The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-03-06
DONATIONS IN ABUNDANCE.
BUT THIS GOOD WORK SHOULD NOT
DROP OPP.
WEDDING OUT THE IMPOSTERS
Reports Of the General and Distributing
Committees over Five Hundred Peo-
pie Relieved-P. j. Ferguson
Donates 500 and the Use
Of HIS Theatre.

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the borough took quite boom yesterday and
if it can be maintained there will be no need
of any deserving family doing without the
necessaries Of life. The teachers Of the pub
lie schools and their pupils did noble work
yesterday The packages carried to the
school rooms yesterday formed a grand source
Of relief and embraced the very articles that
the relief committee needed to meet the
demands upon it. Potatoes bread, coffee,
tea, sugar, canned goods, salt, crackers, etc.
were supplied in abundance and the COM
mttee fully able to meet all claims, with the
exception of applications for clothing and
footwear, and such relief has been suspended
until next Monday. Several wagon loads of
articles were hauled from the public schools
yesterday afternoon and several more to-day.
1t was impossible to secure sufficient num-
Der Of volunteer teams to do all the hauling
yesterday
The general relief committee held meet
ing in the Council chamber last night and
perfected plans by which the cash fund will
be considerably increased. Among the gentle
men who attended the meeting were John L.
Hassler T. j. Broughall, Chief Burgess
Tabor Christian Schmidt Fred. Keithan,
John j. Bobbin, Moses Owens, Michael
Graham, Henry Rynkawicz, Rev. T. NJ
| Morrison, Richard Horrell Charles Haskins,
| p. ID. Holman, p. J Ferguson, p. j. Gaughan
and Patrick Hand
When reports Of committees were called for
Mr.. Haskins stated that he had issued fifteen
orders for relief Of families in the First ward.
Chief BURGESS Tabor stated that f92'ao had
been collected in the lower section of the
Second ward Messrs' I. f. Miles and
Thomas Lee have been appointed to solicit
contributions in the upper section Of the
ward Messr5 heithan and Bobbin reported
collection of S42.75 in the upper section of
the Third ward Contributions Of clothing
and other articles were also received,
M. ). O'Nelll has been added to the committee
to make collections IN the lowe" part OF the,
ward. Mr.. Gaughan reported collections 70
the amount of about $50 Me rs Schmidt
and Hassler reported that the> collected
$3.50 and number OF donauonS III the
form OF PROVISIONS
Mr. Z. D. Ferguson arose and stated That he
had made no cash contribution TO the tund,
but wished to do so and, upon being IN
formed that the committee was prepared to re-
receive favor5 ofthat kind atany time, stepped
forward and handed Secretary Broughall
$50 in cash. The committee gave MIR. Fer
guson a receipt in the form Of round Of APP
plause. Mr. Ferguson also stated that he
would give the free use OF his theatre for a
series of three entertainments for the benefit
Of the relief fund and suggested that COM
mittee be appointed to arrange the details for
them. The following committee was
appointed for the purpose Messrs. +. ID.
Holman, Michael Graham, Chief Burgess
Tabor, Moses Owens and f. l. Stempson' 1t
is proposed to ask the Gymnasium Club to give
the first entertainment Ihe second Will
probably be gwen by cholrs, mandolin clubs,
glee clubs and vocal soloists OF town, and it
is proposed to have juvenile talent give the
third. 1t is also intended to ask the Grant
Band to play at one entertainment, the
Lithuanian Band at the other, and then ask
both bands to play jointly at the third enter
tainment. This would be novelty in which
great interest would be manifested 1t is
also proposed to accept the oner OF the Cleary
orchestra and 1t VIII probably be asked to
furnish the oyertures Tor the entertainments
Rev Morrison made few remarks on
mission work ana gave an interesting and
amusing recital on the schemes contlyed by
imposters to work upon the sympathles OF
the relief committee, lie mas INST OF 20
lmpo5ters' Kew morrison says that II
was necessary TO allow these people
to nlbble aU the generosity OF the
committee lb Is Jne pesV way III
winch TO locate the people VINO are really de-
serving no linpostef sets III ms OF hei
WORK ON lhe committee I"loe, Ahey lfy IT,
resort to abuse and threats. but gain uotbinl
by it. Rev. Morrison has discovered that