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LOSSES or CATHOLIC CHURCH.
List OF Buildings Shaken Down or De-
strOyed by the Fire.

CHICAGO, April 22.-The Rev, D. J. Rior-
dan, pastor Of st. E~lizabeth's Roman Catho-
lie Church and brother OF Archbishop
Riordan of San Francisco, who is now on
the way to the stricken city, to-day received
a telegram from San Francisco telling Of
the damage to the Catholic churches and
institutions in San Francisco.
The cathedral of San Francisco with the
residences attached. together with the
residence of the Archbishop, are safe.
Sacred Heart College and the Mercy
Hospital, together with the various schools
attached to the churches. were destroyed.
The following churches were damaged
by the earthquake; st. Patrick's Seminary,
in Menlo Park; st. James's, st. Bridget's,
st. Dominick's, Church of the Holy Cross
and st. Patrick's Church at San Jose.
The churches destroyed by fire were st.
Ignatius's, st. Bonifaoe's, ST. Joseph's, st.
Patrick's, st. Bre ndan's, st. Francis's. Mis-
sion Dolores the old mission church,, French
Church, Sclavonian Church and the old
Cathedral of st. Mary.
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The Weather,

Showery and unsettled conditions prevailed over
the New England States early Sunday morning.
due TO an area OF low pressure over that section
passing northeastward. This depression caused
brisk 10 high winds over the north Atlantic coast.
but elsewhere they were light 10 fresa and blow
ing of shore.
There were a few scattered showers also along
the Gulf and south Atlantic coasts. but elsewhere
over the country the weather was generally fair.
The pressure was high and Increasing over the
central States and Lake regions and was falling
somewhat In the Atlantic districts,
I, vas about len degrees cooler over the interior
and eastern sections OF the country and warmer
west of the Missouri River.
In this city the day was fair: cooler; light 10 fresh
southwesterly winds: average humidity. 81 per
cent; barometer. corrected 10 read TO sea level. at
4 A.. NJ. 2 rs; , p. NJ. 2aeS.
The temperature yesterday, as recorded by
the orlclal thermometer, is shown In the annexed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-23
RICH AND POOR FARE ALIKE
All Sharing the DiscOmfOrts Together
People Praise Funston.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22,-The distress of
the rich equals that of the poor. The ele-
ments favored no one. Not a building in
the business district escaped, Not a resi-
dence in fully three-fourths of the city but
what was burned or shattered. The ar
tillery and dynamite used to blow down
buildings broke windows and shattered
chimneys which the flames did not reach.
The people fed to the forts and parks
and hills. Roughly speaking, the burned
district is five miles square. A smart breeze
was blowing the smoke and ashes away
to-day and for the first time the dimensions
of the DANA e became apparent. Insurance
adjusters now or the ground estimated that
the property loss will not fall short of $780,
0O0, 900.
The insurance loss will aggregate
sloO,O 900 900 less. Whether or not all the
companies will be able to pay is a question
upon which depends in large measure the
future of San Francisco. The prediction
has been made hat not more than 90 per
cent. insurance will be paid. No adjuster
places the total to be paid at more tina u
10 per cent. OF the entire insurance loss.
The destruction of life was not as great
as the reports indicated. The exact num-
Der of those that persisted will never in all
human probability be known, for many
bodies were entirely destroyed. Mechanics
Pa vilionewas used for a time as a morgue
and as a place for the injured. After 200
lead had been taken there and several
hundred injured the fire reached the build
ing. No attempt was made to remove the
bodies, all attention being paid to the in
iured. The result was that not less thar
200 bodies, few Of which had been identified,
were creInated,
Many more deaths will not be indirectly
attributable to the fire. These will be
caused by exposure and by fright. Thirty
six babies were born at the Preside grounds
to-day. They and their mothers are being
taken care of by the Red Cross Society.
The people, are applauding Funston and
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Wires That They Lost Their Heads and
Could Not BE Controlled-Mint Intact
and the $50 900 600 stored In Its
Vaults VIII BE Available TO Bankers.
l.. W. Storer, manager Of the San Fran
CISCO office of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany, who Ia now In charge at Oakland,
in a wire talk yesterday with Vice-Presi-
lent Bradley said that there has been
little loss of life In San Francisco except
in the most oongested quarters south OF
Market street and In the North Beach dis
trict, as we'll as through the Italian quarter.
"The Italians lost their heads after the
shock Of the earthquake, and could not be
controlled, /" he said. -One Of the flremen
told me last night that he saw about $50
Italians cut OF by the flames last Friday
and burned before aid could be given them.
THE Mint Ia intact, and has about $780,
OO0, 600 in it's vaults, which bankers think
will be available Immediately
Vice-President Bradley said hat the
Postal operators in Oakland have been
wading through the mass of kilograms
that have been filed since Wednesday so
rapidly that they have TO- finished all
the business that had accumulated up to
Saturday. He estimates that 1000 tele-
grams nave been sent through in the last
twenty-four hours to all points in the East.
Only a small part Of these are commercial
kilograms.
An incident that illustrates the chaotic
! conditions in San Francisco was related
by Mr.. Bradley. Edward c.. Platt, treasurer
of the Postal COMPANY, has two brothers,
Horace G.. and James Plat, who are among
the most prominent citizens in San Fran
cisco. Since last Wednesday Mr.. Plat
had made every effort to learn the fate of
his brothers, but was unsuccessful. Late
Saturday night he got this message from
James:
"Im all right, but l can't find Horace
A few minutes later another despatch
anne signed Horace" 1t said:
Am safe. but can't find James"
Both messages had been sent on Saturday
afternoon.
Several messages were received in the
Commercial Gable C%ompany's Office from
| the Pacific station in the Hut I" but both
came the long way around. They stated
| that the cable from the Hut to Oakland
had not yet been repaired and that the
employees were still sleeping in nearby
fields in tents furnished by the Government.
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UNION LABOR PROTESTS.
Doesn't Want the Hungry Fed with Flour
That Is HOycOtted.

