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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-19

towers tbng down The great dome moved but did not
fall.
The postoce Of the finest in the United States was
badly shattered.
The Valencia Hotel fouoy wooden building sank into the
basement pile Of pntsred tnbers under which pinned
dead and dying Of the house The basement was
full water Of the helpless victims drowned.
FIRES EVERYWHERE.
Scarcely shake when fires broke out
simultaneously in many places The fire department. promptly
sponded the calls for aid but it found that the we
had rendered useless by the underground
light breeze the flames quickly and
blocks be doomed Then dynamite reorted 70
explosions added the people
stay the progress Of the fire. however proved futile
side Of Market Street Ninth Street to the bay
ablaze the covering belt miles wide On this the
horoughare Of the city located Of the finest edhces
including Grant Parrott Flood, Call Examiner
Moadno buildings the Palace and Grand Hotels and nue
wholesale houses.
the time the commercial establishments and banks
burning The burning district in this
Street the water front
Street Broadway Fires also broke out IN the
mission, and the entire city seemed to be in Harles
MILITARY ON GUARD
The flames BY rising breeze down the main
feet of the ferry depot the high
Of which stood dangerous angle The big wholesale gro
Gerry Wean, Peck and Company was on ire
from cellar root and the heat oppressive that passengers
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INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL PAY
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR TO SUFFERERS
(By Associated press.)
10 r. NJ, EASTERN TIME.

10 p. NJ. EASTERN TIME.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL, April 18-Earthquake and fire
day the greatest calamity California has known
thousand persons
have pesl,ed while many suffering from injuries
The entire business portion Of the city is ruins and the flames,
which owing the lack Of be checked by the
blowing with of buildings in their path still
ing through the city,
1t utterly impossible estimate the loss
for the of the conagraon be told until the FIRE has
burned itself Thousands Of people homeless and
parks and public squares beside the household goods
able The city under martial law and all the
paroled by cavalry and infantry Details
troops also guarding the banks Most Of the principal build
have already been destroyed and others danger
desolation de1se pail Of smoke
GREAT UNIVERSITY WRECKED.
Communication with OUTSIDE towns is almost entirely cut Off
Pao Alto that all but Of the buildings
Stanford L University have been wrecked and that
splendid Memorial Church Of the finest structures Of it's
kind in the world is Of ruins One student known to
his life In Oakland five persons killed San Jose
and Sacramento Berkey Aanada other places heard from
suffered severely, but report no loss Of life,
The dreadful earthquake shock without warning
At first the upheaval Of the earth gradual but
few increased in intensity Chirneys began fall
buildings crack totter.g their foundations The people
rushed the of them
in their night They by showers falling buildings
bricks and walls Many instantly crushed TO death
while drcadfy angle Those who remained in
detached plaster pictures and articles the floor by the
It believed that or less loss sustained by nearly
every. family in the city.
BUILDINGS TOPPLE,
brick buildings them being badly damaged The big eleven
story office building construction adjoining
the Palace exception its wall COLLAPSE
ing many cracks being made its front Some Of the
sheds the slid the
bay Deep opened in the fedn ground tie shore
Ferry depot injured It's high sll
stands, but will have 80 be torn down.
OF the City Hall which million
dollars collapsed the root sliding into the courtyard and smaller
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Professor ]. L. Hilliard.

