St. Louis, Mo., May 17. The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society Convention opened tonight in the Statler Hotel, with an attendance of 500 delegates from almost every state in America.

The convention was opened with an appropriate prayer by Rabbi Abramovitch.

The institution in Denver, according to the report of Dr. Spevack, has collected this year the sum of $240,222 and its expenses amounted to $204,246. In its fifteen years of existence, the institution has treated 3,212 patients. This year there were 238. At present there are 160 patients.

Tomorrow Rabbi Silver of Chicago will address the convention.