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The Washington herald., 1907-06-24

Cream Chiffon Broadcloth,
per yard. ............... .S7.OO
Cream All-wool Storm Serge,
per yard. .65c to SI.oo
Cream Silk and Wool Eolienne.
per yard. ............. SIPS
Cream All-wool French Wolfe.
per yard. ..75c to SI.5o
Cream All-wool Chiffon Wolfe.
per yard. .SI75 and $500
Cream Silk-and-Wool Lansdowne.
per yard. ............... SI.35
Cream Fancy Silk-and-Wool
Eolienne,
per yard. SIPS to $500
The Washington herald., 1907-06-24
S1viSS Products.

In Switzerland, owing to natural
and climatic conditions, they weave,
bleach, and finish in the superior
way that you are familiar with in
embroideries from that country.
Swiss India Linens, 60 inches
wide.
soc to SOC per ward.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-24
Dainty White Cotton
Dress and Waist Materials.

TUNE Brides, Bridesmaids and of other women are thinking
4 Of dainty white frocks
The largest best and most complete stock of White Cotton
Dress Materials possible to assemble here select fronrep-
enng the best OF Our own counS products well those Of
England Ireland France. and Switzerland
The Washington herald., 1907-06-24

structiens from the stream itself. As the
shadows were reached these were treated
IN TWO ways. With a gravel or dirt bed
the channel was deepened and narrowed
and its banks confined by rough stone
work. Where there were cascades or
rails over the solid rock dynamite was
used 10 blow out passage sufficiently
wide and deep to completely do away
with the permanent pools of water above.
The other streams were treated in much
the same way.
source Of Much Trouble.
The canal cut proper has been. and is.
a constant source Of much trouble. Here
oiling is more effective. but throughout
the canal cut much work has been done
in turning all the water into the main
ditch, where Il forms a swift running
stream most unfavorable to mosquito
breeding. Drip barrels Of oil were placed
at points where the current slowed down.
and this, combined with the rapidity Of
the current has reduced the breeding in
the canal cut 20 a minimum.
At no time during the month has the
mosquito inspector failed. after a little
painstaking work. 20 locate the point Of
Infection in any district reporting an
increase Of malarisI cases.
This is a point Of great interest. The
malsrial reports Of the district physicians
being tabulated the number Of cases in
the different camps IS compared with
that Of the previous three weeks. II
there Is a decided increase Of malaria
at any camp, the inspector CT that dis
frfFf ig ffIHrFrr,.4T A.
Of Infection" The MOSQUITO inspector
then takes the list and goes over the
whole ground. in order OF greatest in
crease. locating OF confirming the point
OF Infection and reports upon the
measures best adapted for the removal
OF same. All the laborers OF this dis
trict that can be spared from the daily
routine work, are at once concentrated
az that point 20 make swift and effes-
tive end 70 the mosquito breeding places.
The effectiveness Of this system Is borne
out by statistics.
Case In Point.
March l. 40-Mile Camp had only what
might be called a normal percentage Of
malaria" On the week ended the 9Th il
jumped TO a, on that OF the 18th 70 20
On the 10th the mosquito inspector 10
Gated the point Of infection IN a large. old
French scow. that had been completely
hidden by the overgrowu Jungle. The
larvae In the sc0w were DESTROYED. and
the Immediate neighbOrhOod brushed and
all vegetation between it and the camp
cut out The houses within which adult
an0pheles were found were fumigated
For the week ended April 6 only four
cases were reported, and the rate has
continued normal every week since.
while for the week ended MAY q onIv
one case was reported from all the camps
OF Pedro Miguel district. and that was
brought in from the jungle outside OF our
limit Of action.
The health conditions would seem 70
be better than during the previous
months Of American occupancy. The
largest malarial percentage for any week
has been g., while Il has been down as
low as o. The percentage for all dis
cases has run from IS 70 IO per cent.
This seems not only due 10 favorable
climatic conditions, but largely to the
improved housing and feeding Of the
employees.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-24
At SOC a Garment. Real Value, 75c.
SOC Per Garment. Value, 75c.

