The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 21, 1906 Page: 1 of 6
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KkKR HKAKT8, KREK MINDS, FRKK PEOPLE, ARE THE MATERIAL, AND THE ONLY MATERIAL, OUT OK WHICH KREK QOuKRNMKNT8 ARB CONSTRUCTS!).—JEFFERSON.
VOLUMK 54.
ItASTKOl', ItASTKOl' COUNTY, TEXAS, SATUKDAY, AI'KI L 21. I JMMi.
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JULilUS THlHLtE|VIflrlfl
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
Guns, Pistols, Fire Arras and Ainunition,
Sporting Goods, Fishing Tackle,
Bicycle Sundries, Base liall Goods,
Pocket Cuttlery, Etc., Etc., Etc.
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Lock, Gunsmith and
Machinery Repairing
Executed on Short Notice, in first clat-s style and
under Strict Guarantee.
jhr Your continued patronage in the future,
as in the past, will be appreciated.
JULIUS THIELEMANN.
EARTHQUAKE
Half the City of San Fran
cisco Now in Ruins
Fire Breaks Out and Completes Destruction
gun by the Shock-Hundreds of Live Lost.
United States Troops in Charge of
the Situation-Sky Scrapers
Rent Asunder.
Be-
Santa Rosa a Total Wreck.
I/)s Angeles, Cay ; Santa Rosa is
a total wreck, ten thousand people
being homeless. The loss of life will
probably run Into the hundred*.
The whole business portion of the
city Is In ruins Main Rtreet Is piled
many feet deep with fallen buildings.
■ Not one business building Is left intact.
i The four story court house is a pile
of broken masonry. Identification of
the dead is im|H>s«lble. The part of
the town not destroyed by the earth-
quake was wept by Are. The citizens
lied to the fields and hills to watch
the destruction of the city. The water
system was destroyed by the earth-
quake.
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| A Repair Shop.
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: Having opened a Repair Shop in the building
; formerly owned by John B. Clopton, North Main
| Street, I will appreciate the patronage of the citizens
: of Bastrop, in - - •
Plumbing, Lock and GuDsmithing.
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; $££*• All orders receive prompt attention, ;
^-OSCAR PFIEFFER. j
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San Francisco, Oal, April 19.—Earth-
j quake and lire yesterday put nearly
half of Sun Francisco in ruins. At
Eight Square Miles In Flames.
at police headquarters show that the
least 200 people have been killed, 1,000 • entire district bounded by Howard,
others injured and the property loss | Va'lejo, Fast and Sansome streets, em-
will exceed $100,000,000. Thousands bracing practically the entire whole-
Oakland's Evening Shock.
Oakland, Cal.: At 15 p nt. yester-
day another sharp shock of earth
a r, . , quake was Just feJt on this side of the
San Francisco: The latest reports . , .
.. * .. bay. It was of short duration, lasting
about live seconds
; of people are homeless and destitute,
I and all day long streams of people
have been fleeing from the stricken
j districts to places of safety. It was
j at 5:15 o'clock yesterday morning
when a terrific earthquake shook thejof the city's finest and most substan-
| whole city and surrounding country.1 tial buildings.
sale portion of the city, lias been swept (jn..
clean by fire Also the district bound-
ed by Second, Market, Eighth and
Folsome streets had been devastated. aot munpendently.
In the latter district are included most
Newspapers Cease Wcrk.
San Francisco: At 1 o oolock yester-
rnoon the newspaer ceased
all efforts to collect news and the As-
sociated Press force Is compelled to
' One shock apparently lasted two niln-
1 utes, and there was almost immediate
collapse of flimsy structure all ov >r
Sky Scrapers Dynamited.
Oakland. Cal : The Palace Hotel
the city. The water supply was cut Wtt8 ^royed at 7 p. m yesterday,
WO. 409S
B. O. Oboaik, Pres.
T V Vic^-Tree.
Omsstss KhiASD, OMhlsr
off, and when the fire brokv out in
various sections there was nothing to
do i ut let the buildings burn. Tele-
graph and telephone communication
was cut off for a time The Western
! Union was put completely out of busi-
j neas and the Postal Company was the
onlv one that managed 'o get a wire Fnnetano ajd now beyond" control
also th« Postal and Western Union
building and the magnificent new Un-
ion Trust Company building, eleven
stories high, have been dynamited.
Entire City in Peril.
