rcsu hero showed out! a VI. .1 ~_
than about 8: so oclock his morning
that tho it passed off the rec-cribs: , ;
sheet. '1‘ o instrument at 12 o‘clock
was stlll under vibration. showing that ,3
the earthquake has not ceased ’
, CHICAGO April i8.—~Tbo telegraph
., companion here are entirely without
I wlrnn to Sun Franolso. Tho Cacra-
tmanta oilicc of the Western Union' re.
ports a very heavy earthnuaks wast. ,
Los Angles reports huvlnz lost all . 1
wires at'bziii a. tit.
KANSAS CITY. April l.8.-At 8:35
this morning the Postal 'l‘elogrnph
Company here stated that the only in-
formation Obtalnable from the West
that their operators at Sun Francisco
had left their building in that city and
reported that many buildings wore
collapsing and many-fires brca‘dns
out with no water available to 115111
the flames. People were fleeing from
the affected districts.
At 9:16 a. 1a., the Postal 'Felograph
Company hereunceived the following
information front 1.011 Angeles:
it. is reported that one thousand
lives been lost I11 the earthquake at
San Francisco
Both the Postal and Western Un-
ion telegraph buildings in that, city
have been destroyed-
A disastrous fire is eating its way
up the south sldc. of Market street,
and at, last accounts was within three
blocks of the Palace Hotel.
Water main were bursting and theI
fire department was absolutely 11pr
less
Business has been entirely suspend-
cd. .
CHICAGO, April lS.—+~'l‘he Union Pa
ciflc Railway Conrpnnv report that all
of their wires have gone. down wcst
oi Ogdcu.‘ ’lhe a11-a filtered by the
earthquake. scams to have covered se-
veral hundred miles.
TROUBLE OVER BOARDING HOUSE
hrs on
street, throatsns to destroy tho snore
', block. Practically in satire water
host is on tips From as and Dupont
. streets tires can be soon raging in all
downtown districts. A brisk westerly
‘wlnd is coming up and the destruction
of the entire business district is. throat
other].
The Hall of Justice ls momentarily
expected. to fall. The City Hall is al-
most an entire wreck. The damage
hc're 1:31 estimated at half a million'
dollars. The Mechanics Pavilion has
been converted into an emergency hos-
pital The Grand Opera House has
been much damaged. At 9: 15 a 1n
the tire in the vicinity of the Palace
and Grand Hotels was rapidly ap~
proaching these buildings and from
prescnt indications they will fall a
prey to the flames within half an hour
The Examiner and (‘all buildings are
also threatened by the fire
'1 ho Santa Fe roundbouse and ma
chino straps at Point Richmond. across
tho bay have collapsed
The the Is coating down Market
street it is now less than one block
from the Postal Telegraph building,
No. 53 The Palace. and Grand Hotels
arc iri‘ great danger of fire.
The Postal Telegraph Company and
Commercial Cable Company will open
a temporary office at Oakland as soon
as 11 boat can be procured to carry the
operator's across the bay.
NEW YORK April lS.-~Thc Postal
Telegraph learnt-rd that the fire is cat.-
ting its way along Market street. The
watcr mains were burnt by the earth-
, New Model Fancy Tailored Eton Butts of Imported rename, noadclotbs' and honey Mixtures; Toasts-lined.
i 51" Costs; Newest Shape Skirts: price $10. 00 to 125.00 - . ( ,
I ‘ KI ”s , LADIIS’ sonmc JActho
Covart Cloth Jackets, half fitting, box shops and long, loose shots; Black Cheviot a
ta-;lined Eton Indicate in tine Broadcloth and Tnflcta Stilt all in the lowest shapes;
I
t
lightly damaged. although
very house has been more or M Settle Jackets, Mo
prices 87. so to $16. 00.
nfnslon which rotsns every.
