The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 19, 1906, Page 1

H{t00 P.M EXTRA fs iy Pars in Seattle That Dares to Print the News € A message to the war de- WASHINGTON April 19. from Los Angeles reports recurring shocks this aft- The operator at Los Angeles said his building was like a boat, Connection was lost immediately after message was sent ~There is no San Francisco. OAKLAND, April 19. 3 pm gmiropolis of the Pacific coast has been almost wiped the map. The business district is completely destroyed, Sh three-fourths of the residence district has gone up in Only in the far outlying districts are there any Here the homes are too far apart to be in danger din There are an infinite number of details, but the story when it is said that San Francisco is no more, Nothing but a name and a memory gumber of dead has not grown greatly today, but of the property loss are futile. Only by multi- ithe assessed valuation of the city by the proper multiple idea of the damage be obtained. ETE A ORR Poa: AEN ETRE (Scripps News Service) GAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 10:30 a. m—The city is completely at the mercy of the flames. The entire busi Getrict is wiped out, and half of the residence district is over. There is no water, and the United States ar has exhausted its supply of powder in blowing up build in the path of the flames. The telegraph operator at Goat ean Emporium, Largest Department Totally Destroyed ‘The Seattle Star : i to feceive cont ‘1 neato tee y secured from the city eight ballot ns from the people of this city for Md These boxts have been placed in the following stores: Frederick & Nelson } ire Store. — Bon Marche Gatvey-Buchanan Co., Lumber Exc hange building $ Pharmacy, Second and Pike. 's Drug Store, Madison and Second. > Biaard’s Cigar St econd and Yesler Way © Joe Schiumpr's Bu Hotel Cigar Store ui Great Northern Ticket Office, Second and Columbia. On each box is a printed card, bearing this inscription: i Store in the West, ‘The Seattle Star WEATHER FORECAST SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1906. United States Mint island says there is no hope for the city and that the fire will burn itself out (Scripps News Service.) OAKLAND, April 19.—Bulletin, 8 a. m the fire at this hour are roth st on the south and Broadway ~The limits of on the west, Townsend st Everything between those streets and the waterfront is devastated. The fire is approaching the new $5,000,000 Fairmount hotel, on Nob hill, and is threaten- ing the district. On the south, at Third and Townsend, the passenger station of the Southern Pacific is burned, and the fire is rapidly reaching toward the water on that side. The fire is spreading at all boundaries except the west waterfront. | Dynamiting continues. ger from falling buildings. AGE BALLOT EGEWVE CONTR SEATTLE PEOPLE SAFE Mrs. Hawley, wife of A. L. Hawley, of the Trustee com- pany, received two telegrams from her husband, in San Fran- cisco, this morning saying that all Seattle people in Francisco were safe. One telegram was sent from the Francis hotel, and the other from Oakland. (Scripps News Service) OAKLAND, April 19.—Martial law has been declared in Oakland. Troops are patrolling the streets. Only those with passes are allowed in the main section, as there is great dan- Showers This Afternoon and Tenight, “= ‘Quick Response on the Part of Scores of Seat- *),..°")c0"" su Cooler Tonight; Friday Showers; Light Bast Winds. VOL. 8. NO 46 LOS ANGELES NOW TOTTERING: THREE SHOCKS STRIKE CITY RELIEF MOVEMENT STARTED aaa BY GHAMBER OF COMMERCE 8. Trowbridge w iam Chappell ‘oe Schlumpf's cigar store, a near James st., $61 of ved in the course o F*| Mark tle Business Men and Others to the Call for #8) Huw sve nd early afternoom, oe 1 scriptions would be ree Mis 0 1 ‘ fan to pour in. The a Some spa oh saathelie teal aledbal shld he Ralhe tata Reialebelal 4 iE » | following contributed at thig , »' point * URGENT APPEAL FOR AID. hg eo sg 100 Oe Becht smpe $100.00 .¢ ‘ ; 5 | The Rathskeller 100.04 | * ttle Chamber of Commerce # |! ys genes to | The Butler * 300.00 | W dineunses thet the people of this city are responding nobly to # | ime" | Sam Hyde 100.00 | @ dhe call for contributions to the Ban Francisco relief fund. * : \ James W. Morrisen * 300.00 * The situation, however, ic so extreme that the committee # F rat J. 8. Bullong * "60.00 © Srgentiy renews the call for general and generous co-operation # | !!. ¥. ¢ Robert Bridg "500 * @m the part of al! inhabitants of Seattle. w | W. G. Potts Cc. W. Perris . 