Tx>s Angeles: A dispatch from Oak-
land nays the Ore was Raining In San
First National Batalt,
or BASTROP, TUX AS
« CAPITAL STOCK PAID UP, $50,000.
AUTHORIZED, $250,000
out of the city
About 10 o'clock even the Postal
The entire city is in danger. An ex-
Drifts drawn or the Prlnoipil Banks in the United Htatet in amotiDU of Firs
Dolisrs and upward. Money received on deposit in large or small amounts,
subject to check. This Hank is fully equipped and prepared and will b«
faithful correspondent if you intrust any part of your business with It.
nun USE OF OUR fire-proof vault to customers to stori
THEIR VALUABLE PAPERS.
DIRECTORS 1
B. F. LtJOHTT. B. . OhOAIW. t. A. HASLKH W A. McCORD, W. B RANSOMS
tra issued at 5:30 says the estimates
was forced to suspend in San Francis- of th# ^ (n San Francl8c0 aI.„ now
co. Electric jKJWer was stopped and
street cars ilid not run. Railroads
and ferry boats also ceased operations.
The various fires have been raging
all day and the fire department h.is
been ]K>werietMt to do anything except
to dyna/tnlte .he buildings threatened
2,500. it states that the Postal Tele-
graph building and Palace Hotel are
burning.
Governor Goes to San Francisco.
Sacramento, Cal Governor Pardee
started for San Francisco at :i o'clock
yesterday afternoon to be on the
ground so as to take Immediate steps
to furnish relief.
The Mint on Fire.
Oakland, Cal.: It is reported that
the mint in San Francisco Is ablaze,
and from the outside indications It
will be impossible to save it. The tiro
surrounds It on every side.
Fifteen Men killed by Dynamite.
Oakland, Cal.: At S o'clock yester-
day the Are was lncre.*dng In violence.
Spreading in nil directions In bot.li
the business and residence quarters.
It is reported that while a building
was being blown up with dynamite
Whole City About Gene. a premature explosion killed fifteen
New York: According to a dispatch men. The Terminal Hotel at the wa-
rocelved by the Western Union, the tcr front and Market street, fell and
All day long explosions have shaken whole of the city of San Francisco Is hurled twenty persons under thu de-
the city and added to the terror of about gone, especially that portion bris. These were incinerated and
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the Inhabitants. Following the first south of Markvt street,
shock there was another within five
minutes, but not nearly so severe.
Three hours later there was another
slight quake.
Reports from districts outside of
San Francisco Indicate widespread
damage. San Jose, fifty miles south,
lost many uulldlngs and from fifteen
to twenty people were killed. The au-
nex of the Vendome Hotel collapsed
and tires broke out. Stanford I'tii
, "reify and Palo Alto suffered At
Stanford .many handsome buildings
were demolished and two p«"ople were
killed One of them was Junius it
Fire Chief Sullivan Killed.
Washington: The government has
received Mm following from the West-
ern Union:
Interval of three hours between first
and second shocks, the latter finishing
the destruction < f buildings unsettled
by the first. Thieves already at work
Troops hastening from the Presidio.
Berkeley, a suburb, reported demol-
ished. Examiner and Call buildings
doomed. Fire Chief Sullivan killed.
there Is no possibility
their Identity.
of learning
M Family anil Staple Brocsries *
Offices in Oakland.
Oakland, Cal.: At 2:15 yesterday the
llanna of Bradford. Pa., and the othei tp|t^raph companies were forcer to
was Otto Gurts, a fireman. Miave San Francisco and have estab-
Slx other students are lying in the ||s|lo<i offices here
CALL AND 8KE
♦ MAX M. GLOECKNER,
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Palo Alto Hospital with bruises, cuts
and internal Injuries. These are Ross
l> Howard, San Francisco; II I. Heat
Ing. Santa Anuna, Cal .: — Frolli,
H. It Thomas of l/ s Angeles, Robert
West wick of Santa llarbara atid W II
Masters of Portland. Ore
The Asocial id Press has arranged a
messenger service across the bay.
Telephone Building Destroyed.
New York: A tins-age received by once stood It has been leveled to
the Western Union, which has a wire It-lie foundation .-.nd only the rock tin-
info San Francisco. s:r.s the building lug of the seacoast remains Intact
The Court House at Redwood Cit> of the Telephone Company has be n
(Sucoe«Bor to M. Oloecknar).
