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COLUMBUS, N. C, TH (KSdATfRiiti1 1906
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111 1 A I ill F I I i I 1 I I ... I I .... I 1 I I . : I I " S I t . 1 1 I II I I I I ti I . " -
v. r r.i , ,
FRANCISCO
IN ASHES
e Completed Work of
the Earthquake. '
0,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS
jzry Business Bjock, Mary Mag
kificzrxt Marvsiorls .Costing-;'"
Millions and 30,000 DWell-
- XTS 'SWcpt AWay. . .
-
Fi 05 TK03 ntiNGER ANITTIimST
! . ill
. . f
- " t. .
pie DHed s Urtom tell on the City
L. Vropertr . .Damage.' JKtsmattol
'
,rka !
fjOO.O!' 0,000 Tits Ca-mp in the Parks
and lnorcupll ,' DUtrlctsi, and Many
Flee the City (hliiUwn ! ITped pul
Pa'aop of the lifmanza ivinge Kedaced
10 Kuins reople LI vine In Mukesnlft
Tents Hastenins; I
nrial of Dead.'
laklan-T, Cal. The San Fraiicisco
lias bocome a colossal calamity.
n
e uioironoiis or, me, racinc uoast is
re. it is a ueap ot asnes. 'inere
bams little of the city except outly-
suburbs, a few b!6cks on the. water
fent anil a iwitow district of middle
iss residences ly ing along Golden Gate1
ik. No America u ci.ty iWas(eTer so
brly destroyed as this, andj outside
the oarthnuake. the fire is the zreat-
iu Auierieari history- Ipsipe it the
cao, Boston and Baltimore fires
almost iftnrx)rraot. ' "
pe cityfiajj a population of more
la -4k,(X)0 people. Not" more than
c-foui'th can have -escaped to Oak-
hd or the pijxiinsula; andiat least
P.000 iK'onle are ihorricless .in Ithe
i - - ? ,t i ,i
hks or ibe Tresidio military reserva-
- " i - ' f
. ' . . . ;
jtfmiRor, thirst and tlie terror of oes-
tace have beau added to. the fire hor-
Tlio- municipal, authorities, aided
Fecial troops, are doing -every -
ng in their power to relieve distress.
uor' at first unable to provide
n suttic-ient food. Av'atpr was il-
t unobtainable iu the stricken city
1 scores of thousands suffered for
nitre are all told about 50,000 ref--esin
Oakland, all that can be safely
ommodated. There are more than
'.W0 camping-.out in San, Francisco,
vins from square to square, and
tsis.in- oa whatever food can be
ajnpd through the kind services of
' Army and Navy, the-Department
Health and the police. I
ihe men who estimate. the losses put
Ju Djioni-y rlaniage-xit $3O0,u00,OO0.! So
re rida-ulous estimate ever has been
1 i
They take offhand the assessed
mitien of San Francisco, divide it
tiu-fe-fourths and then give the cold
" ps. The loss will go beyoLd tl,
.ttM).f)0(i utterly -ruin, more than 40.-
V families and destroy the honest
'nin-s o. year of hard work. s 4?
'k statisticians, who figure out the
s of $300,000,000 so nimbly do not
into consideration that the thbu
of modest storekeepers have
I everything on earth, including
r Hock and their trade. They fail
"mit in that more than 30.000
'Wf'hftldrs.nre homeless, having lost
"i-y liiiii ir iroui furniiure to'elothintc
1 .lost their employment also. Then
' Peat noor district .west of ihe
nilliillsj irivfii nlmnst nvPi fri rotri-j
F'e !osh-uction, has ' not'.beenvtakeu
iW'y mtf consideration. Every lit-
iore thei-p is iron. Mvirr hnnrrt.
1 -UJ
IPS
se is in luins. Only smoke and
'Low flip sftfs nf wliflt-mwft
ff f;l c1 r ies.J Several thousand wdrkf
"lieil had tlioh ik7n '-viaf rnrocf'1
" cici; iuius mcj
Sl'S.vjvl !,,'.. Sc. .-.n' vf 1,1 r.
.ls ;1o true or the great "business
n, t and of Nod Hill, where mill.'
OS
,!'? taken into account,the.;totaL
-I'p.'iiMng.-'and the- suffering
Jnust f,oi!oWv is veur' to appeaT
a very short .inn tc the Teat
ich
i:ri
art o
ti t' I'JnitPfV Stnfoc
AN
LAID
-Ju.000 ,r'fgs-are-tiwrreei
I ? tiv
- "v '- 't out of the city. IThe: streets Tcourse
-v,":u',:'iiig.with peoples someciTlnirf
) i!ig and callinsfor raissintf
0 1
(In... . "I""1 uuuuituo ui' uyustr
On. , .-. r"" , .'W 'W W 1 OVHIT'J ui.
winces or sarery. in
""";'v mn Avi in ropes are
trunks t an rip hi ttvlr. nt'haVa I
t
niaL'iiines j?rrinr.Pii Trv.
for
Apralri, women are "riisli-1
niis-carryruff on theii armg
, .....uj, ora mTa cage.j ;,x
nn:;s
syrcau every wnere on ,
;e,':Hl day
of the fife, borne bv
n'tt. iiiuu,, ( XfilV. QellVU.