M1NNEAPoLIs, MINI, April 22.-George
S. Howley, secretary of the Minneapolis
Building Trades Council, yesterday pro-
tested to Secretary Wallace C. Nye of the
public affairs committee of the Commercial
Club against the sending of -four that had
been boycotted by the local labor unions
to feed the hungry at San Francisco. He
declared that the purchase of that -four
with relief subscriptions was au affront not
only to the local laboring men but also to
San Francisco, the strongest labor city
in the Union.
Howley did not say that he thought
hungry victims Of the earthquake and
fire would refuse to eat bread made from
the unfair brand Of -four, but he init
mated as much, mentioning the case of the
strikers at Fall River, Mass, who refused
to touch the interdicted product.
A. f. Wellington, general secretary of the
International Union Of Flour and Cereal
Mill Employees, took the same stand as
Howley. Both admitted that their atti-
tude might be different were they sufferers.
This evening they sought TO keep their
remarks out of the newspapers. The
members of the relief committee were
highly indignant at the statements Of the
labor leaders. One man pronounced their
action "ghoulish."
Boycott on the -four was declared
several years ago, after mill employees
lost their contention in the arbitration of a
strike. Ever since the labor unions ave
taken advantage Of every opportunity to
prevent the sale or Use Of the i%nterdicted
brand.
Ten carloads of -four started to Frisco
tonight. A local business man went
with $50 900 for sufferers.
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HOW MINERS MAY AID FRISCO.
Proposed That They Cut 3 900 900 Tons of
! Coal Free-Carnegle Hero Fund Gives Again

