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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-29

Summit--Max. rs. min. 10; wind, north;
weather. clear
Forecast for San Francisco and vicinity
Cloudy, unsettled weather Saturday; possibly
showers; fresh southwest winds
For Sacramento valley-Cloudy Saturday;
possibly light showers; cooler; fresh south wind.
For San Joaquin Valley-Cloudy, cooler, Sat
urday; light west wind.
For Los Angeles and vicinity-Cioudy Satur-
day; light southwest wind
A. G. McADEE. District Forecaster
MAXIMUM and minimum temperatures of East
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-29
October Budget of the Relief
Corporation Shows Saving.

avery department of the
Relief Corporation has cut
down it's running expenses
for October. In the department
of camps this reduction amounts
to s63. .O89.66. The executive
committee adopted yesterday
resolutions of appreciation OF
it's retiring secretary, Ernest r.
BfcIxnell.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-29
u. s. brunch Hxdrographic ome.

A branch OF the United States Hydrograp pbie
ofnce, located at the Merchants Exchange is
maintained IN San Francisco for the benefit of
mariners. without regard to nationality and free
Of expense. Navigators are cordially invited to
and sailing directions Of the world are kept at
hand, for comparison and reference, and the
latest information can always be obtained re-
matters of interest to ocean commerce. The
time ball service has been suspended, pending
building.
J. T. MCMILLAN, Nautical Expert in Charge.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-29
Liner China Sails for Orient With
Much Freight for Philippines.

The Weather Report.
United States Department of Agriculture
Weather Report, San Francisco Sept %, 1906.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-29

~ HE Desmond soup kitchen
at the speedway is fy-in-
tested and dirty, and the
meals have fallen below the
standard of six weeks ago. The
dining-room II filed with sick
ening odors and the condition
of the refugee patrons is
wretched.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-29
To ARRIVE

Movement of steamers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-29

BAY AND NTERuRBAN ROUTES
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-29

Stmr Nushagak. Anderson. Grays Harbor
Br ship Latimer. johnson, Ipswich
Br ship Wanderer, Dunning Liverpool
Ship Columbia. Larsen, Port Townsend
Bark Levi G Burgess Youngren PORT Town
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-21
ARE BRAVE AND PATIENT.
Distribution of Supplies Is Now the
Serious Problem.

San Francisco, April 2O.-The problem
now confronting the city government
and federal authorities is how TO feed
the multitude of destitute. Supplies. are
coming in by the trainIoad, but as vet
the system of distribution is not in
complete working order At the Pre-
sidio where probably $4,000 people are
camped, affairs are conducted with
military precision. Water is plentiful
and rationS are dealt out all dav long.
The refugees stand patiently in line
and there is not q murmur. This char
acteristic is observable all ever the
c!tV
The people are brave and patient and
the wonderful order preserved oy them
has been of great assistance. In Gold
en- Gate park are encamped 200 200 peo-
pie They are being taken care of. A
huge supply station has been estab-
dealt out Probably 100. 900 more people
are camped in vacant lots and squares
scattered about the city and these are
the unfortunates that are hard to reach
The banks have not yet decided
what to do. In all cases the vauIts are
intact and as soon as quarters can be
provided business will be resumed. Six
hundred men from the Ocean Shore rail-
way Will arrive tonight with wagons
and implements and will commence i'm
mediate work on the sewer system.
inspectors are going from house ~.
mouse examining chimneys and viii is
sue permits to build fires
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-21
VIOLENT ONES
TIED TO TREES
Rescue of the ManiacS From
AgneW Asylum Attended With
the Greatest of Difficulties.
OVER ONE HUNDRED KILLED
INJURED 2O7-THIRTY OF LAT
TER FATALLY HURT.

Oakland, Cal, April 19.-An Associat-
ed Press correspondent who arrived
here last night from Santa Cruz re-
ports that up to noon Thursday 103
bodies had been taken out of Ag-
news state hospital near Santa Clara.
Official estimates place the number of
injured insane patients at 207, and of
these thirty were not expected to live.
The main building of the hospital col
Iapsed, pinning many of the patients
under fallen walls of debris The pad
ded cells had to be broken open and
the more dangerous patients were tied
TO trees out on the lawn in lieu of
safer place The doctors and nurses
stuck heroically to their posts and a
hundred students from Santa Clara
college went over in a body to assist
i'm succoring the wounded. Brother De-
Martini in charge of the college in
firmary, did good work in giving first
aid TO the injured, as did DR.. Gerlache
of San Jose the county physician, who
later collapsed. Drs. Sapp and Wright
of San Jose are assisting the hospital
staff.
Very little damage was done to the
buildings at Santa Clara college, and
not one of the students or priests was
injured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-21
Must All Come Down.

