The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-03-08
RELIES FUNDS ROLL IN.

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RELIEF FUNDS ROLL IN.
Arrangements are being made for tie
trim Of the cruiSer Montgomery and
gunboat Nashville to Cuban ports With
relief supplies. The Navy department
was advised to-day that the Mallory
line steamer leaving New York next
Saturday would carry. free OF charge,
Scventy-fivc tons Of supplies to be trans
fcrrcd To the Montgomery and Nash
Vile at Key West. Thc Mallory steam
err is expected 10 take about four days
in the run down the coast. 50 that the
transfer to the war ships and their start
| to Cuba cannot be made before next
Thursday. The two war ships are poor
~ adapted for carrying supplies. having
scant quarters for their own supplies Of
! cordage. provisions. canvas and ships
euuipment. 1t is only because they can
make the run in day light that any at
tempt is made to carry the 10 tons of
supplies. These will be stored on the
spar deck and with good weather the
day light run will not subject them to
any damage.
The relief measures are proving uncN-
pectedly successful. the supplies running
into the car loads and hundreds Of tons.
The State Department has had notice
from the Cuban Relief committee at
New York that there were shipped on
March first from New York to Santiago
100000 pounds of relief supplies: on the
2nd to Havana $1,000 pounds: to-day
to Matanzas 1OO,GOO pounds and to
Sagua la Grandc 10000 pounds. In
these shipments are 5000 grains Of
Quininc consigned to each of the ports
except Havana.
The Maine relief fund under Mr..
Longs management reached a total Of
$3.113.
The only telegram relating to the
Maine disaster that came to the Navy
Department during the day Was the fol
lowing from Commander Forsyth at Key
West:
TO REPAIR OLD MONITORS.
"Bache arrived. Brought one body
undermined. ana Paul Leoftus, private
marine, jeremiah Shea, coal passer,
John Heffner, ordinary m Thomas
}. Waters, ordinary am wounded,
from Tortugas. The wounded will be
sent to the Army Hospital. The fun
cral of the body has started for the
cemetery"
In the course Of the inquiry into tie
ANdNdl ItSouIttS vi lIIt tIElltt Nldtt
an order has been issued to make a test
of the machinery Of the old war moni-
tors at the League Island Navy Yard.
These are single turreted craft that are
srmed ,th big m~o5th-l,ore guns in tur-
refs that could likely be pierced by the
modern high powered rifles on the bat
tleshipS, but they would still be Of ser
vice in an emergency. There are eight
Of these monitors at League Island and
the government owns several others that
are now loaned to the Naval Militia or.
carnations of some of the States.
Those at League Island are the follow
ing:
Canonicus, Mahopac, Manhattan. Cat
Skill Jason, LehlSh. Montauk and Ma
hant. They are all between 1.SOO and
III tons disagreement and draw very
lltte water. so that they can take nm
advantageous positions on shoals com.
handing channel approaches. The in
'ehtlon Is to turn over the old cnoinos
ana work the machinery that is made !,
'urn the turrcts if it can he made r.
work a all. =
nulihS me course Of the day simila,
injuries 10 that made by the Japanese
.'7"'loli, as 10 the number Of her snh.
Iec'S on board the Maine. came 10 the
Nv! department from the German and
me swedish legations. and it expectod
mat otners will follow. Nearly every M.
,'"lan'E was represented in the Maine.
big crew.
secretary Long to-day authorized IN
absolute and positive denial of 4 renor,
asserting that a partial or preliminar
report had been received by the GOV.
eminent from the Maine Inquiry Board
1nolcatlng or declaring that the loss Of tn,
Mainc was due to an external oxnIo
/! SION. He said that no nono.. NIn'