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The Washington times., 1906-04-20
THIRST, AND PESTILENCE THREATENING
GREATER DEATH RATE THAN ALL COMBINED HORRORS
OF EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE IN STRICKEN SAN FRANCISCO
Flames Complete the City's Destruction;
Hunger Now MockS the Homeless People

All night long the Ere ragged among the forest Of
homes Telegraph Hill and the outlying residence
tion. The entire countryside and coast lit up by the
glare
The city vast heap of ashes and ruins. Officials
of the fire department estimate that the fire will have ex
hausted itself by nighfa when it will have reached the
sparsely settled outlying districts.
More tian twenty cities and towns outside of San
Francisco have been partly wholly wrecked by earth
quake an6 fire.
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Cal, April 2OThOusands
lain
impossible
practically
alon
are to-da
be dead
reach S350,000O0e.
Threeh hundre persons
homeless practically without food
Peslenc feared be at hand Many bodies have
for forty-eig
Golden Gate
10 gain practically
IS to he
Honolulu
yesterday.
Observatory great htysIxinch tele
scope observatory
Hamilton.
greater
all the combined horrors of the earthquake
in
especially the middle
fghu lack of bread
BREEDING PESTnENCE.
Psenc became the terrible
lie unbued
buildings
the plague will add its
urgent appeals
California neighbong
will be
gtsd Bread and waterth Francisco
throughout the length breadth land
1--WE
All
Gate Park believing
Of animals in the cutters downtown.
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To Baltimore and Return

Via Pennsylvania Railroad, every Satur-
day and Sunday. All regular trains ex-
cept the Congressional Limited" Tick
cts good to return until Sunday night
ADV.
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TEMPERATURE.

Merchants' Transfer & Storage co.-Adv
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Many to Return From He'll.

Continued on Second Page)
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THE WEATHER REPORT.

Conditions have become somewhat un-
settled over the greater portion of the
country east Of the Rocky mountains,
and there were showers IN the lake re-
gion the Missouri, ana upper Mississippi
valleys. and the Southwest
The weather will be clear to partly
cloudy tonight and Saturday In the up
per Ohio valley. the lower lake region,
and the Atlantic states In the east
gulf states there will be showers
The Washington times., 1906-04-20

So the great Bible scholar. Charles T
Russell, declarea. BeIasco Theater, Sun
day, April q. , p. m. Seats free.-Adv.
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The intelligence from General Funston to the effect that
the fire practically under control in Francisco.
President Roosevelt has designated Secretary Metcalf himself
Californian proceed San Francisco the Presidents
personal representative.
Secretary Metcalf what aid the Government can
der the stricken city.
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A woE-STRIcKEN STARvI,.G ARMY.

led by women Juggling articles that
strangely suggested moving day. while
little children toddled along in the wake
Of their parents, all unconscious of i'm
pending danger. and with only the keen
knowledge that they were woefully
The Washington times., 1906-04-20
GIVE US BREAD NOW,
CRY THE VICTIMS OF
QUAKE AND FIRE
Vast Army of Homeless Men, Women, and
Children Suffer in Common the Pangs
of Both Hunger and Thirst.
SUPPLY OF FOOD IS EXHAUSTED:
NOT A CUP OF WATER TO BE HAD
Fire Continues Unchecked to Burn It's Way
Through Residence Section---Decay-
ing Bodies Breed Disease.
"GIVEUS BREAD AND WA TER''-Mayor Schn,its

Three hundred thousand people are huddled in the
parks men, women and children Of all classes suffering
ir common the pangs of hunger and thirst.
Bodies lying neglected in the streets and among the
ruins threaten to breed pestilence.
Fires progress through the residence section
tinues unchecked building is left standing in its
course.
The Washington times., 1906-04-20

