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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-19
PACIFIC METROPOLIS
IN RUINS TODAY
Mecca of All Who Cross the
Continent Ruined by
Earthquake.
CALAMITY GREATEST IN
HISTORY OF AMERICA
Thousands of People Homeless
as Result of Fire Which
Followed UpheavaI.

San Francisco, the Western metrop-
oils Of the United States, the Mecca
Of all who tour the continent, is this
morning practically in ruins. Her
magnificent business blocks and
handsome homes are a mass Of
wreckage, the result Of earthquake
and fire, which followed in the wake
Of the upheaval.
The calamity is the greatest in the
history Of the United States-S2oo,-
100000 worth of property destroyed
and a loss Of life estimated at from
500 to 1900.
Early Wednesday morning the
earthquake occurred, and since then
it has been chaos. Great buildings
toppled over, burying their inmates
in the debris.
Last night at 7:l5 o'clock another
upheaval occurred and great struc-
tures which had withstood the shocks
Of the morning fell as did the others
during the day.
The great newspaper buildings Of
the Call and the Examiner were
gutted. The Chronicle building was
the only one In that portion Of the
city which withstood the shocks and
the fire which followed.
The Merchants Exchange, the
Crocker- -Woolworth Bank building,
the magnificent city hall, the Palace
hotel, the mint, were ruined.
AS this story is written, $50 o'clock
this morning, the great D. o. Mills
building is surrounded by fire, the
Lick house. Occidental hotel and Russ
house are in immediate danger.
The flames spread to the residence
district, and at this writing 1t ap-
pears that magnificent city will
have been wiped OFF the map by the
time The Tribune reaches the reader
this morning.
One hundred thousand people are
homeless; thousands have lost their
all.
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Bodies of Victims Burned Be-
yOnd Recognition in Fiery
Furnaces.
HUNDRED CAUGHT BY
FALL OF GREAT WALLS
Magnitude of Disaster Cannot
Be Fully Understood
for Days.

hart, S. G. Murphy, Homer King,
Frank Anderson, W. J. Barnett, John
Martin, Allan Pollock, Mark Gerstle,
n. v. Ramsdell, w. @. Harrison, R.
A. Crothers, Paul Cowles, NJ. II. de
Young, Claus Spreckels, Rudolph
Spreckels, C.. w. Fay, John Nc
Naught, Dent Robert, Thomas Gar
rett, Frank Shea, James Reed, Rob
ert Pisis, T. P. Woodward, Howard
Holmes, George Dillman, W. B. Rog-
ers, David Rich, n. T. Crosswell, J.
A. Howell, Frank Maestretti, Glenn
Tobin, George Tourney, E. E. Pond,
George A. Newhall and William Wat
son.
MUST HARDOR THE FOOD.
Mayor Schmitz sent out word to
the bakeries and milk stations
throughout the city that their food
supply must be harbored for home
less. Provisions have already been
made to place tents in every park in
the city and in these those who have
lost all will be given food and shelter.
PRISONERS TRANSFERRED.
Early in the morning the prisoners
confined in the city prison on the fifth
floor Of the Hall Of Justice were
transferred to the basement Of the
structure. Later they were removed
to the Broadway Jail, and if necessity
arises they will be taken to the
branch county Jail on the Mission
road.
INSURANCE WILL BE PAID.
Commissioner z. Myron Wolfe an
nounced at noon that the eighty odd
fire insurance companies interested
had decided to pay dollar for dollar to
every one insured with them. The
companies will not discriminate be-
tween fire and earthquake, and every
one insured will be paid to the ex-
tent Of the loss. But two Of the COM
panfes affected are Pacific coast con-
Germs, the others having principal Of
fees in the East or in Europe, and all
will stand the loss without danger of
failure.
ALL SALOONS CLOSED.
One Of the first orders issued by
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-19
Earthquake and Fire DevaState
Beautiful, Prosperous
San Francisco.
PROPERTY LOSS RUNS
FAR INTO MILLIONS
Iany of the Biggest Business
Blocks Are Totally
Destroyed.

