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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-04-26

upon a foundation of solid rock, has
been swept into the sea. Not a thing
remains to tell where the monster
stone building once stood. 1t has been
leyelled to the foundation and only
the rock foundation lining the sea
coast remains intact.
Destruction Seems Complete.
San Francisco, April 21.-San Fran
cisco now is the city Gesolate. 1t
seemed that the acme of it's misery
was reached at dusk, when flames
burst from all sides of the beautiful
Hotel Paramount, the palace that
above every other structure was ap-
parently most strongly entrenched
against the attack of the all-consum-
ing fire. And surrounding hat lofty
pinnacle of flame, as far as the eyes
could see to the south, to the east and
far out to the west lay in cruel fan
tastic heaps charred and smoking all
that remains of a prosperous city.
Acre After Acre Swept.
Yesterday was another day of I'M
even struggle between man and un-
conQuerable elements. Acre after acre
of buildings have been reduced to en-
bers and ashes, despite the despair
ing struggles of the firemen to limit
the cOnflagration. Last night there
was a hope that the worst has been
nearly reached and that when day
dawned the end would be in sight.
But hope is faint. If the flames can
be halted in their devastation of the
western addition, then '.fnis" will be
written to the great disaster.
Seek More to Devour.
With each succeeding hour the de.
~vastation and destruction in this pros.
trate ruin of a city grows. The bust.
ness and wholesale district is now
only a glowing furnace, while the
giant tongues Of fire have reached the
westward far beyond Van Ness ave.
nue., and are wiping out buildings and
seeking more to devour.
All efforts to check the spread of
the flames at Van Ness avenue by
blowing up a mile of buildings on the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-04-26

east side Of Van Ness avenue have
proved fruitless. The fire has spread
across the broad thoroughfare, and
from present indications the entire
western addition, which contains the
homes Of San Francisco's millionaires
and people of the Weather class, is
now doomed. The destruction of the
Western addition of the city practical
ly completes the work of the ravaging
flames and marks the devastation of
the entire city.
Relief Work Begun.
But San Francisco Is not discour.
aged. Its best and highest citizens
have already begun to plan restora-
ton and TO care for the stricken ones
n the relief will be immediate and
effective. Total subscriptions of $780,
600 were announced and arrange
ments made for the immediate succor
OF the needy. The baking of $4,000
loaves of bread daily will begin to-
day. Free transportation will be pro-
vided by the Southern Pacific to desti-
tute persons desiring to go to interior
points.
Maj. Mckeever was appointed COM
mandant of the camps of the home
less. Ii was announced that to-day
daily delivery into the city of 10000
600 gallons of water will begin.
Telegraph Reopened.
Last night for the first time direct
teleeraphic communication was re-
established with the outside world,
and this message is the first TO be
sent. BY energetic efforts the Postal
Telegraph company succeeded in re-
storing one of its lines, and its man
ayers hope 10 bring its service back
To normal "a a day or two. The Postal
office is in a little wooden structure
erected On piles at the water front.
Fires are now burning in three dis.
tricts. One is in that portion that ex-
tends from Mob Hill easterly toward
the water front.
Flames May Die Out.
1t is travelling slowly %northward to-
ward the Telegraph Hill section. It
may die out for lack of material or
may again sweep toward the extreme
water front. The second center Is in
the Mission district. Here the fire has
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measures were necessary and gave or
ders that looters were to be shot at
sight. Four men were summarily exc
cuted before 3 o'clock yesterday after
AT a meeting of fifty citizens
called by the mayor 1t was announced
h a 1,4O0 tents will be pitched in
Golden Gate Park and arrangements
have been made to feed the destitute
in the public squares.
n Of the first orders issued by
Chief of Police Oman was to close
every saloon In the city, to prevent
drink-crazed men from rioting.
Sweeps Everything in Path.
n fire swept the streets so rapidly
that it was practically impossible to
save anything in its path.
The dense smoke that arose from
the entire business district spread out
like an immense funnel and could
have been seen for miles out at sea.
Occasionally, as some drug house or
place stored with chemicals was
reached, most fantastic effects were
produced by the colored flames and
smoke which rolled out against the
darker background.
Other Places Suffer.
Reports from outside districts indi-
cate widespread damage. San Jose,
fifty miles south, lost many buildings,
and between fifteen and twenty per-
sons were killed. The annex of the
Vendome hotel collapsed and fires
broke out. Stanford university and
Palo Alto suffered. At Stanford many
of the handsome buildings were de-
molished, and two people were killed.
Suburbs in Ruins.
The court house at Redwood City
and other buildings collapsed. Menle
Park, B~urlingame and other fashion
able suburban towns suffered. Santa
Rosa, to the north; Napa, Vallejo and
all towns around the bay we're dam
aged. These reports, alarming as
they were. created little interest in
San Francisco, where the people were
SO frantic that they rushed into the
streets In night garments.
Cliff House Slides Into Sea.
From the Cliff house comes word
that the great pleasure resort and
show place Of the city. which stood
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Most Appalling Disaster OF Modern Times La
Waste the Metropolis of the Pacific Coast
Hundreds of Lives LOst--PrOperty
Loss Beyond Calculation.
Earthquake Topples Over Big Buildings and Fire
Completes Work of Observation-Disclosures
Structures Dynamited i'm Futile Attempt
to Stay Progress of the Flames.

