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from the government of Texas, he got one from Colonel KaFnes of San Anto- nio. There had visited him three Com anche chiefs who told him of their de- with their broken treaties, told the chieftains that no peace was possible unless it came with the return of ev- cry captive and every piece of stolen property. This, Muk-w war-rah declared, was the desire of the tribes. They left under the promise to return within thirty days.
 Fiwhts AmOn@ the Indians.
 Among all the Indians of the plains the last three years, prior to the fam ous council of 1s40, were filled with stirring events. Tn the winterof '35 the Kiowas lost their famous chief. Big--face was killed on a raid he led into Mexico. The summer of '36 wit ne@Ded the big sun dance on Wolfe riv- err. After the dance the Kiowas moved north of the Arkansas and the Kineps made a visit to the Grows to buy the teeth of ernltne and the elk for their squaws. While they were gone the Cheyennes laid their camp in ruins. When the snows of 'ss began to fall one Kiowa band was raidinR in upper Missouri, another in old Mexico. Here the lost their big shief. Man. who was killed by Timber Mexican beyond the Rio Grande. In the summer of '37, be- cause of their continued reverses, the Kiowas, Apaches and Comanches held the ''wailing sun dance" on the north fork of Red river Moving southward, they encountered the bloody Cheyennes whose medicine stick they captured and whose big saehsm they slaugh- tered. fB-
 When the leaves began to fall in 's7, the Comanches fought their enemies on the Brazos. The year closed with the memorable event of dragging through their camps. and at the end of their riatas, the disserved heads of the Ara pahoes. It was a eanny and ghostly time. The outraged Arapahoes, aided by the Cheyennes, fought the combined tribes of Apaches, Kiowas and Conan ches. It was another year of d.sas- ter for the Comanches The ravages of war heaped upon them the death of Hearteater in the winter of '3S. The Peninsula sun dance was held on the Washita in the summer of 'S9. To this dance some friendly OSages came as visitors-but they brought the small pox. It killed more braves than were lost in the war. Thoroughly dIsheart- ened, the tribes began to drift. The Kiowas and Apaches fled in consterna- tion to the staked P aims. The Conan ches fled to the south in Texas.
 Bearing the final message of the Texans, the three Indian chieftains turned their faces from San Antonio to- ward the wigwams of their depleted and discouraged people. The chiefs and old men Of the tribes assembled in the lodge of the Cemanche saehem. none but the braves from the great war frateFnities met in that council. A spirit of desperation brooded over all. Each had taken a pledge to lead every battle charge to victory or to death. None but the staIwart braves from the Kaitsenko stood in that lodge. None but those whose daring deeds had made them worthy of the Tonkawa and the Amerind were there. This embassy might take with them the squaws who dressed the bear skins for their robes and planted the maize corn for their fsasts. They might carry the boys who sought the deadly .serpents with
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nets. It was to be the last great Com anche war--the final struggle for supremacy.
 BeElnnInE Invasion.
 Silently. one moon-iit night, the Tndians--palnted under all the signs of their legendary stars-began their invasion of the south. That raid went down as the most remarkable in the annals of Texas. It took the Texans by complete suprise-for Suyeta said they must keep silent, none but his people must know. It was to be the final march of the red man to the sea. They made a desperate and deadly attack on Victoria. They sacked and burned the town of Iinnville. They had a big skirmish on Casa Blanca creek. Up to this time the Indiana had lost but one warrior-an he Ia the Casa Blanca fight They had wrought fear full havoc; had stolen two thousand horses and mules and loads of plum der.
 The Battle of Plum Creek.
 The historic engagement. however, took place on Plum Creek. The Indians were daringly reckless. Tho whites were determined and cautious. The friendly Toncahuas, allies of the whites. were heroic and desperate, During the struggle, an old chleftain of the Comanches, dressed in all the toggery of the savage west rode de- finantly into the open. Being pierced by dozen bullets, he was hastily car rled to the timber, where his braves were ambushed. A strange howl was set up among them and they broke away in squads Their mighty chief was dead. It was a hand to hand fight now-every Texan had hls Indian. And he got him.
