Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 19, 1907, Page 4

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Methodist.—Morning subject, *‘Some People I Would Like to Speak to, Namely, the water man, the chip man, and the strilke man.”” Mrs. Smythe will sing a solo, and Mr. DeLong and Mr. Alldis will sing a duet, if the latter’s voice gets in trim. Sun- day school, 12:15; Junior League, -8; Epworth League 7; public wor- ship, 8, subject of sermon, “His Last Request on the Gallows, Granted on Hangman’s Day.” All invited. Baptist—The Rev. J. E. Conant of Minneapolis will preach, morn- ing and evening. His subject in the morning will be ‘‘Personal Work for the Lost.”” The sub- ject in the evening is one that should appeal to everyone, namely, *‘Home and Heaven.” Rev. J. E. Conant. DRINK PLENTY OF 600D PURE WATER Nature’s Great Remedy for Rheu- matism, the Kidneys and Bladder-- Simple Home Prescription. “The people here do not drink enough water to keep healthy,” exclaimed a well-known author- ity., “The numerous cases of stomach trouble, kianey and bladder diseases and rheumatism are mainly due to the fact that the drinking of water, nature’s greatest medicine, has been neglected. Stop loading your system with patent medicines and cure-alls; but get on the water wagon. If you are really sick, why, of course, take the proper medi- cines—plain common vegetable treatment, which will not shatter the nerves or ruin the stomach.” When requested for such a prescription for the cure of rheumatism and kidney trouble the answer was: ‘“You must make the kidneys do their work; they are the filters of the blood. They must be made to strain out of the blood the waste matter and acids that cause rheuma_t.ism; the urine must be neutralized so it will no longer be a source of irritation to the bladder, and, most of all, you must keep these acids from forming in the stomach. This is the cause of stomach troubles and poor diges- tion. For these conditions I would suggest the following pre- scription, which is composed of only vegetable ingredients, which can be obtained from any good prescription pharmacy. = Any one can mix them by shaking well in a bottle. Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Com- pound Kargou, one ounce; Com- pound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. To be. taken in tea- spoonful doses after each meal and at bedtime, but don’t forget the water. Drink plenty and often.” This valuable informa- tion and simple prescription should be posted up in each household and used at the ftirst sign of an att:ck of rheumatism, backache or urinary troublé, no matter how slight. Will Log Near Farley. Walker & Akeley, the big log- ging concern, have decided to cut a large amount of pine which He will also preach every night until Friday night, which will probably be the closing night of the meetings, Mr, Conant will sing at all these services. Many have said that he is one of the best speakers and singers who ever came to Bemidji. Come and bring others with you to these services. Presbyterian.—Morning ser- vice at 11, subject, #The Import- ance of Small Things.” Sunday school and Bible class, 12:15; Jr. Y.P.S.C.E,3p. m; Sr. Y. P. S. C.E, 7; evening service at 8 The evening service will be a praise service,under the direction of Prof. E R. Turner. The follow- ing is the program in part: Vol- untary. Congregation, “The Glory Song.” Solo, “The Plains of Peace,” by Rodney, Prof. E. R. Turner. Hymn No, 53. Anthem, ‘‘Hark, Hark My Soul,” Schelley, choir. Solo, selectad, Miss Clara Hanson, Cass Lake. Quartette, “Softly Now, the Light of Day,” Schilling. Hymn, No. 220. Solo, “One Sweetly Solemn Thought,” Ambrose, Miss Blanche Boyer.” Solo, “Calvary,” - Rodney, Miss Zella Gardner, of Cass Lake. Anthem, “Seek Ye the Lord,” Roberts, choir. Hymn, 218, Sole selected, Prof. E. R. Turner. Quartette, *In Heavenly Love Abiding,” Hosden. Solo, ‘8. £:'y O'er Us Stealing,’’Malloy, Miss Zella Gardner. Brief ad- dress. Duet, “Father, Gently Lead Us Home,” Prof. and Mrs, E R. Turner. Hymn 29. The offering will be for the choir fund. they own near Farley, and have established two camps in order to get at the work immediately. The timber is located four miles west of Farley, and there are several million feet of pine in the stand, on which the company will log during the balance of the winter. The Walker & Akeley company will make Bemidji its headquar- ters for the majority of supplies for the camps, and W. P. Hebard will have charge of the clerical work connected with this job. e DENIES ALL THE CHARGES. Attorney for Young Fairbanks Issues Statement. Springfield, O., Jan. 19.