Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1909 — PRESIDENT DIAZ AIDS SUFFERERS [ARTICLE]

PRESIDENT DIAZ AIDS SUFFERERS

Contributes $30,000 to Help Monterey Victims. OTHER AMOUNTS ARE DECEIVED Total Less In District Affected by the Cyclone and Flood Will Approximate $12,000,000 and the Latest Returns Give Number of Dead Between 1,200 and 1,400 — American Red Cross to Assist the Unfortunates. Mexico City, Aug. 31.—President Diaz has telegraphed $30,000 to Monterey. Vice President Corral has contributed $2,000 and Ambassador Thompson SI,OOO to the fund. Others are contributing liberally, a public subscription list having been opened in all parts of the repubiic. The fact that the Red Cross of the United States is to give aid to the sufferers has been learned here with profound satisfaction. On behalf of the United States government, the American ambassador has sent condolences to President Diaz. The National bank officials estimate the loss in the business center of Monterey at $5,000,000. The loss to the big smelter and industrial plants outside the city limits will amount to as much. The value of the eighteen blocks of buildings is fixed at about $3,000,000. The railway losses, although not yet known, are believed to reach $4,000,000. Many of the smaller settlements In the state have been wholly destroyed or badly damaged, while the crops everywhere have been ruined, it Is estimated that the total losses in the whole district affected by the cyclone and floods will approximate $30,000. The latest returns give the number of dead at between 1,200 and 1,400.