New-York tribune., 1906-04-24

Soppoies' Ahese must De removed by the prop
erty owners Neither win they use dynamite
on bank buildings, as such explosions might
play havoc with safes and vaults
Mayor Schmitz to-day issued a procIama ton
announcing that all persons regularly employed
in the work of clearing and renovating the CITY
would be paid.
Chief Of Police Dinan has issued an order 10
police captains. instructing them in view of
the carelessness of persons who have the privi-
lege or carrying firearms. to make all persons
discontinue carrying weapons. as they are un-
necessary
COURTS WILL BE OPEN TO-DAY
Legal business will be resumed in San Fran
cisco tomorrow morning. All the Superior
judges will open their twelve departments in
the Jewish Synagogue, California and Webster
streets. Criminal cases will have precedence.
Probate matters will follow, and civil cases such
as damage suits and divorces will be reserved
Tor the last place on the calendar. All trials that
We're going on at the time of the catastrophe
Will be reopened the beginning
Members of the San Francisco Clearing House
Association met to-day at the residence of Mrs
Eleanor Martin. The association was in ses-
sion for about an hour. but it's plans were not
in sufficiently settled form to be given out 1t
was announced. however that the association
mad passed a resolution uphodng and COM
mending the action of Governor Pardee in de-
ciarlng a legal holiday from day to day. The
association regarded this as the best possible
method OF giving time to the banks TO get their
a1alrs into such shape that they may pay their
depostors and meet other obligations without
the trouble that would be likely to ensue if they
We're to be called on at the present time.
III was the general opinion that the banks
would be able to meet all calls when the time
comes for the reopenng of their doors
A
E. H. Hartman. president of the Southern
Pacific Company, was present at the rneeting
He expressed the deepest sympathy for those
VINO mad suffered through the disasters which
nave oVertaken the city. but he optimistic
over the future. He SAID that San Francisco
would rapidly recover from the serious blow
that had been struck at its commercial life and
he announced his intention to remain in the
city as long his interests in the East would
permit and to do all that he could to help in
the building again of the city to a commercial
eninence greater than before.
While the Clearing House Association was in
session representatives of the savings banks of
San Francisco were meeting in another room of
the Martin home to consider the affairs of the
smaller institutions They decided to act in
unison in the present situation.
The finance committee of the general relief
committee reported to-day that it had received
contributions amounting to $1,724536, of which
s172,0O0 was the local subscription In addition
$366,O00 has been promised locally The com
mittee is not satisfied with the local subscrip-
tons and urges the citizens of San Francisco
to subscribe more literally
BLUEJACKETS AS STEVEDORES.
Provisions have been hauled from along the
waterfront TO various distributing stations at
the rate Of 1,5OO tons a day. Several hundred
bluejackets from the cruiser Boston unload
ing arriving vessels and loading the endless pro-
cession of wagons at the wharves. Ships that
do not carry provisions for the relief OF suffer-
ing San Francisco are not permitted to dock.
Vehicles of every description are used to carry
the food.
The condition OF the five thousand persons
camped in Jefferson Square to-day was pitiable.
Not more than 5 per cent of them had even an
army tent Houses were requisitioned as fast
as possible. Glenn a. Durston, OF the Spanish
War Veterans Relief Committee has immediate
charge of relief work. He said
We inpressing every wagon we can lay
our hands on. We have about ten wagons now,
in which hauling all who will go to the
ferry station and sending them out of town.
Sanitary work is going forward as rapidly as
possible. Many cesspools have been dug and
all refuse is hauled away and burned promptly.
There is so far little sickness in camp. No con-
tagious disease has appeared.
The St. Paul Lutheran Church, near Jefferson
Square, is used emergency hospital In
the main auditorium about forty-ive patients
are lying on mattresses which have been spread
on the floor. There are nineteen physicians and
,wenty-nine nurses employed The patients are
mostly suffering from exhaustion, nervous strain
slight wounds.
At Fort Mason there little misery on ac-
count of the cold rain. About eight thousand
persons are encamped there, and on account of
the sandy and sIoping ground the sanitary con-
ditions are good Food is plentiful and of fair
variety.
The health Of the refugees at this place is as
good as can be expected under the ctrcum-
stances. There is some sickness, but there is no
danger of an epidemic.
FEW CONTAGIOUS CASES.
The contagion hospital at Harborview Park
established for cases Of measles mumps, scar
let fever and other contagious diseases, reports
few cases, and those are well along toward re-
covery.
Mr.. Hall. president of the Bohemian Club to-
dav said that all the historical and other i'm
portant pictures in the clubs galleries had been
saved and were at the Park Museum. The office
books and records were also saved.
The museum at Golden Gate Park was not Sc
riousy damaged by the earthquake The main
entrance is not injured, but half of the north
wall suffered. Pictures in the building We're not
harmed. but some relics were broken. The park
bandstand is not damaged. The balustrades Of
the viaducts bridging the main driveway near
the museum wrecked.
THE MINT READY FOR BUSINESS.
one fortunate condition still remains in San
Francisco. There is abundance of gold and
nF +1oa Trr,ita