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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-18
BUSINESS SECTION IS GONE
Ships in Harbor filled With Dead and
Dying.

According to information received
today. the Kingston horror is grow
ing. Communication with the island
is partially restored and every mea-
sage that comes brings fresh details
OF the appalling catastrophe.
The number Of dead is placed var
iously at from 500 to 1900, and the
number of injured runs into the thou.
sands. Ten thousand people are said
to be homeless. The danger Of famine
has increased and with 1t stalks the
.specter Of pestilence. There is ur-
gent need of supplies of all kinds and
energetic efforts are being made in
this country and England to send aid.
The business section of the city has
been wiped out and the estimates OF
the damage range from $10,0O0,000 10
ss5 100000.
Among the dead and injured are y
number Of prominent English persons
and also many others, though names
cannot be learned. It Is said many
tourists undoubtedly were crushed BY
FALLING walls in the shipping district.
The American battleships Missouri
and Indiana have reached the scene
and American officers and sailors are
standing BY TO render all assistance
in their power.
A new horror Is added to the situa-
tion by reports that the city seems to
be slowly sinking into the sea. The
contour Of the bottom Of the harbor
has materially changed and two light.
houses at the harbor entrance are said
to have disappe peared.
The ships in the harbor are crowd cd
with injured people and the death list
is being increased daily. Corpses lie
In the streets, or are being thrown
into trenches.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-18

| One man was killed and 10 were in.
jured there.
| 1t is reported that at Annott Bay,
the crater of an extinct valcano is
emitting names and smoke and it is
thought chat the earthquake originated
there. The records Of Jamaica con-
tain no previous mention Of activity
of this volcano.
Appeals have been sent to all sec
tions Of the island, asking for assist
ance. Food stuffs are needed above
all things.
| Business is at a standstill. Some
shops have opened by Cinnamon who
have raised the prices on goods one
thousand per cent. This so angered
the people that the Cinnamon were
driven out and their shops looted.
The hope of famine relief lies in
the banana crop which has not been
injured.
Medical assistance is needed ON ac-
count of the death OF several doctors,
Kingston was threatened with rain
storm this morning, but at the hour
Of sending this dispatch the weather
is clear.
The body of Sir James Ferguson was
found and buried today.
Shipping in the harbor is safe.
There have been a number of other
shocks since the first disastrous one
and the repetitions keep the people in
a state of panic.
Two vessels left here yesterday for
the United States loaded to their full
capacity with tourists and fleeing ma
tives.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-18

! squadrons having exactly the same
number Of heavy guns mounted in one
case On a few large vessels and in
the other ON many small ones.
"Thus a squadron OF 10 small yes
sells, each having broadside fire OF
two heavy guns. or 20 gums In all, must
inevitably be defeated by a squadron
OF two large vessels, each having
broadside fire Of 10 heavy gums, be-
cause the squadron OF small vessels
would be about two miles long and
therefore could not concentrate all
its fire effectively on the two large
vessels; whereas the latter, by the
great concentration OF their heavy
guns, all within range Of half mile
could readily destroy the small YES
sells nearest to them In the line and
in the same manner successfully de-
stroy the remainder.
while the question OF economy
should not be allowed to diminish the
naval force required for national de-
Tense, 1t nevertheless may be stated
incidentally that we can increase our
naval force by q broadside fire of, say,
40 12-inch guns, at considerably less
cost by building ships having broad
side FIRE Of 10 heavy guns each than
by building a greater number of small
er ships. y
For example, four large vessels,
mounting 40 heavy guns, would cost
about $4o,0oo,oo0, whereas 10 small
ships mounting the same total number
Of heavy guns would cost about $7O,-
100000. Moreover, while the large
ship consumes more coal, a small ship
having large number Of small guns
actually requires more men and off,
GERS than q large one having heavy
guns only, and consequently each
small ship costs at least as much to
maintain and to repair
'For example, the complement ar
the Dreadnaught is 800 officers and
men. and while that of the Louisiana
Of 10000 tons, is about $50.
.Thus, for the sum that 1t would
cost us to maintain 10 small ships w.
could maintain squadron Of four
large ones that would be greatly su.
perior in tactical qualities, total effec-
tive fighting quality, ability to fight
the guns in heavy sea, speed, pro-
lection and the inherent ability to
concentrate its gunfire and make q
yearly saving Of more than four mil
lions in the original cost and we would
require fewer men to handle the more
efficient fleet.
'Tt is therefore manifest that adher-
ence by this country to the smaller
types Of low free board ships, witt,
mixed batteries and few heavy guns,
would manifestly place us at a great
disadvantage because we would be
paying more per 12-inch guns OF
broadside fire than our rivals and
these guns would be less effective in
battle.
every respectfully yours,
Theodore Roosevelt"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-18
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS.
People Are Camping in the Open
Misery Prevails.

