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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1906
Page
1
Reports state all fires in Golden Gate City have been contained. Fire officials indicate rapid response and coordinated containment limited further spread. no injuries or structural collapses reported at this time.
In Indianapolis thousands of destitute residents lack clothing and basic needs as railroads and the Board of Trade organize donations of apparel and canned provisions. Soldiers distribute clothing, blankets, bread, and meals to the homeless at camps and standing fireplaces provide warmth. Front-line crowds remain orderly as supplies arrive.
In San Pamanuisco on April 11 General Funston announced improved conditions following the recent quake. Control at the ferry building area has been established, with the last of the postquake configurations cheered. Fire crews report further recta from the Lime 18 fire are expected, and some businesses show signs of remaining strictures.
Washington reports Gen Funston's dispatch detailing a west city blaze with wind and destruction. Indications show substantial areas south of Van Ness and north of Tray may be ruined, Fort Mason risked, sanitary challenges loom, but hopes to save key structures and water supply could avert famine. Soldiers maintain strict control, seizing stores and rationing amid widespread homelessness and urgent relief efforts.
Reports from April 21 note the city breathing after disaster as food stores rise from shortages. Despite ruin and smoke, relief crews and residents ensure basic needs are met, with supplies returning to adequate levels across many neighborhoods.
Telegram from Oakland reports the escape of Mrs. James J. Mitchall widow of Indianapolis Mayor Mitchell. An invalid for 50 years she is central to the chicken city disaster area. Residents worry about her residence and safety. She is believed safe in Valley, California.
A San Jose quake report lists 19 to 21 fatalities including residents of Oakland Gilroy and local officials. Property losses reach around 2 million at Stanford University and Santa Clara, 1.5 million at Sprecklen sugar refinery, with extensive damage across Leland Stanford and nearby towns. The Agnew asylum and other sites show severe destruction as rescue efforts continue.
In Oakland on April SL, all employees of the Scripps Nova association Scripps-McRae Press association and Newspaper Enterprieve association reported safe after a fire destroyed the San Francisco News plant. Workers resumed duties under renewed fortitude as conditions improved.
Secretary of War Taft presented to the president a message to Congress requesting a further million dollars for Californian sufferers relief. The president supported an appropriation of 1,500.00 dollars, and the House later approved 1,000,000 dollars for the relief fund.
In Rockford on April 21 a westward bound government relief express bound for San Francisco departed Chicago at 2 07 am and reached Rockford at 5 50 am. The lengthy train included 13 express cars and a one day coach carrying army supplies from the Schuylkill. one car was removed due to a broken manie.
Washington April 21 The commissary general announced this morning that provisions have arrived and additional Army officers are needed to distribute food supplies and manage the scrip and relief measures. The report notes continued efforts to support troops with rations and orderly provisioning amid ongoing operations.
J P Mullally Diamond Angporter Monuments Place advertises remaining diamond rings priced at 0.08 and 18 with a prompt to inspect the new importation of Gamonds. Limited stock noted.
Mary Stella Boyle, known as Sister Stella, longtime superior and organizer of St. Vincent's Hospital, died at the institution at 1:15 a.m. Saturday after a long illness. Born in Worcester, she helped found the hospital in Indianapolis and guided its growth from Vermont Street to Delaware and South, serving during the Spanish American War with care for soldiers at Chickamauga Park and Camp Hamilton. She leaves relatives in the West. funeral expected Monday with Bishop Chatard presiding.
Five government relief trains on the Pennsylvania Main Line have passed Alsough within the past 24 hours en route to San Francisco. The Fisher Automobile Co. is delivering Maxwell runabouts daily to buyers across the state who are driving them home. Local ads note remedies and services including a men’s health product, a croup remedy, and laundry services, with steam heating by Bethmates the lowest in the city.
Nona and Kila Welsh petitioned Judge Vinson Carter for a temporary restraining order against the Board of Public Works to block opening bids next Monday and the paving contract on Lexington Avenue from Shelby to Bintesta with Truminous macadam. The judge required assurance no paving company influenced the action, and after testimony the order was withheld pending further facts. Mayor Charles A. Bankwatter praised the board and signaled a response to paving company challenges while property owners claimed petition support for bituminous roadway.
