East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, April 19, 1906, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 flAiiYFVFNiNRFMTinti il M iiv s . ?V II DAILY EVENING EDITION Peop.e who buy and people who , I I . ... A ( ' fc Vs 1 bkVXJJ VbVwl sell are brouglit together through II k A V-w .jrS i. chief meana of introduction. i j - ' 4 ' ? T".".-" M vol. iy. NOT KNOWN WHETHER Ml'KDER OR SUICIDE. 4llg Jim" Nan, Well Known In terpreter, FouiJ Early Tills Morn ing on tlie Reservation Coroner j Henderson Holding Inquest Tlii Afternoon Facts Surrounding thel Caw Are Meager Nardsse Met) Death Some Time During the Night. : I 1 Jim Narclsse. the Umatilla Indian, was found dead near Cayuse station this morning and' Indications are that he committed aulcide by shooting himself. The deed was done some time last night, but he was not found until this morning. Unx.l..nn luff lnl nirllUO about 11 o'clock this forenoon and has since been Investigating the case. r A an A Inrilnn u-n well known JIM NHI5SE FOUND DEAD here and was better known as "Big' ble horror. Jim." Like many other, of his tribe D"h destruction have been bl. besetting sin was drinking whls- the fate of San Francisco. The city key and It waa probably thla that ia a mas. of amoulderlng ruins. At caused him to kill himself. For sev- o'clock laat evening the flames eral days past he had been drinking were aeemlngly playing with Increas heavlly and he was drunk at Adams ed vigor and threatened to destroy yesterday. ueh aectlona as their fury had spared The deceased was an allottee on the burning the earlier portion of the reservation and was about 40 years of . Last vear he tried to ahoot him- aelf while with a fishing party near Welser. Idaho. However, he failed In the attempt. . SANTA ROSA A TOTAL WRECK. All Hons Destroyed and the Entire Pnnnlailon Homeless, Santa Rosa; April It. This city la a total wreck. Ten thousand homeless men, women and children are huddl ed together. The loss of life will probably reach hundreds. The busi ness portion is tumbled Into rulna Main street la piled many feet deep with fallen buildings. Not one bus!-! nesa building from the California en" aisinci Known as oouin Northwestern depot In the extreme Market street." How far they are west, to the Atheneum on the east Is reaching to the south across the chan left Intact. The destruction Includes neI cannot be told, as this part is all county buildings. What was not "nut off- destroyed by earthquake, la swept by Aft" darknesa thousands of home fre , leas were making their way with The water system waa destroyed by blanket! and want provisions to Gol the earthquake and fire fighting Is den Gate Fark and the beach to find out of the question. The citizens have shelter. Those In their homea on the abandoned their homea and taken to hills J"t north of Hayea valley. In th hill., mint in desnalr at the the wrecked section, plied their be- acene of destruction. PERMITS FOR GRAZING. Blue Mountain Fore Reserve Will Be Parcelled to Stockmen. The East Oregonlan has just receiv ed from Foreet Superintendent D. B. Sheller, of Baker City, a notice for publication, aaylng that applications for permits to graze In the Blue mountain forest reserve must reach his office in Baker City by May 1. The portion of the reserve to be allotted by Mr. Sheller Is the eastern half and includes aome of the finest timber and range lands in Grant and Baker counties. Stockmen desiring to apply for per mits to graze stock within the reserve must write to Mr. Sheller for forma and applications that they make their applications In the regular manner Full information to all inquirers will be cheerfully given by Mr. Sheller and those Interested are urged to send lor......, The grazing season will open about, June i, nna an applications mum. do In Mr. Shelter's office by May 19. TOMORROW IS PRIMARY DAY. Exact Locations or Polling Plncca Are Given Below. I ... . . . Tomorrow will be .primary day, and at 12 o'clock noon the voting booths will bo opened for the fray. Voting will continue until 7 p. m.. when the, polls will be closed and the counting commence. In Pendleton the different voting precincts are Identical with the wards. 