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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-12
five KILLED IN
HAVANA BY
STORM

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y Havana, Oct, 1.-THE most Sc y
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At Casa blanca great anxiety was felt
throughout the day for the safety of
the Ward liner MORO Castle, from New
York, and the Plant line steamer Miami,
from Key West. Both of these steam
ers. however, arrived safely at $50 this
afternoon. The total damage in Ha-
vana and vicinity is estimated at ST.
900 900.
Communication with the interior has
been interrupted except with parts OF
Havana and Pinar del Rio provinces,
in which orange and other fruit crops
suffered severely There were heavy
floods at Vuelta AbajO, the tobacco re-
gion, but the tobacco crop has not been
seriously affected beyond the washing
out of the seed beds, which at this sea-
son of the year may be renewed.
The gale came from the south, south
west. The vortex of the tornado was
A short distance west of Havana. The
wind subsidized tonight. AT Arroyo Ma
ranjo the new tuberculosis hospital was
blown down and many patients injured.
During the height of the storm a small
Spanish brig struck the wreck of the
old battleship Maine and remained fas-
tened to it until pulled off by tugs.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-12
CRANE MAY BE REQUESTED TO
HAND IN HIS RESIGNATION
Newly Appointed Minister to
China Accused of Giving Out
Official Secrets.

Washington 11TOmoOw probably will the determination
m the question whether will be requested resign his
recently ACQUIRED China will be permitted
sumo in that capacity the journey Pen He almost in the act of
starting when summoned by Secretary Knox to return
IN washington and explain alleged responsibility for the disclosure
newspaper dispatch confidential information about the attitude the
Tnitd States toward the China and Japan
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-12

the mayor decided to take stringent meas
uTes to suppress lOOting, his proclamation
of martial law resulting. Almost every
nationality is represented among the city's
population of more than 10000, about half
of whom are employed in cigar manu-
ia ctUre, sponge fisheries and salvage COM
panies.
Miami, Fla, Oct 12-AH efforts of the
officials of the Florida East Coast rail-
way here to get into communication with
the men at work on the road extension
on the keys of the extreme southern pen
insUla have been in vain.
Three Thousand Men There.
Between $500 and 5000 workmen are
employed on the construction work on the
lower keys, where there is slight oppOr-
tunity for protection from the fury of
the storm. Grave fears are held for the
safety of these men, the apprehension
being intensified by recOlleCuOns of the
hurricane of 1896 when 40 men lost their
lives and great damage to property was
done in that section.
It is said that the construction camps
are better fortified now and it is known
that the engineers on the work have been
preparing for a big blow.
Washington. Oct 1l.-There is some anx-
iety for the safety of government prop
erty along the path of the Florida storm.
The revenue cutter Forward is at Key
West, while two more are west Of the
immediate storm zOne-the WinOna at Mo-
bile and the Window at Galveston.
The life saving boat lost many of its
crew during the last hurricane off the
gulf coast and is watching the progress
OF the present storm with much concern.
The nearest establishment to the Sand
Key section is the Bscayne Bay house
of refuge, more than 100 miles to the
north of Key West
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-12
OUTCOME Will SEEMINGLY
HINGE ON GUILTY INTENT
Federal Judge Anderson Expresses
His Opinion of the Famous
Panama Libel Case.

indianapolis Ind 11That the ocaed Panama libel case"
political nature the comment Of Judge A. B. An
United States district court at the close argument today
the Charles Williams and DeIaVan Smith, proprietor Of the
Indianapolis whom the government seeking to the Dis
hict of Columbia trial a charge of criminal libel,
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-12
PROBABLE CASE OF MURDER
Severed Limbs of a Woman Found
Among Some Bushes in Rhode
Island

TivertOn, R. l., Oct. 1.-THE finding of
the severed limbs of a woman in a dress
suit case among some bushes in an out
lying section Of this town today brought
to light what the authorities are con-
WINGED is a case of murder.
A New Bedford newspaper of yester-
days date was with the limbs. The po-
lice believe the woman was murdered in
New Bedford and that the limbs were
placed in the suit case and brought here
DR.. John Stimson, who examined the
legs, said the work of mutilation was &C
cOmplshed with a hand saw
A search for the other portions of the
body in the woods nearby was made
BUlgermaCh road, on which the suit case
was found. is much used by automobile
parties, especially on Sundays, when va
rfOus- resorts along the road are visited by
people from the various towns nearby.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-12
THE METALS.

