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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-04
WILL NOT TAKE
PLACE OF STEEL
WELL KNOWN MEMBER OF
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL
ENGINEERS SAYS PROTECT
ED STEEL FRAME CON-
STRUCTloN is BEST
AND SAFEST.

New York, Nov. 3.-Buildings
should not be constructed of rein
forced concrete throughout Such is
the verdict of a well-known member
of the American Society of Civil En-
gineers who has just published a
book dealing with the San Francisco
fire. The writer made thorough in
yestigation of more than so buildings
in the burned district, and has come
to the conclusion that the protected
steel frame type of construction is
superior to all others In fre-resist-
ing qualities That there is great
doubt about the ability of reinforced
concrete buildings to withstand the
severe heat of confagration is
shown by the following paragraph in
the current issue of a leading ensi-
neering weekly:
An Engineering Mistake?
Are these buildings an engineer
ing mistake? Are the engineers and
architects and contractors who are
putting them up, building wisely and
safely for themselves and for the
owners; or may they look back some
day and be filled with sorrow and re-
greet because of the destruction of life
and property"
Light has just been thrown upon
the question by tests or reinforced
concrete columns recently conducted
in Chicago, and witnessed by many OF
the Chicago building department. The
tests were conducted with number
of columns made from concrete
mixed according to standard specif-
cations. Each of the columns was
subjected for three hours to a TEN
perature averaging 1900 deg. f. At
the end of that time, under load tests
it was found that the columns had
lost more than 70 per cent. of their
original strength.
Various lengths which had been
cut from the columns before they
were tested were then covered with
three inches of porous terra Gotta and
subjected to identically the same
heat and load tests. Upon examina
ton the columns were found to be in
perfect condition, not having lost any
of their original strength.
Concrete Not Fireproof.
These tests proved that unprotect
ed concrete columns are no more fire
proof than steel, and that if they are
to withstand fire they must be pro
tected with hollow tile in the same
way that the steel beams and girderS
in our big skyscrapers are now pro
/ tected
What will happen when fire attacks
buildings in which concrete columns
are left unprotected from heat is vel
to be seen. There is no such doubt
in regard to buildings of the protect
ed steel and hollow tile type.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-04
NEWS

Arrived Yesterday.
n, conway, Sr SIS. Prentice. 257s. Rio ia
Sailed Yesterday.
Iuseta, Br as for Hamburg.
VESSELS IN PORT.
Steamships
"a Asuncion de Larrinaga, BIZ Sc. Kramer,
s'gs: Rosario to Gulf Transit Co.
cnIsne endrecht Dutch IS. Hoekstra. 2oe2.
support to Cary & Co.
HeDedict, Br 50. Roberts, I75s. Kingston
to S. p. Shotter Co.
Grseia- Span So, Ruiz, 2ssS, Liverpool
Ha Msslsins q syed IS. schrisl 1929,
ioa' Aust IS: Hreglich. 2os3. New Or
iesns TO Gulf Transit Co.
=, krkstall. Br IS, Hinde, Colon to
Lewisham. Br SIS. Gavin. 17s5. Rio ia
metro to the VIM. s. Keyser Co.
Ships.
Avanti. Nor ship, Anderson, 1913, Lon
Ferreira, Port ship. Barros, sos, Lisbon
to master.
Canada, Br ship. Spur. 2237. Rio
Janeiro to Pitch Pine Lumber Co.
ngrid. Nor ship, Dannell. 1850. Ant
Lena. Ital ship. Tassara. 1881, London
to order.
Alfredo. Uruguayan blk, Maragas, ss7,
Montevideo to n. II. Thornton.
Aknild. Swed blk. svensen. 1882, Dur
Andrea, Nor bk. Quale, ia, Durham to
master.
Avon, Ital Blk. Avegno. 1477. Genoa to
master.
Campbell, Nor bk, Hausken, HOO.
Stavanger to Mex. Oerting g. Co.
Chacma, Nor blk, .Jorgensen. 557.
Fleetwood to oluer.
Hereford. Nor blk. Jensen. 1880. Rosario
Heimdal. Nor blk. Hensen, 1854, Hull
Humberto, Span. blk, I'LL. Battle. Ha-
vana to order.
Isabel Browne. Rus blk, Lindquist, 1881.
Hull to master.
Kink Oscar ii, Nor blk, Johnson, 752,
Rosario to A. Zelius.
Lila, Nor blk, AanoDsen, 1880, Santos
to order.
Luis. Uruguayan blk. Lopez, 700, Ha-
Maria. Ger Blk. French. 1922. Kings
Lynn to master.
Marina Madre, Ital blk, Simonstta,
1853, Genoa to order.
NsgpOre, Nor bk, ojerdsen. 112S. East
Noach VI, Swed blk, Burgfeldt, 1860.
Port Natal to order.
Olivari, ltal blk, Costa, Genoa to or
der.
Pallas, Nor blk, johnson, 1919, Ply
mouth, to A. Zelius.
Superb, Nor blk. Ulich, 1884, Antwerp
to A. Zeiius & Co.
sehooners.
|, Donna Christina, Am sch. Mcleod, IS5,
| Belize to master.
Domira. Br sch, Reddie. 2OO1, st. Lucie
| to master.
Freddie Heucken. Am sch. Bryant, ATS,
| Havana to master.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-04
Iron Beds.

