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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-27
scoRoNER's ESTIMATE OF NUN.
eER OF VICTIMS in THE SAN
N s FRANCISCO HORROR.
THREE HUNDRED BODIES INFERRED
SAYS NO THOROUGH SEARCH OF
I TENEMENTs OR CHINATOWN
HAS BEEN MADE.

San Francisco, April 25.-Coroner
william Walsh estimates that the to-
tai number OF dead will not be less
than 1000. His reports are complete
and his estimate is made up from all
the data he has been able to collect.
Coroner Walsh said:
: "Bodies the deputy coroners have
found and buried number 900. as fol.
lows:
AT Polk and Bay streets, 80; at
Portsmouth square, %; at Washington
square, 10; at the Six-Mile House, 200;
It Laurel hill, %; scattered in differ.
ent parts of the city, 10. No thorough
search has been made of the district
south Of Market street or the Chinese
quarter. Many lives must have been
lost in these sections. South of. Mar
ket street are the cheap lodginghouses
and many of these collapsed from the
earthquake. There is little chance
that half of; the inmates Of the col
lapsed buildings had opportunity to
a This is also true of China
town.
shortly after the earthquake SOL
diers and police, SO l have been told,
buried bodies found along the water
front. 1 have received no official re-
port of these. The total number of
dead will undoubtedly reach, if it does
not exceed, 1000"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-27
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land oalce at Bismarck, Up, Mar. 2s 1906.
Kuticef is hereby given. TINT The following
to male commuted tinall Iproofin support Of his
claim, that said5proof will DO made before Potter
AZ Schmidt, clerk Of the district court: at his of
I Theodore Holfnn, Of Washburn, n. D., II. E..
1867, dated ian. 8, .l9O5, for the e& ne.A,
aud lots 1 and 2, Sec. 81, Twp: 144, Range s..
his continuous residences upon and,cultivation
4. p.Isshrup, B. B. Jones, 7. B. Hale, and w.
], soaDso'' a. s re- {. n 1. ess =
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-27
eREELEY's REPORT DIFFERS.
Estimates Loss Of Life at Less Than
Three Hundred.

Washington, April 25.-The official
report from General Greedy of the ex-
tent of the loss Of life in San Fran
cisco is as follows:
Very careful investigation made by
Captain VIM limits as far as infor-
naKon is obtainable the entire San
francisco death list from late disaster
to 2l7 victims; of these about 50 I'M
known gathered from various parts OF
the city have been temporarily buried
in Lombard and Bay streets, Washing
ton square and Portsmouth square. In
the Valencia hotel IA bodies were re-
covered and IS others are said to have
persisted in the ruins.
Although this report very mate
RALLY reduces the death list for San
Francisco it is not believed that it
will be further increased save by iso-
lated victims among the ruins"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-27
QUESTION FOR SCIENTISTS.
Not a Tremor Felt on Island in San
Francisco Bay.

francisco Bay $3.50
San Francisco, April 25.-There is
one place within pistol shot OF ruined
San Francisco that the earthquake did
not touch, that did not lose a chimney
or feel a tremor-Alcatraz island. De
spite the fact that the island is v
cred with brick buildings, brick forts
and brick chimneys not a brick was
!oosened, not a crack made nor q
culver felt. When the scientist comes
to write he will have his hands full
explaining why Alcatraz did not have
any physical knowledge Of the event.
The scene from the island was awe In
spring. The crash of a falling city
dlled the ears of the aroused island,
but no one understood what it was all
about. There was no earthquake that
she knew about, yet the city a few
hundred yards across the bay was
crashing to ruin.
clark's Home Partly Demolished.
San Jose, Cal, April 25.--The home
DIV. a. Clark at Burlingame was par
Tally demolished by the earthquake
no enc was injured. Many other resi-
Saences suifcredto q greater or less
Degree. At San Mateo all brick build.
aaanlgs are down. No one was killed OF
injured. All stores suffered severe
damage.
University Out Of Business. I
Ss..lBeerkeley. CAL, April 25.-Presldent.
wheeler Of the University Of Callfor-
snia met with the academic council.
W. suspended the sessions Of the col.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-27

