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The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

tallest building in San Francisco, meas
uring 315 feet from base to the base of
the fagpole surmounting the dome, In
this height there are twenty floors from
the ground to lantern floor OF the dome
After the confiagration was over
commission appointed to examine the
building, including prominent Gov
erninent engineers, made a complete
and rigid inspection Of the structure
Under the guidance of Superintendent
of Reconstruction III. j. Wolters, the
party found that SO perfect was the
fireproofing of the steel work that not
one steel rod bar or beam was affected
by the intense heat The coating of
hollow tile and plaster and the shield
of asbestos about steam pipes pre-
served the integrity of the building and
it's steam fittings. Professor Omori
the japanese earthquake expert, was
loud in his praise of the magnificent
way in which the building resisted
shock and fame.
ton of the floors or walls were de-
stroyed. Under a rigid search, con-
Quoted at hazard to life and limb, it
was found that not single rivet had
been sheared or was loose. AS an In
stance of what might have been the
steel and glass sidewalk, which was
not f1reproofed, was entirely destroyed
and has been made new.
In the basement before the fire were
three great presses. After the fire,
when the newspapers of the city were
seeking presses, a descent into the
basement of the building as last
hope revealed the presses in such a
condition that two complete presses
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

When first the Claus Spreokeis build
ing, which has been affectionately des-
ignated the Call building by the people
Of San Francisco, raised it's head, 1t
took and kept the front ranks of mag
nificent structures in the city. Before
the great fire the building lowered
above its fellows in the heart of the
city as a beautiful monument of enter
prise, an object of architectural art
that was declared by experts to be the
most distinctive and imposing on the
continent west of Chicago. After the
great fire. when the greater number of
it's fellows had been laid low, the build
ing, torn and gaunt, still lowered above
the smoking ruins, its foundation un-
shaken, its integrity unimpaired and it's
steel ribs firm
With sections of its majestic stone
work undamaged, the building on It's
firm foundation moved but slightly
not a hairsbreadth from the perpen-
dicular. Thus, in the most vital part
of the buildings makeup, the engineer
Bros, was exploited The building at
foundation which is another square
fifteen feet larger in every way than
the base. This foundation is made OF
steel beams laid in cement like grill
in three tiers. To this foundation and
as a part of it, the building is bolted
and cemented.
The Claus Spreckels building was
opened for occupancy October /, 1897.
At that time and to this day it is the
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
Butter Exports From
Sweden to England

~ ONSUL r. S. S. BERGH of Gotten
III borg notes, with reference to
Y ! Americas efforts to export butter
to England, that the Swedish ex-
port of this article seems to decrease.
The latest evidence of this is a report
from the Swedish dairy agent in Eng
land, who states that the aggregate ex-
port of butter from Sweden-to England
and Denmark during the three first
quarters of the year 1906 was only H.
939,oS7 kilos f26,321.177 pounds), while
the export during the same period of
1895 amounted TO 14,053,7o7 kilos CO.
ss3.1l6 pounds), thus showing a de-
crease of 4,e61,93s pounds for such a
short period. 1t is stated that this is
solely caused by the greater domestic
consumption of butter-for the produc-
tion of the Swedish creameries is in
ereasing, besides the butter made by
the farmers. many of whom now have
cream separators and modern churns.
The present retail price of butter in
Gottenborg ranges from 2.10 to 2.4o
kroners per kilogram (25 to 2s cents
per pound). according to quality.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23
MeXiCo's Oil Lands Prove
Worthy of Investigation

grade but the owners of these wells
are conceahng the quantity and other
interests claim that the wells are shall
low and of no permanent value.
Outside of the Tampico district a
profitable oil field has not yet been de-
veloped in Mexico, but it would be un-
just to say such may not be at any
time the case, for energetic and cap
able men and companies are exploring
in Coahuila, near the border, in Tamau-
lipas, Veracruz, Oaxaca and Jalisco,
and strike may be made any day
which will open up another paying field
and give Mexico what it greatly needs,
i. e., fuel and iliuminant which it is
not necessary to import.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

There are some terrible figures in a
recent English blue book in relation to
sanitary measures in India Under the
heading "A Plague" it is recorded that
the number of deaths due to this dis
ease from the autumn of 1se6 to the end
of 1904 reached the enormous total of
3.26e,S10, of which 2,609,551 occurred in
the British provinces.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-30
MORRISON MEMORIAL
HALL COMPLETED
FINE NEW ADDITION TO THE
ABOVE PLANTATION OFFICE.

