Show EARTHQUAKE NOTES There rc quite n I number of ef San Sai Francisco people at lt tho Salt Halt ho hotels hotell tell ami they the were In II a terribly ex excited cited condition of mind this morning of the tho condition when the news leW pime of at things nt t home They The besieged the telegraph olce but hit details were very ery meager meaer The Tho Hell Bel Telephone offices tried to 10 communicate with Portland hut but tho wires were down between and Pendleton amI source of In Information formation was cut off oc Captain Hammond of or tho reclamation tion ton bureau of the survey in inthis Inthis this city et said suhl this noon 1001 that his branch of tho Iho service has n a fine experimental station nt 01 Berkley with a full ful force t reo of or ormel men mel he was very vel to learn lear how tho Iho station thero had The he report of the fatal accident to Chief Sullivan of the tho San Francisco fire Oro department occasions widespread regret In II this city elt ns n ho Is well Iel known hero here The Tho Postal Telegraph management here hr stated this noon tho com building not destroyed ns as reported that four wires lu I operation between San Francisco and I tho east casl However nt at tho Iho time the theOre Ore Oro was ls sweeping up 1 Market street and was wal no telling what whal might happen later Intel unless the thc welO stopped A guest nt the Wilson who received word from San Hal Francisco this morning said MII the Ihl man who hn sent Iel It had to 10 travel n a long distance out nut from the city elt In an 11 automobile tn In find n telegraph station from which to 10 send lt the ho message Hiler HOIr r of nt the ent n a message this morning to II the exalted exl ed ruler In San Francisco l tendering sym sympathy pathy and 11 such luch assistance from frol the or nr order der In II this city ns as might bo called a 1 el for |