REPORT 
OF THE 
Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, 
OF 
JACKSONVILLE. FLORIDA. 
COVERING THE WORK OE THE ASSOCIATION DURING 
THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC, 1888. 
EDITED BY 
CHARLES S. ADAMS. 
PUBLISHED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION. 
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.: 
TIMKS-UNION PRINT. 
1889. CONTENTS. 
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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 163 
Committee on Duval County at Large 174 
Purchasing and Receiving Agent 176 
Committee 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 
Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association: 
Officers, Articles of Association and Members 277 
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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 56 
APPENDIX INTRODUCTION. 
In presenting this 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 labors 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, and 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 Jacksonville Auxiliary Sani- 
tary Association was formed. The authorities welcomed the new 
organization heartily, as they at once perceived the advantage to be 
derived from crystallizing public sentiment, and the relations of the 
Association and its Executive Committee to the authorities during 
its existence have always been cordial. It was frequently the case 
that a difference of opinion existed, but the Executive Committee, 
while it frankly expressed the views of its members, consistently 
regarded its auxiliary character and carefully avoided any action 
that might seem to infringe upon the official rights and duties of the 
other organizations. 
The Association was democratic in its membership, the fees 
were nominal, and all interested in relief and sanitary work were 
invited to join, but its organizers believed in centralizing its power, 
and the Articles of Association show this view was carried out in the 
provisions adopted for its official machinery. The Executive Com- 
mittee was given abundant power—too much, some of the members 6 
INTRODUCTION. 
of the Association thought—and the Association was rarely called 
together as a body. While it is not advisable to discuss here the 
expediency of such a centralization of power in the hands of a few, 
it may be said that the Executive Committee held over one hundred 
meetings, during the period of the time between the lltli of August 
and the same day in December, and in all cases with the quorum 
required by its Articles of Association. Twice the Committee ad- 
journed without a quorum, and once held a meeting without a 
quorum, the action of the members present being properly ratified 
on the next day. During the same period the Duval County Board 
of Health was frequently without a quorum for the transaction of 
business, and the City Council w as similarly handicapped during 
most of the epidemic. 
Whether the work of the Executive Committee for the Associa- 
tion has been conscientiously and ably performed or not, is for the 
public to judge. The facts are given here upon which to base a de- 
cision. It is hardly worth while to say the w ork of the Executive 
Committee has been subject to all sorts of criticism—kind, severe, 
malicious—that was to be expected. The members gratuitously 
gave their time and labor to the public, without expectation of 
reward or gratitude. 
It is a matter of regret that more time and care cannot be given 
to the preparation of this report, in order to afford a clearer compre- 
hension of the difficulties which had to be met, the methods adopted 
to that end, and the actual results attained. None can realize more 
fully than the members of the Executive Committee that some mis- 
takes were made. Generally, there were no precedents to act upon. 
There was little time for debate; action, immediate and decisive, 
was necessary; words, except as a means for the comparison of 
ideas to arrive at a decision, were worthless. 
It may be said liere that the action of the Executive Committee 
on all matters of importance (luring its active labors, was unani- 
mous, notwithstanding its individual members differed materially 
in matters pertaining to religion, politics and society. Not merely 
was this a formal result, to look well on the minutes, but it is the 
fact, and is stated simply to illustrate the perfect harmony and unity 
of its deliberations. Much of this harmony was due to the influence 
of Col. J. Daniei., the revered President of the Association, during 
his lifetime, and to his memory after death. The personnel of the 
Executive and other committees was the result, in great measure, 
of his judgment and selection. The machinery of the Association 
w as designed by him, and its work likewise outlined upon a broad, 
comprehensive scale. After his loss, irreparable to the whole com- 
munity, the Executive Committee firmly, if tacitly, resolved to carry 
out the unfinished work upon the principles already established INTRODUCTION. 
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by him, and did so thereafter as consistently as circumstances 
permitted. So, too, was there harmony 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 w as 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 Association, 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, the preparation of this report 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 the 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 epidemic), and from 
other causes; and, upon consideration, it was believed that during 
the final winding up of the affairs, and the completion of the finan- 
cial statement, it would prove of general interest if a more compre- 
hensive report could be prepared. The work of the Association 
itself would have been greatly facilitated had there been available a 
report of the practical methods of a similar organization during a 
similar emergency, and it is hoped that an outline of its work may 
be of future assistance to others. There were reports of other epi- 
demics in existence, it is true, but they were generally written from 
a medical or sanitary standpoint, and gave little information to lay- 
men and to organizations formed for relief purposes. It was the 
wish of the Executive Committee, as indicated in another place, to 
add to this report a paper on the epidemic, prepared from a medical 
standpoint, but the idea had to be abandoned, after some preliminary 
expense and labor. 
This pamphlet is, then, intended to present ;i full financial state- 
meet of the receipts and disbursements of the organization, and 
also, an outline of tin* work attempted and executed by its different 
committees. The reader will observe that care has been taken to 
eliminate mention of individuals in the way of personal praise or 
criticism. Space would not permit, were such matter desirable, and 
the work of the several committees shows for itself by the facts pre- 
sented here, better than mere words, the work of the several com- 
mittees collectively, as well as the labors of their individual mem- 
bers. The report is intended to be a plain, matter-of-fact history of 8 
INTRODUCTION. 
facts, arranged, so far as practicable, upon a definite plan, in order 
that the casual reader may gain a general idea of the work, as a whole, 
without too great loss of time; and the person interested in a par- 
ticular branch, may satisfy bis curiosity as to that, briefly, but in 
detail. 
The greatest labor involved, on the part of the editor, has been 
to select from the mass of matter on file, such portion as would 
illustrate and represent the whole. The difficulty encountered was 
the abundance, not the scarcity of material, and but for the early 
care taken to preserve the documentary matter which came into the 
possession of the Association in form for easy reference, it would 
have been almost an impossibility to handle it within the limited 
time to any degree of satisfaction. The reader must, to be fair, in 
criticising the correspondence which has been freely quoted, be 
charitable, and remember that most of it was hurriedly written 
amidst the greatest pressure of important duties. It is nM given 
publication here as a model of English, but is offered, as it exists, 
to evidence the motives of the writers and their advisers. Much of 
general interest has been omitted; some has been included that will 
interest only local readers; but it is a fact that many residents of 
Jacksonville, who are members of the Association itself, anti who 
remained here during the epidemic, have as little real knowledge of 
the scope of the work done by the Executive Committee, as any one 
of our generous contributors included in the list given in the Appen- 
dix. Constant attendance upon the meetings was necessary to intel- 
ligently comprehend the changing situation, and although the meet- 
ings were open to the public, few could spare the time necessary for 
such attendance. 
In the plan of the book, space has been given to each committee 
of the Association, except to the Executive Committee. The work 
of the latter committee has been outlined in the first chapter, which 
presents an abstract from the minutes of the Executive Committee 
and the Association, just as they stand, together with such items of 
general news from day to day as were deemed of interest and of vise 
in showing a brief but comprehensive chronological history of the 
epidemic. The work of the Executive Committee was so intimately 
connected with that of the other committees that a chapter devoted 
to it would contain mainly a repetition of facts scattered throughout 
the rest of the pamphlet. 
A careful reading of the report will demonstrate the fact that 
the Association pursued new methods to cope with the epidemic; 
that it refused to accept the magnificent charity of a nation freely 
offered, until compelled to do so; and that it expended the funds 
once received, liberally, but with care to guard against imposition. INTRODUCTION. 
9 
The successful attempt to oblige all able-bodied men to earn their 
bread instead of feeding them in idleness, is worthy of attention. 
The financial report indicates the boundless generosity of the 
American people. The total sum of money expended by the Asso- 
ciation is large, and in excess of the funds used in many other simi- 
lar epidemics, but while there were undoubtedly some instances of 
waste and needless expense, the facts given here are, we think, 
sufficient to show a sincere endeavor to economize. It must be 
remembered, in considering expenditures, that besides the sick, 
there was a population of some 16,000 souls left in the city, 14,000 of 
whom were without resources and without employment, by reason 
of the utter demoralization of business and the flight of employers, 
and that this population had to be provided for. The good order 
preserved in the city during the long weeks of the fever by the labor- 
ing classes is due undoubtedly to the money expended in providing- 
work for those able to. labor, and food for the rest. Besides the 
expense for relief and labor, the funds expended in caring for the 
sick, in furnishing hospitals and physicians and nurses, in providing 
drugs and nourishment, and in burying the dead, were considerable. 
The percentage of deaths, according to the published bulletins, was 
about 9 1-6 per cent., and was unusually small. This result was due, 
in a great measure, to the mildness of the fever, but to the care 
taken of the sick, including the daily inspection of houses, much 
credit should be given, as the fatality among the earlier cases, before 
such help was offered, clearly shows, and the character of sanitary 
work undertaken in cleaning up the city, many think, also assisted 
in this result. 
Enough has been said to indicate the attempt to present to the 
public abundant facts to enable each individual, in the calm of his 
leisure hours, to comprehend something of the nature of the sudden 
demands of the crisis upon the citizens who were hurriedly selected 
to face it, without experience or preparation, and to judge of the 
success or failure of their efforts. 
A glance at the list of members composing the committees of 
the Association shows too plainly the effects of the struggle. Of the 
seven members of the Executive Committee and the two secretaries 
who met together for four months every day, sometimes twice a day, 
frequently on Sundays, four are gone. The pen falters and the ink 
dries as the memories of their presence spring up at nearly every 
step in the preparation of this report. God knows we desire to 
cherish them, but it is yet too early to calmly write of those who, a 
few weeks since, were by our side, intelligently planning and ac- 
tively executing the details of the work we are now finishing without 
their aid. 10 
INTRODUCTION. 
If it is difficult to express grief, it is quite as hard to indicate 
the feeling of gratitude on the part of each member of the Jackson- 
ville Auxiliary Sanitary Association to the men, women and children 
all over our common country who gave freely, gladly, munificently 
from their treasures, not merely of money, but of sympathy, of pity, 
and of cheer, to our assistance. In another place may be found reso- 
lutions of thanks. If the time shall come when Jacksonville can 
show more substantially than in mere words the depth of her grati- 
tude, her citizens will, we think, respond 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 R. D. McCormick, who came here from Tampa in the latter part 
of July, and was reported sick July 28tli. 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. August 8th the following cases were found by the Board 
of Health authorities: W. H. Blake, J. C. Mumart, J. W. Saunders 
and J. J. Perkins. At midnight they were all carried to the Sand 
Hills except Perkins, who was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital. The 
publication of these new cases created a wide-spread panic, and 
several hundred people left the city. On the 0th, five cases were re- 
ported, 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, the Board of Health issued a proc- 
lamation announcing that the fever was prevalent in the city, and 
that it was tending to assume an epidemic form. This, for the pur- 
poses of this report, is really the beginning of the epidemic. 
At noon, a joint meeting of the Board of Trade, Board of Health, 
City Council and County Commissioners was held at the Board of 
Trade Room®, with 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 publication 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. It. 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 request they granted, and it was destroyed 
on the same day under 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 of fever must be reported at once at 
headquarters. 12 
CHEONOLOU1CAL SUMMAKY. 
Surgeon Urquhart was ordered toWayeross by the Government 
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 Northern 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 subjected to a great 
deal of unnecessary exposure and trouble by the arbitrary rules of 
the different Boards of Health. An exception to the action of quar- 
antine authorities generally, was the invitation of Atlanta to refu- 
gees to come to that city. 
A bill was introduced in the United States Senate to appropriate 
$200,000 to assist in eradicating the fever. The report of this action 
in the papers at Jacksonville was soon felt in relief measures by its 
influence upon the ignorant population who believed the amount of 
money named had been appropriated for their use. 
August lltli, Colonel J. J. Daniel, Chairman of the Committee 
on Plan and Organization, submitted to an adjourned meeting of 
citizens a report containing the Articles of Association of the Jack- 
sonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, which provided for the en- 
rollment of members upon the payment of a nominal initiation fee, 
the election of officers, and the ordinary machinery of the Associa- 
tion. The Articles were adopted by the citizens present as the. tem- 
porary organization of the Association, whose labors continued 
throughout the epidemic. It was deemed wise to centralize the 
power of the Association in a great measure, in the hands of the 
Executive Committee, and the Articles of the Association so pro- 
vided. The President was, however, given power to appoint as 
standing committees— 
1. A Committee on Finance. 
2. A Committee <>n Conference with City and County Author! 
ties and Board of Health. 
3. A Committee on Relief. 
4. A Committee on Sanitation. 
A temporary Executive Committee, consisting of Colonel J. J. 
Daniel, H. A. L’Engle, Dr. H. R. Stout, P. E. McMurray and Dr. J. 
M. Fairlie, was appointed, and was instructed to confer with the city 
and county authorities. 
At a joint meeting of the Executive Committee and the authori- 
ties, it was determined to try the concussion theory, and also to 
thoroughly cleanse the city, under the direction of the Committee on 
Sanitation, by the organization of squads of laborers, and proper 
measures were taken to carry out the necessary details. It was 
decided to employ fifty men and twenty teams. The city was divided 
into five districts, with a foreman in charge of each, who was fur- CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
13 
nislied with full and definite instructions for the proper performance 
of his duty. On the advice of a number of physicians and others, 
huge fires of pine and tar were kindled in various portions of the 
city at night, to purify the air. The Board of Health appointed 
three residents of Pablo Beach Sanitary Inspectors, with power to 
make and enforcfe sanitary regulations and do sanitary work at that 
place. 
A special invitation was received from the city of Macon, stat- 
ing that refugees from Jacksonville would be received within her 
gates. 
August 12—The sanitary work was commenced on Sunday. It 
was necessary to pay laborers a large price, but a great deal of good 
work was done, and preparations were made for enlarging the force 
and pushing the sanitary measures the next day. A special was re- 
ceived from St. Augustine saying that the people there were greatly 
alarmed over Jacksonville’s fever, and that nearly two thousand 
people had left that city in the three days previous. 
August 13—The permanent organization of the Association was 
effected by the election of the following officers : 
President—Colonel J. J. Daniel. 
Vice-President—P. McQuaid. • 
Secretary—Charles S. Adams. 
Cori esponding Secretary—Dr. J. M. Fairlie. 
Treasurer—Henry A. L' Engle. 
Chairman Committee on Conference—P. McQuaid. 
Chairman Committee on Finance—James M. Schumacher. 
Chairman Committee on Relief—W. A. Macduff. 
Chairman Committee on Sanitation—H. A. L’ Engle. 
Other members were soon named on the several committees. 
The first contributions received by the Association for use in the 
existing emergency, were made by the donation of $100, by Mr. H. 
A. L’ Engle, for the State Bank of Florida, and the donation of 
1,000 pounds of beef from Messrs. Adams & Smith. 
All places of business were requested to be closed at five o’clock 
p. m., and the Mayor was asked to order crowds on the streets to be 
dispersed 
The officials of the “ Clyde Line ” stated that it would not he ad- 
visable to bring the vessels of that company to the city, but that 
they had arranged to bring freight to Jacksonville via Fernandina. 
A conference was held, in pursuance of adjournment, by the 
representatives of the City Council and the Conference Committee 
of the Association, in which the matter of finances was discussed. 
It appeared that there would he sufficient funds tor the present pur- 
poses, and an expression of self-reliance and dependence upon local 14 
CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
resources was expressed, so long as such resources should suffice fox- 
actual necessities. 
Dr. D. Echemendia, a well-known Cuban physician, was ap- 
pointed by the Board of Health to direct the work of disinfection. 
A large force of men was put to work in various portions of the city 
connected with this work, cleaning the streets and yards, and scat- 
tering lime and other disinfectants. 
During the afternoon the exodus was increased by the news of 
the fourth death which had so far occurred, that of Thomas Gelder, 
a restaurateur on Ocean Street. Wilson’s Battery held a meeting 
and volunteered its services in carrying out the concussion experi- 
ment. The Savannah, Florida and Western Railway officials and 
employees, in the city, formed a relief association. On account of 
the closing of a large number of restaurants and hotels, great diffi- 
culty was experienced by those who remained in the city in getting 
proper meals. Many of the men remaining formed themselves into 
clubs, hired stewards, and set up their own restaurants. The mar- 
kets were also, to a great extent, hare of vegetables, as farmers and 
truck growers were afraid to come to the city. 
August 14—At the meeting of the Executive Committee of the 
Auxiliary.Association at noon, a comprehensive plan for the work of 
the Committee on Sanitation was formulated to include South Jack- 
sonville, LaVilla, Hansontown, East Jacksonville, and all other 
suburbs. The force was increased from seventy-five to over three 
hundred men, with a corresponding number of teams. Dr. James 
M. Fairlie was appointed to take charge of the relief headquarters at 
the Board of Trade rooms. Col. J. J. Daniel, President of the Asso- 
ciation, formulated and published the following address to the peo- 
ple regarding the \Vork of the Association, asking the hearty co- 
operation of the citizens, and advising all to keep quiet and avoid 
worry : 
TO THE PEOPLE 
I have been charged by the Executive Committee of the Citi- 
zens’ Auxiliary Association to address you briefly in support of their 
efforts in your behalf. 
The Committee ask the earnest and cheerful co-operation of all 
persons remaining in the city and its vicinity. You can aid them by 
being calm and sustained yourself, and by using your influence to 
prevent all undue excitement in others. 
Fortunately, a very large proportion of the helpless and1 excita- 
ble have left the city. There are others whom it would be well to 
encourage and aid to leave. Those who remain should realize that 
each one has a duty to discharge, and resolve to do it. The Com- 
mittee lias determined to spare neither effort nor expense to stay the 
infection, and has confidence that it will succeed. 
The few cases of fever which have occurred are not of a malig- 
nant type, and most of them have been easily managed. CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
15 
The authorities are working in thorough harmony with each 
other and with this Association. Vigorous measures have been adopt- 
ed and are now being carried out for the absolute cleansing of the 
city from center to cii’cumference. Arrangements have been made 
by which all focal points of infection will be promptly and vigor- 
ously handled, and no effort will be spared to exterminate the dis- 
ease. 
The Committee is thoroughly organized and prepared and de- 
termined to do its part. We need your help in many ways. Pursue 
your customary business and encourage others to pursue theirs, un- 
less you can be usefully employed in helping others. Give employ- 
ment to the unemployed whenever you can do so. The best aid 
which can be given is to offer to 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 disinfectants freely. If you are not able 
to supply yourselves they will be furnished on application to this 
Committee. 
Avoid infected places and persons, unless you can he of use in 
some way. The prime object now is to stop the disease. We be- 
lieve we can do this if we are properly supported. 
If relief is needed report to the Chairman of the Belief 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 Committee that, so far as possible, 
we should bear out own burdens. The county and city authorities 
will provide as they are able. Those of our citizens who have the 
ability must, however, in this emergency, do their part. To them 
an appeal will be made by the Finance Committee of this Associa- 
tion, to which I earnestly ask the attention of those to whom it is 
addressed. 
If we but do our duty, in humble reliance on God’s help, the 
clouds will ere long pass over, and the sunshine of prosperity again 
beam upon our fair city. 
Faithfully your fellow-citizen 
J. J. DANIEL, Chairman. 
The County Commissioners appropriated $3,000 for the use of 
the Association. In the morning, Dr. Neal Mitchell received a tele- 
gram from Surgeon-General Hamilton stating that Governor Perry 
had approved the establishment of the refugee camp at Boulogne, 
(afterwards called Camp Perry), and that Dr. Guiteras had been as- 
signed to take charge of the same. 
As an instance of the work of the Committee on Sanitation, a 
report was made of a place at the corner of Church and Clay streets. 
On a lot 210 by 105 feet in dimensions were ten small huts (one- 
story tenement houses), eight being occupied. In these resided 
fifty-one persons, mainly colored men, women and children. Most of 
the inhabitants took in washing, which occupation kept the ground 16 
CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
and filth swept out of the houses constantly wet, and this in dry as 
well as wet weather, emitted a sickening stench. The tenants had 
their water supplied from a surface well not more than four or five 
feet deep; along the rear fence was a row of cheap earth closets, 
some of them in a filihy condition. Under instructions 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, and 
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 Benevolent Association of Savannah, tele- 
graphed they had $1,000 subject to draft for the •benefit of the Asso- 
ciation, whenever needed. A number of other telegrams were re- 
ceived from Savannah, Hendersonville, X. 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 bona fide X’esidents of Jacksonville. Xo 
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 Florida was- agitated by the 
Executive Committee, the Board of Health, ar.d 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 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
17 
M. M. Belisario as chairman. The Savannah, Florida and Western 
Railway Company began building a refugee camp, six miles west of 
the city, 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 
uut, arrived on the afternoon train and volunteered his services. 
The following was quoted by a merchant as coming from liis 
brother in Saratoga: 
“ Dear John—Keep cool. Don’t worry. Trust in Providence. 
Keep taking pills, and you will pull through all right.” 
August 16—At the meeting of the Executive Committee, the 
Committee on Finance reported that $875 had been received to 
date as contributions and membership 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 be 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 Governor E. A. Perry, suggesting the wis- 
dom of making camps for the reception 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. Dupont, Ga., and Mont Eagle, 
Tenn., offered a refuge for the Jacksonville people. Telegrams wei’e 
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 the Relief Bill. The chairman of the 
Committee on Relief reported to the Executive Committee that he 
had hired a store in Thomas Me Mur ray’s block, on Newnan street, as 
central headquarters. 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 CHRONOLOGICAL, SUMMARY. 
of starting up work and employing the usual number 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 superintendents 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 depredations 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; 
what 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 battery, pointing up the street. A colored man was walk- 
ing down the street 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! ” 
August 17—At the Executive Committee meeting the receipt 
of $780 was acknowledged. Postmaster Clark reported that steps 
had heen taken to have the mails thoroughly fumigated here, and 
that lie 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 fever 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 proper, were likewise 
mentioned in the same connection. President Daniel was requested 
to correspond with the Representatives in Washington, and request 
their assistance in an attempt to remedy the evils of the present sys- CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
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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 wei'e 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 distributing 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 position to make the concessions asked by the 
Jacksonville committee. Arrangements were made for a joint con- 
ference later on. 
J. W. Archibald, Acting Mayor, Dr. Meal Mitchell, President 
Duval County Board of Health, Col. J. J. Daniel, President Jack- 
sonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, and Edwin Martin, Editor 
of the Florida Times-Union, 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 that 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 differ- 
ent quarters, 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 large 
amount of powder and blank cartridges. This made seven pieces of 
artillery in the city, but for want of experienced men, only live were 
in daily use. Two hundred shots were fired on the evening of the 
17tli, the cannonading being confined to the eastern portions of the 
city. 
August 18—At the Executive Committee meeting, the Commit- 
tee on Finance reported the receipt of $3,460.25. Many proffers of as- 
sistance, and letters of sympathy, from prominent railroad officials 
of Mew York and other places were read. A resolution was adopted < HR<)XOLOG I< AI, S l MM A R V. 
to the effect that, while the Executive Committee did not feel it 
necessary 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 he asked for assistance. The chairman of the 
Committee on Sanitation reported that the whole territory of the 
city had been thoroughly covered by the laborers employed, and the 
following week a new force of men would be employed, with fore- 
men selected because of their special 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 19—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 view7 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 $325. Several 
reports were made regarding the proposed conferences, hut as the 
different counties were not acting in unison, no progress seemed to 
have been made. The chairman of the Committee on Relief reported 
that the Committee was overburdened with from two to five hundred 
applications 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- CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
elation should form a new committee, which should take cognizance 
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 Police. Dr. Daniel stated that, in 
the opinion of the Board of Health, 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 pai-ty to officially take chai’ge of St. Luke’s Hospital, i-e- 
ceipt for its contents, and organize the hospital staff. It was found 
necessary to introduce a l’esolution that all complaints 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 
enei'getic services in establishing the fumigating station at LaYilla 
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. No positive action was taken, but the 
opinion 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 t > compel all physicians to report their cases promptly. Re- 
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 were 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 $200,000 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 impossible 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- 
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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 paying all expenses with 
the exception of the meals. 
August 21—At the meeting of the Executive Committee, steps 
were taken to prepare a circular letter to be sent to all absent Jack- 
sonville people for the purpose of asking their financial assistance. 
The receipt of about $55 was acknowledged. 
The Committee on Relief reported that it had organized a commis- 
sary department, with J. W. Saunders in charge, and that all arrange- 
ments would be made for feeding the fumigating staff, sanitary 
police, nurses, and needy persons who were isolated and quaran- 
tined. The Committee on Relief recommended that a camp be 
established, near Monerief Creek, for the reception and care of needy 
persons, with W. A. Macduff in charge. The Committee on Sanita- 
tion presented the report of H. E. Lee, who had been employed under 
the instructions of the Executive Committee, to personally examine 
the floors of all the stores on Bay street. The report was referred 
to the Committee on Conference, with instructions to request that 
immediate action be taken to improve the sanitary condition of cer- 
tain stores indicated in the report as being in a bad condition. Dr. 
Daniel reported that the Board of Health had adopted the suggestion 
of the Executive Committee, and had taken charge of St. Luke’s 
Hospital, and was organizing the hospital staff. 
Tlie Board of Health issued a proclamation to the public, giving 
a brief resume of the fever’s work, so far; what had been done to 
stamp it out, and making au earnest appeal to those who were in- 
clined to belittle the work of the Association, and to antagonize it, 
to desist, and, instead, give their earnest and hearty support to the 
authorities of the city and county, as men who have their life inter- 
est centered around them here. It was more especially directed to 
those who professed to make light of the fever epidemic, and who 
had been decrying the efforts of the Board of Health. It was well 
received and had a good effect. Several cases were reported to the 
Board of Health where the sick had been neglected. Such individual 
cases were found to be unavoidable, on account of the Committee on 
Relief not being in perfect working order, and having so much to do. 
One trouble that met the Board of Health was the difficulty of iso- 
lating patients, and preventing the spread of the infection. The 
guards were found untrustworthy, and suspects at many times 
escaped. 
At tlie meeting of the City Council, ordinances were passed em- 
powering the Mayor to appoint sanitary guards; and also, author- CHRONOLOGIC A L S U MMARY. 
23 
izing the Board of Police Commissioners to appoint additional po- 
lice, upon the recommendation of the Association and the action of 
the Board of Health. A strong resolution was passed that it was the 
sense of the Council that a strict quarantine should be maintained 
against all infected points, and that the question should be referred 
to the County Board of Health for its decision. 
Up to 6 o’clock p. m. there had been forty-five cases since the 
beginning of the epidemic, with eight deaths. But one death 
occurred, that of Edward K. Wanklyn. The case was reported only 
the afternoon previous, and death ensued in less than twenty-four 
hours. Three firemen, from the Central Fire Station, were sent out 
to the suspect camp, as they were expected to come down with the 
fever within two days. Attention was frequently called to the fact 
that most of the deaths, so far, had been those of hard drinkers. 
August 22—At the meeting of the Executive Committee, the re- 
ceipt of about $718 was acknowledged. Captain Shaw, of the “City 
of Jacksonville,” detailed to the Association his attempt to main- 
tain water communication with Volusia and Orange counties. He 
told of the exaggerated accounts of the situation which prevailed in 
the interior of the State, and urged that a conference be arranged 
with Volusia, Orange, Marion, Polk, Lake and St. Johns counties at 
the same time, in order to effect a permanent arrangement and un- 
derstanding in regard to freights. The fact was cited that several fire- 
men had been taken sick, and the. suggestion made that the matter 
be called to the attention of the health authorities, with a view of 
affording relief to the department, and also protecting the city in 
case of fire. The question of quarantine against South Florida was 
brought up, and it was finally resolved that the Board of Health be 
again requested to immediately institute a system of surveillance 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 tramps and indigent persons from coming into the city. Presi- 
dent Daniel was requested to investigate the complaints of exorbi- 
tant charges, made against undertakers, with power to take action 
which should bring about more satisfactory work on their part. 
The Articles of Association were amended by the addition of 
a provision for a new standing Committee on Claims. The special 
committee heretofore appointed, consisting of Messrs. P. E. Mc- 
Mnrray, C. G. Elliott and W. A. Macduff, was continued as the stand- 
ing committee. The Board of Health gave notice that it had as- 
sumed control of St. Luke’s Hospital, with Dr. J. 1). Fernandez in 
charge, and Dr. P. J. Stollenwerck as assistant. Work 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 Boyd had charge of the whitewash gang. 24 
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Every tree trunk, 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 “ City 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 proclamation was ordered to be formu- 
lated and published, with a preamble stating the grounds upon which 
such action was deemed justifiable. The President, on behalf of the 
Committee on Quarantine, reported that he had communicated with 
the Boards of Health of Volusia, 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 quarantine 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 stop, going or coming, at Blackslxear, Ga., on ac- 
count of quarantine. The chairman of the Committee on Relief 
called attention to the fact that the people locked up and quaran- 
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 Waycross for 
fumigation, because of the scare of the people in that State, and had 
accumulated at Waycross to such an extent as to delay the fumiga- 
tion. Application 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 and 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 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
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suspect camp at the Sand-Hills. When this should be done, it 
ordered that the hotel be fumigated as thoroughly as possible, 
nailed up, and no one be 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, witli 
ample accommodations. All persons coming here on their way 
North 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 Bailway Company, received orders to accept no freight for 
points North via Savannah or Albany. That Company 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 Kiver 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 most persistently 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 CHRONOLOGICAL SUMM A RX. 
Company, the free use of its wires for the Association. This was 
most gratefully accepted by the officers of the Association. 
At the meeting of the Board of Health in the afternoon, the 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 expression of opinion by the Executive Committee, 
and in consideration of the strong public feeling in regard to the 
matter, as absent friends had no way of knowing when their acquaint- 
ances and relatives were taken sick, save by the daily reports 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 most pitiable instances of the epidemic occurred in 
the morning, on Forsyth street, when William Craugh was found 
sick in the middle of the street, in the last stages of the fever. He 
was lying prostrate, with his head down; his face red and yello <v, 
showing the marked characteristics of the fever. He was partially 
delirious, and apparently in a dying condition, with symptoms of the 
fatal black vomit. He was a fireman 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. At a meeting of the local Board of Insurance 
Agents it was resolved that, during the epidemic, all policies of 
insurance should be considered as renewed, unless specially no- 
tified to the contrary, and that vacancy permits should also be 
granted. 
August 26—In the morning the sky was thickly overcast with 
clouds. Between seyen and eight a light rain fell, and later the 
clouds broke away, and the afternoon was bright and cool, with a 
brisk northeast wind. It was another uncomfortable Sunday. 
Excitement prevailed, because of the fact that all passage was 
refused on the Government train going to Camp Perry. All that was 
known was that Surgeon-General Hamilton had ordered that no pas- 
sengers from Jacksonville should be taken out under any considera- 
tion. I. a ter in the day it was ascertained that one reason of this or- 
der was the report that the people of Waycross had threatened to 
tear up the rails on the track if any refugees were allowed to pass 
out of this city via Waycross, even in locked cars and passing that 
town at a high rate of speed. Much discussion had been going on 
for several days about the Government station at Boulogne and St. 
Marys, the latter called Camp Perry, which was said to be in a hor- 
rible condition for the care of women and children. Several attempts 
were made by the reporters to go there and investigate, but no per- 0HRONOI.OG 10 A I, SU M M A R Y. 
mission could be obtained for that purpose. It was said that the 
tents were old and leaky.; that no provision had been made for the 
privacy of women, and that the whole camp was in a state of utter 
disorder. The citizens of East Jacksonville published a strong pro- 
test against using St. Luke’s Hospital for a pest-house. 
August 27—At the Executive Committee meeting the main topic 
discussed was the matter of closing the railroad lines North and 
West, imprisoning the women and children and others who desired 
to leave the city. President Daniel explained what had been done 
by himself, and said that he had received no reply to a large number 
of telegrams sent Surgeon-General Hamilton, and Colonel Haines, of 
the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, and also to the Florida 
delegation in Washington. Dr. R. P. Daniel spoke very energetically 
against the inhuman restrictions just adopted atWaycross, and said: 
“We must not submit to the course taken, but must find some out- 
let.” Later in the day telegrams were received from railroad and 
other officials, saying that passengers going North would be allowed, 
after thorough fumigation, to go through in special cars to Ashley 
Junction, passengers and baggage being in separate cars from ordi- 
nary passengers. The matter of delay of the mails received a good 
deal of attention at the meeting, but nothing could be done to expe- 
dite matters. 
The Board of Health, through Dr. Daniel, announced to the Ex- 
ecutive Committee that it was considering the question of modifying 
the rules which had been adopted for the segregation of persons, in 
order to give business men more latitude, and asked the opinion 
of the Executive Committee thereon. The members of the com- 
mittee thoroughly endorsed the position of the Board of Health, and 
recommended the proposed modification, to give greater elasticity to 
the rules which had been adopted to restrict communication. 
C. H. Pollard, a young Englishman, was brought in from the 
refugee camp in the morning, very ill. Pollard tied to Boulogne at 
the beginning of the epidemic, and was taken down with the fever. 
He was left in a freight car there, without any attention, for nearly 
twenty-four hours, and then brought to the city, but the exposure 
and lack of attention proved too much for him, and he died shortly 
after his arrival. 
August 28—The Executive Committee was obliged to adjourn 
for want of a quorum, most of the members being absent at the con- 
ference. The Conference Committee of the Association went by spe- 
cial train to Orange Park, in order to meet representatives of the 
Boards of Health of Clay, St. Johns, Putnam, Volusia, Orange, Polk, 
Lake, Marion and Osceola counties. The delegation from Jackson- 
ville consisted of President J. J. Daniel, P. McQuaid and P. E. Mc- 
Murray, of the Executive Committee; Dr. R. P. Daniel, representa- CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
tive of the Board of Health, and Alderman D. T. Gerow, representing 
the City Government. The Executive Committee had for a long time 
endeavored to arrange this conference, in order to come to an under- 
standing with the authorities of various counties south in reference 
to quarantine regulations. The representatives from Duval county 
asked: First, That Florida passengers be allowed unobstructed pass- 
age to the North and West under reasonable restrictions; second, 
that through freights would be permitted by rail and water; third, 
that local freights be allowed, under wise discrimination, to prevent 
infection, but to enable transportation of necessaries. The first two 
points were agreed to by the conference, and later in the day a tele- 
gram from Alfred Bishop Mason, on behalf of the conference, speci- 
fied goods which might be ordered by merchants in South Florida, 
after being disinfected. The Committee on Relief published a notice 
stating that they had established a General Information Bureau for 
the purpose of giving work to all who desired it. 
The President of the Board of Health published instructions to 
the Disinfecting Corps for the proper use of disinfectants. Twenty- 
one cases were reported during the day, the largest number any 
day since the beginning. The favorable reports of the few days pre- 
vious were counterbalanced by the reported cases, and a depressed 
feeling prevailed. The weather was warm all day, the highest tem- 
perature being ninety. During the morning the sky was generally 
clear, but in the afternoon a heavy thunder shower came up from 
the southwest, and rain fell heavily for half an hour. The mean 
temperature for the month of August had thus far been merely nor- 
mal, while the rainfall was less than usual. The newspapers 
began to feel the effects of the fever, and a large number of the 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., which energetically discussed the action of the author- 
ities in preventing the departuie 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 
Memphis, Tenn. Colonel Daniel stated that he had telegraphed that 
such action was not entirely satisfactory, as the people desired access 
to the mountains of Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas likewise, 
without detention at Camp Perry. As it was reported to the Execu- 
tive Committee that there were no accommodations at Camp Perry CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
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for the sick, strong resolutions were adopted calling on the Surgeon 
General to have a suitable hospital established there at the earliest 
pi'actical moment. Upon 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 people here. The Board of Health was requested by 
the Executive Committee to furnish for publication and distribution 
a concise and simple formula for the nursing and ti’eaxnent of yellow 
fever when the services of a physician could not be obtained. A 
lai-ge number of leading colored citizens fonned a Coloi’ed 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 Auxiliai-y Bureau passed reso- 
lutions condemning the false reports which appeared in Northern 
papers as to the peace and order preserved in Jacksonville, and 
stated that unemployed colored citizens wei-e nursing the sick, bury- 
ing the dead, and guarding the deserted homes and property of the 
whites who had fled. 
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 
moi’ning, caused sorrow and gloom among his many acquaintances 
and fxiends. 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 hospital 
would be established near Camp PeiTy, as l'equested by the Commit- 
tee, on the arrival of Dr. Wise, who left Memphis the day previous 
for that purpose. President 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, forbidding 
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 30 
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trained volunteer nurses came from Savannah. For the first time 
during the epidemic, log trains bringing supplies to the mills were 
abandoned on the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 
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 
caustic 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 Committee that 
its requisition for two hundred houses had been approved. He 
also explained in regard to Camp 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 parole 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 
wrere 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 physicians and 
acclimated nurses for the care of their sick. 
September 1—At the Executive Committee meeting a resolution 
was passed heartily endorsing the purpose and aim of fhe Colored 
Auxiliary Bureau, as indicated by D. W. 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 special train to that 
city immediately. On motion, it was ordered that a standing notice 
be inserted in the Times-Union and the Metropolis, urging all per- 
sons who could leave the city to do so. At a late hour, General 
Mana ger Haines, of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway 
Company, telegraphed that a special train of four cars, for refugees 
to Atlanta, would leave Jacksonville soon. 
Much comment was caused on the streets by the publication of 
Surgeon-General Hamilton’s defence, which was printed in the 
morning papers. Dr. Wise, the Government special inspector 
sent to Fernandina to make a thorough examination of the condi- 
tion of that city, on this date made his report that there was no 
fever there. Sorrow was generally felt, late in the afternoon, by CH KONO LOG 10 A L S U MM ARY. 
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the announcement that Colonel J. J. Daniel, President of the 
Auxiliary Association, was stricken down with illness. A later 
report that he was suffering from nervous prostration, and not from 
yellow fever, proved comforting to the people. 
September 2—Up to six o’clock in the evening, the new cases 
reported were twenty-tive, with two deaths. There were tine hun- 
dred and fifty-three cases under treatment, with a total of two hun- 
dred and fifty-nine cases and thirty-four deaths to date. The work 
of selecting an eligible place for the two hundred hut camp had been 
pushed forward. A special train of five coaches left at 2 o’clock for 
Atlanta, via the Savannah, Florida anti Western and the East Ten- 
nessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroads. Owing to the short notice 
and a misunderstanding about free transportation, only thirty-eight 
persons went on it. Instead of being free, full fare of $12.30 was 
charged. This caused a great deal of disappointment to many who 
desired to go but could 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 flashes of 
lightning, and heavy rainfall continuing several hours, washing the 
surface of the streets perfectly clean, as well as carrying into the river 
several hundred barrels of lime, which had been scattered abroad. 
A leading Cuban physician remarked that wlyle the storm was excel- 
lent as tending to materially lessen the infection, it would be bad for 
those who were sick. W. R. Carter, editor of the Metropolis, was re- 
ported very ill in the afternoon, but with fair prospects of recovery. 
The Times-Union announced that on account of the sickness among 
its compositors and the impossibility of securing others, the Mon- 
day edition would be discontinued for the present. Only two mem- 
bers of the staff were on duty, the editor and assistant editor. 
September 3—At the Executive Committee meeting the main 
question considered was how best to depopulate the city. A confer- 
ence was asked with Surgeon-General Hamilton at Camp Perry, to 
complete arrangements. H. A. 1/Engle and W. A. Macduff were ap- 
pointed a special committee to examine suggested sites fora refugee 
camp, with power to act. The chairman of the Committee on Sani- 
tation reported that he had employed over four hundred 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 McQuaid, the Secretary and Corres- 
ponding Secretary were asked to furnish statements of the expenses 
of the Association for sanitary work, sanitary supplies, sanitary 
police, and destruction of property. Anniston, Jacksonville and 
Huntsville, Ala., Jackson, Atlanta, Rome and Gainesville, Ga., 
Knoxville, Galbraith Springs and Leo’s Springs, Tenn., wired that CHRONOI,OGI< A r. SuM M ARY. 
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 Avas not pleased with the arrival of the refugee train from 
Jacksonville, 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 working order. 
The death of Dr. W. L. Baldwin, following closely on that of Capt. 
J. H. McGinnis, Charles 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 Avas time for the city to avail 
herself of the help of responsible, experienced physicians, nurses 
and druggists who had offered their services. Steps were also taken 
to have the crowds of idle men on Bay street dispersed, and it was 
ordered that Avork should be furnished them if possible. Acting 
President McQuaid announced that he had appointed a Chief of the 
Bureau of Census, avIio, with help, would make a house to house 
inspection and ascertain the number of people in toAvn, their ex- 
pected wants, and whether they desired to leave the city or not. 
Messrs. P. McQuaid, .1. M. Schumacher, P. E. McMurray and Secreta- 
ry Adams, of the Executive Committee, Dr. Keal 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 transportation 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 street, a little hoy met him 
crying bitterly. He stopped him and asked what was the matter. CHRO NO LOG I<' AL S U M M ARY. 
The little fellow said that he 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- 
garding 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 prohibited 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 $7.50 per acre, had been purchased. It was 
to be called Camp Mitchell, in honor of the President of the Board 
of Health, Dr. Neal Mitchell. Dr. 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 
danger as in the city, as exposure there was liable to prove as 
fatal as infection in the city. Strong resolutions were passed regard- 
ing the camp, and the Government was asked to remedy the matters 
complained of at once. The only thing that the Surgeon-General 
conceded at the conference was to agree that if North Carolina 
would receive the refugees he would allow a special train to be run 
out. Some information was received as to the probable expense the 
Government would assume. Vice-President McQuaid wras directed 
to wire the authorities at Wasliington and make requisition for nec- 
essary supplies and funds to pay for sanitary work and guards, and 
also to try and arrange to obtain two hundred tents from Egmont 
Key, on the authority of Surgeon-General Hamilton. The most im- 
portant step taken by the Executive Committee was the adoption of 
a resolution signed by the President of the Association, the Presi- 
dent of the Board of Health, and Acting Mayor, making an appeal 
to the citizens of the country for money and help. The resolution 
stated that the authorities here admitted that the epidemic had 
reached such a stage that their own funds were insufficient, either to 
cope with the many cases of absolute necessity, or the engagement 
of nurses, or for numerous other demands, and that owing to tlieab- ClIIiOXOUKiK'AL SUMMARY 
sence of all business and the inability to raise further funds here,, 
aid would he received from the country at large. 
September (1—At the meeting of the Executive Committee, 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 13,757 people in the city, 11,812 being col- 
ored. Of this number, 1,41*1 were willing to leave the city, 21*7 would 
go to camp, 1,(144 refused to say whether they would go or not, while 
10,375 refused to leave. A special from Washington reported Sur- 
geon-General Hamilton as saying that Camp Perry was to be en- 
larged and that a large number of small wooden houses were to re- 
place the tents in use there. The Executive Committee authorized 
the Board of Health to obtain a sufficient number of competent 
nurses and guaranteed transportation 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, New 
Vork, Boston, Louisville, Charleston, S. C., Savannah, Montgomery, 
Knoxville, 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 Council 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 Relief Committee. It was one of the gloomiest 
days of the epidemic. While the number of cases were not so great as 
the day previous by four, the number of deaths, ten, was dishearten- 
ing. Dr. F. H. Caldwell, of Sanford, arrived in the afternoon and 
took charge of St. Luke’s Hospital. 
September 7-—At the Executive Committee meeting the illness 
of Chairman H. A. L’Engle, of the Committee on Sanitation, was 
announced, and Dr. John C. L’Engle proffered his services. A com- 
munication was received from President Cleveland stating that he 
had been consulted by Senator Pasco and Surgeon-General Hamil- 
ton, promising to do everything possible to help the people of Jack- 
sonville, and to remedy the defects at Camp Perry, and urging the 
completion of Camp Mitchell. 
Alderman D. T. Gerow announced that C. B. Smith, Mayor, 
would not return to the city and that in the absence of Acting Mayor 
J. W. Archibald, who had left town in expectation of the return of 
Mayor Smith, he would open an office and make arrangements to 
perform the duties of Acting Mayor. An attempt was made to have 
a conference between the presidents of Duval County Board of chronological summary. 
Health, and the Putnam and St. Johns County Boards of Health, 
with a view of having an inspection of the Government fumigating 
station at Jacksonville to satisfy them of its thoroughness, so that 
there might he no further delay in the transmission of newspapers. 
September 8—At the meeting of the Executive 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 supplies and money contributions 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, hut asking that arrangements might he made for 
special trains for refugees to go to Hendersonville, X. 0., and other 
places willing to receive them. A special committee, consisting of 
Messrs. F. R. Osborne, D. T. Gerow and C. W. Stansell, was ap- 
pointed to take charge of the whole matter of arranging transporta- 
tion for people who desired to leave the city, and a resolution was 
adopted explaining that it was the desire of the Executive Commit- 
tee to enable people, who could go beyond the reach of infection, 
to reach those places willing to receive them, which were so located 
as to he 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 Gerow; 
“Do you want the assistance of the Red Cross with experienced 
yellow fever nurses? Clara Barton, 
“ President American National Red Cross.’* 
It was reported to the Executive Committee that the Board of 
Health would accept Red Cross nurses upon the certificate of the 
President of the Louisiana State Board of Health that they were 
experienced and acclimated. 
Some thirty professional nurses arrived from Pensacola and New 
Orleans on a special train late at night. Some were assigned to duty 
immediately on their arrival, while others were sent to Hotel Togni 
until the next morning. Two of them, who refused to obey the 
orders of President Mitchell, were ordered to be sent out of town 
the following day. 
September 9th—Sunday. Much sorrow was caused by the an- 
nouncement of the death of Dr. W. N. Leonard, who died in the 
faithful performance of duty. He was buried by the Knights of 
Pythias with the appropriate burial ceremonies of that order. Refu- 
gees at Camp Perry adopted resolutions indicating the improved 
condition of that camp. 
September 10—At the Executive Committee meeting Dr. Neal 
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experienced nurses could be sent from there at once without trouble. 
Clara Barton, President of the Red Cross Association, who sometime 
previously wired her willingness to establish headquarters of that 
Association in Jacksonville was authorized to do so immediately. 
It was the sense of the Executive Committee that all nurses who 
came here should be under direction of the Board of Health, and 
those who refused to serve under their orders should be discharged. 
The Board of Health presented a formula regarding the care of yel- 
low fever patients, and ten thousand copies were ordered printed for 
free distribution. Major J. H. Durkee wired from New York that 
the citizens of Florida and Jacksonville in that State had formed an 
organization for the l’elief of Jacksonville with headquarters at the 
Grand Central Hotel. Upon motion, Major Durkee was authorized 
to act as agent of the Association. 
A circular was issued by Dr. C. H. Mallett, Eminent Comman- 
der of the Knights Templar of the city, asking for funds from that 
order for the establishment of a yellow fever hospital in Jackson- 
ville. The Catholics in the city organized a Young Men’s Catholic 
Association for purposes of relief during the epidemic. Parties who 
had been at Camp Perry reported most encouragingly of the great 
improvements that had been made. 
September 11—At the meeting of the Executive Committee Act- 
ing President McQuaid, who had just returned from a conference at 
Camp Perry, made a report to the effect that Surgeon-General Ham- 
ilton had inaugurated great improvements in the camp. Twenty- 
five railroad houses, eight by twelve, with pitched roofs, to accom- 
modate one hundred people, had been erected; the kitchen had been 
enlarged; new barracks to accommodate twenty-five or thirty ladies 
were building; tents had been arranged; the whites and colored had 
been separated; and the food furnished had been greatly improved. 
Three daily inspections were made, and Mr. McQuaid testified that 
the camp was then in good condition for the reception of women and 
children. Air. McQuaid announced that he had recommended, on 
behalf of the people of Jacksonville, the name of Dr. Joseph Y. 
Porter as a suitable person to act as disbursing agent for the Gov- 
ernment at this jdace, to take charge of Government relief measures, 
and that General Hamilton manifested his entire willingness to ap- 
point Dr. Porter. The action of Mr. McQuaid was heartily approved 
by the Executive Committee, and also by the Duval County Board 
of Health. A special committee, under the name of the Committee 
on Nurses and Medical Attention, was provided for by resolution, 
and Messrs. Get). E. Wilson, C. B. Rogers, T. S. Wilmartli, and 
Stephen Wiggins were appointed as such committee. By resolution, 
the special committees on depopulation and transportation were 
consolidated under the name of the Committee on Transportation. CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
At nine o’clock the extra “Government Excursion Train” for 
Hendersonville, N. 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 place, in addition to those from Jackson- 
ville. The State Executive Board of the Knights of Labor issued an 
appeal 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 the committee had secured headquarters in the Barrs’ 
Block, on Bay street. There still being much complaint about the 
lack of nurses and physicians, the chairman of that committee was 
authorized to again urge the Board of Health to exert every effort to 
make ample provisions for experienced nurses and physicians. The 
report of yellow fever at Maoclenny 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 issued a proclamation forbidding the as- 
sembling of crowds 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 physician 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 addition 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. Clias. J. Burroughs was taken down with 
fever, and Dr. Neal Mitchell was suffering from over-exertion. One 
of the sensational features of the epidemic came to light when the 
dead body of II 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- 38 
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rections where to send his body. Pryor 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 generous contributions so quickly sent on the 
receipt of the appeal for aid, which was published throughout the 
country by means of the Associated Press, and through special cor- 
respondents. It was reported that two hundred and fifty tents had 
been sent from Egmont Key to Jacksonville to be erected at Mon- 
crief Springs 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. Resolutions 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 Relief Committee in New 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 LaYilla 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 he i-eady at a moment’s 
notice. Dr. Sheftall, of Savannah, with four nurses; Dr. Yan Hood, 
of Ocala; Dr. Peyton, of Mobile, and Dr. 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 R. 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 he was 
found in the upper paid of the city, down with a hard attack of ma- 
larial fever. The newspaper men took charge of him, and saw that 
he had every attention 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 sup- 
plies for the people, in chai'ge of Dr. Peyton. A resolution was 
passed requiring a certificate from the President of the Board of 
Health of destruction of property, under its authority, to he affixed 
to all claims submitted to the committee for payment. R. X. Ellis, CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
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City Engineer, was added to the Committee on Sanitation. The 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. R. Soutlimayd, representing the Red Cross Associa- 
tion, arrived on the evening train, having stopped 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 the Committee on Sanitation, of which 
he was chairman, and as Treasurer of the Association, died at noon.. 
Universal sorrow and grief was expressed at his death. 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 shortly 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 $28,997.13 were acknowledged. A commu- 
nication from the people of South Jacksonville was read requesting 
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 Health deemed the proposed hospital for 
the benefit of the Knights Templar impracticable. A resolution was 
passed requesting the aid of the American Red Cross Association, 
through its representative, Colonel F. R. Soutlimayd, after a confer- 
ence with him. Dr. Neal Mitchell, on behalf of the Board of Health, 
stated that the board would bave no difficulty in disposing of poor 
nurses who came to the city under pay, but that some action must 
be taken to protect the people against the inefficient local nurses. 
He also announced that Dr. F. II. Caldwell had been placed in charge 
of the Medical Bureau, which had been located at the headquarters 
of the Committee on Nurses 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 
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that all calls could be responded to promptly, the city was divided 
into districts, and a physician assigned to each. 
Ninety-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 out 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 16—Sunday. The weather during the day was some- 
what pleasanter. Yery 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- 
sisted of Doctors Neal Mitchell, R. P. Daniel, Henry Bacon, and 
Messrs. Henry A. L’Engle and D. H. Kennedy. Mr. L’Engle was 
dead, Dr. Daniel was ill, and Mr. Kennedy had a sick wife at his 
home, several miles out of the city. This left Doctors Mitchell and 
Bacon to conduct the multifarious business of the Board. Colonel 
Whitfield Walker, Internal Revenue Collector for Florida, was pros- 
trated in the afternoon. 
September 17—At a meeting of the Executive Committee a letter 
from Hon. Clias. Dougherty was read, announcing the passage of the 
bill appropriating $200,000 for the relief of yellow fever sufferers. 
Resolutions of sorrow at the death of H. A. L’Engle, and sympathy 
for his family, were passed by the Executive Committee. Dr. John 
C. L’Engle was unanimously elected Treasurer and member of the 
Executive Committee, and chairman of the Committee on Sanita- 
tion. C. W. Stansell was elected chairman of the Committee on 
Sanitary Police. A resolution was passed, that a Purchasing and 
Receiving Agent be appointed to canvass the several committees and 
report each morning the needed supplies, and that a depot for sup- 
plies be prepared to receive and distribute the same, and F. W. 
Mumby was appointed such agent. The Committee on Nurses and 
Medical Attention reported the number of nurses registered at head- 
quarters to be forty-two white males, fifty-one white females, eighty- 
tliree colored males, sixty-tliree colored females. Authority was 
given to Dr. J. Y. Porter to enforce discipline and order at the Bu- 
reau of Nurses and Medical Attention, and the chairman of the Com- 
mittee on Sanitary Police was directed to furnish two guards for 
such purpose. A great deal of comment had arisen regarding 
the Red Cross nurses, so-called, and Dr. Mitchell, President of the 
Board of Health, stated, in order to correct erroneous reports, that 
no slanders regarding the nurses had emanated from that body. As 
it appeared that Colonel Soutlimayd denied that the nurses criticized CIIROXOLOGIC A I. SU M M ARY. 
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were Red Cross nurses, the Executive Committee failed to see why 
they should act in the matter. A letter was read from the Florida 
Auxiliary Relief Committee, in New York, expressing sympathy for 
the recent deaths of so many prominent citizens. 
A large number of acclimated nurses from Key West and Tampa 
arrived in the afternoon. A dispatch from Gainesville stated that 
six cases of fever had developed in that place. H. E. Dotterer, Pres- 
ident of the Fernandina Board of Health, wired, under the same date, 
to the Government physician at Callahan that no fever existed in 
Fernandina. Dr. F. H. Caldwell, Chief of the Medical Bureau, was 
taken down with the fever in the afternoon. 
September 18—At the Executive Committee meeting, the Com- 
mittee on Belief reported that the various departments of that com- 
mittee were in good running order; that the Central Commissary had 
then a special department for the supply of mattresses, blankets, and 
supplies for the needy sick, upon the order of the attending physi- 
cian and the chairman of the Sub-Committee on Relief; that three 
new commissaries had been opened, three new teams employed, and 
the restaurant was in fair shape. The Committee on Transportation 
reported negotiations with the Florida Railway and Navigation Com- 
pany for the transportation of people to Camp Mitchell, when ready. 
A resolution was passed that it was the sense of the Executive Com- 
mittee, while all offers of services should be acknowledged with 
thanks for the tender, unacclimated nurses and physicians should not 
he allowed within the city. Upon motion, it was resolved that an 
additional standing committee be appointed, to be known as the 
Committee on Duval County at Large, its duty being to have charge 
of all villages and settlements m Duval county then infected by the 
prevailing fever, to look after all sanitary measures, quarantines and 
relief that affected such localities. Dr. Hy. Robinson was appointed 
chairman of such committee. Upon the report of destitution and 
need of assistance among the refugees who had gone by special train 
to Hendersonville, N. C., President Daniel was requested to wire that 
aid would be afforded through Acting Mayor D. T. Gerow. 
At the Colored Auxiliary Bureau it was reported that the Exec- 
utive Committee had arranged with the Bureau to furnish soup for 
the sick. A resolution was passed by the Board of Public Works 
approving the proposed action of the Executive Committee, in con- 
sidering the expediency of employing a large number of idle and 
needy laborers for the improvement of the public streets, as a meas- 
ure of relief, in place of the system of issuing free rations. Surgeon 
Julius Wise, of the United States Marine Hospital Service, arrived at 
noon, and was assigned to have supervision over the fumigation of the 
mails. Dr. Gill telegraphed from Macclenny, saying that there were 
four new cases there, but no deaths. At Glen St. Mary there were 42 
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four cases and one death. A special from St. Augustine denied the 
existence of any fever there, and stated that everything was strictly 
prohibited from entering that city from any place, no mails from 
Jacksonville or Gainesville being allowed. A cordon of two hun- 
dred and twenty-five men surrounded that city. The report of new 
cases was the largest of any since the beginning of the epidemic, 
viz: one hundred and fifty-six: deaths, twenty. Up to that time 
there had been twelve hundred and three cases, with one hundred 
and fifty-six deaths. Wm. Sollee, Dr. Neal Mitchell’s third private 
secretary, at the Board of Health rooms, was taken sick in the after- 
noon. 
September 19—At the meeting of the Executive Committee the 
chairman of the Committee on Claims stated that he wished public 
attention called to the exorbitant claims which were being put in for 
the destruction of property. He suggested that persons having 
claims should manifest a spirit of self-sacrifice, and gave notice that 
the Committee on Claims would thereafter throw out all unreason- 
able ones. The Committee on Transportation was requested to have 
a conference with the Colored Auxiliary Bureau, in order to formu- 
late plans to induce people to leave the city for Camp Perry or the 
refugee camps. The Committee on Sanitary Police reported a reor- 
ganization of the force, and announced that twelve or fifteen men 
were employed in daily inspection of houses and reporting cases of 
distress. The chairman was directed to reduce the pay of the sani- 
tary police to one dollar per day. The Committee on Duval County 
at Large was directed to investigate matters in South Jacksonville, 
and endeavor to do away with the friction that seemed to exist 
among people in that locality. The chairman of the Committee on 
Conference was directed to request from the Board of Health all bills 
for which the Association was asked to be responsible, and the Board 
was requested to consider the expediency of putting the hospitals 
under charge of Dr. Porter, as head of the Government relief meas- 
ures. 
Senator Geo. F. Edmunds introduced into tlie Senate a hill ap- 
propriating $100,000 for the yellow fever sufferers. A party of ten 
new nurses arrived during the afternoon, and were assigned to duty, 
most of them being females. A special from St. Augustine reported 
that the Ancient City had quarantined against Palatka in the morn- 
ing, and that Palatka had retaliated by quarantining against them. 
There was no fever admitted in either place. A Gainesville dispatch 
reported the siek as doing well, with no new cases. M. K. Bowden, 
City Editor of the Times-Union, died at ten o’clock in the evening. 
Mr. Bowden was taken with the fever Saturday, and had passed the 
crisis on Sunday, and was supposed to he rapidly improving until 
yesterday, when a high temperature returned, the fever attacking CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
43 
his brain. He was one of the best known reporters in the State, and 
his death was deeply felt by his brother journalists in the city. 
September 20—At the meeting of the Executive Committee the 
chairman of the Committee on Relief detailed the work of the com- 
mittee, which was daily increasing, and urged the speedy perfection 
of plans which would give employment to idle men, and thus relieve 
the committee. The Committee on Sanitation reported the employ- 
ment of about three hundred and seventy-five men in work of a san- 
itary nature. President Daniel was requested to refute a statement 
printed in the New York World, emanating from Kansas City, to the 
effect that the Jacksonville Fire Department was disorganized, and 
furnished no protection to the city, and make evident the apprecia- 
tion of the citizens for the successful efforts of Chief Jones and the 
Department to maintain their thorough organization. John E. Hart- 
ridge, Esq., was added to the Committee on Relief. Dr. John C. 
L’Engle was recommended by the Executive Committee to Governor 
Perry for appointment as a member of the Board of Health, in place 
of H. A. L’Engle, deceased. 
The men who had been searching out the needy people reported 
that they had found some fifty respectable families of white people 
in actual need, who would not, under any circumstances, apply for 
relief. They had been denying themselves in silence, while thou- 
sands of less worthy, and hundreds of unworthy people, had been 
clamorous for excessive rations, and applied, in many instances, two 
or three times a week. The telegraph operators were made joyful 
in the evening by a message from the New' York World saying that 
that paper had started a special subscription in their behalf, heading 
it with §100. 
W. B. Owen, chairman of the Committee on Belief, and Miss 
Hattie L. Kidd were married in the afternoon. 
September 21—At tlie meeting of tlie Executive Committee the 
■chairman of the Committee on Conference stated that the Board of 
Health had adopted the suggestions advanced by the Committee, that 
the Sand-Hills and St. Luke’s Hospitals should be placed under the 
supervision of the United States Marine Hospital Service. The 
chairman of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention re- 
ported that there were two hundred and eighty-seven nurses, and 
eight foreign physicians, at that time connected with the Bureau; 
twenty-three nurses from Tampa were expected, and there were 
probably one hundred and sixty nurses in the city, under the Bu- 
reau’s instructions. The city had been districted, and the physicians 
visited the nurses and patients twice daily to see that matters were 
going right. Dr. Porter made some suggestions in reference to the 
Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention, and warmly congratu- 
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complislied at the Medical Bureau, under its direction. The chair- 
man of the Committee on Relief reported that it was necessary to 
add two commissaries, one in Brooklyn and the other in Hanson- 
town. It was ordered that the Committee on Relief furnish delica- 
cies for the sick and needy upon the order of any registered physi- 
cian or physicians of the Medical Bureau. The chairman of the 
Committee on Sanitation was requested to furnish a complete esti- 
mate of all work of a public nature that he deemed it expedient to 
undertake, and the consideration of such work was made a special 
order of the day for Monday following, and the City Engineer was 
requested to be present. J. L. Burch and T. Y. Cashen were nomi- 
nated and confirmed as members of the Committee on Sanitation. 
W. A. Macduff, one of the active members of the Executive Commit- 
tee, was stricken down by the fever in the afternoon. 
September 22—As the value of a scientific investigation of the 
epidemic was fully recognized by the Executive Committee, a strong 
resolution was introduced asking that Congress be urged to at once 
authorize and require the establishment of a scientific bureau for 
that purpose. 
Bills amounting to 821,117 were audited for the week ending 
September 22. Over six thousand people were fed daily, and during 
the ensuing week that number promised to be greatly increased. 
Rations, consisting of grits, bacon, meal, flour, coffee, sugar, soap 
and salt were issued, after investigation, to each needy family or 
person, in quantities sufficient to last for one week. The chairman 
of the Committee on Relief was instructed to have a conference with 
members of similar committees of the secret and other organizations, 
in order to arrange a harmonious plan of giving relief, and to pre- 
vent imposition. Mr. John N. Webb appeared before the Executive 
Committee to urge examination in the “electro-libation” cure, 
which he claimed would be able to cure yellow fever, and the matter 
was referred to the Board of Health with a request to investigate. 
Dr. Porter wired Miss Clara Barton, in the evening, to recall Col. 
Southmayd, who had been put in charge of the so called Red Cross 
nurses, as he was not working in unison with the authorities, and 
was creating trouble. Col. J. J. Daniel, President of the Associa- 
tion, was again prostrated by illness. An article was published by 
refugees at Hendersonville, N. C., defending the management of the 
refugee train, which went to that city, from newspaper reports, and 
expressing their appreciation to the citizens of Hendersonville for 
their kindness and attention. A mass meeting was held at Camp 
Perry endorsing the condition of the camp and praising the officers 
in charge. 
September 23—Sunday. A joint meeting of the Executive Com- 
mittee, members of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Atten- CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
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tion, and Committee on Relief was held on Sunday to arrange har- 
monious co-operation in supplying the sick with nourishment, stim- 
ulants, bedding, etc., upon the order of physicians at the Medical 
Bureau and those designated by the Board of Health, provision be- 
ing made to prevent imposition. 
Four of the new nurses and Dr. Eddy, one of the volunteer phy- 
sicians from Louisville, were taken down with the fever in the after- 
noon. To provide accommodations for sick volunteer physicians 
and nurses, the Medical Bureau rented a house near the medical 
headquarters, where they could be taken care of. There were three 
hundred and sixty odd nurses on the Bureau books in the morning, 
but there was not one to spare. The great number of new cases 
required all of them to do extra work. Many calls were made for 
female nurses. A great deal of trouble was caused by the false re- 
ports of names in the death list; many well persons being reported 
as either sick or dead. Willie Long and a Miss Conrader were an- 
nounced as among the dead on Saturday, yet both were alive at noon 
Sunday, and indignant at the false reports. 
September 24—The death of C. G. Elliott, a member of the Ex- 
ecutive Committee, was reported, and a committee appointed to 
draft suitable resolutions to his memory. Peter Jones was nomi- 
nated and appointed as a member of the Executive Committee in 
place of Mr. Elliott, deceased, and was assigned to the Committees 
of Sanitation and Claims. Directions were given, to the Committee 
on Transportation to report to the Executive Committee, for inves- 
tigation and action, cases of all persons who desired to leave town 
and were nnable to do so. The chairman of the Committee on Sani- 
tation reported in detail the work being done by that committee in 
East Jacksonville, LaVilla, Burbridge’s Addition, and other places. 
The work of this committee was summarized as: 1, Work of a 
sanitary nature, for which the Government would pay; 2, Work of 
a public nature, which could then properly be undertaken, as a 
method of employing laborers and furnishing relief; and, 3, Fur- 
nishing lists and taking precautions to prevent imposition in obtain- 
ing relief by men who were employed elsewhere and able to support 
themselves. Engineer R. N. Ellis was directed to make a survey of 
the most direct and feasible route to the cemetery, and have the 
same graded and shelled. 
Dr. Kenworthy was sent to Macclenny by the Executiv e Com- 
mittee with a special train carrying ice, provisions and cash. Mayor 
Latrobe, of Baltimore, telegraphed Dr. Mitchell, in the afternoon, 
that he had shipped $2,000 worth of provisions, and desired to know 
if more were needed, which was replied to affirmatively. Sixteen 
new nurses arrived at noon from Philadelphia, but to the great dis- 
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great demand for female nurses, as there were so many women sick. 
Seven nurses were sent to Camp Perry on the afternoon train, on 
account of inefficieucy. In the evening Dr. Mitchell telegraphed to 
Tampa for ten acclimated female nurses. Col. Southmayd left in 
the afternoon for Washington, to confer with President Clara Barton 
regarding the nurse question. A special train came from Fernandina 
in the evening for nurses for Captain D. E. Maxwell, who was sick 
with yellow fever there. A doctor and three male nurses were sent 
over. R. S. Lukenbill, purchasing agent of the Florida Railway & 
Navigation Company, died in Fernandina at noon. The New York 
Press Club, Florida Auxiliary Relief Committee, and the directors 
of the Florida Printing and Publishing Company, in New York, passed 
resolutions of respect for M. R. Bowden, the deceased journalist. 
September 25—At the Executive Committee meeting a resolu- 
tion was passed requiring that all claims for the destruction of bed- 
ding, clothing, etc., by order of the Board of Health must be ap- 
proved by Dr. Ecliemendia, the Fumigating Officer, and by Dr. Veil 
Mitchell, President of the Board of Health, and attested by affidavit 
before a proper officer, befoi*e the same would be considered by the 
Committee on Claims. Upon recommendation of the Committee on 
Duval County at Large, the Committee on Sanitary Police was in- 
structed to increase the guard around the city in order to prevent 
influx of persons from other infected points. A resolution was 
passed that the chairman of each committee must make up and sub- 
mit a pay roll and itemized statement of expenses with each cash 
requisition brought before the Executive Committee for action. 
Camp Mitchell was inspected by Acting Mayor Gerow in com- 
pany with a committee from the Colored Auxiliary Bureau, consist- 
ing of Messrs. Artrell, Onley and Middleton. All were well pleased 
with the appearance of the camp, and the colored members of the 
■committee stated that they would recommend their people to move 
there. A meeting of the physicians was called, by oi’der of the Board 
of Health, at the medical headquarters, and Vice-President McQuaid, 
of the Executive Committee, addressed the meeting upon the subject 
of the wholesale abuses which had crept into the system of provid- 
ing delicacies for the sick, upon physicians’ orders. Certain strict 
rules were adopted holding physicians accountable for all orders 
over their signatures. Two or three of the practitioners related 
their experiences. One said that he signed an order for several 
articles for a patient, and, trusting in the general honesty of man- 
kind, had left some space between the last line and his signature. 
Into this space was inserted, “ one case Mumin’s quarts, six bottles 
claret.” Another order for chicken, in which the figure instead of 
the word one had been used, had been adroitly raised to twelve 
chickens. A fumigation station for baggage was established near CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
47 
"the mail station at La Villa Junction, under charge of Dr. Julius 
Wise, of the M. H. S. Francis R. King-Hall, special correspondent 
of the New York World, was taken to the Sand-Hills. The follow- 
ing newspaper item is quoted as an incident of the epidemic: A 
customer went into a fruit store on Hogan street, to purchase some 
apples, and was astonished to find the Italian vender sitting in a 
•corner, his head down between his knees, and smoking his head and 
face from a small coal-tar fire. He was apparently very sick, but his 
smoked face and neck, and the straggling strings of soot hanging 
from his hair, gave him a frightful appearance. He was taken to 
the Hospital at once. 
September 26—At the meeting of the Executive Committee Dr. 
O. J. Kenworthy made a detailed statement of bis trip to Macclenny 
as agent of the Executive Committee. W. B. Owen, chairman of the 
Committee on Belief, spoke of the difficulties under which he was 
laboring. Owing to the resignation of some of the committeemen 
and employees, and the sickness of many others, he had been doing 
a large amount of extra work and was thoroughly exhausted, and re- 
quested the committee to place Kt. Bev. E. G. Weed temporarily in 
■charge of the Committee on Belief until he could obtain the requisite 
rest. The chairman of the Committee on Sanitary Police stated that 
he had closed the bridges at Trout Creek, and was guarding the 
same, and had increased the cordon around the city. The chairman 
of the Committee on Conference was directed to wire President Clara 
Barton and ascertain if she would pay expenses of Bed Cross nurses 
at Macclenny. A telegram from Baldwin, at night, gave the first in- 
telligence of an outbreak of fever at Sanderson. The people asked 
for physicians, nurses and supplies. President Mitchell, of the 
Board of Health, wired Mr. Baley, of the Florida Bailway and Navi- 
gation Company, at Baldwin, to send a locomotive to Macclenny for 
Dr. Gill, who would go to Sanderson and report the exact condition 
of affairs there, after which any requisition of his for supplies, phy- 
sicians, nurses, etc., would promptly be honored by the authorities 
in Jacksonville. 
A white female nurse, who had previously been spoken of very 
highly by her physicians, was found drunk at the rooms of a yellow 
fever patient in East Jacksonville, and arrested and locked up. 
W. N. Baker, Cashier of the State Bank of Florida, was taken down 
in the afternoon. 
September 27—At the Executive Committee meeting suitable 
resolutions were passed to the memory of Charles G. Elliott, late 
member of that committee. The chairman of the Committee on 
Nurses and Medical Attention reported that he had been notified by 
the Board of Health not to fill orders for certain physicians, whose 
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the rules of the Board of Health in reporting new cases. The chair- 
man of the Committee on Sanitary Police reported progress in the 
cordon, and announced that it was complete. F. F. L’Engle was 
added to the Committee on Duval County at Large. 
Governor Scales, of North Carolina, addressed a letter to Presi- 
dent Mitchell, in which he forbade any further colonization or spe- 
cial trains of Florida refugees within the borders of his State. One 
sad death reported at the Sand-Hills was that of W. F. Ford, a young 
telegraph operator. He came here from Bay City, Mich., in the be- 
ginning of the epidemic, having bravely volunteered for telegraph 
work. When he was dying it was ascertained that his real name was 
J. A. Turner, and that he had been black-listed in some of the tele- 
graph offices North, and had been obliged to change his name in or- 
der to get work. 
September 28—A communication was read from Miss Clara Bar- 
ton, saying that she would pay the expenses of the Red Cross nurses 
at Macclenny. Dr. J. Y. Porter, Surgeon in charge Government Re- 
lief Measures, presented the following rules governing the relief af- 
forded by the Government: 
Medical supplies, but not liquors, would be furnished only when 
it was clearly shown that the patient or family were unable to pay 
for the same. Nurses would be furnished free only where the pa- 
tient was surrounded by home comforts, but without ready means to 
pay for the nurses. The hospitals were all free, and it was an- 
nounced that they must be utilized by all persons taken sick in 
empty or unfurnished houses, or any place where proper attention 
could not, from the very nature of the surroundings, be given. 
Bishop Weed, of the Committee on Belief, reported that he had 
made arrangements to make a strict hpuse to house canvass in the 
city, so as to afford relief to all persons. The Committee on Confer- 
ence was instructed to request the Board of Health to fix the rate of 
compensation for visiting physicians at an early date, and furnish the 
Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention with a list of such phy- 
sicians. A circular was sent to the Boards of Health of the various 
counties of the State, containing the report of Surgeon Wise to Sur- 
geon-General Hamilton of the work of fumigation of mails, as ac- 
complished at LaVilla Junction, with the object of putting to an 
end the opposition to receiving the mail matter from Jacksonville. 
Late in the evening word was received from Bayard, Fla., that Mrs. H. 
K. Ingram and several other persons were very sick there. A special 
train with a doctor and provisions was sent at once. Dr. L. T. Eddy, 
of Louisville, Ky., one of the corps of volunteer physicians, died at 
noon. He did noble work among the sick, and remained cheerful 
until the last. He was taken down about a week previously, and, 
although he had the best of attention, being an old man could not CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
49 
survive. The physicians met and passed i*esolutions eulogizing his 
memory. 
September 29—At a meeting of the Executive Committee steps 
were taken to l-educe the force of sanitary police, and also to place 
Dr. Ecliemendia aixd the Fumigating Coi-ps under Government con- 
ti’ol and pay. Considerable discussion was had in l-eference 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 
would 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 he 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 stoi-es 
available to the poor for medicines supplied on the pi’escriptions 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 prevent a 1'epetition of the payment 
of claims by the Boai'd of Health and the Association. Senator Pasco 
repoi’ted, through special correspondence at Washington, a visit to 
President 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. Poi'ter sent off a number on the morning train, retaining 
the home nurses for duty. Instructions were given to l-educe 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 retuined to the postoffice, President Mitchell noti- 
fied Dr. Raney, President of the St. Augustine Board of Health, that 
thenceforth no more telephone bulletins of the condition of affairs in 
Jacksonville would be sent to St. Augustine, and that all bulletins 
and other communications would be sent by mail. It 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 i-eceived from President J. J. Daniel’s sick room, 
of his failing condition, created much sori’ow at the meeting of the 
Executive Committee and in the city. 
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President McQuaid wired the Fernandina Board of Health that their 
wants would be met fully, and requested a statement of their most 
immediate necessities. The Committeee on Belief presented plans- 
for reducing the expenses of that department. Hon. J. C. Greeley 
was appointed a member 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 visiting physicians, and the Committee on 
Nurses and Medical Attention were instructed to bring in the neces- 
sary data for the payment of such 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 quarantine, and author- 
izing Dr. J. 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 probably 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 returned 
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 request 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 dispatch 
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 pur- 
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 1888” was the name selected 
for the society. CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
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A wave of sorrow swept over the afflicted city late in the even- 
ing, when it was announced that 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 wrhole time 
unremittingly to it. The immense amount of work prostrated him 
several times, but he still insisted on keeping at his post, and when 
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. X. 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 the Times-Union, was taken sick in the 
afternoon. 
October 3—At the meeting of the Executive Committee sympa- 
thetic resolutions on the deatli of President Daniel were offered, 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, which were held at his late residence 
at “ Palermo.” 
Dr. C. J. Kenworthy went to Macclenny by special train with 
supplies. 
October 4—At the Executive Committee meeting Dr. Kenworthy 
presented a report of his trip to Macclenny. The chairman of the 
Committee on Xurses 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 advised that the Government would 
pay for the transportation of absolutely indigent persons from Camp 
Perry to their homes. He also reported that bis committee had 
made arrangements to transport persons to Camp Mitchell for 
twenty-five cents each. Free transportation would be furnished 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- CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
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 prepare resolutions on the death of Col. J. J. Daniel be requested 
to report on Saturday, the 6tli, at the usual time, that there be no 
business session on that day, and that the chairman of the Commit- 
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 the 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 New 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. Right Rev. E. G. Weed read 
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 CHRONOLOGICAL 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 Neal Mitchell’s fourth private secretary was taken 
down at noon and removed to the hospital. At noon it was reported 
that 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 all 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 epidemic. 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 the stricken newspaper men, Miss Cora Tanner, the actress, 
and others who had contributed for the benefit of the Jacksonville 
newspaper men and their families. Resolutions were also passed on 
the death of Edwin Martin and M. R. Bowden. 
October 8—At the Executive Committee meeting the receipt of 
contributions to the amount of $20,961.41 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 prepare some 
suitable memorial to President Daniel. The remains of Editor Mar- 
tin were buried at noon, the newspaper men and employees 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 9—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 autliori- 54 
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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 wTas appointed chairman in his place. 
The Executive Committee directed the employment of an attorney 
to take preliminary steps to incorporate the Jacksonville Auxiliary 
Sanitary Association. Telegrams were read from W. P. Clyde & 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 plan 
and organization of a “Daniel Memorial 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 tlie 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 
previous evening a wedding occurred in Brooklyn, which terminated 
rather unpleasantly to those most nearly concerned. As the cere- 
mony was concluded the bride was seized with a very severe chill, 
the first symptom of yellow fever, and was compelled to retire. The 
thoroughly frightened bridegroom at once sent for a physician, and 
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 N urses and Medical Attention brought up 
the case of the selling and distributing of furniture from an infected 
house, and, upon 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 unanimously re- 
solved to close the restaurant which had been established for the 
feeding of convalescents and employees of the Association, on Octo- 
ber 12tli. Dr. Miller, who had been placed in South Jacksonville, 
reported no sickness, except a few cases of malarial fever. There 
was difficulty in getting supplies over for families in distress in that CHRONOLOGICAL 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 of his 
transportation. The following was reported by the Committee on 
Nurses and Medical Attention as a fair sample of some for the orders 
received at the Medical Bureau: 
dere sir i am one of Doctor senters pascients, please send me 2 
pound Rice, 3 pound sugar, 2 pound tea, 2 pound butter, one sliam- 
pane, flour, one cherries Brandy, some ham, one chicken, one milk, 
and lard. 
Oct the 11 1888 
Caroline Williams, Spanish hill. 
The heavy down-fall of rain all the previous day, which contin- 
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, and the Board of Health was requested to detail a physi- 
cian for that suburb. The chairman of the Committee on Relief 
stated that the restaurant would be closed, by that committee, the 
next day. It was officially reported that at the relief restaurant 
9,398 people were fed on the previous day. A petition was presented 
to the Executive Committee, asking that all commissaries of relief, ex- 
cept the Central Station, be abolished, and that rations be only issued 
to widows and orphans and decrepid persons. Considerable discus- 
sion took place about returning nurses to their homes. New Orleans 
and some places refused to receive them, after the usual quarantine at 
Camp Perry, while other towns would receive their own nurses after 
detention. The chairman of the Committee on Transportation was 01fRONOLOGICAL SUMMA RV. 
given full charge of the matter. The question of the payment of the 
H arry Miner nurses came up and was thoroughly discussed. The 
Board of Health was requested to submit vouchers to cover advances 
made by the Executive Committee upon requisitions. 
The “Daniel Memorial Association” was perfected by the elec- 
tion of Judge McLean chairman. The directors of the Florida Sub- 
Tropical Exposition held a meeting and issued an address to the cit- 
izens of Florida, saying that the Exposition would he opened in the 
winter, as usual, and asking contributions and the hearty co-operation 
of the people in the State. 
October 13—At the meeting of the Executive Committee the 
Committee on Conference was instructed to consult with the Board 
of Health and Dr. Porter in reference to the rules submitted by the 
Surgeon-General for the disinfection of property, with instructions, 
to endeavor to remove from the shoulders of the Association, or its 
■committees, the burden of determining the financial condition of cit- 
izens whose property should he destroyed; and further, to express 
the sense of the Association that it was inexpedient to make any dis- 
crimination among individuals whose property should he destroyed. 
The matter of the payment of the New Orleans nurses was brought 
up by the President of the Board of Health, and he explained his in- 
terpretation of the contract the Board had made, and the Committee 
on Nurses and Medical Attention was notified in accordance there- 
with. City Engineer R. N. Ellis was requested to prepare and fur- 
nish Dr. J. V. Porter with a plan of the sewerage system of the city 
for the information of the Government. The chairman of the Com- 
mittee on Relief reported that the committee was economizing in 
every department, and were cutting down expenses daily. Over 
seven thousand rations were cut off 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 the publication of an anonymous article in the Metropolis, 
speaking of the proposed plan to pay home physicians for their ser- 
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 to be the general sentiment, as OH RON OLOGIC A L SU MM ARY. 
the volunteer physicians had received the best of treatment in Jack- 
sonville, and had been highly complimented 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 Boai'd 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-saciifice were appreciated, and that the publications, which were 
the cause of their gi’ievances, did not reflect the sentiments of the 
people of Jacksonville. In the evening, after communication with 
the President of the Board of Health, the volunteer physicians re- 
scinded their action and went on duty as usual. 
October 15—At the Executive Committee meeting Bishop Weed 
made a detailed report of his trip to Fernandina. Upon motion, it 
was resolved to remit $5,000 to the assistance of Fernandina. The 
Committee on Relief submitted a report covering a statement of their 
work. The total number of ration cards issued to date had been 
4,648; number of cards recalled, 1,317; number of cards outstand- 
ing, 1,531; number of people at that time being fed, 9,252. 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 appreciation for the assist- 
ance rendered by the Executive Committee. A resolution of thanks 
was tendered to Francis R. King-Hall, the special correspondent of 
the New York World, for valuable services rendered to the Associa- 
tion and the whole community, through the columns of that news- 
paper, it being the eve of his departure for the North. Rt. Rev. E. 
G. Weed was unanimously elected to fill 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 Dr. 
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 definite un- 
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Sanderson. The Committee on Duval County at Large requested 
that all relief furnished in the county should thereafter be given 
through the Committee on Relief. Orange Park 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 
purpose. 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 the Committee on 
Sanitation. 
Three of the corps 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 Camp Perry, on their way home. Dr. Sollace Mitch- 
ell reported 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 Woi'ld, re- 
ceived, through Col. John A. Cockerill, managing editor of the 
World and president of the New York Press Club, the sum of S400, 
contributed by that club for the benefit of newspaper men and tlieir 
families who had been afflicted by the yellow fever. For the first 
time in nearly two months the City Council convened in regular ses- 
sion with a full quorum. 
br. James M. Fairlie, the secretary of the Board of Trade, and cor- 
responding secretary of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Asso- 
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. Late 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 prominent business man, and 
had held many responsible positions in public affairs. 
October 17-—At the meeting of the Executive Committee a com- 
munication was received from Surgeon-General Hamilton relative to 
the return of the 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 premises. The chairman of the Com- 
mittee on Sanitation reported that there were employed by that 
committee 1,625 men. Three hundred and seventy-one were em- CHRONOLOG10AT. SUMMARY. 
59 
ployed by the committee on Duval County at Large, and about one 
hundred others were employed by the Association in general work 
as a measure of relief. 
A special committee was appointed to draft suitable resolutions 
on the death of James M. Fairlie, corresponding secretary of the 
Association. 
The Western Union Telegraph office suffered severely during the 
epidemic. Among those who had been ill with yellow fever to date 
were Superintendent B. F. Dillon, Manager I). J. Crowley, operators 
Sweeney, Birkner, Shearer, Daniel, Ford, Hollenbeck, Armstrong, 
Turner, DeForrest and O’Driscoll; 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 child. Miss O’Connor, the only 
lady operator in the office, received much praise for her kindly at- 
tention to the sick boys. 
October 18—At the meeting of the Executive Committee a com- 
munication was received from Dr. Porter, stating that he had 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 only such houses as had the frames up, as it did not seem 
likely that more would he needed; and the same committee was also 
directed to erect two additional buildings for hospital purposes. A 
resolution was adopted, stating that Camp Mitchell had been erected 
at great expense, detailing the demands upon the Association for 
relief and sanitary purposes, and requesting the Committee on Re- 
lief to close all commissaries on October 27th, and to issue rations 
•only at Camp Mitchell to invalids, widows and orphans. This reso- 
lution was referred to the Committee on Relief for examination and 
recommendation. A resolution was passed that all persons who de- 
sired to go to Camp Mitchell, and were able, should pay their ex- 
penses, 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 wTas 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 circumstances, 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, 
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for the reception of nurses at the camp whenever the Committee on 
Transportation should guarantee that their transportation would be 
ready before the time of detention had elapsed. 
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- 
newed 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 River. 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 Transpor- 
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 requested that such action be rescinded on the 
ground of expediency. 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 physicians 
formerly designated by the Board of Health. 
A request was presented to the Executive Committee from the 
Committee on Relief 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 Committee referred the 
matter to the proper authority. 
October 2b—At the meeting of the Executive Committe a spe- 
cial committee, consisting of President McQuaid, J. M. Schumacher 
and P. E. McMurray, was 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 employing men six days 
per week at seventy-five cents per day wages. A. William Cockrell,. CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
61 
„r., was elected corresponding secretary of the Association in the 
place of James M. Fairlie, deceased. President McQuaid read a tele- 
gram 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 New 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 Relief 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 requested 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. YIcBride, of the Committee on 
Sanitary Police, was requested 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. Fail-lie, 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 391 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 fit up quarters for him at St. Luke’s. 62 
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Hospital, to enable him to pursue his studies under the most favor- 
able circumstances. 
October 23—At the Executive Committee meeting the Purchas- 
ing Agent was authorized to send one hundred pairs of blankets to 
Camp Mitchell, as many people there had not provided themselves 
with sufficient covering. A committee of three, consisting of 
Messrs. Schumacher, Macduff, and H. W. Clark, was appointed to 
draft suitable rules and regulations for the government of the camp. 
The Committee on Relief reported on the resolutions, previously 
referred to that committee, for the abolishment of commissaries, 
etc., that the committee believed the 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 Gainesville declining a confer- 
ence, and stating that she preferred to depend upon outside sub- 
scriptions. The Executive Committee believed that the authorities 
iii Gainesville 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-General 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 appeal was issued by C. C. Yonge, Grand Master of I. O. O. 
F., at Pensacola, asking for subscriptions for the benefit of the order 
in Jacksonville. 
Tlie nurses who still remained in the city met at the Medical 
headquarters, the previous evening, and formed the “Yellow Cross 
Volunteer Nurse Association of 1888.” 
October 24—At the Executive Committee meeting resolutions 
were passed that no further aid should be furnished by the committee 
to any person 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 County at Large be discontinued, and ap- CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
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plications for aid by persons outside of the city limits he referred to 
the County Commissioners. The Committee on Relief 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 pay for men would be cut down to ten cents per 
hour, eight hours 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 applicants to Camp Mitchell. The Com- 
mittee on Transportation, 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 nurses 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- 
respondence 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 he 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. 
Octoher 25—A meeting of the Association which had been called 
to receive a report of the special committee appointed to formulate 
the financial statement, was adjourned until the 27th, as the state- 
ment was not completed. The President of the Association read a 
communication from Dr. Porter, enclosing correspondence from 
Surgeon-General Hamilton, in relation to the destruction of property, 
stating that the Government would only pay for property of such 
persons as were unable to sustain the loss. A special committee 
was appointed to formulate a communication, expressing the views 
of the Committee that such discrimination would he unjust and pre- 
vent a thorough disinfection of the city. Acting Mayor Gerow and 
Councilman Wiggins paid a flying trip, on a special, to Sanderson 
and Macelenny, as agents of the Executive Committee. They found 
there had been no cases of fever for ten days in the former town, 
and that Macelenny 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 im- CHRONOLOGICAL 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 the fever 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 purpose 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 no 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 pan 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 early as possible, and to keep open St. Luke’s Hospital,, 
because of the more convenient location 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 $312,376.11 
had been received, and $210,654.24 expended. The report was re- 
ceived and adopted, and, upon motion, a vote of thanks w7as 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 w as a large number of cases among 
the refugees who had camped in the woods several miles outside of 
the city limits. 
October 28—The inmates of the hospitals and orphan asylums, 
and hundreds of convalescents, were gratified by the distribution of OH RONOLOGICAL SIT MM A R Y. 
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seventy-three barrels of apples, sent by the people of Winstead, Conn, 
through the efforts of the New York World, which paper forwarded 
them to their correspondent, S. A. Adams, to distribute. 
October 29—At the Executive Committee meeting the chairman of 
the Committee on Relief stated that there were 7,523 people provided 
for at the commissaries the previous week, notwithstanding every ef- 
fort to cut down rations. The Committee on Sanitation reported 
that nearly 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 
Transportation was instructed not to furnish transportation to home 
people who desired to leave for other points, on account 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: Robert G. Coleman, H. 
R. Duval, Rt. Rev. E. G. Weed, J. II. Durkee, W. A. McLean, R. D. 
Knight, Hon. James M. Baker, J. P. Taliaferro, Dr. A. S. Baldwin, 
H. S. Haines, L. Furcligott, I). G. Ambler, T. T. Stockton, J. C. 
Greeley, F. W. Mumby, I). T. Gerow, .J. E. Hartridge, J. M. Schu- 
macher, W. B. Barnett, Dr. Hy. Robinson, T. J. Boyd, Dexter Hun- 
ter, Jeoffrey Grant, .J. C. L’Engle, W. M. Artrell. F. W. Hawthorne 
was appointed Secretary. 
October 30—The disbursements of the Auxiliary Association for 
the week ending 2*701 of October amounted to $39,035.71. The mat- 
ter of the payment of resident physicians 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 request 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 Nurses and Medical Atten- 
tion. 
The thermometer went down to fifty-six degrees above zero the 
previous night, that being the lowest point 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 railroads thor- 
oughly guarded, and place detectives on the incoming trains. Then, 
by having the City 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. CHRONOLOGICAL, SUMMARY. 
Considerable excitement was caused at Camp Mitchell, in the af- 
ternoon, by the report that yellow fever was prevailing there. 
November 1—At the Executive Committee meeting a resolution 
was passed requesting that Dr. .1. P. Wall, of Tampa, investigate the 
reported suffering at Palmetto and Manatee from yellow fever. Five 
hundred dollars was subscribed for their relief, and $500.00 was also 
appropriated for Enterprise, in answer to an appeal from G. F. Car- 
lile, Secretary of the Board of Health of Volusia County asking for 
aid. Captain W. C. Cooper, in charge of Camp Mitchell, reported 
that 219 refugees had been received at that camp from Otober 1 to 
31, inclusive, and also explained that the so-called yellow fever at 
Camp Mitchell was, in fact, but a slight attack of malarial fever. A 
report, with recommendations, was received from F. R. King-Hall, 
appointed referee by the Florida Auxiliary Relief Committee, in New 
York, and Mr. Miner, to investigate the claims of the Harry Miner 
nurses. President McQuaid and other members of the Executive 
Committee made a tour of inspection of the work done by the Com- 
mittee on Sanitation on the streets of Jacksonville and its suburbs, 
and expressed themselves highly pleased with the result. 
The Board of Health issued an official notice to warn refugees 
from attempting to return to the city until the announcement should 
be made that all danger was over. As the fever was still spreading 
in South Jacksonville, another physician was detailed to assist Dr. 
Donahoo in that suburb. 
November 2—-The chairman of the Committee on Relief reported 
that the Committees on Relief and Sanitation had, as requested by 
the Executive Committee, held a conference meeting, in which mat- 
ters of relief and employment of labor were fully discussed. They 
estimated that they would he able to continue relief measures and 
employment as at that time until the middle of December at a total 
expense of about $66,000. 
November 3—At the meeting of the Executive Committee the 
chairman of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention pre- 
sented a full written report regarding the Miner nurses, including 
the expense incurred by them individually, as also necessary expense 
for transportation home, which report was, upon motion, directed to 
be communicated to Referee King-Hall. A resolution was passed 
providing for the payment of reasonable compensation to the Secre- 
taries of the Association. A special committee was appointed to rec- 
ommend a settlement with the owners of Barrs’ block, which build- 
ing had been used as headquarters by the Committee on Nurses and 
Medical attention throughout the greater part of the epidemic. 
A special meeting of the City Council was held, at which a strin- 
gent order was passed forbidding refugees to return to the city until CHKONOLOG10AL SUMMARY. 
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the epidemic was announced over, under a fine of $500.00 or impris- 
onment not exceeding thirty days. 
November 5—At the Executive Committee meeting the Commit- 
tee on Belief reported that some three hundred and fifty cards, rep- 
resenting two thousand rations, had not been px-esented the previous 
week, showing how it was reducing expenses. The Committee 
on Sanitation presented statistical 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 pi-eviously, etc. 
Some discussion was had as to the sanitary work, and it was the sen- 
timent of the committee that the 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 those places. 
November 6—At the Executive Committee meeting Captain 
Cooper was requested to take supplies to Sanderson and Macclenny 
for the sufferers in those towns. 
One hundred and twenty-one people were reported in quarantine 
at Camp Perry. On account of the very wet and rainy weather the 
number of cases increased, and the demand for nurses was very 
great. 
November 1—At the Executive Committee meeting Dr. Daniel 
brought up the matter of certain bills which had been returned to 
the Board of Health by the Executive Committee, which led to a 
thorough discussion of the financial relations between the Board 
of Health and the Executive Committee, with explanations of the 
position of the committee, and the urgent necessity to curtail 
expenses. Dr. Daniel gave it as his opinion, that the first of De- 
cember might be considered a fairly safe estimate of the conclusion 
of the epidemic, as a basis for calculating the expenses of the Associa- 
tion. The chairman of the Committee on Belief stated that the Cen- 
tral Committee had decided to consolidate all commissaries in one 
building, which would he opened on the following Monday. The 
Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention reported that several 
nurses had been sent home in the morning. A petition from New 
Berlin, Ela., signed by two hundred and fifty citizens, requesting 
work, was presented. The committee respectfully referred the mat- 
ter to the Board of County Commissioners, inasmuch as no cases of 
yellow fever, to its knowledge, had occurred in that neighborhood. 
November 8—At the Executive Committee meeting Dr. Daniel 
reported for the Board of Health, that it had requested him, in 
connection with Dr. J. Y. Porter, to consider the matter of closing 
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possible. The publication of weekly financial reports was, upon mo- 
tion, discontinued, as experience had proved that an increased de- 
mand for labor and rations succeeded every previous publication. 
Another misunderstanding about the Miner nurses wras brought up 
before the committee, and directions given to communicate with 
Referee King-Hall and explain the situation. It was reported that 
almost all the force employed by the Committee on Sanitation had 
been withdrawn from the suburbs and from East Jacksonville, and 
was then at work on the streets of the city proper, in grading and 
rounding them up. Public interest was centered in the efforts of Mr. 
C. B. Rogers, a prominent merchant in the city, in his endeavors to 
get a special train North. There were many who desired to leave 
wdio could not afford the time necessary for a ten days' quarantine 
at Camp Perry. It was understood that if cities outside would per- 
mit the passage of the train, Surgeon-General Hamilton would give 
permission for the people to be sent out. 
November 9—Word was received from Atlanta and Macon that 
they would permit a special train to pass through, and Surgeon- 
General Hamilton was wired to grant permission for such tx-ain. 
November 10—Captain W. C. Cooper reported to the Executive 
Committee on the results of his trip to Macclenny and Sanderson. 
Mrs. Jerome, on behalf of the Miner nurses, and John Morris, a Pen- 
sacola nurse, claimed consideration from the committee, on the 
ground of alleged contracts. It was determined that after the fol- 
lowing Monday the visiting corps of physicians would be through 
with their labors in the city, and could leave for their homes. The 
Board of Health purposed organizing a corps of local physicians, 
whose duty it should be to look after the sick. 
A great many people who had recovered from the fever and had 
exposed themselves after dark had dangerous relapses. 
November 12—At the meeting of the Executive Committee the 
Committee on Sanitation reported that about the same number of 
laborers were employed as during the previous week, and that no 
other roads would be shelled by that committee, except the roads 
leading to the cemeteries, which had been undertaken as public 
work for relief measures. 
The chairman of the Committee on Transportation presented a 
written report showing that transportation had been furnished for 
one hundred and forty-five nurses, covering nearly every part of the 
United States east of the Mississippi, and some points west of it, and 
aggregated 8,791 miles of railroad, and 360 miles of steamboat traffic. 
Through the generosity of the various transportation lines the total 
cost had been hut $117.90. A peremptory notice was ordered pub- 
lished that all outstanding hills against the Association be presented 
before the 15tli of November. A resolution of thanks was passed to CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
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Mr. S. A. Adams, resident correspondent for the Savannah Morning 
News and other papers, for his continuous and effective endeavors 
to publish truthful and complete reports of the epidemic. 
A special received in the morning from Ellaville announced the 
prevalence of yellow fever. Montgomery raised her quarantine 
against Decatur and Jacksonville, and passengers and baggage were 
allowed to enter that city. After three days of waiting, Mr. C. B. 
Rogers, projector of the special train, received word from Surgeon- 
General Hamilton that his train would be permitted to leave the fol- 
lowing morning. 
November 13—At the Executive Committee meeting Fernandina 
was wired, in response to inquiry, to draw on the Association for 
$5,000. A telegram was read, from New York, containing the rec- 
ommendations of F. R. King-Hall, referee in the matter of the Miner 
nurses, allowing most of the claims made by the nurses, and trans- 
portation. The Executive Committee was asked to advance the 
money, and the Secretary was directed to pay the amounts as speci- 
fied in the telegram. Ways and means for cutting down expenses, 
based upon the reports submitted by the Committees on Relief and 
Sanitation, were considered. The Board of Health divided the city 
into medical districts, and designated a local physician for each dis- 
trict, in accordance with the agreement heretofore made. 
The Times-Union contained the statement of Surgeon John 
Guiteras in reference to Camp Perry and the treatment of patients 
there. The C. B. Rogers special train left in the morning for At- 
lanta, carrying Dr. Sollace Mitchell, of the Sand-Hills hospital; Dr. 
L. C. Carr, Dr. P. H. Strausz, Dr. T. E. Broadus and Dr. E. Don- 
ahoo, of the Volunteer Corps, and some twenty others. 
November 14—At the Executive Committee meeting it was re- 
ported that at a joint meeting of the Executive Committee, the 
Board of Health and Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, held the afternoon of the 
day previous, resolutions had been passed that the Bureau of the 
■Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention should be closed at as 
early a date as possible, and that the staff of physicians for the care 
of the sick and needy should be reorganized, by the employment of 
local physicians, to be selected by the Board of Health, and that, so 
far as possible, all needy sick should be cared for at St. Luke’s Hos- 
pital thereafter, as the Sand-Hills was closed. President McQuaid 
read a letter from Enterprise, asking assistance in bettering the san- 
itary condition of the town, and estimating the cost at $2,500. The 
President was requested to notify Enterprise that the Committee had 
done all it could for the relief of the sick, and suggested that the 
Surgeon in charge of Government Relief Measures be communicated 
with in regard to the condition of the town. 70 
CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
November 15—The mortality in South .Jacksonville increased, 
and the people became much alarmed over the malignancy of the dis- 
ease. It was estimated that over thirty-two families had the fever 
on the 15th. Bay street was greatly excited in the morning by the 
appearance of a refugee citizen and wife, passengers on the Clyde 
steamer from New York to Mayport. They had come into the city 
in defiance of the ordinance forbidding the return of refugees, and 
had been promptly arrested by the police. After seeing the author- 
ities they concluded to leave the city until permission was given 
to return. 
November 10—At the Executive Committee meeting a telegram 
was read from Dr. Caldwell, of Enterprise, asking for financial assist- 
ance to relieve the poor people of the county, to which the President 
was requested to reply that the Association could not undertake to* 
extend relief to the poor in communities where yellow fever had not 
existed, and suggesting application to the county authorities. A 
communication was read from the Board of Health, in reference to* 
the payment of Tampa nurses, and it was ordered returned to the 
Board, with the request that that body should advise the Executive 
Committee of the terms upon which the services of the nurses had 
been accepted. A conference was held between the Executive Com- 
mittee, the Committee on Sanitation, the Board of Public Works and 
the Superintendent of the City Railway Company, in order to har- 
monize the grades of the street railway with the grades established 
by the Board of Public Works, in the work done upon the streets by 
the Committee on Sanitation. 
A publication was made of letters received from Live Oak by 
Dr. C. J. Kenworthy, who had been asked by the Executive Com- 
mittee to investigate an appeal published in the American Field,, 
which had the appearance of an attempt to impose upon the people, 
in order to fraudulently collect contributions. The advices received 
verified the suspicion, and it was stated that R. W. Russell, who* 
wrote the appeal, was an imposter, and that no relief was needed in 
that town. 
Fifteen cases were reported for the twenty-four hours ending at 
six o’clock, but there was not a single death. 
November 17—At the Executive Committee meeting those of the 
Harry Miner nurses who remained in the city were paid, on an aver- 
age, fifty dollars each, as recommended by the referee, and were 
told that no more would be given them, except transportation home. 
Dr. Porter published a card defining the relation of Surgeon- 
General Hamilton and himself to the sufferers from yellow fever, 
and to the President of the United States, in the distribution of funds 
and the matter of infection. Dr. C. J. Burroughs was placed in 
charge of South Jacksonville. By a strange coincidence the days of CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
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the week and the month correspond exactly in the years 1877 and 
1888, both yellow fever years. Thursday, November 15, 1877, Dr. R« 
P. Daniel, President of the Duval Medical Society, addressed a letter" 
to the Mayor, announcing the existence of yellow fever in the city. 
The Mayor, in turn, issued a proclamation to the people. This ap- 
peared in the nervspaper on Friday, the 16tli, and on that day and the 
Saturday following there was a wild panic, equal to the one of 1888. 
November 19—At the Executive Committee meeting the chair- 
man of the Committee on Relief stated that rations were given to 
S44 people; 156 ration tickets had been issued, and 60 sick fami- 
lies had been supplied with provisions during the previous week. 
The Executive Committee 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 Board of Health, of moneys received from the Executive Com- 
mittee. The chairman of the Committee on Nurses and Medical At- 
tention reported an estimate of his department for the ensuing week 
as follows: Employees at the Bureau, $142.50; vehicles for the Bu- 
reau and physicians, $277.50; a total for the Bureau and physicians 
of $370.00. The chairman was requested to take an inventory of all 
property and stock in the house, and to turn over the horses and 
wagons not in use to the chairman of the Committee on Vehicles,, 
and all utensils and furniture, unnecessary, to the Purchasing Agent. 
The chairman of the Committee on Sanitation stated that the ex- 
penses of the executive department of his committee for the ensuing 
week were fixed, including the expense of two teams, at a total of 
$131.75, of which amount the Government would pay some ninety 
odd dollars The number of men employed by this department ag- 
gregated seven hundred and fifty. The chairman stated that while 
there was no end to the amount of work that could be done by his 
department, the work had to he reduced to correspond with the 
amount of money that could be expended as a relief measure. A 
communication was read from the Board of Health in reference to 
the payment of Tampa nurses during the time of their detention at 
Camp Perry, recommending that nothing be paid them for such 
time, and the Secretary was directed to make such announcement to 
the parties interested. A vacation of two weeks was granted to 
President McQuaid. 
A largely attended meeting of colored people was held at one of 
the halls to express indignation at the reduction of laborers, and it 
was addressed by Dr. L’Engle, Senator McMurray and others, who 
assured the people that the Auxiliary Association was doing all in 
its power to alleviate suffering among the colored people in the 
city. Several influential and reputable colored men also spoke in 
the same vein. C11 R0N0I.0 GIC AL SUMMARY. 
November 20—At the meeting of the Executive Committee the 
financial statement for the week ending November 17th showed ex- 
penditures of $26,934.58. 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 
authorities had decided that all infected bedding in Jacksonville and 
suburbs destroyed by order of Surgeon Porter should be paid 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 places. 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 Fernan- 
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 parties concerned. The chairman of the Committee on 
Transportation reported that action had been 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 portion 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. Wlietmore, 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 work, paying eighty cents a day for that week, CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
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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 to 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 had 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 practical 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 adopted, except the recommendation for the payment of 
local physicians 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 druggists’ 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, amounted to nearly 
six thousand. 
November 26—Monday was a day 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, 35 degrees; at eleven o’clock, 36; 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 cheerful announcements that had been made since 
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The principal business transacted by the Executive Committee 
was in regard to taking action to insure the 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 Relief Association had forwarded funds to Governor 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 that 
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 30tli of November. 
The announcement was published that frost had appeared in 
Fernandina. 
November 27—At the Executive Committee meeting the Board 
of Health reported that it was its opinion that all acclimated per- 
sons, then resident in Camp Mitchell, should be discharged and per- 
mitted to return to the city, but it was deemed best not to close the 
camp at that time, nor permit unacclimated persons to return. 
The Board 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 appearance. It was decided that, thence- 
forth, no more daily official bulletins should be published, as the 
few cases reported were in the suburbs and country. It was further 
decided that the President of the Board of Health should issue a 
proclamation, immediately, to the effect that nobody would be ad- 
mitted into the city, without a permit, until the fumigating process 
was completed. A special committee of the City Council and Dr. 
Porter decided to appoint Dr. John C. L’Engle and Mr. Fred. Page 
as appraisers of material to be destroyed by the fumigating corps. 
November 28—At tlie meeting of tlie Executive Committee a 
resolution was passed that the Board of Health should he requested 
to take such immediate action to protect the country by fumigation 
and destruction of infected property as it deemed necessary, where 
such property was located outside of the city limits, and beyond the 
jurisdiction of the city authorities. Although employment on sani- 
tary work had been offered during the week to all men, regardless 
of age or condition, only about 1,500 were employed. Sixty cents 
was paid per day of six hours. Dr. Daniel, on behalf of the Board 
of Health, stated the position of the Board in reference to the ref- 
ugee question was that it would be necessary to keep all refugees 
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A petition from W. P. Head, of Plant City, was read to the Ex- 
ecutive Committee, requesting the Association to give him aid to 
replace his house, which had been burned at that place during the 
process of fumigation under direction of the local Board of Health. 
It is hardly necessary to say that the Executive Committee declined 
to pay the same. The chairman of the Committee on Relief reported 
upon the case of certain persons who had complained of receiving 
no assistance, and stated that they had received relief from the Com- 
mittee on Relief, the Knights of Pythias, the Masons, and some in- 
dividuals. 
The Executive Committee gave instructions to notify the Treas- 
ury Department, and the authorities, that the President, Vice-Presi- 
dent and Treasurer of the Association had been authorized to sign 
vouchers for sanitary work, supplies, etc. The chairman of the 
Committee on Transportation was directed to give notice that all 
nurses desiring free transportation must register on or before the 
10th of December. 
November 29--The Board of Health decided to resume the 
official bulletins of yellow fever, so that the wane of the epidemic 
could be seen by all. A novel feature of the afternoon was the ar- 
rival of a special train from Fernandina, bringing about twenty citi- 
zens of that place. Thanksgiving services were held at St. Johns 
Episcopal Church at eleven o’clock. Union services were held at 
the Newnan Street Presbyterian Church, and services were held 
elsewhere throughout the city. 
November 30—At the Executive Committee meeting the matter 
of keeping out the refugees was brought up. Public opinion was 
divided as to the stand taken by the Board of Health, and much dis- 
cussion ensued in regard to it. The Executive Committee believed 
it wise to await the approval of Dr. Porter, who had been placed in 
full control of the disinfection of the city, and in that view, at the 
time, the Board of Health concurred, and had taken action. 
A rumor that several hundred refugees were coming into the 
city, on a special train, created a sensation. 
December 1—The chairman of the Committee on Camp Mitchell 
stated that there was enough lumber at that place to complete three 
houses, for which foundations had already been built, and he was 
granted authority to erect the same. At the commissary there were 
no new cards issued, but 478 rations were issued on the regular 
cards, and 355£ temporary rations. There were still 2,003 ration 
cards outstanding, and 158 had been recalled. The amount of the 
pay-roll for the commissary department for the week was $148.50. Dr. 
Porter, Surgeon in charge of Government Relief Measures, issued 
an address to the public, giving the details of the work of fumiga- 
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the 3d of December. It set forth what property would be destroyed, 
how it would be paid for, and outlined, generally, the system 
adopted. Dr. Porter also issued a circular to the citizens of Jack- 
sonville in regard to airing closed houses, and clothing and bedding 
that had been packed away. 
Only five new cases were reported to six o’clock, all of them be- 
yond the city limits. 
December 3—At the meeting of the Executive Committee the 
chairman of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention re- 
ported that several Charleston nurses were still in town, as that city 
refused to receive them. Upon motion, the chairman (was author- 
ized to pay Charleston nurses their necessary expenses during the 
detention at Camp Perry, in consideration of the fact that Charles- 
ton had assumed payment of their salaries during their stay in Jack- 
sonville, upon the understanding that their expenses were paid by 
the Association. The Purchasing Agent was authorized to secure 
the building belonging to General William Baya for a store room, and 
was given authority to close up the present work of Purchasing 
Agent at the end of the week. Secretary Adams presented recom- 
mendations and suggestions for preparing a full report of the work 
done by the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association during the 
epidemic, which were adopted. A letter was received from Gover- 
nor Perry, in answer to inquiries, giving a statement of the moneys 
received by him from New York, and its disposition. 
The fumigating corps began work. There were ten gangs in all, 
making a total of seventy-five men. Dr. Kenwortliy, at the same 
time, commenced disinfecting the city sewers with burning sulphur 
and other material. 
December 4—At the Executive Committee meeting the chair- 
man of the Committee on Transportation reported answers to tele- 
grams sent to Charleston, Pensacola, New Orleans and Mobile, ask- 
ing whether nurses would be allowed to return without detention by 
quarantine, most of them being in the affirmative. 
At a meeting of the Board of Health it was decided that the 15th 
of December should be the day when the refugees might be allowed 
to come into the city. The City Council was notified, and that body 
instructed the Acting Mayor to issue a proclamation to that effect. 
The City Council also decided that people could come in December 
10th, provided they did not sleep in the city at night. 
December 5—At tlie Executive Committee meeting the chair- 
man of the Committee on Transportation reported that the two 
steamers which had been sent to Mayport by the Clyde Steamship 
Company, at the request of the Association, had cleared from that 
port with fair cargoes of freight. 
Ten thousand dollars was advanced to Dr. Porter by the Execu- CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
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tive Committee, to expedite the fumigation then being done in the 
city, to he refunded by the Government. Twenty extra gangs of 
men and forty extra wagons were added to the disinfecting corps, 
making a total of sixty wagons and over one hundred and fifty men 
employed. 
December 6—Some irritation was caused among the people whose 
mattresses had been taken and destroyed, by the non-arrival of the 
mattresses that the Government 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 home. 
December 8—At the meeting of the Executive Committee a com- 
munication from the Board of Health was read, containing data of 
the employment of local physicians under the Medical Bureau, as 
requested, and payment was directed in accordance therewith. The 
communication stated that there was only one patient at St. Luke’s, 
Robert Walker, a young Englishman, who was convalescent. When 
he could be discharged, the hospital would he cleansed and fumi- 
gated, and probably closed for some days, while the physicians, ma- 
trons and nurses enjoyed a well earned rest. 
December 9—It was announced that after the 15th 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 
3,623 temporary, making a total of 21,171 rations. There were 960 
cards withdrawn during the week, and it wTas hoped that the ones 
outstanding would he reduced to about one thousand. 
A special train on the Savannah, Florida and Western was ex- 
pected in the morning with the first detachment of refugees, but on 
account of the continued warm weather it was decided not to allow 
them in. 
December 10—At the meeting of the Executive Committee the 
Purchasing Agent was directed to receive the stores then in the sick 
department of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention, and 
turn over such of them to the Committee on Relief as that commit- 
tee could use to advantage. A large number of financial reports. 78 
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were received and accepted. The Board of Health presented, 
through its Committee on Finance, a supplementary report contain- 
ing additional bills paid by the Board of Health. The Executive 
Committee requested Secretary Charles S. Adams to compile, edit 
and publish the report of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Asso- 
ciation. 
Up to the Saturday night previous, the Government had expended 
about $7,982.41 for articles destroyed. Eight hundred and seventy 
mattresses, 804 pillows, 542 comforts, 1,750 yards of straw matting, 
and 60 yards of carpet were burned. Among the peculiar articles 
that met the disinfecting corps were fourteen pillows stuffed with 
cat tails, two with rabbit hair, and two with sponges. A large num- 
ber of rag and paper pillows were found in the course of this unpar- 
alleled microbe bunt. 
A vast difference was seen in the appearance of Bay street, by 
noon, upon the advent of hundreds of refugees, who came in by 
steamer, row-boat, teams, and many other means of conveyance. 
The greetings between the refugees and the stay-at-homes were most 
hearty, and the former seemed as glad to return as the latter were 
to receive them. 
December 11—At the 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 expense. A committee of five was appointed to devise a 
way of signalizing the arrival of the first Clyde steamer, which was 
expected on the 20th. 
The Government severed all connection with 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 2,536,845 pieces of mail matter; and some idea of their work 
may be gained by the statement that each piece had to 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—At tlie 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 Jacksonville* 
the daily bulletins should be discontinued from that date, and but 
two physicians detailed. A train on the Jacksonville, Tampa and 
Key West Bailway entered the city, the first on that road since Au- 
gust 8tli. 
December 14—At the Executive Committee meeting tlie Secre- 
tary reported upon the financial statement submitted by tlie Com- CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
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mittee on Finance of the Board of Health, with recommendations 
that certain items be not allowed, as they were ordinary expenses of 
the Board for which the county authorities should be responsible, 
in any case, and the 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 brought up and exhaustively discussed. It was the de- 
sire of the Executive Committee, if possible, to obtain action look- 
ing to the payment of all claims for property destroyed, and the 
President was directed to communicate the view of the Executive 
Committee to the proper authority, and ask their decision. 
The following resolution was adopted by the Executive Com 
mittee: 
Whekeas, 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 step in 
opening up the ordinary channels of business, be it 
Resolved, That this committee sincerely welcomes the returning 
citizens, most of whom have strengthened its hands with cheering 
words and earnest help. 
Resolved, That increased efforts be requested, on the part of the 
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, Florida and Western Railway broke up their 
refugee camp at Dinsmore, and brought in their employees who had 
been living there for the preceding four months. 
December 15—At the meeting of the Executive Committee the 
Committee on Relief recommended 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 approved. 
The headquarters of Dr. Porter were removed to the Tischler block, 
on Pine street, and the rehabilitation and refurnishing of the Barrs’ 
block, the previous headquarters of the Bureau, was ordered, under 
direction of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention. 
The 15th of December being 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 the city late the previous night by private conveyances and on 
foot. Extra trains were run on all the roads, and all of them were 
well filled. Business was resumed, and the opening of the scores 
of closed stores on Bay and other streets in the city, and the rehabi- 
tation of closed houses, gave an air of business activity and bustle 
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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 that 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 use 
of the Bureau during the epidemic. 
December 2f>—At the Executive Committee meeting the 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 such tools and implements as were not in use to the Board 
of Public Works. A communication from Dr. Joseph Y. Porter was 
received, advising the 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 the 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, presented a financial 
report, embracing an inventory of the property of the Association on 
hand, which was received. Purchasing Agent F. W. Mumby re- 
ported the amount of free transportation by vaiious transportation 
lines, as instructed by the 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 3d—The Board 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 
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delivered by John E. Hartridge, Esq., Rev. Win. J. Kenny, Colonel 
A. W. Cockrell and others. 
January 4, 1889—At the Executive Committee meeting action 
was taken to disposdof goods belonging to the Association, stored in 
the Astor warehouse. Upon motion, it was resolved to discontinue 
the publication of the 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 5—At the Executive Committee meeting President Mc- 
Quaid submitted bids, from local merchants, for flour, meal, grits and 
other general supplies 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 eai’ly 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 presented a report of the general supplies sold, which was ap- 
proved. 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 approved in regard to the claim of Mrs. Marrion for 
the use of her restaurant. 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 CHROXOUOGIOAU SUMMARY 
reported his attempts to obtain from the Howard Association, of Fer- 
nandina, a financial statement for insertion in the report of the Asso- 
ciation. A special committee was appointed to see that St. Luke's 
Hospital was put in good repair. 
January 17—At the Executive Committee meeting a communi- 
cation was received from Surgeon-General Hamilton that no claims 
for articles destroyed prior to the date of the Government taking 
charge 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 action was 
taken to advertise and sell the property of the Association at Camp 
Mitchell; to dispense with the further services of the superintendent 
of the camp, and to employ a suitable watchman. President Mc- 
Quaid submitted a communication from Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, ask- 
ing to be relieved from duty, in order to obtain rest. President 
McQuaid stated that the committee theretofore appointed to obtain 
some fit testimonial to indicate 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 suitable time, upon motion, a special Committee 
of Arrangements was appointed to call a meeting of the Association, 
at which the testimonial should be pi’esented. Mr. Peter Jones was 
appointed to confer with members of Frankie’s Friends Society, 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 published before the final report, was dis- 
cussed. 
January 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 Council and citizens. The President stated that the 
meeting was called to render expression of the feelings of the Asso- 
ciation to Dr. Porter, to whom all present felt indebted for services 
during the epidemic. The Secretary read the following address and CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
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resolutions submitted by the Executive Committee of the Associa- 
tion: 
Mr. President and Members of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary 
Association : 
Gentlemen: 
The Executive Committee of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sani- 
tary Association received, on the 18th instant, a communication from 
Dr.'Joseph Y. Porter, Surgeon in charge Government Relief Measures 
in Florida, which recalled the fact that lie had consented to take 
charge of relief measures September 10, 1888, under appointment of 
Surgeon-General John B. Hamilton, Marine Hospital Service, at the 
earnest request of this Association, seconded by the Duval County 
Board of Health, and now asks the 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 obtain rest before re- 
suming the active practice of his profession at his home in Key West. 
Your Executive Committee thinks this request, coming from a 
man who has served the Association, the citizens of Jacksonville, 
and the State of Florida continuously, night and day, without com- 
pensation, for four months, to the sacrifice of his private business 
and the loss of his personal 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 members of 
the Association, or the citizens of Jacksonville, to appreciate so 
thoroughly as do the members 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 request of the Association and the local 
authorities, Dr. Porter took charge of all nurses under pay of the 
Government, and soon assumed, in rapid succession, the command 
of the sanitary cordon, the control of medical supplies for the indi- 
gent sick, and the supervision of St. Luke’s and Sand-Hills'Hospi- 
tals, and finally, the entire onerous burden of disinfecting every 
house in this city where a case of yellow fever occurred. Nor is this 
all. Besides the work for Jacksonville, Dr. Porter directed similar 
relief measures in Fernandina, Enterprise, Macclenny, Sanderson 
and Gainesville. In this position of power and trust, as a medium 
between the Government of the United States and the citizens of 
Florida, Dr. Porter has been as loyal to the one as friendly to the 
other; he has neglected no means; he has spared no labor that could 
benefit his fellow-citizens, but lias, at the same time, conscien- 
tiously and scrupulously guarded the interests of the service he rep- 
resented. 
Your Executive Committee has, so far as possible, lightened the 
burden and strengthened the hands of our friend, and has noted, 
with admiration, throughout the gloom and weariness of the epi- 
demic, the executive grasp of the chief, the courteous patience of 
the gentleman, the sympathetic skill of the physician, and the cor- 
dial fellowship of the man. 
Gentlemen of the Association and fellow-citizens, the Executive 
Committee submits the following preamble and resolutions for your 
action: 
Whereas, Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, of Key West, Florida, is on 
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ville, as Surgeon in charge of Government Relief Measures in Flor- 
ida, be it 
Resolved, That the unanimous thanks of the Jacksonville Aux- 
iliary Sanitary Association be tendered to him, on behalf of the peo- 
ple of Jacksonville, as ,l one that loved his fellowmen,” and accepted 
for their sake a delicate official position during the trying hour of 
the recent epidemic, and executed the consequent exacting duties to 
their entire satisfaction, at the expense of brain, nerve and health; 
at a loss of time and money, at a sacrifice of individual interests that 
he alone can fully estimate. 
Resolved, That an engrossed copy of these resolutions, properly 
authenticated, be presented to I)r. Porter, as the honest expression 
of our appreciation, gratitude and respect. 
P. McQuaid. 
James M. Schumacher. 
Jno. C. L’Engle. 
P. E. McMurray. 
W. A. Macduff. 
Peter Jones. 
E. G. Weed. 
Dr. J. C. L’Engle moved the adoption of the resolutions, which 
was seconded in short speeches by P. E. McMurray, Dr. R. P. Daniel, 
Mr. D. T. Gerow, B. F. Dillon, Dr. Neal Mitchell, T. .J. Boyd, Colonel 
John T. Talbott and Major J. H. Durkee. The resolutions were 
unanimously adopted, and President McQuaid presented them to 
Dr. Porter, with some well chosen remarks. Dr. Porter, in response, 
humorously, but feelingly expressed his appreciation, after which 
Yice-President Schumacher, on behalf of the Association, presented 
to Dr. Porter a gold watch and chain, suitably designed and en- 
graved. The gift was received by Dr. Porter with thanks, stated in 
a few simple words, showing that he appreciated the feeling which 
prompted the expressions and the gift more than the article itself. 
February 2—At a meeting of the Executive Committee the Com- 
mittee on Conference reported the views of the Board of Health on 
the proposed settlement with St. Luke’s Hospital. Final action was 
postponed. The Committee on Claims was relieved from the con- 
sideration of one or two claims which were on the face of them be- 
yond the proper jurisdiction of the committee. 
February 7—A settlement with St. Luke’s Hospital was again 
discussed. An itemized statement of the amounts advanced to the 
Government, the matter of disinfection, and the moneys refunded 
for the same, was ordered. 
February 9—At the Executive Committee meeting the Commit- 
tee on Conference was instructed to confer with the city authorities 
and obtain their views in regard to the $5,000 paid the city during 
the epidemic. Several returned claims from the Government were 
considered and acted upon. 
February 11—At the Executive Committee meeting theCommit- C11 HO NO I.OG IC A L SUMMARY. 
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tee on Claims reported a large number of claims which were taken up 
and examined seriatim and acted upon. Instructions were given to pay 
Tio curators of estates, but 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 payment 
■of damages to St. Luke’s Hospital. Action was taken to vest the 
title of property at Camp Mitchell in the Association. The Presi- 
dent 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 26—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 financial 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 financial 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 a [(proved. 
There were special meetings of the Executive Committee on 
March 10th, March 13th 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 
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to request Dr. R. P. Daniel and Dr. .J. Y. Porter to examine the re- 
port and advise the committee of their views. 
March 27—Called meeting of the Executive Committee. Action 
was taken on certain claims. The special committee theretofore ap- 
pointed to confer with the City Council reported that it had tried to- 
arrange a conference several times, but had failed, and that, in the 
absence of action by the city authorities, it would recommend that 
the $5,000 advanced to the city by the Association be considered in 
the report as money advanced to the city for municipal purposes. 
The secretaries were directed to prepare and submit to the commit- 
tee an estimate of the expenses attendant upon publishing the re- 
port of the Association, in order to provide for a contingent fund in 
the financial statement. The matter of the payment by the Govern- 
ment for the buildings erected at Camp Mitchell was brought upr 
and the President requested to correspond with proper authorities, 
and urge a prompt settlement. 
March 2(.)—There was a called meeting of the Executive Commit- 
tee on the above date. Action was taken in reference to certain 
claims. The drug bills were brought up, examined, and ordered 
paid, in accordance with the report of the Committee on Nurses and 
and Medical Attention, and the report of Drs. R. P. Daniel and J. Y. 
Porter. The secretaries presented an estimate for a contingent fund,, 
and, after discussion, the recommendations were approved, and 
$2,500 appropriated for a contingent fund, executive, to meet the 
expenses of publishing the final report, and emergencies which might 
arise in winding up the affairs of the Association. 
April 1—There was a called meeting of the Executive Commit- 
tee. Some action was had on claims, and, after considerable discus- 
sion, it was resolved that $2,000 be covered into a contingent fund,, 
for the payment of such claims as the Executive Committee should 
thereafter deem just. The Secretary was instructed as to the meth- 
ods of payment from the two contingent funds. The petition from 
various charitable institutions which had been theretofore presented 
was taken up and discussed, and resulted in the adoption of the fol- 
lowing preamble and resolutions: 
Whereas, A petition lias been presented to this Executive Com- 
mittee by ladies, representing different local charitable institutions,, 
praying that the Executive Committee will appropriate SI,000 to the 
institutions mentioned in said petition, and 
Whereas, It appears to the committee that the recent epidemic 
rendered persons dependent for support and care upon these institu- 
tions, be it 
Resolved, That the sum of one thousand dollars be appropriated 
to each of the institutions known as St. Luke’s Hospital, Frankie 
Schumacher Relief Association Hospital, St. Mary’s Orphanage and 
The Orphanage and Home of the Friendless, with the condition that CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
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the moneys so appropriated be used for the support, maintenance' 
and care of deserving objects, without distinction of race and color- 
Resolved, That drafts for the above amounts be drawn, payable 
to the Presidents of the said several institutions upon their several 
written acceptances 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 requested to call a meeting of the Association to receive the 
same. 
April 2—The Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association met at 
the Board of Trade rooms, in pursuance of published notice, and was 
called to order by President P. McQ.uaid, who stated that the object 
of the meeting was to receive and act upon the financial statement 
prepared by the Executive Committee. 
Colonel J. E. Hart, President of the Board of Trade, was invited 
to a seat on the platform, and, upon motion, the reading of the min- 
utes of the last meeting and calling of the roll having been dispensed 
with, the Secretary of the Association read the following report: 
'In the President and Member* of Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary As- 
sociation, Jacksonville, Fla.: 
Gentlemen: 
lour Executive Committee begs to submit to your consideration 
a financial statement of the receipts and disbursements made by it of 
the funds entrusted to it as the representative of your Association, 
and in doing so, desires to suggest that a committee of this Associa- 
tion be selected to audit the accounts of the Executive Committee,- 
compare the statement with the original vouchers and books on file' 
in the office, examine the methods adopted to preserve the 
ments of the Association, and report to an adjourned meeting of this 
Association for its action. This report of tiie Auditing Committee 
and the action of the Association thereon, together with the financial 
statement, is intended for insertion in the full report of the Associa- 
tion, now being prepared for publication; and your Executive Com- 
mittee recommends, in order to secure prompt and thorough work, 
that the number of members selected to compose the Auditing Com- 
mittee be limited, and that men be chosen who can, and will, give it 
their immediate attention. 
ou will observe that the statement shows a surplus, which in- 
cludes the amount due by the Government; and the Executive Com- 
mittee, while it believes that the members of this Association, as an 
association, are the proper persons to decide upon the best disposi- 
tion of ibis fund, thinks it not out of place to state its own views 
briefly. 
llie committee has, for some time, hoped and believed that a. 
moderate surplus would remain after the expenses of the epidemic 
were met, and has carefully considered the matter of its disposition 
at different times, and now unanimously recommends that the Asso- 
ciation correspond with the mayors of the cities which have contrib- 
uted most generously to the yellow fever sufferers, in order, if pos- 
sible, that a plan may be adopted by which this surplus shall be con- 
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ers from yellow fever. While it is impracticable to return the money 
pro rata to the contributors, the committee believes that it is policy, 
hopesty 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 Association 
be called, at an early day, to elect officers, to make such changes as 
experience may suggest in the 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 px-oper now for 
the Association to take action, and, therefore, submits the following 
preamble and resolutions of thanks for your consideration and ac- 
tion : 
Whereas, 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 
Resolved, 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 gi'atitude, 
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, religious 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 unknown, to whom public thanks are due for their time, 
money, sympathy, pity and love, freely given to us. 
Resolved, That these resolutions be given the press, and be pub- 
lished in the report of this Association. 
P. McQuaid. 
James M. Schumacher. 
John C. L’Engle. 
Edwin G. Weed. 
P. E. McMurbay. 
W. A. Macduff. 
Peter Jones. 
April 2, 1889. 
Upon motion, the report was received, and was ordered read for 
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The suggestion that 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 five members be named by the 
Chair for that purpose. 
President McQuaid suggested that, as he was a member of the 
Executive Committee, whose accounts were 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 officers, 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 he 
presented, and the other business transacted at the same place and 
time. 
The preamble and resolutions of thanks embraced in the report 
were read, and, after the addition of another clause, were unani- 
mously adopted. 
Colonel Hart announced the appointment of the other members 
of the Auxiliary Committee as follows: S. B. Hubbard, B. II. 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. IT. Durkee, 
as follows: 
Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, Jacksonville,Fla.: 
Gentlemen—At a meeting of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sani- 
tary Association, held in the rooms of the Board of Trade of Jack- 
sonville, Florida, on April 2, 1889, the undersigned were appointed 
a committee to audit the accounts of the Executive Committee of 
your Association, to compare the financial 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 report 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 
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ment made by tlie Executive Committee, under date of April 2, 1889, 
is correct and true, and that vouchers for all expenditures made by 
the Executive Committee were found on file 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 $345,440.13 
Dues from members 282.00 
$345,722.13 
Executive $ 7,358.06 
Sanitation and Sanitary Police 136,837.29 
Belief .' 87.575.23 
Nurses and Medical Attention 154,093.14 
Claims account (property destroyed) 9,259.44 
Expense account (purchasing agent) 1,623.83 
Transportation 4,948.60 
Board of Health 700.80 
St. Luke’s Hospital 7,559.66 
Sand-Hills Hospital 9,360.48 
Camp Mitchell 7,619,72 
City of Jacksonville i '. — 5,000.oo 
New York Committee’s expenditure account 260.94 
Duval County 7,301.90 
Fernandina 23,718.41 
Macclenny 8,998.20 
Gainesville 2,446.74 
Sanderson 1,944.44 
Pablo Beach •. 733.73 
Enterprise 769.00 
Mayport. 468.45 
Frankie Schumacher Belief Association Hospital 1,000.00 
St. Mary’s Orphanage 1,000.00 
Orphanage and Home of the Friendless 1,000.00 
Contingent accounts 4,500.00 
$486,077.06 
Less $165,107.77 paid by and $10,460.17 due from United States 
Government $175,567.94-310,509.12 
Net assets $35,213.01 
Cash in bank $ 24,752.84 
Amount due by United States Government 10,460.17 
$35,213.01 
EXPENDITURES. 
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 Execu- 
tive Committee of this Association, 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 communities all over our country, 
and the fact that this large sum of money was so carefully expended 
that a voucher call 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. IVe 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 committee, who, without reward, or the hope thereof, nursed 
the sick, buried the dead, fed the hungry, clothed the destitute, em- 
ployed the idle, and preserved public order throughout the long- 
weary days from August 9 to December 15, 1888, and through whose 
tireless efforts the city of Jacksonville, at the close of the epidemic, 
found the property, of her citizens intact, the relations of laborer and OHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY 
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employer undisturbed, and public and private morals uncontami-* 
nated. 
• Samuei. B. Hubbard. 
Joseph H. Durkee. 
John L. Marvin. 
Bion H. Barnett. 
J. H. Norton. 
John E. Hart. 
Jacksonville, Fla., April 19, 1889. 
The report was, upon motion, received and approved. Presi- 
dent McQuaid, on behalf of the Executive Committee, expressed 
thanks for the work of this committee, and their kind words, and 
stated that the satisfactory condition of the books and papers was 
due, in great part, to the care of the Secretaries, and that to the care 
and work of Corresponding Secretary A. William Cockrell, Jr., espe- 
cially, was due the credit of the method of book-keeping adopted 
and carried out in detail. Mr. Cockrell assumed the position of 
Auditor immediately after his sickness, and under his supervision 
the book-keepers had not allowed the work of the epidemic to get 
behind. 
President McQuaid then stated that it was necessary for the Asso- 
ciation to take action to elect an Executive Committee, which should 
select officers and complete the organization of the Association as a 
corporation, in order to be able to meet any possible crisis effectively, 
with the experience of the past year to draw from, and stated that 
he would adjourn the old Association. The Association was at once 
called to order, and Major J. II. Durkee was elected temporary 
chairman, and Charles S. Adams temporary secretary. 
Upon motion, it was resolved that the chairman shall select a 
committee on nomination, of which he shall be one, which shall re- 
port to an adjourned meeting of the Association the nominations for 
members of the Executive Committee of the new corporation, and 
shall call a meeting of the association as soon as the committee shall 
be ready to report, and that written notices of such meeting shall be 
sent by the Secretary to each member of the Association. 
The resolution was adopted, and the meeting adjourned, subject 
to the call of the Chair. 
April 25—At a meeting of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary 
Association the special committee on nominations reported, and the 
following gentlemen were unanimously elected members of the Ex- 
ecutive Committee for the ensuing year: Right Rev. E. G. Weed, 
Rev. Father William .J. Kenny, John C. L’Engle, Peter Jones, Wil- 
liam A. Macduff, Daniel T. Gerow, and A. W. Cockrell, Jr. 
Action was taken to request the Committee on Relief to maintain 
its organization. The thanks of tlie Association were unanimously 
tendered to Messrs. P. McQuaid, J. M. Schumacher and P. E. Mc- CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY. 
Murray, 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. 
No 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 employed 
covers all the expenses of the Committee on Finance, and that 
some expenses incurred for the Association, which could not be 
properly charged against any other of the departments of the Asso- 
ciation, are embraced in the account of the Executive Committee: 
E XECUTIVE COMM ITTEE. 
Furniture $ 67.95 
Printing and Stationery 439.17 
Advertising 800.20 
Telegrams 171.08 
Wagons 117.00 
Pay-Rolls 4,297.58 
Incidental expenses, rent, attorney’s fees, etc 1,465.08 
$7,358.06 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 the 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, generally, and es- 
pecially the Executive and Finance Committees, took the stand that 
no aid should he 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 he 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 employing 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 13th of August, H. A. L’Engle, the Treasurer of the 
Association, and chairman of the Committee on Sanitation, contrib- 
uted $100.00, on behalf of the State Bank of Florida, which was the 
first contribution made to meet the extraordinary demands upon the 
Association. Many public 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 $3,000 for the use of the As- 
sociation. On the 14tli of August the following telegram to the 
Mayor was referred to the Executive Committee: 
Savannah, Ga., August 13, 1888. 
The Mayor of Jacksonville : 
The Benevolent Association of Savannah are the custodians of 
funds confided to them for use in epidemics, especially in epidemics 
of yellow fever. I can remit you one thousand dollars whenever you 
notify me it is needed for the sick and destitute of your city. 
(Signed) Jos. M. Solomons, 
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The Mayor was requested by the committee to gratefully ac- 
knowledge the telegram, and reply that at the time there was no 
need to accept outside aid. Other telegrams and letters of similar 
generous import were invariably answered in the same way, the only 
exceptions made being in favor of firms or individuals who had been 
in close business relationship with Jacksonville merchants, and who 
insisted upon being allowed to contribute. 
The funds in the hands of the Executive Committee increased 
steadily, but the demands upon the Association increased in much 
greater proportion, and it was soon deemed necessary to appeal di- 
rectly to citizens who had left the city upon the breaking out of the 
fever, and urge the necessity of supporting, by liberal contributions, 
those residents who, besides subscribing money freely, remained to 
protect the city and assist the sick and poor. On the 22d of August, 
the Sub-Committee on Finance, appointed for the purpose, prepared 
and forwarded the following letter to all out-of-town citizens whose 
addresses were available: 
Deak Sik: 
While tlie reports from here are greatly exaggerated, still we 
have a few cases of yellow fever, and to prevent its spreading, it is ab- 
solutely necessary to put the city in a thorough sanitary condition, and 
at the same time provide for the worthy poor people that have been 
thrown out of employment. To do this requires considerable money. 
Those that are now here have not only contributed liberally to the 
“Relief Fund,” but are giving their time infighting tire disease. 
Our needs, to successfully carry on the work, will he very great for 
the next month or so, probably longer. Please permit us to earn- 
estly request that you will send this committee a contribution, to be 
expended under the direction of the Auxiliary Sanitary Association. 
Very respectfully, 
J. N. C. Stockton, 
Chairman Sub-Committee. 
The 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. Pressing offers of assistance 
continued to be received, and on the last of the month, the Execu- 
tive Committee passed the following resolution: 
Resolved, 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 offers of assistance and 
sympathy which have been tendered to our city and people during 
the course of the epidemic, and trust it may be able to evidence its 
gratitude in a more fitting way in the near future. 
Upon the 5tli day of September, the Executive Committee, which 
had long withstood the pressure to issue a public appeal for aid, 
that was brought to bear both by those anxious to contribute, and 
those who believed assistance should be received, in conjunction with COMMITTEE OX FINANCE 
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the constituted authorities, prepared and gave to the press the fol- 
lowing appeal: 
To Our Friends and Fellow-Citizens of the United States: 
We, the authorized representatives of the citizens of Jackson- 
ville, recognizing the fact that the 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 
Whereas, Owing to the absence of all business, many of our 
ablest citizens are unable to furnish further funds, we now think we 
are justified in accepting the many willing offers of aid that have 
been received from you. 
We, therefore, wish our fellow-citizens of the United States to 
knowr that we will gratefully receive the aid they have offered, and 
that any contributions will be used for the benefit of those in need, 
and where it will do the most good. 
We request that any such contributions may be forwarded to 
James M. Schumacher, President of the First National Bank, and 
chairman of our Finance Committee. 
Near Mitchell,, President Duval County Board of Health. 
D. T. Gerow, Acting Mayor. 
P. McQuaid, Acting President Citizens’ Auxiliary Association. 
Jacksonville, Fla., September o, 1888. 
The generous people of the country were apparently but waiting 
for the word. The next morning contributions commenced to pour 
in. The Savannah Benevolent Society, who, nearly a month before, 
was the first association to volunteer help, sent $1,000. A similar 
amount was sent by the Southern Department of the Equitable Life 
Insurance Company, through George F. White, Manager. H. M. 
Flagler wired a personal contribution of $1,000, which was the first 
telegram received in response to the appeal, and thereafter corpora- 
tions, benevolent associations, mayors of cities, boards of trade, 
chambers of commerce, banks and individuals seemed to vie with 
each other in their charitable offerings. No words can adequately 
represent the feelings of relief and satisfaction the generous funds 
and abundant sympathy brought to the people of Jacksonville. The 
press, especially, were of the utmost assistance, not only by giving 
up much space to the condition of the suffering city, but also by 
starting subscriptions. 
Francis It. King-Hall, the special correspondent of the Hew Nork 
World, had offered, some time previous to the appeal, to open a sub- 
scription in New York, and many other papers followed. 
On September 13tli, the following brief address was adopted by 
the Executive Committee, in acknowledgment of the generosity of 
the people the United States: 
To Our Countrymen: 
Through the cloud of gloom, sorrow, suffering and death which 
overshadows us, your sympathy and generosity shine like glad ti- 
dings of great joy, and bring light and life to our people. Our hearts 96 
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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, be would be more apt to praise 
man’s humanity to man. 
Are corporations soulless? One may well doubt the old saying 
in the light of developments during the Jacksonville epidemic. So 
early in the fight as August 25th, 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,. 
$9,160.81. 
In addition to the free use of the lines, on September 13th the 
following letter was turned in to the Executive Committee by Super- 
intendent Dillon: 
New York, September 11, 1888. 
B. F. Billon, Esq., Superintendent, Jacksonville, Fla: 
Dear Sir: At a meeting of the Executive Committee of this 
company, held to-day, it was voted that $500.00 be appropriated for 
the relief of yellow fever sufferers of Jacksonville. Enclosed here- 
with please find a check to your order for $500.00, which please hand 
over to the proper committee at Jacksonville, to be expended for the 
relief of the yellow fever sufferers at Jacksonville, and please send 
me their acknowledgment of the same. 
Yours truly, 
J. Merriiiew, 
General Superintendent. 
Probably the contribution thus made by the Western Union Tel- COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. 
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egraph Company would head the list as the largest subscription of 
any corporation. 
Here is a letter received from the New York Life Insurance Com- 
pany, which is quoted simply as an example of many received from 
various portions of the country: 
Macon, Ga., September 25, 1888. 
J. J. Daniel, Esq., President Citizens' Relief Association, Jackson- 
ville■, Fla.: 
Dear Sir: I am authorized to state that the New York Life 
Insurance Company have appropriated $2,500 for the 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 the aid of 
those in your city. The balance is retained for future contingencies 
as they may 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. II. 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, which was attached to contributions of 
$367.00, sent October 3d: 
Milwaukee, Wis., September 28, 1888. 
Gentlemen: 
Realizing the deplorable condition of whole 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 pay 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 Jacksonville. 
The Files & 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. 
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nied the largest individual contribution to the yellow" fever sufferers 
from a known contributor: 
Rough Point, New port, R. I., September 24, 1888. 
James M. Schumacher, Esq., Treasurer Relief Fund, Jacksonville, Fla.: 
Dear 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. Vanderbilt. 
The largest contribution from any individual was transmitted 
through Mayor Hewitt, with the following communication: 
New York, September 10, 1888. 
Dear Sir: I transmit herewith the certificate of deposit No. 
10,841 of the Chemical National Bank to your credit as chairman, for 
the sum of fourteen thousand three hundred 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 $14,331.44. Of this sum $12,000 is contributed by an un- 
known donor, whose heart is evidently as capacious as his purse. 
* * * * # * * * ‘ * 
Yours sincerely, 
Abram S. Hewitt, 
Mayor. 
The following extract from an article published in Frank Leslie’s 
Popular Monthly, for March, 1889, by Ferdinand C. Iglehart, 1). I).r 
entitled “The Nation’s New Leadership,” is quoted 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 by the exercise of the 
distributive function. Some of the gifts that are continually flowing" 
from his bounty are 810,000 to Middleboro College, 840,000 worth of 
produce to the starving in Ireland, and 812,000 recently given to the 
sufferers from yellow fever in Florida.” 
Here are other anonymous contributions, prompted by the same 
charity that moved the larger donors: 
Vicksburg, Miss., September 24, 1888. 
Dear Sir: 
We enclose herewith New York Exchange $25.00, which is the 
contribution to your suffering community of a lady on the Missis- 
sippi River who sympathizes with you in your terrible affliction, but 
who is unwilling that her name should be given. She does many 
other good deeds in just as unostentatious a way. Please acknowl- 
edge receipt, and apply where it will do the most good. 
Yours truly, 
Wrigiit Brothers. COMMITTEE on finance. 
Sib: 
I enclose you herewith our small contribution (81.00) to aid in 
any way those suffering from the fever. We hope that by the re- 
ceipt of many such donations the awful epidemic may speedily be 
restricted and overcome. 
Very truly yours, 
“Room 70.” 
Washington, 1). C., September:}, 1888. 
The early receipt of the following telegram from President 
Cleveland assured Jacksonville of all possible aid from the Govern- 
ment, which assurance was amply verified by subsequent acts: 
Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C., September 8, 1888. 
James M. Schumacher, Chairman Finance Committee: 
Pleasp draw on me for two hundred dollars in aid of the people 
of Jacksonville, and assure them that while in their dire extremity 
they may be led to expect more assistance from the Government 
than can be extended within the limitations of the law, there will he 
no hesitation in doing all that is permitted; and I am sure the good 
people of the country will gladly respond to the call of their dis- 
tressed fellow-countrymen for relief. 
Gboveb Cleveland. 
Party lines were obliterated, and if there was any indication of 
sectionalism it was but the generous emulation of the North and 
South, the East and West, to outdo each other in helping stricken 
Florida. The first letter/rom a resident of the State was received 
before the general appeal was issued, hut the Executive Committee 
could not resist the hearty fellowship, and gladly accepted the fund : 
Madison, Fla., August 21. 
Col. J. J. Daniel, Jacksonville, Fla.: 
Mv Dear Sir: Sympathizing with the people of Jacksonville, 
hut admiring the pluck and way they are lighting the enemy, your 
not asking aid from outsiders heartily commends itself to this “ out- 
sider.” So here is my mite, 8100, for the “sinews of war.” I only 
suggest (Brother Reb) that our old destitute comrades get their full 
share of it, and if need he, I’ll divide again with them. Wishing 
you the victory your pluck deserves,and will yet win, I am, 
Yours, to help, 
John L. Inglis. 
The letter from the Young Republican Club of Newark, N. J., 
explains itself: 
Newark, N. J., September 29, 1888. 
Dear Sib: 
I take great pleasure in transmitting to you herein, for the relief 
of the unfortunate sufferers from yellow fever in your city and 
vicinity, the sum of eight hundred dollars, the proceeds of a concert 
held in this city on September 26th, under the auspices of the Young 
Republican Club. 
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actively engaged, to render aid to our fellow-countrymen of the 
South in their terrible affliction, and pray that God, in his mercy, 
may stop the ravages of the dread disease. 
Yours very truly, 
A. W. Bray, 
President. 
The religious feeling which promoted the offerings was fre- 
quently expressed in words of sympathy and faith. These two letters 
are inserted as illustrating the many received: 
Wilmington, N. C., Steptember 17, 1888. 
President Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association: 
Dear Sib: 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 3, 6: “ 
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 hook, “ Come to Jesus.” Read it, if you please, and then 
send it to some hospital, or where you think best. 
Yours, 
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. 
Widow’s Mite. 
(2 cents enclosed.) 
Toledo, 0., 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, 
A Christian Sympathizer. 
($2 enclosed.) COMMITTEE ON FINANCI 
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Winterpock P. O., October 6, 1888. 
Postmaster : 
Dear Sir: Please find enclosed 25 cents’ worth of stamps. I 
know it is a small amount for a beneficent act. 
Little drops makes the rill tiny, form rivulets, then unite and 
form rivers. So 25 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 fever. I am, 
Respectfully yours, 
r J. T. C. 
P. S. This may aid the sufferers in communicating, if nothing 
more. I, myself, am afflicted; not with the fever, 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 I would have them do unto me. 
Garden City, Kan., September 27, 1888. 
Dear Sir: 
As I have been reading in the papers every day that there is so 
much suffering 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 own living, 
and have just earned this $5 by doing some court work, which is my 
business. Again hoping it may do you a little good, I am 
Yery respectfully, 
L. S. 
Washington, D. C., September 10, 1888. 
Dear Sir: 
Will you 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 Belief Committee: 
Enclosed find 50 cents, the joint contribution of two poor men, 
for the Jacksonville sufferers. 
The communication has been carefully presei’ved, 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- 
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was a very material portion of the whole fund. Read these 
letters: 
Wilmington, N. C., September 24, 1888. 
You will please accept the 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 good, 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. 
North Lima, Ohio, September 27, 1888. 
Dear Sir : 
Enclosed you will please find ten dollars ($10) from a little girl, 
Miss Daisy B. Ilarkey, 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, 
Rev. S. L. Harkey, D. D. 
Kansas City, Mo., October 1, 1888. 
My Dear Sir: 
Please find enclosed New York draft for $15. 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, contributed largely by 
the children, whose little hearts promoted the idea of thus remem- 
bering your panic stricken section. Our only 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, 
Yery sincerely, 
P. IT. Thompson, .Jr., 
Supt. 17th St. Baptist S. S. Mission. 
Seagirt, IN'. 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 $44, 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, I am, 
Yours respectfully, 
S. W. Leeds. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. 
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New Yoke, September 25, 1888. 
Dear Sir: 
Five little girls in East Orange, N. 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 tit, and also with the hope that although 
the amount is small, it will do some good. 
Yours very truly, 
Charles Dutton. 
Mary Dutton, Emma Dutton, Annie Law, 
Names of children: 
Ella Law, Susie Ferine. 
The following letter, with the historical signatures attached, 
was received from Asheville: 
Asheville, N. C., September 13, 1888. 
Mr. J. M. Schumacher, Chairman of the Finance Committee, Jackson- 
ville, Fla.: 
Dear Sir: Enclosed please find check on New York for $23, the 
proceeds of which are to be applied to the fund contributed for the 
Jacksonville sufferers. 
The paper enclosed gives the names of the contributors, seven 
little children, guests of the house, made by selling tickets for an 
exhibition of tableaux, in which they were the sole actors. 
Yours truly, 
John B. Steele. 
M e, the little children at Battery Park Hotel, have made, by 
ourselves, $2:5 to send to the sufferers of Jacksonville. We wish it, 
was more: Callie Cobb Jackson, Rosa Brooks McBee, Yirgie Lee 
Hamilton, Caroline Chaffee, Lillian Hamilton, Florence King Jack- 
son, and Marion Jackson. 
Money continued to pour into the treasury of the Association, 
hut the expenses 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 
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funds, when the munificent heart of the nation was willing to supply 
all necessary relief. So, in all cases, the answer was 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 authorities 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: 
Rockford, III., September 11, 1888. 
James M. Schumacher, Esq., Chairman Finance Committee, Jackson- 
ville, Florida : 
My Dear Sir : 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. 1 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 supplies. 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 conld 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, peaches, pears, potatoes; and 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 to Chicago and Mil- 
waukee and devote my time in supplying you with everything you 
want. Please telegraph me fully what you want first. 
Yours very truly, 
Wm. Root. 
The following reply was wired Mr. Root: 
September, 17, 1888. 
William Hoot, care Irwin French, Rockford, Illinois : 
Letter received. Spontaneous contributions of provisions or 
delicacies will be thankfully received, but committee thinks special 
canvass inadvisable. The people have been and continue to be very- 
kind to us. 
James M. Schumacher, 
Chairman. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. 
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A few days later a telegram from Mr. Root was received, calling 
attention to the previous letter, and on September 26th the follow- 
ing telegram was received: 
Chicago, III., September 26, 1888. 
James M. Schumacher, Jacksonville : 
Several gentlemen called at my office, saying they desired to 
form themselves 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-Governor Reed, of Florida, Col. Wm. Root, Col. 
W. D. Barnes, A. K. Hammond, W. S. Walker, Dr. A. L. Cole, of 
Palat.ka, G. A. Duncan, of Clear Water Harbor, and O. A. Teeple, of 
Ocala. Will 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. 
John A. Roche, 
Mayor. 
The following was the reply: 
Jacksonville, Fla., September 27, 1888. 
John A. Roche, Mayor, Chicago, Illinois: 
Replying 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 disposed 
people of the United States to render us aid. They have done so 
nobly, but much 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 would come very acceptable to us. 
P. McQuaid, 
Acting President. 
The following day a telegram was received from Mr. Root, as 
follows: 
Chicago, III., September 28, 1888. 
P. McQuaid, Acting President Belief Committee : 
I have just seen your telegram to Mayor Roche. It is our de- 
sign to accept of a store room, and there receive spontaneous offer- 
ings of provisions or anything that might be needed, not only in 
Jacksonville, but all outside towns afflicted. We had no intention 
of becoming public beggars. There is no need of it, but it is desira- 
ble to have some place where people and merchants can come and 
find out what would be acceptable to send to Florida, and make up 
car lots and send them to you. Thousands of people would like to 
give such things in place of money. We could send you a car of 
dressed beef if you think best, and name tlie kind of provisions you 
want; flour, bacon, grain, medicine, clothing, and offerings will 
come in freely. Macclenny makes a piteous appeal for help to us 
this morning. Answer by wire fully. 
Wii.mam Root, Chairman. 1 06 
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On September 29tli, Mr. Root was replied to as follows: 
JACKSOJTVTLiiE, Fla., September 29, 1888. 