Citation Hearing Petition for appoint
ment Of Administrator.
State of N rrth Dakota. county of Mclean.
In County Court, Before Hon. z. A. Lamb,
Judge.
deceased.
Charles Robeck,
John Christian Robeck. CHRISTINA,
" Elisabeth Robeck, William Ro-
beck abs. Christian Robee Re sna Adasas.
respondents and all persons interested in the
estate Of Henry !Robeck, deceased:
fled in this court his petition, praying that t
letters Of adm5n1st re- anad nn9n !; 1he 9b ess cn,ent ~
ceased. be granted to Charles Robeek, and that
the said petition will be hsard ana du ~ ga ss5
day Of May 4. d. 1876, at 10 o'clock in tho. fore
noon Of that day, at the court rooms OF TINS
court, in the county court Rouse IN ,he v'laag e
North Dakota, and you, and each of you. are
hereby cited tobe and appear before thls court,
in the county court house al. sald 1ilaa anu
there be, why he prayer Of saidpetltion should
not be granted.
BY the Court:
IsEALl, Z. 4. LAMB,
Dated the 10th day, of April a. d. 1906:
Let tho service Of the above citation be made
s ~ Elisabeth Schafer, aud upon the re-
spondents John Christian Robeck, Christina
Koheck. Chris,ian Robeck, and August Robeck.
and William Robeck BY publication for three
weekly news paper published at Washburn, m:
,D. and BY mailing by registered letter 2 copy OF
the above citation TO each1ot said
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-04-27
MANY BURIED BY SOLDIERS.
Exact Number of Dead May Never Be
Known.

t NuOvvIls
San Francisco, April 25.-The cor
oner's office will be reorganized at
once and a morgue will be opened in
a vacant store in Hayes Valley. Up to
the present time bodies have been bur-
led by the soldiers and the naval mill
tia in open squares near where found.
For that reason it is feared that the
exact number of dead will be
accurately known. Coroner Walsh re-
porta that his deputies have cared for
$50 bodies taken from the ruins, but
this number does not include those
buried by The police and by the naval
militia.
From now on all burials will be
made in the cemeteries and the usual
reports will be made to the coroner
and an opportunity given for identit-
cation. The bodies which were buried
in Portsmouth and Washington squares
and near Bay and Polk streets will be
exhGAed and an attempt to identify
them before reburial in the cemetery.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-16
WANTS WIFE TO SEW BUTTONS
Missouri Farmer Who ADVERTISED In
Agricultural Paper Is Mighty
Particular About Her

BROOKFIELD, Mo-, March 15-"Yes'
I'm a candidate for matrimony," as
scented Thomas Napoleon Burns. far.
mer, who has advertised in an agricul-
tural paper for a wife.
"Why did I use an agricultural
paper? Because l want wife who
will help me on the farm, not petted
child of luxury"
"Have 1 received any answers? You
bet Unless I get some that strike me
more faVorably l shall take trip to
Kansas to see a woman who wrote
me not long ago. She says she knows
we are intended for each other. That S
the kind I'm looking for"
Burns is thirty-four years old. and
traces his blood back to Robert Burns.
He has rich, auburn hair, parts it on
the side and combs it over his fore
head His mustache vies with his hair
in color. He weighs 1853 pounds.
"I am great lover of horses" he
continued. II don't like the first one 1
come across. [ want to pick the ami
NAL. So with my wife. 1 want my
pick, and [ want it from big field. I
must have not only a good looking
woman of about twenty-five, but one
who can cook and clean up the house
She's got to have sentiment and COM
mon sense: she's got to love flowers,
and, by gosh! she'll have to sew but
tons on my shirts occasionally"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-16
FOURTH STREET TUNNEL

