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OMAHA,. AVEDXKSDAY MOKNINU, AI'KIL S, 190G-TWKIAT, IWdES.
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REFUGEES CARED FOR
rortj-Thre Peopk Who Escape. Trisco
Disaster Find Relief in Omaha.
FED AND SENT ON TO THEIR HOMES
Permanent Arrangements to Supply Food
to Thoee Tet to Come.
SEVERAL HUNDRED WILL ARRIVE TODAY
All Are Prorided with Transportation to
Their Eeepective Destinations.
OMAHA READY TO SHIP ANOTHER TRAIN
Cash and Provisions for California
"offerer Arc Swelled la Amonnt
by Prople of All
Nebraska.
.When the Union ractflc passenger train
No. 4 arrived from the west Tuesday
morning a new proposition presented It
self to the relief committee having In
charge, the work of relieving the suffering
at Han Francisco. The first number ot
refugee from dan Francisco arrived un
expectedly on the I'ortland train, having
been put on the train at Ogden, Those
were part of the first who had been sent
rsst by the railroads, the other section
having been sent from Ogden via tho
iicnur & Rio Qrande.
But the local relief committee and the
railroads promptly solved the problem. The
rcllif committee, with money o(1t of the
relief fund, bought food and gave to thoso
unfortunate people, while the railroads,
through their various passenger agents,
got together Hnd provided transportation
Tor every person to his destination. While
overy road represented freely offered, to
carry the refugees free of charge, It was
dcided, since they hao. come In over tho
I'nlon Pacific, to let them go out over the
Northwestern. The truinload to arrive to
morrow will go out over different roads,
the Northwestern and Milwaukee carrying
the largest numbers.
The executive relief committee at a
noon mooting made arrangements for the
ft mine' ' ul t..e . refugees. The arrange
ments were placed In charge ofSupertn
tendent Morris. The committee bought
food supplies out of the funds contrib
uted. Ilooths will be built under the train
sheds at the stations and the meals will
be prepared and served by volunteers se
cured by the Woman's club and the Young
Woman's Christian association to other
refugees an tbey arrive. Mrs. Felix J. Mc
Bhane will have charge of the work for
(he former and Mrs. TUden for the latter
organisation. Superintendent Morris started
to carry out the plana at once.
1.1st of the Travelers.
These are the names of the refugees:
Joseph P. Carley, New York City; J. H.
Howe, Minneapolis; NelB Johnson, Lincoln;
, B. Harris, Detroit; W. Bture, New York;
; E. J. Contlno and wife. Chicago; C. H.
l.fSaavy, Chicago) James C. Bitroen, Chicago;
George Ferguson, Chicago: J. V. Morrla
and wife, Chicago; Robert Russell, Chi
cago; Julius Elazensay, Chicago; T. D.
Hlghtower. Chicago; Dun Davis, . Dcs
Moines: Charles Duffy, Indianapolis; T. J.
Dnllson, Chicago; Q. Sruder. Chicago;
Charles Stoddard, Milwaukee; Henry Dean.
Indianapolis; H. llaker, Chicagu; Tor.y
Plum, Chicago; H. S. Hansen, Chicago; V.
B. Willis, Pittsburg; George KeckcU,
Qulncy, 111.; Joseph Beauman, Clinton, la.;
Joe Barr, Chicago; Robert Cobb, Washing
ton, D. C; Frank Kelly, Mankato, Minn.;
Floyd Malone, Chicago; Al Usher, Winni
peg: Ernest Roe, Pittsburg; J. W. Smyth,
Indlnnopolls; Henry Slmand. Kingston, N.
Y. : John Oliver, New York City; T. A.
Dltkorson. Indianapolis ; J. Q. Bradley, Cin
cinnati; F. A. McMillan, Dee Moines; J. C.
Hlgglns, Des Moines; Dr. E. C. Coleman
and wife, Chicago: Leo Dooley. Chicago.
Omaha People Quirk to Art.
When these forty-three people arrived !
at . the Union station no one was
there to meet them. Superintendent Mor
rla of the Associated Charities and Mayor
Zimman were Immediately called and they
made arrangements to give breakfast to
the refugees. They had had nothing
to eat since the night before and bad
good appetites by 10:30 Tuesday morning.
Many weird tales were told by these
refugees of their escapes from the burn
ing city. Some were accompanied by
. their wives and many not even by their
hats. They were all loud in their praise
of the treatment they had received at
Ogden. They said the people of Ogden
were all right. They denounced several
Wyemlag towns where they said 10 cents
was charged for a cup of hot water for
ouo of the men who was not well. Fif
teen vents was charged for coffee at
Laramie. At Ogden they were supplied
with clothing sufficient to fill out their
wants and were even given tobacco.
Jockey la Hard Lark.
Leo Dooley, a jockey on the San Fran
cisco tracks, got away with no extra cloth
ing except a Tuxedo, which lie put on at
all meals and trfed to cheer up his felloW
passengers. '
K. Coleman of Chicago had apartments
at 542 Sutter street. He was a dentist and
tried to get away with hi instrument and
some of his belongings. As he and his wife
fought their way to the ferry depot he was
forced to abandon part of hla belongings,
but he considered himself lucky to get out
alive with his wife. He had money in one
of the. safety deposit vaults, but lost
everything else he owned. He hopes to
recover his money some day.
F. A. McMillan Of the L'nlled States ship
Helena of Des Moines and J. C. Hlgglns ot
the Wyoming were on the train. They
were boarding at Fourth and Helena streets
and had a hard fight to get out.
NeU Johnson was at Fourth and Mission
streets and the building fell down in which
he was sleeping, but he managed to get
out ot the window.
Old Ma a Make Kscape.
H. W. Howe of Minneapolis, an old mun,
ass in Hotel Langdon. The shock pinioned
htm In his room, but he was able to force r
the door open. He still has the key to
hla room and a heavy blanket which he
had the precaution to take along and which
was a great help to hlru in the hardships
that followed.
L. A. Dlckerson of Indianapolis, Ind., was
In one of the hospitals with malarial fever,
lie was unable to get ' at his clothes, but
Imrrowed a plr of pants from the steward
and a coat from a porter, but had no haL
Superintendent Morris provided him 'with
a hat. He had a hard-right in his weakened
condition to tight his way to the ferry.
Mr. Coleman told of a man whom he saw
standing on Market street in front of the
city hall. The water mains broke under
hiin. the water throwing him Into the air.
The shock drove him Insane and the au
thorities took hltn to the hpltul. Others
Continued on Second Psge)
LABOR CRISjS IN FRANCE
Preparations for t.enernt Strike
Which Way Be Precursor of
Ttevnlntlnan ry Moirmrit.
PARIS. April 24. The gravity of the strike
movement throughout the country, which
assumed alarming proportion last week,
during the height of the excitement raused
by the San Francisco disaster, bust mo
mentarily Improved, but the people have
been wrought up to a state of apprehension
concerning the Imminence of a crisis May
1, when all the ranks of labor will make a
gigantic eight-hour demonstration. Whether
this will be accord pan led by violence nnd
bloodshed is only conjectural, but the peo
ple are Intensely alarmed and the authori
ties are adopting extreme military and po
lice precaution. The garrison at Paris Is
being rapidly strengthened and It Is ex
pected that Wonn troops will be available
here May 1. In the mining regions there
Is another camp in which an army corps Is
ready for cventim lltlcs, nntl similar precau
tions are being taken at other centers.
The labor organisations do not conceal
"e fact that it Is their intention to malts
y premt effort. These bodies are partly
tr& of anarchists nnd if vnluitontsts.
isel violence, but the responsible
iv ' f 'st that the movement has a
p', - ' similar to th American
eight-. nstratinns. Nevertheless. It
Is fesru lawless element may get
the upper 'his Inspires the public
with a feelliin bordering on panic.
Some of the ne ers freely assert that
the movement Is I prelude to a revolution
In which the proletariat Intends to over
throw the existing regime. This has had
the effect of greatly alarming the more
nervous of the people, some nf whom are
sending their valuables abroad and are pre
paring their residences to resist attack.
The strikes In the north, where 40,000
miners are still out, where hook printers,
employes of Jewelry and paper trades are
on strike; at Brest, where all branches of
labor have voted for a general strike, and
at other points, are merely a precursor of
the national labor movement to be Inau
gurated May 1, when It la expected that
the entire proletariat will quit for a day
and perhaps for a longer period of time.
The masons and many other branches of
labor decided today to quit, from May 11
to May IB. without violence. Kmployes of
grocers, dairymen, butchers and bakers
and all purveyors of food supplies, as well
as hotel servants, are meeting tonight and
there Is promise of a decision for a similar
cessation of work. A complete suspension
of operations throughout the building
food. Industrial, commercial and other
branches Is probable.
M. Clemcnceau, who as a minister of the
Interior bears the brunt of responsibility,
first sought to avoid Intervention by the
military, but now is energetically gather
ing the civil and military forces. When
three of the chief agitators visited M.
Clemenceau today he brusquely declared
that they were outside the breastworks,
aa they had favored violence, and he there
fore refused to treat with them. The in
fluential, bourgeois classes demand of the
ministry the, sterriest repression, while the
equally influential socialist element de
mands that there be no Interference with
the right to strike or with eight-hour dem-onstratio-a.
' , ' . ' .
It Is believed 1 hat "electioneering Is re
sponsible for . some of the wild exaggera
tions which are afloat,' but nevertheless the
situation at best is' menacing and full of
i possibilities of danger. .
1 ,
EMBEZZLER'S PLEA REJECTED
.fndge ' Carload of Federal ' Coort
Refoaea to Open Door of
Penitentiary.
BIOUX FALLS, 8. D., April !4.-(Speclal
Telegram.) Judge Carland of the United
States court today denied an application
for a writ of habeas corpus In the case of
Earl B. Plnney, formerly a prominent resi
dent of North Dakota, who sought to se
cure his release from the Sioux Falls peni
tentiary. Plnney was formerly United
Btatea conimiBttloner. with headquarters at
Mlnot, N. D. He is serving a term of ten
years In the penitentiary of this city for
embezzlement, committed While he was a
forest commissioner. The embezzlement
consisted of converting to his own use
sums aggregating something over $2,000
which had been placed in his hands by
homesteaders for payment to the receiver
of the United States land office at Mlnot.
The point is raised In behalf of Pinney
that the sums mentioned were placed In
his hands as an Individual and not in- his
official capacity as United States commis
sioner, and that, therefore, he was not
liable, to the federal government for the
disposition of the money. In the applica
tion for a writ of habeas corpus it was
set forth that the Indictment upon which
Plnney was convicted was Illegal and void
and did not contain facts sufficient to con
stitute a crime against any ot the laws
of the United States.
In support ot this denial of Pinney's ap
plication Judge Carland stated In sun
stance that United States commissioners
have no authority under any law . to re
ceive such moneys, but that nevertheless
there Is a federal statute which In hi
opinion makes them liable for such moneys
as they receive under color of their of
fices or where it is pretended they have,
a right to handle sueh moneys.
