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The San Francisco call., 1906-07-08

Buying a cup Of tea may be a tragedy
or q comedy. Much depends on the sex
OF the buyer. This is the way a man
buys IL. He slides sheepishly into the
shop. takes the seat in the draught
of the door that everybody else has
avoided. and says TO the waitress. with
a difficult smile:
"Oh, would you bring me a cup of
tea?"
The man tastes the tea. finds that IL
is bitter from long brewing. slips out
OF his seat pays the bill and hurries
away from the shop.
Now let US see how a woman buys a
cup of tea
She marches in with little boy on
one side OF her a little girl on the
other.
Il want a table for three" she says,
in the manner OF one about to order
q dinner al a dollar a head.
Yes. madam" replies the meek at
tendsnt. "wnl you kindly step this
way
Mummy" says the little boy. when
al last the party is seated and the at
tencaEt is waiting to take the two
Denny order, mummy, why has that
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-08

number 4s5. perform 1874 per cent Of
their work. receive 1920 and earn s956;
while those over 75 number 21s. per-
form TAI per cent of their work, draw
s11s6 and earn $S41.
The total salaries of all SIS and over
amount to s1,s73,5s050 Were these
salaries adjusted to the amount of work
performed the total would be $3.50, 600.
These figures take no account of the
quality of work performed, as II is i'm
possible to reduce this to a numerical
equivalent.
On quantity of werk the average for
all employees OF the specified age Is 1915
per cent, while for the veterans alone
the average is s0.3 per cent. There
are SIS veterans between SIS and 10;
253 between 10 and 70. and 102 more
than rs years of age.
OF these s34 veteran employees. are
rated at nothing on quantity OF work. 1
at one-tenth, 1 at two-tenths, at
three -tenths. Is at four tenths. 5s at
five-tenths, So at six-tenths, 140 at
seventenths, 1877 at eight-tenths, 10 at
nine-tenths. and 253 at ten-tenths. On
quality Of work the veterans are divid-
ed as follows: 40 as poor; LAG, fair; 1s7.
average; 500. good; 233. excellent.
OF the 1876 old employees. 14oa are
men and 225 women The Treasury
leads in number with 45s;. the Interior
comes next with 42T; Government
Printing Office, 226 War Department,
211; Postoff1ce, So; Commerce and La
Dor. 63 Agriculture, 81, while 2S is the
highest number In any other depart
ment or bureau.
When II comes TO salary groups. 21S
are drawing less than s720, 1S5 between
that figure and ss40. 50 less than 5000.
102 less than $1,000, 12S less than $1,000.
315 less than $I400, 20S less than $1,000,
147 less than $500, LAT less than $4,000,
20 between $4,000 and $2500. and 32
draw Se5Oo or more a year
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-19
CRIME OF A F|END
STARTLES SOCIETY

upon the ground and shot her hand
so as to ruin her career as a plan
ist." Such is the statement made
by Prof. Franz Mueller. the well
known music teacher, who last
night caused the arrest of Good
ing, his son in law, who was a fore
man for the Washington Water
Power company.
MOTHERS STORY.
A Press reporter called on the
Muellers this morning. AT first
neither the professor nor his wife
would tell about the occurrence,
but finally, with anguish in her
voice, Mrs. Mueller told the cir
cumstances Of her daughters mar
riage and the manner in which she
has been terrorized by Gooding ever
since.
He stopped her on her way home
from business college last fall" she
said, "and then, threatening to kill
her, forced him TO marry him. He
had been coming to the house some
time before, but | never thought
anything of it. Then he brought
my daughter home and told me
what he had done. She did not want
to go with him and we both remon.
strated, but he took hold of her
and started to force her out of the
house. Between us we pulled away
from him and then he pulled re
volver and made her leave will
him. lima got upon her knees ant
begged him to allow her to remain
with me, but he would not.
COMPELLED HER TO MARRY
MY daughter told me that dur
gnthe marriage ceremony he ha
a revolver in his coat pocket, an
all the way to the bishops res
dence he threatened to kill her
she talked.
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Her life with him since that
time has been a continual expert
ence Of misery. He had so often
threatened to kill her that we were
all frightened and commenced to
think that he would carry out his
threats and now my poor daugh-
ter's career Is ruined. fear he
will get out on bonds and then go
to the hospital and carry out his
threat; About three weeks ago she
came here and he told us that he
had decided that 1t was better that
they live apart, but that he would
insist on coming to the house SO
people would not know they had
separated. We were planning to
send her to Chicago to finish her
musical studies. The girl has aged
10 years since she has been VITA
him.
HE GOES TO HOSPITAL.
Il was out to the hospital yester-
day and despite the fact that had
given orders not to allow him to
go near her, he had been there and
she was terror stricken. He had
threatened to kill her II she did not
say the shooting was an accident"
Prof. Franz Mueller Is the direc-
tor OF the Spokane Conservatory OF
Music and the Washington state
branch of the Chicago Western
Conservatory, and teaches the pi-
ano, voice and organ. He Is one OF
the best known musicians In the
west.
ARREST CAUSES SENSATION.
i The arrest of Gooding Is causing
sensation today in all circles, a.
the fact of the marriage has always
been a topic upon which the mar.
ents would never talk and has often
I been the subject of much gossiu
with the elite OF the city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-19
HUMAN BEAST SHOOTS. HIS
WIFE TO PREVENT HER RE.
AllZlNG A CHERISHED AMBl-
TON TO STUDY MUSIC.

