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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-04-20

OCCASIONALLY as some drug house or
place stored with chemicals wa
reached, most fantastic effects wcr,
produced by the colored flames an,
smoke which rolled out against the
darkcncd background.
Palace and Grand Hotels Gone.
All enorts to prevent the flrc from
reaching the Palace and Grand hotels
were unsuccessful, and both were
completely destroyed, together with
all their contents.
All of San Francisco's best play
houses, including the Majestic, Coum
bia, Orpheum, and Grand opera house,
are n mass of ruins. Tho carthquako
demolished chem for all practical pur.
poses and the fire completed the worN
OF destruction The handsome Rinltu
and Casserly buildings were burned
to the ground. NJ was everything In
that district
Chinatown Destroyed.
In the northern section of the down.
town business section the fire swept
arouGc tho Hail of Justice and com
munIca'cd to Chinatown, thence pro-
cocdIng westward into the heart OF
that colony II then began rapidly
eating It's way southwark on both
sides of kcarnoy street.
One of the big losses of the day was
the destruction of 81. lgnalius church
and college, at Van Ness avenue and
Hayes street. This was the greatest
JcsuitiCal institution IN the west and
was built at II cost of couple of mil
lion dollars.
Al y, IN. the fire had swept from
the south side of the town across Mar
ket street into the district called the
Western addition. and was burning
houses at Golden Gate avenue and
OCtavia. This result was reached aft.
er almost the southern district, from
Ninth street to the eastern water
front had been converted into a
blackcncd waste. In the section were
hundreds of factories, Wholesale
houses and many business firms, IN
addition to thousands of homes.
In the south side district on Rim.
con hilI St Marys hospital, a land.
mark, constructed by the Sisters OF
Mercy, was reduced TO ashes.
The Merchants Exchange building,
one of the handsomest and most sub.
stantial edihCes in the city. is in
fiames, as Is also the CrOckcr. Wool
worth bank building. The former
building is a fourteen.story structure.
Ciif House Wiped Out.
From the Clin house comes word
that the great pleasure resort and
show place of the city which stood
upon "A foundation OF solid rock. has
been swept into the sea Not thing
stands to tell where the monster stone
building once stood. II has been lev.
Clled TO the foundation, and only the
rock lining the sea coast Is intact.
N Union Square park, where ., mum
her Of huin" ~ ar being given tenn
pOrary shelter the mighty Dewey
monument has been shifted from its
base. II new stands leaning at an
angle OF ten degrees and there Is dan
ger OF the immense stone structure
fa1IinU
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-04-20

Two Hundred inmates Killed.
Los Angeles. April l9.-Reports
from districts outside of San Francis.
co Indicate widespread damage by the
earthquake.
AT San Jose, the Vendome hotel an.
mex was badly wrecked and ten or fif
teen people killed. The Doherty block
was completely burned and one WON.
an killed. DR.. DeGrow was killed and
his wife badly injured. Every bust.
ness building was demolished. Mar
tial law has been declared and tho
militia and 500 deputies are guarding
the streets. 1t IL estimated that fifty
people have been killed. The postof.
nee was partly wrecked, the Presby.
terian church totally demolished and
the court house wrecked.
Passengers arriving from other cit
les In California bring tales of death
and disaster from Santa Cruz, Mon.
terey, Gilroy and Hollister. The death
list at Santa Cruz is reported large.
Santa Rosa Is IA total wreck and lO.-
600 people are homeless. The loss Of
life will probably reach hundreds.
Main street is piled many feet deep
with fallen buildings Not one busi.
ness BUILDINGS left intact. The four
story courlehQrae is lie OF broken
masonry destroyCu -. Citizens
fled to the fields and hills TO watch
the destruction of the city. The water
system was destroyed by the earth
quake.
Supervisor Fred ilorner OF Oakland.
who returned from San Jose In hi.
automobile, states that the Agnews
insane asylum near that city, is a to-
tai wreck; that many of the inmates
were killed and that the remainder
are running around loose, terrorizing
the community. The superintendent
OF the institution and his wife were
both killed.
Dr. Stone, superintendent OF the
Napa state hospital, telephones that
an automobile arrived there with
news that Santa Rosa Is in ruins, and
that between 200 and 800 people are
killed.
Stanford university and Palo Alto
suffered. AT Stanford many of the
handsome buildings were demolished
and two people were killed. One OF
them was Junius Robert Hanna of
bradford, Pa, and the other was Otto
Curtis, fireman. Six other students
are lying in the Palo Alto hospital
with bruises, cuts and internal In.
Juries.
dispatch from Milpitas says that
the state hospital is damaged and
useless and that DR.. Kelly Is killed.
The number of injured Is unknown.
1t is asked that physicians and nurses
be sent there.
long distance telephone message
from Salinas. ia miles south of San
francisco, gave the following informa-
ton:
One hundred and twenty bodies
nave been taken out OF the AgneWs
insane asylum and there are probably
l5O more corpses in the ruins. The
magnificent structure was demolished.
Eight dead Italians were taken ont
OF the Italian hotel at San Jose. At
mat place the Presbyterian church.
81. Patrick's cathedral and the high
school were destroyed. The new Hall
OF Justice at San Jose, just completed
at a cost OF 100000. was demolished.
All but two Of the university buildings
al Stanford are in ruins. At Iona
Prieta, eighteen miles from Santa
cruz mine. house slipped down the
side OF a mountain, burying ten men
in the ruins.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-04-20
BASEBALL RESULTS

