The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1906 Page: 3 of 8
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BURN MANY HOU8E3 IN A TOWN
IN RU8SIAN POLAND.
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1 St. Petersburg, Sept. 8.—A fire-
utarted at Potsln, Russian Poland, by
terrorists who were angered at the
I refusal of the inhabitants to grant
t$|h<'ir demands, resulted in the destruc-
tion of 177 houses. A boy perished
||®|n the flames.
■ Twenty armed men entered the
house of a policeman at Lodz, killed
Mthe policeman and mortally wounded
ffifthe policeman's wife.
B The trial of the agitators and the
Mljgoldiers • of the Warsaw garrison,
Hpharged with spreading the propa-
Hjganda of military league, resulted in
Khe sentencing of two of the accused
fjifoo imprisonment for life.
E An inmate of the asylum for the in*
Insane at Kalwaria, about 30 miles from
flffiiWarsaw, secured an ax, and although
ppje had previously been quite inoft'en-
\i'vsive, ran amuck through the institu-
pfftion and killed seven of his fellow-
®|JiinatiC8 before he was overpowered.
1 It became known that a supposed at-
Rtempt on the life of M. Kryshanovsky,
fficice-minlster of the interior, was made
n few days ago. A revolutionist, at-
>;>jtired as an army officer, appeared
the chancellory of the interior and
|||asked for an audience of the vice-min-
Bstor.
While the revolutionist was waiting
|for an answer a porter noticed that
iis uniform was incorrect. Before the
an could be arrested, he became
i&ware that he was the object of sus-
jjjlcion and succeeded in escaping from
phe building.
TO BE CALLED HOME,
<11 First Class Vessels to be Concen-
trated at U. S. Ports.
Washington, Sept. 7.—All battle-
ships of the navy will be concentrated
>n the home stations and all the first
fclass vessels will be recalled from
{foreign stations. Armored cruisers
rill replace the battleships on the
Asiatic stations.
This new policy was decided upon
|t>V Secretary Bonaparte Immediately
Ifter the naval review at. Oyster Bay,
pn accordance with this policy the
battleships Ohio and Wisconsin, which
have been in Chinese waters for some
nonths, have started home.
The Ohio left Cheefoo Friday for
|Hampton Roads. After receiving
fsoine repairs this vessel will be added
|to the Atlantic fleet.
The Wisconsin is returning to the
.- United States by the Pacific route,
land will be attached to the Pacific
| fleet on its arrival in American
waters. The armored cruisers Mary-
I land, Pennsylvania, Colorado and West
| Virginia will take the places of the
Ohio and Wisconsin on the Asiatic
I station.
8TENSLAND IN GOOD HANDS.
Has Been Turned Over To the United
States By Morocco.
Chicago, Sept. 8.—Assistant State's
^Attorney Barbour received the follow-
ing telegram from Assistant Stage's
|Attorney Oleson who, in company
[ with James Keely, managing editor
of a Chlcoga newspaper, is In Tangier
I watching Paul Stensland, the presi-
dent of the wrecked Milwaukee Ave-
|uue State Bank:
"Stensland turned over to us."
It Is believed that Olsen and Keely
will start home with Stenslanl im-
f mediately.
Germans Drinking Cider.
Frankfort-On-the-Main, Germany.
[Sept. 7.—The brewers are discharging
t employes in great numbers. The city
(is beer dry, owing to the public boy-
Icott of the brewers, who stick to the
| Increased price of the beverage. Cider
[is taking the place of beer. The dis-
charged employes have joined the
f ranks of the boy cotters. Much com-
plaint Is made by people who have
[been deprived of their favorite drink.
Defeat Congressman Robertson.
New Orleans, Sept. 7.—The election
[ returns show that 'Congressman Sam-
uel Robertson, Sixth Louisiana dis-
| trlct, member of the ways and means
[committee, has been overwhelmingly
[ defeated for renomination by George
K. Favrot, a young lawyer. The nom-
ination is equivalent to election. Ron
ertson has been congressman for 11
terms.
Man and Woman Perish In Fire.
Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 7.—The
Santa Fe passenger depot and rail-
road hotel at Needles, Cal., were de-
stroyed by Are. F. M. Carter, a con-
ductor, and Prlscllla Bastian, a wait-
ress, were burned to death. Several
other persons were burned severely.
Gans Will Give Britt a Chance.
San Francisco, Sept. 7.—Mr. and
Mrs. Gans and Gans' brother-in-law,
Bob Turner, have arrived here. It is
the present intention of Gans to reBt a
week before leaving for the east,
where he will play ten weeks at $1,000
a week. Gans says he will give Britt
;the next chance.