New Store. New Goods.
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and other buildings collapsed.
BULLETINS.
destroyed there.
Oakland Cut Off.
Sin Francisco: Tit -re is no wire
now between Oakland and Saeiaiiien
Human Hyenas.
San Francisco: At I p. m fire was
still burning and the streits In the
heart of the business region w re be-
ing dynamited to stop the spread of
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And therefore FKKSH OROCBKIRfl an be ksd at Lowest
poseihle flffures. Quick Sslee and Small Profits is nay motto.
Waf* Kre*h Foaming XXX Lager Heer ainajs ob lay.
Rest and purest Native Winea from the uultiysted grape.
^Max M. Gloeckner, Prop'r.
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Austin, Texas.
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' 1 D. M. WILSON, M'g'r.
Entirely Cut Off.
Washington: Secretary Taft was
ndvised lant night In the W< -tern I'n
Ion TfMegraph (Vmnpaiiv that there is
no communlea'lon with Sail Francisco
by any route. The company hn* its
chaife Callfortila office at Oakland and
the secretary advises that al! messages
he has directed to Gen Funston, t<i be
sent to Oakland and tin■ > w ill be sent
to the General at the earliest possible
moment
The dispatch slated that no boats
Were running.
to. Martial law forbids the landing the flatn< s The number of killed will
of passengers in S in Francisco from prohabl> v> acli 2'^0 and the injured
()akland.
I ater advices state that the Market
street office has In en hbnndoned
\t 3:30 p nt ves'erday buildings
were being blown up on Sansotne
1.000 Kxoerts estimate the financial
luss at more than $ HiO.OO'l.OOO The
city Is under martial I: ,v and precau-
tions have be n taken to prevent dis-
order and looting Four thieves were
street oh far as California street. The shot this afternoon bv soldiers for
looting The soldi rs have orders to
shoot without warning any person act<
lire Is half a block from the Merchant's
Kxchunire Preparing to blow ii]> build-
ing next to it on California street, ing lu a suspicious manner.
in an effort to save
—— Federal Aid Commanded
City Hall in Ruins. Washington Upon hearing the
Sin Francisco: San Francl«en wis news of the S.m Francisco earthquake
bfidlv wrecked by an earthquake at V slst itit Scer< tary of War Oliver, In
Palace Hotel Gone. 5:10 o'clock yesterday mornlnu', tli• • the nb • ace of Secr<tar> Taft. who Is
New York: A dispatch to the West shock lasting three minutes, nnd a' the Copltol, telegraphed MaJ Gen-
ern Union from San F'ninclsco re|H rts thousands of buildings were damaged oral Greeley, commanding the Pacific
that the Palace Hotel was destroyed and destroyed. There Is no water, and I>iv!-ion hi idquarters at San Fennels-
and that everything south of Market, fires are devastating the city The city co. Instructing him to co-oporate with
Ktri't. from Eighth street to the wa hall, <"ostlng 17,000,000, Is In ruins the local authorities and use nil re-
ter, and north on Market from San Modem buildings suffer leas than sources nt his command to assist In
lome to Broadway, is gone. j brick and frame. i alleviating 'he situation there
FRUIT AND TRUCK
Canning Factory Plane.
Oleburno, Texas— A committee of
five 4«p|sdntod at a meeting in Mid-
way, met here to look alter the build'
Ing of the canning factory. Stock to
the aimount of $J ,500 having been sub-
scribed, the stockholders nlecttsl tills
K-onvuilt.t ee, com (vised of the following
citizens (' M. Woodson, of Joshua;
Jeff G lleasley, of Cleburne; Jay M.
Cimivinins, of liopewoll: L. O Honham,
of Hopewell; and K F Prion, of Cle-
burne. The committee talked over the
situation and then selected a commit-
tee of two, ooni|* sed of Messrs. Ueas-
ley and I ion ham, to meet with the
Ketall Merchants' Association tomor-
row night, at which time the matter of
of selecting a place of location is to
isiino up for dlscusslun and HotUe-
uieut.
A Large Orange Grove.