COWBOYS AND INDIANS FIGHT
Hanaor of Battle on Csaattlla Reserva
tion In Which lx Men Wera
Killed.
, PENDLETON, Ore., April 24. A report
has reached here, which cannot be verified,
owing to the telegraph wires being down,
that a battle has taken place on the Uma
tilla Indian reservation between cowboys,
Indians and troops. It Is reported that
three soldiers and three Indians were killed.
It Is alleged that some cattlemen had
driven stock upon a remote part of the
reservation. The Indians, it la reported,
protested, but Were resisted. The troops
are said to have gone to the aid of the In
dians and the battle resulted. At Adams,
the nearest point to the scene, the rumor Is
fully credited.
MATTEUCCI LOOKS INTO CRATER
Professor Says Crater la esri One
Mile In Diameter mm t'uue
Marti Lower.
NAPLKS. April 24.-Prof. Matteuccl, di
rector of the Royal observatory, today
succeeded In reaching the crate; of Veau
vius. He describes the spectacle there .as
one of great grandeur. The diameter of the
crater, whicfi before the eruptioi. was
about 100 feet, is now about t.OOC ft ft
There is no eruption of incandeat-eni
stones, as before the recent outburst,' but
a small quantity of ashes is being ejected.
Vesuvius seems to tie assuming the char
acter of a dd volcano. The cone of the
crater, which Ixfoie the eruption rose to a
height of (,000 feet above sea level, has
diminished about hCO feel.
SUICIDE OVER CATASTROPHE
'a awanansnsanm
Herbert E. Nason, Who Loses All in Can
Trancigoo, Takes Life.
DRINKS CARBOLIC ACID AND KILLS' SELF
Formerly Lived In Omaha, Where He
t ome with Hie Wife aat Chil
dren After the la- ' ,
Inanity.
Grief over the loss of all his household.
goods and personal . effect s In the San
Francisco disaster, added to previous Ill
health, caused Herbert K.. Naion to kill
himself Tuesday, .morning at the residence
of his wife's parents. 121S J ksoii street.
Nason, who gave no Inkling of Intended
suicide, drank two ounces of carbolic, acid
and then shot himself In t lie head. Tho
bullet wound was superficial, but .tho
poison caused death In a short while.
Police Surgeon Morsmau reached the
sceno before Nason -died, but the potency
of the acid was already of such a char
acter that medical aid was of no avail.
Coroner Bralley took the body -to the
morgue Where an Inquest will bo held
Wednesday. The funeral arrangements
have not been made.
Nason was 33 years ot age and left a wife
and two daughters. 4 and t years of age.
He lived in Omaha many years nnd w,is as
sistant cashier In the PaclHo Express com
pany's offices Jbefore they were taken to St.
l.otils four years ago. He went wllh the
express company to St. Louis, wlicre he
worked two years and then went to Port
land, Ore., where he entered the general
offices of the Oregon Railroad and Navi
gation company. He then went to San
Francisco on account of falling heBlth. A
month ago he sent his wife and children
to Omaha with Intentions of moving to
Omaha to establish himself permanently.
He left the stricken city ten hours before
the earthquake occurred, arriving here
last Friday evening. When the news came
that all his goods and chattels had been
destroyed he became morose and could not
be consoled. Ho had spell of melancholia.
About 10 o'clock Tuesday morning his
wife discovered him In his room struggling
in the death throes. Nason left no com
munication or any other indications . of
premeditated death.
Nason was a Mason in good standing
and bore an excellent reputation. He was
abstemious and until his recent illness,
which was of a nervous character, was ot
an animated disposition. The wife is quite
prostrated.
During his residence In San Francisco
Nason stayed at the Winchester hotel and
had his household goods In storage nearby.
He had a brother, William Nason, who is
a prominent Bhriner In the stricken city.
Nason had a perfected pattern for a
mall sack with his effects at San Francisco.
He expected to secure a patent on the sack
soon. He worked several yean on his
Ideas In that direction. .
KOT A.t
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LOSES MFC
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Flo Loeat Person Reeelvea . Wore) of
Death ( Relative.
So far not a-solitary- report hsa como
from San Francisco, of the death of .an
Omaha person' or a--eJutlv ot ant Omaha
people,' though many reports of total de
struction ot 'property have-been received.
Mrs. Charles Rutherford, wife of the
former district agent ot the Rock Island
In Omaha, and Mrs. Rutherford's mother
arrived from San Francisco Monday night
and will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F.
P.- Rutherford, 128 South Twenty-fifth
avenue. F. P. Rutherford and Charles
Rutherford are brothers and the former
succeeded the latter in Omaha. Mr. Ruth
erford, who is the Rock Island's general
agent in San Francisco, lost all his prop
erty by the fire.
Mr. Rosenthal, and family and Frank
Gebhart and family, former Omahans and
relatives of Mr. and Mrs. A. Mandelberg,
are safe in Mill Valley, having gone there
after the disaster In. San Francisco, where
they live.
Deputy County Clerk Frank Dewey has
heard indirectly from his two brothers
who are in San Francisco. A message from
his nephew, Charles C. Cook, teller bf one
of the San Francisco banks, to Cook's
mother, Mis. H. L. Cook ot Des Moines,
said simply: "Burned out. We are in Oak
land." No mention was made ot Mr.
Dewey's brothers and he believes they are
safe, or his nephew would have said some
thing about them. H. L Cook Is a Rock
Island conductor and he brought the news
of the receipt of the message to Mr. Dewey.