\ W'EST FONT, VA, April 5is,-Professor
John l.. HIlyard. OF Jrhanna Academy:
weeks HIS funeral was preached to-day
by Rev. W. ". Sisk at Hermitage Bap-.
fist Church Church View, aTddleseS
county. where he has always held his
membership. Professor Filyard vas an
educator of considerable note. fe was
assistant principal last session Pro-
fassor J 7, Bethel In the West Point Sem
mary. This session he organized the ncad-
envy at I'rbanna. and was soo1 after ap.
pointed superintendent OF public school
systems In Mtddes"x county, succeeding
Dr. william S. Christian.
In February last Professor HillYard |as
married N Miss Judith Livirestone Car
ter formerly OF IrwiHgton. Va. AZ the
tin1e of her maria e she lived IN Rich.
nond Miss Garter was wc'l-knowr ana
very nnpulnr IN West Point, mud It was
here she mo. Professor H'llvard. Profess
sor uilvarh will he buried at Herin!tase
Baptist Church
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-19
SAN FRANCISCO
ON MADE GROUND.
Mitch Of the Territory Most Af.
fectcd BY Earthquake Was i
Rescued From3Bay.
OCULAR CASE or STANFORD
Regarded as Singular Selection
for Destruction, AS University
is Fifty. Miles Away.

San Fratciscois situated on d peninsp \
la, formed by tho Pacific Ocean and an
arm Of the san FRANCISCO Bay. Tho
city is OH the axtreme end OF the pennsu.
la, which terminates nj the Golden Gate,
"a strip Of water about three miles Wide
which connects the bay md the ocean.
a ridge of Low. mountains is the back
bone OF the peninsula. On the Westward
SIDE OF the ridge, there ire about four
miles Of sand dunes, with occasional hill
locks. which are being rapidly leveled
down and built upon. This part Of the
city suffered little from the shock
Tie mos. respectable part OF the rest
dence section caps the very top OF the
hills III the center OF the city. AS one
descends Eastward and Southcastward
toward the more level part OF the city,
stores and commercial concerns natural-
ly take tho place OF residences on ac-
count OF the more easy handling ad-
rantGges. There Is a gap through the
mountain ridge about two miles south Of
the Golden Gate. II 10 Ahrough this gap
that Market Street. he main thorough
fare runs, from The Ferry TO about six
miles Inland, and II Is South OF this
street where the most damage has oc-
Cured.
Filled il! the Bay.
All east OF ButtcS. street, which runs
at right angles to Market. tho bay has
been filled IN 10 make room for CONNER.
ctai, wholesale and manufacturing con.
Germs. It Is about eight blocks from
Enttery to the present water front. and
all this land has been filed in Alto
bay has been Allied In. 1t Is east OF
Battery, on either side OF Market Street, VI
that tie worst destruction took place.
Eonth OF Market Street besides manu- II
featuring and large wholesale houses.
are collected all the poor tenements. 1t
was here that the greatest loss Of life
occurred and where the first fires origt-
mated.
There are many tall buildings In the
level or filled In part Of San Francisco.
but making their foundations is a diff
cult task. All this level portion is mostly
sand ftcr digging about ten feet, water
rises in the excavation. The only way Of II
making q secure foundation Is to dig
as deep as tho water will allow, and then
drive thirty foot piles into the earth until
their tops are sunk on level With the
bottom OF the excavation.
Tho tops OF the plies arc covered with
cement foundations and earth Is thrown
back In until above the water level. This
preparation Is made before the building
of any large editlce can be undertaken.
and Is but an example Of the insecurity
OF the ground. 1t was in this section
where come Of the streets sank several
feet. #
Leland Stanford Jr, University, which
fate seems 10 have strangely selected
for 81 destruction. If nearly fifty miles
south of San Francisco. Its destruction q
can be accounted 70. by the fact that
Stanford Is situated on the same spur OF
mountains as San Francisco Is.
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nge streets and assisting the reme dynamitng buildings
LOOTERS EXECUTED #at=2s
General Funston realized that
orders hooters be shot sight Four
surnary executed before O'clock this afternoon At
meeting fifty cizns, called by Mayor announced that
4oo would be pitched Golden and that arrange
had been made to feed the destitute IN public
finance committee with James D, Phean the head
appoind Mayor Sch instructed issue drafts for
all funds needed on this committee
general meeting Of the citizens committee has been called
for morning.
NEED OUTSIDE AID
probable with the spirit and willingness shown
bv the people San Francisco
message President Roosevelt received this morning and
cheering George Gould also egrapd, Offering
assistance.
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MAGNIFICENT PALACE HOTEL
This structure the largest hotels in the United States &c
stroyed.