 The Comanches lost everything. De- feat was unexpected, crushing, com plete. They fell on the plains. They crawled like serpents to die in the thickets. They sank wounded to drown in the creek. What few re- mained met their Waterloo in the fall when Colonel Moore won hls great vic- tory on the upper Colorado. The Com anches learned & lesson about the he- roic Texans they have not forgotten to this day. San Antone was NaVenged- but not by the wild Comanches whose chieftains played traitor in the coun- cIl chambers of the whites!
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Kansas City Journal.
 A strong sentiment undoubtedly hal arisen In Missouri against capital puns fshment, and 1t is probable that a bfll will be introduced at the next session of the Legislature to abolish it. Pulp lie speakers in the pulpit and on Iec- ture platforms are denouncing the death penalty as legalized murder. and the newspaper, especially in the rural districts, display a substantial unani- mity in supporting this view. Whether the bill will pass the Legislature Is a question that rests so largely with tho politicians that 1t IS hard to forecast the result, but there is much reason to believe that the people generally in- doTse the proposition and would erys- talize it into a law if they could vote upon it directly
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A strange comedy and tragedy was woven into the lives of Isben and Btornson. As young men they were great friends; then politics flung them apart; they quarreled and never met for years and years. Strange fate brought the children of these two great writers together and Btornson's daughter married Tbsen's only child. The fathers met after a quarter of century of separation at the wedding of their children.
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Carried Back News.

The Mexican carried the news of the terrible defeat back to the Comanche land. It was at the time when Sun boy, the last of the Kiowa bunfalo and war path chieftains, had joined the Comanches in a great sun dance. He had brought with him his fetlsh--the Taime descended from his forebears. It was his own dark green stone image that he hung on the western side of the Comanche medicine lodge He
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-04-26
Have Destroyed More Than Three-Fourths OF
All the Buildings in San Francisco, the
California Metropolis.
over EIGHT SQUARE MILES BURNED
Not Business Building in the Down Town District Left Stand
ing.-Extent of Loss of Life Unknown..People of
the City Facing the Calamity With For
titude and Resignation.

ands of the homeless were making
their way with their blankets and
scant provisions to Golden Gate Park
and the beach to find shelter. Those
in the homes on the hills just north
Of the Hayes Valley wrecked section
piled their belongins In the streets
and express wagons and automobiles
were hauling the things away to the
sparsely settled regions.
Downtown everything Is ruin. Not
business house stands. Theaters
are crumbled into heaps. Factories
and commission houses lie shoulder
Ing on their former sites. All Of the
newspaper plants have been rendered
useless.
It Is estimated that the loss In San
Francisco will reach from $50. 000,-
900 to s20O,OOO,O0O. These figures are
In the rough and nothing can be told
until partial accounting Is taken.
On every side there was death and
suffering. Hundreds were injured,
burned, crushed or struck by falling
pieces from the buildings and one Of
them died while on the operating Ia
BILE at Mechanics Pavilion, improvised
as a hospital for the comfort and
care of 300 injured. The number Of
lead Is not known, but 1t Is estimated
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-04-26

San Francisco, Calf. = San Fran
cisco was practically wrecked by earth
quake at $40 Wednesday morning.
The shock lasted three minutes, thou
sands of buildings were damaged and
destroyed The loss of life is reported
10 be great. All wires with the excep-
tton Of one. are gone. The city hall
costing 100000 is in ruins. Modern
buildings suffered less than brick and
frame.
Terror and excitement is indescri.
able Most of the people, asleep. were
suddenly aroused and rushed into the
streets, undressed, Buildings swayed
and crashed, burying occupants. Panic
In down town hotels. Lick house was
badly damaged but no loss OF life 10
reported there The palace and st.
