The times., 1899-12-27
THE Clubs TO TAKE PART
Prominent Organizations to Raise
LawtOn subscriptions.
Adjntant General Corbin Receives
Notification of Additional HcIp-A
Report on the Amounts Already
Received - $4,000 Above the
California Home Mortgage Needed.

The work for the Lawton home fund is
being taken up by newspapers and clubs
all over the country The Union League
Clubs of New York, Chicago, and Phila-
delphia will assist in raising subscriptions
and the newspapers in nearly every large
city in the country have asked General
Corbin Tor permission to act as agents in
collecting The permission was cheerfuily
granted and large sums will probably be
raised in every city of importance in the
country.
With the various newspapers and clubs
collecting money, the personal subscrip-
tions sent direct to General Corbin fell off
somewhat yesterday. Only $5499O was re-
ceiVed up 10 noon yesterday which brought
| the total cash receipts to $14879.45. In
addition 10 the cash receipts, the kilograms
which have been received pledging sums
and telling of the amounts raised in various
cities increase The total subscribed and
pledged by about $50 Coo making grand
total OF about $1,000. The committee in
| charge of the fund hopes that an addi-
tional $4,000 will be subscribed, which viii
leave Mrs. Lawton a little over $50. 600 after
the mortgage on the home is paid off
The growth of the funds being raised in
the various cities is reported to General
Corbin by wire from day to day. Aiexan-
der H. Reyell, OF Chicago reported yester-
! day that the fund in that city had In
creased about $500 over the day before, and
now amounted 10 81 lO2 General Shafter
/ reported an increase of $50 in tho fund in
! San Francisco which now amounts to
/ 81 .250. The new subscribers to this fund
/ were John Jacob Astor OF New York. S25C;
| Hugh Tevis. San Francisco. $lO0: William
Coke Daniels Denver Sl00. The ST. Louis
fund was reported Increased BY about $500
making "A total of 81 500.
( II is the intention of the committee ia
/ charge of the fund TO have subscriptions
/ closed January 5, in order that ali the
money pledged may be collected ard paced
in bank ready to turn over TO Mrs. Law ton
on her arrival in Washington in the early
part of February
\ press despatch from Manila states tlat
I General Lawtons funeral Will take place
December 80 and that the body viii be
shipped the same day on the transport
Thomas sailing for San Francisco. II is
not probable that the remains will rea-h
4 Washington before February 10.
Among the nsT subscriptions announced
, by General Corbin yesterday were the tol-
] lowing
\ friend. New York. $500: Eldridge T.
/ Gerry New York $3.50; Frederick Gallatin,
New York $3.50 William D. Guthrie, New
York, 500: remittance by telegraph, 800;
Borden Condensed Milk Company, Sl00;
+ Levi p Morton, New York. 800;
Edward z Aver Chicago, ILL.,, 800; II.
/ c. Fricb. Pittsburg Pa, 800;
/ Horace Russell. New York 500; William
/ p Clarke Kansas City, Mo, 500;
/ Schwartz Dupee & Co, Chicago, Ill. 800;
Benjamin r. EgertoH, Winthrop, n. Y,
! 5000; Cash, New York $500; Mrs. GarTeL
I A. Hobart New Jersey Sl0O J. Hampden
Robb, New York. 500; L. y. T., New
/ York, 800; Marcellus Marley. New York,
( 500; Hon Seth Low New York, 500; G.
! s Bowdoin New YORK. $100; j. G..
4 Schmldlapp. Cincinnati Ohio, $10O; John
/ ClaHin, New York slO0, Charles Laner,
| New York, SlG0; Tiffany e Co. $3.50; Ma
! i0r W A. Wadsworth New York, $3.50;
/ cash New York. Sl55; c. A. Peabody, 500;
! R. T. Wilson New York S250; Frank w.
/ Cheney South Manchester Conn, 5000;
| Hon. Whitelaw Reid. New York, S200 J.
! N. Cebell0s d Co. New York, Sl00: Wal
! ter r Johnston, New York $1G0; J. C.. W,
| (cashj. 500; Gen. George a. Garrettson,
4 Cleveland Ohio $1GO: W. f. CarrO!Iton.
I Rochester. n. y 800; J. o. Armour. Chi
( cago. 500; A. b. Voorhies. Cincinnati.
! Ohio Sl00: Potter Palmer, New YORK $l00:
. James Speycr, New York, Sl00; Isaac L.
/ Roqua. New York. 500; Adrian Isein,
( New York $leo