PorrsvILLE, Pa, April 22.-At a meeting
of officers of several municipalities here
to-day the unique proposal was made
that the idle anthracite miners get out a
million tons of coal, which could be done
in a few Gays, and that the coal be sold
for the benefit of the San Francisco sufferers.
1t is not doubted that if the miners give
their labor free the railroads will haul the
coal to market without charge and it is
estimated that in this way SIS ,000, 600 could
be got in for the fund. The projectors are
hopeful that the operators and miners will
agree to a truce for this purpose.
PITTsBURd, April 22.-The Carnegie Hero
Fund Commission late last night voted
to give an additional $25 900 for the relief
of the San Francisco destitute. The meet
ing was held in an automobile travelling
through the streets at a speed that is not
sanctioned by law. The members had
been attending a banquet, and all left in
the same auto.
There was no speeches, and the vote was
taken while the member were hanging
on to their hats.
The auto halted at the Western Union Tele-
graph Company's office, where a telegram
was sent to Lawrence G. Phipps, who is in
Santa Barbara, Cal, asking him TO act as
agent for the commission. He was re-
auested to confer with Hugh r. F. Vail,
cashier OF the Central National Bank of
Santa Barbara, charter a steamer and
load it with provisions for San Francisco.
NORFOLK, Va. April 22.-Fifteen hundred
dollars was raised for the San Francisco
sufferers at a mass meeting in Portsmouth
to-day. The mass meeting held at Norfolk
to supplement the S. 900 appropriated by
the city councils was adjourned until to-
morrow.
WILMINGTON, Del, April 22~,-Subscrip-
tons to the San Francisco fun in this city
now amount to s. 1000, with still more con-
tnbutions 10 be reported. Collections were
taken in many churches, and various socie-
ties are expected to swell the fund.
LANCASTER, Pa, April 22.-At a public
meeting held to-day 81 900 was subscribed
for the San Francisco sufferers. Yester-
day 81, 100 was collected and a draft for
warded.
LEXINGTON, Ky, April 22.-Lexington
as a city will not raise a fund for the home
less Of San Francisco, but the various or
CARNATIONS and churches are taking
active part in the work. Lexington has
seventeen homeless families due to a disas-
trous fire here a week ago.
PETERSBURG, Va, April 22.-Gov. Swan
sons proclamation calling upo the people
throughout the State to contribute to the
fund for the San Francisco sufi erers, was
read in all the churches to-day by the
pastors and collections were taken. At a
special meeting OF Petersburg Lodge Of
Elhs his afternoon an appropriation Of
500 was made.
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his men, They are applanding, too, the
work of the Southern Pacific, which isY
taking, free of charge, all refugees out O
San Francisco. a feature of the fire that
is causing general satisfaction, if the word
can be used in connection with a great
disaster, is the fact that the modern build
ings withstood the earthquake shock all
most perfectly. Their interiors are wrecked
and ruined, but their walls stand as steady
and as true a. on the day they were An
ished.
A notable example of this is tho twelve
story Cal building, which contained every
floor intact, This is the tallcst building in
San Francisco. In practically every in
stance the steel framework of the big build
ings successfully withstood the shock. ."
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WHY TELEGRAMs ARE DELAYED.
Lack OF Operators and instruments Now
at Los Angeles.

NJ Los AnBOiee.
Los ANGELES, Cal, April 22.-Mauy
fasteners are worried because they can
not get answers to kilograms. These two
interviews will explain why.
The night chief operator Of the Western
Union said: We nave our wires and
could get more Il we could tse them. but
we are short of Instruments n opera.
tors. A carload Of instruments and access
sories left Chicago or Thursday, SO that
by Monday, I think, we will be In fairly
good shape. On eastbound messages
we are about fifteen hours behind and on
San Francisco business there is no telling
how far we are behind. Oakland has
three wires, one to New York, one to Port
land and one to Chicago
Wv. Stevenson, wire chief Of the Postal,
said; I'VE have just installed our phanto-
pick apparatus, which will help us out.
1t is working on the Denver wire. This
device gives one wire the capacity of three.
We have a fresh force Of men coming from
Chicago, which will relieve US. Many Of
our men have worked forty-eight hours
without rest.
"Supt. Lewis left last night for San
Francisco with a trunk full of messages
and he will be back tomorrow with all he
can bring to US"
DENVER, Col, April 22.-Lsst Wednesday
night the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany sent twenty operators and a force Of
linemen from Denver to Oakland. Along
the road all extra operators were taken
aboard and when the train reached Ogden
there were over one hundred of them in
the party. At points in Nevada where
there we're Office facilities some of the
operators were dropped of, but most Of
them went on to Oakland.
On Thursday the Western Union began
sending messages by express to Sacra-
mento, Los Angeles and Reno to be wired
from those places. The mass accumu-
lated, however, and the express service
was extended. Last night 5000 messages
reached Salt Lake by express and the
Ogden and Salt Lake Offices are trying to
get them off before more arrive.
In Denver both telegraph companies are
overloaded with business and are working
the regular operators overtime and putting
on extra men. Tel thousand messages
nave been expressed to Portland, Ore,
since the earthquake and an equal number
to Los Angeles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-23
MUST BUY STEEL ABROAD.
American Mnls Unable To Supply Structural
Material for Rebuilding San Francisco.

