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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
Bids for Bridge Repairs.

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
will be received until Friday at II o'clock
NJ, the 9th day of April, 1906, by the
County Commissioners at their Office in
Tionesta, Forest County, Pa, for repair
ing the lower bridge across the Tionesta
Creek at Nebraska.
Repairs to be as follows: There shall
be placed at each panel point floor beam
composed of two l2-inch 201-pound chan
mel with three cast separaors and con-
ST. ucted as shown on plan with top
tlanges punched for boiling joists. Fur
nish for each end of bridge a l5-inch 42-
pound "I' beam, and anchor same to ma
sonry. Provide new lateral system as
shown on plan. Hub guard will be con-
structed as shown on the plan and at
tached to the trusses with u bolts, rlac-
ing filler between posts and guard. Fur
nish 5-irch steel joists, boiling same to
floor beams with bolts and clips. The
new floor will consist of 3.inch oak plank,
well spiked to five lines 3x5-inch oak
spiking pieces, bolted to joists with
l-inch bolts. The wheel guards shall be
3X6 oak blocked one inch above floor
plank, and shall be hook -bolted to the
channel josts about every five feet with
s.inch bolts.
A steel and iron must be thoroughly
scRped of all rust and scale, and painted
one coat of such paint as the board of
Commissioners shall direct, and all new
material shall have two coats of said
| amt.
The contractor shall be required TO
check all measurements given on the
plan, All workmanship shall be done in
"A neat aud workmanlike manner and
shall be first class in every particular,
being required to furnish any omission
which may be necessary to complete the
bridge ready for travel To the satisfaction
of the board of County Commissioners of
Forest County. Special plans and speci-
iications can be seen on file in the Com
missioners' office.
All bids must he accompanied by
certified check for two hundred dollars to
show the good faith of the bidder. In
case contract is lot, a bond for the amount
of the contract, approved by the court,
shall be filed with the Commissioners by
the party receiving the contract.
The Commissioners hereby reserve the
right TO reject any and all bids.
l.. AGNEw,
A. WOLF,
PHILIP EMERT,
Commissioners of Forest County.
Attest--J. II. DALE, Clerk.
Tionesta, Pa, April ., 1906. 3t
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
RATES OF ADVERTISING:

drst down one street and then down
another leading to the water front.
Each one as try, from Post to Wash
lngton, is closed by fire or wreckage,
and there is no way through. On
Washington street, opposite the old
postofiice, a building has completely
collapsed, and under it's edges are
horses struggling and dying. At last
find an open way on the next street,
and, with the warmth of the blaze of
water front saloons on my back, | hur-
ry across the upheaved street and
twisted car tracks. This is made
ground and the earthquake played
with it as child plays with card
board, cracking, creasing and bend
ing it.
On the bay side of the water front
the old docks have tumbled and look
like so much kindling wood. The tow
er of the ferry building is destroyed
and broken. The passengers stream
aboard the ferryboat-the only boats
running are the Southern Paciffc-and
turn to look back upon their city.
From this point there is something
colossal in the disaster that has befal-
len. A great cloud is rising magnif-
cent and overwhelming in its proper
tions, growing ever black and blacklist
toward the ground, spreading wider
and wider The red flames shoot sky
ward through it and but emphasize
Its density and violence.
The Fairmount's marble walls CLEAN
orange through the flames The Call
building rises like a sentinel, and far
beyond you can make out through the
murkiness black splotches upon the
green, the people hurrying to the San
Bruno hills. On the Pine street hill
can see row of old ramshackle cot
tages that have slipped from their
foundations into the street, apparently
intact. On Telegraph hill, on the
highest place, the sky line is marked
with a garb of up-ended fringe of the
people who have sought refuge UP
there at the top of the streets.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
SEEN FROM THE BAY.
Vessel Anchored In Golden Gate Road
sted Scorched by the Elannes.

