The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 7, 1906, Page 2

FINDS LESSON IN DISASTER Archbishop Montgomery Dis- courses on Fire. Urges Sufferers to Bear Cross Sent by God. them like men in obeying to the letter rictions put upon us. They are ated near Fort Montgomery celet improvised 2l m. yeste; e life and property that re- Epoke subst. n and for the resurrection of the is a time when every energy d should be put forth to retrieve our losses, homes, our business and institutions, is now in Ban Francisco no nd that it 1s un- | hearts upon | borne out ¥ 1 catastrophe e have so lately passed have T room for or hand can help the work f Civic and personal pride should and 5 tselt to its atmost wherever there is ered work that' we can do. No true n desires to live witnout exertisa without adding something to the mmon good of which be is a sharer. This is the supreme moment of our es, mnd we must rise to its solemn demands. | “So many noble examples coming to ute ©fl .y from without must stimulate the and [ b swept away | the country at large simp.y ind the incentives. but close at our. neighboring towns and ities across and around the bay and 1 every part of the State—in the great noble work of Los Angeles, even he splendid labors of San Diego, do find the word of our blessed Lord ‘I was hungry and you gav3 ; 1 was thirsty and you gave to drink; I was naked and yo1a ed me; I was sick and in prison ou visited me; g stranger and you “If God in his inscrutable provi- dence & permitted so great a sorrow as, let us not forget that me providence has made an for us in the hearts of his m * child@ren. “Some there may be unable to'appre- s true view of our comygmon suf- g, but all should be able To-think setter of human nature, and many un- in the day of their dolors e to the proper conception of ter and be drawn by it all the 1ighty God and be able tc ommon good, for the protec- | move every worthy soul to exevt DR, DIGGINS - QUITS WORK AS PRIVATEER ON THE CITY FRONT Turned Pirats to Secure Me- dicaments Resumes Practice. Fame by His Many Bold Deeds in Behalf of Victims of | Wins | { Earthquake. | Through His Prompt Action and Fore- sight Many Wounded Are Saved. In the list of physicians who vol- | unteered their services at the time of | the earthquake, published in yester- :day’s Call, the name of Dr. E. A. Dig- |gins was inadvertantly omitted. Dr. ! Diggins was sleeping in his office near |the foot of Market street when the | earthquake came. Within fifteen min- utes he was at the Harber Hospital and any idle person who by mind ot until the Saturday following did he | orward, take either rest or sleep and then with, ¢ . | his elothes on. When he reached the hospital on the | morning of April 18, he found that the | breaking of the mains had left the hos- | pital without water. He arranged with the captain of the Norwegian collier Titania for a supply of the necessary fluid and from the throng already gath- ered on the wharves organized a bucket brigade, which kept the hospital sup- plied until other arrangements could be made. Finding the supply of dressing ma- terial running short, Diggins took it upon himself to send out foraging par- ties with orders to break into drug stores and bring to the hospital all the \’cunon, gauze and bandages they could find. transport wharf as a temporary hospital to which he sent the patients as their wounds were dressed, from the Harbor Hospital in wagons which he command- eered from the passing procession of vehicles. He persuaded the masters and care- takers of a number of vessels to take on board many of the refugees who by this time were crowding the bulkheads in the vicinity of the hospital. ‘“We will give the people shelter and drinking water, but cannot feed them,’’ he was told by those on board the ships. ““You take the peopls, I’ll find the grub,’’ was Diggin’s response. Ho did. He seized the city’s milk supply which was lying uncalled for at the ferry depot. He looted wharves and stores and in addition.to provisioning his ships, stocked a lunch counter out- side the hospital where passing refugees were given something to eat and a glass Well-Known Medico Who Temporarily | - He arranged for the use of the'nrmy‘ ‘Blessed be his holy name for- ' of milk. He devoted himself exclusively to the task of providipg supplies for the hospi- tal and the hotneless in tRe immediate Refugees From Telegraph Hill Attend |vicinity. When what he wanted was Servioss’ in Prifary School not given freely, he took it. With the Building. willing assistance of two