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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-20
Dead Horses Piled High

Dead horses piled high in the wage of blocked streets until
The advancing conagraton turned all of that section Of the
funeral At Seventh and Howard
lodging house took fire after the first shock before the had
chance to escape There hardly exits and beeed nearly
all the dodgers perhed Hrs j. j. Mnon of those build
eaped with her child in her from the second floor the
pavement below and escaped t She says she confident she
the only who escaped Such horrors this repeated
many points In the commission of G. Bunker named
Baker killed while the dead bodies from the
holes the walls of business places but structures
entirely demolished Water for from the
and telegraph and telephone communication interrupted The loss
will aggregate several hundred thousand dollars Five lives lost
These victims being crushed o death in a rooming house
In East Oakland there a vast amount OF damage.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-20
Practically Whole City Burned

NEW YORK, April 19The Western Union is in receipt Of
dispatch timed Pacific Coast time giving the destroyed by
the fire 1t shows that practically all of San Francisco has been
burned is burning. This information brought by Sergeant
Binkley Z. S. A.. who said:
Gate and another lying between Market Hayes and Fillmore
streets about all that left Of the city north Of Market street
There section the Mission district south of Market street which
has not yet burned Prospects however, that will because
nothing stop the flames until they reach the Struggling outskirts
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-20
Salinas Has Three More Shocks

SANTA BARBARA, April ia special telephone to
the Morning Press from Salinas that suffered from
distinct earthquake shocks shortly after O'Clock this afternoon As
the coming the wire still another shock felt in
the city Although todays earthquakes have done little damage
in Salinas the inhabitants greatly disturbed and fear repetition
OF Wednesdays disaster which did much damage to property
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-20
San Francisco Is Still a Burning
Hell Of Flame -

paged the wholesale district Liquor broken into and
stripped As result of vagabons lying dead drunk
the The the commission wholesale district
pete tonight having completed the pa of the morning I'm
der the faefu shock all the roees used houses have
collapsed Under the debris killed and buried hundreds Of horses
hced vegetable which drawn up receive their
DAYS supply
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-20
Treasures Saved


SAN FRANCISCO. April l9.The way in which the military
officials have acted the property there shown by striking
example the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art California street
today. young lieutenant of artillery took his stand in front of that
building and when the fire first broke out commanded vehicle
that anywhere and pressed into every able bodied
man in the vicinity the paintings and sculpture from the
institute When anyone would dmr the officer drew his and
forced them to obey his orders
Paintings removed by hundreds and placed in the broad lawn
of the Stanford mansion the institute the As the
Stanford later destroyed by the fire the fate of the
treasures is unknown.
Fire Still Roars
At midnight fire still Fleeing inhabitants be for
miles around pillars of fire towering ward The crash
falling buildings mued by the reports of exploding dynamite
reaching here at regular intervals.
The disaster that sagge comprehension point of and
damage unprecedented the and has yet reached
elimination
S25O0OO0OO Insurance Risks
CHICAGO April 19The fire insurance companies had about
0O0 at risk San Francisco San Francisco has been the
best profit producer Of the
Many Places Are Pillaged
Despite the vigilance of the police and soldiers many places
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-20
Oakland Chimnevs Fall

OAKLAND April 19The earthquake did great damage in this
city Many chmnys Of private and mercantile establishments
and manufacturing institutions knocked down In
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-20

Another dispatch from General Funston tonight says An Of
fetal report police headquarters this date states the subea
entirely destroyed by fire with the exception of the vaults which
contain hand ordered
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-20

Dr. Witycomb widely and favo ably known throughout this State His
residence of nearly twenty years him ripe experience to
the industrial interest He champion better markets
the products the and factory; er roads, open rivers
He has aunc Republican from the time he old enough
cast his first ballot His slogan for th An honest fearless
public duty greater united Thus
with the sentiment of square deal to every and every interest"
He believes that this sentiment shoud pervade tangible all policies
state government especially matters of taxah and
tona regulation of public utilities.
DR. Withycombe tive ability unqueonabe integrity
and if elected will admnsra on that will
morality, strength and justice.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-20
Sub Treasury Entirely Destroyed

that matter as soon as practicable.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-20
Whole City is Burning

