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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-26
Personals and Briefs.

Miss Nellie Kidd will arrive in the city
this morning from Raleigh a. c. and
viii attend the funeral 81 her grand
mother. Mrs. Galloway who died yestcr-
day afternoon.
Sergeant Walsh has completely recov-
eued and was on tho streets yesterday.
He was 80 Tor several weeks.
Mr. ~. 4 Bnford Of Powhatan county,
Is visiting friends on Decatur Street.
Mrs Pietn. OF Richmond. formerly Of
Manchester. who has been sick FOR some
time. IS reported 90 bee much improved
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-26
Crap Shooters Again.

Mayor Maurice viii have 10 talk TO IL
lot OF crap-shooters again this morning
Sergeant Wright ran into "a bunch ves-
terday and yankcd the tribe 20 the station
house, where bail was furnished They
viii give zap the necessary 81 and the
COL alL.r LL.H l..L-r.- ln-La-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-26

That's why a 1O-cent plug of
SCHNAPPS is more economical
than a much larger plug Of cheap
tobacco.
That's why SCF1NAPPS wins all
classes of CheWerS: the rich, because
they do not find a chew to really
please them better at any price; the
poor, because they get their moneys
worth of the real snappy chew and
flavor not found in the highly sweet
ened mixtures. Neither the rich nor
the poor wish to chew tobacco so
intensely sweet that its true favor
and tOOth-preServing quality are lost.
Look for the word "SCE1NAPPS''
on the tag, and on the plug under the
tag and then you have 1.-THE most
wholesome tobacco produced, with
just enough sweetening to preserve
the quality and bring out the flavor
the real tobacco flavor that slim
ulates and satisfies.
Sold at SOC. per pound in Sc. cuts.
Strictly lOc. and 15c. plugs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-26
Mrs. Mary T. Burruss.

Mrs Mary r. Burruss died at her resi-
dence, 200 OakwOod Avenue. Saturda y
night AT l.45 clock IN the 36th year Of
her age She leaves q devoted husband
five children, mother-Airs J. A
Rhodes-and fee sisters-Christia A
Scynthia Y, Rosa s.. Lille H. Rhodes
Mrs. z. J. Johnson-and one brother
Mr. a. G.. Rhodes-all OF this CITY. 10
mourn their loss.
The funeral will take place from the
residence at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Interment will be in lakewood Cemetery.
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NEWS GATHERED
FROM SOUTHsIOE
Negro Falls From Box Car and
Breaks His
Neck.
DEATH OF AN AGED LADY
Mrs. Galloway Passes Away at
Home OF Her Daughter.
Personals and Briefs.
Manchester Burean. TImes-nLsna.oh.

Manchester Bureau. Times Dispatch.
Nc. HOP HUI street
Walter Dickens a negro. whose home
is in Speed. \. c.. fell from a box car
at cambridge and Twenty first Streets
yesterday afternoon and broKs ms neck.
Coroner John W. Brodnax was called
at once and viewed the body lie
deemed an inquest unnecessary. Death
was due 10 the fall accidentally.
The negro, who was a brakeman for
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. ives
walking over the cars. which We're stand
ing on the track, and in some manner
lost his balance and fell over the side
20 the cinder track, some twelve feet
below.
Death was instantaneous. the man fall
ing on his neck and breaking IL at the
base OF the skull.
The body viii be held heve undl the
authorities can communicate with the
negros people ia North Carolina.
Mrs. Galloway Dead.
Mrs. NJ. J. Galloway rs years OF age.
died at the home of her daughter. Mrs
Il. l. Kidd. Fourteenth and McDonough
Streets, yesterday afternoon at 5.20
o'clock. She had been III for only
short time.
She IS survived by her daughter-AIrs.
Kidd-and TWO sons-the Rev. c. H. Cal
loway. pastor OF Denny Street Methodist
Church. OF Richmond. and Mt j. r. Cal
loway, Of Manchester.
The funeral Will take place from Cen
tral Methodist Church this afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock. and interment will be IN
Maury Cemetery.
The following gentlemen VIII act as
pail bearers. Messrs. II. r.. Kidd. b. A.
Kidd. G. a Kidd and r. I. Kidd and f.
r. Galloway All these are grandsons Of
the deceased
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People Seen in Hotel L0bbieS

