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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-08-18


the berths
Like your section made nov miss"
She nodded
When she slipped in behind the heavy curtains,
it was with the sckening sense of oppression she
always felt on sleeper, the feeling many
PEOPLE sleeping
The train drew up with lurch, a labored
putting and escaping OF steam She raised the
shade by ner pillow. and looked out on long
platform Uttered with boxes and trucks. man
with lantern along by the and a colored
porter dragging trunk across to the station.
The sound of voices from outside, another urch
and shudder and the train moved Off She looked
out over the sleeping town. How quiet and dark
it was. Only the light from Illuminated tower
clock shone down family roofs and steeples
She wondered vaguely what place it The
train gathering speed now shot ahead through
the dark country again She lay back the pill
low gazing up at the strip of clear, cold. star-lit
sky
WIHAT had katherine Adams told him? What had
w she told him? Had she told of all her foolish
little tricks and receptions, things not meanly de-
ceptive, but things he could never forgive nor she
explain? He would never understand why she did
them-that she could not help it, that it was part
of her nature her impulsve, emotional, pleasure
loving nature.
Since their engagement he had jealousy insisted
on her giving up all other interests But he could
be with her so little and unused to being much
alone. she could not resist occasional drive or
dinner or the opera with someone else. resorting
to petty receptions to keep the knowledge from
him.
Her book had just been pubshed she in
tOXicated with first success. The attention and
fattery that it brought appealed to all her small
vanties and so much of this he wanted to keep
from her.
She knew his love worth everything else,
the unreasonable, jealous eXactiOnS that he
made and yet she was constantly deceiving him
in many little ways By nature an actress, she
had found certain pleasurable excitement even
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woman who had betrayed and
hurt her so terribly. Ii it had
been anything else but this.
To strike at the one deep,
strong, sincere thing in her
life-her love for Richard
Kent. Oh, why had she done
it-why had she wanted to
hurt her so!
With little moan she start
ed up, again seeking relief in
action. When she returned to
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-08-18

more before she reached New York Twenty
four more hours of torture, to wait powerless.
inactive-for twenty-four hours!
She started up with cry that drowned
in the rush of the train. Seeking in motion
the action, however slight, which gives relief to
mental anguish she made her way through to
the observation
She found seat at the far end with a sweep
ing view of the moonlit country they were
leaving behind, and the track that seemed like
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-02

Caana-The following graphic story is told by a woman who arrived here
from Messina Tuesday morning, badly injured:
internal is the only word that will adequately describe the fearful and
terrifying scene" she said. "When the first shock came most of the city was
fast asleep l was awakened by the rocking of the house. Windows swayed and
ratified, and crockery and glass crashed to the floor.
half stunned, but knew that the only thing to % was to maxi m way out
doors.
1.-The streets were filled; everybody had rushed nut in their night clothes,
needless of the rain, which vas falling in torrents. Terrified shreks arose from
all sides, and we heard hearhendng appeals for help from the unfortunate pinned
beneath the ruins
walls were toterng all around U.S., n lot me ofo r little party expected
to escape alive. My brother, and sisters were with me-, and in a frenzy of terror
We CROPPED our way through the streets, holding III W against the panic
stricken people, clambring over piles of runs until we finally reached a place
of comparative safety.
well along the roa we we're jOstled by scores of fleeing people, haIfchd
like ourselves The houses seemed to be crashing into the crowd in whatever
W e turned.
Suddenly the sea began to pour into the town. 1t seemed 20 IN that this
must mean the end IF everything. The oncoming watersr rolled in in a huge wave,
1.-The sky as agow with the reflection OF burning palaces and other build
ins, and as though this we're not enough, there suddenly shot up into the sky
a huge burst of flame, followed by a crash that seemed Ito shake the whole town.
This probably was the gas works blowing up
or three thousand utterly terrified people assembled. None of us knew what to
do. We waited in a agony of fear. %
Men ad WON prayed, groaned and shneked I say one of h bis build
ns fronting on The square collapse. It scenes Ito me that scores of persons we're
buried beneath the ruins Then l lost onsdousne and / remember o more"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-02
WHOLE REGION IN RUINS.
Horrors of the Overpowering Catas.
trophe Are U~nspeakable.

