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THE MORAIKU . ORE(H)SiA5, FRIDAY, MAX 4, 1906. ...4 SEEKING WAY OUT ;San Francisco. Puzzled Over " Fund for Rebuilding. .. "CLEARING AWAY THE RUINS Everjr-Idle Man Put . to,- Work by " Force Plan for Widening Streets Causes Mayor to Warn Against Extravagance. SAX FRANCISCO, May 3. No plan has yet been dnclded upon for securing funds tor the restoration of this city. Although .various schemes, some of them apparently feasible, have been, submitted to the gen eral committee, none of them have been Klven even the semblance of official in dorsement, and the local financiers con tinue to worry over the problem, hopeful that the early future will -produce a solu tion that will relieve San Francisco from hor great burden of municipal and individ ual distress, iiich day at the assembling 'of the general and finance committees the .subject has been up for discussion, but the disposition of those bodies 1b to be conservative and cautious, and It is prob wble that several of the great centers of the financial world will be consulted be fore any definite proposition is formulated. Putting Loafers to Work. Other than an early morning fire that "threatened the safety of the several hun dred patients In the Presidio Hospital, today passed without special Incident. The gigantic task of cleaning up the great ruined district was commenced today on hroader lines. The curtailment of the re lief list .together with the decision of the police to arrest as vagrants all able-bodied men without visible means of support who refuse to work, has had the effect of re moving many idlers from the streets and added materially to the strength of the army engaged in municipal housecleaning. Tiie larger railroads have made good progress In running spur tracks into the burned sections, and next week will begin to remove all useless material, which will le used in other sections of the county for lining and grading. Although the water supply In the ruined part of the city is Increasing daily, there is not yet an adequate flow for use In case of fire, and all cooking is still carried on in the streets. It is anticipated that this uncomfortable situation will be remedied within a few weeks, and then a thorough hnusp-to-house inspection of chimneys will he made -before residents will be allowed to uso their kitchen stoves. Resumption of Business. . JVIl of the banks resumed business today in their temporary quarters and reported that at each place the deposits exceeded the withdrawals, which fact they accept ed as an Indication of the confidence of the merchants In the future prosperity of the city. The number of permits issued for the resumption of retail business grows larger as each day passes. The committee hav ing this matter in charge reports that 500 retailers are now operating In new quar ters. Most of the larger stores have commenced to pick up the ends of their shattered trade and are installed in the residence section. Plan fop Rebuilding. City Knglneer Woodward today submit ted a comprehensive plan1 for the . rebuild ing of the city. It included the broaden ing and extension of many streets, the purpose being to Insure better protection against the spread of fire, as well as to beautify the city. In this connection. Mayor Schmltz has advised against entertaining any .extrav agant Ideas of the beautillcatlon of the new city. He; estimated that the replace ment of ruined, .nuinlcrnal building. In cluding Hcliiml and flrerhouses, wouiU alone cost J100.000.000. j Mors' I'Nmd Soon Needed. ' Ctoncral Oreely gave warning to the finance committee of the citizens' relief committee this afternoon that he had only 11 days' rations on hand, that the Army could not furnish an ounce of food beyond that which has already been pur chased or Is in sight, and that the feed ing of the people is a problem which de mands immediate attention. After con siderable discussion, the. committee de cided to have a summing up of resources and needs at a conference tomorrow afternoon. Following this meeting, it Is probable that an appeal for food supplies will be made to the country at large. MAKKS SPRINGS HOTTER. Earthquake's Effect at Paralso New Springs CJush Forth. 