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areas, which suggest great depth Of
focus. The seismographic traces show
considerable length Of period and we'll
marked separation between the short
preliminary tremors and longer waves,
which is indicative of considerable dis,
lance travelled by the vibrations be-
tween the centrum and the recording
the absence of small tremors, the CON
siderable areas over which light vibra-
lions are felt are indicative of tectonic
rather than volcanic origin.
proceeding southwark along the
Pacific coast no marked development Of
seismic activity appears until we reach
southern Mexico, in the State Of Co.
ina Accasional reports are made CT
quakes in the civinity Of the great
volcano Colima, and the City of Mex.
leo has been visited by a few shocks
Of moderate intensity, and by occa-
sional light tremors. But the develop
ments Of seismic action are not great.
In the State of Oaxaca, however, there
is a sudden and great decrease Of seis-
micity. 1t occurs in a long and rather
narrow belt, extending parallel to the
| coast, reaching into Guatemala and
through the entire length of the Central
American States In the Isthmus Of
Panama"
The Central American and South
Mexican seismic regions indicate a vol
canic origin. These regions are famous
for their volcanoes, which are more
numerous and closely adjacent than
anywhere else in the world. Through
out the 1900 miles Of volcanic coast
line earthquakes have always been
abundant and often highly destructive.
In 772 quakes Of which records have
been made, it was found that their
epicenters occurred In close proximity
to the volcanoes, and never more than
four or five miles from them. 1t is a
remarkable fact that none Of the not
able quakes observed II this district
suggests a tectonic origin.
Following the coast line into South
America, two seismic regions are en-
countered at Panama, both Of them
at a great distance One is In Vene-
zuela, far to the eastward; the other
in Ecuador, far to the southwark. "Our
knowledge Of earthquakes in the An
des," continues Major Dutton, 'is
usually too insufficient In detail to en-
able us to form a very definite opinion
as to their nature and class. Some of
them originate in places which are not
far distant from volcanoes, but whether
near enough to create the presumption
that they are really associated with
them Is not always known. On the
other hand, many Andean quakes dis
play the tectonic character so clearly
that their origin is equally free from
doubt"
Both classes, however, are abund-
ant From a point about 25O miles
north of Callao to beyond Valdivia, In
Chile, the South American coast has
been subject to earthquakes of the
greatest energy. Sometimes they have
originated upon the sea-bottom. In
these cases great sea waves have rolled
in upon the coast with disastrous eff
feet.
Australia is little disturbed by earth
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Danger spots on the
Poetic Coast as surely chdrted
sQS ocean reefs.


Destructive earthquakes are so In
frequent that II Is not generally appre-
ciated that seismic shocks are really Of
almost daily occurrence. Hardly Il lay
passes without an earthquake oceul-
ring somewhere in the world. Most
Of these, fortunately, are mere quiver5
Of the earth crust, and would pass
unnoticed had not science invented the
seismograph, a most delicate instru-
meAt, which records these feeble shocks.
The American Continent furnishes
almost one-half Of the recognized
earthquake centers Of the world. Ex-
ceptng for the Caribbean region, these
centcrs where seismic disturbances are
frequent and expected lie along the
Pacific coast. Earthquake shocks have
been felt at various points along the
Atlantic seabOard Of the United States,
but, excepting the devastating earth
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-18
REVEAL AWFUL MURDER
GERMAN COUPLE ARRESTED ON
ARRIVAL IN AMERICA.
Strangled Woman's Half Decayed Body
Found in Trunk-Robbery Was
Motive for the Crime

