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San Francisco, Cal.?The new San a
Francisco that will rise from the ashes \
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of the old is now in its first stages of j,
rebuilding. e
After days of confusiou and almost t
superhuman effort on the part of citi- T
zens of California's metropolis, com- ^
plete order has been established and at- g
tention has been turned to the future, r
Hope is supplanting despair. Talk of 4
a nsw rifv Is rpnlflfincr sorrow for the .
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old. Architectural plans for skyscrap- 0
ers are even being drawn?and all tbis ti
before the embers of the greatest con- E
flagration the world has yet witnessed 1<
&r liarve ceased their smoking. tl
; ~ One by one the problems of starva- a
, tion, thirst, sanitation, burial of the si
dead and resumption of business are f<
being solved. With typical American b
spirit the people are fast reviving from e
the effects of the .terrible shock of o
earthquake and flame. Food and drink a
Is being dealt out with systematic care t]
to the multitude gathered in the relief e:
camps. Temporary shelters have been d
I built. Organized hospitals are alleviat- e
ingv the suffering of the injured and
sick and the dead are being buried, tl
Jhurriedly, perhaps, but wisely. f<
The peril of a famine has been avert- si
ed. Relief trains and steamers from c<
various Western cities have reached tl
f: the scene of desolation, their precious w
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| the hungry have been fed. n
Work is being pushed in the burned
district. Soldiers are busy blowing tl
down walls and big squads of men are t<
3 . clearing up the debris. Bankers met a
and planned to resume business. There f<
fV Is plenty of money in the Mint, and it t?
"Will not be long before things are hum- a
mlng. it
The Billions to be paid by the insur;
j ance companies, the measures taken by n
the iinancial institutions, the prompt
and reassuring words that have a
reached the business men of San Fran- si
cisco from Eastern financial centres? a
al' these things have dispelled the feel- g
$?' tag of uncertainty. oi
Architects are arriving here from all d
big cities in the Union, and there will cl
be employment for all of them. Orders r<
' are already placed for prodigious quantities
of building materials. The lead- oi
ing business men are working in union, p
and they are much worried over the b
report that Pittsburg and other steel vs
centres may be unable to supply struc- h
? v^tural steel. This important problem i<3
has not yet been solved, but it is be- b
- lieved that the outcome will be that t(
orders for tens of thousands of steel tl
will go to England and Germany. b
, Street cars have resumed running in a
[y some quarters ?f the city. The city p
^/'government is again taking hold, si
Banks will reopen as rapidly as pos- tl
sible, and business houses are prepar- n
Ing to resume. . C
Legal business has been resumed. j(
'All of the Superior Judges opened their
- twelve departments in the Jewish Syn- "n
jjp agogue, California and Webster e:
streets. Criminal cases have prece- f<
dence. All trials that were progress- d
Ing at the time of the catastrophe were tc
^recommenced. si
Throughout the great business quar- tl
Iter, where tue aevastation Dy nre was a
the most complete, dangerous "walls f<
-have been razed, buildings that were h
not disintegrated by fire have been If
inspected with a vi#w of re-occupancy,
and ground has been cleared for the n
immediate construction of buildings in ii
which to resume business at the ear- ti
liest possible time. "n
A huge army of men was put to work v
cleaning the main thoroughfares of ^
wreckage, and Market street has been C
cleaned from end to end, and fair ii
- progress has been made in the streets d
. running to right and left of this main it
: artery 0* travel. There has been no
scarcity of workmen since Mayor 1
Schmitz announced that all men would (1
be paid for every hour df work, and ri
that in addition they would receive a
food and shelter indefinitely. With a
gangs of men pressed into service the r
soldiers are getting the debris out of s
the streets. The discovery and crema- g
tion of bodies goes on. Still there are
conflicting stories about the loss of c
life. The truth about this will cot be p
definitely known for some time.^ lJ
Two-thirds of the city is burned.
The fire swept pretty clean, although R
it missed a block here and there. The h
burned district ran back from the ferry t
I Doctor Lifeless at Wife s Deatubea.
Dr. and Mrs. N. Stegner were buried
together at Fort Dodge, Iowa. Mrs. s
Stegner had been ill for several weeks v
and her husband had been by her side r
incessantly day and night. As he saw ^
her life dapartiug he arose despairing- f
IJr and grasped her hand. His words
of farewell were lost as he sank down
lifeless to the floor.
Ijjun s neview reports: i.uuuiug up- i
rations are only limited by tbe supply t
of labor and material, which cause t
^ frequent delays. J
The National Game.
R*ilbacb, the bix boxman of the Chijvcago
Cubs, has signed a three-year
^ contract. 1
jit' "Many a pitcher has been trimmed
'by bunting when he looked invincible," f
' declares Hanlon.
