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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-11
SAN FRANCISCO
 HIT BY STORM Four Big Buildings Collapse
 in Fierce Gale s3OO,OOO PROPERTY LOSS 
One Man Killed and Many Injured By Failing Walls-Streets Blocked and Traffic at a Standstiil.
 Shipping Damaged,

San Francisco, December 10-A south east gale sweeping along the coast at a registered velocity of forty-eight miles per today resulted in the death of on . in San Francisco and the severe in S several others. Shipping in the TS was damaged considerably, and in
 arters of the city tottering walls e . hurled to the ground, blockading N0 ts and interrupting traffic. Owing to SS danger from falling walls, street car ,S vice was entirely suspended. q John P. Hynehart, a laborer, was aught under a falling wall and killed. A companion was probably injured fatally. In every section of the burned district ruins were .>Spled over.
 The Chinese war junk, Whan Ho dragged her anchor last night.
 Damage Estimated at $3oo,oo0.
 Three hundred thousand dollars is the estimated loss of four of San Francisco's largest firms by reasons of the damage done by todays storm. This evening the large building at the corner of Polk and Vanness avenue gave in before the fury of the storm, and all the valuable mer- chandise housed there was ruined The building was occupied by the Mann Trunk company.
 The Hahnmann pharmacy and the Mel jei Art company are practically destroyed. Their loss is said to be about S20O,0o0. The building occupied by the California No ton and Toy company at 600 Post street collapsed just before noon, and the larger portion of the stock was destroyed. The underwriters saved what they could, but the firm will suffer to the extent of near ly s100,0oo.
 Carried Onto Rocks.
 After the British ship PalgTave, which went ashore on Alcatraz Island had been towed out into the stream again, the ves- seI was a second time overtaken by an unusually heavy blast, which carried her and two tugs on the rocks. At a late hour this afternoon the Palgrave was still on the rocks.
 The tugs have been unable to move her again. It will take days, perhaps weeks. to restore the street car system. This will be made more difficult by reason of the fact that in every instance the trolley wires came down with the buildings.
 At Point Reyes and at Mare Island navy yard the wind reached a velocity of sixty miles an hour, and fears are entertained for the safety of the shipping along the coast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-11
Will Accept currie Statue.

Representative Bowie of Alabama re- tuurned to Washington today and will shortly introduce resolution which. when passed, will formally accept on the part of Congress the statue of J. l.. M Curry of Alabama, which has been placed in statuary hall.
 The resolution will name the date on which exercises will be held for the for nal acceptance of the statue The Ala bama delegation and other prominent citizens of the state will be present at the exercises, which will probably take place some time in February. There has been some talk of opposition to the ac- ceptance on the part of G. A. R. Posts, but nothing of this kind Is expected.
 The Curry statue is considered the finest piece of work in the hall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-11
Fresh impetus has been given

Fresh impetus has been given
 dustrial Educational League
 South" through the introduction
 ator Beveridges bill for the aboi
 of child labor. While the efforts
 league are not especially directed a the factory evils It's work has to d., all phases of child-evil in the 1 States, and especially in the south
 It Is the purpose of the league v.uvu exists solely in Washington at present, to establish associate leagues in the cap itals of all southern states The league was established here about one year ago. The ultimate purpose of the league is the preservation of the integrity and uplift- ing of the Anglo-Saxon race by means of cooperation with the southern states in placing elementary education within reach of the indigent white children by assist ing to establish industrial schools by manual training and this giving opportun- ity to the poorer classes of children
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-11

San Francisco, December 10.-A south east gale sweeping along the coast at a registered velocity of forty-eight miles
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
SIPS Nainsook Gowns
 for 69C.

