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The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-20

the call building and the bay. on Mar
ket street. The Examiner building of
the three. seems to have been the best
calculated for resistance. If the fate
of the Call structure is any guide. The
frame and all the partitions in it were
of wood
The Occidental Hotel was below the
line, also or at least it was just on
the upper edge of the line. 1t stands,
or stood, on Montgomery street between
Sutter and Bush.
The whole region In the low lying
section of San Francisco east of Mont
gomery and First streets has of late
years been built up with very heavy
sky scrapers of stone and steel, build
ings that were calculated to endure
for all time. At the same time, there
was a warning in existence against
this procedure, for ii as known that
the whole of the lower part of the city
was gradually sinking. The engineers
seemed to have relied upon the sea
wall to check this tendency-yet the
subsistence has been constant all the
time, in despite of the fact that the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-20

of Port Costa or of FIVE hours at most
by way of Stockton and Livermore.
Was the Livermore Company in the
scope of the disturbance, too. and was
Stockton9 Was Port Costa under
water!
These and a thousand other ques-
tions the people of Honolulu, closely
drawn to San Francisco by ties that
reach into every household here, asked
themselves. A cablegram sent to Port
land, Oregon, early in the day, receiv-
ed no answer. Portland, was cut off
from San Francisco, too.
The Advertiser, last night, sent a
cablegram around the world to Los
Angeles asking for news and another
to New York 1t does not seem pos
sible that the entire California coast
is involved in the disaster That
would have created seismic dis
turbance that would have been felt
here. As it was, there was some slight
tidal disorder observed in Honolulu at
about ten O'Clock yesterday morning,
but it was very slight.
And, in the meantime, the whole
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-20
A SECTION OF
BIG BUILDINGS

That part of San Francisco which
has been involved in ruin is the Sec
ton of the city that has of late years
been invaded by the skyscrapers-im-
mense ten and twelve-story buildings,
with steel frames and heavy walls of
pressed brick and stone. 1t began
with the Chronicle building, followed
closely by the Mills building, ten
stories high and built of yellow brick,
which stands on the water side OF
Montgomery street at the corner or
Bush, and has ended with the compile
ton of the new Merchants Exchange,
on California street below Montgom-
cry, which was fourteen stories high
and one of the most splendid structures
in the world. The big buildings, the
high ones, were all splendidly finished.
1t paid to finish them splendidly. They
were intended to endure for all time.
Along Montgomery street from Mar
ket, these buildings in their order made
most wonderful showing of business
stability. Perhaps, as the disaster
seems TO have had its center or its
starting point at the Call building at
Third and Market streets, it is well 10
start this slight description of the big
buildings of San Francisco with the
| Call building. 1t is a structure familiar
| in its aspects to all Honolulu people.
| When il was constructed an excavation
was made and in that were laid hfty
| feet depth of railroad iron, the rails
| laid across and across and cemented
together. The steel frame of the build
ing proper was bolted to this, and when
| the Call building collapsed II must
| have created a tremendous displace-
ment OF earth and stone. The Calls
presses were in the basement of the
building, and a tunnel ran from this
basement to the basement of the build
ing on Stevenson street, where the
can editorial rooms were and where
the forms for the paper We're stereo-
typed.
Down Market street, on the same
side We're the Examiner building, fac
ing the can across Third street, ana
next 10 that the Nucleus building, now
being raised several stories In height,
where was located the santa Fe up
town office aud the office Of the oee-
anic steamship Company
Next, across "A narrow alley, was the
Palace Hotel. and below that, across
new Montgomery street and connecting
with the Palace by a bridge over the
siravt was the Grand Hotel, both the
Palace ana thn Grand are gone,
| Arrnss the street from the Grand was
the Union Trust saysoFaper, ANA neat
to it ana below u On Market hlTaet
Nas The ipharl bulldlng' IA which was
the cable office. opposite mo fAl1ss,
ai the goge formed w Malkl anu
l'usl streets. NaH ihs splendid rfooA'F
Auilling nne ~ tho most imposing ~
san fianelsep, Then, TfluInlns w
Aarkei slrrpi ihs rhToHlrle buililns
fapfs ihe iksminrT fronting s1lihi
and pn lpNrg lpf than lhe fsll
huNains n ihF lAnI han sllppel ,f1pl
fhlla sna Asgktl lhf rhfyphls, SIN
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town was anxious for news and details,
and there was absolutely nothing re-
liable came after that dispatch to
Superintendent Gaines. Everything
else was fake, deliberate playing
upon popular anxiety Business men,
the steamship agents, the newspapers,
received nothing up to six O'Clock,
and at that hour it was reported from
the cable office that there had been no
communication with the mainland by
way of San Francisco since 1880 in
the morning, and of course it was not
known when communication would be
re-estahlished. Nothing was coming
the other way, via Manila, either
nothing, that is, from San Francisco.
And there was that dispatch stating
that New York had not been able to
raise Oakland, and asking if Honolulu
had any news from San Francisco At
that time, Honolulu probably knew
more of the disaster than the cities east
of the Rocky Mountains-and Honolulu
knew little enough.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-20
GOVERNOR ATKINSON EXTENDS .
SYMPATHY TO THE AFFLICTED
April is, 1906.

