The Portland daily press., 1898-04-02
FOR SUFFERING CUBA.
The Official Reports of Portiand's Work of
Relief

The Portland Cuban Relief committee
has completed its labors, and below Will
be found the report of the treasurer OF
the committee, Col f. E. Boothby
showing the amount of money donated
! by people in and about Portland, while
the report Of the purchasing and forward
ing committee, consisting Of L. A. Cloudy.
Joseph FL. Short and Cyrus Thompson,
| shows the way the money collected was
expended and gives the amount of sup
| plies forwarded from Portland to Cuba.
The last shipment made by the Portland
committee was Saturday, March 10Th,
and the goods then forwarded have been
| reported by Forwarding Agent I. P.
| Rosa, of New York to have been shipped
| to Havana by the Ward line steamers the
middle of last week.
| In the reports given below it will be
were made from this city. The first was
made soon after issue Of the call for aid
| by Secretary John Sherman and Presi-
dent Mckinley, and was the first response
| to this call from New England. The
firm of Cloudy and Kent contributed $50,
Collector John W. Deering contributed
! $40 and City Treasurer George Libby con-
| tributed SIS to this first shipment. Soon
| afterwards Mayor Randall in compliance
| with a request from the Portland
Board of Trade appointed a COMMITTEES
from the city government to aid in the
formation of a general relief committee,
which was at once organized and began
it's work. All of the members of this
committee have devoted great deal of
time to the work, and through the liber.
ality of the Portland people have been
able to send to suffering Cuba a goodly
amount of food and clothing. The show
| ing made by Portland in this charitable
work is most dattering one, and shows
better than anything else the generosity
and benevolence of the merchants and
citizens of this city. Portland in proper
ton to her sizer has done more for Cuba
than any other place in the United
| States.
| The work of the Portland committee is
now at an end. The reiet committees
of New York and Boston are better
equipped for the collecting and forward
ing of supplies { to Cuba than was the
Portland committee, and any person who
desires to contribute further in this good
cause may do SO by communication with
Stephen e. Barton. chairman of the Cen
trail Cuban Relief committee, 401 Temple
Court, New York.
The following reports, together with
the list of subscribers and the amounts
subscribed, will be submitted to the
city government and the documents will
be placed on file at the City Building,
where they may be examined by anyone
who desires to see them:
To the Honorable Mayor and City Coun-
Gil Of Portland, Me.
I beg to submit my report, as Treasur-
or. of the Cuban Relief Fund, from which
you will see that the detailed receipts IN
cash, and what is considered cash con-
| tributions, liks supplies. which otherwise
| would have to be purchased, amounts to
| 1888. 80, and the contributions of cloth es
and other supplies donated would, in my
Judgment, swell the amount of contri-
buttons to over $4,000.
You will also note that I have dis
bursed for supplies forwarded, on bills
approved by the purchasing committee,
to the amount of 81, 425.27, leaving a
balance in my hands to be disposed of
through Miss Clara Barton or otherwise,
of SOS. 06, deposited at First National
Bank, which will be duly forwarded as
soon as the committee hear from her On
the subject.
Very respectfully,
+. Z. BOOTHBY,
Treasurer.