Wm. Hoot, Chairman, Chicago: 
Your telegram received and considered by the Executive Com- 
mittee, who still think it is best to not authorize any special effort 
to solicit contributions. We have just received one thousand dollars 
from the Mayor of Chicago 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 Monday, after receiving the estimate 
submitted, whether the time has arrived to announce that we believe 
wre have 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 efforts to obtain aid are necessary. 
P. McQuaid, 
President. 
On the 27th of October the Executive Committee rendered a 
financial statement, prepared by a special 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 their appeal for aid, that suffi- 
cient funds have been received to carry them through to the 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 their 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 careful 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 to 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- 
structions of Surgeon-General Hamilton, were advised by Dr. Joseph 
Y. Porter, Surgeon in charge of Government Relief Measures in Flor- 
ida. But since these expenses had to be vouchered and sub-voucli- 
ered in certain particular ways, and then forwarded to the United 
States Treasury Department for consideration, it was difficult to es- 
timate, with any degree of certainty, what funds might be received 
from that source. This subject is discussed under its proper title. 
By the 1st of December, the funds continuing to come in slowly, 
and the committee having more reliable data upon which to estimate 
the probable amount which would come from the Government, and 
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Association, decided to stop the receipt of contributions. No official 
notice was published, but the chairman of the Committee on Finance 
returned contributions of substantial amounts to the donors, and re- 
plied to all inquiries that no more would probably be needed, al- 
though small amounts, the balance in the hands of different custodi- 
ans, wrere still accepted. 
The moneys thus received by the Association, during a period 
extending over three months, were first handled by the Finance Com- 
mittee, most of it coming directly to its chairman. Large numbers, 
of contributions, however, came to this committee through the Presi- 
dent and other members of the Association, the Acting Mayor of the 
city, the President of the Board of Health, and other sources. Every 
morning this committee met in the same building with the Executive 
Committee, and, after considering the donations and accompanying 
correspondence, made an elaborate, detailed report to the Executive 
Committee at its pending meeting. This report, showing in detail the 
donor, amount, and through whom received, was placed upon the 
records of the Finance Committee, and, as part of the minutes of the 
Executive Committee, was published in the city papers. Besides 
sending an acknowledgment of receipt to the intermediary, and a 
written expression of thanks to the donor, a copy of the newspaper 
containing the notice of the donation was, wherever practicable, also 
sent. 
The correspondence accompanying the donations frequently 
made inquiries about individuals and minute matters, and requested 
particular applications of remittances, which often required exten- 
sive investigation, and not seldom the action of the Executive Com- 
mittee. Where the gift was for some certain individual, class or 
body of people, a receipt in duplicate of the party indicated was ob- 
tained, when possible, so that the Association might be protected 
and the donor satisfied. The lack of spare time, and the want of op- 
portunity, would have made the labor required no light task at any 
season, and so much the more was it felt then. At first the Finance 
Committee was rather large, but soon its members were led off into 
other fields of the Association’s labors; very often only two or three 
members, and frequently one alone was actually present, carrying on 
the work, the chairman’s presence being then required at the Execu- 
tive Committee meetings. 
Tlie Corresponding Secretary was, because of the correspond- 
ence, brought closely into contact with the Finance Committee, and 
in the beginning the donations, as reported, were handed to him for 
deposit with the Treasurer. So soon as the funds in the treasury 
began to be much in excess of the daily expenses, as the Treasurer 
was manager of one of the city banks, he requested the Finance Com- 
mittee to deposit the donations directly with different banks. Each COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. 
day the Finance Committee made up the deposit books of the differ- 
ent banks, and equalized the amount in each by reference to the daily 
report of balances received through the Treasurer. 
It was a difficult problem to determine how a proper disburse- 
ment should be made, and how its record should be kept; just what 
method should be formulated and enforced to most surely and speed- 
ily, and with least friction, determine the propriety of a disburse- 
ment, and at the same time execute it. 
The very first disbursement made by the Treasurer was the only 
one of its kind. The voucher consists of a printed oi'der, signed by 
the chairman of the Belief Committee, directing a city merchant, 
named, to furnish certain described provisions to a named applicant 
for relief. The simple directness of this plan might have relieved 
the Finance and Executive Committees of an immense amount of la- 
bor; just as it might have kept the treasury depleted; so it was not 
the method contemplated. The system then already outlined proved 
capable of expansion and adaptation equal to the requirements of the 
new committees, and the extraordinary emergencies which were not 
foreseen. Each committee was permitted to contract debts for the 
uses of its creation, subject to the approval of the Executive Com- 
mittee. The party extending the credit was required to furnish an 
itemized statement to the committee or department which contracted 
the debt. The committee put its official stamp of approval on the 
statement, and then forwarded it to headquarters. There this ap- 
proved statement was attached as a sub-voucher to an Executive 
voucher, a printed form for the purpose, which was filled out and en- 
dorsed for easy reference. Thus made ready, the voucher was con- 
sidered by the Executive Committee. If a proper disbursement was 
not evidenced, it was either laid over for further action, referred 
back to its source, or to a new committee, or denied. If it was ap- 
proved, the printed endorsement of approval was signed by the Pres- 
ident and Secretary, and a draft was drawn on the Treasurer, signed 
by the Secretary and countersigned by the President, payable to the 
order of the original creditor. This creditor was required to come 
in person, or send an agent with written authority, to the headquar- 
ters, and sign the receipt endorsed on the Executive voucher when 
the draft was handed over. The drafts, upon presentation to the 
Treasurer, were accepted and made payable at one or another of the 
banks, as the daily balances reported on deposit would determine. 
When it was impossible to carry out this plan of payment directly to 
the original creditor, as in pay rolls, out of town creditors, relief to 
sister communities, and advances for the United States Marine Hos- 
pital Service, a satisfactory showing was required, along with a writ- 
ten requisition by a responsible party in charge, to whose order the 
draft was drawn; original receipts and pay rolls, detailed state- COMMITTEE OK FIKAKCE. 
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ments, etc., explaining the disbursement, in every respect, wei'e re- 
quired to be filed at the earliest moment. 
As in every other department, so in this of the finances, the di- 
rect effect of the epidemic was felt. The Treasurer was taken away 
from his work, and, after his death, his successor had to familiarize 
himself with his duties. The Corresponding Secretary’s wife be- 
came sick and i-equired his constant presence, and, after her death, 
he immediately contracted the fever and soon died. One of the main 
workers in the Finance Committee, the Cashier of the State Bank of 
Florida, and the Treasurer’s chief assistant, quickly followed him to 
the grave. Another member of the Finance Committee, after a long 
confinement in the hospital, came back to his work, and was made, 
also, Corresponding Secretary. In this dual capacity he was given 
direction of the clerical assistance in charge of the finances at the 
Association headquarters. It was some time before conxpetent ac- 
countants could be secured, and it became necessary, from time to 
time, to eidaige the set of books, and to modify the different ac- 
counts. so as to keep a simple, as well as a thorough record of the 
receipts and disbursements outlined in the plan adopted. 
Thus it was made practicable to submit full reports, referring to 
original books and vouchers filed away convenient for reference, 
showing in detail all matters relating to the finances of the Associa- 
tion. 
In the Appendix may be found a list of the contributors of money 
and their respective contributions, and also in the Appendix may be 
found a similar list of the donations other than funds. At first do- 
nations of supplies came to different departments, and no systematic 
effort was made to value and record them, but the necessity to take 
care of these supplies, and acknowledge their donors, was one of the 
reasons for the appointment of a Purchasing and Receiving Agent. 
After establishing the department in charge of the Purchasing and 
Keceiving 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 to 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, errors 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 2‘2d of April. 
The numbers on the left indicate the pages of this book where a 
detailed showing of the item may be found. 110 
See FINANCIAL STATEMENT, APRIL 2, 
Page 
1889. 
Ap. 1 
Ap.36 
Ap .40 
283 
162 
92 
133 
183 
118 
149 
173 
179 
190 
100 
100 
100 
195 
153 
227 
175 
257 
242 
207 
240 
274 
273 
274 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
111 
102 
Cash Donations 
Donations of Supplies 
Total Donations 
Membership Fees 
$331,972.63 
13,407.50 
$345,440.13 
282.00 
$345 722.13 
165,107.77 
$510,829 90 
DISBURSEMENTS. 
. 
On Acc’t 
Advances 
for U. S. 
Marine 
Hos. Sorv. 
On Acc’t 
Expenses 
Jackson- 
ville Aux. 
San. Assn. 
Summary 
Disburse- 
ments. 
Executive 
Sanitation 
Sanitary Police 
Relief 
Nurses and Medical Attention, including U. S. Marine Hospital Headquarters for Relief 
Measures in Florida 
Claims for Property Destroyed 
Purchasing and Receiving Agents Expenses .'. 
Transportation 
Board of Health 
St. Luke’s Hospital 
Sand Hills 
$60,597.58 
8,946.13 
94,317.74 
3,825.60 
3,111.39 
$ 7,358.06 
63,643.59 
3,649.99 
87,575.23 
59,775.40 
9,259.44 
1,623.83 
4,948.60 
700.80 
3,734.06 
6,249.09 
7,619 72 
5,000.00 
260.94 
7,301.90 
19,530.91 
8,659.95 
2,445.74 
1,879.69 
733.73 
590.00 
468.45 
1,000.00 
1,000.00 
1,000.00 
2,500.00 
2,000.00 
$ 7,358.06 
124,241.17 
12,596.12 
87,575.23 
154,093.14 
9.259.44 
1,623.83 
4,948.60 
700.80 
7,559.66 
9,360.48 
7,619.72 
5,000.00 
260.94 
7,301.90 
23,718.41 
8,998.20 
2,445.74 
1.944.44 
733.73 
769.00 
468.45 
1,000.00 
1,000.00 
1,000.00 
2,500.00 
2,000.00 
$486,077.06 
Jacksonville City Government, expended for Police and other Municipal purposes 
Duval County at Large—Relief 
Fernandina 
Macclenny 
Gainesville 
Sanderson 
Pablo Beach 
Enterprise 
Frankie Schumacher Relief Association Hospital, appropriation 
4,187.50 
338.25 
64.75 
179.00 
Contingent Fund (executive) estimated expenses, publishing and distributing Report, etc 
Contingent Fund (claims) estimated amount for unsettled claims for property destroyed 
Total disbursements 
$175,567.94 
$310,509.12 
ASSETS. 
Balance, cash in hand 
Balance due from U. S. Marine Hospital 
Total assets 
$24,752.84 
10,460.17 
$ 24,752.84 
4 
APPENDIX. COMMITTED ON FINANCE. 
111 
Appended is the statement of the Treasurer’s account, as, in the 
absence of any separate article, this seems the most appropriate 
place: 
TREASURER’S ACCOUNT. 
Cash $340,755.52 
Membership Account 282.00 
Re-imbursed by United States Marine Hospital Service— 
On account Sanitation 56,873.27 
On account Sanitary Guards 8,946.13 
On account Nurses and Medical Attention 48,420.18 
On account Fernandina Guards 4,187.50 
On account St. Luke’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 RELIEF. 
On the 13th of August, 1888, the President of the Jacksonville 
Auxiliary Sanitary Association appointed Judge Loton M. Jones 
chairman of the Committee on Relief, 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. n. Weller, Mr. J. II. 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 offiee 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. McGinnis, Chairman; W 
A. Macduff, Alonzo R. Jones and Charles Benedict. District, No. 4, 
west of Clay Street and north of the railroad, Rev. B. G. White, 
Chairman; Lafayette Dancy, Rev. M. Manigault and Dennis Taylor. 
District No. 5, the suburbs of Brooklyn and Riverside, Rev. Jesse R. 
Bicknell, Chairman; C. G. Elliott, C. Hopkins, II. Miller, W. S 
Walker, A. T. Deakle and S. E. Foster. District No. (i, South Jack- 
sonville, C. Benedict Rodgers, Chairman; W. L. Crawford, Phil. 
Thrasher, Dr. Williams and T. Jackson. 
A Central 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 first week the initial step was taken toward providing 
the poor with food in a systematic manner; application blanks were 
agreed upon, and pads of these blanks were furnished to the chair- 
men of the sub-committees; also, a pad of blanks in the form of an COMMITTEE OJS RELIEF. 
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order, for the chairman 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 chairman of each sub-committee, furnished 
an order to the applicant for 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 established on Newnan 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. Ibis 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 Relief Committee. Commissaries were established at all other 
headquarters of the committees, except No. 3, where a commissary 
had been established from the beginning. 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. The requi- 
sitions, after being examined by the chairman of the Central Relief 
Committee, were given, to be filled, to W. T. .Tones, who was placed 
in charge at the distributing store. A large force of investigators or 
detectives were employed to look into the applications, to guard 
against imposition. 
Shortly after the beginning of the epidemic it was found 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 Relief, 
under the direction of Mr. William T. Jones. Meals were delivered 
to houses, on the order of the chairman of the Central Relief Com- 
mittee, the chairmen of the sub-committees, and also on orders of 
physicians. When the restaurant was first put in operation one de- 
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snnt out. On the closing day, October 12tli, nine wagons were em- 
ployed, and fifteen hundred meals sent out. 
The Colnmittee on Relief had charge of the establishment and 
maintenance of Camp Howard, as described in another 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 
W. B. Owen in his place. Chairman Owen found it difficult 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. Sharpe, died, and in a few days 
the Rev. T. M. Smith also died. After the death of Mr. McGinnis, 
the Rev. W. II. Dodge was appointed to the vacant chairmanship of 
District No. 3. 
On September 26tli Judge W. B. Owen was taken sick, through 
overwork, and, on his recommendation, the Rt. Rev. Edwin G. Weed 
was appointed chairman of the committee. By 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 was 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 filled orders for 
people 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 6th Commissary No. 6 was abolished, and on October 
27th the Soup House in East Jacksonville, which had been in opera- 
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. W. 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 20tli, to amalgamate the seven coin- COMMITTEE ON RELIEF. 
115 
missaries then in existence into three, the consolidation to go into 
effect on October 27tli, after proper notice. On that day Commissa- 
ries No. 2 and No. 3 were consolidated, and the Rev. W. J. Kenny as- 
sumed management. Nos. 3 and 4 were also combined, Rev. 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 
place. 
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 the commissaries into one gen- 
eral commissary, and ten days later this was effected. Having com- 
bined all the district commissaries into one, the work of the Central 
Relief Committee was greatly reduced. The committee established 
their commissary in Mr. L’Engle’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, 1,123; number of cards recalled, 657; number of 
cards outstanding, 466; 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, 554; number of 
rations issued, 8,407. 116 
COMMITTEE ON BELIEF. 
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 27tli, when merged in District No. 4, Rev. J. R. Bicknell, 
Chairman: Number of cards issued, 413; 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 27tli, 
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 the three commissa- 
ries, from October 27tli, when the commissaries were reduced from 
five to three, until November 17tli, when all commissaries merged 
into one general commissary: 
Commissary No. 1: Cards issued to date, 1,218; cards recalled, 
757; cards outstanding, 461; number of rations issued, 17,993; num- 
ber of people feeding when closed, 1,383. 
Commissary No. 2: Cards issued to date, 2,047; cards recalled, 
766; cards outstanding, 1,281; rations issued, 24,768. 
Commissaries No. 4 and No. 5: Cards issued to date, 1,887; 
cards recalled, 957; cards outstanding, 930; rations issued, 45,835; 
number of people feeding when closed, 2,512. 
The following is the report of the commissary established at C. S. 
L’Engle’s warehouse, for the five weeks of its existence: Total num- 
ber of cards issued, 2,162; total number of regular rations, 20,691; 
total number of temporary rations, 7,253; grand total of rations is- 
sued 27,944; number of cards recalled, 2,122; number of cards out- 
standing, 40. 
To recapitulate, the total number of cards issued from all the 
commissaries aggregated 12,376, of which number 6,825 were re- 
called and 5,551 are outstanding. The grand total of rations issued 
is 196,538, 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 pounds of flour, three pounds of grits or two pounds of flour, 
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 the number of rations issued represents the rations almost 
from the 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 five ra- 
tions to a card, although some cards were issued to single individ- COMMITTEE OX RELIEF 
117 
uals, and some to the heads of large families, and the difference 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- 
visedlv 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 fo; the prevention of 
the spread of epidemic diseases. The cry was constant that the com- 
mittee were withholding money which belonged to the people. As 
a consequence, the committee were subjected to much abuse. The 
additional difficulty of finding suitable persons to carry out its 
plans caused, at times, much trouble. The labor of superintending 
the purchases and watching over the commissaries was greater than 
would be imagined by those who have not undertaken such work, in 
the midst of great excitement and constant criticism. 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, from 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 
Relief. 
The complaint of insufficiency in the lirst part of the epidemic, 
degenerated into an accusation of hard-heartedness in the latter. 
The best proof of the character of the work done is the low rate of 
mortality, for, unless the people had been properly provided with 
lood, the mortality must have been greater. During the epidemic 
the city was unusually free from petty thefts, burglary and fires, 
and this freedom was undoubtedly the direct result of the systematic 
care for the sick and destitute. The committee worked as a unit. 
It was this which enabled them to carry on their labors effectu- 
ally. 
The closing of the general commissary having completed the 
labors of the Central Relief Committee, it was decided to tender 
their resignations to the Executive Committee of the Association 118 
COMMITTEE ON RELIEF. 
and the following was prepared and signed by each member of the 
committee and presented to the Executive Committee for action: 
To the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association: 
We, the undersigned members of the Central Relief Committee, 
having completed the work assigned us, do hereby submit to your 
honorable body our final reports, and place in your hands our resig- 
nations as members of said committee. 
Edwin G. Weed. 
W. B. Owen. 
John E. Haiitridge. 
W. J. Kenny. 
A. W. Knight. 
R. H. Weeler. 
W. II. Dodge. 
B. G. White. 
J. R. Bickneee. 
C. Benedict Rogers. 
D. W. Onley. 
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. Mary’s Orphanage 245.24 
“ “ to Frankie Schumacher’s Relief Associa- 
tion Hospital : 131.15 
Provisions Purchased and Distributed 16,393.26 
Prescriptions and drugs 369.70 
Board and Meals / 186.80 
Mdse and Cash to Indigent Poor and Sick 1,999.62 
Employees’ Pay-Roll 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 600.95 
Expenses of Camp Howard 594.94 
§87,575.2a THE COMMITTEE ON SANITATION. 
The Committee on Sanitation was one of the original committees 
of 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, R. N. Ellis 
and T. Y. Cashen. 
The Committee on Sanitation suffered many losses. Henry A, 
L’Engle, its original chairman, was taken sick with yellow fever 
September 6tli, and died eight days later, a martyr to his self-sacri- 
ficing efforts for the public good. F. W. Ely died September 14tli; 
C. G. Elliott died September 22d, and J. L. Burch died September 
25 th. 
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 11th, 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 he 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- 
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and spread of disease, by reason of its absolute cleanliness. The 
City Council passed a very comprehensive health ordinance, April 
5, 1888, conferring 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 question 
the exercise of this power; but every latitude 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 report, 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: 
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. Ken worthy’s 
supervision. As soon as the work here is completed the force will 
be transferred to some other locality, and there will be no let up 
until the city is in a perfect sanitary condition. Under the new 
ordinance all swine must be removed from the city inside of six 
days. 
SANITARY WORK. 
And later, the Times-Union again published the progress made 
in sanitary matters, in the paper of April 22, 1888: 
WHAT IS BEING DONE IN THE CITY BY THE HEALTH OFFICER. 
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 ON SANITATION 
121 
velopments seem to show that the work actually accomplished was 
directed more particularly to matters relating to the sale of water- 
melons, and adulterated milk, restrictions about keeping hogs, and 
other minor matters affecting the public health, rather than to 
thorough, systematic, energetic, sanitary measures. 
The newspapers, in a later issue, apparently changed their views 
about the thoroughness of the sanitary work, as the following ex- 
tract would indicate: 
People in other cities, and especially in South Florida, in recol- 
lection of the strictures of the Jacksonville daily press on their sani- 
tary condition at the time the yellow fever broke out in Tampa and 
Key West, are fully justifiable in their retaliation at the present 
time. With a Health Officer at $2,000 per annum, and nine assist- 
ants at $360 each per annum, we have been hugging the delusion to 
our bi'easts that no cleaner city than Jacksonville was in existence. 
The last two weeks has demonstrated its fallacy, for hundreds of 
cart loads of trash have been removed from back yards, and the 
work goes bravely on. 
OUR SANITARY CONDITION. 
Whether the later blame was deserved or not, at any rate, the 
Committee on Sanitation found abundant work for it to do, and 
at once assumed active measures to do it thoroughly. 
The city was divided into five districts, as follows: First, from 
Ocean Street east, from the river to the creek, and all East Jackson- 
ville: M. M. Belisario in charge of men and teams. Second, from 
Ocean Street west to Laura Street, and from the river to the creek; 
Frank Howard in charge. Third, from Laura Street to Cedar Street, 
and from the river to the creek, including Hansontown; Alderman 
Boyd in charge. Fourth, from Cedar Street west, embracing all 
LaVilla; Alderman Wiggins in charge. Fifth, Riverside and Brook- 
lyn; Aldermen Gerow and Webster in charge. The following rules 
for the guidance of foremen were formulated and requested to be 
published: 
First—You will immediately organize a squad of not less than 
ten laborers and four carts. Engage good men, and on the best 
terms you can make. 
Second—To-morrow morning at 7 o’clock, or as soon thereafter 
as you can get to work with the force under your direction, take 
charge of the district assigned to you, and thoroughly cleanse and 
purify it from one end to the other; commencing on the river front, 
where your district touches on the river, and working out. 
Third—You will see that every yard, vacant lot, and premises, 
is thoroughly cleansed and purified, so that not a solitary square 
foot of surface in your district, whether river front, inclosure, un- 
occupied lots, or streets, is omitted. Remove all rubbish and gar- 
bage of every kind, burning it at the nearest available point when- 
ever it is possible to do so. 
Fourth—All privies and water-closets must be thoroughly ex- 
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where garbage, excrement or filth of any kind may have been 
dumped and covered, and see that such places, where the offensive 
matter cannot be burned or removed, are thoroughly covered with 
lime or clean sand. Notice, the sewer connections, and report any 
apparent obstructions or imperfect drainage. 
Fifth—Your attention will he given particularly to lots adjacent 
to marshes, creeks and rivers. In many of these places water-closets 
have been and are used over the creeks and marshes. These should 
be thoroughly cleansed, and those on the creeks must be removed. 
Sixth—In all cases where privies or offensive structures of other 
kinds, or other injurious substances, cannot be otherwise purified, 
you will report to the Chief of the Fire Department and arrange for 
having them burned. 
Seventh—Disturb the earth as little as possible. Let the weeds- 
and grass remain growing, as it is considered unsafe to expose the 
earth which has been shaded by luxuriant vegetation at this season 
of the year. 
Eighth—Lime and other disinfectants will he furnished on your 
requisition. Use these freely whenever, in your judgment, they may 
be usefully applied; this should he done, particularly in all low and 
moist places, around the sites of cess-pools and pieces of ground 
from which filth or garbage of any kind has been removed. Do not 
be afraid of using too much, 
Ninth—In passing over your district deal with the owners of the 
premises you will visit courteously, but firmly. If they are ap- 
proached kindly, and your object explained, you will meet with no 
opposition. Do your duty, however, whatever may be the objection 
raised. 
Tenth—Advise all owners or occupants of premises which you 
visit to procure disinfectants, particularly lime and copperas, and to 
use them freely and constantly. In all cases where persons are not 
able to do this, for want of means, say to them that disinfectants 
will be supplied to them on application to the city authorities or the 
Secretary of the Citizens’ Committee. 
Eleventh—Your time and personal attention will he required in 
the immediate supervision of the force under your charge. If you 
need supplies, or additional men or teams, you will communicate 
with the committee, through Mr. Dick Oldham, who is instructed to 
keep himself informed as to your requirements. 
Twelfth—The duty assigned to you is a responsible one, and on 
its proper discharge depends the lives of your fellow-citizens and the 
prosperity of your city. Be faithful, vigorous and untiring, until the 
district assigned to you is thoroughly and completely cleansed and 
purified. Your authority emanates from the County Board of Health 
and the city authorities, to whom this Committee is auxiliary. 
Some idea of the work which was found for the Committee on 
Sanitation to undertake may be gained from an article in a local pa- 
per of August 15th, which, however, pointed out an exceptional state 
of affairs: 
A PUBLIC NUISANCE—CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY AT THE COR- 
NER OF CHURCH AND CLAY STREETS. 
At about two o’clock, yesterday afternoon, a representative of 
the Times-Union visited what is known as the Mitchell property, on 
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Mr. T. J. Boyd, who is superintending the cleaning of that district. 
It was hard for the reporter to realize that such a place, reeking in 
disease, breeding filth, existed in the city. Here, on a lot about 210 
feet long by 105 feet deep, stand ten little huts, one story tenements, 
of which eight were occupied. In these small and poorly arranged 
houses resided fifty-one persons, mostly negroes, men, women and 
children. Many of these take in washing, which occupation keeps 
the ground and filth swept out of the houses constantly wet, and this, 
in dry as well as wet weather, emits a sickening stench. The tenants 
are supplied with water from a surface well not more than four or 
five feet deep, and along the rear fence is a row of cheap earth clos- 
ets, some of them rotten, and having the appearance, as well as the 
odor, of not having been cleaned out in many months. Two of these 
closets were pulled down and burned, and the others fairly filled with 
lime; while the ground was covered almost from one end to the other 
with lime, in order, as far as possible, to correct the evil. This place 
is certainly a nuisance, and should be condemned. In one of the 
houses, which contains two rooms, two families reside, and these 
two families consist of nine persons. This property is not in the 
outskirts, but in the thickly populated portion of the city. 
The force of sanitary laborers was increased, August 13th, to 
about 275 men, with many additional carts, and the work of cleaning 
up the city progressed with much energy and vigor, while lime and 
other disinfectants were distributed without limit. This also from 
the Times-ITnion: 
The negro quarters at the corner of Church and Clay streets 
were placed in better sanitary condition by the liberal use of lime, 
and the removal of several outhouses and quantites of filth; they are 
still crowded with the fifty-one tenants, who are beginning to com- 
plain of the lack of necessary conveniences. Unless this crowd is 
thinned out, and the property put in thorough sanitary condition 
the authorities should condemn it, and forbid its occupancy by any 
one. This is, perhaps, one of the worst places in the city. Council- 
man Boyd has also found another place, which is a disgrace to the 
city, on Cedar Street, between North and Orange streets, known as 
the Bell property. This is simply reeking with filth, and many cart 
loads have already been taken out and burned. This place is also 
filled with negroes, many of whom were induced to leave and seek 
other quarters. Another had place is on the south side of Beaver 
street, second door west of Hogan, from which many cart loads of 
filth have been removed. There were also many other places calcu- 
lated to breed disease, which were found and cleaned. 
The following additional instructions were issued August 17, 
1888, to guard against the improper destruction of property, and to 
secure a careful observance of property rights: 
INSTRUCTIONS TO INSPECTORS AND FOREMEN. 
Die Superintendent will see that the following instructions are 
placed promptly before the formen of the various gangs of work- 
men, and the foremen must exercise due vigilance in regard to en- 
forcing the same. While it is desirable to destroy by fire all decom- 
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fencing, weeds or grass heretofore cut and lying on the ground, and 
all garbage of any character, great care must be exercised that no 
property valuable to the owner is destroyed. Discretion and tact 
must be observed in entering the premises to clean and disinfect, or 
inspect. The inspector must insist upon respectful and courteous 
treatment from the foremen and laborers 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. L’Engle, announced the ap- 
pointment of the following aids: Stephen Wiggins, Superintendent 
west of Cedar street; T. J. Boyd, Hansontown and Old Jackson- 
ville, north of State Street, east of Cedar, and wrest of Pine; M. M. 
Belisario, east of Pine street, south of the creek, and west of the 
Fernandina Railroad; S. B. Flynn, Oakland and Campbell’s Addi- 
tion; O. H. Dorsett, East Jacksonville, 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, soutli 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 previous week. Lime was again sprinkled 
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 w as added 
for future use. Mr. L’Engle, chairman of the Committee on Sanita- 
tion, reported that he w'as 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 25th Mr. H. A. L’Engle, chairman of the Committee 
on Sanitation, reported as follows: 
Colonel J. J. Daniel, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Jackson- 
ville Auxiliary Sanitary Association: 
Sin: 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 together, and, of COMMITTEE ON SANITATION. 
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course, imperfectly organized, as the plan of campaign had only been 
decided upon by the Executive Committee late in the afternoon of 
Saturday, the 11 th. The 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 work, 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 $2,082.25. Monday, of the 
week ending August 25th, was devoted to perfecting the organiza- 
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 complaints 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 25tli, were employed this week, thus, 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 employ a larger number of men. 
The committee, recognizing that one of the objects of the 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 appointed, on the recommenda- 
tion of the citizens resident there, Mr. Thomas Tracy to superin- 
tend the work. The wisdom of this selection has been made ap- 
parent in the good work which has been done over there. The 
chairman of the committee, in company with Superintendent Old- 
ham, visited and inspected the work being done, and succeeded in 
securing the co-operation of Dr. Williams, a physician 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 Superintendent Oldham has 
been appreciated by the committee, as has also been the close atten- 
tion 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 property, which he carefully and 
courteously investigated. Mr. II. E. Lee, wliom the committee 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 paper 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 
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families. The chairman acknowledges, with pleasure, the assist- 
ance of Messrs. Elliott, Ely and Burch, 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; pay roll, $1,033.65. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Henry A. L’Englk, 
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 each side of Bay street. The 
following was his report : 
Jacksonville, Fla., August 17, 1888. 
Mr. Henry A. L'Engle, Chairman of the Sanitary Committee of the 
Auxiliary Association: 
I)eai; Sir: 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 Washington on the east, and, as a result of 
such examination, I herewith submit the following report: 
George 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; Rivas c% Koop- 
man, dry, cemented floor; J. I). Bucky, dry and well ventilated; W. 
C. Pittman, dry; Meyer A Muller, dry; H. T. Baya, dry; L. Loh- 
man, dry; W. M. Ledwith’s block, dry; Herkimer block, dry; John 
Clark's block, dry; Mohawk block, dry; T. B. Walsh’s block, dry, 
bad closets; J. E. Hart’s block, dry; Mitchell block, dry; J. B. Togni, 
Metropolitan Hall, bad condition; Wm. Baya’s block, dry; H. M. 
Fritot, dry; S. L. Tibbitts, rotten floors; Marx Bros., dry; Holmes’ 
block, East Bay, dry, but store in rear in bad condition; Reed’s 
block, dry; Root’s block, dry; Kohn, Furchgott A Co., mud and wa- 
ter; C. B. Benedict’s block, damp; A. S. Abell’s block, dry; George 
L. McConihe’s block, dry; Holmes’ block, West Bay, dry and well 
ventilated; P. McQuaid’s block, dry; Drew A Hazeltine’s block, dry; 
Times-Union block, dry; E. M. L’Engle’s block, dry; C. L. Robin- 
son’s block, dry; Mason’s saloon, in bad condition, with rotten floors 
and improper drainage; Astor’s block, dry; Mason’s Block, dry; Ev- 
erett block, dry; Grunthal’s block, dry; West End saloon, dry; R. 
Taylor’s block, dry; W. H. Itjen’s block, dry; Fuller’s block, dry; O. 
L. Keene’s block, dry; Mrs. V. J. Bisbee’s block, dry; J. D. Witch- 
en’s block, dry; Stockton & Co’s, block dry; J. I. Mackey’s store, in 
bad condition; A. Zacharias’ store, in bad condition, sending out, 
when open, very unwholesome odors; Huau’s store, damp; Hy. Rob- committee on sanitation 
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inson’s drug store, in good condition, as is also Dr. J. C. L’Engle’s 
block, corner of Pine and Bay; Armour building, in good condition; 
Florida Railway and Navigation Company’s general offices, in good 
condition. Many of the stores not enumerated here have cemented 
floors, or have been filled in between the joists with cement, upon 
which the floor is laid, making them perfect, in a sanitary point of 
view, and it is a source of regret that all floors on the Bay are not 
similarly constructed. The ground underneath Kohn, Furcligott & 
Co’s store, is at least four feet deep, and is composed of substances 
that appear very unwholesome, and, no doubt, is frequently covered 
with water. While I have reported many places as being dry, there 
is a certain dampness and moisture apparent under nearly all the 
floors, occasioned by the absence of proper ventilation. 
Respectfully submitted, 
H. E. Lee. 
The report of Mr. Lee, submitted to the Executive Committee, 
was at once referred to the Duval County Board of Health, with a 
request that action be taken to put in good order such stores and 
places of business as were in an unsanitary condition. The Board of 
Health referred the matter to the City Council for action, and the 
City Council, through Acting Mayor D. T. Gerow, referred the mat- 
ter to the proper officer, as will be seen by the following note from 
Mr. D. T. Gerow to I)r. C. J. Kenworthy, Health Officer: 
Jacksonville, August 22, 1888. 
Dr. C. J. Kenworthy, Health Officer of the City of Jacksonville: 
Dear Sir : Herewith I beg to hand you a list of premises, some 
of which have been found to be in a bad sanitary condition, and which 
are so marked thereon. You will please have the owners, or persons 
in charge of these places, respectfully notified, and required imme- 
diately to put their premises in proper 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 proceeding against them. 
Yours respectfully, 
D. T. Gerow, 
Chairman Health Committee. 
Whetlier 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 compel 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 
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ter, Surgeon in charge of Government Relief Measures in Florida. 
The Government assumed the payment for “Sanitary Supplies,” 
consisting of lime, copperas, 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 spi'ead 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, a3 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, dupli- 
cate vouchers to the 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 eai-ly date, of curtailing all expenses possible. 
The following letter is a statement of some of the embarrassments 
the Committee on Sanitation labored under, and the position it as- 
sumed : 
Jacksonville, Fla., November 13, 1888. 
Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, Surgeon in Charge of Government Relief Meas- 
ures, City: 
Dear Sir: Referring to your letter in regard to the expendi- 
tures of the Sanitary Department of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sani- 
tary Association, I 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 foecal matter where, in wet places, it 
could not be covered up without impregnating the soil. 
By referring to the topography of this city, you will notice that 
it is situated on the north bank of the St. Johns River, 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 country is 
low ami flat, much of the land being marshy; that we have a creek 
on the west passing partially around to the northwest, another on 
the east extending to the northwest. The country lying between 
the headquarters of these two creeks is lowr and flat, and has never 
been thoroughly drained, and water in some places, for acres, 
could be found a foot deep, with plank walks through the yards and 
to the out-houses, and with wells containing only surface water or 
drainage from the seeping. The marshes and low lands along the 
sides of these creeks also emitted a miasmatic stench deleterious to 
health, or supposed to be, and all demanding attention. The area of 
fever has been five miles from east to west, and ten miles from north 
to south, and the outlying district where this condition existed is in- 
habited by the lower classes, principally negroes, who have had a 
large share of fever, and are now having it. This country demanded 
attention, and the principal expenditures have been made in these 
places, where the ow ners and inhabitants have been unable, pecunia- 
rily, in the past to do the necessary work for sanitation, and includes. COMMITTEE ON SANITATION. 
an area which had been annexed to the city of Jacksonville during 
the last meeting of the State Legislature, the Act going into opera- 
tion on the first of January last. In this district, four times the pre- 
vious size of the city, the existing municipalities were disorganized,, 
and the government of the country assumed by the city authorities 
of the city of Jacksonville. The city appointed a health officer, in- 
spectors and a sanitary force; but, unfortunately, they did not real- 
ize the magnitude of the undertaking, or the area of the new city; 
hence much was left undone that should have been, and now must 
be done to ensure reasonable health. That the appearance of the sur- 
rounding country has been improved is natural, and, in fact, could 
not he otherwise, as, in order to obtain the sand or earth necessary 
to fill in low places, hills and slopes must be graded, and while this 
grading is being done, necessary for the sand wanted, care is taken 
to do the whole work under the supervision of a competent civil and 
sanitary engineer, and that portion of the work which is of a public 
nature is charged to the proper account for public improvements. 
I take pleasure in referring you to the most excellent article, by 
General B. F. Butler, in the November number of the North Ameri- 
can Beview on this subject of sanitary work done by him in New 
Orleans, and beg to say that I believe this the most direct and feasi- 
ble means of avoiding the recurrence of yellow fever, and beg to say 
that, though the expenditures made are apparently large, they have 
been necessary, and that much more remains to be done, and must 
be done, before reasonable safety can be felt. 
Respectfully, 
Jxo. C. L’Engle, 
Chairman Sanitary Committee. 
The employment of men by the Committee on Sanitation was 
early resorted to as a means of relief to the unemployed laborers 
who remained in the city, and who, by reason of the stagnation of 
all business, became a charge upon the public for food. Yet every 
possible means was resorted to to prevent imposition, and to give re- 
lief only to the deserving and needy, as the following extract from 
the minutes of the Executive Committee shows: 
Dr. J. C. L’Engle presented the statistical tables now in use by 
the Committee on Sanitation, embracing information in regard to 
each man who applies for employment, giving his number, name, 
residence, whether he had been sick or crippled, the number of his 
family, who were dead, and full information in regard to the number 
at present in the family, where rations had been drawn, if at all, 
where employed previous to August 15, 1888. 
It was also necessary to keep idle men employed, in order to 
control them, and prevent demoralization, lawlessness and violence* 
A feeling of restlessness, and a disposition to resort to violence, at 
one time manifested itself among a large number of unemployed 
colored men. They congregated on the streets, particularly near the 
headquarters of the Committee on Sanitation, and were pertinacious 
in their applications for employment, saying that they could not get 
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were afraid to attempt to get into other communities, as“ shot-gun 
■quarantine” was more to be feared than 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 press of these occurrences: 
Times-Union, November 24, 1888.—A laborers’ mass-meeting 
was held yesterday afternoon in Temperance Hall. 
A report of the committee appointed at a previous meeting was 
tread, 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. I.ee 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 of the Executive Committee of 
the Auxiliary Association, and said that he was sure that if that 
committee could allow the laboring men 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 manhood as to expect or receive anything that he was not 
willing to work for. After Judge Tree’s remarks, Councilman Spear- 
ing took the floor and gave to the meeting some excellent advice, 
concluding by suggesting that as the Association was unable to pay 
more than sixty centy per day for work, and at the same time give 
all persons employment, a committee be appointed to call upon Dr. 
J. C. L’Engle and request that all men, single as well as married, be 
given employment six hours in the day at ten cents per hour. On 
motion of Mr. George A. Lewis, Acting Mayor Gerow, Hon. Joseph 
E. Lee, J. H. Ballou, and Mr. George A. Lewis were appointed as 
such committee. Before adjournment, every man present expressed 
a willingness to work the six hours at the rate of ten cents per hour. 
All were satisfied, if this arrangement could be made. The commit- 
tee above mentioned subsequently held a conference with Dr. 
L’Engle, it having been previously understood that, in the event of 
their success in making the adjustment of wages, etc., as endorsed 
by the meeting, they should not report back to the mass meeting of 
laborers, but should announce the result of their conference through 
the press. Their report is as follows: 
“ The committee appointed to wait upon the Citizens’ Auxiliary 
Committee called upon Dr. J. C. L’Engle, chairman of the Sanitary 
Committee, and after a full discussion of the situation, the proposi- 
tion confided to this committee (to employ all men, either married 
or single, for six hours a day, at the rate of ten cents per hour), was 
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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 should be left as a source of employment for our citizens 
after business has assumed its normal condition; to all of which the 
committee selected heartily 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 which the Association adopted October 28th: 
THE COMMITTEE ON SANITATION. 
This committee was the 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 with a determination of arresting the progress of the disease, 
if possible. The vigor and persistence of the fight made against the 
advance of the scourge, before hope was abandoned, is well known, 
and has, perhaps, never been equalled 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, though 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 the 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 which yellow fever developed, and to provide relief for unem- 
ployed laborers, who would otherwise have to be supported by the 
Relief Committee. Under this policy, 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 for the unemployed, under the approval of the Ex- 
ecutive Committee, was work of a public 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: 
Whereas, 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 
Resolved, That this Board approves of the employment of the 
idle and needy laborers 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, 
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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 6,269.52 
Lumber, etc 3,279.59 
$10,098.27 
The Committee on Sanitation had the advantage of the services 
of Mr. B. 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. 
Tlie following is a brief schedule of the work done by the Com- 
mittee on Sanitation of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Associa- 
tion, in affording 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-J- 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. 
Bqx culverts put in, 4x4, thirty, 1,222 feet. 
Box drains put in road crossings, 1,500 feet. 
Pole drains, 900 feet. 
Drains relaid, 1,500 feet. 
Sewers relaid, in act of grading, 400 feet. 
Manholes rebuilt, 3. 
Manholes altered, 6. 
Water mains lowered, in act of grading, 2,000 feet. COMMITTEE ON SANITATION. 
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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. 
LABOR. OFFICE, ETC. 
NO. MEN. 
NO. CARTS. 
1888. 
August 18 
$2,173.18 
$54.00 
517 
65 
“ 25 
1,119.85 
64.00 
349 
30 
September 1 
1,389.03 
142.20 
437 
44 
“ 8 
1,233.15 
215.00 
529 
64 
“ 15 
602.65 
17^.00 
252 
58 
“ 22 
1,909.85 
175.10 
505 
93 
“ 29 
2,154.30 
179.50 
557 
98 
October C 
3,601.40 
135.00 
909 
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 
181.46 
97.00 
70 
36 
“ 9 
98.10 
46 
5 
$97,931.72 
$3,849.50 
22,097 
3,703 
The following is a statement of the total expenses of the Com- 
mittee on Sanitation: 
For Labor, as per Sanitary Committee Pay-Rolls $97,931.72 
“ “ Executive Committee Vouchers 128.60 
For Tools “ “ “ “ 440.43 
For Material “ “ “ “ 10,098.27 
For Disinfectants “ “ “ 10,104.10 
For General Supplies “ “ “ 200.05 
For Oifice, Salaries, etc., as per Sanitary Committee Pay- 
Rolls 3,849.50 
For Oifice, 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 of the Association. The Associa- 
tion and the Executive Committee, of course, realized that some 
provision must be made to provide nurses for the 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 proper, 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. Neal 
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 physicans, 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 the President appointed Geo. E. Wil- 
son, Chairman; 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 the Executive Committee, continued to urge 
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some of the many applicants for service as physicians or nurses. It 
was very soon ascertained that larger accommodations must be pro- 
vided for the reception and care of physicians and nurses. Lodgings 
and meals had to be furnished those coming from abroad. 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. 
The 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 could be properly cared for, where they might respond 
quickly to calls for aid, and where discipline and system should be 
enforced. On the 15tli of September a portion of the Barrs 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 supply physi- 
cians and nurses upon the receipt of requests by telephone or other- 
wise. All volunteer physicians, on arrival, presented their creden- 
tials to 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 day, besides attending to new cases, and see that nurses, 
did their duty. 
The Executive Committee felt that it was not qualified to act in 
any matters involving physicians, and referred all matters of a pro- 
fessional nature to the Board of Health. Tims, after the Bureau was 
organized, the question of a proper compensation for visiting physi- 
cians came up before the Executive Committee, and was referred to 
the Board of Health, which recommended that ten dollars per day be 
paid them, and the Executive Committee promptly acted in accord- 
ance with the views of the Board of Health, and paid the physicians 
at that rate, with the exception of Dr. Joseph Y. Porter and Dr. F, 
H. Caldwell, who refused to accept anything for their services. The 
payment of foreign physicians naturally stirred up the question of 
compensation for local physicians, on the part of some of the home 
physicians, and their friends, and petitions were circulated, asking 
that the local physicians be paid. The Executive Committee took 
the unpopular position, which was approved by the Board of Health, 
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claim compensation than the newspaper men, or telegraph operators, 
or post-office employees, or than the ministers, who served night and 
day on the Committee on Belief, 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 proper 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 30, 1888. 
Dr. Neal 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 : 
Resolved, 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. 
Resolved, 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, 
Ciias. S. Adams, 
Secretary. 
The reply was as follows: 
October 31, 1888. 
Charles S. Adams, Esq., Secretary of the Citizens' Auxiliary Associar 
tion: 
Dear Sie: Your communication, conveying resolutions by the 
Executive Committee of tlie Citizens’ Auxiliary Association, on yes- 
terday, relative to proper compensation for the borne physicians who 
have been employed during the epidemic by authority of the Board 
of Health, lias 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. ' • 
Resolved, That all resident physicians who have been in the em- 
ploy of the Board of Health during the prevalence of the present epi- 
demic, or are at this time so employed, shall he paid for their ser- 
vices at the rate of $150.00 a month. 
List of Physicians—Dr. C. J. Kenworthy, Dr. Sollace Mitchell, COMMITTEE ON NURSES, ETC. 
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Dr. J. D. Fernandez, I)r. P. J. Stollenwerck, Dr. A. W. Knight, Dr. 
A. T. Cuzner, Dr. G. F. Center, Dr. G. C. Matthews. 
Very truly, 
Xeal Mitchell, M. D., 
President Board Health. 
P. S. I cannot now give you the terms of service of these vari- 
ous gentlemen, but will shortly do so. 
Yours, N. M. 
The Committee did not act on the matter at the time, both be- 
cause the financial relations between the Board of Health and the 
Association were then unsettled, and also because the reply had gone 
further than the request, and had included the local physicians at 
the hospitals whose compensation the Committee was not ready at 
the time to assume. On November 10th, however, when the Bureau 
was re-organized, by retaining local physicians, and the visiting 
physicians were released, the Executive Committee guaranteed to 
the Board of Health the payment of the local physicians who should 
be retained on the Bureau Staff, at the rate established by the Board, 
$150 per month; and still later, paid up the local physicians, includ- 
ing the hospital surgeons, at the rate fixed by the Board of Health, 
and in accordance with the time and amounts submitted by the 
Board. This amount was accepted by most of the physicians, 
though Hr. J. I). Fernandez generously refused any compensation 
for his services in connection with St. Luke’s Hospital, and another 
physician refused to accept the amount offered, and several threat- 
ened to sue the Association for more pay, notwithstanding the fact 
that the Executive Committee had made no contract with any physi- 
cian, and had simply followed out to the letter the recommendations 
of the Board of Health, which had entire jurisdiction in the 
matter. 
To recur to the visiting physicians, there was, happily, no mis- 
understanding between the Association and the strangers, hut, on 
the other hand, the relations were of the pleasantest. The physi- 
cians, however, resented an article which appeared in a local paper 
of October 13tli, and resigned in a body. This action was, undoubt- 
edly, hasty, and hardly justified by the facts, and a conference with 
representatives of the Board of Health and Executive Committee re- 
sulted in the physicians recalling their action, and they continued to 
do good work until such time as the fever began to wane, when, real- 
izing that the local physicians were able to control it, and that it was 
a heavy expense to maintain the Bureau longer than necessary, they 
tendered their resignations and left for their several homes. 138 
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The following is a list of the Medical Staff of the Bureau, em- 
bracing names, residence, and term of service: 
FOREIGN PHYSICIANS. 
NAME. 
RESIDENCE. 
ARRIVAL. 
DEPARTURE. 
Anderson, Dr. W. E... 
. .. Pensacola, Fla . .. 
.Sept. 29. 
Oct. 1(1 
Broadus, Dr. T. E 
... St. Louis, Mo.... 
.Sept. 15. 
Nov. 12 
Brunz, Dr. II. P 
. . . Mayersville, Miss 
..Sept. 11. 
Oct. 26 
Bryan, Dr. L. A 
. .. Houston, Texas.. 
Sept. 12. 
Oct. 26 
Caldwell, Dr. F. H . . .. 
.. .Sanford, Fla 
. Sept. 6. 
Oct, 1 
Carr, Dr. L. C 
... Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Sept. 19. 
Nov. 12 
Carver, Dr. E. 11 
.. .Jacksonville, Fla . 
Clay, Dr. J. L 
Sept. 11 . 
Nov. 26 
Donalioo, Dr. J. E 
.Sept. 14. 
Nov. 12 
Eddy, Dr. L. T 
... Louisville, Ivy. . 
.Sept. 12. 
. Died Sept. 28 
Macy, Dr. R. C 
. . . .Mobile, Ala 
.Sept. 18. 
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. Win 
. .. .Mobile, Ala 
Sept. 12. 
Sept. 28 
Porter, Dr. J. Y 
. . . Ivey West, Fla 
Sept. 8. 
Feb. 27 
Shefftall, Dr. B. F . . . . 
. .Savannah, Ga ... 
. Sept. 12. 
Oct. 25 
Strausz, Dr. P. II 
. . . Palatka, Fla ... 
Sept. 20. 
Nov. 12 
Van Hood, Dr. E 
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.. . . 
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... . 
Stollenwerck, Dr. P. J. (St. Luke’s). . . 
Aug. 22. .. . 
. .. .Sept. 23 
Webster, Dr. N 
Nov. 26... . 
. Dec. 21 
September 23d 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 were 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: 
Jacksonville, Fla., September 28, 1888. 
It is with deep sorrow and pain that I announce to the Medical 
Staff of visiting physicians the death of Dr. L. T. Eddy, of Louis- 
ville, Kv., from yellow fever, which sad event occurred a few min- committee on nurses, etc. 
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utes past 12 o’clock this date. When the appeal was made to the 
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 quick 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 9 o’clock, and it is requested that as many of the 
staff as can be present will make it con venient to do so. 
J. Y. Porter, M. D., 
Surgeon in Charge of Medical Bureau. 
At a meeting of the physicians connected with the Medical Bu- 
reau, held on Sunday evening, the following preamble and resolu- 
tions were passed upon the death of Dr. L. T. Eddy: 
Wiiekeas, It has pleased a Divine Providence to call from our 
midst our beloved brother and friend, Dr. L. T. Eddy, of Louisville, 
Ky., and 
Whereas, We admire the grand, noble and self-sacrificing im- 
pulse to which he responded so cheerfully and quickly, and the tire- 
less charity with which he labored, and the absolute forgetfulness 
of self in exposing himself constantly to a deadly pestilence, and 
Whereas, There was no thought of reward to even so faintly 
shadow the Christian fight in which he fell; therefore, be it 
Resolved, That we mourn for our dead hero, and the stricken of 
Jacksonville have lost a faithful and fearless champion, and we an 
honored counselor and an invaluable friend; and be it 
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to his family, 
to the press of his native city, and to the public at large. 
J. Y. Porter, M. I)., 
Chairman, 
F. H. Caldwell, M. I)., 
L. C. Carr, M. D., 
B. E. Sheet are, 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 continued long 
after the headquarters were closed, and until the final completion of 
accounts of the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention. 
NORSES 
The principal object in establishing the Bureau was to provide 
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 would be justified. 140 
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There was no lack of applications, for persons all over the country 
began to volunteer tlieir services at the first announcement of the 
epidemic. The Executive Committee, following the same practice 
as in the case of physicians, referi’ed all applications to the Boaid of 
Health, which examined the papei-s of the applicant aixd, 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 cleik, Mr. M. Isaacson. 
The Government, through Surgeon-General Hamilton, assumed pay- 
ment for nurses l-egulaxly 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 
cliai’ge of Government Relief Measures, supervised all nurses upon the 
Government pay roll, and was given power by the Boar d of Health to 
discharge incompetent or unreliable nurses, and was authorized by 
the Executive Committee to pi'eserve 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 upon. In spite of the care taken 
to secure only acclimated and experienced nurses, many wex-e at- 
tacked by the fever, and others found entirely incompetent. Never- 
theless, this feature of the Bureau was generally appi'eciated, and to 
it is, undoubtedly, due the saving of many lives, and, in gi’eat meas- 
ui'e, 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. Of 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 poor 
before the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention was organ- 
ized. It is found impracticable to give a correct list of nurses who 
came from different localities, with their residences, because some 
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came from Key West, Tampa and Pensacola, Florida; Mobile and 
Selma, Alabama; Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio; New Orleans, Lou- 
isiana; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York City; Washington, D. 
C.; Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston, 
S. C., generously paid the salaries of her nurses during their stay in 
the city. Upon discharge, the Association provided transportation 
home, as may be seen in the report of the Committee on Transpor- 
tation. 
DRUGS. 
The Government, through its officials, soon after establishing its 
headquarters assumed the payment of drugs ordered upon prescrip- 
tions of regular physicians, endorsed “ Government relief.” Instead 
of establishing a Government dispensary, 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 prescriptions 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 quantities; that some druggists had charged exorbi- 
tant prices, and that impositions of various natures had been prac- 
ticed ; and it became necessary for the Executive Committee to in- 
struct the Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention to carefully 
compare all the drug bills which the Association was expected to pay, 
with the original prescriptions, before payment. This necessitated 
the expenditure of some time, and, in almost all cases, the amount of 
the bill was scaled down about one-third. The bills were then exam- 
ined, at the request of the Executive Committee, by Dr. R. P. Dan- 
iel, of the Board of Health, and by Dr. J. Y. Porter, and were paid 
as approved by them. 
SICK SUPPLIES 
The Executive Committee was appealed to, early in the epi- 
demic, to furnish some articles of food for the indigent sick and con- 
valescents, more nourishing than the usual rations given to the indi- 
gent through the Committee on Relief. Besides articles of food, it 
was also necessary to make some provision for supplying clothing 
and bedding to poor people, to replace infected articles destroyed by 
the authorities. The Executive Committee, accordingly, arranged to 
supply reasonable demands of this nature, at first through the Com- 
mittee on Relief; later, through the Committee on Nurses and Medi- 
cal Attention. Such articles as tea, coffee and sugar, wines, chick- 
ens, blankets, etc., were furnished upon the order of certain regular 
physicians, who were designated by the Board of Health, and by the 
chairman of the Committee on Relief. Through no fault of the Com- 142 
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mittee on Nurses and Medical Attention, the original orders of this 
nature were destroyed, and it is, therefore, impossible to give the 
exact number of applications of this kind during the whole epidemic. 
The records show, however, that, up to October 20th, 3,114 orders 
for sick supplies were filled, and, at a reasonable estimate, fully an- 
other thousand should be added for the remaining period of the epi- 
demic. 
UNDEIiTAKKKS. 
Another department of this committee was the burial of the 
dead. The Association was obliged to assume, in the absence 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 first, that 
the Association should become responsible for all such cases, but as 
early as September 13tli, after different attempts on the 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 burial, in cases of hardship, and 
during the latter part of the time the Executive Committee was 
obliged to pay in almost all cases. T. II. 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 
of the attending physician, and sexton of the cemetery in which the 
interment was made 
AMBULANCES AND VEHICEES. 
Upon the establishment of the Bureau, the Board of Health 
turned over to the committee the supervision of the ambulances, 
which department was also placed in direct charge of Mr. Willard. 
Four ambulances 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 wei’e kept in sei’vice 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- 
pointed by the Executive Committee. COMMITTEE OS NURSES, ETC. 
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RESTAURANT. 
The necessity for furnishing 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 19,376 
Nurses on duty, l>y wagons 10,614 
Total 67,019 
The Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention was more inti- 
mately connected with Government Relief 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 expense 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 tlxe 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 wras frequently 
stated that the expense of the restaurant was too great, and yet an 
•estimate, based on the number of meals furnished, does not show the 
expense was excessive. A fair consideration of the items in the 
statement appended will, we think, not justify a charge of waste 
or extravagance. The work of the committee, in its different depart- 
ments, certainly was as necessary and effective for the public wel- 
fare as that of any part of the Association. 
Before closing this short outline of the work of the committee 
it may be well to say a few words about the Red Cross Association 
and the Harry Miner nurses, although, out of consideration for the 
public, these subjects will be touched upon very briefly. 
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS ASSOCIATION. 
September 10th Dr. Neal Mitchell, 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 
sociation in Jacksonville, and had been authorized to do so at once. 
Five days later Dr. Mitchell introduced Colonel F. R. Southmayd, of 
the Red Cross Association, to the meeting of thq-Exeitfitiv.e Commit- 
tee. The Executive Committee arranged a conference with 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: 
Resolved, That the American Red Cross Association, through 
Colonel F. R. Southmayd, its representative, be requested to give its 
aid and co-operation to our Committee on Nurses and Medical At- 
tention. 
COMMITTEE ON NUIISKS, ETC. 
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, presented his report to Dr. Mitchell, 
under the misapprehension, it appeared afterwards, that lie 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 repeat to Colonel Southmayd 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: 
Jacksonville September 17, 1888 
To the Editor of the Times- Union : 
Since leaving New Orleans to come to your city, and more partic- 
ularly since reaching Jacksonville, I 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 Cross has no nurses, to my knowledge; certainly none 
in that portion of our country in which 1 am the representative of 
the American Red Cross; that is, the lower Mississippi Valley. COMMITTEE ON NURSES, ETC. 
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I am in Jacksonville to-day because of a request made by your 
Board of Health, of Miss Clara Barton, president of the American 
Red Cross, W;uliington, U. C., and I am here only to serve your peo- 
ple in any»\vay Tn 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. Pi’ior 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 Health, 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 
1 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 
1873, to Brunswick, Ga., in 1876, and to some sixty or more towns 
in the widespread epidemic of 1878. Therefore, Dr. Wilkinson 
asked my help. / In response to Dr. Mitchell’s dispatches, I hunted 
up and sent some thirty-two of those nurses before I came myself, 
and when 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 1 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. I 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. SOUTIIMAYI), 
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 representative 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 different individuals. The lack 
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came greater as time passed, and Col. Southmayd was finally re- 
called at the request transmitted by the following telegram: 
Miss Clara Barton, President Bed Cross Association, Washington, 
D. C.: 
YTou will confer a favor on me by withdrawing Southmayd. He 
is a hindrance to me in my official capacity in command of Govern- 
ment nurses. 
J. Y. Porter, 
Surgeon in Charge of Government Relief Measures. 
Col. Southmayd, 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 Red Cross forwarded 
to the Association a copy of Col. Southmayd’s report, together with 
the following courteous letter: 
Washington, 1). C., October, 1888. 
Hon. P. McQuaid, President Auxiliary Sanitary Association, Jack- 
sonville, Fla.: 
Dear Sir—Col. F. R. Southmayd, having made report of his 
mission 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 verbatim copy of the 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 
Cross, for the great afflictions which have befallen their community, 
and the severe trials which they have been called to pass through, 
and their congratulations, as well, at the prospect of better days to 
come. 
I have the honor, dear sir, to remain 
Very respectfully yours, 
M. M. Ramsey, 
(Seal.) Secretary. 
HARKY MINER NURSES. 
Probably tbe most annoying circumstance connected with the 
work of the Association was the matter of the “ Miner Nurses.” 
This important part 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 Health: 
New Yoke, September 7, 1888. 
Dr. Neal Mitchell: 
I propose to send a corps of trained nurses and pay their salaries 
and transportation out of my own pocket. Can you give them 
proper accommodations, and how many do you require? 
If. C. Miner. COMMITTEE ON NURSES, ETC. 
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Dr. Mitchell, after conference with the Executive Committee, 
responded as follows: 
Jacksonville, Fla, September 7, 1888. 
If. C. Miner : 
We gratefully accept your generous offer. Are ten acclimated 
nurses too many to ask? 
Neal Mitchell, 
Board of Health. 
It afterwards appeared that Mr. J. Charles Davis, the agent of 
Mr. Miner, received many applications from volunteer nurses who 
were willing to go to Florida, and that from these certain ones were 
selected, who signed the following agreement: 
New York, September 11, 1888. 
This is to certify that we, the undersigned, offer our services 
free for the service of nursing yellow fever patients in Jacksonville, 
Florida. 
Lavin'a L. Dock. 
Samvel Harris. 
William H. Drake. 
W. L. Weir. 
Jas. K. Seward. 
William Reid. 
Tiios. B. Eadclikfe.* 
J. Bryson. 
J. W. Berney. 
The nurses named, together with William Robertson and John 
F. Barr, came to Jacksonville in due season, at the expense of Mr. 
Miner, and were set to work. As has been heretofore explained, the 
volunteer nurses from abroad were enrolled at the Bureau of Nurses, 
and received pay at the rate of $8 per day for time of actual work, 
from the Government. It being understood that the Miner nurses 
were sent at the expense of Mr. Miner, they were not put on the 
Government pay-roll. Almost all of the nurses in question were 
without funds, and soon applied to the Association for aid. The 
situation then developed rapidly. The nurses claimed Mr. Miner 
had agreed to pay them. Mr. Miner, through his agent, Mr. Davis, 
claimed the nurses offered their services voluntarily. The Execu- 
tive Committee felt it was a matter in which it was not directly con- 
cerned, that it was, indeed, a question to be settled between the 
parties themselves. It became evident to the Committee, however, 
that some of the nurses were in need, notwithstanding their general 
expenses were provided at the Bureau of Nurses, and while it did 
not feel justified in paying the nurses money for wages, which it 
could not hope to receive back from the Government, as in other 
cases, it did not like to assume the position of accepting the services 
of nurses who were not receiving any compensation. The Executive 
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become an intermediary in communications between Mr. Miner and 
the nurses, and from thenceforth there was hardly a day that did not 
bring several communications about the Miner nurses, or an appeal 
from some of the nurses them selves, or a call by a committee, or a visit 
from some of their friends or enemies. At last a full statement of facts 
was sent to the New York Committee of the Association, and the 
matter was referred to it for action. The New York Committee and 
Mr. Miner’s agent submitted the whole matter to F. If. King-Hall, 
special correspondent of the New’ York World, as a referee, and 
after proper time for examination, the referee advised the payment 
of certain sums of money to the several nurses to cover expenses, 
and, at the request of Mr. Miner, the Executive Committee advanced 
the funds necessary to pay the amounts recommended, and trans- 
portation of the nurses to New York, which funds were afterwards 
returned by Mr. Miner. 
It may be said here that the amounts paid the nurses averaged 
about $40 apiece, and that the actual services of the nurses, if paid 
at the regular Government rate, would have been woi’tli little more, 
as they were, with two exceptions, all sick with the fever, and aver- 
aged but a few days of actual service apiece. The Executive Com- 
mittee, moreovei', took cax-e of one of the nurses who had a severe 
case of the fever, furnished him with suitable clothes, etc., and paid 
his hoard during some time after convalescence, at the expense of 
the Association. 
And so the matter ended, or rather, the Committee, collectively 
and individually, hoped and prayed that it had terminated, but there 
is now a pile of letters (of which some are doubtless unanswered) 
among the files of the Association, which came afterwards, from the 
nurses, and friends, and enemies, and others who had no possible 
interest in the matter except that of benevolence; and a cry by some 
jocular person that a telegram about the Miner nurses has been re- 
ceived, will instantly put to flight an important meeting of the Ex- 
ecutive Committee or the Association at this late day. 
The well intended action of the Executive Committee in the case 
of the Miner nurses met with the same reward as similar action did 
in other matters, when the Executive Committee went outside of its 
usual jurisdiction to assume duties and liabilities, out of a desire to 
assist persons who had no claim upon it. The recipients of such 
benefit quite frequently not only appeared ungrateful for the assist- 
ance rendered, hut were disposed to use the fact that something had 
been done for their relief as a basis for a claim that an obligation 
was admitted, and a demand for more aid. COMMITTEE ON NURSES, ETC. 
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Below is given a detailed statement of the expenses of the Com- 
mittee on Nurses and Medical Attention: 
Nurses’ Pay-Rolls $37,768.96 
Physicians’Pay-Rolls 8,479 65 
Food Supplies 7,423.12 
Prescriptions and drugs 3,746.02 
Undertakers 3,327.10 
Ambulance and Vehicles 8,694.00 
Employees’ Pay-Roll 9,012.03 
Tableware and Furniture 1,275.55 
Hoard and Meals, outside of Bureau 1,714.05 
Stationery and Printing 320.30 
Laundry Work for Bureau 577.02 
Sundry Supplies 430.89 
Fumigation 15,570.16 
(ieneral Expenses : 6,537.28 
fieneral 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 which 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 time 
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 auxiliary 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 was correctly 
foreseen that the usual formal communication by letter was not 
adapted to the needs of the hour, hence the Committee on Confer- 
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 tliis close, personal, intimate acquaintance with the informa- 
tion, motives and methods of the several organizations was undoubt- COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE. 
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edly due, in great part, the harmony that existed between them, and' 
their consequent co-operation and support. 
Soon after the epidemic was announced, Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, 
at the request of the Association and the authorities, took charge of 
the Government Belief Measures in Florida, under appointment of 
Surgeon-General Hamilton, M. IT. 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 Conference 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 and enlarged. The 
receipt and handling of the entire funds contributed, naturally in- 
creased the duties and responsibilities of the Association, and while 
it did not of itself give to the Association 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 imperative that the Association should exercise 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 observer it will appear that few of the suggestions of the As- 
sociation failed to be 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 actioji of the various official organizations, it is, perhaps, well to 
cover some important points of interest under the following heads: 
CITY COUNCIL. 
The City Council of Jacksonville accepted the 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, hut in various useful capacities. 
Councilmen 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 
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standing between the city authorities and the Association was when 
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 resolution: 
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 capacity, 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 $2,000 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 police protection be 
maintained, and that funds be provided for salaries of sanitary, po- 
lice and other necessary officials, and for other purposes, the Execu- 
tive Committee, after careful consideration 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 the 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- COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE. 
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mary,. March 27tli, 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, $5,000. 
The city co-operated 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. 
On August 15th $3,000 was made available to the Association by 
the Board of County Commissioners of Duval county, to assist in 
meeting the expenses of the epidemic. 
COUNTV COMMISSIONERS. 
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 of 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. 
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Cove and Cliaseville were presented 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. 
I)r. Hy. Robinson, Chairman Board of County Commissioners, City: 
Dear 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. 
Respectfully, 
Ciias. S. Adams, Secretary. 
The following replies were received: 
Office Board of County Commissioners, Duval County, v 
•Jacksonville, November 21, 1888. jT 
Chan. S. Adams, Esq., Secretary: 
Dear Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a 
letter from you of this date, in which you informed me that you were 
directed by the Executive Committee of your Association “to ascer- 
tain from me, as chairman of the Board of County Commissioners,, 
the earliest date at which the Board could confer with the Executive 
Committee in regard to assistance for destitute people in the coun- 
ty,” to which I beg leave to reply, that the Board of County Commis- 
sioners have not been able to hold a session since their last regular 
meeting in September, for want of a quorum, owing to the epidemic; 
but I hope we will be able to hold a session on the first Wednesday 
in December, when we would be pleased to meet your Executive 
Committee, and confer upon any public measure you may suggest,, 
and, if possible, we will meet your views. 
It may not be amiss to state that the Board of County Commis- 
sioners has a standing Committee on Poor, and whilst the members 
of that committee have not been able to bold meetings, yet, in view 
of the urgency of the occasion, each member has acted independently, 
and have rendered relief, and ai'e yet doing so, to our destitute fel- 
low-citizens in the county, wherever practicable, consistent with the 
condition of the county finances, and the limits of the law. 
With assurance of highest esteem to the Executive Committee 
and vouiself, I am Your obedient servant, 
Hy. Robinson, 
President Board County Commissioners Duval County.. 
Jacksonville, Fla., November 22, 1888. 
Mr. Chan. S. Adams, Secretary: 
Deal Sir: Your letter of 21st received, and contents noted.. 
The Board of County Commissioners have not had a meeting since 
early in September, for want of a quorum. If in my power to get a 
quorum to meet, I will lay your letter before the Board for action.. 
Yours truly, 
Hy. Robinson, 
Chairman County Commissioners. COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE. 
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The following is the answer of the Executive Committee: 
November 23, 1888. 
Dr. Hy. Robinson, President Board of County Commissioners, City: 
Dear Sir:—At the meeting of the Executive Committee of this 
Association, held this morning, the following resolution was adopted, 
and 1 am instructed to transmit you a copy of it: 
Whereas, The communication of Dr. Hy. Robinson, President 
of the Board of County Commissioners, addressed to the Secretary 
of this Association, in response to a request by the Executive Com- 
mittee for a conference with the Board of County Commissioners in 
regard to assistance for destitute people in the county, names the 
first Wednesday in December as the earliest date upon which he 
hopes to be able to hold a session of the Board of County Commis- 
sioners, he it 
Resolved, That the urgency of taking prompt measures to re- 
lieve the suffering and distressed poor of the county is so great as, in 
the estimation of this committee, to warrant an attempt to call a 
special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners. 
Resolved, That the Secretary he requested to again communica- 
cate with Dr. Hy. Robinson the request that, as President of the 
Board of County Commissioners, he will call a special meeting of the 
Board at the earliest practicable date, for the purpose of a confer- 
ence with the Executive Committee. 
Yours very truly, 
Chas. S. Adams, 
Secretary. 
No reply, and no conference had; and the Executive Committee, 
Avliile it continued to refer such applications for relief as seemed 
proper charges of the county, are not officially advised of the action 
of the County Commissioners in such cases, or what provision, if 
any, was made for relief. 
BOARD OF HEALTH 
The relations between the 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. Neal Mitchell, 
or by Dr. K. P. Daniel. The Executive Committee, 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 brother, Dr. J. C. L’Engle, who had been 
elected to fill offices in the Association made vacant in the same 
way, which recommendation Avas followed. A member of the 
Board of Health was also elected a member of the Association’s 
Committee on Claims. 
Tlie intimate relations of the two bodies rendered it necessary, 
as well as desirable, to include the action of the Board of Health in 
many places in this report, and it would be hut repetition to refer to 156 
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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- 
thority. 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 are 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 Ur. 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 compensation, the terms of service, and 
made all contracts therefor. 
The Executive Committee advanced several thousand dollars to 
the Board of Health, in the first two or three months, upon the COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE. 
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requisition of its various officers, 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 the 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 popular way. The suggestion was adopted, and the invita- 
tion was extended to and accepted by the 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, during 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 9, 1889. 
Neal Mltcliell, M. 1)., President Board of Health, City: 
Dear 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 I had with you be- 
fore my departure. Upon my return to the city I reported the cost 
of such map to the Executive Committee of the above Association, 
and received their sanction of the same, with power to incur the ex- 
j)ense 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 
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upon the matter at the earliest practicable moment, if the Board of 
Health considers this a matter of sufficient 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 publication, without de- 
laying the rest of the pamphlet. Please advise me, at once, whether 
or not you desire to co-operate in arranging the necessary details. 
Respectfully, 
Chas. S. Adams, 
Secretary. 
Jacksonville, Fla., January 12, 1889. 
Mr. C. S. Adams, Secretary Citizens' Auxiliary Sanitary Association: 
My Dear 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 importance of the work) to ac- 
cept your invitation, and publish the history with that of the Citi- 
zens Auxiliary Sanitary Association. I was appointed to represent 
the Board in this publication. I likewise recognized the 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 1 do not feel physically able 
to undertake this task to which I have been looking forward with 
pleasure during the entire epidemic. 
Thanking you for the* courtesy of the Association regarding this 
m Utter, I remain 
Very truly yours, 
Neal Mitchell, M. D., 
President Duval County Board of Health. 
January 15, 1889. 
1 )r. Neal Mitchell, President Duval County Board of Health, City : 
Deak Sir—Your favor of the 12th inst. is received, in which you 
state that ill health will prevent 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 Nurses 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 report expands, I am inclined to envy you in being able to 
postpone the day of evil. 
Respectfully, 
Chas. S. Adams, 
Secretary. 
The information last requested, though verbally promised, was 
not furnished; and the only information obtained from the Board of COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE. 
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Health is the list of deaths, which was compiled alphabetically by 
the editor, from facts furnished 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 moneys advanced upon requisitions 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 proper accounts upon the books of the Association. The bal- 
ance shown, $700.80, being such expenses as could not properly he 
charged to any department of the Association: 
Total amount advanced on Requisitions $8226.62 
BOARD OF HEALTH 
Charged to Macclenny 39.80 
“ Treasurer’s account to correct error 88 
“ Sand-Hills, Voucher 416, Plumbing 93.42 
“ Sand-Hills, Board of Health Voucher, Food 1,386.86 
“ Sand-Hills, Board of Health Voucher, Furniture... 411.50 
“ Sand-Hills, Hoaril of Health Voucher, General Ex- 
pense 172.88 
“ Sand-Hills, Board of Health Voucher, Nurses 228.00 
“ Sand-Hills, Board of Health Voucher, Milk 142.80 
“ Sand-Hills, Board of Health Voucher, San. Guards, 102.00 
“ Sand-Hills, Board of Health Voucher, Horse hire.. 260.00 
“ Sand-Hills, Board of Health Voucher, Extra labor, 202.56 
“ St. Luke’s, Board of Health Voucher, Food 910.95 
“ St. Luke’s, Board of Health Voucher, Milk 61.27 
St. Luke’s, Board of Health Voucher, Labor and 
Servants 362.48 
Nurses anil Medical Attention. Executive Commit- 
tee Voucher 411, Drugs 951.02 
“ Nurses and Mt dical Attention, Board of Health 
Voucher, Nurses , 61.00 
“ Nurses anil Mt dical Attention, Board of Health 
Voucher, Fumigation 808.00 
“ Nurses and Medical Attention, Board of Health 
Voucher, Labor 23.45 
“ Nurses and Medical Attention, Board of Health 
Voucher, Furniture 6.00 
“ Nurses and Medical Attention, Board of Health 
Voucher, Horse Hire 169.00 
“ Nurses and Medical Attention, Board of Health 
Voucher, General Expenses 20.00 
“ Nurses and Medical Attention, Board of Health 
Voucher, Ambulances 473.75 
■“ Sanitary Guards, Board of Health Voucher, Pay-roll, 477.00 
■“ Sanitary Guards, Board of Health Voucher, Sundry 
Expenses 161.25 
$7,525.82 
$700.80 
DISBURSED AS FOLLOW 160 
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EXPENSES OF BOARD OF HEALTH. 
Hack Hi re $613.50' 
Office Expenses 28.00 
Gathering Yellow Fever Statistics 55.00 
Balance to be accounted for 4.30 
$700.80 
The detailed statement of expenses incurred by the Association,, 
in support of tlie liospitals, is given here as it is, perliaps, the most 
appropriate place, there being no part of the report devoted to them, 
in the absence of official information: 
SAND-HILLS HOSPITAL. 
Paid for Lumber 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 
$9,360.48 
Of the above there was advanced on account of United States 
Marine Hospital Service 3,111.39 
$6,249.00 
ST. LUKE’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 
$7,559.00 
Of the above there was advanced on account of United States 
Marine Hospital Service 3,825.60 
. #3,734.06 
GOVERNMENT RELIEF MEASURES. 
Tlie .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 COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE. 
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within the limits of the restrictions imposed by the appropriations 
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 necessary to establish Camp Mitchell, the ap- 
proval of vouchers sent to Washington was, from beginning to end, 
a mattey 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, approved all vouchers sent to Washing- 
ton, and his familiarity with the routine of Government detail, was 
of great service to the Association in directing what could properly 
be asked from the Government, and the detail clerical Avork to put 
the requests 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 official re- 
port of all the work assumed by the Marine 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 pur- 
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 affairs. 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- 
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he seen by reference to the minutes of the meeting of the Associa- 
tion, held January 22d, in the Chronological Summary. 
It must be remembered, in the examination of the financial 
statement below, that the Association advanced some money to the 
'Government for expenses in which it was not itself interested. 
UNITED STATES MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE. 
