Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-22
FOOT BALL WITH PAUPERS
A Woman Sent to Baltimore Returned
Here.
Yet Washington Cares for Hundreds
of Virginia and Maryland People
In Her Hospitals Yearly.

There Is trouble brewing between Wash
irgton and Baltimore officials which may
result in the local authorities taking de-
cisive action in the matter of aSsistin.
the poor of the state of Maryland, as has
been done for many years. This morning
there appeared in a Baltimore paper tbs
following:
"Mayoralty Clerk A. n. Palmer has be-
gun active steps to prevent authorities Of
other cities from sending to Baltimore PEI
sons who have no means Of livelihood. o,
such as may wish to reach their homes
but are sent to this city, that they may 20
sent further on. Yesterday Mr.. Palmer
addressed the following communication &c
Commissioner Frank of Washington city:
Il have the unpleasant duty to return TO
you a girl who claims that her home is in
Philadelphia, and that you sent her here,
saying that the mayor of Baltimore would
send her on. The city of Baltimore not
only cares for it's own poor. bu. transports
worthy cases stranded in the city to the;
homes, and does not send them to Wash
ington to be cared for by the authorities
We returned you bunch OF five buns
last February. and have had only isolated
cases from you since. AS this girl is I'M
able to walk to Philadelphia. l cannot di
rect her as I do the buns that you ship
over here. so send her back. and will con-
tinue to send her back as often as you
SEND her over II Sne Is worthy any
help a all, you should certainly send her
to her home. and not make her charge on
a neighboring community
The official referred to as Commissioner
Frank is Sanitary Officer Frank, who is
au ay on his leave of absence.
Acting Sanitary Officer Amiss remember
ed the case.
The woman in question is Jane Utser.
who Is about twenty-eight years old. Her
forne: home was in Johnstown. Pa. but
for two years she has worked in Philadel-
phis. From Philadelphia she came this
way as far IS Baltimore. where. after look
ing in vain for employment, she managed
to get here. Here she went to the Central
Union Mission. and some on" there sent her
to Sanitary Officer Frank. The young wo-
man wanted to go back to Philadelphia.
but the transportation FUND was low and
she was sent as far as Baltimore. Iester-
day afternoon she was led to the sanitary,
office here by boy, who met her at the
cepot. and her story was that she had been
sent back by the Baltimore authorities.
She called at the mayors Office In Balti-
more. she said. and asked TO be sent to
Philadelphia. telling her sad story. and
after some delay. she was taken by po-
lfcemGn and put on the train. The train
made no stop until this city was reached
and she was surprised to find herself il,
Washington instead of in Philadelphia She
was then sent home.
Sanitary Officer Frank has frequently
complained that the Baltimore authorities
nave unloaded ?aupers here when they
should have sent them elsewhere.
In his annual reports each year he has
called attention to another alleged ini,s
tice practiced upon the taxpayers, that of
sending the INDECENT poor from all parts Of
the state to this city for treatment In
his last annual report he had this to soy.
The states of Virginia and Maryland
continue to contribute their yearly number
OF sick and destitute persons to our hos
pitais. The number thus accommodated
during the year from the former state wa 6
1sI, and the latter 135, decrease from
the state of Virginia of thirteen while the
state of Maryland increased it's number
sixteen 1t seems to ME that this is mani
testify unjust not only to the taxpavars nf
the District. but also to the worthy sick
and INDECENT. as it has come to my knoyyl-
edge on several occasions that our own
poor nave been refused admission to some
or the hospitals for the want of room be-
cause the beds were occupied by outsiders -