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The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-21
POKER UNOO|NC Of
PADUCAH BANK
TELLER
WHO is SAID TO HAVE SKIPPED
OUT WITH 1890 OF THE RE.
SERVE FUND.
PLAYED WITH FRIENDS
In Their Own Home But Got De, p
in Debt Bonding Company
Makes Good Shortage-City
Filled With Rumors.

Paducah Aug. 90 Poker debts arc
| said 10 have been the cause of the
| downfall of Phil ] Abott. paying tell
er of the American.German Nationa
bank, who is said to have absconded
/ with $7,2G0 Of the banks reserve fund
and whose whereabouts are unknown
Sensational rumors of gigantic
theft filled the city as soon as the
shortage was made known but upon
inye. tigation il developed that there
was no just cause for any startling
reports. The president OF the bank
George G. Thompson. talked freely to
he reporters on the matter
Abbott left the bank two weeks ago,
ostensibly to visit a brother at Rob
nson. H. He was TO be gone two
days. When he did not return at the
appointed time, his accounts were in
yesjjgated and nothing wrong was
found in his books, but 81 2G0 was
missing from the banks reserve fund.
or this amount $1,000 was in silver
and $500 i'm gold. The remaining $5,
100 was in gold certificates,
The bank has a reserve fund OF
something over $50 600 and it might
all have been taken as readily as the
81, 2G0, but the shortage would have
been discovered sooner
AS soon as the bank directors dis
covered there was something wrong
they notified the Fidelity & Deposit
company, of Baltimore, which com
many was on Abhott's bond for $40
600.
That company sent an agent 10 Pa
dueah, who exambned into affairs and
who promptly reimbursed the bank.
rms. Abbott is still in the city and
has had no word from her husband
since he LEFT home two weeks ago.
In response to queries his morn
ing President Thompson gave out the
following additional statement:
Abbott came TO the bank as
book keeper three years ago. He was
and Industrious and within
3 year was made paying teller. the po |
5iton he held up to the time Of his
hight"
For the past two years his salary
lad been 81 600 per annum."
II develops that Abbott was addicted |
o the poker habit and that he had
contracted gambling debts. Getting
gorse and worse into debt, in sheer
desperation he succumbed to tenn
alton and went away with part of the
ank's money
There were ramors yesterday to the
ect that Abbott had been speculat
1g in ST cks, but every investigation
o far conducted has ia led to show
hat the missing teller ever entered
commission house or dabbled IN
locks in any manner
President Thompson sttaed this
loning that Abbott was regular in
oming to the bank and did not leave
is desk until 5:30 or 6 o'clock at
light and his investigation also dc.
eloped that Abbott was never out
cry late at night and that his poker
laying was done at the homes cfl
lends and ia his own home.
Abot is 80 years old and originally
ime from Hammond Ind. Before
'ming 10 Paducah he was employed
bank ~ Golconda.
The depositors of the bank are not n
all alarmed and the full and free
atement made by The officers has ,
used confidence TO be felt not only
the America1-German, but in every
INK in Paducah.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-21
FOUR DAYS OF DEATH.
And Destruction in Valparaiso and
Still the City Is in Flames.

Valparaiso Aug. 202.-Day dawne(
here this morning and found Nalpar
also in the full agony of the most co
lossal tragedy in the modern history
OF the world After four days Of death
and destruction the city is stll in
flames. About two thirds of it Is
destroyed and the fire seems now "a
be BURNING itself out
The mere figures Of the tragedy are
appalling: the whole story Is too ter
rible over To be fully written. Two
thousand people are dead al the pres
ent reckoning. One hundred thou
sand people are homeless, pennile s
and starving
Two hundred and fifty million dol
lars damage has been done 81 f'r.
the fire has not yet spent Itself.
The widest panic stil exists among
the suffering populace. and there
seems TO be little hope OF securing ade-
quate relief becauee Of the isolated
position Of the city. and. in fact, the
whole nation.
From outside points from all dircc-
iicns come reports of destruction and
death and the CITY is virtually cut on
from Santiago. the capital Earth
quake shocks of great severity are To-
curing constantly scome Of them viQ-
lent enough to throw people TO tho
ground.
Hunting For Dead.
Everywhere among the runis the
Teguees are hunting for their dead
and the scenes e anguish are almost
impossible TO picture in words The
plight of the living is desperate Those
that are well and unhurt have a fight
ing chance To survive the saster
bat the thousands that were injured
and those that were already I'D and in
the hospitals are suffering terribly.
At this time the hills that form
hure rim like that Of a bowl around
the citv are Glled with htou ands Of I
ehivering refugees. for IL is w.nter
here. They are living in the open air ,
or IN hurriedly constructed shelters J
that protect them but little from the
biting cold Some few have succeed
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-21
SHIP OFF COURSE
HITS REEF IN
DARKNESS
OFF COAST OF HONOLULU BUT
1900 PASSENGERS WERE ALL
RESCUED-EARTHQUAkE.

