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New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
IRMY'S GOOD YORK.
Signal Corps and Quartermaster's
Department 4Jert in Cuba.
tFrom The Tribune Bureau.I

Washington. Dec. "a storm broke over the
island of Cuba on October II that for a time
threatened to demOralize the forces of the United
States sent to the island republic for the pur-
pose of righting it's political status. The
American troops landed from the transport Sum
ner at Havana on October 6, and the following
nine days saw the entire forces from this coun-
try debarked and sent to their various posts and
camps. Two days later, October II, the
storm wrecked the camps, destroyed all the
buildings in use by the army. rendered the tele-
graph lines useless, and so damaged the electric
line that travel thereon was stopped. Sew
eral chartered vessels carrying animals for the
army had arrived in the harbor at Havana and
PIP were killed Some seven ships. under con-
tract with the War Department, were still at
sea and suffered no loss. -
In the city of Havana considerable property
destroyed and twenty-seven persons lost
their lives The pictures here reproduced show
the uprooted trees and the severe damage to the
streets and public parks. Major c. B. Baker.
OF the army, acting under the direction Of the
Quartermaster general of the army, General c..
T. Humphrey, had put in operation complete
system for handling the troops and supplies as
they reached Havana, and although the storm
did immense amount Of damage the troops
supplied with new tentage within twenty
four hours, transportation quickly restored.
and In a very short time the command was tn
its usual calm, serene condition The army
signal corps restored the lines Of communication
in 4 manner highly praiseworthy. For few
days one line of telegraph handled all business.
and 1t was necessary for the operators to con-
tinue at their posts Of duty day and night The
electric light plant was not restored for several
days after the storm The manner in which the
military forces recovered their equilibrium re-
fleets great credit upon those having charge Of
the expedition.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

isthmus. which remarkable for their ac-
curacy. were made in the reign Of Philip III in
the sixteenth century and OF Charles III in the
eighteenth. In 1I74. the Spanish viceroy, Do1>s
Antonio NJ. De Bucarel. sent Agustin Crarners
governor of the castle of San Juan de Ulua, of
Vera Cruz. to survey the isthmus. CrameF was
the first engineer to proclaim the possibility of
opening a canal across it,
After the survey by Craner. nothing more
was done until 1S24 when the state o. Vera
Cruz and the federal government Of MeXico mt
commissions to resUrvey the fsthmus. Both
commissions recommended that the COatzacoal-
cos River be made navigable as far as possible
and that a carriage road be constructed from
that point to the Pacific Coast.
In 1912 Santa Ana then dictator Of Mexico.
granted Jose de Caray a concession to open up
line of communication by water and rail be
tween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through
the Isthmus of Tehua>tepeC. But nothing prac-
teal was accomplish. I by him. Several other
contractors essayed lie task in turn. until al
last. in 1894. the roaI was finished. But the
government then recognized that much aJdi-
tional work would be necessary before the road
could become a highway of interoceanic com
merce. and in 1902 it entered into an arrange
uent with the English firm of S. Pearson & Son,
Limited, whereby the latter undertook 70 bring
the Tehuantepec Railroad up TO the reqlis-.a
standard of solidity for handling heavy traffic.
to construct harbor works at CoatzacoaIcos AM
Salina Cruz and TO provide shipping faciIiti-s 1t
the terminal ports.
Pearson & Son immediately got 10 work vi
the bridges of the Tehuantepec line which were
Of wood We're replaced with steel structures.
and the road was relaid with eighty pound steel
rails, heavily ballasted, curves and grades re-
duced, and every measure taken TO protect the
roadbed from damage from the storms which
always cause railroads trouble in tropical couH-
tries little over two years ago the work On
the railroad was completed and the construction
Of the harbOr works was well under way. Now
the harbor works have been practically COM
pleted also, and when the work Of dredging
away the bar at Coatzacoalcos and deepening
the inner harbOr at SaIina Cruz is finished.
which it is expected viii be done next month.
large ocean steamers will be able to reach the
wharves at Coatzacoalcos and SaIina Cruz, and
the Tehuantepec National Railroad will 5e
thrown open TO transcontiEentaI traffic.
How much nearer to the chief CONNER iiI
cities OF the world the Tehuantepec Isthmus is
than the Panama IsthmuS is shown by the fol-
lowing table OF distances in miles issued by the
Mexican governments:
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
"NANCY."

