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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-17
Uncle Sans Big Lumber

Few people realize what our lumber in
dustry means. Uncle Sam gets more out
OF his woods to-day than any other lcouns
try We are producing almost one-half
.ofSall the forest products. turned out upon
earth: The annual output OF the world
Is about 81 300, 900, 900, and OF this $780,
900. coo comes from. the United States.
Next to US stands Russia. which. when
not numbered with revolutions. sells one-
third as much ne we d !; then comes AUS
trn. which produces about one-sixth as
much, and France, which produces about
EIGHTH. Norway and Sweden rank
about even with France. Australia Is
getting about s25,0o0,o0O a year out Of its
woods, and Great Britain about SO. 900. ooft
The most OF our lumber Is used at
home. and more and more OF the home
product Is coming from this part OF the
world. "A half-century ngo tho CHER.
source OF supply was New England, then
the Great Lakes regions were opened up.
and until 1890 they had the lend. In 1850
we were getting one-sixth OF our lum-
Der from the South, but the war para
slyzcd that industry. and it did not pick
Up again until along in the eisntiee.
! Now about one-fourtll5of all our build I.
ing wood comes from tho Southern States.
The Pacific coast did little inythis respect
before 1850. and these vast lumber re-
gions OF the Northwest were not exploited
ut all for years after that. Their active
|5life began when James J. Hill showed
that he could carry shingles and boards
across the continent on the Great
Northern Railroad and sell them at n
profit in the East. From that time to
this that road has been getting big re-
ceipts from lis timber treights. and it is
one OF tiie<chief timber transporters OF
this country to-day. On my way here
passed train-load after train-load OF
lumber going East. ! counted forty cars
on a single train. and was told that 1t
contained altogether 10000 feet. It was
made up OF boards, shingles alters and,
lathing. and it&.as on Its way across the
+ Rockies to the lumber merchants Of the
mississippi Valley. That train-load had
enough lumber on It to make a. board:
walk a foot wide eighty miles long. It
had been loaded in the. Flathead Valley
In Montana, which Is now cutting about
100. 000. 900 feet OF lumber a year.
Wood vs.. Steel.
Many people think that the age OF
wood is passing away and that from
now on steel and iron are to take its
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-17
Wood VS.. Steel

Many people think that the age OF
wood is passing away and that from
now on steel and iron are to take its
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-17
UNCLE SANS. BIG LUMBER BUSINESS IN

What Washington is doing every yert
ana what she can continue to tlo,for rnord
] than hundred years to come.
The great timber range here west OF tho
Cascade covers more than 10000 acres
II is big enough to make ten States tho
size of Delaware, and Is said TO be abot,t
the most densely wooded portion of the
globe. IT Is now filled With lumber
camps like this whore am writing, and
where everything Is carried on on vast
scale. The cainps themsclvcsA ns i shall
describe farther on. are different from
those OF the East, and the milling estab-
llshments where the timber: is cut into
lumber for export ave, equipped with
band and gang saws and nll labor-saying
appliances. q Tho best OF them stand upon.
waterway from there to Panama, Chinn,
Japan Australia, and, III fact, to all
,parts OF the globe. in itG3A
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10
FIRE AT BOSTON.
Loss OF Nearly 4foo,oco. With Whole
City Department Called.

Boston. Jan. 9.-Fire in one of a
group OF FIVE siX-story brick ware
house, owned by the Factory Buildings
Trust at tic corner Of WormWood and
a streets, South Boston. caused 4 loss
OF between $1,000 and 100000 Tuesday
The fire started from spontaneous COM
bustIon in q bale of wool which was be
Ing unpucl,cd and sorted Icy employees
of the Railway Supply and Manufac-
turing Co. on the third floor and al
tnou5H efforts were made promptly 10
put out the fire with buckets Of water
the employees were driven out and FIVE
alarms, including ou4 on the automatic
circuit We're given.
These signals called practically all Of
the fire apparatus i'll the center OF the
cts 10 the scrl,e. including Z fire boat
ana tho force was sufficient to CnnIln"
TIE flames to the building in which thcy
originated although several times near
by property. especially other structures
of tne Factory buildings Trust were i'll
danger. Low water pressure and fr"eZ-
ing Weather hampered thc iremcn.
The principal loser is the Railway
Supply ana Manufacturing Co which
occupied practically all the buildings
and which had on hand 1000 bales Of cot
tom and Wool waste ana Sh"ddy. Their
loss is placed at about Sa0.001. JOSEPH!
Jcsr,h Il i:rother, dealers III iron and
stctl supplies. ana Proctor Ellison,
leather dealer. also sustained damage.
1t is estimated that the loss on the
building will b" between $4,000 and
SO 600 With considerable Insurance.
After the fire was partly under con-
trul il was found that the Hallctt &
Davis Piano CO.. which occupies Il Soc
tion of the warehouses beyond 4 pro-
trcting wall from the building whore
the fire was. had sustained heavy dam
age by water which had run down
through tn skyliShts from the roofs.
The piano company had much valua-
bic wood as well us considerable fin
iShed work in its shops including 1000
sounding hoard.; ana Il number Of eases
winch We're being vanished. ii is esti-
mattel that the loss of this company
might reach 900, i'll which ease the
total loss from the lire would amount
to about $l00oGn.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10
READY FOR TRIAL.
Pres. Hill Anxious for Re-
bate Case Settlement.
Also Declares in Favor Of
Reciprocity With Canada
TO S!Gn The Exodus Of Our People,
Business and Capital.

Chicago. Jan. 9.-President James j.
Hill of the Great Northern was in Chi
cago ANA held extended conferences
with the Officials of the Chicago. Bur-
lirrton & Quincy Railroad. Concern
ing the recent Indictment of officials
OF the Burlington Road with charges
OF granting rebates. Mr.. Hill declared
that he would he glad TO have the
matter brought to trial as speedily as
possible
lie declared that he was III favor of
reciprocity with Canada in order to
stop the exodus OF American settlers.
manufacturers ANA capital TO the Eng
l;'h province.
"!,cl@w the EQUATOR" declared Mr.
Till. there is but 3 per cent. of the
wcrid's population. Above il the bal
ance Of the people. oar trade with
NJ. Xico and South America is trivial
but our trade with Canada is $780,
e50.000 4 year and it should be taken
care of. Ii is not growing as it should
ana We are not only losing trade but
We are losing capital ana citizens as
well. American capital finds it cheap
~ to export from Canada than it does
from this country under existing
!:itiS
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10
GOV. UTTER lNAuGURATED.
Recommendations il Address Of Rhode
Islands Chief Executive.

Providence. K. l.. Jan. 9.-Consider-
able interest was manifested at the
state house by the members of the
State General Assembly in the con-
t"nts Of the annual message of GOV.
George II. Utter which was COM
munic;ittd 10 them today. The pre-
scntation Of the message to the state
Senate toCk place soon after the con-
vtning of that body at II o'clock and
after its reading; by Clerk David J.
White. il WAS communicated to the
House Of Representatives where Read
iii+c Clerk Raymond q. Mowry read the
document. Th" message is usually de-
iiv'r"d on the first day of the session.
hut Investigation of certain matters
contained i'll it by Governor Utter
neccSsitated noStponement of its
presentation to the General Assembly.
Among ii" more important recon-
m"ndatiuaS contained in the MESA 60
are tn" ho%toWal OF the veto poWer m
oi In" governor; the calling of n con-
Siltutinnil convention to revise the
state constitution in certain particu-
i*rS; the selection of a state bank
commissioner, and that the LerisIa-
tufc should proceed in a careful man
ner IN any insurance legislation which
they might feel called upon 10 enact
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10
seth CONGRESS.
CONTINUED from Page One.)

When GilIett asserted that in his opin-
ion the tariff on hides was of no benefit
to the farmer Gardner, n. j., interrupt
ed TO state that he was farmer and dur
ing the past four years he had received
something like $50 more for hide than
previous to that time. and he believed this
was the benefit of the tariff.
GiIlett admitted frankly that h" should
follow the action of the Republican ma
ioritv in the House on the tariff. He per-
sonaIly favored free trade with Canada
He should like to see Canada part of
the United States. but he believed it now
too late because of the great national
spirit that had grown up there. Ihdt
cordiality might be developed in that di-
rection he favored Canadian reciprocity.
Opposition was made to the Dill ny cas-
sell. Pa, because of the tobacco interests
of his district.
Henry, CT, made a brief argument
against the bill as inimical to the tobacco
interests of his district.
The debate for the day was closed by
Goulden, n. Y He reviewed the c!rcum-
stances of the Carnegie and SchWab for
tunes, built up, he said, because or pro-
lection. In 1875 while a resident of Pitts
burg he rented desk room at SO month
to Mr.. Schwab. While he believed jus
tice should be done to the Filipinos he
was opposed to neglecting the needs OF
American citizens at home.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10
THE VETERAN FIREMEN
Of New England Will Give Big Prizes
at Next Annual Muster.

Boston, Jan. 9.-The annual meet
ing of the New England League of
Veteran Ffremen was held tonight in
this city. and in addition to the elcc-
ton of officers the league voted to hold
the May meeting with the Providence
veterans in Providence. when the APP
plication for holding the annual mus
ter in that city in August will be con-
sidered. At the same meeting the
league will vote on the question of
raising the prize money from $500 to
$500. The election of officers resulted
as follows:
President. John II. Barber. Central
Falls r. l.: vice presidents, Chief John
II. Randall of Portsmouth. n. H.; Will
liam f. Mayberry of East Braintree,
Charles H. Ray of Portsmouth. n. H:
Former Chief Ii. X. Eaton. Hartford,
md Samuel l.. Carpenter of Provi
,lence; secretary and actuary of the
benefit fund. William II. Hathaway of
Hyde Park: treasurer James II.
Walker of Lowell.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10

F. j. Heino. superintendent Of the Clcvc-
land office of a detective agency Of CIcve-
land. gave out the information Tuesday
night that William Duke & CO.. tho
Cleveland brokers, had settled with Al
len. Arnold * Co. Of Boston for the Nor
folk & Western Railroad stock certificate
discovered in New York Saturday to br
u forgery, paving $l.ho, tie valu" "i IL,
20 shares ut til" present market price ~
Sc. Mr.. iIrinc said that DUKc g: Co. were
innocent victims of as clever Il gang "i
swinllCrS as ever operated in this coun-
try.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10
R|SkED HIS LIFE
To Save Lives Of 500
Pupils in. His Building
Brave Deed Of SchooI|loHse
Janitor in Fall River.
Pulled Two Roaring Fires After Boilers
Exhaust Pipe Had BaIsisd.

Fall River, Mass. Jan. 9.-The heroic
action today OF Mark Harrington. jani-
tor Of the y. Il. Aldrich schooihouse,
averted what might have been Il horri-
bic accident. Tile exhaust pipe leading
from the aui!ers ard which carries
away the saIc~iiuous steam from the
boilers. burst during the morning scs-
sion. The boilers are in the basement
OF the school and in the eight rooms
owe, heated We're seated 800 pupils busi-
" engaged in their studies.
There We're two roaring fires under
the Boilers and when the exhaust pipe
burs; the water ran out Of the boilers
faster than it could be supplied to the
boilers bJ the feed pipe a dense guam
tiiy OF boiling steam quickly filled the
basement and both boilers were in
danger of blowing up.
Despite the danger in which he was
placed, Janitor Harrington stuck TO
hi; post and refused to leave he base
ment except for a moment to notify
the principal of the school of the ac-
cident and the attendant danger of the
explosion.
The rooms had become filled with
htiuiItS VI DlticE StllOkt Nilltl Idu
made its passage from the boilers and
through the pipes into the room threw
ing the pupils into q panic The teach
er:s remained cool, however. and
marched the scholars cut OF the build
ing and into the yard in orderly col
umns.
In the meantime Janitor Harrington,
surrounded by clouds OF steam, rakcd
the red hot Goals from beneath tie
boilers and allowed the boilers to grad
uilly cCol.
Although tn" boiler room was cloud
ed with steam the janitor escaped un-
Inquired.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The decision of the full court at
Victoria. Il. c., Tuesday was given un-
animously against Edna Wallace Hop
per in the Hopper DunSmuir will case.
Fire Monday night destroyed the
dwelling and barn OF Ernest Washburn.
4 Caribou farmer. Three horses. seven
cows, several hundred bushels; of pota-
toes and 4 large amount Of hay were
consumed. The loss is estimated at
$4,000; partially covered by insurance
y new mill corporation called the
PaWtuckct Valley Textile co. has been
formed at Providence. X. l.. with II
capital stock of $4,000 for the pur-
pose Of engaging III the weaving Of
silk fabrics. The new company will
operate the Pike planning mill at Riv-
ersidc.
Ii IS stated in Wcll-informed quarters
at Paris though it has not yet been Of
! tically announced. that the negotiations
between NJ. kokovsof. the former Rus
sian minister OF finance, and the French
bankers have resulted in the latter
a.re, ing to advance to the Russian
government $50GO0,0G0 at 51a per cent.
| interest plus . per cent. commission.
! DR.. Robert W. :sttger. who was found
Monday night unconscious in his room
at the Audubon Hotel. New York. died
Tuesday at Bellevue hospital. He
drank a mixture of chloroform and
morphine. The reason he gave for self
destruction was that he had had fire.
quent attacks of homcidal mania and
that he feared iii the end he would kill
someone.
a wireless message was received at
80 Tuesday evening At Newport, l..
J.. from san Juan. p. r. repeating Il
mesSaS" from III" United States steam
ship Glacier reporting the progress of
the drydock Dewey. which is on the
way to the Philippines At this re-
port the Dewey was in latitude 34.40
and longitude GALS. going east at a
speed of three knots an hour The
weather was fine.
James w. Alexander and James II.
Hyde, until recently president and vice
president respectively OF the Equitable
Lie Assurance Society. We're Friday
cropped from the board OF directors Of
tie Franklin National Bank Of Phila-
deIrhia. Ii. c. Fricl and Paul D. GRAY
/ attn We're elected to fill the two vacan-
4 cl"S. Hyde and Alexander represented
III the Franklin directorate the large
stock interest which the Equitable held
in this bank
Hydrophobia resulting from the bite of
tn" pet dog six weeks ago caused the
death of Miss Julia Curtin Tuesday al the
home of her parents in Philadelphia. Miss
Curtin was p years OF age. When all
hope was gone ard when She ana her
family knew that death could not be far
off, she bade them farewell in one OF her
hCId moments and WIS locked in tn,
room with foHr physicians To ir"~t h,l.
teriifi" eld. h'y"ai th, ~ nf ...i st.; ~
tiv's, vii" could not bear Ia i,.,.. upon
her suffering.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10
ORDER OF COURT
Continued from Page One.)

with the power Of the great stat" Of Mis-
souri, at your back, should want the tos-
tinony of anyone other than the band of
conspirators ut % Broadway and their
lirclings to prove any case in winch tn"
name Standard Oil appears"
In conclusion. Mr.. Lawson tenders
much advice to The attorney = neral OF
Missouri.
IF YOU, in whose honesty ard courage
the American people have confidence, he
adds will say frankly and in simple Ian
CuaGe to the American people: MY
great state has found it Impossible. a.
ter cXhau:;tinG all the remedies Of AL IN.
laws Of the land. to conInci Standard GA
to do those things which all "thc" Am' =
leans are compelled to 10. MY word tni
it, the American people vii! q" the r-~i
and in record time.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10
UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE
OF Belgian Official at New York
Searched BY Customs Inspectors.

