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The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20
SITUATION GROWS
WORSE HOURLY.
BUILDINGS TOPPLE.
PEOPLE DEAD In The
DEBRIS.
Especial to The Free Press.]


San Francisco, April lS.-As reports
come in the magnitude of the disaster
grows. Fires are raging in all directions
and people are moving out of downtown
sections. Water pipes broken and sup
ply cut off. Valencia Hatel, five story
building toppled over burying seventy
five people in the debris. Sr-sa.-s.s.
A lodging house on Seventh street col
lapsed and buried eighty people in the
ruins. Fires are spreading and if the
wind comes up San FGrancisco will ex-
perience the greatest confagration of
modern time. On lower Market street
the main thoroughfare of the city, block
after block of substantial buildings are
destroyed. A big fire is raging at San
some and Pine streets.
No reports are received outside of San
Francisco, but the damage about the
bay must be enormous.
Oakland is said to have suffered sew
erely.
A second earthquake shock was felt
at Sis which intensified the panic. The
shock was of short duration and caused
Where the fire is raging now is near
where Bob Roberts hotel is located Mr.
u D.,l1, 81. IL
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20

New York, April lS.-Adyices re-
ceived by the Postal state that the area
covered by the earthquake includes about
fifty blocks in which the buildings have
been totally destroyed. The greatest
damage was done east and south of
Market street TO the bay. This section
is devoted to manufacturing enterprises
and the principal banks are located in
another quarter of the city which has
not been seriously affected.
DEATH RUNS ROIT
During this forenoon Cummings & Co..
of this city received the following from
Logan & Bryan, Chicago: "We get a
bulletin from our Denver office report
ing that several hundred people were
killed in South Market street alone All
Market street is burning fast and is
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20


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The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20
Windsor Hotel Closed Doors.

From Fridays Daily. 81
The Windsor, one of the oldest and
what has always been considered one of
the most popular hotels in ST. Paul, has.
closed its doors. The hotel was not
paying expenses.
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20
Civic League Entertainment.

Be sure to come to the theatre to-
night. Program begins at eight o'clock.
Don't forget your suggestions.
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20
SACRAMENTO WAS HIT BY 'OUAK.

o bed out of
at
clocks stopped that hour There all
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20

New York, April lS.-The Western
Union in New York is informed that
the lower part of San Francisco, be.
tween the ferry and Third and Town
send streets, as far west as Eighteenth
street, is on fire. The Western Union
office has been partly wrecked but nc
one hurt. Millions of dollars worth OF
damage and scores of lives have been
lost.
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20
BERKLEY REPORTED DESTROYED.

Chicago, April lS.-It is reported that
the city of Berkley, Cal, has been com
pletely destroyed by fire.
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20
every house has been more or less injured.

New York, April lS.-A report reach
ed here that a sever earthquake wreck
ed many buildings and caused loss OF
life in San Francisco this morning. The
shock was felt at 5:l3, San Francisco
time Following the wrecking of build
inos numerous fires broke out.
The Postal Telegraph office was wreck
ed and communication was lost at $50
New York time At $40 communica-
tion was restored for brief period San
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20

Henry Hance received a message from
Fred Clements in st. Paul, stating that
news had been received there that fifty
blocks of buildings were destroyed in
San Francisco; that the fire was work
ing toward the bay and that dynamite
was being used to blow up buildings in
the hope of saving the balance of the
city. 1t is estimated that II 900 people
were killed Frank Clements is in San
Francisco and efforts were made today
by his relatives to communicate with
him.
Two young lady cousins of Mail Car
rier Rose are employed in telephone
office at San Francisco.
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20
BUILDINGS ARE COM PLETELY WRECKED.

San Francisco, April lS.-The business
section of this city from Market to Mis-
sion streets and from Buck is almost
completely wrecked. Many buildings
along Market and Mission collapsed.
Hundreds of people in cheap tenement
district reported killed. Residence part
of town not greatly damaged although
more or less injured. Streets damaged:
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20
Republican Committee Meeting

but make republican
the hold to
exhibit
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20

Francisco then reported that num-
Der of buildings had collapsed and that
the dead and injured were being taken
from the ruins as rapidly as possible. \
number of fires were then raging.
At ll:lO a. m. dispatch was receiv-
ed at the Cummings agency stating that
market street is on fire up to the Palace
hotel and fire is beyond control. 1t is
reported that one thousand bodies have
been recovered.
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20

San Francisco; April lS.-Tt l0:l5 a.
m., coast time, fire extends from Ferry
to Front street on one side and pretty
much all south of Market street and
out to about Seventh street with spora
die fires in the Park section and the
western division. No way of estimating
number of dead. Many hundreds and
may be thousands. Hardly any water
and impossible to say when fire will
stop.
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20
LOCAL PARTIES ARE MUCH CONCERNED.