6 almost. impossible to learn
ho Idlnastcr aroused by the
this morning. in general
’zsatn that the‘dtsorci tying
orbs}; and Howard streets
a bay as tar west; as the City
haboon badly wrecked The ho-
bo vicinity of Third and Mar-
is were badly shaken up, but
coma to have been no loss of
The earthquake. Occurred at an
an the department stoxcs ware
and no loss of life. is reported
hem.
her east on Market strect tow-
,ferry slips. to a section Oi cu
by cheap lodging houses and
Will. and here the loss of life is 1e
0 he very great though the ox
i could not be ascertained 111
I.
too oLovns. \, '3
All the award and most correct styles in Ladlea‘ Kid Gloves are horbtou your selection. We sell only the
best qualities, many of thcm are our own importation all the newest shorts. 3 well as white and black; mice:
$1.00 to 31 i9.
FOR GALE BY CHARM! E. DOW.
WANTS CHILDREN COMMITTED.
Angelo Santsnelll Find: it impossible
to Care for Them.
A hearing will be held In the Stam-
ford Probate Court on Saturday in re
sard to a petition to have two child
ren of Angelo Bantarolli of Granlt- .
vlllc, Norwulk. committod to the scum
ty homo. Soutanclli recently moved
here from Stamford. and the keep oi
the children is chargeable tothe town
of Stamford. The papers in the case
were. served today by Deputy Sheriff
John W Scullcy.
'l be case of Santnnclll is a pecularly
and one lie is a poor follow with
five children to take. care of. A short
time ago his wife sloped with his con
sin and has not. been located since. He
simply found It impossible to look at
tor all the little ones and will have
to have the help ol’ the county. The
children will probably be committed
by Judge of Prclmtc Taylor 3»
.1 LAblEa‘ NECKWEAR.
Plain and Embroidered Collars in white and colored embroidery; s16 ,
son’s hewost. and most. attractive styles are shown here.
CONGREGATIONAL BIRTHDAY
PARTY.
A very pleasing birthday social was
given last evening in the chapel of
the orwnlk Congregational Church The
church quartet sang several selections
and recitations were given by Miss
Mabel Kellogg. At the conclusion of
the program Ice cream and cake were
served Each person present gave a
cent for ‘ovory year of their age and '3
as a result more than 8100 Was clear
ed.
,;are burning in a number of
, long Market street and the
I} mains having burst the authorl
ave resdrtetl to dynamite to
the progress of the flames.
’ isomer grows. Fires are rag-
Il directions and people mov-
‘ of the downtown section. Thc
life may reach into the bun
Millions of dollars worth of
COL. ROBERTS IN TOWN.
Colonel F38, Roberts. formerly pro-
.‘m
party has been destroyed. ”Mk“ 3" ”H” ”1"” '3 “0 means at, Owners DId Not Wish to Carry Out prlotor 0! the Easi. uvenuo military __...... ‘“““ "
V , band for lighting the, conflagratlon. - . 3 FINCH—F’IELDE.
V . 99 {'1 3 3 . . 3 . F -
e aicncla Hotel, betw n thu The electric lighting plant of the city Contract With Sunny South 00. “11001. ‘3 “I “N“ today 0" some
and Eighteenth sheets 011 Va David Finch. of 53 Meadow strooi,
3 . . . tlmc Colonel Roberts has been located
has failed and as mains are disru 1t ““3”" ““5 ,troubio ”“9 morning . , . ‘ . ' l ' w Ii klowll ' ‘ .
"tr'fiaeti rartflvihstmtImtmiiubqim “1 The damage extends through the WM“ "“3 5““"3" sum“ Theatrical 1“ M“ m" “mi”... 33511:: Sgiimiugohfiieii; 1112113111211i yos- BO ,8 1189 a . d BUS
, opp ' u *‘ 8198' r" “g cutirc cit Company struck town. There arc ' . ' , .1 t y -. n . tar
' noble. only the top story remain , 3 AN INVITATION. torus) aftornoou at 2 0c. ock at be
many members in the troupe, and it
was rather dlfllcult to find uncorurnodo».
tions for them all.
