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The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL I. NO. 57: SE/Vll-WEEKLY LANCASTER, S. C., APRIL 21. 1906. Dlllf.F?fivf ppntc ncr* Terrible Calamity in San ^ Francisco. i i Earthquake and Fire De- H stroyed Nearly Half the ( City of the Golden Gate? e Seismic Disturbance Caus- a ed Buildings all Over the s City to Crash Down,Crush ing to Death JVLany Occu- v j pants?Buildings Dynamit- c ed in Effort to Check c Flames?--Property Loss r Over Two Hundred Mil- t lions Many Thousands a Now Homeless and Desti- t tute, Depending on the Authorities for Food and Shelc ter?Thieves Shot Down j by Troops. * San Francisco, April 18.? Earthquake* and fire to day have 9 put nearly halt ol San Francisco j in ruins. At least, 200 persons 1 have been killed, a thousand in- * jured, and tlie properly loss will 1 wAceru one nunareu million dol v lars. Thousands are homeless and c destitute, and all day loop streams ' of people have been fleeing from ' the stricken districts to places ot j1 salely. It was at 5:13 this morn- 1 when a terrific earthquake 8 ok shook the whole city and 1 Wtrroundinp country. One shock * apparently lasted two minutes, and there w ?s almost immediate collapse of flimsy structures all v over the city. The watersupply . was cut off and when fires broke 1 out in various sections there was ' nothing to do but let. t lie buildinps ' bum Telegraph and telephone a communication was shut off for a unit', x ne ^ estern Union was 1 completely out o! business andjJ the Postal Company was the on- 1 ly company that managed to net a wire out of toe ci'y. About 1<? v o'clock oven the postal was c lorccd to suspend. Electric pow- ' er was stopped and street cars e did not run Railroads and terry " boats ceased operations. Fires have been raging all day and ti the fire department, has been h powerless to d<? any thing except dynamite buildii gs threatened, s All day long explosives have ' shaken the city and added to the tj terr< r ot the iuliabitants. n P NOT CONFINKD To CITY. n Following the first shock there o was another within five minutes, d but not ne >r so severe. Three hours la'er then- was another t< slight quake- Reports irom dis- -i trot's outside of San Francisco indicate widespread dumaee. San fi Jose, f?0 miles south, lost many V. buildings and from 15 to 20 per- a sons wore killed. The annex of o the Vendome llolel collapse 1 an t 11 ' fire broke out. Stanford UnivorHi- n ty and Palo Alfo Buffered greatly. * At Stanford many handsome^ buildings were demolished and w two persons wore killed. Ono of si f' em was Julius Robert Hanna, w A > . ?f Bradford, Pa., and the ntho van At to Curt?, a fireman Six other students are lying ii ?nlo Alio hospital with bruise* nits and internal injuries. The; ire all (Ja ilornia students. The court house at Iiedwooc yity, and other buddings collape d. Mention Park, Burlingam< md other fashionable place uffered greatly. The greatest destruction occurr id in that part of the city whicl vas reclaimed from San Francis o bay. Much of the devaatntpf listrict was at one tune low narshy ground covered by wale it high tide. At tlie city grew ii >ecame necessary to fill in main cres of this low ground in ordei o reach deep water. The damage by the earthquake o the residence portion of tin .ity, the finest of which is 01 "fob Hill and Pacific Heights oems to have been slight. rush out in night clothes. The dreadful earthquak< ihock came without, warning ??i >recisely 5:13 o'clock this morn ng, its motion apparently beini rom east to west. At first th< ipheaval of the earth was grad lal but in a few seconds it in :reased in intensity. Chimney >egan to fall and buildings begai o creak, totering on their found itions. The people became pan c-stricken and rushed into th itreets, most of them in thei light attire. They kvere met Ir bowers of falling buildings iricks, cornices and walls. Mair vere instantly crushed to death vltile others were dreadfully nangled. Those who retnainec ndoors generally escaped will heir lives, though scores wen lit by detached plaster, picture uid articles thrown to the tlooi ?y the shock. It i? believed tha nore or le:-s lo?s was sustainer iy nearly every family in tin it y. A portion of the new city hall rhich cost seven million dollars, ollajsed, tiie root sliding inl< he cnu't yard and .smaller tow rs tumbling down Tim gr-'at ome was moved, but did not full The tiew postnffice, one of tin nest in the United Stat s, was ndl.v sha'tered. The Valencia Ilo'el, a four t'?rv wooden building, sank int< lie b-isetnent a pile of splinterei: imbers, under which were pin ed many dead and dying oceu ants of the house. The hise lent was full ol water and souk I the helpless victims were row tied. Scarcely had the earth eeasor: i shake when fires broke out imultaiieousiy in many places, The burned district extencb roin the water Iron' sou'h ol larkei street to Market r-treet lid West Kleventh street, nor h f Market T. e fire extends ou* I ? \r t > w i? ?? 