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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
PRAISE FOR THE NAVY, TOO.
Rear Admiral Goodrich Wires That Blue
Jackets Saved the Ferry station.

WASHINGTON. April 24-Details Of the
good work lone by the navy in the struggle
against earthquake and fire at San Fran
cisco and along the California coast are
coming in kilograms to the Navy Depart
ment from Rear Admiral Caspar F. Good
rich, commander in chief Of the Pacific sta
ton, the dates running from the 2lst inst.
down to to-day. The important fact is
developed that among other achievement
| the b~luejackets and marines saved the
| ferry station. which was the only means
Of communication between the burning
city and Oakland,
In part these kilograms read as follows;
Sailors n marines have done splen-
I did work policing and saving life and prop
| erty, supplying food, water. &c. The navy
is helping many sufferers to leave the city
and is furnishing refuge on board the Chi
caeo. The Chicago has been the only
means Of communication between San
Francisco and the outside world, trans
hitting dispatches for forwarding. Last
night after a fierce fight men from Mare
Island and the ships stopped the fire on
the waterfront, saving the buildings and
some shipping and, most important Of all,
the ferry station, the only exit from the
burning city. Many invaluable services rem
dered. Mare Island prompt in sending
help and provisions
A record for expedition was made by
the employees of the naval storehouses
in the New York Navy Yard in forwarding
supplies. At the first notice from Rear
Admiral McCalla, in command at the Mare
Island Navy Yard, to the effect that there
would be great need of food and blankets,
the Navy Department sent hurry orders to
the New York Navy Yard TO despatch all
the supplies on hand to San Francisco.
The force vent to work at once and, laboring
day and night without intermission, was
able TO report before the break of day
| following that every bit of available sup
plies on hand had been placed on a fast
freight train guaranteed to arrive in San
Francisco on MAY /. A telegram received
at the Department to-day says that the
officers and men Of the monitor Arkansas
! at Norfolk had subscribed 500 for the relief
of the fire sufferers,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25

would get them all to Network. The women
of the company, save the principal singers,
were placed at once in charge of Charles
". Strine, the San Francisco mana ger.
He put them in the homes OF friends the
first day, hut they were driven out by the
fire and had to flee to the Preside. From
there they were taken by boat to Oakland.
Before the Southern Pacific offices burned
Mr., Goerlitz went to them and told the
railroad officials that he wanted trains
ready by the next morning. He went again
at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon to see il
the trains were ready and found the offices
a mass of ruins. On Thursday morning
he and Manager Strine got an automobile
and went searching for the singers and
every n belonging to the company.
By Thursday afternoon every one had
got on the trains at Oakland. ~
Mr.. Goerlitz said that at first they had no
idea that the fire would be 80 serious and
did not think of saving the instruments
of the musicians or any 81 the scenery until
it was too late. The books of the company
were taken to the st. Francis Hotel. nobody
then believing that the fire would reach
there. They were burned later.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
CONTRIBUTIONS IN BROoKL'N.
Catholic Churches Give SIS .0OO-S1 o
From Crawford & Mcnamara.

Chancellor Mundaline Of the Brooklyn
Catholic diocese has NOT yet received the
returns from all the churches of the col
~lections taken up on Sunday for the San
Francisco relief fund, but the total sum
will, it is expected, exceed $4,000.
The Brooklyn council of the Red Cross
Society opened an Office yesterday in the
Borough Hall for the receipt of contribu-
tions for the sufferers. The first contribu-
ton was 81 900 from Crawford 4 Mcnamara,
contractors.
The Kings County Medical Society hae
subscribed $500 10 aid their brother practi-
toners in San Francisco in their work
A committee of twenty-five has also been
appointed to canvass for additional sub
scriptions.
AZ the suggestion of Senator P; H McCar-
rem, Col. James D. Bell, president OF the
Kings County Democratic County Committee
has called a special meeting Of that body
on Friday evening at the Thomas jefferson
headquarters, to raise a fund forithe sufferers
in San Francisco. 1t is Senator McCarren's
desire that a liberal contribution be made
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
The Weather.

