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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-04-18

have been destroyed, houses shaken in
from their foundations and to add TO by
the horror of the situation. fire has sn
broken ont in hundred places all over q |
the city. The fire department is pow n,
eriess to core with the fire, water ro
mains all over the city shaviug been in
broken by the shock and shipping th
along the water front SO badly demor- 81
allied that the fire boats ale unable TO n.
lend any assistance. dc
\ conservative estimate of the lives
lost places the number of at over ,, -,
009. but owing to the utter dem oralizn- y,
lion of every kind of service it is in m
possible to secure accurate details.
Many bodies of the dead bave been e,
recovered and the wounded are being r,
taken on board the ships in the harbor On
which have been rapidly converted 20
into hospitals. tr
Thousands OF terror stricken people
are attempting to flee from tine city :.
and are tlockIng to the piecs of the
ferry boats which are able to handle
only small part of the crowds. 9
The whole district south of Market =.
street is believed to be doomed. build .,
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-04-18

ings which were net totally wrecked
by the shock are being rapidly con.
sumed by the flames which are raging
almost unchecked. The fire depart
ment under Chef Sullivan made a he
roic attempt TO check the fire py blow
ing up buildings with dynamite but
the limited supply of the explosive was
soon exhausted and unless more can
be obtained at once the wroIe city Is
doomed.
While directing the work of the fire
men Chief Sullivan and Police officer
Fenner were billed by the failing
ruins.
The city hall, the buildings of the
Call, .Chronicle, Examiner, Sunset
Telephone company, st. Francis Hotel,
Occidental and Palace motel, notn Tel
egraph oe:ces, and all the gas an ! cleo
tric light plants havs been destroyed.
All the troops in the vicinity have
been called out TO preserve order.
At 10 45 the only remaining wire
ont of the city was cnt ous BY barniDg
of Postal Telegayh building. The
shock was felt for hundred miles on
every side.
The Washington times., 1906-06-22
Happy Boys and Girls
Make Luna Park Gay
Six Big Sunday Schools Are PiCniCking There
TOday-AthIetiCS and Park AmusenentS
Keeping Youngsters Busy

Immediately uDon arriving at the park
The boys. with their bats and gloves.
made for the recreation grounds to lay
out their sport lans for the day. The
girls, little mothers Of the big flock,
went to the grove and picked out their
table and resting spots. The older folk
ments, or supervised the placing OF bas-
kets in the picnic house on the southern
end of the grounds. l. was a scene of
unalloyed and unchecked pleasure. Dur
ing the afternoon all the picnic parties
VIII have their games, running races,
tugs of war, and contest at baseball.
Following are the committees in
charge Of the variOus picnics.
Douglas VI. +. Sunday schOol-Ray L.
Saith. chairman. Robert l. Carr Daniel
A. Dinendorf William H. Gibson; Ed
ward Jones anu G. II. Gray. managers
Foundry NJ. +. Sunday schools. II.
Bryant. chairman; w. II. Kerr. Charles
e Roesch. f. A. Short: T. A. Hardy,
superintendent OF Sunday school.
Centennial Baptist Sunday school-W.
II Mcconnell, chairman; all the teach
Crs and officers of the Sunday school
complete tie committee.
Calvary NJ. +. Sunday school-FTed
9. Croxton, superintendent; Frank War
ing DR.. c. W. Scott. j. II. Wilson.
and Oscar Wyatt
Temple Baptist Sunday schOOl-F B.
Rhodes. superintendent. and the officers
OF the Sunday school
Metropolitan NJ. e Sunday school
Walter b. Wright. chairman; Z. l.
Harvey and w c Eldridge-
The Washington times., 1906-06-22

