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NICHO ? | BANK BYMSGBTY irre followed last Upon Added Its Work to U A Thousand or Pe Thousands More Millions oi Do - * > The greatest, earthquake disaster in the history of the United States visited San Francisco early in the morning of April 18. i The destruction was most fear- ' ful in the business and tenement districts. Here the loss of property and of life was fearful. It is estimated that from five hun- : dred to five thousand lives have been lost, and the loss of property is estimated to he between fifty and a hundred millions of, dollars. The earthquake followed by fires have destroyed about ail the business district. The' cnnolf n 1 m n nvLififlx' of ' olrvol. in the morning1. This made the Ibss of life among the business houses practically nothing. The greatest loss of life was in the tenement district, where the houses were cheaply constructed and, like the business district, lies in the low and made ground between the hills of San Francisco. Fire broke out immediately af-1 the shock at eight points and was helped by broken gas mains. The waterworks system was destroy- j ed; this put the fire beyond control in a short time, but it was heroically fought with dynamite. 1 The Palace and St. Francis ho-! tels, where most tourists stayes- i caped the earthquake, but the I former was afterwards destroyed by fire. The City Hall, new postoffice, Call building, Parrot! building, Grand Opera House and NSt.' Ignatius church are among . O^he larger buildings that were ^ destroyed. All telegraphic com- : munication with the city were1 cut off. Smaller fires later broke out arppng the residence districts ! At noon Thursday it seemed probable that the greater part of the whole city, not already destroyed will be swept away The city is under martial law The morgue is stacked with dead V?nHip<s nnH trnplr lonrls: nt' nihf?v?s 1 are awaiting a temporary resting place. Fire Chief Sullivan was killed by the cupola of the California Hotel which fell through the roof of the fire house 1 where he was sleeping. The' great \yater main which ran | through'the ruined districts was j broken, and the water was spout-' ing up through the ruins in scores of places. The firemen stood helpless and the inhabitants crowded towards the ruined districts hampering the work of the firemen and reserves. Chief of, Police Dinan, got out the whole police force, and Gen. Funston, Bk acting on his own initation, ordered out all available troops in the Presidio military reservation.. The city was placed under mar- \ tint law Tnll linilrlin<r? stood the shock better than brick buildings. The jiew City Hall which was wrecked cost $700,000. The Mayor has appointed a committee of safety comprising many of the leading citizens. Commissioner E. Myron Wolf announced at noon that the 80 odd jkhsurance companies interested XSutd decided to pay dollar for dollar to every one insured with woifrofOoari :ss** NTEKhS i ' Bn$3S25$^3222Z5E^iE^^2aa DEPOSITS. (LSON & SON, | ;ers. | ?? irtnti.wrr-.'a FAPTHrt!! AWP th 3 First Disaster and >esti action aiul Ruin, iriiaps More Killed, Injured-Many liars Damage. them. They will not discriminate between the fire and the earthquake. All saloons of the city were ordered closed at an early hour. In fact this was one of the first orders given by Chief of Police Din an. Mayor Schmitz sends out orders that the physical necessities of the sufferers be first attended to. Goldberg, Bowen & Co. send word that they have placed all their stores at the disposal of Ihe city, including the provisions contained therein. All newspapers of San Francisco have ceased all effort to collect news. The Associated press force was compelled to act independently. Relatives of Dr. and Mrs. S. S. Linder. a sister of Mr. T. 1. Swygert, reside in San Francisco. Miss Bculah Martin, who is attending Clifford Seminary, has an uncle, Mr. John Martin, in San Francisco. He went out there from Laurens County. Mr. Alfred Cunningham, whose father is a respected citizen of Union County, is out in the Sp*ramento Valley. No tidings have been heard from them up to the time we go to