bluejackets. Three masses were sald in the class all of the primary schocl building on legraph Hill yesterday morning. Many members from the refugee ps in the neighborhood attended, Father Caraher, former pastor of \cis Church, preached the ser- i at the early mass, choosing for his subject “St. Joseph’'s Patronage,” which he said signifies protection or guardianship. He exhorted his hear- ers to invoke the assisiance of God and his seints at all times and par- rly in the present crisis. The « r two masses were said by Rev. Father Radahan and Rev. Father Me- Gough. Masses will be said in the same place next Sunday at 7, 9 and 10 o'clock. IN CLASSROOM. MASS supplies, blankets and clothing, The night it rained he ‘‘borrowed’’ sails from the ships of the salmon fleet and Cressington to with the canves. He carried on his privateering for four days after General Funston ord- ered the impressing of private property stopped. Before his career was stopped by the naval authorities he had three small tugs and three gasoline launches | under his command. e was arrested | for piracy and taken before Captain Badger of the flagship Chicago. He squared himself with the authori- ties and ever since has devoted himself | to work more within the lines of his profession but still volunteer work and without recompense. Diggins holds no political position and had no authority for any of his ac- tions. He saw that certain things were ! necessary and he did them, desregarding rig immense shelters at it is as h in defeat &s iIn try it defends, ur Fire Depart: fought a los- battle from the ning, yet an e sBArstunds 4 understands | Rev. Father Carey Addresses Large @o—end that in fact & fighting In. | Congregation on Parade Grounds |,.q tape and the laws of properfy with tly for three davs and nights of R;“'"’“"’"' the abandon of a Paul Jones. When d have saved the large Rev. Father Carey, formerly of St the full story of the San Francisco fire ty thet yel stands is a7 | Mary’s Church, corner of Callfornia is written there will be at least one | end Dupont streets, said high massin chapter_devoted to the piratieal career |a tent at the Presidio yesterday. A °f Dr. E. A. Diggins, volunteer. MASS SAID AT PRESIDIO. |a large congregation of Protestants and poancis F. Larkin dwelt yesterday Catholics vraa :prenm_. A beautiful upon the calamities that have visited fermon followed, in which the father .. (169 of italy in the vicinity of impressed upon those present the im- Mount Vesuvius and compared them portance of patience and perseverance . tne‘disaster here, He also spoke at the present time, and mapped out!,sin, gpirit of helpfulness and resource a beautiful future for the city and her| .+ the people have shown. Morning citizens. He also impressed upon the .., evening services wili be held today people the importance of leading & ;. +he church. Christian life, that they may be the ¢ Remsnipr Sondai el | Services and Sunday scrool were held ed by the | practical sympathy that has touched | the heart of the nation—we should ha grateful for it, but we must not abuse it. We have been dazed for this fort- night past—we must now show our- selves worthy of what has been done for us. “We are eating the bread of charity, which in their magnanimity those who sontribute it do not wish us to o namo lb—b;x:v Sl % Sy Snother Seem, T~ OO Church at Capp and Twenty-second #All this must create and strengthen PARISH 1S THANKFUL. streots. . The paston i GV, &, il and courage. Upon the past we must) Priests Officiating at 8t Anthony's| g " ;i1 ve Church Rev. J. H. Gchroeder look only to correct our mistakes, Church E;F:“' Bellef in j;voke of the vividness with which the whate b they may have besn, 1o the| Cflmoncs“:;:‘ndm & Ay | carthouake end fire brought out man's redullding of San Francisco, 2 & T~ | transitory life on earth. He urged his “One thing we ought to learn from/ ‘hony’s Church at Army and Folsom o' otion to bear in'mind the les- the prompt, Wise and energetio action | SIreets yesterday expressed their nf::: ht by the disaster. of the military is suppressing the | LRankfulness that so little damage was sDTh oh:rch :nd parsonage wers dame- abuses of liquor. No sene man in this | done in the parish by the earthquake' - 1€ MR DOL PERIET TCt U eity s ignorant of this fact, that this |4nd fire. This feeling was aptly ex-| 60 W 13 DOCCE MO S ICeS K6 T one sct bas dons as much gs any other | Pressed in the sermons of Rev. Fatn.' b nld this Woek 1o Cor one act for the benefit of the city in or® Krekeler, MoGlory and Kiein, The * i d the most critical moment of its history, | Priests expressed a belief in the city's For this all honor to the city govern- | future. Services will be held regularly| HOLDIBERVIGEA . O RN: ment and to the military authorities. |0 the church and all are urged to at- And can we not learn from it when | ténd once more in our normal condition that liquor is not & necessity—that it is at serve the Sabbath Day. SAY MASSES ON LAWN. Church of Christ, Sclentists, were held most & luxury when properly con- | e orning in the open trolled; that it is & veritable engine of| Masses at 0:30, 7:30. 