The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-28
CRASHING WALLS !
MENACE IN FRISCO.
Strong Winds Send Gaunt Skele-
tons Down, Endangering
sight-seers.


San francisco April 2s.-The strong
city carried to the ground a number
of blank walls and many sightseers had
narrow escapes from flying bricks and
timbers. ..sa. d. ..,sz.
The walls at the northeast corner Of
Stockton and Suffer streets fell with
a terrible crash A number of pedes-
TRANS and party in an automobile had
difficulty in geetting out Of the way. .
Another wall at Market and Geary
streets fell outward just as hundreds
Of persons from the Oakland ferryboat
were streaming along Market street.
Several persons were struck by bricks,
but no one was seriously injured.
Relic Hunters Reap Harvest.
Relic hunters are reaping q harvest
among the ruins of the Japanese and
Chinese bazaars, particularly in the lat
ter. Stirring of ashes yields profits
Vases of satsuma and cloisonne ware,
brasses, bronze ornaments that in the
days before the fire commanded high
prices, are being carried away by the
relic hunters in large numbers. Numer-
Gus six shooters of the kind formerly
carried by the hired assassins Of the
Chinese district are being found also.
Too Much Food Now.
emo more food supplies, no more
doctors or nurses are needed in San
Francisco said General Funston yes
terday. ''We have sent out an order
to stop the food supplies. We are
overwhelmed with the magnitude of the
generosity of the country. -.. ~ ~
"The railroads. are congested, my
transportation facilities are congested
We have asked that $500 more troops
be placed at my disposal. to assist in
distributing the supplies. -
Harmony Prevails.
The last sign of confusion and mis-
understanding which at times existed
here has disappeared, and the first
signs of the return to former condi-
tions are the resumption Of streetcar
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 q
less substantial one. . -
Archbishop Riordan appeared at the
meeting Of the. citizens general com
mittee today and in an eloquent speech
counseled harmony between those who
are striving to bring order out of chaos
and predicted city greater, more beau.
tiful and more striking, and more
striking example Of American pluck
cisco.
Cheer First Car.
The temperance of the first electric
cars upon the streets Of San Francisco
since the great disaster was celebrated
as quite an event. City and railroad
officials and invited guests filed the
bn ttv
Mayor Schmitz acting as motorman.
Everywhere the car was greeted with
cheers.
Chinese Problem Settled
What to do with the unfortunate
Chinese, a problem which has given
the authorities considerable worry, has
been settled at least temporarily. Since
the destruction of Chinatown, it's in.
habitants have been living in tents
and in even less comfortable quarters
on a large tract on the north side OF
the bay.
Knowing the habits of the Chinese
the citizens committee and the mayor
feared that if even a few of them re-
up quarters, the entire Chinese popula
tion would follow, and the problem Of
moving them, which has agitated Sar
Francisco for many years, would be al
great as ever.
To Have New Chinatown. ,..s -.
Therefore, when the suggestion was
made that the Chinese be moved tenn
porarily to the Preside, it was adopted
Immediately and here they will, fnt
resting place until arrangements cal
be definitely made for their permanent
city at Hunters Point, on the southern
arm of the bay
The finance committee Of the relic
and Red Cross fund has appointed d.
Edward Devine, agent Of the Nationa
Red Cross society and Allen Pollock, o
this city, purchasing agents for the SC
eiety. These gentlemen will appoin
buyers in several eastern cities.
+, 1t has been determined that tn
money raised in Chicago will be re
tanned there and used for the purchas
of supplies in the Chicago market =
Marseilles. April 2s.--Leading cafes and re
taurants here closed in consequence Of
strike Of walters; There have been yiole1
demonstrations. Reinforcements Of gendarm
arriving. and thoro precautionary measure