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G 7A i1A/e! -Ikk 8ii2 '(' AY, AInL 20..1904T4EA5EK 150AYA The Horror I April 19tht 5 p. m. The a Bulletin announcilig that wiped froip the face of the fire Is still raging. EARTHQUAKE AND FIrE. Ban Francisco In Ruins-Hundreds Killed-Thousands Injured Milions of Dollars Damage -Shocks in 0harleston. San Francisco, April ,18.-Earth quake and fire today have caused the greatest- calamity California has ever known. In San Francisco alone it is estimated that 1,000 persons have per ished, while as many more are suffer ing from injuries. The entire business pqrtion of the city is in ruins, and the fipaes which, owing to the lack of water cannot be checked except by the blowing up with d'namite of digs .in. -.; path, are still sweeping through the ity. It is ut terly impossible at preset \to estimate the property loss, for the e %nt of the conflagration cannot be told \til the fire has burned itself out. Tho iands of people are homeless and man )are huddled in parks and public squAres beside the household goods they were able to save. The city is under mar tial law, and all the down-town streets are patrolled by cavalry and infantry. Detaili of troops are also guarding the banks. Most of the principal buildings have already been destroyed and others are in imminent danger. Over'all-the scene of desolation lialgs a dense pall of smoke. Communication with outside towns is almost entirely cut off, but the to port comes from Palo Alto that ,all but one of tlie buildings of the Leland Standford, Jr. university have been wrecked and that the splendid memo rial church, one of the finest struc tures of its kind in the world, is a mass of ruins. One student is known to have lost his life. In Oakland five persons were killdd. San Jose and Sacramento,'Berkeley, Alameda and other places heard from suffered se verely bit report no loss of life.. The dreadful earthquake shock came without warning at precisely at 5:13 o"clock this morning, its motion apparently being from east to west. At first the upheaval of the earth was gradual, but in a few seconds it in preased in intensity. Chimneys be gan to fall and buildings to crack, tottering on their foundations. The people became panic-stricken and rushed into the streets, most of them in their night attire. They were met with showers of falling buildings, bricks, cornices and walls. Manywere instantly crushed to death, while oth ers weore dreadfully mangled. Those who remained indoors generally escap ed with their liyes, though scores were hit by detached plaster, pictures and articles thrown to the floor by the shock. It is believed that more or les loss yvas sustained by nearly ev ery family in the city. . Fire Broke Out. Scarcely had the ear'th' ceased to shake when fires broke out simultan eously in many places, The fire depart ment promptly responded to the first calls for aid, but it wvas found that the water mairis had been 'rendered bent. Fanned by'a'light breeze, the flames quickly spread and- soon many blocks wtere seen to bee doomed. Then ,dynamite was resorted to 'avd the sound of frequent ekcplosions added 'to thme 'terrorE of the- people. All efforts to stay ie progress of' the fire, how ever, Pr9ved futile. The s'outh' side of M!arket sti'eet. ffom Ninth 8treet .to, the ltay was 20on alIaze, thme iro cover.. ing' a belt twvo block wide' On this, the *nain theoretghfare of the city, are located man.y of the :jlest hiAese in the. cityn iieludirig th'G?ant Par aria Mona'dnoe bt es4ng Suld Qfrat,d '4he unA wholesale liopsee. #s * At theo ame ti jo ostablishmnents ai aiiul e icreases SFr ancisco. associated press is out w Ith San Francisco is practically earth. It is said that the Market street were burning. The burning district in this section of the city extended from Sansom streets to the water front, aid from Market street to Broadway. Fires also broke out in the Mission and the entire city seemed to be in flames. Unler Martia Law. At 9 o'clock this morning 1,000 men from Presidio arrived down town to patrol the city streets. The Thir teenth infantry, 1,000 strong men, arived from Angel Island a little la ter and went on patrol duty. The sol diers have been ordered to shoot,down thieves caught ini the act of robbing the dead and to guard with their lives the millions of dollars worth of prop erty which has