Displayed counter Underwear Department Third floor
Eleventh
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
Loss of Life Kingston Perhaps 1000 Property sOOOOOOO
Houses Are Wrecked for
Miles Around City

be married TO an American
girl.
Among those reported
missing are Charles and Ed
ward de Cordove, ]. w.
Middleton; Mr.. Bradley,
who married Miss Starley,
of the family extensively in
terested in sugar cultivation /;
BERTHE Starley, Charles Sher-
lock and his brother, we'll
known merchants. Baker
and Angler of Boston and
Francis Kahle of Buffalo es-
capped without injury.
Sir James Ferguson was
killed instantly in the street
by falling masonry.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The appeal
for food supplies for the Kingston
earthquake sufferers directed attention
to the fact that under ordinary condi-
tions none of the Government supplies
could be used for outside relief save
by special authority of Congress. That
fact, however, did not prevent Secre-
tary Metcalf from ordering two sup
ply ships, with full cargoes of food, to
Jamaica at once, leaving for tomorrow
the question as to how supphes are to
be legally given to the needy inhabi-
tants
The War Department up to the close
of business had not acted upon the ap-
plication for food. but 1t is assumed
that in anticipation of the passage of
the necessary legislation by Congress
it will at least take care to get sup
plies ready for the distributing agen-
cies. There are stores OF food at San
Juan. Porto Rico, and at Havana that
might be used for emergencies, leav-
ing the department to draw later upon
the large stocks at New York.
Secretary Metcalf wired Admiral
Evans at Guantanamo today to send
may deem desirable.
Captain Beeler, at Key West has in
formed the Navy Department that he
has received a wireless dispatch from
Guantanamo stating that Admiral
Evans, commanding the Atlantic fleet,
has sailed from that place on the tor
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
HARRISON MARIE 8
MRS. MABEL COX

NEW YORK, Jan. ia London
cable announced the marriage today of
Francis Burton Harrison to Mrs. Mabel
Cox. There was much amazement ex-
pressed in society at the announce
ment several weeks ago that Harrison
was about 10 wed Mrs. Cox, the former
wife OF DR.. Rowland Cox Jr of this
city, who obtained a divorce last au-
tumn. The divorce had been carefully
guarded
Harrison is a son of the late Bur
ton Harrison, a lawyer of this city
who was private secretary to Jefferson
Davis. His mother, Mrs. Constance
Mary Harrison. is a well-known writer
Mr.. Harrison married Miss Mary
CrOcker, a daughter of the late Charles
F. Croker Of San Francisco. She was
killed In an automobile accident IN
Long Island City November %. 1905.
She left q fortune OF $4,000 600, of
which her husband received one mil
lion.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
Kingston Temblor
Lighter Than Here

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The Wealth
er Bureau today issued the following
bulletin:
The earthquake recorded at the
Weather Bureau on Monday afternoon
is undoubtedly a record of an earth
quake that is reported to have destroy
ed Kingston at the same hour.
Judging from the magnitude of the
motion recorded at Washington, we
regard the present disturbance as of
relatively slight intensity as compared
with other great earthquakes, as, for
example those of San Francisco, VAL
paraiso and the great earthquake re-
ported in the Indian Ocean October l.
The amplitude of the motion at Wash
ington in the present case was distinct
ly less than In each of the other great
earthquakes, and we may therefore
conclude that the violence of the mo-
tion at Kingston was also less"
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
EXPERTS TELL Of
FREIGHT RATES
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO TIRE CALL.

SPOKANE. Jan. 16.-A water compe-
tition and the rights Of coast cities fig
ured largely in the defense of the
transcontinental lines at the rate hear
ing before the Interstate Commerce
Commission this afternoon.
Seth Mann OF San Francisco intro
duced II. f. ID. Jackson Of the American
Hawaiian Steamship Company TO show
that it can carry freight from New
York to san Francisco in twenty-five
days, thereby equaling the average time
Of the railroads and that the rate was
20 to Co per cent cheaper. He ad-
mitted that no rate schedules were
maintained. the price varying with diff
ferent customers and depending largely
upon conditions. He said the compile
tion OF arrangements for transferring
freight and hauling 1t across the 18TH
mus Of Tehauntepec rendered this saw
irg Of time possible.
Commissioner Prouty, in reply TO a
suggestion from Mann that he would
have more testimony to introduce IN
behalf Of the coast 5obbers at subse-
ouent hearings on the same issue at
Denver and san Francisco asked point
blank.
"AThat reason is there for continuing
this hearing at the coast cities2 Can't
we get all the testimony here2" Mann
replied. san Francisco merchants had
not been apprised Of the nature and
Importance Of the test case instituted
by Spokane in time TO complete their
defense
J. G. Woodward. general traffic man
ger Of the Northern Pacific testified
today in behalf Of the defense and ad-
mitted on cross examination that il
was the railroads policy to haul all
freight across the Cascades, 400 miles
beyond Spokane. TO be distributed back
within 100 miles Of Spokane and even
over in Idaho and Montana at better
rates than Spokane merchants could
obtain.
Commissioner Prouty questioned the
common sense of this method, but
Woodward upheld il as practicable. He
recOunted the history Of the rate fight
and said from 1893 to 1898 there was a
freight war during which the rate was
reduced to 80 cents per 100 from New
York TO san Francisco, which caused
the roads during that time to route
their shipments as much as practicable
away from san Francisco and develop
the northern ports
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17

