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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-13

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The following announcements are
made, subject TO the action of the
Democratic Primary, July %, 1906:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

long and half as broad sunk from six
to ten feet below its former level.
The earthquake which devastated
Charleston. S. c., in September, 1886,
was preceded by minor tremors to
which little attention was paid by the
inhabitants Of the city. The disturb
ance covered a tract Of country extend
ing from the Atlantic coost to the Mis-
sissippi Valley, and from Alabama to
Lake Michigan The principal shock
lasted about one minute, and other
shocks followed at intervals with grad
ualIy diminishing violence. A large
number of houses were thrown down,
and nearly every building in the city
was damaged, the loss being estimated
at millions of dollars. For four days
the population camped out. afraid to
risk their lives within walls that might
be shaken down.
OF recent earthquakes, that which
occurred in Italy last September
throughout Calabria and Sicily was
one of the worst The shock came on
Sept. S. a few minutes before a. M,
and was of brief duration. In that brief
time 400 persons We're killed, about 800
were Injured, and thousands were left
homeless and destitute.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04
SLAVE TRADE GROWS.
PORTUGUESE GET RICH SELLING
NATIVES.
Thousands of Africans Are Exported
YearIy-Most of Them Go to Work
in the Cocoa Fields of San ThOne
and Principe Islands.

AS a result of the exposure of the
slave trade in Portuguese Africa, by
Henry w. Nevinson, the explorer, it is
probable that the British government
will take steps to put stop to the cruel
treatment of the natives by the slave
dealers. In speaking of the traffic In
slaves, which is growing rather than
decreasing, Mr.. Nevinson says that In
most cases the slaves are originally OBJ
tanned by natives, who buy them on
some charge of witchcraft or for debt,
or for drink Sometimes they are kid
naped. or captured in raids. Some
times they are mere plumber Of Portu-
guese traders.
They are then taken to the sO-called
"emigration agents." who are establish
ed at various points In the country I'M
der Portuguese regulations, and are
forwarded by them to the coast, where
they are received by other agents, chief
ly at Benguela, but also at Novo Re
dondo and Loanda. The prices natur
ally vary according to the slaves health
and capacity.
II have known woman" declares
Nevinson, who was taken from her
husband and three children far in the
INTERIOR bought for 20 cartridges and
sold in Benguela for about $50 In the
district of Bihe, which is some 300 miles
from the coast, an OK, load of rubber
and a young slave are regarded as
about equal value. But in Benguela,
age price given for emigration slaves
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

house of commons knows, strangers are
only admitted on introduction 10 'Ile
strangers gallery. Women sit Dellhu
perforated screen at the opposite emu
Of the house from the men. II atteh-
ton is drawn to the fact thal L'e
strangers are espied," the galleries
must be cleared. In 1870 this auto
cratic power was slightly modified ana
now resolution Of the house 10 IT,
move strangers is necessary. me ocr"-
sion of the change was when the prince
Of Wales (the present king was pres
ent in the strangers gallery, occupying
a seat in the peers section or H. 90
seph Biggar, the well known HES"
member, to the amaZement as wen "'
to the amusement Of a crowded mousse
informed the speaker that ne "e'''eu
strangers. The strangers were L''-
mediately removed, including the 'u-
ture king of England.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04
COAST QUAKE UNIQUE
FLAMES ADD AWFUL HORROR
TO DESTRUCTION.
No Part of Globe Immune from
Earfh's ShOcks-SOme Portions
However, Are More Liable to Sells
mic Disturbances than Others.

