THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: RATUITOAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1007.
HAVOC RIDES TIDAL WAVES
ipptlllm Tory of the Ooestt Whan
Disturbed by Earthquake.
RECORD DISASTER IN TIDAL WAVE CLASS
Tli Story of Aries's Andl Doom as
IVItnfMril hy m aval Officer
FoWe mnA Fory of the
Fnral flair Sea.
Tidal travea lire a common accompani
ment of earthquakes. Pplsmle disturbance
on land usually extend under the sea, pro
ducing an upheaval of water of varying
magnitude. Fear of a tlflal wave follnwlnjr
the earthquake at Pan Francisco was mani
fested by many people who hastened to
high ground, nut the neighboring waters
were not markedly disturbed, portions of
the Island of Jamaica, according to reports,
were swept hy tidal waves, hut no serious
damage resulted. Coincident with tha
Kingston disaster are the tidal waves
which overwhelmed one or more Islands
cf the Dutch Kast Indies on January 11.
On one Island 1,50 natives are said to have
perished. It Is evident from the meagre
accounts at hand that one or more of these
Islands experienced violent earthquake
shocks and the disturbance of the ocean
produced the engulfing tldnl waves.
In the tidal wave class of disasters, that
Which obHteratcd the pretty town of Arlca,
rear Valparaiso, Chile, In August, ISffl,
stands alone In appalling majesty and de
structive force. Captain L O. Billings,
IT. fi. N., commander of the naval steamer
Wttteree, described his experience In that
terrifying cataclysm In a late number of
the Sunday Magailne. In part he says:
Arlca numbered, about 10,000 Inhabitants. I
and was the only port of entry for a rich
and prosperous region. The town was pic
turesquely situated in a cleft or valley
running up jnto the sea coast range of the
Andes. Threading the valley was a small
stream that furnished water for irrigation,
whereby the desert coast blossomed with a
fertility that never ceased to surprise. It
was blocked in on one' hand by the perpen
dicular cliff of the Morro, 800 feet high,
which, without a single break to mar its
Imposing but cruel front, was ever lashed
by the long surges of the mightiest of
oceans, and on the other y sloping heights,
rising one above the other till lost in the
clouds.
A Inrklnig Fear.
Nevertheless, behind its cnarm of climate
and scenery lurked the ever present fear
In the native mind of another earthquake,
Arlca being a sort of rendesvous of such
seismic disturbances, having twice been"
nearly erased, with dreadful loss of life.
In blissful Ignorance of what a west coast
arthquake really was, we had celebrated
our natlonul holiday and their, the 4th and
loth of July, with srtU and burning of
powder.
Besides the Wateree and Fredonla In- the
roadstead, were a Peruvlun, also a
Chilean, men-of-war, and several square
rlggers, together with quite a fleet of mer
chantmen, when on August 8 a storm burst
from tho cloudless Bky, overwhelming us
in ono common ruin.
I was sitting in the cabin when In mid
afternoon we were startled by a violent
. trembling of the ship similar to the effect
produced by dropping anchor. Knowing It
could not be caused by that, I ran on deck,
where my attention was instantly arrested
by a yast cloud of dust rapidly approaching
from the southeast, while the awful
unusual appearance, but all was as smil
ing and serene as before. Orders were
given to prepare for the worst. Additional
anchors were cast, hatches were battened
down, guns secured, life lines rove fore
and aft, and for a few minutes all was
tho orderly confusion of a disciplined man-of-war
preparing for action. Many hands
make short work, and In a few minutes
we could again gtise shoreward, where the
uninjured were thronging the shore and
crowding the piers, crying to the whipping
to transport them to the appnrent safety
of the ships.
Of course, this was more than we could
witness unmoved, and orders were given
to prepare a landing party of forty men.