Sandow Mertes is to be a Giant for :
many seasons, according to announce- r
noents of McGraw.
All four of the crack Boston infield
? of tbe '90s?Tenuey, Lowe. Long and t
pCollJus?are still in the game.
Leroy, tbe Indian pitcher on the New r
York Americans, is not a full-blood as (
repprted, but is a half-breed ChiuDewa. ^
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hr>nt f-hrpp milps. but the widest s*veeo c
ras six miles. The circumference of h
he burned area is placed approximate- h
7 at twenty-six miles, comprising the ?
ntire business district and a large sec- '
ion of the residence district, all of a
rhich "was densely populated. Only 0
esidences are left. The Aliole thing, tl
ast and present, is too great to be n
rasped. Even the survivors cannot -S
ealize now what they have been 0
lirough.
Vigorous measures are being taken ?
y the Board of Health and the Board n
f Public Works to improve the sani- H
*ry conditions throughout the city. S
light temporary structures. 150 feet in 0
?ngth by twenty-eight feet wide and a
liirteen feet high, have been erected
t Golden Gate Park, and in these
lieds thousands found reasonably com- 0
artable quarters. The buildings have ^
een divided into compartments large H
nough to house a family. Those with- ?1
ut tent shelter received first consider- 13
tion in the selection of occupants for G
iiese temporary buildings. An intersting
item from the Golden Gate Park ?
istrict is the report of the birth of
ighteen babies.
In the refugee camps of the city fi
aere is a semi-military government of
?rce. Workers are summarily con- &
oripted and vehicles and supplies are "
ammandeered. A number of ships
aat tried to leave the harbor, laden
ith provisions, were seized and forced I
) disembark their cargoes, which were
eeded for the refugee camps. n'
Many thousands of people hare left w
ie city to seek employment and shel?r
elsewhere. Their going is encour- le
ged, because it relieves the demand
)r food and supplies. Free transpor- J*
ition is given all who depart, but they "
re warned that they must not return
1 the near future. ai
The pathos of the desolation is im- Cl
leasurable. All class lines have been j*
iped away. People who a few days p
go held themselves aloof now gladly
bare shelter and food with Chinese *
nd creatures of the underworld. A
reo.t sorrow remains upon thousands
f members of separated families, huu- tl
reds of parents vainly seeking their ?,!
tilldren in the great confusion of the ^
jfugee camps.
What with tents, barracfts, the ex- T
iJus to the rest of California and the g<
lan of concentration in the standing g<
ouses of the Western Addition, there si
pill be shelter for every one. Every ai
ouse in the Western Addition, the res- ai
lence part, which was not burned, has m
een forced to accommodate refugees u
> its full capacity. Those residents of
ie Western Addition who took in si
urned out friends or chance acquaint- st
nces on the first day had a chance to c<
ick their company. Those who were
?lfish about it must take whomever tt
ie Red Cross sends, even Chinese and ir
ew arrivals from Hungary. The Red t*
ross people are enjoying the grim tc
>ke of this.
The great u.id rich are on a level a]
ath the poor iu the struggle for bare ci
sistence, and over theiu all is the per- ir
?ct, unbroken discipline of tliV? sol- ci
iery. They came into the city and tl
)ok charge on an hour's notice, they si
ived- the city from itself in the first si
iree days of hell, and but for them the n:
ity, even -with enough provisions to ai
?ed them in the stores and ware- p
ouses, must have gone hungry for t?
ick of distributive organization. ri
The troops ruled like iron. They shot
larauders and the men caught insult- 1<
lg or assaulting women. In the dis- tl
jrbed condition of things some of this a
rork is inevitable, and the soldiers P
rere even more severe with it than t<
ritli looting. There is a story from cl
lolden Gate Park about a man caught
i the act. The soldiers forced him to ^
ig his own grave, stood him up before u
: and shot him dead.
After dark not a street lamp burns. t(
'he soldiers are everywhere in the d
arkness. halting you if you try to u
nove. shooting you if you disobey, it
nd in the shadows are the looters n
nd criminals dodging the soldiers. Q
*/%? n a1j.hi/ia O f /In. tl
men. in co iui a tuaiivc v**.
erted houses or piles of household b
;oods.
Two dapper men with canes were ?
aught at a corner by a sergeant and v
nit to work. He showed great joy as d
ie said: tl
"I give you time to get off those kid h
:loves. and then hustle, mind you, 1
ustle!" They hustled. The soldiers v
ake delight in picking off the best
What Professor Pickering Says.
Prof. Pickering, of Harvard Uuiverity,
says the San Francisco earthquake C
i-as not due to volcanic action and had d
10 relatidn to the eruption of Mount e
'esuvius. It was due to slipping earth
ailing into a gap.