Do you want to paint iron beds dell.
cate colors2 To make a delicate pink
get smallest size box Of brilliant red
and same of white. Add little red to
the white until the color suits. Add a
little varnish to give 1t luster: also lit
tie wood alcohol and turpentine to
make 1t dry quickly and hard For
delicate blue get brilliant blue and put
with white, and for green get your IA
vorite green and shade down with
white. For all this work get an extra
good two inch wide brush IA poor
brush makes a poor job. Clean 1t
with wood alcohol, turpentine or hot
water and soap after each job, and 1t
will last for years for your household
work You can paint woodwork In
room little darker shade and have It
quite coy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-04

why will people tolerate gilded or
silvered steam radiatorsf The modern
substitute for the hearth Is not beauti-
full ut best. but may be made inofen-
sIve by proper treatment When the
woodwork of the room is white give
the radiator a double coat Of white
paint. II the woodwork is natural tone
or stained In color let the radiator
match as nearly as possible.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-04
CREW NOTICE.

CREW NOTICE.
~ Neither the Captain, Owners
.SAN nor Consignees OF the Br IS
1SA Conway win be responsible for
A~ debts contracted BY the Crew
@s3zz1~ Of said vessel
w. c. PRENTIC.
PENSACOLA LUMBER CO. Master
Consignee.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-04
NOTICE

to water consumers residing
south of Garden, east of
Palafox street and south of
Government, west of Palafox
street:
The water supply will be
shut off about 2 o'clock to-
day for a short while. Please
be governed accordingly.
PENSACOLA WATER CO
\ $4,000 TO LOAN ON GOOD Sc
CURlTY. PENSACOLA INVEST
MENT CO.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-04
NOTICE

to water consumers residing
south of Garden, east of
Palafox street and south of
Government, west of Palafox
street:
The water supply will be
shut off about 2 o'clock to-
day for a short while. Please
be governed accordingly.
PENSACOLA WATER CO
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-04
]. P. WILLIAMS CO.
IN BRENT BUILDING

The ]. P. Williams Company has re.
moved its Offices to the new Brent
building and now occupies three
rooms, 376, 37S. $50 and 1892 People
having business with this company
are requested to note the change and
call at its new quarters.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-04

5000 TO LOAN ON GOOD Sc
.cURiTY. PENSACOLA INVEST
MEhT CO.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-04
Pensacola
Typewriter Exchange
PHONE 1869
3I3-3I5 Brent Building
The Storm

We now have all of Our
storm-beaten docks work
ing, and are prepared to dock
any vessel from 100 to 5000
tons on short notice. We
solicit estimates from cap
tains and owners of vessels
requiring docking and re-
pairs.
0LlINGER s. BRUCE
DRY DOCK COMPANY
MOBILE, ALA.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

