Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Me.)
June 4, 1898

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I'tsk i -n .::..|,.ianee on several pa '"■nts in Augusta and. while here, can l.e eonse!'"! fr. tn ;,nv ivrsoit atHietee Wlth Fills. Fee,,]1 ,,r any disease of the rectum. iir. Fisk r.-fers by permlssior twill give nanus when reem'est-ed) t" our Ot Augusta's lea.line merchants. to twe Augusta newspaper nu n :intl to peF-ntf I" nearly every eitv anil town in Maine nr. Fisk’s method'is easy and painless: no knife use i and no detention front work or business. Consultation free. Hotel North, Tues day A. it. hiuyn,su.L6imon,u',l;'tp WE LOSE A WARSHIP. American Collier Said to Have Been Sunk By a Tor pedo in Entrance to Santiago Harbor During Second Attack on the Forts Early Friday Morning by Commodore Schley s Fleet. Safely Passed First Line of Torpedoes, But Destroyed at Second, So Say the Spaniards. GENERAL WAR SITUATION. Wushitlgl’ n, June brief bull lin Piling nf Commodore fh heiy’s rn "!i !i*ii wish for. no matter how much he dt sires to go. Tt has l.. generally understood that the l‘r ddi-nt notified Governor I'owrs that Mail e's ipiota was men, but such is not the ease. Neither was] there any specified number at the tini of the first call. t that time the wir department notified the Cownior that j Maine's euota would he one regimen-, of infantry and one battery of heavy I artillery, and did not specify tin- mini-' tier tliat Maine was to furnish as 1272. t as was undi rstood at the time. Tlie order from the President, through Secretary of War It. A. Alg. r was re ceived on Saturday. May 2\ and r ad as follows: Washington, I). C„ May 2^. Hon. l.le-.vellyn powers, Governor of Maine. Augusta. Me.: It is estimated that about 2.‘!0 enlist ed men will be required to till to the maximum, the organization already in service from your state. It is desired to know liow far you will he abb* to furnish the above numh 'r. I!.v order of Commandcr-in-f'hief, Tt. A. .vLGKU, Secretary of War. Following this telegram there cami on.' from Adjunnt General Corbin, ex plaining that it was desired to recruit till' 1st Maine Volunteers to a maxi mum of 10G men to a company, thus requiring the 330 men. If this plan was carried out, competent Held officers woul I be sent lo Maine from the regi ment to opt n recruiting offices. Governor Powers was at Boothbay Harbor, where he gave the Memorial Day address, at the time of the tele gram's being received, so did not an swer them until Tuesday, when he sent the following to the war department: Augusta, Me., May 31. Hon. R. A. Alger. Secretary of War. Washington, L>. O.: 1 wish to fill Maine’s quota of the call for 73,000 troops, with a separate or ganization. i have so completely filled the last call in number, organization and equipment that 1 feel my request should be complied with. To recruit additional men for com panies now mustered, would lie attend ed with delay, and 1 do not think it could lie accomplished by detailing one or two recruitng officers, while new companies of 10G men or any number you require, I can raise at once to tli" required amount. IddlWKId.YX POWERS. Governor of Maine. Adjutant General Richards tele graphed to each of the senators and (Continued on page 5.) AT CHICKAMAUGA. Chickaniauga Park, June 3.—(Hpoo ial).--The little excitement caused i>\ the attest el Kul y, the colored man of the Portland company and his cem ratio, kynch is now till over. Iloth men were given a sdore Sch ley decid'd \o tost tin- batteries of Santiago de Cuba today to determine their 1 oi atioii and capacity. At 10 o'clock ho transferred his llag to tin* Massa» husotts and wont on hoard that ship. At 1.1." o'clock tin* Massachusetts as tin* flagship signalled tin Iowa and tin* .V w Mrl* ans to form lolumn and follow tin* lint-shin. A course dm* cast was stcer.-d until tin* ships wen* about 7000 yards from the short* and then, cir liny until tin y lead'd dm* west, they pass' d, starboard side * minutes for the fire. The Spaniards fired more than btii rounds, keeping1 up the fire when the ships were fully two miles out of their range. During’ the action r^mmodorc Sch Iry occupied a position near the* for ward l.'I-inch turret of the Massachu setts and watched tin* shells go whist ling by as the ships got in the lino of fire of the batteries, as unconcernedly as though in no danger from it. At o’clock the Commodore was back on board the Brooklyn. It is evidt nt that tho Spaniards liavo fortified Santiago very carefully and 'veil. There are a number of modern guns there, evidently of English or French make, and they use smokeless powder, which makes it difficult to lo eate them. It will take a heavy bom bardment to dislodge the batteries and the Spanish fleet. WHO WILL DISOBEY IT? Washington, Juno 3.—An order by .Major Con. Milos commanding the army, urging upon officers and privates thru the faithful observance of tho laws and regulations of tho military branch is essential to tho honor and efficiency of tho army was made pub lie, today. It bears date of Memorial day, May 30. THE IWEKRIVAC LOST. (Copyright, IMn cable dispatches lias been modified to the extent of al- i lowing commercial houses to send code messages to Venezuela and Krazil. The only restriction on these messages is that they shall not pass between Spanish officials. Small Sized Battle at Boston. I'-oslon, Jun. by The Associated Press.) Cape llaytien. Hayti, June 3.—3.15 P. 1 M.—The American fleet, according to advices received by cable from Santi ago ife Cuba, the cable being under Spanish control, opened fire again at I 3 o’clock, this morning (Friday) on the torts and warships. The cannonade was well sustained until 4 o’clock, A. I'nitcd States auxiliary “well arm 'd, attempted to force the passage in to the harbor. The Spanish allowed the cruiser to cross the first line of torpedoes but be lor she arrived at the second line they discharged at her a torpedo, which broke a great hole through her side and caused her t4 sink almost instantly, how lirst. The name of the vessel is not known, nor is tile number of victims reported, i >nc ulficvr, one engineer and six sail ors were made prisoners by the Span M. I birds. Twas The Collier IVIerrimac. Cape llaytien, June 3.