Fourth street property owners have
decided that if the mountain won't
come to Mahomet, the latter shall go
to the mountain. In other words, if
the city will not bore them a tunnel,
they will bore it for the city. And
plans for the work are already well
matured.
Fourth street property owners are
to be congratulated on their nerve
and foresight. Undoubtedly, in equity,
the city ought to build this tunnel,
as it is a proposition that in the end
will benefit the entire municipality.
But conditions are such that the city
does not see it's way clear to do so at
this time. There are other and more
pressing claims on the municipal ex-
chequer that must be met first. In
time. perhaps. the council would order
this work done, but not now.
However-and wisely-the property
owners most concerned believe that
now is the accepted time. Being I'M
able to secure the city's aid in the
great enterprise, they propose to put
it through on their own responsibility.
And by means of an assessment in a
benefit district they will raise the
funds
tunnel in Fourth street will be of
great benefit all around if properly
built. But let some of the mistakes
made in other cases be avoided in this
one. Make the tunnel waterproof;
make 1t big enough to accommodate
trolley cars-and secure the financial
aid of the companies in building it
and make it of easy, practical grade.
Light it we'll and provide ample side
walk space. Then will 1t not only be
an outlet for present travel, but it
will become the main artery to the
northwest and will enhance the prop
erty that pays for it in untold measure.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-16
KEEP TO THE RIGHT

Los Angeles has become too pop
ulous and crowded a city to further
indulge in the village freedom of al
lowing each pedestrian to occupy any
and all sides of the pavement.
The necessity for metropolitan sys-
tenn and order is apparent, if we would
give easement to travel along the
downtown streets.
Keep to the right! The law of the
road is the law of the sidewalk. Ev-
cry man, woman and child should be-
gin at once to charge his or her mind
with this important fact. Keeping
always to the right will keep the
crowds always moving in the direction
they desire to CO. without hindrance,
and prevents crowding and discomfort.
Try 1t and see
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-16

The weather continues unsettled
in California and vicinity, owing tc
the storms in the eastern and north
ern directions. Cloudy, unsettled
weather, with occasional rain accom-
panied by fresh south changing to
west winds, is predicted by Local
Forecaster Franklin.
In reference to the conditions prev
alent all over the United States Mr.
Franklin says:
The storm which has been central
in the inter-mountain region during
the last few days remains practically
stationary. 1t was central yesterday
morning in Southern Utah and West
ern Colorado with rain area cover
ing California and Western Nevada.
Snow has been falling in Colorado and
Northern Utah and as far east as the
Missouri valley. The rains yesterday
were light south of the Tehachapi and
at Los Angeles up to p. m.
THE eastward progress of the storm
continues very slow, owing to an area
of very high barometer everything the
Rocky mountain slope. Unsettled
weather continues in California, with
occasional light rain.
"A storm in the South Atlantic states
is accompanied by heavy rainfall. 1.52
inches having fallen at New Orleans
in the past twenty-four hours, 1.24 at
Montgomery, 2.72 at Atlanta and one
inch at Knoxville"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-16
ESTABLISHES SEVEN STATIONS
Government Expert w. V. Allen Doing
Good Work in Southern
California
Special to The Herald.


SAN DIEGO, March 15-W. ". Allen.
the government expert who has charge
of the measurement of the streams on
the western slope for the govern
ment, has had seven stations estab-
lished-on the Cottonwood at Pine val
ley, on the Sweetwater, on the San
Luis Rey, on the San Pasqual, on the
Temecula and on the San Diego.
The investigation has been exceed
ingly satisfactory. Mr.. Aliens meas
urement of the San Diego river near
Lakeside on Wednesday showed that
it was carrying 49,5OO miners inches of
water.
Deeds will be filed within a day or
two showing the transfer to G. A.
Thum of Grand Rapids, Mich, of about
$4,000 worth of property in Ell Caion
valley, which has recently been pur-
chased for him. The deeds will be for
the Miller ranch, the Hawley ranch
the Park ranch and others. 1t is UNI
derstood that the purchase is made on
speculation and that the ranches will
be cut into small holdings and sold.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-16
MRS. M'PHERR0N SLEEPS
IN BEAUTIFUL HOLLYWOOD
HER GRAVE is BESIDE THAT OF
HER MOTHER
While the Final Rites Were Performed
the Chimes in the Memorial Chapel
Sounded a Requiem for the De-
parted