In drawing moral lessons from the
calamity at San Francisco Rev. Viii
liam Chalmers Covert, d. D., pastor
of the Forty-hrst Street Presbyterian
church Chicago, said:
Men often set the stage for truth
in tragedy, but this time tragedy has
set her own stage. She never teaches
some little petty feeting thing
Things full of shock and horror make
way for Gods greatest truths. They
open the heart like plowshares open
the soil for seed Three things are up
permost in mems minds in the pres
.ence of this calamity. The first is the
natural cry of the human heart, born
out of a sense Of our human limi-
tations; the second is born out of our
Christian instinct and the practice of
Jesus; the third is born of hope in the
face of disaster. These things are
explanation, Interpretation and re-
generation. We always try for the
first, but rarely reach it. We get
near enough to the second to find
help to a better manhood and hints
for larger life We find in the third
the stay of our hearts as we fight
our way out of every calamity"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
A Majority Are Honest.

In one of McCutcheon's cartoons
ne makes one of his speakers say,
you only hear about the dishonest
ones in the magazines-they never
write up the honest ones. If they
did, the magazines would be full for
years. There's rothing sensational
about being honest" The lesson
which he teaches in this parable is
exceedingly timely and forceful If
one were to give up the feeling which
is sometimes encouraged by the read
ing of the papers of the present day
he would conclude that everybody is
a CRATER and a selfish thief. Nc
Cutcheon's words contain full SER
mon. The world is not half so bad
as pessimists would make it appeal.
Men are not half 50 selfish as they
are believed tobe by some. 1t is very
easy when one feels the difference
between him and some one else who
has been successful to ascribe the
others success to wicked motives and
wicked acts. The men who are hon.
est in public service are far in excess
of the dishonest, and are more power
full in the worlds movements-Elk-
hart Review
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
A Great Year in Politics.

Those who are calling 1906 an of
year III politics forget that it will not
only elect $50 members oI the popular
branch of congress and legislatures
which will choose more than dozen
Unitei States senators, but that it
will elect more than two dozen COVER
nors. In most of the twenty-eight
states which choose governors this
v. IT other state officers and. members
"a he legislature will be elected,
srhile i'll some states which do not
choose governors there will be, as
in Missouri, canvasses for minor state
officers. Most of the important states
choose governors or minor officers,
or both, in 1906, and as they accom-
pany congressional canvass, great
deal OF interest will naturally be
aroused in them, and large vote is
certain to be polled. Necessarily, ma
tional issues will be at the front in
nearly all the state canvasses. Mem
bers of Congress and state officers be-
ing chosen at the same time will, in
nearly all cases, be elected on the
same questions.
Manifestedly, the Republican ma
chimes setbacks in Ohio and Penn
sylvania in the state elections of 1905
will give new element of interest
to the canvasses in all the states in
1906. John NJ Pattison, Democrat,
carried Ohio for governor last year
by lead of $4,000, while William
p Berry, fcmocrat, for state treasur
er, won in Pennsylvania by margin
of $4,000. Technically, these were
Democratic victories Actually, they
were triumphs of the Republicans ane
the Democrats over the corrupt and
arrogant oligarchy which, for the mo
ment. controlled the machinery of the
Republican party. AS, however,
twelve months before those setback
for the Republican machine, Roose
welt carried Ohio by 255,ooo and
Pennsylvania by 505,o00, the overturr
of 1905 necessarily attracted national
attention. Necessarily, too, it will
excite some uncertainty in states like
New York, which used to be doubt
full in the past, and in states in which
the Republican margin has been small
on the scale of the ample Repabli-
can majorities of recent years. Ohio's
and Pennsylvania's instructions
against the Republican machine in
1905 are a powerful warning to the
Republicans to put up clean and pop
ular men for state Offices in all the
northern and western states in 1906.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
INDIANA COURT RECORDS.
During Past Year 42,074 Persons
Were Convicted of Crime.

In the year 1905 there were 42,
074 convictions iii Indiana for crimes
OF all kinds, as shown by the statistics
on crime in the state prepared by
State Statistican Joseph w. Stubs.
These statistics show many interest
ing facts. Among other things it is
shown that there are in the state IS
city courts and 1920 justices of the
peace and that 331 justices report that
they had no criminal cases on their
dockets during 1905.
The crime of drunkenness for
which there were 14,40o arrests and
13,10l convictions, led the list in In
diana so far as numbers are concern
ed Next comes assault and battery.
with 9,763 arrests and SILT convic-
tions and the third is larceny with 81
$50 arrests and 2,749 convictions. Dur
ing 1905 there were 53,547 arrests
and 42,O74 convictions for crimes in
Indiana.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
How to Grade Seed Corn.

