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The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28
WHERE WOMEN ARE SAILORS, AND GOOD ONES

Q YOU KNOW" said the old
ID ;s:'';s IS, n: s:s !, .,':; s.:;.s.:: Ma:
woman's rights? Yeu know,
of course, that a sailor was the first
man to build vessel, the first to navi-.
gate it out of sight o. land, the first
to have q menagerie, the first to plant
a vineyard. and the first to get drunk
But perhaps you never thought that
on board the ark there were four lusty
lasses pulling at the sheets and hall
yards just like men,
The statement might be questioned,
perhaps. the ships articles of the ark
not being extant, and such parts of
the log-booE as we possess not maxi
ing any mention of the fact if the
women took their place as sailors.
However that may be, ii is not neces-
sary to go back to the time of our
father Noah to find women sailors.
They may be found today among a
certain class of people in Holland, who
are probably as near the people OF the
ark in their primitive virtues as can
be found in these degenerate days.
In iceland and Friesland whole fam
lilies sometimes go to sea. The cap
tain takes his wife and daughters as
well as his sons to help him navigate'
his vessel. and the girls are as good
seamen as their brothers. They take
their trick at the Wheel and are not
Dit afraid of laying aloft to reef and
furl sails. They take the lookout on a
dark night, minding neither rain nor
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28

The floating kidney is easily caught and
sewed into the place nature intended.
And So restrained from its natural
tendency to roam. it settles down into
the routine hack work which was it's
original function.
Even the region OF the organ OF life
the heart itself, is not now looked upon
as holy ground upon which it is fool
hardy to enter.
There is orc case on record OF a man
having been. stabbed and having walked
10 the hospital, Il block away. There
the chest was opened, tho heart lifted
carefully out. laid upon the breast and
the wound sewed up. Then the heart
which had never ceased beating. was
put back in place again and the cavity
closed. This was not one of those
cases where the reports read. The op-
Grafton was successful, but the patient
died" lie lived, much to the surprise
of the surgeons themselves.
A prominent surgeon in San Francis
co has hard time resisting the fas-
cinations of the knife. An operative
case is to him a never-ending source
OF delight and to him all cases are
operative. young woman suffering
from an aortic lesion called upon him.
After the examination the great sur
geon was quiet
Yes, you have a lesion-compensa-
ton complete, however. But ne heSI-
tated, how would you like me to op-
crate upon that heart Of yours?'
Unfortunately the patient resembled
the Sultan OF Sulu-she was not ready
to say good-by, and she ventured to
express her unwillingness to die.
''Oh, it viii be a success all right;
don't Worry about that" he urged
And it won't cost you a centi'
Has this thing ever been tried be-
fore?" the prospective sacrifice inquired.
No he acknowledged slowly, but
it has been widely talked of in. all the
medical journals"
So far as is known this particular
feat entering the heart itself, is still
confined TO being widely talked Of in
medical journals
But it is when face to face with the
mysteries of brain surgery that the
layman realizes that this is truly the
day of unlocked for miracles, although
in this department perhaps more than
IN any other Of surgical achievement
the area of knowledge is small. the
area OF ignorance great.
Accidental Brain Surgery.
American brain-surgery began in a
stone quarry in Massachusetts,. "A Ia
borer. ignoring the first principles Of
the handling OF dynamite, attempted to
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-28

