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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-09

Don't you think you'd better let it.
When it's raining, rain away,
For the sun will be shining bright
If you take Rocky Mountain Tea to-
night.
IT. II. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-09
Rates for Visitors to city.-The j

Rates for Visitors to City.-The job
bers and manufacturers committee, in
charge of the inbound trade excursion
to be run 10 Davenport will meet this
evening to further prepare for the
event. 1t has been arranged with the
railroads to give a rate of a fare and
one-fifth for round trip to this city
from any town within the radius of
200 miles. This is to enable the out-of-
town merchant to come to this city to
investigate the prevailing condition of
the local markets and open his eyes to
the advantages he can get in trading
with the wholesalers of this town.
The rate holds good from Sept. II to II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-09
Boarding Press Club Cost s725.-A

the meeting of the directors of the
Business Mems association yesterday
with Secretary Grantz, the members
allowed bills amounting to $S17 in par
tial payment for the expense of the
recent Chicago Press club visit. The
boarding of the party for the three
days cost about $725. Thus far the
association has spent for the entertain
ment of previous gatherings $S4S and
there are still several hundred dollars
in the treasury for other visitors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-09

Obituary Reciord.-At his home, 514
West Seventeenth street yesterday af-
ternOOn, after an illness of about four
months duration, occurred the death of
George Martin, a we'll known retired
farmer Death was due to the infirm-
tiles of old age, Mr.. Martin having pass
ed his 18th birthday. He was born in
ireland and in the year 1850 came to
America and for two years resided in
New York. Later he married and NOV
ed TO Davenport and then to a farm in
Lincoln township, this being in 1860.
Deceased returned to Davenport about
seven years ago and has resided here
ever since. His wife passed away
some IA years ago. Those surviving
are nine children, Mrs. David Robin
son of Calamus, Iowa, Mrs. Charles
Mcdonald of Shelby, Iowa, Mrs. Rob
ert Mckinney of Davenport, Rose and.
Florence Martin, Theresa Martin of
Des Moines, Belle Martin of Council
Bluffs, George and Thomas Martin of
Eldridge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-09

Shipped Stolen Goods Here.-Charles
Strohm of Clinton is in jail, awaiting
his preliminary hearing on the charges
of larceny and robbery. Strohm was
arrested Sunday night by Captain of
Police Oster and Patrolman Price af-
ter he had, as it is alleged, taken 81
pairs of shoes from the Milwaukee
freight house, some of which he sold
and the remainder he intended to ship
to Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-09

Doubles Their SaIary.-Three of the
postal sub-stations have had their sal
airy doubled on account of increase OF
business Postmaster Eastman an.
nounces that he has secured from the
postoffice department an increase in
the salaries of the men, in charge of
the three postal sub-statfons located at
the following pharmacies: NJ. w. Bat
ties. c. c. Coyne, Charles Bunstrom.
These officials have been paid 800 a
year heretofore, but after Aug. 1 they
will receive twice as much, $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-09
One of Four for Superintendent.

One of Four for Superintendent. -
Since the first intimation leaked out
that Professor G.. T. Smith might pos
sibly leave the Moline high school. ap-
plications for the position began to
flow into the city until now nearly fifty
in all have been received. Out of this
number it has sifted down to three or
four men, any of whom would qualify
for the position, but it rests to the
judgment of the board of education,
who would be the man most fitted for
the place and then the selection will
be made The following are the four
the board has settled upon, but it is not
given out which three will be communi-
Gated with: E. ]. Bodwell, Norfolk
Neb.; Bennett II. Jackson, Siberia,
Mich; Professor Alger, CLANCY, Mich;
r. l. White, Coldwater, Mich.
o
Now Full Pledged Physician.-Dr.
Perry Vessel is at home from the
State University of Iowa, where he way
graduated this spring from the college
of medicine. Since school was out he
has been at Iowa City taking some
special work in hospital practice and
likewise passing the state board exam
nations. DR.. Vessel, Jr.. has won APP
pointment as hospital physician in
Iowa City for the coming year through
his high standing in scholarship, and
this coming year he will devote to
work there. Ultimately he VIII return
to Moline to be associated with his
father, p. H. Vessel, in the practice
of medicine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-09

II. II. Thomas pharmacy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER
Bulletins Tell the Story the Awful Calamity Which Has Come
Upon San Francisco.

