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Greatest Natural Disasters of
History.

Pom eli and Herculaneum de-
str by eruption of Mount Vesuvius
A. more than 10000 lives lost.
+ lquake in Constantinople, thou
san aiiIed; year 557
Cstlia, Sicily, $4,000 persons killed
by IQuake; year 1877.
Sym 10000 killed by earthquake;
yea l5S.
-CtaIa. 10000 killed by earthquake;
yea -fS.
Paa rmo, earthquake, 5000 lost; year
1922
c ION. China, 100000 lost by
ear Iaaile; November 80, 1871.
X nan, North Persia, 10000 lost;
ear quake; year 1855.
L.lJn, city ruined by earthquake.
25,o Killed; November, 1855.
A uDu. destroyed by earthquake.
thousands killed; year 1922.
Canton earthquake. 5000 lost; May
81, $3.50.
Ca.4nria. earthquake. 10000 lost:
yea 1851.
Island of Krakatoa volcanic erup-
tiou $3.50 lives lost; May 27, 1883.
Eruption of Mauna LOa, Hawaii, 79
kill year 1850.
Is. off Ischia, earthquake. 900 lost;
yea $50.
prlcston, s, c. earthquake, Al
live lost; August 81, 1856.
T-uIalsau, volcanic eruption. 1.O0C
kill I July, 1888.
I-aud Of Hondo, Japan, earthquake
10.O"N killed; October. 1891.
Venezuela earthquake. 5000 killed:
AprLI 2i, 1894.
Gautemala, earthquake. great loss o.
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 o.
more killed.
San Francisco, April is, 1906. earth
quake, followed by fire.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-18
SUCCESSFUL SCULPTRESS.
Miss Evelyn Lonsman of Chicago
Awarded Fifteen Thousand
Dollar Prize.
To Carve Bronze Doors at Annapolis
Naval Academy-fias Attained Fame
Through Her Figure of "Victory"
at st. Louis Fair.

When the new bronze entrance doors
of the Annapolis Naval Academy are
completed and hung in place there will
exist another monument to the skill
of American women. Colonel Robert
NJ. Thompson, who presented these
doors to the academy as a memorial
of the class of '6S, stipulated in making
the offer that the design selected for
the doors should be awarded by compe-
tition, the winner to receive prize of
$4,000. There were thirty-three COM
petitors for this prize, an unusually
large number, and the designs submit
ted are said to have been of a high
degree of excellence. The votes of all
five jurors were cast for the model pre-
sented by Miss Evelyn B. Longman, of
Chicago.
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ScuIptress Is Already Famous.

The best known work of Miss Long
man is the bronze figure of Victory
which was carved for the Festival Hall
at the st. Louis Worlds Fair. For
this she was awarded a 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 Longman's
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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in the already hardened shell that sur
roraf7 the inner mass. That shell
mu give way at some point. Aside
from die contractions of the earth's
surface another cause is given that
mis- affect the changing of the sur
fac rf q given part of the world. This
causg the accumulation of vast
we uf sedimentary deposit brought
dow uv rivers. For example, the Mis-
sis Di River is entirely made up of
the pUsits of the streams washing
dow from higher lands. The weight
OF .r- deposit would be difficult to
cal Dte and resting upon portion
of alrth's shell, might occasion its
sin This theory is held by some
scie in connection with the Cali
for disaster. for the Sacramento
RiV he depostor of vast weights
of ment in the Pacific waters near
SaI ralcisco.
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from the effect of the Capitol itself.
The exterior design for the buildings
is classic, suggesting in its general di-
vision of parts the Garde Meuble in the
Place de la Concorde, Paris, while the
payilions 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 a ''rusti-
Gated" base, on which, extending
through the second and third stories,
is the colonnade. surmounted by its
entablature and baIustrade. 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 its dome.
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worn by Christian, Duke of Brunswick.
Ambrose Pare devised artificial limbs
with movable joints. which were made
for him by artificers, of whom Lor-
raine, a locksmith was the most
famous. Pare devotes a special chap
ter to the means of repairing or sup
plying natural or accidental detects
in the human body. He describes ar
tifcial eyes and noses, an artificial
tongue and an artificial palate. At
later period Father Sebastian, Car
melite monk, made movable arms and
hands. In the earlier part of the sew
enteenth century Peter Lowe, in his
'Discourses on the Whole Art OF
Chirurgery' gives representations OF
artificial legs. About the middle of
the same century Falcinelli, Floren-
tine surgeon, mentions the use of ar
tificial eyes of silver. gold and crystal
painted in various colors.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-18
SAN FRANCISCAN HORROR.
Terrible Destruction of the City
by Violent Earthquake
and Flames.
Fire Results in All Parts of Metrop-
Geological Scientists Say NO
Connection Between Quake ana
Vesuvian Eruption.

