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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16
searchers Killed at Reggie.

A refugee from Calabria stated that
an express train on the road from
Reggie to Naples was brought to a
stop by tae shock when about Is miles
along the road in its journey. The
passengers demanded that they be
taken back to Reggie. where they
found a scene of desolation. While
searching for friends fresh shocks oc-
cured and practically all the passen-
gers were killed.
At Messina, after rapid work of or
ganization, progress was made in the
work of succoring the wounded sur
vivors, but no attempt was at first
made to remove the wreckage. The
troops and sailors we're obliged to
shoot down robbers who persisted in
footing. The entire local treasury of
the Messina branch Of the Bank of
Italy, some 100000. was saved and
placed on board an italian warship.
Many of the people of Messina re-
fused to leave the ruins of their
houses. They chung to the sites of
their homes, crying out that their only
safety was in fidelity to the wrecks
Of their houses Force often was
necessary to get them to the ships in
the harbor. There were large mum
bers in the suburbs Of Messina who
would not come back into the city for
fear of a recurrence Of the shocks.
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There are those who tell us that oul

There are those who tell us that our
grandmothers took on physical Gull
ture unconsciously, without thinking
OF its inches, in the course of their
housewifely days. For the Indian
clubs they had the broom; in place of
the ''setting-up" exercise they stopped
to the clothes basket below and reach
ed to the line above; in stead of prac-
ticing high kicking they rode the
LADY to Banbury Cross on an out
stretched foot. Evidently our newly
arrived model does not owe her curves
to domestic employment. We are
tempted, however, by her free and
easy account of her course in culture
to suspect that really her proportions
grew upon her and that she merely
imagines she has been in training.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16
Qualities Of Lead and steel.

Lead, when reduced to a very low
temperature in liquid air, is said to
act much as steel at ordinary tempera-
lures. 1t will serve as a he1ical spring,
for example. Just as iron is soft and
inelastic at high red color, so lead is
dill and soft at ordinary temperatures,
for it is then already well on its way
to be melted.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16

"A lily and CalaDrla almost
defy description. Now
that it is possible to obtain coherent
accounts from the few that escaped
from the stricken district with their
lives-many were for time without
the light of reason-it is realized that
certainly not for 20 centuries-per
haps never-haye such scenes been
enacted on the earth.
One of the first of the survivors that
reached the steamship Therapfe the
day following the catastrophe thus
described his experiences:
Il was asleep when the first shock
awoke me. / lit my lamp, but all was
quiet, and I turned to sleep again.
Suddenly fresh shocks occurred, vio-
lent and terrifying arose quickly
but the house was swaying and my
door was damned. ! tore the sheets
from the bed and made rope and
lowered myself from the window to
the street. An italian family of five
persons escaped from the house by
the aid of my rope.
Wandered All Day.
mo sooner were we in the street
than the house collapsed. tried to
assist in the work of rescue, but it
was useless. The horror and confu-
sion were indescribable All day l
wandered in the wrecked streets. Ne
food could be secured. | had only a
few nuts to eat. The prison was de.
stroyed and the warders killed, but
most of the convicts escaped. They
prowled about the ruins, robbing and
numbering. They cut off the fingers
of the dead and wounded to get the
rings. Some of them were singing
songs of liberty as they piled the
knife.
"a Russian vessel lying in the har-
Dor was thrown into the street by the
tidal wave. Railway lines were swal-
lowed up The square known as the
Gas Campo Santo collapsed and sank.
Only the SUBMITS of a few ruined
buildings still emerged from the
wreck.
Not one of the numerous hotels of
the city remained standing. A assure
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smaller house would have cost ten or
fifteen years ago.
These are the days of large living
rooms. People have found that at
least one room in the house should be
as large, as light and as airy as it is
possible to make it. Across the front
of this house, IA by 35 feet inside
measurement, is practically one great
room with fireplace in one end and
with plenty of plain large windows
that are in keeping with the general
character of the house.
This large living room is intended to
be one Of the main decorative fea-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16

Early Monday morning he was
awakened by a tremendous roaring
sound.
His bed struck the floor below. and
he was still on it. It paused a mo-
ment, and was again precipitated.
He struck the next floor, but this gave
way at once, and thus man and bed
came down from the fifth floor of the
hospital to the ground The soldier
was not injured.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16
AS a Starter.

1--WE must have harmony said the
master of ceremonies at political
rally.
.tAs the first step toward that end, =
remarked old Esquire Ridlay, I would
suggest that we dispense with the
services Of the village band. '-I5ir
mingham Age-H Herald
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16
Hopeless Search for relatives.

