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avail. The heat was 80 Intense that tho
ruins Of buildings were isnitcd By
spontaneous combustion.
The branch United States mint on
Fifth street, near Market. was not de.
siroyed. but was damaged TO u consi%
era lie extent. It's escape Is due tolfr
fact that II occupied a large sSfhre
separated from surrounding buildings
BY n wide paved space. Two blocks
west Of the mint stood the splendid
new poa,ofiice building. finished nbo'v.
six months ago and erected at cost
OF 81 .OOO. 600. for actual construction.
Il In one Of the most beautiful build
Ingx In the United States. said TO haso
been equailed In architectural excel'
lencc only By the new Congressional "
brary ut Washington. II was nos
greatly Injured.
Down In the older business section
were many old landmarks. hut they ex'
list no longer The Occidental hotel on
Montgomery street. for years the head
quarters for army offlccrs visiting snn
Francisco: the old Lick house. buiit
by the philanihroplst. James Lick: the
old Russ house. also on Montgomery
street: the Nevada National Bank
block. the Haywards building at Cali
fornia and Montgomery. modern
structure OF ten stories: then To the
eastward the splendid example Of ihr
severe Gothic style. the California Ne
tionni Bank: the First National Bank
the First Canadian Bank OF Commerce.
the London and San Francisco on Cal.
ifornia. the London. Paris and Amcri'
eau bank. the Bank Of British North
America on Sansomc street. tho large
German American Savings Bank. also
on California-thcsc are few OF tho
notable buildings destroyed In that dis
tricf.
Al the junction Of Kcarncy. Markcs
and Gcary streets stood the three grca.
newspaper buildings of San Francisco
the Call. the most conspicuous siruc.
turc In all the city. seventeen stories
high: across tho street the Hearst .
building. the home OF the Examiner
and to the north OF this. on the oDlfo.
site side OF Market street. the Chron.
iclc. n modern ten.siory newspaper and
once building. with the sixtccn.story
annex under course OF construction.
All were destroyed.
Two blocks north on Kcarncy street
were the Bulletin and Post buildings.
These also are gone.
Among the mammoth department
stores destroyed are the Emporium.
Halc's and Pragcr's on Market: on
kcnrncy street. the White House.
O'Connor and Moffat's. Newman and
Lcvinson. Roos Bros, Raphncl's. the
Hub. and many other lesser establish.
ments: on Geary street are the Davis.
the City Of Paris: Samucls on Post
street: Vel Strauss on Sansomc street:
Wallace, Nathan. Dohrman & Co., ana
Bullock & James.
The Emporium was the largest and
handsomcst store Of It's kind west Of
Chicago.
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from President

from President Roosevelt down. are do
tcrmincd to do him honor. II was first
thought that u dinner should be given
In his honor. but since then T. has
been decided that tho affair shall take
the form OF splendid reception and n
thousand or more guests will be In
vitcd to shake the veterans hand and
attest their respect and affection for
him. T...s function will partakc to
some degree of the character of n 20
tain OF his friends ARE determined to
put him In the field for the presidential
nomination In 1905.
Among the public men who do not
believe that MIR. Cannon Is too old to
be nominated for president is Prcsi-
den, Roosevelt himself. The latter re-
cards the veteran Illinois statesman NJ
so vigorous In mind and body as 10
silence any criticism of his age. The
speaker takes all this talk OF his can
didacy In good part and does not allow
himself TO be led away or influenced
one whit by the complimentary things
said OF him. He said the other day
that his great ambition was again to
be speaker OF the house and then ro-
tire in favor of some one else. He con-
sidcrs the place he holds as second
only In honor and power to that OF the
presidency.
Speaker Cannon says that he has q
great desire to get through with tho
work OF congress and get out home
among the Danville folk. He is n great
lover OF the country and of country
fare. He wants to get out and see the
crops grow. especially the corn. He
holds the record In Washington as an
eater OF roasting ears. During their
season they are one of the staple ar
ticles OF food upon Mr.. Cannon's din
ner table. Some OF his facetious
friends have suggested that II would
be cheaper for him to live in n livery
stable, as he is 30 fond OF corn.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27
rxpcwr,,lnc Records.