Last tributes of respect were paid
| yesterday to the late Mrs. Lillian Otis
Mcpherson, wife of Alfred Monroe
Mcpherson and daughter of Gen. Har-
rison Gray Otis.
For the funeral services friends OF
old in great numbers had gathered at
The Outpost I'm Hollywood, where amid
the flowers that she loved so well in
life the mortal remains of the beloved
woman lay I'm simple casket.
In the home, amid the beautiful
fOOthill environment, Mrs. Mcpherson
closed her eyes after patient and pro-
lonEed suffering. and. as was her wish,
simplicity in every detail marked the
burial ceremonies. In songs and music
and devotion Mrs McPherron's life
had been intimately woven, and in
death these were the appropriate char
acteristics that her friends bestowed
in loving remembrance.
OF mourners and Sympathizing
friends there were so many that all
who wished could not get within ear
shot of the speakers voices. but all
day and the day before friends had
called to pay their respects. Some came
to shed a silent tear and others sent
messages because they could not come
in person,
Flowers In profusion waited their
fragrance over the assemblage as the
quartet of the First congregational
church, composed Of Mines. Charles G..
Stivers and C. f. Richards and Messrs.
jackson s. Gregg and f. Ffannkuchen,
intoned the majestic Lead, Kindly
Light" the hymn that Mckinley loved
so well. Elder Reaser led in a brief
prayer, after which Elder r. S. Owens
made eulogistic remarks based on the
sweet, pure life of the departed one.
Elder owens had long been Mrs. Nc
Pherron's pastor. He and the preced-
ing speaker are now connected with
the Seventh Day Adventist college at
San Fernando.
These simple words closed the ex-
ercises at the house. With Mrs. Nc
Pherron's memory enshrined in their
hearts the mourners then proceeded to
Hollywood cemetery, where with more
music and the memorial chimes in the
chapel striking out familiar hymns, the
closing exercises took place. There at
the graveside Mrs. Charles wellington
Rand sang abide with Me-" in sympa-
thetiC voice.
Elder Owens read the inscription
that is chiseled on the grave of the
late Mrs. Eliza A. Otis and which
the uplifting sentiments
which inspired the lives of both the
departed:
Lay down Earth's crosses; thrust its
cares aside,
Hope sitteth at the helm; bear on your
oars;
Lift up your banners, 10! the heavenly
shores ..uhF
Beyond the tossing of the tide.
Mother and daughter now sleep side
by side with the green hills forming
q N eternal hackgrOund for their graves.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-16
RAILWAY WORLD
MEET OF BAGGAGE MEN CLOSES
Many of Them viii Spend a Week
Visiting Pleasure Resorts

The meeting of the American Assoc
citation of General Baggage. Agents,
which has been in session at the Alex
andria hotel for the past two days,
came to a close last night.
Many OF the subjects discussed were
important ones to the baggage men
for they were questions upon which
there hitherto had been no agreement.
1t was decided that all of the condi-
lions should be printed upon the back
of duplicate checks.
String checks versus brass plates
were discussed to some length but no
changes were made because one class
of checks was found to be more con-
venient than the other in different To-
calities.
The handling of losses and the pro
ratio of settlement were taken up. The
limiting of the liability of the baggage
carried was also taken up. 1t has been
found to be necessary to do this on
account of the increased value of bag
gage now carried by the people who
travel.
The officers who were elected for
the coming year follow: f. M. Dyer,
Frisco system, Springfield, Mo-. pres
ident; p Walsh, Santa Fe, Topeka,
Grand Trunk, Toronto, Canada, re-
eelcted secretary.
The next meeting will be held at
Portland, Maine, the third Wednesday
in June, 1907.
The baggage men will go to Cata-
lima today via the Salt Lake road and
the Wilmington Transportation COM
pany steamer. Most of them will re-
main in Los Angeles for n week or
more longer and will spend the time
sightseeing individually. Nearly every
man is accompanied by his wife.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-16
DIED AS HE FINISHED WORK
"l'm Through Early" Said Freund, and
Fell Lifeess-Hurried to Help
Wife Prepare for Party

Special to The Herald.
NEWARK, N. j., March 15.-John
Freund. u years old, of 100 Avon ave-
nue. fell dead from heart disease in the
bakery of Conrad Whitman at Fiji
teenth avenue and South Sixth street
at 6 o'clock this morning. He had been
working all night, and had just fin
ished the batch of bread he was pre-
pairing for the oven.
"Well boys" he said with a laugh,
turning to his companions, I'm get
ting through early"
Hardly had he uttered the words
when he was stricken. A physician
was summoned, but nothing could be
done Freund had been married about
a year and lived with his wife at the
Avon avenue address. There were no
children.
Freund usually worked from 1 o'clock
in the morning until the next noon.
Last night, however, he went to the
bakery about o'clock, as he wanted
to finish up early this morning, in or
der to go home and help his wife pre-
pare for a party they were to give to
number of friends and relatives to-
night.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-16

