St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 24, 1906

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ST. | LOUIS, TUESDAY YAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1906 in St. Louls, One Cent. PRICE ( Gutsiae St. Louls, Two Cents.

“FIRST IN EVERYTHING.”

BUSCH THINKS CITY SHOULD GIVE A MILLION — Millionaire Whose Brewery , Gives $100,000 to San t Francisco, Declares St. Louis & Is Stingy. T, LOUIS SUBSCRIPTIONS ON TOO SMALL A BASIS

Ms = ee Givers Do Not Realize Great | Needs of 300,000 Homeless , Ahead of. Them. -.

THE FIGURES — St. Leuis’ total without Busch’s £100,000 Boston's total ... Largest by individual (R. C. Kerens) Largest by corporation. Througk commercial bodies : Through churches (abont) Through Central Cem- mittee (about) ....... ,"e*eeeees 2. gO lO tt LO ON gt lt gti Sentai policeman ordered a soldier to take up a dead body to put it in the Wazon and the soldier ordered the po- liceman to do it. . Words followed and the soldier shot the policeman dead,” Windsor

GEN. GREELY GIVES DENTIFIED DEAD

Funston’s Successor Has Positive Informa-. aa tion That 277 Persons Perished in Earth- quake or Fire — Wreckage May Yield — Many More Bodies—Expects to Take 50 More Victims From Valencia Hotel.

-. -. — - - ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE | — ROCKS RUINED CITY —

Frisco Refugees, Huddled in Rainsoaked Tents, Badly Frightened by Trembler Lasting Three Seconds—Citizens Ask Re-_ moval of Militia to End Slaughter of Prominent Men, s tz ia

BY JOHN FAY, CHICAGO CORRESP ONDENT OF THE POST-DISPATGH, WHO WAS SENT TO SAN FRANC ISCO IMMEDIATELY ON RECEIPT OF FIRST NEWS OF THE DISASTER. SAN FRANCISCO, April 24.—The official report by Gen. A. - W. Greely, who has superseded Gen. Funston in command of the re - troops here, as to the loss of life in the San Francisco Earthquake 4 and fire was transmitted to the War Department at Washington : today. Gen. Greely has obtained more or less positive information of the death of 277 persons, and has been able to compile a eats BS list of the names of these victims. 2 The report states that about 50 of the unidentified aia have 2a been buried in Washington Square, Portsmouth Square, Lombard street and Bay street. Fourteen bodies, he states, were recovered from the ruins of the Valencia Hotel, and 56 others are believes ‘A to have perished there. It is still impossible to give even an approximate the total fatalities. Searchers among the ruins are co earthing the dead. For instance, 40 skeletons were found in’ th wreckage of one lodging house Saturday.- peepee pean bris remains to be searched, and until every brick is over! nobody can hazard anythifig but a guess as to how ita 0 the ruins will yield. The official report from Gen. Greely as to the extent of the loss of life in San Francisco is as follows: ‘Very careful investigation made by Capt. Winn today limits as far as information is obtainable, the entire San Francisco death list from late disaster to 277 victims; of these about 50 unknown gathered from various parts of the city, have been temporarily buried in Lombard and Bay streets, Washington Square and Ports- mouth Square. In the Valencia Hotel, 14 bodies were recovered — and 56 others are believed to have perished in the ruins. ‘Although this report very materially reduces the death list fed 3 San Francisco, it is not believed it will be further increased, save by isolated victims among the ruins. | ‘‘GREELY, Major-General.”’ Gen. Greely has superseded Gen. Funston in command at San Francisco. There has been no friction of any kind. Greely, who is the commander of the Pacific Division, was en route Kast to attend his daughter’s wedding when the earthquake oceurred, but naturally hurried back to his post. He wilk tury his attention prin- cipally to the sanitary problems, leaving Funsten practically 1D charge of the military. ' At 10:40 o’elock last night an earthquake shock was felt throughout the city and created considerable alarm among the people, still unnerved and overwrought from their recent experi- ence. No damage was caused, but many persons rushed from their — houses and ealled on the sentries and guards to help them earry out clothing and other effects. The soldiers assured them that there was no danger, and that.at any other time the shock would have caused little comment. a Shortly after the vibration an unconscious man was found en — the sidewalk in front of a house at Golden Gate avenue and Bu-- chanan street. He had fallen or jumped from a window in his 2 efforts to get out of the house when it was shaken. He was taken — to St. Paul’s Emergency Hospital in the Lutheran Chureh, at Gough and Eddy streets, where it was stated that his injuries are — not serious. a 2 At O'Farrell and Leavenworth streets an unidentified nal apparently demented, was found in the street in a dying per by the police. He died before he could be removed to a hospital. | : < The sufferings of the great mass BY refugees, however, are being alleviated San Francisco's appeal for” charity has been answered with a steady stream of contributions. It is probable | = WASHINGTON, April 24.—Vice- that the total of these donations will ex “9 : : President Correll of ied has ) |} ceed any like aggregate in the history af g ‘* requested the Department of io the world’s disasters. Dispatches frou 7 ee eh Stl a tii i a lil Vice-President of Mexico Fears Two Daughters ee lal to the Pose-Dispateh, heroically. State to have the military and various cities to those In charge of i local authorities of San Francts- relief work here fudicate that the cash co make a search for his* two contributions alone have exceeded o~ daughters, who, he fears, ‘have oo 000. Food and supplies of all inds been lost in the earthquake. are pouring into the stricken city, @ fhe young women were atcen|- are being distributed as ‘rapidly ge ing echool in California when 4! are received. They cannot come | calamity occurred. One wat in fast or too lavishly. San | San Francisco and the othec was unfortumates need clan apg. imate in San Jose. Nothing has been be sett. heard of them since San Fran- The deaths will a. — cisco was destroyed. Secretary estimated, Most of the ; Root has requested Gen. Funston not been identified. The to make an effort to locate them. camped. in Golden Gate Park 1 Presidio were drenched ty ae Pee: CF ot

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