Silver, 5114o.
Copper, cath, IL l1-I6c.
Lead, per 100 lbs, $40.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-12
BANK RATE RAISED.

Berlin, Oct. 1.-THE Imperial Bank
of Germany raised its discount rate to-
day from 1 to per cent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-24
Rallway Herrers peomea at Lasl.

Atlanta Georgian.
 We live in an age of rapid transit. The making of journeys is no longer matter of miles but of minutes. The continent is cob-webbed with iron rails from san Fran
 And, thanks to the genius of invention. which has harnessed first steam and then been completely annihilated.
 But think of the fatalities which are due
 The amount of human blood which yearly stains the iron highway of progress is posi-
 ii is estimated that an average of one per son Is killed every hour and that serious in- juries are sustained every ten minutes on
 Thousands upon thousands of lives have been sacrificed to this insatiate god. Myriads more have paid tragie toll m the .oss n9 or Samuel Spencer. president Of the Soutnern Railway. three years ago. met his rate tn the score of visiting shriners who perished in the great railway cetAstropne oetween Los Angeles and san tansIs0o ha,0o.. m @ lsof ef New York and Pennsyiyania. And this trag- edy followed close upon the heels of another migrant band of pennliess Italians.
 But there Is good reason to believe that this reign of terror is at 1a. mses end: Ala has devised a patent whereby 1t Is claimed that the direfui consequences of derailrnents of the railway tragedies are directly tracea. bIe to deraIlments. 1t follows that the de- vice Is one of incalculaDie nte-saVns val" ue. # the claims of the patentee can be sub.
 And he is now in Atlanta for the purpose of convincing any who may be skepticai upV Moreover, on account of the importance of Atlanta as a railway center, he has made ''' Bv means of the Andrew railway safety appiiance--the technical name by which the device is known---it Is contended that every accident due to derailment could have been prevented.
 And this claim is based upon not less than one hundred actual tests.
 Mir. Andrew informs us that standard gauge cars using the appliance has been de- raIled at rates of speed as high as sixty miles per hour without producing one pen- nys damage either to the car equipment or
 The device can be applied to cars of all kinds at a cost of s2o0 per car which makes 1t commercially possible to adopt 1t; and if outlay is reimbursed many times over.
 Tn the name of suffering humanity it is to be hoped that this device of Mir. Andrews
 Ana there Is certainly no lack of evil dence to prove that he has actually succeed
 Car builders VIII welcome 1t for the addi- tional reason that it makes wooden cArs equally as safe steel cars and thus saves the enormous sum represented by the differ-
 MT. Andrew is an experienced raiIroader For more than thirty years he has ben act lively engaged In the business. Moreover he is student of mechanics from the purely
 The success of his invention means that he will rank In history with the benefactors niche nj n in the Temple of Fame "'' Those who know Mir Andrew best say that the thought of turning his invention to his own profit has 2syer once entered & shs Ssss; i; becomes humanity's friend. '
 Under the laws of the state of Alabams
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-24
PIayhouse Nuisances.