grown so fast and has spread out so
rapidly that many features for its
Identification have been put aside for
more leisure days in the strenuous
work of home building, tree planting
among others. But the time has come
when more shade is imperative and
Arbor day here should be every day
in the year.
Hence let today be universally cele-
brated as the beginning of the tree
planting era in Los Angeles. Let
everyone who is able today afford to
one or more young sprigs an opportu-
nifty to grow. Let them be started on
the hill tops, IN the valleys, along the
streets and avenues and in the house
yards. Anywhere that one is planted
| 1t will grow-palm, pepper, acacia,
magnolia, all the beautiful trees ma
tive to this glorious cline, should have
place everywhere in it.
Let no one be deferred because in
most cases the full benefit of the work
will be enjoyed by a later generation,
when the trees come into full growth
and beauty-the very unselfishness of
the work is its most charming feature.
Make Los Angeles a forest city,"
full of beauty and shade and graceful
ness, and coming millions will rise up
and call the pioneer tree planters
blessed.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-16
RESERVOIR NOW A HUGE LAKE
Rains at San Bernardino Change APP.
pearance of Landscape
Special to The Herald.


SAN BERNARDINO, March 49,
Rain is again falling in this valley to-
day, having commenced early this
morning. While the downpour is not
a heavy one. it is doing a vast deal of
good, coming as it does Immediately
following the other storm when the
ground is in condition to take up all
the moisture.
During the storm the first of the
week los inches of rain fell in Little
Bear valley and raised the water in
the reservoir nineteen feet on the DAM
even though stream of 5000 inches
was continually flowing out into Deep
creek through the tunnel. The lake Is
now a good size and completely
changes the appearance of the land
scape in that valley. AT present the
watershed into the reservoir is but
three and one-half square miles, while
when the reservoir is completed 1t will
drain from fifty square miles. Thus
the enormity of the enterprise may be
seen.
A number of narrow escapes from
drowning in the mountain streams
have been reported, but no fatalities
except the death of C. w. Bennett OF
Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-16
PLANT TREES

Today has been set aside by the
lowers that he as the city's Arbor
day. The mayor has officially so des-
ignated it, and has urgently request
ed that all persons plant trees who
have the city's true interests at heart
and can find time and place to do so.
The city council has made the day a
public holiday, and even the weather
man has sent Copious rains. followed
by gentle showers, to prepare the
bosom of mother earth for just such
purposes. 1t now devolves on the
rest. The rain has caused a postpone
ment of the parade, but the tree plant
ing is not postponed and is just as
necessary as though there were a
parade miles in length.
1t is a small thing in itself to plant
tree. 1t requires no great labor in
this, the best soil and climate God
ever made. One has little to do save
to place the tender shoot in the earth;
nature here does the rest. No siren
uous effort is needed to nurture the
young sapling; but give it root and it
will practically grow unattended and
of its own accord. Probably nowhere
else is foresting so easy. And yet,
though this city might easily be a
shady bower of greenery, it is badly
lacking in the shade that is so CRATE
full in this sunshine land
This is mere neglect; no conditions
exist that Justify it. The city has
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-16
LORD BOB'S NEPHEW LABORS
Works in Cyanide Mill at Kendall,
Montana, as Day
'Laborer


KENDALL, Mont, March 15.-It has
just been discovered that Charles Rob
erts, a laborer in a cyanide plant here,
is a nephew of Lord Roberts, the cele-
brated English general.
There is quite a history connected
with Charles Roberts. Strange as it
may seem, he has been acknowledged
as the owner of princely estate at
Dublin, left him by his father at his
death, which is occupied by Lord Rob
erts. The identity was established
through visit of an agent of Lord
Roberts to Kendall a month ago.
Charles Roberts visited Lord Roberts
in August last at the latter's palace in
London.
He had an understanding with his
uncle as to the estate, and will leave
the latter in his possession during his
life, accepting a stipulated income in
money in lieu of the property till the
latter's death, when he will take pos
session.
Roberts was born in Ontario, Canada,
is 3S years of age and married.