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Gilpin observer., 1906-04-26

ands of the homeless were making
their way with their blankets and
scant provisions to Golden Gate Park
and the beach to find shelter. Those
in the homes on the hills just north
of the Hayes Valley wrecked section
piled their belongins in the streets
and express wagons and automobiles
were hauling the things away to the
sparsely settled regions.
Downtown everything is ruin. Not
business house stands. Theaters
are crumbled into heaps. Factories
and commission houses lie shoulder
ing on their former sites. All of the
newspaper plants have been rendered
useless.
1t Is estimated that the loss in San
Francisco will reach from $150,000,-
900 to S200,000,000. These figures are
In the rough and nothing can be told
until partial accounting is taken.
On every side there was death and
suffering. Hundreds were injured,
burned, crushed or struck by falling
pieces from the buildings and one of
them died while on the operating ta-
BILE at Mechanics Pavilion, improvised
as a hospital for the comfort and
care of 800 injured. The number of
lead is not known, but it is estimated
Gilpin observer., 1906-04-26
LOOKING UP MONTGOMERY STREET

LOOKING UP MONTGOMERY STREET
But these were the men and women
of the surface. Far beneath the street
levels in those cellars and PASSAGE
ways were other lives. Women, who
never saw the day from their darken-
ed prisons, and blinking jailors were
caught like rats in a huge trap. Their
very bones were eaten by the flames.
And now there remain only the
holes. They pit the hillside like .
multitude of ground-swallow nests.
They show depths which the police
never knew. The secrets of those bur-
rows will never be known. for into
them the hungry fire first sifted its
red Goals and then licked eagerly in
tongues of creeping flames. finally
obliterating everything except the
earth ITSELF
New York, N. Y, - Officers OF
the large fire insurance companieS
having their headquarters in this city
announced Thursday that losses BY
earthquake were not included in the
mrs iiSuraHCe POLICIES Writtcu LOT Cal-
ifornia, and that such losses could not
be allowed, even II tho companies
were SO inclined, for tho reason that
the laws of New York state prohibited
it. The rulings on tho losses by fire,
however. will, 1t is said. bo broad. the
insurance companies apparently agree
ing that to draw the lines with any
severity whatsoever would be ex-
tremely unwisc In the face OF such
an appalling disaster where the suf-
fering will no doubt be widespread.
William c. Robb, secretary Of tho
New York board of underwriters. said
that all the buildings which have been
dynamited will have to be settled for
by the insurance companies. since the
statutes Of the state Of California, re-
gardless Of whether the statement u
included in the policy or not, provide
that the insurance companies are lia-
BILE for the damage done by dyna-
mite.
Gilpin observer., 1906-04-26
Nap Showing Country Affected by the Earthquake

collapsed with every occupant. There
was no warning of the awful catas-
trophe. First came a slight shock fol-
lowed almost Immediately by a second
and then the great shock that sent
buildings swaying and tumbling. Fire
broke out Immediately. Every able
bodied man who could be pressed into
service was put to work rescuing the
victims. Panic seized most of the
people and they rushed frantically
about. Toward the Ferry building
there was rush of those fleeing to
cross the bay. Few carried any effects
and some were hardly dressed. The
streets were filed Immediately with
panicstricken people and the frequently
occurring shocks sent them into un-
reasoning panic. Fires lighted up the
sky in every direction in the breaking
dawn. In the business district devasta,
ton met the eye on every hand. It
is said that two ships ut anchor in the
bay were sunk.
San Francisco, Cal, - Thursday
dawned on q scene of death and de-
struction. During the night the
flames had consumed many OF the
city's finest structures and skipped in
a dozen directions to the residence
portions. They had made their way
over into the North Beach section
and springing anew to the south they
reached out along the shipping sec
ton down to the bay shore, over the
hills and across toward Third and
Townsend streets. Warehouses. whole
sale houses and manufacturing con-
Germs fell in their path. This COM
pleted the destruction of the entire
district known as the South Of Mar
ket street." How far they are reach
ing to the south across the channel
cannot be told as this part Of the city
u shut Of. After darkness thous-
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12
sALEsMEN's PICNIC
Some Remarkable Baseball Stunts
Features of the Day.

A goodly number OF, U. G. T.'s be-
longing to the City Statesmen ms asso-
citation were in evidence at the picnic
at Mound, Minnetonka, last Wednes-
day, given under the auspices OF the
City. Statesmen s association, of which
Brother John. Keatly is president. The
rain interfered very little with the
good time that all had. It was worth b
see John. Taylor, Bob Braden and E.
w. French pitch (a) in the. ball game.
There were curves, drops, in and out
shoots, that no ball players before ever
saw or dreamed Of Wonderful de-
livery and no backstop! Their favorite
game seemed to- be to give the batter
either a base on balls or four bases on
home run. X = "a ~ r H.,
John GALES, at first base, also won
greats applause, for his innate courtesy
prevented him, from putting men out
for fear of hurting their feelings. So
he refused to catch the ball----except at
Intervals All the other players were
equally expert and the contest ended
in ascore of 46 to 6.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12


apolis to New. York to interest Wall
street in project to manufacture anti
phlogYstine and expects to organize and
operate million dollar plant.
D.. A. Mcintosh, the well-known pa
per salesman, was one Of the star play
ers in the baseball game at Mound
last Wednesday. These Scotchmen are
always athletic fellows. Hoot mon!
~. j. w. Me- Clatchie, one of 63 s execu-
I tive committeeman, is touring the
northwest in an automobile looking up
the wheat situation. Look out for
reports.
r, No. 63's baseball team is getting a
reputation outside Of the state. The
Eau Claire council team has challenged
it to a game on the 18th. It's dollars
to doughnuts that they II bring back a
badger scalp on their return.
B. R. >Parkhurst, one Of the No. 63
veterans, was in the city last week
for day: He is husthng up his terri
tory to be able to be here G.. A. r.
week, when he hopes to meet some Of
his old comrades Of that other and
! more fatefuI "63' of forty years ago
Jack Bates of Minnehaha council is
about on crutches-Shoeman's IS picnic,
baseball, .sprained ankle. e a.
"A. R. Newstrom of the Grimsrud
Shoe company was badly injured by a
runaway bus accident aast week.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12
Z One Girls Kindness.

One day when my friend and 1 were jumping
rope back of our house we happened to look
up and saw little mule. Upon it was
very large boy: IA or Is years old. He had
large stick which had n very sharp point
on one end The mule would not 60 SO the boy
took his stick and hit the mule and then he
stuck the sharp point into him.
We watched him and when he had done this
cruel thing again we went up and spoke kindly
to the boys and told them not to 'stick the
poor thing. but to pet it and speak kindly
and he would go.'' The boys did not pay any
attention to us. :" -
A lady came along and seeing how cruel they
were, asked them Ito please stop it, but they
did not. Then she sad Boys, IL you viii
take that poor little mule back to the barr
where you got him will give you quarter ;
The boys did say they would but not yer,
willingly. She asked US girls .if we would
be kind enough to walk down to the barn Will
them to see that they did not hurt it, w,
said we would and she thanked us. While W,
were on our way down to the barn the boy
wanted to get on and ride, but we would no
let them. We were kind to the mule and b.
went willingly. So think it is kindness tha
does everything. I am going to try to be kin,
to every dumb animal and maybe my kindnes
will lead others to be. kind also.
- Bessie Myers
:. 1916 Vine place.
B Sixth Grade, Emerson school
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12
BUSINESS Of BRITAIN
| NEEDS YANKEE ENERGY
English Firms Seek Americans for
Responsible Positions in Big
Enterprises.

London, Aug. 11.-Messrs. W. s.
T. Avery, Limited, weighing machine
manufacturers, of Birmingham, who in
tend to establish factories abroad to
fight hostile tariffs, announce that they
cannot find competent British business
men to place in charge of these faeto.
ries. w. E. Hipkins, the manager of
the firm, announces that Americans or
men of American training will be en-
gagged for the factory which they are
about to start in the United States.
What may be termed good regimen
tai commanders of the commercial world
abound in the great republic" he said.
"Ihe young men of America seem to
have grasped the fact that business is
now far more complicated and difficult
than it was, and to have fitted them
selves to meet its more exacting de-
mands.
.eThe tendency is for the crushing
out Of small concerns and the building
| up, of gigantic enterprises. The best
positions to be attained are admins
| trative appointments in these mammoth
undertakings, which want men of ini-
tiative, with organizing abilities, who
receive princely salaries. Men of this
! type are scarce in England, but there
are legions of amateurs. They cumbeI
every business in the land and hold VI
! back in our race with our rivals.
= The fact that great business man
must devote the same persistent appli.
cation to his work as great artist does
/ not seem appreciated in this country.
Business is regarded as one of the men,
tally inferior avocatlons.
| "Our young men are wholly deficient
| in sense of proportion, which is par
tally gift, but in its higher develop
ment is the result of proper training.
| 1 often find managers expendlng their
| energies on securing business that is
not remunerative. They lack discrim-
Eination.
"We have to ransack the continents
to find men of ability. One able man
ager / met in Australia. He was an
organizer, and, tho lacking knowledge
of the technical side of the trade. [
was convinced he would soon pick it
up. l engaged him, and he did. An
other is continental who works harder
than most Englishmen, and has an ex-
traordinary grasp of detail. He is not
handicapped by the football microbe
that ruins SO many young Britons.
"Athletics are an asset when practlced
within reason, but when a man becomes
their slave he ceases to be worth his
wages. All must pull their weight in
the business boat. Passengers cannot
! be carried.
"The education of Oxford and Cam
bridge does not fit a man for CONNER
cial life. / heartily approve of higher
;; education. The time of youth who is
intended some day to occupy an admin
istrative position is better spent from
the age of II to 20 at university of
the right kind than at business.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12

