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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-25
u $. srEEL,s ROSY REPORT
Great Increase fin Earning-corey Re-
 elected President.


 New York, April 24-The United States Steel corporations statement of business for the first three months of 1906, given out to-day, shows that the net earnings were s36, 684, ,49O, an in crease of $13,60S, 594, as compared with the first quarter of last year fulfilled orders on hand are 7O1S,712 tons, an in- crease of 1,421,152 tons over a year ago.
 The directors declared the regular quarterly dividend of 3-4 per cent. on the preferred stock. No dividend was declared on the common stock.
 The directors organized by re-elect- ing President William E. Corey and all the retiring officers.
 The net earnings for the quarter are a new high record for any first quater in the history of the corporation
 The statement shows that the sum of $10,5O0000 has been taken from the sur- plus for various expenditures, enabled purchases of additional property, con struction and discharge of capital ob- legations. This is an increase of ST. 100000 over the amount set aside for these purposes in the first quarter of last year.
 There is also an appropriation of s. 100000 for special improvement and re- placement funds The balance of sur plus for the quarter is $5,567OOO as against $2,57S,4O7 for last years first quarter.
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ing, it was soon disslpated At con- ference at Fort Mason attended by Gen. erals Greedy and Funston, Mayor Schmitz, Governor Pardee, Dr. Devine and some others, it was agreed that this was the case and that Dr. Devine himself should frame a telegram to the president informing him of the splen- did work already done and of his per feet willingness to assist in forwarding the measures already taken,
 What hurt even more than this was the suggestion made in the letter from President Roosevelt to Secretary of War Taft that reports had reached him that less charity was being shown the Chinese who dwelt here than the whites, and directing that if this be true, the situation should be remedied at once. If the people of San Francisco are not in love with the Chinese, it was felt that the name they have earned in the past for charitableness' and open heartedness should have saved them from any suggestion of having permit ted any. human being, white, black or yellow-Within their reach, to suffer.
 Mature, reflection, however, bro lght the conviction that the truth had not reached the president and a special message was sent him signed by the constituted authorities recounting the exact facts. The message follows: President Roosevelt, White House,
 Washington.
 "All reports that the people or the officials or the relief committee of San Francisco are making any distinction in relieving, succoring or protecting the Chinese or any other people differing in race or color are entirely untrue and unfounded. The committees and even the homeless sufferers themselves are treating the Chinese and all other fel- low unfortunates with the consideration worthy of our civilization and our country. The people of San Francisco are striving with all their hearts to re- llieve their destitute, care for the sick, protect their helpless and uplift their stricken, irrespective of race, color or creed, in accordance with the dictates of humanity, in a manner worthy of Americans, and in the common broth erhood of man. Please give press. l (Signed)
 l E. E. Schmltz, Mayors
 ''W. W. Marrow,
 President Red Cross; IF. J. Simms
 President Merchants Assn;
 J. D. Phelan,
 l Treasurer Relief Committee; | Rabbi Voorsanger, Committee on Hunger; Catherine c. Felton,
 Secretary Associated Charities;
 ''Fairfax Fl. Wheelman, Committee Sick and Helpless.
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AMERICANS GET PLACES
 IN SWIMMING CONTESTS
MAZE 4 GOOD SHOWING I'M THIS SPORT AT
 ATHENS.