New York, Jan. 9.-In n hunt for
smuggled diamonds on the steamer
Naderland today customs inspectors
cut open and examined the interiors
of several kinds of eatab!es. No dia-
monds We're found. Charles Roemaet,
chancellor OF the Belgian consulate at
New York. who arrived on the steam
or, was among those whose effects
were searched a cake found in his
trunk was sliced into strips but the
inspectors unearthed nothing except
raisins. Several pieces of candy and
some oranges We're then cut open.
Finally the inspectors interested
themselves in small compact look
ing roll of paper and at their request
Mr.. RCe.naet opened it. The contents
proved to be his credentials from his
government to this country.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10
PRELIMINARY SKjRMIsHEs
Between Counsel in Gaynor-
Case az Savannah.

savannah, Ga. Jan. 9.-The first day
OF the Greene and Gaynor case in the
United States court for tho Southor,
district OF Georgia was consumed in
preliminary skirmishes between cor,-
SCI with the issue upon the conten, ion
ADVANCED SUI undecided when adjourn
meht uhtii tomorrow morning was talk
On. IL IS possible that it may be some
u'!S pei"re the point of drawing the
JarE ior the actual trial is reached. as
tnrfe are number of pleas in abutt-
ment and demurrers to the bills, of in
c4''l'''h' YET to be presented to the
court and argued.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10

under the able management of Mrs
Eta Gordon has become an exceeding
~ popular hostelry and although q
large number have secured permanent
quarters within its hospitable walls
ana traEsients are continually coming
and going, there still remain few
rooms which can be secured at reason
able rates. A convenient location. ex-
cellent furnishings. service and tables
and home-like atmosphere make this
motel a very attractive place.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10
II MISSING
IN the Landslide Disaster
at HaveTstraw, n. Y.
Thirteen Houses Topp|ed Over
Into the Deep Pit.


Hayerstraw, n. Y, Jan. 9.-Tonight.
II persons are missing and are believed
TO have gone to their death when u
houses along Rockland street in this
,illage, toppled over last night into
nit 60 feet deep, which had been cut by
clay diggers in connection with the
brickmaking industry here. Twelve OF
The persons missing We're occupants OF
the fallen houses and five were among
the rescuers who went to the aid or
,eighbOrs after the first house fell, ana
we're carried down when the i other
houses went crashing over the precl-
oice. The wreckase quickly caught fire
and those who We're in the mass were
either crushed or burned to death.
Tonight there is grave fear Of another
cavern along Rockland street, and the
occupants OF seven or eight houses have
moved away. Others are keeping an
all-night virgil ready to flee themselves
and to alarm their neighbors in case
of impending danger. The missing
tonight, all of whom are believed to be
dead are as follows:
Occupants of hOuses-Harris Nelson.
.. merchant; Benjami Nelson, his son /;
Irs. Silverlnan and young son; Charles
Cohen and wife; p. Mannim and wife;
John 3. Beauchamp; A. Provitch and
laughter; Abram Dias.
OF the rescuing party-Joseph Albert.
John McMurray. BARLEY McGovern, Mrs.
Joseph Daily, Rev. Mr.. Alden, a Jewish
rabbi
The landslide which carried away the
l3 houses was caused by the falling in of
the bank under which tho excavators OF
tn" brick manufacturers had been work
ing for a number of years. The ground
began cracxing and showing seams at
noon yesterday, and some of the occII-
prnts Of houses along the brink took
warning and left. Others believed tina;
nothing serious would happen and re-
nnfred
When the break occurred in the long
'ine Of land which formed the ragged
edge of Rockland street. one house top
pied over and went down 60 feet to the
pit below with all who were living within
It's walls. The other occupants of the
houses prepared to leave their homes in
the face Of a binding snow storm. A
number of people who lived nearby rush
N getting out when Il more houses top
pled over into the pit, carrying with them
not only the families who occupied them
but also several Of those who had gonr
to their assistance. The scene of ter
ror was added to when flames burst from
tho wreckage of the houses. overturned
stoves having set fire to the buildings
Firemen came from miles around to aid
In extingushing the fire. but when the
landslide occurred it broke the large wa
termain. thus cutting off the entire sup
ply.
Tonight relatives and friends of those
buried beneath the ruins are still watch
ing. as they have been all day. for tbs
odies of the dead to be brought out.
James Sammie. who lived along the
"ige Of the pit. did not get out of his
louise until it had settled eight feet. All
me rest of his family escaped but his
wife, and she went down with the build
ing. Mr.. Snmmie obtained ropes and
went down after his wife, bringing hel
IN with the aid of two men. Her leg was
broken in the fall, but she suffered nc
other injury.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10
STRIKES IN TWO MILLS.
The Worsted Mills Employees at Har.
risville, f. l., Stop Work.

