VOL. XXXXIII.
THE MODERN STORE-
Curtains and Draperies. \
Some Special Offerings this Week. |
Excellent Values in Millinery
Oor curtain stock is the most extensive we have ever shown, and
prices lower than ever before ?
SWISS RUFFLED CURTAINS. ;
<4 Special numbers, beautiful effect* 35c. 50c, 63c. 75c. fl to $l5O per pr
No'tinirhain Curtains, 35c. 50c 63c, 75c, SI.OO to $3.50 per pair. -
Plain and Unfiled Brussels Net Curtains, triinoied with pretty durable
lace and insertion. SI.OO. $1.25. $1.50 to $2 50 per pair. ,
Irish Pointe Curtains. $1.75, $2.00. $3.00 to $8 00 per pair ;
Tapestry and Rope Portieres $1 75 tn $7 50 per pair. ;
SPECIAL FOR TIIIS WEEK
1500 yards fine Cartain Swisses. 36 inches wide, worth 12$ c to 15c
yard, at 10c. A dozen pa'terns to select from. *
NEW MILLINEBT IN FULL BLOOM. •;
Time to get your new hat See what we are showing at $3 00 to s•> 00,
all the popular colorings and newest shapes. Children's Caps and Wash
Rata just in. A splendid assortment »
EiSLEk-MARDORF COfIPANY,
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] LL\ Samples sent on request.
OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA
SPRING STyteS 4 i
AND IN 1
SUfWfIIER FOOTWEAR. 9
NOW CODING IN. ||
Shoes for occasions 3
Shoes for the mechanic 2
Shoes for the farmer S
Shoes for everjjbod;}
Each and every pair in its
class the best that money ggj
will bu j. §|
Get your pair at g
HUSELTON'S I
Opp. Hotel Lowry. 102 N. Main Street. I
I Patterson Bros. |
(Successors to Brown & Co.) ©
Furniture and Carpets. |
We respectfully solicit a share of your ©
patronage. ®
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New goods arriving daily, inviting ®
your inspection. @
136 N. Main Street, Butler, Pa. @
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Duffy's Store 1
Not one bit too early to think of that new Carpet, orß
perhaps you would rather have a pretty Rug—carpet■
size. Well, in either case, we can suit you as our Car-H
pet stock is one of the largest and best assorted in But- ■
ler county. Among which will be found the following: m
EXTRA SUPER ALL WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS. I
Heavy two and thrto ply 05c per yd and npl
HALF WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS. ■
Best cotton chain 50c per yd and up^H
BODY BRUSBELS. 1
Simply no wear oat to these $1.85 yd H
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, M
Light made, bat very Good 65c per yd up
STAIR CARPETS §g
Body and Tapefttry Brussels, Half and All Wool Ingrains. M
HARTFORD AXMINSTERS, M
Prettiest Carpet made, as durable too $1.35 H
RAG CARPETS, enuiue old-fashioned weave.
MATTING, Hemp and Straw. p|
RUGS-CARPET SIZES. ■
\x minster Rngs. Beauties too $22 each and upß
Brussels Rugs, Tapmtry and Body sl2 each and u(. B
Ingrain Druggets. All and Half Wool $5 each and up H
Linoleums, Inlaid and Common, all widths and grades. pi
Oil Cloths, Floor. Table, Shelf and Stair.
Ltce Curtains. Portiers, Window Shades, Cartain Pole}; Small Hearth Ej
Rugs, all styles and sizes. k3
Duffy's Store. I
MAIN STREET, BUTLER. 1
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I 816 LOT! {
i Specially lew Priced. All New Patterns. |t
H We sell our border by the bolt same price |l
f| as wall and celling. *
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1 E£yfh Bros., 1
NEAR COURT HOUSE. iti
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Pickers Footwear |
{ /gg| A Grand Display of Fine
g Footwear in all the N
* fflr Xf ftm We are showin ß man y fi
< ifn styles in Ladies' Fine Shoes pj
fords in the latest styles.
Big bargains in Men s kj
rJ %L .J& anc * B °y s ' wor^in 8 shoes.
| JOHN BICKELS
MEN r. i
Won't buy clothing for the purpose of fjli • hri | lj
spending money They desire to get the 4Li /7/ 7\i If
best possible results of the money expended. it! %*■_ \ 'f
Those who buy custom clothing have a iJz-J y/Ukf \ W fr*,- JJj
right to demand a fit. to have their clothes Till. flj'J'fi
correct in style and to demand of the V|
seller to guarantee everything. Come to / Alf II
us and there will be n}thing lacking. I ■
have just received a large slock of Spring I! »\\ S&CxilMfc. i
and Snmmer suitings in the latest styles, J
shades and colors. j \ r yf J k&w'- til i
G. F. KECK, 1 WPMf J
MERCHANT TAIfcOR, V| J| 'h
142 N. Main St., Butler, Pa L UJ tr /
The Great $5 Clothing Sale
is on again this month. But that will end it —no more
after this month. Garments for which we would ask
full price under norma! conditions.
No matter how little the price, its a high standard
that rules here —annoyingly so to those of our com
petitors who even attempt to match the values
presented.
This $5.00 Clothing Sale Is a
..Mighty Strong Proposition.
buys choice of several hundred rattling good
suits and overcoats that cannot be matched in any
other Butler store in season or out of season for less
than $lO to $12.50.
SCHAUL& LEVY
137 South Main Street. Butler, Pa.
| Spring and Summer Millinery. |
2? Everything in the line of Millinery can be found, fp
•g the right thing at the right time at the right price at g!
I ROCKENSTEIN'S J
jg Phone 656. 148 S. Main St.
f J. G. & W. CAMPBELL,
j| BUTLER, PA. ||
BUTLER ___ v
The following graduates Of the Ilutlor liuslws.s College kiavo Junt accepted positions as
follow:,: .f If. Alexander, lxKjkk«« , i»<-r, Wahash li. It. Co., lay Thompson,
Ht4-nofcraph<>r. V. S. lii*v©!opmc*nt i-0.. itli Ave.. I'itUhnrK; Emma liurr. stenographer,
IMttsburK li*;diu;tloii Co.. New Kensington, Pa.: Pearl ftnyder, The ft rati
ittreel Oft., Ptttabarfi; K. P Frederick, i*t< r,<wrapbi r. Wabash B. K. 00., Plroibnrg; BoMDDft
Mr.Lautclillu, steuogratiher, lialrd Miurlilnerv C<»., Pittsburg; Anna Uunday, Htenographer,
• Halvage Hefurlty Co., Plttftbarg; 4th Ave ; Winifred Shaffer, better position, stenographer.
[ (jermanla Hank Bldg.. Pittsburg.
Voung meu and women, ICKSI' LTH TALK. Attend a Hrhool that I>OEH secure po*i
j tlons find (iUOJ> ones for Its trrartnates. HOM!'' s< liOolh PUOM ISF! w«* I'EUKOUM. Four
j llfji' Sa« inauy <*aiU a-> w«* ran fit 1. < <»rne in and the lettern we shall be plo&hed to
1 show them to you. Now Is the time to enter.
SPRING TERM, APRIL 2, 1906.
May enter ANY time. Catalogue and circulars mailed on application. Corresponded u
Invited. Vlaltors ALWAYS welcome When lu liutler, pay us a visit.
A. F. REQAL, Principal, Butler, Pa.
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 20. 1906
Si FRANCISCO
iil HISTORY
Stricken City Long Permeated
With an Air of
Romance.
IN THE DAYS OF VIGILANTES
How the Metropolis of California Was
Purged cf Disorder—Lynching of
Casey—The Days of the Forty
niners—Town Depopulat
ed by the Rush cf
Gold Seekers.
