The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 21, 1906, Image 1
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
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NOT CONFINKD To CITY.
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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
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?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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.