Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-26

San Francisco. April "J.--Au earth
quake shock this afternoon t"pplcd
over several lettering walls and
cracked chmn"yS. left by The severe
shock OF last "Wednesday and the fire
| that followed, ANA killed one woman
| III hcr home. The shock was not
severe. but the partly wrecked contli-
ton Of wallis ana chilnncys resulted i'll
| the upScttfng Of some masonry. The
shock was barely pcrccptiblc in Oak
land and vicinity. and was not felt far
| from san Francisco, according to re-
ports received tonight.
The earthquake caused he death of
| Mrs. Annie Whitaker, aged . years.
| Mrs. Whitaker WAS III work in the
| kitchen Of her homo on Shotf"ll street,
liaika. Mission district, when the shock
came. The chimney. which had been
let i'll Il tottcrinG condition by the
heavy quake last Wednesday crashed
| through the roof anI fractured her
skull Her BODY WAS taken to the
morgIIc ut Portsmouth Square and
buried an hour later al Laurel Hill
cemetery.
TndHy's quake c:,usrd slight excite
| mcnt of short duration among many
persons Who have been wrought to i
| high state ~ excitement hy the awful
| IhHprrningS uf thr last week, but quiet
assuranc" were soon restored.
This wa; u day of optimistic reports
| from all sides. "Cunditions improv-
ing" WAS the happy expression from
| those who have cllarGc of caring for
| during the last few days.
In fact nnw thnt the most important
| duty will h,rraftcr 10 performed by
he United States army that Of tli:ttri-
| buiimg III" food. supplies. which have
| been given luviShly. the citizens Of
| san Franc isrn hav" turned their at
| tcnti0n to details Of the renewing of
their business.
| Th"r" was resumption of business
to an astonishing extent to-day, con-
| Si'hIinG condi ions throughout the
| rC$i!"n:iHl quarter. Retail stores were
| instructed io r"-oprn nuI the munich
| p"i government HIS; established Il scale
| of prices fer til" most Important com
mo iiicS which is even below that CX-
iStiuE under normal conditions. Warn
ing WAS given retailers that any ef-
fort on their part t" charge cXurbitant
prices would result in SUMMARY action
by the authorities.
Street ears are promised for tomor-
row morning and electric lights will be
turned on tomorrow evening. Tho work
Of building and repairing chimncys is
proceeding rapidly but il will be- some
time before il is safe to allow fires
The preparation Of the morning and
evening meals for san Francisco is Il
picturesque sight. In front of every
hOus,' there is a small. imprOViS"d fur
mace or cook stove, on which the food
is PREPARED. In some cases servants re-
main f:.ithfuI to their employers. and
TO them III" cooking is entrusted; but il
is 10 unusual thing to soc the wives Of
men who few days ago were the pos
SCISSORS Of fortunes stirring the ror-
ridge Cr dcftly manipulating bacon and
cgi,S
san Francisco goes 10 bed AT night
faI. Willie the extremely rigid rule
concerning lights in houses has been
modified. still the general situation is
considered by the average citizen to be
80 unsafC 1T night that he rctiree with
out SpiIiS dDIodl, anu Iii EldHS cdScS
without showing \ light in his house
MANY reports have been made during
the last few days Of shots fired into
houses that showed a light and few are
disposed to take chances.
Mayor SchmitZ today took a firm
stand against "Citizens Protective
Committees organized in many sec
tions of the city by men who undertake
to regulate the affairs of their neigh
borhood. Many complaints have beeen
made against these committees. Re-
sponsibile citizens have been held UP
at night and asked why they are out
after dark and even shots have been
fired at persons who had a right to so
anywhere they pleased at any hour. It
was one of these sO-called vigilance
committees that is to be held resron-
sibe for the death Of Major Tilden.
who was shot while performing relief
work. The mayor today gave instruc-