'OAKLAND. May 3 A strange phe nomenon of the earthquake has been re ported from Varalso Hot Springs in Mon terey County. Since- the shock the tem perature of the water In the hot soda springs, which for many years has been growing steadily colder, has Increased from lio to 12J degrees, making It impos sible for any one to bathe in the springs. Several new springs have been opened, ranging In temperature from 100 degrees to Ice-cold. NEW APPEAL FOR HELP fVonMnued From Tnn .) this commute to clearly understand what rnav happen In the futuro. I hava fr food tn liand lor just 11 days and am receiving requisitions for sanitation and many other thtnga. It Is th question ot food that must recelva the most earnest consideration, not the clearing of streets. . Some of the people are in a fearful condition. The army cannot furntnh an ounce of food beyond that already purchased or In sight. - Apleal for More Supplies. General Greyly thought the existing condition mljzht be mot by appealing to towns ami cities to send supplies that are not immediately perishable. William F. Herrin. of the Southern Pacific Company, zaid auch guppllea would be carried free. Dr. Pevlne remarked that there was a tiiFerepancy of about $10,000,000 .between fhc reported subscriptions and the amount the committee has actually received. "tMr. Phelan juentloned . that George Gould's contribution had been "first cred-. itcd personally nd then included in the contribution of the New York Chamber of Commerce. William Pft Herrtn. In speaking further of the food problem, suggested that the committee appeal for contributions of Hour, coffee, rice, bacon, ham, sugar and such articles. CANNOT ACCEPT OFFICIALIZE" President Explains Attitude Towards t Foreign Relief Subscriptions. WASHINGTON, May S. A special mes esge van sent to Congress today, by President Roosevelt tn which he ex jtlRltifd the attitude of this Government regarding the offer of contributions to t'rte Fan FYHncisoo fire and earthquake aufTfrera from foreign countries. ThciPixsldeiit says that where tbVcon-. trlbutlons were made to this Government, he did not feel warranted in accepting them, but where, they were made to the citizens relief committee of San Francis co, no official action was, or could be taken in regard to them. The message indicates that the govern ments of the entire civilized world promptly responded in messages of sym pathy and many of them with contribu tions or offers of contributions. The-text of the message is in part as follows:.. Immediately after the disaster at San Francisco, many offers of assistance in the shape of contributions were tendered by for eign Individuals, corporations, governments and municipalities. The Canadian Government, with instant generosity, peculiarly pleasant as a proof of the close and friendly ties which knit us to our neighbors oZ the Norih. ofTered to pass a resolution appropriating $100,000 for the relief of the sufferers by earthquake and fire. With a generosity equally marked and equally appreciated, the Republic of Mexico, our nearest neighbor to the South, voted to appropriate $30,000, and the Republio of Guatemala voted to appropriate $10,000 for the same purpose. The Empress of China, in addition to send lng money to be used for the Chinese who suffered in San Francisco, offered to send more than double as much to be used for the inhabitants generally. The Japanese Government immediately of fered to send across the ocean one of Its beautifully equipped hospital ships, to be used in any way for the sufferers, and also offered 200,000 yen to the relief committee, in addition to more than 100,000 yen sent by Japanese subjects. The Government of far-distant New Zea land voted $25,000. The Government of Martinique voted 1000 francs, the municipality of Edmonton, Can ada, $1000. Many municipalities, corporations and in dividuals In England, Germany, France, Japan, Cuba and other countries proffered aid. Where the offerings of aid were made to the private relief committees organlred to leal with the distress in San Francisco I have, of course, no official action to take concerning them. Where they were tendered me in my official capacity I did not feel warranted In accepting them. But I am certain I gave utterance to the feelings of all our countrymen when I ex press . my very lively appreciation of the warm-hearted generosity and eagerness to help us in the time of our affliction shown by the governments, the municipalities, the corporations and the individuals mentioned above. We are deeply grateful to them, and we are deeply grateful for the way in which they showed In such practical fashion the growth of the spirit of brotherhood among the nations. The messago here gives a list of almost every country oh the globe which sent offerings of sympathy. It adds: Appropriate expressions of gratitude to all those friends have been returned by the State Department or -myself, but It seems to me that the real depth of grateful feeling awakened in our people by all these evi dences of genuine sympathy and friendship should be expressed al?o by formal action of the supreme