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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-04-20

MORE LAND FOR SETTLERS.
Minnesota Forest Reserve to Be Re-
duc:d 100000 Acres.

oucso Sou,uOu acres.
Washington, April 19.-The new
Minnesota forest reserve will be re-
duced from a total area of 312, 1893
acres to 6S,792 acres. The original
federal forest reserve consisted of
2o0.4S5 acres of pine land, $4,000 agri-
cultural acres. 60,258 OF Indian allot-
ments and 119 900 of overfiowed lands.
The state gets lat 900 acres of
swamp land and $4,000 is given over
to the public for homesteads and the
/ 5000 of overflow Is also withdrawn.
A bill along these lines will be en-
dorsed by Clifford Pinchot, chief Of the
forestry bureau.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-20

was in session from early morning to
midnight in the directors room of the
chamber of commerce, while the pur-
chasing and supply committee had their
headquarters in the rooms of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers association.
Long before noon 1t was assured that
the 100000 which the committee has
pledged Los Angeles to raise for the
benefit of the stricken cities of the
north would be subscribed and the
members of the committee pulled Oft
their coats and went to work with a
determination to make the cash do
nations practically without limit.
Committees representing every de-
scription of business in Los Angeles
were appointed and told to hustle
among their fellow business men. That
they hustled sufficiently was shown by
the subscription lists submitted last
evening.
Rush Cooked Food
When Governor Pardees telegram,
For Gods sake rush cooked food to
San Francisco" was received, the COM
mittee realized that while a million
dollars might be raised, the starving
San Franciscans could not eat gold
and at once appointed a purchasing
committee to secure provisions in ad-
diticn to the cash donations made, and
soon had enough for several train loads
Merchants threw open their stores tt
the committee, offering everything ir
stock, some absolutely free, other:
asking merely first cost price. Tons o
food stuffs were soon at the disposa
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-20
EYEWITNESS TELLS
OF THE HORRORS
HE EXPERIENCED

Mortal mind will never grasp the
horror of destruction wrought in san
Francisco" says Richard H. Cole, the
| prominent st. Louis horseman, who re-
turned yesterday from San Francisco.
Words of the most graphic writer
can tell In a feeble way only the scene
of that hell.
"San Francisco was wrecked by an
earthquake. San Francisco was de-
stroyed by fire.
LAS the blast of the forerunner Of a
storm on forest of pine, came the
shock of the earthquake that swayed
| to and fro those tall masterpieces of
architecture. Then came the storm-a
storm of fire that wiped out the city.
Before my gaze, I saw the Chron-
| icle building destroyed. One blast OF
| flame, and the princely skyscraper was
wiped from the face of the earth, to be
| left a few minutes later a mound Of
smolderng brick and stone.
! my heaven! There goes the Ex-
aminer building! One puff-a puff as
is made by a train of powder and the
structure fell. I saw the Terminal
hotel swept from it's foundation by the
ocean of flame.
| when awakened in my room at the
Palace hotel shortly after $50 o'clock
Wednesday morning my bed was rock
Ing from side to side. 1 knew what was
street The halls were filed with men.
women and children. some dressed and
some in their night clothes.
1.-THE hotel was in no particular dan
| ger. Only ornaments and bits OF
plastering were falling. Once into the
street found myself in frenzied mass
of human beings. A dull hoarse roar
pervaded. 1t was like horde of wild
animals in a tropic forest, before the
storm breaks.
Suddenly there came the clang of
fire engines. At $3.50 o'clock there were
six fires in the city. The f1remen were
unable to cope with the flames, as the
whole water system had been de-
stroyed by the earthquake. People
roamed through the city like groups OF
cattle lost from the herd.
by 10 o'clock the whole city was a
seethfng mass of flame. From the En-
porium to the water front, the wave
of fire ran. Beneath the burning build
ings were people, penned in. Here and
there along Market street little groups
of men, and occasionally woman or a
child, worked frantically to reach their
imprisoned loved ones.
"The shock of the earthquake had up
heaved the south side of Market street
so that it was raised five feet above the
north side Before the sea of flame
swept the city the buildings or parts
of buildings toppled down on the help
less mass of humanity.
II went to the st. Francis hotel where
my trunks were stored, about $3.50
o'clock, but could not get within the
hotel. People were being hastened from
the building and were not allowed to
return. Then 1 made my way down
Market street.
!; "Over piles of brick and stone that
had fallen from the buildings slowly
climbed. The mass Of humanity was
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-20

