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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
MEXICO CITY IS
SHAKEN SECOND
TIME BY QUAKE
CITIZENS RUSH INTO STREETS
AT FIRST TREMBLE
THIRTEEN SHOCKS TAKE PLACE
WITHIN THIRTY HOURS
TembIors Occur Every Two or Three
Hours, but Seven Are SO Slight
Only selsmographs Regis
ter Tremors
(sy Associated Press.)

nj EXICO CITY, July 31.-Mexico
N city again was severely shaken
AHA by an earthquake today.
A shock more severe than any yet
experienced rocked the city for one
minute and forty seconds. The first
faint swaying came at l2:4o, but the
nervous people needed nothing more
than the slightest tremble to send them
pouring out of stores, office buildings
and dwellings into the streets
The shock grew in intensity at the
end of the first thirty seconds, and
suddenly shifted the direction of It's
motion. 1t began with a long swaying
north to south oscillatory motion,
which changed to a humping action
No great damage was done, though
many walls, weakened by three shocks
of yesterday, fell, While many pubic
buildings were cracked.
The national palace suffered consid-
erahly. The war office, chamber OF
ambassadors and other sections of the
handsome buildings were damaged.
Walls of Buildings Damaged
The National Life Insurance compa-
nv building, the Stillwell building ana
the cathedral were among the large
edihces the walls of which suffered. In
the case of the first named the damage
was small.
At Acapulco the customs house, with
its warehouse, the military barracks
and a number of other prominent
buildings were absolutely destroyed,
while the municipal palace suffered
serious damage
Thirteen earthquakes within thirty
hours have been registered by the gov
ernment seismograph at Acubaya.
From the time the earth began TO
move in the valley yesterday morning
at 7:1t o'clock until the quivers ceased
at f2:45 o'clock today, Mexico City has
been shaking at intervals of every two
or three hours. Six upheaYals nave
been of such strength as to be felt by
the people. while seven others nave
heen felt only by the sensitive instru-
roents at the seismograph station.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
LEPER FOUND AMONG NEW
C0MERS WILL be DEPORTED

SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.-A Ieper
was discovered today among the Chi
nese held at the detention sheds on the
Pacific Mail docks, Hong Sing, who
arrived from China on the last trip of
the steamer Mongolia and. with others,
was being held pending the determina-
tion of the immigration authorities as
to whether he was entitled to land,
was found to be suffering from the dis
ease. He will be sent back to China
on the next steamer.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01

n OSTON, July 31.-Mrs. Joseph Ian
Il caster, the beautiful wife of a
H wealthy Boston business man.
who was reported to have eloped with
Count" de Gregorio, has been located
in London. When Mrs. Lancaster left
her home her husband employed de-
tective, who traced her to New York.
where she boarded a steamship for
England.
The detective followed, coming up
with the couple at Dublin, and later
followed them to London. In response
to a cable from the sleuth Mr.. Lancas-
ter also started for England. 1t is be-
lieved in Boston that there will be trou-
bic when Lancaster meets the count.
Mrs. Lancaster possesses a large Tor
tune in her own right, and mas one ol
the finest collections of jewels in this
country.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
calhoun jurors Hard 70 Get

SAN FRANCISCO. July S1.-With
the exercise of peremptory challenges
still in the indefinite future. the ef-
forts to secure a second jury to try
Patrick Calhoun, president of the Unit
ed Railroads, on a charge of offering
bribe, had made no progress at the
end of the second week. More than
500 citizens had been summoned into
court and not one qualified for jury
service. Judge Lawlor today exam
ined the eighth venire of talesmen and
the usual large proportion of men
sought to escape Interrogation by the
attorneys upon various legal grounds.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
Arrested on Charge of Stealing

nTNVFR July 3I.-Frank =.
Thompson and w. B. Robinson Of
Phoenix, Ariz., were arrested here to-
dav on request of the Phoenix author
tiles. charging them with the embez-
element of $500 cash belonging to the
government land office and soldiers
land scrip valued at $4,000. Thompson
tonight confessed to taking the money,
and exonerates Robinson, thompson
is said at one time to have been Sec
retary to the late Gen. w. H. Lawton.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01

near Rockham, Sphinx county and COW
cred an area from that point west to
washington and east to Kingsoury
county line, breaking a few miles south
of this city. Yale, Sheffield, Cavour
Hitchcock, Broadmanns, Wolsey and
washington were in the storm center
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
Auto Turns over; Driver Breaks Leg

PETALUMA Cal, July SIC. j:
Pease of Olema was seriously injured
today when his automobile turned over,
breaking his left leg and lacerating
the flesh frghtfully. Pease, with two
companions. is said to have been driY-
ing down a steep hill when the car
struck a sandy stretch in the road,
sllidded and turned over three times
Pease was caught under the machine.
The other two men escaped injury.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
EASTERN
gffFunRn nnl
FOREIGN

