St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 20, 1906

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; acid in St. Charles Thursday night and ‘Windows Broken in Folsom— |@ied within a few minutes. Her body is | being held by the St. Charles authorities oe POR 2 re a er Se Mie i See : . A ee oe. 5 E L I E V Ee FO R ; U N E LOS ! Population Is Panic- awaiting identification. Ce ae ee ee a sk, ES toe ie She said that she St. Louis. eta ee Mes Re aS nage 2 RS Ss: Be : geet “OSs. ce Stricken. ee | oe : pe Caos es IN DY NAMI I ED BANK | but the police here have not definitely - es > ae sir eee SS ae Fe nnn ANN oO nniec,. (eas BS 3 , FR BB. 53 ip a "RX a H. T. Bailey, night telegra. ph operator oy i re Aa ee 4 ta > - : a bts Ss > we 5 ’ : Riper wen Neoae ge ® + -§ ree are :

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earned the woman's identity. ; ONCE BURIED 2 TOWNS/2¢, tie Wabasn station, “talked "to, the} a ee — Volcano, 10,000 Feet High, = ee Rae OCR rae ieee Seo: oe EELS SOR Ee Ee es EE os SR Bee RECOVERING SANTA ROSA’S DEAD. ‘ to Mexico, Mo. The next morning when —— namenpeeemnacenene — re, ee eT . nee : , ” ome ! eh aden ad So tay as learned, no one was-injured. | seen went on duty again the woman Hts Sree” acavere: weMtENOE okiimé wins seh SED Tyce oe dag hie aaah Pea | ‘The following telegram has been received from Gov. ‘pashan 4 (After the Phock tie smoke started: 10} wa, sii there: She had bougit a ticket | ae pa rasien : ' ih ‘Sacramento, Cal., April 19.—Following this evening tres, + pour from the yolcano’s summit and to Mexico during the night and. -said E j , . BA Fe 7 engin In-some places the crevasses} 14+ she wanteg to take the train at ue | oie : NEGRESS LED ri rivet to Pototce ster ui, li Mai ra a

Till page isp pe Brod bes . fornia northwest to Postoffice utter ruin; also Main street and Pa Ges) , When the train came in she did not f Si f ti th fee © mountain to a depth of nearly Bve feet,|, "a when sunith later asked ' Glance a 1wuation on ee from Mendocino to Fifth. Fifty dead and expect to take 50 more ‘ retina Tisai oanme sek ak ak ee noc hae femere #0 start for: Mos: : , P ‘ ‘ ! out of ruins.’ G. C. PARDEE, Governor.” was active half a century ago, when it ,!¢o she told him her story. She xe Third Da of California orror ) Acting under orders from Gen. Funston to bury the dead. any- wiped out two towns and caused heavy {that her name was Mrs. Minnie Newel foes of “life and that she had left her husband In poner nies Ei ; 55 | where and at any cost, soldiers are impressing everybody in sight | . Byery available rig in the district has], 1 ouis en The earthquake and fire situation this morning is as : my Millionaires wae ‘i ‘| been pressed into service there, it is “He, has abused me for years,” she Mill; ('] h q H ‘ No follows: in e grewsome service. nair and kingmen alike are. ieuemee awe Wt the cater seine His work Jasid, ‘and 1 could stand his creatment| MENON Ulu) Necreuary TAs NO) | San Francisco is a heap of ashes marched from morgue to morgue, and at the point of the bayonet, for several hours a greater part of the] no lenger. tried to get aw + DP eopic will be able to"get to places of |24¥, Dut he discovered my plans and Time to Work for Water ‘The property loss is piaced at from $250,000,000 to are forced to carry out the bodies and drop them into the hastily safety. and cut my lips.” i Department. $300,000,000. dug graves. Scores of bodies, most of them unidentified, had been