Total vouchers on all accounts approved by Dr. J. Y. Por- 
ter and sent to Washington $175,870.54 
Rejected and returned 302.60—#175,567.94 
Reimbursements therefor to April 2,1889: 
On Account Sanitation $56,873.26 
“ Sanitary Guards 8,946.13 
“ Fernandina 4,187.50 
“ Nurses and Medical Attention 48,420.18 
“ St. Luke’s Hospital 3,667.20 
“ Sand Hills Hospital 3,093.39 
“ Infected articles destroyed 39,920.10—$165,107.77 
Ralance $10,460.17 
Balance due as follows : 
On Account Sanitation $3,724.31 
“ Nurses and Medical Attention 5,903.66 
“ Macclenny 338.25 
“ Sanderson 64.75 
“ Enterprise 179.00 
“ St. Luke’s Hospital 158.40 
“ Sand Hills Hospital 18.00 
“ Infected articles destroyed 73.50 
$10,460.17 COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS. 
The work of the Committee on Claims needs explanation more, 
perhaps, than the work of any other committee of the Association. 
The position of the Executive Committee and the Association, so 
far as related to claims for the destruction of property, was not gen- 
erally understood at the outset, has never been explained to the com- 
prehension and satisfaction of the claimants and the public, and is 
at this time misinterpreted; and the experience of those directly in- 
terested has been such that it seems too much to hope that this 
article will clear away the clouds and lead to a general appreciation 
of the motives that led to the formation of the Committee on Claims, 
and to the results actually accomplished. 
On the 10th of August what was known as the “ Mayflower 
House,” on the corner of Forsyth and Ocean streets, was destroyed, 
with all its contents, upon the order of the Board of Health, and 
under its supervision. The house was old, and was at the time con- 
sidered a focal point of the fever. Neither the house nor its contents 
were especially valuable, apparently, but the hills afterwards pre- 
sented for property claimed to he stored and destroyed would indi- 
cate that it was a very expensive building. Had the same house 
been destroyed at a later date, much of its contents could have been 
saved, but at the time it was done there was an intense popular de- 
mand for the destruction of the building and contents, which was 
acceded to by the authorities. 
One part of tlie house was used by a person as a dye house, an- 
other as a restaurant, and several persons lodged in the upper 
stories, and a good deal of property was stored therein. The first 
claim presented to the Executive Committee of the Association was 
by the dyer for property alleged to he destroyed in this house. 
On the 20tli of August a special committee was appointed to inves- 
tigate the claim and report. Two days later the special committee 
was, upon motion, made a standing committee of the Association, 
and the articles of association amended for that purpose, the com- 
mittee consisting of P. E. McMurray, chairman; Clias. G. Elliott 
and W. A. Macduff. September 17th F. E. Bogue was transferred to 
this committee from the Committee on Nurses and Medical Atten- 
tion. September 22d Chas. G. Elliott died, and Peter Jones was ap- 
pointed to fill his place. September 29tli D. H. Kennedy, chairman 
of the Finance Committee of the Duval County Board of Health, was 
added to the committee, at the suggestion of the Board of Health, 
to guard against imposition; to prevent the consideration and pay- COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS. 
ment of the same claim by both the Board of Health and the Asso- 
ciation. Such was the personnel of the committee, and its members 
included practical men, whose business qualified them to appraise 
property liable to be destroyed, and judge the necessities of the class 
of people who appeared as claimants. 
The claim of the dyer, which was first considered, was allowed 
and paid by the Association, upon careful consideration and earnest 
discussion, after the prices attached to the several items had been 
cut down materially. The vital question in the payment of this and 
other claims was, whether the executive officers of the Association 
were justified in using the funds in their hands resulting from local 
subscriptions and foreign contributions, for the payment of property 
destroyed by the authorities. 
The Committee on Claims and the Executive Committee, by 
whom all claims investigated by the Committee on Claims were 
finally acted upon, took the position at this time that the Associa- 
tion had not authorized the destruction of any property, and was 
not in any wray liable for the same, but that the Association, in spe- 
cial cases, where the destruction of infected material resulted in 
destitution and distress, could very properly render assistance as a 
measure of relief. 
The experience of the Committee on Claims has been so unsat- 
isfactory in the case of the “Mayflower House,” that if the work 
had to be done over again it is extremely probable that no claims of 
the sort would be considered, even as a matter of relief. It may be 
said right here, as a matter of general information, that, with the 
exception of two or three instances of destruction of property, which 
occurred at the very outset of the epidemic, through the negligence 
and disobedience of some workmen employed by the Committee on 
Sanitation in cleaning the city, neither the Association, nor any of 
its committees, nor any of its officers, agents or servants have, at 
any time, destroyed, or caused to be destroyed, any property. 
Claims for infected property destroyed by order of the city authori- 
ties or the Board of Health were presented to the Association 
through the Executive Committee from the first, and on September 
14th the applications before the Committee on Claims were so nu- 
merous, and the demands upon the time of the committee and the 
finances of the Association became so exorbitant and unreasonable 
that the Executive Committee, at its meeting on September 14tli, 
passed the following resolution: 
Resolved, That no bill will be considered or paid by the Execu- 
tive Committee for goods or chattels destroyed, unless a certificate 
from the President of the Board of Health is attached to the bill 
authorizing the destruction of the property, and stating that such 
goods or chattels could not be properly disinfected, and that the 
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Resolved, That this resolution be published to the public, and 
that a copy be communicated to the Board of Health through the 
Conference Committee. 
The publication of the resolution helped matters for a few days, 
but on the 20th, to quote from the minutes: 
Chairman McMurray, of the Committee on Claims, called the 
attention of the Executive Committee to exorbitant claims being put 
in for destruction of property, and suggested that persons having 
claims should manifest a spirit of self-sacrifice, and gave notice that 
the committee would hereafter throw out all unreasonable claims. 
And a few days later it became necessary to adopt still more 
rigid rules for the protection of the committee, and the Executive 
Committee passed the following resolution: 
Resolved, That all claims for destruction of bedding and cloth- 
ing, by order of the Board of Health, must be approved by Dr. 
Echemendia, fumigating officer, and Dr. Neal Mitchell, President of 
the Board of Health, and attested before a proper officer, before the 
same can be considered by the Committee on Claims. The secretary 
was instructed to prepare blank affidavits. 
Surgeon-General John B. Hamilton, M. H. S., had intimated 
quite early in the epidemic his desire and intention to attempt a 
thorough disinfection of Jacksonville, which view was heartily ap- 
proved by the local authorities. About October 9th Dr. Joseph Y. 
Porter, Surgeon in Charge of Government Belief Measures in Flor- 
ida, transmitted to the Executive Committee of the Association an 
official notification that the Government had determined to adopt 
this recommendation, and disinfect the city. Dr. Porter enclosed 
also a copy of a notice intended for publication, formulated by him, 
for the information of the public, from which the following is 
quoted: 
(1.) Mattresses, pillows, comforts and blankets, soiled by dejec- 
tions from the sick to such an extent as to prevent their further use 
by anyone else sick in the same house or family, should be destroyed 
by burning at once, which destruction will be done at the request of 
the owners by the Fumigating and Disinfecting Department of the 
Government Aid Bureau, on application to me. The Government 
will assume no pecuniary responsibility thereof. 
Parties totally unable to sustain the loss of infected material of 
the character above cited (referring to bedding and furniture im- 
possible to disinfect), may expect to be reimbursed by the General 
Government; but no receipt for the article stating the fact can at 
present be given. 
(2.) All applications for reimbursement for destruction of in- 
fected material must first pass through the Committee on Claims of 
the Citizens’ Auxiliary Sanitary Association, fixing the valuation, 
and particularly stating the question of impecuniosity of the owner, 
before they can be entertained by me and forwarded to the U. S. 
Marine Hospital Bureau at Washington. 
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COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS. 
On the next day after the receipt of the letter, President Neal 
Mitchell, of the Duval County Board of Health, called the attention 
of the Executive Committee to the rules, and suggested some objec- 
tions, of which one was to the latter portion. A conference was 
requested by the Executive Committee with the Board of Health 
and Dr. Porter, and upon the report of the Conference Cofnmittee, 
after discussion by the Executive Committee, the President was di- 
rected to formulate and transmit the views of the Executive Com- 
mittee, which he did as follows: 
Jacksonville, Fla., October 17, 1888. 
Joseph F. Porter, M. D., Surgeon in Charge of Government Relief 
Measures, City : 
Dear Sir: Your favor of the 9tli 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 the subject of disinfection and fumigation, has been 
duly I’eceived, and has had careful consideration by the Executive 
Committee of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association to- 
day, and believing that you desire an expression of their opinions 
thereon, I am directed to communicate to you their views, and at 
the same time to express their confidence in your judgment and 
ability to devise and execute 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 transfer of Dr. DeM. Echemendia and 
his staff, and placing the disinfecting and fumigating of houses 
where yellow fever lias occurred to the Marine Hospital Service, was 
advocated and approved by this committee. 
Rules 1, 2 and 3 we fully concur in. 
“ IN REGARD TO DISINFECTION OF HOUSES.” 
“DESTRUCTION of property.” 
Under this head the 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 burning 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 property destroyed, out of Gov- 
ernment funds. The grounds on which the committee base these 
recommendations are: First. All citizens, with hut few exceptions, 
who had the means to leave sought safety in flight at the beginning 
of the epidemic, 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 people, indeed, are able to bear the loss of such prop- 
erty as you say should be destroyed. The Executive Committee 
have felt it necessary to pay for property 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 them to replace the necessities of living. Second. From 
existing conditions, as above stated, there are so few able to bear COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS. 
the loss of such property as should be destroyed to prevent spread 
of infection, that the committee believe it would be wise, and with- 
in the scope of the law, for the Government to announce that it 
would pay for all property destroyed under your orders. Such ac- 
tion would remove any danger of secreting infected articles by the 
owners, which, we fear, might be attempted by those unable to bear 
the loss if otherwise. 
Rule 2. In reference to this rule, providing that applications to 
the Government for reimbursement for destruction of infected ma- 
terial should be referred to the Committee on Claims of the Citi- 
zens’ Auxiliary Association, the committee feels that, in view of the 
fact that the work of disinfection and fumigation may require 
months to complete after the end of this epidemic, and as the mem- 
bers of that committee have gratuitously devoted their time and 
services to the work during the epidemic, and will he compelled to 
give their attention to their personal interests as soon as business 
can be resumed, that a competent person should he appointed by 
you as an appraiser for the Government, who should, in conjunction 
with a representative of the owner of the property to be destroyed, 
determine its value. And that a certificate for the property de- 
stroyed be given to the owner. 
P. McQuaid, 
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 prices 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 adopt precautions to prevent 
the beneficiaries from obtaining additional relief from other com- 
mittees of the Association. It seemed hard to the claimants to have 
their claims cut down, hut it was necessary in nearly every case. At 
the outset much property was unnecessarily destroyed by the au- 
thorities, and later, when a regularly appointed Chief of Fumigating 
Staff took charge of the matter of the 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 property 
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 the 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 Executive Committee a 
few days later, on October 20th: 
Resolved, That in future no claims for property destroyed be 
paid by this commitlee. 
This resolution led to a full discussion of the right and expedi- 
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pose of remunerating people for destruction of property, 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 properly certified and sworn to 
now on file before the committee. 
The action of the committee was published, 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 27tli of October the Association issued a financial state- 
ment, which showed that the amount of money expended in the pay- 
ment of claims to date, “to afford immediate relief,” aggregated 
♦3,666.27. 
On the 24tli inst. the matter of Government payment for prop- 
erty destroyed was renewed by a letter from Dr. Porter: 
Jacksonville, Fla., October 24, 1888. 
To the President Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, Jack- 
sonville, Fla.: 
My Deak Sir: I herewith enclose you official copies of tele- 
graphic correspondence between General Hamilton and myself since 
the 20th inst. Yery truly, 
Joseph Y. Porter, M. I)., 
Surgeon in Charge Government Relief Measures, Florida. 
Enclosure. 
Jacksonville, Fla., October 20, 1888. 
To Hamilton, Surgeon-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 authorize 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. Pouter. 
Washington, D. C., October 20, 1888. 
Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, in Charge Government Belief Measures, Jack- 
sonville, Fla.: 
I cannot decide matter of payment for articles to be destroyed 
without submitting it to the President. Will answer Monday. 
Hamilton, 
Surgeon-General. 
* Washington, D. C., 23d. 
Dr. Jos. F. Porter, in Charge Government Belief Measures, Jackson- 
ville, FYa.: 
Your authority to keep refugees out of Jacksonville must come 
from the City Council. With such authority you need nothing 
further from the Government. In regard to disinfection of bedding, COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS. 
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Government only proposes to pay for destruction of mattresses, pil- 
lows and comforts destroyed in the houses of the poor. Persons 
able to pay must sustain their own loss. City Council should pass 
ordinance enacting penalty for concealment of infected articles in 
houses. The use of the public laundry and disinfection building 
will be free. Carpets need not be destroyed, but should be sub- 
jected to steam process. 
Hamilton, 
Surgeon-General. 
By this time public discussion was quite general and unanimous. 
October 25tli the City Council adopted the following resolution: 
Besolved, That we insist that the General Government shall pay 
for all property destroyed by order of Surgeon Porter, and that the 
same shall be paid for in full, or replaced by the Government, with- 
out regard to the financial condition of the owners of the property 
so destroyed. 
No further action was taken by the Association until November 
9th, when the following letter was received from Major J. H. Dur- 
kee, chairman of the New York Committee: 
New York, November 9, 1888. 
P. McQuaid, Chairman, Jacksonville: 
What is the present condition of affairs in relation to fumiga- 
tion and destruction of bedding at the close of the epidemic? Have 
the city government and the National authorities agreed upon apian 
of operation ? Can we render any assistance in the premises ? 
Joseph H. Durkee, 
Chairman. 
Jacksonville, Fla., November 10, 1888. 
Major J. II. Durkee, Chairman, 391 Broadway, New York City : 
Dear Sir—In reference to your telegram of 9th inst., asking 
for the present condition 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- 
cause 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 presented 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 their 
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 
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want of means. There are a few, of course, who are able 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 paid and w ho would 
not, as it would be a very delicate question to determine who could 
stand the loss and who were not able to. 
I presented this matter 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 w as scarcely worth while con- 
sidering. If people were assured that they would get paid for their 
property there would be no inducement to conceal it, and it is the- 
only w'ay, in my opinion, to prevent some people from hiding it 
away. And when you come to consider it in the proper light it is 
hut natural. Those families who have had the yellow fever do not 
dread any evil effects from retaining their infected bedding. The 
destruction of it is for the protection and benefit of others, and they 
do not see why they should be 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 consider,, 
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 labor is spared to gain this- 
end. 
Surgeon-General Hamilton lias intimated to Ur. Porter that if 
the City Council does not pass an ordinance providing a penalty 
for the secreting of infected bedding, etc., that the Government will 
not undertake the work of fumigation and disinfection of the city. 
Now, I feel quite certain that such an ordinance cannot be passed 
by the City Council until the Government will agree to pay for all 
property destroyed. If the Government will do that then I have no- 
doubt the City Council can be gotten to pass such an ordinance. 
Dr. Porter has been fully authorized by the City Council and the 
Board of Health to enter houses and do the work of fumigation and. 
disinfecting, but it lias been decided not to commence this work 
until after the epidemic has ended. I have had many talks with Dr.. 
Porter on this subject. He is the right man in the right place, and 
wants to see everything done that it is possible to do to prevent a 
recurrence of this terrible scourge next season. He has a reputation 
at stake, and I feel sure he will not undertake to disinfect the city 
unless he gets the proper support and assurance that he can do it 
thoroughly. The local authorities here will aid him all they can,, 
and the only stumbling block now in the way is this question about 
paying for property destroyed, and it is not a big thing, after all.. 
Dr. Porter says it is only necessary to destroy mattresses, pillows 
and comforters; that blankets, sheets and other bedding can be 
properly disinfected. I think the Surgeon-General, if he had the- 
authority, would assume the responsibility of paying for any prop- 
erty destroyed by Dr. Porter, but 1 understand the President lias- 
decided that the Government could only pay for that destroyed for 
the poor. I thought that if some one who could lay the matter- 
plainly before the President would call upon him, that he would see 
the advisability of changing his order, and I think you are the very 
man to do it. There is no time to be lost. Everything ought to bo 
ready to go to work just as soon as the epidemic is over, and, with 
indications to-night of cold weather, we hope the end is almost at COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS. 
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hand. Now, if you could go to Washington, see the Surgeon-General 
and get his views on the subject, and have him go with you to the 
President, I think you might be able to get this matter fixed. I 
think it is at least worth the trial. 
Yours truly, 
P. McQuaid. 
A special committee of Jacksonville citizens in New York, in 
accordance with the wish of the Executive Committee, visited 
Washington, interviewed President Cleveland, and the success of 
the committee was communicated to the Association in the follow- 
ing letter: 
New York, November 21, 1888. 
P. McQuaid, Esq., President Auxiliary Belief Association, Jackson- 
ville, Fla.: 
Dear Sir—Acting upon the request contained in your letter 
Messrs. Hubbard, Ambler, Stockton, Christopher and myself went 
to Washington, and on Monday morning had a conference with 
Surgeon-General Hamilton in relation to the destruction of infected 
bedding and payment therefor by the General Government. Senator 
Call accompanied us, and after a lengthy conference with the Sur- 
geon-General we visited Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 
Thompson, with whom Surgeon-General Hamilton had previously 
had conferences upon this question. Afterwards we called upon 
the President at the White House, and had a long interview with 
him upon this subject. The result has already been communicated 
to Acting Mayor Gerow, and I presume by the time this letter 
reaches you the whole matter will have been definitely arranged. 
We were received with the utmost cordiality by all the officials 
whom we visited, and the action taken by them is, as I understand it, 
what you have desired. It is understood that the same orders will 
cover all infected districts in Florida. What regulations may be made 
with regard to communities outside of Jacksonville, I have no means 
of knowing. I am convinced that this action on the part of the 
General Government will do much to restore confidence in Florida 
on the part of those desiring to visit the. State the coming winter. 
It is a matter of congratulation for all the people of Florida that the 
Government authorities have considered this subject in such a lib- 
eral and broad-minded view. I hope the result may be that we may 
escape the contagion during the next season. 
Very truly yours, 
Joseph II. Durkee, 
Chairman Committee. 
The result was announced by telegraph, through the press, a day 
or two earlier, and was received with universal approbation 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 press. 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 
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committee on claims. 
compensation. On the 15tli of December the following communica- 
tion was formulated under the direction of the Executive Com- 
mittee: 
Jacksonville, Fla, December 15, 1888. 
Joseph Y. Porter, M. 1)., Surgeon in Charge Government Relief Meas- 
ures, City: 
Dear Sir—At the request of the Executive Committee, I beg 
leave to ask you to communicate with the proper authorities and 
advise me whether the recent action of the authorities assuming the 
payment of all property destroyed for purposes of disinfection, will 
affect in any way the status of claims heretofore paid by this Asso- 
ciation for property destroyed under and by direction of the Duval 
County Board of Health. This Association has paid a number of 
claims, aggregating say four or five thousand dollars, for property 
destroyed before the date 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 upon 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 $10,000, and as a matter of equity it would seem 
that these people, most of whom have suffered by 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 been 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 property 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 I have no 
doubt that the 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 Secretary, or such other officer of the 
Associatian as you should suggest. 
Respectfully, 
P. McQuaid, 
President. 
The answer was as follows: 
December 28th, 1888. 
Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, Surgeon in Charge Government Relief Measures, 
Jacksonville, Fla.: 
Sir—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 COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS. 
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claims that relate to articles destroyed prior to the date of the Gov- 
ernment taking charge will be allowed. 
Kespectfully yours, 
John B. Hamilton, 
Supervising Surgeon-General M. H. S. 
Under these circumstances, 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 where practicable, and report the aggregate amount 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 arrived at only after mature deliberation, 
and was adopted because of the belief that otherwise no claims 
would be paid except upon suit and recovery against the authorities. 
The work of the committee included, besides the consideration 
of claims for the destruction of property, action upon a few claims 
for nursing prior to the establishment of the Bureau on Nurses 
and Medical Attention, and in a few individual cases of nursing after 
its establishment, when nurses had been engaged outside of the 
Bureau, through ignorance of the rules, had performed faithful work 
and were unable to receive any pay because of the poverty of the 
patient. These claims really come within the jurisdiction of the 
Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention, and are included in 
the financial statement of that committee. 
Such was the work of the Committee on Claims and of the 
Executive Committee in relation to destroyed property. 
As said in the beginning, probably no committee has had a more 
disagreeable task, and the work of no committee has been less 
appreciated. 
A summary of claims paid by the Association is: 
Number of claims paid for destruction of property 196 
Aggregate amount claimed $13,206.28 
Aggregate money paid 9,259.44 
Average claim 47.24 COMMITTEE ON DUVAL COUNTY AT LARGE. 
The Committee on Duval County at Large, of the Jacksonville 
Auxiliary Sanitary Association, was organized on the 18th of Sep- 
tember, 1888, under the following resolution: 
Resolved, That an additional standing committee of three or five 
members be appointed by the Chair, to 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 aud 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 
covei'ed 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 venture into infected localities, and had the 
imprudence to return home. 
As there were victims from the fever in other places in the 
county than Jacksonville, so there were 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 dnigs for the sick, 
and food or work for the well. 
The Executive Committee and the Committee on Relief found it 
impossible to investigate thoroughly and relieve promptly these 
cases—to separate the wheat from the chaff. 
The Committee on Duval County at Large was, therefore, 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, hy judicious work of a public 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 hy Judge W. A. Mc- 
Lean, until it was deemed proper, owing to the inadequacy of the 
finances of the Association, to discontinue the committee, on the last COMMITTEE ON DUVAL COUNTY AT LARGE. 
175 
of October, 1888. After this date all appeals for relief were referred 
oy the Executive Committee to the constituted county authorities. 
In order to put the committee in working condition, the Execu- 
tive Committee instructed the Committee on Relief, and the Com- 
mittee on Nurses and Medical Attention, to fill all orders emanating 
from the Committee on Duval County at Large. This committee 
was also authorized to render, finder prescribed limitations, pecuni- 
ary relief when it was deemed desirable by the chairman. Active 
steps were at once taken to carry out these measures. Such vil- 
lages and resorts in Duval county as South Jacksonville, St. Nicho- 
las, Chaseville, Arlington, Fulton, Mill Cove, Moncrief, Mayport and 
Pablo Beach were put in proper sanitary condition. In the two sea- 
side resorts, Pablo Beach and Mayport, which were inhabited by a 
large number of the active workers in the epidemic, a regular corps 
•of scavengers and sanitary guards were employed to keep them in a 
healthy condition, and minimize the danger of infection, under in- 
struction of the Duval County Board of Health. Quarantine was es- 
tablished at these places against Jacksonville, a census of population 
was taken, and daily inspection of premises was made. At Panama, 
Moncrief, Chaseville, St. Nicholas, Three-Mile Branch, Fishweir, and 
at other parts of the county, large gangs of laborers were employed 
as a means of relief, and worked on the public highways, on roads 
beyond the city limits. When this was impracticable, orders for ra- 
tions were given on the commissary of the Committee on Relief, and 
pecuniary aid was furnished whenever such steps were deemed justi- 
fiable. 
Tlie results of the labors of this committee were, on the whole, 
beneficial to the public. Roads were improved, swamps drained, and 
the spread of the pest controlled in several noticeable cases, particu- 
larly so as to Mayport and Pablo Beach. No fever originated in 
those places during the whole epidemic. Daily intercourse existed, 
under carefully guarded restrictions, between Jacksonville and Pablo 
Beach and Mayport. At Mandarin a complete non-intercourse quar- 
antine was established. On the other hand, Panama, South Jack- 
sonville, Chaseville and other points, where no such restrictions 
w’ere practicable, the fever got a foothold and spread rapidly. 
The committee expended, from funds of Duval county, $2,250. 
Below is detailed expense of the Committee on Duval County at 
Large: 
Paid for Employees’ Pay-roll $7,066.90 
“ Relief 120.55 
“ Lumber 22.50 
“ Hack Hire 6.00 
“ Tools 13.50 
Oeneral Supplies furnished $136.70 
Less Cash for same sold 65.25 73.45 
$7,301.90 PURCHASING AND RECEIVING AGENT. 
During the first part of the epidemic supplies were ordered by 
the Executive Committee direct, or through sub-committees of the 
Association. The chairman of these committees were provided with 
distinctive order books, and supplies purchased, upon arrival, were 
consigned to the committee ordering the same, donations of supplies- 
being apportioned as seemed best at the time. Experience proved 
that this method tended to confusion, and that the several chairmen 
had their hands full to properly transact the routine business of the 
departments under their charge. 
On September 17tli provision was made for a Purchasing and Re- 
ceiving Agent, by the adoption by the Executive Committee of the 
following resolution: 
Resolved, That a Purchasing and Receiving Agent be appointed 
to canvass the several committees and report each morning the 
needed supplies, and establish a depot of supplies to receive and dis- 
tribute the same. 
Mr. F. W. Mumby was appointed Purchasing Agent, and he im- 
mediately secured the large warehouse of W. P. Clyde & Co. for the 
free use of the Association, and employed necessary help. Mr. 
Mumby, each morning, reported to the Executive Committee what 
was needed in the way of supplies, and was authorized to purchase 
them, and on arrival of goods checked them up, stored the goods in 
the warehouse, and approved the bills, which were audited and paid 
Jjy 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 the 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 he justified in favoring local merchants, 
even to insure the general benefits which would inevitably result 
from retaining the funds in circulation. PURCHASING AND RECEIVING AGENT. 
177 
Mr. Mumby, in his report, states the case as follows: 
In taking hold of the work I was 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 the New York Committee to supply it in weekly shipments; 
but as soon as I began to get posted on prices, and found a willing- 
ness on the part of the merchants, whose stores were open, 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- 
thing 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 flour 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 quantity 
of bacon quickly, 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 purchase 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 furnishing 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 among the local merchants 
have been the keenest critics of the work of the Association and Ex- 
ecutive Committee throughout. 
The General Supply Department was closed during the first of 
December. Most of the supplies on hand, consisting of flour, grits, 
meal and lard, were sold by competitive bids to the merchants at an 
advance of cost, the remaining supplies being stored and auctioned 
off later. 
In winding np the business of the General Supply Department, 
the Purchasing Agent requested, from several of the transportation 
companies, a memorandum 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 wrere not secured: 
Office of Agent Feorida Railway and Navigation Co., ) 
Jacksonville, December 28, 1888. ) 
F. W. Mumby, Esq., Purchasing Agent, J. A. 8. A., City: 
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 
PURCHASING AND RECEIVING AGENT. 
■during the epidemic, showing 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 T have no record. 
Very truly yours, 
W. F. Coachman, 
Agent. 
STATEMENT OF MATERIAL DELIVERED FREE, ON ACCOUNT OF 
YELLOW FEVER. 
August 16—3 Cars Turpentine dross. Value of Freight Charges §42.00 
August 16—1 Cannon and Carriage. “ “ “ 8.00 
August 16—1 Car of Lime. “ “ “ 19.00 
August 18—1 Car of Tents, etc. “ “ “ 21.60 
October 1—10 Cases Merchandise. “ “ “ 10.00 
October 6—150 Barrels Meal. “ “ “ 75.00 
October 8—160 Barrels Grits. “ “ “ 75.00 
Octobers—150Barrels Flour. “ “ “ 75.00 
October 10—150 Barrels Meal. “ “ “ 75 00 
October 12—150 Barrels Meal. “ “ “ 75.00 
•October If—150 Barrels Flour. “ “ “ 75.00 
October 16—10 Cases Milk. “ “ “ 4.50 
October 22—1 Car of Potatoes, in bulk. “ “ “ 138.00 
October 24—1 Case of Eggs. “ “ “ 1.50 
October 31—4 Barrels of Lemons. •• “ “ 1.25 
November 5—1 Box of Lemons. “ “ “ .25 
Total Value of Charges $696.00 
W. F. Coachman, Agent. 
Southern Express Company,) 
J acksonville, Fi.a., December 28, 1888. ) 
Mr. F. IF. Mumby, Purchasing Agent: 
Dear Sir—Answering yours of yesterday, 1 have to say that the 
clerical force of this office is kept busy during the day and part 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 $910.75. 
Respectfully, 
F. R. Osborne, 
Agent. 
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Co.,) 
Jacksonville, Fla., March 4, 1889. > 
Mr. F. W. Mumby, Jacksonville : 
Dear Sir—The Savannah, Florida and Western Railway fur- 
nished the city of Jacksonville, during the epidemic of 1888, the fol- 
lowing free transportation: 1,046,837 pounds; our revenue, $1,075.28, 
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, 697,890 pounds; revenue all lines remitted, $1,744.73. To- 
tal tonnage, 1,046,837 pounds; total revenue remitted, $3,140.51. 
Respectfully, 
Jno. TT. Stephens. 179 
PURCHASING A XI) RECEIVING AGENT. 
The office of the Purchasing and Receiving Agent was one that 
-demonstrated its value as a practical measure, to keep proper ac- 
count of supplies, and to obviate confusion. 
Below is a summary of the business handled by the Purchasing 
Agent: 
Supplies bought directly, as per Executive Committee 
Y ouchers $55,298.74 
Supplies bought through New York Committee 9,704.84 
Donations received by Agent . 13,107.25 
Cash furnished Agent 1,700.00 
$79,810.83 
Distributed to Relief Committee $55,063.52 
Nurses and Medical Attention 10,099.29 
Sanitat ion 3,855.88 
Sand-Hills Hospital 427.72 
. Camp Mitchell 5,399.78 
Macclenny 2,197.69 
Sanderson 870.83 
Duval County at Large 138.70 
Cash returned by Agent 133.59 
$78,187.00 
balance 1,623.83 
EXPENSE ACCOUNT. 
Labor and Clerk hire $660.15 
Freight and Express Charges 294.11 
Drayage 621.75 
Inci dentals 47.82 
$1,623.83 
PURCHASING AND RECEIVING AGENT. COMMITTEE ON SANITARY POLICE. 
The Committee on Sanitary Police was organized August 20tliT 
by the Association, in accordance with the following preamble and 
resolutions: 
Whereas, 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 
Whereas, 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 spread of 
the infection and disease, and to establish the public health; there- 
fore, be it 
Resolved, That Article X be amended by having added to it a 
Committee on Sanitai’y Police. 
The action of the Association was officially endorsed by the 
Board of Health on the same day. 
Rooms Duvai, County Board of Health,! 
Jacksonville, Fla., August 20, 1888. J’ 
At a meeting of the Board of Health of Duval County, held to- 
day, the following resolutions were adopted: 
Resolved, 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. 
Resolved, That the Auxiliary Committee is hereby empowered 
with full authority from this Boai’d of Health, and from the consti- 
tuted powers of the city, to institute and execute this work. 
Resolved further, That the President of the Board of Health be 
requested to convey these resolutions to the Auxiliary Committee 
immediately, and to request Acting Mayor Archibald to unite with 
him in this communication. 
Neal Mitchell, M. D., 
President Board of Health. 
A. W. Knigiit, M. D., 
Secretary. 
I endorse the above, and will do all in my power to make the 
work effective. 
J. W. Archibald, 
Acting Mayor. COMMITTEE ON SANITARY POLICE. 
181 
The City Council, on the same day, passed a suitable ordinance 
to further legalize the sanitary police. 
CITY ORDINANCE. 
An Ordinance to Empower the Mayor to Appoint Sanitary Guards, 
and to Prescribe Rules and Regulations to Govern Same. 
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Jacksonville: 
Section 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 of the spread of the 
disease, as the Mayor may deem proper; said guards to be under 
such rules and regulations as the Mayor may prescribe. 
Sec. 2. That the Mayor shall he, and he is hereby, empowered 
to swear in any, and all, such guards as he may deem necessary; 
said guards to serve the city without any compensation being paid 
to them by the city. 
Sec. 3. Said guards, so appointed, shall have power to enforce 
the rules and regulations of the County Board of Health, within the 
limits of the city, which may be, from time to time, adopted, includ- 
ing the power to arrest any person or persons found to have vio- 
lated any of said rules and regulations, and to confine any such per- 
son or persons so arrested in a place to be provided for their im- 
prisonment. 
Sec. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of the rules 
and regulations established 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, he fined by the Municipal 
Judge not less than five dollars for each violation thereof, or be con- 
fined in the place provided for the confinement of such offenders not 
less than ten days, or by both fine and impi’isonment, at the discre- 
tion of said Judge. 
Passed August 21, 1888. 
Approved August 22, 1888. 
J. W. Archibald, 
A true copy. Acting Mayor. 
Attest: E. Higgins, 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 opening headquarters and providing 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. J. 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 ON SANITARY POLICE. 
Surgeon in charge of Government Relief Measures, acting under di- 
rection of the 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 pay rolls. Such guards as were engaged in 
duties tending “to prevent the spread of infection” were continued 
on the Government pay roll, and the remaining guards, who were 
employed in police duties under the direction of the Board of Health, 
were paid by the Association. 
Some guards were stationed at South Jacksonville, by request of 
the people there, and paid by the Government until such time as the 
suburb became seriously infected, when they were removed. 
October 12th Eugene B. McBride was appointed chairman, in place 
of C. W. Stansell resigned. 
The following table shows the number of names on the different 
pay rolls, the amount paid in each division, and by whom paid, from 
the 23d of August to the 19th of September, 1888, both inclusive: 
Aug. 31, 1888 
Sept. 7 
Sept. 14 
Sept. 21 
Sept. 28 
Oct. 5 
Oct. 12 
Oct. IS) 
For Week Ending 
SSoSicoocsosesI No. of Officers. 
115 
97 
104 
119 
291 
412 
260 
231 
No. of Guards. 
121 
103 
110 
127 
313 
433 
279 
24!) 
Total Men 
Employed. 
S? g So X • • • 
Total No. Names 
on Citizens’ 
Pay Roll. 
Government 
City Guard. 
129 
290 
197 
188 
Government 
Cordon Guard. 
; : 
:: 
gggSig: : : 
Amount Paid by 
Association. 
f 950.18 
804.72 
760.73 
786.50 
1320.50 
1570.00 
1409.50 
1344.00 
Amount Paid by 
U. S. Governm’t. 
$ 950.18 
8 4.72 
760.73 
823.00 
1559.25 
1725.50 
1547.00 
1488.00 
Total Amount 
Paid. 
Hours’ Service. 
The first six columns in the above table do not show the number 
of guards continuously employed for each week, but give tlie-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 person 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 employ only such number of persons for such limited 
time as the special duty to be performed required. 
The amount of money expended each week for the pay-roll 
approximately shows the number of guards continuously employed 
for that time. 
Onthe22d of September a cordon of mounted guards was placed 
around the city, extending from a point on the St. Johns river one 
mile north of Wilson & Hunting’s mill, westward and southward to 183 
COMMITTEE ON SANITARY POLICE. 
a point one quarter of a mile south of Riverside, thence crossing the 
river and encompassing South Jacksonville, on the south bank 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 discharged; this, with the change 
from mounted to foot guards on the cordon makes the number of 
men whose names were on the different pay-rolls quite large, although 
the amount expended that week is not much more than that of the 
previous week or subsequent week. 
The compensation of the mounted guards was $1 50 per watch 
of eight hours, and the pay of the foot guards, including foot cordon 
and city guards, was $1 per watch of eight hours; three relays of 
guards were necessary to cover the period of one day. 
The Executive Committee consulted frequently 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 19th of October the guards enrolled upon the Govern- 
ment pay-roll were turned over to the exclusive control of Du 
Porter and the remaining guards dismissed, their places being filled 
hy special police appointed hy the city authorities. 
The Association continued to advance necessary amounts of 
pay-roll on account of the Government, hut was reimbursed the full 
amount in due time. 
The practical utility of the Sanitary Police, generally, was- 
hardly so great as was anticipated; although, in some respects, it 
was efficient and satisfactory. Difficulty was experienced in finding 
intelligent, responsible men for guard duty, and in spite of constant 
effort, some annoyance was caused hy this fact. 
The incidental expenses of the Committee, from its creation to 
the end, were paid hy the Association, as, also, such few guards- 
as were necessary after the 19th of October, since which date no- 
regular time-keeper was employed, but the hills for guards, and 
accounts due by the Committee, were audited hy the chairman, and 
paid in the usual manner. 
Below is a brief financial statement: 
SANITARY POEICE. 
Pay-rolls for Guards $12,141.6.1 
Hack hire 98.00 
Stationery and Printing 126.80 
Furniture 17.00 
Office Expenses 212.69 
$12,596.12 
Of the above there was advanced on account of United 
States Marine Hospital Service 8,946.13—$3,649.99 COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION. 
The Association, through the Executive Committee, at a very 
early day, realized the desirability of depopulating the city, and 
thus diminishing the material for the fever. It was found difficult 
to estimate the number of people left In the city, and the proportion 
of them able and willing to leave, if arrangements could be made for 
so doing. 
OOMMITTEE ON CENSUS AND DEPOPULATION. 
After some preliminary discussion, the Acting President an- 
nounced, on September 4tli, to the Executive Committee, the ap- 
pointment of C. W. Stansell Chief of Bureau of Census, with suffi- 
cient help to make a house-to-house inspection, to ascertain the 
number of persons here, and their special wants; whether they de- 
sired to leave the city, if proper arrangements could be made for 
them. The chairman of the Committee reported, the next day, 
that the Committee had divided the city into thirteen districts, with 
a man in charge of each district, and sixty canvassers. The census 
was pushed with all possible speed, and a few days later the follow- 
ing report was submitted: 
Total number of adults, white 2,889 
Total number of children, white 1,056 
Total number of adults, colored 6,377 
Total number of children, colored 3,435 
Total number of white 3,945 
Total number of colored 9,812 
Total number of people in city 13,757 
Total number of people willing to leave the city 1,491 
Total number of people unwilling to leave the city 10,375 
Total number will go to camp 297 
Total number of people who refused to say whether they 
would go or not 1,644 
Total number of people with means 3,365 
Total number of people without means 8,995 
Total number of people who refused to say whether they have 
means or not 139 
The census was taken carefully, but the total number of popula- 
tion was undoubtedly too low, and 16,000 was nearer the actual 
number of inhabitants in the city, as subsequent events clearly 
demonstrated. 
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION. 
On September 8tli a special committee was appointed to take 
charge of the whole matter of arranging transportation of people 185 
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION. 
who desired to leave the city, consisting of Messrs. F. R. Osborne, 
I). T. Gerow, and C. AAr. Stansell. 
The committee at once went actively to work, and relieved the 
Executive Committee, which had theretofore attended to transpor- 
tation matters, with the help of members of the Association, of a 
heavy burden of detail and responsibility. 
Three days later, the work of the Committee on Depopulation 
having been completed, it was decided to consolidate the Commit- 
tees on Depopulation and Transportation, under the name of the 
Committee on Transportation, consisting of the following members: 
F. R. Osborne, chairman; C. AY. Stansell, D. T. Gerow, E. B. Mc- 
Bride, and B. H. Hopkins. 
On September 15tli, Messrs. McBride and Stansell were trans- 
ferred to the Committee on Sanitary Police, their places being filled on 
the Committee on Transportation by Messrs. T. J. Boyd and AY. F. 
Coachman, who were appointed on the 18th. On the 25th of Sep- 
tember, special work for the committee having arisen in the estab- 
lishment of a baggage fumigating station, under the Marine Hospital 
Service, owing to sickness in Mr. Osborne’s family, which neces- 
sitated his absence, Mr. H. AY. Clark was appointed a member of the 
committee, and at the request of Mr. Osborne, acted as chairman 
until October 22d, when lie was made permanent chairman. On 
September 25tli, Mr. AY. F. Sollee was employed as Secretary, and 
rendered faithful service to the Committee. 
The work of the Committee on Transportation began immedi- 
ately after its organization, in connection with the special trains to 
Atlanta and Hendersonville, N. C., which are described at length in 
the chapter upon State and Interstate Quarantine. This committee 
made the arrangements for the excursions, kept the public informed 
of progress made, and superintended the transportation details. 
On the 5th of October the Executive Committee of the Associa- 
tion, realizing that all Atlantic seaports, notably Savannah and 
Charleston, were locked against, not only Jacksonville, but the 
whole of Florida, and, impressed with the seriousness of the situa- 
tion to all of South and East Florida, in view of the early ripening of 
the orange crop, passed the following resolution: 
Resolved, That the chairman of the Committee on Transporta- 
tion be requested to communicate with the Clyde and DeBary lines 
of steamships, with a view of making practical arrangements for the 
transportation of fruit from the interior counties, via Mayport, or 
otherwise, as shall be expedient, provided the outlet through Savan- 
nah is found to be closed to our people. 
The subject was promptly handled, and the same day the Acting 
Chairman opened telegraphic and mail correspondence with Messrs. 
W. P. Clyde & Co., at New York, looking to the end in view. Be- 
tween the dates of 3d and 17th of October, through the public spirit 186 
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION. 
and faith in our city and State, on the part of Messrs. Clyde & Co.r 
and Mr. Geo. Cecil, Manager DeBary Line of Steamers, arrangements- 
were made for a weekly service between New York and Mayport, at 
the mouth of the St. Johns River, by the steamships of the Clyd& 
Line, connecting at the latter point with steamers of the DeBary, 
Beach & Miller, and other lines, for Sanford and all other points on 
the river. The committee was authorized to announce the opening 
of transportation, and mailed the following circular to all orange 
growers and newspapers in the State: 
Office of Transportation Committee, 
Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, 
7"> West Bay Street, 
Jacksonville, Fla., October 20, 1888. „ 
Dear Sir: 
The undersigned desire to inform you that the Citizens’ Aux- 
iliary Sanitary Association of Jacksonville, Fla., whose organizations 
and subsequent work has been to co-operate with the regular author- 
ities in relieving the various forms of distress arising in our city and 
State, by reason of the yellow fever epidemic through which we are- 
still passing, at a recent meeting had under discussion the subject of 
local quarantines and embargoes against freights, and the fact that 
the usual outlets by water and (at that time) rail for northern mar- 
kets were practically closed to South and East Florida (notably Sa- 
vannah, Fernandina and Jacksonville.) 
A full recognition of the gravity of this question to the orange- 
growers of our State was evoked, and a resolution was passed in- 
structing the Transportation Committee of the Association to at 
once open communication with the managers of the Clyde Steam- 
ship Line at New York, and the manager of the DeBary Line of St.. 
Johns River Steamers, to see if the former could be induced to be- 
gin at once running a weekly steamer between New York and May- 
port, at the mouth of the St. Johns River, to connect at the latter- 
place with one of the DeBary boats from up-river points, which 
steamer would pass Jacksonville in mid-stream without stopping. 
The following telegram from Messrs. W. P. Clyde & Co. gives 
the successful result of negotiations with this popular steamship 
line, and will certainly prove gratifying news to the orange shippers 
of South and East Florida, as it assures them of water transporta- 
tion for their fruit to the North, probably a month earlier than they 
could have otherwise expected: 
New York, October 22, 1888. 
II. IT'. Clark, Chairman Transportation Committee, Jacksonville, Fla.r 
Complying with the suggestion of your previous telegram, we 
have, until our Jacksonville service can be resumed, arranged for a 
direct weekly service between New York and Mayport, Fla., com- 
mencing from here on November lOtli; returning, leave Mayport on 
the 16th. We practically concur with the views in your letter of the 
17th. Will answer fully by to-night’s mail. 
W. P. Clyde A Co. 
We trust these steamers may receive practical evidence of ap- 
preciation for their public spirited action. 
The F. R. & N. Co., through its connections, is moving fruit. COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION. 
187 
daily with its usual promptness. In addition to this, the manage- 
ment of the J., T. & K. W. R’y have recently constructed a Y con- 
nection with the S., F. & W. R’y, about four miles from this city, so 
that freight from the south, passing north, does not enter Jackson- 
ville or any infected point, and thus secures uninterrupted rail 
transportation North or West. 
The end sought to be obtained by the Jacksonville Auxiliary 
Association, in the interest of the fruit and vegetable growers of 
Florida, was facilities for fruit transportation, which would be had 
if no epidemic existed, and at this season the normal condition of 
business prevailed. The end is practically accomplished, for you 
have the option of water or rail transportation. The first Clyde 
steamship sails from Mayport, November 16th, for New York. The 
railroads offer opportunities daily. 
Very respectfully, 
H. W. Clark, Chairman, 
F. R. Osborne, 
B. H. Hopkins, 
W. F. Coachman, 
T. J. Boyd, 
I). T. (tEROW, 
Transportation Com. Citizens’ Aux. San. Association, 
Wm. F. Sollee, 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 found 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 3,000 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 tlie return of the nurses and physicians to their 
homes in other States when 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 were 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 TRANSPORTATION. 
•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 he adopted for transportation, after necessary 
•quarantine had been served. Frequently, after repeated correspond- 
ence by telegraph and mail, the lines would appai’ently 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 transportation for these 
nurses was the cost of transportation. It will readily be seen that 
the ordinary fare for so many people on long distance tickets would 
approximate $10,000 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 approval. The certificates, bearing the name of the 
nurse, when signed by the chairman of the Committee on Transpor- 
tation, and countersigned by the Surgeon in 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 he incomplete without suitable expres- 
sion of appreciation 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 transportation. 
it from connecting lines. Captain I). E. Maxwell, Superintendent of 
the Florida Bailway and Navigation Company, 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 Transportation, 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 companies: 
Jacksonville, Fla., December 21, 1888. 
Dear Sir: 
The undersigned, Committee on Transportation of tlie Citizensr 
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: 
Whereas, 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 a1! parts 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 thiscom- 
•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 the 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. 
Resolved, That these resolutions be printed 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. & W. Ry.; C. & S. Ry.; B. & W. Ry.; 
E. T., V. & G. R.; A. C. L.; R., F. & P.; N. Y., N. H. & II. Ry.; C., 
N. O. & T. P. Ry.; 0., I., St. L. & C. R.; L. & N. Ry.; So. Pacific 
Ry.; J., T. & K. W. Ry.; Plant S. S. Co.; C. & G. System; F. R. & 
N. Co. System; G. R. & I. R. R.; Mo. Pacific; Union Pacific; 111. Cen„ 
R. R.; R. & D. Ry.; Florida Southern, and South Florida. 
II. W. Clark, Chairman; 
D. T. Gerow, 
B. II. Hopkins, 
F. R. Osborne, 
W. F. Coachman, 
T. J. Boyd, 
Committee on Transportation, Citizens’ Aux. San. Association. 
Attest: W. F. Sollee, Secretary. 190 
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION. 
The following extract from the minutes of the Jacksonville Aux- 
iliary Sanitary Association, at its meeting of December 26, 1888, af- 
fords a recapitulation of the work of the Committee on Transporta- 
tion, as stated by the chairman: 
First—Securing 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 every 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 establishment of 
said station (in number nearly 3,000 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, with thanks to lines which had returned favorable answers. 
Below is a statement of the expenses of the committee: 
Disbursed for Transportation $3,851.90 
Advertising 326.80 
Drayage 94.25 
Hack Hire 27.50 
Office Pay Rolls 521.10 
Office Expenses 127.05 
Total $4,948.60 
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION CAMPS OF REFUGE. 
CAMP HOWARD. 
As soon as the epidemic was declared 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. 
11 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 selected 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 was 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. 
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 buildings. The committee had discussed the practicability 
CAMP MITCIIEI.I,. 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 possible in the following 
telegram: 
•Jacksonville, August 27, 1888. 
Hon. Wilkinson Call, Washington, D. C.: 
Replying 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 30th, the following: 
dispatch was received: 
Washington, D. C., August 30, 1888. 
lion. 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 camp, 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 Railway 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 horior of the President of Duval County Board 
of Health. CAMPS OF REFUGE. 
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 again used 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 Colored 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 provided. 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 
hoped 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 one time decided to require persons at Camp Mitchell who 
were able to pay expenses to do so, hut 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 he proper subjects of relief, 
if remaining in the city. 
Applications for certificates, or recommendation, should be made' 
to either Dr. Neal Mitchell, Dr. A. W. Knight, or to Dr. C. J. Ken- 
worthy, and such certificates, when obtained, must be submitted to 
FI. 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 25, and are not retroactive. 194 
CAMl'S OF REFUGE. 
The following extracts from the linal report of Captain Cooper 
the Superintendent in charge, are quoted: 
According to my books the number of refugees arriving here 
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 hundred and ten, including children, the sexes being about 
•equally divided. I am glad to report that the general health of 
these people during their three months compulsory residence in 
this camp was remarkably good. Very little sickness was, at any 
time, observable. Only one death occurred, that of a little girl who 
had contracted disease elsewhere. Pure air, good food and water, 
excellent sanitary arrangements, and a laudable 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. Neal 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 appreciated and freely patronized by 
old and young, and contributed, in no small degree, to the stock of 
general information desired by some, besides diverting the thoughts 
of many from the sad bereavements that made their sojourn in this 
•camp a necessity. Enough talent was also found to warrant the giv- 
ing of public entertainments occasionally, which 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 prevent 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 hundred dwellings and out- 
houses comprising 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 ample protection from 
fire. 
Camp Mitchell was closed December 15, the date that refugees 
were admitted to the city. 
The question of the linal disposition of the camp \\ as discussed 
hy the Executive Committee, and the following letter was formulated 
and sent Dr. Porter: 
Jacksonville, December 14, 1888. 
Joseph Y. Porter, M. 7>., Surgeon in Charge Government Relief Meas- 
ures, City: 
Dear Sir: Upon direction of the Executive Committee I beg 
leave to request you to communicate with the proper authorities and 
advise this Association of the disposition the Government will wish 
to make of what is known as Camp Mitchell. The land has been se- 
cured at an expense of, say $815, and surveyed at an expense of, say 
$175, and equipped with mattresses, cots, bedding, stoves and some 
furniture, at an expense of, say $2,000, all of which expense has been 
borne hy the Association. The houses located on Camp Mitchell 
were, as you know, erected at the expense of the Government, upon 
an approved requisition which exceeded by some thousands of dol- CAMPS OF HKFFGE. 
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Jars the actual cost. It is now nearly time to close the camp for the 
purposes of this epidemic, and the Executive Committee desire to 
know what to do with the 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? i would say that the necessary preliminaries 
have been arranged to legally incorporate the Association, and it can 
be put in position to properly assume the title at a very short notice, 
but no deeds whatever have as yet passed for the property. Under 
the circumstances an early reply will greatly oblige, 
Yours truly, 
Chas. 8. Adams, 
Secretary. 
Dr. Porter communicated the wishes of the Government, on re- 
ceipt of advices from Washington: 
Jacksonville, Fla., December 24, 1888. 
To the President of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, 
Jacksonville, Fla.: 
Dear Sir—Deferring 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 you that, the matter having been referred to Sur- 
geon-General Hamilton, I am instructed by him to say that the Ma- 
rine Hospital Bureau “has no desire to acquire the title to the 
camp, and is willing to leave the buildings in the custody of the 
Auxiliary Sanitary Association, and will do so on their becoming 
incorporated, as they 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, 
Joseph Y. Porter, M. D., 
Surgeon in Charge Government Relief Measures, Fla. 
The expenses of the camp are as follows: 
CAMP MITCHELL. 
Food and General Supplies $5,152.07 
Pay-rolls 1,747.85 
Land, 42 3-5 acres 329.80 
Surveying, etc 221.25 
Furniture 26.60 
Freight 22.50 
Donation of Lumber 100.00 
Advertising 19.65 
.$7,619.72 STATE AND INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
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. 
PLACES OF REFUGE. 
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 yellow 
fever epidemic of 1888 will find that “quarantine regulations,T 
sometimes are quoted to cover a multitude of sins—unkindness, 
selfishness, cruelty, hardship, exposure, 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 for refugees to 
points in the mountains where it was believed infection could not 
spread, and transportation South was attempted for such articles as 
were 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 discussion and action. 
August 9—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 which 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, Montgomery and Wilmington quarantined, 
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 INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
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August 12—Starke, Highland, 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 
camp. Tents were ordered by Surgeon-General Hamilton to be sent 
there, and other preparations made. 
New Berlin wras heard from August 13th, as follows: 
New Berlin, Fla., August 13, 1888. 
To the Editor of the Times-Union : 
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. Dime’s Point and 
South Berlin have joined with us in this movement. 
Thomas J. Grey, 
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. Corsielins. 
Gainesville, 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. 
lion. 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 have quantities of lumber 
ifchat 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 nurse in your city, command me. 
With sentiments of sorrow for your calamity, believe me, sin- 
cerely, 
Augustus DuPont, 
Mayor. 
Hendersonville, 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. II. Rickman, 
Mayor. 
Iron City, Tknn. 
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: 
Jacksonville has become accustomed to quarantines against her. 
She is hardened 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, comes 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. 
MOXTICE r. r.o’ S I. atcii-stiuxg. 
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 been 
forgotten. Jtow she bids the people 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 hy 
scores of these good people deserves unstinted commendation. 
It may be said that shortly after this publication Monticello also- 
quarantined. 
Among the difficulties attendant upon the epidemic, not the 
least annoying and serious was the delay in forwarding mails, caused 
hy the enormous amount of mail matter which had to he fumigated 
at Waycross, Ga. The telegraph operators 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 INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
Postmaster Clark, and, on the 17th of August, a telegram from Sur- 
geon-General Hamilton announced his approval of a fumigating sta- 
tion at LaYilla 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 North, merchandise of nearly every descrip- 
tion was refused by the local authorities in southern counties of the 
State, and the commerce of Jacksonville was nearly cut off. The 
authorities in some counties went so far as to refuse even to admit 
machinery, wagon wheels, railroad iron, grate bars, silver dollars 
and ice. 
Representatives of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Associa- 
tion and the Duval County Board of Health held a conference at 
Green Cove Springs, Fla., as early as August 17tli, with representa- 
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 Georgia 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, Fr.A., August 27, 1888. 
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, 
unnecessary and inhumane. Please get Florida’s delegation to com- 
municate with Surgeon-General Hamilton, and let ns know what or- 
ders have been made, and what are contemplated. Surely some ar- 
rangement can be effected by which our helpless women and children 
may be carried, with closed cars and guarded, 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, Jacksonville, Flaf.: 
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 
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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. 
Hamilton, 
Surgeon-General. 
In the meantime strenuous exertions had been made to obtain a 
conference of the health authorities of the several counties in the 
State, by the President of the Association and the Executive Com- 
mittee. It had been found by experience that little could be hoped 
from such a conference, unless a general attendance could be se- 
cured, and, after much delay and several postponements, 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 
newspapers* 
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 
lities interested, 1 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, hut 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 
Railroad, 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 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, w hile 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 AND INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
201 
points south. He called their attention to the inhuman quarantine 
instituted at Waycross (by what authority he had not yet learned), 
which turned back the helpless 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 present would know from experience the ordeal the 
citizens of Jacksonville are now undergoing, hut 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 from 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 necessary 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 Conference, which 
was agreed to unanimously. Mr. Widdell, of Orlando, wras then ap- 
pointed Secretary. 
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 
wrere unanimously of the opinion that it was necessary to quarantine 
against all freights from Jacksonville to prevent danger of infection; 
he thought corporations had no soul, and he was unwilling to accept 
any kind of freight in their quarantine order, because he could not 
trust the railroad companies, and instanced two cars of freight, now 
lying at Tavares, which had been shipped 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 pass through Marion county, and he could not con- 
sent to any modification of the present quarantine; he said he was 
the highest authority in the county, being Mayor of Ocala, President 
of the Marion County Board of Health, and President of the Combi- 
nation, and while not entertaining the same fear of infection from 
freight from Jacksonville, as the people of Marion county did, he 
must decline to consider any modification of the existing quarantine, 
fie thought “self-preservation was the first law of nature.” He 
designated Marion county as the Egypt of Florida, with her granaries 
full to overflowing, and said that Ocala was capable of supplying all 
the wants of the people of the southern part of the State, so that 
there need be no fear of starvation, if they have the money to pay 
for the goods. 
Dr. Cyrus was the next speaker, and justified the action of his 
Board in refusing to let Jacksonville freights pass through that 
county to counties south of them, and also compelling Volusia and 
Orange counties to prohibit the boats from Jacksonville landing any 
freight in their counties, by stating that they felt such a course was 
necessary for their own protection, because, if infection was brought 
into those counties by freight from Jacksonville, they would be ex- 
posed to danger. He disclaimed any feeling but that of sympathy 
for Jacksonville, and said that our misfortune was a blow to Palatka; 
that they had no wholesale houses there to meet the emergency STATE A XI) IX TER-STATE QUAKAXTIXE. 
thrust upon them, and that, no doubt, many inconveniences were ex- 
perienced by the people of the counties south of them, who were now 
unable to get their supplies from Jacksonville; but he thought it 
better to suffer a little in that direction than to run any danger of in- 
fection. 
The representative of Lake County Board of Health said his county 
was in the combination with the two counties preceding him, and he 
entertained about the same views, in reference to a rigid quarantine, 
as they did. 
Dr. Long, President of Volusia County Board of Health, said his 
Board did not agree with the Board of Putnam county, that such an 
absolute quarantine against freights from Jacksonville was neces- 
sary. He thought a certain class of goods should be prohibited, but 
there could be no danger from such goods as were needed to feed 
the people; yet, he said, they could not help themselves, as Putnam 
county threatened to quarantine against them if they did not pro- 
hibit the boat from Jacksonville landing in their county. They had 
to do it, in order to keep an outlet to the North open via Palatka and 
Gainesville. He said his county was, perhaps, differently situated 
from some of the other counties, and they did not have so much fear 
from infection. 
Dr. Hicks, Secretary of the Orange County Board of Health, said 
his county was very friendly to the people of Jacksonville, and did not 
desire to quarantine against all classes of freight from our city, hut 
they, too, were forced to prohibit the boats from landing at Sanford,, 
because Putnam county had threatened to quarantine them if they 
did not, and actually did, until the boat was stopped. Dr. Hicks said 
was reported in the Jacksonville papers that Mr. Blake, who was 
taken with yellow fever shortly after he came to Jacksonville, had 
come from Orlando, and that he furnished our Board of Health proof 
that he had not been in Orlando for fourteen days prior to his com- 
ing to Jacksonville, and requested that publication be made of the 
fact, so as to relieve Orlando from any possible suspicion of infec- 
tion, and he felt aggrieved that such publications had not been made. 
Dr. Daniel, from the Duval County Board of Health, said that 
he had been a member of the board for a short time only, and he 
knew nothing of the facts, but that it had never been charged that 
Mr. Blake had contracted the disease in Orlando; that it was known 
and published that he came to Jacksonville in the same sleeper with 
McCormick, who was sick with the yellow fever when he reached 
Jacksonville. It is also shown by the proclamation of quarantine 
against infected points in South Florida, by Duval county, that Or- 
lando is not classed as one of them. Dr. Daniel expressed regret 
that such recognition was not made of Dr. Hicks’ communication, 
and assured him that it had not been from any intentional neglect 
on the part* of the president of his board, who was overcharged with 
official duties. Dr. Hicks read a mortuary statement, making an 
admirable showing for the health of Orlando for the past three 
months. 
President Ingraham responded to the call of Osceola county, and 
said he appeared in a dual capacity, as representing the Osceola 
County Board of Health and the South Florida Railroad, which he 
considered rather an anomalous position. Speaking for Osceola 
county, he said she viewed the quarantine much the same way as 
the counties of Orange and Volusia did, but she was controlled by 
the counties on either side of her. Pi’esident Ingraham, speaking as- STATE AND I N TEK-STATK ql* A II ANT IN' K. 
the representative of the South Florida Kailroad, said that he always 
fully co-operated with the Boards of Health of the various counties 
through which his road passed, and they had full confidence in him; 
that he was keeping trains running now at heavy loss to his com- 
pany, to carry supplies to the people dependent on transportation 
over his road; that South Florida was suffering for many of the 
necessaries of life because of quarantine restrictions preventing 
them from getting their goods through the usual channels; that in 
many places they had not four days’ supply ahead, and cited his 
own failure to procure necessary articles of food in either Orlando 
or Sanford to provide for the wants of the gentlemen who accom- 
panied him to the conference. Mr. Ingraham also referred to the 
importance of regulating freight traffic at an early day, so as to pro- 
vide for the prompt forwarding of the orange crop, which is rapidly 
maturing. 
Mr. J. N. Hooker, from Polk County Board of Health, said they 
had more to fear from infection from their neighboring county of 
Hillsborough, and still they had not found it necessary to resort to 
such extreme measures, because the South Florida Kailroad had 
aided them to keep out infection, and they had not suffered any by it. 
Hr. Rainey, President of the St. Johns County Board of Health, 
said that they had put on a strict quarantine against Jacksonville, 
and would not permit any freight from this city into their county. 
While I)r. Rainey did not say so, your Committee have reason to be- 
lieve that Putnam county made the same requirements on St. Johns 
county as they did on Volusia and Orange. 
I)r. Merrill, President of the Clay County Board of Health, said 
they had put on a reasonable quarantine against Jacksonville, pro- 
hibiting the 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 stop the boat, but Putnam County Board of 
Health struck one county that was not subservient 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 person who presented a certificate, signed by 
the President of any Board of Health, that the person had not been 
exposed to infection within ten days, would be admitted into Clay 
county. Referring to the protection afforded from points South, he 
stated that lie had a man from Tampa arrested for attempting to 
pass without a health certificate, and wanted to know how Putnam 
county let him through. 
P. McQuaid spoke for Duval county, and said that their purpose 
in bringing about this conference, and the spirit which actuated them 
in meeting and discussing the subject of quarantine with the gentle- 
men present, had been clearly stated by Colonel J. J. Daniel, and lie 
would add that the interests of Jacksonville were so closely linked 
with those of South Florida and the entire State, that the citizens of 
Jacksonville did not ask or desire any modification of quarantine 
regulations that would, in the slightest degree, endanger the health 
of any portion of the State. The people of Duval county felt that 
the rigid quarantine against them was harsh, and had no precedent 
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find. The citizens of Jacksonville had some lights, too, in this mat- 
ter. They did not want any favors shown them, but when it became 
impossible to send silver money by express to Tampa from Jackson- 
ville, or iron pipe and machinery, to enable a saw-mill to continue 
operations, because of quarantine restrictions, it was time to inquire 
whether this quarantine is more rigid than the public safety de- 
mands, and even hurtful to the interests of citizens throughout the 
State generally. From correspondence, and the statements made by 
gentlemen in this conference, it is evident that there has been a 
scarcity of even the necessaries of life in several places, and that suf- 
fering is likely to ensue if articles of food are not exempted from 
quarantine, under reasonable conditions. You have heard some of 
the gentlemen say that they would risk the introduction of yellow 
fever before they would starve. In the interest of humanity, and we 
also believe in accordance with the wishes of the citizens of several 
counties whose action has been controlled arbitrarily by the counties 
in the combination to the north of them, we have requested this con- 
ference. When we were first made aware of the action of the Board 
of Health of Putnam county, prohibiting even the passage of freight 
from Jacksonville through the county, we asked for a conference 
with officials of that county. The conference was granted, and two 
members of the Board of Health met the committee from- Duval 
county at Green Cove Springs. At that meeting telegrams from the 
health authorities of Volusia were quoted, to show that the people 
of that county were opposed to the position Putnam county had 
taken. It was also stated that orders were being received daily by 
the merchants of Jacksonville for such goods as flour and provisions, 
urging them to try and find some way to send them. The river route 
was yet open, but, as Putnam county had threatened both Volusia 
and Orange counties to quarantine against them if they did not cut 
off the boat, it was evident that this route, too, would soon be closed, 
as these counties were compelled to keep that outlet to the North 
open, via Palatka and Gainesville. Orange county occupied the 
same position as Volusia. All this committee then asked the health 
authorities of Putnam couuty to grant was passage of freights through 
that county, under such reasonable restrictions as they deemed nec- 
essary to the citizens of counties 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 Horn the Secretary of the Volusia Board of Health, in proof of 
the statement made by Mr. McQuaid, that Volusia county did not 
approve of Putnam county’s action, and only stopped the boat to 
avoid being quarantined. The committee from Duval county did 
not seek to have quarantine 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 STATE AND INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
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practical remarks, which produced a deep impression upon the 
members of the conference. He urged the gi’avity of the 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 questions 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 infected 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 people with the necessaries of life. 
Whereupon resolutions submitted by Mr. Alfred Bishop Mason 
were unanimously adopted, affirming 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, 
which 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 adjourned, with expressions of mutual confidence and good will. 
P. McQuaid, Chairman. 
The same day the following telegram was received 
Seville, Fla., August 28, 1888. 
Col. J. J. Daniel, Jacksonville, 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: 
Resolved, That rice, grits, flour, sugar, coffee, bacon, lard, but- 
ter, potatoes, corn and oats in barrels; hardware and machinery, 
unpacked tobacco in any form, and cigars, can be shipped into such 
counties represented, without being disinfected, and all canned 
goods, after disinfection, in cars which have been disinfected in ac- 
cordance with the system now in use by the South Florida Railroad, 
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 pennis- 
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 
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The feeling on the part of the Executive Committee of pardon- 
able elation at the successful termination of the conference was soon 
dampened by the receipt of the following communication: 
Sanford, Fla., August 31, 1888. 
Col. J. J. Daniel, Jacksonville, Fla.: 
Dear Sir—Referring to conference at Orange Park. On Mon- 
day, after 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 which 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. 
1 now doubt very much if the 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 permit 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 quarantine, 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 lie 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 eloquent 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. The 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. 
With kindest regards and best wishes, 1 am 
Yours very truly, 
J. E. Ingraham, President. 
Ocala, Fla., August 31, 1888. 
J. J. Daniel, Chairman : 
Marion County Boai'd of Health admits nothing, and wants noth- 
ing except artificial stone and machinery, by special permit. 
Tuos. P. Gary, M. D., 
President Board of Health. 
Leesburg, Fla., August 31, 1888. 
Col. J. J. Daniel, Jacksonville : 
Lake County Board, by three to two vote, has decided to not ad- 
mit anything from infected places. B. H. Deak, M. I)., 
President Lake County Board of Health. STATE AND INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
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Gainesville, Fla., September 1, 1888. 
J. J. Daniel, Chairman : 
Our Board will not consent to admit freights from any infected 
points, whether fumigated or not. 
II. E. Day, 
President Board of Health, Alachua County. 
Palatka, Fla., September 1, 1888. 
J. J. Daniel: 
We cannot receive goods specified at conference, into Putnam 
county. Absence prevented answer vesterday. 
W. H. Cyrus. 
St. Augustine, Fla., September 4, 1888. 
Col J. J. Daniel: 
Ko through or local freight from Jacksonville allowed in county. 
A. J. Corbett, 
Secretary St. Johns County Board of Health. 
The only word of cheer received, was: 
Kissimmee, Fla., September 1, 1888. 
J. J. Daniel, Chairman Board: 
We propose to abide by action of late conference with regard to 
admitting goods, in every particular. Our Board is not composed 
of crawfish. 
J. W. Adebheld, Chairman. 
The Executive Committee felt that it was useless to devote any 
further time and trouble to commercial relations with other portions 
of the State, and turned its energies once more in the direction of 
transportation for refugees. 
The correspondence relating to passenger traffic was renewed by 
the receipt of the following: 
Savannah, Ga., August 27, 188s. 
Colonel J. •/. Daniel, Jacksonville: 
The following notice was served last night on our Waycross 
agent: “Railroad Agent—Passengers from Jacksonville bound for 
points north of Wilmington-Memphis line will be permitted to pass 
through without detention of persons or baggage. Passengers from 
Jacksonville bound for points south of line must get certificates 
from Dr. Mitchell or Dr. Kenwortliy, and go to Camp Perry for ten 
days’ detention before being allowed to proceed to destination, and 
their baggage must be fumigated. W. H. H. Hutton, Marine Hospi- 
tal Service.” I am still without a I'eply from Surgeon-General Ham- 
ilton to my request for official notice as to Jacksonville passengers. 
We will receive passengers from or via Jacksonville for points north 
of line from Wilmington to Memphis, in conformity with Surgeon 
Hutton’s notice, but not to points south of that line, beginning with 
Jo-morrow morning. 
H. S. Haines, 
General Manager. 208 
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President Daniel replied: 
Jacksonville, Fla., August 28, 1888. 
Surgeon-General Hamilton, M. II. S., Washington, 1). C.: 
Our desire is to relieve the city from as many of our people as- 
can find places of refuge. We ask that arrangements be made so 
that refugees can pass directly through, in closed cars, to destina- 
tion. Women and children should not be subjected to detention at 
Camp Perry. Why not apply same rule ter mountain regions of Geor- 
gia, Tennessee and the Carolinas as to points north of Wilmington 
and Memphis line? Cars may be so arranged as not to permit in- 
tercourse with other passengers, or incur danger of infecting others. 
J. J. Daniel, 
President. 
Further information was conveyed to the numerous refugees- 
who were thus prevented from carrying out arrangements for get- 
away, by the publication in the Times-Union of date August 31st. 
Late at night the Times-Union received the subjoined dispatch r 
Savannah, Ga., August 30, 1888. 
For your information, I advise you of the following: 
Savannah, Ga., August 30, 1888. 
To Hamilton, Surgeon-General, Washington, D. C.: 
By to-day’s mail I received your printed circular, dated the 28th, 
which required that we shall not receive persons from infected places,, 
except to be taken to Camp Perry. Your previous notice was, that 
passengers from Jacksonville to points north of Wilmington and 
Memphis could proceed without detention of person or baggage. As 
I construe your circular of the 28tli, this permission is now with- 
drawn. If you wire me that this understanding of it is correct, I 
will at once notify our agent at Jacksonville to receive no passen- 
gers from and via that place; but passengers now on their way from 
South Florida, via Jacksonville, will not get the notice in time to 
prevent their detention. Reply. H. S. Haines, 
General Manager. 
“ Washington, August 30,1888. 
“ To II. S. Haines, Savannah, Ga.: 
“The circular is not retroactive, but it must be apparent to you 
that, as the centers of the disease in Jacksonville are becoming more 
widespread, the quarantine must be more rigid. The circular is 
correct. “Hamilton, 
“ Surgeon-General.” 
With the deepest sympathy for Jacksonville, and with sincere 
regret for the necessity that created the order, I remain 
II. S. Haines, 
General Manager. 
The Executive Committee, through its President, communicated! 
with Surgeon-General Hamilton: 
Jacksonville, Fla., August 30, 1888. 
Surgeon-General Hamilton, M. II. S., Washington, I). C.: 
The following resolutions were adopted by the Citizens’ Execu- 
tive Committee this morning: 
Resolved, That, in the opinion of this committee, it is important. STATE ANI) INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
that the city be relieved, as speedily as possible, of as many families 
and persons as can find places of refuge. 
Resolved, That immediate steps be taken to carry this measure 
into effect. 
I respectfully ask that you take the foregoing resolutions into 
consideration, and provide transportation, to enable our committee 
to promptly forward such persons as can find places of refuge, and 
are unable to pay their way to points beyond the limit of possible 
infection. 
J. J. Daniel, 
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 Perry, there was a great deal of feeling. Camp Perry, 
at this time, was not a proper place for women and children. The 
accommodations wrere meagre, consisting of well-worn tents that 
were little or no protection against rain, coarse food, insufficient 
bedding, and no hospital accommodations. Under these conditions 
President Daniel sent another message, reading: 
Jacksonville, Fla., August 30, 1888. 
Surgeon-General Hamilton, Washington, T>. 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 quorum 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 off from all 
chance to send our women and children to points impregnable to 
yellow fever, now inviting us to come, and has done so 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 telegraphed to Surgeon-General Hamilton, Gov- 
ernor Perry, of Florida, Governor Gordon, of Georgia, our Repre- 
tatives at Washington, and General Manager H. S. Haines, of the Sa- 
vannah, Florida and Western Railway, his protest against Surgeon- 
General Hamilton; now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, 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 suffering women and children, that they be 
allowed to go to the places open to them by invitation. 
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try, to the President of the United States, and to all Senators and 
Representatives in Congress, for relief from this unjust and unheard 
of imprisonment, and implore immediate action in our behalf. 
Upon motion, it was further 
1Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be telegraphed to 
Senator Call and Representative Charles Dougherty, with the re- 
quest that they immediately communicate the same to President 
Cleveland and the Senate and House of Representatives. 
James M. Schumacher, 
•Charles 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 which its aid was volunteered or solicited. 
General Hamilton, on the next day, wired as follows: 
Washington, 1). C., August 31, 1888. 
J. ./. Daniel, Jacksonville, Fla.: 
Telegrams received. Your requisition for two hundred huts was 
approved. You are mistaken as to the character of the camp, which 
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 the railroad as picnic 
grounds, and taken by Dr. Guiteras as the best place for his camp. 
He was, some days ago, directed to have some tents set apart, a 
quarter of a mile distant from the main camp, for observation of per- 
sons sick. 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 persons should be allowed to mingle with 
other passengers to definite points. Murphy, in North Carolina, has 
opened its doors, the only place so reporting itself to me. If resi- 
dents wish to go to Murphy, or any definite points in Western North 
Carolina, on their 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 willing to go on parole, that safe arrangements 
•can be made for transportation. 
Hamilton, 
Surgeon-General. STATE AN1) INTER-STATE Qt ARANTINK. 
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A telegram received from Atlanta, September 1st, seemed to of- 
fer a temporary solution to the problem: 
Atlanta, Ga., September 1, 1888. 
J. W. Archibald, Jacksonville : 
Come to Atlanta. Our doors are open. 
John F. Coopek, 
Mayor. 
Immediate action was taken by the Executive Committee, as the 
following telegram shows: 
Jacksonville, Fla., September 1, 1888. 
Surgeon-General Hamilton, M. II. 8'., Washington, B. C.: 
Telegram to Colonel Daniel received. He 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 Haines 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 report number later. 
P. McQuaid, 
Vice-President. 
Surgeon-General Hamilton answered: 
Washington, I). C., September 1, 1888. 
JP. McQuaid, Acting President, Jacksonville, Fla.: 
Following dispatch received from Mayor Cooper: “While At- 
lanta does not solicit the presence of persons from infected disti’icts, 
we have not closed our doors against them.” If you consider this 
an invitation, will arrange special train if you desire us. 
Hamilton. 
The telegram from Atlanta was considered an invitation, and an 
excursion train went to Atlanta September 
On Tuesday, September 2, the following card was published by 
the press: 
Certain criticisms, mainly based on misinformation concerning 
the pi-esent 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 preventioix of the spread 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 tlesired, so 
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state and inter-state quarantine. 
long as the disease was confined to circumscribed areas in the cityr 
but when the 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 repetition along the Atlantic 
seaboard. The extension of the disease to Memphis in 1878, where 
nearly 3,000 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 period 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 a new 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 high, 
healthy locality, and furnishes free rations to those detained. It lias 
also authorized, 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 
Jacksonville 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 
have 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. Hamilton. 
A meeting was held in Augusta the next day, the published ac- 
count of which is quoted : 
Augusta, Ga., Septembers. 
At the suggestion of Governor Gordon, Surgeon-General 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: 
Atlanta, Ga., September 3. 
Surgeon-General J. B. Hamilton : 
I am instructed to wire the following resolutions, adopted at 
noon to-day: 
Resolved, That the Board of Health of the city of Atlanta, 
his honor, the Mayor, co-operating, cordially approve the plan 
adopted by the Surgeon-General of the United States, requiring ten 
days’ quarantine of all pei’sons from infected, or suspected districts- 
in Florida conveniently near to infected points. STATE AND INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
213 
Resolved, That the wholesale removal of persons from infected 
districts to populous cities, and the aggregation of infected individ- 
uals in any part of this country, is regarded as hazardous in a sani- 
tary point of view, and is unjust to any community upon which per- 
sons are forced, because of the probable necessity of maintaining 
many of them at the corporate expense. 
