The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-12
GOV. SAVERS APPEAL FOR AID.
Commissioner Act on the Texas
Governors Communication


Governors Communication.
Commissioner Ross yesterday took ac-
| tion on the communication from Governor
Sayers. of Texas, to the mayors of cities
appealing for relief for the thousands Of
storm sufferers at Galveston and elsewhere
! along the Gulf coast. Mr. Ross was the
only member of the Board Of Commission
ers in the city yesterday. Realizing the
urgency of the matter Mr. Ross, acting for
his associates, issued an appeal to the cit
izens of Washington for contributions of
cash and clothing, which will be forwarded
without delay to the stricken district.
Cash contributions viii be received at
The Times and other newspaper offices. or
may be sent to William Tindall, Secretary
of the Board OF Commissioners. For the
receipt of clothing the Commissioners have,
through the Kindness Of c. C. Duncanson,
secured the use OF the Inter-Ocean Build
ing, in Ninth Street northwest where an
agent of the Commissioners will be in
charge to receive and forward such offer
ings of clothing and other necessaries as
may be made.
The appeal OF the Commissioners fol-
lows:
September II. 1900
THE Commissioners of the District of
Columbia earnestly appeal to the gener-
Gus people OF the District to contribute
to the fund for the relief of their fellow
citizens who suffered by reason of the
storm of last week which visited the city
OF Galveston. Tex. and that vicinity
Contributions OF cash may be made to
any of the daily papers of Washington,
or to DR.. William TindaIl Secretary OF
the Board OF Commissioners, and all
funds so collected Will be transmitted
without delay 20 Governor Sayers, Of the
State of Texas.
Contributions of clothing may be sent,
between the hours Of a. m. and 4 p. m
each day. TO the Inter-Ocean Building, on
Ninth Street. bcLween E and Streets
northwest. which has seen kindly placed
at the disposal of the Commissioners
through the courtesy of Mr.. C. c. Dun
canson. where an agent of the Commits
sicners will receipt for the goods and will
attend to their prompt shipment.
HENRY B. y MCFARLAND,
JOHN W. ROSS
LANSING H BEACH.
Commissioners OF the District OF Column
bia.''
Miss Clara Barton and Ellen Spencer
Mussey Of the Red Cross Society. called
upon Commissioner Ross yesterday morn
ing, and rendered the services of the So
ciety for any assistance that they might
be able to give in this city. The Commis-
sioner accepted the tender of the SER
vices of the society TO assist in the re-
ceIpt and arrangement tor transporta-
tion OF the contributions of clothing. and
representatives OF the Red Cross will be
at the lnter-Ocean Building this morning
for that purpose.
Miss Barton has issued the following
appeal in behalf of the Texas sufferers:
THE American National Red Cross at
Washington, d. C., is appealed to onaH
sides for help and for the privilege to help
in the terrible disaster which has befallen
southern and central Texas. 1t remembers
the floods of the Ohio and Mississippi. of
Johnstown and Port Royal. with their
thousands of dead. and months of suffer-
ing and needed relief. and turns conf
IDENTIFY to the people OF the United States.
whose sympathy has never failed TO help
provide the relief that is asked of it now
Nineteen years CT experience on nearly
as many fields render the obligations of
the Red Cross all the greater. The people
have long learned its work, and it must
again oren its accustomed avenues for
their charities. II does not beseech them
TO give, for their sympathies are as deep
and their humanity as great as its own.
but it pledges to them faithful old-time
Red Cross relief work among the stricken
victims of these terrible fields of suffer-
ing and death.
He gives twice who gives quickly
Contributions may be wired or sent
by mail to our treasurer, William j.
Flather assistant cashier Riggs National
Bank. Washington. d, c.; also to the local
Red Crossl. committees of the Red Cross
India famine fund. at $50 Fifth Avenue,
New York City. and the Louisiana Red
Cross of New Orleans, both of whom will
report all donations for immediate ac-
acknowledgement by us.
CLARA BARTON,
President American National Red Cross"
WAR DEPARTMENT ACTIVE.