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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-24
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REGULAR ARMY IS
WANTED AT FRISCO

WASHINGTON, April 24.-Gen-
eral Greeley reports this morning:
I'm a consultation with Mayor
Schmitz and General Funston re-
garding the necessities for the near
future the mayor urges that the
army take charge of the large dis
tricts now guarded by the state
militia. Apart from other condi-
lions 1t is evident that the state
troops cannot be expected to serve
here for any considerable time, and
it is certain that within ten days
the situation will develop so that
an increased force of regulars will
be necessary to guard property and
cons erve public interests. recon-.
mend that at least $500 men, most
ly cavalry, be sent from outside d.
visions and that the transports
Warren and Cook be Immediately
put into commission. Already diff
hculties exists regarding supplies
of forage and lumber and they are
certain to increase in the near fu-
ture."
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buildings fall | began to dress. Be
fore was fully dressed fire broke
out near me and | rushed from the
building.
IL was on the fire line almost con.
tinuously from that time until the
last house on Van Ness avenue was
dynamited and the flames checked
We fought the fire with almost
everything We could get our hands
on. | slept about two hours a day
for three days and do rot remem.
Der whether | had anything to eat
or not.
"They estimate the loss of life at
from 500 to 700. From what | saw
l believe that there must have
been nearer $500 killed. have not
got a very clear impression of what
happened during those terrible
days as was SO wrought up"
Harry Woods, Minnie Woods
Marie Leyden and James Hanson
who live in Coulee City, were
among the arrivals from San Fran
cisco.
I'VE were stopping at the Win
chester house when the earthquake
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SPOKANE RECEIVES
FIRST OF REFUGEES
ALL HAVE STORIES TO TELL TERRIBLE cATAS-
THE GOLDEN GATE.

The advance guard OF the refu-
gees from San Francisco arrived in
Spokane this morning at 1880 over
the O. II. & N. Secretary Levi G..
Monroe OF the Chamber of Com
merce, Secretary Rem Rice Of the
10000 club and superintendent
Holloway of the Associated Chart
ties were at the depot to care for
any that were destitute.
There were from IL to 10 of
the refugees and the majority of
them had friends and relatives eth
er in Spokane or the surrounding
country. Thrilling stories of the
terrible scenes in the devastated
city were told by the arrivals.
Richard Calvin, paper hanger,
was one of the arrivals, and went
to work two hours after he arrived
In the city. Calvin was collarless
and In the same attire in which he
made his escape from his lodging
house.
II was rooming in the st. Glenn
ent hotel" said Calvin. and was
just about awake when the earth
quake began. When | heard the
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they had been uninjured by the
earthquake.
Robert Muhs, agent for the J.
CAGE Threshing Machine company
who lived at 1920 Gardener avenue
was uninjured in the San Francisco
disaster.
Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Bolton
OF Fort Wright received word yes
terday from his daughter, Mrs
Gordon Hall Of San Francisco that
she had escaped uninjured in the
catastrophe although her residence
was burned.
Mrs. Alfred Coolidge has tele
graphed her husband from Redland
CAL, that she passed through the
San Francisco disaster unframed
but suffered greatly.
Will Kinnear of 1717 Dead ave
nue. passed through the San Fran.
cisco horror unscathed and will re-
turn home today.
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ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE AT
FRISCO ALARMS PEOPLE