SAN FRANCISCO, the earthquake
stricken city, has long been per
meated with an air of romance
and adventure. Nowhere may
one turn without being reminded of
the legends that have been woven
around the forty-niners and their im
mediate followers. The names of the
streets and of the business blocks, such
as I*earney, Sutter, Montgomery, l)u
--pont. Flood, Crocker and Sharon, bring
to the mind of the visitor long forgot
ten stories of riot or adventure and of
fortunes whose vastness once excited
his wonder or made him incredulous.
The site of the city was first visited
I>3* Europeans In 17<i:i, and In 1775 Bu
careli ordered a fort, presidio and mis
sion founded on the bay. One year
later, the year of the Declaration of
Independence, the Sp mish settlers be
gan the work, and when Vancouver,
the explorer, visited the place In 1792
the presidio represented the military
authority, while ihe puei.'lo and mis
sion stoo 1 for the .i.il and religious
factors respectively. The mission was
secularized Ui 18:i4 and a town laid
out the year following.
In 184G an American man-of-war, un
der command of Commodore John B.
Montgomery, entered the harbor and
hoisted the ,-t.ii e::d strip ■ over the
town. Mexico, wh'ch succeeded Spain
as the owner of al.' was then
at war with the United States, and the
act of Commodore Montgomery ended
her dominion over Si i'ra nclsco.
Montgomery r.ppoln J Lieutenant
Washington A. IJartlett to 1> • Frisco's
first alcalde, or mayor. unU • the new
regime. Under Spanish and Mexican
rule the town was a sleepy, uuprogress
ive place, but with the coming of Arner
'cans and the discovery of gold In 1818
there came an era of growth and hus
tle. Tills did not eventuate at once,
'or the first news of the discovery of
rold practically depopulated San Fran
Msco.
The town was smitten as by a plague,
•rui one historian thus describes what
happened: "Its houses were left unoc
cupied ate I unprotected, its former
trade eeas.»J, Its lots fell to a small
pari of tfcclr value, its two weekly
newspapers were suspended, and the
town, deserted by the bulk of its in
habitants, was at one time without u
single officer clothed with civil author
ity."
After the first rush to the gold dig
gings the town began to regain its lost
ground, and ere long the influx of gold
seekers gave quite an impetus to its
growth. The town was Incorporated
In April, 1850, and the first common
council elected proceeded with diligence
to plunder the city 7 treasury. The
same year the state was admitted to
the Union, nnd when the steamer Ore
gon brought the news—there was no
telegraphic communication in those
days- business was entirely suspended
and the entire population rushed to the
wharfs to welcome the harbinger. The
town had about 10,000 inhabitants at
that time, and when the people were
Informed that the sigual flags of the
Oregon indicated that California was a
sovereign state of the United States of
America "a universal shout aro'/e from
MAfiKET STREET FROM SECOND STREET WEST.
SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR.
10,000 voices on the wharfs, in the
streets, upon the hills, housetops and
the world of shipping in the bay. - '
In its early history the city suffered
from several disastrous fires. Between
December, 1849, and Juue, 1851, six
conflagrations played havoc with the
growing young town. Better buildings
were planned and several fire compa
nies were organized. These were steps
iu the right direction. It was also dis
covered that the fires were started by
criminals who profited by the confu
sion.
This fact and the inefficiency and
corruption of the city government led
a large number of citizens to organ
ize the famous vigilance committee
which ruled the place in 1851. Quite a
number of crooks were lynched by
the committee, others were driven out,
like John Oakhurst, the leading figure
in Bret Harte's "Outcasts of Poker
Flat," and the city went through a pu
rification process that was of great
benefit to it.
The aspect of San Francisco at this
time was not inspiring to inflowing
gold seekers. It was a straggling med
ley of low, dingy adobes, frail wooden
shanties, born in an afternoon, with a
sprinkling of more respectable frame
houses and a mass of canvas and rub
ber habitations. It was mainly a city
of tents, rising ia a.crescent upon the
shores of the cove. From Clark point
it skirted the laud to Telegraph hill,
along the Clay street slopes, tapering
away to the California street ridge.