The gig. with a crew of thirteen men,
shoved off at onee. . It had reached the
shore safely and had landed Its crew,
leaving only the customary boat kpe'
charge, when our attention was distracted
by a hoarse; ominous murmur arising from
we knew not where. Looking shoreward
presently, to our horror we saw vacancy
where but a moment before the pier had
been massed with humanity: all swallowed
up by an Incoming wave In the batting of
an eyelash. Amid the floating wreckage
we saw the gig bom by an Irresistible
tide toward the bftttlemented Morro, the
seaman gallantly struggling to stem the
current. Finding his efforts vain and cer
tain death awaiting him, he laid In his use
less oars and waved farewell to his shlp
mstes as the boat disappeared forever In
the froth and comb of the wave. Thus the
Wateree lost only one of Its crew of 235;
hut our troubles were only beginning.
Next morning broke on a scene of oesoi
Intlon such as we may picture only or
Valparaiso and other Chilean cities during
the recent catastrophe. We found our
selves In a smalU cove or Indentation on
the coast line, having been swept five
miles up the coast and nearly two miles
Inland. The wave had carried us over
the sand dunes bordering the ocean, across
a valley and over the railroad, leaving us
at the foot of the sea coast range of the
Andes. On the perpendicular front of the
mountain our navigator dlncovered the
marks of the tidal wave, and by measure
ment found It to have been forty-seven
feet high, nof including the comb.
Stranded High on Land.
There we lay on as even a keel as if
still afloat, with our bow toward the sea,
our flag still flying and , our starboard
anchor and a hundred of fathoms of chain
l.rt nut carefully aa we could have
placed It there. Was it possible this heavy
anchor and chain should hive drifted with
us throughout all the mases of our ex
traordinary voyage? And why was not
the chain parted at least by the last shock.
as were the other fourT Vain queries, im
possible of solution,
We found near by the wreck of a large
English bark, the Chanacllla, with one of
its chains wound around it as many times
as It would go, thus showing It had been
rolled over and over. , Fifty rods nearer
tho sea lay the America on its bilges, and
the sand was strewn with the most
heterogeneous mass of plunder that eve
sladdened the eyes of a wrecker. Grand
pianos, bales of silk, casks of I brandy,
cases of win, furniture, clothing, nara
ware and solid sliver plate were strewn
for half, a mile or more. A rough est!
mate placed this emptying of the custom
bouse and residences of the destroyed city
at $1,600,000.
Our first work was to post a cordon
of sentries, while a strong working party
stove In the brandy casks and shattered
the wine casks, as we did not purpose
having drunkenness added to the other
horrors surrounding us.
For again, presently, came the same
hoarse, bellowing roar. Once more the
mmlillnsr e-rw In lntnitv. And Ylefnre our
eyes the everlasting hills nodded and the ; "haking palsied earth waved to and fro.
ground swayed to and fro like the short,
choppy waves of a troubled sea. The cloud
veiled the city completely, and through its
Impenetrable texture arose cries, shrieks
for help, the crash of crumbling houses
and the thousand commingled noises of a
great, calamity, while the ship reeled as
though clutched by a giant hand. Then the
Cloud passed.
As the dust slowly settled, we rubbed
our eyes and gazed again and again, be
lieving we were the victims of a hoax;
Xor where only a few moments previously
was a happy, prosperous city, we beheld
a mass of utter ruin, hardly a house left
standing, not one intact, the streets choked
with debris through which struggled fran
tically the least wounded of the stricken
wretches Imprisoned In the ruins of their
once sightly homes, while groans, cries
and prayers for mercy rent the air.' Over
all this horror the sun shone peacefully
from an unclouded sky, the sea. rippled
sUpreward as gently and musically aa be
fore. How long did It last? I cannot tell. No
one seemed to take note of time. It was a
horrible nightmare, a dream from which
we presently were to awaken. But not
The agony and suffering before us were
too ghastly and vivid to be the product
of mere Imagination, conscious or sub
' conscious. The shock may have been four
or Ave minutes In reaching us and passing.
