The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1906-05-04
hETCALF'S
| FIRST REPORT
On Frisco Disaster Seems
Conservative.
Boo WILL COVER THE DEAD
Question Of Presidential Nomination
i Put Squarely to Speaker
Cannon.
boo WILL COVER The DEAD
|SIFP MADE IN ELECTION REFORM.

Washington, -. G.. Nprl "". o''I''
'tary Mctcalf's first report 10 the Presi'
/ 'drn, un the situation In San Francisco
sccm. 90 be- an cmincnily sane and con.
scr,atiyc statement of the situation.
,hc most official accounts Of great
disaster u reduces The first excessive
estimate of the dcathroll Bu, Il says
that it Is impossible 10 oycrstate the
material loss involved. Secretary Met
calf n his report 10 the President says
tha, BE- has finished the inspection Of
the entire burned district and that
Will, it will never be possible 10 tell
exactly the number of dead. as many
of the bodies were destroyed In the ru-
ms be- thinks 30 will cover the mum.
Der There are about ! 100 injured In
the hospitals Of the city but Of these
there are only few who are seriously
hurt, The administration Of the city,
he SAYS is excellent. everything consid-
cred. and the police. the militia and
the regulars have worked well together.
Hs gives full credit 10 Gen. Greeley
AMI Gcn. Funston Tor the excellent
v.r. they have done and says that but
fr G,1 Funston's prompt and cncr-
r.. measures. the catastrophe would
r.. been infnitnly worse
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TIE officials of tie Treasury Depart.
mont have not set ceased their expires
sion. uf surprise and admiration at the
saving of the san Francisco Mint with
IH suuuUiU of treasure. II is said
chat tl, ior this the situation would
have been much worse and more com.
p.e,f.i FROM financial standpoint than
t. Egt for the coin that was saved
with fhD Mint huiId.uF. 10 would hay,
been impossible Tor thr Secretary u'
h. Treasury Co have transferred Silr
uH.HN. as he did. 90 the city tu permit
OBJ. demolished banks to resume opera
u.r Th, salvation of the Ilnt Is at
t..t.i tD thr presence of the two bll
H...ln wells that give ,hc building
.H independent water supply IHr
... Ns, thc only reliance when ,h.
mr ulthc city were broken. u uH
d, .. question whether it might mol
l.a good investment for many large
wI PARTICULARLY valuable building. O.
tH. th.lruvu water supply Boo as .m
UaH uBy against a similar catastrophe
Dr. u. of course unlikely that auothv
earthquake will speedily wipe uut au
..0r great gity. hui % sudden aecldaU
Zoo t.y city mains with Dos resultant dan
suruta @ dreadful fire Is q thing O
which amy American city might hc ll
DE loo ANS moment
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I1a questioned the Pre- idcntial nom
nation has been put squar,ly up 90 IN
Speaker " the House and he sidc-stcI
Tri with a uratncss that IS quite char
1gisrlst.c. One n his home papcI
came out with a boom Tor Mr Canuo
for the Presidency tie was shown II
dispatch and at first refused TO discus
b. But Il was pointed out that sue
an announcement was more or less ,
an official declaration and a thing thu
Il was cmincntly proper TO discus
Thus appealed TO the Speaker said thI
Il was rather foolish TO talk about d
clining thing that had not been oiIe
ed TO you, that so far as he knew the
never had been man who was offer
the presidential nomination by one
the two great parties and who had d
clincd t. Hut so far as he was co
ccrncd, he added, he would good dc
rather be Speaker than President, III
there was lot of important legislati
TO be framed and he would like ha
In framing Il. lie had not been bo,
cred with the Presidential bee and {
not expect TO be, and there he bro
oil the discussioa. Now can anyo
tell whether that is a denial or CO
hrmation of the Presidential rumorl
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a considerable step In the direct