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TIIH OMAHA DATLY IIKK: FHIDAV. APHIL 20. iror,.
The Omaha Daily Ite
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fT.Ul.!HEJ EVERT MORNINO.
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(Haal) M. . HUNUAia,
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WHEN OUT Or TOWN,
(ksirlbara laavlaa; tha alty taaa
lrairllr eh14 kava Th Um
tibBa4 tlaa as raajaaataa.
No nuns la not neceaaarlly good news
tvhen on) Is watching for report from
in aarlhtjuaka ami all wltwa down.
I urtiinatitly for rakldonts of Hnu
I'rif 'lco the tllmate preclude suffer
lug from (ha cold at this aeakon of tha
yeHr.
The carthQuak ruin of tha Califor
nia count ovcrkhadow la pobllc Impor
tance the ab covered district In the re
gion of Veauvlua.
If those Yaaul refuae to return to
the reservation Cleronlrao may have to
he sent to them to preach the beauties
and profits, f peace.
Candidate Hunaou baa come out pub'
llcly In favor of Buuday base boll
".Tim" Pahlroan la not to be allowed to
nikke all tha base bit.
Taking everything Into consideration
Omaha'a geographical location and ell
matin condition are about a good aa
can be found anywhere..
This la the tree planting eann. tiach
btumeholdnr ahould appoint himself I
committee of one to help In the cam
palgn to make Omaha beautiful.
Now that Chancellor von Huelow I
compelled to take a rest the world may
aee just bow much Influence Emperor
William has on his administration.
The political earthquake which local
raiidldatee have been trying tit stir up
will have to take a back atmt for a lit
tin while until the atmosphere
cleared.
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A better Idea of the extent of the ill
aater at 8an Frannlaco can be gained
by remembering that the burned area
is equal 10 one third of the area of
Omaha.
If the atrlcken people of Hhu Fran
eiai-o ami the coast towna appeal for
outside asU'ince Omaha may b de
pended iihii to respond promptly ami
generously.
The grain late eltnatlon Is nvuln to
be readjusted, but the rate makers hava
had to reeorulae the fact that Omaha
la on tha map aa a grain market and
ware to stay.
M..i i .
-mtm, is aciiiiing n xpetUtlou
against the Zulus, and memliera of tha
BiitUh rarllkincnt. far from the acene
or uoudio, may prepare reeolutkma avm
painisiug v.lth tha aavagea.
'akaakaaassaaaBwaM
father tlapon Is said t miaalng.
IVrhapa he haa aerved hla purpose a a
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to his reward aa have many Itefore him
vino re i ted upon the bureaucracy.
.M....I.,. W My ,lta,
have for many yeara expectml the an
rranclat'o earthquake lay themselves
open to criticism either of stretching
the truih or of fearing to tell what they
knew In time to save life and property
The woman who told Chicago uegroea
to War arms and "anticipate the white
men In Ihelr deviltry" lakes a place
lougklde of Thomas Mxon aa a ills
tetter of the social order. Uoth vthltea
and black should leave their nrearma
at home. "
The destruction by Are at Ran Fran
clsco again emphaslsea the fact that
tiiepiih.f building cauuot be made out
of wood and other Inflammable mate
rial no matter what pretense of lire
pris.flng I applied to thorn. The les
son ahould be learned again In Omsba
v,l every other growing city.
LT.T OMAHA Ht:l,r
Omtha lint alrMd rom ridlilj In (l
front In rKn to tlx AeuAn tut r
lft tor lb ulrlrkoo iil of Man Fran-
lain anil lh ra10 roaal. Ttit
offi-r to pla- flO.iMI at Hi IiiiiiiiIIiiI
illaKl of tlM aiithorltlf of tnn I'rau
rlaco ahouW rkiilt from thf firt II for
14 Kpenka Toltjinca for tin gi)roiia ami
bumanltarlin ImptilarMi of our lillnit
clllKn. TM will I oriljr a flrt con-
trlbiiflon from Omaha, followed hj
further teiirWa tniifflble riprexHlona
of our tytupatliy for thr unfortunate
victim.
Other conimuiiliir-a are, of ioin',
romlng forward with otnimenaiirHie lll
eralltjr and while the tnktd'r of rontrll)-
utlng to the relief fumla Is not to lx
reKnrrleil In ue llp-ht of a coinpftllloii,
till Omaha khoulJ and will do lln full
alii re. Ilardlr a (niully la to Im found
among u who taa not frlendn or rt-l-atlvea
In tha earthquake ridden UUlrlt t
and tba thought that th needs or suf
fering of some oua personally known
to as Dim be alleviated ahould Umpire
open hearted reopoiike to tha call for
su-eor.
Hie cltlitfii' riiiiiuillli-e hun oigiiuliHl
with tba designation of Luther Drake,
pn'nldent of tlx. Mi'icliiHiln Nattoiml
baiik of Hi Ik city, as trenmirer to receive
contribution!). Omaha petipln ahould
send tlx-lr doliiillouk to 1 1 E lit nt olice
without liilng aollcllcil, rciiitMulx'i'inK
that the first proffered aitalKtanco goes
much further than that tardily extended.
ft AN MliACMtiiS A.tiJ
Tho fni-thquuka tataktrophe whoso ef
fects slugger humnully will Hllr the
American people to help tho sufferer.
The response must lo quhk and com-
mensurute with the awful need.
The magnitude of the dlsunlcr grows
aa the appalling details becomo known.
Aside from the tremendous outright de
struction of property and Iosh of human
life, tho country la confronted with the
fact that eltuokt the whole population
of a great city Is suddenly homeless.
Tho blow that amnio with liiktnnt
paralyala of tho industries of Hun I'run-
clsco leveled the people's hitliltntloiis.
Food and shelter and care for the Hick
and hurt are the first need, ami It la a
need that cannot wall.
It gona without aaylng Unit the Amer
ican people will rise aa one mini under
common Impulse eager to nld the
atrlcken city aa they always have lcen
when audden calamity of fire or flood
or plague haa anywhere befallen. Im
mediate relbif of the dire necessities of
a third of a million people, atunned ami
overwhelmed In the twinkling of nn eye,
la no light tiuk, eager aa the couutry I
and abundant aa Its resource arc.
The rehabilitation of the city Is a
matter of the future, but Immediate re
lief for tha hungry and the roofless Is
tho emergency of the hour.
WUCYHOU1KHS' 1SFI. I 'KM K
The prompt enactment by the New
York legislature of so many of the In
surance reform lllla prepared by the
Armstrong committee that the weaken
ing of ono of them In an Important
feature U a public disappointment and
at onen attracts attention. That provi
sion which would require mutual com
pan lea to expose lists, of pnllcyhohlera In
connection with their annual elections
would have been of great value and
ought to buve stood.
Hut tha lawa already passed abolish
ing ao many abuses also make extensive
provision for restoring control of the
mutual companies to the policyholders
and keeping It there. The simple fact
that the law falls to afford complete
facilities for Information aa to one de
tall will direct the attention of policy
boldera In that direction. It I not un
likely that the pressure of public opln
Ion will be aufUclent to Induce the
official of the mutual eompanlea vol
unlarlly to give the Information which
tha law does not compel them to Rive.
To refuse Is to Invito suspicion and thus
to defeat the motive for keeping policy
holder In tho dark.
THk! PHKSIMCSr O.V "IMMl'Mtr
The Importance of the subject of Im
munity certainly warrant tho emphasis
the president puts upon it (n his special
message to congresa calling for leglsla
tlon both to define the privilege of wlt
uessca and to give the government the
right of appeal in criminal esses. Judge.
Humphrey's decision in tho beef pack-
era' case docs make the law a farce, for
It renders the law Itself a fatal obstacle
to the enforcement of criminal penalties,
and on top of that prevents possibility
of remedy by appeal from the Inferior
federal courts.
o one nen ics me rigni or a immsoii
cotmuauded a a witness In court either
to refuse to answer If an answer would
Ih self Incriminating or if be answers
to have Immunity. It is a tight of the
cilUeu essential to hi security and his
liberty, and as such It Is safeguarded by
all our constitutions, f literal and state.
Hut It wa never Intended that these
safeguards ahould apply to Information
not secured by compulsory legal process,
which has always Wen regarded within
the right of the executive brsuch of the
government to secure and which It Is
necessary It ahould have, and tuore and
more iteceesary aa busluess Is conducted
under tbe forms of Incorporation.
