Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-20

tanning the homes Of many millionaires and
apartment houses.
The military was notified Of this action
and barrels of gunpowder the only re-
naming explosive in the city. were taken
from the Presido Fort Mcdowell, Al
catraz and other nearby posts. Hundreds
Of police, regiments Of soldiers and scores
Of volunteers were sent into the doomed
district to warn the people to flee. These
stoealy responded to the demand OF the
law and went bravely on their way, trudR-
ing painfully over the pavements with the
little they could get together. Every avail
able wagon was taken by the military TO
carry the powder.
General Funston is cooperating with
Mayor Schmitz, whose orders to all officers
are to kill without warning all mslefac-
tors. When men have been needed to
carry out the plans of rescue they have
been pressed into service In only a few
instances was Il necessary to resort to
the cooked revolver and drawn sword,
after which there ives no hesitancy.
The Preside reservation, the vast Rich
mond district Of thousands OF acres Golden
Gate park and the surrounding hills rescm-
BILE one vast picnic ground. Tents and
improvised coverings have been erected
everywhere, hreplaces built in the streets,
beds and mattresses thrown down all over
the section. The people thus situated are
philosophical. There is only one danger,
and that is that the food supply will run
out. Every grocery in San Francisco has
been taken by the authorities, and to each
family is being sold only one article at a
time. In many places the police and mill
tary prohibit overcharging. General Funs-
ton announced this morning that rattons
would soon reach the city and the people
would soon be supplied from the Preside.
Bakeries have already been built within
the reservation and the bread supply there
fore has not failed completely. The gov
eminent also has begun to aid in the
progress Of the people out of the city to
Oakland. Berkeley and Alameda. Tugboats
and steamers are being pressed into ser
vice for this purpose and there is a vast
army on the way to the ferries.
From the water front the burned city
can be seen today in all its smoky naked
ness. From the Pacific Mail dock to Vallejo
street on the west side, a distance of two
miles, wreckage and ruin Is the rule. AL
though the firc did not jump East street,
the damage has been enormous. The filed
in land facing the Ferry building is a sue
cession OF little valleys, some four, other
six feet deep. The ferry tower itself
is out OF plumb and the big building is
badly twisted by the earthquake.
Looking up Market street, the city is
a smouldering mass OF ruins Great manu-
factories, mercantile houses. banks and
railroad office buildings are no where to be
seen and only in spots is there so much
as tower, the monument of the burned
structure. Today il bright and warm. The
sun is beating dewn on the tired workers
and rescuers. There Ia scarcely any water
to relieve the thirst of the sufferers. The
heat is threatening danger. for the dead in
many instances are lying in the streets
and ruins. The authorities are doing all
in their power to remove bodies in order
that pestilenoe may be prevented II has
been necessary repeatedly to remove the
injured from places where they had sought
refuge, for the fire kept increasing with
alarming rapidity. Water'is the incessant
cry of the firemen and the people-one
wants 1t to fight with. the other to drink
but there IL only a scant drinking supply.
By the burning OF the st. Francis
hotel. which was entirely consumed. over
s. 600, 900 went up in smoke. This mag
niacent caravansary, which at the time of
its destruction was being enlarged at
enormous expense was fiiled to its capac-
ity. Among those stopping at the hotel