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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1906)
TH& U.MAliA iAiii" iiriK: tWIIMI, At'iiil 'SK I'fOh. Telephon Dougls 61ft. C M TS TTt V n i All $50.00 Suits $35.00. Ail $40.00 Suits $25.00. All $35.00 Suits $22.50. These reduced prices are actual reductions, positively no inflation of values or former priws are tolerated liere. The most critical and exclusive tastes in women's stylish suits, and the most exacting requirements as to quality, style and tailoring are fully met in this array of our finest suits, at thee extra special prices. " ' ' Dainty and Stylish Cream Dress Goods at Sweeping Cut Prices Friday. lu Basement Dry Goods Iicpartment. If you want e xtraordlnary value in material for pretty cream milt, something Inexpensive yet dainty and stylish, you'll And charming style here at little prices, i HOC riim Crlapen Brilliant, In., beautiful quality, Friday 89c yd. ! Oim Batiste, equal In appearance to silk. chiffon, Friday SOc yd. . BOc Cream Melrose, 4.1 In., dainty and summery, Friday 89c yd. Mc Cream Albatross, all wool, soft and dinging. Friday 39c yd. tiOc Cream Silk Finished Brllllantine, beautiful Eilk luster. Friday tftc yd. High Class Separate Skirts. We are dally adding new styles to our high class line of Separate Skirta In .Voillca, Panamas Snd other handsome fabric. For really new and stylish garment come and e what you can buy from da at $7.50, I10.H), 112.M and $15.00. -. was swaying and shaking o that he could nnke no headway and he turned back. 1 threw hlmef In front of the dresser n his room, trusting to that object to pro iect him from falling timbers. This move aved hi life. The drrsser held up the beams which tumbled over him and these in turn protected him somewhat from the falling mss of debris. "I wa Imprisoned five hour," said Mr. Duffy, "before finally being rescued. Three limes I tried to call and tho rescuers -heard ine, but could not locate my position from the sound of, my Voice, and I could hear tham going away after getting close to me. "Finally I got hold of a lath from the rulni around nie, poked It through a hole left by the falling of a steam pipe, and by using It and yelling at the same time finally managed to show the people where 1 wat. "There were alout 300 people killed In the destruction of the three hotels, and not less than BOO In the whole town. "The business section of the place col lapsed to the ground almost Inside of five minutes. Then the fire started and burned from one end to the other, starting at each end and meeting In the middle, sweeping over the. ruins and burning the Imprisoned people. "t saw .two arms protruding from one part of the debris and waving frantically. There w ho much noise, however, that th scream could not be heard. Just then as I looked the flames swept over l hem and cruelly finished the work begun by the' earthquake. The sight sickened me and I turned away,"; l'KOM.H FLEE FROM THK FLAMES Canplnc In the' Parka and the Military Reserve at Prealdlo. BAN FRANCISCO, April 19. Thousands upon thousands of people are fleeing from the fire today. They arc flocking to the ferric, to the parks, to the military res ervation and to the suburbs. Resident of the hillsides In the central portion of the city seemingly were safe from the roaring furnace that was consuming the business section. They watched the towering mounds of flame and speculated as to the extent of the territory that was doomed. Suddenly there was whispered alarm up and down the long Hno of watchers and they hurried away to drag clothing, cooking utensils and scant provisions through the streets. From Orunt avenue the procession moved west ward. Men and.-women dragged trunks, packed huge bundles and blankets, boxes of provisions everything. Wagon could not b hired except by paying the most ex tortionate rate. But there was no panic. The people are calm, stunned. They seem not to realise the extent of the calamity. They hear that the city is destroyed. Inso far as business plants arc concerned; they tell each other In the most natural tone that their residences, were destroyed by flumes, but there Is no hysteria, no outcry, no criticism. Mayor Bchmlts and Chief of Po lice Dinon have been forced from place to place by the onrushlng flames. Daybreak round them directing the mu nicipal council, which is a committee of safety from the Fairmont hotel, the beau tiful structure that stood on top of Nob bill. But that caught lire and they re treated to the Cushlng and then to the North Bud police station In Sacramento street. Here the council composed of finan cial leader of the city met this morning end decided to resort to the most heroic measures undertaken since the city has been In th path of devastation. This de cision waa to bombard the entire section of the city tying atone the east side of A"an Nes avenue from Golden Gate avenue to Pacific avenue, sixteen blocks In all- con Underwear and Hosiery A few urnTU! numbM frxiin tlice very complete departments. Xotwtthatftmllittg the heavy market wdvauces we rail your attention to these food sit former Keason prices. UNDERWEAR Boys' shirts, drawers and pants, Jeraey rib, ankle and wrist length or knee and eihow length. oa. per garment 9C Boys' balbriggan ahirta in ecru, Ions or ahort sleeves, knee length pants, knee or ankle length draw- i ers. per garment OC Boy' union suits, - ecru Jersey rib cotton, wrist and ankle lengths act or short leuglha, pr suit "UC Girls' vtsts, whit