—Fred C. Fairbanks and his uncle, N. H. Fair banks, accompanied by Charles B, Stewart, his attorney, have arrived home from Steubenville. Mr. Stewart issued the following statement con: cerning the charge against Mr. Fair banks, in which it is alleged that he swore falsely In obtaining a arriage Ncense: “It was evident after examination and careful Inquiry that Mr. Fair banks had not violated the law and that he had not in any manner acted dishonorably at the time of his visit to Steubenville. “The charge that he falsely and knowingly made oath to certain mat- ters before the probate judge pertain- Ing to the securing of a marriage li- cense it was ascertained beyond doubt was absolutely untrue. On the con trary he made no oath nor afidavit of any kind, nor did he sign any state- ment or any writing. Further, it did not appear that any person was de: I l Legal Blanks, Copy Holders, Calendar Pads, Document Files, Note Books, Time Books, Scale Report Books, Trial Balanoe Books, Rulers, Erasers, Kneaded Rubber Squares, VOTES INGREASE IN PAY, === o~ o HOUSE DECLARES IN FAVOR OF ANNUAL SALARY OF $7,500 FOR CONGRESSMEN. AMENDMENT CARRIES BY 133 TO 95 VICE PRESIDENT, SPEAKER AND CABINET MEMBERS TO RE- CEIVE $12,000 A YEAR. ‘Washington, Jan. 19.—By a vote of 183 to 95 the house has voted that the salaries of senators, representatives and the delegates from Porto Rico, Hawall and Alaska be increased to $7,500 per year after March 4, 1907, and fixing the salaries of the vice pres- ident, speaker and ‘members of the cabinet at $12,000. % Mr. Littauer of New York precipl- tated one of the most interesting and exciting episodes in the history of the Fifty-ninth congress when he moved to take the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill from the speaker’s table as it had passed the senate and to amend the same by in- serting a provision increasing the sal- ary of the vice president, the speaker of the house and members of the cab- inet to $12,000 each and to increase the salaries of senators, representa- tives in congress, delegates from the territories and the resident commis- sioner from Porto Rico to $7,600 per annum. Full Attendance of Members. Nearly every member was present when Mr. Littauer made his motion, both Republican and Democratic whips having sent out hurry calls for absent members, and almost instantly mem- bers were on their feet in protest to a cut and dried programme for increas- ing salaries without a roll call. ‘When the previous question was or- dered there was a resounding chorus of ayes in favor of passage of the amendment, the nays being noticeable' through their absence. On the division being taken the amendment was declared carried—! ayes 132, noes 92. Mr. Macon of Arkansas called for; the yeas and nays, but only thirty-four members rose. “Not a sufficient number,” declared the speaker and the amendment was declared adopted. The only other action to be taken with reference to this amendment is for the senate to confirm. It will not again come up in the house unless the senate should amend the amendment. The bill was then scat to confer- ence, the conferees on the part of the house being Messrs. Bingham, Littauer and Livingstone. MOST POWERFUL AFLOAT. President Urges the Building of Two Immense Battleships. Washington, Jan. 19.—In a letter addressed to Chairman Foss of the house committee on naval affairs Pres- ident Roosevelt urges the immediate construction of two of the most pow- erful battleships afloat. be superior in fighting ability to the powerful British battleship Dread- nought and a similar one under con- struction in Japan. The president in summing up the necessity for the new battleships con- tends that America’s power to control the Atlantic and Pacific oceans must not be left in doubt by allowing other nations to outdistance us in naval con- struction. He says the Panama canal will be made more secure by invin- cible naval forces. The leiter states that the nations of the world should enter into an in- ternational agreement against build- ing big battleships, but concedes that such an agreement is at present hope- less of consummation. EARTHQUAKE IN RUSSIA. Two Violent Shocks Felt at Kuba, Government of Baku. St. Petersburg, Jan. 19.—Two violent earth shocks were experienced at Kuba, government of Baku, at 5 a. m. Kuba is a fortified town in the prov- ince of Baku, situated on the south side of the river Kuba. It has a pop- ulation of over 16,000. Commissioner of Land Office. ‘Washington, Jan. 19.--The president has nominated Richard A. Ballinger of Seattle, Wash., to be commissioner of the general land office to succeed W. A. Richards, who is to retire on March 4. Mr. Ballinger is a member of a law firm in Seattle and has been mayor of that city. Appeals to All Catholics. Rome, Jan. 19.—An address to Cath- olics all over the world is Weing pre- pared by the pope. In it his holiness will appeal to them for support and assistance during the crisis in the affairs of the church growing out of the new French laws. One Hundred Families Homeless. - Ironton, O., Jan. 19.