Ga3 Buoy Exploded. ti
Captain A. W. Clark, of Perry Sound, t
)ntario. who has charge of placing the t
>uoys for the marine department in
hat district, was instantly killed
hrough the explosion of a gas buoy. 1
I fntv o ! * il frtnn' wofa cnnl.* fi
Labor World..
Michigan farmers are organizing.
Striking machiuists at Laredo, Tex., y
lave won out. s
A State federation of labor is being
ormed in Maryland. c
Strike-breaking molders in Bay City. \
Mich., went on strike for higher wages t
uul won.
Miners and operators in the Kana- 2
vha field of West Virginia have sigued i
he 1!X)3 wage scale. I
The Lake Seamen's Union has
eached an agreement with tbe Lumber (
rarriers' Association for this year, a
vasres bein'/ tim same. as last. vear. f
Jressed men and keeping them at th
arick piles for long terms. I passe<
tliem in the shelter of a provision
^agon. afraid that even my pass wouli
lot save me. Two men are reporter
shot because they refused to turn ii
ind help. There are many rumor
ibout the shooting by soidiers.
Relief trains continue to arrive
L'here is plenty of food. The inachiu
>ry of the military relief and of th<
:ood department of the citizens' com
nittee is running smoothly. Ever:
Iray and truck which can be found ii
mployed in getting the food across tin
'reight ferry from Oakland and inti
he parks and concentration camps. A1
lie bakers who can be found in thi
ity are working at brick ovens turning
he flour which arrived early fron
stockton info bread. There is a short
ige of yeast, but the Italian and Freucl
>akers. of which there are many in thi
ity, are working in their own fashioi
vith sour dough, and this helps.
The city is one great bread line. Thi
rucks of rations drive up to the parks
he soldiers form the people into line*
nd each takes his bread, his cooke(
r uncooked food and his little sack ol
oflfee and departs to cook or eat it
?he troops play no favorites. Some
imes it takes two or three hours to gei
lirough the lines, and with three mealf
day a man living in the parks passes
good part of his time standing foi
lis food. The Red Cross sees thai
reak women and children are pro
'ided for without waiting in liue.
Sven the people living in houses have
0 take their chances with the rest ol
lie crowd in the parks near by.
It is impossible now to purchase anj
ood in San Francisco. The citizens
ommittee manages to feed fevery one
ut the rich, unless they happen +c
ave a store of food in their houses,
lust take their chances with the pooi
1 the bread lines which are formed ir
11 the parks. The continuous arrival
f relief trains makes it certain thai
Lie city will not starve. It may be a
lonth at least before all who stay in
an Francisco will cease to be wards
f the Government.
General Funston and Mayor Schraitz
idignantly deny the stories that there
re epidemics or immediate danger of
jem. In order to avert disease Mayor
chmitz has ordered the breaking up
C Af mnntr nOAnlfl
L liltj Ul? I'ttlUpS, ItllU UJUll,? ^cv|/n;
s possible are being sent out of the
ity free of expense.
Major Krautboff, chief commissary
fficer at San Francisco, has teleraphed
to the Commissary-General of
je Army in Washington that it is the
pinion of the relief committee and
imself that further rations from the
government will not be required.
In the basement of the Sacred Hearl
chool the Dominican Sisters have
tarted a detention hospital for the inine.
A good many people with inpient
insanity have been driven viotntly
mad by the strain of these few
ays. Since all the city police statiows
ave been destroyed the disposal ot
lese people hate been a problem.
There is a shortage of horses. Thourods
of the poor animals must have
ied in the fire. After that there was
o food for horses, even for those
hich were in use: and during the hot?st
trouble automobiles were price's*.
A lot of owners just turned their
aimals out to make their way into
le country and find grazing on the
ills.
More than eighty churches, missions
nd convents were razed in San Fransco,
among their, some of the most
otable in the city. It is estimated
y ecclesiastical authorities that the
>ss to churches will not be less than
10,000,000. The bodies to suffer
lost severely are the Roman Catholic,
le Presbyterian, the Congregational,
le Baptist, the Episcopal, the Luthera,
the Methodist and the Disciples of
hrist.
In response to inquiries Surgeon
orney in command of the army sur?ons
at San Francisco, notified Sureon-General
O'Reilly that no more
argeons or nurses are needed. There
re 1300 physicians in San Francisco
id they are co-operating with the
lilitary authorities. There are enough
arses there to take care of the situ^
tion. A special train, with fifty phycians
and the same number of nurses,
arted from Chicago for San Francis).
Other special trains, with doctors
ad nurses, were also on the way to
le Pacific Coast. These trains were
itercepted en route with orders to
le physicians and nurses to return
their homes.
