Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-24
ICE COLLECT AND DISTRIBUTE FOOD
Water Supply is Fairly Adsquars and
Repairs Are Progressing.
IATIoN COMES TO AID OF THE CITY
-Four Million Dollars Appropriated for
Relief Of Destitute
LIGHT SERVICE PARTIALLY RESTORED
Electric Cars Are Running on some
streets-oVer six Hundred Rpdies
Buried Up 10 Tuesday
Noon.

VALPARAISO, Aug. %. Ferdanez
Blanco, governor of the province OF Val.
paraiso has proclaimed the city of VAL
paraiso in state OF sege and has con-
ferred supreme authority on Navy Cap
tain oGmez Carreno. The prefect OF police
is charged with the duty of collecting and
distributing food. one of the first acts
of the military governor was to issue IN
order :hat all persons found breaking water
mains should be shot. The water supply is
fairly adequate, the repairs are actively
| progressing at Baron Hill, Vina del Mar
and Ramiditas, where a large number of
mains were broken during the earthquake.
! The mayors office now is in Victoria
| square. besides the governors tent.
| The whole of Victoria street tonight is
| Illuminated by electric lamps. Two other
streets are also lighted and tomorrow night
/ Cerro street will be lighted. Electric cars
already are running between Baron station
and Becreo and probably tomorrow the
operation OF cars will be extended to vina
del Mar.
| Oyer Six Hundred Bodies.
The total number of corpses buried up TO
| Tuesday August n, was Gas.
The main postoffice has been reopened.
Al Llaillai there is not single wall in
good condition. There were thirty persons
killed there.
At Cabildo the railroad station was
| damaged.
At Qullota many buildings were pros
trated.
The earthquake was very severe at Con-
con and Colmo. The dead in those places
number 20.
kilograms of sympathy have been re-
ceived from Secretary Root, President
Barredo of Peru; NJ. Barrigos. foreign
minister of France. and Rothschild & Son,
as well as from the city of Buenos Ayres.
Meat and bread are scarce. Meat is now
being distributed by the authorities. The
grocer shops that were not destroyed by
the earthquake are now nearly out of stock.
Canned meats. sardines. condensed milk
and biscuits are much needed
The weather is somewhat cloudy. Sani-
tary conditions are being established In
the encampments and most of the people
are light hearted though four or five earth
quake shocks OF moderate violence are ex-
perienced daily The Red Cross is caring
for thousands OF injured.
Appropriation by Government.
Some of the business houses here re-
opened today for the first time since the
earthquake.
Telephone and telegraph communication
has been re-established, but the lines are
used almost exclusively by the government
officials. The city Is still under martial
law. Traffic ceased at o'clock in the
evening and everybody is compelled to
take some part in the work of restoring
normal conditions. As a first installment
the government has appropriated 100000
for the relief of the destitute. The Gus
] toms hOuae WAS raonanad tndav apd tra f7n
by water and by rail has been resumed.
The postal service also is In operation.
One of the greatest difficulties encoun-
tered by the authorities is in the Inter-
ment OF the bodies recovered from the
ruins, as all the cemeteries were de-
stroyed. At the various temporary
morgues heaps OF cofiins have accumulated,
awaiting the designation OF their place Of
burial.
Epidemic to he Avoided.
The work of recovering the bodies is
being pushed to the utmost, In order to
avoid epidemic. in fear OF which many
families are leaving the city. Through
the whole length Of Brazil avenue and all
over Victoria square large sheds have
been constructed to shelter the homeless
from the severe rains.
Survivors of the earthquake say that
during the shocks 1t was impossible to
stand erect without support
movement is on foot to organize a
company to facilitate the raising of the
money necessary to reconstruct the city.
1t is proposed to advance the sums needed
without interest for the first six months
The plan is to construct the new build
ings OF light materials and to lay out the
streets that they will have uniform
width of twenty meters
All the provinces of the north ana south
which have not suffered from the earth
quake are sending supplies of food ana
money to the stricken cities and towns.
santiago Helps Sufferers.
The department OF public works at San
tiago has appropriated 10000 for the con-
struction of sheds 10 shelter the refugees
from Valparaiso and elsewhere, who con.
tinue to arrive at the Chilean capital in
large numbers.
The railroad line between Limache ana
Quilpue in addition to suffering severely
from the earth shocks of August 49, is
threatened by several enormous crevices
newly formed In It's vicinity.
Valparaiso is still without street lights
but order is maintained owing TO the Sc.
verify OF the authorities. who shoot all
persons caught committing robberlss.
Among the buildings which fell at the
time of the earthquake are the Palace OF
Justice and the Maritime prefecture.
One Road slightly DamaEed.
LONDON, Aug. 2S.-The Chilean Trans.
Andine railroad has received a cable dis
patch from its manager at Los Andes, say
ing that the damage TO the road is not
serious and that traffic viii be resumed in
few weeks far as Juncal
story of Deaths.
LIMA. Peru. Aug. 3-Further details re-
ceived here today from Valparaiso show
that out OF forty employees OF the telephone
company thirty-eight were killed.
When the house of Presdent-elect Montt
collapsed his wife fell from the balcony
In the street, and bandits who were pass
ing cut on her ears and fingers TO rob her
OF her jewelry. She was taken In dying
state on board the Chilean warship O'Hig-
gins.