—One hundred ceived or misled or corfuptly per.'families here have been driven out of suaded by Mr. Fairbanks to do any of their homes by the flood. The river the things set forth in the charge I8 fifty-five feet and rising an inch and made against him, nor was there any & half an hour. evidence whatsoever that Mr. Fair banks had made up so as to change his appearance or to disguise himself by wearing unusual apparel or by do: ing any other act or thing to deceive or mislead in this respect.” Scotland Gets a Shock. Glasgow, Jan. 19.—Two slight earth- quake shocks were felt at Oban, Scot- land. No damage ensued but the in- | | habitants were greatly alarmed. These are to' CAR SHORTAGE. 8aid President Wiil Advocate Recip- rocal Demurrage. ‘Washington, Jan. 19.—A preliminary eport of investigations of the North- west car shortage has been made to President Roosevelt by the interstate commerce commission and the pres- ident will ask congress to give the commission increased powers to en- able it to deal with such emergencies. ‘When the commission has prepared Its recommendations the president will send a special message to congress. The president made this announce- ment at a conference at the White House with Messrs. Knapp, Clements, Harlan and Clark of the interstate commerce commission and four mem- bers of the executive committee of the national demurrage convention re- cently held at Chicago, who had come to Washington to take up the matter with Mr. Roosevelt and the interstate commerce commission. None of the interstate commerce commissioners was willing to be quoted, but unofficially they say the recommendations to the president will include some form of reciprocal de- murrage, so that the carrier may be penalized for delay in moving as well as the consignee for delay in unload- ing cars, and probably some sugges- tions for the interchange of cars by railroads to meet extraordinary de- mands in one section not existing in another. Investigate Lumber Trust. ‘Washington, Jan. 19.—The senate has agreed to the Kittredge resolution instructing the secretary of commerce and labor to investigate the “lumber trust.” - TWO TEST SUITS BEGUN UNITED STATES SEEKS TO COM: PEL ADMISSION OF JAPS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ‘Washington, Jan. 19.—The TUnited States has begun two suits in San Francisco for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the treaty with Japan giving to the Japanese equal school advantages. One of the actions is brought in the supreme court of the state of California in the name of a | Japanese child for the purpose of ob- taining a writ of mandamus te..compel ' his admission to one of the ipublic schools from which he is excluded by the action of the board of education. The proceeding in the second suit is a comprehensive bill in equity filed by ‘the United States in the federal cir- cuit court in which the members”of ! the board of education, the superin- tendent of schools and all of the prin- | cipals of the various primary and grammar schools of San Francisco are made defendants. | In both proceedings the government { alleges the execution of the treaty with Japan in 1895, which provides that “in whatever relates to the rights of residence and travel” the subjects of each party to the treaty shall enjoy in the territories of the other “the same privileges, liberties and rights as citizens or subjects of the most , favored nation.” HORRORS OF CHINESE FAMINE. Starving People in Some Districts Eat- —ing Their Children. Victoria, B. C., Jan. 19.—Further ad- vices received here from Shanghai tell of increasing horrors of the great fam- ine in Central China. A correspond- ent of the Echo de Chine says that in two districts, Sinchow and Paichow, starving people are eating their chil- dren. Plants and grass, which have furnished food for many, have disap- peared and there are not even roots to eat. The famine stricken people are being driven back to the cities in the famine district, the officials refus- ing to allow refugees to take the roads. The correspondent says the cases of cannibalism are many. He investigated a number and many of them -absolutely are correct. In the absence of ordinary food he found human flesh actually being sold. SOCIETY LEADER Arrested, Tried and Sentenced Within Eighteen Hours. St. Louis, Jan. 19.—Circuit Attorney Sager says that he is not satisfied with the sensationally rapid manner in which, within eighteén hours, Horace E. Hand, social leader and chief clerk of the *Frisco railroad law department, was arrested, pleaded guilty to for- gery, received his sentence and at his own request was taken to the peniten- tlary to serve five years’ imprison- ment. He will investigate the case. IN PRISON. Wisconsin Postmaster Arrested. La Crosse, Wis., Jan..19—R. A. Ladd, postmaster at Lytles, this coun- ty, has been arrested by Postoffice In- spector Fraser. One charge is that Ladd padded his returns for the pur- pose of increasing his compensation as postmaster and the other is that he traded stamps for merchandise. Ladd is a prominent polilician in Western Wisconsin and a former sheriff of La Crosse county. Artillery Corps Increased. Washingten, Jan. 19.