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- J 1 F0U3 O'CLOCK EDITIOIT. CIUIILOTTB, N.C, PKID4Y MOENIKO, ' APRIli 20, 1906.; 'r v FOUE O'CLOCK . EDIVIC 3. ii i 4 5 4 , CITY LIES III ASHES EEtltF-THE PROBLEM HOV . : ynDREDS DF TEDUSUKDS HOMELESS Wi.,. 'vflWEALTHYBTOIJBBl tiUtt PREY ,f" w 1 te r 'Metropolis of the. Faflc "Coast to IRmIimW to Vut Wsste of Bmok- , v j x Ins Ruin, witn tno inception 01 ; ' the Fashionable Western Addition, , nd la the Effort to SaTC Thla the I firemen Are'Watta the Last ot -' Their Berate bat ITnaYalUnc Strug (1e Djmajnltinc or m aiue 01 'Ctmtlf Buildings Along Van' Ness Avenue In Supreme -Effort :re -4 Jn TMr4 of the C31ty-Utterly In yln Wlhrei tires SUU deeding oh the Remnants--rVrrfes, Parka and Jte- moter Suburbs Are Thronged With 'the Multitude fleeing Aftcjr , De- ) (tructlon of Their Hornet and the Matter' Of Feeding and 'Sheltering jinese ine urgen a-rowtm 'Groceries Seised by Federal Troops I anoV Arrangements Made for Bak- - la 80,600 XAaves) of Bread Daily ) Assurance of Aid .From Govern ' ment and Country lit Large Lend . Needed Encouragement and ' Talk ' '- . cf the Restoration is Already Heard : $180,000 is Raised by Local Sub Ascription and Work of Organising . Relief Proceeds Apacei v J3U12JBTIN 3:30 EaSTBRN TIME.) .44 San Francisco, April 20. (A . mld fdght the names were slowly - but , ateadlly; moving- on portions of San . 1 (rranclsco still untouched. 'The , sky . ktresented a lurid picture. -The strong 'est Are "seemed o be.br the western sshd'of the city, Vhlle the volume of idames )n the Mission t district would , Indicate that the, conflagration was s severs than during the day. ' ' SahTranclsoof Apririt.-Ban Fran ; !lsc4 to-hlght'ls tbeclty desolate,' It . sjeemed that, the acme of its misery 'ywas reached at dusk, when' flames burst from all sides of the beautiful k tfotei 1 Fairmount. the strncture'tbat , Vs above : every , other was apparently . Vtnost strongly entrenched against the . attack of all-consuming Are. And sur- ' rounding that lofty pinnacle of flame, "Us far as the eyes could see to ths ' south, to the cast and far Out to the ..pest lay In. cruel, fanastlo' heaps, s charred and smoking, all that re t koained of a prosperous city. The me tropolis of the Pacific coast was In fashes. , " ,v ' r J MARKS COMPLETE RUIN. ' All efforts to check the spread of the , Barnes at Van Ness avenue by blow--ng' up sTmtle of buildings 00 the Kast .'aide of Van Ness avenue proved fruit '"less. ' Ths fire has spread across the .iffy . .. . .. a . '. -fvproad thoroughfare and from present ' f Indications the entire western addition, '(which contains the homes of San Fran . ?'sco('a wealthiest class, Is now doomed. ,!The ' destruction of ths western addl: -lon of the city completes the "work of . . the ravaging flames and marks th de- sastation of the entire city. '' - toxnt of vxxvmt strugoiLb. This has been another "day 'of , un ilsven struggle of man against an un- .eenauerable, element. . Acre a ter acre lias been ground into dust and. ashes, -tlesplte the heroic-perseverance of ths Bremen to limit the tonflagratloru :-5V,"n,hl tner P bt 'the worst has been nearly reached ', and e 4 that when, to-morrow dawns the - end . srlll have come;- but the bope Is faint, f tf tha flames -can be barred from the ,4. v-' or m tern ,- addition. then 'th . win hierltun. to the great, disaster. Xs' San Francisco ' Is-- not , discouraged. Its best and highest class has already j f begun, to, plan for. restoration and. to " Kara for, the .stricken, ones, and ,ths re p " I lief will be JmmedlaU and elfeotlve. -Total subscriptions of $180,000 were an- nounced to-night. Arrangements- we rt ' i anada for tha Immediate relief of the edy. The baking of M.000. loaves of J," t tread dally, will ..begin to-morrow. " i (Free transportation! will be provided ; by the Southern,. Paclflo Railroad to j ' - 1 destitute persons desiring to' go to In I 1 tarlor points. V",V "'i'A i 5 - Major McKeever was appointed com i I snandant of the camps of ths homeless, I It was announced that to-morrow there j city of; ten mflllon gallons of water,' ft . i wmw XcOMMtTXtCATION :'ANKW.' I ; Totlght tot the ; first time "direct telegraphic communication was re-es- ' I tabllshed bstwean Sao 'Francisco and ths ouUlds worla and' this message -V , r-, , , i . ! rj. ha,d the honor, of betngr the 'first to be sent, w S f . , ' i 5.1i,,i, - By the most pnergtio efforts, in the face of great - obstaclest the vPoat;aI Telegraph Company 'Succeeded tTTre storing one of Its shattered liner and Its managers are hopeful of bringing back Its service to-formal Jn a day op two. The Postal ofnee. to-night Is In k: Bttle wooden structure erected on plies t the water front. -y? i "''.s-' -1 THREES FIRES STILL BURN. .: To-nlght 'three djsttoct'i'nres ?were burning, One was lit ':i the"' territory that extends ' from Nob HHl-eMterly towards the water front.' It was trav ellng elon-ly "northerly, towards the Telegraph Mill! section, nd ' may die out from , tack ot . material,'- or may sweep towards the extreme water front. The -second centert was in the Mission aistrict. Here tne ore naa reached ' Eighteenth street,1 but was making Utile headway towards the hill" sides to the west, where thousands ot people are camped, ' . L.t ..The third