The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-10-04
ChiIdrcu's Aid society.
Stephen E. Barton. ESD.

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ChiIdrcu's Aid Society.
stephen e. Barton. Esq
Galveston. Texas October 2, 1sO9-Dear
Sir: According TO your request here
with give you particulars of all the APP
plications for children or help. addressed
either to Miss Clara Barton. the mayor
OF Galveston, Mrs. Andrew Mills, or my
self. which have reached my hands TO
date.
In all, there are applications for 2i1
children or grown people. The latter are
wanted as household help. and in nearly
every case y comfortable home is offered
and wages according to the assistance do.
corded in housework.
The following is an analysts Of the APP
plications.
Whites. girls NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 95
Whites. boys NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10
Colored boys and girls ............... So
Orphans. unspecitied .................. 20
Household help Observation-Disclosures. II
iOldl s''s.'-'.. .-.,...s..........2 4l
OF these sixty-fve come from twenty
different States and one from Mexico.
The remainder are from Texas. But a
comparatively small number OF the whole
would be suitable for us to send a child
tc. for two reasons:
First, the distances are too great to
send children of tender years except IN
charge Of competent person.
Second. from the wording and state
ments of the letters 1t is In many in
stances clear chat the home would be Up
suitable.
AS. however, so few orphans are le't
to find homes for it will be an easy
matter to select excellent places FOR
these. Faithfully yours, R. L. Neill
Tug Louise Raised.
Galveston, Texas, October 81. II. War
rem, superintendent of the Direct Navi-
cation company, said this morning thst
tho tug Louise, which had, with a tow
been swamped at Dollar Point reef during
the flood, had been raised, and with The
tow, goes to Houston today. Later the
tug will probably go to New Orleans and
be practically rebuilt.
When the tug was swamped two of the
crew, Jim Casey and Joe Fitzner, We're
drowned. All the cotton that was on the
barge at the time-707 bnles-has been re-
covered ghe company had to replevin
T., the balsB having been seized ly the
mainland -~sidents upon whose land he
cotton Heated during the storm. There
will be no end Of law suits, no doubt. but
the cotton is all in hand ags'n. and
that's something, The salvage question can
be settled later.
Mr.. Warren says the Navigation COM
paily Is doing and is going to do every
fing 1t can to 5riag freight here. Inc
mpany has seven o. is own harges
and nine chartered barges in service. In
addition there are two more enroute
I IN
I Charles is under charter, aud cottnn Is
/ being handled in pretty good style
The Bencdict FIOnted.
! Galveston Texas. October 3.-The Brit
ish steamship Benedict. which was bown
over on Pelican fats by the storm, was
Aoated at II o'clock this morning. There
was a high tide running at the time.
Charles Llarke & Co. have had charge Oh
the work OF getting the vessel on
The Benedict has been hard job. II
was thought at first that by dredging "a
her she could be foated, but the dredging
didn't accomplish the desired result. Tnen
some of the cargo was taken out OF heri
hui still she held fast. Preparations were
being made to transfer all Of her cargo %
another vessel when, rather unexpected
ly. the vessel came of
This leaves hye iorelsn steamships 49,
stranded. They are the Roma, lhe ~
Iarinus the Kendal Castle, the Taunton
ana the Red Cross.
/ II Is the opinion OF the experts here thai
ali these vessels will eventually be foated
street Car Situation.
Galveston, Texas. October "a reporter
for The Post this morning asked Major
R. B. Baer. receiver of the Galveston CT,
railroad, as to what was being done rela
live IN rehabllitating the property Of tbs
company. He showed kilograms which nae
been received from Dallas and otpe
points relative to furnishing armature
and fields. and hopes TO be able to equlI
very shortly all the cars the Brush com
many can run. The armatures, felds an'