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VOL. XXXI BARNWELL, S. C., -u- AWFUL Of.UMITY. San Francitco Destroyed by an AND THE FIRE FIEND. Wttkoit the SUihtrtl Wtraltf the Peo ple Art PorceS to Face aa Awful Death lalhe Streeti or Thtir Wn eked tlomr*. Fire Adda to Horror. m Sartbqoako and flro on Wednesday eansod the greatest calamity Oallfor- nla baa orer known. San Frandso' mi almost destroyed and thousands of people In that elty were killed O’ bait. A dispatch from San Frandsoo says the dreadful earthquake shook flaaao without warning at precisely Alt ottcek, its motion apparently being from east to west. At first the upboaeal o^tbe earth was gradual, hot In a few aeconds It Inoreaaed In Intensity.' Ohimne\a began to fall and buildings to eraek, tottering on their fuundatlooa. The people be came panto atioken and lushed into the atroeta, moat of themln their night attire. They were met by showers of falling I u Idtcg-, cornices, bricks and walls, li yny ware Instant ly eruhed to death, while others were dreadfully margted. Those who re wi+iwuA indoors generally escaped with bit At plaster, pictu esand article- thrown to the floor t y the shock. I la baUeeed that nxro or less 1 as wsi by nearly evary iau.1/ Ir land, a little later, and wait on pat rol doty. The soldiers hays been or dered to shoot down thiayaa caught In the act of robbing the dead and to | guard with their lives the millions of dollars' worth of property which has | been placed In the streets that it may acape from the ravages of the flames. Mayor Schmlls, who baa established named a committee of safety, com prising many prominent eltlsens Mayor Sobmi z sent out word to. the bakeries and milk stations through out the city that their food supplies must be harbored for the bomele Tents hays been placed in every park in the city, and thoie who have lost their homes will be given food and shelter. Thousands of people are homeless and many are huddled into | the parks and public fqusres bald the household goods they were able to save. Tbs city is under martial law, and all the down town streets are p%t-1 rolled by ciiairy and infantry. Pe- A CITY IN Beautiful Santa Rosa Has Not a Building Left town, was destroyed, causing damage of I1.6C0 Tne high schools building was wrecked. Several stores lost their satire stocks. At 2.25 ..o'clock this aftonfoon, another shock was rz perienoed but qo lives were loet Several men, women and children were cut about the face by flying glam. There Is intense ezeitement. SWEPT WTO THE SKA. ONE THOUSAND DEAD. *-w Tbs tall steel frame structures stood tbs strain Uttar than brick building*, few of them being badly damaged. Tbe big eleven story Mi* oado effloe building, in a one of eon strhetion, adjoining tbe Palace Hotel, was an ezoeptlon, however, its rear wall ooUapsiLg, many cracks being made across its front. Seme of th( dockland freight shads aiorg the wa tar front slid into the bay. Deep opened in the filled In guuno tbe shore asd the Union ferry ir Jared. li« high towet goi staads, bus will Gate to be tore down. A portion if the new Oity Hall, which cost over seven million dollazs, colls peed, the nof sliding Into tbs court yard and smaller towers tumbling down. The greet dome was moved but did not tall The new post (floe, one of the floa t In t^e United States, was tadiy shattered. Tat Valencia Hotel, a four stcry wooden buUdlng, sank into tu basement s pile of splintered timbers, under wbiob were pinned many dpsd and dying oc cupants of tbs bouse. The basement of water and sc me of the were drowned. helpless viotii Scarcely bad tbe'aurtirbiiasd to flmka when fires broke out elmultane oosly In many places.. The fire de- partment promptly responded to the first sail for aid. but it was found that tbs water «»*>«■ had bean rendered by tbe underground mo ve il. Tanned by a light bie< zr, the quickly spread and roon mtny Meeks were seen to bedoomed. Toen dynamite eas retorted to and tbs sound of frequent tjp'o Iona added to tbs terror of the popu stton. Alt {Aorta to stay tbe pr> grses of the fire, however, proved futile. Toe soul’ side of Market street from NlnlL street to Bay was soon sblsz\ the fin covering a belt two blocks wide. On {hi*, tbe main thoroughfare of tb* elty, are located many of tie fiuesi edlflocaln the city, inelodirg the Grant, Parrott, Flood, "CaH” “Ex aminer," and Monadmok buildings, tbs Palace sod Grand Hotels, and numerous wholesale houses. At tbe time the commercial establish its and banks north of Market street were burning. The burning district In this Motion of the city ez tended from Sansome atreet to the waterfront, and from Market aireet -toBroadway. Fires also broke out in the Mission and the entire city seemed lobe in flames. Tbs flames, fanned by tbs rising brass swept down tbe main streets until within a few hundred feet of tbe firry depot, the high tower of which Hood at a dangerous angle. The big wholesale grocery establishment of Weal man, Peok A Oo., eras on fire from seller to roof, and the heat was so oppressive that passengers from the ferry boats were obliged to keep oiosf to the water’s edge in order to get peel tbe burning structure. It was iBpnaalhl* tbs center of the elty from tbe bay without skirting tbe ebon for a long distance so as to get entirely around the burning die tails of troops are also guarding the banks. Most of tbe principal build Ings have already bean destroyed and otbefs art in imminent dat g?r. Over all tbe scene of desolation hangs s derse pall of smoke. It will be many days before tbe complete story of the ruin wrought by the double calamity of earth quake and fire that visited San Francisco will be written and then there wUl Tbe ez&ot 1ms of life will never be koowo, as hundreds of ufifortunates have been incinerated in the flames, which made the rescue of those bpt led under the toppling steeples and falling walls Impossible. Temporary morgues ware Improvised at many points only to be rai d by tbe flames. Tbs oity resembles one vast shambles with tbe red glare of Are throwing weird sladrws across the worn and panto stricken faces of tbe homeless who are wandering the streets or sleep log on plies of matresses and clothing in the parks and on tbs sidewalk* in those districts not yet reached by. the fire. Thousands Forgetting for a moment tbe terrl bit siffieri gi, physical and financial, the: trails in the wake of the disaster, the scene presented by the flamse is one of unspeakable grandeur. Tbe soeoe at the Mechanlce* pavil lou during the early hours and until noon, when tbe injured and dead were removed beosu in of toe threatened de stri c ion of the bulldlog by fire, was one of indescribable sadness. Sisters, brothers, wives and swesthosrts searched eagerly for some mlsslog dear one. Thousands of pe sons nurriadl} went through the bunding inspecting tbe cots on which the tuff cars lay, in tbe tope that they wi uld find aom a lov d one that was missing. Tbs dad were p aced in cue portion of the buildlug and the remainder was dtv - ted to hospital purposes. Attar the fire forced th{..nurses and physio to d*sert the buUdlng, toe- ssya crowds followed them to the presidio and the children's hospital where th renewed their search tor mis .log rels tlves. .Up to a Ute hour Thursday afternoon more than 750 periuns wh. who wars seriously'injured by ttr earn q lake and tne fire had ben: tr«-awd at the various hospitaii brougnout tbe city. ▲ falling wall f om one of tbe dyna arsed buildings on Ml sion street enuhtd out t^e life of Fireman Muz Fenner, while many other fire fishter m t a like fats. Through ail tbe streets automobiles and •ureas wa- i [nns art hurrying, carrying dead ann r j irtd to m irgucs and hospitals the morgue In the ball of j isilce, bodies He. T»e flames rapidly ap- oiohed this Lui-d ng and the work of removing the bodies to Jackson quare b» g m. While the soldiers and As Lari Great Seismic Tremor Speat its Force ike City Toppled to the Groaod. Maay Other Towss aed Hamlets Badly Shak- -- an Up^ —<- F om the Cliff House comes word [that the great pleasure resort and show place of the San Franc! co which stood on a foundation of solid rick has boon swept Into the sea. Not & thing stands to tell where tbe monster stone hallding once stood. It has been leveled to tbe foundation and only the rock lining the