in the towers of the city stopped at
the hour of 5:14, and since the terrible
catastrophe none of them have been
running.
THE Southern Pacific would not sell
way Of egress from the city was by way
of the ferry. The order was that after
one went over to the Oakland side one
could not return, for San Francisco is
under martial law.
1.-THE streets Of the dead city are
filled with the corpses of horses. The
parks are thronged with Japanese and
Chinese, who are p.nic stricken. Tiny
Japanese women with their children
on their backs wander aimlessly about
the streets. They cannot understand
the nature of the terrible calamity.
1.-The provisions are exhausted and
there Is no water to be had. What San
Francisco needs is not doctors and
nurses but food and water. When the
wholesale district was entirely de-
stroyed by the fires and earthquakes
all the provisions practically in the
city were destroyed.
"The United States custom house
which was reported to have been de-
stroyed, was not harmed at all. When
1 left they were dynamiting around the
Hall of Justice in an endeavor to save
| that.
"All the parks are filled with people
| seeking shelter. Blankets and tents
| are needed to shelter the thousands Of
homeless.
"The residential section of the city
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-20

75c, 45-INCH ENGLISH MOHAIRS 3ec
1000 wards of the made and priced Friday at
the assortment lncuoes
two shades shades Of two shades OF green
black bright lustrous weaver 20 lnches
wide every yard guaranteed No phone or mall orders ed
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-20

The birds of the air have their nests
and the beasts have their holes in the
rock but the Son of Man has no place
to lay his head.
Los Angeles has it's arms spread wide
open; let them come. Here in the
peaceful valley where the sun'is shin
ing and the birds are singing as II there
were no such thing as suffering in all
the world are those who walt with open
arms to receive the shock-racked refu-
gees from San Francisco and help ana
comfort them.
Last night our streets were thronged
with men and women, hurrying to ana
fro, and one impulse was animating all.
The suffering that fame-swept San
Francisco was in the midst of was their
single thought and everywhere plans
were being made to help.
The brotherhood of man with man
stood out triumphant; there was no
question as to creed or color, but pity.
dominant, made those who met look at
each other with moist eyes and plan 10
help.
Relief has started for the stricken
city and everything that human brain
can nlan or human wealth procure to
soften human suffering has been done.
But there Is need of yet another sort
Imperative. The thousands that have
lost their all are without place to lay
their heads. Their homes are swept
away. The sky is palled with smoke.
The devastation spreads and each flash
that comes along the wires unfoids yet
more of horror.
II These homeless must be housed and
conforted. Some means must be at
once evolved to meet the need. Los An
giles is planning to take care OF all who
come and they will be met with open
arms and taken in and comforted as
~ thew were brothers of flesh and blood.
And to them all Los Angeles sends but
one message, and that is, Come!
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-20

