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EXPORTS or MERCHANDISE.

ExpOrts OF merchandise from the port Of New
YoTk q teOOFtsd 70 the Custom House compare
a. follows With those OF last week aud Of the CORE
anondlnH mRek a year ago:
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Bellevue and Allied Hospitals Department Of
New York CITY, Twenty sixth Street and First
Avenue, Borough OF Manhattan. The City OF New
York.
Scale BID OR ESTIMATES will he received
by the President OF the Board OF Trustees Bt the
above ONCE until Q o'clock =. NJ. on
TUESDAY,. 80, 1909.
For labor and materials required for the cree
ton OF new balconies on Pavillons \ and b OF ths
new Bellevue Hospital. situated on First Avenus
and bounded by Twenty sixth 10 Twenty ninth
Streets, The City Of New York.
For full particulars see City Record.
JOHN ". BRANNAN.
President Board Of Trustees.
Dated October II. 1904.
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DEPARTMENT or DOCKS n FERRIES.
SEALED BIDS for foundations Of bulkhead shed
and coh6rete pavement between West 10Th and
West I'D Streets, North River hO2S Will he re-
crlVed by the Commissioner of Docks at Pier a"
Battery Place, until ~ O'Clock noon, October 2sth.
1905, For PARTICULAR rs se City Record,D
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Once Of the Department Of Parks, Arsenal Build
ing. FiHh avenue and Sixty fourth street. Borough
Of Manhattan, The City of New York,
SEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES Will be received
by the Park board At the above once OF the De-
partment Of Parks until 3 O'Clock 2, N. on
THURSDAY y, NOVEMBER =, 1905.
Borough of Brooklyn.
For furnishing and deity erlng Hudson River road
raVel for parks and paTkways IN the Borough Of
Brooklyn.
For full particulars see city Record. .
MOSES HERMAN,
President:
JOSEPH /. BERRY,
MICHAEL j. KENNEDY,
Commissioners OF Parks,
Dated October 20. 1908.
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FUTURES m NRN UTIeahs WeTe AZ IOIIo"s'
Open Hi0b- Log CLOS Pre-
ing. SI. est. ING. Close.
October .u.IO lI.lO Ii.Os ii.9 l1.0
JnnuSry .'....., ii.M liz 10. ii.@ liza
IN Liverpool spot cotton adyapeed 9 points.
MIddling end, agsinst STA. last year.
declined S 70 9 points. but recovered part,
closing 4 to 81 lower. Prices As follows
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Once of the Department Of Parks, Arsenal Bullds
ing, Fifth Avenue and Sixty fourth street. Borough
Of Manhattan, the City Of New York.
SEALE BIDS OR ESTIMATES Will be received
by the Park Board at the above ONCE OF the Do
pATtment of Parks until 3 O'Clock =, NJ, on
RSD NOVEMBER !, 1900.
BOrOngh of Manhattan.
For furnishing. delivering and laying cast iron
water pipe and appuTtenancCS In the Harlem RIVER
Driveway. between one Hundred and seventy
NTH street and Dyckman street.
For full ~ PARTICULARS see CITY Record.
OSE HERMAN.
President:
JOSEPH l. FERRY,
MICHAEL J. KENNEDY,
Commissioners of Parks.
Dated October 20. 1905.
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DEPARTMENT or DOCKS AMI
Sealed bids for repairing and painting Municipal
Ferry boats, etc, and for Miscellaneous supplies
therefor (lOOal, win he received by the Commits.
sIoner Of Dorlis NJ Pier A" Battery Place, until
~ o'clock noon on Eo,Cmber =, 1908. O'or par
ttculAIs see CITY Record
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DEPARTMENT or DOCKS AND FERRIES
SEALED BIDS for Stag or granite pavemenp-at
Rector Street Section, North River u02dl VIII be
received by the Commissioner OF Docks, at Pier
4 Battery Place, until L. O'Clock noon, October
-. 1903. lFOT particulars see city Record
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LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS.
The Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company
reports for the year ended June ":
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declined 3 to q. rallied and closed unchanged
estimated sales 100000 bales. Prices a.
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ALsANI; \ Y: OCT % c q q A.ppPsssIs c'I e,
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PRopoaAts RnR EQuIPAdE.- prnot onsrter

