The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 4, 1906, Page 30

HE SAN FRANCISCO “CAE Saved From ‘Threatened Catarrh of the Lungs By Taking Pe-ru-na! y Mag, 423 College Ave., B. Pittsburg, Pa., writes: “Last Spring 1. had a very severe cold which settled on my lungs. 1 went to the doctor for some time, but his medicine did me no good. Having read in the paper some testimonials of the value of Peruna, | decided to try /%, and at the same time wrote to Dr. Hartman for advice. runa end am now entirely cured. 1 took five bottles of Pe- ‘Before taking Peruna | was so run down that I could do no work and could not stand.on my feet. In the morning, on rising, | would cough for at least ten minutes. “But, thanks to Peruna, | am now enjoying good health. Perupa. | keep it in the house and give it generally the frequent- ather of her time Often wumMcn SHOULD are mot con- BEWARE OF P CATCHING COL. ) } branes. My head ached and I could nat sleep—I would wake up and cough. ! was alarmed. ! would not be without to my little boy when he has a cold."”" MRS. MARY MAG. It would be wise, therefore, to guard against it by every precaution possible. Peruna has been found the most reli- able of all remedies for coughs, colds and catarrh, by reason of the fact that it goes at once to the very seat of the trouble. It searches out every crevice, every duct of the body. It quickens and | equalizes the cir- culatien of the | blood, thus rehe\'{i ing the congeste: {mucous mem- | FOR CATARRH It exer- JOF THE LUNGS. a healing | and soothing eftect upon the mucous mbranes, no matter whether they | are the more exposed membranes of the | head and throat, or whether they line | the remotest cells of the lungs. A word to the wise woman is suffi- clent. Take Peruna at the first appear- ance of a cold. PE-RU-NA THE REMEDY cise; Says Treasurer Is Defamiter. Urhansky, 715 Octavia street " Light Company Organises. { Articles of incorporation of the Coast | Countles” Light and Power Company were flled yesterday. The company is capitalized for $1,500,000, of which $700 been subscribed by the following ckholders and directors: Leo H. Sus- man, Waiter J. McLean, L. W, Prior, | Henry Malloch, Henry Bostwick, Wil- m B. Bosley and Raymond A. Mor- * Electricity hing rich. nowing b WHY? 1st. power are growing ? r power, __ ADVERTISEMENTS. vs. Mining ts “a hole in the ground,” hoping to facturer of electric power begins busi- ¢ he starts that he has something st so soon as he gets his plant in operation. For the reason that the uses for so fast that it is impossible the demand even at the present high prices 2nd. For the reason the increase in that demand 11 grow all the time and Elect cisco Ca , 1906. The St the is bound to be greater each the world progresses. ¢ smelting is now a success, which will make n enormous new field for electricity. editorial on “Electrical Smelting,” February See San Fran- arr Wave Motor harnesses and transmutes power of the ocean waves into electricity in un- ited amounts FOR ALL PURPOSES AT SUCH SMALL COST that the profits will be enormous, and the sam by half. What does that mean? e time cut the present prices of electric power It means: First, the increased consumption of electricity for 1 uses. Second, the multiplication of our factories and the enlarging of our “dinner pail brigades.” Third, it means that those who now purchase stock in this company at one dollar per share will reap a big arvest and make several dollars per share in the near We feel sure this stock will sell for $2.00 per share ide of six months and for $10 within 2 years. Why will it go to such prices? ""First, because the company is only offering a small amount of stock for sale and aver two-thirds of that has been sold—mostly to people who intend to keep:it. Second—Because this company is the “parent com- pany”’ 1z ocean shores of the world. give this parent company right to use these motors, and its plan is to let other companies be organ- d by the local people in the cities on and near the Those companies will each half of their stock for the consequently this company will get half of the dividends from all of those com- panies. Third—Because in a short time the profits of this mpany will be fabulous. Now is the time to buy while you can get in at the low price of $1. It is the best and most profitable stack on the market today. Go and see the small Pier 2, Mission Street Wharf, motor work on | From 10 A. M. to 7 P. M.