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erty west o. Octavia Street statids a good chanc. of being saved. Fire is sprcading toward thc North L?each. nround the east side of Telegraph Hill." Fire Reported Under Control At 2 P. M.: Dead Taken from Ruins _am vr> tvricrn Viii-uTo????M-?Tho Uro is now posltlvoly stated SAN !? RAN C S(-0. Apm - ' oiVo-qUnrt-r of tlio rlly, lylng west. ffiK__?Wi^8lSS nnd =1 jiB lllo westjn nddltion, norlliAvard to the Prosldlo. will bo fv^v VveftU0 W(U) goiidrnll.; -iiccb-_..il, tho flames nStdi^ e?l of Van No, Avenuo, but it AVtU bo control lod. ?AaS Frn^S^lnVkesi hour hns dnwnod Into n day of hopo. Its tihio of ovoJwVennlnTdlsSLr nnd Derll hns cudod, nnd Its fnturo is now a sub JeCX^is\rn;.ali;*,nndo,* con.ro.. A clenr .ky ovor tho MlBsjon Djjj trJshows that Iho llre thore has beon,? ngt, shed , Tho sprond of e _ ivmos m a hc western nddltlon, iho best part of tho oi y remuining, h^ 1,00 1 stv'-d and tho only nortion of the eoi.flagration Ihn demanda the Snth'n of tho flreman is thnl wtandlng from tho Nob Hlll soctlon tlown lo tho nortliAvestorri part. of tlio Avntor front. ,-',./, The w'stern nddltlon dahg*1 wns iiverted n(. 2:30 o'clock this mornlng bv the uso of gnn cottori; dyiiamitc und two strcrtnis of water. Iho ex SvosTor- handled by tho-chlef gttnnor of tho Mare Islandi-Nayy Yard, nnd hls acconiplisliiiients proved him lo bo n master .of his profession, ?^?1__leven''po_-nlJcl-rtt8, all nlive, were taken from thc debrls of the post? offlce to-dny Ml al llrst. were thought to bo dend, but it was found that, nltltough tliev were buried in tho stone, overy one wns nlivo. Thoy hnd been for three dnys wlthout food or water. All tlie mail in thc postoftlco ' Vrom n Ihree-storv lodging house nt PIftli nnd Mlnna Streets, which collapsed Wodnesdny mornlng, more than scvcnty-flve bodies wore takon out to-flnv There wero fifty other dend bodies in sight in the ruins. lliis buHditig was ono of the flrst lo tako flre on Klflh Street. At loast one luin drod persons were killed in tlie Cosmopolltnn on Fourth Street. Mnny per son?s droppod dend to-day of henf. nnd nuffocutlon. Moro than one hundred nnd llfty persons nro reported dend In tho Brunswick Hotel, Sevonth and Mission Streets. Fourteen men Avoro killed lnst-night by soldlors gunrding thc mint, and Policemnn Joseph M. Moycrs was bnybnetted und killed by a natlonal guardsman over fl dispute ns to authority. Tho men at the mint Avcre killed for att-'mpting robbory. liESTiTUTION AXD SUFFI.RING. The work of rellef was started ourly to-day. A blg bakei-y in tho saved distrlct started Its oven nnd arrangod lo bako 50,000 toaves of brond beforo night. Thousands of people were in lino this mprning before tho Californiu Stroet. bakerv. Tho police and military avcvo present in force, und each person wns allowcd only one lodf. The ..qmG.lbss people in tho parks aud vacant lots were provlded for to-day as spbedlly as posslble. The dostitution and suffering is indescribablc. AVomen and children ?who had cpml'ortable homes a few days ago slept last night?if sleep came nt all?on hay on the wharves and on tho sand lots near North Beach, some of them' under the little tenls made of suoettng, which poorly pro-, tected them from tho chiiling ocean wlnds. The peoplo in'tho parks are possible better off in tho mattor of sholter, for they left their homes bottor preparod. Instriicttons were issucd by Mayor Schmitz to-day to.break open ovory storo containing provisions and to distrlbute them to-tho thousands under police stiporvision. The Young Men's Hebrow Association Hall, near Goldom Gate Park, hns been slocked AVith provisions for tho uso of