The Humphrey ruling would have the
preposterous effect of destroying In large
part the poteucy of otnclsl publicity for
good. legislation baa been proceeding
on the dciiionsi rated fat fhat many
corrvratlon evils and abunt-a disappear
rtiroiia-h ttie mere authentic disclosure of
the truth a Unit them, ami the truth Is
at all events vital to correct and rffec
the legislation cotn-ernlng such evil
vt h-n puMlrlty dtx-a not Itself altoKethcr
dwtroy them. It would defeat the very
purjote If the (tiller-flon of Information
through aiK'h admlulstrntlve agencies as
he Ix-piirtmetit of Commerce and the
Interstate Commerce commission shnulil
work, a a permanent isillcy, complete
alsoliitloii from the consequences of
criminal acta even remotely related to
the official Inquiry. The Humphrey de
cision, however, goea to this extreme,
and It csnnot !c permitted to stand as
a general rule.
The public will aiiftaln the president
In hla desire to ptiulxh guilty men rmlicr
than the corporations which are the
mere sensclck Instrumentalities of the
viola I ion of the law. This la why he
ami oil right thinking eofile deplore so
keenly the obstacle which the Heef trust
decision lots' throw n In the way of Jus
lice and why congress should not lienltnte
to use Its legislative powers to remove
that obstacle.
I'HIMAlir LAW COMPLICATIOMI
The crudity of certain provisions of
the I lodge primary law as enacted by
the last legislature Is again brought out
In connection with the primaries to be
held to select delegate to the repub
lican state convention, widen has been
called to meet at Lincoln August 22.
l'lider this law, which tippllca only to
Ilougln county, a primary election
must Im held on a fixod day seven
weeka lx-fore any convention to which
delegates are to 1 chosen.
If each party were lo hold but one
convention and all party conventions
were to meet upon the same day, one
general primary would snlhce. A u
matter of fact, however, there will bo
three or four parly tickets In the field
this year, each of whose membership
In this county will be represented In
two conventions -the state convention
and the congressional convention. If
three political parllcM have each sepa
rate conventions on different days to
nominate stale and congressional candi
dates we would have to bold under
si rlct Interpretation of the primary law
not Ichs than six successive primary
elections In IioughiM comity.
Manifestly the expense of such pro
cedure would be altogether excessive,
lo say nothing of the wasteful diver
slon of lime and energy It would entail.
In tho Interest of the public something
should be done to klmpllfy this con
fused situation. The siiggeHtlon that
has been made that all parlies con
cerned pet together when tho time
cornea by stipulation mul arrange for
the holding of a single primary nt a
mutually agreeable date for the elec
tion of delegates by nil the parties
seema lo offer tho only practical way
out.
Nothing, however; can be done . In
till) direction until the calls shall have
Is'cn Issued for tho state convention
of all parties and also for the congres
sional conventions of such political par
ties as may be expected to put forth
candidates for congress In this district.
i ne re-ciection or mayor .unman a
councilman from tho Third ward Is as
su rod, In advance for the same reason
that be won out hands down In the prl
mary against all comers on the strength
of his own record and personality. Mr
.Unman Is tho only uieniber of the
council who haa niade such an Impres
alon upon the public aa to command
aupport by the very virtue of his Inde.
pendence and fearlessness In standing
up for what he believes to l right and
In the Interest of the taxpayers.
When It comes to furnishing the
news promptly In readable and Intel
llglble form, Tho Hee invltea compaii
kon with the best metropolitan news
papers, people hereabouts who want
the facts In any great newa event ao
that they can rely upon them always
look to The nee.
Tha rise In realty baa not been con
fined to any one section of the city, but
la visible In resilient kites as well aa In
business lots. Money Is helm? made In
Omaha realty every day and a whole
pile more Is going to be mado right
along during tho next few years.
Judge Smith Mcl'herson has decided
that the t rattle managers aa well aa the
railroads will have to be tried at Kan
sas Cltv. The defendants may ask for
a change of Judges when (he case
come up on their merits, but will hardly
look to Judge Humphrey.
Tho divorce decision of the supreme
court removes a menace that was
threatening to put Omaha In the rank
as a divorce colony. 'Ilils is one Indus
try, however, to which Omaha will
gladly rclliuiulsh all its claims.
It must tc a mistake atsmt the Hilt
lali ambassador Ixiug unwilling to at
tend the funeral of John I'aul Jones, a
his ancestors would surely have re
Jolctnl to have been present on such nil
occasion.