8 9 end’ 10:30 ::'; sr::rya:mton:m-ts. This .;h:::;g evil to many at all times and to all gt Were held vesterday morning by the which was formerly at Post and Taylor meny times? Can we not better regu- Priests of St Charles Roman Cathollc gireqts, was burned. Mrs. Dora J. Stan- late it hereafter than it has been in the CRUrch In the garden of the convent ton was the first reader, and-George past? | near the corner of Howsrd and Bight-| 5 pytnam read the second book. The “Fathers and mothers and lovers of ©enth streets. The church edifice gubject of the lesson sermon was *Mor- this city, study the matter. i stands at Bighteenth and Howard end tals and Tmmortals.” Several passages “Let no man be able to point at San '® & present unsafe. During the week of the Bible were read, and there was Francisco with any justice or truth an] "¢Pairs will be made to the foundations, gjso reajding from the Christian Soi- sy that 1t is 'a wide open town.' | but it will be several weeks before the gnce text book. “It 1s sald that our calamity has set- Parishioners will gathor within 1ts| rThis church is erecting a new house tled for the bettermeni of the ecity a J0OTS. of worship on the site where the serv- grest many vexed questions; if in this Officiating at the various masses were ices were held yesterday. The foun- matter it can be said that we have athers James McDonald, Moran and| gation of the buflding has been laid, Deen saved ‘yet #o as by fire’ the city| Cantillion. The priests appealed to the|and also the floor of the firet story. will not have burned in vain. | people to work hard end do thelr share| The construction will continue, but wm “Meny &utles devolve upon all of us| t0Ward the rebullding of the city, not interfere with holding of the reg- &t the present moment and none of us| ular services. ean ignore them with mpunity, SERVICES IN THE MISSION. Christian Sclentists from .different SHOULD USE EVERY ENERGY, parts of the country responded prompt- “We must acoept cheerfully whatever | At Grace Methodist Eptecopal Church | Iy, and immediately sent sympathy and Mmosnveniences come to us aud mect. 8¢ CaPp and Twenty-first strests Rov.| reiief to the needy. From the ships in the harbor he got ' took the crew from the Italian ship | Present .4 the Salem Evangelical Germaa| ‘Evangelical iuumu | | First Church of Christ, Scientists, Ob- | The regular services of the First THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 7. 1906. RELIEF WORK DONE BY ELKS Order Is ‘Active in Relieving the Distressed. {Fund of 700 Lodgesi Is Upward of $100,000. A chapter of the history that is to | chronicle in detail San Francisco’s ea- lamity will be devoted to the relief ’work accomplished by the order of Elks . {all over the United States. Mention has been already made of the visit of | Grand Exalted Ruler Robert W. Brown, who erossed the continent in a special train, bringing $10,000 in cash and leav- | ing behind him orders to rush carloads of supplies in many cities en route. | The fund offered by the 700 lodges r their brethren in San Francisco, | {Santa Rosa, San Jose and Salinas !amounts to upwards of $100,000, and during the past few days it has been increased so rapidly that a portion of each later offering will have to be re- turned to the donors. Seattle lodge was exceedingly generous. The members sent every cent in the treasury, amount- .ing to $6000 and assessed the 400 mem- | bers sufficient to make up $10,000. In | addition to this, $5000 was sent as a | separate.fund to take care of Seattle ' Elks who might be in the ecity. The Elks, under the direetion of Ex- alted Ruler Thomas W. Hickey, were | the first fraternal order to establish ! headquarters, taking possession of a flat | |at 2240 Bush street. During the two | days following the earthquake the place was operated as a hospital, treating ' more than 500 cases. Since that time it has been a center of distribution for | food and clothing. . | Grand Exalted