Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-10

tunately now is the street which was
paved with the cobblestones.
The National Association of Retail
Druggists has begun raising fund of
100000 for the benefit of San Francisco
retail druggists. There are about 300
druggists there who lost heavily.
The California club of women in execu-
tive session in the Waldorf-Astoria in
New York City decided to accept dona-
tions from foreigners in opposition to the
stand taken by President Roosevelt.
In order to facilitate the removal of
the debris from the business district, E.
switch tracks through the streets and
haul the waste material to any point Sc
lected by. the officials.
II. c. Tilden, one of the most promi-
nent members of the general relief com
mittee, WAS shot and almost instantly
killed in his automobile while returning
from AIenlo Park, by men supposed to be
members of the citizens patrol
Clarence H. Mackay. president of the
Postal Telegraph Gable Company, tele-
graphed to President Wheeler of the uni
versity at Berkeley, saying he sill con-
tribute 100000 toward the erection of
a new building for the university.
Eleven postal clerks were taken from
the debris of the postoffice. All were
thought TO be dead, but it was found that,
although they We're buried in the stone,
every one was alive. They had been for
three days without food or water. All
the mail was saved
Army gunners attempted to blow down
the front wall of the Emporium, the
largest department store on the coast.
The wall, standing up all alone. resist
ed four charges of guncottOn. Then the
gunners concluded that it was not dan
gerous and let it alone
Alfred II. Castle, a retired capitalist
ard forme" banker of Chicago who pass
ed through that city's disastrous fire.
wired Mayor Schmitz Of San Francisco
a warning in regard to the possibility of
premature opening of the vaults of the
banks and offices of that city. In his
message he points out that if oxygen is
allowed to reach the contents of the safes
and vaults before they have had time TO
cool there will be losses that otherwise
might be avoided.
y Red Cross badge ceased to be a
badge of safety and honor. Toughs and
FOUNDERS observing the fact that the
badges We're good for passage any and
everywhere, pinned on rude limitations of
badges and many were caught looting
Mrs. Hugh Crum. a wealthy property
owner of San Francisco, reported to the
relief committee in San Francisco that
all her income-bearing property has been
destroyed, but that she had a little money
il the banks, which she proposed to di-
vide equally with the relief committee.
She therefore subscribed $4,000 to the
relief fund.
John Singleton, a Los Angeles million
aire. who, with his wife and sister. were
guests of the Palace hotel. escaped and
haG to pay so for an express wagon to
haul them TO Golden Gate Park To get
something to eat Mr.. Singleton was COM
PEELED to pay 81 apiece for eggs and for
one loaf of bread.
DR.. Clark. superintendent of the San
Francisco county hospital, said that
eleven employees and officers of the Ag-
news insane asylum. near San Jose. in
Guiding Drs. Kelly and Cell were killed
and twenty injured. Among the patients
fifty five We're killed and 100 injured All
the buildings were completely demol-
ished.