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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28
Incidents at Frisco

Among the refugees from San Fran
cisco who arrived in Los Angeles re-
Gently were several New York persons.
among them Mr.. \. Dalrymple, who
spoke as follows. says the New York
Sun: There was little panic or fright
shown by the crowds of people in the
streets after the shock. The first seri-
Gus incident / recall was a man. with
blood streaming from cuts on head and
body, carrying n dead woman i'll his
arms. He placed the body on the floor
of the court and then told me he had
been the janitor of the building next
TO the Croker Woolworth bank. The
first he knew of the catastrophe he
found himself in the basement of the
three story building. his dead wife be
side him and all the belongings they
had in their room scattered about him,
even to the cook stove. The building
had simply split in two and thrown
him and his wife down the three
stories into the cellar
There were other sights which l did
not think funny at the time, but which
appear ridiculous now. During those
hours we forgot that there was any
thing funny in the world. 1 saw one
big fat man, with a nightgown cover
ing his rounded form. calmly walking
on upper Market street, carrying a
huge bird cage in his arms and the
cage was absolutely empty. The man
was as self possessed as If he were
completely dressed and seemed to en-
Joy looking at the wrecked buildings.
Another man was leading a huge
Newfoundland dog and carrying a kit
ten in his arms. He kept talking to
the kitten. On Fell street 1 noticed
an old lady, scantily dressed, pushing
a sewing machine up the hill. She
would progress a little, and then be-
came exhausted and rest. To her task
she went again. That sewing machine
was her world
when 1 got to the park there was
a man toilIng in carrying a large
carved wooden Japanese statue. That
was all he had. and he laid it carefully
down Oh the grass as il it had been
his wife or child.
1T seemed as if every person was
carrying a monograph, with the big
trumpet tucked under the arm. / new
life. Didn't know there were that
many.
There were two men who had taken
two bicycles and, placing them side
by side, had put a mattress on top.
On the mattress they had sewing
machine and an oil painting. This
they were pushing along toward the
park.
Il got to Panhandle by evening, and
there the soldiers had tents for US.
Our group found an eighty-year-old
woman, and we gave her shelter. She
told me she had owned two buildings
south of Market street. and of course
they were gone. L have not a rela- |
tiye in the world she said and now
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28
Indians Feared Shocks.

c. W. Bond, prominent manufac-
turer of Toledo, o., who lived in San
Francisco in 1888, told recently that
when lie was there and his brother was
in the commission business several In
dams and MeXicans addressed pub
lie meeting one night, telling that while
the city was grand and beautiful one
that they were In daily danger from
earthquakes
They implored the white people not
TO build any structures more than two
stories high. In conformity with the
tradition Mr.. Bonds company erected
warehouse two stories high with
walls two feet thick
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28
ODD AUTO BED DESIGN.
Indiana Student Rides on Sever
Headed, Ten Horned Leonard.

Indiana Student Rides on seven
Headed. Ten Horned Leopard.
In the building of the bed of his au-
tomobile that Benjamin Lukens of An
derson, Ind, has brought out for the
season he cast aside all the customary
styles of the front. end or dashboard
of the machine bed and substituted it
with a combination animal that he
whitfield out after getting the sugges-
tlon from the vision of John on the
Isle of Patmos, as told in the thirteenth
chapter of Revelations, as follows, says
special dispatch from Anderson, Ind.
to the st. Louis Post-Dispatch:
and 1 stood upon the sand Of the
sea and saw a beast rise up out of the
sea having seven heads and ten horns.
and upon his horns ten crowns. and
upon his heads the name of BIasphemy.
And the beast which l saw was like
leonard and his feet were as the feet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28

A FTER all, il is a great thing Il
~ be an American and to live IL
N this age. 1t is privilege
worthy of gratitude and pride
not in any boastful and provincial
sense, but as a matter for humble ac
acknowledgement. In times of prosperity
we recognize this too little, but great
disaster reveals us to ourselves and
TO each other. 1t makes plain 10 lis
that the world actually has advanced
that human brotherhood is not a
dream, that our people when called
upon can show almost universal hero
ism, courage, patience and pluck. To
have these qualities in the America II
masses is worth more than all our
wealth, for. given the right kind of
men and women, all outer things are
added unto them. They can build their
state or rebuild IT: can make their
cities or remake them il destroyed
can produce capital and produce more
if that be swept away Men OF charac
ter are the important thing. Without
them there is nothing With them all
things are possible. To great souled,
brave and Intelligent people the tenn
pie OF progress opens all its doors. The
earth and the fullness of ii are theirs.
San Francisco has not fallen, for its
people yet live, and they are the city.
Earthquake and fire may have obliter-
ated some miles OF masonry, but they
have not demolished or consumed the
spirit OF San Francisco. That has
risen higher than before. Almost with
out murmur the people faced their stu
pendous loss. In the midst OF the
chaos OF the elements they maintained
order. On, that was triumph TO
warm the heart of man. America is
forever safe while she contains such
citizens. They are superior TO accident,
they can conquer adversely, they are |
masters of fate. AS our hearts 90 out
10 them in their lffiiction our pride |
goes out to them likewise for their |
fortitude. their faith. their hope. 1t /
was splendid, too, was it not. the way
the country responded, raising millions |
OF dollars, sending countless train loads |
of provisions. dispatching messages of |
cheer and sympathy until the burdened
wires could not carry them. 1t Is |
worth while to have lived 10 behold
these signal evidences of strength and
brotherly kindness. With tears of
we can say: Democracy
and liberty are secure when carried
by such a people. Self gov
has not been in vain. Truly
heSe are Americans
On one man the blow TO the western ]
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28

@wyors. TO, on, keep to your present
policy of contempt and defiance of the
popular conception of justice and right
eousness, says our president. ana the
day of destruction cannot he far away.
The crying injustice of the individu-
alistic philosophy is its pretense to pay
labor for its devotion of a lifetime with
mere subsistence for labor's prime
and the poorhOuSe in old age
IF it is Socialism to say that the
true industrial cure is cooperation.
then let Us have Socialism. The true
and just course for employers and cap
italists Is to consider wealth not n pos
session, but a Stewardship"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28

-. Il Bear. and his mouth as the mouth
of ii lion"
Mr.. Lukens carved out the wooden
form of ii leopard and had it spotted
leopard fashion. He Surmountcd il
with seven heads of strange animals
arranged in a circle. Ten horns act
as the back of Il chair and the crowns
are on the guard rail of chair which
is intended for Mr.. Lukens' dog. The
new machine is painted bright yellow
except for the combination animal
front. which is in brown. yellow and
black.
Mr. LukenS is Il Bible student of
more than local celebrity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28

OH her. San Francisco is too demo
cratic community to mind little
thing like that. Too many of it's bo-
nanza kings and high society people
came from the Droietariat themselves
TO let such an episode disturb then.
They regard it only as Il good joke
which indeed it is.
Mayor SchmitZ himself is finely ed
ucated man, having studied medicine
for two years, but deciding not TO en-
ter the practice because of i'll health.
1t was this which caused him to go
into training as an athlete. 1t also de-
cided him to go TO the Hlondike, though
at a later period. and with this is con
nected story that he often tells.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28
Curious Chinese CITY