The arrest last night of II. C. L.
Gooding upon a charge of assault
ing his wife with deadly weapon.
was the elimination of one of the
most fiendish crimes that a man
was ever known to use in obtaining
revenge for unrequited love and to
prevent womans flight from a
home of misery.
Last Sunday afternoon Gooding
went to Prof. Mueller's residence
at 1921 Atlantic street. where his
wife was stopping. and telling his
wife and Mr.. and Mrs. Mueller thar
he wanted a reconciliation, he in
duced the former to accompany
him on buggy ride He took her
to the outskirts of the city north
of st. Luke's hospital where he ask
ed her TO get out of the buggy. She
refused and he forced her to do
his bidding through threats of in.
slant death. Once on the ground
she tried to get away from him
but he held her fast and then car
ried out the fiendish plot to ruin
her career in the world of music by
shooting her through the right
hand. That in substance is the
story told by Mrs. Gooding as she
lays In nervous state at st. Luke's
hospital this morning sufferinl
agonizing pain with her injured
hand, and in terror lest her hus
band will yet cary out his threat t
kill her or spoil her pretty face
SHOOTS WIFE.
| "Gooding, in most fiendish man
ner, deliberately took my daughter
right hand in his left, held my cir
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-19
PRINTERS
MEMBERS OF THE ALLIED
PRINTING TRADES ENTER
TAIN THEIR FRIENDS AT A
SPlENDlDLY ARRANGED HOP
AND BANQUET.

The prints" of Spokane made
merry last night within the ball
room at the Masonic temple, and
the manner in which the affair was
arranged and conducted by the
''foremen" was ample proof that
the front Office" had failed to
mark the "job ticket" rush" The
only "pi line" in the Job" was
caught by the proof reader" about
II o'clock when the devil" started
a report that "pi cards would be
honored in the banquet hall While
some of the metal" was cold there
was very little left for the hell
box" and the beautifully decorated
tables were as clean as -four
tain" on wash day.
The rulers put lends and bands"
around many of the forms" aud
the pressmen had at least two
revolutions" in every dance The
operators" We're continually watch
ing for tight lines" and were not
bothered by wrong fonts" No
one attempted to work the hook"
nor was It necessary to Slug cut"
any matter" Every take" was a
paragraph" and the tension" vas
| just right at all times.
Rennld oOf Lac Eht saw slit.
In fact. the force" for the first
time in months was sorry when
the "old man" shouted 49," and
offered to get out number of Eek
ira editions" without charging "ov-
ertime" or price and a half"
And the makeup" Well, the
subs" as well as the homestead
ers" were continually offering to
Jeff" for dance with the best
"set" "ad," but really seemed sat
isfied with any take" upon the
desk"
w. D. Wheaton, president Of the
local typographical union, was the
foreman" of the shift" He was
assisted by the following force" Of
typos" feeders" and devils:
F. E. Beck, Lee Irby, P. M. Shaefer,
w McCabe, e. E. Kingen, Gus L.
Anger, w. c. Steinmetz, Joe. La
f1amm.
Floor committee-H. A. Bronson,
c. Parker, Angus Smith, A. l.. Ger
main, Gus l.. Anger, e. P. Walker,
c. r. Moore. w. c. Steinmetz.
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SAN lose DOOMED
T0DESTRUCT|0N