1t was during the repose of early
morning; the Spring-time sun was
casting it's golden rays over the sierra
Nevadas and striking down into the
peaceful, slumbering valley OF the
Sacramento. All the Western Heml-
sphere was at peace with the elements.
Suddenly there came an awful grown
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 hre com
bined to work on the metropolis OF the
Pacific the most appalling natural ca
lamity which has occurred on TINS
continent since the landing of the PHI
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 qualiings of the earth,
by which the rescuers were in mo-
mentary danger of Icing buried with
the dead beneath the falling structures
The very earth itself-our own mother
earth-proved as treacherous as
deadly snake, and the usual ocean
breeze. by a strange perversion OF ma
ture hauled around to point where II
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
Yersal panic and madness, there we're
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 indie
scribable horror of the earthquake was
overcome.
San Francisco, a 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 tremoTl
which were. to say the least, injurious
and menacing. But America is Il
cemented nation. The disasters of on
section bring together in one grand
sympathetic bond the inhabitants Of
| the others all anxious and insistenJ
upon holding out the helping hand and
voicing 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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are never caused by volcanoes, but by
faulting plains. This is particularly
true of both seaboards of the United
States. Mr.. Walcott and other scien-
lists of the Geological and Geodetic
Surveys agree that scientifically the
recent disturbances We're caused by
conditions identical with those pertain
ing during the earthquake which de-
molished Charleston. S. c.. on August
81, 1886. Volcanoes occasionally cause
shaking of the earths crust, but the
disturbances occasioned by pent-up
gases seeking to escape are felt only
locally.
The cause generally attributed to
earthquakes is the gradual cooling OF
the earth, which is known to still be a
molten mass inside. When any object
cools 1t contracts, and so will the earth
as it grows colder. This contraction
would unavoidably cause disturbance
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LAYING CORNERSTONE.
Impressive Ceremony Incident TO
Construction of New Capt.
toI Buildings.
President Roosevelt and Speaker
Cannon, Both Masons, Are Princi-
pal Actors-SIO,OOO,00O 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
nificent buildings in which met the
solons of ages past.
This new building occupies a square
and is about a hundred yards distant
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No Connection With Vesuvius.

Coming as this disaster did. practi-
cally 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 La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-18

China of place in one of the corps of
engineers organized by that country
for the development of its railroad
system. The offer came. too, from q
young Chinaman who was taking a
graduate course at Cornell while she
was there. The graduate student was
sent here, it is said, not only to in
crease his technical knowledge of en-
gineering, but to obtain for his coun-
try the best engineers to be had. He
watched Miss Blatch's work closely
and offered her place.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-18

An ostrich egg weighs about three
and a half pounds. 1t is less delicate
in flavor than hens egg, although
perfectly eatable. 1t is curious fact
that ostrich eggs will keep fresh for
two or three months. The flesh of the
ostrich itself is edible, being not unlike
veal in flavor
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-18
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 a 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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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 a four years course, finish
ing among the first five of the class.
Since her graduation she has been
draughtsman in a big bridge concern.
She is now considering an offer from
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Award to Woman Unprecedented

The award of this prize to a woman
is said to be an unprecedented event in
the artistic history of the country, and
a bright future is predicted for the
young sculptress.
'I consider Miss Longman to be one
of the most promising of our younger
sculptors," said Mr.. Daniel c. French,
whose assistant she has been for the
last four years.
Miss Longman was born in Win
chester, Ohio, her father, Edwin II.
Longman, being musician and an ar
tist. Drawing was one of her childish
amusements, and she began modelling
without instruction in the art depart
ment of Olivet College. Her work there
attracted the attention of Lorado Taft,
who invited her to enter the Chicago
Art Institute as his pupil. She did SO,
and during the first year paid her ex-
penses by doing library work. Then
she was made an assistant instructor
in the school, and year or two later
she came to New York, where she
soon after became an assistant to Mr..
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-18

