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THE RALEIGH EVE
VOLUME 27.
RALEIGH, N. C., MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1906.
PRICE 5c.
ANOTHER FIRE RAGES SAY SHE TURNED
NEAR FERRY HOUSE IN ! ON THEGAS JETS
COAL RATES ON
N&WANDC&O
A SEARCH FOR jLONDON HEARS RUMOR
A LOST WIFE! THAT FATHER GAPON
NING
TIMES.
SAN FRANCISCO TODAY
Flames May Eat Their
Way
Across Docks and Ruin
Great Structure
BURNING FIERCELY
T
AVIis'n Appi-cntly Vniier Absolute
Contiol tin" Fire ltroke Out Again
This Morning and Resisted All
Efforts of Firemen to Sulxlue It
Ami of til.? lluint District is Seven
Square MifVs.
(By the Associated Press.)
San Francisco, Cal., April 2:5.
The (Ire, which seemed to have -"ilied
out. yesterday, broke out with re
iiewit'il visor in the coal bunkei's
north of the. ferry building shortly
after midnight. The, lire reached
these hunkers Saturday, but was ap
. parently checked after a liard liht,
although the hla.e stubbornly resist
ed all efforts -of ' the firenieii to ex
tinguish it.. Vnless the flames can he
subdued there is grave danger that
they will eat their way across to the
docks north of the ferry building and
reach the ."vent structure.
Early this morning the fire was
burning fiercely.
The ari'ii of the burnt district is
seven square miles.
San-. Fritnelfioo, --Calif., . April .:
Thousands of 'Sim Francisco's home
less skiit in ihe open uii if they- slept
at all in a drenching rain last night,
'adding untoid misery ami sulTering w
those vli(i;-- iiii v.is ali'i.-aily full.
"..Shortly itl'tei' midnight U bc((trt to rain
and continued for three hours, from u
ill l.'.zlc at. limes to a hcHvy downpour
fur -. few niin"tes. '..'!-. 6 o'clock the
iiiin bigau to full iig-iln. and Indlca
i ions'" a;' .Hint- it limy. riii'.l'tv,:i' 'liiitry.
Thot'SMlrls i-f people, uir!:; wira-ll
and i:i :'!.; i i-n. ramped i:i ihe parks,
: i'Ui-' s .-n : 1 lots. V.rro nwnkcnid
by. .I!i- rain dashing hi tlvriryTacea Hlll.
Hi;- wall r il-.qiping ""through their iiu-provi-'oi!
.. v tenW. Wherever posihlr.
women end children wcro crowded
;mi! hu.'da-1 into the regular' canvas?
tYl't'W-pvoitf .lewts,. K'jeli as mi .hand;
l.lltl.!, howi v r, could be done, iiM tl.i'
1'ai i' s are entirely 'inadequate' b
all tue homeless. .:ir:rc nuoibcrs
-nirli I the prefect ion or trees . unit
'liiisliew'.. Some. - placed a' f:'v : boHl'd:--ocet:
I hi ir hi'iols to want off the ualcr.
The (vaiu h:is comU"! the .ruins anil
i :t ingni'hed i. tunc of . the li : which
.slTll. Mainlined Ihe si.- front the mini
of the city."' 'I'he tiiithl, Was of alintisl.
styhin dcrhnosK, the speiice broken
'by tin1 measured tp-:ul of patrols and
sentries and an occasional shot. lM t
night for. the lirst time lights were al
lowed In the houses, liul oiilv from
dark until Pi o'clock. ;
(By lh" Associated Pivs.v)
Washington. April RepresCnta
tlve Spencer Blackburn of North Car
olina, who was recently .acquitted oh
a charge of receiving fees, for legal
practice before the govern nu at de-
Ufinients, k;i.i enthusiastically wel
. -corned by members of the house on his
return today.
Speaker Cnnnon.. us . special mark
of .distinction.-.' placed Mr. Blackburn
In I (ie-chair--to preside over tin.- house.
duri.ijj; the consideration of District of
'Columbia legislation. ,
THE SERVICE OF
THE RAILROADS
(By the Associated Press.)
Chicago. April 3. In helping to re
lieve the suffering In California the
railroads t the UniteJ Stt.cB are per
fornilni? free of cost a service which
It is cstimuted would have a. commer
cial value of at least. $3,4S0.nl'.
It in said tho'railiouris arc performing-
free, of cost a servico dally which
has a commercial value of at least
8115,000, und this service will continue
for at leant thirty days.
