The Portland daily press., 1896-12-17
e RECRUITS FOR CUBAN CAUSE.
Tho Movement Seems To BE Generally
Popular.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Decomtor c.
James r. Mcbride, ii proini, ent II enhar
of the bar, says that he will have ohs
thousand men ready to march to Cuba by
the ond Ct the present week. Arrange
ments havo heen made to take tue inen
to a poiat on the Flo.i'In coast in CON-
panes of twenty OF me.c ga. slip shem
/, to Cubn.
| Pittsburg, December is Cot. JOHN
| Glenn of tine 14th regiment Natinnal
Guards Of Pennsylvania, Gays inas Il
gusrtismen who 20 TO Cuba will 20 as
desoriers. From the pres eat nt.i uae If
| the Unitel States government on I'll G
Cuban Eostilities, think woull bs
| plaoing my Judgement il opi o5itiDn to
/ those at the mean of this country, III mp
proying such eEli stu eot on the rait Of
soldiers under my com ineHd
!, Omaha, Neb., December Fer about
two weeks ageGts CT tho Cuban jnnta
have beeu soliciting money subscriptions
and recruits along the lines of railway In
| this state. Eut few enlistments IRE
| known to have heea made up 10 the re-
ported assassination of Macso, lut the
despatch giving desails of that affair has
had noticeable effect.
st. Paul, Mimi, December 16 "A sub-
scrlption liss bar been started aiming tie
| medical fraternity OF ST.. Paul for tho
purpoae of purchasing medical supplies
for the sick and wcnin.ed III Cubn. 1t is
intended to SIND the supplies by the way
| of Tampa, Florida, to the caiI p3 cf the
patriots.
Portsmouth, O., December IG.--A
military company Of sixty Cuban sympa-
thizers has Teen formed here. A regimont
will be recruited in this country.
Los Angeles, December ia mass
meeting Of Cuban sympathizers will be
held in this city Friday night and many
prominent men will address the meeting.
Butte, Mont, Dacsmber 16.-Cuban
sympatnizers tn the mum her Of nearly a
thousand heli q mass meeting here last
night, at which number OF sneeobes
were delivered and strong resolutions
adopted urging Congress to recognize tho
Independence of Cuba and denouGcing
the Spaniards.
Denisor, Texas, December 6.-Mass
meetings are being held over North Texas
in sympathy with Cuba. The war spirit
is rampant. Col. I. NJ. Standifor of
Gov. Culberson' s staff says that in case
OOo mep In the field inside of thirty days.
Topeka, Kas., December 16.-A dozen
students <of the Kansas Medical college
here have notified the Cuban Junta in
New York that they are ready 80 take
the field any time as surgeons for the
cause of the insurgents
Denver, Col, December l6 Tho Gu
han war feeling in this state is very
strong aud the proceedings in the Senate
at Washington yesterday have intensified
It. Many of the soldiers who have been
on duty at Leadville, profess eagerness
to enlist and many have enrolled. An
offer OF Winohesters and ammunition was
made today for the equipment of the
frat Colorado soldiers by Cuban sympa-
thizers
Patriots Plenty In Ohio.
Canton, O., December 16-It is now
known that Senator John Sherman will
not te member Of the Cabinet. His
feeling is that he can be of more service
to Major McKinley's administration and
tho Republican party by remaining in
the Senate,, and he viii &c a candidate
for reelection. Mark Hanna said to g
friend yesterday that more than 5000 citi
zens Of Ohio had filed applications for
appojntment to federal office under the
Mckinley administration. 1t is thought
the number will reach II, 00O.
Authorized BY Government.
Madrid, Deccmbe 16-The Spanish
government has authorized the publica-
tin by the newspapers here, OF % State
ment declaring that the runners that
Gen. Maceo was murdered by poison or
any other manner is ridiculous.
Insult to Spanish Chivalry.
Havana, December 16.--Ihe Suireo de
la Mariena, in consequence of having
received from It's New York corr espon-
dent dispatches giving accounts Of the
excitement caused throughout the Unit
ed States by the stories of the alleged
treachsrous manner in which Macco
was done to death, prints an energetic
protest against the circulation of such
reports in which itsscharaoterized them as
gross falsehoods and insults to Spanish
chivalry and humanity.
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