and most dangerous Are Is,that"threatentng the western part of the' city. This is really a continua tion of the Nob H1U Are. It Is Wedge shaped, with r the apex punching, for ward. This is the point against which the Aremen are bending their greatest efforts. Dynamite wa "bsedr for back firing purposes with only fair success. To-night many blocks . may : be blown up. - ' ' ' ' " Chief of Police ,Dlnan to-night said that 260: would fully cover the number of dead. - About 6ft bodies , nave; thus far been found. There was, consider able, shooting of looters to-day, but the offenders escaped with wounds. DAY OF DEATH AND DISASTER. San .Francisco sr City ' Desolated Its . Streets Piled High With Ruins and Affording Lurking Places Only for .. Looters, Who Are Shot by Troops .s- Without Mercy Mint Almost -Un- ': scathed. '-San "Francisco April J9. V1 Oak Iand. The magnitude of the calamity that has befallen San Francisco be came apparent this morning when a red sim arose above the horizon and dissipated the pall of darkness that hung over the stricken districts. Looking-eastward from the heights in the central portion of the city, ; everything atesta to the awful havoc wrought hy, earthquake and fSam. Where once rose noble buildings now nothing but frail walls, tottering chimneys, neaps of twisted iron and huge piles of brick and - mortar. ' Adding to the horror of the situation was the fact that the work of the destruction had not reach ed its .confusion. In several sections the fire was still raging with unabat ed -vigor, : converting - Into smoke and asnes everything ii? tne snape or com bustible material, and turning Into ruin structures - that has cost millions ' of It was with saddened hearts that community viewed the ruin of their city, but the extent of the devastation has not yet come to be fully realised. The neoole are seemlnslv half-dased ny tne magnitude of tne disaster ana 1 11 will oe some aays Deiore in iuu horror bf the situation comes home to them. f ' - j--:-rOj-:-i. - MENACE OF FAMINE. : , Possibility of famine Is already pre senting Its hideous face. At best the city . never' carried more, than three days' supply of provisions and food,' and now. with the wholesale districts and warehouses wiped out there is al-' ready. a shortage of food. Prices to day were In most instances more than trebled.; An 'Associated Press man was obliged to pay 25 cents for a small glass of mineral water in the Hayes Valley district- That half of the city that has been laid waste and not . a drop' of water Is to be had there' ex cept bottled mineral water. . ! : , This morning policemen were sta tioned.: at some of the retail shops regumtlng the sale of foodstuffs, and permitting only a small portion of Kgoods to be-delivered to each pur- cnaser, tne. idea being to prevent a few persons from gathering in large Quantities of supplles. -.,.;. ,-MANT THIEVES SHOT. ,', v Reports were 1 received that numer ous men caught In the act of looting had been shot. The military is unusu ally strict in . observing the enforce ment of the order to shoot all looters. One man on Market street, who was found digging n the ruins of a Jew elry shop,- was - discovered by a naval reserve man and , . fired upon three times. ; The fellow ' sought safety in flight, but the . reserve, man . brought him down ' by . running a -bayonet through him, , The' bodies of three thieves were found, lying In the streets on the, south side this forenoon. It Is Impossible to verify the many re ports of- shooting that are eominr to the press., representatives, oncerted action of any kind, in fact, Is, out of the Question and almost every official Is acting on bis own responsibility, It being a-- phymclal Impossltbdty 'j to communcate with superior authorities, REVERT STREET PILED HIGH. 'Testerday- some sort of, systematic communication - could be had - by means of: automobiles, but ? to-day very street is piled high with ruins and ' to ' add to this -trouble- -there- Is constant danger from - falling walls. On' miles of streets the front , walls of ruined buildings still - stand swaying with the concussions of distant dyna mite explosions and! the rising winds. (Frequently a eraser or stone and brick, followed by a cloud or dust, . gives warning "to pedestrians v 0f , the un- . All manner of reports of death and disaster' are coming to the temporary headquarters' of ths, authorities, -but there reports vara received , guardedly, allowance being , made for the likeli hood of exaggeration due to the -confusion that' prevails Tin tha stricken city v'V-i ' hi ' V , ' ' 'NOB HILL SWEPT CLEAN. 1 The wind changed this morning to the westward and the flames changed their devouring', direction" southward and began eating . their wide swath from the water front north of Market street, up to what Is known as Nob Hill, an eminence that nad been se lected years ago by the millionaires ot the bonansa days", noon" which to erect their mansions. This hill 14 sur mounted by tbet Hotel . Fairmont, Just finished at a cdst . of over s million dollars. It is a beautiful structure of white stone, visible from almost every point of the city and ths horror was universal when Its destruction seemed Inevitable. Steadily but surely, the flre'ate Its way up ths slope, consum ing the homes of the late Mrs. Jane Stanford and thb Hopkins 'Art Intl (ContlnuedVon Fags Ten.)"' $1,000,000 FB01T COSGRESS KEW YORKERS. $500,000 NEXT tl T 'in ' t . Ar- rbprlatlon ' for ' Suffering " , anf Homeless in' California' Cities is Made by Joimv Resolution.' Rerelv- ing PretddQt'a Signature, and New York- Spontaneously . Itesponds to ;,Appealy President Roosevelt . Issues ) uiuciaf Appeal for AkL; Red. Cross to - Make - Distribution -- Treasury Department Help . by Telegraphic 1 Transfer ot Credits. - i -w 1 - ?? Washington, AprHj.