Tn. storm which visited this region Monday vas
central Yesterday morning over Nova Scotia with It's
accompanying high winds over New England oIowlhs
and th.rc were snow nurries on the coast Of Maine.
clear weather following the storm covered the
country from the Lake regions 10 the Gulf and
eastward. 1t was still a little cooler In the morn
ing al most points along the Atlantic coast but vas
~ ,he pockv Mountains, where the temperature
fell sharply at a few points.
From the Mississippi Valley to the Rocky Noun
,,ins the pressure was low, With showers and th'ln
derstorm conditions.
In this city the day was tair and cooler IN ,he
a, - cent: barometer, corrected to read 10 sea
Ievel' At s A. NJ. 70. 20, sP. NJ, 1898.
The temperature yesterday. as recorded by
~. ornctal thermometer. Is shown In the annexed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
S25 for n Carnation.

MoRR1sTowN, n. j., April 2t.-The record
price for a carnation was paid by James
Riley last night. He bought it at auction
for $25. Daniel Suly, the actor, with his
company played a benefit performances
for the local lodge Of Eagles in the Lyceum
Theatre. In the course of the play a car
n alton was handed TO him with the request
that he put it up at auction. the proceeds
TO 20 toward the San Francisco fund The
bidding was started at S. and was spirited
until $40 was reached. After some per
euasive auctioneer talk by the actor s2a
was bid by Mr., Riley and he got the flower.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
Singer Employees Give a. Cos

ELIZABETH. n. j., April 24.-The hat has
been passed around the last few days among
employees of the Singer Manufacturing
Company for the relief of the homeless in
San Francisco. The money was counted to-
day. 1t totalled S., 695. Hardly a man in
the big factory failed to give, and the dona-
lions Of some, measured by their Wa ges;
we're %munifcent. Several other funds are
being raised here, but the donation of the
Singer men is almost half Of what has been
collected in the whole city, and the other
half includes collections in the churches,
$1,000 from the National State Bank and
$3.50 from United States Senator kean.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
TARIFF EXCEPTION FOR FRISCO.
Duties on Building Materials Are Likely to
Be Suspended.

WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator Aldrich
of Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, to which all measures
affecting the tariff are referred, expressed
himself favorably to-day on the joint reso-
luton introduced yesterday by Senator
Cullom of Illinois, proposing to remove the
duty on structural steel and other building
material intended for use in San Francisco
and the other cities in California hat have
been visited by seismic disturbances.
sThe duties rave been removed in cases
of emergency heretofore" said Senator
Aldrich. "and Of course it could be done
again" ST.. ~.
initiative in the matter. as such legislation
The indications are that the tariff bars
will be lifted on materials thai enter lnto
building construction for the sole benefit
Of the Stricken communities on the Pacific
coast.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
lowest temperature, Ut dE NV n /"
u..z,xnroS ropEclsr FOR TO DAY AND TO .MoRBoS

WARRINGTON FORECAST FOR TO DAY AND TO MORROW
For eastern .Ncu FORK, fdtT and udrre' to-day
sborsr, 10. moron or 10 -ntorroD night nth cooler
in rest portion: pindS becoming souih ana FRESH
For Delaware and New jersey. fair and warmer
today, Increasing cloudiness and warmer to-
norrow: fresh south 10 southwest winds.
For eastern Pennsylvania fair and warmer TO-
dsv, showers and cooler TO morrow or to morrow
night; fresh south TO southwest winds,
For New England. fair and warmer to-day, In
.-a,,,,e cloudIncss and wame tomorrow fresh
west 10 south winds.
For western Pennsulyu MA. partly cloudy and
rs,nc, 10 day. showers and cooler tomorrow,
increasing south TO southwest winds.
For western New York, fair and warmer to-day
increasing cloudlness to'morfow. ptooeoH snow
= ,ncreAs,ng south to southwest wtnda.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
New York States $3.50 ooo Available.

ALBANY. April A.-Gov. Higgins has
signed the bill which passed the Legislature
last night under emergency messages sent
by him to both Houses appropriating
$3.50 900 for the relief Of the San Francisco
sufferers. The Governor notified Secretary
Taft that he would forward 100000 to-day
to Charles Hallam Keep, treasurer Of the
American National Red Cross, and awaited
| orders as to the balanc0. 40
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
SIS .O49 from Jersey City.

The Jersey City san Franciscan relief
committee had received s2,s42 up to noon
yesterday, and the Evening Journors col
lections at the same hour amounted to
IS, 1907, making a total for the city Of 5000,
.Hoboken's relief committee has forwarded
committee has collected a total of Sass,
and the Observers fund amounts to 1857.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
HAS RELATION TO vEsUVIUs,
Prof. Mattcucci SAYS Frisco Earthquake
wa Due to same Cause.