dent Ruggles says he secs no rea-
son for serious depreciation in
stocks. Everybody Is inclined to
hold their stocks and later realize
on them.
Another short, sharp earthquake
was felt shortly before midnight,
and gave the people of San Francis
co and surrounding towns an at
tack of heart failure. In spite of
the continuance of these shocks
Forecaster Adie and other scien-
tific men declare there is little dan
ger of serious disturbance from
these earthquakes, Of which there
have been several since the great
shake, and are declared to be due
to the REIMBURSEMENT" of the
earth's crust following the heavy
shock.
San Francisco has begun the
work of reconstruction and in a
short time temporary structures
will begin rising among the ashes
of the burned city.
Soldiers have made good prog
ress demolishing with dynamite the
threatening walls along Market
street near the Ferry.
A big force of men Is engaged
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Electrocuted and then hurled 80
|feet to the jagged stones below the
Monroe street bridge was the fate
which today befell d. Viljoen, one
pf the men In the employ of the
tity painting the structural work
Underneath the bridge.
Without uttering a sound he was
|uddenly hurled from his support
|traight down to an instant death.
before the Mortified gaze OF his fell
ow workmen his body shot down.
ward and landed with sickening
|hud, which was plainly audible de-
pite- the noise of the roaring falls.
I Cautioned by Foreman.
The accident happened just after
he men had climbed onto their
angerous positions to commence
be work. Viljoen was seated
stride a scantling placed In such
position that he could work with
free use of his arms In painting.
was necessary to place this cross
biece dangerously near the great
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-24
MILLIONS OF SPOKANE
PROPERTY UNPROTECTED
INSURANCE COMPANIES CANCEL THEIR LOCAL ,NsuR.
ANcE POLICIES OWING TO THE HEAVY LOSSES
FRANCISCO.

The beginning of what business
men believe will result in the tenn
porary cutting down Of all fire in.
surance carried In this city and the
canceling Of many policies, came
this morning, when two large com
panies, the Queen of America and
the Providence Washington Insur-
ance company, ordered their agents
to cut down all policies to the
amount of the net risk. The move
created CONSERVATION among bust
ness men.
The net rick is the amount which
the company is itself carrying. II
a building is insured for 100000 in
a company, the net risk to that
company may be 10000. The bal.
ance of $4,000 this company car
ries by reinsuring with other com
panies.
The move this morning is a re.
suit of the great San Francisco
con1agration. Large property own.
ers are fearful lest many of the
companies should give notice can
ceiling their policies. This may be
done on five days notice.
A general feeling of uneasiness
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ATTEMPT TO WRECK
TRAIN

Agent Harvey OF the Northern
Pacific railroad Informed the po-
lice yesterday that the crew of the
westbound train last night discov-
cred a pile Of timbers on the track
leading onto the bridge in the east
ern part of the city, and had it not
been sharp lookout was kept
ahead the train would have been
ditched and put the lives of the
passengers in jeopardy. The po-
lice believe boys are responsible,
while the railroad people think the
responsiblee parties are someone
who has grudge against the COM
pany and was taking this means
OF squaring accounts.
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pervades business circles today. It
is feared that many of the insur-
ance companies may be heavily in.
volved as the result of the Califor-
mia disaster and that many of the
policies in Spokane are worthless.
Property owners whose policies
were cut down to the net risk were
busy this morning insuring in other
companies, whose agents had re-
ceived no notice to cut down.
Scores of private watchmen will be
employed to prevent a fire getting
any Roadway.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-24
THEATRICAL Benefit,

Thursday Is the day on which
the big theatrical benefit for the
stricken people of San Francisco
will be given at the Spokane and
Auditorium theaters.
All the theatrical managers of
the city are planning to make the
event one that will be remembered
for many days. Deep, dark mys.
terry is being wrapped around the
program.
The greatest rivalry prevails
among the thespians. The mem.
beers of the rival stock companies,
the Shirley and the Byron Doug.
las, will try to outshine one az.
other, and the vaudeville artists are
preparing to Guido the "Legits."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-24
SUPPLY TRAIN
Is IN NEVADA

LORAY, Nevada, April "a
Twenty nine cars of government
supplies, combined in ore train at
Ogden, Utah, arrived here this
morning, and was given right of
way over everything.
1t is expected to make a record
run to the coast. The Southern Pa
cific Is taking empties to the coast
to take away refugees. Many pa
thetic scenes were enacted among
the crowds Of refugees that arrived
in Ogden penniless and were fed
by people in the park adjacent to
the station.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-24

came" said Harry Woods. I'VE
had no trouble in getting out of the
building and we slept out Wednes-
day night in Jefferson Square and
made our way over to Oakland the
next day"
d. +. Shannon was employed in
power house and lived in the
Hobson house. He secured a posi-
ton on ranch 10 minutes after he
got off the train.
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of 1909. Many bodies were Gre
mated and never recovered. Among
those recovered a number we're not
identified and the bodies buried at
the Portsmouth and Washington
squares will be exhumed and an
attempt made to identify them.
The San Francisco stock ex-
change has opened temporary quar-
tiers at 1407 Cough street. Presi-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-24

