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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21
FLOODS IN VIRGINIA
MUCH DAMAGE REPORED AT
MANY POINTS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND Va. October 90. - The
river here is very high, and the business
OF the James river division of the Chosa-
peake and Ohio railway has been sus-
pended. The tracks OF the road are along
The banks OF the old James River and
kanawha canal, and in several places The
tracks are under water. At o'clock this
evening water had covered the tracks of
the street car line IN the lower ond of
the city, cutting off the car service with
the eastern section OF the city. The con-
dttiOn of the river up country indicates
that the water will reach height of
eighteen to twenty feet here. The cellars
OF the stores along the lower part of
Main street are flooded and the merchants
have moved their goods and wares to the
counters. the water is likely TO get
above the level of the floors. At Column
bia, sixty miles from this city, the water
has reached height of thirty and
half feet, and Is said to be slowly Using.
The river Is filed with large quantities
o. heavy timbers and drifting wood. Re
ports are that much corn along the river
has been swept away by the rise. SO far
no loss of life has been reported.
Earth Shocks at Portland
PORTLAND. Me-. October 2O-Two earth
shocks tonight destroyed about 100 feet of
q temporary highway structure which
crosses the upper harbor. The first shock
was felt at 8 o'clock and the second at
7:0T. Both shocks were light. but were
distinctly felt by pedestrians. Accompany
ing the rumbling was the sound made by
the cracking of the timbers OF the tenn
porary structure. ind the bridge began to
swan.
TIE bridge continued to sway and sink
until the second shock, when portion of 1t
gave way with lurch and sank about six
feet This portion also slid toward the
harbor. a distance OF eight feet The rail-
ans was broken and apparently the plank
Ing OF the bridge the only thing that
held the piling in place II is feared that
damage has been done to the foundation of
quarter OF million dollars appro-
priIted recently.
Freights Are Blocked
WINCHESTER, Va, October 2O.-Reports
received IN Winchester tonight from all
sections OF Frederick county and points In
adjoining counties of the valley of Vir-
ginia show that a great deal of damage
has been done by the storm and heavy
rains, which have continued since early In
the week. Passenger and freight stage lines
certering in Winchester have been at a
81; ndstill since Friday. and all creeks are
bcyond their banks, several having been
turned into raging torrents. No country
ma .ketng was possible here today. and
4: 1cerymen and produce dealers were un-
a lie 20 supply the local demand Several
persons had narrow escapes from drown
Ing in turbulent streams, but no loss of life
had been reported up to late hour. A
message tonight from the Shenandoah river
In Clarke county states that that stream
is at out ten feet above normal and nearly
running over the floors of the new Castle
n'a1 80" Ferry c""res bridges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21
Early Morning Rescue by Police Boat

The tug Sea King from Baltimore broke
loose from her moorings in the storm late
last night and drtfted down the river. She
went on the rocks near the Analostan boat
house and sprang leak. The wind shifted
again. carrying the tug out In deep water.
At early hour this morning the har-
Dor boat started down the river for the
purpose OF rescuing Capt. Frank and the
second engineer, who were on board and
in danger Of drowning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21
Admits Shooting Joseph Dent.

George Pongee Is detained at the first
precinct station os a result of his admis-
sion Of having shot Joseph Dent, colored.
late last night. He asserts that the shoot
ing was an accident. The shooting accord
ing to Pongee, occurred in Maryland. near
Seat Pleasant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21
Storm at Wilmington.

WILMINGTON. N. c.. October 20.-A
northeast storm Of considerable severity
has prevailed of this coast today. with un-
precedepted high tides However. thus far
no damage of great extent has been done
and no disasters to shipping have been re-
ported. At Southport. n c.. near the mouth
of the Cape Fear river, some wharves along
water front have been carried away and the
harbor craft there has come to Wilmington
for a safer harbor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21
Mr.. Hearst's View.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SARATOGA. N. Y. October 20.-Mr
Hearst had this to say today regarding Mr..
Murphy's appearance before the grand jury:
THE other day when the charges were
more than stupid campaign faIsehood
They have proved to be exactly that both
false and stupid. There has been much
needless and baseless criticism Of the So
called Gilsey House clique, or executive
committee of the Independence League, from
which I have frequently been specifically
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-26

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spoiictes
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thai tie aggregate cost d sending out
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-26

