The Waxahachie Daily Light. (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, April 20, 1906 Page: 3 of 4
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DIAMONDS
When you make up ν our
mind to own a Diamond
—come and look over
our stock
You will find the gen-
uine here—a clear pure
stone in any setting you
may desite. We can
save you muney and
give you the best that
your money can buy . .
Come and sec our I irge
stock. . . . . . .
JOE A. HARRIS
"The Jeweler"
We now have toll connection with
all pointa in South Texas. Also
Dallas and other points.
See Manner
CbCIL FEARIS
for telephones.
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Telephone Co.
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House
Cleaning
Bill of Fare
Jap-a-Lac
Liquia veneër
Furniture Varnish
Gold Paint
Silver Paint
Bath Tub Enamels
Varnish Stains
Floor Varnish
Floor Paint
Stove Pipe Enamels
Etc. Etc. Etc
Get them at
Reymuller's
Paint Store
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Pin Francisco April > With c n< h
S"· ·■·· < < 1.:jκ ! ι·ι:γ ' !ι.· !.·\ '! uat :· Ί
destruction in this city grow morn!
s-M-ioiis. 1[ st-cmcil as if nothing;:
could save th. comparatively small!
portion of the city yet unburned. The!
entire business and wholesale district ;
la now only a glowing furnace while!
the giant tongues of fire have reach» ·! I:
to the westward far beyond Vannesi I
avenu and are wiping out buildings
and seeking more to devour.
At t o'clock Mayor Schraitr. and
Chief of Police Dinan saw the only
hope of saving (he western addition
with Its forest of frame dwellings and
the Richmond districts with its
thousands of homes was to cheek the
cruel march of the wall of fire at
\'anness avenue which crosses the J
city from north to south where the i
retail stores and fine apartment hous-1
es end. and where t h <> residences be-
gin. This avenue is ninety feet wide !
and the possibilities of checking the
march of the flames here looked hope-
ful to those who were figuring ways
and means in the hour of awful hor-
ror. The orders were given to concen-
trate every fir? engine in the city at
this avenue to marsh all troops there
the police and all of the army of
workers and make one last stand to
save the remainder of the city.
The artillery was secured and huge
cannons were drawn by horses to the
avenue to aid the dynamiters in blow-
ing up the mansions of the million-
aires on the east side of Vanness ave-
nue In order to prevent the flames \
from leaping across the highway and j
starting on their unrestrained sweep
across the western addition.
Every available pound of dynamite
was hauled to this point and the sight
was one of stupendous and appalling
havoc as the cannon were traineil ;
on the palaces and the shot tore into j
the wal's and toppled the buildings in i
crushing ruins. At other points the
dynamite was used and house after
house the dwellings of millionaires :
were lifted into the air by the power-
ful bellowing blast and dropped to the
earth a mass of dust and debris.
The work was necessarily danger-
ous and many ot the exhausted work-
ers who kept working through a long
ι stretch of 48 hours without sleep and
scarcely any food through force of
instinctive heroism alone may have
been killed while making this last
desperate stand. Many of the work-
ers in placing the blasts took chances
that spelled injury or death.
The fire line at fi o'clock extends a
mile along the east side of Vanness
to Pacific avenue. All behind this ex-
cepting; the Russian Hill region an<l a
small district lyinx along the north
beach has been swept clean by the
flames and from the steel hulks of
buildings and pipe and shafts and
spires have been dropped into the
I molten mass of debris like so much
melted wax.
The steady booming of the artillery
and the roar of the dynamite above
the howl and crackling of the flames
continued with monotonous regular-
ity Such noises have been bombard-
ing the ears of the panic stricken
: people since the earthquake of 48
I hours before They have not ceased to
! heed the sound and rush pellmell
. drowning heir senses in a bedlam
' of their own creation There seemed
I to be an irrisistlble power behind the
! flames that even the desperately he-
roic measures being taken at Vanncss
avenue could not wta>
While the heroic firefighters w»-re
; making the last stand at the line of
ι Yanness avenue panl·· reigned among
the survivors in othï*« parts of the city.
Th»· intense heat and absence of water
m\«· been °o terrible that scores have
l>e< ο me frantic »nd others have drop
j peri from exhaustion in the streets
; Th»· greets are till choked wi'h re
fugeea scrambling wildl> for an ave-
nue of ee< ape .Since e*rl> tuorning
Thursday when the great run of
; flam· s doomed th· hotel and apar*
! m» tit bous» Uatrtct along RUla. Ο Tar·
rell and Cutter *tra^ts men «omen
ai d · htldreti hav · been rutblng or
fttagg* ring tnder heav ν load* of lug
Kajc» "m·*» » M»«- ferries at h·* wnt*
front ii hot-»· Ί getting to Oakland
and the ·«*' •f the b/i) other» '
th*· bin-. (iotden i'ark. to Ocean
iHtrh 'to Pre β id i and "tan \lat»-o
l>av
The frit» to 'h· hiiU and to the
* «ft fr<>: · ·■* * » -»f t»»rlti<« hard
«bip r ♦ mi-fting *n»· »i tiid « Mldreu
km! · · ι h a u « t r t| jn« î w«»r» - mp«lled
to *aik ■■·''<· t» η ea aroun-t th··* north
ft 'I·-' » - v · ■ it !
re»» h th» ferrte*
M*- th· *f
th· «right al* n<! wilting
1ai h«'f « ■' '· 'totfsd* ! h ♦ « ai rang t h
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[Ing trunk* other» having -· wing ma- !
■Mnc* atfa< hod to th< Ir backf
There ti n>i «i l for tnyort" fr«m n*it j
ildp Fourre*. In the awful ■« rambl* I
or ««'· !>· th«> half ι *>irvivor.n '
iÎMrt guri! (»veryfb!0)i !nt ίh'· thought j
>f tftcmwlTM and thelr property
In 'v»'i y cxcavatioη nil ho!. (
hrighout th·» north h- :i' h. hou·»'
><>!. !<>rn are burying \ou- ·■■>!.! ι te ». i
hrowing thftn intr> «tli< h* ' ;
tu: the hol· s Attempts nr»· made t>
r.ivk th<> «ravi-» of the ι r 1 y ;»') '
!" * ninv lu· γ·«-ivorcil .ft. ι the'
laines ηe appeas-d
Sufferer* invaded (h·· few btilldlni:*
ttawtfttsg in th.· of (Mii|
ioni»thlng tu eat. They only desist i
vhen arn-d «r shot by tin· soldiers. '
At th·· t< rry building h l'iowii of j
I.Oimi j oplo gathered begging for fool
ind transportation n< rous the bay. i
lundreds had rot even ι<> rents far 1
arc to Oakland M· -t of th" refuge· « !
it this point .v -r·· Chinamen and Hal j
aris. who fled from their burned tenc-
nent^s with little or no personal cf-
"<4ί
Tin' sufferings of many from hunger :
» pitiful. At ri o'clock a mob of 100;
>r more robbed a bread wagon of its
:ontpntH. The police made an at- j
empt. to Interfere but were powerless. ;
Br. d Is arriving from Berkeley and '
Oakland and Is being distributed in J
:h" north end of town by the relief |
oartles organize^ by Mayor Schmltz. ■
At midnight Thursday night the fire \
lad diminished none. A gigantic col- '
.mm of smoke hovered over Ihe rlty.
The telegraph companies owing to the '
pressure of commercial business !
would receive only a few hundred
press words.
The great. Flood. Crocker and Phelan '
buildings are destroyed and (he gi-
gantic St. Francis hotel a ruined shell.
The Hibernian Savings bank where 1
the middle and poorer classes deposit- !
ed their savings looks hideous. China- 1
town is a furnace. 1
In the Hayes valley district south
of McAllister and north of Maret
street the fire was confined on the
west by Octavia street on the north
by McAllister street. In these con-
finis the destruction was complete.