lisle, low neck and slsevelsss or high neck with (js. alteves, at 4uv Girls pants. white Hale, In an- OB kla or knee lengths AOW Girls' or boys' light wool vests or pants. In gray, according to ttf sis, per garment, 7(o to 'V Just opening shipment Of girls' mus lin drawers and underskirts. Wilt for Illustrated catalogue,- BENSON erTHORNES A J0 ohaiiAjUeb: We do sell Continuation of Our Reductions for Friday. Viyella Flannels. Tliia in ths only flannel known that will stand any kind of washing and not fade r?or shrink. Your money back,' If It doe. "Viyella-' Flannels are made In a line of style Just right Tor Tony Jackets, Oolf Shirt, Shirt Waist, etc. They af ex clusively aold by ua In Omaha at the uni versal price, Tic per yd. Howard Corner Sixteenth Street. taining the homes of many millionaires and apartment houses. The mllltsry was notified of this action and barrels of gunpowder, the only re maining explosive In the city, were taken from the Presidio, Fort McDowell, Al catrax and other nearby posts. Hmdreds of police, regiments of soldjer and scores X volunteers were sent Into the doomed district to warn the people to flee. These stoically responded to the demand of the lnw nnd went bravely on their way, trudg ing painfully over the pavements with the little they could get together. Every avail able wagon was taken by the military to enrry the powder. General Funston Is co-operating with Mayor Schmltz, whose orders to all orflcrs nrc to kill without warning all malefac tors. When men have been needed to carry out the plans of rescue they have been pressed Into service. In only a few instances waa It necessary to rrsort to the cocked revolver and drawn sword, after which there wrs no hesitancy. The Presidio reservation, the vast Rich mond district of thousands of acres. Golden (late park and the surrounding hills resem ble one vast picnic ground. Tents and Improvised coverings have been erected everywhere, fireplaces built In th streets, boils and mattresses thrown down all over the section. The people thus situated are philosophical. There 1 only one danger, and that I that the food supply will run out. Every grocery in San Francisco has been taken by tha authorities, and to each family Is being sold Only one article at a time. In many places the police and mili tary prohibit overcharging. General Fiins ton announced this morning that rations would soon reach the city and the' people would soon be supplied from the Presidio. Bakeries have alreafly been built within the reservation and the bread supply there fore has not failed completely. Tho gov ernment also has begun to aid In the progress of the people out of the city to Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda. Tugboats and steamers are being pressed Into ser vice for this purpose and there Is a vast army on the way to the ferries. From the water front the burned city can be seen today In all 'its smoky naked ness. From the Pacific Mall dock to Vallejo street on the west side, a distance of two miles, wreckage and ruin la the rule. Al though the fire did not Jump F.ast street, the damage has been enormous. The ftiled ln land facing the Ferry building Is a suc cession of little valleys, some four, other alx feet deep. The ferry tower itself Is out of plumb and the big building is bndly twisted by the earthquake. Looking up Market street, the city is a smouldering mas of ruin. Great manu factories, mercantile houses, banks and railroad office building are no where to be seen und only in spots is there so much as a tower; the monument of the burned structure. Today ia bright and warm. The sun Is beating dawn on the tired worker and rescuers. There 1 Scarcely any water to relieve the thirst of the sufferer. The heat Is threatening danger, for the dead In many instancea are lying In the streets and ruins. The authorities are doing all In their power to remove bodies In order that a pestilence may be prevented. It has been necessary repeatedly to remove the Injured from placea where they had sought refuge, for the Are kept Increasing with alarming rapidity. Water, la the incessant cry of the firemen and the people one wants It to fight with, the other to drink but there 1 only a scant drinking supply. By the burning of the St. Francis hotel, which waa entirely consumed, over 1 1 000,000 went up in smoke. This mag nificent caravansary, which at the time of IU destruction waa being enlarged at enormous expense, waa filled to Its rapac ity. Among those stopping at the hotel HOSIERY "Onyx" and "Pony" hose for boys, medium or heii'vy rib. brilliant fast black cotton, double heel and II knee, full tashloned Ck Girls' "Pony" and "Onyx" hose, in line or medium rib. spKred knee and heel, brilliant black, with OS, lull fashioned feet AOW Girls' "Pony" llslo hoe, fine rib. full fusbiuneti, 33c pair. S f tluee iwlrs for "-P Above numbers sro in tan. Hoys' half hose, real ninco, ell last bl.uk or wltn while soles. "!r also fniKies Fay stockings, a complete assortment cf the? celebrated stockings. In medium or llg-rit weight, priced from Sue to JV Infanta' raslmier hose, medium fin rib with eilk heel and toes In black, red. blue, tan, white or pink, per pair Children's sex. In ox ton. lisle snd syk, girls' lace hose, etc. b-ti r stives. Be, April ll, 11 . Great Suit Redfern Corsets. The services given by our expert coiset ierea In attendance In our Corset Department Will be appreciated by nil ladles whoaa aim la to be properly coraeted. No matter what atyle of dres one wlahea to affect, thnra la a Redfern Model designed eapeclally for each fashion. In fact, the name Hedfern suggests high art tn dress, and In no leas degree In corseta. Regardless of the many model, each la designed for a . certain type of form, with the moat specific In tent ona we may say. And because of these precise details It la most Important for each wearer to hare her model selected cor rectly. Price 3.50 to 17.00. New and Dainty Lingerie Waists. The very choicest atyle at $1.09. tlffi. $1 50, $1.75. 2.T, and upJ6 $15.00. were Adolph Bunch and family of St. Louis, James Riley and wife of the Hotel Walcott, New York; several members of the Metropolitan Opera company and a number of other visitors. It waa reported that no one was Injured at the St. Francis. The Busch purty left the hotel when It was apparent that the magnificent build ing was doomed and are now housed with relatives at the Presidio. The opera singers at this hotel, as wall as those of the Conreld organization which had been quartered at the Palare hotel, lost their all, with tho exception of sev eral violina valued at $12,000, which were saved from the flames at the eleventh httir by Nathan Franko, the musical di rector of the company. Costumes, scenery, personal belongings and musical instru ments everything succumbed to tha flames. It Is reported that several mem bers of the famous company are stranded here without money and other belongings. Director Franko Is now endeavoring to arrange In some manner for passage to New York for his people, and it Is ex pected that they will be rushed to New York at the earliest possible moment. Mr. Franko, who la now In Oakland, states that, many of the stars have been lost sight of. Including Mmes. Barnes and Hembrich and M. Caruso, but he la of the opinion that they have been taken in charge by friends In the stricken city. IIOTF. RISES AMONG THE RUNS Saat Francisco Feople Organising to Meet the Emergency. BAN FRANCISCO. April M.-San Fran Cisco tonight Is the city desolote. It seemed that the ncme ,of ;lf,msery was, reached at dusk 'Vfhen flames , burst .from all sides of the beautiful Hotel Fairmont Surrounding that lofty pinnacle of flame as far as the eyes could see to the south, to the east and far out to the west lay in cruel fantastic heaps charred and smoul dering all that remain of the prosperous city. This has been another duy of an uneven struggle of man against ' unconquerable flames. Tonight there is a hope that the worst has been nearly reached nnd that when tomorrow dawns the end will have come, but the hope Is faint, indeed. If the flames can be barred In their devasta tion of the Washington addition then the "tints" will be wrHten to the great dis aster. But San Francisco la not discour aged. Its best people have already begun to plan for the relief of the destitute. Ar rangements were made for the Immediate relief of the needy. The baking of 60.000 loaves of bread dully will begin tomorrow. Free transportation will be provided by the Bouthern Pacific for destitute iiersnns wishing to get to the Interior (mints. Major McKeever was appointed com mandant of the camps of the homeless. It was announced that tomorrow there would begin a dally delivery Into the city of 10,000,000 gallons of water. Tonight for the first time direct telegraphic communication was established between San Francisco and the outside world and this message was the first to be sent. By the most en ergetic efforts In the face of great obsta cles the Postal Telegraph company suc ceeded In restoring ono of Its shattered lines and Its managers are hopeful of bringing back It service to the normal plane In a day or two. The Postal office tonight is located in a little wooden struc ture erected on piles at the water front share. Tonight three distinct tires were burn ing. One was en that portion that ex tends from Nob Hill down easterly to ward the water front. It waa traveling slowly northerly toward the Telegraph hill section, and may die out from lack of material or may again sweep toward the extreme water front. The second center was In the Mission dis trict. Here the fire had reached Eigh teenth street, but was making little head way toward the hillsides to the west, where thousands of people are camped. The third and most dangerous fire is that threatening the western section. This is really a continuation of the Nob hill fire. It Is wedge shap' J with the apex pushing forwsrd. This Is the point against which the firemen are bending their greatest ef forts. Dynumite was usd for back tir ing purposes with only fair success. To night many blocks may be blown up. Chief of Police Dinan said he thought 250 would fully cover the number of deaths. He found It Impossible to see details. Abut fifty bodies have thus far been found. There Was considerable shooting of looters today, but the offenders were fortunate enough to escape witli wounds. tno More Shocks la Snltuas. si A NT A BARBARA, Cal.. April 19.-A sperlal telephone message tu, the Morning Preis from Salinas dates that town suf fered from two distinct earthquake shocks shoitly after S o'clock this afternoon. As the messsge was coming over the wire still another shock waa felt in the city. Al'hough today's earthquakes have done very little damage in Salinas, the Inhabi tants are greatly disturbed and fear a repe tition of Wednesday's disaster, which did so much damage to property. , loa Illy rarlants. Biorx CITY. U., April l.-(8peelal Tel- grain.) The dry council today cea- ! trlbuted to the relief f jnd for Bun Francisco sufferers. The fund now atioun's to about $1,500. The council and Commercial club both have sent teleg rams cl s)inpth to Maci. ijthniUs. NEBRASKA'S I1ELP IS PROMPT Gornor Miokfj Take Immediate 8tps to Aid In Belief. TENTS', ; BLANKETS AND PROVISIONS 1af1eal tinned ' F.sjnlpment and t on. trlhntlnns of (flfsens In Be For warded kr Kperlnl Train Over ' the 1 nlnn Tnelfle. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, April 19.-8pecial.) "The people of Nebraska deeply aympatblie With the stricken city of Ban Frnnclsco," said Governor Mickey.'" after issuing a state ment requesting funds to be sent to the sufferers, "and 1 am sure they will re spond hoblj to the call for help. The Buf fering will be Intense and we cannot realise the horror of the situation, but San Fran cisco will rise from the ashes. Its people are the people of the west, full of confi dence:, energy and ambition, and. though they will bo oast down by this terrible calamity, they vill rally and rebuild their beautiful city. , "We ct Nebraska are amply able to help the sufferer and I feel eure Nebraska will oontflbute liberally." :. Late this afternoon Governor Mickey wired the War department for permission to send the tenia belonging to the Nation.il Guard to Ban Francisco. Only a few of the tents are now In the basement of the state house, the. others being distributed among he various guard companies,, but could be easily collected. This message was . sent after Governor Mickey- had received word from General Manager Mohler of the I'nlon Pacific that his road would, carry donations free of charge. Tents and RInnketa to Re Sent. Tonight a telegraphic order was received from the War department, signed by Gen eral Humphrey, quartermaster general. In structing that the' tents and blankets In the possession of the' Nebraska National Guard bs sent to Ban Francisco at once. In 'accordance with this order General Cul ver tonight Issued telegraphic orders to each company of tho guard Instructing the commanding officer to pack and ship at once all tents and blankets. Invoices will be made In duplicate, and one Will be sent with the goods and the other sent to Gen eral Culver for filing. - This order will provide tentage and blankets for about 2,500 people. Kebraakn Asked to Contribute. Governor Mickey has Issued the follow ing statement: To the People of ' Nebraska: ' According to the latest dispatches, the city of San Francisco Is doomed to destruction by fire, as a result of yesterday's terrible earth quake. The residence portion of the city Is now burning, and It 1 evident that a great amount of relief will be needed. The per.pl of Nebraska have never yet failed to help the citlxens of a sister state whenever a calamity has overtaken any part of them. Assistance has already been extended by a number of our people, and any further contributions that may be sent to this department, or Hon. Guy C. Bar ton, Omaha, Net;., will be forwarded to the sufferer through safe and proper channels. Tenets, bedding and supplies, which are especially needed, will be trans ported, free of charge, by the Union Pacific Railroad company.. The donation of food supplies, 1 urged. , as .food is more needed than money,, lij San Francisco. o ,IQH-tM. iMICKET, .Governor. MeMage feorn1 (iotHTior Parde. Iatc. tdnlgkt.tbo.-followlng ' inessngo was received from Governor Pardon of Califor nia: . - -"if.-r : .-'.. -. OAK LAN Dv Cak, April !. To the Gov ernor of Nebraska.; Many of the thousand of San Ftanclseo people are In urgent need of food. Cari you not aid in getting train load of provisions started? Have wired governor of Kansas and mayor of Kansas City and Omahn to tho Same effect. Need Is Immediate and great. . . GEORGE p. PARDEE, Governor. Governor Mickey replied . to this. as' fol lows: LINCOLN, Neb., April 19 To George P. Pardee. Oakland. - Cal.: Will start trnln load of provisions as soon as possible. JOHN H. MICKET. The following message was sent fo the mayors of all the leading cities of Ne braska this evening: LINCOLN. Neb.. April 1.-There is urgent need of food In Ban Francisco. De sire to send train load of staple provisions flour, cornmeal. cured meata, canned vegetables, potatoes, beans, etc. Forward to Guy C. , Barton, Omaha, for shipping direction. Manager Mohler of the I'nlon Pacific will transport train load free of charge. ' JOHN H. MICKET. Nebraska' relief train will be on the way before Friday evening. GRAND ISLAND. Neb., April l.-(Spe-clal Telegram.) Cpon call of Mayor Schtiff. a meeting of cltixena was held tonight at which a committee consisting of C. F. Bentlty. G. B. Boll, E. D. Hamilton and A. F. Buechler! was appointed to receive contributions of cash or provisions for tho relief of the California sufferers. Pro visions will be sent through the state or ganisation. A telegram was sent ot once to Governor Pardee to ascertain to whom to send cash subscriptions. A. remittance will probably be sent thither at once. Two hundred and twenty-five dollars was raised at the meeting and more cash will be raised tomorrow. OMAHA ASKED TO HEM) PROVISION Governor Pardee Telegraphs and Will Get Immediate Help. "OAKLAND. Cal., April 18. 