Francis hotels stood the shock. People
locked to the telegraph Office to send
messages to friends and were frantic
because there were no wires. The
greatest damage to buildings was done
south of Market street where there
are mostly frame buildings and tene-
ment houses. Fires occurred in every
Block Of that district.
When the first shock occurred al
S:15 a, m, most of the population
were In bed and many lodging houses
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stricken city will also use every effort
to keep the price Of food down to
the ordinary price.
The problem now confronting the
city government and federal author
tiles is how to feed the multitude Of
destitute. SUPPLIES are coming in by
the trainload, but as yet the system
of distribution is not in complete
working order. At the Preside.
where probably $4,000 people are
camped, affairs are conducted with
military precision. Water is plenti-
full and rations are dealt out all day
long. The refugees stand patiently
In line and there is not a murmur.
This characteristic Is observable all
over the city. The people are brave
and patient and the wonderful order
preserved by them has been Of great
assistance. In Golden Gate park are
encamped 100000 people. They are
being taken care Of. A huge supply
station has been established there
and provisions are being dealt out.
PostOfice Resumes Business.
Washington, D. CA telegram
was received Friday by the postmaster
general from Postmaster Fisk, of
San Francisco, dated Thursday
saying that he had resumed business
in the main Office. Mail and supplies
there are intact. The building was
badly damaged by earthquake and
may have to be abandoned. Sever.
al sub-stations were destroyed. He
adds that international business can
be resumed.
Canada Contributes 100000.
Ottawa, Ont.,-The Dominion gov
eminent has voted 100000 for the
earthquake and fire sufferers In San
Francisco.
The Lick Observatory Undamaged
San Jose. Calif.,-The latest re-
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elled 20 the Earth: its wide area Of
homes where dweit happy and pros
porous people, PROSTATE in thin ashes.
il will rise again with still greater
magnifcenee. A monument TO the
coursge and indomitable spirit shown
by its Inhabitants during the present
awful emergency.
The care OF tie 100000 starving.
homeless refugees now gathered in the
city's public squares and parks is now
the main problem the local authorit-
les have to solve. They must be fed
and bread, meat and drink are lacking.
All the leading cities throughout the
country are now exerting themselves
to alleviate the sufferings OF the un-
fortunate victims of the FIRE, end pro-
visions are now headed for them from
many points.
Bread has already sold as high as
81 a loaf In the stricken city, and
two loaves and can OF sardines
brought in one instnce $3.50. But this
condition OF AFFAIRS VIII not be per-
mitted to last long. In towns across
the bay the master bakers have met
and fixed the price Of bread at Eve
cents a loaf. with the understanding
that they will refuse to sell to re-
tailers who attempt to charge famine
prices. The committee Of citizens now
in charge of the situation in the
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cabinet Friday considered the San
Francisco situation and Il was de
cided that Secretary Metcslf should
proceed to that city as the repre-
sentative Of the national government
and TO consult with the authorities
as to what is needed to alleviate dis
tress.' Every available vessel In the
vicinity OF San Francisco, whether II
belong to the navy, army. reventie
cutter service, fish commission or
lighthouse service, has been directed
to carry supplies Of every description
to the stricken city Of San Francisco
and render other assistance, while
officers Of the army on the Pacific
coast and elsewhere have been given
imperative instructions to ship tents,
rations, medical and other relief sup
plies and to co-opeqte with the local
authorities of San Francisco and the
state ofiicials to the common end.
Offers of assistance from abroad
have been very gratifying to the
president, but he feels the United
States is able to care for the San
Francisco sufferers and contribu-
lions from foreign countries will be
declined. Mr.. Ballin Of the Hamburg
American line offered $4,000 for the
California sufferers and the following
declination forwarded to Mr.. BALM
by Assistant Secretary Bacon Of the
state department shows the presidents
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-04-26

appreciation Of the friendliness shown
by Europeans:
"The president deeply appreciates
your message of sympathy and desires
me to thank you heartily for the kind
offer Of outside aid. Although de-
clining, the president earnestly wishes
you to understand how much he APP
preciates your cordial and generous
sympathy"
The question Of an additional ap-
preparation to meet the expense Of the
work of the government In rushing
supplies to San Francisco and allevi-
ating distress In that quarter will be
brought to the attention Of congress
Saturday. 1t was announced Friday
night that the war department has
forwarded to San Francisco one mil
lion rations (days rations), some Of
which has already arrived there and
most of which is due there Friday
night; tentage for $4,000 people has
been forwarded.