legislative power of the na tion. I recommend the passage by the Congress of an appropriate resolution to that end. GREAT BENEFITS IX XEWYORK Monster Performance Today Fund Keaches $916,883. NEW YORK, May 3. The programme of the monster benefit for the San Fran cisco sufferers to be given at the Metro politan Opera-House tomorrow waa com pleted last night. Jacob H. Schlff, treasurer of the Red Cross and Ban Francisco relief funds, re ports that since the last public acknowl edgment the combined amount of the two funds has reached $916.61. For the relief of artists of San Francisco, there will be a sale of contributed paintings and art works at the American Institute. May 7 and '8, under the auspices of tno artists1 relief committee of this city. The Vnssar Students1 Aid Society's New York City. branch will give a benefit en tertainment for the. relief of the San Francisco members of the Pacific Coast branch t that society, at the Hotel As tor, Saturday night. -1 Mme; Eames has volunteered to sing at the benefit concert of tne Oerman clubwomen of New York, to be given in- Carnegie .hall, Monday night. Other artists will be Maude Powell, the violin ist :i Rafael Joseffy,' 'pianist, and Davis Bispham, baritone. Victor Herbert will direct an orchestra of 65. Japanese Care for Their Own. 8AN FRANCISCO. uay S. The local Japanese have undertaken systematically the care of Japanese reiugees. Of the 10.(100 Japanese affected by the earthquake and fire, approximately 6000 have been sent to interior points. Of the remaining 5000, about 3000 are at the various relief camps In Ban Francisco and 2000 at Oakland. The Japanese goernment has wired a contribution of J25.0O0. New York Cares for Refugees. NEW YORK. May 3. The joint applica tion bureau, which Is supported by the Charity Organization Society, took care yesterday of about 50 persons who came in from San Francisco as refugees. They have been distributed in lodging-houses and private families. The bureau expects to get employment for them. Other ar rivals are .expected. LAWYER'S CHARGES AGAINST MRS. ABNER M'KI-VLEY. Accused of Stripping House of Dead President's Brother of Fur niture at Night. SOMERSET, Pa., May 3. Geo. B. Somer vllle, auditor of the estate of Abner Mc Kinley, brother of the late President Mo Klnley, held a hearing in the Courthouse hero today relative to the exceptions filed against the account of Mrs. Annie B. Mc Kinley, executrix. . . John R. Scott, of Somerset, who repre sents several creditors, petitioned the auditor to Issue a subpena for Mrs. Mc Kinley, who is at Tampa. Fla., alleging that she has been attempting ever since the filing of her account to evade exam ination. He also alleged that the McKln ley place, which was sold at an Orphan's Court sale to Mrs. Hermanus L. Baer, for 116.000, last Fall, was. .during the life of Abner McKinley, furnished elaborately; that the furniture was spirited away un der cover of darkness prior to the sale, and at the time of the sale there was scarcely enough personal property in the house to fill an ordinary car. The McKin ley estate has been said to be practically Insolvent. Will Capture Bandit Stronghold. MANILA. May 3. Next week a force of constabulary, acting in conjunction with Governor Juan Schaick, of the prov ince of Cavite. will begin a movement to capture Montalon and his band of out laws, now located south of Taal volcano. The authorities predict that it will be impossible for the bandits and ther lead er to escape" on this occasion. TALK LESS, DO MORE Harrlman Tells the Committee How to Rebuild. WORK MUST BE OUTLINED Definite Plan Needed Before Money Can Be Raised Schmltz Fears Burnham Plan Will Be Too Expensive. SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. The com mittee appointed by Mayor Schmltz to discuss plans for the reconstruction of San Francisco met today. E. H. Harrl man was chosen vice-chairman, P. H. Mc Carthy second vice-chairman and Rufus P. Jennings secretary, The Mayor called upon Mr. Harrlman for an expression of his views. Mr. Harriman said: I am less qualified to advance Ideas than any member of the committee. While I rep resent large, property Interests, there are perhaps others better acquainted with the conditions, and better able to throw valuable light upon the problems which confront us. I believe, however, that we ought to get to work. We should talk less and do more. I don't care if mistakes are made. It Is bet ter to be doing something than remain Idle. If you want me to work I will pay a man to do it If I can get him, but if I cannot I will go into the streets and pitch bricks my self. Committee to Draft Plan. Abraham Ruef suggested that a com mittee