Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-04-30
s San Francisco.

banks nave shipped To Los Angelo.
Portland, Seattle and other Pacin
coast cities and towns between IS
100000 and s6.00O.00O since the eartI
quake. The shipments were abon
evenly divided between gold and Gun
rency. In order 10 expedite tn
transportation some money has bee
shipped from the mint in Denye
against deposits made by the bank
with the Chicago subtreasury. Sec
retary Shaw has made arrangement
also by which the Denver mint vii
ship sl,000.OO0 10 Frisco on the de
post OF acceptable securities in tn,
Chicago subtreasury.
The banks in nearly all the citie,
and towns on the Pacific coast car
ried their largest balances in Sar
| Francisco. That money Is tied III
and will be FOR an indefinite time
Chicago banks generally wired tholl
correspondents on the coast to cal
on them for whatever they needed
and the call came strong.
Los ANGELES, April 27.-Hun
dreds of professional men and wom
On have lost all in the San francisco
disaster and to help them H. T. Hunt
ington has started fund, headed
| with $4,000, Mr. Huntington says:
Il have been to san Francisco and
find that as class the lawyers,
doctors and other professional people
who depended upon libraries. skin
and their clients for support are the
most heavily hit"
NEW YORK, April 27.-A refugee
from Naples arrived here on the
North German Lloyd steamer today.
She was Mrs. l.. Feldman, and fled
from Naples because of the eruption
of Vesuvius. Reaching here she was
shocked and prostrated to learn that
all her property in San Francisco mad
been destroyed and every member OF
her family missing
SAN FRANCISCO. April 27-Dr.
David Starr Jordan has issued a
statement regarding the recent earth.
quake. He says it was the fault of
break of the inner or hard crust OF
the earth, and that its continuation is
process by which this peninsula Is
being formed. He says it has nothing
TO do with Vesuvius or any other vol
cano, and tnat the trouble is not like
ly to be repeated in many years.
Noon today ended the free trans.
portation across the bay. and put a
noticeable stop to the exodus.
The gigantic task of cleaning up
the ruins has been taken in hand
seriously, and every available barge
is in service hauling the debris to the
sea-
Housewives are still doing all their
cooking outdoors. as the use OF CHIN
neys is being forbidden.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27.--It de
velops today that several ions of Red
Cross supplies have been stolen and
that systematic robbery has been go
ing on for several days. One of the
thieves was arrested last night and
two this morning. Some of the stol-
en- goods have been recovered.
1t is pouring rain today ana thou
sands of unfortunate people are very
wretched.
. NEW YORK, April 27.-At 6,
:, meeting of insurance men to- =
3 day 1t was stated that not more 9,
. than half a dozen fire insur- -
3 ance companies would have to 9
. go to the wall on account of .,
. the San Francisco fire and =
!, these half dozen companies .
3 We're small affairs and would y
{, simply pay most of their losses =
3 and go quietly out of business. =
$ Not a big company will fail 9,
9, and they will start Immediate 6,
g ly the work of adjustment =
g Chairman Wray announced 9,
. that an increase ia Insurance {,
9 rates throughout tine country s,
{. would be a business necessity. 6,
- DENVER. April 27.-Nearly g,
!, 1000 refugees from San Fran .
8, cisco arrived here today, but .,
3 all were fed and as many as 9,
3 needed were clothed Costly g
: silk dresses and mems nand- q,
. some suits have been sent TO 9,
Is the depot and hundreds have .,
. been benefited by the liberal g
:, ity OF the people. g,
3 The influx today is the heav- .,
!, lest Denver had mad. q,
8 CHICAGO. April 27-1'ae =
= city hall seems in danger OF q
. collapsing as result of ex- 6
:, cayating for the new county :,
!, building Oh an adjoining lot i,
3 Cracks have appeared in the =
3 east side rooms and the clerks 9
g are becoming alarmed. q
PARIS, April 27.--ln the presence
of an immense crowd this afternoon
in the vicinity OF the Trocadero, the
statue of Benjamin franklin, present
ed to Paris by the American banker
Harjes. took place. The statue Is
erected in close proximity to the
scenes of Franklins activity during
the eyentful years he spent in France
1t is near the Rue Franklin. named in
ais honor. The statue is "A duplicate
of the one In front of the philadel