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Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon' Papers in Circulation. LAST EDITION. ALL THE MARKETS. THE' RALEIGH EVENING TIME VOLUME 27. ; - . 16 PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1906. 16 PAGES TO-DAY. PRICE 5c. THE DEAD B BURIED IN TRENCHES, 15 IN EACH DITCH BodiesAre Scattered Ail Over San Francisco, How Many None Knows GREAT PROCESSIONS OF THE REFUGEES . . Fire mi Water Front North of Ferry I'nder Control Checked at IiOin hard Street Dock and Smoulders There Ferry Depot and Some of the Dorks Thereabout are Safe Rule of Martial Law Xot so Rigid Today. (By the Associated Press.) San Francisco, Cal., April 21. There Is no lire within three Works of the ferry. San Francisco, Aril 21. 8.30 a, in. (ll.:tO Fustern time). The Ore on the wale!- front north of the firry Is now under control. --'.It has horned as far sonlji as the Lombard street dock, where It was cheeked and is now smouldering. The ferry depot and some of the docks in that, viciir ity at this writing are safe. t The rule of martial law this morn- lug is not nearly so rigid, and In many of the district's lias been with- drawn, and only sufliclent gu)rds left to prevent any possibility of theft or looting. Xew York. April 21. The West em I'nion Telegraph Company re ceived th? following from the quire In' the' ferry building at the foot, of Market street in San Francisco early todAy : . '' "It Is still difllcult to estimate the number of dead, as Ixulies are scat burying them in trendies and pulling lifteen bodies in a ditch." ."'-.'," tered all over the city. They arc A Inter disunteh rend: "The ferry boats are running on schedule time. - There is an immense crowd around the depot here, and rninmittees from all towns across the In... !. iiv-riim- : tlftftlllf. to lcilVC . " ' " Frisco and go wit-It llieni to the j. i homes, but the authorities won't let lliem lake any baggage With them. It looks like an Immense second-hand store here.. The people have dragged -.everything down here, from pianos to brd cage's, mid their goods are all piled up around the depot for a long distance. The fire is still burning fiercely up north, but the wind has gone down, milking it less danger ous." ' . Washington, April 21. Tho war department, has received the follow ing Western Union bulletin dated San Francisco 5 o'clock this morn- .ing; ' "It is some foggy this morning and some westerly winds. Conditions grow worse. Last night it was windy compared with previous night and accommodations in Oakland are at a premium. Those that are in tents in parks will suffer until they can get into houses. I think there are plenty of fiats for rent, but the earth quake put them in very bad shape. Fire worried us last night by spurt ing up at times and may get away from firemen at any time and en danger everything on water front, that is, the sheds and warehouses. There are very few left, probably fif teen, and they are wood of the poor est kind. There seems to be no im mediate danger from fire. Wind has died down and several warships and j tugs are pouring water from the bay on the flames, wnicu are-quite a tus tance from the ferry building, where our" offlca is located. The superin tendent of ferry building tells us that the building is now safe and there is no danger from fire." ; . SCKXFS AMID THE M Itl'SH FROM THI? -CITY.- San Francisco, Cal., April , 21. Last night fifteen thousand persons slept in Golden Gate park, many without other shelter than the sky, So far their privations have been com- P'U1 Buffering will result unless shelter can be found in the near future for these thousands. The most' unsani tary conditions prevail, as there is no sewerage. There was ample food to feed the park refugees yesterday. Bread stations were established at the park police station. All day thou sands stood in line In the intense heat waifirrg for food. Similar con ditions prevailed in other parks and open places. In all these camps, representatives of Alameda, Oakland and Berkeley relief committees are iirKing homeless families to leave San Francisco and cross the hay. . The. Rush Ont Of Town. Twenty-five thousand persons left San Francisco yesterday and home less people kept crossing the bay all night. All who wish to cross the biy are given to understand that they may go to any point iir-.jhe state on any transportation line free of charge, but that they may not return for some time. This condition is im posed to relieve the food situation. People are going to every point around the bay, and even to Los Angeles, San Diego and other cities in the south, anywhere to get away from the sight of the skeleton walls and smoking ruins of the city. Oakland has received the greatest number of refugees, thougn Alame da, San Rafael, Vallcflo and every olher bay city is crowded. Hundreds of others walked southward on roads leading toward San Mateo, Redwood City and other places on the west side of I he hay. The "procession began from Golden Oate park, the Presidio and the North Hay shoro line yesterday as soon as the word went, out that ic was safe to cross the burned area toward the ferry building. There were two great processions to