stroyed.
from the rrybcats obliged close the waters edge
in order burning It impossible to
the without skrtng the shore
for long get entirely around the burning district
refused allow
passengers ans-ay points land and back those already
ferry train service OF key route was entirely
Abandoned owing damage the house by the earth
quake Eneryvle.
At o'clock this morning thousand from the Preside
arrived down patrol The Thirteenth In
strong arrived from Angel Island little later and Went
on patrol duty soldiers been ordered to shoot down
thieves caught in the act Of robbng guard with
their dollars worth of property which has been
placed may the OF the Hames
CARING FOR HOMELESS,
California Artillery, two companies have
Ellis Street Two companies
patrog Broadway in the Italian section The Ellis Street
CONTINUED on f5Ra5
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rushed down some joining midway between the
sidewalks 4Na4aE .
The greatest in that OF the city which
as reclaimed from San Much Of the devastated
district ground, covered by water at
high tde As the city grew became 70 fill in many
low ground order TO reach deep water Inc Acr
chants Exchange building, folrteenor steel structure was
situated edge Of this reclaimed ground 1t had Just been
executive Offices OF the souhrn pacic Co
pany occupid the greater part OF the building.
RESIDENCE SECTION ESCAPES.
The damage by the earthquake the residence portion OF the
city Of which Mob Hill and PACING Heights
seems slight Mob Hill the residences OF
nionarcs who in the early seventies became wealthy
mining investments the constructor of the Central Pa
Railroad They included the Stangads Hngertons Hopkins
Crockers Floods and Others
nagn1cent Fairmon Hotel, yet completed, stands
brink Mob Hill overlooking the bay The hotel
seriously ged The Of the hotel started by
Mrs Herman Celrhs, of New York her father,
United James Fair recently sold
S3oooooo westward Of Mob Hill Pacific Heights
many but little injury Of them,
Redwood City and other buildings collapsed
Meno Burngane and other fashionable suburban
Rosa to the north Napa, Vallejo and all
around bay damaged These reports alarming they
little San Francisco where the people
in frantic state.
f CHIEF DAMAGE BY FIRE,
To-days experience has been testimonial to the modern steel
building Of these buildings of
ton suffered from the earthquake shock The
pIeted buildings also immune from harm the
The buildings that collapsed all iny
old brick The damage by earthquake
begin with the loss by fire The heart the bus
San Francisco has been destroyed by FIRE
Fire great damage An hickly covered
ground eight miles has been burned
no telling when the fire will be under control
Mayor about took relief
and protection Of the General Funston quickly conmu
nicaed with and by o'clock Federal soldiers guard
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-07-12
CRAWFORD
Crawford, July 8.

OIdWlOld, q Wy ~
Jack Watson celebrated the 4th
more than anybody, and did that
on the I'd and Sd by bombarding
the rocks from out the new graded
road. This road will be ready for
travellers by the time this is pub
lished.
Charles Kropp started in with
load to Roosevelt this week. He
will not have ten miles of snow to
shovel before getting out this time,
if the weather up that way is akin
to that we are having in the valley
The new mail schedule suits
everybody but the postmasters, and
they will probably learn to love to
get out at midnight to attend to
the mail.
Andy Kostic has done some work
for the county on the road In the
neck north of Crawford.
Crawford people celebrated the
4th at Vanwyck.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Page and
their three daughters, the musical
family which rendered such good
service here on the Fourth, have
been engaged to furnish dance
music at the ball to be given in
honor of the Idaho editors. This
family is capable of giving a very
good entertainment, all being mus
icians of ability. The youngest
daughter, aged seven years, plays
the violin remarkably we'll for one
so young. They are camped here
enjoying the fishing and other at
fractions of this favored summer
resort
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-07-12
Local and General News

