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The Omaha Daily Bee. Advert) lit OMAHA Your Mny' Wrth THE OMAHA OEQ Best & West THE DEE Best ; West ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871. OMAHA MONDAY MOK NINO, APRIL 23, 1906. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. 1k- CLEARING UP DEBRIS San Francieoo Ependi Sunday Repairing; Broken Water Pipes and Sewers. GAUNT SPECTER OF HUNGER BANISHED Supplies Are Rolling In Boatloads and Trainloads. CALL TOR SKILLED MEN TO CARE FOR FOOD Two-Thirds of Oity Bemalnine; Supplied With Water for Domeitio Use. HUNDREDS OF PERSONS . DEAD Relief Parties Have Boried ROO Bodies 4 Many Were Incinerated In Cheap lodging " ' Hoases. 8AN FRANCISCO. April 22.-Hd It r- been for the eight of the rude altsrs up In the XPn air wherever San Fra. Cisco' homeless thousand were rampet. one would hare soma difficulty In finding any of the peaceful associations of the Sabbath In this flty today. Everywhere throughout the burned as well aa the re maining section tt the city there waa the greatest ' activity. Streets were being cleared of debris, laborera were repairing broken water pipe, sewers and gas mains, electrlclana were everywhere seeking to untangle the almost hopeless confusion of wires In fact, Pan Francisco waa In the first atagea of Its regeneration. Plenty of Food for All. There are no hungry people here tonight; gaunt specter hee been banished by the generous response cf the nation to the ap peal n that went out for assistsnce. Food by the carload and by the boatload poured Into Oakland laat night and today in auf flctent quantities to overwh1m the com mittee which has In charge Its distribu tion. So freat was the volume of food stuffs brought Into the general depot at Oakland that the general committee today made an appeal for skilled labor In the handling of these supplies. Grocers, butch ers and commission men have been re quested to secura men . who are familiar in the handling of foodstuffs In order that the confusion attendant upon the distribu tion at the scores of atatlons established might go on without confusion. The homeless people are no longer obliged to subsist on bread and canned stuff en tirely, a they had been during the pre vious daya of their trying experience, but were today given hot coffee, canned meats and even cakea and oranges. Orangea have coma In In plentiful supply from southern California and the slgbt of Cali fornia's famous product waa everywhere balled with words of delight. Relief Work Hast Centleae. It must be understood by the charitable people of the country that there la a surfeit of food for the sufferers. "While the supply Is abundant at this writing it la well for . th . public to remember that ' the homeless thousands tnusl( bo fed and cared for by the organised relief commit tees for an Indefinite period. It Is desired therefore that contributions be. continued until the people who have been rendered helpless can care for themselves. The water situation, while causing In convenience to the people, la no longer such a problem. About two-thirds of the remaining aectlon of the city Is being supplied with sufficient water for the press ing domestic needs, but of course . there Is not enough to be had for fire fighting purposes. Because of this fact the most stringent orders hsve been issued by the military and clvtl police that no fires shall be built within any house, and no lights. not even a candlelight, can be shown at night In the houses. All cooking for the present must be done on the sidewalks or In the open streets and In the daylight. One of the noteworthy features of the situ ation Is the remarkable promptness with which the work of systematically caring for the homeless has been thoroughly or ganised and put Into operation. The fear that existed two days ago that the Im mense task of caring for the destitute and helpless people could not be organised quick enough to save thouaanda from hunger and poesfbjB epldemlo exists no longer. Ifa Conflict of Aatborlty. The administration of the ctty'a affairs Is progressing most harmoniously. Mayor Schmltg and General Funaton are working in perfect accord. There waa some slight confusion yesterday owing to the misunder standing of soma orders by soma members of the national guard, but thla haa been minimised. The system put Into force by the mayor and General Funaton toduy la working order out of confusion and the city la aa orderly as before the Ore. Permit order have been Issued by so many heads of departments during the past few daya that there has been necessarily mora or leas conflict of authority. But It is to be observed that there are no com plaints of the actions of either the federal troops or the municipal police. It la only of the National Ouard of the stats of California that complaint haa been made. Many cltlsena have reported extremely ar bitrary acts oi the militiamen. Contributions of money continue to be made from every part of the United States. Chairman Phelan of the finance committee today reported additional subscriptions of about t!C On. the Urgent of these being one of $100,00 by the Chicago Commercial association. The finance committee will tomorrow consider some plan f or the use of the large sum of money which will be available for .he relief of the sufferers. Ftvo Headred Bodies Barled. The total number of bodies recovered and buried up to Sunday night Is 6to. No coin plete record can be had at this time. Many bodies have been buried without permits from the coroner and the Board of Health The searchers of the coroners and the Board of Health departmenta found today not more than twenty bodies. They were burled Immediately. Few of these bodies could be Identified and the graves were marked by numbers.