The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22

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but little from the first, except that the
people were on the whole more comfortable.
The volunteer fro fighters, who have pretty
well dropped out Of the work, now that the
fire has turned, we're rested up. There
were more blankets and shelter tents
thanks to the troops.
SICK SEMI TO n Preside.
It was inevitablei under the oircum-
stances; that many should fall sick from
diseases brought on by exposure. The
troops sent all such to the hospitals OF the
Preside, which must be crowded by this
time.
There is nothing to show that an epidemic
of any kind is threatened The cases were
Of pneumonia, acute rheumatism and the
like. 1t is a fortunate circumstance that
the physicians convention was just over
when the earthquake came and that most
Of the delegates had remained in the city.
The medical department at the Preside,
with the thoughtfulness and foresight
which have marked the work Of the army
all through, systematically appropriated
the stocks of drug stores as they were threat
ened by the flames, and the medical supply
department at the Preside is we'll stocked.
just now there appears to be no danger Of a
drug famine.
The refugees came into Oakland to-day
without any personal baggage. The SOL
diers, realizing that life is now more valuable
than property and that it may be life and
death to get people out Of the city, forced
them to leave their belongings in a great
heap which is growing along the ~esplanade
for drinking purposes, the refugees, marked
with the smoke and the dirt of their out Of
doors bed, looked like tramps.
There has been a strange change in the
psychology OF the crowd. Yesterday
they were actively miserable, still able to
weep or to laugh at their hard luck. To-
day they are simply dead Of face and eyes.
There Is no emotion left in them. The
soldiers are haggard yet.
Back with the refugees to-day came a
great part Of the cadet battalion Of the
University Of California. These young
men were not a success as police and Gen.
Funston, having no time to train them in
their duties, dismissed the corps. Yester-
day President Jordan telegraphed from
Stanford University offering the aid of a
volunteer corps OF $50 students. Rabbi
voorsanger, needing the help OF young
and active men in distributing pro-
visions, accepted the offer. They arrived
classes are dismissed at both of the uni
versities and II is doubtful if there will be
any more regular instruction this term.
Stanford, where the water supply is ample
and the sanitation good, may take care Of
some Of the refugees.
oUBAoE SHOWS ITSELF.
Among the people who have made San
Francisco and who guide its activities
hope is reviving. While the actual refugees
are numb and dulled by four days of horror
and Of hardship, coura ge is in the air again.
The citizens are getting, ready first to clear
the city, restore the water supply and sani-
tation and make it livable and then to re-
build. That they will rebuild is accepted
without question. TIL only debate is over
ways and means.
The banks, housed in tents or in modern
buildings which were scared but not de-
stroyed by the fire, will open for business
on Wednesday. The loss to their vaults was
slight; they will probably be ready to pay
off all reasonable claims. There has been
a shortage of ready money. People Of
means unable to realize on checks ha We been
as poor as the poorest these our days.
OFFICE D 70 BE OPENED.
There is tremendous work to be done
greater work than any other American
city ever had to do. But the Western
spirit is ablaze. Men have started out to
do it. The Merchants Exchange Building,
the new Paramount Hotel and the Monad-
mock Building, three modern steel struc-
lures which came out Of the fire without
important damage, will be opened on Mon
day morning as office buildings for the
transaction Of important business.
Steel construction and fireproofng vindi-
Gated themselves nobly in this disaster.
Many such buildings got through the earth
quake, and the best Of them although burned
over, will not have to be rebuilt.
MAYORS SANITATION WARNING.
The following was the days proolama-
ton by Mayor Schmitz:
."Do not be afraid of famine. There will
be an abundance of food supplied. Do not
use any water except for drinking and
cooking purposes. Dc not light any fires
in houses, stoves or fireplaces. Do not use
any house closets under any circumstances,
but dig earth closets in rear of vacant lots,
using, il possible, chloride of lime or some
other disinfectant. This is Of the greatest
importance, and the water supply is only
sufficient for drinking and cooking. Do
not allow any garbage to remain on the
premises: bury and cover 1t Immediately.
Pestilenoe can only be avoided by COM
plying with these regulations.
You are particularly requested not to