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-26

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lie President and that very small
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House and Senate are 81 loggerheads
or any stronger term that yol may
think Of suggestive Of disas rsetnents
and ilsaf eetion. There are Republi.
can sesators afraid to sc to the White
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from tie Diplomatic service was made
imperative by the report Of Secretary
TAFT which cleared Mr.. LOOMS but
called for the reslgnat lion Of MI Bowen
his Senatorial friends were Indignant
and vowed Vengeance on Mr.. Loomis
whom they believed 70 be the guilty
one.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-26
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Arizona republican., 1906-04-22

wiped out the entire business section and probably half of the residence sec tion of the city. The great modern stoel structures were practically unin- jured by the earthquake. except for cracked walls and displaced plaster.
 All the great structures. of course, subsequently, were utterly consumed by flames so far al interior construc- tion is concerned. but the walls are in most cases intact The most notable case of practical immunity from the shock were the St Francis hotel. the Fairmount hotel, the Flood building. the Mills building. tie Spreckels build ing. the Chronicle building, and scores of other modern steel structures.
 The branch of the United States mint on Fifth street and the new post office. at Seventh and Mission streets, are striking examples of the superior ity of the workmanship put into fed eral buildings. The old mint building. surrounded by a wide space of pave ment. was absolutely unharmed. Not even the few palm trees which stand on either side of it's broad entrance were withered by the fire that de- stroyed everything around them. The new postofice building was also vir- tually undamaged by fire.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-22
MAIL SERVICE ASSUMING.

San Francisco, April 21.-At q spe- cial meeting of the postal authorities with the military. held at the postof- flee building. plans were completed for the resumption of mail service late this afternoon. The San Francisco postoffice is in full operation. Three hundred and fifty men are at work in the main office at Seventh and Mission streets
 Inspection by Lieutenant George E. Armstrong and Postofice Inspector O'Connell show that all but fifty bags of mail which went through the fire have been recovered and now mail is being handled cxpeditiously. All trains are carrying mail into the city and this is being distributed at the postoffice which was only partially damaged. Branch offices under the co-autnority of the postmaster and the military. are being established throughout the city and adjacent hills. where the refugees are camped.
 All mail matter should be addressed to the old street number in San Fran cisco unless the new address is posi- . lively known. Nine branch offices will be in operation tomorrow morning. Money orders are being cashed as fast as funds can be received. The post
Arizona republican., 1906-04-22
SUBSIDING FLAMES.

San Francisco, April 21-Late this afternoon a journey along the northern water front of the city showed fires blazing in but two places and these were hardly capable of spreading un- less a severe gale springs up tonight It is believed that unless the smould- ering embers are again famed into a blaze and the embers scattered by the winds the waterfront for the time be- ing is safe. The walls of the ruined buildings in the downtown section of the city collapsed today. but so far as can be learned. no one was injured by the falling stone. brick and steel
 The tower on the hall of justice on Kearney street still retains it's upright position despite the fact that but one small corner of the structure bears the immense weight of steel and granite.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-22
A POLICEMAN'S
 MtRCIFUL SHOT
His Execution of a Man Who was
 Burning to Death.

Los Angeles. April 21.-E. Call Brown. a mining engineer and seolo- gist of San Francisco, arrived in Los Angeles today. From the windows of his room in the Argyll hotel on McAl- lister street, san Francisco, he h"d seen strange and horrible sights, and mora in the streets through the hours which followed the awful catastrophe. He saw much of human misery and despair, and much of human devotion and cour- age.
 "The most terrible things l saw, said Mir. Brown, was the futile strug- gle of a policeman and others to rescue a man who was pinned down in burn ing wreckage. It was a race for re and a losing race with fire and death. The man watched it in silence until the fire began burning his feet Then he screamed and begged to be killed. The officer took his name and address and shot him through the head. Sen'i- mental tradition was abeyant in us for many hours there and we did the things which we found to do. Utility was our ounly standard of action"
Arizona republican., 1906-04-22
ALL LAR0RERS
 URGED TO STAY
There Will Shortly Be Plenty of
 Work in San Francisco.

San Francisco, April 21.-At d meet ingof the general committee at munich pal headquarters in Franklin hall at noon. Mayor Schmidt appointed Presi- dent Wheeler of the University of Cal lifornia, Father Ryan, Bishop Nichols and Archbishop Montgomery as a com- mittee on transporta ton to consider means and methods of sending away all those who desire to leave. All those desiring to leave will be giveD free transportation to any point in California The railroad companies have also given assurance to the com nittee that all supplies donated at out side points will be brought in promptly free of charge.
 Jas. D. Phelan addressed the meet ing and suggested that the press make known to the people that the work of rebuilding San Francisco will begin as soon as possibue and that all laoorers who remain here will be given plenty of employment.
 California can take care of all the homeless" said MT. Phelan, and it is hoped and urgently desired that un- skilled laborers do not go to far off eastern cities as they will soon be re- employed in San Francisco"
 The committee were advised that the
Arizona republican., 1906-04-22
SANTA ROSA
 SORELY HIT
The Wreck of the Town
 Was Complete
The List of the Dead Will Reach One Hundred--hartiaI Law is the Only Government.

