THE CITIZEN, FIUDAY, SEPT. 84, 1B09.
SHIP
WRECKED
SOUTH
PACIFIC
Delirious After Days in Open
Boat Shipwrecked Woman
Kills Four Children
GOVERNOR
JOHNSON
SUCCUMBS
VQODOQSM
RAGING
MOTHER ENDS OWN LIFE AT SEA
Five Survlvore of Dark Errol Tell In
coherent Tales of Fearful Suffering
FamHy Sees Captain Perish
Crew Drifts for Two Weeks.
Beloved Executive
Dies In Hospital,
CONSCIOUS TO THE END
His Mind Clear, He Rouses Him
self to Talk With Wife.
He Says State and Nation Have
Sustained a Great Loss.
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 21. Govern
or John A. Johnson died at 3:25 a. in.
to duy hi the hospital nt Rochester,
Minn., six dnys after an operation for
abscess in tho Intestines.
Ho was conscious almost to the very
end. and his inlud was clear. A few
Victoria, D. C. Two weeks at sea
In an open boat without food or drink,
five of the crew of the Norwegian
bark Errol, which was wrecked on
MIddleton reef In the South Pacific
on June 8, were rescued by the
steamer Tafu and landed at Sydney,
Australia, according to despatches re
ceived by the Makura, of the Canadian-Australian
line.
Thero would have been ten sum- nnrCinrUT TiCT 10 PDinfCn
vors. but Mrs. Anderson, wife of the PHtblUhN I I AM Id UnlcVCU.
captain of the bark, thought she over
heard her famishing companions bar
gaining among themselves as to which
one of the children should be eaten
first, and threw them one by one Into
the sea from a coral reef on which
the castaways had landed for rest.
After watching them drown she threw
herself after them before the men In
the boat know what she was about.
Pew more tragic tales of the sea
have ever been received in this port
than the account of the wreck of the
Errol. Meagre particulars had been
received by cable of the disaster, but
to-day's despatches tell a touching
story of how Mrs. Anderson and her
children saw Captain Anderson drown
before their eyes, together with the
second mate and several seamen,
when the bark went down
The oldest of Mrs. Anderson's chil
dren was eight, the youngest a babo
of eleven months. Their sufferings
before the mother, probably In a de
lirium, killed them, are admitted by
the five survivors to have been Inde
scrlbablc.
When the Tafu picked up the Ave
survivors they were at death's door,
and even when the Makura left Syd
ney It was not certain that the reason
of one or more of them might not be
lost as a result of their dreadful pri
vations.
Tho survivors brought to Sydney,
too weak and emaciated to speak,
were all that remained of twenty-two
persons on the Erroll. The bark
struck the reef on June 18 and for
two weeks they were without food
and water. There had been a cache
of provisions and a lifeboat maintained
from 1870 to 1892 for shipwrecked sea
men, but the cache was never re
Bplenlshed and the lifeboat was gone.
Had the boat been there the loss of
IN TEXAS TOWNS
Cows Butchered, Hides Taken
Off and Hearts Torn Out
by Its Priests
INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER
BIBLE STUDY CLUB.
MEXICAN INDIANS SUSPECTED
Sheriff and Deputies Make Arrests
Reward Offered for Capture of
Butchero Attributed to Ancient
Aztec Religion.
San Antonio, Texas. An outbreak
of voodoolsm Is responsible for tho
mysterious butchering of cows In tho
vicinity of this city. Many owners of
fine bovlnes living In tho suburbs havo
looked In vain for their milk purvey
ors In tho morning. The gentle friend
of the family was found to be missing
and the Instituted search usually dis
closed her carcass In the chapparal.
A. Davis, of this city, was one of
tho first to miss his valuable Jersey
In this manner, and since then others
have sustained similar losses.
The odd feature of the case Is that
nothing but the hide and the heart of
the animals are missing. Evldenly
that Is all that is desired by the thief.
At first It was thought that tho ani
mals had been killed for their skins,
but a close watch kept over tho deal
ers In hides has shown that so far
none of tho hides have been disposed
of.
Sheriff Llndsey and his deputies
have been working day and night to
got a clew that might lead to a solu
tlon of the mystery, but so far they
havo not been successful. Tho offer
of a substantial reward has now been
called to their aid.
Though the Mexican population of
San Antonio Is a very orderly and
law-abiding one as a whole, Uiere Is
enough of an Indifferent element
among them that would not be averso
to committing these depredations If
Inspired by what they would consider
a religious motive. As Is well known,
the Indian strain Is prominent In the
lower class Mexicans. As a matter
of fact, In the largo percentage of
them tho Spanish or other Asyrlan
blood Is a negligible quantity. That
some of the old Indian superstitions
should have survived In them and be
liable to periodical outbreaks Is not
to bo wondered nt.
