The Portland daily press., 1898-03-21
FOR CUBA.
Third Shipment of Supplies Made Satur-
day.

The Cuban relief committee of the city
of Portland which was organized about
two months ago largely through the
efforts of Mr.. L. A. Cloudy has completed
its labors, or at least has accomplished
so much that it has thought best to close
up its accounts with the public and ao-
cept no further contributions either in
money or clothing which the good people
of this section of the state might wish
to make. A great many subscription
papers are still out and have not been &C
counted for to the secretary or treasurer
of the relief committee and these officials
desire that the parties holding such pa
pers should notify the secretary or treas
urer that they have destroyed the papers
or il convenient return them to the COM
mittee at the earliest possible moment.
The Portland Cuban relief committee
will shortly be prepared to make full
report of its do1ngs to the city government
and in this way balance accounts with
the public. The third and last shipment
OF goods from Portland was made Satur-
day night by the New York boat. The
goods sent out from Portland will be re-
shipped in New York to one of the Ward
line steamers and sent to the government
distributing agents of relief supplies in
Havana. It will be gratifying to the peo'
pie in this city 10 know that the contri-
buttons made here for this worthy cause
have far exceeded in amount the contrl-
buttons of any other city OF the size IN
New England and compare favorably
with the relief supplies which have been
sent to Cuba from places much larger
than Portland
Owing to the fact that there are many
matters to be settled by the committee
before the treasurer can make an Official
report to the city government, it is i'm
possible at this time TO state definitely
the entire expenditures of the committee,
but the receipts in cash and clothing can
be accounted for even at this early Gay
Without much solicitation on the part of
those interested in the good work Col. Il.
e. Bootbby, treasurer of the committee,
has received contributions to the amount
of 81. Al. 33. He has paid bills for goods
purchased at cost among the dealers IN
such articles as are needed in Cuba to the
amount of 81 1855. 81. After the committee
settles up it's accounts and pays its out
standing bills, which are not very large,
Col. Boothby will send the remainderEof
the relief sum by draft on the New
York banks directly to Miss Clara barton
Saturday nights shipment of supplies
from Portland consisted of 1889 pounds
of beans, 1900 pounds OF cod fish, 500
cans of condensed milk, 163.125 grains of
ouinine, 300 boxes Of sardines, a case OF
corned beef and canned corn, 81 pieces of
bedding for hospital purposes and 766 ar
tioIes Of women's and children's wearing
apparel.
excellent work and it has been labor
of love for every member OF it. While
many gentlemen have directly interested
themselves in the movement and have
done all in their power to help it along
the most of the work, of course, has fallen
on the shoulders of a few, andithese few are
entitled to great deal of credit for what
thew have done. Mr.. T.. A. Cloudy has
been the promoter of the affair and has
labored earnestly and enthusiastically to
make it a success from the beginning
Associated with Mr.. Goudy on the pur-
chasing committee were Messrs. Cyrus
Thompson and Joseph ii. Short who have
devoted a great amount of time taken
from their own business in order to in
sure the success of the enterprise. MIR.
Thompson in particular on account of his
familiarity with Cuba and the require
rents of Its people r "een most valu-
able member of this .nittee. Col. f.
u. Boothby, president of the Board of
Trade and treasurer of tie relief commit
tee, was given a great amount of work
to perform and on his shoulders fell a
large share of the responsibility, as he
was called upon to handle the subscrip-
tiops great and small from ali parts of
the city and state as we'll
The people Of Portland, and in particu-
lar the business men, have been most
liberal in their contributions and the re-
suit of the relief movement in this city
will do much to show the nation that in
the little city of Portland there lives a
people as benevolent, progressive and
patriotic as any people in the country
where these qualities are as general as to
usually pass unnoticed.