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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-12
CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP.
F. E. Gates, of Sapulpa, Buys Ste
yens Hardware Company.

+. Z. Gates yesterday purchased
the Stevens Hardware company on
East First street, and will take pos
session Friday. Mr.. Gates is at pres
ent proprietor of the Union Hard
ware company, of Sapulpa, and is a
pioneer of Indian Territory. His
success in Tulsa is a foregone con-
clusion.
Mr.. Stevens will return to his old
home in Nevada, Mo.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-12
MOVING BATH HOUSE
M. J. Tilton is Getting Closer Into
Town,

The bath house of NJ. j. Tilton is
to be moved into the room just va
Gated by the Bank of Commerce. The
room is being fitted out by plumbers,
painters and paper hangers, and Mr..
Tilton announces that he will omen
in few days in his new location. He
will have more than ever up-to-date
establishment
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-12

Miss Sadie Orr, one of the teachers
in the South Side school, is detained
at Nashville. Tenn, by the illness Of
Aer brother. who was severely inju-
ed last Friday by being thrown from
moving train.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-12
Whiz.

The Chauffeur (examining his
satch)-The machine went over
nile the last minute.
The Timid Passenger went over
ny whole life.-Smart Set.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-12
Revival Meetings.

Rev. James w. Rush, Holiness ev-
angelist, of Joplin, Mo, is holding a
series of meetings at the old grounds.
Nj Christians are welcome. Services
every NIGHT at s p. m.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-12

Don't forget to attend the enter
tainment given by the Hyechka Club
at the Robinson home on Sixth and
Flwool. cerirmbnr II.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-12
Wash the Soap.

When 1t is necessary to use the soap
in a public toilet room. take the pre-
eaution to wash 1t. Skin diseases are
easily contracted through soap.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-12

row. Many families attended the
trial from the vicinity of the old fair
grounds where the ruction took place.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-12

Oxford Cafe-Rest neal in the city
FOR 25 cpr's. Phone Az.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-12
NICE VEGETABLE SOUP.

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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-20
The LAST Hope Gone

The Banks Close For Ten Days
The Bankers and Brokers realizing
the full extent of the calamity met
and decided that there should be no
runs on the banks. They closed the
banks and sent for troops to guard
them. Nothing will be transacted in
the way of business for ten days.
The securities and money are in the
vaults
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-20
Mr.. Ar!reys Experience

Last evening the Appeal had an
Interview with Mr. Ardery. His des-
criptiOn of the terrible conditions and
the effect of the earthquake are al
MY wife and l had rooms at the
Palace and did not go to the theatre
the evening before. We spent the
evening in the beautiful court of the
famous hotel and retired to our rooms
late in the evening. We were awaken
ed by the most horrible shaking and
twisting of the building The shock
seemed to be across the building and
then there would be a twisting, this
was followed by what appeared to be
a throwing Of the massive structure
such as the Shaping of whip Plaster
fell, small and loose objects were
thrown 10 the floor. and tie crumbling
md crashing of heavy beams could
have been heard for blocks The hor-
rible noise of crashing buildings came
like the boom of thunder. My wife
left the bed and stood under the
door way. and l joined her there.
! spoke to her as the lights were
going out and stated that there was
10 use rushing out and if we were
to die we would be found togethc'
AS soon as the quaking ceased We
dressed and made our way to the
court. There men and women were
rushing frantically about. some being
carried and hysterical. We returned
to the room and packed our belong
ings. as the bell boy cried out THAI
the hotel was safe, and while it was
terribly injured and sprung yet it
lived through the shock
After returning from the room we
went into the court dining room and
there found one lone waiter. he was
the coolest man in house. He took
our order for coffee and rolls and
others seeing our action followed
and this one hero waited on at least
a hundred people. After this light
breakfast we started up Montgomery
street. as several fires had sprung ur
and down Market street. We walked
along and meeting a policeman We
enquired if We could get to the ferry
This was done by going as far as
( Broadway and working down the
warves to the ferry building. On the
way down there was wreckage ir
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-20
More Troops Called For

This afternoon the Seventh rege-
ment of Malta stationed at Los
Angles were ordered 10 San Francisco.
The Pacific Squadron is expected
to crrive tonight
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-20
AT The
LANES
MERCY
Awful Condition

