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President Roosevelt believes the actions suggested by Justice Harlan would be resented by the people of Baltimore, Maryland. Troops were already turned away and Roosevelt has offered aid to Mayor Robert M. McLane.
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1904-02-09
President Roosevelt shares the horror that has befallen Baltimore, Maryland, and offers federal aid to Mayor McLane.
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1904-02-08
President Roosevelt offers federal help with the “calamity that has befallen Topeka.”
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1903-05-31
Due to previous engagements, President Roosevelt will be unable to attend the committee meeting of the “gentlemen who accompanied the relief expedition to Martinique and St. Vincent.”
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1902-12-31
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Winthrop sends William Loeb a receipt for President Roosevelt’s contribution of $500 to be applied through the Red Cross to relief efforts of the earthquake which recently struck Italy.
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1909-01-02
The Monongah Mines Relief Committee in West Virginia has received a letter from Governor William Mercer Owens Dawson including President Roosevelt’s $100 check in contribution to the fund, to be distributed to the families of workers who lost their lives in the Monongah mines disaster. They enclose acknowledgement of the contribution and give their thanks on behalf of the widows and orphans.
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1908-04-08
West Virginia Governor William Mercer Owens Dawson thanks President Roosevelt for his one hundred dollar donation to the Monongah Mines Relief Committee. Committee Treasurer Joseph E. Sands will send a formal receipt.
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1908-03-30
This article describes an interview given by Kentarō Kaneko, a longtime advocate of friendly relations between Japan and the United States, to Kokumin. Kaneko voices his opposition to the anti-Japanese crusades going on in America, especially regarding the segregation of Japanese schoolchildren in California. He finds these attitudes doubly offensive in the wake of a large donation made by the Japanese people to earthquake relief in California despite a famine in Japan. Kaneko is pleased that Japanese newspapers remain moderate, probably due to Japanese gratitude for American charity funds.
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1906-10-26
Provisional Governor of Cuba Magoon has transmitted the president’s message of sympathy to the press. He gives the number of fatalities from a storm in Cuba, which was not as damaging as first reported. The Cuban people are meeting the emergency with effective energy.
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1906-10-22
Melville Elijah Stone of the Associated Press informs President Roosevelt’s secretary, William Loeb, that his organization did not receive a copy of Roosevelt’s speech on disaster relief for San Francisco until nearly two hours after it had been given to other news organizations. While he assumes it was unintentional, Stone tells Loeb that it was “pretty severe on us.”
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1906-05-05
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of War Taft to pass along his thanks to the United States Army on behalf of the nation. Roosevelt compliments the Army’s swift actions during the recent earthquakes and fires in San Francisco. He also states that the Army was instrumental in responding to the Mississippi River floods, the Galveston hurricane, and the crisis in Alaska, and that the best men compose its ranks.
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1906-04-28
President Roosevelt tells San Francisco Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz that he is horrified by the catastrophe that has befallen San Francisco, and pledges that the Federal Government will help however it can.
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1906-04-18
In reply to Governor Noel’s telegram, President Roosevelt says that the War Department and Red Cross are ready to give “substantial assistance,” but they need more detail about the extent of the disaster.
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1908-04-27
John M. Harlan suggests that President Roosevelt issue a statement to the Associated Press encouraging churches to collect donations for the victims of the Baltimore fire.
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1904-02-08
Military Governor of Puerto Rico Davis sends Secretary of War Root information about the effects of a hurricane that struck Puerto Rico. He describes the damage and what relief supplies are needed.
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1899-08-13