Telegram-herald., 1890-10-29
WHO GOT II 2
TIE Nsw YoEk Hssala's Charge
Rsxaraiag The IoAastoss Fund.
tt0~ soasy Coalrgb.sssd 70 re HsHsf
Of ths Szferers ~as Oss<rtsa
20 Othsr Uses.

Nav T0Ex Oex @3-fhs Herald p4b-
ilsass = h4ltP4xs special tron JsAEs
to~n. Pz-. givins what Il eiAias - bs
eorrset hissesy u ths 4lsposi sioa q tbs
f4n1s eoatritate tsr shs relief OF the
Eood sa1ersrs. izFgs s4o1Ets q which
ths Herald correspondent claims ~srs
mis4ppropriztsd-
Ine Herald charges that of the g. eoe.-
coo sabscribea in e4sA for tss Immediate
relief Of suffering sgryisers. nearly
a. 500. co has been mis4Ppro-
pFiated N various Ways 1ais money
Nent IN nuusEous directions.
The State Government II is
SAID, Appropriated slso eco. s25o,
600 vent % relieve ordinary poverty
IN other parts Of the state; s55, 009 wss
used 70 build bridges rear And half
after the disaster Thousands we're
sqaandered among eOntr 2etors super
tatendeHts. oysrsesFs aud clerks Aft
eF detailing tao manner In which
other sums we're nisapPlisa. the Herald
SAYS.
The record is cns roplets with evi-
denees OF mal-sdministrAtios. political
corruption. robbery and jobbery we'll
calculated to heap disgrace upon tho
State Of Pennsylvania aud discourage a
sinilSr demonstration OF public gener-
osity should an oe aston for It's display
ever again occur"
Nxw YORK, Oct 2s-Under . Johns
town pa date the Herald publishes
another chapter Of its expose OF the
manner in which thousands OF dollars
contributed for the relief 81 the food
sufferers were diverted from the proper
channels. Among other things the cor
respondent says:
a am enabled 70 show you. from of,cial
sources. that the Jshnstovn noOd sufferers
were rermitted 10 receive but 81 SIC s42 in al
forms OF rellef-noncy houses and provisions
cut OF tho general fund OF s3eso, ic7. The
srnouzt- deducted In this calculation for houses
-ti79 sss-wss a gross swtndie for the benont
OF contractors, wAiis the amount expended
for supplles-siii 1 oOo-was uncglled for and
worss than wasted The most astounding story
brought out IN this connection IA hat OF dis
crepancy Of upward OF sco, Ooo between the books
Of the commission and those OF the board OF in
| euiry. the development Q. which the commission
| sought 20 suppress but which the board made
public. IL appears that the nrst relief given the
people from this great contribution not
paid them until nearly six weeks after the
GOOD. while the hnal payments were delayed
/ fof fully six months. the money me antiRe being
speculated on BY fGvori,e bankers used TO
/ turaisA profitable Jobs Tor contractors.
| July 10 the nrst CT Tie houses were allotted
/ among applicants approved Of By local oom-
/ nittee on house distribution. A correspondent,
/ describing these houses at the time, said OF
/ them These were miserable hight sieves
/ called 'OklahomGs. and the larger and better
| oDcs Hughes houses. which, though tar from
comfortable, must furnish shelter 70 thousands
through the coming winter
The Hughes houses, which we're ths favor
| ttes we're made OF rough boards unpsinted
/ without lath or plaster, no cellar, two stories
/ high. with two rooms on each floor ana . chin
/ nsy q baked clay like sewer pipes Regarding
i their cost. Mr.. g. +. HOrner a responsible citi-
/ zen who owns and operates planning mill, told
/ the following:
| ''Mr. Hughes built house for one Bart Car
/ ney and charged him 200 for II. This be
/ fore any buildings had been contracted for
/ This identical house was taken a. a model for
/ a. construction OF 200 houses Tor which Mr.
/ Hughes was given contract. without comps-
/ titien, and ior whioh be was paid te5o each out
/ D. ths plethoric charity fund. or 80 more than
! be charged private citizen for one. Those
houses could easily De built for ti75 OF Less"
Tor these houses the peor nouselsss people
/ were charged s260. an advance OF SO above the
contractors exorbitant price for them. Mr..
which. II the above statements reliable
/ gave him profit OF Of least go. eco and their
/ sale furnished additional profit OF A0OO 70
somebody handling the funds.
/ The books Of the commission show an
/ apparent disbursement for relief, IA money and
houses. OF q, 2,S7s 2S5. The books sd the board Of
/ inquiry make this disburse emsnt but . 317. 49,
a discrepancy against the commission OF go
| S33 TIE board Of inquiry brought out this dis
/ crepancy n pamphlet recently issued One
+ ofthe commissioners protested most strenuous
/ ly against the publication. and when ne found
that he could not stop IL sought to buy up the
/ entire edition. but without s-ail.'
COMMISSIONERS DENY Ig.
! PrrTsBURdH. Pa, Oct. 2s-An Article
published sim ultaneously In Pitts
/ burgh paper and the New York Herald
/ charging corruption on the par. OF the
State Relief Commission IN handling
/ the Johnstown hoOd funds has created
/ good deal of comment here. Mr.. Rsu-
ben Miller. q member Of the COM
mission. said Monday: ''Our ac-
! counts will bear inspection and we
I are not afraid TO have the light turned
on. The writer Of the article referred
70 speaks of the commission spend
/ ing IS, 600. 600. The fact is we did not
have that much money We had e1-
actly s.. Ola s4S The disribut ton OF
the great fund coat less than
one half ot per sent" Mr..
James p. Scott. the other Pitts
/ burgh memb Der Of the commission, said:
The entire article IL wrong. Our fig
ures have been passsd upon by compe-
i tent men There are no secrets The
total amount expended by the commits
/ sion Was 50. ss5. lso. and Ne have sew
ersl thousand dollars or hand Jet"