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the cape and from there small boat
was sent out to intercept the liners as
they passed Every liner thus became
news boat and on reaching a point
abreast of Cape Race delivered her bud
get TO the small boat. In thick weather
the budgets were put in a specially con-
structed canister and thrown overheard,
to be picked up later.
The contents of the budget were tele-
graphed from the cape to st. Johns
then across Newfoundland to Cape Ray,
thence by a short submarine cable to
Cape Breton, and from there by relay
to New York. Bv this method four or
6ve days was saved and 1t was service
efficiently maintained from about May
to December 81.
In the intervening months the service
was irregular, for the terrific storms and
acres of ice foes off Cape Race prevent
ed the ships from approaching close
enough to even drop their canisters, and
even if they did, the small boats could
not get out to reach them More than
one daring skipper nearly lost his vessel
In attempting to deliver his budget In
those tempest tuous waters. One great
liner. nosing her way in, was brought
up when within a length of the huge
shelving cliffs and sure destruction. An
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reached Manila Bay. Just what bubonlc
plague can do to human beings is told
in the laconic figures of the History OF
Medicine
In 1884 the bubonic plague was en-
demic; that is, 1t was worldwide and
swept the nations with an awful scourge
from China clear to Norway. Nearly a
hundred million are said to have per-
ished. Coming down to more recent PIE
RODS when records are, perhaps more
reliable. in 1920 $4,000 died In Marseiles,
in Southern France, nearly one-haf of
the whole population. In 1770 $4,000 died
in Moscow. the ancient capital of Russia.
Constantinople has repeatedly been dec
imated by the plague In 1903 10000
died there; in 1915. 100000 fell under
the breath of the plague. AS late as 1877
to 1879 the plague, which is now causing
Russia to tremble and killing thousands,
swept like the avenging wrath OF
deity over that country and slew no less
than three millions of people.
The Task Enormous and Costly.
So that It is no ordinary task that
Uncle Sam faces when he ventures TO
hold I'D a warniEg hand 10 King Plague
and undertakes to hold him back In his
present attempt to repeat his historic
march of death among the Inhabitants
of the Philippine Islands.
The intelligent fighting OF the plague,
of course, began when the germ was
isolated. Yet II was "a number OF years
before the method by which the disease
propagates itself was discovered. Bubonic
plague, rapidly as it spreads, yet does
not spread from one sick man TO an
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body before the deadly germ, Uncle Sans
physicians with their test tubes and their
anti-toxin always defeat King Plague.
They can drive him headlong, shriveling
and dying from the blood of human be-
ings into which a white clad medical Of
fcer has infused a tiny dose Of Yersln's
anti-toxin. But the anti-toxin must get
there before the plague.
The terrific virulence Of the bubonie
germ, its deadllness 10 human life and
the utter helplessness of the human pro-
toplasm or organism when once its vital
element Is attacked Is simply but
startlingiy told by tAs cath rate. Among
Europeans and Aine. rs the rate Of
mortality Is total. That IS none recover.
Occasionally one here and there out OF
thousands may survive, but even In these
few Isolated instances physicians prefer
to doubt that they ever had the true
bubonic plague germ.
Death Rate Appalling.
But among the Filipinos one out OF
four recover. Among the Chinese. how
ever, only every other victim dies. The
blood of the Chinaman can better grapple
with the bubonic germ because his
father and grandfather and many genera
tions back Of these have faced and died
fighting this dread disease. Hence, the
Chinaman's blood inherlts certain toxic
qualities which counteract the poisonous
influences Of the germs which swarm in
the patients blood by countless millions.
The terrific outbreak Of plague and
cholera in the Philippines prevented any
welcome by the Filipinos to our feet
when the great battleship dotilla finally
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through a country uninhabited and swept
by sudden and terrific storms. The land
crew faced danger just as often as did
the boat crew; in fact, oftener, and many
are the stories told of the narrow escapes
of gangs of from FIVE to 10 men who
we're caught in. billiards.
