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    SITUATION TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO AS SEEN AFTER
ELEVEN DAYS.
DEFECTS IN PLANS CONSIDERED
Army Takes Charge of Distribution of
Food Supplies—Issue of Rations to
Be Confined to Helpless Women and
Children.
SAN FRANCTSCO—The second Sab
bath since the fateful April 18 has
served as a clearing house in the af
fairs of this ruined city. While the
old-time quietude is missing, the day
witnessed less of the excitement, con
fusion and clamor of its immediate
predecessors and the community at
large has been enabled to make a
calmer survey of the situation and to
enter into a more intelligent and ra
tional preparation for the future.
All possible work was suspended for
the day, and tired officials, who for
nearly two weeks have labored inces
santly, with little sleep, to bring a
semblance of order out of chaotic con
ditions, took advantage of the lull to
secure greatly needed rest and to pay
some attention to pressing personal
needs.
With the advent ot tne sabbatn came
an opportunity to review the tremen
dous accomplishments of the last
eleven days to provide remedies in
the defects in the task of judiciously
caring for all classes of the destitute
irrespective of race or creed. Plans
for solving the tremendous financial
problems that confront the city began
today to assume tangible form and
Sunday closed with the brightest pros
pect that has faced San Francisco since
three-fourths of its territory was laid
waste.
Probably the most important devel
opment of the day was the promulga
tion by General Greeley of his plan for
the distribution of relief supplies. Re
ports of theft, deception, misappropria
tion, waste and extravagance have
been constantly received since provi
sions and ciothing began pouring in to
succor the afflicted, and it is now be
lieved that misuse of supplies ill
hereafter be impossible.
In the first days of the fire little or
no attempt was made to keep check
on foodstuffs, the main idea being to
provide against want, and it is natural
that under the excusable haphazard
order of affairs many abuses should
arise. But even when the lines were
more tightly drawn unscrupulous per
sons continued to take advantage of
the general distress and it was then
realized that the salvation of the sit
uation rested in the army. So the offi
cials of this branch of the federal gov
ernment were called upon to engage in
an unprecedented service.
Responsible civilians will be in
stalled under salary at the substations
for the purpose of clerical work and
daily records and checks will be kept.
It is declared that the period of ex
treme distress has passed and at the
earliest possible moment the issue of
rations must be confined to helpless
women and children and refused to
adult males, unless they are sick or
in enfeebled condition.
IT WENT TO WAR DEPARTMENT.
Money Was Never Intended to Be
Sent to 'Frisco.
WASHINGTON — Commenting on
the dispatches from San Francisco ex
pressing the surprise of the citizens'
committee that only $300,000 of the
relief fund of $2,500,000 appropriated
by congress is still available for re
lief work. Acting Secretary Oliver of
the war department pointed out that
it was never contemplated that the
appropriation should be spent by the
citizens of San Francisco. The money,
according to the resolution of con
gress, was to be expended by the war
department, was to reimburse that de
partment for rations, tents, blankets,
etc., belonging to the army, which
were rushed to San Francisco, and also
to purchase other relief stores.
BRYAN SPEAKS AT JERUSALEM.
Nebraskan Addresses Meeting of
Christian Missionary Alliance.
JERUSALEM—William J. Bryan,
who Is visiting Jerusalem in the course
of his tour of the world, on Saturday
addressed a special meeting held in
the tabernacle by the Christian Mis
sionary alliance. He spoke for sev
enty minutes with captivating elo
quence on the life of Christ and His
teachings, and expressed astonishment
at the small proportion of Christians
in America and Europe visiting Bible
land.
Good Wages for Expert Painters and
Paper Hangers in Omaha.
Owing to a scarcity of first-class
workmen the master painters of
Omaha are paying up to 50 cents per
hour for skilled workmen. Open shops
and plenty of work.
Chief of Gendarmes Killed.
LIBLIN, Russia—Lieutenant Colonel
Pugol, chief of the gendarmerie at
Cholm, was murdered last night. The
assassin escaped.
The Senate This Week.
WASHINGTON—Railroad rate leg
lslation continues to hold first place
in the United States senate. There are
three or four more general speeches to
be made on the bill and when the last
one of them shall have been heard. If
not before, there will be an agree
ment upon a time for taking the final
vot. This is expected to be about
May 10. Official notice has been given
of only two more speeches. They will
be made by Senator Clark of Arkan
sas. who will speak Monday and by
Senator Daniel.
Will Send Two Regiments.
WASHINGTON — Only two regi
ments of troops, comprising in all
about 1,350 men, will be sent to San
Francisco to reinforce those there, in
stead of 2,500 men as proposed by
General Greely and sanctioned by the
War department. The troops to go
are the First cavalry from Fort Clark
and Fort Sam Houston. Tex., and the
infantry regiment from Fort D. A.
Russell, Wyo. A telegram asking that
„ .v th€ reduced number be sent was
l Reived at the War department, and
^Sers to that effect were issued. -
MILITIA REMAINS
GOVERNOR DEFENDS TROOPS OF
THE STATE.
WILL NOT GE_WITKDRAWN YET
No Official Charges Are Made Against
Their Conduct—Major General Gree
ley Recognizes the Mayor as the
Head of the City.
SAN FRANCJSCO—Governor Par
dee was in San Francisco Thursday
and attended a conference between
General Greeley, Mayor Schmitz, Dr.
Devine of the Red Cross and members
of the citizens' committee of fifty who
are advising the mayor. Governor
Pardee brought up the question of the
request of Mayor Schmitz and his com
mittee for the withdrawal of the na
tional guard from the city.
The governor spoke highly' in favor
of the national guard and referred to
the splendid services its members had
done in the war with Spain. He stated
that he considered the request as a
reflection upon a well organized and
highly efficient body of men. The gov
ernor said that he was very indignant
over the attitude taken against the
guard and the charges preferred
against them. In fact, he was so
warm over the matter that he thought
It best not to make any further re
mark.
Mayor Schmitz immediately replied
that he and his committee had not
made any charges against the guard.
On the contrary, he had thanked the
governor for their service. If charges
had been made they were made ny
outside people. The object in making
the request for the withdrawal of the
troops was to place in control of the
city the federal troops anil prevent
misunderstanding and conflict of order.
Major General Greely stated that
so far as he knew there was no con
flict of authority and that as a United
States army officer he could not as
sume charge of the state militia. The
mayor was the head of the city and
every request made by him had been
followed and he would continue to
recognize the authority of the mayor
in giving directions for the safety of
the people. The civil authority was
superior to the military and the mayor
is the only head he will recognize.
There was a long discussion over
the advisability of starting a number
of the electric railway systems. The
committee did not yet feel that all
danger of fire from this source was
pased and the mayor finally appoint
ed a committee to investigate and re
port on this matter.
TEXAS TOWN IS DESTROYED.
Nearly All Buildings in Bellevue 3!:wn
Down and Several Killed.
BELLVUE, Tex.—A tornado which
swept through this place Thursday
night destroyed everything in its path
and as a result practically the entire
town is a mass of ruins, only three
buildings now standing, at least eleven
persons are dead and a number are
injured. The tornado was followed by
fire, which consumed the wreckage.
This report is being sent from the
top of a telephone pole a mile from
Bellvue. but it is as close as a wire
can be had. The town of Bellvue con
sisted of over 200 houses.
RELIEF CORPS CALLED TO AID.
National President, Mrs. Abbie Adams,
Issues Appeal.
SUPERIOR, Neb.—In a letter issued
by Mrs. Abbie Adams, national presi
dent of the Woman’s Relief corps, she
calls upon each corps and department
is the United States to adopt such
methods as shall most speedily en
able them to raise funds to provide
aid for the San Francisco veterans and
their families. The order specifies that
contributions be forwarded to depart
ment and national treasurers.
BUILDING STEEL BEING RUSHED.
Carnegie Company Makes All San
Francisco Orders Emergency.
PITTSBURG—Orders have been is
sued by the officials of the Carnegie
Steel company making all contracts
for structural and steel material to be
used in the construction of San Fran
cisco “emergency orders” and giving
them precedence over all other con
tracts.
Insurance Rates Advanced.
PHILADELPHIA—As a result of the
San Francisco conflagration the Fir*
association of Philadelphia advanced
its premium rates in the congested
central district of this city 25 per cent.
The American Fire Insurance company
announced that it had reinsured in the
Commercial Union Assurance company
of England its entire outstanding risks
except the perpetual insurance.
Fencing Cases Dismissed.
WICHITA, Kan.—In the federal
court here District Attorney Bone an
nounced that the cases of the twenty
men under indictment for fencing gov
ernment land in western Kansas would
be dismissed if the defendants would
remove the fences within sixty days.
The defendants all agreed to do so.
Dowie is Critically III.
CHICAGO—Following reports that
John Alexander Dowie is a very sick
man. Overseer Jane Dowie, wife of the
deposed head of the Christian Cath
olic church, visited her husband in
his apartments at the Auditorium an
nex. This Is the first time Dowie and
his wife have seen each other in sev
eral months. When General Overseer
Wilbur Glenn Voliva assumed control
at Zion City Mrs. Dowie cast her lot
with the new administration and since
then had repudiated her husband pub
licly.
Senate Favcrs Naval Bill.
WASHINGTON—The senate com
mittee on naval affairs authorized a
favorable report on the bill intro
duced yesterday by Senator Flint au
thorizing the expenditure of $300,000
at the Mare island navy yard, San
Francisco.
Mikado Gives $200,000.
TOKIO—The mikado has donated
$200,000 for the relief of the San Fran
cisco fire sufferers. The leading busi
nes men of Tokio and Osaka have con
tributed a like sum.
SCENE OF DESTRUCTION IN CENTRAL PART OF CITY.
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WIND BLOWS DOWN
WALLS AT ’FRISCO
MANY PERSONS HAVE NARROW
ESCAPE FROM INJURY.
RELIC HUNTERS IN CLOVER
Ransack Ruins in Chinese Quarters
and Gather Many Souvenirs of
Value—Matron and Police- •
man Rescue Insane.
San Francisco.—The strong wind that
blew over the city Thursday afternoon
and Friday morning carried to the
ground a number of blank walls that
had been left standing. The falling of
those walls was an element of danger
to the great number of people who
crowded into the city to view the ruins.
The walls of the building at the north
east corner of Stockton and Sutter
streets immediately behind the Pacihc
Union club, fell with a terrible crash.
A number of pedestrians and a party of
men and women in an autemobile had
difficulty in getting out of the way of the
shower of bricks.
The outer wall of the building at the
corner of Market and Geary streets,
where was once the Richlieusaloon, fell
outward just as hundreds of people
from the Oakland ferry boat were wend
ing their way along Market street. Sev
eral persons were struck by the scatter
ing bricks, but no one was seriously in
Rebuild Fairmount Hotel.
Work on the great Fairmont hotel
California and Powell streets was com
menced Friday. A rough inspection
showed that only the woodwork of the
building had been destroyed and that
the walls are in good shape. The build
ing would have been finished by the
first of next November and the opening
it is expected will not be delayed more
than three months after the date orig
inally set. The effects of smoke and
flame on the outside walls are being re
moved and in a few days the great
building will show few outward signs
of the conflagration.
Belie Hunters Heap Harvest.
Relic hunters are reaping a harvest
digging the ruins of the Japanese and
Chinese bazar stores, particularly in the
district formerly inhabited by the Chi
nese. Hundreds of persons from across
the bay have visited these ruins where
assiduous stirring of ashes yields profits
that are more than worth the labor.
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
of its western wing crashed down upon
shooters of the kind formerly carried by
the hired assassins of the Chinese dis
trict are being found in great quantity.
Rescue Insane People.
Many stories of heroism lie.buried in
the ruins, but some tales that make the
heart tingle are slowly filtering through
official sources. This is the story of the
noble work performed by Mrs. Kane,
matron of the Detention hospital, and
Policeman John McLean, who was de
tailed there the night of the great earth
quake. The insane patients at the ruined
city hall were kept in locked cells, from
which only the keys of the stewards
could free them. At the hour of dawn
on that fatal Wednesday morning, the
structure in which the courts were
housed was the first to fall. The weight
tense nervous energency and the officer
the detention hospital, which was on
the ground floor. Steward Manville was
so badly injured by the falling ruins
that he died two days later. Mrs. Kane
and Policeman McLean, however, man
aged to rush outside to momentary
safety. Both of them are well advanced
in years, but the nurse is a woman of in
tense nervous energy and the officer
is a man of giant frame. As soon as they
reached the open court they were greet
ed by the terrified shrieks of the insane
that pierced through the smoking ruins
around. They refused to leave their
Damage in San Mateo.
A reporter who made a trip to San
Mateo county reports much damage at
several places from the earthquake, but
with not a single case of death resulting
therefrom.
Chinese In Oakland.
Almost all the Chinese colony has
moved over to Oakland, although some
Celestials are huddled in camps in two
or three places in the city. Across the
bay they are being well taken care of
by their countrymen.
Shelter for the Homeless.
Temporary structures have been
erected in Golden Gate park for the
housing of 40,000 people. The home
less, who have been sleeping out of
doors for nearly a week, were moved
into comfortable quarters.
Bailroad to Bemove Debris.
The Southern Pacific railway of
ficials have begun to build a track
through the heart of the city and
will run flat cars in for the wreckage
that must be removed before new
buildings can rise.
helpless charges, and both went back
into the chaotic debris.
Fortunately, only six patients had
been held by the insanity commission
ers. These were all pinned in their cells,
more closely prisoned than when they
were under lock and key. McLean and
Mrs. Kane went to work at once. Where
they could not drag the prisoners
through the gaping holes that great
timbers had made in the walls they
smashed in the doors with stones.
After all had been rescued none of the
lunatics proved to be injured, though
frightened into imbecility by their ter
rible experiences.
In charge of the rescuers, the little
band was marched to the Presidio,
where the unfortunates were tempo
rarily turned over to the federal au
thorities. In the excitement of the ca
lamity both Mrs. Kane and McLean for
got that they had done anything re
markable. The nurse went into the gen
eral hospital, where she remained 54
hours on duty, without rest and the po
liceman reported for duty as usual.
New Buildings Are Planned.
The work of rebuilding San Fran
cisco will proceed rapidly. Mrs. Her
man Oelrichs of New York has agreed
to repair the Rialto building and to
build again on the site of the Crossley.
She and her sister, Mrs. W. K. Vander
bilt, Jr., have also stated that they will
put up solid office structures on their
Montgomery street site.
Thomas Magee, a real estate dealer,
will start for New York on May 1 to
complete arrangements for the erec
tion of a 12-story steel building on
Market street, just above the Mutual
bank building.
The Emporium, a large department
store, will resume business on a large
scale. A temporary structure will be
built at the corner of Post and Van
Ness avenue.
ill lhu weens seven injurs ui rne new
Monadnock building, which was in
course of construction at the time of
the disaster, will be filled with offices.
"Capitalists are not in the least dis
mayed or disheartened,” said James D.
Phelan, chairman of the finance com
mittee, and multi-millionaire. “Before
the earthquake 1 was asked by certain
capitalists to erect a large hotel on the
site of the Phelan building at Market
and O’Farrell streets. Since the disas
ter the proposition has been repeated,
and even urged. This shows decidedly
that there is no lack of faith in the fu
ture of the city.”
Total Contributions.
Chairman Phelan, of the finance
committee of the relief and Red Cross
funds, gave out a complete statement
of money contributions received for
the relief of San Francisco up to and
including April 26. The list shows the
grand total 01 $4,931,039, of which $213,
950 was contributed locally.
Consuls Are Safe.
The French, Italian and Danish con
suls at San Francisco, who were re
ported as among the missing, have all
been heard from They had temporar
ily become separated from their
friends.
Undergo Hardships.
Monterey, Cat.—Thomas Murdoch
and Miss Murdoch, his niece, of Chica
go, who were in San Francisco at the
time of the earthquake and fire, suc
ceeded, after many tribulations, in
reaching this city, where they are now
safe and sound. Many telegrams of
Inquiry were sent by friends and rela
tives In Chicago before Mr. Murdoch
and his niece were located.
Insane Girl Buns from Train.
Ogden, Utah.—Among the 500 refu
gees from San Francisco Friday morn
ing a young lady, Ella Felshaw, be
came deranged a few hours before the
train reached Ogden. She was the com
pany of her iather, en route to Denver.
When the train stopped she dashed
from the first car and ran through the
streets and was not located until after
two hours’ search.
Area of Burned Territory.
Oakland, Cal.—A well-known en
gineer states that the area devastated
by the fire In San Francisco approxi
mates 10,000 acres, or about 15 square
miles. There are few cities in the
world where so much valuable prop
erty is located In an equal territory.
Damage to Railroad Tracks.
The railroad tracks through South
San Francisco and near Holy Cross
cemetery were badly damaged by the
quake, sinking In many places as
much as six feet. Considerable dam
age was done to gravestones.
■ Depot Is Wrecked.
At San Mateo the damage was consid
erable, the Southern Pacific depot being
wrecked and carrying down all the tele
graph poles and telephone poles and
wires with it.
Country Roads Are Impassable.
The coast towns of Pescadero and
Half Moon Bay report damage to
houses, but no loss of life. The coun
ty roads to these points are impass
able, owing to the large fissures in
many places.
Express Charges Are Fair.
A transportation line for passen
gers and baggage has been estab
lished to the ferry and the authorities
will not permit expressmen to charge
more than 50 cents for the hauling of
a trunk and 25 for smaller baggage.
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OFFER OF MINERS
IT IS REJECTED BY ANTHRACITE
OPERATORS.
SAY PROFITS ARE TOO SMALL
Any Increase, They Aver, Would Have
to Be Paid by Consumers and They
Do Not Want to Throw Additional
Burdens on Them.
?»EW YORK—The anthracite mine
operators, through their subcommit
tee of seven, at a meeting here drew
up a reply to the latest proposition of
the mine workers for an adjustment
of the existing differences in the an
thracite fields in which they refuse to
modify their position heretofore an
nounced. The operators call upon the
miners to renew for a period of three
years the award of the Anthracite
Strike commission, or else to accept
the operators’ propositions that the
strike commission arbitrate the ques
tion as to what changes, if any, shalll
be made in the scale of wages fixed by
the commission in its original award.
The miners have heretofore declined
this offer.
The reply, which is addressed to
President Mitchell and others of the
miners’ subcommittee, says the miners
present proposition abandoning all the
various demands of the original com
munication, seems to be based on the
impression that wages in the anthra
cite industry are unduly low. “Even
before the advances which were grant
ed by its award," says the letter con
tinues:
“But .if we disregard the sliding
scale and assume that you simply
mean to add 10 cents a ton as-the final
increase in cost, this would result in
increasing the wages of our employes
16,100,000 per annum; that is, 10 cents
per ton on 6,000,000 of output. You
say ‘it will not result in imposing ad
ditional burdens upon the coal consum
ing public. How can this be done?
Where is the $6,100,000 to come from?
We have shown you that in the larg
est companies, the profit, without in
terest and royalty, has yielded less
than 3 per cent on the capital. The
operators, therefore canot afford to
pay this large annual increase without
imposing additional burdens upon the
coal consuming public.
“We have offered to refer to arbi
tration by the strike commission the
question, what change, if any, should
be made in these conditions but this
offer you have rejected. You have
stated no facts varying from those
passed upon by the commission. The
advances made by the strike commis
sion have practically absorbed the in
crease in price. Therefore there has
been no increase in the profits of the
harness upon which could be based
any claim for increased wages. These
considerations are all the more impor
tant because, as we have shown, your
proposition, if it included the sliding
scale, would add 35 cents per ton to
the cost of the domestic sizes and
would increase the aggregate cost to
the public of the entire product in the
amount of over $12,000,000.
INDIAN GETS THIRTY YEARS.
John Walker Goes up for Murder of
Nathan Lyon, a Tribesman.