Daniels Takes First Heat in the One
 Hundred Metres Event in Fine styIe
 --Australian Second and E,neIisb,,,a,, x,
 Third-schwartE Lands. in the Second
 Heat-TayIOr of England Wins Mile
 Swin in Magnificent Manner-other
 Olympic Events.
 Athens, April 24-Italians. Freneh and Greeks, men of magnificent nhy- sique, won the prizes in the rowsnr races of the olympian games to-day. The Italians won the four-oared gigs six-oared navy and the whaJers fn slashing style. the French taking the second place in the four-oared gigs. and the Greeks finishing second in the six- cared race. The spectacle as the whal- CTS came down the course was verv fine. The Italian crew rowed their De- culiar native stroke, the men rising tn their seats. and throwing the full weight of their bodies into the stroke, the cox swain standing in the stern sheet and swinging forward with one arm over his head giving the time to the crew. The sixteen-oared barge race was won by the Greek crew, which displayed the traditional prowess and watermanship of their nation.
 The contests gave rise to great enthuA siasm. The swimming events followed, Daniels, American, winning the first heat of the 100 meters in fine style, with Healy, Australian, second, and Derby- shire, English, third. Radmilcvic, Welsh, was first in the second heat; Halmay, Hungarian, second, and Mar quand Schwartz, American, third. All these will compete in the final heat to- morrow.
 The mile swim was won in nlagnia- cent manner by Taylor English. At l no time was he pressed. He received a @ great ovation.
 Americans here are greatly elated | over Daniels fine performance and ex- press confidence that he will win in the 1 final heat When he finished to-day he was quite fresh and in fine form
 James s. Mitchell, the American weight thrower, is still weak and says he probably will not compete except in one event, the Greek discus throwing. American Minister Jackson was pres- ent throughout the swimming contests.
 In the tandem bicycle race J. Mat thews and A. Rushen, Putney A. Q. Fngland) were first. German teams took second and third place.
 In the 33S 1-3 metres bicycle race. Verr Italian, was first. Time, p rnin- utes. 4-5 seconds. Crowther of Leeds was. second, and Meiof, France, third.
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hIscoVtRED 4 WILL.
The Late George A. Isben, Real Es-
 tate Man.

tate Man.
 A remarkable development in the George A. Isbell estate matter occurred yesterday in the discovery that he left will and that he had willed all his property to the widow of Major Theron A. Todd. The deceased and the late Theron A. Todd were very warm friends and were in business for years in the Masonic Temple; and MT. Isbell had several times spoken Of his intention to leave his property to his friend, the ma- jor adding that he had no near rela- tives to leave 1t to. The major having passed away, the will is in favor of the widow of his deceased friend.
 The late George A. Isbell was for years a prominent real estate dealer of this city. He was buried In Milford, in which town he was born and reared. The late Theron A. Todd was the son of Alfred Todd, who conducted large slaughterhouse business in this city and who erected the Todd building on State street, corner of Elm street, His son Theron was associated with him in business for years. Theron's wife, to whom MT. Isbell leaves his property, is a daughter of the late Chief of Police Charles Webster, who was possessed of a considerable estate and who left his daughter, Mrs. Todd, several valuable houses.
 The amount of MT. Isbells estate is not yet known, but 1t is not thought to be large.
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Comm ons ReassembIes.

London, April 24.-The house of com mons reassembled to-day after the Easter holidays. The business trans acted was of humdrum character, neither Premier Campbell-Bannerman nor A. J. Balfour, the leaders of the opposition, being present. Some sur prise was expressed at the fact that no reference was made to the san Francisco disaster, but it was explain ed that sympathy would be expressed when the parliamentary leaders return.
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COMMITTEES FEELINes HURT.
Action of President in Turning Over
 Work to Red Cross.

San Francisco, April 24. This was the seventh day since the earthquake jared the city so severely and started the fires that laid 1t in ashes, and as on the preceding days, Tuesday took I'D the accumulated impetus of Monday and added much volume of force of it's own, so that Wednesday will dawn on a situation that is a long way towards the normal Such marts of trade as remain unburned were opening for the transaction of ordinary business. tem~ porary structures were being run up for the accommodation of others, clear ing of the devastated area of it's ruins was well under way the inquiry into the condition of the bank vaults was completed and the organization and nreparation for service of the street rail ways were so far advanced that the company expressed its readiness to re- sume business as soon as the mayor would permit. The water company an- nounced the completion of such repairs as enabled it to supply 12,OO0,OO0 gall Ions daily. In fine, there was all the evidence that put at rest now and forever, the fears of those who predict ed that San Francisco would never rise again.
 The citizens of San Francisco had done so splendidly in the face of such an appalling catastrophe that some lit tie consternation was created when President Roosevelts proclamation was read, turning over to Dr. Edward De- vine of the National Red Crosss the management of relief measures and the distribution of the great funds so gen. erously appropriated by congress. This feeling also was evinced because of the presidents recommendation to the people of the United States that their contributions of food and supplies and money should be diverted into the same hands If there was momentary feel ing that the men who had endured the heat and the burden of the day were being unfairly treated by this diversion of authority into new and foreign keep
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PAUL JONEs ChRhM0NT.
Dust of Nations First Admiral Placed
 in Crypt.