CANNON HONORS
BLACKBURN
MANAGE MERGED ROAD
W. M. McGuire of Norfolk
and Southern
!-'. K. Dewey of Vii'Kiuia and Carolina
Coast To Ketiw Shortly. F. K.
(b'.nnon, Xew I'n'sident of Merged
Itoads, Will Have His Oilice In
Norfolk.
(By the Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va,, April 2U. F. K.
Dawey, who has been general mana
ger of the Virginia ami Carolina
Coast Railroad Company, now
merged with the Norfolk & Southern
itailroad, will rutiro in the next few
weeks, and it. is slated that V. M.
McGuire, now superintendent of the
Norfolk & Southern Railroad, will
becomo general manager of the
merged properties, succeedius 51. K.
Kins, who, it is further stated, will
resign to beeomu associiitod with the
1 icle'.valer Railroad here in some
high jiosition. F. S. Gannon, the
nev.iy elected president of the merged
Norfolk & Southern and Virginia &
Carolina Coast railroad, Will, 'It is
understood, have his office - in Nor
folk. Mr. McGuire, who is to become
general manager of the worked prop
erties, recently tame to Norfolk from
the Queen & Crescent railroad at
Ciiat tanooga. .
A CHOEUS GIRL'S
SAD PLIGHT.
' (liy the .Associated. I'less.l
, Denver, Colo., April 23. May Collins,
a chorus frill connected with the Cher
ry Hlossoins Company, which was play
ing at the California Theatre last wee.k,
was In a pitiable condition on arrival
litre yesterday as the result of her ex
perience in the earthquake shock. Miss
Collins was asleep in her loom m the
Hotel aUkigii when the shock came,
when the'-: Water' tower was toppled
over against'- the hotel afiil crashed
through -'the wall into .Miss Colilus'
room. Alonjr v. il h other ineiiilieis ol me
company "she escaped into the street,
liul. disappeared. Ah the .'company was
hoarding a train .at Oakland prepara
tory to leaving foe the cast Miss Col
lins ran screatning through the crowd
and jumped aboard. - . 8h; immediately
became hysterical, and was with dif
ficulty quieted. All the way to Den
ver attacks of hysteria were frequently
ri current ' The sicht of anv animal
caused her to cry put in terror and beg
lor protection. The supposition is that
Miss Collins .while trvinir to escape
fiiim the stricken district down town,
encountered some of the. frenzied ani
mals, causing her to fear the sight of
beasts of any kind. '
NEW BERN WILL GIVE
A GENEROUS SUM
(.Special to The Kvening Times.)
New Bern, N. C, April .2:!. New
Bern's contribution to the victims of
the San Francisco earthquake will
be between $600 and ?7U0. Mayor
Patterson personally circulated a pa
per for this cause.. Subscriptions
were taken up in churches and by
several secret orders, but the collec
tions were combined and telegraphed
us one whole amount.
Tho family of Attorney M I).
Stevenson were rejoiced yesterday to
receive a telegram from his son
Mark, who is located in San Francis
co. I lie young man reported him
self safe, but that nil his personal ef
fects were destroyed.
NOKDICA DATH CHANtiKD.
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Salisbury, N. C, April 23., Mad
ame Noi'dica will sing in Salisbury
Thursday night, May 17, instead of
Monday night, May 14.'' Tbig change
is made for the benefit of the great
singer, who would have been forced
lo double back from here to' Lynch
burg. She now comes direct. The
tickets are now on sale, and It ap
pears that, greater house will greet
her tlnt listened in strange tongue
to Sarah Bernhardt. Patrlcolo, one
of the most brilliant piauists on the
clobe. will he With her, und E.
Romayne Simmons accompanies her.
Tho state is being canvassed, and the
beat seats will most likely be gone
by the end ol tho present week.
Woman and Her Two Girls'Arrangement Between Roads,
Asphyxiated
HUSBAND SAVES SONS
Police Think It Was Jtesult of lv.n
Nurtured Plan of the Woman, Who
They Say Was Demented, to Ex
terminate the Family.
(By the Associated Press.)
Philadelphia. Pa.," April 23. Mrs.
Mary Fahm and two of her four chil
dren, Tillit, aged Ki years, aud An
nie, aged 12 yeai woro asphyxiated
'during the night by illuminating- gas.
