The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-09
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and HELP H /: J | /, ] / !
Richmond People, Though Los l'''-
Il Ing Little, Deeply Stirred ,: q BY Ii
Baltimore'sl Calamity
WILL PAY the Il INSURANCE 9: !.
companies Will Vie With Each
|! Other In Speedy Settlements.
Eager Crowds Oh Streets.

II Baltimore needs financial help from
jxhc outside. Richmond Will do her share.
SThere is no doubt OF It. ,S5 81 s5
Tho Board OF Aldermen, will meet to-
night, and 1t is expected by that time It
4. will be known whether or not the city,
will appea; to the country generally for
assistance. #
Il THAT definite action may be determined
upon, President 1cgbert q. Leigh Jr,i
has deferred "a CHI for the meeting Of
the fChamber Of Commerce. Not only
\ does there seem to BIO disposition on
tho part Of the city, as a government
to aid the stricken people. but individuals,
arc stirred to sympathy as they have not
Z been for years. &
4. AT the timeSof Chicago fire the entire
country gave money and sent supplies.
md even gland helped to the extent
\ OF half n million dollars. That great con-:
flagraton destroyed thousands OF homes
as we'll as business places, and the peo.5
pS. nearly 100 lin number, we're home
Less, but In the case OF Baltimore, COM.
tparntlvey ewssiresidcnces were burned
Tho peops,. thousands and thousands,
are out OF i employment. howcyer,@ and
I many OF them are pcnniless.-many who
were rich or well-to- do on Saturday.
t55t 3 C1T,Y's CONDOLENCES, .#+
Mayor Taylor yesterday sent the fol-
( lowing telegram OF sympathy to the
Mayor Of Baltimore: {Fi
Hon. r. NJ. McLane. sMayor&o OF I3a I'll
"Kichmond city ex presses sympathy for
the great loss which Baltimore has Just!
suffered" .IS n $ s ts@
Ameeting THE directors ofSthe Cham
i Der Of Commerce was held at 6 o clock,
President Leigh presiding i. Is 5 III
4s The directors decided to send a tele5i
gram OF sympathy, both 10 the Mayor
OF Baltimore and to the Chamber OF
Commerce there. The decision was
reached not to CALI meeting Of the
L chamber until It was. known what the
situation was. "A atgg$ 81 IL
MI. Leigh said la at night that he would
wait until something definite was known
J. from Baltimore before calling the cham.
Der together. .ES- a UT SSss
PEOPLE DEEPLY STIRRED. n.
Nothing has happened in years which
has stirred the interest OF the people SO
deeply ms the Baltimore calamity. ss4
All yesterday they sought news from
every source and spoke of scarcely any
thing else. The situation In the far East
came in for only passing notice in tho
CHASTITY glare OF the disaster so near
.HCIHe,kt tNlCluOlusf tNOple SAhso w.
plorc the eastern trouble 4 hasdr 8 q horror
of the loss OF life and tho extreme dan
ger OF drawing all nations into the COM
I flict. But this feeling was lost In the
sympathy and something akin to I'VE and
terror, which all the people felt because
OF the 8deyastau Ion OF the fair Monument
tni Cts. fS55
! The value OF Insurance companies to the
country at large will never be more APP
.preclated than just now. In calamities
like this they vie with each other In
paying tho amounts for which they have
! undcrwrittcn. 1t Is a splendid ADVERTISE
ment though an exceedingly costly one.
After5 the Chicago fire. 1871. the Liverpool.
London ard Globe settled in twenty-four
!; hours or, long before the fires ceased to
Z burn. The Hartford another Of the large
L companies, paid no less than s.. 100 CO In
losses sustained in the Chicago fire.
BOTH OFFICES BURNED.
The Hartford had two agencies in Bal
/ timore, and both offices were consumed.
so it is believed by the agents here. Ono
/ ofi1ce was In the Equitable building. and
!. this went down Sunday night. Mr.. George
&c. Jefferson, State agent of the Hartford,
3stelegraphcd the offer OF his assistance
/ yesterday in eifecting speedy settlements
\ of the company's losses. He has not yet
been advised to what extent his COM
| pnny is interested. rs
The Home. both of Baltimore and New!
| York, are thought to be deeply Interested,
\ but both will pay out without delay. One
agent here said yesterday that the lead;
ling companies would pay the face value
OF their policies, and the item Of deter
mining the loss would never be con.
Isldercd. u
DEEPLY INTERESTED.
4! The leading home companies OF Halti-
more. which are thought to be most deep
ly interested are the American. the Bal
timoro, the Flremcn's.E the German, the
German-American. the Home and the
Peabody All Of these are strong COM
panles and will pay promptly. ~ is be-
1 llcved. WI s. J, III
Foreign companies deeply interested.
Z are thought to be- the Commercial Union,
London, the Liverpool. London and Globe, :
London and Lancastershlre, Norwich
Union, Palatine, OF Liverppol; Sun. OF
London; Western Of Toronto.
Some OF the United States companies.
which have been !nsuring Baltimore
property largely are the Home. New
ork; the Germania, New York; the Ag-
tcultural, New York; the Cont
ental,% New York; the Phoenix. New
iork and the PENNSYLVANIA. Three years
Eo these companies received In preml-
ms an aggregate OF $l,l50,6o6 The ay-
age per cent. was proba bly, l1-2 on the!
10. This would give Baltimore an In