The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-11-19
GALVESTON.
TherWOrk Of Providing for the Suffer-
ers.
SDecj;J TeIapram td the StathSn1Sn.

The Work of Providing for the Suffer-
erS.
SpecI<l Telegram to the Statesman.
GALVESTON, November II The work of
no6SN on. Contributions continue to arrive
troh VTt XaS, the east, and north. Up to this
even Sg, $76,513 have been subscribed, $45, ,442
OF Which has been paid in, and $4,000 of the
clpients represent SO many families, and the
rel!E already extended them Is scarcely more
tht temporary. as they lost everything. and
caLS,tor further relief. In addition to this, the
reltSV committee (Or individual members of
the Samel are of opinion the applications thus
some lining over half of the total number of
families that will or have already applied to
members Of the committee. No tabulated list
of the actual number of sufferers has yet been
prepared. The relief committee propose to
prepare such statement, but for the present
they Ire giving their active time up to examin-
ing applicants and supplying immediate and
pressing relief, such as renting houses, settling
families therein, furnishing them beading
and cooking utensils. This work will occupy
several days yet, when measures for more per
manent relief will be considered and put in op-
eratiCn by the committee.
Amung the victims are about two hundred
the first hour of the, fire and
before people realized what great
confagration was on the city. These. colored
a Ong alley ways between these avenues. A
number OF the relief committee, who have
been among colored sufferers, said tonight.
They saved practically nothing. Becoming
panic stricken they rushed out Of burning
houses, and great many colored children had
but single garment saved -
The following are among thu kilograms read
to-day
NEW YORK, November II.
10 II m. r. L. Fulton. Mayor;
Col; 9ehlltree insists on active operations.
(Sif ed) p. FULTON,
Mayor of Pittsburg, Pa.
1t would seem, from the above, that the
mayor OF PittSburg, whose name is also Full
ton, was on visit to New York city with the
redo stable Col. Och 'ltree.
Thk following rep was ESrSe1 sent; Govo-onor y
roI tor A. Fulton, or Col, Thomas P. o;hil-
In 4e name CT our afflicted city thank you
PROF. sed aid to the sufferers by the late fire.
The distress in Galveston is by far greater
thshAFe at first apprennrded.
neg % s9nT1H; naGe TO-DAY dayGr are
5. re :i:g SSsifss "a
Ss6o. crPs Of 4s'eFt sf 4 AS9Ts 4
Wholesale house, $l70; j. T Breckenridge.
AUSTIN $25O schoTHlherr xtsH Ber3stein ten
banlJ, New York. $500; VIM. Numsen & Sons,
Baltimore. $500; citizeus Of Abilene, Texas. by
George ". ,Jalonlek;, $4ooo; Henry Roth
FOEfO wing we. e also received:
NEW ORLEANS, November l7-Mayor Ful.
ton: SHaye you sufficient funds for relief OF
your sufferers, or would aid from the mem
bers OF this exchange be acceptable.
Signed, n. d. WALLACE,
Pfesident New Orleans Produce Exchange
KANSAS CITY, November 17.-MayOr of Gal
weston: Our people are aroused. Is there
Signed; JOHN W.: MOORE, Mayor.
PARIS, Tex, November ITO Mayor Full
g N nap0V
and you may expect good sum.
Signed, Fl. w. I.IGHTFooT,
JOHN MARTIN,
Committee.
The following was received from the mayor
of Philadelphia: To R. L. Fulton, Mayor
You are hereby authorized to draw on Drexel
to wire full statement facts about the ex
| act situation of affairs. Will write you al
length tsignedSM Mav,r WNi " PBii,sSeIpRia Bi s5IT5Ri
This ELECTED the following response:
| GALVESTON, November Ito. Honorable
| william B. Smith, Mayor of Philadelphia
through its honored official head. its mos
| grateful, heartfelt thanks for your generou!
contribution to the sufferers 4s s. by lat Lat
ment Of faess IL rega2d
has been yet agreed upon. Estimates var.
fir m two to three millions, but all agree now
I believe that the estimates first formulated
and sent out of the destruction occasioned b
| the fire were cruelty short of facts now eStat
lished. Many hundreds of families, white an
colored, many OF whom were in m1ddllng cir
cumstances, must necessarily have assistance
the ex tent OF which, in the aggregate, is i'm
possible for me to fairly estimate.
(Signed) Il. l.. FULTON, Mayor.
Assigned.
| GALVESTON, November 17.-Neal, a reta
dry goods dealer, assigned to Leon Blum t.
day Tor benefit of creditors only. Liabilitit
are about $50, 600. assetts nearly $25 GOO, nom
nally, but it is thought they will not realil
more than S15, 600 or $4,000.