St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-20
SENT TO HINCKLEY.
GOODS COMING AND GOING OUT
CONSTANTLY.
Relief Work Is Sytematized So
That There Is No COnfu SION
Money Still Coming.

The following receipts were reported
| at the headquarters for supplies. etc, of
| the relief COMMITTEES Yesterday by r. j.
| McCardy:
From ST. James. three boxes Of cloth
ing, three stoves and miscellaneous
assortment of housekeeping utensils;
| from 1857 Carroll street, city, two bun
dies; from Chicago. box and bedding ;
from Red Wing, bundle; from Mrs.
William B. Allen, bundle of bed com-
forters; from Cannon Falls. two boxes
| of clothing; from Company B, Fort
| Smelling. one box of clothing; from
Joseph Kirkland, Chicago, one trunk OF
| clothing.
When those in charge of the supply
| depot here are notified by others of the
| commission OF the points where sup
| plies, etc, are required, together with
| the amount and the kinds needed, they
are at once packed up and sent out.
| Everything is conducted in the most
methodical and Dusinesslike manner.
| Not all item comes in but is entered up
at fair value. Yesterday there was
sent out to Verndale, MIMI, quantity
| of supplies. There went out to Pine
| City some heavy underwear, children's
| underclothing ard hosiery. A reQuisi-
ton came in from Hinckley for fifty
| bedsteads, fifty bed springs and fifty
| mattresses. The full order for bed.
| steads and mattresses was at once filled
| and sent out, but in the matter of bed
| springs the members of the committee
| here were only able at the time: TO
| supply twenty-six. a.
the men and women in charge of the
| supply depot when they first began the
| work. Everything describabe poured
| in upon them in most confusing diSOr-
der. So perfect system was put in
vogue, however, that now all this hete-
rogeneons mass is Systematically, ar
| ranged, and perfect order brought out
| of chaos. Everything has been CLASH
| fled. For example: Complete suits for
boys are arranged in one pile; in an
other are broken suits etc. Overcoats,
women's WOODEN dresses, underwear,
shoes, hosiery. ETC., ETC., ad libitum,
each are put into department Of their
| own. The same is true Of shoes and
hats. Light summer garments are class
flied. and kept away from the DEPART
mtntS for winter raiment.
| Anything like definite description
OF all the articles and the general as
sortment of stuff that has accumulated
would be out of question in the limits
OF brief account. In general way.
it may be said that there is nearly
everything Imaginable on hand. Yeast
cakes and maccaroni; jellies. currant,
raspberry and strawberry, go to swell
the Heterogeneous collection. Some
very curious things, as well as some
perfectly useless things, have come In
Half dozen bottles of Mellin's food
for infants will cause Inanition to fee.
Yesterday afternoon pair of blue
| glass spectacles were sent in. There
are trunks and vallses, bits of carpet
ing, bundles of rags for mending, old
lanterns, tin slop pals, baby caps and
bibs, baby shoes and moccasins, hair
pins and thread, snspenders, combs and
brushes, toilet and laundry soaps. flour,
little packages of tea and coffee, but
tons, baby's playthings, elastic ribbon
for carriers, mems shirts and collars,
window shades and corsets, besides old
newspapers and books, 60 to swell the
odd collection.
| Gen. BENDS Receipts.
| Gen. Bend yesterday reported the
following cash collections for the fire
sufferers:
Church of the Messiah (addi-
tiOnaD. 81 OO
Ryan Fruit store bowl, Sept.17 OF
| Ryan Fruit store bowl, Sept.1S 2 a
}. b. Turner. ................. rs
G. w. Benson & Co. ...... 49,. Is GU
Township of Wasloja, Dodge