April IS, 1906.
To Governor Pardee, Sacramento
Hawaii sympathizes with California
in the great loss of lives and property
at San Francisco with whose citizens
we are so closely allied by ties of blood,
friendship and business. ATKINSON,
Acting Governor of Hawaii.
S>S@S>S> o
Matco, Palo Alto, Redwood City,
would all feel something of this tre-
mendous driving back of the waters.
The water is very deep between San
Francisco and Goat Island, now called
Yerba Buena, and it is possible that this.
island standing like a stone dam in
the middle of the bay, stopped or
checked the landslide. The water that
had then been forced back upon the
low lands about the bay, and particu-
larly upon the low lands of Oakland
and Alameda, which would feel the
worst of this effect, would then rush
back toward San Francisco again, this
backward rush accounting for the
water that is said to nave come up into
Market street.
As the water "once came to Mont
gomery street, the water would but
be taking its own again. And if Oak
land and the towns in the bay regions
We're flooded, if only for little time,
that would account for the fact of tho
prostration of all the land wires, and
for the failure of New York to get
into communication with San Francisco
by way of Oakland. If Oakland were
in the throes of disaster of that kind,
there would be small time and less in
clination to repair telegraph lines.
Communication, if it is to be restored,
must be established by sending special
trains from Sacramento or Los Angeles
to the scene of the disaster-if, indeed,
those cities have not likewise been in
volved in the common ruin. In Homo
lulu yesterday nothing was known as to
the details of the calamity, and the
most frightful rumors took shape.
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its foundation in rock, and stood ex-
actly at the point where the hard red
sandstone ledge that forms the geo.
logical backbone of the peninsula of
Yerba Ruena comes sharply to the sur
face of the ground. In the erection of
this immense structure, which Claus
Spreckels designed as monument to
himself to stand for all time, an eX-
cavation was made in the rock anu fif-
ty feet of crossed railroad iron was
cemented in one solid mass, making a
rigid stratum to which the steel frame
work of the building was bolted.
From the point at the apex of the
rock ledge where the building stands,
the rock falls away toward the bay at
an angle of about thirty degrees, and
the bay at the foot of Market street
is very deep. In fact, the under ledge
probably runs down as sharply to the
southwark from the Call building, as
the descent of Third street toward
Townsend and the low lying Mission
Bay region is also steep.
Now, while the incline of the rock
under the surface of Market street is
y
of Market street itself to the ferries
is probably not more than three per
cent.
What has happened in San Francisco
"a part of what has happened lis very
| probably this: There was a sharp and
somewhat long continued shock of
earthquake in the early morning of yes
| terday. There may have been and
probably were several hard shocks. The
whole filled-in section of San Francisco
below the old water line was shaken,
of course, and the line of cleavage may
have been right at the apex of the
ridge upon whose apex the Call build
ing stood. If the rock had been
split apart there, that would account
for the collapse of the Call building,
otherwise from the manner of its con
struction inexplicable.
| Followed upon the earthquake shock
and the splitting of the rock ledge a
tremendous landslide, carrying every
thing below the cleavage line down to-
ward the ferry. From the fact that the
Palace hotel and other structures be-
tween the Call building and the Ferry
were burned, this slipping might have
been slow, after the first shock, but
even at that a tremendous amount of
matter would slide into the bay, carry
ing with it the wharves, the shipping
everything below Montgomery street
bodily.
This would explain the wreckage
which is said to have befallen all that
portion of the city-in effect the entire
wholesale business section. This tire
mendous earth slip, sliding into the bay
would raise the water, pushing great
wave ahead of it upon the low Oaklanc
and Alameda shores and, because little
of it could find its way out at the Col
den Gate, submerging the lower por
tion of every one of the towns about
the bay, extending from Alviso on th'
south to the marshes of Suisun Bay OF
the north;
The appalling nature of the calamit.
can thus be grasped. San francisco
Bay, swept by local tidal wave, woul'
rise within it's own limits precisely a
the water in bath tub would, if th
tub were to be suddenly filed witt
earth.
Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Emery
vile, San Pablo, San Quentin, Tiburor
Sausalita, Port Costa, Martinez, posi-
bly, even San Jose and certainly tn
low-lvin0 roints along the inner sid
of the peninsula of Yerba Buena, Sal
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-20
CUT OFF FROM
ALL THE WORLD