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Politics In Panama.
Panama, Sept. 7.—Tho national as-
sembly has elected three vice-presi-
dents. The election of vice-presidents
is a matter of exceptional importance,
because of the persistent rumor that
President Amador wishes to retire,
and that lie will do so after President
Koosevelt's rislt to Panama.
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HAVANA SURROUNDED
INSURGENTS CLOSING IN ON CU-
BAN CAPITAL.
PRES. PALMA FEARS CAPTURE
Guerra's Force and Government
Troops Are Fighting Near Pinar
Del Rio.
CZAR MAKES PROMISES
RUSSIAN RULER ATTEMPTS TO
PLACATE PEASANTS.
PLANS TO SELL THEM LAND
Not Taken Se -iously as Peasants
Have Nothing to Pay on Land
and Can Be Robbed.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 8.—What to
do in order to appease the peasants,
whom the reactionaries fear because
of the numbers, and the Jews, who
use their sagacity and intelligence in
the cause of the revolution, is the
problem over which the Czar and his
advisers have lost many a night's
sleep, and they have found the solu-
tion. They have decided to institute
educational reforms for Jews and aid
the peasants to acquire land. There-
by the reactionaries think they will
succeed In making these masses for-
get the revolutionary movement and
turn their attention to something else.
Without these two elements the gov-
ernment thinks the revolutionary
movement would fail and the reac-
tionaries would again be able to ply
their old trades undisturbed.
The proposed reforms are to sell
land cheap to the peasants and aid
them to acquire the land before the
next elections. As the peasants have
no money to pay on the land, the
government figures that it Is safe to
sell it at any price to them, the plan
being to let the peasants have the
land on morgages. Thereby the peas-
ants would be made to believe that
they are land owners and that they
ought not to make common cause with
theworklngmen, who own nothing.
At the elections the peasants would
be advised not to elect men who
want to destroy the present govern-
ment which was kind enough to al-
most give them land. This way the
reactionaries hope to gain recruits.
To the Jews the government prom-
ises a different, bone. The reaction-
aries know that the Jews In Russia
have complained more against being
shut out from schools, that against
anything else. The conclusion was
reached that, if schools were opened
to the Jews they would probably be
lerfs active in the revolutionary move-
ment. In some places in Russia the
movement was. and is still, in the
hands of the Jews almost exclusively.
LOANS EAST $50,000,000.
Surplus Cash of San Francisco Banks
Used to Move Crops.
San Francisco, Sept. 8.—The San
Francisco banks have out in the way
of call loans in New York about fifty
million dollars at very favorable rates
of Interest, so great is the eastern de-
mand for ready money with which to
move the unusually big crops.
There Is a surplus of money in San
Francisco at present, and the banks
are finding it profitable to use It In
the way of call loans In the east.
The local surplus Is owing to the
Influx of Insurance money, and for the
further reason that pending prepara-
tions of plans for buildings and other
local investments many people with
money have no present use for it, and
are filling the banks with it.
Young Roosevelt's Wounds.
Denver, Sept. 8.—Theodore Roose-
velt, Jr., son of the president, passed
through Denver on his way east from
a hunting trip in western Colorado.
One of his hands waa bandaged, and
he said an ulceration resulting from
an injury was causing him to return
earlier than he intended. He killed
three deer, but no bear, on the trip.
Died at the Age of 101.
Easton, Conn., 8ept. 8.—Mrs. Elisa-
beth Fairchild Wheeler, mother of
prof. A. M. Wheeler of Yale, died
Thursday at the age ot 101 years. „
HARVARD 2 LENGTHS BEHIND
Havana, Sept. 8.—Havana 1s practh
cally surrounded by insurgents. Hun-
dreds of mounted armed men are just
on the outskirts of the town. Many
expect the capital may be entered any
hour.
It is said that President Paluia
fears capture.
Pinero Guerra and the government
forces began an engagement at San
Mateo, near Pinar del Rio, and were
still fighting the most important en-
gagement of the revolution when the
, latest news was started here. Since
then the telegraph line has been
down.
Officials used automobiles to rush
reserve police and raw militia to the
outskirts of the city, expecting an
attack from that quarter.
The bands of Cols. Asbert Llonaz
Costello and Guas are closing in on
this city. An attack on Asbert's for-
ces by government, troops shortly af-
ter the commissioner's visit, together
with the arrest of the liberal leaders
have aroused the indignation of the
insurgents. The forces which at-
tacked Asbert were repulsed.