-.The CHouse'to- day apprenrlated l,000,60O tor the suf eHngt and homeless in San Francisco andather California' towns, and gave the Secretary of .War, the Secretaries or tne.Treasury. Navy and Commerce, power" to co-operate with' the mayors of the stricken cities that the very best results, might be obtained In affording relief.-The resolution was hurried to the. Senate and late .in the afternoon was returned with the announcement that the Senate had concurred in the action . of the House. Speaker Can fton'e signature was attached at once to the measure and it was rushed to the Senate for the Vice President's signature and thence to the President to complete the legislation: ' , - During the discussion of the District appropriation bill Mr. Williams,: the minority leader, gave notice that, there would' be no more' legislation except under the rules of the House or a spe cial rule until the conferees on the Statehood bill had made a report. Sev eral speeches were made on the tariff. . New York,. April 19. New York to-" day spontaneously responded to the ap peal for help sent out on behalf of the sufferers in the California disaster. More than half a million dollars was subscribed here to-day. Mayor Mo- Clellan to-night Issued a proclamaUon' appointing a representative committee of relief. The Pennsylvania and Erie have offered to ship supplies free of cnarge. Tne western union Teiegrapp Company will handle all relief mes sages st the company's expense. To-day's big subscription list was headed by John D. Rockefeller with a contribution of $100,000. The United Railway Investment Company, through Its brokers, subscribed 176,000; M. Guggenheim Sons contributed $59,000; the Carnegie -hero fund and J. F, Mor gan ft Co., $26,000. Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, who lost much property at San . Francisco, is chairman of a committee of ladles arranging for a benefit Saturday af ternoon and evening at the Hippo drome..' . . V..,4. Washington, April 19. President Roosevelt has Issued an of Octal appeal for aid for- the earthquake sufferers, the , distribution to be made through the American Red Cross. Contribu tions may be sent to Jacob H. Schiff, New York, Red Cross Treasurer, or other local Red Cross treasurers. -v Washington, - April l9.-The Secre tary of the Treasury has authorised the ) telegraphic transfer of $10,000,000 from the Treasury at New York to San Francisco. The cash will be de posited in New York and Immediately paid out on "the order of San Francis co banks entitled to the same. ' New York. April 19.-Clarence Juackay, president of the Psotal Tele graph Cable ' Company, to-night tele graphed to President Wheeler of the University of California - at Berkeley, saying , he will contribute $100,000 to .ward the erection of a . new building for the university. John D. Rockefel ler to-day authorised his agents in iSan Francisco to expend $100,000 for the relief of the homeless and desti tute of that city. Atlanta. Ga April 19. A r special meeting of Atlanta's city council this afternoon, authorised tne appropria tion of $5,000 dollars tor ; the. . relief ot the sufferers by the disaster at DI1 . 4 rnjlviBUV. . 4-i,v wawiH, vmm til-. mediately transmitted by telegraph to Mayor Schmits, next , to tne govern ment 'appropriation being the flrfct" to reach the stricken city. Subscriotion lists have been opened at the offices of the daily, papers here. - Special to The Observer. - Baltimore, Md., April 19. The Manu facturers Record of to-day. In : a double leaded editorial, urges that the entire South take immediate action in contributing aid to San Francisco,; and saysi "Out of its abundance and: its sympathy, born - of recent , memories ef Meridian, Baltimore, Jackson v'Ue and ' Galveston, the ' South - has he change to render alanal service ln"or 'ganlilng prompt relief of the sufferlhg that has been entanea unop tne neo ole of the metropolis of the Paciflc coast, as a result of the San Francis co earthquake. Who acts - immediate ly acta with double effect , ,'';-.-. r ' t n if . Atlanta. rta.i' Anrll i'fl-AimrnnT Terrell to-day Issued a proclamation to the people of Georgia calling upon the cities and towns of the State to contribute money and supplies for the relief of the San Francisco sufferers. . Gov. Terrell also sent the followlns telegram to Governn Pardee' of .Cali fornia; ,"' .-J rThe people of Georgia ympathlsa deeply with your peopla and ' esteem It a privilege s to contribute ; liberally toward relieving their, suffering. Have Issued ai proclamation calling - upon Georgians to maker contributions and win thank you to Inform me to Whom money should" be-,sent'J 1 Blrmldgham" Ala., ' April'. Presl denf T.i H. Molton, of the, Birming ham Commercial Club, has sent the fol lowing message of sympathy to. Mayor Schmits 'of San FranclscoJ '.' The people, of J Birmingham extend sympathy and stand :ready to render any financial asslsUnce." " , ' "i ,r' ' ,.. 