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Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-19
Now Has Seven Wires

Tonight the company is occupying
seven wires from Oakland. All mes
sages of the city must be taken across
the bay in boats. The Associated Press
has established a boat service for Its
news. Q
w. C. Swain. an electrical engineer
in the service of the Postal company.
returned several times this afternoon
to the main building in San Francisco
and got in communication with the
east.
His last message was timed 5:4I p. m.
He said he was surrounded by explo-
sons of illuminating and sewer gas.
The Postal building was not destroyed
UP to Z o'clock tonight. The roof only
had been damaged. 1t was surrounded
by fire on three sides. The cable appa-
ratus of the Postal company was re-
moved this morning to the cable hut on
the beach near the Cliff house.
City Under Martial Law
The Postal company received COM
mercial messages until 2 p. m. in its
San Francisco offices. No attempt
could be made to deliver these messages
because the city was under martial law
and messengers could not pass through
the streets.
The company will move back into San
Francisco as soon as conditions permit
and it will make every effort to deliver
messages.
The destruction of the telephone
building IN San Francisco has broken
telephone communication with the city.
The Southern Pacific is doing its ut
most to get people out of the city and
not charging refugees for transporta-
ton.
f. II. Hartman will leave here to-
morrow morning for San Francisco.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-19
SAN FRANCISCO, April

( SAN FRANCISCO, April 1S.-
3 From tile CLIFF House comes word
3 that the great pleasure resort and
4 show place of the city. which stood
b upon a foundation of solid rock
b hns been swept into the sea.
. Not n thing stands to tell where
q the monster stone building once
. stood.
& 1t has been leveIed to the foun-
d datiOn, and only the rock lining
B the sea const remains intact. =
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-19
OPERATORS STICK
TO POSTS OF DUTY
By AssoCia ted Press.

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 1S.-That the
world received news throughout the
day of the San Francisco disaster is
due in part to the courage of the tel
egraph operators there who stuck to
their posts and continued to send news
and other messages in spite of great
personal danger.
The operators and officials of. the
Postal Telegraph company remained
in the main office of the company, at
the corner of Market and Montgomery
streets, opposite the Palace hotel. un-
til they were ordered out of the build
ing because of danger from the dyna-
mite explosions in the immediate vi
cinity.
The men proceeded to Oakland, across
the bay. and took possession of the Of
flee there
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-19
CHRONIC CONSTIPATION

They cool, cleanse and purify the blood
and are sold by all druggists in 25c
packages $50 tablets) and 1Oc trial size
(15 tablets).
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-19
Most Awful Thing in America

ut is the most awful thing in Amer
ica' said Rev. Frank Dewitt Tai
mage. pastor of the First Presbyterian
church Il am thoroughly stunned.
We cannot realize it. To talk about it
being a punishment is all rot. Judge
not that ye be not judged If Sodom
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
MILLION BALES GAIN.
Government Report on Cotton Gin
ned as Compared with Last Year.

Washington, Specialize amount
of cotton of the crop Of 1906 ginned
up to November IA, according to a
bulletin issued by the census bureau
on Wednesday was s,531 1856 bales,
counting round bales as half bales,
as against 7,5Ol,lSO last year. The
number Of active ginneries is given
as 27,ss1 against 2s,2lO last year.
The amount given by States is as
follows.
Alabama, s34,s7O; Arkansas, 45s,-
472; Florida, 1881; Georgia, l, ,l9o,-
627; Indian Territory, 23S, ,242; KAN
sas, ;; Kentucky, s35; Louis
lana, 539,72l; Mississippi, 7S9, ,4S4;;
356; Oklahoma, 243,53S; South Caro-
lima, 653,375; Tennessee, 142,970;
Texas, 2,9S2,6eS; Virginia, 1876.
The number of Sea Island bales In
cluded are 29,l33 for 1906, distrib-
uted by States as follows: Florida,
1897; Georgia, 1868; South Caro-
lima 1,49S.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
GRANTED INCREASE
The Cotton Mil Operatives
Get a Substantial Increase
FALL RIVER STRIKE AYERTED
Cotton Manufacturers Grant Their
Employees the 10 Per Cent Increase
Asked and Monday 10000 Opera
tiyes Will Come Under the New
scale-The New Schedule Affects
70 Corporations Operating 81 Mills,
Besides an Iron Works Plant.