New York Press.
 A Society for the Suppression of Theater Nuissnces could set a ialEe membership and perform useful work. Nobody needs list Sa these IF ms;t Sf hsm ,. we ase ,, ssson across half row of spectators undismayed under fire of growis and hard looks. Heavy kick the back of our chair. women. with monumental srats.--suoh pests we shall have with us always, Chronic coughing must be
 There Is one annoyance that leads the lis. of pores. for which q special inferno wiil spectator who regards himself As more en- tertaining than the play. and keeps up a loudly gives the forecast of the next scene Usually this nuisance is unhappy unless he the h audience. % G ana s takes a snaIcIons pleasure in distraGtins as many of his neisnoors as
 Ignorance may not eiways be pleaded tn extenuation of this offanse. People of re- 1puted culture often seem to leave their man New York rheater dress rehearsal famous orator. seated in . box. liked his own voice so fondiy that he crowned tns lines ,s usterea sn misery that they took refuge in the buffet.
 There are lovely feminine chatterboxes. to talk in a drawing room; ther discourse IS sometimes 60 interesting that the thread of iins s Si' of tex, is lost to the divided hsarins vation nowhere more than by patrons of the the actor to have applause break out just as he begins the delivery of a phrasc. which cannot be interrupted without damming the flow of the story. Generally the worst null sances at the play are not the same idiots who carry their umbrellas that one is jabbed In the face, They are above the grade of intellect that votes in blank col- umns on the ballot Indeed. the manners of the gallery. If uncouth, are more, ,considerate in some ways than those of the orchestra circle.
 A school for acting Is about to be estab- iished. A school for playgocrs would be more hair fsal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-24
IT SHOCKED HIM.

When we read or hear of some leg islatiye bodies instructing their sen- ators how to vote on any question we are reminded of what an old Ken tuckian tells among his "reminiscences, and we do not think 1t out of place to give his remarks about the states man he tells the story about. It runs as follows:
 the government no statesman has been So completely idolized by his friends anu party as was Hanry Clay. Words are meaningless when the attempt Is whigs of his own State for their great Schieftain. For lifetime he knew no rival. His wish was law to his followers In the realm of party appeared. At his last defeat for the presidency strong men wept. When his star set it was felt to be the sig nal for the dissolution of the great party of which he was the founder. In words worthy to be recalled. when the tidings came like wailing over the State that Harry Percy's spur was cold. the chivalrous felt somehow the world had grown commonplace.
 The following incident along the characteristic: While MT. Clay was a SenSsor ., eSatom m Ss introo duced into the Kentucky House of Representatives fnstructing the Sena- tors from that State to vote in favor of certain bill then pending in Con- gress. The resolution was in the act of passing without opposition. when hitherto silent member from one of his feet. exclaimed: MT. Speaker am I to understand that this Legislature is undertaking to tell Henry, Clay how W such GOt was the @ pprport of the T resoiu- ton. At which the member from the mountains. throwing up his arms. ex- claimed: Great God! and sank into the resolution was immediately, re- jected by unanimous vote"
 While the relator's encomiums of Henry Clay may sound over-enthus- iastic to some. we think most people will agree with him in the main. Clay was a great man. beyond all doubt or cavil. and we can well understand the shock felt by a rural member of a Legislature at being told that the body to which he belonged proposed to tell Henry Clay how to vote. And we have no doubt but that there were other members who had felt the same way but would have gone on with the rest if the rural admirer had not ex- pressed himself as he did. Members of legislative bodies frequently act without reflection or investigation.
 state Legislature has the right to instruct the Senators who represent the state, and no doubt there are cases where such instructions may be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-24
VOTE NO!
3 Advertiser.

