Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-04-27
FUND IN STATE.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 21.-
The House today passed a resolution
appropriating $1,OO0O00 in addition to
the amount heretofore appropriated for
the San Francisco sufferers.
Secretary Taft presented the need for
an additional appropriation for the San
Francisco fire sufferers to the House
committee on appropriations this morn
ing, suggesting hat Sl,oOO,OOO more
should be appropriated. To this the COM
mittee readily assented and the appro-
priation will be made today.
The secretary explained that q special
message from the President together
with letter of detail from himself, was
on its way to Congress.
The Presidents Message.
President Roosevelt today sent to Con-
gress message. accompanying docu-
ments and papers from the war depart
ment recommending the appropriation
Immediately of an additional one million
and a half dollars for relief of the SUIT
ferers by the calamity at San Francisco.
The President today conferred with
Secretary Taft with Senator Allison,
chairman of the Senate committee on APP
preparations, and with other senators ana
representatives about the need or fur-
tber assistance for the stricken city, and
should be requested to appropriate the
additional $1,5O0,000. Assurances were
given by the members of Congress that
the appropriations would be made: j.,
Following is the text of the Presidents
message:
To the Senate and House of Representatives !:
I submit herewith letter of the secretary OF
with accompanying documents, including
form of resolution suggested Tor passage oy
the Congress.
This letter refers to the appalling catastrophe
which has befalen San Francisco and nelghbor-
ing cities, a catastrophe more appalling than any
other of the kind that has befallen any portion
of our country during its history. am sure
that there is need on my part of more than
suggestion to the Congress in order that this
measure be at once passed. But urge that IN
stead of appropriating further sum of $1,000
OOO as recommended by the secretary OF war
the appropriation be for million and half
dollars. The supplies already delivered or en-
million and half dollars. which is more than
we have the authority in law as yet to pur-
unon the need of spending less than million in
addition. Large sums are being raised by pri-
vate subscriptions in this country, and very gen
offers have been made to assist us by in
divduals of other countries which requests,
however, 1 have refused, as in my Judgment
there is need of any assistance from outside
our own borders-this refusal, of course in no
way lessening deep appreciation of the kind
" sympathy which has prompted such offers
The detailed account of the action of the war
department is contained in the appendices to the
letter of the secretary of war At the moment
our concern is purely with meeting the terrible
emergency of the moment. Later I shall COM
municate with you to the generous part
which l am the national government will
take in meeting the more permanent needs Of
the situation, including, of course, rebuilding
the great governmental structures which have
been destroyed.
l hope that the action above requested can DE
Isl" Signed cd THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
White House. April 21. 1906.
Taft Tells of Suffering.
The letter of Secretary Taft to the
President recommended that Congress
be requested to appropriate another
81 100000 to enable the war department
to carry on the work of relief at San
Francisco. Accompanying the secre-
tary's letter is a report from Gen. Bell,
chief of staff, Quartermaster General
Humphrey, Commissary General Sharpe,
and Surgeon General Reilly, detailing
what has been done since the first word
came that a disaster had overtaken San
Francisco. These reports also embrace
a complete recapitulation of all tele-
grams sent and received, and give a
complete history of the work done by
the war department at San Francisco
to date.
Big Rush of Supplies.
CHICAGO, Ill.,, April 21.-The amount
of supplies that is being sent through to
San Francisco from Chicago and points
east of here is assuming tremendous pro-
portions. and agents of the railways and
express companies say that the move
ment has hardly begun. In twenty-four
hours about $50 cars have left here. ia
of them being from the east. The trains
are made up of five to nine cars each and