been placed' in the streets, that it may escape the ravages of the flames. The First 'California artillery, 200 strong, two companies, has been de tialed to patrol duty on Ellis street. Two more companies are patrolling Broadway in the Italian section. The Ellis street contingent of guardsmen is under command of Capt. G. A. Grattan. Capt. Wm. A. Miller is com manding the forces on Broadway. Mayor. Schmitz, who has establish ed his office at police headquarters, has named a committee of safety, comprising many prominent citizens. Mayor Schmitz sent out word t6 the bakeries and Milk stations throughout the city that their food supplies must be harbored for the homeless. Tents have been placed in every park in the city, and those who have lost their homes will be given food and shelter. San Francisco, April 18, 10 p. m. It looks now as if the entire city would be burned. The Associated Pres men are trying to get matter to Oakland by boat, but they are very uncertain. The government is fur nishing tugs, but the confusion is so great that they cannot be relied upon. It will be impossible to send full de tails for several days. San Francisco, April 18, 10:15 p. m.-The newspapers have ceased all efforts to collect news and the Asso ciated Press force is compelled to act independently. San Francisco, April 18.-Earth quakes and fire have put nearly half of San Francisco in ruins. At least 200 persons have been killed, 1,000 in jured and the property loss will ex ceed $100,000,000. Thousands are homeless-'and destitute and all day long streams of people have been flee ing from the stricken districts to pla ces of safety. It was 5 :13 this morn ing when a terrific earthquake shock shook the whole city and surrounding country. One shock apparently l asted two minutes, and there was almost immediate collapse of flimsy strue tures all over the city. The water supply was cut off and when fire broke out in the various sections there wvas nothing t6 do but let the build ings bur~n. Telegraph and telephone communication wvas shut off for a time. The Western Union was put completely out of business and the Postal company wvas the only company that managed to'get a wire out of the city. About 10 o'clock even the Pos tal was forced to suspend. Electric poyer was stopped and street cars did notr un. Railroads and ferry lponts ceased operations. Fires have been raging all day and the fire department has been powerless to do anything ex cept to dynamite buildings threatene,i. All day long explosions have shaken the city .and added to the terr'or of the inhabitants. 'Another Shock. Following the first shock thero was another within five minutes, but not nearly so severe. Three hour s later there was another slight quake. Iteports from districts outsmide of 8n Francisco indieate widespread tnauuge. San Jose, 50 h iles south, lost many buildilio, and from 20 persons were kill6d. The anie of the Vendome hotel collapsd ih fires broke out. Standford uimiversit and Pala Alto suffered greaty. A Standford many handsome buildin weile demolished and two persons %el killed. One of them was Julius RN' eR Hanna of Bradford, Pa., and tb other was Otto Curts, a firemaw. Six other students are lying in tj Pala Alto hospital with bruises, oti and internal injuries, all Californi studflnts. 'ie court house at Redwood Cit and other buildings collapsed. Uel ton Park, Burlingame and other fast ionable places suffered greatly. The greatest destruction occurred I that part of the city which was r4 claimed from San Francisco ba; Much of the devastated district was a one tIme low, marshy ground covere by water at. high tide. As the cit grew it became necessary to fill i many acres of this low ground in oz der to reach dcp water. The Mei chants' Exchange building, a 14-stor steel structure, was situated on tlh edge of this reclaimed ground. I had just been completed and the e: ecutive ofices of the Southern Pacifl company occupied the greater part o the building. SHOOKS IN CHARLESTON. Two Shocks Said to Have Been 1I cently Felt in Oharleston. The State. Charleston, April 18.-It was state today that there were two distin< shocks of earthquake felt here yestei day afternoon and the presumptic is that it was the same seismic dit tWrbauce wave which came closer i the surface on the- Pacifie coast an did the terrible damage. The Latest. Special to The Herald and News. - New York, April 19. 