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Show ' " r 1 " m '- r - " r-sj p 4 . r - a r n r-m i n r - n f- ( ' ' . '. , ' ' i ; LOS ANOELES. April 27. H. E. hIuntlngton opened with a gift of $30,-000 $30,-000 a fund to alleviate the ruined fortunes for-tunes of professional men; and .women who lost their all In- the San Francisco disaster. The statement made publlo by Mr.- Huntington anent 'this gift la la part as follows: j "During my recent visit to San Francisco Fran-cisco I was struck most forcibly by the misfortune that had accrued to professional profes-sional men by reason of the disaster. The sturdy laboring mam will find work at once, and tnrough the assistance of the relief committees and the abund-; abund-; ant call for labor will soon be on bis feet again and in almosfaa good condition condi-tion as he was before the earthquake. "It seemed to me that as a class, the lawyers, doctors and other professional men who depend" upon libraries, skill and their clientele for support, are most heavily hit. I know personally of many professional men who lost their libraries, homes, Instruments and everything ev-erything but the clothes they were wearing. These men are not well equipped to do manual labor and must take a practically new start In their professions with little or nothing to begin with. "It has occurred to me that no substantial sub-stantial expression of sympathy could be better placed than aiong the lines of helping- men of this class to get on their feet. I should like to see a fund raised for this particular purpose and put into the hands of a relief committee commit-tee In San Francisco familiar with the needs of sufferers of this particular class for distribution. I think a committee" com-mittee" composed ofsuch men as William-Perrin, Dr. P. K. Alnsworth and, Judge W. G. Uenshaw of the Supreme court could use such a fund In a manner man-ner that would help, and put heart Into many men who are practically, ruined and most depressed." . . . |