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Went Back to Dress.

81 looked at a man at my side: he
was laughing at me. Then for the
first time | became aware that ! was
in pajamas myself. turned and ded
back to my room. There dressed.
packed my grip and fastened back to
the street. All the big buildings on
Market street toward the ferry were
standing, but I marked four separate
fires. The fronts of the small
buildings had fallen out into the
street, and at some places the debris
had broken through the sidewalk in
to cellars. noticed two women
near me. They were apparently
without escort. One said to the 9TH
er: What wouldn't give to be back
in Los Angeles again.
"That awakened a kindred feeling,
and proffered my assistance. put
my overcoat on the stone steps of a
building and told them to sit there.
In less than two minutes those steps
appeared to pitch everything forward
to be flying at me. The groaning
and writhing started afresh.s
''But | was just stunned. stood
there in the street with debris fali-
ing about me. It seemed the natural
thing for the tops of buildings to
careen over and for fronts to fall out.
do not even recall that the women
screamed. The street gave con-
vulsive shudder and the bulldogs
somehow righted themselves again.
| thought they had crashed together
above my head.
THE two women rose and started
to walk. | followed In a kind OF
aimless sort OF way. The streets
were filled with moving things again.
But the rainbow raiment had disap-
peared; all were clad in street
clothes. Every one was walking but
there was no confusion. We did not
even seem IN hurry Down NARY
street the flames were grow
|
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The street Cars Moving.

The street railway officials an
nounce that cars will be operated
from Ferry building, through some of
the ruined streets at once and within
a few days a temporary service will
be established over the greater part
of the city. Construction of an entire
new system will be begun shortly.
Mayor Schmitz has issued a spe-
cial permit for temporary overhead
trolley system. the people TO be car
ried free This will facilitate the
transfer of homeless people across
the Bay, where temporary homes can
be provided while general resonstruc-
tlon Is In progress.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-23

Some people manage to get up in
the world by wearing high heels.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-23
Refuse to Sell Property.

Offers OF big sums for Market
street property Is refused with con-
tempt. The people are cheerful under
circumstances.
Three men were shot at the corner
OF Market and Fifteenth streets last
night while In act OF robbing dead
bodies.
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As Told BY Los Angeles Phys
ician Who Was Witness.
Frightful Experiences and Sights of
What Was Only just Part of
Calamity.
FIENDs AND HORRORS RIVALS.

Los Angeles, CAL, April %
Most thrilling of all stories yet re-
lated of adventures in stricken San
Francisco during the days of horror
and nights of terror is that of a par
ty Of four, two women and two men,
who arrived here Saturday after
having spent night and the greater
portion of two days on the hills
about Golden Gate park. This party
was composed of Mrs. Francis VIM
ter. Miss Bessie Marley, DR.. Ernest
w. Fleming and Oliver Posey, all
prominent local people. All were
guests at the Palace Tuesday night.
Thrilling Adventures.
DR.. Fleming tells of his adventure
as follows:
81 was sleeping In room on the
third floor of the hotel," said DR..
Fleming, when the first shock oc-
Cured. An earthquake in San Fran
sisco was no new sensation to me.
was there in 1868, when a boy 10
years old, when the first great EARTH
quake occurred, but that was the
gentle rocking of a cradle to the one
of Wednesday.
81 awoke TO the groaning OF TIM
bers. a grinding, ereaking sound:
then came the roaring street. Flas-
tering and wall decorations fell.
The sensation was as though the
buildings were stretching and writh-
ing like snake. The darkness was
intense. Shrieks of women, higher,
shriller than that of the oreakiEg
timbers. cut the air. | tumbled from
the bed are crawled scrambling to-
ward the door. The twisting and
writhing appeared to increase. The
air was oppressive. seemed to be
saying to myself, will 1t never.
never stop?' wrenched the lock:
the door of the room swung back
against my shoulder. Just then the
building seemed to breathe, stagger
and right itself. But | fled from the
building as from a falling wall.
could not believe that 1t could en-
dure such a shock and still stand.
"The next remember was stand
ing in the street. laughing at the. un-
holy appearance of half hundred
men, clad in pajamas-land less. The
women were in their night robes.
The street was rainbow of colors
in the early morning 0ight. There
was every stripe and hue or naiment
never intended to be seen outside the
boudoir.
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Bodies Recovered.

The total number OF bodies recov-
cred and buried up to Sunday night
is 500. No complete record can be
had at this time as many bodies
have been buried without permits
from the coroner and the board OF
health.
Two hundred bodies found In the
Potrero district. south OF shannon
street, in the vicinity Of the Union
Iron works. were cremated at the
six-MtIe house saturday. by the or
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Important Records Saved.