smeoast I remains Intact. Twenty towns have reported loss of J life of from fivj to one hundred each. | Outside cf San Franoiaoo tbs death list will run high into the thousands. As reports coma in from the oountrr. V^APRIL 22,1906. At 8 o'olcck tbe Southern Pacific officials refused to allow any more i from Trans bay points ti aid seat hack those already on boata. Tne ferry and train ser riot of tbe Kty route was entirely abandoned, owing to damage dons the yow« bouse by tbs earthquake at Emery villa. At 9 o'clock Wedcesday morning thrmsir* men from tbe Pnaldio ar rived down town to patrol tbe city flntfl. Tbe Thirteenth infantry XflOfi Wrong arrived fnm Angel Is* Reports from the InVrtor of Oal ifornla are most alarming, Santa Rosa, one of tbs prettiest cities of tbe state, in tbe prosperous county of Sonoma, is a total wreck. There are 10,000 homeless men, women and children, huddled Ugether. - The km of life Is not to be estimated. It wi l probably reach one thousand. . iArtbs lari great seismic tremor spent its force in the (srtb, tbe whole bu*ln<8S p rtlon tumbhd Into The main street is piled msny feet deep with the fallen buildffags. N Jt one business building is left Intact Tbe destruotloo Includes all the coun ty buildlrgs. The four story c >urt bouse, with Us high dome, is merely a pile of broken masonry.^ Nothing is :eft. Identification is impos ibis. What was not destroyed by tb- earthquake has been swtpt by fir*- Until the flames started there wa oops of saving the residence die trlct. It was sr on apparent that any sueh idea that m ght have been en ter rained was to be sbsudooed. bavY'fled tha'YtT ! Tala was aprebended by the cltl sens and they prepared to desert thelv - Not t veo tbe r bold goods were taken. They made for tbs fl Ids and bills to watob tbe destruction of one of tb* mist beau tiful cities of the West. Mas engere bring the saddrst t!d Irgs of the destruction of Htaldsbuig, G-laeiville, Oolv rdale, Holland and Uklah. This report tak^s in the country aa far north as Mendodno and Lake counties, and as far west as h* Pacific Ocean. These are frontier counties and have not as laige towns as farther south, la every cur the loss of life and property D> shocking. KILLED IN A HOTEL. Art port from Sau Jo**, 50 miles si uth of San Franclao >, says that the Vendoms hotel annex was wn eked, 10 or 15 persons being killed. Tbe Do herty block was burned and one wo mao was k lled. Dr. McGrow was killed and his wife Itjured. Tbe mayor deputVd 500 men to wa-ch property. It Is estimated that 50 p rs n s ware killed in San Jose. The postbffica. was half wteoked. Tb* First Presbyterian church was de molished and the c.urt house is a wreck. • . . • Passengers arriving from many other cities in California, bring tales ofd.-sti and dlsasur. Santa Cruz Monterey, Gilroy and Hjlister are fatally wrecked. The death list at Santa O'vz's reported to he large. A report say' that Santa R »a la a mck, ten thou and being homeless At | Toe loss will probably reach Intel the toon andl Main street Is piled msny feet deep with fallen buildings. Not ne business building Is Intact. The four story court house is a pile of broken masonry. I entificatlon of the dead is imposslbl'. What was not deatroied by eartl quake was s wept by lire. Olt aens flad to ti a Ml,s at d fields to waion the destruo- tloo of S>ma R> a The water sys- em was deifiuved by the eartl quake BUBIED IN THE BVIN8. N iws c mes tre-m N iss, a smal town In tbe Santa Glara valley, about 15 miles from San Jose, stating that the earti q take demolished tbe state insane any mm at Agnews, near San Jose, burying many of the iniwtaa in the ruins. It ts stated that San Jose suffered severely. Tula news wa* brought by an automobile from Sau J se to points which communication bad bet n sate blithe 1 to L ■ Angela temporal Uy. Mayor MoAler, of Loe Angels, has filed messages to Mayur Schmitz, of San Fraasc^MOo, (ifarlng to render soy asslstanoe p sslble and asking for advice as to the situation, and what aid may ha needed. President Sum- merland of the etty o lunoll, called a speolsl meeting of that body, and about the alnady intense horror be comes even more intense, if that were possible. / Yet there are but few who have folded their hands. There li too much to do—too n uoh suffering to fight and too many bodies to bury. ~~ 1VTXIX8 TO 00U COS FIST. Many of Them Beta* Rooelved by . ‘ v ’*’• . CommlMloner Watson* ^ . J • Tbe State says Commissioner of Agriculture Watson has received s large number of entries to the State and national oorn contest. Oae of tbe most important entries .eoeived was that of Mr. Melvsr Williamson, whose rt cent article on corn planting si- traded a great deal of attention and which has been cffl rially endorsed by the Southern Cotton sss^eistlou Other entries are: B. W. Taylor, R'ohland; T. C. Wil- loughbv, Fiorenot; J. ▲. Peter kin »nd J. M Mos burg; J. K rsbsw; T. S. Stubbs, Maribor<; J. Marlien, Jr., Collsotou; W. B Clutty, Bamberg; J. J. Pblilps, Lao- outer; R S Plemher, Marl jor<; W. M. Spears, M arlboro; A. J. Tindsl, 0 arendoo; Walker Fioyd, Manon; J. R Fatrey, Orangeburg; Dr W. D Rich, Williams’'urg; J. M. Woodley, iumter; W. R E E .iofct, Fairtt.ld; J. F. McKinnon, Marlborc; Jameb Jack on, Andersoc;B. E Mo >re, Msrl- hor<; Thoe Taylor, Jr., Roland; Too*. Raff, R chlaud; S. R. L'ver, R oUanr; J. F. Wstkley, Barnwell; T. P. Aibley, Florenc ; C. F. Moore, Oheraw and B :nn*tteville, and Ben. P. DeLcaeb, Camden. ' It is also thought that Orpt. E. S. Drake, Who won tba pr u several years ago for the best and largest production of oorn to the acre,' will enter again. Capt, Drake has a fin* farm In M\rlb iru oounty. Ii filing bis entry Mr. Williamson, who has b en in oorreepondenoe with Oommla- sioner Wais m m regard to the amout t of oorn and oorn produots imported into tbe Slate, writes: /‘Your letter in regard to oorn importation was more Information than I bad or liave been able to obtain wlib tbe (Herts I have made. It will help me to fig ure out tbe vast amount of ooru we toexou*ab!y ship into tbe Stats every year. 1 am going to keep up the fight so long as there is s single jar of corn impoiten.* We must and shall rabe ou' supplies at home." THROW* ACROSS ROOM. FIRE BURNED DUT And Stricken City Sees One Rsy of Hope. LOSES VEBY HEAY1. Thirty Thonsand Hesses Are Destroyed is Sea Francisco Aloae sad Oae Thonsand More is BaUnce of the State. Loss of Life Two Thossaad. A dispatch Friday night said San Francisco's darkest hour has dawned into a day of hope. Its Urns of over whelming disaster and peril has ended and its future is now s subject of gen eral consideration. Tbe fire Is practically under control. A clear sky over th* mission district shows that th* fire there has been ez tingnlshed. Tbe snresd of the fUmea toward tbe western addition, the best part of the o,ty remaining,. has been stayed, and tbs only portion of the conflagration that demands tbe attend tlon of the firemen is that from the Nob H1U section /down to the north western part! ofTthe water froqt. Tae western additloiTdarg r was averted at 2 30 o’clock Friday morn ing by the use of gun ootton, dyo - mite and two streams of water. Tbe explosives ware handled by the chief gunner cf of tbe Mare Island navy yard and his accomplishments pr ved him to he a master of bis profeesloo, R Hale, ObariestonTu. Toe fire at Ban Francisco was stop- r, Hamptoc; SL. A Biownr pad, practically.burnt. lUall out on every store containing provisions and to distribute them to th* thousands under police supervlaon. s The work of relief was started ear ly Friday. A big bakery la the saved distrlet started Its ovens sod errang ...... ^ ■ ed tobaks 50,000 loaves of bread be- FToblbltlOfl • WtfOl PoUtk^j It* fora night. Thousands of people were In line Friday morning before the California street bakery. Toe polio j and military were prtaant in force and each person was allowed rny one loaf. The homeless people In the parks and vacant lots wars provided. For as spsodlly as possible. All the stores containing provisions has bean asissd by tb* au'horltles. In no other way could thedlstreuad peo ple been fed. Three relief stations for the home less have already been established by the general oemmittee. The stations sre temporary home of he mtlesa. Oar- svads of provisions sre now on