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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

He claims that his private record will
pea, pear tne strlctest scrutiny. Do you be-
Wen. / wouldn't be surprised if there
was something in IT, 1 never heard Of his
lending any money to society publications.
baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

Jessie-What grounds have YOU for
thinking that she loves him2
Jack-He's 800 acres Of the best eoaI
lands in the country.-Cincinnat En-
qulrer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

SO Jones is a prolific writer?"
Prolihcl Say, I'd like to have the mon.
ey he pays as return postage. '-Philadel.
phia Ledger
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

Wife-;yOhn, you've been drinking. On,
Let's keep 1t a family seeret.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

Wigg-He doesn't know a good thine
when ne sees it,
Wagg-Of course not Hes a critic -
Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

Some folks said Uncle Fben. ..seer~
to imagine dey kin make up foh DER own
Shortcomings by scoldin at de children. -
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

Il see that a car containing 800, 900 silver
dollars is on its way to New York
Now is the time for the society Jour
nails 60 interview the owner. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

Her ladyship (vvho is giving a servants
oall-to butler)-We shall begin with a
square dance. and / shall want YOU WIZ
kins, to be my partner.
Enthusiastically, mlady; and afte--
wards I presoom we may dance with 'ooia
we 1ike?-Punch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

"A delegation from Finland, sfrv' an
nounced the chamberlain. The ckar strove
to conceal his agitation
OF course, I can not see my FINNISH
ne answered, with characteristic Roman
off obstinacy.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

How is your new. girl. Mrs Upmore?
heard she was sick"
She's improving. She was able to sill
up this morning and give notice Chi
cago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

.-a- 10 you think little learning is dan
Possibly. But it isn't half so danger
Gus as the same amount of Ignorance. =
Detroit Free Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

Cholly-Bah, Jove, y know. Miss Saw
yam said looked like an extremely clev-
Dolly-Did she say who the clever man
was?-Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

How do you ike being civilized asked
the philanthropist.
Well" answered the simple child Of
nature, civilization is great for the mind
but it is mighty hard on the digestion" -
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

Envy-AIr- BiIlus-No dinner resav7
What on earth is the matter with YOU.
anyhow? N'
MRS Billus-Oh, Johni 8Irs. Binlss who
lives next door, has the loveliest new SET
OF Iurs ever saw. and I. have no appetite
-CleVeIand Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

She'll learn you to find fault with my
me for better or worse
He-Yes. Martha, but I did hope there
would have been something like an aver
age.-The Sketch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

And what shall say to Mr. Gotrox?a
Frazzles.
Just say" answered the urbane pub
Usher, Your money, or We'll print your
life .''-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

Isn't Maud's new hat a perfect fright
exclaimed the blond girl
Awful. The worst ever sawi' sal
the girl with the chocolates
Wonder where she bought it," querie
AT Blinker & Drinks. helped her pic
it out" answered she of the Chocolates
triumphantly.-Ti Bits.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
ROYAL vANpERsLooT IS SAFE.

He Was in San Francisco at the Time Of
the Earthquake, But Made His Escape
to Oakland
Harry II. Nandersloot OF l07 West
Twelfth street, Wilmington yesterday
received "A telegram from his son, Royal,
aged % years, from Oakland Cal, which
read as follows:
"All right Safe. l0lS Sixth avenue,
Oakland. Royal.
Royal Nandersloot. who is a VIII
mngtonian, spent several years in San
Francisco, but a short time ago returned
TO Wilm ington, with the expectation Of
remaining here, but decided TO return
to San Francisco and on Monday Of last
week arrived in that city. notifying his
parents, by telegraph of his safe arrival.
They heard nothing further from him
until yesterday and they were very
much worried but yesterdays tele-
gram brought relief
Mrs. William Writ King wife of the
pastor of Grace NJ. Il. Church. Yesterday
received a telegram from her brother.
Nile Ford, who is in San Francisco.
stating that he was uniniured hy the
earthquake. He was in charge Of the
San Francisco office of safe company.
Tho Office was evidently destroyed, as
it was in the heart of the district which
suffered most
A message was received on Saturday
by Frederick H. Stone from his parents.
Rev and Mrs. George W. Stone, who
live in Berkeley, stating that they are
we'll
James II. Todd, a son of James Todd
Of this city, is connected with a mining
company in San Francisco, but he has
not been heard from.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23

