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4 YAY APRIL 27.190T 5 A THIRD EARTHQUAIE ONE PERSON KILLE1 THE PARTLY WRECKED WALLI THROWN DOWN. Business is Being Resumed at a Rapi Rate and Conditions Generally are Improving-All Cooking Dpne in Streets. San Francisco, April 25-An earth. quake shook this afternoon toppi over tottering walls and crackec chimneys, left by the severe shock ol last Wednesday and the fire that fol. lowed, and' killed one woman in he home. The shock was not severe bit the partly wrecked condition of wallh and chimneys resulted in the upset. ting of some masonry. The shock waE barely perceptible in Oakland and vi cinity, and was not felt far from San Francisco, according to reports re ceived tonight. Today's earthquake caused slight excitement 6f short duration among maiy persons who have been wrought to a high state of excitement by the awful happenings of the last week but quiet and assurance was soon restor ed. This was a day of optimistic reports from all sides. "Conditions improving" was the happy expression from those whc have eliarge of caring for their lese fortunate fellow townsmen during the last few days. In fact now that the most important duty will hereafter be performed. by the United States army, that of dis tributing the food and supplies whiel have been given lavishly, the citizen of San Francisco have turned theii attention. to details of the recoustruc tion of their business. -Bosumption of Business. Thore Wes'resumption of businesi to an atniihing extent today coll sidering aoditions, throughout tht residential quarter. Retail storei were instructed, to reopen. and the mu. nicipal government has establishee a'scale of 1ries for the most import ant commodities which even is belom that existing under normal conditions Warning was'giVen retailers that an3 effort on their part to charge exor. bitint prices would result in. sum. mary action by the authorities. Street cars are promised for tomor row morning nd electric lights will be turned on tomorow evening. Th( work of building and improving chim Aeys is proceeding rapidly, but it wit be some time before it is safe to al. low fires. The preparation of the morning and evening meals. for San Franciseq, is v picturesque sight. In front of ever3 house there is a impro.vised furnac( there, is a small. improvised furnact or a cookstove on which the food if prepared. In some cases servants remai faithful to their 'employers and t< thern the cooking 'is entrustted;i but il is no unuAual thing to see the' .wives of men who a fenL days ago were the ppssessors of fortunes stirring the porridgre or' deftly manipulatirig ba con and eggs.. To Sed At Nijhitsu.T San Francisco goes to bed at night fall. While thd extremely rigid ruk concerning lighits in houses has beer modified, still the general situation a' corisidered 'by the aiferage citizen t< he so unsafe at night that he retirei without going -abroad,, and in inan: cases without showing a light in his house. . 1any reports have been mad during ta,q taMi few 'days ,ot a ti (lred intog os4h ,at showed a Ilhi and few bre di posed t'&takechan es Maye' m ndz lod4ay' toole a firn ,stand against "citizens' protedtive cormmittees'' organised in many see tions of the city by men who under tobk to, ve ate tbe afr. of thel1 neighbor t.,ai owllts hays been mad ahsttl , (p~mmit tees.'' Re i ha4f beei stopped at night.and made to ev plain why ,tgeoy were abro&d 'aftgq dark and even sht# bee,r fred a persons who hitd a light to gp any ~ here they pleased afur I~ s e one of te so~fed comninttees'' thatb*s ~ sj M$b)e for the deat o (* d, 6 as shot whil9ptta o work. The mayor today gave instrue. tions that the members of these "com ) mittees" were to be disarmed wherev er found by the city police and if any resistance was offered they were to I be treated as looters, which mean-% that they are to be shot without cere mony. The water supply is still a serious problem. It was decided today that still further restrictions should be 'put on the use of the watbr now 'available. Hereafter until the water system has been repaired there is to be but one water faucet for each block through iout the city. State Militia On Duty. The State nfilitia has not been with drawn, notwithstanding the requests from the mayor and the citizens' ex ecutive committee. Gov. Pardee has not met with the executiv. committee or with the heads of the military and civil authorities at Fort Mason. He has sent word in explanation of his absence that lie has been advised too late to reach the meetings. ,It appears that as a rule members of the militia have had a misapprehension of the conditions in San Fiancisco. They have acted 6s though martial law were in force and that it was their duty to regulate the affairs of the city accord ing to their individual conception of that law. Since they have been con fined to a lihited area, however, and the conditions have been explained to them there lds been les? complaint from citizeng. There is nothing but -praise for the work of the United States army, the navy and the police. They have act ed with reason at all times. Marines are used in a large region for patrol duty and they have main tained the best of order without one instance of cpnflict with anybody. Everywhere sanitary conditions are satisfactory. Probably thero has been less sickness at the.Presidio than any of the other campa and this may be attributed tp the-fat that the people here have been sheltered, fed and directed by aiMy Mcers. The president's proclamation issued today, has had a' cheering efEct.