This is biz picnic and outing day at
Luna Park. Six picnics are being held
by church Sunday schools. Several
thousand children, with their parents
and all their relatives. are romping in
the shade OF the picnic groves. The
churches represented are Centennial
Baptist. Douglas Methodist Episcopal.
Temple Baptist. Foundry Methodist
Episcopal. Metropolitan, and Calvary
Methodist Episcopal.
The picnic crowds began to arrive at
the park at 10 O'Clock The station at
Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue
was fairly cholxed with them early in the
morning Carrying baskets and bundles
from which the delicious odor of fresh
fried chicken or the sweet tempting Of
picnic cake camo deliciously. they were
the envy OF the working ;hrong that
trod the avenue and wished they, too.
might go along and spend one day close
10 nature and as far as possible from the
sterner things of life One little fellow
Of five was heroically carrying a huge
basket which was larger than himself.
but In spite OF the perspiration thai
trlckled down his face ne insisted unOD
sucking 10 the task, and beamed wit h
pleasure There Were others of all lies
and dispositions. and Il required ali the
carrying capacity OF the Washington.
alexandria and Mount Vernon railway
10 maui them 10 their deS+tration.
The Washington times., 1906-06-22
MARINE BAND PROGRAM
FOR SATURDAY CONCERT

Lieutenant santelmann has prepared
an unusually interesting program for the
regular Saturday afternoon concert in
the White House grounds. which viii be
played tomorrow afternoon at sos
o'clock Included In the list Of cOmpo-
sitions Is the ever popular seXtet from
Lucia" and a new Heinecke overture.
Peace Jubilee" which will be played
for the first time The entire program
will be as follows:
March-'Kaiser Friedrich" -FriedmanI
Peace JUBILEE" -Heanecke
(First time.)
Duet for Flute and Horn Serenade
Musicians SeeI and Wacker.
Waltz-"Am schoenen Rhein gedenk
ich Dein' n'--..-.----..---------k Keller Bela
Sextet from Lucia .Donizett
Second Leader Smith: Musicians
Stone. BreaTtOn. May nd
McIntire.
Grand SicEfricd" ....- y. a gneI
PatrOl-..Turkish Schaarwach' 49,
Michaeli:
The Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1906-06-22
BODY BURIED 35 YEARS
IN PERFECT CONDITION

HARRISONBURG, Va, June 22--The
remains of John r. Koogler, a former
sheriff of Rockingham county. after a
repose of thirty-five years in the grave.
were disinterred at Rusville, and found
10 be in a perfect state OF preservation.
The features of the dead man were as
perfect as on the day he was buried,
and friends who gathered about the
rust-eaten casket declared that there
was not the slightest change IN his ap-
pearance.
Sheriff KOogler had been buried In a
Theoretically sealed metallic casket.
The grave clothes were in perfect con-
dition. The stiff white shirt. only. had
become slightly tinged with yellow.
The Washington times., 1906-06-22
CHURCH NOTICES.

EPIScoPAI-Open-air service. Cathedral
grounds Mt ST. Albaa, Sunday, June p
al pm. special pre- lcher- the Bishop OF
Delaware Vested choir led by detachment
OF Z. s. Marine Band. Take Tenleytosn
The Washington times., 1906-06-22
DIED.