The Spreckles bandstand in the park
provided a resting place for many hun
dreds. Those on the comfortable benches
watched the passing throng of men.
many Of whom were carrying their en-
tire earthly possessions and accompan-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
mixed up, one relating to a. woman 8
suit for divorce and the other to po-

mixed up, one relating to a woman 8
suit for divorce and the other to po-
lice court case.
The transition from one to the other
must have baffled good many readers.
1t had been held in very old case,'
ran the report, "that when the donor
remained in possession, a deed of gift
that the persistent annoyance and
blackmail would not be allowed to go
on. Witness had her under observa-
ton" But newspaper readers are hur-
ried people in these days, and probably
many gave up the sentence as unintelli-
gible, and saw nothing improbable in
the eventual fact that she the
wrong she0 was bound over in $50 to
keep the peace for six months. But
having failed to get divorce she saw
here brilliant chance to obtain fnan-
cial solace for her disappointment. Ac,
cordingly she brought suit for damages,
and in vain the editor and the foreman
Of the composing, room endeavored to
make stolid British jury understand
how easily such blunder might hap
pen, and how impossible it was under
modern newspaper conditions to take
such precautions as would prevent it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
BARS RED HAIRED MEN
FROM ACTING AS JURORS
Counsel for Swarthy Client Accused Of
Murder Will Not Let Blonde Tales
men Be His Clients Judges.

Derby, Conn, March Sit has re-
manned for Jacob B. Goodhart, a lawyer,
to find an entirely new reason for re-
jecting talesmen as jurors in a trial
for murder
Mr.. Goodhart is counsel for Sabini
Periello, who has been brought to trial
for the murder Of a fellow Italian. In
the examination for jurors to pass upon
Periello's case six persons accepted by
the prosecution have been promptly OBJ
jected to by the lawyer solely because
they have red or sandy hair.
Periello is of very dark complexion
and has black hair. Mr.. Goodhart de-
clares his belief that his client will
stand better chance of impartial judg-
ment from men of similar complexion
than from blonde jurors with red hair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
PHONOGRAPH SELLS
ITSELF TO FARMER
Sings and Whistles at "Vandoo
and Bidders Send
Price Up.

Darlington, Pa, March 31.-William
ers call it, the other day, and sold all
his household effects, farming nipple
ments and stock. Among the house
hold goods was monograph valued at
$40. But the farmers did not know it's
value.
Fausnaught operated the talking ma
chine himself. He wound it up and
turned it loose. It warbled: Every
body Works But Father. y Great ap.
plause. It was most wonderful
thing, and the Enon Valley farmers
wanted that monograph.
One man bid $40. Another quickly
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
GRAFT NEW NOSE, LIPS
AND NECK ON PAT| lent

Boston, March 31.-A wonderful sur
gical operation is in progress in the
Massachusetts, General hospital, where
made into new man.
It will require two years to complete
the operation successfully, but Calabro
is willing, and is bearing the pain with
remarkable stoicism. He is being sup
piled with new forehead, new eyelids,
rev cheeks, new nose, lips and. finally,
new neck, with new skin over all, the
parts being grated on after removal
from other parts Of his body.
The operation, if successful, will mark
an epoch az cure Of one of the most
severe and protracted cases of that
strange disease "kaelbids. -
The disease came on Calabro after he
was injured in powder explosion at
Weymouth about year ago. While
the cause Of "kaeloidso is unknown,
the only cure is to cut away the entire
growth and graft new skin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

possibility Of person starting for any
where except Hamburg. In two days
your trunk will be lying on dock in
Germany
"Well, there's one consolation" OBJ
served Mr.. Peasley: "the clothes in
that trunk won It fit any German
When he arrived in London he began
wiring for his trunk in several Ian
guages. After two days came mes
sage, couched in volapuk or some other
hybrid combination, which led him to
believe that his property had been
started for London.
Mr.. Peasley spent week in the
world 8 metropolis with no clothes ex.
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cept knockabout travelling outfit and
what he called his "Tuxedo,' altho
over here they say "dinner jacket. -
In Chicago or Omaha Mr.. Peasley could
have got along for a week without any
embarrassment to himself or others.
Even in New York the ttTuxedo - out
fit would have carried him thru, for it
is regarded as a passable apology for
evening dress, provided the wearer
wishes to advertise himself as lone
some "stag.' But in London there is
no compromise. In every hotel lobby
or dining room, every restaurant, the.
alter or music hall, after the coagulated
fog Of the daytime settles into the
opaque gloom of night, there is but one
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
DOVE EATS THE RICE
FROM A BRIDE S HAT
Good Omen Meets Philadelphia Girl at
the Church Door After Wedding
Ceremony.

