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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-04-27

San Francisco.-The number of
lives lost as the result of the earth
quake on Wednesday, April 10, and the
terrible fire which followed, will prob
ably never be known, as undoubted-
ly many bodies were burned to ashes,
and many will never be identified.
But it is known that at least 500
are dead as the result of the terrible
catastrophe, while scores of unidenti
fed corpses have been dumped into
trenches, unknown graves, for the
sake of preserving the public health.
The monetary loss as the result of
the earthquake and subsequent fire
is simply appalling, being placed at
from $2OO,0O0,OO0 to 5OO,0OO,OOO. Rol-
la V. Watt, western manager of the
Royal & Queen Insurance company,
and one of the most prominent insur-
ance men on the coast, was asked II
he would hazard an estimate on the
financial loss. He said:
my idea is something like $2OO,OOO,-
600. | have heard other insurance men
place the figure at $5OO,OOO,O00. We
don't know. 1t is simply too big for
any human head to figure at this
time"
After four days of chaos and such
terrible destruction of property and hui
man suffering as has seldom been wit
messed in all the past ages, during
which time almost the entire business
portion of this great city and many
of it's most palatial residences were
destroyed, either by earthquake or fire,
the flames were brought under control
in some portions of the city and had
burned themselves out in other places
for lack of further fuel to feed the
hungry NAV of the fire demon.
But what vast and terrible destruc-
ton. Few of the magnificent build
ings of the city are left standing, and
not a landmark that made the city
famous remains. Nearly every house
in the city is damaged.
The work of relief for the sufferers
is going forward as rapidly as posi-
BILE. The homeless are now being
supplied with food enough for their
pressing needs. Carload after carload
of supplies from eastern points and
from sister towns of the stricken city
are being received and distributed
and it is believed that suffering from
lack of food will not be great.
The greatest danger that no"
threatens the residents of the stricken
city is the breaking out of pestilence
which may be caused from inability
to preserve sanitary requirements
But everything that can be done IL
being done to prevent such an occur
renee. Vast armies Of men will DC
nut to work at once to formulate meas
ures of protection for the public health
That the city will be rebuilt, greater
and grander than ever, there is not the
shadow of doubt. No sooner have
the smouldering embers cooled thar
an army of men will commence the
work of reconstruction. Men like
James d. Phelan, Isaac Guggenheim
Herman Olereich, W. r. Hearst, ant
hundreds of others who have contrib
uted to the upbuilding Of the metropo
lis of the Pacific. have not lost heart
la,isi ready to make Q new AM
Ounds incIudlng Ifrain 3 vary
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-04-27
SAN FRANCISCO;
LIES IN ASHES

Earthquake and Fire Bring Death and Desoaon to City at
the Golden Cate the Number Of Lives Lost Being Esti
mated at From 500 to 1900 While the Monetary Loss is
at Least s2ooooo,ooo, and May Reach s5oooooooo-
Residents Are Living Public Parks and Vacant Lots
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-04-27

$500 1l'asag Tram every ninety secondy,9 auay1
The Washington times., 1906-05-06
rwyn Heights has recently been opened to the public
ALMOST ACREAGE PRICES
ON SOMERSET HEIGHTS

The beautiful town OF Somerset. To-
Gated on the Rockville electric car line,
one-half mile west of Chevy Chase Cir
Gle. has recently taken on the air OF a
city. a charter having been secured from
the State Of Maryland granting the right
20 elect officers. town council, and all
privileges enjoyed by cities.
The charter granted 20 Somerset in
cludes all the best features contained in
the charters Of The other prosperous
towns adjacent TO the capital. among
which are Kensington and TakOma-
4 mayor. town council. and other Of
ficers viii be elected by ballot Monday,
May = 1906.
The majority OF people who go 10 the
suburbs wish more ground than is often
found in the average city lot. and Som
erset furnishes the opportunity for the
suburbanite 20 get all the land he
chooses at a figure a little above acre
age prices, It is one Of the few choice
Northwest subdivisions that offers such
advantages Much activity has been
The Washington times., 1906-05-06
GREAT ACTIVITY ON
RADN0R HEIGHTS

