Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-15

district. The property destroyed was
SO appalling that he at once issued q
proclamation to oil municipal officers
to at once effect such an organization
as will enable them TO lend aid to the
stricken town in the form of money
contributions, clothing, bedding, etc.
The proclamation was as follows:
To the People of Iowa: From a per-
sonal examination Of the ruin wrought by
the storm of last evening, / find that
forty-two are already lead and upwards
of 100 seriously injured In this town,
which had q population of 900 souls. The
great bulk Of the residence portion OF the
town Is completely destroyed and hum
dreds Of families are homeless and desti-
| tute. In at least one town west OF here
eight or ten are said to have been killed
and many injured. The necessity for aid
is imperative.
The good people In the towns adjacent
10 Pomeroy rhave supplied immediate
wants for board and clothing, but II Is
impossible for them to supply all that
will be needed in the future. Money, how
ever, Is the great necessity of the hour,
We must not only help these people TO
live, but we must aid them to rebuild
their destroyed homes. Permit me to re-
commend that In every city and town OF
the state immediate steps should be insti-
tuted by the mayors and municipal Off
GERS to organize relief committees and
promptly proceed TO collect and forward
aid. This may be directed to the Relief
Committee Of Pomeroy, la which Will
consist of thoroughly responsible per-
sons of this and other towns, so that aid
will be fairly and equally divided to all
who are In want.
Citizens of Iowa, IL is no exaggeration
far v,a IN m W that M mana daaaryipp A n.
peal was ever made TO you for aid. Be
sure that you are both prompt and liberal.
HORACE BoIEs, Governor OF Iowa.
Late in the afternoon a meeting was
held at surgical headquarters for the
purpose of securing n general relief
committee to have charge of the distri'
buttons. Governor Boies was present
and made a brief address in which he
deplored the terrible catastrophe
which had come upon the town. He
stated that the city should at once
make a general appeal for aid, and that
n committee having the confidence Of
the people at large should be appointed
20 y the distribution of funds.
lie had no doubt but that there would
be dissatisfaction, but every effort
should be made To obviate II. He had
looked over tho ground and had issued
n proclamation to the people OF the
state to lend all aid possible.
After considerable preliminary talk
a committee composed of six men from
Pomeroy and FIVE men from the sur
rounding country, was appointed to act
as a general relief committee. The
members are: Jacob Lowry, Thomas
Miller. Ray Brownell, A. +. Stadtmul-
Ter, c. w. Alexander and II. A. Stewart,
of Pomeroy, and Mayor Granger, Of
Fort Dodge: +. c. Herrick, Of Cherokee;
Senator Mack, of Storm Lake, and Cy
Whittlesy, of Manson. The committee
made no appointments of subcommit-
tees, owing to the late hour, but a
meeting will be held this forenoon at
which building, finance and other com
mittees win be appointed.
Governor Boies ordered n large num-
Der of tents from Des Moines, together
with a large quantity Of other supplies,
which arc expected TO arrive tomorrow,