The awakening of Kraft Fahm,. the
woman's husband, was the moans of
j saving his own life and the lives of
! their two sons, Alois, aged 1G years,
land Harry, aged 13 yearn,
i The tragedy followed a dispute.
hist night hot ween Mr. and Mrs.
Fnhni. but is said by the polieo to bo
the result of a long nurtured plan on
the part of the. woman, who they said
was demented, to exterminate, the
family. Site is said to have repeat
edly threatened herself and her fam
ily, v .. .
Mrs. Fahm and her daughters slept
in one room, and the sons occupied
an adjoining room with their father.
The latter did not retire with Ihe
others hist night, but slept in the
dining room. Ho was awakened evi
dently by the odor of escaping gas,
and hastening to the second floor ho
found his wife and daughters dead,
but succeeded in restoring his two
sons lo consciousness. Gas was flow
ing from the burners in the two
! rooms, and Falun expresses the bo
! lief that his -wife- waited until the"
'children were asleep, and that she
I then turned on the gas with the pur
i pose of killing herself and children.
ALL HEADY FOR
HORSE SHOW.
(Special to The Evenirjf Times.)
Asiieville. A. C. April 23. Kvcry
Ihiut; is in readiness for Ihe opening
of the '"fourth annual horse show
eveiii tomorrow afternoon. The
j course :il Riverside Park is in exeel
lenl. condition. All the parking
j spaces have been' sold. -while the uuni-
I her of entries this year exceeds those
j of any previous show. A large num-
her of new'horses will be seal around
the ring tomorrow afternoon. The
j rivalry of I he exhibitors' is keep and
I I Ik; great assembly of lovers of
I horse flesh will add spirit and zesl
jto the occasion. The. second day's
I events will be pulled off Wednesday.
SANITARY CAMP
FOR CHINESE.
(By the' Associated Press.)
San Francisco, Cal., April 2 a". A
permanent, sanitary camp, for the
Chinese left in the city will ho (S
lablished immediately in the blocks
bounded by Franklin and Octavia,
Nutt and Bay streets. The camp
will be laid out ami constructed tin
'dor the direction of the army engi
neers. The government has supplied
for this purpose 4,000 shelter tents.
The steamer Queen- reached . San
Francisco last 'night with the first in
stalment of a large quantity of sup
plies contributed by Tacoma.1
Ol TSIDKltS NOT AI.liOWKD
TO LAND AT TKISCO.
dly the Associated Press.)
San Francisco, Cal., April 23.
The following tdegram from J. C.
Stubbs, traffic director of the South
ern Pacific. Railway, who is in San
Francisco, was sent today to Assist
ant Traffic Director K. O. McCor
uiick in Chicago.
"Please ask tho press generally 1"
advise all people not. to try to reach
San Francisco. OutsidA'S not ul-
lowed to land here. They would only I
M in ho rnmrestion of the cltiM '
around the bay and it would bo im-
possible for them lo locate any one
All tlKi people are being well taken
care of, and there will 'be no trouble
If the supplies are kept coining in."
Fire in Philadelphia.
(By the Associated Press.)
Philadelphia, Pa., April 23. Fire of
unknown origin early today occurred in
the busenicnt of the clothing house of
A. C. Yates & Company. The loss Is es
timated at $100,000 as the principal stock
o the store had been either destroyed
by the fire or ruined by smoke and
water.
Not Denied
RICHMOND VS. NORFOLK
X. & V. Uate Into Norfolk 2.1c. High
it Than O. & ., and C. & O. Kate
Dito Iticlinioiul -.'c. Higher Than
X. & Y. I'pi $ o April 1. Since
Then the Sanie.i
(By tha Associated Press.)
Washington, Anril 2:;.--The inter
state commerce commission today re
sumed here Ihe hearings recently in
augurated under the Tillman-Gilles-jiie
resolution requiring the commis
sion to inquire into and report if
railroads have any interest, in coal
and oil transported over their lines
as common carriers. Testimony al
ready has been taken in Philadelphia
and Baltimore.
Today the '"first witness called was
T. D. Hobart, coal and coke freight
agent for the Norfolk & Western
railroad. "William A. Glasgow, Jr.,
of Philadelphia, and E.' B. Whitney
of New York, who were retained by
tho commission in the inquiry, con
ducted the examination of witnesses
for the commission. At the outset
Air. Glasgow stated to the commission
that there would bo sixteen . to
eighteen witnesses to he examined
here. .