S. w. f. i. Kaffoury, who conducts
the store next to the Slama Tea COM
pany, has two brothers living in the
stricken city. He was naturally very
much interested in all the news receiv-
ed from that point.
Several former Mankato people are
now living in San Francisco. Among
these are Robert Roberts and Roy Hud
son. DIR. Lewis resides in Oakland
II. A. Patterson and wife are tour
ing California and it was expected that
they were to leave Los Angeles yester-
day or today for San Francisco. f. L.
Patterson this morning wired to Los
Angeles in the hope of locating his
brother and his wife in that city.
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20
San FRANCISCO IS RENT BY EARTHQU AXE

and
Blaze;M n Tomb o he
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20
BANKS NOT SERIOUSLY AFFECTED.

This is telesranl received at l2:45
p. m: The whole city is being de,
stroyed by fire. The quake burst all
the water mains and those who escaped
the falling buildings have been unable to
6sht the aaisss " I'll ere consuming
the entire city. From the highest eleva-
tion in San Jose, about twenty five
miles from San Francisco can be seen
the blaze.
IN MARKET STREET.
reaching towards the Palace hotel All
water mains are burst and the fire be-
yond control. Both the Western Union
and Postal buildings are demolished. We
have a telegram from our chief operator
in San Francisco reporting conditions in
the city as being most serious"
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20

Davis, Front, fremont, Sansome, Mont
gomery, Kearney, and all that district
south of market street.
At l2:l5 the following dispatch was
received by Cummings 4 Co.: Fire be-
yond control; has reached Palace hotel
Loss of life estimated at 1000.
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20

New York, April lS.-The following
telegram was received by the New York
Life company:
''The New York Life building in
Frisco is total wreck. Market street
is impossible and the total loss will run
into the millions and the opinion is that
the situation is even graver than at
first reported"
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20

New York, April lS.-At 2:l5, east
ern time, San Francisco was. again cut
off from wire communication with the
outside world. The last reports from
the stricken city indicated that the en-.
tire business district, both wholesale and
retail was likely to fall prey to the
flames which were increasing in inten.
sity and famed by sitting breeze.
The Mankato free press., 1906-04-20

Where the fire is raging now is neal
where Bob Roberts hotel is located Mr.
Roberts formerly lived in Mankato.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-06
The New Hawkins Bridge.

The new steel bridge which spans
Weldon river at the site of the old
Hawkins bridge" on the Lineville-
Pleasanton road 5 miles west of Line
vile, was formally received by the
board of supervisors of Decatur county
Thursday afternoon, Aug. 10th, and the
splendid structure opened for public
traffic. Over 100 people were present
including many ladies and misses whose
tasteful summer gowns and handsome
faces gave added interest to the occa-
sion and scene. A sudden rainstorm,
however, somewhat mar red the pleasure
OF the crowd, who were compelled to
seek shelter several times at the hos
pitable home of Mr.. and Mrs. &c. Mer-
rick, near by. The bridge is splendid
structure costing in all about $4,000.
The main span is about 100 feet in length
resting on substantial abutments of four
steel tubes filled with concrete which
go down to the solid rock of the river
bed. The new bridge is foot higher
than the old one. 1t is an up-to-date
steel structure and was manufactured
by the Clinton Bridge Co., of Clinton,
Iowa. This fine and substantial struc-
ture is a credit to Decatur county and
especially to the county bridge con
tractor, Joe Leeper, whose work Of put
ting up such structures is unexcelled in
the state. The steel work of the old
bridge, we understand, which is per-
feet condition, will be used in putting up
a new bridge over Weldon three miles
above near Cam Trembly's farm.
The force of county road graders
completed the work on Friday of grad
ing the aaths of mile of bottom road
west of the bridge and the fills APP
preaching the bridge at both ends, and
this splendid piece of work is of more
real Importance to the public than the
bridge itself. In wet weather this piece
of road has always been exceedingly
bad and at times we'll nigh impossible,
but it is now elevated the entire dis
lance to a height of from six to eight
feet above the ordinary high water
mark in times of overflow. County
supervisor, G. w. Barr, under whose
general direction the work was done
has earned the praise of the people OF
southeastern Decatur county and the
travelling public generally for this valu-
able and permanent public improve
ment. -Lineville Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-06
Cured Hemorrhages of the Lunqs,