of the committee and arrangements
were made for transporting 1t to San
Francisco. The Southern Pacific Co
mated two trains and the steamship
Roanoke, ready to sail from San Pedro,
was placed at the disposal of the re-
lief committee, while husky men on
the San Pedro breakwater offered their
services to load the ship.
The Supplies Train
A committee composed of w. A.
Hammel, ex-chief of police. George w.
Parsons and w. S. Voozsanger was
appointed to accompany the train
which takes the supplies overland, while
George G. Mckay, T. N. Garfield, w.
w. Pedder and A. B. McKenny was
the committee named to go with the
Roanoke.
Late yesterday afternoon the COM
mittee issued a notice calling on every
owner Of rented property in Los An
geles to contribute twenty-five per
cent of one months income from the
rental of this property to the relief
fund. This subscription list was started
with o. T. johnson, one of the largest
property owners in Los Angeles, at the
head of it.
The Committees
Meanwhile the committees will con-
tinue their solicitations. These com
mittees are as follows:
To go on steamer Roanoke-Messrs
George G. Mckay, T. N. Garfield, Will
mer w. Pedder and A. B. McKenny.
To go on the train-Messrs. William
Hammel, George w. Parsons, w. S.
Voorsanger.
To solicit funds:
Iron foundries-Fred w. Baker and
Rees Llewellyn.
lchitects-A. M. Edelman and Joh.
Parkinson.
Automobiles-J. ]. Jenkins and Her
bert L. Cornish.
Bakeries-william Meek, Mr.. Barnes
Barbers-J. W. Cooksey.
Brokers-Ferd K. Rule, j. B. Bush
nell and ]. H. Adams.
Contractors-Carl Leonardt, S. e
Engstrom and Paul Haupt.
Carriage ufacturers-George Ar.
mott ard Newell Mathews.
Cigars-Fred Barman, George w
Walker and Benjamin Kingsbaker.
Confectioners-L. ]. christopher.
Dentists-Drs. L. E. Ford, w. H
Spinks and Shelly Tolhurst.
.Druggists-Dr. owens, ]. j. Freeman
Frank N. Boswell and e. w. Kirkland
Electrical supplies-H. H. Woodill
Transfer ompanies-California Trucl
more.
Florists-F. Edward Gray and ]. w
Wolfskill.
Produce-Frank Simpson, Mathews
Bros. and Chester Thompson.
Grocers-H. Jevne and Howard
Rivers.
Hay and Grain-Joe Desmond.
Hotels-John Mitchell.
Ice companies-J. Mckinney Mr.
Bullfinch.
Insurance-John T. Griffith, Louis
Vetter and Edward Silent.
Jewelers-Mr. Luckenbach.
Livery stables-Lusk Cab company.
| Lumber-James Gunner, Eugene
Ganahl and Charles G. Lynch.
Butchers-M. w. Everhardy anc
Simon Maier.
Tailors-A. K. Brauer, o. c. Sens ant
B. Gordon.
Painters-H. Schroeder, Mr.. Quinn.
Stationers-Messrs oliver, Gardnei
and Weldon.
Pianos-John ]. BirkeI and Franl
Hart.
! Planning millB-Thomas Hughes,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-20

was burning fiercely when I left, and
1t did not seem possible that it could
be saved. The horrible part of 1t is
the awful effect it has had upon the
people of San Francisco. They have
gone mad and do not seem to reason
at all.
"a bulletin was posted yesterday in
front of the Call which was signed by
Fire Commissioner Wolfe. 1t stated
that the underwriters declared that not
only the fire losses shall be paid but
the losses by earthquake shall also be
made good by the fire insurance COM
panies.
"I think that the loss Of life has
been greatly exaggerated and that
when the final results are known the
disaster will not be so great as is now
believed.
1.-THE report that Market street, from
the ferry to Montgomery street, had
sunk into the sea is utterly without
foundation. The water mains have
burst on that street and that has re-
suited in a small inundation, but the
sea had not encroached on the land
and l do not believe that 1t will"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-20
REFUGEES TELL
of EXPERIENCES
IN HOLOCAUST
ALI, AVENUES OF ESCAPE BLOCKED
Tfrror-Stricken People Fight Each Other to Reach
Terry-Husbands Desert Wives and Mothers
Leave Babes to Perish in the Flames
in Their Frenzy

followed by another much more violent.
I was thrown from my bed on the sixth
floor of the Palace hotel by the force
of the shock.
II Immediately got up and hastily
dressed myself. When 1 reached the
lobby of the Palace the widest excite
ment existed. The members Of the
Conried grand opera company were dis
tracted and the women were running
about clad only in blankets.
"Soon after I las so fortunate as to
get out Of the hotel the roof caved in,
and soon after the entire structure col
lapsed. The streets were full Of half
dressed men and women who were
absolutely insane with fear.
MANY Of the men were clothed in
their pajamas and some We're stark
naked. At 5:45, when / quilted the
hotel and as I walked up Market street,
I counted nine fires on Market street
between Spear street and the Palace
hotel.
Fires Were Terrible
"At 6:15 the fires were terrible. The
water mains had burst and there was
no water available. Firemen rushed
wildly through the strets seemingly
without a leader Or director. No eff
fective work was done, seemingly. Con-
fusion and terror were everywhere
manifest
"At o'clock the f1remen and others
began dynamiting the buildings that
the rest might be saved. At that time
San Francisco might have been great
battle field, for the sound of the tre-
mendous explosions resembled nothing
so much as artillery.
"All up and down the streets the
work of dynamiting went on and still
the flames swept CT their devastating
course unhindered. On the south side
of Market street the entire row of mag
ndficent buildings was totally wrecked
to Twelfth street, while on the other
side the. devastation was complete to
Montgomery street.
"All along Market street, from the
ferry west, the street is heaped up In
some places and depressed in others
1t was reported that the Call building
was wrecked by the earthquake. II
was gutted by fire but the main struc-
ture was standing when I left the city
at yesterday afternoon.
Palace Destroyed
1.-THE Palace hotel was utterly de-
stroyed. The Hearst building was also
a total wreck, as are the Emporium and
the San Francisco branch of Braun:
wholesale drug house. All the clocks
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-20