There is not brick or stone build
ing of two stories or over i'm San Jose
today that has not been leveled to the
ground or that will not have to be
torn down. Some fires started after
the quake, but the fire department soon
had them under control.
q secured an automobile at O'clock
and left for Agnew with TWO or three
of the visiting sheriffs- The sight there
was awful. The walls were standing,
but the floors had all fallen in.
Scores of insane persons were run
ming in the grounds, unmatched and
uncared for. l helped to take out the
body of DR.. Kelley, the assistant SUI
perintendent of the asylum. who had
been instantly killed. A nurse who
was also taken out Of the ruins by me
died a little later. When left there at
noon for San Jose it was with the in
tention of securing a company Of the
national guard to go out to the asylum
but the sheriff of Santa Clara county
had sworn in several hundred special
deputies, and some of those went out
at once to take charge.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-21
WILL STOP EXTORTION.
Mayor Mott of Oakland Issues I'm
portant Proclamation.

Oakland, Cal, April 20-Mayor Mott
has issued the following proclamation
ITO Whom 1t May Concern:-The
city government requests that lodgings
and food supplies be offered for sale at
usual rates, Notwithstanding the pres
ent calamity.
IAN especial appeal is made to to-
tells, lodging houses, grocers. butchers
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and sellers OF
breadstuffs and supplies. In the eva1t
OF eXorbitant prices being demanded
for lodgings or food supplies the mill
1ary authorities will be given power
under proper direction to take into nos
session said lodging houses. or. suppIies
compensation for same to be deter
mined later by the courts.
This is important"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-21
DISASTER AT SAN JOSE.
Badly Shattered Buildings Will
Have to Be Pulled Down.

Los Angeles, April 2O.-"San Jose,
which was the prettiest little city in
California said Will A. White. sheriff
of this county. this morning. as he
stepped off the train at River station,
lis now the worst looking wreck L
ever saw.
when 1 left there yesterday morn
ing at o'clock nineteen dead bodies
had been recovered, and there was q
possibility that others would be found.
1 reached Agnew asylum a Few hours
later in an automobile and was one
of the first on the spot. There helped
to carry out sixty cOrpSeS. At noon
when l arrived at San Jose it was be
lieved that fully 100 bodies were still
in the ruins.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-21
Stopped the Clock.

THE shock came to San Jose ex-
actly at 5:12:45. according to the clock
in the ST. James hotel, which was
stopped. Supreme Court Clerk Jor-
dan, my young nephew, Walter Jordan.
and myself occupied an apartment on
the fourth floor of the st. James hotel.
The shock awOke the three of us, but
only seemed to disturb my nephew,
who commenced calling out. Then the
plastering peeled off in great chunks:
the chimney fell and knocked a great
hole in the roof. We Immediately
made our way downstairs and into the
street. It was full of people, dressed
or undressed, who were running about
distractedly, not knowing what to do.
The east wing of the VendOme hotel,
three-story frame house, had fallen in
and some of the guests had to be dug
out of the ruins. While I was there
the body of Deputy Sheriff O'Toole of
Gilroy. with whom I had cOnversed the
previous night, was carried into the
street
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-21
Merchant Prince of Wednesday
Shares Space in Sand Dunes
With Family of Laborer.
White Man Has Forgotten His An
tipathy to Jap and "Chink" During
the Dark Hour of Desolation.

Francisco looks with anxious eyes for
relief in its time of need
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-21
GENEROSITY APPRECIATED
Mayor Schmltz Sends kilograms Elk
pressing Thanks.

San Francisco, April 20.-Mayor
Schmitz today sent the following teIe-
gram to President Roosevelt:
San Francisco, April 20.-To the
President of the United States, Wash
tngton, D. C: Generous contribution
of 100000 from the federal govern
ment for relief of destitute citizens re-
ceived and deeply appreciated. The
people overwhelmed by your generoS-
tty. All of this money will be used for
relief purposes. Property owners de-
termined to rebuild as soon as fire
ceases. City will Immediately proceed
to provide capital for the purpose Of
reconstructing public buildings, schools,
JaIls, the hospitals, sewers and salt and
fresh water system. The people hone
that the federal government will at
once provide ample appropria tions to
rebuild all federal buildings on a scale
beftting the new San Francisco. We
are determined to restore to the nation
It's chief port on the Pacific
(Signed)
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-21
ORE MILL BURNED.