200 choice quality of muslin md nainsook night gowns. Beau tlfully trimmed with lace or em- broidery; high or low neck, long or short sleeve; worth from
 $l0O to $l .25 each. Limited two to customer. 60- Monday only .............,,.UTN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25

readln' preyin' on him like slckpess, un- Atil he got so he'd read anything he e'ud get his hands on, except these yere con- gressmen's fine print speeches. Some how he got holt of little brindle steer, and entered a poor forty-aere tract of pney woods Ian, bildin' a shanty on the same, dlggin well and settin' up ash hopper. At nights he'd read few and Invent a whole lot, none of which said in- ventions was wuth a hardly; cos none of 'em would work. He Invented a har- ness for that steer, so that when the animal got skeered and bolted to run he could pull strap and the blamed steer could shed his upholstery and be loose and free to eaper over the land scapei but the first time he tried it the strap failed to work and that brlndle bull jess disseminated fragments of that blow and gear from 4 to izzard. He evolved a self-aeting. self-righteous blow that ort to have lift itsef over roots and skim along scand1us. She done bully on clean level groun', but when root was struck one of the dinguses rared back and joted Buck In the stomach to the extent of nearly layin' him out
 "Riah Mayberry encouraged him heap in this inyentin bizness. She was the only daughter of old Squire Bill May berry the richest and proudest man in these diggins her maw had died when 'Riah was a little gal, and from bein' raised up by old black nanny, who bossed everything on the place, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
MRS. HUMPHREY WARD
EngIands Great Woman Novelist.

weighted with learning and research that they were as heavy as dumbbells and fit only for scholars to read when they wanted to get away from pleasure, She wrote many articles for "The Dictionary of Christian Biography" which paid little in coin, but more in credit
 Mrs Ward was 3l before she undertook real fiction with Miss Brethrenton," fol- lowing four years later by Robert Els mere" which captured the reading public of two continents. Before this, 1t Is true, she had written a ehild's story. a pale- eomplexoned, anaemie piece of work, ftly named "Millle and Ollie" Her transla- tion of "Amieps Journal from French into English was an exquisite literary gem, expressing so perfectly the subtle windings of the thoughts and emotion of the simple Swiss professor, that 1t seems as if he himself must have ra- thought his whole diary in English with out the touch of translator. David Grieve" which paid its author over slO0,- GOO. and others which paid fully as much, soon followed. among them. ''Sir George Tressady," 'IIelbeck of Rannisdale," "Eleanor," and Lady Roses Daughter" In her beautiful country home in Hertr fordshire she does her literary work, seeking to escape from the storm of pub- lleity her books have aroused, and ayoid- ing all society but little band of devot- ed friends
 Mrs Wards most successful effort has been "The Marriage of William Ashe,' published last March.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
MANSIONS BEFORE THE WAR.
Alabama Houses That Were Once the
 Scene of Splendor.

Macon, Mo.-"If man is looking for a genuine, unadulterated, irreducible case of the blues, know land that will fit his case," remarked J. c. Me- Gee, assistant topographer for the Pensacola, Alabama and Western rail- road, now under survey from Memphis to Pensacola.
 "Our line enters the northwestern part of the state and goes down through the heart of Alabama" the engineer went on. Many miles of our work is through swamps and tan gled woods of midnight darkness. These swamps abound in scorpions, rattlesnakes, vipers, lizards, cotton mouths and. the negroes affrightedly add, chalk-faced spooks; but those are not the depressing features.
 Tt is the hundreds of tenantless old mansions you are constantly encoun- tering. These vacant homes are mod els of ante-bellum magnificence. There are large columns and verandas in front, spacious railways and rooms of lordly proportions. Some of the cary ings are almost of royal splendor.
 Nothing has been removed but the furniture. The masters were either killed in the war or have removed to the towns. The wild grass grows high clear up to the doors. The fencing IS gone or tumbled down.
 "The driveways, once bordered by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
LITERARY prophecies, like boomer
 ans. should be handled with extreme

LITERARY prophecies, like boomer
 ans. should be handled with extreme A< eaution-they are so prone to recoil. When Matthew Arnold affirmed that no Arnold could ever write novel. he did not look sufficiently far into the future to see Mrs. Humphrey Ward. the daugh- ter of his brother Thomas. recognized as the greatest woman novelist of her gen. eration.
 She was born in Tasmania inN1S51, and when six years old was brought by her parents to England. Her father. a college professor, changed his college as frequent ly as his religion; his intense conscientious yearning for absolute truth whirling him from one faith to another like cork caught in the eddy of a stream, and mak- mere"
 mare.'
 At the age of 14, when the family mi grated to Oxford, she breathed the uni yersity atmosphere that was joy to her heart. She acquired knowledge as nat urally as a bird learns to sing, and she was known as a marvellous llnguist, be- ing as perfect in German, French. span ish and Italian as if each were her native tongue At twenty-one. she married Thomas Humphrey Ward. one of the Uni versity dons, whose work as author edl- tor, critic, has given him place In Eng fish literature. She was ambitious 10 write, and her earliest efforts were so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
Time In His Hand.
2 ThnrsIon (Me.l JonrnaI.

