The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-09-07
AIDING THE SURVIVORS
Destitute Sufferers Made Comfortable
by the Arrival of Food and
Clothing.
MANY CITIES GIVE FREELY.
Governor Nelson Urged to Contribute
State Funds---GoOd Man.
agement.

ST. PAUL, Sept. 5.-Relief work for
the destitute at Hinckley and vicinity is
well started, and is being well managed.
But relief must be prolonged and Of
substantial nature.
Winter, so near at hand, means
greater and continued care for these
people.
Contributions already made by St.
Paul and other cities and the towns
along the line of the St. Paul and Du-
luth apply only to immediate necessi-
ties, and relieve the situation with re-
gard to food and clothing just now
For the present, there is no lack of
food. All the towns along the line have
taken official cognizance Of the distress
and have dispatched quantities of flour,
meats, bread, milk and potatoes.
The Kind of Relief Most Needed.
Three things are needed - money,
medical attendance and clothing-and
there cannot be too much of any one.
Provisions are plentiful; doctors would
find a world of good to be done; cloth
ing must be had, and bedding is on i'm
perative necessity.
The st. Paul committees have raised
almost S., 1000 in money.
Saltwater has given over $1,000 in
cash, besides large stores of supplies.
Minneapolis and Duluth have raised
large cash funds, and additional dona-
tions Of money and supplies will be
made.
Next Sunday there will be special
church collections in many Northwest
ern towns.
Relief Work at Pine City.
AS the days go by they find the relief
work in better shape at Pine City,
which is the headquarters for the mass
of 300 or 400 refugees who fled south
ward from the flames. The demands
upon the people were almost over
whelming at first, so that there was
little or no system, but since then all
that has changed. General Bunker,
| representing the governor, aided the
| citizens relief committee in getting
into shape.
Generous Relief From Two Harbors.
Citizens of Two Harbors, Mimi, north
of Duluth have raised $400 for the fire
relief fund, and that amount will be
considerably increased at once The
town has adopted resolution urging
Governor Nelson to give state funds to
all needy towns.
| Searching For Bodies.
| A systematic search is to be made for
the bodies. Three parties are out from
Pine City, consisting Of four men each,
all experienced wood men. They will
search the woods thoroughly for dead
bodies and will take along picks and
spades, so as to be able to bury the
bodies where they find them, as the re-
mains will in all probability be badly
decomposed, or in shape that they can
not be removed The graves, of course,
will be properly marked where identiti.
cation is complete.
NELSON'S PROCLAMATION.
Minnesota's Chief Executive Issues q Cal
for Aid.
ST. PAUL. Sept. Ex-Governor Nelson
has arrived in the city from Alexandria
where he had gone Saturday to be with
his family over Sunday and at once is
sued the following relief proclamation
concerning the great calamity at EIinck
ley and other Minnesota localities:
To the People Of Minnesota:
Information of an official character
has reached me that the villages o.
Hinckley, Sandstone, Mission Creel
and the neighboring towns and farm!
have been destroyed by forest fires; tina
hundreds Of lives have been sacrificed
and suffering and destitution are OF
every hand; that the survivors of thi
terrible devastation are in immediate
need of food, clothing. shelter anc
everything that makes existence pos
J sible.