Among the great disasters recorded
in history there have been few IN
which earthquake and fire have com
bined to destroy life and property as
in San Francisco. Volcanic eruptions
have been frequent Accomplishments of
earthquakes, and, as in the recent ca
tastrophe around Naples, have been
responsible for great destruction, but
there is no parallel to be found for the
calamity which descended upon the
city of the Golden Gate There nature
worked with a vengeance, first over
throwing the buildings and then max
ing futile the efforts of man to sub
due the flames which attacked the
ruined structures.
No portion Of the globe, scientists
declare, is absolutely immune from
earthquakes, but there are circum-
scribed regions in which the surface Is
liable to be shaken which are de-
scribed as Earthquake areas" San
Francisco is situated within one of
these areas, and has experienced nu-
merous shocks in the past sixty or
seventy years.
Italy has for ages been peculiarly
subject to these seismic disturbances,
its recent experience in connection
with the eruption of Vesuvius being
one Of scores occurring in the last cen
fury. Japan, China, India and the
western coast Of South America all
have been the scenes of appalling
earthquakes, hundreds of thousands Of
human beings losing their lives.
Compared with other countries, the
United States has suffered but little
from earthquakes, the most notable
disturbances of the earth's surface oc-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04


second third
estimate twenty miles,
impossible to
something than hYe
miles
district that about four
width averaged at
about twos mile There 100 in the burnt
buildings burned is
10000
$1OO225OO0 amount paid $50 7S925
of
at
by this fire.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

In 1868, on the western coast OF the
mountain region of the Andes from
Chile to Ecuador, a distance Of over
1000 miles.
Great Area Is Lifted.
In 1922 an earthquake permanently
raised 100000 square miles Of land
from two to seven feet. The city Of
Conception was destroyed in 1885 for
the fourth time, and 300 shocks were
felt within three weeks. In 1861 the
city Of Mendoza, Argentine Republic.
was destroyed, and 10000 persons were
killed.
The Mississippi Valley earthquake Of
1S11-12, known as the New Madrid
earthquake, was characterized by the
great prolongation Of it's phenomena.
Severe shocks occurred at short inter
walls for several months, and the entire
series Of shocks covered period OF
about two years AS the country was
sparsely settled little is known of the
distance to which the vibrations ex-
tended, but in the central tract the
phenomena were of a most impressive
character. 1t Is related that alluvial
land was traversed by visible waves,
which rocked the forest trees to and
fro, uprooted some and permanently
entanglcd the branches Of others. An
area between sixty and eighty miles
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04
Could Most Catch the Train

There is man in Enfield. CoIlI'
who drives carriage to and from '"e
station for the accommodation ~ ol
the public. He is exceedingly SLOW,
nearly always being little Oe'l'"D
time. One day he was engaged 10 I'd. -
a lady to a train which it was very 'N',
portant she should catch. She Watcl'e',
and waited. with hat and coat on uil.''
it was nearly train time. AT last N''
G. drove up, hurrying not an "o'"'
The lady's husband flew to the "0V'
and impatiently shouted: whats 'i'
,,sa of brrrying now? It's nearly tram
time" oval" drawled the lmhiof"0'~
hackman, "if your wife has her tn''7'
on and is ready to start l reckon ! ia"
git her most there"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

