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The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

Pensacola has Senator Mallory and
now wants Governor" Jennings. Does
the Escambia city intend keeping up
with Jacksonville in the office-hoiding
espect?-Palatka Times-Herald
The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-03

John Beard declined to be a mem
ber of the committee to investigate
the l. I. Board. John thought there
ought to be special counsel to assist
the committee to make the inYestiga-
tion-MadisOn Recorder.
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1.-Two negroes burned to death by
mob In Springfield, Mo. Two officers
and five men killed by explosion on bat
tleship Kearsarge. Z. !. Earthquake in For
mosa.
15-Four trampled to death and many
injured in panic in st. Ludmilla's church,
Chicago.
Earthquake and fires devastate
business district of San Francisco.
19-Prof. Pierre Currie, discoverer of
radium, killed in Paris.
22-Dust explosion In mine 40 miles
west of Trinidad Colo, kills % men.
26-Tornado sweeps across Texas.
30--Tornado strikes parts of Furnas
county, Nebraska.
May.
Mob violence and wild disorder In
Paris. !. Iron workers strike in Chicago
Many minor strikes start in the East.
5-Pennsylvania anthracite miners vote
to not strike.
14-Death Of Carl Schurz.
1S-Railroad rate regulation bill passes
Senate. :. Forest fires destroy towns in
northern Michigan and Wisconsin.
23-Death of Henrik Ibsen.
25-Seyen political assassinations in
Russia.
31--Michael Davitt, famous Irish lead
er, dies. !. King Alfonso of Spain weds
Princess Ena of Battenburg =. Bomb
thrown at Spanish king and bride kills
20 persons and injuries 100.
june.
death Ct Senator Arthur P. Cor
man of Maryland. /. Senator Burton of
Kansas resigns. -. Death of John @.
New.
4-7-Tornadoes in Texas, Kansas, Min
nesota and Wisconsin.
14-Explosion on British boat at Liv-
erpool kills 9 persons and Injuries 40. :.
Massacre of Jews at Bialystok, Russia
-. Bill admitting Oklahoma as State
passed by Congress.
1S-Death of Gov. John M. Pattison
Of Ohio. Lieut.. Gov. Andrew L. Harris
sworn In as successor :. Republicans
celebrate Goth anniversary Of foundation
Of party.
2O-Death of Chas. e. Trlpler of liquid
air fame.
22-Prince Charles of Denmark crown
ed King of Norway as King Haakon. !.
| Richard G. Ivens hanged in Chicago.
25-Harry Thaw Of Pittsburg shoots
Stanford White In Madison Square Gar
den, New York.
27-EarthQuake in South Wales.
20-Mrs. James Tanner killed In auto
accident in Helena Mont
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already that more than $4,000 persons
have perished this year by earthquake,
hurricane, and other manifestations Of
natures fury.
Accident has also taken its toll of
human lives In the horrible railway
wrecks at Salisbury, England, Atlantic
City, N. j., and Woodville, Ind, and
in the sinking Of the italian enlgrant
ship Sirio off the Spanish coast, and
of the Valencia Off Vancouver Island,
as well as in the mine disaster at Cour-
rieres, France.
Death In more peaceful guise has
been busy among the well-known ones
of earth, laying in the grave President
W. r. Harper of Chicago University,
the aged King Christian Of Denmark,
Miss Susan B. Anthony, Johann Most,
Carl Schurz, Henrik Ibsen, Russell
Sage, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Gen. w. r.
Shafter, Rev. Sam Jones, Judge Gary,
and many others.
Denmark, Norway and France have
installed new rulers during the year /;
political affairs in Russia have been In
q turmoil and outbreaks of violence and
assassination have been frequent; the
United States has been compelled to In
tervene to save Cuba from revolution
and possible anarchy; the young King
Of Spain has taken wife, and Okla
homa has been admitted to the Union
of States
Other prominent happenings Of 1906
have been the prevalence OF dishonest
bank failures, President Roosevelt's
visit to Panama, the restoration of
Captain Dreyfus the finishing Of the
great Croton dam above New York
City, the Longworth- Roosevelt wedding,
the resumption of navigation on the
Missouri River, etc.
The principal events of 19o6 are
briefly summarized below;
January.
4-Explosion in mine at Coaldale, w.
Va, kills 81 miners.