NFetN
PIrrsBURo, April ~ .-According to Pitts
burg steel men, the rebuilding of San Fran
cisco may be retarded by the inability OF
Pittsburg steel mills to supply structural
shapes for the new city. ,-r
The Carnegie Steel Company and the
Jones & Laughlins Company are already
10 crowded that they have practically
closed their books for delivery within eight
months. Never before has there been
such a demand for material as this year,
and it is feared that il will he impossible
for the mills to take on additional work.
According to the local steel men, San
Francisco will be compelled to go TO Great
Britain and Germany for buildi & material.
The mills Of Germany are busy and will
be able to take on only little additional
work. TAose of Great Britain, however,
will be able TO acc ommodate a great MANY
of the orders. On account Of the high
freight rates from the Fast to the Pacific
Coast, the foreign steel mills will be able
TO deliver structural shapes at San Francisco
by water as cheap or cheaper than The locsl
Y milla.
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New Yorker who Have Reached Los
Angeles.

who arrived Weasy from the north include include
the following New York and New England
people: William Gilbert, Hartford, Conn;
F. w. Kuhns, wife and baby, New York;
Mrs. Levy, New York city; Miss Bertha
Levy, New York city; Mrs. Coleman, New
York city; A. j. Fairbanks, Rochester, N.
Y; s. Norton, New York.
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SIS 900 From Trenton.

TRENTON. n. j., April 22.-More than
$4,000 has already been collected in Tren-
ton for the relief of the San Francisco suf-
ferers. This does not include contributions
in a number Of churches tonight. The
ola institutions is nearlv RtR nnn
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PLUMBERS BADLY NEEDED.
California Railroads VIII Garry Them to
san Francisco Free.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.-Dr. Regens-
berger, president of the State Board Of
Health, announces that plumbers are needed
at once in San Francisco. They must bring
their own tools. which will be sufficient
credentials to get them free transportation
on any railroad in California.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-23
DISMAL SH AMP DISTURBED.
Mud Is Boiling and Snakes and Animals
Are Fleeing to High Ground.

Are Fleeing 10 High tIround
RICHMOND, Va. April pa volcanic
disturbance visited the Dismal Swamp
last night and as a consequence people
living in the neighborhood are moving
away.
Chief of Police Brinkle of Sufolk to-day
visited the scene of the trouble. He re-
ports that the mud in the swamp is boiling,
the agitation being similar to what would
be shown if millions of large worms were
wriggling Just beneath the surface. The
bursting bubbles emit a vapor like thin
smoke.
Reptiles and animal inhabitants of the
swamp are fleeing to higher ground.
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THINKS Loss OF LIFE SMALL.
POSTAL MANAGER SAYS ITALIANS
WERE CHIEF SUFFERERS.

Wires That They Lost Their Heads and
Could Not BE Controlled-Mint Intact
and the $500 900 600 Stored in Its
Vaults WIN BE Available to Bankers.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-13
FIRE. BUT NO MEAT

