Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-15
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

page. declares the sugar trust stole
thirty million dollars from the United
States.
The introduction which follows, GOV
ers briefly the main points of the de-
tailed story:
''The sugar trust has stolen boldly
and unwisely from the United States
treasury for at least twenty years. 1t
stole, wit hthe assistance OF officials
employed by the United States. II
nursed and was protected in its steal,
ing BY powerful politicians"
The direct evidence of the sugar
trusts crimes has been In the New
York custom house since the stealing
began. Practically every payment OF
duty on sugar made by the trust bears
on its fact the proof of robbery, the
true weight and the false"
Those who knew the sugar trust was
thief and who sought for legal proof
in the custom records, were referred
to the thief itself.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-Communica-
tion with jamaica is restored. and the
storm that swept the islands of the
indies is still raging today. 1t is the
belief that the island is the center Of
violent earthquake which had de
atroyed the cable lines.
Only one brief message has been
,l, L.,
stated that all land wire lines We're
down. and no news outside OF Kings
ton could be obtained.
In the vicinity OF Jamaica there are
score of yachts. including the Nour-
mahal on which Col John Jacob Astor
is cruising Many other Americans
are in danger.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE stock
exchange seat of Hartman, which had
been sold for $4,000 was purchased
by him forty years ago for ten thou
sand and was the basis of the vast
fortune which he left Mrs. Hartman
He told friends he purchased the seat
with money which came to him with
his marriage, and from that time his
fortune began increasing.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-In fire
which threatened the destruction of
his home in Madison avenue, early to.
day, Bishop Sabine of the Reformed
Episcopal church, became Il hero by
rescuing one OF his maid servants from
the upper Iloor.
All other occupants of the house
had been accounted for excepting Miss
Mary Norton, when Bishop Sabine
rushed back into the smoke-tilled resi-
dence, up three flights of stairs and
broke into the maids room. She was
unconscious from smoke. The bishop
carried her 20 the street, having to
feel his way through the dense smoke.
Firemen extinguished the blaze.
APPLETON, Wis, Nov. 11.-Demo.
Gratis of this section of Wisconsin are
today discussing the address made last
night by Champ Clark, minority lead
er in the house of representatives, who
declared that Speaker Cannon had
misrepresented facts in a recent al.
tack on insurgents. The accusation
was also marked by the starting of the
boom for Clark for president in 1912.
Uncle Joe Cannon, through lapse
of memory or otherwise misrepresent-
nd he q. nj, tn, hi I,rf,, ,h
when he charged Democratic and In
surgent members of the house with
forming coalition TO defeat the tariff
legislation" said Congressman Clark
In his speech here. Then he substan-
tiated his statement by citing the res
olution giving Cannon the power TO
appoint only three committees of the
house whose work could possible af
feet tariff Legislation.
In reply TO cheers from the crowd
for CLARK in 1872" he said. Pm
willing, but not lying awake nights
thinking about the number of elec
torial votes l might get. No man has
refused the nomination and I'm moi
going to be the first"
PARIS, Nov. 11.-"Beaten by iti
own Witnesses" is the popular opinion
expressed today of the states cas-,
against Nine. Marguerite Steinheil, OF
trial for the murder of her husband
and mother.
When court opened today, but one
witness for the prosecution remained
to be examined. Not a single witnes,
has ms yet testified for the defense
There are upward of twenty-five VIII,
will do so-and yet, practically, al
the telling points of the case have
been scored by the defense. largel!
through the cleverness Of the prisone
in outwitting and outheckling the a,i
thorities and their witnesses durinl
the cross-examination OF the latter
In spite Of its bombastic and in
quisitorial methods the state has beer
able to build up only a totterlng cir
cumstantial case The manner II
which the widow has stood the bully
ing of the court has won her oper
sympathy of the spectators and can