The -railway passenger agents now
have a piuillng iiuestlon confronting
them: Will the 1'acitlc coast earth
ipuake disturtmncea retard or proumto
transcontinental tourist traffic this sum
mer? Now that the New York state senate
has begun to amend the Armstrong In
surance bills. olleyhnldera need not he
surprised to learn that more of their
money Is going Into legislative chan
nels. The convention of telephone superin
tendents la session In Omaha suggests
that while long distance talk cornea
handy now and then, it doe not com
pare with telling It right to a man's
face.
Hcnnior Toilette's high opinion of
the supreme court of the fulled States
as expressed cannot lie considered very
flattering to the law makers w hose work
the Judges are called iqioii to correct.
The I net pert' llapitaaa.
").rlrnlt R pnlillf nn
riot mink raksrs ar still f.'iltly tiiy,
It's lite inllllotialr that have t tie coM f"et.
Twer Ttsse for I osl Scare.
('Iilraao Inter-fteesn.
Kvry effort to alarm us shout tha coal
strike haa thus fur fnllr-d. The tnlM
winter, tha early spring, stul the proHprt
for s warm summit wet too modi for the
sin rmlsts.
It Is lanah.
nitahurg IHspstih.
Tim aliseiir of any public em llciiirnt
over t onvrrssiunn Towne's threat to ex
pos rtoov!t as soon as lis y,Ms hack
to Washington Is not tu" to preoccupation,
either.
Jalaiilalnar Heart" Timber.
Washington Tost.
Kioto their hrateil conversation It IS evi
dent that. TresloVnt Roosevelt has offndd
number nf amorrata by rco-nlf Ing the
only meritorious plank In thslr last plat
form.
Blila Snaps nf Ilaflroaw Masnataa.
rhllsrlelphla Press.
A Illlls while sro It wss the life Insur
ance dlrar:tois who were explaining. Now
It's the railroad director who have brrn
working a lit t las aid Una of coal ftrnfl who
are explaining or m'llln their coat rompnny
stock.
i nn tea ay to Uaeaa,
t'hli'Hgo Kecnrd-lteralil.
A resolution providing for tli election
of rolled Htates senators by the direct
votes of tha people has been favorably
sited upon by a house coin irilt t ce. We
ebull not off'T pi le a to people w ho roi -rsctly
auess what will happen lo this mens-
nro when It reaches tho senate.
Oharnatlona of the His 1.
rittnliura Dispatch.
A cerluln senator who avowa his repre
sentation of a bis exploits compHiiy is
quoted as saying that "Hie government la
unalterably opposed to a more liberal par
cels post." A few interstices of this Sort
may arousri a ilm-lilcil movement hsaIiihI
linvlng Hie i.ot point loos and the govern
ment Identical.
Marh Ado About olhlu.
, Portland Oregonlan.
It turns ou that the sinusgliii senaiition
reported from tfun I'ranclsro was based
on a lot of luennslderahln presents dis
patched hy officers and men of the battle
ship Oregon to their loved ones at home.
A s-ovcrniiient that won't let Its uniformed
defender, Innocent of fraud, deadhead h
keepsake to his sweetheart Isn't worth
fighting for.
He hi nrf tbe Times.
HprliiKtlftld Republican.
President Roosevelt's Inheritance tsx IdiM
Is so familiar In Knalaud. through arlu.tl
axpcrlotics with Hlr William llarconrt's
"death dill lea.", that the London papers
are not In Ilia leant shocked by the preal
dnnt's suggestion. This again shows us
how much inon conservative we sre get
ting In this country, In certain ways, then
they are In the land of monarchy.
Judicial Technicalities Bpell Anarchy,
Portland Oregonlan.
Like all our distinguished criminals,
Oreono and Oaynoc had their "bill of ex
ceptions" reudy to file when they were
sentenced, and thus (neaped the penalty
of their crime temporarily, if not forever.
A convicted man should be allowed an
appeal on the ground that Hie evldnn.-s
against hlni does not sustain tha verdl?t
nf guilty. To allow It nn trivial technic 1 1
grounds la lo enratirage anarchy.
Senator Roosevelt.
Chicago Chronicle.
No news about President Roosevelt has
pleased us so welt In a long time as the
report that when his presidential term bus
expired he will represent New York In th
senate. In Kngland a premier does not re
tire from public life when he retlrea from
oflVe and It would be a great loss to the
nation if he should Aa so. In like manner
there Is no man who could be so useful
In congress a an en-ptesldent. We hav
had some examples of It snd we need
more. The truth Is, the constitution ought
lo provide a permanent seat In the senate
for every ex-prraldent.