Philadelphia. March 31.-A minute
or two after Mary Waters and Michael
Doheny lad been married, and just as
they stepped out Of the Church Of st.
Thomas Aquinas, white dove few
down from the belfry and alighted on
the brides shoulder.
It was such momentously favorable
omen-not bride out Of 10000 dares
hope to be SO lucky-that the rice
throwing throng stood in awed silence.
The dove picked away at the rice on
the bride IS hat for few minutes and
then flew back to the belfry. Doubtless
it was thinking of nothing more poetic
than getting square meal, but many a
bride would pay $1,000 in gold for such
good-luck sign at the church door.
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style of dress for any mortal who does
not wish to publicly pose as bar
barian. The man who affects "Tux-
edo'' might as well wear a sweater.
In fact, it would be better for him if
he did wear a sweater, for then people
would understand that he was making
no effort to dress; but when he puts
on a bobtail he conveys the impression
that he is trying to be correct and
doesn t understand the rules.
. ~....- + i. +
An Englishman begins to blossom
about half-past pm. The men
seen in the streets during the day seem
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
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"bowler" hat condemned him and he
was sent into the gallery. When he
walked into a restaurant the head
waiter would give him one quick and
searching glance and then put him off
in some corner, behind palm. Even
in the music halls the surrounding
"Johnnies" regarded him with won
der as another specimen Of the eccen-
trio Yankee.
We suggested to Mr.. Peasley that he
wear a placard reading 81 have some
clothes, but my trunk is in Hamburg
He said that as soon as his swell buds
arrived he was going to put them on
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

up at one end of the room. It was
not anywhere.
The other passengers, intent upon
their private troubles, paved over their
possessions and handed out shillings
right and left and followed the line
of trucks out to the 'luggage vans, =
and Mr.. Peasley was left alone, still
demanding his trunk. The station
agent and many porters ran hither and
thither, looking in all sorts of impos-
sible places, while the locomotive bell
rang warningly and the guard begged
Mr.. Peasley to get aboard if he wished
to go to London. Mr.. Peasley took
off his hat and leaned his head back
and howled for his trunk. The train
started and Mr.. Peasley, after mo-
mentary indecision, made running
leap into our midst There were six
of US in q small padded cell, and five
Of the six listened for the next fifteen
minutes to a most picturesque and inn
passioned harangue on the subject Of
| the general inefficiency Of German
steamships and English railways.
Evidently the trunk was not sent
| ashore,'' some one suggested to Mr..
Peasley. eff the trunk did not come
ashore you could not reasonably expect
the station officials to find it and put
it aboard the train.' ~~
! "But why didn't it come ashoref'
demanded Mr.. Peasley. EVERY one on
the boat knew that was going to get
off at Plymouth. It was talked about
all the way over. Other people got
their trunks, didn't theyq Have you
heard of any German being shy a
trunks Has anybody else lost any
thing? No; they went over the pas
senger list and said, If we must hold
out trunk on any one, let's hold it
out on Peasley-old good thing Peas
ley. - ... ...5 .g.--
Are you sure it was put on board
at Hoboken?" he was asked.
"Sure thing. I checked it myself, or,
rather, I got fellow that couldn t.
speak any English to check it for me.
Then I saw itS was lowered into the
cellar, or the subway, or whatever you
call it,
"Did you get receipt for its'
"You bet u did, and right here
she ISL arss
He brought out congested cardcase
and fumbled over a lot Of papers, and
finally unfoldedfa receipt about the size
of a one-sheet poster. On top was a
number and beneath it said In red let
ters at least two, inches tall, "This bag
I gage has been checked to Hamburg"
f. !. i.
! We called Mr.. Peasley's attention to
the reading matter, but he said it was a
mistake, because he had been intending
all the time to get off at Plymouth.
Nevertheless, your trunk has gone
to Hamburg he was told. 49,.
"Where is Hamburger
Gin Germany. The Teuton who
checked your baggage could not by any
effort Of the imagination conceive the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