‘I‘hc advance agent had made an
rangcuronts at. Wollyuug's Hotel in
Railroad avonuo and Mr. Wollyuug had
slant-d a contract to provide for thorn
while bore. He could not uccomtno
data thc entire. uumbdr, however. and
scat. the agent to Jacob Schaub’s
11011er. Jake also slgne'd the contract.
and all were happy, This morning.
trowcvcr. when the iroupc arrived it
was found that most of them were
colored persons and tho hotel‘kocpcrs
wore in a quuudry. Some amicnblc
scitlcmcut of the affair will be made
GRACE PARlSH MEETING.
Annual Election of Officers Held Last
Night.
'l‘hc annual meeting of Grace Church
parish was held last night at the
Tho, Postal Building was badly
wrecked and the operating room is In
capabltI of use
'I‘ he Western U ulon Telegraph office
Fresno says that it is the most
severe shock ever known. They have
no further dctalls. ‘ '
At about 9:40 the Postal Telegraph
Company had communication with
tlr‘oir San Francisco oiilcc. but, lost
tho connection again almost immedia-
ttIly.
in the liricf period that the wire was
Working the San Francisco (riflco re.-
por'tcd that a number of buildings had
collapsed and that the dead and injur»
on wcrc being taken from the ruins
.111 rapidly as possible At the limo this
'nrcssago canrc through the principle
dungcr was from the iircs. 11 number
ot’ which had started and were mak—
Iug great headway owing to the luck
of water.
At thc oti‘lces of the Si. Imu'lr-r & San
intact. A house on Fourteenth
not, was wrecked. killing two people.
Many of the fire houses are damaged
. badly that it is impossible to got
11 fire apparatus out. A lodging f"
(1 8830113 Seventh street. known as the
'Mgtliey, entirely collapsed. It. is on
and 75 to 80 people arc believed
in buried in the flaming ruins
. Twenty second and Mission.
.,Oéts, the dry goods house of Lip-
ma fl on fire. threatening the dostfiniut
11a of the entire blot l1
fr'Elghtee-nth and \alcmia streets
i’ ' is a. crevitc in the strect six foot.
said entire sidewalks art»I torn 11p.
‘ Til , street car tr'atks are badly twist-
ed. In the southern sec tion of the city
tiaflic is at a standstill -
Al, the Southern Pacific Hotel water
misbelng carried into the building for
the use of the patients. Many injured
persons arc making tin-i1 war In litt-
ii'ospital. The Episcopal (“bur-h
home of the bride. Miss Jessie Fields.
of New Canaan. The wedding was por~
for-mod by the Methodist minister of
Now Canaan.
We ask you to try a 25 cent bottle
of Crombio‘s Cough Core and wc will
pay back your money it it falls rooms.
A single dose looscns the hardest
cough. alloys inflammation and gives
restful sleep. F. ii. Baxter. "
m...” «a... .
AUSTIN AND CRAW FIRE AGAIN.
Just as the weekly fire alarm tcst
was being outdo at five minutes past
12 today an alarm was rung from box
85. Shrouiderlug ornbors in the ruins
of the Austin and thaw factory bud
bust intoa blaze. 'l‘lVo fire, was quick-
ly squelclrod with a single line of
hose
. Browns .bloomerpa‘nts,
very h dsome paternal,
worth $ , for $2.98.
PINE LEDGE WHIST CLUB.
'l‘ho Plnc lodge Wblst Club had a
meeting yesterday at the home of Mrs.
E. 0. Keclcr. The first prize was won
by Mrs. Francis Leonard. The next
meeting will ba 110:“ Tuesday at the
home of Mrs 13‘ John Lockwood.
To Our Fnends
and Patrons:
Very kind thanks to our, friends and
patrons for the grant amount of busi-
cnrtottrns 11 FERS
and ‘Three'quatte Length _
Coats, vent h some.
