The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Over s1.5Oo in one day!

Thsv have opened their hearts ana their pockets and have given gener 0usly from the fullness thereof.
 Exactly $1,521,55 was collected yes terday This Is the pace that has been ter the Inauguration Of the plan adopt cd by the Committee on Ways ana at the City Hall on Friday. Added to the S5s2 20 which had been previously SUD scribed to the movement set oi lUo ,, by the Commercial Club when me nh"5 mg"I of the California disaster first reache.i 1 the city. Montgomery.s offering h"s reached total of s2.fo3.75 ,u
 That popular subscription is not m vain in Montgomery ] when tne tergay oT3 when the subcommittee appointed 70 collect money for the San tranc,sco Relief Fund made theif tbsf bspofi the a ae. sponse would be liberal. The result exceeded all anticipations. And those on the different soliciting commltlees say that the work has scareeiy begun
 After the outlining of plans at nne meeting of the chairmen of the soilc- iting committees in the City Hal yes terday morning, the worK oi thrangh inc day, and in some cases until late m the evening. When the count Tor .ne night closed 1t was found that si,- 521.55 had been donated to the cause in one 1ay. as the free ard willing gfff of the people of the Capital City.
 And At that several of the commit teemen did not put in full days work. Owing to the late delivery ot a num- her of letters, some of the chairmen of tke soliciting bodies did not know of their appointment until late Tn the day. A late start brought snailer turns from these than would have oth- erwise resulted. Every chairman an uounced last night that their commit tees would be early afoot tomorrow, ana l.,r k Al that the figures or Monday wouin Ir'''hs hs, the figures of saturday LOOK shah ps
 From the manner in which the re- quests for subscriptions were received; estimate of what Montgomery will be willing to do for San Francisco. That sum. set as a conservative estimate or what the city will give. they declare possible, they say. that the subscrip- lions received m the special offerings which will be taken in the churches or the city today will bring tHe t1,sl anas not do this, however, it Is considered certain that today's offerings will make a wonderful addition to the Keller Fund. The plans made Friday afternoon and evening at the meetings called by Mayor Teague for devising an organ ization to carry on the work or arday Tev morning at o'clock. At that time, the chairmen of the various soliciting committees met in the City Hall Tn a short meeting the method Of operat- ing was decided upon and the workers immediately began their canvass. The splendid total securd show now truit- fuI were the results.
 People Ready and Willing.
 Speaking of the rception which the people gave to the idea, one or the ehairmen said last night
 Never have I attempted to make collections where I met with so much enthusiasm ESer2ne .Scnrdin wsnted to E.Ie ie means. was willing to rive generous iy There were no refusals, among those I visited, The spirit of Mont
 The results secured by some of the committees were most encouraglng. After working strenuously all day the committee which had been given the east side of Commerce street to can vass. composed of Bernard Frank Frank Kohn and J; 3; Dowdell ssds lo rePDrtt. %Ft. committee heads the list.
 The committee composed Of Eman- uel Meertief R. J. Chambers and c. C.. Zirkie also met with marked success collecting in all sS11. >,.-.
 Alex Rice, L. Strauss and George Thomas. to whomI had been assigned Montgomery street, netted $l41, The City Hall employees subscribed total of s11. In addition to these there were of the committees were heard from last evening, and nearly all had some offering to give. At a late hour last night J. J. Sullivan reported $l15.0O secured by his committee.
 Today the work for the Relief Fund will be taken up in the pulplts. Tn every rIace of worship offerings will he made for the relief of the sufferers of the San Francisco disaster
 At the earnest request of Mayor w |; M Teagl.; the ministers ted or ede to seVera; asK for offerings for this express purpose and 1t is expected that from this there will be Srse essoes sadsslGn wi Help. aG tne 'u"o
 The nastors of the numerous church es for negroes yesterday sent delesa- ton to the Mayor asking If they mrgnt nFIa | inc needy. The Mayor gladly assented to the proposition and today the negro preachers will make appeals to their noon that oficialill t;-on wate.ja
 In accordance with the request mad of the mayor Friday afternoon, that or ficial will tomorrow night send a sug, gestion to the City Council that II make suitable contribution to the Reiiel Fund. This suggestion will be actec upon, and much interest is exhibited as to the amount which will be added tc the sum already subscribed. A similar request will be made at the, meetine of the Board of Revenue when thai body meets tomorrow morning.
 The suggestion that the movemsn' inaugurated by the Commercial Cur on IhurSday pc merged Wltn the ihI Sci movemnt met with ready acceptaRe6 by the Board of Directors of that or ganiZation yesterday afternoon. When the subject was presented by +. F; Glass and w. F. Vandiver, who had been appointed to confer with the Commercial Club. the idea was taken up without hesitation. The amount s6S2.20, which had already been contri, buted. was thrown Into the coffers Of the general Relief Fund.
 Theatres to Give Benefits.
 To help swell the general fund. sev- eral auxiliary movements were started yesterday It was announced by Hirscher Brothers, managers of the Montgomery Theatre that arrange ments had been made whereby % pei cent of the gross receipts at the pres entation of The Mummy and the Hum ming Bird" which comes to this city on Wednesday evening, would be given to Montgomery's Relief Fund, Yester- day a telegram was sent by the mana gers of the local playhouse to Jules Murry. manager of the company pro posing that that percentage of the re ceipts should be devoted to the benefit of the sufferers in San Francisco. Tn his answer Manager Murry enthusiastic cally expressed himself being in favor of the plan. The local managers announce that this percentage will he counted out accurately and will be turned over to the fund the morning
 Another generous offer is that made by W. A, Ryan, author of the verses which are printed on this page of The Advertiser. MT. Ryan Is in the city soliciting stock for the Marcon Wire less System. At the entertainment hf gave in the Montgomery Theatre las evening" he stated that he would giVC ten per cent of all the stock subscribed by him during his stay here to tho Montgomery Fund for the destitute 1T