Naples.-Time only confirms the un.
%speakable horrors of the overpowering
catastrophe. History perhaps never will
divulae its supremest individual TRACE
dies, for earth and sea ruthlessly claimed
thousands of human beings, and the
flames mercilessly completed the I'M
finished devastation.
Naples, vibrant with the memory of
Nesuvius, is Frustrated anew at the
misery and woe from Messina confded
to her care. The hotels and homes are
crowded with refugees, and the people
are vieing with one another in aiding
the stricken.
Those who have explicit knowledge
on the subject agree that the center of
the cataclysm was the Strait of Messina,
which also is the center of the volcanic
zone, whose highest peak, Etna, is now
silent. From this base, the Telluric dis
turbance extended, abating little by
little, northely as far as Cape Vaticano
and %southerly as far as the Bay of
Catania, ravaging the western region of
Calabria and the eastern coast of Sicily
for a distance of nearly 100 miles.
1t is impossible to ascertain the ex-
tent of the movement east and west in
the inland regions, but it is certain that
the beauty of n of the most charming
sections of Southern Italy has been ir-
revocably despoiled. Vineyards are no
more; waving rows of lemon, orange and
olive trees have been torn up, and the
enchanting coast line, with its soft and
fragrant foliage, has been made into a
desert. Reggie, whose gay aspect set
off the severity of the mountains, and
Palmi, perched jauntily amid orange
and olive trees, have become mere blots
on the horizon.
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Rome.-Therc is every reason to be
pessimistic over the situation. At
Palmi 425 bodies nave already been dis
covered. 1t is said the deaths at Bag
nara are 1000, at Sante Eufemia 1900
and at Seminara 400.
On account of the interruption of all
communications, no aid can be taken to
the wounded, who will die of cold and
injuries. Thousands are exposed to the
rigors of winter without clothing.
Orso, the project of Reggie, sends the
following from Gerace Marina: "As a
result of the earthquake the town is
almost entirely destroyed. Many thou
sands are killed. The prefecture and
other public buildings are in ruins.
Other towns in the province are almost
entirely destroyed. Send help at once,
especially food and medicine, as the
town contains nothing"
A man who escaped to Catania from
Messina declares it is impossible to de-
scribe the spectacle presented. The
town is in ruins and reduced to a mass
of smoking debris.
The greater part of the. population
suffered. 1t is necessary at once to
send food and the means of stopping
the confagration.
Medical men are urgently needed.
The railway station collapsed, burying
the rolling stock and killing the per-
sonnet. The palaces are in ruins and
the streets so filed with debris as not
to be recognized. They are merely al
leys.
Amid the mass of destruction the
celebrated Palazzata on the harbor, the
university, the p~ostoffice and all public
buildings are in ruins. The sewage
system was destroyed and for many
hours nothing could be lon to give aid,
as the authorities of the garrison, the
police, medical men and citizens of all
classes are among the victims. First
assistance was rendered by sailors.
A dispatch from Trinchieri states the
dead number tens of thousands. The
wounded are dying of hunger and thirst.
Fire destroyed all that remained, spread
ing over the town.
Telegraph communication has been re-
established at Messina and Palermo,
where the wounded are beginning to ar
rive.
According to one dispatch from Roc
celia .JOnica the deaths at Reggie are
10000.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-02
THOUSANDSARE BURIED ALIVE
OFFICIAL LOSSES.

Rome.-Gfficial advices place
the dead in the cities of Reggie
and Messina alone at 10000.
Seventy thousand persons per-
isbed in Messina and forty thou
sand in Reggie in Mondays holo-
caust, according to dispatches re-
ceived by the minister of marine.
The total loss of life is now
estimated by the minister at not
less than 10000, and these fig
ures, he believes, will be increased
rather than diminished by later
reports from the affected dis
tricts.
Mcssina's population was co.
600, and that city and Reggie
were practically o~bliterated.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-02
QUEEN GOES WITH EMANUEL TO SCENE.