James M. Baird, 
Secretary. 
After a lengthy discussion, the following resolutions were 
adopted by the conference: 
Resolved, That this convention cordially approves the plan 
of the Surgeon-General of the United States Marine Hospital Ser- 
vice, requiring ten days’ quarantine of all persons from infected or 
suspected places, together with a fumigation and other disinfection 
of all baggage, etc., from infected points. 
Resolved, That the wholesale removal of persons from infected 
districts to populous cities, and the aggregation of individuals from 
infected places in any city in this country, is regarded as extremely 
hazardous to any such community; also, that the citizens of Jack- 
sonville have no just cause for complaint against the quarantine reg- 
ulations as at present operated, inasmuch as abundant provision has 
been and will be made by the establishment of healthful and cleanly 
camps for the inhabitants of Jacksonville, and provision will be 
made for the maintenance of such citizens during their detention in 
camp. 
Resolved, That in the judgment of this convention, after the 
suspects shall been detained in a quarantine camp for ten days, 
and their baggage shall have been fumigated under direction of the 
United States Government, such persons shall be permitted to go to 
any community willing to receive them. 
Meantime, the publication of correspondence called forth hos- 
pitable invitations to refugees from Anniston, Jacksonville, Hunts- 
ville, Alabama; Jackson, Rome, Salt Springs, Georgia; Knoxville, 
Gailbraith Springs, Leo Springs, Bon Aqua, Hale Springs, Tennes- 
see; Saluda, North Carolina, and Walhalla, South Carolina. 
The Executive Committee had realized, for some time, that' a 
conference with Surgeon-General Hamilton was desirable, and wired 
liim to that effect, asking him to name time and place. In accord- 
ance with the arrangements made on September 4th, representatives 
of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, the City Council 
of Jacksonville, and Duval County Board of Health, went to Camp 
Perry. The trip was long and tedious, but the conference, although 
it did not promise much at the time, undoubtedly bore good results: 
1st, In the decidedly improved character of train service to and 
from Camp Perry; 2d, In obtaining better accommodations at the 
•camp itself; 3d, In an understanding as to Government assistance 
and the proper method of obtaining it; 4th, In the suggestion that 
State authorities he asked to grant permission to run special trains 
4o points in the mountains willing to receive refugees. 214 
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On the next day, after the return from Camp Perry, the follow- 
ing telegram was sent: 
September 1888. 
Senator Call, Washington, D. C.: 
Had conference with Surgeon-General yesterday at Camp Perry. 
He gives our people the alternative of staying here to perish by the 
scourge or to spend ten days in quarantine at Camp Perry, which is 
an unfit place for women and children. Tents are old and do not 
keep out rain. It cannot accommodate two hundred. Half are low 
negroes, and all have to eat at same table. We consider it an out- 
rage on our civilization to offer us this alternative. The Surgeon- 
General gave us little satisfaction, and we hope for little sympathy 
or practical assistance from him. 
P. McQi AID. 
John N. C. Stockton. 
On the same day a special train to Nashville was stopped, and 
the following telegram was sent by the Corresponding Secretary of 
the Auxiliary Association to Senator Pasco and Surgeon-General 
Hamilton at Washington: 
.Jacksonville, Fla., September 5, 1888 
Senator S. Pasco, Washington, J). 
W. D. Cliipley, of Pensacola, and Captain Maxwell, of the Flor- 
ida Railway and Navigation Company, telegraphed they had arranged 
for special train to go to Nashville with Florida people in locked 
cars. Captain Maxwell telegraphs to-day cars stopped at Live Oak 
and returned to Jacksonville, by order of Surgeon Hutton. The 
railway officials and citizens, generally, are asking me what it means, 
and insist on getting some satisfactory information as to how and 
when they can get out of the city. I, therefore, in the absence of 
other officers, ask you for some definite information on this point. 
.Tames M. Faiklie, 
Corresponding Secretary Citizens’ Association. 
The answer to these several communications, from General 
Hamilton, was: 
. Washington, I). C., September 7, 1888. 
P. McQuaid, Jacksonville: 
Your telegram to Senator Call received and carefully considered. 
The train through Live Oak was stopped because of my knowledge 
of the action of the State authorities of Tennessee. The following 
telegram, just received, shows the correctness of my opinion: 
Nashville, September 6, 1888. 
Dr. John II. Hamilton, Surgeon-General: 
Unless refugees liave been in camp for ten days, baggage disin- 
fected, and each bolds your certificate of health, they will not he ad- 
mitted to this State. The Augusta agreement is approved. 
J. I). Plunket, 
President State Board of Health. 
I will see that arrangements are made for the transportation, in 
cars under Government supervision, of all persons wishing to leave 
Jacksonville, as soon as possible, to such points as will receive them. STATE AND INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
You must be aware of the fact that State laws must govern, and we 
cannot send refugees to points in States that will not receive them.. 
The camp is being improved every day, and the tents are being re- 
placed by houses, as fast as possible. I will take up my headquarters 
at Camp Perry on Monday. Your requisition for sanitary supplies 
approved. You must specify other items. 
Hamirton, 
Surgeon-General. 
Other answers to Secretary Fail-lie’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. Pasc o. 
Executive Mansion, Washington, September G, 1888. 
To J. M. Fairlie, Esq., Jacksonville: 
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 the 
necessity of the exercise of caution to prevent the spread of the dis- 
ease to other places, 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 liope the establishment of the other camp will 
be pushed as rapidly as possible. With your co-operation each camp 
can be made to answer the purpose of its creation, and the character 
of those sent to Camp Perry, on their way North, 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. 
Grover Creveranir 
September 8th the Executive Committee of the Association, feel- 
ing that non-residents still misapprehended the views of the people 
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 checking the spread of the 
fever here, 
Resolved, That it is not our desire to have our people go, or at- 
tempt to go, to any place which has quarantined against them, or to 
any place which has not expressed a willingness to receive them, 
nor even to any Southern or seaport place in which there is danger 
of infection finding lodgment and spreading. 
Resolved, That we desire only to avail ourselves of the hospita- 
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 STATE AND INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
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 epidemics, Augusta, Birmingham, Chattanooga, etc., have 
quarantined against Jacksonville. Now, 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 possession 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 
<?asli, and this is an occasion when we should all remember that 
there are some things in the world 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 lltli 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: 
Camp Perry, Fla., September 16, 1888. 
Sir: 
I have the honor to report as follows concerning the excursion 
train of refugees from Jacksonville and Camp Perrv to Henderson- 
ville, N. C. 
The train left Jacksonville on the morning of the lltli inst., and 
was joined by myself and the Camp Perry contingent at Folkston, 
Ga., making, in all, a total of 201 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 prolonged beyond the time antici- 
pated, on account of sevex-al accidents on the road. These, perhaps, 
might have been provided for with greater promptitude 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 INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
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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 late 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 development of cases after the arrival in Hendersonville. 
The appearance of yellow fever among the refugees had a very 
unfavorable 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 the 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 portion of the refugees who gave me 
their support throughout the journey. It was owing to their kind 
firmness that we had no decided breach of discipline. 
We arrived at Hendersonville on the 13tli, at two o’clock A. m. 
The hospitality of that generous people became at once apparent. 
They had been up all night, preparing a building for the reception of 
the sick. Fires were built around the station, adding warmth 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 reasonable 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 STATE AND INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
of the nation was endowed with the same liberality as the army and 
navy. Such action would necessitate the existence of extensive per- 
manent quarters in the mountainous regions, with a standing garri- 
son of acclimated people, the fitting 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, by military authori- 
ties. Provision should be made, also, for the constant training of a 
standing sanitary 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 have the honor to submit tlie above report for your considera- 
tion. 
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
John Guitkkas, 
Passed Assistant Surgeon, M. H. S. 
On September 11th Vice-President McQuaid held a conference 
with Surgeon-General Hamilton, upon different matters at Camp 
Perry, and, upon his return, reported decided changes for the better 
in that camp. 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 this history that the Executive Committee 
of the Association, in the midst of active measures for the relief of 
the population, used every means for depopulating the city. This 
end was sought as much for the good of the refugees as for 
those left behind. Whether or not the refugees appreciated 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 problem to dispose 
of some of the nurses, who had done good service, at the Bureau of 
Nurses and Medical Attention. The expense of maintaining the Bu- 
reau was heavy, and the funds of the Association did not warrant 
their 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 13th some refugees expressed a desire to re- 
turn to the city, on the ground that their round trip tickets would 
shortly expire, but, by general consent, the transportation lines ex- 
tended tickets, and this cause for anxiety was relieved. STATE AND INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
219 
On October 21st the Executive Committee of the Association 
was advised of the receipt 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, the 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 part of the authorities to 
consider the substance of his communication. 
A conference was accordingly had, and the Board of Health 
passed resolutions explaining the situation, urging patience on the 
part of the refugees, asking the city authorities to pass necessary or- 
dinances to meet the emergency, and requesting the Surgeon in 
Charge of Government Relief Measures in Florida to assume the 
duty and expense of adopting measures, in conjunction with the city 
authorities, to prevent the return of refugees until it should be offi- 
cially declared safe to return. 
The City Council took a similar view of the matter, and adopted 
the following resolutions: 
YViiereas, On account of the nature of the existing epidemic, it 
is universally deemed expedient that none of our absent citizens can 
return, or other persons come to this city and county without risk to 
life and health, until winter weather has arrived, unless the said 
persons have become practically proof against the disease of yellow 
fever; and 
Whereas, The coming in of any such persons would not only 
be attended with risk to themselves, but, by furnishing material for 
the fever, would greatly increase the danger of extending and per- 
petuating the disease; therefore, be it 
Resolved, First, that for the public good we hereby forbid the 
coming of our absent fellow-citizens, and all others into the city of 
Jacksonville, until announcement has been made by Dr. Joseph Y. 
Porter, Government Agent, that they may come with safety. 
Second, that we hereby relinquish to Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, as 
agent of the I'nited States Government, all our power to act in the 
premises, at his discretion, until such time as he may announce it 
safe for persons to come into the city. 
The danger for the time being was passed, but on November 1st 
the Board of Health issued the following proclamation: 
ro Tin-: itiu.k:—a note ok warning to refugees from the 
BOARD OF HEALTH. 
The following address is an official message of the Duval County 
Board of Health to the people most directly interested: 
The Board 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 deception in regard to the amount and charac- 
ter of the fever existing in and around Jacksonville at this time, 
and to call attention to the jeopardy to human life, as well as to our 
material prosperity, by endeavoring, as would appear to be the de- STATE ANI> INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
sire or intention 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 fully 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 the 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 
poor 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 authority exercised, it does not propose to indorse 
other than the 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 -Hys later the City Council adopted the followiftg 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 by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Jackson- 
ville : 
Section 1. That it be, and is hereby, 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 purpose whatever, or to be found therein without a written per- 
mit from Joseph V. 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 had 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 and inter-state quarantine. 
221 
The refugees, anxious to get back, began to show strong signs 
of dissatisfaction with the action of the authorities, and the feeling 
was shared by many people, and by the newspapers. On November 
26tli 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. Burhridge. 
Isadore Grunthal. 
G. W. Markens. 
Geo. Hughes. 
William James. 
The reply of the Executive Committee was: 
Jacksonville, Fla., November 26, 1888. 
John Q. Burhridge, G. W. Mcirkens, 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 to the Board of Health. 
J. M. Schumacher, 
Acting President. 
Tlie pressure upon the 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 lias yet arrived for the removal of quarantine restric- 
tions against the unacclimated, and that due notice will be given 
when it appears advisable to discontinue such restrictions. 
Resolved, That a committee of two members be appointed by 
the President, whose duty it shall be to prepare for publication 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 responsibilities 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 
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elapse for the purpose of having the wholesome atmosphere to dif- 
fuse itself, and of giving assurance that there will not he, upon the 
early recurrence of an elevation of temperature, a notable increase 
in the number of cases. And we would urge that buildings, apart- 
ments, and confined spaces in and about the city, be exposed and 
ventilated during the present cold snap, as much as possible. 
But we would likewise cal1 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 people, 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 lias in its 
membership 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 Relief Meas- 
ures, has given his earnest co-operation and active aid in inducing 
the favorable consideration of such a plan by the National 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 pushed forward 
to an early completion, and we ask, as well as expect, the liearty'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 lingeringly 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 
impatience 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 importance to put the business centers of the 
city in such condition as will permit the further prosecution and 
completion 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, bo held responsible as the guardians of the public health. 
While the thorough process of disinfection which is being in- 
augurated here, at the request 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 but pre- 
serve one single life, such as those of the many which have been 
offered upon the altar of duty from among our fellow-citizens here, 
we shall have well expended the time, money, and sacrifice of per- 
sonal interests and convenience which may be involved. Besides 
the assurance thus given to the outside world of such a thorough STATE AND INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
:nnil complete purification will, we feel confident, enable Jackson- 
ville to enter upon lier active duties again on such vantage ground 
that the work which we have undertaken 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- 
posed upon our absent friends and neighbors but a few days of de- 
lay in addition to that which ordinary prudence will require. 
Neal Mitchell, 
President Board of Health. 
R. P. Daniel, 
J. C. L’ Engle, 
Committee. 
Jacksonville, November 29. 
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. Schumacher, Jacksonville: 
(Telegram.) 
We congratulate you on frost. Stand firm. Keep refugees out 
until it is safe and for the best interests of the community toretvirn. 
J. H. Norton, 
G. M. Parker, 
and others. 
Atlanta, Ga., November 27, 1888. 
J. M. Sch umacher : 
Dear Sir—I have read, in this morning’s Constitution, a report 
of telegrams sent from here by parties purporting to represent the 
Floridians now in Atlanta, and 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 been 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 written 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. R. Van Buren. 
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STATE AND INTER-STATE QUARANTINE. 
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 will 
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 retui’n of the refugees on December 15th, which was ac- 
cordingly done. The refugees were permitted to return a few days 
before the 15tli, 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 thia 
chapter, as being indirectly involved in the discussion of quarantine 
questions. It may be questionable whether the action taken could 
he defended on any other legal ground than that of public 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 authorities would he ratified by a 
large vote. NEW YORK AND OTHER AUXILIARY COMMITTEES—COLORED 
AUXILIARY BUREAU. 
FLORIDA AUXILIARY RELIEF COMMITTEE, NEW' YORK CITY. 
Immediately after the appeal for aid issued by the Executive 
Committee, the following telegram and letter were received from 
New York: 
New York, September 8, 1888. 
P. McQuaid, Esq., Acting President Citizens'1 Auxiliary Association, 
Jacksonville, Fla.: 
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 supplies free of charge. Headquarters at Grand 
Central Hotel. Give us full authority to act for you. Full particu- 
lars by mail. 
Joseph II. Dckkee, 
Chairman. 
New York, September 8, 1888. 
Citizens' Auxiliary 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 able to do some- 
thing for Jacksonville in her distress. 
An organization was partially effected, and this afternoon an- 
other and more general meeting was held, at which a complete or- 
ganization was made, under the terms of a resolution of which the 
following is a copy: 
Resolved, That the citizens of Jacksonville and other portions of 
Florida now in the city of New York, together with the transporta- 
tion lines doing business in Florida, do form themselves into an as- 
sociation to be known as an Auxiliary Relief Committee to the 
parent 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., during the preva- 
lence there of yellow fever as an epidemic; to ascertain the wants- 
and necessities of her people, and to endeavor to relieve and ame- 
liorate the same by becoming a medium through which the large- 
hearted 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. AUXILIARY COMMIT T E E S. 
This committee will act under advice and information daily re- 
ceived from the parent Association in Jacksonville, Fla. 
The following persons were named as the general committee of 
this Auxiliary Association: Messrs. Joseph H. Durkee, Jacob Burk- 
lxeim, W. M. Bostwick, Clias. J. Blitz, E. Walzer, W. G. Coleman, 
E. W. Ebhets, W. J. Harkislieimer, Byron Bennett, E. F. Clark, D. 
G. Ambler, Telfair Stockton, M. C. Rice, J. D. Bucky, J. A. Mac- 
Donell, Gustave Muller, J. W. Seymour, .J. M. Coleman, John T. 
Walker, J. I). Ilasliegan, S., F. & W. Railway; M. R. Moran, J., T. 
& K. Railway; T. S. Dumont, F. R. & N. Co.; T. G. Eger, Clyde S. 
S. Co.; Henry Mallory, Mallory S. S. Co.; R. L. Walker, Ocean S. S. 
Co. 
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 you prompt and 
timely assistance in the securing and forwarding such needed sup- 
plies as you may, from time to time, call for through us. We re- 
quest that you will 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 headquarters of our committee is at. the Grand Central Ho- 
tel, New York City, to which place all telegrams and letters should 
be directed. We feel that by organization and systematic effort on 
the part of our committee the varied necessities and requirements of 
our fever stricken city can be 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 urgent need, 
in the way of physicians, nurses, supplies and money, and we will 
do what is in our power to supply your 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 prepare 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. 
Joseph II. Dukkkk, 
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 representation 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 
scope and thoroughness. 
The policy of maintaining close communication between New 
York and Jacksonville, suggested by the committee, was followed AUXILIARY COMMIT T EES. 
throughout the epidemic, and to it is due the harmony and eo-opera- 
tion which marked that trying time. Many 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 Jacksonville 
which, had they been sent direct, would have increased the list in 
the city and State most interested. 
Not only in the amount of funds subscribed, but in the econom- 
ical purchase and prompt 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 the receipt of a telegraphic 
requisition. 
Beyond and above all other assistance to the Executive Commit- 
tee was the hearty, constant and unwavering endorsement of its own 
nets in New York City. 
The books show the following receipts and disbursements of the 
Florida Auxiliary Relief Committee: 
NEW YORK AUXILIARY SANITARY ASSOCIATION. 
Donations to Committee $13,132.45 
Cash sent them by Executive Committee 6,835.00 
Paid for Engrossing Resolutions and Telegrams 33.00 
$20,010.45 
•Cash sent to Jacksonville by New York Auxiliary 
Committee $9,891.29 
Paid for General Supplies 9,704.84 
“ “ for Fernandina 63.36 
“ “ for Gainesville 3.72 
“ Nurses’Transportation 21.30 
“ Relief 55.00— $19,739.51 
$260.94 
Employees’ Pay-roll $129.00 
Sundry Expenses 52.77 
Stationery 18.12 
Advertising 32.10 
Postage 7.15 
Drayage 2.50 
Hoard for Nurses 19.30 
$200.94 
EXPENSES OF COMMITTEE. 228 
AUXILIARY COMMITTEES. 
This committee was organized by the election of the following- 
officers: President, James R. Challen; Vice-President, S. Ritzewol- 
ler; Treasurer, J. T. Talbott; Secretary, Geo. L. Pace; Finance and 
Soliciting Committee, James R. Challen, John T. Talbott, S. Iiitze- 
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. 
CINCINNATI BRANCH JACKSONVILLE RELIEF ASSOCIATION. 
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 giving 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 warmly man- 
ifested their approval or disapproval of the work in Jacksonville. 
Wherever, during the fall of 1888, 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 AUXILIARY BUREAU. 
The Colored Auxiliary Bureau was organized August 29, 1888, at 
•Tones’ 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 people 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. Welcli- 
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 he recognized and 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 the Jacksonville 
Auxiliary Sanitary Association accepts willingly and gratefully the AUXILIARY COMMITTEES. 
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tender of assistance by Mr. Onley, chairman of the Executive Com- 
mittee of the Colored Auxiliary Bureau, ox-ganized by our colored 
fellow-citizens, axxd that the chairman of the Executive Committee 
be requested to be pi-esent at the daily nxeetings of this committee 
for the purpose of confei’ence. 
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 dayjChairman Loton M. Jones, on the Committee on 
Relief, in making his report, stated that the Colored Auxiliary Bu- 
reau, after consultation with the Committee on Relief, had been au- 
thorized to appoint separate committees, who should report cases of 
distress to the organized sub-committees of the Jacksonville Auxili- 
ary Sanitary Association, to assist in the proper distribution of aid, 
which action was approved. 
At a meeting of the Colored Auxiliary Bureau, on the 9th of Sep- 
tember, a Constitution and a set of By-Laws were adopted, and the 
following persons appointed as Committees on Relief: Joseph Jack- 
son, Jackson Green, Joseph C. Williams, Rev. James Dras, Rev. Jef- 
frey Grant, George A. Lewis, W. A. Middleton, Rev. G. W. Morant, 
F. D. Littlejohn, S. W. Wade, John R. Love, A. C. Lightbourn, J. A. 
Turner, Benjamin English, Daniel King, P. Bolden and A. C. Blount. 
These members were assigned to work in the several districts, and 
assisted greatly in ascertaining the needs of the people. Several of 
this committee were afterwards permanently employed in the com- 
missaries, rendering useful service. 
Full power was vested by the Bureau in the Executive Commit- 
tee to transact the business of the organization, and regular meet- 
ings were held daily in Jones’ Hall, the headquarters of the Bureau. 
A soup kitchen was started by the Bureau, which proved such a 
valuable aid to the sick that it was continued, on an extensive scale, 
by the Central Relief Committee of the Auxiliary Association, of 
which D. W. Onley, chairman of the Executive Committee of the 
Bureau, had been made a member. 
The work of the Bureau consisted in supplying such needy per- 
sons as were overlooked, or not reached, by the Association Commit- 
tee on Relief, and hundreds were helped in this way with food, cloth- 
ing, blankets, shoes, wood, oil, medicines and nurses, from the funds 
contributed direct, in small amounts, to the Bureau, and by assist- 
ance from the Association. 
The total amount of moneys received from various sources, ac- 
cording to the report of the Bureau in December, was $891.96. The 
amount spent for relief purposes, $641.71. Balance on hand, .$250.25. 
The present officers of the Bureau are: Rev. J. H. Welch, Presi- 
dent; Rev. B. Dilworth, Vice-President; Wm.M. Artrell, Secretary; AUX1IJA KY COMMITTEES. 
Rev. J. Grant, Treasurer. Executive Committee, D. W. Onleyr 
Chairman; W. M. Artrell, Secretary; Rev. J. II. Welch, Rev. B. Dil- 
wortli, Rev. Jeffrey Grant, A. R. Jones and W. A. Middleton. 
At a meeting of the Executive Committee, on the 28tli of Decem- 
ber, the following preamble and resolutions, offered by Wm. M. Ar- 
trell, Secretary, were, on motion, unanimously adopted: 
Whereas, The work accomplished by this Bureau, during the 
late epidemic, having demonstrated the fact that a permanent insti- 
tution of this kind is greatly needed here, 
Resolved, That the Colored Auxiliary Bureau be permanently 
organized, and be known hereafter as tbe Colored Relief Bureau of 
Jacksonville, having for its object the relief of suffering humanity, 
the providing for the aged and infirm, and the care and educational 
and industrial training of the youths of this city, who are without 
proper guardians and protectors. 
Resolved, 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 suffering 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 tbe 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 influence of the Bureau in quieting threatened 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 epidemic, in the 
city and suburbs to a most gratifying extent; in fact, much better 
than usual, and the good influence of the Colored Auxiliary Bureau 
upon the colored people was largely instrumental in assisting to ef- 
fect this condition. 
The resident colored population, as a whole, are entitled to com- 
mendation for general temperance and good order. It was, undoubt- 
edly, true that there were several hundred men, a large proportion 
colored, who came to the city from different portions of the State for AUXILIARY COMMITTEES. 
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free rations. This floating population was mainly composed of 
tramps and loafers, and, at times, it is, undoubtedly, true that they 
attempted to create dissatisfaction among the laboring element, and 
promote discord and trouble. To the credit of the better class of 
colored citizens, and especially the Colored Auxiliary Bureau, be it 
said that temporary difficulties were harmoniously adjusted, and the 
fair name of the city for good order was preserved untarnished, 
throughout the whole epidemic. SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
Throughout the epidemic, the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary 
Association furnished relief in money and supplies to sister commu- 
nities where yellow fever prevailed. 
At the outset, this assistance was voluntarily proffered by the 
Executive Committee; later, the relief given was due, in some part, 
to the expressed wishes of several of the large contributors that the 
Association should investigate the needs of other places requesting 
aid, and render such assistance as each individual case demanded. 
The members of the Committee were quick to perceive that such 
a responsibility, in addition to the local burdens, must prove oner- 
ous, and moreover, render the Committee liable to uncharitable 
criticisms from other communities in the State. The duty was 
finally assumed by the Committee, under pressure, as one that could 
not properly be shirked, when the generous donors of funds insisted 
it must be undertaken. A careful, conscientious distribution was 
attempted, therefore, by the Committee, and in the midst of the 
darkest days in Jacksonville, the same care was taken to afford 
proper relief to Macclenny and Sandei’son, and other places, the same 
scrutiny was observed to prevent imposition and an improper use of 
funds, that was always observed in the case of Jacksonville. In a 
few cases the donor requested a whole, or a part of a contribution 
to be specifically distributed, and care was exercised by the Commit- 
tee, in all cases, to promptly execute such wishes, but such cases 
were rare. 
It is not possible to give, in detail, all the facts relating to the 
work of the Executive Committee in connection with these sister 
communities, but it cannot fail to be of general interest to learn 
something of the charity extended to all yellow fever sufferers, the 
condition of the different localities applying for help, and the meth- 
ods of the trustees of the funds, for ascertaining and affording relief. 
MACCLENNY. 
The first report of yellow fever in Macclenny was the announce- 
ment, in a local paper September 7th, that the Board of Health had 
been advised of eighteen cases. The report was verified in a few 
days, by the investigation of Dr. J. L. Posey, under the direction of 
Surgeon-General Hamilton. So soon as it appeared that the situa- 
tion in Macclenny was serious, the Executive Committee acted by 
unanimously adopting the following resolution, September 12th: 
Resolved, That in this, our hour of trouble, our sympathy goes 
out to the people of Macclenny, who, we learn with regret, are also 
suffering from the effects of the yellow fever. SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
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Resolved, That our Conference Committee be charged with the 
duty of communicating with the authorities of Macclenny and ascer- 
tain their immediate needs, and report the same to the Committee 
to-morrow. 
A telegram was immediately received, requesting supplies and 
stimulants for the sick, which were promptly dispatched through 
the agency of the chairman of the Relief Committee. On the 15th, 
in answer to President Daniel’s message, “Please report your condi- 
tion to-day, and your needs, so that we can help you,” there came a 
request for copperas, lime and disinfectants, together with a request 
for funds to enable the town to be put in good sanitary condition. 
The disinfectants were sent the next day, with the message, “Let 
us know how much money you will need for immediate use, and we 
will send it to-morrow. Put your men to work cleaning up. We 
will send funds to pay them.” 
On the 18tli came a telegram from Mayor Watkins, asking more 
help. President Daniel, in reply, after acknowledging same, asked, 
“ Do you need money or supplies ? Send statement of what supplies 
you need. We shall see that you are furnished.” 
In order to be able to better estimate the needs of Macclenny, 
and pay off proper bills for nurses, etc., on the 22d of September the 
Executive Committee resolved to send a special agent, and so ad- 
vised Mayor Watkins. Two days later Dr. C. J. Kenworthy, as 
agent, under instructions of the Association, went to Macclenny in 
■charge of a special train, cairying supplies and funds. 
He paid bills aggregating $696.85 in amount, mostly for nurses 
and drugs, bringing back the original vouchei’S therefor. 
Some dissatisfaction was expressed next day, in a telegram from 
Mayor Watkins, that some nurses were not paid by Dr. Ken worthy, 
and Acting President McQuaid explained that the nurses who went 
to Macclenny under the auspices of the Red Cross Association would 
not be paid by the Association until it could be ascertained whether 
this was expected by the Red Cross. Further help was promised in 
the same message, to be forwarded through agents. 
On the 18th the following letter was l'eceived from Hon. Abi’am 
S. Hewitt, New York, which cleaily indicates Mayor Hewitt’s confi- 
dence in the Association by immediately transmitting the complaint 
of one Wooding, and expressing his wish that the Executive Com- 
mittee should act as trustees in disti’ibuting the funds; and his ap- 
preciation of the course of the Executive Committee in volunteering 
relief to other localities. The letter of Mr. Wooding, referred to by 
Mayor Hewitt, was a letter of complaint, detailing the distress at 
Macclenny, containing the allegation that proper relief was not fur- 
nished, and the request that funds might be sent to him direct, to 
enable him to afford necessax'y relief. KIS TER COMMUNITIES. 
Mayor’s Office, New York, September 25, 1888. 
J. J. Daniel, Esq., Jacksonville, Fla.: 
My Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of the 19tli inst.r 
reaffirming the brief telegram sent to me in regard to the distribu- 
tion of the contributions which have been forwarded to you from 
this city. I now enclose a letter which 1 have received by this mail 
from Mr. J. W. Wooding, of Macclenny, Fla., from which I infer 
that your efforts to relieve Macclenny have not been very effective.. 
I have written to Mr. Wooding, giving him the substance of your 
letter, and requesting him to apply to you for such relief as may be 
needed,and assuring him that if I am notified that the funds under the 
control of your committee are not sufficient to relieve the necessities 
of other localities I will make a further appeal to the public, which, 
I have no doubt, will be generously responded to. So long, however,, 
as the funds under your control are sufficient, I do not feel justified 
in making such an appeal; but I will make it as soon as you tell me 
it is necessary. In the meantime, I think it will not be wise to raise 
money for the separate localities, but to put the whole of it under 
the control of the Jacksonville Committee, because you have an or- 
ganization, and the money would be wasted if it were given miscel- 
laneously to all applicants. I am glad to know that you fully appre- 
ciate the necessity of this course, and that you are ready to divide 
with your neighbors in the same spirit in which the money is con- 
tributed by your sympathizing fellow countrymen at the North. 
Sincerely yours, 
Abram S. Hewitt, Mayor. 
On October 2d Dr. Ken worthy, as agent of the Association, went 
to Macclenny with a special train, carrying supplies and money to- 
pay bills, with instructions to examine the town thoroughly, ascer- 
tain the population and the number of cases of sickness, in order to in- 
telligently judge of the actual distress, and estimate future calls for 
relief. 
Dr. Ken worthy had a rapid census of the population and the 
number of cases of sickness and death taken; paid bills to the 
amount of 81,734, bringing back the original vouchers approved by the- 
local Relief Committee and Mayor, and also brought back bills from 
local physicians, aggregating, at the rate of $15 a day, $1,235, and an 
itemized account for drugs, which he had not felt authorized to pay. 
Dr. Kenwortliy sent a message to Mr. Wooding, the author of 
the letter of complaint to Mayor Hewitt, and read the letter to Mayor 
Watkins and the Relief Committee of Macclenny, and in the presence 
of those gentlemen accused Wooding, who lived in the country, of 
misrepresentation and ignorance of the situation at Macclenny, and 
what had been done to relieve the people there. The following let- 
ters explain themselves: 
Macclenny, Fla., October 3, 1888. 
Dr. Chas. J. Kenwortliy, Jacksonville, Fla.: 
Dear Doctor : In reply to your request we beg to say that Mr. 
J. W. Wooding, the author of the letter to Hon. Abram Hewitt,. 
Mayor of New York City, has not done anything to assist in reliev- SISTER COM M UNITIES. 
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ing the sick and distressed in this town or neighborhood, and that 
lie had no right or authority to ask for assistance from any source, 
and that the representations made in his letter to Mayor Hewitt are, 
in a great measure, untrue; and further, that the Jacksonville Re- 
lief Committee has furnished this committee with all necessities 
asked for. 
Yours very respectfully, D> j. Watkins. 
G. T. Peaece. 
Ai,ex. Duncan. 
J. C. Babbs. 
J. W. Foi.som. 
Macci.enny, Fi.a., October 3, 1888. 
To the Associated Pres*: 
Mr. J. W. Wooding, who writes and solicits help and assistance' 
for yellow fever sufferers for Macclenny, Fla., is not authorized to 
solicit or receive any help or assistance for our town. 
D. J. Watkins, 
Mayor. 
The Executive Committee began to see in the case of Macclenny, 
as, sooner or later, they found to be the case with almost all other 
localities where they administered relief as trustees, that besides the 
labor of passing on requisitions, chartering special trains, promptly 
obtaining supplies, selecting agents, examining bills, and other de- 
tails, they must carefully guard against giving offense by anything 
that should seem to infringe on local dignity and independence. 
The most scrupulous care was exercised to simply ask from other 
communities the same scrutiny to prevent imposition or to curtail 
expense that was exercised in Jacksonville. Some feeling occasion- 
ally arose, notwithstanding the attempts of the Executive Commit- 
tee to carry good feeling into all its dealings with other localities, 
so far as it did not interfere with a proper administration of its. 
trust, but in almost all cases the misunderstanding was soon cleared 
up. The people of Macclenny frankly complained to the Executive 
Committee, through Mayor Watkins, of the actions of Dr. Ken- 
worthy, principally upon three grounds, which may be considered 
briefly seriatim: First, Dr. Kenworthy was charged with influencing 
Dr. S. M. Gonzalez to leave the people of Macclenny. It is true that 
Dr. Gonzalez was paid by Dr. Kenworthy on his first visit, and left 
Macclenny, but, perhaps, no better denial is necessary than the fol- 
lowing copy of a letter from that gentleman: 
Camp Pkkby, September 28, 1888. 
Dr. Kenworthy, Jacksonville, Fla.: 
Dear Sib—I wish you, as a gentleman of honor, to send me a 
letter, stating that I requested you, as a favor, to take me to Jack- 
sonville from Macclenny. If you state to the contrary, you state 
what is not so. I can prove it by every one in Macclenny, and I will 
get a letter, signed by every responsible person in Macclenny, and 
have it published. 236 
sister communities. 
You nor Neal Mitchell had no power whatever over me, and you 
know I told you I would not stay there for $100 per day. I sent a 
letter to the Times-Union, asking them to print it, and referred them 
to you in regard to it. It was not printed. 
I don’t want the people to think that you all sent me out here, 
as you did the other doctors. 
This is the thanks that I get for getting a train to carry you to 
Baldwin, and also providing a nice place for you to stay at, and did 
everything I could to make it pleasant for you, and to assist you in 
every way I could the night you were paying off. 
And I can also prove that a lady told you I was the best doctor 
there, and please not let me go off. I will have the whole thing pub- 
lished, unless I hear from you. 
Yours, 
S. M. Gonzalez, M. D., 
Camp Perry. 
Second—Dr. Kenworthy received the credit for refusing to pay 
local physicians at Macclenny, but, as a matter of fact, although the 
Doctor did not recommend that the amount asked ($15 per day) should 
he paid, he did advise that a “monetary honorarium,” amounting to 
$5 per day, be given. The Executive Committee, however, took a 
view of the question which the following extract from a letter to 
Mayor Watkins, by the Corresponding Secretary, of date October 9, 
explains: 
Jacksonville, Fla., October 9, 1888. 
Hon. D. J. Watkins, Mayor and Chairman Belief Committee, Mac- 
clenny, Fla.: 
Dear Sir : 
The Executive Committee has given this matter due consid- 
eration, and directs me to write you their conclusion. The resi- 
dent physicians of Jacksonville have attended the sick, and have 
not, in any instance, requested that money be paid them for the work 
they have done here. They considered it was their duty to attend 
to their neighbors who were unable to pay them, as well as those 
who are able to pay for their services. The non-resident physicians 
who have come here to help us during this epidemic, we have not 
hesitated to pay fully for their services. We think our physicians 
have acted as they should have done, and that even had they re- 
quested us to pay them, we could not have done so out of the funds 
which have been given to us for the suppression of the fever and the 
relief of those in distress. And, therefore, we do not think it would 
he proper in us to devote this fund to pay for the services of the res- 
ident physicians of Macclenny in attending their own people. Please 
let us know your views. 
Kespectfully, 
A. Wm. Cockrell, Jun., 
Acting Corresponding Secretary. 
Third—The authorities of Macclenny took exceptions to the re- 
port of Dr. Kenworthy upon the population of Macclenny. The Doc- 
tor estimated the number of people in town, and added: “A num- SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
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her of poor persons in the country surrounding Macclenny are being 
supplied with provisions from the commissary,” but did not esti- 
mate them; so that the number specified by him was not reported 
as all of the population suffering from the epidemic and attended to 
by the local committee. 
Local quarantines had interrupted the ti'ain service in and out of 
Jacksonville, so that it was necessary to charter a special train to 
send any supplies to Macclenny; and one object in seeking the num- 
ber of population wras to estimate necessary supplies, in order to 
send at one time enough necessaries to last, say two weeks, and econo- 
mize on transportation. The people of Macclenny did not look at 
the matter in just the same light, as the following telegram, com- 
bining indignation and business, indicates: 
Macclenny, Fla., October 9, 1888. 
P. McQuaicl: 
We have within the sick district over five hundred people. We 
have 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 understand 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 action, that we will not be treated in any 
such way. We claim to be able to dispense the charities that are 
sent to this place, 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, ten bai’rels flour, 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 brandy, two gallons whisky, 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 influencing 
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 
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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; 
Jacksonville, Fla., October 1(5, 1888. 
1) 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. Kenwortliy 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 appropriations 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 either here or at some other place, and when you can 
do so, and we will endeavor to arrange for a conference. 
P. McQuaii), 
President. 
Mayor Watkins replied on the 17tli making additional com- 
plaints, which are embraced in President McQuaid’s answer of the 
18th, which telegram is published as being a condensed statement 
of the facts from which misunderstandings arose from time to time: 
Jacksonville, Fla., October 18, 1888. 
2) J. Watkins, Mayor, Macclenny, Fla.: 
This Association considered the bills of your local doctors, and 
see no reason why they should be paid, when our own resident phy- 
sicians are not being paid. The duty that all good citizens owe to 
the cause of humanity in such calamities as these, it seems to us, 
requires that the medical profession should lend their aid in their 
proper capacity to relieve the suffering, as other citizens do who give 
their time to measures of relief and other charitable work. On this 
ground we decline to consider the bills of your local physicians. 
We did not refuse to pay your drug bills, but asked for a properly 
itemized bill. When that is rendered, payment will be made. 
Dr. Gonzalez begged to be removed from Macclenny, and stated 
there were too many physicians, and that he would not stop there 
for one hundred dollars per day. Dr. Kenworthy paid him, and he 
left, and was not removed, or influenced in leaving, by him. SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
Dr. Kenwortliy reports you as saying that large appropria- 
tions had been sent to Jacksonville from Northern and Western 
cities, to be sent to Macclenny, and that they had not been received, 
and that you and the Relief Committee must know what the Relief 
■Committee of Jacksonville intended to do. I have characterized 
this statement as utterly untrue, in my previous telegram. As to 
what this Committee intends to do, I will state, as I have before 
stated to you, that they intend to aid you, if you will state your 
wants. We are the trustees of a large charity fund, and are charged 
with using that fund to relieve actual distress and suffering, caused 
by yellow fever. The obligation is imposed on us to ascertain the 
wants of afflicted communities, and render such charitable aid as we 
find necessary. We are not to squander this money. Dr. Ken- 
wortliy afforded you ample opportunities to furnish him with a list 
of such supplies as were necessary, and it is not our fault, or his, 
that we do not know your wants, but it appears that time was occu- 
pied in discussing the actions of this Committee, until time for de- 
parture of the train had arrived, when Dr. Kenwortliy had to leave. 
Dr. Kenwortliy is the Healtli Officer of this city, and visited you at 
the request of this Association and was charged with specific duties. 
As to the statement that Dr. Kenwortliy took two Jacksonville po- 
lice with him for protection, it is not the fact. They were two sani- 
tary inspectors to aid him in examining the condition of your town. 
What he said in Sanderson was, that when he suggested the ad- 
visability of stopping commissary supplies, and requiring colored 
people to work on the road, that they were indignant, and by their 
actions showed their disapproval of the suggestion, and assumed a 
menacing attitude. I have suggested to you a conference. Your 
recent communications show a decided want of appreciation of our 
desire to help you, and it seems to this Committee that the attacks 
you are making on us are unwarranted. We cannot condescend to 
argue any further on the basis you have selected. If you decline a 
eonference with us, we have nothing to say. We are busily engaged 
in attending to the wants of our own people, and have not time to go 
and see you, and we think that it would clear up matters very much 
if you could come and see us. We are friendly disposed, and will- 
ing to aid you, but you must not accuse us unjustly, or state what 
is not borne out by the facts. You have received considerable 
money from other sources. We have asked you to state how much, 
and you have not done so. We again say that we ought to know, so 
as to judge of what aid should be sent you from here. It is our 
opinion that work should be furnished to the indigent poor who are 
able to work, and yet unable to support themselves without it. We 
are adopting that course in this city, but employ no one in work of 
this character but indigent persons. You must state definitely to 
us your wants, how many destitute people have to be provided for, 
how many laborers you propose to employ, what wages per day you 
propose to pay them, and, in fact, give us a correct statement of 
your condition, before we can authorize you to employ men at our 
expense. 
P. McQuaid, 
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The following is Mayor Watkins’ l’eply: 
Macclenny, Fea., October 19, 1888. 
P. McQuaid: 
As stated in my last telegram, we are perfectly willing to meet 
you, and are anxious to settle this matter with you, but do not see 
any necessity for it. We see no reason why our differences cannot 
be settled by wire, if at all. The position you take as regards your 
authority over us, we will not submit to. We stated our position on 
this matter in our telegram of the 9th instant fully. You may re- 
member that you offered us assistance, and that by announcing to 
the public that you would provide for us you cut us off from receiv- 
ing contributions from abroad. We did not accuse your Committee 
to Dr. Kenwortliy. We did accuse him, and he made statements to 
us that we know to be untrue. We withdraw the local doctor bills, 
and request that you return them to us. We need two thousand 
dollars at once. 
I). J. Watkins, 
Mayor, 
On Sunday, October 21st, Messrs. Barrs and Pearce, representa- 
tives from Macclenny, came to Jacksonville and held a conference 
with President McQuaid and other members of the Association. 
The personal conference undoubtedly bore good fruit. The points 
of difference were thoroughly discussed, and the representatives 
from Macclenny, in the main, accepted the position of the Associa- 
tion, past and present, as correct. President McQuaid stated that 
contributors had been quite properly asking for a financial state- 
ment of receipts and disbursements, with an estimate of future ex- 
penses, and it was desirable to obtain from Macclenny: 1st, their 
estimate of population, and number of sick and needy poor; 2d, the 
amount of funds which had been obtained from outside sources; 3d, 
an estimate of amount of supplies needed in future, the number of 
nurses to be provided for, and cost of supplying indigent population. 
The representatives stated there were about 500 sick and indigent to 
be taken care of, and promised to send the other required informa- 
tion at an early date, and general discussion was had as to the em- 
ployment of labor, the matter of nurses, and the necessary amount 
and transportation of supplies. It was finally decided to work indi- 
gent men, allowing them to receive $1.00 per day in supplies, or 75 
cents in cash, to send special train of supplies every two weeks for 
500 people, and to dismiss all professional nurses, with the exception 
of one head nurse, and retain the services of Red Cross nurses, 
under pay of their Association, and four or five local nurses at small 
pay, and the Association agreed to be responsible for the expense 
involved, and to send agent with supplies to audit and pay bills re- 
sulting from this understanding, but that no other expense should 
be incurred, except for drugs and cases of emergency. While there 
was no written agreement at the conference, the results were gen- 241 
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erally understood by all parties. There was still some discussion, 
which arose later, as to nurse§ and employment of labor, but it is 
hardly necessary to take up space for the discussion of these ques- 
tions. The Association followed out the agreements of the confer- 
ence pretty strictly, with the exception of some concessions in favor 
of Macclenny, on account of increased sickness. 
It goes without saying that the Executive Committee received 
some complaints against the Relief Committee of Macclenny, and 
especially pathetic was the following communication received soon 
after the idle poor were, upon suggestion of the Association, put to 
work in Macclenny: 
Macclenny Ela Oct 18 1888. 
Mr P. McQuaid 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 
heard that provision was sent heare for the benefit of the poor and 
if there is anny body in this world is poor it is the poor class of col- 
ored people we has ben getting a Little Rash on but now we cant not 
get anny unless we work the publick Road or Work on the streets if 
that is the way that is don 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. Bolden Colman black Paul 
Sloan James lee lewis Murray Isaac choice W. T. Turner Prevee 
Greer Jack James S. Jones i could moore mens that haven got anny 
Rashon but once or twice. 
please to let me know as one seeking for the enterrence of our 
poor white and colored people. 
Samuel Green. 
On October 25th Acting Mayor D. T. Gerow, as the agent of the 
Association, went to Macclenny with supplies, expended $1,450, re- 
turning approved bills for same. Mayor Gerow reported that the 
people of Macclenny then appreciated the work the committee was 
doing for them, and also that the following funds had been received: 
Savannah §575. OO 
Chicago 500 OO 
Boston, Ga 111.00 
Eastman, Ga 20.00 
Palatka, Fla 20.00 
Ellaville, Fla 24.00. 
J. C. Zimmerman 37.00 
Elkhart, Incl 86.00 
Captain W. C. Cooper went to Macclenny as a representative of 
the Association on November 6tli, paid bills amounting to over $600, 
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 requested a personal con- SI ST K K COM M UN 1TIKS. 
ference with Mayor Watkins before acting on the same. Mayor Wat- 
kins and Mr. McClenny came to Jacksonville on the 23d, 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 expected 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 Ilis 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 supplies, furnished at cost orices: 
•Cash Sent for Relief §2,120.00 
General Supplies from this Committee 2,260.60 
General Supplies Paid by this Committee on Vouchers 907.81 
Physicians’ Pay Roll 150.00 
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 
Fum igation 676.50 
88,008.20 
-On the above there was advanced on Account of U. S. M. H. S 338.25 
$8,659.96 
MACOI.KNN V. SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
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SANDERSON. 
The town of Sanderson may be considered next in oi'der, both 
because the request for aid came next in point of time, and also be- 
cause the case of Sanderson had 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 
enter 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 Macclenny, 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 Belief 
Committee, explained the general needs of Sanderson: 
Sanderson, October 14, 1888. 
Ja.s. M. Schumacher, I?.sq., VIce-President Executive Committee, Jack- 
sonville, Fla.: 
Esteemed Sir—By order of our Belief 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 
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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 
spared, were it not for unfortunate Macclenny. Our citizens passing 
to and fro, attending to business, occasioned what could not be pi*e- 
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. 
Whatever is forwarded consign to Belief Committee, as this is the 
proper mode for a popular distribution. 
Yours very x-espectfully, 
G. W. Wood, 
Seci'etai’y Relief Committee. 
Difficulty in ti’ansportation was again expei’ienced, and the Ex- 
ecutive Committee tided to impi-ess that point upon the authoi’ities 
in Sanderson. The Executive Committee suggested that sister com- 
munities follow the example of Jacksonville in woi-king able-bodied 
men and boys, rather than issuing free rations to them; and to their- 
credit, be it said, this view was generally cheei’fully adopted. 
The following telegrams will illustrate the suggestions of the 
Executive Committee: 
Jacksonville, October 16, 1888. 
F. J. Pons, Jr., Chairman Belief Committee, Sanderson, Fla.: 
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 l-ations for one hundi-ed and fifty pei'sons for same length of 
time, together with goods ordei-ed in telegram of 10th, as soon as 
transportation can be obtained. Please advise us which yoxx prefer. 
We had the goods already to send, bxxt will hold them, awaitiixg your 
l'eply to this. Think employment of labor is the best way of fur- 
nishing relief, and if you so decide, will furnish the money to pay 
thenx, as l-eqxxested. P. McQuaid, 
Pi-esident. 
Jacksonville, October 17, 1888. 
F. J. Pons, Jr., Chairman Belief Committee, Sanderson, Fla.: 
Have several telegi-ams from you to-day, which are a little con- 
fusing. We have chartered special train to leave hei'e this evening; 
or to-morrow morning, by which will send you the supplies ordered 
in your telegram of 10th, and have added ten sacks of lime. Don't 
know what you want with disinfectants for streets. Lime answers. SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
245 
that purpose, and is what we use. Will 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 
whom labor is given with the price of the tools, and deduct out of 
their wages, and recommend that you do likewise. Render us vouch- 
ers for the money expended. We will supply such aid as your situa- 
tion requires, but you must understand that we cannot send you sup- 
plies 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 wTe will endeavor to send 
them. Advise 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 ovei-looked; but the general plan of sending sup- 
plies, instead of money, from Jacksonville was followed. 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 wras 
adjusted, and the committee received complaints from one or two 
persons in Sanderson against the authorities, of which the authori- 
ties were promptly notified. 
On November 15th 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 telegram: 
Jacksonville, November 5, 1888. 
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 suppose, sufficient to last you 
two weeks, and you will have to get along with that. We are run- 246 
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ning out of money, and cannot do any better.. Therefore, do not 
contract 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 two 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 lias 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 county. 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 reference to Sanderson. 
The following is a financial summary of relief furnished Sander- 
son in money and 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 Account of United States 
Marine Hospital Service 64.75 
$1,879.69 
On September 24tli, tire 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 York Committee advising them of the receipt of a telegram 
FERNANDINA. SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
saying Fernandina needed nurses, money and supplies, and inquir- 
ing if Jacksonville was informed of the 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 Telegraph Company, stated that lie 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 operator, 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 permit 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: 
New 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 supplies be 
purchased and forwarded to Fernandina at once, for which he will 
pay from funds in his hands. They will be sent to-morrow. This 
pending future information. 
Joseph H. Dtjkkee, 
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. 
FI. 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 tlie- 
disease. P. McQuaid, 
Acting President. 248 
sister communities. 
An answer was received, the same day, from President Dotterer: 
Fernandina, October 1, 1888. 
P. McQuaid: 
Extend our grateful thanks to your Executive Committee for 
sympathy and kindly offer of aid. The prompt and voluntary assist- 
ance of friends has already provided for our immediate wants. We 
cordially reciprocate your kind expressions. 
H. E. Dotterer, 
President. 
The Executive Committee interpreted the message to mean that 
assistance was not needed from Jacksonville, but on the 5th 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 M. Schumacher, Esq,, Chairman : 
Sir—Appeals are being made to me from Fernandina for relief. 
I am satisfied, by a conference with the committee here, that some- 
thing ought to be done promptly, and, therefore, I have directed 
that supplies to the amount of $1,000 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, thd Mayor of Fernandina, in ref- 
erence to their requirements, as I do not w ish to have more than one 
organization responsible for the money which has been raised in this 
city for the relief of your sufferers. 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 Fernandina: 
Jacksonville, October 5, 1888. 
Hon. John Barr, Mayor, Fernandina: 
Mayor Hewitt, of New 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. Will you permit us to send to you 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 view's, can you arrange transportation from 
your end? 
P. McQuaid, 
Acting President. SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
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The reply of G. Starke reviewed the situation, and agreed to a 
conference through an agent: 
Febnandina, October 6, 1888. 
P. McQuaid, Acting President: 
The people of Fernandina, undoubtedly, need relief. If you will 
read dispatch of our President of Board of Healili, dated October 1st, 
you will notice that we did not decline help, only immediate help. 
It was naturally 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 present and pos- 
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 two months. We are preventing indiscriminate inter- 
course with our city, but will issue pass for a special agent to confer 
with us. 
G. Stakke, 
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 trains 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 
New York Committee, after endorsement by the New York Commit- 
tee of the Association. 
The Executive Committee, therefore, sent the following message 
to Fernandina: 
Jacksonville, October 10, 1888. 
John M. Barr, Mayor, Fernandina, Fla.: 
Major J. H. Durkee, Chairman Florida Auxiliary Relief Com- 
mittee, advises us Mayor 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 
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you wish it. If necessary for immediate purposes,, draw on us for 
one thousand dollars. 
James M. Schumacher, 
Vice-President. 
At last, however, Fernandina still being willing for and desirous- 
of a conference, on October 13th all arrangements were perfected,, 
and Right Rev. E. G. Weed, armed with credentials from the Execu- 
tive Committee, fully posted with a copy of all correspondence, and 
protected by a pass from the health authorities of Fernandina, left 
Jacksonville, by special train, to confer with them as to the needs- 
of Fernandina, and the ability of Jacksonville to provide for tliem. 
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 wras not received promptly, therefore, by the proper 
persons; that the Howard Association, of Fernandina, w as thoroughly 
organized. Bishop Weed reported little yellow' fever, but consider- 
able destitution, and said the Howard Association would communi- 
cate w'itli 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 How ard Association, 
be expended under the direction of that Association pending the re- 
ceipt of official communications from its officers: 
Jacksonville,. October 15, 1888. 
James Kydd, Esq., President Howard Association, Fernandina, Fla.: 
Bishop Weed reported to our Executive Committee, this morn- 
ing, his conference with you and the Board of Health, and we are 
gratified to know7 that the misunderstanding between us lias been 
cleared up. After Bishop Weed’s report was made the Executive 
Committee directed me to send you five 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, and draft will be honored on presentation.. 
On receipt of your letter, will write you fully. 
P. McQuaid, 
President. 
The following letter was received from the Howard Association:: 
Office of How'Ard Association of Fernandina, \ 
October 15, 1888. 1 
P. McQuaid, Esq., President Citizens' Auxiliary Belief Society, Jack- 
sonville, Fla.: 
Dear Sir—In pursuance of an understanding had w'itli your 
special agent, the Rt. Rev. E. G. Weed, on the 13tli instant, I am in- 
structed by this Association to make known, our necessities to your 
society. SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
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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 current fortnight, ending October 20tli, 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 funds transmitted to us directly. 
Very respectfully, 
Robert S. Schuyler, 
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 render aid, if possible, on the basm 
proposed, namely, $5,000 every fortnight to the aggregate sum of 
$20,000, less such amount as Fernandina might receive from outside 
assistance. 
On October 24tli President McQuaid wired the Howard Associa- 
tion as follows: 
Jacksonville, October 24, 1888. 
II. S. Schuyler, Secretary Howard Association, Fernandina, Fla.: 
I notice a telegraphic communication from you in to-day’s Times- 
Union which ends with the sentence, “ Our cry is still for more funds 
and provisions.” Your letter to this Association stated that you es- 
timated that twenty thousand dollars would carry you through until 
December 1st, and that five thousand dollars fortnightly would sup- 
ply your wants; also, that any contributions received direct would 
be deducted from the amount of your estimate. This Association 
voted to supply your needs to that extent. It might seem to the 
public, from the quotation above referred to from your telegram, 
that 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 you will secure the transportation.* 
P. McQuaid, 
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 Howard Association of Fernandina,) 
October 24, 1888. > 
P. McQuaid, Esq., President Citizens'1 Auxiliary 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 
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mittee in New York should be misunderstood, or that 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 
up 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 
in 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, botli 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 that 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 
3,000 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, supplies, 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 with much pain we learn of the illness of Bishop Weed. 
Very 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 5tli, was received 
from the Howard Association: 
Office Howard Association of Fernandina, j 
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, SISTER communities. 
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shows the number to be 50 per cent, in excess of that number, and, 
in addition thereto, large numbers have 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 3,500 to 4,000 people, 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 ihcome 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 enable 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 quiet manner, as the addition we need will not be 
very large, if frost gives us a timely relief. We desire to act in en- 
tire harmony with your Association. 
Yery respectfully, 
Robert W. Sciiuyler, 
Secretary Howard Association of Fernandina, Fla. 
President McQuaid explained the views of the Executive Com- 
mittee in letter, dated November 8th: 
Jacksonville, November 8, 1888. 
Mr. Robert S. Schuyler, Secretary Howard 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 3,000 people to feed. You 
now state two thousand. At any rate, at an estimate of 3,000 people 
to feed, $2,500 per week should be ample to supply rations. We are 
feeding here about 8,000, 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. Our 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 properly 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 
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missioners. Now, we suggest to you that you should do the same 
thing. 
In regard to your request to relieve you from that portion 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 nporfto aid Enterprise, 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 hope that will be enough, with 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 truly, 
P. McQuald, 
President. 
A delegation from Fernandina, consisting of President Riddell 
and Secretary Scuyler, of the Howard Association, had a conference 
with the Executive Committee, on November 17th, 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 
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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 Fernandina, charged, about November 
20th, that the time situation in Fernandina 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- 
nandina, 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 Fernandina, an exception was made to the rule 
which had been established by the Executive Committee in the 
cases of all other localities to which assistance was extended, in that 
tthe Executive Committee advanced funds without supervising their 
expenditures, or requiring vouchers therefor. This action was due 
to the fact before mentioned, that Fernandina, in its “ Howard Asso- 
ciation,” had an organization similar to the Jacksonville Auxiliary 
Sanitary Association in its purposes and machinery. The repi’esent- 
atives of the former organization, at their conference with the Ex- 
ecutive Committee in Jacksonville, stated, in reference to inquiries, 
that “ Fernandina 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 dofie: 
December 18, 1888. 
Mr. R. S. Schuyler, Secretary Howard Association, Fernandina, 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 preparing 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- 
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relations in the administration of relief during the epidemic, includ- 
ing Macclenny, Sanderson, Enterprise. Manatee, etc. In the 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 them. 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 from 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, Fla., 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 make demands on my time, which 
will prevent my completing it by that time. 
Respectfully yours, 
Rohert S. Schuyler, 
Secretary H. A. 
The answer on behalf of the Executive Committee was: 
January 14, 1889. 
It. S. Schuyler, Esq., Secretary Howard Association, Fernandina, Fla.: 
Dear Sir—Upon my return from a short vacation, I found your 
communication of December 26th, in reference to the requested state- 
ment from the Howard Association of Fernandina. I find that, as in 
most cases, the report of our own Association is delayed, and, un- 
der instructions of the Executive Committee, I write to ascertain 
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 1st ? as present indications lead me 
to think that that date will be in ample time for our purpose. 
Very truly yours, 
Chas. S. Adams, 
Secretary. SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
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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: 
Cash sent $19,384.75 
Bills Paid for Transportation 75.00 
For Sanitary Guards’ Pay-roll 4,195.30 
General Supplies from New York Auxiliary Committee 63.36 
$23,718.41 
Of the above there was advanced on Account of United 
States Marine Hospital Service 4,187.50 
$19,530.91 
FERNANDINA. 
On September 17th 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 lierev 
as subsequent events changed its character from a personal to an 
official or quasi-official communication : 
Gainesville, Fla., October 1, 1888. 
Mr. James M. Schumacher, Jacksonville, Fla.: 
Deak 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 supplying 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 public way, and if it is generally known 
that supplies are here for the destitute, the colored, and, perhaps, 
white people also, will flock 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 quiet way?' 
If so, we think that a few hundred dollars will do more good than as 
many thousand if made public. 
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It can be sent to the Board of Health, the receipt acknowledged; 
and when all danger has passed, it can be acknowledged and fully 
accounted for publicly. I hope you will understand the object of 
this letter and give me an early reply. 
Yery respectfully yours, 
H. F Dutton, 
Acting Mayor. 
Mr. Schumacher, under instructions of the Executive Commit- 
tee, inquired, October 3d, the same day the letter was received, by 
wire, how much help Gainesville needed, and, on the next day, re- 
ceived the following answer: 
Gainesvii.uk, October 3, 1888. 
James M. Schumacher, Chairman Finance Committee: 
The pressure for help has so increased that we must ask for help 
publicly. Can you send by wire one thousand dollars, by request of 
Board of Health. II. F. Dutton. 
One thousand dollars was promptly sent to Acting Mayor Dut- 
ton. 
Major J. H. Durkee 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 by that gentleman in 
speaking of other localities: 
New York, October 2, 1888. 
P. McQuaid, President Auxiliary Belief 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 ordered 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 yellowr 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 w ill 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. Durkee, 
Chairman Committee. 
The telegram was soon followed by a letter from Mayor Hewitt: 
New York, October 2, 1888. 
James M. Schumacher, Esq., Chairman: 
Dear 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 
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the truth of the statement, I have directed $500 worth of stores to 
"be sent to Savannah, and thence by rail directly to Gainesville. This 
is intended for temporary relief; but I must request your committee 
to investigate the wants of that locality, and to inform me whether 
you will undertake to provide for the destitute there, and to what 
extent stores shall be sent from here. The latter course may be nec- 
essary, because, as I am informed, there is communication from Sa- 
vannah, and none from Jacksonville, with Gainesville. I judge that 
this matter requires immediate attention, as Mr. Taylor represents 
the suffering from want of food to be in the nature of an impending 
famine. 
Yours respectfully, 
Ann am S. Hewitt, 
Mayor. 
On receipt of this letter the Executive Committee, through Act- 
ing President McQuaid, wired Mayor Dutton as follows, at the same 
time notifying the Relief Committee in [Yew York of its action: 
Jacksonville, October 5, 1888. 
Hon. II. F. Button, Mayor, Gainesville, Fla.: 
Mayor Hewitt requests this Association to investigate the wants 
■of your city, and provide for the relief of your people, if within our 
power to do so. He advises us of having directed some stores 
shipped you from New York for temporary relief, but seems to pre- 
fer that relief should be afforded through this Association. I need 
not assure you of our willingness to do everything in our power to 
relieve your distress. That we may fully understand your wants, we 
think it best to send a special agent to confer with you personally. 
If this meets your views please advise us promptly, and say if you 
can arrange for his transportation. 
P. McQuaid, 
Acting President. 
Acting Mayor Dutton replied by letter October 8th: 
Gainesville, Fla., October 8, 1888. 
Hon. P. McQuaid, Acting President, Jacksonville, Fla.: 
Dear Sir—Your message of the 5th came to me same day, and 
I am answering by mail, because I can do so more fully than by wire. 
“ Special Agent.” The members of our Board of Health are 
men of well established business habits, clear-headed, and unim- 
peachable integrity. They know the wants of the people better than 
any one else can, and could not be imposed upon. Neither would they 
ask or accept from you, or from the public (that has been so gener- 
ous to Jacksonville in its great affliction), more than the necessities 
of the occasion demanded. 
I am, therefore, quite sure that if a special agent was sent from 
Jacksonville to dictate to them, or even advise with them, in matters 
that they know all about, and the agent nothing, they would con- 
sider it a reflection on their judgment or integrity, and very properly 
resent it out of a due sense of their self-respect. With this view of 
the matter, which I trust on reflection you will agree with me is cor- 
rect, I must decline to receive aid under the conditions named, for 
even in adversity it is not wise to sacrifice our independence; be- 
sides, we think we have the fever under control, and could not per- 260 
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mit an agent to come to this city from Jacksonville, lest the infection 
might be conveyed, and so a new focus for the disease established. 
I will add that both our Board of Health and City Council are in 
accord in thinking that a promiscuous distribution of alms is against 
good public policy, detrimental to good morals, as well as demoral- 
izing to a community. 
We are, therefore, making every effort to obtain some kind of 
labor for the unemployed, even at small wages, so that the people 
can, as far as possible, preserve their independence, and we think in 
this way we can keep the lazy and undeserving, from out of the city, 
from asking for help, and so reduce our wants to the minimum. If 
we can tide over the next thirty (30) days we shall be all right. 
You will understand that it is not sickness that has forced us to 
ask for help, but it is the total stoppage of all work, and the great 
fear of us that is entertained by the citizens of other places, and of 
the county, so that those who are in the city can neither obtain work 
here, or get away to obtain it from other sources. 
Very truly yours, 
H. F. Dutton, 
Acting Mayor. 
Mayor Hewitt was not the only contributor who insisted upon 
the Executive Committee handling the funds subscribed, and inves- 
tigating the needs of other communities, as will be seen by reading 
the letter from Baltimore: 
Mayor’s Office, Baltimore, October 8, 1888. 
Mr. P. McQuaid, President Auxiliary Association, Jacksonville, Fla.: 
Dear Sir—We have had an appeal for aid from Gainesville. We 
send everything direct to Jacksonville, and would ask that you look 
into the matter, as you can better ascertain the wants and necessities, 
of the people of Gainesville than we can, and, if necessary, furnish 
them with what they need of our portion sent. 
Very truly, 
Ashby L. Biedeer, 
Secretary Relief Fund. 
While the Executive Committee in Jacksonville were trying to’ 
carry out these requests, it was annoying, to say the least, to read 
the newspaper reports current. In the Savannah News, of October 
4th, appeared the following, taken from a dispatch from Gaines- 
ville : 
Gainesville has grounds for much complaint at the treatment 
she has received. Fernandina gave her the fever, then Savannah 
delayed in shipping the disinfectants ordered, and up to this time 
she has not been able to secure a female nurse, though she has been 
trying to get one for six days: Miss Hare, for whom the nurse was. 
needed, is improving. 
Thousands of dollars, and many physicians and nurses, have 
poured into Fernandina and Jacksonville, while Gainesville is utterly 
ignored. 
Help is now needed. SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
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In the Times-Union, published at Jacksonville, of the same date, 
was a special from Gainesville, containing the words: 
An appeal for help will be made through the press to-morrow. 
But little aid has been offered to Gainesville, while Fernandina, at 
whose floor lies Gainesville’s calamity, has been appealing from the 
first for aid, and received bountifully, yet Gainesville had been for- 
gotten. 
Again, in the Savannah News, of the 9th, was printed from 
Gainesville a quotation: 
Kev. Mr. Carr says: The Relief Committee here is composed of 
honest, intelligent men, and need neither Mr. McQuaid nor his Jack- 
sonville Committee to come to investigate, or make known, the ne- 
cessities of Gainesville. Let help for Gainesville be sent direct, and 
not via Jacksonville. Gainesville is neither a country village nor a 
suburb of Jacksonville, and such would-be paternalism is entirely 
gratuitous. 
The Relief Committee is in session daily, and is laboring faith- 
fully to relieve all distress. The last new case prolongs and in- 
creases the need of help. 
On the 11th the authorities took action regarding the publica- 
tion of reports in letters of that date, given below: 
Gainesville, Fea., October 11, 1888. 
P. McQuaid, Esq., President Auxiliary Association, Jacksonville, 
Florida : 
Dear Sir—I have the honor to enclose you a copy of a resolu- 
tion, passed this day by the Alachua County Board of Health, Col. 
H. F. Dutton, President of the City Council, concurring. 
This action was taken in consequence of the publication in the 
Savannah Morning News of a telegram from a correspondent at this 
place, which is calculated to create a false impression as to the rela- 
tions existing between the authorities of this place and those of your 
city. Respectfully yours, 
J. T. McMillan, 
Acting Secretary Board of Health. 
Office Board of Health Alachua County, "1 
October 11, 1888. J 
Resolved, That we, the Board of Health of Alachua county, 
and H. F. Dutton, in behalf of the City Council of Gainesville, 
gratefully appreciate the assistance rendered us in our distress by 
our sister city of Jacksonville, and that we greatly deplore the pub- 
lication of certain communications, by a private correspondent, in 
the Savannah Morning News, and copied into the Gainesville Record, 
which do not reflect the sentiments of this Board, nor those of the 
City Council. 
To the Auxiliary Society of Jacksonville we tender our sincere 
thanks for the funds placed at our disposal. 
N. D. Phillips, M. D., 
President Board Health. 
H. F. Dutton, 
Attest: J. T. McMillan, President City Council. 
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sister communities. 
On the same clay Acting Mayor Dutton wired Mr. Schumacher, 
inquiries regarding labor: 
Gainesville, October 11, 1888. 
James M. Schumacher : 
We can find employment for men wanting work on the streets 
and other places. By doing this we can prevent a great deal of im- 
position and waste of funds. Are we justified in using relief funds 
in this way ? 
II. F. Dutton, 
Acting Mayor. 
The Vice-President replied, by wire, as follows: 
Jacksonville, October 11, 1888. 
II. F. Dutton, Acting Mayor, Gainesville, Fla.: 
Your telegram of to-day has been received and submitted to Ex- 
ecutive Committee, and I am requested to advise you that the Com- 
mittee, being without information as to your situation, does not like 
to assume the responsibility of suggesting to you as to the manner 
of disbursing your relief funds. 
James M. Schumacher, 
Vice-President. 
On the same day the Executive Committee forwarded, through 
its Vice-President, a letter, explaining again the position of the 
Committee, in answer to the letter of Acting Mayor Dutton of Octo- 
ber 8tli, given below: 
Jacksonville, Fla., October 11, 1888. 
lion. II. F. Dutton, Acting Mayor, Gainesville, Fla.: 
Dear Sir—Your tetter of October 8th, addressed to President 
McQuaid, has just been received. The members of your Board mis- 
take the spirit which directed the message of President McQuaid, of 
the 5tli inst., in reference.to the conference, by a special agent, from 
this Committee. It was not the intention of the Committee to either 
dictate, or even advise you and your associates, in matters connected 
with supplying your city. We were advised by Mayor Hewitt, from 
whom a very large portion of the fund which we have received has 
come, that lie preferred to have disbursements made through our 
organization, and, acting on his request, we communicated with you. 
The suggestions for a conference came from Mayor Hewitt in his 
letter to us. In connection with other similar matters, we have ex- 
perienced considerable difficulty in ascertaining the needs of com- 
munities, whose wants we are desirous of supplying, and found that 
in the end, a personal conference had to be resorted to. Our inten- 
tion was to confer with you, ascertain from you exactly what you 
needed, and to supply those needs. It was information that we 
vTere seeking, and our agent would have made no suggestions except 
they were based on experiences through which we had passed, and 
which were then presenting themselves to you. It is hoped that you 
wTill understand and appreciate our position in this matter. We did 
not seek to force our services upon you, but were willing and glad, 
under the circumstances, to do all we could to assist you, and w e 
are still desirous of serving you in any way that we can, and shall be 
glad if you will permit us to do so. A general statement from vour SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
without detailing what we can do, will hardly permit us to act intel- 
ligently. Further communication to us will have our prompt con- 
sideration. 
Owing to the absence of President McQuaid, who is sick from 
exhaustion, I answer your letter to him. 
Yours very truly, 
James M. Sciiumaohek, 
Vice-President. 
On the same day the situation was explained to the New York 
Committee, and the communication is included here as indicative of 
the motives and spirit of the Executive Committee: 
October 11, 1888. 
Major J. H. Durkee, Chairman Committee, Grand Central Hotel, New 
York City: 
Dear Sir—As you were advised by President McQuaid, on Octo- 
ber 6th, a telegram received on that day from Mayor Dutton, of 
Gainesville, advised the Executive Committee that he had received 
the telegram of President McQuaid, dated October 5th, and would 
answer the same by mail. We are to-day in receipt of the letter from- 
Mayor Dutton, dated October 8tli, of which I herewith hand you a 
copy. President McQuaid had advised you of the tenor of his telegram 
of the 5tli, sent to Mayor Dutton. It was in strict compliance with 
the letter and spirit of Mayor Hewitt’s communication of October 
1st, and which was received by us on October 5tli. The same spirit 
of misunderstanding seems to prevail at Gainesville that prevails at 
Fernandina. This committee lias not been 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 had demands 
upon it, the committee has been desirous, in every instance, to un- 
dertake to do everything that has been requested of it in the way of 
supplying 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. Schumacher, 
Vice-President. 
Acting Mayor Dutton, on the 12tli, sent a letter to President Mc- 
Quaid, expressing regret at the newspaper comments on the situa- 
tion, as below: 
Gainesvit.ee, October 12, 1888. 
Hon. P. McQuaid, President, Jacksonville: 
Dear 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 5tli. I hasten to assure you 
that the Board of Health and City Council are unanimous in feeling 
that you and your Board have acted with the utmost courtesy, and 
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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 probable that our wants, 
at the most, would be comparatively small. 
Very respectfully yours, 
H. F. Dutton, 
Acting Mayor. 
On the 15th the last two letters were answered as follows: 
Gainesville, Fla., October 15, 1888. 
Mr. James M. Schumacher, Vice-President, J. A. S. A., Jacksonville: 
Dear Sir—I have your favor of the lltli. After my letter of the 
5tli, 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 returned to the city, and I cheerfully re- 
linquish to him the duties of his office, 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, 1 am 
Very truly yours, 
H. F. Dutton. 
Jacksonville, October 15tli, 1888. 
Hon. II. F. Dutton, Acting Mayor, Gainesville, Fla: 
Dear Sir—Your letter of the 12tli received to-day, and I note 
fully your explanation of the communication which appeared in the 
Savannah Morning News of the 9th, from some person 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- 
macher, 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. McQuaio, 
President. 
It seemed to the Executive Committee, at this time, after the 
receipt of Acting Mayor Dutton’s last communication, that an under- 
standing could be reached with Gainesville. Mayor Brown returned SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
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to Gainesville about this time, and on the 19th wired the Executive 
Committee, rather abruptly, as follows: 
Gainesville, 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. Bijown, Mayor. 
In reply the President of the Association wired: 
Jacksonville, Fla., October 20, 1888. 
J. B. Brown, Mayor, Gainesville, 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 i-elieve 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 country generally for aid, and, therefore, 
ceased any efforts to induce your people to accept aid from us. We 
were requested by the mayors of Xewr York and other large cities to 
inquire 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 us to ascertain in w'liat 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 howr many destitute people you have 
to feed, what money is needed for it, and how much per 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 Yew 
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” was intended) letters that funds for Gainesville 
have been sent to Jacksonville. I endorse all written and wired you, 
in my absence, by II. F. Dutton. J. B. Brown, 
Mayor. SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
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: 
Jacksonville, October 23, 1888. 
</. B. Brown, Mayor, Gainesville, 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. McQuaid, 
President. 
On the 24th Mayor Brown replied to the inquiry in a way to show 
that the communications from the Executive Committee were all re- 
ceived: 
Gainesville, Fla., October 24, 1888. 
P. McQuaid, President: 
Mr. Schumacher’s letter to Colonel Dutton is in the hands of Dr. 
Phillips, chairman of the Board of Health, who is down with fever, 
and cannot be reached. I understand that Mr. Schumacher wrote 
that we had only to make our wants known to obtain the relief asked 
for. In response to this I wired you that we should need live or ten 
thousand for present and future wants. Instead of responding 
promptly you ask for details, and to see that is it properly disposed 
of. We believe that you extend your prerogative 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 large sums placed 
in their hands. 
J. B. Bkown, 
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 speud 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 
method 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, painfully felt the responsibility of its ac- 
tion, and it is not the desire of the editor, or of the Executive Com- SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
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mittee, to influence tlxe judgment of the public, which is in position 
to judge intelligently, from the very full correspondence 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 here, and closed up relief measures,, 
so far as Gainesville was concerned, as follows: 
Jacksonville, October 24, 1888. 
J. B. Bt •own, Mayor, Gainesville, Fla.: 
Our Executive Committee have carefully 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 have taken, but 
wish to repeat again that 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 requirements might be. On 
receipt of Acting Mayor Dutton’s letter of October 8th, defining the 
position of your authorities towards us, in the matter of a confer- 
ence, and a previous statement that you had made direct appeals for 
aid, we, on October lltli, immediately on receipt of the letter re- 
ferred to, wired Major Durkee, Chairman of our Committee in New 
York, stating the case as it existed, clearly, requesting him to con- 
fer with Mayor Hewitt, and recommending that Gainesville be sup- 
plied direct, and not through our Association. We have made no 
representations that we had undertaken to provide for your wants, 
and this Committee feels they are charged unjustly with having 
stopped contributions being sent to you direct. We have no reason 
to believe that any of the funds sent to us were donated for your 
city. As a contribution 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 draft 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 this country. 
P. McQuaid, 
President. 
Below is a brief statement of funds sent Gainesville: 
Donations from Roanoke, Va., forwarded through this Com- 
mittee $271.84 
Donation from Mayor A. S. Hewitt, New York City 88.DO 
“ “ G. B. Forrester, New York City 85.00 
Cash sent by this Committee 2,000.00 
$2,445.74 
GAINESVILLE. 268 
SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
At the meeting of the Exeeutive Committee, held November 1st, 
news of the existence of fever was announced by reading the follow- 
ing telegram: 
Enterprise, November 1, 1888. 
