The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-26
Can YOU HELP ANY 2.
Cuban Relief Committee Soliciting
Money and Food.
PORTLAND PEOPLE SHOULD HELP
THIS WORTHY CAUSE.

Another Meeting of the Committee of Re-
lief VIII Be Held Today at the City
Buiiding-Portland's Clergymen are
Particularly Wanted to Be Present
Today.
Yesterday afternoon the citizens inter-
ested in the movement for the relief of
the suffering thousands in Cuba, met
in the alGerJnen's chamber, City build
ing, and completed the organization of
the relief committee by the election of
Mayor Charles Fl. Randall as chairman,
Col. f. E. Boothby, president of the board
of trade, as treasurer, and H. M. Bige-
low as secretary.
Subscription papers have been prepared
and will be distrib uted about the city
among the various trades and professions
and money for this worthy cause will be
solicited. The committee has decided
that all money contributed shall be
spent in this city for articles which may
be obtained here at cost and forwarded
to Havana direct without cost for trans
portation. The, money raised by subscrip-
ton will be turned over to the treasurer
of the committee and purchasing COM
mittee will select such articles as may
be required'or best transported and they
will be forwarded directly to Consul Gen
eral Lee.
Contributions of summer clothing for
women and children, medicines for few
ers, principally ouinine. hard bread, corn
meal, bacon, rice, lard, potatoes, beans,
peas, salt fish, and canned goods, and es-
pecially large quantities of condensed
milk, as many persons are at first too
feeble for other nourishment. are evil
IDENTIFY desired. and those merchants and
citizens who do not care to contribute
money can help the good work along by
giving any of the articles mentioned
above. list of the articles contributed
should be forwarded the secretary OF the
committee at 81 Exchange street, Port
land, and a team will be sent to the place
Of business or to the house OF the givers
as theEcase may be, and the articles taken
to the Armory building, which is to be
the depot for the collection of all sup
plies. In no case should articles be sent
to the secretary directly, but he should be
notified by postal card oraotherwise OF any
articles which persons may desire to con-
tribute and team will be sent for them
at the proper time.
All contributions of money should be
forwarded to Col. f. X. Boothby, the
treasurer of the committee, and all cheeks
should be made payable to him. The
names of those contributing should &C.
company the donation in every case and
if it is desired that this name be not pub
lished it should be SO stated.
Already quite sum of money has been
sent to the various members of the COM
mittee and at the proper time this will
be credited through the columns of the
daily papers.
All members of the general relief COM
mittee who have received invitations to
attend the committee meetings, but who
were unable to be present yesterday after
noon, are requested to attend today s
meeting at the aldermen's chambers, City
building at O'Clock p. m.
1t is especially desired that the clergy
men of the various churches in Portland
should be present at today's meeting and
aid the relief committee in Its endeayors
to obtain from the people of Portland a
liberal donation of money OF supplies to
prevent the thousands Of women and
children in Cuba from dying of starva-
ton.
This is work which should appeal to
every human heart in this city and all
over the State of Maine, and Portland 8
contribution to this worthy cause should
be worthy Of the city which has done
such good work in cases of this kind in
the past and which has itself been
obliged to appeal to the world for aid in
the case Of great destitution resulting
from the great fire in 1865.
Every dollar contributed in this cause
of charity will be spent right here in
Portland or in the State of Maine, where
dollars worth of provisions and sup
plies can be purchased. The subscription
papers will be in circulation tomorrow
and will be found at many public places.
Lie C6llel COLulLAuVOo lIltOauo w 5cIiu ouo
appeals to every town of any size in
the State of Maine, and in few days 1t
will be shown the world that the old
Pine Tree State has not falsely been
termed the home of benevolent, chart
table and munifcent people.
FUNERAL OF BERNARD S. SHELL