Miss Longman's design has two pam
els representing peace" and War" On
the peace panel is figure symboliZing
science, an old man in an attitude of
deep thought, explaining difficult
problem to two students of the acad-
emy. On the war panel patriotism is
represented by female figure, sym
bolical also of the home, the protection
of which is assumed to be the reason
for the existence of the navy. Under
her draperies is ascoat of armor, and
with one hand on a cannon she points
with the other to the distance, where
masts of ships show the destination OF
the marching figures in the back
ground.
In the upper panels of the door are
festoons supported by shells-of oak
leaves over the war panel and olive
over that of peace. In the lower panels
wreaths of the same leaves inclose tle
names of naval heroes. In the transom
is the dedication to the class of 6S,
and above the transom is group rep
resenting Fame-two laurel-crowned
figures on either side of an altar-like
pedestal with an inscription to John
Paul Jones, whose bones are to rest
in the crypt of the chapel. The pedes-
tai is surmounted by a tripod. from
which issue flames, symbolizing endur-
ing fame.
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Taft. 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.
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Senate Ceremony Next Fall.

The House annex was started first
and is in more advanced stage of
construction than the Senate building,
though the cornerstone of the latter
may be ready to put in place next Fall.
1t is estimated that the two buildings
together will involve an outlay of
about ten million dollars. In size and
design they are identical; they occupy
positions balanced in their relation to
the Capitol and are planned to fit into
general architectural scheme. The
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
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the seat OF the disease. Catarrh
is blood or constitutional disease, and In
order to cure IL you must take Internal
remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternally, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
not quack medicine 1t was prescribed
by one Of the best physicians In this coun-
try for years and Is regular prescription.
1t is composed OF the best tonfcs known,
combined with the best blood purifiers, act
Ing directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination OF the two ingredients
Is what produces such wonderful results In
curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14

high water periods in the rivers. 1t
will be located at the intersection Of
First and B streets west OF the North
ern Pacific depot and the council last
night ordered that the city clerk call
for bids Immediately for the construc-
tion of the plant.
City Engineer Miller announced
that the plans for the plant would be
completed the latter part of this week,
Lewiston Teller.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
W. & Q. r. Special Spokane Rates.

For occasion of Interstate fair to
be held at Spokane September "a to
October 6, the w. & C. R. Railroad
Co. will sell round trip tickets. PEN
dleton to Spokane, for $3.50. Date of
sale, Sept. 23 to Oct. 8, Inclusive.
Final limit returning, Oct. 7. Also on
Sept "a only, will sell round trip
tickets for $3.50, return limit as above.
For further information call on or
address WALTER ADAMS,
Agent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14

1t will be observed from the above
list that the railroad property of the
county has far greater value than
the sum of all other personal property.
The total of railroad property is s2,-
157,S05; all other personal property,
$1,691,594.
The assessors office has not yet
finished the real estate list. But tn,
assessment of this year will be about
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14

A kindergarten feature is now be-
ing started at the barracks by Captain
Hellesath. who will arrange TO care
for a number of young children on
Saturdays. This feature is not fully
established yet, but is being complet-
ed as rapidly as possible.
While the active army corps here
is small, it is active and enthusiastic.
Its open-handed charity is dispensed
wherever needed and hundreds Of
needy families have felt the kindness
Of its heart and the gentleness of its
hand in this city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Hotel st. George.-Mrs. L. F. Her
rim. Seattle; F. A. Mones. Spokane;
Mrs. D. L. Thacker, North Yakima;
Manuel E. Dias, New York: r. c..
Branderly and wife. Monett, Mo-; A.
F. Tommingson, Tacoma: F. d. Null
lin, San Francisco: Lou Gilbert, Port
land; ]. C. Dressed, Louisville; ]. D.
Nibley, Perry; E. Sindberg. Omaha;
P. Sindberg. Omaha; r. A. Heish,
Portland: Mrs. W. ]. Irwin, Salem;
Grace Cleaver, Salem; Fred E. Ham
ilton, Portland; o. NJ. Hemmeister,
Tacoma; I. N. Bates, Walla Walla;
r. y. stanfield, Echo; @. G. Brechtel,
Detroit: c. w. Gather, Minneapolis;
E. P. Waite, Portland; ]. NJ. Seliger,
San Francisco: John Town, Cut Bank,
Mont; B. w Davis, Olympia; B. B.
Hall. Weston; C. C. Rogers. Weston;
F. D. Watts, Couer d'Alene; William
Dunn. Nampa; George McGilvery,
Spokane: L. K. Moore, Portland; ~.
Brownell, Portland; H. j. Bell. wife
and son, Myrick.
Hotel PendIeton.-G. A. Bushee,
Portland; F. w. Vale, Portland; H..
Humand. Portland; T. Nester, Port
land; Mr.. and Mrs. L. s. Thomas,
Portland; L. II. Nithons, Portland; E.
L. Falkeubug. San Francisco; L. W.
Blackman, Chicago; H. w. Clarke,
Portland; A. N. Machines, Portland;
Cprucer. Portland; A. Kempbell. Cal
ifornia: E. Tacker. Albany; w. T.
Vale. Portland: E. Hedges and wife,
Portland: P. D. Cheulerlian, Port
land; F. Gelisper. Portland; S.
Thompson, Portland; d. NJ. Mckay,
San Francisco; K. Nowlin, Seattle; q.
Creighton and wife, Idaho; ]. E. Uru-
Ian and wife, Wyoming.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
Protect Proprletarr MedIcinee.

