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PALE
VOL IV NO 240
Our Special vSale
Is still going on and we are certainly celling
the goods cheap as the ciowds who are attend
ing our Sale will testify
Mens 175 Pants at 135
Mens 100 and 150 Shirts at G9c
Shoes at 25c 47c and S9c
Childrens IIote worth 10c 15c and
Pretty line of Ladies White Waists Little
Boys Wash Suits Gilt Belts and
Handkerchiefs
Langston Durham
New Val Laces
Rents and
Real Estate
SBO0
A Fniltlsss Search
Through the newspapers for
houses to let Is discouraging
bat dont give up hope If you
must movo this Spring an early
viBlt to the ofllco of P H
Hughes real estate agent is euro
to give gratifying res < lt8 and
the chances are that we have
onourlists just tho houso you
require
P H HUGHES
Flro
Insurance
A Nest Worth Having
On Eabtcr morning is that
which contains ull the latest
novelties in Gents Furnish
ing G od which your wife
has purchased as a surprise
forjou at The Haberdasher
where she knows your ta tc
always leads you to select
your furnishings They have
in stock everything in this
line that your fancy could
suggest and the ties scarfs
gloves shiits collars etc
aieof the very newest style
and patterns
Always glad to have you call on
The Haberdasher
Wm Branagan Co
native
Unfermented CrapvJulceforCommun
ion Purposes and SlclC Chamber
Old Port Wln 3 years old l 0 iwr gal Sherry Wine 3
years old SI X0 per eal jood Table Claret SI 10 per pal
Fine Old Ulackbei ry Wine Ixitt In the market Tliuoe luea
have taken flrxt premiums In Dallas Houston and ban An
tonio for man > eai and are guaranteed to Ire pure In ey
erj n iHct Juk t > unil and ulnen delivered to any part of
tlie city free of cliarre
W B WRIGHT
112 D woy Street
PALESTINE TEXAS
Bring Your Money to Our Bank
If you want courteouH treatment satifac
fnctor > husiuetilike dealing and thero
turiisou have a right to ozject Our
bUHinPHH in ronduclrd on a xticily ennsor
ative hanix find you will matto no inlstako
in making our bank your depository
This bank in a quarter of a century old
ROBINSON BROS BANK
UNINCORPORATED ESTABLISHED 1881
tonfi riHftMAaMbaifiiMir nt 1 11
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Special to tne HeranE
Washington D C April 19 A
Western Union bulletin says The
Western Union and Southern Pacific
buildings in San Francisco are totally
destroyed The Are is burning in a
diagonal line up the hill commencing
at McAIcster street and ending at
Battery street and on Mission street
as far out as Sixteenth street There
Is no water in this area and the wind
is rising The military authorities
have forbidden from
any one entering
the city The situation is unim
proved
Thousands are now lined up awaiW
ing the distribution of food by the
troops
Fires Rage Throughout
Special to the Herald
Oakland Cal April 19 0 a mi
The fire In San Francisco has spread
to the residence district It is raging
unchecked this morning The entire
city seems doomed to destruction j
The people have nothing to eat
ccpt such as can be obtained in tlTe
outlying districts
Not a single wire remains out voj
San Francisco direct to the continqntT
The United States Mint is not
ablaze
COLLAPSED DM
AND MANY INJURED BURNED TOT
DEATH THE NURSES FLEDJ
TO SAVE THEIR LIVES
Special to the Herald
Oakland Cal April 19 Manjg
the injured at Mechanics Pavilion1
which had been made Into a tcinmgj
rary mctrgue were burned to death
by thecollapse of the pavilion More
than one hundred were burned td
death The nurses were forced toj
flee from the injured and save their
own lives
CANNOT ENTER CITY
Martial Law Keeps Any One Frorcf
Jt
SOLDIERS SHOOT GHOULS
Firemen Worn Out and Have Virtual
ly Given Up Fight With Flames
Special to tlie Herald i
Oakland 910 am The fire on
the northwest side or Market strcet
is spreading south and west against
tho wind into the relsdence district
Tho town is already a mass of ruins
and may he wiped off the map entire
ly Worn out firemen and oliinteors
no longer make serious efforts to stop
the flames realizing that the efforts
are futile
Hopkins Art Institute and the Stan
ford residence are destroyed
Half of the town camped out ovc
night by necessity All the paiks ar
open lots and the snndy beach aloi
the ocean are filled with refugees
The soldiers
down ghouls
RESIDENCE DISTRICT IS SWE
Fire Beyond Control More Pd
Killed by Fire Than Earthqual
continue to shoot
Special to the Herald
Oakland Cal April 19 The Snn
Francisco fires have assumed such
proportions that djnamite gun cot
ton and even field guns cannot stop
mmmmmijmm
City Again Today and
Every Hour
RA The flames are now rushing
JKh the finest residence district
j city and the fires all over the
ire still spreading
panic among the people Is also
Jncreaslng but owing to the
gled condition of the transporta
jines but few people can get
fat one time
numbers of persons killed by
walls as a result of the earth
f ihave been doubled in the num
killed by fire
ENTIRE BUSINESS SECTION
Half of Residence Section Was
frned at Eleven This Morning
gal to the Herald
w York April 19 At 11 a m
Jostal Telegraph Company re
the following dispatch from
gancisco by way of Oakland
res are still raging and the en
Jty Is doomed No water is to
id except along the bay and
and dynamite is still being
o check the flames but without
The powder supply Is ex
isted even that in the government
jrsjjnal Is all gone The fire cannot
jhecked and must burn itself out
building In the business section
half of the residence section is
troyed Not a large building
Bn the city
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
an Jose Mas Been Destroy
is
fal to the Herald
Jkland April 19 Fire at 8 a m
swept over Knob Hill the very center
Jjtfthe finest residence section The
ifiresis still beyond all control In
iSanta Rosa not a single building es
jped destruction or damage The
Jpsjrof life there Is now estimated at
flveihundred
1 but two of the Stanford Untver
bulldings are reported gone
ery business block in San Jose
jsTdestroyed Martial law has been
tleclared there
Santa Cruz Monterey and Hollister
IMfred heavily
MINT NOT DESTROYED
When Supt Leach Wired Washington
Last Night
jigclal to tho Herald
Aashlngton D C April 19 Su
ntendent Leach of the govern
minnt at San Francisco In a tel
fhtni sent last night at 9 oclock
the building with three hundred
nd nine million dollars is saved
report says the mint Is the only
Mldlng In blocks around left stand
ing Building was slightly damaged
w the earthquake The treasury of
ficials here are not convinced that
tlie mint has not been destroyed since
the Inst report
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GENERAL FUNSTONS
Report to the Military Secretary on
the San Francisco Disaster
Special to the Herald
Washington D C April 19 The
following official telegram was re
ceived from General Funston this
morning
San Francisco To the Military
Secretary Washington Your dis
patches received I have already
Continued on jwge l
During This Weeks Special ale =
PALESTINE TEXAS THURSDAYS AFTERNOON APRIL 19 1906
IMMIMi Mn
The abdve statement is correct
RAL
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15 CTS A WEEK
THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THIS PART F TEXAS TAKING PRESS DISPATCHES
MmnWMMMUMMWWIMIf
New
We are showing ill the late3tshapes in
Men s Hats for the Spring and Sum
mer We have every conceivable color
and at prices that will be pleasing to
the purchaser
For Boys and Children
We have a full line of various stjles in
Felt and Straw Hats Caps and Sailors
W B Flanagan
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Jno R Hearne Presidont
THE
Tucker Royall Cashier
Royall National Barak
PALESTINE TEXAS
Statement at the close of business April 6th 1906
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts S268937DO
U8 Bonds and Premiums 262SO0O
Banking House and Fixtures 2000000
Redemption Fund with U 8
Treasurer 125000
Ctsn 108M2CO
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock
Surplus and Proflts
Circulation
Deposits
Tucker RoyaiX Cashier
100000 00
2351288
2500000
26943711
Staple and Novelty Hats
We are showing a complete Line of Staple and Novelty
Hats both in Felts and Straw Goods
M WM H
STRAW HATS
In Straw goods we show
a wide range of Styles
and sizes both in Pana
mas Yatuhs and Staples
FELT HATS
We carry in Felt Goods
only the Stetson Stock
which is a guarantee of
quality and our styles
are absolutely right
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We cordially invite your inspection of our line of Plats
rKKSIKCTFULLY =
Doyle BrotlierSa
Our MottoOne Prlco to All and Strictly Cash
Headquarters all year round for ICE CKEAM and ICES
BOOTH
Ttlaphona No
Dont IVliss the Opportunity of Getting 2 Big Bargains
BROTHERS
70 ZTta Leading Confactlontri
UAUNo After Dinner Mint
Another big lot of Shades just received 6 7 and 8 feet long at 25c 35c and 50c
The Store That Saves Vou Money fi HORWITiS The Store That Saves You Honey
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