New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-22
PROVIDING FOR THE SUFFERERS.
FOOD AS WELL AS MONEY coNTRIBUTED-A LET
TER OF THANKS.

The Committee on Supplies of the Florida Auxiliary
Relief Association sent to Jacksonville yesterday by
the steamer Louis Buck many articles contriDu'eu
by the Ganscvoort Market men, including potatoes,
apples onions grapes, turnps, lemons, TWO chceseS,
split peas beans, -four, canned tomatoes, corn, ana
tea The steamer also carried fifteen chests OF TEA,
one ease of sheets and pillow sixty pounds OF
h,,t,st cocoa and ON, case of dcllcacIes. The
goods were all shipped free and collected without
charge bv tho trucks of Oscar Frommcl d Brother.
telegram was received from DIR. Neal Mitchell presi-
dent of the Jacksonville Board OF Health saying .ha'
male nurses might be sent as we'll as female il 'hoy
wers exceptionally good. Several will start for
Jackaonville to-day Two of the nurses sent by
Harry Miner, Miss Weir and Lvinia Dock, have been
cbosen sunerintendents of the two wards Of Camp
Perry The Finance Committee of the Florida Rci ei
Association reported number of contributions yes'er-
day. william d. Wheelwright Co.. and A. X. "hitneS
& Co. giving 800 each Hawley, Heu1ei d. NOM,
H. O. Moss, c. Z. Smith, and Leopold WaiacK, "oo
each.
There has been some misunderstanding ON inc Pai'
of some people about the quarantine RESTRICTIONS Oy
the State Of Texas at the present time. On MONDAY
brcf notice was published to the effect that quaiah
tine had been raised by that State, but even s.nco
that time many Southern-bound uaVchers a"'
shippers have been asking for more denhlle iioIia
tion on the subject For the benefit OF those ih'ol
ested the following telegram sent yesterday 10 Il"
Pacific Company by J. G. schrever the tralhc
manager at Orleans was sent to The Tribune ior
publication: .
Every quarantine restriction by the State Of Texas was
withdrawn on Monday morning at O'CLOCK ana our Trans
have been running schedule time, both frelsh' ana
The health Of perfect and the
attempts OF Rutherford make out two cases OF eNcr W
proven the absurdy Of the proposition he locates one on
vacant square, and another IN the midst OF cotton press
Rutherford is Quarantine officer OF the s'a'o Vi
Texas.
The MAYORS Office contributions yesterday amounted
N 60 Ola IS the largest being Dockstaders Matinee
s464: Norman W. Dodge, 5000; Alden, Sampson @
Sons Schabod I. Williams, A c. Darwin schuit1 "
Ruckcaber Tracey g. Russell, Borne scrymser d Co''
the Russell Irving Manufacturing Co., Georso 'ioe'
Tom Nckoll of London, Eng, 800 each ana through
The Tribune, $40 So The Mayor received the ioiio"'
ing letter yesterday, which bore evidence VI ha's
been carefully dslnfected
Jackonville Fla, Sept IS.
Hon A. S. Hewitt. Mayor New-York City
Dear Sir: Your letters Of 10th and llth inse' WIN IN
closures stated. have been received Inc sress s
you arc doing this time OF distress Is ueyo
exnresson To fully understand 1t you would heed !"
know all the complexities situation, and 1t Is almost
impossible u inform you in that respect now
We are TO some degree like in battle-while we
are organized continually having our ranks broken
by our nsdous foe the trying feature OF 1t Is that
we cannot have what should be pleasure to US IN co
parlson-"a fair stand-up fight"
the contrary, our enemy is always III aio"'n' 'n0
line Of attack unknown. with other methods lnevape
but hidden and beside which those Of the odtme huS
whacker" would be godlike
Our expenditures and will be very heavy large
item nerbaps tho principle one Icing the maintenance
ofwe estmate1O 900 of our people, mostly negroes ior
tho next three months and who when things are normal
here are selfsupportng OF the other demands
upon US consequent OF time like this, viii be very
heavy.
1 write you very hurredly; we are working uhdeF
pressure and constantly interrupted and IL am In
coherent you will understand why. Our committee for
the people and for themselves again earnestly ana SIN
cerely thank YOU Yours very truly,
JAMES NJ SCHUMACHER,
Chairman Finance Committee.
The new subscriptions at the stock Exchange were
D. C. HAYS $50, and ". {. cdon q 60, SloO
The Stock Exchange firm of III. b. Holllns Co re
ceved the following gI1s Manhattan Company Bank,
$3.50; J. Lounsbery, 800
On a resolution of the Trustees OF the Press CluD
Yesterday Colonel Cockcrll, W. G. Mclaughlin and
Thomas H. Evans appointed " to solicit sub
scrptions for the benefit of the SICK and the rehcf
Of the families Of newspaper men VINO nave dicu or
who may die in Jacksonville during the yellow FEVER
plague"