Frank 9. Butts. a hustIinE young real
estate broker. Is now actively putting
Radnor Heights on the market. This
property, which Is reached by two cleo
tric car lines. lies Just south OF the
growing town OF Rosslyn, and north OF
the Fort Myer military reservation.
This section o. the county IS develop
ing very rapidly. and the demand for
homes in this vicinity IS Increasing
RadnOr Heights offers the advantages
Of a city. as improvements such as
granolithIc side walks. sewer. and water
are put III without extra cost 10 the
lot purchasers.
The ground is very high, dry. and
healthy. and al the Low figure al which
lots are being sold II is an ideal spot
for the homeseeker and the investor.
Mr. Eutts has been sending out com
plete Httle map. showing just where
this subdivision is in relation 10 Wash
inCton, Fort Myer. and R0sslyn. A num-
Der OF Inquiries have been received in
connection with this property. A rapid
and steady development In the s,bdi-
vision is therefore anticipated
The Washington times., 1906-05-06

must not be so far removed from the
scene of commercial activity that too
much time is lost in going TO work and
returning home. Again the matter Of
schedules Is all important. and also the
cost of transportation. Furthermore. a
man who buys a home iu the suburbs
should not be made to pay business
section prices. In all respects Rerwyn
Heights fulhls these requirements. The
subdivision is situated a few miles from
the Capitol.
A. 10 transportation facilities. Wash
inrton may be reached not only over
the Citv and Suburban line. but over
the Baltimore and Ohio as well Com
mutation tickets may be had over the
latter line anording a rate or 6 cents.
and the trip can be made In hfteen
minutes The trip over the City and
Suburban line takes longer. bat the
service Is more frequent. thus Eua ran
tceing connection with the city a. all
hours Of the day and late into the
night.
In respect 70 the price Of land in this
section, the advantages Offered the in
vestor Of moderate means are manifold
For this reason the sale of property IN
this section IS not confined TO men who
are prepared 10 build homes at once.
Many young men OF Washington are
investing their savings in land on Ber-
wyn Heights. holding the property rs
an investment. And unless history re
pudiatcs all her past performance. such
investments viii ultimately mean hand
some profits 20 the holders Of the titles
II IS generally conceded that no city
in America has brighter future than
the National Capital While 10 is not
expected that Washington viii achieve
The premiership among American critics
at q single bound the tendency is in
that direction. and the readiness Of the
consummation IS the only point in ques-
ton. The purchase OF real estate as Z
The Washington times., 1906-05-06

shown in real estate recently. Mr- Ed
win f. Howell. proprietor of the Micro
cosm. has purchased the beautiful prop
erty at the corner Of Dorset avenue and
Surrey street. the former home Of the
late Miles Fuller. Three houses have
also been sold on Cumberland avenue
recently, cne being the handsome cot
tage OF modern design erected by Dr.
Champion last summer. A number Of
other important deals are reported as
being woll under MaV
The Washington times., 1906-05-06
WHY BUTTERFLIES FLUTTER
. q hntternv nntter?

Ever sec a butterfly fiutter?
Well. why did the butterfly fiutter2
And what IS futter!ng. anyway?
Once a famous scientist said.
The butterfly futters because II is
its nature so 70 DO 4"
But this is held 10 be n mere evasion
Prof. Jacques Loeb. Of Chicago. has
evolved "A scientific explanation
Fluttering is mere capering about
and Is always performed in strong.
dinused light. such as sunshine.
Butterflies fly toward light because
Of heliotrOpism-
That is. butterflies move in the di-
reCtion Of the rays OF light which faH
on them. Thus. they viii fy ricnJ
into n concentrated light. like that oi
a candle, and bob aimiessly about in
sunshine. vaiuly trying 20 respond 70
rays from many directions. Hence,
nuJteTing- News.
The Washington times., 1906-05-06
MARYLAND,
MY
MARYLAND