Printed flrtef.
Philadelphia Record.
In order to save time the houxe nf rep
resentatives st Washington has adopted
tha plan ef holding sessions on Hunday
for obituary purposes. tst Hunday mor
tuary honor was done to a deceased mem
ber from Illinois Hon. Itentamln V. Marsh.
Kor the occasion Ppeuker Cannon deputed
a pro tern Resolutions nf respect were
adopted. Leave to print remarks was
given ry unanimous consent. There were
three or four prepared orations. In the
printed Record this all haa the appearance
of s painted grief, It Is so cold snd formal
Put It saves time.
OI-l'HKSSKIt HY HIU ailll'I'KHS.
Trauanortalloa C'oinnanlaa Shamefully
trial In ana Chanted.
.wanaa City Times.
Vhd cnmpluhl of the railroads I list many
big shipper have cheated tha common cat
rlei a out of wat sums of money, with the
knowledge si'd without the protest of tliu
ranters thamaelves, looks paradoxical and
plauslbln a.1 the same time. The railroad
Inter. ut a whole aro the moat powerful
In the country, yet separate brunches of
tha transportation business are often con
temptuously weak when dealing with men
who control large tonnage.
The railroads hava Mrniltted Hie big
shippers to exact relwtes for yeara. This
concession lias been made to gel business.
Now, It Is just as plausible that tha same
railroads would let the alil.sra make
false clasaltlcatlona snd take underweights
In order lo keep buslnaaa already secured
Hut In all such favors grunted lor the pur
pose of either aecurlng or holding busi
ness, the railroad flagrantly and crimin
ally dlacrimltiate against the general pub
lic; they make the average shipper pay for
the t'oiicvaalnna made to the favored ship
pers. It la an unfair deal. Public service
Corporations aoure their charters from
the people as a whole, anil they are In duly
bound, and law-hound, to treat all alike.
The daclared Intention of certain rail
roads to reaiat the encroachmcnla on their
earning by greedy ahippra la ao clearly
In the right direction that it see ma strange
that the policy waa nut adopted long ago.
Aa matter of choice, of course, a railway
cfMiial would ruther obtain evml ratea
from all than to favor a few big ehipper;
for aside from the fact that falrueaa would
lower the average ratea slightly, it would
alao Increase the aerage earuiuga con
siderably. Then why should the rarrleie
submit, to extortion at the hands of the
shippers? If they will stand together thev
ran root out all these dlscrlmlnatlona, in
eluding all forma of rebating, which the
federal government Is Du seeking to
ellmluata.
riTsTrtoriir:
Kqaal It In the lllatary
r
tba tailed stntea.
fan Francisco has enperleiiced earth-
iUkea before and hss lieen scourged hv
Are, hut never tit-fore hsve both destructive
elements combined to lavage the city. The
ruin wrought on Wetlneadsy morning Slid
by the succeeding lieaom of flame haa no
ompsrsble re. old In the history of the
Cnlled BtMtes. bnwra in procrty and life
overtops the record of flre-saept Chicago.
The only record of similar iisluie In the
history of th country wsa the Charleston
earthquake In IW, when 110 lives wete lot
and proK-rty valued at ilS.HAOarj wss de
slmyed. Th tremor traveled over an area
of room) square miles. It was felt at !
ton, ) miles; La Cr , ) miles; Ht-
muds. KVI miles, and Cuba, ',' miles sway.
The lines of all the railroads In the vicinity
within a radius of twenty miles were
twisted and loosened.
Charleston st that time was a city of
50,000 Inhabitants. The city Is built on beds
of low, fist, sandy eountry. In regions of
nlluvlsl deposits. The earthquake selected
Rroad street, tbe leading thoroughfare, for
Its rruelest work. Rhn k arter shock rent
the city. Dwelling houses were forsaken In
the night shd the terrified people, half
clothed and shivering with fesr, sought
refuge in the outlying country. I'lre sdded
to the horrors of the scene, snd negroe.
superstitious snd erased with panic, were
held to the, spot by fesr. Kneeling In the
trembling streets, they prayed. The rum
bling snd rocking of the esrth continued
without Intermission during thirty-six
hour and hundreds of men snd women
temporarily lost their reason.
It was the repeated manifestation of
the phenomenon, which continued for many
dsys, that caused a general demoralization
of the Inhabitants more terrible to con
template than the wrecking of thousands
of buildings.
