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Show I DISASTER GROWS. I First Reports Underestimated Damage I to San Francisco. I Terrible Suffering; Among the Unfor- ' '' tunatc Populace Before Relief I Could be Extended. It As timo pnesos tbo oxteut of tho I California disaster grows in mngni- I tudo. Fully throo-fourths of tbo I boautiful qlty of Snu Franoisoo baa I been loft in ruins by tho quuko nnd ilro that followed in its wnk, and many other cities of tbo goldou stato havo Buffered groat loss. Tbo Buffering of tbo pooplo bas boon something boyond description. Many woro tbreatonod by doath from thirst and fnmino boforo assistanoo ' roaobed thorn, notwitthsanding tho " prompt and ready rosponso of tbo ontlro country with aids Somo of ' tho Goonos wero too torriblo for dos-k dos-k oription. Tons of thousands of pooplo woro huddlod together in tho ijj, parks, without food, wntor or sholtor ''i . for dnys.aud to add to tho ugouy of r tho situation tboro was an 18 hour rain that drenched thorn to tho skin. Sovoral mothors undor thoso trying circumstances gavo birth to iufunts. Tho depths, of human depravity , woro depleted in tho way in which Lfi. f"ghoul8' triod to loot tho bodies of S. .tbo dead. Martial law has been declared iu tho city, and persons 1 found robbing tbo dead wero shot down in tholr trnoks, without coro- mony. It will bo weeks boforo anything j. near a reliable ostimato can bo placed upon tbo number of killed or tbo f extent of tho property loss. Tho number of dead is roughly estimated i at 5,000, and tbo property loss at v ' I $250,000,000. It is an awful thing f'h jW to contemplato, LJa ri .. From all pat ta of the nation con- SSLiBR. 2$J&!s&lmCtoiiiy9alSi :on the, ,' l efferers, but aid- from- foreign ri' nations has been respoofully declined - j by President Roosevelt. k' Without question, thiB is ono of I , tbo greatest dleastors tho world has f J over known. . I Grout fissures havo boon oponed in II tbo sidewalks, and n number of buildings havo sunk a story or more into tbo ground. Tho work of clearing away tho ruins and rebuilding tho oity is already in progress, aud n greater San FrauolBoo is talkod of. This, J however hardly seoms within tho 1 rango of probabilities. Tbo lusuranoo question is likoly ..... to bo a most absorbing one, and it is '..- """ " nrnlmliln Hint tho nnvmont of damages traoeablo to tho oarthquako, will bo obstluatoly oontestod in tho courts. On tho othor hand, if it is hold that tho various lusuranoo oompanies carrying risks in tho destroyed oity aro llablo for tbo amount of tho polioios, it will doubtless mean tho bankrupting of a number of tho flro iusuiauoo companies. All ldlo mon iu tho city aro hordod upon tho stroots by tho soldiora and mado to assist iu clearing clear-ing nway tho debris. No oomponsn-tlon oomponsn-tlon is vouchsafed to them, aside from tholr food, and thoy aro compelled com-pelled to work or bo shot down. Tho water mains and power plants aro boiug placod in running order as rapidly as possible Merchants aro propariug to clear away tho ruins of their buildings and huvo thorn robu lit. Tottoring walls, loft standing by tho tiro, havo boon blown down by dynamite, to prevent thorn from falling upon tho inhabitants. A number of pooplo havo boon reportd to havo gouo" InBano as n result of tho calamity. Rofugeos from tho striokon oity hnvo beou flocking to Ogdon aud Salt Lako by the thousands, whilo great numbers havo found refuge iu southorn California Cali-fornia towns. NOTES ON THE DISASTER. Tho (Jlltt houso, which was at first roportod totally dostroyed, is now said to havo beon but slightly damaged. Two buildings of tbo Stauford I univorslty havo ben totally ds- troyod, but the damage la the Instl. ' Jutinn will probably not bo so great I ns at first reported. Already, ropalra I ,tiiflk - nro undor way. Ono human ghoul, found iu tho aot of chewing tho ears from tho oorpso of a woman for tho purposo of Bcouring tho diamond ear rings, was shot dead. -v"'s A privato in tbo soldier guard bold up n policoman at tho point of n gun nud was compelling him to go to work with a shovol on tho stroot. As tho officer stooped to pick up f tho -shovel ho drow n rovolvor nnd got tho drop on thosoldlor, whom ho marched to tho station. It 1b estimated that tho railroads of tbo United States will render a sorvico to tho sufferers from tho disaster having a commercial vnluoof 33,450,000. All roliof supplies nro being transported on pnesongor sohodules, freo of ohargo. Tho' sorvico sor-vico boing rondorcd if paid for by individuals would cost about 8115,-000 8115,-000 per dny. A car load of disinfectants, baud-ages baud-ages and mndiaiues sont to tho strjokon oity from Utah was ono of tho most aoooptablo presents rocoivod. Tho supply of this class of goods had boon practically exhausted, and thoro is no doubt but that tno shipment will bo tbo means of saving many lives. Whilo tho douutions thus far have beon very liboral, thoro is still pressing need for supplies, as it is estimated that it will bo necessary to provido for 200,000 pooplo for sovetal wooks. Utah boing a noar neighbor, is looked to for aid perhaps moro than nny othor state, population and resources oousidored. The burned district in San Franoisoo Fran-oisoo is said to bo 20 miles in oiroumferonco. Thirty-one infants between tbo ogos of cloven months nnd four years havo boon sont from San Franoisoo to Los Augolos to find homes. They will be woll cared for in tho oity of tho angels. General Funston, tho man who captured Agdinaldo in the Philippines, Philip-pines, was in charge of tho troops In |