LAST week was the busiest in the hotel
uLs mess III Richmond in my recollection
WIN tue exception or convention weeks.
yt course, said Chief Clerk Dunston Of
ny iIlcninond last night. All the week
we had our house So we'll eiie1 tf-e
1HeIe was hardly a room vacant III
may be added that this is equally true
or the other hotels. the travel heIno fer
above the average The LEADING bo.eis
nave had little room 90 spare. and mo
completion of the addition now be-ne.
uc none too soon "-+'
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Revival in Progress.
Venabla Street Baptist Church is now
h the midst OF big revival. which vas
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-26

Or Frank r. steel IS in the city visiting
bis father, Dr. Geo b. Steel OF 40 East
Main
The National tribune., 1906-04-26

other in the size Of the blocks or the
course OF the streets; but In each sur
vey, with rare exceptions. the streets
are straight and cross each other at
right angles. TIE principal retail shops
were in Kearny, Market and Moatgom-
cry streets, which were the most FASH
ionable promenades; the banks and
brokers. Offices were in California street;
the importers and jobbers were In
Front, Sansome and Battery streets: the
principal fashionable residences We're
in Van Ness avenue, Pine Street Hill.
and Taylor, Bush, Suffer. Post, Geary
and O'Farrell streets; and the Chinese
quarter comprised portions OF Sacra-
mento, Commercial, Dupont, Pacific and
jackson streets. The busiest streets are
paved with Belgian block and cobbie-
stones, and most of the residence streets
are planked. The city is supplied with
gas made from imported coal. and water
is brought from Pilarcitos Creek, near
the base of the peninsula, by a conduit
80 miles long: the supply at present is
about 100000 gallons q day.
There are II public squares. The
Golden Gate Park covers an area of
1850 acres; originally barren tract of
sand-dunes. 1t has been gradually con-
vertcd into one of the most attractive
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EMPLOYEES SAVED THE MINT.
Fought On the Flames With Waite,
Drawn From q Well.

Like great monument in the midst
OF a ruined city stands the United
States Mint, the only remaining building
unhurt in the center Of what once was
the business district of San Francisco.
On all sides are fallen walls and heaps
OF ashes, but in the vaults of the great
treasure-house are gold coins and bars
valued at 5000, 200, 900 safe within the
solid walls Of stone and steel
The story Of the fight to save this vast
building is tale of heroism that stirs
the blood. For hours 40 employees OF
the Mint and 100 men of the Regular
Army fought to save the gold. One of
the heroic band said: 1.-The prize was
worth fighting for, and we fought and
won"
The worst part Of the first big fire
started one block from the Mint. With
in an hour the entire block Of big frame
buildings on the opposite side Of the
street was a flaming mass. With the
first fire alarm the Mint force realized
their danger. There is a deep well i'm
the Mint basement, which gives It an
Independent water supply, and the
pumps We're started working at their
full capacity. Hose lines were laid and
roof, windows and walls were kept wet.
Although the streams were pitifully
weak. they served the purpose. Then
came 100 OF the Regulars from the
PresidiO, who joined the gallant band
OF fire fighters. The flames spread on
all sides. but the men stood at their
posts In the face OF grave danger The
Fire Department for a time was able to
aid in the battle with single stream Of
salt water. but finally they were driven
back by the flames, and the Mint men
and Regulars fought alone.
For seven hours In the intense heat
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hop" ne said. It went. He fixed the
chedulA of nricea n HfflA hiUher. than

shop" ne said. II went. He fixed the
schedule of prices q little higher than
in fair times, and to make up for that
he forced the storekeeper to give free
food to hungry people In line who were
too poor to pay. In several other places
the soldiers used the same brand of
horse. sense. Yet we do hear of cases
where bread went at dollar a loaf.
There are no cases reported of actual
starvation, although many come into
Oakland hungry. ready to grab food and
choke it down like animals.
Sleeping I'm the Parks and the Preside.
Yesterday all the military tents avail
able were set up in the Presidio, and
the troops were turned out Of the bar
racks to bivouac on the ground. In
these shelter tents they are placing first
the sick; second, the more delicate of
the women, and, third. the nursing
mothers.
The city slept last night In three con-
centration camps-the Presidio. Golden
Gate Park and Fort Mason. Many of
the rich even deserted their mansions
TO sleep out of doors, for fear that the
fire line. stopping at Van Ness avenue,
might sweep on and take their houses
with it. There were few tents, but
mainly they slept out in the fog and the
The National tribune., 1906-04-26

