Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-25
Proclamation of the the
President Brings
CONSERVATION
Everyone Satisfied With
Way Supplies Are
distributed
Chinese Are Granted Same Privileges
and Furnished With Identical
Rations That Others
Receive
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24-This
was the seventh day since the earth
quake Jared the city so severely and
started the fires that laid it in ashes.
and as with the preceding days, Tuesday
took up the accumulated impetus of
Monday and added such volume of
force of it's own that Wednesday viii
dawn on situation that is a long way
toward the normal.
Such marts of trade as remain un-
burned we're opening for the transact
tion of ordinary business.
Temporary structures were being run
up for the accommodation of others
Clearing of the devastated area of its
ruins was well under way
The inquiry into the condition of the
bank vaults was completed.
The organization and preparation for
service of the street railways were so
far advanced that the company ex-
pressed it's readiness to resume busi-
ness as soon as the mayor would per-
nit.
The water company announced the
completion of such repairs as enabled
it to supply a total of 100000 gallons
daily.
In fine, there was all the evidence
to put at rest now and forever the
fears of those who predicted that San
Francisco would never rise again.
Order Not Well Received
I'll
done so splendidly in the face of such
an appalling catastrophe that CONF
sternation was created this morning
when President Roosevelt's proclama-
ton was read turning over to Dr. Ed.
ward Devine of the National Red
Cross the management of relief meas
ures, the distribution of the great
funds so generously appropriated by
congress and recommending to the
people of the United States that their
collections of food and supplies and
money should be diverted into the same
hands
AT a conference at Fort Mason at
tended to Gems Greedy and Funston,
Mayor Schmitz, Governor Pardee, DR..
Devine and others, it was agreed that
this was the case and that Dr. Devine
himself should frame a telegram to the
president informing him of the splen-
did work already done and of his per-
feet willingness to assist in forwarding
the measures already taken.
The Last Straw
What hurt even more keenly than
this was the suggestion made in the
letter from President Roosevelt to
Secretary of War Taft that reports had
reached him that less charity was be-
ing shown the Chinese who dwell here
than the whites and directing that if
this be true the situation should be
remedied at once.
If the people of San Francisco are
not in love with the Chinese, 1t was
felt that the name they have earned
in the past for charity and OPEN
heartedness should have saved them
from any possible rehection that they
would have permitted any human he
ing, white black or yellow, within
their reach to suffer.
special message was sent him
slSHeu py lhe constituted authorities
recounting the exact facts.
The message was as follows:
The Message Sent
San Francisco April 24.--President
Theodore Roosevelt, White House.
Washington, d. c.; All reports that
the people or the officials of the relief
committees of San Francisco are MAX
ing any distinction in relieving, sue
coring or protecting the Chinese ~. anv
other peoples differing in race or color
are totally false and entirely UNI
rounded.
The committees and even the home-
less sufferers themselves are treating
the Chinese and all other fellow un-
fortunates with the consideration and
kindness worthy of our civilization
and our country.
The people of San Francisco are
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