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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-05-09
E. D. Smiths Views
On the Cotton Growers and
Cotton Spinners' Confer
ence--Warehouses to be
Built throughout the South.
From the State.

From the state.
While the conference between
the cotton spinners and the cot
ton growers was not all that ]
wished for, IT was a great Begin
ming and forced upon the English
spinners and the spinners of Fall
River the fact that they must
hereafter recognize the cotton
grove as a factor in their opera
tons instead of the cotton spec
utor," said Mr.. K. -. Smith, who
was in the city yesterday. Mr..
Smith is just back from Wash
ington where he attended the
conference as a member of the
executive committee of the
Southern Cotton association, and
be is very enthusiastic Owe the
results and the outlook for q bet
ter understanding when the crop
of this year is baled.
Briefly summed up" he con-
tlnued, both spinner and grow
er learned something. We learn
ed that we must organize thor
oughly, develop more on CONNER
zeal lines and concentrate our
cotton in warehouses to be built
all over the South by the associa-
ton. At present my plan Is to or
ganize a warehouse company in
every State in the South, the
warehouses to be built by an as
sessment on every cotton bale.
In these warehouses the farmers
could store their cotton and OBJ
tain advances at the price to be
fixed by the cotton association,
not by the Liverpool, New York
and New Orleans cotton exchang.
es." Mr.. Smith said this last very
emphatically. He has fought per-
~slstently for a farmers control of
the farmers product and never
loses opportunity TO bring this
out.
should there be a sale Of our
w~arehoused cotton over the price
fixed by the association, which
may happen because Of an extra.
ordinary demand for the staple.
We would give to each farmer
depOsiting his cotton in the ware.
houses his p~rOrata share Of the
advance, first d]educting what il
necessary for the expenses of
raining the warehouses and in.
surance. All Of this was gone
over at the meeting although it
was not enlarged on to any great
extent. We, however, will show
the Fall River and English spin.
ner yet that we control the mar.
ket. As for the Southern spiuners
who attended the convention, all
we're enthusiastic over the sche.
mes advanced by US and assured
us Of their Heartbeat support"
Suppose you build your ware
houses and a small number of
farmers refuse to deposit their
cotton with you?" he was asked.
why we will simply buy their
cotton and prevent them from
placing it on the market replied
Mr.. Smith easily and in the man.
ner Of one who had thought all of
this out before.
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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-05-09

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
PARTIAL LIST OF DEAD.

San Francisco, 1s.-The following is partial list of the dead: 1 Annie Wheelan, killed while asleep in her bed at 2782 Sacramento street
 Unknown father and son, living al 157 Langdon street.
 Myrtle Minze, 25Ls Folsom street.
 Baker, Second and Stevenson 1 streets.
 w. kornfeld, 12 years, sa4Ia Fol som street.
 William vante. years, 2so Steven son street i Anna Webster, 14 Williams street. William GuelIiman, t1o Eddy street. i John Thrapsy, Fish Market, Mont gomery and Sacramento street i Geronimo staeman, SIS Merchant street. l Phillip Busaacchi.
 Mrs. Hartdrum.
 Max Fenner, policeman killed at en- trance city hall. Sergeant of Police Steve Burner, Sr., killed at city hall.
 King, e20 Mission street. sakie Ishido, APO Stevenson street. r. Lackamands, 427 Stevenson street.
 F. Miyki, 423 Stevenson street.
 Mrs. Ida Heslip. Gery and Stockton streets. pr. Stineon, well known young phy- sician. killed In his room on the eighth floor of the California hotel. He was in bed when the walfs crashed in and buried him under the debris. l UNKNOWN DEAD: l Three Chinese. Two unknown white women.
 Unknown white man, sailor.
 Unknown man, Hays and Polk
 Man, Wilcox house, Second and Jes- sic streets.
 sixteen-yearoId Otto settner of 32s4 Pierce street. Frank Burge, native of England, killed at 235 Geary street
 Mrs. McCann, Third street.
 AdoIph and Amelia Schwinnet, hus- band and wife. Geary and Howard. Willie Carr, 1547 Ellis street.
 Patrick Frederick. Valencia hotel.
 Mrs. Lena crowder, IA Seventh street. = Mckenzie, 115 Haight street. Gelz, Sixth and Folsom street. William knowe.
 Peter Lind, Western Meat com. pany.
 Unknown baby died at Mechanics pavilion. Unknown white man, Front and Vallejo streets. Unknown woman, 35 years of age, Sixth and Folsom streets.
 Unknown man, 2722 Sacramento street.
 Unknown man, Sixth and shIpley streets. M. A. Hustel, 2527 Sutton street.
 Two unknown men at Valencia hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

