WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 19, IVlt. BUILD EN TKJUUFIC HE8ERVE HpBOE ? THAI S WHAT IT ffM BE AH SniiftwroAaiMi HOT RACE SOW. Soma daya are not aa good as ott ers In a great man! lines o( human endeavor, but Is the great tour con test the dlys all mm to be good, and as tbe days pas* and the sub script tons keop rolling In, It becomea mora and mora evident that this < on test will eclipse everything of tfca kind ever More attempted In thla section ot the country H The double rote oiler seems to bare stimulated a* contestants wad their legion ot friends to a redoub ling of their eSorta and every |n cation now la that tbe second period. Ilka Its predecessor, will be a record Every hour at their disposal la be ing utilised by the wise candidates in adding to their isaetat strength ot ?pedal ballots during this hsrvset tine, when the subeerlptlona hare their greatest worth. ? And Just hare let us aaaare the reader that enbaerlptlone now win be more valuable to the candidate ot your choice than at any other tlaa during tbe conteet. Of course. It makee no dlfferi to as whether you turn your sub scriptions arer to yonr candidate t Period or %azt, but tt will make a dlf Makee Appeal. _ j Are you baying your winter glad rtfi from' J. K. Hoyt's big depart ment store T Then please deposit your votes for BM. ;? ' ^ Ages ago, the only vsfclcle of con sequence in Washington was the old "Jolt and^tfTWft*^MlrYe*I name of this obsolete old cyrjrall was "#mmesrille and Washington." but thfe facetious co^nomep being pecu liarly appropriate gained a much wider currency %nd the passenger who achieved, his destination with out being "Jolted and wlggled**.ij| of existence was ever afterward re ferred to as a person ef*Indla rub ber constitution, and cast troo^erve. I .hope you -are not thinking that about me, but as I'm expecting to be president of this republic some, day, I thought 1 had better get ac-1 climated to the fierce, white light of puMldty aa soon as possible, and, anyway, when a little boy like me goe*Into town, he has to mass aa awful big splash to get people to take him seriously. The old "Jolt and wiggler' will ntver Jolt and wiggle apy more. Bat the vision of ?"yours truly" riding around in a| /real ^automobile, all painted re HIGH SEAS FLOODED STREETS AND DEMOLISHED MASK STRl-O. Havanna, Oct., 18.?The Island of I Chba has probably sustained the [ greatest material disaster 1a all her I history in the practically Continuous cyclone which bepro with light rains on Thursday mo rain*, develop ing Into torrential floods and derast j hurricanes and continued until' Ithta evening. The western half of the island suffered more severely The first cyclone, of which there 'as some warning had hardly abat ted on 8unday night when suddenly the cyclonic blasu swept over Matan aaa, Plnar del Rio and Havana pro vinces, completing the destruction [wrought by the first storm. At ? o'clock tonight the rain was I still falling In frequent Mary gusts but the wind has abated considerably [and the sea was falling. . It Is Impossible to estimate even I roughly the amaqnt of daaMge which doubtlees will aggregate msay mil lions of dollars. iH addition to the great destruction to sugar and to [bacco plantations, ' many thous of peasants In the three weet lern provinces have been rendered I homeless and destitute by the loeqi of their tyomee and the food chope. I It now seems possible tfcat^the re public may -be compelled to request International aid for the relief of those sufferers whose condition Is most deplorable. In the city of Ha vana the losses probably will exceed I a million dollars. Few fatalities np to the present (have been reported. Three men were drowned. in the I harbor, but no deaths from the I storm occirfred In the city. It Is probable however that the casuslty list in the Interior wyi be larger. | ' For hours-durUg thy ai&ht and all (through this morning Cuba was ln^| [the grip of a storm which ijlew up with great violence from the soutb l.west and attained. Its greatest force !