Mrs. John 8. Brlggs, 20G Bristol street,
received a letter Tuesday morning from
her son, Ansel S. Brlggs, at Sao Francisco,
telling of his safety. Mr. Brlggs la an old
Omaha real estate man and was In the
realty business In San Francisco. Though
the letter said he had sent Uiree telegrams,
Mrs. Brlggs had not received one. Mr.
Briggs did not attempt a description ot tiiu
results ot the earthquake, but said It was
more terrible than any one other Hum an
eyewitness could realise.'
John C. Drexel has received a letter
from his brother Henry, who has been In
California for the last month. As he had
been staying at -the Phillips bouse, one of
the buildings that collapsed and killed a
number of people, considerable anxiety
has been felt for his safety. The letter
states he left San Francisco on a pleasure
trip the Saturday before the earthquake
and was a hundred miles away from the
city at the time. He is a stonemason by
trade and will return to San Francisco and
aaslat In rebuilding the city.
Charles 8. Elgutter received word from
his cousin, Louis A. Phillips who belongs
to one of the pioneer families of California
and is the general manager of the Alaska
Exploration company. Mr. Phillips and
his family live at Alameda and hla father
and other relatives are in San Francisco
The telegram states that hla father's home
was saved, but that Mr. Phillips' Alameda
residence was destroyed. The family was
all safe.
Word has been received from Ed. Welch,
fornierly of Omaha, but now of San Fran
ciaco, that he passed through the earth
quake without injury. The news was re
celved by his father.
Carl Relflr has received word from his
athfr in San Francisco saying his mother
and sister were out one night until they
were able o go to Alameda. His father
was gone tvo days and the others were
able to get no word of his whereabout.
The principal dlrtculty experienced by Ms
mother and sister was keeping In the mid
dle of the streets and keeping out of the
way of tho dyni miters. ,
Mrs. Alice K. Scott of 1311 Georgia ave
nue, has received a message stating her
son and daughter, who were in San Fran
cisco, are safe.
)' Contribution.
DES MOINES, la.. April 34. Iowa has
raised 1100,00 which will bo contributed
to the earthquake victims of San Fran
cisco today. The state plumbers. In sev
slon here, today began a systematic plan
of campaign throughout the stats for
contributions to that and. Doa Molniis
will give K,000 te the fund.
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS
iv i;r x ksh.v y n 1 ; 1 1 t- to! -h t-u
hail. Fifteenth ami I In nicy strort.
THIISSILVY MCIIT - National
. linll. Thirteenth nnd Willliuii.
Peterson' Lull. U'-'l I'lirile.
rniKAY Nl;ilT-M. kcuim' 1is.II.
SUiteentli ami Inv-tist.
Washington hull (S-a cilisli-Auiorl-
crtliNl
N". 7(Ki CtiruliiK strict.
OFFICIAL ESTIMATE tJF DEAL)
t.enerat tireeley Wend Ttepnrt Miim
lag Two Hundred nnd Srvrnty
even Killed.
WASHIMJloN, April 21.--Tn official le
port from General Greeley to the extent of
the loss of ljfc In San Francisco is as fol
lows: FORT MASON, fan l-'i-MnoUfo, April IX
1'Kifl. The Military Hwr.-imv. Washington,
I). C: Very careful examination made
Captaiti Winn limit as i'.r ;m Information
Is obtainable the entire Sun FrnnHsoo death
list from lale disaster to '.; victims; of
th'ee about fifty unknown g.ithi-red from
various parts of the city have bfn tem
porarily h'irled In TomhHnl nrl.l Uny
sttv'i'i WashlrKtoti Hi'i!r and Ports
mouth s'lllare. In the Vat. m'ia hotel four- !
tern ImmII.S were recovered nurl l;f!y-six
others are believed to -have peri-hed In the
ruins.
The remaining -ISO casualties are as fol
lows: Amlersnn. Charles
Met ann, Mrs.
Mi'ianhv, Cornelius
iMi-1 nrthy, Robert .
rK r-liEle. .
Mrn-rr. Joseph
lim.'. Myrtle M.
Mnithn, John
Mviikn (Japanese)
NHumsn. K. C
Nvn. J Trophy
Nicholas, Gorrs
KJ", p. frhfldj
Xioih n. Frank
O'Neill. Paolo '
O'Neill. .
Barrett. Fannie W
Hock. William
Purge, F.
Bullet-. Annie
Alloman. .
Bucalukl, F.
Brodonlt. Pat
Bfrwell. Frmlc
Hnwen, GCorRe A.
Bird. O.
l:.-irdvcll, Frank
l-yon, , '
Brannan, Henry
Brown. George
Broderlrk, Robert L.O Rrlen. Thomas
Carr, William Faoionelle, .
Cooper. J. K. ' Hniran, .
Crowder, Lena. Rfiiiy,.
Conwav, Annie L. Ring. .
Macurren, Mrs. ' Rcece, Mrs. F.IIzabcth
Curran. Kmlly (child) R.-lclm, Joanna
Delucchl. Mattie Hosonbcrg (woman)
I lelucchl, ' Domlntco Klordan, Frank
tebriinni-r, Mrs. M. Pskamdah (Japanese)
Delaranelli. F. H. Hiilnnl, A., & wife
Iinlovan, Mary K-nettl. L.
Knger. or Kngen, L- Pclnnnchert. Henry
Fay. Martha Simpson, Caroline
Fenner. Max ' f-'hrrry. Temperance
Gallagher. Joseplt fctanelse, Wm. (baby).
Getie, or Glx (male) v'-ol, George
Green, George Sherman. Lilian J.
