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19 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1902. WALLS OF BUILDINGS TUMBLE ABOUT HEADS OF OCCUPANTS Roar From Troubled Ground Precedes Terrible Trembling < Continued From Page One. yond repair. After the first heavy shock the people spent the rest of the night in the streets. Some of them had | been thrown from their beds by the earthquake, and, with the rattling «of windows and the falling of plaster and dishes, the outlook was mot encouraging for | continued of the buildings. As soon as the tremor ceased the excitement subsided measure, and some opportunity was offered for the rescue of clothing that had been left be- hind in the rush for the open. There was an impromptu confer- ence to decide on the best plan of action, and it was concluded to seek the advice of the presi- dent of the University of Cali- fornia. The telephone operator was pressed into service and he opened the exchange office in the effort to call President Wheeler at Berkeley. The inspiration was a fortu- nate one, for the president an- swered the call and there was a hurried consultation over the wires in the early morning hours. President Wheeler appreciated the fears of the the quaking village, and as the safest course he advised them to leave at the earliest opportunity. The advice not pass unheeded, for with the second shock many began to pack their belongings, teams were harnessed and family after family moved out along the country roads on their way to safety. Some headed for Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo; others for Lompoc, and others for Santa Barbara. LOSS TEN THOUSAND. The family of W. F. Wicken- den, 2 merchant, was among the first to leave. families of A. Leslie, Mr, Little- ton, W. Gavey, C. H. Pierson, Mr. Felton, Mrs. Perkins, Frank ® RIOT IN DUTCH GUIANA IS QUELLED BY TROOPS Thirteen Persons Including Manager of a Plantation Are Killed and Forty Are Wounded. THE HAGUE, July 3L.—The official ad- vices recelved here from Dutch Guiana report that thirteen persons were killed end forty others wounded by the troops during a recent disturbance at the Mar- fenburg plantation. The manager of the plantation was killed by rioting immi- grants. occupancy T "R, ROME, July 31.—The Very Rev. Charles P, ‘essor of Sacred Scripture in the y of America at Washington, is spending the week in Rome, in order to make the personal acquaintances of the directing members of the Pontifical commission on_Bib- lical studies, which is presided over by Cardi- nal Parocch Catholic ADVERTISEMENTS. Summer Weariness When you are exhausted, and haven’t ambition or nrength to do anything, take Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. It is a_tonic and nerve food that will revive and strength- en you in the most gratifying manner. 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He | occupied a room in the rear of the building, and when the wall caved in he'was asleep. He man- aged to crawl out, however, without being injured. The drugstore of Harry H. Harris, adjoining the Wickenden store, is a total wreck. Every- thing in the place was smashed or injured in such manner as to be utterly useless. The loss is | the is | Peace Kahn, C. H. Pierson, Dep—‘ uty District Attorney Leslie and Dr. Graham were all heavy losers. i Shocks have been of frequent occurrence all day. The most se- vere recorded was at 7:30 o’clock | | to-night. Like the one of last| night, it was preceded by rum-| bling sounds and followed by a report similar to a cannon shot. The wildest excitement followed. The most strange feature of the disaster is that the Careaga oil| fields have not suffered from the | recent shocks and the flow of oil continues unabated. is A telephone message just re- ceived from Santa Maria states that several shocks have oc- curred there, but none of a seri- ous nature. Between Santa Ma- ria and Lompoc the disturbance indicated great havoc. The roads have become impassable, owing to large masses of rock that have been thrown down upon the passes. In many places on- the mountains hugh bowlders were places torn from their and GOVERNMENT LANDS CLOSED TO SETTLERS Discovery That Iiisgake: Were Made in the Original Survey Causes The Govern- ment lands in what is known as the Im- perial country in San Diego County, ex- tending back from the Colorado River to the mountains and comprising thousands of acres, have been closed to settlement for the present. The officlal notice order- ing this action was received to-day at the | United States Land Office and immedi- ately