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.ncbxirnsbo-iSi - ,', ,j-J' 1 t rniT aiilev-roO M M III 4 HO ,3LIJAVi03 V ORVALIiIS6yTUI!iY EVENING, APtelE2l.sl90oT Vol. XIX.-No: 3 WW it I " "'II A 111 I V ..Mil r Ji II I - li I il V I'll L II B.-J Ik B II ' , M III I j. I It 1 ajji wvy iv n ii iyaN n i iiii ii ii. in iiiiii. iii i 4A I '.! ,, .',' I ". r. nt lis f.iroi!f;ln!7 Till 1 t i I M it J I DOBS IT PAY TO INVESTIGATE? juiiiiiiiujaiuiiimiuiuju Wten you want anything ; in - the line' ofv Clothing, come and see our line, get priceSf We- balance our quality and prices , defy s v competition.- Our clothing sales has made big strides in the past few years and-lhis" has ft i ; j justified, a. big jncrease jn ourv;buyg.v,Neyer) aa yL before has, our store, reqeiyed . such, a big ship ment as this spring we have clothing Nob- try .clothing for 4' Corvallis, I' Great Line Mens Fine Shoes. . No, prizes go, COFFEET hiiC ' In fact nothina goes with out SATISFACTION I P. M. ZIEROLF. ' j 9 s ,-ole agent for p, j Chili: Saiitiorn Higli Grade COFFEE THE The Best SM. M. " Lorsl3'S HOME-SEEKERS ' 1 If you are looking for some real good bargains" in. j Stock, Grain, Fruit and Poultry Ranches, write foroutj special list, or come and see us. We take pleasure in giving you all the reliable information you wish, also showing you over the country. AMBLER 6c f Li- " 1 Real' Estate, Loan and insurance'- lOkGovallis itttdWlDqatht s I -1 II Invesfegat 1 1 with piir . "" ' coffee but cream, sugar and OLDS on Earth. WAITERS w i A o 6M1 g ft P Si "-rjSS Sann Grade I llStllUiiii 'ft -Kill 4 TiT!i;i..'. . ,f . i Of il .J ;i.:h(:! : !).! in?-. RICH AND POOR OF, SA&FIS Ai ; CISCO LINE UP ! TOQETH-"h ER FOR BREAD. X;' i ti . . !' : ; r: - ' t1 'K fcUi':.H7f-.j '?KV,t-rilO: Famished Children :Make Rush for Sandwiches .Sent FrPto', Stocky .: .-'.ton-Saldiers Break Open i : ; ; Bpxes and Toss ;'Fbod -1 " : .loa-viO to toGrowdsMany 'Viiii! ct ic Parke. . ii'iiJ not , J to appease the .goAwing.i hanjei trie destitute thansands--erTortg that 8Ujc88fpliheT ' ar? tpqlghtio thi city m anyi psEeofls u eithei.i vitbQQt euffi&ient fdod or entirtly u without , ; ;Th'e' 7 aoVer n Meat' 'i ifel bial ""Ibflt charge of every grocerV etoteiaihii tmrt of thecity Btillittaodlne. rand iren'yjM) 'It streets;' :t Golden Gate-Prk f and at tbeTPreaidip, and tyerypeftfdu whole loaf of bread,) .Tae nline. ,at Filtoow and -rark streets waei four fcldcke'lotig ill''WterncftirJ,d those :aMBerk&'vMl'MklW large supply : bit 'milk Kear.rprn Oakland and this was distributed to ' wdnien' 'and' 'children1 ' wherever tbey ;were found in; need" A', 'great dealo this milk ,wa9 .ustd ; for . the exhausted women who arrived ( sat the ferry throughout1 the day, and proved a great boon to them. . . ' ; The bread unes at ,tbe .parks furnished striking instances of the absolute patience and fortitude that have, marked tlie behaviour of, the people throughout their try iDg ex perience.' i inere were no disorders when tne Hungry.' tnoueands were told to form a lice and receive their bie d and canned gcods. , All were roi t-;nt to wait their turn. . Silk hatted men of affairs followed good n aturedly behind Cai nese, and took their loaf from the Fame hand. . S up kitchens! were,:, established in the itteets "and : ma.-y hungry pe.reope.were fcd there.; Bread ,atid such other, lopd "staffi as. may be , at hand will he distributed, at the ve riou9 stations twioea;day; - t;s At the ferry: station, today there were some pathetic , scenes among the hungry people. . . When the boat came in from Stockton with tons of supplies, a number of small chil dren were the Grit to spy a , larga box of sandwiches with cries of de light. They made a rush for the food, seized as much as ' they could hold and rushed to their mothers with sheets of: j ,: "Ob, mamma, look at the sand wiches!'' J;;";"-,' ;-":;J;T V'11 " I Seated around ' the ferry build ing were hundreds of people suck ing canoed fruits '- from the tine. Some were ''''drinking condensed cream, and some were lucky enough to have sardines or cheese. At sev eral places v along -1 Market street scores of men were digging with their hands among the still ' smok ing debris of some large grocery- house for canned goods. - When they found it, which they did without molestation, from . any body, they broke the tins and de voured the contents;." .V At Filbert an Van Nesa avenue,:' at- 6 ' o'clo; k tonight, a. wagqn.,.of,. supplies-, con veyed by soldiers was besieged by a crowd of hungry people.; They ap pealed .to the.sprdiers;, for food, and their appeals were quickly , heeded . Seizing an , ax, a soldier emashed the boxes and tossed . the supplies to the crowd, which took time to cheer hastily 77 r,7, ! " A later estiauate places the num ber of refugee camping in Golden Gate Park, from the Panhandle to the beach, at 15,000 men, .women and children. So far, their priva tions have been comparatively in significant. It is feared by the heal'h authorities that great suffer ing will result unless shelter' can be found in the near future for these thousand;". Tbey are. . of course, living wbolly vin the open. .. . The mo3t unsanitary conditions prevail. Hills des and wooded copses are be ing utilized as cesspools, with,, the result that over certain portions, of the park a heavv,' fetid odor : hangs like a';pall'.The Tefosr Witt,' it5 is uuiarci, ijyico.ma tinv;i;jUy sweeping;) into ;ne,f prcfcen .mains and. J'tHbZ health1 offiew;fear fcrdln bfestilen ce-" 1 i fiour, p'6'tafqes, cattle;?breadan'd pttvisfonsi of all" drts: -are 'ahead jr; bp" the way aod -more will 'be start ed today from; all i !sections ' of the Northwest for California..' - The re sponse irom all claeees to the appeal from San Francisco has baen prompt add intelligent.01 More : than SfsoD obo. In cash will be' given' by the Northwest to the Buffering1 Califor- nians. Besides this are Vast quan tities of popplies and' produce - that will add eihaps ' $250,000 .'more. These figures may have to be ' in-: creased, as the giving seems tel have just begun. '-'""iJi,'- 11 W- tioiti iOdos Bay,' flour f :bni -Spokiihei'-Ta'J Scorns i" Seattle'"1 Pndlefdp;,'Th6 rDalltei- Wana"ilWallaarid ther 'pblot3. 'Potatoes have! tean donated km liberal nnantitieH'! frftrw WMa- fmette "Vallery ? and"5 ku BiVer yints(,' jand elseihere'.: Jii ' ' mt b r Breacl and prepaVed food .'clotHri ajid 'booking1 utensils have been also MavhrWfsi ing tFbVer $'2;,boo:were'1rarjed''fhere today 'within a slibrt'ttrne for the kid of the 6aSB5&a8iifafifk'rt,'6k4d ap(to: thls'ifternbriri13 7oSb c'kses5 'of catJneaBarrhon 'ha's0 ! bietf ddriated b? WSlowS Cflumfertf'EiVercan plia'tb Sin aFrafjicie!c?-bytril! mi evSriin'baarJritrif'r' iaribadiU Iw'Bhirjr'f.bMbrrbwl & Franci:Co on this evening's 'trairf. - Ashland,-Or.r eentl a, carload of Jfcod stuffs and supplies on the re lief jtraip, wh lchft iiere , today for car t ranctsco,' and ner people v are ready and willing to send more, besides having subscribed: $l,ooo in cash in individual subscriptions '.j Last Eevehing Mayor! Butler and Piesldent Winter,: of , the' board of trade, issued a circular calling fbn the people, to contribute bread and cooked meats and foodstuffs, as well as cash, and the response was some thing unparalleiled in the history of the city. Housewives '-. worked all, night making bread,' boiling hams and preparing food Tor the etri.ken city." ' ; ', i ' Stoves and bedclothes and.' Cases of canned food s,, .', flou r and ; , bea n s. ana provisions 01 every sort were bruugbt into the headquarters. by the wagon loads, and loo citizens headed by the mayor ' worked V like beavers 1 to get the shipment ready and the car loaded for the relief train. i' :rHl ":;' ' Spokanb's contribution : to the Cdlilornia sufferers is close to 20,- 000 tonight. The relief committee sent four carloads of provisions over the O. R. & N. today, and will ship 20 carloads tomorrow. The Ma sons have raised $looo, the Eagles $500, the Bartenders $5oo and the Knights of Columbus $5oo. Clothing, butter, cheese by the ton,: and loaves ' of bread in like quantities, were carried by the steamer Breakwater this morning, as Coos Bay's first contribution to her suffering . neighbors in San Francisco $2,000 was raised here in 40 minutes yesterday. North Bend has secured large subscrip tions, and from, every nook and corner in the, county come hearty response from the call for aid At amass meeting held in Dil las.' f jr . the relief of the sufferers this morning $3 5oo was subscribed on xhe spot, and a committee was b pf niuted to solicit further ' sub eliipuiue. ' IWascb county- and the citv council will' Vote- liberal dona tion?.'11 Two carloads of; flour -will be shipped direct t to Sin Francisco tbday$,""i,5i ;qti-,:;T .a 7 ;'. .wwA At "S mass meeting: of citizens held tonight approximately $5o,ooo was raised for the distressed in Cali fornia, and a committee 'appointed to raise more. R. S. Ford, banker, agreed to add lo per cent to the to tal ' amount raised in this place, Great Falls, Montana. Albany sent Us first carload, zs tons, of provisions and bedding,' to San Francisco today, including flour, potatoes, bacon and bread Another car goes tomorrow, reonle donate their supplies freely. A car load . from McMionville passed through today. Pendleton, Silver ton, ' Arlington. Monmouth, Hills boro, Leniston, Corvallis, ; Union, Forest Grove, and in fact every nook and corner of Oregon were ready to meet the call, and .liberal donations for the sufferers flr were prompt. provided ' by 'tnbUKhtfuP persons." ,;ln response to -the 'appeal 'made bv-MavhrWi'se to" if he' eitijhW of Eat Butter-Nut Bread. Thatcher & Johnson sell it. .srfjgDsI 6vois .boov- JtfiO .o'J liili v8 ja 40 BLOWN, TO ATOMS OU; fi iii tiioifcIY o f-rfJ- fr, ! 1E30 1. .ii f!Oi 3 iio i r; !i ?ff!- j HUNDREDS 1. OF-f( CHINAMlJtST ' THEMSELVES-"''ijTi .' . FAMOUS plS r.RlCT ANDT r- - .HLQi liUXIU JXtXIO oi in .1 hi liar -UJO) ic ok f(;l:V.i; t I Ut :j ! t " v 1 j r n Efforts of Soldiers , Them JOut Fail;Then .Dynamite Is 11 - Used and Podr i Wretches. '.to Eternity-31 1 i t 1..., ..t iu.-f yrifirti io 1 aAhe.Serry-t.j mo !! tZSajt Francisco; April 1 2. Fred ziedbyfear of the .earthquake arid the flameeithatewept San Fr&ncia cd,:hundred8: of -Chlnamer. 1 locked themselves in ithe labyrinths of the crty'fe: faxriOTS Cfiioatownjariii t were oiown:iaioejmiy Dy:nia-Gyna- 1 -11 -1 it tb7wfect itherlbni-dS'tigs ' In n effort to-dheck the resistless, sweep of; the names; .rtoirt-w lo ono ,?Mua-rfB?. I J This is the' story, of ; thei idestiiitj tioh of thi8 portion: ,of , i the iCalifof nia cityinoict!ity!a-.iii-ia -jiooy,? a trateurif man fromiWewii-.ork. wJio escaped fronl fthe 'jpalacesbotah the day after tba:calar-.itV)beFsailit ! I ' aii After 'the luretsh-tik hadiipasaed tne names o tregan:. jio -noetoun tua buHdlnesf-tbts distirc't as itaough. they fwertJ sb ImacK or rjowder,,. J ape; Chid atowtiJ was ! an o Inferno r: of i tel-! kii hef'saysifiThouFaindsof thbyej-, low men rushed about the streets encLtbj:Qngb!he oijne punaings raving nae maa-. denedtanimals,? rbr gesticulating1 wildly and jabber ing. Miny escaped and rushed, madly to tbe -,ferry,. But others, too terror-stricken to ry - to save themeelveSi ran directly: into dang er and refu-ed to be moved out of their dens, where they were cremat ed alive. " More were blown to frag ments along with , their , buildings. . The extent of the loss of life in ChinatbTvn," said M r. Libby, " will neyer.be known! The numbsr is m jst probably in the thousands, for the Chinamen filled the. buildings and. .toe podergfound chambers like bees in a hive I. lear that com- paratively, few escaped from the eubterranfa.apaseages. ' '-- 'j . :f. When. the' .first shck1'' 'occurred hund reds of Chicaoin. r ushed f rb m . the buildings into the stri'ets. j Thty. ran about like wild men wmie the earth was shaking great buildings into heaps of ruins.' From every window and door, terror-strlcKen faces peered out. They watched the buildings swaying to and fro, then the whole population of the district was seized with ; a panic. The din of coise raised by . the shouting, screaming men, women aod children lose above that of ev erything else. ' Every Chinaman was talking, what he wsb saying no white man ana proDaoiy tew Chinese knew. They rushed a'm- lessly hither and thither until the shock was over, then disappeared into the intricate passages of their buildings and the - underground chambers When the fire started and the flifnes swooped down upon them many ran cut, dragging great bundles' of ' personal " effects 'add trappings that a Chinaman holds most dtar. I don't believe a ? man attempted to get to a place of safety without first trying to get together all his worldly goods ' and take them along. This 'desire', to save their effects that was' greater ' than theircare for personal safety caused' many to lose ih' ir I ves f ' ' 7"' !,,' The soldiers realized; that Chi natown would . probably, - bs' the scene Of the most ' widespread1 de struction of human life unless- the yellow men and their families were herded out while there ,was yet time, and a big iorce of men was sent there lo take charge of the dis trict:. '; ''."v '.;';;'' V ':; ; " "The flames spread so rapidly through the district that the only hope of checking them lay in the wrecking of the structures with dy namite. Quantities ' of explosives were brought and (quads of soldiers went through the buildings trying to get the occupants out. Instead of fleeing for their lives, the Celes tials ran into . their little '' rooms, locked themselves in and refused to b9 taken out. The onrueh of the fire made it imDOSsible for the sol diers to break in the doors and drag out the-: Btupefied ; wretches. The -I dypamitft had to bemused,, and-when oildueffortaliad :beenput forth,, to jr: get tt UhiDamen opl;,,) JUildiog af- .r,1terutgg),w8a:tJ)Ipwaflujto9Jrt .bsJtyTi! 