamer,
and I'll give ye five dOilars-sinker
pacers-Sinkcr PAGERS. says /. reducin'
the offer q the language aud denom-
ination Of the trOpic dialects
" 'CincO pesos. repeats the little
man. Five dolce. you give2
" Twas not such a bad little man.
lie had hesitations at first. sayin that
The Washington times., 1906-08-12

They uDl1-."d the boxes from the
train and begun 90 knock the tops off.
FROM the first one tha- was opened I
saw General De Vega take the Win
chester rifles and pass them around 20
"A squad Of morbid. sore-toeI sald.ery.
The uthr. boxes was opened next. and,
believe me or not diyil another gun
was 10 be seen. Every other box in
tile lot was fun uf-pickaxes aid
spades
And then-sa-row be upon them
tropics-th- proud Clancy ami tile dis
hgulreI Dagucs e1cl one of them
had 10 shoulder pick OF a spade and
march away to work on that dirty
little railroad Yes; twas that the
pagoes shipped for. and twas thJt the
hllbuster.n' Clancy signed Tor. though
unbeknoWnst 10 himself al the time.
ia AFTER days I found out about jt
II seems twas hard u get hands TO
work ON ,hat road The intelligent
natives of the country was too lazy
- work Indeed. the saints know
twas unnecessary by strcJch'u' out
one hand. they could seize the most
delicate and costly fruits of the earth,
and. 10y stre,chn out the 01her. they
could sleep for days al "a tine WitA-
ont hearin' "a seven-o'clock whistle or
the footsteps of the rent mau upon
the stairs So. regular. the steamers
travelled TO the United States r. Sc
duce labor. Usually the imported
spade-sIinger died in two or three
months from eatin the over-ripe water
melon. drinking the under ripe booze
and hreathin' the violent tropical seem
cry. Wherefore. they made them sign
contracts for a year when they hired
them. and puJ an armed guard over
the poor devils 10 keep chem from
runniu away.
Twas thus / was double-crossed
bv the tropics through "a family fail
in OF goin out of the way To hunt
disturbances
They gave me q pick, and ! took It,
meditltn' an insurection on the spot;
but there was the guards haudlin the
Nipchesters careless. and l come 10
the conclusion that discretion was the
best part OF lLbusterin'. There was
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about a hundred or us in the gang
startin' out to work, and the word
was given 20 move I steps out OF the
ranks and goes up to that General
DE Vega man, who was smokin' a
cigar and gain upon the scene with
satisfactions and glory. lie smiles at
me polite and devilish Plenty work,
SAYS he, fer big. strong mans in
Guatemala. Yes. Tirty dollars IN the
month Good pay. An, yes. You
strong. brave man. Bimeby we push
those railroad IN the capital very
quick. They want you go work now.
AdoIs. strong mans
a" 'Mouseer. says I. lingerin'. will
YOU tell "A poor little IrishmRn this.
When I set foot IN your cockroachy
steamer. and breathed liberal and rev.
o.utiouary sentiments into your sour
wine. did you think I was conspirin'
TO slink q oi"lS on .'~.r "ontemptuous
hue railroad? And when you an
swered me with patriotic recltations-
humping up the star spangled cause OF
liberty. did you have meditatiOns o.
reducln me - the ranks OF ths
stump-grubhin' Dagoes in the chain
gangs OF your vile and grovelin coun
try
The general man expanded his ro-
tundity and laughed considerable
Yes, be laughed very long and loud,
and I. Clancy. stood and waited.
" 'Comical mans" he shouts. al last
So you will Kill. me from the laugh
Ing Yes; 81 Is hard 20 find the brave.
strong mans 20 aid my country. hev-
gl7,tfova9 DFl Z eDaak of r-r-reyoft1-
tlons7 Not one word 7 say, bis.
strong mans Is need I'm Guatemala.
So The mistake is OF you. You have
looked in those one box containing
those gun for the guar' You think
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-21
WOULD OPEN SIXTEENTH ST.
Nearby Property Owners Seek Land
Now That Railway Fenced
in Its Route

