Story of Ruin
Continued front first page.
south of Van Xess west to Ray is tIt -
stn ivcd.
It is imi>ossibU‘ to establish sanitary
i-tt alitions. Much sickness is expected.
M my residences west of Van Xess are
beiiif; used as hospitals. Fiolitinjj hard
to save west residence district.
Supplies are arriving.
Apprehension is felt for Fort Mason,
hope to save it.
Identified dead to date: John Fear
son. W. Kinir. Harriet t'histbrouirh, X.
,1. Haven, Annie Webster, John Day,
William Ware Stevens, (ieortie Wilkin,
Dr. .1. (!. Stinson. Marion Konnv, Her
man .Meyers, Miss kattner.
Ilmulreils are too badly decomposed
or burned to be identified.
Flames on the water front are lessen
ing. Thousands fighting the tire.
SAN JOSH.—It is officially stated
that 110 persons at Agnew’s asylum and
nineteen in the city are dead.
Stanford Fnivcrsity loss three million.
Sprcekles refinery, costing a million
and a half, destroyed.
Martial law proclaimed.
SAN I'll A Nl'I S('().—Two million dol
lars belonging to the I.eland Stanford
estate was deposited in the Trust Com
pany’s vaults till the heirs could light
out Its ownership in the courts. The
building was dynamited and the money
blown into the air.
SAN FKANTTSCO.—A mile of water
front wharves are gone, from Fishermen
wharf at the foot of 1‘owel street to the
ferry.
The ruined district is practically the
whole city from the water front to Van
Ness avenue, with stretches west of Van
Ness where the flames crossed from
Mis.-ion.
Insurance men are arriving. They
place tlm loss at fully three hundred
million.
General Funston is ruling with an
iron hand. Twenfy-two persons caught
thieving have been killed and ten seri
ously wounded. One who cut off the
fingers of a dead woman and put them
in his pocket to secure her diamond
rings was shot through the heart.
The city is now supplied with twelve
million gallons of water.
The tire on the water front is under
control.
General Funston has issued ordt rs for
no lights er tires indoors. Soldiers stop
cooking-camp tires.
The mayor urges the stricken to keep
in sanitary condition.
Fifty thousand were taken by the
ferries to Oakland today.
A hundred thousand w ill sleep in tin
parks tonight.
All are cheerful since the arrival of
food and water.
Tile list of dead it is now thought will
not exceed seven hundred. A palpable
errmA
SKATTIjK.—The Northern Pacific
I«ists a notice that it will sell no tickets
to San Kranrisco. All lines are carry
ing refugees from San Francisco free.
City of Seattle suils tonight, Cable-hip
lltirnsides carries relief stt]i|>lies to San
Francisco.
SACKAM KXTl The governor wires
the president: "California applauds na
tion's generosity. Three hundred thou
sand homeless."
Sunday’s Dispatches.
SAN KUAM'lS'n.- Small p«»x ami
typhoid fwiT ha* broken out in tin*
camp the homele**. (term* from de
caying human Indie* ami animals till
the air and |*ollute the water, adding t<»
the horror*.
Arthur •• reeti, noveli.-t. *ay* there are
•H-enw •»! Im*II -»teh a- Ihmte u«‘ver im
airimd.
A hundred ami fifty thousand million*
aire*, t hi name n, ■‘••cictv Iwlle*. «nl«N*n
lottft-nt, etc., arc «tdl cam|«d at • *«*!• !• n
n,ilc, fed hy relief committee*. No
tent* yet.
Twelve ha!»ic« U*rt» in the |ktrk
Nearly a hum ire* l children have died
»tf MvtiHiitltM an*I teller dii»e**m* aid
eij»oM»ire
rire making n*» |*r"gn»* *e*t Van
Ness. Hurtling Mtill on the water front.
Kstimate of the calamity by the po
lice laet night: Twenty-five bundled
dead and thousands injured; three hun
dred thousand homeless; property loss
four hundred million, burned area tell
square miles.
The Pacific Coast coal bunkers fell
into the bay. They will be rebuilt im
mediately.
Fort Bragg, a lumbering town near
Berkeley, was entirely wiped out by fire
following the shock Thursday.