their way to the Unee tellef union »ne ia Maine aod Texa* FRYING TO DODGE IT. Glwea Hie Experience In tbe Sen police were carrying the dead to what appeared safe places, a shower cf bricks Lorn a building dynamited t Check the Himes, li jured msny of the workmen, and sjnt soldiers In I'ocesslon hurrying to ho pltslg. Tie work of em vng tbe b die* s opp d and the reu alnoer t f tne dead wen eft to possible cremation in the mor gue. The debris kUl n d sod buried lundrsta of horses hitched to.vegeta ble wegons which wtr# ready to re- ot-ive tbe day’s sup;l es. The dead horses were piled high and the wreck age blocked tbe streets until the ad vanning oxfl gratlon turned all tha^ section of tbe town into a vast funer-. al pyre. “ ’ From tbe Barbary coast, the hord of vicious and oilmlnal that Infest that q tarter p ured forth and started early ju the evening to loot streets abd'irhb the dead. Fearing such a flehimb ollmsz to this day of borrois. M&yor^cbmUz and Folloe Ch’af Dinan issuea ordUft for the soldiers to kill all who engaged in such work. Be fore the eyes of an Associated Press representative, Vnree thieves were shot in the back aud fatally wounded in the burning commnc sl district Despite th* vtgilaooe of police and soldiers, many plaoes wars pillaged in the wholesale regions. Liquor stores were broken into and vagabonds are lying in tbs streete. Tbe ruin in the com mission and tba wholesale q i ar te ra is complete, the flames Wednes day night having completed the par- Elyxlng work nf th* mrimlng Francisco Earthquake;* Albert H G .uld of Chicago/was one of three persons to arrive in Los Angeles ontoe fim train from San Frar cisco after the earthquake. <? “I was asleep on the seven'h floor M the Palace hotel," he said, ''atthe time of the first earttquak. I was hrowo cut of bed and half way •cobs the room Immediately real i ;ng tbs import of the occurrence and faaring that the building waa about rcoonipAVT »ms »y way flown six forwarded a telegram to the mayor of 9an Fraud, oo, t fferlrg la tbe name of Ljs Angeles to reuder any aid possible. B th the mayor of Lo Angeles and tbe president of the olt; council request the Associated Pres to oommuotoate, If possible, their tenders of assistance, as they do. not expect to be able to reach tt&m through the ordinary channels of oommun'oatior. SHOCKS AT SALINAS. Very Bad Adr'oa. At Ohloago sight buodred negro men and women shook Constitutional A. M E ohbroh with applau-ie Thurti- day night when I1a Wells Bsinett advised the bLck m?n to put a revol ver in his pockst aid 'anticipate the white man lu his deviltry " The oo- caalon fox th* speech we> a meetjj&g called to protest against the mob vio lence that has marked 8pringfied,.Mp. the laht few daya Whek the speaking bad ended resolutions ware adopted urgLag President Roosevelt;*) take rome steps to protect the negro race from destruction at tbe hands of toe whites. At 6 15 o'clock Wednesday morning three shteks of earthquake shook Salinas, lasting respectively 5, 3 and 42 seconds. They came from the northeast and south west. The dam age is t2 600,000. *o lives were lost in Salinas. Amo g the buildings destroyed In SalinaH are the Fjrd^«nd Stenbury building, dry goons; E ks Halts, Mv scnlo building, th<- Kalgbts of Pythia!< building, P^n and Irvings (tore, L v g*n O'dsry, Odd Fallows building, City Hall and -several smaller build ings. Every window in th* city was broken. Chimneys toppled over and crashed through ro fa. Sugar Factory, three miles from | giro* TTBSffiTBT flights cf stairs and into the main corridor. 1 was the first guest to ap pear. Tbe rflerks and hotel employ us were running like mad men. With in two minutes after I had reached the eorrldor, other guests began to fluCklnto tl* court. Most all wore n'ght clothing only. Men, women a'd children stood as though fixed. Children and women orled. Th* men were hardly leas all cted. "I returned to my room and got my clothing; then walked to the offices of th* Western Union in my pajamas ani bare Ret to telegraph to my wife In Los Angeles. 