make a call. The nearest point to St Paul Is
Unalaska. a large Aleutian settlement founded
by the first Russian explorers, two hundred
miles away. Nome is distant six hundred miles
Japanese schooners not infrequently seen.
Japan being 500 miles away in air line
1.-THE Aleutians are a sturdy, independent peo-
pie. absolutely fearless and dead shots with
such rifles they have. They live on the
islands to look after the seals for the North
American Commercial Company. and for part
of the year enlisted by this government as
a guard for the protection of the American
herd. These people must have been of Jap
aneSe origin for their features seem to show it.
They are good Americans, though, and they
have more than once proved their Serviceable-
ness guards for the islands,.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
HIS BITTER SPEECH.

Hilary X. Adair. Western detective. re-
piled to the toast Detection" at a dinner In
Omaha.
Speeches pregnant with meaning often help
the detective in his delicate work." said Mr..
Adair. often q speech of eight or ten words
will reveal volumes.
Thus | learned how things stood in q
Milwaukee house when l heard a Milwaukee
woman say TO her husband. Jim, do you know
you talk in your sleep?' and the replied.
Well do you begrudge me those few WordSr :"
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
PORTRAIT OF MISS eERYL MORSE.

Spain the project of an interoceanic route
across the isthmus considered. Hernando
Cortez. after completing the conquest OF Mexico,
passed along the Tehuantepec Isthmus his
expedition to Honduras He impressed
with the advantages Of the isthmus and secured
a large grant Of land IN that territory from
the Emperor. Cortez. In q letter to the En-
peror. declared II his belief that a navigable
strait existed. leading from Coatzacoalcos to the
Pacific Ocean. While. II Is needless to say,
nothing OF tho kind existed. surveys OF the
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
VIEW OF THE PRADO, HAVANA.
Many trees overthrown by the recent great storm.

deed. 1t is as far-fetched as the sign that a
tailor once put up in his boyhood home.
"The tailor's sign was apple-simply an
apple. The people were amazed at it. They
came in crowds to the tailor, asking him what
earth the meaning Of the sign was.
The tailor, with a compacent smile. repliel
If it hadn't been for an apple where would
the clothing business be to-day?"
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
GUARDIANS or SEALS.
Continued from third page.

village. Communication with the outside world
is practically at an end once person lands on
the islands. The trading steamers Of the North
American Commercial Company only touch
twice a year, and rarely does revenue cutter
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

NO CLOTHES BUT FOR THE APPLE.
Oscar Hammerstein said at dinner. apropos
Of a certain joke:
That joke is far-fetched. very far-fetched in
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
A T1NGLE.

Max (who is talking over the telephone With a
man Who stutters)-Papa. come here; there
must be q knot in the telephone wire.-Bombe.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-05-16
CACY'S FALLS

Mrs. Jones is gaining so she sits up
a little each day.
Mrs. Crowell spent last week with
her parents in Garfield.
Grace and Winnie Towue were guests
over Sunday al a, Calkins'.
Clayton Story has purchased the
Potter farm, writings drawn Monday.
John Rood and wife of Michigan are
guests of Peariy Brigham and Mr.. Has
kins.
Miss Ella Towne will spend some time
this week in Hardwiek with her sister,
Mrs. James CLARK.
L. j. Smith and wife went to Swan.
ton Saturday night, called there by the
illness of Milo Holbrook.
Mrs. George Mudgett was at Henry
Muckler's last Thursday, caring for Mrs.
Muckler, who is quite i'll.
Word was received the last of the
week from the campers at Greensboro
that the ground was white with snow
and fish froZe in.
Mrs. Manning received a letter from
her brother, George Doherty. a former
resident OF Morristown now living in
Truckee, Cal, that he had two daugh-
tiers in SanFransisco at the time of the
who escaped with theirlives,
losing all they had and that the suffer-
ing had not half been told.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-05-16

