Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1897-04-01
Men and Women in, Line Get.
ting Relief From Charity
Unusual Conditions.

COmml0OlOo0t6s CCOUty S8ooU AOS WIG
poor and many other officials Of lesser
importance in the o1ty. In an interview
today, he said:
mo period in the history OF Chicago
has been marked with such general dis
satisfaction and distress ss that which is
found there Ut the present time. No mat
ter which way I turned found idle men
and discouraged hearts. Trsmps FIJI the
streets and the esunt wolf OF starvation
il staring into the desolste homes Of
about 26,O0O families. There is st tho
present time over $4,000 idle men. The
county agent informed me that that 10
three times 90 many as there was this
time last year. Out Of 12.40O starving
men and women assisted BY the county
authorities, within short space Of time
only II were single men, the remainder
being claseed 40 follows: Married, 9!O87;
widows, 2,3lS; deserted, Sl7; and widow
ers, go. Since the first Of January the
county Of Cook hes expended $69, 600 to
keep part Of the inhabitants Of Chicago
from literally starving or freezing to
death.
"The sum Of $4,000 does not include
tho contributions made by charitable
organizations and charitsbly inclined
persons, which the chief OF police esti.
mated 1t $4,000 more. The ssddest
sight ever witnessed was last Thursday
morning at 126 Clinton street in Chicago
at tho invitation Of President Healey, Of
the board Of county commissioners; /
witnessed the distribution Of the days
rstious to several hundred men, women
and children. And I must say that
they acted more like hungry wolves than
human beings. One poor unfortunate
while standing in line, fell to the door
from the lack Of sufficient food. One Of
I the county officials informed me that
ybut Of 779 calls made by these unfortu-
Mates by the county pbyeicians hired for
that purpose, over GOO cases Of sickness
was caused by reason Of lack of proper
nourlshmept.
'And to think Of all this when our
eranaries are bursting with tho pressure
of bount,ful hsrvests; and, our farmers
I have no end of produce to sell.
"These poor men, women and children
by the thonssnds-hungry, because they
bavesnot the money to buy corn at 20
csnts bushel. Starvation in the midst
Of plenty, and yet our gold friends in
form us that there is an overproduction
Of ofeverythlng. How foolish!
s.They also tell NJ IN the face of this
, destitution that there is plenty Of
money Where is it, Tied up in few
\ eastern banks. How true were the
words of Bacon, the English philosopher
whom comparing money to manure, he
said:N IF gathered in heaps 1t does no
good ion the contrary, it becomes offen-
sive; but being spread, though ever so
thinly, it enriches the whole country" !"
G Relative to Chicago politics, Mr..
sStocker said: 1T is only matter Of
how much plurality Carter Harrison, Jr.,
4 will get for mayor. The democrats and
& peoples party are united in Chicago and
Sare forcing the silver issue under the
leadership Of Ex-Governor Altgeld. They
Will give the gold men the worst defest
they ever experienced. Mr.. Harrison
has the masses Of the people behind him
J and is sure to win. The republicans Of
| Chicago are split up, having two indie.
pendent candidates besides the regular
republican nominee, Judge Sears. Chi
cago realizes that Carter Harrison, the
elder, was the best mayor they ever had,
and bslieve that his son would follow in
his fathers footsteps"
A late Chicago special concerning that
.city's election, which 10 assuming .
nstional character on account Of the
issues involved, Gays: The certainty OF
Republican defsat in the city election
has aroused tho leaders to desperation,
and . last resort an embassy consist
ing q Dr.. Jameson, O. NJ. Davies and
Frank Aldl,ch have gone TO Washington
"a have the administration pull of Hess
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