- It Is impossible at the present time to obtain any sort of death llat or even to make a reliable est! mate as to the number of casualties. When ever a body la found It la burled Imme diately without any formality whatever, and hs these burials nave been made at widely separated parts of the city by dif ferent bodies of searchers, who do not even make a prompt report lo headquar ters, considerable confusion has resulted lo the estimating of the total number of annuities und exaggerated reports have fcnonn, Ke fusees la Uoed Health. The health of the scores of thousands tamped In the open air ia under the cir cumstances remarkably good. There have of course been several rases of pneumonia reported and colds are quite common, but there Is nothing like an epidemic of pul- monary troubles. The board of health re ports that there Is very little contagious disase and for the treatment of those esses special hospitals have toen provided. An Interesting Item from the Golden Gate park district today was the reports of the birth of eighteen babies. These cases have received prompt and efficient care and the mothers and children removed to the various msternlty hospitals. Vigorous measures are being taken be the board of health and the board of public works to Improve the sanitary conditions throughout the city. While not entirely satisfactory at some places the sanitary conditions In general are not as yet a serious menace to the heslth of the people.' Kilril of Raraed Area. The Associated Press representatives to day covered the entire arpa of the burned section. The circumference of the area of the great conflagration Is, as near as could be ascertained by the markings of a cyclometer, twenty-six miles and com prises the entire business district and a large section of the residence district, all of which was densely populated. It waa estimated today by competent In surance authorities that the loss will ag gregate tsoo.ono.onn and on this vast amount sof property the Insurance companies car- led approximately $17&.onn,oni Insurance. People Asked to Stay Away. ief Dinnn of Ban Francisco sent tele- today to alt the chiefs of police of t f' vnt people from leaving their re ap towns and coming to Ban Fran cis. if Idle curiosity. He asked them to It. ' on the people that there are more "In San Francisco than can find a , j sleep and by coming here they wei ly running their chances of being put work clearing away the de bris of burned buildings or repairing sew ers. This does not apply to skilled work men, who have their own tools and who will be welcomed by tho committee If they will lend their aid In carrying out the urgent needs of the street, sewer, plumb ing, electrical building and other depart ments of this nature. Religious services were conducted by every denomination In the various parks and at various other places where people were In camp. Improvised altars were set In many places and the ceremonials carried out before thousands of earnest and devout worshippers. Loss of Life Heavy. It Is announced that the fire Is out. only smoking embers remaining. The con dition of the homeless and shelterless peo ple encamped in various parts of the city is now remarkably good and offers of sub. stantlal financial assistance are being rap- Idly received from many cities In all sec tions of the United States. The grand total of all the moneys subscribed to data Is $4,164,000. South of Market street the loss of life was mostly brought about by the collapsing of many cheap and crowded lodging houses, Among othets the caving of the Royal, corner Fourth and Mina streets, added to the horror of the situation by the shrieks of Its many acorea of vlctima embedded in the ruins. - The collapsing ofthe Portland house on Sixth street, between Mission and Market, came about In a similar manner. Fully sixty persons were entombed amidst th crash of timbor and brick. . Many, at- those were saved before the fira eventually crept to the scene. Three Haadred1 Die la On Hoa.se. The large five-story Brunswick rooming house, with Its 300 rooms filled with guests on the corner of Sixth and Howard streets, collapsed to the ground entirely and fire started amidst the- ruins scarcely five ml a utes later. It Is estimated that over 300 peraons lost their lives. Part of the large Cosmopolitan house, corner Fifth and Mission streets, collapsed at the very first tremble. Many of the sleepers were buried in the ruins, others escaping In their night clothes. At 775 Mission street the Wilson house. with Its four stories and eighty rooms, fell to the ground a mass of ruins. As far as known few of the inmates were rescued. The Denver house, on Lower Third street. with Its many rooms, fared the same fate, and none may ever know how many were killed, the majority of the Inmates being strangers. A small two-story frame building occu pied by a man and wife at 406 Jessie street collapsed without an tnstant'a . warning. Both were klled. Better Coadlttoas Farther North. To the north of Market street, the room ing house people fared somewhat better. The Luxumborg, corner Stockton and O'Farrell streets, a three-story affair, suf fered severely from the falling of many tona of brick from an adjoining building. The falling mass crashed through the build lng, killing a man and woman. At the Sutter atraet Turkish bath. brick chimney toppled over and crashing through the roof killed one of the occu pants as ha lay on a cot. Another cloae by, lying on another cot, escaped. A helpful feature of the work Is the establishment by the Southern Pacific com pany of a chain of information bureaus which will be served by relaya of pony riders carrying the latest bulletins and Instructions relative to transportation fa cilities provided to' relieve the congestion In San Francisco. A committee sent by the Japanese consul representing the Japanese relief society offered Its co-operation In any manner pos sible. The society is caring for many of the stricken Japanese who still remain in tb oity. They are rendering assistance to white people wherever required. They have wired to . every large city on the coast auklng fur supplies to be sent by the Japanese. Two Haadred Bodies Cremated. Two hundred' bodies fuund In the Po trero district south of Shunnon street. In the vicinity of the Union Iron works, were cremated at the Six Mile house yester day by the order of Coroner Walsh. This Information was obtained at the Board of Health headquarter today. 