'Just over the line" the residents
think that 11arylanders can discount the
poor denizens mot citizens) Of the Dis
trict-
We can build cheaper. we have no per-
mIts to get no inspectors TO stand of
We get the advantage of the expen-
sive improvements you poor fellows pay
for, and which Uncle sam ought 10 pay
for.
We can vote. We can at least make
local officers COME TO Us once a year.
You IN the District never can
The accompanying map shows a tract
two miles wide by six miles long. ex-
tending from the White House. Wash
ington. into Maryland. The direction
from the White House being northeast.
II VIII be seen that Mt Rainier and
Brentwood are barely four miles from
the business center Of Washington. and
Hyattsville IS barely five miles from
such center Much Of the territory OF
the District OF Columbia is further from
the Capitol or the Patent Office (Which
is about the center Of population OF the
DISTRICT than is Brentwood
BY the City and Suburban Electric
Road. the fare IS one ticket or five cents
10 the District OF Columbia Line. and
five cents beyond that line to Riverdale.
Cbeyond Hyattsvine). Cars every fifteen
minutes. and oftener during busy hours,
morning and evening
The B. & O. Railway runs twenty
trains per day which stop at Hyattsville.
and twelve stop al Brentwood The
distance from the new Union Station.
Washington. 10 Brentwood, Nd, is just
four miles
HyattsvilIe. Nd. has q bank. two
newspapers. six churches. a large new
school of 800 pupils, and some twenty
business houses dealing IN all commodi-
ties required for village Of 1000 people
It has its own municipal government.
owns II own water works. and is about
to put in an electric lighting plant
The Holiday Company has lots In
Ryattsvine. so feet by 80 or 200 feet. at
$50 TO $3.50.
BltlNNoD0 anu M ANt-AAASAs bOAbNA AAlH
the District Of Columbia, have together
a population exceeding 500. There is a
school Of 80 pupils, two churches, some
eight or ten stores. and the usual busi-
ness connections Of a new and growing
town The growth OF the settlement IS
shown by the fact that more than 20
houses were bailt in 1904. more than &c
in 1905. and 1t is believed 100 houses will
ne erected in 1906.
Lots in the Holiday Company's tract.
along the electric road. in Brentwood,
are usually 20 by 125 feet Some are
much larger. Prices range from 500 20
$3.50. according TO location. All the
streets are graveled. and most streets
have shade trees. 10 L years old.
A few lots remain in the Brentwood
Company's tract. These are 50 feet front
by 40 to 10 deep. and sell for 500 to
800
Mt. Rainier overIooks the country for
miles. and at the nearest point Is but
$40 feet from the District Line Station
of the City and Suburban Electric Rail-
way. Concrete sidewalks are laid along
rapidly improved
3 Lots in Mt, Rainier are usually 50x150
feet Prices range from $50 10 $3.50 ac-
cording 70 location
Lots on the Brentwood OF Holiday
tracts can be bought on monthly pay-
menJs of s. AT Mt Rainier. s. TO
so monthly.
Inquire Of
WALLACE A. BARTLETT.
Loan and Trust Building. Washington.
or Bunker Hill Road. Brentwood
The Washington times., 1906-05-06
Attractive Features
OF BerWyn Heights
A Suburban Section That Is Destined to Ex-
perienCe an Era of Unusual Prosperity
Within the Next Few Months

Even AIissoUrians would be convinced
OF the great future Of suburban prop
orty in that section Of the District and
OF Maryland lying to the northeast Of
Washington. II they should take trip
on the line Of the City and Suburban
Railway and keep their eyes open, for
they would see a section which has de-
NelOped with marvellous rapidity with
in the past five years. The homes OF
residents IN this section are practically
al new. while there are hundreds Of
houses IN the course Of construction
For a number Of years. in fact, al
most from the time that Washington
was first laid out by L'Enfant. the
growth was all in a northwesterIy di-
Tcction. other sections of the District
ana contiguous country were almost
wholly ignored. The exact date of the
awakening 70 the possibilities of sub
urban growth IN the northeast cannot
be definitely determined. A number
OF 1Ortuitous circumstances combined
TO call attention 10 the section. all at
about the same time. The entire coun-
try from North Capitol street TO Laurel
was almost wholly Undeveloped at so
recent a date as TO be within the mem
cry Of the youngest business men of the
city.
A Continuous Settlement.
Today this whole territory is like one
continuous settlement. Through Elias
ton Terrace. Brookland. Riverdale.
Hyattsvine. Bcrwyn. and on 10 several
other stations further along the line,
the cars pass through a beautiful area
On whicn have been or are being erect
cG commodious and artistic homes.
Houses are rising almost in Il night.
and vet they all have substantial ap-
pearance and the general designs are
such that any city might be proud 10
call them representative suburban
homes"
This is particularly true of Berwyn.
While IL is not the largest OF the sui
urbs in that section. It is easily one of
the most attractive. For a number of
years il lay dormant. however, and
when progressive real estate men saw
the advantages of the section they were
able 70 secure large tracts OF land at an
extremely low figure. one OF the most
inviting subdivisions at Berwyn IS
known as Bervvyn Heights. which has
been placed on the market only withLi
the last few months
Berwyn Heights. as the name implies
is d subdivision which has n very ap-
preciablc elevation above the surround
ing territory. The Heights lie TO the
right Of the car line and anyone stand
The Washington times., 1906-05-06
THE DECEMBER JAR OF FRISCO.

