The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-19
THE WORK OF RELIEF.
The Relief Committee Still Engaged in For
warding Money and Supplies.

The Board of Trade relief committee yester-
day bought and forwarded a carload of -four to
Evansville Provisions, in response to appeals
were forwarded as follows: To Aurora, 2, 900
pounds of flour, 500 pounds of coffee, 200 bush
els potatoes, l,250 pounds sugar; to New Alba
n.y. 1000 pounds of flour, l 900 pounds of coffee,
100 bushels potatoes, $3.50 pounds sugar; to
Jeffersonville, 300 bushels potatoes. contributed
by school children. Fifteen hundred pounds of
meat and five barrels of pigs feet were for
warded to Aurora. At the meeting at noon, to-
day, A. E. Fletcher, treasurer, reported re-
ceipts amounting to date, to ST., 2O6; expend
itures $l4, 900. There is fear that there will
be check in the contributions, people thinking
that the demand for supplies is passed, when
the contrary is true, and unless food and money
are supplied for a week or ten days longer there
will be great suffering.
The amounts received since Saturday have
been as follows
Mccormick Harvesting machine Company, of
Chicago, $3.50; G. B. Cook, mayor Chetopa,
Kansas, 500; citizens of Dunreith, $12 30; citi-
zens Of Castleton, $21. 90; Upton county Repub-
hcan convention $780, citizens of Button, $l15;
Board of Commissioners Allen county 81 900;
cltzens OF Vlncennes, $l7150; Rochester public
schools, 49, citizens of Whitestown, $31;
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$25.54; citizens Warrington. $31 North Man
chester, including $40 from Knights of Honor,
$l32. 40; Rowan $l2l. OF; employees c., c.. c. & L.
and l. & St L. offices, $68; employees c., II. & l.,
$50; merchant police force, $l5 employees Gas
company, $50; Crescent Council, o. c. F.. $40;
employees tile works, 800; ]. T. Brush and
Theo. Pfaf1in, collections, 1927 70; W. S.. Budd,
collections, $44; G. G. Webster, additional col
lections $l6 postoffice clerks $3l; postofice col
lection box, $11S5; Carbon g. Hollenbeck's en-
ployes, So; Albert Calls employees $14 cash by
various persons, $28. 3d. Germania Lodge No. 3,
A T. A, $40; W O. Patterson, s.; Manufactur-
ers' and Carpenters Union, $28; Glenn's Valley
Sunday school, $21.20; citizens of Greenfield,
1921. %; additional subscriptions from postoffice
clerks, 81. 90; postofice subscription box, 96c;
Tucker 81 Dorsey's employees. $33. %; Tucker
Manufacturing Company, $3.50. 26.
The following contributions were received yes
terday by Rev. B. F. Foster, grand secretary l.
y. o. F.: Michigan City, Nc. 265, $25; Goethe,
No. 3S2, Terre Haute, $25; Terre Haute, No 81,
$50; Montgomery, No. 3S, of Charlottesville SIS;
Vermillion, No. 594 of Newport, 800; Clay, No.
36S, of Harmony, SIS; Charlottesville No III,
$i3; Glenwood No. 569 So Beacon, No. 800,
$40; Princeton No "a, $40; Fidelity, No. SO, of
New Castle, $40; Sullivan, No. LAT. $40; Broad
Ripple No 54s, $40; Merchandising; No. 329,
SO; Cicero No. 49, s52 $lO Excelsior 10 No 70
Brumfeld, No. 5S7, S.; Covington, No. 81, So;
Noble. No. 573, s.; Falmouth. No. 56S So; Heart
and Hand No. 361, s.; Atwood, No. 493, So;
Paris No 505 50; Wayne, No. II, IS; Carthage,
No 255, 3d. Onward, No. ass, So; Bremen, No.
427, ST. George Brown Enc, No. A, $25; Bernice
Enc, No II, SO; Mooresville Enc, No IA, $40.
Total of today's receipts $685. $751; total contribu-
lions to date, 81, $685.
Few of the churches took up subscriptions on
Sunday. Contributions were made as follows,
and collections in most of the churches will be
taken up on next Sunday: Central-avenue NJ E.
Church lin part), $37 16; Plymouth Church. $40;
Third Christian Sunday -school, So Hebrew Sab
bath school, 81. co. Roberts Park SOL. 95; First
Presbyterian, $50. IS; Eleventh Presbyterian,
s. 60; Mayfower Sunday So 08; Plainfeld
Friends Church, SAL. o.
Among the collections taken at the churches
on Sunday. for the benefit of the flood sufferers,
were the following: Second Presbyterian 800;
German Evangelical Lutheran Trinity, 1925;
Twelfth Presbyterian, So 25.
Bishop Chatards first act on arriving here,
yesterday, direct from Rome, was to fill out
check for 500, which he sent to the Board of
Trade relief committee. All the Catholic
Churches of this city will take up collections
next Sunday for the benefit of the food suffer
ers.
The public schools of this city have thus far
contributed 1904. 4S in money.
The lumbermen of this city have given $537
Geo. Brecount general agent of the Airline,
has notified all agents that line that special
for relief contributions of meats, -four, pota-
toes etc. will start this morning and stop at all
stations between Monon and this city. All con-
trbutions will be billed free and be delivered to
the mayor of New Albany. Mr.. Brecount has
also collected good amount of money