The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-10
AID FOR THE CUBANS.
Mayor Bailey Has Been Appointed q
Commissioner by the Governor TO
Receive Money and Supplies.

Mayor James G. Bailey, of this city,
has been appointed commissioner by
Governor Hastings to act with the
mayors of Philadelphia, Pittsburg ana
Harrisburg In receiving supplies and
money in aid of destitute Cubans. The
commission was created by the COVER
nor at the request of President Nc
Kinley.
A Saturday nights dispatch from
Harrisburg gave an outline of the plan
and included a proclamation by the
governor, of which the following is an
extract:
Executive Department, Office of the Gov
ernment, Harrisburg, Jan. 3.
The president of the United States has
called the attention of the American peo-
pie to the suffering from hunger and to
the destitution of the necessaries OF life
of the people in the island OF cuba, ana
has called upon the benevolently dis
posed people of the United states to make
such contributions of money, provisions,
clothing, medicines and like articles OF
prime necessity as they may be disposed
to spare for that purpose.
All articles now dutiable by law, sent
| to relieve the suffering will be admitted
at Havana free of duty.
Now, therefore, J. Daniel II. Hastings,
|
| sue this, my proclamation, calling upon
| the people of the commonwealth to come
| to the relief of the destitute inhabitants
| of Cuba according to their respective in
| olinations and well known philanthropy
and as God has prospered them.
| And l do designate Charles f. War
wick, mayor of Philadelphia; Henry p.
! Ford, mayor of Pittsburgh James G..
Bailey, mayor of Scranton. and John ID.
! Patterson, mayor of Harrisburg, as de-
| positaries to whom money clothing, pro-
visions and other necessaries may be
| transmitted for sure forwarding to Con-
sui General Lee at Havana.
The citizens of our great and noble
commonwealth, foremost in every good
| work, always responsive to the call OF
patriotism and philanthropy, who never
turned n deaf ear to the cry of distress
| whether in our own land or from Russia
| Armenia or the uttermost parts of the
earth, and who have within recent years
felt the generous throb of sympathy and
humanity that came from every nation In
the civilized world when sore calamity
visited our own borders, will not, ] am
sure, turn a deaf ear TO the pitlful story
! which now comes from our neighbors in
Cuba. Daniel II. Hastings
Governor of the Commonwealth.
The governor states that arrange
ments have been made for distribution
under Consul General Lees direction
ard cites the great extent of Cuban
famine and suffering as reason for i'm
mediate benevolence by citizens of the
state.
Mayor Bailey was asked by long
distance telephone from the executive
department at Harrisburg Saturday
afternoon II he would act or the COM
mission. He promptly consented and
was informed that detailed instruc-
tions would be sent by mail. Further
information was to the effect that the
four mayors would be custodians of al
the funds and supplies from this state
Scranton to receive contributions from
the northeastern section, Harrisburg
from the central, Philadelphia from the
southern and Pittshurg from the west
| ern.
The instructions mentioned will NJ
doubt ha received by Mayor Bailey to
day and he will adopt some method fol
a systematic appeal to all points IL
this part Of the state.