Honolulu, Aug. 20-The Pacific
Mail Steamer Manchuria went on the
reef at Rabbit Island this morning In
the darkness. The Manchuria left
San Francisco August IA, with 201
passengers and 500 Osiaties Although
there was little danger for loss oi
life the passengers were all removed
to lIonoulu today
The Valparaiso earthquake may
have affected the course Of the vessel
and thrown her off reckoning. The
vessel is now fifteen miles off her
course.
No Panic on Board.
1t was dark when the Manchuria
struck he rocks but there was no
panic The steamer went aground
along her fall length, broadside to the
mainland with 20 feet of water for a
draft of 25 feet after emptying her
tanks.
The tug Fearless Immediately began
vain attempt to pull her off.
The passengers, nearly 200, were
landed at Waimenalo ana many pro
ceded to Honolulu The 500 Aslatics
were placed on island steamers and
taken around by sea.
A strong northerly wind drove he
ship further in shore after it struck.
1t Is believed the ship sustained lit
tie damage and by tightening her car
20 may be possible to float her.
In addition 20 all the automobiles
in Honolulu many carriages and other
went to the scene Of the
wreck.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-21
FRISCO RAISES RELIEF FUND.

San Francisco. Aug. 20.-The relief
committee appointed during the fr'
Of April today gave $4,000 TO the
stricken people OF GnIle. Within u
minutes, members of the committee
subscribed $2,50j.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-21

THE SUCCESSFUL ADVERTISER
10 the one who gauges his advertising
gait just as he does his rent or nsur-
ance, or stock on hand, and keeps at
It in season and out, rain or shine.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-21

you CAN sART a IRE without sEInd,
l'ns, hut you Iose much valuable time.
You may also be able TO build up
business without advertising, but Il
Will be mighty slow against an adver.
tising competitor.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-21

tcOncluded on Third PsgsD
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-21
ANOTHER SHOCK FELT.

Santiago, Chile, Aug 20.-7:l0 p
m.-Another slight shock Of earth
quake was experienced a few mo
mentS ago.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-21
ATTACK ENGINEER
WHO CAUSED
WRECK
BUT HE ESCAPED THE WRATHY
ITALIAN ON HIS ENGINE AF.
TER KILLING THREE.