The records in the hall of records
have been unharmed, which will pre-
vent any tangle in titles. All OF the
federal court records are also report
ed safe. supt. Leach Of the mint re-
ports that institution In a condition
10 resume business at once.
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stencil From Dead Bodies.

The stencil which Is arising from
the many bodies caught in the ruin
and not exposed to the air Is causing
much sickness. The work OF burylng
the discovered dead goes on night
and day. but bodies are necessarily
discovered slowly. Chinese refugees
are compelled to join the burial
gangs in digging and filling graves.
Their superstition makes them hard
20 control.
Great precautions. are being taken.
SO far the looked-for epidemic has
not developed.
The condition OF the homeless and
the shelterless camped in various
parts OF the city is remarkably good.
There is little suffering owing TO
sufficient food. water and blankets.
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THE WEATHER.

THE WEATHER.
Fair tonight and Tuesday
with warmer Tuesday In west
portion probably; light frost
probably In east portion.
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Dead and vaIuables Together.

At the Masonic cemetery receiving
vault all valuable records Of the city
are stored along with the dead The
vault is guarded by special detail
of troops.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-23
STENCIL OF DEAD BODIES FROM RUINS
There is Better Feeling Among The People OF The
Stricken Metropolis In Spite OF The
Conditions Existing.
DELAYED REPORT OF DAMAGE in THE STATE

San Francisco. April 23.-- About
midnight last night several fires
broke out along the water front and
other places OF the city among the
wrecked and partly burned houses
But there was little to prey on and
no great damage ensued. Today will
undoubtedly mark the end of the
fires.
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Drenching Rainfalls.

Shortly after the fire started a
cold drenchlng rain began to fall and
continued until midnight. The rain
thoroughly drenched the sleeping re-
fugees under blankets In the parks
making all miserable. II was recog-
nlzed that the rain would quench the
smoldering embers of the destroyed
property though II has also recognid-
ed that it might endanger the health
of many II not all. The rain has laid
the dust which was at least four
inches deep In many places and this
has been a great relief TO the peo-
nile
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w H AT?

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he CITY'S GROW TIL
WHAT MINNEAPOLIS BUILT LAST
49,. YEAR. ,.l~.s
Two Million Dollars Expended-Five
Squares Of Business Blocks and Over
Five !! undred Dwelling Houses.

The list of building operations for 1880
is a hattering one, and shows the Won
derful growth Of the northwestern me-
tropolis. &,< ~s.>
The frontage of structures erected for
business purposes foots up the nlagniti-
cent figure Of 1929 feet-enough to face
the length of nearly five blocks. The ex-
pense was $4,000. 81; ...t>, IL
The tstal of s641,50o FOR manufacturing
purposes is sufficient to satisfy anyone
of che greatness of the manufacturing
business, Of this city. The figures in
clude $125, 900 expended on the PiHsbury
A mill; s15000O on the Washburn A. and
100000 on the Crown Roller mills; $780,
900 on the Washburn A elevator; $4,000
On the Pillsbury A elevator, and 100000
on sundry mill improvements. ~. --.
Church and school buildings total $685.
900 in cost, including Westminster
church, 100000; M. E. Tabernacle, $685.
600: Webster school building, $4,000.
Miscellaneous buildings, including $40,-
900 for the county jail, reached the total
of $4,000. l.: ~ a.
Not less than five hundred dwelling
houses and residences have been erected
costing $4,000. - - x
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TIE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL

off hides they could do very much bet
ter than this. Even the Gloucester fish
ermen, who are under the special guar
dianship Of SENATOR Lodge, and who
are very largely responsible for
strained relations with Canada, Are
more than satisfied with the years
catch, which proved to be the largest
on record, exceeding even that Of 1902,
which was regarded as the banner year,
Mrs. GARDENERS Museum.
After some months of retirement,
Mrs. John L. Gardner has been very
much in the public eye this week be-.
cause of the report that she had SNUG
gled out of Italy Giorgione IS famous
picture, Christ with the Cross. Mrs.
Gardner says she secured the picture
by honorable means, and there is now
considerable curiosity to see a work to
which very little attention was paid
while the museum in the Fenway was
open to the public at 81 head. There
is also some curiosity to know what
Mrs. Gardner intends to do with the
museum. She has gone out of the
show business and has paid to the gov
eminent the duties she expected to save
by making her museum public.
One of the finest buildings in Boston
was dedicated this week with elaborate
ceremonies in which Governor Guild
and many persons of prominence took
part. It is the new building of the
Baptist Social union, located on Bow
dom street and Ashburton place in the
West end, and facing directly on the
new statehouse park In the will of
the late Daniel S. Ford, founder and
until the time Of his death editor of the
Youths Companion, enough money was
left to the union to erect the, building
and Mr.. Ford's wishes have been car,
ried out as far as possible. 1t will be a
sort Of headquarters for the Baptist
; denomination in New England.
3.~ Weeks Of Many Years.
A curious case involving person:
! well known in both Massachusetts anC
New Hampshire came up in the courts
| this week, when j. Frank Weeks Of
| Laconia, n. f., but formerly Of thi:
city, was unsuccessful in having Judge
William B. Stevens, his guardian, re
moved. Weeks is II years of age ,ant
worth $4,000 left him by his father
| lob ster merchant who died in 1898
/ Weeks was placed under the guardian
ship Of Judge Stevens shortly afte
his fathers death as a spendthrift, be
cause of his drinking habits, but h
reformed several years ago, and mar
ried Mary s. .Blaisdell, whom he ha'
, known for number Of years. Afte
his marriage he was examined for in
sanity, and pronounced sane, but be
cause of the examination he had differ
ernces with Judge Stevens. He had n
fault to find with the management o
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MATTERS AND MEN.