Perhaps the most terrifying feature
of the disaster, to people in Honolulu,
was the knowledge that San Francisco
and the country around there seemed
to have been cut off from telegraphic
communication with all the world from
the moments Immediately following the
first receipt here of the news of the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-20

in the cities across the bay and about
1t comprises a thousand square miles.
Most of these would have been asleep
in their homes at the time of the
disaster. or the housewives would have
been getting breakfast and the men,
mostly of the laboring class or clerks
getting ready to go to their work. The
little children would have been asleep
in their beds. Only God could see
and pity them at such a moment.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-20
April Is, 1906.

April Is, 1906.
To Mayor SchrnsIt, San Francisco:
Hawaii feels deepest sympathy for
San Francisco and stands ready to rem
der any assistance in its power. What
can we dol
ATKINSON,
Acting Gnynrnnr of Hawaii
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-04-20
LANDSLIDE ANC
TIDAL WAVE

The Sam Franeiseo can building had
The bee., 1906-11-22
ENGINEER HOLLOWAY NOW.
[ & N. Fireman who Saved Little Girl |
Promoted.

Henderson, KY, Nov. 49,
John G. Holloway, the l.. and
N. fireman who risked his life
on Saturday, November 10, at a
point near Sebree and saved the
three year old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Todd from being
crushed to death, today was re-
warded by the railroad company
with promotion to engineer,
Holloway's home is in this city,
and he was called TO Evansville
to take the physical examina-
tion preparatory to ia kin 2
charge of an engine on the Birm-
ingham division He has been
with the road three and half
years.
The bee., 1906-11-22
Martin.Griifin.

Last Wednesday evening the
wedding of MIR. Calvin j. Martin
and Miss Blanche Griffin took
place at the residence of the
BRIDES parents, Mr.. and Mrs. p
M. Griffin, 300 McNary ST., Nash
vile. Tenn. The spacious par
lors were filled with friends of
the contracting parties. The at
tendants were Mr.. Jack Stokes,
of this city, and Miss Ella Grif-
fin, sister of the bride. The
ceremony was said by Howard
j. Brazelton of this city, after
which a reception was held. The
presents were many and hand
some, among which was hand
some silver tea service from
Messrs. Stokes and q. III. Stan
field, of darlington, and chest
of elegant silverware fr m
friends in Washington City.
Mr.. Martin is we'll known in
darlington where he has a host
Of friends. For a number of
years he was In the employ of
the L. & N. railroad as operator
and engineer. He is now hold
ing a similar position in Mont
gomery, Ala The bride is the
youngest child of popular
family in Nashville and is an
accomplished n d deservedly
popular young lady. They will
reside in Montgomery, Ala
The bee., 1906-11-22
ON ACCOUNT OF SER
I0Us ILLNESS
Supt. Jno. W. Lossdon Gould not Attend
Fathers Funeral.

While confined to his room,
himself so sick as to be unable
to attend the funeral, Supt. Jno.
w. Logsdon of the st. Louis and
Henderson divisions of the l.. &
N. railway, Saturday received a
message telling him of the
death of his father, j. S. Logs.
don at Horse Gave, Ky.
For five weeks Superintendent
Logsdon has been very sick and
the blow strikes him at this time
with an added severity owing to
the fact that he was unable to
attend hiss fathers funeral.
The elder Logsdon was taken
suddenly very sick about three
weeks ago. At the time his
daughter, Miss Bessie, was at
Evansville nursing her brother.
She was compelled to leave for
the bedside of her father and has
been constantly with him since.
He gradually grew worse aud
Friday evening his life was
despaired of. He died Saturday
morning at 4 o'clock but his son
was so i'll that the message was
not conveyed to him until late
in the day.
Leo Hurd, city ticket agent of
the l.. & N. at Evansville, at
tended the funeral which was
held Sunday morning at IL
o'clock with burial at Horse
Cave.
The elder Logsdon was a farm
er and business man of consid-
cradle prominence in central
Kentucky, but had led retired
life for several years. He
leaves, besides his son in Evans
vile, another son, j. f., who is
the L. & N. agent at Horse
Cave, and two daughters.
The many friends of Supt.
Logsdon and they are legion
sincerely regret to hear Of his
loss and deeply sympathlze with
him in his bereavement.
The bee., 1906-11-22
HOW REPUBLICANS CAN win.

