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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
PLUCK OF FRISCO
WILL AT ONCE BEGIN TO, REBUILD
 CITY,
Mayor Thanks President For The Aid Of The National Government. Schools and Public Buildings
 To Be Replaced.

San francisco. April 2o-Mayor schmitz today sent the following tele- gram to President Roosevelt:
 To the President of the United tsates.
 Washington.
 Generous contributions of $1,00o,0o0 from the federal government for relief of destitute citizens received and deep Iy appreciated. The people over wheimed by your generosity. All of this money will be used for relief pur- poses. Property owners decided to re- build as soon as fire ceases.
 ' City will immediately proceed to pro vide capital for the purpose of recon structing public buildings. schools. 5aiis. the hospitals. sewers, and salt and fresh water systems. The people hope that the federal government will 1t once pfovfde ample appropriations to rebuild all federal buildings on a scale befitting the. new San Francis co. We are determined to restore to the nation its chief station. on the Pa cf1c. D. E. Schmitz.
 Mayor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
UNDERGROUND CITY
STRANGE IS SCENE WHERE CHINA
 TOWN STOOD.
Place Fitted With Holes and Passage Ways, Some of Them 100 Feet Deep-Section is Swept
 Clean.

Los Angeles. Cal. April 20-"Strange is the scene where San Francisco's Chinatown stood" says W. W. Overton, who reached Los Angeles today among the refugees. No heap of smoking runs marks the site of the wooden warrens where the siant-eyed men of the Orient dwelt in thousands. The place is pitted with deep holes and scared with dark passageways, from whose depths come smoke wreaths. All the wood has gone.
 Men white men, never knew the depths of Chinatown's underground city,, says MT. Overton. They often talked of these subterannean runways And many of them had gone beneath the street levels two and three stories. But now that Chinatown has been un- masked, for the destroyed buildings were only a mask, men from hiIlsides have looked on where its inner secrets lay. In places they can see passages 100 feet deep.
 "The fire swept this Mongolian sec tIon clean. IL left no shred of the painted wooden fabric. It ate down to the bare ground and this lies stark for the breezes have taken away the light ashes Joss houses and mission schools. grocery stores and opium dens. gambling hells and theatres-all of them went. The buildings blazed up like tissue paper lanterns used when the guttering candles touched their sides.
 "From this place I. following the fire, saw hundreds of fright-crazed vel low men flee. Tn their arms they bore their opium pipes, their money bags. their silks and their children. Beside them ran the bagged trousered women and some of them hobbled painfully
 .sThese were the men and women of the surface. Far beneath the street levels in those cellars and passage ways were other lives. Women who never saw the day from their darken- on prisons and blinking Jailers were cauqht like rats in huge trap. Their very homes were eaten by the flames.
 And now there remain only the holes They pit. the hillside like a rn,,ltltude of ground swallow nests They show depths which the police ,,sver knew. The secrets of those bur- LOWS will never be known, for into them the hungry fire first sifted it's red coais and then licked eagerly in tonrues of creeping flames. finally obliterafing everything except the earth itself"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
WEATHER FORECAST. WsshinKton, AprH 20.--For Alnbamss Partly cloudy saturday, showers In southwest portion sunday, fair varia- ble winds.

side of the bay and in San Mateo county to the south of San Francisco Mes sares are stacked yards high In all the telegraph offices waiting to be sent throughout the world. Conditions war rant utter despair and panic. but through 1t all the people are trying to be brave and falter not.
 This city has temporarily taken the place of san francisco as the metropo- finance kings. the bankers and Iner- chants of the San Francisco of ycster- day are gathering and conferring and ,rettin9 into shape the first plans for the rebuilding of the burned city and preventing a widespread financial panic that In the first part of the awful catastrophe seemed certain. In the face the enormous loss and the complete wiping out of the commercial life of the empire city of the Pacific, the lead CTS of trade and commerce here are cheerful and confident that all will be well in the end.
 The big men of the State are here as- sIsting in the work of reorganization. The news that the money in the vaults of the banks in San Francisco Is safe and that all the banks will pay in full as soon as calm takes the place of dis order of the present and has done much to prevent panic. The big construr- ton companies here have opened up employment offices and tonight hum dreds of survivors have been employed to be sent immediately to the quarries that there may be no lack of building and repair material.
 Already many of the buildings dam aged by the earthquake of Wednesday morning are being repaired and activ- ity of a henlthy and reassuring sort is string all about Should the relief trains and money Co aid the homeless and poor arrive quickly, that famine and pestifence and wretchedness may rot add their horrors to the present ca : lamity. one with suficient amount of fortitude may look on the present plight of the city no. without a strong confidence in the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
A CITY OF REFUGE.
Relief Committee Taxed To Supply
 Shelter and Food.