FRANkFORT-ON Ger
many, May 12.-The details of Il mystic
rious and revolving tragedy for which
Wilhelm Meyer and woman named
Christiana were ordered arrested on the
arrival of the Hamburg line
steamer Graf Waldersee at New York
today, We're revealed this afternoon.
Meyer came to Frankfort, April II
and left trunk and other baggage with
an express company. saying that the
trunk contained clothing and that he
wanted it kept for three months as he
was going abroad. The trunk was final
ly opened by the police and found to con-
tain the half decayed body of an aged
woman, covered with chloride of lime
The body turned out to be that of 4
Mrs. Nogel of Wildungen. in the prin-
cipality of Waldeck, who had been miss
from that place. She came from San
Francisco to Wildungen with Meyer two
years ago.
The latter is a furniture dealer. 81
years of age and born in Germany. Mrs
Nogel was reputed to have been very
rich. Later she Quarreled with Meyer
and asked for police protection. The
Meyer spent several days in Frankfort
and wrote to the ChriStiania woman,
who comes of a good Wildungen family,
to meet him here, whence they disap-
peared together. Inquiries made by the
police established the fact that the
couple sailed for New York from Ham
burg April 20. registered as from New
Orleans.
NEW YORK, May 12.-Meyer and
the woman We're arrested by federal of
tcers at Hoboken when the Graf Wal
dersee reached her dock there today.
They We're at once brought to this city
and arraigned before United States Com
missioner Shields, who had issued the
warrant for their arrest. The man re-
fused to talk and the woman protested
not to know why they had been arrested.
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PADDED BILLS WORKED.
How Mutual Life and Andrew c. Field
Are Alleged to Have Operated
Expense Account.

NEW YORK, May 12.-The secret
in the relations between Andrew G..
Fields, head of the purchase and supply
department of the Mutual Life, and
Lawrence & Co., the firm which supplied
stationery to the big life insurance COM
pany, has been disclosed to the grand
jury.
For eighteen years Fields drew prac-
tically 100000 annually from the Mu-
tual, to be used in Legislative" work.
and the bills for stationery were all reg
ular. When Fields needed money he
would go to Lawrence & Co. and put
i'll a cash slip. There never was any
record of the cash slips kept. But the
supply department of the Mutual would
Instead some 10000 envelopes, or enough
to make the difference, would be deliv-
cred to the Mutual, goes the report.
NEW YORK. May 12.-David B. Hill
went before q committee of the State
Bar association Friday and explained
his acceptance of retainer of $4,000 q
year from the Equitable Life while he
was a United States senator. He said:
| never questioned that as a senator l
had the right to practice In the courts of
any state or the United States. | was en-
ployed by the state attorney general to try
case against the United States in 1S92,
when l was senator. In 1892 James IL.
Hyde stated that he heard l was going to
resume the practice of law when not occu-
pied In Congress. | told him that was the
fact The result of the interview was that
l accepted an offer Of $1,000 a year to be-
come consulting counsel of the Equitable.
l never was consulted about the enactment
of insurance legislation.
Former Gov. Frank S. Black, Benja-
min F. Tracy, John L. Dillon, De Ian
cey. NjcOIl and others testified that they
had known Mr.. Hill many years, that
he ranked among the first men of his
profession, and that the $1,000 yearly
retainer was q reasonable COMPENSATION
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CHANNEL TUNNEL IN FAVOR.
French Ambassador to Great Britain Pre-
diets Projects Realization

LONDON, May Paul Cambon,
the French ambassador to Great Britain,
presided at a dinner of the French cham
Der of commerce in London. Speaking
for the peace of the world. NJ. Cambon
said that all undertakings tended to i'm
prove the good understanding between
France and Great Britain. Among such
enterprises he included the channel tun-
mel. Opinion in France, he said, had be
come very favorable to the project and
signs of similar favor are now Obsery-
n hIa in England
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Greatest Dock in World.

Wat is probably the highest dock in
the world has recently been completed al
Kisumu. on the Victoria Nyanza, il
Uganda, at an altitude of BOO feet
above sea level. The dock has been con,
structed to accommodate the Nyanza
fleet plying on the lake in connection
with the Uganda railroad, of which the
terminus is at Kisumu or Port Florence
as it is now officially called. 1t measures
go feet in length by IS feet wide and II
feet deep. 1t is excavated out of the
solid rock by native labor aud occupied
twelve months in construction.
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Decorate Lonesome Garden Spots.

There are places around many homes
that look dark and vacant all summer,
when at little expense they can be trans
formed into places beautiful to look
upon. The easiest way to decorate these
lonesome spots is by growing some Of
the easily cared for ANIMALS.
OF the tall growing plants the cosmos.
nicotianas and cleomes are among the
most deservedly popular. The better
way to plant these is between scattered
shrubbery. although they can be used
in beds. Cosmos bloom in the fall. 1t
grows gracefully TO the height of FIVE
feet, spreading out rich, green, feathery
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her official trial made nearly eighteen knots three
and threeQuarter hours But the large variation in coal
storage space must give the ship much increased
radius Of action and release her close depend
fixed bases. The crews WILL when each vessel
is fully manned roughly aggregate thirty officers
and five hundred in the smaller and forty five officers
and thousand the larger.
1t is said by naval officers that the differences in dis
placement do after ALL real superiority
of the later vessel with her speed enormously
heavy battery and splendid protection could
overcome five ships Of the Texas class.
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IDENTIFY BODY AS WESTFELDT.
Man Who Died in Barber's Chair Was
Paper Mill Superintendent