American League-St. Louis, 0;
Cleveland, A. Boston, 3; New York, )
(darkness). Detroit, g. Chicago, 2.
Philadelphia, 4; Washington, 2.
National League-Chicago, Il; st.
Louis, !, Brooklyn, /; New York, 4.
Pittsbuig, 4; Cincinnati, 7.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-04-20
Pail hanas Over House.

Washington, April ia pail hung
over the house by reason of the great
calamity which has come to San Fran
cisco and nearby towns OF Oakland,
Berkeley and Alameda. Legislation
went on, but in a most perfunctory
way. There was no heart or interest
In the bills under consideration.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-04-20
GOVERNMENT SENDS TEN MIL
LION DOLLARS TO FRISCO.
TO BE DRAWN BY cITYs BANKS

Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M.
Shaw Today Authorized the TeIe-
graphic Transfer of $1o,ooo,ooo From
the Sub-Treasury at New York to
the Ruined City on the Pacifc-Gen-
eraI Funston Wires War Department
That 1t Is Impossible to Inform Gov
ernment as Vet of the Disasters
Extent.
Washington, April 19-The war de.
partment received the following from
General Funston:
at is impossible to inform you of
the full extent of the disaster.
"The city has been already practic-
ally destroyed.
Troops are aiding the police in
maintaining order.
Martial law has not been declared.
1.-TWO hundred thousand people are
homeless.
Food is scarce.
GAIL government buildings in the
city are gone"
Water Supply Gone Again.
Washington, April 19.-The war de-
partment has just received the fol-
lowing bulletin from the Western I'm
ion telegraph company:
"Outside cities have been sending
fire engines to San Francisco, but it
is useless on account of the fact that
there is no water. Firemen report that
the city is doomed"
Another Western Union bulletin
says:
"The entire district, as far as the
top of Mob Hill and California street,
between Powell and Mission streets,
is all gone.
"One hundred thousand people have
been rendered homeless.
''The fire is not under control.
"The water supply has again been
shut off"
Fire Still Raging.
Oakland, Cal, April 19.-The fire in
San Francisco is still unabated.
Government Sends Money.
Washington, April 19.-Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw today authorized
the telegraphic transfer of $4,000, 900
from the sub-treasury at New York to
San Francisco
The cash will be deposited at New
York and Immediately paid out on
order of the San Francisco banks.
Chicago Has no Wire.
Chicago, April 19.-There is no wire
communication between Chicago and
San Francisco today whatever.
Soldiers Distribute Water.
San Francisco, April 19.-The fire
continues burning up the hill in a dag
onal line, commencing at McAllister
running up Battery stret, and on Mis-.
sion street as far as Sixteenth. There
is rising wind and scarcity of water
No one is allowed to enter the city,
and soldiers are distributing water.
New York, April 19.-The Western
Union Telegraph company received
received reports early this morning to
the effect that the fire is spreading
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-04-20

FIRE STILL RACES
100000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN Rem.
pERED HOMELESS.
FOOD SCARCITY is ALARMING
ALL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN
CITY ARE GONE.
WATER SUPPLY is AGAIN LOST
FIRE ENGINES COME IN VAIN
FROM NEIeHeoRlNe CITIES.
THE ENTIRE CITY is DESTROYED
FlREMEN, PoWERLEss, REPORT
FRISCO DOOMED.
FIRE EATS TO MOB HILLS TOP
TROOPS ARE HELPING POLICE
IN MAINTAINING ORDER.
BUT THERE is NO MARTIAL LAW
GOVERNMENT SENDS TEN MIL.
LION DOLLARS TO FRISCO.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-04-20
COAST CITIES WRECKED
SANTA ROSA. SAN JOSE AND SAN
IA CRUZ SUFFER- SEVERELY.
DEATH LIST REPORTED LARGE

