Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-11
GOVERNOR PARDEE WAITING
No Extra Session Of California Legislature
viii Be Called at Present,
TROOPS ARE BEING wTHOl
Vaults of san Francisco city Treasury
Opened aud s5.2OO.OOO In Gold
Found In Good Con-
.. dition.

800 a 49, AeNNf e~iA"s ave fhifii'NsA w
ing strongly urged by many influential in
terests to call an early special session OF
the state Legislature. Governor Pardee is
in no haste to take action in the matter.
He openly declared himself against a pre-
cipitate course today by saying:
1t Il better ot-to have any legislation
ct all than 10 enact bad laws"
That there is urgent need OF unusual
leeisla ton IL meet the distressing result
OF the disasters that have befallen San
Francisco. Santa Rosa and San Jose the
governor readily admits, but he insists upon
having planned program for the legis-
ators mapped out before he issues his
converting call. AS aneoutcome Of his state
ments. the committee on special legisla-
ton today decided to draft call for the
Legislature and to'eframe the bills which
the governor viii be asked to recommend
for enactment The governor will pri-
vately discuss the call and the bills with
the committed. and when they are ar
ranged TO conform to his ideas the legls-
lators Will be summoned to Sacramento
Troops Being withdrawn.
Another step toward former civic con-
dltions was made today when portion
Of the United States marines were sent
back to their ships and stations. The re-
hidhihti Will itdNH .AplnOTTOW. THESE men
have been doing patrol and sentry duty,
and their conduct in general has been ad-
mirable. The state troops are being grad
ually sent home and It is understood that
the necessity for the regular troops viii
cease soon to exist. The rougher element
end the criminal classes have gone else
where, the presence of the soldiers and
the absence OF liquor furnishing the main
| reasons for their departure and the usual
police force is now nearly in a position to
maintain order
The vaults of the city treasury which had
been in the fire were opened today. The
| interior was found In good shape. The
vault contained &5,2O00O0 in fold and this
was removed to1the mint
! The Flremans' Fund Insurance company
has discovered that the vault containing
all the records Of it's insurance business in
/ San Francisco was destroyed. The falling
| of an immense steel girder. which broke
/ off a corner.of the vault. gave the fire easy
access to the records, including all policies
maps, etc. President button says a new
company, TO be known as the Flremans
| Fund, Insurance corporation. is to be
formed. The new corporation is to have
| 100000 capital spd 100000 surplus thus
/ insuring according TO President Dutton,
] NoihbAClF dbllilg 10 meet every Outstanding
obligation 81. = i:-,f.t-
! - General. Greedy Reports.
! i WASHINGTON May lO.-The War de-
Partnient received Che following telegram
over night from General Greedy,
d, SAN FRANCISCO. May s.-Military Sec
| retarys Washington, SDs c.. While cohdi-
items improve slightly the miserable situa-
| ton i99lay be indieated by1t the statement
that an,the feodsf for 10000 In San Francisco
| is yet necessarily cooked y on the public
/ Streets pifficuit ess about fuel arising but
s me, courage o. eyetNone continues wonder
! fully good, Neither drunkenness nor dis
order snyN,be resIea1dent, except occasion
ally from ada CENT towns, where local sa-
sTss osss9 JGSns S %h9S hs stu bss S
constantly uTgeEf % ~ me! The Red Cross
ss1 sSl sSItts g. P goo Peyne shd NY
after Saturday next only on alternate days
except In camps under strictly military
on alternate dayd of nonissue to provide
for exceptional cases Of need that may
arise. Average issue San francisco, Oak
4 land and elsewhere still exceed go, 900 a
day.. Every possible method, by question
| ing exclusion and otherwise being made
TO reduce food supply; Prospects now look
course, extreme restitution and much suf-
fshrlng occurs on The part OF many people
Altogether am encouraged. b, GREEDY,
ir- Major General, Commanding.
Aid for Grand Army Veterans.
James Tanner, eommander-in-chefo OF the
Grand Army of the Republic, today issued
the following; &c..
To All Posts Of the Grand Army OF the
Republic; The San Francisco posts have
appointed a Grand Army of the Republic
relief committee Of twenty-five, with full
instructions to cooperate with the military
authorities and Red Cross society. In ac-
cordance with request OF the chairman OF
that committee Il ask that all of your con-
tributions be forwarded to San. Francisco
as follows: ,..,.... ~.
Supplies and clothing. to A. ID. Cutler,
chairman 1922 Turk street; money. TO c. IL
Blinn, United States customs house, head
quarters 1l30 Eddy street-money preferable
to supplies. Eight hundred families of civil
JAMES TANNER.
Commander Grand Army Of the Republic