Read e. l. Booths business notice
regarding pen and ink drawings
Photographic work and passepartont.
ing.
The Christian Endeavor Society
will give a "Help your neighbor''
social at the church parlors Friday
evening May Is. All are cordially
invited.
Dr. and Mrs. Robinson left town this
morning for Brattleboro to attend
the thirteenth annual meeting of the
Vermont State Dental Society, the
former having part in the program.
They return Friday night.
Special communication of Mount
Vernon Lodge, F. & A. M, is called
for Wednesday evening, May %.
There will be work on three candi-
dates for the Entered Apprentice de-
gree. A full attendance is desired.
The firm of Geo. p. browne & Co.,
announce that notwithstanding the
tremendous demand for long coats
they are In fine shape to supply all
calls for the same as they receive a
new lot every few days and can save
you money.
Ex.- Gov. Geo. W. Hendee has been
quite III and confined TO his bed for
the past week, suffering from q stom-
acb trouble. He went to ST. Johns
bury last Wednesday to meet Mrs,
Hendee, who had been visiting in
Massachus etts, and was taken sari-
ousIy i'll there.
q A gang of concreters, in the en-
ploy of E. F. Moore, contractor, OF
Burlington, arrived in town the last
Of the week and began working Sat
urday on the completion Of the con-
tract made with the Board OF Trus-
tees last year. Commissioner Hutch,
ius Ia not certain as TO the exact ex
tent of the work TO be done, but the
new work willincludh Hutt hins, Rich
mOnd and Eimore streets and some
repair WORK. Work is now being
done on the two former streets.
-, Last night a f0ur-year old daugh-
ter of MIR. and Mrs. Clarence Merrill
died very suddenly at the home of
Mrs. Merrill's father, Joseph Chaplin
in he west part of town, where the
family were making short visit.
The child had been feeling unwell for
several days, but nothing serious
was apprehended, until last evening,
when she was taken suddenly worse
and died before the family physician,
Dr.. Geo. L Bates, could arrive. DR..
Chas. Bates, accompanied his brother
to see seven year old son, who is
very III and the cases are pronounced
diphtheria. A baby is also suffering
from the disease in mild form. The
consultation was held this forenoon.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-05-16
Sec'y Fuller Here Nexi Sunday

Next Sunday afternoon and evening
will be given to the State Sunday
school work and State Secretary
Fuller and Miss Balch, state work r
in the Home Department will be In
town and services will he held In the
Universalist church. In the after
noon at O'Clock a service will be
held, which will be more especially for
Sunday.school workers and the meet
ing will be addressed by both Mr..
Fuller and Miss Balch In the even
ing the service will begin at O'Clock,
at which time the speakers of the
afternoon will again address the
audience on Sunday-schoo workin the
state. In the afternoon will occur
the reorganization OF the Township
Organz alton and officers will be
elected.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-05-16
Three Cows Condemned

DR.. Geo. T. Stevenson and Geo. II.
Terrill have completed their cam
paign of testing cattle. They tested
Harrison Dodge's herd last week and
found every COW perfect. This week
they have tested the herds of Elmer
Ryder, Ernest Hadley, George Saw
yer and those of John Perry and
John Perry, Jr. In all the cows test.
ed, including many owned in the viii
lage, only three were found diseased.
These were found In the herd of Geo.
Sawyer on Laporte road.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-05-16
WORTHWHILE