NEW YORK, May 12.-The man who
died of commissions in a BARRIERS chair
after swallowing a mysterious solution.
has been identified as HjaImar West
feldt, formerly superintendent of Green
Bay. Wausau and SauIt Ste Marie
Mich) paper mills His pockets con-
tanned a hypodermic syringe and NOR.
phine capsules, it is said by the police.
His arms are also said to bear marks
Of d hypodermic needle.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-18
DELAY GOTHAM FUNERALS
None of the Strikers Return to Work and
Dead as Well as Living Are
Affected

NEW YORK, May 2.-Funerals in
New York city today were subjected to
serious delay, and caskets We're in many
cases carried tc graves in plain black
wagons or even on trucks, owing to the
continuance of the funeral drivers strike.
None of the 1900 men who went out yes
terday for wage increase of 81 a week
had returned to their posts. Even more
difficult than securing hearses was the
hiring of carriages for mourners, many
of whom We're forced to ride on street
cars to the cemeteries.
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gate of energy than is exerted even 10
the most forcible volcanic quakes.
Around the supposed "iery great
circle" which surrounds the Pacific
from Cape Horn to Boring Sea. thence
down the eastern archipelago to Asia
to the Dutch East Indies, are a con-
siderable number Of districts Of high
seismicity, separated by wide intervals
Of low seismicity. They are situated
upon the most pronounced slopes lead
ing from land to sea-bottom. Between
Japan and Luzon, In each Of which
there is a fairly high seismicity, there
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them than with volcanic quakes, and
vice versa
There Is In Japan remarkable alb
sence Of any tendency Of earthquakes to
associate themselves with volcanoes.
Most japanese earthquakes originate at
sea, and their vibrations on land in
dictate that they have travelled a CON
siderable distance. and that the dis
turbance which originated them must
have involved a much higher aggre-
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TO AID MILWAUKEE, SCHOOL.
German Educators Meet at Cincinnati
and Form Society.

CINCINNATI, O., May 12-[SpeciaI. /
Steps toward the organization of a
hodv TO assist the National German
Teachers seminary in Milwaukee were
taken here last night at a meeting of
prominent German educators. Officers
will be elected May %.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-18
LOSES BIG ELECTION WAGER HARD.
St. Paul Man Bet on Republican and
Demands Recount.

ST. PAUL. Mimi. May 12.-H. Stan
ley Wood. who, it is claimed, had wag-
cred $4,000 that L. g.. Hoffman ReDJ
would defeat Mayor Smith Deln.) for
reelection, has served u notice on
Mayor Smith that he intends to
demand recount of the ballots
cast in the recent municipal election.
Judge Hallam, Of the district court.
has issued an order, returnabe tomor-
row. directing Mayor Smith to show
cause why an order should not be made
granting the petitioners request for q
recount.
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vices for subdividing
and strengthening the
under water body be
much less startling.
It is expected that a
speed Of twenty knots
will be sought, and here,
curiously enough, the
differences are not so
marked. The Texas was,
for her day, a surpris-
ingly speedy ship, and
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-18
BARON CURRIE is DEAD.
Was Formerly Private Secretary to Lord
Salisbury.

LONDON, May 12.-Baron Currie
PhiIip Henry WodehOuse), formerly
British ambassador at Constantinople
and later ambassador of Great Britain
at Rome, died today at his residence,
Hawley, Black Water, Hampshire, after
a long illness. He was born in 1884 and
was private secretary to Lord Salisbury
when the latter, in 1S7S-S0, was secre-
tarY of state for foreign affairs.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-18
The Queens Debts.

The queen consort is the only woman
in England not anenable TO the mar
ried womans property act She is
responsible for her own debts. and her
creditors have no claim whatever on her
husband. This is made necessary by the
fact that the king can not be sued for
money.
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Battleship Named for Preacher.