8oino of the dead were the victims of falling buildings from the earthquake shock and some were killed In the tire, but It is believed the majority died from ptomaine poisoning. So many dead were found In this limited area that cremaliou was deemed absolutely necessary to prevent disease. The names of some of the dead were learned, but In the majority of cases identification was impossible owing to the mutllution of the features. A systematic search for bodies of victims uf the earthquake and lire Is being made today by the ooroner and the Slate Board of Health Inspectors. The city haa botn divided into sanitary districts and squads of searchers have been sent out to every quarter. The ruins of the burned buildings in Uie business and the older residence section have sufficiently cooled to make the search possible. The body of an infant waa found in the center of Union atreet this morning There was nothing by which it could be Identified. It was learned that a number of people had camped at this place and it Is presumed the (Continued oo Second Page ) SURVIVORS TELL OF HORROR 0. 0. Kendall of Omaha Telle of Pickinc Eia Way Over Dead Bodies. THROWN FROM BED IN PALACE ANNEX Dr. Brown of Rochester, K. Y Maya Loss of Life Will Reach Many Thoasaads Hack Fares at Aaetloa. DENVER, April 22. Every incoming train from the west brings refugees from Ban Francisco who tell harrowing stories of their oxperlencee and give graphic descrip tions of the horrors following the earth quake and fire. I climbed over dead bodies, picked my way around flaming debris and went over almost Insurmountable obstacles to get out of San Francisco." said C. C. Kendall an Omaha capitalist, upon his arrival here last night. "1 arrived in San Francisco the night previous to the earthquake and I waa awakened in the morning by being thrown out of my bed in the Palace annex. I rushed to the window and looked out. The houses were reeling and tumbling like playthings. I hurried on clothing and ran into the street. Here I saw many dead and the debris was piled up along Market street. 'I went to the office of the Palace hotel and there men, women and children were ruBhlng about, erased and frantic. In their night clothes. The first shock lasted only twenty-eight seconds, but It seemed to me hours. A few minutes after I reached the Palace hotel office tho second shock came. It was little compared wun me first, but It brought to the ground many of the buildings that the first shock had unsettled. Fires were breaking out In every direc tion. Market street had sunk at least four feet. I started for the ferry. . It is only a few blocks from the Palace Annex to the ferry, but It took me from a. m. until 10:15 a. in. to cover the space. Men and women fought about tha en trance of the ferry like a band of Infuriated animals. "I made my escape I do not remember how, for I waa as desperate aa any of them. As tho boat pulled over the bay the smoke and flame rose sky high and the roar of falling buildings and the cries of the peo ple rent the air." The groans and cries of those pinned under the pillars of the collapsing buildings were pitiful to hear and the worst of It was that nothing could be done to save them." Rig Fares for Hacknien. Arthur Woodson of Chicago, who was In the Palace hotel at the time of the earthquake, said: After breakfast I hustled around to get over the bay to Oskland. A few hacks were In commission and a regular auction was held over the seat sold to each pas senger. The prices charged ran gen rrom $31 to 1100. I got a seat on one of the hacks for $36. There were three other men In it that paid 130 for seats. We had to go to the ferry In a roundabout way and when we had covered several blocks two men hailed the driver. - They offered $100 apiece, for..theprlvUeg of .riding, tn tho ferry; The driver took one up on the box with him. handed me my $36 and made me get out' so that hla $109 passenger could get into his carriage. "I hailed the next hack that came along and got up on the box wtth the driver. Another fellow from the sidewalk called out that he would give 175 to be taken to the ferry, but I told the hack driver that I would throw him off the box If he stopped, as ha had no room either Inside or out for another passenger." O. M. Nichols, a New York traveling salesman, fled from the Palace hotel leaving a vest behind In a pocket of which waa 1200. He paid $30 to ride two blocks to the ferry In an automobile and was one of a party' who paid $260 for a tug to take them to Oakland. "Tugs, launches, row boats and every conceivable kind of a craft was weighed to the water's edge by frantic people trying to get away from the burning city," said Mr. Nichols. ' Through Three Disasters Cohort. J. B. Flske of Chlcsgo was sleeping In a room on the third floor of the Terminus ho tel when the earthquake came. Tha second flight of stairs gave way when ha waa going down and he fell to the hotel lobby. "I have not a scar to show for the fall of two stories, but a few bruises make my body soro and tender," he aald. "I guess I have my lucky stars to thank that I cam through the Johnstown flood, tha Galvestlon disaster and the San Fun Cisco earthquake without serious Injur." W, R, Atkinson and Joseph Strong, who were stopping at the International hotel, a four-story brick structure In San ' Fran cisco, when the earthquake occurred, passed' through Denver today on their way to I -a mar. Kan., where they live. Thoaaaada of Persons Killed. LOS ANGELES. April 21. "I witnessed the burning of Chicago In 1871 and waa In Charleston when an earthquake created great destruction there, but tha San Fran cisco horror far outahadows those dire calamities." said ' Dr. Frank Barker ' of Rochester, N. Y., who arrived In the city on '.he owl train today. He continued: ."I cannot believe that the loss of life in San Francisco was con fined to mere hundreds. I would be the last to stretch the facts, but I am con vinced that several thousand peraons suf fered death. The soldiers and cltixcns are doing heroic work everywhere. x Thieves and luolers are dealt with summarily. I personally witnessed the sudden demise of several ghoulish men. I aaw a fellow cutting rings from the hands of a dead woman on Bush street. There was a rush of men and within a few minutes the rob ber was dangling from a pole. One inno cent man met his death at the hands of the military. He was cashier of a bank and refused to obey the command to halt but continued to run into the bank build ing. He was shot. "Another fellow robbed a coffee store and waa found selling his spoils on tha street by a policeman. He ran, but waa halted by a bullet. I don't know whether he waa killed or not." A fragmentary account of the terrible sufferings endured by the little children of Ban Franclaco In the earthquake Or waa brought to this city yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Huskey and Mrs. Kate Land, who lived together on Pine street. 'I'nder our own observation," aald Mrs. Huskey, waa the case of on small child, ill of diphtheria, who waa carried into the it reels Wednesday night by her parents and died in agony on a lawn that morn lug." I'tter lack of water in some districts peo pled by the refugee set the children , to, moaning and pleading for driuk. Men kf ruined families made every human effort to satisfy the thirst of their little one. Failing at last and in desperation, they In vaded tb neighboring saloon and brought whiskey to the women 1 'Table longer to withstand the pleadttr of their children mothers poured small Q'lHntttles of tin -fl and otfier re- fiery liquid Into tin if ceptacles and gave It t t'i tots to drink. The natural result w-.' to Increase the pangs of thirst twenty-foi-1 and th alght of woe-begnne, stsgg'JIng children was witnessed by observers. Eacan of Philadelphia Family. COLORADO SPRINGS. llo., April 22. J. C. Gill, a retired mrrrher of th firm of King. Illllman A Glil of Philadelphia, arrived In this city from Ban Francisco, where his party passed through the hor rors of the earthquake and subsequent fire. Mr. Gill and his wife snd several prom inent Phlladelphians spent th winter In Honolulu and on the coast. The party were guests at the St. Frandls hotel Wednesday. Besides Mr. and Mrs. G'U there were In the party Mr. W. E. Aamont. a retired officer of tb Guard "frost Company of Philadelphia; Mrs. Aumont, Miss Florence Aumont, Miss A. M. Itsrhnlen snd- J. Millard Kessler. "Mrs. GUI and myse!?-were In a room on th third floor of the hotel." said Mr. Gill. "We were awakened by the rocking of our beds. Then thry seemed to be lifted from their legs, suspended In th air and as suddenly dipped, while the plaster began cracking j and falling. W arose and left our room after putting on a few clothes. W felt that with' every step we were treading ?n glass and that the ten stories above us twould fall, not al lowing us to escape allye. , But once out side the building and M'ith our friends I began to realise what had happened. "I made. my way bach to the room and carefully packed our suit rases. I came across a valuable necklace and pearl pin that my wife In her haste Lad left behind. "With hundreds we roati ed In the park In front of the hotel sever.it hours. When we saw the fire was hemming In the lower part of the city we ws'ked toward the outskirts and were sheltered for a time at 1318 Jones street by a Mis-. M .Jwen. Early next morning we decided to leave the city and started to the ferry. Policemen would stop us and It was with difficulty and much trepidation that w walked through the burned district and arrived at the wharf at S:15, Just, fifteen minute before the boat left. , : "The scenes we passed through were sickening and Indescribable. I fancy that scores of women, wharf rats, who had looted wholesale liquor houses and were drunk, were burned to death without being the. wiser because ' of their condition." The Gill party after reaching Oakland took the first train for the east and will continue their Journey to Philadelphia to day. They lost several thousand dollars worth of baggage which they were forced to abandon at the hotel. Hair Tama Whli In a psy, Tha experience through which P. S. Keenan, a merchant of Terre Haute, Ind., passed In San Francisco, he declares, turned his hair white and his nerves have not yet recovered from the shock of the earth quake. Mr. and Mrs. Keenan were guests at the Grant hotel. They arrived In Colo rado Springs with all their baggage Intact. "My wife and I escaped, from , our ho tel with hardly any tloVhlng on," said Mr. Keenan. "My wif had her stocking around her neck. Affor the excitement of the first shock hadtr ibstded I returned to th hotel and got ')',tb1n' and fin ished dreksInK tn the street. I was for tunate In getting an ' axproasman to take our trunks to th ferry. W rod so cloae' to the fire that on side of th wagon waa scorched and we felt the heat in our facea." Walter V. Marsh and party are among the survivors who have reached Colorado Springs. Marsh ia in charge of the Na tional Express company's business lo New York, and with his wife was' atop. ping at the Savoy, opposite the St. Fran cis hotel. In San Francisco. The sensa tion leu by Air. and Mrs. Marsh was not unlike that described by other refu gees who have reached here. They made 'their escape only half clad and arrived in Colorado Springs with no belongings, Refaaers tn Salt Uke. SALT LAKE CITY, April 22. Local hotels' are filling with eastern people who escaped from San Francisco at tha time of the earthquake. Mr. Bternberger of the firm of New York stock brokers, Btern berger, Sinn ft Co., is here with his wife, son and a maid. Ha was on the fourth floor of the St. Francis hoteL -After hur riedly dressing he and his family rushed into Union square. "We had hardly got seated," says Mr. Bternberger, "when firemen came .along, asking for volunteers to take bod lea from the ruins Just above the hotel. There wis a ready and willing response. It was a low building, on which had toppled lofty one, and all In the former were buried in the debris. W heard tha stifled cries and prayers, 'For God's sake, come this way!' 'Oh, lift this oil my back!' 'My God, I'm dying!' and many others, nerv ing us to greater efforts. Flually we got to aome of them. Bruised, . bleeding, blinded by smoke and dust, terrified past reason, the poor fellows who were saved fell in tb atreet from utter exhaustion. Those that were pinned away below we could not reach and their seeming far off crls Tor mercy and Ufa will ring in my ears until death." Story of Fort Dodgr - Mi Charles C Lanferweller of Fort Dodge. la, who was at th Grand hotel, says: "I passed through Chinatown Just aa a good shock cams, and all Chinatown was In th streets gesticulating, crying, running around and acting Ilk a lot of monkeys. If left to themselves I know they must all have perished. The authorities drove thm up th hill and out of rang . of the fire, Superstition mastered thsm and all aorta of gods wore produced from all sorts of pockets, and Joss paper was scattered all along the way." Bestor G. Brown, manager of the western office of the M. C. Lilly company of Kansas City, was fn a private home when th shock came and says that, while things danced about, it was not so terrifying as to those in brick and stona buildings Henry Hers, a New York traveling man, after a terrible experience, made his escape and constituted himself a traveling relief committee. At Sacramento b orgunlxed a ahlpment of eggs. At Reno he set the housewives to baking bread and in Salt Lake City he has raised a potato fund of $400. Mr. Hers crowed the bay in a launch Tha boatman asked him how much money he had and when he replied, with a muqtal reservation. 4.Q. the boatman charged hiin H4.S0 and collected the money In advance ARCHITECTS WASTED AT 'FRISCO Dranghtaaioa to Help Lay Ont th Sew San FTaaelaco. Mayor Zlmman received th following wire Sunday afternoon from Mayor Bchmits of San Francisco: How many architects and architectural draughtsmen tan you furnUh us and how quickly can they leave for San Francisco? Mr. Zlmman desires all of the men of this professional class who will go to 8an Francisco to communicate with him t once, either by calling at the mayor's of fice in the city or using th telephone auiu bsr. Douglas 1M1. AID FROM EVERY DIRECTION Traxiiportation raoilitiea Taxed to Care for the Immense Amount Offered. LOS ANGELES SENDS KITCHEN ON WHEELS Relief Work la Beta Mytesaatiaed and Beat Reealts Possible Are Belag Obtained Coder tho Clreaatataaees. LOS ANGELES. Cal., April Si-Three hundred and five thousand dollars I the sum total subscribed to date In and about Lob Angeles for th Ban Francisco suf fers. The Individual amounts are from alt sources and classes, from the millionaire to Chinese and Japanese menials, and range from a few cents to thousands of dollar. Th money thus raised Is placed In the hands of the municipal relief com mittee and Is expended for food shipments under supervision of th Chamber of Com merce. W. R. Hearst, through his local banker. has duplicated his first order for tT.SCO worth of goods and several mor ctvrs were Started west last night. Among the hundreds of carloads of assorted provision that sre being nt out irom ijom Angeles lor tn Han Francisco sufferers are several carloads of lemons and orangea. Manager Woodford of th California Fruit exchange baa Issued an appeal to fruit growers to send large ship ments of both lemons and oranges at once. The lemons, especially, are desired for use In San Francisco with the drinking water to purify it and lessen the danger of any possible epidemic from that source. What Is perhsps the largest commissary train in the world has been rushed north over the Southern Pacific from here. Thla huge restaurant, destined to cater to th hungry refugees of San Francisco, I tha Shattuck A Desmond "meaa" train outfit. enlarged to a guaranteed capacity of 20,000 meals a day. Supported by the local relief committee, this mammoth commissary ia expected to cost $15,000. It was made up of thirty cars, which ara all kitchens and pantries. Thla train is expected to be In Oakland in time ' to serve early morning breakfast Monday to all comer and It Is expected to play an important part In the feeding of the hungry thousands. A