posted. The order will close for many months about 400,000 acres of land, the irrigation of which-is possible, now that canals have been built from the Col- | orado River. The Imperial Land Company has begun one of the greatest irrigation schemes in the country, and has already reclaimed thousands of acres which but for the | water brought through the company’s canals would be worthless. In their sur- veys, in order that the pioneers of this ' district mah’ have a clear title to the pmr’fpnny. the company discovered that ny mistakes had been made by the Government surveyors, and that the origi- nal survey of the desert country was far from accurate. This fact was reported to the general land office and Commissioner Hermann at once closed the land entry and ordered a resurvey of the whole district. President Heber of the Imperial company left to- day for San Francisco to confer with Government surveyors to ascertain how long the comfflny will be deprived of the benefits of further settlement of lands abutting its' canal system. —_— QUARREL OVER A COAT ENDS IN A STABBING Assistant Steward in a Los Angeles Hotel Seriously Wounds Two Fellow Employes. ' LOS ANGELES, July 3L—As a result of a fight in the kitchen of the Van Nuys Hotel to-night Evan Roberts, the hotel butcher, is in a hospital and supposed to be dying. His brother, Hugh Roberts, a baker, is suffering" from painful wounds, and Lloyd Allcott, assistant steward at the hotel, is in the city jail awaiting the results of the other men’s injuries, The trouble was caused by a dispute as to the ownership of an old coat not worth 15 cents. Allcott marked Roberts' name on the coat and this so enraged Evan Roberts that he attacked Allcott, but was ~whipped. Summoning his brother, Roberts again attacked Allcott, who seized a large bread knife and re. treated through the bar. The others caught him and he stabbed right and left until both fell. Evan Roberts was stab- bed in the stomach and his brother's left arm was almost cut to pleces. Allcott asserts that he acted in self-defense, and the police investigation tends to cor. roborate his contention th Vi e B that he was first —_— Joins Liberal League. LONDON, July 3L—Announcement is made that Earl Beauchamp has joined the Liberal League. This formal deflec- tion from the Conservative ranks, coming at a moment when excitement is rife over the Liberal victory in the North Leeds District bye election, occasions consider- able interest in political circles, Earl Beauchamp, who succeeded - Vis- count Hampden as” Governor of New Scuth Wales, resigned that office in March, 190. He married Lady Lettice Grosvenor, sister of the Duke of West- placed at $1500. Justice of the| | they are leaving for other parts as rap- L ing to the destruction and losses AND MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN CAMP ON UNSTA GIANT ROCKS IN THE HILLS RENT AS IF BY TITAN HAND 0S ALAMOS, July 31.—Never in the history of this section has there been terror to parallel that which has prevailed since the earthquake of last night. | persons hurrying away from the center of the seismic activity. People traveling in the out- skirts of the town have discovered several landslides, a!tl‘fbutfd ‘o the earthquake. On the grade between Lompoc and Los Alamos the road was i one place full of rocks and loose dirt. J. R. Drum of Drum Canyon reports the same condition in that neighborhood. At the Carriga oil wells, where great damage was done Sunday night, to-day’s shocks were scarcely felt. The heav- iest shock during the day occurred shortly before 4 o'clock. It was wery severe, but added noth- The roads are thronged with o thrown thousands of feet down the slope. Queer Results From Rotary Motion of the Great AN LUIS OBISPO, July 3L—A strip of country fifteen miles long by four miles wide, rent with hills and knolls that sprung up during the night as if by magic, a"vil- lage in ruins and hundreds of people of last night's seismic disturbance in the prosperous and fruitful valley of Los Alamos, in the northern part of During the past four days that sec- tion of the county has been shaken by a series of earthquakes that is posi- or tradition of the Pacific Coast. The continuance of the disturbances and the increasing severity of the shocks PRECEDE THE Earthquake. S with gaping fissures and dotted fleeing for their lives are the results Santa Barbara County. tively without precedent in the history have so terrorized the inhabitants that idly as possible, and even now the vil- lage is almost entirely deserted. The disturbances began on Sunday