LIHUE, Kauai, May 2S.-A most well
come addition to the houses here in
the Mill camp at Makaweli is the newly
completed Morrison Memorial Hall, just
above the plantation office. Mr.. Dysons
architectural genius has been display
ed to great advantage in the construc-
ton of this pretty building. A new
pool table is to be added to the billiard
table now here and the latter is to be
removed from the present hall and
placed in the new hall i'm the same
room with the new pool table. 1t is
rumOred that the plantation is to give
additional proof of its public spirited
interest in the welfare of the commu-
nifty by furnishing this fine building
with suitable furniture and in addi-
ton to that it is said that a small
library i'm the shape of current maya
zines and periodicals, will be supplied.
The people of Makaweli are. very enthu-
siastic over their new hall and its
growth has been watched by all with
not a little interest and now that it
is almost completed, Maxwell folks
are looking forward to the enjoyment of
its interesting and entertaining features
i'm the near future Makaweli is one
of the few plantations of the islands
that can boast of such a han and there
is considerable pride manifested in it,.
The Garden Island.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-30

ercion is past. Man is free to go where
he pleases, and he is not to be inter-
fered with in the pursuit of happiness
The failure to recognize this truth is a
denial of the fundamental doctrine of
the Declaration of Independence. and
cannot fail to entail disastrous conse-
quences. Interference with the per-
sonal freedom in the pursuit of hap
piness' is dlscontenanced by law; by
the Federal Constitution oath amend
ment). Even the State itself is forbid
den to pass laws enslavlng a man or
compelling him to work against his
will, except as a punishment for crime.
Now, the japanese laborers have not
come here to practice philanthrophy,
any more than the exploitation of the
sugar industry is for charity. Just as
capital is invested for profit. so the
Japanese laborers have left their homes
to get higher wages, to better them
selves, to enrich themselves by work.
ing in the plantations of Hawaii. They
came here because they thought they
could get better wages here than at
home. In other words they have no
intention of staying here any longer
than is profitable for them to do so.
They are not born predestihed to cling
to the soil of Hawaii, when they can
get higher wages in the mainland,
where they can afford e. go. They are
born freemen, they came as freemen,
and continue to be free. Capital is free,
so is the labor. When the remunera-
ton of capital is reduced or it can get
more in some other place, it will not
hesitate a moment to go there So with
labor. 1t will stay in any place only
so long as it is most remunerative for
it to remain, and will leave that place
as soon as 1t finds some other place
where it cam get greater reward. And
it is not to be interfered With any
more than capital in so doing.
The constant shifting of the Japa-
nese laborers is not because they are
born pastrol people. They have passed
that stage of civilization long ago. In
their longing to go to the States they
are simply following the dictate of the
simplest instinct of man. The remedy
must be rational. What is then, the
remedy which is simple, legitimate,
and, at the same time effective? The
remedy must be economic, and humane
at the same time. We answer: The
better houses better treatment in gen.
eral, and higher wages. Until, by Civ
ing the laborers these things, we see no
chance for stopping the present Shift
ness of labor of Hawaii, whether that
labor be Japanese or white.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-30