Eome-Queen Helena has refused to allow her husband. the King. to 90 alone
to the scene of the disaster. She said she would not give up her privilege Of
sharing her husbands dangers, and consequently both King and Queen left Rome
this afternoon O a special train for the south.
The royal couple arrived earlier in the day from Naples The Queen X
to a member of her encourage that she considered it her duty to d. all
in hr power o comfort and help her afflicted subjects
1t was announced hee this afternoon that the Pope will inauQurate the
establishment Of IN international committee If Roman Catholics the world oyer.
to assist the survivors of the catastrophe. The Pope heads the subscription list
with 100000
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-02
SCORE OF TOWN LAID Low.

Immensely Of the Disaster Can Hardly
Be Estimated.
Rome.-The immensely OF the disaster
in Southern Italy and Sicily can only
be measured by the fact that it is now
estimated that 10000 people pcrished
in Messina and Reggie alone. A score
of other towns have been devastated
and thousands of victims in these places
must be added to the roll. In the facs
Of these awful totals Italy stands APP
palled.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-22
I MOUNTAINS DISAPPEAR
BAY IS TRANSFORMED INTO LAKE
WITH ISLANDS.
Government Surveyors Discover As-
tonlshlne Feats Of Nature In
Berlng Sea.

Washington, D. C.-Juggling two
imposing mountain peaks of the map,
Transforming a bay into a lake and
springing into existence two brand
new islands, are the astonishing feats
of nature discovered in Boring Sea
by a government party and reported
to the treasury department.
In that stretch of water, with its
swiftly moving currents, is the island
of Bogoslof, whose constantly chang
ing conformation has more than once
attracted widespread attention. A re-
port received by Captain Commandant
Ross of the revenue cutter service,
says that a party from the revenue
cutter Perry landed on Bogoalof on
June 10 last, made a cursory exami-
nation of the island and found that a
number of important changes had
taken place since last year.
Perry Peak and McCulloch Peak,
which had heretofore doomed high in
the air, have disappeared, and the
opening of the bay or lagoon, a pretty
spot shown in pictures on file in the
treasury department, has closed up,
forming a lake of warm salt water OF
a temperature of about II degrees.
The lake is slightly below sea level
and in its center two small islands
have sprung up. One of these islands
is throwing off a volume of steam.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-22
MANY WOUNDED
IN LABOR RIOT
CLUBS, BRICKS AND STAG USED
IN LABOR FIGHT AT MIXES
ROCKS, PA.
STATE GUARDS ARE CALLED OUT
"Surprlse Strike" Starts Without Ap-
parent Reason on Preparation on
Either Side-Strikers Not
Members of a Union.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Six wounded, two
fatally and fifteen seriously injured
by flying bricks, iron Stag and clubs
sums up the result of the first days
surprise strike by the men en-
ployed in the Pressed Steel Car Co.'s
plant at McKees Rock.
The strike starting shortly before
noon Tuesday came without much ap-
parent reason or preparation on either
side. The striking men composing for
the greater part the foreign element
Of McKees Rocks, claim that since a
pooling system of pay has been intro
duced they have been receiving less
pay for the same number of hours
they worked previous to the change.
On the other hand the Pressed Steel
Car company claim they are paying
higher wages than before the pool
wage system was in effect and are
willing to open their books for public
inspection to prove their assertions.
The men employed by the Pressed
Steel Car company are not members
of any particular union or organiza-
ton and their strike does not in any
way effect the union organizations
here.
With the arrival of two hundred
men Of the state constabulary and the
additional force of deputies now on
the ground, the authorities believe
they have the situation we'll in hand
and are able to o p with any
emergency.
The company attempted to bring q
number of strike breakers by steamer
to the works; but the rioters lined
the banks of the river armed with
bricks, Stag and revolvers.
Their fusillade was returned by
sherifs on the beat. but the landing
of the men was prevented by the riot
ers. Several guards attempted to leave
the plant for a near by restaurant
but were set upon by strikers and
compelled to beat a hasty retreat.
Shots are heard at frequent intervals
and a number have been injured but
not seriously.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-22