The United Railways, which control
il the important car lines in San Fransco,
have put men to work straightenig
out the tracks. Only one important
ir house was burned ;_the rest are in
ie suburbs ana tratnc win oe rejmed
as soou as the tracks are
iraiglitened, new cables laid and the
lachinery iu the power houses set up
gain. The electric lines, which car
robably get power from the long dis
ince transmission systems, may be
jnning in a week or two.
Revised estimates of the loss to the
)5 insurance companies involved in
ie San Francisco disaster were made,
nd the executive officers of the comanies
agreed pretty generally that the
)tal insurance carried in the stricken
Lty was .$250,000,000. Estimates as to
hat portion of that the companies
'ill have to pay differed, but the minimm
mentioned was $125,000.0(H).
The Southern oil fields are reported
> have suffered severe damage, the
erricks, castings and other parapher
alia at the wells iu many cases hav
ig been totally destroyed. It lias beer
oted also that the effect of the earth
uake in many places was to chaug(
je flow of the oil, so that niauy new
oriugs will have to be made.
Workers iu the debris of the post
ffice found eleven jostal clerks. H
.'as at first thought that they were
ead. but each proved to be alive
tv?A n'Arn linrllv iniliroH TilPT
.iUU^Li OUUiC > > CIV, L/UVMJ iujuiv? ? w
ad been imprisoned for three days
"hey were taken to the field hospital
There it is said all have good chance!
3 recover. All the mail was saved.
Indians in Grip of Hunger.
A dispatch from Salmon. Lemh
!ounty, Idaho, says the Indians are it
anger of starvation on the Lemhi res
rvation.
Necessities Dearer Than Ever.
Meats, milk, butter, eggs and vegeta
>les are higher in price now than fo
wenty-two years, according to a state
aent by Dun's Agency.
Japanese tobacco monopoly for tin
ast fiscal year showed a profit of $10,
142.000, which exceeded the estimate
Feminine News Notes.
Mme. Patli believes that the pleas
ires of the table are not for tbi
linger.
Dr. Ella Head has been nppointe*
it.v physician of Greeley, Col., the firs
voman to serve in this capacity ii
he city.
Mrs. (Jeorgine R. Wilde, daughter o
drs. Henry Siegel, of New York, wa
named in London to Count Carl'
)entice di Frasso.
Miss Clara G. Cornell, of Eridgeporl
'onn., has been named as uue of th
ix speakers to compete for ihe Wood
ord oratorical prize at Coryell.
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I AIDS STRICKEN CITY
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! The Contributions to the San Fran* i
I cisco Relief Fund Exceed j J
? $20,000,000. j J
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> New York City.?With a prodigality ^
unprecedented in this of any other
0 country riches have been showered into j
1 the hundreds of relief funds for the <
homeless thousands of San Francisco, j
? The nation, through Congress, added j
; another $500,000 to its appropriations, <
1 making $2,500,000 in all. The LegislaC
ture at Albauy, N. Y., appropriated
$250,000, the largest gift ofx any one 1
State. The funds of the Chamber of
5 Commerce, the Merchants' Association,
the Mayor and the Red Cross all re- <
: eeived substantial additions. J
t Besides these four great funds every 1
one of the exchanges and the various 1
trades and innumerable organizations <
) have funds, which are constantly grow- I
ing. The total already contributed by J
New York City exceeds $2,000,000, and
' gives promise of reaching $3,000,000. '
The nation's contributions of cash j
, and valuables of even greater worth 1
a- mk onnnnn I
i I tiiiin money amounts iu .jhd,ovu,uw,
and will probably exceed $20,00(^000. <
This Luge contribution is mora thnn <
t the equivalent of a contribution of i
I tweuty cents from every man, woman
: nud child of the 80,000,000 comprising <
the entire population of the United ?'
i States. If divided pro rata among the <
i 200,000 destitute people of San Fran- 1
cisco it would give each one &U and a I
; few cents over.
> The contributed services of the vari- i
ous railroads in hauling great trains
' of supplies across the country at ex- ]
i press speed are figured at $3,450,000.
1 The Harriman roads alone, it is figured,
are doing relief work which j
would cost $75,000 daily, and the work ]
will undjyibtedly continue thirty days. (
The Atchison's shnre amounts to about (
1 $25,000 a day, and the Gould roads to ]
about $15,000 daily. To run a train of ,
freight on a passenger schedule from j
Chicago to Sail Francisco would cost j
a merchant from $9000 to $12,000.
: Nor does the expression of universal j
brotherhood halt with money alone. (
Provisions of all kinds are being liur- .
ried to the relief of the sufferers on ]
scores of trains.