curing in 1811-1S12 near the head Of
the Mississippi delta, in Inyo Valley,
California in 1872, and at Charleston,
S. c., in 1886. The earthquake at
Charleston destroyed a large number
of buildings and killed twenty seven
persons outright, others dying later
from injuries. Eight Or ten villages To-
Gated in Inyo Valley were destroyed
and one-tenth Of the population was
killed The New Madrid earthquake OF
1S11-1S12 affected q dozen or more
counties in southern Missouri and
northern Alabama.
100000 Die I'm Quake.
Most disastrous of all earthquakes,
so far as authentic records show, was
that which occurred in Calabra, Italy,
in 1888, and which killed 100000 per-
sons 1t originated in the center of
the province, and extending to the
eastern coast Of Sicily destroyed the
city Of Messina, tremendous tidal
wave engulfng the greater portion Of
the city.
Among the earthquakes of early date
in Italy was that of A. ID. 60. which
wrecked the cities of POmpeii and Her
culaneum, sixteen years before they
were buried under the ashes and lava
thrown out by VeSuvius. The most
notable earthquake In Italy In the last
century, preceding the one which swept
over the northern part Of the country
In 1895 and caused tremendous dam
age, took place in 1857 in the kingdom
of Naples.
The earthquake which visited Lisbon.
Portugal Nov. I, 1866, was one of the
most appalling and remarkable mani
festations in the history of modern
times. Sixty thousand lives are be-
lieved to have been lost in six minutes.
1t was All Saints day, and the
churches were filed with worshipers,
when the rumblfng noise which invar-
ably precedes an earthquake was
heard A few moments passed, and
then came great shock which threw
down the greater portion Of the city
before the people had a chance to es-
cape from the buildings. The sea re-
tired, leaving the bar dry, and then
rushed back in a wave fifty feet high,
engulfing part Of the city permanently
to depth Of 800 feet. The shock was
felt in the Alps and on the coast of
Sweden. The waves Of the shock reach
ed rs far north as Scotland.
South America has been subjected to
many severe earthquakes. The city of
Caracas. Venezuela. was destroyed by
three shocks within a minute In 1912.
Quito. Ecuador, was almost obliterated
by an earthquake in 1859. The city of
Lima. Peru. and its harbor Callao.
were destroyed by an earthquake in
1746. The latest of the great seismic
upheavals in S-utb America occurred
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04
HOUSE OF COMMONS CUSTOMS
Members Wear Their Hats Exo
When They Are Stond7

Members Wear Their Hats Excan
When They Are Standing.
1t is curious custom that in narIi.l
ment members can wear their hal
when they are seated on the benches
but when they rise from their seatI
whether to address the house or "A
walk across the chamber, they INNS
uncover, says Harpers Weekly.
new member usually gets somewhat
mixed up regarding this unusual end
tom, and he is frequently greeted wifi
shouts of Hat. Hat"
Mr.. Gladstone never brought his no,
into the house. But there are certain
occasions when member is Obliged
to put a question of order to the cbai,
seated with his hat on. One evening
Mr.. Gladstone had to address the chair
and forgetful of the rule rose to his
feet instead of remaining seated
with his hat on. A loud shont ot
"Order, order!" from all parts of the
house forced him to his seat, and he
was obliged to put on his head the hat
Of one of his lieutenants. The grand
old mans head was Of abnormal size
and the comical effect Of the hat drew
forth loud laughter.
AS every American visitor to the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

The great confiagrations Of history,
recorded in the order Of their import
ance, begin with the destruction Of
London in 1919 and the loss Of thou
sands of lives. In 1866 London again
was burned, and thousands more Of
lives were lost In 1879 a conf1agra-
ton in Constantinople caused the
death of 1000 persons. These three
great fires were without rivals in their
extent until the Chicago fire Of 1871, in
which 2,124 acres were devastated, H.
$50 buildings reduced to ashes, 200
lives lost and $4,000 people were made
homeless
The Baltimore fire In 1904 swept
away eighty blocks, covering 40 acres,
and destroyed property valued at more
than $50,OOO,00O. A fire in San Fran
cisco in 1851 leveled $500 buildings,
chiefly small frame structures, and
scores of persons were burned to death.
Another city that practically was
wiped out was Troy, N. Y, which
burned In 1862, with considerable loss
of life. Another disastrous fire killed
1000 persons in 1868 at Santiago.
South America.
Considered from the standpoint of
lives lost, however, the Iroquois Thea
ter fire in Chicago, Dec. 80, 1908. ranks
as the most destructive in the history
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

| have been able to test tho ro+.
Ihome, 1t is almost equally high Y
AT the end of the FIVE years the Il
vivors are called up In patches If ~
nifty before the curador and are info
ed that their contract has been rono
for another term of five wears NV
never go back. have sought n y
for a single case in which slave froI
Angola has been returned to his Nv,
A very few escape over sea IN oona
A few hundreds, especially on prino,,
have escaped to the forests, and y
living there like wild beasts. From, .'aI
to time the planters institute drives
battues and shoot them. 1t YVES a
scribed to me as fine sport"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