San Francisco, April 1s;-The post
office has entirely COLLAPSED. NJ
The fish market at Clay and Mer-
chant streets has collapsed.
Chief Of Police Sullivan and his wife
have been badly injured.
The Grand operahouse is now afiame
and doomed.
The ten-story building at Third and
Mission streets, adjoining the Grand
operahouse is apparently doomed, as
fheater and ST. Patrick church.
Gas Works Blown Up.
The gas works, south OF Market
street, have been blown up and started
another big fire In that section of the
city.
4 portion of the Mission, several
miles from the business section of the
city, is in flames.
The fire BEGAN at Twenty-second
street and is rapidly moving eastward.
Should the wind increase, it may sweep
the entire southern section of the city.
rive Killed in Oakland.
In Oakland five persons were killed
by the collapse of the Empire building.
The Gore block, at ]: the junction of
Market and Pine streets, is in flames
and probably will be a total loss.
Mayor Schmitz, Chief of Police Oman
and General Funston, commander of the
department of the Pacific, met this
morning and General Funston called all
the available troops for service if neces
sary in the emergency.
! The board of Supervisors will meet
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18

CITY HALL, cost 100000, in ruins.
VALENCIA HOTEL, between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth Streets On Valencia, topples
into street. Seventy five buried. I'll
KINGSLEY HOTEL, Seventh street, be-
tween Howard and Mission, collapses, burying
between seventy five and eighty persons, Ruins.
burning. L.. ... T. 4
LIPMAN DRY GOODS, Twenty second. and
Mission, burned. @>se'F'
EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Eleventh street.
badly damaged. g." -
- CALL BUILDING, Third and Market, prao-
tically ruined. ~ ~:.2z
EXAMINER BUILDING, Third and Market,
practically ruined. ~sr..
WESTERN UNION BUILDING, Kearney
street, badly wrecked. ~
PALACE HoTEL-Badly shaken. Now in
path Of flames.
ST. FRANCIS HoTEI.-Badly shaken. In
terror damaged. : ~..:
EMPIRE BUILDING, Oakland, collapses.
Five dead in ruins. =. -~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18
Minneapolis People There.

Many Minneapolis people are in the
west but the tide Of tourists flows to
southern California rather than to San
Francisco. Still, many Of the travellers
from this city are known to have in.
cluded San Francisco in their-itinerary.
T. B. Walkers sons and daughters,
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Walker and Mr..
and Mrs. Clinton Walker, and their fam
lilies are near San Francisco. They
live in Piedmont, ars1 hopes are enter
tanned that theirs is one Of the districts
which has escaped the ravages Of the
earthquake.
Mr. Walker returned only yesterday
from San Francisco. In speaking Of
the earthquake he said:
During my visits in San Francisco
shocks and minor earthquakes have
been frequent occurrences, and I re-
member one evening, a year ago last
December, when I was giving an adj
dress before the 7. M. G. A, in San
Francisco, we experienced Shock
which scattered the furniture about
the hall and created terrible confusion.
I was obliged to discontinue my adj
dress for almost an hour. We are in
hopes that the members of our fami-
lies are safe, as they are in Piedmont.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18
Miss Pauline Kruger of Minneanol;s

Miss Pauline Kruger Of MINNEAPOLIS. !
Major John Bige1ow of Hennepin
avenue, whose wife and daughter, Mrs
Bigelow and Mrs. Gardner Hodson, are
visiting their relative, Mrs. DODGE. at
her home, 2015 Franklin street, San
Francisco. ~ .
Dr.. George H. Martin, formerly Of
Minneapolis, and brother Of Arthur
Martin at the Palace hotel of the
Chamber Of Commerce, has resided at
the Palace hotel in San Francisco for
several years past. Nothing has been
heard from him to this time. George
B. Douglas Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who
is brother of Walter D.. Douglas, the
Minneapolis capitalist, came up with
Mrs. Douglas from Santa Barbara to
San Francisco preparatory to starting
east, and they were to have left San
Francisco today: $50. -. ~ r.. -s:.a
Mrs. W. H. Chambers, wife of the
manager Of the Peavey Elevator. com
pany, was to leave San Francisco to-
day; With her were j. W. Chambers
and wife of Des Moines, Iowa, father
and mother of Mr.. Chambers. They
were at the Hamilton hotel, which Is
on Market street, just off Ellis, and
Chambers left San Francisco a week
ago and is in Minneapolis
81 Scores Of Messages.
Scores Of messages were filed here
for Salt Lake City in hope Of inter
cepting travellers or drawing some en-
uragement, but nothing was obtain
able.
A number Of prominent Minneapolis
people were in California until recently,
some in San Francisco. A week ago
there were thirty Minneapolis tran
sients on the hotel registers, but most
of them left and some are already
home. G. NJ. Harrington and wife,
Dan Raymond, James S. Bell and ]. s.
Bell, Jr., and wife, General George B.
Wilson and s. T. Mcknight were there
recently, but all are home now. Mrs.
B. II. Morgan and daughter are at Los
Angeles.
st. Paul people now in San Francisco
and not heard from to this time are
| Charles Northrop, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Fl. Hallowell, DR.. Frank Carpenter and
wife and Mrs. Pepper, mother of Mrs
Hallowell and Mrs. Carpenter:
The Misses Susan and Anna Christian
j Of Minneapolis were in San francisco
yesterday en- route to Honolulu, and
were to have sailed today.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18
MANY FROM THIS
CITY CITY IN FRISCO.
Anxious Hearts in Minneapolis,
and No One Able to Get
Tidings Of Friends.