1 found tb* tele graphers on doty, but all the wires were down. I sat down on tbe side walk and picked tbe broken glass out cf the soles of my fast, and put on my clothes. All this, I suppose, took twenty minutes. Within that time, below tb* Palace hotel, buildings tor more thau three blocks were a mass of flam**, whlob spread to other build logs. ‘People by tba thousands were crowded around tbs ferry station. They dewed at th* iron gates like so many manlaoi. They sought to break the bars and failing in that, turned on each other. After a mad denlog delay, w* got aboard the host and crossed the bay.” Mix W*r«- Killed* A special from Bine field, W. Va. •ays John Wilson was killed and tear uther men were fatally injured by per mature explosion of dynamite at Bow E. Raive, on the Picanootaa railroad now under com true lion. The Sprtokles I names of lbs four injured men an not Friday afternoon, and for the first time sinoe tbe first earthquake shocks at half-past five o’clock on Wednesday mornlrg, the people of the stricken city bSd a brsith n* spall, and som sort of estimate of the disaster. O ie thing li certain tbe city cf Sto Fr»n ufsco is practically destroyed and will have to be rebuilt I<. is es Imst d th. t at least tbr<• fourths of the city be* been ,wlp<d t ut by the earthquake and firs together. There is ten square miles of ruirs and fully thirty thousand h uses of various kinds tnve been destroyed in cheat) of S n Fracetsoj alone. 0'4i*»r cities a .id town* havr a so suffered severely. Tbe entire loss in th&State will amount to 1300 000.000 In money and the houses destroyed will cumber it least forty thousand. The mousy lo* In San Francisco Is somsthlug like •200,000,000. Tbs city is now under Tunisl a v, 3 000 regular troops from the Presidio acting a* policemen, stop ping thievery and d dog all soria of re-cus and relief work. It is estimated that the loss of Ilfs In San Francisco will reach at least me thousand when all tbe returns are In. At this time tbe people are so badly scattered that it Is almost 1m possible to get any where near tb* oorreet figures. The loss of life In tbe rest of the State will reach a thousand more, which will make tbs total loss of Ilfs two thousand. Hoa p tal and improvised asylums are able, with difficulty, to can for tbs injur- ftd, of whom hundreds have been treated. Gen. Fanston, who is In command of the United States troops in teat district, sent tbe fallowing telegram to tbe war department on Friday: VWe need thousands of tents aid all tbe rations that can be sent. Busi ness portion of elty is datroysd and about one hutdred thousand people are homeless. Loss of life probably one thousand. Best n\rt of the resi dent district not vet burned." After dark on Friday thousands qf persons were making tblar way with olankets and scanty provision to the Golden G »t‘ park for shelter. Tboee ahomee la Mayes valley piled house hold goods in the street from where TT the m antlme the bills and beaches of San Francisco look like an immense tented city. Not alone are tbe parks the places of refugees, but every large vacant lot In the safe z mes has bean preempted and even tbe ometerie* are crowded. A well known young lady of social position, when asked Friday there she bad spent tbe night, replied: ‘ On s grave.” A few cf tne families who could te cure willing sxprasm;n srs possessors of cooking stove*, but over 95 per cent, of the refugees are d dog their cooking on little camp fires made out of brick or stoos. Kitchen utensil- that last werk would have been re garded with cenleapt are today ar ticles of high value. Many of tbe homeless psopls ars in posses ilon of comfortable olothlrgand bed-covering but tbs great bulk of them are lb need. Tbe grass is their bed and tbslr d Uly clothing their only protection against the penetrating fog of tbe coean or the chilling dew of the morning. F.esb meat disappear'd Wednesday morning aadoanoed good* and breadstuffi are the only vlomal. in svldmcs. The common.des'ltu/ion xnd auff ir- log have wiped out ail roclal, fl isuoial and racial distinctions. Tne man who last Tuesday was a prosperous mer chant is occupying with his family a little plot Of ground that adj^ns the 'pen air homes of a laborer. Thl white man of Oali'ornia ues forg turn