evening with a shock which caused several thousand dollars’ worth of damage to property in the village and the surrounding country, being amore severe and more disastrous in the vi- cinity of the Western Oil Company’s oil wells on the Carriga ranch. EARTH ALL A-TREMBLE. This shock was followed by a num- ber of disturbances less severe and less disastrous, continuing through the re- mainder of Sunday night and Monday forenoon. On Tuesday night, beginning with 12:10 o’clock, there was another series of seven shocks, all of which were light. The general direction of these disturbances was east and west, and in action they resembled the waves on a pool of water. The most severe shock of the entire series occurred at 11:20 o'clock this morning, when the hills were shaken and twisted on their foundations and the valleys trembled and rolled like the unstable surface of the ocean. Great fissures were run in the earth, hills and knolls appeared in level val- STATE Continued From Page One. with Sheriff Beddall in the morning and a telephone conference with him in the afternoon. The general also received mes- sages from different parts of the terri- tory. .In an interview with the corre- spondent of the Associated Press to-night General Gobin said: ‘“The general situation is very quiet. There were no incidents during the day worthy of note except the arrival of 500 or 600 men on freight trains. It seems that a lot of the idle men, for want of scmething better to do, jump freight trains and ride from one town to another. They call such rides ‘Johnny Mitchell ex- cursions.’ . VIOLATIONS OF LAW. “I have received dispatches from differ- ent parts of the country which tell of meetings, marches, attacks on indiyid- uals, violations of the law and the re- fusal of local police authorities to enforce the law. Upon these dispatches I am not ready to act. What 1 will do depends largely upon what the Sheriff is going to do. “We are here to kive him support in his efforts to enforce the civil law; we were ordered here because of his inabflity to do so. The National Guard has no opin- ion to express as to the merits of the question agitated by either side of the controversy, as that is not within its province.” MINE WORKERS ANGRY. The mine workers are greatly incensed over the calling out of the troops. They assert that this action was entirely un- warranted and is an unjustifiable expense, on the State. The strikers, through their officials, are making an effort to have the soldiers withdrawn. The first step in this direction was taken this afternoon when the following telegram was sent from here to Governor Stone: We, the undersigned officlals of the Ninth District of (hec Miners' Union, believe that the request made to you to send troops to Shenandoah was bused upon exaggerations and as we are confirmed in this bellef we respect- fully request you to send a personal represen- tative into this town to investigate the condi- tions, and after such investigation believe that you will learn that the presence of troops in this town Is tnnecessary and that the order should be revoked. MILES DOUGHERTY. TERRANCE GINLEY. MARTIN POWASIS. J. T. WILLIAMS. T. J. RICHARDS. It is sald the mine workers” officials in- tend to circulate among the citizens of the town for signatures a petition calling upon the Governor to withdraw the troops. Miles Dougherty, national executive board man of the mine workers from this district, sald to-day that Deputy Sheriff Thomas Beddall, who is a nephew of the Sheriff of the county, and who was es- corting workmen along the street, which action led to the riot, was wholly respon- sible for the trouble. Dougherty said Beddall had nosright to shoot, as no one was making an attack upon him. The fir- ing of the revolver, he said, angered the crowd, which soon got beyond the con- trol of the peacemakers. Beddall's broth- er Joe, who attempted to go to his rescue, was badly beaten by some one in the crowd, Dougherty said, because he was carrying several boxes of cartridges to his brother Thomas. It is not improbable that the strikers Wwill' call upon the county officers to fix the responsibility for the shooting of the ceputy sheriff. LEADERS HOLD CONFERENCE. minster, on July 26, 1902, The district leaders of the Miners’ B e TROOPS A leys, springs of water opened up in places that had been dry and the gen- eral topography of the valley was greatly charzed in many respects. The disturbance had no general direction, but was what is known as a “twister.” 