Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-01-30
RELIEF OF THE HUNGRY
CHICAGO POURS FUNDS INTO THE
MAYORS HANDS.
Frieid Weather Created Destitution
ut First Appalling, but Warmth
and Food Has Been Provided.

Chicago, Jan. 26.-At 9 this morning the
perature of Is degrees below zero, three
degrees warmer than the same time yes
terday, but there was little comfort de
rived from that fact, it being one degree
colder than at 2 a. m.
The signal service today reports the
cold wave extending all over the ives;
and northwest, and no prospect Of a ma
terial let-up in the intensity of cold for
at least "a hours. All trains today were
delayed by snowdrifts and inability tC
make steam. The proclamation of Mayor
Swift met with hearty response. Be
sides over $13, 900 in cash, hundreds Of tons
of coal and an almost unlimited supply
of provisions have been sent in and
promptly distributed Seven hundred
more desperate cases of destitution have
already been relieved, and the work is be
ing carried on without cessation.
/ Fully 1000 people We're given shelter last
night at police stations and Salvation
Army barracks. The new isolation hos
pital was thrown open.
The county appropriated $4,000 for the
purpose, and it will be used for cases OF
contagious disease among the poor. 1t Will
also relieve the congested condition of the
city and county hospital, which are so
crowded that no case of contagious dis
ease has been taken in since Friday.
Eight hundred cases of families requiring
immediate aid We're reported to the police
today. AT II o'clock the government Their
mometer registered 1113 degrees below
zero.
An unknown man was found frozen to
death near Finley park, on the Rock
Island n fTanZin.r
were reported, some of which will prob
ably result in the loss of hands Or feet.
Fires kept the firemen busy all day, and
nearly every man in the department is
almost exhausted by the constant battle
with the flames in the bitter weather
Relief Funds Flowing In.
The quick response of the citizens to
Mayor Swift's appeal has resulted in the
relief Of suffering in Chicago with rapid
ity and to an extent far beyond expecta-
ton. Through the systematic canvass
of the police and the prompt attention to
the cases reported by the officers, it is
safe to say that but few persons suffered
tonight in Chicago from cold or hunger
During the past As hours not less than
200 families We're supplied through the
police with food and fuel. The work Of
the police was today reinforced by that
of the letter carriers. who, acting on Post
lIdSlGl IeSlilS OIueIS, gathered tIc
names of the unfortunates on their
routes and turned them into the sub-sta
tions, the superintendent Of which then
reported to the police.
Mayor Swift was busy all day receiv-
ing subscriptions to the relief fund. The
Pabst Brewing Company of Milwaukee,
telegraphed Mayor Swift that it had sent
$1,000 to help feed the hungry. The larg
est contribution to the fund was by the
officials and employees of the Postal Tel
egraph and Gable Company, who raised
$1,000. The lumber dealers of the city rails
eG $1300 in Is minutes today and promised
s2500. A large fund was raised among
the exhibitors of cycles at the national
cycle exposition, now being held here.
The list is headed by the Pope Manufac
turing Company with a contribution Of
$1,000, and will amount to a large sum
when completed.
Fully $35, 900 has been raised for relief
work in the last two days by voluntary
responses to Mayor Swifts proclamation.
Nebraska Will Send Relief.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 26.-In the senate
today, Mr.. Canady, from Kearney coun-
ty, introduced a concurrent resolution re-
citing that, whereas, great distress now
exists in Chicago; that the people of Ne
braska contribute of their surpluses of
food products to the relief of the needy
of the great city.
The resolution names John P. kltgeld
as the person to whom supplies are to be
sent.