9tB If A. .rfjQ ortut vn⁢ )0 u-y m,entvthteTexB.lo3iop.8- hprliag.DUja- dreds bf dot.lsMhtoeterWity.'' JFfre afterwaidasweptyer jtherninB and what waa left bf theDuman remains was coqsunedThereJelHttle doubt but that many of the structures not dynamited, held, , terrpr jzed Cina meaiwho, were cremated. a.itvej. The extent of the loss of jife in the,,,pn derground. : chambers, cannpt, Mfyen be imagined., j They are -knpwftto bawi been. filled with men, .wornen and children, and,, the, Boldiere ' tel 1 me that jthe , indications were.et " great; nvnabers peiisiied.' f,V0f, rur'TbpBe.jthat succeedeid in? fsotp iog rushed Q the ferry 7 siap, t clam bered aboard bung to jibe ' .railings and fought for places llkqwilmen. Tbey; aostswamped itBebpatf1. and guards bad topusl. them - .pff wiih,(bif muskets, v, AI Ci tfepee wp got tq t tbfilandiog,n Jpwr, finally .gpt acroEaPdiland, 3 Dot Off ,ti:vi: in no ,;ui,v .i.nitrpiiY - ( I oil 1 fvM-sono drip JnotJL dim b i .Ne.yorkApriiJappfl thrauehout Abe civilized .world. From eyejry, ilgr., ffeWA, ftr'$is . PPQntirv9( .frprfl t JaDff Rpils and, 8ome:Far EMtern.(rr4nanea comes ewB,thEi);ali)uinapity)5n fixprassingi itSjsyrnpathy.is .also pf .fering ,enprmonsn' material ?asiet t0Bf ifqHo-jffj rrtTi i.d no fjoirtRa .-jtIItW estimated'o night, tbata &Qn FrapolBcp fund sirapidly nr ing7tbe! total .rPMQnd rwiUj'have,. passed; ,tbat figuriB.by Mondav when coparess 1 wilL.add ll.gOQ.tq.elloopioopAea ftPPJ!9Pr.iatedIi; , ,n- ..;.. ,t ni . j - Ip,, the.ljst; cf generous.optrilju- tors New fork (ity.irariksnexjtjto the gpvern.ment jisel.ifind, bids; fair to far exsfed jthe federal ,, contribu tipnfrv7Tp,pight .the aw.-YpirkiCUy fund amounted to approximately jto $,2,opo,oob, w)(b contributions . com ing in,fa.8t.i:7 v,.;;,f ,,,fo til -uuZllt ; The state of Massachusetts ; tas undertaken to raise $3,ooo,ooo, apd with Boston's generous ;, help,is well on the way ( to the. goal. , Chi cago's fund is approaching $1,000, ooo,. and promises togo beyond that a im. , Pailadelphia will send $500, 000. A score or more cities contrib ute, from $ top,ooo to $2oo,ooo. . ., x $ Pittsburg . has, given - $1 obao; Cleveland, $loo,opoj , St. .Xpujs, $2oo(ooo;, , Sacramento, f $loo,oco; Siattle,, f Qi,ocw, I .Portland f ,Of ., $15,000;. Biliimore,, i$otooo,; .aid so on throughout the list-. of (large Citiss. rv,r 1!ff!i7 -.!",.)".(;; Nor is the work of laleiue relfef funds confined to the large qitie;. From', every ,- section, . every . state comes the news, of contributions made by email towns. Not.larga in themselves, their aggregate wi 1 be enormous. Uncounted thout ands are sending their contributions and the grand total of the , relief fund will prot-ably never be known. More than tall a million dollars todiy were added to New York city's fund for the relief of Califor nia sufferers. Of the sum raised t oe chamber of commerce subscrip tioss amounted to $253,73-,' the mayor's committee of citizens, $93, 108 and, the Merchants' Associa tion of New .York, f 45, 208., The benefit performance given at the New Yoik Hippodrome tonight under the management of a ..com mittee of -i ad ies beaded by Mrs. Oelrlchs netted $31,507. Mrs.Oel rii'.hH on up a t hfitiR For tn.nnn . .One hundrel wagobs belonging, to Barnum & Bailey's circus made a tour of New York today, collect ini provisions, clothing end medi cal supplies, which, will be forward- special train of Xp; pars.',', , 1 j -,'; toltiiisri r.t,vj . :i:;,..vj'i U-. hin i'uii U ;Foi! Sale!; oil! 01 ;;n Black Spanish eggs at $1.00 per setting. , Apply at the ice factory on 3rd street.'1 '-'fit Disparene Spray. For fruit trees and J shrubbery. See Montgamery & ! Newton.' "For sale by . " - 1 Thatcher & Johnson. For Sale. Vetch and Cheat and Clover hay. White seed oats. Also one fine M. B. torn. T. A. Logsden. Ind. phone 55, Mt. View line. Embroidery Wessons. Mrs. M. P. Burnett will give les sons ibx Eyelet r Embroidery ( Wed nesday and Thursday afternoons at her residence. Ind. phone No -202. Bell nhone No lis. -EU Oflj JE 7S3V719bJH 'j-sibej -