—7 days each week. We invite the fullest investigation, for circular. Call or write Wave Power & Electric Co, 708 Market Street, Rooms 604-605 San Francisco, California | converts of the reorganized Latter-Day | | to trees for safety and support. | gunboat Zelee to let him have a boat GREAT STORM DESOLATES ~ ISLANDS OF SOUTH SEAS Much Property Is Destroyed at Papeete, but as Far as Known Only Two Lives Are Lost. Continued From Page 29, Column 2. Toward 10 o'clock people dwelling in the vicinity of the water front were compelled to abandon their homes. se- curing as a rule only a small portion of their belongings. ~The merchants and clerks-went to the stores and warehouses, only to discover that it was quite impossible to save goods on the lower floors. An hour later high seag broke, demolishing the Govern- ment slip and buildings, besides caus- ing great damage to the coal sheds, The guardian of the arsenal, Teffer Adams, an expert swimmer, was {n the water for several hours, and assisted in warning and resculng many persons. The village of Tarona, near the arsenal, was swept away. It consisted of the mission buildings and homes of native Saints mission, formerly under the di- rection of Captain Joseph Burton of California. The mission and a great many houses were carried off a dis- tance of several hundred yards and de- molished. Of the church edifices not a vestige remains. A settlement about an eighth of a mile distant, consisting of dwellings of several hundred Cook Islanders (British subjects), was also com- pletely destroyed. An American named Seefeldt, living near that community, had to take to an adjacent swamp, which soon became inundated, and he was compelled to battle against the waves for hours. Further east on the beach road all the houses were swept away. At Taunoa the family of Herman Mendell had a thrilling experience. Their residence, probably worth $15,- 000, was badly damaged by strong waves, and they were compelled to flee for their lives to a native house. Fre- quently the water was up to their necks and they were obliged to cling Be- fore the storm there was a frontage of 160 vards to the sea. The waves cut off the lawn so that the water now 18 within ten’ yards of the veranda. The damage to the house amounts to about $5000. Other fine homes were badly damaged. M. A. Cape, the wealthiest resident of Papeete, took refuge in one of his outbuildings until he was able to secure a less dangerous retreat. DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. Matters were worse In the clty of Pa- peete than in the suburbs. To the west of the arsenal along the water front dwelling-houses and commercial establish- ments were invaded by the water, which broke at the quay about ten feet high, but rushed through the narrow streets many feet higher. The shipbuildipg yards of Captain Petersen, Brown and Benja- min Chapman were destroyed. Mrs. Gooding, an aged American, narrowly es- caped death, belng caught by debris in her home when it collapsed. The lumber sheds of L. Martin. were destroyed, the lumber floating far and wide, acting like battering rams against warehouses and dwellings. The establishment of V. L. Raoulx, a stone structure, suffered much damage, copras and other produce and merchendise belng mixed togesher. « The loss may reach $30,000. ; Donald and Edenvurgh sustained an equal loss, while the Socleti Commarciale de I'Oceania, the largest mercantile es- tablishment in French Oceanica, lost about $60,000. Their frame store and ware- houses were badly damaged and valuable goods were swept away. Smaller com- mercial establishments, including three or four Chinese firms, lost heavily and the telephone station was washed out, but with less serlous result. The Oceanic Steamship Company’s wharf was wrecked. The Custom-house, the bonded warehouse and sheds, the postoffice, the house of the captain of the port, a club- house, the police headquarters, a restau- rant and a bgrber shop were also wrecked. The offices of the Oceanic Steamship Company were flooded, and a large iron buoy went crashing through the estab- lishment, back and forth, for several hours. AMERICAN CONSULATE FALLS. About § o'clock in the morning the American consulate, the oldest struc- ture in Papeete, having been built about 1836, collapsed. In the absence of the American Consul, his mother, Mrs. Doty, supervised the removal of the archives, alded by several mission- aries. Mrs. Doty was in serious jeopardy several times. The records were temporarily stored at the Latter- Day Saints’ mission house. Mr. Doty’s family also accepted their hospitality. Beyond the American consulate several Government buildings, including the Treasury and storehouses, sustained great damage. The Deputy Mayor of Papette, M, Longamayino, lost not only his own residence, but six other houses. . Poroe lost many of his buildings. All the dwelling houses near the Protest- ant church