San Francisco, April 18.-The fol- lowing is an incomplete list of the principal buildings destroyed or dam aged:
 Claus spreekes building, gutted by flames.
 Hearst building, collapsed.
 New Chronicle building, hardly dam aged at all.
 The White House, walls badly cracked, all plate glass windows gone. moved before o:30 a. m.
 Winchester hotel, Third street, total ly destroyed by shock.
 Grand Opera house. entirely de- stroyed.
 Claus spreckles house and stables on vanness avenue, badly damaged, will have to be largely rebuilt.
 tS. Luke's Episcopal church, Van ness avenue, will have to be pulled down. Mechanics Library building, Post street, slightly damaged.
 Croeker building, Market and Post, slightly damaged.
 Lyck house, walls and roof largely caved in.
 Upham building, Pine and Battery, totally destroyed; loss S550.0oo
 Fire house adjoining California hotel on Bush street; Chief Sullivan and wife sleeping In engine house severely bruised by bricks crashing through the roof from hotel. California Motel, upper walls col. lapsed and upper floors wrecked
 The building In course of construe- ton 10 be occupied by the Hamman, Baths. will have to be rebuilt.
 The walls are badly warped and twisted and the roof has fallen in. It Is located on Post street near the Olympic club
 San Francisco Gas and Electric com pany's Post street plant slightly h. lured.
 St. Francis hotel, exterior slightly cracked, not seriously injured.
 Pacific Union club, Post and Stock ton streets. front injured, and Assures in rear wall.
 St. pominics church on Pierce street, total loss, will have to be pull ed down. The parochal house is a par tial wreck. Estimated loss to the par lsh $300,0oo.
 The ornamental top on St. Dunstan's apartment house at Sutton street and vanness avenue fell into the street.
 The Concordia Club building on Vanness avenue has several Assures In the side and rebuilding necessary.
 The Hotel Grinado, baldly damaged, stone coping about roof fell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
PRESIDENT IS SHOCKED.

< Washington, April 1S-President { -~ Roosevelt sent this message to ( < Governor Pardee: : Tt was difficult at first to credit { : the news of the calamity that had { befailen San Francisco. 1 feel the | . greatest concern and sympathy for | ' you and the people not only of | San Francisco but of California in | . this terrible disaster. You will | . let me know If there Is anything . that the national government can ' . do. THEODORE ROOSEVELT ' . President Roosevelt tonight re . . ceived a telegram from Governor | . Pardee of California in response .
 to the Presidents telesraphie in- ' quiry sent early in the day The . governors message follows: . Sacramento. Cal April Be-To ' the President WashinSton' | . towing 10 the interruption Of teie- ' graphic municstion the extent . Of the disaster In San Francisco ( is not well known here. but no | doubt calamity very serious Peo. (
 pIe of California appreciate your | prompt Inquiry and offer of assls- ( | lance. State troops doing patrol |
 > duty. and If federal assistance Is ( needed will call on you ( GEO C. PARDEE. Governor" { > private telegram from oakland ( : forwarded to Secretary Metcalf to- { : night says the principal damage { . done in Oakland was caused by { falling chmneys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
Wire Communication Lost.

Los Angeles. April 1s-The dispatch from Salinas received here at o'clock is the first dispatch that has been re- ceived from the vicinity of San Francisco in three hours. The fact that additional shocks occurred this afternoon is of spe- cial significance. 1t is possible that other earthquake shocks have occurred in San Francisco later than those of this morn ing and that still greater damage has been done In fact many rumors are In circulation here that additional shocks have occurred there later today and that the damage and loss of life has been greatly increased. All wire communica- tion with San Francisco has been lost since early today.
 The Postal Telegraph company now has two wires working to Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. but no press mat ter is being accepted. The Western Union has no wires from Oakland, San Jose or any where in the vicinity Of San Francisco in any direction
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
LOS ANGELES DID
 NOT SUFFER DAMAGE
Earthquake Shocks Were Not Felt Further South in California Than
 Santa Barbara.

