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Washington. September A.-(Special.)-
The Evening Post, the pro-negro New
York organ in the course of letter edi-
torial on Atlanta race war prints this:
Thinking men in the south must, we
are sure, realize that long suffering as
the colored race Is it will not always
submit without protest to having the sins
of its criminals visited upon the inno-
cent. 1t is not without significance that
negro women urged their husbands and
brothers to resist the mob or that negro
editors are urging their people to account
If attacked for one white man before
last one dozen blacks were killed. Off
Ger Duran says that there were fifteen
dead negroes on the field of battle and
possibly more.
After the negroes left the scene the Of
ficers did likewise and for a while the
field of battel was deserted. Many of the
bodies were removed before reinforce
ments arrived and the chase began anew.
Atlanta headquarters were notified of the
trouble and policemen and militia were
rushed out to South Atlanta to capture
the negroes or kill them If necessary.
Soon the militia arrived, but the negroes
had vanished from the scene. The mill
tia followed into the woods and then into
a hollow where the negroes were sup
posed to be but the blacks had scattered
and it was found impossible to find them.
TWO NEGROES KILLED
ON CITIZENS DOORSTEP.
Two negroes charged with the killing of
Jim Heard, county policeman, were being
brought into Atlanta over a Lakewood
car tonight, About 10 O'Clock they reached
the corner of Jefferson and Crew streets
and there a mob boarded the car and the
negroes jumped from the car and started
to run with the mob in full pursuit. At
the home of r. II. Manley, one of the
most prominent citizens of Atlanta. who
lives at 491 C>-< street, the mob overlook
them and there on the doorsteps of his
home the members of the mob shot the
two negroes, scattering blood all over his
steps. When the mob was executing
justice on the negroes the excitement
proved too great for a lady, who was
one of his neighbors and she dropped
dead in her tracks.
Her name was Mrs. Robert Thompson.
The negroes were taken to the Grady
hospital and placed on the operation table,
but it was reported at once that they had
no chance for life.
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Draft Of The Peace Plans VIII
Be Delivered TO Them
Today
PALMA MAY REMAIN AS
HEAD OF THE REPUBLIC
Many insurgents Are Said to Be Dis
satisfied With Turn of Affairs and
Power of Commissioners to
Control Is Doubted.

Havana. September PA satisfactory
conference was held at the palace to-
night between President Palma, Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Fonts v. Sterling.
Secretary of State Farrill. Freyre An
drade, speaker of the lower house; Sec
retary Of War Taft and Assistant Sec
retary of State Bacon; Consul General
stenhart and Captain Mccoy. when tho
mediators called the attention of the Gu
ban administration to the status of the
peace negotiations with the liberals and
insurgents.
The conference adjourned at II o'clock
tonight to be resumed tomorrow.
The peace terms proposed are known to
be against the government
The visit to the palace Of the commits
sioners was therefore not pleasant On
departing Secretary Taft announced that
the conference had resulted only in ex-
change of opinions, and that another
meeting was necessary.
The big doors of the palace closed as
usual at II O'Clock, but the president
and members of the cabinet remained
In conference until long after that hour,
Business Men Elated.
Business men are elated tonight at tha
prospect OF a settlement but 1t Is also
evident that they have not confidence in
continued tranquility. They would havA
preferred American Intervention but they
feel that II trouble breaks out again DUR
ing the administration Of President
Roosevelt, armed occupation will enforce
a lasting peace.
Much fear Is expressed that trouble will
ensue when the negroes and other ig-
norant rebels are asked to lay down their
arms. The country districts complain that
marauders are numerous and American
planters have asked for marines for the
protection of their hves and property.
Baron Won Nordenhycht informed Amer-
lean Minister Morgan today that there
was unanimous sentiment among the Ger.
man business men that the United States
should take steps to insure the protection
of foreign property and interests even
should 1t be necessary to resort to an
neXation.