Tho old question whether there Is
any absolute limit OF human PERFORM
ancc in any particular line Is par,ica-
lnrly appropriate to the question Of
typewritins records. A young wom-
IN OF Springfield has recently made
record Of writing 2.3tt mcmorixcd
words from Henry Ward Bccchcr's
Liverpool speech In 30 minutes. thus
beating record OF 200? words In
half hour made by n man no longer
ago than las, November. This jump
from 60 to a words n minute. says
tho New York Post. is n feat proper
tionatcly us rcmarkabie-to use tho
nearest sporting equivalcnt-as clip
ping of full second from the rec.
ord In the hundrcd-yard dash. II Is
bringing the fastest typewriting pret.
ty close to the average requirements
Of shorthand. Psychologists tell US
Of tho astonishingly stimulating Of.
feet on persons doing work involving
rapidity or dextcrity Of tho knowledge
Of what others have accomplished in
the same lines. Once q certain feat
Is done or certain record IL made.
dozens arc able to do the same thing.
Will tho typist ever become expert
enough to do verbatim reporting with.
out the use Of shorthand notes?
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27

ability displayed on the floor Of the
senate. II Is admitted by old members
OF congress that at NO time within
able men In the upper branch OF con-
gress than at the present time. An
examination OF the records OF congress
and the debates held In the days 10
much talked OF when Benton. Calhoun.
Clay and Webster were great figures
In tho senate. does not show any su-
periority over the profound discussions
that have taken place within the past
few weeks.
Such men as Knox. of PennsyIvanli. ..
Spooner. OF Wisconsin. Rayner. Of
Maryland. Bailey and Culberson. OF
Texas. Fulton. OF Oregon. Foraker. OF
Ohio. Doliiver. of Iowa. and Long. OF
Kansas. have contributed to the debate
on the railway rate question more In
formation. more sound reasoning on
constitutional points than has owe:
been heard In the senate within the
same period OF time. The big LAWYERS
OF the senate are mighty careful what
they say on constitutional point. as
the law which they are trying to con-
struct Will eventually be passed upon
by the supreme court Of the United
States. The latter body In constituting
the law IL In the habit OF studying
closely the debates In congress that
were had while the laws were being
formed. Forthis reason constitutional
experts like Senator'S Knox. Spooner
,r Bailey are very careful to have
their arguments well thought out be-
fore delivering them.
Senators do not care to have their
names associated with law declared
unconstitutional by the supreme court.
They have good deal of pr,d. In
their own knowledge and ability and
they arc anxious To put up to the su-
prcmc court such laws M will stand
tho full test OF cons;itutionality.
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which will be the 4th OF next March.
He now declares that he has not
changed his mind nor altered his
plans. The constant rumors of his
retirement include the probability Of
his entering politics again in Massa-
chusetts and becoming candidate for
the United States senate to succeed
Senator Crane.
Mr.. Moody has been one of the very
hard working members OF the cabinet
and as attorney general he has had an
unusual amount of sig work to attena
to. He has not been in as robust
health as formerly and his close appli-
cation to his duties has worn him
down until he has lost very consider
ably in weight. He is not the stout
rotund figure he was when he entered
the cabinet. His face is thinner and
shows the lines of worry and work.
Before he left the navy department he
met with a severe accident while on
an official visit to the naval academy
at Annapolis. The horses attached to
his carriage ran away and Mr.. Moody
was thrown out of the vehicle and Sc
verely hurt about the head. It has
been noticed that since that accident
he has not been as vigorous as he was
before, either mentally or physically.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27
Rocky Ford Enterprise
ROCKY FORD. COLORADO.
Tho Worlds Wheat.
COLORADO.

Il seems curious thought that tho
supremacy Of western civilization
tho ascendency Of the wheat-eatsrs
over the rice-eaters-may ultimately
depend upon tho discovery OF some
cheap process Of producing nitrates;
but so eminent an authority ~ sir
William Ramsey is sponsor for the
statement. More than hve years ago.
says Youths Companion. Sir william
crookes declared the population Of the
world TO Le Increasing SO rapidly that
In short time the supply OF wheat
would be insufficient. Since then prog
ress has been made In several ex-
periments directed toward Increasing
the worlds harvest OF wheat. Never.
theiess. many scientific men feel that
= wheat famine within few genera
tions is among the possibilities. Ef-
forts toward nverting or postponing
this condition are directed: First. to-
ward increasing the acrease-a process
which is seif.iimited: secondly. toward
increasing the yield per acre by i'm
proving the seed and selectIn. that
which Is best suited to the locality
where II is to be planted: thirdly. to-
ward increasing the crop by feeding
the plants more generously with nitro
gen through alienation with noduie-
produein. icsuminous planis-a proc
ess developed In the United States do
partmcnt OF agriculture: and. fourth
ly. by the manufacture OF nitratcs. For
years the supply Of nitratcs has come
from Chill. but that source In nearing
exhaustion. The sewage OF cities
would supply enormous quantities II
there could b. found some method OF
saving and applying Il which would
not cndanscr public health. II In cs.
timaicd that $50. .ooo. .ooo worth Of fer
tiiixer goes annually to waste In this
way In England alone. The artificial
manufacture. or rather the nxntion. OF
nitrogen looks TO the air ns the great
source OF supply. Hut tho processes
now In use are complicated and expcn.
sivc. Many patents have been issued.
One OF the latest plants is that ut
Svnci.foss. Norway. In which water
Tall OF 10000 horsepower has been
utilized to generate electricity. by
which nitrogen Is taken from the air
and absorbed by lime. The resulting
calcium nitrate is powerful fcrt!i.
Izcr. In this problem the young chem.
lists and the young electricians Of to.
day have work which will tax the
ablcs and ought to satisfy the most
ambitious.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27

