The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-02

general thanks to all the contributors, and fur
Their take this opportunity TO express the sent-
ments OF warm esteem and friendship felt by
the citizens OF Butte for ali those IN other places
who so promptly sent OF offered assistance In
this citys hour OF need.
The splendid subscriptions raised voluntarily
BY our sister cities in the state OF Montana VIII
ever be remembered.
EXPENDITUREs.
The committee has expended the sum OF si7,-
S2i.l9 OF this amount SLi629S was given ny
merchandise orders; S3,ji9.S0 paid for burial
expense; Sl,445.sO paid for repairs TO houses OF
poor people; S6.4l9O6 paid physicians, hospitals,
nurses, and for drugs; $3.50 paid Mayor Dugan
for distribution 10 families Of fremen; Sl,396 IS
pad by cash orders To families and sundTy cash
account; 500 paid total expense OF committee,
Settlements in fun have been made with all
physicians for medical attendance furnished
the injured; also settlements in full for all de-
mands against the committee, have been made
with all the undertaking establishments. The
hospital charges have been paid in ful TO March
I, ali patients for whom we are paying being
now kept at the uniform rate of S25 each. per
week.
All orders issued and all bills contracted by
this committee have been paid IN full, leaving
balance in the hands of The treasurer of this
committee OF $500 OF, as shown by statement
and itemiZed accounts transmitted herewith,
and set forth in the following pages OF this
book, and by certified check on the banking
house of Hoge. Brownlee & Co., 0: Butte. Mont,
also transmitted herewith.
Your committee. therefore, having completed
the collection of all known subscriptions, and
acknowledged same, paid all bills contracted
by this committee. and all those presented,
believed to be proper charges upon the relief
fund; and as this committee considers that final
distribution OF the relief fund cannot properly
be made until the condition OF the injured who
may be left partially disabled can be definitely
ascertained: and as the members of this COM
mittee have devoted all OF the time to this work
that they can at present give in justice TO their
own affairs, we hereby tender our designations
and ask their acceptance at your earliest con-
venlence; and also request that you immedi-
ately appoint q committee to audit our ac-
counts.
We hold ourselves ready at all times to assist
you or any committee appointed, for the further
distribution OF said relief fund in any manner
possible. Respectfully submitted.
HENRY MUELLER. Chairman,
ID. j. HENNEssY. Treasurer,
GEORGE HALDoRN,
+. K. SHAW,
o. X. LEWIS,
Relief Committee.
The committees cash book is properly
part of the report, but it is far too ex-
tensive to admit of its publication. 1t is
in the mayors hands, however, and is
open to the public.
After receiving the report the mayor
sent the following letter to the members
of the committees:
BUTTE, Mont, March /, 1895.
MeSsrs. HENRI Mueller. ID. j. HenneSsH II. Il.
ShdU, o X LslgtS and George Haldorn,
Members Of Relief Committee.
GENTLEMEN: Your statement OF cash re-
ceved and disbursed by you as members of
dDONb cOllIllltee. tOGtIlle1 Will your IeSlBud'
ton and deposit check on Hoge, BrOwnlee &
Co., payable to my order for .S25,99O OIL, was
handed me to-day.
While appreciate the fact that you have
given up more of your time than any OF you
could really afford, and more than or the clti-
zens of Butte should expect still since you have
done this and are familiar with all the cases
needing assistance, cannot | urge upon you to
reconsider the matter and withdraw your resig-
nations? By doing this you will not only confer
favor on me, but on all the citizens OF Butte
You ask me in your report to appoint a COM
mlttee TO audit the accounts. This think is
wholly uncalled for, as the parties who sub
in you, but since you have requested il will APP
point the following committee viz:
Alex j. Johnston of w. A. Clark e. Bro.
Joseph V. Long of Hoge Brownee & Co.
I. M. Hodgens of the state Savings bank.
Fayette Harrington of the Silver Bow Ma
tional
Mr.. Stevenson of the First National
j. X. Russell of James A. Murrays bank.
And now. on behalf of the citizens of Butte, /
wish to tender you my thanks for the excellent
work you have done and for the very complete
report turned over to me. You will also tender
thanks. And again ask you to reconsider the
matter and continue to act as before. Hoping
to have favorable reply from you. remain
very truly yours, L. o. DUGAN,
Mayor
There is an almost unanimous wish on
the part of the citizens generally that the
members of the committee will reconsider
their designations and consent to look af-
ter the final distribution of the fund, as it
is conceded that there are no gentlemen
in Butte who are as competent to dis
charge this duty or in whom the public
would have more implicit confidence.