PROPOSALS. nj E~QUIPAGE.. prpot Quarter
masters once. 20 whitehall street, New York
City, October %. 1906. Sealed proposals. IN tripu-
cate. subject TO the usual conditions, VIII be re-
celved here until I O'Clock p. NJ. Monday. Novem.
and delivering at either The New YORK, Phiadel-
phia, Boston chicago or -. Louis Depots OF ne
quartz masters Department, U. :. Army, 26Dp
Mosquito Bars. single, and 1000 Cots. The nght
Is reserved TO reject or accept any or all proposals
articles OF domestic production or manufacture.
conditions Of quality and price Oncludlng IN ms
price Of foreign productions or manufactures, TINS
duty thercOnl being equal, Rapidity OF deliveries
will be taken into consideration In making tins
awards standard samples can be seen al, and
blanks Tor proposals and alll l~nfoImati0n VII. he
furnished upon application "a mis- once; IN.
velopes containing proposals must be lndorsed
Proposals for EdulpaRe, 10 he open ed att o'clock
y. NJ, November b. 1905, and addressed 10 w, II.
MILLER, Deputy CuartcrmcsteT General, T.. y. A..
Depot QuaTterInHktcr.
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals Department Of
New York city, Twenty sixth Street and First
Avenue. Borough Of Manhattan. The City OF New
SEALED I or ESTIMATES will be received
by the President Of the Board OF Trustees at the
above once until 3 o'clock p. NJ. on
TUESDAY. 80, 1905.
For all labor and materials required for the
excavation and masonry, steel and iron, grading
roads and walks. Soddipg and seeding, subsoli
pleting OF the property surrounding the new FORD
ham Hospital Buildings. IN tho Borough OF Ths'
Bronx. situated on the west side OF Crot1ha Avenue
and Southern Boulevard and opposite the north END
Of Canberlng Avenue. The CITY OF New YORK.
For full particulars see Guy Record.
JOHN W. BRANNAN,
President Board OF Trustees.
Dated October II. 1908.
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DEPARTMENT or DOCKS y FERRIES.
The department Of DOsks and FcrrSs viii sell
Old material, October Is, 1900. cOutmenchlg at DSl
o'clock A. NJ. at the foot OF East 9ist street. and
con unulng at foot Of West 18Th street, Borough OF
Manhattan. tFOT particulars see city Record)
-
DEPARTMENT OF { n FERRIES.
Sealed bids for Granite stone l032 will be re-
ccived BY the Commissioner Of Docks at Pter"Al"
Battery Place. until ~ o'clock noon, october -
1905. tTOr particulars see CITY Recordl
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srxAMsHIrs.

sAuKD FROM PoRkI0N PORTS.
SIS Mannheim. from Shields for New York.
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Commission houses which would have
welcomed anything that brought business
were disappointed over the plan 70 increase
circulation, which from their point OF view
was Inadequate. e., as q stimulus 60 specu-
latioR-apd which In any case could produce
no Immediate eject because the banks EOhid
arst have TO provide themselves with the
necessary bonds for use - security and Ar
range for the printing Of the votes both
involving quite q little time.
The law has set a limit on the speed with
which the banks may reduce their circulR-
tlop. the maximum reduction by all the banks
in the country being %. 900, 900 a month. but
In allowing the retirement Of the proposed
emer gehcy circulation between March Is and
August 10 there seems TO be q disregard
of the statute, which reminds one OF the boast
OF a lAwyer once prominent in British politics.
that he could drive a coach and four through
any act Of Parliament" The point ts Of
course that while from date to date the period
is only about nvs months the term runs into
six calendar months.
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Nothing definite could be said - 70 whether
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EARNINGS.

Net earn, Ss5O,479 S737 fda Inc. UlS,OlO
From January I:
Gross earn. -. 81. $50, IA sl9, $500 Inc. Se,sg7,Ilo
Oper. exp. II. e6S,970 ia.TSo, no lac. l.622,67e
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-18
Another Report.