The following is from the Hawaii
Shinpo and deals with the labor ques-
ton here.
The Shinpo has long contended that
the real solution of labor difficulties
here was i'm a proper treatment of the
Japanese already on the spot, rather
than in efforts to experiment with un-
tried laborers. On many plantations
Japanese are ill-housed and ill-treated
in many ways. For months we have
stated i'm these columns that if they
are given treatment half as good as it
was proposed to give to the Molokans,
for example, the Japanese would be
steady, reliable, permanent laborers.
There would be none OF them anxious
to leave for the mainland. They would
be "domiciled" labor, which the gov
eminent is so anxious to secure, and in
so far as the legal conditions allow
them, they would be good and useful
citizens.
These ideas are beginning to be
accepted. On this island there is a
very important movement to give
homes to Japanese laborers. On Kauai
a lesson has been learned The man
ayers on Makee plantation know now
that if they had sper one quarter of
the money they wasted on the worth
less Molokans, who as the Shinpo
pointed out long ago, are only lot of
Russian religious cranks who would
rather argue theorogy than work,-if
the managers, we say, had spent half
the money on giving the Japanese re-
spectacle homes and decent wages that
was wasted on this gang of pickering
cranks, they would have had a well
settled, industrious population of Jap
anese laborers.-the best ltborers who
have yet come to these islands, as ev-
cry plantation manager knows.
The Shinpo says further:
In several successive issues of our
English edition, we fave given trans
lations of editorials of almost all Jap
anese press, both of the town and of
the country, and also an opinion of a
Japanese statesman on the labor ques-
ton of Hawaii, and we think we have
made it plain that there is a unanimity
of opinion among the Japanese in de-
manding for better houses, better treat
ment in general, and also for higher
wages. We have done this for interest
of the general welfare of Hawaii and
in the interest of settled labor: and
may be pardoned to urge this to plan
ters as an essential condition prece-
dent in order to secure more steady la
Dor. The time of oppression and of CO.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-30
METHODISTS TO AID

CHICAGO. May 6,-The board of
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
church, at their semi-annual meeting
took definite action toward furnishing
relief to Methodist institutions i'm Cal
ifornia which suffered by the earth
quake. Bishop John w. Hamilton Of
San Francisco was empowered to APP
point a committee of five men to pro-
cure aid from Methodists throughout
the world. An effort viii be made by
this committee to obtain $75O,OO0 to
make up for losses.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-30
LAYING TRACK ON
WAHIAWA BRANCH
ROAD MASTER PETRIE STARTED
WITH WORK TRAIN LAST MON
DAY-BLEVEN MILES TO LAY.

The laying of the track on the Wa
hiawa extension has commenced. Road
Master L. Petrie of the Oahu Railway
'& Land Company took the work tri
last Monday and began putting down
the track. 1t is expected that the ex-
tension will be completed in a very
short time. There are eleven miles to
be laid. ALI of the bridges have been
set up and only short time will be
required in which to put them in place.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-30
CANDIDATE
FOR SENATE

OMAHA, May 6.-The candidacy of
Edward Rosewater, proprietor of the
Omaha Bee for the Republican .4omi-
nation for United States Senator at
the coming State Republican COnven-
ton will be announced tomorrow in
the Bee, in a signed article by his son,
Victor Rosewater, managing editor,
Mr.. Rosewater is at present i'm Rome
as the official representative of the
United States at the Universal Postal
Congress.
Mr.. Rosewater has been a leader of
his party i'm this State for many years.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-30
HEAD OFFICE. YOKOHAMA.
ESTABLISHED 1880.
Branches and Agencies:

Branches and AgencIes;
Honolulu, New York, San Francisco,
London, Lyons, Bombay, Hongkong,
Newchwang, Pekin, Shanghai, Tientsin,
Kobe, Nagasaki, Toxic, Osaka.
The Banks buys and receives for col
lection Bills of Exchange, issue Drafts
and Letters of Credit, and transacts a
genral banking business.
HnnnII1I1n Rranch 81 King Street
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-30

Fine Job Printing. Star once.
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Claus Spre "ls. VIM @. Irwin.
CIauSSDTGCkGlS &CO.
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' HONOLULU,

San Francisco Agents-The Nevada
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DRAW EXCHANGE ON
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tional Bank of San Francisco.
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tional Bank.
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Bank
PARIS-Credit Lyonnais.
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-30
A GOOD SUGGESTION.

Mr. c. B. Wainwright of Lemon City
Fla, U. S. A., has written the manu-
facturers that much better results are
obtained from the use of Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Dierrhoea Remedy
in cases of pains in the stomach, collie
and cholera morbus by taking it in
water as hot as can be drank. That
when taken in this way the effect is
double in rapidity. "It seems to get at
the right spot instantly" he says. For
sale all all dealers. Benson, Smith &
Co., agents for Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-30
OFFICERS.