just under the bone button. lies the
clot that has done all the mischief. 1t
is lifted out, the pressure on the brain
is relieved. the wound washed thor
oughly. The covering to the brain is
sutured, the little bone button thrown
away and the flap on the scalp
sewed up.
Then followed an anxious time every
moment dragging itself out into an
eternity of time. After silence that
seemed never. to end. the patient began
to show signs of consciousness
What. would be the result? What
would his first words spell. success or
failure? Would the light OF his
eyes be one of recognition or would
it be the same wild. vacant stare over
which his eyes had closed on the
operating table?
The bedclothes shifted somewhat. a
hand was lifted to the head The nurse
looked quickly into the upturned eyes.
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orous scrubbing 1t had received a half
hour before.
AS far as the placing of things
around the room is concerned. the
operation could have been performed
in the dark. Each and everything
seemed to belong with just the iden-
tical spot in which it was placed On
one side was a table covered with a
sterile cloth and holding all the in
struments that possibly could be re-
quired in a case of trephinihg. each of
them. of course surgically clean. On
another able were all needles, sutures.
spongeholders and sponges. The real
work begins in dead silence,
An incision is made--the first blood
flows. The flap cut out of tho scalp
is laid carefully Back. The instrument
which is to restore reason is placed
upon the skull and saws out a small
piece of bone resembling a button
And right here, where 1t ought to be.
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Her smile was met by an answering
one.
Well. perhaps you know where we
are; 1 don't" They were the first
words. and, while meaning little or
nothing of themselves, they told the
story. Science had triumphed. fairly
dragging a man out OF the chaos OF
mental darkness Reason with all its
attributes had returned.
Three weeks after the patient had en-
tered the hospital. n raving maniac. hs
was discharged in the full possession
of his senses. Is not this a real, true
miracle. equal to any told in the
books? Or has the recounting OF such
a tale become too old a one-too COM
mon To call forth expressions Of woR-
der and unbelief? II so, that. too, is a
miracle in itself-a miracle that such
things can and do happen with such
frequency as to have ceased to excite
comment.
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Brain Surgery.

American brain-surgery began in a
stone quarry sin Massachusetts. A Ia
borer, ignoring the first principles of
the handling OF dynamite, attempted to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-01

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| miles trom the city, has been greatly
! damaged. lives lost ana naval vessels
sunk The Gloucester is in shore 200
yards the Wasp stranded, the Isle De
| I.uzon 4 complctc wreck. as we'll rs the
| tug Accnmac and q number oi small
| launches ana tugboats
Nineteen foreign vessels are one the
beach, > tugs are either wrecked or on
| the beach, ana fishing vessels lost will
| number . more. The list Of launches,
| pl.asur" craft ana others Will number
nearly 10.
70 add to the already neavy loss and
d"mnr1liZed condition due to the hirri-
| cane. the rain rourncd down yesterday in
torrents for three hours ana in the bust
| ness section stocks Were ruined ana what
food vas not already spoiled was destroy
rd. The turrcntinc regions for 4 radius
| Of 10 miles arr completely devastated.
The &c, an-going tug Astral. from Pen
~aco!a for New York with Standard Oil
| barge n" . in town, was caught in the
hurricane when 20 miles northv. It Of
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barge with mn" mon on board Is either
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-01
PRAISE FOR MEN,
President Comments Jack
Tars' Good Work.
Watches Target Practice and
Then dimes With the Boys"
Receives Information by wireless from Cuba
While Eating on Battleship.