The first mate of the steamer Itauri,
bound for Hamburg, which left San
Francisco Thursday, said when the
vessel put into Los Angeles:
"As seen from the bay it was
sublime, but terrible, spectacle. We
were anchored more than a mile in
the roadsted, but the wind as it
swept over the burning city and down
upon us was like the breath of a de-
mon. At times it was impossible for
us to remain on deck, so great was
the heat. The conclusions of dyna-
mite brought hundreds of fish to the
surface. Our clearance papers were
burned, but we could not retain our
anchorage and late on Thursday after
noon we started for the open sea.
"At midnight We were 30 miles at
sea, but the flames were still visible
and until almost dawn we stood on
deck and watched reflection of the
flames as they played to and fro on
the cloud mountain which hung over
the ruined city,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
CHRONICLE BUILDING.

The great modern steel structures
were practically uninjured by the
earthquake, except for cracked walls
and displaced plaster. All these great
structures, of course, subsequently
were utterly ruined by the flames so
far as the inner construction is con-
cerned, but the walls are in most cases
intact.
The most notable cases of practical
immunity from the shock were the st.
Francis hotel, the Falrmount hotel,
the Flood building, the Mills building,
the Spreckels building, 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 workmanship put into federal
buildings. The old mint building sur
rounded by wide space of pavement,
was absolutely unharmed.
The postoffice building also virtually
was undamaged by fire. The earth
quake shock did some damage to the
different entrances to the buildings,
but the walls are uninjured. Every
window pane, of course, is gone, as
they are in almost every building in
town, but the government will be able
to reerme postal business immedi-
dtely.
The Fairmount hotel while seriously
damaged in the interior, is intact as
to the walls, and the management has
offered space in the building to any of
the various relief committees who de-
sire to house the homeless, or to store
supplies in those parts of the building
considered safe
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
PESTlLENcE THREATENS.
Every Effort Being Made to Ward Of
the Grim Destroyer.


Something perhaps worse than fam
inc threatens San Francisco. The
sewers are gone. 1t is a city without
sanitation. Conditions are ripe for
any kind of pestilence. There is
enough water for drinking and cook
ing, not enough for cleanliness. To
settle this problem General Funstan,
the little man with horse sense, to
whom the city owes so much, has bent
all his energy.
Now that the city is more quiet and
fresh troops have arrived from the
south, good part of the soldiers have
been sent off to arrange sanitary
camps in the Potrero and the Ocean
slope of the city. The Golden Gate
Park, large and open as it is, has be-
come foul through the occupation of
more than a hundred thousand people.
Police, soldiers and hardy citizen
volunteers are gathering the corpses
which are in frightful condition. from
the great heat, and burying them. So
many bodies appeared to have been
taken out from the little houses whose
fall escaped notice in the general dis
aster, that the number of dead must
pass the early estimate of 1000.
There was no attempt to get them
to the cemeteries or even to the tenn
porary cemeteries at the Presidio.
They were buried in the nearest parks,
unidentified In Columbia Park and in
South Park big trenches were dug and
the corpses We're piled in 10 to a
trench. At one place on Folsom street,
there was no park near at hand. They
dug the trench there in an unpaved
street.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
CROWDED REFUGEE CAMPS.
Good Order and Fellowship Prevail In
lmprovised Settlements.

lmprovised Settlements.
Three hundred thousand people are
homeless and throughout the western
portion of the peninsular county of
San Francisco refugees camps are To-
Gated
Major McKeever of the United
States army has been appointed COM
mandant of the camps and with his
staff of assistants is bringing system
and order out of the chaotic situation
His first thought is to supply food and
water and then to arrange sanitary
measures.
Throngs of persons are crowded ell
bow to elbow in the open lots and
fields without conveniences that nat
urally are demanded and are threat.
ened with an epidemic of disease un-
less some wise precautions speedily
are observed, and the authorities have
men working out sanitary problems.
Good order and fellowship seems to
prevail in these impromptu settle
ments.
In buildings close to the camps the
police are storing available food
stuffs and bed clothing for convenient
delivery That there will be a just
and equal distribution of the. supplies
is evident from the temper of the city
administration No distinctions are
drawn.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25