' 1 -v west of Vani Ness avenue.
'"'Uain-j j the '.hompsfir.hi'ft
v-as tired at ti oVInrk n m ,
"il'ict -Was Knrm ciii'i-nnnrtod "1-Tr I
Aiayo;; Schruitz and Chief of
J'mau decided that the only
- - rJ". - .iftT VT
cope ;or saving the; westarn addition,
was to check, the-.. fire qtj Van Ness
avehtie.V This- avenne is 'tiinety feet
wide. jind itheiposstoilitycof checking
the marek of the flames there looked
nopefriJL Odersfiywerp given to con
centrate every fire-engine in the city
at thjs ayenuctonavhalrsoldiers, po
lice aridiall workers anfl make one
la.st stand.to saTCthe,femuider of the'
city,, j..' .,.. 'Vi
Ilrtge cannon were' ;di-frW n to the
aveuue to aid the dynamiters in blow
Jng,wp'fthe; imailsioiia .of the million
aires on , the east side of Van Ness
aveurle. Eyery'avajlable pinind of Vly-,
namitQ was, hauled to this ,polnt, and
the sight was' one Jof Stupendous and
APimlliog havQC,- as,, the -tfajinon 'were
trained on the palaces and. the shot
tore . into the,, wu Us,. and toppled the
bulldinpnncrushing ruins. At other
points dynamite was mednd, house
arter nouse. tne tiwemngs
iona ires were Hffed.into the
power jfithe blast, and; dropped
earth a mass of dust: and debris
; ; The steady , booming! of thit artillery
and the roar of the dynamite above
the howlJttnd cracking of the flames
continued. for hom-s. iwith monotonous
regularity! ' :. 1
uTbe work. of the fire fighters was not
-in vain.! Roaring across the blocks of
San Francisco's handsomest dwellings,
the fire reached Van Ness avenue and
. there . paused, airthe . Jast-4ief ensc tha t
could be made against it. The con
'fiagration which Comp eted the'detas
ktatici begun-1 by the earthquake had
"spent! its force, iafter .US ig waste fthe
entire business iart isf "4he city, the
.haent (districts. iOnffdnrfc of the city
is safe.- -The flames were' stopped at
Van -,xless':aremie and Octavia- street
on .the west. . .... ,i--wvMin" '
1 With'the fire-nnder ;ohtroi,the.chief'
concern .;was ..for the r homeless and
famishing,' estimated to number 300,
000 persons. . Two-thirds of this num
ber spent the night in Golden Gate
Park,' on the hills, and at the beaches',
under such tents as could be impro
vised. Oakland, Berkeley and Alame
da tried to take care of, thousands who
were able' to l ;t across the bay.
. The sufferings oZ tne houseless peo
ple were terrible. Both foM and water
wer7 lacking. At daybreak, however,
there was a water supply.' and army
rations, doctors, uursesvrnd tent& were,
hurried to the city, oy laiid and ..water,.
Three mctfn relief stations have been
orga nizetl - in- the city. -: " -"
The military' were coy:. elled to im
press! men ti bury lh? dead. Their
numberU-still unknown, f $
The insurance companies anpounped
that lojsses woukifbe - id tram&uateiy,
thus butHn"'iR lree8unitit tWdis
posal of realty owters,
But the people of San "Fraticisco
homeless and. famishing, -are gravely;;
facing! tbef calamity which has oyeH
taken cthera, and. practically swept out
of existence hol great city f ofjwhi
they were" so proud. There were no
evidences of weakness among the
crowds ot Stricken people moving baCK
reluctantly rrom each advance of .the
flames. I'eraarkablo uraveyy was ex
hibited by ;f men, wdmen nnd,,ch,U.dren
in face pf overwhelming 'disaster'-'"1 ;"
Toituie southwes- everytliingf is in
rniAs' for nearly three miles from the
bay. Every, building of, importance 1$
gone, save the '.nint hotel . theatres,
skyscrap rs every thii g.1,: To; the north.
Chinatown is a heap of ashes.
- There is. no business., quarter IL Is
gone. fTuere is no .ongcr a hotel dis
trict, a theatre, a laceVwhere night
beckoned "j to. pleasured 'iEveiTihltig
gone. il a part f he residence do
main of tne city rerar.ms..
With black ruin .iovering mom than
seven square miles In Its very' heart
the .itv now waits in a.stunor the liu-
evl tabled reign of starvati n-'hridTpest'l-
lenpethatmust cjo3'dJ.clos2.u..outlic
disaster. .