Grose, Mrs. (sulckje)i-iilllvan. D. T.. fire
Guy, O. ' chle-f (died from 111
Ilensllp, Mi s. Ida O. Juries received).
Hustle, (male) . Taegart, Dr. Chas.'
Hleaier, N. F. F., Los Angeles.
Hansen, Henry A. R TUden, H. C. (shot
HiKKlns. by thugs April 2.1.)
Houston, A. (liody Van Slyck, Mary S.
supposed to be). vanselcht. Ferdinand
Ishhla (Jar-nncee)
Ward. Julia
John. Mr.
Kohnnon,' Mrs. '
Johnson (child)
Whnlen, Annie
Webster, Annie
Weir. John .
S-lnke. Pstil
Kempston, Walter
Hortifleld, .
Unidentified men.
1.
Krouser, Rudolph
J. Unldentttled ; women.
Kmuit (male).
sixteen,
1 Unidentified- children,
i six. '
I Chinese unknown, v
J six. '
I Unidentified, sex not
lender, .
l.imrf. 11.
Ixindale. Alfred ,
Imtsv L.
Kngene, . f ' v,-
Maroney, .
known., twenty-one.
Although this report very materially re
duces ! death list for Kan Francieco. It is
not believed that-iv will be- further - in
creased save by Isetaled victims among the
ruins.
(Signed) GHEELT. Major General.
UNION i MEN TO CONTRIBUTE
i
President Gompera Asks All Member
to Give Ono Vmj'i Pay to
, Relief Fnnd.
WASHINGTON. D. C, April 24. The
executive council of the American Federa
tion of Labor today, through President
Samuel Oompers, Issued an appeal to all
organised labor throughout the country
to contribute one day's pay in aid of tho
California earthquake and fire sufferers.
Later in the day President Oompers
announced that the local platemakers union
had contributed 1600, which he Immediately
telegraphed to Mayor 8chmltx at San
VranclCO.
ALCATRAZ WAS OT DISTURBED
Xot Even Tremor Marked isarth
task, on Ono Island. .
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24. There Is
one place within pistol shot of ruined San
Francisco " that the earthquake did not
touch, that did not lose a chimney or
feel a tremor Alcatrai island. Despite
the fact that the island is coverea witn
brick buildings, brick forts and brick
chimneys, not a brick was loosened, not a
crack made nor a quiver felt.- When the
scientist co nice to write he will have his
hands full explaining why Alcatras did
not have any physical knowledge ot the
event.
The scene from the Island was awe
Inspiring. The crash ot a falling city
filled the ears of the aroused islanders.
but no one realised what tt waa about. It
was no earthquake that he knew of, but
the city a few hundred yards across the
bay was crashing to ruin. ..No man on the
island knew what was the matter until
the boat leaded at the shattered wharves.
CORONER ESTIMATES OUR THOISAXD
Klgnres Given hy Loral Offlelnl Higher
Thnn General Greeley's.
BAN FRANCISCO, April 24. Noon. Cor
oner Walsh estimated that the total num
ber of dead will not be less than 1.000.
His reports are complete and bis esti
mate is made up from all the data he had
been able to collect. Coroner Walsh said
Bodies that the deputy coroners have
found and burled number sou. aa follows
At Polk and Bay streets. S2; at Portsmouth
square. : at v ahliiKton square. 12: at
the Six-Mile house. 11a; at laurel Hill,
23: scattered in different parts of the city
lo. No thorough search has been made of
the district south, of Market or the Chi
nese quarter. Many lives have been, lost
In these sections. South of Market street
are the client) lodging houses and many of
these collapsed from the earthquake. There
Is little chance that half of the inmates
of the collapsed buildings had opportunity
to escape, i his aiho is true o i innatown.
Shortly after the earthquake soldiers and
police, so 1 have leen told, burled bodies
found along the water imnt. I have re
ceived' no official report of these. The
total number of dead will undoubtedly
reacli. tf ;t does not exceed, l.ouo.
Manila to Lean Ala. i
MANILA. April 24. Many organisations
here are planning to send aid to the earth
quake sufferers at San Francisco. The
Jockey club, composed of Spaniards and
Filipinos, has subscribed llS.tud, and has
also decided to devote the proceeds of
three days' racing to the relief fund.
The bas ball league has -taken similar
action, a monster concert for all classes
will be given ahortly in behalf of the fund
and the newspapera are receiving sub
scriptions for the sufferers.
Laneheon foe Benestt of ansTerera.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., April Z4.-(3pectal
Telegram.) Colonel E. T. Cressey, well
.known lecturer of this city, tonight gave a
lecture and stereopticea entertainment in
ths New theater under the auspices of the
Argus-Leader for the .benefit of the Saa
Francisco sufferers. It is believed this
particular fund will exceed 11,000.
WORK OF C1S0LLS AND TROOPS
Refueees from Ill-Fatd Eaa Trancisco Tell
Tales of nprmr.
SOME SOLDIERS ' KILL INNOCtNT KH
Appalling Slory of Incidents Con
nected vrlth Destruction of tn-
e tayltm Told hy Man
k from llrnrer.