The larger nuinl>er passed to the south
west shores of the cove, beyond the
Market sfreet ridge, a region sheltered
from blustering winds and provided
with good spring water and named the
Happy Valley.
Stockton street, stretching from Sac
ramento to Green streets, presented
the neatest cluster of dwellings, and
Powell street was the abode of churches,
for of the six churches in existence in
the middle of 1850 three graced its
sides and two stood upon cross streets,
within half a lilock. Mason street,
aljove It, was really the western limit
of the city, as Green street was ths"
northern. Beyond M.'.son street ran
the trail to the Preside, past scattered
cottages, cabins and t-jeds, amid dal
lies and gardens, with a branch path
to the Marine hospital, on Filbert
street, and another to the North Beach
anchorage, where speculators were
planning a wharf to attract settlement.
Aftc-r the vigilance committee dis
banded the criminal el iueut became
bolder, and iu ISSO the crime and cor- j
ruption in the city had become lntol- 1
enable to those who wished to live a ;
decent and orderly life. " When Editor !
King of the Bulletin, who had de
nounced the tiiug>', was murdered by
James P. Casey, a new vigilance or
ganization was created, and in a few
days Casey and rinother murderer
named Cora were execut vl In front of
the committee's headquarters. Many
lawbreakers were later put to death,
and the regime of the California "bad
man" came to an end.
It has been asserted that San Fran
cisco Is the most cosmopolitan city iu
the world, and by cosmopolitan Is
meant a population from ail parts of j
the world. Not long ago the records ;
indicated that 4" per cent of the peo
ple of the city were born in foreign ■
lands, not In two or three different j
countries, but In practically every land !
under the sun. According to the na
tlonal census reports for 1890, San
Francisco had a total population of
298,997. Of these 172,180 were native (
born and 120,811 were born outside of
the United States. Fully half the
grown persons in the community re- j
moved to California from alien lands,
while a large percentage of the other
half and of the general body of chil
dren were of foreign parentage. In
1900 San Francisco had a population
of 342,782, of which 34.1 per cent was
foreign born.
San Francisco has long been famed
as one of the "wide open" cities of the
United States. As in the days of
1849, the gambler devotes himself to
his vocation with little interference
from the authorities. Prior to the
earthquake two of the most prominent
corners in the city were occupied by
gambling dens. One of them, known
as the Cafe Royal, has been a veritable
gold mine for its proprietors.
The California supremo court has
rendered a decision to tho effect that
! the KJiiuqof draw poker Is not :i game
j of chance, lmt involves"jiiilffment nntl
| other elements as well as chance or
luck, and because of this decision these
places are permitted to l>e maintained.
They are frequented by a hard loo'.c
--! in« crowd of meu, and many scandals
are told associated with these places.
A visitor's life is probably s;ife In these
res >rts. lint his money is not. It is said
that the son of the premier of British
Columbia was fleeced of 5P..100 in the
Cafe Royal a few years ago. He tost
$1,500 in cash, but stopped payment on
$7,000 iu checks.
San Trancisco has forty-seven square
i miles of territory, or about 30.000
j acres, within the municipal limits. The
j finest residences are on Xob hill and
Pacific heights, lioth of which districts
command magnificent views of the
bay and the Golden Gate. The city
has six large parks and twenty-two
small ones, and Golden Gate park oc
cupies over 1,000 acres.
LONG USED TO
EARTHQUAKES
Golden Gate Metropolis Has
Been Shaken Often
In tkz Past.
PRESENT WORST EVER KNOWN
Some of the Skyscrapers and Other
Buildings Destroyed Magnificent
City Hall In Ruins—Fires Ar
rested by Dynamite—Earth
quake of 1868 Described
by Mark Twain.
