St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-17
RELIEF SOCIETY WORK.
Poor and Needy, Tough and
Seedy, All Cared For.

The regular quarterly meeting of the
board Of managers of the Society for
the Relief of the Poor was held at the
Relief society building, al East Ninth
street, yesterday afternoon. Hon. Alex
ander Ramsey presided. Revs. E..
c. Mitchell and H. H. Hart, Messrs. d.
R. Noyes, w. L. Wilson. H. R. Bige-
low, L. Warner, M. l.. Hutchins and r..
Hall; also Mesdames j. II. Murphy, J.
G. Callahan, r. Hall and NJ. l.. Hutch
ms we're present.
The secretary reported as follows:
The whole number of applications for re-
lief during the quarter is $50 against 965 for
the quarter preceding this, and against 524
for the corresponding quarter of 1888.
All but As of these were aided. Thirty
three, mostly applicants for clothing, failed
to receive, because we had not on hand the
articles they needed. Our present supply of
summer clothing of all kinds and Of pants
for men and boys, is very small. Fourteen
were refused as unworthy or not needy.
One hundred and ten of the applicants. or
somewhat less than one-fffth of the whole,
were Catholics; smaller proportion than
usual. Respectfully submitted,
R. HALL, Secretary
Two hundred and thlrty-eight applicants
representing families or single individually.
have received 923 pieces of clothing, esti-
mated worth, $309.60; II have been aided to
groceries and provisions; 4 to fuel: 8 to
transportation; 20 to bedding, furniture, etc. !;
IL to cash i'll small sums-25c to So; by
payment of rent: 63 persons received 1Ol
15-cent meals; 50 received so lucent lodg-
ings; % were sent GENERALLY with circular
stating condition and wants. to the city
board of control for provisions or transporta-
ton. One case was referred to Plymouth
church and by them aided to fuel; / to ST.
Johns German Lutheran church, and rent
paid; z to the city physician for treatment
or for admission to the city hospital; to DR..
Ogden and treated free.
OF this ITO 50 were referred to the Catholic
central bureau, on St. Peter street, generally
with a circular stating their condition and
wants as given to US, and report received
from the secretary, L. j. Markoe, in regard
TO some, but only very few this quarter.
The remaining ffty-eight Catholics we
aided in some way without sending them to
the Catholic office, sometimes by a meal or a
perhaps by sending them directly to the CITY
board of control for provisions or fuel or
Transportation.
of the $50 applicants 222 represent fami.
lies, and the rest-339-were single in divid-
ualS.
The following items will show the different
ways in which relief has been afforded: Two
were furnished with medicine: sent to the
Hebrew Relief society; 8 to Protestant Or
phan asylum; to st. Mary's homei 10
Kings Daughters; TO Newsboys' home; 1
to the city coroner; 2 were aided to bury
their dead; were sent to the city attorney
for legal advice; 12e loaves of fresh bread,
kindly sent us by Rev. S. Shearin from the
commissary department Of the Red Rock
Camp meeting, ministered to the comfort of
Is families, as well as to several applicants
for food.
Three cases aided have returned to the
treasury 50. 30.
The estimated amount of material aid dis
bursed from the Office during the quarter in