1 .t r A ' .. V- ';:!- -1 Montgpmety.- Ala.; AprU , 19. The Commercial Club of Alabama,, by tele graph to-day authorised ' Mayor Schmits 'Of San Francisco to draw on thr club, for $L000-to be. used for. re lief work in the stricken cUy. v - W i- i "k . ' "f';' f SnecUl to The Observer. - " . ,' . Wilmington, April MThe board of aldermen is called ;to meet In, special session to-morrow 'night . to make an appropriation of $500 o the San Fran-. Cisco sufferers, , ' A -vr " 1 1 H 1 : " 'v'- Damage to Santa Fct Tracks Repaired ; j Chicago, April If .Passenger Tra U fie Manager Black,; of , the Santa ?Fs system, announced to-day that all pas senger trains are now running through by wsy of Albuqerque and MoJave, to the Santa -Fe terminus on San Fran cisco bay at Point Richmond. All the damage done to the track by the earth quake has been repaired . - , STORY OF A REFUGEE. . , Chlcagoan ' Arriving at Los" Angeles , Tom Kan , tTancwco Describes Panic . Following Earthquake '' Tltousands Clawed Iron Ferry Gates and Then Turned on Each Other, -si'v ,, ',, y ri.t ' 'Los Angeles, Cal., April 19. Albert H.t Gould, of Chicago, was one of three persons' to Arrive .in Los Angeles on .the flrst'4ra!tt from San Franclsco,J which reached here to-day. ; 1 .V; "h, was ' asleep on the seventh "floor of the Palace Hotel,; he said, "at the time of the first 'earthquake. I was thrown, out of bed and half way across the t room. Immediately realising - the import of the occurrence and fearing that the building was about to eol lapee L made my; way down several flights i of stairs rand into the main corridor. I was the first guest: to ap pear. The clerk and hotel employes wers running v about like madmen, Within A two, minutes after I had reached the corridor other guests be gan to flock Into the court. Almost all wore night clothing only. Men, women, and children stood a though Axed. Children and ' women cried. The men wers, hardly less affected. . a ..'I returned to my room and got my clothing; then walked, to the offices of the Western r Union in my pajamas and -.bare feet to telegraph to my wife In Los Angeles. I found the telegraph' era on duty, but all the wires were down. I sat down on the sidewalk, picked the broken glass out of the sole, my feet and put on my clothes. All this I suppose took 20 minutes. Within that , time, below the Palace Hotel,, buildings for more than three blocks were a mass of flames, which spread to other buildings. -"People by ;; the thousands were crowded around 1 the ferry station. They clawed' at the iron galea. like so many manlacs,"They sought to break the bars, and falling in that, turned on each other; After a maddening de lay, we got aboard the boat and crossed the bay." WHOLE BURNED OR BURNING, Dispatch bf'-s pv m.. Paclflc-Tibe, Bnows Hiat uvery isuiiuing 01 Any Importance -in San Franciseo Up to Van Nees Avenue Has Been En tirely Destroyed. . V New Yorkv April 19. The Western Union Is In' receipt of a dispatch timed & p. m., pacific time, giving the area destroyed by fire. It shows that orac-tlcally-all of San Francisco has been burned or It burning. The informa tion was brought -in by Sergeant Blnk- ley. United States army, who said: '."Everythina1 out Market street to Twenty-third street is burning fiercely. Everything, Is gone except the mint. The -postof flea was injured only by the earthquake. Only three or four rooms there, are damaged. Every building of any Importance in the city up to Van'' Ness -avenue, including the en tire business "section and all the ho tels, has been entirely destroyed, and the district -running north from Gold en'. Gate avenue and lying between Van Ness avenue and'Octavia street also has been burned. Chinatown is gone. The fire Is raging on, -Nob Hill. It hear that parts oi'JiobUlU,are, entirety f wiped -putti'i The, fire has crossed Van' Ness avenge east or union street, ana everything In that district Is gene. Cartaln parts ot Nob Hill are still un touched, though very seriously threat ened. The Are la raging around Union and Franklin streets, with every pros pect, of continuing. It now looks as if the entire city; will be .burned before the fire stops.- A section bounded by Union and Ootavla streets and Golden Gate avenue and another lying be tween Market, Hayes and Fillmore streets are about all that la left of toe city north of Market street. There Is a section In the Mission district. south of Market street. which has not yet been burned. The? prospects are. however, that It will go, because noth ing can stop the flames until they reach the straggling outskirts of the city.". v .. TWO-THIRDS GONE AT P. M. No Possibility of Saving Best of City, According to D ire Maraiiai Boundaries of Burned District. Chicago, April 19. The Postal Tele graph Company at t p. m. received the following message , from. Its Oakland, Cal., office: -- , "The fire marshal of San Francisco advises that more than two-thirds of ths area of the city of San Fran cisco has. been destroyed, and there Is no possibility bf saving the rest ot the -city. The following Is ths dis trict north of Market street now de vastated. Safisom to Market street. to Sacramento, to Buchanan, thence to . California, to uyde, to Eddy, to Larkln, to Oough and to- Market. On the? aohth side of Market- street the fire 'extends . along Market - street to Fourteenth, ,;and below . the Southern Paclflo track to tha boundary." JfEWSPAPERS cosmrxE ISSUE. Salt Francisco Jfotirnals to urn Oak- " land Trlhnne's riant Hospital and , Two Hotels Dynamited.,;-, ' San Francisco. April 19. Tha South ern Paclflo Hospital, , at Fourteenth and Mission strsets, has been dyna mited. the patients, having been re moved to places of safety. The Linda Vista and the Pleastanton, two large family hotels on Jones street, tn the better part of the city, havs been blown up to stay tha progress of the conflagration. --.'