OFFICERS.
Charles M. Cooke. .............P President
p. G. Jones. First ViCe-President
r. w. Macfarlane. End Vice-PresiC mt
G. H. Cooke. ............' Las
c. Hustace Assistant Cashier
F. B. Damon. Assistant Cashier
Zeno K. Myers. ..................AL Auditor
DIRECTORS: Chas. M. Cooke, P. G.
Jones, F. w. -Macfarlane, e. F. Bishop,
E. D. Tenney, ]. A. McCandless, G. H.
Atherton, c. H. Cooke, F. B. Damon, F.
c. Atherton.
COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS DE-
PARTMENTS.
Strict attention given to all branches
of Banking
JUDD BUILDING. FORT STREET.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-30
CAR SICKNESS.

Your disagreeable feeling when trav-
elling, L:ch as headache, car-siclness,
sea-sickness, or nervousness, are all
due to agitated nerves. Quick relief is
invariably obtained by taking DR..
Miles Anti-Pain Pills. They calm
and refresh the weary nerves, and re-
lieve you from all misery and pain. %
doses, 25 cents Never sold in bulk.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-30
THE
BANK oFHAwAII
LIMITED.

Incorporated Under the Laws of the
Territory Of Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-30
JAP ANESE LABOR FROM
JAPANESE STANDPOINT

THE HAWAII sHMPo DISCUSSED LABoR-sAYs
ANEsE WERE TREATED AS MoLoKANs THEY
CLASS LA BoRERs-sTATEs THAT JAPANESE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-17
Anacostia and Vicinity.

The erection of gas lamps. it is stated,
will be ordered 18th street between
Minnesota avenue and Harrison street. The
Commissioners. it is added. have indicated
that they will support a proposition for
the erection of arc lights from the new
Anacostia bridge along Monroe street and
Nichols avenue to Franklin street.
The Rechabites In Anacostia have estab-
lished a central headquarters on Harrison
street. The organizations holdings sessions
there are Wreath Tent. No. 1913; Laurel
Tent, No. 1101, and Ivy Tent No. $780, the
total membership of the three being ninety
persons Wreath Tent last evening held
a meeting In the hall. presided over by
George w. Shoemaker, chief ruler.
Lots 113 and ia, in Griswods subdi-
vision, located on High street, have been
sold for the Bank of Washington to Mr..
Joseph King of this place. Premises 555
Jefferson street have been sold for Mrs.
Rebecca Maddox to Mr.. Milton p. Town
send, who has removed from Lincoln Park
to his new home. The house 211 Fillmore
street, lately owned by Mr.. John Scrivener,
has been purchased by Mr.. Alonzo c. Hud-
son, who is having improvements made and
who will reside there. Sale has been made
of the frame residence of Mrs. Louisa p
Bowman on Chestnut street to Police Ser
geant C. A. Stevens in charge of the Ana
costa precinct.
Oneita Council No. .. Degree of Poca-
nOnIdS, neIu IL largely dlteHuSu Soch So-
cial at Masonic Hall the evening of Monday
last. Among those who took part in the
program, were Mr.. Harry Davis, graphic
phone selections; Earl Conway and Jennie
Soper, violin, duet; Misses Fannie Gator
| and Jeanette Shank accompanied by Miss
| Ethel Soper, vocal duet; Mr.. and Mrs.
| Townsend, mandolin and piano duet: Miss
Ethel Soper, piano solo; Mr.. John Bona
| parte, war dance After refreshments
were served the festivities closed with the
| dancing of the Virginia reel.
A police board. consisting of Inspector
| John A. Swindells, Capts. Michael Byrnes
! and R. B. Boyle. met yesterday at police
! headquarters pursuant to order to deter
mine whether the death of Louis B. Ray,
| late desk clerk in the Anacostia police
station and member of the force. was
| due to disease contracted in line of duty.
| and to consider the question OF pensoning
! his widow.
The policemen attached to the Anacostia
| station have been engaged recently in noti-
| flying all housheolders that the gates Of
| their respective places of abode must be
| swung inward to conform to the regulation
| on the subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-17
Covering for Hull of Police Boat.