Fall Rives, Mass, Special Fall
Rivers cotton mill employees won a
battle for an increase in wages and
on Monday next 10000 operatives
will come under scale giving them
10 per cent more than the present
rate.
The granting Of the advance by
the manufacturers prevented a strike,
the workmen having voted at meet
ings recently to stop work in all
mills next Monday if the new sched-
ule was not accepted. M. G. D. Bor-
den, an Independent cotton manufac.
turer, employing 5000 operatives
took the lead in meeting the de-
mands of the mill hands by annout1c-
ing that the scale Of wages in his
mills would be raised 10 per cent.
No demand had been made upon the
proprietor of the Fall River Iron
works mills aud his action practic-
ally forced the other mill managers
to grant the increase
70 Corporations Affected.
The new pay schedule affects 70
corporations operating go mills, be-
sides the iron works plant The man.
ufacturer's associations agreement
to pay the increase is for period
of six months, but provision is made
for extending it.
Between November, 1903, and July,
1904, the Fall River operatives suf-
fered reductions aggregating % IL
per cent. Last spring part of tbs
cut was restored, and in view of the
continued prosperous business con-
dition, the operatives demanded a
complete resumption Of the 1903
scale.
It is considered probable that 9TH
er cotton mills in New England will
follow the lead taken In this city
and that thousands Of outside mill
hands ultimately will be benefited
by the determined stand taken by the
Fall River unions.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Roosevelt Was Nearly Wrecked.

St. Johns, N. F., Special.-Com=
mander Peary's Artic steamer Roose-
welt is reported to have had terri;
BILE experience while coming south
from Hopedale, Labrador. She had;
to lie up for Ii days in Battle Hars::
bor, Labrador, which is about 30
miles north of Chateau Bay, ol,5a::aes ol,5:'v!ss J:
count Of a hurricane. ~ IS
In Battle Harbor the Roosevelt
carried away her 3 heayiest anchor;
and several lines ha d stos nm ssanf'
to- .f; Keep her off the Toeks 5. She Wasl
short Of coal, and 1t became neces.;
sary to augment this fuel with wood
and blubber..
A portion of the ships interior
work was dismantled in order to Sc
cure wood. During binding snow
storm, it is declared the Roosevelt
was nearly wrecked on The west
coast of Newfoundland.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Roosevelts Nearing Home.

Norfolk, Va, special.-Thc Nor
folk Navy Yard received wireless
Communication From the battleship
Louisiana conveying President Roose-
velt from Panama. The message for
transmission to the bureau of navi.
CATION, Washington. AT 8 'clock the
Louisiana was 200 miles southeast of
Cape Henry. The message request
ed that the converted yacht Mayhow-
er now anchored at Hampton Roads,
meet the Louisiana at ] O'Clock Mon
day Afternoon off Piney Point i'll the
Chesapeake bay.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Seven >Trackmen Killed.

Near BlueGeld, w. Va, seven
tracknen, of a gang Of l9 engaged in
removing a slide OH the Dry Fork
brunch of the Norfolk and Western
Railway, were killed on Tuesday as
the result Of big landslide. The
men were swept down the mountain
side into the river. Twelve escaped.
The bodies Of four Of the victims
were recovered and three Of the bod
les are buried under hundreds of
tons Of earth. All of the victims
were Italian laborers, and were
known only by numbers, not names.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
SCHOOL ship Burns M !
Fearful Scenes As the Flames ia!ls'
Break Over Crowded Vessel
LOSS OF LIFE WAS NOT HEAVY!
Of the 500 Aboard the Algecirus at
Toulon, France, It is Believed, wed,
That None Died. in Flames Had
Been Harbor Vessel for Years {.
Burning Created Greatest Alarm:
throughout City.

Toulon, France, By Cable.-Thes;; g;
Torpedo school ship Algeciras, sta
toned in this harbor, was totally de-
stroyed by fire at late hour Sunday;
evening. There were 500 men on. on.
Board when the fire broke out, but:
it is believed that most Of them were: re:
saved; "a
The Algeeiras was q ship Of the; the;
line and for number Of years she she
has been doing duty as a harbor YES; YES:
sell and employed as a torpedo train
ing ship. She was Of 5,o47 tons dis
placement and was built in 1850. J:
The burning Of the school ship!
created the greatest alarm through,
out the city. News Of the fire was; vas;
first conveyed at about II o'clock
by the firing Of cannon in the har:5s E:
Dor. The people hurrledly lett Inc
cafes and threatres and rushed to q
the docks, whence they could see the he
Algeciras, mass of flames in the
habor. The burning vessel stood out,
brilliantly in the encircling darkness
and the glare Of the flames lit up the,
other slipping and the coast and
wharves.
There was terrible anxiety con-
cerning the fate Of the 500 men on
board until the authorities announci;
ed that everybody had been taken off,
in boats and saved, with the exeeep-:
ton of three. Those men did not.
answer the roll call and it is pre-
sumed they were burned to death.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Spain and France TO Combine for
Protection of Foreigners.