places in the State. 1t is about three
miles In length and one mile in breadth,
and 1t Is bounded on the west side by
the ocean.
The number of churches and chapels
was about 100. OF these 20 or more
are Protestant and not less than 90 are
Catholic. Nearly every religious de-
nomination in the civilized world has
representative in the city. There were
few church edifices of the first class.
The new Roman Catholic Cathedral, the
Unitarian Church, Grace Church and
the First Congregational Church were
the more notable edifices for religious
worship.
San Francisco's History.
The history OF San Francisco dates
from Oct. 8, 1916, when two Franciscan
monks, from Spain established the mis-
sion OF San Francisco de Asis, but IT
was often called the Mission Dolores.
The mission fOurished. and in 1925 had
10000 head OF cattle, 10000 sheep. 5000
horses and 1900 bushels of wheat.
When the Mexican Government secu-
larized the church properties the Cali
fornia missions We're given over to civil
officers, who plundered them, and the
property accumulated by the monks was
dissipated until only a few adobe build
ings were all that was left. There was
established. however. the little village
II Yerba Buena, near the center Of the
present city. This town did a small
trade In hides and wheat and furnishing
supplies to whalers. 1t passed into
american possession in 1916. when enc
OF our war vessels took possession Of
the place in the name of the United
States. Immediately upon American oc-
cupatiOn began the customary cOmpe-
tition Of town sites, and one was estab-
lished on the north side OF the Golden
Gate and proposed to take the name Of
Francesca. The real-estate men in
Yerba Buena saw that this would make
them lose some prestige, so Jan. 30,
1S47, they changed the name of the
town to San Francisco.
The discovery Of gold in California
made it the center of 4 great commerce,
and it grew like weed in wet weather,
brought by ships around Cape Horn
These invited great fires, and one on
Dec. "a, 1S49. destroyed $4,000
worth OF property: May 4, 1850, another
caused the loss OF 100000; June IA,
1850. third fire cost another $1,000
600. The fourth. on May q, 1851, de-
stroyed 100000 worth Of property,
and the fifth, June %, 1851. destroyed
property valued at 100000. In spite
of these the city grew with the greatest
rapidity until January, 1854, when the
boom burst on account of the falling off
in the yield of the gold mines, and for
four years the place was at a standstill.
Since August. 1853, the progress Of the
city has been steady and rapid, in spite
OF real-estate panic, which followed
the extravagant expectations as to the
Pacific railroads. May. 1869. The city
was incorporated in 1850 In 1850 and
again in 1856 the corruption and ineffi-
cheney of the City Government caused
the formation of the famous Vigilance
Nnypop1 foo NJ al,
hanging a number of the worst charac-
ters.
The National tribune., 1906-04-26

he went. The Tennessee and Cumber.
land Rivers were falling TO their low
summer stage, and could not be de-
pended upon TO supply the army. Gen.
Buell. was strategist enough to remind
Gen. Halleck that the Memphis & Chat
tanooga Road lay directly along the
front OF the Confederate armies. and
was therefore subject 10 constant. at
tack from them. He preferred TO re-
turn to Nashville and advance along the
line of the Nashville & Chattanooga
Read. which was further Co the rear,
and could be more easily protected.
Haiieck was. however. firm for tho
Memphis 4 Chattanooga Railroad. and
Buell. began his slow march along that
line for Chattanooga. 800 miles away.
Slow as Buell. always was. his march
became snaillike. since the work on the
railroad was new to the engineers. and
was not prosecuted anywhere with the
feverish earnestness that later charac-
terized the Engineer Department OF the
armies.
June IL McCook's and Crittenden's
Divisions started eastward, the former
from Corinth and the latter from Boone
vile. Gen. Mitchell moved out to meet
them with supplies and facilities for
/ crossing the river. but their operations
were delayed by threats of attack on
1 the rear, and IL was not until June %
that the divisions OF McCook. Critten-
den and Nelson got as far east az
| Athens. where they were obliged TO wait
Cor supplies to be brought up by the
poorly-equipped trains placed upon the
road.
athens was still 100 miles from Chat
| tanooga, and Buell. found his force Of,
| $4,000 electives with which he had
| started diminishing rapidly by the de-
| tachments left along the rear to guard
the railroad. Buell. established his
headquarters at Huntsville. and began
! dcyoting himself to making projections
| 10 the bridges. increasing the force OF
mechanics working on the roads, and
also In putting the Nashville & Chatta-
nooga Road into condition to assist in
| supplying the army. He threw out Nc
Cook and Crittenden to make a threat
| in the direction of Chattanooga, and set
| Gen. Nelson with his division 10 rebuild
! the road from Nashville to Decatur.
Gen. Wood took position south OF the
| river at Decatur to guard that impor-
| tant place. Gen. Thomas held the road
from Tuscumbia eastward.
JEFF Davis was sorely displeascd with
| Beauregard's conduct OF the operations
around COrinth, and relieved him from
command Gen. Bragg succeeded him,
and was ordered TO move Immediately
| to the defense Of Chattanooga. He had
no trouble in getting there much ahead
of Buell.. He began at once perfecting
| plans to throw the Union army back 10
| the Ohio River and regain all that had
been lost since the opening of the cam
| raign and the capture of Forts Henry
and Donelson.
| (To be continued.l
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10 blocks, with good prospects Of saving