12 M.-All r ports of loss of life and property San Francisco underestimated, rathi than1 overstated. The 'entire distri up as far the new Fairmount Hotel o the top of Knob Hill between Powe and Mason streets is wiped out. It reported that not less than 100,0( people are homeless. At 6:30 o'clo< this morning (San Francisco time, oti time 9:30) the fire was not under cot trol and the water supply again ei off. Louisiana Teachers Meet. Baton Rouge, La., April 19.-T first annual session of the annual col vention of the Louisiana State Pul lie School Teachers' association wi meet here this afternoon. Hundre< of teachers and principals from a parts of the state are here for ti purposd of..attending the conventi< and the hotels are well filled. Tli first business session will be al ed to order by President- Caldwell th afternoon. There will be anothi session this evening, when Preside1 B. C; Caldwvell and several other prior inen t speakers will deliver addresse The program. provides for five gei mral sessions and a series of depar~ ment meetings of the' primary, Ki: dergarten, grammar, high, musi drawing, physical cultur0 and prunt pals department. The subject for tI general discussion / wvill ho ''TI Teacher's Equipment.'' State Supe intendent Aswell will speak on 14 (lay night.. The convention wvill ai journ on Saturday. The sessions wi be held in Garig Hall. At the san time, the Alumni of the State No mal school "will hold their annual se alon. North Georgia Bible Conference Gainsville, Ga., April 19th.-TI annual, conference of the North (Geo gin Bible Conference, which has bei session here cornes to a elese this a ternoon. It has -been the most su cossful .conference of'- the M.I church in this district and the pr ceedig vere n'nusually interestin The closing May progrgmime is p-:i ularly interestijg and includes a th'esses by th4 1ev. Dr. Waler Lewi of Atlanta,fid Ie Joel T. Dave of .'Mllledgo'illso i e Rev. J. E. En land, of' fta do and others. REFUSES WHISKEY FUNDS. 4 ZXed Bluff in Marlboro County De clines To Use Dispensary Profits For 4chool's Support. The State. - Bennettsville, April 17.-Another 6 Marlboro school district has refused o use the dispensary funds. - A reso 6,lution to that effe6t was unanimously passed at a meeting of trustees and i patrons of Red Bluff district. This district adjoins Willis, and its peo 'pie are also intelligent and high-mind SOd. Dudley McColl, the clerk of the board of trustees, and A. W. Mlin tyre, the chairman, areb oth sturdy f and well-to-db Scotelmen. The coun iy superintendent of education has . been officially notified of the action in t the following letter: 11 Clio, S. C., April 11, 1906. y Mr. W. L. Stanton, Bennettsville, S. C. Dear Sir: After a full discussion this morning by the trustees and some e of the patrons of Red Bluff school dis I trict No. 4, known as ''Long college,'' it was decided not to use the dispen c sary fund appropriated to this dis f trict for this year ind also to refrain from the use of such funds in the fu ture. The vote was unanimous in fa vor of rejectin; said funds; and in order that none could complain or be . injured in any way, the amount nee essary to reimburse the district was voluntarily contributed. We desire to go oI record that we are opposed to the whiskey evil and will not be lured d-.ito suporting the dispensary, or its it advocates, by the bait held out in the school funds. * The amount of dispensary funds coming to this district is $15.81. You 0 m--'W iIn4 qnclosed .herewith $16 to re S-irburse the district to that am'ut. Yonrs truly, Dudley McColl, Clerk Board Trustees. - OL. E. A. GARLINGTON ILL. a tr But His Condition is Not Serious and t 'He Is Now Improving. n It Washington, April 17.-Col. Er is nest A. Garlington, of Newberry 0 county, has recently returned to this k country from the Philippines, is now ir on sick leave in San Francisco. He I- is not dangerously ill, however, and it advices received from him at the war department today state that his health is improving. Col. Garlington is now the first assistant 'nspector general of e the United State. -my. - The above is fr. the Washington correspondent of the News and Cou rier. Col. Garlington's many friends Is in Newberry hope that his illness will 11 be only temporary. le n News From Blairs. I Blairs, April 16.