London, Jan. 17.-Some graphic de-
tails of the Kingston disaster are given
in one of the latest dispatches received
here, dated from Holland bay, January
is. According to this report the whole
city of Kingston seemed to shrivel up
and fell in crushed mass under the
first shock. The streets at the time
were filed with tourists, and accord
ing to this correspondent. the falling
bricks buried them in the debris.
Fire broke out Immediately after
the crash at three separate points.
The fire department station was
wrecked, rendering resistance to the
flames impossible. The fire contin-
ued. unchecked, until Tuesday morn
ing, by which time the whole business
quarter of the city had been wiped
out, the damaged area comprising
about square mile. All the large
warehouses in the lower part of the
city were consumed and not a single
house anywhere remained ,lndamaged.
When this dispatch was filed the bod
les OF many people who had been stay
ing at the Myrtle Bank hotel were still
beneath the wreckage.
A conservative estimate by the po-
lice places the number of killed at 500.
This estimate is likely to be largely
increased when a thorough search is
made Of the wrecked buildings.
The treasury in Harbor street was
standing, but the postofiice and court
house were in ruins. The government
offices were unsafe for occupation: the
government house was badly damaged,
the colonial bank burned out and the
Nova Scotia bank was heap of ruins.
The Roman Catholic cathedral, the
parish church and the Scotch Baptist
and Wesleyan chapels had disappeared
and the theatre was destroyed.
At Port Royal, one of the batteries
sunk and gunner was killed.
The ships in the harbor We're trans
formed into hospitals. The cabins Of
the steamer Port Kingston were full
of dead and dying.
When Captain Young OF the Royal
Mail steamer Arno was killed, First
Oficer McCauley assumed command
OF the vessel. and steamed alongside
the burning Royal Mail wharves and
there fought the fire all night long and
saved the piers. In the meantime the
decks OF the Arno had become covered
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-18
LlcoRlcE COMBINE FINED.

New York, Jan. 17.-The MacAn-
drews & Forbes company Of this city
was fined $4,000 and the J. s. Young
company OF Baltimore $4,000 in the
United States circuit court today for
combining to monopolise the trade in
licorice paste. A stay Of so days was
granted, but motion for a new trial
was denied.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-18

pletely paralyzed and temporarily out
Of business in the west.
I The farmers are suffering more than
anyone else from the climatic condi-
tions, which they say are the worst
for 90 years. In some Of the isolated
points. the bread supply has been ex-
hausted and a famine is feared unless
some communication with the outside
world can soon be obtained. I.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-18
WILL HOLD MASS MEETING
Helena People to Meet to discuss
Religious Affairs.
Especial to the Gazette.

Especial to the Gaze'le.)
Helena, Mont. Jan. 17.-Svmday
Jan. "a, mass meeting of the citizens
of Helena will be held in the Auditor.
ium for the purpose OF discussing an
expressing their views upon the pres
ent religious situation in France. A
number Of prominent men have signi
fed their intention to be present and
make addresses on the subject.
A musical program will be rendered
consisting of vocal and instruments
music, in which the beet local talent
will take part
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-18
HOUSE SUMMARY.

