St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-31
AN APPEAL FOR HELP.
Stock Being Driven Out Of
the State to Prevent
Starvation.
RELIEF COMMITTEES WORK.
The Legislature Expected to
Make an Appropriation
Right Away.

DENVER, COL, Dec. 30.-Ihe ROCKY
Mountain News has received special
dispatches from Western Nebraska
telling of the destitution and dist ress
prevailing among the inhabitants of
the drought-stricken districts. A dis
patch from Hastings says : Terrible
destltution exists in Perkins, Chase,
'Dundy. Lincoln, Hays. Hitchcock and
Frontier counties, and the worst feature
is the people i'll several localities are
afflicted with sc1rvy for want of whole
some food. The state relief committee
find themselves unable to relieve all the
people in distress, so great are the de-
mands for aid. The railroad men re-.
port that since the cold snap no less
than dozen people have perished IN
the above county in the past two days
for want of food and fuel. Hundreds of
families are without coal, and in the
border counties where no trees or brush
exist the poor people had hard time to
kee, from freezing to death. In Perkins
county restitution is complete. Over,
600 families are appealing for help.
Near Lisbon the wife and two children
OF Settler Burns suffered for want of
proper nourishment and clothing to.
cover them. In Hitchcock county the
wife of one of the settlers
Gave Birth to Twins
during the storm, and before the neigh
bors could reach the home the poor,
woman expired for want of suffic lent
food and attention. The twins are still
living and in charge of charitable neigh
Dors. Coal is most needed in the drouth-
stricken district, and Mr.. Ludden. of
the state relief comm ittee, and General
Manager Hodredge, of the B arlington
& Missnuri River, are doing everything
in their power to forward supplies to
the most desolate localities. Very few
of the farmers N the border counties
have any stock left, ha wing let their
cattle and horses roam at large. Stock
is being driven out of the state to pre-
vent starvation. Corn pl anted in eight
or ten Of the Western counties never
reached height of over six inc hes and
brush. People are living in covered
wagons by the hundreds rather than
face starvation and freeze to death.
One of the first acts of the Legislature,
which cOnvenes next Thursday. will be
to pass
suitab Ie Appropriation
OF the relief of the sufferers. More or
less destitution exists in every county
from the Colorado line east 10 Hall and
Adams counties, and the various relief
committees are overwhelmed with ap-
plications for aid. North Platte re-
ports: 1t is fact that there have been
many cases of suffering and hunger
| among the drought sufferers in Lincoln
and Logan counties. Many families
have only potatoes and milk to live on
now, with no lay or grain for their
stock through the rest of the winter.
The county in short time will be un-
able to supply the increasing demands
| for the neceSsaries of life. The overs
seers of the poor state that there are
more calls already than the county can
| supply, and unless aid comes from the
| outside there will be many deaths from
hunger and want Of clothing this win-
| ter. A dispatch from Curtis saws:
| Great distress prevails throughout the
| surrounding counties, owing to crop
| failures the past two seasons. Relief
committees have been organized in al
most every precinct and
Solicitors Sent East
| for aid, several carloads Of which have
been received. This. with what aid the
county has been able to give, has alone
prevented suffering among the people
and stock. The outlook is extremely
dark owing to the scarcity of food and
seed grain, the two articles now most
| needed. The state relief commission
has fifty families on its list as worthy
and needing assistance, and the most
| distressing reports come in from all
over the western part of the state re-
lating to the woeful lack of food and
clothing, says Lincoln dispatch. No
deaths certainly attributable to star va
tion have yet been reported. although it
| Is claimed that woman and two chill
! dren founu dead in a cabin near Mo-
brara the morning before Christmas
died from lack OF food ana care. There
are thousands who could not withstand
the rlgors of cold spell without aid,
which is being sent out in generous
supply by the relief commission wher>
ever it is known to be needed. Relief
supplies are being received from all
over the country and shipped directly
| to the needy in car lots.
RALEIGH, n. G., Dec. 30.-A call was
issued today for Il mass meeting of tire
citizens of this place for the purpose OF
securing food and supplies to be sent to
the destitute districts in n ebraska.
CIGAR STUB DID 1T.