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Greatest Natural Disasters of
History,

Pompeii and Herculaneum de-
stroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius
A. D. 70; more than 10000 lives lost.
Earthquake in CoNtantinople, thou
sands killed; year 557.
Catana, Sicily, $4,000 persons killed
by earthquake; year 1877.
Syria. 10000 killed by earthquake;
year 1853.
Cilicia 10000 killed by earthquake;
year 1868
Palermo. earthquake, 5000 lost; year
1926.
Canton, China, 100000 lost by
earthquake; November 80 1871.
Kuchan, North Persia, 10000 lost;
earthquake; year 1855.
Lisbon, city ruined by earthquake.
$4,000 killed; November, 1855.
Afeppo, destroyed by earthquake,
thousands killed; year 1922.
Canton, earthquake, 5000 lost; May
27, 1890
Calabria, earthquake, 10000 lost;
year 1857.
Island of Krakatoa. volcanic erup.
ton. $3.50 lives lost; May 81, 1888.
Eruption of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, 79
killed; year 1880.
Isle of Ischia, earthquake, 1000 lost:
year 1883.
Charleston, S. c., earthquake, Al
lives lost; August 81, 1886.
Bandalsan, volcanic eruption. 1000
killed, July, 1888.
Island of Hondo, Japan, earthquake
10000 killed. October. 1891.
Venezuela. earthquake. 5000 killed:
April "a. 1894.
Guatemala, earthquake. great loss OF
life; April, 1902.
ST. Pierre. Martinique. Mont Pelee
May, 1902; loss of life, 10000.
Vesuvian towns destroyed by erup
tion of volcano, April, 1906: 400 or
more killed.
San Francisco, April IS, 1906, earth
quake, followed by fire.
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from the south wing Of the Capitol,
with which it is to be connected by
an underground passageway, through
which members of Congress may pass
back and forth from the legislative
hall to their Offices. There are 4lO
office rooms, providing room for each
Representative in Congress and Dele
gate, and leaving vacant nineteen
rooms for a future growth in the men,
bership of the House through reap
portionment of districts or the admis-
sion of new States. The House annex
and the Senate office building. also
under construction at the opposite end
of the plaza, are being put up to pro-
vide for the members of the National
Legislature, quarters absolutely needed
for the efficient transaction of public
business. The great growth in size
of both branches of Congress has
caused the Capitol building to be en-
larged. but this was only sufficient to
provide the necessary space for the
assembly halls of House and Senate
and the committee rooms, the latter
in many cases being small and badly
ventilated. Under present conditions
individual members (unless they hap
pen to be chairmen of committees)
have no offices and badly congested
condition exists. Realizing the need
of one great legislative centre where
Senators and Representatives may
concentrate their activities and be
comfortably quartered, Congress three
years ago authorized the construction
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17
THE SURGERY OF THE An
GENTS.

What is known to modern dentists
as bridge work was familiar to the
Etruscans, as extant specimens attest,
according to an interesting article in
the British Medical Journal. Plaster
ears. noses and lips were common
among the Indians, where the cutting
off of these features was punishment
much in use, and Greek and Roman
veterans who had lost a leg or an arm
in war tried to make good the de-
fcicncy by artificial substitutes. 1t is
stated further:
What is said to be the oldest artifi-
cal leg in existence is now in the mu-
scum of the Royal College of Surgeons
of England. 1t was found in a tomb
at Capua. Pliny speaks of Roman
warrior who, a century and half be-
fore the birth of Christ, wore an arti-
manipulate a sword. In the Middle
Ages artificial limbs sometimes re-
paired the disablements of war. The
iron hand of Goetz Won Berlichingen
was an ingenious piece of mechanism
made for that famous knight in 1904.
A century later an artificial hand was
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17
San FRANCISCAN HORROR.
Terrible Destruction of the City
by Violent Earthquake
and Flames.
Fire Results in All Parts of Metrop-
olis-Geological Scientists Say No
Connection Between Quake and
Vesuvian Eruption.

