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Show UNSUBOU ABLE SAN FRANCISCO. The city of San Francisco Is ascertained as-certained to have now 4 K'.'J 12 Inhabitants, In-habitants, an Increase of 21. G per e'ent In ten years. It also has In sight $17. reu.iino to form the financial backing (;' tin- Panama exposition, which It purposes to hold in l'.-O 3. One fact will be inseparable from llese- figures in the mind of every person who tnk-s thought ou their astonishing showing In the most fruitful period of Ihe decade whoso rc Mills the census returns measure, San Francisco was overtaken by one o,' the greatest disasters that have happened since men llrst began te build cities and collect therein. Early In the marvelousiy prosperous prosper-ous year of 10'iG devastation visited 3,(0ij acres of the towns. le, destroying destroy-ing Ouo buildings, sending $5ou,-iinii.tiOi) $5ou,-iinii.tiOi) of its wealth away In smoke and dispersing ILs Inhabitants until only Kid, uno remained. The spirit of lhe unsubluablo San Francisco which hfts tailed its scattered scat-tered sons and daughters back to itself it-self and out of its ravaged resources has tilled As treasure chest, prepara-toiy prepara-toiy to inviting the world to come ami sec how crushing calamity can be overcome and even mocked at. Is one of the finest things in American municipal history. It repeals on a superb scale what Indomitable little Galveston did "on a smaller scale. It Is proper to slate before tho contest con-test between New Orleans and San Francisco becomes more acute- that San Francisco had made elaborate plans lor a Panama exposltleui before caith'juake and liie laid It waste. A bill on the subject was introduced in eemgress as early as January, l'JOG. Having shown oiler Us Gme of eils-tie eils-tie sa its own capacity for survival, it tonk up those plans again at the earliest ear-liest possible moment and expauded their ambitious character. Of the $l7,ri0',00u exposition Mind now available, $7,.'0o.u(Mj has been Mibscrlb.-il by citizens, $5,111,0.001) will be derived from a city bond Isoue. a'id $5,1100,000 Irom a state bund issue. is-sue. The city proposes to ask Irom congress no llnancial assistance what-i what-i ,er, only ollicial recognition. St. Louis, which was a materially larger city at the time ;i -planned Its Umislana Purchase exposition than Pan Francisco Is now, anil one which bad suffered no great misfortune, tan appreciate better tiian any other city possibly can. what San Francisco's splendid p rseveranre- !n behalf of its exposition plan means. lu this c.ly nearly $5,00 .1,000 in ac tual cash was obtained from a popular popu-lar subscription to exposition s ock. 5:,,i)nn,oo from a city bond ,ssuj and S5,iiuii. "On from the national gov- eminent, but the exposliioii was accorded ac-corded no llnaiirlul aid from the :ite. It seemed for a time that San . ian-cisco's ian-cisco's day of misfortune would by the day of opportunity tor Los Angeles, An-geles, Seattle and other cities on tho western ocean. It has re established in brilliant fashion, however. Its prestige pres-tige and Its title to the capital stat-'s In the whole PucUic couulry. St. Louis Republic. 00 |