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ILLS LE fit 1906 1 want rds prices. San Francisco, May 7.â€"Locked in sepâ€" arate cells in the eity prison, 100 priâ€" somers, whose crimes rarge from plain drunkenness to brutal murder, krelt in prayer when the earthquake of April 18 skook the ball of justice from basement to tower top. Sin hardened men and women appealed to Cod to spare them. Fheir prayers for deliverance came only after it became apparent that the _ atâ€" temdlants could do nothing for them. The earthquake had so lasted _ and warpecd the cell locks that not a door could be opened for nearly an hour. "I never want to witness such sights again," said prison matron Ryan, of the Central station prison, who was on duty when the tremfil« came,. "There was something like eighty men and 22 women in th cells the morning of the earthquake. In our department there was abandoned creatures charged with all manner of crimes, many of whom I deemed hopelessâ€" ly lost. They cried and shricked _ for merey whon the shock came, n:nplnd- ed pitifully for release. Not one cell could CLEANING UP WRECK AlT SAN FRANCISCO. Curious and Interesting Facts About What it is and What it Does. M 1y me L1 Sity Graguaglly Assuming its Normal Condiâ€" tion and Business Being Resumed. In was done to the a built at these ent. the cruise nd th mt, the cruisers Califorâ€" awnkee and the battleship The steamer City of Pueâ€" sunk in the bay has been being repaired. Workmen ed fixing the steamer Colâ€" was tursed on her side. \the new Hawaiianâ€"Ameriâ€" + company‘s _ liners were four feet to the south, but 1 and only need to be reâ€" arting up work with alil ossible under the cireumâ€" e Union Iron Works, 2, »w amployed and the manâ€" ts within a fortnight to complement of 4,000 _ at WONDERS OF THE SKIN ly. The inspectors are builders and are devotâ€" for the benefit of house rimney in the city will spected before any perâ€" o make fires indoors. irgest factories left unâ€" ting up work with all sible under the cireumâ€" n firms 1ocaté May LrC ceseription LDFON ection of the city comin to the ‘onditions . of more normal f clearing up r reâ€"building of the city, ascinating reâ€" Nexst to the cars and toâ€" tions of the alreaay op three new works for by retail throughâ€" that all lighting day with sed until thrivin alon« C i EHE EM Ill'i.‘ll EETT (y,l ers the conditions | many of the men i | their lives by b *4 ]' against the steel 1 hâ€" | ed there was no . _ j release. They too p mgsdnnls in enarge m ; calm and when it "8 / meek and humble ‘ mved to the branc all! Mrs. Ryan was M King Alfonso‘s Sister Married to a Drunkard. Trieste, May 7.â€"A despatch from .\Imtid to the Piccolo states that the martiage of the Infanta Maria Theresa, sister of King Alfonso and _ Prince Louis Ferdinand of Bavaria, _ which took place Jan. 12, has proved unhappy;, and the Queen Christina has drawn the attention of Prince Louis to the intemâ€" perate habits of his son, Unless his inâ€" tervention should ameliorate the situâ€" ation a divorce is probable. "I was among the very last to leave the building and we did not leave a single person to be burned alive. I did not administer chloroform to anyâ€" one nor did I put anyone to death. Only the doctors and the regular nurses handled the drug and the soldiers did the shooting. "When official lists of the dead are published and show only a few hunâ€" dred it is either from ignorance or wilful _ suppression of facts. _ There were three hundred and fifty died in Mechanies‘ Pavilion alone." Omaha, Neb., May 7.â€"According to the story told by O. K. Carr, an Omaâ€" ha man who was through the San Franâ€" cisco earthquake and fire, 350 wounded and injured people were chloroformed to prevent them from being burned alive when â€" the _ Mechanies‘ Pavilion was vacated. â€" Cart lived in Omaha "I was with the Red Cross and still have my badge. We wore in the _ Meâ€" chanies‘ Pavilion after the quake and when the fire came so close that we saw the building must go, all injured that it was though could recover were first taken away. Those with mangled bodies and broken or â€" burned limbs, begged to be shot to escape _ being burned alive. Three hundred and fifty in the pavilion were chloroformed