SAN FRANCISCO, April 30. l a, m.
The full extent of the terrible ca
tastrophe at San Francisco may never
be known The entire business center
Of the city is mass OF smOahlng
iuins. Thieves are at work in the
devasted districts but the military
patrol men in obedience to their or
ders do not hesitate shooting down
without warning the ghoals. Six
characters of this sort have been shot
in the streets today. The saloons
throughout tn city have been ordered
closed by Chief Oman.
The Mechanics pavilion which on
yesterday was used as a temporary
morgue was destroyed this afternoon
by the raging fire Inc Chronicle
building which was believed last night
| to have been saved is mass of ruins
There is no pen that can describe
! the scene o. disaster What made
! San Francisco famous is only a heap
! Of smOuldering ruins. It's magnificent
! buildings and Market street and the
throngs of people are no more.
It's inhabitants are neeing from it
| as though from pestilence thousands
! take the ferries at every trip Every
! boat no matter in what direction. is
loaded to the guards with weeping
people with no particular destination
Only a desire to leave the doomed
city is their view. The ycene
beggars description The only thor
/ oughfare now leading to the ferry
are thronged with rich an dpcor old
and young, win a few worldly pos
sessions bedding and odd packages.
crowdine and showing TO reach the
ferry boate with only the one hope
| and idea of getting away.
The pen of Hugo or Tolstoi. would
he unequal to giving any adenuate
ideas of the scene. The Insurance
! Companies loss will exceed the losses
of the Chicago fire and the fire still
RACES.
With ferosity and the entire West
ern addition is threatened
A final stand is being made at Van
Ness avenue with little hope One
old grizzled engineer Standing by his
fire engine at s O clock last evening
was asked what he prODOSed TO do
| He rplied. I'VE are waiting for it to
come when it gets here we will make
one more stand if it drives us out
the city is gone
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-20

A telegram was received early
yesterday mdning statinb that A.
NJ. Arderey his wife and E. P Esser
on themorning train = crowd of
friends were on hand to meet them
had witnessed the calamity of the
century. but We're there to welcome
them to their homes of safety.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-20
Les Angles Is Safe

On the first day of last January the
San Francisco Examiner printed a
page of predictions fer 1906 bv a
man in New York. Among other
things he stated that San Francisco
and several towns on the Pacific
Coast would be destroyed by earth
quake and fire in April of this year.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-20
Graphic Description

RENO. April 10. II a. m.-Train
no. + just arrived with many passen-
gers. All say that the reports do not
half tel of devastation One ~--'o-
man stood on the car steps Will -H@
train was held al Reno and told the
large crowd assembled at the depot
many particulars concerning the scene
he said that not a land mark rema MS
on Market street from the ferry to
2gth street that could be identified
by any one who had ever seen San
Francisco.
That from Market street south 81,
was a desert of topling and shape
less walls The Mills building and
other buildings on Mont gOmery, the
main portion Of Kearney St, Grant
avenue, the chinese district. Ellis ST.
O'Farrel. Suffer. Bush. part of Cali
fornia and Sacramento in a diagonal
| direction west o Va MESS avenue.
The gentlemen said he was up most
! of the night the only rest lie took
! was for a short period on bench in
7 a public park. When he started to1
| the ferry this morning, he walllet
| clear around China town to Pacific
!. avenue thence to east stand TO the
ferry He stated that people were
! carrying their scanty belongings ali
dragging trunks and yalises. crying
and pleading for aid and sympathy
| Intact the situation is terrible ano
| no one can conceive Of the horror o
it unless he witnesses it.
The greatest horror is the laci
Of water to drink and food. This
man paid one dollar for a loaf o.
bread for bis breakfast, fifty cent:
for a five cent can of deyiled han
and fifty cents for small bottle o
wine as it was impossible to get waite
to drink.
More Troops Called For
This afternoon the Seventh rege
} ment of Malta stationed at Lo
, Angles were ordered 10 San Francisc,
: The Pacific Squadron is expecte
to srrive tonight.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-20
Personal Observation
Returning Carsonites Tell Of Their Ercape
From the City Of Ruin

early market men who filled the
streets where the building had
crushd them In places the cement
sidewalks had sunk other places
pileings were pushed up through the
street. and masses of brick and stone
blocked the way of the Onhurrying
engines and fireman,
BY the time we reached the ferry,
which was at O'Clock there were
at least forty fires In reaching the
boat it was necessary to guard ones
face from the flames and the excite
ment was so intense that it was
every man or woman for themselves
We spent the day in oakland and
could hear the blasting Of buildings.
| intended to return and secure my
baggage when I left in the morning,
but was only too thankful to get out
with our lives. Our belongings are
in the ashes of the Palace Mrs.
Audrey and myself have had an ex-
perience that will never be blOtted out
it is beyond description and half Of
the terror and disaster will never
be told.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-20

Last evening the Appeal had an
Interview with Mr. Ardery. His des-
criptiOn of the terrible conditions and
the effect of the earthquake are al
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-20
The Flames Win
Weston Edition at the Mercy O? The Fires
Efforts Useless
Appalling Life Loss

