The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-03-30
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WORK subsequently accomplished by the
.'eo oross IN eastern Cuba; and how when
~ "lsheo TO carried its beneficence later
~ naoana, where the need was heart
rehdlng, the Spanish authorities mada #
impossible, and the society was compelled
" Withdraw reluctantly from the island.
nuC now that American authority is es-
'"piished IN Cuba, and the need is great as
ever the Red Cross is coming hack To
compete Its well begun work, in compli-
"hoe Win the expressed wishes of Presi
oen1 Mckinley, the War Department and
surgeon General Sternberg himself, as
o'' DO III response to multitude of ap-
peals from the islanders. The service will
DC auxiliary to other relief work by the
United States government. and of pure
ly hospital nature-to shelter the homo
io's anu care Tor the sick, both Cuban and
american. 1t is proposed to at once estab-
lish IN the city of Habana a much needed
institution which it has never had viz
civilians hospital, designed specially
ioI Americans, who, if taken seriously i'll
IN Cuba, may there receive the same care
ana attention they would get in similar
institutions at home. Shipping stations
VIII presently be established at New Or
leans, Tampa and Savannah, with receiv-
ing depots at New York, ST. Louis and
other places. The Government has given
| free
Western Union telegraph, postal cable
and other facilities. The first care of the
society in Cuba will be preparations to
meet the demands sure to be made upon
1t IN the near future, when Yellow Jack
gets about his annual business.
In carrying out its present mission, the
Red Cross depends entirely upon the ac-
| 1--WE CO. cooperation of its generous country
men-a support which has never for
moment failed or faltered throughout the
eighteen years OF the societys existence
as National American Institution. One
OF the most remarkable evidences of gen
eral good will has been shown by the band
ing together of nearly the entire relief
force OF our country as auxiliary to the
Red Cross. At the first cry they rose like
Scots from the heather, and forgetting
their own interests, their comforts, even
life itself, they have stood in the Red
Cross ranks as faithfully as any soldiers
IN the ranks of war, and have done a work
whose magnitude was probably never
equalled in the same length of time. The
need is as great as ever, and now all these
auxiliary societies, in every city, town and
village, throughout America, are earn
estly invited by Miss Barton, founder and
perpetual president of the American Ma
tlonal Red Cross, to become legitimate
and permanent part of the parent society
to help mitigate tie woes of war scourged
humanity. FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.
IN BRIEF. Joseph Medll, editor of the
Chicago Tribune, died at San Antonio.
Texas, March 10th OF heart failure He
was conscious up to the moment of his
death, which he met with calmness. He
said to his physician, ten minutes before
he died; my last words shall be, what
is the newsY' ....Six of the largest ship
building concerns on the great lakes are to
be combined. 80. France has sent com
mission to the United States to purchase
ten American locomotives. .... Ben amin P
hutchinson at one time the leading grain
Spectator in the United States, died
March 10th at Lake Geneva, Wis... The
Antarctic exploring expeditions steamer
Southern Cross has arrived at Port
Chalmers, New Zealand, after landing
Berohgrevink and bis party at Cape Adair,
Victoria island. She reports that all the
explorers were in gOnd health when
landed. The beautiful Windsor Hotel
on Fifth Avenue, New York, was totally
destroyed by fire March 18th, and fifteen
persons lost their lives in the flames.
More than forty persons were more or less
seriously injured in trying to escape from
the burning building. Prof d. G.
Marsh of Yale, one of the greatest au-
thorites in geological research, died
March 18th. Prof. Marsh was Yale's |
most famous scholar and his reputation
was world wide. He was recognized as
the greatest living authority on vertebrate
animals.
WASHINGTON WHIsPER1NGs. An order |
has been issued by the war department in
creasing the age limit for enlistment from
81 to % years. The youngest age at |
which a man ran ha aplieta6 roo,,