The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-14
eH0ULS TAKE JEWELS FROM
THE FINGERS OF The DEAD
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TILES, contemplate the supply of 10000
ra tions for fourteen days. The quarter
masters department is purchasing
clothing, supplies for 10000 people, and
the medical department is working in
proportion in its purchases. In the navy
department the carefully planned re-
lief measures were being carried for
ward systematically and rapidly. The
Buffalo has been ordered to be put in
readiness for immediate use as a food
and supply transport in case it should
be decided to send more supplies than
the Dixie viii carry. Action has not
yet been taken upon Admiral Brad
ford's suggestion that water tenders be
sent to Martinique to relieve the press
ing need for fresh water.
The admiral is anticipating the &C
ceptance of the plan, and has, accord
iagly, telegraphed to Pensacola and
Norfolk to have the tenders at those
places made ready for immediate ser
vice. The admiral also has rendered
the use of his coal navy as food and
passenger transports. The equipment
bureau. Of which he is the head. has
a small but excellent fleet Of large col
liers. and the admiral has suggested
to, Secretary Moody that these ships
are, by virtue Of their great carrying
capacity. excellently adapted to relief
work Each Of the ships carries from
2000 to 5000 tons of supplies.
There are no lack of indications of
spontaneous offerings from ali parts
Of the country. Today a telegram was
received from the Pittsburg chamber
Of commerce. asking the state depart
ment il private cOntri .utiOns would be
received, and how they should be adj
dressed. Similar messages came from
other points. The department has as
yet made no response A meeting Of
the executive committee Of the Red
Cross has been called at the state de-
partment this afternoon, and il is prob
able that the suggestion viii be made
that private contributions shall be
turned over 20 this agency. On Origi-
raj suggestion came from a New York
commission house in the shape Of a let
ter pronering .9000 600 pounds of rice
81 cost price and duty free to the gov
eminent. The owners explained that
they were able 20 make this offer by
reason Of the fact that the rice IS still
iu bond.
It appeared by noon that 50 rapidly
lad the governments agents worked
that already the war department alone
had spent over 100000 Of the relief ap-
preparation. 1t was realized that sew
eral heavy expenditures were required,
and it was the opinion of the president
and mis- cabinet that the 500, 600 appro-
priated yesterday would not be suf-
ficient to meet the needs Of the case.
II was decided that an effort should
be made TO have congress accept the
amendment of 100000 submitted in the
presidents message OF yesterday.
This decision was communicated TO
some Of the individual leaders Of the
senate and house. It appears that part
OF the joint resolution adopted yester-
day, requesting the president to ascer-
tain whether the extension Of our aid
would be acceptable to France had been
anticipated by the French government.
The presidents statement that that
government had requested that ships be
supplied to carry away the survivors
of the catastrophe in Martinique was at
first supposed TO be based upon the
statement Of the governor of Marti-
nique to United States Consul Ayme.
1t appears, however, that the request
came directly from the French govern
ment through Ambassador Cambon.
who personally presented the matter TO
the president.