Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-09
CHARITY,s OFFERINGS.
Report of Committee to Receive and
Distribute Supplies for Flood Sufferers.

Distribute Supplies for Flood Sufferers.
Messrs. A. 8. Solomons and l. s. Emery have
| submitted their report to the general commit
Tee of the citizens of Washington for the relief
of the food sufferers. The report says:
"'When your committee entered upon their
duties at Willard hall for the exclusive purpose
of receiving supplies in aid Of the food suffer-
ers they found that the citizens Of the District
of Columbia were, as usual prompt in their
substantial offerings of sympathy, which took
not the form of merely thinking, or talking, or
hoping, or praying, or wishing, but of doing,
and Of doing so effectually that it made the
heads of your committee fairly swim to devise
and put in execution the best methods for as
sorting and packing into cases for expeditions
shipment the very miscellaneous assortment
Of articles that fairly poured in upon them
from all quarters, beginning ON Wednesday,
Jure s. and never ceasing for an hour during
the day until the word came enough on
Friday. June IA, when all further receipts we're
declined, and what had not been shipped was
put in cases subject to your order.
WHERE THE SUPPLIES WERE SENT.
"During their nine days Of active operations
1s4 cases were shipped to Johnstown, Pa; one
to Harpers Ferry, Va; to Williamsport, Pa;
to Fredericksburg, Va; to Muncy Md: one
to Alexandria, Va; to Lock Haven. Pa; to
Williamsport, Md; Is to Miss Clara Barton, for
the ''Red Cross and 'Red Cross hospital; IL
for the Chesapeake and Ohio canal sufferers;
and l6 cases were shipped to designated indi-
vlduals in Johnstown, Pa, whose needs were
specially called to the attention Of the commit
tee.
Besides these there are IS cases stored in the
Atlantic building, together with feather beds, 2
pillows, chairs, and one bedstead and 10 cases
OF miscellaneous goods are stored in the rooms OF
the Associated Charities, No. 7O7 G. street north
west, all OF which are awaiting orders for ship
ment, making 273 packages already shipped,
and 40 awaiting shipment, being 3lS in all, the
cash value Of which is estimated to be S25, 000
THE ARTICLES WERE ALL USEFUL.
sit would be impossible to give an inventory
of the various kinds of articles that have been
sent forward; suffice it to say that they en-
brace almost everything that will be useful,
under the circumstances, for the household
hospital and for the wear of men, women
children, and infants, and even toys for the lit
tie ones. 1t is specially worthy of remark that
almost everything received was good and well
adapted for the purpose, and such were not
new had been but little used. while q very large
proportion of the articles were of superior
quality. Each case was carefully packed. num-
bered. and stencilled conspicuously with blue
ink, indicating that it was sent by the citizens
relief committee of Washington, D. c. and
naming the kind of articles it contained
Besides the packages herein enumerated
verv many were sent for shipment with special
directions upon them, and among these were
twenty-one cases from the ladies of the Home
opathic Free Dispensary association of WASH
ington. ID. c., through its president, Miss Isobel
II. Lehman, which were forwarded direct to
the headquarters of the National Red Cross as
ISOLATION at Johnstown, Pa.
THOSE WHO HELPED IN THE GOOD WORK.
''Words fail to express the obligations all are
under to Mrs. A. Hendricks, Mrs. C. v. Millar,
Mrs. l.. s. Emery, Miss Minnie Currie, Mrs. r.
w. Fox, Miss L. s. Scott, Mrs. Cowlin, Mrs. E.
o. Brenton, and many others most of whom
were in the hall daily and worked intelligently
and untiringly from early until always very late
In the day. The same applies to the gentlemen
assistants, among whom were II. j. Crouch
(who was host in himself, John NJ Dickson,
Frank Gait, Ed. Bredemeier. G.. s. Emery.
Samuel Ross and several other kind-hearted
persons. The Adams express company, the
United States express company, the Merchants
(Wrights) express company, Lloyd's express,
knox's express, the Independent ice company
Barber Ross, Woodward Il Lothrop, b. Il
Stinemetz, the Press association and others Of
Washington gave free use Of their wagons con
stanty, and to such an extent that not one
dollar expended by your committee in
receiving or dispatching single package of
goods ON its mission of mercy; added to these
tavors it must be borne in mind that the Adams
and United States express companies together
sylvania railroad companies, carried freight
entirely free of charge TO all points of destina-
ton, while the Western Union telegraph COM
pany applied the same generous rule to all dis
patches sent to the afflicted districts.
''Lieut. Amis of the first precinct station and
the several officers detailed constantly. day and
night, to keep guard over the precious contents
OF Willard hall. are entitled to much praise for
the faithful performance of their arduous
duties; and Lieut.. Teeple of the seventh
(Georgetown) precinct rendered valuable SER
vice by his detail of mounted men to assist in
finding the sufferers ON the line of the canal
and vicinity.
The thanks of many engaged in the work at
Willard hall are tended to Mr. o G.. Staples
for his generosity in providing them with
lunches during their stay there. Appended is
list of the names of all, as far as can be
ascertained, who have contributed the aggre-
gate of over 1900 packages of the articles that
were sent in. Had your committee continued
to receive supplies the big hearted people of
Washington would have gone on sending, and
no doubt by this time, if there had been no fur
ther shipments the space of two such buildings
as Willard hall would have been filled from
base to roof with the outpourings of their spon-
taneous and unselfsh generosity"
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT