The herald., 1898-03-22

nifty tons Of lard or bsoon every week VI
cannot effectively relieve the suffering.
"spasmodic and unsystsmatic efforts de-
feat all good intentions. Canned goods are
useless and condensed milk should be sub
stituted Fifteen thousand dollars weekly
will feed every starving man. woman ant
child In Cuba. Small. irregular shipments
are only tantalixing."
MISSOURI MILITIA
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-, March IL
Adjt. Gen. Bell stated tonight that In case
the president made call for troops the
National Guard Of Missouri will respond
promptly. He says: 1.-THE National Guard
of Missouri, in my opinion, stands by tn.
president, and In the event Of call 81 pei
cent will promptly line up for service"
WILL BE NO WAR
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal. March
2l.-Governor Hastings Of Pennsylvania
visited the university today and delivered
brief address to the students. in the
course Of which he said:
There will be no war with Spain. If
thought there would be, should be at my
post of duty. We are too strong to be
fought and too powerful to be buliies."
| SPANISH CENSORSHIP
NEW YORK, March 21.-A dispatch to
the World from Madrid says: Instructions
have been given since Friday to the press
censor to stop all foreign and domestic
press telegrams-and even telephone mes
sages-containing news unpalatable to the
government. Unauthorized details of ma
val and military preparations, OF the
movements of warships, particularly of
the flying squadron, of the purchase Of ves-
sells Of war and stores abroad are especial
ly interdicted.
The governments action has caused q
profound sensation, not only In Madrid, but
throughout the provinces. Even the min
| isterial newspapers, the Liberal, side with
the majority of the press in censuring Wig
orously q measure, which, 1t says, is cal
culated to increase the national anxiety,
because most people surmise that the rela-
tions between Spain and the United States
have got into a very critical stage indeed
when a Liberal cabinet decides to be more
rigorous with the press than was Canovas.
and worse than the reactionary cabinets of
1884 and 1885,
THE NIGHT SHIFT
PORTLAND, Or, March M.-In order to
complete the torpedo boats Davis and Fox
at the earliest possible moment, the Wolf
and Zwicker Iron works tonight began
working night shift, and will work night
and day until the boats are finished. It
is expected that the boats will be ready
to turn over to the government in June.
RELIEF SUPPLIES
NEW YORK, March N.-The central
Cuban relief committee gives notice that
cb; IF C,,h iaf
be made to gulf ports. The Plant system
of ships sailing from Savannah, Ca, and
Tampa, Fla. will furnish free transporta-
ton. but these vessels being small can
carry only supplies originating on the line
of the Plant system Of railroad. All other
shipments from any other part of the
United States should be consigned to the
Cuban central relief committee at New
York. The committee requests all ship
pers to give notice before shipments are
made.
SHIPMENTS OF SUPPLIES
The Ward, Munson, Mallory and Spanish
American lines are giving free all Of their
spare capacity for Cuban relief supplies
and the committee wishes to furnish to
them all possible notice before delivering
the goods at their respective piers.
The committee has decided to charter
a vessel of not less than 1000 tons to take
1000 tons Of cornmeal and 200 tons Of bacon
to Cuba within ten days from Saturday
last
The supplies have been purchased at
cost Of Sc, 900 and will be delivered in this
city during the week.
The receipts daily are now so large that
the committee has opened a warehouse
at As Ferry street, and here the goods are
carefully examined, repacked and ar
ranged in shipments and then forwarded
to the various American consuls.
Rev. Corta writes from Tampa, Fla,
asking for aid for-the 5000 refugees there.
1000 Of whom he says have no means of
making living. They must be fed, clothed
and healed, he says.
SAW THE QUEEN
MADRID. March 2L-Lieut. Com. Jose
Sobral, former naval attache of the Span
ish embassy at Washington, was in con-
ference with the queen regent today.
TORTUGAS' DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, March Alan import
ant conference was held in the office of the
secretary of war today in regard to the
Notifications of Tortugas harbor. There
were present Secretary Alger, Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt Of the navy depart
ment, Gen. Miles, Gen. Wilson, chief of
engineers, and Col. Henry M. Hobart, corps
of engineers. The last named officer was
stationed on the Florida division for many
years, in charge of river and harbor works
and fortifications and his advice therefore
is valuable as to the details involved in the
establishment Of coaling station at Tor
tugas and the construction Of fortfications
and harbor defenses.
A troublesome question has arisen in con.
nection with the proposed system of fort-
fications at Tortugas. The engineer offic-
ers who have been investigating the matter
estimate that 1t will cost about 81, 900, 900
and take nearly two years to put the island
in a proper state Of defense from sea at
tack, and Secretary Alger and his associ-
ates hesitate to embark on an undertaking
of that extent unless the navy department
consider the work absolutely necessary.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, represent
ing Secretary Long. was not prepared to
assume the responsibility without further
consultation with the naval officers spe-
cially interested in the establishment OF the
coaling station, and definite action was
postponed in order to give him an oppor-
tunity to investigate the matter further
and report as to the advisablity of the pro-
posed engineering works at this outpost of
the United States.
SUPPLIES FOR TROOPS
NEW YORK. March Alt was an
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