. Mr. Hubart wa sqimsiioued at some
length as to rates on coal into Nor
folk, Richmond and other points over
their road, also as to rates on the
Chesapeake & Ohio. According to
the figures given by the witness, the
Norfolk & Western rale into Norfolk
was twenty-five cents higher per ton
than the Chesapeake Ohio rate,
and the . rate of the Chesapeake &
Ohio into Richmond cents higher
per ton than the Ncrfcilk & Western
rate to that point '); to April first
last, since which time they have been
thy same.
Asked why the Norfolk & Western
rate was .higher into- Norfolk ihan
the Chesapeake ei Ohio and the Ches
apeake. Ohio higher into Rich
mond than Hie ..Norfolk '& Western
the witness said that the Norfolk &
Western had no 'direct, line into
Richmond, while Norfolk was-one of
its local points,- and on the other
hand that Richmond was a local point.
on t lie Chesapeake Ohio,
tlioiigl.l the. Norfolk & Western
lie
w its
entitled to tin
business into Norfolk
and tin-.-Chesapeake it. Ohio into
Richmond. Asked if there had been
any understanding between' the two
roads t hat one won hi charge a higher
raie-inlo Norfolk and the other into
Richmond, the witness said there had
been some conversation between of
ficials, and did not deny Unit an ar
rangement had 'been 'made to .thai,
effect.,
Replying lo a uestiou by Mr.
Glasgow, the witness said they had
not inet the Chesapeake & Ohio rate
into Richmond because' of revenues.
His road, he explained,, could carry
coal into Norfolk, one of its own
points, and save file , revenue that
would . be lost by going into Rich
mond, since they. wore obliged to pay
an-arbitrary rate on Ihe lines con
necting the Norfolk & Western with
Richmond.
Pvi.vtoiis to I tit) I the rate into
Richmond, Jlr. Hoherl stated, was
$150 per ton, then was raised to
S1.T5, and in 11' o:; was. raised lo
$1.85. and on April 3. last, was low
ered to $1.00 the present rate. The
rate lo Lamberis Point, he said, for
re-shipment outside the Virginia
canes is $1.35 for 2,210 pound
2.210 pound tons,
and $1.00 for
bor points.
Norfolk and local har
EARTH SHOCK
IN OREGON.
(By 'the Associated Press.)
Portland. Ore. April .23. A dispatch
to the OreRonian from Grants Pass,
Ore., says that at twelve minutes past
I o'clock
this morning'' an onrtliquaKe
shock was felt, aecompaniea i a
rumbling wise which was plainly aud
ible. Nearly every one in town was
awakened. Furniture moved in the
houses and scverul windows were
cracked, but no serious damage was
done. The shock lasted for fifteen or
twenty seconds, and its course appar
ently was from east to west.
Portland. Ore., April 23. A special to
the Oregonian from Glendalc, Ore., says
that an earthquake shock was felt there
at 1:11 o'clock this morning. The shock
was sufficiently severe to rock build
ings and rattle china in the closets.
Heart Rending Experience of
Justice Siiaw
OF CALIFORNIA COURT
il'iiriiuciii vi cut nun 11 in names -
Mrs. Shaw Took Few Belongings
and Went Away, Mingling; Willi
Refugees Going Jiack to Stricken
City to It-new the Hunt.
(By the Associated Press.)
Los Angeles, Cal.. April 23. General
A. M. .Sherman, a local capitalist and
vice president of the 4.os Angeles Pa
cille Railroad company, returned to I.os
Angeles from San Francisco yesterday.
He left this city for the coast metropo
lis last Wednesday on a trainh chartered
by himself, and took with him as his
guests the members of the supreme
court, who at the time were holding
court in Los, Angeles. Chief Justice
Beatty and Associate Justices Lorrigan,
McFarland, Henshaw, Shaw, Sloss and
Angelotal. Justices Lorrigan and Mc
Farland were accompanied by their
wives. General Sherman chartered the
tiain immediately after the receipt of
the news of the earthquake, in order to
reach'his wife, daughters and nieces,
who were at his San Francisco home.
The several justices of the supreme
court went north with him on like mis
sions. Relating his experiences of the trip,
General Sherman said: .
"The saddest experience of all fell to
Justice Siiaw. The apartments at
which Mrs. Shaw was stopping had
gone down in the flames, and the only
information that he could get was that
she had taken a few of her belongings
and gone away, All Thursday and Fri
day and until Saturday Justice Shaw
searched-, tho burning city, now afoot,
now in a vehicle, but only once did he
find a trace of his wife. That was when
inquiring at random he found that she
had mingled for a time with the un
happy refugees in one of tho parks.