CARTER-On Wednesday evening JunA N
1905 at her residence. 229 Twelfth stree;
Funeral Saturday. a. m. St Cyprfan'
Church Relatives and friends are Invited
to attend II
AfILIER-In this city. on "wednesday June
20. 1905. LANGDON c. MILLER. aged
eighty-four. years.
His home was in Lakota Culpeper county.
va. he was removed TO George Wash
ington University Hospital on June Is. upon
advice Of HIS physician, DIT. COddinKham
The BODY was taken 10 Lakota yesterday. II
sHUMATE-In Bealeton. Va. on Thursday.
June '2l, EDITH BALDWIN SHUMATE.
She was a daughter Of Ida NJ and the
late Frank @. Middleton. and wife of Oscar
Shumate- She was twenty-five years old. II
FERGUsON-On Thursday. June z1. 1905. Of
heart failure. at her residence, 1925 I
street northwest. MARTHA A WOOD
FERGUSON. widow Of the late Rev VIII
liam NJ Ferguson.
She was born seventy years ago in Win
chester, y. H. Of an old colonial family
the Wood connection She received her ed
ucation at her birthplace and spent the
early years OF her life there. At the out
break of the civil war she became a Union
enthusiast and came South TO take service
in the field a trained nurse At the
conclusion Of the war she made her resi-
dence in Washington and had lived here
ever since; twenty years ago abe mar
by eleven years. She herself is survived by
an unmarried sister. who took up her resi-
dence with her after the death Of her hus-
band IL
HILI-On Thursday. June q, 1906 Of heart
trouble, at his residence. 30 Second street
northeast, JOHN J. HILL.
He was about sixty-nve years Of age He
was born IN County Clare. Ireland, and
came 20 this country when a mere boy. He
landed in this city and had always raade
II his home. Most of his life was spent
as an emplOye Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. and he was well known in rail-
road circles. OF late years he had been
in the District employ as watchman. He
married in 1880, and is survived by widow
and son. the Rev. Owen A HILL S j.
now IN Massachusetts. and by two dauKh-
ters. Mrs. William Maddigan. Of this city.
and Annie Hill. II
ZEREGA-On "Wednesday. June %. 1906 al
5:l5 D. m, CATHERINE ZEREGA. beloved
wife of Giovanni NJ. Zerega
Funeral rom residence Sl2 o ntreet north
west on Saturday. June % REQUIEM mass
at the Immaculate Conception Church
Eighth and y streets. at a. Relatives
and friends invited je2I-2t
The Washington times., 1906-06-22
SPECIAL NOTICES.

CHIEF JUSTICE CLABAUGH. IN
Equity Court No !. yesterday refused
70 grant restraining order or appoint
receivers IN the case Of CLAYTON d. Vim
son VS. Richard NJ Perry. The suit
Was Tor a receiver accounting a disso-
Iutlon of partnership. Attorney Abel /.
MlliiaraSon representing the defendant.
X. NJ. Perry. r. NJ. Perry will continue
10 conduct MS own business as hereto
fore without restraint II
THE PUBLIC is hereby noriaad tbat
the business heretofore conducted ar
% Third street southwest By +. y. Set
tie and c. II. Jones. under the firm
name OF Jones * CO. has oeen dis
solved Mr.. Jones having purchased
the business viii hereafter conduct the
same. II
The Washington times., 1906-06-22
.LABOR'S TERMS
TO CANDIDATES
None Who Fail to Pledge
Support Will Receive
Workers Votes.

The executive council of the American
Federation of Labor. which has been in
session since Monday, completed It's
labors this morning and adjourned. The
most important piece Of business Of the
session was the decided stand taken rela-
tive TO the coming political campaign.
IL was voted to insert in their demands
on candidates for office a pledge TO sop
port the initiative and referendum sys-
tenn. This will be fully outlined in the
statement which President GOmpers.
Vice President Duncan. and Treasurer
Lennon were directed 10 prepare. setting
forth just what the American Fedora
tion OF Labor viii demand in the shape
OF legislation and what F.ill be required
OF candidates to receive support Of the
A. F. OF l.
This statement before being made pub
lie viii be submitted 20 the members OF
the executive council for approval II
will be the political program of the a.
f. OF l. and must bn subscribed by all
candidates who ask the support of or
anized labor.
Vice President Morris was authorized
to visit Minneapolis 10 make an inVeSti-
CATION as 10 the cost of the building and
other matters in connection With the
holding OF a union label exposition
The controversy between the wood
workers and the carpenters of St Louis
was referred 10 Organizer Grant Hamil-
ton
The subject Of a universal label or de-
sign to go upon IGbels issued by inter
national unions after some discussion
was referred to President Gompers to
ascertain the sentiment of the unions
President GOmpers received a telegram
this morning from John Golden. presl-
dent Of the United Textile Workers OF
America, informing him that 26.0 600 tex
tile workers employed at Fall River.
Mass, would. beginning July ? receive
an advance of 10 per cent in their wages
The Washington times., 1906-06-22
SOLD WIFE DRUG,
DEATH FOLLOWED.
BECKER RELEASED
Druggist viii Be Tried
on Charge of Violating
Pharmacy Law,