Los Angeles. April 1S.-From inquiries received in this city from points in the east it appears that the impression has gone out that the earthquake which caused such devastation In San Francisco this morning also affected Los Angeles and other California points. This is an entirely erroneous impression. There has been no earthquake in Southern Cali forna, and the shocks that caused the damage in San Francisco were not felt farther than Santa Barbara.
 The Associated Press is requested by the commercial interests of this city to correct this impression.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
SHOOK WHOLE CITY
 AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY.

It was 5:15 o'clock this morning when a terrific earthquake shock shook the whole city and surrounding country. One shock
 apparently lasted two minutes, and there was almost immediate collapse of fimsy structures all over the city. The water supply was cut off and when fires broke out in various sections there was nothing to do but to let the buildings burn. Tele- graph and telephone communica ton was shut off for time. The Western Union was put completely out of business and the Postal company was the only one that managed to get a wire out of the city. About 10 o'clock even the Postal was forced to suspend in San Francisco. Elec- tric power was stopped and street cars did not run. Railroads and ferryboats also ceased operations. The various fires have been raging all day, and the fire de- pertinent has been poweress to do any thing except to dynamite the buildings threatened. All day long explosions have shaken the city and added to the terror of the inhabitants. Following the first shock there was another within five min utes, but not nearly so severe. Three hours later there was another slight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
Loss Two F1uTy<lred Million
City $ ShH in Flame SSThonsands Are Flee ing 10 Satety and Other Thousands Habe PeYished in Greatest
 Calamity IT History

(NAKLAND, Cal. April I8Earhquake and fire today have
 caused the greatest calamity California has known. In San Francisco alone estimated that thousand persons have pershed while many suffering from injuries. The entire business portion of the city in runs and the flames which owing lack of cannot be checked except by the blowing up with dynamite of buildings in their path still sweeping through the city. It utterly impossible present estimate the property oss for the extent of the fagraton be told until the fire has burned itself
 Reports from districts outside of San Francisco indicate widespread damage San Jose fifty miles south lost many buildings and many persons killed Santa Cruz Monterey, Gioy Holster and Pao Aso suffered severely At Leland Stanford University many of the buildings wrecked and several lives lost.
 The court house and other buildings at Redwood City col lapsed. MenIo Park Bmlingame and other fashionable suburban suffered Santa Rosa the north, Napa, Vallejo and all towns around the bay suffered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
SAYS DAMAGE IS
 BEYOND CALCULATION.

i. Los Angeles. April 1S.--t9 D. m.)-A tele- graph operator, Baum. who arrived at oakland a few minutes ago in a launch says that another severe earthquake shock occurred at San Francisco at ~ this evening. The damage, he says fr
 the several shocks today and the chs = fires Is beyond calculation. The ----7 nagraton. he adds. is still ragir E
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
MANY LUNAT|CS
 ROAMING ABOUT
 SPREAD TERROR
Insane Hospital CoIapscs and Many are Buried in Ruins While Others Wander
 Through County

Los Angeles, April ls.-News comes to this city from Niles, small town in the Santa Clara valley. about fifteen miles from San Jose. stating that the earth quake demolished the state insane asy- lum at Agnews, near San Jose, buryinS many of the inmates in the ruins, It Is said that San Jose suffered severely. This news was brought by an automobile from San Jose to points where wire com munication had been established with Los Angeles Temporarily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
FIFTEEN KILLED pY
 PREMATURE EXPLOSION.

oakland. April 1s-(S D. ml-At this hour the fire is increasing in violence. It is spreading In all directions in both the business and the residence quarters. It Is reported that a while q building was being blown up with dynamite q prema- ture explosion killed fifteen men. The Terminal hotel. at the water front and Market street fell today and buried twenty persons under the debris. These were inelnerated and there Is no possl- hillty Of learning their Identity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
WIDEsPREoD DAMAGE
 OUTSIDE SAN GFRANcISco.