Buildings Of Leland Stanford Unver.
sity olished-Asnews Insane
Asylum a Total Wreck and over
Two Hundred Inmates Killed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-04-20
IHt CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
temperature for Twentyfour Hours.
Forecast for Nebraska.

Chicago, April l9.--The bulletin ia.
sued by the Chicago station OF tho
United States weather bureau this
morning gives the forecast for Ne
braska as follows:
Fair tonight and Friday. Cooler
southeast portion tonight. Warmer
Friday. ...
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-04-20

BUT THERE is NO MARTIAL LAW
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-07-07
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BUILDING FOOD ]
70 Brinr the Behie. Arc,,,, J

TO Bring the Babies Around.
| When q little human machine Tor 4
large one) goes wrong, nothing is so
important as the selection Of food to
bring It around again.
MY little baby boy fifteen months
Old had pneumonia, then came brain
FEVER, and no sooner had he rot over
these than he began to cut teeth ana;
being 10 weak, he was frequently
thrown into COMMISSIONS says a Col
orado mother.
I decided change might helm. 40
look him to Kansas City for q VISIT.
When we got there he was 10 very
weak when he would cry he vould
sink away and seemed like he would
When / reached my sisters home
she said Immediately that ~ must
1eeo MIN Grape-Nuts and. although I
mad never used the food, We rot some
ana Tor few days gave him Just the
Juice Of Grape-Nuts and milk. He
eot stronger 80 quickly we were soon
ieeding him the 0rape-Nuts itself ana
~ wonderfully short time he fat-
tened right up and became sstrone and
we'll. =. 8 e '4'4
That showed me something worth
knowing and, when later on nv girl
came. raised her on urape-Nuts md
sne is strong healthy baby and has
Deem. You will see from the little
photograph ] send you what I strong.
cnuooy youngster the boy Il now. int
ne didn't look anything like that H.
rore We found this nourishine food.
urape-Nuts nourished him back "a.
strength when he was 10 weak he.
couldn't keep any other food On his:
stomach. Name given BY Postum
20. Battle Greek, Mich.
All children can Be butt. q :. n,or..
sturdy and healthy condition nnon
arape-N Nuts ana cream. & The food con- con-
.alns the elements nature demand.
from which to make the soft rr.v
nlling IN the nerve centers ana hra;n
= Weii-fed brain and strong. sturdv.
body. ns'1lenI
Look IN pkgs. for the famous 1itt,a,
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-07-07

KTR. @. B. FIZER, Mt. Sterling, Ky,
N1 writes:
~ have suffered with kidney and
bladder trpuble for ten years past.
"Last March commenced using
pernna and continued for three months.
I have not used it since, nor have l felt
q pain. .s.+1.m w.,1 and + there.
fore give my highest concentration to
the curative qualities of Peruna."
Pe-ru-na for Kidney Trouble.
Mrs. Geo. H. Simser, Grant, Ontario,
Can, writes
years. i hsd kidney fr0n6Le, and, ID
facf, felt badly nearly all the time.
"This summer / got 50 very bad
thought would try Peruna, SO / wrote
to Won and began at once TO take Peruna
and Manalin. ~
81 took only two bottles Of Perun1
and one Of Manalin, and now feel
better than / have for some time.
Il feel that Peruna and Manalin cured
me and made d different woman of mo
altogether bless the day picked up
thelittle book and read OF your Peruna.'
ifs the business Of the kidneys to
remove from the blood al poisonous
materials. They must be active all the
time, else the system suffers. There are
times when they need little assistance.
Peruna is exactly this sort Of REM
edy. It has saved many people from
disaster by rendering the kidneys SER
vice at time when they were not able
to bear their own burdens.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-07-07