1 Those living In North Pendleton, ward , 2, will vote at the Hotel Pendleton wmiie iuuiii, wnuei ml n.iirr turn Main streets. The voting place for East Pendleton, ward 1, will be in tho old academy building on Webb street, not In the court house. For Pendleton precinct, ward S, the booth will be in the Salvation Army building, on Webb' street. For South Pendleton, ward 4, the booth will be located at Mrs. Bishop's property, on Weat Webb. D. Say of Portland, aroae In the night to care for his sick child, and accidentally dropped a lamp which broke, scattering burning oil, All the members of the family escaped, but the house and contents, valued at $5, 000 were an almost total loss. . The property waa at the corner of Milan and Wilbur. ' 11 . ' ' 5 I , - V ' Helpless City is Being Devastated by Are Raging Everywhere. In the City of San Erancisco and Adjacent Towns and Suburbs, General Funston Declares 200,000 People Are i Homeless. United Stetes Senate Appropriated $500,000 for Relief. ' ... i j-rancgCo. April 19. The water suppy has absolutely failed and nothing can save the city. The fire la spreading weat, north and south tnr0Ugn the residence districts, . t . thl morning San Francisco la a mass of ruins, and the flames con tinue the work of destruction and obliteration of the few remaining hab- nations. All night the heavens were lighted by the light of a vast confla- 'ration This morning a mass of uesirucuon arma scenes ui uiijeti- day. The buildings in their path are in triangular circuit and from the Mart In tin eRrty morning they Jock eyed and aa the day waned left the business section, which had been en- ' tirely destroyed, and skipped In dozen directions to the residence por ' tion. As night fell they had made way over Into the north beach sec -ftlon and springing anew to the south they reached along the ahipptng sec tion and down the bay shore over thr hills and across toward Third and Townsend streets. Warehouses, wholesale houses and manufacturing concerns fell in their path. All Destroyed South of Market This has completed the destruction longings in the streets, and express wagons and automobiles were hauling things away to sparsely settled re gions. It is believed San Francisco will be totally destroyed. I At 3 this morning almost every 1 building in the vicinity of Union Square was ablaze. The magnificent St. Francis hotel, in Faming Square, appeared to be doomed. Thousands slept in the parks and other open places last night. I The Southern Pacific to the south Is ' cut at San Mateo, 30 miles South, thus cutting off the most natural way of escape In that direction, leaving the only means of egress by vehicles and on foot. I It s estimated the Ipsa In San Fran cisco will reach $150,000,000 to $200, 000,000. Down town everything Is ruin Wnr a Vin at r Asa tan,, art nrnniln Tho-th(,Bters are crumbled lnto heaps. Factories and commission houses lie smouldering on their former sites, All of the newspaper plants are rendered useless. The Call and the Examiner buildings are entirely destroyed. " . Martini Law nt Oakland. Governor Pardee arrived at -Oakland last night and issued a proclama tion declaring a legal holiday throughout the state. Martial law was declared In Oakland this morning. Tro,,n8 are patrollng the atreets and only those with passes are allowed In tno mam sectlon becau.e ot danger o( falUng. budmK8( many of which nre totterlng Thousandg'ot people cn tills side of the bay lept , open ,, and on , faring another shake. The city Is flUed wth TetxlgeeB flcclng. to mtely or Peking, friends ne park8 were flled ,nst , t th peopIe from ttcro88 tbB bay mnnv without friends or mnnev. Sv.. tematlc ald is being organized. Tele grama of sympathy are coming by hundreds from all porta of the globe. The Dally News office Is now gone. On every side is death and suffer- lnB. Hundreds are injured, either burned, cruuhed, or struck by falling pieces from build'ngs, and one ofton died while on tho operating table at Mechanics' Pavilion, Improvised aa a hoapltal. The number of dead ia not known, but Is estimated at at least 500. Under Martial Law. At 9 o'clock, under a special meB sage from Roosevelt, the ctty was placed under martial law. Hundreds of troops patrol the streets and drove PE3TDLETV HEGOX JTUIIItSDAY, APKIL 19, 190(5 n the crowds back while hundreds were set to work assisting the firemen and soldiers. Thieve Shot by Soldiers. Soldiers are carrying out their or ders In true military spirit. Three thieves met death by rifle bullets while at work In the ruins. Cavalrymen forced the people from the level dis tricts to the hilly section beyond, to the north. The water supply was entirely cut oft early In the morning and it was seen the only possible chance to save the city lay In the use of dynamite. During the day blasts could be heard In any section at Intervals of only a few minutes, and all buildings not de stroyed toy firs were blown In atoms. But through the gaps made the flames Jumped while the men worked like fiends to combat the roaring, onrush Ing fire. Occidental Hotel Burned. v At 11 o'clock last night the Occi dental hotel waa destroyed by flames which swept unchecked across Mont gomery street and attacked the block bounded by Montgomery, Sutter, Bush and Kearney. The new Merchants' Exchange building was a mass of flames from basement to tower. The Union Trust building and Crocker woolworth bank were both ablaze and-tbe-Chronicle building and other buildings In that block were threat ened by flames. Shortly after 10 o'clock the fire had . eaten its way southward from Portsmouth square to Kearney and California streets, and the entire sec tion fronting the west side of Kearney was a mass of flames soon. All the buildings adjoining the Hall of Jus tice were ablaze and the firemen were striving to save the atructure by using dynamite. At that hour the flames had eaten their way westward in the residence section as far as Gough street. There by dynamiting block after block the firemen succeeded in checking the fire for a time. Limits of Fire at 8 A. M. san Francisco, April 19, 8 a. m. The limits of the fire at this hour are Nineteenth street on the west, Town send street on the south, and Broad way on the north, and everything be tween tnese streets and the water front Is devastated. The fire Is now approaching the new $5,000,000 Fair mont hotel on Nob Hill, and threaten ing that entire district. Passenger Station Burned. On the south, at Third and Town send the passenger station of the Southern Pacific has burned, and the fire la rapidly reaching towards the water on that side. The fire Is spread ing out of all boundaries except on the west and water front, and dynamlt Ing continues. The Mission District Svept.( San Francisco, April 19. The flra has swept the Mission district, level ing the homes of 50,000 in this one section alone. The Emporium, the city's biggest department store, on Market street, is a mass of ruins. Late yesterday afternoon all buildings In the vicinity of the United States mint and postofflce were blown up In hopes of saving these. The effort proved useless, and the magnificent structures, including the city hall, fell before the onrushlng flames. At 9 last night the Lacosta building, on Clay street, fell In, killing three men and seven horses. Spread Into Rctridcmro Sections. On the "Barbery Coast" the fire JOSE A MASS 150 LIVES San Jose, April 19. One hundred and fifty persons are reported killed In this city. The entire business por tion of the town, bordered by St. James on the north, Market on the west, Third street on the east and San Fernando on the south is a complete mass of ruins. The ctty Is under martial law and the streets are patrolled by troops, and residents were not allowed to leave their homes until this morning. All (he hospitals are crowded with the doad and dying. The work of res cue la being carried on by appointed workcra. Traffic In all parta of the city la blocked. broke out anew, and aa night closed in the flames were eating their way Into the parta untouched in the rav ages during the day. To the south and the north they spread, down to the docks and out Into the resident aectlona, in and to the north of Hayes Valley. By 6 o'clock practically all the St Ignatius great buildings had been leveled to a heap that marked what waa once the metropolis of the west. '. The 'scene at Mechanics' pavilion during the early hours of the morn ing and up until noon, when all the injured and dead were removed be cause of the threatened destruction of the building by fire, was one ot Inde scribable sadness. Sisters, brothers, wlvea and sweethearts searched eagerly for some missing dear ones. Thousands hurriedly went through the building Inspecting cota on which the sufferers lay. In hopes to locate some loved one that was missing. The dead. were placed in one portion of the building, and the remainder devoted to hospital purposes. After the fire had forced the nurses to desert the building, eager crowds followed them to the Presidio and the Children's hospital, where they renewed the search for missing rela tives. . All Playhouses Gone.' All of San'.Franclsco'a hest play houses, the Majestic, Columbia and Grand are a mass of ruins. The earthquake demolished them for all practical purposes, and the fire com pleted the work of demolition. The Rlalto and Casserly buildings burned to the ground. ' St. Ignatius Destroyed. San Francisco, April 19. The mag nificent church and college of St. Ig natius, northwest corner of Van Ness avenue and Hayes street, is destroyed. The loss Is over $1,000,000. The church contained paintings uud fres coes of priceless value. May Ruin Soma Insurance Companies From present appearances !t Is pos sible 20 or more insurance companies will be ruined. The rtianaft-.