The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-14

POOR Herewith we present the third quar-
Terry report for 1896. The total number Of ap-
/ pncatlons were 753. compared with 936 for
the Iast quarter, and IT'S for the correspondine
quarter of last year. OF the 753 applications
5Ol were new cases and 452 recurrent Amount
OF AID given from this office: In clothing /. 052
garments, valued at $179.65 food has been
| supplied to the amount of SOS. 60. of which
h 40 was from the treasury and s12.15 from
Furniture and bedding have been sunnIfed,a
! TO the amount of $35; meals and lodging have
peeh supplied to the amount of S775 of
f Mnlcn ~ was from the treasury and rs cents
IIom the once; amount saved the poor by Sc
curing for them half rates and passes s960 M.
transportation has been paid to the amount
i54. S4.'o '0'ai amount Of aid rendered, 81
me amount earned through the emulov
ment bureau was $1O4.35. as follows: Nv
ne en- So0.7O; by women, $48.65.
Inc number of persons referred to nthar
| institutions pol as follows: Aims
mouse, p; Associated charities flor inyestiga-
LION 80; oabies home, 2; board of control (for
| ald) So; city and county attorney, A. CITY and
county physician IS; churches. 8: ChiIdren's
home society z; day nursery /; Hebrew La
o oit benevolent society, l; Hebrew Relief So
ciety' q home for the Friendess 2: House
OF the Good Shepherd 1; Kings Danghters
l; Protestant Orphan asylum, 6; St. Narv's
nome, L; st. Paul Free Dispensary 3: State
home, g. onilS'ian
At present the unsettled condition of af-
L mas made 1t somewhat difficult for us to
workers, both men and women and until non
noence Is restored our moneyed men. who can
ana VIII put their capital in enterprises which
VIII create labor for the laborers we NAV
| experience some difficulty in securing the
amount of funds necessary to keep our treas
ury fully reimbursed At present our treasury
is overdrawn.
During the past quarter we have personally
visited nifty nine cases. OF the forty-eieht
cases referred to the associated charities for
investigation, twenty-five were city cases
len city cases were aided by this society
VI the LII young men who applied for aid
Iorty11our wtre assisted in some way Our
supplies are scant, we think on account of
SO many schools and churches engaging in
the work OF relief for the poor and soliciting
clothing and other supplies for that purpose
rev special cases which are of interest
to us | hereby submit: One Of our washer
women took a notion to go out at the oneninp
OF the Red Lake reservation and take up land
Tor her boys She asked advice and assist
ance, and we directed her to a railway official
and she was given a pass. Then she needed
money 10 prove up and we made her a loan
from our loaning fund, which she carried
with her, and the rest of the story need
not take your time to relate, as I presume
you all read of Jennie Cunningham the ST
Paui woman who secured first place in the
vast throng OF men and obtained her home
stead. Since that time she has paid $1650
her loan in full. '
Through the generosity of the railway off
Gals we have helped quite a number Of
sick poor to friends in distant towns and
to the Hot Springs. One of the most inter
estng cases was an aged doctor. eighty-four
years old. He was brought to us as a sub
1ect for the poor house. as his relations were
dead and his business Ia drug store) was
burned out, and, being to old to practice he
was sheltered by poor colored boy whom
ne had brought UP. We set to work to
nelp out this aged. educated man. and found
tnat he was formerly member of two lead
Ing secret societies. 1t was but a. few DAYS
when nice comfortable room was provided
by US, and fund created by those societies
for the care Of the old gentleman
Our industrial school opened last Saturday
with 131 girls.
Our woman's auxiliary department will not
begin its work until Tuesday Nov g.
The day nursery attendance during the
quarter was as follows: July 176; August.
1855; September, 252 total 593 During the
$24.35. p"' ''"en'
The report Of the treasurer showed the fol-
lowing: