The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-04
Sweep of the Fire


swept down the main wholesale busl-
ness streets to within 100 feet OF the
Union Ferry depot nigh tower, which
stood at dangerous angle. The blg
wholesale grocery establishment OF
WeIiman, Peck & Co., was on fire from
cellar to roof, and the heat was so OPP
pressive that passengers from the ferry
boats were obliged to keep close to The
waters edge in order to get past the
burning structure. 1t was impossible
to reach the center of the city from
the bay without skirting the shore for
a long distance so as to get around the
burning district
At about O'Clock this evening the
Southern Pacific officials refused to al
low any more passengers from trans
bay points to land, and sent back those
already the boats
The ferry and train service of the
Southern Pacific was entirely abandon
ed, owing to damage done to the power
house by the earthquake, at EmeryVlile.
At 9 clock this morning 1000 men
from the Preside arrived down town
to patrol the city streets. The Thir-
from Angel Island little later and
went ON patrol duty at once. The sol
diers have been ordered to shoot down
thieves caught in the act of robbing
the dead, and to guard with their lives
the millions of dollars worth of prop
erty which has been placed in the
streets that it may escape the ravages
of the fire. The First California
tiliery, 200 strong, two companies, have
been detailed to patrol duty on Ellis
street. Two more companies are pa
trolling Broadway in the Italian sec
tion.
CITIZENS COMMITTEE
NAMED BY MAYOR.
At an early hour this morning Mayor
Sehmitz, who has established his office
at police headquarters, named the fol
lowing citizens as a committee of
safety:
James D. Phelan, Herbert Law,
Thomas Magee, Charles Fee, w. P. Her
rim, Thornwell Mullaly, Garret w. Nc
Enerny, w. FL. Leahy, j. Downey Har-
vey, jeremiah Oman, John K. MaIoney,
Henry T. Scott, /. w. Hellman, George
A Knight, l. G. Steinhart, S. g. Muir
ply, Homer King, Frank Anderson, w.
j. Barnett, John Martin, Allen Pollock,
Mark Gersette, H. v Ramsdell, w. G.
Harrison, r. A. Crothers, Paul Cowles,
NJ. II. DeYoung, Claus Spreckels, Ru-
dolph Spreckels, w. c. Fay, John Me
Naught, Dent Robert, Thomas Garret, |
Frank Shea, John Reed, Robert Pisis, |!
T. r. Woodward, Howard Holmes, Geo. |
Dillman, j. B. Rogers, David Rich, H. |
T. Crosswell, j. A. Howell, Frank |
Maestretti, Glenn Tobin, Geo Tourney, |
Il u A Ill
William Watson.
Mayor Schmitz sent out word to the |
bakeries and milk stations throughout |
the city that their food supply must |
be harbored for the homeless. Pro |
vision has already been made to place
tents in every park in the city and in |
these those who have lost all viii be
given food and shelter. Early in the |
morning the prisoners confined in the |
city prison, on the fifth floor of the Hall |
of Justice, were transferred to the |
basement of the structure. Later they |
were removed to the old county Jail |
and if necessity arises they will be
taken to the branch county jail on the
Mission road.
Commissioner E. Myron Wolfe an
Dounced at noon that the eighty odd |
fire insurance companies interested had
decided to pay dollar for dollar to
everyone insured with them. The com
panies Will not discriminate between
fire and earthquake and everyone in
sured will be paid to the extent of the
loss. But two of the companies at
fected are Pacific coast concerns, the
Others having principal offices in the
East or in Europe, and all will stand
the loss without danger of failure.
OUT OF MISERY.
One of the first orders issued by Chief
of Police Oman this morning was the
closing of every saloon in the city.
This step was taken to prevent drink
crazed men from rioting in the streets. :
There is little dynamite available in ;
the city. At o'clock Mayor Schmitz {
sent a tug to Pinole for several cans
of the explosive. He sent a telegram
to Mayor Mott of Oakland At 800 ;
he received this reply to his Oakland
message:
Three engines and hose companies
leave here Immediately viii forward ]
dynamite as soon as obtained -
a w. Hussey came to the station at
the Hall of Justice shortly before l
o'clock this morning and told how, at
the direction of a policeman whom he
did not know, but whose star number
he gave as 615, he had cut the arteries
IN the wrists of a man pinioned under
tlmbers at the St. Catherine hotel. Ac-
cordlng to the statement made by Hus-
sey the man was begging to be killed
and the policeman shot at him, but his
aim was defective, and the bullet went
wide of the mark. The officer then
handed Hussey knife, with instruc-
tions to cut the veins in the suffering
man s wrists, and Hussey obeyed orders
to the letter Chief of Police Oman di-
reeted that Hussey be locked up. There
has been no opportunity to investigate
his story, but the police believe the aw-
full calamity rendered him insane and
that the incident reported to them has
no existence except in the imagination
of the man who made the report.
SMALL SHACKS CAUSE
LOSS TO SPRECKELS.
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