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The Free Press Says Dr. Angell Had

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Day
30
Month
December
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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better pack his trunk and come home or the regents will forget he is president. This is not bad advice considering the fact that they forgot naming the audience room of the Woman's building after Mrs. Angelí, and rechristened it. We have no better proof that prosperity has come than the fact that 725 mortgages have been paid in the county since January 1. Many a farmer who began the year with his farm plastered and a debt hanging over his head, now feels that neis free. Calamity howlers may howl but people don't care so long as they know better. There is no difference of opinión as to the wisdom and humanity of President McKinley's appcal in behalf of starving Cubans, More than hal? the people of the island are in di9tress- are literally starving, The situation is so appalling that the Spanbh authorities in Cuba, helpless in this tragic culmination of plans inaugurated by General Weyler, have consented to practical intervention by the American people. There are no complications, no obstructions; there is no excuse for delay. A hundred thousand or more people in Cuba are starving. There is abundance in theUnitedS,tates,di8tantonlyaday's journey. The President asks the people of this country to send money and supplies to General Fitzhugh Lee, United States consul general at Havana. All articles torvvarded will be admitted duty free, and supplies will be distributed under the direction of General Lee and the relief committees in Havana. Chicago knows how much promptness in responding to such an appeal means to people in sore need. Let the board of trade, the clubs, the churches, act at once. A trainload of provisions should be started southward tonight. The President made his appeal on Christmas morning. Food in abundance should be In the hands of the starving Cubans

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