Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-04-27
Aftermath Of the Horror

The Elks' relief benefit in Tacoma
Theater Tuesday night, netted $1,000.
Stanford University, it is expected,
will be fully restored by the 23d OF
August.
. Several people became insane from
the long-continued tension upon their
nerves.
Congress has made second appro-
priation of $l.5OO,OOO in addition to
the first OF 81 100000.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
/ have Cancelled all their dates of depar-
ture for San Francisco.
A doctor and five nurses left Taco.
ma to aid the stricken people of Cali.
fornia, by the Buchanan.
The Coroner of San Francisco esti.
mates the total number of lives lost in
the late disaster at 1000.
A monster mass meeting was held
in Manils Wednesday, TO organizing
for relief to California sufferers.
A dozen or more religious denomi-
nations OF San Francisco lost from one
to twelve church buildings each.
The steamer Burnside left Tacoma
Tuesday night with 1000 tons of sup.
plies for the San Francisco people.
Relief is being accorded to all who
need it, irrespective of race, age, sex,
or previous condition of servitude."
The President recommends an ap-
preparation of three millions of dollars
to restore the buildings at Mare Island.
The Masonic temple in San Fran.
cisco was burned, and with it more
than $50 portraits of past-grand off.
GERS.
A rainfall, beginning early Monday
morning, added materially to the suf.
ferings Of the campers in Golden Gate
park.
The steamship Queen, which de.
parted from Seattle Monday. carried
1883 tons Of provisions for the Cali
fornia sufferers.
Chinatown will never be rebuilt in
San Francisco. Their new location
will be at Hunters Point. several
miles from the city.
Seattle's subscriptions to the Cali.
fornia relief fund aggregates $1l5,513.
Gov. Pardee telegrsphs "Seattle has
helped wonderfully"
The Empress OF China has contrib
uted $50, 900 to the general fund and
$40, 600 to a special fund for relief of
her own countrymen.S
The sanitary work OF the city is I'M.
der direction of engineers OF the U. s.
army, which removes any fear OF
trouble in that quarter.
A number OF young girls stranded
in San Francisco, far from relatives
and friends, are being taken home free
Of charge by the railroads.
The amount Of provisions and other
supplies, shipped from this county
alone 70 the San Francisco sufferers,
aggregates . dozen carloads.
People In San Francisco are fed
from 50 stations, where crowds stand
in line while rations are issued. The
best OF everything goes 10 the sick.
Forty carloads OF supplies which
had been left standing on the belt
lines tracks near Meigg's wharf were
reported burned Saturday morning.
There were 453 city blocks des-
troyed In the San Francisco fire, EN-.
braciug 10000 buildings and covering
approximately 10000 acres Of ground.
The Mutual Life Insurance Co. has
decided to build larger and better
building on their former site on Mont.
gomery, Sacramento aud Commercial
streets.
The seismograph record kept at
Toxic. Japan, indicates that the
San Francisco earthquake vibrations
reached that country in just eleven
minutes.
It was announced Saturday that q
careful examination lad been made OF
the books and records OF the city hall
and they were found 10 be in good
condition.
The steamer Buchanan, with our
first shipment Of supplies. was de.
tanned by storms off the Colnmbia,
and dip not reach San Francisco till
Tuesday night.
Gov. Pardee has been asked to call
the Legislature for the purpose of
empowering the city to contract . loan
OF six millions OF dollars for recon-
struction of the city.
Mrs. Albert f. Mead, wife OF the
Governor, is. with the aid OF other
prominent women. engaged in raising
q fund for relief of children orphaned
by the great disaster.
A box OF sardines sold for $3.50 dur.
ing the conhagration, but unfortu-
natsly the enterprising vendors stock
gave out before he had fairly started
an tho high road to fortune.
Gen. Greeley. in command OF U. 8.
troops at San Francisco, has wired the
War Department that 5000 regulars
will be needed to preserve order, now
that the militia is Withdrawn.
1t 10 reported that q young couple
from Southern California who we're
on their wedding trip, were killed in
their bed, at hotel in Frisco, by fall
ing plaster during the earthquake.
Shellmound park and the race track
has been Transferred into big camp
ing.ground for refugees. The horses
will be shipped to Seattle. where the
California races will be held this year.
Some people who had bread. in the
city, developed the speculative spirit
and began selling it at dollar . loaf.
1t was quickly confiscated by the
guards and distributed far as it would
60.
At intervals along Market street
could be seen the body of man with
q card pinned to his clothing with his
sentence as we'll as warrant of execu-
ton written thereon: "Thief; take