Ruler Brown directed ! that there should be kept no account of anything given for relief of the suf- | fering and needy. He stated that the Elks should be willing to aid five im- | posters rather than run the risk of turn- ‘ (ing away one in actual need. Men and women enter the basement of the house and fill their baskets with whatever | | they require and no one knows what is‘ taken. | | TGrand Exalted Ruler Brown appoint- | ed Judge H. A. Melvin of Oakland, ' ! Ralph Hagen of Los Angeles and Percy V. Long of San Francisco, as trustees of the relief fund, which now amounts to 430,000 in cash. The San Francisco | members are furnishing a daily lunch’ ,and acting as cooks and waiters. The headquarters and clubrooms of San Francisco lodge wera destroyed. The lodge lost one member, Dr. Coplia Stinson, who was killed in the Cali-| sams regtment has supervision of all the| fornia hotel. | ————————— 'SPOKANE FIRM SENDS A LETTER OF SYMPATHY. | Encouragement of a Sincere and Sub- stantial Nature Is Given to The Anglo-American Crockery and | Glassware Company has received the | following letter of sympathy, which ! contains encouragement of a sincere and | substantial nature: i | Spokane, Wash., April 30, 1908, {To Our Friends in San Francisco: | | Gentlem@—We beg”of you to accept | !an expression of sympathy for the very | | great loss that has befallen you and! |your great city. We note with much | pleasure and a sense of pride that al-| ready many of you are pulling together | the scattered threads of business and ' are opening in temporary quarters; and | | we also note that the work of building | a newer, bigger and more beautiful city | | bas already begun. San Francisco busi- | |ness men with their experience and| ability, coupled with the indomitable spirit of the West, will, we are sure, quickly restore the fallen city and re- | coup their fortunes. | In order to add our little®nite of aid, |we have instructed our remittance de- | partment to at once pay @ve San '’ | Franciseo account in full and send same in currency by Express. And we may | add, that it will also be the policy of | this company to give San ancisco | houses preference in business to the | | fullest consistent extent. | | Trusting that your house is already | re-established, and sincerely wishing | you a large measure of success, we are Yours, SPOKANE DRY GOODS CO. ——— e — |ARRANGES WITH ORPHANAGE FOR CARE OF THE CHILDREN. State Board of Bxaminers Make Prom- ises for Those Made Dependent , By the Fire, | The State Board of Examiners has iarranged with orphanages throughout Qalifornia to no:gvo and eare for an inereased number of orphans, half-or- hans and abandoned children who have ' been made dependent by the great fire in San Francisco. Those wishing ad- missions to Catholic orphanages should, on the Oakland side of the bay, apply to Rev. Thomas MeSweenay, of the St. Francis de Sales church. Those on the | San Francisco side should apply to Rev. D. O. Orowley, 920 Guerrero street. All other applications should be made di- r“ui to the orphlnlseu or’,ni:r letter, to A. J. Pillsbury, 675 rty-second stroet, Oakland, who will investigate and dispose of each case in turn as soon 88 possible. Cue Experts to Play. CHICAGO, May 6—Five billiard mX- ers of the seven who participated in ‘Jie international champlonship tournament at New York a few weeks ago will start an exhibition tournament here at Orches- tra Hall next Monday night. The men are Schaefer, Sl Cure, Sutton and Hoppe. Ten games will be vlas' . be- ginn! Monday, when Cure and Hopps will meet, Sutton ard Schaefer have been installed as the favorites In the tourna- ment, Jespite the fact that Blosson won the champlonship when they met in New Insurance, In view of numerous applications a special department for collection of insurance losses has been established. in charge of competent experts. A. RUEF, 2894 Ping st., near Fillmore. * | camp lcoks like one has only to enter | streets, PRESIDIO REFUGEE CAMP 15 4 MODEL OF 1S KIND Thousands of the City’s Homeless Well Cared for b!ihe Military. MADE TO OBSERVE THE ARMY SANITARY LAWS | COURSE OF TEMBLOR IS SHOWN BY MARKS ON A WAXED FLOOR Weighted Table Moved A.hout by the Quake Leaves Imprint on Soft Surface, Record Seventy-Seven Inches Long I3 Made by a Novel Seis- mograph. Erratic Moves of the Big Shake Re- vealed in Home of a Sufferer From the Shock. To ascertain what a model refugee 2 busier. o lbach camp doctor has an office, & dis-| pensary and an emergency ward of six beds. He holds a daily sick call, makes| two tent-to-tent inspections every day, also visits the kitchens, examines the drainage end keeps a census of the camp. His daily report specifies all lr-| regularities that cannot be corrected withqut appeal to a higher authority, the progress of unfinished work, the exist- enca of contaglous disease, the condition | of the latrines and a multitude of other, details. | The camps age Kkept scrupulously clean— as clean as military knowledge and au- thority can accomplish. The kitchens are located as grzat a distance as possible from the latrines, and the inhabitants| are instructed in the fact that disease| can be easily transmitted by rlles passing from latrines to kitchens and irfecting the food. If any infectious disease ap-| pears, despite these precautions, the case| is at once sent to the Harbor View Hos-| pital. In charge of Dr. McKenzie of Port- land, Or., ard everything possible is done! to guard against further spread of the | infection. | i [rhe camps is directed by Lieutehant Cor- the Presidio gate at the end of Green wich street and find it covering a cun- sidgerable area north of the roadway and adjacent thereto. And to learn how it is regulated inquiry should be addressed to Dr. Pine, the sanitary officer in charge, who is constantly cn the ground. It is camp No. 1 of the Presidio group, and its tents, laid out in numbered aftord shelter to 1200 persons. Captain H. H. Rutherford, the young otlicer of the medical department, who since that fateful Wednesday morning has controlled the housing of the 4000 homeless persons on the military reserv- ation, Invariably alludes to camp No. 1 as “The Model,” probably because it was the first of the six now under his com- mand to assume an orderly appearance. It is no better tended nor is it conducted differently from any of the other five, but all the soldlers continue to speak of it as “The Model." Not only are the streets numbered, be- ginning with First, but each tent also bears a numeral, and a directory is kept which enables any one to find, without much trouble, any resident of the tented town. Each of the six camp custedians BATTLE AGAINST INFECTION. veport dally to Captain Rutherford, who Teports to Colonel G. H. Torney, 'chiet| 17 the Harbor View Hospital eighty | sanitary officer, who in turn re- C8Sed Wers yestarday under treatment. ports to Major General Greely. ecom- Dr. McKenzie reported that at an outlay | manding the Division of the Pacific, 9f 8bout $40 he could establish facilities whese report, of course, goes to the IUF treating 33§ cases of typhold by es- tablishing quarters on the ground for-| merly used as a target range. That| typhoid s most to be feared none of the sanitary officers would deny. | Colonel G. H. Torney, the silver-haired | veteran who has control of the sanitation of all the city, said that the battle against infection had hardly begun. | “In addition to the corps of medica:| sanitary inspictors of the army now at work,” he sald, “many more are needed, | for wo intend to inspect each camp sev- | eral times a day in order to prevent n-| fectious and contagious diseases. Thus| situation is unprecedented in my, ex-| perience, if not in wertd history. Never have I heard of so many persons being suddeniy thrown into abnormal condi-| tions of lving, and despite all we can| pussibly do the sanitation must be de-| fective. -When it Is consldered that many | Rf the so-called refugees were willfully violating ‘sanjtary laws at every oppor- tunity ‘before they became charges of| the ‘Government, the difficulty of com-| peliing. them to respeet those laws at this time may be apparent. But all that can be done shall be done to preserve the public health.” | During their first week under eanvas many of the homeless folk showed how | littls they cared for the common rulcs of | health, and many of them chufe' under| the rigid military endeavor to save them | from themseives. Compulsory cleanll-' ‘War Department. Considering the red tape that is Inseparable from military operation of any kind, the care of the refugees quartered at the Presidio is re-| X!Tarkably free from superfluous restric- on. CAMPS ARE ESTABLISHED. When th2 affrighted people began tu flock to the reservation Captain Ruther-| ford's first move was to get them under cover and provided with food. In his' command were placed fourteen medical| officers, one captain quartermaster and | three troops of cavalry. Then, when the| invasion ceased, the work of concentrat- ing the 400) scattered and helpless people was promptly begun, and within a couple of days these camps were established: Camp No. 1—North of roadway .at) G@reenwich-street entrancej 1200 _people; Dr. Bine in charge. Camp No. 2—South ‘of romdway -at 400 “pedple; Greenwich-street. entrance; Dr. Buck in charge. Camp No. 3—Southwest of car line ter- minal; 500 people; Dr. Buek in charge. Camp No. 4¢—Tennessee Hollow; 1100 people; Captain Chidester in charge. | Camp No. 5—Golf links; 50 peopl H. B. Reynolds Ip charge. Camp No. €—Chinese camp, Battery Hollow; 200 people; Contract Surgeon Ho- gan in chargs. The camps were lald out under the per- Dr. | can get.” sonal direction of Captain Smith, Four- teenth Cavalry. Captain Adams of the kitchens, and the scavenger work in all 'EMPLOYHENT BUREAU OF THE RED CROSS . MEETS WITH SUGCESS Since Its Opening There Has Been an Average Daily Registration of About Five Hundred. One of the most important branches of the systematio relief work planned by thé National Red Cross is the free employment bureau which has been opened at the Hearst School, on Her- mann and Fillmore streets, In charge of W. V. Stafford, the State Labor Commissioner. During the few days that the bureau | has been open there has been a regis- tration of about 500 per day. While the majority of those applying for work are laborers, many of the skilled | trades are represented, and there Is also a large number of clerks, book- | keepers and other office employes seek- ing positions. Nearly all of those applying ex- pressed a willingness to take any work that offerads One frequently heard such remarks as, “I've always done office work, but will take anything I “Oh, I'll scrape bricks—any- thing to earn a living.” *“I mwust have a job, and can shovel bricks if there's nothing else.” There could be no question about the willingness of these men to work, or doubt that they were impatient at the necessity of recelving relief. The employment bureau can do mo offective work without the active co- vperation of contractors and employ- ers, While canvassing for orders the men from the hureau have found sev- eral contractors who are taking on men as they apply, or even going to the trains and getting them as they leave the cars. The residents of San Francisco are camped in remote parks or standing in lines for hours in order to get supplies for their families, while these unincumbered strangers rush in and get the work. Every effort will be made to put the men with families and those who are bona fide residents to work before encouraging any influx ot outside laborers. The necessity of co-operation with the employment bu< |threw open the whole downstairs of ness seems to ba almost as frksenie ‘o) some people as deprivation of proper tollet accessories are burdensome tw others. REFUGEES TELL OF- COURAGE SHOWN BY MRS. J. W. MERRILL Many Sheltered in Her Beautiful Homs | Until the Dynamiters Came to Destroy It ‘When the fire swept the downtown hotel district on April 18 and sent hun- dreds of homeless men and women fly- ing before it, Mrs. John F. Merrill her beautiful home at the corner of Van Ness avenue and Washington street. Upstairs an aged relative lay geriously il.. On ths account the guests were asked to make as little noise as possible. Beyond this restric- tion the house was theirs. On the night of that never-to-be-for- gotten Wednesday nearly a hundred refugees, people of all sorts and con- ditions, were sheltered under the hos- pitable roof. Early Thursday morning | a messenger appeared at the door and asked for Mrs. Merrill His message was brief: “Bverybody must leave this house. ‘We are going to dynamite it in half an hour.” The house, one of the most beautiful homes in the city, was filled with treas- ures from many lands, gathered by its mistress in all parts of the world and prizad, apart from their intrinsic worth, as souvenirs of happy days in far places. Mrs. Merrill loved her pretty home. 'And In half an hour it was to be sacrificed to the ruthless necessity of the moment and scattersd in atoms on the sea of devouring flumes that already had converted the eity she loved Into a desert waste. Mrs. Merrill thanked the messenger as calmly as if the errand had been some commonplace detail of domestic economy. As she turned away some of her guests heard her say, “My beau- tiful home!" By mere chance the great temblor that caused so much havoe in San Fran- ciseo in the morning of April 18, regis- tered its vibrations at the home of George Osbourne, the comedian of the Aleazar Theatre. On the wax parquette flooring of his drawing room at 3379 Clay street, the exact movements of the shock were cut by a_ table that was heavily weighted. On the table was a Carrara_marble ‘gréup ! of 'Love and Psyche by Canova, weighing more than 300 pounds and throughout, the disturb- ance the group remained unmoved from its position on the table. Measured by a straight line the table moved in a southwesterly direction twenty-three inches. The actual eir- cumlinear measurement, including all jumps and “turns, measures seventy- seven inches. The record of zigzags is clearly delineated on the waxed floor and the force of the vibrations is shown by light and heavy markings. Beginning with light zigzag lines tha temblor’s force increased as shown by the deeper indentations, accompanied by a twisting motion, the record show- ing a semicirele with ome loop and measuring in length forty-five inches. The quake record then took a jump of one inch, landing heavily and indent- ing ghe floor, and was rfeilowed by nine successive jumps, the first five being one inch apart, the next one a quarter of an ineh further away and the last three one-eighth of an inch apart. The jumps follow one another in an almost perfect cirele, which measures seven inches in length. The jumps then ceased, while the table continued on its erratie course. For fifteen inches the twisting motion continued and included three more loops. Then for the remaining tem inches the peculiar zigzag lines shown at the beginning of the record continue to the present resting place of the table, which has not been moved since the earthquake. ~ All subsequent quakes have failed to move the table from its position. The general course of the record is from northeast to southwest. Army officers and scientists who hava visited Osbourne’s. house declare the seismie record perfeet, with the excep- tion of the measurement of the shock’s duration. S B ———— Summer Colds Laxative Bromo Quinine, the world wide Cold Cure, removes the cause. Call for the full name and look for sig- nature of E. W. Grove. 25c. b e ——— Exports to Brazil Palling Off. WASHINGTON, May 6.—A bulletin is~ sued by the Department of Commerce and Labor says that the trade of the United States with Brazil aggregates In round numbers $110,000,000, a larger sum than with any occuntry in South America. Imports from Brazil for the fiscal year 1905 asgregated $09.453,904, exports were §10,985,086. The bulletin sayw the total exports to Brazil show a falling off from $15,185.079 in 139 to $10,985,098 In 1905, the decrease occwrring chiefly In provisions. Edward S. Spear & Co. AUCTIONEERS AuctionSale s OF... Elegant Furniture Torkish Rugs Paintings Marble Statuary Billiard Table 500 Books Large Telescope WEDNESDAY, MAY 9,1906 At 11 O’Clock A. M. In an instant she was the composed, | AT THE ELEGANT RESIDENCE dignified hostess again. Her guests had heard the message. There was no necessity for her to repeat it. As they realized what it meant con- sternation seized them. They gazed around at the priceless treasures on every hand. BSeveral stepped toward their hostess as if they expected her to reau in order to help solve the reliet |faint or scream. problems was fully recognized in the But Mrs. Merrill was herself again. resolution passed by the committee of | In even, conversational tones she ad- fifty to the effect that it would secure | dressed her guests: its labor gh the bureau and would urge others to do so. Many women who have been office employes are registering for work. The women workers are much more difficult to place than the men. It has heen suggested that those establishing new offices should give them the pref- erence, as the men are able to turn to the rougher work. 1 “1 do not want anybody to leave un- tll you have all had some coffes and toast.” She gave her servants the necessary orders quietly, and when the emodus took place it was more like the break- ing up of a luncheon party than flight from death. Ever since then Mrs. Merrill been busy with Red Cross work, however deep the regret for her 1 . It is asserted that the price of shoes may be, but she has not burdened will be advanced again unless Gon- her friends with removes the duty on hides.| the standpatters may figure that diminutive refugee from Tehama street people will not be able to kick who had enjoyed the shelter of the so hard if it 1s made impossible florjxflen'm mansion during that fear, g2y 0y Rress stil} the them to buy shoes. - of her sorrows. “She's a bred.” remarked a night of + i 2100 WASHINGTON 8T. Corner Octavia 8t., formerly occupled by Col. M. H. Hecht We will sell, without limit or reserve, ‘