-A peculiar in - cident or accident happened in this s community on Monday evening. r While chopping around some yoitng i plants in the garden, Mary. Graham, - 14 years old, saw a hawk as- he fe -over her head, (lie had darted dlown - after a little chicken) and struck at I- him with the hoe that she had in her i- hauid and killed him, a thing that has -, never happened in this neighborhood i- hefoi-e .to my knowledge. e The Mount Pleimsant school taught oby Mrs. W. D. Rutherford, has closed. ~- IThere are plenty of peaches yet in -this community if they do not drop -. off. II Farm work generally is a week or Cten day's behind former years. Far -mers are p)reparing their land better, ;- planting more corn and using more fertilizers under corn thtan ever be. fore. Can 't afford to buy corn, let cotton sell at what it may. - Excursion To Columbia. aThe Kinards, Reederville and Bush - River Sunday schools will run an ox .eursion Saturday, tomorrow, oier thie ~. C. N. & L. using the regular morn i- ing traini down and the regular after ~. noon back with plenty of extra coach -es. *The fare for the children for the - 'round trip will be0 fifty cents. It will b e a pleasant outing and give, the ,ehydren And the older people as well -aiopportunity to see Columbia at ita b.e', PROSPERIT- .NOTES. Beautiful Easter Services at the Lutheran Ohurch-Personal Mention. \Ve are requested to announce that the Prosperity Democratic club will meet in the city hall on Friday, April 27th., at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Lot there be a full turn out. The Easter exercises in Grace Lu theran church were very flne. The church was tastefully decorAted with evergreens and lilies. The pastor had as his subject "Behold the lilies.'' Showing how the lily was typical of life. That after a winter of darkness it came forth in the spring and soon developed in the beautiful lily. So it will be with the Christian after the winter of this life, (death) the soul will blossom in the garden of God forever. The exercises of the even ing Uy tlt" Ch1idren 01 tl Suniday school were the best, that we have ev er seen rendered. Mesdames Kreps, Wise. Singley and Miss Lester do serve great credit for training the children so nicely. We are now looking forward to old folk 's day, a full prograimmc of which will be given next week. This will be on the third Sunday in May. Dr. Perry D. Simpson, who gradu ted a couple of weeks ago at the At lanta college of I'harniaby, is expected home Thursday. lie has been before the Georgia state board and has been licensed to transact business as a pharmacist. Misses Lulie Hunt and Rebecca Mahon, of Newberry, spent Easter with Mrs. C. M. Harmon. Messrs. Charlie Meisonheimer and Tom Wicker spent Easter with their college mate, John Pat Wise. Mrs. 0. Y. Hunter will entertain the Sorosis Friday afternoon. Sub ject Study, Charles Lamb. Discus sions by Mrs. Morris and Mrs. W. A. Moseley. Selection. by Miss Rea gm. .. Miss Marie Reagin will entertain the Jolly Dozen on Friday evening. The Newberry giants practically wiped ill) the field with our midgets on last Friday. Never mind, sonic body had to winl and somebody lose. Miss Gertrude Simpson, of the Newberry graded school, spent Eas ter at home. News From Excelsior. Excelsior, April 19.-School closed Friday. The pupils all enjoyed anl Easter egg hunt on the school grounds in the afternoon which was much en joyed. Master Magnus Kibler spent Eas ter with relatives in Newberry. Our farmers are very nearly all planting cotton this week. Mrs. Crumpton is visiting her son, Mr. Rufus Crinpton here this week. Our early gardeners have beans ill) and looking nicely. Mr. P. S. Cook and little daughter, Bertha, of Columbia, came up and spent Sunday with his mother's fam ily. Mr. Aumerlo Singley, of Newborry college, spent Easter at home. Mr's. J. D. Lorick and Mrs. .J. F. Wheeler gave a number of the little folks an Easter egg hunt on Saturday afternoon, which ;was much enjoyed. Miss Lucy Wheeler, of Kinards, accompanied by Miss Maude Miller, have been visiting her father's family. There will be communion services at Bachman Chapel church next Sunday morning with )Cpeparatory service on Saturday afternoon previous. Last Sunday was a lovely day and your correspondlent at tended the Eas ter' communion at Mt. Pilgrim church. The pastor, R1ev. 5. P. Koon, p)reached an able ser-mont appropriate to the Easter occasion. The ladies of the congregation had the church beauti fully decorated for the occasion. There will be preaching at Mt. Pi1 grim church on the fifth Sunday morn.. ing at 11 o''clock at which time the Sunday scolwill -be reorganized. schoolSigma. Picnic Excursion. Kinards to Columbia, Train passing {ewvberry 8 :35, a. mn., returning leave Gervais street, Columbia, 5'S:20 p. m. Fare roundl trip, adults $1.00, chil dien under 312 years, 50 cents. DEATH AND BURIAL, OALKOUN. 