An old woman who was found
starving I'm Cleveland had long feared
that she might be without means To
cook her meals. She had stove.
and her rooms and even her stair
way We're filled with flrewood. But
she had nothing to cook.
She had a good lamp. but had long
been without light because she had
no oil
Maybe this pathetic situation with
its tragical ending was due TO more
or less degree OF insanity.
But this poor woman's hallucina.
lions were so like many OF those of
the rest of MS who pass as sane that
the question is whether there is very
much real sanity I'm the world.
If all of us. who so worry ara
strive over purposes not worth white
as to neglect things of real impot-
lance. were to be considered men
tally unbalanced, the lunatic asylums
would be badly overcrowded
The man called exceptionally keen
and N cunning. who piles up more
wealth than he can use for the bene-
III OF himself or others. and forgets
that human sympathy and helpful
ness are the real sources of useful
ness and power. would, IL such mis-
directed purpose were held to be evi.
dence of insanity, occupy the padded
cell.
If all men who strive feverishly
Tor wealth, or position or fame. and
forget the simple little purposes that
are sustenance to the soul. are to
pass as rich, and great and brillian..
then how may we pronounce insane
the poor woman who had lamp but
never any oil?
What is great fortune, or high
position or brilliant talent without
human sympathy and the spirit OF
sacrifice and helpfulness-wha is
any of these things but lamp with
out oil?
Many n man and woman have
anXiously provided themselves with
far more than enough means to cook
bountiful and benefcent meals of
charity to heal their own heart hun
ger, but let their lives strive because
they have failed to provide the things
to cook which satisfy the soul
Many a well meaning woman. who
devotes all her spare time to raising
money to correct the beliefs OF heath
EN- across the seas. forgets that in
the alley back of her mansion some
down-trodden, overweight, despair
ing sister of hers holds the worse
than heather belief that humanity is
heartless.
Were all of us always sane and
wise In all our purposes-having no
heaps of fuel and no meat, and lamps
and no oil-it would have been inn
possible in the great, rich and pros
porous city of Cleveland for all old
woman to starve to death friendless
and alone.-Ex
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-13
ORDER PUBLICATION
WEST VIRGINIA

AT Rules held I'm the Clerks Office
OF the Circuit Court OF the County OF
Mercer. on the 4th day OF Sept. 1906.
Matte Patton, Plaintiff.
against In Chancery.
Pink Patton, Defendant.
The object of this sui is to obtain
divorce a yinculo matrimonii for
the plaintiff against the defendant
and for general relief.
And 1t appearing from an affidavit
made and filed with the papers I'm
this cause that the defendant, Pink
Patton is nonresident OF the State
OF West Virginia. It is therefore. on
motion OF the plaintiff. by counsel.
ordered that said defendant do ap-
pear at the Clerks Office or the Cir
cult Court OF Mercer County within
one month after the date of the first
publication OF this order and do what
may be necessary to protect his in
terest In this suit.
Attest
w. b. HONAKER. Clerk.
ID. NJ. EASILY. p. @.
$4,000 limo.
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ORDER PUBLICATION.


At Rules held inthe Clerks Office
or the Circuit Court OF the County of
Ncscer, on the tth day OF Sept. 1906.
Hawkins Il Norvell. Plaintiffs,
against In Chancery.
Jones, Luck & Co, Defendants.
The object OF this suit is to attach
and sell the personal property OF said
defendants To satisfy plaintiffs debt,
amounting To s916.35.
And II appearing from an affidavit
made and filed with the pepars in
this cause tht the defendants j. p.
Jones and II. NJ. Luck are nonresi-
dents OF the State OF West Virginia.
&c is therefore, on motion OF the plain
tim. by counsel, ordered that the said
defendants do appear at the Clerk
Office OF the Circuit Court OF Mercer
County within one month after the
date OF the FIRST publication OF this
order and do what Is necessary to
protect their interest I'm this suit.
Attest:
w. b. HONAKER. Clerk.
ID. NJ. EAsLEY. p. q.
9-6'06-1mo.
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A LINCOLN LETTER,

A New York firm applied TO ALra-
nam Lincoln some years before he
oecamep resident as to the financial
condition of a neighbor. NJ. Lin
coin replied as follows: Yours of
the 10th instant received. I am VOL
acquainted with Mr.. - and know
his circumstances. First OF all he
has a wife and baby; together they
ought to be worth $4,000 TO any
man. Secondly, he has an office in
which there is table worth $3.50.
and three chairs worth say 81. Last
OF all, there is in once orner a large
rat hole which will bear looking
into. Respectfully yours.
"A. LINCOLN"
Exchange
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