of five, to be known as the cora mittee on organization, should be appoint ed by the Mayor to draft a scheme of subcommittees, which should take up in detail the general outline of the work proposed to be accomplished. The Mayor appointed for this purpose A. Ruef. Wil liam H. Mebon, Colonel J. R. Howell, W. H. Leahy and Downey Harvey. Gavin McNabb suggested that the May or should call into consultation all the representatives of the Insurance compa nies, so that the public could be informed what could be expected in the way of col lecting the insurance of destroyed prop erties. He said that no definite announce ment had been made, and until the property-owners knew when they were to re ceive their money no advance could be made toward rebuilding. The suggestion was adopted, with the understanding that the representatives of the several com panies would meet the committee day after tomorrow. Must Have Definite Plan. Mr. Harriman said that it would be fu tile to attempt to raise money until it was definitely known to what use the money would be put. He declared it would be impossible to go to the money market with a hazy idea of what the money was to be used for. Mr. Ruef thought it should be first de cided what amount of debt the city could carry. He wanted to know what the taxes would be If the city were bonded for a large sum, and whether it would be Just to saddle the great indebtedness upon fu ture generations. City Engineer Woodward came pre pared with an elaborate scheme for uie Improvement of the burned district. He also recognized that finances would be a material factor In carrying out the scheme, but the end to be accomplished would outweigh any other consideration. This scheme provided for widening or ex tending a large number of streets. Burnham Plan Too Costly. The Mayor pointed out the danger of outlining work on an extravagant scale. He declared that the . city was less able to reconstruct on the Burnham plan than It had been a month ago. At present there are the City Hall, the Hall of Justice, a prison and many other public buildings to be erected. He thought that ilOO.OHO.000 would hardly pay the cost. If the Burn ham plans were to be adopted, the ex pense would be in addition to this sum. NO DEARTH OF MECHANICS Villous Will Not Kalse Wages Chain Gang for Prisoners. SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. According to P. H. McCarthy, president of the Building Trades' Council, there is no dearth of mechanics in the city at the present time. Between 2000 and 2100 men affiliated with the Council are registered and this number, he says, will be more than ample to handle current operations. He advises against mechanics coming to San Francisco. Regarding wages and hours, Mr. . Mc Carthy was pronounced in a statement that the Council would not ratify the slightest change of the previous standard and that no advantage would be taken of the people who contemplate recon structing buildings within the near fu ture. For the first time in a quarter of a cen tury; Sah Francisco is to have a munici pal chain gang. Prisoners of this class will all be put to work on the city streets. This order will apply particularly to va grants who have refused to work when employment Is offered them, and bunco men who are already at work. General Greely and Dr. Devlne, of the Red Cross, wish to emphasize strongly the lnadvisabllity of doctors, nurses or other relief agents coming to' San Fran cisco. Their presence here will bo worse than useless, they say. C. E. Loss, of the contracting firm of C. 1 Loss & Co., which was awarded the contract to reconstruct the Geary Street Cable Railroad as a municipal electric conduit system, today said that it is no longer practicable to build a con duit system in San Francisco. The Uni ted Railroads Company was able to op erate its overhead trolley system within a few days after the fire, while It will be months before any of the cable lines will be started. As It was with the cable, so It would be with the conduit in case of an other earthquake. FIRE PANIC IN BIG HOSPITAL Blazing Laundry Causes Patients to . Flee Half-Clad. SAN FRANCISCO. May 3. The 700 pa tients In the general hospital at the Pre sidio were thrown into a panic at 4:15 o'clock this morning by the cry of "fire." At that moment flames were discovered in the hospital laundry, which waa only a few yards awayi , The close proximity of the two buildings gave rlae to the fear that the hospital would be destroyed. In anticipation of such a contingency hurried arrangements were made for the removal of the patients to a place of safety. For a few minutes, until the fire In the laundry was gotten under