oils a few days last week on business
and calling on friends.
A. w. Kunzman Of the Grimsrud Shoe
company was married Tuesday to Miss
Gertrnde Kruger. They will reside at
5l4lO 2 Twenty-fourth street.
Andy Corron, the erstwhile genial
and smiling commission man, has be-
come a boniface, and is running the
Windsor hotel in this city.
3. D. Frost of No. 63 and the whole
thing in the firm of IS. E. Frost & Co.,
returned last week from four weeks ;
trip to New York. Sam says he sold
the Standard Oil company enough oil
to run thru two years, and the city Of
New York paint enough to put three
coats on the Brooklyn bridge, and as
many on the Goddess of Liberty. He
says the paint and oil business is very
fair.
D. J. .McAllister, the globetrotter,
dropped into Minneapolis from Wyom-
ing, where he was one of the lucky ones
in land lottery. He says the land is
fne-all mud. He went from Mime.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12
Good of the Order.

Good of the Order.
The members of Minneapolis coun-
Gil, No. 63, and Minnehaha council,
No. 141, U. C. T., are already hustling
the sale of their tickets for the big
minstrel entertainment they propose to
give at the Minneapolis Auditorium
"Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
nights during the state fair week. The
gift distribution in connection with the
Entertainment is going to be popular
feature and several hundred prizes,
ranging from toothpicks to automobiles,
have been contributed by business
houses who are backing up the travel
ing men in their movement to raise a
fund for their home. Headquarters
have been established in the new Ma
iestic hotel, and rehearsals will soon
begin. In the meantime, talent of all
kind is solicited:
WANTED -- SIX HUSH TENORs;
must be strictly fresh; ten subcellar
bassos, fourteen barytones, sixteen
: second-story sopranos and twenty
la-la boys for chorus work, and the
mob without in the forum scene from
"Julius Cesar''; can use three song
and dance teams, broken to harness,
sound and kind fat man for contor-
tion act, illustrated song singers,
monologists, wire walkers, one big
casting act, banjo players, soft shoe
and clog dancers, sand jiggers, fire.
eaters, tight rope walkers, end men
and all kinds Of talent. Performers
who can double in brass and sell
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12
u. 20. T. ITEMS
Echoes from salesmen's Picnic a
:: Mound, and Personal Notes.

:. Mound, and Personal Notes.
u A. Pearson, the "mine host' Of
the Chapman house, entertained scores
Of his brother U. C: T.'s at Mound last
week. John seems to make as good a
landlord as he, did. travelling man.
+ Gilkerson, Ryan. and Grandy made
some, great bowling scores at Mound
last "Wednesday. The management had
to put in new end ito the building
after they finished. ! ..-. .
=, George Wilson has now proven his
consented to act;as umpire for the city
statesmen IS baseball game, and then
stayed till the finish. ,>,=.=---. -. -. -
One man=who never has been missed
from statesmen IS picnic was absent
for the first time last Wednesday, and
that was our good old Etpard, Bill
Henecker. Much concern was mani
tested at his absence, and committee
appointed to hunt him up. s.~'
Jerry Barnes. for many years the
%anpss eopsn Re er ths aecdpeS KaSma Poson w
Dean & Co., when his old firm with.
drew from the market. =
Phil Beall, who for so many years
was with Winston, Harper, Fisher Co.
is now running hotel in st. Paul. He
expects to J" cot up' G. A. R. week.
| = G.. II. Ashton of RED Wing, after
twenty-five years with A. Booth & Co.
St. Paul, is on the road for the Works
Biscuit company Of Minneapolis.
J. J. Barrett has resigned from the
| thresher line and is now handling farm
/ lands in North Dakota and Canada. He
kreports business AL. >>T - r..
Fred Bintliff of No. 63, representing
. the Bintliff Manufacturing company
/ was taken to Mount Clemens, Mich.
last Saturday afternoon, suffering with 8
tism. .....
E. Miller, one Of the old and es
teemed members of No. 63, now tenn
porarily located in Wyoming, where
he is experimenting the erection Of {
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12