1t was during the repose of early
| morning; the Spring-time sun was
casting its golden rays over the Sierra
| Neyadas and striking down into the
peaceful, slumbering valley of the
Sacramento All the Western Hemi-
sphere was at peace with the elements.
Suddenly there came an awful growl
ing and crashing beneath the very cen
tre of San Francisco. and in tenth OF
the space of time required to describe
the event, falling walls and fire COM
bined to work on the metropolis OF the
Pacific the most appalling natural ca
lamity which has occurred on this
continent since the landing of the Pill
grims. The destruction that has been
accomplished is almost incalculable.
The inferno of flames which burst forth
simultaneously in various parts of the
city was rendered still more terrible
by the repeated quakings of the earth.
by which the reScuerS were in mo-
mentary danger of being buried with
the dead beneath the falling structures
The very earth itself-our own mother
earth-proyed as treacherous as a
deadly snake, and the usual ocean
breeze by strange perversion of ma
ture hauled around to a point where it
famed the flames to intensity and
became a deadly agent of destruction.
The general dismay of the populace
was augmented by the constant roar
of dynamite explosions, made in vain
effort to check the progress of the
flames. The vast pail of smoke that
blotted out the sky did not tend to ale
viate the general anxiety. Yet, in such
surroundings, calculated to inspire uni
versa1 panic and madness, there were
performed numberless feats of heroism
that will remain on the scroll of time
as illustrious proofs of the nobility
which is hidden beneath the surface OF
ordinary life. Cool heads and brave
hands. with stout hearts behind them.
performed their work of rescue in the
very face of death, and even the lnde-
scribable horror of the earthquake was
overcome.
San Francisco, rich and proud city
has been swept by fires before and
has, phoenix like, arisen from her
ashes. Moreover, she has more than
once experienced earthquake tremors
which were. to say the least. injurious
and menacng. But America is Il
cemented nation. The disasters Of one
section bring together in one grand
sympathetic bond the inhabitants OF
the others, all anxious and insistent
upon holding out the helping hand and
vocing words of sympathy to the af-
flicted sister. States, cities and towns
throughout the entire Union have Of
fered unstinted assistance in the way
of money, food, clothing and medical
attendance, with which to relieve the
want. not only of San Francisco, but
also the other California cities
and towns which have suffered with
the metropolis of the State.
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in the already hardened shell that sur
rounds the inner mass. That shell
must give way at some point. Aside
from the contractions of the earths
surface, another cause is given that
might affect the changing of the sur
face of given part OF the world. This
cause is the accumulation of vast
weight of sedimentary deposit brought
down by rivers. For example, the Mis-
sissippi River is entirely made up of
the deposits of the streams washing
down from higher lands. The weight
OF that deposit would be difficult to
calculate, and resting upon a portion
of the earth's shell, might occasion its
sinking. This theory is held by some
scientists in connection with the Cali
fornia disaster, for the Sacramento
River is the depositor of vast weights
of sediment in the Pacific waters near
San Francisco.
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Sculptress Is Already Famous.

The best known work Of Miss Long
man is the bronze figure of Victory"
Whlch was carved for the Festival Hall
at the st. Louis Worlds Fair. For
inns she was awarded silver medal.
AT the close of the fair the original
was brought to the Chicago Art Insti-
tute. a bronze reproduction has been
purchased by the Union League Club
and will adorn the entrance to the club
rooms.
Another one of Miss Longmans
works which has won commentator is
bronze figure of Death which she
recently completed and which is to
be placed on the Story monument in
the cemetery at Lowell, Mass.
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Work Progressing Rapidly.

Although the digging of the trenches
for the House office building was be-
gun less than year ago the structure
is now up to the first floor line. To
hasten the work Elliott Woods, Super
ntendent of the Capitol, directed that
construction begin before all the speci-
ficationS and contracts were complete.
This was done through letting out the
stone contract first, by authority of the
House Building Commission. 1t is cal
culated that both buildings will be
ready for the Sixtieth Congress.
In accordance with Masonic tradi-
tions, the ceremony was conducted in
the open air, in simple. unostenta-
tious manner. In every detail it CORE
sponded as nearly as practicable with
the historic ceremony in which Presi-
dent Washington participated. The
articles placed in the cornerstone were
largely identical in character with
those deposited in the original Capt.
tol stone by Federal Lodge. and, as
both President Roosevelt and Speaker
Cannon are members of the Masonic
order, the occasion in every way har-
monized with the spirit Of the cere-
mony directed by the Virginia jurisdic-
tion in laying the cornerstone Of the
Capitol.
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from the effect of the Capitol itself.
The exterior design for the buildings
is classic. suggesting in it's general di-
vision of parts the Garde Meuble in the
Place de la Concorde, Paris, while the
pavilions are modelled on those of the
Colonnade de Louvre. Architecturally
the front is divided into two parts, the
lower corresponding to the first story
of the building constituting ''rusti-
Gated" base, on which. extending
through the second and third stories,
is the colonnade, surmounted by its
entablature and balustrade. 1t is be-
lieved that the effect of the two flank
ing buildings will be to give unity to
the whole scheme and to emphasize
architecturally the great beauty of the
Capitol. all of the lines leading up to
and centering in it's dome.
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'UCCESSFUL SCULPTRESS.
(ss Evelyn Loneman of Chicago
awarded Fifteen Thousand
Dollar Prize.
Carve Bronze Doors at Annapolis
syalAcademy-tias Attained Fame
trough Her Figure of "Victory"
st. Louis Fair.