needy victinis in the adjacent flelds. GOOD ORDER .A1AIXTAIXE1). Both tho Mayor and Chlef of Police Dlnan, when asked l'or stat.omcnts by tho Associated Press, expressed Ihomsolves as thankful that the fire was A'irtually controlled. Chlef Dinan said that the order maintained fairly Itstonishcd him. He thought it due to early severe mcasures taken by tho soldiers and police in shooUrig down offenders. Two men wero shot and killed this mornlng. Policeman Flood, on en tering his homo, encountered a stranger who attacked him. Flood shot him doad. Speclal Policeman Snyder killed a man, but the details aro not known. Tlie only bank in tho hugc ruined distrlct that. escaped destruetion was the Market Street Bank at the corner of Sevonlh and Market Streets. It is in the gutted Grand building, but. the flr.emert saved tho ground floor. It will pay out money just as soon as it hears from cleaviiig house offleinls. A corner of the clty, near tho Paclflc Mail wharves at Second and Bran rion Streets, was not ruined, nnd tho Sailors' Home is intact, Tlie ,Postnl Telegraph Company restored its cable conneetion with the Orlent by es tablishing a stalion, at Ocean Beach, but there is np soryice yet for deliv ering messages thero. ' ' ; * PAMAI/II-'K SCATTERED BROADCAST, Thousands of members of families aro separatod and with no means of learning one nnothor's whereubouts. The police to-day opened up a biiroau of registi-atibn to bring relntives together. It is impossible to soeuro a vohiclo except at oxorbitant prices. Ono merchant yesterday etigaged a tonmstcr and horses and wagon, agreeing to pay fifty dollars an hour. Charges of twenty dollars for carrylng trunks a few blocks was common. Tho police and military seize teams wherever they require them, their wlshes bolng enforced at rovolver point if tho owner proves indisposed to comply wlth tho demands. Mayor Schmitz Jookod weary to-day, but was cnergeticaliy at work at liis desk, though lie had had little or no sleep. ' A policeman reported that two gr'ocery stores in the nclKhborhood Avero elosed, although tho clerks were present. "Smash the stores open," ordered the Mayor, "and guavd them." Throughput Ihe entire western portlon of Ihe peninsular county of San Fran?l_cso refugeo catnps aro located. Tlio Munlcipal Safety Committee iias had plans for concontratlng these unfortunate peoplo in several gre^ camps, but unless they are forclbly herded together liko cattlc, this scheme seems Impossible of accomplishment, UXl^ORTUNATES ALL AKTN. Major M"o_.e'ev.ei;, of the Unlted States army, has been appolnted com rhandant r^-tlK- carnpsi and with hls staff of nssistants was to-day trylng to bring sorno sort o'f system and order out ot the chaotlc sltuirslon. His first thought is to supply food and water, and then'l'o arrange sanltdi*y moastiros. Theso throngs of people are orbwdod elbow lo elbow iu the open lots and fields wlthout cpnveniences that are naturally demandod, and nre tliroat ened witli an epidenii. of disease unless somo avIso preeautions aro speedily observed, and tho authoritles even as early as yesterday had men conslnicl Ing necessary outhouses, Good order aud fellowshlp seeni to prevall In these linpromptu setllements, and the common ruln and povcrty bus made all of ihe unfortunales akin. ln bulldlngs close to the camps Ihe pollce are storlng avnllablo l'ood stuffs and bed clothing for convonietit dellvcry. That thero will be n just and ociual dlstrlbution of stipplies is oviden.t from thc temper of the city's adrhlnlstraUon. No diallnctions are drawn, and only fow favortj shown. AJRE FAC1NG STAItVATIOX. The grave questlon is, how soon wlil an ndeqi'into supply of