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VOL.' V. 1 NO. 38,"
PORTLAND, .OREGON,; THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL. 19, 1906. SIXTEEN -PAGES-
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Portland's Contribution by : Tomor
row Vill Reach That Sum and
:;May
Rise to a
first National Gives:?25,000,-Ser
curity $10,000.
The Journal Relief Bureau will receive contributions for the
sufferers in San lrrancic6.:Telef)hons Main 500 and a wagon
will call for your Contribution Tents, food and clothing are par-
ticularly required. .-. -V . " :
Portland hasxome to the-assistance of suffering San Francisco
.' nobly. Scarcely, had a call for
composed of members of the different commercial bodies, than it
,- was decided to. send $100,tr00 to San Francisco tomorrow. . This
win pe onry a smait item ia inetotai renei iunq mat wijw oerraisea,
It-ts-esttmatecf thatthe relief fond n-this-ity5H-TeachaUleast
$230,000 cash in addition to the
The United States senate today appropriated $500,000 for relief
. and the governor of every state
state to the sufferers,
It is now apparent that the
Francisco.-- The supply-ef4yamitJiaa: given out and efforts. to
i check the! flames have, ceased. The. city, isabandonedjojtsjate.
The entire business district
ing' through residence sections.
' water. ' V.;'v '.' :' -
Three hundred thousand,
y from exposure, hunger' and thirst. The .food supply of the city, is
4 -exhausted.- The xieath list is estimated -at 3,000, butmay be much
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San Jose is in ruin?, all buildings having been razvd. A hun
r dred and fifty lost their lives. - : V. ;
Santa Rosa has been destroyed-, fires completing the work of
the earthquake. , . .
Stanford tiniversityTnifldings
" state university at Berkeley are
( Portland will aend $100,000 to atrick!!
' San Franclaco ao that tha unfortunata
city will recelva -tha Money not later
han tomorrow: The money la for m-1-
mediate uaa In aupblylnf actual naoea
; altlea and will be followed by other
auma which may run the total donation
up to a quarter or a million.
Tralnloada of clothing and food for
tha unfortunatea are being made up In
the" terminal - yard mod will - be aent
' aouthward by tomorrow. At noon today
mora than 150,000 had been aubacribed,
and other auma, are being given liberally
' and rapidly.
- The Flrat National bank atarted the
fund by aubacrlblng 126,000. The com
mlttee in charge of the Heppner relief
fund, through I. N. Flelachner, chair
man, haa offered flt.ooo, which haa
been held In readlneaa for a calamity.
The Beoirlty- 8a vkige- Trttirt- m pany
contributed 110,000. Tha three auma In
themnfilvee-amount to one half- the
amount that will be aent towarda the
flrat relief of the Buffering city.
A meeting of the direct or a of .the
Flrat National bank waa held at 11
" oVIork thla morning and the following
: resolution adopted: " - - .
- "Keaolved. That the president be and
I- hereby la empowered for and on behalf
of the Flrat National bank of Portland,
Oregon, to atibacrlbe to the fund for
. the benefit of tha aufferera by the Ran
Francteco diaaater the turn of 125,000."
Money Available at Once.
Mr. Mtlla, president of the bank. Im
mediately notified President I logo of
" the chamber of commerce of 'tha action
" of th dtrwtora mimJ Mtd tlHt the money
r-. waa . available at once, subject to the
forwarding and distribution of ,jf by
the proper authorities...' " '
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, 'Agnew Asylum, Near -San Jose, Which' Colfapted, Killing More"-Than One
. 1 ' ' -'- '" ' Hundred Persons, , --- ' ', , '
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Quarter Million--
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relief - been made by the committee,
food and other supplies contributed.
has . tendered the financial aid of his
, fire will completely .destroy San
is destroyed, blames are'sweep-
' Nob hill is burning. -.-There is no
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people are homeless and suffering
have-crumbled.Thoseatthe
not injured. , -
t Soaroely had 'the First National an
nounced Ita liberal donation when the
Security Savings A "Trust company,
through Mr. Adam, ita president, an
nounced donation or lio.ooo. mat
um alao la available at any time.
Other subscriptions were announced
during the afternoon ' In auch liberal
numbers and amounta that there la no
question but that f 100.000 will be for
warded to the city of destitution by to
morrow.. I ... . :r . .-
Telegraph companies have, announced
the,lr willingness1 to transmit free of
charge any auma that may be sent ' to
the unfortunatea of Ban- Francisco.
Railroad companies have announced
their willingness to carry free whatever
contributions in the way of clothing
and food may be sent In.
In the terminal yards two trains are
being made up -thla afternoon in prep
aration for the trip to 8an Francisco.
They will be loaded with food; clothing.
tents and-vother articles of necessity for
the suffering thousanda In the aouth.
Liberal donatlona and subscriptions have
been pouring In during the afternoon.
The Journal will acknowledge the re
ceipt and forward all funda which may
be contributed for the relief of ' San
Francisco. Thouaanda of people are
homeless and hungry. - The common n
cessttles of life are beginning to be
sorely needed and within a few hours
the distress may assume frightful pro
portions. " :
Relief is being sent from all parts of
the country;-but without food or -she!
icr sna in many esses wiinoux xioiningthrroaghout th--Ulenee -district.
the cltlsens of the once mighty city will
suffer greatiyunt!l the. arrival of itne
coyimon things they must have.
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Tha Cliff House, San Francisco's
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' (Jonrnal BpeeUl Ben Ice.)
Oakland, Cal., April 19. When the
strn rose on-8:m Francisco ihts mornr
Ing the city "was - one vast,' desolate
stretch of ruins snd debajs. Where the
taueai buildinga- stood there are - now
only piles of brlrk. twisted steel and
broken ' tone. The city Is a wrreck
and has beea abandoned by the citizens
to its fate.- The supply of dynamite
has been exhausted.-and no more build
Ings can be blown up to atop the prog
ress or the flames. No water la to be
had and no human agency can stop the
conflagration. Over. Nob Hill .at day.
break this - morning the flames crept,
wrapping in , their destroying mantle
the costly mansions of the bonansa
klrtge. .,- - .'
The -flames Sr t-arlnar Ilka wllrfrlra
Apsrtment-houres and hotels are crum
bllng Into heaps. The business section
of the town lies 'a smoldering ruin.
Over all the scene hangs ' s dense pell
of imoke.
Firemen, are dropping from exhaus
tion. . For to hours they have battled
with 'the holocaust, and' many of them
are sleeping under wagons, rarelesa as
to the approach of the fire. ' The situs,
tlon could not be worse unless a voI
csjio began pouring molten lava ovfer
the city. - , .
Ft. VANCOUVER RATIONS
SENT TO SAN FRANCISCO
The commtaaary department at
Vancouver barracka received
S . orders- this morning to Imraedl-
stely ship all available army
4 ratlona to San Francisco. Colonel
Davis at once left Vancouver" fof
' Portland to arrange for the ahlp-
ment. The supplies will prob
4 ably be shipped this evening or
e tomorrow morning. .....rJ.'.
. 1 .. . . Mistake la Message. -
Jneraal Speetsl nsric.
New Tork. April It. In reply to a
message offering assistance; Morris
Jessup, president of the chamber of com
merce, received, front Mayor Sehmlts a
telegram saying: "Thanhs; nb assist
ance needed." Jessup thinks the mes
sage was sent wrong or a mistake made
ALL EFFORTS TO
SAN FRANCISCO
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Famous Pleasure Retort, Wat Hurled Into the' Sea by theVEarthquake Shock., Nothing' Remaint to Mark Its
: j i r " she but Stubs of Timbers;..' ", i ' " A V.-
It was a night of horror that was
InJULhepeoj)IerTh panic-stricken
thousands gathered In Golden Gate park
houseless, homeless, hungry, and
thirsty.. Blankets were spread for them
but there waa little aleep for any. The
continued dynamiting told them of' the
destruction of scores of. atructures In
the hope of saving homes.
.Thousands of refugees are at Black
Point, which now aeema the only safe
place on the north end of the peninsula.
Their plight Is pitiful. During the
night the waitings of the young were
mingled' with the moans Of the elders,
while lack of bedding caused much suf
fering. - -
!perate efforts made by the water
companyto repair the maJna seem
fruitless. There Is Tio " water." and" It
seems as if the fire" -wtir burn ttself oatfobrr,,d-F -1" heaps -of enwlder-
before the broken conduits are repaired.
The', scarcl t y - wf -f ond taquall y- se
rious. All. the provision houses' in the
city have been destroyed. - The only
food is in the small atores 'In outlying
districts and It Is only sufficient to
laat a few hours. ' The poor have been
forced to remain In San Francisco
Others have fled to Berkeley. Oakland
and other bay cities, but the accommo
dations are not sufficient for all.
