Evening journal., 1889-06-08
THE HAND OF CHARITY.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE RELIEF
FUND STILL GROWING.
wilmfngton's LiberaIitY Shown by Her
Contributions for the Relief of the
JohnstOwn SufTerers-Incidents.

JohnstOwn Sufrerers-Incidents.
Although the headquarters of the
Relief Committee were closed on Thurs
day evening, packages were continually
arriving for the Johnstown sufferers,
and the Relief Committee opened the
office and continued its work.
Several cases of articles were sent to
Harper's Ferry in response to Mayor Nc
Glincey's appeal for aid. The packages
arrived in great quantity and the VIII
mingtOn Transfer Company's team was
kept busy. The children of the public
schools are showing their interest by
contributions Of clothing and money.
Schools Nos. 10, 90 and 19 sent boxes
and packages yesterday.
The articles were assorted and shipped
at $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon as fol
lows: Johnstown, % boxes, 3 cases, l
bag, l cook stove, 5 barrels-32. Har-
per's Ferry, 6 boxes. barrels-9.
The Friends Benevolent Society sent
- boxes. Mrs II. r. Bringhurst ac-
knowledges donations from these ladies':
Mrs. George Bright, Mrs. Thomas Nc
Clary, Mrs. J. w. Aydon, Mrs ]. p.
Wales. Two boxes were received at the
p, w. b. station from l.. B. Trump,
and one barrel of -four from E. w.
Nurphey.
The B. & 0. Railroad Company viii
ship packages for the Hsrpers Ferry
sufferers that may be left at the Market
street freight station, on the p. m
train, which leaves daily.
RumfOrd Brothers have sent $50 worth
of hats to Johnstown.
A great many Of the churches will take
up collections for the good cause tomor-
row. Liberal contributions will be in
order.
Encampment No. "a, Union Veteran
Legion has donated $25. The g. A. Il.
donations from this city reach S116
The scholars of public school, No %,
contributed $500 to the fund yesterday.
The entertainment in the Opera House
last night by the Warren Club and
others, realized about $500 for the fund
The proceeds OF the base ball game
this afternoon will be for the sufferers.
Colonel Enoch Moore, accompanied by
his niece, Miss Belle Caldwell. arrived in
this city on the B. & o. railroad last
evening Miss Caldwell's entire family
is supposed to be lost. Not the least
clew to them could be found Mr. Moore
is hopeful that something will be learned
of them in few days He tells a
graphic story of his fruitless search, and
the condition of what was once Johns.
| town.
George M. Brinton Of Chester county,
Pa, who lost seven relatives in the flood
passed through this city from Johns
town last evening. He stated that the
reports of Hungarians being shot were
true and commended the newspapers for
their unexaggerated reports of the losses.
Among the many bright instances OF
charity is the following from the Phila
delphia Inquirer The convicts of the
Eastern Penitentiary did not recei Ee any
information Of the terrible calamity until
yesterday, when they received the weekly
papers. When they heard of the great
contributions they thought that they
ought to do something. A collection wal
taken up. Nearly every convict gave
Some only had few cents to their credit
and this went into the list One old mar
who is serving twelve year sentence fol
murder, has managed to accumulat,
$l5.75. He wanted to put it all, but th
keeper would only permit him to give S.
It was found that 546 convicts had con
tributed 1922 SO.
The Wilmington Delegates.
: The Wilmington delegation to Johns
town left the B. & o. station at 6e
o'clock last evening on the special Pull
man car Thessaly. Those on board were
Willard Hall Porter, Esq, Representing
Mayor Harrington, E. N. Hopes, H.
Robinson, DR.. j. r. Frantz, Johl
Jones, George w. Mccullough c
F. Rudolph, William T. Mearns, II. r
Rumford, David Cresswell, J. D. Sisler
3 John d. Sisler Of Bridgeport, N. j., DR.
l A e.
, w. Todd, James T. Mullin, S. II. Bay
nard, J. Winfield Scott, George E. Kirk
man, j. Paul Brown, H. A. Brown
Frank E. Corbit, Thomas johnson an,
/, George w Roberts. The party containe,
the Relief Committee to take charge o
the distribution of portion of tn
r funds.
D Heroic Mothers.
The Philadelphia Record to-day in it
account of the arrival of train iron
, Johnstown yesterday, says. The stor,
of the escape of the three young mother
b with babes in their arms from the i'll
! fated first section of the day express /
exceeded in interest by few of the occur
ances connected with the Johnstown del
+ uge. These three young heroines ar
from Penilton, Ind, bound for Delaware
Their names are Mrs. Gussi
4 Kulp, Mrs. Clara Dewitt and Mrs
r Florence Murphy. One of their fellow
passengers said: No words are adequat
to express the heroism of these younI
q mothers The heroic mothers modesto
sat in the waiting room at the statio
yesterday morning waiting for thei
{ trains The children were all lively, an
8 the trio started away on the 8 ocloc
\ train for Delaware. Mrs. Murphy an
s Mrs. Kulp went to Wilmington, and Mrs
Q De Witt to Dover.
d Nothing could be learned Of the wome
at the P. w. & B. station in this city
An official of the Wilmington Transfe
, Company said that one Of the wome
might have got off at Darby. but b
. knew of none coming to this city
Inquiry was made at several places bu
Il no one had heard Of the arrival of Mr.
II Murphy or Mrs. Kulp
. Relief Notes.
At New Castle, Misses Agnes Herbei
n and May Holcomb raised $331, 33 for tl
" Johnstown sufferers up to noon to-day
s. The jar in front of Lawton's store co
& lected $74 yesterday and $7 "a to-day.
Among the list of contributions TIL
morning the large amounts subscribed b
the schools are noticeable.
Mayor Harrington went to Philadelph
W to-day to attend the joint relief con
mittee meeting in Mayor Filters ofiic
is The object of the meeting is a systemat
disbursement Of the funds
The Misses DEMO. Ford, Butz az
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