Not until the earthquake shook the
rickety houses to the earth to be de
stroyed by fire did the authorities OF
San Francisco realize what manner OF
place was the much advertised China
| town, the Mecca of all tourists I'm Cali
fornia. the spot in which $4,000 Chinese
lived like so many prairie dogs, says
the New York Herald.
When the high winds which came
after the fire blew the ashes away the
| yawning mouths Of tunnels, which the
| police had long suspected, were reveal /.
ed. Entrance TO these passages were
so carefully hidden that only the lead
ers of the tongs, who used the damp
dungeons for places of meeting or to
plot the death of a victim, knew where
they We're.
One of San Francisco's alert detec-
tives, said TO be the best posted man
on Chinatown, stood at the corner of
Bartlett alley and declared:
For years / have been trying TO
reach the tunnels which l know to ex-
list under this Chinese city. What goes
on down there can only be conjecture
but it is a thousand times worse than
the sins and vices which are practiced
by these Mongolians in the streets and
gambling houses you can see from this
corner
Very few white men have visited the
underground passages, certainly none of
San Francisco's police force. for every
man in the department was watched
when he entered Chinatown, and the
surveillance did not cease while he re.
nj,
prominent member of the Chinese arts
tOcracy, stationed for political reasons
in the Chinese legation at the capital of
Peru. was member in high standing
In a society of considerable political in
huence In China. with Il powerful
branch in San Francisco. He took two
white men To the theater i'm Chinatown
and boastfully declared that the real
secret of Chinatown had never been re-
vealed. He conducted the men to the
rear of the stage slid secret door
back and motioned for the men 10 fol-
low him.
For one hour. STOPPING until their
backs were strained, the men silently
followed a guide, to look upon a com
piete new Chinatown, the tunnel lead
ing past scores of doors to dungeons.
against the bars of which some unfor-
Inmates pressed their faces. to jump
back from the flare of n Pickering min
er's light which Using carried.
Under this Chinese city were hun
dreds of women and children Their
voices mingled in glad refrain or echo
ed the gloomy murmurs of some who
were suffering. Huddled in groups
about small fire. made from balls Of |
coal dust which Chinese prepare, were |
merchants who hlI returned from |
their shops on the street level TO these |
holes in the wall TO plot and invent |
The odor of opium was nauseating. |
The revulsion of feeling was over
towering When the street was reach !
ed after climbing a flight of. stairs to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28

l have nothing to live on But that
old lady was the most cheerful one in
the park. She cracked jokes with us,
told stories and laughed at our feeble
efforts to make merry.
How will l live? she said when
we asked her. We'll. boys. you see.
haven't got much longer to live. and
there are good country farms in Cali
fOrnia and good people. There's no
good worrying. Let's go to sleep
And she turned over on her mattress
and was soon asleep.
There were all the fine carr lagos of
the rich people driving out to the park,
with children on the box by the driver
and tpe people inside with their laps
piled high with bedclothes and provi-
sions. There were no rich or poor; we
all met on the level of a tent floor. and
one was just as rich as the other for
the time When / left, the entire city
was wiped out from Fillmore street
TO the water front"
Sydney L. Harris, composer of music,
notably among his pieces being 1.-The
Cavalier came in with the refugees
compelled by the soldiers to get down
in the huge holes and work, digging
out the ruins sufficient to extricate the
ovens of the bakeries in order to bake
bread for the furnished people. ut
was terrible" said Mr. Harris. Some
times it was impossible to get across
the huge assures that the earthquake
had forged in the streets. We had to
obtain old planks to walk upon. Some
of the breaks in the pavements are
eighteen and twenty feet wide. and the
bottoms are invisible"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28

those present tiguratively TO tear the
house down. After being encored in
Vulnerable times he was offered SO a
night to play first violin in the orches-
ira. Afterward the story got out that
the supposed tramp was really the di-
rector of one of the leading OrcheStras
of San Francisco who was in the Klon-
dixie on 4 vacation.
During this same trip Schmtz also
became steamboat captain. success
fully navigating a boat several trips up
and down the Yukon river.
Danger of Famine Averted.
In the present crisis Mayor Schmitz
has shown himself prompt and ener-
retic. His orders to shoot all persons
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28
EXPERT TO INVESTIGATE.
Scientist Will Observe Earthquake
Results Masonry Structures.