Han Francisco Is one of the oldest cities
on th racinc coast, Its first settlement
dating from 177. when two Franciscan
monks established an Indian mission which
they called Han Frsnelsco de Aslsl. A
small trading village grew up In the place,
but It had not msdn much headway when
tha Americans took possession tu 144.
When gold was discovered In IMS In Cali
fornia the town began to grow with tre
mendous rapidity snd It quickly became
the meropolis of the Pacific coast, a posi
tion which It. bus since mslntalned.
Its population at the present time Is
close lo U7K.HO0, about one-third of the In
habitants being of foreign birth, Including
some lt.mO Chinese. It does a large busi
ness with the orient and Its harbor Is vis
ited by craft from all parts of the world.
The buy of Han Frsnelsco Is one of th
finest In tha world. Much of the city was
built Willi a view to withstanding earth
quake shocks, but not to withstand fire.
Frame building predominate. In icon there
were (0,494 frame buildings and only
stone and brick. The abundance of wood
has not reduced this proportion In favor
of unsubstantial structures and In IDOd
many new houses are built of timber.
A part of Han Francisco Is built on land
reclaimed from the bay. Market atreet,
the great thoroughfare, la several mllca
long and a level street, as are the streets
south of It, but those from the north and
west Intersecting It atrlke boldly from the
hills and have gradients In soma Instances
aa steep as fifty feet. This feature gives
the city a. most striking sky line, snd from
the buy tha bouses seem plied en top of
ons another.
The msjorlty of tha thoroughfares have
a generous width. The slippery asphalt
pavements In numerous Instances are in
tersected by a strip of cobble to enable
horses to make war up and down.
Th renter ahout which San Francisco
revolves Is tha green turf of Union square,
with Its statue and flower beds, overtopped
by the towering Ht. Francis hotel, a sky
scraper among skyscrapers snd a palace
among hotel. This Immense structure of
steel and tlleii, alon and brick, waa an ex
periment In a city of earthquakes.
The Palace hotel haa been for year th
Meet a of the western traveler. Time
was when It was a gilded palace and
though othera rank with It today for hon
ors, the Palace takes precedence ss a land
mark. It Is corpulent snd bulging snd haa
a distinctive look of Ita own. No other
hotel In the country Is Just like It. Ita
great central court opens to the sky and
It balconies suggeat southern days. Han
Francisco teems with comfortable hotels,
lofty beyond the average and constructed
nf wood.
The following are the great earthquakes
In I he lust hundred years:
December M. lSiT Naples partly ruined;
t,m killed, 1.34.1 badly Injured.
March 4. ISM -Earthquake shock Isle nf
Tsehla; Casamlcelola destroyed; 144 killed.
July m, lWa-The rebullded town nf Cai
amlcelola again destroyed and with It Ijicco
Forlo; within fifteen seconds 1,300 houses
swept Into ruins; I.S13 killed.
Fehruary 23, 1 W The Rlverla suffered;
damage IM,0O(; Nice and Mentoue
shaken; nn the French side, seven krlled;
nn the Italian side, m killed snd sM
Injured.
December , 1NM Andalusia. Malaga Is
shaken; IWi killed.
October 2. 1MI Mlno Owarl district In
Japan; T,27 killed. 17.S9J Injured; 197,5X0
buildings destroyed; debris strewn over
twenty miles; rivers and canal altered.
June IS. KW7 Cathedral at Calcutta, India,
damuged and seven natlvea killed In panic;
at Assam, public buildings and crop de
SI roved; deaths, 1,642.
May 1. 1K2. occurred the Martinique ill
sster, when Ht. Pierre was destroyed and
8a.0o() person killed by the combined vol
cano and earthquake catastrophe.
I'KRSOf.tl. OTKS.
Han Frauiiaco pushes Vesuvius off
the
front page. M ore's the pity.
Htuyvesant Flih, the rich railroad presi
dent, started life aa a railroad clerk at the
aga of
F.urope again to the rescue. Hixteeu
thousand bachelor emigrants arrived "re
tently and m u single steamer.
The only negro offlcsr of the army who
la ii Wist Tolnler la Charles Young, at
present on duly aa military attache at Port
aa Prince, llaytl. Captain Young entered
the military academy In 1W4 and waa grad
uated lit 1
Hlr Charles Metcalfe, the consulting en
gineer to the Khoitealau railway a. claims
tha world leci.rd for rapid conati uctlon
on tha railroad above Victoria Falls. Five
and three-quarter mllca of track were laid
In twrlv hours.
