The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
DESTITUTE AND
Needing {. /: MONEY.
Sensation Caused San
FranCiSCO5B BY State
ment Of Phclan.
LOOTERS At WORK y
IN RUINS SOFClTY
~ ssSg
Relic Hunters Seize Trinkets.
Jewels and Other Valuable
Property-Magnificent
Libraries Destroyed 5s3g
in Fire-Troops
to Remain.
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K SAN FRANCISCO, April 3S.--Surpilse &
was caused to-day when Jatnes y. Phelan,3
chairman Of the finance committee, Nh NV
anounccd to tho citizens committee that W
he had been given to understand By
Secretary or Commerce Victor Fl. Met n
calf, the representative OF President
Roosevelt, that only 100000 OF he s., ,5OO,
OO0 appropriated by Congress for tho res
lief Of san Francisco, was available, and #
that this sum represented the extent 9 ,t; cSs
financial assistance that might bcbcxpoc ct
cd from that source IL Il S III 3i5 5js8ss23
S Secretary Mctcalf corroboratcdS Nm NJ \ n
iphelan's statement. Mr.. Phclan then said 8l
that there was only S5ls,000 available III
cash to Ills order at theRmnt and " e}si
strictest economy would be ne ecessa rs
1--WE need money" said Mr. Pllclan.S
5"and the country should not be lcd into
the belief that millions are on hand .sto 8s
relieve the destitute people, SIX NJ n
..8 Troops to Remain. iii
'rl,c question OF m he Use OF " i cd ernl ls
troops 10 assist in the preservation ZOE
the peace and good order Of the 81 fclttsS
developed a Lunanimty5 of opinion anon among s
the civilian and Military orites anit! !S
at the request of Mayor Schntz the
lnitted to remain tss ss!sS.
Z Absolute order still prevails y In Sft
Francisco. The great city W hicll n bu S5a a
brief time since was known tile world ~
over as the second Paris, SO s4Wide ~ t1A AZ
was Its reputation for gaietyt and pleas
sure-seekng has settled into the ;qnle et,estSS
jof communities in which the population
Il not seer, abroad after the first hours
OF darkness. While the most rig Id patrol
system is maintained everywhere thpJ
people are free TO come and go6asl 4 ley
please. $ n .t NJ 4Sli ,f asI.5 XII MI
4But as there are no more plac 3ot
recreation to attract them. few venture 4
abroad at night. The Influx of iglt.,BB
,scers is adding to n he work q 6 the aus
ithorties and to the sdiscoln fort of y lose Il
Still living in San Franc csco. .sS5
thousands of these people crowd the I.
ferry toats, block the few open IS treetA y
with all sorts Of useless vehicles, and
seriously Interfere with those d enga geu u
Ii. relief work. To-day they added TO & he
terrific Jam Mt the main ferry statlonsS
and choked the narro W passages cleared
In a few streets for vehicles They over
ran ruins or buildings wherever safety
would hermit ana were ruthless in their
fran tic efforts to seize on some article
Of historic orr intrinsic value and cartAit 4;
away "A. Az 55 .s s ia44sS st5s
Looting Ruins.
Throughout Chinatown and alons4
Kcarny street, where bazaars filled With
oriental wares once stood, the harvest
Of relics has been particularly rlcE. $SS
Men, women and children, fearing nel-8
ther the presence OF military nor the 5da n-5ss
ger of orumbling walls, swarm about the,
ruins with great profit to themselv 49, II q "a
many of the Chinese and Japanese stores
when the fire approached the proprletors III:
buried u large part OF their stock IN tile sg
basement, intending to return after the a
fire had passcd and recover what they
could, They never camo back. The #ter-5
rors OF tho rocking earth and the sWceps
Of flame we're too much for their Oriental pp5a
minds; but the relic hunters ca me e,5 an q 5s..
that was OF any use or value III
has been cnrried away. 3 s3
,rhc work of the looter has not been VI
confined alone to the ruins OF stores. s
MANY residence sites have bcen worked h
over ana articles Of gold, silver and china
carried away III 5s .l5 3, |, 5. 4, ss.
i At the ruins of the Hopkins Art lnsti-s
tute and the5i Stanford residence, qua rda a
nre maintained and yesterday two wo- 88
men, who had been gathering relics at
other houses along Pine and California
Streets, complained a galnst the rcfusal
OF the guards to permit then, to enter tha "a
ruins where tile Stanford and the Crock -5gSs
er homes once stood 4
Among tue ruins Of many family ho-
tells and in the ashes of pawn shops rel to 47it
hunters gathered trlnkets and unset az
Jewels. There is no limit to the endure 5S
ance OF tho lootcrs, nor to the efforts
they will make to find something ot 81
value, 81
Libraries Destroyed. S.35
Among the greatest losses resulting
from tho fire are the magnificent u IA
brarles of San Francisco. l.ibraryE ar Ssl
tor library holding in all more than NJ
million volumes, disappeared In the fira..S
Great collections OF Invaluable records
came to the pitiful end OF making food #
for flames. No accurate estimate can 53s{
he made OF tho monetary worth OF thae$g
books destroyed but II ls believed thai IN
their market value WAS In excess oe
s,noooO The public library was tho 8k
eighth In size in the United States.
Over 800 Bodies Recovered,
Three hundred and thirty-three bodies ~
of Victims of the recent earthquake and &
nre have now been found by Coroner
Walsh and his assistants, Many OF Chs
dead havo been Identified, All that were Ssf
buried In the public squares during the II
5avs Of the fire have been removed to
the several cemeteries Of the city. The &
coroner's data Is fairly accurate, though
his work and his reports are not yet 1
complete, III
ASKS FOR MONEY, .l5saS
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