The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-03
FLAMES THREATEN
FRlSCO'S INJURED
Soldiers Save Preside Hospital
by Tremendous Effort-City
Is Fast Recovering.

San Francisco, May ga fire which !
threatened the destruction of the gen
eral hospital at the Presidio,. in which |
were more than seven hundred patients;
started at 4:15 am. in the hospital
laundry. A general alarm was sounded
and besides the regular post fire or,
ganization, hundreds Of soldiers, turned
out to fight the flames. The Laundry
building and contents were totally &C.
fire was limited to that building and
did not reach the hospital buildings,
only few yards away.
The medical department Of the regu-
lar army has been. putting into practice
the experience gained in the camps es-
tablished on the Atlantic coast turing
the Spanish American war. Surgeons
and assistants who attended the dying
and sick when typhoid fever and ot"er
maladies decimated the regiments in
camp have been safeguarding the health
of San Francisco's stricken THOUSANDS
tary regulations have been provided IN
accordance with the bitter lessons
taught during that period.
: Free Dispensaries.
Twenty-six Of the drugstores IN the
district not wiped out by fire were de-
cided upon by the health committee as
{ free dispensaries. Within three days
most of these stores will be. supplied
; with drugs and will be placed in charge
I of competent druggists.
i The commercial banks belonging to
4 the clearing house association have ar.
4 ranged to open for "new or Special
4 business. The arrangement is to receive
I all deposits that customers may desire
IL to make on new accounts. 49,
d The depositors may check out these
4 new balances without restriction o., linn
Il 1t. The plan for, new or special bqsl-
Is parts Of Alameda county, and so sue
81 cessful was it In it's operation that the
banks have now resumed regular bust
ness, and are receiving more money
than they are paying out.
g.. The savings banks are most anxious
to resume business, but they are unwill-
g ing to jeopardize the interests of their
depositors by opening their vaults a
moment before it is quite safe to DO so,
the contents of several vaults (not saw
ings banks) prematurely opened hav-
ing been destroyed.
Treasure in Vaults Burned.
"A large proportion If not a majority
of the business men who were thanking
their lucky stars during the big con-
fagration that their valuables were in.
closed in freproof vaults, have Weakened
to desperate realization Of the unques
tionable force of the San Francisco fire
Within seventytwo hours there have
been 576 safes and vaults opened in the
district east of Powell and Market
streets, and in not more than so pei
cent Of these cases were the contents
intact.
The city government yesterday began
the work Of paying out April salaries tt
its employees.
While it is difficult to give. exact fig
ures as to losses and insurance in con
nection with the fire which has devas
j. tated such a large portion of San Fran
r. cisco. close estimates have been com
piled which show that the annual prop
i erty loss to the city is close to $3.50
100000
Trolley cars were operated on Marke
street today between the ferry and Va
1encia street. and a little later they wi
run as far west as Castro.
No Hard Times.
Investigation has demonstrated thu
the fear that San Francisco will sufft
hard times as an aftermath Of the fl
is unfounded. Careful estimates sho
that within the next year there will
over $200,000,00O available for the r
aabilitation Of the city.
Big Sums in Sight,
The following figures indicate wlle
this sum is to originate:
Investment of new Geary street nj
nicipal road, $340,000; home telepho1
z company expenditures, $1,o0O,000;
approximately, $175,0OO,00O; Unit
railroads. new constructions, So 900, 90
city bonds of 1904, still available, ST.
100000; Ocean Shore railway, appro
mated expenditure, $1,000,000; resto1
ton of Pacific States Telephone co
Pany, -$1,OO0,o00; restoration Of govel
ment b ba ddH G9 $4,000; building Of
o. To Beautify city.s. ...~..-...
It is expected that large part
this money will come from eastern a
foreign capitalists. In figuring the t
hundred and odd million which will
available, the investigators did
4 take into consideration the sums tt
& may be raised for the Identification a
y Improvement Of the city.
90 The vexatious problem Of locati
the new Chinatown will probably
& settled to the satisfaction Of the c
& nese.
It is the desire Of the municipal
not to harass this portion of its fore
population, and the desires Of the dir
tmatic representatives Of China will
considered. At a meeting today
Chinese and a representative Of
general committee, such an understa
ing was reached.
Cook In Homes NOW.
The two weeks that have clap
since the earthquake have witnesse
81 transformation from chaos to ain
re ORDER The unburned section has b
s# nearly restored to it's normal condit
pa and when housewives are permitted
81 return to cook in their kitchens, a.
EsS the required inspection of chimn
s the streets will have their old-time
zs pearance. .-r~. = ~ = L
sss In the burned districts each
| rs brings its added share Of improven
5ss re, and the great task of cleaning up
~ been fairly started. -. 49,.
s.. Superior to Lemonade
81 HORSFORD ACID PHOSPHA,
r. teaspoonful added to glass of cold W
IS with sugar, makes delicious summer tor
HOCH RENoMINATED
~ 49, s>. ~.
81 Kansas Governor Alluded to Kissing
ID cIdene In Acceptance Speech.