Warren sheaf., 1906-05-03
ERA OF HARMONY
IN stricken CITY
GOOD OF ALL CLASSES FIRST CON-
sIDERATIoN OF RELIEF
COMMITTEE.
Archbishop's Eloquent Plea to Cast
Out Dissension Is Answered by
Mayor in Manner to Show Absence
of Ill Feeling Among officials.

and pledges of good feeling marked
the meetings Friday of the various
bodies of citizens, committee and rep
resentatives of the army which are
administering the affairs of San Fran
cisco.
The last sign Of confusion and mis-
understanding which at times existed
here has disappeared, and the first
signs of the return of former cOndi-
tions were the resumption of street
car traffic in certain sections and the
taking out of the first permit for the
erection of a modern steel structure
upon the ground occupied a few days
ago by a less substantial one.
Archbishop Riordan appeared at the
meeting of the citizens general COM
mittee and in an eloquent speech
counseled harmony between those
who are striving to bring order out of
chaos and predicted city greater
more beautiful and more striking and
a more striking example Of American
pluck and enterprise than the old San
Francisco. "Union should be our watch
word" said the archbishop, "and
whatever differences may have existed
between the men of this community in
the past should be wiped out. The
Catholic church is among the very
heaviest losers, but we are undismayed
and I come here to-day to tell you that
the noble men and women over whom
I have direction are at your SERVICE"
No Dissension.
Mayor Schmitz replied to these SEN
timents in speech equally eloquent
saying the harmony already prevailed
and that whatever enmity may have
been felt in the past was wiped out and
the citizens of San Francisco had but
one object in view-the immediate up
building of a new and better munich
pality.
DR.. Edward Devine, on behalf of the
Red Cross society, added to the general
feeling of the occasion by reading
telegram from Secretary Of War Taft
in which the latter told Of the gratifi-
cation of President Roosevelt at learn
ing of the harmony that now existed
in the carrying out of the immense
work which has been put upon San
Francisco.
One Woman Is Killed.
San Francisco, April 26.-At 9:15
o'clock Wednesday afternoon a shock
of earthquake was felt. 1t lasted near
ly a minute and caused considerable
alarm, one woman being injured. A
number of walls Of burned buildings
which were standing, owing to their
weak condition., were thrown down.
and frail buildings were considerably
shaken up, but the damage done was
slight.
The shock was also felt in Oakland
and Berkeley. but in these places it
was very slight and of brief Duration
Conditions in Frisco.
Washington, April 26.-Gen. Greely
responded in the negative to the sug-
gestion that a governmental registra-
ton bureau be established, and he
added a statement of conditions in San
Francisco and in manner forecaste;
the future. His letter follows:
headquarters, Fort Mason, Cal,
April 25.-Three hundred thousand
people are homeless and the entire
business facilities of city of 100000
have been destroyed except those on
one street Of minor importance; ac-
commOdatiOns for most urgent finau-
cial and other indispensable business
institutions are being obtained only
with the greatest difficulty. The entire
body Of those men are naturally de
voting their energies to restoring their
own affairs, and even those who haze
applied themselves devotedly to relief
and rescue work the past week are
gradually withdrawing therefrom
stat ns correctly that dor? nestle an
bu ness affairs demand their antire at
tent.on. The mayor and police ar
SO fully occupied operating without;
ordinary accommodations that ever
the ordinary current duties such as
perSain to the coroner's Office and vita
statistics are largely neglect d for la "a
of force and office accom- rodations
under such corr .tions a registra ton
bureau is impos
Newspapers Will help.
"The newspapers have taken up tie
matter as far as possible with thel.
own limited accommodations. and it is
understood that kind of Registrations
bureau has been opened in Oakland.
can only suggest that interested partie
elcgraph the examiner, the Call and
Chronicle, who at present are best in,
formed as to the location of prominent
individuals. To apprs ciate this sit,li
tion it is to be borne in mind that San
Francisco rs rs square miles an!
that all street car lines and usual
methods of local transportation are
still unavailable and imperative. There
is no telegraph system within the city
except that constructed by the sigma
corps, nor does any telephone service
exist beyond the military system con
Meeting these headquarters with the
mint, post Office, various district head
quarters and other points of great pub
lie Importance Even the present mill
tary systems are being continually
broken bv parties engaged in repair