control and there was no danger of the flames spread ing beyond that building, pandemonium reigned among the hundreds of patients. Those who were not dangerously ill, or could help themselves. Jumped from their cots and beds, and hastily -donning what clothes they could find, fled from the hos pital out into the cool morning air.. Many of the indisposed men and women did not wait to secure their clothes, but wrapped themseli-es in bedding and made their exit as quickly as possible. In more than one instance men bA women fled out into the air with nothing on but their night clothes. Scores of patients who had the physical strength ' stopped sufBclentyl long to as sist more weak and unstrung men and women from the hospital. Within 16 minutes after the alarm was given the majority of the patients had left the hospital building, and stood .in groups or lay upon the ground upon bed clothes watching the firemen and soldiers fight the flames in the laundry. When the flames had been extinguished the nurses, physicians and soldiers turned their attention to the patient-refugees, and assisted in taking them back to their cots and beds in private rooms and wards. . Men and women became hysterical dur ing the progress of the fire, and it was with difficulty that many of them could be Induced to return to the hospital. It is feared that the shock to many of the more seriously sick patients will have a serious if not fatal effect. When the fire was discovered In the hospital a general alarm was sounded. Be sides the regular post fire department, hundreds of soldiers turned out to fight the flames. It was only by hard work that the flames were confined to the laundry which, with its contents, was entirely destroyed, and prevented from spreading to the general hospital. The origin of the fire Is unknown. LIMIT OF INSURANCE PAID Companies Will Be Generous, but Not Exceed Legal Liability. NEW YORK, May 3. The Tribune to day says: Representatives of both foreign and American fire insurance' companies, who were in the city yesterday, discussed ac tion to effect a compromise in the adjust ment of losses by the San Francisco fire. The great companies express a strong purpose to be not only Just, but generous in cases of doubt, but one insurance pres ident said: "The adjusters for this company will not be allowed to waive the conditions of its policies, nor the conditions and re strictions of its charters. We have no more right to pay a loss occasioned by earthquake than we have to pay a loss of life. We are not an earthquake insur ance company, nor a life insurance com pany." Insurance men estimate that the com panies will ultimately pay from 60 to 75 per cent of the aggregate amount of the risk. The message from London insurance companies to adjusters in Oakland, pub lished this morning, should have read : "Under any circumstances, the British offices will only pay the losses for which they are legally liable, since to go beyond their contracts would be illegal. "They cannot recognize any liability for damage by earthquake where no fire en sued, nor for damage by fire to fallen or partly fallen buildings, nor for damages to buildings pulled down or destroyed by order of the San Francisco authorities." HARTFORD. Conn., May 3. The esti mated net losses of the Hartford insur ance companies in the recent San Fran cisco fire is given out by the officials of the companies touay as follows: Aetna, 32.700,000: Hartford Fire, 35,750.000; Na tional Fire, 31,500,000; Orient, 3700.000; Phoenix. 31,600.000: Scottish Union & Na tional, 31,000,000; total, 313,150,000. CHICAGO, May 3. (Special.) Influenced by the San Francisco disaster, the Trad ers' Insurance Company has decided to curtail by three-fourths its insurance in Chicago. It carries about 37,000.000 worth of risks in Chicago, and will cut them to about 32,000,000. BANKS OPEN NEW BUSINESS Receive and Pay Sloney Pending Opening of Vaults. SA2J FRANCISCO 3Iay X Jhe com mercial banks .belonging "to theC Clearing House Association have arranged, to open for "new''' or "special" business. - The arrangement is to receive all de posits that customers may desire, to make on new accounts. The depositors may check out these new-balances without restriction -Or limit. "This plan, was adopt ed in Oakland and .other parts of Ala meda County, .and the. banks have now resumed regular business and are receiv ing more money than they are paying out. The savings banks are. afraid- to open their vaults a moment before . it is quite safe to do so. Several vaults (not savings banks) have been prematurely .. opened and their contents destroyed. Within the past 72 hours there have been 578 safes and vaults