Witter were Immediately notified,
but 1t was some time before the
coroner could reach the scene.
Then the body was lail upon the
police stretcher and taken to the
morgue of Smith & Co.
Was In Boer War.
Viljoen was Boer boy 2S years
of age. He fought with the Beers
all through the late war with the
English and used to regale his fell
low workers with many tales of his
many narrow escapes. He was a
second cousin of General Viljoen
and often acted as aide de camp for
his superior officer. He was only
recent arrival in Spokane, and
commenced work for the city April
10.
John Mccormick, bridge inspec-
tor for the city and superintendent
Of the work of remodeling and re-
painting the Monroe street bridge,
was in the vicinity of the accident,
but, like the other men, he did not
see 1t happen. He said:
Aua oHsykpth. gltoTmh NH mhh h
II did not see the accident. but
judging from what the men say of
the body lurching as though the
moor fellow was writhi.,p I taLo II
that he allowed himself TO come in
contact with the live wires and the
shock threw him off his seat. 1t is
a dangerous piece OF work we are
doing, dangerous enough without
the wires being there, and | have
repeatedly asked the Washington
Water Power company to fix them
so they will not be exposed and
thus endanger the lives of my
men,"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-24
AUTOMATIC Pho MES
WILL BE INSTALLED

I'VE will commence work on the
installation of the Home telephones
within the next 80 days." said ]. e.
Lawrence, manager of the contract.
ing department who has taken Of
fees in the Wolverton block. A.
Andrews, purchasing agent for the
company, is in the city and will
start work Immediately.
This "girlless" system will be
the only one installed by this COM
pany in the northwest except at
Portland where the head Offices of
the company are located. 1t is the
very latest patent in these systems
and reports from Portland are most
encouraging as to their conven-
fence. I'VE will have most of our
wires in the business section of the
city run In cables underground"
said Mr.. Lawrence, land where
poles are used we have a multiple
cable system which does away with
the unsightly arms and loose and
exposed wires. All the connections
will be run into the cable and thus
there will be no interruption as the
result of storms. All the wires will
be run into the cable from the GEN.
trail office direct to the poles near
est a subscribers residence. An
other improvement on the old sys-
tenn is that there is no battery with
the telephone instrument. We
have a central energy. in other
words, the batteries are at the ex-
change"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-24
LOST Is FOUND ONLY
TO BE LOST AGAIN
WANDERING DOLLAR STILL VALUABLE AND NOW REST
ING IN ONE OF SPOkANE'S BIGGEST
WHO WILL BE THE ONE HuNDRE0TH POssEssoRa

The Wandering Dollar of the S
pokane Press, which was lost sight
of during the San Francisco hor-
ror, is at present reposing in the
show window of the Whitehouse
Dry Goods company. Saturday
night it turned up at the Wonder
Department store and the pos
SCISSOR received $1.25 worth of
goods.
The Wonder quickly passed 1t on
and the Whitehouse received it yes
terday afternoon. f. e. Goodall of
the Whitehouse Is a booster for
home industry and will hand the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-24
BEAT HOTEL KEEPER

"I'm not going to pay for lodging
il can get 1t without" said G.
Raffelson just before he was lock-
ed up in the city Jail today. On
being searched three checks were
found in a greasy old pocket book
which he carries; one was for 1913,
one for $3.50 and another for 500.
Besides these checks, he had 81 in
silver and a conglomeration of 9TH
er stuff. He was arrested this aft
ernoon by Patrolman Phelan for
sleeping in saloon chairs.
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No Damage Is Done and
Scientists Claim 1t u>0S
Due to Reimbursement
of Edrth's Crust. Dynd-
mite Is Being Used to
Reduce the Ruins.

SAN FRANCISCO, April "a
Coroner Walsh states that his depu-
ties took charge of $50 bodies TAX
en- from the ruins, not including
those buried by the police and
militia at the Potrero. Over a hun
dred were buried in this section
alone.
1t is believed now that the death
list numbers in the neighborhood
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(Scripps News Association.)