S--Landslide in Haverstraw. N. Y,
kills Is persons.
10--Ten lives lost In FIRE In West hotel,
Minneapolis. !. Death of President w.
r. Harper of University of Chicago.
11-New Croton dam In New York
finished.
12-Famine in northern Japan.
16-Death Of Marshall Field.
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A YEAR OF DISASTER.
RECORD OF 1906 is A DARK AND
BLOODY ONE.
Nature Causes Terrible and Wide
spread Destruction of Life and
Property Grim Reaper Works
More Peacefully.

A notable characteristic of the year
1906 is the destruction Of life ana
property which has been caused by the
forces of nature. These forces have
not been so active or so disastrous IN
their results for many years past. The
record Is a formidable one. In Janu-
airy an earthquake killed fourteen per-
sons at Gonzano, Italy, and a tidal
wave on the Colombian coast swept
away $500. In February hurricane
visited the Society Islands, favorite
resort for hurricanes, and 1000 per-
Ished. In March a cyclone swept
through Mississippi and Fl were killed,
and an earthquake in Formosa destroy
ed 1000. In April the Vesuvius erup-
tion killed 1000, a second earthquake
at Formosa 100, the San Francisco
earthquake AS, and cyclone In Texas
26 In July there were two smaller
disasters, a cloudburst at Ocampo, Mex
leo, which killed 10 persons, and a
waterspout at Lyons, France, which
killed 81.
The furies broke loose in August and
1000 were victims Of an earthquake
at Valparaiso and 10000 of floods at
Human, China. In September there was
long series of disasters. A landslide
and storm in the Caucasus cost 300
lives, the typhoon at Hongkong 10000,
flood at Tepic, Mexico, 10, herri-
cane at New Orleans and Mobile 40
and a cyclone in southern Spain 60. In
October a hurricane off the coast OF
Florida, which started from Venezuela
skirting Honduras, Nicaragua, Saliva
dor, and Cuba, left 9S6 dead iii Its
path During November nature took a
little rest, a great lake storm in which
80 sailors perished, being the principal
disaster. In December came the flood
which destroyed the village of Clifton
Arlz, and caused the loss of go lives
Including the losses of life by lesser
disasters of this kind the record shows
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Gov. Proctor of Vermont has signed
the bill providing for the consolidation
of the school systems of neighboring
towns under one superintendent.
Registration statistics of leading east
ern universities are as rollows: Harvard,
5,272; Columbia, 1865; Pennsylvania,
1860; Cornell, 3,461; Yale, 3,210;
Princeton, 1884.
The anual report of the London coun-
ty council shows that the city schools
have been maintained at an outlay Of
SEE, 100000, md that there are 10000
teachers for an average school attend
aEce of 669,167. The salaries for head
teachers range from 500 to $1,000, and
for assistants from 1925 to 1915. Each
teacher has Charge Of fortythree children
on an average.
By decision of the Supreme Court of
the State of Washington legal authority
upholds the efforts of school officials to
check the abuse of secret fraternities and
societies in public high schools. A local
board had forbidden pupils to join se-
cret fraternity, and as penalty for dis
obedience denied to offenders certain priv
| ileges in the. social life of the school, but
did not limit in any way the essential
educational rights. Action was brought
in behalf of the fraternity to restrain
the school board from depriving the pupils
Of these privileges. The trial court denied
! the application for an Injunction. and
the Supreme Court sustained the denial.
The court says that the evidence "over-
whelmingly establishes the fact that such
fraternities do have marked influence
on the school, tending to destroy good or
der, discipline and scholarship. This be-
ing true, the board is authorized, and It
is its duty, to take such reasonable and
appropriate action by the adoption Of
rules as will result in preventing these
influences"
The St. Paul board of education has
approved the suggestion of Supt. Heeter
In favor of corporal punishment. to be
administered only by the principal Of the
school after permission in writing has
been obtained from parents or guardian.
The first ten years since Princeton
college became Princeton university have
just ended and the report shows that the
endowment has increased from $1,677S71
Ito $3,2S4,000 The campus area has in
creased from 225 to 53S acres, and the
student body has grown from 1,O45 to
1884. while the faculty has increased
! from 81 to 166.
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1S06-Adelphia theater, London, opened.
1S25-Nicholas 1. succeeded to the
throne of Russia.
lS36-London university instituted.