carload of food Intended for th use of the babies has been gathered by th local committee and dispatched north. It comprises condensed milk, baby goods of all sorts, medicines, etc. Boxers to Contrlbat. A great boxing tournament for the benefit of the San Franclaco sufferers. destined to eclipse anything In that lino ever held In this country, will b held at th Athletic club next Tuesday under the auspices of the Chamber of Com merce relief committee, which will han dle all th funds. By a coincidence prac- tlcaly all th champion of th fistic arena are In training In and around Los Angcloa at th present . time preparing for a aerlas of fights to be run oft her In May. In addition, Jim Jeffrie, retired heavyweight champion of the -world, win appear in an exhibition bout during th evening. Battling Nelson, Aurello and Maun? Herrera, Ab and Mont Attell. KJd Herniad'aWtl Tommy Iurti; orfl -tvp- notchers In their class, aa well as Several other prominent pugilists,- will , box for tha causa of charity. - They have been paired oft so as to make the most scien tific boxing possible. It 1 said over 110, 000 will be cleared Cargo of Food front Orient. BAN FRANCISCO, April -22 Th Pa- clflo Mall steamer China, with a cargo including a large quantity of foodstuffs. arrived from th orient and waa docked at Oakland in order that tha supplies might be distributed there. The shlpptng of San Franclaco la at a standstill. Th United States cruisers Chicago and Marblehead are stationed oft Melggs' wharf and prevent every vessel, whether foreign or domestic, from sail ing out of th harbor. Th . vessels are being held here to be ready for any emer gency that may arise. The federal authorities removed all th customs restrictions from the cargo of the steamer China, and as soon aa poasl- .ble the rice, tea and other foodstuffs from the orient were taken off th vessel and sent to th aid of the stricken Chines, The foreign vessels will be examined merely to pasa upon the health of the vessel. Taeosns Send Shipload. TACOMA, Wash., April 22. Th steamer Queen was dispatched for San Francisco today with it&.QOO worth of disinfectants, medical stores and food supplies ordered purchased her by th mayor of Philadelphia. The United States cableshlo Burnsid will depart Monday with another big cargo. Orders rrom eastern cities are pouring In. Transportation, stevedoring and. other chargea ar free, and In view of the railroad freight congestion a ship will be dispatched dally during tho week. .Seattle Wharves Piled Hi(k. SEATTLE, April 22. Th steamer Buck man sailed today at noon wtth 100 ton of supplies for San Francisco. Eleven hundred tons of supplies ar now plied up on th wharf. i Cash contributions received by the relief committees to dale total 27,23. Thla amount will be Increased by S1&.000 whn , all con tributions forwarded ar received. Donate Cse of Steamer, VICTORIA, B. C. April 22. The steamer Amur has been given by th Central Pa cific railway free of charg for . a trip to San Francisco from Vancouver . and Vlo torla with a cargo of provisions for th relief of sufferer. Th Amur will leav Vancouver for San Francisco tomorrow. How to Transfer Money. OAKLAND. Cal., April 22. Banka and bankers throughout th United State wish ing to mak telegraphic transfer to Oak land should place the funds with th corre spondents of th Oakland banks in New York and have them wire Oakland of th fact, instead of remitting drafts. Vie President Contrlhntes. INDIANAPOLIS. April 21. Vic President Charles W. Fairbanks today sent an ad ditional contribution of tibi to th Ban Francisco relief fund being raised In In dianapolis. Portland Is Liberal. PORTLAND. Ore., April 22. Up to last right th total subscriptions reported for Ban Francisco relief work amounted to Sli0,0uO. Th commltte says that when all the subscriptions ar secured today the total will amount to IO.ouo. In addition to this Pittsburg has placed I26.0U0 In tho hands of th local committee for relief work and W. R. Hearst, 2,5U. Offers Military Aid. OLYMPIA, Wash., April 21 Governor Mead tonight telegraphed to Governor Par dee, placing th entire military organisation of the state of Washington at the disposal of the California executive. Iowa City Doaatea. IOWA CITT. Ia, Aorll 'it. (Special Telegram.) Mayor Ball has telegraphej ttoe to tb San Franciscd1 sufferer eleven hundred more will be sent Immediately by draft. University student will play a benefit game of ball for' th fund to morrow. OGDKN, Utah. April 22. The women of Ogden'a relief committee hav mad ample preparation to feed all needy refugee from San Francisco who may pass through Ogden. They have established a lunch counter In th baggage room at the Union depot, where sandwiches and coffee are served to all who apply. Th number of needy person arriving, however, 1 not o great aa was expected. Forty wero on th Union Paclfio train this morning and tonight' train brought thlrty-thre more. Moat of these were per son who had saved nothing but th clothe they wore and who ar en rout to friends in the east. Five Million fron Kew F.narland. BOSTON, April 22. (Bpeclal Telegram.) Three million dollars have already been pledged by various Massachusetts interests to the Ban Francisco relief fund, and the total will reach IM00.00O Inside of ten days. EVery workman Is giving a day's pay and depots have been opened for supplies that can be forwarded without spoiling. Fifteen thousand dollars' worth of medical supplies and disinfectants have been bought at Salt Lake. City for Boston aocount and rushed forward. Boston offer Ita facilities for all conventions scheduled for San Francisco now compelled to change plans. The school children her are raising a fund to establish a new school house at San Francisco, th smallest village In New England being represented. Governor Pardee wires Colonel Runlett the number killed In San Francisco Is smaller than aupposed. All the Hnrtford companies are reported abl to pay their Insurance losses. Hew York Adds to Fanda. NEW YORK, April 22.