Sick at' heart, he returned to Ixis An
geles last night, absolutely without a
word. His last chance was tliul he
might find her there, but at a late hour
no word has reached him, and he stat
ed to the Associated Press that it was
his nut-pose to depart for San Francisco
today lu renew the search, unless trace
is 'found in the meantime."-.,.
General Sheiinan states that in all his
I raveling through the burning city he
did' not see one corpse; that the-" mili
tary preserved splendid order, lie be
lieves that, beyond: any -''question the
ruined city will be 'rebuilt' at once.
General Sherman said:
; "I hope the public will realize. ; the
debt of gratitude it owes to the rail-,
road companies. Uy grace of the trans
portation people the lack of money was
no bar to escape from doomed San
Francisco..
"Those. who were unable to pay their
way were, us; promptly and as cheer
fully transported' as were those with
money in their piM-kefs."
TRAINING SHIP
. (Uy Ihe Associated Press.)
Dover, Fug., April The Bel
gian training ship Count Do 8met Dj
I Naever foundered off Prawle Point
today." "Her captain and thirty-three
of those who were on board were
drowned. . :- ' ''
SLIGHT SHOCK
THIS MORNING.
(My the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 23. The seismo
graph of tho weather bureau recorded
a .- very ' feeble ' earthquake shock be
ginning at -.-1:25 a. m. today and last
ing until after 5 oVlock. The stronger
part of the disturbance 'occurred from
about 1:2!) 'to 4:u2 a. re. -'v; ".,:'
This disturbance, which was
tercd at Washington, was very
as'-' compared' with" the records
gt cat earthquake that recently
red c.t S:n Francisco.
regis-
. feeble
of the
occur-
CAPT. BUFORD
IS NO MORE.
(Spuciul to Tho Kvening Times.)
Winston-Salem, N. C, April 123,
Capt. Chtis Buford, for 29 years
agent here for tho old Richmond and
Danville and Southern Railway, died
at his home here at 12 o'clock last
night, aged 5i.
34 DROWNED ON
POLICING WAS PEBFECTlSaid to Have Been Hanged
Oakland Restaurants Charged
Only Cost
An Occulist Charged Nothing for
Treating Kyes Affected lly Heat
aud Ashes Queer Freaks Wit
nessed Lone Woman
Piano AIouk Pavement.
Pushed
' (By the Associated Press.)
Salt Lake City, Utah, April 23. Scores
of Salt Lake people Were in San Fran
cisco at the time of the earthquake,
and many of them returned home yes
terday, bringing a mass of information.
J. J. Daly, a 'wealthy 'mine owner, es
caped with his wife and four children.
He left the Charlemagne Hotel in his
automobile, but the police made him
give it up to carry the wounded. Speak
ing of his experiences, lie said:
"The policing of the city was perfect
under the circumstances, and I want to
give unstinted praise to the. chief" and
his brave men. We finally got over to
Oakland in a half starved condition and
entered a restaurant there. Six of us
ate a hearty meal, and the check was
only $!.(. We were astonished, but it
is the law among these people that no
more than cost should be charged any
one from San Francisco; Finding' our
eyes affected by the heat and ashes, we
sought the occtilist, who Il ea ted us with
more than or.dimtry cai e. When he fin
ished I asked for the bill aud be said:
'No, sir; we charge nothing to the peo
ple who come from that awful trial over
wonder.' "
Another arrival.' describes a .'number
of queer freaks of the earthquake. In
the midst of ruined four story buildings
stood a house of three stovics, which
, had been titled on jack screws and tim
bers to make room for another story
beneath it. it stood apparently un-v
harmed by the shock. Not u piece of
the underpinning was displaced.
One of the churches on Van Xcss Ave
nue had a mosque-like doine. Theting over so much
building Was blown down, all the walls was cut Saturday
falling away, but. the structure, invis
ible at a distance, -'remained supporting
the dull gray dome, 'which scented
lloating in the air like a balloon,
Among the -queer sights witnessed by
this narrator was a lone woman pa
tiently pushing an upright piano along
the pavement a few inches at a time,
an old man riding a. bicycle and carry
ing a skye terrier, the only tiling he had
saved, and a woman lovingly embracing
a. Japanese doll. He also heard a guest
berating the proprietor of a hotel live j
minutes after the shock because he had j
not been awakened .at f-o'clock accord- j
ing to instructions. The guest vowed i
indignantly that he would never stop !
at that house again, and he never will
for the hotel, is not there.