H. waddingham and A. Beyerle.
Plumbers-Mr. Lohman.
Restaurants-John Brink, Mr.. Schnei-
der.
Wall paper-F. J. Bauer and A. H.
Engstrom.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-20
"BEDLAM RElGNS
i IN SAN FRANCISCO"
r., o.: SAYS REFUGEE

"Bedlam reigns in San Francisco.
said L. N. Brunswig, vice president OF
the F. w. Brun Drug company. Mr.
Brunswig returned yesterday from the
stricken city of the north. II was
awakened yesterday morning at the
Palace hotel at 5:14 o'clock by violent
shock which was almost Immediately
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-20
QUICKLY PASS
100000 MARK
IN DONATIONS

The citizens relief committee rested
not minute yesterday. The executive
committee Of the general organization
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-03
First Floor.

larry pumping system that keeps the
cellar moist, because this water grad
ually coming to the surface Of the
brick floor is dissipated by transporta.
ton and this form of evaporation Is just
about right to keep the atmosphere in
good condition. Evaporation induces
circulation of air and this is neces-
sary to keep the cellar in healthful
condition. House cellars often are
used for storage purposes, for keeping
potatoes and other vegetables. This
Is all right so long as the vegetables
are fresh and sound, but when they
commence to decay and an atmosphere
charged with the spores Of decaying
vegetable matter penetrates the living
rooms there is danger ahead.
A house is right or wrong according
to the many little details that go to
make up the structure. The cellar
bottom is one Of these details that
must be carefully considered. It is the
bottom Of the house. OF course, where
the cellar is used principally as room
to hold a furnace and the wood or
coal to supply the fire, the material OF
which the bottom is. composed is not
no important. A dry, dusty cement
bottom probably II all right for
furnace room.
In mentioning the advantages Of the
brick cellar bottom the old-fashioned
cellar with its corner for keeping
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-03

bothering with ice every day. There
are In existence modern cellars that
discount the best Underground storage
rooms known to our grandfathers, but
I am sorry to say that they are ex.
tremely scarce.
The porches on this house are in.
closed underneath with piers and lat
tice work. It is quite a fashion in
some parts of the middle west to leave
the space under the porch exposed.
Most builders who neglect to finish
porch by putting screen around the
bottom excuse the practice on the
score Of a sanitation. Well, don't
doubt that good many porch lattice
screens hide good deal Of trash that
the owners would not like to have ex.
posed to view, but it is not necessary
to have old rubbish under the porch
even If there is a screen that obstructs
the view. A porch without fence of
some kind around the bottom of it
don't look finished any more than a
hat looks finished without brim. It
is as much of necessity to porch as
a cornice is to q roof.
The architect estimates that this
house may be built for from $1,000 to
$500 without gas fixtures and with.
out heating apparatus. Probably
$4,000 under ordinary circumstances
would build the house complete ready
to move in.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-03
Scene Of 1--WE Are Seven"

Conway, England, is sorely troubled
over the fact that the gravestones in
the churchyard which is associated
with Wordsworth's poem, I'VE Are
Seven," has been seriously damaged
by the enthusiastic tripper. One bit
after another has been Clipped OF,
and II the destruction is allowed to
continue nothing Of the stone will
soon be left. At which prospect Con-
way is greatly grieved, but somewhat
unnecessarily. The Wordsworth le'
gend is one to which Conway is not
entitled, Notwithstanding the stone
and even the "churchyard cottage"
that used to be pointed out to the Wis.
itor. Wordsworth himself declared
that he met the little girl at Goodrich
castle, but one can imagine that the
legend will persist for good many
years. The grave Of Gelert is still
pointed out, Notwithstanding all that
folklore has done to establish the
worldwide prevalence Of the story.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-03
HUT IN DENSE THIckET.
Speculation az to Who Had Occupied
Peculiar Abode.

