Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-04-27
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near the city hall, crushing the HE oo'
of them.
IN Union Square l stood beside wo 1
man who died actually from fright anu
thirst. Her last request was Tor wa
ter and we had none to give her. 60,
"At Jefferson square | saw 4 fatal
clash between the military and the po-
lice. A policeman ordered soidief ~
take up a dead body to put It IN tne
wagon and the soldier ordered the pc,
liceman to do it. Words followed ?Au
the soldier shot the policeman deaa:
Snearfsh, S. D., saw the military shooC
a negro near the city hall. The negro
had been robbing the corpse OF a womalE
and to get ring from her swollen hnge-
cut She finger OFF.
SOLDIER Kills Policeman.
'"Thc sentry on duty near van ness
avenue" added Mr.. CaShnear, ordered
a friend of mine who was entering MS
home tc come out of there as IL was
about to be dynamited. My friend waved
his hand back toward the soldier, saying:
"This is my house and l have right to
90 in. The soldier instantly killed nm.
On the other hand, l want to say that
the soldiers were generally klnd ana
helpful and deplored these hasty actions
of their comrades just as much as we
did"
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Nothing could be more terrible than
the calamity at Agnews' asylum near
San lose. as described by r. Lee Drink
water of Denver. He fled to San Jose
from San Francisco only to find that ne
had gone from bad to worse. He sad
last night:
I'VE went to Agnews, where we had 4
friend, and found the asylum IN ruins
and 200 demented creatures buried there.
,;x.l,4 fiN-n WI
ror to see the scores of maddened men
and women strapped to trees all over the
grounds, crying, shrieking and curslng.
Maniacs Become Violent
"Ordinarily, troublesome in their way,
the excitement of the falling building
made them mad, indeed, and their I'M
canny looks and fiery eyes were terrible
to behold. Nothing could be done for
them as there was no place to put them
and every sane man, woman ana chlld
available was digging to release the other
unfortunates buried in the ruins. On,
such cries as came seemingly from the
bowels of the earth. The devils have got
me. Let me OUT L am the king, you
cannot kill me-, L want my supper. |
want my dinner Just as the vagary
seized them they called out their dis
ordered thoughts nor even guessed their
true condition.
Many Ghouls Shot.
But most CHASTITY of all is the state
ment by Willis Ames, a Salt Lake man
who escaped to Los Angeles He says;
'While | was walking about the streets
| saw man after man shot down by the
troops. Most of these were ghouls. One
man made the trooper believe that one OF
the dead bodies lying on Il pile of rocks
was his mother and he was permitted to
go up to the body Apparently overcome
by grief he threw himself across the
corpse. In another instant the soldiers
discovered that he was chewing the dla,
mond earrings from the ears of the dead
woman. Here is where you get what is
coming to YOU said one of the soldiers,
and with that he put Il bullet through the
ghoul. The diamonds were found Ill the
mans mouth afterward.'
Already the beggars are seeking tc
profit by the misfortune of San FRAN
cisco and two men arrested while beg,
cling in the character Of refugees have
been proved imposters.
Saw Children and Wife Dead.
PORTLAND, Ore, April 24.-J. 2.
O'Brien, general manager of the Harri'
man lines in Oregon and Washington.
was asleep III his private car at the
Townsend street depot in San Francisco
when the earthquake occurred Wednes,
day.
1--WE knew nothing about the disaste,
for several hours after it happened" said
Mr. O'Brien, until about s o'clock
when man rushed into my car shouting
that the city was burning. L did not
believe him but went outside, where |
saw the fire stretching for half a mile
AS l stood there | saw q man crying aS
if his heart would break He said he
was going to jump into the bay, as he had
just seen his wife and four children
taken from the debris and carried to the
morgue."