Druggist Charles A. Becker, husband
OF Mrs. LYDIA +. Becker, of 1434 r street
southeast. was released from custody by
Lieutenant Schneider, of the Seventh
precinct police station, this morning
after having spent the night in a cell
with a charge Of drunk opposite his
name on the blotter.
Acting Coroner GlazeDrook today gave
a certificate of accidental morphine pois-
Oning in the case of Mrs. Becker. an ac-
count of whose death at the Washing
ton Asylum Hospital appeared in yes
terdays Times The body was turned
over to an undertaken this morning and
prepared for burial Arrangements for
the funerl have not been completed.
DR.. Glazebrook says that In his in
vestiEation Of the circumstances sur
rounding the death Of the druggist s
wife he was informed that the hus-
band and wife were addicted to the use
of morphine. Police of the Fifth pre-
cinct say they learned that Mrs. Becker
and her husband quarreled frequently.
and he left the house in anger on We'd
nesday night The desk sergeant at
the Fifth precinct stated that the
woman had her husband arrested sew
eral times for various offenses, among
AiA'Ab cNAAAS 1ASNa W - NNAiAhNA AAiAA
sault
Thought Poison Law Violated.
After his investigation OF the case
DIR. Glazebrook ordered the arrest Of
Mr.. Becker. who conducts a drug store
at z street and Ken.ucky ave-
nue., using the back rooms as sI>.Ls
apartments. Becker could not be found
by the police, who were looking for
him TO convey the information of his
wife's death. DR.. Glazebrook was in
Clined toward the belief that the poison
law had been violated by the druggist.
and when he ordered Becker's arrest
| a general alarm was sent out from
Police Headquarters.
Bernard Hennings. of 1910 z street
southeast, found Becker at Cabin John
Bridge Henning and the police say
Becker was drunk" Becker left
Cabin John Bridge 20 go 20 Tenleytown,
but he stopped in Georgetown and was
arrested by Policeman Farquhar. Tie
| druggist was escorted to the SeNeslth
precinct station, where he was ques-
/ toned by Lieutenant Schneider. He was
not arrested in connection with his wife
death. but merely for an alleged infrac-
| TO nof the poison law. whic,l prohibits
| the sale of opiates without A prescrip-
tion from a physician. Tie druggist
was Informed that his wife had died as
The Washington times., 1906-06-22
MRS. YORK ACCOMPANIES
HUSBANDS FUNERAL PARTY

Mrs Clarence York whose husband
was killed Wednesday morning by fall
from the ssecond-stOry window of Gar
field HOSPITAL. will be able to accompany
the funeral party TO Vineland. y. J..
tomorrow morning. Mrs. York was in
Atlantic City when her husband met
his tragic death, and came Immediately
TO Washington. where she has been
prostrated by shock and grief. Mrs.
York will be accompanied 10 Vineland
by brother of Mr.. York. who reached
Washington last WednesdaN
The Washington times., 1906-06-22
WIDOW TO FORFEIT $4,000
IF SHE MARRlES AGAIN

ALLENTOWN, Pa. June 22.-Stipulat-
ing that If she weds again she is to for
felt her share of the estate, Samuel Sell.
a wealthy citizen of Slatington, in his
will probated by Register Koehler be-
queaths his property valued at $4,000 10
his widow. and appoints mis- son, William
NJ. Sell. trustees to see that his wishes
are carried out.
The Washington times., 1906-06-22
Rows TIE Press Brick Front /?

Should II require attention let ne know
Ny specially IS making old press brick
fronts new-hke.
Vim T. peake 20 years SO Pa ave ss-
WIN" SSA NOhS1a Painter. Phone Z %
5e22-r
The Washington times., 1906-06-22
BABY 81 WEEKS OLD
WEIGHS 81 POUNDS

