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Show ACTIVE IN CALIFORNIA. San Francisco. Sept. 12. California is respond ns quickly i ;d generously to Galveston's cry for ;iid. Already $3.2(1S have been contributed, including includ-ing a (heck for Sl.Ono sent by the San , Francisco theatrical managers in ad- I var.ee of a combined benefit to be given in a few days, the receipts of which are expected to run high in the thousands. The board of trade will immediately forward a draft, the size of which will be decided todav. The Santa Fe Railroad company has tendered ten-dered the free use of a full train to convey provisions and goods of all kinds to the stricken city, and these are being freely contributed. All of the (lour mills have expressed their willingness to donate liberally of their stocks, and the wholesale provision houses will probably follow suit. Tulare county, through its native sons, now here, promises to furnish a supply of dried fruit as well as suitable suit-able clothing. Santa Clara and Alameda Ala-meda counties will do the same, besides sending considerable money. The Pos- . tal Telegraph company will transfer $ ' money free of cnarge to the suffer- I ers. Governor Gage has sent a tele- j . gram to Governor Savers, offering all the assistance in his power. i |