The Interstate Commerce provision case against Advance Grain Co of Advance and Gene Tet Indiana Rintraad Co sought remedy for higher freight rates to the seaboard. Shippers paid 10 cents more per hundredweight on the Dig Four route, about 30 cars yearly. A conference before the Railroad Commission led to the same rate as the Wour, marking the first interstate complaint adjustment under the provision. Also noted is Benjamin Gante, a mail carrier who lost part of a foot to a street cat, recovering at home after hospital care and slated for a clerkship once fit for duty.
Mayor Charles A. Bookwalter testified in court while Harry Hanley a waiter received a 105 dollar fine and ten days in the workhouse after a downtown incident. Hanley and a companion hired a horse and buggy from Pong Case’s stable on West Chiost and collided with the mayor’s home area as children played. The driver’s whip and language prompted a chase before the buggy crash ended the mad ride and left an elderly woman injured.
Roger R. Shiel, owner of a business block, sues Mrs O Brien and two men claiming a saloon in her building across Indiana Ave causes disorder, obscene rooms above, driving tenants away. He seeks $10,000 in damages and an injunction to stop further saloon operation, arguing his property would be worth $200,000 without the nuisance.
The coal miners refuse the Winder arbitration plan. In a letter to Winder they call the action partial and unjust due to those already agreeing to the 190% tale. President Mitchell leaves for Wilkenbarte Monday to preside at the anthracite scale committee conference and decide the situation in the field.
In San Rad Cisco on April 31 Artie Hal an impersonator of colored etera was crushed to death when the Oroteum theater collapsed during the earthquake.
An early morning earthquake in Tuscany caused panic as residents fled homes and government offices. The quake damaged Pongibane City Hall near Florence, with Sevippe-3teHae Preas Associatite reporting from Rome.
In Baltimore on April 9 Chicago and Baltimore readers are told the city will rise from ashes. The text speaks of a rebuilt San Francisco, more beautiful than before, urged by divine inspiration and citizen cooperation across the nation, honoring Cardinal Gibbons.
Bankers examined ruined banks with intact currency. fires spared Golden Gate park, where 300000 homeless slept. Merchants planned rebuilding as soldiers shot vandals, a baby was born to a homeless woman, and opera stars fled to the streets. Troops sheltered women at the Presidio.
A charity entertainment at English's Opera House on Sunday at 8 pm aims to aid San Francisco sufferers. Prominent performers include Tomes Whitcomb Riley Meredith Nicholson Miss Elizabeth Miller Rev A B Philpott and Orville Harrard of Mungle CA. Tickets are $1 with no reserved seats. box seats go to highest bidders.
The Bureau of Registry is established at Oakland mayor's office with branches citywide to locate missing people. Lists of killed, injured, and rescued are being compiled for printing. Hundreds already located. post office in danger. transfer of postal services to Oakland planned. Locals line streets to relay word of loss and safety by telegraph and mail.
The Socialist state convention will meet Sunday at Menur hall in Indianapolis to nominate the state ticket and conduct party business. Indiana delegates from Indianapolis and Terre Haute will attend along with national figures like William Mallty and Gertrude Hunt. A wide canvass is planned ahead of the election with new German branch efforts noted in West Indianapolis and surrounding wards.
Indianapolis officials urge participation in a Sunday evening benefit at English's opera house for pacific relief. James Whiteamy Riley and other city writers join a program of musical and literary entertainment to raise funds for the Red Cross.
The Herippa-Meiac Tree Association reports city rebuilding will start before ashes cool. Thousands will work clearing debris and laying foundations. Hundreds already employed. Today thousands were sent to state quarries. orders placed for stone and lumber. Mayor and federal authorities urged to permit workers to enter city promptly to begin cleanup.
The International executive board of the United Mine Workers of America donated $1000 for San Francisco sufferers. Secretary Wilson arranged to draw the amount from the mine workers treasury via Mayer Bugenshmi.
Evangelical Lutheran churches of Indianapolis announce Sunday services will include offerings for California disaster relief. Parishes Trinity Lutheran St Peters Johns Emmanua Paula, led by pastors Seuel Schulls Amdt Behurdel Biedermann, request member support at church and parish schools. The notice directs congregations to contribute to aid efforts.
Relief for the distressed poured into San Francisco by trainloads from Los Angeles Oakland and beyond. The famine threat eased as provisions clothing and money arrived and waterworks were restored. Stanford students volunteered to help the stricken, bakeries reopened and police organized distribution. Refugees crowded Golden Gate Park and relief workers reported broad community aid across cities in the region and west. Emergency trains from Washington and other points were en route with more supplies while Oakland fed and sheltered thousands.
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