We anxiously scanned the sea for any
This time the sea receded until the ship
ping was left stranded, while aa far to
seaward aa eye could reach we saw the
rock ribbed bottom of the ocean, never
before exposed to human gase, with strug
gling fish and monsters of the deep left
high and dry. While the round bottomed
ships keeled over on their beam ends, the
Wateree rested easily on Its flatter base,
and when the returning sea, not like
wave but like an abnormal tide, came
sweeping back, roiling the other vessels
over and over, leaving some bottom up and
others masses of wreckage, our vessel rose
easily over the billowing waters unharmed,
At that moment the sea began defying
the laws of nature. Currents ran In con
trary directions, and we were borne here
and there, at express speed. At Irregular
Intervals the seismic shocks recurred, but
none was so violent or protracted as the
first. The Peruvian man-of-war America,
said to be the fastest ship afloat at that
time, had hastily got up steam and at
tempted to get- to sea. It was well out
when the receding water left It partly
afloat and -broke its back. With funnels
still vomiting smoke and apparently under
full command. It was backed down by the
current toward the wrecked Fredonla, then
rapidly setting In toward the Morro. The
next moment the Fredonla capsized. Not
one of Its crew was saved.
Facing ths Morro and a short distance
away a rocky lalet rose a Yew feet above
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The Reliable Specialists
YOUNG JVIEN
We have observed the blighting Influence of neglect and ignorance In
the young men and middle-aged undermining the foundations of health; cloud
ing brightest minds and destroying all aspirations; family circles disrupted
and the poisonous fangs reaching out and blighting even succeeding generations.
There are thousands of wrecked constitutions among young men today.
Their weakened vitality, shattered nerves and exhausted energies tell a pill
able story. Multitudes have brought upon-themselves the horrors of a lifo
long disease or weakness through ignorance or neglect, which sap tha very
foundation of life, destroying their health and strength, leaving ihem a men
tal and physical wreck.
Are you pne of the many thousands cf wretched and ailing MEN, and d"o
you wish to be cured? We have devoted many veurs exclusively to treating
this r!n of troubles, attended with the gretet suctes. and we are thus
enabled to give this class of sufferers the benelti of cur extended experiences
In treuting diseases of men. The specialists of the mate Medical institute
are eminently qualified to advise, direct and treat such cases. We are thor- '
oughly conversant with every minute detail connected with such cases and
encourage and counsel the patient by -good adice, while our skill nnd medical
treatment restores him back to health, strength and happiness.
We treat men only, and cure promptly, safely and thoro
ughly NERVOUS DEBILITY, BLOOD POISON, SKIN
DISEASES, KIDNEY and BLADDER DISEASES and all
SPECIAL diseases and their complications.
Utt Consoltalioa and Eximlnittoa K,HX u&ZXl"'
STATE MEDICAL INSTITUTE
1308 Farnam St, Between 13th and 14th Sts., Omaha, Neb.
the surface of the sea. In It was hewn a
fort mounting two flfteen-lneh Dahlgren
guns; the garrison numbered about a hund
red men.' When a short distance from the
Morro the Islet disappeared beneath the
waves. Whether It sank or the waters
rose, we could never tell; we only knew It
disappeared, and when It reappeared after
a few momenta like a huge whale, not
only was the garrison gone, but tha guns
and carriages as well. Imagine, If you can,
how the water lifted those Immense masses
of Iron, offering no holding surface, from
their resting places and tumbled them out
of the eight-foot parapet.
A Ghastly Krene.
As the setting sun gilded the slopes of
the Andes, we saw, to our growing horror,
that the graves were yielding up their
dead. In concentric rows, like chairs In an
amphitheater, the mummies of the long
burled aborigines rose to the surface. They
had been burled In a sitting posture, facing
the sea. The soil. Impregnated with niter.
had thoroughly preserved them, and the
violent shocks, rending the dry earth above
had uncovered this frightful city of the
dead. Words cannot paint the ghaetllnesa
of the scene In addition to what we had
already gone through It seemed as If the
day of Judgment had come. The earth was
passing away. We were tasting the bitter
ness of universal annihilation, as It seemed.
Having previously lowered one of our
large cutters to rescue a number of per
sons floundering about on some wreckage,
and though there was no sea running, to
our astonishment we saw the fast pulling
boat could make no headway. Finding he
could not reach the victims he was sent
to rescue, the midshipman In command at
tempted to return to the ship. That, too,
was Impossible; and presently his strug
gles were ended by his boat being dashed
against the America and crushed like an
eggshell. Fortunately the crew managed
to scramble aboard the America, where
they found a scene beggaring description.