From the Thurston (Me) Journal
 Walter Mason, living in Newport, Me-, has the mysterious ability of being able to tell the accurate time of day by sim 'ply looking in the palm of his hand as another would look at fls watch. No one has been able 10 learn his method, and in fact he himself cannot explain the source
 of his power. This uncanny knowledge Is not of recent origin, he having used it for many years. When he first began to use this gift, as he considers 1t, he pur- chased a watch, then looking at his hand 10 ascertain the time, he would compare his fingers with those of the watch, ind ing his own always correct, Many of the people of the village who doubted his power and who looked upon it as fairy story" have by their own observations md experiments become convinced of its truth Walter Mason was born In the town of Palmyra forty years ago, and came to Newport when he was about 15 years of age. He attended the district school in Gilman, after which he found employment in different mills, at one of which he Is working at the present time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25

So don't be disappointed if you come later and we are too busy to attend to you. for We5 have big 5000 VALUE SKIRT SALE FOR $5.9S. Begins Monday morning too and all, hands will be too busy selling skirts to paw much attention to the souvenirs later in theS day. Be on hand early both for souvenirsl and skirts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25

stately trees, are covered with rank growths. Thousands and thousands of dollars are represented ia these once hospitable homes and yet no way farer would think of despoiling them.
 "The negroes will not enter them save at the direct command of a white man. They regard them with super stitious reverence, thinking the ghosts of the departed members of tho family are there to guard their earthly home.
 When We first began going through these ancient habitations we regarded them careessly, but as we advanced with the work we got to dreading the sight of them. They were so suggest i've of burial vaults-grim, silent, ma jestic-they seemed to mock the trans lent glory of man.
 "In one home we found a rusty sword, broken not far from the hilt. In whispers the negroes told us there had been trouble in the family and the place was cursed. Not one of them would have touched the curious old weapon for money--it would have meant eternal bad luck.
 "A large spot in the hall they said was blood, and when they suggested that time would have removed 1t they shook their heads.
 "'Hitll be dar till de judgmint day, boss, said an axeman: 'eben if hits Q millyun yeahs ter come. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
chIIdren's Wisdom.

In J. H. Burns Children's Answers.
 'what Is grass?'
 "Whiskers on the face of the earth"
 Pohnpeii was buried in lather.
 Bobby was admiring the fat boy at the circus. Mamma" he exclaimed, what a kind mother hs must have" : Hercules cleansed the Aegian stables by turning the stynx out of its course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
Loves Idle Dream.

From the Columbus Dispatch
 Gunner-rhey say he was a young and daring adyenturer.
 Guyer--So I have heard. He married the wife of the late millionaire and gossip says she idolizeH him.
 Gunner--You men idleized him. He has, not done a stroke of work since the wed- ding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
May Learn How to Shoot.

The fact that China Is fooling with firearms is causing the entire world more or less uneasiness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25

When it prints good. it is gooa cut The Gawk Engraving CO 'rm IN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
5000 Silk Petticoats
 for $3.7S.

Think of 1t, 100 beautifully made high grade silk taffeta pet tieoats. that have always sold for $500; made full and with ae
 cordian plaited ruffies; in black and changeable colors. I 7E Monday only ....,..........J.io
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-25
we Great Specials for Monday That Will Fill the
Ladies' $500 Shoes
 for $2. 90.