Herald:
editor Herald:
81 noticed yesterdays Louisville Evening Post express
by the head of the Republican machine which he vic
for the Republicans in the State election wish
that the people also victory ahead providing the choice the
people for Governor nominated The machine certainly
take the credit for defeat in the last State election.
Ye the boom, and every day brings Of
the splendid and steady growth making But who is
ponsbe for prospective success? Certainty machine
the confidence the people have in President Roosevelt
stand against the machine in Federal appointments Yes
win the State election if like Judge Harlan
or A. e Wilson. "H g. JORRIS,
Henderson, Kentucky
The bee., 1906-11-22
FIRST REGIMENT WILL GO
TO JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.
Other Two Regiments May Also Encamp
There According to indications.

Col. w. B. Haldeman, COM
manding the First regiment,
Kentucky State Guard, appeared
before the Kentucky jamestown
Exposition Commission at Louis
vile, last week, upon its invita-
tion, and offered to CO operate
in every way possible with the
commission in making its work
a success. He announced that
it was his purpose to take the
regiment to jamestown for en-
campment the latter part of
June and early in July. The
commission was very much graf
flied to get this information, and
at once determined to have Ken
lucky day at the Exposition dur
ing the encampment of the First
regiment. 1t is possible that the
other Kentucky regiments will
make the trip at the same time.
Gov. Beckham and Adjt. Gen.
Lawrence now have this matter
under consideration.
The bee., 1906-11-22
Union Thanksgiving Services.

The churches Jf darlington are
preparing for Union Thanks
giving services to be held at the
Christian Church. The sermon
will be preached by Mr.. j. d.
Fraser, who recently became
pastor of the Methodist Church.
The singing will be under the di-
rection of the singers of the va,
rious churches and some special
songs are being prepared for the
occasion. Altogether it promises
to be a most enjoyable and pro-
fitable time and Will afford op-
'portunity for our people to pro-
perly observe the day. The SER
vice will begin at 10:30 a. m.
The business houses have each
agreed to close their places be-
tween the hours of 10:30 a. m.
and l 80 p. m. that all may have
opportunity to attend. 1t is
hoped that all patrons will, as
far as possible send in their or
ders the day before, that this in
tention on the part of the mer.
chants may be carried out with
little difficulty. Below is a list
of the business houses that have
agreed close:
st. Bernard Mining Co. Store,
st. Bernard Drug Store,
Jas. Crenshaw,
Bourland & Mothershe ad,
Chas. Truempy,
J. F. DeVylder,
G. I. McEuen,
Porter Installment Co.,
Mike Bohan,
w. w. Ashby,
L. N. Kestner,
Coyles Barber Shop.
j. w. Robinson,
w. r. Ooyle,
Leonard L. Goodloe,
O. p. Lewis,
j. M. Oldham,
David Adams,
j. J. Sullivan,
st. Bernard Meat Market,
Bon Ton Bakery,
John Taylc=,
rof ietorx e Cd.
The bee., 1906-11-22
Christmas Bazaar.

The ladies of the M. e. Aid
Society will give a Xmas bazaar
at the armory about December
IA. They are now busy making
both useful and fancy articles,
which will please all, from the
baby to the grandmother. You
are invited to attend the bazaar
before making all Of your Christ
mas purchases. Toothspme home
Imads candy will bs sold !. and q
The bee., 1906-11-22
NEWMAN HIGGINS
Young Son Of Forrest Higgins. Draws
Fathers Money and Skips
Out.