Did It ever occur to you that pro-
prietary medicines are a blessing 20
mankind generally? The good on.s
have long continued sale; the poor
ones have short life and soon leave
the market. ~-
II we had to depcni entirely upon
physicians and druggists 1t would be
expensive and very inconvenient at
times, especially in the country and
at night when neither could be con-
veniently reached. For nearly 40
years Boschee's German Syrup has
been used in many families and
thousands Of lives have been sal
by its use, when 1t was impossible 10
reach a physician. German Syrup is
the best household remedy for coughs.
colds. throat and lung trouble. 1t
quickly relieves the hacking cough,
loosens the phlegm. and brings sound
and refreshing sleep. Twenty-Five
and rs cents. Get cspy Of Green's
prize almanac. Tallman e. Co.
Lewiston Will Have Pumping Plant
l.. .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14

That tile salvation Army in Pendle-
ton has not been idle during the past
six months, is shown by the report
Just prepared by Captain o. Hellesath,
in charge of the corps in this city.
In the six months just passed, the
corps in Pendleton has conducted
three funerals. those of an unknown
and friendless man named Kelly who
died here, Mrs. Pierce, who commit
ted suicide, and Shorter, the colored
bootblack of the Idle Hour saloon.
The corps has had 63 conversions in
its meetings in the past six months, has
furnished an average of 10 beds per
month to men not able to pay for
them. and has held 260 open air meet
ings in that time.
In $50 meetings in the hall a total
OF SS5S people have been present and
untold meals have been served to the
poor, and untold garments distribut-
ed.
The amount of salary received by
two officers here in the past six
months was s11S.69, or an average of
ss.47Ia per month per man. Every
home in the city has been visited at
some time in the past six months and
help and provisions rendered wher-
ever needed.
In an itemized statement of receipts
and expenditures the following finan-
cial condition is shown:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
SALVATION ARMY
MAKES REPORT.
OFFICERS RECEIVE BUT
Ss.47 PER MONTH.

Total Amount Collected in Past Six
Months Was $500, Total Amount
Expended SS4O-m $50 Indoor
Meetings Ss5S People Have Been
Observation-Disclosures VIII Be
Maintained at Barracks ON Webb
Street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14

Should the total of the real estate
assessment be as great as last year
the total assessment for the county
this year will be slightly under the
$40 100000 mark, while It went ovel
that figure last year. However, it
must be remembered that Assessor
Strain made the assessment this year
upon the basis of one-fourth valua-
ton instead of one-third as in the
past
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14
TOTAL VALUATION OF UMAT|LLA COUNTY

In the office of Assessor C. p,
Strain, the work of adding the assess
ment rolls is now under way and the
roll for personal property has been
completed. AS shown by 1t, the
amount of taxable property in Una
ulla county is as follows:
improvements on undecided s 50,ST0I
lOOS.bC miles of railrnad
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-14

the same as that of last year, which
was as follows, to-wit:
SSs,S14 acres tillable land. .S3,629, 921
524,l2O acres non-tillable
land ........,........ 5Sb, ,421
improvements on land .... 3qO,227
l0,524 town lots ,..... 7O7,469
Improvements on town lots 1861