—The senate has passed the Warren bill increasing the artillery corps of the army. The total increase, which is to reach its maximum in five years, is 6,147 offi- cers and men, which, with the in- creases in certain salarles of men in | separate grades, such as electricians, machinists, etc., will amount to $243, | 824 annually. Township Plats in book form, Fountain Pens, Letter Copy Books, Paper Clips and Fasteners, Rubber Bands, Fine quality colored Blotters, Letter Copy Presses, RIVERS STILL RISING FLOOD CONDITIONS GROW WORSE ALONG THE OHIO AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES HOMELESS GREAT SUFFERING AMONG RESI- DENTS OF LOWLANDS AT VA- RIOUS POINTS. Cincinnat!, Jan. 19.—Flood condi- tlons continue to grow worse. At 7 a. m. the stage in this city was 59.5 feet and rising. Every hour added materially to the flooded area and the suffering among the residents of the lower sections of this city and the Kentucky suburbs was great. Street and railroad car service was badly crippled, many electric lines having Impassable gaps several blocks long and improvised trains for transfer ar- tangement were inadequate. There was no Indication of immediate relief from up the river, although some of the tributaries of the Ohio were re- ported as falling. The colder weather which has been looked for to stop the rise did not materialize, but a heavy rain is falling, adding greatly to the discomfort of those who had been driven from their homes and increas- ing the damage to property in process of removal from river front cellars. At noon the sixty-foot stage in the river here hag been reached and the river was still rising. Reports of sui- fering continued to come in during the day from towns along the river both above and below the city. The town of New Richmond was reported flood- bound, nearly all the houses in the place being submerged, and the people have been compelled to move into the second stories or else vacate their homes entirely. SMALL TOWNS INUNDATED. Pennsylvania Rivers Again at Flood Stage. Pittsburg, Jan. 19.—The rivers are again at a flood stage and with the water rising at the rate of three-teni .s of a foot an hour the danger line will probably be passed before evening. Reports from up river points, however, indicate that the flood will not reach serious proportions and the stage may not exceed twenty-three feet. The Allegheny river is falling at the head waters, but the Monongahela is still rising at all points. Brownsville has thirty-four feet of water on the marks and rising two inches an hour. Half the houses in ‘West Brownsville are said to be sub- merged. Elizabeth and West Eliza- beth are also partly inundated. Many of the residents remained up all night preparing for the flood. At McKeesport the high water has forced the suspension of operations at several = factories, throwing several hundred men out of work. The Mo- nongahela river was rising seven inches an hour at that time and if the rise continues a number of the mills of the National tube works will have to close’ down. Fayette City is sur- rounded by water and many people have removed from their residences. California and Roscoe are partly sub- merged and scores of families have vacated their houses. Nearly every house in Black Diamond is flooded. FEARED LEVEE WILL BREAK. Shawneetown, I1ll., Threatened With Disastrous Flood. Springfield, IIl, Jan. 19.—Shawnee- town, a village of about 1,600 popula- tion on the bend of the Ohio river near the Indiana and Kentucky state lines, is threatened with a repetition of the great flood of 1898, which devas- tated the country for miles around and caused loss of life and great suf- fering. The water at noon had reached forty-three feet and is steadily ris- ing, the heavy rains continuing, Sec- retary of State Rose has recelved a message asking that sixty tents be sent at once for the use of those driven from their homes. The levee Is still intact, reports saying it will require six more feet of water before the top of the bank is reached. All of the stores and buildings on the water front have been abandoned and the people are homeless. News of the flood conditions at Shawneetown were communicated to Governor geneen 4t Chicago by long distance (€iephone and he at once directed that Adjutant General Scott send a supply of tents for the relief bf the flood sufferers. HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE. Flood Conditions Prevail All Eastern Kentucky. Lexington, Ky., Jan. 19.