After the seeu corn has been care
fully selected as 10 type OF ear and
character OF kernel ana properly test
ed as TO germlnatIng power, 1t should
be shelled and graded, with special
attention to securing uniformity IN
Sze and shape of kernel, IN order
that the planter may be readily ad-
Justed to uniformly drop the required
number of kernels.
If the shelling and grading are to
be done by hand, as is generally the
case on the farm, the small round
kernels at the tips OF the ears and the
large egular-shaped kernels at the
butts should first be removed and dis
carded. After this is done, or while
1t is being done, the ears should be
divided into two lots according to
length of kernels. Then each lot
should be shelled into a separate YES
sci, an ear at time. Each ear as it
is shelled should be carefully exam
med for faulty kernels which may
have escaped notice up to this time.
70 facilitate this, the ear should be
shelled into vessel by itself, or onto
a screen or board SO that a careful
examination may be made and faulty
kernels removed before the corn is
ptlt in with the bulk of good corn
already shelled. This is very impor-
tant. and it must be remembered that
every bad kernel which goes in with
the seed TO be planted will mean an
ear less in the crop next tall.
After the seed corn is all shelled,
the proper pair of planter plates must
be selected TO plant each of the two
lots To do this dropping test with
the planter in operation must be
made, trying in different pairs of
plates, until the pair is found which
will drop the desired number of ker-
nels at least ninety-five times in one
hundred drops. For making the drop
ping test set the planter up on blocks
or on frame of some kind. raising
it :, foot or more above the floor,
with the wheels free Attach handle
to the driving wheel for operating the
If you have no attachment
for automatic dropping while the
wheel is being turned, the dropper
must be operated by hand
Operate the planter with a sample
of each lot of corn to be planted, us
ing different pairs of plates until a
satisfactory pair is found for each lot
of seed. Catch the kernels at each
drop separately, and record the num-
Der until 100 drops have been made.
The desired number OF kernels at the
proper intervals, whether hilling or
drilling should be dropped ninety-hve
times out of one Observation-Disclosures
Purdue Experiment Station.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
Free Relief Work by Railroads.

In helping to relieve the suffering
in San Francisco the railroads OF the
country are performing free of cost
a service which would have COM
mercial value Of at least $3,450, 600.
1t is estimated, for example, that the
relief work will cost the railroads
which are in the system controlled
by f. H. Hartman at least $4,000
daily for the next thirty days. This
would make total of $2,250,000.
This sum, however, includes the cost
70 the railroads which deliver traffic
TO the Union Pacific at Omaha, in
GLIDING the Northwestern, the St.
Paul, the Great Western, the Illinois
Central and the Rock Island
The estimate for the Sante Fe,
which has its own lines from Chicago
to San Francisco, is at least $4,000
daily, including the lines which turn
over to it at Chicago. The contri-
button of the Gould system, together
with the lines which deliver traffic
to it, is estimated tc be $4,000 daily.
Accordingly, it is said the railroads
are performing free of cost service
daily which has commercial value
of at least $4,000 and this service
will continue for at least thirty days.
To transport train of provisions
from Chicago to San Francisco on a
passenger train schedule would cost
shipper between $4,000 and $1,000.
If the cars were loaded each with
10000 pounds of provisions at a rate
Of 81 25 per 100 pounds, it would cost
$500 per car or $4,000, for twenty
car train The enormous amount of
equipment which will be required to
handle this traffic must be taken out
of other service.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