'A Study Which Will Swell Resolve, Breed Haridhood, Be Stuff for Strength" and Which Con tains Last Tribute of Fa vorite Daughter. Clemson College, April 14.--Sever il weeks since the Y. M. C. A. invit )d Prof. William S. Morrison, head of he department of history and politt 3al economy, to address the associa ;ion in its hall Sunday evening, April l, he to select his own subject. Your 5orrespondent has secured the fol owing extracts from the address: Soinetines, young gentlemen, the late determines the discussion-the -alendar seems to choose our subject. It shall he so this evening, Paul Re 7ere's friend in the church tower, so hie poet tells us, felt for a moment tie spelf of the piace and the Let us for a little while do our best .o ''feel the spell'' of this place wenty-five years the home of the no >lest Carolinian of them all, and of :his anniversary of the death and bur al of the great Calhoun. Calhoun's Death Bed. His death occurred at Washington, sunday, March 31, 1850. An old iewspaper clipping shows us the Icene: 'At 2 o'-lock this morning lie call 0d in a very feeble voice: 'John, come ;o me.' He did so, when Mr. Cal ioun put, out his arm and asked him :o feel his pulse, remarking: 'I have to pulsation at the wrist. Take my vatch from the table and put it in Four trunk,' which was' done. He hen pointed to a bureau of drawers and said: 'Take my papers and put them also in your trunk.' (These pa pers are the manuscript work on 'Government and the Constitution.') He then remarked: 'Tihe iedicine has had a delightful effect. I am inl a pleasant perspiration.' At about 5 'clock his soi took a seat by the fire 1esiring his father to take sonie rest, who said lie had not, rested at all. His son asked if lie had any pain? He replied: 'No, I have not had the s lighitest painl throtghout this whole at aek.' His son aske,l : ' Are you com1fortable now?' He replied: 'I min perTectly coifortable.' These were the last words of Mr. Calhoun. ''At about a quarter before six lie made a sign with Iis hand for his Sol to approach the bed. Holding out his hand, lie took that of his son, 'rilasPed it very closely, lookini very intently into his face, and moving his lips as if lie desired to speak., His soi, 1reeivinr that lie was s1echless, at once called the HIon. Mr. Venable, of North Sarolina. When the latter went to his bedside, Mr. Calhoun took hold of his hand, pressed it, and pro Rented his wrist, apparently to in dicate his approaching dissolution. Heb looked Mir. Venable very intently in the face while lhe was feeling lisa puilse. Mr. Venab)le remarked: ''You are pulseless, sir, and must take some wine,'' andh called for Maderia. Mr. Calhoun pointedh to the wardrobe. Mr. Venable got the wine from thence and poutredl out hahlf a tumnblcir full. Mr. Calhiouni took it in lisa hand, raised his hiead and draink it. Mr. Venable then left the room to summon some friends, and was absent about five minutes. '' Soon after the Hon. Mr,. Orr, and also the lHon. Mr. Wallace, both of Souith Carolina, entered the room. When lie door op)enedl his eyes were dhirectedl towards it, and were fixed upon01 Mr. Orr as lie walked towards him, until lie reached the bed. Mr. Orr leaned over to feel hisa pulse8. See ing his purpose5 Mr. Calhoun extend-' ed his arm. HIe was asked if he would have the p)hysiciani, Dr. H-all, sent for. He shook his head, lHe then presented his wrist to Mr. Venabhe, who.remark.. ed1: ''The wine has produced no ef feet-there is no return of pulsation.' lie adjusted his head on the pilliw, looked Mr~. Venable in the face, with an expriesion which seemed to say: 'I am perfectly conscious that it is all over.' A fewv minutes after, when breathing with some difficulty, he put one hand to the top of his head, then passed it through his hair, and brought it down again upon his breast,