NEW YORK, April Officials of the Postal Telegraph Com
this city at 35 received the following from Super
intenden Storrer Of their service in San Francisco
'he fire is still going and will probably the whole
city except those streets situated between the Golden Gate Park and
Webster street in which nghbOood there water and where the
fire department work with chance Of success
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-20
Fire Leaps Across Van Ness Avenue

SAN FRANCISCO April 19A efforts to check the spread of
thee flames Van Ness by bwng up mile of buildings
the east side of Van Ness proved fes The fire spread
the broad thoOughfa and from present indications the entire
western addition which contains the homes Of San Francjscos mil
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-20

onaireS and people of the weaher class doomed The de
sruction of the additional the city practically completes
the work of the ravagng flames and marks the devastation of the
entire city.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-20
Signs Relief Measure
Seattle Raises $4,000
Entire City Doomed

WASHINGTON, April 19The War Department has received
following message from General Funson Fire crossed Van
$50 D. 1t almost certain the entire
city will be destroyed have ordered troops from Monterey and
everything going well could be expected On the
confusion has been impossible to locate individuals but attention
will be given to that matter as practicable
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
DATE A MEMORABLE ONE.
Events Of Importance in Country's
History Happening on the Ihir-
t:eth of May.

, The thirtieth day Of May, which the
40 states of the now injivisibie union
have known as DECORATION day" ever
/ since Gsn. LoganS order in 1865 of
ticia!ly set it aside for the observance
OF reminiscent patriotism. figures vari-
oCs!y in the chronolog.es OF peace and
war. To that passing generation
which lived through the horrors and
sufferings of titanic civil strife the
date is eloquent as fortunately it
cannot be to any others. but to all
good Americans it will ever stand as
peaceful monument to the juster
ending of the great debate" while
all that world which busies itself with
the records of past history will fit
tinsly place the Decoration day Of the
states first of the ten events of i'm
portance which have fallen on the
penultimate OF the fifth month.
! Three of these nine happenings,
other than Memorial day. are closely
connected with the war between the
northern states and the southern. 1t
was on May 90, 1850, that there was
born boy soon to be christened Fred
erick Dent Grant. and who was to
grow up to the command of those
same armies which les then unknown
| father was to lead to final victory in
the greatest OF all civil wars-to grow
| up, moreover, so like the world-famous
father in every feature and movement
as to cause many veteran of the
| cos to turn and look after him in the
streets with strange and sudden
beating at the heart.
| Twelve years later than this 1S62)
it was on May 80, that the confederate
| forces evacuated Corinth, down near
the Tennessee line in Mississippi,
while the same date in 1854 had seen
the signature of Franklin Pierce at
tached to that famous Kansas-Ne-
siderable part in bringing on an armed
arbitrament of the slavery question.
/ That stroke CT the chief executive s
/ pen organized as territories the states
which are now known as Kansas and
Nebraska, the latter to join the union
| in January of 1861 as slave state,
but Kansas not until 1867, when the
rortentous question which had
drenched her fields with blood in the
middle sos had been settled beyond
all further dsputing. Far from least
among the past events recalled by
Memorial day is the signing of that
bill-it marked the repeal of the Mis-
souri, compromise. it marked the tri-
umph of that strong but scheminS
leader Stephen A. Douglas over such
patriots as Sumner and Chase and
Wade and Seward; it made of squat
ter sovereignty" bitter fact, encour-
aging those worse elements which
brought war into the land
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25

tillery. too. recently placed in posi-
tion under the mantle of darkness and
concealed by brush. replied with even
fercer violence. Thus, with the air
about us full of scre1 ching missiles
and sulphurous smoke. blinded and
sometimes even covered by the debris
thrown over us from the burrows
plowed by shells. we forged forward.
Some began to chop down the staKes.
while others aimed at the gunners.
The range was cloSe-we were vet
erans-nearly every shot brought
down a victim and silenced a gun.
Their riflemen. too. were soon so
weakened by loss that they could not
check our advance until we reached
the great ditch which surrounded the
fort. Here, besides every other con-
ceivable obstruction. it was planted
thick with torpedoes: but although it
were the veritable, jaws of death,
there could be no faltering now-into
it we leaped with shout.
Although beyond the range of the
guns, we now became the victims of
the fuse of shell hurled upon us from
above. But still, over. the dead bod
les of the slain, We pushed forward
to the opposite bank. Here. hating
but a moment under the slight protec
tion to recover our spent vigor. with
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25

