Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-02


The mayor Wednesday took firm
stand against the many self-constitut-
ed Citizens protective committees"
organized in many sections of the city
by bodies of men who undertook to
regulate the affairs Of their neighbor-
hood. So many complaints have been
made against these COMMITTEES" that
some action was considered necessary
to protect citizens, press representa-
tives and even those who were acting
In some capacity to preserve the peace
and good order Of the city. Respon-
sible citizens have been stopped at
night and submitted to humiliating
explanations of why they were abroad.
after dark, and even shots have been
fired at persons who had a perfect
right to go anywhere they pleased at
any hour. TWAS one of these so.called
vigilance committees that is to be
held responsible for the death of Mai.
Tilden, who was shot while perform
ing relief work. The mayor Wednes-
day gave. instructions that the men,
bers of these Committees were to be
disarmed wherever: found by the city
police, and if any resistance was Of
fered were to be treated as hooters.
Water Is Scarce.
The water problem is still a seri-
GUS one. It was decided that still fur
ther restrictions should be put upon
the use of the water now available.
Hereafter, and until the system has
been entirely inspected and repaired,
there is to be but one water tap" for
each block throughout the city. This
is considered Necessary because of the
wanton waste Of water by many peo-
pie and to conserve the present supply
against possible emergency.
Another Shock Felt.
San Francisco, April 26.-The city of
San Francisco again was in terror
Wednesday night as a result of another
earthquake shock, which shook almost
the entire peninsula, about three
o'clock in the afternoon.
The trembler lasted fully one minute,
during which time thousands in state
bordering on panic ran wildly into the
streets. Many walls of burned build
ings which had been left standing in
weak condition fell with a crash and
many frail buildings were considerably
shaken up, though apparently but
slightly damaged.
So far as known the shock caused
but one death, that of Mrs. Anna Whit
aker, aged Is years. Mrs. Whitaker
was at work in the kitchen OF her
home ON Shotwell street, in the mis-
sion district, when the shock came.
The chimney which had been left in
lettering condition by the heavy quake
last Wednesday, crashed through the
roof upon the young woman and frac-
tured her skull.
The shock was also felt in Oakland
and Berkeley, but in these places it
was very slight and of brief duration.
Contributions to Date.
Secretary Metcalf is so over
whelmed with relief contributions
that he has been unable to compile
any authentic total to date "rhese
contributions are so numerous and
come so rapidly that I have simply
Been unable to more than record
them. Mayor Schmitz believes the
sum total to be between four and six
million, but am reasonably positive
that the total is above six millions"
The total amount of the relief fund
up to and including Tuesday, April "a
as reported by the committee on
finance was $2,306,43605. OF this
amount Sails, 716.o5 was from out OF
town scources, while the local SUBJ
scriptions amounted to $190,700."
These figures are considerably low
er than those published upomcially
on several occasions, but the finance
committee takes cognizance only of
these subscriptions, of which it has
been definitely informed.
Landslide Kills Fourteen.
Santa Cruz, Cal, April 27.-On the
day Of the earthquake a number of
men were killed at Iona Preta, ten
miles from here, by the crushing of a
sawmill by a landslide. There were
Is men in the mill and only one es-
capped. He brought the news of the
catastrophe to this. city. The court
house in, Santa Cruz is in such dan.
gerous condition that it probably will
have to be RACED with dynamite. The
county officials refuse to enter it.