The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-27

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The olergymen of the city of Portland
have manifested great interest in this
work and arrangements will shortly be
made for the holding of several public
meetings in the various churches in the
city on some Sunday evening in the near
future. These meeting will be addressed
by prominent citizens and collections
will then be taken and the money devoted
to this cause.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. i. A. Goudy,
who forwarded a few days ago the first
contributions from Portland for Cuba,
received very interesting letter from
Stephen E. Barton, chairman of the
Central Cuban Relief committee of New
York, In which Mr.. Barton acknowledged
the receipt of the goods forwarded from
Portland via the Maine Steamship COM
pany. Mr.. Barton states that arrange
ments have been made with the Maine
Steamship company for the free delivery
from the wharf Of the Maine Steamship
company in New York to the Ward line
pier, through the kindness of Messrs
jackson Brothers, and the goods are at
once taken in charge by U. S. Dispatch
Agent Ross and properly shipped to Con-
sui General Lee. Mr.. Barton was very
cordial in his acknowledgements for the
work which has been commenced in
Portland and stated that he hoped it
would be carried on successfully.
Portland, Oregon, will ship us ten
car loads of provisions and clothing as
soon as we have secured free transporta-
ton, writes Mr.. Barton. tIowa, Kan
sas, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkan-
sas and other western states are promising
excellent results and the committees at
work throughout the east are very num-
erous. We have now secured free tran
sportation from all of the large railroads
and transportation lines east OF the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers and from
all three steamship lines running to
Havana"
A gentleman who attended the meeting
of the relief committee yesterday after
noon, but who said that he did not wish
to have his name made public at this
time, had recently received a letter from
his nephew from Cuba appealing for
help. The gentleman wrote that whole
towns were being depopulated from
sickness and starvation. Men, women
and children were dying like hogs in the
streets of Havana even, and If help in
the way of food and clothing was not
forthcoming thousands more would
die. The writer of this letter said if
people in Portland had any conception
of the terrible suffering in Cuba by
innocent women and children for want
of food there would be no need of ap-
pealing more than once for money to
purchase supplies for. the sufferers.
All contributions sent Col. f. E.
Boothby, the treasurer of the relief COM
mittee, will be acknowledged through
the columns of the PRESS, and all
philanthropic citizens are earnestly re-
quested to attend the committee meetings
and help on the good work.
AS soon as enough money 1t raised or
food contributed to make it feasible the
shipment of supplies will commence
from Portland. All clothing and food
should be sent to the Armory building
and notification of the fact sent to the
secretary at 81 Exchange street. If any
one desires to contribute summer clothing
or non-perishable food Efor this cause
team will be sent for it at any address 1T
notification is sent to the secretary OF
the committee and all contributions Will
be duly acknowledged.