The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-05
RELIEF FOR GALVESTON.
rn.,. n san, Pressing Need for Public Help
90 Set the Sufferers On
Their Feet.

Galveston, Tex, Oci. John Sealy.
chairman Of the finance committee,
subcommittee of the Galveston GEN.
trail relief committee, and custodian
of the Galveston relief fund, has given
the following TO the press:
Galveston, Oct. 1.
"All subscriptions that have been
turned over to me up to and includ'
ing October 4. 1900, from all sources,
amount to $751; ,0i3.6s. This amount
includes all money received by me di'
rect. all received by Mayor W. =.
Jones, and also 5000. 800 RENTED TO
me by Gov. Savers out OF subscrip-
tons made to him. The governor has
also ordered n further remittance 10
me of 100000. which should reach
me in the next few days. and he viii
send me from time to time such adj
ditional funds as he may receive. We
are now arranging in proper shape u
full itcmixed account of all receipts
and amounts expended which will be
duly published.
Signed JOHN SEALf,
chairman Finance Committee"
Apropos of Mr.. Sealy's report the
News. to-day. says cditorially:
"rhe pressing need of Galveston is
money with which to shelter more
than three thousand persons now
homeless, and TO make habitable the
homes OF many others. Some CORE
spondents have sent out statements
! TO the effect that millions OF dollars
have been contributed for the relief
of Galvcston-one published state
ment fixes the amount at Sl5,00o,o0o.
These statements have led the public
the generous. liberal public--astray
aud have "A tendency To check the i'm
pulse 10 give, because il seemed that
the requirements had been met. But
the real truth is that Galveston has,
UP to date, received only Sssl,0i3.63, 4
sum but little more than sufficient to
bury the dead remove the debris. ac-
complish the work of sanitation and
pay the expenses for food and cloth
ing which the relief committee had to
buy before supplies of food and cloth
ing began TO arrive from the outside
world. And in this connection. with
a property loss of 5000, 5000 Calves
ton is called upon to face aproblem OF
rehabilitation and TO provide for the
housing of more than eight thousand
homeless people.
Mature has been kind since the
storm: there has been no rainfall o.
consequence, the weather has beer
pleasant and the winds have beer
tempered. But these conditions car
not last, and much greater suffering
than has been endured up to this tins
must inevitably ensue il provision
arc not made. and made quickly, L
house these victims of the storm.
"Miss Clara Barton has told tn
world of the conditions existing in Gal
weston and has estimated that at lcas
$4,000 600 would lie required to NEE
the urgent necessities. The News SUP
, PIGMENTS her appeal with the state
ment that the contributions up I
! date aggregate Sss1 .0i3.63 and ha
asked the press TO spread this state
! ment 10 the world in order that til
> false impressions made by unauthoi
lied and unfonnded publications ma
a be counteractcd so far as il is poss
BILE to do so.
One Thousand Laborers Released.
Galveston, Oct. 2.-One thousan
of the laborers employed in reno
n ing debris will be released to-day, ;
: the work has sufficiently progresse
to warrant this step. 1t will enab
. the railroads and other large corpor'
tons TO get the laborers they need
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