At daylight fire had eBten-Its way to
iropklna Art Institute with tts priceless
treasures gathered from the museums
of two continents. The building with
its entire contents will be a total loss.
JOURNAL
As a Journalistic feat The Journal's
performance of yesterday In publishing
the only complete .account of the great
calamity In California that, was printed
In Portland .la a matter of conarratula-
tlon. ttot only to Itself, but to thousands
of Its readers. The Journal had the
only wire that run out of San Fran
cisco yesterday., In Its first regular edi
tion yesterday the only complete ac
count of the disaster that appeared In
Portland was printed. Other early extra
editions and the editions of other papers
contained merely bulletins.
- The; Western Urtton Telegraph com
pany, over which the Associated Press
sends Its news exclusively, was out of
commission.. cjmiiloUUr. , t Jh Jfostai
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CHECK THE FLAMES IN
ARE NOW
The Stanford -residence, used by Stan- ' Among - the . buildings destroyed -.are
ford unlyeraity w rouauin,.4a alsa de4HanB-flpreckels: or CaltrtmildtTtgr-lf
stroyed.: Both of these buildings were
built during the days of the bonansa
king. ; . . ;.
The only government building m an
Franc ieco that haa so far escaped the
names Is the United States mint, which
so fur is safe, with Its IJOH.000,000 In
coin and bullion.' Superintendent Leach
praises the work of Lieutenant Arm
strong of the Sixth . Infantry and the
soldiers under him. who by heroic ef
forts succeeded In saving the building,
which le -tho- -onlyone-in that section
of the city that escaped..
Not a building Is left standing in the
business district that does not : ahow
both' the-marks of the earthquake and
fire. Stately skyscrapers stand twisted
In grotesque shapes, blackened and
Ing debris. Those buildings left Intact
by the earthquake have given up and
fallen before the fury of the names.
Every thin a Is in ruins and from the
business districts the flames are leap
ing to the residence sections, leaving
behind path of devastation.
. The Cliff ' House, one of the most
noted pleasure resorts In Ban Francisco
and a place known to every tourist of
the I "n I ted States, has fallen into the
sea, nothing remaining but the stubs of
tlmtiers on the overhanging rocks.: This
building was about four storitis in height
and was constructed on the cliffs bor
dering the Golden Gate channel.
HADONLYCOM
company was the only one that managed
to get a wire out Of the city, snd The
Journal la the only, paper In Portland
that used the Postal service exclusively.
I.f plft-fn, l.gwev.
Uml
Union succeeded In establishing com
munication with the outside -world. In
this morning' accounts by the Asso
ciated" Preea the following la made a
conspicuous feature In the Oregonlun
In the first column of the front page:
. "Telegraph and telephone com muni na
tion was shut oft for a time. The West
ern Union 'was tut completely out of
business, and the Postal company was
the only one that ' managed to get a
wire out ot tha tljjr. .1 About 10 o'clock
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ABANDONED
stories; flea rat " hu tiding, el gh t stories,
New Chronicle, 17 stories;" White House,
four" stories;-- St.:- Francis "hotel, II
stories; Palace hotel, eight stories;
Grand opera-house, six stories; Me
chanics library, five atorlea; Crocker,
11- atorlea; California hotel, - eight
stories; Winchester hotel, aeven stories;
Lick house, four stories; Occidental,
four -stories; Uphara, ' six stories
tne Majestic theatre, six stories; the
city hall., hall of Justice, the Western
Union, four atorlea; the Hobart. seven
stories; Paclflo Union club, five stories;
Hotel Granada, five stories; Scottish
RlteMasonlo temple. Paclflo .National
bank. Hale brothers, six stories; the
Emporium, six stories: the Emma
Spreckwla building, six stories; 8t. Duns-tarf-
apartment-honse; slr sturles; -Con
cordla club, four stories; Canadian bank,
8L Domlnlck's church.. .Claus Spreckela'
house and atables, St. Luke's church,
Ijiie hospital, St. Luke's hospital. New
Harumiin baths, San Francisco Gas Jt
Electric company, the Orpheum, the Co
lumbia theatre, the Rlalto block, the
Terminal hotel, eight stories; St.' Ig
natius church, new United States post
office, the Union Trust building, eight
stories new Merchants' Rxchange build
ing, 15 stories; Fair building, aeven sto
ries; TWOly News building; Bulletin
bullomg. Post building. Hopkins Art in.