19i. The Mayor, Omaha, Neb.: Many thousands ot Ban Franclco people in dire need of food. Can you not get tralnload of provisions started? Have wired governors of Nebraska and Kansas and mayor of Kansas City to same effect. Need Is great and Immediate. "GEORGE C. PARDEE, , "Governor of California." The above, telegram was received from the governor of California last evening. The special committee appointed to consider how the funds raised in Omaha ahould be disposed Of will be guided by this request and will send provisions Instead ot money. Mr. Mohler. general manager of the I'nlon Pacific, which road in conjunction with the Southern Pacific has offered to transport free of charge all provisions to San Fran cisco, has orTered to furnish baggage cars to bo loaded., with provisions, these to be attached to the regular passenger trains, and run through on regular passenger time. The request of the governor for provisions show that many pt-ople are actually In need of something to eat and the committee will hustle provisions through as fast as poesible. The. special committee will ni"et in the mayor's office at 8.!i o'clock this morning to consider what supplies will be best to send. To enable the committee to act more Intelligently a committee from the wholn sale grocer has been asked to meet with the relief committee this morning to assist In making selection on a hat to send. OMtHI (OWEHXI ARK AFFECTED M. Pnatnn-Onllngker, Carpenter nnd t'ndahya Have Goods There. Among the Omaha Arms that had gooda In Ban Francisco are Paxton-Oallagher. wholesale grocers; tk Carpenter Paper company and the Cudahy Packing company. The PaxtOBjttllagher people tiad between tl&.QM and ttrS.Os) worth of goods, consist ing mostly Of canned fruit. In the Southern I'aclOu warehouses. It was all insured. Hrtw much was on hands when the disaster j occurred C H. ptcken. manager, could ; not say, for some hnd been redistributed. Ctiilahys have a storage plant and so have Carpenter, but the exact volumes cannot be stated. STORV OF 0H OF TIIK. M It M Oil Pnelde Wrote Resident Who Kara pea from Han Frnnelaeo Tnlks. SALINAS. Cat.. April IS.-tBy Long Tls lance Telephone to Ixs Angeles.) J. P. Anthony, a business man of Pacific drove, arrived In this city litis morning, having made the trip from Ban Francisco Ky automobile. He left there at o'clock Inst evening. Mr. Anthony Is the first eye-witness to bring direct Information from San Francisco. His story Is graphic and com plete. Mr. Anthony says . that he was sleeping In hi room at the Ramon hotel on Fills street, near Masorl, and wa sud denly awakened at 6:3 a. m. The first shock that brought him out of bed, ho says, was appalling In Its terrible force. The whole earth seemed to heave and fall. The building where he was housed, which Is six stories high, was lifted from It foundation and the roof caved In. A score or more of guest, men and wbnien, Immediately made their way to the street, which wa soon filled with people, and a perfect panic ensued.' Debris showered Into the street from the buildings on every ld. As a result, Mr. Anthony says he saw a score or more of people . killed. Women became hysterical and prayed in the streets, while men sat on the curbing, appearing to be daxed. It was twenty minutes before those In tha vicinity- ap peared to realise the enormity of the catas trophe. The crowds became larger, and In the public squares of the city and tn empty lots thousands of people gathered. It was i o'clock before the police were In control of the- situation. When they finally resumed charge the officers directed their energy toward warning the people In the streets away from the dangerous buildings which' were on the brink of top pling over. Tall Bnlldlngs Jinny. Mr. Anthony says he was walking on Market street, near the Emporium, about 9 a. m., when a severe shock was felt. At once the street fllleo: Hgain with excited persons and thousands were soon gathered In the vicinity, paralysed with fear. Be fore the spectators could realise what had happened the Walls of the building swayed a distance of three feet. The thousands of bystanders stood as If paralysed, ex pecting every moment that they would be crushed, but another tremor seemed to restore the building to Its natural posi tion. Mr. Anthony said that he momentar ily expected that, with thousands of oth ers who were In the neighborhood, he would be crushed to death in a few mo ment. He made his way down Market street as far as the Coll building, from which flames were Issuing at every win dow, with the blaxe shooting out through the roof. A similar condition prevailed in the Examiner building across the street. He then started for the depot at Third and Townsend streets determined to leave the city. He found a procession of sever.il thousand of other persons headed In the same direction. All south of Market street about that time was a crackling mass of flsme. He made his way to Eighth and Market, thence down Eighth to Townsend and to Third street and the entire section which he traversed wa afire, making It impossible tor him to reach his destination. Retreat Cat Off by Flames. He attempted to back track, but found that his retreat bad beeu cut oft by the flames. He then went to Twelfth street and reached Market again by the city hall. San Francisco's magnificent munici pal building had concaved like an egg shell. The. steel dome wa still standing, but the rest of the $7.O0O.O0v structure' was a, , mas of charred ruins. . It was not yet noon, but the city's hospitals were already filled with dead and Injured and all available store room were being pressed into service. Bodies were being carried from the streets in garbage wagons. In every direction hysterical women were seen. Men walked through the streets weeping and others with blanched faces. Transfer men were being offered fabulous sums to remove house hold goods even for a block distant. Horses had been turned loose and were running at large to prevent their being Incinerated In the burning buildings. Women had loaded their personal belong ings on carts and were pulling them through the city, the property being hud dled out of the public squares. Chicago Mnn Describe Scene. LOS ANGELES. April 19.