Appalling Life Loss
- OAKLAND April 20. =. NIT
is the general belief that the death
list OF San Francisco will reach ten
thousand People returning from the
burning district state that the dead
fill every available place and that
there is no account for hunCs II
who are missing.
Unknown dead are piled out Of the
way OF the flames and most Of them
are so badly disfgured that i@onti-
fication is impossible A list &C the
dead is being prepared w h is ex-
pected will be given out today, or
as soon as the auth )rlties can get
to this detail. Every district has a
morgue of its own.
Wires Kill Many
Investigation in the case OF many
dealt reveal the fact thai the e,ec-
trio wires killed many who were.
found on the sire t. It Is Hlsc ne
belief that Tie wires Wee he cansp
Of much of tho spreafin~ C. tie
In Oakland all gas and o'ectrict
service is fCrbiuen until tLa town
can be officially inspected.
No Tickets Sold
The railroad companies anaeunced
last night that 70 ticket: 10 San
francisco wcu!d be sold g ar price
The ticket agents and the cold;, ~ 0r:
l'nv" boon notified to tal-o ~ sen
~: c--Trl tha stricken . Tt Or,
is~~no room for the curious or thu
mOrbidly hence al will b.
turned away.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-20
Flames Sweep West

SAN FRANCISCO, April 20, p. M
The efforts of the fireman and the
militia TO stop the onward march
of the ever growing fire by blowing
I'D the residential portion of the city
at Van Ness Avenue has failed. The
flames have crossed the pain and are
no. G1voSt2ting the Western section
of thi5 city. The city IS doomed as
far as the Park. A strong trade wind
has carried the flames to the West
which has renewed the actiity of the
sm01' ing fires. me IRE depart
ment is almost useless, as many Of
tho engines are crippled and the water
supply IS simply exhausted. It looks
lfn case Of total destruction from
one end Of the city to the other.
The authorities are helpless and the
fight is about over as the men are
won ont and there is no chance
fcr food or rest The city is at the
rc-cy ef the flames.
Tented Cities
The Preside the Richmond District
AMI Golden Gate Park. resemble a
vast picnic grounds. Thousands upon
thousands Ct tents have been pitched
/ Fire paced and cooking utensils have
been provided and a multitude is
camping in the famous play grounc
of this cnca prosperous city Food
is the only thing tha, is necessary
to provide better comfort and pre-
vent want
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-20
No Throuerrare

Many train loads o. people have
they are not allowed to reach the
city. No boats are allowed TO bring
any one 10 the City from Oakland.
The TonOpah special which started
for San Francisco has been halted
at Oakland
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-20
Mr.. Essers Experience


Mr.. z. F. Esser was also an a.
rival from the wrecked city He had
his room IT the C"and Hotel and
was awakened by the terrible noise
and movement of the earthquake. In
his room the ceiling or portion
of il fell the electric fixtures were
thrown to the floor and a bureau
in the room was turned over. He
Immediately dressed and packed his
reached Market street people were
rushing in every direction. One
woman he noted in particular, she
was dressed in night gown and
, carried potted plant, the streets
were filed with half dressed men
women and children all looking for
! a chance to escape.
| 1t was his intention to return to
the hotel and get his valise, but upon
viewing the damage and seeing the
fire. he made his way to the fairy
building without venturing back mp
the street. He was among the first
at the fire which started near the
ferry building This was furnace
in few minutes and almost barred
the progress of those going to the
ferry. Mr. Esser took the o'clock
boat for Oakland, where he spent the
day. On the way across the bay he
counted over twenty fires which
started before he had reached the
Oakland side. The view of the burn
ing city from the Oakland side was
beyond description and in spite of the
awful terror that it was spreading yet
it inspired a curiosity that impelled
him with hundreds of others to watch
from the the safe distance across the
bay
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
SHE had THE MORE NERVE.
A Human Interest Incident Of the
Metropolis.

Mrs. Charles Nommenson, wife of a
jeweler, of o87 Fulton street, Brooklyn,
was sewing in the second floor sitting
room of their home the other afternoon,
when in walked burglar with a pistol
in his hand.
Il got in the wrong house by mis-
take" said he, as he DOTTED his hat with
a bow. Il wanted to see Mrs. Wilson.
l."
Get QUIT" ordered Mrs. Nommen-
son, producing revolver of her own
and covering the man with the rapidity
of thought. "A man who gets in the
wrong house by mistake doesn't draw
revolver on woman You are q
thief"
II rang the bell and it was not an
swered. The door was open, so /
came in"
"You are a thiefl' cried the woman,
rising and keeping her revolver on him
Il will give you three minutes to get
out. If yol are not gone then, will
shoot and kill you One-two-"
The burglar lodged out of the door.
Mrs. Nommenson was at his heels, her
eyes not leaving him for a second, that
he might not get the drop ON her. The
man saw he had lost in the game of
nerve, and he backed down the steps.
At the front door he fumbled at the
latch. He could not open the door. It
seemed to present an opportunity to get
the best of the woman.
"You will have to let me out" said
the burglar.
"Not much" said Mrs. Nommenson,
you want to get me at close quarters"
Then as she kept him covered with
her revolver, she told him how to UNI
latch the complicated lock. She kept
him covered until the street door closed
On him. Then she returned to her sew
ng.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
MAY BECOME A SENATOR.
Speculation as to Future Of Presfo
dent Roosevelt After Term
Expires.