The-ajfithoj-itjcs tjrq dolngiU .iu their
power to .enive. the bodies "in order.
it is impossible to plcic out single In
cidents ,in this, composite-ructure-of
human woe and4 misery The suffer
ings and 'hardshipsof iiidlvitluals ap
pear faint and puny in the; great , sor
row that hast ovevtakerr the city of the
Golden Gate, The common woe Is so
great-that all details 'must shrink Into
the dark picture, which the city , pre-?
sents. - Loss of home, fortune." relatives
and friends' are -part of the 'corrunou,
lot Men who ' were Wealthy nve pan
pers to-das. Families who had occu
piedjeautlf ul homes Averej thankful for
the shelter lof. the opeiivair. i U
... Now-aud then you - recognise--some
luiiii) uicsm like a iiaixjT, ui i ij y 1
'ging a tnlsera ble woman; as a prosper
ousv business man or aaleek clerl
whom jro have known. 5Theycom6
Wingry,i iina Irilv; penniless,! falrly;beg?
glng jsomathlng to 'eat froin ; the public
kitchens which the soldi ets?"ha re t-np
In-: the streets, , Public ,hall?,the base
ments or cnurcues ; r na ,tne, .v squares
have been set anar for their use.
There are well authenticated stories
that people who-were, taken from their
homes, enfeebled and ill.aetuallr died
of thirst, rjpthers 'died of lack, of medi
cine;- - Amon g1 the ' f ti gitw-JTrmn - the
burned dist:JctjL:.c more ..thauji.dozejj
nea-sons who nave iroue insane, xnere
this Is-not nearly the worst.
'' There is a darkc" sidetooilAt; least
four mefilhave been shot-for looting.
There - ara no wharf rats in theworld
worst than those, which infest the aan
Francisco water: frontal nthe-fearly
afternoon ove Tor these-cat tie came
55taiTrering out of a wine house t)n
Own.' ctreet.Isi, arms filled with chant-
nflirn .ouLiitrs. uuu aneuu.v. uuil uuiuu
'with ' brandy which h- hadv; found Up
the - iwreckl The soldiersy stood him
against ipe uurinug umivusiauuMiu
nun' to aearn. i xuree oiuep,vcfe, suui
In the back on the" rnn. One man In
'Mnrkp'fc Rtrpef "who 'was found diffslng
In'the ruins ot a jewelryshop Awas diS-
- u,PtPfT ;hv n naval reserve man and
fired unnn three times. He fled, but
t7lo,' pauarl' a .maik-IuMWiltimriOWlI
. . .
by running a bayonet through mm.
A detachment of sailors from one of
the warships' assisted th-'firemen.' Offi-
cerM ,wi th drit wn pistol f orccd CitiziS1
to. takp'part in th Hght.' ''K very wan
wiioitentiirecl nat ;Was 'iniprd.-Tgft'tl tot
duty by Liieut.iVMcMillarf ofj tli reve
nue cutter Hear, ti This young offlcer had
a cool eyie-and a yickedlookiug pistoj.
and the way the men jutnped? wheal Uis
guh Svai pointed fwaa juterestiag.' , .
ltis roughly estimated that tbeFetV
era! .Government Iras lost ia. stores a pd
public buildings? nobJessj tlnui; $7,000,1-
wu in wati, Francisco, j na approxr
mately $000,00040 ne:irby : towns. ..vi
The.United States Jdlnt In San Fran-
iseo. dn which :is stored jRSOO.fKXtOoo,,!
In gplctand silver coin; and, bullion,! is 4
the only building left .standing within
space of, SQyerAl, squares.,;. Heroic
wort- by Supef Intendnt Leach, and his
assistants saved thp .buijding from. .de
struction. smi'!l.tu rw. .;J is; ;Vl
No
reach between $50,000,000 and 75,000,
tH.H).. .r , :; 5i, : ;t ... ,
. First, reports abouti'thc damage at
Stanford University, have been con;
firmed I A , d ispa tch , from 1 Pa 1q - A1 to'
1 says that only one of he inagninceot
nnaamagea.
Santa JRose.once t'one of the most
beautiful towns iu the syate',.sta to
taLwreck. . Ton. thousand nicu.wome'b
land children are huddled together, hi
'section of the city not reached "by the,
.flames: Their, homes have been de-'
.stroyed. iind ' ttpthing'remafp's, bnt... a
Wilderness " of "charretl timbers and
shattered walls." There were about 300
persons killed in the destruction ofthe
three hotels of Santa - Rosa. -. and not
fewer than 500 in the wholes town of
Santa Rosa The business section fol-
l.n.' I.Ji' '.-I....t c1
Rosa, "the Cfty of Roses," .is, the. home
Of "Wizard"" Burbank,iheT famous hor
ticuituralist ' ' r. ,'; ' I
! San Jose has gone tlie same war.
Sixty-fivq are reported' 'killed there. No
MUUU1US iUl Ull piUUUUUllCC .IS jjy1
Standing.; AtAgpcws Insane Asylnin;
just outside pf town.' 275 inrnal6s were
killed. -...The. 'others .aro'rbamlng 'about
the country.
At ssannas great-loss or lite is-re-
ported; the Spreckles - sugar factory
and a score of other abnlldlngs ' have
been destroyed. - -,n
, Napa, Ilollister. Valiejo.' Redwood;
Suisu n, Watsonylile. Monterey - Stock
toil Santo Cruz. Gilroy. Berkeley.. Cas
toville and fPaaro hajef aflj beii
Is reported:
t A. late diatchrfi-oni 'Brawieyv rn
iimall town von ' the 5 Sontrrerrt " Pacific.
imtles! south of Lo.sAngeics-.'reborts
the practicnt wpingfpntl,of th3vt place'
bjj the?earthquaKe' Every brick-build
ing in . the town V's demolished.' " -
VAST OKKW'ltELli
"'' .li'iM r ,n' i: -.-!