beat me. He struck me in the mouth : ano i ded by u- In support of this statement she : : : Sarria | ; oat penal ha shied Sch. showed one O68 mer an { from Water Commissioner Adkins said to A conservative estimate places the loss of life at 1000, hf : piled on the grass in Porstmouth Square, and the corpses had ac- : | et aly with z. population of 3500, is the thes et ati tones where T have a sis-|a Post-Dispatch reporter Friday that but this number may be increased. In fact, the present Miniature Riot Started by cumulated until the ectacle was sickening, as well as a menace largest. Among them are Troyburg, ter,’ ” the woman continued. “When I Otto F. Karbe. clerk in the Water De- estimate is mere guess work. ‘ um sp j population 200; Emery Gap, 150; Kiowa, | iert home Wednesday I told my hus- i ce ‘ ey Resistence to Arrest Made to health. At the point of rifles, in the hands of the determined suepis, 100; Des Moines, 123; Emerys, | !@ft home Wednesday I told my bus’ | oa ttment, secretary of the Million Club More than twenty cities and towns other than San hy W ‘iti h d side by : : : a “ase ggh er pgellibgs ee i i i n. iamen, rich man and pauper are laboring side, digging _ er ney are all mining camps, and ma- Sais. °y Silats Go Gare but took A Dili ica prison di samedi naa re | nding ~ vaupeliesists Posse maenren er ye ” — 7 ean ve Ci f those ho f ll in the awful . saiow ot ee nt ta th Ganner pesides Gia hs Guess Un tent train and re nounced his intention to “resign in a | The property loss in outside places is estimated at clas trenches in the sand for the sepulcher 0 w re ’ _ « ) | | the residences and business houses. | wae afraid to board it.’ few days from his $100-a-month city $30,000,000. Rose Harris, colored, of 1620 Clark | Catastrophe. |

| 7 Was in T job. The loss of life in outside places is estimated at 800. avenue, caused a small riot at Sixth and i | The woman Guia ta be in terror As told in the Post-Dispatch last The people made heen queda 300, 000. Locust streets Friday afternoon. What The number killed in this stapendous tragedy cannot be and soon ‘after left the station. She} Thursday, Mr. Karbe’s multifarious du- The only public or semi public building standing in might have been . cho eae re approximately told, and perhaps will never be known. Estimates went to the Columbia Hotel, where/ties caused an investigation by the head : . . ‘ . Le WES: QU ee lee Sees oe eR ms 0 of 10,000. It is not a she ate dinner. She stayed in the ho-jof the Water Department, in the service San Francisco 18 the United States Mint. squad of police. vary from minimu § f 1000 to maximums tel parlor a part of the afternoon andj of which he was supposed to spend his Measures for relief were undertaken by the nation, ‘The woman was accused of snatching | human possibility to do more than submit a haphazard guess, based ANT) | CIAL S told Mrs. Marv Gagner, the landlady, tine from & a. m. to 5 p. m, daily. Mr. states and cities. More than $3,000,000 was raised. the wea tae of a Nellie en 3990 upon one ’s own observation as he makes the rounds ‘6 the dev.»

