The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-12

has been closed and the approach tw
:. barred oy ladders stretched across
the broad pathway Tht. cemen, nam
Was uttered with stucco shaken froIr
the Egyptian facade. the doors var.
padlocked and the huge bronza Tor,.
vase some twelve feet high was tilted
over on its foundation. Alona,xi,3s m
museum balustrade OF stone Was
shaken To pieces. Part Of the brick
wall ana the zinc cornice on the south
side OF the museum were thrown to
the ground, breaking down two of the
Dragons blood trees and CARRYING along.
two of the huge columns which were
shattered into fragments Part OF the
adjoining wall was cracked and shiver-
( ed' pieces Of ii failing out. The pe:st
walls also suffered. From Tho main
building masses of bricks fell through
the skylights. and even the curator'x
mousse did not escape. stucco and
brlcks littering the ground around st.
curator John w Rogers removed to
eIo Sixth avenue. A big block of
granite lying on the ground outside the
! museum. being exhibit $3.50, was crack
ed across the middle. Some beautiful
pillars of Cotton and Inyo marble
J broken by falling. had been removed
from the museum and were lying OUT
side with a pile of broken glass and
; other debris.
! inside the museum is sad wreck
except the back wing where the Alas
kan exhibits are. The are gallery is
damaged, but the pictures are little
hurt. although a few of them will have
to be reframed Some of the NUM-
mics, after surviving the trials ana
vicissitudes of some 5000 or 5000 years
were smashed into bits. The china
room would make a collector or d
careful housewife weep. Many of the
beautiful vases are ruined, and nearly
all the statuary was thrown down and
broken. The show cases were gener-
ally smashed and the work of cleaning
up and estimating the damage, now GO
ing on, is considerable.
TOWER AT THE FERRY
IS PRONOUNCED SAFE
The tower of the Ferry depot liz at
last declared to be safe Immediately
following the big quake, and until very
recently. the thousands of passengers
going through the building have
shown some trepidation while passing
under the shadow of the lofty pile
which appeared to have a slight list
Had the tower fallen its hundreds OF
tons of brick and stone would have
crashed through everything to bed
rock.
Yesterday morning President Spear
of the Harbor Commission was in
formed by the man in charge OF the
repairs that the tower might now be
considered safe Much of the interior
brick and stone has been removed and
the walls sheathed with timbers, and
immense chains have also been used
i'm giving additional strength to the
structure. More brick and stone is TO
be removed from the exterior % the
tower. An area directly in front of the
depot has been roped off, and the re-
fuse from the tower will be Temporal
rfly dumped there
The Key route and Southern Pacific
ferry offices have moved back into
their former quarters, affording more
space and more conve-
nience to the immense crowds that
daily patronize the lines. The Harbor
Commission offices are still in the build
ing.
CARE OF JAPANESE
DONE BY A SYSTEM
The local Japanese, under the guild
ance of K. Uyeno, the Japanese Consul
have undertaken systema ticafiy the
care of japanese refugees. Out OF the
1000 japanese affected by the earth
quake and fire, approximately 5000 have
been sent to interior points. OF the
5000, about 5000 are at the
various relief camps in San Franchises
md 2000 a Oakland. In the hands of
he japanese relief committee is a fund
If $1,000. The Japanese Government has
wired contribution of $25, GOO which
s not yet al hand.
On the Friday night following the
an emergency relief COM
nittee was organized by the Japanese
'onsul. with headquarters at the north
asst corner of Pine and Cough streets
at once came in from
he various Japanese associations OF
california. The Japanese Consul at
SEATTLE wired $500. and the Japanese
'onsul at Vancouver an additional
500. From japanese sources at Homo
llu $3.50 was contributed until $1,000
adj been received through japanese
ources.
The general relief committee render
d vaIua BILE assistance to the japanese
efugees during the period before The
japanese relief committee was organ-
zed and at present is taking care OF
he food supply for the Japanese 1ocst~
d in San Francisco. a corps of Japa~
csc doctors is engaged making the
ounds of the various camps and giving
ssistance where needed.
AS with the committee having in
and the general relief the Japanese
is taking steps to eliminate
BILE bodied males from consideration
Iany Japanese are being taken care
through an employment bureau that
as been esta blished at Fillmore and
acramento streets.