WILL NOTIFY RELATIVES.
Dcputy Sheriff John W. Sculloy had
11 talk with Thomas Walker this morn.
lng,’~aud will notify the relatives of
tho dead turn. N'I‘lts t'otunlns will pro.
bubly be taken 'to Newark for burial.
Eleventh street is badly damaged “3:: II‘rancisco Railroad in this city. 11 mos- church. Routiuo business was truu- A ““19”“ ”11th iiirls’ Friendly So~ nous we ltavc‘rcceivcd during Easter , .
at. the Studebaker carriage factory. on f3?“ Wm“ received “‘9'“ ”‘9 ”glmlmn‘y is sorted and thcsc officer's oloctod for duty of Trinity Church-will be hold on week. ' letUTeS and plav v. also
Tenth and Market. streets. the top uncut '“ New“ ”3"“! that t 9- osrth- ”10 ensuing, yucnt ‘ Thursday cvcninp. Mrs. Irving Smith Never before ‘3“? we been 50 bus“ I >
. “to” caved in badly wrecking the my quake shock was severely felt through- Senior “ut'tlorr—--A. L. Golding will give tlrc tricntbel's a singing '
3‘ the building. ‘ ‘ out Nevada and that all wires were ..'lunior Warden-~Rolu311 \‘an Burch. lesson. and have never before 30m such great
thrown down Wont of Reno.
At 11:05 thc \Vostorn l’nion rocclvcd
a report that a serious fire is burning
at iietkcloy. “bore the stair univcr
city is locotcd. ’l‘hc report camc from
Plnolu donation ten miles out of San
ll‘ 1.1ntlst o and tho nearest point to thc
‘lutter tity which the tompnnV hurl
.bcon able to reach up to tho time of
,illis dispatch. Bcrkclcy is lictwcun
s. from if
Vastrymcu~Joslal1 Kellogg. Edward
Bradley. Carl. A. Harstrom. Albert na-
Vls William E Montgomery Elliott
Gicgory, William 1". Bishop Levi War-
ncr and George B. Williams
P lct'k~t‘.oorgc E. Curtis.
'l‘rcnsurcr-wElliot1 K. Grcxory.
liclogutrs to tho dioccsou Convcn»
lion-«A. E. Golding and Robert Van
Burcn.
Alternatoswlmvi Warner and Carl
A. Harsironi.
OBITUARY RECORD.
covert cloth. all s
9230 to $7.00.
To has been raging in tho \i(illil,\
north and Stevcnson str'ccts antli
mtten beyond 11111110]. The flarncs
gleaned to tho Winchcstcr rooming:
, on ’lhiid stieot. Unless llu
V 96 can be checked here, tho P111111 (I
21118 \lock distant will 111' on i
,2
water supply is inadmuuto 11nd
”rig? in being used to (huh H” 'I’iuola and San Francisco.
The rooms in the Pulacc 1101.31 \\'l"l‘t‘l ”QS'I‘ON. Art” ”was soon as he
cited early in the morning “my ,lcar'nod of the disastcr' in San Francis-
' a“. gathering up their “.179,“ ('1) today. Mayor John F. l‘lizi‘ucruld
rt)! 01' vehitlos arpr,..1ngus..d m ol this c'lty. sent the following telo
out of the IIIIllKI‘l‘ zoutI (IV'tItV- mum
" of value “.llnn Eugene l3‘.
quantity of clothing.
And we therefore thank you again
for thc grout pntronago receivcd. We
hope to receive a continuation of same
William Hnndiey, who has been rcp-
rcscutativo of the United Hatters of
North Amoricnydtas resigned his post.
tion and started this morning for San
Francisco with tho intention of upon—
tug a hot sun-«,3 in hos Angelou-
NOTICE '
initial liwr Milli trig
and scrvc you with out best know-
ledge.
