Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-28
CONSTANT FLOW
OF CASH TODAY
Reports of Collections for San
Francisco Relief.
TABULATION OF THE TOTALS
Rich and Poor Give According to
Their Means.
CONTRIBUTIONS SENT BY MAIL
Work of the Various Organizations-
Individual Effort Productive
of Gratifying Results.
TABULATION OF. THE TOTALS
Rich and Poor Give According to
Their Means.
CONTRIBUTIONS SENT BY MAIL

The collections from the several
districts of this city received by the
canvassing committee zip to 2:I5
clock this afternoon totaled about
$4,000. Of this amount $II,oco
came i'll today, with about one-third
of the collection districts yet to be
heard from. 1t is the belief of mem
bers of the committee that the ag-
gregate of the house-to-house col
lections will amount to $4,000.
There was constant flow of cash and
checks today into the treasury of the can
vassing committee of the relief fund for
the California earthquake sufferers. Busy
scenes were presented In the rooms Of the
committee in the Washington Loan and
Trust building as the chairmen of the sew
eral collection districts came In with great
bundles of envelopes containing the cash
that had been collected in the house-to-
house canvass Of yesterday.
On the tables were piles of coins and
greenbacks, from pennies to S100 bills, rep
resenting every phase of giving by persons
In every station and walk of life. The
busy fingers of Mr.. John Joy Edson's as
sistants assorted the funds and tabulated
the amounts as fast as they were received,
while Mr. Edison and Mr.. w. Riley Decide,
vice chairman of the committee, gave di-
rections and actively participated In the
work for stricken humanity. The assist
ants who are giving their time and talents
In the good work include Messrs Boyd
IDor rlyar nd d.
ley.
The chairrnen of the subcomrittees as
they came in with their funds also lent a
helping hand in the work of counting the
cash and arriving at totals. The cheerful
ness of the workers presented most
worthy object lesson, and it was paralleleI
by the utterly unselfsh manner in which
the citizens of Washington "chipped in
for the cause of charity. This unselfishness
was illustrated by the verbal reports OF
the canvassers, who told how the rich and
the poor alike had given according to their
means to the relief fund.
Among First Reports.
One of the first subchairmen to report
this forenoon was DIR. Larkin w. Glaze
brook, deputy coroner, whose district COW
cred the territory between Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts avenues and New
Hampshire avenue and Rock creek. He
turned into the committee s619.56. Soon
thereafter Judge Charles S. Bundy came in
with the collections from his bailwick-Mt
Pleasant and Columbia Heights. He hand
ed Chairman Edison a large pile of the col
lection envelopes containing about 81 $50
During the day many others Of the 110
chairmen came in with their collections un-
til the bustling auditors were fairly over
come by the avalanche of generous cash
for the earthquake sufferers.
Every gray-clad letter carrier who came
into the committee rooms today brought a
pile of the manila envelopes that had been
sent in from the collection districts. and
each envelope contained a donation for the
worthy cause.
"The people Of Washington are doing
nobly,n was Chairman Edson's comment us
he. surveyed the scene spread out before
him. He informed Star reporter that the
mails yesterday brought in about $500,
while up to noon today approximately
$1,000 had been received by the committee.
In a number OF Instances donors came to
dared their checks to Chairman Edison or
Vice Chairman Deeble.
Public Printers Order.
Mr., Charles A. Stillings, the public prin-
ter, today issued "a general order concern
ing the great catastrophe In California.
The order follows:
Permission has been granted for the col
lection Of funds to be used for the relief OF
our fellow-craftsmen In San FrancIsco. who
have suffered the loss OF home and en-
pIoyment by the recent calamity in that
city.
1T is earnestly hoped that all hands will
contribute as freely AZ they can without
Injustice to themselves and their rAuniiiess