Paris, France, special.-spain and
France have arranged to make a ma
val demonstration and land marines
in Marocco, should such measures
prove necessary for the protection Of
the foreigners before the ratification
Of the Algerian convention and in
stallation of international police,
which is not expected to take place
before February LIST, 1907;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Minister Shoots Farmer.

Newton, special.-As the result Of
a quarrel which followed upon his
having forbidden Rev. ]. J. Payseut
to hunt upon his lands, Mr.. Eel
Burke, a Catawba county farmer,
was shot in the face by Mr.. Paysuer,
receiving both barrels Of a shot gun
in his face. His wounds are serious,
but are not considered fatal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Inland Waterways Meeting.

Wilmington, N. c., special.-The
Inland Waterway Association, which
was orgaized in Columbia, S. c.,
several years ago to promote the con-
struction by the United States Of an
inland waterway from Norfolk, Va.
TO Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina,
will meet here Tuesday. The organi-
zation is composed of representatives
from the commercial organizations of.
Maryland, Virginia, North and South
Carolina and Georgia. Their object
is to increase the coastwisa trade be-
tween the South Atlantic and North
Atlantic ports by avoiding the dan
gers of Capes Hatteras and Lookout.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28

Rochester, Special. Bow.
ing to the will of the Church, but
refusing to make a s acowardly retrac-
ton : ofs the belief which induced the
Church to terminate his ministry, the
Rev. Algernon S. Crapsey, rector Of
st Andrews church, Of Rochester. N.
renowned his ministry in the
Protestant Episcopal Church IN q
letter to- Bishop Wm. David Walker.
of the Western Diocese of New York.
s In this letter the Rev. Mr, Crapsey.
Ere-afimed his belief that the Emo
ton of the origin Of Jesus, that a son
of man born without a human father
as without confirmation in history. y
BE also asserts that hen I say Of
Jesus that he ascended to heaven, I
do not mean and cannot mean that
with his physical body. Of flesh, blood
sand bones, She doated into space and
has for two thousand years been ex-
isting somewhere in the sky, in that
very physical body Of flesh, blood and
bones: Such an existence would seem
Ito me not glorious, but horrible
s: Declaring that he is about to car
Ty the case to the free intelligence
and enlightened conscience of the
world, he counsels tThen hundreds
sofs clergy and thousands of laymen in
the Protestant Episcopal Church,
who have reached the same eonclu-.
SION as he has, not to be dismayed
and to stay where they are.
appeal, y he says, g from those
N places of authority in the Church,
ltself, to the great body of people. y
:He asserted that he does not blame
SShis judges and though he bows to,
their will and feels that it is final for
shinS he says, nm equally certain.
that it is not final for the Church.
When the great tribunal of free.
Thought has decided this contention,
sthe men who admins terethe Church
sons eartk Wiz confo form to this deci-
sion. 90. 5,s:sss
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Cars for Whites and Blacks.

Montgomery, Ala, special.-The
city council has ordered that separ-
ate cars be provided for whites and
blcks, beginning at once. AS the
traction company has the only cars
now in use, the service will materi-
ally be reduced as one car will be
used for one color and next for the
other.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Big Guns Contributed.

Albany, N. Y, Specialize Re.
publican State committee fled a
statement Of its receipts and e1pen-
ditures during the recent campaign
and election.
1t certified that it received $685.
923 of which $3l3,923 was in contrii-
buttons and $4,000 was borrowed
from Timothy L. Woodruff, chair
man Of the Republican committee
The expenses were s3a2,0ll.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Catholic Bishop Dead in Bed.

Posn, Russian Poland, By Cable
Manager Stablede Roman Catho,
lie rchbishop Of Posen, who recently
had been active in combating the
German governments order to teach
the children of Poland religion in the
German tongue, was found dead in a
CHAIR IN his study here. Els death
was caused by heart disease.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Virginia Supreme Court Declares 2
Gent Rate Illegal.

