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

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Meyer. c Brandeis, Jones. Campbell, Ksl-
III waiSorth, J. r. Campbell W. =. Per-
Ms Smiths committee. Mrs Heath
Mrs. j. j McAIulen. Mrs Ralph Connen
Frank Haller Miss Marie McShane, Miss
Eiizabeth Mcconnell. Miss Louise McPher-
son. Mrs D. J. O'Donahue, Miss catherine
O'Donahue and Mrs. J. A Kuhn
Mrs. Mackay,s committee; Mesdames J; ,,,ii: H.
Hamilton. A. w. Young, @. y. Wolfe, Ells
Jenkins Mrs w. H. Hodge. Mrs. p l. ROD
ertEon. Mrs. Towle, Mrs. w. B Buchanan
Mrs 7 II Rahm, Mrs. Joseph Polcar. Miss
Ethel Robertson, Mrs. Albert Noe MIS- b.
A. McAllister. .
praise of the wondeFful work done by the
Union Pacific I'm hustling supplies to the
coast. over sO cars already have been
transported free Of charge by the Union
Pacific. and while the tents were being
erected two special trains of twenty-five
cars each were started on their long jour
ney across the continent one was a train
Of medical supplies from the east and the
other was a train of relief supplies from
St Paul A porter who arrived from the
coast wednesday morning said thousanos
were coming through lie said all man
had To do was TO 20 to the agent of the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific ana
say he had lost everything in the disaster
and he was carried free as far as he
wanted to go.
A second relief train is on it's way ana
from the present schedule should arrive
in Omaha Thursday morning about
| o'clock. This is composed OF $50 people
10 Of whom have transportation to Omaha
W. her they live here or not Is not known
, aveIers Praise Treatment.
avelers we're all loud in their
h u the treatment they had received
| H. nd at all points along the line
VIII II. I'd stopped. They we're not very
hunA Z. hey reached Omaha for the
reasoa, been given plenty to eat
at Ere Though Mayor Zimnan
had wire, mt, they would be taken
] care CT in hat town was on hand
when the t. .iled in and high school
| girls went Il ugh the train and handed
! out sandwiches and coffee to all After
they had all .hey could eat, over 100 sand
wiches were left on the train and some
were not eaten when Omaha was reached.
| so the coffee which the women of Omaha
had prepared was the most welcome. All
| the fruit which was placed on the tables
was eaten as well most of the sand
wiches The coffee and tea was also very
/ acceptable.
Many OF the refugees had started on the
trip across the continent with little cloth
ing one woman having nothing but a
nightgown These have been fitted out
from time to time along the route until
all are fairly well supplied. One woman
was without a hat and Mrs. Wyeth gave
her her hat and made a hat for herself
from a paper napkin.
Mrs. Anthony Green, an old woman, toe
weak TO stand, was seated on her bundles
and was unable to eat anything, although
she wanted cup Of tea, which was pro-
vided. She had poor hat which she could
not keep on in the wind and when Miss
Ethel Robertson took Off her veil and tied
it on the old woman she replied: God
bless you, my dear
Father and Son Meet.
An interesting meeting was witnessed
when a father and son were united John
Deering of Brookville. Pa, an elderly man
was in San Francisco at the time of the
earthquake and his relatives at home were
unable 20 hear. of him. His son Edgal
started to San francisco 10 search for hh
father and by a strange coincidence thes
met Union station in Omaha.
One woman carried her bird cage and
another had her dog. The woman with tn,
|
and saw no reason for giving up her bird
One young fellow had the running gear
: to q either. He said he was going TO keel
Il as q souvenir Of the 1re II was all h
had been able to find.
Thomas j. Hayden. carpenter an
! builder. who had been employed by IN
? government on the Panama canal and VIII
l had returned to the states to regain shat
, tered health, had been in San Francisc
I buttwo days. He was staying at 1000 Mis-
{ sion street and tells the usual story of ex
periences. lie. assisted in some Of the res
cue work and told OF a man pinioned b
heavy timbers and slowly burning 10 deaf
despite frantic efforts 10 release him.
! policeman stepped up. asked the man hi
name and address. pulled out his revolve
= and shot him dead. Another man caugh
= by the ankle had his foot cut OF wit
an axe 10 set him free. The plastering an
; timbers IN Hayden's room fell in on hin
but he was protected by the dresser whic
fell on him first after he had been throw
ont OF bed.
Back 10 that Dear Old Italy.
: Giuseppe Boise and his wife. who ran
4 fruit store at 623 Division street San Frar
! CISCO with several bulky packages of b'
longings wrapped in blankets we're II
pl an dAAfHtlNt AhiOHB III tue bl
waiting room. Giuseppe and his helpmee
!, both OF whom are well along in year
: were so badly scared and discouraged this
;, they decided to go home to Italy and qli
= San Francisco forever. In hurrying out
Oakland the Italian had something like 81
- I'm cash. lie bought tickets for himself ar
q his wife to the Atlantic seaboard for 81
! and then found that the refugees cou
y travel free Ever since he had been kcl
a ing himself and this is what he was indu
n tripusly doing. aloud, while he stayed
A Omaha, and left on a regular train on Il
"a Milwaukee later in the day.
Is Il am fed mucha, hut have no mon" Wi
Il Giuseppe's plant but after the listeue
concluded he was much better of than Il
IL majority of his associates they did n
ie commiserate so very deeply
women GIVE Them Lunches 10 Carr
n The Omaha women We're not satish,
he merely TO cram the passing throng wi
m food: they filled their pockets and bags al
v made them carry away fruits and san
)t wiches II was safe to say that none -yyou
re- be hungry until after Chicago was reache
I'd A striking feature OF the lines Of refuge
u when the police got them In order to pa
"a through the dining tents was the numb
he who carried musical Instruments Doze
As OF men and boys had mandolins, guita
and violins clasped in their hands and not