Reports from districts outside of San Francisco indicate widespread damage San Jose fifty miles south. lost many buildings and from fifteen to twenty peo- ple were killed The annex of the Ven- dome hotel collapsed and fires broke out.
 Stanford university and Palo Alto suf- fered At Stanford many of the handsome buildings were demolished and two peo- ole were killed. One of hem was Junins R. Hana of Bradford. Pa, and the other was Otto Gurtz. fireman.
 Six other students are lying in the Palo Alto hospital with bruises. cuts and internal injuries. These are Ross D. How ard San Francisco H. L. Dearing. Santa Ana, Cal; = yFrolli, H. R. Thomas of -----~--~------>
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
SHOCK WAS FELT
 IN NEVADA TOWN
Southern Pacific Brings in Dynamite 10 Assist In Checking the
 Fire.

Washington April ls.-A Western Union dispatch received late this evening says that earthquake shocks are reported as far east as Hazen. Nev.
 The Southern Pacific has brought into San Francisco ton of dynamite to use if necessary in destroying buildings to prevent the spread of flames. The fire is now within one-half block of ther gen eral office They have dismantled two buildings and hope to check it No one is allowed to enter the city and boats and trains are crowded with refugees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
WHOLE SECTION AFLAf ,J SURROUNDED RY TT tPS.

New York. April iS.-The stern Union Is in receipt of dispatch from their op- orator in San Francisco, filed about S.D D. m. San Francisco time in which he states that he has been along Montgom- cry street to the section formerly oe- cupied by the Western Union building. He says that this whole section is ahame, and is surrounded by United states troops The block bounded by Montgom- cry, Bush. Pine and SansQs ysstreets Is doomed. Fifteen or twyere buildings along the water fire ,, srq| now a mass of flames. 5s -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
SCENE IS ONE OF
 uNsPEAkARLE GRANDEUR.

Through all streets automobiles and express wagons are hnrrying. carrying the dead and injured to the morgues and the hospitals.
 At the morgue in the hall of justice fifty bodies lie on the slabs. The flames rapidly approached this building and the work of removing the bodies to Jackson Square, opposite. began While the soldiers and police were carrying the dead to what appeared safe places, a shower or bricks from building dynamited to check the progress of the sweeping flames injured many of the workmen and sent soldier after soldier hurrying to the hos ptals. The work of removing the bodies stopped and the remainder of the dead were left to possible cremation in the rAorgue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
Every Building Damaged.

Los Angeles, April ls.-N2:2U D m.)-- News comes over the Southern Pacific wire from Niles confirming the report that the insane asylum at Agnews was demolished and further stating that al- most every stone or brick building in San Jose was either badly damaged or wrecked It is not known if there was great loss of life in San Jose but evidently some loss has occurred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
Roaming About Country.

San Francisco, April 1s.-A conductor on a San Jose local train reports that the insane asylum at Agnews IS total wreck many of the inmates being killed. It Is believed the attaches of the institution who were about at the time were saved The building is total wreck. The ruins took fire shortly after the collapse There were about 700 persons in the building The above report has been officially con firmed and 1t is added that scores Of the inmates who escaped death. are roaming about the country in a state of panic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
NIGHT ADDS HORROR
 TO WILD CONFUSION.

San Francisco, April 1sc D. m.D-Night added to the horror as darkness fell The sky was illuminated in all directions. As the flames spread into the residence dis tricts people left their homes and fled to the parks and squares The series of rather severe shocks at o'clock further Increased the terror and many left homes that were not in danger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
BEAUTIFUL CLIFF HOUSE IS SWEPT INTO SEA.

San Francisco. April 1S.-From the Cliff house comes word that the great pleasure resort and show place of the city, which stood upon foundation of solid rock, has been swept into the sea. Not a thing stands to tell where the monster stone building once stood. It has been levelled to the foundation and only the rock lin- ing Of the sea coast remains intact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
ONE ESTIMATE SAYS DEATHS ARE 25oo.

