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nwmtnm LAKKVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OliEGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, VM. NO. 17. VOL. XX VII. THE DESTRUCTION OFSAN FRANCISCO. Telegraph Wire Palls and Reno Dallies are On ly News Source, READING ROOM SERVES PEOPLE. Letter Prom friends and Rela tives llagerly Looked fur Prom 5trlcken City. Ijitu Wednesday tin) won! reached here of tho destruction of San Frun--Ihco. Oporutor Iturko kindly posted four dispatches, which wore printed In lust wwk'H Examiner. Thursday Mr. llurku HieMHdd in getting ii few morn dispatches, which arc printed in another column of t It i m Issue. After that not it word ciiitio over the jerkwater telegraph lino, ami the dozens of Luoviow people wlio had rolatlvcit ami friend lit several of tho stricken California 1'ltlcn crowded arouml tho telegraph office waiting for iiichmuuch ami many prepared messages to wiiil lint conlil not get a word lirough. Tint lino would not work, and for three dnyit anxious hearts awaited newH over tho wire. Tho Ex allillier prepared despatches to send to Oakland and Kcuo for I1") words from the striken district unci tho din patches laid (ill tho operator's table until withdrawn tliree days afterward. Tho first Heno aKr received after the disaster wail eagerly sought and L. F. Conn read tho horrifying detailx to a pin ked hoiiHO in tho public Read ing Uooiii. Tho next night, Sutur day, brought another welcome mis Hive and it was react ti an anxious crowd likewise. Mrs. K. A. Hawkins received u let tor from her sister, Mm. E. M. Brat tain, Saturday iiIkI'I. Mrit.V rWultiiln liven In Oakland. She wrote that they were awakened a little alter ft ocliM-k on tho morning of tho 1H by a terrific shock and bricks and glass fell at their bedside. They wore wiim up ami out of tho house, which wiih par tially dentroyed ly tho first shock. The put plant, in which Mr. llrattain wiih interested, across the buy, in Kan Francisco w an destroyed hIio said. Sherlock 'h house wan not damaged and HrattaiiiH, Shcrlocks ami Cobhs were all living in that one house. Flues were all shaken down and 110 llreH could le liuilt to cook meals, and not a loaf of bread or a inorHiil of cooked food could lie obtained in Oakland. .Mrs. Jlruttuln h letter was a touching ono, an it Hccmcd it might lie tho hint miuiito tho writer might live. She spoke of how she w isfiod tho children could ho Kent away to safety, and promised to writo every day, if who lived through tho siege. Mrs. Shirk received a telegram from Sim l'Ynucirtco Saturday morning tho signature of which wan Incomplete but it wiih supposed to lio from Roy, who waa iu tho city, notifying Lin folkrt that ho wan all right. Saturday night Mm, Shirk received u letter from ltoy, written at Oakland. Ho wild himself and Mr. W. M. Har vey occupied tho wiiiio room in u hotel in San Francisco, not naming tho hotel, and that when the tdiock occurred they ruidiod from tho build ing part tally clot lied, and that ho niiido hirt way through tho doiiHo crowd to tho ferry and wout to Oak land. Ho had not soon Mr. Harvey since they left tho hotel, and ho wait going back tho noxt day to look for him. (eo. Wingflold wiih in tho city and loft hirt hotel without hirt clothert, an did many others. Ono man who slept in a room on ttio (Hh Hour of tho Pulac.o Hotel wim thrown from his bod and half way ueross tho room by tho shock, lie rushed down tho hIx 11 ilttn of stairs in hirt uight clothoH, but wont back to hit) room for his clothes. Ho then went to tho telorguph olllco to notify hirt wife, in I,on Aiitdi's of his escape, but found tho wires till broken. There was rejoleiug in Lakeviow at Iho receipt of cacti telegram long de layed In trauBinlHHiou announcing tho safety of Iho different Lakovlow poo llo or frionda who wore In San Frun ctrtco at tho time of the tragedy. Win. llurvey rocolvod u llvo-diiy-old toloKiani liiHt Sunday from bin brother .Too, hIhIIiik that hlmelf and family were