Oakland, Calif., April 20.-Tonight Oakland is a vast city of refuge for the innumerable thousands of survi- yors who have managed to escape from San Francisco. A great section of the world famous cosmopolitan population of the metropolis has taken every available space that offers itself fin the city and shelter and food are being provided for all. although the relief committee Is taxed to the limit of its powers.
 The tremendous and almost hopeless task has been begun of trying to re- unite scattered families, of getting trace of lost ones or determining whether the missing are dead or still safe somewhere In the great tan bled mass of stricken refugees that spreads itself over all the country through a thousand highways on this
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
WORK OF THE MAsoNs.
Comprehensive PIan for the Raising
 of ReIeif Fund.

Oakland, Cal, Aprfl 2O.-Motley Ii. Flint. postmaster of Los Angeles, and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of California, Free and Accepted Masons, arrived here today to organize relief for the aid of the distressed Masons
 "Telegrams arc pouring in from all parts of the country" said Mir Flint this afternoon Here is sample 'Vicksburg, Miss, April 1S.-Grand Master Blum tenders sympathy and as- sIstance to the extent of Mississippfs s resources.
 We propose through our organiza- ton to perfect a system of general re- lief. The order that l represent is with the sufferers and ready to act nooiy.
 At a meeting of representative Ma sons. large quantities of provisions were purchased and preparations were made to serve meals and supply bed ding.
 If was also ordered that branches of the Masonic Relief Bureau be opened in san francisco. An appeal was issued for funds and supplies to be forwarded to the relief bureau at Masonic Temple in this city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
no INSANE
 ARE KILLED 19 Persons Also Slain.
 at San Jose. CITY NOW LIES IN RUINS The Stanford University Memorial
 Church is Wrecked. Buildings of the school Valued at sa0o,- 900 Are. Down--BridaI Couple
 From Arisena Killed In

San Jose, Cali, April 2o.--Nineteen persons were killed in San Jose and the entire business section was wreck ed and the estimated damage is $5.- 0O0.o0o. One hundred and ten were killed and seventy were injured at Az. new Asylum. The building was com pletely ruined. Stanford University Memorial Church and other buildings are down, damage $s.00o.000. Ono student named Hanna and one other man was killed there.
 Damage to the Pacific Milling Conn pany at Santa Clara sfso.ooo. Total loss there win be s6oo,ooo. No loss of life. ,
 At Gllroy about same amount dam- age, no dead. At Salinas the spreckeis sugar refinery valued at $1.500.o0o was completely destroyed. Reports from Delmonte Holllster. WatSonville. Mon- terey. Pacific Grove. Santa Cruz and | other southern coast points show slight damage in comparison. At HoiIister one man was killed and sioo.ooo dam-. age was done.
 In the Delmonte Hotel bridal cou- pie from Benson, Ariz-, Mir. and Mrs. Rouser. were killed in bed by chimneys falling Hundreds of people are streaming into Santa Clara county from San Francisco. Company B of the 5th National Guard have taken charge of the city and the strictest martial law prevails.
 Mayor worswick has asked Governor Pardee for more soldiers to maintain order.
 Vigilance Committee.
 vigilance committee has been orr ganized and placards have been posted throughout the city warning that any persons found stealing or committing any act of lawlessness will be surnmar- fly hanged.
 The Moreiand Academy, Catholic in stitution at Watson. was badly dam~ aged. but no lives were lost. Special trains have passed through here from Los Angeles with pnysicians and ne- eessities for sufferers in San Francis- co. No person is allowed on the streets here after 7:30 D. m.
 Santa Clara college and Notre Dame convents here practically undamaged. :. Bridges between Pajaro and Santa Cruz are badly out of line Among those who were killed in San Jose are: MT. and Mrs. Bert Haley. of Oak land: Mir. and Mrs. Kerrigan. of Oak land: Thomas O'Toole. Giiroy; Mrs. Charles Cota. Mrs. Ciaud Everett and Mrs. Warden and Fireman Farrer. This city's provisions is running short and the people are greatly ex. cited over stories that thousands of half starved and homeless from san Francisco are on their way. So far the best of order has been maintained.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
CITY MASS OF. RUINS.
Fearful Times at Awnew Hospital for
 the Insane.