10 blocks, with good prospects Of saving
the wharves.
city, this has been day Of comparative
cheer. None went hungry or thirsty.
Devotional services were general in the
camps OF the refugees. Substantial
business men are already planning to
rebuild.
Nine cases of smallpox are being
treated at the Preside Reservation Hos
pital. The victims were found among
the refugees In Golden Gate Park. SAM
tary conditions are such that an cpl
demfc is feared. At present there is no
epidemic OF any sort and there is less
sickness than yesterday.
The greatest suffering exists among
unless the Government comes to their
relief. The few who have money find
no one willing to sell them property for
future homes. Oakland Chinatown is
overlooking, and the authorities refuse
to extend it's limits.
1t was estimated to-day by compe-
tent insurance authorities that the loss
will aggregate 100000, 600, and on this
vast amount Of property the insurance
companies carried approximately $115,-
600. 900 insurance.
Martial law, rough and impolite.
stepped in to bring a little order out
OF the bewildering chaos. On Market
obstruction Of the highway was most
severe. determined Deputy Marshals
stood at various points with pistol in
hand. and every group of able bodied
male pedestrians that came or went was
forced at the point OF the gun to pause
and put in 10 minutes work at pitch
ing bricks out Of the roadway. The pis-
tol point was inexorable. Presidents OF
banks sWeated under their impressive
silk tiles side by side with teamsters
from the Mission for the enforced 10
gleefully back at the relay gang that
was forced to take their places.
Refugees are distributing themselves
all over the bay region, the Upper Santa
Clara Valley, and the northern valleys.
Every farmhouse In the region will
probably be a little refugee camp in
itself for the next month. Such is the
spirit Of the outlying districts that a
farmer or townsman who refused to do
his share would find himself unpopular.
The reign Of order seems to be re-
stored. In the first place. there is no
more whisky. At last the supply is
either drunk up, destroyed by fire, or
spilled. After the small riot Of Friday,
when some Of the soldiers got drunk,
Gen. Funston got after the liquor prob
lem, and his men broke kegs and bottles
like Carrie Nation. Then with the end
Of visible peril the people are getting
sane. The only really exciting event of
which we have heard to-day was the
outbreak OF a drunken Japanese
drunken or craZy-Who let out a yell,
jumped behind an automobile standing
on Market street, and began to shoot at
the crowd. A squad of soldiers returned
the fire and killed him before he hit
any one.
The National tribune., 1906-04-26

Western paper gives this picture OF
the new Senator from Arkansas:
HE Is thoroughly democratic in
speech, manner and action. and is sur
charged with personal magnetism.
He makes the people think he is
prosecuted for their sake. and stands
between them and oppression.
He appeals to the human element.
He cunningly paints things to his
liking and ingeniously and unscrupu-
lousy turns them to his advantage.
He continually does violence 10 the
moral maxim that the suppression OF
truth is the suggestion of falsehood.
He audaciously and impudently re-
lies on the public's lack Of information
about incidents In issue.
He appropriates credit for about
everything creditable.
He has a powerful machine.
He has not met his match
The National tribune., 1906-04-26
The 2sth Conn.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
q history Of the 28th Conn. in your
valuable paper.-Alex. Weed, Jr.,
Stamford, Conn.
The 28th Conn. was organized at New
Haven Nov. Is, 1852, to serve nine
months, and mustered out Aug. %.
1868. The Colonel was S. p. Ferris, of
the Regular Army. 1t belonged to the
Nineteenth Corps, and lost Is killed
and 81 died from disease.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
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ed Taken to the Preside.
FRIDAY, APRIL 20.
Fires Rage Through the Northwest Sec.
ton and Threaten the Great Ware.
houses and DOcks-Hunger and Thirs
T0Fture-GO0d Work Of the Soldiers.