by doctors and nurses and shot by _ solâ€" diers. It was done as an act of huâ€" manity. "In the department of the male prisonâ€" ers the conditions were the same and many of the men attempted to destroy their lives by battering their heads against the steel bars when they realizâ€" ed there was no chance for immediate release. They too prayed until the attenâ€" dants in cnarge managed to get them calm and when it was all over it was a meek and humble hundred that we reâ€" mved to the branch county jail." Mrs. Ryan was the last person to leave the city prison. She was detained by a female prisoner who become hysâ€" terical and just as the matron walked under the immense glass dome covering the prison office the glass fell all about her and her prisoners with _ a mighty crash. alive when â€" the _ Mechanies‘ I was vacated. Carr lived in for years, and is well known said : be opened and when _ I advised charges of the fact, they knelt hard cement floor and offered up vent prayer in unison. "In the department of the male ers the conditions were the san return Toront UNHAPPY ROYAL WEDDING it IS THIS TRUE? , with a one age) to the 7 This offer she e name ‘hen _ I advised _ my fact. they knelt on the amâ€" Bak te rtt rticle, wiite f this paper, amp(to pay k Company, 2t a :r'eil‘ He While the Commission are not fully agreed as to the effect of diversions of wate: from Niagara Falls, all are of the opinion that more than 36,000 cubic feet per second on the Canadian side of the Niagara River and on the Niagara Penâ€" insula, and 18,500 cubic feet per second on the American side of _ the Niagara River, including diversions for power purâ€" poses on the Erie Canal, cannot be divertâ€" ed without injury to Niagara Falls as a whole. Your Commission are therefore of the opinion that such diversions exclusive of Moved by George Clinton, seconded by Mr. Wismer, and Resolved: That In the opinion of the Commission, it would be a sacrilege to destroy the scenâ€" ic effect of Niagara Falls. Buffalo, May 7.â€"(Special.)â€"The joint international waterways commission met here toâ€"day and formally signed the re ports agreed upon as to Niagara Falls. The following are the resolutions adoptâ€" ed : water required for domestic use or the service of locks in navigation _ canals, should be limited on the Canadian side to 36.000 eubic feet per second, and on tha United States side to 18,500 cubic feet per second, and that treaty or legâ€" islation should be had to that end (and in addition thercto a diversion for saniâ€" tary purposes not to exeeed 10,000 cubic feet per second be authorized for the Chicago drainage eanal), and that a treaty or legislation be had limiting these diversions to the quantities menâ€" tioned. The effect of the diversron of water by the Chicago â€" drainage canal upon the weneral navigation interests of the great lakes system will be considered in a separate report. Moved by Mr. George C. Gibbons, seeâ€" onded by Louis Coste, that the following memoranda be embodied in the report of the Commission immediately | following the resolution relating to the preservaâ€" tion of Niagara Falls: The Canadian section, while assenting io the above resolution did so upon the understanding that in connection thereâ€" with should be expressed â€" their view that Safeguarding Our Waterways While Making Use of the Water Power at the Falls. 1. That any treaty or nr‘rangoment as | Appearances In« to Niagara Falls prc\ser\'x'atmn s.h_nu]}i hol ment Had 1 limited to the term of twentyâ€"five years : and should also establish the principles thorityâ€"No applicable to all diversions or uses ()f' Stratford desy waters adjacent _ to the international hnd boundary and of all streams wheh flow be a sensational across the boundary. ; bud _ upon _ inve The following principles are suggested: | Avonbank man 1. In all navigable waters the use f0f ! eraveyard there navigation purposes is of primary aml_‘l" a bout paramount right. The Great Lakes sys j ut when about tm on the boundary between the Unâ€"}that a hole had ited States and Canada and finding its | known to the c: outlet by the St. Lawrence to the sea | This caused sus should be maintained in its integrity. ties were notifie 2. Permanent or complete diversions