lous on the surface. for while in San
lmncisco, as IN most seaport towns
there is always some smallpox. the
authorities are very strict with il and
tusn every case discovered TO the pest
house, which is I'M am isolated spot 10
miles from the centre OF the city Be
sides the period of incubation for small
poN ls from 10 Co "A days. and the mix
up oi the population has been on for only
four days. So 1t there were any cases
unnoticed by the Board of Health. in
the people who fOcked from their homes
TO the parks. there would not have been
lime for infection to develop. The
physicians here do not take this serious
III the thing which they fear most is the
regular camp fever
CONDITION OF THE CITY.
Now as TO the condition of the CITY.
Mob Hill, with It's stately mansions. is
al Tazed- The Stanford mansion. the
stately Mark Hopkins Institute. home
OF the art school; the Huntington man
sion, the Croker houses are all on the
ground The walls of the Flood man
SION stand, but it is q ruin. The window
frames and woodwork of the Fairmont
Hotel are burned. and the white walls
are blackened, but il stands and is little
damaged. The wholesale district. the
downtown retail district, the banking
and insurance districts may be counted
OF the map. OF the clubs, the Cosmos.
little out of the centre of town, is the
only one that remains
The Bohemian Clubs servants. asleep
IN the building when tho shock came.
got back ahead of the fire and saved lis
pictures which they cut from their
frames. They rescued also some of the
best OF It's property and S 700 in cash.
This was put for safety in the Golden
Gate Park Museum. which is becoming
a. kind of storage warehouse for such
things. President Hall told me that he
had seen q majority of the directors. and
that they will throw together a shack
lpr temporary quarters ms soon as they
can get the material The fact that
thoy are already considering the future
of their clubs shows as well as anything
can the spirit of the people here They
regard rebuilding as matter of course.
Some of the floors of the Mills and
Merchants Exchange buildings are
burned out, but the walls are In good
condition and the framework remains.
About half the floors are burned out of
the Haywards building, but the rest are
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
DECOMPOSITION or DUST.
Reason for Unpleasant Odors IN steam
Heated Rooms.

Reason for Unpleasant Odors IN Steam
Heated Rooms.
In heated rooms we often perceive
az unpleasant tickling odor, which
lrritates the mucous membrane of the
larnyx and causes coughing. IL comes,
says the Scientific American, from
burnt and decomposed dust, from which
ammonia and other hurtful substances
arise. This decomposition, which oc-
ours only when the dust is damp, is
most frequently found with the usual
iron stoves whose sides easily become
red hot, in consequence of which the
PARTICLES of the dust lodging on the
stove burn and vitiate the air. But
the hot-air fiues of furnaces also easily
become overheated, in consequence Of
which dust lodging burns and the
products of the burning mingle with
the air. Tee Erie Deutsche Presse says
at Prof. Esmarch, of Hanover, found
in his Investigations that, on small
heated bodies not above 20 degrees G.
in temperature, the dust is always
decomposed. On ground floors, in
deed (where the air rushing in
directly from the street is mingled
with the dust from the horses evacua-
tionsl, the bad odor already begins to
be pereceptible when the surfaces are
heated to 90 degrees. Notable is the
observation made by Nussabaum, that
dust which proceeds from air artifioally
saturated with steam evolves vapors
more evil-smelling and irritating than
the dust from ordinary air. In order
10 prevent the vitation of the air in a
room, the heated surfaces must not
be heated over 65 degrees to 40 degrees,
and every further addition of moisture
TO the air is to be avoided. OF course,
the heated bodies themselves are to
be kept scrupulously clean and are to
be frequently washed off But this
cleansing does not fully protect from
the decomposition of dust, because
the air sweeping past the heated bodies
always brings dust upon the heated
surfaces again. In furnaces heating,
the air must be carefully kept free
of dust, /. e.. be filtered -
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
DIAeRAM OF San FRANCISCO and THE ARIA SMEPI- RN