Sincerely yours.
Ihc fopyriqltt Clothing Co
0 North Main 3t. 811th Norwalk, Ct.
HARRY GOODWIN.
carbon ‘ MULL HATS
A. beautif rtment of very
fine hats Of lace, mull and
MRS. G. B. RAI‘KE'I"I'.
5mm"... Mum, sim mm (3.3111113 Rackott. “-11.3 of Grant
. . . B. Ruckott died last night. at the ,
on of life scours to have been i l‘l'flndb‘l" C.1ltt.. ' . 1 M a or u
. "Boston extends film." vmVath home of her daughter. hits. to. W Tho iubnbitnnts. lanai voters, of thc on g . $
73:11:31.1? “it-‘l:(i'?l‘l()li “Width“s 13:1: ‘ In the3 calamity that hill-l‘bgflfiifln] you); ”WWW-"I Rowayton, ““9“ ““3"““9 Town 0' N‘“ walk are hereby notified cmfion’ fr 0 0° to 60000
rears. ntnc 11101111111. Funeral private
at the hornc ol' Iter daughter. Thursday
aftornoon til 2 p. In. Besides Mrs.
Godfrey. two sons. (it'uut B and Moses,
survive.
and warned that a special torln m'cet
Ins will be held in the Town Hall.
Wall streot. Monday. April 23, 1908
at. 8 o‘clock in the evening for the
following purposes. towttz-u
.1. To my the annual town tax.
2. To make the annual appropria-
Can Wc help you?
“JOHN F Fl TZGERALD.
tot Eastern pooplo who 11111313,; ('Ili'
Visiting hero It is safe to any ,
they have not been injured. “Muimr nf Btlstou.‘
y few minutes explosions «111‘ Following tho sending of tho tole-
Ill buildings mo blown up to 11er to Mav'or Schmidt. Mayor Fitz
progress of 1m, human The Herald called 11 1111319111111 of buslncss
1m spreading and if n“. wind mcn tillu- hold at noon At this moot
*‘ F
sit; Our
doinplrdes lilotrd Remedy
flu tonic» Blood Purim:
and 'Sprlnn Ionic.
JOHN MULVEY.
John Mulvoy. an old and respected
on till Ban bruncimo will cxperl film; at which Governor (butts Guild. citizen of wooden. “It?“ suddenly tithing” ”l" “"mm" M the. public 1" In 011..
the neutral conflagratlon was also pincscnt It was voted that I't‘Hltll'Ilfly N3 M8 "WI” .3 , , ‘
m “mm, 0,, low. Mur'kct 3...... to 11.11.11 committoe of fifteen bn up FUNERAL or nus. sm'ru. d 3'm 31" ‘i‘ffa‘gf’ 2"” .“m‘f‘r‘a‘fi‘af” 509 and $1 .00 and Open a 8‘9 Account.- Easy
I. mam 11,0103“th "r the 1m “minted and 125.000 raised by subscrlp- 'l‘htI funeral of Mrs. Eliza Chinery m”? '1‘ a“? 9’ ‘0 accept g)“ t N t" 3
3 blocks 0, substantial buildings lion to aid San Francisco. Smith will bo held Thursday afternoon :‘k 11 ‘wiamavenucbdab f: N": 'A‘l‘ week?! a fits
' .y‘gm “gnaw l sac'namnn'ro Calif. April 18 m at 2:30. 1mm 1er Int» rculdcncc. 82 3" 311' i," M” “"ffi" 11 3111.31 °y y P y '
MK lire 1., raging on 11].. 111111131 IA MHVHI‘n ourilumuho shock occurred Cnthorluo strut-t. Norwnlk. - The 03‘. hunt‘lmto 3m: $52.02;.“ 1.32%. Ihe lenfuss ”army
11110ch and ppm “ll-(1.45, "m. 1111 111 an curly hour this morning. Rev. Wentiss Smith. rector of St. the railroad brings at South Osborn , . ‘ ,9
It tram the Associated I’i‘cas oIlIco Where Is stem confusion and It Is
widest rumors an to loss of 1m. lurpoustblc to lstun full oxtont of do
in; to the newmmnerg. but u 1,. 11111313. No loss of life I11 yct rcporl
thin to confirm them. No 1-.3 1M
Paula Church, will otilointn and inter-
ment will bu at Rivoraldc Cemetery.
avenue Into said sewcr. and to allow
the residents of Rowan sit-cot to con
duct with said rower.
