THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES REPORT JACKSONVILLE. FLORIDA. COVERING THE WORK OF THE ASSOCIATION DURING THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC, 1 888. EDITED V.Y CHARLES S. ADAMS. PUBLISHED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THP: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION. JACKSONVILLE, FLA.: TIMES-UNION PKINT. iS8g. 6 !-> I CONTENTS. Page Introduction 5 Chronological Summary of Minutes and News Items 11 Committee on Finance and General Financial Statement 93 Committee on Relief 112 Committee on Sanitation 119 Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention — American Red Cross Associa- tion—Harry Miner Nurses 134 Committee on Conference— City Council— County Commissioners— Board of Health— Government Relief Measures 150 Committee on Claims 1G3 Committee on Duval County at Large 174 Purchasing and Receiving Agent 176 Coniiiiittee on Sanitary Police 180 Committee on Transportation 184 Camps of Refuge 191 State and Inter-State Quarantine and Places of Refuge 196 New York and other Auxiliary Committees— Colored Auxiliary Bureau 225 Sister Communities 232 JaCKSOXVILLE AUXILIAKY Saxitaby Associatiox : Officers, Articles of Association and Members 277 APPENDIX. Page List of Cash Donations 1 List of Donations of Supplies 36 Recapitulation of Donations 40 List of Foreign Merchants from whom Supplies were Purchased 41 List of Local Merchants from whom Supplies were Purchased 42 List of Deaths 46 Metereological Tables 55 >>' NTRODUGTION. In presenting tliis report of the Executive Committee of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association to the public, a few words of introduction are permissible and necessary. The report is mainly a history of the work of the Association; incidentally, it touches upon the relations of the Association with the recognized authorities and their hvbors during the recent yellow fever epidemic. The early formation of the Association was the result of a belief existing in the minds of its founders that it was necessary for the citizens to organize with the authorities and meet the crisis as a unit. Experience had shown that the local authorities, ayd more especially the health authorities of the county and city, were ham- pered by the freely expressed criticisms of citizens who exercised their inalienable rights of free speech without restraint, and quite frequently upon unreliable information and a partial or entire mis- understanding of the situation. And by this we do not mean that the authorities were always right and the citizens wrong, but only that right or wrong, there was no united action based on equal infor- mation, actuated by like motives, adapted to effect the same result by similar means. It was to effect such a union, desirable at all times, imperatively necessary when the announcement was made that yellow fever actu- ally existed in Jacksonville, that the .lacksonville Auxiliary Sani- tary Association was formed. The authorities welcomed the new organization heartily, as they at once i)erceived the advantage to be r<'TION. 7 by him, and did so thereafter as consistently as circumstances permitted. So, too, was there liarmony at all times between the Executive Committee and the standing and special committees. The Executive Committee exercised a supervision over the work of all other committees, which reported progress daily to it, and in this way was enabled at all times to know just what was being done in the different departments. By such supervision and scrutiny, the Execu- tive Committee was able to promptly relieve overburdened depart- ments by enlarging the machinery of the Associatiim, and providing new committees to handle part of their work. In this way the scope of the Association enlarged, and its work constantly increased and has greatly exceeded the earlier expectations of its members. As before said, tlie prei)aration of this i-eport has been hurried, in order to satisfy the natural curiosity of the friends of the Asso- ciation at home as well as abroad. At first it was proposed to pre- sent only a financial statement to the public. It was found that such a statement would be necessarily delayed by reason of tlie un- finished settlement of accounts with the Government, resulting from advances made by the Association to meet the expenses of disinfec- tion ( which was only begun at the close of the epidemii- ), anond in a satisfactory and sub- stantial manner. CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF MINUTES AND NEWS ITEMS. The first authentic case of yellow fever in Jacksonville was that of K. I). Mcf 'ormick, who came here from Tam^ia in the latter i^art of .July, and was reported sick July 28th. He was taken from the Grand Union Hotel to the Sand Hills Hospital. The announcement of this case caused alarm, but the assurance of the Board of Health that it was, in their opinion, simply a sporadic case, calmed all ex- citement. Auf;iist 8th the followin<>; cases were found by the Board of Health authorities: W. H. Blake, J. ('. Mumart, J. W. Saunders and J. J. Perkins. At midnij^ht they were all carried to the Sand Hills except Perkins, who was taken to St. Luke's Hospital. The publicati(ni of these new- cases created a wide-spread panic, and several hundred people left the city. On the !)th, five cases were re- poi'ted, as follows: F. Davis, C. Gonzalez, W. Freudenthal, Magda- len Spoon and Miss F. B. Moore. The Board of Health held several meetings in the afternoon, and were in session up to midnight. On the morning of the 10th, tlie Board of Health issued a proc- lamation announcing that the fever was i)revalent in the city, and that it was tendins; to assume an epidemic form. This, for the pur- poses of this report, is really the beginning of the epidemic. At no(m, a joint meeting of the Board of Trade, Board of Health, City Council and County Commissioners was held at the Board of Trade Room«, fv'ith Acting-Mayor Archibald in the Chair, to devise measures to meet the emergency. A committee of the joint meet- ing was appointed to form a plan for organizing the citizens as an auxiliary committee to the recognized authorities, to report at an adjourned meeting to be held at the Board of Trade Rooms the next day. The pul)lication of the proclamation by the Board of Health started anew the panic, and during the day two deaths, .J. .J. Perkins, at St. Luke's Hospital, and Capt. L. E. Tuttle, at Pablo Beach, in- tensified the alarm, and all outgoing trains and boats were crowded to their full capacity. The Board of Health was requested to con- demn and have burned the "Mayflower House," formerly known as the old Lund house, which i-equest they granted, and it was destroyed on the same day ixnder their instructions. On the evening of that day the Board of Health issued strict orders to the physicians of the city that all suspicious cases f)f fever must be reported at once at headquarters. 12 CHROXOLOGK AL SIMMARY. Surgeon Uiquhart was ordered to Waycross by the Governineut authorities, to open a station for the fumigation of mail and baggage. By this time nearly the whole State of Florida and also Savannah, Mobile, Charleston and a number of other Xorthern and Western cities, had quarantined against Jacksonville. Those going from the city encountered great hardships in passing the quarantine stations, and many delicate women and children were sulijected to a great deal of unnecessary exjiosure and trouble by the arbitrary rules of the different Boards of Health. An exception to the action of those who can work the opportunity to earn food for themselves and their families. Discourage idle ru- mors and avail yourself of every opportunity to cheer your neighbor and quiet and strengthen the public mind. The calmer you are the better you can help this Committee to execute its plans for your relief. Keep your houses and your premises absolutely clean. Use lime, copperas and other di«infectaiits freely. If you are not able to supi)ly yourselves they will be furnished on application to this Committee. Avoid infected places and persons, unless you can be of use in some way. The prime object now is to stop the disease. We be- lieve we can df) tliis if we are i)roperly supported. If relief is needed re])ort to the Chairman of the Relief Com- mittee, at the Board of Trade rooms, or to the Chairman of the Committee in your Ward or District. It is the earnest desire of the Ci,()(;i( Ai> sr.MMARY. and filth swept out of the houses const.iutly wet, and this in dry as- well as wet weather, emitted a sickening stench. The tenf^nts had their water suj^plied from a surface well not more than four or live feet deep ; along the rear fence was a row of cheap earth closets,, some of them in a filihy condition. Under instructious of the Com- mittee on (Sanitation the low places were all filled in, the lot thor- oughly disinfected, and suitable outhouses erected. At seven o'clock in the evening, the first experiment in concus- sion was begun. Three guns were used and fifty rounds of ammu- nition fired. The Knights of Honor and the American Legion of Honor formed a Joint Relief Committee, with Jacob Huff as chair- man. A Masonic Relief Committee was formed by that fraternity in this city. Dr. Sollace Mitchell, who was taking a vacation in Maine when the fever was announced, arrived in the afternoon, anjcl tendered his services to the Board of Health. B. F. Dillon, Superin- tendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, was taken sick at noon. The service was very much demoralized on account of a number of the telegraph operators having left town. August 15 — At the Executive Committee meeting several respon- ses were received from the appeal which was sent out to the citizens of Jacksonville for aid. Dr. Geo. W. Davis, of South Jacksonville,^ and Messrs. S. B. Hubbard & Co. sending $-50 each. J. M. Solo- mons, President of the Beiievolent Association of Savannah, tele- graphed they had .'i;l,()00 subject to draft for the benefit of the Asso- ciation, whenever needed. A number of other telegrams were re- ceived from Savannah, Hendersonville, N. C, Mont Eagle, Tenn., and other places, offering aid and homes for the refugees. Judge Loton M. Jones was appointed chairman of the Committee on Relief, and published, the same day, the list of sub-committees, covering all parts of the city; and, also, by direction of the Executive Com- mittee, the following notice: For the information of the people generally, I desire to say that the (Committee on Relief will not aid, at any time, any people who are not at this time houa fide residents of Jacksonville. No money will be furnished under any circumstances, and no assist- ance will be granted, unless cases have been personally examined and reported upon by the members of the various sub-commit- tees. The (question of quarantining South Florida was agitated by the Executive C^ommittee, the Board of Health, and many prominent citizens, as a means of keeping out tramps, and others, from coming to the city for the purpose of soliciting relief. The Duval County Board of Health issued a circular giving directions for the care of the sick, and recommendations for disinfectants, and other sanitary measures. The Knights of Pythias formed a Relief Committe,^ with ( llROX(iL<)(;i( AI, SIMMAKY. 17 M. M. Belisario as chairman. The Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Company began building a refugee camj), six miles west of the (.'ity, for their employees. Notices were published by the Jack- sonville and Duval Building and Loan Associations suspending their regular dues until the fever subsided. A large number of stores on Bay street were closed, which gave a very dismal look to the .street. Bishop E. G. Weed, who was in Charleston when the fever broke out, arrived on the afternoon train and volunteered his services. The following was quoted by a merchant as coming from his brother in Saratoga: ''DeakJohn — Keep cool. D(jn"t worry. Trust in Providence. Keep taking pills, and you will pull through all right." August Ki — At the meeting of the Executive Committee, the Committee on Finance reported that $875 had been received to date as contributions and memliership fees of the Association. A large amount of routine work was gone through, and reports were read from all the committees. The Committee on Conference re- ported that the Board of Health had determined that all infected houses should thereafter be designated by a yellow flag until they were reported by the authorities as properly disinfected. Nurses of yellow fever patients were not to be allowed on the streets at all, and a guard was to l)e placed by the city authorities at each house where there was a case of fever, to segregate the inmates. The street cars were also directed to be thoroughly fumigated daily. President Daniel read a letter from Ciovernor E. A. Perry, suggesting the wis- dom of making camps for the re<*eption of such of the surplus popu- lation as could not be utilized in sanitary work, and offering to send necessary tents. The suggestion was adopted, and the Governor was asked to send the tents at once. Du]>ont, Ga., and Mont Eagle, Tenn., offered a refuge for the Jacksonville people. Telegrams were read from Senators Call and Pasco, and Representative Dougherty, assuring the Association that the Florida delegation was at work to secure a speedy passage of tlie Relief Bill. The chairman of the Committee on Relief reported to the Executive Committee that he had hired a store in Thomas McMur:ay"s block, on Xewnan street, as central headijuarters. Dr. Kenworthy, City Health Officer, reported that he had received one hundred pounds of bi-chloride of mercury, and was distributing the same about the city by means of the water- ing carts. Mr. McQuaid, on behalf of the Special Committee on Quarantine, reported the receipt of a letter from Superintendent Mo- ran, of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway, about quar- antine matters. President Daniel was requested to communicate with the authorities of Putnam and St. Johns counties, and arrange for a conference. The President reported his communication with owners of mills, and endeavors to remove the difficulties in the way IS < HKOX(>LOer of men. The Committee on Sanitation reported from two hundred and fifty to three hundred men at work, and announced the appointment which had been made fo suiierintendents for the city in various districts. Instructions were published by the chairman of the Committee on Sanitation for the guidance of superintendents and foremen engaged in the work of disinfection and cleansing, the same instructions hav- ing been given orally. The Board of Health decided to postpone quarantine against other points in South Florida, because it believed that the quaran- tine restrictions in other places would prevent any persons from in- fected points coming into Jacksonville, and that persons coming into the city from other points to obtain relief would soon learn that none other than residents might expect assistance, and that the city au- thorities would be able to prevent depreciations by such intruders. The Board of Health acceded to the request of the Executive Com- mittee, and notified them it would have a representative present each day at their meeting. By this time the general topic of conversation on the streets and at the firesides was regarding the results of the concussion theory; wliat the microbes were, and how they were killed. On Wednesday night a detachment of Wilson's Battery had one of its cannon out in front of the battei-y, pointing up the street. A colored man was walk- ing down the sti-eet at the time, but he failed to see the gun until within about thirty feet of it. It was suddenly discharged, throwing a shower of sand in his face, when he was heard to exclaim: " Great Lord, how thick they falls I " August 17 — At the Executive Committee meeting the receipt of s7;50 was acknowledged. Postmaster Clark reported that steps had been taken to have the mails thoroughly fumigated here, and that he hoped this would be done at once and in a manner to avoid the delay and trouble then experienced. Some discussion ensued regarding St. Luke's Hospital, and Dr. R. P. Daniel said that the hospital directors had consented to turn the hospital over to the Association, and that it could be made available at an hour's notice, but that patients there must be protected from the infection of yel- low fev^r patients. It was reported that the hospital at the Sand- Hills had been put in charge of Dr. Sollace Mitchell; that great im- provements had been made, and that for ordinary emergencies it was sufficient. Reports were presented regarding the Grand Union ho- tel, and some members urged that It be condemned and burned. Several other places in Brooklyn, and the city pi-oper, were likewise mentioned in the same connection. President Daniel was reciuested to correspond with the Representatives in Washington, and request their assistance in an attempt to i-emedy tlie evils of the present sys- (HRONOLOGKAL SUMMARY. 19 tern of fumigation of mails and to secure a more efficient postal ser- vice for the State. The Committee on Relief reported considerable trouble made by imposters. Many asked for aid who were well able to sustain themselves. To illustrate: a well-dressed white woman called on Chairman Jones of the Committee on Relief for aid. She stated that while she was not in need of rations, she was boarding in Brooklyn and wanted money with which to pay her board. .Judge Jones was not very favorably impressed with the woman, and told her that they were not engaged in distril)uting money, but provis- ions, which she would have to take, or nothing. This she indig- nantly refused, and, walking out of the office, she stepped into a car- riage and was driven away. A committee, consisting of Col. J. J. Daniel, Mr. P. McQuaid, and Dr. R P. Daniel, went up to Green Cove Springs, by request of the Executive Committee of the Association, to confer with the Board of Health of Putnam county with regard to the stringent quarantines against Jacksonville, then existing. Very little good was accomplished by the conference, as the representatives of Putnam county were not in a pt)sition to make tlie concessions asked l)y the Jacksonville committee. Arrangements were made for a joint con- ference later on. J. W. Archibald, Acting Mayor, Dr. Xeal Mitchell, President Duval Comity Board of Health, Col. J. J. Daniel, President .Jack- sonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, and Edwin Martin, Editor of the Florida Times-l'nion. the committee appointed to draft an address to the citizens of the United States in regard to the situation in Jacksonville, to refute sensational reports, issued an address which was sent out by the Associated Press, giving the status of the fever, at tliat time, the number of cases and deaths, and the meas- ures that were being taken to stamp out the epidemic, concluding with the words : " While generous offers of aid have been tendered from ditter- ent quarter.s, the authorities and citizens feel that for the present they are able and prefer to rely upon their own resources." The "City of Jacksonville" brought down four cannon from Tocoi, which had been sent there from St. Augustine, with a lai-ge amount of powder and blank cartridges. This made seven pieces of artillery in the city, but for want of experienced men, only five were in daily use. Two hundred shote were tired on the evening of the 17th, the cannonading being confined to the eastern portions of the city. August IS — At the Executive Committee meeting, the Commit- tee on Finance reported the receipt of *;^,40U.2."). Many proffers of as- sistance, and letters of sympathy, from prominent railroad officials of Xew York and other places were read. A resolution was adopted 20 CHROXOLOCHCAL SUMMAUY. to the effect that, while the Executive Committee did not feel it iiecessai-y to appeal to the charity of the public at large, at the time, for pecuniary assistance, yet, as it might be necessary to condemn and destroy buildings which had become foci of infection, and un- dertake works of a public nature, to remove all possible danger, the Government should be asked for assistance. The chairman of the Committee on Snnitation reported that the whole tei-ritory of the city had been thoroughly covered by the laborers employed, and the following week a new force of men wt)uld be employed, with fore- men selected because of their sijecial qualifications for the work. For the week ending the 18th, the Association paid out in drafts $2,717.72 for sanitary work and other matters. For the same week, the City Sexton reported twelve deaths in the city proper, only three being from yellow fever. The fumigat- ing mail car was tested and found to work very satisfactorily. August 1!) — Sunday. This was one of the dreariest days, so far, of the epidemic. The weather was very warm, and the atmosphere damp. The streets were almost entirely deserted, and the city seemed like a "deserted village." It was noticeable that more col- ored people were leaving the city than at any previous time. Up to this period, they had felt little alarm, but when one Matthews, a colored man, was taken down the day before, they realized that their turn was coming, and acted accordingly. During the day Dr. Ken- worthy sent around to the various colored ministers, advising them to discontinue their services, especially at night, in view of the im- pending danger to the colored population. It was a dreary Sabbath day all through, and all were heartily glad when night approached and the day had passed away. August 20 — At the meeting of the Executive Committee, the Committee on Finance reported the receipt of about $32.5. Several reports were made regarding the proposed conferences, but as the different counties were not acting in unison, no progress seemed to have been made. The chairman of the Committee onKelief reported that the Committee was overburdened with from two to five hundred ai)plications for assistance, the greater part of which were thought to be undeserved, and he offered a resolution as to the object of the Committee on Relief, which was adopted and ordered published. In order to facilitate business, and secure a proper record, the chair- man of the Relief Committee was empowered to organize a commis- sary department, with provision for supplying the sanitary guards and nurses, and fumigating staff, with proper food and attention. It was also made the duty of this department to make arrangements for promptly furnishing families, detained under quarantine, with desired supplies at their own expense. Dr. R. P. Daniel stated that the Board of Health heartily approved the suggestion that the Asso- CHRO^'OL(•GI( AL SUMMARY. 21 ■ciation sliould form a new committee, which sliouhl take cti<;iiizance of sanitary police matters; and. on motion, the Constitution of the Association was amended by having added to it a provision for a .standing Committee on Sanitary Pt)lice. Dr. Daniel stated that, in the opinion of tlie Board of Healtli, the time had come to make St. Luke's Hospital available for the sick, and upon motion, the chair- man of the Committee on Conference was authorized to report that, in the opinion of the Executive Committee, the Board of Health was the proper party to officially take charge of St. Luke's Hospital, re- ceipt for its contents, and organize the hospital staff. It was found necessary t() introduce a resolution that all cjmplaints and resolu- tions offered to the Executive Committee must be in writing. A resolution of thanks was passed to Postmaster H. W. Clark for his energetic .services in establishing the fumigating station at LaVilla Junction. The Executive Committee cordially invited the attend- ance of newspaper men, and correspondents, at the meetings of that body, and the Secretary was requested to furnish all the information in his power of the actual work before the committee, in order to prevent sensational reports being published. At the meeting of the Board of Health the question of having the Grand Union hotel condemned and burned was taken up and considered at great length. Xo positive action was taken, but the oi)inion was that the house should be ordered vacated at once. Charges that physicians failed to report suspicious cases of fever were discussed, and it was urged that stringent measures should be taken to compel all physicians to report their cases promptly. lie- ports from the Sand-Hills were to the effect that the patients there were all in a fair way to recover. A pavilion, forty feet long, with a double row of beds, was begun, and two other buildings w' ere soon to be erected. The Sisters of Charity had volunteered their services to take care of the female ward of this hospital, and nurse the sick; and for their accommodation a comfortable house, adjoining the hospital, was ordered to be erected at once. Two large, floored tents, for suspects, were also ordered, as well as a building for the use of the physician in charge, where he could change his clothing and take disinfecting baths after his rounds through the hospital. Trouble was anticipated from some of the unruly colored peo- ple, who, induced by reports circulated that the United States Gov- ernment had sent 8200,000 for their support during the summer threatened to have the money, or rations. Although not a cent of any such fund had been received in Jacksonville, it was found imj^ossible to convince all of that fact. Hundreds of colored people, from various places, were drawn to the city by these extrava- gant stories of free rations and money, and among them some des- perate characters, whose talk and action influenced, somewhat, tlie 22 oiiuoNoiXMiicAL sl•^[^IAKV. resident colored population. The office of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Company was closed, Mr. Parkhill taking charge of the ticket office at the depot. All the employees slept at Dins- more, which is six miles out, leaving the city on the evening train, and returning in the morning, the company jtaying all expenses with the exception of the meals. August 21 — At the meeting of the Executive ("omniittee, steps were taken to prepare a circular letter to be sent tf) all absent Jack- sonville people for the purpose of asking their tinniicial assistance. The receipt of about $0") was acknowledged. The Committee revailcd in the interior of the State, and urged that a conference be arranged witli Volusia. Orange, ^[arion, Polk. Lake and St. Jolms counties at the .same time, in order to effect a i)ernianent arrangement and un- derstanding in regard to freights. The fact was cited that several tire- men had been taken sick, and tlie suggestion made tliat the matter be called to the attention of tlie health autliorities, witii a view of affording relief to the department, and also protecting the city in case of fire. Tlie (piestion of quarantine against Soutli Florida was brought up. and it was finally resolved that the Hoard of Ilealtli be again recjuested to immediately institute a system of siuveillance on each road and railway leading into , Jacksonville, so as to prevent the entrance of any parties from infected places, and to prevent any and all trami)s and indigent persons from coming into the city. Presi- dent Daniel was reciuested to investigate tlie coniphunts of exorbi- tant charges, made against undertakers, with power to take action which should bring about more satistactory work on tlieir part. The Articles of Association were amended by tlie addition of a provision for a new standing Committee on Claims. The special committee heretofore appoinfed, consisting of Messrs. P. E. Mc- Murray, C. (J. Elliott and W. .\. Macduff, was continued as the stand- ing committee. The Hoard of Health gave notice that it had as- sumed control of St. Luke's Hospital, with Dr. J. D. Fernandez in charge, and Dr. P. .f. Stollenwerck as assistant. AVork in the city was resumed this morning with increased force. Lime was again sprinkled throughout the city, under the direction of Councilman Wiggins, while Councilman Hoyd had charge of the whitewash gang. 24 (HRONOLOGKAL SIJIMARV. Every tree tniiik, post, hydrant, curbing and sidewalk edge was given a thick coat of lime, to which some of the bichloride of mer- cury was added. Nine new cases were reported at night, but a more cheerful feel- ing was evinced, as it was hoped that the existing system of isola- tion, with the improved sanitary condition of the city, and the free use of powerful disinfectants, would have a good effect in restricting the fever. The weather, during the day, was very hot. though cloudy in the forenoon. The steamer " f "ity of Jacksonville,"" which was expected during the afternoon, did not arrive. She was tied up to the DeBary dock at Enterprise, as, on account of the Or- ange county quarantine, she could not run any longer. No other steamers were running for up-river points. August 23 — At a meeting of the Executive Committee the re- ceipt of about $320 was acknowledged. The Committee on Conference reported to the Association that the Board of Health had declared a quarantine against all infected points in South Florida, and a i)roclamation was ordered to be formu- lated and ijublished, with a preamble stating the grounds upon which such action was deemed justitialde. The President, on behalf of the Committee on Quarantine, reported that he had communicated with the Boards of Health of Yolusia, Clay, Putnam, Marion, Orange and Osceola counties, with a view to obtain a conference and mutual agreement concerning quarantine matters. Acting Mayor Archibald read a notice of (juarantine by the authorities of Monticello and Gads- den county, and a communication from Agent Stephens, of the Sa- vannah, Florida and Western Railway Company, giving notice that no trains would sto]), going or coining, at Blackshear, Ga., on ac- count of (juarantine. The chairman of the Committee on Relief called attention to the fact that the people locked up and quai-an- tined in the Grand Union Hotel were in a destitute condition, and were constantly exposed to infection, and urged that immediate relief be given them. Postmaster Clark again explained the work at the fumigating station, and stated that no mail was detained for fumigation over twenty-four hours. He reported that much of the delay that had heretofore arisen had been caused by the fact that mails from Southern (Georgia had been turned back to AVaycross for fumigation, because of the scare of the people in that State, and had accumulated at Wa> cross to such an extent as to delay the fumiga- tion. Ajiplication was made to the authorities of the Florida Rail- way and Navigation Company in order to obtain a change of schedule so that letters deposited the night before, and the morning papers, could be fumigated aiul promptly forwarded. At a meeting of the Board of Health it was decided to condemn the old Grand Union Hotel and remove all its occupants to the • HROXOLOOKAL SUMAIARY. 25 suspect camp at the Sand-Hills. AVlien this should be done, it ordered that the liotel be fumigated as thoroughly as possible, nailed up, and no one he allowed to enter it. The work of removing the prisoners was begun at once. Surgeon-General Hamilton tele- graphed Dr. Neal Mitchell, from Camp St. Mary, as follows: " The camp is in good condition, a healthy, nice place, with ample accommodations. All persons coming here on their way Xorth must bring your certificate or else bring their own provis- ions. This regulation is a safeguard against tramps^ In ten days they will be free to go to any point." Captain J. H. Stephens, Agent of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Company, received orders to accept no freight for points North via Savannah or Albany. That C'omi)any reduced its train service to the minimum, there being but one train each way daily. The weather was very unfavorable; the morning being quite cool; at noon it was hot and damp, while in the evening heavy rains, accompanied by high winds, prevailed. The number of cases reported was the largest of any single day since the fever broke out. Besides the cases in the city proper, two cases were announced at Greenland, Fla., on the line of the .Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax Hiver Railway, and it was reported that considerable suffer- ing had been caused there for want of attention. There was much complaint regarding the supply of vegetables, which were limited in quantity and inferior in quality. August 24 — At the meeting of the Executive Committee, Presi- dent Daniel reported that a conference had finally been arranged with the authorities of various counties, to be held Saturday at Orange Park. Upon consultation. President Daniel and Messrs. McQuaid and McMurray were requested to represent the Association, and Acting Mayor Archibald, and a representative of the Board of Health were also invited to attend. President Daniel stated that the Committee on Sanitary Police was organized, and had put men on duty Thursday for the first time, and that headquarters and a secure guard room had been selected. Considerable excitement was caused on the street in the morn- ing by the announcement that the Board of Health had decided not to give out the names of the sick for publication. As soon as the news was sent on the wires to the refugees outside, the Board of Health was deluged with telegrams criticising their action, and urg- ing the Board nK)st i)ersistently to reconsider the same. August 25 — At the meeting of the Executive Committee Presi- dent Daniel reported that the conference arranged for that day had been postponed until Tuesday. Superintendent B. F. Dillon, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, tendered, on behalf of said 26 CHRONOLiKiKAI. SUMMAHX. Company, tlie free use of its wires for the Assoeiation. This was most gratefully aeeepted by the officers of the Association. At the meeting of the Board of Health in the afternoon, tlie ac- tion taken in refusing to publish the names of new cases was re- scinded, and the Board decided to give full information daily. This was done after an exi>ression of opinion by the Executive Committee, and in consideratiftn of the strong public feeling in regard to the matter, as absent friends liad no way of knowing when their acquaint- ances and relatives were taken sick, save by the daily reiiorts sent out by the correspondents. Up to six o'clock there had been ninety- two cases since the beginning of the epidemic, with twelve deaths; twenty were discharged, and sixty were then under treatment. One of the nuist pitiable instances of the epidemic occurred in the morning, on Forsyth street, when William Craugh was found sick in the middle of tlie street, in the last stages of the fever. He ■was lying jtrostrate. with his head down: his face red and yelloiv, showing the marked characteristics of the fever. He was partially delirious, and apparently in a dying eondition, with symptoms of the fatal black vomit. He was a tiremnn at the Central Station, and was taken sick several days previous, and instead of going to the hos- pital, had secreted himself; but, feeling the increase of the fever, he endeavored to return to the station for help, but too late to receive any benefit. He was sent to St. Luke's Hospital, where he died the fol- lowing morning. \t a meeting of the local Board of Insurance Agents it was resolved that, during the epidemic, all policies of insurance shouhl be considered as renewed, unless specially no- tified to tlie cimtrary. and that vacancy permits shduld also be granteverc iiia(h' by the reporters to go there and investigate, but no i)er- rilltOXOT.fXJK AI, Sl'MMAItY. 27 mission could be ol)tainer- mal, while the rainfall was less than usual. The newspapers began to feel the effects of the fever, and a large number of tlie com- positors were sick. The previous day the Metropolis had only one printer out of seven to report for duty, and both proprietors and the city editor were sick. The paper was issued by the foreman. The Times-Union was published, also, under similar discouraging cir- cumstances. There was a meeting of the Jacksonville refugees in Atlanta, Ga. , whicli energetically discussed the action of the author- ities in preventing the dopartuie of Jacksonville people to points North. August 29 — At the meeting of the Executive Committee Presi- dent Daniel reported progress regarding the quarantine restrictions affecting Jacksonville refugees going North. Permission had been obtained for people to go to points north of Wilmington, N. C., and Memi)his, Tenn. Colonel Daniel stated that he had telegraphed that such acti(m was not entirely satisfactory, as the people desired access to the mountains of Georiria, Tennessee and tlie Carolinas likewise, without detention at Camp Perry. As it was reported to the Execu- tive Committee that there were no accommodations at Camp Perry CHROXOLOGIOAL SUMMARY. 29 for the sick, strong resolutions were adopted calling on the Surgeon General to have a suitable hospital established there at the earliest practical moment. Upt»n motion, the Executive Committee passed a resolution extending thanks and its deep appreciation of the many hospitable and generous offers of assistance and sympathy which had been tendered to the city and people during the course of the epi- demic so far. Thanks were also passed to the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway authorities for their constant efforts on behalf of the suffering i)eople here. The Board of Health was requested by the Executive Committee to furnish for publication and distribution a conci^e and simple formula for the nursing and treament of yellow fever when the services of a physician could not be obtained. A large number of leading colored citizens formed a Colored Auxiliary Bureau, to do what was possible to aid the Association in the emer- gency, and to give aid and employment to the colored population. After their organization tlie Colored Auxiliary Bureau passed reso- lutions condemning the false reports which appeared in Northern l)apers as to the peace and order preserved in Jacksonville, and stated that unemployed colored citizens were nursing the sick, bury- ing the dead, and guarding the deserted homes and property of the whites who had Hed. The sudden death of Lafayette E. Dancy, who was taken sick at night while at his office, and i-eceived no attention until the next morning, caused sorrow and gloom among his many acquaintances and friends. It was one of the typical cases of yellow fever, and death ensued a little over twenty-four hours after he was first taken. August 30 — At the Executive Committee meeting a dispatch was read from Surgeon-General Hamilton, stating that a liospital would be established near Camp Perry, as requested by the Commit- tee, on the arrival of Dr. Wise, who left Memphis the day previous for that purpose. Piesident Daniel stated that he was endeavoring to influence the Government to furnish funds for building two hun- dred wooden houses at a place to be selected by the Executive Com- mittee, in order to provide comfortable places for the segregation of those who could not go away. Resolutions were adopted to de- populate the city, both by sending the people to extreme Northern points and to camps outside the city. Criticism was called forth in the afternoon by the stringent orders that had been issued by Surgeon-General Hamilton, forltidding anyone leaving the city except for the refugee camp at Camp Perry. As that camp was reported to be in a bad condition as regards ac- commodations for women and children, and in other respects, the people were indignant at being obliged to stop there. A free inter- change of telegrams took place between the authorities here and the Surgeon-General, but no change was made. In the afternoon two so CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. trained volunteer nurses came from Savannah. For the first time durinjj the epidemic, log trains hriiiging supplies to the mills were abandoned on the Florida ('entral and Peninsular Kailroad. August 31 — At the rooms of the Association, there being no quo- rum of the Executive Committee present for business, the citizens present organized themselves into an indignation meeting and passed caustrc resolutions regarding the vacillating policy of Surgeon-Gen- eral Hamilton and the Washington authorities, denouncing their action as unnecessary, arbitrary, unprecedented and inhuman, and appealing to the people of the United States for relief from this un- just and unheard of imprisonment. Surgeon-General Hamilton wired the Executive Con^nittee that its requisition for two hundred houses had been approved. He also explained in regard to Cainp Perry, and finally said that if any of our residents wished to go to Murphy or any definite point in Western North Carolina, on their jjarole not to go to seaboard or quarantine towns within ten days from the date of their departure from Jacksonville, excursion trains would be provided as soon as the number of those who desired to go could be ascertained. Steps were at once taken to ascertain how many would be able to leave on an early train. The Knights of Honor and the American Legion of Honor took steps to secure the services of expert pliysicians and acclimated nurses for the care of their sick. September 1 — At the Executive Committee meeting a resolution was j)assed heartily endorsing the purjiose and aim of the Colored Auxiliary Bureau, as indicated by I). AV. Onley, Chairman of its Executive Committee. Telegrams were read from Putnam, DeSoto, Lake, Volusia, Marion, Alachua, Orange and other county officials announcing that no freight would be received from Jacksonville under any condition. Mayor Cooper, of Atlanta, telegraphed saying that the gates of that city were still open to Jacksonville people. On motion, the Surgeon-General was notified of the action of the Atlanta authorities, and requested to furnish a sjjecial train to that city immediately. On motion, it was ordered that a standing notice be inserted in the Times-TTnion and the Metropolis, urging all per- sons who could leave the city to do so. At a late hour, General Manager Haines, of the Savannah, Florida and Western liailway Company, telegrai)lied that a special train of four cars, for refugees to Atlanta, would leave Jacksonville soon. Much comment was caused on the streets l)y the publication of Surgeon-General Hamilton's defence, which was printe; 12.80 was charged. This caused a great deal of disappointment to many who desired to go but coidd not afford to pay. A moderate cyclone passed over the city during the afternoon, and later there was a gale from the southwest, accompanied with loud thunder, keen Hashes of lightning, and heavy rainfall continuing several hours, washing the surface of the streets perfectly clean, as well as cairying into the river several hundred l)arrels of lime, which liad been scattered abroad. A leading Cuban jdiysician remarked that while the storm was excel- lent as tending to materi;illy lessen the infection, it would be bad for those who were sick. W. K. Carter, editor of the Metropolis, was fe- l)orted very ill in the afternoon, but witli fair prosjiccts of recovery. The Times-Union announccfl that on account of the sickness among its compositors and the imjjossibility of securing others, the Mon- day edition would be discontinued fen- the i)resent. Only two mem- bers of the staff' were on duty, the editor and assistant editor. September :! — At the Executive Committee meeting the main question considered was how best to depoi)ulate the city. A ccmfer- ence was asked with Surgeon-General Hamilton at Camp Perry, to complete arrangements. 11. A. L' tangle and W. A. Macduff' were ap- pointed a si»ecial committee to examine suggested sites for a refugee camjj, witli power to act. The chairman of the Committee on Sani- tation reported that he li.ad employed over four iiundred men the previous week, and had thoroughly gone over all the territory covered before, and that he would continue to keep a force employed sufficient to keep the city in the same cleanly condition. Upon sug- gestion by Acting President McC^uaid, the Secretary and Corres- ponding Secretary were asked to furnish statements of the expenses of the Association for sanitary work, sanitary supplies, sanitary jKtlice, and destruction of proi)erty. Anniston, Jacksonville and Huntsville, Ala., Jackson, Atlanta, IJome and Gainesville, Ga., Knoxville, Galbraith Springs and Leo's Si)rings, Tenn., wired that .q-7 < H RO XOL<:» (i I ( A L S r M M A II V they would receive refugees from Jacksonville. A dispatch was re- ceived from Atlanta, in the evening, to the effect that Atlanta's Board of Health was not pleased with the arrival of the refugee train from JacksMnville, notwithstanding the offer of open gates. Resolutions were passed on the death of Capt. J. H. McGinnis. Thirty-seven cases were reported up to six o'clock, that being the highest record of any day since the beginning of the epidemic. St. Luke's Hospital was reported as being in fine woi-king order. The death of Dr. W. L. Baldwin, following closely on that of Capt. J. H. McGinnis, Cliarles H. Smith, and other well-known and much loved residents, of both sexes, caused much sorrow and sadness. The conference of health authorities of Tennessee and Alabama and representatives from Savannah, held at Augusta, passed a resolution approving the course of Surgeon-General Hamilton in requiring the detention at Camp Perry of refugees desiring to leave Jacksonville. September 4 — At the meeting of the Executive Committee, it was reported that it was nearly impossible to secure the services of competent physicians, on account of their own work overtaxing them, and resolutions were passed that it was time for the city to avail herself of the help of responsible, experienced physicians, nurses and druggists who had offered their services. Steps wei-e also taken to have the crowds of idle men on Bay street dispersed, and it was ordered that work should be furnished them if possible. Acting President McQuaid announced that he had appointed a Chief of the Bureau of Census, who, with help, would make a house to house inspection and ascertain the number of people in town, their ex- pected wants, and whether they desired to leave the city or not. Messrs. P. McQuaid, J. M. Schumacher, P. E. McMurray and Secreta- ry Adams, of the Executive Committee, Dr. Xeal Mitchell, Presi- dent of the Board of Health, and Acting Mayor Gerow, left on a special train at noon to meet Surgeon-General Hamilton, Colonel Haines and others at Camp Perry, to confer about transj^ortation of refugees, and other important matters. Dr. Fernandez was prostrated during the afternoon, and Dr. Stollenwerck had a relapse. Dr. F. H. Caldwell, of Sanford, was wired by the Board of Health to come here at once and take charge of St. Luke's Hospital, and Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, of Key West, was also invited to come and assist the home physicians. Dr. Leonard was taken sick. The doctors endeavoring to act the part of doctor and nurse at the same time, and on this account most of the home physi- cians were overworked. A pitiful case, illustrating the distress and woe prevalent before systematic relief measures, was mentioned in the afternoon to a reporter. While one of the compositors on the afternoon paper came down Forsyth sti-eet, a little boy met him crying bitterly. He stopped him and asked what was the matter. « MU()XoL<>(;i(AL Sl'MMAUV. 83 Tlie little felloAv said tliat lie was very hungry and that his mamma was lying in the house there dead and his little sister and himself had had nothing to eat for over a day. The gentleman immediately provided him a hearty repast, and investigations were then made re- gariling the condition of the family. It was found that the mother, Mrs. Storck. was lying in her room where she had died twenty-four hours previously, and that the father was just breathing his last when the relief came. A dispatch from St. Augustine announced that the people there had ]nohibited the receipt by mail of the daily .Jack- sonville newspapers. .September 5 — At the meeting of the Executive Committee, W. A. Macduff, on behalf of the special committee to locate a camp, re- ported that a site on the Florida Railway & Navigation Company's line, at the seven mile post west of the city, had been selected; that twenty acres of land, at ST.")i> per acre, had been purchased. It was to be called Camp Mitchell, in honor of the President of the Board of Health, Dr. Xeal Mitchell. Ur. R. P. Daniel stated that the Board of Health had adopted a system so that medical assistance might be secured at all times by having a day and night force on in different portions of the city. A report of the conference held at Camp Perry with Surgeon-General Hamilton, was presented, to the effect that the Surgeon-General refused to do anything. According to the re- ports brought back from the camp by those who attended, Camp Perry was in a miserable condition, with leaky tents and no con- veniences. Delicate women who went there were in almost as much r:\[AKY. seiue of all business and the inability to raise furtlier funds here^ aid would be reeeived from the eoinitry at large. September (J — At the meeting of the Executive (\)mmittee, Post- master Clark stated that various counties in the State had quaran- tined against all mail, and especially paper mail, from Jacksonville, and a great deal of inconvenience had been caused to the business interests of the city. The Special Committee on Census presented a report showing that were l:>,7-')7 people in the city, 1),812 being col- ored. Of this number, 1,41)1 were willing to leave the city, 297 would go to camp, l,(i44 refused to say whether they would go or not, while 10,o7") refused to leave. A special from Washington reported Sur- geon-General Hamilton as saying that (^amp Perry was to be en- larged and that a large number of small wooden houses were to re- place the tents in use there. Tlie P^xecutive Committee authorized the Board of Health to obtain a sufficient number of comjietent nurses and guaranteed transi)ortation and proper compensation, it appearing that the Board believed it was time to obtain more nurses. Hardly had the appeal, issued the previous day, gone on the wires before contributions began pouring in from Cincinnati, IVew York, Boston, Louisville, Charleston, S. C, Savanivah, Montgomery, Kuoxville, Tenn., and Thomasville, Ga., while scores of dispatches were received stating that committees had been formed in various other cities to solicit funds. The City C^ouncil endorsed by a resolu- tion the appeal for aid which had been sent out signed by the Acting Mayor, after conference with representatives from the Executive Committee. The Masons issued a call asking for aid for the Jack- sonville Masonic Belief Committee. It was one of the gloomiest days of the ei)iXOr.O(".irAL SUMMARY. 85 Health, and the Putnam and St. Johns County Boards of Health, with a view of having an inspection of the Goveniment fumigating station at Jacksonville to satisfy them of its thoroughness, so that there might be no .<;urther delay in the transmission of newsjjapers. September 8 — At the meeting of the P^xecutive Committee a communication was read from the Southern Express Company stat- ing that the Adams and Southern Express Companies would trans- port free of charge all supi)lies and money contributiims sent to the city for the benefit of the yellow fever sufferers. Acting President McQuaid sent a letter to Surgeon-General Hamilton accepting the explanation of the stoppage of trains at Live Oak, under local quar- antine regulations, but asking that arrangements might be made for special trains for refugees to go to Henderson ville, X. C, and other places willing to receive them. A special committee, (consisting of Messrs. F. IJ. Osborne, D. T. Gerow and C. W. Stausell, was ap- pointed to take charge of the whole matter of arranging transporta- tion for peoi)le Avho desired to leave the city, and a resolution was adopted explaining that it was the desire of the f^xecutive Commit- tee to enable people, who could go beyond tlie reach of infection, to reach those places willing to receive them, which were so located as to be safe from the danger of infection. The Committee on Re- lief, under instructions, made arrangements to keep certain desig- nated drug stores open at night, and published information thereof. The following telegram was received by Acting Mayor (rerow; "Do you want the assistann Transportation. < HRONOL<»GI(AL sriniAKV. 6 I At nine o'clock tlie extra ''Government Excnrsion Train"' for Hendersonville, X. C, left with about two hundred and forty pas- sengers. There would have been many more had it been generally known that it was a free train. The scenes at the depot from early in the morning until the departure of the train were affecting and melancholy, though at times humor played its part. Over one hun- dred of the stay-at-homes assembled at the depot to see the refugees off, and the good-byes were very pathetic. Dr. Guiteras was expected to take charge of the train on its arrival at Camp Perry, with thirty odd refugees from that i^lace, in addition to tliose from Jackson- ville. The State Executive Board of the Knights of Labor issued an api3eal for aid. A great deal of trouble was caused by the ineffi- ciency and culpable negligence of many of the nurses who had been sent to Jacksonville, and recommended as experienced nurses. A number of deaths had been laid to their charge, where they became intoxicated, or were so grossly careless as to allow their patients to become exposed. The Board of Health sent off four female nurses, and said that they would take very stringent measures with others who were brought before them. September 12 — At the Executive Committee meeting, the chair- man of the new Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention re- ported that tiie committee had secured head(iuarters in the Barrs' Block, on Bay street. There still being much complaint about the hick of nurses and physicians, the cliairman of that committee was authorized to again urge the lioard t>f Health to exert every effort to make ample provisions for experienced nurses and physicians. The report of yellow fever at Macclenny was confirmed, and resolutions of sympathy were passed, and the Committee on Conference was di- rected to ascertain the wants of the people of Macclenny and offer relief. Acting Mayor Gerow i-ssued a proclamation forbidding the as- sembling of irowds upon the streets and sidewalks. The death of Professor Richard A. Proctor, who died in New York of yellow fever, was announced. Said a prominent ])hysician at noon: -'Last night was the first night I have had a sound, undisturbed rest for a fort- night. I am responding to night calls, in additi(tn to my day work, so that I am completely exhausted. The deaths among the doc- tors have been many, and have been largely produced by their over- work and consequent exhaustion." Dr. Miller was reported very sick from this cause. Dr. Chas. J. Burroughs was taken down with fever, and Dr. Neal Mitchell was sutfering from over-exertion. One of the sensational features of the epidemic came to light when the dead body of H E. Pryor, a young grocery clerk, was found at the corner of Adams and Cedar streets. On searching his pockets two empty bottles labelled "Laudanum" were found, and written di- 45265!3 38 CHROXOLOGK'AL SUMMARY. rections where to send his body. Piyor was greatly alarmed about the yellow fever, and had been drinking hard for several days. His fears so wrought on his imagination that he committed suicide. September 13 — The Executive Committee made an acknowledg- ment of thanks for the genereus contributions so (quickly sent on the receipt of the appeal for aid, which was published throughout the counti'y by means of the Associated Press, and through special cor- respondents. It was reported that two hundred and fifty tents had been sent from Egniont Key to .Jacksonville to be erected at Mon- crief Sjjrings Camp. The chairman of the Committee on Sanitary Police was instructed to have a daily inspection of houses, with the object of relieving the sick, who might be unable to obtain assist- ance otherwise. Eesolutions were passed endorsing Camp Perry, and requesting all those who could leave the city to do so at once. The Secretary was directed to send daily advices to the Florida Aux- iliary Kelief (^ommittee in Xcav York. A resolution was adopted urging that an officer of the Marine Hospital Service be detailed to examine the condition of the fumigating station at r>a Villa .Junction and to report on the thoroughness of the work, as .a guarantee to health authorities throughout the State to receive mail from .Jacksonville. The Committee on Finance was authorized to distribute deposits re- ceived among the several banks in the city as its judgment dictated. Dr. Neal Mitchell received information at noon that sixty nurses were on the way, and that seventy-five could be ready at a moment's notice. Dr. Sheftall, of Savannah, with four nurses: Dr. Van Hood, of Ocala; Dr. Peyton, of Mobile, and Di-. Eddy, of Louisville, and one or two other physicians and nurses arrived at noon. Dr. Mitchell received a telegram from Harry Miner, saying that twelve Miner nurses had left on the Clyde steamship "Delaware" for Jackson- ville, and two by rail. The South .Jacksonville people were agitating a quarantine on that side of the river to keep the residents of the main portions of the city out of their suburbs. The newspaper men were informed that I!. D. Baker, a Cincinnati journalist, was some- where in the city, and was sick with the fever. Two journalists spent the afternoon searching for him, and toward night lie was found in the upper part of the ('ity, down with a hard attack of ma- larial fever. The newspaper men took charge of him, and saw that he had every attenti(»n possible. September 14 — At the meeting of the Executive Committee ad- vices from Macclenny showed great destitution, and the committee sent a special train out in the afternoon with medical stores and su})- plies for the people, in charge of Dr. Peyton. A resolution was passed retpiiring a certilicate from the President of the Board of Health of destruction of i>roperty, under its authority, to be affixed to all claims suliniitted to the committee for payment. H. X. Ellis, CHROXOI.OcacAL SUMMARY. 39 City Engineer, was added to the Committee on Sanitation. Tlie Ex- ecutive Committee offered to bear the expense of a hospital in Spring- field, on behalf of the Knights Templar, provided that organization would furnish funds for equipment and maintenance. Colonel F. E. Southmayd, representing the Ked Cross Associa- tion, arrived on the evening train, having sto])ped over at Mac- clenny. Hon. II. A. L'Engle, late State Treasurer of Florida, and a prominent citizen, who had devoted his every moment, for the pre- vious month, to the work of *he Committee on Sanitation, of which he was chairman, and as Treasurer of the Association, died at noon. Universal sorrow and grief was expi-essed at his deatli. Louis I. Fleming, one of the most notable lawyers in the State, and senior member of the law firm of Fleming & Daniel, died at noon. F. W. Ely, a prominent business man and insurance agent, died sliortly af- ter noon. The number of cases for the twenty-four hours ending at six o'clock was forty-one; deaths, twelve. It was a veritable "black Friday," as among the deaths were numbered some of the best and widest known business men of the city. September 15 — At a meeting of the Executive Committee con- tributions to the amount of $28,097. 13 Avere acknowledged. A commu- nication from the people of South Jacksonville was read retjuesting^ the enrollment of thirty-nine members of the South Jacksonville Protective Association as members of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, which was accordingly done. W. B. Owen was unanimously elected chairman of the Committee on Relief in place of Judge Loton M. Jones, who resigned on account of ill health and overwork, and left the city. The Committee on Conference re- ported that the Board of Ilcaltli deemed the proposed hospital for the benefit of the Knights Templar impracticable. A resolution was l)assed recpiesting the aid of the American Ked Cross Association, through its representative. Colonel F. R. Southmayd, after a confer- ence with him. Dr. Neal Mitchell, on behalf of the Board of Health, stated that the board would have no difficulty in disposing of poor nurses who came to the. city under pay. but that some action must be taken to protect tlie people against the inefficient local nurses. He also announced that Dr. F. H. Caldwell had been placed in charge of the Medical Bureau, which had been located at the headquarters of the Committee (tn Xurses and Medical Attention, in the Barrs ' block, on Bay street. It was ordered that the Board of Health should give certificates to all nurses who were registered at the Bureau. A resolution was also passed that it was the sense of the Executive Committee that the Board of Health should prevent the practice of inexperienced and irresponsible physicians and nurses. In order to cover the territory of the city thoroughly with efficient doctors, so 40 CHROXOl.oclK AL Sl'MMARV. that all calls could be responded to promptly, the city was divided into districts, and a physician assigned to each. Xinety-three was the number of cases reported at six o'clock. The great increase of new cases created dismay. There were thirty- five patients at the Sand-Hills. most of them doing well. The phy- sician in charge moved his office otit there permanently, so that he could always be on hand when required. The Masons appealed for :funds to enable them to assist the sick and destitute of their order September 10 — Sunday. The weather during the day was some- what pleasanter. Very little rain fell, but the hot sun poured its scorching rays down without mercy, and the exhalations arising from the moist ground could be seen, like a thin mist. Twenty-three nurses from New Orleans arrived in the afternoon. The Board of Health was found to be in a disabled condition. The Board con- .•sistorts of names in the death list; many well persons being reported as either sick or dend. Willie LI,<>t;l( AI. SUilMAKV. 49 .survive. The physicians met and passed resolutions eulogizing his memory. .September 2ii — At a meeting of the Executive Committee steps Avere taken to reduce the force of sanit iry police, and also to place Dr. Echemendia and the Fumigating Corps under Government con- trol and pay. Considerable discussion was had in reference to the condition of affairs in Fernandina. it being the desire of the Jack- sonville Association to render them aid if the people of Fernandina Avould give the exact status of affairs. They had refused to accept a telegraph operator from this office, and likewise declined to make known the exact state of the fever or their necessities. Captain W. C. Cooper reported that Camp Mitchell would be ready for occupancy on the Monday following. It was voted that all persons going to Camp ^Mitchell should have their baggage and clothing fumigated at LaVilla Junction. The Board of Health adopted a resolution, which was reported to the Executive Committee, making all drug stores available to the poor for medicines supplied on the prescriptions of authorized physicians who had registered at the Bureau of Nurses and Medical Attention. The Board of Health designated Mr. D. H. Kennedy, a member of that body, to act on the Committee on Claims of the Association, in order to i)revent a repetition of the payment of claims by the Board of Health and the Associaticm. .Senator Pasco reported, through special correspondence at Washington, a visit to Tresident Cleveland, who expressed the warmest sympathy for yel- low fever sufferers. September 30 — An appeal was received from Fernandina, asking for aid. Camp Mitchell was furnished with mattresses and pillows, and other bedding. October 1 — ^As there were more male nurses than could be well used. Dr. Porter sent off a number on the morning train, retaining the home nurses for duty. Instructions were given to reduce the expenses in every department. As St. Augustine officials had re- fused to give the Board of Health full particulars of their condition, and as letters sent to their Board of Health from Jacksonville had been refused and returned to the postoffice. President Mitchell noti- fied Dr. Kaney, President of the St. Augustine Board of Health, that thenceforth no more telephone bulletins of the ctindition of affairs in Jacksonville would be sent to St. Augustine, and that all bulletins and other communications would be sent by mail. Ic was rumored that Fernandina had the small-pox, and the Board of Health at once took measures to ascertain the truth or falsity of the statement. The unfavorable report received from President J. J. Daniel's sick room, of his failiug condition, created much sorrow at the meeting of the Executive Committee and in the city. October 2 — At the meeting of the Executive Committee Acting 50 < HKOXOLOiilCAL SUJIM.VRY. President McQuaid wired the Fernaudina Board of Health that their wants wouhl he met fully, and requested a statement of tlieir most immediate necessities. The Conimitteee on Relief presented plans for reducing the expenses of that department. Hon. J. C. Greeley was appointed a memher of the Committee on Conference. The Com- mittee on Conference reported that the Board of Health, at the re- quest of the Executive Committee, had determined that $10 per day was a proper price to pay visitino- physicians, and the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention weie instructed to bring in the neces- sary data for the payment of sui'h physicians to date. A communi- cation from Dr. J. Y. Porter was read, stating that he had been ad- vised by Surgeon-General Hamilton that he was making arrange- ments to shorten the stay of convalescents in (piarantine, and author- izing Dr. .1. Y. Porter to take charge of the Fumigating Staff. Dr. Por- ter announced that he had taken charge of the Fumigating Staff", at the request of the Board of Health, and stated that the Government would assume the payment of such guards as were employed by the sanitary police in the prevention of infection by transportation of bedding, etc., and that these men would i)robably not be required more than two weeks longer. The chairman of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention reported a list of thirty-five nurses who were not required, and it was ordered that they be returnetl home. Mr. J. N. C. Stockton presented a series of resolutions in reference to finance and relief measures looking to a stoppage of fur- ther contributions, which resolutions were, upon motion, after some discussion, referred to the Executive Committee for consideration and report, with a recpiest not to publish the same. The resolutions were, however, published the following day, without the consent of or action by the Executive Committee. Dr. Porter received a dispatcli from Dr. Tate Powell, of Starke, stating that an expert was needed at Temple Mills, near that city, to examine the condition of several suspects, as it was believed that yellow fever existed at that place. Thirteen of the volunteer physicians organized a society for the piir- pose of keeping up their organization, and pledging themselves that in future epidemics the members of this society would go in a body to the stricken place. Dr. Joseph Y. Porter was elected President; Dr. Broadus, of St. Louis, First Vice-President; Dr. Sheftall, of Sa- vannah, Second Vice-President; Dr. Strausz, of Palatka, Secretary, and Dr. Carr, of Cincinnati, Corresponding Secretary. Surgeon- General Hamilton, President Neal Mitchell, and the medical mem- bers of Duval County Board of Health, and Doctors Fernandez, Stol- lenwerck and Sollace Mitchell were elected honorary members. " American Volunteer Medical Corps of ISSS" was the name selected for the society. < HROXOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 51 A wave of sorrow swept over the afflicted city late in the even- ing, when it was announced tliat Col. J. J. Daniel had died at nine o'clock. Col. Daniel had been placed at the head of the Auxiliary As- sociation when it was first formed, and had devoted his whole time unremittingly to it. The immense amount of work prostrated him several times, but he still insisted on keeping at his post, and -ivhen the fever seized him he was in a very exhausted state, and his sys- tem was so broken down that he was unable to rally. His was the only death recorded on that day, but it called forth expressions of sympathy from all parts of the country as a loss, not only to the city, but the State and the entire South. W. N. Baker, cashier of the State Bank of Florida, died the pre- vious evening. His death was all the more sad from the fact that he was convalescing, and was expected to recover, when he suddenly became delirous and sank rapidly. Edwin Martin, editor of tlie Times-Union, was taken sick in the afternoon. October 3 — At tlie meeting of the Executive Committee sympa- thetic resolutions on the death of President Daniel were ottered, and a special committee appointed to frame resolutions, and it was voted that the Association should attend the funeral in a body. Many let- ters and telegrams were read at the time. In the afternoon a large number of citizens, in company with members of the Association, attended the funeral services, wliich were held at his late residence at "Palermo." Dr. C. .1. Kenworthy went to Macclenny by special train with supplies. October 4 — At the Executive Comniittee meeting Dr. Kenworthy presented a report of his trip to Macclenny. The chairman of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention stated that he had sent away twenty-seven nurses, and that five more would be sent off on that day. The chairman of the Committee on Transportation stated that he had been officially ad vised that tlie Government would pay for the transportation of absolutely indigent persons from Camp Perry to their homes. He also reported that his committee had made arrangements to transport persons to Camp Mitchell for twenty-five cents each. Free tiansportation would be furnislied to all who went out there to stay. The chairman of the Committee on Sanitation reported that the work of shelling the new road to the cemetery would begin on that day. The chairman of the Committee on Duval County at Large was authorized to furnish funds for relief purposes in cases where it was impracticable to furnish supplies, and he was directed to submit the proper vouchers and receipt for the same. The chairman of the Committee on Finance reported that Frank Marvin had been added to that committee, and that, as chair- 52 CHROXOLOGICAL SUMMAJIY. man. he had wired the Mayor of Gainesville to draw on the Associa- tion for $1,000. Upon suggestion, it was moved that the committee appointed to prep;ire resolutions on the death of Col. J. J. Daniel be requested to report on Saturday, the Oth, at the usual time, that there be no business session on that day, and that the chairman of the r;ominit- tee on Conference publish an invitation to the citizens generally to join in the meeting and take suitable action in the matter. Dr. J. Y. Porter reported that the Government had taken charge of the fumigating staff, but that he did not deem it advisable that any gen- eral attempt at disinfection be made until the close of the epidemic. For the twenty-four hours ending at six o'clock, seventy-five new cases of fever were reported, but no deaths. The physicians, gen- erally, reported their patients as having lighter cases, and the im- pression existed that the epidemic was waning. Dr. W. H. Babcock, Superintendent of Public Instruction in Duval County, died, though not of yellow fever. October 5 — At the meeting of the Executive Committee the chairman of the Committee on Transportation announced that he had been advised by the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Com- pany that free transportation would be given to nurses returning home, where connecting lines would act in the same manner. A resolution was passed instructing the chairman of the Committee on Transportation to communicate with tlie Clyde and DeBary lines of steamers with a view of making arrangements for the transportation of fruit from the State, via Mayport, or otherwise, during the months of quarantine against the city. The chairman of the Committee on Sanitation was directed to employ men five days in the week, of ten hours each, at one dollar per day wages. The authorities of Gaines- ville and Fernandina were again wired, at the suggestion of Mayor Hewitt, of Xew York, asking if more aid was needed. October 6 — A very largely attended meeting of the members of the Auxiliary Association, and of citizens generally, was held at the Board of Trade rooms Saturday morning, to hear the resolutions of respect on the death of Col. Daniel. The room was heavily draped in mourning, and the vacant chair of the late president was also covered with the habiliments of woe. Eight Rev. E. G. Weed i-ead the resolutions, which were adopted by a rising vote, and ordered engrossed. Several short and eloquent addresses were made, eulo- gizing the life and character of Colonel Daniel, and Dr. T. O. Sum- mers read a poem composed specially to his memory. It was reported to the Executive Committee that Camp Mitchell was fitted to receive refugees, and immediate action was suggested to urge people to go there. Bishop Weed published a card, saying that after a personal inspection of Camp Mitchell, he would urge all N()LOGI( AL SUMMARY. 