another shout outyslling the missiles
of war. we flung ourselves at the para
pet. The attempted seemed imposs;-
BILE. but with such men nothing is i'm
possible. Over the distractions, up
the steep and difficult ascent; regard
less Of bursting shell and Kissing bull
lets. in utter defiance of the enemy
who now throngod the slopes. until.
hurting our foes headlong with our
bayonets. we leaped into the fort. We
were so closely janmed in with the
foe that it was di.-cult - fire our
guns. Some were using them as
clubs, some turning their bayoIats
into spears, others clinching a death
grapple. while the shrieks and shouts
were deafening and horrible as the in
ferral pit.
On that very parapet before me.
within this deserted space. shaded
now by vernal and silent growths. that
scene of hell-born carnage was en-
acted
But this was of short duration. Our
reenforcements were pouring into the
fort like mighty flood-the enemy.
HOptltsoiy oheipONcleu, dl lGol sui
rendered.
The fury of rejoicing which followed
rivaled that of the charge. The strug.
gle had been SO long and desperate,
the victory was so complete (not a
single one of the foe escaping) that
men lost all self-control, and some in
frenzy of joy even hugged each ether
and cried like women.
But the vanquished-God pity them.
The ground was strewn thick with
their dead and dying. with pools of
blood, with fragments of rent and scat
tered bodies. Some of their guns were
literally covered with the shattered re.
mains of the poor victims who had
perished in handling them.
Amid the sitting stencil of human
gore the survivors stood. some hud-
died in little groups. dumb with ter.
ror; some upright, facing us in cool
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
Seeding Peaches Have Value.

In eastern Kansas the seeding
peach has proved as profitable dur.
ing the past five or six years as the
high priced budded varieties. While
the later have for several years been
almost total failures here. says a
Kansas correspondent of the Farm
and Home, the well-kept Seeding
trees have rarely failed to yield at
least light crop of the luscious
fruit. Budded peaches bear much
larger and finer fruit when they do
bear and the trees are harder and
OF more thrifty growth. The life of
the Seeding is comparatively short,
necessitating the planting of lew
every year. Some of the best budded
varieties produce almost the same
kind from seed. The Heath Cling
and some of the offsprings from Ell
berta are among these.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25

How the memory of that hour thrills
me even now. Ii for week past, to
show a head or expose limb ary-
where was to insure wound. if rot
instant death, what must be our fate
in an open charge? Was it straIg.
that the stoutest hearts must quail?
We tried to persuade ourselves that
some Of cur number would reach and
capture the fort but no one dared to
ask himself the question: will | be
there when all is over?"
The signal was to be three guns
fired from a battery near the center
of our line. at an interval of half a
minute each. To deceive the enemy,
precisely the same signal had teen
fired at noon for three preceding
days.
A moment, when the word was re-
ceived, to hastily scribble upon the
to the absent; moment to exchange
with comrade, so that the survivor
might forward the missive to those
loved ones; an instant to breathe a
whispered prayer through moving lips,
Just loud enough to be heard In
Heaven - when boom-boom-boo
the solemn voice spoke out, and with a
shout which made the earth tremble
we Ieaped from the obscurins ditch.
and the harvest of death began.
ParalyZed for an instant, but only
an instant. the enemy opened their
guns with consummate fury. Our ar
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
THE LIVE STOCK,