Discussion Of District OF columbia
Appropriation Bill Continues.
washington, Jan. 1.-THE house to-
day resumed consideration Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia appropriation bill
under the f1ve-rninute rule adopted
During the day an emergency bill was
passed for the relief OF the sufferers
from the earthquake in Jamaica.
clothing the president with power to
send the supply ship Celtic with sup
plies to the relief OF the stricken in-
habitants Of the island.
After completing 40 pages OF the
district budget, the house adjourned
at 6 p. m.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-18
FLOUR FOR STARVING CHINESE

San Francisco, Jan. 17.-The Pa
cific Mail Steamship company's liner
Coptic sailed today for the orient,
carrying among her freight $4,000
sacks Of -four for the famine sufferers
In China, which is being transported
free Of charge.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-18
LID ON IN FRANCE.

Paris, Jan. 1.-THE French cabine.
has instructed the projects to rigor-
ously enforce the law against gam,
bling. The question OF an exception
for watering places win be decided
later.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-18
MONTANA WEATHER.

Fair Friday; warmer in east and
south portions; Saturday probably
snow, eacspt In southeast portion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-18
MAKING IT IMPRESSIVE.
Korean Students way of Calling Az.
tention 70 Their pestitutlon.

Toxic, Jan. 17.-Twenty-one Ko-
rean students here are destitute, ow-
ing to the cessation OF aid from their
homes. They have sent petition TO
the government at Seoul, with finger
cut OF from q hand OF each student.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-01-18

(CSnesausa On ElsAsaA pasa)
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

in England. Then there is the lake, almost a
mile long, with wooded islands here and there.
On one side of the lake rise the hills, on the other
stretch the fields. The hall itself was built
from designs by Barry, and cost s750,o00 in ths
days when labor and material cost less than ha:f
what they do now. For generations Trentham
Hall has been one Of the show places of England.
To have IT transformed into factory for the
handicapped to work in is like a socialist dream
true.
Trentham Hall is such an immense pile of build
ings that 1t will accommodate small army and
several thousand crippled workers can be en-
ployed now. therefore. instead of q bare three
hundred, as at Hanley. The workshops will be
as the smaller ones were-equpped with the best
tools and machinery OF the highest grade The
crippes all work the regulation hours at their
trade, except for such time is devoted to lect-
ures and instruction. The material is ali sI1n-
piled them. Some work from patterns but the
more gifted execute original designs. The workers
are like one big family, 1t is said though the
working rules and regulations are absolutely busi
nesslike. All the meals supplied the workers
in addition to their pay by pecework and abup-
dant recreation. consisting of games OF reading
aloud by one of the staff, and of music is fur
nished them.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
Life at the Country Club.
IFS Attractions Prove Year "Coonss


time for the dancing that keeps until the early
morning hours Such brilliant gathering as these
four walls witness weekly cannot be equalled save
in Newports gayest season, and excepting the club
at Aiken no others have open house this plan
throughout the year. Cedarhurst has few stanch
constituents that remain for the winter months,
the Rene La Montagnes being the most faithful
adherents the Rockaway Club Westchester
when bleak December comes, loses the Costers. the
Scots the Ernest Lorillards and many others of
the younger married set, but. on the other hand.
Morristown and Bernardsville are gaining rapidly
in the matter of winter members
The Whippany River Hunt Club, which is very
near MorristoWn. is the only known to have
absolutely closed its hosptable doors for cold
weather but as the many members can enjoy the
club at Morristown this is only grain of comfort.
for less distance has to be traversed TO find jol-
lity and fun.
At Ardsley, Essex, Bernardsville and Richmond
County there are good tobagsan slides, and the
first good fall of snow will fni ali who enjoy the
sport out in full force, nuffied UP warmly TO defy
the crisp, icy air Tuxedo has yearly ball in
Christmas week. and for this excitement the cot
tagers fill their homes with town guests, and the
clubhouse, where the decorations are replete with
the sentiment of the holidays. is also crowded to
the greatest capacity. The Kanes. the Breeses the
Kents the Lorillards the Barnewes. the
Careys and many others have the younger set
as their guests for the occasion, and all look for
ward to this dance the best OF the out-of-town
functions
fact that, once acclimatized, brisk walk with
ones own dogs or others borrowed for the sake OF
cornpanionship not only drives away anxious
thoughts but seems to make ones whole vision
clearer for whatever task there is at hand, be 1t
social otherwise.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
Duchess Of Sutherland CrfppIeS.
Hail. Generations Show Place of England 10
Be Turned Int Fact for Unf