. . , , - . TTie three morning newsnanera of San Francisco, The Call, Tha Chron icle, and The Examiner, will combine In an Usue to-mmrow , morning . from the ptaat nf The -kland Tribune. President Harrlmaa, of the Southern Paclflo Company has wired orders to place the, company's .freight depots) at the disposal 01 tne Ban Francisco municipal authorities. ., , :'- v-u . SOUTH CAtXRNIA TOWN HIT. 1 1 u if k v 1 - ' Tillage of Brawley. ISO Mllcg ltekw Ijou , 'Angeles, 1 . Praetlcallr Wiped , Out No, Known FaUllties, v ' I 1 Angeles,', Cat,,' April It. Reports fro,. Brawley, a small town on the Southern Pacific. 120 - miles south of Los Angeles; stats that the town was practically .'Wiped "out by the earth quake of yesterday. This is tho only town in southern California known to have suffered the shock. - Southern Pacific of flelals hens - to-day say the following buildings there, all . brick structures, f were destroyed; 1 Brswl-y bank building, Paulin building and the principal , merchandise buildings of the town,. In addition, dorens - of adobe houses Wera rased, So far as known,. there were no fatalities.- Brawley Is about two years old and .had a "popu lation of about tsfi-'it:. y ' ' Sub-Treasury 'Goo "Up. ""iNew York, "April 19. According ta dispatch to the . Western Union the sub-Treasury 1 In fan Francisco has been destroyed. The Sub-Trury Is not connected with the t'nltca States mint, which is stlU standing, FAMINE NOW, CillfiF- PPlI FLIGHT FROM OF '"FIRE Dragging Boxes of , Provisions and ' Bundles ' of , Blankets Tlirouglt ' Streets, Thousands Upon Thousands " r'loca: to Parks, Terrtes ana u 1 burbs In Numbed State .: of ' Mind i " Not Related to Panto Groceries 1 Controlled hy Military and Every ' ., Effort Made to Forward and Die tribute Supplies Residents " of j Fashionable Section Cheerfully Ac . quleace in Dynamiting of Their : Homes. ; ' ' .- . . i San Francisco, April 19? Thousands upon thousands of people are fleeing from the fire to-day. They are flock ing to the ferries, to the parks to the military reservation and to the , sub urbs. Residents of the hillsides in the central portion of the city seemingly were safe from tho roaring furnace that was consuming the business, sec tion. , They watched the towering mounds of flames and speculated as to the extent of the territory that was doomed. Suddenly there fas whispered alarm up and down the long line of watchers and they hurried away .to drag clothing, cooking utensils and scant provisions through the streets. From Grant avenue, the procession moved westward. Men and women dragged trunks, packed huge bundles ot blankets, boxes of provisions ev erything. .Wagons could not be hired except by paying the most extortion ate rates.,. 1 PEOPLE CALM BUT STUNNED. But there was no panic. The peo ple are calm,' but stunned. -They seem hot to realise the extent of the calam ity.: They hear' that the city Is de stroyed In so far as business plants are concerned; they tell each other in the most natural tone that their resi dences were destroyed by the flames, but there Is no hysteria, no outcry, no criticism. ' ; - Mayor Schmits and Chief of Police Dlnan have been forced from place' to place by the flames. . HEROIC MEASURES TRIED. Daybreak found them directing ' the municipal council, which la a commit-; tee or safety, from the Fairmount Ho tel, the beautiful structure that stood on the top of Nob Hill. But that caught ' Are and they retreated to the Cushing, at Larkln and Sutter streets, and then to the north end police sta tion, la Sacramento street. Here the council, ' composed of the financial leaders of the city, met this morning and decided to resort to most herolo measures yet undertaken since the city has been in the path of devastation. This "decision was to bombard the en tire section of the city lying along the east side vot Van Ness avenue from Golden Gate avenue to Paclflo avenue, 16 blocks In all, containing the homes of many millionaires and apartment houses. - , FLEE DOOMED DISTRICT. The mtlltatT was notified of this ac tion, and barrels of . gun powder, the only remaining explosive in the city, were taken:1 from the Presidio, Fort McDowell,, Aloatras and other near-by posts. Hundreds of police, regiments of soldiers ",and scores of .volunteers were sent into the doomed district to warn thevpeopla to flee. Thsse heroic ally responded to the demand of law, and went bravely on their, way,, trudg ing painfully over the pavements with the little ther could get together. -Every available wagon was takeji by the military to carry, the powder. General Funston Is co-operating with Mayor Schmits. whose orders to all officers are to kill without warning all malefactors. When men have been needed to carry out the plans ot rescue, they have been pressed Into service. In a few Instances it was necessary to resort to -the cocked revolver and drawn sword, after which there was no hesitation. The, Presidio reservation, the vast Richmond .district of thou sands of acres, Golden Gats Park and the surrounding hills resembled one vast picnic ground.' Tents and impro vised coverings have been erected ev erywhere. Bra, Vplacas built In the streets, beds and mattresses thrown down all over the section. The people thus situated are philosophical. FEAR AS TO FOOD iSUPPLY. There Is only ons danger, and that Is that the food supply will run out. Ev ery grocery in Ban Francisco, has been taken by the authorities, and each family Is being sold only one article at a time. In many places the police and military prohibit overcharging. General Funston announced this morn ing that rations would soon reach the city and then the people will' be sup plied from the Presidio. Bakeries have already been built, within the reserva tion and the bread supply has not given completely, out , The government also has begun to aid in the progress , of the people of the city of Oakland, Berkley and Ala meda. Tug-boats and steamers are being pressed Into service for this pur pose, and there Is a vast army on the way to the ferries. VIEW FROM WATER FRONT., n From the wafer front the . burned city can be seen to-day In all Its smoky nakedness. From the Paclflo M.n rinck to ValleJo street on the west side, a distance of two miles, wreck age and ruin Js the rule. Although the firs did not Jump East street,' the dam age has been enormous. The fllled-in land facing the-ferry building is a succession of little valleys, some four, others six feet -deep. The ferry tower Itself is out -of plumb. , and the -big building is much twisted by the earth quake. ;f'j--'. -V-t '"v CITY IN SMOULDERING RUINS, f Tjwtktnr un Market'street. from the ferry , building. thei city la a vamoul derlng - mass of ruins. Great : manu fafttnriesMiercantlle bouses, banks and office buildings are nowhere to be seeiv and only In spot is there" so much a tower, 'the monument , ot the burn ed structure,' To-day was bright and warm. Theeun beat down on the tired worker and rescuers. There Is scarce iv anv water to relieve the , thirst ef tha auffertna. The dead, in many in stance, are lying in tne streets and the ruins. The authorities are aomg ail Irt their power to remove the bod ies in order that a pestilence may be prevented, It. has been necessary re peatedly to movs me injured irom nlacea where they had sousht refuge. forth fire kept increasing with alarms Ing , repldlty. -Water -I the Incessant cry of the firemen and the people; one wants It to fight, the other to drink. but there Is Only a' scant annung Supply. S - - - J I t r"" '' - INDIVIDUALS GIVE $65,000. J'The committee of. safety, .consisting ot 50 prominent cttisens, met with Mayor Schmits this morning and or ganlsed a finance committee composed of James N. Pelan, P. -W Ilellman, Claus Spreckels, J. Downey t: Harvey, Thomas MrOee. J. L. Flood, William Itabcock, iW, F. Herrln. M..H. De Young and Robert Tobln. Before the meeting bad organised.' ; Claus Spreckels gave $W,0: Rudolph Spreck els, $10,000;. Harry Te Vis, $10,000; Gor- ( Continued - on ' Page Three ) 'UNIVERSITY, TOWN. A" REFUGE.' Academic and Municipal Authorities ef Berkley Busy Providing Food and Shelter for Fagl ti v e Straw - on Ball Grounds and Teats on, Campus.- .. Berkley, , Cal., ' April -19. The vaork of providing meals' and' sleeping".' ac commodations for the, large nurober- 01 reruges that are pouring into Berk ley by . every train, from San Fran. Cisco, was. heartily carried on to-day and to-nlght by university and towns, people allke.v- ' '-iv? . President Wheeler has' thrown open the-grounds of the. University of Cal; ifornla to the refugees from the burn ing city across the bay and the churches are supplying food. Meals will be served from a great tent Which ; has been - erected under the campus oaks, while sleeping ac commodat Ions will be provided by strewing the baseball grounds with a deep layer of ' straw. . If the . weather proves Inclement,: the . homeless- will ,have the opportunity of sleeping In Harmon gymnasium. Tents also win be placed on the campus. Churches and houses are open to many. The women of Berkley . are baking all the bread they possibly can. . GEN. FUNSTON HAS NO TIOPE. Reports to War Department That Fire Has Crossed Van Ness Avenuo ' and That Entire City Is Doomed- Hub-Treasury vaults imacc Washington, April 19. The War De partment has received , the following from Ueneral Funston: . "Fire crossed Van Ness avenu to tne west at 3:30 p m. Almost certain now that entire city will be de stroyed. Have ordered troops from Monterey and everything . la going aa well as could be expected. On account Of confusion it has been Impossible to locate individuals inquired ror, but at tention will be given that matter as soon as practicable. "FUNSTON, Commandlnn. Another dispatch from General Fun ston to-night says: "An official reoort at police head quarters this date states that the sub treaaury Is entirely destroyed by