Route 3, box 10, Salem, Mo.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-06
Missouri Letter.
Salem, Mo-, Aug. %.

salem, MO-, Aug. 70, 1906.
EDITOR REPORTER my hand and
fingers don't cramp too bad | will try
and send you a few lines from the
Ozarks. We are having plenty of rain
down here and everything looks green
and prosperous. Corn will make a
bountiful crop. l set ten foot pole up
against many hills of popcorn in the
garden that were ten feet high, and one
stalk was eleven and half feet, and
eight feet to the top Of the ear. Apple
and peach trees are bending and break
ing beneath their load. Was out on a
scout the past week and saw lots of
corn ten and twelve feet high with
large ears, and some Of it commencing
to ripen. A surprise party came in on
US the evening of the Goth of this month
to remind my daughter that she was SO
years old, and by dark there were So
present. A table 36 feet long was
erected on the lawn which was soon
filled with good things that came from
baskets and boxes. After supper they
all gathered in and around the parlor
where the evening was spent in listen
ing to fine instrumental music rendered
by the Leonard and Whiteacre brothers
who live close by. The instruments
used were the organ, guitars, violins
and banjo, accompanied part of the time
with singing. At late hour the com
pany departed wishing my daughter
many more such happy birthdays.
A. S. Ross.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-06
Doctors Could Not Help Her.

81 had kidney trouble for years.
writes Mrs. Raymond Connor, of Shell
ton, Wash, "and the doctors could not
help me. l tried Foley's Kidney Cure
and the very first dose gave me relief
and ! am now cured. l cannot say too
much for Foley's Kidney Cure" Sold
by L. p. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-06

Several years since my lungs were
so badly affected that l had many
hemorrhages," writes A. M. AXE, of
Wood, Ind. 81 took treatment with
several physicians without any benefit.
l then started to take Foley's Honey
and Tar and my lungs are now as sound
as bullet. | recommend it in adyanc-
ed stages of lung trouble Sold by L.
p. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-06

Foley's Kidney Curel makes the dis
eased kidneys sound SO they will
eliminate the poisons from the blood.
Sold by L. P. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-06

Never answer advertisements that
promise to pay you $50 week for sit
ting at home doing nothing. Save
your stamps and your common sense.
The postoffice hasn't cornered all the
frauds yet.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-06
Struck a Spring.

There was phenomenal spring dis
covered on the farm of W. A. Williams
in Woodland township last week. There
has been but little rain in this part of
the township for some time and the
pastures are very dry and it had been
noticed that small spot on the side of
hill was keeping much greener than
the rest of the pasture so it was decided
to dig we'll there. The workmen had
dug but six feet when the water rushed
in so they were unable to 20 farther.
Mr.. Spellerberg was employed to place
tank and piping in position and piped
the spring with an inch pipe thirty feet
away into the tank and the water shot
up four feet from the end of the pipe,
lowering the spring but FIVE inches. 1t
is considered one of the best springs in
the country and is worth considerable
to the farm Garden Grove Express.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-06

Rheumatism is not incurable. Stub
born? Yes! But DR.. Shops Rheumatic
Remedy will if faithfully used drive it
out of the system. It's the blood that's
at fault. Poisonous crystals like sand
get into the joints and muscles. DR..
Shops Rheumatic Remedy prevents
this. 1t drives Rheumatism from the
blood and then Rheumatism dies. We
recommend and sell it. LIP. Van Wer-
den.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-06

If all dyspepsia sufferers knew what
DR.. Shops Restorative would do for
them, dyspepsia would practically be
disease of the past. DR.. Shops Re-
storative reaches stomach troubles by
its direct tonic action upon the inside
nerves-the true stomach nerves.
Stomach distress or weakness, fullness,
bloating, belching, etc. Call for the
Restorative. We recommend and sell
DR.. Shops Restorative. L. P. Van
Werden.
The Arizona sentinel., 1906-04-18
NOTICE.
Ynma. A n Anril 10

