Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-19

supplies under their control on the Pacific
coast.
Several ConErsssmen Affected.
Aside from the keen sympathetic in
terest OF members Of congress regarding
the San Francisco disaster. several menu
bers OF the California delegation have been
making all possible efforts toward getting
direct information from their families in
the stricken city. Representative Julius
Kahn. whose wife has three-days old son.
and il confined at his home IN the residen-
tial section OF the city. has made strenu-
Gus but so far unsuccessful efforts to get
word to or from her. Mr. Kahn leaves
for San Francisco tomorrow.
Representative Lacey OF Iowa has
daughter. Mrs. Brewster who resides in
the Hotel St. Nicholas, and he, too, has
made several unsuccessful efforts to COM
municate with the coast. Representative
Gillette Of California is much exercised re-
garding the safety Of his two daughters.
One of his daughters Is attending the Lee
land Stanford university at Palo Alto. about
thirty miles from the city, and the other is
at Mills college on the Oakland side Of the
bay.
Senator Ankeny Of Washington has a son
who is a student at the University of Cali
fornis at Berkeley. Senator Nixon Of Ne
vada has a son at Belmont, three miles
from Palo Alto.
Chicago VIII send Aid.
CHICAGO, April 1s-Chicago will take
Immediately official action to aid in re-
lieving the suffering and desttution in San
Francisco, A special meeting OF the city
council has been called for tomorrow aft
ernoon at o'clock. at which resolutions of
sympathy will be rendered to the stricken
city, and Mayor Dunno will be authorized
to appoint a committee representing all
of the business houses, trades organizations
and nationalities in the city to take charge
of the contributions of money and supplies
which will be sent to the Pacific coast as
rapidly possible. This committee is now
being formed. Immediately after the Of
fetal appointment of the committee meet
ing will be held and arrangements for the
formation of trains bearing relief to the
stricken city will be made
Besides the official action to be taken by
the city a mass meeting of citizens will be
held tomorrow morning for the purpose of
formulating measures of relief The Chi
cago Clearing House association tele-
graphed the Clearing House association Of
San Francisco today expressing the deep
est sympathy and rendering assistance in
any manner in which 1t may be desirable.
At a meeting of the Chicago Commercial
association tonight a message was sent to
the president of the Merchant association
In San Francisco offering financial aid to
the citizens OF San Francisco.
Offers from Many cities.
PITTsBURG, April 1s.-Mayor Guthrie
tonight issued an appeal to the citizens
of 60 Of
the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow aft
ernoon and to bring their bank rolls and
check books with them for the purpose
of starting relief fund for the California
earthquake sufferers. Appeals Of the same
nature were also made by the mayors OF
Allegheny and McKeesport.
BOSTON, April 1s.-This afternoon Gov
ernor Guild, Mayor Fitzgerald and Kidder,
Peabody & Co., the last named acting as
treasurer for the relief committe. tele-
graphed authority to the governor Of Cali
fornia and the mayor of San Francisco
jointly to draw upon the bank at once to
the extent of $4,000. A duplicate telegram
was sent to Governor Pardee of California
and Mayor SchmitE of San Francisco.
BALTIMORE, April 1s.-Mayor f. Clay
Timanus today sent telegram to Mayor
Schmitz of San Francisco expressing deep
, est sympathy OF Baltimore citizens and
asking IL any assistance can be rendered.
NEW YORK, April ia special meet
| ing of the New York Chamber OF Com
merce was called today to consider plans
| for the relief OF the earthquake sufferers
| at San Francisco.
| CINCINNATI. April 1s.-Acting Mayor
Pfaff telesraphed to the mayor OF San Fran
cisco message of sympathy and an offer
of every assistance possible.