well and Miife and that, mo far, their property wiih unfa. Mr. Neilon ami Mr. and Mth. Max well wero under dlHtrewdntf nUHpeimn for live iliiyx nwHltltiK newii from Jen nie 1'arker, tdHter nnd diniKhter, who wan in tho city. Tholr anxiety wan o lleved Sunday ovonliiit by tleram from Mrn. I'aiker Mtatln that nhn whr HMfO. Mrn. Ii. A. I'.lair, a formor rocldent of Iikoview, 1m iM'lleved to have left San I'YiiiicIhco lfore tho riitatropho occurred. I'.ldon Woodcock received H leh'rK'im HtathiK that hirt nUter, Maud Wood cock, who wiih working at tho Hotel Santa Uohii, wiim wife, though tho building wart dorttroyod. Tho hhiM k wiim felt In New York City and at WaidilriKton, 1). (!. which hIiowh that the entire coiit Inoiit wiih elfeited. l'iHhermen who were working in their boatM at Oregon City at 5 oclock WedneHilay mortiiuK, report that tho river ruUed fully a foot within a few Kocoudrt, a tilixht hhock wart felt in Oregon City, chimiieyH wero knin-kod down at Woodland. Tho hhock wiih felt ait far eaut iik J liii'ii Nov. which in about U) mi lew lieyoud Wadrtworth. ShiM'krt wero felt at Axhlaud, Komo Iiiik ami Hoveral Hiiiall placen, at " oi-lix-k WodiK'rtdny inoriiliiK- At San J one much disinter wiih done ami many livcM lout. Tho earthiiuko of hint week wart a world w ide occurauce, though it Hpent itrt violeiico iu San l-'rHUcirtco and vi cinlty. Thin fact in evidenced by tho various reportn from ditfereut placeH where Hhocklrt wero felt. ShockH wero felt dint inctly at l'airt ley on tho day of tho bitf earthiuako ami many otheri. At W.:itHonvillo, the Morleiuiil Acad einy wim doHtroyed by llro and Hoveral liiitlditik'rt collapKisl. ShockH wero lelt at Monterey aud l'acille (Jrovo. At tho Helmonto Hotel, a bride aud uroom wero killol by falling cliim lieyn. At Holllrttor tho UratiKoiH Union warehhoiiiu doHtroyed. Mrn. Grillith killed, liurtbiind iiiHiino from hhock, At Vullejo tho loHrt lrt about ?IO,OK) at Napa many building shattered, no lohrt of life. Tho loHrt w ill amount to fc.'kiti.UiKt. At Sacramento a isevere nlioii whh felt, at o :K1 oidock Wednes day, buildings rocked like cradles, many cIim-h stooped. A few cracks were discovered in tho stono I'ost olllco huildini;, hlilit danuiK'o done to mime brick buildings. I himneyrt and water tanks wero hhakeu down at Suisou, and at Tracy At San Jose tho Vendorno hotel an nox wart badly wrecked and 10 or ! persons killed. I'.very business build ing w'iim demolished, TM) people illed. Tho death list at Santa Cruz is laro. Santa Kosa is a total week aud ITkK) people are homelesrt. Tho loss of life will roach hundreds. Tho Sun tu Fee round house and machiue hhops at Point Hichmond have collapsed. The stato hospital at Milpitax is wrecked aud Dr. Kelley, ttio doctor in charge killed, number of injured un known. Tho shoo was felt at Santa ISarbara. Tho line htone buildings of the Lo land Stanford University huvo sutror od greatly, ('racks split the build ilia's from cornice to foundation. Dumb Asylum is ruined and ttio llerkeley lli'li School was diumifc'od by the falling chimneys teariiiK' K'eat holes in the roof. Ttio Homestead Loan Asrtociatlou aud Masonic Temple were injured. tireat dainiiKO was done in Oakland while no structures wero entirely de molished, u Krcat deal of iliiniiigo was done. Tho loss at Alamedti is estimated at fciOO.OOO. No lives lost, but several wero seriously injured. The Tudor bloc, tho Methodist bloo nro damaged, railroad trues across marsh twisted aud trues sunk aB feet. Ity a miracle tho University build lutf ut Horeley PHCtiped. Tho towu was not so fortunate. No lives wero lost, but the damage will bo many thousands, tho Town Hull fell, the Deuf and Diim institute is a wree. RESULTS OF PRIMARY ELECTION IN OREGON. Complete Returns From the County Shown By Precincts in Tabulated Form. The primary election aHd .on" smoothly. Tho resultrt of the elec tion iu Lake county are shown in the following table, given by prixducts. The vote hIiowh to 1 very light, not near tho number of