183S-Mexico declared war against
France
1S41-Co Colossal statue of Washington
placed in the national capitol.
1S44-Queen Alexandra of England born.
1855 Great meeting in London in aid OF
Florence Nightingale hospital fund.
1858 French and Spanish expedi-
tion to Cochin China announced.
1S61-Jefferson Davis elected President
of the Confederate States of Amer
lea. !. Gen. Mcclellan directed the
observance of the Sabbath in all the
camps of the U. s. army.
1S62-Battle of Crane Hill, Ark.
1868 -Confederates made heroic attempt
to carry Knoxville by storm.
1864 Gen. Hood attacked the Union
troops under Gen. Schofeld at Frank
lin, Tenn.
1865-Habeas corpus act restored in the
Northern States.
1870-First London school board estab-
lished.
t871-Jem Mace and Joe Coburn engag-
ed in prize fight near New Orleans
without decisive result.
1889 Minneapolis Tribune building
burned, with loss of several lives. -.
Fire in Boston destroyed $4,000,0OO
in property.
1S91--Edmund De Leon, ex-United
States consul general in Egypt, died
-. .Lunatic attempted to assassinate
Rev. DIR. John Hall in New York.
1892 2-Loubet ministry in France resign
ed ON the Panama scandal issue.
1S97---Austrian ministry resigned owing
| to disorders in the Reichsrath.
1S9S-Steamer Portland, from Boston to
Portland, Me-, foundered in gale
| off Capt Cod, with a loss of 118'
| lives. ,Battleship Wisconsin launch
ed at San Francisco.
1899 Harpers' publishing house, New.
York, failed.
1900-German government intimated to
Mr.. Kruger that visit to Berlin
would be. inopportune.
1901-Many persons killed in wreck on
| Wabash railroad
f1902 United States Supreme Court de-
MED petition for an injunction
against the State board of canvass
ers of Virginia on behalf of negroes
disfranchised by the new State con-
stitution.
l904-Japanese made general attack on
| Russian forts at Port Arthur. -.
The Japanese captured 203-Metre
| Hill at Port Arthur.
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The temporary agreement, or modus
vivendi, between the United States and
Great Britain regarding the rights of
American fishermen In Newfoundland
waters has stirred up considerable OPP
position In several parts Of the British
Empire. The present Liberal govern
ment In London has agreed that the
American fishermen may use purse
seines, and may employ Newfoundland
crews, although both Of these things
are forbidden by the local laws Of the
colony. The agreement is to continue
until an understanding can be reached
as to the rights guaranteed to Ameri-
can fishermen by the treaty of 1918
and does not grant any right which
that treaty does not appear to protect.
The people of Newfoundland charge the
British government with betraying the
interests Of the colony. In Natal the
arrangement is regarded as blow at
the system of colonial autonomy. 1t Is
urged that the affairs of a self-govern-
ing colony should not be discussed with
a foreign state until the imperial gov
ernment has the concurrence Of the
colony interested. In London the oppo-
sition condemns the government for
what it calls "a complete surrender to
America" The impartial observer will
consult the treaties before forming an
opinion on these partisan charges. The
fishing rights Of Americans in Cana
dian waters were recognized by the
British at the same time that they
recognized the independence of the Con-
tinental colonies. The revolutionists
successfully contended that the fisheries
of the whole Atlantic coast were a
valuable asset of the territory which
had won Its Independence. After the
war Of 1912 the British claimed that
the previous treaty was nullified by the
hostilities, but the American commits
sioners refused to admit that conten-
ton, and insisted that the recognition
Of our rights In the fisheries was as
irrevocable as the recognition Of the
Independence Of the colonies. The con-
dltions under which the rights might
be enjoyed were slightly modified in
the treaty Of 1918, still in force. Other
and temporary agreements have been
made, but when they expired the old
treaty again became active. The early
rights, which were conceded In the
first peace treaty between the mother
country and the colonies, have been
modified so many times that the New
foundlanders and many British and
Americans have come to think that
they are not rights at all, but privi-
leges.