Wonderful National Response
to the Call From Desolated
mUi San Franciscoi ' ' 1
? New York: City. Pernaps- never In
the history of the wond has, there been
such a ? . spontaneous outpouring of
money for the purpose of. relieving tin
coiidition of (a strickti people as is be
ing made for suffering San Francisco.
The entire country is rallying to the
relief of the devastated city Congress
pa ssed a joint , resolutions ppropriating
$1,000,000 for. the benefit; of the sufier
ers, and President, Roosevelt signed it
before dark., The; money, was teut at
once. -. ; .. : , : ; r
The President, in behalf of the Na
tipnalted Cross Society, also issued a
proclamation to ..the country at large
urging'-immeiiiale relief.; In Albany,
N. Y., Governor Higgins issued a sinii
lajf r proclamation, as i did Mayor Mc-
CleJIan in New-York City.-
- tjontriourions came rrom tnose in
everj- walk in life. - Great vnniauuts
were sent direct to-the .authorities in
San Francisco by " great capitalists
Jbhu D. "Rockefeller Vent 100,000, An
drew Carnegie. telegraphed ?50,000and
JFoO.000 more, was sent;by Guggenheim
Sons. .. j ;sk. i
i
'The Southern . Pacific RjUlrpad
rushed, two special trainslof twenty-six
ears eacu rotsuu r ranciscu," cccn carry
ing ten 1 physicians, twepty trained;
nurses andiSOO.OOO pounds of provisions.-
: -ki't- . f'l O-' v.
? The Secretary .cf sti ial 'ordered,
Quantities' ottents, tampj sfoves and
provisions1 to be!purchas,eV"ind for
warded vto San :jrranciscci i to suth
near-by tcities .as may5 ' tx&ve becoto'e
places of refuge for the homeless ycifi
' zeiis ofs San Francisco and1, the- heigh
borhood4 . ! -X- & &
I From other, cities, Boston, Philade.1
phiar.'Pittsburg, Chicago and many oth
ersgcame idlspatches that told of simi
lar efforts there. 'Within, three daysii
flood of jnouey wilf ba on tne way to
.SanFrancis).:E;;ii:it ;-
i well dressed,1 businessll-ke looking"
man entered the Mayor's Office In New
York City and i handed " to "the) Mayor
twenty-flve $1000 -bills,' sold certificates
Mt .thcUnited Slates Treasnry, tor; the '
San Francisco lehef tund lie refused
nameJ fThf.. money wacr:.
tcepted and the'tniu; received a receipt
uiauc uuv vv -ii;.i rnviiu.vi. Aiuiuaiuij.
'This lis egarded as the largest; auony--paons;
coatribHrtionitqi aipublic; charity,
ever .-received in this coqntry ; - -1
lTaa ttal isf contribntions raised !1rf
tlie Htiei outside of New, York on the
I firstvidajr; subscriptions- vrere opened;
exceeded $1,500,000 The various towns
.of ''dassc.husetts twill' swell the $500,-
O00-pjed;ed by Boston to $i,uuo,t""V or
moreY?lt is. believed Vwhilfrn altJh
-cltie Gained I committees are at, .work
Mcirrg khefnhtls44 svtartcd.t''Ht-n
dred8ofj cities andtoVriifaVe raising
'money, ut ha;eAri9i.iadef reports tit ;
.the amoTintsi ""-jik'Al vsu;?i- - & a --;
..Tn m tin v the molAssat'Surri of S3
443,400 ade'eC,raisedfortiiei;
1-ifrarR!tsco surrerers, ana ruriuer wu-
tributions are expected which will add
materially to the total.
....'" '
now
Is
t mC'irti uiS!
ior-terL favorablv on l)il!s . to V.'1
Hie
:IaluBj of tlirltisun;tfUrettTuFstfo3ecs
lgast theiyiutodateflj iii ft&tO
t ,1; rt W eni sout f to (t het iVna te f the
J porbib ,o be Lieuteipini-GeiieriiUfuw
! . Alaska n .cablpjf inu telegraph toils
?aia tue qyerniuent ri4,oiKi jii Marcn,
t greats? atribtint than in any preceding
Th4 Wavy. Department has. been noti
ced thnt three warshipsf at " Shanghai
hare-the to Kobe. Janau. not beinz.
Qeedetf'tniCUinese, waters a , ,
irr tnitJtht'Ge montnss4s persons nave
resigned i fron'theNavy4 Tiepartfnent
ihdV naVyi, yards(Jor vrefpsed appoint
ments 'bectuse of the small salarypro-.'
dded Tor expert-workV JUpiiuu. I
",lX thetiq ;e5clusiveJyifor;?iQgi'0?s "is
he object, of a. .comoration. formed
Tier e, chartered under the laws'of Vir-
.'..1 i ..1 1.. 1 di a. i.