Earl and Willie Pottenger went
to Council Tuesday for freight.
H. R. and w. f. Douglass were
in from Waino Saturday trans
acting business.
H. L. Payton is hauling sawdust
up to Sylvan Beach, to be used for
putting up ice next winter.
r. w. Williams came in from
Council Monday with load of
freight for N. F. Williams.
Geo. e. Stiles left for the Big
Creek country Sunday to take in
materials for the road gang.
Leo Staffan of Center passed
through this place Monday enroute
to Council with a load of oats.
Most of the campers who came
in from outside settlements to take
in the Fourth have returned home.
The Blacksmith Shop at Lardo
is now ready for business. w. A.
Lyon does first-class work at Wei
ser prices. tt
The Lardo blacksmith, w. A.
Lyon, has had signs painted and
put up over his shop and at the
road crossings.
J. J. Hubbard and Jas. B. Hayes
of Boise are here building a sum-
mer cottage for S. H. Hayes on the
old Jack Wyatt place.
Born, son to Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Smith on July 1. (THE ADVOCATE
last week stated the child was born
June /, which was an error. Ed.
l.. H. Heacock got in from Coun-
Gil Monday with the weigh scales
he is putting in here. They will
weigh anything up to four tons.
Mrs. N. J. Coonrod and daughter
Miss Lizzie, and son, Arthur, OF
Vanwyck, who had been spending
few days here, returned home
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. ID. Wallace OF
Meadows, who had been visiting
relatives at Roseberry and spend.
ing the Fourth here returned home
last Friday.
j. S. Johnson of Flo and Mike
Hentila of Waino came in Satur.
day from the railway extension
where they had been working. They
said the work of construction is
progressing nicely.
r. B. Burnside was in town
Tuesday, and from him we learn
that the Tamarack swamp road is
finished and is good piece of work.
1t will be great convenience for
the people of Beaver Meadows and
Vanwyck, and will be of much bene-
fit to all the settlers on the west
side of the river.
Lake Lodge |. 0. 0. F. installed
its noble grand, John r. Wallis,
Saturday night and the following
officers were appointed: B. B. Nc
Call, warden; J. B. Hurst, outside
guardian; G. A. Powell, conductor;
G. E. Ritter, inside guardian; o. N.
Mcbride, r. S. n. g.; Luis Serafno,
L. S. N. G. The past grand, J. G..
Mcbride, was elected Representative
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-07-12

Geo. Luck left for Council yes
terday to bring in household goods.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-07-12

Albert Peterson of Cambridge is
again employed at the State House
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23

LOUISVILLE

TOLEDO. May 22.-Toledo made Il four
str-ight from Louisville today by batting
Henna hard In the first four innings
lore -
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23

VERMILION, s. D.. May 22-(Special)-
All interest at the University of South Da-
kota this week in the athletic line centers
in the big triangular track meet at Sioux
CITY on Friday between Morningside and
South Dakota The local men have been
working hard for a number OF weeks and
pear on the track at Woodland park, Sioux
City, next Friday. II is not known Just
what the university team can DO, as the
athletes have participated in no meet this
year, the one with the State Agricultural
college having been called of on account
Of the accidental death of Miss Lillian
Young.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23
snortInR nrevitIea.