Poor fences make good jumpers.
Take good care of the young stock.
Clean COWS result from proper stab
ling.
Feed, from the hand of the master,
fattens
The new stable should have several
windows.
If the horse has sore shoulders, it
is a pretty sure sign that his collar
does not fit him.
A new milker will at first get less
milk from a COW than one to whom
the animal is accustomed
Culls and ewes that do not own or
rear their lambs properly, may be
turned off in the same way.
Old sheep should now be separated
from the rest of the Gock and given
extra care. They can be improved in
flesh and sent to market, where some
return can be realized from them.-
Farm Journal.
If you keep three or more cows it
will pay you to have a cream seq
arator Before buying, send for the
catalogue of all the makes you find
advertised. 1t will pay you to inves-
tigate this question.
Every man that has a large number
of hogs should endeavor 10 give them
a good pasture. Too many breeders
are contented with hog pasture that
is covered with native grasses only.
Clovers and blue grass make a good
pasture for swine
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
A GOOD COW.
Story OF One Animal of Jersey Strain
Who Paid Her Owner
Good Profit.

A dairyman who does not own many
COWS, and those good ones, recently
gave the following figures concerning
one of his cows. 4 Dure-bred Jersey, to
the Ohio Farmer.
Her first calf was dropped in 1897
heifer-now valued member of the
herd. Her next calf came in 1898. with
successor each year up to the pres
ent, making nine calves in all. Three
were females and six males. The heif-
ers have been retained in the herd and
the bulls sold at an average OF $50
each. Valuing the heifers at the same.
the nine calves represent an earning
of $500. With her second calf she
made test of $50 pounds of milk in
seven days, churning II pounds, four
ounces of butter. Her average milk
yield has been 1900 pounds. sold to a
creamery at an average of $l.20 per
100 pounds. an aggregate for eight
years of s720. Adding the value of the
her gross earnings amount to $1,0S0.
These figures are very eloquent for the
good special purpose COW, but were not
given to me, nor do ! record them. as
anything extraordinary. An annual
yield of $500 pounds of five per cent
milk while indicating COW of great
merit does not raise her above thou
sands of other good COWS. She has
broken no records but she has kept
the faith. She has always had good
care, good feed and plenty of it. She
has been given Il chance. She is
COW of robust constitution. great
feeder strong mi!Eer and a reliable
breeder.
Her feed had been the ordinary feed
of the herd. Pasture and soiling crops
in summer, corn silage, mixed hay,
corn meal. wheat bran and oil meal in
winter. She has never been fed ex-
cessively. but has never gone hungry
nor in any way known abuse.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
Clean Yards for Swine.

Many of the hog yards found about
the country reek with filth If swine
are to be kept healthy they should
be given clean yards. The hog is not
by nature a dirty animal. even If he
does wallow in mud. 1t is doubtful if
hog cholera would get start if the
hog quarters were never allowed to
become filthy. Many and many a
farmer has had his hogs become sick
merely from the condition Of the hog
yard. When the rains fall such yards
are a mass of mud, and when the
weather becomes dry they are filled
with fine dust, which gets into the
lungs of the animals and causes
symptoms similar to pneumonia and
to hog cholera. 1t is possible on most
farms to have several hog yards, and
to keep the animals in one yard for
but short time Such an arrange
ment is a most satisfactory one.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
GAVE HIM THE PASSWORD
German Sentry Somewhat Confuse ed
Good Story That Veterans
Will Enjoy.

'In our army at the west" said a
member of the Missouri contingent,
the word Potomac was given as the
password for the night. A German
on guard understood it to be bot.
tonic, and this, on being transferred
to another was corrupted to butter.
milk. Soon afterward the officer who
had given the word wished to return
through the lines. and approaching a
sentinel. was ordered to halt, and the
word demanded. He gave Potomac
mich right. You don't pass nit
me dis way
"'But this IS the word and | will
pass replied the officer.
"'No, you stan at the same time
placing bayonet at his breast in a
manner that told Mr.. Officer that
Potomac didn't pass in Missouri
"'What is the word. them asked
the officer.
1T ish 'buttermilk.' was the an.
swer.
"'Well. then. 'buttermilk.'
"'Dot ish right. Now you pass NIT
yourself all aboud your piziness.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
HER FATAL FAULT
--OCEY AND DIGNITY GOULD
EuI OFFSET CEI-.
Ind Candidate for Presidency Of
Uonan's Club Lost a Vote
Member Criticises Ter
Sisters Freely.