which means cit is correct,n or "I
agree o Or 8 approve, p @ It f.a1 is often ta used q
suggestion or proposal. 1sOkeh" was
in common use among whites who had
dealings with the Choctaws more than
thirty years before the Van Buren cam
paign. ~ II waasa convenient expression
whore parties understood each others
'imperfectly and was used to
mean I understand you and approve
of what you say or II understand
your statement and vouch for it's cor
rectness.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12
Returned the kitten,

& b \ =
1t was cold evening in December and the
snow had been falling all day.
We were all sitting around the stove reading
when all Of a sudden we were startled by some
thing crying. My mother looked out of the
window and saw nothing. So all resumed
our reading. We heard the cry again. - My
mother turned to me and said, Myrtle go
to the door and see II there Is anyone there
didn't care much about going, but always
dreaded having people call me a coward, so I
finally concluded to CO. and saw nothing but
finally felt something rubbing against my
dress and looked down and saw a small kitten.
L picked her up and brought her In the house.
She was shivering from the cold and her fur
was wet and matted. 3.
1t was a little black and white Angora
fed her we'll and gave. her a bath and after
she was dried she ran around the house and
played Ny brother discovered that she knew
how to sit up. and pretend she dead and
stand on her hind feet and walk.
The next evening reading the paper
and happened to- look at the Lost and Found
colHmn and this WAS what read: "Lost-A
small Angora kitten, color black and white
and answers to the name Of spotty. Liberal
reward The next day I answered the ad
vertisement, but was sorry to part with the
kitten. Myrtle Coyne,
1920 Lyndale avenue N.
A Eighth Grade, Bremen school.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12

tickets will be given preference.
State lowest terms first letter; send
photo, time of act and props re-
quired. Would like assortment of
jokes of fall season, 1906. Song book
buy rights for one-act drama with
travelling man as hero, which does
not require too many people or in:
troduce train of cars. Wire prepaid
to William Weed, secretary, Sixth
street and Third avenue s, Minneap-
oils, MINI. <,...--4 L.. s~.~%....
War On the roller towel is the latest
hotel reform suggested, and it is not an
insignificant issue, either. ~
At Garden Plains, Sedgwick county
Mo-, after suspension for three days
business w as resumed on July 16. From
Tuesday night not a store in the town
was opened until Saturday evening
Every merchant went into the harvest
fields Wednesday morning to help the
farmers save their grain. Not a half
dozen persons were left in town. The
stores did such a thriving business that
merchants say they are satisfied more
money has been spent than would have
been had they kept open the three
days. Farmers came from miles arounC
to purchase goods. >,-.
The Boston Herald says that the
term go. K.' does not spring from ar
call correct.'~ It is Choctaw. There
10 in that language a word Hokah,
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12
Jim Key Boys and Girls
Too Busy for Meetings
Grand Army Encampment and Vacation Days Cause
Uncle Bert to Postpone Summer Program.-Good
Times Ahead for Bands Of Mercy Children.

The Band of Mercy members are
greatly interested in the coming Of the
old soldiers, and they are all too busy
to hold meetings as at first planned
1t has been decided to postpone
everything until after the Grand Army
meeting, but few weeks later "Uncle
Bert hopes to have something that
will bring the members together to dis
cuss plans for the winter.
be held once month and the Humane
society will furnish the secretaries
books.
The badges can be secured at the
circulation department in The Journal
office. &
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12
HNorth Coast Limited -

Y0u have heard Of the Northern Pa.
cific IS "North Coast Limited' train.
It leaves Minneapolis at 1O:45 am. The
"Pacifc Express - leaves at 10:45 pm.
These two trains make a pair that can
not be equaled on this earth. It is
not strange that the Northern Pacific
tours to Yellowstone National park,
Montana and the Pacific coast are pop
ular. Call at the city ticket office, No.
10 Nicollet House block, for informa-
ton. G. F. McNeill, agent.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12
New York Excursion.