Shen the new bronze entrance doors
he Annapolis Naval Academy are
pleted and hung in place there will
! another monument to the skill
American women. Colonel Robert
Thompson, who presented these
to the academy as a memorial
e class of 6S, stipulated in making
pfer that the design selected for
oors should be awarded by compe-
J, the winner to receive a prize of
DO. There were thirty-three COM
brs for this prize, an unusually
number, and the designs submit
kre said to have been of a high
ke of excellence. The votes of all
urors we're cast for the model pre-
b by Miss Evelyn B. Longman, of
ago.
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worn hv Christian. Duke of Brunswick.
Ambrose Pare devised artificial limbs
with movable joints. which were made
for him by artificcrs, of whom Lor-
rainc. n locksmith, was the most
famous. Pare devotes a special chap-
ter to the means of repairing or sup
nlvinr natural or accidental defects
in the human body. He describes ar,
ificiaT eyes and noses. an artihciai
tongue and an artificial palate. At a
later period Father Sebastian. Car,
melite monk, made movable arms ana
hands In the earlier part OF the sew
rutocuth century Peter Lowe, IN ms
,DisCourses on the Whole Art OF
Chirurgery.' gives representations Oh
,rtificial legs. About the middle OF
the same century Falcinelli, a Floren'
fine surgeon mentions the use OF ar,
tifcial eyes of silver. gold and crysta'
uainted in various colors,
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Senate Ceremony Next Fall.

of the House and Senate office
buildings.
Senate Ceremony Next Fall.
The House annex was started nrsI
and is in a more advanced stage OF
construction than the Senate building.
though the cornerstone of the latter
may be ready to put in place next Fan.
1t is estimated that the two buildings
together will involve an outlay OF
about ten million dollars. In size ana
design they are Identical; they occupy
positions balanced in their relation to
the Capitol and are planned to mt INTO
Il general architectural schene. me
height of the buildings has been re-
stricted that they may not overpower
the Capitol. and they have been kept
simple in design. without pediments'
domes or other accentuated points to
prevent their detracting in any way
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17
WOMAN CIVIL ENGINEER.
Granddaughter of Mrs. Stanton Has
Offer to Go to China.

Miss Nora Stanton Blatch, grand
daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton, is now member of the American
Society of Civil Engineers. She is the
first woman admitted to membership,
and, it is said, there was not dissent
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No Connection With Vesuvius.

Coming as this disaster did, practi-
callv coincident with the Vesuvian ca
lamity in italy, many persons suppose
that there was a direct relation be-
tween the two. This idea however,
is logically contradicted by Director
Charles D. Walcott of the Geological
Survey. Mr. Walcott holds that there
is no possibility of connection be-
tween the earthquake and the Italian
volcano for these two are entirely diff
ferent scientific phenomena respon-
sible for such earthquakes and vol
canic disturbances.
Great earthquakes, says Mr.. Walcott,
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17

oro never caused by volcanoes, but py
FanIting plains This is partiGnla3rIS,
trmo of both seaboards of the United
states. MIR. Walcott and other sSlth, seen
isis of the Geological and Eeodttic
surveys agree that scionuhcaLy 'hu hu
recent disturbances were causem ~. T.,
.,,iitione identical with those pertain
in" O during the earthquake which de-
r'S m6,ishcd She Charleston, S. G, on August
81 o,' ISSG Volcanoes occasionally cause
Shaking of the earth's crust but but, the {,
SI'ST distnrbances occasioned by pent,Gip pii,
~oscs Eases seeking to escape are felt only
locally. Ill. ottrihrted to
,,,I'os II. is thc gradual cooling OF
thc c9rth which is known to still De !. a
moItcn NV, mass inside. When any oDJeG, ),
nmoIs mis- II contracts. and so will the eartn %
eS eSoiT # grows colder This ,.sn,mma G0ntrac,"n
nS ns,nId npavoidably cause disturbance
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17
LAYING CORNERSTONE,
Impressive Ceremony Incident to
Construction of New Capt.
toI Buildings.
President Roosevelt and Speaker
Cannon, Both Masons, Are Princi-
pal Actors-$1O,OOO,OOO for Sem
ate and House.