atltute, Stanford residence, the Cliff
House, the Flood building.
even the- Postal wns forced to suspend
In San Frarleuv-o." j , . '-
The Associated Press, "which serves
other Portland papers, .waa unable to
Mml invlhln. fMm Ann rp.nilvn A
- m Journal service, whlch Tused " the
Postal wires, was exclusive, f After the
one wire out of San Francisco which
was In use by The Journal went down
further service was continued from Sac
ramento by rushing -news out of San
Francisco on special trains and wiring
It to The.. Journal immediately on Its
receipt., v
1 4rge ( crowds blocked j the street
near The Journal offices all day yes
terday and assembled early tills morn
ing. - Throughout yesterday and today
The Journal posted, bulletins, aad 11 will
THE OUTLOOK
Every Bu8inessBloclcand Halt,
the Residence Section '
' Has Been De- , f ?
: stroyed.
WIRELESS EVEN iSS I
UTop C0MMSS,0N
Postal Telegraph Compartgr'a Met
: tagea Tell of Furioua Spread of tha
: Flamet and the Final Cutting Off
r jTecr-vomrnumcatiorr vraiTTne:.
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Mrs. C. 11. Lewis this after- 4
noon gave $20,000 to the Call-
fornta earthquake sufferers and
Allen lwls IS.OOO -
. Thjough. the JocalPostal . Telegraph
authorities It is learned that the gov
ernment, through the army officers at
the Presidio, has taken complete charge
of "the city . "of San Francisco and the
direction of all affairs Is in the bands
of General Funston.
The Postal Telegraph company's wire
-serosa the bay to Oont island -from . Los;
Angeles has been taken over by the
army, authorities and Is being used -almost
L exclusively by them. The local
office hears the army operators using
the wire almoat constantly, sending mes
sages relative to' the work of caring "
for those. who have suffered from the"
flames and the earthquake. -
Orders for tents, bedding and pro
visions for-the rrundTpnir-or'thousandg-of
homeless, unfed people ere being sent
out In every direction to army posts,
and to the outside world in general.
Judging from what the local operators .
hear going over the- wires every possi
ble effort is being put forth by the army
officials to get relief to the people in
the stricken city as quickly as possible,
- - aTewa ftom Boat Island.
The following messages were received
at the local Postal offices this morning: ,
"The operator st Goat Island reports
the city a maaa of flames worse than,
yesterday. General Funaton has tele
graphed from. San Francisco to the war
department that too many tents cannot
be sent. He says there are fully 200.000
people homeless. All government build
ings have been destroyed and there Is
not a large-building left standing In
the city. -
;: Clty- ela4-rtped out. -- - -
At 10:10 this morning the local PoataJ
office received the following message:
The operator at Oakland says that tha
fire Is still raging and that the entire
city is doomed. There is no water ex- '
cept along the bay shore and buildings
are being dynamited In the hope . ot .
checking the flames. The powder sup-,
ply. Is almost exhausted : even . in the
government arsenals, which have been
'emptied. The fire cannot be checked. '-
Every . building In the business dis
trict and one-half of the residence aeu
tlon haa been destroyed.
Wireless Oat Off. .
I Prom-Goat Island-at 10:88 a. m. came -
this message: All communications are
cut off from San Francisco and Oakland,
Have been sending, wireless messages.
Thl""ln(it"T)nt of commission. - Sen"
Francisco la entirely afire. - There is
hardly a butwtng left standing on either
side of Market street aa far ont as Six
teenth street, and on the water front
for a dlstanoe of H blocks. . - ,
Sow .Will Beep on A. "'
Pes Moines, la., April It. The gov.
ernor haa laeued a proclamation Calling
on the state to extend relief.
tUlaols Oomea rwsitdi'-
Springfield. -Ill, April 1 The gov
ernor haa wired Governor Pardee, offer
ing relief, .
ACCOUNT
continue to do s lintll ths calamity Is
abated. -
Seven editions .Of .extras were Issued
from The Journal and many papers were
sent throughout -the elty,-- Today The
Journal Issued Its first extra savers!
hours before th other afternoon paper
waa on the streets, completely covering
the progress of the disaster this morn
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The Journal's accounts yeaterdsv
eliminated all hysterical features anJ
printed the most .complete and accurst
details that') have yet been, publish 1
Ilegulsr service hss been eeiHl.liehf I
with Oektand and The Journal rvti .
are. able to sead complete oceounti .J
tba disaster,
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