The question OF whether or not Jeffries
would buy the Los Angeles team seems TO
have been settled by the disbandins OF the
team.
Bender kept up his good work az second
Monday by taking seven chances without
a wabble. Two Of the chances belonged in
the phenom column.
No player seems 20 be able to Judge a
batsman better than Old Sport McHale
and al least half a dozen times during the
recent series he hardly had 20 move IN his
tracks for a long ny from the bat Of Car
ter, WEIGH, DOlan and Runklz.
The slump OF Jimmy Collins is hard TO
account for. He was put IN complete com
mand at the beginning Of the season took
his men on a long training trip and started
the season with all in good condition, so n
was thought II DEVELOPS. however. that
his pitchers are not In form and his young
catchers are not up 70 standard. Boston
has not equaled the record Of lost games
for a big league team.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 22.-The an
swer OF the Kentucky racing commissiutl
TO the application OF the Douglas ParN
Jockey club for an Injunction 10 proven
interference with the Douglas Park club :
racing program was filed in the federal
court today. The commission takes a
broad stand of public morals and gen
eral good as the reason for contestinE
the races. The answer states that tho
races at Churchill, Downs and Latonls
are old institutions and should be al
lowed 10 continue.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23
Cornell Wins In Twelfth.

AMEs. Ia, May 22.--(Special telegram
In a twelve-inning game here today Ames
met defeat at the hands OF Cornell college
by a score OF TO in the first intercoliegi-
ate game TO be played on the home diamond
this season. The FIRST half Of the game was
lost. Score: R.H. z.
Cornell ...........OOOObOOO l-e6
Ames .............2 0 8 90 90 90 O0-5 8
Batteries: Ames, Riley and Cotton Cor
nell, Fry, Olsen and Rosebury. Umpire:
Mcintosh Of the Msrshalltown league.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23
Miss GeOrEtana Bishop of Brook N
Heads QuaIifyinE List.


ENGLEWOOD, n j.. May "A field OF
thirty-two players took part in the medal
play qualifying round of the annual cham
pionship tournament Of the Women's Met
ropolitan Golf association which began to-
day on the links OF the Englewood Golf
club Among the most prominent OF the
competitors were two former national cham
piOns-Mrs Charles T. Stout, Richmond
county, Staten island. the present Metro
poHtaH title holder, and Miss Georgianna
Bishop OF the Brooklawn club, Bridgeport,
Conn. Eight players qualified for the cham
piCnship follows;
Miss Georgtanns Bishop Brooklawn.
Conn. 49, Mrs. {. T. Stout, Richmond
county, Staten island 50; Miss Eliza beth
Hurry. Engewood y. j., 80; Miss Julia
Mix. EnglewOod. y. j., 100 Mrs. 8. F. LET
ferts Englewood, " J., 100; Mrs. r. b.
Polhemus, Richmond county, Staten island,
1902; Mrs E F. Sanford, Essex county New
Jersey los, and Miss X TTavers, Nassau,
l.. l., Ice.
IS The rawlings for tomorrow are:
Miss Hurry against Mrs. Stout, Mrs. LET
ferts against Mrs. Sanford, Miss Bishop
against Mrs. Polhemus. Miss X, Travers
against Miss Mix.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23

BIO Az. B.H.O.A.E
Gnusn. ef..5 oHrilmsh, NJ 0
pmoHt al Q . ostovaIl. e.. /
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23

MARSHALLTOwN, Ia. May 22-(Special
Telegram Following are the results in
the Iowa league;
Boone, 8; Marshalltown, g.
Burlington, z. Ottumwa, 4.
Oskaloosa, 4; Keokuk, o.
Fort Dodge 3. Waterloo. 0.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23
'Batted for Mcintyre in ninth.

Totals..".s4 10 "a IL !
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23

SCHUYLER, Neb., May 22.-(Special Tele-
gram)-Schuyler today defeated Wahoo by
the score of to 1 in one of the most in
teresting games ever played on the local
diamond. 1t was the opening game OF the
season and Mayor Rsthsack pitched the
first ball. The features of the game was
the fielding of Brown and the batting OF
Rector, Jellon and Yarman Attendance,
$50. The score: RH.E.
Schuyler ......0 3 o - 10 3
Wahoo ........ o o o o 0 0 OIL 2
Batteries: Schuyler. Stills and Bures
WahoO, Eads and Johnson. Umpire: Corb-
EFT. Time: 1886.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23