8 OAKLAND, Cal, April 1s.-Earth-
luake and fire today have caused the
,reatest calamity California has ever
rnown. In San Francisco alone it is
stimated that one thousand persons
AVE perished, while as many more
ire suffering from injuries.
/ CITY IN RUINS.
The entire business portion Of the
sity Is In ruins, and the flames,
which, owing to the lack of water,
;annot be checked except by the
Nowing up with dynamite of build
Es In their path, are still sweeping
Trough the city. 1t Is utterly i'm
,ssible at present to estimate the
roperty loss, for the extent of the
lnfagration cannot be told until the
, re mas burned Itself out
MULTITUDEs HOMELESS.
. Thousands Of people are homeless,
' Id many are huddled In the parks
i'd public squares, beside the house
'ld goods they were able to save.
UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
The city Is under martial law and
the downtown streets are pa
: piled by cavalry and infantry. De-
lis Of troops are also guarding the
INKS. Most Of the principal build
gs are In imminent danger Over
: the scene of desolation hangs a
nse pail of smoke
~ CUT OFF FROM WORLD.
Communication with outside towns
almost entirely cut off. but the re-
| rt comes from Palo Alto that all
It one Of the buildings of Leland
anford, Jr., university have been
recked and that the splendid mem
aal church, one Of the finest struc-
yes OF Its kind in the world, is
'nss OF ruins. One student is known
have lost his life.
4n Oakland Ave persons we're killed
"a Jose and Sacramento, Berkeley,
ameda and other places heard from
iered severely, but report no loss
life.
CAME WITHOUT WARNING.
Ihe dreadful earthquake shock
ne without warning, at precisely
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-19

5:13 o'clock this morning, it's motion
apparently being from east to west.
At first the upheaval Of the earth was
gradual, but in few seconds 1t in
creased in intensity. Chimneys be-
gan to fall and buildings to crack,
tottering on their foundations.
PEOPLE TERRoR-sTRICKEN.
People became pan1c-stricken and
rushed into the streets, most of them
in their night attire. They were met
by showers Of falling buildings,
bricks, cornices and walls. Many
we're instantly crushed to death,
while others were dreadfully
mangled.
SAFER INDOORS.
orally escaped with their lives,
though scores were hit by detached
plaster, pictures and articles thrown
to the floor by the shock. 1t is be-
lieved that more or less loss was sus-
tanned by nearly every family in the
city.
BRICK BUILDINGS FALL.
The tall street frame structures
stood the quake better than the brick
buildings, few of them being badly
damaged. The big eleven-story
Monadnock Office building, in course
Of construction, adjoining the Palace
hotel, was an exception, however, the
rear wall collapsing and many cracks
being made across it's front. Some of
the docks and freight sheds along the
water front slid into the bay. Deep
assures opened in the filed in
ground near the shore, and the Union
ferry depot was damaged. It's high
tower still stands, but will have to
be torn down.
HTTV HATT
A portion Of the new city nall,
which cost more than $1,000, 900, col
lapsed, the roof sliding into the court
yard and the smaller towers tumbline
down, the great dome being moved
but not falling.
The new postoface, one Of the finest
in the United States, was badly shat
tered
VICTIMS ARE HELPLESS.
The Valencia hotel, four-story
wooden building, sank into the base
ment, pile Of splintered timbers.
under which were pinned many dead
and dying occupants of the house.
The basement WAS full of water md
some of the helpless victims were
drowned.
FIRES BREAK OUT.
Scarcely had the earth ceased to
shake when fires broke out stimuli.
taneously in many places. The flre
department promptly responded to
the first call for aid, but it was found
that the water mains had been rem
dered useless by the underground
movement. Famed by n light breeze,
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Chief Of Police Dinan this morning
was the closing of every saloon In the
city. This step was taken to prevent
drink-crazed men from rioting in the
streets.
There is little dynamite available
in the city. At o'clock Mayor
Schmitz sent tug to Pinole for sew
eral cans Of the explosive. He also
sent a telegram to Mayor Mott Of
Oakland. At 1890 he received this
reply to his Oakland message:
"Three engines and hose companies
leave here Immediately. Will for
ward dynamite as soon as obtained"
KILLED ONE VICTIM.
A. w. Hussey came to the station
at the Hall of Justice shortly before
l o'clock this morning and told how,
at the direction of policeman whom
he did not know, but whose star num-
Der he gave as 615, he had cut the
arteries in the wrists Of a man pin
ioned under timbers at the ST. Rather
Inc hotel. According to the statement
made by Hussey, the man was beg
ging to be killed and the policeman
shot at him, but his aim was defective
and the bullet went wide of the mark.
LET OUT LIFE BLOOD.
The officer then handed Hussey a
knife with instructions to cut the
veins in the suffering mans wrists,
and Hussey obeyed orders to the let
ter. Chief Of Police Dinan directed
that Hussey be locked up. There has
been no opportunity to investigate his
story, but the police believe the awful
calamity rendered him insane and
that the incident reported to them has
no existence except in the imagina-
ton Of the man who made the report.
RELIEF Is AT HAND.
Mayor Schlnitz sends out orders
that physical necessities Of the suffer
ers be first attended to. Goldberg,
Bowen & Co. send word that they
have placed all their stores at the dis
posal Of the city, including the pro-
visions contained therein.
WHARF IS DESTROYED.
The sheds over the Southern Paci-
fc's long wharf on San Francisco bay
have completely collapsed and thou
sands of tons Of coal went into the
bay The long wharf was one Of tho
most important shipping points about
the bay, and freight traffic will be in
terrupted considerably.
SAN MATEo FLOODED.
As a result Of the breaking Of the
mains of the Spring Valley Water
company the town Of San Mateo WAS
flooded. It was owing to the broken
mains that the fire gained such head
way in San Francisco. The town of
fire-fghting apparatus to
San Francisco.
FRIENDS ARE FRANTIC.
From early morning the offices Of
the Western Union and Postal Tele-
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PANIC IS king
OF STRICKEN CITY
Scenes of Horror and Suffering
Beyond Power of Words
to Tell.
HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE
CITIZENS ARE REFUGEES
Strong Measures Used to Pro
tect Wealth of the Burn
ing Banks.

the flames quickly spread and soon
many blocks were seen to be doomed.
FIREMEN USE DYNAMITE.
Then dynamite was resorted to,
and the sound of frequent explosions
added to the terror Of the people All
the efforts to stay the FIRE, however,
proved futile. The south side of
the bay was soon ablaze, the fire COW
ering a belt two blocks wide. On this,
the main thoroughfare Of the city, are
located many Of the finest edifces of
the city, including the Grant, Parrott,
Flood, Call, Examiner and Monad-
mock buildings, the Palace and Grand
hotels and numerous wholesale
houses.
BANKS ARE BURNING.
At the same time the commercial es-
tablishments and banks north of
Market street were burning. The
burning district In this section ex-
tended from Sansome street to the
water front and from Market street
to Broadway. Fires also broke out
in the Mission, and tho entire city
seemed to be In flames.
PASSENGERS DRIVEN BACK.
The flames, famed by the rising
breeze, swept down the main whole
sale business streets to within 100
feet Of the Union ferry depot, the
high tower on which stood at a dan
gerous angle. The big Wholesale gro
Gerry establishment Of Wellman, Peck
& Co. was on fire from cellar to roof,
and the heat was so oppressive that
passengers from the ferry boats were
obliged to keep close to the waters
edge In order to get past the burning
structure.
TRAFFIC SHUT OFF.
1t was impossible to reach the CEN
ter of the city from the bay without
skirting the shore for long distance
so as to get around the burning dis
trict. At about 8 o'clock the South
ern Pacific officials refused to allow
any more passengers from trans,cqay
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graph companies in Oakland were
filled with people in all walks OF life
fling messages Of inquiry as to the
condition Of friends and interests TO
other cities of California which suf-
fered from the earthquake.
COULD SAVE NOTHING.
The FIRE swept down the streets so
rapidly that 1t was practically I'M
possible to save anything in its way.
It reached the Grand opera-house on
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The Colorado statesman., 1906-12-01
Street Car Riot in Canada.

Hamilton, Ont.-Never in Hamil-
toms history were such scenes Of dis
order and lawlessness seen as were
enacted in the principal streets of the
city Saturday night. Scores Of rioters,
sympathizers with the striking street
car men, felt the weight Of policemen's
night sticks and the keen edge of the
soldiers swords in conflicts on James
and King streets. At late hour street
cars were running at intervals under
heavy guards, but they did not carry
passengers, and continued to be the
targets for fusillades of stones and
bricks from side streets and alleyways.
Drastic as were the measures taken by
the authorities, it was plain that the
mob spirit had not been broken.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-12-01
General Palmer Improving.

