Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-28

EVERYTHING FREE.
one who tries to travel around feels
the effectiveness Of the relief work My
transportation has not been examined
by conductors this side Of Sacramento,
and whole train loads Of refugees have
been sent through TO Los Angeles with
out one in 10 of the people aboard hav-
ing anything to show as a right 20 ride
At Tracy a conductor reported to the
depot ticket seller the condition of his
train, and he was advised not to see
those without tickets,
with night coming on and the pangs
Of hunger getting severe. the train
slows up perhaps IN some little way
station. A hundred women are at the
depot, ropes arc stretched to Keep all
away. but those who get off the trains.
and IN a tent behind great boilers are
brewing their coffee. and other women
are cutting bread. The refugees line
up along the platform perhaps a hum
cry correspondent is glad to do like
wise. and a cup Of coffee plate OF
beans. and a ham sandwich is rapidly
given to every one, whether 1t happens
TO be a finely dressed man with the
clear appearance Of means and circum-
stance. or a poor Chinese woman lug
ging a baby with her,
WEAKNESS OF THE STRONG
This is a sample of how the stations
worked. A big, powerful looking man
bearded the train for Oakland at Palo
| Alto Sunday noon All the seats were
taken. and he stood by that OF young
student. His face was weary looking
I'm fact It had an expression of extreme
anxiety and pain-that only comes
| after nights and days OF watching ana
waiting. The student noticed him ana
quickly offered his seat. The man
more fell into it, than sat down, ana
then he secured paper. ana scanned
| every name I'm the pages OF names
published Of refugees. with their adj
| dresses When asked II he didn't think
he was about cashed In he replied
INV wife-t have been hunting Tor
her ever since Wednesday and doht
think have slept N eaten since then
the way feel ! was told she was
IN Palo Alto and had been sent down
here to visit somebody whom ] don't
known. I came down. and had cards
asking for information about her sent
to every house In Palo Alto. The re-
lief BOYS helped me fine In this. she
IA not here, though, and now | am go-
ing back to San Francisco
San lose was reached, for 10 min
ute stop. and IA change of train ana
the preoccupied man was led over To a
relief kitchen. The large Gun 81 cof-
fee. the big plate of hot beans, ana
the sandwiches which he suddenly re-
membered he needed, were devoured
with almost rapacity Then he was a
different kind Of man, and IN resum-
ing his journey could p Ian much more
clearly for the work Of searching out
his wife. He Nas In Tonopah when
the earthquake came and his wife was
visiting on the coast
A FORTUNATE HOUR
An analysis Of the earthquake situa-
ton reveals the fact that there vas no
hour In all the daily "a that could
have been chosen by nature for this
umheayal with so much luck for the
Inhabitants. Those who profess to see
| i'm il punishment for a wicked city
must pause at the insignificant death
/ rate, and rather put the blame on
the condition that built fire trap OF Il
city that couldn't help but burn up,
once fire was started.
An hour earlier, and IN the darkness,
pandemonium would have reigncd,
with all its death list through panic,
| stampede, and fright. An hour later
the big office buildings that acracked
| and fell would have been crowded
with early morning workers, and the
death list would have piled up. Al
stanford had classes been I'm session,
the list of dead would have been very
large As II was there was a FORUM
ate combination Of daylight that stop
ped the panic and early hours that
put most families together, aud made
lighting units out OF each household
10 save themselves.
HONK FOR FUNSTON,
General Funston Is the hero OF this
particular hour Mons Instincts ana
not anything else controls their actions
/ I'm critical moments aud on their IN.
stincts they must rise tO heroic height,
or become base to the lowest degree
and Join the drunken orgy OF tho4.
who can't stand the pressure OF the
day, Funston Is known OF old 10 Phllll"
pine soldiers, Of whom there are many
nog Hooking TO his aid. They tell that
iuAbattle the hotter Il got, the mort
active he became. on the night Of th,
Philippine outbreak Major Young oi
Itch was with Funston In the Tondo
district. and AZ the IRE opened, in wh'ch
two Titan guns were at the right end
az the Kansas line Funston was on
his horse IN an instant. and rode Tor
hours NJ and down behind hts friuA
line. while II Is on record that General
Harrison Grey Otis. who was his su-
rerior M command, and % whom d.,
was talking when the fire opened TOOK
a .oaJion Hat on hts belly In The Tall
grass behind a stone building That's
why Funston Is now MP az the top ~
department. and available Tor qulcb
action IN which the lirmness of the hin-