New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-12
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IN APPEAL FOR SCIO.
PASTORS OF CHURCHES AND PRESIDENTS OF BOARDS
OF TRADE ASKED TO OBTAIN AID.

PASTORS OF CHURCHES AND PRESIDENTS OF BOARDS
OF TRADE ASKED TO OBTAIN AID.
WASHINGTON April 11.-Mrs. Blaine, Mrs. Sh"r-
man and n number of other ladies prominent in
Washington society and well known throughout the
country. make the following appeal to the people
of the United States in behalf the sufferers from the
recent disastrous earthquake III Scio;
To the Peopis Of The UI,ited StGtcs
astcr which no human error caused and which no human
island whose sons have been among the worlds
most possessions Tor nNe nnltNtly ,'hlui-
nt 'si s1ty Years Of industry and turned
peaceful and pleasant country into scene of dc-3non
heraded irresistible forces Of nat urc syen thousand
human beings were crushed and buried beneath the the
have been extroated, wounded and dying ana ior'y
f"r the future stricken by AN unseen hand. fanished
palled. ,.,.,- .,,,. .no.,.nr \.
rresenf and pressing No community could recover
from 80 and terrible hoT except through
the slow lapse Of time The ncighborng fewsrs havss
rushed sciq with instant ard 9nt the shocked , ana
sorrowfu people must be nurnred tht"uEn ln"ny @ ns
day back to comfort and c0nndenee.to 10 nope ana houe
low 10 moral strength and .cfdcpcndcncc;
In this sudden and overwhelming anguish the hccrch-
ited representatives OF The desolaed province nav A.
pealed implore the generous assistance OF thr
American people We 10 10 no. np" In t9 IN be .we"
Charity the New World insists upon It's night 70 stand
Canal from all sections this great land feeling
foundly that the Kings business rcgureth haste ana
request OF onr friends and noghbors from
over the sea we rightly interpret the eogerncs-
Of every American 10 minister not only
sympathy but prompt and definite succor, We venture
earnestly 10 beg the pastors Of all churchcr-t hthoic
Protestaut and tcbrcw-tc take up collection In thcif
several con grcgatiOns a the earliest pra icHc "nrn
nud we pray the presidents of boards of trade and the
managers OF an moneyed Institutions 10 circulate
sbscripiOn papers, that the rich mny have Immediate
onportnty 0 give Of their wealth andthe poor Of Their
nnycrfv through channels that shall soonest reach the
iainting sufferers whom nature could not spare ana
whom humanity must restore. - ,
The welknGwn banking house 81 Riggs 4 Co. OF
Washington has kindly cOnsencd To rccrN" al moncys
collected for this purpose aud for convenience aud lis
patch several sums received viii bc Acknowledged III
the daily papers of Washington.
Harriet s. Blaine, Maine; Ellen Ewing sherman
Alice Key PendletOn, Ohio; Mary &. Miller, CAN
fornia; Anna l.. Morton. New-IOrk Mary Montgomery
Gibson, Louisiana lydia Mclane Johnston. Ntsnnia;
MARY s. Logan, Illinois Mayina r. Harlan, Kentucky.
CONTRIBUTIONS IN THIS CITY.
In response to the appeal If d. y. BotasSi. Consul
General of Greece, committee has been formed
composed of Eugene Dutilh. of Dutilh & Co.,
s. Coyas j. Thoron, of Cazadc. Crooks & Remand,
G.. ID. Pitzpio, Of Munhinger & Ptzpo, aud ID. y.
Botass TO receive contributions for the relief of the
sufferers from the Sco earthquake. The following
contributions have already been received.