The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-20

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measure approprfating 100000 for San
Francisco. The legal end OF the matter
! is being inquired into.
Relief Special Leaves ST. Louis.
st. Louis. Mo-, April 20.-With orders
/ giving it a clear right Of way, a special
train composed of ten large freight cars
/ loaded with tents mattresses, blankets
and cots was dispatched for San Fran
cisco this morning. The relief train was
made up at the old arsenal supply depot
| upon orders received by QuaTternaster
| Won Schrader from the secretary of
war and left on the Missouri Pacific
with schedule averaging As miles an
/ hour.
1000 Tents to Go Forward.
Jeffersonville, Ind, April 20.-Seven
/ thousand tents owned by the federal
government will be shipped from here
tonight for San Francisco.
100000 Rations On the Way.
/ Washington, April 20.-Orders have been
issued by the war department to army Of
/ ficers to purchase at Los Angeles Imme-
diately 200. 900 rattons and at Seattle 509,qe9
rations and hurry 70 san francisco me
1 department was informed that there are
10000 rations at the Preside, that thou
there and that the army is Feeding theTn-
One million ratiOns already have been
started to San Francisco by the depart
ment.
The department this morning received
the following dispatch from Major Devol,
San Francisco, today.
Answering yours, am issuing Z. 600 com
mon wall tents IN store at Preside store
house, also Loo buckets and 1000 blan-
kets VIII continue issuing until stock
is exhausted. Lack of water very serious
Can probably take care of tentage as fast
as it arrives. No stoves needed owing to
glowing clnders. w arehouses IN some dssn-
ger at Presidio. All stoEehouses II city
totally destroyed with contents except
storage of offIcers' effects. Dock and all
transports uninjured Have moved rec
OrdS and files to PreSidio.
Wreck Of san Jose.
Ventura, Cal, April 20.-Sheriff G..
Martin and his wife returned last
night from San Jose where Mr. Mar
tin has been attending the sher1ffs'
convention. He related the following
account of the earthquake disaster
at San Jose:
Most Of the sherffgs were stopping
at the st. James hotel. and my wife
and I occupied an outside room on the
second floor. I felt the shock and
knew at once what the trouble was
and thought the shaking was never
going to stop, and we had to hold on
| to the bed to keep from falling out.
seWhen it was over the room looked
] like a cyclone had struck it. Chairs
. / were toppIed over, the wash bowl
! was broken and everything was dis
arranged. We got up and out of there
. as quickly as possible, The whole
; back end of the building had col
) lapsed.
Eve got into the street and went 10
the plaza, where d great number OF
. people had gathered. Wreck and ruin
} were everywhere, and with the ex-
ception of the Jail not a brick build
: ing in tn city IS standing.
Eight people are known to have
t been killed, two of Wsloru were ire
linen A large business block was de-
stroyed by fire yesterday, but this was
the only damage by fire. cannot tel
. you the names Of the people who
were killed or of the demolished
buildings, except the new hall of jus
! tice, which was completely destroyed d
and the st. James hotel. which il
n damaged beyond repair. The asylum
= is just big pile of bricks. and 100 in
mates are reported dead, but in my
S opinion the figures are not higf
= enough Many of the inmates were
, injured and many escaped.
? Dfaz Sends Coincidence.
f E1 Paso, Tex, April 20-The fol
n | lowing message was received thil
n | morning by Francisco Mallen, Mexican
$ consul at Ell Paso from Mexico:
i please express to the people of tha
|. United States my most profound re
: gret at the terrible catastrophe which
n has befallen San Fran cisco. All Mex
It leo smpathizes with stricken city ant
e section. (Signed)
p "PORFTRTo DIAz.''
;, Woodnlen Offer 100000
l41lCO4Hy- 4$6B-, Apl II lVs---<A ~. j e4
= bot of this city head consul of tn
E Modern Woodmen of America, an
i nounced today that he would make
call for 500, 900 for the San Fran
: cisco sufferers from the Moderl
= Woodmen camps of the county, IL tha
: amount is needed.
- Another Million Needed
8 Washington. April 20-Secretar
: Taft while testifying before the cana
:, committee received at p. m. today
! message. from the war department
y that another million dollars of none
,e is needed to buy supplies for Sa
+; Francisco sufferers. The secretary
after reading the message, said:
i I'VE have already contracted fo
= s1.500.000 worth of stores and ex
penses incident to the work. Thi
- message of course should go to tn
4, | house at once.
He stated that he would send it ther
for action.
IF I am guilty of any impeachab bl
p offense (referring to the law prohibitfn
N expenditures in excess of appropria
r. tions) in connection with this disaste
le shall crave your endorsement of m
I'd course he said in explanation of HI
4 desire to do everything possible for til
sufferers without delay
Congress will acquit you said Ser
ator TaIifferro and other members
E the committee assented feelingly