Yuma, A. T., April 10, 1906.
 At & regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors Of Yuma County, Territory of Arizona, held April $, 1906, the following order was passed:
 On motion, duly seconded and carried, it is hereby ordered that re-registration of the voters of Yuma County, A. T., is hereby ordered and the clerk of the Board is hereby instructed to publish a notice of said re-regis- tratiOn for thirty days, common cing April 11th, 1906.
 Therefore, re-registration is now open and shall continue in force until within twenty days preceding the next general cleo tion. All voters whose names now appear upon the Great Reg ister for the year 1904 may have their names carried to the Great Register of 1906 by applying personally to the County Re- corder or the Justice of the Peace of Yuma county.
 All others may register in the same manBer.
 By order of Board.
 Attest: J. NJ. PolhamuS,
 Clerk Board of Supervisors. Apl 1l-t4
The Arizona sentinel., 1906-04-18
Farm Progress.
How We Now Feed Land Which Then bun d a ntIy
 Feeds Us.

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 has caught the ~ : true spirit of progress. He has a scheme of management. He prac-
 tices rigid rotation of
 crops. He knows his
 fields, what each is .> best capable of pro- EL>- ducing and how long it 1E(| will be safe to leave a ET[c2 certain crop on a cer- m % tain piece of ground. %E& He knows, for instance, NzEI that clover is great >Gw>4 renovatOr, a great re- @/nS$> storer of fertility, W. hence the need for EA bringing it around at w the proper time in the system / ' of rotation. Sometimes he 4 does not know why this is, M but the average American " farmer is the most intelligent 7 agriculturist in the world to- day. He is studying his busi- / ness. When he finds his fields / lack in plant food, notwith- ] standing his rotation of crops, he treats them with chemicals
 or manure. The plants them
 selves know what is best for them. The farmer is study
 ing his plants, learning that
 the physics of tie soil play
 an important part in the sue
 cess or failure of his work.
 We feed the stomach and the
 stomach feeds the blood If
 the stomach is not in the
 proper condition to take from the food such mineral cle-
 ments as make up good, red
 blood, then we are not man. :, aging ourselves as well as we ftM manage our fields Because tx you have indigestion. sour
 riSingS, dyspepsia. you should
 get the stomach into a
 healthy working condition by
 taking plenty Of outdoor cxeFel give it a tonic which with Strengtl stomach so that it will properly the elements in the food and ft blood. If rich, red blood runs { the channels in our body, the ; and capillaries, and the circula vigorous, we are as nearly germ-p possible.
 The above facts come from no authority than Dr. R. V. Pierce, director of the InvalidS' Hotel an ical Institute, at Buffalo, N Y. early practice he, was close stu the facts as given above. Ha large practice in a farming dist studied natures ways and the system. He hit upon some ref herbs, made into an alterative { without the use of alcohol, whi the stomach into a vigorous and ful condition and thereby fed the making it rich and red, and cap throwing off disease. That is VI "Golden Medical Discovery" such wide reputation nearly fort ago and has stood the test of approval ever since. Without dOn million bottles of Dr Pierce'S Medical Discovery have -been sold
The Arizona sentinel., 1906-04-18
Proposed Amendment to Form of Contract Be- tween the Government and the Water Users Association.
GEEICE OF

OFFICE OF YUMA COUNTY WATER USERS ASSOCIATION In compliance with Article ". Section A of inc Bylaws of this Association. the following amendment to above contract is published for the Information of al, concerned:
 Paragraph four (4) of the Proposed Con- tract Between the -ecretary of the Interior and the Yuma County Water Users AsSocia- tion " is hereby amended to read as follows; 4. That the payments for the water rights to be issued to the shareholders of safe AsSocia- tion. under the provisions Of said Act of Con- gross. shall be divided into not less than ten equal annual payments. the first whereof shall be payable at the time of the completion of said proposed works or within Q reasonable time thereafter, and after due notice thereof by the Secretary of the Interior to the Association. The cost per acre shall be eoua, throughout the entire district now proposed to be irrigated thereby, which said district is hereby defined as comprising the lands described and bounded in Section s of Article " of the Articles of Incorporation of said Association. and also the lands described and bounded in Article " of Amendments of the said Articles of Ineorpora- tion of said Association.
 Done by order of the Board Of Governors of the Yuma County Water Users Associa- ton. Dated at Yuma, Arizona, this 27sh day of March. 1906.
 P. J. MILLER, Secretary.
 April 1, 190ot1
The Arizona sentinel., 1906-04-18
Desert Land, Final Proof-No-
 tice for Publication.