All day Friday the fires burned fierce
ly in theenorthwest section. threatening
destruction clear to the sea, including
immense warehouses and the ferry
wharves. by which San Francisco would
be completely isolated.
Early In the day it was believed tn
flames had been brought under control
and that the buildings on one-fourth
of the city's territory would escape de-
struction. The wind veered at night
and a gale began driving the fire direct
toward the sea.
Near Meiggs Wharf, which was
threatened, were huge oil tanks, some
OF them containing at least $4,000 gal
Ions Of Oil.
The Postal Telegraph Company aban-
doned its temporary office in the ferry
building.
With the destruction of the buildings
In the path of the flames all that would
remain of the city would be that section
west of Franklin street and north to
the Presidio. The only buildings of i'm
portance TO escape destruction are GER
tain fine residences along Pacific
Heights.
Hunger. thirst and fear of famine
existed. The problem of distributing
what food was on hand had not been
solved.
The restitution and suffering among
the refugees was indescribable.
Fearing pestilence from the number
OF bodies which had been exposed to the
elements since Tuesday. Gen. Funston
ordered them all buried. SO far as the
bodies have been found this has been
done. Civilians We're compelled, in some
cases at the point Of soldiers guns, To
do the work OF burial
At night water was coming into San
Francisco In many places. California
street. Van Ness and Golden Gate ave.
nues had water in plenty. The principal
main was broken at the Five Mile
House.
Late at night the trade winds set in
and drove the flames back over the
burned area.
Nfne-tenths of the wood involved Is
redwood, which burns with a smolder.
ing fire. There have been no grea1
bursts Of fire; no terrible whirls OF
flames; only a steady, persistent ad-
vance. So the workers saw this sullen
flame turn backward and spend itself
on the ruins over which 1t had passed
Good Work Of the Soldiers.
est praise of the soldiers. One says:
1t Is impossible TO say anything reall,
definite about the situation es regards
famine. The remaining Inhabitants are
scattered over great area, and one
district is cut off from the other by the
fires so that In some places the soldiers
must be working without orders, simply
on their own sense. Thank God for
these soldiers! They have been our
steadfast hope, and they have policed
like heroes and ruled like fathers. In
the central part Of the city they have
checked the outrageous famine prices
10 starving ..opie.
When this morning broke. lines form
ed as ever before the stores whose sup
plies had not been Communicated. In
one OF these the first man was charged
IS cents for loaf of bread. The Cor
poral in charge at that point brought
his gun down with q slam.
Bread Is 10 cents q loaf In this
The National tribune., 1906-04-26
MEN AND THINGS
SAW IN
Civil War Days.
By GEN. JAS. r. RUSHING.
SENT. POSTPAID, FOR %.
By GEN. JAS. F. RUSHING.

Publications of selections from this
book in The National Tribune have
awakened a strong interest In it among
our readers. Gen. Rushing had un-
usual opportunities for meeting ana
thoroughly studying a number of the
prominent Generals OF the war, and he
has set forth his conclusions with great
fairness. perspicacity. clearness and
force. His presentation Is invaluable.
as coming from man who actually
saw and lived with them.
The National Tribune has secured q
limited number Of copies-all that was
left of the edition-and now offers them
to its readers. The book Is q handsome
volume Of All large pages. well printed
and illustrated on good. heavy paper.
strongly bound, and with gilt top.
Sent to any address In United States
or Canada. postpaid. on receipt Of ~.
Address
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Washington. d. G.
The National tribune., 1906-04-26
The 18th n. Y. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please print short history Of the 18th
N. Y. Cav. in The National Tribune p
Henry Ullman, Co. d, 18th n. Y. Cav,
Au Ores, Mich.
The 18th n. Y. Cav. was organized in
New York City from Nov. 10, 1852. and
mustered out July 10. 1855. The Col
onel was James w. Savage, of the Reg
ular Army. 1t belonged to the Eight
zenith Corps, and lost "a killed and IT'S
died from disease.-Editor National
Tribune.
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heavy dew, wrapped in blankets and
bundled i'm quilts.
One Drink to Each Person.
All night wagons mounted with bar
rels and guarded by soldiers drove
through the park doing out water.
There was always q crush about the
wagons, and but one drink was allowed
to a person.
Separate supplies were sent to the
sick in the tents. The troops allowed
no camp fires, fearing that the trees or
the park might catch and drive the
people out Of this refuge to the open.