11 M" A 1 "? * - * ? ' early to Fillmore ami Irom the rater Iront nlonn Market to lontgomery and north from tlie ater front to Montgomery treet. Muniifactoi ies, hotels, holesale house* and residences, r I comprising the principal part of i the business quarter, have been i destroyed. The city hall, a st rue* , lure eostiiii: $ 7,(R'0,000, was first ; wrecked by the earlhqu ?ke, and I then destroyed by fiie. The I'al 11 ace H<?tel, value estimated at -1 $3,000,000, also Luuvd. The s beautiful Claus Sprcckels buildh ing, at. Third and Murket street, was mi'ted The Riallo budding - and d' zens ol other costly struci tures were also destroyed Cnnimi sioner E. Myron Wolfe 1 announced at noon that the 80, odd fire insurance companies inr terested had decided to pay doli lar for dollar to every one insur i *d wiil? them. The companies r will not discriminate between fire and earthquake and every e one insured will be paid to the s extent of tlie loss. Only two of i the companies affected are Pa, citic coast concerns, the others having principal offices in the East or in Europe and all will stand the loss without danger (>1 9 failure. b REGULAR TROOPS TO 8CKNK. i At 0 o'clock this morning a a thousand men from the Pressidic - arrived down town to patrol the city streets. The Thirteenth Ins fantry, 1,000 strong, arrived Irom ii Angel Island a little later, and - went on patrol duty. The soldiers I t * - - nave Deen ordered to shoot down e thieves caught in the act of robr bing the dead and to guard wit! y their lives the. millions of dollar? , worth of property which has been V placed in the streets that it may , escape tlie ravages of the flames 7 The First California Artillery, 1 2,000 strong, two companies, ha? 1 heen detailed to patrol duty 0n * Fllis street. Two more companies 8 are patroling Broadway in the r Italian section. General Funsfon realized that stern measures were necessary ' and j:ave orders that looters were to be shot at sight. Four men ? were suminarilv executed before 3 o'clock 'his afternoon. ) K A RTIIQt; A K k's PRKA KS The beaks of the earthquake were many. Wide fissures were 3 made in ttie streets, strn ;?t rail i way* were twisted out of line, sewers and water pipes were burst, aid it is feared that there > will b- an epidemic ot di-ease ? I Provisions are sold at fancy prices . and even water is vended by the g'as1. It is iinp'?ssil?le to give a list of the dead and wounded, or > even a list ol the principal buildin I i I I.ATKK KKPOKT. Sin Francisco, April 18.?At 10 o'clock to nigh" Ike lire was I unabated and tl ou-ands ot peo I pie are lleeing t*> the hills and clamoring lor places on the ferry I i. i.I - I I V ? " % i i nr ii/iy . j i he damage is now believed to have reached $200,000,(100 and 50,000 people are thought to be homeless. I It looks now as ?l the entire | city w on Id be honied J Continued on Page Eight. [' Wine is a Mocker; Strong Drink is Raging." | An Earnest Plea for Temperance?Dangers of the Seductive Wine--Glass Emphasized. I Mr. Editor: Allow me space J in your valuable paper for a few i lines. I can not use adequate language to express my leelitigs ot hatred toward this giant monster. I wi?h that it was in my power to instill it inio the minds of young men that- wine is in reality a mocker. But they have become so blinded to this inlarnished truth, that notwithstanding the degradation and misery it brings to young manhood, it is raging with unwonted fury. II 1 could speak loud as the tminuet which is to waken the dead, I > would call upon the young manhood of America and in all lands: awake, awake! put on thy strength, O man! and fight the i demon that is sapping the very > lile-biood ot true manhood and > womanhood. A dull and care less way of urging our friends to i reform will avail nothing. It 1 may c o u c e a 1 hypocrisy, or > strengthen deception concerni ing our piety, but it will not move the God in man which i prompts him to