San Francisco. April 1S.-The
worst earthquake in the history of
the Pacific coast occurred this morn
ing. Many buildings in the business
district were wrecked. A fire follow
ed the shock and as water mains
were bursted it is impossible to get
water. The firemen are helpless.
Many were killed and injured. Az
early estimate of the dead placed the
number as high as 1.100. The wires
are down in every direction and T.
is impossible to send any particulars
at present. The fire bfoke out in the
wholesale houses near the waite
front. In other localities the shock
was felt as far south as Santa Bar
bara. There were three shocks.
first and second light and the third
very severe. Survivors who are not
heroically caring for the injured are
fleeing for their lives. The city Is in
a state of Undesirable panic and
confusion. Scores of dead bodies are
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The First Report.

st. Louis April ia ter
rife earthquake which seemed liter
ally to sweep the supports from be-
meath city, cracking walls and send
ing weaker buildings topping to the
streets. burying their occupants ami
in burning debris rocked San Fran
cisco at 5:13 o'clock this morning
Perhaps thousands OF people are be-
earthquake. From the ruins of the
fallen buildings rescuing parties are
bringing out the dead and wounded.
The water supply was cut off and
the city left without lights. Through
the darkened streets the survivors
grouped their way over masses of
debris answering the calls for aid as
they could. The catastrophe came
without warning and the survivors in
the stricken ristricts, dazed with
with horror could do little effective
rescue work. All wires went down
with the first shock and the city was
left without means to appeal for help.
The Post Dispatch received the fol-
lowing bulletin from the night chief
of the the Postal at San Francisco
shortly after the earthquake: "We
had terrible earthquake at 5:13
There Is an immense amount of dam
age done in the city. Office about
wrecked, our power is gone. Mona
of US are hurt but they are carting
the dead out of fallen buildings. Firi
is over the town and no water. am
going to get out of the Office as We
have an earthquake shock every few
minutes. All telegraphic communl
cation with San Francisco ceased a,
C a. M"
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Reject the Proposition.

Charleston. W. Va. April 1s.-In
accordance with Instruction received
from headquarters of the United
Mine Workers. representatives of the
miners scale committee last night
rejected the proposition OF the opera
tors of Kanawha valley to pay three
per cent. advance on the present
scale instead of $3.50 as asked by the
miners.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-18
THE NEWS OF The
DISASTER HERE
The Sun Scores a Beat With
its News at Noon.
The Office Eagerly Besieged With
Messages All Day From Inter-
ested Folk.
MANY PADUCAHANs OUT THERE.

The Sun posted the first informa-
ton given the public of the great
disaster at San Francisco. This was
done on bulletin boards both in front
of this Office and also in front of the
Citizens Savings bank and McPher-
sons. The Information was read by
many and soon the horrifying fact
had well spread over the city. Soon
the phones at the Office were con-
stantly ringing and inquiries for
further facts came from all parts of
the city and even from some outside
points. At 1880 The Sun further
excelled by putting an extra upon
the streets in which rather full &C.
count of the horror was printed ali
the conditions, particularly the alb
sence of telegraphic lines, being talk
en- into consideration. This extra
was grabbed up by the excited pub
lie like hot cakes by gang of
tramps, and many compliments were
paid the paper because of this graf
uitous stroke of enterprise. Though
1t was thought the people had well
heard of the disaster the extra was
the first intimation many had of its
occurrence.
There are a great number of Pa
ducah people in San Francisco, but
as the damage seems TO have been
most in the business districts 1t Is
not thought any of them suffered an
accident. secretary Coons. of the
Commerce., club, Miss Mix. of the
Commercial club. and DR.. Blythe
have relatives out there. j. B. Alvey
and family are residing there. Mr.
B. II. Scott and family have just re-
turned from a visit to California and
were in Frisco a few days ago.
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THREE SHOCKS FELT.


san Francisco, April 1S.-Ihe lat
est reports add to the horrors and
damages of the situation.
The debris of the wrecks are all
struction. The fire engines were
wrecked In the wreck of the fire sta
lions and the town Is at flames mer-
cics.
The manufactures which with
stood the shocks, fell easy victims "a
the flames.
The employees OF the factories lived
In cottages which were tossed about
like cards, and the falling timbcrs
crushed the occupants while they lay
sleeping.
The dead Is estimated above 1000,
most of the bodies recovered were Ia
ken from the tenement districts.
Over 800 bodies now lie In the
Mechanics pavilion.
The Call building is now a mass
Of flames and doomed.
The Hearst building Is In great
danger.
The fire Is now working west from
Sansome street toward corner Mar
ket and Montgomery.
Destruction Of Palace hotel inevi-
table.
From the Examiner building ON
Third street, no building escaped the
greedy flames.
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THE LATEST.