conditions and the phenomenal drop in
temperature.
The telegram which was sent by
Governor Swettenham is undated, but
is presumed to have been sent on Mon
day. The text is as follows:
Severe earthquake shocks TINS
afternoon between 8 and O'Clock,
causing considerable damage to houses
at Kingston. 1t was followed by hre
which continues, though ii is confined
to about one-sixteenth part OF the
town containing wharves and ware
houses. The camp hospital was de-
stroyed and thirty men were killed.
There were no officers among them.
Major Headyman was seriously in
jured. The town hospital is crowded
with 300 injured. The fire is decreas-
ing. The Myrtle Bank Hotel has been
destroyed and also the cable offlce. The
conference delegates and the members
of Sir Alfred Jones' expedition are be-
lieved to be uninjured and are now on
board the Port Kingston. In the har-
bor numbers were killed or wounded,
but the figures have not been ascer-
tanned. Light shocks continue.
The Colonial Bank of Kingston was
burned. The vaults with the books and
cash are safe and the members of the
staff uninjured.
The Colonial Office has instructed
the Government authorities in Jamaica
to take all necessary steps to relieve
the distress and the Admiralty has or
dered the cruiser Brilliant, now at Ber-
nude, and the cruiser Indefatigable,
at Trinidad, to proceed to Jamaica and
assist in the relief work.
The fire insurance policies In Jamaica
affected through British companies are
said to aggregate about 81 800 000 All
are guarded by an earthquake clause
and leading manager today said the
companies would not recognize any liza
bility for damages caused by the earth
quake.
The following cablegram has been
received from q press representative
who accompanied Sir Alfred Jones and
party TO jamaica:
Fire broke out again tonight The
negroes are looting the rum shops. At
least 500 persons have been killed.
There are weird and terrible scenes.
Forty-fve invalid soldiers were burned
to death in the military hospital. Sew
eraI shocks were felt today
The above dispatch is not dated.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
Gable Is Received
by Fruit Company

BOSTON, Jan. 16.-The United Fruit
Company in this city received a cable
gram from Jamaica today, dated Hol-
land Bay, January Is, stating that sew
eral hundred persons had been killed
In Kingston. The message follows:
Mercantile section of Kingston, In
cluding our office, completely de-
'stroyed by earthquake and fire. Sew
eral hundred killed. Myrtle Bank and
Constantine Springs Hotel practically
destroyed"
The steamer Dewey will sail from
this city for Jamaica today with a mis-
cellaneous cargo of freight.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
SAN FRANCISCO POLYCLINIC
HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION
Report of Officers shows That Charfta-
BILE Institution Is Seriously in
Need of Funds

At a meeting Of the board of trus-
tees Of the San Francisco Polytechnic
held Tuesday evening at the new quar-
ters. 443 Fillmore street. the following
were elected officers: President, Or. w.
A. Martin; first vice president, DR.. L.
Newmark; second vice president, DR..
Henry II. Wagner; secretary, DR.. Mar
tin Regensberger; treasurer. DR.. Louis
Bazet.
The new quarters Of the Polycllnic
have been purchased by the organiza-
ton since April last and the cost of
the property has exhausted the funds
on hand. All work is being carried on
with funds from the Relief and Red
Cross Corporation. The work done by
the Polyclinic is exclusively among
the sick poor and is free, save in in
stances where the patient is able to
make small payments for medicines or
supplies. The San Francisco Poly
clinic has been active for seventeen
years in this city and has treated on
an average $4,000 patients annually.
The annual reports Of the officers
showed that the institution was sorely
in need OF funds with which to con-
tinue it's work.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
Brief Local News
HrnHRrNnrR SUSPECT
ARREGTED-

Chinese named HO Him arrested Tuesday
for carrying a concealed weapon On being ar
raigDed yesterday he unable 20 give sat
isfactory account OF bis wherea bouts during the
past few DAYS and be halls from Oakland
Judge Sh0rtall. feeling that he might be con-
nected with the recent shooting IN the Oakland
Chinatown. turned him over TO the authorities
OF that city.
SENTENCED TO COUNTY JA1l-James b.
a. the expense OF restaurant keeper whom
he passed worthless check for $3.50 last
week was sentenced yesterday 20 ninety days
In the county Jail Only because OF his youth
and the fact that 81 his frst ofense did
he escape having 20 face a charge of felony
embpzzlement. he got OF with the charge Of
obtaining money by false pretense.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
Famine Threatens
Kingston People