A discovery was made the other day
by several young folks in a dense
thicket about thousand yards south
of the electric railway station at
Mount Rainier, on the District line,
which gave the discoverers subject
for considerable speculation. The
young people were on fern hunting
expedition and in their search they en-
tered thick forest of young pine
trees. In seclkded spot about the
center of the forest they came across
quaint little log cabin which ap-
peared to have been long unoccupied.
The structure had been built of the
small pines which had been chopped
down in the immediate vicinity of the
hut. These had been placed end on
end and built into shape, just as the
boys of years gone by made their
figure 4" bird traps. The roof was
formed of the branches of the trees
that had been employed in the ereo.
ton of the queer little house.
Whoever built the cabin selected Z
spot which evidently was but seldom
visited by man. The surrounding
trees, bushes and vines made an al
most impenetrable barrier to the
small clearing in which the hut is sit.
uated. In one corner OF the little
abode was large sheet-iron box that
had perhaps been found on some junk
of rubbish pile. This was used as
stove, and piece Of rusty stovepipe
protruded above the thatched roof.
There were evidences about the place
that II had been the abode of either
q recluse, tramp or perhaps a fugi.
tive from justice within a year past.
The discoverers OF the hut in the for
est conjectured Up many theories as
to who had been the occupant of tho
place, and It was as deep mystery
to residents In the neighborhood aE
it was to the fern hunters.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-03

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Eight rooms with Railways, a bath
room upstairs and toilet room down.
stairs, with a front stairway to the
second floor and back stairway to
the cellar, are some of the features that
are tucked away in this little house,
which measures only "a by 38 feet. Be-
sides having eight rooms conveniently
arranged there is in this house plenty
of closet room because the architect
has taken advantage of the sloping
roof to use space that often is wasted.
The cellar wall of this house 10
plastered outside below grade with ce-
ment mortar, and, by the way, this ia
provision that should be Incorporated
in every house plan where the soil is in
any way inclined to be damp at any
time of the year, and this applies to
most building sites. Once in awhile
a man wants to build house on .
sand hill that is as dry as bone all
the time, but q coat of cement plaster
outside of the cellar wall is very
good precaution wiener it is neces-
sary or not. Another thing that like
about this cellar wall is the provision
made in the specifications for stone
window sills. I have never known q
stone window sill to rot, but I have
seen lot of dilapidated wooden sills
which had to be replaced at consid-
erable expense and Inconvenience.
A brick cellar bottom is also pro-
vided for in this plan and like brick
cellar bottoms better than cement
where the drainage is good. II was
obliged to build house over spring
I would not use brick in the cellar
bottom. would build cement eel
lar, bottom walls and all, and
should make it water tight all around.
I would make that cellar as carefully
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-03
CONTRACT SYSTEM IS COSTLY
Conclusions Of the superintendent Of
Foreign Mails.

According to the annual report Of
the superintendent of foreign mails
it cost the government during the fis.
cal year ended June 80, 1905, $421, $50
more for ocean mail service under the
contract system than it would have
had had the mails been transported
and paid for by weight. The most
disproportionate cases the report
shows are those embracing the routes
between San Francisco and Tahiti
and New York and Havana. In the
former instance the cost was $42,120
for carrying mails which. it paid for
by weight, would have been but 81, ,153,
while it cost to transport the mails
to Havana $71,878, but which il paid
for by weight, would have resulted in
an outlay of but $2,239. In but one
instance is It shown that the contract
system worked advantageously to the
government, and that was on the New
York and Southampton route, which
cost $662,688, whereas, it is stated,
had it been paid for under the system
of weights, it would have involved
an expenditure Of $119.74S additional.
The excess of cost of contract serv.
ice on the several routes as against
what it would have been II paid for
by weight is as follows: New York
to La Guaira, $14.986; New York to
Maracaibo, $S6,109; New York to Tux
pan, $1O6,80O; Boston, Philadelphia
and New York to Port Antonio, $780,
95S; San Francisco to Sydney, New
South Wales, $206. 1856.
The quickest trip between New
York and London was IA hours and
six minutes, and between New York
and Paris, 155 hours; between San
Francisco and Yokohama, 401 hours
and 36 minutes, and between San
Francisco and Hongkong, 624 hours
and minutes.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-03
Babies TAUGHT 10 Swim,

Babies Taught 70 Swim.
In Sanpa nearly all babies are
taught to swim before they are two
years old.