It la said that tha Ute Mr. Hall.-y waa
so modest thai hla presa agent had to ob
tain a photograph of him by steslth. Thus
la another popular Ideal concerning circus
people shattered: thus alao the preaa agent
proves himself again a laborer worthy of
hla hire.
Taul Knapp. a half-breed IVutawatouile,
1 years old. haa been appointed to a West
Point ladetslilp by President Roosevelt
Young Knapp waa born near Hartford
Mich., but for wan haa lived with 1:1a
parenla In Penton Harbor, where he re
celved tbe greater part of bla education In
the public achnela. 1-Ater he went to the
Haskell Institute, a school for Indiana In
I. mice, Kan. last August be returned
to Hrtiion llattior and has been doing such
work u he coi.ld get. (tome time ago he
wrote lo Indian Commissioner lupp, who
bvrame Interested In him. and the result
wa hi sppoinUueat y th president.
at
Good
Health
depends
upon
the food
you eat
NotbV Thar e arc many murtutA, mad im fcsntation
of gnod baking; powders, which the pntdant wiU
avoid. They may be known by their price, being
scrM for ten t twenty-five cents a pound, or a cent
an ounce. They ara anade) with atura, inter iera with
Um) Bealthfulnsna erf the tood.
a OFT OAI, MONOPOLY.
Disclosures Made by tbe Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Philadelphia Record.
The "muck rake" la being wielded rather
vigorously by the Interstste Commero
rommlsHlon In It Investigation of the re
lations between tha railroads snd the coal
mining companies. Whether the disclosure
of a system of "graft" of which Pennsyl
vania, railroad officials, from car distrib
utors up to vice presidents, were tha bene
ficiaries, was "muck raking" nf the kind
that does harm or good President Roose
velt may tell us In due time when he shall
hava pondered the subject and la ready
lo make another speech on publla moral.
The fact are briefly these: Cuptaln Hick.
formerly president and still a stockholder
In half a dosen coal companies which fur
nished fuel for the "Pensy's" locomotive,
ha been In the habit of giving gratuities
to railroad officials. Home of the recipi
ents held stock In the coal companies and
received the gratuities In the form of
dividends." Thr waa "not a very elab
orate system of bookkeeping," however; the
real companies trusted the eaptaln Im
plicitly and lie gave each man what Ii
thought he was worth."
The quantity of coal Involved In these
transactions was but forty or fifty carloads
a day a mere drop In the bucket; but the
point of the esse Is that railway officials
who receive favors from certain producers
of coal thereby disqualify themselves from
treating other producer with the equality
lo which they are entitled. And. Indeed,
favoritism Seems to rule tha coal business.
Other railroad officials beside those im
plicated by Captain Hick hsve confessed
to being stockholders In mining oompaniea.
Th ownership of private car Insures
to their possessors transportation that
others cannot get, acknowledged tho gen
eral superintendent of transportation of
the. Ilaltlmor & Ohio; yet a few daya
ago a Pennsylvania railroad official ad
mitted that during the anthracite atrlke
of 1D02, when cars were In unprecedented
demand, his company sold 200 brand new
ones nut nf Us overworked rolling stock
to the Ilerwlnd-Whlts compnny. The tes
timony taken In this city by the Interstate
Commerce commission last week proved the
existence of a pool to fix rate and control
shipments to the Atlantic seaboard, which
pool Included practically all ' available
routes.
The entire coal trade I honeycombed with
abuses and discriminations such as were
condemned by the supreme court In tho
Chesapeake a Ohio case. There are com
binations and affiliations and deals and
dickers, and the need of corrective legis
lation which will effectually divorce th
buklnesa of mining from t hut of carrying;
appears to be Imperative.
SAILORS DISLIKE DISCIPLINE
Portusoeae Matlay halri to Re line
to Rules of Ship Com
mander. MAPRIO. April IB.-Ixtters received here
from IJsbon say that l.tOO sailors belonging
to the Portuguese warships, which recently
mutinied are confined In barracks ashore.
Five warships are anchored In the Tagus
In direct line with tho fire of the forts. The
trial of th mutineers hy court-martial la
proceeding. A district renorshlp Is ob
served over all press messages and news
papers containing reports of the mutinies
are seised. '
The sailors sssert that the excessive
discipline of the commander of tho lon
Carlos I was the cause of the mutiny.