practical sympathy, generosity, hu.
manity and patriotism. Relief trains
are rushing across the continent from
all parts of the country; the telegraph
wires are bearing increasing streams of
messages recording financial contribu.
tions already amounting to many mil
lions; the president, congress, COVER
nors of states. the mayors of cities,
chambers of commerce, citizens COM
mittees and individuals by tens Of
thousands all are cooperating nobly
for the relief of the tens of thousands
suddenly made destitute and homeless
by the appalling calamity.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
GOVERNMENTS TIMELY AID.
War Department Forwarded Great
Quantities Of Food Tents, Blank
cts and Stoves,

cts and Stoves.
All branches of the federal service
are bending every effort to bring to
the earthquake sufferers speedy relief.
The cabinet decided that Secretary
Metcalf should proceed to San Fran.
cisco as the representative of the ma
tional government and to consult with
the authorities as to what is needed to
alleviate distress.
Every available vessel about San
Francisco has been directed to carry
supplies to the stricken city and rem
der other assistance, while officers of
the army on the Pacific coast and else
where have been given imperative in
structions to ship tents, rations. med
ical and other relief supplies.
Offers of assistance from abroad
have been gratifying to the president,
but he feels the United States Is able
to care for the San Francisco suffer
ers and contributions from foreign
countries will be declined. Mr. Ballin
of the Hamburg-American line offered
$4,000 for the California sufferers but
the offer was declined.
Already hundreds of thousands of
army rations, tents, bedding, buckets,
blankets and other necessities have
been turned over to the San Francisco
authorities, more are on the way and
carloads of medical supplies, furnished
through the army medical supply de-
partment at st. Louis, are speeding to
the coast.
Practically all the quartermaster
supplies ordered from the various de-
partments of the army are now on the
way to San Francisco.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
San Francisco Takes on Cour-
age and Faces the Situ-
alton Bravely.
LEADERS PLAN TO REBUILD
Oakland Temporarily Takes the Place
of the Metropolis of the
Pacific Coast.

Construction Companies Have Opened
Employment. Offices and Hundreds
Of Survivors Are EmpIoyed-Aetivlty
of Healthy and Reassurins Sort Is
Noted-Financial Loss Will Probably
Exceed $25o,ooo,ooo - Loss Of Life
Greater Than Supposed, as Bodies
Are continually Found In Ruins OF
Buildings-$12, 100000 Subscribed
For ReIief-Provision by the Train
load-Pestilenc Menaces.
Although San Francisco, the metrop-
oils of the Pacific coast has been prac-
tically blotted out by the earthquake
which occurred Wednesday morning,
April 18th, and the subsequent fires
which ragged throughout the city until
Saturday, her brave people have risen
superior to misfortune, and are now
planning to restore the city.
At Oakland, which has temporarily
taken the place of San Francisco as the
metropolis, her financiers, bankers and
merchants are comforting and get
ting into shape the first plans for the
rebuilding of the burned city and pre-
venting widespread financial panic.
In the face q enormous loss and the
complete wiping out of commercial life
of the city of the Pacific, the leaders of
trade and commerce are cheerful.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
sPREcKELs' HOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO

At the Preside military reservation,
where $4,000 persons are camped, af
fairs are conducted with military pre-
cision. Water is plentiful and rations
are dealt out all day long. The ref
ugees stand patiently in line and
there is not murmur This
characteristic is observable all over
the city. The people are brave and
patient and the wonderful order pre-.
served by them has been Of great as
sistance.
In Golden Gate Park are encamped
100000 persons. A huge supply sta.
tion has been established there and
provisions are dealt OUT
Many thousands are camped in va
cant lots and squares scattered abou
the city and these are the unfortunateI
that are hard to reach.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
Buildings Reoceupied.

