The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-05-04
ERA OF HARMONY
IN STRICKEN CITY
GOOD OF ALL CLASSES FIRST CON-
SHERATON 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.

San Francisco, April 2S.-Harmony
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 nrst
signs of the return of former condl-
lions 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 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 l come here to-day to tell you that
the noble men and women over whom
have direction are at your service"
No Dissension.
Mayor Schmitz replied to these SEN
timents in a 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 Gross society, added to the general
feeling of the occasion by reading a
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 3:15
o'clock Wednesday afternoon shock
of earthquake was felt 1t lasted near
ly 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. Greedy
responded in the negative to the sug-
gestion that a governmental registra-
tion bureau be established, and he
added statement of conditions in San
Francisco and in manner forecasted
the future. His letter follows:
Headquarters, Fort Mason, Cal,
April 25.-Three hundred thousand
people are homeless and the entire
business facilities of a city Of 100000
have been destroyed except those on
one street of minor Importance; ac-
commodations for most urgent finan-
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 have
applied themselves devotedly to relief
and rescue work the past week are
gradually Withdrawing therefrom
stating correctly that domestic and
business affairs demand their entire at
tention. The mayor and police are
so fully occupied operating without
ordinary accommodations that even
the ordinary current duties such as
pertain to the coroner's Office and vital
statistics are largely neglected for lack
of force and office accommodations;
under such conditions a registration
bureau is impossible.
newspapers Will nelp.
''The newspapers have taken up the
matter as far as possible with their
own limited accommodations, and it is
| understood that kind of registration
bureau has been opened in Oakland;
can only suggest that interested parties
telegraph the examiner, the Call and
Chronicle, who at present are best in
| formed as to the location of prominent
individuals. To appreciate this situa-
| ton it is to be borne in mind that San
Francisco covers % square miles and
| 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 signal
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 by parties engaged in repair
| and rescue operations. Under these
| conditions No mart of tha citv nau he