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ror felt at the catastrophe that has
befallen San Francisco and the most
earnest sympathy with our citizens
IF there Ia anything that the federal
government can do to aid you, II Will
he done.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
He also sent the following to Gov.
Pardee:
1T was difficult at first to credit
the news Of the calamity that has be-
fallen San Francisco. feel the great.
est concern and sympathy for you and
the people not only OF San Francisco
but OF California IN this terrible disas-
ter. You will let me know II there
IL anything that the national govern
ment can do.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
GOVERNORS REPLY,
Washington. April ls.---Presidens
Roosevelt tonight received q telegram
from Gov. Pardee OF California In re-
Spouse to the presidents telesraphlo
inquiry sent early In the day. The gov
ernor's message follows:
Sacramento. Cal. April 1s,--To the
president, Washington Owing TO tho
interruption OF Geographic commun'-
cation tho extent OF the disaster In san
Francisco Is not well known here, but
no doubt the calamity Is very serious.
People Of California appreciate your
prompt inquiry and offer OF assistance:
State troops are doing patrol duty and
II federal assistance Ia needed Will call
on you. GEORGE c. PARDEE.
Governor"
A private telegram from Oakland
forwarded to Secy. Metcalf tonight,
says the principal damage done III
oakland was caused by falling Chin
news.
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ONE THOUSAND
PERSONS PERISH.
Such is the Estimate While ThNu>
sands More Were In.
jlred.
SAFETY COMMITTEE FoRME0,
Calanlt, one VI tho Greatest DyVr
KNOWN IN The United
states,

Oakland, cal, April ls,---Earh-
quake and Arc today have caused The
greatest calamity California han ever
known. In San Francisco alone n Is
estimated thgt ! 900 persons have per-
iShed. while a. many more are Aifer-
ing from injuries.
CITY IN RUINS
The entire business portion " the
city Is In rufus. and the flames, Nhlth,
owing to the lack Of water, cann0t be
checked except by the blowing uA With
dynamite Of buildings In their nAth,
are still sweeping through the city II
Is utterly impossible at present 10 es-
innate the property loss. Tor the hAtyht
of the connasration cannot be tdld
until the fire ngs burned Itself pGt
THOUSANDS HOMELESS
Thousands of people are ho,0eless.
aud many arc huddled I'm The parks
and public squares, beside the OORse-
hold goods they were able 10 save.
At oclAck this morning .U00
men from the Preside arrived dNNn
tDNIl u INAlNA AUF WY III HfANs lUN
Thirtieth infantry, 1000 strong, Drtlv-
ed from Angel island a little 'atet ana
went on patrol duty al once The
soldiers have been ordered 20 spOot
down thieves caught i'm the oct 81
robbing the dead, aud 10 guard With
their lives the million of dollars Tofth
Of property which has been PLACED IN
the streets that Il may escagv Che
ravages Of the Names, The First Cali.
fornia artillery, 200 strong, tw1 cQhi-
panies, have been detailed to pa(rOl
duty on Ellis street. Two morv COM
panies are parolllng Broadway N The
Italian section
An an early hour this morning Nay
or Schmitz. VINO has established his
office at police headquarters. named
the following citizens as a com6l(teo
Of safety:
COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.
James ID. Phelan. Herbert low,
Thomas Maeee, Charles Fee. V, +.
Herrin. Thorhwell Mullaly. Carrot W.
McEnerny, w. g. Leahy j. DoWrey
Harvey. Jeremiah Oman, John r. Ma
honey. Henry 7, Scott, l. W. He)tsNan,
George A. Knight, I. q. SteinhArh s.
u Murphy, Homer King, Frao1 An.
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SAN FRANC|SCO'S
TRAGIC STORY.
viii be Many Days Before the
Tale Of Its Calamity is
Told.
TEMPORARY MORGUES SET UP
Amid tho Horrible Scene Human
ticnd. Ply Their Trade of
Robbery.

