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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-03-17

a man who Is not willing to help take
care Of himself.
Mcthinks can hear conversation
between two lazy men of the lsraelit-
ish army the day after they had passed
over into the promised land. Joshua
was sending forth his foraging parties
10 provide food for the cIcampinent.
"Oh." says one of these men TO the
other. there may he lots of rich grapes
around here and lots Of deer and birds,
but guess will not hunt after them.
Hunting always makes me tired. Come,
let's 20 out aud get the mamma. The
mamma Is good enough for me We do
not have 10 work for that" And SO
they 20 forth 10 collect their daily sup
ply. What has happened: For the
urst week day ia over forty years the
ground is bare. God never helps
man when lie can help himself And
so mcthinkS | can see this poor wild
ow after the gardens are mOistcned
with the rain say To her son. Come.
my boy. let us 20 out and get the din
ncr" But when She looks into the
barrel II Is empty. Then she looks
into the cruise. and the oil Is gone. God
said. The barrel OF meal shall not
waste nor the cruise Of oil fail until
the day the Lord scndeth rain upon
the earth" God never helps n man
when he Is able to help himself.
Standing by Zarrphath of the east.
are you ready To 20 To work in Gods
vineyard and do the best you can for
God: showers of blessings are fall
ing everywhere around US Are you
ready TO give NJ your life to the serv-
Ice of the Master? Remember that
when this poor widow gave to Elijah
of the little she had there was not only
enough for the Tishbite. but also
enough left for herself and her boy.
Are YOU ready to give your all for
Christ and trust him that he will care
and provide for you: Are YOU ready 70
give OF your portion 10 help others who
need IL sorely. like those poor farmer
folk In famine stricken JAPAN The
reason some Of us do not grow In spir
itual life is because we expect God 10
.iO All ana we are liot WlIllus 10 give
all.
Is thy cruise Of comfort falling?
Rise and share II with another.
And through all the years OF famine
1t shall serve thee and thy brother;
Love divine viii fiji thy storehouse
or thy handful still renew.
Scunty fare for one will often make
4 royal feast for two.
And who was this Zarcphath wo-
man: Was she IA Hebrew Was she
believer In the true Godt OH no; not
IN the beginning She was II native Of
city Of Sidun That city was not
Hebrew province. She was a gentle
In other words. when Elijah spoke to
this widow of Zarephath he became.
as Dr. Iightfoot expresses II. the
first prophet 20 the gentilcs" Today.
like Elijah seem 20 Ice appealing not
only To those who love Christ. but also
10 those who are of SidOn. or outside OF
the church Of Cod Like this woman
OF Zarcphath will you receive me as
the messenger of God? VIII YOU ac-
cept my Saviour as your Saviour
May we. In this famine of sin, be
succorcd and saved by the God OF Eli
jah. the God who saved the poor
widow Of Zarephath.
Copyright 100, hy Louis Klopsch.l
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-03-17
The In,nrni.hcd Truth.

mo trucr words were ever spoken
than these a fool and his money are
soon parted" said the lecturer
''Sure thing" plped voice from the
rear Of the hall. I'VE all gave M %
cents apiece 10 get IN here" Noukers
Statesman.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-03-17

trouble o {
eight or ten
years stand
ing. / suffered
the most severe
backache an Il
other pains in
the region of
he XII dncys.
These were es-
pccially severe
when STOPPING
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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-03-17
Caln1age
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. d. ID.