Indian voodoolsm as practiced after
the fall of the Aztec empire Is really
Answer One Written Question
Each Week For Fifty-Two
Weeks and Win a Prize.
September 26th, 1909.
(Copyright. 1903. bv nv, T. S. Llnscett. T n
Temperance Lesson. 1 Cor. x: 23-33.
Golden Text Let every one of U3
please his neighbor for his good to
edification. Rom xv:2.
Verse 23 If a man could lawfully
Jrlnk Intoxicating liquor, In modera
tion, would It be a good thing to do,
seeing so many thousands are being
ruined yearly, by drinking, all of
whom commenced to drink In modera
tion? (This question must be an
swered In writing by members of the
club.)
Is a man honest, either In money or
morals, who always goes as far as the
law will allow him and no further?
If the general Influence of anything
wo do, which may be lawful In Itself,
Is Injurious to ourselves or others,
what Is our duty?
What Is tho general influence of Uip
drink traffic?
Verse 21 Why Is not all our duty
to our neighbor fulfilled when ho have
succeeded In doing him no harm?
Does Paul moan that wo aro to de
vote more time and thought to adding
to our neighbor's wealth, than we do
to our own. and If not, what docs ho
mean?
To how much of our respect Is a man
entitled, who cares nothing for tho
success of others, but Is devoted whol
ly to his own?
Verse 25 In those days meat was
offered to Idols and afterward sold In
the market for food, and some con
scientious people objected to eating it
for that reason. What did Paul ad'
vise In the circumstances, and why
did he advise it?
Should we always pay tho price de
manded without question, or should
we endeavor to buy for the lowest
possible price?
Verse 2G If the earth Is the Lord's
why should not all real estate be pub
lic property?
How much of our property unould wo
consider we own In our own right?
Verse 27 Is It right for o Christian
to be Intimate with worldly people, to
attend their parties and to conform to
their usages, when such usages arc
not actually sinful?
If wine Is used at any party which
a Christian attends, would It be right
or wrong for him to drink It, and
why?
Is it a Christian's right to do as he
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V. B. HOLMES, President.
A. T. SEAULE, Vice Pkes.
H. S. SALMON, Cashier
W. J. WARD, Ass't Cashier
We want you to understand the reasons for the ABSOLUTE SECURITY
of this Bank.
WAYNE COUNTY SAVING
HONE SD ALE, PA.,
HAS A CAPITAL OF
AND SURPLUS AND PROFITS OF
MAKING ALTOGETHER
BANK
8100,000.00
355,000.00
455,000.00
GOVERNOR JOHN A. JOHNSON,
minutes before death came he roused
himself and talked with his wife, who
had been nt his bedside continuously
life might have been avoided, as the fr niajiy hou,rs- 41 , H
party would have been able to reach "u '" i'"
Norfolk Island. from tho governor's body Drs. Mayo
In Sydney It was found difficult to and McNevIn had not only given up all
get 'definite or coherent statements hope of-his recovery, but they stated
from the survivors of the party. They that fact to all Inquirers. The pa-
were unable to speak plainly. The
most they could do was to tell piece
meal some of the most dreadful things
Impressed on their minds.
jjjji'' c CORDING TC SC!EMC .
Astronomer Condemns Assertions of
Possible Communication.
Williams Bay, Wis. Communica
tion with other planets Is by no means
likely, according to a resolution unan
imously adopted by the Astronomical
and Astrophyslcal Society of Ameri
ca, In session at the Yerkes Observa
tory, on Lake Geneva. The resolution
says:
"As the public, through misrepre
sentation of the views of certain as
tronomers, has formed the impression
that communication with other plan
ets Is at present possible, tho Astro
nomical and Astrophyslcal Society of
America desires to express Its belief
that all such proposals fall outside
the range of sober, contemporary science."
WILD BEASTS KILL ELOPERS.
Mexican Had Carried Off Two Girls
and Their Father's Money.
Tuxtla, Gutierrez, Mexico. Slsto
Gonzales, well known In this section,
has eloped with two daughters of Jose
Florcs, a wealthy haclendado, inauc
Ing the girls to steal a large sum of
money belonging to their father. How
he Induced two sisters to lope with
blni Is a mystery.
