The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-04-27

RED CROSS Is
DOING GOOD WORK
RAPIDLY PERFEcTlMa PLANS
FOR RELIEF OF THE
DESTITUTE.
NEED CLOTHING and SHELTER
ARMY CONTRACTORS RECEIVE
RUSH ORDERS FOR
BLANKETS.

ceived remittance of 100000 from
the New York branch of the Red
Cross. Inquiries were made through
Surgeon General O'Reilly as to the
need in San Francisco for doctors or
female nurses. It was known that in
several cases large contingents of
nurses and doctors were about to
start on special trains from the Mid
die West, hence the inquiry.
Doctors Not Needed.
From Lieut.. Col. Torney, chief sur
geon in charge of the medical depart
ment at San Francisco, came this an.
swer:
General Hospital, Presidio, San
Francisco, April 23.-To the Surgeon
General U. S. A., Washington: In ref
erence to need of doctors and female
nurses, after conference with DR..
Foster, secretary state board Of
health, the conclusion has been
reached that they will not be required,
as physicians from San Francisco and
outlying cities of the state are offer
ing their services freely"
Clothing and Shelter Needed.
Then the question arose as to the
need of medical supplies, and Miss
Boardman was informed by the sur
geon general of the army that he had
arranged to provide all needed med
ical aid for three months for 5000 and
that no more would be required for
the present.
There is a need, however, in the
afflicted city for clothing and shelter
and warmth, and the Red Cross is
looking to these ends. Yesterday ar
rangcments were made with army con-
tractors who supply blankets to send
many thousand to San francisco.
st. Raul Sends Ten Cars.
St. Paul, April 24.-Ten cars loaded
with provisions of all kinds left at z
o'clock last evening over the Omaha
road for Omaha, where they will be
transferred to-day for delivery into
the stricken city.
The supplies were confined to the
staple articles which will be most in
demand.
The general relief committee ap-
pointed by Gov. Johnson was active
yesterday in directing the work of re-
lief not only so far as St. Paul was
concerned but for the entire state. It
has been in communication with every
city in the state and is in constant
touch with what they are doing.
Messages were received from may
ors of all the cities in the state noti-
subscriptions were being made.
New York Gives $3,5o0,ooo.
New York, April 24.-That the con-
tributions of New York State for the
relief of the victims of the great catas-
trophe on the Pacific coast will ex-
coed $3,5O0,OO0 is now assured. The
state legislature yesterday in response
to a special message from Gov. Hig-
gins, passed a bill appropriating $780,
900 to the relief fund. In New York
! city it is estimated that the sum al
ready gathered approximates $4,000
900, and contributions continue to
pour in in undiminished volume. Not
a city or town in the state has failed
to add its quota to the cause of relief.
Shaw Sends Money to Banks.
Washington, April "a. - Secretary
Shaw has given directions that $751;
100000 of public money be distributed
among the national banks of San
Francisco and immediate vicinity,
which will include Oakland, as soon
as the banks furnish satisfactory Sc.
curity. The secretary was in Chicago
yesterday and his directions to this
! effect were wired to the treasury de-
partment here.