Hopeless Search for Relatives.
The German steamer Serapin
brought stories of heartrending sep
aration of families, and the hopeless
and frantic seeking Of relatives one
for the other. Shortly after the Sera.
pin locked a gangplank was lowered
and few persons were allowed on
board. The refugees were found sit
ting in isolated groups.
They gave evidence Of great mental
depression, and were utterly exhaust
ed. They seemed scarcely conscious
of their surroundings. Most of them
were held in the thrall of their terri
bic experiences.
One old man was carrying a little
girl in his arms. The child was COW
cred with blood.
Us that your child?" he was asked.
NO." he replied. Il found her on
the pavement in Messina l picked
her up and cared for her. No one
claimed her and I could not abandon
her. l have had her in my arms ever
SINCE
With this touching explanation the
old man became oblivious to his ques-
toner and everything around him.
The Serapin brought into this port
records Of numberless tragedies. Fam
lilies separated, mothers moaning and
crying for their dead children, hus-
bands and wives lost to each other, or
a sole survivor wishing that he had
not been spared.
There was one girl on board the
steamer, her clothing tattered and
torn. who had saved canary bird.
She was music hall singer and had
chung to her pet throughout the terri
BILE scenes of devastation. The bird
was the only happy thing on the yes
sci.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16
One Effect of the Green Hat.

"Bixby is engaged to the De Glitter
girl. you know"
Yes"
She won't let him wear his new
green hat when he walks with her."
"Why not?'
"she says it makes her face toe
red"
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Fell Five Floors; Uninjured.

TIE stories told by these unfortu-
nate refugees are almost unbelievable.
A soldier named Emilio de Castro, re-
lates that on Sunday, the day before
the disaster, he was taken sick and
was sent to the military hospital.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16
Lime Spread Over the City.

Lime Spread Over the City.
So it was arranged to have tens of
thousands of tons of lime taken to
Messina in ships and carried oyer the
city and spread everywhere.
The messengers from Messina could
not find words of sufficiently high
praise for the conduct of the king and
queen. They said that their majesties
left the battle ship and hurried into
the ruins of the city as if their own
near and dear ones lay amid the
wreekage.
Owing to the overwhelming char
acter of the disaster, the hastily es-
tablished hospital and relief corps
were Woefully inadequate to the work.
So it was that before their majesties
had gone more than few rods from
the dock they found themselves
among the ruins with the dead all
about them. Even the dying pinned
beneath walls and masonry heard the
wild cries of welcome mingled with
the chorus of wailing as a great mob
of half-distracted men and women
crowded about the royal couple and
followed them as their guards made a
way into the ruins.
The king made himself dear to all
his subjects, especially to those in
the earthquake zone, by his prompt
and personal aid in times of disaster.
This makes plausible story told by
his companions, who said that as the
royal pair and the crowd surrounding
them made their way through the
ruins a man pinned under a great
block of stone and supposed to be
dead raised his head, repeated the
cries of acclaim and dropped back
dead.
There was deep coating of mud all
over and their majesties walked
through it in their work. The queen
was frequently affected to tears by
the sight of the homeless, helpless
women who followed her crying for
pity, half-crazed by their misfortunes.
If she looked upon them they threw
themselves upon their knees in the
mire and with clasped hands prayed
for her help.
fast mail steamer, but the Milwaukee
was 1000 miles out, bound for Pana-
ma, 5000 miles away, when the mail
steamer was sighted of Honolulu.
Two days later the sack was on it's
way back to San Francisco, where it
arrived in due time, and as the Mil
waukee was still between 1900 and
1000 miles out of Panama then, the
San Francisco postmaster hustled the
bag on Panama bound steamship.
The cruiser, however, reached Pan
anna first, only to be ordered to ANA
pala, Honduras,
The Panama postmaster found that
a vessel was leaving for Ampala
within 48 hours, and he trans-shipped
the sack of mail to that steamship,
but the Milwaukee was steaming fun
speed back to San Francisco when the
sack reached Amapala. q
The postmaster there forwarded il
to San Francisco. Again the sack
missed connection, as the Milwaukee
had sailed for Bremerton, Wash. Ar
irving there the cruiser was put in re.
serve, and the bag of mail again for.
Warded from San Francisco-this time
by rail-fnally reached the boat, and
was delivered to the man
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16

APLEs, Italy.-The nor
rors accompanying the
earthquake, fire and tidal
wave that devastated Sic
lily and Calabria almost
DEFY descrintion. Now
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-01-16

corpses Heaped in Streets.
In all the streets-or what had
once been streets corpses were
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-06

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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-06
tEWIs's SELECT PRIZE COTTON SEED

0The variety that wiii not tail to please you
In the Geld and at tho Gin Nory prolific. sory
carlr-wi;h proper trca,mon, ~ per cent can
nc gathered I'm August tho very Kind 10 plan,
I'm or on, OF the ~oevll territory Always
stands foremost a, tho Experiment stations /.
always pIeasoa the planter. and viii please
you. Give my srs-d a trial and you viii uu;
to disappointed. Don't buy SECOND hand &sed
from anyone. order direct lrvtn originator
seed improved annually. Write tpday Tor
circular
w.BF. LEWIS Lsvsss~ L.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-20
EFFORT FOR CHEAP
SUGAR

The wholesale grocers of the coun-
try have taken up the matter of the
tariff on sugar and are sending out the
following c~icular, which is self-ex-
planitory:
elm spite Of the fact that public SEN
timent in all sections of the country
as shown by the attitude of the press
and by the immense number of petit
lions sent to congress-, is strongly in
favor of a lower tariff rate on sugar,
the influence of the Sugar Trust has
evidently had more weight with the
on ways and means than the
wishes of the 10000, 900 consumers
who want, and are entitled, to cheaper
The Payne tariff bill, reported
to the house on March II, provides for
only an insignificant reduction from
1.95 to 100 cents per pound on refined
ugar AS the bill contains a provision
for an additional tariff of 20 per cent
goods coming from countries whose
tariffs discriminate against the United
States, the real effect of the Payne
bill will be to increase the duty on re-
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-20
j. Grdndel
- " 4 II

hsbinson's barber shop continues y
III led. =
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-20

you and will pay you SIS . month for
taking only four orders a day. You
can earn a big income. We furnish ali
supplies free. Write today to
MANAGER, p. o. Box 1850, New YORK
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-20

eroa suoar from LOS to 2.2S cents per
no,nd an increase of .33 cents instead
of a decrease of .05 cents as impiled III
the proposed tariff schedule. The action
of the committee on ways and means
in refusing to reduce the sugar duty
was taken in face of the fact that MT.
Claus A. Spreckels of the Federai
Sugar Refining company, testified be-
fore them that the sugar rennlng IN
dustrv needed no protection, provided
raw sugar was placed on the free hst'
"The duty at present is equivalent
TO about so per cent of the n-Dond
value of imported raw sugar, n
oouals two cents per pound on refined
sugar. With this tax removed, or large
" reduced, the price of sugar woulo
be directly lowered. Under free sugar
a barrel of sugar now costing S2o wouid
cost $13. With the same margin OIL
nroft. and with a lower initial cost,
the percentage of profit to the dealer
would be much larger than 1T is now
aThe committee on ways and means
having failed to recommend a reduc-
ton in tn esugar tax, the hight Tor a
lower rate of duty will have to be ade
in the senate. We therefore enclose
petitions asking for material reduc-
tion in the tariff on sugar, SO that the
price of this material will be lowered
to the consumers, and would ask you
to have them signed by as many per-
sons as possible, and send them to the
senators from your state, with letters
urging them to use their influence IN
FAVOR of a lower tax.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-20
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

of the Interior, u. s. Land
Office at Carson City, Nevada, April
7, 1909.
Notice is hereby given hat Daniel
M. lie Baron, of W~innemucea, Nevada,
who, on July Z, 1905, made Desert Land
Entry No. AS, serial No. 052, for SEA
NEA, NEA sen Sec 20, SWA NWA
and NWH SWA section 81, township
80 north, range 80 east Mount Diablo
Meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make final proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before the
County Clerk of Humboldt county, at
his Office, at Winnemucca, Nevada, on
the goth day of May, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses. viii.
lam w. darlington, Joseph Warren and
Thomas Martin all of W~innemucca. Ne.
NADIA, and Theophile Lay, Of Amos,
Nevada.
LOUIS J. COLIN,
Register
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-20
WEATHER REPORT

Following is the report OF the local
office of the United States weather
bureau of the department of agricui'
ture for Winnemucca for the twenty
four hours ending at 5 a. m. April ~,
1909:
Maximum temperature, 80.
Minimum temperature, 81.
Mean temperature, 43.
Normal temperature, 4S.
Prevailing direction of the wind,
Precipitation, 0.19.
Forecast for Winnemucca and vicin-
ity for the twenty-four hours ending
at 5 p. m, April 81, 1909, issued from
San Francisco, Cal: Fair; warmer to
night and Wednesday.
J.. c. HAYDEN,
Official in Charge.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-20
Words to Freeze the Soul.