food arrive from outBlde points nvort famlne und d-SUtution? There is little food lu San Francisco outside cf whnt little each person possesses, and this cannot last more than a few days. San Francisco ls, geographlcally, un luolalod city. Its noarcst large nblghbor on tho sonth is Los Angeles, flve buiidred mlles wny. To tho north is Portland, nep.rly eight hundred mlleR cllstnnt, and Its nenrest sister in th'- east ls Salt l.ake Clty, one thousand miles away. These cities and all of tho less populatod noarer towns are making sacrifico for the desti tuies here, but lt ls to tho blg eltles of tlie nation that San Francisco looks Aviih anxlous eyos for rolief, DANGER OF BXPLOSIONS. "Alii-bacl Wllliams, clty editor of the San Frnnclsco Exanilnor, mado thc followlng Btatomdnl to-day: "Shortly beforo LO o'clock l boarded tho govortunonl Bteamor Gov? ernor Stornburg, having on board niombors <>f San Frnnclsco Rellef Committee, undor orderB frnm Colonol [toynolds; commmulor nf tho Twenty-second Infantry, to commanders of nll avnllablo tugs along thc water from to go t-> tho rescue ,of ai loa-..t ten thouaand men, women and chlldroii congrogated in tho nolglihorhoo'd of Molggs Wharf, who arn incnai-cfl by tho march of flamoe toward Tolograpli and Rugalan Hills and Hn- valloy botweon, Around Molgi Wharf thoro aro s'-wrul htige oll tank.-, Boiiio of thom contalnlng al i . i",.-100 galloni lf the flames reaob. those tanka foarfnl "-.; I h i will r iuH "When the Clovernor Stbriiburg lofl M.-i -., Wharf (he v thnl portlon of N'onb Beach soemed doom?d, Tho peopl Ing lo ih'- wbarvf-s and crowding into fill avnllable crafl." oll -!_, Grand Opera Stars Fled Madly To Save Lives; Losses Very ITeavy 0!y Attsor-iau-d l-r.-t-. .. -Iroyoil ti.e QiUml pn'o'r'n' Uou*b, Whore oAKi'ANi). CAi... Aprll 20 Thi iiiem *-? --i ??-.,.? -n hftd iu st ,jjp_ ,, . . .,. ,; her* of tho Metropolltan Opera t omj ???:?. I . ?.-. i ih .. , .. ... of N<.v.' yorH, all of, whom sulfc-red from ??" ''7:'i,,";i n-Arly"all of l . i. ? ,:, tho grenl dl-nstor, nre (eavinij to-d y for ^"?j"J{ ',;l",'-': ,w,f; ? '"'"".'" ' thu IC'itat- -A nunu.vi ... principal-, ln- ., , , . cluduiu Madi.i'.v j* [nl rlch, Caruso; Cum- ? ( punarl, pippel, ' '"-' - ' '? ?'? '? : ,, , .. , .. _. , , ' . HLta, utarttrd to-.i.-.. on Ihe Bouthtl paelflo overlapil ''? '? '" ?? ." ' . , of the coi.ni.ui.y, ln - '- ' ':'- #Xp(?rWn? ..'? Qt i.'IUSiCKi-'-.:;.. muslclatib. will travel l.;. u *n lll viu N-W Orh-aiiu. Wlth :.- - . Hcottl, Mi'--' WWkei __ Foi' I: ::.?..:,,:?. Pliiticoti, H-l._. 1'" "? '?' i ' Mclt-i-r and Cpfldm.to* l-'run"_o. HOR-iFOi-tl-'O ACID PHOir-ii.-, vu All of tho gpletidld ecen-ry, Btag, ..i; t-fCo ilvt remedy foi ohatlnat'. ln fiitln-fd, <*b*nun?_- t?n<J inu-jj-al Instru- dlb'o?tJon, norvoua dy-pepiilii, head,uch* niL-nu wero J--|. ''i thc flre whlch th.:-, ..nd d-i.|...:;;l.ju. "EDerry's for 'Jlothes.' Wk We uro at the foat just now and wo expect to make a home runwlth our new line of the best and freshest sprlng things over soon in thls city. Our store is the grand stand ?horo you can see everythlng, and you'ro invited to try on everythlng. If you decide to buy, all right. If you don't buy you wlll re ceivo tho samo courteous treat? ment. Try us. BASE-BALL UN1FORMS. We make a speclalty of Base? ball Sults, designed and fash ioned aftor your own ideas. In faet we supply every sort of uniform or livery at the shortest notice. have hoon livlng wlth frlonds or eamp Ing out in tho parks and on the hlll slilos of San Francisco. Somo ivoro quarterc'd at tho Chutes. . . AVhen they. wero seen by nn Associnted rress reprcsentntlvo ln tholr speclal car. to-day, Iho oporntle stara gavo an in torcsting account of thelr cxperlences. On the mornlng of tha earthquako tho rnembers of tiio company wero dlatrl lliuted among tho dlfferent hotels, most of thorn belng nt tho 1'alaco, St. Francis and tho Oaks. Caruse,' Scottl, Mlss Walker, Miss Abbott, Mlss Jaooby; nnd other prlnclpals were at the ' Palaco. Plancbh and Dlppol and Mh.0. Sembi-ich wero nt the St. Francis nnd tho iiiusl clans and the chorus at'the Qnka. Mme. flla.it, The nrst lminilfo of ln.ny was Lo rtisii for their tralna whloh, hov.tvcr, happetiod to IK) a.