fire with the exception of the vaults, which contain all cash -on hand, suitable guards have been ,. ordered to protect this money. . ,' "FUNSTON. Commanding." SHOCK SCARES LOS ANK3ELE8. No Damage Is Done, ' but ; Owing to , San Francisco Horror reopie s Nerves Are on Edge and They Get a Bad Fright. :Los Angeles, Cel., April 1ft. Ats 123 this afternoon Los Angeles , experienc ed a distinct earthquake shock of short duration. No damage was done, but thousands of people .were, frightened. OccuDants of office buildings, especial ly of tall structures, ran out Into -the streets hatless. Many stores were de serted in like manner by customers and clerks. The shock . passed soon. and most of those who had fld returned to the . buildings. The San Francisco horror ; ha strung the populace here to a high tension, and a spell of sultry weather serve to Increase the general nervousness. FLOCKING FROM BURNING CTTY. All In-Bound Traffic Stopped by An thnritiM tn Facilitate Exodus Oakland Hospitals Filled With In Jured and Dying.. New York, April 19. The ' Western Union Telegraph Company received the following from Sah Francisco this afternoon: "From burning city homeless people are flocking with blankets and such baggage as can carry In arms to re fuge across bay. AH traffic towards city stopped by military .authorities and every means of travel made available to distressed and homeless people. In many case wagon car ried wounded, sick and dying, togetb.. er with what few household -effects could be gathered together, "The Oakland hospitals are filled with lnqured and dying, who are be ing conveyed to other side of the bay as rapidly as possipie. TEN . KILLED IN SAN . JOSE. .. EartlMluaW Damage : Heavy Great , Lick. Observatory Escape Un harmed. ( . San Jose, CaC April 19. Latest re port today show that ten persons were killed by the earthquake in San Jose. The hall of records Is destroy ed, as well a the' hall of Justice. All the main 'buildings are damaged. R. H; Tucker, In charge of the Lick Observatsry j says: "No damage was done to the Instru ment or the-building of the observa tory by the 'earthquake."- ' Florida Tenders Sympathy and 'As-, ..... .. aistance. Tallahassee. Fla .April 19. Govern or Broward to-day sent the following message of sympathy, to the Governor of California: . -i ..,,,.' "Tallahassee, Fla., April It. "Governor George C. Pardee, , Sacra mento, Cal, , 4 "In the name ot the people of Flor ida. I tender you slnces sympathy and ' deep regret for the ,-, terrible calamity that has overtaken 'the city Of Ban Francisco. Advise' us if we can be of assistance, "i , - 7 f , , "N. B. BROWARD. ' i Governor of Fiorlda, i Southern Paclflo Road Rsahlng Sap . ... piles., ;.v.T:.v ,.. Los ' Angeles. Cal.,? Aprlt 19. E." E, rivin. sreneral manager ot the.. South ern Pacific at Ban FrancUso, this af ternoon wired Hupenntenoent Ingram to get special . train, buy. Ave car loads of goods and send them to San Francisco at tne earnest posvbie mo ment - Mr. Calvin says conditions in the stricken' city are so appalllnr as to be beyond belief or comprehension. 1 Smoke 'Turn Day Into Night, ".' New York. 'April' 19. The fire spread ever thf crest of the Nob H III resi dence section, -according to a dlaoatch received ' here by the Western Union, The 'flames were traveling In a north erly direction: It, was 3:15 p.'m.;.San Francisco, time ' when this ' r despatch was : sent and ' because .of the dense moke which .enveloped the elty the sending operator announced,' "It Is getting dark. I ;, will have .to get llgttl.'- 'fVVV -'. .'--'., President Sign $1,000,000 Approprla- J Wahtngton,' April . I9.The , Presi dent at o'clock : to-night signed the Joint resolution appropriating $1,000. 000 for the relief of the Sao, Francisco eert hquake ; suff erers,-;? s t. v... 7 -v.,;,.-.:.;-' . , ' Distinct Shocks at , Los Anjclon. W New- York,' April 19.--A message to ths Postalf Telegraph : Company . an nounces that two distinct earthquake shocks were felt at - Los Angeles a: $:S p. m.. eastern , time, ' No detail were given, . . . . - , C0iNSPlBAYI8 AIIEJ: BLACKBURN TRIAL " NEARS YT. " Case Against .Congressman Will t to jury at Noon ; To-Day, ' aim r Judge Golf Deliver ChargeJuc! - Lewis Will vClose Argument . tr Government This ; Morning --Sir. : Bynum Caustically Citargee lliat Republican .Leader ta This Stat Are Cut-Throat and Ihle-Tes and That Indictment of Blackburn 1 Result or Factional PoUtics A .Negro on the .'Jury -The End, v- . . Probable To-J)ey. . , " .r , -Special to The Observer. '-'-v ?' V Greensboro. April ltTbeIackburnV" trial will. close to-morrow if the jar1" can agree on a verdict for the -arxu- ' ment will bo over and , the , Judge'a charge In by .noon. Judge Lewis .will,' . " close the case1 for the government Im- , mediately after. court convenes -in the morning and Judge Goft wilt then'tn struct the Jury.' Messrs. Brltt, or the ' ; . prosecution, and ,.Bynum, Bradshaw1,' , Justice and Brook,, for the defendant'' ' spoke to-day. The argumentw'as " 1 elaborate and apparently,, abundant -Mr, Justice and Mr. Bynum 'Injected' considerable ' spice intOv' their -speeches when , they referred to the factional flght now waglrtgylW the ; , Republican party In North Carolina;.. CONSPTRACT AGAINST BlACK-V-. BURN. . N;S ' Mr, Justice was very caustJcSH!,blt' remarks. declaring, in effect, thafa conspiracy to' destroy Blackburn; exist -ed. , Judge Bynum made a sensational !'"v' assertion concerning his party. The '," . dajr has been interesting. Judge OofL I . and the jury are the unknown quan-"' -titles. 