Harrisville, Z. l., IAN. 9.-Consequent
to the refusal of a demand for 20 per
cent. raise in wages. the operatives in
the William Tinkham < CO.. and til.
Royal Worstci mills in this villag.
struck work today -Four hundred
hands are employed in tie two plants
whilh are under the same mana ge-
ment. Recent advances III the local
plant of the American Worlcn Co, at
the Flainviilc mill in Whipple and the
Saylcs Plants in Pascodg, recently in
duced q spirit of dissa tisfactiOn with
the pl2scnt conditions al tho mills.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10
A SYMPATHETIC STRIKE
o. IS Cutters in National No. Shoe
Shop at Lewiston.

Lewiston. Me-. Jan. 9.-SiXteen cut
terS in the National No. 1 shoe factory.
Lew iston. quit work this morning in a
sympathetic strike.
This makes Al men who have struck
IL sympathy with the "a cutters in Ma
iioalal No. 2 mill at Auburn. who on
dec. 26 inaugurated strike because
the company refused to grant price
list presented by the Cutters Union and
rrpogi,iSe the union. The company re-
fused to treat with the men through
tie union. Yesterday l6 stitchers and
welters in the National No. factory
struck in sympathy.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10

Portland, Me, Jan. 9.-Robert Treat
Whitehousc, whose nomination as
United States attorney for the dis
trict of Maine was sent to the Senate
by the President today. will succeed
Isaac w. Dyer, who has occupied the
office l. years. Mr.. Whitehouse is
the son of Associate Justice VIM. =.
Whitchousc OF the Maine supreme
court and n resident of this city. He
was born at Augusta in 1870. graft
uated from Harvard in 1891 and took
three years course in Harvard Law
School.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10
The Official Cotton Bulletin.

Washington, Jan. 9.-According to a
bulletin issued today by the census bu-
reau SsI.TS bales of cotton were ginned
to Jan. l. 1906. counting round bales as
naif bales and excluding linters Number
of round hales included a'3i24: Sea Island
bales. ?SSIo Thor, was na rannrt ~ .,,,
responding rcrcd list year and cor,par-
ative statistics are not available.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-10
CURED HER DAUGHTER

;" Il am pleased to say that Minard's !
Linlment is q great relief for Group. 1t
relieves quicker than anything | have
ever used. We could not be without
It. Mrs. NJ, II. Chapman, Is Hazel St,
Brockton, Mass"
~ used Minard's Linimcnt on, nv
girls chest. She had q very severe
cold which had settled upon her chest,
and am pleased to say it acted like
magic. use it for cuts, burns, sprains.
and IN fact any kind of a sore. l GER
tainly shall never have the house with
cut it again. Yours sincerely, Mrs.
n. Z. Ritchic, 2205 \. Mole St.,
Philadelphia"