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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19
A PEN PICTURE AT NEW YORK.
Operator at Oakland Describes Dis
 aster Across the Bay.

Operator at Oakland Describes Dis-
 aster Across the Bay.
 NEW YORK. April l9.-With a tele- graph instrument in the New York of flee of the Western Union company connected directly with another instru- ment fin oakland, Cal, whose operator sat looking across the hsrbor at San Francisco. a vivid description of the appearance of the California metropo- lis. burning rapidly and with it's build ings now and then tossed into the air by dynamite charges, was received by the operator in New York. The tele- graph instrument operated by the New York man frequently vibrated from the earthquake shocks which were at that moment occurring on the other side of the continent.
 ''The roar of dynamite from the oth- CT side of the harbor is almost deafen- ing at times ticked the oakland op- orator. They are attempting to blast out pathways in the city blocks wher- ever the fire threatens In order to cheek its spread. ssn Francisco is at times enveloped in smoke. and when it lifts we can see the flames of burning buildings and occasionally the timbers flying from a dynamite explosion. AL most all activity except inst of dyna- hitting appears to have ceased. The ferryboats have entirely stopped run ming between Oakland and san Fran cisco. and no one is allowed to enter the burning city. Whoever attempts it Is kept back by troops"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19
CRAZY FOR NEWS.
Riot at the Los Angeles Telegraph
 Omce.

Riot at the Los Angeles Telegraph
 once.
 LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 19.-No private messages were sent over the one wire open to San Francisco part of the day on the Postal Telegraph lines. Before the offices of the com pany an excited crowd of men and wo- men surgsd back and forth, all implor- ing the officials to send a message for them to San Francisco and to bring back some word from relatives In peril there.
 Manager Lewis said that there was only one wire in operation and that he had received imperative orders that 1t was to be used solely for company purposes, press dispatches and general news. When he made this announce ment to the clamoring crowd silence fell for moment. then groan went up from the petitioners.
 Men who have large dealings with the company tried to use their infu- ence, implored and threatened, but Manager Lewis shook his head. Mad dened men fought their way toward him with handfuls of money, offering 1t all just for the sending of one word and one in reply that they might know whether one person was still a,.vo.
 Mfr. Lewis compressed his twitching lips and waved the money away. wo- men cried and sobbed. imploring him to send some word for them. One old gray haired woman crouched voiceless at his feet, her lips moving in silent appeal. Manager Lewis gritted his teeth and shook bis head.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19

Ire. and eighty people are believed tc be buried in the flaming ruins.
 At Eighteenth and Valencia streets there is erevice in the street six feet l wide, and entire sidewalks are torn up. Tho street car tracks arc badly twisted all through the southern sec ton of the city, and traf3c Is at a standstill.
 The Episcopal church, on Eleventh street, is badly damaged, and at the Studebaker Carriage factory, on Tenth and Market streets, the top story caved in, badly wrecking the entire building. Four thieves have been shot by sol diers for footing.
 The latest reports show that the en- tire district surrounded by Vallejo, Howard East and Sansome streets, embracing practically the entire whole sale portion of the city. has been swept clean by the fire; also the district bounded by Market Eighth and Fol som streets has been devastated. In the latter districts are included most of the city's finest and most substan- tial buildings.
 According to dispatch just received by the Western Union, the whole city of San Francisco is about gone, espe- ciaIly that portion south of Market street.
 The latest reports say that the San Francisco situation is desperate. Fire is still raging furiously in all quarters of the city. The loss is now estimated at more than S2OO, 100000.
 At Napa many buildings were shat tered, and the loss will amount to S3OO,0OO
 Supervisor Fred Horner of Oakland, who has returned from San Jose in his automobile, states that the Agnews asylum, near that city, is total wreck; that many of the inmates were killed and that the remainder are run ming around loose, terrorizing the com munity.
 The superintendent of the institu- ton and his wife were both killed. Many buildings have been demolished. Much loss of life is feared.
 Two terrible earthquakes have oc- cured at Salinas, Cal: loss, $1, ,000. 900.
 Reports from cities near here show that the destruction was general. San. ta Rosa, sixty miles north, is in flames, and the damage is over s1, 100000. The loss of life is not known.
 At Vallejo the damage was slight in comparison with that suffered in other cities. The loss will be about S10,0O0.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19
THE CHAPTERS
tcopydsA,. ..a.. by rA. sess..n.rrill Company,
FRAN cIs LYN DE

It WAS three weeks and more after Gov. Marston's call summoning the assembly for an investigative session. Kent had fought his way triumphant ly through the special election to a seat in the house. aided and abetted manfully by Ormsby. Hildreth and the entire Trans Western influence and vote. And now men were beginning to say that without the tireless blows of the keen-witted, sharp-toHgued young corporation lawyer, the junto might still have reasserted itself
 But the. house committee, of which Kent was the youngest member and the chairman, had proved incorrupti- ble, and the day of the Gaston wolf pack was lover. Hendricks resigned, to escape worse thing; Meigs came over to the majority with show of heartiness that made Kent doubly watchful of him; heads fell to the right and left, until at the last there was left only one member of the orig inal cabal to reckon with; the judi cial tool of the capitol ring.
 Kent had hesitated when MacFar- lanes name came up; and the, judge never knew that he owed his escape from the inquisitorial house commit tee, and his permission to resign on the plea of broken health, to a young woman whom he had never seen.
 It was Elinor Brentwood who was his intercessor; and the occasion was the last day of the third week of the extra session-a Saturday afternoon and a legislative recess when Kent had borrowed Ormsby's auto-car, and had driven Elinor and Penelope out to Pentland place to look at house he was thinking of buying. For with means to indulge 1t, Rents Gaston- bred mania for plunging in real estate had returned upon him with all the acuteness of half-satisfied passion.
 They had gone all over the house and grounds with the caretaker, and when there was nothing more to see, Penelope had prevailed on the woman to open the venetians in the music room. There was a grand piano in the place of honor, presided over by a mechanical piano-player; and Pene- lope went into ecstasies of mockery.
 "Wait till I can find the music scrolls, and I'll hypnotize you." she said gleefully; and Kent and Elinor beat a hasty retreat to the wide en- trance hall.
 q don't quite understand it," was Elinor's comment, when they had put distance between themselves and Pen- elope's joyous grinding-out of Wag- ner scroll. Tt looks as if the owners had just walked out at moments notice"
 ''They did,' said Kent. "They went to Europe, believe. And by the way; I think I have a souvenir here somewhere. Will you go up to the first landing of the stair and point your finger at that window?"
 She did it, wondering; and when he had the line of direction he knelt in the cushioned window-seat and began to probe with the blade of his pen- knife in a small round hole in the woodwork.
 What is it?" she asked, coming down to stand beside him.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19
Pnni.hment for Trivial oaence..

The kaiser takes a close interest iA the spiritual welfare of his soldiers, and by his order army chaplains have to deliver periodical lectures in the evening for the benefit of the German Tommies. Attendance is not compul- sory, and as rule is rather thin. Recently. however. one reverend gen. tleman found himself suddenly popu- lar. Time after time the room was full. and his heart overfiowed with joy at the impression he was making on such unpromising material. In an un- lucky moment he said as much to ons of the officers. ''Rubbish," the brute replied. "the colonel has merely dis- covered that your sermons are an ex- cellent punishment for trivial of- lenses" And the good padre was sorry be spoke.-The Tatler.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19

This" He had cut cut a fattened bullet and was holding 1t up for her to see. Tt was meant for me. and I've always had an idea that heard it strike the woodwork
 Flor you? Were you ever here when the house was oecupied7"
 Yes, once: it is the Senator Duvall place. This is the window where I broke in"
 She nodded intelligence.
 T know now why you are going 10 buy it The senator is another of those whom you haven't forgiven"
 His langh vas a ready denial.
 T have nothing against DuvslL He vas one of Bucks dupes. and he is paying the price The property is to be sold al a forced sale. and 1t Is . good investment
 Is that all it means to you, It is too fre to be hawked about as q thing tO rsks money with It's q splendid- ly hsal hOns-lesviag out that thing that Penelope is quzrrsling sith-- And she made a fsinf of stopping her eer
 Hs la1ehed again
 prnshg says o8Eht to bay Et, ars EzrTv and settle dorn-
 shs took him ssrsoaslv.
 ToI to1r need it Miss Van B-oek has vsry toTrly h0ns of her ozu.- she said soheriv.
 r vas st kss to7zns-s e-s to tel tt. vozzn hz IOred hoE the wc-zn hs eid not iots had rsf1ssd hia. ba- he szUsf fzrtif ca she h-fnk s-t ssSss
 Nzy Nizs Vas B7UE~
 EeaHe she k vizSi<tfre. toe. s-E--
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19
Dark Continent Magic.

Here Is tale of twentieth century magic on the dark continent Says q South African correspondent: "A re- markabIe story has reached Durban from Mandeston concerning the fnd- ing of a purse by alleged magic means. A European lost q purss con- tsining coin. and q native was ac- eused of its theft The owner applied to a certain old woman to whom are aseribed supernatural powers. and rs- oeived a reply to look under such and such a tree. and he would find the purse Search vas made under the tree indicated. and thers vas the uurxss ]
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19
Earthquake Devastates tic
 Golden Gate City.
IS PRACTICALLY DESTROYED
Flames Following Shocks Spread
 Far and Wide.
ONE THOUSAND LOST THEIR LIVES

San Francisco, a Prey to Destroying
 Fires. Under Military Law and
 Edihces, Private and Public, Are
 Gone-Ctties of Oakland, San Jose,
 Sacramento, Berkeley and Alameda
 Share Calamity, Which Came at
 Early Morning-Loss of Life Is Ap-
 Hallins-Many Crushed by Falling
 Buildings-Fires still Burn-Pacific
 Squadron Reported Lost.
 OAKLAND, Cal, April 19. = San Francisco, devastated by an earth quake and swept by flames, is now un- der military rule and completely cut eR by telegraph from the east.
 Ee3th4uake and fire have caused the greatest calamity California has ever known. h San Francisco it is estimated tsat . tnousand persons have perished, wAiie - many more are suffering from injuries. The entire business portion of the city is in ruins, and the flames, which, owing to the lack. of water through the breaking of the water sys- tom maine, cannot be checked except by the blowing up with dynamite of buildings in thetr path. are still sweep ing through the city.
 A late special dispatch says that the Pacific squadron, which was at anchor h San Francisco bay, was sunk by the earthquake.
 The earthquake shook the city from in lowest foundation to the top of its taalest building and within two min utes had turned the City of the Golden Gate into a panic stricken scene of death and ruin.
 Fire, breaking out in hundred diff ferent places at once, took up the work of destruction where the earthquake ceased.
 All that remains of more than 200 blocks, or eight square miles, of busi- ness and handsome residential blocks are smoking ruins, under which hun dreds of people, it is feared, are bur jed
 At intervals the earth still trembles. The sky is crimsoned by the great con- fagration, which rages without cessa- ton.
 Deprived of water even to drink and power, the city sits in the flare of her death pyre, waiting helplessly for the end
 The fire is spreading in all directions In the business and residence quarters. While a building was being blown up with dynamite a premature explosion killed fifteen men. The Terminal hotel, at the water front, fell and buried twenty persons under the debris. They were incinerated. and there is no pos sibility of learning their identity.
 The mint is ablaze, and from outside indications it will be impossible to save 1t. The fire surrounds it on every hand.
 The country suffers great loss in
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19
Isl.n6ers Leaving.

Owing to the emigration of 1.oco persons during the past three months from s. Pierre and Niquelon-islands immediately south of Newfoundland. out Of . total popuIstion of sJsos. the Frsnch authorities are beginning ts fear that the colony Is threatened vith eztine-koo- The rush of emigration is likeiJ to oontinus- The poorer frhss- it.nrs advoczfe the transfer of s-i Pierre hy Frsnee to Nsrfcundlart
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19
Contact

sAs poet and literary man. ssid the grssping publisher with snthusi- ssu. -I-l put you against the world
 That isn't necessary" muttersd the struggling sut5or. -Tm up against it already. good and hard --Chiczx9 Tri5g-e
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19

But am not vindictive."
 Yes, you are. Do you know any- thing about Judge MacFarlane's fam- fly affairs?"
 "A little. He has three daughters; one of them rather unhappily married. believe"
 Have you considered the cost to these three women if you make their fathers name byword in the city, where they were born?"
 He should have considered it." was the unmoved reply.
 'David!" she said; and he looked up quickly.
 You want me. to let him resign? It would be compounding felony, He is judge. and he was bribed."
 She sat down beside him in the cushioned window seat and began to plead with him.
 You must let him go," she insisted. j. Tt is entirely in your hands as chair man of the house committed; the gov-. ernor, himself, told me so. I know all you say about him Is true; but he is old and wretched. with only little while to live. at best"
 There was a curious little smile curl ing his lip when he answered her.
 "He has chosen a good advocate. It: is quite like man of his stamp to try to reach me through you"
 'David!" she said again. Then: "T really shouldn't know him if were to see him."
 Then why" he began; but therel was love-light in the blue-gray eyes to set his heart afre. You are doing this for mel" he said, trembling on the verge of things unutterable. !
 Yes. You don't know how it hurts, me to see you growing hard and merci-,, less as you climb higher and higher in the path you have marked out for yourself"
 "The path you have marked out for me," he corrected. Do you remem- Der our little talk over the embers of the fire in your sitting-room at home?i I knew then that had lost the love I might have won; but the desire to be, the kind of leader you were describing was born in me at that moment Il haven't always been true to the ideal. I couldn't, be. lacking the right to wear your colors on my heart" !
 Don't" she said. T haven't been true to my ideals. I-I sold them, David!"
 She was in his arms when she said it, and the bachelor maid was quite lost in the woman.
 'I'll never believe that" he said loy-. ally. But if you did, we'll buy them back-together."
 Penelope was good to them. It was full half-hour before she professedl herself satisfied with the mechanical piano-toy; and when she was through, she helped the woman caretaker to shut the venetians with clangings that would have warned the most ob- livious pair of lovers.
 And afterward, when they were free of the house, she ran ahead to the waiting auto-car, leaving Kent and Elinor to follow at snail's pace down the leaf-covered walk to the gate. There was a cedar hedge to mark the sidewalk boundary. and while it still screened them Kent bent quickly to the upturned face of hap piness.
 "0ne more" he pleaded: and when he had it: Do you know now. dearest, why brought you here to-day?"
 She nodded joyously.
 Tt is the sweetest old place. Ana. David. dear; we'll bring our ideals all of them: and 1t shall be your haven when the storms beat"
 THE END.l
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-19

A portion or the Mission. several miles from the business section of the city. was destroyed
 The newspapers. having had their power cut off, have combined and will issue one paper for all from the office of the Chronicle, which hes its own power plant
 There vss a great rush at the banks by depositors. who wanted to draw out their deposits. but the banks de- cided to keep their doors closed By order of the chief Of police all the ss- looms have been closed
 In Oakland Eve persons were killed by rhe collapse of the Empire building
 The fire began at Twsntysecond street and rapidly moved eastward
 The Gore blsck. at the junction of Market and Pine streets. is probably total Ioss.
 The Santa Fs rou1dh0use and ns- chine shops at Point Richmoud. across the bay. have collapsed
 The vsIencia hotel. between Seven teenth sad Eishtesafh streets. on Val snasa street. c i've story frame build ing. toppIed over iBts the street bury ing ssventy-s-e persons in the debris. ozly t1s fFst story re1sir1s intact Many hundreds g1fo15setly Ioet theIr lives in . manner similar se tais
 A hozss c1 Fez-cezrk street. rear vsIe1css. vss wrecked kiIH1e two people
 Many cf the frsho1ses are dsnszed e bzzIy thst it is fnr1ssssse to gst the fire sBpsratu oz-
 A lo1eng hssse o1 Ss-s1th street brweez Ho-sr5 s7d Nisss11- k7g-1 e tts Kszg.ssy. collapsed It s os
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
Barbecue and Picnic at Selma
. July 4th.

