Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-28

San Francisco, April "a "a drench'
ing rain, which came up in che early
hours of yesterday morning has put
out the last of the San Francisco fires.
1t caused great hardship to people
sleeping out of doors, and with little
or insu ficient shelter. but has done
great good in flushing the sewers,
washing the streets, and helping the
army surgeons to fight pestilence.
There is of course, danger that many
pneumonia cases viii follow.
Gen. Fanston and Mayor Scbmitz,
in a dispatch t the war department
Indignantly deny the shortest that
there are epidensics, OF any i'm
mediafe danger of them.
Every house in the western ad'
) dision, the residence part, which was
not burned. has been forced so ac-
comsate refugees To its fall capacity.
They are putting up barracks IN
lGolden' Gste parh. and the exodus
from the city continues, The au-
liberties Of she Red Coss believe THAT
Jbv the end Of she week only me strong
ana hayay will have 10 sleep out cs
doGSs..
There vaere few shooting Sorapes
among the toagbs along the water
'front.', and reports of men gaugfts' Loot
ling or insulting women being shot by
~3troopse continue 10 come in.
The o~itiaensi' COMMITTEES manSges
20 fsed every one, and the rich, 'usless
they hsppen so'haUe q store If food in
their houses, must: take their chance
with tks poor in the bread lines;
which are formed in all paris. The
continuous, Arrival of relieG trains
msskes it certain thsEt5he city will NOT
starve. II may be n month at least
4 before all yho stay in San Francisco
wilg ceass, to be wartss Of the govern
menh
Work, on the rebnildtnG of San From
| cisco has actually beEIn- Arcsiteess
are drawing. up plans in half suisea
buildings, sno $50. o0s, Oos worth" of
contracts wall belet as soon as shs
period of legal holiday ceases.
| With gsngs,o OF men pressed intosses-
| vice the soldiers are gstting the deb
, ris ors. of the Streets Tbs discovery
! and cremation of bodies went oEAyee-
terday.. Still there ara conflicting
storiee about the loss ct life. The
| truth about .his will mt be definitely
knowa for sometime.
The aheeranllne@s,thah she sanitary
4 situation is being straightened o1s IFS
the most encouraging thing thas came
from San francisco hOday. Next TO
that is the news that the business iaen
of san Francisco are making good
their promise. to- reAaild.
Food was nexsr &Ore pleLSifnl In.
San Francisco than today, SOd the
only trouble ia its proper distribution.
The COMMITTEE. on feeding tba,hungpy
reports the most satisfactory progress
IN the huge task, and has already es-
tablished fisty-twO food stations,
where all the hungry may secure ra-
sionS
There is an abundance Of meals for
: ste wing. though all the amer cuts are
used at the hospitals. Immense cattle
trains are rolling northward from the
: prairies of the southwest, and chick
ems and e z are coming froSa nearby
towns. The most pressing need is for
vegetables.
The situation, taken as a whole, is
not now so bad as that in Oakland and
the other outside points about the
bay region. On the whole, the dam
4 age has been exaggerated, Rumors
Q Of smallpox, fever, cholera. anything.
creep through the cloud of black
smoke which screens the water front
from Oakland. The fact that all leav-
IL ing the city must stay away raises the
tension there to the screaming point.
But mere in Jefferson Park. on the
!. very edge Of the burnt district, 1t il a
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