in the United States as counter irri-
tant for the old-fashioned form of man
slaughter, is by far the more popular
in England. The Rugby association is
waning in popularity, not because Of
any outcry against the character of
the play or any talk Of brutality
but because the British public has a
more abiding fondness for the associa.
ton game.
In America we think we are football
crazy because we have few big col
lege games during October and No
vember of each year. j In Great Brit
ain the football habit is something
that abides, the same as the tea habit.
We are hysterical for about a month
and then we forget the game unless
we belong to the minority that is try
ing to debrutalize it and reduce the
death rate.
Here it was, February in London, and
on the first Saturday after our arrival
forty-fve association games and thirty
eight Rugby games were reported in
the London papers. At sixteen Of the
principal association games the total
attendance was over two hundred and
at these same games amounted to about
$4,000. There were two games at
each of which the attendance was over
thirty thousand, with receipts exceed
ing $4,000. A very conservative esti-
mate of the total attendance at the
games played on this Saturday would
be 100000 In other words, on one
Saturday afternoon in February the at
tendance at football games was equal
to the total attendance at all the big
college games during an entire season
in the United States. No wonder that
the English newspapers are beginning
to ask editorially, els football a
curseq' There is no clamor regarding
the roughness Of the game, but it is
said to cost too much money and to
| take up too much time for the results
| achieved.
The game to which Mr.. Peasley con-
| Quoted us was played in rather inclem'
ent weather-that is, inclement London
weather-which means that 1t was the
most terrible day that the imagination
can picture-a dark, chilly, driPpy day.
with frequent downpours of ice. This
is mistake. We obtained it by the
hogshead.
In spite Of the fact that the weather
was bad beyond description, 1900
spectators attended the game and saw
it thru to watery finish.
Mr.. Peasley looked on and was much
disappointed. He said they used toe
many players and the number of fatal
ties was not at all in keeping with the
advertised Importance Of the game. II
was huge crowd, but the prevailing
spirit Of solemnity worried Mr.. Peas
ley. He spoke to native standing
alongside Of him and asked: "What' ,.
the matter with you folks over here
Don't you know how to back up 8
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snapped out "$15." A rival called
u$l6.O Then it began to jump.
Everybody there had money, and there
was nothing else on the farm they
wanted so much as that talking ma
chine. When it whistled, Listen to
the Mocking Bird, the audience went
wild.
Every farmer in the crowd made up
his mind that he was going to have it
if it cost him the price of a good
horse.
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The machine finally brought $22.
cHEAP PHoNEs FOR FARMERs

Salem, Ore, March 31.-The Pacific
States Telephone & Telegraph com
in this city and vicinity, will tomorrow
put into effect what are believed to be
the cheapest farmer line rentals exist
ing anywhere in the country. A regu-
lar rate of So a year will be charged for
the country lines, all Of which run into
the main office in this city and have
connections with the long distance
lines. For farmers who furnish their
own instruments on these lines a still
lower rate is made. The rental for
these phones will be but 81 a year OF
phonic communication with their neigh.
bors and with tradesmen in the city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
QUEER LIBEL SUIT
Due TO PRINTERS Pr
Newspaper Mulcted for Mixing
Up Story of a Divorce Suit
with Police Court Case.
journal special Service.

Journal Special Services.
London, March 31.-Libel laws in
England are enforced with great sever
ity, and accidents Of the kind that viii
happen in the best regulated newspa-
pers, occasionally have to be paid for
just as tho they were the products Of
villainy and malice aforethought. An
instance of this occurred the other day
which has caused a Surrey newspaper to
be mulcted in $3.50 damages. Going
to press in a hurry, two stories got
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he had been Inundated and turnad
DOWN. just to let the funkeys know
chat they had been mistaken.
!. +
Mr.. Peasley was greatly rejoiced to
learn one day that he could attend g.
football game without wearing a spe-
cial uniform. So he went out to see
a non-brutal game played according to
the association rules. The gentle
pastime known as football in America
is modification and acknowledgment
Of the Rugby game as played in Great
Britain. The association, or "socker"
game, which is now being introduced
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
LET'S HOLDlT oUT ON PEh5LEY