votem who had registered went to the polls. A number of mattering votaa cant in tho different precinctrt of the coun ty, which are not given in tho follow ing table of resultrt. State ofllcern have been nominated on tho ltepublican ticket at compiled by tho Oregonlan with 10 of tho .'HI counties yet to hear from: F. W. Mnlkey for U. S. H;iiat nhort term, H. M. Cako long term. Congressman, Hawley First District, Klli for wc ond. Withycomlnj for governor. (Jutch, necretary of State. Steel, Treasurer, Duniway printer, Craw ford, Attorney-General, Ackerman Stipt. of Public Instruction and llolf Labor Commissioner. Tho ticket put up in the county aud so far as known in the state is a good one und one that every IU-publican can conscientiously support. CANDIDATES KKPUULICAN UAIJOT. U. S. Sen. in CongresH, (short Fred W. Mulkey U.S. Senator in Congres(long Jonathan ltourne, Jr., II. M. Cuke Stephen A. Lowell F- L. Smith K. U. Watson Ilep. in CongresH, First Dist. Willis C. Hawley Samuel K. Huston Walter L. Tooze Fir (Jovernor Harvey K. Urown T. T. Oeer Chart A. Johns Charles A. Sehlbredo James Withycombe Secretary of State Frank W. Ik-nson ('laud (iati'h Lot L. Penrce Frank T. Wrightman Statu Treasurer John II. Aitkin K. V. Carter lialph W. Hoyt Augustus C. Jennings Thus. F. Ityau (ieo. A. Steel Supremo Judge Hubert l ink in Attorney General A. M. Crawford George H. Durham Sup. of Public, Instruction J. II. Ackerman State Printer Win. J. Clarke Willis S. Duniway J. K. Whitney Com. of Labor Statistics O. P. Hotr Legislative Ticket H. P. Helknap George H. Merry mini Comity Ticket Harry llailev (Judge) If. Daly (Judge) Albert Dent K. N. Juiiuish J. L. Smith J. W. Tucker F. O. Ahlstrom I). K. Henderson 11. K. Heryford Di:.MOCliAT TICKET U. S. Senator John M. Gondii Kep. iu Congress P. A. Cochran Charles V. Galloway For Governor Geo. E. Chamberlain Secretary of State 1. H. St rout State Tresaurer J. D. Matlock Supreme Judge T. (J. Hailey State Printer J. Scott Taylor Attorney General liobert A. Miller County Ticket It. Daly Leo lteall F. P. Lane A. W. Mui'ring W. A. Currier I-? Z -- - ? i ' "Z- - - Sfnj! ? t 5 z -rrr -r -i Z. r ' Z . r f 3 T - n 2 2 : - y "i ? ? H i i i r: c r 4 : i i -, 7? : ? : -z 1 T i ? i i i i i i 7 :1 b! 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(HKl. The greatest property loss ever known in any city in America, from lire or eurtluiuuko. The property loss iu tho hore-to-fore greatest lire 'was estimated ut f 1GH,000,000, und tho Mrs. E. V. Speucer of Susanvillo arrived heroTuesduy having spoken on woman suffrage at Pine Creek Monday evening. A meeting was called ut tho roadiug room yesterday and au organization was otrocted to further the interests of Woman's Sulfrago. Mrs. A una Neilon was elected chairman aud Mrs. A, Dieber Mco-cUaiiiuau. Last night Mrs. Spencer spoko in tho Opora House. She is said (o be an accomplished und learned woman and a good talker. Some ono committed theft ut the Kiuiscy lodgiug house a few nights ago. A pair of puuta and a coat wus stolen. J. D. Venator returned from Los Angeles yesterday. John spent threo days in Sun Francisco viewing the ruins. He says it is as near complete us could bo imagined. T.he wholesale houses have seut out circulur letters to tho'r country cus tomers, statiug that owing to the con d it ions that provuil iu San Francisco their capacities are totally inadequate to meet the demands, aud ask that sales bo limited so as to distribute stocks of country stores over as lurgo au area us possible, und that uo more goods than is absolutely necessary be ordered at one time, and that cash accompany orders and all bills duo the w holesale houses be 'sent iu as soon us I possible. next greatest fire in modern history of America was tho Haiti more fire with a loss of rft,0Ofl,0fX). San Fran cinco wan cousjilen d one of the Bafeat citie in the world, partly because of its effective fire fighting apparatus which was destroyed by eatrh'piake, and the bumting of the city's water mains rendeied