PARIS, May 12.-The famous French
theologian, Ernest Renan, is to have his
memory preserved by first-class ar
mored cruiser to be named after him
This cruiser has just been launched at
St. Nazaire and forms one of the group
of -. 41G tons displacement. of which the
Victor Hugo, the Leon Gambetta, the
Jules Ferry and the Michelet are already
rnemhprS
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is three to four feet high with rich car
mine flowers.
Cleome pungens is useful between
shrubbery along fences. Its flowers are
attractive because of their long stems,
reaching ont Ike SniderS' LEGS
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The development Of
battleship designing dur
ing a period of twenty
years Is shown in the
graphic comparisons set
down above between the
Texas, authorized in
August, 1886, and the
great vessel just recon-
mended by the House
naval committees. The
sDecific data of the new
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ONCE WEALTHY; NOW OUTCAST.
William D. Mansfield of Milwaukee Re
fused Admission to Infrmary

CINCINNATI, o.. May FL Special
William d. Mansfield, for the last six
years a resident of Milwaukee, was last
night refused admittance to tire city in
firmary here He was formerly a promi-
nent insurance man and often made
$1,000 and more in a single week, it is
said
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-18
STEAMER IS AFIRE AT SEA.
S. Vigilancia from New York to Ha,
vana Reported Burning Off Cape
Lookout-Under Control.

BALTIMORE, Md, May PA wire
less report from Cape Lookout lightship
No. ~ says the S. S. Vigilancia, from
New York for Havana, was afre at 6
o'clock this morning off Cape Lookout.
At 1870 the fire was under control.
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Four Killed in Collision.

LYNCHBURG. Va, May 11.-Four
trainmen were killed and four injured Ill
a collision today on the Norfolk and
Western near here.
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CONSTANTINOPLE May 12.-The
Turkish government has accepted the de-
mandS of Great Britain conditionaIly and
it is anticipated that this is only Il pre-
iminary to the complete acceptance of
the British demands in regard to the
Tabah boundary question
The change in the Sultan's attitude
must have taken place very late last
night, or early today, for the grand viz
ier's visit to the British ambassador, Sir
Nicholas K. OConor. at II o'clock last
night, had no Immediate result except to
emphasize the fact that the attempts of
Turkey to arrange Il compromise were
useless. The grand yizier's proposals
were as unacceptable as were those of
Tewtik PaSha, the foreign minister on
the previous day. and Sir Nicholas again
pointed out the futility of suggesting
notifications of the British demands,
which constituted the absolute minimum.
LONDON, May l2.-Ehe foreign Of
flee has not yet received adviccS that
the Porte has definitely acceded to the
British demands, but the latest official
dispatches from Constantinoplc intimat-
ed that the Sultan was preparing to
submit. 1t is said at the foreign office
that there can be nothing conditional"
i'll the acceptance, as the demands Of
Great Britain are the irreducible mini
mum.
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Marched to Sea with Sherman

MARINETTE, Wis, May 12.-James
Loughery, deputy collector of customs
and a resident for fifty years. died, aged
rs. He was a member of the Twelfth
Wisconsin and was with Sherman on his
march to the sea.
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Be thankful for this when your trou
bIes seem greater than you can bear
At least you are not heifer travelling
in a heavily loaded freight car.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-18

RECORD OF FRIsCo's QUAKE.
The diagram shows how the seismograph
in Washington recorded the San Francisco
earthquake. At one point, it will be no
ticed, the recording stylus left the tape en-
tireiv.
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TURKEY HAS GIVEN IN
GREAT BRITAINS DEMANDS AC-
CEPTED CONDITIONALLY.
Foreign Office at London Has Optimistic
News, but Holds Out as
Before.

CAIRO, Egypt, May 12.-The Turkish
government has agreed to evacuate Ia
bah and all other places in Egyptian ter
ritory which have been occupied by the
Sultans troops.
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quake ut San Francisco and at Charles
ton, these have been of slight inn
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1906-03-25
Ell fin de una BastiIIa rusa.

I'm telegrama de San Petersburgo anun-
cia ofcialmente Ia SUPPRESSION de la prisi6n
de Estado de Schlusselbourg. Esto es
como 81 una mafiana Luis XIV hubiera
decretado la abolici6n de la Bastilla.
La transformation de Schlusselbour en-
un cuartel de gendarmes, marca una fecha
en- Ia historic de Russia. Era ahf donde
SO encerraba desde hace muchos af1os q
los conspiradores terroristas de nota,
cuya vida terminaba en- ell fondo del Gin
pace que no les volvfa nunca la libertad.
Entire los c6lebres calabozos de Russia Sc
cita siempre la fortaleza de San Pedro y
San Pablo que hunde sus cimientos en- el
Neva, frente al Palacio Imperial.
Como Ia fortaleza de San Pedro y San
Pablo, estGba plena de reos polfticos me-
diados del siglo 6ltimo, = como presenta-
ba el inconvenience de estar situada en- el
centric de la capital, un funcionario de SER
vicios de penitenciarfas propuso como pri-
sion 81 Schlusselbourg, que tuvo desde en-
tonces ese car6cter.
He aquf una caida de Ia Bastilla rusa
eu plena revoIuci6n rusa,
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Nj viajs a BarceIOneta
iCRA1ITUD!

Grata fue mi satisfaction, al encontrar
en- BarceloDeta, cuna en- donde 70 nacf.
mis- amigos de siempre.
Baje del tren, y al primer amigo que
abrac6, fu6 al inteligente professor don Pri-
mitivo MarchSn, buen puertorriquefo, en-
tusiasta por Ia libertad, y que siempre ha
estado en- su puesto de houor. Luego al
active hijo del pueblo, Antonio Rodrfguez,
que desde los primeros amos de su existen-
cia, alcanz6, con el esfuerzO del estudio.
amplia instruction, ofreCiendo 50 pueblo
la savia de ella, porque su amor 4 Ia Ii
bertad, es immense.
Despu6s al querido Isabelino, enthusiastic
barberos, al no menOs queridO , luchador
Ramon RosadO, Quintin Nieves, J en- fin,
todos los buenoS paiBanOs que en- Seguida
salierou & mi encuentro & sRludarme, fell
cit6ndome 4 Ia yez, pOr mi enthusiastic ,
acrisoIado amor Ia patria puertorrique.
Ia, porque como 20, han sentido aienten
eas fuego sauto del patviotiamo, en- sus co-
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A E N lila

Yo vengo, Emilia, del cubano suelo
Que tanTas veces recorrf dichoso,
Condenado q morir baio otro cielo
Menos puro, menos heFmoso.
Yo vengo & sepIltar en- terra extrana
Los infortunios de mi amarga vida.
Soy un ave que vuela para Espa1s,
Brotando sangre de profunda herida.
No pens6 que encontrara en- mi camino
Un consuelo mi amarga desventura,
7 deparale Dios al peregrino
Ell presente fells de tn hermosura.
Yo he buscado en- tus gracias divinales
FL sentimiento que en- mi pechO ardfa
Y comprendo que brotan raudales
Torrentes de amistad simpatfa.
Yo he pedido al calor de tn mirada
81 fuego de elevados pensamientos,
Porque quiero dejarte aquf grabada
La expression de mis- grandes sentimientos.
Yo amo al que llora su desgracia impfa,
Amo & mi Cuba con amor vehemente
Y los que vierten por la patria mia
Su sangre pura cuanto mas ardiente.
Amo las flores que sencillas crecen,
Amo Ia joven que pudor respira,
Amo las palmas que las brisas mecen
Y amo las cuerdas de mi humilde Ira.
Amo los goces de mi hogar querido,
Amo los besos de mi tierna madre,
Del esclavo su languido gemido
Y las ceDizas de mi honrado padre.
Amo 10 grande, 10 sublime , bello
Y te amo, Emilia, porque v6o en- tu frente
Aparecer con fdlgido destello
De mi Cuba la estrella refulgente
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SOGiedad FiIantrOpica.

Desde hace algin tempo Sc trabaja ac
tivamente en- Manatf con objeto de consti-
tuir una asociaci6n benefactora cuyos fines
son estirpar la mendicidad socorriendo
los necesitados y procurando trabajo 4
aquellos que este encondiaiones de efsc-
tuarlo
Con tai motive aver estuvo en- Ia ha
cienda ''Monserrate' una comisi6n de da-
mas compuesta de las Srtas. Carmen Ra
mos Casellas, Julita Delgado, Mercedes
Diaz y Carmen Delgado, quienes confe-
renciaron con los esposos Calaf- Collazo, ha-
biendo salido completamente aatisfechas de
sus gestiones
La Sra. Conception Collazo nunca ha
negado su concurso ninguna buena obra,
por 10 que cuenta con grandes simpatfas
en- la localidad por su filantropia.