Annapolis. Md, April 24. -Reverently attended by the official head of the na- tion he loved and served so well, by the ambassadorial representatives of the land in which he died, by the chief ex- eoutive of the state beneath whose sod his bones will find their final rest by naval representatives of the United States and France, and by thousands of the men and wofen of the country whose first admiral he was, the remains of John Paul Jones wre to-day given sepulture in the crypt beneath the grand marble stairway Of Bancoft hall, the chapel of the naval academy, in which they are to be deposited when a place therein shall have been pre- pared for them.
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shinnIu~ News.

New York, April 24.-Sai1ed: Katssr Wilhelm IL, Bremen via Plymouth and Cherbourg; Kentucky, Copenhagen and St Petersburg; Carpathta, Genoa, Ma ples, etc.; Caronia, Liverpool via Queenstown.
 Gibraltar, April 24-Sailed: ESrba- rossa (from Genoa and Naples). New York.
 Lizard, April 24.-Passed: Steamer Cassel, Bremen for New York.
 Naples, April 20.-Arrived: Georgia. New York for Trieste.
 Hamburg, April 2S.-Arrived Graf Waldersee, New York via Dover.
 Gibraltar, April 24.-Arrfved: Steanf- CT Koenigen Luise, New York AIr Naples and Genoa.
 Palermo, April 20.-Sailed: Previous ly steamer Florida tfrorn Naples), New York
 Christiana. April 21.-Sailedi Steamer Oscar II, (from CopenhagenI, New York
 Boulogne, April 2S,-Sailedi Steamer Pretoria (from Hamburg and Dover), New York.
 Gibraltar, April 24.-Passed; Steamer Cretie, Naples for New York
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HEROES OF SAN FRANCISCO
Three Dynamiters Who Saved What Re
 mains of City.

San Francisco, April 24-Three he- roes saved San Francisco what is left of 1t. They were the members of the dynamite squad, who checked the fire on Van Ness avenue
 When the city seemed doomed and the flames lit the sky further and fur ther to the west, Admiral McCalla sent three experts in explosives from Mare Island with orders to check the confla- grafton at any cost of life or property. They brought ton and half of gun cotton.
 The thunderous detonations to which the terrified city listened to all that dreadful Friday. night meant the sav- ing of 100000 lives. A million dollars worth of property, noble residences and worthless shacks alike, were blown to drifting dust, but that destruction broke the fire.
 The whole east side of Van Ness ave- nue. from Golden Gate to Greenwich, was dynamited a block deep.
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ROBBED OF RINGS
Young wOman's Finger Cut Of While
 She Was Unconscious.

Colorado Springs, Col, April 24,-- Passing through this city to-day in a Denver and Rio Grande train bound for Chicago, where her parents reside, was a San Francisco fugitive, who said her name was Miss Logan. She wore bandage on her left hand and said that while she lay unconscious upon the floor of the lobby of the St. Francis hotel in San Francisco, after the earth quake last Wednesday morning, the third finger of her left hand was cut off and she was robbed of rings that she had worn on it. The young woman is about twenty years of age and is all most prostrated with grief and indig- nation.
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NUMBER OF DEAD San Francisco's Coroner Insists That It Will Not be Less Than ThouS-
 and.
ESTIMATES FROM HIS DATA
D1sAGREES WITH GEN GREELT'S
 REPORT OF FATA LITIES.

