The times., 1899-12-24
THE LAWGOD HOME FUND
The Amount in General COrbin'S S
Hands Now S7.449.59.
An Increase of More Than Three
Thousand Dollars Reported Yester-
Every Stnte in the Union-Mr. Me
KinIey Sends One Hundred Dollars.

More than $4,000 was added to the Law
ton home fund yesterday, making the total
amount received by Adjutant General Cor
BIN $7.449.59. In addition to the cash. tele-
Grams plcdsing an additional $4,000 were
received. Dispatches announced that con-
tributicns were being raised in various
cities. which viii bring the fund up to
S12 600. Among the first contributors yes
terday was President Mckinley, who sent
S1OO
III addition to the money being raised
fer Mrs. Lawton and her children,
dispatches announce that citizens of In
dianspolis have started fund to erect a
monument TO General LawtCn. and that
1929 has already been subscribed Mrs.
Lawton was asked by cable if she would ac-
cept the monument. and if so, where she
would like TO have it erected. She replied
accepting the offer. and giving Arlington
Cemetery as the place where her husband
would eventually be buried
A meeting OF the local members of the
Society Of the Army of Santiago, which
was founded by General Lawton. viii be
held at 1872 G Street northwest. next Tues
day afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock when appro-
pirate action with respect to the death OF
General Lawton will be taken.
According 10 Prof. Dean c. Worcester, Of
the Philippine Commission General Law
ton had a purpose in exposing himself that
he has not been given credit for. Prof.
Worcester was intimately associated with
Lawton in Manila aud made the following
statement yesterday:
Nothing that could possibly be done
NIL Il han
the prompt response that is being made to
the appeal for funds TO put his wife and
children beyond the possibility Of need.
His bravery was something more than
mere fearlessness. The night before I left
Manila l was with him until - o'clock
and Just before bidding me goodbye, l beg
ged him, as his friends had begged Of him
hundreds of times before, TO be more care
ful about exposing himself to the fire of
/ the enemy. At that time he had been Sc
! riousy exposed on twenty-eght different
| occasions since his arrival ia the Philip
/ pines, and | told MIN he ought not 20 do iJ.
! He replied that he knew perfectly the risk
I he was running. but that il was simply d
matter Of business with him; that with the
! force at his disposal and the work that ne
was called upon TO do he felt il necessary
/ that he should personally direct every
! movement The loss of a little time or an
Z - ANl " Jtt4El-4tul Oi lit- ljdi VI d SNDIl
! dinate might result in defeat. and We could
not afford to be defeated
/ Furthermore, he knew that so long as
he was with them, his men would never
I fail to respond to any request or call that
might be made upon them, and his per
I sonal bravery was an inspiration TO evesy
/ soldier in his command. He told me that
/ he had not an anxious thought for himself
/ that be had been a soldier all his life and
I would gladly die a soldiers death; but ne
/ thought Of what might be in store for his
wife and children if he should be taken,
and this weighed heavily upon him. No
man ever deserved bg-ter OF his country,
| and General Lawton's countTymen wi see
/ 10 it that his wife and children are put be-
t yond the fear OF want
Among the large cash subscriptions re-
/ ceiyed yesterday were the following. Daniel
! 5. Lamont New York City 5000; Col
Frank J. Hccker, Detroit Mich. 800;
! Charles c. Glover Washington D. c., $50.
/ Two Brothers" Boston Mass. S2O0; the
/ Chicago Tribune Sl00- NJ. A. Clarke,
! New Yorl, City Sl00; Gen William J. Sew
/ ell $3.50; Thomas +. Ryan, New York,
! 81 GEO; G. Battclle, $100; Clarence y. Hyde
I New York, $3.50: William Z. Dodge, New
J York, $3.50: ID. Wills James. $3.50; Charles
/ Robinson Smith, New York Sl00: L. r
Rice. L. S. A.. retired S100: r. A. C.
I Smith, New York, SlGO, =. Z. Barnett. New
York $lGO; Cortlandt Parker 500: Morris
K. Jesup, New York 500; Gen. Charles
King, for citizens of Milwaukee $125;
Thomas F. Walsh Washington, D. c., $l00
/ National Bank OF North America. Sl00
The following sums were pledged by tel
! egram George Westinghouse. Pittsburg
| $500 A. ". SOper. New York. 500; W. e.
Connor, New York, S1OO: Charles r. Flint
| New York, $20O; w Van Norden, New
York, SlGO; w. Seward Webb. New York
$3.50; through General Shafter al San Fran
| cisco, $3.50; II. II. Cook New York $100;
George 5. Bowdoin, $100; c. A Peabody
jr., S10O Alfred Van Santvoord New York
800; Potter Palmer. New York, $1O0;
James Speyer New York. 500, Charles
Lanier, New York. 500; Tiffany & Co.
New York, 500; William G. Whitney. New
| York, $3.50; B. r. Winthrop, New York
! 500; EgerJon Winthrop. New York 500;
l.. =. Morton New York $l00. and large
mum bpV of Cns Inr amounts