Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-17
WORK AT YOUNGSTOWN,
Final Review and Report of the Work
of Charity There.

The Johnstown flood relief commission took
steps yesterday at meeting held at the manu-
facturers club looking toward a final wind up
of their work. They were in session all day
and at the conclusion rendered statement of
their operations. Gov. Beaver presided at the
meeting. The total cash received by the CON-
mission was 81, 49,. 0726s, of which amount
S1.225. S72. SO came from every section of the
country and the world, S60O. 900 from Philadel-
phia, $500, 900 from Pittsburg and S5l6 l99 IS
from New York. Johnstown and vicinity re-
ceived g, 430. $500 of this amount. The other
expenditures were as follows: Relief for other
localities, S232, 264 IS; distributed as expressly
directed by donors, IS; office expenses
at Harrisburg. 81 1882; general expenses,
S1,318.70; first payment on annuities to or
phans, SIG, 100; making total of cash ex-
pended of 1858, 747 IL, leaving a balance on
deposit at Harrisburg of S2l8, 325.57. In addi-
ton to this balance at Harrisburg there is an I'M
distributed fund in Johnstown at present of
1884 O3, and there has been appropriated to
other parts OF the state Sl7, 1855. After this
Is taken out there remained at the time of the
meeting yesterday an available balance of
S236, Los. This was reduced at yesterdays
meeting to S70,631. 40 by the payment of claims
amounting to go, 65 and other appropria-
tious.
CARE OF ORPHANS
Mr.. Reeves, from the subcommittee appointed
to make provision for the care of the orphans,
reported that he had made an arrangement with
the Girard life insurance, annuity and trust
company of Philadelphia, which will insure
the sum of $50 year to each orphan until they
arrive at the age of sixteen. The commission
has found 322 orphans and for the purpose de-
cided upon for their support there was appro-
priated Sis, 200. When the youngest child ar
riyes at age it will be entirely cxtinguished.
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Sl79.47l has been paid. They will also receive
for the use of their children S95, $50.
One of the pressing necessities brought about
by the food was u hospital. To provide for
this the commission yesterday decided to build
hospital at Johnstown costing $4,000.
NO ACCOUNT OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
No estimate was attempted to be made Of the
value Of the vast amount Of food, clothing, fur
niture and household effects that was sent to
the afflicted districts. The sums stated in the
secretary's report only included the actual cash
that came into the hands of the commission
and is also exclusive of the money that was sent
direct to the people of Johnstown. OF the
money sent direct to Johnstown there is at the
present time from Sl00, 900 to Sl50, 900 undis-
tributed. The balance of S70,63I. 40 will be
largely disposed of in the payment Of number
of unadjusted claims.
THE ACTUAL LOSS OF LIFE
The commission has made most careful in
vestigation to ascertain the actual number of
lives Lost in the disaster. and now at this late
day they are of the opinion that 1850 is the
highest figure at which 1t can be placed 1t
has been definitely ascertained that 2, $50 per-
sons disappeared from the valley of the Cone
maugh. The bodies of LOTS Of this number
bave been recovered and identified. GA bodies
have been recovered and are unknown, and
the remainder are missing. The commits
sion has gathered the bodies of all the un-
claimed dead that were buried hastily at the
time Of the food and reinterred them in the
Grand View cemetery at Johnstown- The
bodies that we're recovered were picked up
all the way from the Conemaugh to West
moreland county and one was found down
the Mississippi river at Cairo.