-Thls -rlty'a fund for th relief of the California sufferers was greatly Increased today. In nearly all th rrotestant churches the offerings were set asld for San Francisco. Th Catholic churches will take up special collections next Sundny. The total of the funds raised In the churches wss nearly 240.000. The event of the day waa a mass meeting held this afternoon In Union Square under the auspice of the Salvation Army. Three thousand persons were addressed by former Ambassador Joseph H. Choate, Bishop Co adjutor Greer of the Protestant Episcopal church. Rev. R. 8. MacArthur and Miss Eva Booth. The sum of 12.100 was con tributed to the army's relief fund. Chicago f'harehea Contribute. CHICAGO, April 22.-8peclal contributions for aid of the sufferers on the Pacific coast were asked for today in all the churches of Chicago and as a result there was a heavy addition made to the general fund already collected. The Memphis Jockey club sent a request to Secretary Woodruff of the Weetern Jockey club asking for an extra day for tha meet In Memphis, the proceeds to go to the San Francisco relief fund. The request was granted by telegraph and the race track people believe they can secure at least $20,000 In thla way. Enbaah Army Ration. WASHINGTON, April 22. Dispatches were received at the War department lata tonight from San Francisco suggesting that the rations already ordered will be adequate for the destitute there and outlining th work fit the army medical officers. 'A ; dissatch from MaJofKrauthoftVS&hlef commissary of the army at San Francisco, In charge of relief work, say that it la not believed that ration other than those ordered at the present time will be neces sary for Issue to the destitute from the earthquake disaster. A . telegram , from Lieutenant Colonel Torney, chief surgeon at the Presidio mili tary reservation, to Surgeon General O'Reilly, says that a few cases of smallpox and scarlet fever have come under observa tion and a large number of cases of measles have been cared for. Masonle Lodges Contrlbnto. HORNELLSVILLB, N. Y., April 22.-F. H. Robinson, grand master of th Masons of New York state, announced tonight that he had received contribution to the amount of 220,000 from the various lodges in the state for the San Francisco sufferers. Half Million at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. April C The work of raising funds In this city for the relief of the California sufferers was continued with vigor today and it is probable 1600,000 will have been collected by tomorrow night. Special collections taken In all the churches today amounted to more than $26,000. Mor than $126,000 has .already been sent west from this city. Irish Ready to Aid. DUBLIN, April 22.-J. P. Nanettl. lord mayor of Dublin, has convened a meeting of citlier.s at the Mansion house for to morrow to express sympathy with and de vise means for the relief of sufferer by the San Francisco earthquake. The deputy grand master of the Irish Free Masons has telegraphed $600 to the grand master of California as the first Installment of relief for tho brethren there. GOOD NEWS FOR OMAHA PEOPLE Reports of Safety Cheer Aaxlon Hearts at Home. Omaha people with relative who war in th San Francisco disaster oontlnue to hear news of their mortal safety. Dr. M. J. Brackenrtdg ha received word that his son, hi wif and three children who reside In San Francisco were sofa and well. Mr. and Mr. Alexander MacKenxl of 620 Park avenue hav a telegram from their son. Leon MacKehsl. saying he and his friend, Darley Pollard, also a former Omaha boy, ar safe. William Randall of the Burlington re. celved a telegram Sunday from his son-in-law, Mr. Leavensaler of San Franclaco; Mr. Leavensaler, formerly Miss Florence Randall, and Miss Nell Randall saying they are all saf and well In East Oakland. Nathan Merrlam at noon yesterday re ceived a telegram from F. M. Porslnger, an old and close friend of his, who has been in the clothing business In San Fran cisco for five year, to the effect that he had escaped unhurt, but lost everything he had In th wy of property. The tele gram was dated April 20. Mr. Perslnger 1 well known in Omaha and formerly was In the banking business at' Central City. He Is related to prominent Chl oagoans. John 8. Collins, I'll Burt street, tele graphed his family from Ogden that he would be in O-raha Monday evening. ELKS' HIXF.H OOES TO PACIFIC Robert W. Brown Will Distribute Fnnds to Srer. Robert W. Brown, grand exalted ruler of the Elks and editor and publisher of th Loulsv'lle Times, passed through Omaha on the Overland Limited Sunday morning for San Francisco. Mr. Brown goes to 'Frisco to aunervlse the distribu tion of the Elks' fund which have been donated for the r.lief of the sufferers. The grand lodge of the Elks hs given $IO,mrt and besides this each aeparat lodge prob ably will make a donation. THIRD RELIEF TRAIN Another Caravan of Proyiaioni 8ent by Omaha to California Sufferers, OTHER TOWNS OF STATE ADD BOUNTIES Union Pacifio Carries at Least 8even Cars to Believe Human Want. SUNDAY BUSY DAY FOR GLORIOUS WORK Hundreds of Men and Teams Canvass Oity Under Morris' Direction. SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE CASH Instead of Wearing Oft, Eenl to TTelo Strlrhen Sna Praaelaeo and Vicinity Increase With Tim. The third tralnload of supplies frora Omaha and Nebraska for the relief of San Francisco nd vicinity