chimney and cornice Of the hotel
crashed drought the fire house ad-
joining, severely injuring Fire Chief
Sullivan so that he was unable to di-
rec the work of fire-fghting. He is
now in a hospital in a p~recarious con.
dition.
All Of San Francisco's best play
houses, including the Majestic, Column
bia, Orpheum and Grand opera house,
ave q mass of ruins. The earthquake
"nmolished them for all practical pur-
poses and the fire completed the work
Of destruction. The handsome Rialto
and Casserly buildings were burned to
the ground. as was everything in that
district.
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~speculated as to the extent of the ter
ritory that was doomed. Suddenly
there was whispered alarm up and
down the long line Of watchers and
they hurried away to drag clothing,
cooking utensils and scant provisions
through the streets. From Grant
avenue the procession moved west
ward. Men and women dragged
trunks, packed huge bundles of blan-
kets, boxes of provisions-everything.
Wagons could not be hired except by
paying the most exorbitant rates. But
there is no panic.
People Are Stunned.
The people are calm, stunned. They
seem not to realize the extent of the
calamity. They hear that the city is
destroyed in so far as business plants
are concerned; they tell each other
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and renewed the search for missing
relatives.
Fire Damage the Greatest.
Up to a late hour yesterday after
moor more than $50 persons, seriously
injured by the earthquake and the fire.
had been treated at the various hos
pitfalls.
Looters Summary Shot.
Mayor Schmitz took prompt meas
ures for the relief and protection Of
the city. Gen. Funston was communi-
Gated with at once, and by 9 o'clock
1000 federal soldiers were guarding
the streets and assisting the fremen
in dynamiting buildings.
Gen. Funston realized that stern
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San Francisco, April 2O.-This city
yesterday vas visited by one Of the
= most terrible calamities that has be-
fallen any city in modern times.
1t was 5:13 o'clock yesterday morn.
ing when a terrific earthquake shook
the whole city and surrounding
try. One shock lasted two minutes
and there was an almost immediate
collapse of f1imsy structures in all
parts of San Francisco. The water
supply was cut off and when fires
broke Jul there was nothing to do but
to let the buildings burn. Telegraph
and telephone communication was
shut off for a time. The Western
Union was put out Of business COM
pletely and the Postal was the only
company that managed to get a wire
out Of the city. At 10 o'clock the
Postal, too, was forced to suspend in
San Francisco. Electric power was
stopped and street cars could not run.
Railroads and ferryboats also ceased
operations.
LeveIed With Dynamite.
Jus hiSo loSCu VI uuy III
many fine buildings were leveled to
; dust by terrific charges of dynamite
in the hopeless effort to stay the fire
horror. In this work scores of heroic
soldiers, policemen and firemen were
Nnaimed or killed outright.
NThe explosions shook the city and
added to the terror of the inhabitants.
L>all1yyi~- Tho G.rt rhna1y tho,a
another within thirty minutes, but not
so severe. Three hours later there
was another short quake.
Never Was Fate So Disastrous.
Nearly every landmark that has
made San Francisco famous has been
laid in ruins or burned to the ground.
Never has the fate of a city been more
disastrous.
For three miles along the water
front buildings have been swept clean
and the blackened beams and great
skeletons of factories and o ffices
stand sllhouetted against a back
ground of flame that is slowly spread
ing over the entire city. The whole
commercial and office section of the
city on the north side of Market street
from the ferry building to Tenth
street, has been consumed in the rag
ing hell, while hardly a building is
standing in the district south Of Mar
ket street.
Block After Block Licked Up.
Block after block of banking houses
ar9piOw masses of red-hot ruins, and
tFyill be months before the money
that was housed in their valuable
vaults can be reached.
Factories, hotels, wholesale houses
and residences, comprising the princi.
pal part Of the business section, have
been destroyed. The city hall, a
structure costing 81 1000, 900, was first
wrecked by the earthquake and then
destroyed by fire. The Palace hotel,
value estimated at 3d. 0 200, also
burned. The beautiful Claus Spreckles
building, at Third and Market streets,
was Quilted. The Rialto building and
dozens of other costly structures. were
also destroyed. The Hall of Justice Is
threatened and will undoubtedly go.
The Examiner and the Call buildings
are gone and the Crocker building,
across the street from the Palace no
teL,is destroyed.
Brave Men Lose Their Lives.
The earthquake caused the partial
wreck of the California hotel on Bush
and Kearney streets, and the falling
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Wind Spreads Fire.


