Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-05
FUNSTON TELLS OF WORK
Army Net Its Greatest Relief Problem at
San Francisco.
ARMY CONTROLS MEDICAL SUPPLIES
Southern Pacific Reports Arrival Of
More Than One Thousand Cars
of Supplies for the
Distressed.

SAN FRANCISCO. May 4-The army
people at the Preside have accomplished
wonders in the way of Strengthening out
the badly mixed up condition of AFFAIRS
stricken city In an interview on
~ ~ ject today General Funston said
: ais is the largest rescue work ever
attempted by the army.
In the east they speak of fire as the
greatest catastrophe Of the age, but those
who have been engaged in the work Of
relief the ground do not yet realize
that 10000 people, made homeless and
penniless in day, have been fed and
sheltered for two weeks, and no man,
woman child has gone hungry The
relief committee wrought wonders, but In
the end it must be admitted that without
the army it would have been impossible
Every quartermaster's storehouse in the
country was emptied in a day. For the
/ first few days the tent cities that sprung
up in the Preside were without order OF
| arrangement Many of the homeless were
| crowded together I'm the wooden barracks.
| The conditions resulting we're not sani-
! tary, and yet they were moved into a
city of tents which had come by express
from the east Possibly the only problem
which now remains for the army In this
particular camp is to fix the day when
It shall come down and the campers re-
turn to normal conditions in the city
Thousand Cars Received.
| Rapid progress is Deing made in the
medical supply depot at the Preside, which
will soon be able to furnish the hospitals
of the city with all the drugs necessary
for the treatment of the sick. The work
of systematlzing the depot was begun last
Saturday, when Colonel Louis Brechem
L. s. A., was instructed to take charge of
all medical supplies sent to the relief
committee, as we'll as those belonging to
the government. and TO issue them to the
different hospitals and dispensaries recog-
nized by the Red Cross society"
In the matter Of outside relief, the
Southern Pacific officials state that up
to o'clock yesterday morning LOSS car
loads OF supplies had been delivered in
San Francisco from all sections of the
country. For the twenty-four hours end
ing at O'Clock yesterday morning eighty
five carloads were sent to the city from
Oakland and sixty more cars were still
in the Oakland yards. In addition. forty
one cars were enroute west from Reno.
The Southern Pacific people of the
opinion that 800 additional carloads of va
rious supplies from the east will reach
Oakland during the next five days,
terday that San Francisco is not threat
ened with a water famine and that all of
the city's sources OF water supply are in
= tact.
The frst signs of the resumption OF the
real estate sales market were given yes
} terday. Several transactions which were
in process of negotiation before the con
; hagration we're completed on the lines OF
the original terms while new ones were
entered upon. In addition a number Of
offers for realty at figures considerably
below the values that have hitherto reigneC
: were promptly declined
The clearing house committee reports al
! the city banks as solvent. It's statement
5 maye be taken as authoritative.
I May Redeem MutiIated Coin.
a A great deal OF melted and otherwise mu
tilated coin is being received at the mint
Under the rule this goes in as bullion
, which entails a great loss upon the citizens
> especially in the case of silver, where tn
bullion value is about one-half that OF tn
coin. Assistant Treasurer Rantz, who wa
sent out to assist Treasurer Jacobs in con
Quoting the affairs of the subtreasury, ha
taken up the matter with the authoritie
n in Washington and an effort will be mad
a to have the fire coin redeemed at its fac
n value where 1t Is in a suficiently good stat
: OF preservation for Identification.
! Outside Loans Not Needed.
IS The San Francisco clearing house toda
received a report from its executive com
y mittee. which was adopted. portion o
u the reports reads as follows;
= The co littee feels that the bushes
q community as such, does not need charit
to aid them in rebuilding the city. Wit
$3.50, 100000 or more to be received from tn
insurance companies. the banks I'm a stronI
d solvent condition, bountiful harvests prom
- ised in the state and general underlyin
~ business sound, any further financial hel
should be looked for only on strictly bus
mes principles. In other words, since III
n insurance indemnity will largely replac
y the destroyed buildings as well as stock
of merchandise and our banks able
a meet general commercial requirements, II
dividuals or institutions who may come
find II necessary or expedient TO apply
outside sources for loans should do so a
occasion may arise on the usual basis
good security, We cannot rebuild in da,
.r we shall shortly have more money tina
. can be Immediately used; 80 II seems pr,
m mature to assume that our resources wi
ID prove Inadequate and especially that II
a occasion demands the introduction OF III
tried methods of finance which may
rs found 10 be illegal or otherwise impracti