Great anxiety and extreme nervous
apprehensiveness were evident at the
Chamber of Commerce and in the local
hotels and cafes, where friends of Min.
neapolis people now on the Pacific coast
the tickers, reading with suppressed
emotion the news Of the earthquake
The telegraph offices were besieged
with inquirers and numerous messages
were fled for San Francisco and other
southern California points despite the
knowledge of inability to secure prompt
connection. ..-..
Call after call came in on T h e J. o Il r
nal telephones, and anxious voices
begged information as to the extent
of the catastrophe. T he Journal
bore the first news to Minneapolis peo
pie in an early extra, copies Of which
were eagerly bought up, and succeeding
extra editions of T h Journal were
in insistent demand.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18

Immediately to take measures Tor relief
and protection of the sufferers by dis
aster.
Chief of Fire Department Sullivan is
lying in very precarious condition.
Morgue overflled.
Twenty-one bodies have been taken
to the morgue, which cannot accommo-
date any more.
: Mayor Schmidt established headquar-
tiers at the hall of justice and has APP
pointeda relief committee of fifty prom
inent citizens.
The military are patrolling the streets,
guarding the banks and other establish
ments They have received orders to
shoot anyone on sight detected In theft.
Fire has started in the sixteen-story
Call building on Third street, and is
now burning fercely in the interior OF
| the building, but as yet has not spread
beyond the fourth floor. The building
| is also threatened on the Market street
SIDE only one structure separating 1t
| from the flames, which swept every
thing on the south side of Market street
| from Fourth almost to Third.
The end of the eleven-story Monad-
mock building, now nearing completion,
! has fallen out, and the flames threaten
| to cause great fire loss. The front of
1.-THE Monadnock was badly cracked by
| the earthquake.
Palace Hotel Still Stands.
Altho flames are raging on all sides
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18
PRESIDENT SCORES
IMMUNITY DECISION
Miscarriage of Justice" Declares President in
Message Regarding the
- Packers Cases.

packers" and commenting upon the decision Of
District Judge Humphrey. The result has been
q miscarriage of Justice. ,: Il = -S.,E-
1t clearly appears from the letter Of the
attorney general that criticism whatever
attaches to Commissioner Garfield; what he did
in strict accordance with the law and in
pursuance of duty imposed on him by con-
gress could not be avoided, and Of course con-
gress, in passing the Martin resolution, could
not possibly have foreseen the decision of Judge
Humphrey. 49, ...@~. r.,
But this interpretati ton by Judge Humphrey Of
the will Of the congress, as expressed In legis-
la ton. is such as to make that will absolutely
abortive. Unfortunately there is grave doubt
whether the government has the right Of ap-
peal from this decision of the district judge.
The case well illustrates the desrability Of
Of appeal in criminal cases on questions of law
which the defendant now has, IN all cases
where the defendant had not been put In jeop-
ardy by trial upon the merits of the charge
made against him. ..->- --. '.
The laws of many Of the states, and the law
of the District of Columbia recently enacted by
the congress, give the government the right OF
appeal. 4 general law of the character indi-
Gated should certainly be enacted!
Wants General Interpretation.
Furthermore it is very desirable to enact a
law declaring the true construction Of the ex-
listing legislation far 1t affects immunity.
I can hardly believe that the ruling of Judge
Murphy will be followed by other judges. but
il it should be followed the result would be
either completely to nulllfy very much. and
possibly the major part of the good to be OBJ
tanned from the interstate commerce law and
from the law creating the bureau of corporations
in the department Of commerce and labor, OF
else frequently to obstruct appeal to the
| criminal laws by the department of justice. -
There seems to be no good reason why the de
| partment of justice the department Of com
merce and labor and the interstate. commerce
commission each should not, for the common
good, proceed within it's powers without
undue interference with the functions of thu
other.
It is of course necessary under the consti
Continued on 2d Page, 9Th Column.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18
Horror Grows as Fire Continues the Awful
Work of Destruction Begun by
the Earthquake.
Many Dead and Dying in the Debris Best
Business District a Scene Of
Desolation.