the ferry build ing.' one down-Market street, the "horoughfare which was the pride of San Franciscans; the other from the Presidio, along the curving shore line of the North Bay, thence southward along the water front. Throughout these routes, eight miles long, a con tinuous flow' of humanity dragged its weary way, all day and far Into the night amidst hundreds of vehicles, from the clumsy garbage cart to the modern automobile. Almost every person and every vehicle carried lug-j gage. Drivers of --chicles were dls-, regardful of these exhausted, hungry, j refugees and drove straight through the crowds. So dazed irnd deadened to all emotion were many of them that they were bumped aside by car riage wheels or shouldered out of the way by horses. ' '; ' : There were persons with scanty clothing, '.men in Miirl sleeves and , ..1.1... .1,1.. women in nuutH sninr, ,um iiiiii waists. .Jinny had no hats. home' carried children, while others wheeled baby buggies over the debris. It was a strange and weird procession'.' At Hie ferry station there was much confusion last night. , Mingled in an inextricable mass of people of every race and class on earth, common misfortune and hun ger obliterated, all distinctions. Chi nese, lying on pallets of rags, slept near exhausted while women with babies in their arms. Bedding, household furniture of - every description and trinkets, lug gage and packages of every .sort liaeked almost every space near the ferry. Men spread bedding on the.pave-J ment and calmly slept the sleep of exhaustion while all nround a badlam of confusion reigned. This with the added terrors of hunger, was the situation at the ferry station last night. . For the first time in its history San Francisco has had its taste of martial law. When darkness fell upon the desolated city every inhabitant of the houses that were left standing grouped about their homes in dark ness early in the evening the surviv ors of the terrible calamity cooking their suppers on fires built in front of their houses the wind fannad many of the fires into nasty blazes and for a time it looked as if many nQyf flrc8 would be gtartedf BUt police .,,rtfla , , that ,, flreg lnust be put out and with a score of as sistants and soldiers the building of firas in front of houses was summa rily suppressed. In all of the homes left standing no lights were allowed to be burned, in places where persons lit their lights contrary to the orders of the police the militia citizens formed and forced the occupants to extin guish them. The only exception was In fft-r. naaa fif lincnllnla Soldiers OA from one b,ock to the other except by written per- trolled tne streets, ana no ciuzen mission of the chief of police. Mayor Schmitz has. issued the fol lowing proclamation, which citizens are instructed to observe: "Do not be afraid of famine. There will be abundance of food supplied. Do not use any water except for drinking and cooking purposes. Do not light any fires In houses, stoves or fire place. Do not use any house closets under any circumstances, hut. dig earth closets in yards or vacant lots, using if possible chloride of lime or some other disinfectant. This is of greatest importance, and the water supply is only sufficient, for drinking and cooking. Do not allow any garbage to remain on the permi ses, bury it and cover immediately. Pestilence can only be avoided by complying with these regulations. "You are particularly requested not to enter any business house or dwelling except your own, as you may be mistaken for one of the loot ers and shot on sight, as the orders are not to arrest but shoot down any one caught stealing." Xone Hungry Last Night. Dr. Vorsanger, chairman of the committee to feed the hungry, re ported that everything possible was done to provide food for the popu lace, and that not a hungry soul ex isted in . San Francisco last night. There was no trouble in tho distri bution of the food nor in procuring it, and In -quantity and quality it was satisfactory. At the Y. M. C. A. building on Pago street, near Stan yan, and at the Park Lodge thou sands and thousands wore fed from morning to night, all kinds of pro visions and clothing, meat, vege tblcs, bread, canned goods, tea and coffee and the like were handed out in abundance, not a soul being turn ed away. Dr. Vorsanger appeals to all citi zens . who . own teams of horses to come to tho front with them at once, as t he com mil tee has experienced quite a little difficulty in moving the supplies. This morning 1i0 Stan ford students will traverse the vari ous district s of the city and hand out supplies from door to door, and at the same time additional stations will be established. Twenty carloads of foods of various kinds will he here this morning. , The McNear I mills announced that they will send five thousand pounds of flour a day , from now on. " ' Some Donations. .lames I). Phelan, chairman of the finance eommittip, reported that yes terday's local subscriptions had reached th? grand total of $22S,250. Tho - following additional donations were announced: The Union Trust Company of Oak land $50,000; tho United Railroads $?.i,000; Commercial Men of Cleve land $100,000; William Waldorf As- tor $100,000; supplhs from Corn wall $14,000. Marcel Corf, chairman of the com mil tee on refuge for the homeless says that temporary . structures will bo erected in Golden Gate Park for the protection of the homeless a l once. .Major Mclvor of the United States army is now laying out a sanitary ramp at this point, work on which will be rushed as rapidly as lumber can be secured. The camp will he under the supervision of an Officer of the engineer corps of the United States army, and the chief of the army medical staff will be in charge of it as sanitary officer. The conditions among the homeless in the" park, it was reported by Chair man .Cart, were excellent, but it was feared there would be considerable suffering in the Mission district, where the committee has not been able to reach all the people. A sub-committee has been appoint ed to impress all, vacant buildings and all deserted houses that aftsr examination should prove to he safe. Berkeley, said Mr. Cerf, has accom modated two thousand homeless peo ple, and had sent word to the au thorities that it desired to take care of 4,000 more. Alameda has room for three thousand, and Fresno tele graphed that it wished to provide for thres thousand, and asked that that number be sent, for which the Southern Pacific would furnish transportation. H. E. Breaden, manager of the Standard Oil Company, says that tho city of Richmond could take care of 500, and that he would transport them today at 10 and 12 o'clock, leaving from the Fulton Iron Works. It was stated upon authority last night that the Merchants Exchange, Fairmont Hotel and Monadnock building would be open for public offices on Monday morning. All these buildings have been carefully ex amined by expert architects, who have pronounced their frame work (Concluded on Third Page.) FEW TOURISTS HARMED Occupants of Cheap Lodging Houses Victims They are Scattered Far and Wide TelegrnpU Ofilces Had to Moved From Time to Time Thousands of Telegrams Await Transmission. (By tho Associated Press.) San Francisco. April 21. Eastern people need have little solicitude for their friends who were lure as tourists at the time of the earthquake. 1c may safely be asserted that few, it any, such persons have been killed or injured. The casualties, with few exceptions, were confined to the occupants of rheap lodging houses. As an inevitable result of the catas trophe they are scattered far and wide, 'and the destruction of telegraph fac ili ties renders it impossible to find them, or to communicate with them. A great many strangers do not know where the temporary offices of the telegraph com panies are located, and these ofilces have been necessarily shifted from time to time. Even If the. offices could be reached the facilities for sending messages have been so crippled that the companies, although working Inces santly, are unable to give much relief. There are thousands of telegrams nt the offices of . both companies. '.'waiting transmission. ; DIFFICULTY OF GETTING MESSAGES. (By the Associated Press.) I Oakland. Calif.. Ani l! 21. Many res- I idents of eastern states are attempting to get word to their friends, btit it is almost impossible to get a. message sent before u 24 hour wait. The tele graph offices are more than a day be hind with . messages, so people who have relations and friends h.-re sliou d not worry if they get no .word for sev eral days. The chamber of commerce, churches,1 newspaper others and relief headquarters have provided registers for the refugees and are aiding in the work of finding friends and relatives for distracted survivors. ' fire is about under 'Control. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, April 21. In answer to a telegraphic inquiry from Com missary General ShaVpe as to his needs Major Krnulhoff, the chief commissary officer at the Presidio has made the. following ' reply, dated at San Francisco, 4.:lo o'clock this morning: "Hott.led water nol needed. Water nir.Ins being repaired which means a sufficient supply. Considering every thing affairs are in good condition. Large issue of. stores made today to Indigent. Rations from Vancouver expected Saturday. Fire is practi cally under control. MEN OF THE ARMY ESCAPED HARM. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, April 21. The fol lowing telegram was received today by Surgeon General O'Reilly of the army, from Chief Surgeon Torney at San Francisco: "Very few men of the army have been Injured. Only one officer, Lieu tenant Pulis, coast artillery, who was victim of premature dynamite explo sion and suffered a depressed frac ture of. skull and an incised wound on left jugular vein. He has recovered consciousness since surgical opera tion and is doing well. Request that information relative to army he dis seminated." HEARST WILL SEND SUPPLIES. (By the Associated Press.) Salt Lake City, Utah. April 2i. A local bank received orders last night from W. R. Hurst to expend $7,500 for supplies for San Francisco aud within three hours four cars of pro visions were going west as fast as steam could carry them. Numerous refugees are coming to Salt Lake and each has a tale of horror. OPEN CHURCHES TO DESTITUTE. (By the Associated Press.) Los Angeles, ("a!if.. April 