Magnanimity is expressing itself in j
) unheard-of ways. Merchants are giv- |
! iug their best without charge, railroads ,
are shipping stores free and will make j
special rates into San Francisco during
! ber resurrection. The Postofflce Dei
partment has ordered, all letters out of
f that city to go free of postage.
Churches, race track clubs, baseball 3
aggregations, business organizations,
' foreign banks, steamship companies,
> theatrical troupes, rich people, poor j
' people, school children and even chil- j
dren too young to go to school are vie- <
i ing with each other1 in their desire to j
help. j
A striking incident of the relief work
are the heroic efforts being made by
San Francisco citizeus to help them- i
i selves. In spite of their terrific losses
the people of the ruined city have
raised the sum of $228,250. One
wealthy woman, who lost all her income-produciug
property, but had $20.000
in cash remaining in the banks, |
has given the relief fund one-half, or
i ?10,000.
Never before has there been a tn< re .
spontaneous, nor more generous, l or
> more world-wide outpouring of practii
cal sympathy. Not alone in this couni
try, but from Americans in London,
i Paris and other European cities is the '
i money pouring in. The sum of $10,000
was alone cabled by the American col
ony in London. Canada still shows her
sympathy by cash contributions.
President Roosevelt has refused to
t accept offers of assistance from abroad.
? He holds that the United States is able
i to care for the San Francisco sufferers,
i and that contributions from foreign
l countries should be declined. His first
refusal was of $25,000 cabled by Mr.*
I Ballin, of the Hamburg-American Line.
Txie Canadian Parliament voted
$100,000 toward the?5au Francisco re:
lief fund. The Torcmto Bank of Conii
merce sent $25,000, and the Canadian
Salvation Army $150.
? Every city of any size, and scores of
> towns and villages all over the land,
i are gathering thousands of dollars,
TT'ltSnli nt?nmicm f/\ fnf 1 monw millinns
eventually for the relief of Sau Fran>
cisco and other California cities.
' SHIP SINKS WITH THIRTY-FOUR.
! Belgian Training Vessel Goes Down |
t Off Prawle Point.
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Dover, England.?The Belgian train
lug ship Count de Smet de Xaeyer
fonudered off Prawle Point. Her captain
aud thirty-three of those who
^ were on board were drowned. The rest
, of the crew of the training ship was
[ picked up by a French bark.
] The Count de Smet de Naeyer belonged
to the Belgian Maritime Association,
of Antwerp, and was used as
" a training ship for the mercantile ma;
rim\ The cadets included the sons of
many prominent Belgians.
t Killed in a Religious War.
i A procession of 2000 Catholics from
neighboring villages of Warsaw, Po7
land, tried to recapture their church
at Lesnos. A furious fight with Maviavites
ensued, in the course of which
3 twelve persons were killed and fifty
wounded.
Fishing Boats Lost.
x Two Danish trawlers, with forty
men ou board, were lost, and another
with a crew of thirty is probably lost.
Earthquake Shocks in Italy.
Mm-P onl-tlinnnko sbofks'were felt at
r Pobbibonsi, Italy, and tbe town was
- evacuated.
Heir to Sweden's Throne.
A son was born at Stockholm, Swe?
den, to Princi and Princess Gustavus*
Adolphus.
; 'Frisco Situation Paragraphed.
3 Tbe courts bare reopened.
Trains and ferryboats are again run.
J ning regularly.
a There is no suffering from either a
food or a water famine.
j It will l)o !?ng before the miles ot
^ debris can : cleared up.
i> Estimates of tbe loss vary from
$120,000,000 to $300,000,000.
t; The flight of the refugees can only be
e likened to that of a retreating army,
l' Many relief trains have already
brought succor to the burned city.
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CONQUERED FLAMES WIT EI WINE
Water Gone, Quick-Wlltnci Fire FighteM
SaTeil Tlielr llomnr.
San Francisco. Cal.?An incident of
the fire iu the Latin quarter, on the
slope of Telegraph Hill, was the use of
ivine instead of water ru lighting the
Eire.
Italian res!'Tents crashed iu their cellar
doors with axes and, calling for
assistance, he^u rolling out barrels of
red Wine. The cellars gave forth barrel
after barrel until there was fully
300 gallons ready for use. When barrel-heads
were smashed in the bucket
brigade turned from water to wine.
Sacks were dipped in th& wine and
used for beating out the fire Beds
tvere stripped of their blankets and
these were soaked in the wine and i
liung over the expoied portions of the 1
:ottages, and men on the roofs
irenched the shingles and sides of the
iiouses with wine. The wine was effective
and the plucky fire fighters
saved their homes.
A CHERRY SOLD FOB S105.
Enormong Frieda l'aid For Frnlt From
California.