san Francisco. April ts.--It will be
many days before 10 complete story
OF the rula wrought by the calamity of
earthquake and fire that visited San
Francisco today Will be written, and
then there will still remain untold
countless tales OF pitlful tragedy. The
exact oIs of life win never be known.
as hundreds OF unfortunates have been
incineraJel In the flames which made
the rescue Of those buried under ton
ping steeples and falling walls i'm
possible.
Temporary morsues were improvised
at many points, only to be RACED by
tho flames. Tonight the city resem-
bes one vast shamble, the fire throwing
weird shadows across the worn and
panic-stricken faces OF the homeless
who are wandering the streets or sleep
ing on piles of mattresses and cloth
Ing In the parks and on the sidewalks
In those districts not yet reached Wy
the fire.
MILES OF FLAMES.
Forgetting for a moment the terrihls
SUFFERING, pDyslcal ana financial loss
that trails In the wake OF the disaster.
the scene presented by the flames Is one
OF unspeakable grandeur Looking over
the city from high hill In the western
addition, the flames can be seen rolling
skyward for miles and miles, while in
the midst OF spouting and belching
tongues Of red fire can be seen the
black skeletons and falling towers OF
the doomed buildings. At regular IT.
tervals the booming OF dynamite tells
OF the work of the brave army of men
that are attempting to save the city
from complete humiliation.
A falling wall from one Of the dyna-
mited buildings on Mission street crush
ed out the life Of Fireman Max Fenner,
while countless others met a like fate.
Through all the streets automobiles and
express wagons are hurrying. carrying
the dead and injured 20 the morgucs
and the hospitals At the morgue IN
the Hall Of Justice 50 bodies lie on the
slabs. The flames rapidly approached
this building and the work OF remov-
ing the bodies TO jackson square. oppo-
site, began.
REsCUING THE DEAD.
While the soldiers aud police we're
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EARTHQUAKE WAS
RESULT OF FAULT|NG
Such is Opinion Of Prot. Tarr Of
Cornell and Other &C.
ologists.
CALIFORNIA COAST GROWING.
Priest. Van Iiisc Of Wisconsin Says
Scientists Have Long Expected
severe Shocks.

New York, April ls.--Thc Times to-
day prints a statement from Ralph
stockman Tarr professor of dynamic
geology ana physical geography at Cor
nell university on the subject OF the
San Francisco earthquake He says:
1T Is too early 90 pronounce a final
opinion ugon the nature and cause OF
the san Francisco earthquake, but
from what has been said. IL will be
seen thai II Is probablc this shock Is The
result of movement along one or more
fault lines In the course OF the natural
growth Of the coast ranges, which CO.
ologists have long known TO be still in
progress throughout the entire extent
OF California That the coast ranges
are growing Is proved by numerous evil
denoes. There are upraIsed shore lines
~ various points along the California
coast proving recent uplltt, The very
bay Of San Francisco is the result OF
geologically recent subsistence Of this
part OF the coast which has admitted
the sea into the gorge that the Sacra-
mento river formerly cut across the
coast ranges. This forms the Golden
este aud IN the broader mountain val
ley behind the sea has spread out to
form the bay.
Whether the center of greatest dis
turbancc ~ the present shock is in or
near the city cannot yet he told. though
me meager reports 80 far received IN
d!catc. II 10 Is. San Francisco Is in
danger Of future disasters"
DISASTER LONG EXPECTED.
Madison Wis, Aprll lo.-- President
Charles e NanHlse Of the University
OF Wisconsin. one Of the best known
biologists in the country formerly OF
me United States geological survey
says disaster 40 San Francisco has
long been expected by scientists. In
signed statement hc says
Scientists have known for many
years that San Francisco Is dangerous
" loeated aud would probably sooner
or later be- subject To severe shocks.
THE fear has been repeatedly ex-
pressed that san Francisco would he
the FIRST TO show the effect OF an earth
quake upon steel structures. for II has
been well understood that san Francis
CO has the most dangerous location
with reference TO earthquakes Of any
large city IN tho United States"
EARTHQUAKE a SIMPLE MATTER.
Chicago, April ls.-Prof. J. Paul
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The disturbances shown by the selsm.
ograph at Iaibaeh practically syn
chronzed with the first earthquake
shock experienced At San Francisco,
the difference I'm time OF the two places
being between hours minutes.
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carrying the dead to what appeared
safe places, a shower OF bricks from a
building dynamited to check the pro-
gress Of the sweeping flames Injured
many OF the workmen and sent soldier
after soldier hurrying to the hospitals.
The work Of removing the bodies was
stopped. and the remainder of the lead
were left TO possible cremation In the
morgue.
FIENDs AT WORK.
From the "Barhary Coast the horde
Of vicious and criminal persons that In
fest that section poured forth TO loot
the stores and rob the dead. Fearing
sucn a iendsh climax to this day OF
h,rrors. Mayor schmitE and Police Chief
Oman issued orders for the soldiers TO
kill outright all who engaged In such
work. Before the eyes Of an Associated
Press representative three thieves were
shot in the back and fatally wounded
in the burning commercial district.
The earthquake has worked astonish-
ing havoc In San Francisco's famous
Chinatown. The Chinese theaters and
joss houses are in ruins, and rookery
after rookery has collapsed. covering
alive hundreds of the Celestials. Pants
reigns among the thousands Of the Chi
nest, allu tlty MI tnt StIcttr, uThkBlNR
whatever they could save from the
wrecks.
The japanese quarter has been partly
burned. and from the part not destroy
ed they have fed to the Interior, pack
ing on their backs what household IL
fects they could tie together.
When darkness began TO fall thous-
ands OF men and women and chldrsn
from the Latin quarter marched IN end
less procession toward the hills or to
the ~ater front frantic to get away
from the city. lest other earthquakes
follow and the flames trap them be-
fore they could make their escape.
Artillery men from the Preside. with
their supply wagons and the army
commissary wagons, are aiding In get
ting the fleeing inhabitants and their
baggage out OF the threatened quar-
ters.
DRUNKEN vAGABoNDs.
Despite the vigilance OF the police
and soldiers many places were pilaged
in the wholesale district Liquor
stores were broken into and stripped
clean Az result scores OF vaga-
bonds were lying dead drunk In the
streets. The ruin In the commission
and wholesale district Ii complete. he
flames tonight having completed the
paralysis Of the early morning. Under
the fatef,il shock all the rookeries used
as commission houses. many Of them
relics Of the days Of 10. collapsed,
DR.. LOOMS, dentist, over walkers store
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PRESIDENT OFFERS
EVERY ASSISTANCE.