tus antipathy to toe Asiatic r*oe aud is molntoiuh g friendly reia i os with, s new (Jointbe aod Japan-*6 nslg ooi. r bells *i.o, Tue*an go was s ulbteifly of faatu <a a-. I e G at d Ojisrk performanes, wmssmIs lug bom faev ry girl to the p «-p* a 1 , on of bum e da. y tees s. Tut- fami.y who bad wi ia^ lu the largest sc< cz of fOAiriiiff. ou the first day of he diaafeboY k rated biggest in the iCble of wealth. Next to viewing the many sq iars miles of ruins that only made Sm> Franoiaoo a city, no better real's t- tlon of the ruin that haa come to that place can be gained than by visiting the refugee camps located In th# dis triots which were untouched by the flames. Golden Gate park was tbs meooa of the destitute. This Im mense playground of the municipality has bean converted into s vatt ai-ish room city that bears strikier rtesm llanos to the fleeting towns located on the border of s government r sir- vatlon about to be opened to pubilo settlement. 'THXMA* WITH OOOGI.” R'preseatatives *f Hmss WasMsgtoa Ars Nfl laritsto ts Discus the Qaestles. Peeefl Divided se tbs JBffkieasy M fTOBi»HB£ front of they were carted by trucks and auto mobiles to tbe outskirts of the oity Srerybody in Sau Franoiaoo who can is prepared to leave the city, bellev- r g tbe town will be totally destroyed. )jwn town everything is in rains. Not s business houu is isft standing. Tneaters have been crumbled. News paper p ants sre uselss . On every side ii death and suffering. The country b twetn Mm trey, Cm troville and Tajaro shows unmlstak able signs of tbs terrible wrenching yesterday in upheave! of earth. Great sinks extending along railroad tracks as far u the eye can reach, running from tour to six fset in depth, have been left on tbe surface of tbe earth, mute testimony of the power of the internal forces. Fjr a distance of nearly a mile, the road has sank Into the earth. Between Oastrovllle aod Moot* mad geysers have been in cited into action, showing a hot blu «sh colored mud to the height of from ;*m to fifteen feet. Between Seaside and Balmont railroad tracks .are twisted until- all, resemblance to tracks have disappeared. The destitution and suffering is indsecribahlr.' Women and children who bed comfortable homes a few flays ago slspt’toversl nights—-if sleep cams stall—jHi hay on the wharves, on the sand lota near North Beach, abase of them under the UtUe tents made of sbestiog which poorlv protected them from the chilling ocean winds. Tbe peddle in tbe parks sre possibly better off In the matter of shelter, for they left their homes better pre pared. Instructions were Issued by Ifayor Schmitz Friday to break open irr- Former Confederate Offlo'-r ttelcneed From Jail pt Mlenigen Oity. A dispatch to the Ohioago Tribune from Michigan Oity says: "T’ro Man With a Oough,” Ooi ▲. B. Ward, one time Confederate army officer and daring spy, one of the men sent North to burn New York dty during Ute civil war, wu relaaud fiomtoc State4 bear enl wine find The prohibition question be cutting curio. ■ capers K dl: parts of the country, Judging the stories told by tbs etatssi tbs respective statu says s from Washington. Now, tbsie'B good Maine. With tbe exception of Re- presentatlve Littlefield, you couldn't gets senator or representative from that state ,|o exprsu his views for oubllcation for 1 vs, or money; Whyf Beeiuee tbe question is loaded Then there's grand old Texas, at the ether end of theountry. Her in eongrou avoid toe qqesi same a* they would a aud < jourte it is just u bal among toe South Carolina reproeentaUvea. Tne only man from that state who will talk at all is "Pitchfork" Ben TUI- nun. He gives voles to his oonvio- ti ni regardlsm of how they harmon ize with public opinion. 