opened, and In not more than 60 per cent of these in stances were the contents found intact. In many cases a .pile of ashes repre sented thousands of dollars -worth of ac counts. '. Close estimates show the' actual prop erty loss to be close to 3350,uw,000. USE LESSONS OF SPANISH WAR Medical Department Applies Army Methods Regular Field Hospital. SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. The medi cal department of the regular Army has been putting into practice the experiences gained in the camps established on the Atlantic Coast during the Spanish-American War of 1898. Surgeons and assist ants who attended the dying and sick, when typhoid fever and other maladies infested the regiments in camp, have been safeguarding the health of San Fran cisco, and sanitary regulations have been provided, in accordance with the bitter lessons taught during that period. . They have established on a level lawn south of the music Btand in Golden Gate Park a complete regimental field hospital, con ducted by 100 men under command of Captain H. L. Gilchrist, and, with a ca pacity of 300 patients, although but 80 have been received to date. Twenty-six of the drugstores in the dis tricts not wiped out by fire have been made free dispensaries. Within three days, at the most, each of these stores will be supplied with drugs and will be placed in charge of competent druggists. Heavy Loss in San Mateo County. SAN MATEO'. Cal.. May 3. The losses In San Mateo County resulting from the recent earthquake, can never be even ap proximately estimated. Practically every building in the county suffered some damage in chimneys, plas ter, broken furniture or crockery- Here, as elsewhere, brick and stone buildings suffered the most. The loss of life was small. In Half Moon Bay a painter and two children were killed in the collapse of an old adobe building. The heaviest losses were in Redwood City, where the new 3150.000 Courthouse was almost totally destroyed. Molten Gold and Silver Found. SAN FRANCISCO, May J A mass of gold and silver valued at 33500. melted by the Are in the store of Tai Sing, a Chi nese merchant, at Washington and Du pont streets, and which' had disappeared from the ruins, has been recovered by the police at Broadway and Stockton streets, where it was found hidden in the ruins. 'The gold and silver was melted with other metal articles ' and made a mass three feet long and IS Inches wide by six Inches thick. Emperor's Honor to Von Buelow. BERLIN. May 3. The Emperor today sent Chancellor von Buelow a porcelain vase as a birthday present and called personally during the afternoon to con gratulate the Chancellor on attaining his 57th year. The official, social and diplo matic world made the day the occasion for showing Von Buelow the esteem In which, he is held. I II i '' Slf rfli! ( if1, K Bearer f:5Sav3t5' ' rtV-ri Copyright 1906 by Hart Schaffner fcj Mane WATER-SUPPLY IS SAFE SCIIMITZ PROPOSES RADICAL. CURE FOR AVARICE. Assess to Limit Men Who Charge Ex orbitant Rent Relief Funds Received Total $3,790,000. SAN FRANCISCO. "May 3. The general committee of 50 heard with satisfaction this morning from its representative, Mr. Dlliman, that the sources of the water supply in San Francisco were intact. " A personal Inspection by him showed the great reservoir at Fillarcitos to be full to overflowing; that there were 110 feet of water in the lake at Crystal Springs, and that other sources are In equally good shape. It heard with lesB satisfaction that the lines leading from these reservoirs are so badly broken that It will be a month or six weeks before the city can count on receiving Its normal supply of 33,000.000 gallons daily. The present supply is 13. 000.000 gallons, drawn from the San An dreas reservoir and Lake Merced, and de pendence must be placed upon this until the pipe lines and conduits running through San Mateo County can be re paired. In the meantime the reservoirs within the city are gradually filling, and water protection against Are is as gradually ex tending. Assess Rackrenters to Limit. The water company has been authorized to deliver water to every laundry in the city, provided the chimneys have been in spected. Bight or nine laundries will be opened within two or three days. Two or three laundries have already been opened for the use of the hospital service. The exactions practiced by renters and owners of land in the unburned district adjacent to the temporary civic center, as well as the practice of some retailers in raising the price of their commodities be yond all reason, was again the subject of consideration. For instance, it was pointed out that some firms were now asking for lime $2.30 a barrel, which they were glad to sell before the fire for 70 cents. Mayor Schmitz said that there was only one way to get at these people, and that was by making a record of them, and he directed every member of the commit tee to constitute himself a special com mittee of one to report these persons to Mr. Wittmann, chairman of the commit tee on resumption of retail business. As to those , owners of buildings and lands who are asking impossible rentals, he said he proposed to request the As sessor, in making up bis assessment roll, to assess these people for the purpose of taxation on the valuation they now placed upon their properties, and not on the normal valuation. New Location of Chinatown. Mr. " Ruef, chairman . of committee on permanent location of the Chinese, report ed that he had had a conference with the first secretary of the Chinese Legation at Washington and the Chinese Consul-General and Vice-Consul at this port. These gentlemen had Intimated that the Hunt ers' Point site would not be acceptable, nor would a site at the Potrero, and he now had under consideration a plan for locating them to the . east of Telegraph Hill. On motion of J. B. Reinstein, Governor Pardee. Lieutenant-Governor Alderson. Attorney-General Webb and the president of the San Francisco Harbor Committee, Charles S. Spear, were added to the com mittee on reconstruction of San Francisco. Funds Received Total $3,790,000. Chairman Phelan, of the finance com mittee, reported that the outside contribu tions on Wednesday amounted to 177.000 and the local contributions to $23,000, mak ing a total for- the day of $102,000. or a grand total since April 18 of $3,790,000. The reading of the finance report brought on a general discussion of the means whereby San Francisco is to raise the money with which she is to be rebuilt. Mr. Phelan pointed out the reasons why this money must be sought elsewhere and called upon E. H. Harrlman, who had en tered the room during the debate, to give his views. The discussion resulted in nothing definite. Tax Rate Will Be 2 1-2 Per Cent. SAN FRANCISCO, May J. Auditor Horton has filed his estimate of the re ceipts and expenditures of the city for the coming fiscal year. He figure the latter will amount to $8,648,100. The esti mate is made on an assessed valuation of $600,000,000. The receipts are figured at a rate of $1 on $600,000,000 or $6,000,000. and $i21'8.400 from other sources, making a tax rate, with 7 cents for the parks, of $1.07. The fire, however, has reduced the value of assessable property and the ex1- AETNA INSURANCE CO. Gash Capital $4,000,000 Cash Assets, $16,815,297 Net Surplus $7,036,011 Available for Policyholders $11,036,011 After Tins all San FmnrUco lonea In full, bawd Optra liberal esti mate of our total liability In that city, this Company will atlU have Its capital nnlmpalred and a lnra;e uurpluft. The Company haa acrenta In every city and town oa the Pacific Coaat, where bcit insurances may' be effected and Information obtained concern lng policies of the Aetna Company. General Agfnty for Pacific Coast Is now located at 458 Ninth Street Near Broadway BOARDMAN & SPENCER, General Agents THE WEEKLY EXAMINER OF- . SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. The Weekly Examiner is being published temporarily in Los Angeles, Cal., and is going ahead as though there had been neither earthquake or fire. , We respectfully ask each and all of our subscribers to send us either an old 'wrapper showing their name and address, or a copy of their receipt, giving the number, date and name of person who signed it. Address THE WEEKLY EXAMINER 204 Mercantile Place LOS ANGELES, . . . . CAL. Pacific Hardware 6 Steel Company i - - 7th and Townsend Sts San Francisco, Calif. 7 Largest Hardware Jobbers West of Missouri River Buildings Intact. Stock Intact. Organization Intact READY FOR BUSINESS All Employees Please Report at Once THE FORM FITTING SACK R A good many men like the sack coat with a ; shaped back; may be j you do. j H HART, SCHAFFNER & i MARX make this style to J perfection, and we have I . it in a variety of patterns. ! Every garment bearing: j their label is absolutely j all wool, and tailored as ; it ought to be. If you j come in and try on one j of these suits, you'll : buy it. - j THREE-PIECE SUITS : $12.50 to $30.00 j OUTING SUITS ! $10.00 to $20.00 j Sam'! Rosenblatt & Co. j Cor. Third and Morrison penses will be greater than the Audlto estimates. It is stated that' the taxe will be nearly $.50 on each $100 of- valu ation. GRAV HAIR QUICKLY RESTORED To Its natural color by using Alfredum'r Egyptlan Henna. Sure, harmless. At first class druggists. 1 1 OAKLAND, CAL