were wrecked. The British consulate was slightly damaged. Cap- tain Bemall had ‘to abandon his home with his family on account of the rush of water, Another American, Edward Gritch, was washed out. The substitute guardian at the quar- antine station at Motauta Island, Pa- peete harbor, was waving a lantern for many hours during the night, as he and his wife clung to the tops of cocoanut trees in the midst of waves that dashed thirty feet high over the island. On shore M. Andre, the chief pilot, called out to Commander Hurbin of the and crew for the rescue of the man and woman at the quarantine station, Commander Hurbin explained that he deemed it his duty to decline to send his men Into what appeared a for- lorn hope expedition, but promised to let M. Andre have a’boat without a crew. Pllot Andre requisitioned four prisoners at the local jail and with them proceeded to the Zelee. As Com- mander Hurbin dfd not wish to risk the lives of his crew, even to send a boat ashore, the four native prisoners, who were splendid swimmers, were pressed into service. ¥ NATIVES CLIMB TREES. At Fakarara the natives had to climbh into the cocoanut trees, although a few of them preferred to put to sea in cut- ters and anchor their boats as securely as possible in the lagoons. M. Marcadi, the French resident, put to sea in a ten-ton cutter and after three days reached Tahlti, reporting that the Gov- ernment buildings, ths Ruman Catholie Church and all the dwellings had been swept away. He knew of no loss of life, but feared that many would suc- cumb to hunger, thirst and exposure. He proceeded with the ¥rench gunboat Zelee with supplies and water. £ In addition to the property destroyed at Papeecte, an ecual amount 1s belfeved to have been destroyed altogether along the beach around Tahitl. Scores of dwelling houses wera blown down. There is nmuch distress among the home- less people. The local government ex- tended the military barracks and hospi- tal grounds as a temporary retreat and provided food when mneeded, but th, t;uuv are nmuuuy' T R e i G DB S St A b funds of the exhausted. a position. Governor Julllen will appeal ,to France for aid. The British Consul will also address his Government in behalf of some 500 British subjects (Cook lslanders), who have lost their homes. The American colony also has sustained heavy losses and are hopeful that either the United Sfates Government will for- ward to Consul Doty an amount equal to the emergency or that American citi- zens In California and elsewhere will furnish funds to him or a committee ot merchants. Beyond all doubt soma Americans will be reduced to poverty. Money to rebuild houses will be needed Tather than food. It is feared that there has been great loss of life In the Tu- amotu Islands, Otner islands of the Society group, Moorea, Huaheni, Raitia and Tohaa are known to have sustained damages to the extent of about $100,000. The Mariposa waited beyond her sail- ing time at the request of Governor Julllen, who hoped that the French gunboat Zelee would return from her relief trip to Tuamotu Islands. The vessel had not been sighted when the Mariposa departed. GIVES BRIGHTER SIDE TO STORY Correspondent Says the Devasration Is Not So Grear. The following account of the disas- ter, written in a private letter by a resident of Tahiti, puts a brighter as- pect on affairs in the South Sea island. Although badly battered, Tahiti s still in the ring as the Paradise of the Pa- cific, for where else on earth could such & blow fall and land so lightly? To ba houseless in a land where the night- time temperature invites one outdoors, anyway, is very different from a simflar catastrophe in a land where the wind is not tempered with troploal mildness. Before the shortness of food Is felt help will have reached the islanders, and every day mother nature is at work bringing to maturity the new growth of palms, upon whose product the na- tives depend for sustenance. The letter follows: “We arrived aftey a most delightful trip, without a particle of.