Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-10
BY THE CAR LOAD.
Relief Supplies are Being Sent to
Cuba.
Central Committee at New York Reports
Wonderful Success In the Collection
of Food, Clothing and Medi-
cines for Destitute Res
dents of the Island.

Washington, March 4,-Secretary
the Navy Long said last evening that
no word had been received from the
court of inquiry and that no orders had
been or would be given as to the move
ments of the court from Key West, as
the court was fully authorized to shape
its own movements. The original or
ders to the court were issued by Ad-
miral Sicard as commander of the fleet
to which the Maine belonged. and it
has the technical status of an admirals
court, reporting directly to him. both
as to it's movements and as to its final
report on the cause of the disaster.
The understanding here is that the
court has not concluded its work, but
will return to Havana to take testi-
n.ony which has been delayed by the
difficulties in the way of the divers.
Arrangements are being made for
the trip of the cruiser Montgomery and
gunboat Nashville to Cuban ports with
relief supplies. The navy department
was advised yesterday that the Nal
lory line steamer leaving New York
next Saturday would carry free of
charge 75 tons of supplies to be trans
ferred to the Montgomery and Nash
vile at Key West. The Mallory steamer
is expected to take about four days in
the run down the coast, so that the
transfer to the warships and their
start to Cuba cannot be made before
next Thursday. The two warships are
poorly adapted for carrying supplies,
having scant quarters for their own
supplies. 1t is only because they can
make the run in daylight that any at
tempt is made to carry the - tons OF
supplies.
The re2ief measures are proving un-
expectedly successful, the supplies run
ming into the car loads and hundreds OF
tons. The state department has had
notice from the Cuban relief committee
at New York that there We're shipped
on March from New York to Santiago
100, 600 pounds of relief supplies; on the
I'd to Havana $4,000 pounds; yesterday
to Matanzas 100000 pounds, and tc
Sagua la Grande 1000 pounds. In
these shipments are 800, 900 grains OF
Quinine consigned to each of the ports
except Havana.
Chairman Barton, of the central Gu.
ban relief committee, has advised the
state department that donations are
coming forward in great abundance
not only in money, but more particu
larly in the form of provisions from al
objections. The Oregon committee
promises ten car loads and possibly 20
and Omaha, Minneapolis and other
western committees are Offering ship
ments by the car load"
The Maine relief fund under Mrs
Longs management has reached a tota.
of S3. 131.
The only telegram relating to the
disaster that came to the navy depart
ment yesterday was the following from
Commander Forsythe at Key West
"Bache arrived. Brought one body
unidentified, and Paul LOTUS, marine
jeremiah Shea, coal passer: John Ietf
ner, ordinary seaman; Thomas j
Waters, ordinary seaman, wounded
from Tortugas. The wounded will be
sent to the army hospital"
In the course of the inquiry into the
naval resources of the United States
an order has been issued to make test
of the machinery of the old war mon
itors at the League Island navy yard
These are single-turreted crafts armeC
with big smooth bore guns, in turret
that could likely be pierced by the
modern high powered rifles on the
battleships but they would still be o,
service in an emergency. There are
eight of these monitors at League
Island and the government owns sew.
eral others that are loaned to the nava.
militia