In order to investigate the effect of
the earthquake shocks in San Francis
co on concrete and other structural ma
terials, Director &. w. WalcOtt of the
geological survey has ordered X. l..
Humphrey, expert in the structural
materials testing laboratory of st.
Louis. TO proceed to California, says
the Washington Post.
Owing to the possibility of similar
seismic occurrences in portions of the
west in which the reclamation service
is constructing great masonry dams
and structures of concrete a careful in
vestiGation of the effects Of the recent
earthquake will doubtless afford much
valuable information
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28
Just So.

Il thought you said you couldn't live
without me-" sneered the girl.
$50 | did, answered the man.
"Yet you're living"
NO: I'm not. Just boarding: that's
all."-Louisville Courier Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28

I found lOOting. to confiScate the proper
| ty of those dealers charging outrage
| Gus prices, his drafting every able
| bodied citizen to fight fire and perform
| other manual labor and the other rig
| Orous measures adopted have done
much toward preserving quiet ana or
der during this worst calamity that
ever befell an American city His tele-
| grams sent all over the country asking
| for bedding. cents and food and the
| efficient manner in which he proyI,~.
| for the distribution of all supplies lave
averted the danger of famine 1t took
quite as prompt measures 10 provide
against pestilence because of the large
number of dead in tie ruins and about
the streets. Before the fire was ont
he sent out reasSCrng prOclamationS
to the citizens, and no sooner was lie
told that the flames were under CON
troll than he was talking of new and
greater San Francisco To arise on the
ashes of the Old All this sounds easy.
but when one is worn out by three
days inceSsant labor. with three
fourths of the city, for whose welfare
he Is responsible, in ruins, it is not as
easy as it seems.
Lucky Funston
Another man who has risen TO the
occasion like IN American is General
Fred Funston, who is in command of
the regular army post at San Francis
60. General y. w Greedy, who is in
command of the whole Pacific coast di-
vision. had started east to attend the
wedding of his daughter just before
the earthquake occurred. This left
Funston in sole command So prOmDt
was he To- meet the situation that he
had thrown his forces into the stricken
city, had begun to distribute tents,
bedding and rations and had been ut
work several hours before he had time
to telegraph To Washington for orders
While praiSing him for his energy and
expedition, army men are now calling
him Lucky Funston" from the fact
that he always seems TO he on the spot
where there is anything TO do.
\ man may he lucky who has oppor-
tunities come his way, but it requires |
something more than luck to grab the |
opportunity and snake it into camp be- |
fore it gets away. There are some peo- |
pie who do not know an occasion when |
it bumps into them. There are others |
who can recognize it mile off and |
who chase il down and make il their |
own. Funston is one of these others. |
He is Il little, sawed off KanSan red |
headed and fighter. He is about the
same age as Mayor Schmitz and. like
him. has been klOndiker. Likewise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28
A railroad Tn Mont Blanc.

Work OH the construction of the rail-
road TO the summit Of Mont Blanc,
Switzerland, has begun. Although this
road will be less than twelve miles
long it will take five or six years to
complete it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28
And He Got Her.

Mr.. Millyuns-IS it my daughter you
want or is it her money! Jack Gin
gletOn (amateur champion for 100
yardsD-Sir, You surprise me. You
know very well that I'm an amateur
athlete. Mr.. What's that got
10 do with il: Jack Gingleton-A great
deal. sir. 1T debars me from taking
part in any event for money.-London.
Telegraph.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28
Rbode,ia,, Larrest Nugget.

Weighing 21.62 ounces. gold mug
get which measures five and half
inches in length and three inches In
width was recently found near Bula-
wayo, In South Africa. says the Lon
don Mail It is believed to be the
largest yet found in Rhoohesia and IL
now I'm the British South Africa COM
pany's museum ut = London Wall
buildings Z. Co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28
Plunging in boldly,
No matter how colGly
The dark river ran.
it was equally dangerous IN this in
stance and more scientific.
Turned the Trick