-1-o.-is t.hn tanj'. ttoKsl, ft favorlto basso, though n.luios. In tears, tvna hoard trylng lils voloo a: a i.orh__ noar tho Falnco Tlotel. arodimlly. ciilin ?was rcstnred and taking n (.__oh fm.-ii thu cbolnoss of tho (..illfornl'iiui, iho nr tlst. bogan lo regnrd thelr .'llght us l._>s serlous than It mlght h_ ??'" h._n. Ntm-.y nll Hiiffrred moro or l.ns ftini tho niddon out Ing off ot Uio foeil tt_P i'ly. A rusli wns iiuide tOV Iho nenicst Ri'ocory Btoros and IniKl.ots woro uuieltly flllod wlth provlsloiis nnd what wlno 'could bo socured beforo tho closing of tho llquor oslaMlshnicnts. Tho noxt day many woro reduceil to a clh.t oC hroad, chocolate and snrdlnos. Mr. Cninpanarl, tho borlloiio roscmbloil un onilgrant when ho iKiarded tho ovor liilid train. lio cairlod hls Ult t.loil 111 a gny ooloroil blrmkot on lils shotildor, but was ln good -iilrlls. "II ls such n change," was nll ho sald. Another ono ot the party woro the flnwlng garb of an Arab chlef ,-lttd all were more or lnss ph.turo.tiii--ly costumed. lt wns at thin porlod that n i-harinliHt contnilto had beon eompelled to don somo very necessary nrtlclcri of attlro whlch hnd orlglnallj- l._en dealgnod for a gentleniiin. MISFORTUNE MAKES ALL AKIN; MEN ONCE RICH NOV/ PENNILESS (By Assoelated Press.) SAN FBANCISCO, April i-O.-Ncxt to vlewing tho many stiunro mlles of rulnu that onco mado San Francieco a elty, no better roallzatlon of tho rulii thnt hns como to thls plnco can bo galncd than- by ;visitlng the refugeo eanips lo catcd ln ;the districts whlch were un touuhed' by tho flames, Oolden Gula Park was* tho Mecca of tho dcstltule. Thls lmtiioiif.o playground of the munl clpallty has .'been converted into a vast imishroom o'lty that bears sti'lkl.ng fo f.mblnnco to the fleetlnff towns located on tho border of a government resorva tlon about to he opened lo public sot tlement. Once Wealthy, Now Paupers. Tho CQtnmon destltution and suffcilng havo wiped but all soclal, flnanolal aud roclal disUncllons. Thu man Wlio last Tuesday, wn-f.a prosperotia morchant is occuplng wlth hls family a llttlo plot of ground that' adjoins tho open alr homo of a laborer. Tho whlto man of Call fr.riila has forgotten hls nntlpathy to tho Aslatlc raco, and ls mnlntiilnlng frlentlly relations' wlth hls now Chlneso and Japancso helghl-ors. The soololy bello who, Tuesday night was a butterly of fashloh at" tho grand opera porformnneo, was asslsting, some foclory. .glrl 1" tlie preparatlon of humlile dnlly meals, Thls afternoon" nioney hnd little value. Tho family who liad had foreslght to lay ln tho largest Btock of food stuffs on tho first day of tlie dlsnster ls rated hlgliest ln tho scalo of wealth. A fow of the famllles who could secure wllllng oxpressmon nre possessors of cooking stovos, but over !).. per cent. of tho refugoos are dolng thelr cooking on llttlo camp-flres made of bric.l_.or Rtomv Kltchon utenslls thnt last week would havo been regardeil with' contempt are to-ilay nrticlos of high value. Slept on a Grave. Many of tho hbmelens pooplo aro ln possesslon of comfortahle clothlng and bed coverlng, but the great bulk of them are'ln need. ,Th0 