The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-14
RELIEF FUND GROWING
Washington Responding Promptly
to Galveston's Call for Aid.
Cash Subscriptions SwelIed 20 ST.
2o4.25 - Generous Donations of
Wearing Apparel and other Sup
piies-Where Contributions May DC
Made-Action of the Labor Unions.

That Washingtonians are charitable and
generous is evident from the manner in
which they have turned to the work of
providing relief for the sufferers of the
Galveston disaster. At the various places
that have been designated as receiving
points for contributions, gifts of money
have been steadily flowing in. Already a
| tidy sum has been accumulated, but all
the money that can be raised will be
needed to relieve the suffering that is
prevalent in the ill-fated city.
Gifts of clothing have been plentiful.
Such gifts will be especially desired, inas-
much as many persons in Galveston lost
nearly all their wearing apparel, in the
hurricane. Persons desiring to donate
clothing, either for men, women, or chill
dren, are requested to send 1t to the re-
lief depot in the inter Ocean Building. on
Ninth Street, between E and F Streets.
There was large quantity of good cloth
ing, shoes. hats. and other articles Of
wear, collected yesterday. These supplies.
or at least portion of them. will be
shipped to Galveston this afternoon.
Among those who sent donations of cloth
ing to the depot were: The E Street Bap-
tist Church, S. E. & ]. L. Roscnthal. d.
J. Kaufman. Tolman's Laundry. J. H.
Magruder, ]. Auerbach, W. II. Chapman,
W. H. Linger. Henry Wells, f. Pilling.
Mrs. Berry, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Fowler,
Mrs. A. B. Brown, Mrs. Yelverton. Mrs.
r. Baird. and Mrs. A. B. Willets.
There were also donations from others
that will be acknowledged later, and a
number of anonymous gifts John Smith
Kirk has charge of the depot, and is as
sisted by Mrs. Knapp, of the American
Red Cross Society. Persons desiring to
make donations of clothing, shoes, or bed
ding of any description can have the ar
ticles called for by dropping a card TO
Mr.. Kirk or telephoning to the depot.
Messrs. Woodward & Lothrop have offered
the use of several delivery wagons for this
purpose. and also have given a large num-
Der of dry goods boxes, in which the
clothing will be shipped to its destina-
tion. The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company has donated telephone
for the headquarters.
In addition to the contributions that ere
being received by the local committee there
Is a large amount of money that is being
sent directly to the Governor of Texas. A
number of organized labor unions have
taken this course, as have also several
posts of the G. A. r. The Plate Printers
Union sent the sum OF 5000 to Governor
Sayers. f. A. NJ Lawson, President OF
Typographical Union No. 101, yesterday
appointed o committee of members OF the
union to solicit subscriptions for a fund
that will be sent for the relief OF the suf-
ferers.
Cssh contributions will be received at
the following places: The business Of
fees of all the daily newspapers: at the
relief depot in the Inter-Oceaan Building,
on Ninth Street. between E and F Streets,
and at the Riggs National Bank.
Owing to the number Of places where
contributions are being received 1t is i'm
possible to accurately estimate the exact
amount that has been contributed up to
the present time ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF all
gifts will be made through the papers.
Following is a list OF contributions re-
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