Inrly timely. in view of the great Jap
ancse famine is this sermon. in which
the preacher shows how marvelously
God cares for those who trust In him.
The text Is Kings xvii. II. "'rhc bar
rel Of meal shall not waste. neither
shall the cruise of oil fail"
God grant that gaunt. haggard.
parchcd skinned. death dealing fam
inc may never stalk through the streets
of Our fair cities. DOres most vivid
conceptions of Dantc's hell and Uo-
garth's most horrible caricaturcs Of
degradation and vice and Nassill We
reschagn's most realistic scenes of
the blood soaked battlciclds Of the
Turkish and Russian war cannot COM
pare III horror with the terrible sights
that have been witnessed when mad
dcning famine gets IN its work Could
any paintings he more awful than the
simple photographs we saw of men and
women and children huddlcd together
IN sickening groups who We're slowly
starving to death IN the awful Indian
famincs of 1891 and 1900: Could any
war he more fearful than the simple
statement which declares that in the
famous Bengal famine of 1870 out OF
3O0O. 900 of inhabitants 100000. or
ne.third of the whole population, were
dead within few months:
The same kind of fearful famine
that devastated ireland In 1879 and
In 1916 and lSII the same kind OF a
famine as that which destroyed two
thirds of the inha bitnnts of the Cape
Verde islands in 1880. the same kind
of famine which blasted northern
Africa during Joscph's premiership aud
Is now devastating the land of Japan,
was dcpopuluting Palestine. 20 God.
give us rain" Is crying the rich man
in his palace. 20 God, give us raln."
cries the poor peasant In his hut. Give
us rain. Give us rain or we die!"
We're the universal plcadings. But no
rain came, On account of King Ahab's
sins God had dccreed that no rain was
TO descend upon Palestine hills and
valleys for three long years.
We leave the hills and the valleys OF
the interior We come down toward
the Mediterranean shore. Ia the beau
tlful city of Zarcphath situated near
10 Tyre and Sldon. There we find the
desolation appalling The horses cat
tie and sheep died months ago. The
drought has already lasted two long
years. The cattle had no food to live
on. They had TO die. The grass and
the wheat had long since disappeared.
Men and women ami children were dy-
Ing by the scores and the hundreds.
Fever and Scurvy We're every day add
ing To the death list The whole city
was becoming one great charmed house.
The fields where once grew the lar
vest were as hard as baked and crack
cd clay. As | stand in Imagination
upon the outskirts of the city. amid
these scenes OF d"solation and death.
| see humble woman. weak and tot
tcring. gathering n few sticks To build
II fire. Along comes tall. gaunt. dig
uilicd man. He looks like a born lead
cr of men, He accoSts the woman
something like this
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-03-17
They Were Starving.

"Woman. pray thee, hasten and
bring me drink" She turns to do his
bidding Then IN Il matter of fact way
this stranger says. Bring me. | pray
thee. morscl of bread in thine hand"
He practically says. When You 20 for
water bring little food too" The
woman, weak and tottcring from star
Walton, turns and looks nj him in
amazement. Then she speaks In this
wise: Man. what are you talking
about? Are you mad? We are starv-
ing We are dying. The dead In our
streets lie unbnried. have starved
and starved. | have cut the daily sup
ply of food down and down. until now
we are at the end. have but II hand
full OF meal ana little oil. | am going to
cook this for my son. ana then we shall
both lie down and die" With that
Elijah the Tishbite said: "Woman, do
as ! say and God will take care of thee.
For thus saith the Lord. The barrel of
meal shall not waste neither shall the
cruise Of oil fail. until the day the Lord
sendeth rain upon the face of the
earth Such Is the simple story Of how
God saved the poor widow and her son
during the Iarcphath famine. because
she was willing TO do what Gods
prophet commanded.
The ZarephatlI famine. In the first
place. teaches that the good and the In
nOcent must niointly suffer from the
evil results of the deeds Of the bad.
Sir Walter SCOTS business partners
did wrong. The innocent Sir Walter
Scott had TO suffer. The owner of Alb
botsford had TO shoulder 100000 debt.
The son.in.law of Francois Grevy prov
cd Ia Ice scoundrel Innocent Fran.
co.'s Greyy had To resign the pres-
dental chair of France because his
son in-law. Wilson. was convicted of
selling the decorations and the offices
az the government for cash. The April
shower falls upon the Just aud the I'M
just, upon the wheat and the tares
alike. The evil deeds NJ a husband
curse not only himself. hut his wife
and his children also. When the way
ward Hebrew prince was hung, David,
the broken hearted father. went 10 his
chamber over the gate and wept. and
ms he went thus he SAID: - my sou
Absalom. my son my son. my son Alb
saiom, Would Cod ! had died f0s
thee. U AbsalOm. my SON. my SON.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-27
by giving s1,OOO,OoO.