From Chicago over the Grand Trunk
Lehigh Valley Double Track Scenic
Route, account reception to Hon Will
liam j. Bryan.
Rate one fare plus So for the round
trip; Tickets ea sold Aug Gs5+ = 81 and 29th'
For full particulars. call on or write
to, W. J. Gilkerson. Travelling Passen-
ger Agent. No. 713 Guaranty Loan
building, Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12

By this time the rats life was almost gone
when l interfered and, picking him up In spite
of his little bites and carried him two or
three blocks away.
When l let him down he lay there minute
and, with little squeak of satisfaction, he ran
under barn to make a new home.
l didn't think would ever save the life
OF rat until saw that performance between
rat and the most cruel animal with it's prey,
the cat. $-ZTJohn A. Brown
1923 Hawthorn avenue.
A Eighth Grade, Emerson school.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12
For the Scrapbook.
BAND OF MERCY HYMN.

-. Dedicated to Boston Members.
By Rev. Thomas Timmins. =.
Tune-..Tell Me the Old, Old Story" or
Tell me theso old. old story, .
OF mercy from above;
OF how God in His glory
Has blessd the world with love;
His wisdom In creation
To living creatures see; ~ =
His blessings for each nation,
His love for you and me.
Chorus-Tell me the old, new story, g..
gs| Tell me the old, story,
5;s Tell me the old, story, N
E., OF mercy and Of love. Eg55 "
/. Tell me the new, new story
e.. F.. OF sweet, kind words and deeds; go.
Which thru times ages hoary II
Have blessed all in their needs.
- Co. then, anl live the story
Protect the weak and small;
Win earth and heavenly glory, 81
BY kindness unto all
Even tho intent upon having a good
time these vacation days, the following
stories will prove that the members are
keeping up interest and showing kind
ness and love to dumb animals:
The Clever BOOSTERS. .=
1t has been said that fowls are the mos
unintelligent animals there are, but even the,
can be trainedOto do remarkable things. Moth
ing can be done, however, without patience an,
roosters for her sixth birthday These she 500
| tanned and little by little taught them to jum
on her lap and eat from her hand. They be
came 80 fond of her that they would folloy
her all about. By and by she could do almos
any thing with them.
The girl made up her mind to teach them
walk when hitched together like a team o
| horses. She made lines Of ribbons and hitche
| the two together and began her task.
| After many, many days she had them traine
| to walk and pull a small pasteboard cart Will
| she walked behind holding the lines. They ais
knew when she told them to go or when
stop. These roosters had much kindness show
them. 'F 80
| The little girl was rewarded for this by gel
ting a very large of money from a ma
who had come to see this team.
| --Elda Brachlow,
| ..-. 1915 Thirtieth avenue N.
Eighth Grade. Bremen school.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12
Kind to a Rat.

I-cannot say one is likely to be kind, to rats,
especially the; large few days ago I
saw our cat run across the lawn with a large
rat and disappear down the cellarway. Ny
sister was sitting beside me reading SO we
both went down the cellar to see Mr. Cat
devour his rat. The rat alive and the
cat batting him the head and then run
across the room to wait for the rat to move
SO he could spring at him and repeat the per-
formance I looked around to see my sister
upon box, squealing and screaming, ''kill him,
kill him.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-12

Summer Tourist Rates to Clear Lake
Iowa, via Chicago Great Western
Railway. .-
Tickets on sale daily to Sept. 80. For
full Information apply to R. H.. Heard
General Agent, corner Nicollet av AMI
5th st, Minneapolis.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-03-29
OBSERVE THE LAW.

Judge Gober in his charge to the
grand jury said the Legislature by re-
cent enactment had made primary cleo
tons subject to the same laws as the
general election, and he desired to put
all on notice that if there should be any
whisky or money used by the candidates
or furnished by others to buy votes tn
influence or corrupt the voters, that he
was prepared to visit severe penalty
upon any person tried and con-
victed Of the offense-tha: if severe
penalties were necessary to have fair
and honest elections, the Legislature
had seen fit to clothe the Judge with
the power to see that the law was OBJ
served and the penalty would follow
the conviction. So be careful and do
the right thing and let us have a clean
election on the 4th Of April, that free
mans will may be expressed without
purchase or fraud The lastMayor's cleo
ton was considered the fairest we have
ever had, and there is no good reason
why the primary on next Wednesday
should not be conducted the same way