Once while a gang of linemen were
camped in a blizzard one of the men vol
unteered to go for wood. The pile was
but 80 PAGES away, and he laughingly de-
clned the suggestion that he tie a rope
to himself so as not to get lost. He did
get lost, and II was not until the follow
ing spring that his body was found, three
miles distant.
In another instance two men were work
ing close by their shack when a blizzard
swooped down. Quickly abandoning their
work they rushed for their shelter, but
the blizzard was even quicker and buried
1t beneath a drift of snow. After a long,
weary hunt the men finally located the
structure by treading on the roof. They
only got In by climbing down the chin
ney.
The laying Of a cable today is beset by
danger, for despite having fine ships es-
pecially designed and machinery to handle
lHe uedNy Strings OF Steel SOPpSh anu
gutta percha, 1t is work Of the most ardu-
Gus kind. In the early days 1t was im-
possible to tell where cable had broken,
but nowadays there is u delicate instru-
ment that will record almost the exact
distance from 1t to the severed part. Ref
erence to the chart gives the longitude
and latitude and a steamer is quickly dis
patched to the place.
With a grapnel on a stout line the
steamer sweeps to and fro until one end
is picked up This is buoyed and then
the other end is sought. Both ends are
then brought together and quickly spliced
so that when the cable is once more
lowered 1t is Just as good as 1t ever was
and stronger by reason of the splicing and
additional wrapping. As cables frequently
snan from heights on the ocean bottom,
from hill to hill as 1t were, they are sub
iected to a great deal of tension and oc-
casionally are broken by being struck by
a sinking vessel.
AS a general rule It is the natural cor
rosion and the tension that causes
cable to break; but, no matter what the
cause, it is speedily remedied, and 1t is
not at all likely that there will ever be
necessity for again establishing the bud
get service al Cape Race
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of the messages reported the collision
between the Europa and the Arabia, the
news saving fully 100000, which would
have been spent In extra insurance on
the vessels and their cargoes.
Looking backward now upon the prog
ress of the submarine cable, and obsery-
ing how the ordinary happenings in the
most remote portions of the globe are
Immediately recorded in our daily pa
pers, we find it difficult to realize that
only half a century ago this striking fea-
ture in modern journalism. the foreign
cable news, was nonexistent.
The great battles of the Civil War
were not recorded In Europe until nearly
two weeks after they occurred, and their
effect upon international diplomacy was
not known here for a similar period;
and. because of this delay, occasions of
estrangement and discord arose, which
would be impossible today, with speedy
means of communication.
The Budget Service.
In the early COS the average ocean
mail boat was 13 days en- route from
Liverpool to New York, but on the sew
enth day out the steamers passed close
by Cape Race, on the Newfoundland
coast. A telegraph line was extended to
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other was warned away from the reefs
by fishermen shooting guns.
The Allen liner Anglo-Saxon was not
so fortunate. Early on the morning Of
April 2T, 1868, she was making her way
in through a dense fog, when she struck
on the reefs at Chance Cove. OF the
400 souls on board only 13o were saved,
and these by the news service boat.
The news boat service was one OF ex-
ceeding hardship and the work was dan
gerous at all seasons of the year. Tho
rugged shore line, rising in most places
sheer from the water, afforded no shell
ter for the small boats. They had to
be entered by swinging down the faces
of the cliffs on ladders. Two boats were
maintained, one on each side of the
cape. but often the weather was such
that neither could be launched. Even
If a boat could be launched and the
ship reached and the budget secured, the
return was even more perilous In the
breaking sea amid hidden reefs.
The Last Budget.
The taking of the last budget delivered
off the cape was on Christmas Eve,
1865. and was attended by terrible suf-
fering on the part of the crew. IL was
a bitter cold day, with a gale aud
heavy sea. After starting the crew real
ized their mistake, but they dared not
turn back. It was a case of reaching
the ship in the terrific seas or else per-
ish.
In the awful struggle every man was
severely frostbitten. wave after wave broke
over the gunwales and they reached the
side of the plunging steamship with their
boa. nearly half full of water. By ropes
the crew were hauled on board and then,
after being given dry clothing and having
their sufferings alleviated, the steamer
made her way into nearby cove and
landed them with a generous supply of
Christmas edibles.