Philadelphia.?A single California
iherry was sold at auction here for
P105. A box of the fruit, the first of
:his season's to arrive, was sold by a
ocal commission merchant. Each
:herry was offered singly. They sold
:rom fifty cents to $103 each. The box
realized $2440 for the sufferers.
Boston.?Bostoniaus paid as high as
?15 each for California oranges at an
luction sale of a carload of fruit for
;he fire sufferers. One small box,
Holding eight oranges, brought tlie vecjrd
price, $110, the buyers being Lov;11
Brothers. The carload netted $2181
!or the relief fund.
Pittsburg.?California oranges which
irdinarily sell for $2.50 a box brought
?200 at a sale in the Uniou Fruit
Company's rooms. A total of 200 boxes
ivere sold for $2542. This sum went
to the relief fund.
P0HCEMAN SHOT BURNING MAN
Ended Misery of Snflfarer Caught in
Wreckage.
Los Angeles, Cal. ? E. Call Brown,
mining engineer and geologist, of San
Francisco, arrived. From the winlows
of his room in the Argyll Hotel,
)n McAllister street. San Francisco,
ae saw strange and horrible sights
nid more in the streets tiirousu tue
Iiours which followed the earthquake.
He said:
"The most terrible thing I saw was
the futile struggle of a policeman and
3thers to rescue a man who was
pinned down in burning wreckage. The
helpless man watched the flames approach
in silence until the fire began
burning his feet. Then he begged to
be killed. The officer took his name
and address and shot him through the
bead."
TRYING TO REUNITE FAMILIES
Pathetic Scenoa and Act* of Humanity
on All Side*. I
Oakland, Cal.?The illimitable and
almost impossible task of uniting families
and friends is now occupying hundreds
of persons. At fifty points registry
bureaus have been established
n r>r\ nttnnrHoH wlHl flflTifillH
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persons. Even with the registration
bureaus in operation many persons are
still unable to find relatives or friends.
In many other cases reunions have
taken place.
THE COUNTRY'S GENEROSITY.
Ban FrancUco Roller Fund Compared
Wltli Several Other*.
San Francisco (to date) ...$20,000,000
Chicago - Fire, 1871 5,000,000
Charleston Earthquake, 188G 650,000
Jacksonville Yellow Fever *
Epidemic, 1888 515,000
Johnstown Flood, 1889.... 3,000,000
Galveston Flood, 1900 1,000,000
Paterson Flood, 1902 100,000
Earthquake and Fire's Aftermath.
Every one received rations for a single
person as many times a day as ho
asked.
Plain food of every description is
plentiful and luxuries are begiuniug te
arrive.
A permanent sanitary camp for the
Chinese left in the city has been established.
Immense cattle trains to feed the
refugees are rolling in from the prairies
of the Southwest.
Representatives of the Doe estate
say their losses by fire are between
$5,000,000 ana $u,uuu,uuu.
The bodies of eighty-six patients and
eleven attendants have been taken
from the ruins of the insane asylumat
Agnews.
Persons of wealth as well as the
poor endured the most heartrending
experiences. One women told of drinking
water from a gutter.
The National Executive Council of
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
has donated $10,000 for the relief of
San Francisco.
The old Santa Clara Mission, one of
the oldest landmarks in California, located
midway between San Jose and
Santa Clara, has been demolished.
Several hundreds of bluejackets from
the cruiser Bosto^ are unloading arriving
vessels and loading the endless
procession of wagons at the wharves.
It will probably turn out that the net
sum paid by the insurance companies
will not fall much suort of $150,000,000;
it may considerably exceed that
amount.
There are two items in the San Francisco
news of brave and encouraging
import: Lovers continue ta marry, and
about as much is asked for corner lots
as before the earthquake.
"Black Pope" Dies in Borne.
Father Louis Martin, general of the
Jesuits, known as the "Black Pope,"
died at Borne, Italy. He had been
suffering from cancer of the breast.
Bonanza For Newsboys.
The newsboys of Oakland are reaping
a harvest, mauy of them cleariug
$30 a day.
The intervention of President Boosevelt
in behalf of the Chinese bore fruit
ouicklv.
Minor Mention.
Kentucky announces new oil discoveries
in that State.
It is proposed to widen the bed of Uie
Kiel Canal, in Germany.
The Chicago relief fund amounted to
about live million dollars.
The present population of Vienna,
Austria, exceeds 1.800,000.
The Spanish Claims Commission cost
and awarded $SG,740.
Publishers announce that there will
be less books than usual this year.
All the governments of Europe expressed
-sympathy for the earthquaka
sufferers in San Frauciaco.
MOTHER SLAYS H.ER GIRLS
Terrible Daed of a Termnled "Philad
olphia Woman,
Wri. Mary Fabm It111* ller Tvro DatiRli*
ter? hikI Hernell ?Fal Ird in Plan
to Exterminate the V?>ui]jr.