Baron Won Nordenhycht Is the German
consul general at New Orleans. He was
sent here by the German ambassador In
Washington to take charge of the lega-
tion during the minister's absence.
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Victory for RevoIutIonIsts.

Havana, September N.-Nlctory Tor ths
liberals or revolutionary party seems cer-
tain tonight at the conclusion of a long
conference between committee of the
insurgents of eight members and tho
American peace commissioners. The insur.
gent committee announced there was
practically no differences remaining be-
tween them and Secretaries Taft and
Bacon, and that they would receive a
draft of the peace plans tomorrow. These
probably will be agreed to at a meeting
to be held In the Preside. where tha
prisoners, members of the committee, are
confined.
Secretary Taft said he could give no de-
tails of what transpired at the conferences
for the reason that 1t was now neees-
sary to treat with the government leaders.
and the publication of the peace proposals
might interfere with their prompt accep-
tance.
Inform Palma of Proceedings.
Messrs. Taft and Bacon went to the
palace tonight aud Informed President
Palma of the outcome of the negotia-
tions with the liberals. The absence of
a definite statement from the comnis-
sioners makes 1t impossible to say whether
the plans carry the designations of the
present administration and the congress-
men elected last year or not.
There is a strong impression that Pres
the cabinet, but that no elections will
be held for the senators and representa-
tives who, were elected last year, and
possibly also for provincial officers.
In discussing the situation with the
Associated Press, Secretary Taft said
that tomorrow be would go over with
Alfred Zayas, the leader of the liberals.
the variations that the liberal leaders de-
sire In the memorandum of the peace pro-
gramme.
IF we reach a conclusion Secretary
Taft said, I'VE hope to announce 1t to-
morrow night
Taft Is Pleased.
Mr. Taft evinced great pleasure at tie
progress made thus far, and II Is evident
that he regards the remainder of the ne
gotlations as matter of wording out the
details of the peace agreements. This
bears out the insi3tep. rumOr in cireula-
tion here today that the government
abandoned much of its opp )sition to re-
ceivng the liberal leaders, and it was
apparent that the peace commissioners
felt that while there was no reason for
rebellion in Cuba, there was real founda-
tion for liberal complaint sgans; tho
election methods of the administration
party.
The conference began at 5:3O and con-
tinued until o'clock this evening. Prac-
tically all this time was occupied by Sec
retary Tafts review of the situation It
was evident that he realized from tho
outset that peace could be established by
recognizing In the main the contentious
of the liberals. He discussed also with
the insurgent committee the possible ef-
feet of the announcement of the peace
conditions, and warned them that the
continued Independence of Cuba depended
on their calmness. wisdom and discretion
during the process of settlement.
The prison members of the COMMITTEES
CONTINUED ON PAGE TJ
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On Cuban Question.
Introduced BY Republican.

Here he was introduced first by Albert
Godchaux. president of the union and a
republican and afterward by Governor
Blanchard. The Louisiana Republican
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United States Mint.

into a temporary hospital, the harbor
hospital being unable to accommodate
all the injured who were brought
there.
About 100 patients were stretched
on the dock at one time. Thursday
evening tugs conveyed them to Goat
island, where they were lodged in the
hospital. The docks from Howard
street to Folsom street have been
saved, and the fire at this point was
not permitted to creep farther east
than Main street.
TO add to the horrors of the situa-
ton and the general alarm explosions
of sewer gas shook many streets. A
Vesuvius in miniature was created by
such an upheaval at Bryant and
eighth streets. Cobblestones were
hurled 20 feet upward and dirt blew
out of the ground.
The only bank In the huge ruined
district that escaped destruction was
the Market Street bank, at the corner
of Seventh and Market streets. 1t Is
in the Quilted Grand building, but the
firemen saved the ground floor. 1t
will pay out money just as socn as It
hears from the Clearing house OFF,
Gals.
A corner of the city near the Pa
ciic mail wharves at Second and Bran
nan streets, was not ruined, n he
sailors home is intact. The Postal
Telegraph company has restored Its
cable connection with the orient by es-
tablishing a station at Ocean Beach,
but there is no service yet for deliver
ing messages there.