Several from this place attended
the fish dinner at Lake Mansfield to-
day.
Y Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Omstead have
moved to the tenement in j f. Clare's
house vacated by B. j. Kelley.
+ The members of the Jr., Y. 2. c. U d,
invite their friends to a social to be
held 10 the Universalist vestry Tues
day evening May %, from seven to
nine O'Clock.
REV. and Mrs. C. G. st. Clare were
in Peacham last Sunday, where Mr.
St. Clare delivered the baccalaureate
sermon before the graduating class
of Peacham Academy.
W. F. Benson, who is employed in
CIarksOn's store, Burlington, arrived
home Tuesday, for a few days visit
during which he will give attention to
Lake Mansfield piscatorial sports.
r Miss Lnra l. Bruce of Vergennes
was guest several days last week of
her cousin, Mrs. AliceS4wyer, return
ing home Saturday night, Miss Bruce
Is employed In the Industrial School.
Miss Alice Boyce returned last week
from Pasadena, Calf, where she has
been employed for the past year, and
went Monday morning to Benning-
ton, where she has employment in
the Soldiers Home.
The Lamoille Grange meeting next
Thursday evening, May II, is to be
musical evening with refreshments
of ice cream and cake. The Changers
are requested to bring their families.
Ladies to bring cake.
Rev. Otto 3. Raspe, pastor of the
Universalist Church, will preach the
following sermons at the morning
services May 20, Prayer" May
81, Just Retribution for SIM" Dur
ing the month of June a series of
Preparation for the Advent of
Christianity" sermons will be de-
livered:-June 3, "The jew" June 10,
"The Greek" June Il, "The Rom.
an" June "a, 1.-The Barbarian"
July 1, "Patriotism;" July s. Child.
ren's Overwhelmingly Sunday.
August will mark a series of Parable
Sermons. The pastor reserves the
right to change, omit and shift topics.
You are all invited to attend these
services. Every one interested is
needed to assure the success of these
sermons. Remember to I'll your pew. |
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-05-16
Base Ball Notes

Two more victories we're added last
week to the unbroken list credited to
the p. A. base ball team since the
opening of the season, the games he
Ing played with Craftsbury Academy
at Craftsbury Friday and with a
town team at johnson Saturday.
The first game resulted in a score of
6 to 2, In favor of p. A.and the game
at Johnson was an easy victory, the
score standing ID to 2 AS Weafer
wished to keep in condition for harder
games, Woodward did the twirlinQ
at Craftsbury and Leavens at John.
son, both doing good work. Other
changes were made necessary in p.
AS line up at Craftshury on account
of the illness or absence OF regular
players.
The Morrisville Grammar School
defeated q team from Stowe on the
Old Fair Grounds last Saturday, the
score standing 13 to 5 Doty and
Cram were the battery for the M. G.
S. and feature of the game was the
work done by Dominic Weafer at
short stop.
BRIGHAM ACADEMY HERE SATURDAY
All signs point to the best game OF
the season next Saturday, when Brig
ham Academy will come to Morris.
vile for return game with P. A. 1t
will be remembered that P. A. opened
the season at Bakersfield few weeks
ago, in ten inning game with B. A.,
in which the local umpire there de-
clared P. A. the winner by a score OF
3 to 2 and from which decision the
team there took exceptions some
time after the game. The B. A.
team is a warm bunch and P. A. ia
not looking for q walkover. Nc.
Gowan, B. AS. pitcher, is the real
thing.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-05-16
LETTER TO GEO. NJ. POWERS
Norris vile. Vt.

-hOIIAo WIG. W.
Dear Sir: What's the penalty for
selling adulterated paint in your
state?
What is adulterated paint?
LIS clay paint? Is chalk paint? Is
barytes paint? Is lime paint? Is
benzine2 Is water? Is soap? Is
mud2
We know what is; what is not is
the question. Apparently nothing is
not; but we're only a paint-manu-
facturer, not lawyer.
Devoe is paint, all paint; and full
measure; no whitewash; no nothing.
We know what is; what Is not is the
question. Yours truly,
F. W. DEvoE & Co.
p. S. Geo. W. Doty sells our paint.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1906-05-16

Hon. FL. FL. Peck of Waterbury,
Conn, and his friend, Rev. Sherrod
Soule, arrived 10 town Monday even
ing for few days stay at the Ran
dali. These gentlemen are always
welcome guests here and Mr.. Peck's
interests at Utton's training stable
make the visits quite fire. unpnt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01
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I'll just forget.