Newman Higgins, the young
son of Forrest Higgins, drew his
fathers salary of $53 from the
st. Bernard Coal Co., at this
place Thursday, and tried to
make his escape, but was arrest
ed at Nortonville.
The boy went to the Office of
the coal company and told the
clerk that his father had sent
him there to draw his money.
This was not unusual, as many
of the workmen of the mines
send their children to get their
pay. The clerk without a sec
ond thought gave the boy a pay
envelope containing the wages
Of Mr.. Higgins amounting to $53
and some little change. The boy
took the money and caught a
south bound train, getting off at
Nortonvi1le. Mr.. Higgin s
learned of the matter and at
once put Arthur Barnett on the
case. Mr.. Barnett found young
Higgins at Nortonvllle and Sc
cured about 500 of the money.
Young Higgins has caused his
parents much trouble and an ef-
fort win be made to send him to
the school of reform.
The bee., 1906-11-22
KENTUCKY AT
JAMESTOWN
Work for State Representation
Must be Done Quickly.
SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS NOW OPEN.

The last issue of The BEE told
of the launching of the move.
ment to give Kentucky credit
able representation at t h G
jamestown Exposition to be
held at Norfolk. Va, April 26
to Nov. 80. 1907. Jno. b. At.
kinson, Vice President of the
Commission and Director of FL
nance, is actively at work in fur
therance of the financial inter.
ests of the project. He was in
Louisville this week on this ac-
count in part.
O. O. Owsley, secretary of the
commission, writes to The BEE :
Seldom has a movement in
which the entire State is inter-
ested started more auspiciously.
The Commission Is the outgrowth
of action taken at the Fifth
State Development Convention
held at Winchester October 10
to IL. 1t was then declared that
the great fair TO be held in Nor
folk, Va, presents an exception
al opportunity to Kentucky to
make the products of her soil
and factories known to the pop
ulous eastern section of the
United States and to Foreign
countries. The excellent show
ing made by Kentucky at the
Worlds Fair in st. Louis is still
fresh in the memories of Ken.
tuckians and the benefit of this
representation is now being felt
and seems to increase as time
goes on.
Direct requests for contribu-
tions to the fund will be made
Of all financial institutions, man
ufacturIng plants, lumber and
mining companies, merchantile
houses and similar enterprises
throughout the State. The vari-
Gus commercial organizations of
Kentucky will be asked to can
VASES their respective commuui-
ties for subscriptions. The time
for the collection of funds, cree
ton of building and installation
of exhibits is so brief that the
work of the Commission must
necessarily be prosecuted with
the greatest vigor.
Subscription books are now
open. ANY one wishing to make
contribution should not wait
for a personal solicitation but
may send check, money order or
currency direct to Logan Q. Muir
ray, Treasurer, American Ma
tional Bank, Louisville.
The bee., 1906-11-22
PIERCE PERKINS KILLED
in fracas at BainsIsy Sunday After.
noon-Whiskey the Cause.

About half past five O'Clock
Sunday afternoon Pierce Per-
kins, young white man about
25 years old, was shot and in
stantly killed at Barnsley, two
miles from this place. The shot
is said to have been fired by
either Marshal j. II. Boyd or
John Maxwell and the courts
will have to decide between the
two. Perkins was returning from
Nortonville with others on the
interurban. After they h d
alighted from the train they got
into a fuss about something.
Marshal Boyd came up and was
evidently trying to make peace
between. While the loud talk
ing was going on suddenly a
pistol shot was heard and Pierce
Perkins dropped. He was dead
almost Immediately as the ball
penetrated his heart.
The coroner was summoned
and held an inquest Sunday
night. After hearing the evi-
dence the jury returned the
following verdict:
"From the evidence given, we
the jury empaneled and sworn,
do find the dead body to be that
of Pierce Perkins. and that he
came to his death on the 18th
day of November, 1906, by a
pistol shot from the hands of j.
H. Boyd or John MAXWELL"
There is conflicting evidence
as to who fred the pistol. Max
well and Boyd both testified at
the inquest. Maxwell testified
that the shot was fired by
Marshal Boyd. Boyd testified
that his pistol was in his outside
overcoat pocket and that Max
we'll pulled the pistol from the
pocket and fred. All the wit
nesses agree that there was but
one shot fired. Maxwell is a
young man and has lived at
BarnsIey for several years.
Warrants were sworn out for
the arrest of Marshal Boyd and
John Maxwell.
policeman John Barnett, of
this place, and Deputy Sheriff
Frank Barton, Of Jacksonville,
arrested John Maxwell, Jr., and
j. Ii. Boyd, charged with MUIR
der, and Luther Boyd. charged
with striking with intent to kill,
and placed them, in Jail at Madi-
sonyille. 81