Washington, d. c.. - The house
Thursday appropriated 100000 for
the suffering and homeless In San
Francisco and other California towns
and gave the secretaries of war, treas
ury, navy and commerce power to CO.
operate with the mayors of the strick-
en- cities that the very best results
might be obtained In affording relief
The resolution later passed the senate
and was signed by President Roose-
yelt.
Washington, D. c., - President
Roosevelt, after a conference with
Miss Mabel Boardman, of the Ameri-
can National Red Cross, Thursday
issued, in the form of a proclamation
an appeal to the American people fol
aid for the people Of San Francisco
He asked that all contributions be
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-04-26
Map Showing Country Affected the Earthquake

that at least 500 met their death in
the horror.
At 9 o'clock, under Q special mes
sage from President Roosevelt, the
city was placed under martial law.
Hundreds of troops patrolled the
streets and drove the crowds back.
while hundreds more were set at work
assisting the fire ind police depart
ments. The strictest orders were L.
sued and In true military spirit the
soldiers obeyed. During the after
noon three thieves met their death
by rife bullets while at york in the
ruins. The curious were driven back
t the breasts Of the horses that the
cavalrymen rode and all the crowds
were forced from the. level district
to the billy section beyond to the
north.
The water supply was entirely cut
OF. and maybe 1t was Just a. well,
for the lines Of fire department would
have been absolutely useless ut any
stage. Assistant Chief Dougherty SUI
vised the work Of his men and
early in the morning II was seen that
the only possible chance to save the
city lay In an effort to check the
mes BY the use Of dynamite. Dur
ing the day a blast could be heard in
any section at intervals Of only few
minutes, and buildings not destroyed
BY FIRE we're blown to atoms. But
through the gaps made the flames
Jumped and although the failures Of
the heroic efforts Of the police, IRE
men and soldiers ' en-. 1t times sick-
sning. the work was continued With
q desperation that WIN live = one 1t
~ fDaturo pf tie terrible disesesr.
rag11neefy on trains fron otAor
dis a oeiifornis tfine dotain 4
asltrsaft9p - - pap papsty q
1
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ed Wath coEes and sugar; two cars
Of .a4akars and breakfast feeds;
two 0ars d hacoa; two cars Of eggs;
one cAr Of canned meats; two cars a
potatoes; two cars Of canned corn,
peas and tomatoes; two cars Of pro-
visions 70 be contributed by the
Manufacturas1 association; one car II
blankets ana comforts; two cars Of
bottled spring water.
The Santa Fe railroad will haul
the train without cost from Kansas
City TO San Francisco. and will rush
II through
Both the Union Pacific and tho
Rock Island railroads made the same
proposition 10 haul the train free to
San Francisco.
w. p. Trickett. commissioner Of
the Kansas CITY Bureau Of Trans
portation. VIII 60 with the train
and will see that the food goes 10 tho
needy.
Los Angeles. Cal, - STRANGE 70
the scene where San Prancisoos Chi
natown STOOD" says W. W. overton,
who reached Los Angeles Friday
among the refugees. mo heap Of
smoking ruins marks the site Of the
wooden warrens where the slant
eyed men Of the Orient dwelt In
thousands. The place 10 pitted with
deep holes and scared with dark pas
sageways from whose depths come
smoke wveaths An the wood has
gone and the winds are strsaking
the ashes. s,.r, - ,I.> A.,
while men never knew the depth
Of Chinstown's underground city"
says Mr.. 0verton, they often talked
of these subterranean runways And
many Of them had gone beneath the
street levels. two and three storie&
But now that Chinatown has been
unmasked. for the destroyed build
ings were only mask. men from the
hillside have looked on where its
inner secrets lay. In places they can
see passages 100 feet deep.
