Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-05-04

A paragraph in a Seattle paper
states that people Of that city are ex-
cited over bill of $2,673 charged for
cigars and tobacco sent for "relief" OF
San Francisco sufferers. They seem
to think that quite enough had gone
up in smoke without the contribution
to encourage a habit that is, at best, q
useless one. The discovery was made
through an item OF 1926 for matches
They think that to use dollars worth
of matches to light SIP worth OF to.
bacco partakes somewhat of the nature
OF graft.
Several of the Chinese of San Fran.
cisco signify their intention of re.
building on the site of "China.
town" - that has ever been the
Black District of that city. 1t has
been frequently mentioned as some
compensation for the great loss just
sustained, that it would free the city
of the upas growth that had crowded
it so long. There should be no hest.
tation on the matter. Self-protection
is the first law OF nature, and almost
any means will be justifiable under
the circumstances.
All sorts OF gratis are being worked
upon the charitable impulses OF the
people that have responded 80 noble
to relieve the distress of sufferers by
the San Francisco disaster. Relief has
not been misspplied by organized, az
we'll as individ ual charity, and now
Seattle has to deal with John Nc
CURE, a shoemaker, and J. Van Horn,
. carpenter, who we're caught in the
act of selling clothing they had OBJ
tanned from . local relief committee
on representations that they were suf.
ferers by the earthquake aud fire.
"Lucky Baldwin," the most ma
ligned individual in California, it
seems, has a. charitable a heart as
most other people. He proceeded at
once from his Anita ranch to Los
Angeles. when restitution was reported
in San Francisco, and sent . carload
OF provisions. He tried to secure one
also OF bread, but was unable to buy
it. because all available supply had
already been sent to destitute people.
His carload consisted of fruits, flour
and wine, the latter an essential for
the wounded victims and i'll people.
A. d. Nash, son OF Wallis Nash,
President of the Board of Trade in
Portland. did q very COURAGEOUS part
during the fire. He took his auto and
with it worked day and night, Carrying
the injured and feeble away from dan.
ger. He Afterwards spent many hours
IN the extremely hazardous work of
distributing dynamite to tho freight.
ers. He carried many loads of the
explosive stuff over the rough streets
at break-neck speed. Every body gave
way when the tonneau, piled high with
the explosives came in sight. When
that service was over, he went over to
Oakland and took leading part in
relief measures there.
The withdrawal of troops from the
late Chinese district in San Francisco
led to a general looting OF the grounds
and many articles of value were I'M
earthed from the ruins and carried
away. Elegant and costly works OF
art were occasionally found that had
not been damaged by fire. A mass of
gold was picked up by . woman,
doubtless melted coin, of several
hundred dollars in value. Some of
the plumber no doubt came from
cache which Chinamen invariably
make when in distress, as q contribu.
ton to appease the evil spirit, and
which is as surely reclaimed after it
has had its presumed effect.
Another unexpected horror has IS.
sailed the unfortunate people of San
Francisco-the plague of rats. Scar.
city OF food has made these detestable
animals desperate, and at all hours of
the day, especially of the night, they
can be heard gnawing their way into
any and every place that affords q
chance for obtaining food. There
seems to be millions OF them, their
number probably having been very
decreased by fire, from their
S6AAsy az AOOpiuS uuChu VI Suc lAUe0.
Food can only be kept from the pests
in metal boxes, or glass or eathern
jars. The matter is the subject of
serious consideration for some quick
and effective means OF exterminating
the pests.
1t seems that many of the steel
frameworks of the more modern struc.
lures 10 the fallen city may be used
in rebuilding. They are some of them
only slightly out of shape and may be
religned without much difficulty.
This is due to the fact that the dam.
age is owing more to fire than the
The most notable in.
stance OF immunity from total de-
ssruction from the latter cause are the
st. Francis Hotel, the Paramount
Hotel, the Flood, the Mills and the
Spreckels and the Chronicle buildings
and scores of other modern steel struc.
lures. The U. s. Mint and the new
Post Office buildings are likewise con-
spicuous examples OF the superiority
of workmanship put into the Federal
The instruments forrecording earth
quake movements are the most deli.
Caka sno1o cd 49, sL.,4 -