People who have read Disraelfs ''Lothair' will
remember his description of Brentham, that splen-
did English place, IAN Italian palace Of freestone,
vast, ornate and in scrupulous condition" Bren-
than is really Trentham Hail. of the seats
of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. It is
beautiful estate but that is of great sgnif-
canoe, for there many beautiful estates in Eng
land. What is of significance however, is that this
home of titled and women is to be turned into
a workshop for the unfortunate OF the earth-for
those who are handicapped by some deformity-
The Duchess of Sutherland is at the bottom of
the movement that has brought this about She is
very democratic for peeress, though not pro-
nounced a socialist her half-sister the Countess
of Warwick So democratic is she, however, that
she took her away from the fashionable in
stituton of learning where they were and sent
them 70 a parish school with the sons Of the
farmers.
1t a socialist Miss Margaret Macmillan.
who first turned the attention of the Duchess OF
Sutherland to the need Of practical work among
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
RUNNING A NEWSPAPER.

Everybody ought to know something about the
way newspapers are run. because every one wants
to run them, said Edward A. Moree in a talk to
the Womans Press Club yesterday morning
After recounting some of the difficulties that be-
set editors in their efforts to give people news Mr.
Moree said:
1.-THE next time you write letter to the editor
and don't it in print the following day lust re-
member that lots of things happening besides
those In your immediate sphere. The Presidents
message can't be shortened to column and a half
20 make space fo- your letter the condition OF
the streets in The Bronx the man who didn't
give seat to a woman. the who didn't
smile when he gave 1t to her. You wouldn't buy
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

the "Potteries"-the ''Potteries'' being that part
of England comprised in the counties of Stafford
shire and Worcestershire, where the interests of
the Sutherlands lie. AS the name implies pottery
making one of the chief industries there. The
duchess attended one of Miss MacMillan's lectures.
and afterward, without revealing her identity, she
had long talk with the lecturer-with whom she
formed a friendship that has endured ever since.
Soon after that talk large party of crippled chill
dren were invited by the duchess to Trentham
Hall. Then and there guild formed. The
first venture was in artificial flower making, after
the methods of France. teacher secured
from France, and this teacher visited the homes
of the crippled children and instructed them. Then
a room was hired, and the work began really to
grow. In two years the industry big that
a building leased in the town of Haney and
other hancicrafts were taken up. AT the Providence
Works, in Wilson street Hanley, to-day, there are
cripples of both who skilled
lers jewellers. printers bookbinders die stampers
and metal workers-about three hundred workers.
paid at union rates and making the fast work
ers. quite as much il they abe-boded
men and fighting in the thick of the out
side world.
But the guild at first supported and managed by
the duchess almost without assistance from any
one else, grew beyond her. There was a staff OF
instructors and a business staff, but the Duchess
president, had to look after the business per-
sonalIy. The demand for the goods manufactured
by the cripples increased and the founder of the
guild who hitherto had navigated only in social
waters found herself adrift the great deep of
the trade world. Without the training of q bust
ness woman she found herself in charge of an in
dustry whose demands upon her exhausting.
She was the verge OF despair, when a friend
came to her assistance-a well known editor. This
man visited the workshop, talked with the staff
and the crippled workers. went into the fullesti de-
tails-and he decided and told the duchess that
the only way OFT Of the difficulty to make 1.-THE
guild regular business concern.
1t done. The changed from the
Potteries Guild of Handicrafts to he Duchess
Of Sutherland's Cripples' Guild, Limited The
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

Sliced and sugared oranges for breakfast are
sometimbes served with a few spoonfuls of ,ura-
cao cognac or Swiss kirsch. Just enough should
be added to give a slight flavor.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
"TOTES FOR WOUEN."
Sufragettes adopt English Wd'
Cry-COnserUatiUes "Wrdthy.

