The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-04-28

+ REV. w. H. H. MURRAY. =
The response generous people of America to San Fran
ciscos cry help parallel history The gifts money
and supplies reached in value tremendous but all
will needed despite the fact that the calamity terrible though
it is is overwhelming first reports indicated The
erty loss prodgous the loss of life has been very small in
comparison with the fatalities which have attended many other
similar Europe and Asia In the terrible earthquake
Yeddo JAPAN 1908 10000 lives said have been lost
in 1742 estimated that 1000 Chinese Swallowed
up in earth Pekn In Sicily 1898 So cities
and and 300 villages devastated by earthquake
which destroyed 900 lives At Naples Mt Vesuvius
there have been several earthquakes in 1856 killing 10000
people 1925 killing 10000 The loss of life Lisbon
vaousy estimated from 10000 100000 At scha
maxi 1867 10000 lives said to have been lost Only
years earthquakes Italy, Peru and New Zealand
lives and only few weeks 1000 killed the island
The earthquake Charleston South Carolina twenty
years ago regarded great calamity though only per-
killed and the property loss did not exceed $4,000
has been heard for the past weeks the terrible
famine JAPAN and the full extent of the suffering the little
brown people the famine stricken district will probably
be realized by the world at large The Japanese live
little in the best of times that famine in the islands
state of suffering unknown in this country In ordinary
millions of the country people Japan live in the midst snow
and ice with insufficient clothing for adults and children
diet would be called starvation fare America Europe
Since the famine in the poor districts Japan peo
pie involved have had to down portions
-four mixed with wild plants and boiled with few beans
that is always obanabe and in parents have
abandoned their children search enough keep them
selves alive Wealthy Japanese contribute
and the government giving employment thousands
In distress But the whole country has been impoverished
Manchuran and the need for aid from
relieve great suffering likely to continue for months yet
Apropos the great officials former JUS
tce Parker of the New York court sad The
convict is to convict Now the official graft corporate abus
by which law being disgraced wholly
the failure of bring guilty justice by
their oaths and defend the rights the people, The sereoypd
that here evidence and direct
applying the door for dishonesty and greed and
fatten Alarm the rapid growth OF Socastc sentiment
this country growing in spite the tendency to make light
it. Unlawful and unresaned encroachmens of predatory
wealth give ocasc agaors their best texts for ncendary
When rigdly mans chance
just good the next and sort of sophry make
appear otherwise.
be hoped that Standard Oil Companys great in
fuence in the United States senate welded largely through
Adrch will not prevent the law of bill
providing for the abolition the internal
gallon denaurized alcohol which passed the house
ewhelming vote few days ago. much cheaper power
than gasoline affords and also cheaper and better umnant
subscription list continues to grow at
gratifying rate and it the heahest kind of growth too
the new subscribers are not secured through
ssent canvasers result of premium offers Ten new
added to the list last week and during the
hrst half Of this week, every Of them unsolicited.
Responses to the contributions of onev Or
Plies for the relief of the thousands who have suffered from the
more general and liberal had subscriptions been solicited week
ago. before the great need for aid had ceased
When read that the total number in the dead
el ONCE OOO all improperly addressed you longer
wonder why certain expected epistles