J. M. Schumacher, Jacksonville : 
Twenty-two eases and four deaths to date. Five hundred people 
in distress. 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 Enterprise, 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, President 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 supplies 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 you 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 people 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 the stricken city, to send $500 to Enterprise, in 
currency. 
On November 10th Secretary 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. 1 have a letter from Mayor 
ENTERPRISE. sister communities. 
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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, 491) people 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 our 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. Carlile, 
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 Executive Committee, through its President, replied as follows: 
Jacksonville, November 14, 1888. 
Mr. Geo. F. Carlile, Secretary Volusia County Hoard of Health, En- 
terprise, Fla.: 
Dear Sir—Your letter of the 10th at hand, and was 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 proper 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 should he put in proper sanitary 
condition, but 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 properly laid before 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 to 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 
SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
able to send you some supplies, but this we cannot positively 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 not been there since 
the 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 look rather singular that those of your 
own family, as it were, should refuse to come to your assistance. 
They can do something, at any rate, and what they can do ought to 
be done. We will be glad to hear, from time to time, the condition 
of your people, and if we get any more contributions, and find that 
we can render you further assistance, we will be glad to do it. 
Yours truly, 
P. McQuaid, 
President. 
The next day a telegram was received from I)r. E. II. Caldwell, 
who had been assisting the surgeon of the Marine Hospital Service, 
Dr. Posey, to look after the sick, which read: 
Enterprise, November 15, 1888. 
P. McQuaid, or Acting Mayor Gerow : 
Epidemic here virtually over. There are 400 people here kept 
idle by quarantine. 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 cannot dispose of it at any price. 
We have had no coffee, lard, bacon or butter for three days, and 
nothing in sight. Cannot you wire J. N. Whitner, Sanford, to for- 
ward supplies. We now owe him four hundred dollars. Unless 
there is prompt relief I fear there will be trouble among the colored 
contingent. These people w ill be locked up here for several months, 
unless freezing weather should relieve them. Dr. Posey and myself, 
with nurses, will probably leave for Camp Perry Saturday night. 
Answer. 
Caldwku. 
The reply of President McQuaid explained the views of the Ex- 
cmitive Committee as follows: 
Jacksonvii.ee, November lf>, 1888. 
Dr, F. II. Caldwell, Enterprise, Fla.: 
Your telegram fully considered by our Executive Committee this 
morning, and a resolution adopted, the substance of which I was in- 
structed to communicate to you: That the epidemic being virtually 
at an end, and physicians and nurses about to leave Enterprise, the 
indigent persons in need of food are a proper charge on the county, 
and application 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 
have become so nearly exhausted that this Committee cannot apply 
them to feeding indigent persons, who should be fed by the county SISTER communities. 
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that quarantines them and prevents their earning a livelihood. 
Have instructed Mr. J. S’. Whitner to pay over to Mr. Carlile ninety 
dollars donation received for Enterprise. Would like to see you Sun- 
day, as you pass through here to Camp Perry. 
P. McQuaid, 
President. 
The funds of the Association treasury were low, and the Com- 
mittee did not feel that the case of Enterprise required further as- 
sistance, especially in view of the lack of harmony, and in the 
absence of local organization, and so indicated to the people of En- 
terprise, who, on the 17th, organized a Relief Committee and pre- 
ferred charges against members of tlie local Board of Health, and 
forwarded the complaint to the Executive Committee, which were 
of a public nature, and are inserted here literatim, as an explanation 
of the hesitancy of the Executive Committee to extend further assist- 
ance : 
Enterprise, Fla., November 19, 1888. 
President Belief Asstn : 
Dear Sir—Enclosed you will find a statement of the action of 
the citizens of Enterprise in forming a Relief Committee. As such 
committee, we address this letter to you. 
As soon as yellow fever was declared to be in Enterprise, Mr. 
Sauls and Mr. Carslile, members of the Board of Health of Yolusia 
county, left the town and did not return untill November 16th, inst. 
During their absence, they wrote to several parties soliciting aid for 
the people of Enterprise, and representing to the outside world that 
they were here. They had turned over their authority to Dr. Posey, 
as a County Board of Health, then left the place; but afterwards 
formed themselves into a self-appointed Relief Committee. No re- 
lief has been given, in our knowledge, except in a few cases, as all 
men employed to clean up the place paid for everything they got. 
It is stated on good authority that this self-appointed Relief 
Committee got several donations; some of money, and one of pota- 
toes from John Nix & Son, of New York. 
The potatoes are 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, no one can tell; see copy of report of committee 
who waited on them to ascertain how much they had made of it. 
You will see by said copy of report of said committee, that said Cars- 
lile does not acknowledge McQuaid’s wireing to him about sending 
provision, but he positivly calles him a liar. 
Yours very respectfully, 
Andrew Harold, 
E. M. Donald, Secretary. President. 
Enterprise, November 17, 1888. 
At a meeting of the citizens of Enterprise, for the purpose of 
organizing a Relief 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 readv for business.” 272 
SISTER 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 Atkinson, 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 tbe follow- 
ing: 
Whereas, It has been claimed and decided that the yellow 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 
Whereas, 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 
Whereas, We have been advised that contributions have been 
made for tbe relief of the people of our town, which, so far, they 
have not l’eceived; therefore be it 
Resolved, 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, Henry Smith, Andrew 
Harold, W. S. Bedford, A. C. Williams. 
On motion, the colored citizens were requested to elect an aux- 
iliary relief committee. 
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. 
John W. Price, 
Jas. Atkinson, Chairman. 
Secretary. 
This is a true copy of the proceedings of the meeting, as stated 
above. 
A. Haro1.1>, 
E. M. Donaed, President. 
Secretary Relief Committee. 
A true copy of the minutes of the Relief Committie: 
Enterprise, Era., 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. Harrold 
President, E. M. Donald, secretary, A. C. Williams Tresuary, 
Henry Smith, W. S. Bedford. On motion, A. Harold, Henry Smith SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
and 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 
Bold 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 ($590) 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 Volusia 
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 G. B. Forrester, New York City 90.00 
Pay-roll of Fumigators 179.00 
$769.00 
Of the above there was advanced on Account of Cnited States 
Marine Hospital Service 179.00 
$590.00 
MAYPORT AND PABLO BEACH. 
Some assistance was extended to these places by the Executive 
Committee, and while they can hardly he 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 expenses 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, 274 
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were enabled to prosecute their work for the Association and the 
public. Below is the statement: 
MAYPOKT. 
Paid for Sanitation $218.55 
“ Sanitary Guards 135.00 
“ Transportation of Guards 24.80 
“ Horse Hire 40.00 
“ Stationery 2.60 
“ Food Supplies 47.50 
$468.45 
Paid tor Sanitary Guards $589.75 
“ Horses and Vehicles '. 78.00 
“ Tools 24.95 
“ Food Supplies 12.78 
“ Advertising 23.75 
“ Burial and Fumigation 4.50 
$733.73 
PABLO BEACH. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
There were one or two smaller communities in the State which 
applied for assistance from the Association, among which was Pal- 
metto. October 29th 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- 
sociation from Edgar M. Graham, President Board of Health at 
Braidentown, also detailing the distress in Palmetto. Dr. J. C. 
L’Engle, Treasurer, was 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 lie was familiar with the locality and 
the people. Dr. L’Engle sent the following dispatch: 
Jacksonville, October 31, 1888. 
Dr.'Jno. P. Wall, Tampa, Fla.: 
Wire immediately whether any suffering 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 money can be sent 
safely ? 
.Ino. C. L’Engle, 
Treasurer. 
On 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. 
Dr. J. C. L’Engle : 
Have heard nothing of suffering or destitution at Palmetto. Re- 
ceived letter from Dr. Harrison, at last place, written yesterday. SISTER oommuniTIE s. 
275 
■Captain Sam. Reddick, from Palmetto, was in to see me yesterday. 
He said nothing about destitution. I will inquire, and let you know 
in a day or two. 
.T. P. Wall. 
The Executive Committee, however, were informed by Dr. Por- 
ter as to methods of transportation, and, upon his endorsement of 
any statement that Judge Graham might make, the Treasurer was 
directed to ask Dr. Wall’s co-operation, which he did the same day 
by wire: 
Jacksonville, November 1, 1888. 
Dr. John P. Wall, Tampa, Fla.: 
Will you visit and investigate condition of Palmetto and Mana- 
tee, in person, if possible; otherwise, by one whom you endorse, and 
wire condition, and relieve such pressing want or distress caused by 
yellow fever as you find to exist, by furnishing food or money, as 
you deem best, using as much as necessary to extent of five hundred 
dollars. Draw on me for amount found to be necessary. 
Jxo. C. L’Engle, 
Treasurer Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association. 
No further correspondence was had with Palmetto, except fur- 
ther communications from Dr. Wall, enclosing a further statement 
of Judge Graham, to the same effect as the previous one. 
The draft authorized, however, from some unexplained cause, 
was not made. 
The attention of the committee was called to a case of extremity, 
■caused by sickness, in a large family in Greenland, a small place on 
the Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax River Railway, some 
distance from the city, through the New York Committee. 
Such assistance as could be rendered was offered, although trans- 
portation and quarantine obstacles prevented prompt or satisfactory 
relief. 
GREENLAND. 
In the financial statement issued by the Association October 
27th, Glen St. Mary was charged with $50. This amount was on ac- 
count of transportation. On the 17th of September, Col. F. R. South- 
mayd, special agent of the Red Cross, at the request of President Neal 
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 
Gr.ES ST. M A BY. 276 
SISTER COMMUNITIES. 
before stated, to Glen St. Mary. Since the receipt of a copy of CoL 
Southmayd’s report to the lied 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. 
OKANOK PARK. 
Orange Park is an illustration of several places which applied to 
the Association for relief, which need not he 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 places. 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 $8,998.20 
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 
11ST 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 Octobers). 
TREASURER. 
(H. A. L’Engle died September 14). 
*J. C. L’Enole (elected September 17) 
Charles S. Adams. 
SECRETARY. 
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 
(James M. Fairlie died October 16). 
*A. Wm. Cockrell, 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’Enole. Died September 14.) 
James M. Schumacher. 
P. E. McMubray. 
(Charles G. Elliott. Died September 22.) 
*W. A. Macduff. 
*J. C. L’Enole. Elected September 17. 
Peter Jones. Elected September 24. 
*Rt. Rev. E. G. Weed. Elected October 15.. 
♦Signifies Sickness by fever. 278 
LIST OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES. 
STANDING COMMITTEES. 
Committee on Finance—James M. Schumacher, Chairman; 
*R. D. Knight, Secretary; J. N. C. Stockton, Chairman Sub-Com- 
mittee on Subscriptions; *A. Wm. Cockrell, Jr., Chairman Sub- 
Committee on Membership; *W. 15. Barnett, (W. N. Baker, died 
October 1); *11. S. Ely, George W. Frazier, C. Benedict, J. M. Barrs, 
*Jolm C. L’Engle, F. W. Mumby, S. E. Foster, *P. Tischler, (Frank 
Marvin, died October 9): Sigo Myers, at Savannah; J. IT. Norton, at 
Atlanta. 
Committee on Conference—(P. McQuaid, resigned, elected 
President); P. E. McMurray, Chairman, elected October 8; C. B. 
Rogers, J. C. Greeley. 
Committee on Relief—(Judge Loton M. Jones, Chairman, re- 
signed September 14); (*W. B. Owen, Chairman, elected September 
14, resigned September 26); *Rt. Rev. E. G. Weed, Chairman, elected 
September 26; (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 Bishop Weed); *Rev. A. W. Knight, *Rev. 
R. H. Weller, (J. H. McGinnis, died September 1); *Rev. Jesse R. 
Bicknell, *Rev. Wm. H. Dodge, *C. Benedict Rogers, D. W. Onley. 
Committee on Sanitation—(II. A. L’Engle, 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. Caslien, 
(F. W. Ely, died September 14); (Charles G. Elliott, died Septem- 
ber 22). 
Committee on Sanitary Police—(M. P. Turner, Chairman, 
resigned September 10); (Judge M. M. Belisario, Acting Chairman 
September 10 to September 17); (C. W. Stansell, Chairman, elected 
September 17; resigned October 12); Eugene B. McBride, Chairman, 
elected October 12. 
Committee on Claims—P. E. McMurray, Chairman; *W. A. 
Macduff, (Charles G. Elliott, died September 22); Peter Jones, *F. E. 
Bogue, D. H. Kennedy. 
Committee on Duval County at Large—Hy. Robinson r 
Chairman; John E. Hartridge, F. F. L’Engle. 
♦Signifies sickness by fever. 279 
LIST of officers and committees. 
SPECIAL COMMITTEES 
Purchasing Agent—F. W. Mumby. 
Committee on Transportation—(F. R. Osborne, Chairman, 
resigned October 22); H. W. Clark, Chairman, elected October 22; 
(C. W. Stansell, transferred); (E. B. McBride, transferred); D. tT. 
Gerow, B. H. Hopkins, W. F. Coachman, T. J. Boyd. 
Committee on Nurses and Medical Attention—George E. 
Wilson, Chairman; C. B. Rogers, *T. S. Wilmarth; *Stephen 
Wiggins, *C. R. Bisbee. 
Committee on Establishment of Camp Mitchell—(H. A. 
L’Engle, Chairman, died September 14); *W. A. Macduff, Chair- 
man, elected September 17; *J. C. L’Engle. 
Committee on Yehicles—P. E. McMurray, Chairman. 
* Signifies sickness by fever.' ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 
OF THE 
JACKSONVILLE AUXILIARY SANITARY ASSOCIATION. 
This Association shall be known and designated by the 
name and title of the Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Asso- 
ciation. 
ARTICLE 1. 
Name 
ARTICLE II. 
Purposes 
and 
Objects 
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 the prosperity and health of the city of Jackson- 
ville. 
ARTICLE III. 
Membership 
The members of this Association shall be those who sign 
the roll of membership, 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. 
Officers 
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 reason 
there should be no such election, the officers in place will be 
continued until an election may be had. 
I Amendment approved November 3, 1888.) 
ARTICLE IV. ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION. 
The members of the Executive Committee and all officers Compensation 
of the Association shall serve without pay except the Secre- 
tary, who shall receive such compensation as the Executive 
Committee from time to time may deem reasonable. 
There shall be an Executive Committee, composed of 
seven members of the Association. 
Said committee shall be elected annually on the 
day of in each year, and a majority of the votes 
cast shall be required 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 
members. 
ARTICLE V. 
Executive 
Committee. 
Quorum. 
Powers of 
Executive 
Committee. 
ARTICLE VI. 
It shall he the duty of the President to preserve order at 
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 shall be ex-officio chairman of the Executive Committee. 
It shall be the duty of the President to call meetings of 
the Associations whenever requested in writing by any five 
members. Notice of the meetings of the Association shall he 
given three days in advance, unless, in the opinion of the 
President, an emergency requires a meeting on shorter notice. 
The Vice-President shall have, in the absence of the Pres- 
ident, the same powers and authorities as are possessed by 
the President when present. 
President. 
Meetings. 
Yice-Presid’nt 
The duty of the Treasurer shall he to take charge of the 
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. 
ARTICLE VII 
Treasurer. 282 
ARTICLES OK ASSOCIATION. 
Secretary. 
The Secretary of the Association shall keep a f u r 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. 
ATRICLE VIII. 
Correspond’g 
Secretary. 
It shall be the duty of the Corresponding Secretary to 
receive and 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 IX. 
ARTICLE X. 
The President shall appoint, subject to the approval of 
the Executive Committee, the following standing committees: 
1. Committee on Finance. 
2. Committee on Conference with City and County Author- 
ities and Board of Health. 
3. Committee on Relief. 
4. Committee on Sanitation. 
(Amendment approved August 21, 1888.) 
5. Committee on Sanitary Police. 
(Amendment approved August 22, 1888. ) 
6. Committee on Claims. 
(Amendment approved September 18, 1888.) 
7. Committee on Duval County at Large. 
Committees, 
ARTICLE XI. 
Bills. 
All hills shall be audited and payment ordered by the 
Executive Committee, and disbursements made by check 
signed by the President and countersigned by the Treasurer. 
Amendments, 
etc. 
These articles of association may be rescinded, altered or 
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 XII. 
Rules of Order 
The customary rules of order shall prevail at the meetings 
of this Association. 
ARTICLE XIII. 
(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 von 
Andreu, D A 
Artrell, Wm M 
Backenstoe, G A 
Bacon, Dr H 
♦Baer, B M 
f Baker, W N 
tBaldwin, Dr Wm L 
♦Ball, T B 
Barnett, B H 
Barrs, J M 
Barton, S II 
Beachem, J 
Beebe, W H 
Belisario, M M 
Bell, J S 
Benachi, I’ N 
Benedict, ('has 
Benedict, W N 
Bennett, G II 
Bennett, H B 
Bennett, John P 
♦Bio,knell, Rev Jesse R 
♦Bisbee, C R 
♦Bogue, F E 
Bowen, Daniel 
Boyd, T .1 
Hours, W A 
Brittain, Geo M 
Brown, F I 
♦Buck, Dr F E 
Buckman, H H 
Buckman, T E 
♦Burroughs, Dr Chas J 
Butcher, Robt S 
Butler, Ed 
Byrne, Wm 
•Caldwell, S S 
♦Campbell, A 
Campbell, A B 
Carter, Tlios L 
♦Carter, W R 
Chaffee, A 
Chambers, J J 
Chase, Geo 
Center, 1 >r G F 
Clark, II W 
♦Clarke, William 
♦Cockrell, A Wm, Jr 
Coffin, Mrs E C 
Collins, C C 
♦Conolly, D INI 
♦Conover, J A 
Cooper, Capt W C 
Coxetter, Louis M 
Crawford, W L 
♦Crowley, I> J 
Cutler, J M 
♦Cuzner, Dr A T 
DaCosta, Chas W 
Dallam, W M 
Daly, John F 
•IDaniel, J J 
Daniel, R B 
DeLacy, Wm 
♦Dillon, B F 
Dobbins, A N 
♦Dodge, Rev W II 
Douglas, Jas 
Drew, Dr C 
Drew, Horace 
Durkee, Joseph H 
tElliott, C G 
♦Ellis, Chas 
Ellis, R N 
♦Ely, H S 
♦Emery, George 
tFairlie, Dr J M 
Farwell, J A 
fFleming, L I 
Foster, George R 
Foster, Stephen E 
Fraziei, G W 
French, Alfred 
Fridenberg, H I’ 
Fries, Albert 
♦Fries, A P 
Fritot, H M 
Fritot, H P 
Gibbens, T D 
Gibbons, Wm A 
Gibson, Wm L 
Gill, Geo W 
Gillen, E W 
Gerow, 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, I) P, Jr 
Hollinger, A C 
Holmes, E P 
Holt, J W 
Hooker, E E 
Hoover, M L 
Hopkins, Coriolanus 
Hopkins, 15 H 
Horne, Geo F 
Huau, J A 
Hubbard, Sam C 
Hudnall, Henry A 
Huff, Jacob 
Hull, N A 
Hunnicutt, Jas B 
♦Huntley, Stephen 
♦Hussey, J K 
Hutchinson, T G 
Irwin, T L 
Ivers, W F 
Ivory, R C 
Jamison, Newell 
Jones, Loton M 
Jones, Peter 
Jordan,M C 
♦Keene, O L 
♦Kenny, Father Wm J 
♦Kettle, Fred W 
King, A II 
Kinne, Chas W 
♦Knight, A W 
♦Knight, Raymond D 
Kreider, G II 
Lawton, B A 
t Signifies death by fever. 
* Signifies sickness by fever. 284 
MEMBERSHIP OF ASSOCIATION. 
Lee, Joseph E 
L’Engle, C S 
■fL’Engle, Henry A 
♦L’Engle, Dr John C 
Lilientlial, Henry 
Livingston, Dr John 
Livingston, T H 
Lorimer, S M 
Lowe, F 
Lucas, Nick 
Lyon, W W 
McAllister, W H 
McAllister, Mrs AV H 
McCoy, C T 
•IMcGinnis, ,T H 
♦McLaurin, E J E 
McLean, AV A 
McLeod, Norman 
McMillan, R H 
McMurray, P E 
McQuaid, P 
♦MacDonell, B B 
♦Macduff, AV A 
Alagill, F J 
Magill, W J 
♦Mallett, Dr O H 
fMartin, Edwin 
Marvin, Chas 
tMarvin, Frank 
Marvin, J A 
Marvin, James 
Marvin, John L 
Masters, R T 
Masters, AV E 
Maxwell, Dr Geo Troupe 
Mead, D C 
Melton, S H 
Merrill, Alex R 
Merrill, AV H 
Merrill, William 
Ming, H S 
tMulroy, R 
Mumby, F AV 
Munoz, J I 
Morrison, J M, Jr 
♦Mott, Thos J 
Mourie, B T, Jr 
Nachman, Sm 
Nesbitt, R W 
Nooney, C A 
Norton, J H 
Ord, William 
Osborne, F R 
♦Owen, AY B 
Paine, J B 
Paine, S D 
Pasco, Rev F 
tPeters, C 
Peterson, AN' R 
Pittman, AV C 
Poliak, AI 
Pollard, Mrs C 
Pons, F J 
Pope, B B 
♦Porter, Benj 
Porter, AV AV 
Reed, W W 
Robinson, Dr Hy 
Robinson, J K 
Rogers, C B 
♦Rogers, C Benedict 
Ross, H AV 
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 
Simms, Robt AN" 
♦Simpson, AVm H, Jr 
Slattery, M J 
Smith, J T 
Smith, R L 
tSinith, Theo M 
Smith, AV H 
♦Sollee, F C 
♦Somerville, AV M 
Soundstrom, Awid B 
Spiking, AN" D 
Stansell, Chas W 
Stephens, Frank 
Stephens, L I 
St. John, D E 
Stockton, J X C 
♦Stockton,T T 
♦Stollenwerck, Dr P J 
♦Stout, Dr H Ii 
Stetson, F 
Suarez, E ,T 
Sullivan, G H 
Summers, Dr T O 
Talbott, John T 
Taliaferro, Bryan 
Taylor, Geo W 
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 
♦Wakefield, Dr. A J 
♦Walker, Whitfield 
Walker, W S 
Wandell, J E 
Wan dell, \V 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 
Wilson, G C 
Wilson, G E 
Winsfeldt, Fred 
Witte, C W 
York, W H 
Zacharias, A 
t Signifies deatli by fever. * Signifies sickness by fever. 
Total number of members, 282. IICT IVCEDMOUXA-iyr. 
JAMES JAQUELIN DANIEL 
BORIS' 
At Columbia, S. C., 
August 14, 1830. 
DIED 
At Jacksonville, Florida, 
October 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. Whereas, In God’s wise Providence, the President of this 
Association, Col. J. J. Daniel has passed to his rest; and 
Whereas, 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 
Resolved, That we place on record our appreciation of his worth, 
gentleness and urbanity. A nobler man, a more devoted servant, or 
a purer and more unblemished spirit has not come among us. He 
was a man among men—firm but gentle, faithful and true, loving, 
honest, courteous and manly. He died as he had lived, a martyr to 
his love for his fellows, a true Christian gentleman, exemplifying 
his teachings by his life. Rich and poor, young and old, widow, 
orphan and stranger, called him friend. In the decease of our 
honored president we have lost, one and all, a loving director, a 
strong, sustaining spirit, and a large-minded guide. 
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the 
widow of our late president. 
Rx. Rev. E. G. Weed, 
Rev. W. .T. Kenny, 
P. E. McMurbay, 
Rev. W. H. Dodgp;, 
D. W. Oni.ey, 
D. T. Gekow, 
J. 0. Greeley, 
Committee on Resolutions. 
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 Auxiliary Sanitary Association. IJST MEMOEIAM. 
HENRY A. L’ENGLE. 
BORN 
At Jacksonville, Florida, 
January 23, 1850. 
DIED 
At Jacksonville, Florida, 
September 14, 1888, 
Aged 38 Years, 7 Months and 21 Days. 
He was a member of the Jacksonville 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 14tli 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 lay death; and 
Whereas, It is fitting that we pause, even in the valley of the 
shadow of death, to reverently pay 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 that others might live; 
therefore he it 
Resolved, That this Executive Committee, by the death of Henry 
A. L’Engle, has lost the services of a man of comprehensive mind, 
tender heart, practical executive ability and absolute unselfish devo- 
tion to its work. 
Resolved, That we sorrowfully tender to his bereaved relatives 
our sincere condolence and sympathy. 
Resolved, 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. 
Ciias. S. Adams, 
J. M. Schumacher, 
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. I IT MEMOEIAM. 
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 earnest laborer in the work of 
this committee, who, forgetful of self, modestly accepted the posi- 
tions of trust designated, and died in the faithful pei’formance of 
the duties confided to him. 
Resolved, 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 [were, on the 27tli of September, 1888, 
read before and approved by the Executive Committee of the Jack- 
sonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association. iisT avcE3ycoTex-A3vc. 
JAMES M. FAIRLIE. 
BORIST 
At Strathblane, 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 tlie Jacksonville Auxiliary Sanitary Association, 
and its Corresponding Secretary, which position he 
filled at the time of his decease. Whereas, In tlie 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 testify 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 
Resolved, 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 are left to finish; be it 
Resolved, The terrible ordeal we are passing through 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. 
Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the records and 
a copy be sent to the immediate family.. 
J. C. Greeley, 
P. E. M< Murray, 
Charles 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. 
ANNISTON : 
Cumberland Presbvt’n Chr’h $18.50 
Nunnald, J H 18.70 
$37.20 
BESSEMER: 
Bessemer Land & Impr’t Co. 5.00 
BIRMINGHAM: 
Binning. Lodge 368, I.O.B.B. 10.00 
B P O Elks 50.00 
Enslee Furnace Employees.. 200.00 
Hirschen, A A 30.00 
Perrin, H \Y 6.50 
Quigley, E P 20.00 
Quigley, Mrs Fannie E 25.00 
Royster Provision Co 600.00 
941.50 
BREAYTON: 
Citizens, per F C Rankin 96.26 
DANVILLE: 
Citizens, per Sam Blackwell.. 34.00 
FORT DEPOSIT: 
Citizens, per Hayneville, “Ex- 
aminer” 32.15 
HAYNEVILLE: 
“Examiner” 2.50 
Mushat, Mrs J P 1.00 
Schwabaclier, Mrs H 1.50 
5.00 
HUNTSVILLE: 
Campbell, R G 2.50 
Citizens, per J AY Newman... 110.00 
Episcoi>al Sunday-School 11.10 
123.60 
JAMES : 
Proceeds of Young People’s 
Entertainment 21.00 
LAFAYETTE : 
Citizens, per S P Green 53.00 
LIVINGSTON: 
Citizens, per J L Parker 53.00 
MARION: 
Selma Baptist Church 62.40 
MONTGOMERY: 
Carey, AV. A $9.50 
Citizens, per AY A Carr and 
J D Beal 304.50 
Citizens, per Josiah Morris 
& Co 466.65 
Citizens, per First Nat Bank 64.90 
Hardway, Master Jimmy.. . 3.30 
848.85 
OPELIKA: 
Citizens, per Bank of Opelika 50.70 
OXFORD: 
Draper, J I) 1.25 
Oxford Baptist Church 38.00 
$ 39.25 
PRATTVILLE: 
Citizens, per Josiah Morris 
& Co 200.00 
SELMA: 
“Advance Ledger” 25.00 
Bloch, J 5.00 
Central Oil Co 10.00 
Christian Church 13.00 
Citizens, per AYm S Monk... 136.00 
Commercial Bank 25.00 
Congregration Mish Kam Is- 
rael 85.00 
Dunless, AY I) 5.00 
Employees of H. C. Keible 
& Co 13.00 
Ladies’ Hebrew Benevolent 
Society 40.00 
Pleasant Hill Baptist S S 7.75 
AYooley, A C 5.00 
369.75 
SHEFFIELD : 
AAroodson, Chas D, First Na- 
tional Bank 25.00 
TALLADEGA: 
First Baptist Church S S— 10.00 
TROY: 
Citizens, per Farmers and 
Merchants Bank 7.75 
Citizens, per Fox Henderson 100.00 
107.75 
AVETUMKA: 
Hohenberg, Miss Emma.. .. 2.00 
Total $3,117.41 2 
APPENDIX. 
ARKANSAS. 
F RESNO—Continued. 
Platt, SL $1.00 
Seever, C W 1.00 
Shanklin, J W 1.00 
Starratt, Wm l.oo 
Thayer, A E l.oo 
Wiener, A J l.oo 
Winchell, E C 5.00 
Yost, H 1.00 
74.70 
LOS ANGELES: 
Citizens, perTimes-Union... 7.00 
SAN DIEGO: 
Citizens, per Warren Wilson 302.15 
Total $421 85 
COLORADO. 
CENTRAL CITY : 
Citizens, per 1? 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 Wood- 
bury 50.00 
1,530.30 
GREELEY: 
Courier Warren 50.00 
Total '. $1,595.30 
CONNECTICUT. 
DANBURY: 
Florida Rolling Exposition, 
W S Webb $9.00 
HARTFORD: 
Citizens, per Mayor John G 
Root 125.00 
Citizens, per “ Courant ” 584.10 
Dennis, Rodney 25.00 
Jewell Belting'Co 100.00 
834.10 
LITTLEFIELD: 
Citizens, per Mrs B Keith 77.00 
MERIDEN: 
Florida Rolling Exposition.. 24.00 
M1DDLEFIELD: 
Terrill, W E 15.00 
EUREKA SPRINGS: 
Pine St ME Church, per H J 
Baron $ 4.25 
FORT SMITH: 
Citizens, per Mayor S A Wil- 
liams 124.25 
HOT SPRINGS: 
Baseball Club 6.00 
Cain, L D 4.00 
Citizens, per Charles Garrett 
& Co 22.00 
32.00 
LITTLE ROCK: 
Christian Church, per Rev T 
G Shelton 66.35 
Citizens, per Mayor W G 
Whipple 156.00 
First Congregational Church 13.00 
McCarthy Light Guards 607.00 
842.35 
OZARK: 
M E Sunday-School, per W B 
Canaster! 8.20 
PINE BLUFF : 
Machinists 47.00 
Total $1,058.05 
CALIFORNIA. 
CORONADO: 
Waiters’ Musical Hotel de 
Coronado $38.00 
FRESNO: 
Baiune, J W 1.00 
Beckwith, RE 2.00 
Beckwith, Mrs RE 2.00 
Beckwith, Rose 2.00 
Bennett, W J 1.00 
Bone, J W 1.00 
Brown, J S 1.00 
Cash, four 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, Geo E 1.00 
Fresno Loan and Savings 
Bank 10.00 
Gilmour, E 1.00 
Griffith, W G 1.00 
Gundelflnger, L 2.00 
Haber, W P 10.00 
Holmes, John M 1.00 
Native Sons of the Golden 
West 10.00 
Noble, Mrs D 1.00 APPENDIX. 
3 
CONNECTICUT—Continued. 
MIDDLETOWN: 
Bunce, Jas H $20.00 
(.’ash (four items) 13.00 
Churchill, Homer 10.00 
Douglass, W B 20.00 
Exhibit of Mrs Bell 12.00 
Hotchkiss, Fred 10.00 
Jackson & Co, C E 10.00 
JEH.. 20.00 
Middlesex Banking Co 25.00 
Stroud, E 5.00 
Western Union Tel Operators 5.00 
Wilcox, Wm W 10.00 
160.00 
NEW BRITAIN: 
Cash 5.00 
Herald Publishing Co 107.79 
112.79 
NEW HARTFORD: 
Sunday-School Collections... 20.00 
NEW HAVEN: 
Bradley, A S 2.00 
Chamber of Commerce 1,163.45 
Citizens, per Mayor A S York 923.00 
New Haven Machinery Co... 40.00 
Wurts, John 50.00 
2,178.45 
NEW LONDON: 
Bentley, A J 40.00 
Citizens, per Gen G W Bent- 
ley 1,652.01 
1.692.01 
NORWICH: 
Citizens, per N Y Committee 524.35 
PORTLAND: 
Methodist Episcopal Church 33.00 
PUTNAM: 
Citizens, per H O Dale 27.00 
WILLIMANTIC: 
Citizens, per Fred Roges 21.50 
Total $5,728.20 
DAKOTA. 
ELLENDALE: 
Austin, James M $2.00 ; 
FARGO: 
Morton & Morris 25.00 
SIOUX FALLS: 
Kairhead, J S, and Friends.. 11.00 | 
Total $38.00 
DELAWARE. 
MIDDLETOWN: 
First Presbyterian Church.. $3.00 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
WASHINGTON: 
Baseball game bet. Thatcher 
Primrose and West Min- 
strels and Post Employees.$410.55 
Brock, Jacob, Treasurer 2.00 
Brown, Mabel (a little girl). 40 
Call, Senator Wilkinson... . 25.00 
Choate, C 2.00 
Citizens, per Wash “Post”.. 420.05 
Citizens,per “Evening Star” 1,533.96 
Cleveland, Grover, Pres U S. 200.00 
Cockrell, Geo W 50.00 
| Corbet & Norris, Kellogg 
Building 5.00 
Doughertv, C, Congressman. 25.00 
F J G 1.00 
George, Senator 10.00 
Johnson, I Harrison 5.00 
Johnson, ME 30.00 
Ladies of Treas Dept, per 
Gen FE Spinner 20.00 
Lowndes, James 5.00 
Mathews, W B 400.00 
Officers and Employees U S 
Coast & Geodetic Surveys. 123.00 
Painazo, Prof '... 50 
Pasco, Senator, Samuel 25.00 
Postoffice Dept Employees, 
per Jas Roy, Chf Clerk' — 516.19 
Ruby, Philip' R 10.00 
Sachs & Co 25.00 
Unknown 5.00 
Unknown, per “Post” 2.00 
Unknown, per Room No 70 .. 1.00 
Washington “Post” 50.00 
Wash. “Post” Employees 5.00 
Total $3,913.36 
FLORIDA. 
ALTAMONTE: 
Fuller, RD $5.00 
APALACHICOLA: 
Grady & Co, J E 28.15 
Ruge & Son, H 25.00 
H53.15 
ARCHER: 
Baukniglit, C W 5.00 
Bauknight, F G 5.00 
Blitch, G.,U . 1.00 
Curry, R C 1.00 
Fleming, John T 5.00 
Geiger, W A 5.00 
Jackson, Mrs W L 5.00 
27.00 4 
APPENDIX. 
FLORIDA—Continued. 
BARTOW: 
Winston, R H $1.00 
JBOSTWICK: 
Davis & Webster 10 00 
BROOKS VILLE: 
Preston, J M 0 10.00 
CEDAR KEY: 
Anderson, W H 3 00 
CITY POINT: 
Citizens, per A Win Cockrell, 
Jr 15.00 
•COCOA: 
Herron, L A 5.00 
DAYTONA: 
First Congregational Church 3.50 
Hand, HP . 25.00 
McManus, J B 10.00 
Rogers, T R, per “Times- 
Union” 5.00 
Woolsey, B B 10.00 
53.50 
DeLAND: 
Citizens, per Mayor F S 
Goodrich 71.75 
Dellisell, I) W 2.00 
Goodrich, Fred S 20.00 
Klapp, Mrs Wm 5.00 
98.75 
ENTERPRISE: 
Citizens 60.00 
EUSTIS : 
Broom Brigade, per Bishop 
Bros 48.10 
FERNANDINA : 
Hoyt, F W 25.00 
GEORGETOWN: 
Collections by Master Victor 
and Miss Ethel Jacobs C.70 
Thorne, Mr and Mrs G 11 10.00 
Warr, Aaron 10.00 
26.70 
GREEN COVE SPRINGS: 
Borden, John G 50.00 
Browdy, RA 5.00 
55.00 
JACKSONVILLE: 
Ambler, D G 100.00 
Armour & Co 500.00 
Bailey, Martin 5.00 
Baker, Judge, James M 100.00 
Baldwin, Dr A S 100.00 
Barrs, J M 25.00 
Bassnett, A I) 100.00 
Baxter, Thomas 100.00 
Baya.HT 25.00 
JACKSONVILLE—Continued. 
Bean, E $25.00 
Belling, I) S D 5.00 
Benedict, C B 100.00 
Bettelini, F 50.00 
Bingham, I) 5.00 
Bisbee, H 25.00 
Bisbee, W A 20.00 
Bours, W A 25.00 
Bradford, W A 5.00 
Burbridge, J Q 100.00 
Buslinell, J W 10.00 
Byrne, Win 50.00 
Cadwallader, Rev J 10 00 
Campbell, A B 50.00 
Campbell, J R 100.00 
Cash 5.00 
Cashen, T V 25 00 
Christie, Joseph B 5.00 
Chute, Richard 10.00 
Citizens Gas and Electric Co. 50.00 
Clark, H W 10.00 
Clark, John 50.00 
Clark, Son & Co, John 50.00 
Clark & Loftus 25.00 
Cleaveland & Son 50 00 
Clyde & Co, Win P 500.00 
Cockrell & Son, AW.. 25.00 
Cohen Bros 500.00 
Collins, C C 10.00 
Coniff, John 10.00 
Cooper, C M 25.00 
Cooper, John C- 25 00 
Crowlev, I) G, Agent 100 00 
Dallam, Mr 1.00 
Dalton, Edward B 25.00 
Daniel, Dr R P 50 00 
Davidson, Capt W M 25.00 
Davis, Dr GW 50.00 
Dawkin-, Crosby 10 00 
DeBary Line Steamers 100.00 
DeCottes, Geo A 10.50 
Doggett & Buckinan 25 50 
Drew, Sr, Columbus 10.00 
Drew, Dr C 10.00 
Drew & Hazeltine 50.00 
Drew, W W 50.00 
Drtina, J E 15 00 
Durkee, Major J H 50 00 
Duval Co. Commissioners—5000.00 
Duval, H It 100.00 
Dzialynski, M A 10.00 
Ely, HS. 25 00 
Fa'irhead, Strawn & Co 25.00 
Fitzgerald, Capt J W 35.00 
Foster, Geo R 25.00 
Foster & Co, Geo R 50.00 
Foster, Mrs Mary 10 00 
Fleming & Daniel 50 00 
Fletcher, EH 50.00 
Friend 1.00 
Fries, A 4.00 
Gee, Elisha 4.50 
Geo F Drew Hardware Co 50.00 
Gibbens, T D 10.00 
Gillen, EW 10.00 
Glenn, Geo P 5.00 
Greenleaf & Crosby 50.00 
Gregor, I 10.00 
Hallowes, Mrs C M 10.00 
Hardee, G S 25.00 
Hart, Col J E 100.00 
Hazeltine, C B 50.00 
Hildebrandt, J 25.00 APPENDIX. 
5 
JACKSONVILLE—Continued. 
Holmes, Geo O, Agent $50.00 
Holmes, J I) 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, Robt H 10.00 
Keene, O L 5.00 
Knapp, O P 5.00 
Kohn, Furehgott & 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 0 10.00 
McAllister, W H 2.00 
McDuff & Co, A G 79.25 
McLaughlin, Miss F 10.00 
McLaughlin, Major R 50.00 
McNerny, TF 35.00 
McQuaid, P 50.00 
MacDuff, WA 50.00 
Marvin, Clias 20.00 
Marvin, Jas L 29.00 
Marx Bros 5.00 
Marzyck, J 10.00 
Mason, A B 110.00 
Mason, Harry 50.00 
Merrill & Stevens Eng. Co... 25.00 
Meyer & Muller 100.00 
Mitchell, Mrs Alexander 500.00 
Mulford, EA 25 00 
Mumby, Stockton & Knight. 50.00 
Murphy, T 16 00 
Murphy, Mrs T 5.00 
Myers, Sigo 100.00 
Norton, J H 50.00 
Orvis, F H 100.00 
Paine, Jas H 10.00 
Papy, F B 25.00 
Pearce, C G 10.00 
Pontier, C E 10.00 
Qeens Ins Co of England 50.00 
Randall, EM 25.00 
Reed, AM 50.00 
Rice, M C 25.00 
Rich, Mrs CF 5.00 
Robertson, CC 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, DrE 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, JNC 50.00 
J AKSO NVILLE—Continued. 
Stockton, Telfair $50.00 
Taliaferro, James P 50.00 
Tischler, P 25.00 
Tysen, JR 50.00 
Walker, Col Whitfield 10-00 
Walsh, TB 10.00 
Walter, P 25.00 
Walzer, R 25.00 
Webb, Wanton S 10.00 
Weiman, G R. 5.00 
Wightman, W. 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 
10,762.25 
JASPER: 
Unknown 5.00 
JUPITER: 
Allen, Dwight A 5.00 
KEY WEST: 
Base Ball League 4.25 
Citizens 458.05 
Pendleton, C B 4.00 
Tift, A F 100.00 
Wade, M 5 00 
561.30 
KING’S FERRY: 
Davis & Bro, L A 33.59 
KISSIMMEE: 
Citizens, per Kissimmee City 
Bank 80.00 
Katz, M 5.00 
85.00 
LAKE MAITLAND: 
Citizens, per Wm B Jackson, 
Mayor 25.00 
LEESBURG: 
Venable, NE 10.00 
LIVE OAK: 
Citizens, per G Potsdamer... 43.50 
MADISON: 
Madison County Grand Jury 8.25 
Randall, Theodore 5.19 
13.44 
MARIANNA: 
Citizens, per Mayor Henry 
Brash 84.00 
Poor Church, A, per R D Bur- 
rows 6.50 
90.50 
MORELAND: 
Hogg, Ben j 5.00 
NEW SMYRNA: 
Ladies’ Congregational So- 
ciety 28.80 APPENDIX, 
FLORIDA—Continued. 
OCALA: 
Agnew & Co, E W $ 50.00 
Bettinger, C L 10.00 
Delouest, Ed 10.00 
Rheinauer & Bro, Chas 10.00 
Wilson, Geo AV 100.00 
180.00 
ORANGE BEND: 
Lovell, G X 10.00 
ORLANDO: 
Citizens, per Daily Record... 378.25 
Jacocks, C AV 2.50 
380.75 
ORMOND: 
Murray, LM 10.00 
OSTEEN: 
Citizens, per E A Osteen & 
Son 13.00 
Osteen & Son, E A 5.00 
18.00 
PABLO BEACH: 
Suskind, E 5.00 
PALAI BEACH : 
Beersford Bros 20.00 
PANAMA: 
Elkins 1.00 
Wood 1.00 
2.00 
PENSACOLA: 
Chipley, AV D : 50.00 
Citizens, per L P. Knowles.. 456.45 
Haygood, TR 1.00 
Mallorv, Mr 5.00 
Mallory, S R 25.00 
Pasttime & Duke Baseball 
Club 111.75 
649.20 
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 1.00 
Furgerson, Cant 1.00 
Furgerson, 8 S’ 50 
Gilbert, GW 5.00 
Harris, Jacob 50 
Holmes, Chas 5.00 
Houston, E O 2.00 
Houston, Spencer 2.00 
Jackson, Samuel 1.00 
Johnson, C AV 1.00 
Johnson, EH 1.00 
Johnson, Mrs John 1.00 
Lamee, F AV 1.00 
Lamee, J 1 1.00 
Lamee, Wm S 1.00 
Latimore, 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, JH 1 00 
Stuart, John 5.00 
Tonney, Louis 50 
AVilson, Charles 1.00 
42.25 
QUINCY: 
Citizens, per “Times-Union” 109.00 
RIVER JUNCTION: 
lark and family, EM 5.00 
ROCKLEDGE: 
Williams, HS 10.00 
SANDERSON: 
Pons, FJ 15.00 
SANFORD: 
Citizens, per First National 
Rank 105.50 
Ladies’ Entertainment 119.10 
224.60 
SAN MATEO: 
Bishop, PB 25.00 
ST. AUGUSTINE: 
African ME Church 6.50 
Citizens 50.00 
St. Augustine Guards, per 
\\Tn Moody 25.00 
81.50 
STARKE: 
Gaskin, J L 10.00 
Unknown 2.00 
12.00 
SYLVAN LAKE: 
Wilson, ThomasE 10.00 
TALLAHASSEE: 
Citizens, per AV A McIntosh. 84.30 
“Floridian” office 17.00 
Gamble, James B 20.00 
Lewis & Son, B C 100.00 
Lewis, Miss Lilia 25.00 
Lewis, MaryS 20.00 
Lewis, Mrs Sarah S 25.00 
Lockie, JS 10.00 
Maxwell, A E 25.00 
M’Ginnis, R A 5.00 
Mitchell, Judge, H L 50.00 
Perry, Gov E A 100.00 
Ranev, Judge, G P 25.00 
AVombwell, LB 25.00 
531.30 
TAMPA: 
Holt, E B 5.00 
TAVARES: 
Fuller M A 25.00 
THONOTOSASSA: 
Weed, EH 3.25 APPENDIX. 
FLORIDA—Continued. 
TITUSVILLE : 
Citizens, per ,J H Smith $ 250.00 
WALDO : 
Pettit, N C 10.00 
WILDWOOD: 
Robinson, Miss Mattie A 5.00 
WINTER PARK : 
Cashen, JT 25 
Young People’s Society, Con- 
gregational Church.' 7.00 
7.25 
WOODLAWN: 
Brown, Mrs E D 5.00 
Total $14,835.68 
GEORGIA. 
ACKWORTH : 
Literary Club $60.05 
Rawson, Mrs S M 7.00 
Sunday-School 7.35 
74 40 
ALBANY: 
Citizens, per McIntosh & 
Davis 50.00 
Citizens, per Daniel Mayer.. 128.50 
178.50 
AMEBICUS : 
Citizens, per J E Sullivan 70 25 
ATHENS : 
Cheney, F W 5.00 
Girchin, Dr John 5.(K) 
Hodgson, E R 51.00 
Israelites 55.75 
King’s Daughters 15.00 
Young Men’s Entertainment 57.40 
189.15 
ATLANTA: 
Aker & Bros 10.00 
Arnold, Carlton & McCord.. 25.00 
Atlanta Paper Co 50.00 
Black, G P 5.00 
Brannon Bros 5.00 
Broomhead, A W 5.00 
Broom head, 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 
Dickey, Jas L 5.00 
Dickey, John R 10.00 
Everett & Co, G B 25.00 
Frazier, J I) 5.00 
Hart, S H 5.00 
Hawkes, AI) 20.00 
King Hardware Co 10.00 
ATLANTA—Continued. 
Kinny & Jones $5.00 
Kreth, Kalford 5.00 
Lewis, H 5.00 
Lewis, TS .. 10.00 
Lowry, Robt J 10.00 
Maddox, J J & J E 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 & Co, W M 10.00 
Smith, Jos 10.00 
Spence, MM" 10.00 
Stokes, John W 5.00 
Well house & Sons 25.00 
Williams, IV S 5.00 
Wynn, J O 5.00 
Za'ckry, W J 5.00 
1,896 25 
AUGUSTA: 
Central RR. and Banking Co 370 00 
Citizens per Ga.RR.&Bank Co 128.00 
Citizens, per J W Corrielle... 500.00 
Unknown 1.50 
999.50 
BAIN BRIDGE: 
Citizens, per J R Babbitt 66.00 
BELTON: 
Walker, H H 2.00 
BLAKELY : 
Friends of R B Taylor 35.00 
BLOWN WOOD : 
Citizens 21 65 
Citizens, per J J Hill 3.20 
24.85 
BRUNSWICK: 
Citizens, per W B Cohen. ... 154.00 
Citizens, per E A Nilson 250.00 
Citizens,per “Morning News” 42.00 
Prince, Miss 5.00 
451.00 
CAMILLA : 
M E Church, South 14.40 
CARROLLTON : 
Citizens, per S J Brown 38 15 
CARTERSYILLE: 
Milan, JC 3 00 
CHIPLEY: 
YMCA 8.65 
COLUMBUS : 
Board of Trade 500.00 
Citizens, per Clias E Estes... 376.35 
Colored Second Presbt’n S S 2.10 
— 878 45 8 
APPENDIX. 
GEORGIA—Continued. 
EASTMAN: 
Citizens, per “Dodge Co Jour- 
nal ” $ 54.25 
Pendleton, W W 1.00 
55.25 
FORSYTH: 
Baptist Church, per W B 
Amos 50.00 
FORT GAINES: 
Shove,CB 5.00 
FORT VALLEY : 
Citizens, per Grey Bros 63.75 
GREENSBORO: 
Citizens, per J F Hall 24.10 
HAMILTON: 
Unknown 1.50 
HA WKINSVILLE: 
Citizens, per J O Jelks, Jr... 100 00 
LA GRANGE: 
Citizens, per W L Fleming.. 73.75 
LUMPKIN; 
Hickey, ET 5.00 
Pearson, E P 36.75 
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, ThosW 25.00 
1299.82 
MARIETTA: 
Citizens, per Mayor F W 
Glover 130.20 
Citizens, per “Journal”— 19.05 
Fox, WH 5.00 
Myers, Major Henry 10.00 
164.25 
MILLEDGEVILLE: 
Powell, Dr TO 1.00 
St. Cecilia Musical Club, con- 
cert proceeds 51.60 
52.60 
NEWNAN: 
Mechanics’ Cornet Band, 
concert proceeds 103.00 
NORCROSS: 
A young lady 20.00 
OGLETHORPE: 
Cash $ .50 
Coogle, DP 1.00 
Johnson, W C 1.00 
Keen, C R 5.00 
Kelso, D 10.00 
Promiscuous • 3.75 
Stewart, WH. 1.00 
Taylor, Q Z 1.00 
Topley, ST 2.00 
WiTlis, WH 5.00 
Williams, J R 1.00 
31.25 
OWENS FERRY : 
Biddle,JK 25.00 
PALMETTO: 
Relief 2.00 
QUITMAN: 
Citizens, per Mayor Geo W 
Averett 104.75 
Hickory Head Baptist Ch’ch 38.00 
142.75 
ROME: 
Batty, HH 50.00 
“ Tribune ” Relief Fund, per 
J T Graves 340.00 
390.00 
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 
Bryan 1000.00 
Dancy, D Y 25.00 
Davis Bros 5.00 
Douglas & Co, John A 5.00 
Doyle, MJ 10.00 
Dub, B 10.00 
Duckworth, Turner & Co— 50.00 
Eckman & Vetsburg 25.00 
Eckstein & Co, Gustave 25.00 
Ehrlich & Bro. A 25.00 
Einstein A; Lehman 10.00 
Epstein & Bro, 1 25.00 
Epstein & 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 
Flannery & Co, John 50.00 
Fleming Bros 10.00 
Frank & Co 25.00' 
Fretwell & Nichols 10.00 
Garnett, Stubbs & Co 50.00> 
Garrard & Meldrin 25.00 
Gazan, Levi J 5.00 
Gordon & Co, W W 100.00 
Grady, De Letre & Co 20.00 
Green, E M 50.00- 
Guckenheimer & Son, S 100.00 
Haas, Isaac G . 10.00> 
Haines, Col H S 50.00 
Herman & Kayton 50.00t 9 
APPENDIX. 
SAVANNAH—Continued. 
Hexter & Kohn $ 5.00 
Hibernian Society 1(M).00 
King’s Daughters' 10.00 
Leitler. A 20.00 
Lester & Ravenel 25.00 
Levy & Bro, B H 10. (M) 
Lippman Bros 15.(M) 
Livingston,H H,per “Times” 20.15 
Lovell & Latimore 10.00 
Lovell & Sons, Edward 20.(M) 
Maclean & Co, M 50.00 
Meinhard Bros & Co 350.00 
Mell & Co, W B 10.00 
Mendel & Deitscli 10.00 
Menelaus, C 25. (M) 
Miller, A J 5.00 
Minnis & Son, A 50.00 
Mohr Bros 10.00 
Montague & Co, CL 25.00 
Myers & Bro, H KM).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 
Sinijudns & Co, W D 25.00 
Smith Bros 5.00 
St Philip’sAfrican MECh’ch 8.00 
Strauss & Co 50.00 
Stults, Clias E 15.00 
Tiedeman & Bro, GW 10 00 
Walthour & Rivers 5.00 
Watson & Powers 10.00 
Weed, Joseph D 25.00 
West & Co, Thomas 5.00 
Western Union Telegraph Co 
Employees 16.00 
6,455.37 
SPARTA: 
Citizens, per W H Silver 50.00 
STINSON: 
Hunt, S A 1.00 
Hunt, T M 1.00 
Neal, Mrs Kate 2.00 
Radclifle, G W 5.00 
Tigner, B F 4.00 
Tigner, Mrs G 5.00 
Trinity Sunday-School 20.IX) 
38.00 
TENNILLE: 
Citizens, per J W Smith 53.50 
THOMASVILLE: 
Citizen", per Aldimau, Whid- 
ams Co 103.40 
Citizens, per “Enterprise”... 10O.(M) 
Citizens, per J G Hopkins... 157.56 
Citizens, per T M McIntosh.. 127.50 
488.56 
TIFTON : 
Morgan & Reynolds 10.00 
VILLA RICA : 
Citizens, per W B Candler... 23.25 
WARM SPRINGS: 
Dorr, JW $25.00 
WEST POINT: 
Citizens, per T J Jennings, 
Jr, Mayor 85.30 
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS : 
Sunday-School, per B F Tig- 
ner.! 3.00 
WINTER VILLE: 
Citizens, per T A Harris 21 60 
$14,828 90 
ILLINOIS. 
ANNA: 
Citizens, per Mayor M V 
Evans $60.15 
CAIRO: 
Baseball Game, per John A 
Miller 265.60 
CARLINSVILLE: 
Proceeds Concert, Wm D 
Graham 73.25 
CARMI: 
First Presbyterian Church. 14.57 
CHAMPAIGN: 
Gardner, C G 3.00 
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 Bran ch “Red Cross’ T ,000.00 
Chicago National Bank 100.00 
Citizens, per “Inter-Ocean”. 366.17 
Citizens, per Mayor Roche.5555.00 
Citizens, per “Tribune” 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, II 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, S A $ 26.00 
Lane, W C 15.00 
Leita, James 25.00 
Master Painters’ Association 50.00 
Mayer & Son, L 20.00 
Merchants Loan & Trust Co. 100.00 
Merchants National Bank... 100.00 
Metropolitan National Bank 100.00 
National Bank of America.. 100.00 
National Bank of Illinois 100.00 
Northwestern National Bank 50.00 
Porter Bros & Co 100.00 
Prairie State National Bank. 25.00 
Republican and Commercial 
Travelers Visiting General 
Harrison 105.88 
Schaffne & Co, H 25.00 
Silvermann, L 25.00 
Terrence, C E 1.00 
Union National Bank 100.00 
Union Trust Co 25.00 
Wan dell Bros 100.00 
Ward, W C, per “Tribune”.. 5.00 
Webstar & Comstock 5.00 
13436.80 
EFFINGHAM : 
Boys and Girls Collection— 10.75 
ELGIN: 
“Daily News,” per A H Low- 
rie 16.00 
EVANSTOWN: 
McDowell, Mrs Malcom 1.00 
FREEPORT: 
First Presbyterian Church.. 35.31 
HAMILTON: 
Lane & Co, W B 3.50 
JOLIET: 
Fergus, G E 55.00 
MURPHYSBOROUGH: 
Duffenbach, P 6.10 
PALO: 
Public Schools, per R W 
Burton 18.05 
PANA: 
Davis, E J 25.00 
PEORIA: 
Peoria l’otterv Co 50.00 
QUINCY: 
A Friend, per “Times- 
Union” 2.00 
RAYENSWOOD: 
Public Schools, per A V Elide 8.55 
ROCKFORD: 
A Fireman $ 1.00 
Ashton, Andrew 10.00 
Barnes, W F and John 10.00 
Barnum, Harris 5.00 
Beattie, John 3.00 
Blakeman, B 5.00 
Brown, C W 2.00 
Brown, H A 1.00 
Brown, H S 2.00 
Burr Bros 3.00 
Carlton, Ingalls 5.00 
Carrico, TW 1.00 
Cash (three items) 9.00 
Casper, H arrv 1.00 
Catlin, Mrs Dr E P 5.00 
Charity 1.00 
Churchill, PP 2.00 
Clemens, Mrs J E 5.00 
Clifford, John 1.00 
Cole & Day 2.00 
Colton, A.' 2 00 
Cutler, A E 2.00 
Dawson, 6 H 1.00 
Dorr, Miss Jessie 5.00 
Dorr, Miss Marcia 5.00 
Early, Mrs AD 2.00 
Elmore, I)A 5.00 
Fairfield, IV W 5.00 
Fay, Lewis & Bro 1.00 
Ferguson, D H 5.00 
First Congregational Church 77.20 
Fraley, John M 1.00 
Friedman, F 1 00 
Friend 3.00 
Frost, A H 1.00 
Graham, John 1 00 
Hanaford, Dr M 1 1 <K> 
Hinkley, James 1.00 
Huggins, Mrs Geo 1.00 
Hurd, Dr A E 2 00 
Joyce, Henry 1.00 
Keeler, Ed. 2.00 
Kellogg, Geo F 1 00 
Kelly, Geo B 5.00 
Kerr, Dr Thomas 5 00 
King, Geo E 3.00 
Knapp, VVm 2.00 
Lake, John 5.00 
Lament, James 2.00 
Lovell, W W 1.00 
McAfee, DrW I) 2.00 
McConnell, Miss Eliza 1.00 
Mayer, Charles 2.00 
Miller, Botsford & Co 10.00 
Nevermind 1.00 
Nordstrom, Gus 5.00 
Norton, M A 5.00 
O’Connor, Kate 3.00 
Parmele, MS 2.00 
Paterson, Mrs Frank W 1.00 
Peterson, W C 1.00 
Penfield, Mr and Mrs J G... 5.00 
Penfield, S F and G F 2.00 
People’s Bank 10.00 
Peterson, Mrs Fred 1.00 
Porter & Co., John R 2.00 
Radecke, T F 1.00 
Reynolds, Will 2.00 
Ricliings, Dr Henry 2.00 
Robertson, TI) " 25.00 
Rockford Humane Societv... 5.00 
Rockford Mitten Co., Em- 
ployes 33.35 APPENDIX. 
11 
ROCKFORD—Continued. 
Rockford Register $10.00 
Roper, Major 100 
Sabin, Charles 2.00 
Sanford, G A 10.00 
Scott, Thos 2.00 
Scoville, Mavor 2.00 
Shedd, CF.. 2.00 
Sherratt, John H 10.00 
Silver Plate Co 5.00 
Sine, Major JB 1 00 
Spafford, A C 10.00 
Stewart, 1) J 5.00 
Stone, Horatio 5.00 
Sullivan, John E 2.00 
Summer, EB 100 
Swift, Dr HP 5.00 
Sympathy 2.55 
Talcott, WA 10.00 
Talcott, Hon Wait 5.00 
Taylor, HW 2.00 
Two Seminary Girls 3.00 
Waldo, H H 1.00 
Weldon, Mrs Capt 1.00 
Wheat, Fred 1.00 
Williams, Miss AH 1.00 
Woodruff, EL 5.00 
Woodruff, Gilbert 10.00 
Wunder. George 5.00 
464.10 I 
SANDWICH : 
Sandwich Mfg Co 5.00 
SHELDON: 
Sheppard, S W 1.00 
Total $14,556.73 
INDIANA. 
BRAZIL: 
Brazil & Continental Lodge, 
F&AM $25.00 
EMMETSBURG : 
Hunter, Rev J J 1.00 
EVANSVILLE : 
Business Men 100.00 
Citizens, per S S Scant! in .... 32.66 
132.66 
FORT WAYNE: 
Bond, JO 5.00 
Pennington Machine Works. 5.00 
10.00 
INDIANAP( >LIS: 
Atkins & Co, EC 5.00 
Fletcher <fc Thomas 5.00 
10.00 
JEFFERSONVILLE : 
Barnes, WL 20.00 
Delahunt, John L 2.00 
Donovan, P O 2.00 
Jenkins, John A 1.00 
Kehoe, AI J 100 
Patton Mfg Co, Employes. .. 20.00 
Peaceley, Chris .* 2.00 
Smith, AW 2.00 
Steeley, Kugene V 2.00 
52.00 
LAFAYETTE: 
Second Presbyterian Church $9" • 10 
LA PORTE: 
Hebrew Ladies’Aid Society. 10.00 
MICHIGAN CITY: 
Congregational Sunday Sch’l 38.17 
NEW ALBANY: 
Citizens, per First National 
Bank 200.00 
De Pauw, C W 50.00 
250.00 
PAOLI: 
Bowles, LS 5.00 
SHELBYV1LLE : 
City Council 50.00 
TERRE HAUTE: 
Hudnut Milling Co 100.00 
WARSAW: 
Proceeds of Lottery 41.75 
Total if 822.68 
IOWA. 
COUNCIL BLUFFS: 
Rescue Fire Co, Ball, per 
Postmaster $95.30 
DA VENPORT : 
Reed, J A 10 00 
DES MOINES: 
Crosby, Mrs CS,NY Coin... 5.00 
KEOKUK: 
Morse, W S 5.00 
MCGREGOR: 
Justus, John R 2.00 
MADISON: 
Iowa Farming Tool Co 6.00 
SIOUX CITY: 
Traveling men, per Geo P 
Perkins 70.25 
Citizens 55.33 
125.58 
STATE CENTER: 
Citizens, per Y J Shipman... 43.35 
WINFIELD: 
Presbyterian Church, per J 
B Butter 7.00 
Total 299.23 12 
APPENDIX. 
KANSAS. 
DODGE CITY: 
Barker, CM $10.00 
GARDEN CITY: 
Schreiner, Miss Lou 5.00 
HIAWATHA: 
Morrill & James 25.00 
HOLTON: 
Ladies’ collections, per Hay- 
den & Hayden 81.25 
Ladies’ collections, per Hay- 
den & Hayden 4.00 
85.25 
PARSONS: 
Citizens, per Mayor G A 
Gabriel 15.50 
WYANDOTTE: 
Citizens, per Miss Geo Pugh 68.50 
Total $209.25 
KENTUCKY. 
BOWLING GREEN: 
Baptist Church, per “ Cou- 
rier-Journal ” $36.75 
Galloway, Jno M, per “ Cou- 
rier-Journal ” 5.00 
Thomas, F M, per “ Courier- 
Journal” 2.00 
43.75 
BRANDENBURG: 
Citizens, per H C Rawlings.. 20.00 
CLOVERPORT: 
Citizens, per “Courier- 
Journal” 22.60 
j 
COVINGTON: 
Citizens .. 419.05 
“ per JD Fay 19.00 
438.05 
DANVILLE: 
Citizens, per “ Kentucky 
Advocate ” 151.50 
FLEMTNG SBURG: 
Colored People, per David 
Wilson & Co 6.00 
Collections by Mrs Henry 
Stuart Richmgs 62.00 
68.00 
FRANKFORT: 
Citizens, per Mrs C E Mer- 
rill 173.00 
City Employes, Roundabout. 10.00 
Harris, J L&1E 5.00 
Ladies’ Concert Proceeds— 103.55 
Taylor, Chas E 26.00 
317.55 
FRANKLIN: 
Knapp, Geo R $ 5.00 
GEORGETOWN: 
Citizens, per Courier-Journal 123.00 
GLENDALE: 
Methodist Church 15.00 
GRATZ: 
Giles, HD 2.00 
GRAYSON: 
Hill, Dr A F 21.50 
HARTFORD: 
Walker, Miss Lula , 5.00 
HENDERSON: 
City Council, per Mayor 
Philip Sasseen 150.00 
HICKMAN: 
Citizens, per Mayor R S Mer- 
rill 100.00 
HUBER’S STATION: 
Immanuel Church 12.21 
LEBANON: 
Todd, J H 2.00 
LEXINGTON: 
Broadway Christian Church. 43.87 
Citizens,'per G W Bosworth. 224.75 
Citizens, per ,T H Shropshire 233.50 
Citv Railway, 1 day’s profit.. 101.15 
Ladv, per A G Morgan ... 5.00 
008.27 
LOUISVILLE: 
Anderson & Nelson Distill- 
ing Co, The 10.00 
Atherton Co, The J M 5.(HI 
Bamberger, Bloom & Co 50.00 
Bannon, Pat 20.00 
Barkhouse Bros 10.00 
Barrett, John G 20.00 
Bartley, Johnson & Co 10.00 
Bell, JasE 5.00 
Bell, J W l .oo 
Bernheim Bros & Uri 10.00 
Board of Trade, per J F 
Buckner 2000.00 
Bonne Bros 10.00 
Bourbon Stock Yard Co 20.00 
Bourne, Harper & Co 25.00 
Brannin, Horace C 5.00 
Brooks & Gregory 10.00 
Buchanan, Rowan 10.00 
BWO 10.00 
Byrne & Jeffries 10.00 
Byrne, M 1.00 
Cain, John S 10.00 
Calaghan & Co, John 5.00 
Caldwell, Ed N 10.00 
Callahan & Sons 10.00 
Campbell St Christian Ch’ch 17.00 
Carutli, H C 10.00 
Cash, (22 items) 90.50 
Cheatham, A B 5.00 APPENDIX. 
13 
LOUISVILLE—Continued. 
Cheatham, Dr W H $5.00 
Clark & Co, Jas A 5.00 
Coldeway, W G 5.00 
Cornwall, Mrs Wm 10.00 
“Courier-Journal” 100.00 
‘, “ Employees 50.00 
Cross, W O 3.00 
CWH 1.00 
Delano, E A 5.00 
Doerr, J Henry 10.00 
Downs, Mrs G'F 10.00 
Dulin, J L 5.00 
Ferguson, Mansfield & Co... 10.00 
Fifth Avenue Hotel 20.00 
“ “ “ Employees 21.50 
Fisher, J, Jr 5.00 
Floridian 5.00 
Frankel Co, N A 5.00 
Given, Dr A 10.00 
Glazebrook, W A 25.00 
Glore, W Scott 10.00 
Grabfelder & Tacheau' 25.00 
Grant, Dr T P 5.00 
Greenbaum & Bernstein 5.00 
Greenbauin. S J 5.00 
Griffin & Winn 5.00 
Gripp & Son, E 10.00 
Gubitz, Miss A 1.00 
“Harper” 2.00 
Harper, Mr 1.00 
Harris, Mrs E A F, (Jefferson 
County) 50.00 
Harris, Norvin T (Jefferson 
County) 50.00 
Harris, Theodore 15.00 
Harris, W S 5.00 
Hart, R H 2.50 
Helburn, L S 10.00 
Helman, & Co, L 3.00 
Herr, Robert W 5.00 
Heyman, I) L 10.00 
Hirsch, Mrs H N 5.00 
Hoffheimer & Co, E 2.00 
Hogan, DF. 5.00 
Hudson, W L 1.00 
JSK 2.00 
Kessler EF 5.00 
Knott & Sons, R 10.00 
Kohn, Aaron 5.00 
Kramer, Herman 1.00 
Kreiger, Jacob 20.00 
Lady, A (three) 7.00 
Levy Bros 10.00 
Lithgow Manufacturing Co. 25.00 
Locke, Wm W 5.00 
Long & Co, Dennis 100.00 
Louisville Light Infantry.... 100.(X) 
McAteer, John 10.00 
McCawley, Geo D 2.00 
McDermott, E J 5.00 
McFerran, Shallcross & Co.. 50.00 
McGee, John W 10.00 
McKenna, H 10.00 
Madden, Ed F 10.00 
Mattingly & Sons, J G 10.00 
Meredith, R W 5.00 
Middleton, John A 20.00 
Moore & Co, Jesse 10.00 
Moore, W H 10.00 
Mooreman, C P 5.00 
Morton, John P 25.00 
Moses, Rabbi 5.00 
LOUISVILLE—Continued. 
Maldoon & Co, M $10.00 
Nantz&Neuner 5.00 
Neat, LT 50 
Nichola, Marschall 10.00 
No Name (two items) 7.00 
Norton, G W 25.00 
Olivet Presbyterian Church. 6.00 
Otter & Co 25.00 
Page, Howard 10.00 
Parish, D G 1.00 
Peter, Jacob 25.00 
Platt, N Sid 5.00 
Pope, Judge Alfred T 10.00 
Potter, Pleasant J 5.00 
Powell, John D 5.00 
Ramsay, Wm G 5.00 
Reed & Co, J V 10.00 
Reidhar, Francis 10.00 
Riter, Henry 25.00 
Roach & Co, John G 5.00 
Roberts, John 5.00 
Rosenthal & Co, A 5.00 
Sauter, Dr Chas 10.00 
Schmidt, A L 25.00 
Schwartz & Bro, M 5.00 
Stagg Co, The George 5.00 
Sterling, E L, Jr 5.00 
Stranger, A 1.00 
Struck & Bro, JN 20.00 
Tatum, Emery & Co 25.00 
Taylor & Williams 5.00 
Thomas & Son, W H 10,00 
Thompson, Brown & Co 10.00 
Thompson, E N J r 20.00 
Thurman Co, HA 25.00 
Tupper, H Allen, Jr 5.00 
Turner, HB 1.50 
Unitarian Church 125.00 
Unknown 20.00 
Walker, NU 25.00 
Warren, C B 1.00 
Warren, Eugene 5.00 
Warren, Mary A 25.00 
Weaver, Ben C 5.00 
\\ eller & Sons, W L 10.00 
Wright & Taylor 25.00 
Wulkop, F H 10.00 
Wyatt & Cralle 5.00 
4062.50 
MAYSVILLE : 
Beasley Christian Church... 25.00 
Cash 1.00 
Cent Presbyterian Church... 16.10 
Christian Church 26.45 
“Evening Bulletin” 5.00 
First Baptist Church 29.25 
M E Church 2.00 
104.80 
MIDWAY: 
Stone, C W 10.00 
Sutton, Dr John ; 15.00 
25.00 
MILTON: 
Coplinger, J F 5.00 
MORGANFIELD : 
Citizens, per “Courier- 
Journal”. 25.00 
NEW CASTLE: 
Citizens per “Courier- 
Journal” 22.50 14 
APPENDIX. 
KENTUCKY—Continued, 
NEW HAVEN: 
Johnson, Sylvester $20.00 
NEWPORT: 
Citizens, per Wm H Horton. 100.00 
NICHOLASVILLE: 
Citizens 40.00 
OWENSBORO: 
Citizens, per First Natl Bank 100.00 
PARIS: 
Citizens, per “Courier- 
Journal4 104.50 
Jones, JM 3.00 
107.50 
PRINCETON: 
Princeton Church 9.50 
RICHMOND: 
Burnam, EH 5.00 
SPRING STATION: 
Alexander, A J 25.00 
VERSAILLES: 
Amsden, J 45.65 
Ciiizens, per “Courier- 
Journal” 44.50 
Henry Academy 9.25 
99.40 
WARFIELD: 
Citizens, per “Courier- 
Journal 0.00 
WARSAW : 
Citizens, per “Courier- 
Journal 22.75 
WASHINGTON: 
Marshall, Mrs R B 5.00 
WINCHESTER: 
Burgin, P 1.00 
Cocke, WM 5.00 
Conn, S A 5.00 
Dudley, FH 1.00 
Eckton & Flannigan 1.00 
Elkin, R S 50 
Evans, JH 1.00 
Gardner & Bro. W H 2.50 
Hampton, A H 2.00 
Harding, WM 1.00 
Hays, Adolph 1.00 ' 
Jackson, F H 1.00 
Kerr, S P 5.00 
Keyes, John 2.00 
Kidd, WB 5.00 
Logan, W B 1.00 
McClintock, Winn & Co 10.00 
McDonald, Quisenbury & Co 2.00 
Miller, Wash 5.00 
Miller, Wm 1.00 
Nelson, Geo B 5.00 
Oden, S H 50 
Pendleton, F P 1.00 
WINCHESTER—Continued. 
Roy liter, JW $1.50 
Rash, W D 5.00 
Richter, Geo 2.50 
Simpson, JD 10.00 
Wheeler, FC 1.00 
Witherspoon, NH 15.00 
94.50 
Total $6,984.88 
LOUISIANA. 
MINDEN: 
Citizens, per W S Hunter... $140.75 
NATCHITOCHES: 
Citizens, per Mayor R S 
Calves 18.75 
NEW IBERIA: 
Citizens, per Mayor A E 
Roth 56.30 
Mutual Aid <& Benefit Asso. 25.00 
81.30 
NEW ORLEANS: 
Bloom & Son 10.00 
Bryan & Miles, per J A 
Shakespeare 25.00 
Canal and Banking Co 100.00 
Carrouclie, 1 10.00 
Citizens, per M F Tucker, 
Treasurer 1000.00 
Citizens, per J A Shake- 
speare, Mayor 3610 37 
Citizens, per “ Times-Dem- 
ocrat ” 236.00 
Cotton Exchange 707.00 
Hope Benevolent Assoc’n... 5.00 
King, Mrs H M 100.00 
Officers and Employees State 
Board of Health 75.00 
Rice, Boon & Co 25.00 
5903.73 
SHREVEPORT: 
Citizens, per Isaac Barron... 1000.50 
Total $7,144.67 
MARYLAND. 
ANNAPOLIS: 
Citizens, per Mayor Abram 
Claude $53.75 
State Capital Lodge Ball 52.75 
106.50 
BALTIMORE: 
Allnut, Nixon & Goldsbor- 
ough 25.00 
Bendheim Bros & Co 100.00 
Bowfit, Alex 4.99 
Citizens, per Mayor F C La- 
trobe 1122.31 
Citizens,per W H Love, Treas 743.06 
Foster & Co, Geo H 25.00 
Gambril Manuf’g Co, C A... 100.00 BALTIMORE -Continued. 
Tanner, L S, Master Schooner 
“ City of Baltimore ” .$10.00 
Waltzer & Son, R 25.00 
2155.36 
CHESAPEAKE CITY : 
3 Edgar A Poe Club 10.00 
CHURCH HILL: 
Citizens, per W E Temple... 121.17 
CUMBERLAND: 
Citizens, per Mayor J W 
Shuck 245.00 
DEER PARK : 
Young Girls’ C F S, per Mrs 
L M Schofield 10.00 
FREDERICK : 
Citizens, per V S Brenner... 403.00 
SPENCERVILLE : 
Citizens, per M Jeness Miller 43.40 
Total $3,004.43 
MAINE. 
AUGUSTA: 
Bondberg, JW $25.00 
BANGOR: 
Dolan, J E 3.00 
BAR HARBOR: 
Murray, JB 100.00 
BATH: 
Friends, per F H Low 5.00 
PORTLAND: 
Citizens, per Mayor C J 
Chapman 1500.00 
SACO: 
Milliken, SB 5.00 
Milliken, Josephine 10.10 
15.10 
Total $1,648.10 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
ASSONETT: 
Rain or Shine Club, perW N 
Emery $4.50 
ATTLEBORO: 
Balis, J M 30.00 
Briggs & Co, E A 2.00 
Bustee & Co, A 25.00 
Cash 67 
Dean & Co, G A 25.00 
APPENDIX. 
ATTLEBORO—Continued. 