DESPERATE MAN
WAS CAPTURED
(Spci ial to The Kvcnlng Times.)
Asiieville, N. (',, April 2:1. John Pate
of -'Madison county, charged with the
murder of a .Mrs.-'- Crowder in that
county several years ago, and who es
caped fioni the Buncombe county jail
last year, was captured early yester
day morning in the Bald Mountains
near the North Carolina; and Tennessee,
line. ;
Pate's capture was effected by Grant,
Jim and Baxter Shelton, who searched
from Friday morning until Sunday
morning for the escaped .man without
sleep, rate was asleep in a cabin, when
surprised by I lie three Sheltoiis and or
dered to throw up his hands. Pate was
armed with two shot guns, and started
to reach for the weapons when warned
that lie would be killed. ..Ho surren
dered and was taken to Marshall yester-
I day and then brought lo Asheville to-
day. There was a. reward of $300 for
Pate's capture.
FEDERAL COURT
IN NEW BERN.
(Special lo The Evening Times.)
New Bern, N. C, April 23. United
Stales court convened here today.
The most important cases will bo tor
violation of postal laws, but the
largest number of cases are for vio
lation of internal revenue cases. The
court will probably bo in session un
til Friday.
HAS BEEN LYNCHED
Secretly April 10 by
Revolutionists
THAT I IS II SPY
Story Publislilu-d in ''Manchester
Gurdian Attacks Continuation, but
Father Capon Had Ileen Missing
for a Week Previous to date of
Alleged Execution Friends Be
lieve That He Had Been Kidnapped
Uy His Kitemies.
(By the Associated Press.)
Loudon, April 23. An extraordi
nary story is published by the Man
chester Guardian today from a cor
respondent in Russia asserting that
Father Gnpon was hanged secretly
on April 10 by four revolutionists
w ho overheard him admit that he
was spying on his former revolution
ary colleagues in behalf of the Rus
sian police.
It was announced from St. Peters
burg', April 18, that Father Gapon
i had mysteriously disappeared about
a week previously and that his wife
j'was greatly alarmed fearing foul
: play on the pail "of his enemies, as
the police insisted that he had not
been arrested and that they knew
i nothing of his whereabouts. The dis
; patch added that it was considered
possible that Gapon had been kid
napped by his enemies.
BIG GOLD VEIN
HAS BEEN CUT.
(Special to The Evenlne Times.)
Salisbury, N. C, April 23. Pres
ident Walter George Newman is mak-
: ing colossal claims for his Gold Hill
J Copper '.'..Mining Company, though
i this is a gold yield that he is enthus-
He says a vein
morning, and at
the 200 foot line was 4 feet wide, at.
the ini) it was 8 and at the 800 it
has reached the enormous thickness
of 12 feet. This he feels sure will'
enhance the value of his mine $20,
000,000. It. is remembered that in times
i past the Gold Hill has yielded an im
mense wealth of gold, a mint having
j been
(!0i(i
established at Charlotte on
Hill's account alone. This
mine has produced $7,000,000, and
Mr. Newman is satisfied that this is
bul. a drop in the bucket. It is the
deepest shaft in the south. Mr. New
man is backing his faith with his own
money. .
GOODS FOR FRISCO
FREE FROM DUTY
(l!y the Associated Press.)
Washington, April 23. Represen
tative Gaines (Tenn.) introduced a
bill today admitting free of duty all
goods, - wares, or merchandise which
may be Imported into tho United
States as gratuitous contributions
for the relief of the earthquake suf
ferers in California and consigned to
tho governor of that state, the mayor
Of San Francisco, the secretary of
war" or the secretary of commerce
and labor. The bill further waives
duty on building materials imported
into the United States when satisfac
tory proof has been made to the sec
retary of the treasury that such
building materials have been actually
and permanently esed in rebuilding
San Francisco, The secretary of the
treasury is authorized to allow a
drawback of the dnty on the material
used and after the 'duty has been
paid he is authorized to refund tho
same, anything in any law to the con
trary notwithstanding. ;
What Masons Gave.
(Tly th : Associated Fiess.)
Oakland, Cal.. April 23. Grand Mas
ter Motley H. FHnt of th grand lodge,
California F. & A. M has received a to
tal of $17,670 from Masonic bodies for
the relief of distressed members of th
order.