600 7 nia besides Francisco he & | Harry ¢ 4 Cash . £00 * amity, and our aid should and will ex. # | George B. Ad >| Gus Gelles ; 100 * stance #/ 8. D. . | Cash - 10 * - C. H. HANFORD, Chairman. *. ° Jobn J. Kinnear - 50 * JAMES B. MEIKLE & | Lewle-I i ° | P. D, Hughes - 10.00 * GEORGE BOOLE “A : 1?) James Sheban 5.00 o J. © GALBRAITH ** J. J. Burns 5.00 * 4. C. FORD. * 1,009 Pendleton Co. 20.00 }* G. F. ZIMMERMAN * e M. Somme ve 5.00 e * M. A. MATTHEWS. * t ities & Bank J. A. Young $29b00k0 . ae * * « Co RRR eee Calaw Total 9615.00 Ton ti Dexter Horton & ¢ 1,000 Pad i iin 8 r » the deepest sympathy wil! be turned over to the Chamber! Third Avenue theater * %: we s yvted of tbe Sea Precciono , of Cammoree conamitte benefit pert e) 100\% GENERAL CONTRIBUTIONS. * mittee ' ® t 1 ® United States Con horror the peaple of & pov ; 2s. & grees $1,000,000 > j tae with enthusiastic . alt ese. Bewtton » | & Guage 50,000 te wer to the call of the Chamber ara aanslsan at » et 25,000 | of Commerce contribute to the meeting ailed a t p-| White Star & § 100 | w ¢ Hero Com- | }fund for the relief of the homeless | peal can be a f t H. J Jere »* niseion % 000 we sod eefforting. A more than | Of tents hing an \ RR. & Marine News * Omahs 10a " eribed in| pile hw ip t t . 1,000 Seah areen ¢ 0, 8 aif t The homeless suf 10 SERRE ER lin expected si - ‘1 069.000 dete pohing Is Werks. ...8 wt a 5 |. Just, what to do with fea ectrt * Pranks Wat oe a 250 | what form it wou be JM a. Ses r- : vital gad immediate use and value Puset Bound N wt a} - 6 in retieving the ev ws. 18 & ques. | Firat Not Bank Aviineton Deck 100 tion which ie concerning tt a- | Seandinay American Rank Frank W. Goodhue 6 tral refief committer. Throughout Werhing b Hanh | Employes Arlingte ook 35 the morning the com tee waited | Washing t ‘ w 4 10] fin vaim for a reply to dispatehe ¥ Hiroe oiw. D. Be 10! ‘iia a l sent by it to the California aatbo Prye- Prut " 5} | flew. opine what re th bed Bees ot ve Mie Vaus 5| The exodus of traveling men froms | amkeal the fund, whether to send » nn & . ‘ in cash or to send it in fo 1 “ ~ : Seattle to San Francisco continued other mpplice ie “7 _—_ : Havivg reas y : b Fe today Those leaving the hotelg | tome a meelce cent 4 : ‘ John Romat 1/ numbered at least 100 . PAR | Mayor Schmitz the committes this H.C. 1 a 1 oes | morn lag went another dispatch to Albert ia coer i: Passengers leaving last nigh® | Goverpor Pardee, and a rep'y from t ‘ i0 dest ite ted this afternoon rf ® " ' oP. T ~ were in time to catch a Southern * ‘ies b Mclaug i f I 4, and Me # Corcoran, of the nee’ “ » | Pacific special from Pe nd, an God's sake, send food by ex-| ber of ( n the care of J.| Telephame company, this morning a A ‘ Deart Hoendes 1 io | word was given out he is more * anager of |Waderipek personally to transmit « A nea eer ng that an extra train would be in eps ompany. The] the dispatches of the committee tQ James A. M America avings & T readiness at Portland, connecting { affairs « mi ' ins Behmitz far bs Oakland, 9 ‘ Company 0) with the N. P. local from here. evenle f © 1 endorses Gov, | bat ttfhee thus far been impossible 7 - « A St ont 0 Portland is sending people sout& eee C > may f Las} lio deliver messages in San Fran- 5 b Ur ge Rank | by the i Lee Anes nhe. cen foog }eleeo Bor the reason that the a Burk Northwest Trust @ Safe De Ful tickets have been sald ated atter apresa a . | thartifee there have refused to per- |» aH |.» i 0) te mento and Oakland during a by the Sea oO Ox was unable to estab. | Ot eras to land, even messenger Bank of H. O. Shuey & © 0" the 24 how mm to learr t at aes . <9 papas sean with | POF™ f , t ae” te } Satie, Sane Relic! Committee Meets ne : rescway ; “ © the "| ‘The general relic te HOXES “Seattle Star's C Relief Fund—Put In You Can.” alifornia BUTIONG. What | > | the Cham | meetiig nt 1! ing. té consider the situatior after a enion of exis ® 1) t hewn. adjourned n awal! mdy ier onthe giom. | At the voting of trom the Alaska Pacific Navig an’ then 708 “uodiler ft ave been ma ther tear ta om pan rangines to car a ing th u the The Star urges every man, woman and child in Seattle | ber of to contribute dollars, dimes and nickels through the medium | be* fetablished of these boxes. Let them be speedily filled with coins, so ugh ere fo 1 that thousands of dollars may be added to the relief fund be- ee ie een oe ing raised in this city for th { Don’t delay, but place your contribution, large or small, | mone the new in one of these boxes before the diy ends, The need is most | f°% ® — ; pressing, and every hour lost in sending relief to California umpf Raises $700. means added suffering to the thousands of destitute. Joe Schiumpf started a The Star appeals to its thousands of generous hearted tion. paper at his gar-etand er readers to respond! It will not appeal in vain. Phe response | 0 soi nirenty raised over $ rhe, )ardseye View of San Francisco Looking East, Showing Ferry Building, Bay and Goat is certain, money with the subscription lisg Island in the Distance. [One Cen e | 25 CENTS PER MONTH