The military authorities are collecting
bodies in Jefferson square and making
the first attempt at identification. Ref
ugees are assisting. Handicapped by
decomposition and disfigurement.
Soldiers are driving all residents from
the city, fearing the use of toilets.
Sailors, landed from the Pacific squad
ron, relieve worn-out soldiers and mili
tiamen.
The government orders the mint to
open tomorrow. Will immediately turn
two million dollars to trade develop
ment .
The government orders the best sani
tary engineers in the army to assist in
improving health conditions.
Barracks arc being constructed for the
homeless even here.
It is declared tin1 city will ho rebuilt
bettor than over.
In Chinatown anil the Italian and
Spanish distriets were many queer res
taurants that van never ho duplicated.
Hundreds of Chinese bodies are in
Chinatown. Crazed with fear, they re
fused to leave, and when soldiers began
dynamiting and hid in underground
passages where in the eavein they were
ertishe 1 to death.
OAK LAMP.—l-atest arrival of refu
gees so weak they are falling in the
street.
SKATTI.K.— belief fund now a hun
dred and fifty thousand. Ruchmun off
full of urgency supplies hist night.
Queen sails tomorrow .
t iovernor Meade decides to call the
legislature to make relief appropriation.
SAN FRA NCI SC().—Soldiers have
shot twenty-live ghouls to date. Fun
ston says it is absolutely necessary.
Water plenty now .
SKATTI.K.—.1. K. Chilherg received
telegram last night from C. A. Ferrin,
saying all Nomeites in San Francisco
arc safe. It says: “Dave Davidson and
family safe. Mrs. Oster, baby and
mother with me. Metson, l.indoberg
and bliss safe. Can get no telegrams
delivered here
\N AS 111 NA rTt >N.— I’resideht Koose
velt asks congress for a million and a
half more for tin- relief of San Francisco.
NKW YORK.— It is estimated relief
funds exceed ten million.
SKATTI.K.— Alaskans at the Rainier
(•rand last night held meeting to raise
funds. Committee appointed: Austin
W. Ashby, Jack Dalton, .1. D. Meenich,
Carl M. .lohanson, Kd Dunn. ,1. M.
Davidson, secretary, will open subscrip
tion books immediately and will also
tike charge of contributions from
Alaska.
SAN FRANCISCO.-—Foit • dead bod
ies taken from the ruins of the Romeo
hotel, it was thought all were out
when the building collapsed.
(iovermnent wires commanders t »f
trans|M»rts to make headquarters at Se
attle until further notice.
SAN ItAFAKL.—Town of Tamales,
near here, was totally wrecked by earth
quake Thursday.
SKATTl.i:.—Owing to the mu Fran
cis *n calamity the Pacific toast Sailors
I'nion abandons a contemplated strike
for higher wages.
Monday’s Dispatches.
s.\X FKAN(' 1st‘t>.—l>r*ler xuveeeils
rliii'-. F.very part of tin- eify i- .1 are tie
i>( at refill*mx lalxir*. Street ear* tire
runninj! on Fillmore street. Other
|*ouer liner* will xtart ti.luy ImriK'
i■■ neveral etreetr* t<. promote prour**-*
through the eity.
F*«»l i" pili-iy up at <htklan*l.
Help i* nee*le*l. F\* rylx.ly in the
city ix working.
Total l»lir. rev* >vere*l a ml lairie«l up
t • l.i-t nulit. 'an; mii*lelltilie«l,over !«•>
hiin*lre*l, only etuirre.1 l-.liv. The l***«
• life in eheap l.*.|ygiiitf hoiixe. Mill never
l>e known.
In the re.i.letiee <ii>triet iinl*iirne*l it
i. ham*I many h*aim', w* re riiitie«l Ity
earttepiak*
sKATTI.F.,—The voile* tion. in the
S. !•:. IlKHTEK.
1IAKRY BURUU88.
HEETER&BURRUSS,
FREIGHTERS and PACKERS
Freighting and Parking to and from all (-reeks.
Good Equipments and Service Unexcelled
churches yesterday for the relief fund
amounted to $4,800.
Steamer l’.uehman departs with 850
tons, linker* aboard to make bread on
the v<wage.