Everybody knows that we are selling the best shoe ever sold for the money. Oxfords or high shoes that cannot be dupll- oated elsewhere for less than S5.00. Limited one pair to a customer. m Monday only ....,.....,...k.T1
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-11-24
PASSENGERS DEPARTED

Per stmr. Claudine. for Maui and Ha.
wall ports, Nov. 23.-Captain Penhal.
low. Chas. X. oNtley. W. @. Walker
Jno. A. Scott. Mrs. Scott, Jas. Scott anc
two children, Jno. Ross, w. II. C.
Campbell, J. N. S. Williams. Geo Glib
Jas. Glib. Robt. Hutton. Thos. II. Ken
ncdy. ID. Failies. A. C. Belts. Miss A
Won Tcmpsky, L. Won Tempsky. l.. y
Aiona. c. w. Macfarlane. Jno, Macael
J. Kalakaua, VIM. Won Scggern. T.. l.
Strout. VIM. Smith, Lloyd Smith. Jno
Spencer and wife. L. Moller. PAX what
So, Siora, c., Crowell. Father Maximin
Agatuma and, wife, e. II. Hart and son
Miss l.. Murray, II. e. Savage, w. Scar
by. Y. Takakuwa.
Per stmr. Iwalani. for Kauai ports
Nov. 23.-Mrs, Stoddart and child. Mrs
N. p. Faye. W. stoddart. Mrs. T. Evani
and child, +. Weber, A. Fries, Il. N. W
Broadbent, Miss Hiscox, Mrs. Weber
N. r. Fay. l., Dreier. b. d. Baldwin
JnO. Fassoth.g ,.....
Per stmr. Niihau. for Kauai, Nov. %
Geo. H. Fairchild, C. o. Tappan.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-11-24
YONG TAN NOT GUILTY

Yong Tan, the Chinaman charged
with perjury whose trial has been go.
ing on before Judge Dole for the last
two days, was found not guilty yester.
day by the jury, which was so directed
by Judge Dole. The case turned on
the point that the law states that the
oath shall be administered by the In.
spector In charge. while In the case
OF Yong Tan II was given by Assistant
Inspector Curry. F. NJ. Bechtel was
at the time inspector In charge. This
point was advanced by the attorneys
Tor the defence In asking for a direct.
ed verdict after the prosecution had
submitted its case.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-11-24
The First
AMERICAN SAVINGS
AND TRUST GO.
OF HAWAII, LTD.

Once: Corner Fcrt and King SITS.
SAVINGS DEPoSiTs received and
interest allowed for yearly deposits al
the rate Of 4 IL per cent. per annum.
Rules and regulations furnished up
on application.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-11-24
HAS FOLLOWED THE
SEA FOR g YEARS
Veteran Captain OF Japan
In Command Of
Shibata

One Of the young sea captains run.
ming out Of Japan is Captain Johan
Wilhelm Eckstrand, master of the
IS. s Shibata Maru, now lying at
Bishop wharf. Captain Eckstrand
Conicsscs that he has been going to
sea only SO years. But that isn't his
fault He started as soon as he could.
bis first voyage being made when he
was less than ~ years old. He has
been at II ever since. and for 80 years
has been a commander under the Jap.
anese flag.
Captain Eckstrand is "A years old
and doesn't look IL. II man is as
old as he feels. the captain Is about
81. Hale and hearty is sadly over.
worked phrase, but II is about the
only one that can be used to describe
the old sea.dog.
For years, up to short time ago,
Captain Eckstrand was master Of one
Of the steamships Of the Yusen Kisen
Kaisha. He says he was thrown out
because Of his age. But even then he
retained his command unti1 he was
two years past the age limit. And
when he left the service Of the com.
pany he was presented with a little
remembrance In the shape OF gra.
tuity Of 10000 yen ($1O.O0O) and a lot.
ter telling OF the appreciation Of the
company for his long and faithful ser
vices.
Many OF the captains now In the GIN
ploy Of that and other japanese com.
panies were brought up under Captain
Eckstrand and learned their seaman.
ship from him. The affection with
which they regard him is attested by
q gold watch. chain and pendant which
the Captain wears. II was presented
to him by number of his former
officers, now masters of ships, with q
letter that makes the Captain blush
under his whiskers whenever he looks
at II.
And his collection Of treasures In.
tludes other things of similar ma.
ture. One of them Is gold emblem
OF the Order OF Long Servitude. It Is
a massive tying, OF pure gold. the bull.
lion In II having value of 80 yen.
And there Is also the Order OF the
Rising Sun. When the Captain pins
this on his coat. he is privileged to
call on the Mikado. He also has the
badge OF the Japanese Red Cross.
Besides being a good seaman. Cap
tain Eckstrand Is one OF the best fel
lows that ever sailed into Honolulu In
command of vessel.
Sixty.twO years of active service is
not enough for this old sea captain.
He Is not ready yet to retire. He ex.
poets to be centenarian. at least. and
wants to spend NJ much of the remain.
ing time as possible In command Of
o vessel. He says that he was walked
up at ~ o'clock at night before leav.
ing Japan on this voyage by an agent
OF the company. who wanted him to
take command OF the Shibata Maru.
The Shibata is to return to Japan
possibly after going to the Sound for
. cargo of wheat, and after that II Is
probable that she will return to Homo,
lulu with another load of Japanese i'm
migrants.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-11-24
SEE HAWAII