$iiiia. ,iu,vjpiiiu, Biuyiiisi iiauuhl
PIOO.000 aiidrihe building is, to, bayo a
ieatmg , capacity
6f 2000.
Preparations are making , for the
early, beglnniugoof. work on' the rail
roads, to be built .in ;. the IslancLofi
Panay, Negros and Cobuin the PJnhp
piues,. .concessions for "the ''constmcflon
of' wlfich 1 were recently, granted to . a
syndicate.. t . , v,
Ini 18i7. the value "-of mercbauuipc
shipped -.sfrbmi the United. States ;to
Porto Rico was less than $2,000,000; ;in
Uiw's Ji&himents" rjrtthef United States
increafod from 3,000,000 in, 1900 to ak
n . 1 13 ATX VWi ' i w ' 1 (Vl". , i Jtt-
Ma jor-Geueral W6od since assuming
command t qZ the . troops? in ,the.. .Philip
pines, hals tiad the troops constantly
Diigagedfc!in maneuyring and practice
m.wtliiimt TIM.,. AA.Aa'ntwl i.t, l.ntrn
mill vuJio-V 'iiHf .vuiucia uuu.uiru ua,vc
complMneil that they are,, worked, ex-
.AMnlMtlM t .. 4-1,., Mv.Mv tllm rtT-. 5 " : ?
1
1 -
i it iai i' :h i 1 1 ;
' Afthiarking a.5 f eet aboyp tile1 dan
ger aCilefujisiluaMiBSlssIppl
River is receding.
rtlslns?a blanket- for 4a rope, Jtey. B.
A. Bladiett hangeVl himself in a celrat
l. Bladet
fending aj
ilia w mro ln wn notninpn
ending an examination of;his sanity.
"Twoi daugh'ters'-of Wf if.1 Smith, a
fArrnerviiing.near Dutton, Oklahoma,
wer,initintIikUljed. by theyiiigirjr
ofTthA Ttf to a cyclohe cetlnr4 fa whfclr
0iex.i were taking; TefugWi Iv' v
".Responsibility for thedeaths.of twen-rj-two
i miners in the Para : explosioi)
has been placed on F.f tvti" Scar bord rind
Fred Dixoi,;whQ hay)oj4ndiqted;at
ChariestoutV. Va. , ?n;"
"Just back fro ni' his. compAnyV mines
In Walker Oiuhty.jL''a.; President Paul
J. Stith,; ot theStitlifeGoaLand. Iron
Company, at Birmingham, vkillcd'biin
self by-shooting lIS, il.tUiilsiai
' III heaitlvcausfeF.TH. Rouse
rector of Ascensip.;i'5piscopal Church,
at St.' Paul,- 31 inn;-'.Ho blow ottt his
brains: " i;i;i''nt1w!ui V(u;t
Mrs. Martin , Van' t..Hof 4wasf burned
to death , at Grand Rapids, Mich. and
lier insane husband is held'on a charge
that he set five to her,clothes. ,. ,;.?t
In a decision of the. Missouri Su
preme, Court "the Kansas1 City 'Live
Stock, Exchange is, declared a trust, in
validating; millions of dollarsworth of
mortgages. v -;"iU ;
.'- Jockey Chlb;kept "its! word-with the
pastors cf fNew York City and deprived,
poolrooms of the means of gaining in:
.Coal- operators continued,;. to hoard
their stipply of steam" sizes,' but scored'
the retailers for an advance in price.
John C. Rodgers, Jr:, an automobile
owner, and John Johnson, chauffeur;,
were indicted for manslaughter "in "run-,
'ning down and killing two aged women
in New Rochelle, N. Y.; ; .t: ..,
. Mine operators estimate that the first
five days of anthracite miners' strike
LOS I LUC UlfU 1,4 ,WA. f, ..J, J ; .- t.
The New York City Aqueduct Com-
mission riieu' a report suowing mar
since its creation. $55,307,711 had been
expended under its direction. .: ; .
I InNewi York :CityHhe Amount1 of
taxable persqrrai property Is $3,871,8CS
smaller ftba n last;, year, due ? to. ! thf
; swearing off ot taxes. ' "
A self-confessed, incendiary., Claconcc
Frank; blew off the top of his head at
Columbus i Gro ve t)ho, when .offlcej-itf
were about ito'-'arrest Wa? -'
; Suit was ;:filed In St! Inis against
theiWilbam H. ThonipsonyTrusVCpni:
pauyj in which , eitiiessee''''"railroad
property! vaJuedi ati3,0O0TOils Ini
volved. ' -.EaTs
iThe iiew "tar laws In iWest Virginia
whichnre j ijst,b ec.onrTgpet4tl vearjej
causing consternation among property
owpers, alt Taldesbelrry tretnetiddusI
I2The"Gov?rnnient wili 'elLa;.aiiction
Si.OO'O.OOO;; ftet ..of ;t SnibertiWaowy'
f Official confirmatlonbasteerr -given
of fiLto.lifitrlliiioffln ihterifation&l
IrsMt-H
i I t?!gf rjr" llui n America ri
siras 'lert'Mogoaar wiiiTjan forganizei
J pec!rtioutb exorjiiojatMtlai
4lo-ahta ins inl.he egjoir yt ; thVvG un
AlfiFritniis affor:rjht;stjv
, enezn ela; arsdivor ws. scattering.'