Washington, April 1s.--presldent
Roosevelt manifested profound inter-
est throughout the day in the news Of
the earthquake at San Francisco Ear
ly IN the day he sent the following
telegrams 10 Gov. George G. Pardee
at Sacramento and Mayor Eugene u.
Schmitz al San Francisco;
Washington. d. c., April is.--Hear
rumors Of great disaster through an
earthquake at San Francisco but know
nothing Of the real facts, Call upon
me for any assistance 7 can send.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Later IN the day he sent the follow
ing dispatch 10 Mayor Schmitz.
II share with all our people the hor.
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DRUNKEN vAGABoNDs.

Or. LOOMS, dentist, over walkers store
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Goode of the University Of Chicago.
says.
IAN earthquake Is as simple az the
breaking Of timber,
II believe that the seat Of the dis
turbancc at San Francisco was about
seven miles below the surface of the
earth, II was quite probably slipping
of the crust Of the earth Generally
one block OF the crust slips up while
the other slips doyn. The focus OF the
disturbance may be noted by the d.
rectlon OF the cracks IN the wrecked
buildings. The Sierra Madre noun
tains are young and growing slowly,
and no doubt their growing was the
cause of the earthquake"
PROF. BuRCKHALLER's oBsER.
WALTON.
Oakland. Cal. April l9.--Prof Burck-
haller of the Lake Chabot observatory.
this city, has made the following state
ment TO the Associated Press.
THE earthquake shock was the Sc
verest which has been experienced here
since my connection with the Chabot
observatory.
1T started at 5;ii;4s, and It's duration
Was rs seconds.
AS soon as possible I went to the
observatory and found that the trem-
bier was too much for the smoked
glass which was on the seismograph
at the time OF the trouble THE smok-
ed glass shows where the needle left
the glass because OF the excessive os.
Citation.
1T Is difficult 20 state the exact d.
rection. which the trembler moved.
but there are indications that II took
In all the four points OF the compass.
The quake stopped the mean time
and the siderlal clocks Of the ob-erva.
tory nj "A minutes and IS seconds after
5 O'Clock this morning
FELT IN VIENNA.
Vienna, April ls.--Offlcials OF the gov
eminent observatory at Laibach say
that from 2e5 TO 2;5s o'clock yoster-
day afternoon the selsmograph record.
cd a distant earthquake OF great force
and destructiveness. The indications
showed that the disturbances were
much more violent than those which
recently occurred IN Formosa.
The disturbances shown by the selsm.
ograph at Laibaeh practically syn
chronlzed with the first earthquake
shock experienced At San Francisco,
the difference I'm time OF the two places
being between ? hours minutes.
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FATHER GAPON Is MISSING.

st, Petersburg, April is.--Father Ca
pom, the labor leader. mysteriously dis
appeared about week ago. Hts wife
fears foul play on the part Of his enc
mics, az the police insist that he has
not been arrested
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INSURANCE. Will. BE PAID.

Commissioner Il. Myron Wolfe an
nounced 90 noon that the so odd FIRE
Insurance companies interested had
decided "a pay dollar for dollar to
every one insured with them. The
companies viii not discriminate be-
tween FIRE ana earthquake and every
one insured VIII be paid to the extent
nl me loss. But two Of the companies
aHeetea are Pacific coast companies.
Tho nthers having PRINCIPAL offices in
tho east or IN Europe. and ali will
stand the loss without danger OF fall
urc.
me calamity is the greatest in the
ntotl OF the United States-s200,-
ooo, 600 worth OF property DESTROYED
and loss of life estimated az from
200 to l.500.
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Spring Ailments

Pimples, bois, eczema and other
eruptions, loss Of appetite, that tired
feeling, fits OF biliousness, indigestion
and headache, are some OF them,
They are all radically and perma.
nently cured by Hoods sarsaparilla,
which thoroughly cleanses the blood
and restores healthy functional activity
to the whole system. This spring take
Hoods SarsapariIla
In liquid or tablet form. 100 Doses 81.
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derson ". ! Barnett. John Martin.
Allan Pollock Mark Gerstle. n. ".
l.emslell, W. q. Harrison u. A..
crotncrs, Paul Cowles. NJ. H. de Young.
Claus Sprcckvls. Rudolph Sprackels.
G., ", Fay. John McNaugh, Dent Rob-
trt. 'ihcnas Garrett, Frank Shea. Jas.
Reed RohCri piss. r. y, Woodward.
H9Wprd Holmes. George nillmau. W.
n Rogers, David Rich. H. I. CROSS
WE'LL j. A. Howell Frank Maestreti.
tl"m Tphin, George Tourney, Il. T..
Pond George \ Newhall and William
Watson.
NaVor Schmnz sent out word To the
lpkCr'cs aud milk stations through
cut tho clty thni their food supply
r'ust he harhured Tor homeless. Pro-
visions have already been made TO
place tents ii every park in The city
and mo these those who have lot all
viii be given food and shelter
Early in the morning the prisoners
confined in the city prison ON the afth
ttoor ut the Hall OF Justice were trans
ferrcd 10 the basement OF the struc-
lure. Later they were removed 20 the
broadway jail, and If necessity arises
they VIII be taken 70 the branch coun-
~ jail on the Mission road
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
What the Market Affords

#nXTAILS, 10 cents EACH -.
" Strictly fresh EGGS Is cents Dozen ~
Parsnips, 20 cents peck .".. .-..<
New onions, 5 cents bunch. >..=
Olive OIL rs cents a pint bottle
Bananas, Is, 20 and Is cents dozen.
If you like curry you will find curried eggs and
toothsome dish Slice two onions and fry in butter
tablespoonful Of powder and pint of good broth
and stock stew until the onions quite tender add cup
then -four then add eight harboiled eggs
cut in half, and
To make parsnip frters, boil four five parsnips
tender take off the skin and mash them fine add to them
teaspoonful Of wheat flour and beaten egg put table,
spoonful Of lard beef dripping fryngpan the
fire. and add to it satspoonful Of salt; when boiling
put the parsnps made into small cakes with spoon
when side delicate brown turn the other: when both
done take them DISH put little Of the fat which
they fried them, and hot These resemble
nearly the taste of the satisfy oyster plant will gen
orally be preferred to it.
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MEANING OF THE WORD "KAFF1R ;

" The French explorers who have been opening up the
cry curious has been the history Of the word kar
Sudan and Sahara find that they called kair by the
Mohammedans while Sir Henry Rawlinson once said that
the loveiest Oriental lady he had kar slave
at Kabu When she had oosened her golden hair she could
herself completely with veil This of kafr
is worldwide Islamsm, for it is the of I'M
believer" applied by true Mohammedans to those re-
fuse the faith The Portuguese found it applied to the
negroes of East Africa by their Arab predecessors and
handed it to the Dutch and to the English The kafr
slave Kabul belonged to Of those baccad mountain
tribes in the heart of Afghansan who till 1885, deed
Mosem neghbors and their dizzy precpices goated on
their doatry These Afghan kas claim be descended
from the Greeks who with Alexander his of
the east.
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Curiios and Oddities
WHY DREAMS NEVER SURPRISE US.
Tis Passing SfranQe!"