s,rugg.e III make this declaration. as
only u month ago he had announced
that he would stand for reelection,
Mr.. Alker has been In delicate health
for \ number OF years. but by careful
watching and nursing he has been able
to continue In the public service and
perform work calculated to PROSTATE u
much stronger man. lie has suffered n
great deal from weakness of the heart
and this feature OF his physical condi-
tion In what has compelled him to re-
tire from public life.
Senator Alger In his life and achieve
ments presents to the American youth
nm example worthy OF their emula-
tion. He In another OF the scores and
hundreds OF rich and successful Amer
leans who began life ms n poor boy.
Like most public mon he WAS born On
farm and mt the age OF eleven years
lost both his parents. Al that early
nxc he did farm work. and WIS a farm
inborcr for seven years. attending
school In the winter and later teaching
school to secure money to pay for his
education. He studied law and was ad-
mittcd to the bar. but on the brcakin.
out OF the war. ne gave UP hts pIotcs-
sion and entered the army.
Gen. Ai.cr's record In tho civil war
In one OF the most brilliant In the vol
untccr service. lie served almost four
years and participated In &c battles
and skirmishes. He rose from the rank
of captain In the Second Michigan cav
airy to that of brcvct major general Of
tho United States volunteers. During
the Spanish war In relating to some
young officers his experience he said
that while colonel Of the Fifth Michi-
xan cavalry he and his command were
ovcrtakcn ono nisht by a storm and
bivouaccd In nn open 1cld. They went
to sleep and In the morning when he
nwokc he looked out over field Of
white hummocks. snow having fallen
during tho night which covered his
whoic command. while asleep.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27
Extent Of Burnt Area.

San Francisco.-Thc FIRE having ex-
hausted itself with the exception Of
the still flaming embcrs in q t1ou.
sand places here and there throd
the burned district. the Associated
Press. for the purpose Of determining
with accuracy the boundaries of the
confiagration. sent out an automobile
Sunday which skirted the fire cn its
four sides. The register OF this me-
chine at the end OF the trip show
that II had travelled twenty.six mh1s..
which, therefore. may be taken as the
length Of the line along which the
flames travelled. This area included
the financial. commercial and most Of
the densely populated portion OF the
residence district. with all the splen.
did institutions and great mansions
that had grown up with the progress
Of the city.
The extent Of the burned area is
seven square miles
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27
camped Out In Parks.

San Francisco. April 21.-Among the
homeless hundreds now being shel.
tered at Jefferson Square. conditions
are as admirable as they could be un.
der the awful circumstances. The re.
lief committee has supplied every suf.
ferer with food. blankets have been
supplied and many tents are in place.
At Golden Gate Park, where there
are camped probably the greatest mum.
ber Of refugees. conditions to-day aN.
improved. No estimate Of the NUM-
Der Of people in the park can be made
at this time, but canvass is being
made by the military authorities.
In the Central hospital at the Pre-
sidio 700 patients are being cared for
in the wards. Many Of these patients
were removed to the hospital from
public and private hospitals in various
parts Of the city. Several hundred
persons were attended to yesterday
and to-day for contusions, abrasions.
burns and minor injuries.
Seven deaths have occurred at tho
General hospital at the Preside.
In the Children's hospital on Cali.
fornia street number Of severely in.
tured have been treated.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27
Death Of e. q. steleer.