Colorado Springs, Colo.-Signed by
two Denver and two local physicians
in attendance, the following bulletin
concerning the condition of Gen. w. j..
Palmer was given out Sunday night:
General Palmer shows a continued
definite Improvement in the control of
his muscles and there is plain evi
dence of the healing of his fracture"
General Palmer's appetite is good and
he is able to transact considerable
business. He reads daily and con
verses with members Of his family
and friends. He is improving stead
ily."
The Colorado statesman., 1906-12-01
Yale Defeats Harvard.

New Haven, Conn.-Yale's bright
blue banners wave triumphantly over
the city, the signal OF another victory
over Harvard Saturday, the final score
being to 0. The crimson went down
to defeat in desperate battle, which
in football strategy and spectacular
plays has had few equals since the two
universities have met. To Yale passed
the almost undisputed title of the col
lege championship of the country,
clouded only by the drawn, no-score
contest at Princeton a week ago. II
Harvard had won she would have beep
practically certain of the champion
ship.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-12-01
Aspen Editor Shot.

Denver.-An Aspen special to the
Republican says: Sunday morning at
AIS o'clock as G. H. Pitney, assistant
editor of the Aspen Times. was shov-
cling snow in front of his residence,
he was shot in the neck by Joe War
ner. Pitney was at once treated by
DR.. Robinson, who discovered that the
bullet had entered on the right side.
going around the windpipe under the
skin and coming out at the left side.
Just as Warner shot Pitney put his
hand on his face, throwing his head
back, and this act undoubtedly saved
his life.
An alarm was Immediately given and
officers took the trail of Warner, who
started down the river. He was fol-
lowed and captured and placed in the
jail at Aspen on the charge of assault
with intent to kill. The trouble be-
tween Warner and Pitney. it is said,
has been of long standing, and is al
legged to have arisen over attentions
paid by Pitney to Warmers wife. Pit
ney is not seriously injured and will
recover.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-12-01
voIiva Threatens Zion.

Chicago.-Wilbur Glenn Voliva, sue
cessor to John Alexander Dowie as
overseer of the Christian Catholic
Church, declared at the conclusion of
an exciting meeting at Zion City Sun
day night, that unless he was recog-
nized as general overseer of the church
for life, he would abandon his follow
ing to their fate and reorganize the
church. Voliva presented his new
plans for the government of Zion. They
contained a clause reading: "Zion is
a theocracy. This means that God se-
Iects a leader who serves for life and
that through him God selects his sue
cessor"
The Colorado statesman., 1906-12-01
Unknown Negro Hero.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-An unknown negro
proved himself hero Friday night in
rescuing Miss Mabel Fincher. Chey-
enne school teacher, from a watery
grave in Lake Minnehaha Miss
Fincher and little girl skated across
a piece OF thin ice and into the lake.
The water was not deep and Miss
Fincher lifted the child onto the ice,
but was unable to save herself AS she
was about to succumb to the cold an
unknown negro skated up and plunged
In after her. He raised the teacher to
the ice, then climbed out Of the water
without assistance and skated away.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-12-01
VIII Preserve Mountain Sheep.

Denver. = Inquiries are constantly
being received by the state game com
missioner asking when there will be
an open season on mountain sheep. At
present the question of an open season
remains with the Legislature, and I'M
less a special law is passed to that
effect there will never be a time whep
these sheep can be killed with i'm
munity in Colorado. There are perhaps
two or three thousand mountain sheep
in Colorado. They are multiplying
somewhat rapidly, but 1t is the desire
OF the game department to keep the
picturesque animals immune from the
huntsman's gun. Under the present
law, which is rigidly enforced. fine Of
5000 is imposed for killing a mountain
sheep.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-12-01
Committee of State Institutions.

Denver.-The senatorial committee
on state institutions appointed by the
president of the last Senate, started
from Denver Monday night on a tour
of inspection. This committee consists
of Senators Barela, Lewis, Anfenger,
Clayton and Taylor. The Normal
school at Greeley is the first place to
be visited, to be followed by visits to
the Agricultural college, the State uni
versity, the School of Mines, the indus
trial school for boys at Golden and the
Industrial school for girls at Morrison.
After that the senators will arrange
to visit the deaf and dumb school at
Colorado Springs, the insane asylum
at Pueblo, the state penitentiary, the
reformatory at Buena Vista end the
soldiers home at Monte Vista.
The committee will make an elab-
crate report to the Sixteenth General
Assembly regarding the needs of the
institutions Members of the Legisla-
ture will be informed regarding the
number of attendants, the cost, the
equipment and also recommendations
regarding improvements.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-12-01
MUST HOLD CUBA
NOT YET READY FOR sELF-eov.
EMINENT.
so MANY OFFICERS THINK