Action of Roosevelt in Turning Over to National Red Cross the Manage ment of Relief Measures and Distri- button of Funds So Generously Voted by Congress Creates Some Lit- tie ConsternatiOn Among San Fran cisco Committees The Suggestion That Chinese Are Not Receiving as Full Charity as Others Hurts Even MOre--Message Sent to President Progress of Housing and Feeding- Temporary Structures Ready for 4O- OOO-Water and sewage-Health Conditions.
 San Francisco, April 24.-(Noon)- Coroner William Walsh estimated that the total number of dead will not be less than one thousand. His reports are complete and his estimate is made up from all the data he has been able to collect
 Coroner Walsh said;
 Bodies that the deputy coroners have found and buried number 300, as fol- lows:
 At Polk and Bay streets, 32; at Ports mouth square, 2S; at Washington square, 12; at the six mile house, 200; at Laurel Hill, 23; scattered in differ ent parts of the city, 10. No thorough search has been made of the district south of Market or the Chinese quarter. Many lives must have been lost in these sections. South of Market street are the cheap lodging houses and many of these collapsed from the earthquake. There is little chance that half of the inmates of the collapsed buildings had opportunity to escape. This also is true of Chinatown.
 Shortly after the earthquake sol diers and police, so I have been told, buried bodies along the water front. I have received no official report of these. The total number of dead will undoubt- edly reach, if 1t does not exceed, 1000. ? Washington, April 24.-An official re- port from Major General Greeley of the extent of the loss oflife in San Fran cisco was received to-day at the war department. It reads as follows:
 Fort Mason,
 san Francisco, April 2S, 1906. "The Military Secretary, Washington,
 D. c.
 ''Verey careful investigation made by Captain Winn to-day limits, as far as information Is obtainable, the entire San Francisco death list from the late disaster to PIT victims; of these about fifty unknown gathered from various parts of the city, have been temporarily buried in Lombard and Day streets, Washington square, and Portsmouth square. In the Valencia hotel fourteen bodies were recovered, and fifty-six others are believed to have perished in the ruins.
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SATIN AYE TORE WIDENED.
Overwhelming Vote in It's Favor at Cit-
 iEens' Meeting.

The public meeting of the citizens of West Haven in the town hall last night was largely attended and very spirited. The resolution for the consideration of which the meeting was called contain ed two clauses. One had to do with the widening of Savin avenue to the beach to it's full width, sixty feet and the other had to do with protection of the borough interests in the West riv- CT channel matter.
 Some difficulty was experienced in getting Warden Peck to read the first clause of the petition. but opinion was overwhelmingly in favor of the clause and 1t was finally read. On being put Ito a vote the clause was passed order- ing the widening of the avenue with only one or two dissenting voices. The second clause, having to. do with the West river channel, was tabled.
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HOSE wAcoy SrRIK Es rRoLLEH
Captain Camp and Fireman Church
 Badly Injured.

While returning from a fire shortly after midnight this morning, hose com pany No. SIS wagon was struck by an inbound trolley car at the corner of Chapel and Park streets. The wagon was overturned and Captain Camp ana Foreman Church was thrown heavily to the pavement. They sustained some bad bruises and the wagon was consid- erably broken. The injured men were removed to their homes.
 The fire from which they were re- turning was in small barn at the rear of AS Congress avenue. The barn was quite badly burned. The loss will not exceed $9OO The. owners name could not be learned, but the building was hired by John W, Ackerman, the Asylum street baker
 The origin of the fire is unknown
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STILL ALARMS GALORE

Brush and Grass Fires Keep Chemical
 Companies on the Rum.
 There were number of small fires yesterday afternoon, but they were quickly put out by the chemicals. No. received the first still alarm at lii o'clock. This was for fire at TBS Grand avenue, in the house occupied by Mrs. A. Joppa. There was little damage.
 A second alarm was rung in for a grass fire on Kimberly avenue shortly after o'clock. It was soon mastered. A third still alarm called Chemical No. 8 to extinguish a small brush fire on St. Roman street, near Highland street. This occurred shortly before o'clock last evening.
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TR1pLEALLIANoE TO STAND
Statement of Italian Foreign MIulstor
 in Senate.

Rome, April 24,-Foreign Minister Guicciardini, answering an interpella- ton in the senate to-day, made a state ment which should set at rest the ru- mors of the approaching dissolution of the triple alliance as consequence of the attitude of Italy at the recent AL geciras conference on Moroccan re- forms. The minister said that at Alge- iras Italy worked for peace with com plete satisfaction to all the powers con- cerned. He added that the strengthen ing of Italy's good relations with France and Great Britain had not changed the situation regarding the triple alliance.
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REFUSAL 10 ACCEPT
 OTHER COUNTRIES AID PRESIDENT DETERMINED TO STAND BY HIS FIRST
 DECISION.

