The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-19
DIR. KzNWoRrHY'5 REPORT,
What lie Learned on His Visit to sand
erson an MacclennY.

er5on an Macclen1y.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Oct. lj.-At the
meeting to-day DR.. Kslwortay, who went
to Sander5o1 and NJ tccIenuy ,ma1a report
Of which the following Is synopsis: Ii
compliance with a notice from Mr.. Coach
man, agent of the Florida Railwa5 AMI
Savig alton Company. | visited the depot at
S oc.pcA a. IN, and after Gust mary delay
deUarJed.
To my surprise / found that supplies
ordered for SaadersOI had not beea re-
ceived at the dep t. Bat as the train hal
been engaged, | deemed il best to proceed
10 Macc!sIny and sanlerson.
En- route | Stopped at Mc1lenny and as
certaine that tue.r supplies were nearly
exhausted. l eaqGired shy thsY had not
sent requistiOn TO Jacks javilie TO sup
plies, but did not receive a satisfactory
ans yer. / requested the relief Committee
10 make ont list If supplies nee,Ied and
have it ready by the time I returned from
Sanderson. Such list was not furnished me,
and ia Consequence can nos submit it for
your consideration. | visited Sanderso1
and ascsrtalaed that there had been % cases
Of yellow fever and 2 deaths. Five cases
ara under treatment, but cOnvaicscfng
From Information obtained ! believe the
disease has run its course ana that but few,
If any. new cases viii occur.
There is much dsstitutiJn among the poor
whites and colored OF SAME son. ] recon-
mend That supplies De sent tham as early as
practicable. / returned to Macclenny and
interviewed the mayor AM relief commit
tee, and tie reception Was not courteous
as your representative meFited. The mayor
stated that he had received kilograms from
many northern and western cities regard
ing the course pursued by your committee
toward the town Of Macclennv.n / sue
ceeded in securi G copy of one teleg am,
which reads as follows:
CHICAGO, ILL, Oct 5, 1888.
D. j. Watkins:
The relief committee Of jacksonville tele-
graphed the mayor here that they (the people
of Macclenny) do not need our assistance. Such
a Telegram from Jacksonville has greatly de
TERED us from receiving funds and provisions
as everyone SuDpoSeS Jacksonville will provide
assistance while we suppose ia cksonville wilt
only look after herself. We Will succeed in get
| ting one full carload OFT tomorrow, which will
| be distributed. ana on the first of the coming
week we will send money. But please wire US
| If we ore only authorized to re present YOU and
then we will notify tine public and it will nelp
very much. WILLIAM RooT.
| President Relief Committee
| DIR. Kenworthy's report is very lelgthy
and the following points are summarized
| The mayor seemed very much put out for
| alleged shortcomings of Jacksonville, and
| demanded that the relief committee here
do more for them All The bills submitted
| by the mayor have been paid with the ex-
ception of one druggists bill, which was
rendered in lump, and some 81 200 charged
by their local physicians for attending to
their own people aJ the rate Of SIS per day.
| Regarding this latter the mavor used tho
| following strong words: "We fully require
that 9 local doctors bills be paid by the
| Jacksonville relief committee CJmment
is unnecessary. Dr.. Kenworthy asked for
| an itemized account of the drug bill bat il
| mot IN mr. ~ Ia al
| Cross Association, who is in charge of Mac
clenny, told d.. Kenworthy that he had
| been engaged by that association at n sal
| airy of SIS per day, and that IL did not look
to the Jacksonville association to be paid.
At Macclenny all told there have been 23j
| cases, 1879 white ard 46 colored; deaths %
| all white. DR. K+nworthy reported that
from information he received he is of the
| opinion that the epidemic is about over. n d
| that there will DO few, if any, new cases
/ DR.. Kenworthy adds to his report taat he
found it very difficult to obtain definite in
| formation regarding the status OF affairs,
as the officials seemed very much disgrun-
tied at jacksonville, though entirely IN
called for, as this city has done very much
| to aid them, S., 900 in cash having alrea ly
| been sent them, besides a large amount
of necessary supplies. This sub
iect was thoroughly discussed
at the meeting this afternoon,
| and President Mcgaaid this evening sent
them a long telegram asking specifically
Just what they needed and saying that
everything in reason would be furnished.
One source of the trouble, il is said, is this
man Root, who, it would SEEM has led
them to think that Jacksonville is ill-treat-
ing them. President McQuaid said 10 the
| NEWS correspondent this evening, that this
man Root, who has an unenviable reputa
ton here, tried TO get authority from the
auxiliary association several times to start
relief bureau in Chicago, but Mr.. Nc
Quaid and the committee "were acquainted
with him." aud they refused, IL would
seem from his telegram that he started a
bureau Of his own, without authority, 70
help Macclenny.