Philadelphia.?Mrs. Mary I'ahm, for*
tj-two years old, killed her two daughters,
TillIe, sixteen years old. and Annie,
twelve, and then committed suicide
at her home, No. 3931 Wyaiusing
avenue. Gas turned on by the woman
ended the lives of all.
Two sons, whom the mother planned
should die by the same method, were
saved Ly the father <Jf the family, who,
awakened by the expiring gasp of one
of the girls, aud detecting the suffocating
fumes, carried the boys to the
street.
Harry Fahm, thirteen years old, was
unconscious and hurriedly taken to the
Pri?shvh?rlfin TTosnital. where it was
said later lie had a fair chance of recovering.
The other sou, Alois, fifteen
years, did not quite lose his senses, but
is ill from the effects of the gas at the
hospital.
That the act of Mrs. Falun was the
outcome of a long nurtured plot to eud
the lives of her entire family is the
opinion of police aud Coroner's officials.
Although the killing and suicide followed
immediately a quarrel between
husband aud wife, this domestic tiff,
the police and neighbors say, was but
tlie culmination of a demented woman's
plan of extermination.
Mrs. Fahm had been moody for a
long time, and her actious on various
occasions were regarded as suspicious,
although sbe gave no real hint of preparing
for the tragedy, which sbe evl
uenny j:au oeeu pianmng. ivueu ruuiu
returned home from his place of employment
liis wife asked him for money
with whicli lo buy shoes for the younger
children. He refused and the woman
became very angry.
Mrs. Fahin lert her home next day to
visit the grave of a child she lost some
time ago and did not return until
about 9 o'clock in the evening. She
complained of fatigue aud went up
stairs almost immediately upon her return.
Fahm remained in the dining room,
where he soon fell asleep on a sofa.
Half an hour later, he says, his wife
came down stairs and passed through
the room, but did not speak to him.
He believes that she waited until all
her children had beeu asleep two or
three hours before she turned on the
gas and lay down herself to die.
At any rate it was 3 o'clock a. m.
when Fahui awoke to fiud the dining
room tilling with gas.
He opened tht- windows, thci ran up
stairs and was almost, overcome by
the ftimes which filled the house. He
made his way to the bedrooms, opening
windows ns hp wpnt.
The two girls he found dead In bed
together, nnd his wife lay lifeless in
another rooui.
Fahm notic-d (hat the boys were
still alive and dragged both from bed
and to the street. After iiiislng an
alarm he and neighbors worked over
them until an ambr.lance arrived.
Mrs. Fahni left no letters bearing on
ber act.
PATROL SHOT RICH MAN.
Major Tilden, While on Work of Mei>
cy, Killed in San Francisco.
San Francisco, Cal.?Major Heber C.
Tilden, a hard-working relief committeeman,
a member of Governor Pardee's
staff, prominent in buaiuess and
society, was shot and killed by six
young members of the Citizens' Patrol
while he was on a mission of mercy in
his automobile.
The Red Cross flag was flying on the
motor car, and the Red Cross badge on
Major Tilden's right arm. Three of
the patrol were arrested by the police.
They said, in excuse for the fusillade
they opened on the auto, that they did
not see the flag on the auto, and that
Major Tilden, who was driving, did
not halt the motor when they challenged.
The three are E. J. Boyneton, au inspector
of the Pacific States Telephone
Company; George W. Simmons and
Malcolm Vance, all young. Boyneton
says that the auto kept on wheu they
challenged it, then some one on the
machine shot at them and Simmons
and Vance replied.
MARRIAGES FOLLOW DISASTER,
Destitute Women Appeal to Fiances to
Wed Immediately.
Jan Francisco, Cal. ? Weddings In
^eat numbers have resulted from the
recent disaster. Women, driven out of
theiJ homes and left destitute, "have
appealed to the men to whom they
were engaged, and marriages have
been immediately effected.
Since the first day of the disaster an
increase in the number of marriage licenses
issued was noticed by County
Clerk Cook. This increase is getting
greater! On one morning seven marriage
licenses were issued in an hour.
Cook himself has been on duty much
of the time, as has his deputy, Paul
Wuthe, although no other business has
.been transacted.
"I don't live anywhere," is the answer
given in many cases when the applicant
for a liceuse is asked where his
residence is. "I used to live in San
Francisco."
To Try Rojestvensky.
Admiral Rojestvensky. of the Rus*
sian Navy, was asked to stand trial
with tfcj olfictrs of the Badori for surrendering
that vessel.
No Racing Hush Money.
uovernor mftgins, ot new iofk,
vetoed tbe bill increasing tbe percentage
of tbe gross receipts of race meetings
to be distributed among tbe agricultural
societies, and deuounced tbe
present law permitting at race tracks
tbe gambling wbicb is a felony elsewhere.