Many Killed by Crazed Cattle.
/ A series of fatalities took place
| Thursday as the result of the stamped
ing of a herd of cattle at Sixth and
Folsom streets. Tire hundred Of the
panic-stricken animals ran when they
saw and felt the flames and charged
wildly down the street, trampling un.
der foot all who were in the way. One
man was gored through and through
by a maddened bull. At least a dozen
persons. it Is said, were killed.
Shock Empties Wells.
A feature of San Francisco was the
many wells and cisterns upon which
thousands Of residents depended for
water for drinking and cooking. Every
earthquake has affected these cisterns
and wells. Water in many Of them
disappeared and did not return for
months. The earthquake of Wednes-
day had the same effect, and this &C.
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ent meals a woman runs up and down
the cellar stairs a good many times
There are shelves in the cellar for
holding canned fruit and many other
things that the housewife requires.
and the kitchen or upper rooms are
too warm to keep such things. For
this reason n convenient cellarway
with good easy steps is not only O
convenience but a necessity.
Every cellar should be divided into
compartments. The end farthest from
the heating apparatus should be shut
off and kept at a cold v e tempera-
ture for apples. But potatoes freeze
easier than apples, and II is hardly
safe to keep them In the same room.
Then the good wife likes a compart-
ment for bottles OF fruit, Jars OF jam,
%jellles, pickles and such things where
she can keep them clean. She likes
to have this room plastered and to
have a good smooth hard cement floor,
and a good door with a lock to II, so
she can shut 1t up and turn the key.
There are things to be kept in such
q room that have cost her a good deal
OF work to prepare, and she likes TO
know that the neighbors' boys are not
likely to help themselves. She means
TO be liberal enough with the kids, but
she would rather deal out doses Of ex.
pensive jams and jellies In quantities
that would be good for them. These
different compartments In the cellar
cost but little extra at the time of
building and they are there for use
for a long time to come.
or course, there are sometimes rea-
sons for not putting everything into
a house at the time of building, and
most Of these c~onveniences may be
added later II arrangements are made
when the plans are prepared. A great
deal OF pleasure Is derived from fol.
lowing up these arrangements, adding
a convenience here and there a. time
and money will allow. Getting a
home In this way impresses It's i'm
~portance especially upon young per-
sons as nothing else can. 1t often Is
a great misfortune for young folks to
be given a home complete. They
never appreciate its value the same
as when they get it together by their
own efforts through economy, waiting
and hard work.
1t is difficult to know just when to
start in and how elaborate to prepare for
The future, but 1t is a very good plan
TO go slowly. There Is a great deal
more comfort in a little house that Is
paid for han there is In a big snowy
house with a big debt on it. l do not
mean to discourage people from build
ing because they cannot at once pay
for their home. III everyone waited
until they had money enough to pay
the entire cost of a home few homes
would be attempted. Probably In 80
cases out OF 100 young folks give a
mortgage for half or two-thirds OF the
cost; then pay this off little by little
as they prosper. Persons who
age this way have a home at middle
life, when II they waited to pay cash
down for a home they probably would
die In a rented house. .
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Just the place for a couple OF com
Portable chairs near the stove, as the
chimney Is calculated for a stove In
the dining-room and a crate In the
parlor. Because of the open doors
into the hall and parlor a good heat
ing stove in the dining-room makes
the whole house comfortable. OF
course there is no objection to heat
ing this style OF a house with a fur.
mace. In fact II can be done very easi-
ly and with very little expense If pipes
are put In when the building is CON
structed. Generally speaking, fur
naces are not used in the snfI31S
houses as much as they should ~,
but this Is no reason why new houses
should be built without furnace fiues.
The furnace is economical when the
amount of heat IL considered. Stoves
burn less coal. but you have less COM
fort. A furnace properly set makes
q house warm all over, which Is APP
preciated by every member of the
family.