lating the fund and also in gathering
clothing and supplies are hard at work
and their labors are being rewarded,
REp CROSS WOMEN RECEIVING SUPPLIES.
The following committee of women of
the Red Cross has charge of the work Of
collecting clothing and other supplies:
Mr. Ferdinand l.. Gilpn, Mrs @. Wesley
Wcldin, Mrs. Lewis c. Nandcgrlt, Mrs
Charles n. Miller Mr LOWS p Bush
Mrs. Charles J.. Reid, Mrs j.. 4. Warner
Mrs. Charles Copeland, Miss Alice -. john
sion, Miss n. Comclia Bowman. Mrs
William I. Sellers, Mrs. William b. tos-
Ter, Mrs. Potor Wright Mrs. William p.
Bancroft, Mrs. Caleb NJ showard. Mrs.
Alfred y. Warner, Mrs Preston Lea, Mrs.
Charles q. knmlord, Miss Mary Lafmiy,
Mrs. N. B. Danlorth, Mrs Horace W
Cause, Mrs. Walter d. Bush Mrs. Alfred
]. do Pont and Mrs. Daniel w. Bates, lr
Tho committee does not desire wOrnout
clothing. All contributions must be in
good condition, needing no mendlng or
cleaning though they need not neces-
sarlly be new Medium weight spring
clothing undertaking, 6c., IL the most
desirable Tor tho climate of San Francisco.
Clothing for men, women, children and
~ NA hNNiNNf VIII ilN NiNNlN NNNtlNNNt
Packing eases and parcels viii be ur-
gently needed and any merchants who
have empty ones on hand, will. il is
hopcd, send them IN early Expert
packers viii be necessary and volunteers
for this purpose are desired The pack
ing can be done IN the evenings, but the
receiving and sorting will an be done
IN tho day Time The work must be
done within the week to be of any avnil
for the immediate needs of the sufferers.
and y Is Therefore urged that both the
merchants and the public who desire 10
contribute should do So with the utmost
prompiness as early in the week as pos
sihle. The committee has established
headquarters atthe City Hall
THE CHURCH COLLECTIONS.
In nearly an OF the Protestant churches
yesterday collections were taken for the
San Francisco sufferers and large amounts
were raised M this way. Subscriptions
will be taken In the Catholic churches
next Sunday
DRUGGISTS no HELP.
7 B. Cartmell president Of the local
Association of Rotoil Druggists. has ro-
ceived "a telegram from the hoadquarter.
Of tho National Association of Retail
Druggists, In Chicago. asking that funds
he raised here for the benefit of San Fran
cisco druggists who lost heavily. A
meeting has been called for tonight and
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23

Der being thousands OF members OF our
beloved order.
Therefore, /, Samuel II. Barker. Gmnd
Master Of the State of Delaware. DO
most urgently request the various lodges
and members OF the Jurisdiction TO con-
tribute Of their funds to the relief of
our brethren In San Francisco. also
appoint the following brothers COM
mittee 10 act and receive an contrbu-
tions from the subordinate lodges and
individual members and forward the
same TO the Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge Of California TO be used for the
purpose named.
james II Appleby. p G. NJ and p. G.
r., chairman, b. 4 Shakespeare, p. G.. p.
and p. G.. r.; +. n. Overdeer, p. G. r.;
William H. German r. g. NJ. and p. G..
P.i James f. Price. p. G.. NJ; Samuel n
Barker, Grand Master; attest. Isaac W
Hallam, Grand Secretary.
HEBREW RESIDENTS SWELL THE FUND.
A meeting of the Hebrew residents OF
the city was held in the Synagogue last
night. when sl56 was raised for the San
Francisco relief fund. This amount will
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23