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all Of whom are of tender years-they
are to be given over to their father, a
man of vile habits, two days In the
week, one week at New Year and
Easter and month in summer Of each
year. During these times they will be
with their grandmother, who is Bit
ter enemy Of their mother and under
the influence Of their father. If the
countess succeeds in making even de-
cent Frenchmen out of her boys under
these conditions both she and they will
be exceptionally fortunate. A mother
must indeed be of strong character and
determined will to counteract the In
fluences that will be set at work
against her personality and teachings
in such q case.
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VALUE OF THE ARCHITECT.
Public Not Generally Informed us to
His True Worth.

Public Not Generally Informed as to
His True Worth.
The real necessity for education in
architecture, In our minds, Is not to
teach the public what is good archi-
lecture 80 much as to bring them to a
closer appreciation Of the function the
architect plays in public work. TO
many people he Is still sort of upper
craftsman, less businesslike than ma
son, not as practical as carpenter,
but one who increases the cost Of a
building from some unknown reason
and keeps the builders all guessing.
Any one who looks back over the
progress Of the profession In this coun-
try for the last quarter Of a century
can readily appreciate how modern a
thing the American architect Is and
how little he is understood. The nation,
the cides, the individuals have thrown
opportunities Mt the profession with
both hands. The profession has never
been quite equal to 1t, but has made a
brave fight and Is fighting still.
When we say that the public appre-
ciates architecture we do not mean
that the appreciation is knowing or
an intelligent one. 1t simply likes a
large, handsome piece of building con-
structlon, and, generally speaking, the
public that goes by on the street will
take kindly to the really good archi-
tectural monuments.
There is, however, beyond question
great work to be done, and the sug-
gestlon to educate the public by means
of the creation of museums of architec-
ture is one which deserves careful con
slderation and which if carried out
very generally would undoubtedly do q
great deal to bring about the desired
results.
1t is safe to say that the collection
of architectural casts In the Metropolis
tan museum at New York Is studied
and admired more than any other one
feature OF that magnificent collection
and thereought to be similar collections
In all OF our large cities. Whether the
time Is yet ripe for them to be inde
pendent collections Is question.
Even now nearly all of cur muse
ums have more or less general coIlec
ton of architectural casts and IL thes'
could be enlarged so as to be mort
specific in their illustrations-to In
clude models of complete buildings o.
the best type, with examples of decora
tions Of furnished interiors and will
perhaps In connection Herewith exhibi
tions Of architectural drawlngs-they
would become powerful educationa
agents. -Brickbuilder.
L 1 4 q u. l. II
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29-United States establishes provis-
ional government in Cuba.
October.
14-Chicago White Sox win baseball
Championship Of the world.
15Evangelist Sam Jones dies on
train in Arkansas.
16-Death of Mrs. Jefferson Davis. -.
French submarine Lutin lost in harbor
of Biserta, Tunis.
17-Western Cuba and southern Flor
ida swept by hurricane.
21-Blizzard and severe rainstorm hit
Western States.
24-Colorado river turned from Salton
sea into its former channel.
28-Train plunges from trestle into sea
at Atlantic City, N. j., destroying 70
lives. :. Two persons killed and 8 build
ings wrecked by natural gas explosion
in Coffeyville, Kan.
31-Judge Joseph e. Gary of Chicago
who presided over anarchists trial, dies.
November.
death of Congressman lockwood
Hoar of Massachusetts,.
5-CaShier Herring of failed Milwaukee
Avenue bank in Chicago sentenced to
States prison. !. !. Bank robbery at Ladd,
Illinois.
S-President Roosevelt starts for Pam
anna.
12-49 persons killed In B. & o, col
lision at Woodville, Ind. Death Of
Gen. w. r. Shafter.
1S-Bomb exploded in st. Peters
church in Rome.
10 Ecclesiastical court sustains her
esy decision against Rev. A. Crapsey Of
Rochester, N. Y.
21--23 lives lost in storm on great
lakes.
22-Collision of liners Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse and Orinoco in English chan
mel causes 13 deaths.
2S-Explosion in Amen, Germany,
kills 800 persons and lays town in ruins.
29-President Samuel Spencer Of
Southern railway and three guests killed
in wreck on his own road.
Decembcrs
3-Congress meets.
ASixty lives lost in flood In Clifton.
Ariz.
Burning of Chi Psi chapter house
at Cornell university. Ithaca, n. Y,
14-Edward Muller elected president
of Swiss confederation. Fuel famine
in North Dakota.