A bathroom Is of very little use in
Sinter without some means of heating
It, and a furnace fiue is the best heat
er in a small house. or course a coal
oil stove may be used for this purpose.
but nothing gives the satisfaction OF
a good hot pipe from the furnace. I
would like to see a furnace, bathroom
and a CRATE In every house Certain
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Finally they were cheered by military
regulations for their succor. Bakeries
were started In the ruins, great masses
of h~alf-charred wood from the homes
Of millionaires being used to heat the
ovens. Oakland bakeries were worked
overtime and every available boat was
pressed into service to bring the sup
plies over the bay. More bread and
plenty of milk for the weak and sick
ly, children and refugees was
the cry.
Five hundred thousand pounds Of
canned beef in tie warehouses OF
Swift & Co. at South San Francisco
We're moved into the refugee camps.
Face Eorrnr with Fortitu6e.
Homeless and starving the people OF
San Francisco are facing the awful ca
lamity with a spirit of fortitude which
must command the admiration of the
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into service all men who CINE near
and forced them to labor at burying
the dead. So thick were the corpses
piled up that they were becoming a
menace, and the order was issued tn
bury them at any cost. The soldiers
were needed for other work, and at the
point of rifles citizens were compelled
to take to the task of burial. Some OBJ
jected at first. but the troops stood no
trihing. and every a who came in
reach was forced to labor at least II
hour. Rich men who had never done
much work stood by the side OF work.
men digging trenches In the sand for
those who fell In the awful calamity.
At the present writing many remain
nnburied, and TIE soldiers are stiV
pressing men into service.
Docks Used as Hospital.
The Folsom street dock was turned
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Mr.. William A. Radford viii answer
questions and give advice FREE OF COST
on all subjects pertaining 10 the subject
or building for the readers OF this paper.
Dn. account OF his wide experience as
Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is,
without doubt, the highest authority on
all these subjects. Address all INQUIRIES to
William A.. Radford, No. 1884 Firth Ave,
chicago, ILL.,, and only enclose two-cent
stamp for reply.
Gambrel roofs In house construc.
lion are comparatively new. The old
ttyle was to make the top part Of the
roof steep. III any change in pitch
was required the lower part was built
in the form of a lean-to. This nan
ner Of construction gave very little
head room, and II was faulty in other
respects. Gambrel roofs were first
used In barns. The idea was to make
oil the overhead NOW room possible.
but later architects discovered that
very good rooms could be laid out In
Fuch ample space. 1t really makes the
roof answer two purposes-that Of sid.
Ing and roof as we'll. The gambrel
roof supersedes the old mansard style
"a manne of construction that Is
now very seldom seen.
In designing houses OF the smaller
fizes the question of chimneys always
requires careful consideration. II IL
not safe to run a ~stoyepipe very far
TO reach the chimney, When fires oc-
cur because Of long stovepipes Il Is
always difficult to collect Insurance,
the supposition being hat such pipes
are unsafe. and that the person using
them is to a certain extent responsible
for the damage. Insurance does not
always insure and this Ia a case In
point.
This Is not a little house, The size
Is % feet 6 inches by "a feet. and II
may be built for from $1,000 to $1,000
when conditions are favorable. with.
nut gas, mantel or plumbing. But
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HIGH WIND CAUSES RENEWAL
OF FIRE AT SAN FRANCISCO
FIERCE BLAZE ON WATER FRONT
Hopes That the Conflagration Had Been
Checked Dashed by the Arising Of
Gale Of Great Velocity.
SUFFERING is BORNE WITH THE UTMOST FoRTITuDE
People Unanimous in Making the Best Of the Shuation--Food
Supply Scanty, but in Sufficient Quantity to
Prevent Absolute anime.

ton, which was driven back by a veer-
ing wind. Everything on Van Ness
avenue and west seemed doomed. while
the main fire at Octavia street, with
its destroying advance wedges, seemed
too formidable to be stopped. At the
farthermost south line of the burned
district a fitful wind seemed likely to
spread the flames to the hills and
cacti sand heaps.