Declares the Spontaneous Contributions of the American People Have Been Ample-Outside Proffers So in Excess of Needs That to Avoid Discrimination it Is Decided Best to Decline Them California Club of Women in New York Will Accept Foreign Aid Chinese Dowaser Empress Sends Check for s5O,OOO.
 New York, April 24-The Staats Zeitung will tomorrow print the fol- lowing telegrams exchanged to-day:
 New York, April "A, 1905. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Washington, D. C.: Your statement is reported in the German press as declining assistance from foreigners for the San Francisco sufferers. Will you allow us to correct this false impression so that our friends in Germany may be permitted to follow the dictates of their heart and contribute?
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VIOLENT ATTACK ON AMERICANS
Made In MOnnrchist Convention at
 Moscow.

St. Petersburg, April A. A violent attack on Americans was made to-day in the monarchist convention at Mos
 COW by M. Schmakhoff, the celebrated reactlonary, who attempted to stir up anti-foreign feeling by declaring that the revolution in Russian was insipirt-
 ed and directed by American Masonic organizations working through the Jews and the social democrats. The object of the conspiracy, he said, was to overthrow the throne and the church, all that Russians hold dear. He called on his hearers to hold no truce with the liberals. M. Schmakoff was loudly ap- plauded when he intimated that 1t was necessary to arouse the populace against reformers, Jews and foreigners.
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REFUsls WIrTL,s REQUEST.
Commander of the Fortress of sebasta-
 pol Causes sensntion.

pol Causes Sensation.
 St, Petersburg, April A.-A sensation has been caused by the action of Gen eral Nuplueff, commander of the fort ress of Sebastopol, in flatly refusing to accedeto Premier Wittes request to allow M. Sipiaguine, a nephew of the murdered minister of the interior of that name, and one of the members elected to the lower house of parlia- ment from the Crimean province, to re- turn to Sebastopol. M. Sipiaguine, who is under a decree of perpetual banish- ment from Sebastopol on account of his participation in the disorders there, telegraphed to the premier for permis- sion to return, and Count iWtite in turn wired General Nuplueff to the effect that in his opinion ,member-elect of parliament should not be excluded from the city in which he claims to reside,
 But the general replied that he was responsible for preserving order in the fortress, and that he did not regard M, Sipiaguine's presence desirable. There could be no better illustration of the results of a division of authority, the military commanders being absolutely independent, than thls open Haunting of a request of the premier.
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To Investigate Condition of Germans.

Berlin, April 24.-Tie foreign office here has instructed the German ambas sador at Washington, Baron Speck von Sternburg, to investigate so soon as possible the situation of the Germans in San Francisco, to ascertain the number of German victims and to make arrangements for taking care of the survivors.
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HAZE TAKEN OUT 16o, 900
Omcials of Southern Pacific Hsve
 Handled This Number.

Chicago, April 24.-Officials of the Southern Pacific lines announced to- day announced that cases of extreme destitution were being transported free of charge from California points to New Orleans. A special train of 400 refugees left Ogden yesterday destined to eastern points.
 General Passenger Agent James Horsburg of the Southern Pacific at Oakland pier, California, advises that that road has taken out of San Fran cisco 10000; that 5O,OoO more are still encamped in Golden Gate park, %000 at the Presidio and 50,O00 elsewhere.
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AOp C0NsIDARED
Resolution for Suspension of Duty on
 Structural Steel.

Structural steel
 Washington, April 24.-The senate committee on finance met to-day but did not consider the cullom resolution providing for the suspension of duty on structural steel imported for use in re- building San Francisco, and other Cali fornia cities, which suffered from the recent earthquake and fires. It was stated by Senator Aldrich that if a measure of that c haracter should be originated in the house 1t would be considered immediately by the senate. He mentioned fires at Chicago and Bos- ton, and number of other calamities that caused congress to either suspend duties or authorize drawbacks on build ing materials, and said these furnished ample precedents for similar legislation for the relief of California.
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NATIONAL BANK CLOSED.
Institution at AttaIla, Ala, is Declared
 InsOlvent.

Washington, April 24.-The First Ma tional bank at Attalla, Ala. was closed to-day by direction of the comptroller of the currency, upon information re- ceived from National Bank Examiner Cooper that the bank is insolvent. Ex- aminer Cooper has been appointed re- ceiver.