grass ls thelr bed and tholr dally clothlng tholr only protec? tlon agalnst the penetratlng fog of tbo oconn or tbo chllllng dow of the morn? lng. l-resh meat dlsappeared WednoS-lay mornlng and' canned footls and hread stuffs are tho only victualH tn .ovldeneo. Not nlone aro the j.arl-H tho places of refuge. Every l.nrgc vnennt. lot in the STREET SCENE IN THE HEART OF BERKLEY. J.amos, Mlss Fremslad nnd sovoral others wero al prlvato boitls or resl dences, The sudden shock brought all out of thelr bed-rooms ln all klnds of attire. The women were ih thelr night dressos; tha men in pajamas, none paus ing to di't'i-.s, all convlncod that their last hour had come. Ten mlnutes later, Cnruso was seon soated on hls vnliso in ihe mitldle of the street. Mnny of the others had rushed to open squares or other places of sup pb'sed srifety. Even then It wns dlill oult io avoltl tho rtebrls fnlllng from tho eriitnbllng walls. Was Motley Gathcring. Several tif those Btopplng nt tho Oaks woro awakeneil b.v plaster from tho ceillngs falllng ou tlielr bed and hnd barely time lo lleo for tholr llves. Ono slnl !? was soon staridlng In Uio slreot, barofoot and clnd only in his llilder wear, but cliitehlng a favorl'..! vioi'n which he hnd carrled wlth hlm in hls safo zones iias been pre-empted and evon the cemoterles are crowd.d. A well known young lady of soelal po? sltlon, when asked to-dny where she hnd spent the night, repliod: "On a grnre," Cannot Deliver Messages. The delivery of telegrnphic' messages from outslde points to people ln Snu Francisco ls nn Imposslbillty. Tlie mes senger servlce of bolh the blg telegraph companlos no longer exlsts. Even had the compnnies nn army of moEsengers tliey would he of llttlo valuo for tho reasdnfl thnt the penplo are sottored far nnd iwldo ii.Md tliut a journpy .from the Ferry bulldlng to tbo western addi? tion or to tho rei'ugeo oampa consiinies many hours. Most of the automobiles have' been Improssed Into tho uorvlcc ot the poliee or mllltary authorlty nnd these have but ono elrcultous route from the one telegraph statlon at the wnter front to municipal headciuartei.j and the unswept weslurn portlons. This Is by way of the northorly wnlor front line. Nearly every other street has been made InipasHablo .jy tho fall of porlloils ot bulltllngs. Tho only wlro runnlng out ot Snn F..incl.-oo--!.hnt of tiio Postal?was acel dentnlly cut thls mornlng by a work? rnnn on tho cablo wharf and for hours tho clty wub agaln cut off from outsldo ipolnls, , Problem of Feeding Multitude. Tho problem to-nlght. eoiifronllng the clty government and Foderul autliorltlos Ih how to food tho niultltude. Of dostltuto. Hilpplles aro comlng by Iho traln-load, but ns yet tlho syBtem of dlntrlhtltlon ls nnt ln complele worklng order. At tho Presidio MIlKnry Reservatlon, whero prolmblv flfty thousand persona aro cumped, nfr.alrs nro eonduetetl wlth nillltnrv pre.elsion. Water ls plcntlful nnd ratlons aro dea.lt out all day long. The refugees stand pn.tlently In llno and there Is not a n.urmur. Tlils cliaracter istlc Is obserV-ibte nll over tho elty. Ihe peoplo are bravo and patlent nnd tho wnnderful order proserved by them hns boen of great n.slstii.nt.e. Tn Oolden Oato Park nre encam'ped 200,000 persons. A huge supply statlon has bqcn ostab llslicd there and provisions aro dealt ' JIany thousands aro camped in ?:?.fjj1t lota nnd stpiares, scatterod about tho elty, and llhese aro the unfortiiriaics that nre hard to reach. -~??,,? Slx hundred men from the Ocean Shoro Itallway arrlved to-nlght witli wa-rons uiul linplements to work on tlie sewer system. Inspcctors aro going from hoiise to house. oxn.nlnlng eliltii neys und issuing permlts to- buld 1 es The oi.ly building standlng between Mls.ion, Howard,. Fast <"^S^war dtreetH Ib the San Pablo Hotel, wnlCll. is QcieufJl-d n_ri_ runnlng. ,. ? ? The shot tower ut First and Howard slrnets ls gone. Thls lundniark was bulll forty years ago. The iltatoife Works Is partlv de.-troyvl. Ihe Gre.it We U_-n ' BmeUIng an.l Uellnlng Works oscapod damage. also the Mutual Elec trio Llght Work.-, tho American ?-??" be- Company, the Vlsta GasEngUio Company nnd Folger I.rothers' coffeo and splce house._ MANY KILLED AND ;iiURT: PRiSON SAFE (By Assoelated Press.) SAN JOSE, C___-.. Aprll .O.-Xlnetoen porsons were killed in San Joso by tbe eiirthquake ot Wcdnesday and tho entlre bualncsa quarter was wrecked. Tho damage Is &,Vj0,OQ6, One hundred and ten porsons wore kllled and sevent.v wero ..Injured,; mpstly pntl'orit's at Asne;W_p -n.ane -. Asylum. near San J6t50_. Tho asylum was nilned. lpany of mllitla ls in chargo of damage. Tlie .-_.i._,...... -,.-? Wrirl-t.. nchrly a mile lf'*"-T ?? Provisions Running Short. Hundreds uf pi ople aro streamins into Santo Cl'arn county from San Francisco. Stricteat nnirl.-.l law is in force ln San .in... M'lvor Worsick has asked Governor Pardeo for more soldlers to malntaln ordo- .. vigllnnco commltteo has beon on,ln';.,.,l ,,ni| piaenrdfl havo lieen posted throiighbut tho eltv saylng that any per son found stoaling or comtnlttlng any lawloss nol or on not of vlolenco wlu |>o sum'mai.ly'oxecUtert. No ono Is allowed in llie Btreets after dark. Tho Moreland Academy, * Cathollc In? stltutlon nt WatBonvllle, was ilamaged, I,nt no llves were lost. San.rt Cinra Qnllogo and Notro Dame Conv-iU were not damagotl. Provisions nro runnlng short In San JVi-o and rosideritis nre ,c_ic!ted ov'er Itni'ies that thoit_.aj..ls of half-slarvetl porsons are comlng from Ran Francisco. MUCH ANXIETY FELT FOR FRIENDS THERE Dr. Ross Hears From Brother. No Word From Mr. Carrington and Some Others. Dr, Oeorge Ross, of thls clty, has re? celved a telegram from his brother, Judge Erslllrie Mnyo Uoss. wlio hns boen pro sldlng judge at a'.' term of the United Sintos Circuit Court in San FranolBCO. Golden Gafe Park, Mecca of Homeless >M*im__Ni YoTrr-**1**'-'""^ k-___.**?*?iNr^^-r^?__-._-?-^ .?-*??--?_?? i i ,im?n ?tmmw.mmmm.;ttmasitm***^'**m'''itu?k*^^m*vm*'^m','m."**?" SCSNES IN GOLDEN GATE VAKK. ^ UUNTINGTON f-ALL.S ANU STOW LAKE. THE OD.t-HVATORY ON STRAWl.EI.RY HILL. THE COMSERVATORY. aHEP" J Are Royal Shoes Made in tlie prcctominaiit styles .or* 190G, they rcprcscnt the shoe vof-tic. Matle as only kingly shoes are made. they posscss that honcsty of matcrial nnd construction which cxhihits itself in longcst wear, uttnost foot comfort, and cxtrcme richncss in appcarancc. Come in all lcathers, styles and sizes. If dcalcr doesn't carry King Quality send for priced catalogiic. ARNOLD SHOE CO., No. Ablnjton, /Mas8. For Sale By POWELL BROS., 1641 Enst Maln Street, RICHMOND, VA. In tho telegram tho Judgo stated that ho hud' nniBhed hls work and loft the elty beforo tho calamity cnmo upon It. He ls now ln T_oa Angeles, Ilobort S. Ross, son of Judgo Poss, poot and llterateiir, hnd hcadquarters at the Palaco "Hotel ln San Francisco, whleh wnn complotely domollBhed. Dr. Goorgo'"W. Carrlngton has-heard nothlng iu. yot from hls Bon, Oeorgo, who Ib In Californla. Hls headquartors are In San FmjioIboo. Colonel O. Peroy Hawes, of* thls clty, has had no news from hls son, G. Perey Hn.veH, Jr., who Is Btatloned at Fort Pakor, Just across tho hay from tho clty of Srin Frnnclseo. Dr. O. E. Fout, of No, 2ot Eaat Frnnk lin Street, recelved a telegram from hls fnther, who, wlth hls slstor, woro In the city at tho tlmo of tho earthquake. They wero not Injured. Mr. J. A. Wheat, a former newspnper man of thls clty, ls In California. but hn.s not been honrd froin by hls friend."!, Bought Virginia Home. Mr. W. A'. Jaeobs. wlio recently pur? chased t.lie Dover place, on Jnmes rlver, tw?nty mllea above Plchmond, Is In San FranelBoo, or , was at tho tlmo of tho eartliqliake. Mrs. Jncobs and hor young est son aro at Dover. and, not having heard from Mr. Jaeobs slnce tho groat dlsester, they aro naturally vnry uneasy about hlm. However, they appreclato tho faet that the crowdetl condition of the fow telegraph wlres tliat aro left make It almost impossiblo to get a roply to a prlvnto telegram In nnythlng llke a -X-asonablo time. Mr. Jaeoba. who hns inrgo buslhess Interests In Californla, niostly In the city of San Francisco, bousht Dover place less than a year ago, paylng $36,000 for It. Slnce then hc has been buslly en? gaged In improving the place, spendlng somethlng llko &-U,OC_ on lt and niaklng ho pald promplly on adjtiatmont nnd 'wlthout dlmlnutlon of UnltCtl Stntes as sets. I.IVERPOOI, AND LONDON AND OLOBE INBI'ItANCl. CO. EASTER SERVICE. Mrs. Gill's Boys Will Have De? llghtful Exercises. Mrs. J It. Olll, Hiipnrlntenilont of tho PJIchniorid Male Orphnn A/tylum, 'an ncuncos that the Kuster H6rvlce? ot tho fisylum will tnko plnco :it f> o'clock to nrorrow nfternoon. All Blchmond peoplo nro cordlally Invltetl to attentl, They fthotild tnko thc Rlvervlew Street cnr ut 4:80 o'clnok Iti order to get there In thne. Tho Bcrvlces will conslst ot speclnlly nx rangod mu-lo nnd addromiesi nnd n Inrgo nttondnnoo ls expnetod. Mr?. Olll Is belng warmly congrntulatnri on hor oxcurslon to AA'nHhlnjrtoti, whlch van u groat Hucccaa In cvory wny. Ovor 60o r.or.?ons tnok thn trlp tuid IS couplOH wont un tn ho mnrrlod: thlrty olght honrtfi thnt dopnrtod fdngle frorn Richmond, roturnod bedtlng- likc nlneteen. Mrs. Olll gavo hor onpootnl nttentlon to> ladies who wont up unesrortod. CHICAGO MAY HAVE QUAKE, SAYS SAVANT. CIIICAOO, Aprll 20.?There nro BOtno Bll-jht tndlcatlons that Chicago mny ex? perlence nn oarth,inake wlthln n few yenrn, nemrdlng to Profojotor J. Pnul Ooodo. of the University of Chlcngo geol ogy facuity. Tho prosenon of cortaln spoelos of rock In thp onrth instlde or near tho clty Ilmltfl, 1 ho bellcves. Lt an Indlcntlon of a con- f dltlon that mlght rc-tiltln tho dlarnantllngM of n portlon of tho clty. ] "An carthquako Is as slmnlo ns tho)(f breaklng of a tlmber," says Professor -jj TENT CITY NEAR SAN FRANCISCO! :V.-,._-?- , :. v :' .:a.!_JVi-.-S_' It, perhaps, the hai-dRomest country plnco In Vlrglnla. Throo weeks ago Mr. Jaeobs left Dover for Sun Francisco for the purpose of windlng up hls buslness in thnt city. leavlng Mrs, Jacob3 and thelr son at Dover. Whon lnst heartl from he was stopplng with another son resldlng in tho fashionublo part of the clty, a sec? tlon In whlch, aecording to tlie press dlspatches, tho' horrors of tho earth tpiake and the flames that followed wero searcely felt, Up to a lato hour .yesterday Mrs. Jaeobs had beon uhableto get a reply to the numerous telegnuns sho had sent from Sabot to her husband. Transmit Messages Free, Tho Western Union Telegraph Company wlll trunsu.lt freo domostl. messages re lallng to the relief of sufferers at San Frnnclseo, whon offered by duly consti tuted relief orgnni_-ntlon_ or public olt'l cer'a In thelr offlcial capnclty. When sen'l to San Frnnclseo, such messages will be subject only to such delny aa the con? ditions at that place necessarily imposo, \ telegram received yesterday from Mr George I,. Chnse, presldent of the Hartford Flre Insurance Company, to Mr. George C. Jefferson, Vlrglnla