Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25

from General Funston at Oakland
pier:
1--WE are doing all possible to aid
residents of San Francisco in the pres
ent terrible calamity. Many thousand
homeless and ! shall do everything in
my power to render assistance and
trust to war department to authorize
any action may have to take. Army
casualties will be reported later. All
important papers saved. We need
tents and rations for 10000 people.
FUNSTON"
"A dispatch received early this morn
ing from Army Depot Commissioner
Trauthoff is as follows:
depot destroyed by fire. Every
thing lost. Local troops supplied.
Will wire in reference to Manila
shipments. TRAUTHOFF."
From Benicia Arsenal, California,
comes the following addressed to the
chief of ordinance:
Damage by earthquake chiefly to
chimneys and ceilings. Probably not
over $780,. Report will follow. No
one injured here.
BENNETT, Commanding"
This dispatch was sent to General
Funston by Commissary General
Sharpe:
"The secretary of war has directed
the commissary at Vancouver Bar
racks to forward to the depot COM
missary- at San Francisco 10000
rations.. Is the railroad open to Port
Iand?"
The burned district extends from
the water front south of Market street
to Market street and west to Eleventh
street, north of Market. The fire ex-
tends out Hayes and McAllister streets
nearly to Fillmore and from the water
front along Market to Montgomery
and north from the water to the Mont
gomery street. Manufactures, hotels,
wholesale houses and residences, COM
prising the principal part of the bust
ness section, have been destroyed.
The city hall, structure costing
100000 was first wrecked by the
earthquake and-then destroyed by fire.
The Palace Hotel, value estimated at
100000, also burned. The beauti
full Claus Spreckels building at Third
and Market streets was Quilted. The
Rialto building and dozens of other
costly structures were destroyed. The
Hall of Justice is threatened and will
undoubtedly go. The Examiner and
the Call buildings are gone and the
Crocker building, across the street
from the Palace, is on fire. No after
noon papers were issued and il is
doubtful if the morning papers will
appear. The Southern Pacific tracks
are in such condition that only a erin
pied train service has been possible.
The Chronicle building and it's new
street annex are still standing. The
freaks of the earthquake were MANY.
Wide assures were made in the
streets, street railways were twisted
out of line. sewers and water pipes
were burst and it is feared that there
will be an epidemic of disease.
At meeting Of the committee of
safety Mayor Schmitz issued the fol-
lowing proclamation:
ITO the citizens of San Francisco:
The federal troops, which are now
policing portion of the city, as we'll
as the regular and special members
OF the police force, have been author.
lied by me to kill any persons whom.
soever found engaged in Iootinq the
effects Of any citizen or otherwise en-.
gagged in the commission of crime.
"Under these circumstances re-
quest that all citizens whose business
does not imperativeIy require their alb.
sence from home after dark to remain
at home during the night until order
shal! have been restored. beo to
warn all fitizens of the danger of fire
on account of destroyed chimneys, gas
pipes, gas fixtures and the like.
l. e. e. scHMiTZ, Mayor"
Fairbanks at a K. p. Fair.
Washington, April 49, Vice-Pres;.
dent Fairbanks made the opening ac.
dress at fair given by the KNIGHTS
OF PEfhiaS Of tho nirfrio& ,f