Funston's exploit in capturing Agui,
naldo is familiar 10 everybody. 1t was
this that made him Il brigadier general
in the regular army. He has not eS-
capped criticism in connection with his
various deeds of Valor, some people as
sorting that he basely deceived the Fill
ipino leader and all that Perhaps be
did. Anyway he turned the trick. and
that is what counts with the world
War is not exactly Il Sunday school af-
fair at best. and so long as men fight
things are bound To occur that will
shock sensitive people. We all hope for
IL time when the killing business will
be ended for good and all. but until
that happy day comes it is just as well
~ be charitable TO orr brother who
bears the "brunt Of battle
1t was also charged that Funston
looted or permitted 10 be looted Catho-
lie churches i'll LuZOn. This he indig-
nantly denied. one thing he did do
after returning home that is admitted
He talked too much and was promptly
called down by President Roosevelt
therefor, but that episode is pretty
well forgotten now.
AS to Funston's services in the pres
ent emergency there can be no two
opinions. In the work of mercy all
hearts can join. This is a campaign
not for death, but for life; not to de
strOy, but to save. 1t appeals to all
that is best in man. 1t touches some
thing divine deep within us waiting
but for a word of love TO call it forth.
Charity is just as sweet now as II. was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28

General Fred has been II scliooItedcEer
reporter, Cuban revolutionist and n
soldier in the Philippines He fought
with Maceo for Cuba Libre" before
the blowing up of the Maine induced
Uncle Sam TO get into the game. When
war was declared between this country
and Spain, Funston returned home and
was made colonel of Il Kansas regi-
ment that went to the Philippines
There he distinguished himself by
crossing the Rio Grande river on Il
bamboo raft in face of Il CALLING fire
and establishing rope ferry, by
means of which the American army
crossed and won victory. For this
exploit Funston was made 81 brigadier.
That seems To be all there is OF the
story of his swimming river. which
was quite generally circulated. Wits
bamboo raft is not quite as romantic
The Newtown bee., 1906-09-07
M>1MowMehne )

Nervous exhaustion invites disease. This statement is the positive truth.
 When everything becomes a burden and you cannot walk a few blocks with out excessive fatigue, and you break out into precipitation easily, and your face fushes, and you grow excited and shaky at the least provocation, and you cannot bear to be crossed in any thing, you are in danger; your nerves have given out; you need building up at oncel To build up woman's nerv- ous system and during the period of change of life we know of no better medicine than Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound. Here-is an illus tration. Mrs. Mary l.. Koehne, s71 Garfield Avenue, Chicago, Ill.,, writes
 "I have used Lydia E. Pinkham'sVeg Compound for years in my family and it never disappoints; so when felt that was nearing the change of life commenced treat ment with it. took in all about sdx bottles and it did me great deal of good. It stopped my dizzy spells, pains in my back and the headaches with which I had suffered for months before taking the Compound. feel that if 1t had not been for this great medicine for women that should not have been alive to-day. It is splendid for women, old or young, and will surely cure all female disorders"
 Mrs. Pinkham, daughter.in-law of Lydia B. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass, in- vites all sick and ailing women to write her for advice. Her great experience Is at their service, free of cost.
The Newtown bee., 1906-09-07
SHERMAN,
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Rev E. P. Herrick, after remaining North two weeks longer that he ex- pected to on account of the rebellion in Cuba, has decided to start back to Cuba this week Thursday.
 Grace and Ward Hungerford have been visiting friends and relatives here
 Miss Nellie Green of New Milford has been staying at Dea Gelston's a few days.
 Mrs D. B. Mallory has been quite i'll with acute indigestion.
 Robert Sonk has had another serious attack of stomach trouble and has been confined to the house for more than a week.
 Miss Anna Stuart left for New Ha- ven, last Monday. Two of her broth CTS spent last Sunday at their parents
 w. Snedeker and MT McGoldrick had telephones placed in their houses, last week.
 Mrs w. B. Hungerford has been in Danbury for a week past, and took in the Savin Rock excursion.
 Wallace Ferriss of New Milford was peddling meat through our town, last Friday.