21. All of the ministers of this cMy have deter mined to offer to open their church building)? f ir the shelter of the desti tute woitmmi and children who may arrive froni,S?.n Francisco. The Idea of the ministers in exclud ing men from their shelter is that able bodied men are needed in rescue work In and uboul 'the devastated districts. FERRY BUILDING WILL BE SAVED Total Amount Raised Yester day $2,475,000 TRANSPORTATION FREE Fire That Spread Along Sea 'Wall Will he Checked by Heroic Efforts. Completely I'nder Control in Other Directions Records Have Heen T'nhai'ined. (By the Associated Press.) San Francisco, Cal., April 21 Accord ing to last reports the ferry building is safe from destruction, which at one time threatened it from the flames which spread along the sea wall. Sys tematic efforts of the men under Gen eral Paster, with assistance of the' fire tugs and steamers, will succeed in checking the fire.-near, the Lombard street freight slips. In other directions the fire is now completely under control. Mayor Schmitz and General Funnsmn have established headquarters at Fort Mason; which was saved by some des perate work on the part of the soldiers, aided by a body nf sailors from the war ship Chicago. The following is a tabulated state ment of the amount of money raised yesterday for the suffers of the earth quake and lire here. : This has not any reference to any moneys subscribed heretofore: - Government appropriations, $2,000,000: St. Louis, $100,000; Sacramento, $100,000; Kent He. iflO.000: Victoria. R. C, $25,000: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, $l.r,000; Goldfleld. New, $11,000; Reno, New, $10,000; Spokane, $10,000; Los Aiir geles, Chinese, $5,000; Los Angeles theatrical people, $3,000; Yreka, $2,500; Stockton Chamber of Commerce, $l,oofl; Tacoma, $1,000; Everett,. Wash., $1,000; Los Angeles, (Bishop. ' County), $1.0"0. Total for day,'$2,47r..ofl0. The Southern Pacific Company, whic h has established headquarters in Oak land, continues to transport supplies for the relief of the sufferers, and is carrying free for the present all desti tute peop.e from bay points to interior towns and cities ot Cr.llfornia. Ar rangements have been made with Gen eral Funston and Major Devol, quarter master for the establishment' of a sup ply depot at Folsonv dock and one at Fourth and Kentucky streets from which the army will distribute all re lief supplies in connection with the city authorities and citizens committees. AH of the federal court records are report ed safe. Superintendent Leach or tne mint reports that institution in a con dition to resume business at once. IMPERSONATING U. S. OFFICER THE CHARGE ! (Ily the Associated Press.) I Mobile, Ala., April 21. In the ar- rest here today of D. R. Smith, who j claims to be a surgeon in the United I Slates navy, government officials be ilieve (hoy. have captured an impostor I who has been swindling Greeks throughout the south under pretense of getting them employment, in the .lospital service upon payment of fif ty dollar. Smith arrived here last night from New Orleans with ten Greeks, for whom he promised to se cure positions in the Marine hospital. Tne Greeks became suspicious, and Smith's arrest followed. A warrant charging impersonation of a United States officer was sworn to by the dis trict attorney. Smith claims to come from Atlanta, Ga. SENATE WILL PASS HOUSE RESOLUTION (By the Associated Press.) Washington, April 21. Owing to eulogies in the senate on the life of late Senator Piatt of Connecticut, no other business was transacted to day: The message from the presi dent relating to the San Francisco earthquake was not delivered to the senate, and the resolution of the house apropriating $1,000,000 will not be received from the house until Monday.-' Secretary Taft has re ceived assurances from senators that the resolution will be passed, and that, he can -proceed with the neces sary expenditure for relief. RUSSELL SAGE GAVE $5,000. (Bv the Associated Press.) New York, April 21. Russell Sage today contributed $5,000 to the San Francisco relief fund. PRESIDENT ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL $1,500,000 FROM THE CONGRESS ACTION TAKEN ABROAD $10,000 Cabled from London to the Red Cross Dinner to American Association of Commerce, Which Was to Have Taken Place in Berlin April 28, Has Been Canceled Von Biielow's Sympathy. (Ily the Associated Press.) London. April 21 Ten' thousand dol lars lias b--en cahled 10 the It'd Cross at. Washington as the first installment of the American fund , being ' raised here in aid of the -suffering p-ople of S.m Francisco. 1'.. 1 tin. Apiii 21. Chancellor v. in p.ueliiu" today sen; Privy '. Councillor von P.uehnv of the foreign office to the. American charge ; d'affaires. Percival H. Dodge, to cxpic-ss the chancellor's sympathy uith the United States, in the calamity at San Francisco. " The dinner of the American Asso ciation ot' c'ommerre, which was to have lake n nlace here Anril' 28, has been canceled. Mr. 'Dodge has called a meeting of I lie Americans of this city at the em bassy on Monday to take action in regard to twisting the relief of the suffering San Franciscans; J TOWN DESTROYED '(By the. Associated Press.) Washington, April 21. The war department today received the fol lowing cablegram from General Wood at Manila, dated today. . 