United States Land Office,
 Phoenix, Arizona, March g, 1906 Notice is hereby given that Margrett T. Lynch, of Yuma, Arizona, assignee of William NJ. Irby. has filed notice of intention to make proof on his desert-land claim No. 3207. for the NW4 Sec. 11, T. 8. S, R. 22 W. G. & $. l.. E. and N. before Clerk of the District Court, in his office at Yuma. Arizona. on April i9 1908. She names the following witnesses to prove the complete irrigation and reclamation of said land:
 Robert 4. McPherSon, Fred W.Wesscl, Frank Keppler and James U. Fry, all of Laguna. Ari- Zona.
 MILTON R. MOORE Register. First publication March H. 1906.
The Arizona sentinel., 1906-04-18

United States than any other stomach and blood remedy. Start the blood to circulating properly, and you cure ca tarrh of the nose, or lungs, for catarrb is StagnatiOn of the blood
 Dr Pinrce'S Golden Medical Discovery restores the lost flesh by curing diseases of the stomach and other organs of di gestiOn and nutrition and enabling the perfect digestion and assimilation of food from which flesh and strength are made.
 For seven years l suffered with Q complication of diseases, including heart trouble, dyspepsia, catarrh of the stom- ach, and female weakness" writes Mrs Harrette Martin. of Pedlo, Boone Co.,, Ark During that time 1 was never without pain. Had smOthering spells and great misery in lower bowels, and very severe cough. Finally the doc tors said l had consumption in the last stages and that was bound to die. My husband then bought me a bottle of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. could tell my cough was better after the first dose continued his medicine nn- til had taken six bottles of his Golden Medical Discovery and FavOritc Pre- scription' Now 1 do my own work for family Uf four"
The Arizona sentinel., 1906-04-18
Tn the Probate Court
Or the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona.

In the matter of the Estate of
 Margaret N. Harrington, deceased Notice of Hearing Petition.
 Notice is hereby given that Gather inc Burlington, the sister of deceased, has filed in this court her petition praying that letters of administrators tioR of the estate of said deceased be gfauted to W. H. Elliott, and that the same will be heard on Saturday, the l4th day of April, i. D. 1906, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the courtroom of said court in the county of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, and all persons interested in said estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause. if any they have, why the prayer of said petitioner should not be granted.
 Dated April 3, 1906.
 Burt Dunlap, Clerk. By Chas. H. Moore, Deputy Clerk.
 First publication April 4, 1906-t2
The Arizona sentinel., 1906-04-18
Mine Warning Notice
First publication March 5th 1905

f0D. D. lbOO. To o. A. Pease and American Mining Invest. rnent Co.,. a corporation. etc. County of Yuma. You are hereby notified that have expended taoD in lab1S and Improvements upon Black Mountain Flannel Site, and f7Oo OF the Fair- banks Lode Claims. Nos. to inclusive. and tfo0 on the Silver Mug Lode Claim. and tioo on the Business End Lode Claim, and Si00 on the Reconeeatrato Lode Claim. as 3ppears of record ia the Recorders office of Yuma County. Terri torr of Arizona. by certificate filed the - day of f----, in the office of said Re forder of said county. in order 10 hold said TY ,rnises under fas provisions of Section sS24. Revised Ststates Of the United States. being fhe anonnt required to hold the same for the -ear eodinc December 3i 1905. and 1T within thirty days after this notice by publication. you f9il or refuse to contribute yoas portion to such rs1=1ditrre. as co.owaer. your interest in said elstn ~ill become the property Of ths sub ttri.y .yeT ua fer said section 232l.
 ARTHUR J, WESTERMAYR.
 sl Sl.ssl St., Sc~ York City. f'c:. T., l1c5.
The Arizona sentinel., 1906-04-18
Notice of Payment of County
 Warrants.

Yun. A. T. April 10th, 1906. Notice is hereby given that all warrants for year 1906. to date are now drawu and ready for distribution, upon presentation of all outstanding vouchers up to and including vouchers No. 160, series of year 1906, the clerk will deliver the war rants in lieu of vouchers thereof, all warrants upto and including warrants No. l69, series of year 1906, are now payable at the office of the Counay Treasurer. of Yuma County.
 By order of Board.
 Attest:
 I. r.. Polhamus
 Clerk Board of Supervisors.