Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-28
Total Said to Have Been
but $2,330,00O
in Buildings.
INSURED FOR PART
Difficulties Under Which AssO-
ciated Press Has Worked
Revealed.

San Francisco. April 2S.-All San
Francisco's A banks, 30 commercial
and u savings. will be located within
the area of the burned district. In
spection has revealed the fact that the
vaults in every instance remain intact,
while but with probably two or three
utterly destroyed. According 10 state
ments filed by these banks Jan. l. their
net loss is about $2.33O.0O0. Il sum
which in no way impairs their finan-
cial standing. Insurance on the build
ings and fixtures will cut down the loss
to less figure.
Gets Federal Troops.
Washington. April IS Governor
Pardee of California has accepted the
presidents suggestion as to the use
of federal troops in that state and has
filed formal application for their en-
plOyment, which has been granted.
More Names Of Dend.
Washington. April 2S.- General
Francisco additions to the deaths as
follows:
ARTHUR AGNEW.
JACOB H. BUCKER
PATRICK f. CREIGHTON.
BERTHA FABIAN French. infant.
GENEVIEVE HUNT. aged Q.
MR.. HUNT.
JOHN KELLER
BERNARD KELLOGG.
KINZIE LOKURA.
CHARLES NEVILLE.
GEORGE NEVILLE.
BENJAMIN ORWITZ.
MRS. TILLIE l.. WHITAKER.
Killed at belmont: Mr.. and Mrs
f. d. Rouser.
LOofine iS Resumed.
San Francisco. April 2S.-LOotinG is
reported recommended in Chinatown
and in ruins of the pawnshOps along
Kearney street Much of this work is
said to be done by sightseers and Col
OneI Maus of the United States infan
try warns predatory sightseers the pa
troll is instructed 10 shoot lOOters.
Papers Resume.
All newspapers have resumed publi- |
cation with the exception of the Even |
ing Post. The papers are printed in |
Oakland Maintenance of telegraphic |
communication with the outside world |
has been one of the most difficult mat !
ters with which the newspapers have |
had to contend. The experience of the |
Associated Press in this respect will |
give an idea of the obstacles confront |
ing the other news agencies of the city. |
From April Is 10 April %. there was |
neither communication by means of |
telephone or telegraph between Oak |
land and San Francisco.
Telephone Works One Day.
On Monday one telephone circuit /
with Oakland was established and the
Associated Press used this for tele-
graphic purposes. The use continued !
throughout Tuesday but Wednesday it
failed On Thursday. the Western
Union by extraordinary efforts. sue
ceeded in getting the bay cable in
working order and by wires in round
about way. managed to get a wire into
headquarters at Franklin hall on Fill
more street.
Used by Associated Press.
This wire was placed at the service
of the Associated Press and through
communication to the east established.
News from the Associated Press head
quarters has been going on over this
wire ever since.
sends 10000 Blankets.
Chicago. April 2S.-Twenty thous-
and double blankets were sent to San
Francisco this afternoon over the
Northwestern railroad by the Chicago
Commercial association.
Fffty-FOur Dead ut Santa Rosa.
Santa Rosa, Cal, April 2S.-T
more bodies. unidentified. have been
taken from the ruins of the buildings
destroyed by the earthquake. This
makes a total of 81 bodies taken from
the ruins. +
Gives statement of Cash.
San Francisco. April 2S.- Chairman
Phelan of the finance committee gave
out a complete statement of money
contributions received up to and in
cluding April 26 The list shows
total of S4.931 OBS. of which $213,950
was contributed locally. AT meeting
of the general committee the situation
was gone over carefully and it was ;
considered eminently satisfactory.
Archbishop Riordan appeared at the