SAN JOSE, April 10, 2:30.-This
city Is a mass of ruins. Fifteen of
the largest buildings have been de-
stroyed and the residence section
is doomed.
A hundred and fifty persons are
killed in this city. The en-
tire business portion Of the town,
bordered by St. James on the north,
Market on the west, Third street on
the east, and San Fernando on the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-19
GENERAL FUNSTON
REPORTS

WASHINGTON. d. c., April a.
General Funston wired the war de.
partment as follows: AT OILS the
dres are burning. The situation
couldn't be worse.
Lieut.. Chas. 9. Pulls OF the 18th
coast artillery MORALLY wounded"
The president has wired condol.
ence to the presidents OF the two
great Califorpis universities.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-19
(Scripps News Association

(Scripps News Association.)
STANFORD u, April 10. - The
most beautiful buildings of the ia
nous Stanford university are RACED
to the ground, causing loss OF 49,
100000. The building destroyed
are: Encina hall, college home of
the boy students, the new gymna-
SUM building only recent complet-
ed and one of the finest structures
of its kind in the world; the famous
Stanford library building, recogniz-
ed the world over as an architecture
al triumph, and the quadrangle, one
of the most novel and beautiful Of
college structures, and the grand
arch at the entrance of the univer-
sity grounds.
At Redwood City great damage
was done by the earthquake. Many
buildings and blocks were destroy
ed and the condition of ruin Is gen.
eral throughout the city. The Car
negie library was completely de-
stroyed.
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south, is a complete mass Of ruins.
The city is under martial law and
the streets are patrolled by troops
and none are allowed to leave their
homes. All hospitals are crowded
with dead and dying. The work of
rescue is being carried on by ap-
pointed workers. Traffic in all parts
of the city is blocked. The proper
ty loss will reach far into the mil
lions
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-19
Los ANGELES May
HAVE BEEN DESTROYED

sheriffs are holding convention
Sheriff Bosquit Of EIdorado county
has reached here. Was In the St.
James hotel when Il fell In. With
IS other sheriffs he carried the Wo.
men guests from the hotel In their
night clothes to the park opposite
where they dressed. Sheriffs then
went to St. Agnew's asylum to aid
In rescue work. Dr.. r. Kelly, male
attendant and nurse are among the
dead. vendome hotel collapsed
klIlinu several,
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half MILLION
FOR SUFFERERS

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 49,
The earthquake recording instru-
ment here registered two small
shocks during last night and this
morning. The senate this morning
appropriated 100000 for the relief
OF San Francisco sufferers to be ex-
pended under the direction of Secre.
tary Taft who Is authorized to EN-.
ploy steamers and other means OF
transportation to carry supplies.
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AMASS0F RUINS

SANTA ROSA. CAL, April 10. -
This city Is a total wreck; 1000
homeless men, women and children
are huddled together In the hills.
The loss of life will probably reach
into the hundreds. Tho business
portion Is in ruins. Main street is
piled many feet deep with fallen
buildings. No business building
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WASHINGTON, D. c., April 10
General Funston wired this morn
ing to the military secretary: Your
dispatches received, and l have al
ready filed several to you. 1t is
impossible to inform you of the full
extent of the disaster, but the city
is practically destroyed.
Troops are aiding the police in
maintaining order, but martial law
has not been proclaimed. am
working in conjunction with the
city authorities. About 1000 people
are homeless.
Food is scarce as all provision
houses were destroyed, and all gov
eminent buildings are gone"
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from the Californian Northwestern
Pacific depot In the extreme west to
the Atheneum on the east is left
intact. All county buildings are de-
strOyed, those not destroyed by the
earthquake being swept by fire.
The water system was destroyed
by the earthquake and fire flhtging
is out of the question.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-19
(Scripps News Association.)