State agent. san-s ihat tho compnny W-ll pny up prouipllv and In full nll loases In San Francisco. Tho compnny pald .1,200,00(1 In Pultlmoro antl $8,000,000 ln Chlcngo. Mr Wllllamson Talley has reeolvcd tho followlng telegram from tho New York office of tbe North Britlsh nnd Merenn lilo Insuronco Company, of Dondon nnd Kdlnburgh: ?.?.', . "Now York, Aprll 20. "Havo no word as yet from our San Francisco offlco nbout great tllsaster. Our Lbridbh oil'lce cnbles tlie followlng ln structlons: 'Draw on I.ondon in pay. inont of recogrtlze'd clalms. Subscrlbe $..,000 for siifl'ei-ers.' "O." 1.. RICHARDS. Manager." Apponded ls 'another lologram, whlch shows Uio excellent tempor of the under Now Yorlf Aprll 20, 1900. Davenport & CO., 1113 F/ist Main Street, Rlohmond, Va.: Coinpuny's losses Ran Fra>'!seo wlll r Lumbago,Sciatica Plcurisu,SorGThroa1 Prioe 25^50^-^l.OOte^ A!) Drug&ste jftt^. |>r,EarI3.S Boston Mas Ooode. "I hollovo that tho sent of the dle turbance at San Francisco was ahout Hovon mlles bclow tho surface of tho oarth, It was qulte probably a sllpplng of the crust of tho earth. Gonerally ono block of ihe crust sllps up whllo the other sllps down. The focus of (he dlsturb unce mny he noted by the dlrectlon of tho crneks In the wrocked bulldlngs. "Tho Slerrn MaTlre mountalns nre young nnd aro growlng Blowly, nnd no doubt their growlng was tlio cause of tho earthquake." SCIENTISTS HAD. LONG EXPECTED DISASTER. f.Spoclnl to Tho Tlmos-Dlspatch.) MADISON, W1S,, Aprll 20.?President Charles lt. A'an Hlse, of thc University of AVIseonsin, ono of Iho best known geologlstu In the country. formerly of the Unlted States Goologlcnl Rurvey, says u dlsaster nt Bnn Francisco huu long been expected by oelentlsts. Sclentlsts hnve known for many yeara thnt San Francisco Is dtingerously lo cated nnd would probably sooner or Intor be subjoctod lo severe shocks," ho sald. "The fear has been ropentedly expressed that San Francisco would 1/a the flrst to show tho effect of an enrthquako upon steel structures, for lt _hns been well un? derstood tliut Snn Francisco hns tho most ilnngoroiiB location wlth referenco to enrtliquak.s of nny large clty ln the Unlted States." An Easter Celebration. The- Tfistor celebration of tho Flrst Bnrrllsh Lutheran Sundny school will be hold to-morrow afternoon nt 3:30 o'clock. Oood niuaic, recltntlons nnd Interesting ntidroBS by tho pastor of Barton Iloluhts "AI. K. Churoh, Pigeon Stops at the Jefferson. \ carrier plsf-on; No. 1)3, flow Into a window in room No, 68- ut tlie Jottorson Hotel last nlght. Ho will be turned looso th.is mornlng. so that he enn go homo, Miss Jiinie Follows recently vlslted In Newport News. Dr, S. P. IIIte, of Staunton, Is under going treatment ut Dr. Hodgo's Stinlta rluni. Mlsses A'ivlan Uoisseau, Ira Compton nnd Dlz-lo Klzor, of Fnrnivllle State Norninl, spent Knstor In Richmond. Mrs. J. O, Nenle spent Easter wlth her parents In West Polnt, Rev. .1. J. Haloy, pnstor of Sov-nth Street Chrlstlnn Ohui-c-h, will conduct tho sorvlces tomorrow at 11 A. M.. hls suh Jee-t belng "The pluro of Oalamlty In tho Uiilvurse." A"! nlght an niustmtecl lecture, entltleil "The Slgn of thu Cross, ' will he glven under tlie nusplces nf tho Central A*. M. C, A. Hon. John AV. Falr. bunk,, of Hoston, MfWiS., will ho tlie spep.kor. Mrs. Wttlter Stllson Hutchlns. of Wash? lngton, I). (.;., ls tho guest of Mrs. J. D, Null, uf Ilarrlson'Street. The llrst Japanese Congrogatlonal church In Amerlca was organizod ln San Francisco recently, largoly througii tho etTorib of tho Rev. Mr, Koznkl. Mucli ia expected from thls ploneer congregution Iu advanclng Christian work among tho Japaneso on our Puciilc cpost,