that she was from St. Louis, and @aV€| Karhbe’s task was to check up coal de- “ee Sarpy avenue, while in a crush in front her name as Mrs. Leemeyer. Shei... _. in ag : ) The dead lie in the streets. of Mermod & Jaccard’s store, on Broad- as Said nothing about running away livered at Bissell’s Point. astated city. from her husband, and said that she “T have not learned that Mr. Karbe Residents have fled to the hills without any attempt to way: had a sister in Columbia. shirked his tasks,’’ said Mr. Adkins, recover the bodies. A crowd of several hundred pursued Another series of fatalities took place at Sixth and Folsom é do p. et ‘ é } sta- a; ; . > : ) : : | : Pi : 4 BER ATING tion and Asked Agent Sinith when a{ “but I have talked the whole matter The baking of bread began in the Public Square. It | her fora block, and when she was final-| streets, where a herd of 300 panic stricken cattle, running before ds m ; , ",- 1@ > hi ate a il ly stopped she gave terrific battle to ee re et: Ae A ee re. gnd: we have agreed is hoped to have 50,000 loaves distributed by night. hersekatcae: i tie sedate atk. amas iy, ‘am ‘certain that my. husband saw said te drcoe tas tak ae eine Bie 02- Five hundred cadets of the University of California feet and mouth. It required the com- — oe Pooeres for me — ficial connection with the city.” entered the city to aid in the enforcing of martial law. | |bined efforts of half @ dozen men 10] porea through and thr saith by. a maddened tall ca, Are tae, Gum [aaa so lies | EP alate amr “Ete mae a « » ~- a nN officials of the road, were found guilty As train time approached the woman ieeniny of Des and he became Federal C f nt-|}b ‘fi ri , latter organization lished some kind of order by a show of | material to add to its fury, took a fresh start today, when it today in the ederTra ‘ourt o gra - ecame more terrified and fina y, at er when it was reorganized recently force. z AB Se sy request, she was permitted to hide in g his ‘ot | : V7 Se ss ., | back from the west, leaped up Telegraph Hill and took ee tebews % vicmtion of the roadmaster’s office. Her husband Among his ‘other duties in this con- While being led to Sixth and St. } Pp p grap Hy - , i le rea ‘ ? . . . e ; viol ote a ah ole ee fined |was not on. the train and after it had See bi ee ee + Charles street, where the nearest police|of the few remaining residences there. It is sweeping across $40,000 and the two officials $10,000 each. |ljeft she came from her retreat. $100 ) or a } prize for a civie motto for St. box is located, the woman again showed . 3 . _ | eect RES ocak tee rics Pate Coens | Houle. fight. The crowd feliowing yelled en-| Via street now, and Fort Mason, three miles from San eee - - — a ~ ‘el ie £ . P - : -, - . . | an was #till in the station, but 30 min-},"e3 8 member of the law firm of ; ' couragement to her captors. the big Fontana warehouse and neighboring canneries are hy Karbe, with offices in the . ; . _ SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH | ihe sisting and drank ‘the contents at Meroosn'e-Laciede Pulling “esse lace aids "intervals the Numan made coi| | The flames will make « clean sweep St Pesta Sau SUNDAY MAGAZINE 9 3) ang ith Wedbe Froud with a scream! Sa TRDAY TO BE (They Ouarreled Because Sh — Deblighers’ Comtribae rene, iad ae was with airfoutty | Goblem Gate: Park, 55 wit take Se ee the i The woman is omencete © of German i y CCause eC St. Louis Publishers Contri U several blocks. offering suggestions as park and burn the shrubbery to the ocean beach. M women & ‘APRIL 22, 1906 ta ound Shs fo reas ee FAIR AND MILD) Ketused to Pawn Jewels | tion Wired Immediately to | hi, tisporition of the prison ect| children have fled from the highest places in the city and are bat | stn am, tan Rea ph, htt] P—— a nana | at Hit Req, Son Francisco, | Stes ir tech | ling a the ferries in w mad endeavor to ebepe tox th fue (in colors) but of cheap material. A plain gol d | WELL. weir! light aie os san The publishers of the daily newspapers woman-in her efforts to get away. behind them. ; . $ : band ring was on her wedding finger | in Ss ouis Isewhere Rew yublis : ~ and she wore a few ; icles cheap! rain +8 sched- Bad ~ articles of and probably fatally injured by his wife OF Pt. Feminine Craze for Whist ¥ 0) jewelry You | i ta as odgin ouse—the , ; : uled for s ii é; a contribution of ae St. Louis Princess Threatens In- in Ps buadie that she carried was & Gade awe Loute bi t agp Lulu, in Memphis. Thursday evening Friday and ew hg . For ins nce, there Ww a ] g h Ne > : ‘ : soiled shirtwaist and coila tat Wienw- ° the The shootigg resulted fr A yu: 1} | $2500 to the Ree ’ , wnongag waere pa geoph een Re randum bock. In this book was the for- next “hours. |due to the réfusal of Mrs. Most s yispatch, the Republic and —at Sixth and Mission streets. It collapsed from the . : . : The .