"Ths IRE swept this Monaghan sec
ton clean. It left no shred of the
painted wooden fabric II ate down
to the bare ground and this lies stark,
for the breezes have taken away tho
light ashes. Joss houses and mis-
sion schools, grocery stores ant opl-
um dens, gambling bells and thea.
ters-all Of them went The build
ings blazed up like tissue paper
lanterns when the guttering candles
touched their sides.
"From this place, I, following the
fire, saw hundreds Of frightcrazed yell
low men hsa In their arms they bore
their opium pipes, their money bags.
their silks and their children. Be-
side them ran the baggy 1trousered
women, and some Of them hobbled
painfully.
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porta here Thursday show that ven
people were killed In the, earthquake.
The hall Of records is destroyed as WILL
a. the hall Of Justice. All the main
buildings are badly damaged r. II.
Tucker, In charge Of the Lick Observa-
tory, says: mo damage was done tn
fhe instruments or the buildings Of
the observatory by the earthquake"
Ban Francisco, Cal..-Ths, fol
lowing appeal for aid has bsen sent
out by Mayor schmitz to Gov. Pardes
and shows the destitute condition Of
the people and the city's nesd Of food
and shelter: ~Ssnd I'll supplies and
tsntB possible 10 Golden Cats Park
Have bokeeies IN small towns haks
~ IL bread they can We want bed-
Ding bpod I'D tsnts.s -.
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1fonGk 9 ~ Gprlennsent Gks11s
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collapsed with every occupant There
was no warning of the awful catas-
trophe. First came a slight shock fol-
lowed almost Immediately by second
and then the great shock that sent
buildings swaying and tumbling. Fire
broke out Immediately. Every able
bodied man who could be pressed into
service was put to work rescuing the
victims. Panic seized most of the
people and they rushed frantically
about. Toward the Ferry building
there was rush of those fleeing to
cross the bay. Few carried any effects
and some were hardly dressed. The
streets were filed Immediately with
panicstricken people and the frequently
occurring shocks sent them into un-
reasoning panic. Fires lighted up the
sky In every direction in the breaking
dawn. In the business district devasta-
hon met the eye on every hand. II
b said that two ships at anchor In the
bay were sunk.
San Francisco, CAL, - Thursday
iawned on a scene of death and de-
struction. During the night the
flames had consumed many Of the
eity's finest structures and skipped in
q dozen directions to the residence
portions. They had made their way
over, into the North Beach section
and springing anew to the south they
reached out along the shipping Sec
lion down to the bay shore, over the
Hills and across toward Third and
Townsend streets. Warehouses. whole
sale houses and nan a.acturing con-
eefns fell IN their path. Thh com-
plstsd the destruction 81 the entire
1i11xioe Known = The "south u Mar-
~ street. How faf they ~ reach
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But these were the men and women
Of the surface. Far beneath the street
levels in those collars and passage
ways were other lives. Women, who
never saw the day from their darken-
ed prisons. and blinking jailors were
caught like rats in huge trap Their
very bones were eaten by the flames.
And now there remain only the
holes. They pit the hillside like
multitude OF ground-swallow, nests.
They show depths which the, police
never knew. The secrets Of those bur-
rows will never be known, for into
them the hungry fire first sifted its
red Goals and then licked eagerly in
tongues Of creeping flames, finally
obiiterating everything except the
earth itself"
New York. N. T., - Omcerk Of
the large fire insurance compfnies
having their headquarters In thisl city
announced Thursday that iossss} by
earthquake were not included If the
ilre insurance policies written fof CAL
ifornia, and that such losses could not
b allowed. even Il the COMPANIES
wsre 20 inclined, for the reasoni that
the laws Of New York state prohibited
It The rulings on the Losses By nre.
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