Votes for women is the cry anonS
the militant suffragists who arranging the open
air meeting in Madison Square. which il is now
purposed to hold at 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning
instead of Thursday evening, at first an
nounced. Mrs. Belle de Rivera appeared on the
platform at the woman's Press Club meeting IN
the Wadorf-Astoria yesterday afternoon with
button bearing these magic words. Mrs Harriet
Johnston Wood said she had another such button
home. and that goodIy supply OF them are
ready for distribution Mrs. Wood. who will prob
ably speak at the meeting. said she was in entire
sympathy with the move
Il am tired of being ladylike." she said We
have been ladylike for six thousand years
Mrs De Rivera said she would address the meet
Ing II the New York Equal Suffrage League. OF
which she is president. willing. In any case
she intends to be the outskirts of the crowd
Mrs. Frederick Nathan. vice-president OF the
New York Equal Suffrage League, does not appro's
Of the plan.
"They do things that way in England she said.
but 1t isn't the way fcr America Our popriauon
is too Heterogeneous to Se moved by such methoes.
Mrs Harry Hastings. of the officers OF t'
Garrison Equal Rights Association. said her nus
band and family took much or her time thae s"9
could not think of open air meetings, oul IN any
case. she thinks the matter should not nave See
decided during the absence from town OF MIS-
Carrie Chapman Gait, president or the ihteru'0''''
Political Equality League.
Mrs Charlotte wiIbour, president or Soross'
wishes TO hold herself open tc conviction put does
not think now that any good will come OF the MN
tant suffrage movement
Mrs. Margaret Holmes Bates. one Oh 'he oiii.
of the LEGISLATION League. is so incensed asail
evervtbins connected the suffragettes because
of the trouble caused at the Pilgrim Mothers On
ner nv Mrs Cobden-Sandersons refusal TO SIT "il-
Mrs Elinor Glyn that she does not want 10 ne-
the word although Mrs. Cobden-sanaersoh = ~
longer connected with the suffrasette movements
England.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

shareholders have agreed to apply their profits
the training school and the charitable work
of the guild. Within a few minutes the capital
of the company was subscribed. The duchess
was chosen chairman.
But more workrooms and better workrooms were
needed, and the Duke of Sutherland came
forward with his splendid offer. He transferred
Trentham Hall and the estates surrounding it to
the company. free of rent True, Trentham for
several years had been abandoned a ducal
residence, because the River Trent, which runs
through the grounds, had been polluted by
the factories its banks. But though impos-
sible for residence now Trentham would bring
a great deal of money if sold for manufacturing
purposes. So the dukes offer is the less
generous.
In the days when Trentham Hall was used by
the duke n residence the park and grounds
free to the workers in the districts round
about. And beautiful grounds they and
The gaEden front. 1t is said. is almost unrivalled
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

Another way Of serving apricots is with CURACAO.
Add to the syrup obtained by straining a pint can
Of apricots tablespoonful of sugar and the rind
of orange. Boil ten minutes. then the
rind Add two tablespconfuis of curacao and
pour the fruit, when it win be ready for
serving.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

came out OF the bags once. and each went 10 its
proper resting place in the crook of its young
owners They knew how 10 hold babies They
had had practice enough with real ones
Then the Little Mothers. marshalled by the
teachers of the branches. went home, but not BE-
fore they had had time TO foregather bit - cor
ners and compare the contents of their bags. Most
OF them Were going 10 give part Of the things to
younger brothers sisters.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

paper that was filled with letters to the editor
even IL they were all from members of your club
and no one else would buy it..
Mr. Moree also observed that reporters were not
responsible for head lines
So the next time a reporter comes to interview
you at 2:s0 a. m. don't throw him of the front
porch" he urged because you didn't like the
head lines on his last story. He wasn't to blame"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-01-03

should happen l would always regret
it for your sake. You do not know
papa as we'll as I do, and would not
like you to be disgraced here. We
have both suffered enough and /
would rather go away quietly. In a
measure l will suffer the more, but
l will not complain If you will not get
cross and will come for me. / must
close. Write me Wednesday night,
dear, and tell me what you think
about everything. Let's not leave all
our plans until the last moment, and,
above all, please write and say you
forgive me for that letter I sent you
this morning. am sorry and IL l were
there 1 know you would say it would
be all o. X.
Lovingly,
THE KID.