7 Judge Gofl Is a man of first-rate ? ability and fine legal learning, and known to be tearless and independ-T ent.' As a Judge he ranks well. Much -., depends on what he has to say' to the. .Jury.,. ... , The nubile generally Is In sympathy with Blackburn. Sentiment here seem' ' to be jretty much one way. The evl- V dence obtained by the govemmnet i' , -considered flimsy. It Is a fact that the , men summoned here and put up by the prosecution failed to make the de- sired impression. It may have been the fault of the witnesses but the fact , ,-5. remains the same. Judge Lewis and Mr, Britt were disappointed In what ;.- they got from Krlder and Eddleman. - ' . The jury to try Blackburn la com ; ' posed of men who seem to have plenty . of horse sense, and their share of In-. telligence. There is one negro In the: lot. and he la not bad to look upon, g ; ,v MORNING SESSION. "At 9:80 Marshal J. M. Mllltken called court to order and Judge Goff took his seat while the audience rose and stood.: A large number Of ladles were scatter' ed throughout the court house and ad-v ded much in the way of ornaments at Mrs. Blackburn sat near her husband. the, defendant, : w ho wore a-red car nation in the but tea hole ef bis coat1 There was anticipation, of something K Interesting this morning but ho one -knew what shape It 'would com In." tJ For -several "minutes after court con- . f vened Dlstrlot - Attorney Hotton held'. -a quiet conversation with Judge Goff.. ' -When the, court announced-that all- 1 Was ready for business Mr. Justice ' for the defendandt, offered a prayer. for apeclal Instruction to the Jury ' and handed a copy of his document to . . the prosecuting attorney, and one to. ... Judge Goff. 'Some discussion followed ? as. . to. : whether the court should Instruct the.,1 Jury before or after the argument It. -v was decided to follow the North Car- y : olina custom and let the opinion off ,' ; the Judge follow- , ' Judge Bynum said that he thought ; four hours sufficient time for each, , side to argue the points at issue. Judge, Lewis declared that it would not take , four hours for the prosecution to say', what It had to ssy. , x ", "No," declared Judge Bynum. -with , ' a mlschevtoua twinkle In hi eye, "f ,','-" hardly see how you could find enough" argument on your side to occupy your - " time for. that length ot time.', - - 0 LIMIT FOUR HOURS..,,", Judge Goff said that the limit would . be fixed at four hours with the tan-t ' derstandlng -that - the lawyers would ' make It mucn less if possible. - .- Assistant District Attorney JJ.' ' Brltt was-the first speaker to address"1 , the Jury.- He Is a man ot shrewdness . "a and education:.-HI vote rings' clear and strong. He argued that the case " In band should be tried"On it merits t according to ths law. No man should' '' be mistreated because of his humility?' or favored because of his rank, r Mr. Britt declared that he would .rather i lose Ms 'right arm . than - to. misstate the evidence produced and asked the ! "f attorneys for the defence' to correct him if he should err. ' , - ? ' ' . He then reviewed the testimony, be- - ginning with the Krlder-. case. . He-" dAlarail thaKMr.,W. R. Krlder hail gone to BlachVlrn and 'asked -him to, ' help mm out. wnaer asuea , tn de fendant to see CoL Chapman and Die- ' - trlct Attorney Holton. CoL Chapman,, the speaker declared. Is the agent ot the Commissioner of Internal Revenue , Mr, Holton Is the legal counsel tor the 1 commissioner here. ' 1 1 - "This Is the Inception ef this case." . argued. Mr. .Brltt Blackburn concluded i ' nothing the first day Krider saw him. 1 About the! Isstrof May Krlder Was In serious trouble. He went' to Black-? -burn's residence.', and the defendant told him that he eeuldjtot accept pay for going before the Burueau of In- ; , tamai Revenue: 'Nothing was said ef . the Federal Court? But Blackburn did I say that $100 would effect a compro- miset ooiore-' m -iwHininmi, " lilt tee was mentioned but Blackburn could not accept It Krider 'then gave ' htm $&t as a -present to pay for this1 ' service .and other servloes..-.Ther.ws r but one thing in tneir minds. Mr. 1 Blackburn never-appeared in the Fed- , eral Court. He says he went to the courts but Mr. Blackburn was a law-. yer of many clients. Krider was not ' at any of the courts, 'It is true that ' Blackburn did write to Mr.. Harkins about the case and It was settled through that office. There was but one way to compromise the case, and that was through the office of Comm- aloner.Yerkes. The property had ts . n seised, the matter, was taken to conn and had to be settled throur i t - Commissioner's office. The f ed Mr.' Blackburn, and he y; rendered a Departmental n the evidence has shown. The. sneaker delari t been a friend ft J'r. I years, snd that l;e i stralnst htm. In e, ; simply does his d ny. ;.;..EDDLE2IAN'S 1 3 'The J,llimnn t vtv ir.. l'-ritt r- VClori'l 1st t .-.pttn. r a at . v Act In., us, ( 1 V'iit to 1 i.u-:.bf v t. fret them r-. i. .n tnd rlDi r
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