Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-26

success. At no time has he lost control
OF the situation and he has kept In touch
with every department, military and civic,
and maintained harmony where friction
| might have occurred unless under COM,
petent direction.
The lack OF anything like an epidemic
| Of disease since the disaster has surprised
even the medical men, even where sanitary
conditions are most unsatisfactory. Prob
ably there has been less sickness at the
Preside camp than any of the others, and
this may be attributed to the fact that the
people there have been sheltered, fed and
directed by the army oficers.
Local Committee Handles Funds.
! The presidents proclamation issued to-
day has had a cheering effect. The local
finance committee and the Red Cross are
acting together and the work of relief is
being conducted in systematic manner.
A force OF expert accountants has been en-
gagged, an auditing and supervising COM
| mittee appointed and every dollar con-
| tributed will be, accounted for
| Secretary Metcalf is so overwhelmed with
| relief contributions that he has been un-
able to compile any authentic total to date.
He said on this subject Of contributions:
l These contributions are SO numerous
! and come so rapidly that i have, simply
been unable to more than record them.
Mayor Schmitz believes the sum total to
| be between 100000 and $6,0O0OOO, hut l
am reasonably positive that the total is
| above S6,00000O.
! The total amount OF the relief fund up
to and including Tuesday, April "a. as re-
ported by the committee on finance, was
81. Sc, 1896. or this amount s2ll6. 716Q6 was
from out OF town SOURCES. while the local
A, subscriptions amounted to $4,000. pa
| These figures are considerably lower than
those published unofhclaily on several oc-
casions. but the finance committee takes
eognizance only of those subscriptions of
which it has been definitely informed.
| PerishabIe Food Not wanted.
The food committee reported that all
necessary provisions were on hand and
obtainable. They said that they were even
overwhelmed with provisions. Perishable
food is causing trouble. Mayor Schmltz
drew up telegram which was to be sent
over the entire United States requesting
ell sources of relief to refrain from sending
perishable food. Food supplies should he
limited TO staples.
| The San Francisco Labor Council. on be
half Of its los ahiliated unions. has an
nounced that wages Will remain the same
as before the FIRE.
The branch mint yesterday shipped out
the first coin to be sent from its vaults.
| The money was transferred to Oakland for
the use of the Oakland bankers, and was
protected by the troops. Further shipments
were interrupted by the dynamitng going
on in the neighborhood of the mints
Money was received at the mint durinG
! the day from variety of sources for safe.
keeping. Superintendent Leach said that
he had received call from the bankers OF
San Francisco also to- know when funds
would be at their disposal.
work of Railroads.
| Between a. m. Wednesday April Is, and
Sunday night the Southern Pacific ran ~
trains with over 800 cars to the main line
and local and eastern points. carrying free
refugees from San Francisco. During tn,
same time go suburban trains were rur
from the Oakland pier with 4ssO cars a to
tai Of 73s trains. with $500 cars. During
the same period about fifty trains, with so
cars were run from points between Thirt
and Townsend streets and Ocean View tC
the south -
Southern Pacific oficials today stated
that their estimate OF the people who haC
left the city up 10 10 o'clock this morninl
is 10000 OF this number $1,000 or NOR,
have returned Travel outwardbound hal
been steadily falling on in volume sine
yesterday and traffic across sam Francise,
bay up to noon was but little in excess o
normal
Including the donation OF E. H. Harri
man, the contribution OF the Southern Pa
cihc company to the suffering OF San Fran
cisco is figured by some prominent oficial
at nearly u.5O00OO In accounting for tn
total they state that passenger trafhc car
ried without charge represented $4,000 an
that the free hauling Of freight will amour
TO about $4,000.