the fire company powerleHH to fight the flames with wat er, and only dynamite could be used to tear down buildingH in an effort to stop the spread. It Is estimated that the insurance companies of the world had ?2ft0,000 000 of risks in tho city of San Francisco, atxiut one-half of which was carried in America and half in foreign countries. San Francisco enjoyed the lowest insurance rates of any city In America, liec-anse of its immunity irom loss. A great many were lightly insured, there being no clause in vogne requiring owners to carry a certain per cent, of insurance to the value of property owned as there is in many large cities. As an example, the Chron icle carried tlf,000 insurance on the fire proof building valued at 8500,000. Insurance com panies were In a position to hedge against paying a great proportion of the loss, because of many of the build ings being shook down by earthqauke before lire occurred. A clause in all insurance policies reads: "If a building or any part thereof falls, except as a result of fire, all in surance by this policy on such build ing or its contents shall immediately cease. The managers of the Insurance com panies of San Francisco have given out that no discriminations will be made lietween loss by fire or loss by earthquake and fire. The position taken by these companies is certainly a commendable one. The reports that a quarter of the city would be saved would probably reduce the insurance to 82 X), 000, 000. It is thought also that life insurance companies would be hard nit, the Conservative Life of Los Angeles will be a heavy loser. Congress, immediately, upon receipt of the news of California's destruc tion, approrrieV.. (Y to re lief fund. PorVlaki vjcuer Oregon towns donated about 1 100,000, Seattle 320,000, and many small towns sums ranging from a few hundred to five thousand dollars. The Southern Pa cific run special trains loaded with provisions from Portland to the stricken cities. Every available building in all the cities in the vicin ity of the devastated portion of Cali fornia, not destroyed, has been turn ed into temporary quarters for the homeless and starving. The number of dead wil" probably never be known ; hundreds of people whose existence in San Francisco was not known have been , buried deep under the heaps of ruins, and their bodies will be cooked aud ground into dirt, never to be seen, or their charr ed bones remain in the ruins till dug out many mouths aud mabye years hence, when the debris is being clear ed away for new buildings. Friends will only surmise after years of wait ing iu vain for loved ones to return that they 'may have been lost in the San Francisco disaster. Others, too, probably, have been dumped into the ocean, like the occupants of the Cliff House, This structure on a cliff above the ocean, was picked up bodily by the shock and dumped bottom side up into the oceun with all its occupants. DESTRUCTION OF CITY TERRIBLE. Business Portion of City Laid Low by Fire aud Quake. DESPERATE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. What. W. M. Harvey Saw. Iu W. M. Harvey's biief description of the tragedy in San Fraucisco he says ho and Hoy Shirk were awakened by the first shock. He asked Iioy what it was and Roy said that he thought it was raining and got out of bed and looked out of the window, then came back to bed, saying it was too early to get up, but about that time another shock came which loft 110 doubt iu their minds about getting up. They dressed aud went dowu stairs, and Pill ran across the stieet, which was then filled with people. He looked back and saw the top of the Lick House from which he had just emerged, full to the street. He ran back then to fiud Roy, but they did not meet ugain till they met iu Ouk laud the next day. Mr. Harvey says the tull buildiugs were tumbling in all directions and Le put out for a part of the city occupied by lower build iugs. From here he watched the fire for a while aud then walked around the buruiug ruins to the buy and