"Ycs. women are queer" said the
domestic woman lately become a club
member. and nowhere do they show
it mere than in their clubs. ought
to be ashamed to talk about my sex
this way, especially TO a man, but
honesty and frankness are my par.
ticular virtues and since you brought
up the subject don't mind telling
you what really and truly think.
Of course. you won't tell this. but
it's my private opinion that WON
ems clubs, and especially the one
belong to, are organized for the sim
pie purpose of providing one day in
every two weeks when women may
strut around and show their feathers
like peacock. Such gowns and
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
THE THIN BLUE LINE.

Proudest of all who may be called
Americans are the surviving members
of the Grand Army. Their heads NAV
be bent, their bodies twisted and weak.
ened by age. but their hearts are erect.
Their ears may not hear clearly the
plaudits of the throns that lines the
way. but the distant call of the buele
is as thrilling to them as In that long.
ago yesterday. Their eyes may not
see beyond their own dwindling line,
but they recall distinctly the inspirit
ing folds of Old Glory above the
smoke of battle.
And we enter into their enthusiasm
In our young strength we aid their
faltering steps. In the bright sun.
light Of profound peace. of firmly
knit nation. of spirit OF unity that
time can do nothing but strengthen
we give our cheers for the thin blue
line and our tears for the comrades
who drop by the wayside. their floral
tribute intended for others serving as
Q last tribute to themselves.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
Memorial Day

I'VE coming, Father Abraham three hundred thousand more
A that forty from shore to shore;
would make heart
The host that seemed spring life to follow Liberty.
fathers. rushed through household
Father hundred thousand
Amer grand hills vales re.echoed with song
Father Abraham, hundred
hills and Wales to-day free tho land and skies fair
But hear that old time echoes stir the
haltng feeble
Now they marching by forward die alone
Hes believe white spread,
gathering their old familiar
of the when than they knew
emerged Sin Death; grand
A. oIdc in sight, the old ardor
nawaitng Lincoln The army once m
Of their souls had BEFORE
coming Abraham, three hundred thousand more"
abeshiL Fenuin i N-~ York; lndepsnd
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25


CANDIDATE.
such hats you never saw, and such
cabling you never heard. And the
funny part of it is there is no more
culture about their gable than there
was years before they joined the club
Neither has the club atmosphere and
the privilege of listening to Ebert
Hubbard and Ben Greet emancipated
them from that peculiar mental bias
that women will always have, no mat
ter how chubby they may get. Now.
for instance, the subject of electiny
a new president was lately up in our
club. The two prime requisites for
the presidency of our club are
money and dignity One candidate
was objected to because of her gown
She was stout woman and she was
short-sighted enough to have the
gown made princess of material
with stripes running round and
round. This, of course, made her
lack dignity. The other candidate
had both money and dignity and
seemed in every way desirable and
announced my intention of voting for
her.
"'Oh. don't vote for her ex-
claimed little butterfly of wom-
an with lots of frills and furbeows
"'Why?' | asked.
'Oh-why-well. she hippity hops
That's why l say women are wom-
en-, whether they're club women or
domestic animals" - Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
Portugal's Population

Vice Consul kinchant furnishes
from Lisbon the census figures Of
Portugal taken in December, 1900, and
Just published. The population was
5,016,267. including the Azores. The
percentage Of illteracy was II per
cent. for the males and So per cent.
for the females. The government.
however, is bestirring itself on the
educational question. The foreign
residents in Portugal numbered 49,.
3S4, of whom G6 were Americans.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
now WOOL TYING Eox is MADE.

the bottom and II inches at the top
The pieces b are cut one foot sluare.
To use the box, explains the Farm
and Home, strings are laid across, as
shown by dotted lines. Then the fleece
is placed upon the center piece and
the edges folded in. The two sides, a,
are drawn upright in position and
then tie two sides, b. are forced up
ward and in until they are perpen-
dicular. The small clamp. c. may
then be hooked over the sides to hold
them solid. The fleece may then be
brought down into the box and the
strings tied. 1t makes a compact bun
die and leaves the wool even upon the
outside