New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-12
THE GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE.
nrsrrrrr,oN IN EASTERN Kansas

DEsTITUn,oN IN EASTERN KANSAS.
AN WITHHELD NY THE CENTRAL RELIEF COMMIT.
TEXAN APPEAL n tEAsTERN PEOPLE ron AS
sIsTANCE.
TO ths Edtfor or The Trtouns.
SIR: Being in pastoral charge OF circUit
embracing one-quarter OF Dougias county Kansas, L
waited the Central CoDmtk'e Tor tho relief o.
tho destitute at Topeka. and made tue following state
ment:
My circuit Ia % miles By 49, aud hos suffered much
"a any place IN Kansas. Last year the crs generally
failed on account OF the rIv,ges Of tae chinSs bags
grain 1t having been destroyed 0y the chnch bugs aDs
drOuth the loosts devO1rcd the Putro crop OF cOr
Our peoplo destitute, and have now called upon me
to do something for them Tnero are hendricks OF fami
lies that I'VE not one shel grain 81 any kind, and
they have no money TO purchase son'e horses have
died already OF starvation, and tho peOpe Cannot s1s-
tain Themselves feed he stock and put ~ their crops
Tlere 5000 IN this STANTON. now MAKE an appeal
to you 10 give them aid, aud preserve them, and
enable them to put IN a crop.
The Committee desired until next morning 70 consider
the matter. when Mr. Gales the controlling manager.
said:
We have determined not 10 grant aid to- any per-
son in cltper shawnee or Douglas Counties LIT tho
County Commissioners levy tax ami sell tho houses
Massaoasettsst u LIwreDce and nelp the people OuI
VIC will not under auy circumstances grant them any
ald.
replied that 1t was impossible to do that; that tho
people not ablo to pay taxes, and therefore the
County Commissioners had only levied partial tax,
which was generally unpaid; and that even II II was
10 10 as buRHosbtO Ino property
not Sold that the people the West had good crops
OF small grain whilo ours o failure. ana that We
needed aid great deal than they did that on the
Achis0n, Topeka and Santa he Railroad through tho
energy OF that Company, the Mennontes had settled.
and scattered hundreds OF thousands OF dollars. Whe
therewas way by which people could obtain any
thing
Mr. Giles replied that they would do nothing for tic
sufferers o. either Shawnee or Douglas Counties.
We responded that they not acting in 5000 atb 70
constitute themselves a relief committee and permitth
people to die OF starvation before their faces while an
abundance was forwarded to Thorn to enable them I"
supply tue wants OF the poor people, and that Wouia
publish Thorn iu all the papers.
We consulted GOV. Osborn, who is a generous OPEN
hearted man and has the good OF people a. heart.
buC the selicOnsttutcd Committee have taken mo mat
ter out his hands Gov osborn SAID that tneie was
no use denyiag tle fact That Dough-, AID S1a"uee
Counties needed aid aud that there were as great SUI
tue other portions OF Kansas In con
sequence OF the derciictOu Or TINS Committee new
committee has been appointed under the auspices OF he
NJ E. Cnurcn Tle following presiding elders are on ING
T. Rhoades the Rev. ID. l.. Mitchell, and the Rev ).
BOyntOn. TOE Rev. w. X. Marshall OF LiWrehcs, -
President, and the Rev. j. H. Rudesl Secretary Ino
Kansas Midland Railroad, tine best ana most accOm'ho
sent % tue relief OF the sui free from Kansas Guy
10 anv point its line Ine principal points are LAW
renee LacOmptOn, and Topeka, the capital or the SAFE
The southern part Of Jefferson County Is simliary
friends OF humanity help the sufferers 10 Eastern
Kansas ANY aid sent TO Us at Lec0mptOn VIII oe us
irbuted by a committee. AID sent To the Rev. j. -.
6onestly distributed W. II. MAKEANEY
Pastor VI NJ. l.. Cnucreh-
Lecompt0n, Kan. Dec 30. 1874