 Los Angeles, Cal, April 2o.-"San Jose. which was the prettiest city in California" said William White, Sher- fir of this county. Ifs the worst look ing wreck I ever saw.
 When left there yesterday morn ing nineteen dead bodies had been re- covered and there was a possibility that others would be found I reached Ag- new Asylum few hours later in an automobile and was one of the first on the spot. There I helped to carry out sixty corpses. At noon when I arr rived at San Jose 1t was believed that fully 100 bodies were still in the ruins.
 'The shock camc to San Jose at 5:12:45, according to the clock in the St, James Hotel. which was stopped Supreme Court Clerk Jordan. my young nephew. Walter Jordan. and myself occupied apartments on the fourth floor of the St. James Hotel. The shock awoke the three of us but only seemed to disturb my nephew. who commenced calling out Then the plastering peeled off in great chunks. the chimney fell and knocked a great hole In the roof. We immediately made our way down stairs and into the street. It was full of people, dressed and undressed. who were running about distractedly. not knowing what to do. The east wing of the Vendome Hotel. a three-story frame house. had fallen in and some of the guests had to be dug out of the ruins.
 There is not a brick or stone build ing of two stories or over in San Jose today that has not been leveled to the ground or that will not have to be torn down. some fires started after the earthquake but the fire department soon had them under control
 T secured an automobile at o'clock and left for Agnew with two or thres of the visiting sheriffs The sight there was awful The walls were standing but the floors had all fallen in.
 Scores of insane persons were run ming about in the grounds. unwatched and uncared for.
 T helped to take out the body of Mir. Kelly. the Assistant superintend- ent of the asylum, who had been in- stan1Iy killed. A nurse who was also taken out of the ruins by me died & little later. When I left there at noon for San Jose 1t was with the intention of securing a company of National Guard to go out to the asylum, but the Sheriff of Santa Clara County had sworn in several hundred special depu- ties and some of those went out at once to take charge.
 San Jose is under martial law and the city is thoroughly paroled by the state military Those that died were all residents of the town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
CAUTION OF MAYOR
scHMrTz ISSUES PROCLAMATION TO
 PEOPLE.
Believes Cenflagration Is Under Con- troi. and Warns Citizens Against Building Fires Until Chim-
 ncys Are Inspected.

San Francisco, April 2o.-Mayor Schmitz issued the following proclama- ton today:
 To the Citizens of San Francisco:
 The fire Is now under control and all danger is passed. The only fear is that other fires may start should the people build fires in their stoves and I therefore warn all citizens not to build fires in their homes until the chimneys have been inspected and repaired prop erly All citizens arc urged to dis countenance the building of fires.
 I congratulate the citizens of San Francisco upon the fortitude they have displayed and urge upon them the ne- cessity Of aiding the authorities in the work of relieving destitute and suf- fersfg. ftf the relief of those persons who are encamped in the various sec tions of the city everything Is being done Tn Golden Gate Park. where there are approximately 100000 home less persons. relief stations have been established.
 The Spring Valley Water Company has informed me that the Mission dis trict will be supplied with water this afternoon, between 10,000.000 and 12,- 000,0O0 gallons daily being available. Lake Merced will be taken charge of by the federal troops and that supply protected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
MISS TANNEHILL's STORY.
Says Merchants Threw open Thel 7 Stores to the Crowds.