53 persons who desired to retire to some place out of the infected dis- trict, to go to Camp Mitchell, as he was fully satisfied of its satisfac- tory condition. President Xeal MitcheU's fourth private secretary was taken down at noon and removed to the hospital. At noon it was reported tliat Edwin Martin, editor of the Times-Union, was dying. October 7 — Sunday. Editor Martin, of the Times-Union, died at ten o'clock. Heart complications were present in the case of Mr. Martin, and he sank rapidly, being unconscious for the five hours preceding his death. At noon ail the remaining active newspaper men, reporters, editors and correspondents of foreign papers, formed an organization for the purpose of assisting each other in cases of sickness during the epidemic, and to take necessary steps to help the families of those of the fraternity who had lost their lives during the eiJidemic. F. W. Hawthorne, editor of the Times-Union, was elected president; W. K. Carter, of the Metropolis, vice-president; C. W. DaCosta, of the Florida Dispatch, treasurer, and S. A. Adams, correspondent of the Savannah Morning News and New York World, secretary. The name adopted was the "Jacksonville Press Club." Resolutions were passed thanking the journalists of the country, the New York Press Club, which had already sent funds for the assist- ance of t!ie stricken newspaper men. Miss Cora Tanner, the actress, and others who had contributed for the benefit of the Jacksonville newsi)aper men and their families. Kesolutions were also passed on the deatli of Edwin Martin and M. R. Bowden. October 8 — At the J]xecutive Committee meeting the receipt of contributions to the amount of -$20,901.41 was acknowledged. Acting President McQuaid was elected President to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Colonel Daniel, and J. M. Schumacher was elected Vice-President. A special Committee on Vehicles was organized by the appointment of P. E. McMurray as chairman, the duties of the committee being to provide teams necessary for the work of the As- sociation at reasonable rates. Steps were taken to form a memorial association to prei:>are some suitable memorial to President Daniel. The remains of Editor Mar- tin were buried at noon, the newspaper men and emjiloyees of all the newspaper offices in town attending in a body, the pall-bearers being selected from among them. Frank Marvin, cashier of the banking firm of Ambler, Marvin & Stockton, and a well known business man of the city, died in the afternoon. Although only twenty-four years of age, he had at that time gained an enviable business reputation in Jacksonville and throughout Florida. October — At the meeting of the Executive Committee supplies were ordered to be sent to Macclenny, and arrangements were made for a conference between the Fernandina and Jacksonville authori- 54 CHRONOLOiilCAL SUMMARY. ties. W. B. Owen, who had recently recovered from an attack of yel- low fever, resigned the chairmanship of the Committee on Relief,, and, at the suggestion of that committee, presented the name of Rt. Rev. E. G. Weed for permanent chairman. Mr. Owen's resignation was accepted, and Bishop Weed was a23pointed chairman in his place. The Executive Committee directed the employment of an attorney to take preliminary steps to incorporate the Jacksonville Auxiliary Hanitary Association. Telegrams were read from W. P. CHyde & Co., the Ocean Steamship Company and others, in reference to the ques- tion of transportation of oranges, all considering the Mayport plan favorably. A telegram was read from C. P. Wilkinson, M. D., Pres- ident of the State Board of Health of Louisiana, refusing to permit nurses to return to New Orleans, except via Tampa, and after a dis- infection at the quarantine station on the Mississippi River. At the meeting of the General Committee, appointed on the i^lan and organization of a "Daniel Menit)rial Association,"' two commit- tees were appointed, one on Plan and Organization, consisting of J. C. L'Engle, Hy. Robinson and F. W. Mumby, and the other on Nam- ing Trustees, consisting of J. N. C. Stockton, J. C. Greeley and Wm. M. Artrell. The question of allowing home physicians pay for their charitable services was agitated on the streets. The volunteer phy- sicians received .$10 per day, and their board and other expenses, and some residents of the city thought it fair that the home physicians should also receive compensation. T. T. Stockton, Business Mana- ger of the Times-Union, was reported sick with the fever. Late the jjrevious evening a wedding occurred in Brooklyn, which terminated rather uni)leasantly to those most nearly concerned. As the cere- mony was concluded the bride was seized with a very severe chill, the first symjjtom of yellow fever, and was compelled to retire. The thoroughly frightened bridegroom at once sent for a physician, aiid the same carriage which took the clergyman home brought a physi- cian for the bride. October 10 — At the meeting of Executive Committee the chair- man of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention brought up the case of the selling and distributing of furniture from an infected house, and, uj^on motion, was requested to communicate with the acting chairman of the Committee on Sanitary Police, and take im- mediate measures to stop the further distribution, and to collect and return the property which had been sold. The chairman of the Com- mittee on Relief reported that his committee had luianimously re- solved to ck)se the restaurant which had been established for the feeding of convalescents and employees of the Association, on Octo- ber 12th. Dr. Miller, who had been placed in South Jacksonville, reported no sickness, except a few cases of malarial fever. There was difficidty in getting supplies over for families in distress in that chronoi.o<;k'al summary. 55 suburb, as the ferry boat made only two trips a day. The Executive Committee took charge of the matter, with the object of securing better transportation. Notice was published that all bills and claims, on which the action of the Executive Committee was desired, must be presented to the Association on or before Thursday of each week. October 11 — At the Executive Committee meeting Bishop Weed stated his willingness to act as agent of the Association, and hold a conference with the authorities of Fernandina to ascertain their needs, and the best method of supplying them; and the Committee on Transportation was directed to make proper arrangements i>f his transportation. The following was reported by the Committee on Nurses and Medieval Attention as a fair sample of some for the orders received at the Medical Bureau: Oct the 11 1888 dere sir i am one of Doctor senters pascients. please send me 2 pouml Rice, '■) pound sugar, 2 pound tea, 2 pound butter, oiu' sham- pane, flour, one cherries Brandy, some ham, one chicken, one milk, and Inrd. Cahomnk Wii.iJAMs. Spanish liill. The lieavy down-fall of rain all the previous day, which ctnitin- ued almost throughout the entire night, had the effect of flooding the woods around the city to such an extent as to nearly stop travel on foot or in private conveyances. Scores of people who had taken tem- porary refuge in the surrounding country, and who came into the city every day to attend to their business, succeeded in reaching the city only by overcoming serious obstacles. October 12 — The chairman of the Committee on Relief explained the state of affairs in South Jacksonville as bad, and growing worse. He stated that the suburb was infected, and that there was much sickness there, a great proportion of which had not been reported. He explained that he had been obliged to hire row-boats to carry sup- plies and people across the river, in the absence of more frequent trips of the ferry boat. The establishment of a hospital there was discussed, ami the Board of Health was requested to orted that the committee was economizing in every department, and were cutting down exi^enses daily. Over seven thousand rations were cut oft" in the preceding two weeks, and from three to four hundred people were being cut off daily. Most of them were colored, who had been given work. Some dis- cussion ensued regarding the stringent orders issued by the Board of Health to keep refugees out of the city. Letters received from ab- sent Jacksonville people indicated their intention to return before the city was announced free from fever. The Board of Health, there- fore, was requested to take measures to prevent this. Some commotion was caused at the Medical Bureau, in the even- ing, by tlie publication of an anonymous article in the Metropolis, speaking of the proposed plan to pay home physicians for their sei'- vices, upon the ground that volunteer physicians were paid. This, in connection with other newspaper articles, induced the volunteer physicians to withdraw in a body, and they tendered their resigna- tion to Dr. Porter at a called meeting in the evening. President Mitchell, of the Board of Health, thought their action hasty, and rather ill-advised, which appeared tt) be the general sentiment, as OHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 57 the volunteer physicians had received the best of treatment in Jack- sonville, and had been highly cunipliniented for their conduct in coming, and their good work in the city. A special from Green Cove Springs reported yellow fever in that town. October 14 — Sunday afternoon, the Committee on Conference of the Association and the Board of Health met, and consulted with re- gard to the action of the members of the Medical Bureau, and passed resolutions assuring the volunteer physicians that their bravery and self-sacrifice were appreciated, and that the publications, which were the cause of their grievances, did not reflect the sentiments of the people of Jacksonville. In the evenijig, after communication with the Tresident of the Board of Health, the volunteer physicians re- scinded their action and went on duty as usual. October 1') — At the Executive Committee meeting Bishop Weed made a detailed report of his trip to Fernandina. Upon motion, it was resolved to remit 65,000 to the assistance of Fernandina. The Committee on Relief submitted a report covering a statement of their work. The total number of ration cai'ds issued to date had been 4,648; number of cards recalled, 1,817; number of cards outstand- ing, 1,531 ; number of people at that time being fed, 0,252. Another petition (this one from citizens) was read to the Executive Commit- tee, urging the Committee on Relief to take steps to abolish all com- missaries of relief except one, and to issue rations only to widows, orphans and decrepid people, and endorsing the efforts of the com- mittee to furnish relief by the employment of labor, as a means to the natural resumption of normal business. Letters were read from the authorities at Gainesville, expressing appreciaticm for the assist- ance rendered by the Executive Committee. A resolution of thanks was tendered to Francis R. King-IIall, the special correspondent of the New York World, for valuable services rendered to tlie Associa- tion and the Avhole community, through the columns of that news- paper, it being the eve of his departure for the North, lit. Rev. E. G. Weed was xinanimously elected to till the vacancy in the Execu- tive Committee, upon nomination by President McQuaid. The Knights of Labor adopted resolutions requesting the State Master Workman to rescind his appeal for assistance theretofore published, on the ground that there were funds enough coming in through the usual channels to take care of the members of their or- der, and asking the Executive Committee of the Association to in- crease the wages of laborers. October 16 — At the meeting of the Executive Committee Di". Kenworthy presented a full report of his visit to Macclenny and Sanderson. The Committee on Transportation was requested to confer with the proper railroad authorities and secure a dehnite un- derstanding with regard to transportation rates for Macclenny and 58 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMAKY. Sanderson. The Committee on Duval County at Large reciuested that all relief furnished in the county should thereafter be given through the Committee on Relief. Orange Pai-k asked for funds to maintain her (quarantine guard, but the committee took action to notify them that the funds in its hands could not be used for that purjiose. A communication was read from the contributors of Syra- cuse, N. Y., forwarding funds, with a request that they be used for improving the public roads, specifying the road in Brooklyn and Riverside. The communication was referred to tlie Committee on Sanitation. Threo of the corjjs of visiting physicians at the Medical Bureau, Dr. Warren E. Anderson, of Pensacola, Dr. A. P. McNeil, of Bradley, S. C., and Dr. R. C. Macy, of Mobile, resigned and left on the after- noon train for Cami? Perry, on their way home. Dr. Sollace Mitch- ell rei)orted that he had closed up two more wards at the Sand- Hills, leaving only three then open. Sixteen patients were there, all doing well. Several of the nurses had been discharged. Mr. S. A. Adams, the Florida representative of the New York Wmld, re- ceived, through Col. John A. Cockerill, managing editor of the World and president of the New York Press Club, the sum of $400, contributed by that club for the beuefit of newspaper men and their families who had been atHicted by the yellow fever. For the first time in nearly two months the City Council convened in regular se.s- .sion with a full (piorum. l^r. .Tames M. Fairlie, the secretary of tlie Board of Trade, and cor- responding secretary of the .Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary As.so- ciation, died, late in the afternoon. He had been prostrated with yellow fever for several days previous, and the day before was re- ported as having a normal temperature, and was thought to be im- proving. I^ate in the afternoon, in a manner inexplicable to his phy- sicians and attendants, his temperature began to rise; just after dark, it was 107i, and a few hours later he died. Dr. Fairlie lost his wife a few days previous. He was a i)rorcinent business man, and had lield many responsible positions in public affairs. October IT — At the meeting of the Executive Committee a com- munication was received from Sui-geon-General Hamilton relative to the return of ihe refugees before the city was free from fever, and expressing the opinion that the most stringent measures should be adopted to keep them away until such time as they could come in with perfect safety. The committee thoroughly approved the opin- ion of the Surgeon-General, and instructed the Committee on Con- ference to urge action on the part of the City Council, the Board of Health, and Dr. Porter, in the i)remises. The chairman of the Com- mittee on Sanitation reported that tliere were employed by that committee 1,(12.") men. Tliret! liundred and seventy -one were em- CHROXOLOCJICAI. SI M.MARY. 59 ployed by the committee on Uuval County at Large, and about one hundred others were employed by tlie Association in general work as a measure of relief. A sjiecial committee was appointed to draft suitable resolutions on the death of James M. Fairlie, corresponding secretary of the Association. The Western Union Telegraj)!! office suffered severely during the epidemic. Among those wlio had l)een ill with yellow fever to date were Superintendent B. F. Dillon, Manager D. J. Crowley, operators Sweeney, Birkner, Shearer, Daniel, Ford, Hollenbeck, Armstrong, Turner, DeForrest and O'DriscoU; clerks Webb, Converse, Smith, and Robinson: six messenger boys were also sick. Ford, Hollen- beck, DeForrest and Robinson died. Manager Crowley lost his wife. Day Chief Wallace lost his wife and cliild. Miss O'Connor, the only lady operatoi' in the office, received much praise for her kindly at- tention to the sick boys. October IS — At the meeting of the Executive Committee a com- munication was received from Dr. Porter, stating that he liad been misquoted in the published minutes of the previous day, and the secretary explained that it was due to a change in the minutes made by the paper. The Committee on Camp Mitchell was instructed to complete oidy such houses as had the frames up, as it did not seem likely that more wi>uld be needed; and the same committee was also directed to erect two additional buildings for hospital ])urposes. A resolution was adopted, stating tliat Camp Mitchell had been erected at great expense, detailing tlie demands upon the Association for relief iind sanitary jiurposes, and ie(iuesting the Committee on Re- lief to close all commissaries on October 27tli, and to issue rations only at Camp Mitchell to invalids, widows and orphans. This reso- lution was referred to the Coinmittee on Relief for examination and recommendation. A resolution was jjassed that all persons who de- sired to go to Camp Mitchell, and were able, should pay their ex- l>enses, to be charged at the rate of fifty cents per day. The matter of the Harry Miner nurses was brought up again before the Execu- tive Committee, as it appeared that those who remained in the city were in a destitute condition. A resolution was passed asking in- formation of the Board of Health as to their condition, and what should be done in the premises. The President of the Board of Health, in answer to inquiry, stated that most of the Miner nurses had left Camp Perry; that most of them had had the fever. The nurses were in destitute cii'cumstances, and Dr. Mitchell was re- quested to ascertain the names, individual wants, etc., in order that that the committee might act intelligently in the matter. The Com- mittee on Transportation was instructed to confer with Dr. Porter, and communicate with Surgeon Hutton. at Camp Perry, to arrange 60 CHRONOLOGICAL SUM.\rAItY. for the reception of nurses at the camp whenever the Committee on Transportation shouhl guarantee that their transportation wouhl l>e ready before the time of detention liad ehxpsed. The Board of Health held a meeting in the afternoon to take measures to restrain the refugees from returning, and issued a pro- clamation to cover the matter-. A large number of people had moved to Camp Mitchell, and had made the place quite lively. Re- ne vs^ed efforts were made to induce others to go there, and especially those who had not had the fever. A sad death was reported from St. Nicholas on the previous day, that of Edward B. Halliday. When the epidemic broke out he was engaged in surveying on the Indian Biver. He was kept informed by the office of the Signal Service, from day to day, as to the sick, and when he learned that some members of his family were among the new cases, he started at once for home. His friends tried to dissuade him, telling him that he could do no good by returning, as his child would either be dead or recovered by the time he could reach there; but he started, in spite of all remomstrances, and as the usual means of travel were all suspended, was compelled to make the greater part of the journey on foot, but he overcame the many difficulties and arrived at home, where, in a very short time,, he was stricken with the fever and died. October 19 — At the meeting of the Executive Committee a reso- lution was adopted that in future no claims for property destroyed ■would be paid by the committee. The Committee on Transi)or- tation called up the action of the Executive Committee the previous day, in requiring persons able to pay, to assume their expenses at Camp Mitchell, and retpiested that such action be rescinded on the ground of exjiediency. After full discussion, the Executive Com- mittee, in accordance with the request, rescinded their action, and provided that applicants for admission to Camp Mitchell should be furnished transportation upon the recommendation of the jihysicians formerly designated by the Board of Health. A request was presented to tlie Executive Committee from the Committee on Belief to pay the persons in the employ of the School Board of Duval County, and employees of the fumigating depart- ment, but, after discussion, the Executive C'ommittee referred tlie matter to the proper authority. October 20 — At the meeting of the Executive Committe a spe- cial committee, consisting of President McQuaid, J. M. Schumacher and P. E. McMurray, Avas appointed to prepare a financial statement to be presented at a special meeting of the Association, to be held on the 25th. It was ordered that the Committee on Sanitation be requested to report on the advisability of emi)loying men six days per week at seventy-five cents per day wages. A. William CockrcU,. CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 61 „r., was elected corresponding secretary of the Association in the place of James M. Fairlie, deceased. President McQuaid read a tele- firam from Gainesville, asking for aid, and was directed to request a conference in order to ascertain the wants of that city. A communi- cation was read from the Clydes, of Xew York, saying that as sug- gested by the Executive Committee, they would resume their regular steamship service on November 10th; their first steamer to leave New York on that day to connect at Mayport with the upper St. Johns steamers. H. W. Clark was appointed chairman of the Com- mittee on Transportation. A communication was read from the Florida Auxiliary Kelief Committee in New York, making inquiries about the Harry Miner nurses. The Executive Committee had se- cured the complete correspondence which passed between the Board of Health and Mr. Miner's agent, and the President of the Association was recjuested to communicate the same to the chairman of the committee in New York, with the expression of the opinion by the Executive Committee that the nurses should be paid, and that had it not been for the correspondence of Mr. Miner, they would have been placed on the Government pay roll and have been paid by the Government. Chairman E. B. McBride, of the Committee on Sanitary Police, was leijuested to wind up the affairs of that com- mittee and close up his headquarters. October 21— Dr. J. Y. Porter, in charge of the Government Re- lief Measures, in an interview Sunday afternoon, stated that the only things that were to be destroyed by the fumigating brigade would be mattresses, pillows and quilts ; that blankets and all other woolen and cotton goods would be boiled and cleansed, and carpets and other heavier goods thoroughly baked. October 22 — At the Executive Committee meeting the special committee reported resolutions formulated on the death of James M. Fairlie, which were unanimously adopted. President McQuaid reported the result of his conference with the two representatives of McClenny. The Committee on Conference reported that the City Council and Board of Health had taken action to prevent the return of refugees until authorized by the authorities, and that Dr. J. Y. Porter had been delegated by both bodies to act as their agent, and had been given exclusive control of that matter. The chairman of the New York committee wired that the committee had removed its headquarters from the Grand Central Hotel to o91 Broadway. A vote of thanks was passed by the Executive Committee and for- warded to the proprietors of the Grand Central Hotel. Dr. Paul Gibier, reported to have been sent by the French Gov- ernment to investigate the yellow fever, arrived in the city. The Board of Health proposed to tit up quarters for him at St. Luke's 62 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. Hospital, to enable him to pursue liis studies under the most favor- able circumstances. October 28 — At the Executive Committee meeting the Purchas- ing Agent was authorized to send f)ne liundred pairs of blankets to Camp Mitchell, ;us many people there had not provided themselves with sufficient covering. A committee of three, consisting of Messrs. Schumacher. Macduff, and II. W. Clark, was appointed to draft suitable rules and regulations for the government of the camp. The Committee on IJelief reported on the resolutions, previously referred to that committee, for tlie abolishment of commissaries, etc., that the committee believed tlie sudden abolishment of the commissaries would be productive of suffering, but that, in accord- ance with the spirit of the resolutions and the desire of the public and members of the Executive Committee to reduce expenses, and promote the natural resumption of business, the Committee on Re- lief had taken action to gradually reduce the commissaries. The Executive Committee resolved to cut off the guards who had been theretofore in South Jacksonville. A communication was read from fiainesville declining a confer- ence, and stating that she preferred to dej^end upon outside sub- scriptions. The Executive Committee believed that the authorities in fJainesville could not have received a previous letter explaining its position, and postponed any action until it could be ascertained whether all communications from the committee had been received in Gainesville. Dr. Porter stated to the committee that the visiting physicians had tendered their resignations, as they believed that the epidemic could then be handled by the local physicians. He said that the action was taken in perfect good feeling and faith, and added that the policy of the Bureau of Nurses and Medical Atten- tion, under his direction, would be to send home all foreign nurses and retain the local nurses. Surgeon-CJeneral Hamilton telegraphed that the Government proposed to pay for the destruction of mat- tresses, pillows and comforters necessarily destroyed in the houses of the poor. An api)eal was issued by C. C. Yonge, Grand Master of I. O. O. r., at Pensacola, asking for subscriptions for the benefit of the order in Jacksonville. The nur.ses who still remained in the city met at the Medical headquarters, tlie previous evening, and formed the "Yellow Cross Yolunteer Nurse Association of 1888." October 24 — At the Executive Committee meeting resolutions were passed that no further aid sliould be furnished by the committee to any iierson or persons not residents of a place infected with yellow fever, except in individual cases, and that after the 27th of October the Committee on Duval ('ounty at Large be discontinued, and ap- CHKOXOLOlilCAL SLMMAKV. 03 plications for aid by persons outside of the city limits he referred to the County Commissioners. The Committee on Kelief reported the reduction of commissaries, cutting off of rations, and abolishment of Camp Howard. The chairman of the Committee on Sanitation re- ported that there had been employed that week 1,765 men and 214 drays; and that i)ay for men would be cut down to ten cents per hour, eight liours per day, and five days per week. The force was ordered cut down to 1,000 men. The special committee reported rules for the admission of api)licants to Camp Mitchell. The Com- mittee on Transi)ortation, in answer to an inquiry, reported that the. committee had received most generous treatment from the transpor- tation companies in the matter of free transportation for nui-ses re- turning to their homes, and that they were being sent out without delay, as soon as the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention advised the Committee on Transportation their services could be dispensed with. A telegram from (Gainesville was read, as well as the entire cor- resi>ondence between the Executive Committee and Gainesville, and the conference still being declined, the President was directed to for- ward .*1,000 for the immediate wants of the authorities, and notify them that, under the circumstances, no further aid could be furnished. A special from Enterprise, at noon, reported the existence of fever at that place. The newspapers published a letter from Sur- geon-General Hamilton to Governor Perry, suggesting the establish- ment of a State Board of Health by the Legislature. October 2") — A meeting of the Association which had been called to receive a report of the special committee appointed t(j formulate the financial statement, was adjourned until the 2Ttli, as the state- ment was not completed. The President of tlie Association read a communication from Dr. Porter, enclosing correspondence from Surgeon-General Hamilton, in relation to the destruction of property, stating that the Govei-nment would only pay for property of such persons as were unable to sustain the loss. A special committee was appf»inted to formulate a communication, expressing the views of the Committee that such discriminition would be unjust and pre- vent a thorough disinfection of the city. Acting Mayor Gerow and Councilman Wiggins i>aid a flying trip, on a special, to Sanderson and Macclenny, as agents of the Executive Committee. They found there had been no cases of fever for ten days in the former town, and that Macclenny had six cases the previous day, and one death. The City Council meeting was held in the afternoon, at which a communication from Dr. Porter was read, enclosing Surgeon-General Hamilton's suggestions as to the fumigation of the city, and what portion of the infected property destroyed the Government would pay for. All the Council unanimously agreed that the plan was ira- 64 CUKOXOLOcilCAI, SUMMARY. practicable, and that the only way to have all infected material given up, was to have all property destroyed paid for. Resolutions to this effect were passed and ordered sent to the Surgeon-General. The Council declared the office of city sexton vacant, on account of the absence from duty of the duly elected sexton. The rapid spread of thefever in South Jacksonville started an ex- odus, and many residents moved away; most of them going to Sweetwater, or camping out in the woods near that section. Two deaths were reported there in the morning. A house-to-house canvass was started to-day in the city proper, by the Board of Health, for the pviri>ose of locating all infected bedding, so that when the city should be disinfected at the end of the epidemic, there would be no chance of secreting any of the infected bedding or clothing. The canvassers reported they were meeting with rebuffs and threats on all sides. One of them was met with a shot;-gun in the hands of an irate colored man and ordered to leave the premises, instanter, the owner saying that they had iu> sickness there, and if they had they would not tell of it. Another had two deer hounds set on him, and a third had a i)an of hot water emptied on him by an indignant colored woman. October 26 — The Board of Health decided to close the Sand-Hills Hospital as eai-ly as possible, and to keep open St. Luke's Hospital, because of the more convenient loication of the latter. Only twenty- three cases were reported for the twenty-four hours ending at six o'clock, and the hopeful feeling that had prevailed for the last few- days was increased. October 27 — The Association meeting Saturday was largely at- tended, as the long-expected financial statement was presented. President McQuaid, who was chairman of the Special Committee, read the report, which showed that up to October 20th $812,370.11 had been received, and $210,654.24 expended. The report was re- ceived and adopted, and, u])on motion, a vote of thanks was unani- mously tendered to the Executive Committee for the acceptable man- ner in which it had performed its duties. The report was as com- plete as possible, under the circumstances, and copies were sent to contributors. A petition was presented to the Association, signed by a large number of citizens of Jacksonville, asking that the resi- dent physicians be recompensed from the funds of the Association for their work. Some discussion ensued, and the matter was re- ferred to the Executive Committee for action. It was reported to the Medical Bureau that there was a large number of cases among the refugees who had camped in the woods .sevei'al miles outside of the city limits. October 2S — The inmates of the hospitiils and orphan iisylums. and hundreds of convalescents, were gratified bv the distribution of (HUOXOLiKilCAr. Sl'MMAKY. 65 seventy-three barrels of apples, sent by the people of Winstead, Conn, through the efforts of the New York World, which i)aper forwarded them to their correspondent, S. A. Adams, to distribute. October 2i> — At the Executive Committee n\eeting the chairman of the Committee on Kelief stated that there were 7,523 peoi)le provided for at the commissaries the previous week, notwith.standing every ef- fort to cut down rations. The Committee on Sanitation reported that neai'ly 1,700 men had been discharged by that committee to re- duce expenses in its department, and to this end only about 700 men, •with carts, could be employed thereafter. The Committee on Transi)ortation Avas instructed not to furnish transportation to home people who desired to leave for other points, on accoinit of the late- ness of the season, and the availability of Camp Mitchell as a place of refuge. A large number of prominent citizens met at the Board of Trade rooms in the morning and formed the "Daniel Memorial Associa- tion,"' with the following Board of Trustees: Kobert G. Coleman, H. R. Duval, Rt. Rev. E. G. Weed, J. H. Durkee, W. A. McLean, R. D. Knight, Hon. James M. Baker, J. P. Taliaferro, Dr. A. S. Baldwin, H. S. Haines, L. Furchgott, D. G. Ambler, T. T. Stockton, J. C. Greeley, F. W. Mumby, D. T. Gerow, J. E. Hartridge, J. M. Schu- macher, W. B. Barnett, Dr. Hy. Robinson, T. J. Boyd, Dexter Hun- ter, Jeotfrey Grant, J. C. L'Engle, W. M. Artrell. F. W. Hawthorne was appointed Secretary. October oO — The disbursements of the Auxiliary Association for the week ending 27th of October amounted to S;>1),03.').71. The mat- ter of the payment of resident jihysicians was brought up at the meet- ing of the Executive Committee, and, after discussion by those pres- ent, and by the Executive Committee, a resolution was passed de- clining to give compensation, except in special cases as relief meas- ures, and containing a retiuest to the Board of Health to designate the proper compensation for such local physicians as had been and were employed, at the Medical Bureau, under the direction of the Board of Health and the Committee on Xurses and Medical Atten- tion. The thermometer went down to fifty-six degrees above zero the previous night, that being the lowest jioint reached to date. Colder weather was predicted, and awakened hope in the breasts of all. October 31 — Dr. Porter announced to the Executive Committee that he should discontinue the cordon around the city, as it did not do its work; but in place of that, he would have the raihoads thor- oughly guarded, and place detectives on the incoming trains. Then, by having the CJity Council pass a strict ordinance against the return of refugees, he expected to keep them out until it should be safe to let them come. 66 < lIHOXOI.cxilCAL SUMMARY. Considerable excitement was caused at Camp Mitcliell, in the af- ternoon, by the report that yellow fever was prevailino there. November 1 — At the Executive Committee meetinij a resolution was passed re;.")0().0() or impris- onment not exceeding thirty days. November 5 — At the Executive Committee meeting the Commit- tee on Relief reported that some tliree hundred and fifty cards, rep- resenting two thousand rations, had not been presented the previous week, showing how it was reducing expenses. The Committee on Sanitation presented statisti<;al tables at that time in use by the committee, embracing information regarding each man employed, giving his name, residence, sickness and deaths in family, where ra- tions had been drawn, if at all, and where employed previously, etc. Some discussion was had as to the sanitary work, and it was the sen- timent of the committee that tlie Government should not be asked to pay for work except of a strictly sanitary nature. Communications were read by the President from Macclenny and Sanderson, request- ing supplies and funds, and he was directed to carry out the agree- ments made with the authorities of tliose places. November (i — At the Executive Committee meeting Captain Cooper was requested to take supplies to Sanderson and Macclenny for the sufferers in those tt)wns. One hundred and twenty-one people 'were reported in quarantine at Camp Perry. On account of the very wet and rainy weather the num])er of cases increascV>I.(K;irAt. SUMMARY. 7l the week and tlie month (•orrespond exactly in tlie years 1877 and 1888, botli yeHow fever years. Thursday, November 15, 1877, Dr. E, V. Daniel, President of the Duval Medical Society, addressed a letter to the Mayor, annonncing the existence of yellow fever in the city. The Mayor, in turn, issued a proclamation to the people. This ap- peared in tlie newspaper on Friday, the lOtli, and on that day and the Saturday following there was a wild panic, ec^ual to the one of 1888, Novenil)er 1!>- At tlie Executive Committee meeting the cliair- man of the Committee on Kelief stated that rations were given to 344 i)eojile: \i}('< ration tickets had l)een issiu'd. and 00 sick fami- lies liad Iteeii supj>lied witli i)rovisions during the jnevious week. The I'^xecutivc ('ommittce discussed ways and means to close up the different departments and consolidate them, to reduce expenses. Dr. R. P. Daniel presented an itemized statement of the expenditures of the Boanl of Health, of moneys received from the Exei'utive Com- mittee. The chairman of the (\)mmittee on Nurses and Medical At- tention rc])ortcd an estimate of his department for the ensuing week as follows: Employees at the Bureau, ^142. ")(); vehicles for the Bu- reau and i)hysicians, ^277.r)(); a total for the Bureau and physicians of $;!7(».(Hi. Tlie chairman was rele colored men also si)oke in the same vein. 72 CHHONOr.OGICAL SlTMMAllY. November 20 — At the meeting of the Executive Committee the financial statement for the week ending November 17th showed ex- penditures of $26,S)34.58. It was reported that the number of refu- gees arriving at Camp Mitchell from October 1st to November 20th was 305. A telegram from Surgeon-General Hamilton stated that the authoi'ities had decided that all infected bedding in Jacksonville and suburbs destroyed by order of Surgeon Porter should be i^aid for in full, upon condition that the City Council should pass an ordinance providing that any one concealing any infected articles should be se- verely punished. This was acceptable to the people. A delegation of citizens from Arlington, Mill Cove and Chaseville was present, asking that public work be resumed in those sections. The commit- tee were compelled to refuse further help from the funds in hand to people who had not suffered directly from yellow fever, and a reso- lution was passed asking the County Commissioners to do everything possible to alleviate the distress in those jilaces. A letter was read from Messrs. Wilson & Hunting, of Fernandina, containing a state- ment to the effect that yellow fever had ceased to exist in Fex'nau- dina, and, upon resolution, the Committee on Conference was charged to confer with Dr. Porter and request an official report from the Ma- rine Hospital Service of the condition of affairs at Fernandina, as due to all jiarties concerned. The chairman of the Committee on Transportation reported that action had Ijeen taken by his commit- tee, under instructions of the Executive Committee, which had re- sulted in a continuance of the Clyde steamship service to Mayport. A claim for lost baggage was laid before the Executive Committee by a lady who was unable to leave town on the special Government train for Hendersonville, N. C. The Executive Committee declined to pay for the lost baggage, as it thought that the services of the committee in securing the special train without charge to refugees, during the most trying jjortiou of the epidemic, was all that could be expected from it. November 21 — Vice-President Schumacher announced at the meeting of the Executive Committee that the Florida Auxiliary Re- lief Committee in New York, which had been requested by the Ex- ecutive Committee to proceed to Washington to interview the Presi- dent and urge the payment for all property destroyed in disinfection, had succeeded in its mission, and that the announcement had been made that all property of the sort would be paid for. The principal question confronting the Executive Committee was how best to as- sist the colored population. The funds were now getting low, and economy had to be practiced. Geo. Whetmore, an influential colored man, had a conference with the committee, and as a result, it was decided to hire all unemployed men, heads of families, and employ them upon public woi'k, paying eighty cents a day for that week. CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 73 sixty cents per day for the following week, and fifty cents? per day for the third week. This, it was thought, would lead to the early re- sumption of business in its normal condition. November 22 — At the Executive Committee meeting the mem- bers of the Committee on Relief were present, in order to consult in regard t() relief measures. The agreement, made the previous day, to employ all idle men, heads of families, at a sliding scale of wages, was explained to the Committee on Relief, and it was requested to furnish rations only to women and children who liad no male support, and to the sick and disabled. November 23 — At the Executive Committee meeting, a resolu- tion was passed, asking the Board of County Commissioners to call a special meeting, at the earliest pracitical date, to endeavor to re- lieve the distress of the poor in the county, as the Committee could not attempt to support the county poor. The City Council passed an ordinance fixing the penalty for the concealment of infected arti- cles, in accordance with the request of the Surgeon-General. November 24 — At the meeting of the Executive Committee Dr. Daniel, on behalf of the Board of Health, presented a report of the special committee of that body, which had been appointed to estimate the liabilities and future expenses of the Board, which re- port was adoi)ted, except the recommendation for the payment of local phy.sitians at the Medical Bureau. This portion of the report was directed to be returned to the Board of Health, with a request to specify whether local physicians should be paid during time of sickness and inability to perform duty. Dr. Porter submitted com- munications from Surgeon Ross, at Fernandina, stating that some fever still existed there, but the situation was favorable. Mayor D. J. Watkins and Mr. C. B. McClenny, of Macclenny, appeared before the Association to confer with it about the wants of that place. After going over the subject thoroughly, it was resolved that .$400 should be given them, that sundry drviggists' bills should be paid, and notice was given that no more aid could be sent Mac- clenny. Over two thousand rations were issued during the day, and the grand total of distribution, for the week, amoiuited to nearly six thousand. November 26 — Monday was a chiy long to be remembered by Jacksonville, for its bright and cheering record. Not a single new case of yellow fever was reported during the previous day. During the night the thermometer went down, and the following is the record: At nine o'clock, 85 degrees; at eleven o'clock, 3(5; at one o'clock, 34; at three o'clock, 34; at four o'clock, 32; at five o'clock, 32. The announcement, in the morning, that frost had come, was one of the first clieerful announcements that had been made since August. 74 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMArAIlY. Tlie principal business trcinsacted by the Executive Committee was in regard to taking action to insure tlie return of the refugees, and the opening of business at the earliest possible day. Telegrams were read from a large number of places throughout the State re- garding the fall of temperature. A full statement of all property belonging to the Association was ordered to be prepared. A com- munication from New York established the fact that the Ladies' Jacksonville IJelief Association had forwarded funds to (iovernoi- E. A. Perry. As the committee had been advised that some assistance had been received from Governor Perry, by localities asking for re- lief at the hands of the committee, upon motion it was resolved tliat the President should be requested to ascertain from the Governor the amount of funds which had been received, and the disposition of them. Notice was published that no further refugees would be received at Camp Perry after the :5()th of November. The announcement was ]>ublislicd that frost had appeared in Fernandina. Novemlter 27 — At the Executive CVunmittee meeting the Board of Health reported that it was its opinion that all acclimated jier- sons, then resident in Camp Mitchell, should be dischaiged and per- mitted to return to the city, but it was deemed best not to close tlie camp at that time, nor permit una<;climated persons to return. The IJoard of Health held a meeting, in conference with the Executive Committee and Dr. Porter, to discuss what should be done since frost had made its ai)i)earancc. It was decided that, thence- forth, no more cal Board of Health. It is hardly necessary to say that the Executive Committee declined to pay the same. Tlu^ chairman of the Committee on Ilelief reported upon the case of certain persons wlio had complained of receiving no assistance, and stated that they had received relief from the Com- mittee on I'clief, tin- Kuiohts of Pythias, the Masons, and sonu^ in- dividuals. The Executive Committee i Health concurred, and liad taken action. A rumor that several hundred refugees were coming into the le whose mattresses had been taken and destroyed, by the non-arrival of the mattresses that the (iovernment had ordered to replace them. December 7 — At the Executive Committee meeting several cases- of destitution still at Sanderson were reported, and the Secretary was directed to correspond with F. J. Pons, Jr., of that place, and ascertain the truth in the matter, and the Purchasing Agent was in- structed to forward whatever provisions were needed. The Com- mittee on Sanitation was directed to make arrangements to sweep the paved streets of the city for the ensuing week. One thousand six hundred and forty men were still working on the roads in and around the city. The remaining foreign nurses were sent to Camp Perry and on their way honu'. December 8 — At tiic meeting of the Executive Committee a com- munication from tln' Boartl of Health was read, containing data of the employment of local physicians under the Medical lUireau, as requested, and payment was directed in accordance therewith. Th& communication stated that there was only one patient at St. laike's, Robert Walker, a young Englishman, who was convalescent. When he could be discharged, the hospital would be cleansed and fumi- gated, and probah)ly closed for sonie days, while the i)liysicians, ma- trons and nurses enjoyed a well earned rest. December 9 — It was announced that after the l.")th of December there would be no more free transportation issued by the Committee on Transportation for nurses. For the three weeks ending the 8th of December, during which time the commissary in Foster's Lane had been in operation, 17,548 rations were distributed through regular weekly cards, and 3,62;5 temporary, making a total of 21,171 rations. There were 960 cards withdrawn during the week, and it was hoped that the ones outstanding would be reduced to about one thousand. A special train on the Savannah, Florida aiul Western was ex- pected in the morning with the lirst detachment of refugees, but on account of the cer piUows were found in the course of this unpar- alleled microbe hunt. A vast differeiue was seen in the appearance of Bay street, by noon, upon tlie advent of hundreds of refugees, who came in by steamer, row-boat, teams, and many other means of conveyance. The greetings l)etween the refugees and the stay-at-homes were most hearty, and the former seemed as ghul to return as the latter were tc) receive them. I)eceml)er 1 1 — At tlie meeting of the Executive Committee, in accordance with a communication from the Purchasing Agent, the stock of goods remaining in the general supply department was or- dered to be removed from the warehouse of the Clyde Company's Line, which had been used for several months by the Association, without exi>ense. A committee of five was appointed to devise a way of signalizing the arrival of tlic first Clyde steamer, which was exjiected on the SOth. The Government severed all coniieclion witli St. Luke's Hospi- tal, in the evening, restoring it to its original management. The Waycross mail fumigating car, from August 1st to December 1st, handled 2,r);5(),S45 pieces of mail matter: and some idea of their work may be gained by the statement that each piece had tt) be handled separately four times in the process of fumigation. The Pablo colony celebrated the departure of the epidemic by a grand banquet at that seaside resort. December 12^Atthe meeting of the Board of Health it was re- solved that as there had not been a case of yellow fever reported for the previous seven days, within the corporate limits of Jacksonvillsi the daily bulletins should be discontinued from that date, and but two jihysicians detailed. A train on the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Bailway entered the city, the fir.st on that road .since Au- gust 8th. December 14— At tlie Executive Committee meeting the Secre- tary reported iii)on the linancial statement submitted by the Cum- rilKOXOI.OlilCAL SUMMARY. 79 inittee on Finance of the lloaril of Healtli, witli recommendations that certain items be not aUowed, as they were ordinary expenses of the Board for wliich the county authorities should be responsible, in any case, and tlie Association had agreed to assume payment only for extraordinary expenses resulting from the epidemic. The recom- mendations were approved and the report adopted. The matter of claims was brouglit up and exhaustively discussed. It was tlie de- sire of the Executive Committee, if possible, to obtain action look- ing to tlie paynu'Ut of all claims for property destroyed, and the President was directed to communicate the view of the Executive Committee to the proi)er authority, and a.sk their decision. The following resolution was adopted by the Executive ("om- mittee: \Viii;i!i;.\s, The promised return, to-morrow, of a large number of our people is a matter of hearty congratulation to all interested in our beloved city, and may be regarded as the preliminary stei» '" opening uj) the ordinary channels of business, be it Jlcsolreil, Tliat this committee sincerely welcomes the returning citizens, most of whom have' strengthened its hands with cheering words and earnest liel]). licstih-f^il, That incieased ertorts be requested, on the part of tiie officers and committees, in every department of the Association, to wind up all business which has been the outgrowth of the epi- demic. The Savannah. P'lorida .md Western Railway broke up their refugee camp at Dinsmore, and bnnight in their emplove(!s who had been living there for the i)receding four months. December I.") — At the meeting of the Executive Committee tlie I'ommittee on IJelief recommeiuled that the .several commissaries be closed at the end of the week, and stated that in the opinion of the Committee those who might need relief after that time would be only the indigent inhabitants, and the recommendation was approve*!. The head(piarters of Dr. Porter were removed to the Tischler block, on Pine street, and the rehabilitation and refurnishing of the Jiarrs' block, the i)revious headcpuutcrs of the Bureau, was ordered, uufler directi(m of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention. The l.Jth of December Iteiug the day set for the abolishment of all restrictions to entering the city, it was marked by the return of many hundreds. Citizens arrived by train and boats, many reach- ing tlie city late the previous night by private conveyances and on foot. Extia trains were run (in all the roads, and all of them were well tilled. Business was resumed, and the opening of the .scores of closed stores on Bay and otlier streets in the city, and the rehabi- tation of closed houses, gave an air of business activity and bustle to the city that had long been foreign to it. 80 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. December 21 — At the Executive Committee meeting the various committees were instructed to hand in, as soon as possible, a full inventory of all goods and property on hand, so tliat the Executive Committee could arrange to dispose of the same. It was ordered that all businsss be wound up as soon as possible. December 22 — At the Executive Committee meeting the chair- man of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention was in- structed to turn over to Mrs. W. B. Barnett, of St. Luke's Hospital, Mrs. M. C. Washington, of the Orphanage and Home for the Friend- less, and Sister Mary Ann, of St. Mary's Hospital, such articles in his possession, as had been purchased for the use of his committee during the epidemic, and as the ladies could make available for the several institutions. A special committee was appointed to make a settlement with the representatives of the Barrs' estate for the u.se of the Bureau during the epidemic. December 20 — At the Executive Committee meeting tlie Central Relief Committee presented its final report, and tendered the resig- nation of its members as a body, which was accepted, with the thanks of the Executive Committee, on behalf of the Association. The chairman of the Committee on Sanitation was instructed to turn over sucli tools and implements as were not in use to the Board of Public Works. A communication from Dr. Joseph Y. Porter was received, advising tlie Executive Committee, on behalf of the Gov- ernment, of the disposition to be made of Camp Mitchell. The chair- man of the Committee on Transportation presented a final report of that committee, outlining the character of tlie work done, and in- cluding a financial statement. December 29 — At the meeting of the Executive Committee Su- perintendent W. C. Cooper, of Camp Mitchell, jiresented a financial report, embracing an inventory of the property of the xYssociation on hand, which was received. Purchasing Agent F. W. Mumby re- ported the amount of free transportation by various transportation lines, as instructed by tlie committee. The Special Committee on settlement of the Barrs block reported progress. December 31 — At the Executive Committee meeting John E. Hartridge, Esq., the attorney who had been employed to prepare ar- ticles of incorporation of the Association, presented the same, which were received and filed. The Special Committee on settlement with the representatives of the Barrs estate made a final report, with rec- ommendations, which were approved, and payment ordered in ac- cordance therewith. January 8d — The lioard of Trade held a memorial meeting to testify to its loss by death of prominent members of the Board during the recent epidemic. The rooms of tlie Board were tastefully draped; resolutions were submitted and adopted, and eulogies were ClIIKONOLOGICAI, SUMMARY. 81 delivered by John E. Hartridgc, Esq., Rev. Wm. J. Kenny, (Colonel A. W. Cockiell and others. Jannary 4, 1889 — At the Executive Committee meeting action was taken to dispose of goods belonging to the Association, stored in the Astor warehouse. Upon motion, it was resolved to discontinue the publication of tlie minutes and the business transacted by the Executive (Committee, on the ground that the epidemic was practi- cally over, and only matters pertaining to the final winding up of the Association would come before the Executive Committee for action. The guns which had been obtained from St. Augustine by the Board of Health were ordered returned. A communication from Mayor A. S. Hewitt, in New York, in reference to balance of funds in his hands was read. January.") — At tlie P]xecutive Committee meeting President Mc- Quaid submitted bids, from local merchants, for flour, meal, grits and other general supi^lies left over, which had been made upon sample, which were considered; and he was requested to sell the goods upon the most advantageous terms. The Committee on Conference was instructed to advise the Board of Health that all claims for destruc- tion of property must be presented to the Executive Committee be- fore January 12th. The chairman of the Committee on Conference reported that the Board of Health would act upon the suggestion of the Executive Committee, and issue a proclamation in regard to the non-existence of fever, at an early date. Secretary Adams reported progress in the matter of preparation of the report of the Associa^ tion. A discussion was had in regard to the payment of the Marrion claim. The Committee on Sanitation was requested to submit an es- timate of the number of men needed to complete the work begun by the Committee. January 12— At the Executive Committee meeting President Mc- Quaid i)resented a report of the general supplies sold, which was ap- pi'oved. Action was taken to have the property of the Association catalogued, in order to advertise and sell at auction as early as pos- sible. General discussion ensued as to the payment of claims. The Committee on Claims was authorized to employ an expert to examine all claims, and was instructed to collect all claims for the destruc- tion of property, and report at an early date the aggregate amount that would be necessary to settle them, after cutting them down to the lowest figure. Upon resolution, notice was ordered published that no other or further claims would be entertained. A final report was received and api^roved in regard to the claim of Mrs. Marrion for the use of her restaui-ant. The Secretary reported upon the original vouchers submitted by the Board of Health, and received instruc- tions in the premises. January 12 — At the Executive Committee meeting the Secretary 82 f;iiRox<)i.O(;K'AL summaky. reported his attempts to obtain fronv the Howard Association, of Fer- nandina. a financial statement for insertion in the report of tlie Asso- ciation. A s])ecial committee was a])i)ointed to see that St. liuke's Hospital was pnt in good repair. January 17 — At the Executive Committee meeting a communi- cation Avas received from .Surgeon-C4eiieral Hamiltcm that no claims for articles destroyed i^rior to the date of the Government taking oh^jrge would be allowed. A discussion of the matter of claims fol- lowed, and a report was received from the Board of Health that all claims in its possession would be turned over to the Committee on Claims of the Association, for consideration. The Executive Com- mittee considered the matter of the payment of local physicians em- ployed at the Bureau of Nurses and Medical Attention, and voted to pay the amounts recommended by the Board of Health to the several physicians. Instructions were issued in regard to the proper sale of goods at auction. A communication from Dr. Neal Mitchell, on be- half of the Board of Health, was read, to the effect that the proposed paper in the report of the Association by the Board of Health was impracticable. January 20 — At the Executive Committee meeting acti(jn was taken to advertise and sell the pi'operty of the Association at f!amp Mitchell; to dispense with the further services of the superintendent of the camp, and to emjjloy a suitable watchman. President Mc- Qnaid submitted a communication from Ur. Joseph Y. Porter, ask- ing to be relieved from duty, in order to obtain rest. President McCJuaid stated that the committee theretofore appointed to obtain some fit testimonial to indic^ate the feelings of gratitude to Dr. Por- ter for his assistance in the epidemic, on the part of the Association and the Executive Committee, had secured a watch and chain, and as this seemed a suital)le time, upon motion, a special Committee of Arrangements was appointed to call a meeting of the Association, at which the testimonial should be presented. Mr. Peter Jones was appointed to (;onfer with members of Frankie's Friends iSociety, with authority to allow certain articles from Camp Mitchell to be selected for use by that society. An appropriation was made in payment of damages to St. Luke's. The matter of public acknowledgment for contributions, to be jtublished before the final report, was ilis- eussed. Jaiuiary 22 — A special meeting of the Association was held at the rooms of the Board of Trade, which was generally attended by the members of the Association, representatives of the Board of Health, City ('ouncil and citizens. The President stated that the meeting was called to render expression of the feelings of the Asso- ciation to Dr. Portc^r. to whom all present felt indebted for services during the epidemic. The Secretary n^ad the following address and OHKONOI,<)(iIOAL SUMMARY. 8'i resolutions submitted by tlie Exe(!utive Committee of tlie Asso. Hamilton, Marine IIos]Mtal Service, at the earnest retfuest of this Association, seconded by tlie Duval (k)unty Jioard of Health, and now asks tlie consent of the Association and the Board of Health to his application to Surgeon-General Hamilton to be relieved from his duties here, in order to (tbtaiu rest before re- suming the active practice of his profession at his home in Key West. Your Executive Committee tliinks this recpu'st. coming from a man wlio has served the Association, tlie citizens of .Jacksonville, and the State of Florida continuously, night and day, without com- pensation, for four months, to tlie sacrifice of his private business and the loss of his ])ersonal comfort, deserves the careful considera- tion and united action of this Association as a body. It is impossible, in the nature of the case, for the membeis of the Association, or the citizens of .Jacksonville, to a]»preciate so thoroughly as (h) the memliers of this Executive Committee the scope of the work Dr. Porter assumed in their behalf, or the care and patience which has been exercised by him in executing its de- tails. At the outset, by the recpu'st of the Association and the lo(;al authorities, Dr. Porter took charge of all nurses under pav of tlie Government, and soon assumed, in rapid succession, the command of the sanitary cordon, the contnd of medical sujjplies for the indi- gent sick, and the supervision of St. laike's and Sand-IHlls Hospi- tals, and finally, the entire onerous burden of disinfecting every house in this city wliere a ease of yellow fever occurred. Nor is this all. Besides the work for .Jacksonville, Dr. Porter directei.(><;K'al suinrARY. 85 tee on Claims reported a large number of claims which were taken uji and examined serintun and acted upon. Instructions were given to pay no curators of estates, hut only administrators and executors, upon proof of their representative capacity, and a form was decided upon to be attached to each claim, releasing the city, county and Associa- tion for any further liability. February 19 — A final settlement was arranged for the i)ayment ■of damages to .St. Luke's Hospital. Action was taken to vest the title of property at Camp Mitchell in the Association. Tlie Presi- tlent was directed to confer with Dr. J. Y. Porter in reference to •closing up all matters between the Government and the Association. A large number of claims were carefully examined by the Executive Committee, and action taken, upon the recommendation of the Com- mittee on Claims. February 20 — Appropriation was made of a small amount of money for additional pay rolls to local physicians, at the request of the Board of Health, based upon a mistake of the Board of Health in computing the amount due. Corresponding Secretary Cockrell reported upon the linancial statement in preparation for the final re- port of the Association. The chairman of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention was authorized to dispose of the, property left over by his committee at private sale, the expenses of auction and public sale being greater than the small number of articles would justify. The Committee on Conference reported that the City Coun- •cil had appointed a special committee to confer with the committee from the Association in reference to finance matters. March 8 — At the Executive Committee meeting Corresponding Secretary Cockrell reported progress on the linancial statement. Several claims were discussed and adjusted. The Executive Com- mittee were advised that the Vice-President had received a commu- nication from an attorney, requesting additional remuneration for a local physician. The Secretary submitted the contract which had been made for publishing the report of the Association. His action was approved. There were special meetings of the Executive Committee on March 10th, March loth and March 14th, to read the report as pre- pared by the editor, and to examine the financial statement. No other action was taken, except to discuss one or two individual claims. March 18 — Special meeting of the Executive Committee to con- sider claims. March 23 — Special meeting of the Executive Committee to con- sider claims. The chairman of the Committee on Nurses and Medi- cal Attention reported on the matter of drug bills, and was directed 86 (;HROXOLor,i(Ar. summary. t1,(m;I( Al. SUMMARY. sr the inoiR'V.s so iii)proi)iiate(l Iti' used for the support, inainteiiance and lare of deserviiif; (d)jects. witliout distinction of race and ('oh)r. Rca.iJri'il. Tliat drafts for the ahove amounts he drawn, payahle to tlie Presidents of the said several institutions upon their several written a(ee]itances of the conditions imposed, and receipts for the same. The financial statement was examined and approved, and also the written report to accompany the statement, and the President was re(iuested to call a meeting of the Association to receive the same. April 2— 'I'he .lacksdnville Auxiliary Sanitary Association met at the Board of Trade rooms, in pursuance of puhlished notice, and was- called to order hy President P. McQuaid. who stateil that the ohject of the meeting was to receive and act ui)on the financial statement prepared by the Executive Committee. Colonel J. E. Hart, President of the Board of Trade, was invited to a scat on the i)latform. and, upon motion, the reading of the min- utes of tlie last meeting and calling of the roll having been disi>ense(l with, tlie Secretary of the Association read the following report: To the Preslilcitl taul Mnnhr^rs <,f JarksmirUlc An.rilidri/ Siinitunj An- soriiitioii, Jiirksotii'illc, FIc: (;i;nti,i;mi;.\ : Your Executive Committee begs to submit to your consideration a (iiiancial statement of the receii)ts and disbursements made by it of the funds entrusted to it as the rei)iesentative of your Associati(»n, and in doing so. desires lo suggest that a committee of this Associa- tion be selected to audit tiie accounts of the Executive Committee, comjjare the statement witii the original vouchers any which this surplus shall be con- fided to trustees, to form a nucleus of a fund for the relief of suffer- 88 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. crs from yellow fever. While it is impracticable to return the money [)rn rata to the contributoi's, the committee believes that it is policy, honesty and wisdom to devote this small part of the large fund sent to the yellow fever sufferers to the assistance of other unfortunates from a similar cause, and to divorce its management, as much as pos- sible, from local influences, and urges the action of the Association to this end. The committee, in presenting this report, feels that is has about completed its work, and suggests that a meeting of the Ai«sociation be called, at an early day, to elect officers, to make such changes as experience may suggest in th« articles of the Association, and to take measures to complete the incorporation and perpetuity of the Association. In conclusion, the committee, which has, from time to time, in an imperfect manner, in general terms expressed its appreciation of the generosity of our fellow-countrymen, thinks it proper now for the Association to take action, and, therefore, submits the following- preamble and resolutions of thanks for your consideration and ac- tion : WiiEKKA.s, The inhabitants of the city of Jacksonville, Fla., were the recipients of boundless sympathy, aid and charity, during the recent yellow fever epidemic, from the people of the entire coun- try, be it EefiolveiJ, That we, the members of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, on behalf of the city of Jacksonville and her grateful people, express our keen appreciation, our deep gratitude, our warm thanks: To the President of the United States and his Cabinet, the mem- bers of Congress, and the Florida Representatives at Washington; To the press; To the municipal authorities, boards of trade, chambers of com- merce, mercantile exchanges, banks and manufactories; To the churches, schools, charitable, religions and benevolent associations; To the dramatic, musical and literary professions; To the transportation lines and express companies of the whole United States, and the Western Union Telegraph Company; To the volunteer physicians and nurses; To our "ministering angels," the women of America; To the many cities and towns which hospitably entertained, or offered to receive, our refugees during the epidemic; To the many individuals not included in the above classes, known and unknoAvn, to whom public thanks are due for their time, money, sympathy, pity and love, freely given to us. jie.wliied, That these resolutions be given the press, and be pub- lished in the report of this Association. P. McQx^^iD. James M. Sciiumacher. John C. L'Englk. Edwin G. W^eed. P. E. MoMUKKAY. W. A. Macduff. A 1 •> .usj(» Peter Jones. Apru 2, IbM). Upon motion, the report was received, and was ordered read for discussion and action upon the several recommendations. CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. S9 The suggestion tliat an auditing committee be selected to ex- amine the books and accounts was adopted, and, upon motion, it was voted that a special committee of live members be named by the Chair for that purpose. President McQuaid suggested that, as he was a meml)er of the Executive Committee, whose accounts wei'e to be examined, it would be better to select the committee in some other way, and, upon mo- tion, President Hart, of the Board of Trade, was asked to select the committee, and was, upon motion, added to the Auditing Com- mittee. The recommendation of the report, so far as it applied to the surplus, was adopted after some discussion, and the President and Executive Committee were asked to open correspondence with the mayors of various cities, in accordance therewith. The recommendation of the report as to the necessity of a meet- ing of the Association to elect oflicers, amend articles of association, etc., was adopted, and, upon motion, it was voted that the President should call such meeting, and give notice thereof, whenever the Aud- iting Committee shall be ready to report, so that the report may be l)resented, and the other business transacted at the same place and time. The preamble and resoluticns of thanks embraced in the report were read, and, after the addition of another clause. Avere unani- mously adopted. Colonel Hart announced the appointment of the other members of the Auxiliary Committee as follows: S. B. Hubbard, B. H. Bar- nett, J. H. Norton, J. L. Marvin and J. H. Durkee, after which the meeting adjourned subject to the call of the Chair. April 22 — A meeting of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary As- sociation was held at the Board of Trade rooms at 3 o'clock in pur- suance of published notice. P. McQuaid presiding. The roll call was omitted, and the minutes of the previous meet- ing were read and approved. The Auditing Committee reported, through Major J. H. Durkee, as follows: Jacksonville Aiixilianj S, the undersigned were appointed a committee to audit the accounts of the Executive Committee of your Association, to compare the linancial statement with the orig- inal vouchers and books on file, and to examine the methods adopted to preserve the documents of the Association, and to rei>ort to an adjourned meeting of this Association for its action. We beg leave to submit our report: We have examined the books and vouchers of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association and report that the financial state- 90 CHRONOLOGK AI, SUMMARY. ment made by the Executive Committee, under date of April 2, 1880, is correct and true, and that vouchers for all exjienditures made by the Executive Committee were found on tile by this committee. A summarized statement of the receipts and expenditures of the .Jack- sonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association is as follows: Donations from all sources jjiSiSj-WO.ia Dues from members 282.0(» .*:i4r),722. 1 3 KXI'KNDITIUES. Executive •■S 7,:!58.(M« Sanitation and Sauitarv Police ISCi.SiiT.ai Relief H7,5T5.23 Nurses and Medical Attention 154,093.14 Claims account (property destroyed) !),259.44 Expense account (purchasing agent) 1,62.S.8;5 Transportation 4,948.60 Board (jf Health 700.80 St. Luke's Hospital 7,559.»;(; Sand-Hills Hospital 9,;W0.48 Cam)) Mitchell 7,i;]'J,7l' City of .lacksonville 5,000.(Hi New York Committee's expenditure ac(H)unt 200.94 Duval County 7,301.90 Fernandina 2:!,718.4I Macclennv 8,998.20 Oainesville 2,445.74 Sanderson 1 ,944.44 I'ablo Beacli 733.7;'. Enterprise 709.00 Mavport 468.4.'". Frankie Schumacher Relief Association Hosjiital 1,000.00 St. Mary's Orphanage 1 ,000.(H1 < )rphanage and Home of the Friendless 1 ,000.OO Contingent accounts 4,."')(X).no .■<48f;,077.O;">,107.77i>ai(l l>v and .■<10,4(i0.17 due from liiited states (ioverumeut ". S17."),.507.94-:!1(),.">09.12 Net assets .-!;!5,213.01 ("ash in hank •■< 24,752.s4 Amount due liy Cuited States (ioverumeut 10,400.17 .$;!5,2i:!.0l This statement would be sufficient in itself were it not for the fact that this committee was organized among our citizens to combat an epidemic, and that of the original nine members of the P^xecu- tive Committee of this Associaticm, four laid down their lives that others might live. Moneys received by your Association, as repre- sented in the above condensed statement, were the voluntary contri- butions of sympathetic people and ct)mmuuities all over our country, and the fact that this large sum of numey was so carefully expended that a voucher can be found for each separate item of expense, speaks volumes for the business capacity and integrity of the gentle- men who were custodians of this fund. We feel it a duty incum- bent upon us to publicly acknowledge the gratitude of our citizens for the arduous and disinterested service performed by the members of this connnittee, who, without reward, or the lioi)e thereof, nursed the sick, buried the dead, fed the hungry, clothed the destitute, em- ployed the idle, and preserved i)ublic order throughout the long- weary days from August il to December b'j, ISSS. and through whosi' tireless eiforts the city of .lacksonviUe, at the close of the epidemic, found tlie property of her citizens intact, the relations of laborer and CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 91 employer undisturbed, and public and private morals uncontami- nated. SAMIKI, B. Hl']5I$Al!T). J()S?;PII H. DlKKKK. Joiix L. Maijvix. Biox H. Bahxktt. J. H. XOKTOX. Joirx E. Hai!t. Jacksonville. Fla.. April 11), ISS't. The report was. upon motion, received and approved. Presi- r. Schumacher and P. E. Mc- 92 CHHONOLOGICAI. SUMMAUV. Miirray, retiring members of the Executive Committee, and the As- sociation voted to incorporate under the State laws prescribed for incorporation of charitable and benevolent institutions. EXECUTIVE EXPENSES. Xo separate part of the Report has been devoted to the Execu- tive Committee, as was explained in the introduction; and as the preceding pages have been devoted mainly to abstracts of the min- utes of the Executive Committee, the financial statement of ex- penses incurred by the Committee is appended here. It must be re- membered that these expenses include all the general expenses of the Association ; that the pay-rolls for the clerical force emjiloyed covers all the expenses of the Committee on Finance, and that some expenses incurred for the Association, Avhich could not be properly charged against any other of the departments of the Asso- ciation, are embraced in the account of tlie Executive Committee: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Furniture $ (i7.'J5 Printing and Stationery 439.17 Advertising koo.20 Telegrams 171.08 "Wagons 117.00 Pay-RoUs 4,297.58 Incidental expenses, rent, attorney's fees, etc- 1,46.5.08 .87.358.06. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, AND GENERAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The active measures adopted by the Executive Committee to put the city in thorough sanitary condition immediately upon tlie official announcement of the epidemic by the Board of Health necessitated the liberal expenditure of funds. No one at that crisis could estimate what amount of money might be necessary, or anticipate the scope and extent of the work to be done. While some citizens at once suggested a call be made for outside help, the members of the Association, generallj'. and es- pecially the Executive and Finance Committees, took the stand that no aid should be asked until absolutely necessary from others than residents of Jacksonville. On the 11th of August, President Daniel, in speaking upon the question of providing employment for idle men,, voiced the unanimous sentiment of the committee, by stating that he hoped the city of Jacksonville would not be forced to seek outside help, either to feed the poor people or for the purpose of giving the unemployed work. He liked to see thorough independence, and he trusted that those emi)loying laborers would not discharge them, but keep them as long as it was possible to do .so. "Let us," said the President, " show the world that we have confidence in our own re- sources, and that we are not a panic-stricken people, but that the old spirit of ' never fail ' still prevails in the breasts and conduct of the citizens of Jacksonville." Upon the 18th of August, H. A. L'Engle, the Treasurer of the Association, and chairman of the Committee on Sanitation, contrib- uted §l()().0O, on behalf of the .State Bank of Florida, which was the first contribution made to meet the extraordinary demands upon tlie Association. Many jiublic spirited residents followed the example thus set by Mr. L'Engle, and the following day the Committee on Conference, through its chairman, reported that the County Commis- sioners would make available a fund of .$8,000 for the use of the As- sociation. Ou the 14th of August the following telegram to the Mayor was referred to the Executive Committee: Savannah, Ga., August l:', isss. The Maynr of Jn Finance, ai)i)ointed for the purpose, prepared and forwarded the following letter to all out-of-town citizens whose addresses were available: Dkai! 8ii!: While tlic reports from here arc greatly exaggerated, still wc have a few cases of yellow fever, and to i)revent its spreading, it is ab- solutely necessai-y to i)ut the city in a thorough sanitary condition, and at tlie same time provide for the worthy poor people that have been thrt)wn out of employment. To do this recjuires considerable money. Those that are now here have not only i-ontributed liberally to the ■" Belief Fund," but are giving their time infighting tlie disease. Our needs, to successfully carry on the work, will be very great for the next month or so, probably lc>ngcr. Please permit us to earn- estly re(juest that you will send this committee a contribution, to be <>xpcnded under the direction of the Auxiliary Sanitary Association. Very respectfully, J. N. C. Stocktox, Chairman Sub-Committee. 'i'he increase in funds was immediate, and many of the refugees, •doubtless, made heavy sacrifices to assist, but expenses continued to increase, and more funds were needed. Tressing offers of assistance continued to be received, and on the last of the month, the Execii- tive Tommittee passed the following resolution: liexolved. That the Executive Committee of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association feels compelled at this time to ex- press, in an imperfect and general manner, its deep, sincere appre- ciation of the many hospitable and generous otters of assistance and sympathy wliich have been tendered to our city and people during tiie course of the ejudemic, and trust it may be able to evidence its gratitude in a more fitting way in the near future. lT])oii the .")th day of September, the Executive Committee, which had long withstood the pressure to issue a public appeal for aid, tliat was brought to bear both by those anxious to contribute, and those who believed assistance should be received, in conjunction with (OMAIITTKK (>X KIXAXt'K. 95 the constituted authorities, prepared and gave to the press the fol- lowing appeal : To Our Friciiils mid FiUou'-Ciliznix of the United States: We, the authorized representatives of the citizens of Jackson- Aille, recognizing the fact that tlie epidemic has now reached such a stage that our own funds are insufficient, either to cope with the many cases of absolute necessity, for the engagement of nurses, or for nu- merous other demands upon us, and WiiKiiKAs, Owing to file absence of all business, many of our al)lest citizens are unable Ut furnish further funds, we now think we are justified in accepting tlie many willing offers of aid that havt^ "been received from you. We, therefore, wish our fellow-citizens of the ITnited States to know that we will gratefully receive the aid they have offered, antions. Francis H. King-Hall, the special correspondent of the New Nork World, had offered, some time ])revious to the appeal, to open a sub- .scription in New York, and many t»ther papers followed. On September l:Uh, the following brief address was adopted by the Executive Committee, in acknowledgment of the generosity of the people the Ignited States: To Our Couutri/nieu : Through the cloud of gloom, sorrow, suffering and death which overshadoAvs us. your sympathy and generosity shine like glad fi- llings of great joy, and bring light and life to our people. Our hearts 96 OOISIMITTEE ON FINANCE. overflow with gratitude. To those whom we can reach by corre- spondence we will endeavor to express our acknowledgments. To the many who are remitting us anonymously, and to those who, as- sociated together, are contributing through one medium, we desire to express our grateful appreciation for their generous contributions. We are deeply moved by your spontaneous efforts for our relief. To each and all we extend our earnest thanks. J. J. Daniel, Charles S. Adams, President. Secretary Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association. Space forbids more than passing comments upon the communi- cations enclosing funds received. A book might be filled with ex- tracts that could not fail to interest the student of human nature. The cynic who could read these letters without changing his views must, indeed, be a pessimist; nay, he would be more apt to praise man's humanity to man. Are coriJorations soulless? One may well doubt the old saying in the light of developments during the Jacksonville epidemic. So early in the fight as August 2.5th, Superintendent B. F. Dillon, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, offered the free use of the Com- pany's wires to the Association. It is impossible to calculate the exact amount of this contribution. In response to an inquiry. Man- ager Crowley states : As per your request, please find below the amount of " free busi- ness" transmitted by the Western Union Telegraph Company for your Association during the epidemic. This does not include messages re- ceived, originating at other points, or the answers thereto; for in- stance, a message received by you from the Mayor of New York, re- quiring an answer. Such messages are not included in these figures. .$9,100.81. In addition to the free use of the lines, on September l;3th the following letter was turned in tf) the Executive Committee by Super- intendent Dilloif : New York, September 11, 1888. ]}. F. Dillon, Esq.. Supfrinfendcnf, Jark.^ouriUe, Fla : DeauSik: At a meeting of the Executive Committee of this «;ompany, held to-day, it was voted that $.500.00 be appropriated for the relief of yellow fever suflerers of Jacksonville. Enclosed here- with please find a check to your order for if^oOO.OO, which please hand over to the proper committee at Jacksonville, to be expended for the relief (»f tlie yellow fever sufferers at Jacksonville, and please send me their acknowledgment of the same. Yours truly, J. Mkiskiiiew, Ceneral Superintendent. Prol>ablv the contribution thus made bv the AVestern I'nion Tel- COMMITTKE OX FINANCE. 97 tgraph Company would head the list as the largest subscription of any corporation. Here is a letter received from the New York Life Insurance Com- l)any, which is quoted simply as an example of many received from various portions of the country: Macon, Ga., September 25, 1888. J. J. Duniel, Enq., Presulnd ClHzenfi' Relief Association, Jackson- ville, Flit.: Deak Sir: I am authoiized to state that the New York Life Insurance Company have appropriated $2,500 for tlie relief of the yellow fever sufferers, and it gives me great pleasure to enclose herein check for $1,500 to your order, to be applied to tlie aid of those in your (^ity. The balance is retained for future contingencies as they niay develop, either in Jacksonville or elsewhere. In conveying this check the Trustees of the Company beg that I should express the deep sympathy felt by them for the afflicted and distressed in your city and State, and also the hope that a kind Prov- idence will soon remove the cause of suffering, and restore to all the blessing of good health. Yours truly, R. H. Plant, General Agent. Many firms and corporations, besides their own contributions, encouraged their employees to subscribe also. Perhaps no better example can be given than the following letter, addressed by The Filer & Stowell Company, Milwaukee, Wis., to the employees of the Cream City Iron Works, winch was attached to contributions of $367.00, sent October 3d: Mii.WAUKKE, Wis., September 28, 1888. Gentlemen: Realizing the deplorable conditicm of wliole communities of our fellow-countrymen in the South, owing to the ravages of the yellow fever scourge, we feel it a privilege and duty to contribute, in some degree, towards its amelioration. As a shop, we owe this in the cause of common humanity, not only, but we are under peculiar and special obligations to these people for business patronage, and for many gratuitous acts of courtesy to our men when among them, and to this manufactory as a firm. We, as a firm, will j^ay a dollar for every dollar contributed by our employees. It would be exceedingly gratifying to us if not less than five hundred dollars might be raised in this way and forwarded to the Relief Committee at .lacksonville. The Fii.ek & Stowell Company. J. M. Stowell, President. Contributions from individuals were innumerable, and but one or two letters may be cited as representative of the feeling which an- imated rich and poor alike. The following brief and businesslike communication accompa- 98 COMMITTEE ON KINAXCE. nied the largest individual contrilmtion to the yellow fevei- sufferers from a known contributor: Eoi'GH Point, Xewi'okt, K. I., September 24, 1S88. James M. Srhuntarficr, Esq., Treasurer Relief Fund, Jaeksnnrllle, Fla.: Deak Sir: I beg to enclose my check for $5, 000 to your order for the fund for relief of yellow fever sufferers, and remain Yours truly. F. W. YAXDEiiiai/r. Tlie largest contribution from any individual was transmitted through Mayor Hewitt, with the following communication: New Youk, Septemlter 10, 18SS. Dp:ai{ Sir: I transmit herewith the certificate of dei)osit No. 10,841 of the Chemical National Bank to your credit as chairman, for the sum of fourteen thousand three liundred and twenty-one 44-100 dollars (§14,321,44), and also a check for #10.00 in your favor, to be endorsed and returned to your correspondent in this city, making a total of :t;l4,:>;31.44. Of this sum *;12,000 is contributed by an un- known donor, whose heart is evidently as capacious as his i)urse. ********* Yours sincerely, Ann AM S. HEwni'. Mayor. The following extract from an article publislied in Frank Leslie" s Popular Monthly, for March, 1889, by Ferdinand C. Iglehart, D. D., entitled "The Nation's New Leadership," is (luoted as being of in- terest in this connection: "Mr. Morton (referring to Vice-President Levi P. Morton) is a philanthropist. He has learned to give as well as gain. His charac- ter has grown into strength and comeliness l»y the exercise of tlie distributive function. Some of the gifts that are continually tiowing from his bounty are .*;10,00() to Middleboro College, s40,000 worth of produce to the starving in Ireland, and >^] 2,000 recently given to the sufferers frinn yellow fever in Florida." Here are other anonym^tus (•ontril)utions, prompted by the same cliarity tliat moved tlie larger donors: YicKSHiiu;, Miss., Sei)tember 24. 1888. Dk.mj Sir: We en( lose herewith New York Exchange .$25.00, which is the contribution to your suffering community of a lady on the Mis.sis- sippi liiver who sympathizes with yt)u in youi' terrible affliction, l)ut who is unwilling that her name should be given. She does many other good deeds in just as unostentatious a way. Plea.se acknowl- edge receii)t, and apply where it will do the most good. Yours truly, WRKillT BllOTJlKRS. rOMMITTKK OV FIX-^XCK. U\> Wasjiix(;t()X. 1). ('., .September :>. ISSN. Sir: I enclose you herewith our small tontrilmtion (si. 00) to aid in any way those sutt'erin^ from the fever. We hope that by the re- ceipt of many such dcmations the awful ejiidemic may speedily be restricted and overcome. Very truly yours, ••Roo.\[ 70." The early receipt of the following; telejirani from President Cleveland assured Jacksonville of all possible aid from the (Tovern- iiient, which assurance was amply verified by subsecpient acts: ExKdTiVK Max.siox, W.vsiiixotox, i). ('., September s, l.sss. Jatnes M. Schutiiachi'r, ClKiirnian Finance Committer : Please draw on me for two hundred dMiNGTON, N. C, Steptember 17, 1888. Prcmlent Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association : DeakSir: God at compliment. Enclosed please find five (5) dollars, which I donate to the, suffering people of your city; and please excuse me here by some remarks, or to give a remedy for the plague. I am poor and cannot do more at this time on money. That remedy is following: God say Amos 8, (3: " ." Therefore God speak .Joel 2, 12 and 13. Please do not as like you read .Jonah 3: " " and God will take the plague from your city. Believe this and you will find this remedy true. John 20, 27 and 29. God bless the city, you and me. Yours very respectfully, A Public Friend. Sir: I enclose five dollars for yellow fever sufferers. I send, also, this little book, " Come to -Jesus." Read it, if you please, and then send it to some hospital, or where you think best. Youi's, September 13, 1888. Perhaps no contributions were more appreciated than those coming from persons of limited means. If there could be any dis- tinction drawn it should be in favor of those who divided their all with the unknown sufferers here. It would be impossible to note a small part of these contributions, but a few are cited as examples: Please forward the enclosed mite to Jacksonville for yellow fever sufferers. (2 cents enclosed.) Widow's Mite. Toledo, ()., September 11, 1888. Dear Sir: Please accept the enclosed small sum to alleviate a few of the sufferings of our afflicted "neighbors." Though very small, I hope the offering may have its mission. Very truly, ($2 enclosed.) A Curistian Sympatiiizei;. < OMMITTKK OX FIXAXCE. 101 Wi.VTEKPOtK P. O., October fi, 1888. Posttnnster : DkahHih: Please find enclosed 25 cents' worth of stamps. I know it is a small amount for a Ijeneticent act. Little drops makes the rill tiny, form rivulets, then unite and form rivers. So 2.") cents with 25 cents more make 50 cents, and 50 cents more makes $1.00. So you will please disburse these stamps among those who are suffering of the terrible scourge of the yellow fevei'. I am. Respectfully vours, ' ^ J. T. C. P. S. This mav aid the sufferers in communicating, if nothing more. I, myself, am afflicted; not with the foyer, but I am devoid of the chief faculty, the organ of sight. The Scriptures have it, the light of the body; so it is nothing more than my duty to God and man to do unto my neighbors as 1 would have them do unto me. Gaedex City, Kax., September 27, 1888. Deak Siu: As I have been reading in the papers every day that there is so much sutforing and distress in your city from the fever, I desire to contribute my mite in hope that it may do a little good. I belong to the army of young women who earn their o^yn living, and have just earned this s'i by doing some court work, which is my business. Again hoping it may do you a little good, I am Verv respectfullv, L. S. Wasiiingtox, D. C, September 10, 1888. Dear Sir: Will vou please accept the 40 cents enclosed in here, and send it to the yellow fever sufferers in Jacksonville. I am very sorry that I cannot send more now. But I am going to try and get up a club to send some money down there. Repectfully, On the 25th of September the chairman of the Committee on Finance received the following note, enclosing fifty cents in old cur- rency, formerly called '-shin-plasters:" September 22, 1888. Jacksonville Relief Committee : Enclosed find 50 cents, the joint contribution of two poor men, for the Jacksonville sufferers. The communication has been carefully preserved, together with the money, which proved, unfortunately, to be counterfeit. The children of the whole country, following the example of their elders, helped the good cause in various ways. It will be grati- fying for them to know that the aggregate amount thus contributed 102 COMMITTEE ON FINAISICK. was a very material portion of tlte wiiole fund. Kead these letters : WiLMixVGTON, X. C, September 24, 1888. You will please accept tlie enclosed amount (ten dollars) for the children of Jacksonville, donated by the little children of Wilming- ton. It is not a very large amount, still it may do some g(»od, where there is so much suffering. Hoping that your city will soon be rid of the terrible pestilence, and that God, in his mercy, may be with you, and bless you, is the prayer of your well wisher. Mamie L. Aldeman, Treas. for the Children. NoKTH Lima, Oino, September 27, 1888. I)EAii Sik: Enclosed you will please find ten dollars (SIO) from a little girl. Miss Daisy B. Harkey, for the yellow fever sufferers, this being the proceeds of an elocutionary entertainment given by this little girl for the benefit of the sick and suffering in Jacksonville. She is sorry that it is not more, but it is the best she could do, and she hopes that you will acknowledge the receipt of it, if possible, in a private note through the mail, or in some paper sent to her to the above address. For Miss Daisey B. Harkey, by her father, Rkv. S. L. Hakkey, D. D. Kansas City, Mo., October 1, 1888. My Deak Sik: Please find enclosed New York draft for $lb. Our little Sunday School Mission, though poor in this world's goods, has large sympa- thy for all in distressed circumstances, and in this small way wishes to express such by this mite of a donation, contribvited largely by the children, whose little hearts promoted the idea of thus remem- bering your panic stricken section. Our oidy regret is that we are not able to send more. Hoping the kind Heavenly Father will soon see fit to relieve you of the dreadful disease, believe me with and for them. Very sincerely, P. H. Thompson, Jk., Supt. 17th St. Baptist S. S. Mission. Seagirt, IST. Y., September 24, 1888. Dear Sir: Four of our little boys, Chester A. Peebles, of Cincinnati, Henry Cohen, of Philadelphia, Willie W. Starke, of Philadelphia, and Gil- bert Meade, of New York, determined to hold a bazaar for the bene- fit of yellow fever sufferers. Most of our summer guests had de- parted for their homes, but by their energetic efforts, these little men netted .f44, which, at their request, I enclose in a draft. Please acknowledge the receipt to this address.' With the earnest hope that a kind Providence may stay the pesti- lence in your midst, and raise up many to help you bear the terrible burdens imposed upon you, lam. Yours respectfully, S. W. Leeds. COMMnTKK ON FIX^NOK. 103 Nkw York, September 25, 1888. Dk AK Siii : Five little girls in East Orange, X. J., (where I reside), whose average age will not exceed twelve years, had a lawn fair for the Jacksonville sufferers last Saturday afternoon, planned and con- ducted by themselves; the enclosed seventeen dollars indicate the result. At their request I forward it to you, with their wish that you would use it as you see fit, and also with the hope tliat although the amount is small, it will do some good. Yours very truly, ClIARI>ES DlTTON. Names of children: AEary Dutton, Emma Button, Annie Law, Ella Law, Susie Perinc. The following letter, with the historical signatures attached, Avas received from Asheville: AsiiKVii.LK, X. C, September K), 1888. Mr. J. M. SchuuiiirJier, (Jliiiiniifni of the Finance Committee, Jackson- ville, Fla.: Dear Sir: Enclosed please find check on Xew York for $2;}, the proceeds of which are to be a])plied to the fund contributed for the Jacksonville sufferers. The ]iaper enclosed gives the names of the contributors, seven little cliildren, guests of the house, made by selling tickets for an exhibition of tableaux, in which they were the sole actors. Yours truly, John B. Steelk. We, the little children at Battery Park Hotel, have made, by ourselves, ■^2:1 to send to the sufferers of Jacksonville. We wish it was more: Callie Cobb Jackson, Rosa Brooks McBee, Virgie Lee Hamiltcm, Caroline Chaffee, Lillian Hamilton, Florence King Jack- son, and Marion Jackson. Money continued to pour into the treasury of the Association, "but the exi)enses increased proportionately. Upon the 1st of Octo- ber the ill-advised publication of a set of resolutions by a member of the Association, calling upon the Finance Committee to stop the contributions, very materially checked the receipt of funds. From some sources advices came that, owing to the reported sufficiency of funds, no more would be sent, and from many other sources came inquiries for an official statement. The Executive Committee, in all cases, replied that, owing to the absolute uncertainty as to the con- tinuance of the epidemic, and the demands for relief which would be made upon them so long as the fever existed, they were unable to say it was time to stop contributions. The Committee felt very keenly the responsibility resting upon it. On the one hand, they were unwilling to receive more money than the emergencies of the epidemic required, under the most economical administration, but on the other hand, it would be an almost criminal error of judgment if suffering and want should result from a premature stoppage of 104 COAIMITTEE ON FIXANCK. funds, when the mnnificent heart of the nation was willing to supply all necessary relief. So, in all cases, the answer M^as sent that volun- tary contributions would be received; and funds still continued to come, although less abundantly. It may be well to say that beyond a statement of facts which showed the need of contributions, the Executive Committee, from the first, discouraged solicitation on the part of the citizens of Jack- sonville. Many refugees, with the best motives, requested authority to collect subscriptions in different parts of the country for the as- sistance of those left behind, but in every case the Committee re- ferred them to the autlujrities of the place they desired to canvass, and suggested that all contributions should be voluntary. The following correspondence explains one instance of a Jackson- ville citizen desiring to solicit contributions, and the position taken by the Executive Committee : RocKFOKD, Ii>i.., September 11, 1888. James M. Schninaclicr, Esq.^ Cfiairinan Fhinncc Commitfee, Jackson- ville, Florida : My Deai! Sik : Some four weeks ago I wrote Mr. Woodward, who I left in charge of our houses, etc., asking if car loads of produce, such as grain, hay and flour, would be acceptable at the time. He wrote me that the committee on such matters thought they would not need help. I was then in Iowa, and the Illinois Central would put such contributions through free of freight. I have just come from there, via Chicago, and I find but little is being done in Chicago for your relief. Now I am ready to go there, or to any other point, and get any kind of sui)plies. I can get car loads of almost anything you might want, and any of the lines will put it through free. What is your supply of fresh beef ? I could ship a car from Chicago, and then when it got there you need not have it removed from the car, but have some ice put in, and in this way it would keep for a week, until you could use it; and in the meantime I could have another under way. I presume your supply of vegetables, fruit, etc., you have none of these. I could get a car donated in one hour, such as- apples, i)ea(;hes, pears, potatoes; aiul as to groceries, now you know what you want, and I beg you will see what you need and telegraph me fully here, care Irvin French, and I will go tw Chicago and Mil- waukee and devote my time in supplying you Avith everything you want. Please telegrai)h me fully what you want first. Yours very trulj', Wm. Root. The following rejdy was wired Mr. Root: SErTKMIJKK, 17, 1888. William Hoot, care [ricin Freiich. liockford, Illinois : Letter received. Spontaneous contributions of provisions or delicacies will be thankfully received, Imt committee thinks special canvass inadvisable. The people have been and continue to be very kind to us. JaMKS M. ScrU'MAl'HEK, Cliaiiman. COMMITTKK OX FIXAXCK. 105 A few (lays later a telegram from Mr. Koot was received, calling attention to the previous letter, and on September 2fith the follow- ing telegram was received: Chicago, Im,., September 26, 1888. James M. Srliiiin(irfi>'r, JnrhxonviUe : Several gentlemen called at my office, saying they desired to form them-^elves into a committee for the purpose of aiding the suf- ferers at Jacksonville and other infected points. They propose to open an office and do such work as they can, with the assistance of our citizens, and hope to forward provisions and supplies. Those who called are Ex-Tiovernor li^cd, of Florida, Col. Wm. Ivoot, Col. W. 1). Barnes. A. K. Hammond, W. S. Walker, Dr. A. L. Cole, of Palatka. G. A. Duncan, of Clear Water Harbor, and O. A. Teeple, of Ocala. WiW you kindly wire me, endorsing them, or so many as you would recommend to organize such a committee, and also make any suggestions you desiie regarding the matter. .loiix A. KociiK, Mayor. . The following was the reply: Jacksonvii.lk, Fi-a., September 27, 1888. John A. Rorhe, Mayor, Chicuf/o, Illinois : . lleplying to your telegram to Mr. Schumacher, our Executive Committee directs me to say that while appreciating fully the prof- fered assistance of the gentlemen named, many of whom are person- ally known to us, we have adhered strictly to one rule, and that is to rely upon the general appeal made to the charitably disi>osed people of the United States to render us aid. They have done so nobly, but mucli more is needed, and we believe it will come without further solicitation. The spontaneity of the offering increases its value, if you should officially ask the good people of your city to start a subscription, no doubt these gentlemen could aid you, and in that way it wouhl come very acceptable to us. P. McQuAii), Acting President. The following day a telegram was received from Mr. Root, as follows : Chicago, III., September 28, 1888. P. McQudii}, At.e, Fla., September 29, 1888. Wrn. Hoot, Chainnan, Chiccu/o : Your telegram received and considered by tlie Executive Com- mittee, wlio still thiidi it is best to not authorize any special eitort to solicit contributions. We have just received one thousand dollars frt)m the Mayor of Cliicago to-day, making two thousand received from that source. We feel that we have not received nearly enough to carry us through to the end of this epidemic, and the Executive Committee will consider, on M(,)nday, after receiving the estimate submitted, whether the time has arrived to announce that we believe we liave enough to carry us through. We do not wish to abuse the large-hearted generosity of the American people by accepting more than our actual needs require. In this view of the case, we do not feel that special eiforts to obtain aid are necessary. P. McQuAiiJ, President. On the 27th of October the Executive Committee rendered a financial statement, prepared by a si)ecial committee, to the Associa- tion, of the receipts and disbursements to that date. In this state- ment, which was extensively distributed to contributors, the follow- ing words were used : Your Executive Committee have had under consideration whether or not the time has arrived to announce to the large-hearted American people, who responded so nobly to tlieir appeal for aid, that suffi- cient funds have been received to carry them through to tlie end of the epidemic, but hesitated, lest they might be held responsible should any subsequent distress ensue for want of sufficient funds. The correctness of tlieir judgment, in declining to yield to pressure to make this announcement, is sustained by the foregoing estimate, which is based on past experience, and a carefvil study of the situa- tion, assuring the public at the same time that they do not desire to accept any more funds than is actually necessary U> supply the wants of our people. In addition to these voluntary charitable contributions, the United States Government, through its Marine Hospital Service, re- imbursed the Association for such expenditures as, under the in- structiartment in charge of the Purchasing and Peceiving Agent, these donations were more systematically noted and valued; but, even then, the appraised value could not be shown a sure index of the original cost tt> the donor, so that it is not at- tempted to give valuation. Care has been taken to make these lists as correct as possible, but, in the nature of things, ei"tors of omission and commission may have been made, which the Association would be glad to correct. Below will be found the Financial Statement, as submitted by the Executive Committee to the Association, and the report of the Com- mittee of the Association, specially appointed to examine it, is given in the report of the Association, inserted in the Historical Summary on the 22d of April. The numbers on the left indicate the pages of this Ixtok wliere a detailed showing of the item mav be found. 110 APPKNDIX. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. Ill Appended is the statement of the Treasurer's account, as, in the absence of any separate article, this seems the most appropriate place : TREASUEER'S ACCOUNT. Cash $340,755.52 Membership Account 282.00 Re-imbursed by United States Marine Hospital Service — On account Sanitation 50,873.27 On account Sanitary Guards 8,94t>.l3 On account Nurses and Medical Attention 48,420.18 On account Fernandina Guards 4,187.50 On account St. Lulce's Hospital 3,667.20 On account Sand-Hills Hospital 3,093.39 On account Infected Articles Destroyed 39,920.10 $506,145.29 Total Disbursements, as per Vouchers 481,392.45 • $24,752.84 COMMITTEE ON RELIEE. On the lotli of August, 1888, the rresident of the Jacksonville- Auxiliary Sanitary Association a])pointed Judge Lcjton M. Jones chairman of the Committee on Belief, this being one of the original committees provided for by the articles of the Association. He was instructed to select capable men, and, with their assistance, to de- vise means to aid those in need. The next day Judge Jones selected as his committee the following persons : Rev. A. W. Knight, Rev. R. H. Weller, Mr. J. H. McGinnis, Rev. B. G. White, Rev. Jesse R. Bicknell and Mr. C. Benedict Rogers. In response to a call issued by the chairman, these members of the Committee on Relief met at his oflftee on the 16tli of August. After discussing the situation, a general exchange of views resulted in the committee dividing the city into six districts; each member present was assigned a district, and, with the chairman, selected reliable persons to assist in the work. The districts and their workers were as follows: District No. 1, east of the Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad, Rev. A. W. Knight, Chairman; Rev. T. M. Smith, Mr. A, R, Merrill, Mr. N. C. Wam- • boldt, Mr. John Jamison and Dr. A. T. Cuzner. District No. 2, from Pine Street east to the Fernandina and Jacksonville Railroad, Rev. R. H. Weller, Chairman; Rev. W. J. Kenny, Braxton B. MacDonell, Rev. J. R. Sharpe, W. B. Owen and Timothy Murphy. District No. .3, from Pine Street west to Clay Street, J. H. :N[cGinnis, Chairman; W A. Macduff, Alonzo R. Jones and Charles Benedict. District, No. 4, west of ("lay Street and north of the railroad. Rev. B. G. White, Chairman; Lafayette Dancy, r»ev. M. Manigault and Dennis Taylor. District No. 5, the suburbs of Brooklyn and Riverside, Rev. Jesse R. Bicknell, Chairman; C, G. Elliott, C. Hopkins, H. Miller, W. S Walker, A. T. Deakle.and S. E. Foster. District No. G, South Jack- sonville, C. Benedict Rodgers, Chairman; W. L. Crawford, Phil. Thrasher, Dr. Williams and T. Jackson. A T'entral Relief Committee was organized, composed of the chairmen of the various sub-committees and others. This Central Relief Committee met at the office of the chairman daily at 10 o'clock A. M. Braxton B. MacDonell was selected to act as its Secretary. During the lirst week the initial step was taken toward providing the poor with food in a systematic manner; ai»plication blanks were agreed ui)on, and pads of these blanks wore furnished to the chair- men of the sub-committees; als(j, a pad of blanks in the form of an OOMMII "IKE OX RKLIKF. 113 order, for the chainuan of the Central Committee. The members of the sub-committees investigated all applications received from the chairman, and the chairman of the Central Committee, on the proper recommendation of the cliairman of each sub-committee, furnished an order to the applicant ft)r groceries on one of the stores in the city. This plan worked exceedingly well for about two weeks, when- it was found that a more rapid system was necessary, in order to' supply the constantly increasing demand for aid. An office was establislied on Xewnan Street, where three clerks received all applications for food, and the applications were distrib- uted to the different committees, according to the district in which the applicants lived, and, after their investigation, their report was sent to the central office, which furnished orders upon the grocery store. As the epidemic proceeded, it was found necessary to pro- vide the sick with nurses, and the Central Committee, under instruc- tions from the Executive Committee of the Association, established a bureau for nurses in the office on Newnan Street. The demand for food increased with the fever, owing to the fact that all opportunities for work were entirely cut off, and those who- had means had exhausted them, and it was found necessary to estab- lish commissaries at the headquarters of the different sub-commit- tees. This became necessary, also, because the provisions in the stores were gradually exhausted, and it became impossible for the stores to promptly and satisfactorily supply the orders from the Cen- tral Kelief Committee. Commissaries Avere established at all other headquarters of the committees, except No. ;3, where a commissary had been established from the beginiiing. For the proper manage- ment of these commissaries rules and regulations were adopted.- These rules required the chairman of each district to prepare a requi- sition for supplies each day for the following day's work. Tlie requi- sitions, after l)eing examined by the chairman of the Central Kelief Committee, were given, to be tilled, to W. T. Jones, who was placed in charge at the distributing store. A large force of investigators (u- detectives were employed to look into the applications, to guard against imposition. Shortly after the beginning of the epidemic it was fiuuid neces- sary to supply cooked food to persons who, either through sickness in the family or want of means, were unable to attend to cooking, and for this purpose a restaurant was opened on the corner of New- nan and Forsyth streets by the chairman of the Committee on Kelief, under the direction of Mr. William T. Jones. Meals were delivered to houses, on the order of the chairman of the Central Kelief Com- mittee, the chairmen of the sub-committees, and also on orders of physicians. When the restaurant was first put in operation one de- livery wagon was put on, and the first day only sixteen meals were 114 COMMITTEK OX RELIKF. sent out. On the closing day, October 12tl), nine wagons were em- ployed, and fifteen liundred meals sent out. The Committee on Relief had charge of the establishment and maintenance of Camp Howard, as described in anotlier portion of this report. On the 14th of September Judge Loton M. Jones resigned his position as chairman of the Committee on Relief because of ill health, brought on by overwork. The Executive Committee appointed Judge AV. B. Owen in his place. Chairman Owen found it difhcult to carry on the work of the committee, owing to the fact that every day brought the loss of some member from sickness. During his term of office he worked almost single handed, and was compelled to take what material he could find. On the first day of September one of the most active workers, Mr. J. H. McGinnis, died of a chronic complaint. A short time later another active worker, the Rev. J. R. Shai-pe, died, and in a few days the Rev. T. M. Smith also died. After the death of Mr. McGinnis, the Rev. W. H. Dodge was ajipointed to the vacant chairmanshii) of District No. o. On Sei)tember 2(]th Judge W. B. Owen was taken sick, througli overwork, and, on his recommendation, the Rt. Rev. Edwin G. Weed was appointed chairman of the committee. Bj^ this time the neces- sities of the people had become so great that it was found necessary to have a regular purchasing agent, and Mr. F. W. Mumby was ap- pointed. Under him the warehouse of the Clyde Steamship Com- pany wa.s secured for the Central Disbursing Commissary, and the disbursing station near McMurray's stable, on Newnan Street, became the commissary for delicacies, and also supplied nourishment for the sick. The Central Station, on Newnan Street, also lilled orders for j)eople living outside of the city limits. The Executive Committee finding it necessary to systematize more thoroughly the Nurse Bureau, transferred the nurses to the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention, about this time, and thus relieved the Committee on Relief from this part of the work. Towards the close of October the necessity for reducing the expenses of the committee became apparent through the scarcity of funds. On October (ith Commissary No. 6 was abolished, and on October 27tli the Soup House in East Jacksonville, which had been in opeia- tion since the first of the month, was closed. This left but two soup houses in operation, one in Oakland, in charge of Mr. A. VV. Knight, and the main soup house, corner of Ocean and Beaver streets, in charge of Mr. D. W. Onley. Soup cards were issued to families for convalescents, and to aged and infirm persons unable to eat commis- sary food. It was decided, on October 20th, to amalganuite the seven com- (•t>MMlTTKK ON RELIEF. 115 missaries then in existence into three, the consolidation to go into effect on October 27th, after proper notice. On that day (Jommissa- ries No. 2 and No. 3 were consolidated, and the Rev. W. J. Kenny as- sumed management. Nos. 8 and 4 were also combined, Kev. J. R. Bicknell retiring, and Rev. B. G. White taking control. The fever having assumed large proportions in South .Jacksonville, Mr. C. Bene- dict Rogers took charge of the various relief departments in that X)lace. On November 1st Bishop Weed was taken sick with fever, and Judge W. B. Owen resumed charge for ten days, when Mr. John E. Hartridge was appointed chairman of the committee. On November 10th it was decided to consolidate all tlie commissaries into one gen- eral commissary, and ten days later this was effected. Having com- bined all the disti-ict commissaries into one, the work of the Central Relief f^ommittee was greatly reduced. The committee establislied tlieir commissary in Mr. L'Phigle's warehouse, in Foster's Lane, near Bay Street. Stock was furnished on the order of the manager of the commissary, by the Purchasing Agent. Three members of the Relief Committee were selected each week to supervise the commissary. The General Commissary was opened on November 19th. Detectives investigated applications, and if persons proved to be in need, and the application was approved by the chairman of the district in which the applicant resided, the manager issued a card, which was deliv- ered to the applicant. All orders for temporary rations were issued through the members of the Central Committee. On December 1st Mr. Hartridge resigned his position as chair- man of the Committee, owing to the pressure of other duties, and the Rev. W. J. Kenny was appointed in his stead. The General Commissary was closed by the committee on De- cember 22d, thereafter relief being furnished only in individual cases. The following is the report of District No. 1 from the date of its establishment to October 27th, Rev. A. W. Knight, Chairman: Num- ber of cards issued, 1,12;]; number of cards recalled, 6.57; number of cards outstanding, 406; total rations issued, 13,887. The following data was gleaned from the books of Commissary District No. 2, Rev R. H. Weller, Chairman: Number of cards is- sued, 1,285; number of cards recalled, 560; number of cards out- standing, 725; total rations issued, 21,740. District No. 3, Rev. W. H. Dodge, Chairman, not being so large as the others, the work was somewhat lighter. From the date of its establishment to October 27th, when merged in District No. 2, the following work was done : Number of cards issued, 674; number of cards recalled, 120; number of cards outstanding, .")54; number of rations issued, 8.497. 116 COMMITTEE OX RELIEF. District No. 4, Rev. B. G. White, Chairman; Number of cards issued, 1,464; number of cards recalled, 646; number of cards out- standing, 818; number of rations issued, 24,405. The following is a report of the work done in District No. 5, up to October 27th, when merged in District No. 4, Eev. J. R. Bicknell, Chairman: Num])er of cards issued, 41:!: number of cards recalled, 141; number of cards outstanding, 272: number of rations issued, 7,412. District No. 6, C. Benedict Rogers, Chairman, to October 27th, accomplished the following work: Number of cards issued, 103; number of cards recalled, 99; number of cards outstanding, 4; num- ber of rations issued, 4,057. The following is an approximated report of tlie three commissa- ries, from Octolier 27th, when the commissaries were reduced from five to three, until November 17th. wlien all commissaries merged into one general commissary: Commissary No. 1: Cards issued to 7(), of which number 6,825 were re- called and 5,551 are outstanding. The grand total of rations issued is 196,5:!8, and the standard adopted and used for a ration, for an adult, for one week, was two pounds of bacon, three pounds of meal or two })ounds of flour, three pounds of grits or two pounds of dour, one pint molasses, one half pint of salt, one quarter pound of coffee, one half pound of sugar, and one bar of soap. It must be remem- bered that tlie number of rations issued represents the rations almost from tlie outset, while the card system was not adopted until some time after the breaking out of the epidemic, when the immediate pressure was somewhat relieved and an opportunity was given for more system and elaboration. The cards will average about live ra- tions to a card, although some cards were issued to single Individ- COMMITTKK OX RELIKK. 117 uals. and some to tlie heads of large families, and the ditterence in the total number of rations issued is thus to be explained. The work of the Committee on Relief was materially increased at the outset by the generous donation and distribution of one thou- sand pounds of fresh meat, which was made hurriedly and ill-ad- visedly amidst the great pressure of organization to meet the panic. This caused many to suppose they would be fed; that yellow fever meant free rations. This sentiment was made stronger by the news- paper reports of an appropriation by Congress for the prevention of the spread of epidemic diseases. The cry was constant that the com- mittee were withliolding money which belonged to the people. As a consequence, the committee were subjected to much abuse. The additional difficulty of linding suitable persons to carry out its plans caused, at times, much trouble. Tlie labor of superintending the purchases and watching over the commissaries was greater than would be imagined by those who have not undertaken such w^ork, in the midst of great excitement and constant ci-iticism. The desire of the committee was to be economical, and at the same time to relieve all want. Every method to discover fraud, and relieve the distressed, was resorted to. The committee constantly co-operated with the Committee on Sanitation, to furnish work for able-bodied men, to compel them to work, and to prevent laborers, or their direct fami- lies, fi'om drawing rations when at work or able to work. The con- stantly increasing demands in the first two months necessarily brought about many changes in the system. During the latter part of the epidemic, when the suffering be- came less, fraud increased and stringent measures were adopted to prevent an useless expenditure of money and educated pauperism. It is one thing to feed people; it is another to impress them with the necessity of helping themselves. It is impossible to give any fair idea of the difficulties which confronted the Committee on TJelief. The complaint of insufficiency in the tirst part of the epidemic, E. C. Benedict Rogers. D. W. On LEY. Below is a detailed statement of expenses : COMMITTEE ON RELIEF. General Supplies Distributed *!52,.357.84 " " to Orphanage and Home for the Friendless 250.74 " " to St. jMary's Orphanage 245.24 " " to Frankie Schumacher's Relief Associa- tion Hospital : 131.15 Provi.'^ions Purchased and Distributed 16,393.20 Prescriptions and drugs 369.70 Board and Meals 186.80 Mdse and Cash to Indigent Poor and Sick 1,999.62 Employees' Pay-RoU 8,200.07 Horses and Vehicles 3,422.67 Drayage 114.45 Furniture 173.20 Stationery and Printing 411.91 General Expenses : 2,122.69 Census for Depopulation 000.95 Expenses of Camp Howard 594.94 $87,575.25 THE COMMITTEE ON SANITATION. The Committee on Sanitation was one of the original committees «f the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, provided for by the Articles of Association adopted at its organization, and Mr. Henry A. L'Engle was appointed chairman of the committee, which at the time needed a man of thorough executive ability, energy, and acquaintance with the laboring element, perhaps more than was the case with almost any other committee, to organize and adopt prompt, practical measures for cleaning the city. The other members of the Association, who were members of the Committee on Sanitation, were C. G. Elliott, J. L. Burch, F. W. Ely, Peter Jones, K. N. Ellis and T. V. Cashen. The Committee on Sanitation suffered many losses. Henry A, L'Engle, its original chairman, was taken sick with yellow fever September 6th, and died eight days later, a martyr to his self-sacri- ficing efforts for the public good. F. W. Ely died September 14th; C. G. Elliott died Sei^tember 22d, and J. L. Burch died September 25th. On September 17th, Dr. J. C. L'Engle was elected chairman of the committee, to fill the place left vacant by the death of his brother. The Committee on Sanitation immediately began thorough measures to look into the sanitary condition of the city, and to remedy apparent evils; and, in fact, the work of this committee was begun before the organization of the Association itself. As early as August nth, at the joint meeting of representatives from the Board of Health, the City Council, and the citizens of Jacksonville, after discussion, it was agreed to begin work to thoroughly cleanse the city on Sunday, the succeeding day, at 7 o'clock a. m. For this pur- pose it was resolved to employ fifty men and twenty teams, of which Mr. L'Engle was requested to take charge. Dr. R. P. Daniel at the same meeting, on behalf of the Board of Health, said that lie was authorized to give the Citizens' Committee full latitude to do all in its power to aid in the emergency, and the Board would meet bills made by the committee for the present. This action was taken inas- much as the members present believed that the condition of the city, from a sanitary point of view, was not so good as it had been re- ported. It cannot be denied that a feeling of security had resulted from articles which had appeared in the local press, from time to time, previous to the occurrence of any unusual sickness. The as- sertion was made that the city was proof against the introduction I'lO OOMMITTKE <>X SAXITATIOX. and spread of disease, by reason of its absohite cleanliness. The City Council passed a very comprehensive health ordinance, April 5, 1888, conferi'ing all the authority that the most ardent advocate of a centralized power could wish, upon the City Health Officer and his subordinates; nor was there a protest or disposition to qviestion the exercise of this power: but every latitiide was allowed, that the purpose so necessary and so universally desired might be fully ac- complished. Did space allow, the health ordinance referred to would be introduced into this i-eport. to show with what power the Health Officer of the City was clothed. The following extracts from the Times-Union, April 15, 1888, give some idea of the attention directed to the subject of sanitation at this early date, the people knowing full well how important a factor it was in the prevention of yellow fever: SANITARY AVOKK. Yesterday the entire force of Sanitary Inspectors, with the scavenger carts, were at work cleaning up East .Jacksonville. They were warmly met by the citizens of that section of the city, who, as a general thing, manifest a willingness to obey the health rules. Many loads of garbage and night soil were gotten together and carted away, and a large quantity of trash, limbs, weeds, etc., were burned in the streets. All the work being done is under Dr. Kenworthy's supervision. As soon as the work here is completed the force will l>e transferred to some other locality, and there will be no let up until the city is in a pei'fect sanitary condition. Under the new ordinance all swine must be removed from the city inside of six days. And later, the Times-Union again published the progress made in sanitary matters, in the paper of April 22, 1888: WHAT IS BEIXG DOXK IX THE CITY BY THE HEALTH OFFICEK. The Sanitary Inspectors, under the management of Dr. Kenwor- thy, are hard at work placing the entire city in the best possible sanitary condition. East Jacksonville, LaYilla, Brooklyn, and Han- sontown have had special attention. All the brush, trash, etc., has been burned or carted away, and a careful inspection made of the premises of nearly every house. The work is being rapidly carried on, and in a very short time the city will present as clean streets and yards as can be found in any city in the South. But little trouble has so far been encountered, as the citizens appreciate fully the im- portance of a strict compliance with the health ordinance, which will be strictly enforced in every particular. A large number of hogs have been taken out of the city during the past few days, as required by the law. The inspectors have been supplied with sev- eral thousand copies of the health ordinance, which they are required to distribute over the city, for the information of those who have so far failed to read it. The newspaper extracts indicate that considerable work was done by the city before the outbreak of the epidemic, but later de- COMMITTEE UX SaXITATIoN. I'll velopments aeeva to show that the work at-tually accomplished was directed mure particularly to matters relatiug to the sale of water- melons, and adulterated milk, restrictions about keeping liogs. and other minor matters affecting the public health, rather than to thorough, systematic, energetic, sanitary measures. The newspapers, in a later issue, apparently ehange per annum, and nine assist- ants at *;J6o each per annum, we have been hugging the delusion to our breasts that no cleaner city than .Jacks«>n\-ille was in existence. The last two weeks ha-s demonstrateennteiiorers in the performance of their duty, and strict discipline must be enforced. These instructions have been given verbally to each foreman by the inspectors and su- perintendents, but it is considered advisable to place them before them in writing. August 17th the Committee on Sanitation reported 250 to 300 men at work. The chairman, Mr. H. A. I/Engle, announced the ap- pointment of the following aids: Stephen Wiggins, .Superintendent west of Cedar street; T. J. Boyd, Hansontown and Old .Jackson- A^ille, north of State Street, east of Cedar, and west of Pine; M. M. Belisario, cast of Pine .street, south of the creek, and west of the Fernandina Kailroad; S. B. Flynn, Oakland and Campbell's Addi- tion; O. H. Dorsett, East .Tjj,cksonville, east of the Fernandina Rail- road, west of J. S. Parker's to the Fair Grounds; X. Webster, Brook- lyn and Riverside; Ritter, Cedar street to Pine, south of State street; Thomas Tracy, South Jacksonville. The general sanitary work within the city was continued, and, for the week ending August 23d, there was a sufficient number kept at work to keep the city clean, though there were not so many em- ployed as during the jirevious week. Lime was again si)rinkled throughout the city, under the direction of Councilman Wiggins, while Councilman Boyd had charge of the whitewash gang, and gave every tree-trunk, post, hydrant, curbing and sidewalk edge a thick coat of lime, to which some of the bi-chloride of mercury was added for future use. Mr. L'Engle, chairman of the Committee on Sanita- tion, reported that he was using a large number of men in the sani- tary work, and that he hoped, from the care taken in selecting fore- men, there would be little or no grounds for complaint, due to wan- ton destruction of property. Mr. L'Engle further stated that there was a bitter feeling among the unemployed men and a demand for work. This demand for employment increased daily, as the stagna- tion of all kinds of business increased, and the laborers spent their savings and exhausted their credit in the support of themselves and families. On August 2oth Mr. H. A. L'Engle, chairman of the Committee on Sanitation, reported as follows: Colonel J. J. Dftniel, Chairman of ilie Execnflvr Coiiinrtttei-, Jackson- ville Anxiliarij Sanitary Association: Sir: I herewith hand you a statement of the operations of the Committee on Sanitation. The committee commenced the work of cleaning the city on Sunday, the 12th instant, at 7 o'clock a. m., with a force of about sixty men, hastily gathered togethei*. and, of COMMITTEE ON SANITATION. 125 course, imperfeitly ortjaiiized, as the plan of campaign liad only been decided upon by tlie Executive Committee late in the afternoon of Saturday, the 11th. Tlie .Superintendent and his assistants found some difficulty in securing the services of men to work on Sunday, the first day of our operations, and had to promise laborers for that day an inducement to go to woik, in the way of increased compensation over the ordinary daily wages. However, much was accomplished; and on the next and succeeding days of the week the force was largely augmented. The pay rolls bear the names of 517 men, who were paid in the aggregate the sum of $'2,082.2.5. Monday, of the week ending August 2.'3th, was devoted to perfecting the organiztt- tion of the workmen, as some complaints had been made of the use- less destruction of lumber which was found on the premises being cleaned. These cf)mplaints were not numerous, and while an inves- tigation disclosed the fact that some few were made with good grounds, most of them were exaggerated. Work was resumed on Tuesday, with a more perfect organization, which was accomplished, in part, by retaining the most intelligent and efficient foremen of the preceding week; but, in order to distribute the work among the un- employed people, very few, if any, of the laborers of the previous week, ending August 25th^ were employed this week, tlius, by alter- nating, a greater number were afforded relief; the hours of labor were also reduced to eight each day, and the per diem reduced ac- cordingly, that we might be able to em])loy a larger number of men. The committee, recognizing that one of the objects of tlie work be- ing done is to give employment to the unemployed people in the community, who would otherwise suffer for the means of support- ing themselves and families, extended its operations across the river, to South .Jacksonville, and apjiointed, on the recommenda- tion of the citizens resident there, Mr. Thomas Tracy to sujierin- tend the work. The wisdom of this selection has lieeii made aji- parent in the good work which has been done over there. The chairman of the committee, in company with Superintendent Old- liam, visited and inspected the work being done, and succeeded in securing the co-oj)eration of Dr. Williams, a iihysician resident there, and a promise from him to assist Mr. Tracy in any way he could. County Inspector Watson has rendered to the committee valuable services, especially in South Jacksonville, as has also City Marshal Sherman, on several occasions. The prompt and vigorous attention to the duties devolving upon Sui)erintendeiit Oldham has been appreciated by the committee^ as has also been the close atten- ti(m of Assistant Superintendents Belisario, Wiggins, Boyd, Ja- cobs and Dorsett. To Mr. Belisario were referred many of the com- plaints of the useless destruction of i)roperty, which he carefully and courteously investigated. Mr. H. E. Lee, whom the c(»mniittee select- ed to examine and report upon the condition of the buildings on Bay street, made a written report, which has been heretofore submitted; that paper, in itself, was sufficient evidence of the fitness of the agent employed. The committee cannot, in a i)ai)er of this kind, mention all who have contributed, by their alacrity in the discharge of their duties, to the success of the work. Many of the foremen of the gangs deserve special mention for their active and intelligent dis- charge of duty. The laborers have, generally, worked cheerfully and faithfully, and the committee only regrets that it is not possible to employ a larger number of those who are so unfortunate as to be deprived of the work necessary for the sup])ort of themselves and 126 COMMITTEE ON SANITATION. families. The chairman acknowledges, with pleasnre, the assist- ance of Messrs. Elliott, Ely and Buroh, of the committee, who have visited and inspected the work being done, from time to time. The chairman has visited many times, during the past two weeks, nearly every part of the territory covered by the operations of the commit- tee. Mr. S. C. Thompson having kindly tendered his services to the committee, through Mr. Elliott, they were gladly accepted, and he assumed charge as Auditor and Paymaster, which is a sufficient guar- anty that the Pay Department will be faithfully and discreetly ad- ministered. He is assisted by Mr. A. George Stewart, who is acting as book-keeper and private secretary to the chairman. The number of men employed for the week ending August 25th amounted to 394; payroll, $1,038.65. Respectfully submitted, H?;nry a. L'Engi.e, Chairman Committee on Sanitation. On account of the appearance of yellow fever in the immediate vicinity of the stores along Bay street, the chairman of the Commit- tee on Sanitation, Mr. H. A. L'Engle, requested Mr. Harry Lee to make an inspection of the premises on eacli side of Bay street. The following was his report: .Iacksonvim.e, Fla., August 17, 1888. Mr. Henry A. L^ Eni/lc, C/idiniiaii <>/ fJic Snnifdry fJommUtitc of the Auxiliary Association : Dkaij Sih: Pursuant to your instructions, I have made a care- ful and personal examination of the condition of the premises under- neath the floors of every store on either side of Bay street, between Cedar on the west, and Wasliington o]i tlie east, and, as a result of sucli examination, I herewith submit the following report: (ieorge Hughes, at the corner of Bay and Ocean, stagnant water found under the floor, which emits a very disagreeable smell, and renders the place in a decidedly unsanitary condition ; Kivas A- Koop- man, dry, cemented floor; .1. 1). Bucky, dry and well veniilated; W. lease have the owners, or persons in charge of these i)laces, resi)e(tfully notified, and required imme- diately to put their premises in projjcr condition, and see that the same is done without delay. .Should any one so notified decline or neglect to carry out your requirements, you will please communicate with this committee before pi'oceeding against them. Yours resjiectfully, D. T. Geijow, Chairman Health Committee. Whether the Health Officer of the city, or any other official, took action or not, at the time, is not definitely known. The absence of landlords and tenants, as well as the press of duties, may have pre- vented the suggestions of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Associ- ation, through its Committee on Sanitation, from being acted upon by the city. Neither the Association itself nor the Committee on Sani- tation had any power to comjiel the property holders to follow out their suggestions, and could only refer the matter to the proper au- thorities. The United States Government, through John B. Hamilton, Sur- geon-General of the Marine Hospital Service, assumed the payment of a portion of the work which came within the jurisdiction of the Oommittee on Sanitation, under the direction of Dr. Joseph Y. For- 128 <'()»I]N[ITTEE ON SANITATION. ter, Surgeon in charge of Government Kelief Measures in Florida. The Government assumed the payment for "Sanitary Supplies,'" consisting of lime, cupperas, sulphur and other disinfectants; and of "Sanitary Work," consisting of such work as was necessary to im- prove the sanitary condition of the city to prevent the spread of yel- low fever. The explanation is made, in another place, of the method by which advances were made by the Association to cover such ex- penses, and the Association, in this department, as in others, was obliged to advance the money in the first instance with which to pay bills and labor, and send on to Washington, from time to time, dujili- cate vouchers to tlie Treasury Department of bills paid, and dupli- cate pay rolls of work performed. Dr. J. Y. Porter, as a conscien- tious representative of the Government, scrutinized the pay rolls of the Committee on*Sanitation, and approved such pay rolls as were for sanitary work proper, and the Committee on Sanitation realized the necessity, at an early date, of curtailing all expenses possible. The following letter is a statement of some of the embarrassments the Committee on Sanitati(m labored under, and tlie position it a.s- sumed : .Ia<_'K.sonvim>k, Fla., November lo, 188S. Dr. Joseph V. Porter, Siirii in Chdri/e of (Toreniiiierif lieiief Ifedn- ures, City : Deak Silt: Referring to your letter in regard to the expendi- tures of the Sanitary Department of the .Jacksonville Auxiliary Sani- tary Association, T would say that the work that has been done con- sists in ditching and draining overflowed lands contiguous to habita- tions where yellow fever has occurred, putting in box drains (tiling could not be had), removing fa'cal matter wliere, in wet places, it could not be covered up without impregnating tlie soil. By referring to the lopography of this city, you will notice that it is situated on the north bank of the St. .Johns Jiiver, the river turning at right angles and passing to the east of a portion of the city recently added to the corporation; that this tract of covuitry is low anm east to west, and ten miles from north to south, and the outlying lications for employment, saying that they could not get work elsewhere within the quarantine lines established; that they 130 COMMITTEE OX SANITATION. were afraid to attempt to get into other communities, as" shot-gun quarantine" was more to be feared tlian starvation in Jacksonville, as long as the people of the country had so generously supplied their wants in money and provisions, which those who controlled the sit- uation were wrongfully withholding from them, except in exchange for their labor. These occurrences resulted in a meeting, or confer- ence, between the leaders of the unemployed men and representa- tives of the Auxiliary Association and city government, where a plain, but positive statement of the relations existing between the different races and classes in this anomalous condition was made. The following is the report in the jiress of these occurrences: Times-Union, November 24, 1S88. — A laborers' mass-meeting was held yesterday afternoon in Temperance Hall. ******** A report of the committee appointed at a i>revious meeting was read, and a motion to table the same was lost. During the debate on the report many speeches were made, all of which, with, perhaps, one or two exceptions, plainly indicated that all that is wanted by the colored people is an opportunity to work. On motion of M. W. Wiggins, Judge Joseph E. Lee addressed the meeting, explaining fully the situation of matters pertaining to the relief, and the folly of any rash action on the part of any one. He expressed his confi- dence in the honesty and fair dealing ()f the Executive Committee of the Auxiliary Association, and said that he Avas sure that if that ■committee could allow the laboring nien more they would surely do so; but as the funds were running low, that all should be satisfied with a just distribution of the same, and that no man should so far forget his manhot)d as to expect or receive anything that he was not willing to work for. After Judge Lee's remarks. Councilman Spear- ing took tlie fioor and gave to the meeting some excellent advice, concluding by suggesting that as the Association was unable to pay more than sixty centy jier day for work, and at the same time give all pei'sons employment, a committee be ap]Kjinted to call ujion Dr. J. C. L'Engle anointed to wait upon the Citizens' Auxiliary Committee called upon Dr. J. C. L'Engle, cliairman of the Sanitary Committee, and aftei- a full discussion of the sitLiation, the proposi- tion confided to this committee (to em])lov all men, either married or single, for .six hours a day, at the rate of ten cents per hour), was submitted. After due deliberation on the part of Dr. L'Engle, he flOMMnTKK OX SANITATION. 181 assured the committee that all persons, married or single, would be given work on Monday, and kept employed as long as necessary, in order to relieve the situation. It was further agreed that no private work of any nature should be done with the public money, but that this work sliould be left as a soiirce of employment for our citizens after business lias assumed its normal condition; to all of which the committee selected lieartily agrees." Perhaps no other better statement of the work of the Committee on Sanitation, in brief, can be given than the following extract, taken from a report wliioli tlie Association adopted October 28th: THE COMMITTEK OX SANITATION. This committee was tlie first to begin active operations, and im- mediately on the note of alarm being sounded by the Board of Health, on August 10th, that yellow fever existed in our city, with epidemic tendencies, sanitary work was vigorously commenced, and prose- cuted witli a determination of arresting the progress of the disease, if i)ossible. Tlie vigor and jiersistence of tlie fight made against the advance of the scourge, before liope was abandoned, is well known, and lias, perhaps, never been etiualled in the history of epidemics. The city and suburbs were thoroughly cleansed, lime and other dis- infectants were liberally used, until a perfect sanitary condition was attained, which, thougli not effective in preventing the spread of the disease, may have caused it to assume a milder form. Large num- bers of men were employed in this work, whose wages are included in tlie expenditures of the Committee on .Sanitation. Later on, in addition to the sanitary work carried on by this committee, it was deemed advisable to undertake other work of the same character, but of more extensive .scope on account of the extension of the limits in wliich yellow fever developed, and to provide relief for unem- ployed laborers, who would otherwise have to be supported by the Relief Committee. Under this i>olicy, 2,100 men were employed last week, at an expenditure of $10,257.02. The work undertaken by the Committee on Sanitation, as a measure of relief fitr the unemployed, under the approval of the Ex- ecutive Committee, was work of a i)ublic nature, which .should benefit all alike, and was generally approved by the people of the city, and at a meeting of the Board of Public Works, held Septem- ber 18, 1888, the following resolution was adopted: WiiEKEAS, It has been reported to this Board that the Executive Committee of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association has now under consideration the placing of .a large number of laborers on our streets, therefore, be it Bcsolved, That this Board approves of the employment of the idle and needy lal)orers among us for the improvement of the public streets, and desires said Committee to furnish the Board with a gen- eral idea of the proposed work. The various reports and matter quoted in this article will suffi- ciently indicate that the public roads were put in good repair all over the city, and in the suburbs. Since the close of the epidemic, exaggerated reports have gained currency as to the work of a public 132 COMMITTEE ON SANITATION. nature undertaken by the Association through its committees. As a matter of fact, the only expense of the Committee on Sanitation for anything other than labor, was the cost of materials used in building shell roads to the two cemeteries, and a short road in Brooklyn, a suburb of the city, which was done at the request of some of the contributors themselves. A brief summary below is given of the actual cost of the stone, shell, lime, etc., used in these roads, and of the lumber which was necessarily used in the construction of drains and culverts: Stone $ 549.15 Shell C,269.52 Lumber, etc 3,27',).59 $10,098.27 The Committee on Sanitatio.n had the advantage of the services of Mr. E. N. Ellis, a member of the Committee, who was the City Engineer, and as such, fixed the grades of streets of the city, looked after the ditching for drainage, directed the laying of culverts and superintended all matters of the sort. The following is a brief schedule of the work done by the Com- mittee on Sanitation of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Associa- tion, in affoi-ding relief to the poor: Miles of roads and streets graded, with a ditch on either side for the purpose of drainage, 24 miles. Miles of streets grubbed and graded, 10 miles. Miles of streets cleaned and guttered, 20 miles. Cubic yards of sand removed in filling in streets across the marshes and low places, and marsh lands, 112,400 cubic yards. Miles of ditches cleaned and dug along roadways, 60 miles. Miles of ditches cleaned and deepened, 9^ miles. New ditches dug to drain ponds, 3 miles. Miles of road sawdusted, 4 miles. Miles of road shelled, 3^- miles. Bridges built, over 20 feet span, 6. Box culverts put in, 4x4, thirty, 1,222 feet. Box drains put in road crossings, 1,500 feet. Pole dT-ains, UOO feet. Drains relaid, 1,500 feet. Sewers lelaid, in act of grading, 400 feet. Manliok's rebuilt, 3. Manholes altered, 0. Water mains lowered, in act of grading, 2,000 feet. COMMITTKK ON SANITATION. 133 Below is appended a detailed statement of expenses of the Com- mittee on Sanitation, as indicated by the pay-rolls of that Commit- tee: WEEK ENDING. LAUOK. OFFICE, ETC. NO. MEN. NO. CAKT9. 1888. August 18 $2,173.18 $54.00 517 65 " 25 1,119.85 G4.00 34S) 30 September] 1,389.03 142.20 437 44 " 8 1,233.15 215.00 52!) 