1t was preceded by a rumbling like that of distant thunder, which in- creased until the earth began to rock and twist and the hills began to trem- ble. With the first warning of the sound of the approaching disaster the terror- stricken people rushed into the streets and sought places of safety in vacant lots and fields, while many hastened toward the neighboring hills. The first vibrations were similar to the preced- ing disturbances in direction and ef- fect, but they were immediately fol- lowed by the most terrific shock ever experienced in this section of the State. The earth trembled and rolled and twisted until it was impossible to stand erect, and the terror-stricken people crouched together %n the darkness, fearful that the edrth beneath them might open and swallow them. DEPARTURE FROM DANGER. The terror inspired by the rumbling and, trembling of the earth was in- creased by the sound of falling build- ings, which gave some idea of the de- struction that was being wrought. When the most severe shock had passed and the rumbling sounds had died away i the distant hills the peo- ple gathered in groups about the ruins of their homes and places of business and when they saw the extent of dam- age done many of them, fearful of the repetition of this terrible experience, immediately started on foot or by such conveyances as could be had for places where the previous shocks had been less severe. In the darkness of the night it was impossible to determine ‘the full extent of the destruction wrought, but in the dawn the stricken village presented a dismal appearance. A church had been leveled, not one brick building was left standing, chimneys had toppled over, frame buildings had been wrenched apart and thrown from their founda- tions, telegraph and telephone wires had been broken and there was not a building in town that had not beedt damaged more or less seriously. In the store buildings that were not totally destroyed the merchandise was thrown from shelves and everything breakable was destroyed. Not a pane of glass was left in a window in any house in town and in the frame cot- tages and dwelling houses that were left standing stoves were overturned and crockery and glassware were de- stroyed. % The extent of the most severe por- WE THE Union held several conferences during the day, at which the situation was_thorough- ly ‘gone over. Committeeman Dougherty made a full report to President Ml}chel\ by telephone. This afternoon the miners’ advisory board of this vicinity, which in- cluded the officers of the several local uniong in %hls region, held a secret meet- ing, at which plans were devised to pre- vent any intended breaks in the ranks of the strikers. One of the' things de cided on was to hold frequent meetings of strikers and have them addressed by the various district leaders. A large mass-meeting of foreigners was held here this afternoon, in which Hun- garians, Poles and Lithuanians took part. Half a dozen speeches were made. Gen- eral indignation was expressed by all of the speakers over the bringing of th: troops to Bhenandoah. Of the twenty or more persons who were beaten with clubs or struck by bul- lets during last night's rioting, one man, Joseph Beddall, who was last night re- ported to have died, did not expire until to-night. He was a brother of Deputy Sheriff Thomas Beddall and a nephew of Sheriff Beddall of the county. He was 35 years old and was a member of the Beddall-Taggart Company, wholesale and retail hardware dealers of this city. The four policemen who were shot and the strikers who were also hit by bullets will recover. Most of the wounded strik- ers say they were merely onlookers, The District Attorney and the Sheriff are prosecuting an investigation with a View of placing under arrest all those who participated in the riot. Several of the wounded strikers called at the Miners’ Hospital to-day to have slight injuries dressed and after the doctors gut through With them they were arrested and taken to the jail. MITCHELL’S STATEMENT. WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 3L—This afternoon President Mitchell of the Mine Workers' "Union issued the following statement: WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 31.—Complete and authentic reports furnished by national of- ficers of our organization iocated at Shenan- doah show that the stories of the riot at Shen- andoah were greatly exaggerated and that the facts are much distorted. It develops that no one was killed and that the entire trouble might have Jeen averted had the deputies kept cool and used greater discretion. While I Breatly deprecate acts of lawlessness by any one, particularly by those on strike, I am naturally pleased to learn that the trouble Is not as serious as first reported. 