When Mr.. Roosevelt retires from the
Office of President of the United States
he will be but fifty-one years of age,
and just entering upon his intellectual
prime. Will he be content to go into
retirement from politics? If so, he will
have to forego his present love of doing
things. Much, however, depends on
chance. If he shall be as popular when
he retires as he is at present, or half as
popular, he will remain the head of his
party, and should he desire political
preferment, he will get it.
After his retirement from the Presi-
dency, George Washington was given
command of the army in our actual but
not declared war with France. John
Quincy Adams made more fame the
nine terms he was in Congress the last
eighteen years of his life than in all
his previous political career General
Jackson retired from the Presidency in
1897, but he was the head of his party
until his death. in I84s. He dictated his
successor, and his viii was law to both
Van Buren, and Polk. Van Buren, was
politician until he died He elected
Polk in 1874 and defeated Cass in 1873
General Grant was candidate for
President in 1880, and had his man.
ayers acted with little more sagacity.
he would have been nominated, and per-
haps elected Grover Cleveland was
elected President in 1902 after his re-
tirement in 1880.
Mr. Roosevelt is the youngest of the
Presidents, and when he retires IN 1909
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16

the drift is cityward; but there are
thousands of people who would like
to live on farms, and would, perhaps,
II they knew something about the
growing of plants, and there Is no time
like early youth TO instil in the mind a
love of nature and Of growing things.
So that considerable success has at
tended the school garden idea and the
nature study idea as it is being APP
piled in number of the older institu-
lions and in some new special schools.
A striking example of this is the
School of Horticulture at Hartford,
Conn.
In the year 1893 the Revea end
Francis Goodwin, "a philanthropic cit
izen, gave about 100 acres Of land and
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
Napoleon.
Napoleon going about like raging lion
seeking whom he might devour."

Sir Conan Doyle considers Napo-
leon as perhaps the most wonderful
man who ever lived. He writes that
what strikes him most e'rcibly is the
lack of finality In his character.
When one decides that he is a COM
plete villain, he reads of some noble
trait, AL then loses his admiration
In some act of incredible meanness.
But here was a you. ) man, OF
thirty years, with no social advan-
tages, very little edv"aition. his
family poverty striker, entering a
room in company with Kings, each
and every one jealous of any atten-
tons shown by him to any one Of
them.
He must have had some private
charm, for his intimate friends loved
and worshipped him, and withal he
was the most amazing and talented
liar that ever lived, and one who told
the truth only to himself.
An originator of great schemes that
seemed fantastic and impossible, his
n" 'esty of detail brought success
where another man would have failed.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
School Gayden
Scenes at
Hartford School
Of H0rtleNItHre.
W. @Y ~

specified but not to exec ID a certain
amount, is to be used for the particular
improvement. The Senate invariably
has changed such bills so they appro-
pirate a fixed amount. This system is
regarded by the members of the House
Interstate and foreign commerce COM
mittee as being conducive to reckless
expenditure and the members of the
committee will refuse to accept such a
bill hereafter and purpose forcing the
Senate to indorse measures which Will
encourage the completion of work at
the lowest possible cost and the saw
ing of balances which may remain.
This action of the House committee
is in line with the general opposition
which the House is offering to what is
declared to be the encroachment of the
Senate upon its rights.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
With Kingly Courage.

in Sweden a remarkable story is
told of King Oscars courage and re-
solution
The narrative recounts that a soldier,
a man of immense stature, while lying
under sentence of death secured a
long knife, and defied anyone to enter
his cell.
On hearing Of the circumstances the
King drove at once to the prison, and
disregarding the warning of the ofilci-
ais. entered the mans cell alone and
unar~~ad, locked the door behind him,
and then reasoned , It'll the convict.
1t would have been a remarkable In
terview, even If the King had taken a
pardon to the convict. But far from
this. he actually explained to the con-
demned man why he had decided to
reject any appeal for mercy; yet he so
worked on the mans feelings that
when, with a farewell handshake, the
King left him, he was totally subdued,
and ready to meet his fate the next
morning like a soldier.