- The local finance colimittee and the Red Cross are acting together- and the work of relief is conducted in a sys tematic manner. A force of expert accountants has been engaged, an auditing and super vising committee appointed and every dollar will be 'accounted for. The San Francisco labor council on behalf of its 106 affiliated unions has an oounced that, wages will remain the same as before the fire. THROUGH THE NEWSPAPERS. How Best to Communicate With Par ties in San Francisco. Washington, Api'il 25.--Gen. Oreely this afternoon respqnded in the nega tive to the suggestion that a govern ment registrdtion.- bureau b.e -e.tab lishled and he addeJ a stateunent of conditions in .San Francisco, today to show the impracticability of such a bureau. He suggests that .int'erest ed' parties9tleggph~ the newspapers, wvhich are 'iest 'mformed ,as to loca tionl of individuals, Glen. Greely adds:. " To relieve public apprehension, It should be clearly understood that be yonid isolated cases already reported, there *are no deaths or serious inju ries of guests of any well known hptei in San -Francisco. It should be also understood that threre is no demand for nurses or doctors. The medical, civil atnd military'will be:able to hand le the entire.situatidni unless'unexpect Sedly .adverse conditions arise, '.' .To. Help the Needy. .Washlington, April 25.-In a gpecial message to congress today Pre ien. Roosevelt urges the- immediate appro priation of $300,000, for agork et the SMare Island navy yar( at San Fran cisco in order that employment may be provided for many in the stricken e' city. He also urges the necessity for t tile appropriation for the reestablish ment of an army supply station in San L Francisco. A telegram received from Mr. Rich aI~,r B.Fripp, a Columbiani now at onn,a townl not far from San Franeipo, stated that all was well, The telegian was Ps follows: "All well here. Charleston diiaffed nothing compared with reported Vrii co horrors." Mr. Fi'ipp has been .6tationed at Corning for several years,'and there was considerable uieasitess here unai til his relative- -received this mes$aj, Very little ne*s, howeter, has 0664 received froin other Caroininsn. t* near the wrecked city and until dk-det commtuleations dan be reestiblished there will bd considerable undd,4644 conceinhit thidit. Ittelihi and Express Fres. Southbi'n railwhy freight officiath here have -received orders from thb president to transport all freight in-A tended for relief of the San Franciso sufferers free,of charge to the end of their line provided the freight is ad. dressed to regular constituted relief authorities. This means that packages for that city will go through free as all connecting'lines have made practi cally the same announcements. The fo,llowing, order was also re ceived by the local officials of the Southern Express conU>any. "To Agents: Contributions of mon ey, clothing or other supplies-intended for relief of sufferers from the cala mnity which has overtaken San Fran cisco and the neighboring towns in California may be carried free tf charge when addres.d to the 'City officials or to the regularly constitu ted relief organizations there.'' 349,440 PERSONS FED DAILY. An Idea of Task Confronting the Food Commttee.-Bread Seling at Five Cents. San Francisco, April 25.-An idea of the task which confronts the food committee may be gained from the fact thVit throughout the city, rations for 349,440 persons we,e distributed yesterday. This - is, an average esti mate based on reports from a few of the food depots. At one point yes terday provisions were given gut tc 672 persons an -hour. for ten hours, This station is neither one of the lar gest nor oue of the smallest and so itq reports were used as a basis to strike an average. All flour that was received in sack is eaehanged at bakeries pound foi pound for bread. Almost all the bak eries in the burned region have open ed and are selling bread at 5 cents P loaf. - There is no danger of a meal famine. Representa'tives of the West. ern company in south San Francise, reported to the relief committee this morning that there are now in th< yards 1,500 catle, 300 sheep and 50( hogs. More than 200 cattle are killed and dressed daily and sheep and hogs ar( put under the knife as fast as thei arrive. Thm evfull quota of employeri Is at work. eco with 'precedence over passengel trains. Wholesale grabbing of supplies by some while others 'are in* want lia ca'used the military authorities, to or der a new' systei in the distributiom of food. ' Beginning tomorrow kitch ens and mess rooms wvill 17e establishec where meats will be supplied to al who apply but no food wvill be giver out to be carried away. In the distribution of .olothing pre edution against fraud wvill be taker by squads detailed to visit esch tent or each shelter, list the occupants anm tabulate their wants. Orders will b< given out entitling the holder's to ih< needed clothing, bedding or othe1 stores. Pitiful stories of suffering frn exposure, ignorance and helplessnes are flooding the relief committee fron all eides. .Of the great refugee camp that in- the Presidio, which is unde1 government, control, seems most thoro ughily systemnatized, and that in Gold en Gate park juost disorganized though it is rapidly assuming a habi table basis. Many toris of fresh fruit were dis tributed free yesterday and today Bunches of bananas and boxes of or amgges were.'given unsparingly to the people, who fleeked -from the tent along the beach aid about Fort Ma son.'