Officers and men ran about screaming and
yelling like maniacs, while others, 'on their
knees, were Imploring the saints for succor.
With every send of the sea the heavy guns,
cast adrift In a vain attempt to throw
them overboard and so lighten the ship,
crashed from side to side, smashing every
thing In their path and strewing the deck
with bloody victims.
Meanwhile the night had fallen and we
had no means of reckoning our location In
the absence of the usual beacon and shore
lights, and to make our confusion more
confounding, the lookout forward hailed
the deck, and reported breakers ahead.
Sure enough, we saw, first a thin line of
phosphorescent light, then, coming nearer
and nearer, rolling higher and higher, it
seemed to reach the sky and blot out
heaven. Its hideous crest gleamed With
phosphorescent death light,' revealed sullen
masses of water beneath; Its approach her
alded by the thunder of a thousand break
ers condensed Into one and the dreadful
tidal wave was on us at last. Of all the
terrors of that awful time, this seemed to
be the climax. Chained to the spot, pow
erless to escape despite every possible pre
caution, we could only watch and watt for
the monster to sweep over us. That the
vessel could ride through such a mael
strom seemed Impossible. We could only
grip the life lines with a convulsive shudder
while the leaden heeled moments postponed
the final catastrophe.
It came. With a deafening crash the
vessel was overwhelmed and burfed be
neath the semi-solid mass of sand and
wave. For a breathless eternity we
gambled with death, and then, groaning in
every timber the stanch ship again strug
gled to the surface, with ltsgasplng crew
still clinging to the lines, some seriously
Injured, but none missing, none killed. A
miracle It seemed to us then, and as I
look back through the years It seems
doubly marvelous now.
Presently the motion of the ship appeared
to cease, and lowering a lantern over the
side we found that we were on dry land.
For some time we remained at quarters,
until, finding the ship stationary, the order
was given to pipe down and stand by the
hammocks. Such of the crew as were not
on watch took their hammocks and calmly
made their way through the reopened
hatches to the sodden, bent deck -to sleep.
I know not what dreams visited our many
'pillows, but to "me one of the wonders of
that Indescribable night was the prompt
and cheerful obedience to orders shown by
those sorely tried United States seamen.
One of the Incidents of the morning was
the return of the boat crew from the
wrecked America, not a man missing, and
the laconic report of the youngster In
commanU: "Returned on board, sir. I
have to report the loss of the second cutter.
twelve oars, and two boat hooks; but we
saved the -flag, sir."
The surviving Chileans and Peruvians
promptly deserted their respective vessels
when they were discovered to be on dry
land, and were drowned by the next In
coming wave, which, though not a breaker,
was high and powerful enough to sweep
them awav. ,
Swept Off the Map.
What of the stricken cltyT We found
only desolation and death there. Where
once had stood that pretty metropolis, a
flat, sandy plain stretched out before us.
Except on tha outskirts, higher on the
mountain, not a residence remained. Built
to weather seismic disturbances, the houses
were low, few boasting a second story,
with light roofs and thick walla of adobe
brick. The shock first leveled them, and
then the waves dissolved and washed them
away. On the higher sloper a few houses,
part of a church and a hideous mass of
debris. Including many corpses, were piled
twenty or thirty feet high. This was all
that remained on earth of the once flour-
I lshlng community of 10,000 Inhabitants.
As for the Wateree, a careful survey re
vealed It to be practically Intact, though It
was Impossible to launch It. Bo, after re
moving the most valuable part of Its
equipment It was disposed of to a hotel
company. Subsequently a yellow fever epi
demic crippled that enterprise, and the
veteran vessel was used successfully as a
hospital, a storehouse, and finally as a
target for the Chilean and Peruvian gun
ners. But Its gaunt Iron ribs still rise
! above the shifting sands, unless the recent
quake, brought In Its wake another wave
of ruin to erase it from the earth.
