Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-23
PEOPLE ARE URGED TO GIVE
Mass Meeting at New Thester Productive
Of Small Results, However.
DAY is SPENT PACKING SUPPLIES
Carload of Bedding and Clothing E1-
pected to he Ready for For
uardinE Not Later Than
Tuesday.

While the mass meeting yesterday after
noon at the New theater, under the
auspices of the California relief committee,
brought out a gathering which filled the
first floor, Il was noticeable that 95 per
cent OF those present were women. AS
result OF the meeting the committees fund
was increased 1880 OF this t2s.6O was
contributed in cash and $40 in pledges.
Rev. F. A. Case, pastor Of the First Bap-
list church, presided and short talks were
made by Mayor Macrae, Rev. James o'May,
pastor OF the Broadway Methodist church;
Senator c. q. Saunders and Charles NJ.
Harl. Both Mayor Macrae and Rev. o'Msy
dwelt strongly on the point that the dis
aster in San Francisco called for lib
eral response from the people Of Council
BLUFFS in return for the magnificent man
ner in which the boys OF the Fifty-irst
Iowa volunteers were treated during their
stay in that city, both on going and re-
turning from the Philippines. Rev. W. B.
Clemmer Rev. w. N. Graves and Rev. G.
W. Snyder assisted in the exercises, while
Mrs. Robert Mullis contributed a vocal
solo.
At meeting OF the executive commit
tee following the mass meeting in the opera
house Il was suggested that an effort be
made to secure a carload Of provisions,
including potatoes. onions and other nom
perishable vegetables. Nothing definite,
however, was decided about this and the
matter will be brought up again at the
meetings OF the full committee this morn
ing at 1880 o'clock in the rooms OF the
Commercial club.
The members Of the woman's commit
tee worked hard the greater part of Sun
day packing the clothing and bedding
which they had collected. The women eX-
pect to be able to send forward a carload
OF clothing, blankets and other bedding
not later than Tuesday.
The Union Pacific has placed car at
the disposal of the committee and will
send II to the coast as soon as It is loaded
The collection al the Broadway Metho-
dist church yesterday morning amounted to
t1sOs ana that at the First Christian
church about s12 The other churches have
not yet reported TO Treasurer True.
BIuffs People In Frisco.
Nat c. Browning, a former resident Of
| Carroll county. this state, was at the
Grand hotel yesterday en- route from Los
Angeles, Cal, where he at present re-
sides, to Des Moines. He was accompanied
| by his mother. on the train here they
met a young woman and young man,
| refugees from San Francisco, who escaped
from the stricken city with nothing but
| the clothes they had on their backs and
| enough money to pay their way to Chi
cako, where they have relatives. At the
suggestion Of her son, Mrs browning ac-
companied the young couple from Council
| Bluffs to Chicago In order to see that their
wants on the journey were supplied
Mrs. B. M. Jackson, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs George w. Lipe, is anxious about the
safety of her husband, Or. jackson, who
was called to san Francisco about April
| / by the serious illness Of his father, who
was in a hospital there. Nothing has been
heard from DR. Jackson since the disaster
and all efforts to reach him by telegraph
have seemingly failed. Mrs. Jackson ex-
pected her husband to leave San Fran
cisco last Wednesday.
William Natal. formerly trainmaster of
the Omaha division OF the Great Western
railroad. now superintendent OF terminals
at oelwein, passed through Council Bluffs
Saturday en- route to San Francisco. His
family was visiting there and he has been
unable to get any word from them.
Mrs. Henry OFT Of Lincoln avenue is
much worried over her son, Henry OFT,
| who was employed in the Southern Pacific
headquarters in San Francisco. Efforts to
communicate with him have failed so far.