press. SANTA ROSA TOTALLY DESTROYED Just a3 we are going to press a message comes to us through the Union Stock Exchange at noon Thursday says: "Santa Rosa, one of the prettiest cities in the State is a total wreck. Ten thousand people are homoless. Loss of life will reach thousands." It is probable that the horrible story has not been half told. Other points are yet to be heard from. HISTORY OF SANTA ROSA, CAL. Santa Rosa is a city that was located in 1854, and is the capital of Sonoma County, California. It is 51 miles north of San Francisco. It is widely known for its roses, which bloom all the year in the open air. It is in a region peculiarly adapted to fruit-culture, hop and grain growing, hay-making and dairying. The city is laid out on a site nearly level with wide streets and sidewalks bordered with trees. It is a city with many churches and several line educational institutions. FACTS ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO. We take the following facts from The News and Courier: In 1900 San Francisco was a city of 343,000 souls. It is not the capital of California, hut it is the chief citv of that State and of the Pacific coast. In 1900 it ranked ninth among the one hundred largest cities of the United States. The city is located on a hilly, sandy, rocky and treeless peninsula, which is thirty miles in length and six miles across at the city, and which cuts off San Francisco bay from the Pacific Ocean. The greater portion of the peninsula is wholly unfit for cultivation and it was evidently not intended by nature that it should be used for res'dentia purposes. Millions of dollar, were spent in grading .an I olho improvements. San Francisc< bay is about seven miles ii width opposite the city and abou twelve miles in width at th< ' widest point. The bold and nig ged shores of the Golden Gat< rise on the north as hi vli as2,00( fppf- m . v-wv ill |/iuvvwf) ?? 11 i i vj V/II dUUU they are from "00 to 400 feet ir j height. .Many of them are cov ' ered with shifting white sand Thirty feet of water may be hat on the bar at low tide, whih within it is much deeper and th< anchorage is good. About the city, which is lo cated on the east slope of tin ! peninsula, tower high hills which were formerly cut up l>> many gullies. The low grounc at the base of these bills, wat formerly narrow, except in whal is now the southern portion oi , the city. There a succession ol ! loose, barren sand hills made th< ' passage of wagons impossible. All .this has, of course, beer changed during the last half cen| tury. Where big ships formerh i rode at anchor are now pavec j streets, for the cove was fillet ! in some fifty years ago. But one road leads out of the | city whose thickly settled street* j are built in the amphitheatre I formed by the three hills. These j hills prevented the city's being built after any uniform plan. San Francisco is nevertheless i 1 most beautiful city. Much ha* been done to improve its appear ! ance, and it has been adornec j with many handsome public J buildings. For a long time man\ ; of the residences were built ol | the famous California redwood, which is not at all inflammable, and this probably accounts ir large measure for the fact thai the city has been singularly {ret cinfo tViA ; largo fires did occur. It wa? i subsequent to this time that the use of redwood was begun. Across the bay is Oakland, where is situated the Leland Stanford, Jr., University, which was damaged yesterday. The Palace Hotel was, at the time of its erection, the largest building of the kind in the world, It cost $3,250, GGO and could accomodate 1.200 guests. Bell Telephone Linemen on Strike. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have ordered the Bell Telephone linemen to go out on a strike. It began Monday morning at ? o'clock. The linemen asked for f cents a day advance in wages which was refused. There are seven southern states involved in the strike: North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Virginia and West Virginia. Up to noon of Wednesday, our two local Bell linemer had received no notice to quit work, but they are holding themselves in readiness to obe> at a moments notice. W. B Irby, better known as "Old Buck,"' says: "Unless the Bel Company raise us, I am pone ti stay gone. I have worked ir seven states as lineman, but ] am gone if they don't give mc that 5c a day raise." Mr. Kir by, the other lineman employee by the Company here, says hi will not go out on strike unless notified to do so. Ill Jail. Dan Gibson, colored, is in jai charged with burning "Tin People's Supply" store, a join stock company of Carlisle run b> colored people. Dan was at th< head of the concern. It is re ported that much of the good: ! had been moved out and tha ' I there was an insurance of $1,G0< ' on the concern. It is chargei ; that the burning was an atteinp ' I to trot, insurance monnv. DcGtli of H. L. Pedcn.. Mr. H. L. Peden died of hear disease on the evening of tb | 15th. The body was shipped t ; Spartanburg for burial. He wa 1 a harness maker and has reside< ;; in Union for about two years : corning here from Spartanburg Mrs. Aull, Iris daughter, cam from Spartanburg and carrie ' his body back to his old home. I CUB^S i SAW IT. i INTERESlTiftfe ETAILED AGJ3UNT tl IK i'O CUBA. 51 Mi pi;!':. r iclij The Times Ed" <"i the Fetirle of the | j; Xntiliam* iing of Havenna and i II of l;oiWc3,i ol the Island?People i Pioc'nctffer'Viiir.utc of the Island?! 4 Vivid fcr .aval of CoitiPioas by j ; cn EyMVii" , ^ Mr. II. YY. ^Amilton, one of our mo.^t progiv.^ve and influential cit'7.ens is jus. hack from a trip 5! to Cuba. 1m > interview with | i the editor of The Times he gave \ us thi ft l!ow! g: j . 1 was muu' surprised at the 5 J city ol' I lav;'-.a being one of the [ | richest and . anest of Southern : I cities f ha i ecu. it is becomf ingf rapidlj A mericanized. 1 met > capitalists an.1 tourists fromal-i most every city in the Union, i { who i a"<* a-ready invested large. ly, i..o ! in coir try di tricts, ; cm>i. < i -1' f j wvuiv ? i "III:.; u?ll ilij iui ;is I; 90 miles in le interior. I visitj' ed many of these I'unn.-; that ha I been purchased within the-last 5 i | years. These farms are under native overseers, and have made = garden spots ot' former waste i places. Land is very fertile and j j adapted to most all kinds of crops, i ' J such as fruits,{lowers and cereals. ! tl Largo forage crops and tobacco f j' are anions the hest paying crops ; . i I saw. I was in one tobacco barn ' 1 that had $10,1.0 ) worth of tobac.; co hanging. The weed was of j r; the linest and will sell for $7 and ; j $8 per pound. j I saw orange and grape fruit' ' 1 trees three pears from the nur[ sery loaded with green fruit, now ; j being; picked oil' to allow the trees Lafchanofirfo grow. Between the i Vv :''' hi mis of , i ' v e o ijftf pkuit. i ,1: a. 1 iahtrh; [x/jfrOoes, s\7Cet and > I Irish?als&^vvVcrs of the rarest j annuals. These are used to beau-1 l tify the grounds and are planted [ out in these groves between the! t trees. Mr. Gray Adams, of Gin-; j cinnatti, who is a multi-million-I ; aire, the years ago bought 500 ; i acres of land of the red sod class | which he paid $40 per acre for. i . | Now tnis iand is beautifully im- | i proved and planted. He has re- j ' fused Si200 nor acre for ii:. He ( ' has on this property everything! j in the way of stock and poultry, j [ all of American type. I drank j water from the bored well at this j place and it was as clear, pleas- | ant to taste and cool as our city j water. No ice is used in it. All Cuba has good water. Water for the city of Havana is gotten from the mountains from springs. No filter plant is I i; used and the water is clear as , crystal. I saw no mosquitos to . speak of. The cost of living in I .; the city is very high- Many of \ t the tourist hotels charge from $18 ; to $25 per day. One in full view ! . of the hay and the wrecked Maine j r and Moro castle at Ft. Cabanos is the highest priced place I \ | found. It charges $27 per day for j 1 the best it had. Mr. M. Flagler of . ) the States offered a half million! i dollrs for a building near this ho[, tel that is used for police headj quarters. He wanted to build a . tourist hotel. His offer was re1 fused. j I saw the original ances? tors of native