Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-24

tions. This included those at the Pre-
sidio. Fort Mason, transport docks and rail-
way yards.
More than 100 carloads additional are
being distributed from the Southern Pa
cihc yards at Fourth and Kentucky streets
The finance committee OF the general re-
lief committee reported that it had re-
ceived contributions to date amounting to
ti55l, ,534 si72,OO0 is the amount Of the local
subscription. making a total OF n.72i5Ss.96.
Three hundred and sixty-siX thousand dol
lars has been promised locally. The com
mittee urges the citizens OF san Francisco
to subscribe more literally.
Dangerous Ruins Demolished.
A considerable portion OF Market street
was closed to trafic today while the demo-
lition OF ruins considered dangerous was
In progress. Under direction of the Board
Of Public Works half a dozen tottering
walls, portions Of the most imposing struc-
lures along Market street before the FIRE,
were leveled with dynamite. The ruins Of
Prayers department store and the Odd
Fellows building were among the first TO
be destroyed
While the work Of complete destruction
was progressing along this portion OF Mar
ket ~et, men intent upon rebuilding at
! the "a z. st possible moment were climbing
TO the z ,er floors Of the Chronicle, Call
and 9th E.all buildings nearer the ferry
for the / 2 1se of estimating the repairs
that are 4 y Immediately commenced.
| The exploA & OF dynamite toppled to the
ground many Is and columns in the i'm
mediate neigh Nood of the ruins de-
stroyed. A fon workmen assisted by
derrlcks is raisirt, les for the temporary
| trolley system to established.
III rfI,.s eNen
the first organization of the kind since
the early hfties. DR.. Donald McCulloch
Gedge is the chief. He fought in the
French army, the United States navy and
| China war His chief OF staff is ex-
Auditor Harry Baehr. The headquarters Of
| The committee IS at 2924 Steiner street
One hundred and thirty persons have
| Joined the organization. Applications for
membership are coming in rapidly. The
committee has charge Of the Golden Gate
valley district. near the Preside.
Separating AsiRtics from whites.
The military authorities In the North
Beach district are separating the Asatics
from the Caucasians and putting them in
! camps of their own nationalities. num-
Der Of large manufacturing companies have
| arranged to receive and care for refugees
at their respective plants along the east
ern shore of the bay Two thousand,
seven hundred and fifty persons can be
accommodated. Arrangements are now
being made to provide for the gubernatorial
election. which must be held in this city
next fall, and a meeting of the Election
commission has been called for this pur-
pose. The San Francisco Real Estate
board met in the synagogue yesterday and
| took measures for the protection of tenants
who have suffered through the fire.
| A temporary detention hospital is to be
established in tho basement of the Sacred
Heart school, conducted by the Dominican
sisters at the corner of Fillmore and
Hayes streets and the first commitment
since the earthquake was made yester-
day. The sisters of the Sacred Heart
kindly turned over a part of the already
crowded quarters to the sanitary com
missioners and number OF patients are
| already housed there. The board met
yesterday afternoon with Judge Murisi6y
and John Graham and Charles Barclay, a
former inmate OF Stockton, was sent there
again.
An insane Chinese at the Preside hos
pital. was killed yesterday by delirious
federal patient. The Orientars skull was
crushed by an iron bar in the hands of his
crazy aggressor.
The night attendants of the Central
have been killed when the city hall was
razed by the earthquake, with the excep-
tion OF Stewart Manville. He was fatally
injured by the falling walls but was res
cued from the ruins and taken to the
Preside hospital. Colonel T. L. Walnh-
Morgan Draper has offered to supervise
the erection of a huge barracks for the
refugees at the Preside and his services
have been accepted by the federal authori-
ties. Work viii commence on the struc-
ture today and Will be rushed to compile
tion with the greatest rapidity The
plans call Cor the housing of 5000 people
Customs House Kept open.
The only government department in the
San Francisco customs house where worl
= was continued during the day of the FIR,
: was the Surveyor OF the Port Woodward
He and his chief deputy, Chauncey NJ st
! John, were at their desks by o'clock II
the morning and remained there all day
The FIRE crept up toward the water from
) and finally was on all four sides OF tn,
I building. Amid the roar of the conaagra
! tion, the crash of falling walls. the ex
citement attending the work OF the Is
jaclxies who saved the building, their worl
went on uninterrupted. Inspectors Tough
E their way to the building. reported to ST
= John and received further orders regard
ing their work along the water front 1
: was a severe test. but neither the sur
( veyor. his deputy nor his inspectors shove,
any inclination to abandon their posts unit
$ their days work was done.
5 The first vessel to clear from San Fran
$ cisco since the fire was the Expansion,
. small steam schooner, which received il
= papers today. II was laden with provision
for the eannery men at Bristol and on tha
account was allowed to sail
No Distinction of Race.
i, WASHINGTON, April 29.-It is the deslr
OF President Roosevelt that the work o
the Red Cross in alleviating the distres
in San Francisco shall be done wholly with
out regard TO the person and just as mucl
for the Chinese as for any others
In letter to Secretary Taft he mad
this point plain. The text OF the letter FOL
: lows;
White House, Washington. Apri q
Y Secretary of War, Sir; According 10 tn
/ newspaper reports, the suffering and desti
! tuition are peculiarly great among Tia
r I Chinese / need hardly 10 say that tn
v Red Cross aid must be done wholly with
I for Chinese as any others Please Wir
, DR.. Divine at once 10 see that this Is dons
4 Will n not b wen also 10 wire 10 Genera
n l Funston 10 the same effect? I know moth
!, ing OF the matter beyond what appears 4
n THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
e Government Records safe.