heartedness by giving S1,OOO,OOO.
Congress appropriated $2,5OO,OOO for
the sufferers.
John d. Rockefeller's 100000 dona-
ton has been equalled by several indi-
viduals. William Waldorf Astor. Of
London, has given 100000; SO has G.
J. Burage, of Boston: so has Andrew
Carnegie. Corporations are doing well.
The Standard Oil has given 100000,
so has the United States Steel Corpora
ton. The Union Pacific Railway COM
pany will spend 100000 in relief work,
and haul all supplies gratis.
The Dominion government has ap-
propriated 100000. The United States
government will give another million.
New York city has already raised ST.
100000, and still gaining. Chicago has
sent train load Of food and her con-
tribution is figured at over $1,OO0,0 900
before it is complete. Boston and
Massachusetts promise 100000.
Numerous individuals have given lib
orally. The president has sent $1,000;
Senator Knox, $500; William X. Van
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-27

a few embers that cannot start a new
conHagratiOn, the Associated Press rep
resentauyes have covered the entire
area of the burned section The cir
cumference of the area of the cOnfiag-
ratlOn, as near as could be aScertained
by the marking of a cyclometer, is
twenty six miles, anG comprises the
entire business district and large Sec
ton OF the residence district. all Of
which was densely populated. The ex-
tent OF the burned area is seven square
miles
Some 300 houses lying on the south
and east slopes of Telegraph hill re-
main to attest the efficacy Of the juice
OF the grape in quenching the flames
when water failed, for in this quarter
the aouseholders, many of whom are
Italians, saved their abodes by free
use OF the red wine stored in their cell
lars. The red walls of the houses show
the stains where the claret soaked
sacks had been used to cool the heated
walls of the buildings.
The one remaining spot unburned
within the district is bounded by Mont
gomery, Battery, Jackson and Wash
ington. Within this district is the APP
praisers building, in which is stored
some half million dollars in valuable
wares belonging to the importing mer-
chants of San Francisco.
1t is estimated by competent insur-
ance authorities that the loss will ag-
gregate S3OO,OOOOOO, and on this vast
amount of property the insurance COM
panies carried approximately $175.OO0,-
OO0 Insurance
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-27

Spreckels' building ON Market and
Third street will be occupied in few
days; the Union Trust building on
Montgomery and Market has only lost
the interior woodwork, and as soon as
men can put in the lumber it will be
ready for occupancy. The st. Fran
els hotel is in the same category, and
the work of renovating the interior
will soon be commenced. The story
from all the modern buildings is prac-
tically the same.
AS an earnest of what San Francisco
is going to do right away Mayor
SchmitZ has telegraphed Chicago, New
York, Baltimore and other eastern cit
les asking: How many architects and
architectural draughtsmen can you
furnish us, and how quickly can they
leave for San Francisco"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-27
Loss OF HUMAN LIFE
Burials Number 5OO-Area of Burned
Section and Loss.

Burials Number 5OO-Area of Burned
Section and Loss.
The total number of bodies recovered
and buried up to Sunday night is 800.
No complete record can be had at this
time, as many bodies have been buried
without permits from the coroner and
the board Of health The searchers OF
the coroner's and the board of health
departments found not more than TWEEN,
ty bodies yesterday. They We're buried
Immediately. A few of these bodies
could be identified and the graves We're
marked by numbers. 1t is impossible
at the present time to obtain any sort
Of death list, or even to make a relia-
bic estimate of the number of casual.
ties. Whenever body is found it is
buried Immediately, without any for
mality whatever. and these burials
have been made at widely separated
parts of the city by different bodies of
searchers.
1t having been at last announced
that the fire is actually out. except for
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-27
MAKES THE WORLD AKIN
Like Touch of Nature" DestitutiOn
Brings People Together,


San Francisco, April 23.-Next to
viewing the many square miles of ruins
that once made San Francisco a city
no better realization of the ruin that
has come to this place can be gained
than by visiting the refugee camps To-
Gated in the districts which were un-
touched by the flames. Golden Gate
park is the Mecca Of the destitute.
This great play ground Of the munich
pality has been converted into a vast
mushroom city that bears striking re.
semblance to the fleeing towns located
on the border of a government reserva-
ton about to be opened to public settle
ment.
The common restitution and suffer
ing have wiped out all social, financial
and racial distinctions. The man who
last Tuesday was prosperous mer-
chant is occupying with his family a
little plot of ground that adjOins the
open-air home of laborer. The white
man of California has forgotten his
antipathy to the Asiatic race and main
tains friendly relations with his new
Chinese and Japanese neighbOrs. The
society belle who Tuesday night was
a butterfly Of fashion at the grand OPP
era performance is now assisting some
factory girl in the preparation Of hum
BILE daily meals.
Money has little value. The family
who had foresight to lay in the largest
stock of foodstuffs ON the first day Of
disaster is rated highest in the scale Of
wealth. A few of the families who
could secure willing expressmen are
pOssessors of cooking stoves, but over
ninety-fiye out Of 100 Of the refugees
are doing their cooking on little camp
fires made of brick or stone. Kitchen
utensils that last week would have
been regarded with contempt are to-
day articles of high value. A we'll
known young lady of social position
when asked where she had spent the
night, replied. "On grave"
Thirty-six babies were born in the
Preside grounds, three at Berkeley
one in the public square-and three in
a tent at Alameda. Weddings in great
number have resulted from the recent
disaster. Women driven out of their
homes and left destitute have appealed
to the men to whom they We're en-
gagged, and Immediately marriages have
been effected. One couple was married
yesterday with only $1.30 capital to
start on.
It is important to know that in writ
ing to any one in this city their friends
abroad should address all mail matter
to the old street number, unless the
new address is positively known.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-27
COMES NEAR wANTON MURDER
Killing of Maj. Tilden by "Vigilantes''
Soldiers Too Fresh.