SALT I.AKK CITY. April 24. That three
men were shot to d"ath on a blasting roof
In San Francisco to keep them (mm Wing
burned alive Is solemnly asserted by Max
Fast, a garment worker who came here
yesterday. "When the fire caught the
Windsor hotel sit Fifth and Market." said
Mr. Fast, "there were three men on Hie
i-ocf'and It was Impossible to - get them
down. Bather than se the crazed men
fall in with the root and be, roasted alive
the military ofnVer directed his hum to
shoot them, which they did in the presence
of $,000 people. I saw great stones fall
on three men near the city hall, crushing
the life out of them. In I'nlon square I
stood beside a woman who db-d actually
from fright and thirst. Jler last requost
was fr Water and we had none to give
her. At JpTerson squnre I saw a fatal
clash between the military and the police
men. A policeman ordered soldier to
take up a dead body to put it in th wepron
and the soldier ordered the policeman to
do It. Words followed and the soldier shot
the f-ollcenian dad."
Dakota Man'a Kxperlenee.
John Csshnear, an old soldier from
SpearUsh, S. D , saw the military shoot a
n.gro near the city hall. The negro had
been robbing the corpse of a woman and
to get a ring from her swollen finger cut
the finger off. ' "The sentry on duty neur
Van Ness avenue," added Mr. Cashnear,
ordered a friend of mine who was enter
ing his home to come out ot there, as it
waa about to be dynamited. My friend
waved bis hand back toward the soldier,
saying: 'This is my house and I have a
right to go In.' The soudler Instantly
killed him. On the other hand, I Want to
say that the soldiers were generally kind
and helpful and deplored these hasty ac
tions of their comrades Just as much as
we did."
Nothing could be more terrible than the
calamity at Agnew s asylum, near Ban
Jose, as described by R. L. Drlnkwater of
Denver. He fled to Ban Jose from Ban
Francisco, only to And that he had gone
from bad to worse. He said last night:
We went to Agnew's, where we had a
friend, and found tho asylum in ruins and
200 demented creatures burled there. It
waa a sight to transfix one with horror to
see scores of madmen and women strapped
to trees all over the grounds, crying,
shrieking and cursing.
Cries of Inanna.
"Ordinarily troublesome in their way, the
excitement due to the falling of the build
ing had made them mad Indeed and their
uncanny 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 and child available
was digging to release uie oiner unioriu
nates burled In th ruins. Oh, -sacta ories
as came, seemingly, from the bowels of
tho earth. The devils have got me. Let
me out.' 'I ant the king; you cannot kill
me." "I want my supper." 'I want my din
ner." Just as the vagary seised thern they
called out their disjointed threats, nor even
guessing their true condition."
Rut most ghastly of all is the statement
by Willis Ames, a 8alt Lake City man, who
escaped to Los Angeles. He says:
"While I was walking about the streets
I saw man after man shot down bv the
troops. Most of these were ghouls. One
man made the troopers believe that one
ot the dead bodies lying on a pile ot 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 anoiner maiam me buiuidib un
covered that be waa chewing the diamond
earrings from the ears of the dead woman.
. " 'Here's where you get what s coming
to you,' said one of the soldiers, and he put
a hjillet through the ghoul. The diamonds
were found In the man's mouth after
wards." Already the beggars are seeking to profit
by the misfortune of San Francisco and
two men arrested while begging in the
character of refugees havs oeen proved
Importers.
The soldiers referred to were undoubt
edly militia men.
All reports concur In the statement that
they were reckless, while the United States
troops seem at no time' to havs failed in
discretion or good conduct.
Gnnrds Oversealons.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2t-CIUef of Po
lice Dlnan announced this morning that
reports of clashes between police and Na
tional Guardsmen were greatly exagger
ated. The officers ot the department are
taking their regular details from the cap
tains of their respective companies and are
doing patrol duty In conjunction with the
regulars. It is believed that before the
close of today every militiaman will be
withdrawn from duty on the streets.
"Aa far as the police department is con
cerned," said Chief Dlnan, "we havs en
deavored to co-operate with the regulars
in patroling the streets and preserving or
der. W have had no clash with militia
men of the cltisens' patrol, but there have
been numerous complaints of the over
sealousness of the guardsmen by citizens,
and for that reason we have deemed It
advisable to request the withdrawal of all
bodies of troops not acting under the direct
command of General Funston.
"Policeman Alpers. detailed to duty in an
automobile, was rlred upon by militiamen
at Hayes and Van Neas streets shortly
after midnight last night. He was speed
ing to headquarters and waa cliallenged
by regulars several times, but no effort
was made to atop him until he came up
against the militia patrol at Hayes and
Van Ness. They commenced to shoot be
fore challenging the automobile party, and
as the officer dashed by four shots were
fired by the guardsmen. Fortunately all
were poor marksmen and Alpers lived to
tell his story to his company commander.
Conat&wof Authority. '
"Captain of PJve Martin was Informed
by militiamen In his section last night that
there must be no lights. He told the
guards that the order was that lights
should be permitted until 10 o'clock p. in.,
but the guard was obdurate and the
captain put In the evening without lights.
"It Is such little Incidents as these that
make the militiamen undesirable for patrol
duty and has called forth a vlgrorous pro
test from the citizens."
Captain Edward Rettenhaus of the
Marine corps, notified Chief Dlnan last
night that liquor was being sold in a sa
loon and grocery at Fillmore and Fulton
streets. Police Captain Duke, with a pla
toon of policemen acoompapled Captain
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PAN FRANCISCO. April 21. An lAsscl- !
ated Press rprrsnmtlve who made n trip
to the varlnus towns In flan Mateo county
reached hendiiiarters In Franklin hall lo-d-iy.
11" r"p"rt severe rtnmnpe a several
places In that county from earthquake, and
but a single case 'of death resulting there
from. Redwood City, the county seat, ap
pears to have sustained the most diimaae
to t buildings, but no one was killed
and the people ef the town are sending re
lief In the way of supplies and assistance
of other sorts to Pan Francisco.'