1 have re- peatedly warred the strikers that any viola~ tion of law on their part woull militate against themselves alcne, and I am hopeful that thera Will not be a repetition of trouble of this character, JOHN MITCHELL, President U. M. W. A. JOHN MITCHELL ENJOINED. Court Order Is 'Issued to Restrain Officials of the Mine Workers. CHARLESTON, W. Va., July 81.—John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, has been enjoined. A bill in equity was filed in the Federal Court here to-day by the Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Agency Company, a New Jersey corpora- tion, which has its principal offices in the city of New York, in which fifty coal com- panies operating in the New River flelds, the Chesapeake and Ohio Rallway Com- any, G. W. Purcell, W. B. Wilson, John itchell, J. W. Carroll, J. A. Richards and about 150 members of the United Mine Workers of America are e de- fendants. The bill was presented to Judge Keller to-day and he made an order that a tem- porary restraining order be allowed, re- straining and prohibiting the defendants, | tion of the disturbance is fifteen miles long by four miles wide, but the shock was felt throughout Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. At the ‘Western Union oil wells on the Car- riga ranch another tank was thrown from its foundation and much other damage was done. The disturbances 1 have been continuing through the day at intervals of two hours, but none of the shocks have been severe. ALL ARE FREE FROM INJURY BY WRECKAGE Residents of the Village Have Many Marvelous Escapes. SValley has not yet spent its strength and the people of -the section are disposed to take the advice of President Wheeler of the State Uni- versity. Many are leaving for places outside of the temblor belt, only those having business they cannot well aban- don being content to face the mysteri- ous future._ Up to the present time no one has been injured. There are no brick build- ings in the little village to fall about the heads of occupants and the damage has been limited to the ruin of plaster, the collapse of chimneys, the breaking of crockery and glassware, the falling of the walls of the Presbyterian Church and two store buildings, and the de- molishing of the old adobe building on the Orena ranch, seriously damaged by the first quake Sunday night. The damage in the town of Los Alamos will not exceed $10,000 in the opinion of conservative residents of the place, who made a careful survey of the conditions. Those who have suf- fered the greatest loss are the follow- ing: F. Wickenden, general merchandise, walls of store building fell in, loss $300; damage to stock, $1000; Max King, gen- eral merchandise, falling plaster and loss of stock, $350; L. Kahn, general merchandise and saloon, walls wrecked, damage to store, $100; Presbyterian Church, part of the front wall collapsed, damage, $800; C. H. Pierson, general merchandise, store moved off its foun- dation, loss $350; damage to stock, $1000; Dr. Graham, building walls fell in, loss $600; H. H. Harris, drug store, loss $1200, mostly to stock. The tank house ANTA BARBARA, July 31.—Ti1e earthquake in the Los Alamos e e e S e S STRIKE RIOTERS. G. W. Purcell, W. B. Wilson, John Mit- chell, J. W. Carroll, J. A. Richards and others (all of whom are named in the or- der) and all others associating or acting with them, from in any way interfering with t§€ management, operation or con- ducting of the mines by the owners or those operating them, either by menace, threats or any character of intimidation used to prevent the employes of the mines from going to or from the mines and coke plants, or from engaging in the business of ing in the mines or laboring upon the“Coke plants. The defendants and all others associated with them are restrained from entering upon the property of the owners of the mines and coke plants or in any way molesting, interfering with or intimidat- ing the employes of the coke companies mentioned, so as to induce employes to abahdon their work in the mines or to prevent any person who may so desire to enter the employment of coal companies or tdo work in the mines or upon said coke yards. The defendants are further restrained from marching and parading in a body across, at or so near to the property of the coal companies or assembling in large numbers at or so near the property of the coal companies as to intimidate any per- sonkor persons at work or desiring to work. The motion for a permanent injunction is set down for hearing at Charleston No- vember 18, 1902. WORLD’'S BIGGEST TREE ADORNS FRESNO WILDS Colossus of the Forest Measures Over Fifty-One Feet in Diame- ter. FRESNO, July 31.