The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-20

New Haven is always in the front to assist when help is needed in time of calamity, and has show this spirit again in a message sent by our mayor and in a call for meeting this noon Of our Chamber of Commerce issued by Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, pres tdent of the chamber.
 Colonel Rollin s. Woodruff, president of the Chamber of Commerce, announc- es that he has called a meeting of the Chamber to to-day at ii o'clock at which time action will be taken on the calamity at San Francisco.
 RED CROSS AID FOR SUFFERERS.
 New Haven, April 19, 19O6 To the Citizens of New Haven and Vl-
 cinity:
 The New Haven subdivision of the Connecticut branch of the American National Red Cross hereby earnestly solicits your prompt and generous con tributions towards the relief of the sut- ferers from the dreadful catastrophe which has befalled the people Of san Francisco.
 This action is taken in common with similar subdivisions in the state and branches everywhere throughout the country.
 Contributions should be sent to sam uel Hemingway, treasurer, Second Ma tlonal bank, New Haven, by whom they will be forwarded through the proper channels to the treasurer of the Call fornia branch.
 Signed: Wm. w. Farnam. president of the Connecticut branch; Burton Mansfield, president of New Haven subdivision; Iman Mitchell Hoppin, secretary New Haven subdivision
 Mayor studley last evening wired as follows:
 Mayor E. E. schmitz, San Francisco
 Cal:
 People of New Haven express pro- found sympathy with San Francisco and are anxious to help in most prac- tical manner We await your advice.
 John P. studley,
 Mayor of New Haven, Conn,
 The number of New Haven people who have relatives and personal friends in San Francisco is quite large IT addition to those named yesterday may be mentioned the following:
 Iohn ]. Hart of Park street, the ex- nress company manager, and his wife are much distressed over their inability to get word from their daughter, E Isabel Hart, who has been spending the winter in California, or to get word from other friends. Their daughter Miss, Hart, was staying ata cottage in Carmel-by-the-Sea, the cottage being quite near the Hotel Del Monte, which dispatches of yesterday afternoon said was unroofed yesterday by another earthquake killing two persons. : A dis match last evening direct from Los An geles, published in another column, is very reassuring as it states that the shock yesterday afternoon in southern California was slight and did no dam. age MT. Hart's cousin, J. H. Hart oi Waterbury, has also been unable tc hear. anything from his daughter, Miss Ruth Hart, and her grandmother, Mrs Plaj.t of Waterbury, who were stopping at St. Francis hotel, San Francisco wb.ich was destroyed. MT. Hart has sent five messages, but all in vain
 1Elmer E. Nichols, the State street p,,oeer has a brother at San. Jose, Cal. who years ago resided on Frank street this city, and has also friends who liv. sed in San Francisco, one of whom, Mir ISafford, was proprietor of paint ant / oil store on Marshal street, in Sar Francisco. which is undoubtedly de. stroved. MT. Stafford and his wife were in New Haven three years ago guests of MT. Nichols, and was shown by hin +he places of note of this city.
 MT. Buxton, a Norwalk, Conn, mar and well known G. A. R, man, and MT safford were comrades in the civil wal and Mr Buxton was also visitor here Messrs. Stafford and Buxton just aftel the war were in the land office service in Washington, and then they driftet anart and did not meet again for thir +v-fve years, until they met in thi nitv three years ago. MT. Nichols brothers daughter is the wife of ont of the managers of the San Francisct Call
 Mrs Hattie A1vord Ely. the officia s+anoprapher for the common pleas court. has not received any telegraphit advices from her sister, Mrs, Fannie E Gorham. who has been visiting at thu residence of a relative Mrs Gosher a Marvville, Cal. This is 150 miles iron San Francisco, where the Goshers liv cd until about two weeks ago. Sh' doesn't know whether Maryville wal effected by the catastrophe,
 Mrs Ely also feels some anxiety al +o the fate of Mrs Charles Harrison formerly of this city. She was Mis- Hattie Chidsey and resided in Frisco Holm J. Brennan, formerly superin +endent of streets in this city, was sup nnsed to have reached San Francisco fast Sunday evening, and there is grea vorrinoent among his friends in Nev Haven as to whether he was in tn earthquake region in that city.
 MT Brennan went to SaE Francisco fo settle the estate of his brother Owen. who died there recently and wht had been a resident of San Francisc for over thirty years.
 The friends of Edward B Sparks, tn former well-known proprietor of tn Hotel Sharks in this city, are muel worried about him and his family. MI Sharks resides at the Hotel Baltimor on Van Ness avenue, in the strickel eitv. and he conducts a private gymna siIm at 990 Ellis street, which i known as the Yale school of physica culture He is also physical directo ef inc Concordia club on Van Nes