WASHINGTON.—The president la s
issued a proclamation urging that all
moneys be sent to the Red Cross Soci
ety, I>. S. Devine secretary, San Fran
cisco, who is working in connection with
Secretary Taft and General Funston in
the distribution. Government insures
no waste.
SAN FRANCISCO.—Sanitary ollicers
isolate all smallpox and typhoid eases
two miles from the city. About a dozen
eases. Say they can check both.
Sewers being repaired. Over a hun
dred physicians in charge. Flight sliel
taing sheds 150 feet long have been
i recti d at t hilden Gate park.
OLYMl’IA.—Governor Mead will net
call the legislature to make relief appro
priation. The response of the state h. s
been so generous he considers it unnec
essary.
OAKLAND.—Cruisers Chicago and
Marblehead are standing off Meigs’
wharf stopping all incoming vessels to
unload supplies here for the committee,
no matter who they are consigned to.
No vessels are allowed to leave the har
bor. All are held in ease an emergency
arises to transport refugees.
Continued on fourth ptttre.
HOGGATT AND BRADY
BOTH SEND OUT
APPEALS.
From Governor Brady.
SITKA, April lM.—The sudden calam
ity which has befallen San Francisco
touches us. The suffering is terrible
ami will doubtless lu* long continued.
Alaska owes much to California. I urge
that all public ollicials and organized
bodies take immediate steps to raise
funds to be sent to the stricken people.
Send to Kobert A. Kinzie, Treadwell.
JOHN <i. llltAPY,
(iovernor.
From Governor Hoggatt.
SKATTI.K, April -1.—At the re«pi* -t
of Alaskans now in Seattle I have l
named the following gentlemen as a
committee to collect and disburse funds
contributed by Alaskans f«>r the relief
of the distressed in San Francisco: Kd
It. I Hum, chairman; .! M. Ihivids»»n,
secretary and treasurer; Carl M. Jo
hansoit. Jack 1 Hilton and Ik Munacli.
Ib*pi* -t therefore that money contribu
ted b\ Alaskan* U- sent to the Inmk* of
Seattle to the treasurer Alaska Sun
Francisco relief committee, <ilol*e
building, Seattle, Wash., that tl»e\ may
purchase such supplies or contribute
such relief as condition* l*e«t warrant.
It tlu* distribution of this fund is left to
this committee ♦pucker, letlvr and
in*»r** stiil>uble provision tan In* made
for the uttflerers than in any ♦•flier way.
\v ii iMM.tcvrr,
t iovernor.
RECEPTION
...SALOON...
S. 1*. HESTER. HOB SCHABER,
Proprietor Manager
Wines, Liquors and
GOOD Cigars....
....Billiard and Pool Rooms
Barber Chair in the House.
St, t.ouls
and Seattle
[ Ranier Beers
OLD VALLEY WHISKY
The Only Stock.
MIXED DRINKS
< )ur Specialty
A. B. NOTICE.
Regular meetings «*f the Arctic Hrother
h<mid LiKlp are held at the ir hall on the
second and fourth Fridays each month at
s o'clock p. m.
\\M. SIPARY. G. A. KETTERER,
Arctfc Recorder. Arctic Chief
Pugilists to Box
for Relief Fund
l.n. Anph-., April 'S.\.—.1. jjrit-H, Oat
tlin^ Nm*mi, AimTm II. li ra. A It ami
Mi'llt Attel, Ki'l Herman, ami Tummy
Oiirim, all t"p-m>ti'h ptiiiilmt., will hux
(nr lhr relief iuml tn-imirruw nijilit.
The future >>f tin- J’liritie l"ai>t I last -
lull I .t onne • l»i r>< I - mi wire* from
>iii Irainiwi> ami Oaklaml. If tlirv
want ti> ipiit l>all. tlit- league will re
nr)faiii/t' in tin- north we*t( taking in
Tat mna. Sp..k.me ami lluttr.
Northern Commercial Company.
li II Warn I, Will re|.r>-rotative nf the
N l *'•».. >a I unlay cut a m> —aue that
the ntliriaU "f the fmti|>aiiy at San
Iruniwa are «afe, that their" rev* in I
wa re all «av*tl, ai»l that all ri'ipii-ilinn.
will*, rill..I t"miimitniratim). fur the
prim ut are t.» I.- *lirv*te»l t*» \taionlu.