From the list of professors eligible for
appointments to lecture at the University
of Berlin under the exchange system in
augurated last year, as submitted by the
Harvard corporation, the German gov
ernment has selected Prof. L. w. Rich
ards. sc. of the chemistry department.
His term will be during the second half
year. and his work will be in physical
and theoretical chemistry, practically
the same as he has been teaching at
Harvard since 1889. The German pro-
fessor who will come to Harvard in ex
change will be Prof. E. Kuhnemann of
Bonn university. Prof. Richards took
the degree of s. B. from Harvard in
1885,. and the degree of \. +. from
Harvard in 1886. He received the Har-
ward degrees of A. NJ. and Phi. d. in the
same year. 1883, and the degree of Sc.
ID. from Yale in 1905.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

is $40, though | have known man to
give as much as 500 for a really nice
looking girl. She however, was not
required for emigration.
Slaves Are Exported.
Large numbers of the slaves are
kept to work the plantations on the
mainland or other industries along the
shore. But | am now dealing only of
the export trade, to the Portuguese isl
ands of San Thome and Principe In the
Gulf of Guinea. The slaves are CON
veyed OH the ordinary passenger steam
ers. which run about once fortnight.
A day or two before the steamer starts
they are collected In a public building
before a Portuguese official called the
curador. They are asked whether they
are willing to labor on the islands for
five years. Not the slightest attention
is paid to their answer. A tin disk
with a number and tin cylinder con
tanning paper with particulars as to
their names, etc, are hung round their
necks, and having entered the Office as
slaves, they go out as contracted la
borers' This is the process which the
Portuguese call redemption. 1t is
most lucrative process for all concern
ed except, of course for the slaves,
who are only the merchandise.
They are next taken on board in
lighters and herded forward After
about weeks journey the slaves are
landed ON San Okalunga, or
the Island of He'll, as they call it-and
they are distributed among the planters
who have requisitioned the emigration
committee for them. The planters pay
from $120 to $50 for grown slave
delivered In good condition.
cit is almost entirely for the cultiva-
ton Of cocoa that the slaves are re-
quired for the two islands, being I'M
der the equator and nearly always veil
ed in mist and dripping with moisture,
are AS good for cocoa as they are dead
" for human life, and the cocoa trade
is now of great and increasing value
I believe it amounts to about $5,O00.000
O wear And the value Of the slaves is
consequently SO great that think their
masters try in most cases to keep them
alive. Among the slaves Of Principe
one in five dies every year, and where
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

Of this country. and has no rival in its
horror elsewhere In this awful disas-
ter 652 lives were snuffed out in a few
minutes, with but slight damage to the
theater. Next to this fire, reckoning
It's attending loss Of life, was the burn
ing of Conway's Theater in Brooklyn,
n Y. Dec. 8, 1876, when $50 persons
persisted in the flames.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

NJ. Fallieres, the new French pres-
dent, gets up between and s and does
his hardest work directly after his morn
ing walk. He devours all manner of
books-historical philosophical and lit
erary, and his favorite authors are Toll
stOy and Nigny.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

King Edward VII. is the uncle of the
Emperor of Germany, will soon be the
uncle of the Queen of Spain, is already
the uncle of the Crown Prince of Rou-
mania. the Czarina, the Crown Prin-
cess of Greece, and the Crown Princess
Of Sweden, and is the father of the
Queen of Norway.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04
Her Negligence.

