The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-15
HELPING HANDS EXTENDED.
The Cry Of the Sufferers for Re-
lief IL ld Answered.
Donation from All Quarters by the
COmmittee-GOy POrters Statement
Of Lawrenceburgs Condition.

COmmittee-GOv. POrters Statement
of LawrenCeburgs Condition.
The work of relief continues, without any evil
dences that it will stop short of supplying the
| necessities of the destitute. The receipts yes
terday swelled the fund in the hands of the
Board of Trade committee TO more than $4,000,
and the contributions received by the different
grand lodge organizations, which are handling
their own funds, will probably make the total
amount which has been collected here for the
benefit of the sufferers between $13 900 and
$l5,0 Before the end of next week the re-
ceipts will probably amount to double this sum.
Many of the subcommittee for collecting con-
tributions have not reported and there are many
sources from which large additions to the fund
may yet be expected. This morning collection
will be made in all the public schools in the city,
and on Sunday contributions will be taken up in
the various churches. Several of the charitable
entertainments for the benefit of the fund
are yet to be held, and many hundred dollars
which have been subscribed have not yet been
paid to the committee. The hberality with
which the laboring men and the poor people are
giving is astonishing Everybody gives some
thing, and the poorer class largely exceed the
proportion of their means in their contributions.
In many of the factories the employees have given
their wages for day, and this, TO the laboring
man with family to support, means the self-de
nial of so much comfort. The continued rise of
the water and the chilling change in the temper
ature, doubtless had the effect to quicken the
charitable impulses of those who felt sympathy
for the sufferers.
No appeals for aid were received from the in
undated towns during the morning, but in the
afternoon, before the relief committee held their
meeting, Jeffersonville was heard from The
following telegram was received by Mr. Byram
JEFFERsoNvILLE Feb. Id.
n, S. Byram, Board of Trade:
Impossible to depict to you our situation. The
water is eight inches higher than in 1888 and steadily
advancing The weather is very cold this morning
We must have large quantities of bread and to
prevent great deal Of suffering Send Immediately.
From 5000 to 10, 600 people must be fed
JOHN M. GLASS
Mayor and Chairman of Relief Committee
The relief committee at once ordered the ship
ment of $500 loaves of bread with meat and
other provisions. A carload of provisions from
Muncie will also be forwarded, and another ship
ment of food will be made this morning. The
following appeal from New Albany was received
at $3.50 o'clock:
NEW ALBANY, Feb. ID
Up to this date we have been able to provide for
the wants of the sufferers of city without calling
for assistance The demands upon us and the suffer
provisions sent to John j. Richards, mayor will
greatly aid in relieving the wants of the hundreds
of families now homeless JOHN ]. RICHARDS,
j. J. BROWN
Chairman Relief Committee
A telegram having been received from Terre
Haute inquiring where aid was most needed, the
relief committee forwarded the foregoing
message to the Board of Trade of that
city, and requested them to send what
ever they could to New Albany.
Indianapolis will also forward them provisions
in a day or two. During the morning telegram
received from Lawrenceburg, stating that
people there were supplied with food sufficient
to last them until Tuesday, and no more ship
ments, therefore, will be made until needed.
The following telegram was received last
night by Messrs. Closer and Lynch, from John
G. Blake, secretary of the Board of Trade and
j. F. Wallick, who went to Jeffersonville to
learn the condition of the people there:
JEFFERsoNvILLE, Ind, Feb. ID.
J. A. Closer and A D. Lynch:
After full conference with the mayor and relief
committee we are convinced the half has never been
told. The population of Jeffersonville is IL 900.
There l, 500 living on high ground on Prison hill;
government depot, 500; 5000 people seriously
affected by the food. Those living in one-story
houses and they largely in the majority driven
from their homes and others living in the second
story of their dwellings, At least seven the nine
thousand dependent on the relief committee for
food. The mayor and committee state that if the
water should reach the maximum tonight it will be at
least two weeks before assistance should be with
drawn and fully month before any manufactory
can resume business thereby enabling them
to give work to the people The only relief thus far
received from indianapolis is the shipped Monday
night which arrived here this morning Cooked meats
bread crackers, sugar tea, ground coffee greatly
needed the citizens through the committee deeply ap
precate the generosity of the citizens of Indianapolis
and others. J. G. BLAKE,
]. F. WALIICK
From the reports received it is Eevident that
the greatest destitution now exists at Jefferson
vile, and along the river between that point and
Evansville. Nothing has been heard from
eral of the towns which are supposed to be inun-
dated, and it is feared that there is much suffer
ing The relief boat sent out by the Board of
Trade to supply the upriver sufferers started
from Madison yesterday afternoon, and will
probably reach Rising Sun some time tomorrow.
The expedition for the relief of the destitute
along the river below Jeffersonville will be
larger by far than any other that has been
proposed. The steamboat chartered for
the trip will leave Madison to-
morrow. and will carry rations for
100000 persons, large addition to the stock
having been purchased yesterday. Among those
who will go on the expedition are Governor
Porter, A. D. Lynch, president of the Board of
Trade; v t Malott, J. A Closer, George NJ
Branham, Colonel Eli Lilly, Harry Adams. and
several members of the Board of Trade. DIR. E.
S. Elder, secretary of the State Board of Health,
at the request of the relief committee, will ac-
company the expedition to give medical aid to
the sufferers. The boat will go down the river
as far as Shawneetown, H., and ten days will
probably be required to make the trip. There
are fifteen twenty towns between New Albany
and Evansville which are supposed to be wholly
or partly under water, and it is expected that a
great deal of suffering will be found.
COLLECTED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE
Among the contributions which were reported