A Doctors
Medicine
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is not a simple
cough syrup. It is a strong medi
cine, a doctor's medicine. It cures
hard cases, severe and desperate
cases. Especially good in bronchitis,
pleurisy, consumption. Ask your own
doctor all about it.
We have no secrets! We publish
the formulas of all our medicines.
Mita y ik t. C. Ara Ce.. Lowall, kfaae.
Alea Maauiaatarera of
ATBI'S TIOOl Fat ta aair. aYlR'8 PILLg Far caaitlsattea
aifcg a aaaaAPagmA-rm ta k4. Aim a acui cum- aCiamajuagm.
Adds to the hcalthfulncss
of all risen flour-foods,
while it makra the food
lighter, sweeter, finer
flavored, more delicious.
Exercise care in pur
chasing baking powder
to see that you get Dr.
Price's, which makra the
food more wholesome
and at the same time
more palatable.
I. If; IIP AM) BRIGflT.
"It doesn't pay to b overbearing," aald
the first trust magnate.
"You'r right," agreed tha second trust
magnate. "Never defy the law. Just Ig
nore It." Courier Journal.
Tho popullstlc congressman announced Ms
Intention of making an attack upon tho
president.
"Very rali for you to do that at this
time," counseled a friend. "You know
there' a general move against tha mos
quito pest Just now." Philadelphia, Iedger.
Mr. IIlRhmu (lunching between concert
numbers) How did you Ilka that last
polonaise?"
Mr. Oaawell WTiy er ther was too
blamed much powdered nutmeg sprinkled
on It to suit my taats. Chicago Tribune.
Jess Why on earth did Gladys marry
Charley UumleyT
'j-esaOh, aha took the greatest fancy to
Charley's Boston bull and h wouldn't gtv.
her th dog. Puck.
Magistrate: "Ahl they've caught you
drunk again eh?"
Prisoner: "No, sir) Tmperaonatln' an
officer dla time, I guess."
Magistrate: "Thai s tha charge, is it?"
Prisoner: "I guess so. IJey caught m
asleep on a coal-box." Philadelphia Catho
lic, Utandard.
"Tou can't see Mrs. Oldum." said, th
ervsnt; "she has tho toothache."
"You must be mistaken," replied tha
man; "I am her dentist and I hav her
teeth here In this package." Philadelphia
Prcs.
"Do you enjoy going Into the country In
your automobile?"
"Yes." snswered tha novice, "but th
pleasure of getting Into tha eountry Is
nothing compared to the triumphant satis
faction of getting homo again' Washing
ton HI nr.
"Almost every paper I pick no has an ar
ticle or two advising girls not to b. In a
hurry to marry."
"It seems to be quite evident that tha
girls don't read th paper." Cleveland
Plain Ijealcr.
"And what have you ever dona to bene
fit the world? You ara merely a sluggish
Idler."
"And who set you up ns a Judg-eT It Is
true I am a sluggish idler, but aa all my
Instincts are evil ones, I benefit the world
by doing nothing." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Tim life Insurance man bad com home
pretty lull.
"John," demanded his wife tha next
morning, "where were you, last night?"
"I don't remember!"
And the reply waa much more truthful
than it often la when uttered amid sterner
surroundings. Courier Journal.
Miss Tersloep You're not a very good
poker player, lire you, Mr. Btoplate?
Mr. Htoplate Why er what do you
mean?
Miss Tersleep No matter what kind of
a deal I give you. you always stuy.
Paltluioro American.
A HUAtTIKl I. DAY.
John Sterling.
O, unseen spirit I now a calm divine
Comes forth from Thee, rejoicing earth
ami nil ;
Trees, hills and houws. all distinctly shine,
And Thy great ocean slumbers every
where. The mountnln rldgn against the purple skv
Stands clear and strong, with darkened
rix-ka and dells.
And cloudless brightness opens wide and
high
A homo aerial, where Thy presence dwell.
Th chime of bells remote, tha murmuring
aca,
The song of blrda In whispering couse and
wood,
The distant volcea of chlldren'a thoughtless
glee.
And maiden's song, ara all one vole of
good.
Atnlil itlM ln l' nat' U r n niu a aa n aom...
i.K!
1h v
I if flu till aan.t satiu4.i allea (nan-. .-.J II
The Hhlit's white U glide on want far
rndauiiluil by a dream of storm or strife
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