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Jan. 16.-
Kingston harbor. as the result of the
earthquake, is closed to shipping, but
Bowden is open. There is need Of guam
titles of provisions. Famine and pesti-
lence are threatening and there is mis-
cry everywhere.
Bowden is a small port on the south
coast of Jamaica, thirty miles south of
Kingston. The United Fruit Com
pany's Boston steamers clear from
Bowden- There is no communication
by rail between Bowden and Kingston.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17

earthquake at Kingston, Jamaica, was
coincident with increased activity of
Mt. Etna and slight earthquakes in the
Midonian mountains. Professor Ricke,
director of the Mt. Etna observatory
says that the fire openings inside the
crater, which were discovered in 1898,
have increased in size or that eruptions
are occurring inside the volcano. From
the outside nothing but smoke can be
seen.
The volcano is throwing out ashes
and subterranean detonations are
heard. The present phenomena are
similar to those of 1893. when one of
the most severe eruptions occurred.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
WARSH|P SUBDUES
EM|GRANTG

FORT DE FRANCE, Island of Mar
Unique Jan. 16.-The French cruiser
DEstrees left Fort de France yester-
day afternoon for Trinidad, conveying
the French line steamer Canada, which
had been detained here by a mutinous
outbreak among the emigrants on
board that vessel.
The steamer Canada, Captain de
Lanes, left Havre on December 22 for
Paullaic, near Bordeaux France,
Thence she went to Santander, Spain,
and sailed from there December 2S for
Colon.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
JAPAN AT JAMESTOWN

TOXIC, Jan. 16.-The Japanese bud
get contains credits amounting to 5S2.-
632 yen or about $291,340, to cover the
cost of dispatching representative
bodies of the army and navy to par
ticipate in the international exposition
at jamestown. Va. The cruisers Tsuk-
uba and Chitose will be sent to repre-
sent the Japanese navy.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
CANNOT TALK OF THE TARIFF
Shows Delegates the Need of Protecting
Home Market

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Speaker
Cannon extended an informal reception
at the Capitol today to 800 delegates to
the convention for the extension of for
eign commerce. Chairman William Nc
Carroll of New York presented the ap-
peal of commercial interests for tariff
changes and a ship subsidy. Cannon in
responding declared the Republican
policy is to monopolize the home mar
ket and then establish a foreign market
for the surplus.
Reciprocal is sweet word" he said
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
American Consul
Tells of Disaster

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The follow
ing cablegram was received at the
State Department this afternoon:
JAMAICA, Jan. 16, 3:31 p. m.-Sec-
retary of State, Washington: Fearful
earthquake, followed by fire. Kingston
destroyed. Hundreds of lives lost.
Food badly wanted. Consulate prob
ably destroyed. Fireproof safe.
AMERICAN CONSULATE"
The last sentence of the dispatch is
supposed to have referred to the con-
sulate papers.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
TWO HoTELs nnRNEn

VANCOUVER, B. c.. Jan. l6.-Fire
destroyed the Filbert Hotel and the
Balmoral Hotel at Sandon, b. c.. last
night The occupants barely escaped
with their lives and lost all their pos
sessions. The thermometer was 20 de-
grees below zero. but firemen and citi-
zens worked heroically. The loss is
about $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
MetcaIf Sends Supplies to
jamaica at Once
Two Shiploads Are on Way to Sufferers

pedo boat destroyer Whipple Tor hlnss
ton to ascertain conditions and eXtenu e
such aid as may be necessary "A Iseei
dispatch says that the battlesh1ps MIS-
souri, and Indiana have followed Al
miral Evans.
The supply ships Celtic and Glacier,
attached to the Atlantic fleet, and 1uliy
provisioned have been ordered TO pro-
ceed to Kingston. where their carSoes
of food will be distributed among the
needy
NEW YORK. Jan. 16.-Plans looking
to the relief of the Jamaica eartnquah
sufferers were formulated at a meetIns
tonight of a number Of representatives
of steamship lines and commerclai
firms. A committee was named 20 az
tend to the collection of funds ana lhe
purchasing of supplies.
The steamer Allegheny or the Ram
burg-American line will sail Tor CoIoh
Friday next and stop at Kingston
The Prinz Joachim of the same me
will sail for Kingston Saturday. Inc %
royal mail steamer AtratO will sail TOT
the same port Monday. All three VIII
carry as many supplies as the COM
mittee can secure.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
FoRTIFIcAr1oN BILL PASSED

WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.-The House
today passed the fortification appro-
priation bill. The amendment offered
yesterday by Representative Keefer
that 100000 be appropriated for the
construction of coast batteries in the
Hawaiian Islands was defeated. The
measure carries $5,511,SS3, which is
s357,S90 more than was appropriated
for the same purpose at the last ses-
sion.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
Katherine Tingley
Sends First Help

SAN DIEGO. Jan. 16.-Immediately
after the first news reached this city
that Kingston had been destroyed,
Katherine Tingley, head of the Theo-
sophical Brotherhood at Point Iona,
telegraphed her representatives at San
tiago, Cuba, to start steamer for
Kingston, carrying to the stricken city
food and assistance
Mrs. Tingley has received word that
the steamer will sail today 1t will
therefore be the first relief to reach
Kingston.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
SAY HENEY'S
GUARD WAS
POISONED
Continued from Page 1, Column

in twenty-four hours after the arrival
in this city of Mrs. Kendall and the
nurse with the body Of the deceased,
another nurse from San Francisco ar
rived and registered at local hotel.
The second nurse made an appoint
ment with the one who accompanied
the remains and they were in consul
tation. The authorities sent persons
to interview them, but they declined
to give any information desired.
The fact that the second nurse fol-
lowed the first so closely, that they
held a conference and then that both
declined 10 talk, leads those who are
investigating the matter to believe
that the second nurse was hurried
here with instructions to warn the
first nurse not TO give out any infor-
nation which she might possess
about the case
A motive for foul play is not lack
ing, according to the authorities. 1t
is pointed out that Kendall. who was
the body-guard of Francis ]. Heney,
was also a most active agent in the
prosecutions which bid fair to send
several Of San Francisco's prominent
men to prison.
Oscar J. Kendall died at the Lane
Hospital on Thursday, January 10.
after an illness of a few days. His
death was ascribed to spinal menin-
gitis, which followed a severe cold
and an attack of pneumonia No re-
port was made here other than that
Kendall died from natural causes.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
Situation in Ruined City
Said to Be One Of Horror
Advices From St. Thomas Declare Stencil Is
Awful and Misery Is Indescribable

1, Reports received her fro hat it S i
hat have BY
$oOUUW
S a
Ito b safe
Provion Of al nee
JamesF vices o the RoyaM
arbe
severe Nan
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
roaming at large.

roaming at large.
The natives refuse to
work. Sir Alfred Jones says
they viii continue to seek
employment on the Panama
canal, and that their places
here must be taken by coolie
labor from India.
OF the dead it is safe to
say that 100 are white,
among them Captain Con-
stantine, the local represen-
tative OF the Royal Mail
steamship line, and Captain
Lamont, who was soon to
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17

ing. Chastity scenes are being wit
messed. All the shops have been de-
stroyed and all the buildings in and
around Kingston are in ruins. Very
few of them are safe to live in.
The Governor and his party are safe.
IT is reported that an extinct vol
cano in the parish of Portland is show
ing signs of activity. but this has not
been verified. No news has yet been
received from other parts of the island
Of Jamaica. Communication Is diff
fi,cult.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
vEsUvIUs MORE ACTIVE

NAPLES, Jan. 16.-Professor Mat
teucci. director of the observatory at
Mount Vesuvius reports increased agi-
tation of this volcano coincident with
the Kingston earthquake.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
DUNE Announces CANDIDACY

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-Mayor Dunno to-
night announced his candidacy for the
Democratic MaYoralty nomination on
a platform Of opposition to the pro-
posed settlement of the street car ques-
riOn
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17
MoMEN LATH cHuRCH

TACOMA. Jan. 16.-The women Of
Milton lathed the new Methodist
church al that place yesterday and in
spite OF many bruised fingers succeeded
in putting on about 5000 laths.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17

PARIS, Jan. 16.-According to a dis
patch to the Gaulois, Manila has been
visited by earthquake shocks that were
accompanied by tidal wave that broke
over the harbor works.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17

ANOTHER BIG REsERvE-Washington Jan.
16-The President signed a proclamation 3lsy I9uSy
establishing the Caribou forest reserve 10 ed go
and wyoming containing, approximately, ooV'VVV
acres, mainly In Idaho.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-17

white star Laundry Company
Have resumed business. Tel. Market 2O4''