--. .. 1000 MAY BE DEAD
18- that
injured The
already of millions
buildings
lodgtnghoue s injured.
Thousands fleeing CITY, All
s-By
today of appalling disaster. -,
Hundreds Of lives lost the
the still gripping the ppu bused mains adding
debris
minimizing catastophes to life and property,
flaming
Of bodies.
MARKET STREET DEVASTATED.
street. pride
scene of the worst building
HIGH burning;
stores are in heaps or totng mpels
portion Of the high buildings line
#zs# ...-..,
Thus has Francisco paid penalty forgetting
founders decreed that in their
time the city light structures
Heavy would been still herendng had
not the disaster early
by had
to begin the labor Of the day. .---
=. WHOLE
It was speedily followed
by rolling rocking Of the ground
This shock was felt large equally
city, confined that district where business build
ings of stone The
the shock felt tho the city
hail. at Sixteenth street, fully mile and half from
~ .%.2
crashed down into the Streets yawng has
onened the ground and
than the aspect OF the stricken district was
added the
Of the earthquake within streams from tine
against the fire. which was soon raging IN inc
ruins been destroyed by the nvg the
from the wrecked buildings those who had
capped psoned by heavy mb while those
the deatned streets were pwer
to =. -. - - ,x,,. .+
and buildings blown with to stay the
progress flames
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18

Washington, April 1s.-In a special
message delivered to congress today,
President Roosevelt declares that the
result of the recent trial of the beef
packers in Chicago was miscarriage
of iustice' and that the interpretation
placed by Judge J. Otis Hum phrey on
the will Of congress sis such as to make
that will absolutely abortive.''
The message, which is most sensa-
tional In character, is based largely on
a letter to the president from Attor-
ney General Moody, in which the at
torney general reviews the proceedings
of the case of the government against
the beef packers. The president says
it is clear that no criticism attaches
to Commissioner Garfield, as what he
did was in pursuance of a duty i'm
posed on him by congress.
49,, Scores Judge Humphrey.
He refers sharply, however, to the
decision Of Judge Humphrey, saying
that congress could not have foreseen
believe that the ruling Of Judge
Humphrey will be followed by other
judges. He declared that such inter.
probation Of the law as that placed
on it by Judge Humphrey "comes meas
urably near making the law farce, .
and he recommends that congress pass
declaratory act stating it's real in
tention.
The president also requests congress
to confer upon the government, by
statute, the same right of appeal, in
criminal cases which the defendant now
enjoys, where the merits Of the case
have not been determined
The full text Of the message follows
Defends Garfield
submit herewith a letter OF the attorney
general, enclosing statement OF the proceed
1ngs by the United States against the individual
and corporations commonly known the ''bee
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18
CONFEDERATION in Berkeley.

New York, April 18-The Western
Union received a report that serious
fire is burning in Berkeley, where the
state university is located. The re-
port came from Pinola, a station ten
miles out Of San Francisco, and the
nearest point to the latter city which
the com any has been able to reach up
the time Of this dispatch. Berkeley is
between Pinola and San Francisco. -
At the offices Of the St. Louis & San
Francisco railroad in this city a mes
sage was received from the company s
agent in Nevada, saying that the earth
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18
one of the outlying residential districts

one Of the outlying residential districts,
which was only severely shaken up
: G. A. Smith, who is travelling, on the
coast with Hugh Bellas Of New York,
is supposed to have been in San Fran
cisco, but no news has reached here
from the two men. =
E. P.,>Wells Of the Wells & Dickey
company, is one Of the Minneapolis
men who was last heard Of from San
Francisco. Mr.. Wells is accompanied
by Mrs. Wells.
Queal & Co., Minneapolis, with offices
in the Sheare building, San Francisco
is in that city with Mrs. Queal. Mrs.
John Lind and daughter are also in
Berkeley or San Francisco, and former
Governor Lind has received no news
from them Mrs. Charles Elliott
Thompson, former Minneapolis girl
is visiting this month in San Fran
cisco. MI. Thompson is the son of, B.
N. Thompson Of this city, and has
lived on the coast the past year.
Anxiously Awaiting News.
Mrs. w. K. Pencil Of 9O36 Clinton
avenue is anxiously awaiting. news from
her father, M. T. Smith, who resides
on Folsom street, twenty minutes ride
from the Palace hotel. An aunt Of
Mrs. Pencil and nephew live next
door toDher father
DR.. and Mrs. F. E. Westbrook Of the
University of Minnesota have cousins,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Robertson, who make
their home in San Francisco; they were
residents Of Minneapolis for several
years.
Miss Helen Fifeld, formerly of the
South Side high school, is ] Minneapo-
lis resident now in San Francisco. Miss
Florence Sylvester, cousin of Mrs
Frank n Stacy, Mrs. George M. Eddy
and Mrs. D. Draper Dayton and niece
of N. H. WincheH and Mrs. E. d. Brann
of this city, is student at the medical
college of the state university, Berke-
ley, and lives on Washington street
San Francisco. Her mother, Mrs. A.
H. Sylvester, has been spending the
past two months in Pasadena. Mr.
and Mrs. L. B. Davenport and Miss
X. Lind, former residents of Minneapo
lis, also live now in San Francisco.
Miss Rachel Beard is student at
Leland Stanford university. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Hamilton are residents of
San Francisco. Mrs. Hamilton was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18
The Buildings in San Francisco
That Have Been Raced or Racked

GORE BLOCK Market and Pine; burned.
+ PACIFIC STATES TELEPHONE COM
PANY'S BUILDING, New Montgomery street;
destroyed H..
ssiRIALTo BUILDING, Mission and Market;
Destroyed. 81
{ MUTUAL. LIFE BUILDING, California and
Sansome; destroyed. -
NAToMA> BUILDING, Second and Market,
destroyed. w.. -; ~ :~~n -.
POSTAL BULDING-Destroy . t"N
LICK HOUSE-Badly damaged.
HOBART BUILDING Destroyed
STUDEBAKER BUILDING, Tenth and Mar
ket; badly damaged. *:~ -. sss..r r..
HALL OF JUSTICE Tottering and ex-
pected to fall ..s -.s: e.s-~. -~. .'
MAJESTIC Destroyed. =.
PosToFFICE- Collapsed ~=%-"~ .
FISH MARKET, Clay and Merchants
street; burning. IL - 81 .~~~.s -. i -
GRAND oPERAHoUsE-Ten.s build
ing adjoining Third and Mission streets; afre
and doomed. ".s> -. =. -.,:.. H.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18

Washington, April 18.-The San Fran
cisco earthquake has reached across the
entire continent. The seismograph at
the weather bureau here showed such a
violent agitation about $3.50 o'clock this
morning that the 5pen passed off the
recording sheet. The instrument at 12
o'clock was still under vibration, show-
ing that the earthquake has not ceased.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18
Shock Severe in Sacramento.

Shock Severe in Sacramento.
Sacramento, Cal, April 18.-The SO.
verest earthquake felt in this city in
many years occurred at 5:13 O'Clock
this morning. Buildings rocked like
cradles. Many clocks stopped.
No serious damage was done. A few
cracks were discovered sin the stone
Chimneys and water tanks were
shaken down at Susan, solano county.
and at Tracy, San Joaquin county.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18
FASTENERS ARE. SAFE

San francisco April 1sFo the benefit Of the
the loss Of life confined
wholesale -. *
AL
have been removed Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18
SEES TIDAL WAVE PERIL

Rochester n Z, April and disaster
ders it particularly to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18

quake shock was severely felt turnout
Nevada andsthat all wires were thrown
down west Of Reno.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18
LATE BULLETINS.

PALACE HOTEL BURNING
building ,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-18
Machine Shop Wrecked.

San Francisco, April 1s.-The Santa
Fe roundhouse and machine shop at
Point Richmond, across the bay, have
collapsed.
The earthquake was not seriously felt
at other points along the coast so far
as can be ascertained.
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