Itichmond, "a, speeial:-In the
sfsirginia Supreme Court Of Appeals
Jsnaye Cardwell handed down a de-
c;sion affirming the decision Of the
sgtate corporation commission, decIar-
ing the two-cent passenger rate. act
passed by the Virginia Legislature
contrary to the Fourteenth Amend
ment Of the Constitution Of the Unit
sea States. The case was q test one
involving the requirements that the
:rsiiroads place s.on sale 500-mile Q
CENT rate books.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
SWIFT JUSTICE IN TEXAS.
Dick Garret, Tried, Sentenced and
Executed in Half a Day.

Center, Tex, special.-Dick Gar
ret, the negro who killed DR.. NJ. Al.
Paul here last Saturday, was legally
hanged Wednesday afternoon. The
grand jury returned an indictment
Tuesday morning, the scaffold was
constructed Tuesday night on the
public square, the trial was held
Wednesday morning and the execu-
ton took place at 1:20, that afler.
noon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Boy Shot Teachers Who Refused to
Grant Request.

Punxsutawney, Pa, special.-Be-
cause his teacher refused to grant
him permission to go hunting, James
Dougherty, Jr, 16 years old, shot and
seriously wounded Prof. j. E. Kohler,
principal, and Meade Snyder, his as
sistant. = Professor Snyaer's condi-
tion is;@9SFitical and Dougherty was ar
rested.9
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Six Drowned From a Small Boat.

Toronto, Ont, Specialists Of The
crew Of the steam barge Resolution
Of Erie, Pay were drowned, their boat
swamping as they were endeavoring
to escape from the barge which had
sprung a leak and was sinking. One
beat containing Eve Of the crew reach.
ed the shore safely.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Anchor Line Steamer Hard and Fast.

Detroit, Mich, special.-The An
chor Lines package steamer, Cone
maugh, upbound with valuable car
go of package freight is ashore on
Point Pelee, in Lake Erie, pounding
hard and filled with water. The Cone
maugh went on the point late at night
during the gale. The crew of %
men were rescued. The steamer is i'll
a dangerous condition and may be
a total loss.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
| lsBarricaded in 8 Mine.
J, 8 S;,, ],

gsEinton, Ind Spe w Vat,
chant Of Mid land, Ind is is
q Hos IS tal; nd q Lopiss Shuiey,
eyed INNER who Shot him is at
I nj the Eowers Hill mine at Mid.
land he shooting was the; result
's trivial pnarrel during a game
sof cards. After shooting Watson,
shuley vent to the home Of his sister
sin7laW and forced her to Sgiive him
50. Shuley then entered the mine,
200 feet deep, armed with shot
gun and plenty Of ammunition. A
party is guarding them ine.s s
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Sugar Trust Fined s1o8,ooo.

New York, Specialize Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company was
found guilty by a jury in the United
States Circuit Court on Tuesday Of
accepting rebates amounting to $780,
600 from the New York Central Rail-
road. The New York Central was re-
Gently found guilty Of giving rebates
to The American Sugar Refining Com.
.pary and fined $1Os,OoO. The de-
Tense offered no testimony After
Judge Holt's charge, the jury took.
d verdict OF guilty.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Roosevelt's Action Censured.

Texarkana, Ark, Special.-Rev. F..
M. Briggs, D. d., of Palestine, Tex,
in addressing the negro Baptist con-
vcntion said the negro has it i'll his
power to become something i'll tllis
country. and if he fails lie will only
have himself to blame. Lynching was
condemned and President Roosevelt!
censured by the convention for dis
l;sargins the negro. troops without
trial. Prof. Knox declared the negr;
in the futeure will have to look to tue
South for his friends
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Peary Arrives at Sidney.

Sidney, G. B., special.-Flying the
flag Of the United States, which has
been placed nearer the Pole than any
other national standard, and weather
beaten and disabled, the Peary Arctic
steamer Roosevelt arrived here under
sail and steam after lG months vain
effort to reach the Pole. Though moi
entirely successful, the expedition
nevertheless got 10 81 degrees 6 min
utes north latitude. or within 201
miles Of tliesrolc,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
aEelrs Notes.

d witness IN the trial Of Chester
Gillette said she heard a scream @rorn
the direction where Grace Browns
1 body was found.
snrico Garuso, the famous tenor,
had a hearing on the charge of pinch
ing a woman in Central park
Int the United States, there are now
E25, ,006 docnmented merchant vessels
offy 9, ,ez4, ,969 gross tons.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Alabama Policeman Fatally Shot.