SiIverton, Colo. April 2O.-Thc Sill
yer Lake mill, three miles from Sill
verton, was destroyed by fire, loss esti-
mated at S25O.O0O, fully insured. The
fire is believed to be Of incendiary or
igin as the hose was found to have been
cut.
The capacity of the mill, which was
owned by the GugSenheim Brothers of
New York, was $50 tons of ore 4 day
and the mil gave employment to $50
men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-21
Thanks to New York.


He also sent the following to Louis
E. Cook of New York:
Louis E. Cook, So West Thirty-fourth
Street, New York: Grateful for your
generous telegram, California heartily
thanks you. We need tents, bedding and
food supplies. We require cOnfOrterS
and blankets in large number. Thou
sands of our people are sleeping in the
open air without sufficient covering.
We particularly need adequate supplies
of diSinfectantS to establish sanitary
camps; also drugs and hospital ma
terialS. A committee of fifty has been
appointed. Chairmen of the sub-con-
mittees are:
"Commissary committee, Rabbi Nor-
sanger; housing homeless. w. J. Bari
nett; finance committee, James D. Pie
Ian.
Small Currency Needed.
"An kilograms addressed to Frank in
Hall, relief committee, San Francisco
VIII nave prompt attention by chair
man of proper committee. In your tel
egram you speak of ready cash. Would
suggest that considerable currency of
small denomination be sent This is
important as all our banking Quarters
are destroyed. We would gTeatIv an
preciate if New York bankers vvouId
arrange to cooperate with California
bankers with a view of securing tern
poraTy relief so that fiscal operations
may be resumed at the earliest ditto
possible san Francisco will rebuiI5
We want to resume the transaction of
our usual busfSness in the shortest time
possible.
EUGENE e. SCHMITz. Mayor
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-21
Visitors Were Fortunate.

San Jose is under martial law, and
the city is thoroughly patroled by the
militia. Those that died were all resi-
dents of the town. OF the many visit
Ors of the Royal Arch, sheriffs aud SUI
pervisOrs, few only received Slight
injuries.
After getting away from San Jose
L saw evidences of the earthquake at
Niles, and even as far as Livermore
in the shape Of fallen chimneys and
broken glass -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-21
Slept on a Grave.

well known young lady of social
position when asked today where she
had spent the night, replied: ION a
grave"
Throughout the entire western DOR
on OF the peninsular county of San
Francisco these camps are located. The
municipal safety committee has had
plans Of concentrating these unfortu-
nate people in several great camps, but
unless they are fOrcibly herded togeth-
er like cattle, this scheme seems i'm
possible of accomplishment
Major MCKeeVer of the United States
army has been appointed commandment
OF the camps and, with his staff of as
slstants, was today trying to bring
some sort of system and order out of
the chaotic situation. His first thought
Is TO supply food and waite and then
10 arrange sanitary measures These
throngs of people, crowded elbow tn
elbow in the open lots and fields with
out COnvenienceS that are naturally
demanded. are threatened with an chi
demic of disease unless some wise pre-
cautions are speedily observed and the
authorities even as early as Yesterday
mad men constructing necessary out
houses
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-21

San Francisco, April 20.-Next to the
many square miles Of ruins that once
made San Francisco a city, no better
realization of the ruin that has come
to this place can be gained by visiting
refugee camps located in the districts
which were untouched by the flames
Golden Gate park was the Mecca of the
destitute. This immense playground of
the municipality has been converted
into a, vast mushroom city that bears
striking resemblance to the fieeting
towns located on the border of q gov
eminent reservation about to be opened
to public settlement.
Prince and Pauper.
The common restitution and suffering
have wiped out all social, financial and
racial distinctions. The man who last
Tuesday was a prosperous merchant is
occupying with his family a little plot
of ground that adjoinS the open air
home Of a laborer. The white man of
California has forgotten his antipathy
to the Asiatic race and is maintaining
friendly relations with his new Chinese
and Japanese neighbors. The society
belle who Tuesday night was a butter
fly Of fashion at the grand opera per-
-
in the preparation of humble daily
meals. Money this afternoon had little
value. The family who had had fore
sight to lay in the largest stock of food
stuffs on the first day of disaster is
rated highest in the scale of wealth.
Primitive Cooking Methods.
\ few Of the families who could Sc
cure willing eXpressmen are poSseSSorS
Of cooking stoves. but over 80 per cent
of the sfUgees are doing their cooking
or little camDhres made of brick and
fstCue. Kitchen utensils that last week
-vOu'd have been regarded with con-
tempt a~e today articles of high value
Nam IF the homeless people are in
possess of comfortable clothing and
bed cover'ng, but the great bulk of
them a4e IN need. The grass is their
bed and n cir daily clothing their only
prOteC lion gaiUst the penetrating fog
OF the ocean or the chilling dew of the
morning. Fresh meat disappeared on
Wednesday morning and canned foods
ana breadstUffs are the only victuals
in evidence.
Not alone are the parks the places
of refuge. Every large vacant lot in
the safe zones has been pre-empted and
even the cemeteries are crowded.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-21
Misery Made Them Kin.