The Merchants Exchange building,
the Fairmount hotel and the Monad.
mock building, three modern steel
structures which came out of the fire
without important damage were open
ed Monday morning as Office buildings
for the transaction Of important busi-
ness. Steel construction and fire
prooiing vindicated themselves nobly
In this disaster. All such buildings
got through the earthquake and the
best of them, although burned over,
will not have to be rebuilt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25

house adjoining the California hotel in
Rush street. The earthquake shook
down the chimney of the hotel and
sent 1t crashing through the fire houss,
Chief Sullivan and his wife vera
carried with the debris two stories to
the ground floor, where they were ex.
tricated with difficulty.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
THE BURNED DISTRICT.
A Scene Of UnspeakabIe Desolaton as
Far as Eye Can Reach.


A trip through the burned districts
Of San Francisco revealed a scene of
unspeakable desolation From many
points in Market street, far as the eye
could reach in any direction there was
pothing but skeleton walls and smold.
Pring ruins.
1t should be borne in mind that San
Francisco was not destroyed by the
earthquake. While old buildings in
that part of the city which stood on
made" ground east of Montgomery
street and some of that district lying
south of Market, it is true, suffered
from the shock, it was fire that
wrought the great devastation and
wiped out the entire business section
and probably half of the residence
section of the city.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
Regular Terms Of Court.
CHURCH and sabbath school.

Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
M; NJ. Il. Sabbath School at 1000 a. m.
Preaching in NJ. Il. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. w. o. Calhoun.
Preaching in the +. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
X. A. Zahniser, Pastor.
Services in the Presbyterian Church
every sabbath morning and evening,
Rev. DR.. Paul J. Slonaker, Pastor.
The regular meetings Of the w. G. T..
u. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25

quake sufferers and on Saturday Presi.
dent Roosevelt sent a special message
to congress asking for the additional
appropriation of $1,5OO,OOO which will
be granted. 1t is estimated that thus
far the subscriptions throughout ths
country total S12,OO0,0OO.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
Increase In Marriage Licenses.

Weddings in great number have re-
suited from the disaster Women driv-
en- out of their homes and left destitute,
have appealed to men to whom they
were engaged, and Immediately mar
riages have been effected.
Since the first day of the disaster
an increase in the marriage licenses is
sued was noticed by County Clerk
Cook This increase is becoming
greater.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
Death of Fire Chief Sullivan.

ChiefD j. Sullivan of the fire depart
ment died Sunday from the effects Of
injuries received on the morning vi
the earthquake. Chief Sullivan aud
his wife were sleeping in the fire
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

,TIt. N ESTA LODGE, No. 1859, I. o. o. f.
i NJ eets every Tuesday evening, in odd
Fellows Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
~ G, A, II. Meets 1st and Sd Monday
evening in each month.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No:
" 1877, w. r. c., meets first and third
Wednesday evening of each month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
BOROUGH OFFICERS.

BurgeSs.-J. II. Carson.
Justices Of the Peace-S. s. Garfield, 8.
j. Setley.
Couacitmen.-J. b. Muse, j. W, Lam
ders, @. A. Lanson, Geo. Holeman, G.. t.
Anderson, VIM. Smearbaugh, e. w.
Bowman.
C0nstable-W. ii. Hood.
C0llector-W. ii. Hood.
School Directors-J. @. Scowden, X.
l.. Haslet, Il. w. Bowman, T. +. Ritchey,
A. G. Brown, DIR. J. g. Dunn.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member of COngresS-Joseph Q. Sibley.
Member of Sendte-J. X. p. Hall.
AsSembly-J. A IL. Robertson.
President Jttdge-W. M. Lindsey.
associate Judges-P. X. Kreitler, Z.
G. Hill.
Prothonotary, Register & Recorder, &c.
j. @. Geist.
SheriG.-A. w. Stroup.
TreaSurer-W.H. Harrison.
C0ntntssi ssioners-Leonard Agnew, An
drew Wolf, Philip Emert.
District Attorney-S. ID. Irwin.
Jury C6namfssionerS-J. b. Eden, j.
=. Castner.
Coroner
County AudttorS-W. II. Stiles, Chas.
+. Klinestiver, s. II. Carson.
County SurUeyor-D. W. Clark.
County SUPERINTENDENT. w. Morrl-
son.
Regular Terms OF Court
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commis-
sioners lst and Sd Tuesdays of month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund the money il it fails
to cure. Il. W. Groves signature is on
each box. 25c.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25

CENTRAL HOUSE,
" GEROW 81 GEROW Proprietor.
Tionseta, Pa. This is the most centrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains Will
be spared to make it pleasant stopping
place for the travelling public. First
class Livery in connection.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
PLACES THAT SUFFERED.
Casualties and Damages Estimated
From Conservative Reports.