—What undoubtedly is the largest known tree in the world has been recently discovered two and a half miles from the Sanger Lumber Coro- pany’s mill at Converse Basin, far up In the Sierras, in this county. The discovery was made by a party of hunters, but little credence was given to the report, as every one thought the de- scription of this colossus of the forest was exaggerated, but it has since been visited by people Who have verified the fiaders’ statement. The monster was measured six feet from the ground and it took a line 154 feet 8 inches long to encircie it, making it over 51 feat in di- ameter. This tree is a few rods from tite ccmpany’s boundary line and is on the Government reserve, hence will stand to interest sightsee —— Tanners Go on a Strike. REDWOOD CITY, July 3L.—A general strike occurred here this morning at the works of the Frank Tanning Company on account of the refusal of the company to concede to certain demands made by the local union. About 160 mem employed in the various departments of the tan- nery refused to go to work this morning uron learning of the action of the em- ployer. As a result things have been at a standstill all day, none but unskilled day laborers emplo; in hauil S TS Mg g ——— Yosemite Via the Santa Fe. The quickest and most convenient way in and out of the Yosemite Valley is by way of the Santa Fe. If you leave San Francisco to- day at 9 a. m. on the California Limited you are In Yosemite to-morrow at 5 p. m. Call at Santa Fe ticket office, 641 Market street, for illustrated pamphlet and full par- ticulars. » | Temblor’s To Many BLE HILLS Activity Spreads of South- ern Towns. KX owned by " David Greenlee collapsed and his residence was damaged. The hotel building suffered less than any other, reporting but a few dollars damage to glassware. There is not a chimney lef* standing in town. The Nick Foxen occupied by F. Barra, was m inches and split in opposite riiere. Not a building escaped some and it is considered miraculou. one was hurt. The local telep is down, and several trees have be: hot and sultry, and the inha liaznis were anticipating another heavy shock, following the supposed ‘earthquake weather.” .This same condition of the atmosphere has been noted at various times. during the progress of the dis- turbances and there was good vg-round for the fear. There was a series of light vibra- tions during the day. In fact the dis- turbance was almost continuous, with intermissions some times of a few min- utes and at others of an hour. A re- port was started that smoke was seen issuing from the mountains near Zaca lake but this provéd unfounded. ROAR COMES AS A HERALD OF TEMBLORS Water Flows in 0ld Riwer Bed and Then It Disappears. SANTA MARIA, July 81.—There was a recurrence of seismic disturbances at 1:15 a. m. The waves were slow, de- liberate and accompanied by roaring noises. No damage was done but the shock was very heavy, stopping many clocks. At Guadaloupe clocks were stopped and it is reported that tremors occurred there for four hours. At Lompoc the Hotel Arthur, a brick building, was cracked. Investigation at the oil wells proves that previous reports were greatly ex- aggerated. Five thousand dollars at most will cover the loss which was in- flicted at the tank reservoirs on the Careaga ranch. The shocks were heavy but slow and steady, thus lessening the damage. The Santa Ynez.river, which turned from a dry bed to a run- ning stream at the first shock, has again run dry at Betteravia. The Union Sugar Company’s night shift walked out, refusing to continue work until the shocks ceased. The building, a six-story brick structure, suffered no damage. The reported fissures in the ground seem to be nothing but cracks. Each shock was accomipanied by distinct roaring, dying in the dis- tance. There were several minor HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE Twenty-Seven Miners Are Instantly Killed and One Hundred Are Entombed. SYDNEY, N. S. W., July 31.—An explo- sion resulting in heavy loss of life has occurred at the Mount Kimble colliery at Wollongong, a port forty miles from here. Twenty-seven bodies have been recovered. The buildings at the mouth of the pit were wrecked. One hundred and forty- nine miners were rescued, but a hundred are still entombed. It is feared their re- lease is impossible. A portion of the col- Liery is on fire. e Steamer’s Cargo Ablaze. LONDON, July 3L.