MO ONE is surprised in a dream. A dreaming
is at moment bathing in the and at the next
moment soaring in balloon but the sudden and nexpcabe
change does not him. he surprised to meet
the flesh friends long dead he surprised find him
self doing deeds that really beyond him, winning the
love of notable Beauties knocking champion heavy
Tllman. .,....
No surprised dream, and the that
dreamers have memory. lii real life be pursued thru
the streets by lion would be astonishing but this accident
would be accepted dream horrible but quite
place. the memory not being there to say that uhead
OF Tor lions to pursue cities.
In the way Dreams not surprised to find
themselves balooning because they don't remember that
they up in balloon BEFORE and they not
prlsed to find themselves conversng with dead people be-
they don't remember that these people are dead
There be without memory and it is because
have memories in their dreams that they then accept
calmly and credulously the most amazing and incredible
things.
WHY MUsTAcHEs GROW UNEvENLY e u
81 CAN tell you which side you sleep on said barber
1 ''You sleep on the right side.'' - e.
That is true, said the patron. 'EHow did you know
it," ~ ..> :
"FYour mustache told me- barber answered. 'tMen s
mustaches always tell which side they sleep For the
mustache is always shorter rougher and the
side that is crushed and crumped upon the pillow Your
mustache the left side long and smooth and ractabe
On the right side it is rough stubborn and little shorter
So easy enough to seeyou sleep your right side"
SPRING OVERCOATS PLANTS.
1.-THE spring is at hand, said nature STUDENT 1fThe
trees and shrubs burgeoning. Each early bud
and blossom spring overcoat.
cit is odd that buds and blossoms should spring
overcoas; odd but true Nature provides for the hardy
of the spring. for those brave buds that
before the frosts yet quite oversize them
with spring overcoats Of soft, furry stuff.
''Study the cakins of the willow and the hazel in the
early spring Note their soft and furry wraps their spring
overcoa which prevent the endofwnter frosts from Stay
ing them.'' = -. ..
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SPRING OVERCOATs OF PLANTS.
HIS HAND A SUN DIAL.

XTALTER MASON, living in Newport, Ne. has the mys-
w ferrous ability of being able to tell the time
of day by simply looking in the palm Of his hand another
would look at his watch No has been able to learn his
method and in fact he himself cannot explain the source
of his Many Of the people Of the village who doubted
his and who looked upon it fairy story have
by their observation and experiments become convinced
of its ruth.-Thurston (Me) Journal ~z@@.
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AN OLD IDEA.

&c HOW him in said the gas magnate and the
S ~ entered confidently
"Sr' he began II have here patent gas meter This
meter while the gas burning acquires such momentum
that keeps going right and after the gas has been
turned off, and thus
But the gas magnate interrupted him impatently
In what respect, tho, he demanded does it differ
from our old meters?',
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nv narvo 1oaviny ma co [SGANN$M1I hYN YIN
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to look at-er-engaee- MI M NJ IA
ment RINGS, He smiled WA Ill., \ v
and I added in a louder ! (l NWL M.N
voice, s'for-my sister, C>HRfkm7H7nIU t @
It was out at last. But q||INILlE hasss7JF|E
what a result! Every IllK&
shopper and clerk was GN&J
smiling at me- - AS the (~ AZ
foorwaker started avay mHsSTNc-
SAVING t.This wav
pease felt that there ANOTHER POLICEMAN GE TOLD ME TO
was procession Of Gus r..
TONERS and cash girls following So fed-ignomniously
fled out Of aside door,
After hasty walk to cool off, tried another store
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r.-ag Evening THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL March > ,sa
s'Assisted" Just IN Time
T UsT Why am more bashful than othel

UST why am more bashful than other
never is hard to explain. There is no
accounting for it, and, apparently, no
cure. [ may reach a point where I
can receive my friends, but my con-
science never.
Still, l conquered this timidity
sufficiently to propose to the dearest
girl in the world. When I think Of
it I am astounded at my bravado.
Many a time I had thought, eff she
would only helpme!'' But she never did.