NEW YORK. June 22-Grace Mildred
Flora Gasbdll. Of Mount Holly. n. J..
has 10 her credit one pound OF flesh for
each OF the fifty-one weeks she has been
in existence. She is the daughter OF
Mrs. Emma GaskiIl. OF Monroe street. a
fraH woman, who weighs only 40
pounds
The Washington times., 1906-06-22

q result of morphine poisoning He
discredited the story, and when locked
In cell said he did not believe NOR
phtne would XIII her. This morning he
was released by the police and left the
Georgetown station-house to go to his
home
Nice Law Point Involved.
Speaking Of the case. DR.. GIazebrook
said today
Mrs. Becker and her husband were
users Of morphine. so / am informed
and she took an overdose Of the drug
yesterday morning and died shortly af-
ter her arrival at the Washington Asy-
lum Hospital I ordered Mr.. Becker :
arrest because ] do not think he had a
prescription for the morphine he gave
his wife.
"A very nice point is involved there:
this is. whether a druggist needs a pre-
scriptiOn for the drugs which he and his
wife use. l instructed the police 10 ar
rest the man for violating the law. and
not in connection with his wife's death
except indirectly by allowing her to
have the morphine without a prescrip-
ton. His guilt or innocence will be as,
certained by the court which tries per-
sons charged with violating the phar-
macy laws
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01
Their Trades aDd Professions

Read and Mexican were lawyers. the lat
ter for twenty years Chief Justice of Penn
sylvania, while Rodney was fluent writer,
whose patriotic pen did good service for the
colonies during the revolution.
=. Maryland was represented by Samuel Chase,
Thomas Stone, William Paca, all lawyers, and
the famous Charles Carroll of Carrollton,
Scholar and gentleman" who was the last
survivor. of the illustrious ffty.six:
Carroll was very wealthy, and when he plac-
ed his nane to the Declaration, a fellow
member sportively remarked
There's goes half million at the dash OF
pen!"
Virginia the mother of Presidents, gave to
the greatest of all State papers, George
Wythe, attorney at-lawj Richard Henry Lee,
who devoted himself to literary and phsosoph-
ical studies; the immortal jefferson, law
yer and statesman; Benjamin Harrison, edu-
Gated for the legal profession; Thomas Mel
son, Jr an active politician; Francis Light.
foot Lee, wealthy gentleman of leisure. and
Carter Braxton, wealthy, but with no regu.
lar profession
| William Hooper, Joseph Hewes and John
| Penn belong to North Carolina.
| Hooper and Penn were lawyers of reputa
ton, and Hewes followed mercantile life at
Wilmington
| Neither of these men lived to be more than
fifty years of age, which is somewhat re
markable as nearly all the sgners reached
advanced years.
South Carolina furnished four delegates tc
! the famous congress- OF these Edward Rut
ledge, Thomas Hayward and Thomas Lynch
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01

later in life became a successful business
man. William Elery was a lawyer in New
port, r. L. his native town.
Connecticut produced Roger Sherman, shoe
maker and lawyer; Samuel Huntingdon,.
Judge; William Williams, theologian, soldier
and town clerk, and Oliver Wolcott, sue
cessful attorney, and commander of a volun-
teer corps at the defeat of Burgoyne.
From New York came William Floyd, Phil
ip Livingston, Francis Lewis and Lewis
Morris.
Floyd practiced law until after the war,
when he became farmer; Livingston gained
fame as merchant in New York city;
Lewis was also a merchant in the same place,
and Morris, who lost all his property by
the war, was an active agriculturist
New Jersey furnished to the Declaration
Richard Stockton, graduate in law; John
Wtherspoon a minister in the Scotch church
Francis Hopkinson, a lawyer noted for his
brilliant wit; John Hart, farmer who left
his plow for a seat in the Continental Con-
pess, and Abraham Clark who is designated
by the bographers IAN active public
man."
Pennsylvania gave Robert Morris, who was
the financier of the Revolution and a mer.
chant; Benjamin Rush, the distinguished
chemists Benjamin Franklin, printer; George
Clymer merchant and scientist; John Smith
also a merchant; John Morton, holder OF
civil offices, and James Wilson and George
Ross were lawyers.
Caesar Rodney, George Read and Thomas
Mexican represent little Delaware among the
sgners.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01