—A dispatch from the Lizard says the Danish steamer Fuxinia. from Savannah, passed that point for Plymoyth with her cargo on fire. uprooted. The Los Alamos Creek is still flowing a large stream d | with the first shock Sunday n'ght ! During the afternoon the weatber was | IN COLLIERY EXPLOSION. temblors here shortly before dawn. CAYUCOS, July 31.—An earthquake at about 1:30 o’clock this morning was severe, but no damage was done. There have been numerous shocks since Sunday night. | LOMPOC, July 31.—Three distinct shocks of earthquake were felt here last night. Two were very hard and lasted over half a minute each. There was no serious damage. VILLAGE FOLK LIVE IN FEAR IN OPEN AIR Meals Cooked in the Street and Trees Afford Shelter. 0S ANGELES, July 31.—A special tq the Times from Los Alames to- night says: As if the shocks of Sunday night and last night were not enough to drive into a state of terror the people of this little town, there was another earthquake shock to-night at 7:30 o'clock which was equally as severe as any of the previous disturbances. It completed what destruction had been left unfinished by the twisting of the earth at 1:20 o'clock this morning when houses were thrown off their foun- Gations, walls thrown down and build- ings demolished. Throughout the day there had been tremblings of the earth almost without intervals. Little tremors would come ev- ery few minutes, with now and then a heavier one. The people were therefore prepared for what came to-night, when there was a repetition of the terrifying twisting motion of the earth, which be- fore had wrought such ruin. Not a house in the town was occupied at the time this shock came. The people had taken the advice of the scientists, who, according to information received here from Santa Earbara, had advised the people not to enter their houses to sleep there for ths reason that other and perhaps heavier shocks might be expected. The people prepared their meals In the streets, moved their beds to vacant lots and large open scapes, building thereon such shelters as they could with the means at hand. From timé to time the noise of falling plaster in the houses could be heard as some slight tremor caused the loosened plastering to fall. To-night's shock was like those which preceded it. It could be heard approach- ing, for in the distance was heard the sound as of distant thunder, which in- creased in volume until with a heavy rumble there began twisting. It continlied for less than four seconds and then ceased suddenly. A few minutes later there were two other distinct shocks, but not nearly so severe, At 11 o’clock to-night the town people are living in the open air. They dare not enter their housess and, wrapped in blan- kets and coverlets, people are sleeping under almost every tree, or are trying to sleep there. There is no truth in the re- | port sent out this afternoon that fire was seen issuing from one of the mountains, thus indicating volcanic disturbances. e B o ] ) EQUALIZERS CONSIDER RAILROAD ASSESSMENT State Board Devotes a Day to Earn- ings and Expenditures of South- ern Pacific. SACRAMENTO, July 3L—The State Board of Equalization was engaged to- day in considering the assessment of the Southern Pacific Company, E. Black Ryan, tax agent, and C. C. Recves, assistant au- ditor, appearing for the corporation. The board first took up the matter of the assessment of the Central Pacific, Wwhich the Southern Pacific owns and ope- rates, and which was assessed last year for $13,000, As returned to the board, the net_earnings of the Central Pacific for this year were $2,485,522 4, against 32,935, . 643 45 last year, a decrease of 347,600 95. The gross earnings show an increase over those of last year, but the cost of o ing increased fro: 252, 7,181,058 in 1002, S - Tat- to 7 Special in Summer Suits. The month of August is here and finds us with quite a stock of men’s summer suits on hand. We want to close these gar- ments out while there is still a demand for them. Certainly the following reduction will ac- complish the purpose. We have taken all the suits ranging in value from $7.50 to $12.50 and reduced them to g They comprise worsteds, 1i cheviots and homespuns m’i: bright summery patterns. While the goods are light weight they are all wool and will give splen- did service. Only coat and trousers to a suit. Each are cut in the latest style as pic- ture here shows. h’,If yml:l are going to the coun- such a suit is r indi: 7 = eally indis- SNWOODs (i 718 Market Stree