Says Merchants Threw Open Their
 stores to the Crowds.
 Los Angeles, April 20.--Miss Bessie Tannehtll of the Tivoli Theatre at San Francisco, has reached Los Ange- les.
 T was asleep in the Hotel Langharn, Ellis and Mason streets. whom the shock came" said Miss Tannehill There were at least 100 persons in the building at the time. At the first shock I leaped from the bed and ran to the window. Another upheaval came and was thrown to my feet. I grop- ed my way out of the room and down the dark stairway. Men. women and children almost without clothing as they rushed out.
 When outside saw the streets filled with people who rushed about wiring ing their hands and crying. Propri- etor Lisser of the hotel offered cab man $50 to take himself and his wife to the Presidfo Heights, but he refused. He wanted more money. We finally secured carriage by paying $l00 Fire was raging at this time and peo- pie were panic stricken.
 After getting outside of the danger region walked back hoping to aid some of the unfortunates. have heard about big prices charged for food. wish to testify that the merchants on Upper Market Street and in neighborly districts threw open their stores and invited the crowds to help themselves The mobs rushed into every place, car rying out all the goods possible"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
vtl,e noe. well.

Jacksonville. Fla. April 2o.-At a meeting of citizens for the purpose of raising money for the allveiation of suffering from earthquake and fire in Californla the sum or $7,070 was com tributed Tn an hour. At the rate at which contributions are being sent to inc committee 1t IS believed that over SIC, 900 will be raised. The musicians of Jacksonville will give an enter tainment for the benent of the Cali fnrnla sufferorR
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
tleorgia City. Donation.

Columpus, Ga, April 2U.-(Special)- The city councii tnIs afternoon passed resolutions of sympathy for San Fran cisco and made an appropriation of five hundred dollars tor the Caufor- mia sufferers. They may increase It to one thousand dollars when the appro- priation IS finally voted upon at the regular meeting of that body Tn few days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
knixht. of CoIambas.

New Haven, Conn, April 20.-Edward [. Hearn, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, today Issued a notice to the councils of the order in all parts of the United States and Canada stating that if councils wished to contribute nnanical aid to San Fran CISCO sufferers the money should be forwarded by wire to state Deputy George A. Comedy of San Francisco.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
Money Rai.~d iu Birmingham.

Birmingham. AprlI z5.-At a caIIeu meeting of the Jewish residents or Birmingham at Temple Emanuel to- night more than $ou0 was raised in few minutes tor the relief or the san Francisco sufferers. The fund will easily reach $l,0O0 tomorrow. It is to be distributed to sufferers irrespec- tive Of creed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21

mia delegation. House of Representa- lives: Thanks of people of California for nations generosity. Give my per sonal thanks to each member Of the delegation and tell Kahn that Mrs. Kahn Is safe and we'll.
 Senator Perkins received the follow ing telegram from Governor Pardee:
 All of California applauds nations generosity. Three hundred thousand homeless" M 3
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
RAGING ON WATER FRONT.
Mot Relieved, However. That The Ferry
 House Is lin Danger.


 Washington, April 20.-The war de- rsrtment tonight received the follow ing western Union telegram from San Francisco:
 There has been no renewal Of the fire west of Octavia street or south Of Market street but 1t Is not under con trol at the water front and It Is creep ing toward the ferry house from which this information is sent However, no alarm is felt that 1t will reach ferry building even if 1t reaches the steamer freight sheds on the north.
 This telegram was received at the war department at o'clock tonight
 A despatch from the chief operator of the Western Union at San Francisco received at the war department early toEight says:
 Now reported at 8 o'clock San Fran cisco time, that the fire has broken out on the wharves north of Market street and it is feared that unless checked it may reach the Oakland fer ry building, where the Western Union 10 established. Fire practically under
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
All the Money Safe.

Oakland. Calif.. April 20.--At a meet ing of bankers this morning Mir. Lynch of the First National Bank reported that committee had examined all the bank and safe deposit vaults in San Francisco and found them all intact. This makes IL certain that the money and papers on deposit are all safe. It was also reported that the books and records in the San Francisco hall of records also escaped serious injury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
Appeal to Homeopathic.

Little Rock, April 20-Dr w. E. Green. President of the American In- stitute of Homeopathy. tonight issued the following appeal to his fellow mem bers of that organization; Tn behalf of our unfortunate members residing in California, we appeal to the home opathic profession for aid. have ap- pointed Dr. J. c. Wood of Cleveland, O.. to receive and distribute such dona- tions. Please respond at once.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
Ph,,aaeIphia Gives s7o,OOO.