Soldiers Too Fresh.
One of the most unfortunate affairs
which has happened here since the
city has been under the joint police su-
pervision of the government, the NUM-
cipality and the state militia was the
killing of Major III. G. Tilden, promi-
nent member OF the Citizens general
committee, and a well-knOwn mer-
chant III the extreme southwestern
part OF the city. The killing was done
by three members of a self-constituted
vigilance committee, who fired upon an
automobile carrying Major Tilden, a
friend and the chauffeur, returning
from Menlo park, whence Tilden had
gone with his family. The three men,
displaying no badge of authority, or
dered the party in the automobile to
halt, following the demand almost inn
mediately with a volley of pistol shots.
Tilden was shot through the back and
instantly killed, and the two other Oc-
cupants of the machine wounded.
Regular Police Officer J. J. Dow was
to report at police headquarters. The.
regular made an attempt to force thepo-
liceman to labor in the street, but was
turned over to lieutenant, who re-
lieved him of his gun and sent him to
the guard house. Policeman A. G. Will
liams reported like experience. He
managed to persuade the soldier that
he was exceeding his authority and
after brief argument was allowed to
go on his way.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-27
OWNERS TAKE AN INVENTORY
Those Whose Buildings We're Modern
Find Them Reparable.

Sunday property owners had an
opportunity to inspect some of their
holdings, and in a measure to ascer-
tain what damage had been done. The
new modern steel buildings were found
to be almost, intact. In every in
stance it seemed that the earthquake
had not damaged them. The steel
frames Were in perfect plumb, and as
strong as ever. Cornices and fancy
trimmings fell, but that was all. Even
when the fire swept through them only
the woodwork was damaged
The Fairmont hotel ON Mob hill will
be rushed to completion; the Claus
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-27
ANGEL OF CHARITY ABROAD
Money and Food Flow Westward in a
Mighty Stream.

Chicago, April 23.-Neyer in the his
tory Of the United Subsequently, in
the history of the world-has there
been such instant and generous,
OVERLOOKING response to the cry for
help as that which has followed the
cry from the Pacific coast. Contribu-
tons of individuals have reached I'M
precedented sums. EX-Mayor Phelan,
now Of Los Angeles, once Of San Fran
cisco. stands out unique In this great
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-27

sPRECKELs' HOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
derbilt and Kuehn, Loeb & Co., New
York, $4,000 each; an unknown New
Yorker, $4,000. Lucky Baldwin has
sent a carload of provisions.
Food, clothing and other necessaries
are going forward at tremendous rate.
By tonight scores of relief trains will
be on their way and already arrived.
Their aggregate length will be miles.
Every road that reaches San Francisco
or that vicinity will be crowded with
the response of the nation to the call
for help.
The machinery of relief in the big
cities is hardly working smoothly yet,
but Chicago reports nearly 100000;
Pittsburg, S22O,0O0; New York, over
100000; Massachusetts will raise
100000: Philadelphia, 100000;
Cleveland has raised $1OO.O00: ST..
Louis, 100000.
Among the other cities and towns OF
the country Milwaukee gives $4,000;
DeKalb, $1,000 Saturday.; Rock ISL
and, $5,0OO Moline, $5,OOO-all in Illi-
nois; Houghton, Mich, gives $1,000;
Madison, Wis. $4,000; Springfield, ILL.,,
$4,000: Rockford, ILL.,, $4,000, and so
on.
The railways are giving trains car
rying provisions the right-of-way over
everything.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-27
shock Feiu in Oregon.