BRITONS DEFEAT AMERICANS IN
INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE.
Americans Unable to Keep Up With
Powerful Strokes of the Britishers
—Millions Saw Contest.
ELECTED JESUIT'S GENERAL.
Wernse Succeeds Father Martin as
Head of Religious Order.
Putney, England, Sept. 8.—'By the
decisive distance of two lengths, Cam-
bridge won the great international1
boat race Saturday,Stalling off by a
tteady, powerful stroke all of Harv- j
aid's desperate spurts.
The light blues had the advantage
of tho choice of stations, which gave
them at least a length to the good, in 1
consequence of the wind-sheltered
watoi on the surrey side of the
river. They got away ahead at the
start and were enabled to maintain
their lead and even Increase it as
soon as they reached the wlndrough-
ened water at Chiswick Eyot. It was
a pretty race throughout.
There was a moment of intense
expectancy as the two crews backed
their craft to the stake boats and •
then leaned far forward, awaiting the
signal. The pistol shot broke the
spell, and both crews got away from
the mark boat cleanly, amid a deaf-
ening roar from the multitude.
The start was perfect, both crews
taking the water at the same instant.
Neither splashed, but with swift,
steady precision the Cambridge men
drove the bow of their boat half a
length ahead within the first two boat
lengths. A8 the English boat shot
ahead a wild yell went up from the
the patriotic masses.
Cambridge went at the tremendous
pace of 42 strokes to the minute at
the start, gradually reducing this rate
while the Harvard men hardly rowed ;
above 35. The light blues gained!
stroke by stroke until by the time
Cravensteps was reached daylight
showed between the shells. Then the
crowds went mad, and it was 100 to
1 that Cambridge would be the win-
ner.
The race pulled up stream on the
flood tide, half an hour before the tide
was at the highest mark. R. C. Leh-
man acted as umpire and starter and
F. Fenner of the London Rowing Club
as judge at the finish. There were no
other officials.
The Interest in the race was simplv
tremendous. Nothing else was talked 1
of. Everywhere, about the streets, In 1
the hotels and cafes, anywhere where
a few people gather, the struggle was
the topic of conversation. It Is i
said 2,000,000 persons watched the
race from the banks of the river.
There were no observation trains
here as at New London and Pougli-
keeplse. The spectators watched the
race from the banks and houses. The
Thames was policed by government
officials. Ten small boats were al-
lowed to follow the race. These con-
tained the newspaper correspondents
and special members of the crews,
making a total of not more than 125
men.
Rome, Sept.. 8.—Francis Xavler
Wernse, a German, was elected gener-
al of the society by the congregation
of the Company of Jesus, in succes-
sion to the late Father Martin, who
died last May.
Flowing the election a messenger
was immediately dispatched to the
Vatican to inform the Pope of the
choice, which, to become effective, re-
quires the papal sanction.
Although the strictest secrecy was
oLstrved it is learned that two ballots
were taken before the final choice
was made. The announcement that a
new general of the order had been
chosen was communicated to the out-
er world by the ringing of a bell,
which was the signal that the meeting
was at an end. Formal announce-
ment of the election then was made
to the rector of the college,, and
Father Alfred Maertens, procurator-
general of the Jesuits, went to the
Vatican to inform Pope Pius of the
company's choice.
The pontiff expressed great satis-
faction over the selection of Father
Wernse. "He is just the man fitted
for the position." said the Pope when
he heard the message brought by
Father Maertens. He charged Father
Maertens to take to General Wernse
the apostolic benediction and also an
affectionate letter of greeting which
he wrote to the new general.
TOKIO RIOTS CONTINUE.
Police Powerless Because They Do
Not Command Respect.
# Tokio, Sept.. 8,—The rioting wh'ch
was begun by the street railway em-
ployees on Wednesday night, has been
renewed, and traffic was stopped. The
authorities are meeting the trouble
firmly.
The worst feature of the situation
is that the police do not command
popular respect, as they have been
discredited since Septembfr last,
when their unnecessary interference
with a peaceable mass meeting in
Uyeno park caused very serious riots
and a strong demand for a reform in
the police administration.
EARTHQUAKE IN INDIANA.
People Rush Into Streets—No Dam-
age Reporved.
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 8.—Reports
of earthquake shocks about 10 o'clock
Friday morning have been received
from different parts of the state.
