The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-16

pathoogist in the bureau of plant ind,strv os +,o
United States Department of Agriculture p,of.sso,
Rolls will take charge of the Florida State Exper
ment Station.
III new York City an appeal has been issued nv
."o "oard OF managers of the Evangelical Alliance
lor contributions for the relief of the riot within
III hussia' IN cooperation with the work olrcodv
undertaken by the Jewish committee. The ,nnooI
WHICH ~ addressed ITO the people of America" il
eisneu ny eahder Chamberlain, president and Cbas
A. ''ouuard' chairman of the executive commttee
ana requests that contributions be sent to acoh IT
ochi' treasurer of the American committee for +bo
re'el OF the sufferers. The appeal in part, follows
Inc awful violence continues and appears to in.
crease. The existing American committee If ro,;of
declares with full knowledge of the facts tbo+ ho,,
less men and women and children must ner;sb FROM,
munger and wounds and exposure unless ro,of e oo,
tlnued. The appeal is to our common humanity Io+
the followers of the Christ lovallv rcmemhor H.
words: 1nasmuch as We have donn y vnto o.o 40
the least OF these my brethren We have done il unto
Me- ' ~ "''o
Inc work OF the American committee is noblv
n'o"e' "nu IL Is certain that our gifts will be ap.
p,icu Ia inc same breadth of spirit in which they are
given" ' "''
The Jewish national relief committee has received
ietter from Baron Horace Gunzberg at st.. Peters.
ourg telling OF the plans made by the international
committee OF which Dr. Paul Nathan of Berlin il
chairman, for the distribution of the large relief
fund at its disposal The letter said in part:
"A conference took place this afternoon between
tine members of the committee here and ourselves nj
Baron Gunzbergs house, when the following unani
nous conclusions were come to:
I'm order to facilitate the collection of all par
tcuars, the affected places will be divided into dis
trlcts with central committee in touch with them
and located in the largest town in their vicinity
Our commission will visit all the towns in which
central committee will be established, and have
already in all these places been recommended to per
sons OF standing, we'll known to gentlemen compos-
ing the st. Petersburg committee, who have been
active in distributing the money hitherto sent for
urgent requirements.
80 far as possible after the first needs for food
etc. have been met doles will not be distributed but
endeavors will be made to place the sufferers on a
sound commercial basis by means of advances from
savings banks otherwise.
influences will be brought to bear on the Rus
sian Government to assist the sufferers by remittnp
taxes, school fees, etc. The relief fund now amounts
to 81, 3,5O2.333"
Experts declare that Manhattan Island is likely
to be swept at any time by conhagration which
would wipe out hundreds of millions of dollars
worth of property value. That this has not yet hap
pened due to the great vigilance of the fire depart
rent Captain John Stephen Sewell of the United
States Army, an expert engineer who was detailed
by the War Department to assist in the investigation
is inclined to 60 even further than the members of
the committee of twenty. He declares that the per.
sonnet of the fire department is the only thing which
has saved the city so far, saying: "The type and
occupancy Of buildings prevailing in the worst
ons, their mutual exposures, the narrowness Of the
streets inadequacy of water supply and distribution,
together with the values involved, combine
to make the situation in Manhattan by far the most
serious fire and confagration hazard have
The conclusion is inevitable that the magnificent
personnel of the fire department has been the only