oil right, All these arc modern structures
of steel The floors of the Shreve build
ing are gone, but none of them fell in and
IL can be restored. Shreve is the big
iewelry iim. They lost their bric-a-brac
end tlleir silver plate in showcases. but
tlIe faiIlts are all right, and the Jewels
llHa Boid which were locked up must be
an right A military guard surrounds
this place.
There is q guard, also, over the vaults
in all the bank buildings. The bank
vaults and safe deposit vaults in the
Crocker-Noolworth Bank were not even
warmed through Business could be
resumed in the anteroom of the safe de-
posit vaults The Crocker building
which houses this bank has all its floors
IN place, and the walls are in fairly good
condition
This, too, can be restored without re-
building The same is true of the Ho-
bart building, except that part Of the
top floor was damaged by the earth
quake. I'm the basement OF this build
ing are the vaults of the Union Trust Co.,
which are all right Assistant Cashier
Rosenbaum made an inspection yester-
day and reported that all specie and
securities are saved. Mr. Coombs, the
chief engineer, has been through the
building and reports that il would be
sale TO open Il today.
The building of the First National
Bank was gutted by fire from the ground
floor up, but the directors say that the
vaults are all right Tho Mutual Life
Building, on the opposite corner of Cali
iornia and Montgomery streets, was
entirely ruined by the FIRE. Tho mint is
damaged but standing. 1t is under
heavy guard Of Regulars.
The damage in the Hibernian Savings
Bank. at Market and McAllister streets.
was mainly on tho ground floor, which
was Quilted. All tho vaults, securities
and specie are intact. This bank has
heavy deposits in its vaults, and l6
cavalrymen guard il. The paying
teller says that the bank stands ready 20
pay all demands in full when il opens.
sam Daniels, paying teller Of the bank
of California, stopped the automobile in
which he was removing his family from
town to say that the vaults Of that bank
escaped
Tho Sloan building is a total loss.
Strangely enough, the City OF Paris dry
goods store, which was in building
comparatively old, is in such q state that
! it can probably be repaired None Of
the floors fell. The stock. which was
heavy, Is, of course, a loss. The White
| House. the biggest dry goods store ex-
ccpt the Emporium is an gone. Its
I coilapsing walls caught a fire engine. I
/ could not learn whether any lives were
| lost in this minor catastrophe.
lhe main vaults of the Bank of Cali
/ iornia appear 20 be sale This is In the
centre OF the banking district. A heavy
guard OF Regulars watch at this place
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
HELP FROM NEW CASTLE.
Various Agencies at Work in the Neigh.
boring City.
ondenoo VI tverv fvenina

boring City.
sian Corresronoenoe ui tverv tvenina
New Castle, April 23-Various
agencies are at work in New Castle and
its vicinity toward helping TO swell the
fund from Delaware for the relief of the
San Francisco sufferers.
Chairman Andrew Bryson of the com
mittee appointed by Mayor Boyd to
accept subscriptions, sent to the
pastors OF the churches copies of the
appeal which were read in the churches
yesterday. Tho members of the com
mittee have received several subscrip-
tions.
At the NJ z. Church last evening the
collection was devoted to the San Fran
cisco fund.
At the meeting of Friendship Lodge.
No 3, A. o. u. W., on Thursday even
ing, the San Francisco horror was dis
cussed and those present donated $40
from the funds Of the lodge and directed
Secretary James l.. Bacon to forward
the money to Mayor Horace Wilson of
Wilmington, because of having no de-
pository here, at that time, for the relief
of the sufferers.
The Rose Hill Sunday-school sub
scribed $40 at the session of the school
yesterday afternoon
AT the meeting of Industry Council
'Jr o. L. A. NJ, tomorrow night. the
subject will be discussed t-gf
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
Wasn't Taking nhnnnss

An automobilist, speeding along a
country road at a rapid clip. ran over
and killed a chicken. When heareturned
the same way an hour later. a man was
standing In the middle of the road, signal
ing eXcltedly for him TO stop. He brought
the machine TO a standstill. and there
lying on the roadside was the poor chicken
whose life had been snufied out. He was
prepared Tor the worst, when the follow
ing dialogue took place:
MAY ask, did you run over this
chicken ?n
Yes, | am the guilty party but am
willing to pay for the damage. How
much do you want ?"
"Oh, that s all right. You see before
l took the chicken home / wanted 10
make sure how il had been killed. II your
automobile ran over it, guess It's GOOD
TO eat."-Everybody S Magazine.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
UNCLE SANS OLD CLERKS
Nearly zoo Employees OF Government Hav,
Reached 20.
Nat- onaI Magallne.

Reached 20.
National Mageziue.
There are $40 clerks in the employ
of the government who have reached
the age OF three score years and ten.
Most of them are m the Department
of the Interior, where l77 people past
40 years of age are at work day after
day. In the Treasury Department MA
tried and trusted clerks have passed
mans allotted span-a fact brought
out in most dramatic way by special
message sent to the House of Repre-
sentatives last September, giving de-
tails concerning this patriarchal reqi-
ment OF 676 people employed in the
various departments 1t is significant
that only one of the 676 is on the Civil
Service Commission, and that com
mission is the body which has power
to retain the service Of clerks and pre-
vent removal except for good cause.
There are rs printers in the Govern
ment Printing Office who have handled
stick and rule for over half century,
and have passed the seventieth year
stone in life. Forty three of the
veterans Of three score and ten are in
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
SALE OF rHE OLD AND NEW.