Secretary Carl schurz plays the piano
Whistler's drawing is called s1ovenly
John q. Cough is lecturing way Out
west. l-'-E.s5 K. = ~ II
DR.. Tanner, hearty. hard and muscular
and weighing ITO pounds and feeling as
if he could "eat a cow after his recent
fast, is on his way to Minnesota.
The lady professional beauties have
rival in a youth Of the, masculine sex,
Oscar Wilde, a poet and Apostle of, the
esthetic school," ~ r. - f
1t Is stated that Gen. Grant has aban-
doned his Sphinx and become one Of the
most sociable of men, with a particular
prediction to telling good story.
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BY r. G, Larsen,

Correspondence of The Journal. s "A
Boston, Mass, Jan. 6-The outcome
of all tho trouble Boston is having
since the election of John B. Moran as
district attorney, over his disagree
nents with the police commissioners in
regard to the alleged illegal sale of
liquor by leading hotels, will probably
be legislation doing away with the
present police board Of Boston, and the
placing Of the department under one
head. Young 8 hotel and Parker g have
surrendered their licenses, the proprie-
tor admitting that he had unintention-
ally violated the law. After five of
the leading hotels had closed their bars
for more than week, three have now
opened, Young's and Parker S selling
under new licenses, for which the full
amount was paid, altho they have only
four months to run, while the proprie-
tors, of the Essex have opened under
the old license and will fight it out in
the courts. Governor Guild has now be-
come factor in the situation. In his
inaugural he advised the abolition of
the board now composed of three COM
missioners, and suggested that the de-
partment be put under one head. Dis
tl1Cb AtGOIuef 1AUIdu ttASO dUVUCdtcS
something of this sort. The police
commissioners have not succeeded in
satisfying anybody, and predictions are
made that there will be lively scan-
DIAL in. connection with the department.
before the end is reached.
Graft in Boston.
Indicate are that Boston will be
treated to series Of sensations greater
than any that have yet stirred the peo-
PIE. Asa P. French, now United States
attorney, and who was appointed spe-
cial counsel by Acting Mayor Whelton
to investigate charges of graft in con-
nection with work being done on the
Fenway, has made report in which he
finds the contractors got something In
the neighborhood Of half million dol
lars, for which they did not give any
return. District Attorney Moran, act
ing on this report will further investi.
gate, and if he finds evidences of graft
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the estate, which had become more
valuable; he simply Wanted the. guard
ian removed and the court refused to
grant the petition. III.
Five brothers met in Dover, N. H.,
this week for the first time in eighteen
years. They were Hyacinthe Richard
Of Willow City, N. D., Alfred Richard
of st. Louis de Champlain, Quebec, Cy-.
allie Richard Of Franklin Falls. and
their brothers the Rev. j. =. Richard
and DR.. Joseph II. Richard Of Dover.
A Society Sensation.
One Of the most sensational suits New
Hampshire has had in a long time has
been brought by Wendell T. Peterson
Of Greenland, charging William P.
Frink, son of the late j. S. H. Frink,
with alternating his wife's affections
and placing the damages at $25,OOO.
The suit created a stir in Portsmouth,
for both Mr. Fripk and Mrs. Peterson.
drove in together on the day the pa
pers were served, and the, first she knew
! Of it, was. when she bought a Ports
mouth paper, while waiting in the car
riage for Mr.. Frink. The latter was
being held in the lawyers office until
bondsmen could be secured. Mrs. Pc
terson is about forty, but very at
| tractive. She came from New York
and married Mr.. Petersen, whose fam
| lily is said to be the richest in the town.
Both Mrs. Peterson and Mr.. Frink like
music. The former sings in church.
Mr.. Peterson engaged detectives to
watch his wife and Mr. Frink and these
/ officers will be the most important wit
nesses at the trial. I1 i@-%
Romance and Mystery.
4 The end Of romance which a year
ago was the talk of all New England
came this week when Judge A. M
Spear in Bath, Me-, granted divorce
! to Mrs. Louise Twitchell Baechler from
her husband, Louis Frederick raul
Baechler. Mrs. Baechler is % years OF
age, and is the daughter of former
mayor of Bath. ~ She lived will
her mother, who is very rich
until she became infatuated will
the stage, but more especially with
Baechler, who was playing small parts
in a travelling company, which played
in Bath. They were married despite
the protests Of friends and relatives
and Mrs. Baechler went with the com
pany. They were again married pub
licly on the stage of a~Lowell theater
and things went well until the girl Z
health began to break down and he
mother was obliged to, bring her home
In the meantime Mrs. Baechler re
ceived news Of the death by drownin,
of former suitor, j. Martin Fuller o
2. Augusta, to whom she had announce.
:; her engagement at a party less thai
: three months before her marriage. TIL
! mystery of this death has never bee
cleared up. .a-s&s *.
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Board Of Trade Directors,