Portland, Ore. April 24.-At Grants
Pass, Glendale, and Medford Ore. a
slight shock Of earthquake was felt
between / and a. N. yesterday.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-04-27
Another Shock at Frisco.

San Francisco, Cal, April PA
sharp earthquake shock was felt here
at 1879 O'Clock last night. 1t lasted
about three seconds and was from
east to west. No damage has been re-
ported.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-14

Second Vice President of Company is
Elected by Directors to Succeed
lamented Sam Spencer.

The directors of the Southern rail
way, in session at New York, Wednes-
day, elected W. w. Finley Of Wash
ington, president of the company, to
succeed the late Samuel Spencer. Mr..
Finley has been second vice presi-
dent of the road since September Is,
1896. He has been in active railway
service since 1876.
Frior to entering the Southern's
service Mr.. Finley was second vice
president of the Great Northern rail,
way; before that he was third vice
president Of the Southern railway. For
two years he was chairman of the
Southeastern Passenger Association at
Atlanta, Ga Mr.. Finley was at times
associated with James J. HILL
The election of Mr. Finley caused
very general satisfaction in the Wash
ington railroad world, and 1t is be-
lieved this feeling will extend among
railroad men throughout the south
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-14
THREW EGGS nLEO Win ACIDS.
Unique Warfare Against Strike.Breakers
BY Chicago Strikers.


BY Chicago Strikers.
A startling exposure of the methods
employed in the Transfers strike Of
last spring was given in the trial Of
Cornelius P. Shea and his fellow Ia
Dor leaders before Judge Ball, in the
criminal court at Chicago Wednes-
day, when Joseph Schultz, alleged slug
ger, who, with Albert Young, turned
states evidence, was on the stand as
witnesses for the state. Schultz de-
clared that Shea mad told him to break
the legs and arms of the strike break
ers, and especially to attack the ne
groes.
When this means of bringing about
desired results did not work satisfac-
torily, Schultz asserted that Shea or
dered the hired pickets to throw eggs
filed with acids at the horses being
driven by non-union men. The acid
throwers, according to Schultz, We're
responsible for many runaways, and
we're considered a great aid in the
fight against the employers.
myself and other pickets were call.
cd into the picket headquarters, and
our captain gave us number Of eggs.
The contents had been removed and
the shells filled with acids. Shea was
there, and told us that if we carried
out the plan proposed it would create
a stir among the strike-breakers. Shea
said that if this scheme was not sue
cessful he had another in mind that
he believed would do the work. He
said he had seen a man squirt acid
from a syringe at a team of horses
being driven by a non-union team
ster. and that six policemen were I'M
able to stop the runaway that resulted
in State street, which was crowded
with traffic at the time"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-14
PRESIDENT PACIfl6S CALEORNlANs.
Explains Reference in Message to Jap
School Question in frisco.

Fxplains Reference 10 Message to Jap
School Question in frisco.
A Washington special says; The
California delegation in congress has
received what they consider satisfac-
tory assurance that the president did
not desire to be understood as saying
in the Japanese section of his mes.
sage that he would use military force
of the United States in forcing Jap
anese into the California schools, in
which white children are taught. 1t
Is said to have been his purpose to
convey the idea that he would use
the military to protect Japanese
against mob violence. Californians
take no offense at this Interpretation
of the message.
INQUIRY Wednesday disclosed the
fact that the legal proceedings to be
taken in San Francisco by the United
states district attorney in the mat
ter of admission Of Japanese to the
nublic schools of that city without
discrimination, were inspired by Sec
rotary Root, who expressed the opin-
ion that it would be one way Of ef
fectively disposing of the controversy
That the presidents views on the
subject met with the hearty approval
If the japanese government was
made evident Wednesday when Wis
count Aofi, the japanese ambassador
said that he had personally thanked
the president for what be had said.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-14
BUREAU atrORr on coIiOv elvStO.
Number Of Bales turned Got 70 December
LEI Placed at lO.O2s.445.

The census bureau at Washington,
Monday issued a bulletin showing
the total amount of cotton Of the crop
of 1906, ginned to December 1, to
have been 1O,O25,445 bales, counting
round bales as half bales. The total
number of ginneries in operation is
given as 2S,211.
The statistics of this report include
41,158 sea island bales for 1906 and
1896 for 1905.
The sea island cotton for 1906 is
distributed by states as follows: Flor
ida. 1879; Georgia, 1850; South
Carolina, 5,167.