"Your son has Consumption. HI.
case is hopeless" These appalling
words were spoken to Geo. L. Bleveus
leading merchant of Springfield, \.
G. by two expert doctors-one a lung
specialist. Then was shown the won.
derful power of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. "After three weeks use, =
writes Mr.. Blevens, che was az well
as ever. / would not take all The
money in the world for what it did iu
my boy" Infallible for Coughs "a
Colds, its the safest, surest cure II des
perate Lung diseases on earth. soc an
$1.00. Guarantee satisfaction. Tnal
bottle free at Eagle Drug Co.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-20
NOTICl FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Carson City, Ne.
vada, March 9, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that the Santa
Re Pacific Railroad Company, by John
Il. Webb, its attorney in fact, of Kent.
field, California, has filed in this Of.
hce its application to select, under the
provisions of the Act of Congress, Id
proved June 4, 1897, the northeast
quarter of the southwest quarter (NEA
OF sWA) of section six (6), township
thirty-four (34) north, range forty (4O)
east Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
verseiy the lands described, or desiring
to object because of the mineral char.
acter OF the land, or for any other rea
son, to the disposal. to the applicant,
should file their afidavits of protest in
this Office, on or before the 22nd day Of
April, 1909.
LOUIS ]. COIN,
Register.
Date Of first publication March 20.
1909.
Date Of lat publication, April II,
1909.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-20
j. A. ROGERS, p. M.

An Alaska placer mine is to be re-
produced on the grounds of the Alaska
Yukon-Paciic exposition at Seattle this
summer and visitors to the fair may
pan gold, eat in a road house or drive
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-20

II you are In need Of stationery call
and let US show you our line.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-04-20

These letters will be sent to the dead
letter Office May l, 1909, if not de,
livered before. In calling for the
above please say advertised" giving
date of list.
j. A. ROGERS, p. M.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-23
TAKES PRECAUT|ON
AGAINST PANICS
Gary Chief of Police Thinks
Prevention Better
Than Cure.
NO OVERCROWDEO THEATRES
Amusement Places Have Been Filled
Like Sardine Boxes-Egress Is
Hampered in Case of Fire.

Chief of Police Joseph Martin has is
sued a written order to the police of
Gary to carefully watch the FIVE and
ten-oent theaters with view to pre-
venting overcrowding. In the report
to the officers Chief Martin stated that
the precautionary measures taken
against fire were not sufficient to war
rant very large crowd congregating
in the theaters.
AS long as the storerooms. in which
most of them are located, are not over
crowded they will be allowed to con-
tinue unhampered, but when the pat
rons are forced to stand In the aisles
the police will order the management
to stop the sale of tickets for that per-
Torrance.
In several of the theaters. and par
tieularly the fve-eent theaters. every
seat in the house has been taken and
the aisies were crowded to the limit.
After the performance it takes several
minutes to empty the house. This is
considered dangerous by the chief, and
the order was issued to the officers in
consequence.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-23
]. ]. zE|GLER, GARY
WELLS FARGO AGENT
First Express Sent Out
Yesterday Over South
Shore Line.
BEND EASTERN TERMINUS
Until Interurban Has Entrance Into
Chicago Shipments Will Be
Transferred to Erie.

The, WellFargo Express company
has appointed its Gary agent in the
person Of ]. J. Zeigler, formerly of
Rochester, Ind Mr.. Zeigler took
charge of his work yesterday and the
first express was sent out and received
at the Gary station. The cities of the
South Bend line to which the express
can be sent from Gary are Hammond,
East Chicago, Miller. Michigan City,
New Carlysle and South Bend
Arrangements have also been made
at the Hammond end Of the line to
take express into Chicago via the Erie.
1t is said that the time table of the
South Shore line conforms with that of
the Erie in such manner that the ex-
press can be taken into Chicago from
the Interurban station with but little
delay. This arrangement will be made
for getting express into Chicago until
the cars start running into Chicago
direct.
The wagon for the Gary office will
be delivered some time next week.
It was ordered by the company some
! time ago but there has been a delay
in it's delivery. Extra wagons will be
put on at Hammond, East Chicago
Michigan City and South Bend
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-23
THIRD TIME A SUCCESS
e. H. Thurow's Abode Is
Robbed at Gary Yester-
day Evening.

After three unsuccessful attempts to
rob the shack of E. Fl. Thurow of Gary.
burglars We're successful in gaining
entrance to the place and robbing it
OF a number of valuable articles.
The shack is one of a large number
situated near Fourth avenue and
Massachusetts street and is owned by
e. H Thurow.. Mr. Thurow is en-
pIoyed in the city and is away from
his shack all day. On account of other
attempts being made to rob the shack
Thurow placed two pad-locks on the
door and secured it as he thought best
against every possible means Of entry.
When he returned home from work
last night he was surprised to find
that the locks had been pried off the
door Everything in the place was in
great disorder. Upon making a search
it was found that the thief had stolen
gold watch and chain. a new over
coat and several articles of less value.
This is the third time that an at
tempt has been made to rob the place.
About a month ago Thurow was re-
turning to his shack when he met a
negro coming out of his place with
an armful of clothing. In making his
escape the negro drew his revolver
and dropped the clothes and succeeded
| in getting away in the darkness.