04 " 15 602.G5 17'i.OO 252 58 " 22 1,909.85 175.10 505 93 29 2,154.30 179.50 5.57 98 October 3,601.40 135.00 900 128 " 13 7,012.24 192.50 1,308 190 " 20 10,258.12 202.25 1,587 221 " 27 11,688.41 200.00 2,039 272 November 3 6.051.76 288.00 1,346 223 " 10 4,714.04 172.00 1,415 230 " 17 6,532.37 127.75 1,458 236 " 24 4,996.68 192.70 1,022 250 December 1 5,623.69 124.75 1,701 242 " 8 6,855.59 159.25 1,741 259 " 15 7,031.80 201.75 1,771 270 " 22 5,130.05 150.75 1,034 225 " 29 1,913.55 125.00 443 147 • 1889. January 5 1,665.90 103.00 301 110 " 12 1,560.70 93.00 284 103 " 19 844.52 93.00 201 82 " 26 740.80 93.00 133 41 February 2 845.53 93.00 142 41 " 6 184.46 97.00 70 36 << 9 98.10 40 5 $97,931.72 .f3,849.50 22,097 3,763 The following is a statement of the total expenses of the Com- mittee on Sanitation: For Labor, as per Sanitary Committee Pay-KoUs $97,931.72 " " Executive Committee Vouchers 128.60 l''or Tools " " " " 440.43 For Material" " " " 10,098.27 For Disinfectants " " " 10,104.10 For General Supplies " " " 200.05 For Office, Salaries, etc., as per Sanitary Committee Pay- Rolls 3,849.50 For OflQce, Salaries, etc., as per Executive Com. Vouchers — 1,488.50 $124,241.17 Of the above there was advanced on Account of United States Marine Hospital Service for Sanitary Work $54,026.59 For Sanitary Supplies 6,570.99— $60,597.58 $63,643.59 COMMITTEE ON NURSES AND MEDICAL ATTENTION. The Committee of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Associa- tion, known as the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention, was peculiarly the outgrowth of necessity, and its establishment was not provided for in the organization oi' the Association. The Associa- tion and tlie Executive Committee, of course, realized that some provision must be made to provide nurses for tlie sick and indigent, and charged the Committee on Relief with that duty. The commit- tee listed, and kept on file for the convenience of applicants, the names of local nurses, together with such recommendations as they presented. The Committee on Relief also directed those requiring the services of a physician to such of the local physicians as had volunteered for the purpose. For some time this method sufficed, but as the calls upon the time of the Committee on Relief became greater for relief measures jiroper, and its members, by reason of sickness and overwork, were less able to satisfy this demand, it was found necessary to make other arrangements. More system was also needed in the matter of supplying physicians and nurses, in order to quickly answer calls for assistance. A station was, there- fore, established at the bridge on Pine street, as headquarters for phy- sicians, under the direction of the Board of Health. The city was districted, and a physician designated to answer calls from each dis- trict, but this, too, soon became insufficient. September 11 — At a meeting of the Executive Committee the Committee on Conference stated that, after consultation with the Committee on Relief in reference to the establishment of a separate committee to look after the nurses, they had called the matter to the attention of the Board of Health, and had considered it with Dr. NeJil Mitchell and Dr. Daniel. The committee wished to recommend that the special committee, to be known as the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention, be created for the purpose of providing compe- tent nurses and physicaiis, with power to rent a suitable house for the accommodation of nurses, and to make proper arrangements for their accommodation. Upon motion, the recommendation of the committee was approved, and tlie President appointed Geo. E. Wil- son, Cliairman; C. B. Rogers, Stephen Wiggins, C. R. Bisbee and T. H. Willard as such committee. The committee lost no time in beginning work. Headquarters were established at a central point on Bay street, and the committee, under the direction of tlie Executive Committee, continued to urge upon the Board of Health the ne<;essity for accepting the services of COMMITTKK ON NURSES, KTC. 135 some of the many applicants for service as physicians or nurses. It was very soon ascertained that hirger accommodations must be pro- vided for tlie reception and care of pliysicians and nurses. Lodgiiig.s. and meals had to be furnished those coming from al)road. Hotels and boarding-houses were nearly all closed, and such places as were open objected strenuously to entertaining this kind of guests, because of fear from infection. Tlie Executive Committee, in this emergency, did not hesitate- to instruct the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention to find a suitable place for the accommodation of the visiting volunteers^ where they C(nild be properly cared for, where they miglit respond quickly to calls fur aid, and where discipline and system shimld be enforced. On the 15th of September a portion of the IJarrs block,, situated on Bay street, was secured, through the consideration of the owners, largely by the efforts of President Daniel, and the Commit- tee on Nurses and Medical Attention began to systematize its work.. PHYSICIANS. The main object of the Bureau was to promptly supi)ly physi- cians and nurses upon the receipt of recpiests by telephone or other- wise. All volunteer physicians, on arrival, presented tlieir creden- tials tt> the Board of Health, and, if satisfactory, were sent to the Bureau, and were assigned to active duties by the physician in charge, in some particular district of the city, or upon call. There were also several local physicians on duty at the same place. The physicians roomed at the Bureau, and were furnished with a good table, and supplied with necessary vehicles. It was their business to visit pa- tients twice a 136 rOMMITTKE OX NURSES, ETC. <'laim conipensEition tli;\n the newspaper men, or tele^riipli operators, or post-otMce employees, or than the ministei's, who served niglit and day on the Committee on Kelief , or the various other classes of busi- ness and professional men engaged in relief and charitable work. The pressure brought to bear was heavy, and the Executive Commit- tee found it an embarrassing and distasteful duty to refuse pay- ment to the men whose noble work it thoroughly appreciated, but it maintained its position at home, as it had done in the case of sis- ter communities. The Executive Committee, however, believed it entirely ]iroper that the local physicians who served on the staff at the Bureau, and responded to any call, should receive compensation, and acted thereon as follows: October :^(), 1888. Dr. Neul Mitchell, President Board of Health., City : Dear Sir: At a meeting of the Executive Committee of this Association, held this morning, the following resolution was passed: Bemlred, That the Board of Health be requested to suggest a reasonable compensation for those home physicians who have been enrolled on the Bureau of Medical Attendance, under the authority of the Board of Health, and have satisfactorily performed their en- gagements with that Bureau, taking into consideration any private practice they individually may have. Besolved, That this Executive Committee does not feel justified in expending the limited funds in their hands for the relief of yellow fever sufferers, at this time, in payment of home physicians, or any other class of men, but will consider all individual cases of suffering or want. Yours very truly, Chas. S. Adams, Secretary. The reply was as follows: Octobers!, 1888. Charles S. Adams, Esq., Secretary of the Citizens'' Auxdianj Associor tion : Dear Sir: Your communication, conveying resolutions by the Executive Committee of the Citizens' Auxiliary Association, on yes- terday, relative to proper compensation for the home physicians who have been employed during the epidemic by authority of the Board of Health, has been received and laid before the Board at its session to-day; and I herewith transmit copy of a resolution which was unanimously passed, and which conveys the sense of the Board in connection with this matter. You will also find appended the names, as well as date of employment of said physicians. Bcsnlved, That all resident physicians who have been in the em- j)loy of the Board of Health during the prevalence of the present epi- demic, or are at this time so employed, shall be paid for their ser- vices at the rate of §150.00 a month. List of Physicians — Dr. C. J. Kenworthy, Dr. Sollace Mitchell, COMMITTKK ON XT'RSKS, ETC. 187 Dr. J. D. Fernandez, Dr. P. J. Stollenwerck, Dr. A. W. Knight, Dr. A. T. Cuzner, Dr. G. F. Center, Dr. G. C. Matthews. Very truly, Xeai, MrrcuEi.i,, M. D., President Board Health. P. S. I cannot now i^ive yon the terms of service of these vari- ous oentlemen, but will shortly do so. Yours, N. M. The Committee did not act on the matter at the time, both be- Oct. 1 Carr, Dr. L. C Cincinnati, Ohio . . Sept. 19 Nov. 12 Carver, Dr. F. H .Jacksonville, Fhi Died Nov. 8 Clay, Dr. J. L Dade City, Fla. . Sept. 11 Nov. 26 Donahoo, Dr. J. E Careyville, Fla. . .Sept. 14 Nov, 12 Eddy, Dr. L. T Louisville, Ky . . .Sept. 12 . . Died Sept. 28 Macy, Dr. P. C Mobile, Ala Sept. IS Oct. 16 McNeil, Dr. A. P Bradley, S. C Sept. 24 Oct. 16 McSwain, Dr. T. C Satla, S. C Sept. 29 Oct. 26 Patton, Dr. Wm Mobile, Ala Sept. 12 Sept. 28 Porter, Dr. J. Y Key West, Fla . . .Sept. 8 Feb. 27 Shefftall, Dr. B. F Savannah, Ga . . . . Sept. 12 Oct. 25 Strausz, Dr. P. H Palatka, Fla Sept. 20 Nov. 12 Yan Hood, Dr. E Ocala, Fla Sept. 12 Oct. 26 HOME PHYSICIANS. Burroughs, Dr. C. J Nov. 10 Dec. 21 Center, Dr. G. F Sept. 19 Nov. 15 Cuzner, Dr. A. T Sept. 6 Nov. 15 Darnes, Dr. A. H Nov. 12 Nov. 27 Fernandez, Dr. .J. D . (St. Luke's) . Aug. 22 Sept. 23 Knight, A. W Sept. 6 Matthews, Dr. Geo. C Sept. 15 Mitchell, Dr. Sollace (Sand-Hills) Aug. 15 Sept. 23 Stollenwerck, Dr. P. J. (St. Luke's) Aug. 22 Sept. 23 Webster, Dr. N Nov. 26 Dec. 21 September 2;kl the hospitals were turned over to the Govern- ment, which assumed all expenses thereafter, which explains the date of discharge of the hospital surgeons in the above list. Many of the physicians, both local and visiting, connected with the Bureau w-ere sick, and two. Dr. L. T. Eddy and Dr. F. H. Carver, died. Below are given copies of the announcement of Dr. Eddy's death and the action of the visiting physicians thereon: jACKSONYii.rE, Fla., September 28, 1888. It is with deep sorrow and pain tliat I announce to the Medical Staff of visiting physicians the death of Dr. L. T. Eddy, of Louis- ville, Ky., from yellow fever, which sad event occurred a few min- COiMMlTTKK ON NURSES, ETC. 139 iites past 12 o'cloc-k this date. When the appeal was made to tlie country at large for professional aid to the pestilence-stricken city of Jacksonville, Dr. Eddy responded to the call, and has, until him- self stricken down with the fever, been untiring- in his professional attention to the sick and suffering. A call to attend a patient met with a ipiick response, whether it came at midday or midnight, and his courteous demeanor, and cheerful and gentle manner won him many friends among his patients, the Medical Staff' and others. Burial services will be held at the office of Undertaker Tyler, to- morrow morning at !) o'clock, and it is reciuested that as many of the staff as can be ])rc.ent will make it convenient to do so. J. Y. Poin-KK, M. D., Surgeon in Charge of Medical Bureau. At a meeting i>t the ])hysicians connected with the Medical Bu- reau, held on Sunday evening, the following preamble and resolu- tions were i)assed upon the death of Dr. L. T. Eddy: Whereas, It has pleased a Divine Providence to call from our midst our beloved brother and friend. Dr. L. T. Eddy, of Louisville, Ky., and WiiKKEAS, We admire the grand, noble and self-sacrificing im- pulse to which lie responded so iheerfidly and (juickly, and the tire- less charity with which he labored, and the absolute forgetfulness of self in exposing himself constantly to a deadly pestilence, and WiiEiiEAs, There was no thought of reward to even so faintly shadow the Christian fight in which he fell; therefore, be it lieaolreiJ, Tliat we mourn for our dead hero, and the stricken of .Tacktfonville have lost a faithful and fearless champion, and we an honored coiuiselor and an invaluable friend; and be it Besolved, That a copy of tliese resolutions be sent to his family, to the press of his native city, and to the public at large. J. Y. PORTEH, M. D., Chairman, F. H. Caedwei.i., M. D., L. C. Carr, M. D., B. F. SUEFTAEE, M. D., Committee of Visiting Medical Staff. Dr. J. Y. Porter, who was placed in charge of the physicians at the Bureau, was also Surgeon in charge of Government Belief Meas- ures, and, as such, his relations with the Association ccmtinued long after the headquarters were closed, and until the final completion of accounts of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention. The principal object in establishing the Bureau was to jsrovide accommodations for nurses. The value of good nursing in the treat- ment of yellow fever is too well appreciated by all persons familiar with the disease to need argument. The Executive Committee, there- fore, took early action to assure the authorities that it considered the matter of nurses one about which early action should be taken, and in which any reasonable expenditure of funds wouhl be justified. 140 COMMITTEE ON NURSES, ETC. 'J'lieie was no lack of applications, for persons all over the country- began to volunteer their services at the first announcement of the epidemic. The Executive Committee, following the same practice as in the case of physicians, referred all applications to the Board of Health, which examinetl the papers of the applicant and, if accepted, .sent the nurse to the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention. The nurse was thereupon enrolled on the books of the Bureau, and subject to duty assigned by the head nurse clerk, Mr. M. Isaacson. The Government, through Surgeon-General Hamilton, assumed pay- ment for nurses regularly placed on the rolls of the Bureau soon af- ter the Bureau was established, and paid for actual services per- formed at the rate of three dollars per day. Dr. Porter, Surgeon in -charge of Government Belief Measures, supervised all nurses upon the Government pay roll, and was given power by the Board of Health to discharge incompetent or unreliable nurses, and was authorized by the Executive Committee to preserve order and discipline at the Bu- reau. It was found necessary to arrest some nurses for drunkenness, carelessness and disorderly conduct, and send them out of town, to prevent other people being imposed ujjon. In spite of the care taken to secure only acclimated and experienced nurses, many wei'e at- tacked by the fever, and others found entirely incompetent. Never- theless, this feature of the Bureau was generally appreciated, and to it is, undoubtedly, due the saving of many lives, and, in great meas- ure, the mildness of the epidemic. Applications were made, generally, by the physician in charge of indigent patients, who could not be removed to the hospitals, and nurses sent as promptly as possible by conveyances furnished by the Bureau. To show the amount of work necessary to run this single depart- ment of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention, it may be said that there were five hundred and ninety-four nurses on duty at one time. The total number of nurses enrolled at the Bureau was eight hundred and thirty-seven, of which three hundred and ninety- seven were white, and four hundred and forty colored. Gf this num- ber about two hundred were home or local nurses, and about two- thirds of the number were females. It must be remembered that, besides the nurses on the Government pay roll, there were some at the hospitals not enrolled at the Bureau, and many employed by in- dividuals and various secret and benevolent societies. The Execu- tive Committee paid some nurses employed to care for the sick jjoor before the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention was organ- ized. It is found impracticable to give a correct list of nur.ses who came from different localities, with their residences, because some gave the wrong address; but it may be said, generally, that many COMMITTEE ON NURSES, ETC. 141 came from Key West, Tampa and Pensacola, Florida; Mobile and Selma, Alabama; Cleveland and Cincinnati, Obio; Xew Orleans, Lou- isiana: Philadelpbia, Pennsylvania; New York City ; Washington, D. C. ; Savannah, G^eorgia, and Charleston, Soutli Carolina. Charleston, S. C, generously paid the salaries of her nurses during their stay in the city. Upon discharge, the Association provided transportation liome, as may be seen in the report of the Committee on Transjjor- tation. The Government, through its officials, soon after establishing its headquarters assumed the payment of drugs ordered ui)on prescri)t- tions of regular physicians, endorsed " Government relief." Instead of establishing a Government disi)ensary. Dr. Porter, for the Govern- ment, designated certain reliable drug stores. Previous to this ac- tion by the Government, the Board of Health had authorized the filling, at specified drug stores, of prescrii)tions given by reputable physicians for the indigent poor. It was found that, in some in- stances, physicians took advantage of the privilege to order liquors in unnecessary 8ence of ac- tion by the city or county authorities, the burial of many of the poor who died by reason of the plague. It was not designed, at hrst, that the Association should become responsible for all such cases, but as early as September 13th, after different attemiits on t])e part of the Executive Committee to secure prompt and decent burial of the dead, the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention was charged with the duty of looking after the undertakers, and was given discretion to assume the reasonable expenses of l>urial, in cases of hardship, and during the latter part of the time the Executive Committee was obliged to pay in almost all cases. T. H. Willard was put in charge of this department, and personally investigated all applications for burial. A price of fifteen dollars was allowed by the Association for burial, and undertakers' bills, which had been authorized by the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention, were approved and paid by the Association, when accompanied by a proper certificate ulances were kept constantly at work, day and night, until about the middle of October, when arrangements were made by which only such as were absolutely needed were kept in service con- tinuously. Applications for ambulances to remove the sick to the hospitals were made, generally, by physicians, and they were promptly furnished, if, upon investigation, the case properly required it. Be- sides ambulances, the committee was at a very considerable expense to furnish vehicles with which to supply physicians and nurses promptly, day and night. Later, the control of both vehicles and ambulances was assumed by a special Committee on Vehicles, ap- jiointcd ])y the Executise Committee. COMMITTEE ON' Xl^RSES, ETC. 143 i:kstax:i:a>'t. The necessity for fuinishing meals for physicians and nurses has been spoken of. The residents of the Bureau, probably, fared bet- ter than the inmates of any of the few restaurants or hotels which remained open during the epidemic, and yet the cost was not excess- ive, when the number of meals is considered. Provision was made, outside of the Bureau, for feeding of colored nurses, and meals were prepared and sent by wagons to nurses on duty, as it was soon found absolutely necessary for their comfort. The total number of meals furnished by the committee was: Doctors and White Nurses 37,029 Colored Nurses li),:{7G Nurses on duty, by wagons 10,G14 Total (i7,019 The Committee on Xurses and Medical Attention was more inti- mately connected with Government Eelief Measures than any other committee, on account of the Bureau being also the headquarters of Dr. J. Y. Porter and staff. Some deduction in the exi>cnse of the committee must, therefore, be made for this reason; and, in reading the financial statement of the committee, the items of " fumigation " and "infected articles destroyed " only figure here because the funds advanced by the Association for these matters, for the sake of con- venience, passed through the hands of this committee. It may be said that the expenses of this committee have been criticised at home more severely than the cost of any other depart- ment, but, generally, by persons who were ignorant of the immense work done by the committee. As an illustration, it was frequently stated that the expense of the restaurant was too great, and yet an estimate, based on the number ^eal Mitcliell, President of the Board of Health, reported to the Executive Committee that Clara Barton, President of the American Red Cross Association, had, some time previous, wired her willingness to establish headquarters of the As- 144 COMMITTEK ON NURSES, ETC. sociatioii in Jacksonville, and liad been authorized to do so at on. Five days later Dr. Mitchell introduced Colonel F. E. Southmayd, of the Red Cross Association, to the meeting of the Executive Commit- . tee. The Executive Committee arranged a conference v^'ith Colonel Southmayd, inviting, besides the committee, the chairman of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention, Dr. Joseph Y. Porter and Dr. Neal Mitchell. Colonel Southmayd explained his views, and the methods of the Red Cross Association. The Executive Commit- tee, the same day, passed the following resolution: Besolved, That the American Red Cross Association, through Colonel F. R. Southmayd, its repi'esentative, be requested to give its aid and co-operation to our Committee on Nurses and Medical At- tention. A few days later Colonel Southmayd was urged by President Daniel to attend a meeting of the Executive Committee, in order that an understanding might be arrived at by which he could render more active assistance in relief work, but a previous engagement to go to Macclenny prevented his acceptance at this time. Colonel Southmayd went to Macclenny, at the request of President Mitchell, of the Board of Health, by special train furnished by the Executive Committee, and, on his return, i)resented his report to Dr. Mitchell,, under the misapprehension, it appeared afterwards, that he was the President of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association. The Executive Committee, not being apprised of any report, naturally,, took no notice of it, and, in the immense pressure of other matters, omitted to further rejieat to Colonel Southmnyd the request for the co-operation of the Red Cross Association. The Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention had, by this time, organized the Bureau for Nurses in good running order, and it was not thought practicable, or desirable, to reorganize it in accord- ance with the criticisms made, and methods explained, by the repre- sentative of the Red Cross. The Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention had considerable trouble with the nurses brought from New Orleans by Colonel Southmayd, by reason of their average in- efficiency and unreliability, and they were supposed to be Red Cross nurses until the publication of the following card: Jacksonvillio, September 17, 1S8S Tu the Editor of the Tiuici^-Union : Since leaving New Orleans to come to your ''ity, and more partic- ularly since reaching Jacksonville, 1 have seen considerable mention made in press telegrams, and in reportorial and editorial columns of Red Cross nurses. I deem it, therefore, necessary to state that the American Red ("ross has no nurses, to my knowletlge; cerfainly none in that portion of our country in which I am the representative of the American Red Cross; that is, the lower Mississipi)i Valley. COMMITTEE ON NURSES, ETC. 145 I am in Jacksonville to-day because of a request made by your Board of Healtb, of Miss Clara Barton, president of the American Red Cross, Washington, D. C, and I am here only to serve yo;ir peo- ple in any way in my power, and which is signified to me by your Board of Health, or the other worthy gentlemen who compose the associations and committees who are so earnestly at work for the relief of your sick and distressed community. Prior to the receipt of the dispatch from Miss Barton which brought me here. Dr. Mitch- ell had dispatched to Dr. Wilkinson, president of the Louisiana State Board of Healtli, for nurses for the sick in Jacksonville. Dr. Wil- kinson asked me to attend to the matter for him, as he believed me more able than any other to get the nurses desired. For many years I have had occasion, in times of epidemic in my own city, for the use of nurses, and have, also, on more than one occasion, had to send them to other cities, notably to Shreveport, and Memphis, in 187;^, to Brunswick, Ga., in 187(i, and to some sixty or more towns in the widespread ei/idemic of 187S. Therefore, Dr. Wilkinson asked my help. In response to Dr. MitchelFs dispatches, I hunted up and sent some thirty-two of those nurses before I came myself, and wlien I came, brought eighteen more with me, ten of whom I left at Macclenny to attend the sick there, reporting the fact to Dr. Mitchell, supposing the Relief Committee here was attending, or wanted to attend, to the sick there, in which supposition I found I was correct. At Baldwin I received another dispatch from Dr. Mitchell for twenty more nurses, and, having brought with me the names and addresses of a number of nurses, I dispatched at once, in accordance with Dr. Mitchell's request. Not one of these nurses has ever served the Red Cross, for the- Red Cross has never, in the South, at least, engaged in any work in which nurses are needed. 1 can readily understand why the name has attached to them, which is because I am a member of the Na- tional Red Cross, and as a member of that association I have been brought here, as stated. But my action in sending the nurses to Dr. Mitchell was personal and individual, to oblige my friend Dr. Wilkinson, of New Orleans, and I desire that the good people of Jacksonville should understand and make the distinction. Trusting you will give this place in your columns, I remain. Very respectfully, F. R. SOUTHMAYD, Am. Red Cross, It appeared by Col. Southmayd's statement that there were no Red Cross nurses in the city, and it was also known that he was the only official rei)resentative of the Association on the ground. The members of the Executive Committee fully recognized the magnifi- cent work of the American National Red Cross Association, and ap- preciated its early offer of assistance, and endeavored to do away with the friction which had arisen between the representative of the Association and the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention, and also the Board of Health and the Surgeon in charge of the Gov- ernment Relief Measures, as well as ditferent individuals. The l.ick of co-operation and want of harmonv was unfortunate, but it be- 140 COMMITTEK OX NLJ{SKS, KTC came greater as time passed, and Col. Soutlimayd was finally re- called at the request transmitted by the following telegram: Mifts Clara Burton, President lieiJ Cross Association, Washington, D. C: You will confer a favor on me by withdrawing Sonthmayd. He is a hindrance to me in my official capacity in command of Govern- ment nurses. J. Y. POBTER, Surgeon in Charge of Government Eelief Measures. Col. iSouthmayd, before he left, complained to the Executive Committee about some charges made in the New York World, by its special correspondent, and asked for an investigation, which was not acceded to because the matter seemed to be personal, and the Committee had its hands full of more pressing duties. In October the Secretary of the American Ked Cross forwarded to the Association a copy of Col. Sonthmayd" s report, together with the following courteous letter: WAsiiiN(iTox, D. C. October, 1888. Hon. P. McQitdiil, President Anxilianj Sanitary Association, Jack- sonville, Fla.: Deak Siij— Col. F. R. Sonthmayd, having made report of his anission to Jacksonville, to a meeting of the Executive Committee of the American Association of the Red Cross, the said report being accepted, it was voted that the Secretary of the meeting be requested to have made a vei'batim copy of t^ie same and forward to the Aux- iliary Sanitary Association of Jacksonville, Florida, together with the sincere sympathies of the officers of the Association of the Red Crf)ss, for the great affiictions which have befallen their community, and the severe trials which they have been called to pass through, and their congratulations, as well, at the jjrospect of better days to •come. I have the honor, dear sir, to remain Very respectfully yours, M. M. Ramsey, ( Seal. ) Secretary, IIAKIiY MIXEIS XIKSES. Probably the most annoying circumstance connected with the work of the Association was the matter of the " Miner Xurses." This important i)art of the yellow fever epidemic of 1888, was inau- gurated by the receipt of the following telegram, by President Neal Mitchell, of the Board of Ilealtli: Xkw "^'ohk, September 7, 1888. Dr. Neal Mitchell : I propose to send a corps of trained nurses and jiay their salaries and transportation out of my own pocket. Can you give them proper accommodations, and how manv IMITTEK OX Xl RSKS, KTC. 149 Below is given a detailed statement of the expenses of the Com- mittee on Nurses and ^Medical Attention: Nurses' Pay-Rolls $;;7,7t)8.i)() Physicians' Pay-Kolls 8,479 65 Food Supijlies 7,423.12 Prescriptions and drugs 3,740.02 Tndertakers 3,327.10 Anibtilance and Vehicles 8,094.00 Employees' Pay-UoU 9,012.03 Tableware and Furniture 1,275.55 Board and Meals, outside of Hiireau 1,714.05 Stationery and I'rintij^g 320.30 Laundry Work for IJureau 577.02 Sundry Sui)plies 430.89 Fumigation 15,570.16 f JeneraJ Expenses 6,537.28 "General Supplies 9,223.41 Infected Articles Destroyed 39,993.60 $154,093.14 Of the above there was advanced on account of United States ^Marine Hospital Service 94,317.74 .■$59,775.40 COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE. The articles of association adopted by the members of the Asso- ciation provided for a committee wliich was called the Committee on Conference. P. McQuaid was appointed chairman of the committee when the Association was organized, and continued as such until elected act- ing president. Upon the election of Mr. McQuaid as president, after the death of President Daniel, Mr. P. E. McMurray was appointed chairman. The other members of the committee consisted of C. B. Rogers and J. C. Greeley, the latter of whom served for some tinie as temporary chairman. On different occasions various members of the Executive Committee also acted upon the Committee on Confer- ence, to execute specific duties. The idea of the founders of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, as has been repeatedly stated, was to make the organi- zation aiixiliary to the constituted authorities, that is, to the city government of Jacksonville and to the Duval County Board of Health. The name of the Association implies its mission, and the original intention has been consistently carried out. Such being the character of the work outlined for the Association, it became neces- sary to provide ways and means to insure a constant interchange of information and ideas between the Association and the official or- ganizations. The Association had no legal existence as an official body, or authority to carry into effect the views of its members, with the weight of official action. It represented, however, the citizens of Jacksonville, and was, at all times ostensibly, at most times actu- ally, founded on public opinion. The authorities, naturally, there fore, were glad to receive suggestions and assistance from the Asso- ciation. The exigencies of the times were great, and it w^as correctly foreseen that the usual formal communication by letter was not adapted to the needs of the hour, hence the Committee on Confex-- ence. It was the duty of this committtee to wait upon the other organizations personally, and communicate the views and suggestions of the Association as fully as the particular case required, leaving an official memorandum when necessary, and soliciting action if re- quired. The Association also invited the attendance of a representa- tive from the City Council and Board of Health at their daily meet- ings, and such representatives were usually present. To this close, personal, intimate acquaintance with the informa- tion, motives and methods of the several organizations was undoubt- COMMITTKK OX COXFERENCE. 151 edly due, in great part, the harmony that existed lietween tlieni, and their consequent co-operation and support. Soon after the epidemic was announced, Dr. Joseph Y. Porter^ at the request of tlie Association and tlie autliorities, took cliarge of the Government Relief Measures in Fhirida, under appointment of Surgeon-General Hamilton, M. II. S., and thereafter the relations of the Association with Dr. Porter were fully as intimate and harmoni- ous as with the other authorities, and almost daily communication was had by means of the Committee on Confei'ence on the one hand, and on the other by the frequent personal attendance of Dr. Porter upon the meetings of the Association. The scope of the sanitary and relief work assumed by and dele- gated to the Association, constantly expanded aiul enlarged. The receipt and handling of the entire funils contributed, naturally in- creased the duties and responsibilities of the Association, and while it did not of itself give to the Associatirm any extension of power, the fact that the officers and members were morally bound to secure a careful disbursement of the funds entrusted to their care, rendered it imjjerative that the Association should exerci.se supervision over all matters calling for the expenditure of money. It may be a mat- ter of interest to the reader to note, in reading the report, and espe- cially the chapter giving an outline of the epidemic, that in many instances the initiation of public measures adopted by the authori- ties was due to the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association. To a close ob.server it will appear that few of the suggestions of the As- sociation failed to l)e approved by the authorities, although it is true that, in many cases, such action was delayed for some time. While it is not expedient here to enter into detail with regard to the action of the various official organizations, it is, perhajis, well to- cover some important points of interest under the following heads: < ITY tOL'XClL. The City Council of Jacksonville accepted tlie invitation of the Executive Committee to be represented in the meetings of the latter body, and during the first portion of the epidemic Acting Mayor J. W. Archibald, later Acting Mayor D. T. Gerow, effectively co-oper- ated with the Executive Committee, not only in matters in which the city was officially interested, but in various useful capacities. Councilmeii William Clarke, J. H. Stephens and T. J. Boyd, and J. C. Greeley, of the Board of Public Works, appeared for the city on different occasions, and tendered assistance in other ways. The City Council was unfortunate in lacking the necessary quorum of mem- bers a great part of the time, and this fact, which was early foreseen, had its due weight in organizing the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association. The only time at which there existed anv misunder- 152 COMMITTEE OX fOXFEUEXCE. standing between the city authorities and the Association was wlien the appeal for aid was sent out over the wires of the country. On the morning of September 6th the appeal for aid was read at the meeting of the Executive Committee, and ordered signed and pub- lished at once, the financial situation requiring immediate action. In the afternoon of the same day, at a meeting of the City Council, independent action was taken, with a similar idea in view. The Ex- ecutive Committee, on the next day, realizing the unfortunate effect of any lack, or apparent lack, of harmony, charged its Conference Committee to meet the Council, which was promptly done. The sit- uation was thoroughly canvassed, and the City Council finally ap- proved the action of the Association, and abandoned its intention of independent measures, by the passage of the following resohition : Resolved, That the City Council does hereby indorse all the ac- tions of the Citizens' Auxiliary Association, and its Executive Com- mittee, in their efforts to control the epidemic now raging in our midst, and that we will, in our official caj^acity, do all we can to ren- der aid to them. So early as August 15th the City Council appropriated the sum of .$2,000 of the city funds for the use of the Association. This amount was never drawn or used, however, because the members of the Executive Committee soon realized that the city would need all of its funds for its own expenses, as the epidemic had cut off the usual means of revenue, and the same cause, in connection with other reasons, rendered difficult the raising of funds by unusual methods. On November 2d the city needed funds to pay the police force and other necessary bills; and, upon motion of the Executive Com- mittee, the S2,000 previously spoken of was returned to the proper authorities. On the 1st day of October, the city finances being at low ebb, and it being of the greatest importance that jjolice protection be maintained, and that funds be i^rovided for salaries of sanitary, po- lice and other necessary officials, and for other purposes, the Execu- tive Committee, after careful considei'ation and discussion, made the sum of $5,000 available from the funds of the Association, for the use of the city, and paid that amount to the proper authorities. This sum was voted in the nature of an advance without security, the Executive Committee believing that the money would be, un- doubtedly, expended with care, and that such action was justified by the circumstances, but leaving tlie matter in such a way that the city could refund it if, as the committee hoped, the city should con- sider such return expedient. By reference to the Chronological Sum- OOMJNflTTEE ON CONFERENCE. 153 mary, March 27th, it will be seen that the city has taken no steps to refund the money, and that the account stands: Jacksonville City Government, expended for police and other municipal purposes, $5,()U0. The city co-ojierated with the Association, from time to time, by taking measures to legalize its action, by ordinance and resolution, as in the case of the appointment of sanitary police, the delegation of power to Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, in charge of disinfection matters, and the affixing of penalties for secretion of infected material, and to prevent the return of refugees before official notification by the authorities. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. On August loth $8,000 was made available to the Association by the Board of County Commissioners of Duval county, to assist in meeting the expenses of the epidemic. Some reference to the County Commissioners in Duval county is necessary, to explain the position of the Executive Committee and demonstrate its consistency in matters of relief. It may be noted, in reading that portion of the report which treats of " Sister Communi- ties," that, in more than one instance, the correspondence on the part of the Executive Committee made evident the fact that the com- mittee strongly assumed the position, in relation to other communi- ties, that it was not justified in expending the funds held by it as trustee for the " yellow fever sufferers," for the benefit of those who suffered indirectly from quarantine regulations and the consequent •depression of business, or from lack of employment; but that such persons were, when in indigent circumstances, a proper object of re- lief and care to the County Commissioners of the county in which they resided. It is true that the Association extended considerable relief in Duval county, to persons living outside of the city, through its Committee on Duval County at Large, but, in almost all cases, the relief was to inhabitants ot infected localities. At one time some relief was administered, through the same channel, to indigent per- sons living in localities not actually infected, the relief, generally, being afforded by means of labor performed on the roads; but the committee soon came to the conclusion that such expenditure was not strictly justifiable, especially when it became necessary to prac- tice the strictest economy, and therefore adopted the view given above, which view was thereafter consistently applied to local, as well as other applications. Petitions for relief from various locali- ties in the county continued to come in to the committee, in most cases taking the form of a request for employment, but after this date they were referred to the Board of County Commissioners. On November 20th the petitions of citizens of Arlington, Mill 154 COMMITTEE ON CONFEREXCE. Cove and Cliaseville were' preseated to the Executive Committee^ and respectfully referred to the County Commissioners, and on the next day, by direction of the Executive Committee, the following: communication was transmitted : November 21, 1888. Dr. Hi/. Robinson, Chairman Board of County Commissioners, City : Deah Sir: At a meeting of the Executive Committee of this- Association, held this morning, I, as Secretary, was directed to as- certain from you, as chairman of the Board of County Commission- ers, the earliest date at which your Board could confer witli the Ex- ecutive Committee in regard to assistance for destitute people in the county, outside the city of Jacksonville. llespectfuUy, CuAS. S. Adams, Secretary. The following rejjlies were received: Office Board of County Commissioxeks, Duval County, >^ Jacksonville, November 21, 1888. ) Chas. S. A ok iikai.tii. The relations between tlie Association and the Board of Health were intimate, constant and harmonious. The Board of Health ac- cepted the invitation of the Executive Committee, and was repre- sented at its meetings, generally, by its President, Dr. Xeal Mitchell, or by Dr. P. P. Daniel. The Executive fJommittee, when organized, elected as treasurer and chairman of its Committee on Sanitation H. A. L'Engle, who was also a member of the Board of Health, and, upon his death, recommended to Governor Perry, as his successor in the Board of Health, his brt)ther. Dr. J. C. L'Engle, who had been elected to fill offices in the Association made vacant in the same way, which recommendation was followed. A member of the Board of Health was also elected a member of the Association's Committee on Claims. The intimate relations of the two bodies rendered it necessary, as w^ell as desirable, to include the action of the Board of Health in many places in this report, and it would be but repetition to refer to 156 COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE. them here; but some matters, not touched upon in detail, may prop- erly be mentioned. It has been stated in this chapter, before, that the Executive Committee, in its auxiliary capacity, was not in posi- tion to execute and enforce its views with the weight of official au- thoi'itj'. In all matters pertaining to public health the Board of Health was omnipotent. The Association could, and did, suggest matters which were, in the minds of its members, important. These suggestions always received courteous and careful consideration, and were, generally, endorsed and acted upon. In this way, the Associa- tion may modestly claim credit for originating many important meas- ures. The request for the appointment of Dr. Joseph Y. Porter as Surgeon in charge of Government Relief Measures, the establishment of the headquarters for visiting physicians and nurses, the organiza- tion of a sanitary police force ai"e illustrations. The action of the Board of Health on such matters, while gen- erally favorable, was not always as prompt as the Executive Com- mittees desired, the delay, in many cases, being, doubtless, due to want of a necessary quorum. For example, the Executive Commit- tee urged the adoption of some kind of quarantine restrictions, to prevent the ingress of persons from infected localities, and those ex- pecting relief. The few days delay at this time probably admitted a number of idle and worthless men, who came into the city and threatened to make trouble in questions involving relief and labor. The Executive Committee was compelled to continue to pay the ex- penses of St. Luke's and Sand-Hills hospitals during the time the Board of Health considered the advisability of turning them over to the care of Dr. J. Y. Porter, who was willing to assume the respon- sibility and expense, on behalf of the Government, in accordance with the recommendation of the Executive Committee. The Exec- utive Committee, besides urging the importance of undertaking measures to meet the exigencies of the epidemic, was frequently first to suggest, in the spirit of economy, the abolishment of the same measures after the need for them had passed, as in the case of for- eign physicians and nurses. The committee early suggested the em- ployment of suitable nurses and physicians to relieve the overbur- dened local ones, and requested that their services be dispensed with at the earliest time practicable. As has been stated, the relations of the two organizations were generally harmonious. The Executive Committee was careful to refer all matters within its jurisdiction to the Board of Health, as in the cases of the employment of all physicians and nurses, in which cases the Board settled the comi^ensation, the terms of service, and made all contracts therefor. Tiie Executive Committee advanced several thousand dollars to the Board of Health, in the first two or three months, upon the COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE, 157 requisition of its various otficers, for extraordinary expenses incur- red during the epidemic, such as the expenses of the hospitals, etc. While the Committee had no disposition to criticise the items of such expenditures, it did feel obliged to ask that financial state- ments, covering such matters, be turned in. As early as October 12th, the Executive Committee requested such a statement, and from time to time continued to urge its importance, until December 10th, when a statement was presented. Upon examination it was found that some items were included which the Committee did not feel it could allow from the funds of the Association, such as the salary of the Port Physician at St. Johns Bar, which was an ordinary expense of the Board of Health, chargeable to the county, and so notified the Boaid of Health. The financial matters were, however, soon after satisfactorily adjusted, and original vouchers turned in to the Association, and the items were thereupon credited the Board of Health and charged upon the books of the Association to the re- spective departments for which tlie expense was incurred. It is a matter of regret that there can be published in this report no official information from the Board of Health. The Secretary of the Association, on the 3d day of December, presented a report to the Executive Committee outlining the proposed scope of the re- port, and urging that the Board of Health be invited to contribute a paper treating of the epidemic from a medical standpoint, but writ- ten in a popvilar way. The suggestion was adopted, and the invita- tion was extended to and accepted by tlie Board of Health, and the editor discussed with a special committee, appointed by that body, the general plan of the report. It was suggested at that conference that it would be a matter of general interest to show, by a plate map, the plan of the city, including a representation, in colors, of the sewer and water systems, etc. Acting upon the suggestion, a draft of a map of the city was made, and the editor, duriiig a short vaca- tion, took some pains and trouble to interview engravers, and make arrangements for the contracts of engraving, etc. The following correspondence explains itself: January !», 1880. Neal Mitchell, M. J)., I'rvnUli, a Board of Health, City: Deak Sir — On my recent vacation, while at St. Louis, I called upon several engravers, with the view of ascertaining the necessary cost of a plate map of the city, representing the sewerage, paved streets, etc., in accordance with the conversation 1 had with you be- fore my departure. Upon my return to the city I reported the cost of such map to the P^i-ecutive Commit^.ee of the above Association, and received theii sanction of the same, with power to incur the ex- jjense attendant upon such a publication. It is, however, impera- tively necessary that immediate measures be taken to perfect a draft of such a map, and I must earnestly request you to confer with me 158 OOMMITTEK ON COIVFKREXOK. upon the matter at tlie earliest i)racticable moment, if the Board of Health considers this a matter of sufticient interest to the public, and is desirous of accepting the offer of this Committee to publish the plates. The draft of the map will have to be forwarded by the 15tli inst., in complete shape, in order to insure i)id)]ication, without de- laying tlie rest of the pamphlet. Please advise me, at once, whether or not you desire to co-operate in ari-anging the necessary details. Respectfully, Chas. S. Adams, Secretary. Jacksonville, Fla., January 12, 188*.). Mr. C. S. Addins, Secretary Citizens^ Auxiliary Sanitary Association : My Ueaij Sir — The Board of Health, recognizing the desirability of writing a history of the recent epidemic of yellow fever, at as early a date as possible, decided (although the time for its prepara- tion was not commensurate with the imiiortance of the work) to ac- cept your invitation, and publish the history with that of the Citi- zens Auxiliary Sanitary As.sociation. I was, apj)f)inted to represent the Board in this publication. I likewise recognized tlie fact that the time for preparation was short, nevertheless, 1 accepted, believ- ing that it might be accomplished within the prescribed limit. Tt is with extreme regret, both to myself and the Board of Health, that I am obliged to state that I do not feel ]>hysically able to undertake this task to which 1 have been looking forAvard with pleasure during the entire ei)ideniic. Thanking you for the courtesy of the Association regarding this matter, I remain Very truly yours, Neal MiTciiioi.i., M. D., President Duval County Board of Healtii. Jaiuiary b"), 188i>. T)r. \t'al MiteheU, President Duval Comity Board of Health, City : Deak Sik — Your favor of the 12th inst. is received, in which you state that ill health will ][)revent the proposed history of the epi- demic, from a medical standpoint, by yourself, as representative of the Board of Health, in conjunction with the above Association. There are some facts, however, that it will be almost necessary for the Board of Health to furnish us in order to be authentic; such as an official list of the white and colored deaths and cases of sick- ness from the yellow fever, a condensed summary of the work ac- complished in the hospitals and at the Bureau of Xurses and Medi- cal Attention. Please advise me, at an early date, if I can depend upon receiving from you such data as the above. I regret that I shall not have such a co-laborer in the report as you would make with better health, and more time, but as my share of the rei)ort expands, I am inclined to envy you in being able to postpone the day of evil. Kespcctfully, ClI.\S. S. Al>AM8, Secretary. The information last recpiested, though verbally promised, was not furnished; and the only information obtained from the Board of COM.MITIKK ON ( OXKKRKXCK. 159 Health is the list of deaths, which was compiled alpliabetically by the editor, from facts furiiislied by the Board of Health, and is pub- lished as furnished. The readers of this report, therefore, will ob- tain but a meagre idea of the burden of work which was shouldered by the Board of Health during the epidemic. Below is given a brief .statement of the amounts debited to the Board of Health, of nuineys advanced upon requisition.s by its offi- cers and the expenses of the Board, which were allowed by the Ex- ecutive Committee, credited to the Board of Health and charged to the projier accounts upon the books of the A.ssociation. The bal- ance sliown, $700.80, being such expenses as could not iiro]>erly be charged to any dtpartnient of the Association: ISOAItl) OK IIKAI.TII. Total amount advanced <>n Ucquisitions $8226. 62 DISIU'ltSKI) AS Koi.l.ows ; •Chartred to Macclenny ;ii).80 " Treasurer's account to correct error 88 Sand-Hllls, Voucher 416, I'lunilunjr !»3.42 Sand-Hills, Hoard of Health Voucher, Food 1,3S6.8'5 " Sand-Hills, Board of Health Voucher, Furnitiue. . . 411.50 " Sand-Hills, Hoard of HeaUh N'lmclier, (Jeneral Ex- pense 172.88 "• Sand-Hills, I'.oard of Health Voucher, Nurses 228.00 Sand-Hills, Board of Health Voucher, INlilk 142.80 " Sand-Hills, Board of Health Voucher, San. r.uards, 102.00 Sand-Hills, Board of Health Voucher, Horse hire.. 260.00 Sand-Hills, Board of Health Voucher, Extra lalior, 202.56 " St. Luke's, Board of Health Voucher, Food ;)10.I.,S HOSPITAL. Paid for I^uniber and Labor for Buildings $2,080.68 " Furniture 1,083.27 " Employees' Pay-roll 278.91 " Nurses' Pay-roll 3,071 . 44 " Sanitary Guards 102.00 " General Expenses 286.20 " Hack Hire 327.00 General Supplies Furnished 2,130.98 ,19,360.48 Of the above there was advanced on account of United States Marine Hospital Service 3,111.39 $6,249.0* ST. I-UKE's HOSPITAL, Paid for Food Supplies 1,074.42 " Nurses and Servants 4,087.33 " Clothing 52 50 " Bedding 144.48 Repairing and Cleaning Hospital '. 1,022.50 Merchandise donated 178.43 Appropriation 1,000.00 $7,559.66 Of the above there was advanced on account of United States Marine Hospital Service 3,825.60 $3,734.06 GOVEKNMENT KELIEF MEASUKES. The Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association endeavored to definitely ascertain, at the beginning of the epidemic, what assist- ance was available, or could be made available, from Government appropriations for measures of relief and assistance. The Executive Committee received, in answer to its inquiries » assurances from President Cleveland, from the Secretary of the Treasury, from the Florida delegation in Congress, and from Sur- geon-General John B. Hamilton, Marine Hospital Service, that everything would be done for them that could properly be done rOMMITTEK ON <'ONFEREXCE. 161 within the limits of the restrictions imposed by tlie api^ropriations themselves. The absence of precedents rendered General Hamilton cautious in stating just what expenses the Government would as- sume, and, with the exception of a requisition for Sanitary Supplies^ such as lime, sulphur, etc., and the requisition for funds with which to construct the huts nece.s.sary to establish Camp Mitchelli the ap- proval of vouchers sent to "Washington was, from beginning to end, a matter of conjecture, until decisive action was announced to the Association by the receipt of a Treasury check, or the return of re- jected vouchers. Surgeon-General Hamilton, however, as early as the conference at Camp Perry, stated, generally, that the Govern- ment would pay proper bills for sanitary work, sanitary supplies, and sanitary police. Few vouchers sent on by the Association were rejected. Dr. J. Y. Porter, who assumed the supervision of Government Relief Measures in Florida, api)roved all vouchers sent to Washing- ton, and his familiarity with the routine of Government detail, was of great service to the Association in directuig what could properly be asked from the Government, and the detail clerical work to put the reqnests in suitable form. The Government, under recommendations of Surgeon-General Hamilton and Dr. Porter, assumed payment of nurses, the direction of the sanitary police, the control of the hospitals and the entire work of disinfection. These matters are all mentioned in different parts of this report, and further detail is superfluous. It is a matter of regret that circumstances prevent an ofticial re- port of all the work assumed by the Maiine Hospital Service in the State during the epidemic. Such a report will undoubtedly be pre- pared by the proper authorities in the near future, and it is, of course, impossible for the Association to do more than show what funds were advanced by it for the Government, and for what pui-- poses. It may be seen from the body of the report, that at the out- set there was some friction between the Executive Committee and Surgeon-General Hamilton. It is gratifying to state that a better personal acquaintance, and knowledge of the motives of the persons directly interested did much to remove this state of affaus. On be- half of the Association, it may be said that the members fully appre- ciated the efforts made in their behalf by Government authorities, and during the latter part of the epidemic the Association has noth- ing but gratitude and commendation to express for the promptness and effectiveness of measures adopted for their assistance. Dr. Joseph V. Porter, the Surgeon in charge of Relief Measures,, was on the ground, and by his executive ability, energy and tact, en- deared himself to the people of Jacksonville, and the State, as may 16'2 COMMITTKK ON COXFKKKNC'E. te seen by reference to tlie minutes of the meeting of the Associa- tion, held January 22(1, in the Chronological Summary. It must he remembered, in the examinntion of the financial statement below, that the Association advanced some money to the Government for exi)onses in wliich it was nut itself inteiested. rXITKI) STATKS MAJJIXE IIOSI'ITAI. SEUVICK. Total vouchers on all accounts approvert liy Dr. J. Y. Por- ter and sent to Washington Rejeotefl and returned Reimbursements therefor to April 2, 1889: On Account Sanitation " Sanitary (iuards " Feruandina " Nurses and Medical Attention " St. Luke's Hospital " Sand Hills Hospital " Infected articles destroved <1 75,870. 54 302.60— .S175,567. 94 Balance Balance due as follows : ■On Account Sanitation " Nurses and Medical .\ttenti " Macclenny " Sanderson " Enterprise St. Luke's Hospital " Sand Hills Hospital " Infecteth inst. , with accompanying copies of letter of instructions to Dr. DeM. Echemendia, Chief of Disinfecting and Fumigating Staff, and copy of rules and regula- tions relating to tlie subject of disinfection and fumigation, has been duly received, and has had careful consideration by the Executive Committee of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association to- day, and l)elieving that yon desire an expression of their opinions thereon, I am directed to communicate to you their views, and at the same time to express tlieir confidence in your judgment and ability to devise and exetuxte such measures as will exterminate the germs of disease in this city, and prevent a visitation of this terrible scourge another season. As you already know, the tran.sfer of Dr. DeM. Echemendia and his staff, and placing the disinfecting and fumigating of houses where yellow fever has occurred to the Marine Hospital Service, was advocated and approved by this committee. "in regard to disinfection of houses." Kules 1, 2 and 3 we fully concur in. " DESTltUCTION OF PROPERTT." Under tliis head tlie committee beg leave to make some sugges- tions, which they hope will impress themselves favorably on you. Rule 1. That instead of leaving it optional with the owner to have "mattresses, pillows, comforts and blankets, soiled by dejec- tions from the sick, so as to prevent their further use by anyone else sick in the house," destroyed by l)urning at once, it should be obligatory, as a means to prevent the spread of the infection, and the owner paid a fair value for the jiroperty destroyed, out of Gov- ernment funds. The grounds on which the committee base these recommendations are: First. All citizens, with but few exceptions, who had tlie means to leave sought safety in flight at the beginning of the ejjidemic, and left their houses unoccupied. Those who re- mained did so, generally speaking, because of want of means to go away, and in their homes the scourge found its victims, and very few of those peoi)le, indeed, are able to bear tlie loss of such jirop- erty as you say should be destroyed. The Executive Committee have felt it necessary to pay for jiroperty destroyed under similar circumstances by Dr. DeM. Echemendia's staff', when under the di- rection of the Board of Health, as a measure of relief to the owners, to enable tliem to replace the necessities of living. Second. From existing conditions, as above stated, there are so few able to bear OOMAriTTEK ON CLAIMS. 16T the loss of such j>ioi)eity us slioukl be destroyed to prevent spread of infection, that the committee believe it would be wise, nnd with- in the scope of the law, for the Government to announce that it would jiay for all property destroyed under your orders. Such ac- tion would remove any danj>er of secretins- infected articles by the owners, which, we fear, mi^ht ))e attempted by those unable to bear the loss if otherwise. Rule 2. In reference! to tliis lulc, i)rovidin<;' tliat a])i)lications to the Government for reimliursement for destruction of infected ma- terial should be referred to tlie Committet! on Claims of the Citi- zens' Auxiliarj' Associaticm, the <;ommittee feels tliat, in view of the fact tliat the work of disinfection and fumij-ation may require montlis to c<>mi)lete after the end of this epidemic, and as the mem- bers of tliat committee have- jiratuitously devoted their time and services to tlie work duriii<; the e])idemic, and will l)e conii)e]led to give their attention to their jfersonal interests as soon as business can be resumed, that a comi)etent person shoulil be ap])ointed by you as an appraiser for the Government, wlio siiouhl, in conjunction with a representative of the owner of tlie property to be destroyed, determine its value. And that a certificate for tlie i)roi)erty de- stroyed be given to the owner. I'. M(;Qi AID, President. Meantime the Committee on Claims struggled with claims of all sorts and descriptions. In every case the (committee assumed the right to cut down the jirices sworn to by the claimant, inasmuch as the Association approved their payment only as a matter of relief, and, at the same time, was obliged to adojit precautions to prevent the beneficiaries from obtaining ad«litional relief from other com- mittees of the Association. It seemed hard to the cjaimants to have their claims cut down, but it was necessary in nearly every case. At the outset much property was luinecessarily destroyed by the au- tliorities, and later, when a regularly apjiointed Chief of Fumigating Staff took charge of the matter of tlie destruction of infected arti- cles, it became necessary to take care to distinguish between prop- erty destroyed by him at the request of the owner and such proi)erty as he destroyed, because, in his judgment, it could not be disin- fected, and ought to be destroyed. About the middle of October the matter of claims was brought to a crisis by the appearance of a claimant before the Executive Committee, and his demand as a legal right to payment of his claim, his refusal to accept the sum tlie Ex- ecutive Committee, on the recommendation of the Committee on Claims, thought reasonable, and his threat to sue for the full amount. We quote from the minutes of the Exec-utive Committee a few days later, on October 20th : Resolved, That in future no claims for proi)erty destroyed be paid by this committee. This lesolution led to a full discussion of the right and expedi- ency of this committee to exjiend funds in their hands for the pur- 168 COJMMITTKE ON CLAIMS. pose of remunerating people for destruction of propei'ty, in light of the fact that neither the Executive Committee nor the Association had caused property to be destroyed, and considering the number and amount of claims. The resolution was then unanimously adopted, it being understood that such action would not affect the consideration of such claims as were ])roperly certified and sworn to now on file before the committee. The action of the committee was i)ublished, and for the time no further consideration was paid to claims or claimants than was necessary to dispose of remaining ones in one way or another. On the 27th of October the Association issued a financial state- ment, wdiich showed that the amount of money exi)ended in the pay- ment of claims to date, "to afford immediate relief," aggregated $3,666.27. On the 24tli inst. the matter of Government i)ayment for proi)- erty destroyed was renewed by a letter from Dr. Porter: JACK.SONVILLE, Fi^A., October 24, 1888. To the President Jurksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, Jack- sonville, Fla.: My Dear Sir : I herewith enclose you ofHcial copies of tele- graphic correspondence between General Hamilton and myself since the 20th inst. Very truly, Joseph Y. Porter, M. D., Surgeon in Charge Government Relief Measures, Florida. Enclosure. Jacksonville, Fla., October 20, 1888. To Hamilton, Snrr/eon-General, Washington: In conference with authorities, everything regarding disinfec- tion and fumigation of houses arranged, except destruction of prop- erty. If Government will not assume to pay for infected material destroyed, such as mattresses and pillows, irrespective of ability to incur loss, I am afraid of secretion of fomites. As expense of de- struction of mattresses and pillows will not exceed, probably, fifteen or twenty thousand dollars, I recommend that you autiiorize me to state that the Government will pay for articles ordered destroyed by me. I wire, as authorities desire immediate information. Please answer at once. Porter. Washington, D. C, October 20, 1888. Dr. Joseph. T. Porter, in Charge Government Belief Measures, Jack- sonville, Fla.: I cannot decide matter of payment for articles to be destroyed without submitting it to tlie President. Will answer Monday. Hamilton, Surge on- General. Washington, D. C, 23d, Dr. Jos. Y. Porter, in Charge Government Relief Measures, Jackson- ville, Fla.: Your authority to keep refugees out of Jacksonville must come from the (Jity Council. With such autliority you need nothing further from the Government. In regard to disinfection of bedding, COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS. 169 Government only proposes to pay for destruction of mattresses, pil- lows and comforts destroyed in the houses of the jioor. Persons able to pay must sustain tlieir own loss. City Council should pass ordinance enactine i)aid for in full, or rei>laced by the Government, with- out regard to the financial condition of the owners of the property .so destroyed. Xo further action was taken by the Association until November flth, when the following letter was received from Major J. H. Dur- kee, chairman of the New York Committee: New Yokk, November !», 18SS. P. McQuaid, Chairman, Jacksonville: What is the ])resent condition of alfairs in relation to fumiga- tion and destruction of bedding at the close t)f the epidemic? Have the city government and the National anthorities agreed ui)on apian of operation '? Can we render any assistance in the premises '? Joseph H. Durkee, Chairman. Jacksonvii-ee, Fla., November 10, 1888. Major J. II. Diirkf'c, C/iairiuaii, 391 Broadway, New York City : Dear Sik— In reference to your telegram of Oth inst., asking for the present ct)ndition of affairs relative to fumigating and disin- fection and destruction of bedding, etc., I wired you fully to-day, that the Government would only consent to pay for property de- stroyed where the parties were too poor to bear the loss, and that there was a danger of some parties secreting infected bedding, be- <'ause of the uncertainty of getting paid for it if destroyed. And, further, that Surgeon-General Hamilton had advised Dr. Porter that the City Council should pass an ordinance fixing the penalty for hiding or concealing infected articles. Now, I believe both Dr. Porter and Surgeon-General Hamilton are fully impressed with the advisability of the Government agree- ing to pay for all bedding that it is deemed necessary to destroy. I have written Dr. Porter very fully on this subject some time ago, and I think he jiresented the views of our committee to the Surgeon- General. I took this ground, that nearly all our citizens who had the means to go away left at the beginning of the epidemic, and tlieir houses have been closed up since; that the victims of yellow fever were to be found in the houses of those who remained, and it is there the infected bedding is to be found. Consequently, the loss falls nearly altogether on those who ware unable to get away for 170 < 0:SIMITTEE ox ( LAI.MS. want of means. Tliere are a few, of course, mIio are aV)le to bear the loss, but the percentage is so small, perhaps not over ten per- cent, of the whole, that to make any condition or distinction would necessarily make it uncertain who would be i>aid and who would not, as it wc)uld be a very delicate question to determine who could, stand the loss and who were not able to. I i)resented this mattei- to Dr. Porter in this shape, .and showed him how expedient it was to remove all doubts from the minds of the people on this point, and that the additional cost to the Govern- ment would be so insignificant that it was scarcely worth while con- sidering. If people were assured that they would get paid for theii' profjerty there would be no inducement to conceal it, and it is the- only way, in my ojanion, to x)revent some peoi)le from hiding it away. And when yuu come to consider it in the proi)er light it is- but natural. Those families who have liad the yellow fever do not dread any evil effects from retaining tlieir infected bedding. Tlie- destruetion of it is for tlie ])rotection and benelit of otliers, and they do not see why they should l)e called upon to incur a loss for the benefit of somebody else, and there is some reason in this argument. The fact is, it is the most important matter we now have to considei,. to clean out every germ of this disease that might propagate it next summer, and it is in the interest of the inter-state commerce of the United States to see that no expense or lahor is spared to gain this end. Surg"eon-(Teneral Hamilton has intimated to Dr. Porter tliat if the City Touncil does not pass an ordinance providing a penalty for the secreting of infected bedding, etc., tliat the (Tovernment will not umlertake the W(.)rk of fumigation and disinfection of the city.. Now, I feel (piite certain tliat such an ordinance cannot be passed by the City f\)un(il until tlie Government will agree to pay for all l>roperty destroyed. If the Government will do that then I have no doubt the <"ity Council can be gotten to i)ass such an ordinance. Dr. P(nter has been fully autliorized by the City Council and the Board of Health to enter liouses and do tlie work of fumigation and disinfecting, but it has been decitled not to commence this work until afte)' the epidemic has endeation and gratitude. The result was due in great measure to the efforts of Dr. Joseph Y. Porter and Surgeon-General Hamilton and the favorable action of the New^ York pi^ess. This settled the matter satisfactorily so far as property was concerned after the Government took charge of disinfection, but the Association felt that there was a hardship involved to the people who lost property before tliat time without 172 COMMITTEE ON (CLAIMS. compensation. On the 15th of December the foUowing communica- tion was formulated under the direction of the Executive Com- mittee: Jacksonville, Fla, December 15, 1888. Joseph Y. Porter, M. IJ., Surgeon in Charf/e Government Belief Meas- ures, City : Dear Sir — At the request of the Executive Committee, I beg leave to ask yon to communicate with the proper autliorities and advise me wliether the recent action of the authorities assuming the payment of all projierty destroyed for purposes of disinfection, will aft'ectin any way the status of claims heretofore paid by this Asso- ciation for property destroyed under and by direction of the Duval County lioard *of Health. This Association has paid a number of claims, aggregating say four or five thousand dollars, for property destroyed ))efore the (late at which the Government assumed full direction of the destruction of such property under your supervision, and therefore before the date at which the Government assumed payment for all property destroyed. There are, likewise, a great many claims which have not been acted vipon at all for property destroyed in a similar manner, but in which cases there was not such urgency for immediate action as a matter of relief. The amount of such claims would probably aggregate several thousand dollars, not over .>;10,0()0, and as a matter of equity it would seem that these people, most of whom have suffered liy the epidemic in other ways, and cannot afford to lose the property, should be reim- bursed, and placed on a similar footing with those citizens who are now receiving proper payment for property actually destroyed under your direction. I would say that the claims paid by this Associa- tion have l)een paid only after careful consideration, and, in a great majority of cases, have been scaled down considerably from the prices asked by the several claimants, who, at the same time, have signed affidavits to the justness of the claim and the reasonableness of the prices, which affidavit, in almost all cases, has been supported by a certificate of the President of the local Board of Health and the Disinfecting Officer who destroyed the pro])erty under directions of the Board of Health. The original claims are in this office, and it will be a matter of some difficulty to have duplicate receipts made out and signed by the claimants who received the money, but if the authorities should consent to the payment of these claims 1 have no doubt that tlie details could be satisfactorily arranged with you by which the facts in each individual case could be sufficiently set forth, by means of affidavits of the Secretai-y, or such other officer of the Associatian as yon should suggest. Kespectfully, P. McQuAii), President. The answer was as follows: December 28th, 1888. Dr. Jose))h Y. Porter, Surgeon in Charye Government Belief Measures, Jacksonville, Fla.: Sill — In answer to your letter of December 17th, enclosing a letter addressed to you by Mr. P. McQuaid, President of the Jack- sonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, you are informed that no COMMITTE?: OX CLAIMS. 