-ri ot tne larger companies are of the opinion they will be able to meet all losses. In any event, all the Insurance companies doing business In this city have been hit a staggering blow, from the ef fects of which many may never re cover. Stanford University a Total Loss. Pnlo Alto. (Stanford University.) April 19. The most beautiful build ings of tho famoua Stanford Univer sity are razed to the ground, causing a loss of - 3,SO0,00O and bringing death to two persons. The buildings destroyed are: Enclna hall, the college home of boy students; the new gymnasium building, only re cently completed, and one of the finest structures of the kind in the world: the famous Stanford library building, recognized the world over as an ar chitectural triumph; the quadrangle, one of the most novel and beautiful of college structures, and the grand arch at the entrance of the university grounds. At Redwood City, near by, great damage was done by the earthquake. Many building Mocks are destroyed, and the condition of ruin is general about the city. The Carnegie library Is completely destroyed. Twenty Burled Under Debris. The Terminal hotel at the foot of Market street fell and burled 20 per- OF WRECKAGE DESTROYED The Standard Electric plant Is bad ly demolished and the city waa in darknesa last night. The property loss will reach far In to the millions. Among the buildings either badly damaged or razed are the court house, hall of records, St. James hotel, annex of the Vendome, Eagles' hall, postofflce, Rea building. Dough erty block, St. Patricks church, the Safe Deposit, National and Bank of San Jose buildings. Reports from Agnew state the In sane asylum, six miles from this ctty, state that 100 were killed by the col lapsing of half ot the main structure. Many patients are reported missing. WITH Fires Which sons under the debris. These were In cinerated, and there is no possibility of leirnlng their identity. Lieutenant Was Killed. Lieutenant Charles C. Pulls, com manding the 24th company of light artillery, was blown up by a charge of dynamite at Sixth and Jessie streets and fatally Injured. Homeless Thousands at Oakland. Oakland, April 19 The Realty syndicate has offered Idaro Park for use of those left without shelter by the earthquake. Tho offer waa accepted by the police and fire commissioners. and 200 cots have been placed In It for the use of refugees. Relief stations were also established at thi city hall, and at various public parka and churches. Mayor Frank K. Mott haa Issued an appeal to the people of Oakland and authorities to assist in providing peace and order. Thousands gathered the few house hold goods they had saved and fled in terror. Thousands more fled wlth-j out taking anything, ' glad to escape. The San Bruno road and other ave nues of egress to the southward were packed with pedestrians plodding along with no other idea than to get away to, get way from the horrors behind them. 'The ferry boats" for Oakland carried thousands also, and before they resumed operations yes terday afternoon, tug boats and launches plied back and forth carry ing terrified people across the bay. Dead Lie In the Street. Each hour brings a tale of fresh casualties. People were mangled by the earthquake of yesterday morn ing and people crushed in the streets by falling material, and people were burned to death before they could escape from the flames. Some still lie in the streets where they fell. Moat of the population of the city are too busy getting away to be scrupulous about removing the dead. Those who are fighting manfully against the flames have hd tlirie, and those en gaged In humanitarian work have their hands full. Doctors and nurses by the score proffered their servicea and all are needed. Troopa and police line the streets, forming a cordon about the danger zone. They are compelled to draw back continually and extend the lines as the fire spreads. Strict watch Is being kept en the bank buildings and other places where treasure Is stored, that still stand, to prevent looting. Thieves and Ghouls. At an early hour fiendish ghouls broke into stores and robbed them, the proprietors being either dead or driven out. They circulated through the streets picking the pockets of the panic-stricken crowds. Several were shot and killed by the soldiers, who gave no quarter when they discovered the wretches at work. Chief Sullivan Dead. Fire Chief Sullivan reported as dead as the result of injuries receiv ed from falling bricks. Over 1000 persons who were seri ously injured by the earthquake and fire and treated at various hospitals throughout the city. The proportion of dead is not as large as might bt expected. Only 20 of those admitted to the hospitals died since their ad mission. While the earthquake was at Its height, two smokestacks, at the foot of Grove street fell through the rooms below, crushing the boiler and killing one fireman. The force of the earthquake caused the 12th street dam, opposite the bath houses on Lake Meron, to sink 18 Inches. 'Frisco Is a Shambles. Oakland,' April 19.