Rarnstable Sept. 3O.-Prnsident
visited the North Atlantic fleet off
Cape Cod Saturday ana left with en-
thusiastic praise for the officers and
crews of the fleet. The crew of the
battlcShip Missouri, on which the
President had spent the day, cheered
themselves hoarSe as he left the ship
at 1.30, for they had had an honor paid
to them no other crew in the navy had
ever received. The President and his
guests sat down to dinner with the
jackies.
The sailors jumped to their feet in
surprise when they saw President
Roosevelt walk into their midst during
his place at a table One of the men.
observing that there was no napkins
on the Presidents table, rushed to the
Wardroom to procure the necessary
table linen. When he returned Presi-
dent Roosevelt declined the napkins
and thanked him, but said he was
dining with the boys today"
AT the conclusion of the dinner, the
sailors sent to the Presidents table d
box of cigars, which had been obtained
by public subscription from the navy
canteen.
While the President was at dinner a
wireless message was received on board
the Missouri stating that Secretary
Taft had started Il long message from
Havana, in which he informed the
President at great length of the latest
developments in Cuba. The message
was too long to be transmitted by
wireless, and the destroyer Hopkins.
one of the fastest craft in the navy.
was dispatched to ProvincetoWn where
the message was being received by tele-
graph. The purport of the message
could not be learned prior to the Pres
idents departure for Oyster Bay, but
it was the general opinion among the
fleet officers that the dispatches were
Of the utmost Importance.
The President was particularly pleas
ed with his dinner on board the Mis-
souri,. which he ate among the enlisted
men. The bill of fare rufflpriSed roast
pork, sweet potatoes. bread and butter,
cottage pudding and coffee. Below
decks, in the senior officers mess room.
the table was graCed in honor Of The
Presidents visit with the magnificent
silver service presented to the battle
ship by the citizens of the state of
Missouri. but no silver adorned the ia
bic where the President ate his dinner.
He and his guests We're furnisha n
with eating kits similar to those given
to the enlisted men, consisting of a
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Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, Sept. pa second tropical
disturbance is reported as approaching
the iucatan channel from the east No
information is available as to its inten-
sity. In the United States a strong area
Of high pressure is moving eastward
across the Lake region and the remnant
of last weeks storm has been crowded
southwark in the middle Gulf coast. Rain
has fallen in the middle and southern At
lantic states and the eastern Gulf states.
1t is decidedly cooler in northeastern
districts and warmer in the Missouri val
ley. Showery weather will continue Mon
day and Tuesday in southern Atlantic
and Gulf states. Elsewhere generally
fair weather is probable with slowly ris-
ing temperatures in northern districts.
The winds along the New England and
middle Atlantic coasts will be fresh to
brisk northwest to north; along the south
Atlantic coast. fresh northeast to east.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-01
Property Loss Now Estimated at Many Millions---
Many Vessels Are Either Wrecked or Driven
On the Beach at Pensacola, Fla.
Loss OF Government Property===Mobile
Assuming Normal Conditions

grasp. She went down, Werneth at
tempted To save her and wave over
Whelmcd him. He was drowned at the
foot IF the tree in which Williams and
his daughter had taken refuge The
young woman became crazed as her fa-
Their sank ana cndcavored to leap from
the tree. but WAS restrained by VIII
liams. The two remained in the tree
until the storm subsidized.
Every building at Fort Morgan cx-
ccpt the hospital is wrecked ana this
was partially unrnofed. The water
tanks ut the fort were destroyed and
for Il time there was i scarcity of
drinking wGtcr. but this has been re-
licVcd. PriTata Murphy If thu. 9th Bat
terry. Coast Artillery, is believed Ia have
been the only on" drowned 1T the fort.
Several fruit steamers about which
then, has been some anxiety have ar
rived. Their captains do-iarcd the
weather the toughest in their eXperi-
cncc. The Ranan. the Columbia and the
Imrrrutur have arrived.
Captain Wilson Of the Ranan report
"a that all lights in the bay have been
carried away ami declared that of til"
lighthouse on Sand island only the two
t,y-..,.. ,,.,,ain
II Was tscprtained today that four
steamers have been driven ashore not
far from Duuphin island. The names
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a.r,.d In 1n,,,.. instances tie damage is
trit1iur shingles being ripped off or Il
cI,,,...,,- blown dovn. bi; SOM, of Tho
I,,,..r buiI,iiu..- suffered severely.
Prominent among those which w"r"
,,r...,tIv d,la,cnd are Christ Episcopal
,u,,r,h the Oldest religion sbuilding in
Nnhii,. 4 large I,art If the roof was
trrn AWAY. lii. stevple was blown down,
CARRYING more II the roof with II. ana
Ill the windows; were blown out. The
1,n,,u, tn this buiIIing alone is $40
IAN
,rl,o c,;,a ~ u Francis street Zap
tist ,.hurrh wa, blown down. thct' g.
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Taft PrOClaimS Provisional Gov
eminent in Name of j. s.
DEPARTMENT HEADS RETAIN OFFICE.
Cubas Flag Will Wave Over Island During Period
of American Control=-=Rebels Expected to Lay
Down ArmS===All Is Quiet