Jr., belonged to the legal profession, which
produced so many Of the signers; and Arthur
Middleton, the fourth, was a planter.
The death of Lynch is shrouded in mys-
terry. He sailed for the West Indies at the
close of 1776, and, with the vessel that bore
him, was never heard of afterward.
Georgia produced for the Declaration but
tori Gwinnett, Lyman Hall and George Wal
ton, who were planter, doctor and lawyer
respectively.
Gwinnett fell in duel with General Mcln-
tosh, in 1777, and Walton became both Gov
ernor and chief justice Of Georgia and United
States Senator.
Records show the sgners to have been men
Of liberal education. The majority were grad
yates from the best institutions of learning
in this country and England.
Eight were\ educated at Harvard, four each
at Yale and Princeton, and three. at Will
liam and Mary, a famous college in its day,
but now without single student.
number of the signers were self-taught
men, who rose from the humble walks OF
life to the eminent place they occupy in the
hearts of the American people.
Some did good service in the field after the
signing and two reached the Presidential
office.
Six died before reaching fifty, and thirteen
passed their. eightieth birthday.
Charles Carroll the last survivor. lived un.
til November 1882, and with him passed
from sight the men who, in Congress as
sembled, one hundred and thirty years ago.
pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred hon
or in defense of freedom in North America.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01

We chung to the skirts of Aunt Lucy, and
fled until our progress was retarded by the
crowd. We learned from the people that
several children had been injured by run
away horse
The women were talking of dreadful ami:
NAL that had ''rared and tared," as one OF
them expressed the msadventure, through
the coneourse of people.
Aunt hurried toward the road over which
we had come.
1t was very warm, and she soon had to
stop to rest under the trees by the wayside.
AS we stood there, aunt tanning herself with
her apron, one of our neghbors came along.
Have you seen anything OF runaway
horse?" asked aunt.
81 should think had Your'n, was it?
tried to stop him. You might as well have
tried to have stopped the wind, or one of
PIN, right up and down, first on his hind
legs and then on his fore legs. hollered
'Whoal but, before l could do anything,
saw him kiting clean out of sight!"
Aunt wiped, away the perspiration from her
face and said:
Children, we shall have to walk home"
was s It started art himsS w DsH
"a cannon exploded" said aunt
"Shaw! You don't say. Was anybody
"And /, too" said each of the Gibsons.
Our six-mile journey home under the noon
day heat was unlike our cool morning ride.
Our feelings were not what they were then.
The world did not seem as large as then, or
its resources so great. The horizon of life had
changed.
] When within mile of the house we met
Uncle NARROW. He was running his horses
| to meet us.
"Luey!' he exclaimed "What has hap
pened"
eve are all safe" said aunt, philosophically
''Take us home and | will tell you all when
l get my breath"
dead?"
"Oh, Manton!"
Dropped down dead in the yard, right
before the door"
"Let me pull my apron over my head when
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01
He Wanted a Horse

An English visitor stopping at prominent
New York hotel sauntered up to the genial
jueting his eyeglasses, said:
a sedge"
"a sledge?"
"Yas."
John" said the clerk to the porter, ego
to blacksmith's shop and get sledge-ham-
mer for this gentleman :
mo, my dear fellah, / don't want sledge-
hammer; | want one of these vehicles you
know"
"Oh, yes, you mean sleigh Why, GER
tainly. John, 60 around to the stables and
get a sleigh; put in couple of buffaloes."
"Bifaloes but, me deah fellow, I cawn't
drive biifalo, ye know; cawnt ye let me ave
an 'orse%
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01

wildered. She looked around, and said, sol
emnly:
''Where is Old Dobbin?"
The eyes of the two colored children, as
remember, were very white and large
'It exploded" said aunt.
what? The wagon?"
"That gum"
"But where is Dobbin?" | asked
Wharf" was the luminous inquiry of the
colored children.
Aunt Lucy rose / rose. We all rose.
We heard in the distance great shouting.
"Whoa! whoa! whoa!"
We saw far away a horse and wagon vanish
ing through an alarmed crowd of people.
A soldier approached us.