ISnffinT I0Hf DFSVHTtW NVN|
ROME, April 24.-Prof. Matteucci, direo-
tor of the Royal Observatory on Mount
vesuvius, said to-day;
Notwithstanding the distance that sep
arates Mount Vesuvius and California
and the lack Of coincidence between the
eruption and the earthquake, I believe "A
close relation exists between the VIC [
consider them different effects of a common
cam.n."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
4RTIr H4iL WAS NOT KILLED.
Theatrical People Deny the Report Of the
Vaudeville singers Death.

CHICAGO. April 24.-The Babes In Toy.
land" opera company arrived here to-day
from san Francisco. All the members lost
their personal effects and all Of the scenery
was destroyed. The actresses reported that
.Artie Hall, the vaudeville singer, was alive
and well. Early reports said that she bad
been killed by a falling wall.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
"a Square Deal" de-

"A Square Deal" de-
scribes my methods of doing
business. Good, honest, mod
ern Office furniture at fair, rea-
sonable prices. have not one
piece of furniture in stock to
which this cannot be applied,
CHARLES E.
OFFICE FURNITURE
as Canal ST., i Door East OF B'way.
Telephone 1899 Spring.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
President Signs 81 500 600 Relief Bul.

WASHINGTON, April 24.-President Roose-
welt went to his office this evening long
enough to sign the bill appropriating 81 500
900 more for the relief Of San Francisco
The money now becomes Immediately
available
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-22

studying s. said girl trying to discover what
o a a ma likes.
GIRL be lkabe girl And I've
What does like? That has been
book
girls They prefer do the chatting
little
talk her She has perfect faculty
for gathering the around her
4 should that like plump There who
prefer lean women. but II is only under compulsion
Men like bright sentimental girls They Ike girls who sit
They who
fall In with nothngs They do that them
a good thing and who Ike be talked
The likes healthy girl He likes well GIRL he likes
girl with ailments There place for the cy beauty the love
world today
girl S
has mentally speaking She
mentions subjects she doesn't how old
questions about
physical pecuiares
decided lie likes the girl with girl with bad
skin need apply And but she and her lavender chest tell how she
&
THE something
pearls correctly
II the teeth white
deal The mouth looks and captous
The o the likes girl with little waist Say what
please about health and m
and shape the
Men Ike girls who do distressing
10 take girl yachting cruise she the
speak she sobs squat and tired lodging the she
yachting grl for
like Is girl
man. because she is comfortable In her The girl has
anxious the GIRL
Portable She feels about poor
would be better for them isn't so much the the
Money
Men their ewes downward at an
the they
The girl with
has The girl
dull and Is troubled with sweehear the
shoes do not match her has little chance this
Men Ike g who sit and do nothing
Of the ambitious OF
can do all the rest for themselves OF there other things
like. but these are the principal ones"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-22
Newest Novelties in
Fashionable Footwear.
Some Exceeding Clever and Pretty
Ideas Are 20 Be Found In the
Stores.

Embroidered white linen shoes
which match or nearly match the
gown are the latest pretty extraya-
gance 81 fashion chic and novel. the
embroidered linen has taken the fancy
Of the linen girl" until the Paris
shoemaker who imports them has
been promising 10 on orders IN shades
~ gray tan. mauve. and pink and
dark colors These shoes have the
modified French heel. which is broad
compared 10 the Louis Quinze. and
still sufficiently high for appearances.
Glgce Kid shoes In red. violet. ruby,
and champagne are coming In the
empire shape. with single strap and
large buckle. Black glace kid In the
same shape Is most chic and popu-
lar when finished with large silver
or steel buckle. so that there never
was time so opportune for getting
out an old pair of heirloom buckles.
White and gray antelope is a dull
finished kid which is taking the place
81 canvas In many OF the better
shope Colored undressed Md and
black In the same soft finish are com
ing again in sandal shape with sew.
eral straps 90 be laced with ribbons
TO match. These. Il is pointed out
by the shoe man, give the foot a
simmer and dalntier appearance than
Il possesses by nature. Both black
and oolored. one finished with a cir.
cular ornament Of dull Jet
Evening shoes Of regal splendor
come in brocaded tissue OF both gold
and silver. and grosgrain silk Is the
material Of a ballroom slipper. There
f. a yachting or deck shoe which
comes without heels
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-22
Foruetfulnsss Spoiled Life.