173 claims that relate to articles destroyed prior to the date of the Gov- ernment taking i-harge will be allowed. Kespectfully yours, John B. Hamilton, Supervising Surgeon-General M. H. S. Under these t-ircuiustances, the Executive Committee instructed the Committee on Claims to carefully investigate all claims on file in their office and also before the Board of Health, to cut down the prices to the lowest figure possible, to confer with the claimants individually w here practicable, and report the aggregate amf)unt to them. The Committee on Claims employed an expert and followed the instructions faithfully and systematically, and reported the number and aggregate amount necessary to pay the same, to the Executive Committee. The committee, after careful consideration, determined to assume payment of the claims out of the surplus funds in hand, and carefully went over each claim, in conjunction with the Committee on Claims, and passed on them separately and finally. The decision was arriven: Resolved, That an additional standing committee of three or live members be appointed l)y the Chair, tt) be designated as the Com- mittee on Duval County at Large, whose duty it shall be to have charge of all villages and settlements in Duval county not infected by the prevailing fever; to look after sanitary measures, quarantine and relief; to audit all bills and accounts pertaining to its expendi- tures; prescribe rules and regulations, and to take charge of all other things they may deem necessary. This committee, with objects as outlined above, was the out- growth of necessity. It was found that Duval county, like most other counties of the State, was a sufferer, not only from the yellow fever directly, but indirectly from quarantine regulations. The word "(quarantine" was used in a very broad sense, and covered the regulations which forbade the stepping across an arbi- trary line under penalty of a load of buckshot, as well as the frigid- ity of manner and lack of communication that greeted the refugee who occasionally dared ventiu-e into infected loc-alities. and had the imprudence to return home. As there were victims from the fever in other places in the county than Jacksonville, so there wei-e innumerable sufferers from quarantine. Business was utterly prostrated, and the residents or representatives from all over the county continually came before the Executive Committee for physicians, nurses and drugs for the sick, and ft)od or work for the well. The P^xecutive Committee and the Committee on Relief found it impossible to investigate thoroughly and relieve jiromptly the.se cases — to sejiarate the wheat fiom the chaff. The Committee on Duval County at Large was, therofore, organ- ized with objects: First, to prevent the spread of infection in smaller communities, and, as a means to that end, to put these places in good sanitary condition; second, to render relief to the sick and indigent inhabitants, by direct aid in food and money where necessary, but, whenever practical, by jmlicious work of a ]>ublic and sanitary na- ture. The following gentlemen composed the committee: Hy. Robin- son, Chairman; J. E. Hartridge and F. F. L'Engle, all of whom served on the committee, and were efficiently assisted by Judge W. A. Mc- I.,ean, until it was deemed i)rt)per, owing to the inadequacy of the finances of the Association, to discontinvie the comniittee, on the last COAtMITTKK ON DIVAI, COUXTV AT l,AKills, which were audited and paid by the Executive Committee, and charged to the account of General Supplies. The Purchasing Agent supplied the several departments^ and committees from the supply depot, and charged them accord- ingly, bringing in his accounts each week for the examination of the Executive Committee, after which the charges against tlie depart- ments were transferred to the books of the Association, and credited to the General Supplies. Donations of supplies were received by the Purchasing Agent, their value appraised and charged to General Sup- plies, and, when distributed, they were entered on the books in a similar manner. The Purchasing Agent was instructed by the Executive Commit- tee, at the outset, to purchase all goods possible in the city, when he could get them at good prices, but the committee felt, in handling- trust funds, it would not be justified in favoring local merchants, even to insure the general benefits which would inevitably result from retaining the funds in circulation. I'l RCHASINO AXI) RECEIVIXCt A(iEXT. 177 Mr. ]\Iuinby, in his report, states the case as follows: In taking hold of the work I w'as instructed by your committee to get an estimate of supplies needed by the different departments, and, as the stocks in the city were much depleted, was instructed to wire tlie New York Committee to supply it in weekly shipments; but as soon as 1 began to get posted on j) rices, and found a willing- ness on the part of the merchants, whose stores wer-j ojjen, to sup- ply the Association, I began buying what I could in Jacksonville, and toward the middle and last of the time, purchased nearly every- tliing from our own merchants. I found, at once, that the transportation companies would bring goods for the Association from the St. Louis market free, and such articles as grits, meal and dour being largely governed in price by the cost of transportation, I found it cheaper to buy them from the mills at St. Louis, thus saving some sixty cents per barrel in freight alone. In the beginning it was necessary to obtain a large (piantity of bacon rpiickly, and. in order to get a start, I bought fifty boxes in New York, but found afterwards that I could buy bacon in Savan- nah cheaper, and that the transportation was quicker and more sat- isfactory, and I continued to punhase it in the latter market until the close of the epidemic. All the transportation companies were exceedingly accommo- dating, especially the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, which system, in addition to free transportation, was kind enough to trans- fer car-loads to our warehouse free of charge. The list of merchants fui-nishing supplies, given in the Appen- dix, is a matter of considerable real interest, to show the relative purchases from foreign and local merchants. It may be said, in pa- renthesis, that some of the largest sellers anujng the local merchants liave been the keenest critics of the work of the Association and Ex- ecutive Committee tliroughout. The General Supj^ly Department was closed during tlie first of December. Most of the supplies on hand, consisting of flour, grits, meal and lard, were sold by competitive bids to tlie merchants at an advance of cost, the remaining supplies being stored and auctioned off later. In winding n\> the business of the (Jencral Supi)ly Department, the Purchasing Agent recjuestcd, from several of tlie transportation companies, a memoraiidum of the amount of free transportation handled for the Association. The following letters are quoted here, as the bulk of the transportation furnished was in relation to this de- partment. It is a matter of regret that returns from other transpor- tation companies were not secured : Offick of Aoext Florida Railway and Navigation Co., i Jacksonvillk, December 28, 1888. \ F. W. Mitnihi/, ?Jx(j.. PnrrlKi.shi!/ Ayeiit, J. A. S. A., Citij : Sir— I have the honor to acknowledge receipt, this date, of your favor of 12-27, and, in reply thereto, I enclose herewith a statement of freight carried free by my company, for the benefit of the sufferers 178 PURCHASIXG AND RECEIVING AGENT. during" tlie epidemic, sliowing the value of freight charges for the same. This statement only shows such items as are recorded in my books. There were several deliveries made of which I have no record. Very truly yours, W. F. COAOIIMAX, Agent. STATK.MEXT OK .MATEKI.VI- DELIVEKKD FKEE, OX ACCOXTNT OE YEI-LOAV FEVER. August 10—3 Cars Tui'iientine dross. Value of Freight Charges .$42.00 August 10— 1 Cannon and Carriage. " " •' 8.00 Augu.st 10— 1 Car of Lime. " " " 19.00 August 18— 1 Car of Tents, eto. '• •• " 21.50 October 1-10 Cases Merchandise. " ■• •• 10.00 Octoljer 0—150 Barrels Meal. " " " 7.5.00 October »— 150 Barrels Grits. " •' '• 75.00 October H—1.^0 Barrels Floiu-. '• ■• •• 75.00 October 10— 1.50 Barrels .Meal. " • •• 75 00 October 12— 1.50 Barrels Meal. '• '• ■■ 75.00 October 1"— l.^.O Barrels Flo\ir. " •• •■ 75.00 October 10— 10 Ca.ses .Alilk. '• ■• •• 4. .50 October 22— 1 Car of Potatoes, in bulk. •• ■• •• 1.38.00 October 24— 1 Case of Eggs. '■ ■• '• 1..50 October 31 — i Barrels of Lemons. ■• •• •• 1.25 Novembers — 1 Bo,\ of Lemons. •• •• •• .25 Total Value of Charges .TieOO.OO / W. F. Co.\('n.M.vx, Agent. Southern Express Company,) .Jacksonville, Fi.a., December 28, 1S88. i Mr. V. \V. Minnhi/. I'lirrlKtsuKj A(ipnf : De.vr Sir — Answering yours of yesterday, I liave to say that the clerical force of tliis office is kept busy during the day and jiart of the night with our daily business, so will not, at this time, be able to furnish a statement, other than to state that the full service ren- dered by this company amounts to ^916.75. Hes])ectfully, F. lif.OsiiORXE, Agent. S.w.vxxAii, Florida and Westerx K.vilway Co.,> Jacksoxville, Fla., March 4, 1889. I 3/r. F. 11 '. Miniiht/, Jach-soiirille : Dear Sir — The Savannah, Florida and Western Railway fur- nished the city of Jacksonville, during the epidemic of 1888, the fol- lowingfree transportation: 1,040, 837 pounds; our revenue, $1,07"). 28, remitted. This does not include the revenue of our connections, in many cases remitted, and which would make the aggregate about as be- low: Eastern, 348,947 pounds; revenue all lines remitted, $1,395.78. Western, ()97,S90 i)ounds: revenue all lines remitted, $1,744.73. To- tal tonnage, 1,04('>,837 pounds; total revenue remitted, .$3,140.51. Respectfully, .Tx'o. H. Stephens. ITK< HASiN<; AM) i;ki i;i\'iN(; A(;k.vt. 179 The office of tlie I'lmliasiii"; aiul Ik'teiving Affciit was one that •demonstrated its value as a practical measure, to kceii proper ac- count of supplies, and to obviate confusion. Below is a summary of the husiness handled l»y tlie Purchasing Agent: 1MI!( IIASIX(; AXJ> IJKCKIVIXf; AfiFiXT. Supplies boiif^lu (lirertly, as per Executive Coiiiniittee Vouchers .*r<5.2i)8. 74 Supplies boufcht tlirougli New York roimnittee 9,704.84 Donations received by Agent 13,107.25 Cash furnished Agent 1,700.*) Distributed to Relief Coiuniittee Nurses and .Medical Attention Sanitatiim Sand-llills Hospital Camp .Mitchell .Macclenny Sanderson ])uval County at Larjce — Cash returned bv .^wiit E.XPENSE ACCOUNT. Labor and Clerk hire Freight and Kxpresa Charges Drayage Incidentals S79,810 83 .«55,063.52 10,099.29 3,8.5.5.88 427.72 5,399.78 2,197.69 870.83 1.38.70 i.-js.ag «!78,187.00 1,G23 83 .■Sr.tio.1.5 2M.11 021.75 47.82 $1,623. as COMMITTEE ON SANITARY POLICE. The Committee on Sanitary Police was organized August 20tli, by the Association, in accordance with the following preamble and resolutions : WiiEKEAS, The Board of Health and the city authorities have invoked the co-operation of this Association to enforce the prompt and proper observance of sanitary rules, and to organize sanitary po- lice, under the supervision and control of the Association, for guard- ing infected places, and persons under surveillance during the incu- bational period prescribed by the Board of Health, and have dele- gated to the Association the needed powers therefor; and WiiEisEAS, This Association is heartily and earnestly in accord with the Board of Health in all its objects and aims, and believe that it is actuated alone by a sincere desire to prevent the si)read of the infection and disease, and to establish the public health ; there- fore, be it Eesolved, That Article X be amended by having added to it a Committee on Sanitary Police. The action of the Association was officially endorsed by the Board of Health on the same day. Rooms Duval Couxty Boaijd of Health,^ Jacksonviet.e, Fla., August 20, 1888. \ At a meeting of the Board of Health of Duval County, held to- day, the following resolutions were adopted: Re^nlrcd^ That, in view of the impossibility for this body to ef- fectually provide for such administrative details as are connected with their responsibilities, this Board accepts, most gratefully, the proffer of the Executive Committee of the Citizens' Auxiliary Sani- tary Association, to organize a special sanitary guard to assist in guarding the sick and infected, and also, in connection with this, a bureau, to supply the needed food for the same, all to be under the advisory direction of this Board. Be.solrei], That the Auxiliary Committee is hereby empowered with full authority from this Board of Health, and from the consti- tuted powers of the city, to institute and execute this work. lie.'iulcedfurtJicj-, That the President o'." the Board of Health be requested to convey these resolutions to the Auxiliary Committee immediately, and to request Acting Mayor Archil)akl to unite with him in this communication. Xeai, Mit< jleee, M. D., President Board of Health. A. W. KxiGiiT, M. D., Secretary. I endorse the above, and will do all in my power to make the work effective. J. W. Altt'lIlBAI.I), Acting Mavor. OOMMITTKE OX .SANITARY POLICE. 181 The City Ctmncil. on the same day, passed a suitable ordinance to further legalize the sanitary police. CITY ORDIXANCK. An Ordinance to Empo\ver the Mayor to Appoint Sanitary Guards, and to Prescribe IJules and Regulations to Govern Same. Jie it or(hiineil hi/ the Cifi/ ('oniii-il of Hip Citi/ of JarkxunviUe : Skctiox 1. That, during the prevalence of yellow fever in our city, there shall be appointed by the Mayor as many sanitary guards, for the protection of citizens and the prevention (jf the spread of the disease, as the ilayor may deem proper; said guards to be under such rules and regulations as the Mayor may prescribe. Sec. 2. That the Mayor shall be, and he is hereby, empowered to swear in any, and all, such guai-ds as he may deem necessary; .said guards to serve the city without any comi^ensation being paid to them by the city. Sec. ;J. Said guards, so appointed, shall have power to enfoi-ce the rules and regidations of the County Board of Health, within the limits of the city, which may be, from time to time, adojjted, includ- ing the power to arrest any person or persons found to have vio- lated any of said rules and regidations, and to confine any such per- -son or persons so arrested in a jilace to be provided for their im- prisonment. Sec. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of the rules and regulations estal)lished by the Board of Health, or city authori- ties, for the regulation and control of the yellow fever, or "suspect" cases, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined by the Municipal Judge hot less than five dollars for each violation thereof, or be con- fined in the place provided for the confinement of such olfenders not less than ten days, or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discre- tion of said Judge. Passed August 21, 1S8S. Approved August 22, 18SS. J. W. AncmuALD, A true copy. Acting Mayor. Attest: E. Hiogixs, Recorder. On the 23d of August M. P. Turner was appointed chairman of the committee, and immediately went to work with a will, selecting suitable men, opening headtjuarters and jiroviding a guard-house. Rules were prescribed for the proper discipline of the police. About September 10th Chairman Turner was obliged to leave town, and Judge M. M. Belisario was placed in charge of the guard, as acting chairman, and was instructed to detail certain men to daily inspect houses in town, to relieve any sick persons who might be un- able to summon assistance otherwise. September 17th Lieutenant C. W. Stansell was elected chairman of the committee. The guard was increased, at the same time, by the advice of Dr. .T. Y. Porter, Surgeon in charge of Government Re- lief Measures, and orders given to arrest all persons entering the city for purposes of relief. The United States Government, through Dr. J. Y. Porter, the 182 COMMITTEE OX SANITARY TO I -ICE. Surgeon in cliarge of Government Kelief Measures, acting under di- rection of tlie Marine Hospital Service, assumed at first the payment of all guards employed. In a short time it was found necessary to- make a division of the jjay rolls. Such guards as were engaged in duties tending "to prevent the sjjread of infection" were continued on the Government pay roll, and the remaining guards, who were employed in i)olice duties under tlie direction of tlie Board of Health, were paid by the Association. Some guards were stationed at Soutli .lacksonville, by request of tlie people there, and paid by the Government until sucli time as the suburb became seriously infected, when they were removed. October 12th Eugene B. McBride was appointed chairman, in i>lace of C. W. Stansell resigned. The following table shows tlic number of names on tlie different pay rolls, the amount paid in each division, and by wliom paid, from the 28d of August to the lOtb of September, 1.S88, both inclusive: For Week Ending Aug. 31, 1888. Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 i P 5 C-H ^ £ c 5 7t s 3i Z 9 fe- o o 6'- ° 1 d 2 a. o o S c •^1 .■t;« 2(5 >- c >^ o 3 a. 5 o c §C o'ci o A' ' 6 97 103 . . 103 804.72 S 4.72 12- C 104 110 .. 110 760.73 8 119 127 IS 109 f 36.50 786.50 823.00 8 22 291! 313 38 12S 129 238.75 1320.50 1559.25' 8 21 412 433 39 104^ 290 155.50 1570.00 1725,50 8 19 260 279 38 46 197 i;!7.50 1409.50 1547.00 8. 18 231 249 33 28' 188 144,00 1344,00 148S.00 8 The first six columns in the al)ove table do not sliow the number of guards continuously employed for each week, but give the number of names on the several pay rolls for each period. Many of the men performed only a few days' work each week, and in some instances one i^erson would be counted twice, as where guards were discharged from one duty and re-enlisted in another division where their ser- vices were needed. When guards did not report for duty on account of sickness or for other reasons, new men were employed, which fact aided in swelling the list of names, and it was the custom of the committee to eini)loy only sucli number of persons for such limited time as tlie special duty to be performed required. The amount of money expended each Aveek for the pay-roll approximately shows the number of guards continuously employed for that time. Onthe22d of September a cordon of mounted guai-dswas placed around the city, extending from a point on the St. Johns river one mile north of Wilson it Hunting's mill, westward and southward to- COMMITTKK OX SAXITAKY roLICK. 1 SS a point one quarter of a mile south of Riverside, thence crossing tlie river and enconii)assing South Jacksonville, on the south hank of the river; hut on the 1st of October the cordon guard was dis- mounted and continued as foot guards. The establishment of the cordon enabled the committee to dis- pense with the services of many guards in the city, and on the ■2d of October more city guards were discliarged; this, with the change from mounted to foot guards on the cordon makes the number of men whose names were on the ditterent i)ay-roUs (juite large, although the amount exi)ended that week is not much more than that of the previous week or subsecjuent week. The compensation of the mounted guards was $1 .")() per watch of eight hours, ami the pay of the foot guards, including foot cordcm and city guards, was $1 per watch of eiglit hours; three relays of guards were necessary to cover the i)eriod of one day. The Executive Committee consulted fretiuently with the Board of Health and Dr. Porter as to the details of the organization. The wishes of the Surgeon in Charge of Government Relief Measures were always followed, as the men were mostly paid by the Govern- ment. On the 10th of October the guards enrolled upon the Govern- ment pay-roll were turned over to the exclusive control of Dr. Porter and the remaining guards r.p:E, Secretary. Camp Mitchell, a place of refuge built by the Association in furtherance of the plan for depopulating Jacksonville, being ready for occupancy, it devolved upon the Committee on Transportation to get our citizens out of the city and into the camp. Hundreds of people fouiul a refuge there, and all, as a prerequisite, received a certificate of health from the Duval County Board of Health, which became a ticket of admission, after being signed by the chairman of the Committee on Transportation. All baggage of persons for this camp or for Camp Perry quarantine station was first brought to the headquarters of the Committee on Transportation, at 75 West Bay street, where receipts were given, and it was forwarded to the fumi- gating station. As an indication of the care and system exercised, it is appropriate to state that, although during the operation of this portion of the work nearly 8,000 pieces of baggage (trunks and valises), infected and otherwise, were receipted for, not a single package was lost. Probably the greatest and most telling relief work done by this committee was the return of the nurses and physicians to their homes in other States wlien the epidemic was drawing to a close. There were engaged in the city at one time several hundred visiting nurses, male and female, whose homes \\ere located in States from Minnesota to New York, on the north, to points in our own State of Florida. As the need for the services of the nurses decreased they naturally desired to return to their homes. The obstacles in the way of accomplishing this were manifold. The Boards of Health of cities and counties were positive in their determination to keep out 188 COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT ATIOX. everything and everybody hailing from Jacksonville, while some places would allow them to come in after fifteen days' quarantine at Camp Perry. Some intermediate points prohibited them from passing through their territory for twenty days, and others would not allow them to pass through at all until after frost. Circuitous routes had, then, to be adopted for transportation, after necessary quarantine had been served. Frequently, after repeated correspond- ence by telegraph and mail, the lines would apparently be clear, and a party of ten to fifteen nurses ready to start, but some Health Board, through whose jurisdiction they would have to pass, in a brief telegram, would positively forbid trains to carry those " in- fected people" through their territory. An important item in the matter of transi^ortation for these nurses was the cost of transportation. It will readily be seen that the ordinary fare f<^r so many people on long distance tickets would approximate ."jilOiOOO to §12,000, and at that time the funds of the As- sociation were nearly exhausted. It was, therefore, desirable for the committee to accomplish its object as economically as possible, and, through the generous co-operation of nearly all the prominent rail- road lines to whom they applied, they were enabled to do so. After a correspondence, covering several weeks in October, with the chief officials of these companies, their consent was obtained to transport free all returning yellow fever nurses who had been serving at Jack- sonville. The "Certificate of Transportation" was a form drawn up by the committee and submitted to the managers of the various lines for their appi-oval. The certificates, bearing the name of the nurse, when signed by the chairman of the Committee on Transpor- tation, and countersigned by the Surgeon rn charge of Camp Perry, United States Quarantine Station, served as a pass over nearly 12,- 000 miles of railroad and three hundred and sixty miles of steamship lines. Another labor which devolved upon the Committee on Transpor- tation for many weeks was providing and paying for the transporta- tion of many refugees to points of safety in distant States, in cases where the individual was unacclimated,-and, after due investigation, was found to be without personal means. This brief history would be incomplete without suitable exjjres- sion of ai)preciation for the great kindness of several of the promi- nent railway companies. Besides furnishing free transportation for nurses over its entire system, the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor- gia Railroad granted the use of its commodious office, without charge, as the headquarters of the committee. The Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, through Mr. W. P. Hardee, General Freight and Passenger Agent, not only obtained free transportation for nurses over the entire Plant System, but assisted the committee in securing COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT ATIOX. 189 it from connecting lines. Captain D. E. Maxwell, Superintendent of the Florida Kailway and Navigation Companj', supplied special re- lief trains at actual cost rates, and furnished, free of expense, four of their cars for the fumigating station. At a meeting of the Committee on Transi>ortatiou, held Decem- ber 21st, 1888, resolutions of appreciation of and thanks for the ser- vices rendered by the various transportation lines, and the Western Union Telegraph Company, were passed, which were later submitted and approved by the Executive Committee, and the following circu- lar letter was prepared for sending to the several officials represent- ing those comi^anies : Jacksonville, Fla., December 21, 1888. Dear Sir: The undersigned. Committee on Transportation of the Citizens' Auxiliary Sanitary Association of Jacksonville, Florida, under whose supervision was secured the transportation to their homes of physicians and nurses who served through the late terrible yellow fever epidemic in this city, appreciating most earnestly the great practical aid afforded our people by the various lines hereinafter named, in bringing to us and returning to their homes, these hu- mane and very important factors in our fight against the fever, at a meeting, held this day, passed unanimously the following preamble and resolutions: WiiEKEAs, Near the close of the late epidemic of yellow fever in this city, it became evident that soon there would be several hun- dred volunteer nurses and physicians to be returned to their homes in States covering nearly a'l i)arts of the Union; and Whereas, To facilitate our people in doing this, the transpor- tation lines throughout the country, at our request, consented to pass these people free, upon certificates properly signed by this com- mittee, thus saving to the (at that time) fast decreasing relief fund in the hands of the Association many thousands of dollars, therefore, Resolved, That the grateful thanks of tlie people of Jacksonville be expressed, through this committee, to the large-hearted officials of these lines, from whom so much consideration and practical bene- fit have been received. liesolred. That these resolutions be piinted in the Daily Times- Union and Metropolis, of this city, and that marked copies thereof be mailed to the officials of these lines, from whom we have received this kindness, viz: The S., F. A: W. Ky.; C. & S. liy. ; B. & W. Rv. ; E. T., V. & a. R. ; A. C. L. ; R., F. & P. ; X. Y., N. H. & H. Ry. ; C, N. O. & T. P. Rv.; C, I., St. L. & C. R. ; L. & X. Kv.; So. Pacific Ry.; J., T. & K. W. Ry. ; Plant S. S. Co.; C. & G. .System; F. R. & N. Co. System : G. R. 6c I. R. R. ; Mo. Pacific ; Union Pacific : 111. Cen. R. R. ; R. & T>. Ry. ; Florida Southern, and South Florida. n. W. Clark, Chairman: D. T. Gerow, B. H. Hopkins, F. R. Osborxe, W. F. COA( UMAX, T. J. Boyd, Committee on Transportation, Citizens" Aux. San. Association. Attest: W. F. Sollee, Secretarv. 190 COMMITTEE ON TKAXSPORTATION. The following extract from the minutes of the Jacksonville Aux- iliary Sanitary Association, at its meeting of Decemher 26, 1888, af- fords a recapitulation of the work of the Committee on Transporta- tion, as stated by the chairman: First — Secui'ing the sending out of the special Government train with refugees to Hendersonville, N. C, and also a special train to Atlanta, Ga. Second — Providing subsequently and paying for transportation for nearly one hundred of our people to points in distant States. Third — Securing special trains for relief of Sanderson, Mac- clenny, Fernandina and other points, at different times. Fourth — Rendering active assistance in fitting up and establish- ing the Government baggage fumigation station at LaVilla Junction. Fifth — Assisting in peopling and certifying to the fitness of applicants for refuge at Camp Mitchell, and supplying free tickets to said camp. Sixth — Procuring free transportation for about two hundred and fifty nurses returning to their homes in nearly everj^ part of the Union, together with some of the visiting physicians. Seventh — Procuring the opening of sea communication with the North for the benefit of Florida shippers, when Savannah, Charleston and other ports were locked against us, by inducing the Clyde Line to send their steamships weekly to Mayport. Eighth — Receiving and transporting to the fumigating station baggage of all persons leaving the city after the establisliment of said station (in number nearly ;>,000 pieces), giving receipt therefor, and not losing a single piece. Ninth — At the close of the epidemic corresponding with the officials of various trunk lines of railroad, with a view of obtaining reduced rates for returning refugees, which action was partially successful, but, being too late to afford practical relief, was aban- doned, witli thanks to lines which had returned favorable answers. Below is a statement of the expenses of the committee: COMMITTKK ON TRANSPOKTATION. Disbursed lor Transportation $3,851.90 Advertising. 326.80 Drayage • 94. 25 Hack Hire 27.60 Office Fay Rolls 521.10 Office Expenses 127.05 Total .14,948,60 CAMPS OF REFUGE. CAMP HOWARD. As soon as the epidemic was declai-ed in Jacksonville, the Gov- ernment, State and local authorities recognized that the depopula- tion of the city was the only sure method of checking the fever. It was not necessary to employ any extraordinary measures to impress this view upon some of the residents of the city. Several thousand people left the city cheerfully, without urging, but there remained thousands who could not or would not leave their homes and friends. Very soon the Executive Committee took the matter in hand, and, after consultation, decided to make a camp of refuge near the city, where such persons as have been referred to could be made comfortable and be taken care of at a minimum cost. The committee put itself in communication with Surgeon-General Hamilton and Governor E. A. Perry, and found the idea was heartily endorsed by these gentlemen. A location was sekcted about two miles beyond the limits of the city, in "North .Jacksonville," on the borders of Moncrief creek, and the chairman of the Committee on Relief, Judge Loton M. Jones, was charged with the duty of establishing the camp, which was called Camp Howard. Some thirty tents were secured from the State and Government after much delay and trouble, on account of transportation and quarantine regulations, the ground was cleared and a kitchen and outbuildings erected. The camp, for some reason, •did not become popular, and, in spite of the efforts made to induce people to go there. Camp Howard at no time had a population of over fifty souls. The location vvas upon high pine land, just north of and beyond the Sand Hills Hospital, good water was available and substantial food was provided by the Association, and the camp was in charge of a superintendent with a steward and suitable assistants. There was no way of forcing people to go to the camp, however, and in the latter part of October Camp Howard was abandoned, and its inmates transferred to Camp Mitchell. CAMP MITCHELL. During the correspondence with Governor E. A. Perry, relative to securing tents for the establishment of refugee camps, the Gov- ernor suggested to the Executive Committee the expediency of build- ing a camp of a more permanent nature, by the erection of small wooden buikiirgs. Tl:e «.( mii.ittce had cih^cusstd the practicability 192 CAMPS OF REFUGE. of a camp of this nature before, and as soon as they found it impos- sible to secure tents in sufficient quantities, and were also advised that Government funds had been made available, the committee de- cided to attempt the establishment of such a camp. Outside of the advantages of a camp of the sort, in the way of comfort and permanency, there were other reasons for such action,, which are, perhaps, as pointedly stated as i>ossible in the following: telegram : Jacksonvillk, August 27, 1888. Hon. ]Vllki)ison Call, Washinyton, IJ. C: Keplying to your telegram of yesterday, I ask that the Govern- ment aid us in establishing a camp of relief near the city. If we had the means we can quickly erect two or three hundred small temporary buildings which will accommodate many of our helpless people, and relieve the situation greatly. The erection of these buildings will give employment to mechanics and laborers, and en- courage the mills to continue running. There are other ways in which the Government can aid us, if so inclined. Please advise me as to the channels through which Government aid is to be sought, and the methods by which it is to be furnished. J. .J. Daniel, Chairman. The Florida delegation in Washington acted promptly and effect- ively, and Surgeon-General Hamilton, the next day, asked by wire information as to the number of houses, the estimated cost, and what arrangements for policing could be made. The required infor- mation was promptly furnished, and, on August 80th, the following dispatch was received : Washington, D. C, August oO, 1888. Hon. J. J. Daniel, Jacksonville : Two hundred houses authorized, at a cost of one hundred dollars, each. Total cost, two thousand dollars. Hamilton, Surgeon-General. The Executive Committee acknowledged the receipt of the mes- sage, at the same time calling attention to the mistake in the total es- timate, and prepared to act promptly. A special committee, consisting: of H. A. L'Engle and W. A. Macduff, was appointed at once to locate a site for the cami), and to take immediate steps for the construction of houses. The first location was situated on Trout Creek, on the Fernandina Division of the Florida Kailway and Navigation Com- pany, northeast of Jacksonville. This was found to be impractica- ble, and a site was finally selected on the same railroad, seven miles west of the city, and forty acres of land purchased for the same; and, upon recommendation of the chairman of the Special Committee, the camp was named in honor of the President of Duval Coimty Board of Health. CAMPS OF REFUGE. 193 The committee were instructed to survey and lay out the camp, to arrange for lumber and transportation, and the erection of houses, at once. Unavoidable delay ensued in carrying out these details, however, and to other drawbacks was added unusually bad weather, so that the camp was not ready for occupancy until the first part of October. The Executive Committee againiised every effort to induce peo- ple to leave the city. A census, which is given elsewhere, had been taken to this end, and the Committee on Relief, aided by the Com- mittee on Transportation, and the Coloi-ed Auxiliary Bureau, urged the people to go to the camp. Captain W. C. Cooper, who was in New York at the outbreak of the epidemic, was placed in charge as Superintendent, and the camp was, under his supervision, put in good shape for the reception of refugees. Houses were furnished with cots, bedding and other necessary articles; a kitchen and hos- pital were erected, and substantial, well-cooked food i^rovided. Ow- ing to the lateness of the season, however, and the unwillingness of people to leave the city, the benefits accruing from the establish- ment of Camp Mitchell were not so apparent and satisfactory as was lioped at the outset. ■ It was found that some people had gone to the camp who were able to pay expenses, and the Executive Committee discussed the proper restrictions to be placed upon applications, several times. The great object in the establishment of the camp was to provide an asylum, beyond reach of infection, for persons unable to go to points of refuge at greater distance, and so relieve the city of material upon which the fever could feed, and at the same time economically provide relief for the indigent. The Com- mittee at (me time decided to require persons at Camp Mitchell who were able to pay expenses to do so, but upon representation of the Committee on Transportation, and other committees which had been especially active in getting people to go into camp, this action was reversed, and on October 30th, the following rules were adopted: Only those persons who come under the classification, herein- after mentioned, will be received and maintained at Camp Mitchell : First — Those who have not had yellow fever. Second — Those who have had yellow fever, and who, being with- out available means of support, would be proper subjects of relief, if remaininir in the city. Ap])lioations for certificates, or recommendation, should be made to either Dr. Xeal Mitchell, Dr. A. W. Knight, or to Dr. C. J. Ken- worthy, and such certificates, when obtained, must be submitted to H. W. Clark, Esq., chairman of the (Committee on Transportation, whose approval and endorsement will be necessary to make them available at Camp Mitchell, and for transportation. Mr. Clark will carefully consider and determine whether the applicant is entitled to the privileges of the camp, under the adopted rules. These rules go into effect October 2'>, and are not retroactive. 194 CAMPS OF UEFUGK. The following extracts from the final report of Captain Cooper the Superintendent in charge, are quoted: According to my books the number of refugees ariiving liere from the 1st of October to the 15th of December (when quarantine was officially raised), and for whom food and shelter were provided, was four liundred and ten, including children, the sexes being .about equally divided. I am glad to report that the general health of these peoi)le during their three months compulsory residence in this camp was remarkably good. Very little sickness was, at any time, observable. Onlj' one death occurred, that of a little girl who had contracted disease elsewhere. T'ure air, good food and water, excellent sanitary arrangements, and a laiulable desire on the part of the refugees to make the best of their unusual surroundings, were, undoubtedly, the factors producing the happy result. As an incen- tive to occupy the mind and while away spare time. Dr. Xeal Mitchell very thoughtfully contributed a number of books from the pens of standard authors, to which more were added by Mrs. Emma Jeffreys, and others at present unknown, thus forming a nucleus for an ex- cellent library. It was highly appi-eciated and freely jiatronized by old and yovuig, and contributed, in no small degree, to the sto(!k of general information desired by some, besides diverting tlie thoughts of many from the sad bereavements that made their sojourn in this camj) a necessity. Enough talent was also found to warrant the giv- ing of pul)lic entertainments occasionally, wliicli were always en- joyed by a large and attentive audience. To sum up, permit me to say that, as a healthful resort and tem- porary refuge for those whose means or inclination ]trevent them from going far from home in an emergency, such as our afflicted community has experienced, Camp Mitchell can no longer be re- garded as an experiment. I have also to report that the two liundred dwellings and out- houses ccmiprising this camp have been recently whitewashed, and are in good condition; and that walks, ten feet wide, have been made around each house, in order to afford am])le ]»rotection from fire. Camp Mitchell was closed Decemlier 1-"), the date that refugees were admitted to the city. The question of the final disposition of the camp was discussed by the Executive Committee, and the following letter was formulated and sent Dr. Porter: Jacksoxvim^k, December 14, 1888. Joseph Y. Porter, M. I)., Suri/con hi Charge (rorerninent Belief Meas- ures, City: Deak Siij: Upon direction of the Executive Committee I beg leave to request you to comminiicate with the proper authorities and advise this Association of the disi)ositu)n the Government will wish to make of what is known as Camj) Mitchell. The land has been se- cured at an ex])ense of, say >^:M.-), and surveyed at an exjiense of, say $175, and e(juii)i)e(l witli mattresses, cots, bedding, stoves and some furniture, at an expense of, say s^, (100, all of which expense has been borne by the Association. The houses located on Camji Mitchell were, as you know, erected at the expense of the Government, upon an ap])roved rc(juisifion wliich exceeded by some thousands of dol- < AMI'S OK IlKl r(;K. 195 lars tlie attual cost. It is now nearly time to crlose the camp tor the purposes of this epi(U»mic, and the Executive Committee desire to know wliat to (h> witli tlie camp, and furniture and goods therein. Will the Government wish to take the title to the land and reim- burse this Association for the consideration upon which it was pur- chased, and also assume the payment of the articles there, or will the Government permit this Association to take the title to the prop- erty as legal owners? 1 would say that the necessary preliminaries have heen arranged to legally incorporate the Association, and it can be put in position to ])roperly assume the title at a very short notice, but no deeds whatever have as yet i)assed for the property. Under the circumstances an early reply will greatly oblige, Yours truly, CiiAs. S. Adams, Secretary. Dr. Porter communicated the wishes of the Gavernment, on re- •ceipt of advices from Washington: Jacksoxvillk, Fi-a., December 24, 1888. To the President of the Jocksonrille AuTiluirij Sanitnri/ Association, Jiicksonrillc, Flu.: Dkau Sii{ — Keferring to your letter of recent date, making in- quiry as to the intention of the Government in regard to the dispo- sition of the Government buildings at Camp Mitchell, I have the honor to inform yon that, the matter having been referred to Sur- gecm-General Hamilton, I am instructed by him to say that the Ma- rine Hospital Bureau "has no desire to acquire tlie title to the camp, and is willing to Jeavc the buildings in the custody of the Auxiliary Sanitarj' Association, and will do so on their becoming incorporated, as tliey suggest," and further instructs me to "then transfer to them the custody of the buildings, subject to recall at such time as the necessities of the Government may require their use.'" Very truly, .ioSKlMI Y. POKTKU, M. D., Surgeon in Charge Government Relief Measures, Fla. The expenses of the camp are as follows : CAMP MITCIIKI.L Food and fieneral Supi)lies $5,152.07 Pay-rolls 1,747.85 Land, 42 3-5 acres 329.80 f5iirveying:, etc 221.25 Furniture 2C.60 Freifiht 22.50 Donaiion of Linnber 100 00 Advertising 19.65 S;7,619.72 STATE AND INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. PLACES OF KEFUGE. A short chapter of this report is devoted to the subject of local and State quarantine, as matter of information to the general public. Care has been taken to present facts only, without elaboration or inference. The hardships rendered necessary by quarantine restrictions are usually excused on the ground of public policy; the greatest good to the greatest number; the suffering of a few for the protection of the public. The problem for the Government and State and local au- thorities of all localities liable to infectious disease of any character is to afford such reasonable relief and comfort to the few as will not endanger the health of the public. Observers of the facts developed in any crisis like the yelhnv fever epidemic of 1888 will find that "quarantine regulations" sometimes are quoted to cover a multitude of sins — unkindness,. selfishness, cruelty, hardship, exjiusure, starvation, death. The authorities at Jacksonville constantly and consistently endeavored to protect the personal and material interests of her citizens, by furnishing an outlet for her surplus population, by attempting to keep up her commerce, but does not the record also show this natural desire was coupled with a reasonable care for the rights of others? Transportation North was sought tor refugees to points in the mountains where it was believed infection could not spread, and transportation South was attempted for such articles as Avere believed not liable to carry infection. The following brief statement of the most important matters involving quarantine regu- lations, so far as related to Jacksonville and her authorities, is given as information and as a basis for future discvission and action. August !) — Upon the same day that the Board of Health an- nounced yellow fever in Jacksonville, quarantine was declared by Fernandina, Tallahassee, Palatka and St. Augustine, in the State^ and by Savannah, Charleston and Mobile. Macon, Ga., was the only point heard from that day wliich offered a refuge, but on the next day Atlanta joined Macon in extending hospitalities, and this an- nouncement was received with heartfelt gratitude by the panic- stricken people seeking an outlet from Jacksonville. Waycross, Thomasville, Brunswick, Montgomeiy and Wilmington (piai-antined,. however, and Jacksonville felt the cordon grow tighter about her. On the 11th Macon reconsidered and withdrew her invitation to- refugees, and the local papers and citizens devoted less time to the praise of the generosity and hospitality of that city. STATE AND IXTER-STATE ^UARAXTIXE. 197 August 12^ — Starke, Hiolilaiul, Lawtey, Temple and Hampton, Fla., quarantined. Surgeon-General John B. Hamilton, M. H. S., visited Waycross, and, besides establishing fumigating stations for mail, baggage and express matter near Waycross, decided upon a camp of detention at Boulogne. The location was about thirty-six miles from Jacksonville, on the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, and the name of Camp Perry was afterward given the «amp. Tents were ordered by Surgeon-General Hamilton to be sent there, and other preparations made. New Berlin was heard from August 13th, as follows: Xkw Bkki.ix, Fi.a., August 13, 1888. To the Editor of the Tunes-l''nion : We beg space to notify the public that the citizens of this place have temporarily incorporated it a town, established a Board of Health and declared a quarantine against Jacksonville and all other points where yellow fever is known to exist. Dame's Point and South Berlin have joined with us in this movement. Thomas J. Guey, Secretary Citizens' Meeting. As an evidence of the early hospitality of some communities, the following copies of telegrams are inserted: Mont Eagle, Tenn., August 11, 1888. Mayor of Jacksonville : Send all that want to come to this mountain resort. F. COKSIELIJfS. Gaines viLEE, Ga., August 12, 1888. The Mayor : No quarantine. Tell your people Gainesville gives cordial wel- come to all who come. In your affliction you have our sympathy. Jno. a. Smith, Mayor. Atlanta, Ga., August 13, 1888. Hon. Mayor, Jacksonville, Fla.: Esteemed Sir— I have been attending the Gubernatorial Con- vention, and for several days visiting in the country. In conse- quence thereof, to-day, for the first time, I was apprised of your dire calamity, and was surprised and grieved thereat. And when I read of your people fleeing from the plague, with officers moving them on, denying them, in many places, a home of refuge, I am moved to write you, to say to your people that I welcome them to DuPont, feeling assured that my people will gladly share with them their ter- rible trouble. I conceive that a man's first and highest duty is to his God and fellow-man, to the alienation of their sorrows, and aiding in the preservation of life and property. This is humanity's duty. I am sure the people of DuPont are willing to suffer with the people of Jacksonville, and if, in opening our town to them, the dis- ease is there spread, that they are willing, in doing their duty, die with them. At any rate, we are not willing to shut our doors against 198 STATE AND INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. you, with the command, "Move on! " I liave quantities of lumber that they can use to construct temporary shelter, and if more is needed, we will supply it. And I am satisfied the pure water and air, for which DuPont is celebrated, will add strength and health to- your afflicted. I shall leave for home to-night, and if I can serve you in DuPont, or as a nui-se in your city, command me. With sentiments of sorrow for your calamity, believe me, sin- cerely, Augustus DuPont, Mayor. Hp;ni)ersonvii.le, N. C, August 14, 1888. The Mayor of Jacksonville : Tell your people we open wide our doors, and bid them a hearty welcome to our town. J. It. RiCKMAN, Mayor. Iron City, Tenn. Mayor, Jacksonville : Iron City extends a welcome to the yellow fever refugees. E. A. Bailey. The following extract from an editorial in the Times-Union,, of August 17th, expresses the feeling of Jacksonville at that time: MONTICELLO'S LATCn-STRING. Jacksonville has become accustomed to quarantines against her. She is haidened to this sort of thing. The announcement that this or that town or city has built up another Chinese wall before her face, and bade her back to her own reservation, conies now without a pang. We do not think any the less of them for it; this is human nature, and we must respect it. But, occasionally, from out this mountainous mass of barred gates there comes a cheering note of hospitality, and we welcome it as much as Noah, the navigator, did the return of the dove. It is our wish to place upon the brow of Monticello the laurel wreath for hospitality among all her sister cities of Florida. Years ago she opened her homes — and her people their hearts — to the refu- gees from scourge-stricken Fernandina, and that act has never beeii forgotten. Now she bids the i)eople of Jacksonville welcome, and hundreds of them are to-day hospitably housed and cared for in her homes. The hotels, boarding-houses and private residences are •filled to overflowing, and the self-sacrificing hospitality evinced by scores of these good people deserves unstinted commendation. It may be said that shortly after tliis publication Monticello also quarantined. Among the difficulties attendant upon the epidemic, not the least annoying and serious was the delay in forwarding mails, caused by the enormous amount of mail matter wliich had to be fumigated at Waycross, Ga. The telegraph opei-ators were overworked, and the mail service was depended upon for general information. The Executive Committee took the matter in hand, in connection with STATE AND IXTER-STATK QrARAXTINK. 190 Postmaster Clark, and, on the Hth of August, a telegram from Sur- geon-General Hamilton announced his approval of a fumigating sta- tion at LaVilla Junction, near Jacksonville, as soon as it was in working order. While refugees from Jacksonville were thus restricted from go- ing to points West and Xorth, merchandise of nearly every descrip- tion was refused Ijy the local authorities in southern counties of the State, and the commerce of Jacksonville was nearly cut otf. The authorities in some counties went so far as to refuse even to admit machinery, wagon wheels, railroad iron, grate hars, silver dollars and ice. Representatives of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Associa- tion and the Duval County Board of Health lield a conference at Green Cove Springs, Fla., as early as August Hth, with rei)resenta- tives of Putnam county, in the endeavor to modify the stringent quarantine regulations, with some temporary promise of success. To recur to passenger quarantine, the Executive Committee of the Association learned that the authorities of (ieorgia and other States were bringing pressure to bear to compel detention at Camp Perry of all refugees from infected points, and adopted a strong res- olution of protest, and instructed the President to communicate with the Representatives in Washington. The following telegram was sent, therefore, to the members of the Florida delegation: Jacksonville, Fla., August 27, 1SS8. It is reported that the authorities contemplate subjecting refu- gees from Jacksonville to quarantine detention, without regard to destination. Our committee consider such course unprecedented, H?i?K'ce.s.sar// and iNifiMANE. Please get Florida's delegation to com- municate with Surgeon-General Hamilton, and let us know what or- ders have been made, and what are c()ntemplated. Surely some ar- rangement can be effected by which our helpless women and children may be carried, with closed cars and guarilefl, if necessary, beyond the limits of local quarantine to places of refuge in altitudes and lati- tudes where no risk to others will be involved, and where they are hospitably invited to come. J. J. Daniel, Chairman. The next day the following telegram was received from Surgeon- General Hamilton : Washington, D. C, August 28, 1888. Hon. J. J, Daniel, JucksonrlUe, Fla.: The Florida delegation here this morning in consultation con- cerning subject matter of your dispatch. ******** I advise that as many as can conveniently leave Jacksonville should go to Camp Perry, where they will be comfortable, and from that point proceed North, without further detention — ten days from date of arrival. What points in mountains will receive persons? Will 200 STATE AND IXTER-STATE (JUARAXTIXi:. try to make arrangements for people to get away to some place where there is no danger of infection, but persons cannot mingle with other passengers without creating panic along whole route. Hamti/fox, Surgeon-General. In the meantime strenuous exertions had been made to obtain a conference of the health authoriiies of the several counties in the State, by the President of the Association and the Executive Com- mittee. It had been found by exjierience that little could be hoped from such a conference, unless a general attendance could be se- cured, and, after much delay and several postjionements, a confer- ence was held at Orange Park, August 28th. Perhaps no better idea of the different opinions regarding local quarantine can be had than to print, in full, the report of the Jacksonville delegation in the newspajjers : On behalf of the special committee appointed to confer on quar- antine matters with the Boards of Health of various counties in East and South Florida, and the representatives of the transportation lines interested, I beg to report that the conference arranged for through you was held at Orange Park, Tuesday morning, the follow- ing counties being represented: Clay, Putnam, Marion, Lake, Volu- sia, Orange, Osceola, Polk, St. Johns and Duval. Alachua county was invited to this conference, but was unrepresented. Several of the ■counties were represented by two or more members of their Boards of Health. I regret that I am not able to give the names of all the members present, but think it proper to say that they were leading and representative men of their respective counties. Duval county was represented by Col. J. J. Daniel, as president of the Citizens' Auxiliary Sanitary Association; Dr. Daniel, member of the Duval County Board of Health ; Alderman Gerow, president of the City Council, and Messrs. P. E. McMurray and P. McQuaid, members of the Conference Committee. The transportation lines represented were the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railroad, South Florida Eailroad, St. Augustine and Palatka Railroad, and DeBary Line of Steamers. The Florida Southern and Florida Railway and Naviga- tion Company, and Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax River Railroad were also invited, but had no representatives at the meet- ing. We are indebted to the courtesy of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway Company for furnishing a special train to carry us to Orange Park, where we arrived at 8 o'clock, and found all the other delegates to the conference awaiting us. We were at once con- ducted to a beautiful spring and grove, a short distance from the railroad, where the meeting was held. Colonel Daniel, in a brief address, stated the object of the conference, and assured the dele- gates present that, while we considered Jacksonville rather harshly treated by the rigid quarantine imposed against her, we came to dis- cuss the subject with them in a friendly spirit, and from a broader standpoint than any local interests. He wished them to know that we did not come to ask any favors, but that we had some rights in- volved too, and that, while they were guarding themselves so rigidly from any infection from the north, we would like to know what steps they had taken to protect us from further infection from infected STATE AXD IXTER-STATE QU AK.^ XTINE. '201 points south. He called their attention to the inhuman quarantine instituted at Waycross (by what authority he had not yet learned), Avhich turned back the lielpless women and children of our stricken city, to fall victims to the scourge, instead of allowing them to pass on to a refuge of safety in the mountains. He earnestly hoped that none of those ])resent would know from experience the ordeal the citizens of Jacksonville are now undergoing, but they could not be too sure, in view of the long period of warm weather yet to pass through, and it therefore became necessary for us to come together to secure such reasonable and humane regulations as are consistent with entire safety, and will promote the best interests of all. He then stated that he would like to hear frum the gentlemen present, repre- senting the different Boards of Health, as they had conferred to- gether, and we would like to know what course they had agreed upon, and whether, in their opinion, it was necessarj' to exclude from transportation all classes of freight from Jacksonville to avoid danger of infection. Dr. Cyrus, President of the Putnam County Board of Health, said that, in order to proceed to business in due form, he would nominate Col. J. J. Daniel as Chairman of the Ctmference, which was agreed to unanimously. Mr. Widdell, of Orlando, was then ap- pointed Secietary. Dr. Gary, of Ocala, president of the Marion County Board of Health, stated that he was also president of the Combination of Counties, consisting of Putnam, Marion, Lake and Alachua, which were unanimously of the opinion that it was necessary to rpiarantine against all freights from Jacksonville to prevent danger of infection; he thought corporations had no sovd, and he was unwilling to accept any kind of freight in their quarantine ordei-, because he could not trust the railroad ct)mpanies, and instanced two cars of freight, now- lying at Tavares, which had been shipjied from Jacksonville, in defi- ance of their quarantine. He stated that the people of his county were so panic-stricken that they would not permit any goods from Jacksonville to i)ass through Marion county, and he could not con- sent to any modification of the present [errill. President of the riay County Board of Health, said they had put (m a reasonal)le (piarantine against Jacksonville, pro- hibiting tlie landing of any baggage, bedding, etc., which might be liable to carry infection, but, situated as they were, they were com- pelled to get their goods from Jacksonville, and they allowed the boat to run between Green Cove Springs and Jacksonville, under proper restrictions. Putnam county threatened to quarantine against Clay if they did not stoj) the boat, but Putnam County Board of Health struck one county that was not ftubservient to their demand. Clay county refused, and Putnam county has quarantined against her, refusing even to permit four car-loads of brick, manufactured at Green Cove Springs, to pass through their county. Dr. Merrill further said that any jierson who presented a certilicate, signed by the President of any Board of Health, that the person had not been exposed to infection within ten days, winild be admitted into Clay county. Beferring to the protection afforded from points South, he stated that he had a man from Tampa arrested for attempting to pass without a health certiti<'ate, and Manted to know how Putnam county let him through. P. Mcunties south of them who were willing to receive them. They were not prepared to give us an answer then, but would consider the matter by their full Board, and let us know. Four days elapsed before their answer was received, and, from the numerous copies of telegrams which accompanied their letter, it was evident that they wanted to confer with Marion, Lake and Alachua. The stoppage of the boat, and other more stringent quarantine re- strictions, notified us in advance what their letter confirmed — that they did not see any reason to modify their quarantine against all classes of merchandise from Jacksonville. Telegrams were here read from the Secretary of the Yolusia Board of Health, in proof of the statement made by Mr. McQiiaid, that Yolusia county did not approve of Putnam county's action, and only stopped the boat to avoid being (piarantined. The committee from Duval county did not seek to have ijuarantine restrictions removed against certain classes of goods from any mercenary motives, but believed that such articles of food as were now needed in several parts of South Flor- ida should not be prohibited, and closed with a hope that much good would result from this conference. Colonel Daniel closed the discussion with some earnest and STATK A.VD INTER-STATK liUARANTIXE. 205 liraotical remarks, which produced a deep imiiressioii upon the nu-niliers of the conference. He urj^ed the gravity of tlie subject under consideration, that all were equally interested in its proper solution. Appealing to the gentlemen present, he reminded them that they met as fellow-citizens and friends, and that they should endeavor to reach a conclusion based on no local or contracted views of the (luestions they had come together to consider, but with an earnest desire to establish such regulations as would best promote the general welfare. He suggested three points, which he hoped the conference would formulate as the result of the meeting: First — Transportation under proper restrictions, but without detention of persons from infei'ted points seeking places of refuge beyond the limits of possible danger to others. Second — That through freights southward be allowed an unin- terrupted passage to the points of destination, both by rail and water avenues. Third — That wise discrimination govern the shipment of freight between local points in the counties, having in view the prohibition of such as are most likely to carry infection, but always providing for the supplying of the i^eople with the necessaries of life. Whereupon resolutions submitted by Mr. Alfred Bishop Mason were unanimously adopted, afhrming the first two resolutions and referring the third to a committee of five, to be selected from dele- gates other than those from Duval county. Certain other resolutions, relating to the situation generally, whicli your committee cannot now recall, were adopted. The chairman extended the thanks of the conferees to the .Jack- sonville. Tampa and Key West, the South Florida and the Florida Southern railroads for courtesies extended, after which the confer- ence adjourneil, with expressions of mutual confidence and goodwill. P. McQuAiD, Chairman. The same day the following telegram was received: Seville, Fla., August 28, 1888. Col. J. J. Dtinicl, JfirksonriUc, Fla.: At a conference, to-day, of the Boards of Health of Clay, Put- nam, St. Johns, Volusia, Orange, Lake, Marion, Polk, and Osceola counties, the following resolution was adopted: Jiesoircil, That rice, grits, flour, sugar, coffee, bacon, lard, but- ter, potatoes, corn and oats in barrels; hardware and machinery, unpacked tobacco in any form, aiul cigars, can be shipped into such counties rei)resented, without being disinfected, and all canned goods, after disinfection, in cars whicli have been disinfected in ac- cordance Avith the system now in use by the South Florida P>ailroad, the disinfection to be left to the .Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railroad, at the north end of its line, and the South Florida Railroad at its south end. This leaves any merchants in these counties, or south of them, who have the permission of the Boards of Health to do so, free to order their supplies from Jacksonville. As soon as I am notified by the Duval County Board of Health that this permis- sion is granted to the merchants of any particular county by the Board of Health of that county, the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway will make arrangements immediately for handling the business. I congratulate you and your delegation on the result of to-day's conference. Alfred Bishop Mason. 206 STATE AX13 INTEK-STATE QUAIIAXTIXE. The feeling on the part of the Executive Committee of pardon- able elation at the successful termination of the conference Avas soon dampened by the receipt f)f the following communication: Sanfoui), Fi.a., August 31, 1888. Col. J. J. Daniel, Jdcl'sonrille, Fhi.: Deak Sik — Eeferring to conference at Orange Park. On Mon- day, af'.er you left the conference, the subject of receiving freights from Jacksonville was discussed, and action referred to a committee who finally decided to admit freights under certain restrictions, pro- vided the counties to whicli they were consigned would permit their delivery. The committee also decided that freights must be shipped in cars which have been disinfected with bi-chloride of mercury, etc. I now doubt very much if tlie Boards of Health will permit the distribution of freights from Jacksonville, owing to the very consid- erable increase in the number of fever patients within the past sev- enty-five hours, and I feel satisfied that, under these circumstances, the people will not i)ermit the freights to be distributed, even if the Boards of Health have no objections. Excitement here runs pretty high, and while there is great sympathy with Jacksonville, there seems to be a general feeling that a course of modifying the present restrictions of (juarantine, would increase the risk of introducing the fever here and at other points in South Florida, and would certainly be productive of a much greater panic than any we have encountered so far. Dr. Wall wired me, night before last, that he had six cases of fever, two of which were dangerously ill, and that he could not help but feel that the fever would become general all over the city, and that the tendency was in that direction already, hence you see that the situation is liable to become more serious and even more com- plicated than at present. I cannot close this letter without expressing to you my admira- tion for the sentiments which you uttered at our meeting, and I think your address one of the most elocpient to which I have ever listened, and I think I can say, without fear of contradiction, that it reached the hearts of all present, or that none could fail to derive benefit from it. Tlie self-sacrificing action of yourself and others associated with you, in your efforts to control this epidemic, merit the highest meed of praise that man can bestow. AVith kindest regards and best wishes, I am Yours very truly, J. E. Ingraham, President. OcAi.A, Fi.a., August 31, 1888. J. J. Ddiiiel, (Jliuiniiim : Marion County Board of Health admits nothing, and wants noth- ing except artificial stone and machinery, bv special permit. Tiros. P. Gaky, M. D., President Board of Health. Leesbikg, Fi.a., August 31, 1888. C'oL J. J. Diniicl, Jiicl,-.soni:illc : Lake County Board, by three to two vote, has decided to not ad- mit anything from infected places. R. H. Dean, M. D., President Lake County Board of Health. STATK AXI) IXTKK-STATE QUARAXTIXK. 207 GAix?:sviLr-E, Fi>a., September 1, 1888. -7. ./. Daniel, Clmlnnan : Our Board will not consent to admit frei<;hts from any infected points, wlietlier fumigated or not. H. E. Day, President Board of Health, Alachua County. Palatka, Fi,a., September 1, 1888. ■J. J. Daniel : We cannot receive goods specified at conference, into Putnam •county. Absence prevented answer yesterday. W. H. Cyrus. St. ArorsTiXE, Fla., September 4, 1888. regret for the necessity that created the order, I remain H. S. Haines, General Manager. The Executive Committee, through its President, communicated with Surgeon-General Hamilton: Jacksonville, Fla., August ;jO. 1888. Surgeon-General Hamilton, M. IT. S., Washington, 1). C: The following resolutions were adopted by the Citizens' Execu- tive Committee this morning: Besolved, That, in the opinion of this committee, it is important STATE AND IXTER-STATE QUARANTIXE. 209' that the city be relieved, as speedily as possible, of as many families and persons as can lind places of refuge. Eesoh-ed, That immediate steps be taken to cari-y this measure into elTect. I respectfully ask that you take the foregoing resolutions int() consideration, and provide transportation, to enable our committee to promptly forward such persons as can find i)laces of refuge, and are unable to pay their way to j^oints beyond the limit of possible infection. * * * * * ******* J. J. Daxiei,, Chairman. As soon as the situation was fully known, and the people of Jacksonville realized that they were shut in from any outlet, except through Camp Periy, there was a great deal of feeling. Camp Perry, at this time, was not a proper place for women and children. The accommodations were meagre, consisting of well-worn tents that were little or no protecticm against rain, coarse food, insufficient bedding, and no hospital accommodations. Under these ct)nditions President Daniel sent another message, reading: J.vcKSONViLi-K, Fi.A., August 30, 1888. Sur(/eon-General Hamilton, Washiuf/ton, D. C: In the name of our people and humanity I protest against the order for the detention of all refugees from our city and State at the refugee camp. It would be better for us to keep our women and children here, rather than to subject them to such treatment. J. J. Daniel, President Citizens" Auxiliary Association. The same day, in the absence of a (luorum of the Executive Com- mittee, most of whom were at the Orange Park Conference, a mass meeting of citizens was held, and adopted the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, The Surgeon-General has given us hearing neither by conference nor by communication, and yet has cut us oft' from all chance to send our women and children to points impregnable to yellow fever, now inviting us to come, and has done st) after a most cruelly vacillating policy, without notice or warning of any nature, and Whereas, President Daniel, of the .Jacksonville Auxiliary Sani- tary Association, has telf^graphed to Surgeon-General Hamilton. Gov- ernor Perry, of Florida, Governor (Gordon, of (xeorgia, our Kepre- tatives at Washington, and fieneral Manager H. .S. Haines, of the Sa- vannah, Florida and Western Railway, his protest against Surgeon- General Hamilton: now, therefore, be it Be-solrfd. First, That we heartily endorse all that President Dan- iel has done in this direction. Second, We denounce this action of the Surgeon-General as un- necessary, arbitrary, unprecedented and inhuman, and demand, in the name of God and our suftering women and children, that they be allowed to go to the places open to them by invitation. Third, We appeal to all our fellow-citizens throughout the coun- "210 STATE AXD INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. try, -to the President of the Vnited States, and to all Senators and Kepresentatives in Congress, for relief from this unjust and unheard of imprisonment, and implore immediate action in our l)ehalf. Upon motion, it was further J?f.so?rer7, That a copy of these rest)lutions be telegraphed to Senator Call and Eepresentative Charles Dougherty, with the re- ■quest that they immediately communicate the same to President Cleveland and the Senate and House of Representatives. James M. SciirMAciiER, CiiAiu-Ks S. Adams, Chairman. Secretary. While some citizens were in favor of a conservative course, as a matter of policy, the resolutions were generally approved, and copies "Were sent the Governor, the President and Congressmen, and, al- though time has softened the feeling that unnecessary restrictions were insisted upon, which feeling led to the resolutions, time has also proved, conclusively, that the meeting had its weight in effecting a more considerate and helpful policy on the part of the authorities. It may be said here that the Florida delegation at Washington as- sisted materially and effectively in this result, as in many other cases in whicli its aid was volunteered or solicited. Coneral Hamilton, on the next day, wired as follows: AVasiiinotox, D. C, August :51, 1888. J. J. Dnnlvl, ./(icIiKonviUe, Fla.: Telegrams received. Your requisition for two hundred huts was -approved. You ai'e mistaken as to the character of the camp, whicli is in charge of one of the most humane officers in the service, and none in the country stands higher as to professional ability. The camp is located in one of the healthiest places in Florida, high pine woods on river bluff', originally intended by tlie railroad as picnic grounds, and taken by Dr. Guiteras as the best place for his camj). He was, some days ago, directed to have some tents set apart, a quarter of a mile distant from the main camp, for observntion of per- sons sjck. Pollard, returned to Jacksonville last Sunday, was sick on arrival at camp; evidently had fever when he left Jacksonville. With the general spread of the disease in the city of Jacksonville, it is useless to expect that perscms should be allowed to mingle with other passengers to definite points. Murphy, in ?y"ortli Carolina, has opened its doors, the only place so reporting itself to me. If resi- dents wish to go to Murphy, or any definite i)oints in Western North Carolina, on tlieir parole not to go to seaboard or quarantined towns in ten days from date of departure from Jacksonville, an excursion train will be provided as soon as the number of cars required can be definitely ascertained. Please estimate the number of people now in Jacksonville Avilling to go on parole, that safe arrangements •can be made for transportation. Hamilton, Surgeon-General. STA TK AND 1 XIKK-S TV I' !•; IJT A IJ A \TI X !•:. 