Cubans. They are i Africans of full blood, and came; from the West Indies. I saw in many families of the one genera tion some very dark, almost Mack, 1 some lighter shades ot' color, and 2 some that were almost white. t Between the real Cubans and / the better class of the Spanish M.i ement there is always had blood. - They have no sympathy whatevs or for each other. There is a t. feeling of unrest among the Cu1) bans who say; "We did the fight 1 for freedom and the Spanish neut trals received all appointment b> oflces of trust and pay." This order was lirst introduced by General Leonard Wood, and may 1 cause at any time an outbreak, t While 1 was there just before u Easter, there was a strike. 25.000 0 union laborers, including men of s all occupations, were involved. 1 ?t A? I1 f/\/l r* ?? ? L M ~ 1 iirn \)i ermit/iit iuuuy irs ut'illg ;? under great apprehensions of ' danger, and is guarded night and 0 day. The Cubans are Catholic ^ in religion and hut for the com. ing of faster holidays the strike | J\ At. FaRR, Preside it. rJ^ T I ESsrs'iaiiis and Ften j SuGcassfuliy Doing Busi L b crr^a N hk> <?I.I1 itauk in * rt bris u ?-n jiii ii uinl sii 1'i'Ui , is t If on'*. N \ TIH\ A ' E " H tins |> ii-1 Ii\ ill. :itls mi |3 i?uvs K<U"|< per ? ?-us. i K . 8 is the only llailk In L'nli EJ r; liiis huoriur- I'rmi! \-tii! U U puvs mo'i' i a Acs tliun A I WE EARNESTLY SOL -rr^TT! CT. p :**-rr.i ery+>-n> t v??f >r vsjkx-xtj*: n^on. /owould have boon .serious. As it was. it crime to ; n ond evince to the holidays at that tine. Thov . are v. ry much in luenc -d by their worship. I visited tlie Spanish club that' has t '.a ,ity-i". * e thousand members; each member pays SI.50 (Spanish money) per month as a menibershi 1 e. They have a buildhv r< : i;cv (Antral Idazn eoverin ; ?>no '".olo block, and the club occupies tbive floors. It is fitted U!i with :itl l.-i?n!j 'S' "?' veniencis everything to make a perfect play-house?and is said to he one of the most o.gtciisive: and magnificent club houses in the world. The people there give up most j of their lives to amusements. ' The climate is very uniform.their hottest days often come in March ' and April, sometimes later, but1 there is always a breeze blowing! and if in the open air. one is never uncomfortable with light clothing. The thermometer on the, hottest day ranges from 1)5 to! 105 degrees for only j*wo hours in the day 11 to 1 o'clock. j I heard of no yellow fever, saw 1 lots of old folks. They appear to be a long-lived people. They eat scarcely no meat. While visiting the market I asked why the.\ aid not have fat meat. The reply was that they could not sell. fat meat; fat was for soap factories. In dressing their pork they singe the hair off and skin the carcass, leaving the fat an inch thick clinging to the skin. This is sold to those who want grease for cooking purposes. They sell a great deal of mutton, only the native sheep which do not produce wool, but arc hairy like the goat, and never pvts very fat, is sokl for food. 1 in y use the large milk goat for nursing the child: . n. They stand the goat on a stool, a nurse holds i ho child to the tout from the roar. Sometimes two children of different npres will he nursing at the same time, and children that are large enough to take care of themselves are allowed to nurse the goat just as a kid would. The goat will stop for the child. The milk of the donkey is also used in families. There are no milk carts to distribute milk in the cities; all milk is carried by the milk man on horseback, carrying on each side quite a number of cans holding from one-filth to one gallon of milk. They go at a rapid gate. I saw sugar cane fields. The cane was being cut and hauled up to the mills. They make the crude sugar and it is then slopped to New York to he refined. You see crops in all stages of growth, from the planting to the harvesting, in one field at one time. I saw corn being planted and corn being gathered from the same field. The same also of Jhnglish peas, tomatos and all sorts of vegetables. Until recently the tomato was of an inferior (iimlity, as the natives did not use it as we do?sliced they used them i\ r soups and for seasoning. The most striking: vegetable crop that I saw was the pepper; it was ! of the sweet variety. Some pods were as large as a pint cup. The most delightful dish of vegetables I tasted was this green popper baked and seasoned on toast. Speaking of corn, the Americans are making a specialty of raising seed corn for the natives. I saw in one crib 200 bushels of shucked corn of yellow variety. There is no white corn on the island. This crib full had been chemical)v treated in the crib and is being sold in I be ear to natives at about $ !.