THE recent disastrous earthquake
extending over so largo a part
of the Pacific coast region and
wrecking such an extensive
section of the city of San Francisco
was not the first of these catastrophes
known in the western metropolis,
though by all odds the most damaging.
For many years the municipal au
thorities refused to permit tall build
ings iu the because of the fear of
earthquakes, several of which had al
ready l>eeii experienced. Finally the
Interdiction was removed, however,
and a number of skyscrapers resulted.
Prior to 1890 there was hardly a
building iu excess of five stories and
only a few of that height. Today there
Is one eighteen stories high and quite
a number from twelve to fourteen
stories.
In the spring of 1898, al>out 10 o'clock
one night, the city had a seismic shock
that put to test its high structures. It
was the worst earthquake since 1868,
when for eight or nine blocks on the
main street (Market) the ground was
cracked open several Inches.
In the upheaval of 18i>8 the tail build
ings were given a fearful shaking, and
some of their occupants were made
dizzy and sick. The structures were
uninjured, and ever since that time
there has not been so much question
of the safety of high buildings of mod
ern construction—that is, buildings of
structural iron frame and facings of
pressed brick, terra cotta or stone.
It was M. H. De Young, the proprie
tor and editor of the Chronicle, who
was the pioneer in this respect. He
met with opposition from the munici
pal authorities fourteen years ago when
he decided to erect a ten story house
for bis newspaper. It was believed to
be a dangerous undertaking because of
the earthquake fear, but Mr. De Young
won out and thereby set an example of
enterprise to other wealthy men who
have since built more tall buildings.
For Instance, I). O. Mills, the New
York banker, who owns a great deal
of San Francisco property, has one of
the tallest and finest structures In the
city.
Clans Spreckels, known throughout
the country as the sugar king and the
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P^^t^sSfc—«' ~ZIUL • > ~^^!*^ lw ™^™ ll ™' eill^^^
CITY HALL, WHICH WAS VSEZ23B.
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THE CALL BUILDING, ALSO DESTROYED.
richest San Franciscan, owns n build
ing seventeen stories high, commonly
known as the Call building. On three
of the corner sites, where Third street
Intersects Market, Is located the great
Spreckels building, the home of the
Call; the L>e Young building, the home
of tbu Chronicle, and the Hearst build
ing, occupied by the Examiner, the
three great Pacific coast newspapers
having contributed handsomely to the
building development of San Francisco
in recent years. The city now has Its
shore of tall buildings, one being eight
een stories In height. The major part
of them are eight, ten and twelve sto
ries, the eight storied being most nu
merous.
The Call a«d Examiner buildings
were almost totally destroyed In the
earthquake and many other skyscrap-
CPJ were severely shaken, cracked and
damaged.
One of the chief buildings which col
lapsed was the new post office. This
was a substantial structure of granite,
costing to exceed $3,000,000. While
Cot striking from au architectural
Standpoint, the postofflce was Impress
ive from its masslveness.
The I'ostal building was badly dam
aged, and tlio operating room was a
wreck. I'ower of every kind was de
stroyed, and there were no lights, ei
ther gas or electric. Neither the Pal
ace hotel nor the St. Francis was de
stroyed :IH far as the framework goes,
but the Inside plastering and decora
tions were greatly damaged.
The business section of the city from
Market street to Mission street and
froui the bay back wa.i almost com
pletely wrecked.
The most conspicuous building In
San Francisco, tin? city hall, is almost
totally ruined. It cost from so,o<K),oou
to $7,000,000, took twenty-live years In
construction and was surmounted by
a dome 332 feet high. It was thought
to be very solidly constructed, being
built substantially of brick, with the
walls covered by cement. The Interior
of the dome was decorated with ex
pensive marbles taken from the Pa
cific coast mountains.