-Albert H. Gould, president of the Chicago Car Heat ing company of Chicago, was one of the three persons to arrive In Los Angeles on the first train from San Francisco, which reached here at 11 o'clock today. "I was asleep on the seventh floor of the Palace hotel." he said, "at the time of the first 'quake. I wag thrown out ef my bed and half way across the room. Immediately realising the Import of the occurence and fearing that the building waa about to col lapse I made my way down the bIx flights of stairs and into the main corridor. I was the first guest to appear. The clerks and hotel employes were running . about as if they were mad. Within two minutes after I had appeared other guests began to flock Into the corridor. Few, if any of them, wore other than their night clothes. Men, women and children with blanched face stood as if fixed. Children and women cried; the men were hardly less effected. "I returned to my room and got my cloth ing, then walked to the offices of the Western Union in my pajamas and bare feet to telegraph to my wife In Loa An geles. I found the telegraphers there, but alt the wires were down. I sat down on the sidewalk, picked the broken glass out of the soles of my feet and put my clothes on. Ail this I suppose took a little more than twenty minutes. Within that time the buildings for more than three blocks below the Palace hotel had become a mass of Hame. The cene was a terrible one. Billow of fire eemed to roll from the business blocks, soon half consumed, to other blocks in the vicinity, only to climb and loom again. t all llnlldlng Ont of PI a tub. "The Call building at the corner of Third and Market streets us 1 passed I saw to be more than a foot out of plumb and hanging over the street like leaning tower of l'lsa. "I remained in San Francisco until t o'clock and then took a ferry laiat for Oakland, but returned to the burning city an hour and a half later. At tnal on the city seemed doomed. I remained but for a few minutes then made my way back to the ferry' station. I hope 1 may never be tailed upon to pass through such an exp'-rlence again. People by the thousands and seeming'-V devoid of I reason, were crowded around the ferry i station. At the Iron gates they clawed I with tnelr hspds like so many maniacs, i They sought to break the bars, and failing lu that turned upon each other, lighting my a ay to the gate like the other, the thought came to my mind of what rata in a trap were. Had I nut been a strong man I should certainly have beii killed "When the ferry drew up to the slip and the galea were thrown open the rush to safety a as tremendous. The people flowed through the passage ay like a mountain torrent that, meeting rocks in its path, dashes over them. Those who fell saved themselves as best they could. "I left Oakland at about 3 o'clock. At that time San Francisco was hidden In a pall of ainoke. The sun shone brightly upon it without any senilng penttratlot Story Told lit I.LKTIV WASHINGTON, April 19. The War de partment ha received the following from General Funston: "Fire crossed Van Ness avenue to ihe west at J: p. m. Almost certain now that entlte city will be destroyed. "Have ordered Iroopa front Monterey and everything Is going as well as could le expected. On account of confusion it hart been Impossible to locate Individuals Inquired for, but at tention will be given that matter as soon as possible. FI'NSTON, Commanding." Another dispatch from General Funston says: "Official report at police ''headquarters thi date states thnt the subtrcasury Is en tirely destroyed by 111 with the exception of the vault wnirh contain all cash on hand. Suitable guards have been ordered to protect this money. "FI'NSTON, Commanding." ilLLUIA, '.. ' NEW YORK. April lft.-The olfkials of the Postal Telegraph rompa'ny in this city, at S:8S p. rn.1 received the following tncs age front Mr, Btorer, the superintendent of their service In Ban Francisco: "The fire is still going on and will prob ably consume the whole city except thoi-c streets situated bet ween the Golden Gate park and Webster street, Ih ' Which nelth toorhobd there Is "water and where the fire department can work with some ohanct of success," . . . . M LLKTIV CHICAGU. April ' l.Th Postal Tele graph company mt p. m. received the fol lowing message . front Its Oakland, .Cal., office: i . ' . ; "The fire chief marshal of San Francisco' advises that more than two-thirds of the area of the city of San Francisco has been destroyed and there I no possibility of saving the balance of the 'city. The fol lowing I the district north of Market street now devastated: "Sansome to Market street, to Sacramento, to Buchanan, thence to California, to Hyde, to Eddy, to Inrkln, to Gotigh and to Mar ket. On the south side of Market street the fire extends along Market street to Fourteenth and below the Southern Paclflu tracks to the boundary." Bt'l.LETIV WASHINGTON, April !. The secretary of the treasury has authorised the tele graphic transfer of $10,000,000 from the sub treasury at New York to Ban Francisco. The cash will be deposited In New York and Immediately paid out on the order of San Francisco banks entitled to the same. BILI.KTIN. WASHINGTON, April 19.