Mrs. G. T. Mattingly and her daughter
Ethel are visiting in Carbonate this
week.
nesday evening at her home on Polk
street.
All of the offices at the city hall were
open this morning. They will be closed
this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c. Graves, of
511 East Fifth street, entertain with
a family dinner today
A number of new houses are being
built on the Lytle tract, recently open
ed at Eighth and Lincoln.
Rents in Topeka are about as high
now as they ever have been, and still
the rush of new building continues.
The Music Study club will meet
with Mrs. II. E. Lyman, 1882 Polk
street, on Friday afternoon at
o'clock.
The Edison company has completed
it's Lowman Hill line, and is now work
ing on the construction of the new line
on College Hill.
DR.. L. H. Mum and Dr. J. c. Nc
Clintock will have new automobiles
this spring, and they will be built in
Topeka by the Smith company.
This is the day when YOU go down into
the cellar and read your gas meter to
see if natural gas is really any cheap
er than the manufactured article.
In the little block of territory be-
tween Eleventh and Fifteenth and
Kansas avenue and Harrison there are
20 new houses in process of compile
ton or erection
DR.. Emanuel Lasker. the champion
chess player Of the world, is to be in
Topeka. February I, and will give lee
ture and demonstration before the State
Chess association.
Miss Anna Whiting returned today
to Kansas City, where she is studying
violin. She has been spending the
holidays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harris Whiting.
There is no stop for Sunday on the
part Of the gang Of pipe line workers
in Topeka. They worked all day yes
terday, and are working today The
present good weather is too valuable
to waste.
Miss Inez Shaw, who has been visit
ing her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Shaw, will return Tuesday to Shurt
life college where she is an instructor
in English. Shurtliffe college is located
at Upper Alton, Illinois.
Mrs. Oracle NJ Wagner, who has
been visiting her father, A. D. Grigs,
at S34 Quincy street, has just gone to
Paxton Neb., where her husband is
employed in the commissary department
of the Union Pacific railroad.
The Y. n c. A. will hold its annual
New Years social at the Y NJ. c. A
rooms this afternoon and evening 1t
is the last reception which viii be held
in the present quarters. as the assocla-
ton will move into its new home
within a few months.
The Bible classes which usually meet
on Monday evening at the Young Wom-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-01
THE UNCLE SAM OIL. COMPANY
or II. H. Tucker, Jr. sec'y, cherryvae, Kansas.

ems Christian association rooms will
meet Wednesday evening instead. The
regular Bible classes and gymnasium
work will be held on Tuesday. All class
work will be resumed as usual after
New Years.
Mayor W. H. Davis left today for
Chicago where he has been called by
business in connection with a suit grow
ing out of the Parkhurst-Davis fire.
Holiday. president of the city council,
will preside at the council meeting Tues
day evening.
The advance sale of ten cent tickets
for the N1idwinter exposition viii com
mence Monday January 8. Fifteen
thousand will be placed on sale, and
the number vii be strictly limited to
this figure The entire advance sale
last year was gone within a very few
days after the sale started.
It has been announced through the pa
perS that the city schools viii begin to
grind tomorrow, January 2. This is an
error, and superintendent Whittemore
officially announces the sad day as Jan
uary S-one week from today. Thus a
heavy load is raised from the spirit of
small boys who do not like to go to
school.
There was enough noise last night
in connection with the entrance of
1906 upon the stage to have gone into
competition with the dropping of a
pin on feather bed. The usual
seance of nerve-tearing whistles, sleep
destroying din and racket was notable
for its absence. An occasional pop
ping of a revolver on Kansas avenue
was the whole sum and substance of it.
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