-Deats tch y oung Man's Dav in Missouri... lowing Verse. writte rs ch te FRiISco FUNDP Most tu he Post-Dispa 3 pai cen haw Man: Werk 4 : Million getpeaelgyetien ‘cia cag «60 A ee te ee | tm. the Globe-Democrat save 8 = atime quake. One man intimately acquainted with that lodging - ‘o” _ i” . | You may chan x nsettled, wit.: .'t Westliche-Post $300 an Bisset ~ tee i men mss ease but I will never. 7 showsra . Feiday ce nee Speech to the Rost- Dispate h ean he subscriptions were paid imme- and its business, asserts that 600 ee eet one on walls , 7 5 me will never change my heart. ' - nor : ‘ é fed Peseplaal xuld be | . Tragedy of Two Sisters......... This was signed “Your niece, L. E. : , d x a "Se “ iibepttal. Vasa Bbies bes apy ~Ellett jdiately, so that © paties Boome the structure collapsed, and that those 600 eS ie dead This Year’s Wedding VFlowers.. B. " peeing wll Sam Most was former! pre dig wired to San Francisco : ein : The book also contained the follow- _™ a day, fair, tem-} meriy the owner of More Books About the South- ° ing verse 9 several race horses, He was ruled off a Fa on Sn nA a EN I TOOT : weet Br iieionk mich. intess, Midi Wek ee ae eee Custodian of Eads Estate Suc-| Down in the tenement district, where cro ; now Then 1 hare all riaoie Winds. | Fevera mon Ss ago on the charge large sum oO money ; A 100¢Ton Railroad Platform s Pigrent he ite of heed Be tes baie ich: hie wife. Moet w st urig the vast race meeting held nest) cumbs to Heart Disease | lapsed like eggshells, there may be hundreds of 1 | pine to hear and strong love gire. th his wife, Most went to Me : added to his fortune Car ‘ On a scrap of paper. written in part : been showers in at the opening of the present race a Cincinnati and ye 1e reputation " After Long Illness. There — be thousands. Their death thay relatively . A \, » “ had tl Pje is (i Engli | Missouri, Kan- T) . meet-}at Memphis.. He Dr FUREYSIDE. Salone) =10 {licoked, ike: "hrs *'Buolock “Bumer=| | as, Oklahoma, | house at 223 Court. street yroeraing | being a heavy bettor: {as were their lives, and just as they were comparat —e oo drock,” and numeor here ' | ; ‘erritorv. | in hard luck and asked } ies: Wallace Estill McHenry, son-in-law o “Nobody Works Like Father”. ... ree ee the naine and ya J M. } | staat aon her Jewels. to supply a, "with feng POSTAL TELEGRAPH CO. Capt. James B. Eads and custodian of among the living there will be little igaebre. pt c. There was aticer oem elie fo re |r ie" Ph sung], OPENS FRISOO OFFICE: i, ene ca di teats | end. Undoubeedy many perished ery fe ws Snoozer, He Watches the Office. . 2 There was another poem, cli; pped from A YW and Colorado.; Mrs. Most says that Most uttacked at his residence, 154 Mississippi. avenue ek : a nae NU that >nie i eenagic ter 2 $) “alee “Ashby. wo hives In Bt, Charles tN Mone ie tate [Bay “evenings Sard Tyee’ te room, Thurs. | Special to the Tow Pim on. he Pome |a,hentt trouble, caused by weakness) ever be supplied, and who will not be counted als Funny side Auto Race om ot one ee wate ses undertaking : T tein bee a him,. she reached under the pillow me tal Telegraph C0. announces that an Mr. McHenry had been prominent : of the awful calani e: sy ‘Bad Dream She sald thet she thougait the dead wo- ~ | tures are higher Das shar eto aa oe. fred twice, | office ‘has been apenes ot” lines pity be tage Kee . Sener He be It is reported today that in the vaults ee ROT. aad he Magician, at rns “She a Saat tae cine beg: : in the West agsjleft side and passed shietoae, rts a San Francisco. Miy relegrams for the vito by two sons, Wallace Estil) Mc- of San which was Bk ax ™ —_ the daughter of a merchant in Mexico ‘ far north as the | »ack. om ore Sgp least. Telegrams for the) Henry Jr. and John Hardin McHenry. Francisco, blown tt PRG | - t. “Ma. and that She had maf) ied “ ’ Sam Mest only came to public notj ‘ll a re. acc epted at sender's] He waa once Assistant Postmaster of 3 * four cc pepe fp Pa ~~ dan border. ax a racehorse follow er within the dae risk yer scndedt to very great delay. boule probability, the sum “ ot RS

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