Brownsville, Tex.—Thirty-one thou-
sand acre* of land have recently chang-
ed hands at Uaymondvllle, forty miles
north of Brownsville. Of this tract
12,000 acrow were sol. to Chicago par-
ties, the sale including the Kleberg
Town and Improvement Oomtwny
lands at Raymotidvllle. The balance,
19,000 acres, was sold to Illinois par-
ties for colonization purposes In ad-
dition to this a com|utuy Is being form-
ed with $100,000 capital for the pur-
pose of putting out a large orange
grove. Experts have pronounced this
section superior to California for or-
ange growing and great developoment
is confidently looked for In the uear
future.
Marcfts T^uck.
San Marcos, Texas Preparations
are under way for the shipment of the
onion and isitatoe crops from this
point. Yesterday Homer Gads, freight
a^eiit of the International and Groat
Northern K'y, and President. Kerr of
the A. 1). T refrigerator line of St.
flouts were here in consultation with
William Gri^en making arrangements
for the shipment of the above named
crops. Onions will he ready for ship-
ment alxMit the first of May. Mr. Fads
said the onion crop here was as far
advanced aa any he had seen except
the vi ry eaily ctops at Ijaredo. The
Missouri, Kansas ami Texts railroad
has already built a shipping shed on
the onion farms on its line.
Sarita.
Sarlta. Texas - -Glad tidings of Indus-
progress can still be reported from this
Eldorado, wlnlch lies between Corpus
Christ! and Brownsville. There is no
decrease in the flow of the artesian
wells and the truckers, who are now
making dally shipments of vegetables,
are striking it rich
On the Li Para ranch, four miles
from Sarlta and which has the reputa-
tion of be.lnu the best Improved on the
American continent, are a number of
orange and lemon tresis which hare
withstood the cold of many winters,
and Mr John G. Kennedy, the proprie-
tor, states that Home of these trees
now have over 2,000 oranges m them.
Entire City Doomed.
Ran Francisco, Cal.: At 10 o'clock
last night it loked as if the entire city
would be burned Tlio Associated Press
men are trying to get matter to Oak-
land by boat, but they are very uncer-
tain. The government is furnishing
tugs, but the confusion is so mx-at that
they cannot he relied upon. It will
tie Impossible to send details for sev-
eral days.
Swept into the Sea.
San Francisco, Cal From the Cliff
House conies word that the great
pleasure resort and show place of the
city, which stood upon a foundation
of solid rock, has been sv ep Into
the sea. Not a tiling s ands to tell
where the monster Mone building
Berry Growirs Rolling in Wealth.
Ailvln, Texas—The strawberry shl| -
ment today was the largest this sea-
son. Two cars were loaded besldi-s
the usual large shipment ' y local ex-
press If It does not rain it Is thought
there will be three cars loaded Monday
The prices are holding up well and the
demand is heavy. The growers so far
are making more money out of the ber-
ries than any past season
First Car of Onions.
Brownsville, Texas.—The first car-
load of onions from Brownsville and
ulso In Texas so far as Is known, were
shipped from here this morning. They
were fully matured, fine size and were
grown by Piper Bros., on land which
several months ago had never been
plowed and upon which no canals had
been constructed
Broke the Individual Berry Record.
Alvin, Texas.—Mr. A. it Deitrleh,
in. of Alvin's tiufst successful berry
growers, broke the record Monday
on quant.lt> and price of berries for
one day's shipmcn's, bringing ninety-
two crates of berries, selling them for
f.'> per crate, total $ J T«: His entire
output for ten days ahead Is contracted
for at this figure.
Largest Bsrry Shipment.
Alvin, Texas,- The I* ges- shipment
of st ra w berrins for / is season was
shipped from here t/ tiv, there being
two cars and a tl/ i partly loaded,
which will leave luie tomorrow. The
bcrrl'is being shipped are of a superior
quality, being large, firm and well
colored, and carry In good condition to
• lie markets. Those cars wore sold
for cash at a good figure.
Mack Webb wears the belt for rais-
ing the first Irish potatoes of the sea-
son. He informed the Citizen yester-
day that hi> would have new |>otn-
toi s on the table Easter dinner. How
d'M-s this sound to the people of the
north who have not much more than
finished planting? From El Campo
Citizen.
Frogs Bring Good Money.
Crowley, La: Perhaps the most
unique industry in the South Is the
new fron farms that are being started
in this parish Several enterprising
persons have purchased certain strips
of country inhabited by the bin croak-
ers and are shipping them out of the
city to New Orleans and Texas uiar-
kola.
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 21, 1906, newspaper, April 21, 1906; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205647/m1/1/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.