Cahlotte, Mich, Aug. Three
Italian laborers are dead two are
missing and fifteen more are lying in
jured in the Charlotte house as a fe.
sui Of an accident on the Michigan
General railroad two miles east of
here this afternoon.
A work train crew was relaying
tracks and the engine of the train in
some unexplained manner was hacked
into the train while fifty laborers on
The work train We're eating dinner.
Most of the men We're sitting on nat
cars which were wrecked and thrown
off the track, when the engine crash
ed into the train.
Engineer Chased BY Italians
When the minjured Italians real
lied their fellow men had been in.
jured. they rushed for the engineer
who ran the engine back up the track
and escaped.
A relief rain was despatched to the
scene and the dead and injured labor
ers were brought to the Charlotte
House and given medical attention.
The injuries of 10 men. who are not
thought TO be in a critical condition.
range from broken legs and cuts on
heads to smashed fingers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-05
GREAT NEED
FOR TENTS
War Department Comes
to the Rescue
Promptly.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Apri! 18.-
Secretary Taft late tonight directed
another message to be sent immediate
~ TO General Funston urging him tc
advise the war department of the con-
ditions at San Francisco as soon as
possible and to do everything in his
power to let the public at large know
of the actual state of affairs in the
stricken city. The war department
was advised that an officer who has
an automobile had consented to make
an attempt to reach General Funston
at once and carry the dispatches which
have accumulated at Oakland.
The Western Union has received an
other dispatch dated at San Francisco
regarding the wrecking of the insane
asylum near San Jose, saying that the
ruins took fire shortly after the collapse
of the institution and that there were
asbout 100 persons in the building.
MESSAGE FROM FUNSTON.
The first message received from Gen
eral Funston arrived here at 11:40
O'Clock tonight. 1t was addressed to
Secretary Taft. who had already re-
tired, The message follows:
Secretary of War. Washington:
I'VE need thousands of tents and all
the rations that can be sent. The bust
ness portion of the city destroyed ana
about leo eco people homeless. Fire st1ll
ra ging. Troops all on duty assisting
the people Loss of life probably 1000
Best part of residence district not yet
burned.-Funston.'
orders will go forward from the war
department tomorrow morning to the
adjacent posts TO carry out General
Funston's recommendations.
The wa~ department early this morn
ing received the following dispatch
from General Funston at Oakland
pier:
I'VE are doing all possible TO aid res
,fents of San Francisco in the present
terrible calamity. Many thousands
homeless and I shall do everything IN
nv poSer to render assistance anu
.rf,st the war department to authorize
o,v action I may have to take. Army
contracts will be reported later. All
imnortant papers saved. We neeo
tents and rations for 10000 people
Funston
COMMISSARY DEPOT BURNED
. disnatch received early this morn
;,,or fron the depot commissary Is as
follows: .birs,
..Denot destroyed by fire. Everything
ost Local troops supplied. VIII wire
j., reference TO Manila shipments
rrauthon." ~o,,&o,,a
,,,ass rho following. addressed TO the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-05

in his official capacity under the au-
thority of the relief committee He is
modest about what he himself did,
however, and declines to go into any
particulars regarding that part of his
experience.
Seattle should send all the food ana
supplies that it possibly can, and
should send them at once" said the
doctor last night. she can not be too
generous or too quick about it. The
people are in pitiable state. There is
no money in the city. l saw on Thurs
day one of the best known men in
San Francisco try to cash a check for
$50. Under ordinary circumstances his
signature would be good for $50, 900,
out nobody would cash the $50 check
for him. They could not spare even
that small amount"
The Seattle man went to San Fran
cisco week ago to attend the medical
convention there. He read paper Ee-
fore the California physicians on the
evening before the earthquake.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-05
WRITER IN
THE RUINS
OakIandNewspaperMan
Goes Across the
Bay.

OAKLAND, Cal, April IA news
this afternoon gives the following de
scriptions of the destruction of SaI
Francisco:
san Francisco is a city of ruins
There is no pen that can describe Tho
scene Of desolation left in the wake
of the terrible disaster.
| What remains of san Francisco is g
| heap of smoldering bricks. Its mag
nificent buildings, its Market street, its
gay and happy throngs are no more
It's Inhabitants are fleeing from it as
though from a dread pestiience. The
ferries are taking its thousands at
every trip. The boats running in every
direction are loaded to the water
line with fleeing people.
East street presents scene the
rout of any army never eQualed for
it's disorder. Extending along the wa
ter front it is the only means of access
TO the ferries. 1t is the one highway
along which the rich and poor, old and
young. with their bedding and world
~ possessions tied up in every sort OF
odd packa ges. are making their way
The scene beggars description. and
the pen of a Hugo or Tolstoi would be
unequal to give any adequate idea OF
it. And, oh. the loss of it! The awful
destruction and waste of what men in
this world set great store by. The loss
is untold and the effects win be far
reaching. The insurance companies
are threatened with q loss probably
eGuaIed only by the great fire at Chi
cago. and the fire is still raging.
MAKING A FINAL STAND.
"At 6 O'Clock it is burning with I'M
restrained fury. And the entire West
ern Addition is threatened. one final
stand is being made at Van Ness ave-
nue. and O'Farrell street
c. A. Duffy. of Owensboro. KY. who
has been in santa Rosa since last Octo-
Der. was the only one out Of several |
score to escape from the floor in which
ne was chartered in the st. Rose Hotel
at Santa Rosa. He came to Oakland
on his motor cycle after he was re-
leased. and tells thrilling story OF his
rescue and the condition Of affairs in
general at Santa Rosa.
Mr.. Duffy says that when the shock
came he rushed for the stairway put
the building was swaying and shaking
so he could make no Roadway and
turned back. He threw himself in
front Of the dresser IN his room. trust
ing TO that object TO protect him from
the falling timbers. The dresser held
I'D the beams which tum5led over him,
and this protected him somewhat from
the falling mass of debris
II was imprisoned five hours" said
MI. Duffy, before finally being res
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-05
No PANIC
IN TERROR
Seattle Man Did Not
Realize Ills
Danger.
Acting Governor of Hawaii

