New-York tribune., 1906-04-28
SHOCKS FELT DAILY.
THREE MORE QUAKES.
Slight Disturbances Alarm Dzcellers
on Pacific Coast.

The shocks lasted about four seconds each. but.
so far as is known. they did no damage. The
news could not be reported from Salinas earlier
because Of the lack OF all communication
The damage at Salinas from the earthquaks
shock of last week is In excess OF s.. 100000.
The Salinas River is reported to have been
sunk ten or twelve feet along It's course FOR
miles. Nearly all OF the bridges across the river
have been condemned and viii have to be-
built
According to the dispatch. earthquake shocks
have been felt at Salinas daily since the nrss
big disaster on April Is.
A trife less than four square miles IN this
city was burned over by the fire that followed
the earthquake OF April Is. according to City
Engineer Woodward. who to-day completed an
official map of the burned area. There have
been various statements as 70 the area OF thu
burned quarter Of the city, some estimates max
ing the extent OF the fire fifteen square miles.
Carefully figured out from official measurements
and maps the burned area is a small fraction
less than four square miles. or about $500 acres.
A strong wind that blew over the city ysster-
day afternoon and this morning carried 70 the
ground many crumbling walls that had been
partly disintegrated by the fire. The falling OF
these walls was a danger to the great number
OF people who crowded into the city to view the
ruins.
The walls Of building at Stockton and sut-
ter streets fell with a terrific crash Many
pedestrians and party II men and women IN an
automobile had difficulty IN getting out Of tho
way OF the shower Of bricks. The outer wall OF
building at Market and Geary streets, whers
was once the Richelieu saloon. fell outward just
as hundreds CT people from the Oakland ferry
boat were vending their way along Markes
street. Several persons were struck by bricks.
but no one was seriously injured.
Work on the great Fairmount Hotel. at Cali
fornia and Powell streets. was resumed to-day
Some OF the interior woodwork OF the building
was destroyed by fire, but the walls are in good
shape. The building would have been finished
by next November. The opening viii not be de-
layed more than three months after the date
originally set. Men removing tho stain OF
smoke and flame from the outside walls. and In
a few days the great building will show few out
ward signs Of the cOnfagration.
| Many OF San Francisco's homeless people
camping in the park squares and vacant lots
were awakened early this morning because the
water dripped through improvised tents. which
afforded poor protection against the heavy rain
that began to fall about o'clock and continued
for several hours. Drenched TO the skin by the
heavy downpour. and with bedding thoroughly
soaked. many persons were driven into nearby
houses for shelter.
| Although the various camps were better pre-
| pared for the storm than for several days past
hundreds of tents having been received and put
up since the last storm. still there thousands
! who are without proper shelter and who shv-
4 cred In their wet clothes last night. The least
distress and suffering at the Presidio. where
nearly all the refugees have been provided with
| tents
Relic hunters are reaping harvest by dig
/ ging among the ruins Of the Japanese and Chi
nese bazaars. Hundreds Of persons have Wis
tied these ruins. where assiduous stirring OF
ashes discovers vases OF Satsuma and cloisonns
ware, brasses and bronze ornaments that in the
/ days before the fire commanded high prices.
/ They are carried away by relic hunters. six
/ shooters of the kind formerly carried by hired
assassins OF the Chinese quarter are found in
great quantity.
| The waterfront was as busy as ever to-day.
/ From the Pacific Mail Dock to Meggs's Wharf
! the docks and wharves looked as they did be-
fore the fire. The work OF customs and quaran-
! tine officers has not been interrupted for day.
I The transport Sherman arrived yesterday. AZ
/ ter passing quarantine she went up TO Folsom
/ street and locked at the army dock as usual
and her passengers from Manila and HonolulA
landed there.
/ Cars will start TO on several streets In San
Francisco tomorrow. permission to run cars on
Pacific avenue. Fillmore. Church and 18th streets
and certain parts Of Mission street having been
q granted by Mayor Schmitz late last night II II
! specified that the viii not after o'clock
I at night and that the United Railroads will
maintain a patrol Of one man in each block oper-
ated in the unburned district as a protection
| against fire.
/ over one hundred and fifty stores were opened
| for business yesterday but. before night. numer-
Gus complaints were received that storekeepers
had raised prices to prohibitive figures.
] Captain Rittenhouse. Of the United States
| marines commanding the district from Bush TO
/ Oak and Fillmore to Division streets. called az
the central police station last night and request
ed that detectives be detailed to investigate
/ of the complaints made to him that exorbitant
/ prices were being charged in certain quarters.
/ The alleged systematic theft OF several tons
of Red Cross supplies has been disclosed BY ths
arrest OF Arthur Jacobs yesterday by Police
| Commissioner O'Grady and Detective Mathew
| son. Jacobs is said to have made confession
| duplicating several confederates and to have
revealed the place where he had hidden the loot.
Jacobs Is teamster who volunteered his ser
vices 10 haul supplies from the waterfront 20
the various relief depOts. His offer was ac-
cepted and It was while hauling Red Cross sup
plies that he Is. alleged TO have done the IoOtng
during the first few days of the relief. when il
was not organized it is now. Under the
present system OF handling supplies this would
be practically impossible. About two tons OF
the stolen goods have been recovered. and II Is
expected that JacObs's accomplices will soon be
under arrest
The first arrest for alleged indiscrinlinate and
reckless shooting by members OF the state
militia which IL is asserted has made the streets
IN certain sections OF the city controlled by the
National Guard unsafe after the earthquake.
was made shortly before midnight. when Ernest