to give her a better mark, but she
only sobbed out, Thank you, mon.
sieur. but really | have not deserved
it. I have deserved only the bad
mark, and must stay in the aursery
today Tatiana came in at this
moment greatly concerned. When she
heard what had happened she cried:
oh, this is terrible. But tell me what
you did, and I'll do the same that we
may be punished together
Her little sister, however, did not
allow her to make the sacrifice. mo,
Tatty," she said, you must be very
good, and let mamma see she has one
obedient daughter" t
1t would appear that nowadays the
education of children at the Russian
court is not so severe as it was in
the earlier part of last century. The
regime under which Alexander II, was
brought UP, for instance, was certain
ly stringent, If simple.
Brayley Hodgetts has summarized
the young Alexander's days work as
follows:
HE and his comrades, Vielgorskf
and Patkul, had to get up at six, and,
after prayers and breakfast, began
their lessons at seven. These were
continued till noon, with an. interval
between nine and ten for recreation.
After a two hours walk they had
dinner at two, after which they PLAYED
or rested until five, when lessons
were resumed until seven; then thew
were allowed to play or do gymnastics
for an hour. At eight supper wac
served. The evening was devoted 70
a review Of the days achievements
and to posting the diary. At ten thew
went to bed.
ION Sundays and holidays the hours
devoted to lessons were taken un
partly with improving reading. partly
with some handicraft and gymnastics
Notwithstanding the ability on.
hibited by Alexander, 1t seems tba+
he was wanting in steady application
He was brilliant, but no plodder. In
order to make him work Cant Moor-
der hit upon an ingenious plan. ua
started a pool box, to which the chill.
dren We're not allowed to contributa
unless they had earned the right ~
confer benefits on others by bavine
worked a~ssiduously themselves. Ana
this plan seems to have been success
fu!."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-22
NEEDLE IN HIS HEART
Temperance Worker Rev. D. D. Bah
cock, Sick in Bed, Takes
Own Life.

Des Moines, Iowa.-While ~
ing in bed suffering from heart dis
ease and knowing he could not live
many weeks, Rev. D. D. Babcock of
Marshalltown, a w~ell-known Iowa
temperance worker, author and lee
turer, committed suicide.
He has asked his wife for a pack
age of needles. Thinking he wanted
to use a needle to open a blister, Mrs.
Babcock gave him the package.
Twenty minutes later Babcock died
suddenly. An undertaken, while en-
balming the body, discovered the nee
die driven under the flesh over the
heart.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-22
PRINCE PREC0C|0Us
Heir to Throne of Russia Amuses
His Sisters.
Lad Who Some Day Will Be Gar .
Sturdy Little FelIow-Education
Of Royal Children Once
Far Stricter.

st. Petersburg. The handsome
sturdy little fellow who will n day
be car of ali the Russias, has not
yet apparently entered upon the more
serious side of his educational career,
and at present he and the other i'm
perial children lead as much as pos
sible an outdoor life, with plenty o.
wholesome exercise.
1t has long been the custom with
the Russian court that the early years
Of education should be conducted
largely on English lines, and English
is a language which the imperial chill
dren begin to learn when quite young
The p~recocious sayings and doings
of the little prince, now nearly five
years old, have been a constant source
of merriment to his elder sisters
who are spoken of as being bright,
h~igh-spirited children.
Miss M. Eager, who for some time
was in charge of the imperial nursery,
once told a delightful anecdote Of the
two older daughters of the car, the
grand duchesses Olga and Tatiana, at
the time when their education began
in earnest.
They usually lunched with their
parents, but were told that when they
were unruly and not polite to their
tutor they would have to lunch in
the nursery.
For a while things went smoothly,
but one day Olga was naughty, and
got a bad mark. She turned to her
master and said humbly: I am
truly sorry I gave you so much
trouble Then she shook, hands with
him and turned to the door, trying
u~nsuccessfully to prevent herself from
crying.
The tutor was surprised to see the
light-hearted child SO troubled over g
bad mark till | explained the situa.
ton to him. He then weakly offered
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-22
Nav Vote on Bonds AGAIN.

Kansas City.-Leading officers of
Kansas City civic bodies favor re-
submitting all of the defeated bond is
sues to another vote. Their opinion
is that many of the voters could not
disassociate the bond questions from
the excise amendment, and so cast
their ballots against both. City Coun-
selor Harding says they can legally
resubmit at once. Without revenues
from such a source it will be impos-
sible to improve the water works,
parks, build a tuberculosis hospital
and provide other municipal necessi-
ties.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-22
Avaunt Prison strines.