8 North Main Strut. South Namath.
“Giant‘s in "dirt. "
m...
MIBGABEMGE OF JUSTICE.
Dated 111 Norwalk this 18111 day of ' 3 3 3 ‘
y 1, 11 rccolvrd otttuldc (,1 At til: it) o'tlotk this morning tho ---—-- , I . ,
fibttrbnl tho damage 31,0.” Postal Telegraph Company received President Roosevelt 80nd- Munpo on Mm" ‘906' Al FREDV “.130” WEST WASH: _N $7731» SOURH.:NORWALK~ ,
must bc idiot-.1111"... mph"... followlds loloxrnm: Trlsl of Beef Plotters. I AJMES A BROWN ‘ " ‘ " ‘ ’
I131: :11”:ng mivcridy M k tardiquidcl: “mg“riggdgfnamfigrrmf W Agnmqum; MW“ 13...“, 11 “,5. ' B.,’RAltMOND Optolal Attention ll Called to the Many
11 mi 31nd one a: " ' ‘ cli toss I, lit . . . .
”m- . 1.... - a W .._‘, In; particular damage In the district ”in" 1011:? £333? £0,333,332 atlottflun of the Town of Norwalk. Now .1311 Original ltylu
, cast and south of Market street, I118 lit
a row son: an.
inseam cm A
In wants. you
mm. on Atom
it you mm wow:
'riutau onu‘rmdufl ‘
tlcally destroying six or night, books
In the mnnufacturlnu and wholesale
districts. The banking district was
not seriously damaged although small
1111111111111 has been done ovnr the whole
town. Many persons 11ch boon lotion
and wounded and I portion of tho
' town 11 on fire, the water supply. bola:
that oil.
At this mascot they are dyna'mitin;
several of tits buildings
'i‘hs Associated Pram once was oh
so badly damaged.
Thorn has boon no ”titan-sputt- cont
iiiuhicatlon with!“ Francisco for
on? than half an hour.
. telegram from Sacramento to the
Western Union Tumult Company
«pom that am toll“ of railroad
hidd‘l‘st‘m "W oral.” "" “i All
. nan no
It wins not. at» with 11
thus was burn-.1
‘ blocking the
stares that the result of the recent
trial of tho “be-cf packers" In Chicaxo
was a “miscarriage of Justice“ and
that tho lotsrpretatton placed by Joanna
Humphrey on the WIN of Congress "In
such 1111 to malts that will absolutely
abortive.“
The rooms; which It most: 110nm
donut in abductor. is 11115111111111st on
a tenor to the president from Attor-
tornsy-xsnsrsl reviews the productions
of the cm o! the aovornmsnt against
tho hoof winters. The resident lays
it is clear that. no crltcinm attach»
to Commissioner darilctd .as what he
did was in pursuance of a duty imi-
ed on at ‘m by Congress. or
sharply. answer totho decision of
Judas Humphrey. saying that (ion
hay stirs tornado 11111111 a sell-
iobl 111i limbo
the with or glass,
attractant-1d Moody In which the It .,
tractors
its tarot ‘
porousmmsudsrs.
1'10?!” 8 THEATRE
amass mo met-VT.
wnmu Ar. Arms mu.
ntoplsycd In
Sprint and Summcr:
Footwear.
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I'M“; WOW) ‘
Norwalk Chronicler