The tremors were distinctly felt
Dishes rattled, and in some cases the
houses rocked enough to frightened
persons, who, especially at Princeton,
rushed into the streets, fearing a repe-
tition of the San Francisco disaster.
Shocks have been reported at Boon-
vllle, Owensville and Evansvllle.
$20,000,000 MINE SHORTAGE.
A DEFICIT OF $6,577,920
Enormous Discrepancy In the Returns The Le9al Reserve the Smallest
of Ore Produced. Since 1893' a RePort Shows.
Denver. Colo., Sept. 8.—A discre-
pancy of $20,000,000 in accounting
for ore from the Little Johnny mine
of Leadvllle was disclosed In the re-
port made to the federal court of ap-
peals bv W. C. Austin, an expert ac-
countant. It apparently reveals what
seems to be the greatest mining scan-
dal the west has ever known. John
Campion of Denver and A. V. Hunter
of Leadvllle, both millionaires, are
Involved with other mining men. A.
V. Hunter had denied all the allega-
tions of Austin.
New York, Sept. 8.—The statement
of the clearing hou«e banks shows a
deficit <n thf legal reserve required
of $6,577,920.
j This Is said to be the largest deficit
| in the legal reserve required since
; 1893, when it was necessary to issue
bank certificates.
Kansas Schoolboy Hangs Himself.
Severly Kas., Aug. 6.—Willie Mar-
tin, 17-year-old son of O. H. Martin,
committed suicide by hanging him-
self to a clump of trees. He attended
school during the day. and his horse
came home at night riderless. A
search was made and the body found.
A Dog Saved by Injunction.
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 8.—Mrs.
Harry Squires saved the life of her
thoroughbred bird dog by securing an
injunction prohibiting a policeman
from carrying out orders to shoot the
animal.
News from Washington
Spelling Reform Order of the President Causes Agitation in Offi-
cial Circles—Destruction of the Earth Prophesied—Condition
of the Poor to Be Improved,
WASHINGTON.—There is considerable agita-
tion in official Washington over the receut order
by the president directing the use of phonetic
spelling in all messages and other printed docu-
ments issuing from the White House. In address-
ing the order to the public printer the president
has gone as far as he can to modernize orthog-
raphy. He has instructed the public printer to
"follow copy" and his cabinet officers will of
course fall into line. They will have all the an-
nual reports of division chiefs and other subor-
dinates as well as their own prepared with tHfe
words spelled as the president has decided thejr
wf*n should be.
The orthography advocated by Banker Mat-
thews and in part approved by the president,
while phonetic, possesses the combined advantage
of brevity. It will save time in writing and type-
setting. and will economize on the printing bill.
In addition to the use of the contracted forms, "thru" and "tho," the past
tense Ik obtained by a suffixed "t" instead of "ed." as "dasht" Instead of
"dashed." and silent syllables will be dispensed with, "catalogue" being
spelled "catalog," for example.
In contemplating the introduction of the improved system In the various
departments, the officials shake their heads in despair and point to the white-
haired clerks. They appreciate the difficulty they are certain to encounter.
There is a suggestion that the stenographers employed in the departments
will find it necessary to organize a night school to master the new system.
The onlv encouraging part of the order is that tjie modernizing process
is to be gradual. Should the changes in spelling be limited to easy stages of
100 words at the time, the stenographers and others who write the letters
and prepare the departmental reports have some hopes of retaining their
jobs and keeping out of an insane asylum.
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DOOM OF CITIES PREDICTED-
Prepare for shocks. Prophet Edmund S.
Stevens, of this city, has prophesied a long series
of dreadful catastrophes which will culminate in
the destruction of all the cities of the earth in
the year of our Lord 1982.
Mother Earth is not of plumb, according to
this prophet, and all the terrible earthquakes that
have occurred and are yet to come are due to
the fact that the earth is gradually resuming
its proper position. When this stage of transi-
tion is reached there will be a new earth and a
new heaven referred to in the scriptures.
The prophecy follows:
"CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES.
"The earth is out of her place, or upright
position. It is gradually resuming it. Whenever
there is an accelerated or faster motion then In
that period earthquakes occur. We are now in
one of these periods, from Mont Pelee, 1900, to
1905. Again from 1925 to 1946 and again from 1965 to 2000 A. D.
"In 1982 the earthquake is of such extent that all the cities of all the
nations fall. From 2035 to 3144 A. D. the earth is in continual perturbation
and In the latter year settles to its upright position. This brings in the new
heaven and new earth. EDMUND S. STEVENS."
Prophet Stevens proves all his predictions by an elaborate collection of
charts which are intelligible to him only.
