The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-16

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to her contributions.-Spri Re
publican.
Crippen's Guilt.
Declared guilty of the murder Of
Belle Gilmore. his wife, who so mystic
riously disappeared and whose re
mains, according to the verdict of the
coroner's jury. were found in hor
rible state of mutilation in the cellar
Of the house where she resided. Dr..
Crippen will have to stand trial for
his life The web of evidence seems
to be closing about him as the coro
ner's jury was convinced that the rem
nants of mortal whose sex could not
be definitely determined were all that
remained of the unfortunate woman
whose disappearance was followed by
the flight Of her husband with young
woman companion and his subsequent
arrest when he landed on Canadian
shores.
The international interest in this
case is likely to be stimulated by the
allegation of the jury mat the death
of the woman was caused by subtle
poison-hyoscin. Thus another is
the poisoner. The building up of
evidence will be through the most
elaborate and difficult process of an
alysis and deduction. It will be partly
circumstantial, partly scientific and
partly expert, so that the case. what
ever its outcome, will rank as one of
the most difficult in criminal annals.
Baltimore American.
Another Canal Slide.
Another big slide in the Culebra cut
of the Panama canal IS reported as
having occurred on the night of Sep
TENDER 16, mass of earth and rock
estimated at 100000 cubic yards
moving down the mountain side. No
apprehension should be felt on this
score for the successful completion
Of the work of digging an inter
oceanic waterway. These slides have
occurred before and will undoubtedly
occur again as the cut through the
mountains is deepened and the slop-
ing walls are weakened by repeated
blasts of dynamite and by the wash
of heavy rains. The work Of remov-
ing the earth and rock thus precip-
tated into the canal bed will add to
the expense of the enterprise and
somewhat delay it's completion, but
the engineers, reckon these mishap s
as incidental to their tasks of cutting
through the mountain walls. Tulti-
mately all of the material that can
be freed will have slid down and been
removed. There is no probability
that when the canal has been opened
it will be blocked by any such mis-
hap, as each slide has taught a lesson
that is being applied to render the
canal safe in all conditions of the
climate. Compared with tie entire
work, the prosecution of which has
been an object of universal admira-
ton, such misfortunes as the falling
Of half a million yards of earth and
rock into the cut must be regarded as
of small Importance Washington
Star
The Half Nickel.
Retail grocers of ST. Louis have
business call for coin worth two and
a half cents, and they will ask their
congressman to introduce a bill in
congress providing for coin Of that
denomination.
1t is explained that the retailer
must be able to follow the lead of the
wholesale dealer in the matter of in
creasing or lowering prices, so that
when the jobber raises the price of
some commodity half a cent the store
keeper can pass the raise along to the
ultimate consumer, and be able to
make the exact change. And, in ad-
dition to the grocery trade, it is
pointed out that the halfnickel would
come in handy for bartenders who are
called On to make change for an odd
number Of two-for-a-quarter drinks.
This is not the first time the com
mercial world has asked for an ar
rangement that will make it possible
to reduce buying to a half-cent unit.
The department stores have already
wanted it for some time AND since
the only use Of money is for CONNER
cial convenience we shall probably
come to it before long. 1t might be
that If we had half-penny denomina-
tons some of US could Succeed in saw
ing some money who nov strike an
exact balance each month between in
come and outgo.-Omaha World
Herald.