Denver.-Edward G. Stoiber. one OF
Colorado's best known mining men,
died at Paris. France. Saturday. after
a short illness, from typhoid fever. Ed
ward G. Stoiber made princely for
tune in mining in Colorado. He did
not strike 1t rich" but by his metal
lurgical knowledge and perseverance
he developed some prospects into one
of the best paying mines in Colorado.
These were the Silver Lakes mines
and mills situated near Silverton in
San Juan county. About two years
ago he sold the mines to the Guggen-
helm Exploration Company for sum
of cash amounting to not less than
$2,OO0.000. Prior to selling, the mines
had paid him a comfortable fortune.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27

stay in Florida, which he was COM
PEELED to make on account of his
health. He is a years OF age and Is
growing very feeble. He has pulled
through his last illness. but is not able
to stand the strain that ne did even
two years ago. Then there is Senator
German. OF Maryland. for so many
years the acknowledged leader OF the
Democrats. Those who know Mr.. Cor
mans physical condition do not ex-
pect that he will ever be able to take
up active service again in the senate
and they regard It doubtful whether
hs will even appear in the chamber
aoain. Mr.. German is understood to be
suffering from Bright's disease which
may end fatally at any time.
Senator Depew, of New York. has
gone into a retreat and he Is virtually
dead to the world. Even his colleague.
Senator Platt, physical wreck him
self. says that Depew should resign II
he is capable OF writing resignation.
TIE once famous after dinner speaker
and raconteur Is mentally dead. the
dread disease aphasia, having taken
possession of his faculties. Senator
Platt is barely able to shuttle his way
to his seat in the senate chamber. his
legs being almost wholly paralyzed.
Ho is still green ut the top. however.
and as mentally alert as ever.
Senator Mallory, Of Florida. is one
Of the invalids OF the senate and Sem
ators Morgan and Pettus. of Alabama,
have both perceptibly fallen of in
health during the past year. Senator
Frye, OF Maine, is not so vigorous as
he was two years ago and his COL
league. Senator Hale. has suffered two
or three attacks OF illness that have
caused some alarm. There are eight
or ten United States senator's who are
In anything but robust health.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27
SAN FRANCISCO DESTROYED x
BY EARTHQUAKE and FIRE

o'clock when most OF the po
the whole city Of San
Rosa where
Alto where &oooooo damage was
university Salinas where
Redwood
six feet wsson
minor points oakand
comparatively little
instantly es
portion lasting
of life the earthquake and subsequent hs estimated
n suffered serious injuries
let
But
Los Angeles aad later
perhed As
was.
modern
WILL innate that Of Chicago
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27
Drain Upon Forests.

The work Of the forest service in
gathering statistics Of forest products
for the last year has furnished the
basis for provisional statement Of
the wood consumed in the manufac-
ture Of paper pulp. Returns from 15s
firms, controlling 232 pulp mills. give
over 100000 cords as the total
amount Of wood used. The wood used
was divided among the various proc
esses Us follows: Sulphite, 1885. 900
cords; soda, 100000 cords: ground
wood, 1,O6s,0o0 cords. The total pulp
production by all processes by the
firms reporting was 1.993.0oo tons.
According to the census of 1900. the
consumption OF pulpwood was then
1.9S6.310 cords, SO that there has been
an increase Of more than SO per cent.
in the last six years. This demon.
strates, in q striking manner. the
drain upon the forests caused by the
pulp industry.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27
DELAYED kilograms.

Oakland. Cal.-The Oakland offices
of the big telegraph companies are
literally swamped with messages filed
by people of San Francisco to assure
their friends of their safety. There
are more on hand now. than can be
sent in week. To relieve, the strain
as much as possible packages Of mes
sages are being mailed to near by Of
fees to be sent by wire to their des.
t:rptions.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27

A Philadelphia mother sent heart
piercing appeal to the Atlantic City
police, entreating their aid in finding
her missing son. MY boy has never
been away from home before" wrote
tho mother, "and fear he has got
ten into trouble. Please find him and
send him home" Supposing the
boy" was youth about out of knee
breeches, the police began their search.
Their surprise can be imagined when
the missing boy" turned out to be
Ave feet eight inches in height. IT'S
pounds in weight and "a years old.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27
Reception to "unei. Joe"

y the eth OF next
NJ o n I b ~ n c 10
J o e. Cam o n.
speaker OF tho
house OF repre-
s.ntatives will DO
rendered an un-
usual. honor by
men In every
branch Of public
life. That Will DO
tho 10th annivcr.
sary OF his birth
and his friends.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27
Not in Robus. Health.

