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New-York tribune., 1906-04-19
|SAN FRANCISCO DEVASTATED.
Earthquake and Fire Lay Nearly Half of the City
in Ruins
MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
Property Loss Likely Exceed s2OoOO0OO0-Fme Swept by Wind
Through Business Dstnct-Buldng Blown Up with Dynamite


The fire under control More than hundred people killed
Practically business district burned Dynamite
o.
Franc oquaked shockw in
of all
messages andB subscribing
New-York tribune., 1906-04-19

| San Francisco, April IS, 10 p. NIT looks
now as if the entire city would be burned.
The Associated Press men are trying to get
news to Oakland by boat. but they are very
uncertain The government is furnishing tugs,
but the confusion is so great that they can
not be relied upon. 1t will be impossible to
send full details for several days.
At 10 O'Clock tonight the fire was unabated.
Thousands of people are fleeing to the hills and
clamoring for places on the ferryboats to cross
the bay.
The damage is now believed to have reached
S2OOOOG, 600 and $4,000 people are thought TO be
homeless.
Oakland, Cal, April IS, p. MAT this hour
the fire in San Francisco is increasing in vlo-
lence. 1t is spreading in all directions IN both
the business and residence quarters
1t is reported that the Mint is ablaze, and
from indications it will be impossible to save
it. The fire surrounds it.
Practically the entire district south of Mar
ket street. from the waterfront TO the Mission,
has been swept clean by the flames.
1t is reported that while a building was be-
ing blown up with dynamite a premature ex-
nlosion killed fifteen men. The Terminal Ho-
ta at the waterfront and Market street. fell
and buried twenty persons under the DEBRIS
They were incinerated.
San Francisco April 1S.-Earthquake and
fire to-day have laid nearly half OF San L ran
- ruins At least two hundred people
~, hoon killed. a thousand injured and the
loss will exceed S1OO,0O0,0O0. Thou
49,, homeless and destitute, and all DAY
lone, straams of people have been neeing from
+ho stricken districts to places of safeV'
r,,o damoqe by earthquake does not begin 10
,,,ora with the loss by fire. The heart OF the
,,,,sinass ouarter of san Francisco mas oeeil
80 4, ,rea of thickly covs>ed ground Oh
o,obt souare miles has been burned over anu
there is no telling when the fire VIII De uii'ei
control
AREA OF BURNED DISTRICT
Tho burned district extends from the water
e.,+ soutb of Market street TO Market street
a,a ,,ost to nth street. north of Market, The
So, ox+ands ont Hayes and McAllister streets
neorIv to Fillmore, and from the waterfront
along Market TO Montgomery and north from
tho waterfront to Montgomery street.
Manufactures hotels wholesale houses and
residences. comprising the principal part OF the
business quarter have been destroyed. The
CITY Hall, structure costing SIOO0OoO, was
first wrecked by the earthquake and then de-
stroyed by fire. The Palace Hotel, value esti-
mated at $3.OO0OO0. also was burned. The
Rialto Building. with dozens of other costly
structures. was destroyed. The Hall OF Justice
New-York tribune., 1906-04-19
SHOCK. FELT IN AUSTRIA
Instrument at Laibach Records DIS
aster IN California.

Vienna, April ls.-A telegram from me GOV
.''haeni observatory Fl Laibaeh says liia' -
- 70 2:5s O'Clock fh.s afternoon TIE
s'alh Recorded a dlstan; carthqrake 81
,s TIE indications slowed iiaa m ,bose
,5s..e2ce was much more kl"ieit 'N1''
'l'sa recently occurred in s'ormoa
New-York tribune., 1906-04-19
CLIFF HOUSE In THE SEA
Noted Pacific Coast Pleasure Resort
Destroyed.

San Francisco. April 1S.-From the Clin
sort and show place of the city, which stood on
foundation Of solid rock. has been swept into
The sea. Not thing stands TO tell where the
monster stone building once stood. 1t has been
leyeled 10 the foundation and only the rock
lining the seacoast remains intact
New-York tribune., 1906-04-19
STANFORD IN RUINS.
ONE STUDENT KILLED.
Earthquake Demolishes University
Buildings at Palo Alto.

San Francisco April 18-Stanford University
and Palo Alto suffered. At Stanford many of
the handsome buildings were demolished and
two people were killed One of them was Julius
Robert Hanna, of Bradford, Penn. a student.
and the other was Otto Curtis fireman.
Six other students are lying in the Palo Alto
hospital with bruises. cuts and internal injuries.
They are Ross D. Howard. OF San Francisco;
Henry L. Dearing, of Santa Ana: Hulburt r.
Thomas, of Los Angeles; Robert Westnick of
Santa Barbara W. H. Masters, of Portland
Ore, and - Frolic, residence unknown.
Leland Stanford Jr., University was founded
by Senator Leland Stanford and his wife. Jane
Lathrop Stanford, in memory of their only child.
Leland Stanford. jr, who died in 1884. 1t is at
Palo Alto thirty-three miles south of San Fran
cisco. The cornerstone of the first building was
laid in 1887 and the university was thrown open
to students in 1891 Since then building after
building has been erected. until the university
of the most magnificent in the country.
Senator Stanford's first endowment to the in
stitution was 10000 acres of lands in various
parts of California, which included the famous
Palo Alto estate of 5000 acres ION which was
built the university; the Vina estate. in Te-
mama county, OF OJ,VOU acres, ana tne --,UtD-
acre Gridley estate. In all the total endow-
ment of the institution by Senator and Mrs.
Stanford amounted to upward of 100000 900, in
Guiding So 100000 left to it in the formers will.
In the earlier days of the university a United
States government suit involving securities
given by Mrs. Stanford seriously threatened it's
existence but a decision in favor of the uni
versity started it on the highrOad to success.
For the main part the buildings were not
higher than four stories, and were. of a modified
Spanish mission style of architecture The
central buildings were of buff sandstone in the
form of a double quadrangle. one encircling the
other The inner quadrangle consisted of
twelve one story buildings and a court $50 feet
long by 246 feet wide The outer of two
story buildings connected by arcade. in
which were the Assembly Hall, Library and
memorial arch. In detached structures were
the gymnasium. museum. dormitories Uni
versty Inn, a university commons. etc.
The departments maintained included English.
Greek Latin Romance languages, Germanic
languages philosophy. psychology, education
history, mathematics chemistry, physics, eco
nomics social science. law. hygiene. botany,
physiology zoology, geology and mining and
civil, mechanical and electrical engineering.
The Hopkins Laboratory OF Natural History
at Pacific Grove on the Bay of Monterey. is
branch of the biological department
New-York tribune., 1906-04-19
PALACE HOTEL GOES.
Many Big Buildings Bio7cn Up 7cith
Dynamite.

Oakland, Cal, April IS. p. m.-The Palace
Hotel in San Francisco is destroyed. The
Postal and the Western Union buildings and
the magnificent new Union Trust Company
Building, eleven stories high. have been dyna-
mited
New-York tribune., 1906-04-19

The water system was destroyed by the earth
quake.
At Napa many buildings were shattered and
the loss reached 100000.
At Vallejo the damage was slight in COM
parison with that suffered in other cities. The
loss was about $4,000.
Sacramento Cal, April 1S.-The severest
earthquake felt in this city In many years oc-
Cured at :13 O'Clock this morning. Buildings
rocked like cradles. Many clocks stopped. NO
serious damage was DONE however. Slight
damage was done to some brick buildings.
Chimneys and water tanks were shaken down
at Suisun, Solano County, and at Tracy. San
Joaquin County.
All the plans for running trains on the west
ern division of the Southern Pacific Railroad
between this city and Oakland were upset by
The earthquake II was learned that between
Sprig and Teal stations for a distance of one
mile and a half the track had sunk three to
six feet At another point nearly thousand
feet of track sank from sight Trains which
were dispatched for San Francisco had TO be
brought back.
Stockton. Cal, April 1S.-A sharp earth
quake shock was felt here at 5:15 o'clock this
norning The Santa Fe bridge, over the San
Joaoufn River. settled several inches
Marshfeld. Ore, April 1S.-An earthquake
shock was experienced here at 3 20 this morn
inc No damage was done.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-19
pgwers sAuTERNE AND mosELLE.

white Dinner Wines Il Superior Quality.
n r Dewey q Sons Co., l3s Fulton St. New York
--A4Yt.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-19

Equinox Non-Alcoholic Beverages-Best In the
World. y. y. offs, l9S W. way. Tel. 6l5l r kiln
-Adyt.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-19
THE WOLVERINE

is a fire train for Detroit. Grand Rapids, Saginaw
and Chicago. Leaving New York at $50 p n. CAY 1t
you reach Detroit next morning. and Grand Ia Rluss
Saginaw Chicago next afternoon via New iofA
Central Lines.-Adyt
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-10
MORGAN.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS
For Morgan Go. Called Tor oct. Is
Want County Offices Combined.

Special Correspondence.
Morgan, Morgan co. Sept g-The
Republican county committee met yes
terday in Judge Heine's Office and
transacted the following business.
SATURDAY Sept 49, was set FOR the
county convention 10 elect FIVE dele
gates to the state convention. aud
Monday Oct -. was the date fixed
upon 10 hold the regular Republican
county convention TO nominate county
officers Primaries Will be held in the
different precincts Friday evening
oct H. 20 elect delegates 20 the county
convention The following Is the al
lotmeni Of delegates: Morgan. d. Can
yon Creek. 3 Milton g. Peterson. O..
aud Croydon. =. making 20 in all The
committee also passed resolution
asking the county commissioners 20
unite ;he Offices OF clerk and recorder.
The committee u Of the opinion that
By uniting the two offices the salary
will be doubled and thus the county
win be able 10 get a man 10 accept the
position who is thoroughly competent
to mn H.
Born To the wife OF Thomas Buffers
yesterday, a girl 20 the wife OF AL
bert Dixson a BOY. and 10 the wife OF
Jos Hale. Jr. girl
Walter Francis is very ~ suffering
from typhoid fever.
Mrs. Fannie Oipin. mother-in-law
OF Bishop n \. Crouch Of this place
broke her arm above the wrist. while
gathering kindling wood DR.. Pug
mire was al once summoned and set
the fracture. She Is getting along
nicely.
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VERNAL.
DISTRICT COURT SESSION.
Attempt To suborn Important Witness
-Success OF DIR, Farming.

Special cores pnlehce.
Vernal Uintah Co.. sept. Judge
Boothe with his legal retinue. are her,
tais week and thc court docket b.
heavy one. The Trial OF those charged
.th selling whisky go the Indians
nromises some sensational develop
ments 1ust at the hour Wheh The case
Was called Tor trial ID VAS discovered
that the Indian Interpreter. Charlie
Mack. was dead TO the world. he Was
found drunk with tw0 bottles OF whisky
and beer mixed partly epiled. The
case was postponed until tomorrow
molnlng when some one may ind him-
self M the tolls fOr selling or giving
whisky 10 au Indian. and FOR q purpose.
This rs the bodesl case ~ The Kind
ever known in Uintah county.
Audrey Jensen, assistant church his
torian. completed his historical re-
search in this sake. having visited
every ward and meeting the clerks and
inspecting and labelling all records. lie
has a pretty fair history now a the de-
yelopn1eut of this community ecclesi-
astically and temporarily.
The farmers are busy as bees. hsying,
harvesting and thTeshlng Bouuteous
trops have rewarded their labors
Never In the history OF this county
has 80 much water flowed down Ashley
creek a. this time Of year
Feed on the range T. better Than Tor
years past.
John siddoNsy. Nho bought land W
on the Diamond mountain a year ago
and siaked his al on ar farm. comes
out triumphant. ne expects 70 thrssh
! so bushels Of wheat barley and oats.
thus proving The feasibility Of trm.ns
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-10

took an active part IN Church affairs
being closely Identified with the early
Sunday school work especially. In the
winter OF 1871 he filled a mission in The
Eastern States. He acted as counselor
TO President William y. Preston from
1879 10 1854, when he was made presi-
dent OF Cache stake, which position be
filed until 1890 During this time he
superintendent the construction Of the
Logan tabernacle and temple. He was
also engaged I'm a number OF business
enterprises. was one OF the founders Of
the first saw and -four mills Of Cache
also u the United order Manufactur-
ing & Building company. In 1857 he
founded the Mormon colonies IN Cana
da. and remained at the head OF affairs
there untll three years ago. when. on
account OF falling health. he was honor
ably released and he came 10 Logan,
the scene OF his early activities, to close
his days.
He is survived by his wife and IL
children, also six grandchildren.
That opportunity may be given some
Of his children who are absent in ore
gon and Canada TO be present the fun
eral win not be held TN Friday az
o'clock, IN the Logan tabernacle
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DEMISE OF CRAS. 0. CARD.
Pioneer Closes Brilliant and IIonorcd
Career at 81.

Special Correspondence.
Logan. Cacne CO., Sept 9.-ln The
death Of Charles O. Card. which oc-
CURED after a long illness, at 1880 this
morning, this city loses one OF It's most
esteemed pioneers. and the founder OF
many OF its early Industries, and the
Church loses a sianch supporter and
indefaiigabe worker.
Charles ora Card was born Nov. ),
1889, in Osian township Allegany coun-
~. y. Y. In l43 his parents embraced
Mormonism and on April II, 1856. he
himself Joined its ranks. coming 10
Utah the same year. He lived a short
time in Pennington. Davis county. and
in 1859 went 10 Logan 10 pioneer the
way for his fathers family. who fol-
lowed the next spring, For four years
he acted as one OF Col. Thomas z.
Kicks minute men, who guarded the
settlers from the deprodatiOns Of the
Indians. For IS months he attended
school IN ogden. In Cache valley he
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SHOCKING DEATH
Of RA|LR0ADER
- q Bhnt Run Into by Passen-
oer Engine at Granger and
instantly Killed.
,uvpAYscHOOL SONG SERVICE
ursic and Theme Of Hymn TO
Be learned in Weber stake
school.-Nows Notes

III, sept lo.-Word was brought
len Yesterday by the Train crew
r.,,r Pacific passenger train NO
1T Granger yesterday the train
,oakllcd ". NJ. Blunt a mem
III. railroad company's sigllal
Mr. Blunt was on the track at
80, Walking along the siding
-, freight train approached. AS IT
80 him ne stepped on to the main
h., on which passenger No. 9 was
.p,,, into the station. hut he did
~, ~ or hear the passenger tram
.,.o me noise of the freight and was
..,s,t terrific blow. causing almost
cat death. He was picked up by
\, fellow employees and sent to Evans:
~ where the body was prepared ana
si,ne5 10 Pahtioga. Cal, 10 his par
~ The unfortunate affair was pure
\ IN accident for which no one can be
Named.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-10
RICHFTELD.
IN THE JUSTICE S COURT.
Republicans Elect Dclegates-Aftcr
Miilard County Land and Water.

Special Correspondence.
Richheld, Sewer Co.. Sept. s-The
case Of Mary A. Fowler VS. Isaac Colby
occupied all day and also the evening
In the Justices court on the 9th inst.
and today a decision was rendered
The plaintiff. who is a widow. sued on
four causes OF action. the first and sec
end being for the value OF services
rendered the defendant by her son.
minor, the third being for the value OF
horse which the boy traded 10 the
defendant for a gun. and the fourth for
damages to certain household goods
OF the plaintiff caused By the defend
ant removing the roof OF the building
In which they were, the total amount
claimed by plaintiff being se7ss7. The
defendant set up a counterclaim for
rent and for the destruction OF some
of his property by the plaintiff. the
amount asked for being SIS. The case
was tried without jury aud the court
found the plaintiff entitled 20 damages
IN the sum OF SIS and gave the de-
PENDANT judgment on his counterclaim
for s., Both parties appear to be dis
satisfied with the judgment and the
NetoN " W hh'Ae " dlFNhAtNs
The Richheld Republicans met this
evening at the court house and elect
ed John g. Jorgensen and c. d.
Heesch as delegates 10 the state con-
vention 10 be held on the 10Th.
A number OF Richfeld people arc be-
coming interested In the new town Of
Abraham. in Willard county. The
place has been settled for some time
and there are a number OF families re-
siding there now. Six thousand acres
Of land with primary water right are
being Offered Tor sale. the land ranging
In price from s. 80 to IS per acre. on
easy payments. The water right Is be-
Ing sold al SO per acre half down and
he balance In one year AZ 6 per cent
4 company, consisting Of j. IT. Laurlt-
gen. Angus J. Fillmore, Ephraim Dast-
fup. l. A. Bagley, John p, Mcmillan
md ole Dastrup will leave here Mon
Jay morning for Millard county to IN
'pect the property.
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FINE PRINTING QUICK

The News Job Dept is IN receipt Of
the following unsolicited testimonial:
THE work 81 the News Publish
Ing company Cor me has been 50 sat-
isfactory. and the rates 80 reasonable.
that | shall simply cross The street
TO have my printing done. have
much work 10 be done along music
lines which I shall submit to you dur
ing the summer.
Very cordially yours.
WILLIAM A. WETZELL
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The Clayton Music CompayS Club Sale Has Opened the Way for
hundreds OF People to Buy Pianos and Organs Who Would
Not Have Been Able to Get One Otherwise
CHANCE OF A LIFETIME!
MANY LITERALLY GIVEN AWAY |!
You Can Own Good Piano Now-sl0 Sends One Home Tomor-
row Will be Gala Bargain 0ay-Come-youI Surely
Find One That lust Suits YOU
Come 1onght--Sioe Open TIL I0.--kaIn SiIee-09-II3.

Day BY dag The interest In this great
CUB sale Increases. Every day adds
new list Of Pleased. satisfied custom
ts friends Of the Clayton Music COM
lahys store. And many children and
tltfe families are rejoicing over the
laci that they have secured the best OF
Instruments al nearly half price. on
very very easy terms.
we thank you sincerely for the re-
TNse 10 our advertisements. We APP
Ieale ne confidence you put In Us.
vlf success Is yours. Our lifetime in
lds business has brought us to value
!our Trade and We beg TO say our adj
,.Illsements viii be carried out to the
t'L positively giving every purchas-
we Test and most reliable makes OF
anos' organs, piano players, etc, at
~'d prices and on easier terms than
I've ever been offered in this or any
Nhtr section of country.
you've put on getting a piano be-
.se or me cost, come In and see how
,e really excellent piano can he
-1snl Tor and how easy the terms
~ ~ This sale are several carloads
V'ahi new pianos purchased al
-. discount from manufacturers
A.ous 90 have Us represent them IN
~ "esl and this being their dull sea-
oi me year. They are the best
'ug N those factories. guaranteed
VI ana The manufacturers to last
~, w would End here many Of the
VIC nf,i makes, pianos whose
80 80 lAfe been household words for
ATOM. such as the Steinway.
.n.4oai. Nose Estey Schaeffer. Win
thi others.
better ''u ''oie He nome
,, 1aly or them are going at prices far
NV ihtir factory cost.
ffire ' "ss tiah nan
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o. ron Slj0 10 1880 on a piano.
"a, % you can buy them on terms 10
\. yolr convenience
, .eel never was there a time ike
\. 20 ory plano. We are never able
- N'e On detail all the speclsi hsr.
ro,s saeh day Please take special
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r,i,.s one for you. II you cant cali.
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fright pianos as low as So.
,s,ef ones for si?s to sls7.
~, ,e,laers worth $3.50. for as low "a
ara g. " SENDS plano 20 your home
on ." - 10 y monthly viii pay for
rS 1slshesi class Of cabine, grand ND
rtH,ii. ,pllprlslng the best and most
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o, o. '.' DESIGNS, rich mahogany. gold
itrsis. ~, ,,.a Ciroassian walnut cases
ne ne. $50 $500, $3.50 and 500 pianos
non sat discount which we secured
an lht manufacturers enables ne A.
ma. ~, NJ az s-i', t2s7. s2s7. s2ss ana n
rss,s n,sher for the most elah,rately
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nv on'cNINs IN USED PIANOS.
,lo,. un1Fht and square p,snos .,
Cu. 49,, 70 $50 Terms 10 SUD
pianos are soirs quickly. ]
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KNIGHT INVESTMENT COMPANY