When President Roosevelt, on April
18th, laid the cornerstone of the new
office building for the House of Repre-
sentatives, it marked the beginning of
improvements on Capitol Hill which
will make that section of Washington
comparable with the ancient hills of
Rome and Greece crowned with mag
niticent buildings in which met the
solons of ages past.
This new building occupies square
and is about a hundred yards distant
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ing opinion offered when she was pro-
posed for membership.
Miss Blatch was the first woman to
get degree of Bachelor of Science in
civil engineering at Cornell University.
She took four years course, finish
ing among the first five Of the class.
Since her graduation she has been
draughtsman in big bridge concern.
She is now considering an offer from
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17

Tart. She is rather proud of the fact
that she has never studied abroad, and
also that she has been able to meet
all the expenses of her artistic edu
cation herself,
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17

China of a place in one of the corps ol
ongineers organized by that country
fn,. The development of it's railroad
system The offer came too, from Il
srodm,tc conrse at Cornell while she
nas thore The graduate student wa"
sent @ hcrc If is said, not only to III
crease his technical knoWiouEt " n,rn.
ginecring. but TO Obtain lor n,n LIS, uo
Wy astohed . Miss Blatch's work closely
and offered her place
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17

An ostrich egg weighs about three zee
and a half pounds. 1t is less deilIa.S S!s,,,,.S
in flavor than hens egg, attn nltno%s1 [aTt
hat m osirIch eggs will keep fTesh. t,or tor
two or three months. The hesh ',,,it,c OF iHc
ostrich itself is edible, being not uhlIN'
veal in flavor.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17

|Longman's design has two pam
|esenung Peace" and "War." On
&c panel is a figure symbolizing
an old man in an attitude of
hought. explaining difficult
TO two students of the acad-
on the war panel patriotism is
Pted by a female figure, SYM
also of the home, the protection
p is assumed to be the reason
existence of the navy. Under
lperies is coat of armor, and
e hand on cannon she points
other TO the distance. where
ships show the destination of
rching figures in the back
upper panels of the door are
supported by shells-of oak
o'or the war panel and olive
~ OF peace. In the lower panels
ol the same leaves inclose tNe
naval heroes. In the transom
ueuIcation to the class of '6S,
we me ransom is a group rep
" tame-two laurel-crowned
On either side of an altar-lille
win an inscription to John
unes whose bones are to rest
a!p' OF the chapel. The pedes-
81. .a. mounted by a tripod. from
Soue names, symboliZing endur-
y TO Woman Unprecedented.
"%'u oi this prize to n woman
,a W. an Unprecedented event in
~ history of the country, and
iu'nro is predicted for the
SUPPRESS.
nS,oer ,no Miss Longman to be one
rs VSl . pfpmlsing of our younger
,s,, H"'l MIR. Daniel C. French,
r s',''aut she has been for the
oh"tSl0an was born in Win
an L'o h her father, Edwin H..
brawi, 'lE a musician and an ar
hpnt, < was one of her childish
ms, ana she began modelling
OIfvo", " = ion in the art depart
ed tI,'l tIl College. Her work there
vItoI attention of dorado Taft,
|titpto n'f to enter the Chicago
ripr ''' MS pupil. She did so,
b d,;., ,ir l'rst year paid her ex-
y no %'ns library work. Then
schoa, an assistant instructor
Ina " hnd year or two later
ltcr % New York. where she
'd'iie an assistant to Mr.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-22