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new OFFICE F0R CLEVELAND
Heads the Insurance Presidents' Asso
ciation at Baoar Annnal
alary.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland has been
chosen to a new position of prominence
la the life Insurance world. By unanimous
vote of the executive committee of he
Association of Lite Insurance Presidents,
at a meeting at the Waldorf, he was
chosen chairman of that committee at a
salary of 3,000 a year. This Is practically
double the salary now paid him as rebate
referee for the Mutual, the Equitable and
the New York Life.
Mr. Cleveland will also act as the chief
counsel for the Association of Life Insur
ance Presidents, ' which represents ' some
thirty life companies, having a greatet
volume of assets than any like number ot
Institutions In the world similarly banded
together. He Is to. continue a trustee of
tha majority of the stock ot the Equitable
Life under tha .trust deed executed by
Thomas F. Ryan when he bought the Hyde
holdings in that society, and he will per
form also tha duties of rebate referee
and tho&a of a general referee between the
three great companies. For this work ha
will receive no salary In the future.
The new association was organised at
Um Isounfis t Paul Morton, president of
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WORTH OF GOODS left from the winter season's business.
In some cases there are ONLY A FEW PIECES OF EACH
DESIGN, but the small lots suffer deepest cut in prices
the smaller the lots the greater our desire to dispose of them.
Oar one supreme thought being to rloae out all these cxltl and
rnd. Von can't afford to pnt off nntil spring the buying of home fur
niNhtngs when there's such an absolute certainty that you'll have to pay
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the Equitable Life, and It Is Intended to
serve as a general clearing house for the
life companies of the country In matters
affecting their common Interests. It is
announced that the association will attend
to legislative matters and .will carry on
such "educational" work on the subject of
life Insurance as may be necessary from
time to time. The chairman of the execu
tive committee will be the active working
officer, and the position is one of much in
fluence. ' '
The executive committee has tendered
the position of secretary of the association
to J. V. Barry, state superintendent of in
surance for- Michigan. Mr. Barry will be
the general publicity man for the associa
tion In presenting the companies' side of
matters . that coma before the different
legislatures and the general public. It is
probable that the headquarters of the as
sociation will be In this city. New York
Times.
"MODERN" ARTICLES VERY OLD
Devices Protected by Patent Feisil
to Be sis Anetent mm Roman
History.
Bvery now and then it Is discovered that
some extremely "modern" invention Is In
reality exceedingly old. For example, the
safety pin, far from being a novelty or
even of recent orlgn. Is decidedly ancient,
a fact made certain by the finding of a
great many such pins, fashioned cxictly
like those of today, In old Roman and
Etruscan tombs, dating back to a period a
good deal earlier than the birth of Christ.
Tha safety uln in truth was an article ot
common use In Italy long before the Roman
empire attained the height of Its glory.
Borne of them were exactly like those of
today, utilising the familiar principle of
colled spring and catch, but the material
of which- they were made seems always
to have been bronse. They took on a de
velopment, however, far more remarkable
than our modern safety pins, many of them
being quite large affairs, ten Inches or so
in length and hollow, as If designed to be
attached to the gown in front and possibly
to contain something or other conceivably
flowers. Not Infrequently they were orna
mented with gems.
Another ancient invention was the collar
stud. It la true that the apcient Romans
did not use buttons to fasten their gar
ments, but for this very reason safety pins
were more urgently required; and the latter
seem to have been supplemented by studs
of bronse, which were In shape exactly
like those of today. Of course, people in
those times wore no collars; but the little
contrivance In question was utilized In
other ways. Probably and Indeed the
assumption Is not a rash one It had in that
early epoch the same habit as noV of
rolling under a piece of furniture on slight
provocation for the purpose of eluding ob
servation and pursuit, with the usual per
versity of Inanimate objects.
Of all modern Inventions none seems to
belong more typically to the present day
than the so-called McGUl paper fastener
the small brass contrivance used to fasten
a number of sheets of paper together. Yet.
though It has been patented, it was well
known more than 2.0U0 years ago, being
ume jm the soldiers of Rome as an lncl-
iw" af their costume. The belt of thin
worn by tha ancient legionary was
del
oop
fast to elrla of cloth, fur lining. wlUt
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Are you one of the
'Bidn't-have-timeM folks?