'Fire swept the town of Mtfriqulna in Rixel province. .Many tlZusahds homeless and starving and dwellings aro ruined. The government is rush ing assistance to the sufferers. Fire also destroyed Pasil near the town of Cebu." TUSCANY TODAY (By the Associated Press.) Rome, April 21 (1.-.45 p. m.V Thir teen earth, shocks were felt in succes sion this morning in the province ot Siena, Tuscany. Several buildings were damaged including the city hall at Poggibonsi. Ill miles south of Florence. The inhabitants of Poggibonsi were panic stricken. Poggibonsi were panic stricken. It is not yet known whether Siena was damaged. TOMALES IS A PILE OF RUINS (By the Assoc iated Press.) Oakland, Cal., April 21. A dis patch from San Rafael says: The town of Tomales is a pile of ruins. All of the large sto'c-s are flat. Many ranch houses and barns are down. Two children, Anita and Peter Couzza, were killed in a falling hitise about a mile from town. ' SPECIAL SESSION OF LEGISLATURE (Bv the Associated Press.) San Francisco, Cal., April 21. U is stated that Governor Pardee will at once call a special session of the stato legislature to prepare relief measures for this-city. PHILIPPINES EARTHQUAKE Supplies Already Delivered Approximate that Amount, Says He F HAS SEEN DECLINED Later Roosevelt Will Communicate With Congress as to the Generous Part He is Sure Government Will Take in Meeting; More Permanent Needs of the Situation, Including Rebuilding Governmental Struc tures Destroyed. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, April 21. President Roosevelt today sent 'to congress a message, accompanying documents and papers from the war department rec ommending the appropriation imme diately of an additional o-e million and a half dollars for the relief of the sufferers by the calamity at San Fran cisco. The president today conferred with Secretary Taft, with Senator Wilson, chairman of the senate committee on appropriations, and with other sena niors and representatives about the need of further aid for the residents of the stric ken city and a decision was reached that congress should be re quested to appropriate the additional $1,500,000. Assurances were given by tiie members of eongivss that the ap propriation would lie mac'o. Following is the text of the presi dent's message: "To the senate and house of repre sentatives: . ; . '. 'I submit herewith a letter of the secretary of war, with accompanying documents, including a form of a res olution suggested by the congress, "This letter refers to the appalling catastrophe which has .befallen San Francisco and neighboring cities, a catastrophe more appalling thin any other of the-- kind that has befal.en any portion of our country during Its history. I am sure that there Is need on my part of no more than a sug gestion to the congress in order that this resolution may be at once passed. But 1 urge that instead of appropriat ing a further sum of one million, dol lars as recommended by the secretary of war, the appropriation be for a iniilion and half dollars. The supplies already delivered or enrottte for San Francisco approximate in value a mil lion and a half dollars, which Is more than we have the authority In law as yet to purchase. I do not think it safe for us to reckon upon the need ot spending less than a million In addi tion. Iuge sums are being raised by private subscription in this country, and very generous offers have been made to assist us by individuals of other countries, which requests, how ever, I have refused, as In my Judg ment there is no need of sn:' assist ance from outside our own borders this refusal of course In no way les sening pur deep appreciation of the kindly sympathy which has prompted such offers. "The detailed account of the war department Is contained m the appen dices to the letter of the secretary of war. At the moment our concern Is purely with meeting the terrible emer gency of the moment. Later t shall communicate with you as to the gen erous ?part which I um sure the nat ional government will take In meeting the more permanent needs of the sit uation, including of course' rebuilding the governmental structures which have been destroyed. "I hope that the action above re quested can be taken today. "(Signed) "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "The White House, April 21,' 1906." The letter of Secretary Taft and the president 'recommended that congress be requested to appropriate another $1,000,000 to enable the war department to carry on the work of relief at San Francisco. Accompanying the secre tary's letter is a report from General Bell, chief of staff, Quartermaster General Humphrey, Commissary Gen erals Harpe and Surgeon and Surgeon General O'Rellley, detailing what has been done since the first word came that a disaster had overtaken San Francisco. These reports also embrace a complete recapitulation of all tele grains sent and received, and five a complete history of the work done byi the war department' at San Francisco to date,
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