The harbor police boat Vigilant was yes
terday hauled out on the marine railway at
Benefits boatyard to have her hull COW
cred with heavy galvanized iron to fit her
for service in ice should any form on the
river during the coming winter. Last
spring when the Vigilant was hauled out
for general overhauling of her hull, the
first she had received since being built
about eight years ago. the metal was
stripped from her hull to get at the un-
sound timbers and was not replaced when
the work on the hull of the boat was COM
pleted She has been in service through
out the summer with her wooden hull I'M
protected, and If she did not have to run
through ice it would not be necessary to
remetal the hull. AS there is every pros
pect that ice will form on the river this
winter and the Vigiant will be called into
service. it was thought best to protect the
hull from the cutting of the sharp ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-17
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

| The steam launch Mercedes of the quar-
] termaster's department Of the United States
| army, which, after being out Of service for
more than two years at Benefits boat
yard, was given general overhauling, has
gone into commission again, and is lying at
| the boat yard awaiting orders. The launch
| was put overheard Saturday evening last.
| but after she was in the water some work
| had to be done on her and 1t was not until
Monday evening she had her trial trip. The
| little craft was found to be in very salts
| factory condition and was yesterday MORN
| ing turned over to the army authorities by
| the shipyard people. 1t was understood
| that the Mercedes was being overhauled to
| be sent to Cuba.
Arrived: Schooner Annie Comber laths.
| from a river point for dealers; schooner
Mary and Rebecca, oysters from Potomac
beds; power barge Louisa, cord wood from
Nomni creek for the Eastern branch;
schooner A. H. Quinby, hard coal from Phil
adelphia; schooner Comet, laths from Vir-
ginia port; schooner John McGinnis. hard
coal from Philadelphia; tug Camilla, with
a tow from the lower river.
Sailed: Schooner I. X. Stetson. light for
Alexandria to load railway ties for Boston;
schooner Father and Son and Ellenora
Russell, light for down river points to load
| cord wood for this city: schooners Martin
Wagner. Willie Clarence Mark Twain, and
w. H. Bixler, light for Potomac oyster beds
to load for this city.
Memoranda: Schooner Malcolm B. Sea-
vey, which sailed from Punta Gorda, Fla,
October ., for Alexandria with a cargo Of
phosphate rock. is due at the capes; steam
barge Dennis Simmons Is loading a cargo of
| shingles and lumber at a North Carolina
port for this city; schooner w. H. MCGUIRE
is loading canned goods in Nomini creek
for dealers in this city, schooner Edith
Verrall is at river point loading cord
wood for dealers here.
The driveway over which the heavy wag-
ons pass in going to and from the ware
house on the pier of the Norfolk and Wash
ington Steamboat Company Is being redeck-
ed with heavy planking that will stand the
wear of the wheels of the heavy vehicles
passing over it. The work is being done
with traffic uninterrupted
The steam launch India, owned by parties
In this city. is hauled out on the marine
railway at Reagan's boatyard at the foot Of
18th street southwest to receive a general
overhauling before laying up for the winter.
The India during the past summer was in
service at Colonial Beach and 1t is stated
met with an accident that caused her to
sink. She was raised and temporary re-
pairs were made. Now she is to be given a
general overhauling.
The new office Of the Washington and Po-
tomac Steamboat Company on the pier at
the foot of 9Th street is in the hands of the
painters and decorators, who putting
the finishing touches to the interior of the
building. Cement sidewalks are being laid
about the new structure, and the grounds
graded and made ready for the sowing Of
grass seed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-17
RAILROADS.

Baltimore and Ohio r. r.
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'E, Ely OTHER HOUR 81 TmE ODD HOUR"
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til.oo am. Diner and Pullman Parior Car.
Roya inf m nT%s" fffi Fui Gas
.s a,o9 pm. Diner and Pn Pm rarior.
'lI.30 pm. sieepers.
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AS and 600 pm. Sundays. $40 am. and $50
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HAGERsTowN. t1oo5 am. and $500 pm.
BOYD and way points. rs. 49, 1918 am, s.15
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GAIIHERSBURG and way points, ts.3S. g. 10
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So 3. m: 81. 10. 1900; 1880 pm.
Of seesnr 2. PARIS Gn
rates Of fare etc.. win be quickly furnished RI
TELEPHONE at all Of the following Ticket Of
hces 1417 st. NV. Telephone Main 1891: 8te
pennsylvania ave-. Telephone Main 27s. Station.
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