The flames were kept confined to the
south Of Market street in the business
section until about 8 o'clock in the
afternoon, when the wind carried
sheets Of fame into the richest part
of the city.
Sisters, brothers, wives and sweet
hearts searched eagerly for some miss
ing dear one Thousands of persons
hurriedly went through the building,
inspecting the cots on which the suf-
ferers lay. in the hope that they would
find some loved one that was missing.
The dead were placed in n portion
Of the building, and the rest of 1t was
used as a hospital. After the fire
forced the nurses from the building,
the eager crowds followed them to the
Preside and the Children's hospital
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
RrssIA's THREATENED REPUDIA-
TON.

Financial Europe, outwardly calm
and confident, has been stirred below
the surface by the recent threatened
reputation by the Russian revolution
arv party of the loans contracted by
the government since 1905 When the
Russian army was suffering its first
land defeats, Russian per cents still
held I'D well in the nineties. In every
banking office the world over, the turn
was called upon the defeat of the Bal
tic fleet. for with Russia so humbled,
her fighting power ruined Oh sea and
her armies in a bad plight, her re-
sources strained and general helpless
ness at home over the outcome of the
war, it seemed that peace must come,
and that the humiliation of Rojestven-
sky would mark the low point in Rus
sian affairs.
Russian tours broke to S6k. On the
peace of Portsmouth they rallied to
941a. Russia had been beaten and was
sources We're known to be very great,
and doubt of her ability ultimately to
tertained.
Some very shrewd European and
in,
this. Russia has, indeed. great re-
sources, but her internal affairs are
in deplorable shape and Improvement
seems far away Her bonds broke I'M
der so last week. France is carrying
the Russian debt in the main, and has
confidence that all will yet be right
But the threat of the revolutionary
party to repudiate the later loans
has caused much uneasiness, suggest
ing, as it does, contingency not much
calculated upon heretofore. The rev.
| dictionary party, to be sure, is not in
control, nor is it certain that it ever
VIII Uo III HUI Is lIlSIc ICdSOIi
| to doubt that policy of debt repudia-
ton would meet with the opposition
of the more intelligent element, should
| the party come into control, for Moth
| ing could so damn a new government
and injure its credit as such an act.
Nevertheless, the ultimate repudia-
ton of some part of the immense Rus
sion obligations recently contracted has
now to be considered as a possibility.
1t does not make for confidence in
Russian finance. Should the car dis
! solve the douma, or should clash oc-
cur leading to general confusion, the
effect upon all Russian securities could
only be bad.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
"A LITTLE LEAVEN LEAVENETH
THE WHOLE LUMP"