11 the recent spring election In Maine, according ro toe statements >f politicians of that state bore, a aumoer of R publican cities went Democratic oeoause tne Democrats penly opposed prohibition, and de- mfledu ag Afbks a&du prodoriag. more hypoertuoal violattona of law and evuions of truth than anything ever known. G.vjrnor Oobb hi mu If ou come oat against proaUMMqp no operated In that state, and 11 Is said to b*' q Ute eertktn that Desst arsis hi ttsie ooaveotkm will make toe fight m the too* of turoiog to the Us MS plan of Selling wbiekey. They flatm a) nave to* eympatny of tbe msjirfly if the cities and towns, although Nte o untry districts may be toem. Tbe eleim is boldly under the present laws toe deluged with blind tiger wbflkgF from Canada audekewhere aadibat tnere hu not been the slightest ds- jresse in drunkennste. Tbs peep)*, it is asserted, pay oat large sums at money for wblsksy and strong drink brought in by express sad freight, tolls the llgut drinks are tout oat. Propositions are pending to pnt oat a platform ■bowing wide ‘ in future laws in favor of bea wioaa and staking toa tax oa strictly ardent spirits heavy, oelisf being tbst this will jne olaaof drink in a at toe expeou of toe other. Down tn Texsa toe Demoarati erribly split up over wbetbfl quesiion of prouibition for tbe state is to be made aa ktm coming campaign or isting focal option laws shall ba •d to stand u they are. ▲ tea moorats dm organised 1 prohibition in to* party toil* others say that this mate not ba illowed. Tae anti- prohibitloaMti j|. dare that toe whiskey interest are working tngetb- 4T ftgwl»«t Shw hvw'tfg *i»S wUMJPSa> dooers. "Tne whiskey people,” s*ld a Texu eongrewman here a dap cr two ago, “are selling about aa modi whiskey in tb* dry oonnUea of tba state aa they ever did by^Wbane of and freight, while -f* prison here Wednesday. Ward is one of the last of tbe old- lime confidence men. Born near In dianapolis of wealthy parents sevent}- three years ago, he wu oast off by his family because of too high living. Later In Wasblagton he killed an army offljer and fled Sooth, where, at tbe outbreak of the war, he enlisted in the Confederate army. The second year of the war he wu sent North to bum New York city and wu arrested while applying the torch to tbe Astor House Senteoo d to be baoged, he dsvoied himself to tbe care of Confederate prisoner sol diers while in prison, so that Presi dent Litciln pardoned him After the war Ward ran a psoketen tbe Mtasi sippi river, wbloh wu fitted up lavkbly and numbered amoog its Mtrjns tbs biggest gamblers in the United States. He later went to N -w York. Oa one occasion he broke Pall Daly ’s gambling houas, winning •30,000 In one night. over Gov. HeywarU’e Gov. Heyward Friday sent these telegrams of sympathy: “Mayor Schmitz, San Frandsoo, Oal. "Words can not exprnu the sympa thy wbloh the people of my for yonr sorely stricken dty. It will be indesd a labor of love for ns to aid yon In all that lies in oar power. “D. C. Hetwabd, "Governor.” “Hon. George C. Pardee, Governor, 8a ramento, Oal. “Tbe appalling dinrier which haa befallen your State touehee our hearts deeply. Accept our siuosrost symps thy in tbs terrible ordeal which Is yours. Wears now taking steps to give practice] expression to the heart felt sympathy wbio i we feri for you. "D. 0. Hrorwann, - r* •■Tc products shut out by reason of tbw fact that tbeu dflhks are too bnlby w ba mere ia a gehulne log up In tne atate to ehaog* this i tries toe light drink* tba in law (fter to* others, as It Is tended this would rodues asm a great deal." To* iste declare they have nothing to do with tba attitude of the whiskey pso pls and that they are satiated with tbe war things are going. Ths wbola thing Is snen a delicate om *iuy rtzas politician la bold tag off a* long as he oaa before getting into the fray on one side or another. In South Carolina, u known, Sa|h star Tillman is seeking to retain the •tits dlspsoury as the o«t of tbs wais key problem end t ist tbs liquor people and tloniats are working together i sb it, tne forfeur with ohey can bring about prohibition and the latter believing they about a re trim of tba Hon or local option. In his address to the state, •mphu'ssd tbs heavy menu of whiskey Into toe dry ties and declared JfET A White Ivan Waters, a white aan Id; of age, an employe of a shovel working on tbe oc hao b ea locked in wittf criminal] y aa Weaver, toe fifts tor of 0. 0, Wea i loner o' Atlanta young glrlioucd of oit'seMof toa Grant borbood war* aooorlog looking for him and at prompt notion and stroro tbe man would have roughly, Watete