Miss Mary Moore entertained at a pret-
tlly appointed luncheon yesterday after
noon at the home of Mr.. Newhousc. In
honor OF Mrs. Leslie Loring Savage The
long table was decorated entirely In
shaded pink carnations. Invited to meet
Mrs. Savage were Mrs. Benner Y. Smith,
Mrs o. w Powers, Mrs. p. c. Thomp-
son. Mrs. David Ramsey Gray, Mrs. Wal
ter G. Filler, Miss Katherine Geddcs, Miss
Annie Best. Miss Corolyn Holmes. Mrs
Moore, Miss May Kcryin, Miss Louise
Sullivan, Miss Elizabeth Mcintyre. Miss
Jenna Budd Gcddes. Miss Beatrice Chees-
man and Miss Eloisee sadler.
Mrs. Sheldon l.. Butler entertained at
On informal Welsh rnrebit supper IN
Sunday evening, and was assisted by Miss
Galloway and Miss Blunk Eleven guests
were bidden.
saltair proved the most popular, place
for society last evening, number of
parties were formed for the performance
given by the great French actress, fol-
lowed by informal suppers
Mrs. Oscar Lehman entertained at an
informal luncheon yesterday In honor of
Mrs. Charles Ransohoff and Miss Helen
Bamberger. Covers were laid for ten
MT and Mrs. Robert A, Brighton nm
nounced the engagement OF their daugh-
ter. Ellen F., TO Joseph Shepneru, Inc
marriage will take place on the evening
OF June n.
Mrs. Martha Groo of Montpelier. Neb.,
is the guest of her sister Mrs. 4. 8.
Wright.
Mrs J. c. Glosz has returned from Eu-
rope where she mas spent the past four
months visiting the principal cities OF the
Old World.
Miss Edna Harker has returned from
Pocatello where she has spent the past
three days visiting with friends.
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brought the matter to q climax and led
TO negotiations between the two countries
which eliminated In the treaty signed to-
day.
Have Right to Share.
Tho underlying principle OF the conven-
ton Is the recognition OF the common la "
right of the MeXicans 10 the use OF fair
share Of the waters of tho river. but as
the United States Government s put to
the entire expense of building the great
dam and the canals the Mexican share is
only fractional proportion of the whole
flow.
Will Irrigate Vast Tract.
1t Is estimated that the impounded wa
terS Will suffice to irrigate about 200 600
acres of the otherwise arid land and IL is
stipulated that of this total 10000 acre-
feet OF water, which is to make arabic
about % o00 acres OF land, will be deliy-
cred on the Mexican side OF the border
each year.
For It's part. the Mexican Government
guarantees the United States Government
against any suit for liability on account
II claims of individual Mexicens who have
so far suffered through the diversion OF
water.
Opposition Expected.
the part OF some OF the Western Senator's,
who express the belief that either the
United States is entitled to all OF the wa
ter without compensation. in view of the
great expenses 10 which 1t has been put
by the work of constructing the irrigating
dams and canals, or that II the Mexican
right is to be recognized at all such title
should be purchased outright by n cash
payment
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-22
SOCIETY
SOCIAL CALENDAR

A NUMBER OF AFFAIRS Will be
given within the next Two weeks
In honor of Miss Mary Sharp. whose
marriage 10 George Rodney Badger
Will take place on the 9th of June
Mrs. Charles c. Crismon and Miss
Aileen Crismon will give Kensing-
ton this afternoon In her honor. To-
morrow afternoon Miss Hattie whit
ney Will entertain at tea, and Miss
Abbie Wells will be the hostess OF a
similar affair on Thursday. Mrs.
Royal Romney will entertain infor-
mally on Saturday afternoon.
JOE AND hAROLD SIEGEL will
give luncheon at the University
club this afternoon in honor of Miss
Henrietta Lazarus OF ST Louis. who
Is the guest of Mrs. Henry SIegel
MRS. SHELDON L. BUTLER will en-
tertain Informally at bridge this
evening at her apartments ut White
hall.
MISS ELO1SE SADLER will enter
tain Informally this evening In honor
of Mrs. Leslie Loring Savage,
MRS. RUSSELL, G. SCHULDER will
be the hostess of an Informal lunch
con this afternoon at the Country
club.
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WEATHER REPORT

Weather for today-Fair and warmer.
Yesterdays report at the local office
OF the weather bureau:
Maximum temperature, Il degrees; min
imum temperature, A degrees; mean tenn
perature, 50 degrees, which is l degree
below tho normal
Accumulated excess of temperature
since the first OF the month, q degrees.
Accumulated excess OF temperature
since January /, Is degrees,
Total precipitation from p. m. to 6 p.
m. none
Accumulated excess of PRECIPITATION
since the first OF the month. 81 inches.
Accumulated excess OF precipitation
since January l, 23S inches.
Relative humidity at p. m, "A per
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-22

brought the matter to q climax and led
to negota tions between the two countries
which eliminated In the treaty signed to-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-22

Mrs Martha Groo of Montpelier, Neb.,
Is the guest Of her sister. Mrs. 4. !.
Wright
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Opposition Expected.
NEW MERCANTILE COMPANY
Provo People Incorporate $4,000
General Merchandise Business,

Articles of Incorporation OF the Provo
Mercantile company were filed with the
Secretary OF State Monday. The company
is Incorporated for 100 years to conduct
general merchandise business. the cap
ital stock being $1,000. divided into 1000
shares of the par value of $40 each.
The officers of the corporation are:
Levi A Colvin, president; w. T, Ercan-
brack. vice-president, r. H. Ferguson,
secretary, treasurer and manager.