For The Advertiser. Der the State of Alabama.
 Stalks a spectre grim and gaunt. Sent by three mad politicians
 Every voters home to haunt. The spectre visits hut or mansion. Never fingers. never stops. Dealing out a sWeetened "tafy," Analysed as Knockout Drops" Blind and deaf to rule or reason- Groping onward through the fog, Men pursue this Jack O Lantern To the deep mtasmal bog. Constitutional Amendment"
 Is the brand the taffy bears. Steeped In rank fanaticism-
 Poisoning all the autumn air. Freemen. brook no interference. With the rights we've long enjoyed Allen spirits who attempt 1t
 Should be defeated or destroyedi Amend our sacred Constitution. Framed by our best legal lights7 Pluck the heart out of that section Which contains our "Bill of Rights? Never! Let those politicians
 Understand we'll not be caught Sacrificing or annullng
 Rights for which our fathers fought Read our present Constitution
 And you'll see that Section Five. By the Kangaroo. amendment
 Won't be even left alive. Let your ballot on next Monday, Count for freedoms sacred cause. Vote against the vile amendment Seeking to undo our laws. Vote like men of pluck and reason. Yield no single right we own Spurn a tattered Constitution,
 By the bigot ripped and tornl
 voter"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-24
FAITH IN wITcHCRAFr.
supersfitions of lsOng Centuries AEs
 stiII Are Believed.

supersfitions of l.ong Centuries Ago
 still Are Believed. : New York World.
 Last August a coroner at Reading. Pa. In Investigating the cases of six infants who had died In the same nelghborhood. found that in every case parents had imagined that the chil- dren were "verhexed" and had called in a witch doctor to drive away the evil.
 At Butler. Pa.. few months before. a woman was charged In court by a neighbor with being witch and cast ing spell over COW, thus prevent ing 1t from giving milk. The testi- mony indicated something had been done to the animal. so disorderly con- on which to base a short jail sentence. s. Barring Gould in one of his books tells of several comparatively recent cases where the Cornish people of his parish believed that certain old wo-- men had overlooked" the cows of neighbors and spoiled their milk.
 Tn Cuba within the last five yearr there have been several cases. one only last spring, where reputed witches among the negroes were con victed of murdering white baby in order to procure the heart and blood with which to heal the sick. Faith in brujeria or witchcraft Is by no means uncommon throughout the island.
 Not many years ago an authentic case was recorded where a party of Navajo Indians in New Mexico stoned to death a squaw of their own tribe whom they accused of being witch and casting a spell over other squaws.
 So long as human nature is what 1t Is there probably win always be peo- pie capable nf believing in the old way that jaundice becomes incurable If a yellow-legged chicken flies over the patient, but ia cured by looking into black axle grease.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-24
A oONFEDERATE VETERAN
Speaks Out the Sentiments of His COm-
 Raden


 Editor The Advertiser:
 Three of my old comrades from diff ferent parts of the State, whom I met at the reunion last week. after making as careful estimates as was possible, requested me to write your paper as to how the old vets stood on the amendment, and If badges count for anything, and the general routine of conversation amounts to anything. they are overwhelmingly against the amend ment generally all over the State. The old boys fought for principle In the war and they are contending Tor the same principle now.
 You can smoke 1t in your pipe that once they decide their course. they go on to the breastworks of the foe. and never give up the flag. And as U 5. Senator Johnston said, T am loyal to the flag of our nation, and would de- fend 1t with my life, but am not sorry, nor ever will be. for the part i took iii the struggle from 'ei to "66. for we had as brave men es ever charged a battery. and the sweetest. purest, mo- bIest and bravest women that God ever made. and I want to say right now that we have now. today. at this hour' the purest womanhood in the world. Ana and stop some of your speakers from throwing mud and slime and hfnting at our women folks. for patience VIII cease to be a virtue if it's not stopped :: and 1t ought to die. know. and you know, that Fillmore County Is in the lead against the deceitful measure, and our wives, God bless them. as pure wo- mon as the sun ever shone on, are with us. and We will rebuke the slanderouE tongues on the 2sth. Now. in eonclu- sion. comrades of Alabama, stand shout der to shoulder. vote not your .rishts away and all will be well.
 J. N. Hudman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-24

needful and proper. but ws can hardly realize . condition Of affsirs under which the ofest commoner. As Henry Clay was called needed the advice of any Legislature that Kentucky had in hIs day. He was not only man of wonderful power and attainments. but statesman who kept himself in- formed on all subjects likely to come up for his confederation. and also a man very much inclined to act on his own judgment. It is not unreason- able to suppose that there may be other instances where legislative ad- vice would be nothing less than pre- sumption.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-24
The weaitAsest Isdlan.