Ban Carlos and Belmont suffered but
slightly. f
At Pan Mateo the damage was consider
able, the Southern Pacific depot being
partly wrecked ami carrying down all the
telegraph and telephone wires with It.
About 2.W0 persons are being cared for at
San Mateo and many patients are Wing
removed to that point from the San Fran
cisco hospitals. The mansion ot the Inte
Alvinna Jiaywards has been turned Into a
hospital and one part of the building la
being used by the Southern Pacific as Its
IxMpliHl. elan Mateo Is. also sending as
sistance to Kan Francisco.
South San Francisco, lying along the line
of San Mateo county, sustained considerable
damage In places, but no loss of life Is
reported In this section. The large pack
ing establishment of the Western Meat
company has resumed work and the killing,'
dressing and packing of meat Is under full
way. Live stock is being shipped to that
point over tho Southern Pacific Hnd a plenti
ful supply of fresh meat la therefor as
sured. The railroad tracks through South San
Francisco and near Holy Cross cemetery
Were badly damaged by the quake, sinking
In many places as much as six feet. Con
siderable damage was done to gravestones
and monuments In the various cemeteries.
The coast towns at Pescadero and Half
Moon bay report damage to houses, but
no loss of life.
The county roads to these points are Im
passable at present owing to th large
fissures in many places.
St. Patrick's seminary and the mansion
of the Floods, Nlchels and other wealthy
Ban Francisco people who maintained coun
try homes In San Mateo were seriously
damaged by the earthquake. Th students
at the' seminary have been sent to their
respective homes and the Institution wilt
have to bo practically rebuilt. '
CONTRIBUTIONS ROLLING IN
Governor Contlnaes to Forward Pro
vlsloaa for Relief of Const
Cltlea.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, April 24. (Special.) Gov
ernor Mickey is still receiving ' contribu
tions through the mall for the relief of
the San Franclaco sufferers and will con
tlnue tO send provisions bought with the
money thus sent In. The statement of
President Harrlman of the Union Pacific,
that provisions are needed, has convinced
the governor It would be better to con
tinue sending the food and clothing rather
than to send th money. This afternoon
the governor ordered two cars of potatoes
shipped from Scotts Bluffs. Following
Is a list of contributions received today:
City of Mlnden t 60.00
City of Crawford 70.00
City of Dewltt 10.00
State superintendent s office, Lin
coln W. R. Mellor
City of Peru and Normal school..
City of Benkelman
8. E. Clark, Ohlowa
C. E. Lewis, Stamford
Metcalf, Lincoln
Dr. Perkey, Lincoln
Miss Flowers, Lincoln
Dr. Carr, Lincoln
Dr. Spalding, Lincoln
Miss J. Dwygart, Lincoln
City of Hallam
Columbia National bank (addi
tional), Lincoln
German Congregational church.
16.00
10.00
10S.00
66.30
1.00
1 .00
S.OO
10.00
2.50
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.25
35.00
Lincoln l Rev. ttchwab, pastor).. 65.00
Soldiers' Horn. MUford "4. SO
COZAD, Neb.. April 24. (Special.) Re
sponding to an appeal from the grand
master of California on behalf of 4,000
homeless Odd Fellows of that state, F.
P. Corrlck, grand master of the Grand
Lodge of Nebraska today Issued an ap
peal to the lodges of Nebraska calling
upon them for contributions to be sent
to I. P. Gage, grand secretary, Fremont.
Five hundred dollars was wired to Oak
land for immediate use..
OPENING VAULTSTARTS FIRE
Records anal Papers of Firemen's In
snrnneo Company Destroyed
at 'Frisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24. The upper
vault of ths Firemen's Insurance company
was opened yesterday afternoon. By the
inrush of air a blase was started and all
the records and papers In the vault were
burned. As it will require at least two
weeks to cool the vaults sufficiently for
their safe opening the remaining two vaults
In the building will not be opened until the
expiration of that time.
SHRINERS POSTPONE MEETING
Imperial Potentate Collins tails Off
Annaal Meeting; nf Imperial
Connell.
LOS ANGRLKS. Cal.. April 24.-A tele
gram was received here today from Im
perial Potentate Cclllns. at Toronto, Can.,
announcing that 'tha, annual meeting of the
imperial council of the Mystic Shriners
which was to have been held here May 7 to
14 has been indefinitely postponed on ac
count of the calamity in San Francisco.
Entrant of Relsirrs Tbroaah Ogden.
CODEX, I'tah, April Z A. B. Moseley,
general passenger agent ot the Harrlman
lines at this point, estimates that 10,0"u to
15.000 San Francisco refugees will pass
through Ogden before the end of the exodus.
A special train due st noon had SW to be
fed by the relief committee and other
trains from th coast are cromded with
the helpless people.
The Southern Pacific paid passenger
t raffle has been demoralised between Oak
land and Ogden by the railroads generosity
In carrying the refugees free. On one
special relief train yesterday there was
'not a ticket taken up hy th conductor.
XI) OF FIRST WEEK
Ean Trancis-co Y,' Grent rroar
Toward R"viniption of Burur.eM.
SEVCN DAYS OF STRENU0L& UN
Water Fine, Bowers find Ctr9t R.uiwaji
TartU'lt Repaired.
FOOD NOW WITHIN REACH OF ALL
Bbelter for 43.0D0 Trras Irectd in
' GcluVn Cute rark.
FRICTION WITH IEDERAL OFFICIALS
Committee Resents Action of Presi
dent In Annotatlnc Dr. Define to
'I'ahe t harsr of WorU and
explanations I oIJott.