In the following list of California
cities, towns and villages blighted by
earthquake and fire the casualties and
damages reported as to each are esti-
mated from conservative reports:
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
DILL. EMERT

FANCY BOOT & SHOEMAKER.
Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm
aud Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all
kinds of custom work from the finest TO
.he coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten-
ton given to mending, and prices rea'
aOnable.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
$12,ooo.ooo Subscribed.

Last week congress appropriated
100000 for the relief OF the earth
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
WEAVER,

ITOTEL WEAVER,
ii %. A. WEAVER, Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House. has undergone complete change,
and is now furnished with all the mod
ern improvements. Heated and lighted
throughout with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The comforts OF
guests never neglected.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25
PRACTICAL SYMPATHY.
Generous Response to imperative
Needs of the Hour.

The response of the American people
to the imperative needs of the hour
has been magnificent. Never before
was there such superb outpouring of
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-04-25

ELM STREET, TIoNEsTA, PA.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-10-03
.|ROQUOE COMES BACK
FaOh MIDWAY Island

The United States tug lroquois re-
turned from Midway ut o'clock yes
tcrday afternoon. The Mongolia. TO
the assistance of which ship she went,
had been pulled of the reef and had
left the island before the lroquois got
there, passing the latter vessel the
night before she reached Midway.
There was not much for the lroquois
to do at Midway. She landed the
stores she had for the cable station
and got away as soon as possible. Al
ter passing BARRIERS Point early Mon
day morning. she was recalled by one
81 the Island vessels to assist In the
work there, and towcd the Sheridan
until It was found necessary to beach
the latter vessel to keep her from
turning turtle. The lroquois stood by
the Sheridan until yesterday after
noon, when, seeing that there wal
rothing for her to do until prepare
iions had been completed for agalr
floating the transport she came In. l
IL probable that she will go out agaiI
to the transport Friday morning, pro
vided everything is In readiness to r..
to pull the transport off the sand Of
which she now lies.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-10-03
STOCK CERTIFICATES
LOST IN FIRE
Present New Problem
For Stock Exchange
Of Honolulu
RUBBER STAMPED DUPLICATES
ARE NOT IN FAVOR
SPECIAL COMMITTEE NAMED TO
INVESTIGATE SUBJECT-THE
ATTITUDE OF CORPoR.
ATOMS

What Is the status Of the duplicate
certificates Of stock issued for those
supposed to have been destroyed by
fire, or lost beyond the possibility Of
recall.
This Is a question that has come to
the attention Of the local Stock Ex-
change, particularly since the San
Francisco fire. And an investigation
committee Is at work to assist the
Stock Exchange in taking some def
mite action.
when stock certificates are Destroyed
by fire the corporation involved issues
new certificate on satisfactory proof
that the original is lost. During the
San Francisco fire hundreds Of ccr-
tlfcates were destroyed. Under all
rules Of chance there is little or no
prospect that any Of these believed to
have been destroyed will eyer turn up
again.
Yet there Is always the chance. a
certificate in proper form IL a negoti-
able instrument and II u man picks a
sugar stock certificate from the debris
and sees " to sell II. there Is nOthin.,
10 prevent him, except tho possibility
OF It's being learned that he is dispos-
ing of other peoples property. Then
comes the question OF where the man
with the duplicate certificate comes OH
The duplicate cannot be US good rs tao
original.
Some OF the local corporations have
got around the matter for the time he
Ing by placing a rubber stamp notation
on the new certificate stating that II Is
a duplicate issued for such and such .
number destroyed by fire.
This duplicate certificate with the
rubber stamp explanation some brokers