crossed to Oakland. Mr. Harvey suid they hud sold his baud of horses und were to deliver them iu tho city that morning. lie had not seen the man to whom he sold, and did not kuow whut they would do. flany Escape to the Streets Only To be Killed by The Fall ing Walls. The whole world has beard the ter rible news of the appalling disaster that befell the great metropolitan City of the Pacific Coast. Pen cannot des cribe the suffering of the nearly 500,- 000 human beings in San Francisco and the thousands of others in the other totally and partially destroyed cities along the Pacific Coast. The entire business section of San Francisco either went down with the earthquake shock or the fires that fol lowed the tumbling of the massive buildings. Some of the more modern steel structures withstood the first shock but ere either gutted by fire or crumbled to the ground with the sec ond terrific 6hock, which twisted the water mains and sewer pipes in two and tore up the street car tracks. Great crevices were made in the pav ed streets and debris flew in all direc- tions. Many escaped death inside the falling buildings only to have their lives crashed ont on the streets by the falling walls of the sky-scrapers. People rushed in their night clothes to the only avenues of escape, the ferry and raliroad depots to find them destroyed. Thousands rnshed to the telegraph offices to wire friends in other cities of their escape, knowing that the news would spread over the ' world in a few hours, but not a word could go over the wires for the tele graph offices had also been destroyed. The Postal Telegraph office stood the first day's dstruction, and the opera tors stuck to their keys until driven out by the fire fighters to clear the buildings for dynamiting, the only method of fighting against the fire. Massive buildings and residences that cost millions of dollars were blown up with dynamite in order to destroy food for the flames. The Mayor of San Franccisco gave orders to shoot down every man who was seen to be robbing or attempting to rummage, several thieves were shot by the police and other officials. All persons weie warned to stay away from the fire front during the night. No electric plants or gas paints were allowed to run and only the burning buildings gave light or warmpth at night for the hundreds of thousands who were made homeless. Reports of loads of dead human bodies being taken to the sea for burial was heart reuderuig. The pitiful moans of sick and injured for food and water was sickening. Not even drinking water was obtainable, and thousands of starving homeless beings were lined up and morsuls of food and a few drops of water was rationd by sold iers. Railroads and ferries were for bidden to briug any people to the city aud train load after train load left for outside places. A hundred pages could not describe the scenes, but a few of the dispatches are given below : Sacramento, April 19 : All the news paper offices, banks, wholesale houses aud office buildings aud most of' the flue residences are either destroyed or doomed. News from Los Angeles, Santa Uurbarbo, San Diago and other southern cities of California tell of damuge by the earthquae, but no loss of life has been reported from those cities. One of tho dispatches says that the entire city from the water frout as far as ninth street sunk in places from threo to twelve feet. Five miles of the Southern Pacitlo tracks on the Suisou marshes have sunk out of sight. Oakland, Cal., April 19 Report from Palo Alto states that all but one of the buildings of tho Leland Stan ford University have been wrecked. The splendid Memorial Church, one of tho finest structures in tho country, destroyed. One student lost his; life. Sun Jose, Sacramento, Berkeley, Alameda uud other plucos hoard from suffered severely, but uo loss of lifo reported. At first the upheaval was gradual, with motion from eust to west, but in a few seconds it increas ed iu intensity. The exact time was 5:13 as near as can bo ascertained.