Decatur, Ala, Special.-Polieeman
J. Lem Jones was shot and fatally
wounded at an early hour Sunday
morning by Will Wade. Jones had
responded to call 10 quiet n dis
turbance and arrested Wayne Moore.
1t is alleged that Wade shot the Of
fcer in the back. He died several
hours later. Wade and Moore are
still at large.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
AGED Woman Mlrdered.

Shamok kin Pa, Special With 70.
head horribly battered by q club and
whistler throat black and blue, Mrs.
Sarah Ninger, aged so years, ths.
ss'tsiiddoR oil. q civil war veteran, was
fon1d dead In her home here. The;
woman lived alone The authorities
have no clae to- the mnrd derer, and ara.
snos get able to decide whether the
woman s killed by robbers or.
whether hsr Il sa was taken 20 accom-
spsisli soa' othsr sPssasssa SIS
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
Bsiled IN Dispute Over BOARD Bill.

Knoxville, Tenn, special.-John
Upton was shot and instantly killed
near Cumberland Gap, Tenn, by
james Herrell. The two men had
g dispute over board bill which
zHerrell owed him. Herrell claims
that Upton was zhold lding him by the
sthroat and threatening to kill him
when ghe pulled his pistol and fred.
The ball pierced. Upton's heart. Her
rell was Jailed at Tazewell, failing to
glre a five thousand dollar bond.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
4 |l||I(||| IlEI=H: IT,
l!Zgsll =s==e=='s.=sse7l lMlgaal
Augusta. Ga.,

with resources Eight HUNDRED Thousand dollars and
Board of Directors chosen from the
men in the ommuntY invites you to become depositor
ising you every courtesy ss.ss
YoUR:PER CENT INTEREST paid Savings accounts &
Correspondence invited. ag5:5.g@
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-28
COLLISION !
Wilhelm Der Crosse
and and orinoco in Compact
FRIGHT And DEATH THE RESULT
On orinoco 8 Were Killed, 8 Injured
Five Drowned. -Four Killed and
IL Injured ON Other Steamer.

f. Cherbaurg, France By Cable.-The
details Of the collision on Wednesday,
between the North German Lloyd
steamer, Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
and the British Royal Mail Steamer,
;Orinoco, show that it occurred at 9
O'Clock on Wednesday night.
The shock is described as having
been terrific, causing q panic among
the passengers OH board the two YES
sells, especially among the emigrarlts
on board the Orinoco.
Z On the Orinoco three men and wo-
men were killed, six women and men
injured and FIVE persons knocked ov-
erboard and drowned.
Of the two steamers Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse is said to have sus-
tanned the most damage.
-Four of the crew of the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse are reported to
F5have been killed and 25 injured, but
the exact number Of killed and
wounded on that vessel is not report
ed.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
25s frst-class passengers, 5S9 in the
second cabin and 697 in the steerage,
AS soon as as the accident occurred
a number Of small boats from Cher
bourg put ont to The scene and sue
ceeded in 1escuing some of the sail
sors and passengers who were strus
Cling in the waves.
The responsibility for the accident
has not been fixed.
Five Perish in Storm.
Grand Rapids, Mich Special
-Four of the five men who were caught
by Wednesday nights storm on the
crib work of the new break water. at
the entrance to Holland Harbor on
Lake Michigan, were drowned. The
dead are:
Tom Bennett, Of Muskegon, con-
tractor.
s George Lechiase, Of Holland.
7E Alvid uelson, Of Muskegon.
& Martin Woodward, Of Fennyille.
Is When the life I. saving crew sue
sceeded III reaching the crib the
dead bodies Sof Bennett, Lechaise and
ID eison were found dsinf a poeketeof the
crib. Tile body, Of Woodward had
been washed away.
Lost With All On Board.
Quebec, Special.-A vessel sup
posed to be the bark Magda has been
lost on Red Island reef with all on
board. She carried a crew Of IA men.
When she sailed from Quebec she
carried as pilot Charles Pelletier, of
St Michael. Pelletier has not been
landed anywhere and unless he has
been carried to sea, the indications
are that it is the Magda which strtuck
on Red Island reef and that she went
down with all on board.
Barge Goes Down With Her Grew.
Sandusky, O., Special.-The barge
Athens, in tow Of the steamer Pratt,
went down in Lake Erie in the storm.
The captain and six men Of the crew
were probably drowned. Captain
Mackey was in command of the
barge.
Captain Mcpherson, of the Pratt,
says that the sea was running so high
that he was unable to render any as
sistance to the Athens and the barge
went down about 10 o'clock at night.