The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-27


Hunters Point, the Mint, the post Office
and the large retail district on Fillmore
and Devisadero streets. After all, a big
city remains in San Francisco.
CHINESE coNsUL-oRNERAL OBJECTS,
The Chinese Consul General registers a
kick. He says that the soldiers have been
collecting graft from his countrymen. When
the first crowd of refugees was taken from
Fort Mason to the ferry, he charges, the
soldiers made the Cinnamon pay toll, usu-
ally IS a head, to be guided to the
ferry. He makes further charge that
the military guard was withdrawn from
Chinatown yesterday, allowing crowds OF
white toughs to poke through the ruins
and help themselves to the stocks Of Chinese
stores. He said that a large amount Of
property was stolen in this way, while the
Chinese stood by. Being Chinese and in
California. they had to.
EARTHQUAKE HUgRIEs EXODUS.
The earthquake of yesterday, while it
didn't amount to much and is just what
we may expect until the earth gets itself
settled, had the effect of increasing rail-
road traffic. Edwin Stearns, chairman Of
the Oakland. Relief Committee, said last
night that $4,000 had been carried out on
free transportation, that 5000 had taken
advantage of the one cent a mile rate and
hat 800 had gone to Chicago on the s. rate
offered to genuine refugees.
Based on the average distribution in
centres of food supply, the conn ittee
estimates that 349, coo rations are being
distributed daily-and San .Franciscos
population in 1900 was only 342, 600. 1t is
certain that small .grafters are getting
more than their share by standing in line
at one place. getting fed, and skipping to
another. But this must be limited; and
the figures show how completely We are
reduced to beggary in these famine times.
At one station yesterday provisions were
given out to 672 people an hour for ten
hours.
EDICA APPLIANCES NEEDED.
. One need overlooked until now is for
simple surgical and medical appliances Z.
Most of the physicians lost their kits Of
tools, They want gauze, too, and in fact
almost all kinds of common surgical sup
plies. As for food. it is coming in fast
enough, and the quality is good. Twenty
five carloads Of bread arrived yesterday
from the Northwest. This helped out
the busy bakers and was very welcome.
Trains are coming in so fast and from so
many points that it is not worth while to
enumeTate them.
Gov. Pardee still holds of on the session
Of the State Legislature. II is thought
hest TO wait until plans for rebuilding are
a little further advanced and until the
banks learn where they stand. Too hasty
legislation would only mix things further.
The steamer Buchanan Of the Alaska
line came in yesterday with volunteer
physicians, nurses and a cargo of % 900
tons of supplies sent by Seattle. on Cape
Blanco the vessel struck a terrific sea.
and Capt. Wood believes that it was caused
by the seismic disturbances.
'GIMPY HLL" ESCAPED.
Every resident Of San Francisco knows
"Gimpy Bill though perhaps not by that
name. He is a cripple and mendicant who
sells lead pencils on Market street. His
legs have been cut of at the very hips. and
in place of legs he moves on wheeled plat
forms, strapped to the stunlps. He works
himself along the pavements with two
short canes, and his head is about at the
level Of the head of a dog. He Is a man
on castors instead Of legs.
When the earthquake came Bill was
slee ping over a saloon OF Washington
street near Montgomery-a region which
got a heavy shock. His street legs were
unstrapped, but he had his clothes on.
He was pitched out of he'd and rolled about
the Dom like an empty demijohn, A
heavy cornice fell through the ceiling Of
his room and missed him by a foot. He
rolled away from the wreck and mana ged
to get to his rollers, which he strapped on.
He tried the door, but the wrscklgs.
outside it had him penned in, a prisoner.
He trUndled himself 10 the window, and
saw that the district was already on fire.
Bill made il back to tho led. twisted the
blankets and. sheets into a rope, tied his
canes about his NECK with a cord. and slid
out Of the window. His rope was too short.
AT the end of it, he hung ten feet above the
street. There he swung and yelled, afraid
Of what the drop might do to his trundle
platforms, until some one passing threw
upa pile of boxes and helped him down.
In. one day, driven always backward
by the fire, this cripple covered about four
teen miles, ending in a camp in Golden
Gate Park. At one time he grabbed the
tailboard Of a wagon and held Oh, his plat
forms humping over the cobbles. At
another time his only way Of exit from
the fire was across Russian Hill, up which
an italian boy pulled MIN with a rope for