17-Several changes In President
Roosevelt's cabinet effected.
19-Death of Bishop G. G. McCahe
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ao-AdIournment Of congres..
July.


1-23 American tourists lost their
lives in train wreck near Salisbury, Eng
land. ssssr.
4-Son born to Crown Prince Freder-
isk Wilhelm Of Germany.
5-Capt. Dreyfus restored to full for
mer standing in French army.
1S-Death of Lady Curzon Of Kedles-
ton, formerly Mary Letter OF Chicago.
20-Reign of anarchy in central prov
inces of Russia.
21-Czar dissolyes the douma and trou-
BILE breaks out
22-Death of Russell Sage, fnancier.
30-Death of John L. Toole, English
comedian. :. Russian troops mutiny aaj
capture fortress at SveaDorg.
August.
1-3-Mutinies of Cars troops at prom
inent fortresses put down.
4-Great strike ordered by Russian rev.
olutionists begins. {. Death of Rear Ad-
miral Train. ;. 300 drowned by loss Of
steamer Sirio off Spanish coast.
13-Death of Mrs. Pearl Craigie, Eng
lish authoress.
16-Violent earthquake at Valparaiso,
Chile.
17-Death of Rebecca s. Clark (Sophia
May).
1S-Death of Lewis Morrison.
20-Cuban revolution breaks out.
28-Real Estate Trust Company's
bank fails in Philadelphia.
30-Enthusiastic greeting to VIM. j.
Bryan in New York.
31-Edward Rosewater of Omaha Bee
dies suddenly of heart failure.
September.
paul o. Stensland, absconding Chi
cago banker, captured in Tangier, Mo
rocco. -. Naval review on Long Island
Sound.
S-Great massacre of Jews in Siedice
Poland.
near Tifis, in Caucasia.
13-United States sailors landed in
Havana, but recalled almost immediate
ly.
14-President sends ultimatum tc
Cuba.
18-Terrifc typhoon sweeps Hongkong
21-Jellico, Tenn, wrecked by dyna
mite explosion.
22-Fierce race war in Atlanta, Ga.
24-Steamboat traffic on Missouri rivel
resumed after ten years.
26-Bank Wrecker Stensland sentenc
ed to Joliet.
27-Hurricane sweeps States along
Gulf of Mexico.
28-Cuban government goes to piece!
] and United States intervenes.
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Inconsistency, the paste Jewel of hui
man nature, has never been better IL
lustrated than by the barbarous con-
trast of bravery and cowardice which
a medical Journal points out in profes-
sional motor car drivers. They risk
their lives In perilous runs for money,
for excitement, for fame, from zest for
the sport or whatever the motive may
be. Yet some of them will not have
the number thirteen on their cars,
Shrinking from the fictitious terrors of
medieval superstition they plunge
boldly into dangers that are so obvious
that every spectator of race holds
his breath. Curious illogical human
naturei
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To help supply the demand In Amer
lea for good servants and also to help
Italian immigrants to good places, an
Italian banker of New York City pro-
poses to train Italian women In model
houses before they leave home. He
plans to open In northern Italy practi-
cal schools of domestic service equipped
with American laundries, kitchens and
dining rooms, where girls may learn
free of charge the work that will be
required Of them. Then they will come
to this country, where they will easily
secure places on the strength of their
practical education, 1t is thought that
persons of influence in both countries
will be ready to help this work, which
is philanthropic in the best sense in
that 1t promotes the efficiency of the
worker and insures good service to the
employer.
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Blgness is said to be quality which
appeals especially to Americans. How
ever that may be- purely scientific
interest justlfes the spreading of in
formation contained In recent bulle-
tin of the United States Geological Sur
vey about the size of the United States.
The area of the United States proper,
exclusive Of Alaska, island dependen-
cies and the Panama strip, is given as
three million twenty-six thousand sew
en- hundred and elghty-nine square
miles. The absence hitherto of an off,
cial standard resulted in discrepancy
between the computations Of the Cen
sus Bureau and the General Land
Office. A conference was called be-
tween these departments and the Geo
logical Survey, and the bulletin of the
Geological Survey is the result.
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There Is a thoughtful lady in Phila-
delphia who wants the family physi-
clan to arrange betrothals, so that there
may In future be less mlsmating The
question now arises, would the doctor
charge for a house or an Office call?