The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-04

out, said the soldier, leveiina his re
volver, and the negro put it ont.
Every effort is being made to keeI
the great encampment in a. sanitary
condition. The board of health meets
IN the park lodge, and the military is
there to enforce all orders on the dot
Hundreds of barrels of lime are needed
and needed badly.
DREAD OF SICKNESS
FRIGHTENS PEOPLE.
The dread of epidemic hanging ovef
the earthquake and fire refugees is be-
ing realized. Smallpox and typhoid
fever in most virulent form are now ag-
gravating the panic and torture of the
unfortunates huddled in jefferson
Square, Golden Gate Park and the Pan
handle
The authorities have been haunted
by the fear that pestilence would ap-
pear and hasty preparations have been
taken to establish a rigid quarantine
If conditions become worse this viii
mean that none may leave or ent er the
devastated city and the sick and help
less must be cared for by the soldiery
until trained nurses can arrive.
All persons familiar with the horrible
conditions have agreed that pestilence
was unavoidable. The air is tainted
with the germs of hundreds of decay
ing bodies and thousands of animals
The water supply is reeking with chem
lcals and every form of refuse. The
survivors, weakened by exposure and
hunger, unable to take the slightest
sanitary precautions, will fall easy prey
to any epidemic.
Thousands of women who all their
lives have known only luxury are
forced by necessity to herd with tramp
ff-scourings from Barbary Coast, the
slums of the underworld and the riff
raft of every description.
The denizens of the submerged tenth
are able TO shift for themselves as they
can accustom themselves to any condi- |
ton, but people who have been reared |
in luxury, are the sufferers and the |
quickest to succumb.
News that typhoid and smallpox had |
appeared spread even faster than did |
the flames and aroused the survivors to
fresh panic. They fear that this new
terror viii serve to shut off or delay
much of the assistance now on the way
Most of all they fear it will mean their
virtual imprisonment in the city of
horrors and the stopping of theiri
friends and relatives at the gates
PERSONS
SHOT FOR LOOTING.i
News also was disseminated general
Y today that dozens of innocent per-
ons had been shot down by drunken,
soldiers, and as result of
nese charges it is said that as soon as
my, semblance of order is restored
orrtmartial will be demanded for the
oldiers guilty of wanton slaughters,,
ler familiar with the conditions and
Who even now are collecting evidence
ay these courtmartiaIs will reveal
and horrifying crimes.
For the most part these charges are
eing handled by the relatives of per-
ons who have been shot. 1t must be
aid in defense of the soldiers that they q
ave performed noble work in prevent
lg looting, preserving order and as
sting in every way to calm the frantic
efugees. The troops have gone hun
ry with the rest and have been at all :
mes amenable to discipline. Army
Ulcers say they welcome an investiga
on and that the persons who have
cen shot were detected mutilating or S
'bbing the dead, or attempting to rob
3nkS and other places.
Tt is true there has been no temporiZ- ,
<, and commands not instantly obeyed
ave been enforced by the bullet or p
ayonet, but the officers say eXtraordi- e
,ry conditions require stern measures.
AS far as the spread Of the flames is 3.
'ncerned, the outlook is much more o
,peful tonight The flames were. n
lecked at all points today and ferry I
,ats are rushing everywhere, removing a
ousands from their perilous positions
the wharves to Oakland and bay o.
WINS: u
The authorities strictly forbade the
FRYING of any goods These are
led high upon the wharves for future \
livery.
The 5000 foreigners cooped for four
en- hours on the North Beach, between
e fire and the bay, have finally been te
scued. The officers had most diff
1t time in calming them, as they OF
ere in state of fearful panic and
me of them leaped into the bay and
ere drowned.
EIGN OF TERROR in
PRACTICALLY OVER.
Aside from the appearance of small ~
X and typhoid and the general belief
all physicians that much sickness
d insanity will follow the disaster
e reign of terror is over in thisi
'icken city and reason has returned to ia
throne. re
Public confidence in the future of | r;