The recent decision OF the United
States Supreme court on the divorce
question has reused special interest
out in Oklahoma, which, until two or
three years ago, had ninety-day di-
vorce law. That is, any person who
could prove residence in the Ter
ritory of three months was entitled
TO hearing in the courts cn applica-
cation for divorce. Men and women
from all parts OF the country took
advantage of this law and the esti-
mate is made that not less than o.
900 such DEGREES were issued and
are now, of course. rendered void
by the Supreme Courts ruling. One
notable case was that of now de-
ceased Millionaire resident of Wash
ington. After his divorce he returned
to Washington and remarked Since
his death his property has been in
litigation, both wives laying claim to
it, but the late decision will probab-
ly cause speedy settlement in favor
of the first wife. No statistical re-
turns have yet come from South Da-
kota, but as this was the favorite re-
sorting for members of the New York
Four Hundred who suffered matri-
monial unhapriness, many interest
ing complications, both in family and
financial affairs. are likely to result
from the divorces secured there and
from the subsequent marriages. As
yet, it does not appear that the bear
ing of the new ruling has been COM
pretended by the persons whom it
directly affects. At least no dispo-
sition is shown by men and women
, illegally divorced and consequently
, illegally remarked to separate from
their present spouses. But the fact
remains that divorce obtained in a
State of which the other party con-
cerned was not resident is binding
only in that State and not elsewhere.
Indianapolis Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

The following telegram to E. H.
Mccormick, assistant traffic director
of the Southern Pacific railway. from
J. c. Stubs, traffic director, who is
in San Francisco, was sent Monday:
Please ask the press generally
to advise all people not to try to
reach San Francisco. Outsiders not
allowed to land there They would
only add to the congestion Of the cit
les around the bay and it would be
impossible for them to locate any
one. All the people are well taken
care of and there will be no trouble
i the supplies are kept coming"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
Next Legislature Strenuous.

If majority OF the measures which
have already been proposed are taken
up, the next session of the Indiana
legislature will be decidedly strenu-
Gus. Enough laws affecting so-called
special interests" have thus far been
suggested to make very busy time
among the legislators certain. The
large amount of legislation which has
been proposed also brings up the
question of how effective the interests
in question may be when they try to
prevent the suggested laws being
passed. The outlook at present indi-
Gates that the next session will have
a chance to make record.-South
Bend Tribune
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26
Nc yamine in San francisco.

The cemmittee having in charge
the relief Of the hungry reports that
every homeless man, woman and
child in San Francisco is being cared
for and that there is no suffering on
the score of either food or drink with
in the city.
Within few hours an ample sup
ply of milk will be assured. The
trouble in this regard has been thu
lack OF cans. The milk that wa,,
first brought into the city came 4 4
cans and these receptacles W -e not
promptly returned AS result the
dairymen had nothing in which to
carry liquid and the supply ran short
On learning this the committee in
charge secured large number of We
hicles and thoroughly secured the
city, picking up all the cans. At the
Gairies chimneys were inspected and
repaired so that the cans could be
washed and ss>rilized and there will
be no further difficulty on this score.
The committee is establishing new
relief stations wherever there is need
for them and in addition to the work
being done officially is the work done
at many points on the outskirts by
individuals or Independents org.niza-
tions Some of these are working in
connection with the committee and
some are not, but all are working to
one end, and that end, the relief of
the needy, is being accomplished mag
nifcently.
Cars and steamers laden TO their
capacity with food and medical sup
plies are pouring into the city from
every point along the coast and
throughout the state, and as this sup
ply has been assured as a permanen-
cy there is not the slightest fear OF
any lack of food or rink
The relief committee is issuing or
ders on dealers and on supply stations
and within a day or two at the out
side the work will be thoroughly or
ganized and ample funds will be or
hand with which to honor all such
orders that have been presented and
filed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-26

The emergency form of municipal
government that was given to the
city of Galveston after it had been al
most been wiped out by tidal wave
few years ago, and has been retain
ed ever since, because of its economy
and efficiency, is being called for by
other Texas cities that suffered from
misgovernment of the ordinary weak
ness and extravaganza This Govern
ment consists of FIVE commissioners
appointed by the Governor. Calves
ton was in sore distress, it had de-
faulted in paying interest on its
bonds, it had large floating debt,
there were vast restorations and i'm
provements immediately necessary.
1t has been lifted out of the hole, the
pressing debts have been paid, great
work has been accomplished, efficien-
cy has been breathed into every de
pertinent and the citizens want no
return to the old system. The city
OF Huston has had the same kind of
government for year and is delight
ed with its achievements. Dallas.
San Antonio and Fl. Worth are all
agitating for it. The Dallas News
predicts that "it will be only few
yesrs before every city will be con-
trolled by such government"