Property owners on Sixteenth street
have petitioned the council to have that
thorou ghfare opened from Pa cific ave-
nue. to Normandie street. They ask
that the street be made eighty feet
wide.
This is the second time a petition of
this nature has come before the city
officials. 1t was presented to the board
OF public works few months ago, but
such a protest was raised against it
from a majority of the property owners
that the plan was abandoned.
The first petition asked that the street
be opened from Pacific to Oxford ave-
rue, and this entail d great deal OF
expense.
SiXt teenth street from Pacific to OK
ford is occupied largely by the Los
Angel eles-Pacific railway for it's right of
way for Santa Monica and Ocean Park
cars. This right of way has been used
in the past by light traffic, and in
order to prevent this the railway fenced
In its property about year ago and
built cement curbs to define it's right of
way.
In order to open this street 1t will be
necessary to condemn property between
these two points, and nearly all of the
property that will have to be con-
demned is owned by e. P. Clark, presi-
dent of the Los Angeles-Pacific.
By making an elghty-foot street thirty
feet will be left on each side of the
right of way for traffic
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-21
CRASHES IN TO
DOG SHOW CAR
REAR-END COLLISION ON THE
LOS ANGELES-PACIFIC
Motorm IN and Six Passengers Hurt
Thro ugh Failure of the Brakes
to Work on Steep
Grade

A rear-end collision between Los
Angeles Pacific cars No. 231 and No. 7S
occurred at Sixteenth and Corcord
streets at 9:45 yesterday morning.
Two passengers and a motorman on
one car and four or five passengers on
the other were injured and sha ken up.
One OF the cars, No. 7S, contained a
number of dogs that were being taken
to the Venice bench show, but none of
them was hurt.
The most seriously injured persons
We're:
T. R. Rice, motorn.an on the dog
show car: eye cut by flying glass; leg
bruised
Harry Venable, 40 West Thirty third
street; bruised.
W. K. Peasley, 673 South Bonnie Brae
street, judge at bench show; bruised.
w. Collins, 224 West Fourth street
leg sprained and bruised.
The conductor of car No 231 reported
that his passengers were all more
frightened than injured.
Car No. 2S1 was running about 200C
feet ahead of car No 7S, which bore the
cargo of valua BILE dogs.
When the former made stop at Six
teenth and Concord streets, Motorman
Rice Of No, 7S applied his brakes but
his speed was unslackened. His car
was cOasting rapidly on a down grade
and crashed into the car ahead, wreck
ing both cars at the point of contact.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-21
TRUANT SCHOOLS OPENED
Small Boy Given No Alternative
Must Go lIingly or viii
Be Forced

With a truant school at Solano ave-
nue. and another at Vernon and Hooper
avenues there seems to be no hope for
the small boy; he must either attend
schoI Of his own free viii or go to the
truant school. Thus far twelve youths
on whom the monotony of school life
began to pail are attending one or the
other of these schools for the encour-
agement Of study, and the probablitie les
are that the attendance will be mate
rally Increased In the near future,
The truant schools are a new depa rt
ure in dealing with refractory children.
Hitherto, all wards have been dealt
with through the detention school via
the juvenile court In the truant
schools only truants will be dealt with.
1t is the hope of those having charge
of the school that by keeping the chill
dren from playing truant there will be
fewer cases for the juvenile court, as
last years juvenile court record showed
that 80 per cent Of the children before
that body were brought In Originally on
the charges Of truancy About nifty
children have been sent home from the
detention school to return to the city
schools, but there are still twenty chill
dren in the home. AS formerly, chill
dren coming before the Juvenile court
Will be sent to the regular detention
school, the two truant schools being
reserved solely for truant~
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-21