()() (S;anisb money), per bushel 1 brought an ear of it back with me. I noticed that the ears are ZHLZiiirisimL y xzzzsrs tiassaERTj J. I). AR1HIR, Cashier. I iters Kattcrss! Sank, 1 ness at the "Old Stand." | rnii.ti. S <i! ?|(l .0.0. H Itnnk iti I ninn. p r TI tit i In si I j IlltrlVfl ?ill cli.MV sit . tj >11 >1 I v tin Ollii ? ? , Kj I. Hint Sulr with Tin c-li'U'li. H 1.1. tin1 I'Hiiks ia Ciiioii romliin it. t ICIT YOUR BUSINESS. | stp.nl!. ( uba is fast becoming a vast wii Ier garden for rich Americai s. They .-pond three or fi'iir months <?i* the year there. J vls'tcd (' as a guest of the XT . < 1 * ~ * \;i< i !:i;u nS. OC'Iillmn of K'Ulway Commissi m They went to in ']>,el t V e ra! way service in I hat ? ?<::' t ry. The roliin.tr stock <:f the United ' ;t>r?n Railway is almost ei.iiioly American. We saw in tin* ; ards the old It. R. rolling stock. It looked very antiquated. iv) part of it is now good for any service. There is a rice Cullman car service now in use. I enjo < < cvi ry minute of li?y trip and onjy wish that I had more time to tell of it. south cakolaa to have two federal districts. Iiv the event of the bill introduced by Representative Johnston. requiring the creation of a new Federal District for South ( an. iiici,J/cisscs cii id becomes law, the | resident will be called upon to make several appointments. At present there is only one I)isniet. comprising the whole of South Carolina, but if Mr. Johnston's bill passes, the State will be divi-led. into two Districts,and those counties north of Columbia v. ill comprise the Western District. Air. C. M. Clraham, of Union, announces thai he will be an applicant for United States Marshal for Die new district. He has already secured the signatures of the lawsers and county ollicers of Union, and will visit other towns in the proposed district and solicit endorsements from the members of the legal profession and other prominent people. Mr. Graham has had a splendid training and by reason of his long experience in government work, he is well equipped to fill the duties of the position he is seeking. lie was assistant postmast r at Newberry for a number of years, and served under former Marshal Lawson Melton as office deputy for four years. Mr. Graham kept the accounts and vouch ers 111 such u creditable manner that his work received favorable comment from the judiciary department at Washington. For several years he has been the book-keeper for the Union Grocery Company, and by his faithfulness and zealous attention to business, has won not only the respect and esteem of his employers. but from the public as well, lie is a man of the highest integrity of character and possesses the esteem and respect of all classes. Mr. Graham does not belong to the socalled South Carolina class of republican politicians, and unlike the majority of white republicans who have been notoriously prominent in this state, he has never been active or offensive,although on account, of his views * i.~ o? ? i ? i'ii iiiu luriu and omer questions it is gem rally known that ho is a national republican. Dcatii of Squire Pulton. Squire Y. M. P. Pat ton died at his honi'Mn Cross Anchor Sunday, April loth, and was buried at New Hope church Monday, with Masonic honors, tie was a man of rare qualities, an old Confederate soldier and a Christian of exemplary life, lie was a member of the Constitutional Convention and served Spartanburg county in the legislature two years. Such citizens are deeply missed when death takes them off. for he stoo 1 for tho<e ideas that buil 1 up the cause of righteousness. %