211 A telegram received from Atlanta, September 1st, seemed to of- fer a temporary solution to the problem: Atlanta, Ga., September 1, 1SS8. ./. ir. ArcfiilHtId, Jiick-sunrUlc: Come to Atlanta. Our doors are open. John F. Coopki;, 3Iayor. Immediate action was taken by the Executive Committee, as the following telegram shows: .Tacksoxvii.le, Fl.v., September 1, 1888. Surgeon-General IIamiIto)i, M. 11. S., Washw(jton, D. C; Telegram to Colonel Daniel received. lie is worked down, and is resting to-day. You misunderstand our position. We do not wish our people to mingle with other passengers on trains, but ask that they be permitted to pass through, in locked cars, to definite points that have opened their doors to them. The Mayor of Atlanta wires, this morning, that.their doors are still open. Colonel Ilaines wires that he will take pleasure in co-operating with you to remove our citizens to suitable places. In the cause of humanity we ask you to order a special train from here to Atlanta. We are now taking the names of those who wish to leave, and will rei)ort number later. P. McQuAii), Vice-President. Surgeon-General Hamilton answered: Washington, D. C, September 1, 1S88. P. McQuftul, Actinf/ President, JacksonrlUe, Fin.: Following dispatch received from Mayor Cooper: "While At- lanta docs not solicit the i)resence of persons from infected districts, we have not closed our doors against them." If you consider this an invitation, will arrange special train if you desire us. IIa>[ii.ton. The telegram from Atlanta vnx considered an invitation, and an exciir.sion train went to Atlanta September :>. On Tuesday, September 2, the following card was published by the press: TO THE piiu.if: Certain criticisms, mainly based on misinformation concerning the present sanitary regulations, have appeared in the daily press, and as these criticisms have a tendency to weaken the hands of the officers engaged in the prevention of the siiread of yellow fever, and to induce laxity in the maintenance of quarantine, and thereby greatly increase the danger to the whole country, I have thought it expedient to make a general statement of the condition of affairs. The United States Government, acting through its Marine Hospital Service, is engaged" in helping the people of Florida, not in injuring them, and in particular, the stricken city of Jacksonville has been treated with a kindly consideration, suited to the calamity which has befallen it. They were permitted to go anywhere they desired, so 212 STATE AND INTEK-STATK (iUARANTINE. long as the disease was confined to circumscribed areas in the city^ but when tlie city became generally infected, then the necessity of placing certain restrictions upon the movements of outgoing persons was apparent, and in restricting promiscuous travel from Jackson- ville, the bureau is looking to the security of the country. The dreadful ravages of yellow fever in the towns along the rail- road lines leading out of New Orleans in 1878, where there were over- 13,000 persons affected with yellow fever, of whom nearly 7,000 died,, is too fresh in the memory to risk its rei)etition along the Atlantic seaboard. The extension of tlie disease to Memphis in 1878, where nearly ;!,000 persons died of yellow fever, might have been prevented,, had there been any authority to restrict travel by a proper quaran- tine. It may be a fearful alternative to compel persons from Jack- sonville to remain within a camp of refuge for a i:)eriod of ten days before being allowed to go at will, but that alternative is humane in comparison with the results which would follow the admission of the contagion into all our seaports and Southern cities, each one of which, in a short time, would become anew center of infection. The Government has not, at any time, established a strict cordon about the city of Jacksonville, but has opened a camp of refuge in a higli, healthy locality, and furnishes free rations to those detained. It has also autliorized, at a large expense, the building of two hundred pine cabins to shelter those poor people who are driven out of in- fected localities, and it is willing to provide for the further relief of .lacksonville by furnishing transportation by special excursion trains . to any definite point that is safe and has opened its doors, but there are few places willing to receive large numbers of refugees.. While it is probably true that the body of a healthy person does not carry contagion, his clothes do carry it, and baggage packed in an infected house is dangerous in the extreme. Fumigating stations liave been established at proper points; and all baggage will be fumi- gated which comes from any infected city. I do not think, there- fore, there can be any reasonable ground of complaint. John B. Ha:mii,tox. A meeting was held in Augusta the next day, the published ac- count of which is quoted : Augusta, Ga., September?). At the suggestion of Governor Gordon, Surgeon-Gener.al Hamil- ton had a conference here to-day with the health authorities of sev- eral cities in the State, and with the State Health Officers of Tennes- see and Alabama, Governor Gordon being present, and General Man- ager Haines, from Savannah, and Mayor Dunn, of Brunswick. At this conference the following telegram was read, which was received by the Surgeon-General: Atlant.v, Ga., September;]. Siir(jeon- Perry on Monday. Your requisition for sanitary supplies approved. You must specify other items. Hamii^ton", Surgeon-General. Otlier answers to Secretary Fairlie's message regarding the refu- gee question may prove interesting: Have seen the President and Surgeon-General Hamilton. If ar- rangements can be made to receive refugees at Louisville, and to pass through Alabama and Tennessee, restrictions will be removed. Duval is here, and will communicate with Maxwell, and try to per- fect arrangements. S. Pasco. Executive Maxsiox, WAsinxirrox, September (!, 1888. To J. M. Fatrlie, Esq., Jdck-soncille : Senator Pasco has shown me your dispatch, and I have had a consultation with Dr. Hamilton. While the Government is anxious to do everything possible within its power to help the people of Jacksonville in their great calamity, I hope they will recognize tlie necessity of the exercise of caution to prevent the spread of the dis- ease to other jilaces, thus involving the safety of the people in all parts of the State and country. The defects at Camp Perry will be remedied at once. I hope the establishment of the other camp will be pushed as rapidly as possil)le. With your co-operation each camp can be made to answer the purpose of its creation, and tlie character- of those sent to Camp Perry, on their way Xorth, can be changed. Is the establishment of a free dispensary at Jacksonville ad- vised? Everything will be done to the limit of our power to help in the best and most reasonable way. Gkoveh Cleveland. September 8th the Executive Committee of the Association, feel- ing that non-residents still misapprehended the views of the i>eople here, adopted these resolutions: Whereas, There seems to be a misunderstanding respecting the views and wishes of this committee in reference to allowing those of our people, who are able to do so, to go beyond the reach of infection, and by this means assist in cliecking the spread of the fever here, Besoli-ecl, That it is not our desire to liave our people go, or at- tempt to go, to any place ■which has quarantined against them, or to- any place wliich has not expressed a willingness to receive them,, nor even to any Southern or seai)ort place in which there is danger of infection finding lodgment and spreading. Besolved, That we desire only to avail ourselves of the liospita- ble invitations of places whose latitude or physical condition make them proof, as we are professionally advised, against all danger. Invitations continued to come in from various places. To judge from the following editorial in the Evening Journal, of Atlanta, and '21Q STATE AND INTER-STATE QUAKAXTIXE. from the abundant hospitality of her citizens, the "Augusta Confer- ence" was not entirely sustained: The Board of Health of Atlanta seems to object to Florida refu- gees coming to this city, because some of them might get sick and have to be cared for "at the corporation's expense." We have great respect for the Board of Health, but we do not think the reason mentioned should weigh one particle. Jacksonville is in trouble. Certain causes have produced there a type of yellow fever which seems to be very mild. There are, comparatively, few cases and few deaths, but the city has been paralyzed, and her people have been greatly frightened. A number of places that are afraid of fever e])idemics, Augusta, Birmingham, Chattanooga, etc., have quarantined against Jacksonville. iS'ow, it is absolutely impossible for this beautiful and healthful and growing city to take yellow fever by opening her gates to Jacksonville, and the fright which has seized other cities has not taken ])ossession of Atlanta. As we are safe let us keep cool. Let us show that we mean what we say when we declare that this city is a place where yellow fever cannot spread. God has blessed Atlanta above her sisters, and she should be liberal in dealing with the refugees from the Land of Flowers. Let the refugees come on. Let them feel welcome. If any of them get sick they will be cared for in the hospital already provided, and which has stood vacant for about a month, and is still vacant. "We assure the Board of Health that Atlanta will cheerfully furnish the cash, and this is an occasion when we should all remember that there are some things in the woild besides money. Let the refugees come on. Hendersonville, N. C, however, in many respects, seemed the most available place of refuge, and after free use of the wires to State and Government authorities, arrangements were completed, and on the 11th a special train to that place left Jacksonville. An official report of the trip, made to Surgeon-General Hamilton, is in- troduced as information, and as containing some valuable hints for future emergencies of the sort: Cajip Peijry, Fla., September 1(3, 1888. Sir: I have the honor to report as follows concerning the excursion train of refugees from Jacksonville and Camp Perrv to Henderson- ville, ?f. C. The train left Jacksonville on the morning of the 11th inst., and was joined by myself and the Camp Perry contingent at Folkston, Ga., making, in all, a total of 2'.)1 souls. It was found that no keys had been furnished to lock the cars, and this evil it was found impossible to correct by applying to the railroad authorities, on account of the variety of cars furnished. Unfortunately, the trip was i)rolonged beyond the time antici- pated, on account of sevei-al accidents on the road. These, perhaps, might have been provided for with greater promi)titude by the rail- road authorities had they fully recognized the gravity of the situa- tion. The evils resulting from this delay were twofold. First, the running short of rations. This was provided for, to a great extent, sometimes by the generosity and in others by the cupidity of the STATE AND INTKR-STATK QUAR.VNTINK. 217 towns along the road. Some parties at Atlanta and Macon gener- ously furnished relishes, while others charged exorbitant prices. I must mention, however, the most conspicuous example of gener- osity. This was shown by the town of Easley, S. C, which provided, without any charges, and Jate in the night, the most abundant assort- ment of supplies. The second and most important consequence of delay was the development of cases of yellow fever on the train. Only two cases developed in the first twenty-fours hours, and three in the course of the second day. Of course, it was to be expected that this would happen in an aggregation of people leaving Jacksonville; but it is very probable that the accumulation of people, clothes and baggage for so long a time in hot cars, which could not be kept in a sanitary condition, created a secondary centre of infection, that will show itself in the develoimient of cases after the arrival in Hendersonville. The appearance of yellow fever among the refugees had a very inifavorable effect upon the morale of the party. They were truly panic stricken. One car quarantined strictly against the other, and efforts to escape were frequently made, and, unfortunately, in a few instances with success. One lady was taken with labor pains in the train, and, with the consent of a local physician, she was allowed to remain at White Sul- phur Springs, near Gainesville, Ga. A marked contrast was apparent between the two cars occupied by the refugees from Camp Perry and the rest of the train. Among the former no cases of yellow fever occurred, and the morale was ex- cellent. The two cars were strictly quarantined against tlie rest. No complaint was heard; no fear expressed. In the other cars the- spectacle was pitiful. The isolation of the sick in one car, I discov- ered, would have increased the excitement by bringing together and crowding still more people from the different cars, who were suspi- cious of each other. Great credit is due to that ixntion of the refugees who gave me their support throughout the journey. It was owing to their kind firmness that we had no decideil breach of discipline. We arrived at Hendersonville on the loth, at two o'clock a. m. The hospitality of that generous people became at once apparent. Tliey had been up all night, preparing a building for the reception of tlie sick. Fires were built around the station, adding wai-mih and cheerfulness to the cordiality of the reception. With the assistance of Dr. Few, of Hendersonville, the patients were removed to the hos- pital. The refugees found accommodation at very reasonaljle rates. On the morning of the arrival a sixth case of yellow fever de- veloped. The comparatively large proportion of cases has caused much excitement, and it is probable that some of the refugees will break their parole. It is apparent, from the above facts, that the experiment of ex- cursions, insisted upon by the people of Jacksonville, is not a suc- cess. There is, of course, a possibility that Hendersonville may be- come a center of infection, but I do not expect this to happen. The large proportion of cases taken sick during the journey renders the measure one of questionable advantage to the people of Jacksonville, let alone the hardships of the journey. The removal of a large portion of an infected population to high altitudes, where yellow fever spreads with difficulty, is a desirable object, and appears perfectly practicable, if the health department 218 S'I'ATK AXD IXTKK-STATK (^UARAXTINK. of the nation was endowed with the same liberality as the army ancK navy. Such action would necessitate the existence of extensive per- manent quarters in the mountainovis regions, with a standing garri- son of acclimated people, the htting out of special trains exclusively under control of the Government, and constructed specially for that purpose. These encampments and deposits of sanitary stores should be ever ready for action, in the same manner that the strategic points are maintained in readiness, at great expense, l)y military authori- ties. Provision should be made, also, for the constant training of a standing s.anitary corps, by setting the machinery in motion during seasons when there are no epidemics, as is done in military and na- val reviews and exercises. I hiive the honor to submit the above report for your considera- tion. Very respectfully, your obedient -servant, John Gtjiteras, Passed Assistant Surgeon, M. II. S. On Se]»tember 11th Vice-President McQuaid lield a conference with Svirgeon-General Hamilton, upon different matters at Camp Perry, and, upon his return, reported decided changes for the better in that camj). Partly from this improved condition of the camp, and also from the reduced number of the population, no further at- tempt at the time was made for special trains; in fact, not until af- ter quarantine was raised. It will be seen from tliis history that the Executive Committee of the Association, in the midst of active measures for the relief of the i)opulatioii, used every means for depopulating the city. This end was souglit as much for the good of the refugees as for those left beliind. Whether or not the refugees api>reciated the effort is doubtful. Certainly, it can be said that the lady who in- tended to go on the free Government train to Hendersonville, but who, on some account, got left, and sent a bill to the Executive Com- mittee for baggage claimed to have been lost on the train, was not a fair criterion by which to estimate others. During the wane of the epidemic it became a i)roblein to dispose of some of the nurses, who had done good service, at the Bureau of Nurses and ]\ret\ical Attention. The expense of maintaining the Bu- reau was heavy, and tlie funds of the Association did not warrant tlieir detention longer than absolute necessity required. Quarantine regulations again played an important part, and the task of trans- porting nurses to their homes was an onerous one. The Committee on Transportation was charged with the duty, and in the chapter devoted to its work will be found a brief account of the results ac- complished. So early as October l.'itli some refugees exi)ressed a desire to re- turn to the city, on the ground that their round trip tickets would shortly exi^ire, but, by general consent, the transportation lines ex- tended tickets, and this cause for anxiety was relieved. STATK A.Vh INIKK-SIATK t by Dr. Joseph Y. Porter of a strong com- munication from Surgeon-General Hamilton, calling attention to the desire on the part of many refugees to return home, tlie danger to be apprehended from such action, and the necessity for taking strin- gent measures of prevention. The Executive Committee heartily approved General Hamilton's position, and requested a conference on the pai-t of the authorities to consider tlie substance of his communication. A conference was accordingly had, and the Board of Health passed resolutions exi)laining the situation, urging patience on the part of the refugees, asking the city authorities to i)ass neccssai'y or- dinances to meet the (emergency, and reijuesting the Surgeon in Charge of Government IJelief Measures in Florida to assume the duty and expense of adopting measures, in conjunction with the city auth(U"ities, to prevent the return of refugees until it should be ofh- cially declared safe to return. The City Council took a similar view of tin- matter, and adopted the following resolutions: WiiKKKAs, On account of tlic nature of the existing epidemic, it is universally deenu-d expedient that none of our absent citizens can return, or otlier persons come to this city and comity without risk to life and health, until winter weather has arrived, unless the said pcrsf>ns have l»ecome praitically i>roof against the disease of yellow fever: ami WiiKUKAs. The coming in of any such jiersons would not only be attended with risk to themselves, but, by furnishing material for the fever, would gieatly increase the danger of extending and per- petiuiting the disease; thcn-forc, be it liesolrrd, First, that for the i)ublic good we hereby forbid the coming of our absent fellow-citizens, and all others into the city of Jacksonville, until annonncement has been made by Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, (Jovcrnment Agent, that they may come with safety. Second, that wc hereby relinquish to Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, as agent of the I'nited States (iovernment, all our jxiwer to act in the premises, at his discretion, until such time as he may announce it safe for jjcrsons to come into the city. The danger for the tinu' being was i)assed, but on Xovember 1st the Board of Health issued the following i)roclamation: TO IIIK I-ri'.l.K A NOIK o I' WAUNINCi TO U K l" II i KKS FKU.M TUK r.oAiiK oi- ukai.th. The following address is an otlicial message of tlie Duval County IJoard of Health to the pet>i)le most directly interested: The Boarfl of Health feels called upon, in the discharge of a very grave responsibility, to warn the public, both here and at a distance, against the danger of decei)tion in regard to the amount and chai-ac- ter of the fever existing in and around .Jacksonville at this time, and to call attention to the jeoi)ardy to human life, as well as to our material i)rosperity, by endeavoring, as Avould appear to be the de- 220 STATE AND INTEK-STATE QUARAXTIXE. sire or intei)tion on the part of some, to underrate the gravity of our present situation, and thereby prematurely open our city to the out- side world. The same conviction of duty which prompted this Board, in Au- gust last, to announce, without hesitation or delay, its first recogni- tion of a case of yellow fever in Jacksonville, now impels it to warn the people against hasty and unreliable conclusions in regard to the disappearance of the disease which has so grievously afflicted us. The medical members of the Board of Health, Drs. Mitchell, Ba- con and Daniel, have personally and carefully investigated this mat- ter, at the request of the Board, and they are f idly satisfied that the number of cases of yellow fever reported through the official bulletin, daily, is thoroughly reliable. It is true that there is very little sick- ness of any kind in tlie city proper, but in the western and northwest- ern suburbs, as well as in South Jacksonville and the country adjacent thereto, there are many cases of fever; the majority of them mild, be- cause among the colored population principally ; but none the less they are undoubted cases of yellow fever. And it may be added that the sickness is now principally in and amongst that class which is most p6or and needy. The Board of Health earnestly appreciates the responsibility which devolves upon it in connection with this matter, and, so far as its opportunities for ascertaining the true condition can be made available, and its autliority exercised, it does not projjose to indorse other than tlie truth. The public can rest assured that no one, in or out of Jackson- ville, will more thoroughly appreciate the occasion, or more heartily rejoice thereat, than will each and every member of this Board when the day arrives that the announcement can be truthfully made that the danger is over, and our silent foe has gone. Jacksonville, Fla. , November 1, 1888. A few '^'ays later the City Council adopted the following ordi- nance : An Ordinance to Preserve the Health of the City by Preventing the Premature Entry of Refugees from Yellow Fever Infection, and Others. Be it ordained bi/ thf Mayor and City Council of the City of Jackson- ville : Section 1. Tliat it be, and is hereliy, declared unlawful for any person, who has not been actually residing within the city of Jack- sonville since the 1st day of September last, to enter the same for any ])urpose whatever, or to be found therein without a written per- mit from Joseph Y. Porter, M. D., Surgeon in charge of Government Relief Measures, Florida ; and any person violating any of the pro- visions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $.500 or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days. About the middle of November the refugees began to collect in neighboring cities, ready to return at the earliest possible moment. One resident, who had left the city, returned under the claim that he liad recovered from the fever, but his prompt arrest, and en- forced withdrawal until he could substantiate his statement, had the effect to prevent others from coming in. STATE AXD INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 221 The refugees, anxious to get back, began to show strong signs of dissatisfaction with tlie action of the authorities, and the feeling was shared by many people, and by the newspapers. On November 26th the following telegram was received : Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga., November 26, 1888. J. M. Schumacher, Vice-President Auxiliary Committee: Telegram received; heavy frost at Jacksonville. Refugees de- mand immediate action by authorities. Answer. John Q. Burbridge. Isadore Grunthal. G. W. Markens. Geo. Hughes. William James. The reply of the Executive Committee was: Jacksonville, Fla., November 26, 1888. John Q. Burbridye, G. W. Markens, Isadore Grunthal, Geo. Hughes, Wm. James, Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga.: The Executive Committee is assured that the authorities are in full accord with the desire of all our people to expeditiously ob- tain such a sanitary condition here as will permit the early return of refugees with safety, and without endangering a new outbreak of fever. Your telegram will be handed t>) the Board of Health. J. M. Schumacher, Acting President. The pressure upon tlie authorities, from within and without, be- came stronger, and, indeed, was carried so far, in some cases, as to impugn the motives of those in authority. November 30th the Board of Health published the following: Resolved, That the Board of Health does not consider that the proper time has yet arrived for tlie removal of quarantine restric- tions against the unacclimated, and that due notice will be given wlujn it appears advisable to discontinue such restrictions. Resolced, That a committee of two members be appointed by the President, whose duty it shall be to prepare for pul>lication a card, setting forth the reasons upon which the foregoing resolution is based, and urging the hearty co-operation of all citizens of .Jack- sonville, and of Florida, in the position which is taken by the Board at this time. The above resolutions were adopted, after an earnest and thor- ough consideration of all the interests involved, and we hope, also, with a proper appreciation of the resjionsibilities which rest upon us, as the guardians of the public health. We would, in the first place, state that after the prevalence of so serious an epidemic of yellow fever in this city for the past three or four months, and the consequent infection of the interior of houses, as well as their various contents, the advent of one, or even two decided frosts, and an approximation to the freezing point for a single night, does not render it otherwise than seriously dangerous still for those who are outside and liable to contract fever, or ex- posure, to come into the city. A few days must be permitted to 222 STATE AND INTEK-STATE QUARAXTIXE. elapse for the purpose of liaving the wholesome atmosphere to dif- fuse itself, and of givino; assurance that there will not be, upon the early recurrence of an elevation of temperature, a notable increase in the number of cases. And we would urge that l)uildings, apart- ments, and confined spaces in and about the city, be exposed and ventilated during the i)rese,nt cold snap, as much as possible. But we would likewise caP attention to the fact that, during the course of the dreadful ordeal through which we have passed, there has been repeatedly, and in various ways, expression given by the great majority of our i)eople, both at home and absent, to their earn- est desire that every means possible should be utilized, not only to arrest the progress of the epidemic, but to prevent a recurrence of it. The Board of Health and the city authorities of Jacksonville, to- gether with the Auxiliary Association, which latter body has in its meml)ershii) some of the most responsible elements of this commu- nity, have been, and still are, we believe, in thorough accord on this subject, and have urged upon the General Government the appro- priation of such means for this purpose as would enable them to carry out this latter wish as thoroughly as possible, without invol- ing our people in a greater expense and loss individually than could reasonably be expected of them. Dr. J. Y. Porter, Surgeon in charge of Government IJelief Meas- ures, has given his earnest co-operation and active aid in inducing the favorable consideration of such a i)lan by the Xational authori- ties. Dr. Porter has only recently been empowered to proceed with the purifying and cleaning process at the expense of the General Government, and he has since been actively, and with as much expe- dition as is consistent with the attainment of the objects in view, perfecting the necessary arrangements. We have every confidence that this work will be jjushed forward to an early completion, and we ask, as well as expect, the hearty co- operation of all good citizens in the accomplishment of what is hope- fully desired. We are all weary of this struggle with the pestilence which has swept over us, and is now liugeringly leaving us, lean of purse and sore of heart, and we are all, doubtless, most anxious to put the thing behind us and commence anew; but let us not, in our imi)atience to attain this, neglect to exercise prudence and discre- tion, and thereby sacrifice more lives. We do not ask those inter- ested to wait until the entire work is completed, but, at least, we feel that it is of the utmost imixntance to put the business centers of tlie city in such condition as will permit the further prosecution and conijiletion of the work without seriously militating against its suc- cess by the premature incoming of our outside friends, or subjecting them to danger which may result fatally, and for which we should, and will, ho held responsible as the guardians of the public health. While the thorough process of disinfection which is being in- augurated here, at the reipiest of our own people, some of those who are refugees having rendered most efficient service in accomplishing this purpose, cannot give a positive assurance of entire immunity from yellow fever in the future, it certainly will largely aid in the attainment of such protection; and can we by such a work butjjre- .serve one single life, sucli as those of the many which have been offered ui)on the altar of duty from among our fellow-citizens here, we sliall have well expended tlie time, money, and sacrifice of per- sonal interests and convenience vvliich may be involved. Besides the assurance thus given to the outside world of such a thorough STATK AND I>JTER-STATE (iUAKA XTIN K. 223 ■-.niul complete purification will, we feel conficlent, enable Jackson- ville to enter upon her active duties again on such vantage ground that the work which we have vmdertaken will, ere long, repay us well in dollars and cents, and prove a good investment pecuniarily. It is impossible to state as yet just when we can say to the many who are anxiously waiting to come in, but we ask no long delay, and promise to work with hand and heart, night and day, to its early ac- complishment; and we can give assurance that there will be im- l^osed upon our absent friends and neighbors but a few days of de- lay in addition to that which ordinary prudence will require. Neai. Mitchell, President Board of Health. K. P. Daniel, J. C. L'EN(iLE, Committee. Jacksonville, November 20. The situation was trying. There were received from many refu- gees assurances of esteem and confidence, which were appreciated by those trying to do their duty, as they saw it. For illustration: Atlanta, Ga., November 28, 1888. ■J. M. SrliuntarJicr, JurkHonvUle : (Telegram. ) We congratulate you on frost. Stand firm. Keep refugees out until it is safe and for the best interests of the community to return. J. H. Norton, G. M. Pakkek, and otliers. Atlanta, Ga., November 27, 1888. ■ (/. M. SrJnunache.r : Deak Sir — I have read, in this morning's Constitution, a report of telegrams sent from here by i)iuties piirporting to represent the Floridians now in Atlanta, aiul your reply thereto. My purpose in writing this letter is to assure you, and all others of our people, who have remained and faced this epidemic, while we were safely away from it, that the demands of the telegram sent you do not express the sentiments of the Florida people here, except of a minority. The majority are perfectly willing to wait, in patience, the decision of the proper authorities in this matter, knowing very well that they are better able to judge of the demands of the position, being on the spot, than we are, at a safe distance, and although we are all anxious to return home, still we are perfectly willing to submit this matter to the judgment and discretion of those of you who are now on the spot, and have been for the past three months. We are satisfied with all that has Ijeen done, and all that may be done, by those at home, and want to assure you of our hearty co-operation and ap- proval, and were it known that I had M'ritten this letter to you, I have no doubt whatever but that at least one hundred more addi- tional signatures could be had to this letter besides my own. Yours truly, E. K. Van Biken. On the other hand. com])laints continued to come in, and one 224 ' STATE AND IXTER-STATE QUAKANTINE. prominent citizen, in a communication to the Times- Union, too long^ to reproduce in full, said : The refugees are determined to return to their homes and fire- sides, in spite of the constituted authorities, and I now give them public notice that in less than seven days a car-load of refugees vi^ill arrive at the depot in Jacksonville prepared, if necessary, to fight their way to their homes and firesides. December 4th the City Council, acting on information from the Board of Health, instructed the Mayor to issue a proclamation per- mitting the return of the refugees on December 15th, which was ac- cordingly done. The refugees were permitted to return a few days before the 1.5th, it being understood they should stay out oftown at night. So ended the matter that probably called forth more feeling than any other during the epidemic. The facts have been given in this chapter, as being indirectly involved in the discussion of quarantine questions. It may be questionable whether the action taken could be defended on any other legal ground than that of i)ublic policy. Had no restriction been placed upon the return of refugees, it is un- questionable that individual cases of sickness would have origin- ated, and probably the epidemic would have been prolonged. In the light of the past, if the expediency of the position taken to exclude refugees were now to be decided by popular voice, it is probable that the action of the autliorities would be i-atified by a. large vote. NEW YORK AND OTHER AUXILIARY COMMITTEES-COLORED AUXILIARY BUREAU. FLOKIDA AUXILIAKY RELIEF COMMITTEE, NEW YOKK CITY. Immediately after the appeal for aid issued by the Executive Committee, the following telegram and letter were received from New York : New Youk, September 8, 1888. P. McQuaid, Esq., Acting President Citizens^ Auxiliary Association^ Jacksonville, Fin.: Citizens of Jacksonville and other portions of Florida now in this city, together with leading representatives of transportation lines interested in Florida, have organized an association, subsidiary to yours, with the view of obtaining from your association frequent and accurate information of the pressing necesssities of Jackson- ville's suffering people, and securing and forwarding supplies of all kinds to you as needed. All transportation lines are members, and will forward physi- cians, nurses and sui)j)lies free of charge. Ileadfjuarters at Grand Central Hotel. Give us full authority to act for you. Full particu- lars by mail. Joseph H. Durkee, Chairman. New York, September 8, 1888. CitizenH' Au.rilinry Association, Jacksonville, Fla.: Gentlemen: Yesterday citizens of Jacksonville and other por- tions of our State who are now in New York City, as well as repre- sentatives of transportation lines in Florida, met at the Grand Cen- tral Hotel to consider whether they might not be al)le to do some- thing for Jacksonville in her distress. An organization was partially effected, and this afternoon an- otlier and more general meeting was held, at which a complete or- ganization was made, under the terms of a resolution of which the foUowiug is a copy: Resolreil, That the citizens of Jacksonville and other portions of Fl<.)rida now in the city of New York, togetlier with the transporta- tion lines doing business in Florida, do form themselves into an as- sociation to be known as an Auxiliary Kelief Committee to the j)arent relief committees at Jacksonville, Fla. The scope and duties of this committee will be to keep thoroughly informed as to the actual condition of affairs at Jacksonville, Fla.., daring the preva- lence there of yellow fever as an ei)idemic; to ascertain the wants and necessities of her people, and to endeavor to relieve and ame- lioi-ate the same by becoming a medium through which the large- liearted generosity of the citizens of New York and vicinity may find a safe and sure expression, by affording certain and speedy means of forwarding physicians, nurses, supplies and money to the suffering and stricken people of Jacksonville. '22(3 Arxir.iAUY committkes. This committee will act under advice and information daily re- ceived from the parent Association in Jacksonville, Fla. The following i)ersons were named as the general committee of this Auxiliary Associatit)n: Messrs. Joseph H. Durkee, Jacob Burk- heim. W. M. Bostwick. f'has. J. Britz. R. Walzer, W. G. Coleman, E. W. Eljhets. W. J. Harkisheimer, Byron Beimett, E. F. Clark, D. G. Ambler, Telfair .Stockton, M. C. Bice, J. D. Bucky, J. A. Mac- Uonell. Gustave Muller, J. W. Sevmour, J, M. Coleman, John T. Walker, J. D. Hashegan, S., F. & \V. Railway; M. R. Moran, J., T. & K. Railway; T. S.^Dumont, F. R. & K Co.; T. G. Eger, Clyde S. S. Co. ; Heniy :Mallorv, Mallory S. S. Co. : R. L. Walker, Ocean S. S. (;o. The object and aims of our organization are set forth in the res- olution above written. We have connected with us in hearty co-op- eration all the transportation lines doing business with Jacksonville from this direction, and we will endeavor to render ytm prompt and timely assistance in tlie securing and forwarding such needed sup- plies as you may, from time to time, call for through us. We re- quest that youivill give us authority to act for you, so that the full and complete confidence which is now felt in us may be strengthened and sustained. The headijuarters of our cf>mmittee is at the Grand Central Ho- tel, New York City, to which place all telegrams and letters should be directed. We feel th.at by organization and systematic effort on the part of our committee the varied necessities and requirements of our fever stricken city can lie daily ascertained and intelligently sup- plied, and some sufferings thereby avoided and ameliorated. We ask that you inform us daily of what you stand in most urgentneed, in the way of physicians, nurses. supi>lies and money, and we will do what is in our power to supply youi- wants through the generosity of a people who, at all times, respond liberally to the call of the dis- tressed. On Monday we will further jirepare ourselves for effective work, by the appointment of sub-committees for detail work. We shall hold ourselves at all times in readiness to follow your suggestions and instructions. Be kind enough to communicate with us at once, giving the necessary authority to act under your auspices. .loSKPII H. DlKKKK, Chairman Florida Auxiliary Relief Committee. Such was the organization of the New York Committee of the Association, and during the next three months the energy and exec- utive ability of the members of that body, so distant from and yet so near to their relatives and friends in Jacksonville, fully exemplified the objects of the organization set forth above. Time and space forbids a proper rei)resentation of the work per- formed by the committee. It is even impracticable to give an out- line of it, but the Executive Committee and the members of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association fully appreciate its sco]»e and thoroughness. The policy of maintaining close communication between New York and Jacksonville, suggested bv the committee, was followed ALXII-IAKV COAtMlTTKES. •227 throughout the epidemic, and to it is due the harmony and co-opera- tion which marked tliat trying time. :»Iany difficulties were smoothed over, many obstacles removed, and many misunderstandings pre- vented through the committee. A look at the list of contributions, in another part of the book, will show that New York City contributed nearly one-third of the magnificent total for the yellow fever sufferers. To the New York Committee is, undoubtedly, due a great deal of credit for this assist- ance. Not that the money was obtained by solicitation, for this was discouraged by the committee, as it was by the parent organization, but that the public were kept posted as to the facts of the case ; were informed of the needs of the sufferers, and how to promptly relieve them ; were inspired with confidence in the good faith and integrity of the members of the Association by the confidence in their good faith -and integrity of its representatives in New York. The New York list, however, contains some contributions from citizens of .lacksonville which, had they been sent direct, would have increased the list in the city and State most interested. Not only in the amount f)f funds subscribed, but in the econom- ical purchase and i)rorapt transportation of supplies, were the ser- vices of the New York Committee invaluable. Instances could be given of steamers being held to receive supplies purchased or do- nated in an incredibly short time after tlie receipt of a telegraphic requisition. Beyond and above all other as.sistance to the Executive Commit- tee was the hearty, constant and unwavering endorsement of its own acts in New York City, The books show the following receipts and disbursements of the Florida Auxiliary Relief Committee: XKW VOUK ArXII.IAIiY SANITARY ASSOCIATION. Donations to Coniniittee $13,132.45 Cash sent them l>v Executive Conimittee 6,835.00 I'aid for Enfrrossiiifr Uesolutions and Tele}i;ranis 33.00 .S20,030.4.') <'ash sent to Jacksonville 1)V New York Auxiliary Committee " $9,891 .29 Paid for fJeneral Suiiplies 9,704.84 " " for Fernandina 63.36 " '• for Gainesville 3.72 " Nurses' Transiiortation 21.30 " Relief . 55.00— §19,739.51 $260.94 EXPEXSKS OE COMMITTEE. Employees' I'ay-roll .■*129.no Sundry Expenses 52.77 Stationery 18.12 Advertising 32.10 Postage 7.15 Dravage 2.50 Jioai d ft.r Xur.ses 19-30 .*260.!M 228 AUXILIARY COMMITTEES. CINCINNATI BRANCH JACKSONVILLE REI-IEF ASSOCIATION. This committee was organized by the election of tlie following- oflficers: President, James R. Cliallen; Vice-President, S. Ritzewol- ler; Treasurer, J. T. Talbott; Secretary, Geo. L. Pace; Finance and Soliciting Committee, James 11. Challen, John T. Talbott, S. Ritze- woller, E. E. Hooker, D. J. Mullaney, E. B. Van Deman. The committee secured quarters at 94 West Fourth street, Cin- cinnati, and were active in forwarding money and supplies to .Jack- sonville. ATLANTA, GA. Jacksonville refugees were thick in Atlanta, a refuge having been offered them by that hospitable city. Headquarters were es- tablished at 20 Lloyd street, and, like other refugees, those in At- lanta did their share in giv^ing information and forwarding funds and supplies. Being near home, the refugees in Atlanta were alive to the work of their less fortunately situated friends, and wariuly man- ifested their approval or disapproval of the work in Jacksonville. Wherever, during the fall of 18SS, Jacksonville refugees were thrown together by force of circumstance; they clung together, gen- erally, without formal organization, and did what their hands found to do for Jacksonville. COLORED AUXILIAKY HUKEAU. The Colored Auxiliary Bureau was organized August 29, 1888, at Jones' Hall, by leading colored citizens, for the purpose of assisting in providing aid for the suffering people of Jacksonville during the yellow fever epidemic, and especially to look after the interests of the colored j^eople generally. J. E. Sistrunk was elected President; Rev. B. Dilwortli, Vice- President; William M. Artrell, Secretary; A. F. White, Assistant Secretary; D. W. Onley, Treasurer. Executive Committee, D. W. Onley, Chairman; Wm. M. Artrell, Secretary; A. R. Jones, W. A.. Middleton, and Rev's. B. Dilworth, Jeffrey Grant and J. H. Welch. On September 1st several members of the Executive Committee of the Bureau were introduced to the Executive Committee of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, and Chairman D. W. Onley stated that the members of their organization had associated together for the purpose of active assistance to the Association, to its Relief Committee, and in giving work to unemployed laborers; and asked to be recognized aiul endorsed by the Association. After remarks of appreciation by members of the Executive Committee of the Association, the following resolution was unani- mously adopted: Resolved, That the Executive Committee of tlie Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association accepts willingly and gratefully the AUXILIARY COMMITTEES. 229 tender of assistance by Mr. Onley, chairman of the Executive Com- mittee of the Colored Auxiliary Bureau, organized by our colored fellow-citizens, and that the chairman of the Executive Committee be requested to be present at the daily meetings of this committee for the purpose of conference. The Executive Committee of the Association also requested the chairman of the Committee on Relief to arrange for utilizing the ser- vices of the members of the Bureau. At a later day Chairman Loton M. Jones, of the Committee on Relief, in making his report, stated that the Colored Auxiliary Bu- i-eau, after consultation with the Committee on Relief, had been au- thorized to appoint separate committees, who should report cases of win^- preamble and resolutions, ottered by Wm. M. Ar- trell, Secretary, were, on motion, unanimously adoi)ted: WuEKEAS, The work accomplished l)y this Bureau, during the late epidemic, having demon.strated the fact that a permanent insti- tution of this kind is greatly needed here. He.sohy^fl, That the Colored Auxiliary Bureau be permanently organized, and be known hereafter as the Colored IJelief Bureau of .Iackso\iville, having for its object the relief »)f suffering humanity, the providing for the aged and infirm, and tiie care and educational and industrial training of the youths of this city, who are without proper guardians and protectors. Bf'SdlrpiJ. That an appeal be made to the friends of the race for funds, with a view to purchasing a suitable site, and the erection thereon of proper buildings, to carry out the above object; and an invitation be extended to the friends of the cause, generally, to be- come members of the institution. The entrance fee is fifty cents, and the annual dues one dollar. Headquarters at Lancaster Hall. The Bureau continued its work of rendering aid to those who were sufl'ering from the effects of the fever, principally in providing clothing for poor boys, to enable them to attend the public schools after the close of the epidemic. It would be almost impossible to overrate the practical value of the Colored Auxiliary Bureau as an aid to the Association. The members of the organization were fortunate in their selection of officers. Some of the best suggestions offered to solve the problems of relief, sanitation and labor, continually before the Executive Com- mittee of the Association, originated with the officers of the Bureau. Their assistance in the execution of plans to provide for the needs of the poorer classes was rendered cheerfully, intelligently and ef- fectively. The inriuence of the Bureau in (quieting tlireatenetl troubles from the laboring element of the city's population was considerable. Good order, and freedom from misdemeanors and petty crimes, was preserved during the entire prevalence of the ejudemic, in the city and suburbs to a most gratifying extent; in fact, much better than usual, and the good influence of the Colorea., October 9, 1888. P. McQimid : We have within the sick district over five hundred people. We liave in bed thirty-three people. We do not quite understand what you mean by saying that the only object we have in trying to arrive at your population was to estimate what would be needed to supply the wants of your people. Now, we cannot vinderstand this to mean anything else than that you intend to say just what we need and can have, and if this understanding of your intention is correct, then we will say, in advance of such iictiun, tliat we will not be treated in any such way. We claim to be able to dispense the charities that are sent to this i)lace. and hereafter we shall treat the Jacksonville As- sociation just the same as we do any other charitably disposed asso- ciation; that is. accept and acknowledge donations. We claim just what we telegraphed you on Friday morning, that the census pub- lished by the Times-Union is unjust, and, by not correcting it, you are placing us in a false position before the public. We are now needing two boxes bacon, teii barrels Hour, five barrels meal, five barrels grits, one barrel rice, two barrels Irish potatoes, two barrels onions, one hundred pounds butter, two hundred pounds lard, one sack coffee, two cases condensed milk, one barrel sugar, box lemons, two gallons braiidv, two gallons whiskv, two gallons wine, and ice. ■ D. J. Watkins, Mayor and Chairman Relief Association. A soothing reply was wired Mayor Watkins by Vice-President Schumacher: It has not been our intention to do you an injustice in the mat- ter of census, and we think you overestimate the effect of the publi- cation of the report of our Special Committee in that respect. On the 15th of October Dr. Ken worthy again went to Macclenny, and this time the Association was accused, not only of infiuencing contributors not to send funds to Macclenny, but even of retaining funds sent to Macclenny specifically. It must be understood that Macclenny had at the outset appealed for aid. The Association had, for some time, in vain endeavored to ascertain the amount of money which had been received by them as a result, but had never attempted 238 SISTER COMMUNITIES. to check such direct contributions, although it may have replied, in answer to inquiries, that it was doing what it could to furnish relief. Under the circumstances, the following telegram of President Mc- Quaid was, perhaps, not too strong: Jacksoxville, Fla., October 16, 1888. B. J. Watkins, Mayor, Macclenny, Fla.: Dr. Kenworthy reports having visited you yesterday, and request- ed your committee to make out a list of supplies needed and have it ready for him by the time he returned from Sanderson, but that such list was not furnished, although he again asked for it. It seems that you feel that this committee has done you and your people some in- justice. We would like to know what it is. Have we not sent you all that you asked for, and requested you to advise us of your further needs? I have informed you that this committee was requested by the chief contributors of the funds in our hands to look after your wants, and we assured you that we were willing to do so. You told Dr. Kenworthy that you must know what the Relief Committee of Jacksonville intend to do; that you must know something definite. We have told you that we would furnish all necessary supplies, and money to pay all legitimate bills, but you must inform us what you want, else we cannot know how to serve you. I understand that you said that large ai)propriations had been sent to us to be sent to Macclenny, and that you have not received them. Such statement is false. I see no way of arriving at a proper understanding with you without a personal conference. Would you be willing to come and see us? I think that we could fully satisfy you that it is our de- sire to render you all the aid that you require. Please say if you will agree to meet[cQuaid dear sir i tak plethure in writing to you asking you for sum empermation please to rite and let me know how it is i lieard that provision was sent hcare for the benefit of the ])oor and if there is anny body in tliis world is poor it is the i)(>(>r class of col- ored people we has ben getting a Little Kashon but now we cant not get anny unless we work tlie ])ublick lioad or AVork on the streets if that is the way that is dim please let me know so I cant not think heard of these committee that is here in our town and this is witness by all these name that you heare me call on this list. Richard Jack- son Peter Thomas Lewis Davis, J. J. W. Rolden Colman black I'aul Sloan James lee lewis ^Murray Isaac choice W. T. Turner Prevee Greer Jack James S. Jones i could moore mens that haven got anny Eashon but once or twice. please to let me know as oiu^ seeking for tlu; enterrence of our poor white and colored i)eople. Samuel Green. On October 2")th Acting Mayor D. T. (Jerow, as tlie agent of the Association, went to Macclenny with supplies, expended 81,450, re- turning approved bills for same. Mayor Gerow rei)orted that tlie people of INEacclenny then appreciated the work tlie committee was doing for them, and also that the following funds liad 1»et'n received: Savannah ^■'>7^> . 00 Chicago 501) 00- Boston, (ia 111.00 Eastman, Ga -0. 00 Palatka, Fla JO. 00 Ellaville, Fla -'4.00. J. C. Ziiiiniernian ;JT.OO Elkhart, Ind H(;.0.) Captain W. C. Cooper went to Macclenny as a representative of the Association on November (ith, paid bills amoiuiting to over $()»)(),. brought back vouchers and some bills he had, under his instruc- tions, disallowed, and reported that, so far as he was able to judge, there was not much destitution or sickness then in Macclenny. A large requisition came on the 19th, and as the funds of the Associa- tion were greatly reduced, the Association retjuested a ])ersonal ion- "242 SISTER COMMUNITIES. ference with Mayor Watkins before acting on the same. Mayor Wat- kins and Mr. McClenny came to Jacksonville on the 28d, and had a ■conference with the Executive Committee. The committee discussed the financial condition of the Association with the representatives at length, and inquired into the situation at Macclenny and the wants of the people. In response to an inquiry Mayor Watkins said, or at least intimated, that no assistance in the nature of State or county aid had been received at Macclenny. The committee finally decided, instead of supplies, to pay $400 to Mayor Watkins, to be disbursed at his discretion. Seventy dollars was appropriated for payment of nurses, and the committee agreed to settle with a physician at Mac- ■clenny, about whose pay there had been some discussion, at the same time notifying the gentlemen nothing further could be exjjected from the Association, except possibly for the payment of nurses and med- icines. The representatives from Macclenny seemed to be satisfied, or, at least expressed it, they were "glad to take what they could get." It was afterwards reported to the committee that Mayor Wat- kins cashed a draft from Governor E. A. Perry the same day for $500, which His Excellency had sent out of special funds in his hands. Such is a brief history of the relations between the Association and the people of Macclenny. Throughout the epidemic, as stated before, amid the innumerable demands of all sorts upon the Execu- tive Committee at home, it conscientiously endeavored to carry out the duty imposed upon it faithfully. A perfect appreciation of the responsibility involved can hardly be expected; proper credit for work and earnest attempt to do right should be given. Below is a financial statement of the assistance given Mac- clenny in funds and in sujiplies, furnished at cost wrices: MACCLENNY. Cash Sent for Relief 3:2,120.00 General Supplies from this Committee 2,260. 69 ■General Supplies Paid by this Committee on Vouchers 907 81 Physicians' Pay Roll 150. CO Drugs and Prescriptions 125.25 Board for Nurses 360.00 Transportation 280. 27 Nurses' Pay Rolls 861 . 25 Undertakers 64. 83 Labor 725 . 00 Horse Hire 225.50 Clothing for Sick 241 . 10 Fumigation 676. 50 ^ $8,998.20 On the above there was advanced on Account of U. S. M. H. S 338.25 ai8,059.95 SISTER COMMUNITIKS. 243 SAXDERSON. The town of Sanderson may be considered next in order, both because the request for aid came next in point of time, and also be- ■cause tlie case of Sanderson liad many points of similarity to Mac- •clenny, and the same general plan was adopted to afford relief to her people. The first intimation of the prevalence of yellow fever in Sander- son was a newspaper report, published September 27th, of sickness in the family of F. J. Pons. Three days later Mr. Pons wired Presi- dent McQuaid for a physician and nurse. It is hardly necessary to €nter into minute details of the work of the Executive Committee in the case of Sanderson. The Association promptly responded to the •call upon them, the next day, by sending a physician and nurse. La- ter came an appeal for a clergyman, and the request that the Asso- ciation would carry out its suggestion, to send Dr. Kenworthy to Sanderson, on his visit to Macclenny, to ascertain the needs of San- derson. There was some difficulty experienced in promptly filling req- uisitions for supplies, because of lack of transportation. Quar- antine regulations prevented communication by regular train ser- vice, and special transportation had to be arranged. President Mc- ■Quaid mentioned this difficulty in a telegram to Mr. Pons, dated Oc- tober 5th, explaining that the request of Sanderson for supplies came too late to fill on the special train which had gone to Maccleiniy, and suggested that Sanderson should apply to Macclenny. On October 6th Mr. Pons sent thanks to the Association for help tendered, and said he did not wish aid from Macclenny, but that aid •was expected from Chicago. Four days later, however, Mr. Pons wired President Mitchell, of the Board of Health, for the following requisition: One case champagne, two gallons brandy, two gallons whiskey, one case citrate magnesia, one tub butter, half dozen hams, •one tub lard, one case condensed milk, one case soap, one case baking powder, one case tomatoes, fifty pounds coffee, five pounds tea, one barrel sugar, two hundred pounds bacon, five dozen lemons, three barrels flour, three barrels grits, three barrels meal. The requisition was filled, with some modifications. On the 14th a letter from G. W. Wood, Secretary of the Pvclief Committee, explained the general needs of Sanderson : Saxdersox, October 14, 1888. Jas. M. Schiimaclier, Esq., Vice-President Executive Committee, Jack- sonville, Fla.: Esteemed Sir — By order of our Relief Committee, I this day pe- tition your honorable body, through you, in behalf of our indigent people. We have refrained from making this appeal, but circum- stances force us to it. We can expect no succor from outside, for it 244 SISTER COMMUXITIES. all flows to Jacksonville. We make no comments, for this is proper, as Jacksonville is endeavoring to alleviate suffering outside. Again, another instance in our favor, when your people became aware of the encroachment of the present scourge in your midst, and knew not where to flee, generous Sanderson placed no quarantine restrictions against you, but invited all, and accommodated many of your refu- gees. We feel confident that our community would have been spai-ed, were it not for unfortunate Macclenny. Our citizens passing to and fro, attending to business, occasioned what could not be pre- vented. To the present writing there have developed thirteen cases of fever here, and two deaths. Were the cases fewer in number it would produce the same distress that exists. Business is prostrated, our indigent people, white and colored, are quarantined on all sides; they must be provided for. We hope it will only be for a very short while. In consequence we appeal to your committee for assistance. We need provisions, say for 150 people, and some very destitute cases. We trust that you will heed our appeal, as the case is urgent. Wliatever is forwarded consign to Piclief Committee, as this is the proper mode for a popular distribution. Yours very respectfully, G. W. Wood, Secretary Relief Committee. Difficulty in transportation was again experienced, and the Ex- ecutive Committee tried to impress that point upon the authorities in Sanderson. The Executive Committee suggested that sister com- munities follow the example of .Jacksonville in working able-bodied men and boys, rather than issuing free rations to them ; and to their credit, be it said, this view was generally cheerfully adopted. The following telegrams will illustrate the suggestions of the Executive Committee: Jacksonville. October 10, 1888. F. J. Pons, Jr., Cltdlnimn Relirf Comnufti'C, Sandfrson, Flu.: You have the option of affording relief through the employment of the twenty-five men at one dollar per day for ten days, or we will send rations for one hundred and fifty persons for same length of time, together with goods ordered in telegram of loth, as soon as transportation can be obtained. Please advise us whicli you prefer. We had the goods already to send, but will hold them, awaiting your reply to this. Think employment of labor is the best way of fur- nishing relief, and if you so decide, will furuish the money to i)ay them, as requested. P. M( Quaid, President. Jacksonville, October 17, 1888. F. J. Pou.t, Jr., Chairman Belief Comndttee, Sanderson, Fla.: Have several telegrams from you to-day, which are a little con- fusing. We have chartered special train to leave here this evening or to-morrow morning, by which will send you the supi)lies ordered in your telegram of 10th, and have added ten sacks of lime. Don't know what vou want with disinfectants for streets. Lime answers SISTKR COMMUNITIES. 245 that purpose, and is what we use. AVill send two hundred dollars in money by conductor of train, if he will undertake to convey it to you. This is to pay for labor. It must be understood that labor is only given to those who are destitute, and as a means of relief, to ■enable them to support their families, which would otherwise have to be fed on rations. We do not pay over one dollar and a half per •day for foremen, and you must not pay more. We charge those to Avhom labor is given with the price of the tools, and deduct out of tlieir wages, and recommend tliat you do likewise. Kender us vouch- ■ers for the money exi)euded. We will sui)ply such aid as your situa- tion recpiires, but you must understand that we cannot send you sup- l)lies without chartering a special train, which costs twenty-five dol- lars extra, in addition to freight on the goods. You must, there- fore, look ahead, and supply us with full particulars of your wants, and a list of such goods as you need, and we will endeavor to send them, ^dvise me if you receive the money, and if all is satisfactory. P. MCQUAID, President. The authorities of Sanderson requested permission to buy sup- plies of local merchants, but the Executive Committee declined to give such permission as the basis for a general rule, because sup- plies were purchased by the Association at wholesale rates, where they could be procured cheapest, without charge for transportation. After such explanation, this view was accepted by Sanderson. There were some exceptions made for necessaries which had been omitted in requisitions, and labor was paid in cash, so that the merchants of Sanderson were not overlooked ; but the general plan of sending sup- plies, instead of money, from Jacksonville was folh)wed. Supplies were sent, as in the case of Macclenny, by a special agent, who aud- ited and paid such bills as were proper, delivered the supplies, and ascertained the needs, and reported the views of the community from direct contact with its representative men. The relations of the Executive Committee and Sanderson contin- ued to be pleasant. The local Relief Committee in that place made complaint about short weights in supplies sent, which matter was adjusted, and the committee received complaints fi-om one or two persons in Sanderson against the authorities, of which the authori- ties were promptly notified. On November lath the financial state of the Association and the condition of Sanderson were such that the Executive Committee felt compelled to cut down expenses, and President McQuaid sent the following telegranr : Jacksonville, November 5, 1S8S. F. J. Pons, Jr., Sanderson, Fla.: Bills for labor and order for goods to hand. Will forward Wed- nesday or Thursday. After this you will not employ any labor on account of this Committee. We will not have the money to pay. The goods you have ordered will be, I siippose, sufificient to last you two weeks, and you will have to get along witli that. A^^e are run- 246 SISTER COMMUNITIES. iiing out of money, and cannot do any better. Therefore, do not conti-act any bills expecting this Association to pay. We are com- pelled to do this for want of money. P. McQuAiD, President. The gentlemen addressed accepted the situation gracefully. Mr. Woods, in his letter of 10th of November, said that the people of Sanderson had met on the .5tli and voted to ask no further aid after the requisition for tvs^o weeks' supplies should be filled. Mr. Woods' words, in answer to the complaints above noted, touched a sympa- thetic chord in the breasts of the members of the Executive Commit- tee: "As to the letter from a responsible man of this town, making complaints, are you surprised at receiving a letter of this nature, or at least half a dozen of them ? Are you surprised to hear the dissat- isfaction in Jacksonville, and outside, too. of many that are discon- tent with the action of your committee, when you are devoting your entire time to public benefit '? This is the way we all get treated for whatever we may do for others. Our town has very few business men, and if the party has used a charge that is legitimate, and he is a responsible person, he certainly has no objection to have his name sent this committee. We have a vast amount of complaints in the country, because the people do not understand that relief is to be given those of our town, and not all over the coiinty. No doubt you understand this, as you may have the same to contend with." With the exception of relief sent in one or two individual cases,, this was practically the termination of the work of the Committee in refei'ence to Sanderson. The following is a financial summary of relief furnished Sander- son in money ai>d supplies : SANDERSON. Cash sent for Relief $660.14 General Supplies 870.83 Transportation for Physicians, Nurses, etc 160. 00 Bills for Food Supplies 133.57 *' Drugs 5.15 " Nurses 50.00 " Pay-roll of Fumigators 64. 75 $1,944.44 Of the above there was advanced on Accoiuit of United States Marine Hospital Service 64.75 $1,879.69' FERNANDINA. On September 24th, the Board of Health of Nassau County an- nounced the existence of yellow fever in Fernandina. Two nurses were sent by special train by the local Board of Health from Jack- sonville. On the 29th the Executive Committee received a message from; the New Y»rk Committee advising them of the receipt of a telegram SISTER COMMUNITIES. 24T saying Fernandina needed nurses, money and supplies, and inquir- ing if Jacksonville was informed of tlie needs of Fernandina and could supply them. It appeared, on inquiry, that the telegraph operator at Fernandina had been taken sick, and Superintendent Dil- lon of the Western Union Telegraijh Company, stated that he had immediately offered to supply his place with an operator from Jack- sonville, but had been notified not to send him, as the effect would be bad upon Fernandina people. The only operator remaining in the town was a railroad ojierator, to whom the Superintendent did not care to entrust the business of the Company. Mr. Dillon said that he had consented, the previous day, to send an appeal for aid for the authorities hi Fernandina, but had notified them he could not i)ermit further use of the wire until one of his operators should be put in charge. The Executive Committee advised New York of the situation, and promised to assist Fernandina as soon as possible The next day a telegram was received from the Chairman, of which a portion is quoted to illustrate the views of New York contributors,, frequently referred to in this report: Xew York, October 1, 1888.. P. McQuaid, President Auxiliary Belief Committee, Jacksonville : Your telegram, pertaining to aid for Fernandina, received. An appeal has been sent by the Mayor of Fernandina to Mayor Hewitt for assistance there. The Mayor called upon us this morning to as- certain what we knew of the situation. He had received various^ conflicting reports, embracing Jacksonville, Macclenny and Fernan- dina. I showed him your telegram, and explained that there was no- direct telegraphic communication with Fernandina, and we, as well as gentlemen from that city, were ignorant of the actual situation. The Mayor directed that one thousand dollars' worth of supjilies be purchased and forwarded to Fernandina at once, for which he will pay from funds in his hands. Tliey will be sent to-morrow. This, pending future information. Joseph H. Durkee, Chairman Committee. On October 1st communication to Fernandina was announced by Superintendent Dillon to be re-established, and the Executive- Committee wired the Board of Health as follows: Jacksonville, October 1, 1888. H. E. Dotterer, President Board of Health, Fernandina Fla.: I am directed by our Executive Committee to ascertain what your immediate needs are, and to say that we will gladly render you what assistance may be in our power to relieve your immediate ne- cessities. Do you want any nurses ? If supplies of any kind are needed, please wire us fully. We sympathize with you in your affliction, and hope that you may be able to stay the progress of tli© disease. P. McQuaid, Acting President. 1248 SISTER COMMUNITIES. An answer was received, the same day, from President Dotterer : Fekxandixa, October 1, 1888. P. MrQiiahl: Extend our grateful thanks to your Executive Committee for sympathy and kindly otter of aid. The prompt and voluntary assist- am-e of friends has already provided for our immediate wants. We cordially reciprocate your kind expressions. H. E. DOTTEREK, President. The Executive Committee iuteri^reted the message to mean that assistance was not needed from Jacksonville, but on the 5tli of Octo- ber came a request to publish the telegram, as Fernandina claimed a wrong impression prevailed. The telegram was promptly published. The same day a letter from Mayor Hewitt was received : New York, October 1, 1888. James 21. Sdiumarlier, Jisq,, Chdiniian : Sir — Appeals are being made to me from Fernandina for relief. 1 am satisfied, by a conference with the committee here, that some- thing ought to be done promptly, and, therefore, 1 have directed that supplies to the amount of 81,000 shall be sent to Fernandina by the steamer which leaves here to-morrow. I request that you will at once confer with Mr. John Barr, the Mayor of Fernandina, in ref- erence to their requirements, as I do not wish to have more than one organization responsible for the money which has been raised in bhis city for the relief of your suft'erers. In order that there may not be unnecessary distress, I request that the conference may be promptly held, and I have notified the Mayor of Fernandina that I have asked your early action. Yours respectfully, Abram S. Hewitt, Mayor. As requested, the Executive Committee, through the President, again wired Feinandina : Jacksoxvilte, October 5, 1888. Hon. John Bitrr, 2Iai/or, Fernandina : Mayor Hewitt, of Xew York, requests that we should confer with you as to your needs, and that our Association should undertake to relieve them, if possible. We have already tendered our assistance to the President of your Board of Health, and were told that you did not need anything, and yet we understand appeals are made by your city for relief. AVill you permit us to send to j'ou a special agent of this Association to confer with you and the Board of Health and as- certain the full extent of your wants, and report back to this Asso- ciation, with the object in view of furnishing you such relief as your necessities may require. If this meets your views, can you arrange transportation from your end? P. McQuAiD, Acting President. SISTEK COMMLNHIKS. 249 The reply of G. Starke reviewed the situation, and agreed to a conference through an agent: Feuxaxiiixa, October C, 1888. P. ilcQuaid. Artln;/ President : The people of Femandina, undoubtedly, need relief. If you will read dispatch of our President of Board of Health, dated October 1st, you will notice that we did not decline help, only immediate help. It was natvirally assumed that Jacksonville needed all it received for itself, and, as the mayors of all prominent cities to whom we applied, as also Mr. Root, of Chicago, and other benevolent associations, had signified a readiness to aid us. we believed that the relief bestowed upon us, and promised, would be sufficient for our ptresent and jjos- sible future wants. It now appears that the source of our relief, as above indicated, has been, in a measure, stopped by a wrong inter- pretation and meaning of our course, and by spreading abroad an erroneous report of the state of our affairs and needs. If Mayor Hewitt desires to assist us, we will gladly receive aid, as we shall, un- doubtedly, need it. So far, we have received five thousand dollars. This amount will not suffice for a population of near three thousand for the next tAvo months. We are preventing indiscriminate inter- course with our citA, but will issue pass for a special agent to confer with us. G. Starke, Acting Mayor. For several days mutual efforts were made to secure transporta- tion for a representative of the Executive Committee to go to Fer- nandina. The railroad officials could not run their tiains without infringement of their adopted regulations, so that our agent could return the same day, and it was difficult to find an acceptable repre- sentative who could arrange to spend the night in Fernandina. In the'meantime, advices from New York indicated that Fernan- dina preferred to obtain aid direct from that place. Mayor Hewitt sent temporary assistance, but seemed to prefer to act through the Association at Jacksonville. The Executive Committee was very willing to dispense with the further responsibility, and so indicated its views to the New York Committee. The Executive Commit- tee received information that aid would be sent direct to Fernan- dina, in accordance with their suggestion, through the Fernandina Xew York Committee, after endorsement by the New York Commit- tee of the Association. The Executive Committee, therefore, sent the following message to Fernandina: Jacksoxville, October 10, 1S8S. John M. Barr, Mayor, Fernandina, Fla.: Major J. H. Durkee, Chairman Florida Auxiliary Eelief Com- mittee, ad\-ises us Miyor Hewitt, of New York, will send you funds and supplies direct, through your New York Committee. Under this arrangement we do not see that a conference is necessary, unless 250 SISTER COMMUNITIES. yoii wish it. If necessary for immediate purposes^ draw on us for one tliousand dollars. James M. .Schumacuek, Yice-President. At last, however, Fernandina still heing willing for and desirous- of a conference, on October loth all arrangements were perfected,, and Right Rev. E. G. Weed, armed with credentials from the Execu- tive Committee, fully i^osted with a copy of all correspondence, and protected by a pass from the health authorities of Fernandina, left Jacksonville, by special train, to confer Avith them as to the needs of Fernandina, and the ability of Jacksonville to provide for them.. Bishop Weed, upon his return, reported a pleasant conference and satisfactory understanding with the authorities of Fernandina;: that the misunderstandings had been caused by communications, to the Mayor, who was sick at his residence out of town, and the cor- respondence was not received promptly, therefore, by the proper persons ; that the Howard Association, of Fernandina, Avas thoroughly organized. Bishop Weed reported little yellow fever,, but consider- able destitution, and said the Howard Association would communi- cate with the Executive Committee at an early date. Upon the suggestion of Bishop Weed, the Executive Committee' directed the President to remit $.5,000 to the Howard Association, to- be expended under the direction of that Association jiending the re- ceipt of official communications from its officers: Jacksonville, October 1.5, 1888. James Kydd, Esq., President Howard Association, Fernandina, Fla.r Bishop Weed reported to our Executive Committee, this morn- ing, his conference with you and the Board of Health, aud we are gratified to know that the misunderstanding between us has been cleared up. After Bishop Weed's report was made the Executive Committee directed me to send you live thousand dollars, without waiting for your letter and formal statement of your wants. This- is an earnest of our desire to cordially render you the aid which Bishop Weed reported you are now in need of. You will therefore- please draw on J. M. Schumacher, Chairman Finance Committee, for five thousand dollars, aud draft will be honored on presentation.. On receipt of your letter, will write vou fullv- ' P. McQuAiD, President. The following letter was received from the Howard Association :: Office of Howard Association of Feknandina, } October 15, 1888. \ P. McQuaid, Esq., President Citizens' Anxiliary Belief Society, Jack- sonville, Fla.: Dear Sir — In pursuance of an understanding had with your special agent, the Rt. Rev. E. G. Weed, on the 13th instant, I am in- structed by this Association to make known our necessities to your- society. SISTER COMMUNITIES. 251 Careful estimates, based upon our present population, show that we shall require twenty thousand dollars to carry us through the next six weeks. For the ciirrent fortnight, ending Octol)er 20th, we require now five thousand dollars cash to meet necessities not already provided for. Future requisitions for funds will be based upon the same esti- mate of five thousand dollars per fortnight, from which we will de- duct the amount of any fluids transmitted to us directly. Very respectfully, Egbert S. Sciiuyi.ek, Secretary. The Howard Association very gracefully acknowledged the re- ceipt of the communication authorizing a draft of $5,000. The Ex- ecutive Committee, upon the receipt of letter copied above, advised the Howard Association it would rendei- aid, if possible, on the basis proposed, namely, $5,000 every fortnight to the aggregate sum of $20,000, less such amount as Fernandina miglit receive from outside assistance. On October 24th President McQuaid wired tlie Howard Associa- tion as follows: Jacksonville, October 24, 1888. H. S. Scliu)/ler, Secretunj Howard Association, Fernamiina, Fla,: I notice a telegraphic communication from you in to-day's Times- Union which eiuls with the sentence, " Our cry is still for more funds and iirovisions." Your letter to this Association stated that you es- timated that twenty thousand dollars would carry you through until December 1st, and that five tliousand dollars fortnightly would sup- ply your wants; also, tliat any contributions received direct would be dediu'ted from the amount of your estimate. This Association voted to supply your needs to that extent. It might seem to tlie public, from the (]uotation above referred to from your telegram, tliat we were not doing so. We have not wished to advertise the fact that we had agreed to provide for your wants as estimated, but we would like to be placed in the proper light. If you desire to have part provisions instead of money, we have a large stock provided for our commissary department, which we would be glad to divide with you if vou will secure the transportation. P. McQi-Aii), President. In reply the Howard Association, through its Secretary, sent a telegram and letter of explanation. The latter is here given as em- bracing the matters covered also by the telegram: Office Howakd Association of Feknandina, > October 24, 1888. >' P. McQuaiO, Esq., President Citizens^ Au.riliary Association, Jackson- ville: Dear Sir — Your telegram of this date is at hand. I have wired you an explanation of the position, but deem it well to try and make it more full by letter. I much regret that my dispatch to our com- 252 SISTER COMMUXITIES. mittee in New York should be misunderstood, or tliat our relative positions should be misjudged. The announcement was, as you state, that you were to honor our drafts for $5,000 fortnightly, less amounts received from other sources, which, in other words, was a guarantee to us of an income of $5,000 every two weeks, you making lip the deficiency, to that amount, of our receipts. I certainly, and I am confident that no member of the committee ever thought that by it we were released from making any efforts to obtain assistance, but, to the contrary, were in honor bound to make the requisition upon the funds as light as possible. But since then the circum- stances are much changed. The arrangements then made were based upon estimated need of $3,000 per week. Individually, I did not agree ia this estimate, and so told the Bishop at the conference; but, of •course, submitted to the committee. Later developments have en- larged our field of operations, both in number of those to be sup- ported and the territory covered; so that our requirements are to- day fully 50 per cent, greater than that estimate. This increased re- quirement I have continually laid before the public in my dispatches to the press, and to our committee in New York, in order tliat our call for further aid might not be misunderstood. Every develop- ment of the increased demand upon us I stated, and reiterated; so I do not think that there can be any misconception upon the subject. I have no doubt but that our committee will be obliged to ask of you that the stipulation of deducting our receipts from the $5,000 be waived. " More funds and more provisions"' will certainly have to be obtained. A very careful census of the city shows a little over 45,000 dependent people. Our estimate was based upon between 2,000 and 2,500. These cannot be fed for less than $1.00 per head; and now we find a large proportion of the neighboring country call- ing, justly, upon our relief fund, and that with sickness spreading among them. We must provide medical attendance, supiilies, and nourishment and rations, adding several hundred to our list. I hope I have not been so prolix as to fatigue you, but desired to place both you and ourselves in the right light. It is Avith much pain we learn of the illness of Bishop Weed. Yery truly yours, Robert S. Schuyler, Secretary Howard Association. The Executive Committee had in preparation, at the time of the receipt of the foregoing letter, a financial statement of the affairs of the Auxiliary Association, and an estimate of future expenses, based on the agreement with Fernandina, and advised the Howard Asso- ciation that the committee could not promise to do more than to carry out the original understanding. The following letter, under date of November 5th, was received from the Howard Association: Office Hoavakd Association of Fernandina,^ November 5, 1888. J P. McQuaid, Esq., President Citizens- Auxiliary Relief Association : Dear Sir — The agreement between your Association and the Howard of Fernandina was based upon an estimate made, at that time, from very uncertain data, placing the number of population to be cared for at about 2,000. A very careful census, taken since, SISTEK COMML'XITIES. 253 slioAvs the number to be 50 per cent, in excess of that number, and, in addition thereto, large numbers liave fallen to our care in the out- lying parts of the county, in portions of which considerable sickness (fever) is reported. All of this calls for a very considerable greater outlay than at first estimated. It is needless to discuss the point, with any of your experience in the matter, as to the possibility of maintaining a population of 0,500 to 4,000 peoi)le, besides caring for the sick, medical attendance, nurses, nourishment for convalescents, etc., on an expenditure of $2,500 per week. We know that we can- not do it, and that we must have a larger income to keep our people from suffering. We do not wish even to suggest adding anything to your burden, which we recognize as sufficiently heavy; but we can, by our individual efforts and influence, obtain other and direct aid. And hence we ask of your committee that you will release us from that portion of the agreement which provides for the deducting^ of our direct receipts from the allowance from your funds. This, we believe, will enalde us to provide for our necessities without increas- ing our demands upon your funds, and, also, without making dupli- cate and confusing calls upon the public. We desire to make our efforts in a very (juiet manner, as the addition we need will not be very large, if frftst gives us a timely relief. We desire to act in en- tire harmony with your Association. Very respectfully, IvOBKKT S. Schuyler, Secretary Howard Association of Fernandina, Fla. President McQuaid exphiined the views of the Executive Com- mittee in letter, dated November 8th : Jacksonvii.i.k, Novembers, 1888. Mr. Robert S. Scfiui/ler, Secretary Uowurd Association, Fernandina, Florida : Dear Sir — Your letter of the 5th inst. to hand, and was read before the Executive Committee this morning. We note that your original estimate was too low. When Bishop Weed returned he re- ported that you estimated that you had ;!,000 people to feed. You now state two thousand. At any rate, at an estimate of ;5,000 people to feed, .$2,500 per week should be ami)le to sui)ply rations. We are feeding here about S,00(), and the average ration per week costs not over 75 cents, or say 80 cents at the outside, per week. Now, in regard to the feeding people in the county, outside of your city, we think that properly belongs to the County Commis- sioners, if they are not suffering from yellow fever. Ovir Association did, at one time, undertake to relieve distress in the country dis- tricts, until we found that our money would not hold out, and we have, in the last two weeks, refused to grant any assistance to any- one living in the county not a bona _fide resident of this city, unless they are suffering from yellow fever. We took this step for two rea- sons: First, because the funds were contributed for the relief of yellow fever sufferers, and as they were not suffering from yellow fever, but simply from business stagnation, the effect of yellow fe- ver, we did not think that the funds were pro^ierly applicable to relief of such persons: and, secondly, the contributions having^ almost ceased coming in, we found it necessary to reduce expenses, and let these people be taken care of by the Board of County Com- 254 SISTER COMMUNITIES. missioners. Now, we suggest to you that you should do the same thing. In regard to your request to relieve you from that i^ortion of the agreement which provides for the deducting of direct receipts from the allowance we agreed to give you from our funds, I would say, as the sense of the Committee, after considering the matter very fully, that at the present time we are not sure that we will even be able to carry out our agreement with you. We will do all we can, but we find that we are getting very little, if any, addition to our funds, and we have been called upon to aid Enterjirise, and Palmetto in Mana- tee county, which we did not calculate on at the time we undertook to relieve your needs, and the warm weather continuing the epi- demic here longer than we expected, we feel now that our funds will not be sufficient to carry us through to the end, and we can only say to you that we will do what we can for you. We notice your appeals for aid, and suppose you have received considerable from them; hope so, at least. We may just as well let the matter stand as it is, and let you get what you can from outside sources, because, as mat- ters look now, we will not be able to give you over $5,000 more, and in fact, I hoiie that will be enough, Avith the direct contributions you are receiving, to carry you through. We are cutting down every- thing here in the most rigid manner. The suffering among the poor people is certainly not any less than it was in the middle of the epi- demic, and cannot be much less until business is resumed, but we are not feeding nearly as many people as we were. Your last draft for $•■5,000 was paid, I think, on Monday. I hope you will understand this explanation, and the spirit in which it is made. We are not receding from anything we have agreed to do, but we cannot, under the circumstances, undertake additional responsibilities, and hope that frost will soon come to end this period of sickness and suffering, and enable the people of our respective cities to resume their usual avocations. Yours trulv, P. McQuAii), President. A delegation from Fernandina, consisting of President Kiddell and Secretary Scuyler, of the Howard Association, had a conference with the Executive Committee, on November ITth, in order to come to a thorough understanding. The Fernandina representatives did not come in any spirit of complaint, but desired to present their con- dition and ask if any further assistance could be given them. They said the resources of the Association were nearly exhausted, and that their estimate had been too low; that -the amount of outside contributions was not large, and that they desired the Executive Committee to state just what it could do, so that any further neces- sary funds might be obtained more easily outside. The finances of the Auxiliary Association were frankly discussed with the visitors, the whole matter carefully reviewed, and the Executive Committee finally agreed to advance $3,000, this being considerably in excess of the first undertaking, and the delegation accepted the amount, and SISTER COMMUXITIKS. 255 seemed satisfied that the Executive Committee had assisted Fernan- 'dina so far as its resources would permit. Some complaints were received by the Executive Committee against the Howard Association, and one letter from a prominent firm, interested financially in Fernaudina, charged, about November 20th, that tlie true situation in Fernaudina was concealed, and that no fever then existed. The Committee felt that an investigation was demanded, for the sake of all concerned, to elicit the true facts in the case. A copy of the letter was sent to the authorities in Fer- naudina, and Dr. J. Y. Porter, Surgeon in charge of Government Relief Measures, was asked to order an official investigation by the Marine Hospital Service. The Howard Association forwarded copies of letters from local physicians tending to show that fever still ex- isted, and that their reports had not exaggerated the situation, and the investigation of the Marine Hospital Service resulted similarly. In the case of Fernaudina, an exception was made to the rule which had been established by the Executive Committee in the cases of all otlier localities to which assistance was extended, in that the Executive Committee advanced funds without supervising their expenditures, or requiring vouchers therefor. This action was due to the fact before mentioned, that Fernaudina, in its " Howard Asso- ciation," had an organization similar to the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association in its purposes and machinery. The represent- atives of the former organizatioii, at their conference with tlie Ex- ecutive Committee in Jacksonville, stated, in reference to inquiries, that " Fernaudina would be glad to show a clean balance sheet at the end of the epidemic." The Executive Committee would have been glad to include in this report a financial statement of the How- ard Association, both as a matter of general interest and because of the relations of the two organizations, and. took action accordingly. The following correspondence shows that the wishes of the Execu- tive Committee were executed so far as could be doue: December IS, 1888. Mr. R. S. Srhiujler, Secretary Howard Association, Fernaudina, Fla.: Dear Sir — The Executive Committee of this Association, by resolution, on the 10th inst., appointed the undersigned its editor to prepare and publish a report of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sani- tary Association, covering the work of the Association through its various committees and agents, during the epidemic. The task of jireparing such a history, at once comprehensive and brief, will undoubtedly be onerous, and it will be necessary for the editor to have all data collected on or before January 1st, and the various chairmen of committees and agents of this Association have been notified to have full reports of their departments com- pleted and ready for use on that date. This report will devote a separate chapter to sister communi- ties, with ^\hich i»laces the Association has been brought into close 256 SISTER COMMUNITIES. relations in the administration of relief during the epidemic, includ- ing Macclenny, Sanderson, Enterprise, Manatee, etc. In tlie case of all these places, except Fernandina, we have data here, as this Asso- ciation was obliged to assume the responsibility of auditing the ac- counts of these several places before funds were sent tliem. Our re- lations with Fernandina were, as you know, entirely different, and we were glad to be able to afford you some assistance by sending you funds with which to give relief through your organized Howard As- sociation. It will be a matter of interest, both to the members of this As- sociation and to the public, to obtain from you a statement of the work accomplished by your Association on behalf of Fernandina, together with a financial statement of your receipts and disburse- ments, for publication in this report, and I have no hesitation in re- questing froni you such statistics, remembering the views you ex- pressed before the Executive Committee upon this point, during your last visit here. Trusting the Gate City has recovered from the effects of our common disaster, and has already entered into an era of peace and prosperity, I am Very truly yours, Chas. S. Adams, Secretary. The reply of the Howard Association is quoted: Fernandina, Fi>a., December 26, 1888. Mr. Chas. S. Adams, Secretary J. A. S. A.: Dear Sir — Your favor in relation to reports, etc., during epi- demic is at hand. I am preparing a full and accurate report of the proceedings of the Howard Association, which, I think, will meet all your wishes, and shall take pleasure in furnishing you with a copy as soon as completed; but I fear that it will not be by the 1st proxi- mo, as many other duties will luake demands on my time, which will prevent my completing it by that time. Respectfully yours, ROIJERT S. SCIIUYEER, Secretary H. A. The answer on behalf of the Executive Committee was: January 14, 1889. B. S. Schuyler, Esq., Secretary Howard Association, Fernanditut, Fla.r Dear Sir — Upon my return from a short vacation, I found your communication of December 2(ith, in reference to the requested state- ment from the Howard Association of Fernandina. I find tliat, as in most cases, the report of our own Association is delayed, and, un- der instructions of the Executive Committee, I write to ascei'tain the status of your report, and state that our Association very earn- estly desires to embrace the statement prepared by you, so far as it covers funds advanced by this Association, in our proposed report. Will you kindly advise me if you will be able to furnish me such a statement on or before February ist? as present indications lead me to think that that date will l>e in ample time for our purpose. Very truly yours, Ch.^s. S. Adams, Secretary.. SISTER COMMUXITIES. lO i No reply was received from Fernandina to the last letter, nor has any further official action regarding the letter, or the matter in- volved, which was urged on behalf of the Executive Committee, been communicated, and, therefore, the following brief statement is the only one which can be made in this report: FERNANDIXA. Cash sent $19,384.75 Bills Paid for Transportation 75. 00 For Sanitary Guards' Pay-roll 4,195.30 General Supplies from lievc York Auxiliary Committee G3.36 $23,718.41 Of the above there was advanced on Account of United States Marine Hospital Service 4,187. 50 .■$19,530.91 GAINESVILLE. On Sejitember Hth yellow fever was reported in the newspapers to have broken out in Gainesville among members of the Gainesville Guards, who had recently returned from Fernandina, whither they had been called to assist in preventing a riot. From time to time fa- vorable announcements were made as to the cases of fever, but Mr. Schumacher, of the Executive Committee, received the following^ under date of October 1st, which explains itself, and is printed here, as subsequent events changed its character from a personal to an official or quasi-official communication: Gainesville, Fla., October 1, 1888. Mr. James M. Schionarher, Jacksonville, Fla.: Dear Sir — Referring to the fever epidemic, and in obedience to the wishes of the Board of Health at this place, I am writing you this personal letter to explain our condition and wants. Being threatened with an epidemic, which we are using our best efforts to stamp out, we have succeeded in nearly depopulating the place, and if we can keep the people out and away for a time, we think we will be comparatively safe. There is no business, and no work for any one; many are in want, and suffering, and this state of affairs is increasing. We have exhausted our means in supplj'ing the wants of the most destitute and deserving, in a quiet way, and we now feel that we must ask for help. If we do this in a pul)lic way, and if it is generally known that supplies are here for the destitute, the colored, and, perhaps,, white people also, will Hock into the city, some returning to their homes, and many coming who do not belong here, induced to come with a prospect of getting free rations. We wish to avoid this, for the result will be that help will be extended to the'undeserving, and the city will be repopulated, the entire labor of the Board of Health undone ; and it may be the means of propagating the epidemic, which we have good reason to hope we now have under control. Can we not obtain some assistance through you in a ([uiet way? If so, we think that a few hundred dollars will do more good than as. many thousand if made public. ■258 SISTER COMMUNITIES. It can be sent to the Board of Health, the receipt acknowlecloed ; and Avhen all danger has passed, it can be acknowledged and f nlly accounted for publicly. I hope you will understand the object of this letter and give me an early reply. Yery respectfidly yours, H. F DUTTON, Acting Mayor. Mr. Schumacher, under instructions of the Executive Commit- tee, inquired, October od, the same day the letter was received, by wire, how much help Gainesville needed, and, on the next day, re- •ceived the following answer: Gainesville, October 3, 1888. James M. Schnmacher^ (Jhalr man Finance Committee: The pressure for help has so mci-eased that we must ask for help publicly. Can you send by wire one thousand dollars, by request of Board of Health. H. F. Button. One thousand dollars was promptly sent to Acting Mayor But- ton. Major J. H. Burkee wired President McQuaid the views of Mayor A. S. Hewitt in relation to Gainesville, October 2d, this view being the same that has been repeatedly expressed l\v that gentleman in speaking of other localities : New Yoi:k, October 2, 1888. P. MrQuavl, President Auxiliary Relief Committee, Jacksonville : Another call from Mayor Hewitt this morning. He further di- rects that five hundred dollars of supplies be sent to Gainesville for sufferers there, and refugees at Arredondo. He has given me checks to pay for these supplies and those oi'dered yesterday for Fernan- dina. He is aware that communication is now open from Jackson- ville to Fernandina by wire. He stated that he expects me to keep him fully advised as to what Jacksonville did for adjoining commu- nities, in money or supplies. He thinks best that money contributed in aid of yellow fever sufferers in Florida should be disbursed through one agency, that of Jacksonville. In special cases sums may be sent by him direct, but he feels there should be one respon- sible head for all Florida disbursements. He will retain some por- tion of the contributions received by him, to pay such bills as he may order contracted, and the balance will come to your committee. This is the outcome of a conference at Mayor Hewitt's office this after- noon. Mr. Thurber, of Thurber, Whyland & Co., accompanied me. Joseph H. Bc^rkee, Chairman Committee. The telegram was soon followed by a letter from Mayor Hewitt: New York, October 2, 1888. James M. Schumacher, Es(j., Cliairman : Bear Sir: * * # « * ******* I have also received a letter from Mr. K. F. Taylor, of Gaines- ville, explaining the destitution of the people of that city who have scattered to other places in the neighborhood, and, being satisfied of SISTKR COMMUNITIES. 259 tlie truth of the s^tatemeut, T have directed *500 worth of stores to he sent to Savaniiali. and theiioe by rail (lirectly to Gainesville. This is intended for temporary relief: but I must reeen anxious to assume the responsibility of the distribution of money and supplies outside of the city of Jacksonville and its immediate surroundings, but, feeling the charity of which Mayor Hewitt is the exponent liad demands^ upon it, the committee has been desii-ous, in every instance, to un- dertake to do everything that has been requested of it in the way of sujiplying the needs of any locality that could be reached by it. It seems to the committee now, that, perhaps, the same consideration should be given to the requirements of Gainesville that has already been given to those of Fernandina, and it is the desire of the com- mittee that you and your associates in New York will do what is nec- essary to that end, submitting to Mayor Hewitt the letter of Mayor Dutton, and giving him all information in your possession in refer- ence to our action in the matter. Yours very truly, James M. Schumachee, Vice-President. Acting Mayor Dutton, on the 12th, sent a letter to President Mc- Quaid, expressing regret at the newspaper comments on the situa- tion, as below: Gainesville, October 12, 1888. Hon. P. McQuaid, President, Jacksonville : Deak Sir — I have noticed, with great regret and vexation, a communication in the Savannah News of the 9th instant, from Gaines- ville, referring to your telegram of the Sth. I hasten to assure yon that the Board of Health and City Council are unanimous in feeling that you and your Board have acted with the utmost courtesy, and- that their feeling towards you is only of gratitude. 264 SISTER COMMUNITIES. My letter of the 8th was more in the nature of a private commu- nication, expressing my own feeling that it was better for us to pre- serve our independence as far as possible, and that no conference was necessary, especially since it was quite i)robable that our wants, at tlie most, would be compai-atively small. Very respectfully yours, H. F. DUTTON, Acting Mayor. On the 15th the last two letters were answered as follows: Gaines VILLI',, Fla., October 15, 1888. Mr. Jdmes M. Schumacher, Vice-President, J. A. S. A., Jacksonville: Deak Sir — I have your favor of the 11th. After my letter of the 5th, to President McQuaid, the resolutions of the Board of Health, and my subsequent letter of explanation, I am quite sure that it is unnecessary to refer to the subject of those letters again. Mayor Brown has now retvirned to the city, and I cheerfully re- linquish to him the duties of his ofitice, with its responsibilities and annoyances, so that this matter, so far as I am concerned, is ended, and Mayor Brown's ideas and conduct will, undoubtedly, differ ma- terially from mine. Hoping that the plague, with its vexations and miseries, will soon be over, I am Very truly yours, H. F. DUTTON. Jacksonville, October 15th, 1888. Hon. H. F. Button, Acting Mayor, Gainesville, Fla: Dear Sir — Your letter of the 12th received to-day, and I note fully your explanation of the communication which appeared in the ^Savannah Morning News of the 9th, from some i:)erson in your city, and am glad that you and your Board of Health took the action, as set forth in the copy of the resolution transmitted to me by the Sec- retary of your Board of Health. As has been stated by Mr. Schu- machei", we have no desire whatever to dictate, or suggest, to you what course you should pursue. Our only desire has been to under- stand what your wants are, so that we might be able to relieve them, if you desired to accept relief through our Association. We did not seek to occupy this position toward you, and only made the offers we did at the request of the Mayors of New York, Baltimore and other large cities of the North, through whose hands came the largest portion of the contributions we received. I still think if we could have a personal conference we would have understood each other much better, and could have been of mutual assistance and benefit to each other. I beg to assure you of our sympathy and good will, and that we will readily render you any assistance in our power. Hoping that you will escape a severe visitation of this terrible scourge, and soon regain health and prosperity, I am. Very truly yours, P. McQuAiD, President. It seemed to the Executive Committee, at this time, after the receipt of Acting Mayor Button's last communication, that an under- standing could be reached with Gainesville. Mayor Brown returned SISTEK COMMUNITIES, 265 to Gainesville about this time, and on the 19th wired the Executive Committee, rather abruptly, as follows: Gainesvillk, October 19, 1888. P. McQuaid, President, Jacksonville : Two more cases of fever declared to-day. Want and destitution increasing. We will need five or ten thousand for immediate and future wants. J. B. Bkown, Mayor. In reply the President of the Association wired: Jacksonville, Fla., October 20, 1888. ./. B. Broicn, Mayor, GaineHville, Fla.: We sympathize with you in your distress and suffering. We have previously tendered such aid as we could render you, and sug- gested that we be permitted to send a special agent to confer with your people, and ascertain just what you need, so that we could the better provide to relieve their wants. This offer was rejected, and we were told that aid could not be accepted under such conditions; that your Board of Health would consider it a reflection on their judgment and integrity to even send an agent to advise with them as to the situation, and what was needed to relieve it. We found that you had appealed to the counti-y generally for aid. and, therefore, ceased any efforts to induce your people to accept aid from us. We were requested by the mayors of Xew York and other large cities to impiire into the wants of communities similarly afflicted like our- selves, and extend what relief was in our power, as they pre- ferred to send all the money to our Association. It was comply- ing with these requests that caused us to take the action we did. We feel responsible for the proper distribution of this fund, and feel that our duty compels vis to ascertain in what way the money is to be expended. Fernandina accepted the same proposition we made to you, and we are getting along harmoniously. In order that we may know just what you need, it will be necessary that we should have a conference to ascertain how many destitute people you have to feed, what money is needed for it, and how much per week or month. Can you come and see us, or will you meet an agent from this Association at Baldwin? P. McQuaid, President. Mayor Brown answered as follows : Gainesville, October 22, 1888. P. McQuaid, President: If the Mayor and Board of Health of this city cannot be trusted by you in their statements as to their needs, but their assertions must first be investigated by an agent sent by you, we still respect- fully decline aid from your citizens, and friends of Gainesville in New York and Boston, when applying for aid for us, have been met by the statement that you had assured them that you were looking after and supplying all our needs. You had then sent only about .$1,200. We ask that the good people abroad be left to act upon their own judg- ment in making remittances to us. We have been assured by mayor (probably "many" w'as intended) letters that funds for Gainesville have been sent to Jacksonville. I endorse all written and wired you, in my absence, by H. F. Button. J. B. Brow'n, Mayor. 20 266 SISTEK COMMUXITIES. The Executive Committee hardly believed that the Mayor had received the letter of explanation which had been sent to Gaines- ville before sending his message. It is safe to say that no member of the committee, as an individual, could have patiently borne an accusation against his integrity of the kind that the telegram of Mayor Brown contained. It was the climax of the correspondence, and yet the committee, acting in a trust relation and subordinating personal feelings, desired to ascertain the exact position of Gaines- ville, and whether she was fully advised, and wired her as follows: Jac'Ksonv'illk, October 2;J, 1888. J. B. Brown, Mmjor, Gainesrillc, Fla.: Your telegram of 22d received. We do not understand the spirit of your message, in view of letter sent you by Vice-President J. M. Schumacher on the 11th instant. Please advise us if you received such letter. P. McQuAii), President. On the 24th Mayor Brown rei)lied to the inquiry in a way to show that the communications from the Executive Committee were all re- ceived : Gainksvii.lk, Fla., October 24, 1S8S. P. McQudid, Pre.siiJent : Mr. Schumacher's letter to Colonel Dutton is in the hands of Dr. Phillijjs, chairman of the Board of Health, who is down with fever, and cannot be reached. I understand that Mr. Schumaclier wrote that we had only to make our wants known to obtain tlie relief asked for. In response to this 1 wired you that we should need live or ten thousand for present and future wants. Instead of responding })romptly you ask for details, and to see that is it properly disposed of. We believe that you extend your inerogative in this, and that the officials here should be as freely trusted with this small amount as the officials of Jacksonville have been with the lai'ge sums placed in their hands. .1. B. BisowN, Mayor. Upon the receipt of the last telegram the Executive Committee carefully reviewed all correspondence which had passed between the committee and Gainesville, and, after careful and mature consid- eration, decided it was useless to spend further time in trying to af- ford Gainesville assistance in the only way it could do so, and fol- low the suggestions of the donors of the funds in its charge, which metliod it had repeatedly explained, and consistently followed in the case of all other communities. The editor has been careful to exclude comment of any kind from this statement. The Executive Committee, in severing its rela- tions with Gainesville, jjainfully felt the responsibility of its ac- tion, and it is not the desire of the editor, or of the Executive Com- SISTER (■(•MMlNl'l IKS. 267 inittce, to intiuence the judginent of the public, which is in position to Judge intelligently, from the very full corresi)ondence collected here, the true merits of the case. In communicating to Mayor Brown the final action of the Exec- utive Committee, President McQuaid briefly reviewed the ground, which has been given in detail Ijere, and closed up relief measures, so far as Gainesville was concerned, as follows: .lACKSoxvrLi.E, October 24, 1888. J. li. Jirown, Jilai/or, (iaUwuriUe, Flu.: Our Executive Committee liave carefidly considered your tele- grams of 22d and 24tli, and reviewed all the correspondence that has. passed between us, and decide that, in view of the instructions to this Committee from the chief donors of the charity funds in their hands, they cannot recede from the position they liave taken, but wisli to repeat again tliat you have misconstrued their motives, and that they are not responsible for your not receiving direct contribu- tions. We never stated to anyone that we had done more than at- tempt to relieve your immediate wants, and were awaiting a confer- ence to ascertain what your future retiuirements might be. On receipt of Acting Mayor Button's letter of October Sth. defining the position of your authorities towards us, in tlie matter of a confer- ence, and a previous statement that you liad made direct appeals for aid, we, on October lltli, immediately on receii)t of the letter re- ferred to, wired Major Durkce, Chairman of our Committee in Xew York, stating tlie case as it existed, clearly, requesting him to con- fer witli Mayor Hewitt, and recommending that Gainesville be sup- plied direct, and not through our Association. We have made no representations that we had luidertaken to provide for your wants, and this Committee feels they are charged unjustly with having stopped contributions being sent to you (Firect. We have no reason to believe that any of the funds sent to us were donated for your city. As a contril)uti(m to your immediate needs I am directed to authorize you to draw on J. M. Schumacher, Chairman of Finance Committee, for one thousand dollars, and diaft will be promptly hon- ored. I am further directed to say that this Association, finding it has assumed all the obligations it can carry, and not desiring to press a conference on you any further, recommend that you make appeals for aid direct to the charitable people of tliis country. P. McQi AID, President. Below is a brief statement of funds sent Gainesville: GArNESVlI.I.K. Donations from Roanoke, Va., forwarded throufjh this Com- mittee §271 . S4 Donation from Mayor A. S. Hewitt, XeAv York City 88. 90 " " G . B. Forrester. Xew York City 8f) . 00 Cash sent hy this Committee .'. L',000. 00 Si2,445.T4 268 SISTER COMMUNITIES. ENTERPRISE. At the meeting of the Executive Committee, held November 1st, news of the existence of fever was announced by reading the follow- ing telegram : Enterprise, Xovember 1, 1888. J. M. Schumacher, Jacksonville : Twenty-two eases and four deaths to date. Five hundred people in disti'ess. Are compelled to ask for aid. Can you help us ? G. F. Carlile, Secretary Board of Health. Dr. J. Y. Porter, who happened to be present at the meeting, stated he had been advised of sickness in Enter^jrise, and that eleven nurses had been sent to that place, and that he was authorized to send nurses, physicians and drugs, but could not furnish food sup- plies. Under instructions of the Executive Committee, Pi'esident Mc- Quaid sent the following telegram : Jacksonville, November 1, 1888. G. F. Carlile, Secretary Board of Health, Enterprise, Fla.: Telegram to Mr. Schumacher was considered by our Executive Committee this morning. I had a conference with Dr. Porter, who informs me that the Government sujiplies nurses and all require- ments for the sick. What I understand you to need is assistance for your people who are destitute. Which will serve you best, money or provisions ? We will aid you to the extent of five hundred dol- lars immediately, as soon as you advise us which yovi prefer, money or provisions, and advise what way to send it. P. McQuAiD, President. Mr. Carlile responded the next day: Enterprise, November 2, 1888. P. McQuaid, President, Jacksonville : The money will do us more good than anything else, as can do sanitary work, and provide for jjeople in any way need. Please send by mail. Can use checks if you cannot send currency. G. F. Carlile, Secretary. President McQuaid, therefore, wired an agent in Sanford, just across the lake from tlie stricken city, to send $500 to Enterprise, in currency. On November 10th Seci'etary Carlile wrote as follows: Enterprise, November 10, 1888. P. McQuaid, President, Jacksonville : Dear Sir — For past forty-eight hours we have had seven new cases and one death. Disease spreads slowly, and cases now devel- oping do not seem as severe as first cases. I have a letter from Mayor SISTER COMMUIS^ITIKS. 269 Hewitt, of New York City, regarding their relief funds, saying your committee had it in charge, and would render all the assistance pos- sible. We have a large amount of sanitary work to do, besides, by actual count, 499 i^eople dependent upon us for food almost entirely. The condition of our county treasury is such that we cannot get funds from that source. The United States surgeons say we should spend, at once, from .$8,000 to $10,000 on sanitary work, to place us beyond danger of return of epidemic in the spring. I do not know to what extent you can possibly help us; and, in my opinion, the es- timate of the surgeons is somewhat high, and with $2,500, in my opinion, we can place the town in safe condition, and in the spring, when oi;r regular tax is collected, we will have funds to perfect the work. To-night, when the sanitary force is paid off from funds sent by you, we will have scarcely one hundred on hand. Very truly, Geo. F. Caklile, Secretary Volusia County B. of H. In the meantime, several complaints were received by the Exec- utive Committee against the county authorities of Volusia county, but it was impracticable for the committee, at so great a distance, to investigate the facts. In answer to the letter of Secretary Carlile, quoted heretofore, the Execvitive Committee, through its President, replied as follows: Jacksonville, November 14, 1888. Mr. Geo. F. Carlile, Secretary Vobisia County Board of Health, En- terprise, Fla.: Dear Sir — Your letter of the 10th at hand, and Avas laid before our Executive Committee to-day. So far as sanitary work is con- cerned, we do not consider that we have anything to do with that. That is a proi)er subject for your county or town authorities to con- sider, and provide the means to undertake. No work of this kind could now affect the present epidemic in your midst, and that is all that we are attempting to deal with at present. To prevent a recur- rence of this terrible scourge another season, it will be well, and, perhaps, necessary, that your town sliould be put in proper sanitary condition, l»ut the people who are directly benefited should certainly be willing to stand the expense. If there is such sanitary work of immediate importance the United States Government would assist in the matter, if it were ]n'operly laid l»efore them, the same as they have done here and at Fernandina. Now, as for the care of the sick and indigent population who are unable to feed themselves, that is another question; but it does seem to us that in a county such as yours your own people ought to be willing tf> do something, and not depend entirely on chari- table contributions from the general public. While we have re- ceived a great deal of money, we have had to expend a great deal for sister communities that have been afflicted like ourselves, until now the prospect is, that we are not going to have enough to take care of our own people to the end of this epidemic. Of course, it is impos- sible to make estimates accurately, as we cannot foresee when the end may come; but, as it appears to us now, we cannot promise to render you any further assistance. It may be that we may yet be 270 SISTEH COMMUNITIKS. able to send you some supplies, but this we cannot i^ositively prom- ise now. I have received letters from Enterprise complaining of the man- ner in which relief is distributed, and one argument that was used was, that you do not live in Enterprise, and have nf)t been there since tlie breaking out of the epidemic, and that, therefore, you are not in a position to judge of who are needy and who are not. This, of course, I know nothing about, and we do not care to undertake the management of your affairs. Our committee think that your neigh- boring towns, and your County Commissioners, ought to do some- thing to aid you. It does lot)k rather singular that those of your own family, as it were, slioidd refuse to come to your assistance. They can do something, at any rate, and what they can do ought to be (lone. We will l)e glad to hear, from time to time, the condition of your i)eople, and if we get any more contributions, and find that we can render you further assistance, we will be glad to do it. '^'ours truly, r. MrQL'Aii), President. The next day a telegram was received from Dr. F. II. Caldwell, who had been assisting the surgeon of the Marine Hospital Service, Dr. Posey, to look after the sick, which read : E.NTKKPHiSK, November IT), ISSS. I\ Mri^iKiid, or Arliini Mui/Dr (icniu- : Epidemic here virtually over. There are 400 people here kept idle by (juarantine. There are no provisions here, and no money to buy them. The County Board of Health have county scrip issued by the County Commissioners, but cai\not disi)ose of it at any price. We have had no coffee, lard, bacon or butter for three days, and nothing in sight. Cannot you wire .1. N. Whitner, Sanford, to for- ward supi)lies. AVe now owe him four hundred dollars. Unless there is prompt relief 1 fear there will be trouble among the colored contingent. These people will be locked up here for several months, unless freezing weather should relieve them. Dr. Posey and myself, with nurses, will probably leave for C'amp Perry Saturday night. Answer. Caldwkm.. The reply of President McC^uaid e.\i)lained the views of the Ex- ecutive Committee as follows: Jacksowim.k. November 1(5, 1S8S. Dr. F. H. (Jdldirell, Kidcrprlxc, Via.: Your telegram fully considered by our Executive Committee this morning, and a resolution adopted, the sub.stance of which I was in- structed to communicate to you: Tliat the epidemic being virtually at an end, and physicians and nurses about to leave Enterprise, the indigent ])ersons in need of food are a proper charge on the county, and api>licatiou should be made to the County Commissioners for food for the destitute, which course has been pursued in this county in localities where yellow fever has not existed. Funds in hands of this Association are for relief of yellow^ fever sufferers only, and liave become so nearly exhausted that this Committee cannot apply tiiem to fecfling indigent i)ersons, who should be fed by the county SlSTKi: (<>.\[.Mi:.MTIKS, '271 tliat qiianiiitiiies them and prevents their earning a livelihood. Have instnieted Mr. J. N. Wliitner to ]>ay over to Mr. Carlile ninety dollars donation received for Enterprise. Woulil like to see you Sun- day, as you pass throu«li here to Camp Perry. ' P. M( (,)I All), President. The funds of the Association treasury were low, and the Com- mittee did iu)t feel that tlie case of Enterprise required further as- sistance, especially in view of the lack of harmony, and in the absence of local oiganization, and so indicated t() the people of En- terprise, who, on the 17th, organizeil a Kelief Committee and pre- ferred charges against members of the local Board of Health, and forwarded the comi)laint to the ICxecutive Committee, which were of a public natuie, and are inserted here Utcrniini, as an explanation of the hesitancy of the Executive Committee to extend further assist- ance : ENiKiii'iiisi;, El, A., Xovcmbcr 11), ISSS. I'rcsiihiit Jiflicf Axulii : Dkaij Sik — Enclosed yctu will find a statement of the action of the citizens of Enteri)rise in forming a IJelief Committee. As such iommittee, we address this letter to you. As soon as yellow fever was declared to be in Enterprise, Mr. Sauls and Mr. Carslilc, members of the IJoard of Health of Volusia county, left the town and did not return untill November Kith, inst. During their absence, they wrote to scvei-al parties soliciting aid for the people of p^nter]>rise, and representing to the outside world that they were here. They had turned over tlieir authority to Ur. Posey, as a County Board of Health, then left the place; Init afterwards ft>rnu'd themselves into a self-api)ointed Belief Committee. No re- lief has been given, in our knowledge,, except in a few cases, as all men employed to (dean up the ])1mcc ])aid for everything they got. It is statetl on good authoiity that this self-api)ointed Belief Committee got several donations; some of money, and one of pi)ta- toes from .John Nix iV- Son, of New York. The i)otatocs aie being sold by Mr. Sauls, at §2 per bushel; but just what he is doing with the money, or the other money he and Carslile recieved, nc( one can tell; see copy of rei)ort of committee who waited on them to ascertain how much they had matle of it. You will see by said I'opy of report of said committee, that said Cars- lile does not acknowledge McQuaid's Avireing to hi)n about sending provision, but he positivly calles him a liar. Yours very respectfully, Axoi;ew Hakoli), E. M. DoxAi.i), Secretary. President. Entkkim:isk, November 17, 1888. At a meeting of the citizens of Enterprise, for the purpose of organizing a Belief Committee, John W. Price was elected chairman and James Atkinson, secretary. The chairman, in a brief and pointed speech, stated the object of the meeting, at the conclusion of which he said, "we are now ready for business." 272 SISTKR COMMUNITIES. Mr. Henry Smith moved " that the chair appoint a Committee on Resolutions," which was carried, and the following gentlemen were appointed such committee: Henry Smith, James Atliinson, Andrew Harold, John W. Price and W. H. Barrett. After a short recess, the committee made the following report, which was read and approved: Your Committee on Resolutions beg leave to submit the follow- ing: Whekeas, It has been claimed and decided that the yelloui fever exists in Enterprise, as an epidemic, by the Board of Health of Vo- lusia county; and, owing to mismanagement, there is no head to manage or control any contributions or aid, donated to the citizens, who, from the above charge, are now liable to suffer for the neces- saries of life ; and Whei'.eas, The said Board of Health having stopped all work,, and all business having been suspended, suffering for want of neces- saries of life is iminent; and Whekeas, We have been advised that contributions have been made for the relief of the people of our town, which, so far, they have not received ; therefore be it Besolved, That a committee of seven be elected by this meet- ing to ascertain the amount of contributions, in kind, or money; by whom given and by whom recieved, and how appropriated. That said committee be authorized to take charge of all such donations, and to solicit, collect and take charge of any and all such donations that may be bestowed or given for the relief of the citi- zens. That said committee be authorized to act as a relief committee in everything pertaining to the misfortunes of the citizens; that they have full power to perfect their organization for the purpose, and that they have the full power of this meeting of the citizens of Enterprise. On motion of E. M. Donald, the following gentlemen were elected to act as a relief committee for the citizens of Enterprise: E. M. Donald, Jas. Atkinson, Dr. H. J. Long, Henrv Smith, Andrew- Harold, W. S. Bedford, A. C. Williams. On motion, the colored citizens were reI), E. M. DoNAi,i>, President. Secretary Relief Committee. A true copy of the minutes of the Relief Committie: Entekpiiisk, Fi.a., November 17, 1888. Relief Committie met at 12 o'clock Noon. On motion, A. Harold was elected President. On motion, E. M. Donald was elected Sec- retary, and A. C. Williams, Tresuary members presant A. Han-old President, E. M. Donald, secretary, A. C. Williams Tresuary,. Henry Smith, W. S. Bedford. On motion, A. Harold, Henry Smith SISTER COMMFNITIKS. 273 hikI E. M. Donald was appointed to call on Dr. Posey to find out how much if any the Goverment had donated to the distressed peo- ple of Enterprise he Posey Promised to send us a list of what the Goverment would pay for. The committie then called on secretary Bord of health, G. F. Carliles, to find from him how much funds he had recieved from Jacksonville for the relief of the distressed people of Enterprise. He stated he had recieved (.s.jOO) Five hun- dred and Ninety Dolars from Jacksonville, but positively refused to give us an account as to how he had disposed of it, and further- more .stated that it was none of our Dam Buisness, and that we were only trying to pry in to the County Bord of Health's Business. We informed him we onely wished to find out how much funds or pro- visions he had recieved from Jacksonville or Else wheres. he posi- tively Refused to give any acount of any thing, onely that he Re- cieved the .§590 from Jacksonville. A letter was read to Carliles from Dr. McQuaid, from Jacksonville, stating Carlile's telagrams from him, and he (Carliles) said that Dr. McQuaid lied, that he did not wire him anything of the kind, as stated in Henry Smith's letter from McQuaid, Dated Nov. 8, 1888. E. M. Donald, A. Harold, Secretary Relief Committee. President. The amount of funds sent Enterprise was small, and the results reported were unsatisfactory at the time; but the distance, and the existence of intervening quarantine regulations would not permit of an investigation by the Executive Committee, as was done in the case of almost all other communities; but, through the exertions of members of the committee, arrangements were made by which as- sistance could have been obtained by the business men of Yolusia county, upon the scrip of the county, had there been pressing ne- cessity for money at Enterprise. Below is the memoranda of funds sent: ENTERPRISE. Cash sent for Relief §500.00 Cash sent by request of O. U. Forrester, New York City 90.00 Pay-roll of Finnigators 179.00 .*76'.1.00 Of the above there was advanced on Account of I'uited States Marine Hospital Service 179.00 $.590. OO' MAYI'ORT AND PABLO RKACIl. Some assistance was extended to these places by the Executive Committee, and while they can hardly be called sister communities, on account of the close relations between their residents and Jack- sonville people, the statements affecting them are included under this chapter. The ex])enses were all incurred under the supervision of the Executive Committee. It may be said that many of the mem- bers of the Association, and its committees, spent the nights at May- port and Pablo, and, on account of the healthfulness of these places. Il'i-i SISTER COMMUNITIES. "were enabled to prosecute their work for the Association and the public. Below is the statement: MAYi'OKT. I'aifl for Sanitation S218.55 Sanitary Guards 135.00 Transportation of Guards 24 . 80 Horse Hire 40. 00 Stationery 2.60 Food Supplies 47.50 .$468.45 PAHIX) liKACir. Taidf or Sanitary Guards $5811. 75 " Horses and Vehicles 78.00 Tools 24.95 Food Supplies 12.78 Advertising 23.75 Hnrial anil Fumigation 4.50 . $7;53.73 MISCELI-ANEOrs. There were one or two smaller communities in the State which applied for assistance from the Association, among which was Pal- metto. October 2t)th the Executive Committee learned, for the first time, of the prevalence of yellow fever at Palmetto, in Manatee county, by letters received simultaneously from Mayor Hewitt, en- closing an appeal from Texas, and also a communication to the As- sc)ciation from Edgar M. Graham, President Board of Health at Braidentown. also detailing the distress in Palmetto. Dr. J. C. L'Englc, Treasurer, wa!> requested, on behalf of the Executive Com- mittee, to wire Dr. .J. P. Wall, of Tampa, for particulars, and the Committee on Conference was requested to interview Dr. J. Y. Por- ter, and ascertain his views, as he was familiar with the locality and the people. Dr. L'Engle sent the following dispatch: .lACKSoxvir.i.E, October 31, 1S88. Dr. Jno. r. Widl, Tdiiipn, Fla.: Wire immediately whether any suttering for food or absolute necessaries of life at Manatee or Palmetto. Latter place appeals for money to Auxiliary Committee, Jacksonville, and to Mayor Hewitt. How can aid be sent, and to whom either food or monev can be sent safelv ? JXO. C. L'EXULE, Treasurer. (^)n the next day, at the meeting of the Executive Committee, a telegram was received from Dr. Wall, expressing his ignorance of the situation at Palmetto, as follows: Tampa, October 31, 1888. J)r. J. C. VEnijle : Have heard nothing of sufl'ering or destitution at Palmetto, Re- •ceivfd letter from Dr. Harrison, at last place, written yesterday. SISTKI: ( QM-NfUXITlES. '2 »'■) Captain Sam. Keddick, from Palmetto, was in to see nie yesterday. He said notliing abont destitution. I will inquire, and let you know in a (lav or two. .1. P. Wai.i.. The Executive Committee, however, were informed by I)r, Por- ter as to methods of transportation, and, upon his endorsement of any statement that Judfj^e Graham might make, the Treasurer was direeteVssociatioJi. Xo further correspondence was had with Palmettt>, except fur- ther communications from Dr. Wall, enclosing a further statement of .Judge (rraham, to the same effect as the previous one. The draft authorized, however, from some unex])lained cause, was not made. ORKKNI.A.M). The attention of the <;ommittee was called to a case of extremity, caused by sickness, in a large family in (Treenland, a small place on the Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax Kiver Railway, some distance from the city, through the Xew York Committee. Such assistance as could be rendered was otfereil, although trans- portation and (juarantine obstacles prevented pronii)t or satisfactory relief. fil.KX ST. MAltY. In the financial statement issued by the Association October 27th, Glen St. Mary was charged with ^riO. This amount was on ac- count of transportation. On the ITth of September, Col. F. K. South- mayd, special agent of the Ked Cross, at the request of President Xeal Mitchell, of the Duval County Board of Health, chartered a special train to investigate the condition of the towns of Macclenny and ■Glen St. Mary. Col. Southmayd, in his report to the Board of Health, reported it had not been necessary for him to go to Glen St. Mary, as he had ascertained from Dr. Gill at Macclenny, that the Doctor was attending to the wants of the only sick family in Glen St. Mary. The report was not transmitted to the Executive Com- mittee, and the cost of transportation was at the time charged, as 276 SISTER COMMUNITIES. before stated, to Glen St. Mary. Since the receipt of a copy of CoL Southmayd's report to the Red Cross, which elicited the facts, the amount has been credited Glen St. Mary and charged to Macclenny, and it is sincerely hoped this explanation will be satisfactory to all persons interested, and the Executive Committee be thus relieved from the periodical questions from Glen St. Mary as to what has be- come of the $50 sent there. ORANGE PAKK. Orange Park is an illustration of several places which applied to the Association for relief, which need not be detailed. These places had no fever, but requested aid to keep up quarantine measures, or to feed their people who were unable to get work because of the quarantine restrictions imposed by other jjlaces. The Executive Committee did not feel it would be justified in expending the funds for such causes, and so advised the several localities. Below is a recapitulation of the relief sent sister communities, in money or supplies: Macclenny $8,998. 2(> Sanderson 1,944.44 Fernandina 23,718. 41 Gainesville 2,445.74 Enterprise 769.00 Mayport 468.45 Pablo Beach 733.73 Total $39,077.97 JACKSONVILLE AUXILIARY SANITARY ASSOCIATION LIST OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES. PRESIDENT. (Col. J. J. Daniel Died October 2). P. McQuAiD (elected Octobers). VICE-PRESIDENT. P. McQuAiD (elected President). James M. Schumacher (elected October 8). TREASURER. (H. A. L'Engle died September J 4). *J. C. L'En<}le (elected September 17) SECRETARY. Chakles S. Adams. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. (James M. Faielie died October 16). *A. Wm. Cockkell, Jr., (elected October 20). EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. (J. J. Daniel, ex-officio Chairman, died October 2.) P. McQuAiD, ex-officio Chairman since October 8. (H. A. L'Engle. Died September 14.) James M. Schumacher. P. E. McMurray. (Charles G.Elliott. Died September 22. ) *W. A. Macduff. *J. C. L'Engle. Elected September 17. Peter Jones. Elected September 24. *Rt. Rev. E. G, Weed. Elected October 15.. ♦Signifies sickness by fever. 27H LIST OF OKITCKKS ANI> COMIMITTEKS. STANDING COMMITTEES. Committkp: ox Fixanck — James M. Scliumaclier, Chairman; *R. D. Knight, Secretary; J. N. C. Stockton, Chairman Snb-Com- mittee on Subscriptions; *A. Wm. Cockrell, Jr., Chairman Sub- committee on Membership; *W. B. Barnett, (W. N. Baker, died Oclober 1 ): *II. S. Ely, George W. F'razier. C. Benedict, J. M. Barrs, *John C. L'Engle, F. W. :Mnniby, S. E. Foster, *P. Tischler, (Frank Marvin, died C)ctoV)er '.)); Sigo Myers, at Savannah: J. II. Norton, at Atlanta. CoMMTTTKK OX CoxpEKKXCK — (P. McQuaid, resigned, elected President); P. E. McMurray, Chairman, elected October 8; C. B. Ilogers, J. C. Greeley. CoMMiTTKK ox IvKMKF — ( Judge Lotou M. Joucs, Chairman, re- signed September 14); (*W. B.Owen, CJhairman, elected September 14, resigned September 2fi); *Rt. Rev. E. G. Weed, Chairman, elected September 2(): (John E. Hartridge served as Chairman during part of sickness of Bishop Weed, elected November 10, resigned Decem- ber 1 ; *Rev. Wm. J. Kenny served as Temporary Chairman during remainder of sickness of Bisliop Weed): *Hev. A. W. Knight, *Kev. R. H. Weller, (J. H. McGinnis, died September 1): *Rev. Jesse R. Bicknell. *Rev. Wm. H. Dodge, *C. Benedict Rogers, D. W. Onley. CoMMiTTKF, ox Saxitatiox — (II. A. . L'Eugle, Chairman, died September 14): *J. C. L'Engle, Chairman, elected September 17; R. N. Ellis, Peter Jones,( J. L. Burch, died September 25 ) ; T. V. Oashen, (F. W. Ely, died September 14): (Charles G. Elliott, died Septem- ber 22). CoMMiTTKF ox Saxitaj!Y Poi.ick — ( M. P. Turner, Chairman, resigned September 10); (Judge M. M. Belisario. Acting C'hairman September 10 to September 17): (C. W. Stansell, Chairman, elected Se])tember 17, resigned October 12); Eugene B. McBride. Chairman, elected October 12. Committp:k on Claims — P. E. McMurray, Chairman: *W. A. Macduff, (Charles G. Elliott, dieIST OF OFFirKRS AND COMMITTEES. 'lid' SPECIAL COMMITTEES. PiuiCHASiNG Agknt — F. W. jNIuiiiby. Committee on Transpoktatiox — (F. K. Osborne, Chairman,^ resigned October 22); H. W. Clark, Chairman, elected October 22; (C. W. Stansell, transferred); (E. B. McBride, transferred); D.'jT. Gerow, B. H. Hopkins, W. F. Coachman, T. J. Boyd. Committee ox Nirses and Medkai, Attention — George E. Wilson, Chairman; C. B. Kogers, *T. S. Wilmarth; *Stophcn Wiggins, *C. K. Bisbee. Committee on Establishment of Camp Mitciiei-l — (H. A. L'Engle, Chairman, died September 14); *W. A. Macduff, Chair- man, elected September 17; *J. C. L'Engle. Committee on Vehicles— P. E. McMurray, Chairman. * Signifies sickness liy fever.' ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION! JACKSONVILLE AUXILIARY SANITARY ASSOCIATION. Purposes and Objects ARTICLE I. This Association shall be known and designated by the name and title of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitai-y Asso- ciation. ARTICLE II. The purposes and objects of this Association are hereby declared to be the execution of such measures as are, or may be, necessary for the preservation of life and the public health, to prevent the introduction and spread of disease, and to pro- vide for the relief of the sick and destitute in case of epidemic disease, and to these ends to aid and assist the proper author- ities in carrying into effect all proper ordinances or laws relative to the public health, and to adopt systematic meas- ures for the collection and proper distribution of money or property derived from voluntary subscription or otherwise, in such manner as will best tend to preserve life and property, and promote tlie prosperity and healtli of tlie city of Jackson- ville. ARTICLE III. Membersbip The members of this Association shall be those who sign the roll of membershii), pay the initiation fee of one dollar, and agree to conform to and abide by the rules of the Asso- ciation. Persons contributing to the funds of the Association may be elected honorary members, who will not be entitled to a vote. ARTICLE IV. The officers of the Association shall be a President, Vice- President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Corresponding Secretary, who shall be annually elected by the Executive Committee at their first meeting in each and every year. If for any i*easoiJ there should be no such election, the officers in place will be continued until an election may be liad. (Amendment approved Novembers, 1888.) Officers ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION. 281 The members of the Executive Committee and all officers Compensation of the Association shall serve without pay except the Secre- tary, who shall I'eceive such compensation as the Executive Committee from time to time may deem reasonable. Executive Coinmittee. Quorum. Powers of Executive Committee. ARTICLE V. There shall be an Executive Ccmimittee, composed of seven members of the Association. Said committee shall be elected annually on tlie day of in each year, and a majority of the votes cast shall be recpiired to elect. Three members shall consti- tute a quorum for the transaction of business. Upon this committee shall devolve the executive manage- ment of the affairs of the Association. The Executive Com- mittee, at its first meeting in each year shall elect the other officers of the Association, and shall have the power to fill all vacancies that may occur in such offices or among its own ineml)ers. ARTICLE VI. It shall be the duty of the President to preserve order at President, all meetings of the Association, to call special meetings of the Association, and to approve and countersign all accounts which may have been authorized by the Executive Committee. He .sliall be ex-officio chairman of t^ie Executive Committee. It shall be the duty of the President to call meetings of Meetings, the Associations whenever requested in writing by any five members. Notice of the meetings of the Association shall be given three days in advance, unless, in the opinion of the President, an emei-gency requires a meeting on shorter notice. The Vice-President shall have, in the absence of the Pres- vice-Presid'nt ident, the same powers and authorities as are possessed by the President when present. ARTICLE VII. The duty of the Treasurer shall be to take charge of the Treasurer, funds of the Association, and to appropriate the same as directed by the committee; to keep fair and regular accounts, subject at all times to investigation by order of the Associa- tion or the Executive Committee, and to report at the annual meeting, and oftener, as required by the Executive Committee. He shall deposit the funds of the Association in a depos- itory, to be selected by the Executive Committee, and shall perform such other duties as devolve upon the office of Treasurer. 21 282 Ainu LEs ok associatiox. ATRICLE VIII. Secretary. The Secretary of the Association .shall keep a f lir and regular journal of its proceedings, and perform such other duties as shall be required of him by the Association, or as- usually pertain to the office of Secretary. ARTICLE IX. Correspondg It shall be the duty of the Corresponding Secretary to ^ecre ar\. j.g^.j^^.^.g ^j^j prepare replies to such communications relating- to its objects and affairs as shall be addressed to the Associa- tion, and referred to him by the proper officers of the Asso- ciation. ARTICLE X. The President shall appoint, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee, the following standing committees: Committees. 1- Committee on Finance. 2. Committee on Conference with City and County Autlior- ities and Board of Health, o. Committee on Kelief. 4. Committee on Sanitation. (Amendment approved August 21, 1888. ) 5. Committee on Sanitary Police. (Amendment approved August 22, 1888. } (■(. Committee on Claims. (Amendment approved September 18, 1888.) 7. Committee on Duval County at Large. ARTICLE XI. ^jjjj. All bills shall be audited and payment ordered by the Executive Committee, and disbiirsements made by check signed by the President and countersigned by the Treasurer.. ARTICLE XII. Amendments Tliese articles of association may be rescinded, altered or etc. amended by a majority of two- thirds of the members of the Executive Committee, after a notice given in writing at a previous meeting of such proposed action. ARTICLE Xni. Rules of Order '^^^c ctistomary rules of order shall prevail at the meetings^ of. this Association. (Preliminary steps have been taken to incorporate the Association, but the complete organization has not been per- fected.) MEMBERSHIP OF THE ASSOCIATION. Adams, Chas S Alworden, Gus vou Andreu, D A Artrell, Win M Backenstoe, G A Kaeon, Dr H *Baer, B M tBaker, W X tBaldwin, Dr Win L *Ball,TB Barnett, B H Jiarrs, J M Barton, S H Beacheni, J Beebe, W H Belisario, M M Bell, J S Benachi, 1' X JJenedict, (Uias Benedict, W N Bennett, G R Jiennett, H B Bennett, John 1' •Bk-knell, Uev Jesse II •Bisbee, C K *Bo{rue, F E Bt>wen, Daniel Boyd, T J Bours, "NV A. Brittain, Geo M Brown, F I *Biick, Dr F E Bucknian, H H Bucknian, T E ♦Burroughs, Dr Chas J Butcher, Robt S Butler, Ed Byrne, Win <'aldwell, S S ♦Campbell, A Campbell, A B Carter, Thos L ♦Carter, W R ■Chaffee, A Chambers, J J •Chase, Geo ■Center, Dr G F •Clark, H W *Clarke, William ♦Cockrell, A Wra, Jr Coffin, Mrs E C Collins, C C ♦Conolly, D M *Conover, J A Cooper, Capt W C Coxetter, Louis M . Crawford, AV L *Crowley, D J Cutler, J M *Cuzner, Dr A T DaCosta, Chas W Dallam, W >I Daly, John F ■<-Daniel, J J Daniel, R B DeLacy, AVm ♦Dillon, B F Dobbins, A X ♦Dodge, Rev W H Douglas, Jas Drew, Dr C Drew, Horace Durkee, Joseph H tEUiott, C G ♦Ellis, Chas Ellis, R X ♦Ely, H S ♦Emery, George tFairlie, Dr J M Farwell, J A tFleming, L I Foster, George R Foster, Stephen E Frazie: , G W French, Alfred Fridenberg, H P Fries, Albert ♦Fries, A P Frltot, H yi Fritot, H P Gibbens, T D Gibljons, Wm A Gibson, Wm E Gill, Geo W Gillen, E W (Jerow, D T Goff , R T Gordon, Edward I tGray, Ezra Greeley, J C Hale, C ♦Hall, S F Hallowes, W A Hart, J E Hartridge, John E Hearn, Wesley Hendricks, Henry Hess, Sig Higgins, Ed tHinkley, Chas ♦Holland, D P, Jr Hollinger, A C Holmes, E P Holt, J W Hooker, E E Hoover, M E Hopkins, Coriolanus Hopkins, B H Home, Geo F Huau, J A Hubbard, Sam C Hudnall, Henry A Huff, Jacob Hull, X A Hunnicutt, Jas B ♦Huntley, Stephen ♦Hussey, J K Hutchinson, T G Irwin, T L Ivers, W F Ivory, R C Jamison, Xewell Jones, Loton M Jones, Peter Jordan, M C ♦Keene, O L ♦Kenny, Father Wm J ♦Kettle, Fred W King, A H Kinne, Chas W ♦Knight, A W ♦Knight, Raymond D Kreider, G H Lawton, B A t Signifies death by fever. ♦ Signifies sickness by fever. 284 MEMBERSHIP OF ASSO( lATIOX. Lee, Joseph E L'Engle, C S tL'Engle, Henry A *L'Engle, Dr John C Lilienthal, Henry Livingston, Dr John Livingston, T H Lorimer, S M Lowe, F Lucas, Nick Lyon, W W McAllister, W H McAllister, Mrs W H McCoy, C T tMcfiinnis, J H *MeLaurin, E J E McLean, W A McLeod, Norman McMillan, R H McMiirray, P E McQuaid, P *MacDonell, B B ♦Macduff, W A MagilI,F J Magi 11, W J *Mallett, Dr (; H tMartin, Edwin Marvin, Clias tMarvin, Frank Marvin, J A Marvin, James Marvin, John L Masters, R T Masters, W E Maxwell, Dr Geo Troupe Mead, D C Melton, S H Merrill, Alex R Merrill, W H Merrill, William Ming, H S tMulroy, R Mumby, F W Munoz, J I Morrison, J M, Jr »Mott, Thos J Mourie, B T, Jr Nachman, Sin Nesbitt, R W Xooney, C A Norton, J H Ord, "William Osborne, F R *Owen, W B Paine, J B Paine, S D Pasco, Rev F tPeters, C Peterson, W R Pittman, W C Pollak, M Pollard, Mrs C Pons, F J Pope, B B ♦Porter, Bcnj Porter, W W Reed, W W Robinson, Dr Hy Robinson, J K Rogers, C B *Rogers, C. Benedict Ross, H W Russell, A S Sadler, G N Sargent, H B Schumacher, James M Searing, S G Secor, Francis Shaw, W Shaw, W A Sherman, J H Sinims, Robt W *Simpson, Wm H, Jr Slattery, M J Smith, J T Smith, R L tSmith, Theo M Smith, W H *Sollee, F C *Somerville, W M Soundstrom, Awid B Spiking, W D Stansell, Chas W Stephens, Frank Stephens, L I St. John, D E Stockton, J N C ♦Stockton, TT ♦Stollenwerck, Dr P J *Stout, Dr H R Stetson, F Suarez, E J Sullivan, G H Summers, Dr T O Talbott, John T Taliaferro, Bryan Taylor, Geo AV Thompson, S B Thompson, S C *Tischler, P Toomer, W G Towers, C D Thrasher, W R Troner, H E Tucker, W M Vogel, Leo *Wakefleld, Dr. A J *Walker, Whitfield Walker, W S Wandell, JE Wan dell, W E Watson, W B Webster, Dr N *Weed, Bishop Edwin G *Weller, Rev R H Whistler, W S Whitaker, J *White, Rev Brooke G tWhitner, A C Wiles, J A Williams, Ed Williamson, C C AVilson, G C Wilson, G E W'insfeldt, Fred Witte, C W York, W H Zacharias, A t Signifies death by fever. * Signifies sickness by fever. Total number of members, 282. I3sr 3ynE3ytoi^i-Ajvi:. JAMES JAQLIELIN DANIEL. BORN At Columbia, S. C, August 14, 1830, DIED At Jacksonville, Flokida, OCTOBKK 2, 1888, Aged 58 Years, 1 Month and 18 Days. He was a member of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, its President, and ex-officio a member and Chairman of its Executive Committee, which positions he filled at the time of his decease. WiiEiSEAS, 111 God's wise Providence, the President of this Association, Col. J. J. Daniel has passed to his rest; and WiiKiJEAS, We desire to express our appreciation of him as a man, in whose heart the sufferings of his fellow-man always found response, and as an officer, devoted to his duty, always considerate and patient, be it Jicsolxed, That we place on record our aiipreciation of his worth, gentleness and urbanity. A nobler man, a more devoted servant, or a purer and more unblemished spirit lias not come among us. He was a man among men^firm but gentle, faitliful and true, loving, honest, courteous and manly. He died as lie had lived, a martyr to liis love for his fellows, a true Christian gentleman, exemplifying his teacliings by his life. Pich and ])oor, young and old, widow, orphan and stranger, called him friend. In the decease of our lionored president we have lost, one and all, a loving director, a strong, sustaining sjiirit, and a large-minded guifle. Bemh-ed, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the ^vidow of our late i)resideiit. Pt. Pkv. E. G. Weed, Pev. W. J. Kexny, P. E. MoMrjtKAY, Pev. W. H. Dodge, D. W. OXEEY, D. T. Geuow, .T. C. GnioEF.EV, Committee on Pesolutions. These resolutions, signed by the Special Committee, were, on the 5th day of October, 1888, read before and approved by the Execu- tive Committee of the Jacksonville Auxiliarv Sanitarv Association. I3sr 3ynE2v£Oiei.AJM:. HENRY A. L'ENGLE. BORN At Jac'k.soxvii.i-e, flokida, Januaky 23, 1850. DIED At Jacksoxvii.i.k, Fi.okida, Sei'tkmhkj: 14, 1888, AoKi) :!S Ykaiis, 7 -Months axd 21 Days. Hf was a nieniber of the Jac-ksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, its Treasurer, one of its Executive Committee, and Chairman of the Committee on .Sanitation, all of which positions he filled at the time of his decease. Whereas, In the Providence of Almighty God, on the 14th day of September, 1888, Henry A. L'Engle, a member of the Jackson- ville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, its Treasurer, and one of this Executive Committee, was removed by death ; and Whereas, It is fitting tliat we ]>ause, even in the valley of the shadow of death, to reverently jiay our mournful tribute of love and respect to our fallen comrade, who, at the call of duty, devoted his entire mental and physical energies to the aid of his fellow- citizens, and has now freely given his life tliat others might live; therefore be it Besolved, That this Executive Committee, by the death of Henry A. L'Engle, has lost the services of a man of compreliensive mind, tender heart, i^ractical executive ability and absolute unselfish devo- tion to its work. Besolved, That we sorrowfully tender to his bereaved relatives our sincere condolence and sympathy. Hesolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of this Executive Committee, and an engrossed copy, signed by the President and attested by the Secretary, be given the family of the deceased. CnAs. S. Adams, J. M. ScnUMACHER, P. E. MCMURRAY, Committee. The above resolutions, signed by the members of the Special Committee, were, on September 17, 1888, read before and approved by the Executive Committee of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association. nr i/TEX/cOKi-Aai/E. CHARLES G. ELLIOTT. BORN In Sweden, February 11, 1842. DIED At Jacksonville, Florida, September 22, 1888, Aged 46 Years, 7 Months and 11 Days. He was a member of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, one of its Executive Committee, and a member of the Committee on Claims, all of which positions he filled at the time of his decease. Whereas, In the Providence of Almighty God, Charles G. Elliott died in this city of Jacksonville on the 22d day of September, 1888; and Whereas, The late Charles G. Elliott was a valued member of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, and one of its most active Executive Committee; therefore be it Resolved, That this Executive Committee has lost, by the death of Mr. Elliott, an unostentatious and earnes.t laborer in the work of this committee, who, forgetful of self, modestly accepted the posi- tions of trust designated, and died in the faithful performance of the duties confided to him. Besohed, That the sympathy of this committee be tendered to the sorrowing relatives of Mr. Elliott in their affliction. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of this Executive Committee, and an engrossed copy be sent to the immediate family of the deceased. P. E. McMURRAY, J. M. Schumacher, Charles S. Adams, Committee. The above resolutions jwere, on the 27th of September, 1888, read before and approved by the Executive Committee of the Jack- sonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association. IIsT IvfEEZ^Oiei-AJM. JAMES M. FAIRLIE. BORN At Stkathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland, April 23, 1845. DIED At Jacksonville, Florida, October 16, 1888, Aged 43 Years, 5 Months and 23 Days. He was a member of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, arwl its Corresponding Secretary, which position he filled at the time of his decease. Whekeas, In the Providence of Almighty God,. James M. Fairlie, the Corresponding Secretary of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, died on the 16th day of October, A. D. 1888; and Whereas, We, his comrades, wish to testiify not only to our individual loss, but to note the additional vacancy left by his decease in the organization of which he was one of the promoters and officers; be it liesnlved. That we have lost an able, conscientious and valuable citizen, who completed a life of willing service in matters of a public nature, in which his assistance was demanded and freely rendered,, by giving his life to the work we axe left to finish : be it Resolred, The terrible ordeal we are passing tlirough has brought us all into closer relationship and better acquaintance, and we sadly tender the relatives of our deceased friend,, and especially his- bereft children, our sympathy, with a keen sense of their loss. liesolved, That these resolutions be spread' upon the records and a copy be sent to the immediate family. J. C Gl{EEI>EY, P. E. McMURRAY, Ciiari-eS S. Adams, Committee. These resolutions, signed by the Special Committee, were, on the 22d day of October, read before and approved by the Executive Committee of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association. CASH DONATIONS. ALABAMA. AKNISTOX : Cumberland Presbvt'n Chr'h S18.50 Xunnald, J H *. 18.70 BESSEMER : Bessemer Land & Inipr't Co. BIRjVnXGHAM : Binning. Lodge 368, I.O.B.B. 10.00 B P O Elks 50.00 Enslee Furnace Emj)loj'ees. . 200.00 Hir.sclien, A A 30.00 Perrin, HW 6.50 Quiglev, E P 20.00 (JuigleV, Mrs Fannie E 25. 00 Royster Provision Co 600. 00 BREWTOX : Citizens, per F C Rankin DAWILLE : Citizens, per Sam Blackwell.. FORT DEPOSIT : Citizens, per Hayneville, "Ex- aminer" HAY^'EVILLE : "Examiner" 2.50 Mushat, Mrs J P 1.00 Schwabaclier, Mrs H 1 . 50 HUNTS VILLE : Campbell, R G 2.50 Citizens, per J W Newman... 110.00 Episcopal Sunday-School — 11 . 10 JAIVEES : Proceeds of Young People's Entertainment LAFAYETTE : Citizens, per S P Green LIVINGSTON : Citizens, per J L Parker MARION : Selma Baptist Church ,«;37.20 5.00 941.50 96.26 34.00 32.15 123.60 21.00 53.00 53.00 62.40 MONTGOMERY : Carey, W. A .? 9.50 Citizens, per AV A Carr and J DBeal 304.50 Citizens, per Josiah Morris &Co 466.65 Citizens, per First Nat Bank G4.90 Hardway, Master Jimmy . . . 3.30 OPELIKA : Citizens, per Bankof Opelika OXFORD: Draper, JD 1.25 Oxford Baptist Church .38.00 PRATTYILLE : Citizens, per Josiah Morris & Co SELMA : 'Advance Ledger" 25.00 Bloch, J 5.00 Central Oil Co 10.00 Cliristian Church 13.00 Citizens, per Wm S :Monk... 1.36.00 Commercial Bank 25. 00 Congregratiou Mish Kam Is- rael 85.00 Dunless, AV D 5.00 Employees of H. C. Keible & Co 13.00 Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent .Societv 40.00 Pleasant Hill Baptist S S. . . . 7. 75 Wooley, A C 5.00 SHEFFIELD: AVoodson, Chas D, First Na- tional Bank TALLADEGA : First Baptist Church S S — TROY : Citizens, per Farmers and Merchants Bank 7.75 Citizens, i^er Fox Henderson 100.00 WETUMKA : Hohenberg, Miss Emma. . . . Total $ 848.85 50.70 .369.75 25.00 10.00 107.75 2.00 !,117.41 APPENDIX. ARKANSAS. EUREKA SPRINGS : Pine St M E Churcli, per H J Baron $-l-25 FORT SMITH : Citizens, per Mayor S A Wil- liams..! 124.25 HOT SPRINGS : Baseball Club G.OO Cain, LD 4.00 Citizens, per Charles (iarrett &Co 22.00 32.00 LITTLE ROCK : Christian Church, per Rev T (t Shelton CG.35 Citizens, per Mayor W G AVhipple 156. 00 First Congregational Church 13.00 McCarthy Light Guards GOT. 00 842.35 OZARK : M E Sunday-School, per W B Canaster 8.20 PINE BLUFF: Machinists 47.00 Total $1,058.05 CALIFORNIA. FRESNO— Continued. Piatt, SL ,f 1.00 Seever, C W 1.00 Shanklin, J W 1.00 Starratt, Wm 1 . 00 Thayer, AE 1.00 Wiener, A J 1.00 Winchell, EC 5.00 Yost, H 1.00 LOS AN(4ELES : Citizens, per Times-Union. . . SAN DIEGO : Citizens, per Warren AVilson Total CORONA DO: Waiters' Musical Hotel de Coronado FRESNO : Baume, J W 1.00 Beckwith, R E 2.00 Beckwith , Mrs R E 2 . 00 Beckwith, Rose 2.00 Bennett, W J 1.00 Bone, J W 1.00 Brown, J S 1.00 Cash, tour Items 1 . 70 Chaddock,E G 1.00 Colson, H D 1.00 Elliott & Taylor 1 .00 First National Bank 10.00 Freeman, Dr E 1 . 00 Freeman, (ieo E 1 . 00 Fresno Loan and Savings Bank 10.00 Gilmour, E 1.00 (irimth, WG 1.00 Gundeltinger, L 2.00 Haber, W 1' 10.00 Holmes, John M 1.00 Native Sons of the Golden West 10.00 Noble, Mrs D 1.00 $38.00 74.70 .00 302.15 .*421 85 COLORADO. CENTRAL CITY : Citizens, per B E Seymour... .•^15. 00 DENVER : Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade, per Mayor Lee 855.50 Citizens, per Mayor Wm Scott Lee 377.80 Real Estate Exchange, per Mayor Lee 177.00 Real ' Estate Exchange, per Union Bank 70.00 Union Bank, per R W AVood- bury 50.00 i,.-);in.30 GREELEY : Courier Warren 50.00 Total ,«1,595.30 CONNECTICUT. DANBLTRY: Florida Rolling Exposition, W S Webb HARTFORD : Citizens, per Mayor John (x Root 125.00 Citizens, per " Courant " — 584.10 Dennis, Rodnev 25.00 Jewell Belting'Co 100.00 LITTLEFIELD : Citizens, per Mrs B Keith — MERIDEN : Florida Rolling Exposition.. MIDDLEFIELD: Terrill, W E i«9.00 8:i4.10 77.00 24.00 15.00 ^ APPKNI^IX, CONNECTICUT— Continued. DELAWARE. MIJ>l>LETO\V.V : Kun<;«, Ja« H i 2fj. 0(J <'aKh (U,\iT itemtj) 13. (Kj ^ fiur<-hil), Horner 10. sii, Fred 10. W ./a< kKon & Co, C E 10. Ofj •J K H 20. (Ki Mi'Iillesex Banking Co 25. «t -trouer of fonjiiierce l,l»>:i.4-'> < itizens. jXJ>OX: Itentley, A J 40.00 ''itiztrns, jjer f>en G W lient- Jey 1,C';2.01 NOawiCH: Citizen!*, i>er N V Coniniittee POKTI^XNIJ: Methodist Ejuscopa! Church pr TNA.M: 'itizens, j>er H O i>ale WiLU.MANTIC: Citizens, ijer Fred Koges Total DAKOTA. ELLEN DALE: -\iistin. James M FAK'iO: .MorVjn & Morri.s Siorx FALL.^: Fairhead, J .'^. and Friends.. Total ... MIDDLETOWN : First Presbyterian f'hurch.. f.3.00 DI8TEICT OF COLUMBIA. WASHLNOTON: haseball game l^et. That<-her I'riuirose and West Min- strels and I'ost Euiployees.iimo.M Krock. .Jacol). Treasurer 2.00 Brown. Mabel a little girl^ V) fall, .-^nator Wilkin^n/ '£iM() (Ijoate, <■ 2.er Wash "I'ost'' - 420. '*5 (itiz^'ns.j.er "Evening Star" l..'*i3.9e Cleveland, ^irover, I'res l" S. 2»K) 00 < ockrell. <;eo W -jti.DO ' 'irl>et & Norris, Kellogg Building .v. 00 iJoujrhenv, C. Con^ressuian . 2'). 00 y .f (;...' 1.00 George, .'^nat or 10. W Johnson. I Harrison •'). 00 Johnson. M E .'iO.OO l>a!ovees I' .'^ Coast & Geodetic "Surveys. 12:^.00 J'ainazo. I'rof .OO I'asco, .^naf^r. Samuel 2.5.00 I'ostoflic* I>e)>t Einjdoveex. per Jas Kov. er Ritom No 70 . . i . «jo Wa'-liington "Post" .50.00 Wash. "Post" Employees .. . 5.00 Total . . ¥3.91.3.. 3C *5 00 .5.728.20 i'LOKlDA. ' ALTAMOXTE : ' Fuller. K li APALAfHirOLA: Gra/ly&Co, JE . 2>i.ir, Huge & Son, H . 25.00 ;«3)<.0<» AKGHEE: Banknight. C W 5.00 Baiiknight. F G 5.00 B!it'h. G L' l.ftO < urry. It (■ i.oo Fleming. John T 5. mi <;eiger, W A 5.00 Jackson. .Mr- W 1. -,.(>» APPENDIX. FLORIDA.— Continued. BAKTOW : "Winston, R H. BOSTWICK : Davis & Webster "BROOKSVII.LK : Preston, J MC... 'CEDAR KEY : Anderson, W H. .. CITY POINT: Citizens, per A Wni Cockrell, Jr COCOA: Herron, LA $ 1.00 10.00 10.00 3 00 15.00 J)AYTONA : First C()ngres>ational Clmrch 3.50 Hand, HP... 2^.00 McManus, .1 B 10.*)0 Rogers, T R, per "Times- Union" f "" Woolsey, B B ^»_^ DeLAND : Citizens, per Mayor F S ^^ (ioodrieh '}■ j-^ Dellisell, I) W ^00 Goodricli, Fred S 20.0 Klapp, ^Irs Wni __ ENTKRPRISE : Citizens EUS PIS : Broom Brigade, per Bishop liros FERXANDINA : Hovt, F W GE01K4ET0AVN: Collections bv Master Victor and M iss Ethel Jacobs 0.0 Thome, Mr and Mrs G H . . . ■ 10 . 00 Warr, Aaron If* "O JACKSONVILLE— Continued. Bean,E «2500 Belling,DSD 500 Benedict.CB 100.0 Bettelini,F 50.00 Bingliam, D '^ «" Bisbee, H 25.00 Bisbee, W A 20.00 Bours,WA ^5.00 Bradford, W A 5.0 Burbridoe,J Q 100. BuslmelT, JW 1000 Byrne, Wm • 50.00 Cadwallader, Rev J 10 00 Canipbell,AB 50.00 Campbell, J R 100.00 ctshenVTv";!!'. 25.00 Christie, Joseph B o"^ Chute, Richard^. ... . . • ... • ■ . • Ip-OO Citizens Gas and Electric Co. 50.00 Clark,HW 10.00 Clark,John • .^ oO.OO Clark, Son & Co, John 50.00 Clark ALoltus 25.00 Cleaveland .t Son^ 50. m> Clyde & Co. AVmP^., 500.00 Cockrell .^- Son, A AV 25.00 53.50 00.00 I 48.10 25.00 GREEN COVE SPRINCJS : Borden, John G 50.00 Browdy, R A 5.0(» JACKSONVILLE: Ambler,DG 100.00 Armour & Co 500.00 Bailev, Martin 5.00 Baker, Judge, James M 100.00 Baldwin, Dr A S 100. Op l?arrs J M 25 . 00 Bassnett, A i) 100.00 Baxter, 'Ihonuis 100.00 Bava, HT 25.00 t'ohen Bros. 500.00 10.00 100.00 10 50 25 TM Collins,CC 10 00 Coniff, John 10.00 Cooper.C M 2.5.00 Cooper, John C 2o.00 Crowlev, I)G, Agent lOO.OO Dallam, Mr......^ J Dalton, Ed>vard B 25 Dani-l, DrRP.....-:^.^ 50 00 Davidson, Capt W M ^5-00 Davis, Dr GW 50 00 Dawkin-, Crosby DeBary Line Steamers DeCottes, Geo A Doggett & Buckman ... Drew. Sr, Columbus 1 Drew.Dr C...... J .00 Drew ct Hazeltine oO . > Drew,W W '0 00 Drtma, J E • 1;^00 Durkee, Major J.H. oO.OO Duval Co. Commissioners . • ■•^OOO.OO Duval.H R..... 10000 Dzialynski, M A 10.00 F^arhead.Strawu & Co ' 25. 00 Fitzgera'd, Capt J W 35 . 00 Foster, (ieoR • 2^.00 Foster & Co, Geo R 50.00 Foster, Mrs Mary. lO-OO Fleming .V Daniel oO 00 Tletcher,EH ''O.OO l< ries, A , ^„ Gee, Elisha ■ •■••• .;* no Geo F Drew Hardware Co.. . • oO.OO Gibbens,TD {O-OO Gillen,EW 10-00 Glenn, (ieo P ^ JOO G reenleaf & Crosby 50. 00 Gregor, I JO. 00 Hallowes, Mrs C M 10.00 Hardee, GS -'^ 00 Hart, Col J E 100.00 Hazeltine, CB 50.00 Hildebrandt, J 25.00 Al'PENDIX. JACKSONVILLE— (ontinuea. JAKSO NVILLE— Continued. Holmes, Geo O, Agent $50.00 Holmes, J D 5.00 Holmes, JL 5.00 Houston, Sam 10.00 Hubbard & Co, S B 100.00 Hull, N A 5.00 Hunter, Dexter 50.00 Inglis, John L 100. 00 Itjen, W H 15.00 Ives, AM 25.00 Jackson, Mrs E J 10.00 James, Wm 10.00 Jones, Roht H 10.00 Keene, () L 5.00 Knapp, OP 5.00 Kohn, Furchgott & Co 50.00 L'Engle, F F 50.00 L'Engle, Henry A 25.00 L'Engle, Porcher 10.00 Leon, A K 10.00 Leslie, J A 10.00 Livingston, C 10.00 McAllister, W H 2.00 McDutf v*t Co, AG 79.25 McLaujihlin, Miss F 10.00 McLaughlin, Major R 50.00 McXeniv, T F 35.00 Mc(iuaid, P 50.00 MacDuir, W A 50.00 Marvin, Chas 20.00 Marvin, Jas L 29.00 MarxBros 5.00 Marzvck, J 10.00 Mason, A B 110.00 Mason , Harry 50 . 00 Merrill & Stevens Eng. Co. . . 25.00 Mever & Muller 100.00 Mitchell, Mrs Alexander 500.00 MuUord, E A 25 00 Mumbv, Stockton & Knight. 50.00 Murphy, T 10.00 Murphv, Mrs T 5. 00 Myers.' Sigo 100.00 Norton, J H 50.00 Orvis, F H 100.00 Paine, Jas H 10. 00 Papy, FB 25.00 Pearce, CG 10.00 Pontier, C E 10.00 Qeens Ins Co of England 50.00 Randall, EM 25.00 Reed, A M 50.00 Rice, M C 25.00 Rich, Mrs C F 5.00 Robertson, C C 10.00 Robinson, F M 25.00 Robinson, Dr Hy 25.00 Roby, T. W 10.00 Rogers & Co, C B 50.00 Russell. A J 5.00 Russell, J K 100.00 Sabal, l)r E F 50.00 Sabel Bros 10. 00 Schumacher, J M 50. 00 Sims,R W 20.00 Smith & Frazier 50.00 So. Savings & Trust Co 25.00 Spinner, Gen F E 50.00 .Sproull, Rev A 10 00 State Bank of Florida 100.00 Stein, L 11.00 Stockton, J X C 50.00 .Stockton, Telfair .f.50.00 Taliaferro. James P 50. 00 Tischler, P 25.00 Tv.sen, J R 50.00 Walker, Col Whitfield 10.00 Walsh, T B 10.00 AValter, P 25.00 Walzer, R 25.00 Webb, Wanton S 10. 00 Weinian,G R. 5.00 AVightnian, AV. S 50.00 "Williams, Arthur T 10.00 Wilson, Capt Geo C 20.00 Wilson & Hunting 100. 00 Wilson & Parker 15.00 Witschen. J. D 25. 00 Wright, Geo H 10.00 Young, ]Maj W B 50. 00 10,762.2.5 JASPER : L^nknovsTi 5. 00 Jt'PITER : Allen, Dwight A 5.00 KEY WEST: Base Ball Leagtie 4.25 Citizens 458. 05 I'endleton, CB 4.00 Tift, A F 100.00 Wade, M 5 00 oCi.SO KING'S FERRY : Davis & Bro, LA 33. .59 KISSIMMEE : Citizens, per Kissinimee City Bank 80.00 Katz, M 5.00 85.00 LAKE MAITLAND : Citizens, per Wm B Jackson, Mayor 25.00 LEESBURG : Venable, N E 10. 00 LIVE OAK : Citizens, per G Potsdamer. . . MADISON : Madison County Grand Jurv 8.25 Randall , Theodore ". 5 . 19 43.50 MARIANXA : Citizens, per Mavor Henry Brash .' 84.00 Poor Church, A, per R D Bur- rows . 50 MOREL AND: Hogg, Benj NEW SMYRNA: Ladies' Congregational So- ciety 90.50 5.00 APPENDIX. FLORIDA— fontinued. OCALA : Agnew & Co, E W $50.00 Bettiiiger, C L 10.00 Delouest, Ed 10.00 Rheinauer & Bro, Chas 10.00 AVilson, Geo W 100.00 180.00 ORANGE BEND : Lovell, GV 10.00 ORLANDO : Citizens, per Daily Record... 378.25 Jacocks, C W ■ 2.50 380.75 ORMONI) : Murray, L >I 10.00 OSTEEN : Citizens, jier E A O.steen & Son 13 00 Osteen iC Son, E A 5.00 18.00 PABLO BEACH: Suskind, E 5.00 PALM BEACH : Beersford Bros 20 . 00 PANAMA: Elkins 1 . 00 Wood 1 (»0 2.00 PENSACOLA : Chipley, V,' 1) 50 . 00 Citizens, i)er I> P. Knowles.. 45G.45 Havgood, T R 1 . 00 Mallory, Mr 5.00 Mallory, SR 25.00 Pasttime t!t Duke Baseball Club 111.75 040.20 PICOLATA : Armstrong, J M 20. 00 PILOT TOWN : Anno, J W 2.00 Bee, 1 1.00 Brown, Joe 25 Bryan, J A 2.00 Falany, James 1 . oo Furgerson, ("apt 1 .00 Furgerson, SS 50 (iilb'ert, (i W 5.00 Harris, Jacob 50 Holmes, Chas 5. 00 Houston, E O 2 00 Houston, Spencer 2.00 Jackson, Samuel 1 .00 Johnson, C W 1.00 Johnson, EH 1 .00 Johnson, Mrs John 1 . oo Laniee. F W l.o(i Lamee, J 1 1,00 Lamee, Wm S l.oo Latiniore, R H 2.00 Sanalers, Reaney 1 . 00 PILOT TOWN -Continued. Sargent, Alexander $ .50 Spencer, C A 1 . 00 Spencer, C B 1 . 00 Stinson, J H 1 00 Stuart, John 5.00 Tonney, Louis 50 AVilsoii, Charles 1 . 00 QUINCY : Citizens, per "Times-X'nion" RIVER JUNCTION : 1 a rk and family, EM ROCKLEDGE : Williams, H S SANDERSON: Pons, F J SANFORI) : Citizens, per First National Bank 105 50 Ladies' Entertainment llit.io SAN MATEO : Bishop, P B ST. AUGI'STINE: African M K Church . 50 Citizens 50.00 St. Augustine Guards, per Wm Moody 25.00 STARKE : Gaskin, JL , 10. oo I'nknown 2 . 00 SYLVAN LAKE : AVilson, Thomas E TALLAHASSEE : Citizens, per W A Mcintosh. 84.30 "Floridian" office 17.00 Gamble, James B 20.00 Lewis >.V- Son, B C 100.00 Lewis, Miss Lilla 25.00 Lewis, Mary S 20.00 Lewis, M rs Sarah S 25 . 00 Lockie, J S 10.00 Maxwell, A E 25 00 M'Ginnis, R A 5.00 Mitchell. Judge, H L 50.00 I'errv, Gov E A 100.00 Raney, Judge, G P 25. 00 >S'ombwell, LB 25.00 TAMPA ; Holt, E B TAVARE3 : Fuller MA THONOTOSASSA: Weed, EH 42.25 109.00 10.00 15.00 224.00 25.00 81.50 12.00 10.00 531.30 5.00 25.00 APPEXDIX. FLORIDA— Continued. TITTSVILLE : Citizens, per J H Smith $ 250.00 WALDO: Pettit, N C 10.00 WILD WOOD: Robinson, Miss Mattie A 5.00 WINTER PARK : Caslien, ,T T 25 Young Peoi)le'3 Society, Con- gregational Church ." AVOODLAAVN: Brown, Mrs ED Total GEORGIA. ACK WORTH: Literary Club if 60. 05 Rawson, Mrs S M 7.00 Sunday- School 7 . 35 74 40 ALBANY: Citizens, per Mcintosh & Davis 50.00 Citizens, i)er Daniel Maver.. 128. .')0 178.50 .\MERICrS: Citizens, i)er J E Sullivan 70 25 -\THENS : Cheney, F W 5. 00 (iirchin, Dr John 5.00 Hodgson, E R 51.00 Israelites .55. 75 King's Daughters 15. 00 Young Men's Entertainment 57.40 18'J.15 ATL.A.NTA : -\ker & Bros 10.00 Arnold, Carlt(m & McCord.. 25.00 Atlanta Paper Co 50.00 Black, GP 5.00 Brannon Bros 5.00 Broomhead. AW 5.00 Broomhead, J S 5.00 Brown & King 5.00 Capital City Bank and Em- ployees . . ' 70. 00 Cash 5.00 Chamber of Commerce 500 . 00 Citizens, per "Constitution". 582.25 Cooledge & Bro, F J 5 . 00 Dickev, Jas L 5.00 DickeV, John R 10. 00 Everett iV: Co, G B 25 . 00 Frazier, J D 5.00 Hart, S H 5.00 Ha wkes, AD 20. 00 King Hardware Co 10 . 00 ATLANTA— Continued. Kinnv& Jones 15.00 Kretli, Kalford 5.00 Lewis, H 5.00 Lewis, T S 10.00 Lowrv, Robt J 10.00 Maddox,JJ&JE 10.00 Mickelberrv & McLendon — 10.00 Morris & Murphy 10.00 Morse, W A 100.00 Parsley, O G 10. 00 Phoenix Insurance Co 250.00 Piedmont Air Line Employes 34. 00 Powell Bros& Co, J J. ...."... 10.00 Scott cV' Co, AV M 10.00 Smith, Jos 10.00 Sjience, M W 10.00 Stokes, John W 5.00 Wellhouse & Sons 25.00 Williams, W S 5.00 Wvnn, J O 5.00 Za'ckry, W J 5.00 AUGt'STA: Central RR. and Banking Co 370 00 Citizens per (ia.KR.&Bank Co 128.00 Citizens, per J AV Corrielle... 500 00 I'nknown 1 .50 BAINBRIDGE: Citizens, per J R Babbitt — BELT! )N : Walker, H H ' BLAKLLV : Friends of R P. Taylor BISOAVNAVOOD: ( itizens 21 65 ( itizens, per J J Hill 3. 20 1,896 25 BRITNSA\ ICK : Citizens, per W B Cohen. . . . 154.00 Citizens, per E A Nilson 250.00 Citizens,per "Morning News" 42. 00 Prince, Miss 5. 00 CAMILLA : M E Church, South CARROLLTON : Citizens, per S J Brown CARTERSYILLE : Milan, J C CHIPLEY : Y M C A COLTTMBUS : Board of Trade 500.00 Citizens, per Clias E Estes. . . 370.35 Colored Second Presbt'n S S 2.10 38 15 3 00 APPENDIX. G EO RGI A-Continued. EASTMAN : Citizens, per "Dodge Co Jour- nal " '. $54.25 Pendleton, AV W 1.00 FORSYTH : Baptist Church, per "W B Amos 50.00 FORT GAINES: Shove, CB 5.00 FORT VALLEY : Citizens, per (irey Bros C3.75 GREENSBORO : Citizens, per J F Hal! 24. 10 HAMILTON : Unknown 1 . 50 HAWKINSVILLE: Citizens, per J O Jelks, Jr. . . 100 00 LA GRANGE : Citizens, per W L Fleming. . 73.75 LUMPKIN ; Hickev, ET 5.00 Pearson. E P 3C.75 41.75 MACON : Board of Trade, per Ben C Smith 1000 00 Central Georgia Bank 25. 00 Citizens, per E G Ferguson. . 70.25 E T, V and G Rv Shopmen. . . 25.00 Exchange Bank 10.00 First Street Methodist Ch'ch 58.57 Hardeman, Isaac 15. 00 Holt, Miss Annie, proceeds of elocution class in Vine- ville 41.00 King's Daughters 30. 00 Troy, Thos W 25.00 1299.82 MARIETTA : Citizens, per Mayor F W Glover " 130.20 Citizens, per "Journal" 19.05 Fox, W H 5.00 Myers, Major Henry 10. 00 MILLEDGEVILLE : Powell, Dr T () 1 . 00 St. Cecilia Musical Club, con- cert i^roceeds 51 . 60 52.00 NEWNAN : Mechanics' Cornet Band, concert proceeds 103. 00 NORCROSS : A young lady 20.00 OGLETHORPE : Cash .f .50 Coogle, DP 1.00 Johnson, W C 1 .00 Keen, C R 5.00 Kelso, D 10.00 Promiscuous ■ 3 . 75 Stewart, AV H 1.00 Tavlor, Q Z 1.00 Topley, ST 2.00 Willis, AVH 5.00 "Williams, J R 1.00 OWENS FERRY : Biddle,J K PALMETTO : Relief QUITMAN : Citizens, per Mayor Geo W Averett 104.75 Hickory Head Baptist Ch'ch 38.00 ROME : Batty, HH 50.00 "Tribune" Relief Fund, per J T Graves .340.00 SAVANNAH : Aveilhe, A A 10.00 Base Ball Game, Wilson's Minstrels and Handv B B Club ." 74.20 Blum, Henry 25.00 Byck & Selig 10.00 Cash 5.00 Central R R & Ocean S S Co. 1000 00 Citizens, per Sigo Myers 79.60 Comer & Co, HM 50.00 Cotton Exchange, per E F Brvan 1000.00 Dancy, D Y 25.00 Davis Bros 5. 00 Douglas i.t Co, John A 5.00 Doyle, M J 10.00 Dub, B 10.00 Duckworth, Turner & Co ... . 50. 00 Eckman & Vetsburg 25.00 Eckstein & Co, Gustave 25 . 00 Ehrlich cV: Bro. A 25.00 Einstein & Lehman 10.00 Epstein & Bro, 1 25. 00 Ejjstein & Wannbacher 10.00 Estill, J H, Prop "News" ... 100.00 Falk & Sons, A 20.00 Farley, F M 25.00 First African Baptist Church 25.00 Flannerv & Co, John 50.00 Fleming Bros 10.00 Frank & Co 25.00 Fretwell & Nichols 10. 00 Garnett, Stubbs c<: Co 50 . 00 Garrard & Meldrin 25. 00 Gazan, Levi J 5.00 Gordon & Co, W W 100. 00 Gradv, De Letre & Co 20 . 00 Green,EM 50.00 Guckenheimer it Son, S 100.00 Haas, Isaac G 10.00 Haines, Col HS 50.00 Herman tt Kav ton 50. 00 .31.25 25.00 2.00 142.75 390.00 APPENDIX. SAA'AXXAH— Continued. Hexter & Kohn $ 5.00 Hibernian Society 100. 00 King's Daughters 10. 00 LetHer, A 20.00 Lester & Ravenel 25. 00 Levy & Bro. B H 10.00 Lippnian Bros 15.00 Livingston, H H, i)er "Times" 20. 15 Lovell & Latimore 10.00 Lovell & Sons, Edward 20. 00 Maclean c^- Co, M 50.00 Meinliard Bros & Co 350.00 Men & Co, W B 10.00 Mendel & Deitsch 10 . 00 Menelans, C 25.00 Miller, A J 5.00 Minnis & Son, A 50. 00 Mohr Bros 10.00 Montague & Co, C L 25. 00 Myers & Bro, H 100.00 Myers, Le Roy 50. 00 Palmer Bros .' 20. 00 Pferdminges, Preyer & Co . 52.42 Plant, H B Pres S, F & W Ry 1,000.00 Ralli Bros 50.00 Rieser & Stern 20. 00 Rosenheim & Co, Joseph 10.00 Savannah Benevolent Asso- ciation 1,000.00 Schreiner, H L 5. 00 SimpKins & Co, WD 25 . 00 Smith Bros 5.00 St Philip'sAfricanMECh'ch 8.00 Stiauss & Co 'yO.OO Stults, Chas E 15.00 Tiedeman & Bro, G W 10 00 "VValthour c'v: Rivers 5. 00 "Watson tt Powers 10.00 Weed, Joseph D 25.00 West & Co, Thomas 5. 00 Western Union Telegraph Co Employees IC.OO SPARTA : Citizens, per W H Silver STINSON : Hunt, S A 1.00 Hunt, TM 1.00 Neal, Mrs Kate 2.00 Radcliffe, G W 5.00 Tigner, B F 4.00 Tigner, Mr.s G 5.00 Trinity Sunday-School 20.00 TENNILLE : Citizens, per J W l^mith THOMASVILLE : Citizen«, per Aldiman, Whid- ams Co 103.40 Citizens, per "Enterprise" . . . 100.00 Citizens, per J G Hopkins... 157.56 Citizens, per T M Mcintosh. . 127.50 TIFTOX: Morgan & Reynolds VILLA RICA : Citizens, per W B Candler. . . WARM SPRINGS : Dorr, J W WEST POINT : Citizens, per T J Jennings, Jr, Mayor WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS : Sunday- School, per B F Tig- ner .'■ WINTERVILLE : Citizens, per T A Harris ILLINOIS. $ 25.00 3.00 21. CO .f 14,828 90 ANNA : Citizens, Evans . per Mayor M V CAIRO : Baseball Game, per John A Miller . $00.15 265.60 CARLINSVILLE : Proceeds Concert, Wni D Graham CARMI : First Presbyterian Church. CHAMPAIGN: Gardner, C G CHICAGO : American Exchange National Bank 50.00 Atlas National Bank 25.00 Board of Trade, per George F Stone 3,677.50 Buehler, J 20.00 Chicago Branch "Red Cross"l,000. 00 Chicago National Bank 100. 00 Citizens, per "Inter-Ocean". 3(!(>.17 Citizens, per Mayor Roche. 5555. 00 Citizens, per "Triliuue" 505.25 Commercial National Bank . . 50. 00 Comstock, W C 100. 00 Continental National Bank.. 100.00 Corn Exchange Bank 50.00 Filsenthal, Gross & Miller.. 25.00 First National Bank 250 . 00 Foreman Bros 25.00 Foreman, Gerhard 25.00 Fort Dearborn National Bank 25. 00 Hair & Co, J F 25.00 Hemmelgam, H 100.00 Hibernian Banking Ass 25.00 Hide and Leather National Bank 25.00 Home National Bank 25.00 Hoyt, Wm 36.00 Illinois Trust and Savings Bank 25.00 International Bank 25.00 10 APPENDIX. CHICAGO— Continued. Kean& Co.SA..... S25.00 Lane.AVC 15" Leita, James .• • .• ■ ■ jj^ " Master Painters' Association 50.00 Mayer & Son, L 20.00 Merchants Loan .S: Trust Co. 100.00 Mercliants National Bank. . . 100 00 Metropolitan National Bank 100 00 National Bank of America.. lOO 00 National Bank of Illinois . .. 100. Northwestern National P>ank 50 oo Porter Bros & Co. . . . . ^. • • • • ■ W\.(M) Prairie State National Bank. 25.00 Kepublican and Commercial Travelers Visiting General Harrison ^„2 „;; Schaffne .V: Co, H 2o.0 Silvennann, L 11,11 Terrence, C E ■ 1 nn a Union National Bank 100.00 T-nion Trust Co 25.00 Wandell Bros ; ■ 100 •Ward, AV C, per "Tribune .. o "Webster \- Comstock 5 . 0(i EFFINGHA.M : Boys and (iirls Collection .... EL(iIN : "Daily News," per A H Low- rie EVANSTOWN: McDowell, Mrs Malcom 13436.80 10.75 ROCKFORI) : A Fireman ^ ,lnn Asliton, Andrew.;^.. 0.0 Barnes, W F and .John 10.00 Barnum, Harris » "" Beattie, John ^ )J^ Blakeman, B Brown, C W Brown, H A Brown, H S Burr Bros , Carlton, In^^alls o" Carrico, TW 1* Cash (three items) -• Casper, Harry ^ " Catlin, Mrs Dr E P 5 00 Charity Churchill, PP Clemens, Mrs J E Clifford, John 1 •"" Cole & Day ^ "" Coltcm, A Cutler, A E Daw,son, G H J Dorr. Mi.ss Jessie •-! Dorr, Mi.xs Marcia f •'' ' Early, Mrs AD 2.0 Elmore. DA 5."" Fairfield. WW ^ Fay, Lewis & Bro Fei-fiusou, I) H ■ First Confi-regational Churcli Fraley, John M Frieduian, F 1- rost. A H ^ i „„ FREEPORT : First Presbyterian Church . . HAMILTON: Lane & Co, W B • ■ • JOLIET : Fergus, G E MURPHYSBOROUGH : Duft'enbach, P. PALO: Public Schools, per R W Burton PANA : Davis, E J PEORIA : Peoria Pottery Co QUINCY : A Friend, per "Times- I'liion " RAVENSAVOOD: I*ublic Schools, per A V Ende 1.00 3 50 55.00 18.05 50.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 1. 2.00 5.00 2.00 2 00 2.00 00 00 1.00 5.00 7.20 1.00 1 00 3.00 Graham. .lohn 1 ™; HanaforI L 1 O'; Hinklev, James . . Huijgins, Mrs Geo Hurd, Dr A E Joyce, Henry Ke'eler. Ed 1.00 1.00 2 00 1 . 00 2.00 Kellogg, Geo F 1 " Ivellv,Geo B 5 00 Kerr, Dr Thiimas 5 00 King,GeoE 300 Knapp, Wm 2.00 Lake, John g.uo Lamont, James f •"" Lovell. W W 100 McAfee, DrW D..._ 2.00 McConnell, Miss Eliza 1-0 Mayer, Charles ^■"" Miller, Botsford & Co 10.00 Nevermind 1 ■" Nor dstrom , G us o . u Norton, MA 5.00 O'Connor, Kate ^•'' Parmele, MS ...•• ■•■• f.OO Paterson, Mrs Frank W 1 00 Peterson, \V C...... ■•;■•■ 10 Penfield, Mr and Mrs J (. . . . 0.0 Penfleld, S F and G F 2.0 People's Bank • 10-0 Peterson, Mrs Fred 10 Porter & Co., John R foo Radecke,TF 100 Reynolds, Will 2.00 Richings, Dr Henry 2.0 Robertson. TD -■.■■■■ 25.0 Rockford Humane society. . . 5.00 Rockford Mitten Co., Em- ploves ^'^■•^^ APPENDIX. 11 ROCKFORD— Continued. Rockford Register f 10,00 Roper, Major 1.00 Sabin, Cliarles 2.00 Sanford, G A 10.00 Scott, Thos 2.00 Scoville, Mavor 2. 00 Shedd, C F." 2.00 Sherratt, Jolm H 10.00 Silver Plate Co 5. 00 Sine, Major J B 1 .00 Spafford; AC 10.00 Stewart, J) J 5.00 Stone, Horatio 5.00 Sullivan, John E 2.00 Summer, E 15 1 . 00 Swift, I)r H P 5.00 Svmi)athv 2.55 Takott, NV A 10.00 Talcott, Hon Wait 5.00 Taylor, H "\V 2 00 Two Seminary Girl.s 3.00 AValdo, H H.'. 1.00 AVeldon, Mr.s Capt 1 .00 Wheat, Fred 1.00 AVilliams, .Miss AH 1.00 Woodruir, EL 5.00 Woodrutt', Gilbert lO.Od Wunder, (Jeorge 5.00 SANDWICH : Sandwich Mfg Co SHELDON : Sheppard, S W 1 . 00 Total • .1)114,550. 73 ■KJ4.10 5.00 LAFAYETTE : Second Presbyterian Church LA PORTE : Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society. MICHIGAN CITY : Congregational Sunday Sch'l NEW ALBANY: Citizens, per First National Bank 200,00 De Pauw, C AV 50.00 PAOLI : Bowles, L S SHELBYYILLE : City Council TERRE HAl TE : Hudnut Milling Co WARSAW : Proceeds of Lottery Total ^97.10 250.00 5.00 $822.68 INDIANA. BRAZIL: Brazil & Continental Lodge, F & A M EMMETSBURG: Hunter, Rev J J EYANSYILLE : Business Men 100.00 Citizens, per S S Scantlin — 32. 6G FORT WAYNE: Bond, JO 5.00 Pennington Machine Works. 5.00 INDIANAPOLIS: Atkins & Co, EC 5.00 Fletcher & Thomas 5 , 00 JEFFERSONYILLE : Barnes, AVL 20,00 Delahunt, John L 2.00 Donovan, P O 2.00 Jenkins. John A 1.00 Kehoe, M J 1 , 00 I'atton -Alfg Co, Employes. . . 20.00 Peaceltv, Chris ." 2,00 Smith, AW 2.00 Steeley, Eugene Y 2. 00 IOWA. COUNCIL BLUFFS : Rescue Fire Co, Ball, Postmaster per .•SOS. 30 DAYENPORT : .«25,00 Reed,JA DES MOINES : ] 00 Crosby, Mrs C S, N Y Com . . . KEOKUK: Morse, W S 132,01! AIJDIX. KENTUCKY— Continued. NEW HAVEN: Johnson, Sylvester NEWPORT : Citizens, per Wm H Horton. NICHOLASVILLE : Citizens OWENSBORO : Citizens, per First Natl Bank PARIS : Citizens, per " Courier- Journal" 104.50 Jones, J M 3.00 PRINCETON : Princeton Church RICHMOND : Burnam, EH. SPRING STATION: Alexander, A J VERSAILLES : Amsden, J 45.65 Cit izens. per "Courier- Journal" 44.50 Hen ry Academy i) . 25 WARFIELD : Citizens, per "Courier- Journal WARSAW : Citizens, per "Courier- Journal WASHINCiTON: Marshall, Mrs II B WINCHESTER : Burgin, P 100 Cocke, VV M 5.00 Conn, S A 5.00 Dudley, F H 1.00 Ecktoh & Flannifian 1 . 00 Elkin, RS 50 Evans, J H 100 ( Jardner & Bro. W H 2 . 50 Hampton, A H 2.00 Harding, W M 100 Hays, Adolph 100 Jackson. F H 1.00 Kerr, SI' 5.00 Keyes, .John 2.00 Kic'ld, W 1'. 500 Logan, W B l.fif McClintock, Winn & Co 10. oo McDonald, l^uisenburv & Co 2.00 Miller, Wash 5.00 Miller. Wni 100 Nelson, I AV 7.00 STILLWATER : Citizen.'!, per E W Durant. . . 157.68 STOCKBRIPOE: DeRuy, CE 5.00 Total ?4,231.04 MINNESOTA. AUSTIN : Base Ball Game, per J A Sands .S30.75 niLUTH: W A Gorman Post, 13, GAR 261 . 25 .MINNEAPOLIS : Chute Bros 50.00 Citizens, per First Natl Bank 50. 00 Garrick Dramatic Club 20.00 Kalahan, John 10. 00 180.00 OAKDAXE : Sunday School, per .Miss Nellie Hubbard 5 . 00 OWATONNA: Sunday School 40.45 ST. CLOUD: Mitchell, W B 5.00 " Daily Times '" 07.00 102.00 ST. PAUL: Benz, Geo 25.00 Colvimbia Asso, per Jno Fitz 100.00 Hewitt and Son, Mrs Nellie. 35.00 Passenger Condvictors .50.00 Robinson, C H 10.00 Traveling Men 167.45 Underwood, \V T 100.00 487.45 Total .»:l,056.90 MISSISSIPPI. ARTESIA : Unknown . $ 5.00 BROOK HAAT;N: Smith, Egbert F . 2a COLUMBUS : Baptist Church $5.00 Methodist Church 54 . 55 St. Paul's Church S S 50.00 109.55 EDWARDS : Harrison & Lewis 14.25 FLORENCE : Congregational S S 32 . 00 GRENADA : Citizens, per Mayor B C Adams 100.00 HAZELHURST : Citizens, per E W Brown — 51 . 95 HOLLY SPRINGS : Citizens, per W N Ash 250.00 McDowell, Mrs and Miss 5.00 255.00 JACKSON : Citizens, per Capital State Bank 10.00 Stag Club 78.00 88.00 LAKE : M E Church, per H R Cald- well 13.15 MERIDIAN : Citizens, i)er " News " 133.50 Father Vallev, per "News" 20.00 First Baptist'Church 44.00 First Presbyterian Church.. 10.00 Holt, S B, freas 26.00 233.. 50 MOSS POINT: Citizens.perDrNeal Mitchell 125.80 Employees Pascagoula Lum- ber Co 80.75 206.55 NATCHEZ : Citizens, per W B Barnett. . . 107.00 PORT GIBSON: Planck, Rev DA 10.00 SHUBUTA : Baptist Church 16.45 Gray, Cyrus 2.00 18.45 STARK VILLE : Citizens,per First Natl Bank 53.65 SUMMIT : j Collections by Miss Kate Sample and Miss Ida I Aronson 45. 75 VICKSBURG : B P O Elks, 95 25.00 Cotton Exchange 228.00 Howard, DrGW 10.00 R R Conductors' Di v 331 . . . . 25 . 00 Volunteer Southern Exhib'n Drill 207.00 495.00 Total .$1,839.80 IS APPENDIX. MISSOUKI. CARTHAGE : ' Citizens, i)er S \V Tliigberry S 44.00 j CRAIG: I Allen. F K 1.00 | Anderson, J 50 Ballenger, G W 1.00 ! Bover, W M 50 Brin, F J 25 Brownfield, F S 1.00 Bungenstock. H 1 . 00 Catsnn, H 50 Clark, Thos 1.00 Doa po. John 25 Dob^^ls, Ch X 1 . 00 Frazier, R S 50 Haskins. MjTtle 25 Heaton, Ed". 1 . 00 Hildridge, C B 50 Hogrel t. Geo W 1 . 00 Hunter. :Mrs 50 .Tolinsteen. Dr J L .50 Kaltenbach, Dr 1 . 00 Kellogg, E J 1 . 00 Kin.son, J R l.oo Lewis, Wm B 1 . 00 McIninch.AA l.oo Perrin . H J 1 . oo Price, R M 50 Rice, J B 50 Shiplev, LA 1.00 Smith, DC 50 Smith, Ritta 25 .Stokes, A B 50 Sympathizer 50 ^Vard. HL 1.00 Ward, J A 25 23.25 CCRRYVILLE: Citizens, per J W Hawkin-s.. 20.00 HANNIBAL : Hogg, J 1.00 JEFFERSON CITY: Base ]5all Game, per W S Brotherton 104.00 Grushammer, J W 15.00 Lincoln Institute Teachers. . 16.75 135.75 KANSAS CITY : Charity Ball 1.387. ,50 ( itizens, per Airs L H Owen. 1025. 70 Little Sunday School Mission 15.00 Relief Committee, per R Ritchie 48.10 Star and Times B B Game.. 2,238. 00 Stock Yards 320.00 Swift & Co 100.00 5134.36 LIBERTY : Citizens, per Claude Harwick 25. 50 PALMYRA: Citizens 25. 00 Marion Co Savings Bank 25 . 00 RICH HILL: Bird, C A .$4.00 ST. JOSEPH : Fruit and Produce Exchange 50. oo (iazette Pub Company 64.00 Pride of the West Lodge A or AV 31.70 145.70 ■ST. LoriS: Citizens, per "Republic"... 704.65 Engelke & Ferris 50. 00 Fairbanks & Co, N K 500.00 Flanagan & Co 50.00 Freeland, Thos 1 .00 Greek George (wTestler) 77.15 Hancock, John 10.00 Havward, G A 10.00 Jones .t Co 10.00 Merchant*' Exchange 5,2.55.00 Plant Milling Co. Geo P 100.00 Saloon Keepers KW. 00 Shultz Belting Co 2.(K» 69.511.80 WARRENSBTRG: Visitors to Electric Springs. 20.45 Total. MONTANA. §112,563.81 &4.85 S8!).85 HELENA : Myrtle I.,odge, No. 3 MILES CITY: Mrs Basinki and Mrs Maples Total NEBRASKA. LINCOLN : Lowery Bros § 25.00 McCOOK : McCook Vocal Club 34. 00 O1VLA.HA : Citizens, i)er W W Lowe 4.58.00 Eden Musical Co .53.30 Hebrew Benev Society .50.00 561.30 Total $620.30 NEW HAMPSHIRE. * ASHLAND: Mitchell, Mrs EG CONCORD : Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches 30.80 APPEKDIX. 19 N'EW HAMPSHIRE-Continued. MANCHESTER : Employes Equinox House. . . 1(40.00 Forsaith Machinery Co, S C. 10.00 Franklin Street Cliurch 02.59 y two little girls 17.00 ELIZABETH : First Presbyterian Sunday School 1 HIGHLAND: Proudflt,RR HOBOKEN : Citizens, per News 5: IRVINGTON: Taft, Mrs Kate S JAMESBURG : Presbyterian Church 53. GO JERSEY CITY : Citizens, per L J Gordon . . . .f 894 93 Linn& Co, F D 25.00 Turner's Club, per H H BrinkerholT 49.55 Winteringliani, Mary 1* Kio.oo 10G9.48 r>ONG BRANCH: Wooley, AT 3.00 MONTCLAIR: Hamer, J W 10.00 NEWARK : Citizens, per Mayor .1 K Havnes '. 2170.88 Clark's Thread Co employes. 474.20 Lista Ag. Cheniitral Works.. 102.50 Republican Club Concert... 800.00 St Vincent De Paul Society. 21.25 Young Men's Repub. Club*. . 24.00 3053.33 NEW BRUNSWICK : First M E Church 35. 10 Ransom Ave Baptist Chundi 30.00 Second Reformed Chun-h. . . 45.55 St James M E ChunOi 34.50 145.15 OUANGE: First (ierman I'resbyterian Church ■. 12.00 PASSAIC : Crigg, B A 25.00 PHILLIPSBIIRCi : Pnknown Lady 5.00 RARITAX : Wehly, Chas A 1.00 RED BANK : Adams & Cole 5.00 Allen, J Tiatlord 5.00 Allen, Robt, Jr 3.00 Allen, Rev TK 10.00 Applegate, John S 10. 00 Bennett & Bro, \Vm 5 . 00 Bergen <& Son, J R 5.(H) Blumenberg, L 2.00 Broadnieadow James 5 . 00 Callington & Son, 1 2.00 Cash (numerous items) 32.50 Chadwick, F T 2.00 Cooper, Geo 2.00 Corless, WT 3.00 Curry, Orrin 5.00 Davidson, MM 2.00 Drohan, MM 5.00 Edwards, J B 5.00 Egan, Patrick 2.00 Field & Burrows 2.00 Finch, Mrs, Private School . 1.00 French, C G 5.00 French, W A 5.00 Grace M E Church 28. 00 Graded S S, The 11 .20 Henderson & Applegate 2.00 Hendrickson, S J & S 5.00 20 IPPJESDlic. ■RED BANK— Continuert. Ivins, Chas H $5 00 Knapp & Alleu 2.00 Lawrence, J B 5.00 Morford, S VV ' 5. 00 Morris, Furm'^n 2. 00 Nevens, H M 10.00 Peck, Henrv A 5.00 Peters, Jos "h 5.00 Presbyterian Church 17.11 Reckless, A 10.00 Richardson, E S 5. 00 Sickles, Jacoh B 5.00 Sickles & Parker 5.00 Smith, J M 2.00 Sneden W J 10.00 Spanning;, B W 2.00 Stillwell, aeo 2.00 Stout, John W 5. 00 Stranger, throuf;h Rev F R Harboroujili. .'. 5.00 Terhune, J L 5.00 Throckmorton, J A 10.00 Throckmorton, Capt J S. . . . 5.00 Union Church Meeting 100.00 Warner, C D 2.00 Waterman, Geo O 5.oo Wild, GN 2.00 Willets, Mrs, Private School 2.88 Wilson & Parker's corres- pondent, whose name they withhold 100,00 Worthley, Capt J A 1 . 50 5]3.1'.t SALEM : Tyler, F Graham 10. 00 SEAGIRT : Efforts of four little boys. . . 44.00 TRENTON : American Saw Co 50. 00 WOODBURY: Green, G G .' 100. oo Total .S(;,y26.45 NEW MEXICO. ALBUQUERQUE: Haverstick, J E . . .^10.00 LASA^EGAS- ( 'itizens, per J Reynolds SANTA FE: Presbvterian Church S S 10. 00 R R Men of New Mexico 32.50 Total 42.50 .'SI 29. 50 NEWT YOJRK. ALBANY : Citizens, per Edward A Maher .■S 225. 00 Perrin,E O, per N Y "World" 25.00 Relief Committee, per E G Judson 335. 06 AMSTERDA^I : First National Bank AUBURN: Newton, E S BROOKLYN : Brooklyn " Zeitung " 54. l5 Citizens, per Mayor A C Chapin 10467.73 Parker, Jas M. 10. 00 Rogers, E J 100.00 Tavlor .v Sons. Wm 5.00 Tibals, Mrs R A 200. 00 BUFFALO : Buffalo Scale Co 100.00 Citizens, per Mayor Philiii Becker ." 1000.00 Nurse at General Hospital. . . 2.00 Tiftt, Sons & Co, G W 5. 00 AVhite, L .7« ('itizens,per .Mavor A S Hew- itt " .")04li4.ti!l Citizens, j)er H B Hollins & Co 2492. (M> ( 'itizens,per Journal of Com- merce 577. 50 Citizens, per World .5475.00 Citizens, per V M C .\ 821.. jn Chiflin 6c Co, H B 1000,00 Clark & Co, E VV 425.00 Clausen Brewing Co, Henry. 100. oo Clork & Bro, Geo A 100. oo Clyde Line Employes .{(io.oo Co'ffin, Altemus & Co lOO.OO Colgate *: Co 100. oo Collins, Chas 20.00 Collins, Downing & Co 25.00 Combes, H G 10. (W Concert at Harry Miner's Theatre ." : .1251 ..35 Conett & Co, H V .50.00 Coney Island Fire Depart- ment 10. 00 Connington, C 1 .00 Conver. lAickemeyer, shefer & Co. .. 50.00 Lvle, Roberto 5. (to Lvon Bros & Co 25.00 Lyon & Co, .7 B 5.00 McCallis ,V Roman 20. (H) McCormack & Hubbs 10.00 McDonough, TB 10.00 McDowell, Pierce & Co 15. (M) Mc(iiven, J P 10.00 Mcintosh, (ireen & Co 50.00 McKesson & Bobbins 25.00 MacheaKh , Chas 25 . 00 Mall «r Cr), HenrvWT 50.00 Mallory, C H...." 1000.00 Mallory & Co, C H 500.00 Mallov, P H 20.00 Maltby, Ellis & Albertson... 10.00 Manhattan Life Ins Co ,500.00 Many Friends of J D Tread- well 126.50 Mapes P (iiiano Co, The 250.00 Maritime Relief Committee, l>er A T Decker 750.00 Marshall, R I) 10.00 Marstelle, Geo L 10.00 Martin, H B 25.00 Martin, Mrs Henrietta 25. 00 Martin, J H S .50.00 Mason & Co, E T 10.00 Mass, HO 50.00 Mattherson & Weecher Ref Co, F O 100,00 Maxfield* Co 10.00 Maxfield, Joseph B 5.00 Mayer, M & C 25.00 Mavnard,FS 5.oo Mendel, AG 25.00 Metropolitan Bd Fire Ins Brokers 308.27 Meyer & Co, J 25. 00 Mica Roofing; Co 100.00 Michigan & Co, B L 5. 00 Milford, Smith & Son, Henry 100. 00 Miller & Krone 5. 00 Mills, AD 5.00 Mills & Gibb 100.00 Miner, J B 2.00 MissBC 15.00 Modsy&Co, I.. 25.00 Monroe, Tavlor J 100.00 Montgomery, R M 100. 00 Morgan & Co; James S 100.00 Morrison, Herriman & Co. . . 50. (M) Mott, SR&JC 50.00 Moule, J J 10.00 Muate & Son, Chas P 20. 00 Mulford & Bonnet 25. 00 Muller, W 25. 00 Murphy, P 5. 00 Murray Hill Hotel 250.00 Muser Bros 50.00 NEW YORK— Continued. Myroz, Portier, Grosse & l'<>. $50.00 Naumberg, Krauz, Lauer & Co 50.00 Newton, I)r ED 5. 00 Nix & Co, John 25.00 Nolan & Shute 5.00 Nooney, Freddie 1 . 00 Nooney & Sons, Thos 50.00 Nordlinger > Co, J D 25 00 Noyes, Smith tV' Co 25.00 N Y Belting Packing Co 300.00 N Y Coiiilenscd Milk Co 100.00 N Y Fire I )eii;trtiiient 1202.00 N Y Life Insurance Co 1.500 00 Obel & Day, S (J 100.00 Oberndof & Frank 25.00 Oi)penheinier Bros & Vesth. 75.00 Ottenheimer 25.00 Owen&Co, G&S 25.00 Palmer, J E 25.00 Palmer, Solon 25.00 Papv, Miss A R 100.00 Papv, Mrs F B 25.00 Parker .\; < o, W A 25. 00 Parker, Wilder & Co 100.00 Parsons, C S 25.00 Parsons & Sons, (^las 25 . 00 Parsons & Co, W H 100. 00 Passavant & Co 100.00 I'eck & Hauchhaus 25. 00 Pel gram & Meyer 25.00 Pelzer, B H 5.00 Person, Harrim.an & Co, A.. 50.00 Pforzheimer, Keller & Co... 15.00 Phelps Bros .v CIX. 27 OHIO. CANTOX : Canton Iron Roofing Co CHAGRIN FALLS: Ladies' Pink Tea CINCINNATI : Adriance, N R 5.00 Amazon Insurance Co 25.00 American Oak and Leather Co Kniployees 35.50 Anonymous 5.00 Baird * Co, James A 10. 00 Baldridge & Hogan Saw Co. 5.00 Ballard, Rol)ert 10.00 Banks, .Mrs E J 5.00 Beversdorl'er, Mary (Ripley, 0) ... 5.50 Breuer, C C 5.00 Brower, A (Fern Bank, O). . . 10.00 Brooks, L H 50.00 Burnett, R W 50.00 Burton, Gideon 5.00 Cash (three items) 7.00 Cash, in Palace Hotel Box.. . 13.50 Cash, per Cincinnati Centen- nial Exposition 5.00 Cash, per Joseph K Harrison 5.40 Cash, per "Times-Star".... 16.30 Caldwell, Miss Marv 10 Central Presbyt'n Church S S 10.00 Church of the Epiphany (Walnut Hills) ". 10.00 Cincinnati, Portsmouth, Big Sandv and Pomerov Packet Co..." " 50.00 Cincinnati Traveling Men. . 100.00 Citizens, per " Telegram ". . . 625.00 Citizens (Forest, O) 20.25 Clerks at P C & St L Ry Local Freight Ottice 20. 00 Clerks at Recorder's Office. . 5.00 Consolidated Boat Store, The 15.00 Consolidated Tank Line Co. 50.00 Criterion -Mutual Aid Ass'n. 5.00 Davis, Jr, &- Co, S 15.00 Deborah Ladies' Lodge, No! 5.00 Dickens, Elia.s, also Nellie Thompson's Collections. . 2.70 Dickinson, AV S 10.00 Dollar Donations, per "Evening Post" 18.00 Dulweber, John 10.00 E A M (Woodview, O) 5.00 Emery's Sons, Thos 100 00 Farran, Chas R (Melbourne, Fla) 20.00 Feehheimer, M & L S 25.00 Fajler's Sons & Co, Isaac 25.00 First Presbvterian Church (.Lebanon. "O) 49.10 Fleishman & Co 1 00 . 00 Fogel Collections, Miss S 8.17 Frank & Co, Charles 10 00 Freidberg & Workum 100. 00 Freidberger, J & A 25.00 Freidberger, Mver 5.00 Friend ' 1.00 Friend, per John Rechtin. .. 10.00 Furst, Abe 5.00 CINCINNA TI— Continued. Gibson House Co, The .glOOOO Gilpin, William H 5.00 Goodhart & Co, P J 25.00 S5.00 Goodman, Miss May 2.00 Gregory A: Son, J P 50.00 Harkness, Cowing & Co 25.00 cji on Harman, Charles E 10.00 Heighway, Dr A E 5.00 Hickenlooper, A 5.00 Hill Bros 10.00 Hill, John W 5.00 Hirsch, Lowenstein & Levi. 25.00 Hoffhelmer's Sons, Max 5.00 Howe, Master Charles G 10 00 Hoyt, J W 25.00 Imperial Social Club 10.00 Inland Oil Co 50.00 Jones, William E 10.00 Justis, Mrs J J 2.00 Keck, Lee R 10 00 Knights of Labor, D A 48. . . 100 00 Kyle, Capt John 50. 00 Lackman, H 100.00 Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent Society ( Huntington. AWa) 10.00 Lafayette National Bank 50.00 Lahnian, Buching 2.00 Low & (;an=el 10.00 Levy & Bro, J 50. 00 Live ( »ak Distilling Co 50.00 "Little Builders" (Walnut Hills (hnstian S S) 5.70 Ludlow and Shamrock Base Ball Clubs (Ludlow, Kv)... 21.55 Martin, J B ' 2. 00 Mayer, and other Little Girls, Marie 1.99 Marks *: Co, M H 10.50 M E Church S S (Winton Place) 14.28 M E Church, South (Millers- burg, Ky) 11.00 Merchants and M'frs Party, C of C 200.00 Moerlein Brewing Co, Chris- tian 100.00 Moore, E D 5. 00 Morrison, Thomas 50.00 Mt Auburn Baptist Church. 10.00 MuUany, D J 10. 00 Ohio & Miss Ry Local Freig't Oftice Eiiiplovees 23.50 Ohio Valley Natl Bank 50.00 Pettibone ilfg Co Emplovees 7.85 Potter, Parlin Jt Co. . . . ." 25.00 Proceeds of Fair held by Walter and James Hyman and Maude and Jennie Faller 2.76 Proceeds of a RaflJe, per Alex Levy 10 . 00 Public Schools (Van Wert,0) 29.00 Raushoff, Joseph 25.00 Rensch <5; Co. A 5.00 Red and Blue Party, C of C. 250.00 Red and Blue Party, per \Vm Glenn I*ENDtX. CINCINNATI— Continued. Scarlett, J H, Manager of R G Dun & Co $25.00 Schwill & Co, Albert 25.00 Sears, J M 10.00 Serena, Joseph 5 . 00 Seasongood, Charles 25. 00 Shenrord, Mrs M C 5 . 00 Shinkel & Kreis 25.00 Shoemaker, WW 200.00 Smith, J A ; 5.00 Standard Club, The 10 . 00 Straus, Fritz & Co 25.00 Stevenson, Mrs Mary H 1.00 Stewart's Vienna Bakery.. . . 10.00 Sullivan, C C (Louisa, Kv).. . .50 Sutherland & Dewey . . .' 10.00 Tinsley, Rev Peter. .' 5 . 00 Tracer, Can man & Loeb 15.00 Trinity M E Church 64. 09 Union Distilling Co, The .... 25.00 United States Mail Line Co. 50.00 Walker, Eddie 10 Whetstone, John L 20.00 Windisch-Mulhauser Brew- ing Co, The 100.00 Wolf, R H (Bowersville, O). . 7.50 Wooliscraft, John N 25.00 Workingmen at Sayer & Scovill's 40.00 4226.83 Less remittances to assist Decatur, Ala ; also. New Decatur, Ala 493. 73 CLEVELAND : Alorater.E F 5.00 Avery Elevator Bucket Co. . . 5.00 Base Ball Game 70.00 Citizens, per Leader Print- ing Co 969.85 Citizens, per " The Press " . . 6.80 Jones, E H 15.00 Lady 2.00 Mather, Geo 2.00 N Y, P & O R R, Mechanics. 50.00 Ohio Editorial Association. . 50.00 Perry, Clendeed 100.00 Police Entertainment 807.00 Public Schools 811.34 Rumells & Manchester 15.00 Salders, B 5.00 Shamrock Base Ball Club. . . 130.00 Unknown 1 . 00 COLUMBUS: Case Mfg Co 5.00 Citizens, per Mayor 328.20 Deschler, W G 100.00 Jeffrey Mfg Co 5.00 DAYTON : Joyce, Cridland & Co DECHLER : Bean, M FREDERICKTOWN : Cunimings, W S 14.67 Strube, Dan 5.00 113.00' 10.00 6.00 7.00 94.15 7.00 GALION : Citizens GALLIPOLIS : Entertainment 58.60 C V C Cadet Post 126 15.75 HAMILTON : Anderson & Shafer 10.00 Bentel & Margedout Co 3.00 Niles Tool Works 100. 00 LEETONIA : Eagle, S Grant MINNEAPOLIS : Dwyer, E W MORROW : Swiggett, E T MOUNT VERNON : Williams, GC NAPOLEON: Tyler, J H NEWARK : Citizens, per David A Allen. NEW VIENNA : Base Ball Game NORTH LIMA: A Little Girl's Entertain- ment OXFORD : Unknown PIQUA : Base Ball Game 100.00 St James Episcopal Church . 21 00 121.00 SPRINGFIELD: Teffel & Co, Jas 5.00 TOLEDO : Citizens, per " Blade" 1428.72 Citizens, per Mayor J K Hamilton " 402.55 First Congregational S S 100.00 Sympathizer 2 . 00 1933.27 TRIO : Phillips, J W 2.50 WASHINGTON : Citizens 35.25 YOUNGSTOWN : Ford, F F 2.00 Radef & Shohem 75. 00 77.00 Total $9,903.78 10.00 i^PPENDIX. 29 tfiNNSYtVANIA. ALLENTOWX : Sager, Thos AV ALTOONA : Sherer, Rev J B BEAVER ; Citizens. BELLEFONTE : Citizens, per Miss Annie J Valentine CAMBRIDGEBORO : Citizens CHAMBERSBl'RG : Wood k Sons, T B CHESTER : Cliester Oil Co 200.00 Ferron, JE 1.00 First Pre.shyterian Church.. 30.00 UELAWARE WATER (JAP: She])perfl, A R EAGLEVILLE : Presbyterian Church S S — EASTON : Citizens 139.50 ( 'ongregational Covenant of Peace 30.00 FRAXKLIX : First Baptist Church GERMAXTOWX : CAE 5.00 Sympathizer 5.00 HARRISBURG : Haiiinielbaugh, DD 3.25 Harrisburg Car Mfg Co 5.00 JOHNSTOWX : Roberts, D 5.00 Suuclav-School Children 10.43 "Tribune" 5.00 Unknown 5.00 LEBAXOX : Coleman, Robert H LEWISTOX : Stockpole, Geo F MOXTGOMERY STA : Houston, Levi MOXTROSE: Beach, H L .?5.00 12.00 231.00 30.00 25.00 169.50 68.02 25.43 1000.00 11.00 MUXICE : Fulmer, J H .■«5.00 PAXT( )X : Trinity Church Offerings. . . . 25.00 PHILADELPHIA : Barnett, G&H 5.00 Bitting, C C 15.00 Blumenthal «& Co 50.00 Cash 25 Chambers Bros & Co 5.00 Citizens, per Mayor E H Filler 17500 00 Green, F M 25.00 Hainsicker, J W 5.00 Hooper & Townsend 50. 00 Rending, John 20.00 Lamberger & Co, L 50.00 Lord, G W 5.00 Mclnlvre, A 50.i)0 Stock ExchanM 250.00 Thompson & Campbell 5.00 Vroaman, S B 50.00 18085.25 PITTSBURG : Calvary Episcopal Church. . . 148. 10 Citizens, per "Dispatch". . 1011.50 Duncan & Son, Geo .50.00 Henrich&Co 25.00 Howard, F P 1.00 Lockhard, Chas 100.00 Miller, R 100.00 Mutual Glass Co 25.00 XicolaBros 25.00 Paul, J W 250.00 Porter & Co, H K 100.00 Reformed Presbvt'n Church 83. 4« Scott, John F . . .". 20.00 Young Men's Hebrew Societv 140.00 2079.08 PLYMOUTH: Citizens, per A K DeWitt .... 444.50 POTTSVILLE : Second Presbyterian Church 25.00 SAY RE: Citizens, per Julius Hayden. 105.80 SCKAXTOX: Citizens, per "Republican" 570. 66 STROCDSBURG: Tanite Co 5.00 TIONESTA : Citizens, per Jas F Brennau 66.00 UXIOXTOWX : McDowell, AV A 5.00 WEST CHESTER: Citizens, per M S Day 123.50 WILICESBARRE : Citizens, per H JDennSn... 643.10 Total S23,860.00 30 At'PEN'DlX. RHODE ISLAND. KINGSTON : Potter, Wm H $25.00 NEWPORT : Citizens, per T T Pitman 926. 00 Vanderbilt, F W (Rough Pt). 5000. 00 — .TO26.00 PAWTUCKET : Citizens ti.OO Streeter, NT 2. 75 . 8.75 PROVIDENCE : Providence k. Washington Insiirance Co '..... 200.00 Florida Rolling Exposition. 62.00 262.00 ROSELAND : Stewart, W C 50.00 WESTERLY : Citizens, per "Tribune" Co. 41.00 Public Schools 55.50 96.50 Total $6,368.25 SOUTH CAROLINA. ABBEVILLE: Ladies $55.00 AIKEN : Baptist Church 18,80 ANDERSON: Frierson, Miss F J 20.00 BARNETTSVILLE : Citizens, i)er Mayor Living- ston 57 . 00 BEAUFORT : Prouleau, A P 5 00 Thomas, MA 2,00 7.00 CHARLESTON : Citizens, per (,'hamber of Commerce — 2089. 76 {'itizens, per "News and Courier" 105'"'. 31 Citizens, per Editor World . . . 573.50 Citizens, per " Sun " 5.00 (Mtizens, per E Willis, Treas. 500.00 Citizens, per World Budget Co 191.05 Concert, per (i D Brvan 339.00 Fanhev, D 3.00 •Merchants' Exchange 300.00 M< )ore , 10, Treas A T P A 550 . 00 Mutual Aid Association 100.00 Newton Beer's Theatrical Co 200.00 Wheeler, T M 20.00 5928.22 CHESTER : Chester " Luminaries " 50.00 COLUMBIA: Citizens, per W J Cathcart..$411.00 Citizens, per Mrs J M Mc- Bride 174.70 Club, per W J Cathcart 63.00 Crane, E D 10.00 Dibert, A C 25.00 Jackson, E 10.25 Jackson, Dr E E 6.43 Ladies' Entertainment 71.47 771.85 FLORENCE : Citizens,per Mayor W H Day 46.45 GREENVILLE : M E Church 9.20 LAURENS : Citizens, per Mrs J E Wilkes 105. 75 MARION : Citizens 19.50 NEWBERRY : Citizens 115.50 ROCK HILL : Citizens..' 34.00 SOCIETY HILL: Baptist Church 17.80 YORKVILLE: Citizens, per Geo W Hart. . . . 100.00 Total $7,356.07 TENNESSEE. BROWNSVILLE: Citizens, per S F Thomas CHATTANOOGA : Chattanooga I^nion R'y Co . 72.60 Citizens, per News Pub Co. . 320.12 First Presbvterian Church.. 50.00 Spaulding, E A 5. 00 Yellowstone Kit 100. 0(» CLARKSVILLE: Citizens 210 00 Ely, WJ 1.00 CLEVELAND : Citizens DAY"rON : M E Church FRANKLIN : C u m b e r 1 and Presbyterian Church GALLATIN : Citizens .$57.00 211.00 145.35 8.00 22.10 APPENDIX. 31 TENNESSEE— Continued . KINGSTON : Citizens KNOXVILLE : Citizens, per "Jonrnal" 36.00 First M E Church 20.00 Printers Tribune OflBce 10 . 00 Rhea, J L 5.00 LIMESTONE : Citizens, per Geo R Duncan. MARYVILI-E : Entertainment, per F P Hood MEMPHIS : AAA Minstrel Co 484.15 BPO Elks 110.50 Chickasaw Guards' Enter- tainment 856.05 Citizens, ])pr "Appeal " 335. 75 Citizens, per J W Cochran. . 88.35 Citizens, per Re.ief Commit- tee 3000.00 Colored Citizens 345 . 25 Ferguson & Co, J T 25. 00 Perkins, .Tinimy 2.60 MURFREESBORO : Baptist Church NASHVILLE : Cash (3 items) 9.00 Citizens, per "American "... 958.30 Concert, per " Democrat ". . . 145.50 Edgefield Cumberland Pres- byterian Church 26 00 Elm Street M E Church 5.00 First Cumberland Presby- terian Church 48.38 Herman Bros & Lindauer. . . 25.00 Hill & Granberry 5. 00 Jewish Temple 210. a5 Knox, Mrs Maria 1 . 00 McKendree Church 111.00 Merchants' Exchange 50.00 Moore Memorial Presbyte- rian Church ' 158.00 Nashville Ladv at Knoxville 5.00 Nashville Milling Co 50.00 Park Avenue Church 6.05 Reeves & Co, J S 50. 00 Rhea & Sons, BS 25.00 Sewell, AM 5.00 Taylor, Lytton 5. 00 Unknown 2.00 Van Valkenberg, G S & E C. 5.00 Vertrees & Vertrees 5 . 00 SHELBYVILLE : D N Harwood SUNBRIGHT : Citizens, per Chas Gerding, Jr TRENTON : Christian Church .S15.69 71.00 8.00 30.40 TULLAHOMA : Citizens, per A Powers 36.16 Total $8,470.36 TEXAS. Miller, M C. BELTON : Citizens, per J M Thomson . . BREMOND : Union Meeting First Pres- byterian Cnnrch •flO 00 49. !0 BROWNSVILLE: Citizens, per J Y Porter. BRYAN : Citizens CURRO : Citizens .65 DALLAS: A S Lodge, per Dr E N Till- . 20 man DENISON : Denison Rifles. EL PASO : Bartow, Mrs F O, Entertain- ment 150.00 Citizens 88.00 FORT WORTH : Concert Proceeds 125.00 200.00 95.45 238.00 202 00 GAINESVILLE : Citizens, per C Hemming — 200.00 GALVESTON : Citizens, per " News " 753.90 Citizens, per Albert Ware. . .1200.00 Citizens of Galveston and Dallas 206.75 2160.65 HOUSTON : Citizens, per "Post" 407.50 HUNTSVILLE : Citizens, per Mayor J H Bace 50.00 ITASCA : Citizens, per T C Phillips. . . . 15.00 i JACKSON : 11.35 Presbyterian Church. i LOCKHART : 20.80i Field.WE 19.48 32 APPENDIX. TEXAlS— Continued. LOMF.TA : Langfleld, F S25. 00 PL A NO : National Bank 34.50 SAN ANTONIO: San Antonio Rifles and Bel- knap Rifles 450.00 VICTORIA : Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent Society 10.00 WACO : Citizens, per State Bank 168.50 M E Church, per H Bishop . 20.00 188.50 Total.... $4,719.78 VERMONT. BRATTLEBORO : Estey Organ Co ,*200. 00 Jackson, J B 50. 00 MONTPELIER : Taintor, Mrs 25.00 Wasanian, Mrs "SV W 100.00 ST. ALBANS : Christojjher, John G 50.00 Christopher, Mrs Mary E 50. 00 Entertainment, per J G Christopher 20.00 WEST RANDOLPH: ITnion Meeting of Churches. Total 120.00 12.21 $507.21 VIRGINIA. ALEXANDRIA : Leadbetter, Thos .«;46.41 Ramsay, J W 20. 00 BUCHANAN: Ladies' Mi te Society. 12.05 Protestant Mission'. 1.85 CHATHAM: Young Men's Prayer Meeting DANVILLE : Acree, E F 5.00 BaseBallClub 32.60 Browden,AD 5.00 Cash (five items) 13. 00 DANVILLE— Continued. Catlin, Mrs J T iSl.OO Cheek, W F 10.00 Clarke, Mrs Ellen 2.50 Clarke, F 2.50 Danville Register 10.00 Frankfurter, Fannie 1 . 00 Frankfurter, Henrietta 1 . 00 Gravely & Miller 10.00 Johnson, John M 10.00 Schoolfield, Vass & Co 10.00 Stultz, Lisberger & Co 10.00 Withers, Col E B 5. 00 DEEP CREEK: Citizens FARMVILLE : Citizens, per Wm G Venable HAMPTON : Citizens, per Mayor J Brown 30.00 S S, Normal and Ag Inst 15.18 LIBERTY : Citizens, per P L Sanders LURAY: Hudson, H V LYNCHBURG : Citizens, per Mayor N C Munson 350. 75 Citizens, per "Advance"... 38.50 MATHEWS C H: Westville Church MOUNT JACKSON : St Andrews Episcopal Ch'ch NORFOLK : Blanchard, J W 5.00 Citizens, per Mayor G R Banks 2337.76 Galenwood,Rev R 5.00 Howard Association 500.00 Officers and Men of U S S S " Pensacola " 142.00 PETERSBURG : Citizens, per H C Handy PORTSMOUTH : Citizens, per J F Crocker PULASKI CITY : Langhorn, WD RICHMOND : Bradford, W A 5.00 Citizens, per Mayor J Taylor Elison "....1507.30 R E Lee Camp 1.50 Williams & Co, T C 50.00 128.60 14.60 34.75 45.18 50.25 10.00 389.25 2989.76 1663.80 APPENDIX. 33 VIRGINIA.-Continued. ROANOKE : Celia 25 Citizens, per O F Flippo 271.84 Citizens, per " Evening Tel- egram 319.49 Jamison, Mrs S W 5.00 SALEM : Citizens, per E A Perry 596.58 177.33 STAUNTON : Citizens, per Mayor Alex H Fultz ■ 78.00 Stonewall Brigade Band Concert 180.00 258.00 TIMBER RIDGE : Wilson, S W, 3.00 WHITE POST: Waverly 4.00 WINCHESTER : Citizens, per Mayor Wm M Atkinson 60. 95 Total $7,851 . 42 WEST VIRGINIA. CHARLESTON : Presbyterian Church $ 55 . 00 HUNTINGTON : Acme Base Ball Club 26 . 00 MARTINSBURG : Berkley Lodge, 173 20 . 00 PARKERSBURG : Citizens, per AV A Cooper. . . 495.00 PIEDMONT : Fish, 1 5.00 RONCEVERTE : Citizens, per Mayor C B Smith 32.60 WHEELING : Tanny, JB 5.00 Unknown 5.00 Total WISCONSIN. JANESVILLE : Payne, Wm MILWAUKEE: AFriend 1.00 Akern & Son, J B 50.00 Alder & Sons Clothing Co, David 35.00 Allis & Co, Edward P 100.00 Andrews & Co 10.00 Apple, J 50 Asmuth Malt & Grain Co. . . . 25.00 Bacon, EP 50 00 Baer, Wm 5.00 Barber, Edw 10 00 Bartlett & Son.L 10.00 Baum (fe Fischer 1 00 Baumbach Co, The Chas 25.00 Kaumbach, Ernest von 10.00 Bechtner, Paul 10.00 Becker, Washington 50.00 Bergenthal Co, The Wm 10.00 Black, John 25. 00 Blade, A 5.00 Blade & Co, A 5.00 Blair & Andree Co 15. 00 Blochct Co, M 5.00 Bosworth .t Sons, H 25.00 Brandt & Schuelte 5.00 Bravden, J A 5.00 Carpels & Co 5.00 Ca-h, WN C 10.00 Chapin, C A 5.00 Chapman, TA 100.00 Chi < dren of a Family 2. 00 Cohen, N 1.00 Cohen Bros 5.00 Coleman, J C 25.00 Crombie, Smith & Co 25 00 Cudahy, Patrick 25.00 Davis, Bros 5.00 Davis, MB 50 Dohmen & Co. 10.00 Dottenheim, H 2.00 Eisen, Arnold 5.00 Elliot & Co, Robert 50.00 Ferguson, D 50.00 Ferie, Wm Le 10.00 Filer c boxes lemons. Martin, A C, hall box lemons. SOUTH LAKE WEIR: Smooks & Bro, 4 cases lemons. STARKE : 1 box eggs. 6 coops cuickens. ST. LUCIE: Russell, J E, 1 box lemons. TALLAHASSEE : 1 box peas. 1 bbl peas. Citizens, 1 coop chickens. TITUS VILLE : C E P, 2 bbis lemons. H S "VV, 2bbls limes. 1 bbl limes. WELBORXE: Mallory & Sons,%V C, 1 coop chick- ens, 1 box eggs. ILLINOIS. CHICAGO: 1 box sulphur. Garber, 1 bbl bread. HIGHLAND : Helvetia Milk Co, 10 cases milk. INDIANA. FAYETTE VILLE: Culver, Miss Eva, 1 box sundries. LAFAYETTE : 1 box old clothing. TERRE HAUTE: Hudnut Milling Co, grits. IO"WA. C S Beerbower, 200 bush Irish po- tatoes, 34 boxes sweet corn, 4 boxes prepared rye, 1 box Drum's coffee, half bbl oatmeal. $57.00 Sl,183.60 S104.00 S298.00 GEORGIA. LOUISIANA. NEW ORLEANS: Demming Charcoal Co, 3 cases bot- tled charcoal . 1 box charcoal, express charges. MARYLAND. .*3 70 AC K WORTH: McMillan, 2 coops chickens. SAVANNAH : Haynes & Elliott, 10 sacks grits, 10 Meal. 1 box Lemons. Savannah Steam Bakery, 2 bbls bread. 5 boxes milk. 2 soup . BALTIMORE : Latrobe, Mayor, 241 bbls flour, 321 bbls crackers, 544 sacks grits, 451 sacks meal, 34 boxes bacon, 250 bags meal. Legg & Co, John C, 200 bbls flour. S, F & AV, 2 boxes cider, 60 lbs Mo- nongracy's flour. 1 box tea. 1 clothing. 32 tierces shoulders. $97.00 $8,793.69 38 APPEN^DIX. MASSACHUSETTS. ORLEANS : Baily Canning & Preserving Co, I box clan\ jmce. WINCHESTER : Littlefleld, Mrs, 1 box clothing. MISSOURI. CARTHAGE : Grace Church, 1 bbl clothing. NEVADA. CANDLERIA : Shoot, Louis, 1 box India herb tea. $6.00 NEW YORK. ALBANY : " Little Gleaners," 1 box clothing. BROOKLYN : Morehouse, Dr C L, 1 box Y F Cure. NEW YORK CITY : Allison, Geo, 1 bbl apples. Anglo-American Co, 5 boxes soup. Barnes »Sr Bro, A E, 50 pillow slips. Bishop & Henderson, 1 bbl apples. Brown, F A, 1 bbl cabbage. Callahan & Kerni, 1 flake wheat. Campbell, "W, 1 bl)l turnips. Barling, C A, 1 bbl apples. UeBary, F, 10 cases champagne. Dormes, S B, 1 bbl onions. Edwards & Wilson, 1 bbls turnips. Gansevort Market Men, 39 bbls po- tatoes, 26 bags potatoes, 13 bbls apples, 18 bbls onions, 4 sacks onions, 4 cases tomatoes, 1 case C peas, 15 lbs tea, half case break- tast cocoa, 24 pillow slips, 5 cases lemons, 3 cases cheese, 3 bbls flour, 1 bbl squash, l^^ beans, 1 bushel split peas. Hartson & Hubbard, 5 cases cham- pagne. Helvetia Milk Co, 10 cases milk. Larabee, E J, 10 boxes crackers. Mayor, 6 boxes soup. Newton, J H, 1 bbl cabbage. Palmer, GL, 30 baskets grapes. Pyle«, James, 4 boxes pearline, NEW YORK.— Continued. Roberts, J P, 1 bbl onions. Shey, Peter, 1 bbl beets. Smith h, WNC Chapin, C A Chajiman, T A Children of a Family Cohen, N Cohen Bros Coleman, J C Cronibie, Smith & Co Cudahy, Patrick Davis, Bros Davis, MB Dohmen & Co Dottenheim, H . Eisen, Arnold Elliot & Co, Robert Ferguson, D Ferie, Wm Le Filer & Stowell Co First National Bank Foley, John, .Jr Frank, N Frankfurth Hardware Co Wm Freshl, C Kriedberg, J Friedberg, S Friend, Alb Friend, D H Friend, Elias Friend, Isaac Frlsch, JP Froedert, Jacob Gardner & Co, A H Gem Milling Co George, John S Gerlach & Co, Wm 10.00 Goll & Frank Graff & Co, Wm $643.60 Green & Button Co $55.00 20.00 495 00 5.00 1.00 50.00 35.00 100.00 10.00 .50 25.00 50.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 1 00 25.00 10.00 10.00 50.00 10.00 25.00 5.00 5.00 15.00 5.00 25.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 100.00 2.00 1.00 5.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 5.00 .50 10.00 2.00 5.00 50.00 50.00 10.00 367.00 150.00 5.00 1.00 25.00 5.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 . 5 00 2.00 2 00 . 10.00 . 10.00 . 10 00 . 5.00 . 25.00 . 25.00 5.00 . 50.00 4A 34 APPEJiDIX. MILWAUKEE.— Continued. Gugler Litliograph Co, The. . 5.00 Hamniel, H 5.00 Hartman & Co, F W 25.00 Hansen's Empire Fur Fac- tory 25 00 Hansen. Hop Ai Malt Co.... 25 00 Hecht, Rabbi S 3 00 Heineman & Co, Geo H 10 00 Heineinan, Mr.s 1 00 Heller 3.00 Herman & Co, M 15.00 Herman, S 3.00 Hirsch, J 2.00 Hoeger & Son, J B 5.00 HofflJn, M 5.00 Hoitz, PetPrA 10 00 Holton,ED 20 00 Hoyt, F 10 00 Inbu.S' h Bros 10.00 Inbusch, J D 25 00 Johnston. Jolin 50.00 Joy, Norris & Co 15.00 Karger, S 5 00 Kancheiiner, Wm 1 50 Kelly .V Co, T L 10 00 Kessenger & Co, J P 5 00 Knowles, Geo 10.00 Kohn, Wm 1 .00 Kiewert & Co, Chas L 5 00 KiewertiV Co. Emil 5.00 KruUct Yolger.... 10.00 Landau, A 2 00 Lanilaner, Mrs B 2.00 Landauer a Co, M 10.00 Lan>;on, W J . . 5 00 Layton & Co 100 00 Leuder.-dorf, B 25.00 Lind-av Bros 10.00 Leuning ,t Co, A F 10 00 Mack & Co, H S 25 00 Manegola, Chas, Jr 25.00 Mariner, E 2';. 00 Mar-hdll & Isley Bank 100 00 Martin. DA 5.00 Mathews, Bros 25 00 Mendel, .Smith & Co 10 00 Merchants' Exchange Bank. 100.00 Miller, B K 25.00 Miller, M 2.00 Miller, Ro-well 25 00 Milwaukee Brewers Asso . 300.00 Milwaukee National Bank... 100.00 Mitchell, John L 200.00 Mohr, Mr.-; B 2.00 Mohr, Zinkersen Scroo;gins, M, Dairy 1 ■ liu S F & W Railway, Transportation Co 32.01 Simmons. W T, Boots and Shoes 22.50 Slager, Julius. Auction and Commission 15.00 Small, J C X- Co. Grocers 23. 19 Smith, C H & Co, Dairy and Butchers 395. 76 Smith & Frazier, Grocers 9,1,')3.56 Smith, H L, Dairy ■ . ■ ■ 31 . 85 Smith, J T, Dairy .'iGS.Tl Southern Bell Telephone Co 16. 00 Squire, H.T. Livery 38.00 St. James Hotel •-^6.50 Stockton ^r Co, Boots and Shoes 8.50 Sumner & Benton, Produce... .' ,589.28 Tall, A C & Co, (irocers 8.28 Thebaut, B ■...-.■ 92.00 Thomas, S W, Produce 26.25 Thrasher, A, B, Agt, Livery 857.50 Times-Thiion, Printing and Publishing Co 961 . 15 Togni, J B, Liquors 688. 10 Tracy, Thos, Boat Yard 6.00 Tucker, M, Grocer 48.31 Tully, J, Produce .-517.25 Turner, Thos, Dairy .70 Tuttle & Dudgeon, Provisions 13. 20 Tyler, E M, Produce 13.50 Tj'ler. O Z & Co, Undertakers 1,.344.00 Tysen, J R & Co, Wholesale Grocers 9,006.56 Vanderpool, E, Fish Dealer 4.50 Varty, M C, Dry Goods 5.25 Wall.T T.Dairy 22.10 Walzer, R, Trunks 3.50 Warrock & Co, Manufacturers 19. 20 Watson, F C, Drugs 36.10 W^ebster, E P & Co, Drugs 2.75 Webster, C S & Co, Drugs 12.50 AVeisenfeld, F, Grocer 22.74 Western Union Telegraph Co 168.93 White, B G 37.00 Wightman, W S, Grocer 2,573.86 Willard cV Co, Grocers 77.83 Williams, H AV, Carpenter 51.09 Wilson, Geo C, Grocer 913.55 Wilson, Geo E, Lime 4,456.95 Wineman, Philip, Jr, Drugs 16.35 Wood, W F, Jr, Produce U. 00 Wood, T H, Produce 12.85 Wright, Peter, Shell 38. 70 Wright, W T, Shell 26.00 Yates & Smith, Undertakers 30.00 Zacharias, A, Clothing 108.00 Zahm & Rebston, Liquors 85.95 ,1iil00,367.62 LIST OF DEATHS. Date. Name. Residence. Col. No. Aug 18. . .Adams, Win House next Marine Hospital w 6 Nov 11. . .Alexander, C, baby of Burbridge's Addition c 402 .Sept 2C. . Allen, Mrs AS Brooklyn w 229 Oct 7 Allen, Wm J Ashley street w 293 Oct 12.... Allen, J B Springfield w 319 Sept 11 . . Arpen, Miss Annie ^ . . . .corner Washington and Bay \v 84 Sept 29 . .Austin, Jane, infant of Union, bet Hawk and Bridge c 250 Sept 14. .Bagwell, Benjamin 1 State street c 118 Oct 13. ..Balilender, John Campbell's Addition (St Luke's). . w 323 Oct 1.... Baker, W N State Bank of Florida w 2(i3 Sept 3. . .Baldwin, W L 56 Laura street W 37 Oct 3 . . . .Barbour, Rev CD 322 W Monroe street w 270 Oct 8 Barnett, Mack corner State and Third streets. . . c 300 Sept 11 . . Bassby, Samuel corner Brough and King sts w 89 Sept 20..Battermanskly, M Sand Hills w 175 Oct 10... Bell, Edward East Jacksonville c 331 Sept 29.. Bell, Oeorge .St Luke's Hospital w 253 Nov 10. ..Bell, George St Luke's Hospital w 401 Oct 29... Bell, J N Brooklyn w 364 Sept 27 . Belotte, Louisa, Miss 139 E Adams street w 237 Nov 9 Bergman, Wm St Luke's Hospital w 390 Nov 15. ..Berry, Mary 136 Ocean street c 411 Nov 4 . . . . Bliss, Stephen 126 Oeean street c 379 Sept 13. . . Bogart, J A 63 E Monroe street w 106 Oct 13. . . . Boulanger, Thomas St Luke's Hospital w 321 Sept 10..Bours, Mrs 87 E Adams street w 81 Aug 31 . . . Bours, Miss Minnie 87 E Adams street w 31 Sept 20 . . Bowden, M R corner Fine and Adams sts w 186 .Sept 22. .Braddock, Geo c 204 Sept 23..Branning, Georgiana Hawk street, north of Orange — c 218 Sept 22 . . Brenner, Louis Cami)beirs Addition w 205 Sept 20. .Breynard, J U 84 E Church street c 232 Nov9 Broctor, Buger Somerville w 394 Nov 5 Brouson, Wm- 1.50 Church street c 381 Sept 22.. Brooks, Geo B... 609 W Adams street c 207 Sept 7. . .Brotherton, Wm 101 Newnan street w 57 Oct 24. ..Broward, Mrs J B South Jacksonville w 'M'.) Sept 3. ..Brown, East JacksonA'ille <• 3f> Se])t 23. .Bruner, Louis Campbell's Addition w 211 Sept 17 . . Bruner, Anna Oakland w 132 Oct 28. . . Buckhalter, Peyton S Sand Hills w .361 Sept 26.. Butler, Albert, child of Burbridge's Addition c 235 Sept 29 . . Buckston, Walter Panama w 255 Sept 25..Burch, J I Brickyard w 225 Oct 27. . . Burcli, Robert corner AVashington and Forsyth . c 359 Sept 28 . . Burke, J V corner AVashington and Forsyth . w 245 Oct 5 Burton, Minnie 77 W State .street c 285 Nov 19. ..Butler, John Division Lane, La Villa c 419 Ai'PfeJfbix. 47 Date. Name. Residence. Sept 26., Buxton, Mrs '. , Xov 7 — Cain, Sarah Three-jVIile Branch Se])t 16 . . CaiT, Edward State street Sept 5. . . Carroll, John St Luke's Hospital Nov 8.... Carver, L)r F H North Springfield Dec 3 — Carver, Peiton North Jacksonville Sept 6. . .Castellaw, Miss Castella E Adams street Sept 16..Cauthorne, Harry 144 Washington street Oct 12. ..Chadwick, ,1 L 74 Catherine street Oct 12. ..Chadwick, Mrs L S 77 Catherine street Oct 19. . . Chambers, Mrs L E St Luke's Hospital Sept 14. .Chatmam, Mr near Evergreen Cemetery Sept 27. .Christopher, Antonio St Luke's Hospital Sept 22 . . Christopher, Mr Sept 10.. Christopher, ]Mrs Sept 24..Cingis, Antonio corner Church and Washington . Nov 2....Civalle, V St Luke's Hospital Oct I'J... Clark, Harriet, child of 136 Ocean street •. Aug 28. . . Clark, Thos H 48 West Beaver street Sept 11. Coffee, J R East Duval street Sept 14 . . Coleman, Lula E Oct 9 Conrader, Mrs.. East Bay street Oct 16. . .Cooper, W C, daughter of — Springfield Oct 30. . .Cornish, S S, St Nicholas Sept 18..Cowelly, Mrs Aug A; . . Craugh, Wm 34 W Union street Sept 24.. Crawford, John St lAike's Hospital Sept 9. . .Croisant, C St Luke's Hospital Sept 9. . . Crow, J J Monroe street Aug .50. Crowley, Mrs D J 35 E Adams street Dec 1 . . . .Cumniings, Anna Sept 28.. Curry, Miss Fannie 10(! Ward street Sept 24. . Cuzner, ^Vliss Frances A Oakland Aug 30. . . Dancy, Lafayette E 97 W Beaver street Oct 3 . . . Daniel , Col J J Palermo .Sept 7 . . . Davenport, Mrs Brooklyn Sept 10.. Davidson, EL 72 W Forsyth street..' Sept 28.. Davis, Jack Dew Drop Alley Aug 29. . . Davis, Mrs Mary 107 AV Forsyth street Oct 9.. ..Deans, George Wheaton St Liike's Hospital Oct 24. . .Dees, Benjamin H Burbridge Addition Oct 7.. ..DeForest. Chas L Sand Hills Oct — Degenhart, 3Irs Mary Oak street, Brooklyn Xov 19. . . Derry, Edward 15 Fairfield Sept 11 . . Dey, Isadore West Jacksonville Nov 4. . . Dilworth, J D Fairfield Aug 26. .Dixon, E W corner Ocean and Adams Oct 31 . . . Dobson, Dora Hawk and Ward streets Aug 17. .Donovan, Frank Grand Union Sept 21 . .Doyle, Mrs John corner Washington and Duval . . Oct 3.. ..Dunn, S .St Nicholas Sept 28. .Eddy, Dr E T Bay State Cottage Nov 13. . Edmonson, H 310 W Church street Col. No. , 233 c 383 c 126 w 43 w 387 w 429 w 61 w 127 w 373 w 318 w 340 w 115 w 236 w 208 w 80 w 220 w 374 <■ .341 w 19 w 86 w 117 w 309 w 332 w 368 — 151 w 14 w 230 w 70 w 73 w 26 c 428 w 249 w 222 w 25 w 280 c 59 w 79 c 246 w 24 w 308 c 352 w 295 w 290 w 407 c 91 w 378 w 13 w 369 w 5 w 200 w 277 w 248 c 406 48 APPKXmX. Date. Name. Residence. Col. No. Oct 5 — Edmunrtson, James Sept 22 .. Elliott, Chas G Oct 8. . . .Elliott, Mrs J L Oct 10... Elliott, J L Sept 14.. Ely, F W Sept 27. English, Alice Nov 21. . .Evans, John Oct 17. ..Fairlie, JM Oct 7.... Fairlie, Mrs MS Sel)t 18. .Farmer, Walter G Oct 2i). . .Fennell, Mrs Mary Aug- 27... Fisher, Albert Aug 28.. .Fleming, Louisa Sept 12. .Fleming, Louis I, .Ir Sept 14. .Fleming, Louis I Sept 13. .Floorty, Mrs Thomas Nov 14. . .Floyd, Mamie Sept 18. .Foley, Mrs Sept 27 . . Ford, W F Aug 23. .Fort, Mrs Lucy Sept 19. .Foster, Frank Sept 21 . .Foster, J AV Sept 19.. Foster, Mr Sept 18.. Frazier, Nellie, child of. Sept 25. .Frippe, Arthur Aug 13 . .Gelder, Thomas Nov 14. . .Gibson, Alexander Sept 17.. Gilbert, Ruth Nov 15. . .Goodrich, Joseph Oct 1 — Gordon, A Wood Oct 1 . . . . Gordon, Primus Sept 18.. Gorgon, J Sept 21 . .Gould, l)r Francis J Sept .30. .Governor, Mrs H Sept 7. ..Grace, Mrs Robert Sept 18. .Grant, Simon Nov 21. . . Grant, Sophia, Sept 18 . . Graves, James Sept 14..Gray,E Nov 8 — Green, Mamie Oct 26. . .Green, John 1) Nov 10. . .Green, May K Sept 12..Griflin, Annie, child of. . Oct (i....(;rimn, Maggie Sept l!)..(ininthal, Hugo Oct 10. . . Halbrook, C L. Oct 15. . .Hall, Aaron Sept 30. .Hall, James Sept 25.. Hall, Mrs Oct 18. . .Halliday, Edward B Oct 14. ..Hamilton, Miss R Nov I'J . . Haney, W A Sept 8...Hanne, Wm .810 W Church street .Riverside . S)iringfleld, Fourth street. .Springfield, Fourth street. .Riverside . Burbridge Addition .East Jacksonville .East Jacksonville . Chaseville . 207 W Church street . St Luke's Hospital .Oakland .58 E Monroe street ..58 E Monroe street . corner Pine and Monroe streets . .125 Julia street .317 W Church street . Sand Hills . 48 W Beaver street . Campbell's Addition .E Adams street . E Union street . East Jacksonville . Ocean st, bet Bay and Fprsyth . . South Jacksonville .81!) Ward street . South Jacksonville LaVilla .Sand Hills . N Hogan street . Hanson town .107 W Forsyth street .cor AVashington and Forsyth sts. .LaVilla . St Luke's Hos))ital .LaVilla .8 Hawk street .corner Ward and Hawk streets. .Church and Catherine streets. . . Oakland . Brooklyn .corner Bay and Hogan streets.. . . Riverside .First street, LaVilla . West Brooklyn .St Nicholas .AVilson & Hunting's Mill.. . Ea«t Jacksonville 286 206 304 311 114 241 421 .330 299 141 3(17 10 18 97 112 105 409 1.55 239 10 109 194 159 145 22G 4 408 121 410 267 200 143 201 258 55 146 422 157 113 386 355 400 103 291 160 312 330 261 224 337 327 416 68 APPEN'mx. 49 Date. Name. Residence. Oct 8 Hare, Mrs C three miles on Flank Road Nov 1 Harris, James Middlebiirg Road Nov 7 Hastings, Carrie Brooklyn Sept 26.. Battel, Chas Sand Hills Oct 1. . . .Hatty, Dan Sept 18. .Haveland, Miss Ida C 29I2 Laura street Oct 8 Hay, Roberta Hardy's Quarters, E Jacksonville. Sept 17.. Hayes, Thomas E Bay street Sept 27. .Hellen, J H O.'i W Bay street Sept 21..Helmsley, , child of Oct 15. ..Hemstreet, R Fairfield Oct 27. ..Hendricks, Mrs E South Jacksonville Sept 5. ..Hernandez, L R Brooklyn Sept 20.. Hernandez, Mrs Theo B Sept 27..Herrick, Alvia Fairfield Sept 2...Herrick, CD 167 Pine street Sept 14..Herrick, Mrs C W 167 Pine street Sept 6. ..Herrick, Miss Millie 167 Pine street Sept 7. ..Herrick, Mrs WD 167 Pine street Sept 17.. Herrick, WD 167 Pine street Oct 3.... Hill, Hattie 14H Ocean street Sept 16. .Hines, Harry Julia and Monroe streets Sept 20..Hinkley, Charles South .Jacksonville Sept 24. . Holland, Mrs, infant of Sept 29.. Hollenhack, George Xewnan and Forsyth streets Oct 7 Hood, Jennings Sand Hills Aug 24. . . Hooker, John J Springfield Sept 1. . .Hopkins. Mrs Fannie Newnan. bet Adams and Monroe Sept 21. .Houlahan, Miss Ella East Jacksonville Sept 28.. Houlahan, Miss Julia Laura and Forsyth streets. .. . Sept 23.. Howe, George T St Nicholas Nov 18. . . Huf bauer, Louis South Jacksonville Oct 17...Hufbauer, Mary M South Shore Oct 12. . .Huger, Edward W Hawk street, north of Orange. Oct 13. . . Hunter, Mrs M Panama Park Sept 18.. Jacobs, Mr Sept 18..Jacoby, J L 128 Pine street Oct 12. ..Jenkins, Jessie South Jacksonville. Sept 10.. Jenkins, Mrs Laura Sept 21.. Jenkins, Edward Sand Hills Oct 4 Jones, Berry St Luke's Hospital Sept 26.. Johnson, Carl Riverside Oct 3 — Johnson, David Brooklyn Oct 11... Johnson, R N West Brooklyn Sept 18. .Jones, Julia W Orange street Sept 18. .Jones, Margaret Burbridge's Addition Sept 13.. Jones, Wm A St Luke's Hospital Nov 3 . . . . Joyce, Julian west of soajj works \v- li'B Sept 11 . . Keller, Leila Springfield w 85 Sept 9. . .Kelley, Patrick St Luke's Hospital w (iU Sept 14.. Kelley, Mrs Patrick .*iand Hills w 119 Sept 12.. Keys, Hugh Sand Hills w 95 Oct 7 . . . . Keys, James Third street, Springfield w 298 Col. No. w 305 w 371 w 384 w 234 (• 269 w 1.54 w 303 w 1.36 w 240 188 . w 328 w 357 w 42 w 185 . w 242 . w 35 w 110 w 53 w .58 w 137 . (• 274 w 125 . w 177 . — 219 w 251 \v 294 w 11 3 W 33 w 191 . w 247 w 214 w 415 w 33:1 . c 320 w 322 w 1.39 w 150 . c 317 w 77 w 196 . c 281 . w 231 . c 278 c 314 (• 144 «• 140 V\' 104 50 AM'K.VDi.X. Date. Xame. Residence; Col. No. Sept 16.. Kimball, Harry W Atlams street w VIS Sept (i. . . Kiiig. Arthur cor Maggie ami Nellie; E Jack'lle w 54 Oi't 23. ..Kline, Mamie w :i48 Sept h ■ . Kuntz, Mr (' A Baldwin's Block w m Sept 2i..Lennon, Susie E Bay street w 192 Sei)t H. ..Landis, Isaac St Luke's Hospital w U6 Oct 7 . . . . LaTonrette, D St Luke's Hospital w .301 Sept 20. .Lawrence, L — 184 Sept >«. ..Leite, O J Springfield w (>5 Sept 14..L'Eugle, Henry A corMarketand Cliurcli streeets. . w 111 Sept «... Leonard, 1 )r W N w 07 Sept 20.. Long, Willie c 181 Sept 18. .Lopez, Peter Evergreen Road w 142 Sejit 17. .Lord, Sarah E Cami)l)eirs Additimi w IM Sept ..Lorrimer, R A Newnan, bet Adams and Monroe, w -47 Sei)t it. . .Love, E B W Adams street, LaViUa w 72 0 2 O o i- Ph tt W « a S ^ W fe a I'- Ul O ^ (iJ OJ 01 ■a > 01 OJ a o l-{ 2 (« M K (S Hf-lOCOOWt^t^Ct-C-,t»-=Ot-wMl-'iHCOrt«NOOOO-*t-CH t^OOOOO»-OOOC3'*»HCHCONi-ICD23CO t-t-aot-oooot-b-t-t-t-t-t-ooooaot-i-t-t-t-oboot-i^i-i-ccxxoc i- t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-L— L>-l:-t-b-t-t-t-l— t-t-b-t'.t^t-t'OOt-l-t-l-t- t* . b- t- t- t- t- t- t- t- tr- t- t- t- t- W t' t- L' t- t- t- I- t- L- t' t- t' t- t-- t- ooioia«o^!Ocoiaoco«<5cotD•*c • oocs cTin 56 APPENDIX. :^5 :=^S i5 o £ ^ g s G O c c o o o ■M -M +^ -4J ■S, rr. rfi -Ji ^ bi k< b o oj oi a> ■r-Hr-H -^ ^ fi -c ^ e3 1-5 5 a "k o t4 ci 3 2 ^ * « w A " — * > ;S PS a S rt^^^'S'S^ 5 5 5 c 5 c S 5 S_5 c-s'l'S S-^ 5-|_2_2 S S-^ .i: '^ ^i: '^ '^ T^ ?.~ ^ ^^ •'•■~.'~ ~- ? ^.'-.i: X .i:.t: ? 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