In December last. one Sunday morn
ing. as a clergyman was preaching in
one OF the largest churches in san
Francisco on The Second Coming OF
Christ" a rumble was heard and the
building rocked and swayed for two or
three seconds
II was the first warning Of the com
ing great disaster OF Wednesday. April
IS
Panic was prevented by the calm at
titude Of the leTgyman--DetrOiL News.
The Washington times., 1906-05-06

ing on the summit can secure n pan
oramic view of Maryland for miles in
every direction.
Berwyn Heights possesses the advan-
tage Of being truly suburban It's lots
are not OF such meager dimensions as to
prevent the owner from indulEinE IN any
of the pleasures attendant upon country
life. While in easy access of Washing
ton the resident on Berwyn Heights
gets the bracing air Of the country. and
there is not. the slightest suggestion Of
the turmoil. the smoke. dust. and noise
of the city. When he reaches Berwyn
he can throw off the cares Of life aud
can enjoy the freedom Of genuine
home. not a four-walled prison from
which light. air. and sunshine are bar
red.
Requisites for Suburbs.
There are as many features which go
To make UP an attractive and wholly
satisfactory suburb as go TO make up a
great city. In the first place II a sec
tion has any right 70 the name Of sub
urb in its truest and best sense. It must
he sufficiently far removed from the
environs OF the city 10 afford those nat
ural blessings which man has "A right 10
enjoy. At the same time the ideal home
The Washington times., 1906-05-06

general proposition is one OF the safest
n not the safest. forms Of investment
for man Of moderate means who can
not afford TO take chances Of losing mis-
all How much more inviting this .ield
of investment appears when there IS an
opportunity 70 purchase property ada
cent TO the city which has the great
est future in AInericai
Fortunes in Northeast
Men have made fortunes IN real IS,
tate in Northwest Washington. and
there are many more 10 be made In
the same section. but the rapidity Of de-
velopment in sections like BerVyn
Heights and other similar properties N
nOrtheasterlv direction is calculated
70 be much greater in the next decade.
until something Ike an equality OF
groU1 among the sections has been at
taineE.
The proposed boulevard between Bal
timore and Washington. for the con
struction Of With the Maryland I.cgiS-
ldture has alreaGy appropriated a large
sum. VIII unquoStionably have very
salutary effect upon al that section %
the country through which it passes.
II viii add much 10 the popularity Of
Northeast Washington as . section for
suburban homes
The Washington times., 1906-05-06
DENISON s SANDS
SUBDIVISION


beautiful
Metropolis
already of the trees
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-11-08
NOVEMBER 8, 1905

ate in which his own party was in
the majority and hostile to the meas
ure. Again contrast the exalted states
manship of Bryan, who himself went
down in defeat contending for the
principles upon which RoOsevelts
fame and popularity rests, praising
Roosevelt for the good he has done.
and calling upon democrats to sup
port him in his future efforts upon
similar lines, with the partisan bigotry
of the judges who sat upon the elect
oral commission thirty years ago. Con-
trast the triumph of intellect and heart
furnished by Bryan, Tillman, Hearst,
Lawson and LaFollette today with
the narrow bigotry and slavish SUBJ
ordination of every public interest to
selfishness and the prejudices and pas
sions of their day by the mem who
dominated the politics of the country
for a generation after the close of
the civil war.
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A STRANGE PARADOX