which he packed his belongings and
left.
That was all she knew Of the case
but It was enough.
At Belingham I learned that Besoid
had appeared there about two weeks
after his trip to the 49, ~. which had
been made on the day IL was alleged
his wife was murdered
At that time, according to the state.
ments of his wife s sister in-law, a Mrs
McFadden, he had said that he had
quarreed with his wife and that they
had separated he. sending her to Mex
leo with $4,000, while he went north.
Carries Wlfe's Watch
He carried his wife's watch at the
time and said little about his affairs.
I must have pa assed him on my way
north for the next heard Of him was
at San Francisco. He was there Au-
talked with him and he told her his
wife had died In Los Angeles.
The next step in the case was taken
later when l wired to the sheriff Of
Whatcom county. He secured a piece
of material from the woman who had
made the peculiar skirt for Mrs. Bes-
old. It corresponded to the skirt found
on the body, as did the braid on the
skirt That made the Identification
complete. but 1t was further clinched
by laundry in Besods possession al
the time of his northern trip. That
Laundry bore the fatal mark $50"
Swears to Indictment
Well, the rest of the story does not
take long to tell. told Sheriff White
what knew and he hurried north for
further convicting evidence.
l went before the gra nd jury and
swore to the indictment against Bes-
old and then waited for the postal au-
thorities to act.
In the meantime It had been rather
calling 10 sit quietly by knowing you
had won out and yet read about your
self In the newspapers and see your
self called an amateur detective. Any
way It kept up until yesterday.
They missed him at Chicago. but he
ordered his mail sent on to Washington
and applied there for mail yesterday
morning, when he was captured.
1 leave for Washing ton tonight to
bring him back. Do
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-21
Robbing
Yourself

That is just what you are
doing VIII en- you fail to get reg
ular and sufficient sleep. Your
body requires this unconscious
period for repair work; with
out it your nerve energy be-
comes exhausted, and you are
tired, wOrn-out, nervous, ex-
citable; have headache, neu-
ralgia, indigestion, poor appc-
tite, or other ailments caused
by lack of nerve force. Make
it your business to sleep. If
you are restless, take
DR.. Miles Nervine; it soothes
and strengthens the nerves,
and brings sweet, refreshing,
life-giving sleep, and gives the
organs power to work natur-
ally. Try it to-day.
.I had a severe spell of fever. which
very nervous. / had severe spells OF
headache and neuralgia. and could
sleep but very little. Every effort that
was made TO recover my strength was
OF no avail until began taking DR..
Miles Restorative Nervine. After I
commenced to take the Neryine my
sleep was profound and restful, and
the pains in my head. as well as tho
neuralgia pains. left me to a certain
extent and grew gradually better"
MRS. e. II. GILBERTSON,
sa1 Berylan Ave-, Belvidere. Ills.
Or. Miles, NervIns 10 sold by your
druggist, who Will guarantee that tho
first bottle VIII benefit IL II falls, no
will refund your money
Miles Medical Co., ElIxhart, Ind
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-21
DETENTION HOSPITAL
Is READY FOR USE
BOARD OF HEALTH NOW HAS
THE WHITE ELEPHANT
Buildings Cost City $5e,ooo and No
One Knows What to Do With
Them-can Be Devoted Only to
SIM allpox

The board of public works notineo
the board of health last night that the
new detention hospital had been COM
pleted and was now in the hands OF
the health board for use.
Every member of the board of healtn
breathed a deep sigh when the secre-
tary read this communication. NO
member of the board has a word oil
praise for the hospital.
well, what will we do with 1t, now
that we have it?' asked DR.. Palette
with the resignation of despair.
Turn 1t over to DIR. Barlow for a
sanitorium for consumptives," re-
sponded DR.. Kurtz as the happy
thought struck him.
This hospital was built at an eX-
pense of $1,000, and this does not in
cude the expense for furniture. The
people voted bonds for the hospital
about three years ago. 1t was expect ed
it would be built and equipped for the
$4,000 bonds, but the buildings alone
have cost $685. Now that it is con
structed, the board of health is at a
loss to know what to do with it. 1t is
entirely too large for even a smallpox
epidemic and it cannot be used fol-
anything but smallpox.