~' COUNTY POLITIOS. County Democratic Conventio. Meeti on Monday, May 7-Political Pot Begins to Simmer. Several of the democratic clubs oi the county have already met and chos. an delegates to the county democrathi convention to be held in Newberry or Monday, May 7, and most of the oth, ers will meet today and tomorrow. It has been remarked by those wh< have watched the political situation ir Newberry county for many years thai up until this time there has been a little interest as for any year duriil a long time past. This is no indiea tion, however, that the campaigh wil be whout interest. The prospectiv< eandidates are beginning to look ove the field and by the time of the .meet Ine of the county convention littli more than a week hence it is probabli that work in earnest will be begun oi the )art of some who by that time wil have deflnitely made up their minds . The whiskey question has for sev oral months past been playing prom inent part in state politics. Wha part it will play in the state cam paign this summer it is hard to proph ecy, and it is harder still to say wha place this issue will be given in th county campaigns. Only the candi dates for 'the legislature will have t deal with it, of course, no matte what part it should play in the can: paigni, but as a matter of fact when question of this kind becomes a lea( ing issue it has' been the observatio of those who have kept in touch wit politics that it has to do with a the politics of a county. There is cci tainly no reason that it should be s< There is, in fact, reason that it shoul .be otherwise, because when the peopi 'of Newberry county vote for an and :pr or a sheriff or a clerk of court troasurer- or master they want me e4uipped for these positions, no ma ter what they think of the dispensar law -or of prohibition or high licens ow any other manner of controlliri the liquor traffic. , With those who aspire to represer their county in the state legislatui it is different. There the laws of tl state are made, and 4here the voice the county in making those laws raised. But 'even here it would seei that to let any one issue, howev4 munch it may overshadow the othei for the short time being, influence tI votes of the people of the count; would be a mistake; for what a coui ty should have is broad-minded me: men who will represent their couni without fear and without favor on i matters affecting the whole h1ople the stdte. So far the candidates have be< slow in making their intentioi known. Newberry, as is known, wi have two candidates for governo They have already announced ther se,ves some while back-Stgte Se ator Cole L. Blease and Mr. A. Jones. Of the' representatives in the low house of the general assembly, it probable that Messrs. Taylor and Ea hardt will be candidates for re-elo igon.. .Mr. Higgins has as yet givi out no statement which could be takE as indicating his intentibn one we or the other. ,Elsewhere. in The Herald and Nev will be found the delegates to ti county convention from the cel which have already held their mee mngs. C LUB MEEZTINGS. Notice to Democratic Clubs. By order of the state democrat comnmittee, at a meeting held < April 5, 1906, a convention -of i democratic party of South Carolina called to take place on May 16, 190 in accordance with the provisions< the;oonstitution of the party. TJhe pretidents of the several demi eratic clubs of Newberry county ai - directed to assemble their clubs< ,Satur,day,.April 28, 1906, for the pu pose of'electing delegates to the coun ty conlvention), which will assemb May 7, 1006, for the purpose of elec .ing delegates to the state conventio - All clubs should meet, reorganize ar ele6t delegates on April 28th, S above directed, in order to be entith - 'epresentation in the .county 90 ~@ion, nd in order to be represer ed by voting precincts in the coming primary. . S. S. Cunningham, County Chairman. B. B. Leitzsey, Secretary. Newberry, S. C., April 12, 1906. Democratic County Convention. The Democratic county convention will meet in the Court House on May 7th at 11 A. M. for the purpose of electing delegates to II-- State con vention and other business. S. S. Cunningham, B. B. Leitzsey, Chairman. Secretary. Yoimg Men's Club. The Young Mei's Democratie Club is hereby called to meet in the Coun eil Chamber on Saturday, April 28, 1900, at 8:30 o'clock p. m. for the pur pose of reorganizing and for such 3 other business as may properly come before it. E. C. Jones, T. H. Pope, President. Secretary. Central. The Central Democratic Club will t 'meet at Central Academy next Sat urday afternoon at 1 o'clock. John D. Shealy, President. r - O'Neall Democratic club will moel n on Saturday evening April 28th al 2.30. " W. P. Pugh, G. S. Moore, Secretary. President. There will be a meeting of the far. mers' Union immediately after th( - Democratic meeting. d J. T. Hunter, e The Union. n The Union- Democratic- Club wil meet Saturday evening at 1 o 'cloel Y April 28th 1906, in Union schoo building for the purbose of reorgaw. 