| Bringing a story of courage almost
| beyond belief and of suffering hereto
, fore scarcely appreciated in this city
] DR.. G. S. Peterkin, a well-known Seat
| tie physician, has returned to his home
| at 700 Ninth avenue after having ex-
perienced every horror of the multiple
| ity of horrors that has surrounded San
| Francisco during the past four days,
| says the Seattle Times of April %. DR..
! Peterkin was in the California city on
| the morning of the earthquake that al
most wiped out San Francisco In his
| capacity of a physician working to al
leviate some of the sufferings of the
survivors of the disaster he was en-
abled to see the very inside of what
will 60 down in the history of the
Pacific Coast as the most pitiable de-
struction of life and property that has
ever occurred.
DR.. Peterkin reached Seattle last
night bearing the marks of what he has
undergone. Exhausted as he was in
body and mimi, clad only in an old
suit of clothes and a pair of pajamas,
the first picked up in room at the
club at which he was staying in San
Francisco he nevertheless was able to
tell graphic story of the events of
the past few DAYS in which he was such
an active participant. On the heroism
>ScSSSc@cSc COS
chief of ordnance:
Damage by earthquake chiefly to
chimneys and ceilings; probably not
over $500. Report will follow. No one
injured here.
BENNETT. commanding"
This dispatch was sent to General
Funston by Commissary General
Sharpe:
The secretary of war has directed
the commissary at Vancouver barracks
TO forward TO the depot commissary at
San Francisco 100000 rations. Is the
railroad open to Portland?"
The dispatch from General Funston
was delivered to Secretary Taft by his
secretary, Mr.. Carpenter. Secretary !
Taft Immediately summoned Brigadier |
General Bell. the chief of staff. and
Brigadier General Sharpe the commits /
sary general. and orders were Dispatch |
ed to the army post at Vancouver, |
Wash, the most convenient point leaT |!
San Francisco directing that all tents |
necessary be furnished and all .ou,- i
supplies necessary be purchas- !
ed at Portland and forwarded with /
the greatest expedition. The officers |
at Vancouver also were directed TO con- |
fer with General Funston as to wheth-
er additional troops are needed. and |
that if more are found necessary they |
be dispatched to the stricken city.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-05

cued, Three times 1 tried to call and
the rescuers heard me. but could not
locate my position from the sound OF
my voice, and / could hear them GO
ing away after getting close to me.
HELP COMES AT LAST
Finally l got hold of a lath from
the ruins around me, poked it through
a hole left by the falling of a steam
pipe, and by waving it and yelling at
the same time, finally managed to
show the people where / was.
There We're about 800 people killed.
in the destruction of the three hotels,
and not less than 500 in the whole town.
The business section of the place Gel
lapsed to the ground almost INSIDE of
five minutes. Then the fire started and
burned Fourth street from one end ~
the other starting al each end and
meeting In the middle, thus sweeping
over the ruins and burning the ina
priSoned people.
Il saw two arms protruding from one
part of the debris and waving fran
tically. There was so much noise how
ever, that the screams could not be
heard. Just then, as 1 looked, the
flames swept over them and cruelty
finished the work begun by the earth
quake"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-05
OAKLAND AID SAN
FRANCISCO HARMONIOUS

The following cablegram was received
yesterday by Collector of the Port
Stackable from Collector Fred. S. STRAIT
ton, of San Francisco:
San Francisco, May 4, 1906.
Collector Customs, Honolulu: Oak
land in complete harmony with San
Francisco. Advise leaving financial
matters to your local committee here.
(Signed) STRATTON,
Collector Customs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-05
THE COCO WORK DONE
BY THE FRASER BUREAU
Acting Governor Atkinson Writes Letter OF
Appreciation to the Hawaiian Agent
in San Francisco.