Steel Mills Crowded.
Pittsburg, Ta., mills are reported to
be so busy tbat it would be almost impossible
to supply material for tbe
'.rebuilding of San Francisco there.
Stray Notes of tbe Disastor.
Many persons dropeed dead of beat
and suffocation.
At least a dozen men were shot by
soldiers for looting.
Tbe military bandied the situation in
a manner tbat called fortb praise from
even the despairing.
Money counted for nothing. The
food supplies were as free for the pauper
as for the Croesus.
A few are cheerful in tbe face of
great adversity. One party carried all
they possessed in a blanket, the comers
of which had been fastened together.
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"PE-RU-NA WORKED
SIMPLY MARyELOUS"
Suffered Severely
With Headaches?
n Unable to Work?
Miaa Lucy V. McUivnej, 452 3rd At?h
Brooklyn, N. Ywrites:
"fm' ttiAmi mniit.nu 1 Buffered 86
verely from headaches and pain* in m ''
the side and back, sometimes being m
unable to attend lo my daily work.
"2 am better, now, thankn to Peru.na,
and am as active as ever and have
no more headaches.
"The way Per una worked in my
case was simply marvelous,"
We have in our tils* many grateful tetters
from women who have suffered with
the symptoms named above. Lack of
space prevents our giving more than one
testimonial here.
It is impossible to e7en -pproximate the
great amount of suffering which Peruna
has relieved, or the Dumber of women who
have been restored to health and strength
bv its faithful use.
Hale's Honey
of Horehound 1
1 T
ana iar
CURES |
Hoarseness, Coughs,
Colds and Sore Throat.
,The standard remedy
used for generations.,
25 Cents, 50 Cents, $1.00
per bottle; the largest size cheapest. I
At all druggists. Refuse substitutes.
PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROPS CURE IN ONE MINUTE
U???M??
Bible Open at "Thou Shalt Not Steal.'"
A small cabin on the outskirts of
ForestVille, occupieO by a young negro
named Fred Davir, was broken into
and ransacked. Lying on the floor beside
a partly opened trunk were a small
pocket Bible and the remains- of a taN
low candle. The Bible was open and a
large grease spot was noticeable below
the words, "Thou shalt not steal."
The supposition is that the burglars
ran across the Bible and, in looking it
over, were filled with remorse by the
striking words and left without completing
their work.?Hartford Courant.
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The demand for good butter on the
world's markets is unlimited. So long
as the quality is maintained an even
and profitable price for butter can be
secured. N.Y.?17.
SAVED BABY LYON'S LIFE.
Awful Sight From That Dreadful Complaint,
Infantile Eczema?Mother
Praises Cuticura Remedies,
"Our baby had that dreadful complaint,
Infantile Eczema, which afflicted him for
several months, commencing at the top of
hia head, and at jast covering his whole
body. His sufferings were untold and coji
stant misery, in fact, there was nothing
| | we would not have done to have given him
; i relief. We finally procured a full set of
the Cuticura .Remedies, and in about t-hree
or four days he began to show a brighter
spirit and really laughed, tor the first tine
in a year. Jn about ninety days he was
fully recovered. Praise for the Cuticura
Remedies has always been our greatest
pleasure, and there is nothing too good,
that we could say in their favor, for they'
certainly saved our baby's life, for ho
jvas the most awful sight that 1 ever be1
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held prior to me treatment ui wc vuwcura
Remedies. Mrs. Maebelle Lyon, 1826
Appleton Ave.,Parsom, Kan.,July 18,1905."
London's first Turkish bath under munici^Ai
control was recently opened.
American Ball* For Mexican Bullfights
Texan bulls have never before been
used in tbe arena, but Felix Robert has
selected a few for a trial, and tbe
light will be held Sunday. This will
be the first time in the history of bullI
fighting that American bulls have been
entered for the bull ring, and aficionados
are anxiously awaiting for the
corrida. Perhaps the day may not
be far distant when the American ganaderais
may furnish bulls for Mexican
rings.?Mexican Herald.
CAN'T STRAICHTEN UP.
Kidney Trouble Causes Weak Backs and
Multitude of i'rfins and Aches.
Col. R. S. Harrison, Deputy Marshal,
no rv.r?mnn T.nke Charles. La.,
says: "A kick from a horse first
weakened my back ,
and affected my kidbad
and bad to go
f The doctors told me
Wi/^HilB Tronic rheumatism,
but 1 could not believe
tbem, and finIW
( B Doan's Kidney Pilla
for uiy kidneys. First the kidney secretions
came more freely, then the
pain left my back. I went and got
another box, and that completed a
cure. I have been well for two years.'*
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. I.
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