At the annual meeting Of the board
of Trade this morning the following di-
rectors were elected: w. D.5Washburn,
Richard Chute, William Petit, Isaac At
water, Dorilus Morrison, T.. 3. Walker,
George A. Pillsbury, Samuel c. Gale,
O. A. Pray, Robert S. Innes, E. H. Hill
brook, Jr., T. F.. Andrews, A. B. Barton
NJ c.. White, E. S. Corser, G. NJ. Loring,
Judson N. Cross, T. T. Mullen, J. c. Whit
ney, r. B. Langdon. John De Laittre, T..
M. Brooks, D.. c. Bell, Charles H.
Marsh, Anthony Kelly, P. D. Mcmillan,
V. G. Hush, w. w. McNair, George H.
! Keith. William S. King, Robert Hall.
Arbitration committee: J. G.. Whitney,
Samuel G. Gale, William Petit, E. 8.
Corser, M C. White. 49, ~ =
Grain inspector, NJ w Yerxa.
Assistant grain inspectors, D. c. Monk,
| Leonard Kinsell. p II
| Committee on appeals on grain inspec-
ton, j. w. Campbell, N. F. Griswold,
G.. D. Rogers. = <-> -
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A Relic Of. 1859.

% While travelling around town on his
customary pilgrimage for news yester-
day, a reporter discovered a copy of the
first carriers New Years address ever
issued in this city, It is entitled, Car
rier. Boys Address to the Patrons Of the
Falls Evening News and Minnesota Re-
publican, Jan. l, 1855" Fred l.. Smith,
st. Anthony; E.. H. Johnson, Minneapolis,
Carriers. ~
The Falls Evening News was edited
by w. A. Croffut. Fred L.. Smith, our
present respected and well-to-do alder
man, was devil in the office and car
ried papers. s@e 7.s4
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Resuuescat Barney.

DR. Dunsmoor mourneth and refuseth
to be comforted. His favorite trotter,
Barney, was killed last night by colliding
with a tree in the darkness. ..s,i6
Barney was brought here a few years
ago at an expense Of $4,000. Messrs.
Wilcox and May once owned him and
placed great hopes upon his future on
the track. After several times changing
hands, DR.: Dunsmoor purchased him for
$500 He was 9 years old and trotted
last fall in 1892 {=ss
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Government Sues Bondsmen.

Helena, Mont, Jan. 6.-Judge Hum
ordered commitment papers prepared il
the case of NJ. L. Bridgeman, former
agent at the Belknap agency, and he
was taken to the penitentiary under {
three years sentence. He was con
victed Of Irregularities in office: The
recover $1,000. =. ., .. s..
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LOCAL RREvlTlES.

Dry four-foot pine, slabs at Armstrong
& Truesdell s., :. e5ss.** ss.ll ,'o-- q q
Ryan, Wales &, Co.. are now receiving
their goods in large quantities prepara-
tory to their spring trade, which will be
larger than ever. # -#5*< &
Mrs. Fairs hair work and hair dress
ing, etc, has not decreased since the holt
days. She is kept quite busy daily al
her rooms, 1923 Nicolet avenue, filling
orders. vi, :. z..c !, s.,' : s. -.
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HsE.JOU R NAL.
Official Paper Of the City and County.
r. FRIDAY, JAN. T. 1881.

The Journal today presents its
readers in advance Of any other paper
in the state with the message of Gov
ernor John S. Pillsbury, to the legislature
A careful perusal of it is recommended
for it is instructive, and, although some
what lengthy, very compact document
full Of wisdom drawn from rich and sue
cessful business and political experience.