The fourth who tried his fate Was
Mr.. Fitzgerald. He wasn't very young.
and yet he wanted title. He had
been 70 Cambridge, unattached, when
middle-aged, and eventually got his de-
gree. His history before that epoch was
yelled in mystery. The only clue to
his past was his apparent familiar s:-
quaintance with royalty. The touch OF
mystery and his intimacy with the
royal family made him interesting.
But could see that uncle thought
him rather doubtful. I wish he had
told us candtdly what he had been.
l expect he had done something like
winding up the royal clocks Though,
II that was the case, why need he have
been ashamed OF such good work can
not understand.
l think Mr.. Fitzgerald would have
suited us in many ways, but uncle
didn't feel sure OF him. so he was dis
missed, though with less summarizes
than uncle dismissed his other unsuc-
cessful candidates.
After Mr.. Fitzgerald there was only
one other possible curate, a Mr.. Mer-
ton, left. & &
When Nebuchadnezzar, with George
and me, set out to meet Mr.. Merton. he
said. as plainly as any horse could say:
Now, mind, much more of this unnec-
essary curate conveying and shall
strike, and fell into his most irritating
and uncomfortable jog-trot forthwith,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-07-07
OLD GOVERNMENT CLERKS
Few r Any Arr Turned OF by
Heads Of Departments 10
cause 81 Age.

Much Of the thought that used to be
given to consideration Of what to do
with our boys" has been transferred
to the problem of the old men. What
is to be done with a man after he
reaches the age Of 20 years? asks
Youths Companion.
In the stone age, and among saw
ages in more recsnt times, the ques-
ton was answered by disposing pf him
in mode which was the reverse of
sympathetic and humane. We fcannot
revert to that system. Indeed, the dit
ficulty to-day is, in the opinion qf many
persons, that we are too sympathetic.
Take the case of the clerks ini the de-
partments at Washington. Tho law d.
reefs the secretaries to discharge them
when they become incapacitated, but
the law is not obeyed. So kindly dis
posed are people in these latter days
that few II any old men are turned of.
As 4 congressman said recently, in dis
cussing the condition: Under the OPP
GRAFTON of the civil service regulation,
with its wide-open door at the entrance
there is no other outlet, except resig-
nation, than a door wide. enough to
let coffin through"
Under the old spoils system, when.
ever there was a change Of admins
tration the president was accustomed
to turn the rascals out" There was
general removal Of officers, and the
newcomers made q pretty sclean sweep
Of clerks. Now, although We are told
that the government service ought not
to suffer by being made an asylum for
those who are no longer able to do all
that is reasonably required of them,
the old men stay, and every one re.
grets that II seem e1pedient even to
consider what shall be done with them.
How to promote government eff
cheney without working hardship and
doing violence to every kindly human
sentiment is the proble4 with which
congress is now struggling. All sorts
Of remedies have been suggested, such
as summary dismissal at the age Of
20, a pension system. ami progressive
reduction in salary, beginning at IS
and growing less as the usefulness of
the clerk diminishes NJ one has seri-
ously urged going bacH to the spoils
system.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-07-07
GIVE THE BOY 4 ROOM.
Iet the Bow Have Retreat Of His z
Own which Hs May Arrange 20
Suit Hin Own Tastes.

Yon say It il too expensive to give
each boy a room for his hobbies ano
belongings, but after all 1t will no.
cost as much as the Turkish rugs anu
costly furnituye you are thinking o.
buying for the parlor this spring. Do
you owe most to your neighbors, OF %
your own bright, noisy boys.
We wish that every boy mlgnt nav
room Of his own, and be response sle
for Its care. The floor should Do o.
hardwood and uHcarpeted. the furna'
ture solid and substantial. Let the
boy have It decorated according to ms
own fancy. It will be interesting 70
watch the growth Of his artictic IDEAS
There should be bookcase, or desk
big solid table In the middle OF the
room, with plenty Of space for Sanis
printing press or Roberts box OF tools
or checkers and chessboards and other
harmless games. The boys should oe
allowed to invite their friends to come
to this room, and now and then treat
may be provided for them.
No doubt some one will ask what Is
the use of spelling boys in this way
or of furnishing them with company
and games.
Simply because they will have the
amusement, the games and the COM
pany somewhere; and where Is more
suitable place than under the parental
roof? No money can be wasted which
is spent in developing a boys charac'
ter or which makes his home and lam
lily more dear to him.
Can you expect your boy to be char
table when you do not hesitate to talk
before him of your neighbor?
Can you expect your boy to be free
from envy when, in q fault finding
way you compare your circumstances
with those Of your richer neighbour
Can you expect your boy to tell the
truth, when to save little trouble you
tell a fa1sehood!
Can you expect your boy to be re-
spectful to you when he hears you
laugh at another's peculiarities?
Can, you expect your boys religion
to be one to live BY when he can see
that 1t has no part In your daily lie?
Boys brought up In loving home,
where. they feel that they are impor.
tant members Of the family, seldom
have bad habits.-Prairie Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-07-07