1t SO happened that just after the
budget which these men brought ashore
had been sent off the short cable between
Cape Ray and Cape Breton broke and New
foundland was cut off from all telegraphic
intercourse with the world until the next
spring, for, owing to Ice foes, repairing
in winter was impossible. By spring,
however, the transatlantic cable was in
operation.
PeriIs of Repairmen.
Not the least dangerous part Of the
budget service was the maintaining of the
telegraph line across Newfoundland
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~ US1 30 years ago the hrst Athntlc
cable, after an unsuccessful attempt
the year before. was laid between
Valentin Island. Ireland and Trinity
Bay. Newfoundland. and the first Off
cial messages were Interchanged between
Queen Victoria and President Buchanan.
Then the cable was a wonder of the
world Today the cable is scarcely noted.
1t is looked upon as though it had always
been. for there are in operation In varl-
ous parts of the world more than 1000
submarine cables, with an aggregate
length Of about 100000 miles, over which
millions of messages are sent annually.
OF these 13 connect the United States
with Europe across the Atlantic, while
three span from South America 10 At
rica. From San Francisco cables stretch
across the Pacific TO the Philippines and
to Honolulu. whence other cables lead to
Australia and the mainland of Asia. From
British Columbia there also stretches
across the bottom of the Pacific a cable
10 Australia, so that with the con-
Meeting telegraph lines one might well
say that the globe is well girdled.
Laying cables today is but a common
place bit of work, but in 1858, when the
laying of the first cable was accom-
plished. on July 29, by the United States
ship Niagara and Her Majesty's ship
Aganemnon. the occasion was one OF
great rejoicing in New York and Lon
don. 1t was not until nearly a month
later, however, that the 1,695 miles of
wire were ready for the transmission of
messages.
The Queens Message.
1t was then that the British Queen
sent the following:
'"rhe Queen desires to congratulate the
President upon the successful completion
of this great international work, in which
the Queen has taken a great interest
"The Queen is convinced that the Presi-
dent will Join her in fervently hoping
that the electric cable which now con-
meets Great Britain with the United
States will prove an additional link be-
tween nations. whose friendship is
founded upon their common interest and
reciprocal esteem.
THE Queen has much pleasure in thus
communicating with the President and
renewing to him her wishes for the pros
perity of the United States
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fortified with antl-toxin and can bid
defiance to the plague bacillus, where
formerly such case would be absolutely
without hope and not worth carrying to
Il plague hospital.
Affects Men More Than Women.
most curious fact concerning the
plague is that in Manila since the United
States government has been keeping rec
ords six men have caught the plague to
every woman who has become infected.
Much of this is supposed to be due to
more natural cleanliness in habits on the
part of women. Still. this seems hard
to assume as of itself sufficient to ex-
plain the death rate of six men to one
woman from bubonic infection.
When Germ Was Identified.
The germ was first isolated by Kitasato
and Yersin in 1894. The sick during the
first three or four days of the disease
frequently wander about the streets with
pale, drawn faces. Their staggering gait
would make it suspected that they were
drunken men until closer inspection shows
their pallid faces, their fever w1thereu
lips and pain contracted mouths.
But all this is now happily avoided
when Uncle Sans nurses and physicians
first inoculate with anti-toxin. OF actual
cases about one-hfth can be cured Inc
old Chinese plague hospital shown In one
of the photographs has seen some OF the
most horrible spectacles under the old
Spanish regime, where myriads died In
dirt and agony.
Another photograph shows how the
fishermen live. 1t is In such' quarters
that the plague reaps its richest harvest
with a death rate nearly total. The old
Chinese quarters show how the projecting
balconies gradually shut out the sky as in
some of the medieval cities Of Northern
Europe.
The battle is severe and recent events
show that the men and supplies now on
hand are helpless once the giant plague
specter really bestirs himself in tie land
OF the Filipinos. 1t will take $10,000,00O
surely, possibly S20,0O0,000 before the
work can be considered well in hand,
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difficulty in the way of beating King
Plague once the scientific men found 1t
out and instructed the workers.