-rough weath- er, and the days very cool and pleasant, glving us no hint of the storm that had swept Tahitl. “As we passed ‘Matahiva,’ onb of the Paumotu group, on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 14th, we saw the wreck of an old vessel piled high and dry under the cocoanut trees and knew that the waves must have been un- usually high to put the vessel in such During the afternoon we saw a little debris floating around, but we were entirely unprepared to receive the pilot's announcement the following morning that the island had been, de- vastated by a cyclone—tidal wave &nd wind—the high water peginning 8 p. m. on the 7Tth inst, and continuing twelve hours. sight as we steamed It was @ most pathetic :lowly into the harbor, past what should have been the Guarantine station, once.a plcturesque &roup of buildings standing In the wa- ter just inside the reef, connected by a bridge with a tiny cocoanut island— practically new, ‘as no occaslon had ever arisen for thelr occupancy. Now not a vestige remains of anything but a tiny dot of land partially submerged, on which are stil' standing a very few cocoanut trees which braved the storm. “As far as the eve could sweep the curve of the harbor, scarcely anything is in sight but heaps of kindling wood and debris—not ope famlllar object save the landing shed with its sides torn out. Even ‘Orohena’ and ‘Aoral’ wrapped themselves in their rain clouds and refused to look smilingly down on the scene below, as is their wont.” BUSINESS SUSPENDED. Never before, in the history of the island, has this little village nestling at the base of the mountains, failed to call forth from the incoming tourists and sightseers the most rapturous ex- clamations of delight. Business is and has been entirely suspended and the in- habitants for eight days have worked llke Trojans to remove the debris, which was piled ten feet high in the streets, and there are yet many still impassable. “On the evening of February 7 the in- habitants gathered on the beach, laugh- ing and singing, to watch the high water as it swept gently to and fro, but as the hours glided by uneasiness took the place of insouciance, and each one waited {n fear and trembling for high tide, midnight. Then the waves, gathering force/ swept in eight and ten feet in height, followed by a high wind, and the wooden buildings along the Beach, the principal thoroughfare of Papeele, as well as many of the con- crete ones, went down—some like a pack of cards flat on the ground, others lifted up, torn apart, and twisted and carried for blocks to some other loca- tion. From the most reliable accounts the trouble seems to have been caused by high waves piling in quick succession over the reef and not being albe to effect an outlet through the narrow pas- sage whence they came, rushed in on the land with such violence as to wreclc everything in their path. At intervals the wind swept down.from the moun- tains with great velocity, but this wind, coming in the opposite direction to the advancing waves, seemed to force them away from the land and in a great measure quell their destructive force. “The loss to the mercantile com- munity is grat. The Soclete Commer- clala de I'Oceanie lost at a conservative estimate $10,000 worth of goods; Max- well & Co., $3600, besides their bulld- ings; Anthony Cae was one of the he: jest losers, while th8 other merchan Ruouix, Donald & Edinborough, Drol- lot and the Tahiti Commercial and fugar Company, Limited, among them, sulfered loss: BUOYS COME INTO TOWN. “An Immense buoy broke away from its moorings and came flpating into a store, smashing down doors and par- titions. and cregtin {xqflvou generally, though {n & sm. l“%}'ee as compared with the storm. Another buoy from nedr the pass came floating into town Another Great Cure Mother Believes Hood’s Sarsaparilla Saved Her Son’s Life’ Weak and Miserable, With No Control of Muscles. An Attack of Paralysis After Diphtheria. “Cumberland, Me., Feb. 15, 1906. “C.d. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass. “Gentlemen: I firmly believe that Hood’s Sarsaparilla saved the life of my son Rzlpg. One spring all our children had diphtheria. Ralph was very sick, and when he passed the crisis of the disease it seemed as though he would never be.any better. He was weak and miserable, and his limbs gave out. The physican said it was an attack of paralysis, which sometimes follows diphtheria. We did everything for him, but he grew worse until he lost all control of the muscles of his body and limbs, “We were just about in despair when something induced us to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla. For a time we saw little or no improvement, but we continued giving the medicine. Then he ceased to complain, and in three months he was able to attend school part of ‘the time. He has grown strong and is now a very rugged boy. We cannot say too much in praise of Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a t_)lood puri- fier and building-up medicine.”—Mrs. R. E. Andegson. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Purifies the blood; builds up the system after all blood- poisoning diseases; gives healtly and strength. Get it today. SPECIAL.