left Inst night ever the Union Pacific, running th second section of passenger train No. I. Depart ing the train had only four refrigerator cars, but was to pick up a car from Bea trice at Valley, one at Fremont and ono at Columbus, mnklng at least seven before crossing the state line. The Omaha consignments consisted of a car of food, clothing and bedding con tributed by Omaha people Sunday through the relief committee, a car of crackers loaded by th National Biscuit company on order from the Chicago office, and two car of pork and beans, putted ham, roast beef, tongue and corned beef loaded by the Cudahy Packing company for Hearst's Chicago American. ' Several Thonannd More. It is probable the Omaha executive relief committee will hold a meeting today and arrange for the purchase of several more cars of provisions. Treasurer Drake In his Sunday morning mall found $1,600 In sub scriptions for the fund, practically all of It coming from Omaha cltlsena. Th com mittee headed by G. W. Wattles to solicit among the grain men had accumulated $2,000 Saturday night and turned It over to the Merchants National bank. Other committees are expected to report today In manner that will nearly double the amounts paid In up to Saturday noon, when they were last reported. It was California relief Sunday In Omaha. Th mass of cltisens and families for the first time were given a convenient oportunlty to contribute and they I re sponded nobly. In all of the Methodist churches and most of the others collection were taken up for tha express purpos of alleviating the suffering on tha coast. The amounts wUl not be calculated or turned oyer to the relief committee until to day. During the afternoon flrty-thro wagona and team belonging to local trucking companies and other concern covered the entire city with crews of two men and a boy and a driver each, seeking food not easily perishable, bedding and, clothing. South Omahi-alftO'swellc9 the volume of . it donations.. , . Harris Directs tha Campaign. Th collection work was in the hand of Superintendent Morris of the Associated Char Mies and he proved himself a master of such undertakings. From noon until after 6 o'clock he had not less than 240 men and boys working under hi direction on a carefully systematized plan. By rea son of thorough organisation th task was mode comparatively simple. At least three carloads of material wer taken to head quarters at the city hall and so expedi tious waa the work that one car was loaded , at Eighth and Jackson streets in . time for the special train, started out by the Union Pacific. All of the labor was vol untary and no one received a penny for his toll. On each team that served were placard bearing the word. "San Franclaco Relief." They centered at th city hall, where pack ing cases littered the sidewalk on Farnam street down toward The Bee building al most to Seventeenth. A score of willing assistant redistributed the goods and packed them as soon a the wagon came In. Hardly a vehicle returned loaded less than to capacity. Empty wagona wer either sent back over new routea or used to send th prepared, classified and plainly marked goods to the cars. Another group of volunteers attended to the loading. Sunday afternoon pedestrians found Far ram atreet almost blocked at th city hall by the busy conditions. Many of the men and boy quit their strolling right there and went to work. Member of the Young Men's Christian association, young men from the high school, the business colleges and the railroad headquarters wer much In evidence and rendered effective assist ance. Superintendent Morris' plan Included th ending out of every wagon over a plainly designated typewritten route. Each wagon waa equipped with a crew of two men and on boy, beside the driver. The boy kept working ahead, notifying th householder along -both aide of the street to get their contribution ready and the two men fol lowed, on to each aid of th street to carry the donations to the wagon. The scheme was Intended to aave time and It did and worked with splendid success. Firms Sapplylac Team. The team were furnished by th fol lowing firm, with possible omissions: Omaha Gas company, Lyons & Sons Ex press company, Fred Moran, McCauley Express company. The Only . Way, Union loo company, United States Express com pany, W. W. Mace, Coal II111 Coal com pany, John O'Keefe, Bralley & Dorranco, Expressmen's Delivery company and L. Bruce. All kinds of vehicles were in the cav alcade, from Ice and coal wagona to un dertakers' light-wagons used to transport empty caskets. But they each were. cap able of holding quantities of things badly needed In and around San Franclaco and they did their part in the collection. The most of the work was outlined and cared for as follows: Route No. 1 Fourteenth street. east side from Douglas to Webster and thence east up and down streets and cross streets. Omaha (Jos company. Route No. 2 Fourteenth street, west side Douglh to WeuHU r; Fifteenth street, east and west sides, Webster to Capitol avenue and on each cross street between. Lyons tc Hons Express company. Houte No. t Sherman avi nuo, both sides, from viaduct to Ca;tlul avenue. Fred Moran. Route No. 4 Bancroft atreet, from Tenth north to Farnam. Lyons A Suns Express company. Route No. f Tenth street, both sides. Bancroft to Farnam. McCauley Express company. Houte No. a Eleventh street, both sides, Bancroft lo Farnam. The Only Wny, Houte No. 7 Twelfth street, boih side.. Bancroft to Furnuiii. I'nlon lc company. Rou'e No. Tlili tee nth street, both sides. Bancroft in Karn.im; The only Way. Route No. rtfteen-h street, both sides, north to Frfrnum. i'nlted Slates Kxpre Company. t"iuie No, 10 Bancroft, faottt aides and