—Flood con- ditions continue all over Eastern Ken- tucky. Heavy rains are falling and the Licking, Big Sandy, Kentucky and Red rivers have all overflowed their banks. Many small towns have been inundated, the inhabitants leaving their houses -in boats. Thousands of logs on the rivers have been lost in Over | the floods. Sections of the fire department were ordered out at daylight to render aia fn the lower residence sections of the city and have been busy all day re- moying families from ‘their homes. City ambulances-accompanied the fire- men and all invalids were taken to the city hospital. l s e BIG DAMAGES DEMANDED. 8tate of Arkansas After Packing and Oil Companies. Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 19.—Suits for alleged violation of the anti-trust laws of the state have been filed by the dis- trict attorney against Armour & Co., the Waters-Plerce Oil company, the Hammond Packing company, Morris & Co. and the Cudahy Packing com- pany for amounts aggregating $1,833,- 000 each. The present action is based on the elleged continued violation of the Ar- kansas anti-trust law after the first suit was filed last October, the judg- ments asked for being in the nature of penalties. What was regarded as a test suit was decided by the supreme court last Wweek in the case of the state against the Hammond Packing company and the validity of the law was upheld in that case. WOULD BUY MINERAL LANDS. Oklahoma Favors State Ownership and Operation. Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 19.—The special committee of the constitutional con- vention on segregated coal and as- phalt lands in the Indian Territory has made its final report to the con- Yention in the form of a memorial no- tifying congress that the state of Oklahoma desires to open negotiations with the federal government and at Rn early date to purchase the lands. The committee is of the opinion that the lands can be purchased for about $15,000,000. The lands embrace one of the most valuable mineral deposits in the Southwest and the state proposes state ownership and state operation. JOHN R. WALSH IKDICTED FORMER PRESIDENT OF CHICAGO NATIONAL BANK ACCUSED OF MISMANAGEMENT. Chicago, Jan. 19.—John R. Walsh, formerly president of the Chicago Na- tional bank of this city, which closed its doors Dec. 16, 1905, has been in- dicted by the federal grand jury for alleged misconduct in the manage- ment of the finances of the bank. The indictment is based upon nine- ty-two separate transactions, on each of which it is claimed the funds of the bank were unlawfully used, and con- tains 182 counts based upon the nine- ty-two financial operations conducted by Mr. Walsh. It is claimed that Mr. ‘Walsh placed in the bank twenty-two “memorandum notes” aggregating in face value $2,090,000 and placed the proceeds to the credit of his personal account. Thirteen transactions in the bonds of the Southern Indiana and Illinois Southern railway, owned by Mr. Walsh, are also charged, it being claimed that Walsh sold these bonds to the bank and placed the proceeds, amounting to $822,200, to his personal credit. It is charged in the indict- ment that the sums of money secured by these transactions were paid by Mr. Walsh to the Southern Indiana and Illinois Southern railways and other enterprises of Mr. Walsh. John R. Walsh was arrested March 2, 1906, on complaint of District Attor- ney C. B. Morrison, who charged vio- lation of the federal banking laws. He was arraigned the same day be- fore - United States Commissioner Foote and after seven continuances was, May 3, held to await the action of a federal grand jury. Since his arrest Mr. Walsh has been awaiting the action of the grand jury under a bound of $50,000. NO LOSS OF LIFE OCCURS. Severe Earthquake Felt at Tolmezzo, Italy. Udine, Italy, Jan. 19.—A severe un- dulatory earth shock was felt at Tol- mezzo, twenty-nine miles from here, at 4:20 a. m. * The inhabitants, panic stricken, fled from their houses into the streets. There was no loss of life. Tolmezzo is situated at the south- ern foot of the Carnic Alps, near the Tagliamento. It is noted for its im- mense rainfall, the annual precipita- tion amounting to about ninety-six inches. The -population of the town Is about 2,000 and of the commune over 5,000. Countess of Yarmouth Arrives. New York, Jan. 19.—The Countess of Yarmouth, sister of Harry K. Thaw, who shot Stanford White to death in the Madison Square Roof Garden the- nter last summer, arrived here during the day on the steamer Kaiserin Au- puste Victoria from Europe. Her brother’s trial on a charge of murder Is scheduled to begin in the supreme court here next Monday. Schoolboy Slays Official. Smolensk, Russia, Jan. 19.—The chief of the rural administration, M Krollau, was killed by a schoolboy named Boriookoff as the chief was leaving a concert hall. The boy, who fired five shots from a revolver at his victim, was Iimmediately shot and killed by an officer who was in attend- ance upon M. Krollau. Cavein Blocks All Traffic. * Port Richmond, Cal., Jan. 19.