uncIe Sans Soldiers Must Stay Until
Peace Is Fully Assured-Political
Feeling Between Factions ls Still
Dangerously Bitter.
Washington.-It is said here that
the United States is III Cuba to stay
for some years to come, and, perhaps,
for all time. How long the soldiers
stay, and how long the affairs of the
Cuban government are administered
by Americans, depends wholly on the
Cubans. Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Bacon are
declared to have come away from Ha-
vana thoroughly convinced that the
people of the island, in their present
state of political development, were
incapable of governing themselves.
Before leaving Havana, Mr.. Taft told
the Cuban political leaders that our
troops would not be withdrawn, and
we would not leave the island to itself
again until confidence had been re-
stored and the affairs of government
put on stable, sound and permanent
basis.
Since it has been determined to re-
tain control of the island, every con-
putting business on a normal basis
should be undertaken at once. Dis
patches that have come from Havana
since Governor Magoon assumed con-
troll have not been reassuring in tone.
General Bells plan to. give the
troops practice marches through
the island, it is acknowledged, is moth
ing more than plan to impress upon
the Cubans the fact that the United
States is in armed control of their
country and will not permit another
outbreak. Another reason for these
marches is to preserve the discipline
of the troops.
The peace that exists in Cuba to-day
Is only on the surface, and every one
who has recently visited the island re-
alizes that If our soldiers were with
drawn now condition of anarchy
would follow. The feeling between the
defeated Moderates and the Liberals is
bitter to a degree. Recent cable dis
patches report harsh dissensions in the
Liberal party. The Cuban political
leaders that the Taft commission came
in contact with proved themselves
nothing more than grafters; shrewd
and keen hunters after political office
and perquisites that accompany politi-
cal position in Latin-Amcrican coun-
tries.
The ignorant low-class Cuban Is a
lovable fellow. Obodient, pleasure-lov-
ing, polite, and hard working when he
must he he is as CLAY in the hands of
the unscrupulous politicians who have
gained an ascondency in the island.
1t is these men who have made Cuban
independence impossible.
When President Roosevelt returns
to Washington he and Secretary Taft
will go carefully over the entire situa-
ton and determine when the election
shall be held and what method shall
| be taken to insure continuation OF
peace and normal conditions in Cuba.
| That this will mean the retention OF
troops and a certain number OF civil
officers is now definitely known.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-12-01
DEATH OF A. H. GARFIELD.
Colorado Pioneer and Relative Of Prss.
Ident Garfield.

Denver.-Alexander H. Garfield Of
this city died OF stroke OF paralysis
at Morrison November 23d. He was a
relative and playmate of President Gar
HELD and one of the well-known pio-
neers OF Colorado, and at the time OF
his death was seventy-nine years of
age.
Mr.. Garfield was q thirty-second de-
gree Mason, Knight Templar and a
Shriner, and very prominent in Ma
sonic circles. AS president of the
COLORADO Lime and Fluxing company,
the Leadville Lime and Fluxing COM
pany, the Morrison Lime and Fluxing
company and several other stone COM
panles, he was known throughout the
state among business men. AS pioneer
his name is familiar to all the old resi-
dents of Colorado, having been a resi-
dent or Denver for twenty-seven years.
For twenty-six years he has furnished
the smelters of Denver with flux.
He was still actively engaged in busi-
ness and in the best of health. The
stroke which resulted in his death
came upon him suddenly Monday morn
ing in Morrison.
Mr.. Garfield's widow and only daugh-
ter, Mrs. Perry, were in Pasadena, Cali
hcAA4Hit il LIE lllue anu lllSlduIly SLdTleu
for Denver. For the past few years he
had spent great deal of time in Cali
fornia, as have his widow and daugh-
ter.
Mr.. Garfield was born in Phelps, New
York, and moved to Painesville, Ohio,
when about twenty-five years of age
with his people. Here he engaged in
the contracting and stone business and
was for years a government contractor
He built great many breakwaters and
lighthouses along the shores of Lake
Erie for the government, and erected
many federal buildings of various kinds
throughout the state.
President Garfield was his second
| cousin and the two used to visit one
another frequently.
Twenty-seven years ago Mr.. Garfield
left Painesville and came to Denver,
where he has remained in business
since.