A condition of justice is only pos
sible under a government wherein all
of the people participate in fact, as
we'll as in name. The character that
history gives to man disqualifies him
from governing others justly, or Of
restraining himself from taking adj
vantage of his brothers to the extent
that he may be able to do so. Mans
love of leisure and of the good things
of life have always been sufficient to
impell him to obtain them at the ex-
pense of his fellows whenever able
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-11-08
NOW AND THEN

New occasions teach new duties,
Time makes ancient goods uncouth;
They must ever up and onward,
Who would keep abreast of truth"
The human race is making progress
upward and onward toward a glorious
destiny The broadening of the hori-
zon of human knowledge that marks
the advance of time is gradually but
surely holding human all institutions
into higher and better forms in con-
sonance with natures law of unfold
ment toward perfection. Though hui
man laws and institutions are as yet
far removed from the ideal, falling far
short of the requirements of justice
through being partial and incomplete,
yet the progress that has already fol-
lowed in the wake of the printing
press, and the era of untrammelled and
expanding criticism upon which the
world has entered presages a bright
and glorious future for mankind upon
the earth.
What, then, are mans greatest him
ORANGES to progress? What is it that
hinders and hampers us in our strug-
ole I'd hn
when justice shall illumine our path.
way and make life rich in beauty and
goodness? The answer can be given
in one word ignorance. What, then
is the first lesson to be learned in
order to break through the haze and
almost impenetrable gloom that dark
ems the pathway of man? The answer
is, we must first recognize the fact
that we are the intellectual bondmen
Of the past, and seek to break the
intellectual chains of preconceiveG
opinion, and disc1aim responsibility
for anything but knowledge Of
truth.
This is no easy task. But when il
is once accomplished the mental vision
broadens and reason claims the throne
formerly occupied by vindictiveness
and intolerance born of self sufficien
ignorance because of the windows %
the mind being of colored glass ex
GLIDING the white light of truth In or
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-11-08
The Nebraska Independent

Hence the democrats who were losers
on the face of the returns, wanted The
federal government to go behind the
returns and correct the wrongs inflict
ed upon them. And the republicans
being the winners on the face of the
returns, wanted them to stand.
1t will be remembered that it has al
ways been cardinal principle of dem
ocratic faith that the states possessed
sovereign rights and that party has
always been jealous of encroachments
upon the same by the federal govern
ment. 1t must also be borne in MIND
that the republican party contended
for the authority Of the federal govern
ment over that of the state denying
to the states the scope of authority
claimed for them by the democrats
Here, then, was a case wherein the
doctrines held by each party were in
conflict with their interests. The com
mission created to settle the question
in dispute being composed Of fifteen
members could not represent each
party equally, and in its makeup there
were eight republicans and seven dem
ocrats. In arriving at verdict il
would not be unnatural to look for the
members of the commission from the
house and senate, being themselves
politicians and creatures of a political
organization to take into account the
interests of their respective parties
or to be Influenced thereby. But
with the members taken from the SUI
preme court the case was different
These men represented a coordinate
branch of the government and helG
their Offices for life and were removed
beyond the temptation that attached
to men whose individual futures were
linked with that of their respective
parties in success or defeat. Did the
country not have a right to eXpec
that while the ten members of ths
commission taken from congress!
might, in arriving at a verdict, divide
upon party lines, that the five judges
taken from the supreme court would
be found in agreement? Unquestion
| ably so, in view of the fact hiatt these
men were learned in the law, will
sponsibilities of judicially determin
ing great questions.
| But what was the result? All fiji
teen divided upon the line of thei
party affiliation, in disregard of fund
amental party principles and in sur
port of the organization bearing tn
party name with which they tradi
| tionalfy affiliated. The five judges O
the supreme court divided in thei
verdict upon the line of their part
isan bias, and five of the most ignol
ant men in the world could have don
as we'll All of which goes to prov
the extraordinary power of prejudic
in individuals regardless of the e1
allied station they may occupy, and t
warn men who desire to be intell
gent and honest of the handicap pre-