But when despair was deepest and
refugees from the remaining part OF
the residence district began to drag
their effects into sand hollows, Octavia
street sent the joyful message Fire
stopped" Artillery had roared and
dynamite made holes without avail
where once stood the most beautiful
homes of Mob Hill. But great hopes
were conferred in the efficacy of an in.
%tervening burned area.
Desolation on Market Street.
Not even the d~esoIation of Market
street and the banking and business
district seemed as terrible as that of
the roads leading from the ferry north
and around the shore Of the bay as
far as Fort Mason. Vehicles of all
kinds, including baby carriages that
broke down under abnormal weights,
are strewn along the way. Household
effects, clothing and valuables of all
kinds abandoned by the terror-strick.
en- owners are where they left them,
Some day the owners may claim them.
FELL INTO THE SEA.
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The soldiers permit no footing.
Rear Admiral McCalla, commandant
at the Mare Island navy yard, report
ed that the war ships under construc-
ton at the Union Iron works were
not damaged. In his report to Wash
ington the admiral said the loss of life
had been exaggerated.
mo estimate of the loss of life is at
hand" said one of the committee of
safety. 1--WE hope 1t is not as some
have feared. The fire now practically
Is under control, having been checked
west Of Van Ness avenue and in the
Mission. North of Russian II II 1t is
raging toward the bay, but 1t will
not spread west. The destitute need
relief. After the living are cared for
the dead will be enumerated"
Hungry People Aid Firemen.
Thousands of refugees were with
out food and water. In sheer desper-
alton they aided the fire and dynamite
men at Van Ness avenue until they
fell in their tracks from exhaustion.
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Massaohnsetts Raises 100000.

Boston, April 21.-The advices from
San Francisco showing the great loss
in life and property resul ed in an i'm
mediate increase of the amour OF the
contributions OF Massachusetts, from
$4,000 to 500 900, Kidder, Fe body &
Co., the treasurers OF the fund, wired
their representatives in San Francisco,
authorizing them to Place the entire
amount at the disposal OF Gov. Pardee
and Mayor Schmitz. Another meeting
of citizens was hell Friday at the city
hall for the purpose OF raising addi-
tional funds.
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How TO Fruit Markets.

Chicago. April 21.-Chicago fruit
markets will feel in the immediate flu
ture the effects OF the earthquake in
California. The loss is expected to
reach huge figures.
Millions of cans OF those California
products are believed TO have been In
the immense warehouses which have
been destroyed by the flames.
Several Chicago merchants are said
to have had on the docks OF San Fran
cisco at the time OF the earthquake
large quantities of goods for shipment
to the far east.
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forced to abandon It's temporary Of
fees In the Ferry building, already
scorched by the flames.
The water front emergency hospital,
confidently believed to be a place OF
safety, was in the grayest danger, and
the officers in charge made hasty prep
arations to move from their quar-
&ers.
The wind was of such velocity that
brick and granite walls. already weak
ened by the earthquake and subse-
quent fire, were falling into the
streets. The gravest fear was that
Market street, the principal avenue of
escape from the city to the ferry.
would be blocked up, ending all posi-
bility Of egress.
Thought Confiagration Ended.
When daylight appeared on the ruins
Friday hope of saving anything from
Telegraph Hill to Golden Gate
park was slight. Fringes of houses
about the base of the hill, left stand
ing, were attacked by the conflagra-
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FiftY.Five Insane Killed.

San Francisco, April 21.-Dr. Clark,
superintendent of the San Francisco
county hospital, telephoned concerning
the situation at the Agnews insane
asylum near San Jose, and said that
II employees and officers of the insti.
tuition were killed and 20 injured.
Among the patients SIS were killed and
l20 injured. All the buildings were
demolished.
Tents have been set up In the
grounds, and the injured. as well as
the n%ninjured. are being cared for.