Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-22
SAN FRANCISCO NOTES
Echoes of the Earthquake and
Big Fire. -
TOTAL DEATH LIST is 1876
Expected Run on the Banks Did Not
Materialize.
CHuDREN'S SCHOOL IN TENTS
108 Victims In Collapse of State In
sane Asylum-11 Employees
and 81 Patients
'OTAL DEATH LIST is 395
dILDREN's SCHOOL IN TENTS

SAN FRANCISCO, May 22-The antict-
pated run on the banks yesterday did not
materialize. When the commercial banks
opened in their downtown quarters they
did so expecting g. rush on the part of de-
positors, and were fully prepared to meet
It, Instead of heavy demands for pay
ments there was much larger stream of
depositors.
The Wells Fargo-Nevada National Bank
had over $50, coo in It's vault available
for the expected rush. 1t was stated that
there were no heavy Withdrawals, and, in
view of the confidence being restored some
of the banks decided that the assistance
they were to receive from other sources Is
now unnecessary.
-Four cases were added to the coroner $
list of earthquake and fire victims yester-
day. The total number IL 800. Two of
the new cases come from the Kingsbury
House, 1T2 Ith street, and another case
from the corner of Washington and Bat
terry streets The fourth came from the
Montgomery avenue and Francisco street
corner. In one the identity of the victim
was established. William Burnip was the
name. His remains were dug from the
ruins of the kingsbury House by hts son.
Burnip's home was in the east He was a
locomotive engineer and native of Eng
land. tifty-five years old.
Summer School Opened in Park.
The summer vacation school opened yes
terday in Golden Gate Park, with Albert
M. Armstrong as principal.
The militia, at the request of the school
board had supplied seventeen tents to &C
commodate the little refugees. These are
scattered over the park, and it was no
small task to get the various grades clas-
81 aG ND tad On thA tio,,
grounds. the children's Fairgrounds, in the
base ball park and on the main driveway
the tents are located, and nowhere in the
country can be found nearly GOO children
more comfortably housed. It Is expected
that at least 1900 children will soon be In
attendance.
Each tent is built to accommodate
twenty pupils and is equipped with desks
and blackboards. There are numerous
books on hand.
Reading and arithmetic will be paid par
ticular attention to while classes are In
doors. There will be many excursions
through the park, so that the pupils can be
taught from nature. History will be Illus
trated by the monuments, zoology by visits
to the animals pens, botany by the wealth
of wild flowers. and so on down the list of
studies Cooking will be taught by special
lists and the children will prepare their own
lunches.
The school will be in operation three
months.
108 Killed at Insane Asylum
Besides the scores of employees and pa
tients injured In the cola psIng Of the Ag-
news State Hospital on the morning of the
earthquake there were 10S killed. After
considerable research definite list has for
the first time been completed The list
shows that eleven employees and ninety
seven patients were killed amid the falling
brick and huge timbers. also those who
died later of their juries.
The complete list reported by Medi-
cal Superintendent Leonard Stocking is as
follows:
Officers and employes-Dr f. A Kelly, II
A. Braden, Miss A. Leete, John Lynch, Miss
f. NJ. Holmes, Miss l.. Burnett, Dr. l.. A.
Dell, Mrs. a. Thajne, Mrs. r. Walker, E. II.
Cruson, Miss NJ. Fennel
Only Two Library Buildings Escaped
r. B. Hale, chairman of the library com
n1ittee, yesterday submitted to the general
committee on reconstruction a report on
the condition of the public library. Out OF
166,344 volumes in the public library and
its branches there were only $4,000 ac-
counted for after the fire.
The library trustees have written to other
libraries throughout the United States ask
ing them what duplicates if any they have
In the way of books and requesting that a
memorandum OF such books be forwarded to
San Francisco, with the idea of replenshing
some OF the rare books which San Francisco
had In her public library.
There are only two library buildings OF
any consequence left in the city-the Nc
Creery branch, damaged by earthquake to
the extant of about $1,000 and the Fill
more branch, 1912.