Eyes, he actually had his wife ar
rested
What did he charge her with?'
"Contributory negligence"
"How was that?''
why, 1t seems that he struck at her
fercely, and she lodged, and he smash
ed his hand against the ll."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

Mrs. Margaret Yale of Nowatta, I. T.,
was admitted to the bar before Judge
Gill of the federal court. She is the first
woman admitted to the bar in Indian
territory. She is Il graduate of the law
department of Michigan university and
Il postgraduate of the University of Chi
CHGO.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

4 new director of the Vatican astro-
nomical observatory has just been named
by the Pope in the person of Father
Tagen of the Jesuit order.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

Successful novelists are great travellers
in these latter days Justus Miles For
man is about starting on an extended
trip to the antipodes His itinerary III
cludes Australia, New Zealand and the
South Sea islands, and is undertaken,
he says, not to gain new literary mate
rial, but solely because he wants to
play" a little.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

The Due D'Orleans has n splendid
collection of sporting trophies, number
ing some 1000 stuffed wild animals, birds
and reptiles, together with costumes,
arms and curiosities gathered from all
parts of the earth. and great array OF
heads and horns from Central and South
Africa. representing the spoiIs OF many
n hunting expedition.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

With the closing in Lancaster, Pa, OF
the hotel of John A. Shank, who allowed
his privilege to lapse there passed out
of existence a, license first granted III
1876 and renewed annually since then.
1t was in this hotel that the Lancaster
Lodge of Masons was instituted, III 1888
and there Gen. Lafayette was enter
tanned when he visited Lancaster.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

James Ferry, of Hartford, Conn, has
presented to the Connecticut Historical
society many very valuable pre-revolu-
tiOnary documents, including papers re-
lating to the French and Indian war.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

Lord Avebury, otherwise Sir John
Lubbock, was the first person i'll Eng
land to have his photograph taken. NJ.
Daguerre, the inventor of the art, came
to London to patent his discovery and
paid an early visit to Lord Avebury' S
father. The son was playing i'll the gar
den and was successfully photographed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

The only negro officer of the army who
is a West Pointer is Charles Young, at
present on duty as military attache at
Port au Prince, Haiti Capt. Young
entered the military academy in 1884,
and was graduated in 1889.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

Prof. c. Il. Lanman of Harvard uni
versity, has been elected an honorary
member Of the Societe AsiatiQue of Pa
ris The society was founded Ill ISL,
and since that time only twenty-nne
men have been put on its honorary Inst
Prof Lannan has also been made a
member of the Royal Society OF Sciences
of GOttingen.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

Although Vice-President Fairbanks is
the tallest man in the Senate, his third
son Frederick, who is his private secre-
tary, now overtops him by half an
inch
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

After a man has passed the critical
stage of his illness he begins to worry
about his doctors bill.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

Life's gentle gastronomic charms
Ere long. no doubt. will rudely stop.
No more for food we'll seek the farms,
Wen buy it at chemists shop.
Washington Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

Few old sailors can equal the record
of Capt. Alexander Simpson. who lately
completed his seventy-first voyage from
England to Australia and back, voyage
which he has been making regularly for
over forty years. Altogether he has
covered over 100000 miles without a
mishap. a distance equal to four voy-
ages to the moon and return. For
eighteen years he has been studying ocean
currents by throwing overheard bottles,
many of which have been returned to
him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

Miss Laura NJ. Cornelius, full-blood-
ed Indian of the Oneida tribe, who has
been student at Leland Stanford uni
versity. will study law at Columbia, her
purpose being to make her legal tram
ing serviceable in work for her own peo-
pIe. Miss Cornelius makes this state
ment on belief: Il believe in God, in
minding my own business, and i'll hust-
ling for what one wants"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

Philander (. Knox, senator from
PENNSYLVANIA. is an inveterate reader,
Ievoting all his time from legislative or
legal duties to reading. He purchases
all the best books and all the rare edl-
tons of old works which come his way.
He reads i'll his carriage going to the
capitol. on trains and every place where
he must spend some moments waiting.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04

You often speak of bores, wiz
correspondent to the editor. Ever W
cur to you that you are poie w." ,a,o
YOU run around asking people Il tH'-'
is ANYTHING new"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-05-04
Doubtful.

whats that Teller holierln aoou'.
HE amt hollerln'-he's only pra!'N
fer rain"
Reckon he'll git it!' -
"Dunno. 1 amt seen the "eal"'-
h,,,,e+in vit,"-Atlanta Constitution