He announcement
by Senator Aigcr
that he will retire
at tho end of his
term has directed
attention to n
number OF mcm-
bcrs OF the senate
who are also In
bad physical con-
dition. S Q n n { or
Cullom. of I'LL
nois. has Just re-
turned from n long
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27
Attorney General Moody.

TTORNEY G r N 7.
ERAL MOOD Y
keeps denying the
persistent rumors
that he is about
to retire from the
cabinet. He noti-
fed the president
last winter that
he would retain
his portfolio as at
torney general un-
I'll the end OF the
present congress,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27

Senator r ussell
Alexander Alger.
OF Michigan. has
yielded to the In
evitable and an
nounced that he
will not be a can
didate for re-elec-
tion on account Of
the precarious con-
dition OF his
health. II cost the
old war horse n
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27
Able Non In the sennte,

HE United States
senate has done
more in the past
six weeks to REIN
state itself in the
confidence and ad-
miration of the
people than IL had
done in six years
previous. s in C G
the railway rate
question d Q b q t @
came up In the
senate the country
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27

1as been pleased and astonished by
he high grade Of craftsmanship and
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-04-27
Washington LETTER.
GEN. ALoERB ACHIEVEMENT
INSPIRINo TO QUE YOUTH.
CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERTS.
To Boom "Unels Jos" for the Prssi-
dsney - Satisfied A. Speaker and
Looks Forward to Retirement
Splendid Vigor.

9 N ~AsHING TON. -
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UNPLEASANT DEPARTMENT
Sandy Hook Sunday morning.

| Sandy Hook Sunday morning.
HIS body was terribly mapgled. his
right leg being torn away, his left
one badly crushed, his light arm
torn off, his chest crushed in and his
head terribly crushed on the right back
side.
L. & N train No. 40 passing there
at 1920 a IN. Sunday Is supposed to
be IL e train which killed him.
Coroasr Frank Ricketts, on being
notified of the death CT the map. sum
MOI ed jury. who held an inquest
about noon. Toe bnriAl took place in
the sfternoon at TerIy. He leaves
wifi and some smell children. He
was 50 years of age and was employ ed
by tho Mt Pleasant Fertilizer Go.
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BOARD OF
MISSIONS
NJ. {. CHURCH, SOUTH, IN ANNUAL
SESSION IN NASHVILLE.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 26.-The
Board of Missions of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, met IN an
nual session here today. The senior
Bishop, A. w. Wilson, presiding. Rev.
Dinsdale T. Young, fraternal delegate
to the general conference from the
Wesleyan Church in England, was
present, and was Introduced TO the
body. DR.. Y. ]. Allen, for forty years
a missionary to China, and Rev. H. T.
Reed, of the China mission, were also
introduced. Also DR.. and Mrs. 8. H.
wainwright and Rev. c. B. MoseK of
the Japan mission Rev. J. l.. Ken
nedy was present, and introduced as a
of the Brazil mission.
DR.. w. r. Lambuth, senior secretary
of the board of missions presented his
report to the officers of the board.
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DEATHS,

Master Ho ward George, son of Nh.
and Mrs. Brown George, formerly of
this place, but now Of Lawrenceburg,
died last Saturday Of lock-jaw. A
week or ten days since the little fe.
low received painful cut by means
Of a piece of glass, wbieh cn Thursday
resulted in lock- jaw. He was Buried
at the LawIenceLurg cehetery Sunday
Afternoon at about $3.50 O'clock.
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PECULIAR RUNAWAY.

A runaway of somewhat peculiar
interest and of a rather stationary
character took place at Southport yes.
terday, resulting lathe stopping Of one
of the principle industries n that sec
tlon.
The wheel at the old Howell mill at
the big spring which has become ia
nous over much Of the state through
the barbeoues given there, has for u
long time been too powerful for the
old wooden gearing connecting it to
the mill, and has been restrained by a
brake attachment. This became loosen
ed in some fashion, and starting IN
checked in its mad career, stripped
the wooden cogs like paper, totally
dismantling the plant.
The owners, Messrs. II. D. Rhum, of
Mt. Pleasant, and J. B. Soweil, OF
Southport, have decided to install
turbine wheel and new machinery to
meet the growing demand in that sec
ton for the famous meal produced
there.
The Herald is able to state author
itatively, however, that the accident
will not be allowed to interfere with
the barbecues and that the mill race
Is still intact for use as table.