only assure you that it has received
hearty commentator not only in Homo
lulu, but also from people on the other
Islands who were in frequent communl-
cation with this office.
[ have the honor to be, sir,
Your obedient servant,
A. L. C. ATKINSON,
Acting Governor of Hawaii.
Fraser bureau, AT inquiries for island
people were sent to the agent in San
Francisco, and amidst the dire confusion
that ruled in the mainland city, 246
persons were located and reported
directly by Mr.. Fraser.
There were probably fifty more heard
from, as result of Fraser s inquiries,
by cables sent direct from San Fran
cisco to their friends and relatives here
as soon as the San Francisco people
know from newspapers that inquiry
had been made for them. Such replies
did not pass through the Governor IS of
fee, of course, but would bring the to-
tai to 800 responses out of AT inquiries.
The responses recorded do not include
Implications of names that were cabled
down two or three times, in a few in
stances, and on the other hand many of
the responses sent by Fraser included
entire families found safe.
As soon as the lists sent by Fraser
were received at the Governor IS Office,
lists were prepared for all the news
papers, and for the cable office win
dows, in order to give them the widest
possible publicity. Every friend here
of person who had been found was
notified by telephone, moreover, from
the Governor S office, by day or night,
if the friend could be so reached. This
part of the work was in the hands of
Chief Clerk Buckland, and the tele-
phone operators did all that they could
in the way of prompt service.
Considering the difficulties that Mr..
Fraser must have labored under, diff
critics the people here can only family
comprehend, the fact that he should
have found and accounted for three
hundred people out of AT asked for is
most remarkable record.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-05
CHINESE MINISTER
AIDS COUNTRYMEN

WASHINGTON, Saturday. April 21.-
The Chinese minister tonight announce
ed that he would send at once his first
secretary to San Francisco to dis
tribute personally among the needy
Chinese the $4,000 that his govern
ment has authorized him to contribute
to the relief fund.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-05

WILL E. FISHER.
AUCTIONEER
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-05

of the San Francisco people he laws
particular stress. He cannot say too
much in praise Of those who. losing
everything themselves, still had time
to minister TO men and women injured
by the crashing walls OF buildings and
by the fire, and did not find time 70 he
moan the loss Of what II had taken
them a lifetime 10 accumulate.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-05

ne Acting Governor has asked T.. A.
Fraser, who has done such good work
for Hawaii in San Francisco, to discon-
tinue his cabling of names of survivors
of the disaster, and in connection with
this request has written the following
letter, in the justice of whose express
sion this entire community will most
cordially concur:
May 4. 1905
Hon. E. A. Fraser, care Welch Co.,
1868 Washington Street, Oakland.
Dear Sir: Now that we have asked
you to discontinue cabling to Honolulu
the names of friends and relatives who
have been inquired for by our citizens
here, | want to take the first opportun-
Ity of thanking you for the admirable
work that you have accomplished.
OF course we can only imagine the
very great difficulties with which you
have had to contend, but the limited
amount of news that has just reached
US from Seattle OF the disaster in San
Francisco shows that every facility of
communication there was practically
wiped out, and we shall certainly be in
terested to know how you managed to
do your work
Upon examination, find that we sent
TO you AT names and that you were
able to locate no less than 246 of these,
by direct reply to this office. Besides,
there must have been at least 80 an
swers received here by direct cable
communication from those parties you
We're looking for and who, no doubt,
thought it better to cable direct to their
friends.
1t may interest you to know that as
soon as any new names were received
from You, lists were typewriter for all
of the newspapers and for posting in
the window at the cable office. Besides
this, whenever we had, or could obtain,
communication by telephone with any
of the friends or relatives here, We at
once notified them of the safety of the
missing ones in San Francisco, this be-
ing done both by day and night.
But this is apart from your work for
which. on behalf of the people of Ha-
wall, 1 desire to thank you, and l can
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-30
nutfaIo erafters Eaoe Arrest.

Buffalo, N. Y, March 2S.-Confes-
sions made to the grand jury by Row
land J. Conover, the contractor who
has been convicted of grand larceny
in the first degree for his connection
with a county contract for the re-
moval of bodies from an old cemetery,
will result in the issue of warrants
for the arrest of % former city and
county officials. Conover's statements
before the grand jury are substantially
that he made profitable contract
with the county for the removal Of
the bodies and their reburial. He made
an agreement with the officials who
awarded his contract that they should
receive one-third of the gross payments
Of the county to him. The money was
divided in the county treasurer's Of
fice from time to time as it was paid
to Conover.