\ tragic history has just come 10
light In Paris by the discovery OF a
letter which was never mailed. n Il
had been. a bachelor would have been
saved from a lonely life Twenty
years ago. az "A ball. a young man met
a young woman and fell straightway
In love with her Though the young
woman's looks slgnlied that the pas.
sion Vas mutual the young man had
not the courage % declare himself
but went home and wrote a letter
instead Days passed no answer
came. The young man dcspalred.
grew Disguised with life. and thence.
forth lived "A sad. solitary life Lately
he died. a bachelor still Ills heirs
went through his papers and there
among them Vas the famous love
letter. He had forgotten to mail II.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-22
To Take the Proper
Care of the Piano.
Some Very Simple Precautions That
Will Add 20 the Life Of the
instrument.

4 piaao!orte Is peculiarly suscep.
tible TO atmospheric changes. and is
quickly affected by damp or draught.
For this reason an upright pianoforte
should never be put against an outer
wall. or one recently built. or be per.
mitted 20 block a doorway II an in
ner wall be not available the instru.
ment should be placed az an angle
TO the wall. so as to idt partly out
into the room, n position which has
many advantages. notably In singing
The presence OF damp f. generally
FIRST noticeable by the notes contin.
uing 20 sound after the fingers have
been lifted from the keys. or by a
general buzz when the instrument is
played. Later the keys will stick
down. or return slowly instead OF
quickly 20 their normal positions.
When this happens the action shouldt
be lifted out and laid In front Of q
FIRE for several hours Afterward ben.
zine should be worked into the cen
tiers OF the hammer shanks and NOV
able parts: but this must be done
away from the fire and In daylight,
as benzlne Is highly inhammable.
The action Is easily lifted out. being
only kept In place by buttons on eth
or side. but care Is necessary to clear
the pedal rods A pianoforte stand.
ing In a room in which a Ere Is rare
ly lighted should be covered with a
blanket and flannel should De laid
along the keys to prevent them DO
coming yellow.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-22

MAN BEATEN At
HIS OWN GAME.
|Imple Scheme Evolved In the Keen
Brain o Rufus choate Result.
ed In Cattle Dealer Reeov.
e.ing His Money.

When Rufus Choate was practicing
tw In Boston. before he had gained
national reputation. he showed his
eennesgrh numerous small cases.
pc instance OF which will illustrate
)s genius.
A cattle dealer coming To brighton
attend the regular weekly cattle
lie ON the following day. having sew.
fal hundred dollars la currency with
hich he intended to buy stock, gave
90 OF this sum to the landlord Of a
bad house at which he stopped. to
nt In the safe for him over night.
ne next morning when he called for
Pe money, he was told that while
an Intoxicated condition the pre-
Gus night ne had asked for the
oney. and Il had been given To
m.
The countryman was dumfounded.
y he was not heavy drinker. and
as perfectly sober when he retired
the night. but. protest as he
ould. the landlor stuck To his story.
pd showed the empty cash box as
Fidence
In the emergency some one advised
. dealer TO consult Choate. lie
ent 20 Choate's Office and explained
e case.
As soon as he had concluded.
hoate said. Take a friend along
a witness. and see the landlord.
I'd tell him you are satisfied that you
b the money. and get him TO take
bother hundred for safe keeping. and
en- come back here"
The dealer did as he was told. and
landlord accepted the other hun.
red. When he had reported. Choate
Id: Now. go back alone and ask for
last depoS when no one Is pres-
j." The landlord handed over the
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-22
ATHLETES ARE POOR HUSBANDS.

Science has come forward with new and
striking statement. joining a fresh link 10 the
chain OF indictments against athletics carried to
immoderatc degree once beyond the bounds
Of moderation. physical exercise and physical
training so this neV statement SAYS. not only
weaken the heart for a lifetime. predispose 10
pneumonia. cause pulmonary tuberculosis. and
make extra possible a dozen other Ills but they
unfit man for a husband
1t will b. found says Dr. Robert r. Cough
lin Of Brooklyn, In a series OF papers he has
written on the use and abuse OF athletics and the
deaths of athletes. that comparatively few ath-
letes marry. OF those that do. "a small percentage
have children. and q very large percentage are
divorced by their wives"
DR. Coughu has been collecting statistics
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-22
h. Got N. Money eask