of | Comuty â€" Crown navigable waters _ or their trilmtru;\'l“l‘dl‘l'("l an _ inv streams, should only be permitted for | Smith and High domestic purposes and for the use of|Cell'U=:\’ drove .o locks in navigation canals. Ifmmd after di 3. Diversions can be permitted of a| body of a hum: temporary character where the water is ‘had been buried taken and returned again, when such diâ€" l For what rea versions do not interfere _ in any way been made can with the interests of navigation. In such certainly consid cases each country is to have a right to aroused for som The Resolutions Agreed to by the Joint Interâ€" national Waterways Commission. St. Petersburg, May 7.â€"The resigation of Count Witte as Premier has been accepted. He will be succeeded by M. Gorem ykin, former Minister of the Interior. The official announcement of the changes in the Cabinet will be made toâ€"morâ€" NIAGARA FALLS AND _ | THE POWER QUESTION. uPHZZ COUNT WITTE HAS RESIGNED. GOREMYKIN NOW APPOINTED PREMIER OF RUSSIA, N That the Governments of the United States and Canada reserve all water neâ€" eessary for navigation purposes at preâ€" sent or in the future and the surplus shall be divided equally between the two countries for power purposes. From Lake Michigan there will be drained 10,000 cubic feet per second for the Chicago drainage canal, which gives the United States altogether 28,500 cubic feet of water per second. At Sault Ste. Marie the water poyer is to be divided equally. 5. Each country shall have the right of diversion for irrigation or other extraâ€" ordinary purposes in equal quantities of the waters of nonâ€"navigable streams crosâ€" sing the International boundary. 6. A permanent joint commission can deal much more satisfactorily with the settlement of all disputes arising as to the application of these principles, _ and should be appointed. The Canadian _ section _ recommends that this agreement be limited to twenâ€" tyâ€"five years. The question of the division of other waters, such as the St. John River, has not been made the subject of any agreeâ€" ment, although _ the Canadian section lays down certain principles in regard to these, The United States section of the commission early in the negotiations took the ground that it had not comâ€" petent power to deal with this latter phase of the question. s j The complete report of the commisâ€" sion, which is a very bulky document, will be submitted to the Governments of both countries as soon as possible. It is also understood that the United States Commissioners will ask their Govâ€" ernment for power to deal with all the questions raised by the Canadian Comâ€" 4. No obstraiction or diversions shall be permitted in streams tributary thereâ€" to, which would injuriously affect naviâ€" gatior in either country. missiongrs NOTHING BUT A HOLE. AVONDALE CEMETERY SENSATION INVESTIGATED. diversion in equal quantities. Sault Ste. Marie. _ of the commusâ€" bulky document, the â€" Governments soon as possible. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Would Not Refuse Generous Aidâ€" President Speaks in Kindly Terms of the Instant Generosity of Canadian | Government. \ Washington, May 7.â€"A special mesâ€" sage was sent to Congress toâ€"day by Proâ€" sident Roosevelt, in which he explained the attitude of the Government regardâ€" ing the offer of contributions to the San Francisco fire and earthquake sufferers from foreign countries, _ The President says that where the contributions were made to the United States Government be did not feel warranted in accepting them, but where they were made to the . Citizens‘ Relief Committee of San Framâ€" eisco no official action was or could be i taken in regard to them, y The message is in part as follows: "Imediately after the di?sterat.