Good order and fellowship seems to
prevail in these impromptu set ements.
the common ruin and poverty having
made all of the unfortunates akin
In buildings close to the camps the
police are storing available rOodstuns
and bed clothing for convenient delv-
cry. That there will be a just and equal
distribution of supplies is evident from
the temper of the city administration
No distinctions are drawn, and but lit
tie faVOrS shown.
The grave question is, how soon will
an adequate supply of food arrive from
outside points, to avert famine and des-
titUtiOn- There is little food in San
Francisco outside of what little each
person possesses, and this cannot last
more than a few days. San Francisco
Is geographically an isolated city. It's
nearest largest neighbor. on the south
Is Los Angeles, 500 miles away. To the
north is Portland. nearly 500 miles dis
tant, and its nearest sister in the great
east is Salt Lake City, 1000 miles away
These cities and all of the less popu-
lated nearer towns are making sacri-
fees for the destitute here, but it is to
the big cities Of the nation that San
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-04-04

Eartb's hidden fires are the fur
mace somebody waited 10 exploit
for mems machinery II hole Of
sufficient depth were bored into
the earth an exceedingly high TEN
perafure would b. reached. A
company was 10 be formed 10
bore q hole - miles deep. put
Gown a thick copper rod. eondget
the beat Up. and run furnaa,-s aud
boilers ~ the top. sir Oliver
Lodge SAYS II would bc an interest.
Ing experiment. and believes that
before many YEAR, a company. or
perhaps ne should call IL an ..xpe.
ditioD. would b. formed 10 see
what the earth would yield them.
Hitherto they bad only just Dce0
scratching the sYrfaee. We really
know more about the north aud
south poles than aboDf q PRISON.
ally conducted expedition into ibe
esrtk. The heat 10 the earth
might NOT be important. there
might be- other valuable su5siaB.
zee. Or, perhaps. they might lind
nothing save information.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-04-04

Washington. March 21.-Foliowins
the presidents suggestion the HOUSE
Tlasssd several resolutions 10 correct
he useless printing Of public dOcu
1sents ana to empower the printing
committee 81 the two legislative bod
les 10 fax the number Of documents Il
he printed. and should the demand
arise Tor additional copies 81 a publ
-arion. then % have authority q o.
der another edition 1t was ciaimel
Jis action would result Ia saring tns
government upwards Of q million col
ias annually
g. b LGudis dnc- called up the
Joint resol ion afeeting the printing
D. public documents. empowering tue
government printer pript more than
one edition Of any pamphlet or docu
menf should there ~ q demand fc-
the same Dr. Clr1p fMo) asked how
much this w0uid save me government
70 which Dr. andis responded
cone million dollars
Mr lands said that while the meas
ure would nOf affect the present giui
~ eiess documents now stored ~
NJ houses throughout Washington. i
wo1ld prevent congestion be cited
az an instance Of the useless print as
Of proceedings the Swayne iiapeaeh-
neut trial when 10000 pamphlets
were printed about 200 u which
have been distributed
Resolution Pissed Unanimously.
Mr. Lands. in further explanation
Of the resolution, said Thar the ~Ac
cumulated stock Of Junk In the ware
houses Of the city would require two
end q half miles of trains 70 haul
away. He said further that bound
volumes Of the Congressional Record
were accommodating al the rate Of 20
900 q year in the basement Of the cap
itoi end this would be stopped under
the resolution. The resolution was
passed unanimously
The Notifications appropriation oil
was sent % conference with Messrs
Smith Ga). Keifer 90 and Fitzger
aid lN. " as COnferees.
There was q hint in the senate Mon
day al an effort 10 fix a time Tor q
final vote on the railroad rate bin. bur
f. was surrounded By 50 much eircum
stance and doubt that no prediction
as % the time would be justified. ar
Tnlman stated THAT he would brine
the matter up in The senate Tuesds2
and unless objection ras then made b.
may ask % have q 3eY specified
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-04-04
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