The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-04-25
MEMORIAL MEETING SUNDAY.
Many Attended the Services Held in
the Yakima Theater.

\ very interesting memorial serv-
ice was held at the theater Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Nearly all
the churches of the city were repre-
setned, but the audience was smaller
than it should have been.
The service began with the sing
ing of the national hymn. After
the reading of the text the male
quartette sang Trust in the Savior"
Rev. Lamoreux led in prayer, after
which Rev. Rose delivered a very ell
oquent address, depicting the awful
results the recent earthquake calam-
ity brought to the metropolis of the
Pacific coast. He said:
"There is no comparison between
the Charleston earthquake of 1886
and the one that has brought ruin
and disaster to San Francisco. Sew
en-eighths of Charleston was de-
stroyed: about eight million dollars
worth of property went to ruin, and
many lives We're lost; but the dis
aster was soon forgotten, and after
a span of twenty years, Charleston
is flourishing again as if nothing had
ever happened.
"All other catastrophes sink into
insignifcance when compared with
this one Today there stands naught
but desolation and ruin where but
yesterday stood the beauties Of the
metropolis of the west"
Referring to w. d. Mulkey, form
erly of this city, he said: "Mr. Mu!-
key escaped the danger of the shock,
but while he was trying to rescue a
woman. and children from burning
building, he had both legs and his
left arm broken by falling walls. Mr..
Mulky still lives, but fifty of the
brave men who were engaged in the
rescue work were buried beneath the
ruins. This memorial serv-
ice is very BETTING on this occasion.
1t is not words, nor speaking, nor
oratory that is wanted at this time,
but it is practical help for the unfor-
tunate sufferers. We all cannot min
lister personally, but we can share
richly with the sufferers Of the i'll
fated city" In conclusion Rev Rose
drew picture of the lessons that the
disaster taught; first, that earth
quakes have occurred from time i'm
memorial, and even though the d.
rect cause is unknown, the fact re-
mains that the metropolis of the coast
has been destroyed; that the modern
buildings that were considered fire.
proof burned readily as dry stubbles.
The second lesson is that the people
of the United States are ever glad
and ready to respond in lending aid
and assistance in the time of ned.
Rev. Lamoreux sang very appro-
pirate song, when the Days Are
Darkest. That's the Time to Shine"
Rev. Bywater very accurately out
lined the object of the meeting. It
was. he said, first in memory Of the
souls that were hurled into eternity
was the duty of every man, woman
and child to lend aid and assistance
to the SURVIVES, that their pains and
sufferings may be allevfated. Don't
spare. but give what you can. Let
every person appoint himself COM
mittee of one to urge all to give. Let
Yakima be represented with her big
hearted generosity We ought to be
thankful that we escaped this shock
The very soil from which our food
grows in this valley was caused by
volcanic action"
Rev. Bywater then requested all
who desired to contribute food, cloth
ing. etc., to bring it to the depot any
time after o'clock Monday morning.