Santa Rosa, Cal, April 21.-The list of known dead now totals fifty-eight and it is believed that one hundred is a conservative estimate of the number of people who lost their lives in the awful catastrophe which visited this city on Wednesday morning. Five bodies wehe recovered today from the wreckage and the search has hardly begun.
 The entire business section of the town is in ruins and practically every residence in town is more or less dam aged. fifteen or twenty being badly wrecked. The brick and stone busi- ness blocks. together with the pub lie buildings, were all thrown flat. The court house. hall of records, the Oc- cidental and Santa Rosa hotels, tho Athenaeum theater, the new Masonic temple. odd Fellows block, all the banks-everytling went, and in all the city not one brick or stone building is standing except the California West ern depot.
 1t is impossible for an outsider to realize the situation as it actually ex~ ists here. No such complete destruc- ton of a city's business interests ever before resulted from an earthquake in America. Almost everyone here is sleeping out of doors for all are afraid to enter their homes.
 The city is under full martial law. Forty-two bodies were buried today.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-22
SUBSTANTIAL
 IS SYMPATHY
The Worlds Hand Extend
 ed to San Francisco
The Fund so Far as had Been AScer- tained in New York Last Night was $I0.O0O. 900.

New York, April 2I-The appeal of San Francisco has been heard through out the civilized world. From every city and town in this country, from European capitals and from far east ern communities comes news that all humanity in expressing it's sympathy is also offering every material assistance.
 It is estimated tonight that the San Francisco fund is rapidly nearing the total of S10.00O,OO0 and will have pass ed that figure by Monday when the United States congress, it is announce ed. will add $1,5OO,OOO to the $1,00O, 900 already appropriated.
 In the list of generous contributors New York City ranks next to the gov ernment itself and bids to far exceed the federal contributions. Tonight the fund amounted to approximately s. GOO, ,OO0. With contributions coming in fast.
 The state of Massachusetts has un- dertaken to raise s3,000,000 and with Bostons generous help is well on the way to the goal. Chicagos fund is ap- preaching $1,OOO,OO0 and promises to go beyond that sum. Philadelphia will contribute $5O0.0OO. A score or more cities are contributing $1OO.O0O and more Pittsburg has given s1O0,OO0; Cleveland s1OO.OOO; St. Louis s2O0,O00; Sacramento $1OO, OOO and Seattle S90,000
 Nor is the work of raising relief funds confined to the large cities From every section of every state comes the news of contributions made by small towns. Not large in them selves their aggregate is enormous Uncounted thousands are sending their contributions and the total of the re- lief fund will probably be swelled from across the seas. In London, Paris, Berlin, wherever Americans congregate a generous inflow of gold is reported.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-22

5000 people in public buildings. The capacity of the town is taxed to the limit. The strict quarantine rules put into effect to check disease. The thousands of individual shower bath rooms in the mems gymnasium have been thrown open to the public and man. woman and child alike are being compelled to take bath and change all clothing.
 An attempt will be made to open the public schools but they will probably remain closed indefinitely.
 A private letter received today by Postmaster Geo. Schmidt, brings the information that Fort Bragg, one of the principal lumbsring towns of Men docino county was almost totally de- strOyed as the result of a fire follow ing the earthquake of last Wednesday morning.
 The bank and other brick buildings were levelled as d result of the shock and within a few hours the fire had completed the work of devastation. But one person of the five thousand inhab- itants was killed, but scores were in tured.
Arizona republican., 1906-04-22
AS THE ASHES COOL
 COURAGE IS RENEWED
Determin ation by the Stricken People to Build Bigger and Better.

Sidney, Neb. April 21.-A train load of san Francisco business men re- turning home gave to the Associated Press tonight the following statement:
 We. the undersigned business men and property holders of San Francisco on the Overland limited enroute home called there by an appalling conflagra- tion that has almost destroyed our city take this means of informing our fellowmen in the United tSates and throughout the civilized world how our hearts are touched by their expressions of sympathy and how deeply grateful We are for their spontaneous offers of moral and material assistance.
 According to such reliable informa- tion as we have been able to obtain the effects of the earthquake were com paratively slight. the destruction of our city was by fire. A number of other great cities in times past have been similarly laid waste and even wherc the water supply was not impaired the fire wrought sad havoc in Chicago, Boston and Baltimore
 We want the world to know that our faith in San Francisco remains un- shaken and while our personal loss has been severe. we return with renewed courage to take up the work of rehab- ilitation, determined each and every one of us with our people at home to devote our energies. our intelligence and our means to the upbuilding of greater San Francisco. We desire to assure the entire world that from the ashes of our burned city there will i'm mediately arise q more beautiful. d more magnificent and a commercially more important San Francisco. now and always the metropolis of the Pa cific coast"
Arizona republican., 1906-04-22
LOS ANGELES SET Rl5HT.

Los Angeles. April 21--A combined request from the municipal officials and, all the commercial bodies of the city was made today to the Associated Press to send out positive and uu- equivocal denial of the absurd stories , in circula ton throughout the east rr- garding the extent of the earthquake tUemor experienced in this city.
 The shock was very slight and ah- scluteIy no damage Of any sort result ed. Local officials are receiving iu- quiries from all parts of the country in reference to it that indicate that -U- tremely erroneous impressions have been received.