Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-20
WILL PAY $11O,OOO,OOO
This VIII Go Into the Pockets Of Realty
Owners and, With This Start, New
Buildings Will Soon be Erected.
THE RELIEF FUND INCREASING
a Bank President Has Given
S3,OOO,OOO to Satisfy the
Immediate Wants.
CLEARING UP DEBRIS HAS BEGUN
Associated Press Dispatches by special Wire.

Associated Press Dlsraiche, by Special Wires
San francisco, Cal. April 20.-Ports-
mouth square yesterday became for
time "a public morgue Between 20 and
80 corpses were laid side by side upon
the troddcn grass, ia the absence of more
suitable accommodation ID is said
that when the flames threatened TO reach
Portsmouth Square the dead mostly un-
known. were removed TO Columhia Square.
where they were buried when danger
threatened that quarter Out nt tho
Prcsidio yesterday soldiers passed into
service nll men who came near the Pre-
sldio and forced them Co labor no burying
the dead. So thick were the corpses
piled up that they were becoming "a
menace and carly m the day the order
was issued 20 bury thcm.at any cost. Tho
soldiers were needed for other work. 30.
nt the point of rifles. the citizens were conn
PEELED TO take TO the work of burvinr.
Some objected no first. but the troops
stood no triiing, and every man who
came in reach was forced TO work 40 least
ono hour Rich men, unused TO physical
eNcrtion. labored by the side of working
mon, digging trenches, in which TO bury
| the dead. At the present writing many
still remain unhurcd and the soldiers are
] SUN pressing men INTO htfNlto.
Today and tomorrow have been made
| legal holidays. This. il Is believed. will
| give the bankers of San Francisco time
TO be in position TO meet the demands Of
the dopOsitOrs. and the danger of a f.
nancial crisis viii be averted. The State
banks and banks of the United States in
general have telegmphed, guaranteeing
support to local financial institutions. and
arrangements have already been made
whereby, 10 can be stated, every dopositor
will be paid in full.
The insurance companies have already
taken up the question OF losses. 10 was
stated yesterday that the companies have
decided II possible, TO pay dollar for dol
lar on an the losses, whether occasioned
by fire or earthquake This will mean if
the loss totals $500. 100000, as Il is be-
lievod It will, that SliO,OO0,OOO will be
paid into the pockets OF San Francisco
realty owners and, with this as start
new structures viii soon be- in course of
erection on the sites Of the old. The
Firemen's Fund and theu Home and
Marine, both local corporations, will, 10
is said, bo the principal sufferers. The
losses arc divided among so insurance
companies, and IL is stated authoritatively
that all claims will be satisfactorily adj
justod and that no company will be so
weakened that it will be forced to sus-
pend.
There is an immediate prospect for a
large supply of water. Officers Of tho
Spring Valley Water Co. stated last
night that they expected to be able to
furnish the city with 100000 gallons
of water today or tomorrow. There Is
water now west Of Nanness avenue, and
the engines there are fighting the Ere with
fresh water. In the Mission district
there is water, but there are no engines,
and the fire is burning unimpedod.
Tho Call says a president Of one of the
San Francisco banks has wired directions
to his manager to place S3,O00,0OO in the
J hands of the Citizens Relief and Re
aomtion Committee 10 DO used at its dis
cretion in the work OF attending the inn
mediate wants of the stricken people OF
San Francisco. Subsequent subscrip-
tions have added Sl0l 500 TO the fund
The residents of Oakland, Alameda and
other cities across the bay are extending
. hospitality to refugees who are coming in
from this city by the thousands.
The work OF clearing up the debrii
has already begun nc tho water front in
the business section. One hundred mer
were employed this morning under the
direction of the Street Department.
The report that the famous Cliff House
had toppled into the soa cannot be verified
and is probably untrue. In the confusion
il is impossible to get TO It.