INDIANAPOLIS, April 24.-The
miners are confident that the stu
alton in the bituminous fields will
be favorable to the miners and the
public. The number OF operators
that have signed have exceeds the
number that have refused, and 9TH
ers are expected to follow. Illinois
is expected to be all signed within
go DAYS.
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REFUGEES are
ARRIVING EAST

CHICAGO, April 24.--Every
train is bringing refugees from
San Francisco for all points east
and Europe.
F. Augustus Heinze and a party
Of friends came this morning. They
made no effort to save their per-
sonal effects.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-24

PARIS, April 24.-Former Presi-
dent Loubet miraculously escaped
death. A bomb with fuse burning
was found in the window of his
study. 1t was extinguished and
found to be extremely deadly.
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dollar along.

dollar along.
To the person who Is the one hun
dredth signer of the tag accompany
ing the dollar the Spokane Press
will give a dollar. The Wandering
Dollar Is also good for 81 at the
Workingmen's Home. on Main ave-
nue. and Bernard street.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-24
CHICAGO GIVES
MANY THOUSAND

CHICAGO, April 24.-Chicago has
been contributing at the rate Of
100000 daily. Contribution has
passed 100000 and Ia expected to
pass $l.000,o00 by Saturday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-24

ALBANY, N. Y, April 24.-The
governor signed the relief bill ap.
propriating $25O,0O0 out Of the state
treasury for San Francisco. 1t was
nnly Ia hours from the introduc
on to the signature.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-24

stringing wires for a trolley line on
Market street and in a few days
cars will be running throughout
the city.
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SPOKANE PEOPLE
HEARD FROM

G. l.. Dawson of Hillyard receiv-
ed a letter yesterday from his two
at San Jose stating that
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-06-21
cHlLD's AWFUL SKIN HUMoR.
Screamed with Pain-sufcering Near
~ Broke Tarent's Heart-speed-
lily Cured by Cuticura.

'I wish to inform you that Cuticura
Remedies have put a stop to twelve
years OF misery l passed with my son. As
an infant l noticed on his body q red
spot, and treated same with different
remedies for about FIVE years, but when
the spot began to get larger l put him
under the care of doctors. Under their
treatment the disease spread to four diff
ferent parts of his body. The longer the
doctors treated him the worse it grew
During the day it would get rough and
form Ike scales. At night it would be
cracked, infamed, and badly swollen, with
terrible burning apd itching. When 1
think of his suffering, it nearly breaks
my heart. His screams could be heard
down stairs. The suffering of my son
made me full Of misery. l had no ambi-
ton to work, to eat, nor could / Sleep
One doctor told me that my sons eczema
was incurable, and gave it up for bad
job. One evening l saw an article in
the paper about the wonderful Cuticura
and decided to give it a trial. tell you
that Cuticura Ointment is worth its
weight in gold, and when I had used the
first box of Ointment there was a great
improvement, and by the time had used
the second set of Cuticura Soap, Ointment,
and Resolvent, my child was cured. He
is now twelve years old, and his skin
is as fine and smooth as silk. Michael
Steinman, Sumner Avenue, Brooklyn,
M. Y, April 16, 1906"
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-06-21
"HE RAN FOR LAWYER"
But There Was Doubt as to Whether
He Had Ever Caught
the ofice

A man from Pennsylvania went to
vineland on a business errand. The
town was strange to him, and he was
unacquainted with the man "a lawyer)
he had gone to see. The directions he
received we're so indefinite that he
found himself on the elge Of the town
without having come to the house he
sought. Then he met an old negro
and asked the way Of him and learned
that the house lay about a quarter Of
mile farther down the road.
"The man l want to see is a law
yer" he said to the old man. rs this
MIR. Dash down the road lawyerl"
"He amt no lawyer that ever
heard tell Of" answered the negro.
You're sure?"
The old negro scratched his head in
deep thought. Then CLEAN Of re-
membrance lighted his eye.
Nov think OF It, boss" he said,
"'pears like do reeollect he ran for
lawyer one time"
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-06-21

Dogs No Longer Considered Good
Companions for Fast
Trotters.