In Mission street hundreds Of dead
were found In the ruins of cheap lodg-
ing houses. Every man able. To work
is being forced by police 10 aid the
dying and rescue the injured pinned
under debris.
Every minute reports received
which raise the estimate dead. The
reports are so enormous, officials
shudder. Entirc dome of the city
hall collapsed at 0:3O with terrific
crash, doing great damage 10 the
walls and also cracked and damaged
them irrcparabic.
The roof of the Majestic theatre
fell la, running theatre.
Studebaker block mass of ruins.
Damage in Mission district appalling
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and widespread.
Four entire blocks on Market St.
are now burning fiercely, spreading
up and down street. Hunter house,
First Methodist church, block south
OF Palace Hotel, Is burning and will
be q total loss. Ground below kear-
~ street sank about four feet. In
Valencia street, ground sank nearly
10 feet In places. Similar conditions
exists In Chinese sections.
Damage i'm Berkeley, Oakland and
other places i'm the vicinity of San
Francisco was very severe, but IL Il
not thought many lives were lost on
that side of the bay. The supply of
dynamite Is exhausted and the mayor
teicphoned Oakland for more ex-
plosives. II the flames cannot be
stayed at once the entire city may he
destroyed.
General Funston, commanding the
department. Of the Pacific, has order
cd out the entire forces at the Presi-
do. Fort Mason, To guard the prop
crty and preserve order. Howard
street and Mission. above Third, il
blazing furiousIy. Ryalto. one Of the
finest steel structures Ina the city.
burned. The very best section of the
bushes district Is now threatened.
Firemen are powerlcss. The
whole territory, four blocks On San
some, Front, Pine, Sacramento streets
are Quilted.
The Postal Telegraph building is
deserted In fear of a collapse and all
operators have gone to Oakland TO
resume work there.
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The Suns Obligation.

The Sun is Indebted to the Padu-
cab Commission company for a good
deal of its news from San Francisco
today, and acknowledges the debt.
With its wires direct to New York.
Chicago and st. Louis this company
has excellent facilities for getting
the wire news. This service. supple
menting The Scripps-McRay tele-
graph service gave The Sun a good
account of the disaster.
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LATER INFORMATION.
The Path of the Quake.

San Francisco. April IS. - The
area covered by the earthquake is
about 80 blocks in which almost all
of the buildings are totally destroy
ed. The greatest damage is east on
South Market street to the Bay. This
area covers the Battery. Front, Drum
mond and Montgomery streets.
The buildings on the following
streets are destroyed:
First, Fremont. Beal. Main, Spear,
Stuart, East and South.
This section of the city is largely
devoted to manufactures, and the
loss will be tremendous.
The Hotels.
The Palace hotel which cost 49,
100000, was blown up to try to
stop the flames. This is one of the
finest hotels in the world. The Lick
house, is also wrecked, and the other
hotels are badly damaged.
Fires Everywhere.
The fires are raging everywhere.
and the city looks as IL II is at the
mercy of the flames. The area COW
cred by the loss will. anyway con-
sumo the heart of the very best part
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-18

san Francisco. April ia second
shock followed the first shock of the
disastrous earthquake Of this morn
ing three hours later, and topplcd
over most of the buildings that were
left standing from the first shock.
Fire Chief Sullivan and PatroIman
Frenner were killed beneath the
ruins.
Thieves are already at work
Rhoulisbly.
Berkely. n fine suburb Just across
the bay suffered n severe shock. II
IL the residence district of a number
Of the wealtaiest millionaircs.
The whole city Is mass OF fire
aud flames, and its total destruction
seems inevitable. and nothing but
Providence can save Il.
The whole district on Market
street, between Third and Tenth Is In
flames. Preparations are now being
made TO blow up a number of fine
Of the fire. and among these are the
Palace Hotel, one Of the finest In the
world. and the Office Of the San Fran
cisco Call.
The loss Of life Is now put at 1000
hut there Is no telling where IL will
run when all accounts are In.
The disaster Is growing worse In
stead Of better, az the developments
occur.
Seven hundred bodies have already
been brought out of the ruins. The
street car system IL tied up. the en-
tire machinery and power houses are
ruined.
The loss To property Is placed at
thirty million dollars but may go
way above this.
The shipping is being rushed TO the
hay to avoid the fire, and all efforts
10 save property are being made.
The excitement and confusion Is
intense, and the people arc In great
measure panic stricken.
Not a building In the city has es-
capped damage, which shows the Sc
verify Of the shock.
Explosion after explosion caused
by the dynamite used in razing the
buildings In the path of the fire In a
feeble effort TO placate the flames
add to the horrors Of horrible
scene already beyond description.
The night Is waited with intense
expectation, the water supply Is
gone, the electric supply power house
wrecked, the gas company plant ruin
ed, and robbery rampant.
The government has been appealed
to and soldiers have been ruslied
from the Preside to take charge OF
affairs, and the probabilities are that
martial law will be declared.
Offers OF assistance pour In from
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-18
THE SAN FRANCISCO LOSS TOTAL
Insurance Policies Don't Generally IL
Ever Cover Such Disasters.