—About 1,000 feet of the Franklin tunnel, dn the main line of the Santa Fe road, caved in following the burning out of the timbers by a fire which is sup- posed to have started from the sparks of a locomotive. All traffic on the Santa Fe to this terminal point is blocked. Letter Files, Invoices, Typewriter Supplies, Postal Scales, Waste Paper Baskets, Rubber Type Outfits, Staplers, Paper Knives, &c eer Office GOAST LINE CHANGED HUGE TIDAL WAVE REPORTED TO HAVE LEFT PART OF KING- STON UNDER WATER. SAYS FOUR HUNDRED WERE KILLED AMERICAN. NAVAL OFFICER - RE- PORTS CASUALTIES DUE TO THE EARTHQUAKE. Havana, Jan. 19.—Rear Admiral Ev- ans, in a message to the cruiser Colum- bia here, states that a huge tidal wave has changed the coast line of Jamaica, leaving the entire south side of King- ston under water. No bay is reported left and the whole coast line is report- ed sinking. FOUR HUNDRED KILLED. Rear Admiral Da Sends Message From Kingston. Guantanamo, Cuba, Jan. 19.—Rear Admiral Davis, who went to Kingston, Jamaica, with the American warships, has sent a wireless report to Rear Ad- ‘mira] Evans at Guantanamo. His dis- patch follows: “Missouri and Indiana anchored at Kingston at 8:30 a. m. Kingston al- most totally destroyed. Four hundred killed; about 500 in hospital. City now quiet. doctors, but short dressings. supplied all could spare.” Rear Admiral Evans first heard of the _ disaster on Tuesday night by means of an intercepted wireless dis- [patch and prepared to send 'ships to the scene. Wednesday night he re- ceived a cable dispatch from Governor Magoon asking him to send medical {supplies. The torpedo boat Whipple |started instantly at a speed of twen- ;ty~flve knots, carrying all the surgical supplies the fleet could spare. The attleships Missouri and Indiana fol- lowed and both are now in Kingston harbor, but are unable to communi- leate by wiréless with Admiral Evans owing to an intervening mountain. Communication, however, is main- tained through the steamer Colon, which is lying off the port. Rear Admiral Evans sent the battle- 'ships because he knew no English troops were in Kingston and he feared looting by the negroes there. Have SAYS THOUSANDS PERISHED. VDIrel:t Dispatch to the Associated Press From Kingston. New York, Jan. 19.—Direct advices of the Associated Press from King- ston under date of Jan. 16, just re- ceived, stated that the disaster was as great as the calamities of San Francisco and Valparaiso. Thousands of persons, it was then believed, had been killed, as the dead were being recovered from the ruins in hundreds. 'A number of Americans ‘were among ithe killed. The city is in ruins, but the ship- ping in the harbor is safe and aboard these vessels the wounded are being cared for. The dispatch also states that the topography of the country has been changed as a result of the earth disturbance ‘and that the channel into 'Kingston harbor has been materially altered. The body of Sir James Fer- gusson, who was killed, was found Bnd buried on the day the dispatch was sent. There have been a number of shocks since the first disastrous one ‘and the repetitions keep the people In a constant state of terror. BELIEVED THEY WERE IMMUNE. People of Kingston Had Built Many Brick Houses. London, Jan. 19.—A special dispatch from Kingston says: The recent earthquake was more Berious than any which had occurred in Jamaica for 250 years. The first shock was followed by fifteen minor shocks. The wooden structures stood well, but the brick houses collapsed within a radius of six miles. The im- munity of 250 years led the Jamaicans to forget that they were within the earthquake zone and they had been building brick houses. But for this Frohnbly there would have been no oss of life. The defenses at Port Royal were de- stroyed and the palisades broken through. Black mud is coming to the surface. The conduct of all classes is ‘admirable, but it is hoped that the British cruiser Indefatigable will soon urrive here with marines. FOOD AND TENTS NEEDED. Report From Kingston Through Ad- miral Evans. ‘Washington, Jan. 19.—The navy de- partment has received through Ad- imiral Evans a wireless message sent by Admiral Davis at Kingston, Ja- Imaica, to the effect that at 2:20 a. m. aptain Pendleton of the battleship issourl had reported that the battle- ships Indiana and Missouri and the torpedo boat destroyer Whipple were the only warships in Kingston har- bor. “Food and tents were badly need- ied. At the hour of report Admiral avis was ashore conferring with the jovernor of Jamaica and the situation | was quiet. Senate Passes Rellef Washington, Jah. 19.—The: passed the Jamaica relief bill 1 diately upon its recelpt from the: bouse without discussion. There were plenty of: RSN S—