The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-04-24
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SIN Francisco, April 20.-Ai-
though every Effort, of the various
relief committees, today; was bent
to appease,the gnawing hunger Of
the destitute thousands efosts that
were ID g. large measure entirely
successfrl there are .tonightin this
city many ,psreonsn either without
sufh cient food Gro entirely without
II tfVotq .siqT939l esof2 dctfs 10 jnuom
The government eltl l,,l,t ocisls took
charge Of every grocery store in that
part of the citystill fttandingy and
gave out food stnfs 10 all those who
we're hungry VI wBfead lines Wsrs es+
at7g Fillmore and, Turk
streets, at Golden Cate Park ll.and
at the Preside, and eyery'liperso
whoi Stood S5in t, line ,iWss given .
whole loaf of bread Dos The dine, at
2Fillmoreaand 4 urk streets was four
blocks long all afternoon, aad those
at the park were even longer, "A
large supply Of milk cane ~ from
Oakland,i and this was distributed
to women and children wherever
they were found in need, A great
deal OF this milk was used for the
exhausted women who arrived at
the ferry throughout the day, and
provfd d a great boon to them .n,,51 nus
The bread lines 10 at the parks
furnished striking insta aces of the
absolute patience aud fortitude that
have marked the behaviour Of the
people throughout their trying ex-
perience. There were no disorders
when the hungry thousands were
told TO form a HE and receive their
bic ID and canned goods. All were
cor t-nt to wait their turn. Silk.
hated men of affairs followed good
naturedly behind Chinese, and took
their loaf from thss same hand.
Sup kitchens were established
in the streets and ma ~ hungry
persons were fed there. Bread and
such other food stufs as may be at
hand will be distributed at the We
rious stations twice day. - 4sal.+
AT the ferry station today there
were come pathetic scenes among
the hungry people. When the boat
came in from Stockton with tons ol
supplies, number of small chill.
dren were the first to spy largd
box of sandwiches with cries of de.
light. They made a rush for the
food, seized as much as they could
hold and rushed to their mothers
with shouts Of: ss1r m ar.3-5.5
"Oh, mamma, look at the sand
wiches!' ... e=5 'z l'' ~ saf -i
Seated around the ferry build.
ing were hundreds Of people suck
ing canned fruits from the tins
Some were drinking condensed
cream, and some were luckyenougt
to have sardines or cheese. At sew
eral places along Market street
scores of men were digging with
their hands among the still smok
ing debris Of some large grocery.
house for canned goods.
When they found it, which they
did without molestation from any
body, they broke the tins and de
Evoured the contents, At, Filber
an Van Ness avenue, 4 al 6 ,o'clo,
tonight, wagon, of supplies con
veyed, by soldiers was besieged by {
iierowd Of hungry people. They ap
pealed tcAthe soldiers for food, and
their appeals were quickly needed
| Selling an AK, a soldier ,smashe,
the boxes and tossed the supplie
to The crowd, which took time t,
cheer hastily, 4..,,@...o -. = 49,. ~.
A later estimate places the mum
ber Of refugees camping 10 Colder
lGate Park, from the Panhandle t
the beach. at $1,000 men, wome,
and children. So far, their priva
tions have been comparatively in
significant. 1t is feared by th
health authorities that great suffer
ing will result unless shelter cal
be found in the near future for thes
thousands They are. of course
living wholly in the open. Th
most unsanitary conditions prevail
Hills des and wooded copses are bs
ing utilized as cesspools, with th
result that over certain portions {
the park heavy fetid odor5 hang
like q pail. Tbs refuse will, IT
declared, ipfest the water 81 suppl !.
sweeping into the broken ,nair
and fnrb1hao health officers 1 fea