From Kawaihae to Waimea by au.
tomobile and thence through either
the Konas or Hamakua to Hilo. will
show you the finest sceneries OF the
Islands.
For particulars write to
WILMOT VREDENBURG,
Licensed Chauffeur.
Kamuela, Hawaii
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-11-24
DEPARTED.

Friday. November %.
Stmr. Claudine. Parker, for Maui ana
Hawaii ports. s p. m.
SEtmr. Iwalani. Piltz. for Kauai,
ports, ) p. m.
Stmr. Niihau, Townsend, for Kauai
ports. 5 p. m.
Br. s. s. Bucentaur, jenkins. for SUI
va, lis pm.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-11-24

The introduction of Rugby, coupled
with the refusal Of Stanford to agree
TO postponement Of the intercolle.
gate contest to Thanksgiving day, will
leave the athletic committee of the
University of California $4,000 In
debt
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-11-24

Collections Promptly Accounted 70
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-11-24
ARRIVED.


Friday. November %.
Am. schr. Mary L. Fostera. Thomp-
son. % days from Fort Blakeley. 1880
a. m.
Nor. blk. Marcit. Forbes. from Leitli
England, 179 days out. Sis y. m.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-08-15

CHESTER WHITE Pigs from regis
tered mature stock for sale. Address
Chas A. Hagen, Sprague, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-08-15

soils need first of all is available phos-
phorus. This can be supplied to grow
ing crops by the use of active de-
caying organic matter which has
power to liberate some phosphorus
from the limited amount still remain
ing in these soils, and by far the most
important effect of clover or cowpeas
upon succeeding grain crops is pro-
duced not by the nitrogen obtained
from the air but by the phosphorus
liberated from the SOIL
l hope no one will allow himself to
feel, because l recognize in the gradual
removal and loss of the element phos-
phorus the greatest menace to profit
able agriculture, that l do not fully ap-
preciate the Importance of nitrogen
and legume crops. | certainly do not
ignore the value of legume crops or
the Importance of incubation. On my
own farm 1 am practicing a six-year
rotation which includes legume crop
or catch crop every year.
On the other hand l ask you to I'M
derstand and to remember that every
farm practice which is good and which
is taught and encouraged tends to re-
duce the supply of phosphorus in the
soil. We select and plant the best pos
sible seed, and thus grow large crops
which require much phosphorus. We
prepare the soil and plant and Guilt
vate the crop in the best possible man.
ner, and thus grow larger crops which
remove more phosphorus from the SOIL
We try to conserve the moisture and
to control the tempeture and to i'm
prove the physical condition, in order
to grow larger crops and remove still
more phosphorus. We grow legume
crops which are gross feeders on phos-
phorus, which supply nitrogen and add
decaying organic matter which as it
rots in the soil liberates phosphorus
which is removed by the succeeding in
creased yields of grain crops. We
feed our crops and ignore the phos-
phorus sold in the bones, and return
to the soil a manure which is poor in
phosphorus, and which, as it decays,
will liberate phosphorus from the SOIL
All of this is good practice practice
which I encourage and which | follow
but I ask you, in the name of simple,
mathematical truth, is it sensible to
expect, or possible to accomplish, the
continued production of large crops
without returning phosphorus to the
soil?
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-08-15

FOR SALE-Copy Grams Atlas of the
World, 1906 edition, all morocco, large
volume, bran new. Will sell cheap. Ad-
dress A., The Ranch