The Redmen and Woodmen OF the
World, OF Selma, will celebrate the
4th of July with a barbecue and pic
mic. Public speaking, base ball,
dancing on platform with music FUR
nished by Shreveport string band,
etc, will he among the good things
on that day. Plenty OF cold drinks
and refreshments of all KINDS. Every
body cordially invited. Ladies' espe-
cialiy asked 10 attend with their
baskets well filed.
Base ball game will begin at 9:3o
q. m.
Public speaking ut IL n. m.
Dinner at p. nj.
Dancing will begin at 2 p. M, last,
ing until 6 O'Clock, when recess Oh
one hour will he given. continuing
from 7 O'Clock IA long as necessary.
Appointed committees will take
charge OF the entire program.
n. l.. FULLERTON.
W. j. MASSEY.
l.. p. NORTHERN,
Committee. Up. f. Roam,
| d. o. DAIGRE.
T. PALMER,
|. ROY.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
Master Brock Killed by Train
Mt Pollock.

The.little boy spoken OF In Satur-
day's issue of Town Talk as being
run over and killed at Pollock by a
freight train, was the seven-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. X. L. Brock, Oh
Pollock. The little fellow, in CON-
pany with three other small boys
boarded the freight train at Pollock
to ride to Antonio, a station iour
miles north. When nearing the sta
ton. Brock. seeing pile OF cinders
on the side OF the track, and thinking
them to be solid. the little fellow
jumped from the train. When ne
landed on the cinders, they caved and
threw him backwards under the
train. The little fellows head was
severed from the body, and his BODY
cut In twain at the waist, one leg
and one arm cut of, and he was
otherwise badly mangled. The re-
mains were taken from AntOnia &c
Pollock by vehicle, where they were
inferred Saturday morning.-Towr
| Talk
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
Committee.
Revival Services.

Rev. ]. A. Parker will begin a Sc
ries of revival services in the Colfax
Methodist church next Wednesday
night, July 4th, which will continue
for an indefinite period. Rev. }. w.
Rooth of the West Alexandria
church. will have charge OF the servi-
ses for the first Ave days. when Rev.
N. f. Joyner, of Third street church.
Alexandria, will take charge ana con-
duct the revival to its close. These
ministers are all able and devout
men, and all who attend these servi'
ccs are assured they will hear some
thing of interest and benefit to theiI
religious welfare, and 1t Ii earnestly
hoped that good congregations VII
he on hand at all Of the services.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
Fine Summer Business.

Mr.. J. W. Duncan, president oil the
]. w. Duncan Co., Ltd, informs US
that his company has,ione Il fine bus-
mess this summer, and as n result
their stock has dwindled down con-
siderably. They still have a large
stock. however. and are now prepar-
ed to give IA good bargains to their
customers as before. While the store
Is not so crowded with merchandise
Mr.. B. G.. Woodruff. one oil the urn
members. is painting the interior o'
the building. and when their beauti
fpl line of fall and winter goods II
received 1t will make Il pretty sigai'
to behold. as MIR. Woodruff is some
thing of an artist i'm displaying mer
chandise with pleasing effect.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30

We are sorry to learn OF the death
of Mr.. Ed. Railey. aged about a
wears. which occurred at his home
near Futrell at Z O'Clock Tuesday even
ing. June &c, 1906. Mr.. Railey had
been a sufferer from rheumatism for
q number Of vaar. s..lrc bad r.e@es a
long time, and his death was not IN
expected by his loved ones. his
children are Mrs. u. u. Pugh. Mrs
lobe White, Mrs. Geo. Futrell. Mrs
Nav Smith, and Mr.. Chas. Railey, Il
whom the Chronicle extends III
sympathy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-06-30
Notice to School Teachers.

Colfax, La. June IA, 1906.
To the Teachers of Grant:
You are hereby notified TO close
vour schools on June 18th, 1906. Tor
four weeks, that you may nave an
opportunity to attend one OF the
Simmer NOrmals to be held In the
State commencing June Is and con-
t.nuing until July Ii, 1905.
Those of you who lack a week or
SO having completed your session 8
work will he permitted to finish your
school before dismissing. and those
of Won who wish to attend the echool
to open In the city of Baton Rouge
on July ID wiz be permitted 10 teach
nntff lima %, at which time Won
must close your school and attend
said schoo. in Baton Rouge Tor ioul
weeks. ,
hope that none OF our teachers
will miss this opportunity oil PROBES
sjonal information IA the State II
amending thousands Of dollars tram
ing the teachers, and furthermor'
preference will he given those wh'
attend the summer nssrmnIs.
J.. n. WARNER.
Parish superintendent.