(SCrippS News ASS0clatlOn.J
SACRAMENTO, April 10. - Re-
ports from towns along the coast
are coming slowly as wires are
down. News is secured only by the
use Of automobiles. Train service
Is bad everywhere. No tdrowahas
is bad everywhere. Not word
has come from Santa Rosa EVIL
IDENTIFY due to that fact In report Of
burning. Il Is believed PaIoma Is
burning. Breaking Of electric wires
is doing great damage for small cit
les. At San Jose two dozen county
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-19

NEW YORK, April 19.-The Gug.
genheimers' sons wired $4,000 to
an Oakland bank to be placed to the
credit Of General Funston to be
used In accordance with the gener-
ais Judgment In relief OF the suf.
ferers.
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CHICAGO. April 19.-Had direct
communication with Oakland and
received the following when the
wire broke: "For a time the wa
ter supply was secured at Mob Hill
and was used to fight flames In Chi
natown." Hope raised. This means
much property will be saved. e..
forts are fruitless In Chinatown.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 10
All army supplies and facilities Of
the coast have been ordered to
General Funston.
Funston says: IT will report
army casualties later"
Two hundred thousand rations
have been ordered from Vancouver
barracks, and army orders give
Funston carte blanc to use all his
resources. No word has been re-
ceived at the navy department Of
the warships California and South
Dakota which are under construc-
ton in San Francisco.
Admirals McCalla and Goodrich
h"'S bCSh W use oil
facilities to aid the city. There is
enough at Mare Island to prevent
suffering for two days, and by that
time food will arrive from Van
couver barracks.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 10
The commissary general has been
ordered to send 100000 rations from
Denver and other western points to
San Francisco, making 100000 ra-
tons ordered there. The army ex-
poets to have more rations In San
Francisco within 10 days. These
will cost about $3.50, 900.
PITTSBURG, April 19.-The Car
negie hero commission has placed
$25, 900 at the disposal of the mayor
Of San Francisco.
NEW YORK, April 10. - ]. p.
Morgan this morning sent a check
for $4,000 to the chamber Of COM
merce relief committee for San
Francisco.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-19
SAN JOSE IS NOW DOOMED
SAN FRANCISCO STILL BURNS
los ANGELES WAS SHAKEN THIS AFTERNOON

from New York. Illinois cities are
raising thousands. Rockford raised
$1,000 in 10 minutes and wired it to
San Francisco.
The Western Union today sent 10
miles of cable to San Francisco to
equip new office, and a special
train is carrying the equipment and
electricians to Oakland.
DES MONIES, Ia, April 19-Gov-
ernor Cummings has issued a
proclamation calling upon the peo-
pie Of the state to extend relief to
the San Francisco people.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 10
Governor Deneen has wired Geo.
Pardee of California offering relief
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OAKLAND, April 19-The Realty
syndicate has offered Idora park
for the use of those left without
shelter by the earthquake The Of.
fer was accepted by the police and
fire commissioners, and 200 tents
have been placed In 1t for the use
OF refugees. Relief stations are al
so established at the city hall and
at various public parks and churchs.
Mayor Frank X. Mott has issued
an appeal to the people of Oakland
to preserve peace and order.
While the earthquake was at its
height two smokestacks at the foot
of Grove street fell through the
roof, crushing the boiler and kill.
ing one fireman.
The force Of the earthquake caus.
ed the Twelfth street dam, opposite
the boat houses on Lake Merritt to
sink IS inches.
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(Scripps News Association)
OAKLAND, April 10, 2:45 p. M
The Western Union believes there
has been another earthquake at Los
Angeles as the wires are bad.
At 8 o'clock fhe Western Union
reports a severe earthquake was
felt at Los Angeles.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-19
STORY OF THE AWFUL
CATASTROPHE

ing their identity.
Lieut.. Charles G. Pulas, COM
handing the oath company Of light
artillery, was blown up by charge
of dynamite at Sixth and Jessie
streets and fatally injured.
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) The chamber of COM
) merce has had no reply to
> it's message to San Fran
> cisco offering its aid to the
) stricken city. 1t reiterated
, today that 1t stands ready to
} render the utmost aid pos
} sible.
) Arrangements are being
} made today to call a mon
) ster assembly of the sympa-
} thizers to attend a benefit
fit performance to be given
) at the Auditorium. All the
} theaters in Spokane will con-
) tribute performers.
} The S. A. A. c. will give
} a boxing benefit next month
} for the benefit of San Fran
} cisco.
: -
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-19

