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Press) EL PASO HERALD 22 PAGES TWENTY-EIGHTH EL PASO, TEXAS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Brigandage in Sicily vails'as of Old, Romantic Characters Leading Bands of Desperadoes. CHURCH FULL OF SKELETONS Monks Had Taken Bodies for Burial Beneath the Church Floor and Had Only Piled Them in Heaps Romo, Feb. report of the commission which has been inquiring into the administration of the funds for the relief of the sufferers by the Calabrian earthquake on Sept.

8, 1905, has been presented to the Italian chamber of deputies by the prime minister. Signor Giolitti. It is a document which makes painful reading. The main fact revealed is that out of $8,000,000 sent from all parts of Italy to the distressed inhabitants of Calabria, $3,220,000 was, to put it mildly, badly distributed. Rich people were not ashamed to take the which represented the offerings of the poor in other parts of Italy, and even people whose responsibilities ought to have placed them beyond the pale of suspicion, fell ready victims to the temptations to take what was not theirs, but consecrated by charity to the service of the afflicted.

The Needy Swindled, As is often the case elsewhere, landlords come very badly out of the scrutiny. The government had put up many hundreds of wooden dwellings for those whose cottages had tumbled down over their heads. Rudimentary as they were, these temporary habitations were an improvement upon the dark and cavernous tenements which had sheltered many pnor families before the earthquake, but those who had the of them allowed them to fall into a hopeless state of dirt and disrepair, that they might have an excuse for forcing upon the government the reconstruction of the destroyed and deserted caverns, so that they, the landlords, might once more levy rent for the wretched hovels. This particular fact is best illustrated by the words of the report: dilapidation of these wooden dwellings (baracche.) which, compared to the hovels of the poor, represent, something like progress in housebuilding, was in many cases helped on by the heedlessness of proprietors, with the object of necessitating a return to the old houses and the consequent payment of Reflecting on the moral and economic conditions of the afflicted province, the report adds that progress is very slow, not altogether arrested, by the degeneration of political and administrative contests into mean and barren personal strife, by prevalence of selfishness over altruism, by absence of education, and bv the want of any spirit of initiative and association as understood among progressive And yet. it appears that the province, speaking generally, is not poor.

At th end of 1905 its saving banks contained deposits to the value of nearly, $3,250, 000. which wa-s increased by nearly $400,000 in the succeeding twelve months. Sadness and Mystery. In commenting on the report the della savs: reveals GERMANY TAKES NO OEEiCIAL STAND IN MOROCCAN MATTER; TO WAIT ACTION OE MOORS Berlin, Cermany, Feb. speculations of the North-German Gazette with regard to prospective developments in Morocco are fomented by various semi-official journals, which learn that Germany, for her part, will await the course of events before deciding in favor of one or other of the two rival sultans.

According to the accounts, the German government will take its decision in accordance with the attitude of the Moors themselves, and it. is pointed out 'tbat, until the majority of the Moorish people have made their choice, it is useless to enter into any negotiations with cither of the two rivals. Nevertheless, for the present due importance will be attached to any official measures on the part of Abdul Aziz, has hitherto been regarded as the rightful ruler. During the tlie German consular agents in Morocco will be instructed to cooperate with the local whether these officials owe alle- giance to Abdul Aziz or to the pretender. These instructions arc described designed to ensure the dispatoh of business without interruption and to secure official sanction for any steps that it may be necessary to take in the German interest.

The Munich Neueste Nacliriohten learns from Berlin that the German government regards the conflict between the two sultans as a purely domestic concern of Morocco, and that there is no reason w.hy Germany should interfere on behalf either of Abdul Aziz or of Milia i Hafig. Germany would recognize as rightful sultan of Morocco the one who the reins of government by consent of the people and showed that no possessed the power to maintain hio position. According to this journal, the course of events in Morocco has proved that French support of AlxLul Aziz has increased Uie difficulties in Morocco and has paved t'he way to the throne for Mulai Hafiir. the enormous responsibility of the central power in the midst of such sadness and misery. The doings of some of the notabilities of Calabria in the places devastated by the earthquake have produced a sense of painful surprise and deep disgust.

We see plainly today for the first time the truly tragic character which fell upon those unhappy people, for today we learn with veritable dismay that afer nature had had its turn the brutal selfishness of men made victims of them. The inspectors of sud-d- dies, the loathsome exploiters of al charity, are thoroughly exposed by the report that it may be hoped that the jjud.icial authorities will add another condemnation to that already pronounced by public opinion. The authorities of the report attribute the gravest responsibility to the government and to the ministry of the interior in particular. At the time of the disaster the Fort is Cabinet was in power. It is stated that some of the families mentioned in the report intend (Continued on Page 17.) TOWNSPEOPLE AROUSED OVER MANY INCENDIARY BLAZES Butte, Feb.

a result of four incendiary fires yesterday morning in the residence section of South Butte, an indignation meeting of people in that portion of the city was held last night. One woman narrowly escaped burning to death in the fires which caused damage amounting to $5,000 to houses. EOUR PERSONS ARE KILLED AND SIX INJURED IN TYLER TORNADO 1 yler, Feb. tornado swept over the principal residence portion of Tyler at 4 oclock Friday morning, causing the death of four persons. The dead are: C.

A. FRANC IS, aged 28, his wife and one year old child. MOSF LFF, a negro aged SO. Francis was agent for the Dallas News. His dead body was found one hundred yards from his wrecked home and the body of his child was found in the street.

Mrs. body was in the wreckage of the building. Six persons were seriously injured. They are Irwin Franklin, Mrs. Franklin and tour Franklin children.

One of the children is expected to die. They were in the wreckage of their home. Twelve buildings were wrecked. The tornado came up from the southwest and tore a path through Tvler one hundred feet wide. Rossville, Feb.

15 whole buildings and two halves of buildings are the omy habitable abodes in tms village today. The remainder of the structures were destroyed by a tornado yesterday. Two negroes and one white man were killed and a dozen persons were painfully injured. Reports from other towns in the path of the tornado bring the total fatalities to seven. The towns of Sovo and Service were partly wrecked and the town of Epps was damaged by the same tornado.

The damage is estimated at several hundred thousand dollars. Goes Back to the Days of Marcus Aurelius and Says He Was the Only Good the Czars of His Own Russia, the Kaisers of Germany and the Rulers of England. Paris, F'rance, Feb. to. The Agence Polonaise de.

Presse had communicated a letter from count Iveo Toistoy in reply to the recent appeal to public opinion M. Sietukiewicz. Count letter derives special interest from the debate in the Prussian diet on the Polish expropriation bill. It runs thus: am acquainted with the matter to which you refer, which has not surprised me or even excited my indignation. It has merely confirmed my conviction of this absolute truth -paradoxical as it may appear to people hypnotized by the idee fixo of the the time for oppressive governments is past, and that in our epoch it is only men completely devoid of all moral sense -who can be rulers, emperors, kings, generals, or influential members of parliament.

Those men only occupy their positions in consequence of their moral decadence. In reality people who are engaged in de- (Cotitinued 011 Page 12 .) CLERICAL ERROR DELAYS WEDDING That Bride-Elect Was Registered as Bov at Birth. Paris. France, Feb. levs, a handsome brunette of Dunkirk, recently becajne engaged, but when her parents applied to the registrar of births for the necessary copy of their birth certificate to lodge it in view of her marriage, they discovered that by a mistake the girl was registered as a.

bov, and that her name was down on the list of conscripts to called up for military service this year. The mistake had arisen owing to the parents having called their daughter Arsene, a name of a rather masculine turn. As in the eves of the law the girl is a man, the mayor of Dunkirk has refused to publish flip banns. Mile. Leys has therefore been obliged to petition a court to have the mistake rec- tined.

which will take about six months. Meanwhile the military authorities have notified here, as that she will 'be called upon for military service very shortly. Great Tunnel, Connecting New York And New Jersey, to Open Feb PITTSBURG III EHESTEST River Craft May Be Swamped and Wrecked if the Ice Gorges Break and Allow Water to Descend. CITIZENS FRIGHTENED AT DANGER ENTRANCE- TO AVENUE STATION New York, Feb. president Roosevelt touches a button at the White House at -I on the afternoon of February 25, putting the Hudson and Manhattan railroad tunnels into active operation, all the northern of the state of New Jersey will be brought nearer to Manhattan island from fifteen minutes to half an hour.

Neither fog nor ice nor congestion of river-traffic can then inflict delays and inconveniences upon the long suffering commuter who forsakes the ferry for the the New Jersey side the great terminals at Hoboken, Jersey City and Newark will be transfer points for passengers, from the various railroads and trolley lines that have stretched their web of steel over t.he state, and when all sections of the new undreground system, with its eighteen miles of tunnels, are in operation thcs-e points will have direct rapid transit connection with Flerald square, with the Sixth and Ninth avenue lines, and with the subway. This new under-river system represents an expenditure of nearly It is one of the world's greatest engineering accomplishments and is certain to have a marked influence not only upon the future development of northern New Jersey, but also of certain sections of Manhattan, especially Herald square. Although much of the work on the entire system is now finished, only the section between Hoboken and the station at Nineteenth street and Sixth avenue will open for traffic this month. Both of the which the funnel system brings into closer relationship. CWATTLES JACOBS OHJEP as weTl as New York City and all of the larger cities of New Jersey, will be represented ollicially at the opening ceremonies on the day president Roosevelt turns on the electricity.

When the participants in the formal ceremonies have concluded their inspection of the tubes t'he section between Hoboken and Nineteenth street, which is some three and a. quarter miles in length win be opened to the public, eight car trains making the trip between these points in twelve minutes. Without much trouble they can make uhe run in seven minutes. The fare will be five cents. At Christopher and (Greenwich streets the station will with the Ninth avenue elevated line, and at Christopher street and Sixth avenue with the Sixth avenue elevated.

These and the Four- O. MCADQOi teenth street and Nineteenth street stations in Sixth avenue are already completed. William (McAdoo, a young lawyer, first saw the possibility and great, importance of this untier river connection with New Jersey, aud he has been cheif- ly instrumental in carrying the giant rndertaking to completion. Mr. McAd .00 organized his first in IflOI.

and in the progress of the work has utilized about three thousand feet of an uncompleted brick tunnel w'hich was begun in by D. C. Haskins, an engineer, and which was later abandoned. Charles M. Jacobs, chief engineer in charge of construction in tihe Pennsylvania tunnels under the North river, is chief engineer of the Hudson tunnels system.

Wheeling, W. and Steubenville, Ohio, May Be Swept by the Turbulent Water. Valparaiso, Chile, Feb. wireless despatches have been received here from the American battleship fleet w'hich was reviewed off Valparaiso yesterday. after which it continued to Callao.

In a message to rear admiral Sampson, of the Chilian navy, rear admiral Evan 3 begs him to convey to president Montt. in the name of himself and officers and men, their appreciation of the honor he bas done them by reviewing the fleet and sending expressions of personal regard. The other message is addressed to John Hicks, American minister, and says: beg you to express to president Montt the thanks of the officers and men of my fleet for the many grateful acts of courtesy received at the hands of the Chilean government. 1 am sure the American people fully appreciate them and they will go far toward cementing the friendship of the two The great American fleet of 16 battleships, under command of rear admiral Evans, passed Valparaiso afternoon and continued on its voyage northward for Callao, Peru, the next stopping place. Turning sharply around Curaumilla Point at ten minutes after 2 oclock, the Chacabuco and the five Chilean destroyers led the Connecticut and her 15 sister ships into file view of the thousands who had awaited their appearance since dawn.

The day was perfect and the spec.tacle of the fleet, stretched in a great semi circle, as from the high hills around the bay, was magnified! t. President Montt and oilier Chilean officials embarked 011 the training ship Baquedano and took a post well out in the Around the the fleet swung at, a speed of four knots, firing the presidential salute as they passed in review. ay as one hour from the time the of the fleet entered the bay until last vessel had passed the presi- ship and turned toward the open the Baquedano lifted anchor escorted the fleet well out of the and on its way to the north. It a review such a.s has never before for the occasion, a the day was observed as a holiday in honor of the fleet. F'rom the picturesque sloping hills dotted with houses, a profusion of bunting and the waving of flags were discernable from the bay.

Thousands of persons from Santiago and other places in the republic had come into Valparaiso for the occasion and the roofs of the Bolsa Commercial, with its two huge towers, the custom house and the large warehouses and other buildings along circular road skirting the bay front were black with spectators. enthusiasm of the Chileans was almost boundless, and they cheered lustily as the battleship fleet swung around the reviewing ship, their sides lined with jackies in immaculate while the Iwinds played patriotic airs. After the fleet had to the. northward a banquet was served 011 the General Baquedano by president Montt in honor of the diplomatic corps and his other guests. Toasts were drunk to president Roosevelt and admiral Evans and his officers, crews and ships, and the universal wish was expressed that the Americans may have fair weather and a safe passage to their destination.

In city of Valparaiso last night celebrations of every kind were held, and everywhere are heard words of praise for admiral Fivans for having honored Valparaiso with a visit. The passage of the fleet from Punt a in Strait of Magellan whence it sailed at 11 oclock on the night of February 7. was made to this point without difficulty or incident. MILLIONAIRE GERMAN WEDS AN ENGLISH SHEPHERDESS. Geneva.

Switzerland. Feb. Schlumberger, a German millionaire deputy, has just returned to Mulhouse. after being married in London to a young and beautiful shepherdess whom he met tending her flocks near Balo. After a short acquaintance, he proposed.

FI is sons by his first marriage veiled, and offered the shepherdess $95; 000 to break the engagement, but she refused. His fortune is estimated at 750,000. The father of the bride is a postman. Pittsburg, Feb. river craft and the lower portion of the city are in danger of being wrecked from floodwaters.

The rivers are rising rapidly from the heavy rains for several hours past and ice. gorges are backing the water up above the city. If they should break a wall of water would sweep down onto Pittsburg and the damage would terrible. The rain continues to fall in this city and surrounding country, and the rivers are rising rapidly. Before noon the danger of 22 feet was reached.

The Allegheny and Youghioghexty rivers are out of their at many points and considerable damage will result. The local weather bureau predicts a stage of HO feet here by nightfall. ice gorges the city are momentarily expected to break, wrecking the river crait in their path. At Wheeling. W.

and Steubenville, Ohio, a serious flood is expected but not before Sunday night. In places here the water has risen to the ground floors of business houses and dwellings. The people have fled from the lower regions in all of the cities and, as the weather is cold and the rain is pouting, many are in great need and it is feared many will lose their lives from the cold and exposure. The charity workers are taking every possible means to alleviate the suffering and assist the unfortunates. Throughout the night hundreds r.f people were engaged in removing household goods to places of safety.

Before this evening several raatroads and street car lines will be forced to abandon their service in the city on account of water covering the tracks. All small streams in the towns surrounding Fitts'burg are beyond their banks. lliousands of people at Sharpsmrrg, Aetna, Aspinwald, Charleroi, Oakdale, and many other places have been com- fContinued on Page 8.) Prospect of War With America, Once Most Probable, Has Vanished, but Japs Hate Americans and Eng- lishmen Policy Means the Open Door for Japan Alone. ft head the dent sea. a nd (bay was been that wUl people of it.

Shipping in ci pal building? seen 111 a. I para iso bay and one long be remembered Chile, who came the harbor and in the city were the priu- decorated MIL jli ONS OF WOMEN IN FRANCE WORK FOR LIVING. Paris, FVb. 15. The F'rench labor department has published an interesting report 011 women's work and wages in the country.

The number of women who work for their living is computed to be (It those who work with their hands, the best remunerated are the jewel whose average wages is 0 francs 25 centimes a daw he opposite pole come the whose compensation for a day's is meals and 25 The wages of hands range from I franc to 2 I 2 fram-s a day, according to the grade in which they are employed. Most striking of all. however, are the figures relating to the trades in which men and women work side by side the same There the average wages is 5 francs, centimes, whereas a woman 011 the average only 2 francs 10 centimes a day. world pros- Tokio, Japan. Feb.

breathes more freely because the pect of early war between Japan and America lias removed. That the danger was real, and for a time acute, none who know the circumstances will deny. The departure of the Pacific fleet tlid not stand alone. For nearly a year America has been straining every nerve to prepare the Philippines, Hawaii, and, 1 to a lesser degree, the Pacflc coast for defence. Diamond head, above Honolulu, I had its rocks hastily blasted and cut.

and yreat guns slung1 into position. Ships, Russia laid hold of con- ot war on he Liaotung peninsula. weighed down with their loads of submarine mines, were rushed to the Philip- pines to make the waters around Manila safe from an attacking fleet. Japan on her side was equally- active, I although the cloak of impenetrable silence and mystery was thrown over her i operations. Four new divisions were added to the army, and each division was in creased in number.

The great naval yard of ha" been so busy that, although it is now a point of national policy to have all warships built at home, it was 1 ierently announced that the government intended to build a new battleship on the Clyde. Problem Remains. 1 he immediate fear of a Ja.pauese American war has gone, but the prob lent which created the danger remains The present armed truce resembles nothing so much as the condition of affairs after quest Japan submitted, smiled, and Waited for her hour to come. Those who see in tha present agreement a final settlement know little of the east. Happily for the world, every month of peace gives fresh opportunities for devising plans for making permanent arrangements, honorable and satisfactory to both sides.

Japan ill not presumably permit her people to be treated differently from Europeans. I he same problem may come to the i front before long in the south. A few weeks ago Mr. Iwasaki, the acting Jap- 1 anese consul general in Sydney, left Aus! tralia for Before leaving he told the Australian people frankly: would be idle to pretend that there are not many grave and important questions pending which may be fraught with ser- ions consequences to your nation and are many signs in Japan today of a steady revival of the dreaded joi- anti foreign feeling. Strict control of the press and the public enables this 1 kept well in hand, and manifesta- of it are largely suppressed; but here.

Criticisms of White Race. onsible daily journals in the lead- cities have indulged freely during 1 year in scries of articles attaek- to bt ions it is mg he Continued 011 Page 17.).