SAN FRANCISi'O, April :i. This was the
seventh day sif.-'e die earthquake Jarred
the city so sevi rely and started the fires
that laid it In allies, and ns nit th pre
ceding days, TiHVdiy took up tho accumu
lated Impetus nf Monday and added much
volume of force of its on, so thai Wednes
day will (lawn on a situation that Is a
long way towards the normal. Such marts
of trade naarcinaln Unhurt were opening
for the transaction of ordinary business.
temporary sirneturi-H were being run lip
for the accommodation of. others, clearing
of the (leva.--t.iti d an a of Its ruins was
well underway, the Inquiry' Into the condi
tion or the bank vaults was completed, tb
organization and preparation for aervlce of
the street railways was so far advanced
that the company expressed its readiness
to resume bmdnesa as soon aa the mayor
would permit, the water company an
nounced the completion ot such repairs as
enabled it to supply a total ot 12,0110,01x1
gallons dally. In tlftn, ther was all the
evidence to put at rest now and forever
the fear of those who predicted that Sun
Francisco would never rise again.
Dr. Devlne Will Analat.
The citizens of San Francisco had done
so splendidly In the face of such an ap
palling catastrophe that soma little con
sternation was created this morning when
President Roosevelt's proclamation was
read, turning over to Dr. Kdward Devlne
of the National Red Cross the management
of relief measures and th distribution of
the great funds so generously appropriated
by congress and recommending to the
people of the United States that their
contributions of food and supplies and
money should be diverted in the sain
hands. If there was a momentary feeling
that the men. enduring the heat of the
burden of the day were being unfairly
treated by this diversion of authority Into
new and foreign keeping, it was soon dls-
sipateo vy uie reiiecuou mni mv aciion,
of the president was. the result of misinformation.-
At a conference af Fort Mason -attended
by Ucnerals Greeley and Funston,
Mayor Schmlti, Governor Pardee, Dr. De
vlne and some others, it was agreed that
this was tho case and that Dr. Devlne
himself should frame a telegram to" the
president informing him of the splendid
work already done and ot his perfect wil
lingness to assist In forwarding the meas
ures already taken.
No Discrimination Against Chinese,
What hurt even more than this waa the
suggestion made in th leter from Presi
dent Roosevelt to Secretary of War Taft
that reports had reached htm that less
charity was being shown th Chinese who
dwell here than the whites and directing
that If thla be true the situation should be
remedied at once. If the people of San
Francisco are not In love with the Chinese
it was felt that the name they have earned
-In the past for charity and open-hearted-ness
should have saved them from any -possible
reflection that they would hav
permitted any human being white, black
or yellow within their reach to suffer.
Mature reflections, however, brought the
conviction that the truth had not reached
the president, and a special message was
sent him signed by th constituted author
ities recounting the exact facts.
The message was aa follows: ,
President Roosevelt, White House, Wash
ington: All reports that the people or
officials of San Francisco are making any
distinction In relieving, succoring or pro
tecting the Chinese or any other people
differing In race or color, are totally false
and entirely unfounded. The committees
and even the homeless sufferers them
selves are treating the Chinese and all
other fellow unfortunates wl'h the consid
eration of our civilization and of
our country. The people of San
Francsco are striving with all their
heart to relieve the destitute, care
for the sick, protect their helpless
and uplift the stricken. Irrespective of race,
creed of color, In accordance with the dlc
tatea of humanity, In a manner worthy of
Americans and the common brotherhood
of man. Please give presa
E. K. SCH.VIITZ. Mayor.
W. W. MOKrtOW. President Red Cross.
T. J. SIMMS. President Merchants asso
ciation. J. D. PHELAN, Treasurer Relief Com
mittee. RABBI VOORSANOER. Committee on
Hunger.
CATHERINE C. FELTON, Secretary As
sociated Charities.
FAIRFAX H. WI IE ELAN, Committee
Sick and Helpless.
' Food In Reach of All.
The work of housing and feeding the
homeless and of reconstituting the sanitary
conditions, already so far advanced Mon
day, were carried on with tremendous en
ergy. It is certain that no on Is hungry
in San Francisco tonight unless he Is wil
fully so. There Is food for all and the
method of distribution has been so perfect
Vthat It is within reach of all. As for the
health and sanitary conditions, there Is,
considering all circumstances, nothing to
be desired. An Investigation of the sewers
has shown that they were not a badly
damaged aa was feared, and, while there
were breaks, these have been repaired.
There has been no outbreak ot disease ot
a contagious character, nor Is any feared,
and as for those pulmonary diseases that
might he expected to Is prevalent In such
a crisis, they are 'chiefly notable by their
abaenve. The hospitals, which In the few
Instances were crowded by great numbers,
are discharging them by the scores. Thtae
facts speak In utenior terms for the energy
and klll ot the surgeons and nuract who
had the Institutions in charge.
Frame shelters Kreeted.
In the great stretches of Golden Gat
park, famed the world over for Its beauty,
there has uriaen frame shelters for 4VJ")
people. No millionaire In the land halt so
magnificent a netting for a home as. have
these waifs of the great San Fi amino
fire. There are still some who are tenting
on the aamu ground, but this is purely a
matter of choice. There is still consider
able want of -blankets, .txduing and cola,
and when this haa been met, as possibly it
will within the next twenty-four hours,
the condition of those unfortunates will, In
view of all Ihut haa l,app ned, be iilmokt
Ideal.
For some' days Sail Francisco showed an
dn wonted eagnerncss to gat nd of It pool-In,
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