-Tho War de partment today received the following bulle tin from the Western Union: "Outside cities have been sending flee engines to San Francisco to assist in subdu ing flames, but It was found useless on ac count of no water, and they are now re luming to Oakland and other points. The firemen report the city doomed. BIXI.ET1V WASHINGTON, April 19.-The Depart ment of Commerce and Labor will lend all possible aid to the San Francisco sufferers so far as Its facilities extend. In dispatches to the lighthouse Insoector In San Fran cisco and to th official ot tho fish com mission Secretary , Mntcglf .has directed the lighthouse tender Madrono-and the United State Rhlp Albatron to go at one to the stricken city and do everything practicable to aid the sufferers. Flames at times cleft the darkness. This cloud was five miles in height and at its top changed 'Into a milk white." Experiences of Other Perona. J. Rltter of Houston, Tex., said: "I was in the Golden West hotel when the first shock came. When I awoke the hotel waa shaking like a cradle. While I was dressing the rear wall of the hotel fell Into the dining room. I was dressed by the time the second shock came and was going to rush out of the building, but the appeals of the women on the same floor stopped me. With aome of the other men guests on the fourth floor we managed to get the women out. It was no slight task most of the women were hysterical. "Jhe first sight outside waa that of naked and half dressed persons in the streets, running about crying, screeching, wild with fear, while buildings were top pling down around them and choking up the streets. Many were wrapped only In bedclothes. . "It took me two hour to get around the fire and across the bay. I think the entire city will be destroyed." R. A. Cole, a horseman well known over the country, was at the Palace hotel In the rr)dst of the soenea of horror Wednes day morning. "My God, I never saw anything like It," said Mr. Cole, "and I have seen things, too. I was in the St. Louis cyclone and the Baltimore Hre. They were nothing Man. you can t Imagine It; Its Indescrib able. I saw all San Francisco staggering and rocking and then la flames. 1 wanted to rush down and Jump in the bay and shut out all the awful sights." Mrs. -Agnes Zlnk. Hotel Broadway, said: "I wa etopptng at 36 Fifth street, San Francisco. The rear of that house col lapsed and tbe.landludy and about thirty of her roomers were killed. I escaped simply because I had a front room and be cause I got out on the roof as the stairway had collapsed In the rear. Out In the street It w aa Impossible to find a clear pathway. I saw a lodging house near ours collapse I think It must have been 39 Fifth ,treet and 1 know all he Inmates were killed, for its wreck was complete. In ten minutes the entire block to Mission street was In flames.'' HAM r'IMOIft l.iMIMAKK litK Buildlna Associated with Early HIs- tory of the Klute Destroyed. SAN FRANCISCO. April 19-Old land marks, made famous by association with the early history of California, as well as the new monuments to the coinmercUl .ro.!crtty of the California metropolis, have been wiped out of exiatei.ee by the dreadful conflagration. One of the first to fall a prey to the flames was the Palace bot.'l, knoan the world over to travelers. It was built In the i by James Ralston at' s ' C"st of and wa owned by the Sharon estate. Many of Ba-i Francisco's wealthy residents marie their home at the Palace and personal propeitv los in art treasures and other property has been very great. The Hopkins Art In stitute on Nob Hill, owned by the Univer sity of California and built by Mark Hoi klus. was destroyed with its priceless contents. Close bv nere the Stanford mansion.' the Huntington, the Flood and the two Crocker mansions. All were swept away. These were the handsomest private residences in San Francisco and were built by the men whose names they lsar In the early days of the city greatness and wha played important roles in the de. velopment of the Pacific coast. Down near the business district stood the Bohemian club, tb must unique and one In Bulletin Bl IIKTIJI.', OAKLAND. April 19. The new postrtU building at Beventh and Miaslrift, Ran Fran cisco. Is gutted and there la no' mall de livery. The telegraph and telephone system aie atill out of commission. Fully three-fourths Of all the buildings in tha city will be de stroyed. It Is Impossible to estimate ac curately the number of people killed or t lie property loss. A noticeable feature of the past two days is the calmness of the people'. Perhaps they are dased, but Ift any event, they show little emotion. Lieutenant McMillan of the United States steamship Bear, la among many who ate impressing all With their1 devotion to duiy and capability to meet a crisis. He carries a navy pistol and a cool hud hack of It. w-hleh favorably tmpreee even those whom he compel to work, ille Is one of many who are maintaining cool heads and daunt less heart In the midst of the holocaust. Early thi morning Governor Pardee re ceived President Roosevelt message . f sympathy. BVI.LKTIN. -WASHINGTON. April .