The man who didn't have time to read the classi
fied ads. last week had plenty time since to discuss the
"luck" of a friend of his who bought a "bit of land,"
which he found advertised, and the next day re-sold his
bargain at a clear profit of a hundred dollars.
The man who DIDN'T HAVE TIME to read the
Bee want ads. last week spent an hour yesterday telling
his friends about the "good fortune" of a neighbor who
, found a better house in a better section of the city and
at a lower rent a house that was advertised on one of
this man's "busy days." ,
' The ' ' DON 'T HAVE TIME ' ' folks are missin g more
things this week than last they are missing more oppor-
' tunities to buy arid sell today than they missed yester
day; and they are spending enough time wondering why .
they "didn't happen to stumble onto a good thing"
themselves to read and to answer those of the Beo
want-ads. that might appeal to them.
Minutes Invested In Dee Want Ad. reading grow
Into hours of profit and satisfaction.
BEE OFFICE
Corner 17th and Farnam Sts.
Telephone?
DOUGLAS, 238
a series of little bronse clamps exactly like
the paper fastener in question.
The Smithsonian institution at Washing
ton has got together a very Interesting col
lection of such ancient Inventions. Among
other objects belonging to the same cate
gory are thimbles 2,600 years old. They are
of bronse and their outer surfaces show
the familiar Indentations for engaging the
head of the needle. Indeed, these thimbles
ars much like modern ones, barring the
fact that they have no tops to cover the
end, of tHe finger. For that matter, how
ever, many thimbles of today are topless.
The women In those days had bronse
bodkins, made Just like those In use now,
and for toilet purposes they ' employed
small tweesers of a pattern that has not
been altered In 2,000 years. To hold their
hair In place they had not hit upon the
notion of bending a wire double, but they
used for that purpose straight bronse
pins made exactly like modern hatpins,
with big spherical heads. It Is from this
early type of hairpin. In truth, that the
hatpin of today la derived. Mayhap the
ancient Roman virago, when aroused to
rage, plucked an Improvised dagger from
her back hair and employed It vigorously.
Ja tbs ooUectloa referred to are nam-,
ber of Ash hooks not less than 1,000 years
old, obtained from ancient Swiss lake dwel
lings. They ars of bronse and in shape are
exactly like the most Improved modern fish
hooks. They have the same curves and
the same barbs, with a similar expansion
at the top of the shank for the attachment
of the line. Barring the metal of which
they are composed, they might have been
made yesterday. Other curios from the old
Etruscan tombs are strainers, ladles, spoons
and knives of bronse. Such articles, aa well
as bonse daggers and other weapons
and utensils, were cast most commonly In
moulds that were carved out of hard stone,
a pair of stones being required to produce
the object, which was afterward polished
and otherwise elaborated. Among the most
Interesting of the contrivances for ths
toilet Is a fine tooth comb of Ivory, which
In shape is precisely like the flne tooth
combs of today. Bcientlfle American.
Cost of Imoks IslMste.
Charles A. Btevsna, a merchant of State
street. Chtoago, declarea that the smoke
nulsanoe costs Chlcagoans more than fw,
OJO.OX) annually, and that the damage to
the stock of the State street merchants
caused, by black swok eeds UOuO,W0
annually. His address was part of a sym
posium on the "Smoke nuisance" as a first
step In the direction of ths launching by
clubwomen of a new crusade to bring about
the strict enforcement of the anti-smoke
nulxance ordinance. "I have made a careful
investigation as to the, amount of reduc
tions made necessary In our house during
last year because of goods being soiled."
said Wr. Stevens, "and you may be sur
prised to know that ths reductions that
actually occurred In our house last year
amounted to nearly (J0O.O0O, and I bolleve I
would be perfectly safe in saying that the
total reductions In prices mad In State
street annuslly because of black smoke
would amount to close to 2,000.000."
Idols at a DImoiiI.
There was a time when missionaries were
blamed for venturing to say anything dis
respectful against the Idols of China, anil
when we have heard some of them preach
we must say that, in the main, they hava
been very tactful In their dealings with,
these things, but the Chinese themselves)
are now holding the whole system up ka
ridicule. Fhsngtiai Herald.
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