reform. Our i friends know that we are not in i earnest, and care little tor it. But let us take hold of the matter in a spirit corresponding to , the magnitude of the object to i tie secured, and there will he a ; movement. Toper, if such should be my ' reader, is there not some loved one now pointing dow n from heaven and saying? -'Beware of I , the wine gla e " Reader, I have i a sainted mother, and methinks 1 can see iier gazing through the nnrf ' * itrn.cn, mowh upon ner mortal son, begging him lo fight I his raging curse, and not lo ad i lue) by degrading his own manhood by the use of this accursed stall?strong drink. If we are to associate with l< pors and gamblers, in the social circle, let us be serious without gloom, cheerful without levity. Let us conduct ourselves so that no nan can pass ('tie half an hour in our fellowship without leeling that he is breathing in an atmosphere of holiness, and living for the time on i lie verge of heaven The cannonade of sin and wickedness i.^ hut-lied aii'l powerless before i tie feailess christian soldier who dares to do right, even though (T> I | his Ii:e hangs i.< toe balance, l'ray ye the Lord of the halves! to idisc np such men 111 our day that can stand the test of huh*, 111 >>11 ijn t1, ' tide f '-in threatens the who'e iand, ami degradation i- spreading i s vuiture-like witi^s oyer the tree institutions of our land, only waiting lor the change to reenact the pcenes of tin* downfall of Ur>nv : to crush the liberties gained by our father-, lo car down our ini i - ? . . . ^ vt.ll 1 ^ KLI1 Vl/KI. stitu'ions, and to plunge the whole land into ignominious darkness. If I had the voice of thunder, 1 would cry out in agon zing tones. How long. O Lord, shall darkness brood over this realm 'i How long wilt thou suiFer the tyranny of this demon" Shall 1 picture to ycu the J drunkard? He was a bright li?jtle boy, and the community had I hopes ot his becoming a preat i man. But, alas, how soon were tliose hopes to tade. In his home he drank his dram with father, and soon lie became the best t hat can be Raid ot the drunkard? hog. This young man went from bud to worse, until one night iu a drunken rage he killed his brother, lie was sentenced to death, and his last words were. ' Whisky did it." The last words of this doomed young man makes our neart ache, and we cry out to God : Ilow long, how long sHa.ll our nation be crazed with rum* When, oh when will the Ameiican people wake up ? Oh that the professed people ot God would vote as they prav. What about ihe licensed saloon Ilia* deals out this poison that sends millions reeling and crazed with drink to hell? What about the multitudes of innocent people who are killed hv inches and sacrificed to the god of rum? We protect and license a man who deals out death aud destruction, and hang a man who gets drunk ami Kills his neighbor. Who ip? the most to blame, the young man who kills his brother under the influence of rum, or the ss. loon keeper who made him crazy, or the government that gave the saloon keeper license not only to make crazy, but to ruin et ui and body f God help us to decide this question in the light o! the coming judgment. Let me draw another picture for you ? the drunkard's wile. Oh, lair young woman, the queen that graces the humble cottage* ol man, thi?>k seriously before vou blast your life as ol tiers have heen blasled We see the man who during her life caused her so much want and misery, go to her open grave and sob, "She was a good wife lo me.'1 O man, why not have told her so when her ears were not dulled by death? Now you would give worlds? j were they yours to give?to s?e the tears ot joy your words would once have caused bejeweling tbg closed windows ol her soul ft" j is too late. I l<?ntr to see the day when lAmeiicVs veins wi ! itin dry <>r i intoxication drinks. Some oi <>nr j towns think that witti n?? dispensary, barroom or h rd ti.'er lliev | would ho ruined. R it her let a Ithou-and tOMi-* l?n e.used irmn I America's brow than tha* sh? should ho 141 v u over to pillage and spoil a timi by \ (ienvm ol 1I10 j lowest hell. I want to commend Lancaster county for the decided at uid sh? i Cms taken ?u<iinst this curse. Rut. I am afraid ihat a lot o> I blind tij-'et is being sold. Le* our officers as vvoll as every cii 7. 11 who loves peace and harmo j nv, guard against these tlnnpf*. |"() let us not he wearv m wolU I doing, for in due a a-on we shall 1 reap if we faint uot.''?Tabe: jnacle Section. G. R. 0.