Gould & Co. G W $10.00 
Harris, CR 5.00 
Horton & Angell 25.00 
Jenks, C B 5.00 
Leach,L M 5.00 
Marsh & Bigney 15.00 
Second Congregati’l Church 
S S Collection 15.00 
Short, Nemey & Co 25.00 
St Johns Church S S collec’n 10.00 
Summers <& Co, R T 100.00 
Universalist Church 32.50 
Wilmarth & Co, Win H 25.00 
355.17 
AYER: 
Unit S S, per L Clark 5.00 
BARRE: 
Adams, A F 2.00 
Adams, J L 3.00 
Ames, E J 3.00 
Bartholomew, J C 3.00 
Billings, Dr L F 1.00 
Blakley, TP 1.00 
Brimblecorn, Chas 10.00 
Rrown, Dr George 50.00 
Clark, Oramel. 5.00 
Cook, H H 1.00 
Cook, J O 5.00 
Davis, J F 1.00 
Haven, F 1.00 
Mathews, J O (Citra, Fla)— 100.00 
Simonds, Page 4.00 
Smith, E B 1.00 
Spencer, Dr (IF A 2.00 
Stone, A R 1.00 
White, W H l.oo 
'Williams, AG 5.00 
Williams, E 3.00 
203.00 
BOSTON: 
Charitable People, per J C 
Inches 750.1X1 
Citizens, per “ Record ” 1616.35 
Citizens, per ATTurner 11000.00 
Reed, G F 25.00 
Scotch Presbyterian Church 10.00 
Spear, A1 den 100.00 
Thomson - Houston Electric 
Company 100.00 
Tourgee, E 25.00 
Tufts, J W 50.00 
W illiams, J D and M 200.00 
13876.35 
BROCKTON: 
S S Concert, per A H Fuller. 160.00 
BROOKLINE : 
Citizens, per “ Enterprise ”.. 255.25 
EAST WYEMOUTH: 
Shelby & Co, M, per Emery 
& Co 5.00 
FALL RIVER: 
Citizens, per Emery & Co... 225.25 
FITCHBURG: 
Simonds Manuf’g Co 5.00 16 
APPENDIX. 
FRAMINGHAM: 
Wilson, J L $100.00 
GLOUCESTER: 
Baptist Society 25.00 
Webster, Nat 250.00 
275.00 
HAGERSTOWN : 
Hoffman, J C 6.00 
HAVERHILL: 
Mite from Two Little Girls.. 3.00 
Stimpson A Devnell 100.00 
103.00 
HOLYOKE: 
Second Congregat’l Church. 100.00 
LAWRENCE: 
Opera House, per A S Grant 103.10 
NEWTON: 
Brooks, Mrs HA 25.00 
NORTH ADAMS : 
Philharmonic Orchestra 280.00 
NORTHAMPTON: 
Bottom, J B 5.00 
PITTSFIELD : 
Citizens and Churches 431.42 
Hebrew S S 5.00 
Local Relief Fund 38.67 
475.09 
SALEM: 
Citizens, per W B Owen 200.00 
SPRINGFIELD: 
Citizens, per Mayor E B 
Maynard 500.00 
Citizens, per H S Lee, Treas. 1179.62 
1679.62 
WALTHAM: 
Citizens, per Mayor H N 
Fisher; 75.09 
Total $18,521.42 
MICHIGAN. 
ANN ARBOR: 
Ferdon, EL $3.00 
BUCHANAN: 
t Buchanan Wind Mill Co 5.00 
" COLD WATER: 
L First Baptist Church (col)... 7.75 
DETROIT: 
Acme White Lead and Color 
Works 10.00 
American Eagle Tobacco Co 25.00 
Angell, Geo R 5.00 
Bagley A Co, John J 25.00 
Baldwin, Son A Co, H P 25.00 
Banner Tobacco Co 25.00 
ETROIT—Continued. 
Berry Bros.; $50.00 
Black Hardware Co 25.00 
Brown & Co, Jacob 10.00 
Buhl, Sons & Co 100.00 
Cash 10.00 
Citizens, per “Journal” 2400.00 
Columbus Lodge, 215,1 O O F 5.00 
Crooks, Wm T 25 
Davis & Co, Jas E 25.00 
Detroit Lodge of Elks 25.00 
Detroit Lodge, 128, lOOF... 25 00 
Detroit Steam A Spring Wks 100.00 
Dwyer A Vhay 10. (X) 
Eastern Lodge, 387, IOOF.. 10.00 
Edson, Moore A Co 50.00 
Elliott, Wm H 25.00 
Fales A Co, J W 5.00 
Fechheimer Bros 5.00 
Ferry, D M 100.00 
Fletcher, Jenks A Co 25.00 
Flinn & Durfee 5.00 
Foster, Geo A 5.00 
Glove Tobacco Co 25.00 
Goebel & Co, A 10.00 
Gray, Tovnton A Fox 25.00 
Hammond, Standish & Co . 50.00 
Heinman, Butzel & Co 20.00 
Hevn’s Bazaar 20.00 
Hinchman & Sons, T H 10.00 
Hitchcock, Son & Co, H 10.00 
Hubbard, Bella C 100.00 
Ingersoli Encampment IOOF 15.00 
Krolick A Co, A 20.00 
Kuttnauer, Louis 5.00 
Loranger & Co, A 5.00 
Lynn Bros A Co 1.00 
McKee, Rankin A White 20.00 
Mallory Co, The D D 10.00 
Michigan Stove Co 100.00 
Mitchell & Co, W H 10.00 
Olive Branch Lodge 38, (Two 
Brothers) 2.00 
Balms, F F 100.00 
Pingree & Smith 25.(H) 
Reid, Wm 10.00 
Riverside Lodge, 303, IOOF 15.00 
Robinson, Julius 10.00 
Robinson A Co, M S 26.00 
Roehm A Davidson 10.00 
Roys, J A 5.00 
Schloss Bros A Co 10.00 
Sides Lodge, 155, IOOF.... 10.00 
Sinclair, Evans A Elliott.... 15.00 
Standardt Bros 10.00 
Vail A Crane Cracker Co... 25.00 
W ashington Lodge, 54, IOOF 30.00 
W estern Lodge, 370, IOOF. 20 00 
Wetherbee A Co, Geo C 25.00 
Wood, Chas T 5.00 
3939.25 
FORT GRATIOT: 
Sun Publishing Co 10.00 
GRAND RAPIDS: 
Alabastin Co 30.00 
Perkins A Co 5.00 
35.00 
LUDINGTON: 
Hamberger, 1 33.56 APPENDIX. 
MICHIGAN—Continued. 
MARSHALL: 
Citizens, per Sam’l L Lacey. $27.80 
NILES: 
Hess, MW 7.00 
STILLWATER: 
Citizens, per E \V Durant ... 157.68 
STOCK BRIDGE : 
DeRuy, CE 5.00 
Total $4,231.04 
MINNESOTA. 
AUSTIN: 
Base Ball Game, per .T A 
Sands $30.75 
DULUTH: 
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 
130.00 
OAKDALE: 
Sunday School, per Miss 
Nellie Hubbard 5.00 
OWATONNA: 
Sunday School 40.45 
ST. CLOUD: 
Mitchell, W B 5.00 
“Daily Times” 97.00 
102.00 
ST. PAUL: 
Benz, Geo 25.00 
Columbia Asso, per Jno Fitz 100.00 
Hewitt and Son, Mrs Nellie. 35.00 
Passenger Conductors 50.00 
Robinson, C H 10.00 
Traveling Men 167.45 
Underwood, W T 100.00 
487.45 
Total. $1,056.90 
MISSISSIPPI. 
ARTESIA : 
Unknown $5.00 
BROOK HAVEN: 
Smith, Egbert F 1.00 
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, per “News” 133.50 
Father Valley, per “News” 20.00 
First Baptist Church 44.00 
First Presbyterian Church.. 10.00 
Holt, S B, Treas 26.00 
233.50 
MOSS POINT: 
Citizens,per Dr Neal 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 
STARKVILLE : 
Citizens, per First Natl Bank 53.65 
SUMMIT: 
Collections by Miss Kate 
Sample and Miss Ida 
Aronson 45.75 
VICKSBURG: 
B P O Elks, 95 25.00 
Cotton Exchange 228.00 
Howard, Dr G W 10.00 
RR Conductors’ Div 331— 25.00 
Volunteer Southern Exhib’n 
Drill 207.00 
495.00 
Total $1,839.80 18 
APPENDIX 
MISSOURI. 
CARTHAGE: 
Citizens, per S \V Thigberry $ 44.00 
CRAIG: 
Allen, F K 1.00 
Anderson, J 50 
Ballenger, G W 1.00 
Boyer, W M 50 
Brin, F J 25 
Brownfield, F S 1.00 
Bungenstock. H 1.00 
Catson, H 50 
Clark, Thos 1.00 
Doapo, John 25 
Dobyns, Ch N 1.00 
Frazier, R S 50 
Haskins, Myrtle 25 
Heaton, Ed 1.00 
Hildridge, C B 50 
Hogreft, Geo W 1.00 
Hunter, Mrs 50 
Johnsteen, Dr J L 50 
Kaltenbach, Dr 1.00 
Kellogg, E J 1.00 
Kinson, J R 1.00 
Lewis, Wm B 1.00 
Mclninch, A A 1.00 
Perrin, H J 1.00 
Price, R M 50 
Rice, J B 50 
Shipley, LA 1.00 
Smith, DC 50 
Smith, Ritta 25 
Stokes, A B 50 
Sympathizer 50 
Ward, HL 1.00 
Ward, J A 25 
23.25 
CURRYVILLE: 
Citizens, per J W Hawkins.. 20.00 
HANNIBAL: 
Hogg, J 1.00 
JEFFERSON CITY: 
Base Ball Game, per AY S 
Brotherton 104.00 
Grushammer, J AV 15.00 
Lincoln Institute Teachers.. 16.75 
135.75 
KANSAS CITY: 
Charity Ball 1387.50 
Citizens, per Mrs L H Owen. 1025.76 
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 
50.00 
RICH HILL: 
Bird, C A $4.00 
ST. JOSEPH: 
Fruit and Produce Exchange 50.00 
Gazette Pub Company 64.00 
Pride of the West Lodge A 
OUW 31.70 
145.70 
ST. LOUIS: 
Citizens, per “Republic”... 794.65 
Engelke & Ferris 50.00 
Fairbanks & Co, N K 500.00 
Flanagan & Co 50.00 
Freeland, Thos. 1.00 
Greek George (wrestler) 77.15 
Hancock, John 10.00 
Hayward, G A 10.00 
Jones A Co 10.00 
Merchants’ Exchange 5,255.00 
Plant Milling Co, Geo P 100.00 
Saloon Keepers 100.00 
Shultz Belting Co 2.00 
6959.80 
WARRENSBURG : 
Visitors to Electric Springs. 20.45 
Total $12,563.81 
MONTANA. 
HELENA: 
Myrtle Lodge, No. 3 $25.00 
MILES CITY: 
Mrs Basinki and Mrs Maples 64.85 
Total $89.85 
NEBRASKA. 
LINCOLN: 
Lowery Bros $ 25.00 
McCOOK: 
McCook Vocal Club 34.00 
OMAHA: 
Citizens, per IV W Lowe 458.00 
Eden Musical Co 53.30 
Hebrew Benev Society 50.00 
561.30 
Total $620.30 
NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
ASHLAND: 
Mitchell, Mrs EG $ 25.00 
CONCORD: 
Episcopal and Presbyterian 
Churches 30.80 APPENDIX. 
19 
NEW HAMPSHIRE—Continued. 
MANCHESTER: 
Employes Equinox House... #40.00 
Forsaith Machinery Co, S C. 10.00 
Franklin Street Church 62.59 
Guests Equinox House 260.00 
Orvis, F H 100.00 
472.59 
PORTSMOUTH: 
Citizens, per Mayor G E 
Hodgson 113.00 
SUGAR HILL: 
Franklin, S R, Rear Admiral 10.00 
WOLFSBORO: 
Collections by Miss Pearl M 
Tilton 25.00 
Total #676.39 
NEW JERSEY. 
ALAMUCHEE: 
Rutheywell, J L #100.00 
ASBURY PARK: 
Wilkinson, M 25.00 
ATLANTIC CITY: 
Citizens, per Postmaster L 
E Conover 19.13 
Clerks Post Office 8.03 
Mystic Chair No. 13 10.00 
— 37.16 
BELYIHERE: 
Bradley, GM 1.00 
BORDENTOWN: 
Citizens, per A W Sproul 5.70 j 
EAST ORANGE: 
Calvary M E Church 104.30 
Citizens, per Gazette 6.00 
First Presbyterian Church.. 262.85 
Town Fair, by two little girls 17.00 
390.15 
ELIZABETH: 
First Presbyterian Sunday 
School 118.08 
HIGHLAND: 
Proudfit, R R 10.00 
HOBOKEN: 
Citizens, per News 539.61 
IRVINGTON: 
Taft, Mrs Kate S 5.00 
JAMESBURG: 
Presbyterian Church 53.60 
JERSEY CITY: 
Citizens, per L J Gordon—#894 93 
Linn & Co, F D 25.00 
Turner’s Club, per H H 
Brinkerhoff 49.55 
Winteringham, Mary P 100.00 
1009.48 
LONG BRANCH: 
Wooley, AT 3.00 
MONTCLAIR. 
Hamer, JW 10.00 
NEWARK: 
Citizens, per Mayor J E 
Haynes 2170.88 
Clara’s Thread Co employes. 474.2(1 
Lista Ag. Chemical Works.. 102.50 
Republican Club Concert... 800.00 
St Vincent Be Paul Society. 21.25 
Young Men’s Repub. Club'.. 24.50 
3053.33 
NEW BRUNSWICK: 
First M E Church 35.10 
Ransom Ave Baptist Church 30.00 
Second Reformed Church... 45.55 
St James M E Church 34.50 
145.15 
ORANGE: 
First German Presbyterian 
Church 12.00 
PASSAIC: 
Crigg, B A 25.00 
FHILLIPSBURG: 
Unknown Lady 5.00 
RARITAN: 
Wehly, ChasA 1.00 
RED BANK: 
Adams & Cole 5.00 
Allen, J Trafford 5.00 
Allen, Robt, Jr 3.00 
Allen, Rev TK 10.00 
Applegate, John S 10.00 
Bennett & Bro, Wm 5.00 
Bergen & Son, J R 5.00 
Blumenberg, L 2.00 
Broadmeadow Janies — . 5.00 
Callington & Son, 1 2.00 
Cash (numerous items) 32.50 
Chadwick, F T 2.00 
Cooper, Geo 2.00 
Corless, W T 3.00 
Curry, Orrin 5.00 
Davidson, M M 2.00 
Drohan, MM 5.00 
Edwards, JB 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 APPENDIX 
NEW YORK. 
ALBANY: 
Citizens, per Edward A 
Maher $225.00 
l’errin,E O, per N Y “World” 25.00 
Relief Committee, pet E Cf 
Judson 335.00 
585.00 
AMSTERDAM: 
First National Bank 5.00 
AUBURN: 
Newton, E S 5.(10 
BROOKLYN: 
Brooklyn “Zeitung” 54.15 
Citizens, per Mayor A C 
Chapin 10467.73 
Parker, J as M 10. oo 
Rogers, E ,T loo.oo 
Taylor .v Sons, Win 5.00 
Tihals, Mrs R A 200.00 
10830.88 
BUFFALO: 
Buffalo Scale Co 100.00 
Citizens, per Mayor Philip 
Becker .' 1000.00 
Nurse at General Hospital... 2.00 
Tifft, Sons & Co, G W 5.(Ml 
White, L&IJ 10.00 
1117.00 
CATSKILL: 
Jennings, W J 38.87 
CAZENOVIA: 
Hubbard, Fred & Robert J.. 100.00 
CHATHAM: 
Clark, Dan 11.00 
CLAVERACK: 
Powers, Mrs E W 13.03 
CLIFTON SPRINGS: 
Sanitarium Company 150.00 
Guests of Sanitarium 111.50 
261.50 
COHOES: 
Peck & Co, A G 2.00 
DUNKIRK: 
Musicale, Sons of Veterans.. 154.05 
EATON: 
Mead & Hamlin 5.00 
ELMIRA: 
Diven, AS 25.00 
Wycoff & Son, A 5.00 
30.00 
FLUSHING: 
Smith, Thus F 5.00 
FORT EDWARD : 
Barber, C W 200.00 
RED BANK—Continued. 
Ivins, Chas H $5 00 
Knapp & Allen 2.00 
Lawrence, J B 5.00 
Morford, S W ' 5.00 
Morris, Furman 2.00 
Nevens, H M 10.00 
Peck, Henry A 5.00 
Peters, Jos 'll 5.00 
Presbyterian Church 17.11 
Reckless, A 10.00 
Richardson, E S 5.00 
Sickles, Jacob B 5.00 
Sickles A Parker 5.00 
Smith, JM .2.00 
Sneden \V J 10.00 
Spanning, B W 2.00 
Stillwell, Geo 2.00 
Stout, John W , 5.00 
Stranger, through Rev F R 
Harborough 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 2.1M) 
Waterman, Geo 0 5.00 
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 
513.19 
SALEM: 
Tyler, F Graham 10.00 
SEAGIRT: 
Efforts of four little boys... 44.00 
TRENTON: 
American Saw Co 50.00 
WOODBURY: 
Green, GG... 100.00 
Total $6,926.45 
NEW MEXICO. 
ALBUQUERQUE: 
Haverstick, J E $10.00 
LAS VEGAS • 
Citizens, per J Reynolds 77.00 
SANTA FE: 
Presbyterian Church S S 10.00 
R R Men of New Mexico 32.50 
42.50 
Total $129.50 APPENDIX. 
jSTEW YORK-Continued. 
FREEDOM : 
Kennedy, Rev H H $10.00 
LYONS FALLS: 
Citizens, per C M Waters.. 9.00 
Presbyterian Church 35.00 
44.00 
MAMARONECK : 
Flagler, H M 1000.00 
MT. OLIVE: 
Hitchcock, Mrs Caroline M .. 80.00 
NEW YORK: 
Abel, B 5.00 
Afiendrotli A Root Mfg Co.. 5.00 
Adams, Oliver 100.00 
Ajax Club, per H R Duval... 25.00 
Alford A Co, C G 25.00 
Allen, Fred 2.50 
Allen, W F 20.00 
Allen, York 2.50 
Alsop, Mrs Sarah 100.00 
American Grocer 10.00 
Ammidown A Smith 100.00 
Anglo-American Drug Co... 25.00 
Archdeacon A Co 5.00 
Archdeacon, P 5.00 
Armstrong A Co, CL 5.00 
Arnold A Co, D H 25.00 
AS 5.00 
Auchincloss Bros 500.00 
Auffmordt <s Co, C A 100.00 
Austin, Bates A Valentine.. 25.00 
Austin, Nichols A Co 100.00 
Bacon, Baldwin A Co 50.00 
Bahrnberg A Bro, J H 10.00 
Bailey A Co, Theo W 50.00 
Baker A Bro 50.00 
Ballard A Co, Stephen 25.00 
Banks A Son, AM 5.00 
Barnes A Co, A S 100.00 
Barton, Sami 100.00 
Battelle A Renwick 50.00 
Baum, J 10.00 
Bennett A Co, A 5.00 
Bennett A Hall 5.00 
Bermetli A Co, Hordt von... 25.00 
Bernheim A Co, H 25.00 
Bernheim, Son A Co, H 50.00 
Bloom, Meyer A Rosenthal.. 25.00 
Blumenthal A Co, B 25.00 
Bliss, Fabyan A Co 50.00 
Bogart A Co, PS 1.00 
Bowden A Co, J B 25.00 
Bramhall Bros A Co 50.00 
Brander Bros 50.00 
Brennan A Carr 25.00 
Brissell A Son, John 5.00 
Brooklyn Sugar Ref Co 100.00 
Brooklyn Watch Case Co 25.00 
Broome, Jas E 15.00 
Brower A Co, RL 10.00 
Brown A Co, E A 5.00 
Brown v Son, C 50.00 
BrOwn A Seccomb 100.00 
Brown old A Co 15.00 
Bruhl, DAM 50.00 
Buckhalter, C 50.00 
NEW YORH—Continued. 
Bucky, JD $26.00 
Buist', Jas H 10.00 
Butler, Clapp, Wentz & Co.. 50.00 
Butterfield A Co, Fred 50.00 
Caesar A Co, H A 25.00 
Carroll, Wm 25.00 
Carter, Paul H 10.00 
Carter, Sloan & Co 100.00 
Case, LeLand A Co 50.00 
Cash, 5 items, per Brown & 
Seccomb * 18.00 
Cash, 3 items, per Kohn, 
Furchgott & Co 45.00 
Cashj 3 items, per New York 
Committee 60.50 
Catlin & Co i.. 50.00 
Cattle A Co, S 15.00 
Chadwick, J C 5.00 
Cheney Bros 50.00 
Chilton Mfg CO 25.00 
Church, Geo S 2.00 
Church & Co, Wm 100.00 
Citizens, per Herald, 1616.78 
Citizens,per Mavor A S Hew- 
itt ' 50464.69 
Citizens, per H B Hollins & 
Co 2492.00 
Citizens,per Journal of Com- 
merce 577.50 
Citizens, per World 5475.00 
Citizens, perYMCA 821.59 
Clafiin A Co, H B 1000.00 
Clark & Co, E W 425.00 
Clausen Brewing Co, Henry. 100.00 
Clork & Bro, Geo A 100.00 
Clyde Line Employes 360.00 
Co'ffin, Altemus & Co 100.00 
Colgate A Co 100.00 
Col I ins, Chas 20.00 
Collins, Downing & Co 25.00 
Combes, H G 10.00 
Concert at Harry Miner’s 
Theatre 1251.: 55 
Conett A Co, H V 50.00 
Coney Island Fire Depart- 
ment 10.00 
Connington, C 1.00 
Converse, Stanton & Cullen. 50.00 
Cooney, Eckstein & Co 100.00 
Cotton Exchange 945.00 
Covert, Ris & Suydam 5.00 
Crager & Co, Ed 25.00 
Cromwell,,! 5.00 
Cross & Beguelen 50.00 
Cullen, John 2.00 
Curtis, R C 1.00 
Cutting, Mrs Helen 100.00 
Cutting, R Fulton 300.00 
Cutting, W Bayard 1000.00 
Davenport, W J & S H 15.00 
Day & Clark 25.00 
Dean & Co, Matthew, per 
Brown & Seccomb 15.00 
Dean & Co, Matthew, per 
• Thos Nooney & Son 10.00 
Decker, C A.'. 15.00 
Decker, Speis & Co 50.00 
DeGraw, Mayer A Co 25.00 
DeGroff <v Son, Lewis 10.00 
DeLong, Mayer A Co 25.00 
Demuth A Co, Wm 25.00 
Demy, Poor A Co 100.00 
Dennison Mfg Co 100.00 22 
APPENDIX. 
NEW YORK—Continued. 
Depew, CM $260.00 
Dick & Meyer Refining Co... 100.00 
Dieckerhoff, Raffloer at Co.. 50.00 
Dischler, Fred 1.00 
Doig, W J 10.00 
Dominich & HofI 50.00 
Downing & Keller 15.00 
Drexel, Morgan & Co 2500.00 
Drummond, W P 2.50 
Duke, Son & Co, W 100.00 
Doncans & Sons, John 25.00 
Durham, Buckley & Co 100.00 
DV 20.00 
Early & Co, John 50.00 
Edwards & Wilson 5.00 
Ehrich Bros 26.00 
Einstein & Co, ID 25.00 
Eisemann Bros 25.00 
Elcox & Co, H 10.00 
Elmanhorst & Co 25.00 
Eppens, Smith & Wiemann. 50.00 
Equitable Life Assurance 
Society 1100.00 
Erdman & Co, IS 25.00 
Fahys & Co, Joseph 25.00 
Falk 10.00 
Falkman, Oppenlieimer & 
Co 100.00 
Faulkner, Page & Co 100.00 
Fay & Co, John H 1.00 
Fayman & Sprague 25.00 
Ferry, Napier & Co 50.00 
Fidelity & Casualty Co 100.00 
Field, Chapman &' Fenner.. 25.00 
Fisher & Co 5.00 
Fisk & Son, H 500.00 
Fleitman & Co 100.00 
Florence Soap Co 10.00 
Forest & Stream Pub Co— 12.00 
Forrester, Geo B 50.00 
Franklin, James R 100.00 
Freund & Co, Max 25.00 
Friedman & Co, Sol 25.00 
Friend, A 5.00 
Froma, Louis F 25.00 
Frost, S H & E H 5.00 
Gamble A Co 5.00 
Cans & Bro, LL 25.00 
Giles & Hills 5.00 
Gillies, J W 5.00 
Ginnell & Co, Henry 25.00 
Glen Short Co, The". 15.00 
Goldenberg Bros & Co 50.00 
Goldsmith & Son, F F 25.00 
Gollett & Co, Julien 25.00 
Goodsell, E S 20.00 
Gorham Mfg Co 100.00 
(lowing, Sawyer & Co 50.00 
Graves, A 1.00 
Greason & Co, J R 10.00 
Green, M 5.00 
Guggenheim & Son, M 50.00 
Haas & Co, S 25.00 
Hahn & Son, Joseph 5.00 
Hall & Ruckel 100.00 
Hammond, Knowlton & Co.. 25.00 
Hanley, John 3.00 
Harding, Colby & Co 50.00 
Hardwick, SH 5.00 
Hardy & Co, H 25.00 
Harkisheimer, Wm J 25.00 
Harris Bros 25.00 
Hart Bros 2.00 
NEW YORK—Continued. 
Havenrich, Furchgott & Co. $50.00 
liawkes, A V 30.00 
Hawley, Hendel & Mohn 50.(X) 
Hazzard & Co, E O 25.00 
Headley & Son, Wm O 50.00 
Heiter, Glen & Cawley 25.00 
Hellen, Hirsh & Co... 25.00 
Henderson & Co, Peter .... 25.00 
Henderson & Winter 10.00 
Herring & Co 100.00 
Hermann, Sternbach & Co,H 50.00 
Hess & Co, DS 10.00 
Higgins, Chas S 100.00 
Higgins & Co, E S 100.00 
Hill Bros 25.00 
Hi nek & Co 20.00 
Hitchcock & Co, W G.. 25.00 
Hodden & Co 50.00 
Hodges & Co, Wm S 100.00 
Hoe, Robert 100.00 
Hoemghaus & Curtiss 50.00 
Hopkins, Vanderbilt 25.00 
Hornthal, Whitehead & 
Weisman 100.00 
Hornthal, Whitehead <fc 
Weisman Employes 10.10 
Horstmann & Sons, Wm H.. 10.00 
Howard & Cockshaw 25.00 
Howell, WH 2.00 
Hunt, J B 3.00 
Hunt & Voorhees 5.00 
Indian River Land & Im- 
provement Co 100.00 
Iowa Barb Wire Co 25.00 
Iselin, Neeser & Co 50.00 
Ives & Bonar 25.00 
Ivison, Blakeman & Co 250.00 
Jaffray & Co, E S 158.59 
Jenkins, Miss M V 1.00 
JHN 25.00 
Johnson, J Aug 25.00 
Jones, Gantz & Co 25.00 
Jones, Susan 5.00 
Joy, Langdon & Co 50.00 
Julliard & Co, A D 50.00 
Kahn & Co, L & M 25.00 
Keller & Huntemaver 25. (Ml 
Kelly, PJ 1.00 
Kepling, E E 15.00 
Kermentz & Co 50.00 
Kisch Mfg Co, The 25.00 
Ivlengenstein Bros 10.00 
Knower & Cooley 25.00 
Knudeon, Paterson & Co 25.00 
Kohn, Sol H 100.00 
Kurtz Bagging Co 40.00 
Kydd,J D 25.00 
Laird, Geo F 100.00 
Lane & Co, J H 25.00 
Lane, M, per Brown & Sec- 
comb 5.00 
Lane, M, per T Nooney & 
Sons 5.00 
Langley & Co, W C 50.00 
Larmie, E 2.00 
Lawrence & Co 100.00 
Lawrence, Taylor & Co 100.00 
Leavett & Mitchell Bros 50.00 
Leggett & Co, Francis H ... 100.00 
Lehmaier & Co 25.00 
Lesher, Whitman & Co 50.00 
Lester, II B & H M 25.00 
Lester, F H 5.00 APPENDIX. 
23 
NEW YORK—Continued. 
Lester & Co, Geo $10.00 
Lewis Bros & Co 50.00 
Levy & Bro, A 25.00 
Levy Bros <fe Co 50.00 
Libt>v A Co, H J 50.00 
Lidgenwood Mfg Co 5.00 
Lincoln Natl B’nk Employees 26.00 
Loeb .v Schoenfeld 50.00 
Loomis A Co, E P 10.00 
Lorsch A Co, Albert 25.00 
Lowe A Co, Jos T 50.00 
Lawenthal A Sons, Jacob... 50.00 
Luekemeyer, shefer & Co... 50.00 
Lyle, Robert G 5.00 
Lyon Bros A Co 25.00 
Lyon A Co, JB 5.00 
McCallis A Roman 20.00 
McCormack & Hnbbs 10.00 
McDonough, T B 10.00 
McDowell, Pierce & Co 15.00 
McGiven, J P 10.00 
McIntosh, Green & Co 50.00 
McKesson A Robbins 25.00 
Macheagh, Chas 25.00 
Mall A Co, Henrv W T 50.00 
Mallory, C H 1000.00 
Mallory A Co, C H 500.00 
Malloy, PH 20.00 
Maltby, Ellis A Albertson... 10.00 
Manhattan Life Ins Co 500.00 
Manv Friends of J D Tread- 
well 126.50 
Mapes P Guano Co, The 250.00 
Maritime Relief Committee, 
per AT Decker 750.00 
Marshall, R D 10.00 
Marstelle, Geo L 10.00 
Martin, HB 25.00 
Martin, Mrs Henrietta 25.00 
Martin, J H S 50.00 
Mason A Co, E T 10.00 
Mass, H 0 50.00 
Mattherson A Weecher Ref 
Co, F O 100.00 
Maxfleld A Co 10.00 
Maxfleld, Joseph B 5.00 
Mayer, M A C 25.00 
Maynard, F S 5.00 
Mendel, A G 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 A Son, Henry 100.00 
Miller & Krone 5.00 
Mills, AD 5.00 
Mills & Gibb 100.00 
Miner, J B 2.00 
Miss B C 15.00 
Modsy & Co, I.. .. 25.00 
Monroe, Taylor J 100.00 
Montgomery, R M 100.(X) 
Morgan A Co, James S 100.00 
Morrison, Herriman & Co... 50.00 
Mott, SR A JC 50.00 
Moule, J J 10.00 
Muate A Son, Chas P 20.00 
Mulford A Bonnet 25.00 
Muller, W 25.00 
Murphy, P 5.00 
Murray Hill Hotel 250.00 
MuserBros 50.00 
NEW YORK—Continued. 
Myroz, Fortier, Grosse & Co. $50.00 
Naumberg, Krauz, Lauer & 
Co 50.00 
Newton, Dr 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 A Co 25.00 
N Y Belting Packing Co 300.00 
N Y Condensed Milk Co 100.00 
N Y Fire Department 1202.00 
N Y Life Insurance Co 1500 00 
Obel & Day, SO 100.00 
Oberndof & Frank 25.00 
Oppenheinter Bros & Vesth. 75.00 
Ottenheimer 25.00 
Owen & Co, G & S 25.00 
Palmer, J E 25.00 
Palmer, Solon 25.00 
Papy, Miss A R 100.00 
Papy, Mrs F B 25.00 
Parker & Co, W A 25.00 
Parker, Wilder & Co 100.00 
Parsons, C S 25.00 
Parsons A Sons, C’has 25.00 
Parsons & Co, W H 100.00 
Passavant & Co 100.00 
Peck & Hauchhaus 25.00 
Pelg-ram & Meyer 25.00 
Pelzer, B H 5.00 
Person, Harriman & Co, A.. 50.00 
Pforzheimer, Keller A Co... 15.00 
Phelps Bros <v Co 100.00 
Phoenix Insurance Co 250.00 
Pings & Pinner 20.00 
Plansky A Simon 25.00 
Platt, JC 50.00 
Plummer & Co, John T 50.00 
Powers & Sons, D 100.00 
Produce Exchange 2500.00 
Pullman, Geo M 500.00 
Pullman A Co, John 25 00 
Pyrung, J 2.00 
Randall,Baremore & Billings 100.00 
Raritan Woolen Mills 50.00 
Rawitzer & Co, S 25.00 
Ray, Warren 100.00 
Read Fertilizer Co 25.00 
Rechton, J W 2.00 
Reis & Co, Robt 25.00 
Renauld & Niederstant 25.00 
Richardson, Enos A Co 25.00 
Rives, W C 50.00 
Robbins A Appleton 100.00 
Roberts & Co, J Eugene 25.00 
Roberts, T J 15.00 
Robertson & Kaufman 25.00 
Robinson & Co, Fred’k S 25.00 
Robinson, G 10.00 
Roeffles & Co 25.00 
Rogers & Bro 100.00 
Root & Childs 50.00 
Rosenfeld & Co, HA 25.00 
Rothchild, F 10.00 
Rothfeld, Stern & Co 50.00 
Rothschild Bros & Co 50.00 
Rothschild & Co, Y Henry.. 100.00 
Rowland, T F ... 100.00 
Royal Baking Powder Co ... 50.00 
Rudolph, CB 9.68 
Ruhlman & Co, P 25.00 24 
APPENDIX. 
NEW YORK—Continued. 
Russell, Crego A Son $25.00 
Saitla A Cuneo 10.00 
Saunders, Ives A Co 25.00 
Sawver, Bent A Manning... 50.00 
Scheitlin A Co, E 25.00 
Schloff, Fairchild A Co 50.00 
Schloss Bros A Co 25.00 
Schloss A Co, N J 25 00 
Schott A Franke 10.00 
Schwab, Adolphe 15.00 
Scott A Co, J F 25.00 
Seaboard Nat’l Bank 100.00 
Sexton Bros A Washburn... 15.00 
Shafer A Douglas 25.00 
Shall cross A Co, G W 25.00 
Sharp, Taylor A Perkins.... 50.00 
Sherman, Cecil A Co 25.00 
Shiebler, G M 50.00 
Simmons, John 100 00 
Simonson, S 25.00 
Skinner A Sons. Wm 50.00 
Smith A Co, Alfred H 100.00 
Smith, C E (of Adams A 
Smith) 50.00 
Smith, Edwin 25.00 
Smith, Hogg A Gardner 100. oo 
Smith, Jas P 100.00 
Smith A Knapp 25.00 
Smith A Co, Wm 25.00 
Spencer Opt Mfg Co 25.00 
Stein, Bloch A Co 50.00 
Stein A Co, S 25.00 
Stick Bros 25.00 
St Johns, Kirkham A Co 100.00 
Stock Exchange 3428.00 
Strasburger A Co, Louis 50.00 
Strauss, Blumenthal A Co... 25.00 
Styles A Cash 10.oo 
Sullivan, Vail A Co 50.00 
Sussfield, Lorsel A Co 25.00 
Swedish Match Agency 10.00 
Sykes A Co, S 50.00 
Tablet and Ticket Co 10.00 
Talcott, Janies 50.00 
Tammany Hall 2500.00 
Taylor Bros 20.00 
Taylor A Seeley 50.00 
Taylor A Wallace 10.00 
Teft, Weller A Co 500.00 
Thom A Bavler 25.00 
Thompson, J C 1.00 
Thomson, Langdon A Co 50.00 
Thorne, Peter J 10.00 
Thurber, Whyland A Co 220.00 
Tibbits, Harrison A Robbins 50.00 
Tim A Co 25.00 
Toby A Kirk 25.00 
Todd A Co 25.00 
Todd A Co, Edward 15.00 
Townley, J T 10.00 
Townsend A Co, F R 50.00 
Townsend A Montant 25.00 
Townsend A Yale 50.00 
Travis A Co, Eugene M 3.00 
Treadwell, J D 95.00 
Trelease A Underhill 5.00 
Turnbull A Co, Wm 50.00 
Tweedy A Co 25.00 
Underhill A Co, R \V 10.(Ml 
Unknown 2.00 
Valentine A Co, E R 5.00 
Vanderbilt, C 1000.00 
Vanderveer A Holmes 25.00 
NEW YORK—Continued. 
Van Duzer A Co $50.00 
Van Horn, Griffin & Co 100.00 
Van Santvord, A 100.00 
Van Valkenlmrg A Co,l’ 50.00 
Van Wert, A B 2.00 
Victor & Achelis, Fred 100.00 
Voorhees A Vreeland 2.00 
Wachsman & Poliak 5.00 
Wallach’s Nephews, A 25.00 
Wallack A Co, A 25.00 
Wallack, Leopold 50.00 
Walters, H 5.00 
Walzer, R 25.00 
Warner Bros 100.00 
Wassemann, M. 10.00 
Weddigen, Louis 25.(Ml 
Wegman, 1) 10.00 
Weir, G W 10.00 
Welte, H 5.00 
Wendel, Fay A Co 50.00 
Wendel A Co, Jacob 50.00 
Weresheimer A Co, E Aug.. 50.00 
Wessells & Co 100.00 
Western Union Telegraph Co 500.00 
Wheeler A Co, Hayden W. . 25.00 
Wheelwright, Eldredge A Co 100.00 
Wheelwright & Co, AY D— 100.00 
White A Co, James F 50.00 
White, N H 15.00 
White, Payson A Co 100.00 
Whiting Collins 25.00 
Whitman, Creighton & Co.. 50.00 
Whitney A Co, A R 100.00 
Wicker A Co, Wm 50.00 
Wickham A Co, D H 25.00 
Wild A Co, Jos 100.00 
Wile A Bro, Julius 25.00 
Williams, C H 5.00 
Williams A Co, R C 100.00 
Williams A Rickerson 10.00 
Willimantic Linen Co 100.00 
Willowby Ave 8 S 15.00 
Wilinerding, Hognet A Co.. 25.00 
Wolf, Sam a5.00 
Wolff A Reising 50.00 
Wood A Hughes 20.00 
Woodhouse, Capt 20.00 
Woodruff, AG 50.00 
Worthley, Geo G 10.00 
Wyman, Kellam A Co 25.00 
Young A F 10.00 
Young, Lady, A 1.00 
Zickel, P 25.00 
108,199.05 
NIAGARA FALLS: 
Tugby, Thos 25.00 
PITTS FORD: 
Hawley, Miss H L 5.00 
PORT JERVIS: 
Branch, T H 10.50 
POUGHKEEPSIE: 
Brown, S Paul 6.75 
Citizens, per E Elsworth 121.85 
128.60 
RICHFIELD SPRINGS: 
Clinch, Mr and Mrs 200.00 APPENDIX. 
25 
NEW YORK—Continued. 
ROCHESTER: 
Citizens, per John H Roch- 
ester $1210.00 
Moore, J C 10.00 
1220.00 
ROSLYN: 
All Saints’ Church 175.34 
Ward, Mrs Elija 50.00 
225.34 
SANDY HILL: 
Citizens, per C S Beach 40.83 
SARATOGA: 
Bibb, Mrs 5.00 
Blanks (two items) 4.00 
Bull, Duncan 50 
Clark, EC 25.00 
Davis, R H 5.00 
Farnham, Geo A 25.00 
Gammon. Wm M 5.00 
Harbeck, J H 25.00 
Hawley, Bostwick 2.00 
Heustis, W B 10.00 
Hilton, Henry 150.00 
JM 1.00 
Jones, J M 10.00 
Mclver, T E 10.00 
Mingay, Jas 10.00 
Mingav, Mrs L H 10.00 
Peck, S H 10.00 
Sherman, GR 100.00 
Skidmore, W L 25.00 
Trask, Alanson 25.00 
Trask, Spencer 50.00 
Western Union Telegraph .. 15.00 
SKANEATELES: 
Citizens, per H T Webb 36.00 
SMYRNA: 
Dixon Bros 10.00 
SYRACUSE: 
Citizens, per Lucius M Kinne 782.09 
Wright, AN 25.00 
807.09 
SING SING: 
Broadway Public School 8.88 
Kamp, Albert 2.00 
Unknown, per Dr Neal 
Mitchell 5.00 
15.88 
TARRYTOWN: 
Citizens, per E L Muller 16.00 
TROY: 
Citizens, per S V B Swann.. 217.34 
Citizens, per “Times” 246.28 
Cluett, George B 100.00 
First Presbyterian Church.. 123.00 
Meneeley, Geo R 100.00 
Unknown, per Crozier & 
Pratt 3.00 
789.62 
UTICA: 
Citizens, per E A Hammond. 400.00 
First National Bank 100.00 
Maguire, E 2.00 
Munson Bros 5.00 
507.00 1 
VALATIE: 
Reynolds, WH $10.00 
WOODLAWN PARK: 
Employees of Judge Hilton. 25.00 
YONKERS: 
Alexander, John W 5.00 
Anstice, Henry 5.00 
Bayer, TJ 3.00 
Blanchard, Colonel 10.00 
Brevoort, Henry F 25.00 
Cantwell, M J 2.00 
Cash (seven items) 13.00 
Condon, L R 5.00 
Copcutt, John 5.00 
Courtney, JT 2.00 
Dennerlein, J C 100 
Dick k Co, VVm M 10.00 
Dusenberry, C R 5.00 
Edwards John J 5.00 
Elting, E J 5.00 
Fiedler, JH 2.00 
Forsyth, John W 100 
Friend, A 5.00 
Glenwood, per Arthur 
Thomson 14.00 
Gottschalk, Charles 2.00 
Halliday, A 10 00 
Hobe, B 2.00 
Henderson, Miss S A 1.00 
Kennedy, John 1.00 
Kerr, George 5.00 
Kings’ Daughters (2 items).. 19 00 
Lawrence Bros 10.00 
Leib, Mrs J L 5.00 
Lowenthal, M 2.00 
London,L F 100 
Lynch, Dan’l J 2.00 
Meat Dealers, per John C 
Shatts 50.00 
Milbank, Isaac 20.00 
Moynihan, Timothy 5.00 
Oliver, E A 2.00 
Oliver, John W 5.00 
Osterlield & Eickemeyer, 
Employees 35.00 
Overiug, H C 10.00 
Pagan & Sing 5.00 
Parish Aid Society,Christian 
Church 10.00 
Peene, Joseph, Sr 5.00 
Rigby, F A 1.00 
Roberts, B A 25.00 
Ross, Donald 100 
Saliagian, A 5.00 
School No 7, (6th year grade) 11.60 
Sliaffner Encampment IOOF 10.00 
Shaw, PF 2.00 
Smith & Sons, Alex, de- 
signers 20.00 
Smith & Sons, Employees... 47.25 
Stone, Dr Robert 5.00 
“Tennis ” 45 
Thayer, SH, Jr 2.00 
Voorhees, G T 5.00 
Waring, C E 5.00 
Young People’s Association 
of Westminster Church... 15.00 
490.30 
Total $127,787.10 26 
APPENDIX. 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
ASHEVILLE: 
Amist, J T $114.00 
Bacon, J H 5.00 
Black, Capt Wm 15.00 
Gailard, D D 5.00 
Gailard, Mrs 5.00 • 
Georga, W B 106.00 
King, Henry B 25.00 
King, Mrs Henry B 100.00 
Pisgah Lodge K of H 25.00 
Seven Little Children 23.00 
Woodward, H B 5.00 
428.00 
BEST: 
Davis, E P 10.00 
BLOCKERS: 
Sessions, J E 2.80 
CHAPPEL HILL: 
Professors and Students of 
University 20.00 
CHARLOTTE : 
Anderson, EM 5.00 
Base Ball Club and Ladies.. 46.60 
Brevard, Dr 5.00 
Bynum, Judge W P 25.00 
Citizens, per Mayor McDow- 
ell 11.00 
Fiddell cfc Co, foundrymen.. 21.50 
Hebrew I O B B 10.00 
Holton, Mrs R R 1.00 
Johnson, Lotta C 10.00 
Ladies of Charlotte 103.87 
Methodist Church 13.60 
O’Donohughe, Dr 5.00 
Teachers and Pupils Female 
Institute 50.00 
Unknown 6.25 
213 82 
CLEVELAND SPRINGS: 
Eight Boarders, per Gower 
Rieley 25.00 
CLINTON: 
'Hanstein, Moses 5.00 
COLUMBIA : 
Missionary Baptist Church.. 7.00 
CONCORD: 
M E Church, South 14.00 
Reform Church 5.00 
19.00 
DURHAM: 
Citizens, per J B Whitaker.. 80.97 
Trinity Methodist Church... 60.00 
140.97 
FAYETTEVILLE: 
Churches and Orders 118.36 
GOLDBORO: 
Children’s Collections 68.07 
Concert 10.00 
Miss Bertie Crawford and 
Sallie Thompson 5.00 
83.07 
GREENSBORO: 
Citizens, per ‘-Workman” .. $80.50 
Settle, Judge Thomas 25.00 
105.50 
HALIFAX: 
Benton, R 0 5.00 
HERTFORD: 
Holy Trinity Church 4.56 
HILLSBORO: 
Citizens, per J A Harris 6.00 
JONESBORO: 
Young Ladies’ Collection.... 19.40 
LENOIR: 
Church of Lenoir 10.25 
MARION: 
St John’s Church 2.00 
MONROE: 
Children St Paul Mission— 6.24 
Presbyterian Church 14.00 
Young Men’s S S 4.05 
24.29 
MURFREESBORO: 
Spencer, WB 2.00 
NEWBERNE: 
Citizens, per “ Journal ” 62.25 
First Baptist Church 35.53 
97.78 
OXFORD: 
Clark, Miss Bettie 5.00 
RALEIGH: 
Coffin, Miss J (nurse) 2.00 
Smedes, Rev B 10.00 
12.00 
SALEM: 
Sunday School Contribution 5.80 
SALISBURY: 
Citizens 83.60 
Faust, CH 11.00 
Whitehead, Dr J 10.00 
104.60 
SALUDA: 
Frost 2.00 
SOUTHPORT: 
ME Church 3.25 
WILMINGTON: 
Aldeman, Mamie K 10.00 
Citizens, per “Star” 977.56 
Dinglehorf, M J 20.00 
Thomas, W G & G G 25.00 
Young Ladies’ and Gentle- 
men’s Entertainment 200.00 
Wallace, T E 60.00 
1292.56 
Total $2,875.01 APPENDIX. 
OHIO. 
: ANTON: 
Canton Iron Rooting Co 85.00 
HAGRIN FALLS: 
Ladies’Pink Tea 65.00 
'INCINNATI: 
Adriance, N R 5.00 
Amazon Insurance Co 25.00 
American Oak and Leather 
Co Employees 35.50 
Anonymous 5.00 
Baird & Co, James A 10.00 
Baldridge & Hogan Saw Co. 5.00 
Ballard, Robert 10.00 
Banks, Mrs E J 5.00 
Beversdorfer, Mary (Ripley, 
O) 5.50 
Brevier, 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 E Harrison 5.40 
Cash, per “ Times-Star ”.... 16.30 
Caldwell, Miss Mary 10 
Central Presbyt’n Church S S 10.00 
Church of the Epiphany 
(Walnut Hills) 10.00 
Cincinnati, Portsmouth, Big 
Sandy and Pomeroy 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 Office 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 1 5.00 
Dickens, Elias, also Nellie 
Thompson’s Collections... 2.70 
Dickinson, W 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 
Farra'n, Chas R (Melbourne, 
Fla) 20.00 
Fechheimer, M & L S 25.00 
Fajler’s Sons 6c Co, Isaac 25.00 
First Presbyterian Church 
(Lebanon, O) 49.10 
Fleishman & Co 100.00 
Fogel Collections, Miss S 8.17 
Frank & Co, Charles 10 00 
Freidberg 6c Workum 100 00 
Freidberger, J 6c A 25.00 
Freidberger, Myer 5.00 
Friend * 1.00 
Friend, per John Rechtin... 10.00 
Furst, Abe 5.00 ‘ 
CIN CINNA TI—Continue d. 
Gibson House Co, The $100.00 
Gilpin, William H 5.00 
Goodhart & Co, P J 25.00 
Goodman, Miss May 2.00 
Gregory & Son, J P 50.00 
Harkness, Cowing & Co 25.00 
Harman, Charles K 10.00 
Heigh way, Dr A E 5.00 
Hickenlooper, A 5.00 
Hill Bros 10.00 
Hill, John W 5.00 
Hirsch, Lowenstein & Levi. 25.00 
Hoftheimer’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, W Va) 10.00 
Lafayette National Bank 50.00 
Lahman, Buching 2.00 
•Low & Gansel 10.00 
Levy & Bro, J 50.00 
Live Oak Distilling Co 50.00 
“Little Builders(Walnut 
Hills Christian S S) 5.70 
Ludlow and Shamrock Base 
Ball Clubs (Ludlow, .Ky)... 21.55 
Martin, JB 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) li.OO 
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 
Mullany, D J 10.00 
Ohio & Miss Ry Local Freig’t 
Office Employees 23.50 
Ohio Valley Nat’l Bank 50.00 
Pettibone Mfg Co Employees 7.85 
Potter, Parlin 6c Co 25.00 
Proceeds of Fair held by 
Walter and James Hyman 
and Maude and Jennie 
Faller 2.75 
Proceeds of a Raffle, per 
Alex Levy 10.00 
Public Schools (Van Wert,O) 29.00 
Raushoff, Joseph 25.00 
Rensch 6c Co, A 5.00 
Red and Blue Party, C of C. 250.00 
Red and Blue Party, per Wm 
Glenn ,v Sons...* 25.00 
Rheinstrom Bros 25.00 
Robinson, R II 5.00 
Rookwood, T S (Montgomery 
City, Mo) 5.00 
Rosenthal, Mrs J 5.00 
Roth, Myer & Co 15.00 28 
APPENDIX. 
CINCINNATI—Continued. 
Scarlett, J H, Manager of 
R G Dun & Co $25.00 
Schwill & Co, Albert 25.00 
Sears, JM 10.00 
Serena, Joseph 5.00 
Seasongood, Charles 25.00 
Shenrord, Mrs MC 5.00 
Shinkel <fc Kreis 25.00 
Shoemaker, W W 200.00 
Smith, J A 5.00 
Standard Club, The 10.00 
Straus, Pritz & Co 25.00 
Stevenson, Mrs Mary H 1.00 
Stewart’s Vienna Bakery.... 10.00 
Sullivan, C C (Louisa, Ky)... .50 
Sutherland & Dewey ..." 10.00 
Tinsley, Rev Peter 5.00 
Trager, Canman & Loeb— 15.00 
Trinity M E Church 64.09 
Union Distilling Co, The— 25.00 
United Slates 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 
3733.10 
CLEVELAND: 
Alorater, EF 5.00 
Avery Elevator Bucket Co... 5.00 
Base Ba il Game 70.00 
Citizens, per Leader Print- 
ing Co 969.85 
Citizens, per “The Press 6.80 
Jones, E II 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 
3044.99 
COLUMBUS: 
Case Mfg Co 5.00 
Citizens, per Mayor 328.20 
Deschler, W G 100.00 
Jeffrey Mfg Co 5.00 
438.20 
DAYTON: 
Joyce, Cridland & Co 10.00 
DECHLER: 
Bean, M 7.00 
FREDERICKTOWN: 
Cummings, W S 14.67 
Strube, Dan 6.00 
19.67 
GALION: 
Citizens §45.00 
GALLIPOLIS: 
Entertainment 58.60 
C V C Cadet Post 126 15.75 
74.35 
HAMILTON: 
Anderson & Shafer 10.00 
Bentel & Margedout Co 3.00 
Niles Tool Works 100.00 
113.00 
LEETONIA: 
Eagle, S Grant 10.00 
MINNEAPOLIS: 
Dwyer, E W 0.00 
MORROW: 
Swiggett, E T 15.00 
MOUNT VERNON: 
Williams, GC 7.00 
NAPOLEON: 
Tyler, JH 5.00 
NEWARK: 
Citizens, per David A Allen. 94.16 
NEW VIENNA: 
Base Ball Game 18.30 
NORTH LIMA: 
A Little Girl’s Entertain- 
ment 10.00 
OXFORD: 
Unknown 10.00 
PIQUA: 
Base Ball Game 100.00 
St James Episcopal Church. 2100 
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 APPENDIX. 
29 
PENNSYLVANIA: 
ALLENTOWN : 
Sager, Thos W $5.00 
ALTOONA: 
Sherer, ReVJB 2.00 
BEAVER: 
Citizens 18.85 
BELLEFONTE: 
Citizens, per Miss Annie J 
Valentine 40.00 
CAMBRIDGEBORO: 
Citizens 12.00 
CHAMBERSBURG : 
Wood & Sons, T B 5.00 
CHESTER: 
Chester Oil Co 200.00 
Ferron, J E 1.00 
First Presbyterian Church.. 30.00 
231.00 
DELAWARE WATER GAB: 
Shepperd, A R 30.00 
EAGLEVILLE: 
Presbyterian Church S S.... 26.00 
EASTON : 
Citizens 139.50 
Congregational Covenant of 
Peace 30.00 
169.50 
FRANKLIN: 
First Baptist Church 68.02 
GERMANTOWN: 
CAE 5.00 
Sympathizer 5.00 
10.00 
HARRISBURG : 
Hammelbaugh, I)D 3.25 
Harrisburg Car Mfg Co 5.00 
8.25 
JOHNSTOWN: 
Roberts, D 5.00 
Sunday-School Children 10.43 
“Tribune” 5.00 
Unknown 5.00 
25.43 
LEBANON: 
Coleman, Robert H 1000.00 
LEWISTON: 
Stockpole, Geo F 11.00 
MONTGOMERY STA: 
Houston, Levi 5.00 
MONTROSE: 
Beach, HL 5.00 
M UNICE: 
Fulmer, J H — : $5.00 
PAXTON: 
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 
Fitler 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, GW 5.00 
McIntyre, A 50.00 
Stock Exchange 250.00 
Thompson & Campbell 5.00 
Yroaman, SB 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 
Nicola Bros 25.00 
Paul, J W 250.00 
Porter & Co, HR 100.00 
Reformed Presbyt’n Church 83.48 
Scott, John F — 20.00 
Young Men’s Hebrew Society 140.00 
2079.08 
PLYMOUTH: 
Citizens, per A R DeWitt 444.50 
POTTSVILLE: 
Second Presbyterian Church 25.00 
SAYRE: 
Citizens, per Julius Hayden. 105.80 
SCRANTON: 
Citizens, per “Republican” 570.66 
STROUDSBURG: 
Tanite Co 5.00 
TIONESTA: 
Citizens, per Jas F Brennan 66.00 
UNIONTOWN: 
McDowell, W A 5.00 
WEST CHESTER: 
Citizens, per M S Day 123.50 
WILRESBARRE: 
Citizens, per H JDennin... 643.10 
Total $23,860.00 APPENDIX . 
RHODE ISLAND. 
KINGSTON: 
Potter, Wm H #25.00 
NEWPORT: 
Citizens,per T T Pitman 926.00 
Vanderbilt, F W (Rough Pt).5000.00 
5926.00 
PAWTUCKET: 
Citizens 6.00 
Streeter, N T 2.75 
. 8.75 
PROVIDENCE: 
Providence & Washington 
Insurance 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, per Mayor Living- 
ston '.. 57.00 i 
BEAUFORT: 
Prouleau, A P 5.00 
Thomas, M A 2.00 
7.00 i 
CHARLESTON: 
Citizens, per Chamber of 
Commerce 2089.76 
Citizens, per “ News and 
Courier” 105s 31 
Citizens, per Editor World ... 573.50 
Citizens, per “ Sun ” 5.00 
Citizens, per E Willis, Treas. 500.00 
Citizens, per World Budget 
Co 191 65 
Concert, per G D Bryan 339.00 
Fanhey, D 3.00 
Merchants’ Exchange 300.00 
Moore, E, Treas A T P A 550.00 
Mutual Aid Association 100.00 
Newton Beer’s Theatrical Co 200.00 
AV heeler, T M 20.00 
5928.22 
CHESTER: 
Chester “ Luminaries ” 50.00 
.COLUMBIA: 
Citizens, per \Y J Cathcart. .$411.00 
Citizens, per Mrs J M Mc- 
Bride 174.70 
Club, per \Y 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, perGeo W Hart 100.00 
Total #7,356.07 
TENNESSEE. 
BROWNSVILLE: 
Citizens, per S F Thomas #57.00 
|CHATTANOOGA: 
Chattanooga Union R’y Co . 72.60 
Citizens, per News Pub Co.. 320.12 
First Presbyterian Church.. 50.00 
Spaulding, E A 5.00 
Yellowstone Kit 100.00 
547.72 
CLARKSVILLE: 
Citizens 210.00 
Ely, AY J 1.00 
211.00 
CLEVELAND: 
Citizens 145.35 
DAYTON: 
ME Church 8.00 
FRANKLIN: 
C u m b e r 1 and Presbyterian 
Church 22.10 
GALLATIN : 
Citizens 113.37 APPENDIX. 
31 
TENNESSEE—Continued. 
KINGSTON: 
Citizens $15.69 
KNOXVILLE: 
Citizens, per “Journal ” 36.00 
First M E Church 20.00 
Printers Tribune Office 10.00 
Rhea, J L 5.00 
71.00 
LIMESTONE: 
Citizens, per Geo R Duncan. 8.00 
MARYVILLE: 
Entertainment,per F P Hood 30.40 
MEMPHIS: 
AAA Minstrel Co 484.15 
BPO Elks 110.50 
Chickasaw Guards’ Enter- 
tainment 856.05 
Citizens, per “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, .Timmy 2.60 
5247.65 
MURFREESBORO: 
Baptist Church 9.20 
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 210.35 
Knox, Mrs Maria 1.00 
McKendree Church 111.00 
Merchants’ Exchange 50.00 
Moore Memorial Presbyte- 
rian Church 158.00 
Nashville Lady at Knoxville 5.00 
Nashville Milling Co 50.00 
Park Avenue Church 6.05 
Reeves & Co, J S 50.00 
Rhea & Sons, B S 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 
1910.58 
SHELBY VILLE: 
D N Harwo<>d 5.00 
SUNBRIGHT: 
Citizens, per Chas Gerding, 
Jr 11.35 
TRENTON: 
Christian Church 20.80 
TTTLLAHOMA: 
Citizens, per A Powers 36.15 
Total $8,470.36 
TEXAS. 
AUSTIN: 
Miller, M C $10 00 
BELTON: 
Citizens, per J M Thomson.. 76.75 
BREMOND: 
Union Meeting First Pres- 
byterian Cnurch 49.10 
BROWNSVILLE: 
Citizens, per J Y Porter 77.30 
BRYAN: 
Citizens 80.00 
CURRO: 
Citizens 125.00 
DALLAS: 
A S Lodge, per Dr E N Till- 
man 200.00 
DENISON : 
Denison Rifles 95.45 
EL PASO: 
Bartow, Mrs F O*, Entertain- 
ment 150.00 
Citizens 88.00 
238.00 
FORT WORTH : 
Concert Proceeds 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.! H Bace 50.00 
ITASCA : 
Citizens, per T C Phillips 15.00 
JACKSON: 
Presbyterian Church 19.48 
LOCKHART : 
Field, W E 5.65 32 
APPENDIX. 
TEXAS—Continued. 
LOMETA: 
Langflel d, F $25.00 
PLANO: 
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. 
RRATTLEBORO: 
Estey Organ Co $200.00 
Jackson, J B 50.00 
250.00 
MONTPELIER : 
Taintor, Mrs 25.00 
Wasaman, Mrs W W 100.00 
125.00 
ST. ALBANS: 
Christopher, John G 50.00 
Christopher, Mrs Mary E 50.00 
Entertainment, per J G 
Christopher 20.00 
120.00 
WEST RANDOLPH: 
Union Meeting of Churches. 12.21 
Total $507.21 
VIRGINIA. 
ALEXANDRIA: 
Leadbetter, Thos $46.41 
Ramsay, J W 20.00 
66.41 
BUCHANAN: 
Ladies’Mi te Society 12.05 
Protestant Mission ‘ 1.85 
13.90 
CHATHAM: 
Young Men’s Prayer Meeting 12.00 
DANVILLE: 
Acree, E F 5.00 
Base Ball Club 32 60 
Browden.AD 5.00 
Cash (five items) 13.00 
DANVILLE—Continued. 
Catlin, Mrs J T $1.00 
Cheek, WF 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 
128.60 
DEEP CREEK: 
Citizens 14.50 
FARMVILLE: 
Citizens, per Wm G Venable 34.75 
HAMPTON: 
Citizens, per Mayor J Brown 30.00 
S S, Normal and Ag Inst 15.18 
45.18 
LIBERTY : 
Citizens, per P L Sanders— 50.25 
LURAY: 
Hudson, H V 10.00 
LYNCHBURG: 
Citizens, per Mayor N C 
Munson 350.75 
Citizens, per “Advance”... 38.50 
389.25 
MATHEWS C H: 
Westville Church 6.15 
MOUNT JACKSON: 
St Andrews Episcopal Ch’ch 4.00 
NORFOLK: 
B1 an chard, J W 5.00 
Citizens, per Mayor G R 
Banks 2337.76 
Galen wood, Rev R 5.00 
Howard Association 500.00 
Officers and Men of U S S S 
“Pensacola” 142.00 
2989.76 
PETERSBURG: 
Citizens, per H C Handy 588.33 
PORTSMOUTH: 
Citizens, per J F Crocker 833.18 
PULASKI CITY: 
Langliorn, W D 1.50 
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 
1563.80 A.PPENDIX. 
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 
596.58 
SALEM: 
Citizens, per E A Perry 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 W A Cooper... 495 00 
PIEDMONT: 
Fish, 1 5.00 
RONCEVERTE: 
Citizens, per Mayor C B 
Smith 32.60 
WHEELING: 
Tanny, J B 5.00 
Unknown 5.00 
• 10.00 
Total $643.60 
WISCONSIN. 
JANESVILLE : 
Payne, Wm $50.00 
MILWAUKEE: 
A Friend 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, E P 50.00 
Baer, Wm 5.00 
Barber, Edw 10.00 
Bartlett & Son, L 10.00 
Baum & Fischer 1.00 
Baumbach Co, The Chas 25.00 
Baumbach, 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 
Bloch & Co, M 5.00 
Bosworth & Sons, H 25.00 
Brandt & Schuelte 5.00 
Bray den, J A 5.00 
Carpels & Co 5.00 
Cash, WNC 10.00 
Chapin, C A 5.00 
Chapman, TA 100.00 
Children of a Family 2.00 
Cohen, N 1.00 
Cohen Bros 5.00 
Coleman, JC 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 & Stowell Co 367.00 
First National Bank 150.00 
Foley, John, Jr 5.00 
Frank, N 1.00 
Frankfurth Hardware Co, 
Wm 25.00 
Freshl, C 5.00 
Friedberg, J 1.00 
Friedberg, S 1.00 
Friend, Alb 1.00 
Friend, D H 1.00 
Friend, Elias 5 00 
Friend, Isaac 2.00 
Frisch, J P 2 00 
Froedert, Jacob 10.00 
Gardner & Co, A H 10.00 
Gem Milling Co 10.00 
George, John S 5.00 
Gerlach & Co, Wm 25.00 
Goll & Frank 25.00 
Graff & Co, Wm 5.00 
Green & Button Co 50.00 34 
APPENDIX 
MILWAUKEE.—Continued. 
Gugler Lithograph Co,The.. 5.00 
Hauiniel, H 5.00 
Hartman & Co, F W 25.00 
Hausen’s Empire Fur Fac- 
tory 25 00 
Hausen, Hop V Malt Co 25.00 
Hecht, RabbiS 3 00 
Heineman & Co, Geo H 10 00 
Heineman, Mrs 100 
Heller 3.00 
Herman & Co, M 15.00 
Herman, S 3.00 
Hirsch, J 2.00 
Hoeger A Son, J B 5 00 
Hoffiin, M 5.00 
Holtz, Peter A 10 00 
Holton, ED 20 00 
Hoyt, F 10 00 
Inbus'li Bros 10.00 
Inbuscli, J D 25 00 
Johnston, John 50 00 
Joy, Norris A Co 15.00 
Karger, S 5 00 
Kancheimer, Wm 1 50 
Kelly A Co, TL 10 00 
Kessenger A Co, J P 5 00 
Knowles, Geo 10 00 
Kohn, Wm 1.00 
Kiewert & Co, Chas L 5.00 
Kiewert A Co, Emil 5.00 
Krull & Volger — 10.00 
Landau, A 2 00 
Landauer, Mrs B 2.00 
Landauer a Co, M 10.00 
Langon, W J 5 00 
Layton & Co 100 00 
Leudersdorf, B 25.00 
Lindsay Bros 10 00 
Leuning A Co, A F 10 00 
Mack A Co, H S 25 00 
Manegold, Chas, Jr 25.00 
Mariner, E 25.00 
Mar-hall A Isley Bank 100 00 
Martin, DA 5.00 
Mathews, Bros 25.00 
Mendel, Smith & Co 10 00 
Merchants’ Exchange Bank. 100.00 
Miller, BK 25.00 
Miller, M 2.00 
Miller, Roswell 25.00 
Milwaukee Brewers Asso . 300.00 
Milwaukee National Bank... 100.00 
Miichell, John L 200.00 
Mohr, Mrs B 2.00 
Mohr, Zinkersen A Co 15.00 
Morgan, James 25.00 
Myers, Mrs E 2 00 
M\ers, L 3.00 
Nathanson, Mrs 2.00 
National Exchange Bank 100.00 
Newbour, Chas 2.00 
Newman, J H 2.00 
MILWAUKEE.—Continued. 
Osterman, A 50 
Patrick, G 5.00 
Patton, ,JE 10.00 
Pereles & Sons, N 10.00 
Pfester, Guido 25.00 
Pillsbury, OP 25.00 
Plankenton Bank 100 00 
Plankenton, John 25 00 
Poliak & Straus 2.00 
Preusser Char 25.00 
Pritzloff Hardware Co, John. 25.00 
Rice & Friedman, J H 15 00 
Rich, A W 5.00 
Riedehurg & Co, H 5.00 
Rohlfling, Wm .. 5.00 
Roundy, Peckham & Co 25.00 
Sanderson & Co, E 50.00 
Schoeffel, Geo J 5.00 
Schuster, Geo J 5.00 
Second Ward Savings Bank. 100.00 
Shadbolt A Boyd Iron Co 25 00 
Shapman, LA 2 00 
Shea, J J lo.oo 
Schoenfeld, J 1.00 
Silber, Sidenbere A Hyman. 5.00 
Silverman, Mrs E 3 00 
Sitnonds & Co, Chauncey 25 00 
Singer, ,J E 25.00 
Smith, Angus & Co 25.00 
Smith, Mrs 1.00 
South Side Savings Bank 50.00 
Spicer, M 50 
Stark Bros & Co 25.00 
Stern, Bernard 10.00 
Stern & Bro, H, Jr 25.00 
Tibbits, GM 5 00 
Toepfer & Sons, W 10.00 
Tucker, J F 10.00 
Waldo, R V 6.00 
Walters, H H 5.00 
Weil, BM 100 
Wellaner & Co, Jacob 25.00 
Winkler, Flanders, Smith, 
Bottom & Vilas 25.00 
Ziegle A Co, Geo 20.00 
Zinn, A C 25.00 
3973.50 
RACINE: 
Wins:hip Mfg Co 2.'00 
WAUKESHA: 
Lee, JM 100.00 
Total $4,125.50 
WYOMING. 
SEATTLE: 
Collins, CB 26.00 
Total 26.00 
BRITISH AMERICAN POSSESSIONS. 
Ontario. 
BARRIE: 
Concert, per C P Cooper 64.40 
WARWICK: 
Kingstone, Chas J 20.00 
Total $84.40 APPENDIX. 
35 
EUROPE. 
England. 
LONDON: 
Muir, A $50.00 
Walseley Bridger, per Berry 
& Anderson 100.00 
$150.00 
Germany. 
DARMSTADT: 
Brickwedel, C 100 00 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Unknown States or Towns. 
A Lady Residing on Missisippi River, 
near Vicksburg, Miss 25.00 
A Friend, per Mayor 1) T Gerow 10.05 
Brown, W B, per Col J J Daniel 2.50 
Carter & Co, JW 5.00 
Choral Union Association, per fm 
Connor 5.17 
Hemans, C F, per Dr Neal Mitchell.. 11.40 
Improved Order Red Men of the U S, 
per Mayor D T Gerow 70.00 
Jones, C W, Jr 10.00 
Knox, H H 25.00 
Muller, S, per Dr Neal Mitchell 5.00 
Public Friend, per Col J J Daniel— 5.00 
Staub, J H, per P McQuaid 14.60 
Unknown 1 00 
Upknown 1 00 
Unknown, per Chas S Adams 1 00 
Unknown, per Mrs T W Boyd 2 50 
Unknown, per Rev T H Lacy 21.00 
Unknown, per First National Bank 
of Jacksonville 4 00 
Unknown, per Dr Neal Mitchell 2 00 
Unknown, per P McQuaid 2.00 
Virginia -25 
Widow’s Mite, per Chas S Adams— 1.00 
Total $193.97 LIST OF DONATIONS OF SUPPLIES. 
COLORADO. 
BURR CITY: 
Lawson, Dr, 1 box mdse. 
CONNECTICUT. 
NEW LONDON: 
Bass & Son, C D, 25 bbls crackers. 
WINSTED: 
New York World, 73 bbls apples. 
Distributed through Special Cor- 
respondent. 
$75.00 
FLORIDA. 
ALTAMONTE: 
Coombs, PB, 11 bbls lemons. 
ANTHONY: 
1 coop chickens. 
ARMSTRONG: 
Floyd, Miss, 2 bottles wine. 
3 jars preserves. 
APOPKA: 
1 bbl lemons. 
BAKER SPRINGS: 
1 box mixed fruit. 
CANDLER: 
2 coops chickens. 
CITRA: 
Hairis, J A, 5 boxes lemons. 
DAYTONA: 
Fruit in jars. 
DkLAND: 
“ Y,” 1 basket flowers. 
Wood & Bros, 2 boxes lemons. 
DYAL: 
Dyal, Mrs B G, 1 box eggs 
ENTERPRISE: 
Jones, Wm, 1 box lemons. 
1 box lemons. 
FORT PIERCE: 
Citizens, 1 box lemons. 
GAINESVILLE: 
City Committee, 3 coops chickens, 
3 boxes grapes. 
GREEN COVE SPRINGS: 
1 box lemons. 
4 coops chickens. 
1 bbl potatoes. 
JACKSONVILLE: 
Adams & Smith, 1,000 lbs meat. 
Ashmead, Mrs W H, 2 boxes 
lemons. 
Clark, Henry, lumber. 
DeBary Line, rebate on freight. 
Drew, Geo F, lumber 
F R &N Co, 3bbls lemons. 
Greenleaf & Pomeroy, 1 box or- 
anges . 
Kornahrens, J H, 16 large fish. 
Tysen, J R, 16 bbls potatoes. 
LAKELAND: 
3 boxes lemons. 
LAWTEY: 
Shipman, V J, 1 box fruit. 
LEESBURG: 
Collins, Mrs M W, l box lemons. 
1 box lemons. 
MALABAR: 
Arnold, C F E, 1 bbl Lemons. 
MICANOPY: 
Trumbull, Theo, 1 coop chickens, 
1 box eggs. 
MONTICELLO: 
Elliott, James O, 1 coop chickens. 
1 box eggs. 
1 case eggs. 
3 coops chickens. 
MT. CLAIR: 
Gaity, J H, 1 box fruit. 
Wearing, Mrs \V C, 2 boxes lemons. 
OCALA: 
iy3 coops chickens. 
ORANGE BEND: 
Freeling W, 4 boxes lemons. 
ORANGE CITY: 
Scott, James, 3 bbls lemons. APPENDIX. 
ORLANDO: 
Taylor & Bowen, 11 boxes oranges. 
Ha'lf bbl lemons. 
3 boxes lemons. 
1 bbl oranges. 
PABLO BEACH: 
Suskins, E, 1 box lemons. 
PALATKA: 
Hart, H L, 3 boxes oranges. 
2 boxes oranges. 
PITTSBURG: 
Harrison, LII, 2 boxes sundries. 
PORT TAMPA: 
1 box lemons. 
SANFORD: 
1 box lemons. 
14 boxes limes. 
Buell, A D, 7 boxes lemons. 
H R T, Jr, 6 boxes lemons. 
Martin, A C, half box lemons. 
SOUTH LAKE WEIR: 
Smooks & Bro, 4 cases lemons. 
STARKE: 
1 box eggs. 
6 coops chickens. 
ST. LUCIE: 
Russell, J E, 1 box lemons. 
TALLAHASSEE: 
1 box peas. 
1 bbl peas. 
Citizens, 1 coop chickens. 
TITUSVILLE : 
C E P, 2 bbls lemons. 
H S \V, 2 bbls limes. 
1 bbl limes. 
WELBORNE: 
Mallory & Sons,W C, 1 coop chick- 
ens, 1 box eggs. 
$1,183.60 
GEORGIA. 
ACK 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. 
$97.00 
ILLINOIS. 
CHICAGO: 
l box sulphur. 
Garber, 1 bbl bread. 
HIGHLAND: 
Helvetia Milk Co, 10 eases milk. 
$57.00 
INDIANA. 
FAYETTEVILLE: 
Culver, Miss Eva, 1 box sundries. 
LAFAYETTE: 
1 box old clothing. 
TERRE HAUTE: 
Hudnut Milling Co, grits. 
$104.00 
IOWA. 
C S Beerbower, 200 bush Irish po- 
tatoes, 34 boxes sweet corn, 4 
boxes prepared rye, 1 box Drum’s 
coffee, half bbl oatmeal. 
$298.00 
LOUISIANA. 
NEW ORLEANS: 
Demming Charcoal Co, 3 cases bot- 
tled charcoal. 
1 box charcoal, express charges. 
$3 70 
MARYLAND. 
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 & W, 2 boxes cider, 60 lbs Mo- 
nongracy’s flour. 
1 box tea. 
1 clothing. 
32 tierces shoulders. 
$8,793.69 38 
APPENDIX 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
ORLEANS: 
Baily Canning & Preserving Co, 1 
box clam juice. 
WINCHESTER: 
Littlefield, Mrs, 1 box clothing. 
$5.00 
MISSOURI. 
CARTHAGE : 
Grace Church, 1 bbl clothing. 
NEVADA. 
CANDLERIA : 
Shoof, Louis, 1 box India herb tea. 
$5.00 
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 & Bro, A E, 50 pillow slips. 
Bishop A Henderson, 1 bbl apples. 
Brown, F A, 1 bbl cabbage. 
Callahan & Kerni, 1 flake wheat. 
Campbell, W, 1 bbl turnips. 
Barling, C A, 1 bbl apples. 
DeBary, 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- 
fast cocoa, 24 pillow slips, 5 cases 
lemons, 3 cases cheese, 3 bbls 
flour, 1 bbl squash, 1% beans, 1 
bushel split peas. 
Hartson & Hubbard, 5 cases cham- 
pagne. 
Helvetia Milk Co, 10 cases milk. 
Larabee, E J, 10 boxes crackers. 
Mayor, 6boxes soup. 
Newton, J H, 1 bbl cabbage. 
Palmer, G L, 30 baskets grapes. 
Pyles, James, 4 boxes pearline, 
NEW YORK—Continued. 
Roberts, J P, 1 bbl onions. 
Shey, Peter, 1 bbl beets. 
Smith & Co, G F, 4 champagne. 
Stephens, J A, 11 bbls flour. 
Wallace, T P, 1 bbl apples. 
Wertheimer, A, 1 bbl turnips. 
Williams & Bro, 1 bbl apples. 
150 pillow slips. 
100 sheets. 
2 bbls old clothing. 
1 bbl apples. 
1 bbl turnips, onions and quinces. 