Los Angeles, April 1S.--A dispatch from Oakland this evening says that the fire was gaining in San Francisco and is now beyond control. The entire city Is In danger. An extra issued here at 5:30 says that the estimates of the deaths in San Francisco are now 250. It is stated that the Postal Telegraph building and Palace hotel are burning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
HERS
 STICK ID POST
 AND SEND NEWS
Postal Men are Finally Ordered Out in Order That th. Building Might be
 Dynamitsd

New York. April ls.-That the world received news throughout the day of the San Francisco disaster Is due in part to the courage of the telegraph operators there. who stuck to their posts and con tinued to send news and other messages in spite of the great personal danger
 The operators and officials of the Postal Telegraph company remained in the main office of the company at the corner of Market and Montgomery streets, opposite the Palace hotel, until they were ordered out of the building because of the danger from the dynamite explosions in the im- mediate vicinity. The men proceeded to Oakland across the bay, and took posses sion of the office there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
Three Shocks Visit Town.

Los Angeles. April 1s.-A message from Salinas, eighteen miles from San Fran cisco timed 6:30 D. m., says:
 At 5:l5 a. m. three shocks of earthquake visited this town, lasting respectively D 2 and 40 seconds They came from the northeast and southwest. The damage will be two and half millions. No lives were lost in Salinas. Among the buildings destroyed in this town are Eks hall. Ma sonic building. nights of Ppthias building odd Fellows building. city hall and sev- 'eral mercantile houses. Spreckies sugar factory. about five miles rom town was entirely destroyed. damage million and half. High school building also wreck ed Cut entirely from off communication from San Francisco and north. Al Wat sonville the Moreland academy was de- stroyed by fire and several buildings col lapsed.
 A hotel at Delmonte. three chimneys fell through the roof. killing bride and groom and one of the hotel people, in- turing several others fatally At Hollis ter. Granger union warehouse destroyed Mrs. Griffith killed and husband went in sana fnxu shock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
STATE HOSPITAL IS
 DAMAGED AND USELESS.

Sacramento April Ex-Governor Pardee has received message from Mlpltas that the state hospital Is damaged and useless. and. that pr. Kelly Is killed. The nhmber of injured Is unknown. It is asked that physicians and nurses be sent there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
Terrorlze the Community.

San Francisco, April 1s.-Supervisor Fred Horner of Oakland. who returned from San Jose In his automobile this af- ternoon, states that the Agnews asylum near the city, Is total wreck; that many of the inmates were killed, and that the remainder are running around loose, ter rorizing the community. The superintend- ent of the institution and his wife were both killed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
Impossible to.Check the Flames Ad- vance and the Entire City Will
 Probably be Consumed.
Cliff House is Swept Into the Sea Many are Killed by Premature Ex-
 plosions in WreCking Buildings

San Francisco, April lS.-d0 D. m.)-It looks now as if the entire city would he burned The Associated Press Is trying to get matter from Oakland by boat but they are very uncertain. The govern ment in furnishing tugs but the confusion is so great that they cannot be relied upon. It will be impossible to send full details for several days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
Cannot Deliver Messa ses.
New orleans Extends Sympathy

New orleans. April 1s.--Mayor Behr- man sent the following telegram to Mayor Schmitz today.
 People of New orleans extend to San Francisco sufferers heartfelt sympathy. we prayerfully hope that the reports of the disaster have heen exaggerated We stand ready to render any assistance in our bwsx."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-19
WORKS ASTONISHING HAVOC
 WITH FAMOUS CHINATOWN.

The earthquake has worked astonishing havoc in San Franciscos famous Chin town. The Chinese theatres and joss houses are in ruins and rookery after rookery has collapsed, covering alive hun dreds of the Celestials Panic reigns among the countless thousands of the Chinese, and they fill the streets drag ging whatever they could save from the wreck.
 The Japanese quarter has been burned out, and from the part not destroyed the people have fled in terror, packing on tEeir backs what household effects they could tie together Thousands of men and women and children from the La t.n quarter quit the throng when darkness began to fall and marched in endless pro cession towards the hills or towards the water front in an effort to get away from the city, lest other earthquakes follow and the flames trap them before they can make their escape from the charnel house.
 This dispatch is being written on door step near Chinatown, the illumination of the burning buildings furnishing light for the writer Associated Press headquar- tars burned with the Western Union