9 izing and for such -other business a may come ujp. it M. L. Strauss, W. H. Eilowl, Secretary. President. Liberty. is The Liberty Democratic club wil n meet at St. Lukes on Saturday, Apri 28th, 1906, at three o'clock, to organ e ize for the campaign and to elect de te legates to the county convention. V, G. F. Hunter, N. R. Lester, 1- Secretary, President. St. Paul's. The Democratic Voters of SI Paul's Democratic Club will meet a St. Paul's school house on Saturday April 28th., at 2 p. m. 1s . W. H. Kibler, 11 L. I. Epting, President. r. Secretary. I1 It Mulberry Club. *The Mulberry Club will meet 0i Saturday afternoon at 3 o 'clocil ~r April 28, 1006. 1s Jos. La. Keitt, r- 'President. in n Old Men's, No. 6. y The old men 's Democratic club o: No. 6, will meet Saturday afternooi ,a at 3 o'clock, April 28, 1906, at Long ~e shores, for the pur~pose of reorganiz >s ing and such other b)usiness as ma: t-. come up. HI. D. Boozer, J. B. Smith, President. Secretary. eTrinity Club. >n The Trinity D)emocratic Club wil ie meet at Trinity on Saturday after is noon at 3 o'clock, April 28, 1906, fo S, the purpose of reorganizing and fo f~ such other business as may come up. Jalapa. *e The Jalapa Democratic club wil n' meet at 4 o'clock Saturday, April 26 r- 1906. 5. M. Duncan, '. C. A. Matthews, President. eSecretary. Garmany. d' arma:dy Democratie Club wil meet Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock a md Garmany Academy. B. F. Cannon, President. THE CREAT REUNION CONFEDERATE YETERINS NO REUNION HELD UNDER FAIRER AUSPICES. New Orleans Welcoihes the Soldiers of the South-Sunshine--Song and Gladness. Now Orleans, April 25.--Today in the heart of a city which has borne the brunt of battle, and worn the' weeds of mourning for its sake, the Confederacy was revived again by those who cherish it for everything that it was intended to be, and who will love it until they die, for what it means to them and to the south. The tales of the heroism, the sacrifice, the agony and the glory of the groat days were told again to those who never weary of the story and who cheered and wept by turns, as the bright or sombre side of the picture was turn ed to view. No reunion was ever held under fairer auspices, and none ever showed greater promise of success. The weather was perfect, the 'arrange ments of the temporary building erected for the reunion were unsur passed ald the details of the vast work of landling the great throng of visittors was carried out with prcis ioll anld caare. Tie first session of tihe day saw the reunion formally launched upon its career. General S. D. Lee, the com mander-in-chief, Adjutant General Mickle and other officers of the or ganization presented their reports and General ILee delivered his formal address. There were other speeches, alnost without number. The veter aus were welcomed by Governor Blanchard for the state, by Mayor Behrman, for the city, by the vet erans of Louisiana, the Sons of Vet erans of Louisiana, by tile citizens of New Orleans and by members of the various. affiliated societies. There were songs by young women and reverent prayers by ministers of tile Gospel. The convention was called to or der by General Albert Estopinal, com inander-in-chief of the Louisiana di vision of tile United Confederate Veterans. After all eloquent invocation had been delivered by Chaplain General Jones, of the organization, the anthem "Immortales" composed by T. C. Deleon, of Mobile, Ala., was sing. All address of welcome to the visi ting veterans was then made by Gen. Estopinal and a solo ''A Confederate Toast in Song'' conposed by Miss Given, of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, was suing by Miss Carrie Nick. Governor Blanchard was given a most enthusiastic welcome when lie stepped to the front of the platform for the people of Louisiana. He in the 1 nmost cordial.manner, bade the visit ors welcome to tile state and after a song by Alfred Meister, Mayor Behr man greeted theQ veterans in behlalf of the city of New Orleans. ,Q'a affection for a creed does not Of. v.Wu name for the fr. asgression. Tile .o lift up holy hlands is toreMahg Iping ones.___ 'Fall. D)ead F roo ocratic Club will meet at th. Fall 8011001 house Ont Saturday 'in. f'ing, 28th, at 9 o'clock. Evei member is urged to be I present. - B. L. Dominick, Joseph W. Ale*' e, President. Secreta . Mt. Bethel. Mt. Bethel Democratic club will 1 meet at Mt. Bethel Academy on Sat ,urday afternoon at 2 o'clock. W. H. Wendd, J. C. S. Brown, -Secretary. President. Long Lane. The Long L,ane Democratic Club will met at Beth Eden on Saturday, April 28, at 3 p. nI). R. C. Carlisle, S. A. Jef er, President.