MONTREAL May GIN 5OA-point
match here last night Louis Cure defeated
Willie Hoppe. With Eve points 20 run
Hoppe drew the attention OF the referee ID
was able TO see. owing 10 their positions
Cure ran out with eleven. Cures average
was l1.S6 and his high run 81 Home mad
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23
HOODLUNS STEAL THE CANE
FOul-Nouthsd Manager and Craven Umpire
Run Things at Vinton Park.
WOMEN DRIVEN FROM SEATS BY PROFANITY
NspsEer Rourke. who Under the
RnIes was POwerIess, Has Plan
for Execution This At
ternOOn.

six hundred respectable people paid their
good money yesterday to see a meek and
servile umpire, at the command Of a foul
mouthed hoodlum, steal a game Of base
ball from Omaha and hand 1t over to Des
Moines Six hundred people saw this same
craven image shamble over TO several
police officers Of the Omaha department and
actually put them off the field because, for
sooth. they had undertaken to shut up
the food gates of profanity and obscenity
from which torrents Of unspeakable cpl
thets kept flowing from the mouths Of this
foul-mouthed hoodlum manager and his
man. Friday. whom he carries along with
him because manifestly. his lungs are
louder and his vocabulary profaner than
any other hoodlum that could be found.
Fans Of the Western league circuit have
long wondered when patience and decency
would cease to tolerate Mike Cantillon. But
that rowdy this year has added insult to
injury for he has surrounded himself with
a coterie Of satraps as disorderly as him
self and he seems to have at least one UNI
pire even further under his thumb than
ever Schipke was generally commiserated
yesterday for his unfortunate predicament
IN being cast among such a tribe.
Manager Rourke Of Omaha. who exhibited
astonishing tolerance yesterday, hopes to
be able today to insure TO the women at
least who might chance to attend the game
q degree OF protection not accorded yester-
day. when they were positively driven from
their seats by the vile language used by
the two managers Of the Des Moines out
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23
Pacific League to Remain Intact,

OAKLAND, Cal, May 22.-Eugene F.
Bs PPeSiuent OF me the rafGinG coast Bsse
today TO j. II. Farrell, secretary Of the
National Association OF Professional Base
Ball Leagues, at Auburn, n. Y:
Morning papers advise that eastern
clubs are dickering with Pacific Coast
league players. Please wire immedia tely
National association stopping same. Our
League will remain Intact"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23
NeMeaatIe In shnt Ont.

VERMILLION, S. D., May 2-(special
Telegram THE Newcastle, Neb ball team
lost TO the State university today s TO o.
Sawyer was invincibe Batteries Uni
versity, Sawyer and Johnson; Newcastle,
Marshon and Partridge.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23
HnYInke Golf RennIt.-

HOYLAKE, England. May 22.-In the
second round OF the amateur golf cham
pionship today c. c. Lengen heat c. b.
Macdonald OF New York by five up and
four TO play.
W. F. Fairle beat p. l.. MacLeay of
Oregon, at the nineteenth hole.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23
WICKER EASY FOR NEW YORK
National Champions Win from Chicago by
Score Of 8 to2.
PFElsTER PITCHES LAST FOUR INNINGS
Former Omaha Pitcher strikes Out
Four Men and Allows -Four Hits
windy City Team Unable to
HIT McGinnity,

CHICAGO, May 22.-The champions
took long and tiresome game today.
Wicker proved easy in the fourth. when
i've runs were scored on four singles AMI
a triple. McGinnity forced the locals 10
pop up easy flies when hits meant runs.
Score:
Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-23

PITTSBURG, May 22.-The Bostons
were today shut out for the second tfmc
in succession by the Pittsburgs. Only
one Boston player reached ;hird base
Plttsburg scored the only run of tho
game in the second inning. when RHchey
got his base on balls and scored on a
Three base hit by Sheehan. Dorner held
the locals down to four hits. Score: