New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-21
TWENTY MORE FEMALE NURSES WANTED

| JACKSONVILLE SENDS AGAIN TO NEW-YORk
FOR AID-ADDITIoNAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
Major Joseph H. Durlec, president Of the Florida
/ Auxiliary Relief Association, received the following
telegram from Jacksonville Yesterday
Please send twenty acclimaicd female nurses from
twenty forty-nvc years Of Your nurses. with
! TWO exceptions are giving good satisfaction.
NEAL MITCHELL NJ. D.
President Board o. Health.
request was received from +. W. Mumby, puI-
chasing agent Of the Jacksonville sanitary Associations
for 100 barrels of meal, 100 barrels Of -four and 100
barrels Of g1fs. The supplies asked for Wednesday
were forw arded yesterday by the Ocean Steamship
Company and were transported without charge. This
company has also received for shipment TO Jackson
vllc lot Of bedding from the Kings Daughters
of Greenwich, Conn The Relief Association has boSn
considering for days the proprety Of aiding Nc
Clcnny and Gainesville we'll as Jacksonville, but
telegram received yesterday from Colonel !. j..
! Daniel states that al suffering Florida towns are
being given money and supplies from Jacksonville.
Manager Frohman's proposal TO give a matinee per-
| folmance of Lord Chumoy7 at the Lyccum Theatre
next Wednesday for the benefit of the yellow fever
/ fund has ELECTED the following letter from Mayor
J Hewitt. .---a.----
am in receipt your letter the 18th instant in
which you that to give entertainment
on Wednesday afternoon for the benefit Of the yellow
| fever sufferers Jacksonville Florida. l glad
that you assist in raising money for your fellow
/
give very pleasure to be the means Of Trans
mitting proceeds your benevocnce to the local
committee.
judging by the crowds attending the Lyceum
nightly handsome ought to be realized.
Rudolph Aronson mas decided To give a matinee
! performance of Nadjy' at the Casino Thursday
next, the proceeds of which will be devoted to the
sufferers at jacksonville The performance will be
under the patronage Of the Ladies' Jacksonville Re
lief Society.
MessIs Moss and McCaull have started cnergetcally
preparing for the yellow fever sufferers bencht,
which is to be given at Wallacks Thursday after
under the auspices of the Ladies Relief Com
nlttec Already they have secured the services OF
tie entire McCaull Opera Company, both principals
and chorus volunteering their aid The orchestra Will
play without compensation, Mr. Moss gives the the
arc free and all the attaches tender their services.
In addition to these the following well known arts
Will take part Mrs Alice Shaw. kyrle Belcw, Harry
Edwards George Marion and Marshall p. Wilder
The matinee at Dockstadcrs yesterday for the bcne
| fit of the yellow fever fund realized about $500.
The house packed the programme excellent and
! the fun ceaseess. Being I'm hurry 10 get away TO
! Philadelphia, Eben Pympton appeared first and re-
cited a sympathetic Ircm the mlserics OF yellow
fever victims, which written for the occasion by
Godfrey lIawlcy. The regular first part was then
given. The Olio comprised variou, clever spcciaics
/ by Richard Golden. Dan. Colyer and Arthur More
land Gus Mills Franks and Marion Billy Sweat
! j.
Harry Kernel, DE Wolf Hopper. Digby Bell, John j.
Rafael ard sydney Drew. The aftcrplecc. :" On the
! Fence.n never went better.
The matinee to be given by the Night Owls Com
bnation. the London Theatre, will be Thursday
afternoon, September 81
The Finance Committee Of the Florida Relief Assc-
citation reported the following contributions yesicr-
day:
Grand Hotel and Brooklyn Sugar Refining Company
800 each Renaud. Nledcfstadt & Co.. Elmar. Horst
sufferers fund William Pin $50, NJ. A. $1O II. N
500 II. Walters s. H. and E. H. Frost 50 each total
$3.50
The Tribune yesterday received the following addl-
tionsl subscriptions for the Florida yellow fever
sufferers fund William Pitt $50 M A. Si0 IL. y.
Lockwood -, r. Annandale, 30 cents.
The collections al the Mayors office fol-
! lows
r. H. Macy & Co.. 5000 Funk & wagnalls. George
f. Dodge and proceeds OF baseball game between en-
ployes Waterloo Wagon Company and Waterloo Manu-
featuring Company 800 each Jewellers OF New-Yorb
per lngonar, Goldsmith Co.. s93 Louis DE Jonse,
NJ. d. W. and NJ. and H.. $50 each Robert A. Pinker
ton Beethoven Lodge, No. GG1. f. and A. NJ, and
T. L. S. s25 each through The Tribune. s2i anony-
nous. s23; f. Starr. $50; through " The Times" SO;
Natalie. s5; Simpson 4 Beers, $40. Total, sl,OiG
The Mayor received the following telegram yesterday
jacksonville, Fla. Sept 20. 1855
Hon. A. S. Hewitt Mayor, New York
Your letter OF the 11th received. and we again haik
you. Executive Committee VIII write Immediately
particularly respecting the several matters thcIehi
referred TO. We assisting McClenny ana Hender-
sonvi.'e and watching and keeping advised about
otSe. parts that may need assistance. The chairman
Of or Relief Committee reported this H. that he Is
supplying food to 1900 people.
| JAMES NJ. SCHUMACHER
Chairman OF Finance Committee
IL is an answer TO a letter from Mr. Hewitt asking
Il the money sent from NcwYork being applied TO
the whole infected district TO Jacksonville only
The Mayor said that 30 900 day required TO feed
tbe II 900 people who would otherwise go hungry
Ncw-York had dono nobly he said having sent Tor
ward over 100000 against about $1,000 from Phlla
depbia and ~ 900 from Chicago lie hoped that Tho
good work would be- kept up.
The Stock Exchange firm of II Il. Hollins a Co. re-
ceyed fhe following additional subscriptions ycs1er
day: George Is. Parsons S2J, II. I. Carey SO; pre-
viOusly acknowledged. az ~. .GJ6. 49, ,
L. A. sumner proprietor Of the pharmacy at wall
ard Wafer SIS devoted the receipts AZ his soda
fountain on Wednesday to the southern Relief FUND
IL aggregated T4s 50. which Mr.. kearney who rep
resenfs Mr. Sumner I'm shipping circles, turned INTO
the Maritime Exchange Fund. The fund was i'ir'hrr
Increased by the following contributions: Charles W.
Rodman S25, V. J. Hernd0n a. Sons 100. W. T. Qpte-
grove g. Bro $25. Henry Friedman $2o Eugene Etou