Another very fine building, which
cost over $5,000,000, Is the splendid ho
tel erected by Mrs. Herman Oelrlehs
on fashionable Nob hill. Mrs. Oelrlehs,
who Is a daughter of the late Senator
Fair, has shown line taste In the ar
chitectural {dans of Fairmont, the ap
propriate name of the new hotel. Been
from the bay this structure, with Its
classic outlines, makes the l>choldcr
think of a Greek temple. White and
graceful. It looms above the busy mar
ket places, the great wholesale district,
the crowded business section and pic
turesque Chinatown, which, by the
way. Is fast disappearing owing to the
encroachments of commerce and the
dwlislling of tlie Chinese population.
Other in posing edifices, many of
which have been more or less severely
Injured, arc the Hotel St. Francis, the
Palace fiob I, the Hall of Justice, the
Mutual Bank building, the Pacific Mu
tual I.lfe building and the Callaghan
building, the greatest property dam
age resulted in the manufacturing dis
trict and the greatest loss of lift* In
the tenement house district.
The chief street of the city is Mar- j
Let, running diagonally for many miles. !
The destruction of many of the depart- |
mont stores and other buslucss blocks
on Market und Mission streets was ul- '
most complete. Fire added to the hor- !
No. 17.
i mains had been bilrsf" By" tfie sbotß,
the tire department was helpless. Th«
flames ate their way along Market
street, and other fires started In differ
ent parts of the city.
As the earthquake occurred but a
little after 5 o'clock In the morning,
practically the entire population was In
bed. Men and women rushed wildly
forth in their night robes and fled In
panic through the streets. Many were
caught by the falling roofs and walls,
and In the poorer districts the tene
ments collapsed like eggshells, crush
ing and suffocating their Inmates be
fore they had time to escape. In many
cases flre finished the work of death,
catching the victims as they were
pinned still alive under the debris.
To arrest the spread of the flre along
Market street many buildings wero
dynamited.
Tlio track of one railroad was de
pressed four feet or more for a dis
tance of three miles. At one point la
the city the earth cracked open for a
distance of six feet, leaving a yawning
chasm of fathomless depth.
The destruction of all telegraph wires,
except one belonging to the Postal
union, made It almost Impossible for
; the stricken city to communicate with
the outside world. The severe injury
to the Western ITnlon and Postal of
fices, also the Associated Press, greatly
added to the difficulty.
The practical destruction of six or
eight blocks, coupled with the Immense
loss of life and damage to property
throughout San Francisco and the en
tire coast region, makes this the worst
earthquake disaster In American his
tory, exceeding even the historic
Charleston earthquake of a few years
ago.
Sail Francisco has suffered from
many slight seismic shocks, one of
them occurring about a year ago. At
that time a long article appeared In
one of the papers, signed by a pro
fessor in one of the observatories near
by, stating that there was no partic
ular danger from these tremors of the
earth's surface. The coast region, ac
cording to this writer, was newer than
parts of the country farther east and
was therefore settling. He said peo
ple should feel no alarm, as nothing
serious was liable to happen.
Evidently the earth's crust in the
Golden Gate region has been doing
some more "settling."
The most severe earthquake San
Francisco has known prior to the pres
ent one was in 1808. Qjilte a little
damage resulted, though nothing re
motely comparable to this. It was tha
ISGS tJmkeup that was made famous
by Mark Twain. The most surprising
thing the genial Mark saw nt that timo
was tlie opening up of the celling of
his room, the lips of the orifice work
ing to and fro like a mouth and a ttficlc
slipping through and held in
slon, like one lone tooth ou the Jaw mt
an old man.
The last earthquake that occurred lb
San Francisco was In January, 1000.
Several distinct shocks were felt early
In the morning, causing the vibration
of buildings all over the city. The
chief building affected was the St.
Nicholas hotel, which was severely
shaken. The walls collapsed In cer
tain parts of the structure, guests were
thrown out of their beds and furniture
was destroyed.
In 1904 there was a severe seismic
disturbance lu Los Angeles, which WM
felt throughout the city and for-V
radius at several inllea around. _ \