'ney promsuy and the dealer re-
rted a. before Choate said Now
b. the friend who saw you deposit
, last hundred and demand your
lnoy"
when confronted by the witness
d asked for the money which he
d seen him take. the landlord was
IN indignant and insisted that be
q returned O.. but the dealer stout.
denied this When the landlord dis.
vered who had the case be- reluct-
rs gave up the second hundred
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-22

readily understood, the passengers en-
ter the car Of the lift from the lift
station. and are AZ once taken up per
pcndicularly 90 the height OF the emf
nence to be gained Along light
bridge the car then travels TO the
higher parts Of the town. where the
hill assembled without as 10 were. any
climbing. the passengers alight
stockholm the principal streets Of
which are built on rising ground. has
one Of these giant lifts In operation
Cassors Saturday Journal
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-22
slLk PAIL SAVES LEGISLATOR.
3 Little Son Cast Reflection into
Eyes Of Infatuated Bull.

Representative Timothy + Town.
|d. prominent union republican
mber Of the Delaware legislature.
as his life 10 the action of his ~
pr old son Fred IN casting the re-
ictlon OF a bright milk pail into
eyes OF an infuriated bull that
acked and stred him Mr. Town.
b. is a farmer and cattle dealer
H. Frankfort Sussex county. and
was on his farm that the AFFAIR
|curred.
lThe legislator was being trampled
| lon his little son saw his peril The
seized the milk pail. the only
Ing handy. and rushed 90 his faith.
rescue As the sun was shining
Ightly. the pail proved more cffec-
p than a gun or pitchfork The
Ilection made 70 look % the bull
q a ball OF Ere Young Townsend
IaHzing this and with rare presence
mind. turned the reflection into
I eyes OF the bovine. The animal
medlately became terrorstricken
b actually ran from the Enclosure.
Townsend viii recover
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-22

It's lofty Perch. Every spring Il bios
SONS. and later comes the fruit. 10 the
delight Of the bird colonies OF the
neighboraood. They have come TO re
gard Il as their especial tree. growing
for their benefit alone, and certainly
no human being wants the cherries
badly enough 10 scale the chimney fo'
them.
The chimney o. little weather
beaten at the top. the cap stones bro
ken away and many Of the bricks
knocked out by the rayages Of the
weather. Little by little the wind has
brought grains Of sand and soil there.
and filled ln all these little inches and
holes. anti a small aerial garden is
nourishlng all around the rim Grass
and flowers are growing there In sey.
ernl varieties. and can readily be- dis
tinguished with field glasses But the
most remarkable thing about this
lofty garden Is the cherry tree. II Is
probable that some bird is responsible
for g. dropping a cherry stone there
while eating the fruit on the top ~ the
chimney The stone lodged In one %
the dirt filled inches. where u sprout.
ed. n is a puzzle however how the
roots of the tree have found room 90
spread so AS 20 allow % 90 grow 10
height OF ten feet
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-22
v.netahle eoa.censtrietor.

rhe vegetable Demonstration" Is
oueer representative OF the genus
cumls. which Is grown In India for
iamental purposes. the vines being
ined over trellises and ,erandahs
q fruit OF this green win Is. both
shape and color. the exact coun.
mart OF the snake from which Il
.es It's name.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-22
USE GIANT ELECTRIC LIFT.
Science Does Away with Necessity for
Climbing steep Hills.

Facility OF locomotion Is a watch.
word 81 the times. and what with
electric trains and tramways and other
motor vehicles. engineers are seeing
10 IL that We get about as easily as
possible Hills. Of course are a chief
obstacle In the way OF mechanical
traction Of all kinds
For cities and towns that are wholly
or Ia part built upon high hills the
giant electric lift. which We depict. is
now being made use Of As will be-
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-09-22
RUSSELL As RIVAL TO LANeraY

Speaking Of actress brings 90 mind the
fact that Lillian Russell has decided 20 seet
hOnOrs the turf this fall. The favorite com
medicine will not desert the foOtlights but she
has been imbued with the racing fever and has
decided 10 try her hand az the game Liilans
colors will be carried by horses bred by herself
In England.
When Miss Russell went abroad more than
year ago she expected 70 stay In Europe for TIVE
OF three years az least. and Il was then that she
concluded 10 become a rival Of Mrs. LAngtry for
racing honors In England. She wanted "a race
horses OF her own breeding and John $. Melon
aid was commissioned 20 buy number Of high
bred mares.
The purchases we're made early last year and
a majority OF the mares now have toals. there
being three colts by Carbine In the lot The
L- -LL-l-.L On LLL. cum. -LL-