—To meet the wishes of those who prefer medicine X in up Hood’s Sarsaparilla in chocolate-coated tablets as form. By reducing Hood's Sarsaparilla to a solid ined in the tablets the curative properties of every me- Sold by druggists or sent by mall. 100 doses ome dollar. s ¢ form, we are now putting well as In the ysual,liquid extract, we have re' dicinal ingredient. C. 1. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass. in tablet beyond the market place. One 'book- keeper took refuge on a tall safe, from whence he was rescued at 2 a. m. Our plantation home and bungalow suffered very little. A door and three windows were smashed, some cane injured by the salt water and ornamental trees and shrubs uprooted and damaged. “The American consulate, one of the oldest frame bufldings in Papeete, is a small-sized woodplle. “Che steamer wharf was ripped up. However, the greatest loss in bulldings falls upon the ¥rench Government. The marine railway, the engine for the ship ways, the concrete buildings, where the maps,. plans of surveys of lands, both public and private, were kept, bridges, roads and rivers were swept away. “The postoffice was wiped out of ex- istence, not even the foundation remain- ing. The Custom-house, police station and other places are also demolished. “The Annex, & hotel well and favor- ably known to many San Franciscans, iy a partlal wreck, but the second story, supported by beams, is inhabitable. The ocean mow rolls: up over our beautiful beach drive and of course all trees and vegetation along the sides have disap- peared. “In the center of the settlement of the Latter Day Saints a cutter is stranded many hunlreds of feet from where it rode at anchor. This little village, together with its church, is entirely effaced. “The district of Tautira has, accord- ing to reports, but three houses left standing. The stone Catholic Church, as well as the Proteatant edifice, which was to have been dedicated in the near future, are razed to the ground, as is also. the house for the accommedation of tourtsts. Moorea felt the effects of the storm severely. SCHOONERS OVERDUE. “Grave fears are felt as to the safety of several schooners from the Paumo- tus, long overdus and known to have been in the path of the cyclome. At this writilng no word has been heard from the surrounding Islands, but it is belleved they must have suffered ex- tremely. “The entire island of Tahitl felt tha effects of the cyclone and the loss In Papeete alone is estimated at over one million dellars. “The redeeming feature of the whole catastrophe is that, though there were numerous incidents of people bel washed away and many narrow hatrbre: but two lives were lost—one, a Fre the quar: tine station, who fell exhausted out of A cocoanut tree, affer taking refuge there for six hours, and was drowned; and the other, a child, on what Is peninsula.” lost everything they clothes on their backs, but contributions have beem collected, and in thiy tropleal country there is no suffering, even when one ig stripped of bare mecessities, and even now poverty in unknown. There are no beggars on the island, and as I sald before, the merchants are the ones on whom the heaviest loss falls. to the loss of 5o many bread- frult and banama trees food is apt to be scarce later om, but at present there is plenty. However, the native gives ught to the future, and Is just 'y and ¢onténted as before the tinued on Page 31, Colomn 2. —~E— The entire stock of Harrison’s: fine shoes at a fraction of their original cost. Oxfords in lace and button--Street shoes in shiny, kid and tan leathers--hand-sewed and bench-made shoes sold by Harrison at $4-- thousands of beautiful, stylish shoes; now on sale at $2.65. . Burt, & Packard’s $4.00 Shoes .65 E=——— 52 Each day the crowds grow greater—one tells another—and so the good news spreads—and mighty good news it is—for we are selling Burt & Packard’s famous $4..oo shoes at $2.635. shoes, button shoes, lace shoes, all styles and sizes in ladies’ shoes. men’s shoes: 4 to 674, and 9}4 to 12. Patent leather, buro Jap, colt kid enamel, calf, low shoes, high Following sizes in Ladies’ shoes at the Powell-street store only. Men’s shoes at both stores. Unrestricted choice of the entire lines at $2.65. The Reason for This Sale—In adding No. 26 Powell street to our Powell-Ellis street store we bought the entire stock of Harrison’s Shoes. Harrison was agent for the Burt & Packard Shoes and carried a tremendous stock of fine footwear. Having already made arrangements to handle a line of shoes at $3.50 and $4.00, which we believe to be superior to any ever sold at that price, we close out the entire Harrison sgock at a price that repfesents but a fraction of its original cost. In every detail the leading e: 740 Market Street Two Large Stores. Market, Powell & Ellis