The father, accompanied by several
policemen, hurried on the trail of tho
trio. Quito a distance from this place,
hear Villa Plores, they found the
bodies of the young man and of both
girls horribly mangled by wild beasts
fcmd scarcely recognizable except for
Uielr clothes. A purse containing all
the monoy stolen was found In a near
by tree.
t RECORD CATCH OF MULLET.
fcOO.OOO Pounds Landed by Fishing
Fleet In Search of Menhaden,
Beaufort, N. C. A catch ot mullet
aggregating half a million pounds,
Hold to bo the largest ever landed on
foe Atlantic Coast, was mado off this
nort bv deon-sea fishermen.
The fishermen went to sea early In
search of menhaden, but their boats
xan Into schools of mullets miles long,
and each vessel was loaded to tho
Runwales with them.
I The catch was brought to market
here and tho entire working force
fa Tnropnring tho flh for shipment.
tlent's pulse rose to 150 and his tem
perature to 103.
At 1:40 a. m. ho fell over on his side
on the bed, and It was thought he was
dead. Mrs. Johnson fainted. Tho gov
ernor was, however, resuscitated by
heroic measures on the part of the phy
sicians. At 2:30 a. m. he spoke a few
words to Mrs. Johnson and afterward
sank Into unconsciousness. At 3:25
a. ni. his heart ceased to beat.
Heroic Fight For Life.
The end came after a heroic fight for
Ufo on the part of the governor and
was a sad disappointment to hundreds
of thousands In all parts of the coun
try who watched the bulletins from
the sick man's room hour after hour
and who had come to hope that he
would recover In spite of the terrific
odds against him.
President Tnft, who had been among
the most optimistic of the governor's
friends and who showed his cordial
and kindly sympathy both In public
addresses and in private messages, re
ceived tho news of tho governor's
death on his special train en route to
Denver. He said ho was Inexpressibly
grieved.
"Governor Johnson's death Is a great
loss to his state and to the nation," he
added.
He Underwent Three Operations.
Dr. Mayo said: "Governor Johnson
made a splendid fight for life, but fate
was ugalnst him. The operation he
underwent was one of the most severe
In tho history of surgery.
"It was the third operation of the
kind to which he had submitted, though
the others were comparatively minor
operations.
His courage and cheerfulness
throughout his illness were remarka
ble. If It had not been for his stern
sense of duty he never could have kept
np the arduous work connected with
the governorship.
"Not content with performing his
duty to the people of Minnesota, he
was constantly on the move answering
calls from other states and making ad
dresses. Ho did all this at the risk of
his life and in the end sacrificed him
elf to his sense of duty to the people
of the nation."
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..li0,, ffift? ?dJl Wm fr 0,1 " has conducted a growing and successful business for over 35 years, serving
v. ..".v." muLuua timac uuu amoau i n ,ncreasjn!T number ot customers witn liaemy ana satisfaction.
Tho victims of the old Aztec priests Yor8eg 28-30 Was tho meat in it- its cash funds are protected by MODERN STEEL VAULTS.
sunerea aeuui uy uuvme "--" self any less good for having been
torn out of their bodies by main force. Lffei.ed to an ldol?
After tno spanisn nao. succeeueu m wh doejj paul horB not to
stamping out this barbarous practice, . .
the Indian tribes .still adhering to ;the , attention to
faith of their fathers though nomlna - ,t t0 do fi0?
ly unnsuans, lo - ' Is lt necessarily hypocrisy to do a
bTing niSd SaVriS thin. behind a potf. bacK that you
and.SHke al, i primitive people, thought and lf
to appease uieir guua m w drinking was doing no harm, would lt
&JJXJZ?,Z2& be rlghf or wise for us to drink Intoxl-
All of these tluncs, coupled with conservative management. Insured
by tlie CAKKFUL PEKSONAL ATTENTION constantly elvon the
Bank's affairs by n notnhly able Hoard of Directors assures the patrons
of that SUPREME SAFETY which Is the prime essential ol a good
Hank.
Total Assets,
$2,733,000.00
CSf DEPOSITS MAY BE MADE BY MAIL.
heart the object to-day is to get pos
session of the blood contained in it
eating liquor as a beverage?
Verse 31 Are oil our actions taken
a, n. HOLMES
A. T. SEAHLE.
T.B. CLARK
-DIRECTORS
CHAS.J. SMITH,
H.J. CONGER.
W F. SUYDAM.
F. P. KIMBLE
H. S. SALMON
do literally, everything he does, to the
glory of God?
Verse3 32-33 What should be our
supreme desire in all our dealing with
our fellow men?
Lesson for Sunday, October, 3, 1900.