The total loss of the disaster In
San Francisco is estimated at $780,
600, 900. This will prove almost IL
not a total loss, as insurance is not
paid on such disasters. or fire result
ant, unless insurance policies so
state. The Baltimore fire loss was
$40. 100000, but the people recover
ed on this loss largely through their
insurance.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-18

st. Petersburg, April iS.--The As
ISOLATED Press is now in a position to
confirm the report that Witte has
definitely got the upper hand of MIN
lister of Interior Durnova. The down
fall of the latter is only a few days
or weeks at most. as Emperor Mich
olas has promised to dismiss him be-
fore the national parliament meets.
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Felt at Washington.

Washington. April 1S.-The war
department.. was in communication
with San Francisco about two min
utes this morning shortly after the
earthquake. The San Francisco OPP
orator stated the destruction was
great. He reported more than one
thousand persons killed. The dead
and injured are being taken out of
the wrecked buildings. The water
supply is cut off and there is danger
of a general conflagration.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-18
Illinois Prohibitionists Meet.

Springfield. H.. April 1S.-The
of Illinois opened
their state convention today with a
thousand delegates present. The
was devoted to county leg
lslative conferences. A ticket will
be nominated by secret ballot under
the Australian system.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-18
A Double Tragedy.

Duluth. Mimi. April 1S.-A TRACE
dy in which the result was the muir
der of two brothers by each other
shocked Hibbin Sunday night near
the Morris Mine location. Steve Buck
ovitch shot and killed his brother
Marco after the latter had indicted
what is almost certain to be NOR
knife wound on him. Steve Is i21
hospital but is not expected
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-18
of the city.
The City Hall.

of the city.
The City Hall. ~
The city hall was one of the hand
soonest buildings in the west and
cost six million dollars.
No Electric Power or Gas.
The city electric lighting plant
went down in the wreck. and the gas
mains are all broken. The city will
be in darkness until relief is given
some way.
No Water.
The damage to the water mains
cripples the water supply for drink
ing purposes, and all uses as fire
fighter for it have been abandoned.
Telegraph Service.
The Postal, Western Union and
Pacific States Telephone company
plants are in the wreck and commu-
nication Is crippled. The companies
above, all sent out notices that mes
sages are necessarily delayed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-18
THE LOSS OF LIFE TERRIBLE AND IS PLACED AT 1000

the country at large, and the people
are alive TO the pressing needs for AS
sistancc
THREE SHOCKS FELT.
There were three shocks OF the
earthquake, the first one being of
two minutes duration.
Valencia street sank 10 feet In
places with great damage near the
China Basin. II IL thought scores
persisted In the ruins.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-18
The Wrath Of God.

To the religious minds. the terri
BILE news from San Francisco will
have great Significance. For months
the reports of the evil conditions in
the city have occupied the attention
of the press and ministry. and ii has
been said there was more crime and
corruption going on in the city than
in any in the country.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-18
Felt Here.

Theer are citizens who contend
that they fell. the shock OF the earth
quake this morning which so wreck
ed San Francisco. They say the shock
was very light and they think the
one they felt was the hardest Of the
several mentioned in the dispatches.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-18
Declines the Appointment

Washington. April 1s.-Edmund
]. James. president of the University
of Illinois. has declined on account of
III health the appointment as dele
gate to the Pan-American conference
at Rio Janeiro in July.
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Report Via Ashford. Ariz.

Ashford, Ariz., April 1S.-Re-
ports of the earthquake shock San
Francisco received here say the first
rumble was heard at 5:1O o'clock
The buildings toppled and fell in ev-
cry direction. The police patrol is
carting off the bodies taken from the
wrecked buildings.