Corporate domination is the leaven
that has leavened the United States
senate against the interests of the peo-
pie. Its beginning in the eastern
states was contemporary with the
birth of railroad interests there, and
the baleful leaven has followed the
lines of great corporate interests from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. The virus
laden leaven had gained such force, on
its way across the continent, as to en-
able a railroad corporation to elect
three of Its retained and paid attor-
neys of one firm. to the United States
senate from Oregon. Fortunately for
the people. only two could occupy seats
in the senate at the same time, and
the junior member of the firm had to
await the death of one of his seniors
before his term came. Dolph. Mitchell.
Simon. And of such is our senate
made.
1t is interesting to note that, since
the reconstruction period the south has
been exempt from the communicating
corporation leaven. just in degree as
she has been Stunned by great incor-
porated interests. This has enabled
her the better to solve and settle
troubles peculiarly her own. But her
evil time has come. and her people can
no longer claim exemption from cor
porate virus. Even Texas, the earst-
while proud state, where the poor
man as a candidate stood an even
chance with his rich rival for political
honors. and of whose many public
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
DODGER PLAYING FOR THE SACK.

1t i'll becomes the little evening
dodger to accuse legitimate aewspa-
pers of being ready to be bought and
sold to any who have the price, 1t
is a notorious fact that the manager
of the dodger has been hawking the al
legged influence of his paper all over
the state. trying to sell it to the high
est bidder. He has visited John L..
Wilson and Sammy Perkins and Of
fered to turn his paper over to Their
service if they would furnish him
financial backing. Finally in response
to his earnest and fearful pleadings it
is said that the perennial senatorial
candidate has promised the little
dodger a subsidy if it shall succeed in
defeating Mayor Hunt for reelection,
thus making it appear that Senator
Ankeny has lost the support of his
home town. 1t is that subsidy which
now inspires the zeal of the little
dodger in its virulent and malicious
attacks upon Mayor Hunt.
Moreover, it is commonly reported
that the little dodger is being largely
supported at the present time by the
milling company that is suing for a
permanent Injunction to prevent the
city from taking any water from Mill
creek for its $25O,000 water syst,
now in course of construction. 1t is
said that the dodger has already pulled
down about $4,000 of the company S
money and that more is constantly re-
quired to keep its head above water
until after the city election, when it is
hoped that the Wilson sack will be
available till the November election.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
which was in part as follows:

which was in part as follows:
Upon the question of estab-
fishing joint rates on wheat,
the commission is satisfied that the
compliments have established by evil
dence that the markets of Puget Sound
are superior to the markets of Port
land and that an injury results to the
producer and shipper unable to reach
Puget Sound markets and that
an order should be made es-
tablishing joint rates on wheat
The commission has not worked
out the details connected with
the formal findings and order upon this
question will be announced at as early
a time as the commission can do so.
Under the evidence adduced at this
hearing the general distance tariff
rates now in force by the railroads
are in the opinion of the commission,
reasonable discriminatory and unjus-
tifiable The adjustment of the diff
ferent general distance tariffs of ne
cessity involves great amount Of de-
tail work and most careful considera-
ton, having regard to the rights of
all sections of the state, and will re-
require time and care in it's prepara-
ton. While considering the details the
commission would welcome any sug-
gestions from the shippers, railroads
or any other interested party.
"Regarding the complaint of
discrimination against the ship
pers on the line of the Eureka Flat
branch of the Washington & Columbia
River Railway Company, the commits
sion is not prepared at this time to
announce what it's findings will be,
and the matter will be taken under
advisement by the commission"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-28
STANDS OFF THREE BEARS.