-A tlegn ,, received at the Navy department this mon -lng from the commander of tho Paci'i. squadron sent xfnM-tbc earthquake rcpnn that all Is Well wlllv the- sniailron. The Chicago and MarHlolwaJ ae jen, route frm i 1ong Beach., to . Sn . Frat'iciswo . and l! probably reach'' ther anrnH- iim lotnorrow. The Boston, ghd ,vPfinettOh .ore at 1ing Beach. ' .: ti'J .' H11.LETI.V ; ; ; WASHINGTON. April - 10.-V be ' -War h Apartment at l:$ O'clock talk afternoon re ceived n telegram from General! FunMon at San Francisco, saying: Fire situation progressing same as ! ported In telegram of 10.3t. Btl.LF.TIX. OAKLAND. April 19.-A report Min'i from Martlnes that the Marlines hsnk building, one of the finest structures In tl town, has been completely destroyed. It is at present impossible to estlmin tho amount of damage no property In tlos city owing to tho Tact that practically n. inspection has beeu mado of the buildings .except by Fire Warden George McDonald, and this only for the purpose of con demning those which 'are Unsafe and must lie torn down.. Many of th. structure which, on the outride show little, apparent damage, on closer examination prove to Have been badly twisted and racked -by the shock. BlILETIX. WASHINGTON, April 19. A telegram received at the Nsvy department today from the commandant at Mare. Island navy yard, sent since the earthquake re ports that J1.0"0 wlU cover the damage done there. No mention Is, tuade of any Injuries to any of the ehlps. .... Bt I.I.ETI. NEW YORK. April 19. According to a dispatch to the Western Union the Sub treasury In Ban Francisco ha been de stroyed. The subtrrasury Is not connecter! with the United States mint, which I still standing. ' ' ' " BIXI.ETI. t NEW TORK. April 19. The Southern Pa- ciflc received Information this afternoon that train were running from Ban Fran -claco south., down the peninsula, .toward Ban' Jose. RefiiKevs were ,btn,g fjutndlfd a speedily . as. possible. The company's sta tion at Third and Townsend atrrc ts. while damaged, Jiad not been destroyed, and could still be used as A terminus. of the widest known social club, in th world. Its memborhp Includes many men who have achieved fame In art, literature and the commercial world, many of whose name are known wherever painters are discussed. Many of these were saved. The annual summer ''Jink" of the Bohemian club amidst sylvan scenes In a wooded grove Is the most unique celebration known among social clubs. There Were on special ex hibition In the "Jinks" room of the Bo hemian club a dosen paintings by the old masters, Including a Rembrandt, a Dlax, a Murlllo and other, and probably . worth tlOO.OOO. These painting, which were loaned for the exhibition, were lost. - ' Further west' on Post street stood the home of the Olympic club, the oldest reg. ularly organised athletic association In the United States and famous for Its appoint ments and the number of athletes It has developed. The building was worth 1300,000 and Its furnishings were of the finest qual ity. Nothing remains but mass of steel and stone. The great new Flood building,, built by Jamea Flood at a cost of tl.000.0u0 and. occu pied about a year ago; the new Merphants Exchange building on California street, erected at a cost of 12.500,000; the jCrocker buildlng at Montgomery and Market streets, a tl.uno.OOO structure; the Milla building at Bush and Montgomery, costing the same sum; the new Shreve building at Post street and Grant avenue, coating' 12,000. 0W) and occupied on April 1 by th largest Jewelry store on the coast, are some of the new structures destroyed by the flames. The Shreve Jewelry company carried a stock of I2.0f0.000 worth Of Jewelry. The magnificent group of buildings at Van Ness avenue and Hayes street of th Si. Ignatius college and cathedral, probably worth t2,0G0,0u0. and Bt. Domlnlck'S Church on Stelner street, near California, arid the Emanuel synagogue, a handsome structure, on Butter street, were wiped out. The hall of Justice, facing Portsmouth ' squire and Just east of Chinatown, followed, tha com bustible material of the fllmsily constructed buildings feeding the flames like powder. I'p and on over the hills to the west ward the conflagration gained headway when It reached the residence section. From Golden Gate avenue northward to Pacific street the buildings were dynamited to stay the proxies! of the flames, but without avail. The heat wa so Intense that tho buildings were Ignited by spontaneous com bustion. Out on Van Ness avenue, the fashionable drive across the city from north to south, the devastation is complete on the east side, hut the fate of the Pprerkels, tho Hobart snd other great mansions on the west side is not known at this hour. The brunch l ulled States mint on Fifth street near Market waa uot destroyed, but was damaged to a considerable extent. lis escape Is due to the fai t that ft occupies a latge iuare, separated from surrounding buildings by the wide paved space apace. Two block west of the mint Stood tile splendid new postorrlce building, finished about six months ago and erected at a cost of I-, .'.' for actual coast ruction. It was one of the most hfauilful buildings In the t'nlted State, said to have been equalled In architectural effect only by the congres sional tibial y at Waihiugtun. it was de al royd. . , ", The beautiful St. 1'rancU botl facing I'nleii square, erected at a cost of t-t.6uu.oiji), and the Kali mount hotel at California and Poiel! street, the most conspicuous lo cation In the city, are In rulna from the flames. The Fall mount waa built, by Mrs. Herman (jelrlche at a cost of t2.Ouu.oti0 ami named In honor of her falser, tm lae Senator Jams Q. Fair.