Provo Sept. 10 essc Knight. Mrs
amanda knight ". Lester Maugum.
j. william Knight Iona Knight IncZ
Alien and Jacob Eyans are the lncor-
pofaiors Of the Knight investment
company. Incorporated for 500. 000. bon
Shaies 81 the par value Of 81 each.
Provo is named as the place Of the
pimclpa. olice of tho company.
The Officers aud directors are Jo..c
hnight president Amanda NJ. Knight.
vice president; W. Lester Mansum
secretary aud treasurer. J William
Knight. Inez Allen aud Jacob Evans
Tho object Of the INCORPORATION b.
10 carry on and conduct the business
OF mining. smelling. milling. general
merchandising. buying and selling
stocks and bonds huying and ceiling
ghoses IN action, farming, ranching
breeding Of all kinds Of live stock
BUYING and selling real estate. acquiring
water rights for irrigation and power
purposes. constructing mower plants
aud electric distribution systems and
selling electric current and IN general
engaging in and carrying on any kind
ol busiess whether above named or not
which may be lawfully carried on and
transacted by a serson or corporation.
The capital stock is based ON the
valuation Of the following property:
100000 shares Of the capital stock Of
the Beck Tunnel Consolidated Mining
company, loo 000 shares of the capital
stock N the Colorado Mining company
100 000 shares ~ the capital stock Of
the Great Western Gold & Copper MIN
Ing company, and many other mining
properties I'm this state and Nevada
owned either All or en- part by the cor
poratiOn. a description Of which covers
over page and a half Of typewriter
legal cap paper and. a. n for good
measure. tho list closes with the vau-
able residence property in this city on
which Mr.. knights new home stands.
As this is probably worth IN the neigh
horhood OF $4,000 there cannot be any
reasonable ground for charge that
this corporation is oyer-cspitalized
MRS. JNO. p. JONES FUNERAL.
There was a good attendance Of rels-
tives and friends az the funeral services
over the remains Of Mrs. John y.
Jones. held In the Sixth ward meeting
house yesterday The speakers Werc
Elders Brigham Johnson Evan Wride.
John Duke, OF Heher and J. Z. HEX
man. Vocal selections were rendered
by the ward choir
DEATH OF ELIAS ASTON
Elias Aston. a highly respected resi-
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GLOWING WORSE.

ode. 81. sept. a dispatcS receive
I'D from Tifis says that the insurrec.
iunsIy movement. in Transcsucasia 1.
suddenly gathering great force
The military ANA civil authorities ar-
l0ggcrheads Georgia. INERTIA and
i,agrelia are absolutely terrorized. be-
ag dominated by revo'utionists auI
rigands. anfthe viceroy has asked Co
replaced