Taft assuming provisional
CT Cuba at Havana Saturday follows:
TO the People Of Cuba:
The failure OF Congress act on the rrevocabe resignation
Of the President Of the republic OF Cuba successor
leaves the country without government time when great
disorder prevails and requires that pursuant the request
Mr. Palma the steps be taken the and BY the
authority Of the President Of the States to restore order
and protect life and property the island OF Cuba and the
lands and keys adjacent thereto for this purpose to esaE-
lsh therein provisional government.
The provisional government hereby established will be main
tanned only long enough order peace and public con-
ence by direction Of and i'll the OF the President Of the
United States and then to hold such elections may be
necessary to determine on those upon whom the perma
nent government Of the republic should be devoved
In far is consistent with the nature of provisional
government established under the authority the United States
ton Of Cuba The Cuban flag will be hostcl as usual over the
government buildings OF the island all the executive depart
and provincial and municipal governments including that
OF the city OF Havana will continue be administered as under
the Cuban republic; the will continue to administer JUS
ce and all the laws their napplcabe BY
OF the temporary and ccgent character of the government
will be i'll force.
President Roosevelt has been anxious bring about
peace under the constitutional government of Cuba he
made ncavor avoid the present step Longer delay
however, would be dangerous in view Of the resignation Of the
cabinet.
Until further notice the heads Of all the departments of the
central government will report TO for Instructions including
General Alexandra Rodriguez command Of Rural Guards
and other regular government forces and Gen Carlos Rooff
treasurer Of Cuba
Until further notice the civil governors and acades will also
report Tor Instructions
ask all citizens and residents Cuba to assist me in the
work OF restoring order tranquility public confidence
WILLIAM II. TAFT
Sec Of War, 7. s Provisional Governor Of Cuba
Havana, Sept. 90 1000
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Mobile, via Meridian, Sept. 30.-Al-
though it will be many months before
the sears Of ill., great storm Of Wed
ncsday ar" pbltrrIted, Mobile is
rapidly assuming normal conditions
and it will be only matter Of getting
railroads ana telegraph wires in work
ing order to restore business to what
it was before the storm. Apprehens-
ion is still felt in some quarters for
the safety of Gulfport, Il town on the
LuUisvIl" & Nashville just west Of
Hil xxi, Miss. but the fear that there
has been great loss of life has died
ont; Manager Hughes of the Western
Union office in Mobile was in Gulf
port Wednesday, ana IL clared that tn"
damage was not heavy when he left.
rs far as is known the total number
q deaths is -. Tho property now is
estimated At $4,5oo,0ou.
The casualties Vet to be reported
will h" insulated eases. 1t is known
that some fishermen and boatmen who
lived in the swalnps or wer" on the
water when the storm broke, We're lost
but it is not believed that the total Of
tn" deaths will amount to more than
II if. indeed, it reaches that figure"
IF tlr known deaths ut this time. 81
occurred at ana near Coden II near
Heron bay, 16 on and around Dauphin
Island. two at Grand bay, two at
Alabama ana four at Delchamps.
The anxiety regarding the residents
Of Dauphin island was relieved today
when word was brought to M"bil"
That there had been only four deaths
which, with the II lost with III"
British steamer King of Avon, makes
tn" total casualties there 16. Every
building on the island has been swept
away The survivors took refuge in
tres in which they remained until tn"
storm wore itself out. The four lost
Wrr" Greeks. Those drowned by the
BY III" sinking of the King Of Avon
ar" Captain Morris, wife, sister and
three children: Mate FIeston. Halifax,
y. s; Hoatswan Twohcye, Arthur
Hayes, Harley Walsh and James j.
jennings, an Of Weymouth, Eng, and
Phillip Gihlult. Of the Isle of Jersey.
The drowning at Cod"n OF IN"
Wcrncth family. with the exception of
one daughter. is today known in de
tail ana is one Of the saddcSt stories
:" IN" storm.
In III" W"lm"th house We're Mr.. ana
Mrs. Wrrnrth, their two daughters
Mr.. EctInrourt. an aged woman. ana
calvin Williams, a young man. Whcn
II vas evident that the house must he
abandoned. Mr. Werneth and Will
nuns placed the family in small boat
and attempted to reach n nearby grove.
Int the boat filed with water and sank.
The elder Miss Werneth, who was an
accomplished swimmer. and young Will
lEtmS reached Il tree. which they
Climbed. The ether persons in til" boat
Were drowned before their eyes. MIS-
N"renth made a desperate attempt 10
reach the tree in which her daughter
and young Williams had found refuge
and was within Il few feet when huSe
wave cugulfed her. Mr.. Werneth pear
ing his younger daughter in his arms
reached the tree and was about 10
Climb it when the Girl slipped from ms
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Washington. Sent. 3O.-American
troops now are moving toward Cuba
Mobilization of the forces will be at
Newport News for the most part. al
though a part of the first expe.lition-
airy force will be sent from New York
and Tampa, Fla. Advices to the gov
eminent today indicate that all is quiet
in Cuba and that the insurgents intend
TO lay down their arms. The probable
ity is that the United states forces in
the island will be landed only rs a pre-
cautionary measure.
Inc hfst American troops will land
at Havana next Saturday. Meantime
the marines and bluejackets from the
American fleet in Cuban waers will be
protecting American interests and sup
port Secretary Taft, Cuba's provisional
governor.
How long Intervention may continue
it is impossible to foretelI, but the ma
ture of the Intervention and the prcpa-
ratfons for it indicate n supervision of
Cuban affairs on the part of the Amer
lean government for an indefinite pc
riod. Arrangements have been cOnclud-
ed not only for the first expeditionary
i'i'e vi dpout 3ooO men, Dut Tor sec
ond force have been issued, but if the
men are NEEDED. all arrangements have
been completed for hurrying them to
Cuba.
Operations in all departments of the
military establishment today were on
a war basis. The acting secretaries and
chiefs of all bureaus were at their
desks and every office was humming
with activity. Scores Of clerks were on
duty.
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General Humphrey, quartcrmaster
general. practically closed arrange
ments today for the transports which
are to convey the troops. 1t it should
be necessary to send a second force
Immediately. the war department APP
prehends some difficulty on account of
the quarantine laws Of the various
Southern states. which necessitateS in
coming ships from Cuba to remain in
quarantine five days. The war depart
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1904
1Oc, CIGAR