OAKLAND, CAL, Apri, 10, p. m.
At Stanford U. at least 6 students
from different parts of the country
are seriously and perhaps fatally
hurt. At Palo Alto hospital Robert
Hanna of Bradford, Pa, believed to
be a student. was willed. Scores
are lying dead at San Jose and
Santa Rosa, while here and there
seaside resorts are wiped out OF ex-
istence.
At this hour there Is absolutely
no hope Of preventing clean
sweep of San Francisco by fire. The
banks Of London have cabled here
Offering aid. The flames continue
to spread. All building on ever
street north of Market street from
the ferry to Tenth are burned.
Thousands of half crazed people
are trying to cross to this city.
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OAKLAND, April 10, 3:45 p. NJ
The hospitals here are filled and a
panic stricken exodus from San
Francisco is in progress. 1t Is be-
lieved that not a home will be left
In the town. Troops are being rush
ed here to aid in controlling the
crowds of fraltic people.
Claus Spreckles million dollar
residence has been burned.
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WASHINGTON, D. c., April 49,
A message to the war department
from Los Angeles this afternoon re-
ports recurring shocks this after
noon. The operator at Los Angeles
said his building was rocking like
a boat. Connection was lost imme-
diately after.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-19

WASHINGTON. D. c.. April 10
General Funston has notified all
available canvas In the army be or
dered to San Francisco General
McCalla has been ordered to turn
over to Funston all the supplies the
Mare Island can spare. McCalla or,
dered to furnish any canvas that
can be used for improvised shelter
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OAKLAND, April 1o.-chinatown
was swept away by 10 o'clock. Tho
Hopkins Art Institute gone. Fair
mount hotel almost destroyed, be-
You'd hope.
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CHICAGO, April 19.--Chief of Po-
lice Collins wired Chief Oman of
San Francisco extending sympathy
and rendering the services of q
squad of detectives.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-19

CHICAGO, April 10. Mayor
Dunno telegraphed assistance to
Mayor SchmitZ soon as he arrived
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SEATTLE, April 1e.-The
Seattle chamber Of COM
merce has subscribed $t0,-
600 to the San Francisco
sufferers and private citi-
xens will contribute $780,
600 more.
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MANY MESSAGES OF
SYMPATHY ARE SENT

(Scripps News Association,)
BERLIN. April 19-Emperor Will
liam cabled today his sympathy to
America in message to President
Roosevelt.
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PARIS, April 19.-The catastro-
phe has awakened the emotions of
the nation. People are commenting
On the prophecy OF Nine de Thebes,
the palmist, who in a year book for
1906 predicted that this spring
would witness great natural
shock and calamity in the United
States.
Ambassador Mccormick has
postponed the festivities of Frank.
Inns birthday until next week as
an expression of mourning for the
dead at San Francisco.
LINCOLN. Neb., April 19.-Gov-
ernor Mickey has wired an offer of
the states resources to Governor
Pardee, and the mayor of this city
has instituted proceedings for a re-
lief fund.
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LONDON, April liking Ed
ward, when notified of the disaster
at San Francisco, cabled his sorrow
to President Roosevelt.
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-07-26
Old BuIlion's Arrogance.

Benton was a most remarkable
man." said the late Col. Switzler. I'm
some respects the most remarkable l
have ever known, but he could not be-
gin careet at this time. The people
would not tolerate him. He would i'm
press even a stranger by his appear
ance. He walked as If he owned the
earth. With head raised at an angle
of As degrees and hands behind his
back he would stalk with measured
tread down the street, looking neither
to the right nor to the left, recogniz-
Ing no one.
eff he had an appointment to speak
at 2 o'clock, promptly at o'clock he
would arrive. He would come in his
carriage unattended. He would per-
NIT no one to introduce him. But,
passing through the crowd, he would
make his way to the rostrum and be-
gin, Citizens Never did he say Eel
low citizens Those before him were
no fellows Of his. And when he had
concluded he would make his way
back to the hotel, without personally
addressing a soul in his audience. No
one dared interrupt him in his speech.
He refused to recognize the right OF
any constituent to ask him hew be
stood on any subject. "-Columbia Her.
cid. III f.a =.