OMAHA—John Walker, an Omaha
Indian, was sentenced to thirty years'
imprisonment in the Nebraska peni
tentiary by the district court for the
murder of Nathan Lyon, another
Omaha Indian, the murder occurring
In December last.
The murder of Lyon was of pecul
iar atrocity. It was the outgrowth of
a drunken brawl. Walker struck Lyon
over the head with a club, killing him
instantly, near his home, and then
loaded the body into his wagon and
drove away, with it, ultimately dumpin
it out in the road three or four miles
from his home.
■Street Cars Resome'Service.
SAN FRANCISCO—The reappear
ance of the first electric cars upon the
streets of San Francisco since the
great disaster was celebrated as quite
an event. City and railroad afflciala
and invited guests filled the first car
started on the run across the city.
Mayor Schmitz acting as motorman.
Everywhere the sight of the car was
greeted with cheers from thousnnds of
pedestrians. A continuous service was
reestablished later In the day in sev
eral of the cross-town lines and thou
sands of people were carried free.
Don’t Want Beef Cattle.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal —Major Gen
eral Greely issued the following notice
through the Associated Press:
"Please advise the public generally
that beef cattle cannot be bandied as
donations in San Francisco. Those en
route will be cared for, but future ship
ments should be discouraged.”
Good Wages for Expert Painters and
Paper Hangers in Omaha.
Owing to a scarcity of first-class
workmen the master painters of
Omaha are paying up to 50 cents per
hour for skilled workmen. Open shops
and plenty of work.
Excessive Supply of Food.
OAKUAND. Cal.—Sixty carloads of
provisions from various pportions of
the country arrived over the Sonthern
Pacific at the Oakland mole Friday.
The supplies were immediately taken
in charge by the relief committee for
distribution in Oakland, San Fran
cisco, Santa Rosa and San Jose. So
great is the quantity of supplies that
are now arriving that notice has been
sent to the interior cities and towns of
the state to hold consignments until
the train loads on the way here have
been used.
Amending Land Laws.
WASHINGTON — Senator Hans
brough’s bill amending the existing
law as to newspaper publications of
notices of finai proof of homestead
entry passed the senate.
Favors the Tillman Bill.
WASHINGTON—The senate com
mittee on privileges and elections by
unanimous vote authorized Senator
Foraker to report favorably the Till
man bill to prohibit insurance and
other corporations from contributing
to campaign funds.
POPULARITY OF LAMPS.
May Be Ornament to a Boom Day
and Evening If the Shade
Is Artistic.
The steady popularity of lamps as a
means of lighting the drawing-rooms
and sitting-rooms shows that we can
on occasion place beauty above con
venience in spite of our national repu
tation. Lamps are expensive to buy,
a trouble to take care of, an anxiety to
those who dread fire, and—most trying
of all—a frequent source of odors not
alluring.
But the warm, subdued tones of
their shade lights keep them far ahead
of all rivals, which, though they may
require of one merely the pressing of
a button and the payment of a bill,
they are reserved for the ha’ls and
bedrooms and places of general util
ity. Some compromise with conven
ience so far as to run a wire ui the
standard of the lamp and conceal an
electric globe underneatn its close
shade. But most people resign them
selves to the extra trouble and fill
with old-fashioned kerosene.
A lamp may be, even in daytim’,
one of the most ornamental items in a
room's furnishings. Just how con
spicuous it shall be depends upon the
shade, which takes on every year a
new aspect, having fashions as dis
tinct as those which regulate sleeves
and collars.
ov-uu, ui uic newest dim jjieuicoi
are fa; from intricate and may be
easily made at home by anyone with
good taste and neat Ungers. One of
the neatest lampshades is made with
quaint old engravings set into a shade
of white paper surh as water cclor
artists use.
This style of shade originated in
Paris and has just come into vogue in
this country. It is formed of a single
piece of paper joined in one place, and,
top and bottom, it has a band of gold,
either gilt paper pasted on or gold
paint put on with a brush.
The engravings are set into openings
cut out of the paper and around the
edge is a border of gilt for a finish.
The engravings must be old, for age
softens the paper colors and tones in
the background to a beautiful shade,
making a rich contrast to the pure
white paper in which they are set.
Two large and two smaller engrav
ings are generally used for a shade,
a large one oa each side and a small
one in between. The shade is lined
with asbestos cloth.
The engraving may be cut from old
magazines published in the early ’30's
o'- from any old books.—Chicago Inter
Ocean.
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
A very effective table square was ;
made at small cost from unbleached
linen toweling. 20 inches wide. Two 1
lengths of linen were used and a line
of heavy linen lace insertion was used
to join the pieces. Narrow linen lace
to match edged the square, and small,
round medallions of lace were let in
at eight corners of the cloth.
It is a good thing to know that if
nuts grow dry and tasteless from be
ing kept for some time they may be
wonderfully freshened by soaking
them in lukewarm water.
To have one’s kitchen free from
smoke or odor when frying griddle
cakes try adding one teaspoonful of
melted lard to the batter, and do not
grease the griddle.
The use of nuts as every day food
is increasing. One of the newest ways
of baking apples is to core them and
fill the centers with sugar and chopped
almonds. They are really very much
better than ordinary baked apples, and
possess a higher food value.
For polishing windows and mirrors
there is nothing that does the work
quite so well as newspaper, owing, it
is said, to some quality of the print
ers’ ink.
Excellent dish cloths are made of
knitted cotton, for they are very
strong and can be washed and boiled
again and again, and will come out
like new. Every time a dish cloth
■s used it should be washed with soap
and soda and hung out to dry. A
•iirty dish cloth is a disgrace to its
iser, says Home Notes. Children who
are beginning to learn to knit are
generally very willing to make dish
cloths, but, when there is no little
knitter and the housewife is very
busy, neatly hemmed squares of coarse
crash will answer the purpose very
well, and these are made “in no time."
Most fastidious housewives follow
the old custom of carefully folding
the counterpane at night, leaving the
blanket exposed to the air. This is a
mistake. A blanket, having a rough
surface, catches and retains dust mors
easily than the counterpane, which is
generally of some material more close
ly woven and more easily washed.
An old-fashioned housewife recom
mends the following method of remov
ing fruit, ink and mildew stains: Mix
cne pint of rainwater, one tablespoon
ful of oxalic acid and one tablespoon
ful of lemon juice. After using the
solution wipe off with clear water any
article that cannot be washed thor
oughly. To remove varnish stains she
recommended alcohol.—Boston Budget
and Beacon.
Shortening Words.
A writer in the London Chronicle
says: “Our language’s trick of decap
itating words, as ’bus,’ 'phone' ant
'wig,' is not at all a modern falling
Take the common words 'spend' and
•sport.' Cur very early ancestors had
the verb 'spendan,' and yet 'spend' is
really a disguising abbreviation of th<
Latin 'dis-pendere,' to pay out. 'Sport
is another very old English word,- yet
it is really ‘disport’—‘dis-port,’ to
carry apart, which acquired the meta
phorical sense of pleasure or amuse
ment precisely as ^divert' and 'trans
port
A Stammering Child.
In training the stammering child
make him repeat slowly from a spell
ing book a number of words of one
syllable. When he blunders make him
go over the word again, insisting that
he does not hurry, and that he takes
before each utterance a full breath
rhen go on to words of two and so to
those of three syllables. Make him at
tack each syllable as a separate word
and in the course of a few weeks you
will find him able t» say many-syllabled
words without a break.
RESTORINGORDER
THE WORK OF REBUILDING
MAKES A BEGINNING.
PLANS FOR TEMPORARY HOMES
Streets and Lots Are Being Cleared
Up After Much Confusion—The Pub
lic Systematically Fed, as There is
No Scarcity of Provisions.
| SAN FRANCISCO—The new San
Francisco, which will rise from the
ashes of the old, was in its first stages
of rebuilding Monday. After five days
of confusion and almost superhuman
effort on the part of citizens of Cali
fornia’s mtropolis, the grat task of
sheltering, feeding and otherwise car
ing for the homeless thousands, com
plete order has been re-established
and attention turned to the future.
Throughout the great business dis
trict, where the devastation of the
flames was ths most complete, walls
are being razed, buildings that had not
disintegrated before the intense heat
were being inspected with the view of
reoccupancy and even ground was be
ing cleared for the immediately con
struction of some sort of building in
which to resume business at the
earliest possible time. -In short, con
fidence? has been restored. The assur
ance of the insurance companies, the
measures taken by the federal insti
tutions, the prompt and reassuring
word that had reached the business
men of San Francisco from eastern
financial centers—all these things went
to clear away any feelings of uncer
tainty that might have existed in the
minds of the timid, that San Francisco
would not again be what it was—the
great center of population and busi
ness of the Pacific coast.
The general situation temporarily
suffered a setback Monday because cf
the chilling rain which fell in the late
hours of the ni'ght and during the
early forenoon upon the thousands
protected only by canvas coverings
and less impervious shelterings. While
the rain caused considerable sufferings
for the time being the sufferings were
quickly ameliorated by the prompt ac
tion of every relief committee, as well
as by the voluntary acts of house
holders. The people were fed tbday In
a thoroughly businesslike and sys
tematic manner. From the water
front where the boat loads of provi
sions docked there was an endless pro
cession of carts and drays carrying
food to the scores of substations es
tablished throughout the city and the
parks. At these stations food and
drink, comprising bread, prepared
meats and canned goods, milk and a
limited amount of hot coffee, was
served to all those who applied. About
1,500 tons of provisions are being
moved daily from the water front.
Large supplies of blankets, tentings
and other material to provide cover
ings for those who have been scantily
supplied heretofore are reaching the
supply stations rapidly. Barracks
have been completed at several points
and in these many people have found
comfort and shelter against the in
clemencies of the weather.
MILLION AND HALF DOLLARS
House and Senate Increase Appropria
tion for Relief Work.
WASHINGTON — The senate on
Monday increased to $1,600.0000 the
second appropriation of funds in be
half of the sufferers from the
California earthqnake, and this
legislation, like all of the same char
acter that has preceded it, was enacted
without comment of any kind. With
out debate the house concurred in the
senate joint resolution appropriating
$1,500,000 for the relief of the San
Francisco sufferers.
MONEY FOR SAN FRANCISCO
Government Will Advance $15,000,000
as Soon as Security it Furnished.
WASHINGTON — Secretary Shaw
has given directions that $16,000,000
of public money be distributed among
the national banks of San Francisco
and Imedlate vicinity, which will in
clude Oakland, as soon as the banks
furnish satisfactory 6ecrThe sec
retary was in Chicago Monday and
his directions to this elf'”'t were to
the treasury department here late this
afternoon.
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Cherries at $105 Each.
SAN FRANCISCO—The first box of
California cherries was auctioned here
Monday, one cherry at a time, tor the
>eneflt of the earthquake sufferers, and
brought $2,440. About 50 commission
merchants and others attended the
sale. The first cherry brought $105.
ind others amount* ranging from $100
to fifty cents.
Another Shock Felt.
SAN FRANCISCO—A'sharp earth
uuake. shock was felt here at 10:39
Monday. It lasted about three second*
ind was from east to west No dam
age has been reported.
Traveling Man's Long Fast.
PUEBIX), Colo.—B. K. CofTmann, a
traveling salesman from Fort Worth,
rex., arrived in Pueblo from Ban Fran
;isco. He says he had nothing to eat
>r drink from Tuesday evening until
rhursday morning, and that when he
ooked over the city and saw the fall
ng buildings and the flames shooting
nto the sky. that he fell upon his
lands and knees and buried his face
in the sand, believing that the end
>f the world had come. As a result of
the strain his hair ]« now perfectly
white.
Brewer Busch Gives $100,000.
ST. IXJUIS, Mo.—A contribution of
1100,000 was telegraphed to the Red
CTross society by Adolphus Busch, St
Louis’ millionaire brewer. Mr. Busch
md family were caught In the SaD
Francisco disaster, and suffered so
rerely before making their way to Oak
land.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—General Luke E
Wright, first United States ambassador
.o Japan, let Memphis Monday for the
west, accompanied by his wife aad
laughter.