a pretty dingy lot compared with a
well-dressed stream along Fifth ave-
nue.. Many Of the tall hats bear a
faithful resemblance to fur caps. The
trousers bag and the coat collars are
punched in the rear and all the shoes
seem about two, sizes too large. Occa-
sionally you see man on his way to
a train and he wears shapeless bag
of garment made Of some loosely
woven material that looks like gunny-
sack, with cap that resembles moth
ing so much as 'swelsh rabbit that
has "spread.' To complete the pic
ture, he carries horse blanket. He
thinks it is rug, but it ism It. It is a
horse blanket.
If the Englishman dressed for travel
is the most sloppy Of all civilized be-
ings, SO the Englishman in his night
regalia is the most correct and ire
proachable Of mortals. He can wear
evening clothes without being con-
scious Of the fact that he is Hdressed
up.". The trouble with the ordinary
American who owns an open-faced suit
is that he wears it only about once q
month. For two days before assuming
the splendor Of full dress he broods
| over the approaching ordeal. AS the
fateful night draws near he counts up
his, studs and investigates the "white
vest" situation. In the deep solitude
Of his room he mournfu1ly climbs into
the amphor-laden garments, and when
he is ready to venture forth, tall
collar choking him above, the CLASSY
shoes pinching him below, he is just
as much at ease as he would be in a
full suit Of armor, with casque and
visor.
+ i. !.
However, all Of this is. off the sub
ject. Here was Mr.. Peasley in Lon
don, DESTROYS Of cutting wide
cash." as he very prettily termed it,
plenty Of good money from Iowa burn
ing in his pocket, and he could not get
out and associate because Of q
mere deficiency in clothing.
At the first-class theaters his
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

There was I, a-waitin' at the church,
Waitin' at the church,
Waitin' at the church.
When I found he ID left me in the lurch,
Lord, how it did upset mel
All at once he sent around note,
= Here's the very note,
That is what he wrote:-
"Can't got away to marry you today
Ny wife won't let me!'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
God never calls you from larger
things TO smaller.

God never calls you from larger
things TO smaller.
Let us do all the business we can.
II we can't be, lighthouse, let us be
a candle.
Blessed are they who have the gift
OF making friends, for 1t Is one OF
Gods best gifts.
| believe in laughter, in love, In
faith, in all distant hopes that lure
us on.-Edwin Osgood.
Vivid imagination can make things
about as disagreeable as anything in
this world-Atchison Globe.
Take courage and turn your troubles
which are without remedy into ma
terial for spiritual progress.
An enemy can partly ruin a man,
but it takes n good-natured, injudicious
friend to complete the thing and
make 1t perfect.-Mark Twain.
Often family dissensions have no
other origin than bad service Of ser
wants whom we have not known how
to direct.-Lucy Burlamacchi.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
Colonial Policy Of Russia,

Russia certainly deserves much
praise for the colonial policy, the least
result of which is that we are able
to look upon them at all in safety.
Thirty years ago Bolhara eQualed
Lhasssa in it's fanaticism. As a pro-
tected independent state, it's internal
administration has hardly altered It
still remains the recognized centre of
the Mohammedan world. But without
loss to the strength of Islam, the in
habitants have experienced wonder
full revulsion of feeling in their atti-
tude toward foreigners There was |,
lone stranger, among thousands of
Bokharans, Ignorant of their ways and
apt at any moment to violate some
ironhound and sacred custom. Yet
during all my stay encountered not
even one sour glance: nothing but
friendliness and kindness. The change
has been wrought only by the wise
system of treatment TO which Russia
has adhered, by the strict policy of
non-interference with the religious
customs and daily habits of the peo-
pie, or more, by actual Difference TO
them.
The native has learned that associ-
alton with the Westerner,. far from
bringing danger to his cherished ideals
may result only in his material benefit,
from his own standpoint. The system
is slower than that pursued in the col
onies of some other powers, but it is
resulting in the making of loyal Rus
sian subjects out Of once bitter enc
mies.-James Locke in New Year
Festival at Bokhara." in the Outing
Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07
canday for "That Tires FeeIine.n

Candy. or baking soda as, a remedy
for that tired feeling was recommend
ed by Prof. #. s. Lee In a lecture
given to the biology section of the
Academy of Science. of Philadelphia.
Tuesday night. Prof. Lee said there
were three acids in the blood. which
caused or influenced fatigue. He was
sure OF 1t, because he had taken
those acids and injected them into the
muscles of a frog, and those acidized
muscles had tired much more rapidly
than the normal muscles. He also
said there was another acid which
was conspicuous by It's absence. He
was positive that sugar or candy can
help out this difficulty, and possibly
baking soda. AS to the latter, his ex-
pertinent had not gone far enough to
enable him to offer it as a positive
cure. "When one is very tired" he
said. "a quantity. of candy will half
an hour after eating often make one
feel energetic"