The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-07

termined ut once Ia pay hack every dollar
paid in by the people NJ san francisco.
This ia taken here to ho a verv nret'y
return Of favors. II has been figured out
by statistics Of opera seasons thai san
Francisco. IN proportion 10 it, population,
Il the most generous patron Of grand opera
In the country excepting only New YORK
h annual visit Of the Conrted COMPANY
was always the social event of the year,
and always brought great houses. IL IL
probable that q great part of the tickets
were burned. In that case, persons
properly vouched for who declare that they
bought in the advance sales will get their
money just the same. The balance viii
probably be given To the relief fund.
Twenty-Five hundred carloads Of relief
supplies had been received in Oakland
up to May 1. DIR. Devine, head of the Red
Cross, says that while this represents "A large
amount of supplies, il is nothing TO the
amount which the city will need before
people can feed themselves.
Already. II is understood, the jealousy
between Pacific Coast cities over the Oriental
trade II beginning TO make Itself felt in
san Francisco. The Pacific Mail Company
has received advices that an attempt is be-
ing made in Seattle TO divert Oriental trade
to that place by the representation that the
San Francisco lines cannot handle the bust
ness, The Pacific Mail Company Is send.
ing out advices that its terminal, the Mail
dock was in no way injured by the fire
and that the traokage leading TO the dock
is intact. thereby enabling it to handle
business just as before the disaster.
1 his is true also of the Toya kisen Kaisha
| and he Oriental and Occidental lines, " hich
handle I heir freight and passengers from
the same dock. The Pacific Mail has noti-
fled all it = agents in / he East and he Orient
to this effect. The officials Of t he company
say that they can contract for freight as
before and I hat I hey can move 1t as rapidly
az they could before he cart hquake. The
-.-ta nwa ft,Vf hAr n r. tEaI thnt nj EAan naTA
! for he Orient who NAV have trouble in
finding hotel accommodations in San Fran
cisco and Oakland will be cared for by he
! company until they embark. From now
on the passenger stea OF all three
companies will run on heir regular sched-
ules.
The refugees in Oakland who haye been
accustomed to the deoencies OF civilization
probably need night clothes or changes OF
clothing as much IA anything, Few saved
any more clothing than what they threw
on themselves after the earthquake. Many
others lost their clothes at the ferry during
the scramble for transportation on, the
second and third days, So they have
been sleeping in their day clothes for two
hate the thought of themselves,
The cleanly Chinese camped at Lakeside
are just as unhappy. Fortunately, they
nave water for baths, a necessity among
the Chinese, and some Of them have solved
the clean clothes problem by taking on and
washing a garment at a time. This Chinese
camp is in charge of city missionaries,
Heathendom has triumphed over them in
this time of distro ~, however; Tor the most
Cody Christian house boy has returned to
the gods of his fathers in this time of great
fear, and every one Of the series Of lttAA
auakes which we are having now is, followed
by a chorus Of gonRs beaten to drive the
earth devils away from the Chinese camp.
Coroner Walsh to-day after revising his
list of victims OF fire and earthquake in
formed Gen. Greedy that the total number
Of cases handled by his Office was $40, Of
which 1874 were identified and 1876 unidenti-
fed. His report shows thirty-nine fewer
thar given by q previous count.