EVELETH. Mimi, June 2S.-Carl NJ
Johnson, pit boss at the Fayal miiie'
had a thrilling experience with three
bears on the Miller trunk road yester-
day. He was on a bicycle, and as he
came down the hill at Half MOON
lake he was suddenly confronted by
three large black bears which were
occupying the road.
Johnson put on the emergency Dream
and made such a quick stop that TIC
took a header almost in the midst Oh
the bears, but managed to roll on the
road into a ditch. The animals "eie
apparently as much startled at his sud
den appearance as he was at theh''
but set up an ominous growl ana SILL
fed suspiciously at the bicycle WIFI"
lay in the road Johnson was arilieu
only with a small pistol, but with 'hi'
he attempted to rout the enemy.
He fired a shot at the biggest OF 'h'
three bears, carrying off portion u
one of its ears. He was well Gun
cealed as he lay in the ditcn' ai'
the bears seemed to be unable 10 teiA
from which direction the shots CANT
They continued to growl and snlneu
the air in a suspicious manner Du'
finally retreated few yards down INC
road.
Johnson crawled out Of the ditch anu
secured his wheel. and, thinking all
safe, emptied his revolver at the
treating animals. They turned qulch''
and started toward him, but he noun
ed his wheel, and putting on
steam. outdistanced his pursuers.
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mon not one until within the present
decade. made a fortune in pubic OF
flee. now has her Bailey. If he were
the only Bailey, the remedy would not
he far to seek, and Texans would easily
find it,
But it is not enough to tell Senator
Bailey to step down from the seat OF
honor to which the state has raised
him and to forget that he is Texan,
as Texans will try in compassion to
forget him. Texans have to do battle
with a force that produces Baileys.
Texas fought her battle for freedom
alone. and gave to the nation the larg-
est state in the union. Her statesmen
and Judges have been in honor above
suspicion. Much of her legislation has
been worthy of emulation by other
states Her liberties were bought with
the blood of heroes, than which no
other land nor period Of history has
known greater. Let us hope that her
people will be equal to this new dan
ger.
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! lcnged application of The familiar de-

lcnged application of The familiar de-
vices of delay in his behalf
With this element out of the case, it
was as easy to try eKan with perfect
attention to the exactitudes of justice,
in two hours as it would have been in
two years. The evidence adduced be-
fore the grand jury made a complete
prima facie case The plea of guilty
made no difference. as there was evil
dence to bear down overwhelmingly
any that he might adduce in his de-
Tense. But all of this would not have
prevented interminable appeals and ap-
plications to different courts, had some
firm of lawyers taken the notion to
make a test of this case.
Therefore it would appear that law
yers who are officers of the court have
1t partly on their conscience that JUS
tice sometimes lags. The lawyers
business is to see that his client gets
Justice But he has been sworn as an
officer of the court, and he has the
duty to see that the community gets
justice also.
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A Farm Kitchen.

Let us hope the agricultural depart
ment's coming bulletin concerning the
sanitary farmhouse will contain a
chapter on the sanitary milk room. A
visitor spending a few days at a farm.
house lately observed that, while ev
erything else set before her to eat was
of good quality. the butter was execra-
ble-the worst she had ever tried to
eat 1t tasted like cross between
moldy bread and burned onions. She
could not understand why this was till
she went into the kitchen. There near
the pump sink. with onions. turnips
and dust cloth on one side and Josh
ua's stable boots on the floor near 1t
and horse blanket not far away, wac
last nights milking open to all the mi
crobes unutterable that chose to swim
in it from the miscellaneous collection
of articles named. Then the visitor
knew what was the matter.
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Breathing Dirty Air.

Among old time farm folk there Is q
wicked neglect of ventilation. although
pure air, a whole outdoors full Of it, IL
theirs for the simple opening of win.
dow. Country people a few years ago
were nearly as prone to consumption
as those in the most crowded parts of
the cities. Even to this day their win
dows are often pegged down and heav-
lily curtained lest by any means q
streak Of really pure air get In.
Country girls who do not wish to BE-
come sallow and shriveled and ugly
looking. losing their teeth before their
time, must breathe clean air, and
breathe it constantly and deeply. Why
do they not try the city woman's fad
Of sleeping outdoors? City women
have acquired perfect health and daz-
zling compilations by having their beds
in sheltered corner of veranda,
where all night long they breathe the
passing air only once.
CAROLINE ANDERSON.