The Arrest. Acts
To this fluidls ascribed Tumbe-r of God as worship if they are done to
To what extent the possession of
the hide figures In voodoolsm of this
kind is no clear. Positive infonna-
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tlon on ullS point seems tuiucuu uj
obtain, but it is thought that the ap-
pucauon 01 uib wuiui uuu u.wu, pau, a Prlsoner.
may do regaraea as a cure ior uiuavu- j. t0 xxjj;29
lar or ower exienor uumeuio.
The authorities of this city and
county are in no mood to permit as
noxious a practice as voodoolsm to
flourish under their noses. Though a
number of arrests have been made,
more important clews are now being
followed and further developments are
anticipated as a result of the reward
offered. Of all people the low-class
Mexican is the least able to withstand
the luro of money. Every effort will
be mado to get the high priest of the
cult into tho clutches of the law. The
punishment that will be meted out will
no doubt be such as to make adher
ence to voodoolsm and its attendant
features very undesirable.
Railroad Tracks Swept Away.
Memphis. Tenn.. Sept. 21. The Illi
nois Central railroad between Mc
Comb City, Miss., nnd New Orleans Is
under water. Miles of railroad track
have been swept away.
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Daily
GLENN H. CUETISS ARRIVES.
TAMING THE 8HREW BY COLOR.
Foraker to Fight New Tax.
Cincinnati, Sept 21. Former Senator
Foraker, who as a member of the sen
ate was a bitter fighter against the
corporation tax, has been retained to
lead the fight which the Cincinnati
Traction company Is going to mako on
the law as belnir unconstitutional.
Change of Wall Paper Makeo Angello
Wife of Virago.
Paris. The latest Parisian "euro"
is for bad temper, according to a
story which a writer in a morning
naner vouches for. A husband who
had been living lnharmonlously with
his wife consulted a doctor. No cause
being found for the dlsagreemnts, tho
doctor visited the patient's homo and
there found red wall paper on tho
walls. The doctor ordered a change.
"Red," ho said, "excites some tem
pers; trjy bhio," which soothing experi
ment was mode, with the result that
tho disposition of the wife became as
angelic as before and tho husband
sweet tempered. According to the
doctor, a blue room tames tho most
exacting shrew.
Champion Aviator Welcomed In New
York After Victories Abroad.
Now York, Sept. 21. Fresh from his
victories nt Rhelms and Brescia, Glenn
n. Curtlss, the champion aviator, who
Is to mako aeroplane flights here dur
ing the celebration, arrived from
abroad today on the steamer Kaiser
Wllhelm II.
Mr, Curtlss was met down the bay
by William J. Hammer, secretary of
tho aeronautic committee. Differences
that hnd arisen regarding the contract
with Curtlss were settled.
The Aoro Club of America enter
tained Mr. Curtlss at luncheon this
afternoon. Delegations from Philadel
phia, Washington and St. Louis were
present to greet tho neroplanlst.
TEN CENTS SAVED every dayill, in fifty years,
grow to $9,504.
TWENTY CENTS SAVED daily would;in fifty years
amount to $19,006.
The way to accumulate money is to save small sums system
atically.and with regularity.
At 3 per cent, compound interest money doubles itself in 25
years and 104 days.
At 6 per cent, money doubles itself in 11 years and 327
days.
lf you would save 50 cents a day, in 50 years you would have
$47,520.
If you would save $1.00 a day, at the end of 50 years you
would have $95,042.
Dies Laughing at Joke.
Wnites-Barro, Pa Seated on the
ralllnK of a Dorch, at a houso where
ho was a wedding guest, Simon Bolln-
sky. of Sawyersville, was waving his
arms in a lit of laughter over a funny
story, when ho slipped. Ho feu bade-
ward, striking on his head, breaking
his nocla and died. ajSJJqrt, gmq aftex-
wnrd. " v1 ' n
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CATHOLIC PLENARY COUNCIL.
Papal Delegate Presides Over Impor
tant Conference In Quebec.
Quebec, Sept. 21. Tho first plenary
council ever held In Canada by the
Roman Catholic church and tho most
important conference of prelates of
that denomination ever called together
in this country is In session in this
city.
The sessions are presided over by
Mgr. Sbarettl, tho papal delegate, and
the deliberations include subjects of
great Interest to tho church at large.
The demand in certain sections for
French clergy for localities where
there but n small English speaking
majority and for English speaking
pastors in districts whore conditions
are reversed Is one of tho matters dis
cussed. ..
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work in the .
Honesdale Exchange District
which will greatly improve the service and enlarge the
system
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