" the acknowledged leader in New Eng
hon annually.
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CASUALTIES INCREASING.
More Reported Dead and Further
Wrecks of Ships Reported.

Mobile. Ala. via Meridian. Miss, Sept.
30.-The number of casualties in the great
storm Of last Wednesday Is slowly in
creasing as messages are received from
places which have heretofore been mac
cessble. The total last night of the
known dead was -. This number was
br ought up to n certainty of 20 and a pos
sibility of I02 by the reports that reached
Mobile during the night and early today.
Four bodies not before counted have
been found at Coden, and it is estimated
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mcnt has taken up this matter with the
authorities of the Southern states in
the hope Of arranging for a waiver Of
the regulation.
Secretary Taft has available nearly
200 marines and bluejackets. who could
be landed on Cuban soil in few hours
in case OF emergency Other marines
are en- route to Cuba and will be avail
able in two or three days.
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DAMAGE is GREAl.
Many Vessels at Pensacola ether
Wrecked, Lost or Beached.

Pensacola. Fla. Sept. 3o.-The NaS'heSs
of the destruction wrought by the hur-
ricane of Thursday is now being real'Ae''
Lootcrs followed in the wake u 'i'e
hurricane. Fifteen extra policemen I'll
now on guard. Everything posslpie Is
being done to relieve the 1000 hon'eiess'
Santa Rosa quarantine station, across
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Boston Forecast,

Boston, Sept. 3O-F'orecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Fair Monday; light
northWesterly winds; Increasing cloud
mess; Tuesday warmer in the after
noon.
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FAIR.

Washington, Sept. 3O.-Forecast for
Monday and Tuesday for New Eng
land: Fair Monday and Tuesday;
brisk north winds
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NEVER TRAVEL. WITHOUT. SAN
ford's Ginger. Renders change Of water.