---'Frlsco is a shambles. The supply of dynamite is exhausted and no more buildings can be blown up to stop the fire's pro gress. There Is no water. No human agency can stop the conflagration. Firemen are dropping from exhaus tion. Many are sleeping under wag ons, careless as to the approach of flames. The situation could not be worse unless a volcano began pour ing lava over the city. Two Hundred Tlioiisnnd Homeless. Washington, April 19. General FunBton wired this morning to the military secretary: "Your dispatches received. Already have filed several to you.. Impossible to Inform as to full extent of disaster. (Continued on page B.) WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and Friday. NO. 5646 OF YESTERDAY LIFE LOSS REPORTED AT THREE THOUSAND. All the Great Hotels and Newspaper Buildings Burned and the City Is In a State of Utter Chaos Greatest Long of Life In the Tenement District Terrible Riots at the 'Frisco-Oak-land Ferries Stanford University Maaa of Rums. " The following dispatches were re ceived by the East Oregonlan between the hour of going to press yesterday afternoon and 10 p. m.: San Francisco, April 18, 4 o'clock. (Special.) The loss of life will now reach 3000. Oakland has suffered -heavy loss in the destruction of prop erty amounting to more than $10, 000,000. The famous Cliff House at the mouth of the bay collapsed from the earthquake shock and rulna are strewn along the beach half sub merged by ocean waves. The new St. Francis hotel on Union Square ia reported to have been de stroyed and the same fate has over taken the Grand, Palace and Califor nia. The hotels were all blown up by dynamite to stay the progress of the conflagration. ' The buildings of the Call. Chronicle and Examiner are all burned. . The old Flood building and the Emporium were destroyed. The City an Utter Wreck. . ', Canmm-ntn Col Inrll "lttlk Francisco is utterly - wrecked and ruined by earthquake and fire. A the hours go by the situation get worse and worse. The great business) district of San Francisco la one enor mous sea of flames, and hope of sav ing any part of It la growing small. , The police department of San Fran' Cisco has been added to by the forces from Oakland and Alameda. Military authorities have ordered out the troops from the Presidio, and the ruined city is under martial law. Or ders have been issued to shoot thieves Every available bit of dynamite in San Francisco has been requisitioned by the authorities and loads of dyna mite are being hurried as fast as trains can carry them from nearby towns In order to hem In the burning region and prevent the total destruction of the whole city. The greatest damage In the resi dence and hotel sections was dons south of Market, where the houses are mostly of brick. Houses In the vicinity were shaken to ruins, but fortunately at that early hour they were empty and the loss ot life was small. Fearfv.l Loss in Tenement District.. . The most fearful losses ot Ufa is reported in the district southeast ot Market. This section comprises hun dreds of cheap lodging houses which were razed to the ground at the first shock, all the lodgers being either killed or Injured. The great water front surrounding lower San Francisco Is one Immense circle of leaping flame. The western or upper part of the city, which is the main residence por tion, was badly shaken and damaged, but no reports of fatalities are yet received. At 8:15 the second shock occurred which added greatly to the terror ot the already panic-stricken people. The streets were crowded with frightened people, and a mad rush was mode to the ferry and to every outlet from the "hell" which San Francisco now literally is. Death List Increasing. Reports of deaths are received hourly which keep swelling the total, which Is already in the thousands. Traffic Is at a dead standstill. Street car tracks are twisted out of shape. In many streets are great cracks caused by the earthquake. On Va lencia street a gap six feet wide and of great depth, opened in the side walk. Terrible Riot at the Ferry. A terrible riot, which assumed such proportions as to be beyond the con trol of the police, is raging at the ferry buildings. Every available building is turned into a hospital, where thousands of Injured are be ing treated by surgeons, assisted by volunteer nurses. Vast Ftuanclal Damage. The financial loss cannot be esti mated, as the greatest destruction ot property may be still to come. Guesses at present range between $50,000,009 and $100,000,000. The Call and Exam iner buildings, though not totally de stroyed, were badly wrecked. 2000 Dead; 7000 Injured. Sacramento, April 18. The entire business portion of San Francisco to night is In ruins. The flames which, owing to lack of water, cannot bo EM CLOSING (Continued on page I.)