Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-17
SYMPATHY WITH CUBA
Being Shown by Citizens All Through Our Free
United States.

mass meeting of Cuban sympa-
thizers will be held at Los Angeles,
Cal, Friday night. and many promin-
ent men will address the meeting Def
mite action will be taken in the form
of a memorial to Congress in behalf of
the Cuban insurgents.
The Madrid FL Correo Militar de-
nands that Gen. Weyler be recalled
from Cuba and replaced by General
Marin, General Macias, now in COM
mand of the troops in the Canary
islands, succeeding the Marquis Of
Ahumada as second in command.
Cuban sympathizers to the number
of nearly 1000 held a mass meeting at
Butte. Mont, Tuesday night, at which
number of speeches We're delivered
and strong resolutions adopted urging
Congress to recognize the indie
pendence of Cuba and denouncing the
Spaniards.
a military company Of TO Cuban
sympathizers has been formed at
Portsmouth, Ohio, including several
members of the Ohio National Guards
and five veterans from the first COM
pany of Volunteers, organized in Ohio
under Lincoln's first call for troops.
regiment will be recruited in this
county.
A subscription list has been started
among the medical fraternity of St. Paul
for the purpose of purchasing medical
supplies for the sick and wounded in
Cuba. 1t is intended to send the supplies
by the way of Tampa. Fla, to the camps
ana towns of the patriots. If the govern
ment interferes in this humane move
ment, an appeal will be made to the
President. 1t is said that there are 65, 00J
sick people in Cuba.
James E. Mcbride at Grand Rapids
Mich, prominent member of the bar
and one of the leading Populists of Mich
igan. has issued the following notice:
'All Michigan people who wish to free
cuba and annex the island to the United
States and forever shut Spain out of
american Amer an; territory please report at my
ing. of his move in aid of Cuba, said: Il
will have 1000 men ready to march to
Cuba by the end of the present week
Arrangements have been made to take
the men to point on the Florida coast
IN companies of 20 or more and ship
them to Cuba
For about two weeks, agents of the
Cuban Junta have been soliciting money
SUBSCRIPTIONS and recruits along the lines
of railway in Nebraska, particularly on
the Union Pacific. as far west as Idaho.
But few enlistments are known to have
peen maze Ne up 70 the reported assassina-
details of that affair have had noticeable
effect. and last nights reports indicate
tnat the agents are meeting with better
success At South Omaha thew are al
WORK among the cowboys who come in
from the Western range and among the
Tram crews. The Cuban agents are Also
buying horses In this market.
There is a difference of opinion betwecn
onicers OF the National Guard of Penn.
syvania as 10 whether a guardsman "a n
ne nonorably discharged for the n,lrpose
a. 1as gong 10 Cuba and fighting for the II,
repenaence of the republic. Col Johr
Gienn OF the 14th Regiment Nat;",,n
rn uurH o. Pennsylvania, says that al
suarasmen who go to Cuba vii, 90 nc a.
serters. Any member Of the ra sJ ~ uv
aa.u Soi: Glenn. who enlists 70 fol-,
aSuinst spain will do so without ~, ns ~,
ss s anu VIII not get his discharga E wi.
me present attitude of the IInitsS S.a ~,
s'U,ss,rhment on the Cuban hnst;t,t;o oa'es
~ ! would be placing nv IVES,
III opposition to those al fha ~! aausinen
ment N countenancing such o sp, I'M
, mv o On the part OF the soldiars ems, ,,sa
nfSS command. know thai sn,na xhu ~.
charnas nave said that they viii siya ~. ~
S,nhas es 70 any man who wants f 10 ~ ol !.
amonn. put these discharges vii, - rn =
as ount 70 much without nv sill MI NJ
as commanding officer. and fha s'snaiur'
docs, certainly refuse to affix 10 anv snai i