| shortly before noon. Then the wind shifted to the west land the sea began to rise, the waves (sweeping in upon the city. WithinH an hour the pounding of the waters had broken a breach through the | Malecon sea wall. The waves quickly Increased to I mountainous height engulfing the Malecon driveway and flooding th^ (handsome residences facing thereon [for a distance of s mile. The waters still rising Invated all (the seawart^ part of the city, until 3 o'clock In the afternoon when the section bounded by the Malecon, the Prado and Boulevards Caliada de Oallano and Animas were several | feet under water. The residents of the lower floors I were driven to seek refuge on higher levels, while hundreds were rescued to the submerged districts from the buildings that threatened to collapse | at any momeht Vedado, a residential suburb, was || exposed to the full fury of the storm. The sea advanced some hundred yards inland, demolishing many small structures and probably caus ing loss of life. ;/ The Jail, at the foot of the Prado, I was completely surrounded by wa-, ! tar *nd the prisoners, mad with fear', clung to the barred windows clam orously demanding to be removed to a place of safety. I Armed guards held them in cheok [until the water began to recede. ^ L At the height of the storm the great waves beached clean over the ramparts of Moro Castle. Thqr trolled w#h terrific speed up the bar | bor,'tumbling over the seawalls ln dulating the streets in the lower part of the city, carrying away many of the small craft slong the shores land swamping many lighters which | escaped the blow during the earlier I hours. AU the steamers la the harbor I remalaed at anchor. The baffe containing all the out fit of the divers , working on the wrack of the old battleship Maine I was oarried away aad stranded on I the rocks of Morro Csstle. soldiers of tte. fogt I la MTtii? DEAD I., Oct., 17.?Julia | Bowed under rn ysa*s, the noted philanthropist and author succumb ed today attack of pneumonia. The end came peacefully lu hor aum mer homt'.iMe. Her riA&jtaughters were at tha bedside wjpu *Jrs. HCwe passed away, but lesson wan absent. T&a funeral wi |>e held at the Church of the Unitarian In Bos ton, Thw ~>tnew her intimately HowS's unfailing op ? great source and sup lifold activities. Born ? of New York city i q?fe, sho showed Le avidity for' stu r literary tastes. TEliULW JTARTED 18.?-Thst some of i which started from International race Gordon Bennett cup, > or Slight near Chl I probable because southwest wind and i outlook was kept for started out as IF city and there had ? in the wind early to ll them itota this course. ^Were that the winner I Canada instead of sail I did the contendere last |' r FEDEML COURT MET YESTERDAY r The October term of the \7nite WITH MEMBERS OF BOTXI HK.VKN?DRAMATIC SCENE ? CROWN'S ATTORNEY CAUSES A SENSATION m London. Oct. 18.?"Not guilty, myt Lord." With these word* spoken In a tense low voice by Dr. H. H. Crippen, the La merle an physician, charged with the murder p( his .wife, Mrs. Belle Elmore Crippen, the American music hall artist, the Internationally famous trial was started in Old Bailey court today. Crowds thronged the streets bs fore the ancient court and In which 'scores of fashionably dressed women ' who were frank In their expression of disappointment because Miss Eth el Clara LeNeve, -charged with btUg accessory after the fact, was not pres ent. she will be arraign*! later. It was a dramatic scene, with the background set In a mass of human ity. The crown's prosecutor. Mulr, caused a sensation as he1 opened the case. "We charge that this man wil fully murdered his wife In order to get her money and remove her as Ihe obstacle which prevented his marriage to Ethel LeNeve, his typist," thundered the king's coun sel. Crippen was brought to Old Bailey In the prison ran along with other prisoners. He apparently felt no fear for he calmly gazed about him during the ride from Brixton jail to the court house. There were leas than 10^0 seats available but nearly 5,000 applica tions had been made. A shade of anxiety passed over the face of the diminutive prisoner as, daintily attired in a frock coat of gray trousers, he took his seat. He waB groomed in strict taste without being flashy. Always a place of utmost solemn ity the scene presented In the crowd ed court chamber today was almost Sepulchral. Lord Chief Justice Alverstone at tired in his black gown and hia great toweling wig of white, gazed solemn ly over the room. Crippen from his position between his counsel, barristers A. A. Tobln, Huntley Jenkins and Arthur New ton arose when called to the bar and walked before the chief justice who had decided to preside because of the importance of the case. His plea in, he returned to his seat and cast a quick glance about the room, while the king's counssl began the speech upon which depends in great part the life or death of the doctor. Are in the City. Captain B. F. Pickles and wife, of Oriental, N. C.. arrived in the city yesterday from Belhaven on their way home. 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