WHYTE A MODERN SPARTAN.
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Senator Whyte, Maryland's picturesque
"grand old man," who is occupying the seat of
the late Arthur Gorman, had a birthday recently,
and he is now in his eighty-third year. Whyte is
probably the most remarkable man in Maryland
to-day.
He has never tasted a drop of liquor nor
smoked and has never been inside of a saloon.
He is not a member of any club.
He defended 60 alleged murderers and all
were acquitted.
He always rides in an ordinary day car on
a passenger train and on the street cars in a
city.
He framed the Instruments on which the
unique government of the District of Columbia
is founded. He lives outside of Baltimore, yet
is able to appear at a trial in Baltimore in the
morning and be in Washington in time to answer
to the noon roll call of the senate.
Twice chosen United States senator, he has also been governor, mayor,
state senator, state representative, city solicitor, attorney general and state
controller.
He was defeated for the United States senate by Gorman and then suc-
ceeded him. He was a member of the Maryland legislature when Gorman was
a lad In Howard county.
He began the study of law while a boy, sitting on bags of burlap in a com-
mercial house, where he worked from seven o'clock in the morning until ten
o'clock at night. He has argued cases before courts in Annapolis, Md.; New
York and Boston, within a period of two days.
He will never talk politics on Sunday.
He is unquestionably a gentleman of the old school.
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Tacoma Factory Burned.
Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 8.—The North-
western Woodwork factory on Dock
street was destroyed by fire. One dry
kiln and one boiler room waa saved.
Loss, |200,000; Insurance, $30,000. (
TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS OF POOR.
Resident of few cities in the country are
more proud of their town than are Washington's,
but they have been deeply humiliated by the dis-
coveries that have been made recently by inspec-
tors authorized by law.
Within two or three blocks of the Capitol
building there are slums where human beings,
old and young, exist in great numbers in habita-
tions so small and vile as to stagger belief. It
has been stated that these buildings are worse
and more overcrowded than any to be found in
New York or Chicago. Since the agitation of
the question of bousing the poor it has been found
that the old army barracks, which did duty away
back in 1861, '62 '63, '64 and '65, have been con-
stantly occupied by hordes of the colored popula-
tion. Without any sanitary provision whatever, it is
needless to argue that such sections of the capital
Jity are hotbeds for the breeding of pestilential
disease and moral depravity.
But recently there has been an awakening to these conditions, and laws
have been passed which authorize the destruction of dens of infamy and
degradation in the nation's capital. The work has already been begun by
the cleaning out of the alleys and the removal of the tottering domiciles, mis-
called houses. Their present occupants are to be scattered in different direc-
tions, and helped to secure sanitary abodes in localities better suited to their
spheres in life.
The commissioners are now armed with authority by law, and it Is not
likely that they will be dilatory under the pressure of the press for imme-
diate action. Therefore, doubtless, the days of "Queen's court" "Chinch
Row," "Nave's Row" and "O Street alleys" are numbered.
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OUR BLUEJACKETS BEST SHOOTERS.
American sailors are the best target shoot-
ers in the world according to our naval officers.
While admitting that the record of the British
ship Bruizer's Bix pounders, said to have made>
46 hits out of 64 shots, shows excellent work,
naval officers here are not inclined to give the
palm to the British navy for accurate shooting.
The record of the American navy shows that at
least in one instance 22 hits out of 25 shots were
made by a six pounder. In discussing the work
of the Bruizer naval officers say that before they
can make any accurate or valuable comparison
between British and American marksmanship it
will be necessary to know the size of the target,
the rate of speed at which it was moving, and
the actual time in which the 64 shots were de-
livered. The targets used by the British navy
are considerably larger than those used on this
side of the water.
The latest official statement regarding target practice, which covers the
navy's work of last year, shows that since 1898 the size of the target has
been reduced, the rapidity of firing has been Increased, and the percentage of
hits to shots risen from 40 to between 75 and 90 per cent, in main batten-
guns. The target has been reduced from 100 by 25 feet to 21 by 8 feet, ;m<?
while a 12-inch gun was given five minutes for each shot it has this year madu
a record of three shotB and three hits within one minute.
Naval officers point out that with the great Improvement in the rapiditv
with which guns on American warships are loaded and discharged there has
come a proportionate accuracy In shooting, so that 12 and 13-inch gi.ns are
not only fired 15 times as rapidly as formerly, but the percentage of hits
risen proportionately, making tho efficiency of the individual sun at ioust -0
times what It was before.
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