to emphasize his intention. When he
saw Mr.. Merton-who had described
himself as cheerful and homeiy look.
ing"-he simply turned up his nose
shifted and refused to move when
starting time came.
Only those who have had similar bit.
ter experiences will believe me when
say that move he would not till George
ran In front of him with handful OF
oats 1--WE always carry a nosebag for
him) for the first two miles of our
journey.
I shall never forget that afternoon.
Mr.. Merton, shiny, fat and beaming;
l jerking the reins and calling at Neb-
uchadnezzar till was hoarse; George,
furious, running in front of our sulky
horse with the handful Of oats.
At the end of the first, two miles
Nebuchadnezzar managed to seize the
oats and devour them. Then he al
lowed George to get into the drivers
seat, Mr.. Merton getting up behind,
took the bit between his teeth and
raced home. Mr. Merton hung, like
grim death, on our knifeboard of Q
back seat.
Well. somehow, MI. Merton didn't do
either, though he wanted to be-
come our curate and said he should
have enjoyed the quaint life.
QUAINT" was his own word, and I
know he meant 1t naively, and not
rudely. -=-.=.
But uncle was getting impatient, and
Impotence only made him more criti-
cal and not less easy to please.
AS soon as Mr.. Merton had been dis
missed, uncle informed us that he was
advertising again. It was q very Diff
ferent advertisement this time, how
ever: Wanted, curate. for a quiet
country parish. Age immaterial, but
must be earnest and gentleman. In
terview In London"
There were not SO many replies. but
uncle said they were more to the
point" We were not allowed TO see
them, and, of course, there was none Of
the fun of the curates coming down for
the night. Instead, Uncle Bertram in
terviewed them at the waiting room
In the railway station, allowing half IN
hour for six interviews.
But he always came home afterwards
downcast and alone.
Uncle Bertram 10 still without q
curates
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-07-07
WHITE HOUSE RAT HUNT.
Work Of Ferrets in the Subterranean
Passages Unsatisfactory
= to Maids. II

There WAS rat hunt at the White
House one night lately. Three ferrets
owned by professional rat catcher
spent several hours shopping around
IN the subterranean passages OF the
ancient mansions basement, and when
the quest was over brought out si1
med1um-sized rodents, which were
given to Jack and Slippers. Jack Is
the little black and tan dog that
chums with Archie and Quentin when.
eve- they are about, and Slippers Is
the six-toed cat which for the last
three years has been one of the most
Important features Of the White House
200"
The rat hunt, says the New Yorl
Tribune, was not voted success. Ac
cording to accounts Of timorous maids
and superstitious cooks there are al
least 10000 rats in the White House
basement. They are said to be OF. all
colors and Sizes. A number Of grand
father and great-grandfather rats
down there are, the maids say, very
nearly as large as Algonquin, the
calico pony which Quentin rides and
as they have apparently attended diff
ferent musical schools their squeaking
at times becomes nearly unbearable.
Finally Steward Henry Pinckney de-
cided that desperate remedy was
needed, so sent for man who adver.
tises his ability to''clean out" objec-
tionable boarders.
The expert came up to inspect the
premises, looked wise, and said he
would bring his ferrets on Friday
night and settle the rat question. He
probably did his best, and SO did the
little ferrets, but It appears that they
failed to reckon with the preternatural
wisdom of the White House rats.
These old gray residents have not
been living in the historic mansion all
these years for nothing. The wisdom
emanating from the heads of succeed.
ing administrations perhaps soaked
through the walls and was imbibed by
the rats. The strategetical shrewd-
ness of great military commanders evil
IDENTIFY became theirs, for they COM
structed numerous secret tunnels, and
hidden entrances and exits for just
the kind Of an assault that was made
on their quarters the other night. Be.
fore beginning his raid upon the rats
the ferret man closed up all the Wis.
ible holes but two-the one by which
the sharp-nosed little szrat catchers
were to enter and the one which the
rats were supposed to make for when
the pursuit grew hot. But the calcula-
ton left out the secret entrances and
exits, and SO nearly all the big rats
got away.
But there was great deal Of excite.
ment ON tap while the hunt lasted.