Jefferson City.-Soon the convicts
in the Missouri p%enitentiary will not
be distinguished by the striped cloth
ing which they wear. The board of
prison inspectors has made an order
abolishing the stripes in that institu-
ton, except as a punishment for pris-
oners who break the rules of the insti-
tuition. The board has decided that
better discipline can be maintained by
using the stripes as a mode of punish
ment. The new order will go into eff
feet as soon as the board decides upon
the new uniform clothing. 1t is likely
that light material will be used for
summer and a gray for winter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-22
PRESIDENT TO STAND PAT
Taft Informs Senator AIdrich and
Representative Payne He Still
Favors Corporation Tax.

Washington, d. C.-Slight but un-
mistakable evidence of friction be-
tween the president and the conferees
on the tariff bill have become ap-
parant.
At last effort by the conferees to
induce the president to consent to
striking out the corporation tax
amendment failed. The president not
only told Senator Aldrich and Chair
mar Payne that he would not with.
draw from his position in favor of this
tax, but that he was assured Of suf-
icient votes to keep the provision in
the bill and to insure it's adoption in
both houses.
The president reiterated this
position to several of his callers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-22
RULE" PLAN FAILS
Kansas City Rejects Proposed Amend
ment to Charter and Refuses
Bond Issue.

Kansas City, Mo.-Unofficial re-
turns from the election here indicate
that the home rule" amendment to
the city charter failed to carry. APP
parently none of fourteen bond issues,
calling for a total expenditure of $4,-
1875, 900 for civic improvements, was
authorized.
Chief interest centered around the
excise amendment which vas a plan
to take the control of the saloons
away from the police board and give
it to a bipartisan board of two demo
Gratis and two republicans. The plan
grew out of a recent investigation Of
the methods of the police.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-22
TRUST TrlaI to sd. Louis.

Jefferson City.-A short session of
the harvester trust investigation was
held here by Special Commissioner
Theodore Brace, at which Attorney
General Major announced that the
state had rested and would take no
more testimony, as he believed that
he had secured sufficient evidence to
sustain the contention behind the pro-
ceedings. Judge S. P. Spencer, the
Missouri attorney for the Harvester
company, said that he desired to take
testimony in rebuttal, and that several
weeks would be required for that pur-
pose. The hearing was then adj
journed, to be resumed in st. Louis
September Ia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-22

London, England.-A dispatch to a
London news bureau from Athens
says that a violent earthquake has
occurred in Southern Greece, result
ing in considerable loss of life and
damage to property.
Twenty persons are reported dead
and a hundred injured at one village
and three other villages suffered
heavily.
The dispatch adds that when the de-
tails are learned it is likely that the
casualty list will be greatly increased.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-22
ENGINE KILLS AN AUT0lST
Three Others of Long Island Party
Injured-Deputy Sheriff Dies
Instantly.

New York City.-One mar was
killed, one fatally injured and n
seriously hurt when their automobile
was wrecked in collision with a Long
Island railroad train at the Winfield
crossing, three miles from Long Island
City.
Deputy Sheriff Edward Hurley, 80,
Glen Cove, L. l., was killed instantly.
Allen Parry, 80, Seacliffe, l.. l, will
die, while o. d. Tappan, New York,
owner of the car, was seriously hurt.
Horace T. Sherwood, Glen Cove,
Jumped and escaped injury.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-22
penver Iaboos Sunday Funerals.

Denver, Colo.-Hereafter no Sun
day funerals will be held in Denver,
unless orders are issued by the board
of health, making them necessary in
particular cases. This was decided
today when an agreement was
signed by forty ministers, twenty
one undertaking firms and the two
principal cemeteries of the city.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-22
An appropriate feature of Flag day

An appropriate feature of Flag day
celebration was that at Washington,
where a facsimile of the flag that
floated over Fort McHenry and in.
spired the writing of the national an.
them was raised over the house in
which Francis Scott Key, the author,
lived for many years. While this cere.
mony was proceeding 400 school chill.
dren sang "The Star-Spangled Ban.
ner," and it is safe to say each re.
ceived deep impressions in patriotism
and new conceptions of the honor due
the flag.