Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15
THE WORK OF RELIEF.
President Roosevelt Issues q
 Call For Aid.
THE SENATE VOTES MORE MONEY.

Three Hundred Thousand In AddI-
 tion to Two Hundred Thou.and AL
 ready Approprinted-TrRin ship Dixie About to Sail With Provisions
 Washington, May .14.-The following message has been issued from the White House:
 The president has appointed com mittee to receive funds for the relief of the sufferers from the recent catas- trophes in Martinique and St. Vincent Those appointed from each city are asked to collect and receive the funds from their localities and neighborhoods as expeditiously as possible. These sums will be forwarded to the New York committee, which will act as cen. | tral distributing point for the country. | The president directs all the postmas- 1 ters throughout the country and re quests the presidents of all national banks to act as agents for the collec- l tion of contributions and to forward l the same at once to the New York com mittee. The postmasters are also di- rected to report to the postmaster gen. eral within ten days any funds collect | ed on this account.
 ''The president appeals to the public to contribute generously for the relief | of those upon whom this appalling ca lamity has fallen and asks that the con- tributions be sent in as speedily as pos | sible. The gentlemen designated on the | several committees are requested to act | at once"
 22OO, ,OOO Not Enough. Among the committees are the fol- lowing: New York-Morris K. Jesup. John Clafiin, Jacob H. Schiff and Will | liam R. Corwin. Philadelphia-Charle Emory Smith, Provost Charles c. Har- rison, Joseph G. Darlington, Clement | A. Griscom and John H. Converse. | Pittsburg-A. J. Logan and H. c. Prick. 1 Buffalo-John G. Milburn and Carlton Sprague.
 | President Roosevelt late yesterday afternoon approved the bill passed by congress appropriating $200,0O0 for the relief of the people of the West Indies This sum is extremely inadequate to the situation. So rapidly have the gov ernment plans for relief gone forward that much more than $1OO,Oo0 already has been spent.
 | The president conferred with the leaders of the house and senate, and i'm mediately thereafter the senate passed bill appropriating an additional $300,- | GOO.
 l From this point on the war and navy departments have decided to divide the work of relief between them so as to l give the navy full charge of the general subject of transportation and intrust the war department with the accumu- lation of the supplies.
 | Dixie About to Sail. | Unless some unforeseen hitch oc- CUTS the United States steamship Dixie, the first real help from the United l States to be rushed to the aid of the Martinique refugees, will pass out of the Narrows in New York harbor, by sundown bound for the unfortunate island. Ever since Saturday work on the white auxiliary cruiser just in from a trip half around the world was rushed night and day.
 The last of the coal necessary to | make the trip was put into the bunk CTS of the splendid vessel yesterday afternoon, and at o'clock she left the navy yard to take on stores.
 Of the quantity of provisions sent to Martinique on the Dixie by the gov | ernment three-sevenths is rice, one seventh hard tack, two-seyenths cod fish and bacon and the remainder milk and flour and coffee Added to the $T5,OOO expended for food $20.O00 has been paid out for clothing. The re- mainder of the $1O0,0O0 appropriated is for the personal expenses of Major Gallagher of the commissary depart ment, who is in command of the expe- dition when ashore.
 New YOrk's Munihcence.
 Morris K. Jesup, president of the New York chamber of commerce, has lent aid which will be practically the first to reach the starving people from the outside world. The entire cargo of the Madiana, which will arrive in Fort de France tomorrow night, has been bought for the chamber by its president and will be ready for dis tribution among the unfortunates as quickly as 1t can be landed.
 The Madiana of the Quebec Steam ship company arrived at St Thomas from New York on Sunday morning. She had cargo destined for the wiped out city. By obtaining refusal on the cargo Mir. Jesup held it pending closer examination into the state of affairs on the desolate island. The Ma diana has on board a large quantity of beef, flour, pork, meat, etc. As most of the St. Pierre consignees are dead little objection can be made to the reselling of the cargo. A. J. Outerbridge of the Quebec line said yesterday that the provisions aboard the vessel were enough to feed the refugees for two weeks.
 l Funeral of Archbishop CorriKRn. | The funeral of Archbishop Corrigan