- . -1 - r. . .1.
? ut itpXA u esipt Lsix; ly v.n aasi w e s-ior
AeV)5fety of JrbTer lt'sJLe4de.r
,alted in tlie eipectcaacres fall-1
ug to occur.
r: .if 1 1 tidg nit
!y, a :bUxzard"oii the"Fkr theadl Indian
reservation iii,Montaria.'fc;0't
aw I .h-.xi?i:H t tf f
MESSAGEN-lNSURANCE
imm two. i . . .
Preside'nt .Roosevelt Urges Congress
? - to En act' a (Tenoral Law- , '
115
I"TrTTlnort Should He Blade-, to Prntnl
4V asmugtoWriK'C.Presrileut RtiosiV
Velt sent .to$Cocgrfsguc4$4geKilitl.
trig's to li Insurance. . legisladonu' a ccom-
ruary,.
The' text pf .the, -presidents ma'ssoge,
followsM 1, '' 4 ? ?vi
To the; . Scnntf i av.d II6iis"e o r Ropfp
4 sentatiyesi,jjiTit iol ?4fcrf;J'
ff7T herewith transmit ..the renjorturnd
recommendations; with' "adcompajiylng
papers ht v,the lnsnr'aice i coni4eatidai
.which toet in Februai-y last atChicaso.
be cpnve;iitionI4was : called becdnse pf
tlie extrifordinary 4iselosretf.-otlvrMg- L
;fnl'lnsurance.4 methods-. recently .mad
Dy tne, Armstrong legislative . commit.
J. Z 1 At. : n j A. . lit. .. '
iee oi 1ne.j5ra.re pi .jeWiWxorKj. iue su$
geStion that i,t shouldjje called coming
to me originally "'froiti-' Gb.fehior John
'A: 'Johnson of j .Minnesota, through
Commissioner of Insurance Thomas
JX. 'Rrienof 4hat 'State '
v "tne convention consisted. of ;abont
1001 liovernors, .AttorneyrGenerals and
.Commissioners, 'of Insnrance" of the
States' andTprrltoriesuof; tbo' Unton.
The; convention vras sceking.to jrccom-
plish uniformity of 'Insnnance gisla
tloiithroughppt ;4he4 Satfsaadi Terri
tories, and as a primesfen; toward this
purpose, decided to endea.xiof. to securf
the, enactment byrtb,e vConjgresSt.of .the
Unitedf States of A pi-Opet insurahce
code for. j the sDfstrIct.OfColurxibfa.-
which nilghtiF?rvo:,ag5 a ,model for the
several! States. v , ; 1 , w,,, ,
"Before a'ajburnihg 4 thef 'convention
appointed ;a;( jcpmmttjteei of? three: Attort
!ney-Genernlsf and twelyej Commission
ers of. Insurance"' off the 'tariotis'Stftref
to prepare-.ptr.Jaave pyesealted toth
Congress abili which .should .ernbodj
; t h,e-;f eatui-es-5 Suggested by ' the ;coo ven-
"tlo'u. -- I '.i-il4hJ ,siilit .5
3iTrheicmmitt.ee recently met ,ln .Chi
cago,' and Ifi'thoipngu ttnd paihstakina
asfiion sought JO prepare a.till whlcl
.should be lat .oncp, protective pfipolicj
j holders and' fair 'and'4 ' J trslMnstttfflnct;
c6mpanie.si and whifih swlpryerit"
the.cravr evils and . abfJlcMlthf J
1 1 -1 - - -:--. Lt. &--L- .tT. E-J&LJiLJ Jl
.jjiisiat'vs. nraflr rnesamysrinE'TOnqKrar
,any ild br fdraBtlei legfjtobbicr
would 001 moje harmful foata Jbneficial.
1 "Tire proposVdbiir"is4lscnssitir al
length, in kbQrpaipapyins.letter,i by
SupeTibterident ThomasE. Drake, , ot
thej Department 5bt i insarrance,$ln J ti
"District 'bfiCoIjaniblajl :tU q- 9t
"Lvety earnestly , hope tha t Jhe,, Cotv
gross atJthr'earliest opportunity'' win
enact thla bill into; lawVFith'sach
changes -nfe Its ,wisdom; may indicate
I h.vc. no e'xhpit familiarity ""with thf
business." but I hayelentiretnith. Jn! thf
right' judgment and single-minded nur
pose of the Insurance convention which
met at Chicago jinn 01 the committee m
ttliat convention which, formulated the
measure;.herpiri advocated v-i
"Wo are pot tope pardoned iC.we ftt
to take every step in our power to tpre
ve'nt the possiblHty Of the repetition of
sncii scandalsras;jhosethat;havei oc
eurfed in connection with the Insurance
business as disclosed by the Arnistrong
- Coinmitte.Pvr. dlU'i "il&t iSAJ -
' "'THEODORE ROOSEVELT,.
The White Hotrse."
1
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STOCK-TptANSFER TAX UPHELD
. . . "
Highest New YorkiVCourtj "Dcide
r.!Akalnst Wall Street Brokers. '"
wJUbany, N.'T. The, Court pf Appeals
decided that the stocktranfe-ta3
law passeAbyvtelastfleglslafpre'.Js
constitutional, sustaininsr the. cbnten
fv Epetflion '-ofSranttala Di$hiiV?.V.
...v,.iyfc Artnstvonr ltfiqnlnf
." .f- 1 . T,t-lt.-iV il i
paniea byithe report aiuLrceomuienda
ytjonSf Ot thy MusngeV !c6nvehllon,
Avh.i2Hw.ak5beldi -3Jeftlro7last l"eb-
A. TiMlIU ! 't . t
tlon.ofAtbrriey-Genet'alMnyerwho; .-'Ah.renergetJCv, young .matf llyinr: 'i4;p '
in order that the 'State miglit fidftill', . Jnst.fbutde'ot'N: YwjlsSV i HVM-''!
ately collect the taxamountipg to "l am at preseht'dbW all the, bopsei Z-h , V .,",:
000,000 ayear, tookthe law to. tb? york'i'of ' rr Jt:incarbiBjrtovry v "W a ' ;
courts, :fwithia,a weekj, Aftefj Iti "fat. vthlldreni "a! Vegetabferantl flower gar-;4f v ' ".J .
PdThe, decision' of JHie court .tig large numb-er "of fovf ISj1 bijf: ?M
lioldjng the constitutionality jof the latt v .."1'i. j i-tW A.vf4iu hnf ;-T -
Vas &uimoosall.Strfet IhteeitV managmj-n. ''itSt
-nto Expected' topay pp "the taxthey fiessMhrdpih the .malls and jmifS'X ' v
have.itbhew-nbd .riotitd carry 'tbi ffiyi-tegpla .ay?catln as a-irftfer toff r; JJj ' ;
fight, to the .Supreme ? Court of .ht "eevejatnewspap'ers and fngrfzjnes; de-' l-iy1
Dtiitk States. V VV.'rV?-- -- : V - etgning fawrk toth j -
Whe -tbe' Jif.-irnt' lhttf effeH jall the enefgy and ability o'o this Vto ! " m
the broketsIaiedtbJtt'-1 f0wetb : Grape-Nuts t&'&M' tl"?' lu' '
Jersey Citv Or PlrfIaelnhIaand eTMl4r -'cij.. UU'JLi 1 - ,
kUpoiiwiiTch:thV:StnB flnd,deranged my. stomach ndneVvef ) - -
,on each tOO shares, jha ve iacjreased.!rv jottiat--Ii.ctmld Bot'ass4Biil4aai- vv.- 1,
i!-:"';:T:i:v: r;:ifdajhi
llCOURt OUTLAWS CHILDREN. ..tt4ettt:WPF'JCO '.; 1
. -,ftf:,Bxi' ttma ,124! itaiiyAjhedtiir'lmVrff :.
f Divorces toid Where. One of the Par pppWwhfr48uld' s
--ties'isa Non-sident'""' ' -;if .evr wott!4 s tip&)iid'i, iUz:VJ.te3. 'Si ' '
tr . . tti-L. iiH'i?. ?, 3 i PPriotOithis. great grief I;hnd strf- 7irvj ; -MWsNngtPU,
D. C. Thousands ' ol . i.iv 'Vr -TLi-s':iJ 'iiy
.chi!dren,Wrfstamp:ea:aM1litWa 5 Jfrea r,rar j? wlm .Jmpatre -.;T -Jl
by a declsibnotthe: United States Sw ,HonJnsoranfa,'flg1)lzing i- .
irerhe- CodrrClTe principle ' estatv k8lomachpdjhijnv"thr(8delWti , :
5t?lied.Is thira Statecann6t grant'aidi- afTd -othef j anpel. derangements, all 1,.
-VorH whH .but on?, party to, the mar-; -(these', svere farniliarto .nayaaHTy Ife?;'a.'r !
triage is. a resident within Its jiirisdic - MedInc5iSaerme b3eH4fncihTii tL. .V. '
tiotiA: djvorce-imnst-be of snch j --ai'a.'nntif hfew.monUis-fagoUt .'iit'"
tcharacter to beV respected by,all ?frfc TfT'
:Cther Statefe The .decision was by v ,-f vtfoai andnb'dtienjtl ,
.vate-Of fiv to four-Justices Harlan. r.rapeiits i;Vlf-SS''i,1ii
raweji Brlwn and Holjfiesatins. ave up cofffeAentirlyj nnatonk&j Ikrf .
.U is estihiat?d that at .least 20,-OOt. .Posture Fo6d Coffee atall.my mfals,.
luldten arptntRetea ' Dttieiorflni6a51MTHlay r am free from an ;tiKtront-; 1. :- -yd
thvee 'are theffspngjiifs marriage?
Im'sed oii dlyprees. granted twhere, but
Sle of the Mtttes resfdedViir the State
''Jjsu'Uiirtlie ilfcree of '.setjaration: -
5f Thr'jfsa' Jiit'lssuelWas that of- John
XWwUidtioc't gainst Harrietj
'Jpam'etiiti' on appeal from.
s xjitv. una.
'?'ll I ''" i'"
lussla
Borrows Money,
TTf;A . i 1. . ,.l.AH..Ml(kTTNmI
nowo, and Russia 'succeeded in borrow
iug ..'450,000,000.
n
&4 A' ninlnmat-lnrlmH
iF'wonder how-JViseqjaa to" jfbavetr
" . . . ..
writteA,6o! many books that you can't
roAenibei!jt'nV mtmbertslghed a-pf et-""at","M
ty s girl, a youthful Jitecary; asplraqt.
arr.ef jtn?et4ng -JonnBttrronghsthe nat-'
. vraustat jihe pen-and-Bnjslk
ceptlon a-few days ago...-' ' ''2.
? thegray-bearfed"-$age l SraVsdi
!had'i33t remarked that ho courant al-i'-" ' v
.ways .remlrn'ber'hWman , i
'Jte?totbQ$ PWtiit&irl t ' k. J
.ft-I aadihihgVitH alidy Wcaffir.V !"t,fa ; - 1 7
.,an.4 . 'AjlKe; -I mad' tnatvremfriffcfe i - - '
spoke ,up,.sa.ying:i . j
.ljknow hVritten' s-'
Just tWrtehUioKl.have'theialalliirefld rtHfct i J
- ,n . t . , V. tk. . ,
wni write mvxr:
MH9
fefeaWftWanibee4oh t
uallyUtWtmcaV scarcely alizoHiOv? f&U.'C
many thefQ-are. Tbetei wil!hc ciourgs u
;enin'an wKen.,the ;xneoa rwich sl-,
am
Bu"t,-th'en;t 1 n-coftIniied. edmfolrtink1
show for lourw.labors.New.tYorkrv- f3 . -
sunis Him A Ja&p&vzi&t ilt .
dJ coWjhHlllled'JtWlce mi? a!
. . Miss AWrbert. had jnst, teturned, . 4
. on the "Maine coast. In: reconnting'ner
.experiences she talkf d Bomewhate for,
niace ."- 'siid'MWs'sJ Adelber.aa' the' 3
e'pt'wiMWnjgt'tiiat. is einsrythliisvj Vta
the-hadi.iW f3?ff,fn ,fi,- i
jt rOne.day l went to buy some soap, f,W :
andjustpn Ventu S Kt c . ,
cier if therjiadl'BnJyjUn& . . J
af:tneaJ second taeA" we"nt ';off , and A fi'' .
looked -under "tlie 6unSaMd m thd ;r 'V .
shelves. ! . . . .5 aii... -XkHn
Pre3enUyjcanel)) ?
'is,o, mmi-we,airvi;tgotripne.t we gov
! got Wtrkk batvfe atd'tgixt kblt'o'4?yi
plrotestV-IiS , " J
cJPffWIi I ldn t you. say varrilsh In . ; -
S&W; pkfcY6utb cmpanlOTK'---
Finnish cneft
Slsiatis' all over Russia are glad y . .-
ft' pmnlnv I Finnish servants, because" f,rwt ''v,
tbevt'nYertateaLandnnotaingiha t---! '
be lockld'-UP.;J remember llow once, t ; i
iwhenlji.went to tnelptafn of af--V.f V
.stamer'Wbich " was-carrylngi m :toi ubZ , v
-Stocknoim? poa .om. wueni
'lesranh' to Helsineforsfbr a
"---'' A . 't - t -
.: able
gold.bucklCI 'bacatwijfeia 4a oye-yf rJ -
he replied r "Thereis Inoioc . ,
telegraph- jwrltMto m&ipfrrj ' ! t .
t twi " , D.- , , --.iry
one ever steals in " nntahd.S Iwnpt 'iil 4t 4
as he directed- andlthebucklftfd! tow
iL.soon .arcer iuy arnvai. rivw wio.- .
r
'Meakin's
fa, Russia: W I 4 ... 1 0Xt4
1-
4. "
"f ,BishopMcCabe, of . theMethdoT?t
-Episcopal; Church, ina2publij! statef';
ment 'declared himself to be opposed i
to "labor un0uss'asif, istitntedj .;r.
of the.chtiriblJ.
' . -1' . . ". ' . .V '
i'A? PU5Y
Cmu Do the ITott
i--l liidil ;C:.t ..ZlUW.l'kSt&''i
4bles X havejeribrnerared? MyXdlgeitlon iZt::U& sj
ijfsimplyipsrfect, I assimilate my food. . .:r ..'..
4 , ithA ,hJ 1p-i t slrp's "'rfifoV- fi:'''?.. 'ti
restful, sleepld have'a' buoyant reel-
, , ,., ; ". . . , - .
MtehV
There s a reason. Keau tne nttie.DO0Jsr
'The Road to Wellville," lli:pkgs. A
I . mi!? or mpHKiire in mv vaneu iiui;s. au' i it irrrs ; .
. Grape-Nutsi'mtPdstum Cotree." .ame v
given by Fostumil-Jaaniewee tnuy 1 -
8 '" iHftk
v..
ni1rv
it
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tvalu- s: v .
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