The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-19
MONEY COMING IN
War Relief Committee Re
oeiVes Aid, From Gen
efors Givers.
FATHER D0RHIH's GENEROSITY
Saves q Soldiers Baby Fro m
a Pauper's Grave---Recal-
citrant Soldiers at
Sea Girt.

AS a result of the excellent work or
the special committee appointed to visit
bankers and Others to collect subserip-
tons for the War Relief Committee, Or.
L.. J. Gordon, the interchangeable treasurer
of that body. last night. revelled in a
pile of checks and bills 10 relieve families
of those who have gone to the front.
Messrs. Stephen L. Harvey, Andrew ].
Corcoran and William r. Sullivan, com
posing that special committee, are all
very busy men yet for the noble cause at
hand, they. on the hottest days of this
week. devoted their whole time to but
tonholing, pleading, coaxing and wheed-
ling the dollars from the weh-So-do;
climbing up stairs of public buildings,
diving into factories, stores and offices,
and by sheer hard work brought in over
$500 to swell the funds of the committee.
They well deserved the warm vote of
thanks passed by their colleagues last
night.
Mr.. Harvey. in reporting the work OF
the Committee, said that they had been
received scourteously and favorably ex-
eepting on two cases, n besides the
cash received he had on his list promises
Of checks from Messrs. yanderbeek &
Sons. n. Y. and N. j. Telephone Co, r..
Washburn. the Robert Davis Association
for 800. and Judge Potts. acknowledge
ment of the receipt Of which money VIII
appear in the list Of subscriptions as soon
as it is in the hands of the treasurer.
Mr.. Cornelius ]. Cronan added that MT.
John Mullins would give $10c or double
If required. Messrs. Colgate & Co.. and
others have generously promised to IN
crease their subscriptions.
Mr. A. J. Corcoran. in detailing his
begging excursion said that no matter
whether some of the soldiers were wrong
10 have left their families, they were
serving their country, and those at nome
shopld be cared for. He said this because
some had questioned the propriety OF
giving relief in these cases. He regretted
that some Of the men now at Sea Grit,
ana who had recently received their pay
Mad neglected to send any of II home, ana
he moved that a list Of those soialers
whesa families were receiving relief
should be forwarded to Colonel snlta,
asking him to use his influence.
u know. said Chairman F. Q. Cole,
THAT on pay day last Colonel smith
stood beside the men and urged them TO
send money home or give it to the chap
lain. VIII would do it for them
Mr. Coreoran's suggestion will be car
ried out and Colonel Smith informed OF
the recalcitrant ones.
Mr. ". T. Sullivan paid a compliment
~ the retail grocers Of Jersey City for
+a,a3rA generous conduct in extending credit
IS Families of those gone to the war He,
Mr. Sullivan. knew personally Of cases
where grocers had given people as high
az s2e credit. Their action, he said, was
17a isevorthy and deserved recognition
and the committee should pass them a
vote of thanks. This was DONE The COM
.~1.jttee then went into executive session
to4consfder claims. In all there are about
sixfv families now weekly receiving re-
ref and every case has been carefully in
v~estigated.
+, reference to the committees work
some very touching incidents have come
to light. One was that of a noble act
nv Rev. Father w. H.. Dornin, a member
of the committee. The reverend gentle
man. in his work OF Investigating cases
came ito the house Of a soldier who is
now At the front and the child of that
man wasN dead. There was no money to
bury it AMI a ~pauper's grave would have
held the remains of the little one had not
Dornin interfered, saying that q
soldiers child ought not to be buried in
Potter's Field. At his own expense he
purchased a lot in the cemetery and
buried that little one in consecrated
ground.
Equally noble was the conduct of the
good Sisters of ST. Joseph's Home in
this city. A wife of one of the soldiers
was sent to the hospital and there was
no one to look after her child, who was
only four and one-half years old. It's
grandmother refused to take it and rather
than see 1t go to the Almshouse Mr..
William T. Sullivan, another member of
the committee, took the little thing t9
are now caring for it until its mother
can come out of the hospital.
These are a few cases of many which
come within the knowledge of those
taking an interest in the noble work of
Gazing for the poor and needy of those
who are now serving Uncle Sam.
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