SARATOGA: 
Clark. F Y, and D Greenleaf, 24 cases 
mineral water. 
SAYER: 
Stone, R H, 2 bbls apples, 2 bbls 
potatoes. 
*2,690.26 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
Eary, Mr, 2 bbls sundries. 
*8.00 
OHIO. 
BLOOMINGBURG: 
Dr J M Gillespie and Citizens, 6 
boxes jellies, 10 boxes potatoes, 10 
bbls apples, — beets, 1 box fruit, 
2 boxes canned goods, 1 box 
Dried fruit, 1 box cabbage, 13 
small sacks meal. 
CINCINNATI: 
Smith, Mrs C B, 1 box clothing. 
2 boxes clothing. 
1 package clothing. 
CLEVELAND: 
Citizens, 1 box clothing. 
Smith, Mrs C B, 3 boxes sundries. 
COLUMBUS: 
2 cases mdse. 
NEW RICHMOND: 
Smith, Frank, 4 hbls Rex water. 
WASHINGTON C H: 
1 bag potatoes, 1 bbl Sweet Pota- 
toes. 
$119.50 APPENDIX. 
39 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
PHILADELPHIA: 
2 boxes clothing. 
2 boxes sundries. 
1 box sundries. 
1 box old clothing. 
$12.00 
SOUTH CAEOLINA. 
GREENVILLE: 
1 package clothing. 
1 package clothing. 
TENNESSEE. 
CHATTANOOGA: 
1 box sundries, 1 case mace. 
WISCONSIN. 
RACINE: 
1 box crackers. 
' $3.00 
UNKNOWN 
Through Caldson, Dr F, 1 box lem- 
ons, 
Through Clinch & Branch, 1 box sun- 
dries. 
Through Hunter, W D, 1 box sun- 
dries. 
Through Mayor, 1 box lemons. 
Through Owen, \V B, 4 bbls lemons. 
Four boxes eggs. 
Five bbls potatoes, 1 bag. 
Half bbl peas, 1 bag apples and po- 
tatoes. 
Alabama Coal Co, lime. 
Barnett, W H. 2 boxes lemons. 
$12 75 
Grand Total, $13,467.50 40 
APPENDIX. 
RECAPITULATION OF DONATIONS. 
Cash 
STATES. Contribu- 
tions. 
Donations 
of 
Supplies. 
Total 
from each 
State. 
Alabama 
S3,117.41 
1,058.05 
421.85 
1,595.30 
5,728.20 
38.00 
3.00 
$ 3,117.41 
1,058.05 
421.85 
1,595.30 
5,803.20 
38 00 
Arkansas 
California 
Colorado 
Connecticut 
Dakota 
$ 75.00 
Delaware 
3.00 
3.908.36 
16,019.28 
14,925.90 
14,613.73 
926.68 
597.23 
209.25 
6,984.88 
7.148.37 
11,888.12 
1,648.10 
18,526.42 
4,231.04 
1,056.90 
1,839.80 
12,563.81 
89.85 
620.30 
5.00 
676.39 
6,926.45 
129.50 
130,477.36 
2,883.01 
10,023.28 
23,872.00 
6,368.25 
7,356.07 
8,470.36 
4,719.78 
507.21 
7,851.42 
643.60 
4,128.50 
26.00 
84.40 
150.00 
100.00 
206.72 
District of Columbia 
3,908.36 
14,835.68 
14,828.90 
7 3 
Florida 
1,183.60 
97.00 
Georgia 
Illinois 
Indiana 
822.68 104.00 
Iowa. 
Kansas 
209.25 
6,984.88 
7.14-4 67 
Kentucky 
Louisiana 
3 TO 
Maryland 
3.094 43 8 793 69 
Maine 
1,648.10 
18,521.42 
4,231.04 
1,056.90 
1,839.80 
12,563.81 
89.85 
Massachusetts 
5.00 
Michigan 
Minnesota 
Mississippi 
Missouri 
Montana 
Nebraska 
620.30 
Nevada 
5.00 
New Hampshire 
676.39 
6,926.45 
129.50 
127,787.10 
2,875.01 
9.903.78 
23,860.00 
6,368.25 
7,356.07 
8,470.36 
4.719.78 
507.21 
7,851.42 
New Jersey 
New Mexico 
New York 
2,690.26 
8 00 
119.50 
12.00 
North Carolina 
Ohio 
Pennsylvania 
Rhode Island 
South Carolina 
Tennessee 
Texas 
Vermont 
Virginia *. 
West Virginia 
643.60 
4,125.50 
26.00 
84.40 
150.00 
100.00 
193 97 
Wisconsin 
3.00 
Wyoming 
Ontario, Canada 
London, England 
Darmstadt, Germany 
Miscellaneous 
Grand Totals 
$331,972.63 $13,467.50 
$345,440.13 LIST OF FOREIGN MERCHANTS 
FROM WHOM 
SUPPLIES WEEE PTJECHASED. 
Barnes, A E & Bro, New York, N Y, Furniture @183.00 
Byrd & Denham, Tallahassee, Fla, General Store 19.75 
Carter & Carter, Levyville,Fla, General Stoie 109.05 
Carter, J R J, Levyville, Fla, General Store 22.75 
Carter, N R, Levyville, Ela, General Store 72.91 
Claiiin, H B& Co, New York, N Y, Dry Goods 1,141.00 
Clark, Holly <fc Ketcham, New York, N Y, Grocers 129.60 
DeBary, F& Co, New York, NY, Importers 401.00 
Dunlap & Kicklighter, Gainesville, Ga,Produce 199.40 
Eppens, Smith & Wieman, New York, NY, Provisions 71.17 
Epperson, W J, Bronson, Fla, Provisions 12.76 
Ferris, F A & Co, New York, N Y, Provisions 89.93 
Flannagan & Co, St Louis, Mo, Millers 1,591.99 
Guckenheimer, S & Son, Savannah, Ga, Provisions 1,533.90 
Hard Bros & Co, New York, N Y, Manufacturers 200.60 
Hartman & Hubbard, New York, N Y, Importers 148.50 
Herman & Kayton, Savannah, Ga, Provisions 12,539.78 
Hudnut Milling Co, Terre Haute, Ind, Millers 765.00 
Iowa Manufacturing Co, New York, N Y, Manufacturers 3.07 
Jaffray, E S & Co, New York, N Y, Dry Goods 837.00 
Lazelle, Dally & Co, New York, N Y, Drugs 407.23 
Leggett, F H & Co, New York, N Y, Grocers 2,893.77 
Lindsey & Morgan, Savannah, Ga, Furniture 26.25 
McFerran, Shallcross & Co, Louisville, Ky, Provisions 391.26 
Martin, John S & Co, New York, N Y, Commission Merchants 122.38 
Matlage, C F & Co, New York, N Y, Provisions 2,471.79 
Miller, A J & Co, Savannah, Ga, Furniture 31.25 
Palmer, G S, New York, N Y, Produce 87.25 
Plant Milling Co, G P, St Louis, Mo, Millers 2,178.53 
Pyles, James, New York, N Y, Soap Manufacturer 7.50 
Saxon, G W & Co, Tallahassee, Fla., Grocers 128.00 
Sharpe, Taylor & Perkins, New York, N Y, Grocers 214.34 
Stokes, Thos, New York, N Y, Provisions 799.30 
Strother, H H, Daytona, Fla, Produce 9.50 
Taylor & Hamilton, Morristown, Tenn, Produce 30.50 
Tliurber, Whyland & Co, New York, N Y, Wholesale Grocers 7,945.73 
Yanderveer & Holmes, New York, N Y, Bakers 20.07 
Wellhouse & Sons, Atlanta, Ga, Paper and Printers 61.03 
Wile, Julius & Bro, New York, N Y, Importers 435.00 
Zimmer, Boiles & Dinkak, New York, N Y, Produce 189.80 
$38,522.64 LIST OF LOCAL MERCHANTS 
FROM WHOM 
SUPPLIES WEEE IPTTPeCIELAASIElD- 
Alabama Coal Co, Coal $19.00 
Anderson, Church & Co, Produce 89.70 
Anderson, Isaiah, Produce 5.75 
Andreu, D A, Variety Store 120.99 
Arctic Ice Co, Ice Co 83.65 
Avery, S G, Livery Stables 36.50 
Backcock, Mrs D 12.00 
Baxter & Dunn, Produce 30.00 
Baya & Mead, Grocers 44.30 
Baya, Wm, Produce 362.00 
Benedict, C B, assignee, Hardware 114.47 
Bennett & Wiles, Grocers 3.84 
Bettelini, F, Liquors 6.75 
Bicaise, F A, Variety Store 54.78 
Bisbee & Marvin, Draymen 58.00 
Blodgett, Moore & Co, Oils 201.04 
Bogue, F E & Co, Furniture 696.30 
Bowman, J H, Wood Dealer 120.24 
Broward, M L, Shell 32.50 
Bryan, J A, Shell 5,233.23 
Byrne, Wm, Grocer ; 252.65 
Campbell & Co, A, Butchers 926 18 
Canepa, F, Grocer 8.55 
Cashen, T V, Saw Mill 2,178.69 
Church Year Publishing Co, Printers 112.50 
Citizens’ Gas Co, Gas Works 562.68 
Clark, Henry, Saw Mill 278.07 
Clark, John, Son & Co, Grocers 614.94 
Clark & Loftus, Furniture 924.55 
Clark, W B, Undertaker • 360.00 
Clarke, Wm, Plumber 94.17 
Cleveland & Son, Furniture 205.00 
Clyde S S Co, Clyde Line 40.31 
Cohn, Morris, Dry Goods 12.95 
Cook, W J, Grocer 4.80 
Cowan, A C, Books 48.44 
DaCosta Printing and Publishing House 678.50 
DeCottes, Geo A, Lumber 341.79 
Delaporte, W T, Baker 1,029.95 
Dell, W A, Druggist 453.92 
Dey, J R, Undertaker 805.00 
Diffenback, H, Liquors 15.75 
Dilworth, JR, Dairy 9.40 
Dobbins & Bro, Locksmiths 41.50 
Dohm & Co, Butchers 6,157.14 43 
A PPENTilX. 
Douglas, Jas, Stationer 7.15 
Drew, H & Bro, Book and Stationer 620.23 
Drew Hardware Co, Hardware 95.28 
Drew & Hazeltine, General Merchants, Ac 684.35 
Dzialynski, M A, Auction and Commission 50.00 
Elliott, C G, Grocer 1,234.66 
Ellis & Hussey, Grocers 232.82 
Emery’s Branch Store, Boots and Shoes 9.25 
English, Squire, LiveryStable 459.87 
Everett Pharmacy, Drugs 27.55 
Fairlie, Jas M & Bro, Drugs 1,389.31 
Farwell, Jas A, Furniture 64.50 
Florida Wagon Co, Wagons 140.00 
Foster, Geo R & Co, Hay and Grain 32.55 
Frank, Max, Dry Goods 50.58 
Fries, AP & Co, Drugs 858.20 
Garvin, W T, Shell 829.07 
Genova, S, Grocer 119.16 
Genovar, F D, Grocer 5.00 
Gillen, E W, Butcher 94.80 
Girvin, J W, Wood Yard 98.25 
Grunthal, I & H, Grocers ;... 228.98 
Gugel, Fred, Butcher 546.40 
Hall, Robt, Grocer and Dairy 3.85 
Hall, W H, Grocer and Dairy 19.90 
Harkisheimer & Co, Grocers 3,573.33 
Harris, A H, Confectioner 5.45 
Harris, Geo, Produce 5.00 
Harris, Jas, Grocer 11.62 
Harris, Jas, Jr, Grocer 11.62 
Hartridge, M L, Livery Stable 3,471.25 
Harwick, A A, Dairy 7.70 
Haven, O P, Photographer 89.50 
Hays, Mrs Thos, Cottage Restaurant 42.80 
Hellen, W H, Liquors 3.50 
Hay, Walter H, Drugs 2.65 
Henning, E A, Produce 18.80 
Herrick, Estate of, Livery 858.40 
Herron, J H, Produce and Restaurant 63.00 
Hess, Sig, Hats 19.00 
Holt, P A, Grocer 33.15 
Hooker, E E & Co, Spice and Coffee Mills 455.95 
Hopkins, C, Grocer 286.05 
Hubbard, S B & Co, Hardware 1,369.57 
Huff, A E, Dry Goods 669.17 
Huffman, Wm, Produce 48.90 
Hughes, Geo, Drugs 123.86 
Hughey, J A, Grocer 99.18 
Jackson, H R, Produce 57.51 
Jackson, Thos, Undertaker 336.00 
Jacksonville Refrigerator Ice Works, Ice 381.49 
Jacksonville Saddlery Co, Saddlery 6.60 
Johnson, Geo C, Grocer 1,713.28 
Jones, R H, Grocer 50.00 
Keene, O L, Millinery 22.80 44 
APPENDIX. 
Kohn, Furchgott & Co, Dry Goods $179.47 
Ladson, C J, Produce 3.75 
Lee, Han, Restaurant 24.30 
L’Engle, C S, Crockery 321.08 
L’Engle, J C, Druggist, Coal 322.20 
Lightbourne, A C, Grocer 13.25 
Liody, W H, Baker 121.77 
Lloyd, J F, Grocer 23.40 
Lofton, Geo A, Drayman ■ 54.00 
Lyttle, W H & Son, Grocers 148.97 
McCallum, D J, Lime 2,281.50 
McCann, W A, Wood Yard 33.75 
McConilie, Geo L, Hardware 216.26 
McGinnis, J H, Livery 824.50 
McMurray, Thos, Livery 4,963.90 
McNerny, Thos, Grocer 62.81 
McQuaid, P, Grain 67.00 
Marshall, E E, Dairy 449.90 
Martin, J H, Liquors 62.25 
Marx Bros, Produce 415.65 
Marvin, Denham A Co, Dry Goods 1,215.99 
Mason, Harry, Liquors 840.20 
Melton, S H, Fish and Oysters 715.72 
Merriam, L, Butcher 36.00 
Merrill-Stevens Engine Co, Founders and Machinists 63.25 
Metropolis, Printers and Publishers 207.05 
Middleton, W A, Butcher 20.70 
Mims, M, Dairy 58.20 
Moore, Thos, Carpenter 10.00 
Mumby, Stockton & Knight, Crockery 1,395.54 
Murphy, T, Foundry 21.33 
New York Clothing Co, Clothiers 36.75 
New York Co-Operative Laundry, Laundry 359.83 
New York Steam Laundry, Laundry 196.53 
Oldham, Richard, Livery 1,117.15 
Onley, D W, Butcher 53.96 
Ord & Merrill, Grocers 61.01 
Ortagus, E, Boarding 19.00 
O’Toole, M J, Grocer 36.28 
Palmetto Pharmacy, Drugs • 355.07 
Peters, C, Soap Manufactory 140.00 
Peterson, W R, Tinner 27.50 
Phillips. C G, Produce 22.80 
Pomar, Chas, Drayman 6.40 
Ponder, M, Grocer 6.00 
Pratt, M E, Shell 129.53 
Reed, \V W, Produce 81.51 
Reese, D, Millinery 19.00 
Reuter, C, Drayman 7.20 
Reynolds, Geo R, Grocer 18.90 
Rivas, J & H, Livery 225.00 
Rivas & Koopman, Grocers and Bakers 181.95 
Robinson & Ball Drug Co, Drugs 1,477.57 
Rogers, C B & Co, Grocers 1,528.19 
Romero, Dr J L, Drugs 9.80 AIm’eN’di \. 
45 
Ross, R G, Contractor $285.25 
Scroggins, M, Dairy 1.20 
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 & Co, Grocers 23.19 
Smith, C H & Co, Dairy and Butchers 395.76 
Smith & Frazier, Grocers 9,153.56 
Smith, H L, Dairy . 31.85 
Smith, J T, Dairy 565.71 
Southern Bell Telephone Co 10.00 
Squire, H J, Livery 38.00 
St. James Hotel 26.50 
Stockton & Co, Boots and Shoes 8.50 
Sumner & Benton, Produce 589.28 
Tall, A C & Co, Grocers 8.28 
Thebaut, B 92.00 
Thomas, S VV, Produce 26.25 
Thrasher, A, B, Agt, Livery &57.50 
Times-Union, Printing and Publishing Co 961.15 
Togni, J B, Liquors 688.10 
Tfacy, Thos, Boat Yard 6.00 
Tucker, M, Grocer 48.31 
Tully, J, Produce 317.25 
Turner, Thos, Dairy .70 
Tuttle & Dudgeon, Provisions 13.20 
Tyler, E M, Produce 13.50 
Tyler. O Z & Co, Undertakers 1,344.00 
Tysen, J R & Co, Wholesale Grocers 9,006.56 
Vanderpool, E, Fish Dealer 4.50 
Yarty, 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 
Webster, E P & Co, Drugs 2.75 
Webster, C S & Co, Drugs 12.50 
Weisenfeld, F, Grocer 22.74 
Western Union Telegraph Co 168.93 
White, B G 37.00 
Wightman, W S, Grocer 2,573.86 
Willard & Co, Grocers 77.83 
Williams, H W, 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 11.00 
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 
$100,367.62 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 26.. Allen, Mrs A S 
w 
229 
Oct 7 Allen, Wm J 
Ashley street 
w 
293 
Oct 12 Allen, JB 
w 
319 
Sept 11 ..Arpen, Miss Annie 
w 
84 
Sept 29 . .Austin, Jane, infant of.. 
Union, bet Hawk and Bridge 
. c 
250 
Sept 14..Bagwell, Benjamin 
c 
118 
Oct 13.. .Bahlender, John 
Campbell’s Addition (St Luke’s). 
w 
323 
Oct 1—Baker, W N 
State Bank of Florida 
w 
263 
Sept 3. ..Baldwin, W L 
56 Laura street 
w 
37 
Oct 3 — Barbour, Rev CD 
w 
276 
Oct 8 — Barnett, Mack 
c 
306 
Sept 11..Bassbv, Samuel 
w 
89 
Sept 20. .Battermanskly, M 
Sand Hills 
w 
175 
Oct 16. ..Bell, Edward 
East Jacksonville 
c 
331 
Sept 29. .Bell, George 
St Luke’s Hospital 
w 
253 
Nov 10.. .Bell, George 
St Luke’s Hospital 
w 
401 
Oct 29.. .Bell, J N 
. „w 
364 
Sept 27. Belotte, Louisa, Miss — 
139 E Adams street 
w 
237 
Nov 9 — Bergman, Wm 
w 
396 
Nov 15.. .Berry, Mary 
. c 
411 
Nov 4 — Bliss, Stephen 
126 Ocean street 
c 
379 
Sept 13.. .Bogart, J A 
w 
106 
Oct 13... .Boulanger, Thomas 
w 
321 
Sept 10..Bours, Mrs 
w 
81 
Aug 31...Bours, Miss Minnie 
w 
31 
Sept 20..Bowden, M R 
w 
186 
Sept 22. .Braddock, Geo 
. c 
204 
Sept 23. Branning, Georgiana.... 
. c 
218 
Sept 22. .Brenner, Louis 
. w 
205 
Sept 26. .Breynard, JU 
84 E Church street 
. c 
232 
Nov 9 — Broctor, Buger— 
w 
394 
Nov 5 — Bronson, Wm 
. c 
381 
Sept 22..Brooks, Geo B 
609 W Adams street 
c 
207 
Sept 7...Brotlierton, Wm 
. .. .101 Newnan street 
w 
57 
Oct 24. ..Broward, Mrs J B 
South Jacksonville 
w 
349 
Sept 3...Brown, 
c 
36 
Sept 23.. Bruner, Louis 
w 
211 
Sept 17. .Bruner, Anna 
w 
132 
Oct 28...Buckhalter, Peyton S 
w 
361 
Sept 26..Butler, Albert, child of.. 
Burbridge’s Addition 
. c 
235 
Sept 29. .Buckston, Walter 
Panama 
w 
255 
Sept 25..Burch, J L 
w 
225 
Oct 27. ..Burch, Robert 
corner Washington and Forsvth 
. c 
359 
Sept 28..Burke, J V 
w 
245 
Oct 5 Burton, Minnie 
c 
285 
Nov 19.. .Butler. John 
Division Lane. La Villa 
c 
419 47 
Date. Name. 
Residence. 
Col. 
No. 
233 
Nov 7 — Cain, Sarah 
. .Three-Alile Branch 
. c 
383 
Sept 16..Carr, Edward 
.. State street 
c 
126 
43 
Nov 8 — Carver, I)r F H 
. North Springfield 
w 
387 
Dec 3 Carver, Pelton 
. .North Jacksonville 
w 
429 
Sept 6.. .Castellaw, Miss Castella.... 
.. E Adams street 
w 
51 
Sept 16. .Cauthorne, Harry 
. .144 Washington street 
w 
127 
Oct 12.. .Chadwick, J L 
.. 74 Catherine street 
. w 
373 
Oct 12. ..Chadwick, Mrs L S 
. .77 Catherine street 
w 
318 
Oct 19.. Chambers, Mrs L E 
. .St Luke’s Hospital 
w 
340 
Sept 14. .Chatmam, Mr 
. .near Evergreen Cemetery 
w 
115 
Sept 27. .Christopher, Antonio 
. .St Luke’s Hospital 
w 
236 
Sept 22. .Christopher. Mr 
w 
208 
w 
80 
Sept 24. .Cingis, Antonio 
.. corner Church and AVashington. 
w 
220 
Nov 2 Civalle, Y 
.. St Luke’s Hospital 
w 
374 
Oct 19.. Clark, Harriet, child of 
. .136 Ocean street 
. c 
341 
Aug 28.. .Clark, Tlios H 
. -48 AVest Beaver street 
w 
19 
Sept 11. Coffee, .JR 
.. East Duval street 
w 
86 
Sept 14..Coleman, Lula E 
w 
117 
Oct 9 Conrader, Mrs 
. .East Bay street 
w 
309 
Oct 16.. .Cooper, W C, daughter of.. 
. .Springfield 
w 
332 
36ft 
151 
Aug 26..Craugh, Wm 
. .34 AV Union street 
w 
14 
Sept 24. .Crawford, John 
. - St Luke’s Hospital 
230 
Sept 9.. .Croisant, C 
. St Luke’s Hospital 
. w 
70 
Sept 9...Crow, J J 
.. Alonroe street 
. w 
73 
Aug 30..Crowley, Mrs D J 
. 35 E Adams street 
w 
26 
Dec 1.. ..Cummings, Anna 
. c 
428 
Sept 28..Curry, Miss Fannie 
. .106 Ward street 
. w 
249 
Sept 24.. Cuzner, Miss Frances A ... 
. .Oakland 
w 
222 
Aug 30.. Dancy, Lafayette E 
.. 97 W Beaver street 
w 
25 
Oct 3... .Daniel, Col J J 
.. Palermo 
w 
280 
Sept 7.. .Davenport, Mrs 
. .Brooklvn 
. c 
59 
Sept 10..Davidson, EL 
..72 W Forsyth street 
w 
79 
Sept 28..Davis, Jack 
.. Dew Drop Alley 
. c 
246 
Aug 29...Davis, Airs Alary 
.. 107 AV Forsyth street 
24 
Oct 9-.. . .Deans, George Wheaton.... 
.. St Luke’s Hospital 
308 
Oct 24. ..Dees, Benjamin H 
.. Burbridge Addition 
. c 
352 
Oct 7 DeForest, Chas L 
. .Sand Hills 
w 
295 
Oct 6 Degenhart, Mrs Alary 
..Oak street, Brooklvn 
w 
290 
Nov 19... Derry, Edward B. — 
. .Fairfield 
w 
407 
Sept 11.. Dey, Isadore 
.. West Jacksonville 
c 
91 
Nov 4... .Dilworth, J D 
. .Fairfield 
w 
378 
Aug 26. .Dixon, E W 
. .corner Ocean and Adams 
w 
13 
369 
Aug 17..Donovan, Frank 
.. Grand Union 
5 
Sept 21. .Doyle, Mrs John 
. .corner Washington and Duval.. 
w 
200 
Oct 3 Dunn, S 
. .St Nicholas 
277 
Sept 28. .Eddy, Dr E T 
.Bay State Cottage 
w 
248 
Nov 13.. .Edmonson, H 
.. 310 AV Church street 
c 
406 
APPENDIX. 48 
APPENDIX. 
Bate. Name. 
Residence. 
Col. 
No. 
Oct 5... .Edmundson, James 
.. .310 W Church street 
c 
280 
Sept 22..Elliott, Chas G 
.. .Riverside 
w 
200 
Oct 8.. ..Elliott, Mrs ,J L 
.. .Springdeld, Fourth street 
\\ 
304 
Oct 10. ..Elliott, J E 
.. .Springdeld, Fourth street 
w 
311 
Sept 14. .Ely, F W 
.. .Riverside 
114 
Sept 27. English, Alice 
c 
241 
Nov 21.. .Evans, John 
.. .Burbridge Addition 
. c 
421 
OCt 17. ..Fairlie, J M 
.. .East Jacksonville 
w 
330 
Oct 7.. ..Fairlie, Mrs M S 
. .East Jacksonville 
w 
299 
Sept 18..Farmer, Walter G 
.. .Cliaseville 
w 
141 
(>ct 29. . .Fennell, Mrs Mary 
.. .207 W Church street 
w 
307 
Aug 27.. .Fisher, Albert 
... St Luke’s Hospital 
w 
10 
Aug 28... Fleming, Louisa 
.. .Oakland 
w 
18 
Sept 12. .Fleming, Louis I, Jr 
.. .58 E Monroe street 
w 
1)7 
Sept 14. .Fleming, Louis I 
w 
11 > 
Sept 13..Floody, Mrs Thomas 
w 
105 
Nov 14...Floyd, Mamie 
.. .125 Julia street 
c 
409 
Sept 18..Foley, Mrs 
. . 317 W Church street 
w 
155 
Sept 27..Ford, WF 
.. .Sand Hills 
w 
Aug 23..Fort, Mrs Lucy 
.. .48 W Beaver street 
w 
10 
Sept 19..Foster, Frank 
... Campbell’s Addition 
w 
109 
Sept 21. .Foster, J W 
194 
Sept 19..Foster, Mr 
... E Adams street 
w 
159 
Sept 18. .Frazier, Nellie, child of... 
.. .E Union street 
O 
145 
Sept 26..Frippe, Arthur 
.. .East Jacksonville 
w 
220 
Aug 13 .. Gelder, Thomas 
... Ocean st, bet Bay and Forsyth.. 
. w 
4 
Nov 14...Gibson, Alexander 
n 
Sept 17..Gilbert, Ruth 
... 810 Ward street 
121 
Nov 15. ..Goodrich, Joseph 
...South Jacksonville 
410 
Oct 1.. ..Gordon, A Wood... 
207 
Oct 1... .Gordon, Primus 
... La Villa 
c 
200 
w 
Sept 21..Gould, Dr Francis J 
.. .N Hogan street 
w 
201 
Sept 30..Governor, Mrs H 
• 
Sept 7. ..Grace, Mrs Robert 
... 107 W Forsyth street 
w 
55 
Sept 18..Grant, Simon 
... cor Washington and Forsyth sts. 
. 0 
140 
Nov 21...Grant, Sophia, 
. ..LaVilla 
c 
422 
Sept 18..Graves, James 
... St Luke’s Hospital 
w 
157 
Sept 14.. Gray, E 
. ..LaVilla 
w 
113 
Nov 8. . .Green, Mamie 
...8 Hawk street 
w 
380 
Oct 20. ..Green, John 1) 
. ..corner Ward and Hawk streets. 
w 
355 
Nov K).. .Green, May R 
.. .Church and Catherine streets... 
400 
Sept 12. .Gridin, Annie, child of.... 
.. .Oakland 
103 
Oct 0... .Gridin, Maggie 
. .. Brooklyn 
291 
Sept 19.. Grunthal, Hugo 
. .corner Bay and Hogan streets... 
100 
<)ct 10...Halbrook, C J, 
... Riverside 
312 
Oct 15. ..Hall, Aaron 
.. .First street, LaVilla 
w 
330 
Sept 30..Hall, James 
... West Brooklyn 
201 
Sept 25..Hall, Mrs 
Oct 18... Hallidav, Edward 15 
.. .St Nicholas 
337 
Oct 14...Hamilton, Miss R 
. ..Wilson & Hunting’s Mill 
\v 
327 
Nov 19 ..Haney, W A 
.. .East Jacksonville 
410 
Sept 8. ..Hanne, Wm 
08 APPENDIX. 
Date. NAme. 
Residence. 
Col. 
No. 
Oct 8.. ..Hare, Mrs C 
.. .three miles oh Plank Road 
w 
305 
Nov 1.... Harris, James 
... Middle burg Road 
av 
371 
Nov 7 Hastings, Carrie 
... Brooklyn 
w 
:J84 
Sept 26..Hattel, Chas 
.. .Sand Hills 
w 
234 
Oct 1.... Hatty, Dan 
c 
269 
Sept 18. . Haveland, Miss Ida C 
w 
154 
Oct 8.... Hay, Roberta 
... Hardv’s Quarters, E Jacksonville. 
w 
303 
Sept 17..Hayes, Thomas 
.. ,E Bay street 
w 
136 
Sept 27. .Hellen, J H 
w 
240 
Sept 21.. Helmsley, , child of 
— 
188 
Oct 15.. .Hemstreet, R. 
.. .Fairfield 
w 
328 
Oct 27.. .Hendricks, Mrs E 
...South Jacksonville 
w 
357 
Sept 5. ..Hernandez, L R 
... Brooklvn 
w 
42 
Sept 20. .Hernandez, Mrs Theo B... 
w 
185 
Sept 27..Herrick, Alvia 
.. .Fairfield 
AN' 
242 
Sept 2.. .Herrick, CD 
... 167 Pine street 
w 
35 
Sept 14..Herrick, Mrs C W 
. .. 167 Pine street 
w 
110 
Sept 6.. .Herrick, Miss Millie 
... 167 Pine street 
w 
53 
Sept 7.. .Herrick, Mrs W D 
...167 Pine street 
AN' 
58 
Sept 17.. Herrick, \V D 
.. .167 Pine street 
AN' 
137 
Oct 3....Hill, Hattie 
... 148 Ocean street 
C 
274 
125 
177 
Sept 24.. Holland, Mrs, infant of.... 
219 
Sept 29.. Hollenback, George 
... Newnan anil Forsyth streets 
AN' 
251 
Oct 7... .Hood, Jennings 
AV 
294 
Aug 24... Hooker, John J 
. ..Springfield 
AN' 
11 
Sept 1. ..Hopkins, Mrs Fannie 
. ..Newnan, bet Adams and Monroe 
AN' 
33 
Sept 21..Houlahan. Miss Ella 
.. .East Jacksonville 
AN' 
191 
Sept 28. .Houlahan, Miss Julia 
.. Laura and Forsyth streets 
AV 
247 
Sept 23. . Howe, George T 
.. .St Nicholas 
AV 
214 
Nov 18... Hufbauer, Louis 
... South Jacksonville 
AV 
415 
Oct 17. ..Hufbauer, Mary M 
... South Shore 
AV 
333 
Oct 12.. .Huger, Edward W 
. ..Hawk street, north of Orange 
C 
320 
Oct 13. ..Hunter, Mrs M 
.. .Panama Park 
AV 
322 
Sept 18..Jacobs, Mr 
AV 
139 
Sept 18. .Jacoby, J L 
.. .128 Pine street 
AV 
150 
Oct 12.. .Jenkins, Jessie 
... South Jacksonville 
C 
317 
Sept 10..Jenkins, Mrs Laura 
AV 
77 
l<Hi 
Oct 4....Jones, Berry 
... St Luke’s Hospital 
<* 
281 
Sept 26..Johnson, Carl 
. .Riverside 
AV' 
231 
Oct 3 Johnson, David 
.. .Brooklyn 
C 
278 
Oct 11...Johnson, R N... 
... West Brooklyn 
C 
314 
Sept 18..Jones, Julia 
... W Orange street 
c 
144 
Sept 18..Jones, Margaret 
.. .Burbridge’s Addition 
AV 
140 
Sept 13..Jones, Wm A 
... St Luke’s Hospital 
AV 
104 
Nov 3 — Joyce, Julian 
. ..west of soap works 
AN' 
375 
Sept 11..Keller, Leila 
... Springfield 
AV 
85 
Sept 9...Kelley, Patrick 
... St Luke’s Hospital 
AV 
69 
Sept 14.. Kelley, Mrs Patrick 
... Sand Hills 
AV 
119 
95 
Oct 7.... Keys, James 
...Third street, Spripgfield 
W 
298 APPENDIX. 
Date. Name. 
Residence. Col. 
No. 
Sept 16..Kimball, Harry 
. W Adams street 
w 
123 
Sept 6.. .King, Arthur 
.cor Maggie and Nellie, E Jack’lle 
w 
54 
Oct 23...Kline, Mamie 
w 
348 
Sept 12..Kuntz, Mr C A 
.Baldwin’s Block 
w 
98 
Sept 21..Lennon, Susie 
E Bay street 
w 
192 
Sept 8.. .Landis, Isaac 
.St Luke’s Hospital 
w 
66 
Oct 7... .LaTourette, D 
.St Luke’s Hospital 
w 
301 
Sept 20. .Lawrence, L 
— 
184 
Sept 8.. .Leite, 0 .T 
. Springfield 
w 
65 
Sept 14.. L’Engle, Henry A 
.cor Market and Church streeets.. 
w 
111 
Sept 8.. .Leonard, Dr W N 
w 
67 
Sept 20..Long, Willie 
c 
181 
Sept 18..Lopez, Peter 
.Evergreen Road 
w 
142 
Sept 17..Lord, Sarah E 
.Campbell’s Addition 
w 
133 
Sept 6 .. Lorrimer, R A 
. Newnan, bet Adams and Monroe. 
w 
47 
Sept 9.. .Love, E B. 
.W Adams street, LaVilla 
w 
72 
.Sand Hills 
338 
Sept 6. ..Lucas, Edward 
.corner Monroe and Cedar streets 
w 
48 
Aug 30.. .Luidgi, David 
. St Luke’s Hospital 
w 
27 
Aug 12. McClelland, Mrs W S 
.Lafayette House 
w 
3 
Sept 27. .McCormick, D B 
w 
238 
Sept 21.. McCreary, Laura 
w 
190 
Sept 5. . McCullar, Mrs Lucy 
.89 Cedar street 
w 
40 
Oct 27.. .McDugal, Hugh 
.StLuke’s Hospital 
w 
360 
Sept 7.. . McElligott, Oswald 
. West LaVilla 
w 
61 
Sept 20. .McKeetchan, Hicks 
. Brooklyn 
c 
344 
Sept 10. .McKinnin, J L 
w 
78 
Sept 18. .McNear, Mr 
.corner Julia and Church streets.. 
w 
149 
Sept 20.. Macfarland, Taylor 
c 
183 
20 
Oct 20.. .Marshall, 
.Campbell’s Addition 
w 
342 
Oct 7 Martin, Edward 
.124 Julia street 
w 
297 
Oct 6 Martin, Rosalie 
.West Brooklyn 
w 
289 
Aug 24.. .Martini, Frank 
. cor Washington and Bay streets. 
w 
12 
Oct 9....Marvin, Frank 
.cor Liberty and Adams streets... 
w 
307 
Oct 28...Mason, Lizzie 
.Burbridge’s Addition 
c 
362 
Sept 16. Mathews, Mrs James M 
.36 W Beaver street 
w 
130 
Sept 12. .Maurice, Margaret 
.Campbell’s Addition 
w 
99 
Aug 27.. .Mays, Burton 
.St Luke’s Hospital 
c 
17 
Sept 16. .Mecliare, Abram 
— 
124 
Sept 1... Merritt, W J 
.LaVilla 
w 
32 
Sept 28..Miller. Mariah 
.106 Ward street 
w 
244 
Sept 30..Miller, Shadrach 
.cor Perry and Dew Drop Lane... 
c 
257 
412 
c 
391 
Aug 19.. Minton, J M 
.142 W Adams street 
w 
7 
76 
Sept 6.. .Monamburger,Miss Charlotte,West Riverside 
w 
46 
Sept 16. Morant, Miss Kate 
. West Jacksonville 
w 
128 
Sept 7... Morgan, AC 
.East Jacksonville 
w 
60 
Oct 6... .Morgan, Mrs A E, infant of. 
.Monroe and Second streets 
w 
292 
Sept 8...Morgan, Alfred 
, .126 Newnan street 
w 
64 
Sept 19. .Mosely, Eliza 
c 
166 APPENDIX. 
51 
Date. Name. 
Residence. 
Col. 
No. 
Sept 18..Moss, W H 
.44 W Union street 
.. w 
138 
Oct 17.. .Mueller, Gustave 
. Sand Hills 
. w 
334 
Sept 6.. .Mulroy, Richard 
.79 W Bay street 
52 
Oct 1.... Murnahan, D H 
. Fairfield 
271 
Oct 2—Nedham, Lewis, child of.... 
. Oakland 
.. — 
273 
Sept 16..Nelson, Louis 
.311 Bridge street 
122 
Nov 2. . .Nelson, Nels 
.South Jacksonville 
372 
Sept 26..Newman, Jenny 
.Monroe and Division Lane 
. c 
228 
Sept 11..Nolan, James 
.3 W State street 
. c 
88 
Sept 19..O’Brien, John 
168 
Sept 18. .O’Dea, R 
.35 W Duval street 
w 
152 
Sept 19..Ohler, C 
172 
Oct 1... .Oldfield, Mrs A 
268 
Sept 19..Oldfield, Mr 
.Soap Works 
. w 
171 
Nov 8—Oliver, Mr, child of 
.Brooklyn 
. w 
388 
Nov 12.. .Owen, Amanda. 
.South Jacksonville 
403 
Sept 19. .Owston, Miss Frances W. .. 
.cor Ashley and Market streets.. 
. w 
158 
Oct 14...Paine, Willie 
.Plank Road 
325 
Sept 21..Palmer, W P 
. w 
193 
Oct 14.. .Pangburn, W S 
.Sand Hills 
. w 
326 
Sept 29..Pearce, Mary 
.St Luke’s Hospital 
252 
Oct 22. ..Pearl, W H 
. Sand Hills 
. w 
347 
Aug 10... Perkins, J J 
. S W cor Ocean and Forsyth sts. . 
. w 
1 
Sept 17. .Peters, C 
,W Monroe, LaVilla 
w 
135 
Sept 6. .Peterson, Chas A, Jr 
.Campbell’s Addition 
49 
Sept 13. .Peterson, Mrs Chas 
.Campbell’s Addition 
107 
Nov 4... .Peterson, Gustave J 
.Evergreen Cemetery Road 
. w 
377 
Dec 1... .Phillips, Lizzie 
.cor State and Bridge streets.... 
. (5 
427 
Oct 29.. .Phillips, Thomas 
.cor Third street and R R Ave... 
. w 
365 
Sept 5.. .Pierson, ER 
. St Luke’s Hospital 
. w 
44 
Oct 3 — Poinsett, Mrs, infant of 
.Laura street 
. w 
279 
Aug 27...Pollard, C H 
. St Luke’s Hospital 
. w 
15 
.Sand Hills 
94 
Nov 9 — Prater, Badger D 
.Summerville 
. c 
390 
363 
Oct 15. ..Pybus, JP 
. St Luke’s Hospital 
329 
Sept 30..Pyles, WT 
.Shell Road 
. w 
260 
195 
Sept 19..Rebston, Miss Maggie 
. W Forsyth street 
161 
Nov 10. . .Reese, Miss Edith 
• St Johns Mills 
398 
Oct 11.. .Register, Maria 
. W est Brooklyn 
. c 
315 
Aug 23... Reigles, Nellie 
.St Luke’s Hospital 
9 
Sept 19..Richard, Rurcius 
Soap Works 
170 
Oct 6... .Richardson, Chas 
■ Catherine street 
288 
Nov 12.. .Ricker, James 
.Hawk street, LaVilla 
. w 
404 
Oct 12. ..Riley, Rebecca 
Mixentown 
316 
221 
Aug 29.. .Roberts, Hugh D 
.107 W Forsyth street 
22 
Oct 13.. .Roberts, Mrs Tom, infant of. 
.North Jacksonville 
324 
Sept 29. .Robinson, Alfred 
.211 Hogan street 
254 
Sept 14. .Robinson, Harry L 
.cor Duval and Liberty streets... 
. w 
108 
120 
Sept 8.. .Rodgers, Miss 
.cor Ashlev and Hogan streets... 
.. w 
63 APPENDIX i 
Date. Name. 
Residence. 
Col. 
No. 
Oct 1.. . .Rolax, H 
2fi2 
Sept 23..Ross, Rev W P 
.Oakland 
217 
Dec 5.. ..Rudolph, 11 A 
.LaConrse Brick Yard 
430 
Oct 5 — Russon, Albert 
. Brooklyn • 
• • w 
282 
Sept 20.. Rvan, John 
.St Luke’s Hospital 
.. w 
174 
30 
250 
351 
Nov 25... Saunders, Win J 
.Arlington 
.. w 
425 
Sept 20. Scott, Harry 
.St Luke’s Hospital 
... c 
180 
Oct 21...Scott, Mattie 
. .210 Ward street 
345 
Sept 20..Seelev, John 
.309 W Bay street 
... w 
173 
198 
Sept 23..Seetlier, Mrs 
. Soap Works 
210 
Oct 29. ..Sellers, Joseph H 
..North Springfield 
306 
389 
90 
Sept 9... Sharpe, Rev J H 
. E Duval street 
74 
Nov 12...Shephard, James 
. .Fairfield 
405 
Oct 5 Sherman, Ellen 
. .Waycross House 
283 
Sept 20.. Sherman, Nathaniel 
. bet Third and State streets.. . 
176 
Dec 1 Simpkins, Wade 
.. 326 W Bay street 
... c 
426 
Sept 28..Simmons, W 7. 
. .Riverside 
215 
93 
Aug 29... Sister Rosa de Lima 
..St Luke’s Hospital 
21 
Sept 18. .Sliddell, George 
.. Brooklyn 
156 
397 
Nov 23... Smith, Charles 
. .West Riverside 
... w 
424 
Sept 2.. Smith, C H 
. .12 Clay street 
... w 
34 
Sept 18..Smith, Mrs H E 
. St Luke’s Hospital 
... w 
153 
Sept 23.. Smith, H L 
. Fernandina Junction 
... \\ 
216 
Nov (5 — Smith, Howard 
.12 Clav street 
382 
Sept 19..Smith, Mrs James 
163 
Oct 9 Smith, J N 
.Winter Home, W Forsyth st. . 
... w 
310 
Sand Hills 
w 
187 
197 
Sept 23..Smith, Mrs 
..Campbell’s Addition 
... w 
213 
313 
Sept 12.. Smith, Rev TM 
too 
Aug 29... Smith, Win 
.Grand Union 
23 
w 
423 
Sept 13..Snyder, Mrs Edith, child of. 
. near Soap Factory 
... w 
147 
414 
Sept 18. .Spearman, Mrs HR 
. .Springfield 
148 
Nov 20. . Spiers, Wm 
.. Brooklyn 
420 
Oct 5... .Stanley-, H, infant of 
. .cor State and Bridge streets.. 
287 
Oct 7.... Steinhauser, George 
.. Burbridge’s Addition 
... w 
296 
Sept 5...Storck, Joseph 
. .120 E Forsyth street 
... w 
41 
Sept 4...Storck, Mrs Joseph 
.. 120 E Forsyth street 
39 
Sept 9...Storck, Julia 
. .St Luke’s Hospital 
71 
Sept 25..Stone, Miss Florence 
. .63 Laura street 
227 
Sept 21.. Stratton, John 
..Brooklyn 
... w 
202 
Nov 10.. .Sumineral 1, Clavton 
. .St Luke’s Hospital 
399 APPENDIX. 
. 
— 
— 
Date. Name. 
Residence. Col. 
No. 
358 
Aug 31.. .Thomas, Andrew 
... St Luke’s Hospital 
c 
29 
Sept 24. .Thomas, Joseph 
c 
223 
Sept 23. .Thomas, Mabel 
.. .108 Bridge street 
c 
209 
Sept 19. .Thompson, George 
...West Fire Station 
w 
164 
Sept 22. .Thompson, Jennie 
w 
203 
< )ct 21.. Thrasher, A B 
.. .cor Hogan and Ashley streets... 
w 
343 
Sept 16. .Ticenning, Henry 
.. .145 W Bay street 
w 
129 
Nov 5 Tousey, Elvie 
... Camp Mitchell 
w 
380 
Oct 26.. .Tousey, George 
.. .413 W Adams street 
w 
356 
Oct 1 Treader, Paul 
w 
270 
Oct IT.. .Tresbaek,, R W 
.. Brooklyn 
w 
335 
Oct 7 Tribe, Mrs Felix 
.. .8 Phelps street, Springfield 
w 
300 
Oct 25...Tribe, Felix 
.. .Sand Hills 
w 
353 
Oct 1 Tucker, Mack 
... W Ashley street, near Bridge.... 
w 
264 
Nov 7 Tuc’.er, W 
... Plank Road 
w 
385 
Sept 20..Turner, Arthur 
.. .St Luke’s Hospital 
c 
182 
2 
Sept 3. ..Tvler, George W 
.. NW cor Washington and Bav sts 
w 
38 
Sept 20..Tvler, Mrs Fannie 
.. .cor Liberty and Church streets.. 
w 
179 
Oct 21.. .Ulmo, E S 
.. .Liberty st, near Lane and Beaver 
w 
346 
Nov 15.. .Vance, Emma 
.. .Brooklyn 
c 
413 
Sept 11..Vaughn, Rodger 
... Hart’s Block 
w 
90 
Nov 3 Vellani, Joseph 
.. . Burch’s Brick Yard 
w 
376 
Nov 9... .Vellani, Mrs Parcera Ada. 
... Burch’s Brick Yard 1 
w 
393 
Nov 13...Venazi, A 
... St Luke’s Hospital 
w 
407 
Sept 14.. Wallace, .1 W, infant of.. . 
... N Laura street 
w 
116 
Sept 19.. Wallace, Mrs .1 W 
.. .121 Pipe street 
w 
162 
Oct 19... Walter, J 
...134 State street 
w 
339 
Aug 21 .. Wanklvn, E K 
.. .48 W Beaver street 
w 
8 
Sept 19..Warren, Hennie 
w 
167 
Sept 7. . .Washington, Mrs Rosa... . 
... King’s Road 
c 
62 
Oct 7.... Weisman, Wilson 
.. .Elgin House 
w 
302 
Oct 24. ..Welch, Ethel May 
... Spring-field 
c 
350 
87 
Sept 14. .Weymouth, Mrs C K 
... St Luke’s Hospital 
w 
109 
Sept 16..Weymouth, C H 
.. .St Luke’s Hospital 
w 
121 
.Sand Hills 
275 
Sept 11..White, J W 
... Sand Hills 
c 
83 
Oct 5.... White, Lucy 
.. .King’s Road 
c 
284 
Oct 1. ..White, Thomas 
.. near Evergreen Cemetery 
w 
265 
Nov 1.... Whitmore, Mrs GW 
.. .Springfield 
c 
370 
Sept 23..Whitner, A C 
. ..King’s Road 
w 
212 
Sept 11. .Whittier, H J 
. . .East Jacksonville 
w 
92 
Sept 7. ..Williams, I)r Cone 
... 63 E Adams street 
w 
56 
256 
Sept 27..Wilson, Annie 
c 
243 
Sept 12.. Wolff, Carrie 
. ..Shell Road 
w 
101 
Sept 12.. Wolff, Maggie 
... Shell Road 
w 
102 
Sept 6.. ."Wolff, Pollina 
. .. Shell Road .... 
w 
45 
Oct 25... Wood, Alex 
... South Jacksonville 
w 
.'154 
Oct 1... .Wood, Anson 
... St Luke’s Hospital. <■ 
w 
272 
Nov 19...Woods, George N 
... St Luke’s Hospital 
w 
418 APPENDIX. 
Date. Name. 
Residence. 
Col. 
No. 
Sept 17..Wright, Caroline 
134 
Sept 10..Wright, J C 
82 
Nov 9.... Wright, Susan 
w 
392 
Nov 9 — Young, Charlotte 
c 
395 
Aug 31 . Young, G W 
w 
28 
Sept 20..Zahm, Mrs 
w 
178 
,v 
50 
Sept 21..Zeither, Mrs Susan 
189 APPENDIX. 
55 
Table showing the mean daily barometer, thermometer, maximum and minimum temperatures, mean daily relative humidity, daily pre- 
cipitation, prevailing direction of wind and character of weather for each day, etc., during the month of August, 
1877 and 1888 at Jacksonville. Florida. 
— 
— 
. 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Barometer 
Thermometer. 
Relative 
Precipita’n 
Prevailing 
Character 
Reduced to 
Humidity 
(Inches and 
Direction 
Remarks. 
6 
Sea Level. 
Daily Mean 
Maximum. 
Minimum. 
(Per Cent.) 
Hundr’ths.) 
of Wind. 
« 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 1888. 
i 
29.94 
30.05 
82 
82 
88 
90 
74 
75 
76 
71 
57 
T 
NE 
SE 
Fair 
Fair 
Heavy showers 
2 
29.90 
30.08 
81 
80 
87 
96 
77 
72 
78 
.00 
T 
NE 
SE 
3 
29.88 
30.06 
83 
80 
90 
95 
72 
76 
70 
84 
.00 
.00 
SE 
S 
Clear 
Fair 
4 
29.91 
30.02 
84 
80 
90 
95 
74 
76 
77 
74 
.00 
1.13 
NE 
SW 
Clear 
Cloudy 
5 
29.96 
29.99 
84 
84 
92 
96 
74 
77 
68 
82 
.00 
.00 
NE 
sw 
Clear 
Fair 
6 
29.98 
30.01 
85 
80 
95 
94 
77 
77 
66 
80 
.00 
.11 
E 
sw 
Clear 
Fair 
Thunder storm 
7 
29.94 
30.05 
86 
82 
95 
96 
78 
75 
70 
70 
31 
T 
S 
sw 
Clear 
Fair 
Thunder Storm Thunder storm 
8 
29.92 
30.04 
83 
80 
94 
96 
79 
76 
76 
76 
.03 
T 
s 
s 
Fair 
Fair 
9 
29.88 
30.08 
83 
82 
92 
95 
78 
76 
73 
76 
.10 
.00 
sw 
SE 
Fair 
Fair 
10 
29.96 
30.17 
86 
78 
95 
92 
76 
73 
60 
78 
.00 
.07 
sw 
NE 
Clear 
Cloudy 
11 
30.05 
30.20 
84 
80 
93 
91 
75 
70 
65 
76 
.00 
T 
E 
E 
Clear 
Fair 
Thunder storm 
12 
30.06 
30.15 
82 
80 
90 
90 
72 
72 
71 
78 
.00 
T 
E 
E 
Clear 
13 
29.98 
30.08 
83 
82 
92 
91 
73 
74 
77 
78 
.00 
.00 
SE 
E 
Fair 
Fair 
14 
29.93 
30.15 
78 
80 
93 
89 
73 
76 
82 
84 
1.09 
.00 
SW 
NE 
Fair 
Fair 
Thunder Storm 
15 
29.92 
30.17 
80 
80 
88 
87 
72 
75 
76 
80 
.00 
1.17 
SW 
NE 
Clear 
Cloudy 
and heavy rain H’y r’n in after’n 
10 
29.97 
30.15 
82 
80 
92 
89 
74 
75 
71 
82 
.00 
.11 
w 
NE 
Clear 
Fair 
17 
29.99 
30.14 
80 
80 
90 
88 
74 
70 
68 
78 
.00 
.53 
SW 
E 
Clear 
Clear 
18 
30.00 
30.13 
76 
80 
79 
88 
73 
75 
81 
78 
.66 
.05 
NE 
E 
Cloudy 
Fair 
Thunder storm E wind soon 
19 
29.97 
30.11 
76 
80 
82 
90 
70 
76 
80 
70 
.48 
T 
NE 
SE 
Cloudy 
Fair 
20 
29.99 
30.08 
78 
81 
84 
91 
70 
73 
76 
78 
.00 
.00 
NE 
S—SE 
Fair 
Fair 
21 
29.99 
30.02 
78 
82 
86 
93 
72 
76 
74 
73 
.19 
.00 
NE 
S 
Fair 
22 
29 97 
30.03 
76 
79 
90 
90 
72 
76 
86 
84 
.64 
.01 
SE 
SW 
Fair 
23 
30.00 
30.11 
78 
74 
87 
90 
72 
71 
83 
89 
.11 
.68 
S 
NW-N 
Cloudy 
Cloudy 
Thunder storm Thunder storm 
24 
30.06 
30.15 
85 
78 
89 
84 
75 
73 
60 
71 
T 
.02 
SW 
NE 
Fair 
Clear 
Thunder storm 
25 
30.06 
30.13 
75 
76 
84 
84 
73 
68 
84 
76 
.23 
.00 
sw 
N—NE 
Cloudy 
Clear 
20 
30.07 
30.12 
78 
76 
85 
87 
71 
67 
83 
78 
.32 
.10 
NE 
NE 
Cloudy 
Clear 
27 
30.14 
30.09 
81 
78 
88 
93 
73 
72 
74 
79 
.01 
.00 
NE 
E 
Clear ‘ 
Fair 
28 
30.18 
30.02 
80 
78 
87 
90 
73 
76 
78 
84 
.06 
.70 
NE 
S | Clear 
Fair 
29 
30.14 
29.98 
81 
78 
87 
89 
74 
72 
75 
81 
.02 
.04 
NE 
S—NE Clear 
Cloudy 
30 
30.09 
29.99 
82 
79 
90 
94 
71 
74 
69 
80 
.00 
.17 
NE 
SE (dear 
Fair 
31 
30.06 
30.02 
83 
79 
82 
90 
73 
75 
68 
82 
.00 
T 
E 
S Clear 
Clear 
'30.00 
39.06 
81 
80 
95 
96 
70 
67 
,4 
79 
4.82 
4.89 
NE 
I 
Sj 
1 
T indicates trace of precipitation. 56 
APPENDIX. 
Table showing the mean daily barometer, thermometer, maximum and minimum temperatures, mean daily relative humidity, daily pre- 
cipitation, prevailing direction of wind and character of weather for each day, etc., during the month of Sep- 
tember, 1877 and 1888 at Jacksonville, Florida. 
Barometer 
Thermometer 
Relative 
Precipita’n 
Prevailing i Character of 
Reduced to 
Humidity 
(Inches and 
Direction of 
Remarks. 
©* 
Sea Level. 
Mean 
Daily 
Maximum 
Minimum 
(Percent.) 
Hundr’ths.) 
Wind. 
c3 
1877. 1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 1877. 
1888. 
187 
7. 1888. 
1 
29.96 30.01 
80 
79 
90 
91 
09 
76 
81 82 
2.00 
T 
s 
S Pair 
Fair 
Thunder 
storm 
2 
29.90 30.06 
82 
76 
91 
92 
71 
73 
70 90 
.00 
2.00 
w 
S Clear 
Cloudv 
& heavy rain Thunder storm& 
3 
30.00 30.07 
74 
84 
89 
71 
72 
57 92 
.00 
.32 
NE 
SW Clear 
Cloudv 
very heavy r’n 
4 
30.06 30.03 
79 
80 
85 
89 
08 
72 
09 78 
.00 
T 
NE 
NE Fair 
Clear 
5 
30.09 30.00 
80 
80 
90 
89 
71 
72 
72 78 
.00 
T 
E 
NE Clear 
Fair 
6 
30.08 30.03 
83 
78 
90 
80 
72 
70 
00 90 
.00 
.06 
E 
NE Clear 
Fair 
29 98 30.03 
84 
78 
94 
87 
74 
73 
73 92 
.00 
.01 
SE 
NE Clear 
Cloudv 
Thunder 
storm Heavv rain 
8 
29.96 29.93 
82 
75 
89 
82 
77 
09 
78 96 
.19 
2.33 
E 
E Clear 
Cloudy 
Thunder storm& 
9 
30 00 29.83 
81 
70 
87 
84 
75 
73 
75 80 
.00 
.17 
NE 
S Fair 
Cloudy 
Thunder 
storm heavv rain 
29 97 30.01 
82 
90 
! M) 
75 
71 
70 83 
.00 
#T 
SE 
S Cloudy 
Cloudv 
Thunder 
storm 
11 
29 97 30.10 
82 
74 
93 
84 
75 
08 
74 89 
.00 
1.10 
sw 
S Clear 
Cloudy 
Thunder 
storm Th ’rat’m&h’lir’n 
30.00 30.07 
79 
74 
92 
83 
72 
70 
80 90 
.09 
1.92 
SE 
NE Clear 
Cloudv 
Thunder 
storm \ erv heavv rain 
13 
30.04 30.01 
81 
73 
87 
80 
76 
70 
79 100 
.07 
.25 
NE 
E—NE Fair 
14 
29.98 30.01 
79 
74 
88 
80 
72 
72 
78 93 
.00 
.81 
E 
E Fair 
Cloudy 
15 
29.90 30.01 
82 
70 
91 
88 
71 
72 
74 i 90 
.00 
.08 
NE 
S Clear 
Cloudv 
n; 
30.01 29.99 
81 
78 
91 
85 
73 
72 
75 IK) 
.00 
.04 
E 
SW Clear 
Cloudy 
I 7 
29.96 30.02 
81 
78 
89 
84 
73 
74 
75 92 
.00 
.00 
NE 
S—SW Clear 
Cloudy 
18 
29.88 30.03 
81 
88 
92 
71 
72 
73 80 
.00 
T 
E 
SW Fair 
('loudy 
i'j 
29.77 30.13 
82 
80 
93 
91 
75 
74 
79 78 
.00 
.06 
SE 
E Fair 
Fair 
Thunder 
storm 
20 
29.75 30.10 
82 
78 
89 
88 
75 
72 
70 85 
.37 
.00 
S 
E Cloudy Fair 
21 
29.82 30.01 
89 
70 
84 
80 
73 
70 
74 82 
.14 
#T 
s 
NE rair 
t air 
22 
30.01 29.97 
75 
78 
80 
84 
09 
71 
87 81 
.13 
.10 
NE 
NE Fair 
Cloudy 
23 
24 
82 
81 73 
00 
.02 
NE 
30.07 29.80 
08 
84 
72 
70 
00 
80 IK) 
.07 
.05 
NE 
N Cloudv Cloudv 
29.98 29.ar> 
00 
82 
70 
71 
02 
89 80 
.08 
.03 
N 
N Cloudv 
Fair 
26 
29.93 29.94 
70 
07 
84 
78 
72 
00 
88 80 
1.02 
.00 
NE 
NE Cloudy 
Clear 
27 
29.801 30.03 
76 
71 
80 
85 
74 
00 
88 87 
.07 
*T 
N 
E Fair 
Clear 
28 
29.93 30.12 
70 
70 
82 
83 
70 
65 
79 84 
.00 
N 
NWNE Clear 
Clear 
29 
29.981 30.19 
73 
65 
81 
78 
09 
58 
77 75 
.00 
.00 
NE 
NI Fair 
Clear 
30 
29.94! 30.21 
73 
00 
79 
70 
07 
55 
88 70 
.20 
.00 
NE 
N| Cloudy 
Fair 
29.97 30.02 
79 
74 
96 
92 
67 
55 
77 85 
5.15 
11.15 
NE 
NE 
*Dew. 
T 
indicates trace of precipitation. APPENDIX. 
57 
Table showing the mean daily barometer, thermometer, maximum and minimum temperatures, mean daily relative humidity, daily pre- 
cipitation, prevailing direction of wind and character of weather for each day, etc., during the month of Oc- 
tober, 1877 and 1888, at Jacksonville, Florida. 
Barometer 
rhermometer. 
Relative 
Precipita’n 
Prevailing 
Character 
Reduced to 
Humidity 
(Inches and 
Direction 
Remarks. 
2 
Sea Level. 
Mean Dally Maximum 
Minimum 
(Per 
Cent.) 
Hundr’ths.) 
of Wind. 
* 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
i 
29.91 
30.10 
76 
62 
77 
75 
68 
50 
89 
79 
3.29 
NE 
E 
Cloudy 
Clear 
2 
29.77 
29.93 
78 
68 
81 
80 
73 
57 
83 
80 
.97 
.00 
E 
SW 
Cloudy 
Fair 
3 
29.56 
30.04 
77 
64 
80 
72 
75 
60 
87 
82 
1.18 
.00 
SE 
NW 
Cloudy 
Clear 
4 
29.70 
30.10 
76 
68 
81 
79 
72 
59 
70 
82 
.00 
*T 
IV 
NE 
Clear 
Clear 
5 
30.01 
30 02 
67 
74 
75 
83 
62 
66 
68 
84 
.00 
.00 
N 
NE 
(Tear 
Fair 
6 
30.24 
29.89 
65 
72 
73 
84 
59 
70 
67 
90 
.00 
.47 
NE 
NE 
Fair 
Cloudv 
7 
30.19 
29.86 
69 
70 
75 
82 
59 
66 
83 
76 
.24 
.04 
NE 
NW 
Cloudy 
Fair 
8 
30.06 
29.88 
73 
64 
84 
78 
65 
56 
75 
70 
.43 
.00 
SE 
NW 
Fair 
(Tear 
9 
30.14 
29.92 
70 
66 
76 
80 
65 
59 
78 
78 
.00 
.00 
NE 
SE 
Fair 
Fair 
10 
30.14 
29.80 
69 
66 
78 
68 
64 
61 
73 
98 
.00 
2.02 
NE SE-NE 
Clear 
Cloudy 
11 
30.14 
29.72 
68 
66 
81 
74 
56 
56 
73 
72 
.00 
.45 
NE 
N 
Clear 
Fair 
12 
30.14 
30.00 
68 
61 
78 
70 
56 
55 
67 
68 
.00 
.00 
NE W--SW 
Clear 
(Tear 
13 
30.18 
30.10 
69 
63 
77 
74 
59 
52 
70 
64 
.00 
.00 
NE 
W-SW 
Fair 
Clear 
14 
30.19 
30.10 
75 
62 
80 
73 
65 
54 
63 
74 
.00 
#T 
NE 
NW 
15 
30.21 
30.10 
74 
63 
81 
76 
70 
55 
75 
75 
.15 
*T 
NE 
16 
30.13 
30.13 
72 
68 
80 
83 
67 
59 
81 
80 
.04 
#T 
NE 
SE-SW Pair 
17 
30.05 
30.20 
73 
70 
80 
84 
65 
63 
80 
81 
T 
#T 
NE 
SW 
18 
30.02 
30.26 
73 
68 
82 
80 
60 
72 
84 
t 
*T 
E 
NE Clear 
19 
30.02 
30.20 
75 
66 
85 
82 
66 
58 
77 
94 
T 
t.01 
SE 
NE Fair 
20 
29.96 
30.06 
74 
70 
83 
83 
69 
fri 
83 
82 
.15 
*x 
S 
SE Cloudy 
(Tear 
H’v fog in early mor’g 
2J 
2y. 8(5 
30.18 
71 
66 
77 
76 
68 
60 
64 
86 
.00 
.00 
w 
N—NE Fair 
Cloudy 
22 
30.02 
30.16 
63 
70 
71 
84 
56 
66 
63 
92 
.00 
.02 
N W 
23 
30.20 
30.09 
62 
73 
72 
86 
50 
66 
68 
90 
.00 
#T 
NW 
Fair 
24 
30.16 
30.10 
68 
68 
76 
84 
56 
66 
81 
89 
.00 
IT 
NE 
NE Fair 
Fair 
Dense fog in early m’n 
25 
30.02 
30.06 
77 
73 
85 
82 
68 
68 
78 
92 
.01 
1.25 
S 
SE Fair 
26 
29.79 
30.02 
76 
75 
84 
86 
72 
70 
83 
92 
.18 
.02 
sw 
SE Cloudy 
27 
30.01 
30.06 
70 
72 
79 
85 
66 
69 
76 
90 
.00 
1.18 
w 
S Clear * 
Cloudy 
Heavy rain. 
28 
30.15 
30.10 
70 
73 
80 
79 
59 
69 
77 
96 
.00 
.54 
NE 
NW Clear 
29 
30.16 
30.20 
73 
60 
82 
72 
64 
57 
82 
84 
.00 
*T 
E 
N—NE Clear 
30 
30.03 
30.22 
75 
64 
83 
74 
67 
56 
78 
80 
.00 
.(H) 
S 
31 
29.91 
30.27 
74 
68 
84 
79 
70 
60 
82 
92 
.11 
*T 
w 
NE Fair 
Fair 
30.03 
30.06 
72 
68 
85 
86 
50 
50 
77 
83 
6.75 
6.00 
NE 
NE 
*Dew. 
t Fog. 
T indicates trace of precipitation. A I'l’KN I > I X. 
Table showing the mean daily barometer, thermometer, maximum and minimum temperatures, mean daily relative humidity, daily pre- 
cipitation, prevailing direction of wind and character of weather for each day, etc., during the month of 
November, 1877 and 1888 at Jacksonville. Florida. 
6 
Barometer 
Reduced to 
Sea Level. 
Mean 
Tliermomete 
Daily Maximum 
r. 
Minimum 
Relative 
Humidity 
(Per Cent.) 
Precipita’n 
(Inches and 
Hundr’ths.) 
Prevailing Character 0f 
Direction Day. 
of Wind. 
Remarks. 
'ci 
1877. 1888. 
1877. 
1888. 1877. 1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. | 1888. 1877. 
1888. 
1877. 1888. 
1 
29.94 30.22 
71 
74 i 80 80 
62 
64 
81 
70 
.00 
.01 
E ME Clear 
Fair 
2 
29.92 30.22 
74 
68 84 80 
68 
65 
76 
88 
T 
*.01 
SW N—NE Fair 
Clear 
3 
30.18 30.07 
60 
67 68 83 
53 
60 
61 
92 
.00 
t.01 
N MW Clear 
Fair 
Dense fog. 
87 
00 
# T 
11 
t 61 
N\V. ME Cloudy 
6 
30.14 30.14 
66 
69 70 78 
64 
65 
70 
92 
.00 
.00 
ME M Cloudv 
Cloudy 
30.07 30.03 
68 
72 73 81 
58 
68 
87 
90 
1.05 
.43 
N ME Cloudy 
Fair 
8 
29.86 30.00 
74 
74 79 82 
71 
71 
92 
85 
1.49 
T 
S SE Cloudv 
Cloudy 
Very heavy rain 
9 
30.01 30.00 
61 
72 I 74 75 
54 
70 
62 
88 
.00 
.55 
W SE—S Fair 
Cloudy 
10 
30.18 29.98 
51 
60 58 74 
44 
57 
65 
76 
.00 
.23 
MW W Clear 
Cloudy 
1 I 
30.29 30.16 
50 
50 60 61 
41 
40 
65 
84 
.00 
.00 
ME M Clear 
Clear 
Light frost in 
12 
30.31 30.24 
52 
58 1 64 j 68 
41 
50 
73 
76 
.00 
.20 
ME ME Clear 
Clear 
Lig’t frost in low earlv morning 
13 
30.31 30.24 
58 
70 69 76 
46 
61 
73 
85 
.00 
.01 
ME ME Clear 
Cloudy 
places first of first of season. 
14 
30.32 30.02 
64 
70 75 | 78 
54 
66 
78 
92 
T 
.98 
E ME Fair 
Cloudy 
season. 
15 
30.24 30.06 
66 
64 77 68 
58 
64 
84 
87 
.02 
.04 
E SW Cloudv 
Cloudy 
16 
30.17 30.16 
67 
62 76 1 76 
62 
58 
83 
i)4 
.00 
.03 
ME| SW Fair 
Fair 
17 
30.12 30.26 
65 
60 77 i 71 
56 
54 
71 
76 
.00 
*.01 
ME M Clear 
Clear 
18 
30.17! 30.26 
62 
63 74 70 
55 
57 
60 
90 
.00 
T 
ME M Clear 
Cloudv 
19 
30.18! 30.15 
65 
60 75 64 
53 
53 
81 
92 
.00 
.06 
ME ME Fair 
Cloudv 
20 
30.15 30.12 
69 
60 74 64 
65 
58 
76 
94 
.08 
.55 
El ME Cloudy 
Cloudv 
21 
29.92 30.16 
69 
49 72 51 
66 
47 
88 
83 
1.16 
.08 
SE: M Cloudv 
Cloudv 
Heavy rain. 
22 
29.88 30.13 
63 
46 68 49 
60 
46 
85 
88 
T 
.28 
MW ME Cloudy 
Cloudv 
23 
29.88 30.20 
61 
46 64 50 
59 
42 
79 
89 
.01 
.01 
W M Cloudy 
Cloudy 
24 
29.95 30.16 
56 
47 64 60 
51 
40 
67 
76 
.00 
.02 
W MClear 
Clear 
25 
29.831 30.07 
58 
48 68 61 
44 
43 
79 
74 
.00 
.00 
SE| MClear 
Clear 
Light frost in su- 
‘>f\ 
29 901 29.90 
59 
48 67 62 
52 
38 
64 
81 
.00 
* T 
W| W Clear 
Clear 
burbs. White frost. 
27 
30.04 29.88 
63 
50 74 65 
51 
42 
80 
83 
.00 
.01 
SE SWTjFair 
Cloudy 
Light frost. 
28 
29.97 29.96 
61 
50 66 65 
56 
45 
90 
94 
.51 
.54 
N W Cloudy 
Clear 
29 
30.02 30.06 
49 
46 58 57 
42 
41 
47 
82 
.06 
tT 
MW W Fair 
Clear 
30 
30 29 30.10 
39 
48 46 1 60 
31 
40 
38 
78 
.00 
tT 
N W W Clear 
Clear 
30.08 30.11 
62 
60 84 83 
31 
3.80 
74 
86 
4.49 
4.16 
NE N 
* Dew 
t Fog. t Frost. 
T Indicates trace of precipitation. AFFE'NDTX. 
59 
Table showing the mean daily barometer, thermometer, maximum and minimum temperatures, mean daily relative humidity, daily pre- 
cipitation, prevailing direction of wind and character of weather for each day, etc., during the month of 
December, 1877 and 1888 at Jacksonville, Florida. 
+-> 
ci 
Barometer 
Reduced to 
Thermometer. 
Relative 
Humidity 
(Per Cent.) 
Precipita’n 
(Inches and 
Hundred’s) 
Prevailing Character of 
Direction Day. 
of Wind. 
Remarks. 
Sea Level. Mean 
Daily 
Maximum 
Minimum 
1877. 1888. 1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 
t877. 
1888. 
1877. 
1888. 1877. 
1888. 
1877. 
i888; 
i 
30.29 30 10 41 
50 
52 
54 
29 
45 
42 
90 
.00 
.03 
W 
N Clear 
Cloudy 
9, 
30.40 30.14 42 
50 
52 
50 
30 
40 
54 
88 
.00 
.18 
NE 
N Clear 
Cloudv 
3 
30.38! 30.23 55 
47 
07 
50 
39 
40 
04 
80 
.00 
.01 
E 
NW Clear 
Cloudv 
IleaVv Frost. 
4 
30.20 30.12 04 
49 
07 
53 
55 
40 
74 
85 
.05 
.03 
E 
N Cloudy 
Cloudy 
5 
29 97 30.05 
52 
07 
05 
01 
47 
74 
1.28 
.14 
NW 
N1V Cloudy 
Clear 
6 
30.31 30.14 48 
50 
00 
04 
45 
47 
49 
80 
.00 
*.01 
NW 
IV Fair 
Clear 
Heavy frost. 
30.40 30.32 47 
48 
55 
03 
30 
41 
03 
80 
•00 
* | 
N 
N Clear 
Clear 
8 
30 34 30.23 52 
54 
02 
09 
43 
46 
65 
86 
.00 
* T 
N 
NE-NE Fair 
Cloudy 
9 
30.30 29.94 49 
00 
00 
72 
39 
52 
02 
80 
.00 
.01 
N 
E Clear 
Fair 
10 
30.44 29.09 54 
01 
66 
70 
48 
58 
73 
80 
.00 
.17 
NE 
IV Clear 
Fair 
11 
30.43 29.92 55 
50 
08 
60 
44 
54 
73 
84 
.00 
.00 
NE 
NW Fair 
Clear 
Heavy Host. 
12 
30.42 30.08; 54 
48 
09 
59 
42 
44 
74 
80 
.00 
* '1' 
NW 
NW Cloudy 
Fair 
Heavy trust. 
13 
30.30 30.12 55 
52 
71 
61 
41 
48 
09 
82 
.00 
* T 
W 
NW Fair 
Clear 
14 
30.37 30.40 55 
42 
04 
52 
40 
38 
68 
82 
.00 
*.00 
N 
N Fair 
Clear 
15 
30.37 30.40 00 
52 
71 
00 
50 
38 
75 
80 
.00 
.01 
E 
NE Fair 
Fair 
lf’y white frost. 
1C 
30.33 30.07 59 
00 
72 
73 
50 
45 
73 
90 
.00 
T 
NE 
SE Clear 
Cloudy 
17 
30.28 29.78 00 
58 
71 
00 
50 
52 
79 
80 
.00 
2.03 
NE 
W Clear 
Fair 
Heavy rain,west- 
18 
30.28 30.04 01 
40 
71 
55 
54 
42 
78 
74 
.00 
* t 
NE 
W Clear 
Clear 
erly gale. 
19 
30.20 30.25 00 
42 
01 
52 
50 
36 
84 
94 
.00 
t T 
NE 
W Cloudy Clear 
Frost. 
20 
30.19 30.35 01 
67 
53 
58 
32 
80 
78 
.07 
.00 
NE 
NW j Cloudy 
Clear 
Light frost. 
21 
30.17 30.28 00 
30 
79. 
52 
69 
28 
80 
70 
.12 
t T 
E 
NW j Cloudy 
Clear 
Kill’g frost Nice 
99 
30.22 30.42 09 
41 
74 
55 
60 
32 
72 
75 
.00 
1 T 
E 
NE Cloudy 
Cloudy 
Frost. 
23 
30.19 30.44 00 
52 
72 
03 
04 
40 
83 
83 
.03 
T 
E 
NE Cloudy 
Fair 
Heavy frost. 
24 
30.05 30.38 07 
54 
73 
08 
63 
44 
82 
80 
.94 
T 
SE 
NE Cloudy 
Clear 
Heavy frost. 
25 
29.87 30.28 07 
56 
74 
71 
62 
51 
75 
84 
.44 
*.01 
W 
NE Cloudy 
Clear 
26 
29.84 30.09 58 
02 
05 
74 
54 
55 
73 
90 
.00 
.21 
w 
NE Clear 
Fair 
29.91 3,0.10 57 
58 
04 
70 
51 
50 
73 
82 
.00 
*.01 
w 
W Fair 
Fair 
2S 
29.90 30.32 58 
44 
04 
58 
48 
41 
80 
70 
.00 
.00 
NE 
NFair 
Clear 
Frost. 
29 
29.57 30.40 02 
52 
08 
00 
58 
42 
58 
82 
.28 
*.01 
sw 
NE Cloudy 
Fair 
30 
29.00 30.40 53 
50 
59 
69 
49 
46 
56 
82 
.11 
*01 
NE Fair 
Cloudv 
31 
29.80 30.25 48 
59 
53 
70 
44 
52 
62 
83 
.00 
.01 
w 
NE Cloudy 
Cloudy 
30.18 30.18 57 
51 
74 
74 
29 
28 
70 
S3 
3.32 
00 
00 
NE 
NE 
♦Dew. X Frost. 
T Indicates trace of precipitation.