But the rats which carry the infected
feas appear in Manila ut any rate to be
the pest bearers. 1t must be remembered
that In Manila the disease attacks almost
entirely the lower classes. Among the
population where personal cleanliness is
held next to godliness few cases of
plague occur. OF course, anyone Is ex-
posed to the. bite of an infected fiea
while passing near some Chinaman' or
Filipino who permits himself to carry
about these tiny pests.
As result of this fact the plague
lighters of Uncle Sam in Manila offer re-
wards for rats dead or alive, no matter
where they are caught. This is to at
tempt to keep down the number of the fo-
dents throughout the Philippines general
ly. But when a case has developed In a
house, the rats are doomed. Trained rat
catchers are sent wearing badges from
the health department, which permit
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To this gracious greeting President
Buchanan replied:
THE President cordially reciprocates
the congratulations of Her Majesty. the
Queen, on the success of the great inter
national enterprise accomplished by the
science. skill and indomitable energy of
the two countries.
at is a triumph more glorious. because
far more useful to mankind than was
ever won by cOnquerer on field of battle
May the Atlantic telegraph, under the
blessing of Heaven, prove to be bond
Of perpetual peace and friendship be-
tween the nations, and an instrument
destined by Divine Providence to diffuse
religion, civilization. liberty and law
throughout the world.
"In this view will not all nations In
Christendom spontaneously unite in the
declaration that it shall be forever neu-
tral. and that its communications shall
be held sacred in passing to their places
of destination, even in the midst OF
hostilities."
The Gable in War.
In framing the last paragraph of his
message it is apparent that President
Buchanan was inclined to believe that the
cable would be the only one, and he did
well to recommend that It be revered in
time of war. In later years, however, the
cable became all important in war and
during the conflict between this country
and Spain the severlng of cable communl-
cation formed a most important part Of
the work intrusted to our Navy.
1t was the severing Of the cable at
Cardenas that cost Worth Bagley his
life. for, while this plucky young officer
and his men were at work, squad OF
Spaniards fred upon them. When Ad-
miral Dewey captured Manila, almost his
first act was to cut the cable connected
with the United States. His reason, 1t
is said, was that he did not want TO oe
hampered with instructions from Wash
ington.
But to return TO the first cable. On
the day following the interchange OF
messages between the President and the
Queen there was a great demonstration
In New York. salute Of 100 guns was
fred, flags were flung to the breeze. bells
we're rung and at night the city was
brilliantly Illuminated.
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other Direct contact is not sufficient to
spread the disease. 1t must enter the
human nody through the stomach, as in
food or by its most usual route by the
flea that lives on the big oriental rat
that ,swarms in China and the Philip
pines. Hence the slogan of the American
physicians fighting the plague in Manila
is:
"Inoculate all suspects who have been
near case of plague"
"second, kill nll the rats that can be
caught IN the neighborhood of a known
case of bubonic plague"
Flies, FIens and Rats.
Flies also spread the disease in the
same way that they contribute so large
ly to the spread of typhoid fever, name
ly, by picking up the germs through
walking In filth and flying into human
habitatioDs and walking on food ma
terial, which is later received into a
human stomach. Very simple Of course,
but this simple fact solved much Of the
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them access to any place and big rat
hunt Immediately ensues.
Even before the rat catchers arrive,
come the medical men with their anti
toxin, and frequently they are compelled
to use force in order to compel the igno-
rant Chinese and Fiiipinos to submit
to an operation that will practically save
their lives. The photograph, showing
the physicians injecting the life-saying
antitoxin into the arm of Chinese
caught in a. house where bubonic plague
has been found, shows splendidly the
sordid surroundings of these natives ana
gives a fine idea of just what rnsanl-
tary conditions the medical men must
contend against.
The man himself is an emaciated speci-
men whose body would offer practically
no opposition to the venomous bacillus
Of the plague unless he were treated
by the anti-toxin and his blood made
alive with material In itself poisonous
to the deadly plague germs. Yet even
such a. poor specimen Of man can 90
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-08-11
why HE OBJECTS TO BRADY

The Troy News the north Idaho Republican paper that has p
up brave fight against the party bosse following shots
It's locker in its last issue:
The News has opposed Mr. Brady personal We
have never said that personally he gentleman although
we do not know that he we have said that he is political
boss rngule politician and that he is the head political
chine that did repudate 4 per platform pledges the last
legislature We have said Brady the candidate not Of
the people but Of the politicians that has been presented the
place BY the very gang that years ago repudated republican
platform We have said that platform regulators are not entitled to
public confidence that public who betra the people
vii do again. that these fellows good Republicans and
that they have forfeited all right leadership the party Mr.
Brady being their candidate opposed to him on
principles and will do all power to prevent his election be-
cause his election nothing less than endorsement Of
the rotten record OF the Brady machine have the effect of
continuing these same dsepuable Republicans power in the
state We have no for the Devil to drink his broth
We despse dishonest Republicans not support their cand
dates Brady may promise and may declare good
and future fuhment but long their uet depends on the
honor and honesty Of such scode Bishop John w Hart and
J Frank Hunt the News has no faith in them
The editor of the Troy News is not Democrat n1es ! 1
ocratc to denounee dishonesty and corruption the Republican
oary We are not Democrat democratic to demand +
he Republicans elected republican PLATFORM carry out ever
flank and pledge We are not a Democrat unless i i D4
e1land honesty in politics We are not Democrat unless i !
oemocraticto stand UP and declare that Republican ped
GOD as government bond If this Democracy let rs saw once
OF an that we are proud OF the Democratic party And we will how
III mead ana announce that ashamed Repbcansm isl
8 cannot pc Republican denounce crime we cannot be Re-
oneah without defending dirty party record we cannot he
epuocan without apoogzng for the treahery and shame Of
ibican leaders then, in the our American CITIZENSHIP
scare that we republican ID
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-08-11
IDAHO NEEDS A REST

y Inc people OF Idaho need For lone time now, @
oeen kept divided embroled and harassd by the bitter
pohics o. Senator Dubois and is high time thew were
something different and something better saws the Lewiston
une There IS purpose here to minimize or f. ds+ 49,
o. senator Dubois and his friends advocate any sort
choose and N their way The objection is to the ~ a.
purpose to force the democratic party to accept n,bi .
does NOT believe IN and which contrary to the spirit and
o the democracy If advocated ALL Senator Dubois
une should be advocated by organization united tot
nat purpose and not for other purpose as the
ganaton Isl The duly elected representatives Of the
seeing that way yet there still remaining contention a
organization nherits the right be known as the democrats
70 De hoped the issue will be brought speedily 10 ind
alon It Is not the Tribunes right or duty to saw st
'ha DC done but IS sure Of vocng the public sentiment T.
mai be done at once and that the uncertainty and
nded as soon as possible At the first overt act of etb
ION n claiming 70 be the democratic party the other
M should bring quo warranto injunction proceedings - j
lgh g use such name and thereby procure prompt review -
roceeaings by the final court This is due not sfny -
ndefs but to the state itself idaho has been apered ara
lougeven too much The lesson ought to have been VEL
tins time that noffending people DESTROYED o.
on IN Idaho by even the most desperate bitter yisan
nal abuse and prejudice Attention called to this grave
i Tor the purpose at this time of commentator or cens ~
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-08-11
NOT TOLERATED BY BOSSES

Inc Republican editor who dares to crcise the rottenn that
everyone knows honeycombs the Republican party this state will
not De tolerated BY the bosses The brilliant editor the THROW
News who has 50 tearessy laid bare the places his party
: 70 De called to time Here what the Idaho County Free Press
has to say:
Pete circuit the editor Of the Troy News who has seen
% give his party good advice and is opposed the nomination
py lo governor IS to be read out of that party according
georgia Feds the lapdog Of Burton French the horeboy
e senate circuit tells the truth and has been putting up
ar good and hard feminine editor has business fighting
)rcutt either