Thf rein were located St. Ignace school
and Mechanics' Pavilion the home of
hundreds of great political social and
sporting events not a timber remains.
Opposite it was the St.. Nicholas ho- j
tel and it is now simply a pile of ι
ruined bricks a ruin among many of j
a similar nature. From this point ;
down to the Oakland ferry an Asso-
ciated Press man made bis way
through the water front and climbing'
over hillocks of masonry and junk
of all sorts in the middle of the city's
greatest thoroughfare. The journey
was heartrending the scene apalling. ·
On either side was ruin. To the j
south in hundreds of blocks hardly s. ;
building remained whole. The United ·
States mint escaped almost unscathed
owing to its isolated environment.
DEATH LIST REDUCED.
Chief of Police Thinks It Will Not
Exceed Two Hundred and Fifty. |
! San Francisco April 20.—Chief of
' Police Dinan said he thought 250
j would fully cover the number of deaths
He found it impossible to see to de-
| tails. About fifty bodies were found
; up to Thursday night. There wasj
! considerable shooting of looters Thurs-
day but the offenders were fortunate
enough to escape with wounds.
ALL EARTH CABLES.
Messages of Sympathy Pour In to
President Roosevelt.
Washington April 20.—President j
Roosevelt is in receipt of cablegrams.
expressing the sympathy with this
country of foreign rulers and foreign j
countries on account of the appalling
disaster at San Francisco.
Mesages have been received from
President Falliereg of France Free!·1
dent Pardo «if Peru. King Frederick
of T)enn>.· King Haakon of Norway
Karl Or"v. premier of Canada Premier
Seddon of New Zealand the king ο
Italy and also one from General
Booth of the Salvation Army.
APPEALS TO AMERICANS
Chief Executive Asks That Relief Be
Given Through Red Cross
Washington. April 20. President
Roosevelt after ι fonsultatinn with
Mis* Mabel Hoardman · f the \merlcan
Red Crons issued an appeal to th<
A erican ι »«ψΙ» to aid San Francisco
Ha asked that ail < ontrlbutIon* be
made through the offl< lain of the
Amatian National Hed Cn^' who
have *ffa« *ted y ν?· t «· ma 11 « trrange
ments to distribute r;··· «'·♦·! .i«Ni»tatir*
NOT INCLUDED
Nfw /ork Law· P'cn>b»t issuance of)
Earthquake ..iska
New York \ |·ι II «» Offlreea of
th»· large fl · 1 "I' · · «'mpHnt'-j
having t h #* » r ht <«l<|usrtrrn η 'his «'ttyj
atiun«.n· ·· thai the Iosm* bj the «arth ·
quak· were · » !»d Ί th« fir*
tisiram e ' « · t î « i« wrtttfi for «'all
forηla a» ' » · · 1 ·« ' · ■ '
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HOUSTON INAUGURATED
ormslly inducted »» Prouder t if Ur.l-
verilty of Ten»».
Atmtln. April !'(· Md-nt |Ί V
fotiiton if » Id r-ι 'of T< » --
.■»* luniuritt») a* Mi·!· nt i t th..'
nnllttiUon I hnrixhi Th»- · un Ι· ι
(teintant tipon "h·· · . ·ιβ·.·-*ιΙ«.» w-r·
mpreaalv·· » ml v.-t- <«>.1 by a \&r/
umber of eOttfn" nf »h» *f»t*
lp*iechei» " ■■ r1 ■' m a numb* ' i
hose pr··*· I I ; l)h t"!i *1» i
ther Stat» :T1 « . . Mori-t Ih" "
ii attondam
The r.n-'r.. > 1 . p·.-
If t;i ι)!· H Γ· - : ; Centra
a II way » · on i) · propo«i
Ion to Γι I tiro ι ί<·>?·;η.;· r (an· >i> thai
oad !!«·« · iron. ■'! · ■ cent* ρ c.
jlle Tin· in- n ine Is ·»ι·ι foi May lï.