Mexico City is again visited by earth
quake but no further casualties reported.
situation in Barcelona said to be well i'm
hand and it is believed troubles are about
over.
Diplomats Of this continent watch the
strained relations between Argentine and
Bolivia In suspense.
Krishnavarma. leader of Indian revolt,
declares he has received most help from
Engshmen in England
French citizens are objecting to budget
presented and unusual increase in number
of public servants.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
LOCAL

LUCAL
Attorneys for Mrs Gertrude briggs ask fol
new trial on ground that one OF Jurors alo
not hear all the testimony.
Isaac +. johnson, former apartment
house owner. presents lone nickel In court as
James D. Schuyler tells story of Uncle
SANS fast work on the Panama canal
Says ditch VIII be ready in 1919.
Moro tales are told Of cruelty at Soldiers
home. Veteran organizations will demand
investigation.
slowness of district attorneys office in
Furnishing deadly auto speeders causes pub
lie comment
Broadhead is scheduled to open Monday.
Ten thousand visitors are expected al
Long Beach at annual Catholic picnic ne%i
Saturday.
steven Moro, cement worker. has mar
row escape from death under falling wall.
Leonardo Barrios, would-be leader of the
cigar makers strike, sent to jail for thirty
days.
James o'Brien. sent as prisoner from the
workhouse to county hospital, escapes. In
vestigation is probable.
Oscar E. Parish is indorsed for the
mayoralty by members OF the jefferson club
Interesting figures on the harbor and me
results of consolidation are given to thf
public by the Los Angeles committee.
Nine thousand natives of Iowa attend big
annual picnic at Long Beach.
Report Of Typographical union leader gives
review of years work.
Every voter urged to cast ballot at the
Wilmington consolidation election, to De
held wednesday.
Judge entertains at dinner for three news
papermen who have been admitted to the
bar.
Local typographical union receives report
OF officers of national organization
COAST
Lumber schooner grounds off Point
Arena, Cal. in fog, and is total loss all on
board saved.
Police charge confessed burglar with inys'
terious murder in Seattle.
Two electric trains collide on Washing
! ton railway, killing ten and inturing sixty
EASTERN
Holders of insurance policies will be ex-
amined as to physical condition, If sugges-
| tion of New York company officials Is fol
lowed.
Chicago newspaper receives word thai
of destruction which will eclipse all Others
for use In times of war.
Storm at Huron, S. D., is reported TO ot
one of worst that ever visited that section
United States senate passes urgent de-
hciency appropriation bill in which is In
cluded $4,000 for travelling expenses ol
the president
House adopts report of conferees on the
tariff and 1t is believed Payne will succeed
in his determination.
Negro preacher who burles himself alive
is "resurrected" by matter-of-fact police.
American returns from two years hunt-
ing expedition in Africa with trophies and
experiences
Chinese vice consult shot in New York
offices by mysterious Asatic, who is ar
rested.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
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Commerce That the Port of Greater
Los Angeles Should Attract.
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
THE NEWS SUMMARY
FORECAST

For Los Angeles and vicinity: Fair
Sunday; light west wind. Maximum
temperature yesterday, 80 degrees;
minimum, 81 degrees.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01

nj EXICO CITY, July 1.-Mexico
M city again was severely shaken
ALA by an earthquake today.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
COAST

Lumber schooner grounds off Point
Arena, Cal. in fog, and is total loss; all on
board saved.
Police charge confessed burglar with mys-
terious murder in Seattle.
Two electric trains collide on Washing
ton railway, killing ten and inJuring sixty.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01

In both senate and house today there
were intimations of opposition to the
adoption of the conference report on
the tariff bill which for long time
looked formidable, The situation in the
house soon cleared up, but the clouds
did not disperse so rapidly in the SEN
ate.
Early in the day it was stated that
twenty-eight Republican votes would
be cast against the bill in the house,
but the afternoon had not advanced
far when the Republican leaders an
nounced with absolute assurance their
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-22
Let the procession proceed"

The route over which the car trav-
eled was lined with police. They stood
alone, in pairs, and in squads. They
We're conspicuous and yet not unduly
so, for hundreds of them in plain
clothes mingled freely with the peo-
pie.
Just before the parade started
Trepoff arrested four students. They
were young men waiting to see the
royal show. The people protested
against the arrest as an outrage, but
the grizzled head of the st. Petersburg
police grinned-and said nothing. In
deed the calm demeanor of the pris-
oners seemed to justify the protest of
the people. One of the men carried a
book under his arm, evidently, from
the gilt lettering on the outside, de,
votional volume; another had green
bag containing legal documents; the
third, apparently with desire to get
a good look at the car, carried pair
of opera glasses, while the fourth had
nothing unusual about his person, I'm.
less a roll of music be so regarded
They were hustled off to the nearest
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-22
BIT things were different in the

But things were different in the
famous Third Section as the secret
police are called. Gen. Trepoff was
there arranging in consecutive form
the result Of five days Of hard work.
Here is the story of what had been
going on behind the scenes, the knOwl-
edge Of which had been so carefully
kept from the car.
The first clue came in most casu-
al manner. One night couple of men
in a restaurant on the Nevsky had at
tracted attention by their earnest
whispered conversation. During part
of the talk the name of the car and
the date, the 18th of March, had been
overheard. That was enough. Detec-
tives placed on their tracks followed
them like bloodhounds.
On the eve Of the fateful thirteenth
one of the men met woman in the
streets of st. Petersburg and had a
hurried conversation with her. Five
minutes after they separated the
woman was placed under arrest A
search of her person revealed large
quantity Of nihilistic proclamations all
calling for the death of the car. She
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-22
Home.Lovinu Montenegrins.

Nowhere is love of country more In
tense than among the Montenegrins,
to whom exile is the greatest OF pun
ishments. When w. ]. Stillman was
there in the seventies all the men
were away fighting, and he observed
that when a messenger was wanted
the official took a man out OF the
prison and sent him off, with no fear
that he would not return. One sucn
messenger was sent to Cattaro, IN
Austrian territory, with large sum OF
money for the bank, and he duly came
back.
Another asked a Russian at Cattaro
to intercede with Prince Nicholas lot
his release from prison. But you are
not in prison." said the Russian
"Oh," said the man, Il have only come
down for a load of skins for So-and-So'
but l must go into prison again wnen
| get back to Cettinje."
One prison guard watched all inc
prisoners when they summed them'
selves out of doors, and II ne was
called away a prisoner would TAKE hls
rifle and act as sentry for the Time.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-22

police station and in a minute the
curious multitude, accustomed to
constant police interference, forgot
all about the incident. Simultaneous
ly six persons were being arrested at
Paulvonia on the Finnish railroad.
Tens of thousands of the people
stood on the sidewalks on that chill,
gray, March morning awaiting the gor-
geous procession. 1t came presently,
with the car in an open barouche,
seated with one of the ministers of
state. His majesty was attired in semi
military dress, and If he felt any ap-
prehension, did not betray it. The Of
fetal who accompanied him glanced
furtively about as if constantly expect
ing the unexpected. The car bowed to
the right and the left and received in
return cold, curious stares from the
| people. If they felt any enthusiasm
they did not show it. Was their silence
! intended as mark of respect for their
sovereign. An onlooker from another
country would not have SO regarded
it, The procession moved quickly and
safely to the Winter palace. 1t had
been accomplished without single
mishap of any kind. The telegraph car
ried the news to all quarters of the
world-the car had appeared in pub
lie and received the homage of his
people. The day of assassination was
past, and the delusion of contented
people was Rugged by the autocratic
ruler,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-22

BY Saturday March y, the gener-
al had a regiment of men at work. The
mildest hammered person in st.
Petersburg was considered fit subject
for suspicion. Innumerable arrests
were made and some of these were
upon such flimsy basis that even the
rigor of Russian policedom could not
Justify their detention. Hourly reports
were handed in to Gen. TrepOff. He de-
youred these with eager interest, purs-
ing up his shaggy eyebroWs-and
thinking all the while Presently one
of his officers brought in a printed cir
cular-a sort of proclamation-and
this bit of paper was given more at
tention than any of the regular re-
ports. After that he sent out other
squads of police and they, in return,
brought in other reports. There was
great activity at the secret service
quarters but it must be confessed, not
much positive evidence of the alleged
conspiracy.
1t was the eve of Sunday, March IS.
One of the personal attendants OF the
car called on Gen. Trepoff.
Don't you think it would be wise
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-22

was literally loaded down with the
documents which were being dis
tributed to those in the conspiracy.
She admitted that the young cadet
who had committed suicide had been
selected to assassinate the emperor.
But when he realized the meaning OF
his assignment he killed himself. She
stopped at this stage OF her COMES
sion. Neither persuasion nor torture
nor threats of death would induce her
to give the names of the others con-
cerned in the plot.
But Trepoff had foundation on
which to build his case. Here was a
bit of paper. 1t would have to be traced
to its origin. 1t was evident that an
illicit printing press had been set up
somewhere in the city. All this time
the two men who had talked incau-
tiously in the restaurant were being
followed They were seen to enter a
house In the Jewish section. The rec
ords of the police showed that the
house was occupied by Aaron Zonde-
levic. who, at one time, had been a
printer.
That was sufficient In less than an
hour afterward the house was raided.
An officer with squad of police broke
into the place without notice. What
they found did not seem very dam
aging. Four persons were at home a,
the time-two men and two women.
Nine. Kriloff, the head of the house,
was woman of about As and of un-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-22

in and found Lubkin, the cOnsumptive
compositOr, in the death agonies, He
had shot himself.
In half an hours time the remaining
prisoners and all of the facts in the
case were in the possession of Gen,
Trepoff He rubbed his clumsy hands
with satisfaction.
Move the second in the game OF
life and DEATH he muttered. I'VE
shall postpone our third move until
morning. Not because we like to, but
because We must"
In the morning, as already stated,
the arrest of the four students oc.
CURED. Their innocentlooking posses.
siOns were taken from them at the
| police headquarters The book, the
green bag, the opera glass, and the
roll of music each contained bombs
which were to have been thrown at
the emperor. They were stripped. On
I each student was found a small vial
suspended with string from his
neck and resting against his breast.
These frail bottles each contained
most active poison. The purpose was
evident Failure or refusal to do their
frightful work on the part of either
of the students would have brought
forth secret agents of the nihilists,
whose duty it was to strike the unsuc.
cessful or delinquent conspirator on
the chest, thus smashing the bottle
and permitting the poison to enter the
wounds caused by the broken glass.
Little wonder that the unsuccessful
students took their arrest stoically.
They were merely exchanging one fate
for another
Gen. Trepoff had made other ar.
rests of those who were directly con.
cerned in the attempted assassination.
He counted them over.
Nine fish in the net; we need
more"
His chief of staff and squad Of
his trustiest men had already started
off for Paulvonia on the Finnish rail.
way. He wired them to act immedi.
ately They found what he had sus-
pected-a bomb mandatory. 1t was
there that the deadly missiles Of the
four students had been devised. Six
more arrests were made in connection
with this private arsenal.
On the day following March Ii, Gen
Trepoff had Is prisoners in all on his
hands. Each one represented a stage
. in the conspiracy; the compositors
and pressman who published the proc
lamations; the girl who distributed
them; the students who were to throw
the bombs, and the men who manu-
featured the deadly missiles.
? The Is were condemned to death
, but, on the recommendation of thu
, court, eight escaped hanging and were
r sentenced to penal seryitude for life
3 in Siberia.
i. The car learned all of these de
. tails later. On the evening of the 13tl
of March, as he entered the White
/ palace, he was credited with say
: ing:
THE people were very polite and re
Y spectful. The details were NIGEL.
J. planned-and by the way, tell Trepoi
e l was pleased with the police arrange
ments."
3 Copyright, 1908, by w. G. Chapman0
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-22

to postpone the procession to-mor-
row."
Trepoff raised those eloquent eye
brows in surprise.
What he cried, and confess to
the world that the emperor of Russia
fears to appear in the streets of his
capital?"
Yes protested the other, ''but the
danger-"
"The danger is for me to consider"
he said, each word carefully, meas
ured
The messenger bit his lips in per-
plexity. The chief of the secret serv-
ice looked up suddenly.
Does the car know of the plot?"
mo; not word; but he is timid."
"Reassure him. Tell him that Ire
poff says there is no danger--that he
will guarantee the safety of his maj
esty."
"All right" replied the attache, bow
ing himself from the room.
| Late on the night preceding the pro-
cession an MISUNDERSTANDING young
woman was arrested and lodged in
jail. Early on the morning of the his
toric day several compositors and
editors apparently innocent of any
wrong-were taken into custody. Still
those who surrounded the car were
apprehensive. An hour before the
time they appealed to Trepoff. He
gave them a curt but comprehensive
/ answer:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-22
American Teachers Life In Japan.

An American teacher, Miss Helen
Hyde, is now living in Japan and using
the life there as material Tor nef
prints. Miss Hyde has her house anu
studio at Akasaka where she lives III
Japanese style, but still retains ai
the comforts of home" Into the lil1i0
Japanese house, with its bamDoo
frame, and walls of sliding screens
Miss Hyde has introduced the Amefr
can push-button bell, American chaifs
(the Japanese prefer to sit upon hool
mats), and even the unheard OF luxuf'
of an open CRATE fire. By designlns
most of her furniture herself, along
Japanese lines, and having 1t maao
by Japanese workingmen out OF tnsii
native material, Miss Hyde has maas
a house and studio equally compaau,0
with American ideas OF comfortsDi.
living and the japanese STANDARD "
art,