Philadelphia, April 20-Ihe CltIzens Permanent kelier Committee today wired Governor PardeS authorizing him to draw on Drexel and Company this city, for an additional $oo.ooo' making $75,000 in all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
wilA Repert fron Henoluiu.

oan Francfsco, April 20.--The Ori- entaI Liner China arrived in port to- nikht. A report which can not be confirmed is to the effect that the wireless telegraph system at Diamond Head, Honolulu, was In brief commu- nication with the, China this afternoon and reported that Honolulu was slip ping into the sea. Little credence is placed in the above report which may be one Of the many rumors which have spread since Wednesday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
nernhardt To Give Beneflt.

Springfield, H., April 20.-The Sem ate today adopted a joint resolution giving permission for the erection of tent on the Lake front, Chicago. for the benefit performance by Sarah Bernhardt for San Francisco suffer- CTS on Thursday evening, May 3.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
Ne Earthsuake at san Diego.

San Diego. Cal. April. 20.-All ru- mors that there has been a tidal wave or other disaster here are all pure in- ventions. At 4:40, D. m., last Wednesday there was light shock of erthquake. It did no damage whatever and was so slight that many people did not feel It.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
Gires s2s.oOo For Relief.

Hamburg. April 2O.-The Hamburg AmerIcan steamship Company has tel egrsnhed to President Roosevelt that tSe company has contributed S25,OOO for Inc relief of the sufferers at San Fran cisco.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21

1orerson City. Mo, April 20.--Gover- nor Polk today issued n proclamation lo1,ins no, on tho people of Missouri to oar'6 santri6ute to the relief of stricken San urapcisCo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
Army Supplies Sent.

Jo1ersonville. Ind, April 20,-The roFforsonville army supply depot, on oraors from the War Department today oont thirty-five carloads of supplies to .a1, Francisco for the relief of the fire s"1arers. The supplies consist of 75,- oo0 blankets, cots, field ranges and fonts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21

Columbus, O., April 2o.-At meeting of citizens today at the Board or Trade sao aoo In cash was subscribed for sSo reIisf of the sufferers in San Fran cisco within an hour
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
FIRE HEADS FOR
 FERRY BUILDING

control in the western Addition and
 property west of Octavia street stands spreading toward the north beach around the east side of Telegraph
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
u.,n.vIvnnIn CaIIed Iu.

Harrisburg. Pa. April 20.-Gover- nor Pennypacker today Issued a proc lamation calling on the people of Pennsylvania to contribute to the re- lief of the San Francisco sufferers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
I,ou,.viIIe Raising Money.

Louisville. Ky, April 20.--A mass meeting to provide relief for the San Francisco sufferers has been called for Sunday afternoon. Mayor Earth open ed a subscription today and money is coming in rapidly
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
....acoln Gives el,OOO.

Pensacola, Fla. April 2o--Citizens of parsacola in mass meeting tonighe subscribed $i,oOo for the benefit of San Francisco sufferers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
n..ae. Wires Conxreaumeu

Washington, April 2o.-The califor- -,a Allegation Is In receipt of the fol- ils,,tnq ,,ia telegram from Governor Par soakland, April 2o.--TO the CalifoS-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
,s,Uern Contribute al-ooo

Indianapolis, April 20.--The Interna- tional executive board of the Tinted Mine Workers of America today voted Si 900 for the relief of San Francisco sufferers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
r.nnh riro,rn At ChattanooEs

Chattanooga, Tenn, April 20.-Chat@, tanoora today raised over $2,o0o for the sufferers from the San Francisco disaster. The fund is rapids. growingS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
Sympathy of wiIheImina.

Amsterdam Holland, April 2Q.- Queen Wilhelmina has sent cable message to President Roosevelt, ex- pressing sympathy with the sufferers from the calamity at San Francisco.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-21
Refueee. at sacramento.

Sacramento. caiif.. April 2o.-The End regiment. Colonel H. I. Seymour commanding. was today ordered to proceed to San Francisco.