Kemrdi
■pan
ieot «ho* the following ii;;·tirant
ompani· - doing butdoi lu this stale
av>"· heitdquarters it San Franclscn
Ί reman* Fund Hone ν tr»· ami Ma
Inc. and Pacific Mutual The la-1
araed is a' life insurant company.
FATALLY INJURED.
.ieutenant Pui s Has Fractured Skull
and Other. Wounds.
San Fram isoo. April 2».· Lieutenant
'harie- C. Pulls commanding the
'wenty-fourth company of light artil
pry. was blown up by a fharge of
lynamlte at Sixth and Jessie at reel)
nil fatally Injured. He was taken to
he military hospital at Presidio. Tie
ins a fractured suii and several bones
vere broken and internal Injuries.
T.ieutenanf Pulls placed a heavy
•harge of dynamite In a building on
Sixth street The fuse was imperfect
ind did not ignite the charge as soon
is expected. Pulis went to the build-
up: to relight it and the charge ex-
iloded while he was in the building
The injured nfflc er is a graduate of
he artillery school at Fortress Mon·
•oe. Va. He Is thirty years old single
md a native of Chicago
TWO SMALL SHOCKS.
3oth Light Compared With the Orig-
inal Disturbance.
Washington. April 20.—The weather
Sureau Thursday issued the following
bulletin: "Two small after shocks of
San Francisco earthquake were re
"orded on the seismograph at the I'nit-
ed States weather bureau. Washing-
ton during the night of April IS and
morning of the 19th. Th» Arts shock
was decidedly stronger than the other
one although both were vry light
compared to the original di uirbam i "
ure tngmes Useless.
Washington April 20.—The war de-
partment Thursday received the fol-
lowing; bulletin from the Western
Union: Outside cities have been
sending fire engiens to San Francisco
to assist in subduing the flames but
they were found useless on account of
no water. They are now returning- to
Oakland and other points. Firemen
report the city doomed."
Braw/ey Wiped Out.
Los Angeles. April 20.—Reportsl
from Brawley a town on the Southern I
Pacific 12<) miles south of Los Angeles ;
state the town was practically wiped j
out by the earthquake. This i<* the
only town in southern California
known to have suffered from the
sho. k.
Noble Workmen.
New York. April 2<>. The New York
Building Trades union voted to send
an army of their unemployed members
to San Francisco to aid in the work
of clearing the city and helping it-
rebuilding
Four Thousand Printers Out.
Paris. April 2u About 4000 print
eis employed by various periodicals
struck work demanding a nine-hour
lay The daily papers are not affect
ed. Several employers ronceded to
the demand »»f the strikers The move
ment is extending to the provinces
Indefinitely Postponed.
New York. April 2u The Franklin
celebration at i'ari> including the un
veiling of the Franklin statue m he.!
uled for Thursday has been indefinite
(y jxtsfpuifd.
Treettf Gave Way.
Duluth. Minn April 2·» Thirt\ hi
horers w-n more or 1··** sen· -
Injured h· r»· b\ »h»· givinK wa
ι ••.fOle fhat COilKtl the dois of
th·· f >ii I » ι *k : » nd Norlhei n )
rail* ν
Victoria Bill $tgned.
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1f-U' *; flu· \\ ιγκ· bill re ι .
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Darrough Confirmed
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ftire to result in unhappiness. disease and linancial ruin.
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Moore's old Mand WeM Frank'·in
west of square.
I Temple in K. J.
St. t'ne-half block
25c Palm Readings 25c
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The Cougl) Habit
is more dangerous to your life than the drink cocaine
or morphine habits for it soon ends In Consumption
Pneumonia and Death. Save yourself from these
awful results of Coughs and Colds by taking
DR. KING'S
NEW DISCOVERY
"Sitting by My Wife's Bed"
writes F. G. Huntley of Oaklanden Ind. "I read about
Dr. King's New Discovery. She had got a frightful
chronic cough which three doctors failed to relieve.
After taking two bottles she was perfectly cured and
today she Is well and strong."
Price 50c and SI.00
Oni Oose Gives Relief
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