Dogs are no longer the correct thing
as stable companions OF horses. Some
years ago every trotter or PAGER Of
prominence, and a good many OF nc
distinction, had q faithful dog In its
stall, and there was a sort Of super
stition among trainers that dogless
horse would not amount to much
Real champions always had dogs, says
the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Way back in the days Of Goldsmith
Maid, that wonderful mare was &C
companied on her travels by small
Scotch terrier, for which the old mare
had some affection although she wal
Jealous Of the beast, and when "0ld
Charlie" who took care OF the mare
and slept in the stall with her and the
dog, made too much OF the terrier, the
mare would run the dog out Of the
place without ceremony. And when
finally the dog disappeared for good
the mare did not seem to miss II.
Cats take naturally to horses, and
most horses like cats. The Godolphin
Arabian, founder Of the English thor
oughbred family Of to-day, that figures
In Eugene Sues works as the noblest
animal Of his kind, had for compan
ion a cat that slept on the stallion's
back and fed from his manger. But
In the necessities of modern campaign
ing cats are too apt to be lost to make
them available for horse companions
and few are seen, although now and
then one turns up at minor meeting
At Cleveland couple of summers
ago, one trainer had four tame doves
that could not be induced to leave his
horses and that when the stable moved
from one town to another were always
ready to go into their cage for ship.
ment.
Some trainers object to having dogs
with the horses. Peter v. Johnston
who has brought out some Of the best
nags on the harness turf, says no dogs
In HIS. He had one along some years
ago and IL made friends with the best
horse in the string One day the trot
ter accidentally stepped on the dogs
toes while moving about the stall
Yhereat the cur snapped back and
nearly severed a hind tendon for the
trotter, running $4,000 racing prop
osition in an instant.
John Turner never had a dog along
In all the years he campaigned trot.
ters. Also he steered clear Of black
horses. Not any sable nags in Turn
er's barn after one year Of terrifying
experience. He had always known
they were bad luck, but that season
patron bought Black Frank, trot
ter that looked like the real thing.
He went lame before he had been IN
the barn a day, and then misfortunes
followed one another until finally, Net
tie, the best trotting race mare OF that
day, lay down and died. Turner Is
now with the runners, but his antip'
athy to black horses is still rampant
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-06-21
CARRY VERY BIC oARooEs
That Is What the Ships That Sail
the Pacific Are Said to
BE Doing.

The steam schooner, vessel whose
build and habits are peculiar to the
pacific, often goes to sea with her
loadline over her hatch" Which
means, says Ralph D. Paine in outing,
that after her hold has been crammed
with cargo, a deckload of lumber is
piled half way up the masts, so that
her skipper puts out with the water
washing green over his main deck,
and an occasional comber frisking
across his battened matches.
Along the harbor front of Seattle
runs the story Of passenger who
loped down to the wharf in hurry to
get aboard departing steam schoon-
err. He balanced himself on the string
piece for an instant, then hove his
gripsaek down the only opening In
sight. He was about to dive after it
when lounger on the wharf shout
ed.
"Hi therel Where do you think
you're jumpin' to? That's the smoke
stack you tossed your baggage down."
"Helil" gasped the passenger, II
thought It was the hatch"
The yarn has slight favor of ex-
aggeration, but 1t may serve to hint
that the commerce of the Pacific has
ways Of its own Until recently an
lther distinctive feature of this ship
ping was that there seemed SO very
little OF It for so much water.
on recent voyage the Minnesota
carried to the orient 20 locomotives,
more than hundred railway cars, TO-
900 kegs Of wire nails. and 100000
worth Of hardware, machinery, -four
and other products of the mills, the
mines, the farms and the factories.
In 1897 the total tonnage Of Amerl-
an steam vessels engaged in the Pa
eifc ocean was 23.426: In 1905 It had
Increased to 149.6S5. by which time
more vessels In foreign trade we're
owned In washington than In any 9th
Or state OF the union,
New ships are building to meet
new demands, and yet with almost
svery voyage the liners leave behind
them waiting cargoes for which they
have no space, whose bulk is measured
By hundreds of carloads. In the first
half OF last year ten ships were filled
With freight left behind BY steamers
out Of Seattle and Tacoma.