\‘nn. Francisco many offers of assistance in the shape of contributions were tenderâ€" ed by foreign individuals, corporations, Governments and municipalities, _ The Canadian Government, with an instant generosity peculiarly pleasant as a proof of the closeand friendly ties which knit us to our neighbors of the north, offered to pass a resolution appropriating $100,â€" 000 for the relief of the sufferers by the earthquake and fire. With a generosity equally marked and equally appreciatâ€" ed the Republic of Mexico, our nearest neighbors to the south, voted to approâ€" priate $30,000, and the Republic of Guatemala voted to appropriate $10,400 for the purpose." "Appropriate expressions of gratitude to all these friends have been returned by the State Department or by myself, but it ‘seecms to me that the real depth of grateful feeling awakened in our people by all these evidences of genuine sympathy and friendship should be exâ€" pressed also by formal action of the The President refers to the offers of help from Japan, Cnina and other counâ€" tries, and concludes: An Implied PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MAKES AN EXPLANATION. and innlfif:ting mind, an earnest seeker aiter know edfie, and above all, possessed of a wonderfully sympathetic nature. In 1943 she marricd JIsaac Pinkham a builder and real estate operator, and their early married life was marked by prosperity and happiness. They had rpeperity and happiness, lhey had g)fir chil!nen, three sons and a daughter. In those good old fashioned days it was common for mothers to make their own home medicines from roots and herbs, nature‘s own remediesâ€"calling in & physician only in specially urgent cases. By tradition and experience many of them gained a wonderful knowledge of the curative properties of the various roots and herbs. Mre. Pinkham took & great interest in the study of roots and herbs, their charâ€" aucteristics and power over disease. She paintained that just as nature so bountiâ€" tully provides in the harvestâ€"fields and orchards vegetable foods of all kinds ; so, if we but take the pains to find them, in the roots and herbs of the field there are remedies expressly designed to cure the various illis and weaknesses of the body, and it was her pleasure to search these out, and prepare simple and effecâ€" tive medicines for her own family and Chief of these was a rare combination of the choicest medicinal roots and herbs found best adapted for the cure of the flls and weaknesses peculiar to the female ilelzhbon learned that her compound relieved and cured and it became quite popular among them. is All this so far was done freely, without money and without price as a labor But in 1873 the financial crists struck Lynn. Its and severity were too much for the real estate interests of the Pinkham family, as this class of rdou. so when the Centennial year wned it found their pt;pony'lvept away. Bome other source of income had to be found. of the Finzham family, as this class of business suffered most from fearful deâ€" This remarkable woman, whose maiden name was Estes, was born in Lynn, Mase., Februnx 9th, 1819, comâ€" ing .from a good old Quaker family. For some years she taught school, and became known as a woman of an alert And a True Story of How the Vegetable Compound \Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of ‘73" Caused (lt to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores. SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PNEHAM WHO SHE WAS and Lydia E. Pinkham‘s friends and OUTSIDE AID. Man‘s Blabbing Said to Have Caused Arrests in Lansdowne Case. Brockville, Ont., despatch: The interest in the alleged _ Lansdowne poisoning case is unabated. The arrest of Mrs. Allen and O‘Connor was due to stateâ€" ments alleged to have been made by O‘Connor recently. While on a spree he is said to have volunteered the inâ€" formation that he purchased poison for Mrs. Allen to dispose of her husband, she, in return for this, promising him a portion of Allen‘s life insurance. The truth of O‘Connor‘s alleged statements is doubted in some quarters, and it is thought, if they were made, that O‘Connor took this means of retaliation because of Mrs. Allen‘s resenting his attentions after her husband‘s death, She is said to have shown a decided preference for the company of a Rockâ€" port young man, _ _ I King Edward expressed the pleasure his visits to France had afforded him, adding: "I am sure the entente corâ€" diazle will do more than anything else to safeguard peace." The prisoners, while in custody at Lansdowne, have practically the freeâ€" dom of the village. Mrs. Allen is now shrowing the effects of the strain, and seems to feel her position more keenly than O‘Connor, who is quite talkative. eordiality of _ the relations _ between France and England. Both are happy to sincerely act together for civilization and peace." Wiw‘ E. Pinkham worked her daughterâ€"imâ€"law, the present Mrs. Pinkâ€" all her hardâ€"won knowledge, and for years she assisted her in her vast corresâ€" pondence. To her hands naturally fell the direcâ€" tion of the work when its originator peatp sho Kib Simmnass i1 and nolning in the work shows when LML_réh Paris, May 7.â€"King Edward dined at the Palace of the Elysee with President Fallieres. _ The President toasted the King, saying: "Your Majesty‘s freâ€" quent visits are a precious pledge of the h"dcll be equaled in any library in the worl During her long and eventful experiâ€" ence she was env‘fi methodical inpeher work and she was always careful to preâ€" serve a record of every case that came to her attention. The case of every sick woman who applied to her for adviceâ€" and there were thousandsâ€"received careful study and the details, including symptoms, treatment and results were recorded for future ref and toâ€"day these records, ra%td- of thousands made are a ble to sick women the wosld over, and repreâ€" sent a rding the treatment of woman‘s ills, iich for authentisity and nesuracy can present Mrs. Pinkham, now the mother of a large family, took it u With woman-hhnt.,moumpsgb-hh self, the present Mre. Pinkham continues office of no other person have so many health. Sick women, this advice is ‘Yours fex Health‘ freely given if you only write to ask for it. Such is the o L E. Pinkâ€" ham‘s Vegetable : made from dimple rous and bwbe} "the one‘ proat for women‘s & rte the The wonderful curative properties of the medicine were, to a great extent, selfâ€"advertising, for whoever used it reâ€" commended it to others, and the demand gradually increased. self, the t Mre. Finkham continues this gug'::i, and probably from the In 1877, by combined efforts the family had saved enough money to commence newepaper advertising and from that time the growth and success of the enterâ€" rise were assured, until toâ€"day Lydia E. ginkhun and her Vegetable éomponnd have become household words everg; where, and uu“:l‘l’ tons of roots and her| are used annually in its manufacture. Lydia E. Pinkham herself did not live DINED WITH PRESIDENT FALâ€" The Pinkhams had no money, and little credit. Their first laboratory was the kitchen, where roots and herbs were steeped on the stove, gradually filling a gross of bottles. Then came the guectlon of selling it, for always before they had given it away freely. They hired a job frinter to run off some pamphlets setting orth the merits of the medicine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound, and these were distributed %v the Pinkham sons in Boston, ew York, and Brooklyn. her work nt&cflwl as she could !h.fve done it herse * fitting monument to the noble woman (e perppy e She doble vomas to see the great success of this work. She their mother, combined forces to restore the family fortune. They argued that the medicine which was so good for their woman friends and neighbors was equally good for the women ofg the whole world. "I recommend the passage by the Conâ€" gress of an appropriate resolution to that end." Supreme Legislative power of the na tion. assed to her reward years ago, but not 11 she had provided meuns‘g; continuâ€" BOUGHT THE POISON KING AT PARIS. l Detroit despatch: At the conclusion of ‘the postâ€"mortem examination this evenâ€" ‘ing on the body of Miss Mary Louise | Vollmer, the Galt girl, who was found on Tuesday night dying in convulsions in the front yard close to the walk of the premises at 518 Macomb street, Her broâ€" ther said "I spoke about her being amâ€" ong strangers, and when she told me that { all she had was a card with “ll::?’ Vollâ€" ;lm-r” on it, 1 suggested that 1 write her \ an identification card, which I did, L ; was also prompted in doing that from a | story she told me about a short man | with a black moustache, who followed her on the streets, "She told me he had frightened her very much and I told her to take the car instead of walking. Bhe had an operation about two years ago and it left her heart weak, so I believe. _ Tius same mysterious man, maybe, _ surâ€" prised her as she was nearing her home last night, and she died as a resultâ€"â€" scared to death. ’ "That‘s what I think, for she had no reason to commit suicide, . While visiting with me it is true that _ she 'gn\'o me a sum of money, but that ‘also was because she was living in ia house where she did not know any one intimately and she did not wish to | either leave it in her room or carry Shocks Will Be Accompanied by Severe Lightning and High Windsâ€"Farmâ€" ers Should Not Tether Cows in Open Fields, Says the Prophet. New York, May 7.â€"A special to the Tribune from Middletown, N. Y., says: An earthquake that will shake the unâ€" derpinning of all New Zealand is preâ€" dicted between the 22nd and 24th of this month by Uncle Horace Johnson, the Middle Haddam weather propret, _ _ The shocks are to be accompanied by severe lightning and high win({: accordâ€" ing to the seer, and the electric disâ€" charges will be so great that Mr. Johnâ€" son urges the farmers not to tether cows in the open fields on those dates. He warns everybody to make for the cellar door when the first big noise comes, for the earthquake shocks are likely to be severe enough to topple over some of the church steeples and high chimneys. SAYSs MAN WHO MADE FORECAST OF BLIZZARD in 1888. was found lying. It is belicved that Miss Vollmer was frightened to death,. _ Miss Vollmer was accosted on the street on Monday night, and slapped the man‘s face. HMe threatened to get even with her, It is thought that he may have intercepted her last night and threatened violence. Miss Vollmer bad suffered from a weak heart for several years, _ Fright may have overcome her and caused death. A despatch from Galt toâ€"day says that the young woman had lived there all her life until recently, that her charâ€" acter was irreproachable, and that she ;\-as highly respected by all who knew mer. Attached to hber body was a card askâ€" ing that her brother, William G. Vollâ€" mer, be notified. The latter professes to know no reason why his sister should commit suicide, She visited him at the WUnion Trust building, where he is an engineer, at 4 o‘clock last night and was cheerful and in good health. . Fhe was employed as a servant in a house only a short distance from where she was found Iving. es Commander Did Not Like Losing Job on Such Short Notice, and Warm Words Passed Between the Twoâ€" Revolver Drawn, Buffalo, May 7.â€" Denpty United States Marshall Howard Conkling this morning was given a warrant for the arrest of William Wharton, superintenâ€" dent of the International Ferry Comâ€" pany, charging him with assault on the high seas. The complainant, Lewis Schalâ€" ler is captain of the ferryboat Niagara, plying between Buffalo and Fort Erie, Ontario. Capt. Schaller charges that late Monday afternoon Superintendent Wharâ€" ton drew a revolver on him while in the pilot house of the Niagara on a trip acrose the river. PREPARE FOR ‘QUAKE. It is said Superintendent _ Wharton told Captain Schaller that the boat would be tied up at the conclusion of the trip and the crew laid off, Capt. Schaller did not like losing his job on such short notice and it is said some warm words passed betweenr the two men, with the result that Wharton lost his tempar and pulled out a 32â€"calibre revolver, with which he covered the capâ€" tain. CHARGES BY CAPTAIN THAT REâ€" VOLVER WAS DRAWN ON HIM. it Tncle Horace gained considerable note by forecasting the blizzard of 1888. Latest Theory is That She Was Frightened to Death. Detroit despatch: At a late hour last night Mary Vollmer, about 26 years of age, who came from Galt, Ont., was found lyjng on the walk on Macomi» street, in convulsions, _ She died _ beâ€" fore medical aid could reach her. Charles ®. Shank, President of the Windber Local United Mine Workers ot America, at Johnstown, Pa., was arrestâ€" ed late last night on a charge of arson by Sheriff Begley, of Somerset County. Fhank, it is alleged, in an information made before Justice Davies, of Paint Creek borough, set fire to a double ten»â€" ment house in Windber, owned by t Berwindâ€"White Co. " It Was at First Supposed Miss Volimer FOUND IN CONVULSIONS ON THE STREET IN DETROIT. GALT GIRL‘S DEATH: ASSAULT AT SEA. is That She Was