The San Francisco call., 1898-06-22
WILL TELL OF
 THEIR GREAT LABOR
RED CROSS LADIES TO HOLD A
 BIG MEETING.
The Public Will Be Told How Money Is Being Expended by the
 Society.

Ii was decided at the State Red Cross Society's session yesterday to hold large publjc meeting in Golden Gate Hall on the 3Oth of this month. This is done for the purpose of letting the many thousand workers in the grand cause know what the organization is doing with the large fund it has collected.
 Reports of the various committees Will he read showing how money has been eX- pended during the past month, and the outside world will gain a better idea o1 what tremendous work weak ladies have done in aid of the boys in blue. The meeting will be enlivened by patriotic musical selections and speeches, and 1t is expected that many hundreds will at tend.
 Governor Richards of Wyoming visited the French Hospital yesterday to person. ally express his thanks to the hospital for the devoted care which the enlisted men from his State had received.
 Donations of postal cards were received from Mrs A. K. Hardy, ". A: Scott, Miss Floy Tressel Mrs. E. P. Hutchinson, Miss Tillinghast, Mrs. J. H. Walker ana MISS MISS
 After the troops left the ferry hospital ity rooms yesterday, the Minnesota band entertained the ladies with an interest ing musical programme.
 As the troops encamped at Lime Point were lying on the cold ground, the so- ciety visited number of lumber firms and got them to donate SOO0 feet or lum- Der, which was sent out to the encamp- ment. Baker & Hamilton, Hawley & Co. and Durham, Carrigan & Co. generously donated chisels. nails, hammers and hatchets to be used In laying the floor
 fine local society's fund is fast near ing the s50,OO0 mark. Yesterday the fol- loving Sins sTescTptons il to s4s ere
 United States Customs Civil Service Association of California. monthly sub- scription, BIO; employees of Southern Pa Primary School (additionaD, $4 O5 San Carlos Frauen Verein, $50; John Swett Grammar School (seventh subscription) $16; Agnews Hospital for the Insane (offi- s2l Chicago Cigar Company Nee Him and Lee Sim, proprietors) 5.
 Provisions were received at the ferry yesterday from Mrs. Bron-Blake, Miss Smith, Mrs. NJ H. Hecht; through MT F:lcher, from Los Angeles, 25 boxes of lemons.
 There was large sale of seats for the Red Cross Verdi concert at Sher- man & Clay.s yesterday. Signor Arturo Salvini, the great European tenor Miss Mae Tunison, soprano, of Philadelphia and Louis Weir. the well-known bary- tone, will appear. The concert promises to be great success.
 The following additional amounts were received and acknowledged by the State society: From the Auxiliary Red Cross Society of Pleasanton, through Mrs Det. jen, secretary, for initiation fees. $10; fol badges $6 25; from the Auxiliary Rec Cross. Society of Sacramento. slO: from the Auxiliary Red Cross Society of Woodland, for initiation fees and badges $50; from the Calistoga Red Cross So- ciety, $5 Grand total S752O
 Mrs. McKinstry received the following donations yesterday for the State depart ment: San Rafael, 70 bandages; Napa 94 caps, 100 comfort-bags, 172 disinfectant bags; Visalia, POO abdominal bandages 300 Esmarch bandages; San Quentin goods for the making of 2S fannelette shirts; Folsom, 55 towels 9 caps. 20 Els march bandages, 62 pillow ticks, 15l com fort bags, 3O1 bandages; Santa Cruz box books; San Luis Obispo Cholame School 5S comfort-bags.
 A game of baseball for the Red Cross will be played by the Wholesale Millners and the Fire Insurance Companies on Saturday next. at 2:30 D. m., at Sixteenth and Folsom streets
 The Admiral Dewey Festival. which opened last evening at 1915 Post street was great success, $66 05 being realized The entertainment will be continued the