 A Choctaw Indian is going to build 240-mile railroad. For the last six years this Choctaw's income has been cool million dollars a year. He is Lon c. Hill. IT,, of Harlingen, Tex, and he Is doing great things for the low CT Rio Grande region of the Lone Star State. It Is there that he has made his fortune by the simple process of buying untitled lands at low prices and increasing the value manyfold by irrigation. He was the first man to realize the possibilities of that terri tory. He had been educated for the law. and was living at the little town of Beeviile about 200 miles north of HArlingen, when he had occasion. eight years ago. to visit Brownsville. In order to reach 1t an overland trip by wagon had to be made over 150 miles of semi-desert Q country. He took careful note of the soil and made up hts mind that here was his chance. But he was stone broke So he went about obtaining options on purchases of enormous tracts of land along the river at prices ranging from S2 to $3 an acre. He borrowed enough to bind these options for two years. Mir. HIll Is worth S6,000, ,00O. and the money is still piIing up. He Is going to build a railroad of his own from Harlinger to San Antonio--240 miles-and he Is do- ing 1t all alone. That Is record for eight years work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-24
Turni.s Back the Clock.

0aEt0n 6tHHudE0s s-- | No longer than the last extra ses- sion of the Legislature laws were
 passed looking to the restriction of Sunday baseball and other Sunday amusements. The lids in many towns and cities were put down 50 tight buy toothpick from Saturday night
 until Monday morning. 1t was even charged the Sherif of Jefferson County was enforcing the old blue laws, In
 ances were passed prohibiting the trains from blowing their, whistles on
 Sunday. Right here in Marion you cou.d not buy cigar on the Sabbath |. the trade was restricted to drugs alone and the drug stores were only al.
 lowed to keep open an hour or two during the day. No place to loiter or congregate. our people fairly hungered for the Sunday School and church ser.
 vices and the attendance greatly in.
 thrifty. It began to look like the millennium was right upon us. The
 Standard was publishing statisttca every week showing hardly any whis- bragging on the prohibition law, and
 how Judge Miller and Solicitor Thomp- son had run every blind tiger out os the district, a,
 But what change has come over but shs sn Whos saste na sry dusins oanss shrss short months. The pendulum has swung back to the opposite extreme.
 The whole State has gone politically mad. Divine services have given away are locked tight on the Sabbath and preachers. lhymen, women and 1chii-
 4ren, saints and sinners, repair to pub lie halls tu listen for hours to polf- .tical discussions. jokes and tests that would not do credit to the ward poli- ttciana in th0 siun1s Of New York City. Friends of three months ago are
 now personal foes. s9 Bitterness and strife has taken the place of brother ly love. vituperation filis the air and bitterness burns In every breast. Father d!strusts son and husband and oiden way. The church bell chiils liks q fire alarm. gray-haired members re fuse to wend their way thither lest they be reproached for their honest faith in a public principle. And tlfis
 state of affairs has pernieated the re- political parson," the stump orator now sits on the right and on the left In the pulpit and divides the time of worship. The sentiment that sur
 among thA shade trees by spouting
 spring or bubbling brook. or on some knoll overlooking a lovely valley spots selected for their natural beau ty and religious inspiration--where fa- ther prayed and mother sang--where the pure young girl and manly man
 betrothed their vows--where the last sad rites were paid around the bier
 all this and more has become a mem ory and a dream.
 Such dissertation is enough to mako
 the Savior Himself hang His head in
 shame and angels weep with sorrow Now, dear reader. this picture is not overdrawn and you know it.. s. ~