Kansas City journal., 1898-03-04
HUNDREDS OF TONs OF SUPPLIES
GOING FROM NEW YORK..
STEAMERS CARRY GOODS FREE.
GUNBOATS TO SAIL WITH SUPPLIES
ABOUT THURSDAY.
Donations Are Coming Forward in
Great Abundance-Oregon Prom
i>es Ten Carloads of Sup
plies-Relief Urgent
~ Needed.

gen, of the MunsOn line, sailing for South
ern ports, tomorrow, will carry the fol-
lowing relief supplies to be distributed
among the suffering Cubans through Con-
sulS Brice, at MatanZas, and Barker at
Sagua la Grande: One hundred and sixty
two cases of milk, 200 bags of rice. 12o bags
of beans. 1900 pounds of Goldfish. 12,Ooo
pounds of bacon. 400 bags of cornmeal. %
terces of lard, 100000 grains of quinine.
All has been purchased by the Cuban Re
lief Society on donations received from
charitable societies and people of philan-
thropic disposition. The same steamer will
also carry a miscellaneous stock of goods
in the shape of food and clothing, the dona-
tions of outside committees, agSregatins
about 100 tons in all.
One of the Mallory line steamers bound
for Key West on Saturday will carry sew
enty-five tons of miscellaneous articles,
comprising food, medicine and clothing.
Part of this latter supply will be sent un-
der direction of Rear Admiral Sicard to
MatanZas on the cruiser Montgomery. and
the remainder will be forwarded to Sagua
Ia Grande on the gunboat Nashville, for
distribution by Consuls Brice and Barker.
The Mallory line company has agreed to
carry free of charge to Key West fifty tons
of relief supplies every week. The commit
tee at work at South Lavonia, N. Y, sent
s., 900.
Washington, March Arrangements are
being made for the trip of the cruiser
Montgomery and the gunboat Nashville 10
Cuban ports with relief supplies. The navy
department was advised that the Mallory
line steamer leaving New York next Satur-
day would carry free of charge seventy
five tons of supplies, to be transferred to
the Montgomery and Nashville 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 be-
fore next Thursday.
The two warships are poorly adapted for
carrying supplies. having scant quarters
for their own supplies Of cOrdage, proVis-
ions, canvas and ships equipment. 1t Is
only because they can make the run IN
de ylight that any attempt is made to car
will be stored on the spar deck and. with
good weather, daylight run WILL not SUD-
ject them to any damage.
The relief measures are proving unex-
pectedly successful, the supplies running
into the carloads and hundreds of TONS.
The state department has had notice
York YORK s that Ihea thene we're shipped on March
from New York to Santiago 100000 pounds
Of relief supplies; on the End to HaXama 1Ha M
bounds. In these shipments are 100000
grains Of quinine consigned to each OF the
Chairman Barton, of the central Cuban
relief committee. has advised the state de-
partment that donations are coming for
ward in great abundance. not only In
money. but more particularly in the form
of provisions from all directions The Ore,
gon committee promises ten carloads and
possibly twenty, and Omaha, Minneapolis
ing shipments by the carload. We had to-
day upon the pier OF the Munson line near
ly one hundred tons ready for their steam
r 5ans III ke raaS I'd shsy nd
The Maine relief fund, under Mrs: Long 9
management, to-day reached total or
New York. March s.-w. W. Howard, Of
this city, returned from Cuba to-day on the
steamship Vigilancia. II was In Armenia
with Clara Barton" said Mr. Howard,
but nowhere in Armenia did See such
in Cuba among the paciticos and reconcen-
tradoes. Men, women and children are so
emaciated from privation that their ribs
and bones almost come through their
shrivcled skins. If ever people needed re-
lief. 1t Is these wretched recommendations
'',rhs insurgents are well dressed, well
armed. well horsed and well groomed in
deed; are sleek and live easy lives. Cuba
one rarely sees a building, for the reason
that all buildings in the country have been
razed or burned. Grass and weeds grow
where only the highest cultivation existed"
wharf at Havana when the Maine blew
up. He heard two explosions, Il dull one
followed by n louder one which shook the
ground and nearly stunned him.
were two explosions. The first one was
somewhat muf,ed but the second was
stunning In Its loudncss.'