The time is ripe for disoarding many
articles about houses and stores. and the
Management Of the Homeopathic Hos
pital again ask for all sorts of things for
the stock OF the rummage sale in Octo-
Der. With the completion Of the new
building comes the necessity for more
funds. IL Is hoped that friends of the
hospital will respond generously as they
always have.
Notify Mrs. c. n. Trump. 1871 West
Thirteenth street, ID. & A. 35S. or Mrs.
W. G. Mahaiiy, 1902 West Ninth street.
d. 4 A. phone 1859.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
REFUGEES FROM
SAN FRANCISCO
IconHnued irom Ont page /


Addition. brought the fire back over
Russian Hill and flanked their position
How these iremcn worked no one will
ever know. How many men they lost
no one will know until thcy simighten
the department out and count their
dead Three engines. at least. were lost
under falling walls One hears only OF
the engines, not of the men that must
have been buried with them There
was no time 90 mako reports on them
The veteran iremen of san Francisco
have been through their last fire and
gone out. On Portsmouth Square by
the borders of Chinatown was the house
OF the Exempt Frcmen, the "vamps' Of
the hfties and sixties Five or Six of
the old men lived In the building. When
on the morning of the shock, fire sue
ccedcd earthquake they got out the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
GATEWAY OF LELAND STANFORD, IR, UNIVERSITY

the Architectural Department. In
the War Department there are Gs grav-
boards still at work, although tbev
have long since passed the age at
which officers are retired. One won
ders whether, like Charles Lamb. thev
have worked "until the wood of the
desk has entered into their souls. -
The simple presentation of the facts
without comment, TO the House of
Representatives, should produce promnt
and effective action toward giving n
faithful, loyal and efficient clerk some
thing tOlook forward to besides a helm
less and a salaryless old 0ge; and Il
may be that action taken in this mat
ter would be the first movement on
ward 10 the dream that has loated
through many mind of late wears
q pension for all helpless, aged people
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23

old hand apparatus coupled up TO ~
modern fire plug ahh tried To get "a
stream
But the mains were broken. They
went back, got out thc old ladder ap-
paratus and took Chinese women and
children from tho buildings until the fire
swept the district The last stand i'm
Chinatown wns made by these six old
men in their rcd shirts and helmets. The
fire took their house and AN its relies.
1t is now reported that, contrary to
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23

the first news. the Cliff House is safe and
that all of the ocean front escaped.
There rs no more danger of fire unless the
residents disohey the mayors orders and
make fires in their houses There is
not "a sale chimney in san fnncsco
10 would s'Cn fhN lthet fermts of
deaths m theearthquake are Ragncmtedl
However, about hundred were
shot by the soldiers for looting and riot
ing and two men were lynchod for rob
bing stores, The police and tho troops
are conIsoatlng whisky M..-...nr iheN
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23

find il On Friday whisky caused some
OF the soldier Co go ON the warpath but
TINS Is all stopped now and the worst
offenders are under military arrest
Ai yesterday the procession of refu-
gees making for the ferry to ESCAPE to
Oakland continued There was a corre-
spending movement from Oakland TO
the country districts So that Oakland
remains at about the same population.
The tlks. who are maintaining relief
camp IN Oakland. had 5000 guests. On
Friday night they had to ask for an
extra military guard ID IS estimated
that there are $4,000 in the region about
the city dump and the unbnrncd pant
OF the water front and perhaps twice as
many IN Golden Gate Park.
There have been rumors OF am out
break OF smallpox. This appears ridicu-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
UNION SQUARE,

win be held at n. b. Daniorths store.
ANY oui-oi-ioHn druggists who cannot
attend are requested TO send their checks
TO Albert Dougherty. Delaware avenue
and Adams street. the local secretary.
who Vill add the money TO the donations
OF the local druggists
APPEAL TO ODD FELLOWS.
Samue H. Barker of Dover. Grand
Master Of the Delaware I. o. q. T., has
issued the following appeal:
To the subordinate lodges and mem
bers Of the !. o. o. 4. Of the jurisdiction
OF Delaware
Brethren Whereas. A fearful calam-
ity by earthquake and fire has beiallen
the city Of San Francisco. Cal. rendereinr
hundreds Of thousands of It's inhabitanis
homelels and destitute among the num-