—10.25 P. M.—A dispateh from Santiago says that the ves sel sunk is understood to be the Merri mac. Only tile extremities of her funnel I bid two masts are visible above tfie waters. The Santiago advir-s to Cape llaytien, *n referring to the sunken vessel as an auxiliary cruiser, probably mistook her ohnraeler. The Merrimae is a collier and always has been a collier. Confirmed at Port au Prince. (Copyright, ism. by The Associated Press.) Port Au Prince, Hayti. June 3.—3.30 1‘. .M. It is reported here, direct from Santiago do Cuba, that an American warship which forced the entrance to Santiago bay. today, was sunk by a torpedo. NEED MONEY? loan to $500 on Household Furnl v, ':‘an‘!s', Bicycles, Live Stock. Watches ami Jewelry. BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL. THE COLLATERAL LOAN COMPANY. Opp. Cony House, August* 8 dcc22,dtf MORE WET WEATHER. Hnnston, June X—Local forecast for Saturday: Continued cloudy weather: with occasional light rains and cool; northeast winds. Washington Forecast. Washington. June X—Forecast for Sat utday: Maine. New' Hampshire and Ver nmui: i imply weather, with showers near tile coast: brisk, northeasterly winds r,or Massachusetts. Rhode Island and t onneeticiit: Threatening weather, witti showers near the coast: brisk, northeast erly winds. For eastern New York: Part ij cloudy weather; northerly winds. Wccther Conditions and General Fcre;a:j. Washington. June X—The pressure eon t'liues hueh over the Cult of St. Lawrence md the Lake regions, and an area of high pressure covers the northern Rockv Mountain disln. ts. The pressure is low m ihe Mississippi vaney and the west iVi ai .r 'T' barometer has risen in tsl especially on the Rocky Mountain slope. The temperature has ris. n HI the Lake regions and fallen de cidedly on the middle Rocky Mountain S OI"'. Showers have occurred on the New England coast, in the lower Mississippi vaii.y and on the Rocky Mountain pla !1 hreatening weather will continue I" New England and the lower Mississippi alley. Showers and a falling tempera Mountain slope.16*1 f°r the middle Rock>' irm—u'w

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GENERAL WAR SITUATION. (Continued from page 1.) The principal objection was that the hoat could not be in regular commis sion and command of a naval officer. Besides, they contended that she had never been thoroughly tested. Now the boat’s owners pt-oixwe that a naval officer or officers be designated to go down in the Holland that she be com missioned. Notwithstanding the rather positive statement coming from Jamaica, that the second Spanish fleet from Cadiz has crossed the Atlantic and is about to join Cervera at Santiago, the offi cers of the navy department refuse to be frightened at what they declare to be a bugaboo. It appears that the basis of their con fidence is a telegraphic report of as late date as yesterday, declaring that the Cadiz fleet is still at Cadiz. Moreover, they know that there are not so many as 1G warships in that fleet. Capt. Sigsbee of the auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, reported at the navy deipar: ment, today, and had a conference with Acting Secretary Allen. Messrs. Thrall and Jones, the news paper correspondents imprisoned at Havana, and recently exchanged for Spanish officers, were* also at the navy department during the day. Acting Secretary Allen, late this af ternoon, appointed a court of inquiry to examine into the collision, May be tween the 1'nited States cruiser Colum bia and the British steamer Foscolia off Fire Island, which resulted in the loss of the latter vessel. The court will consist of Commodore W. 1’. McCann, retired, Capt. Ceo. \V. Sumner, Com mander C. If. Sperry and Lieut. Doug las Robinson, retired, as judge advo cate. It will meet at New York, next Monday. The navy department found it neces sary to explain the method it had em ployed of advancing on the naval list the captains of vessels engaged in tie battle of Manila. There appeared to lie a great inconsistency in the reconi-| mendation. Rapt. Frank Wildes of the, Boston, for instance, going up only lie numbers, while Commodore Wood of; the little Petrel, jumped ten. Admiral i Dewey, himself, went up only two nutu- j hers. The reason for tliis. according t th department officials is that a number in •the higher grade is worth much more than a number in the lower grade, so that what appears an inequality is. in fact, exact equality as near as calcu lation could make it. The advance of these officers on ten naval list has caused some very curious “skips,” such for instance, as in th cases of (’apt. Sigsbee, Oapt. Crowniu shield, and Cap-t. »t'N.-il of the ordnance bureau, who were all passed over. Naval oflicers, today, are giving out the impression that the general attack on Santiago is to bo deferred until tin- j troops arrive from Tampa. If this is so then nothing can be expected in the way of an. engagement for some time to come, for it was stated at the war de partment. today, that no troops huv. yet boarded tin* transports and several days iwll be required to make the pas sage from Tampa to Santiago. The attention of naval officers has been attracted to the positions in th harbor occupied by the Spanish flag ship Cristobal Colon and the hulk j Keina Mercedes. Lying in the narrow- j est part of the flannels, the ships, when in danger of capture, might be scuttled and thus absolutely prevent the entrance of the American ships. While this would also prevent the egress of the Spanish vessels it would tend to make the reduction of Santiag an extremely difficult task and one re quiring a long time for the Spanish ironclads lying in the harbor could counted upon to easily repel any at-| tack coining from the land side until j such time as the troops managed to se- cure the support of heavy artillery. The sudden app. a ram.. the cruiser Cincinnati at Hampton Loads is ex-! plained at the navy department by tlm statement that her boilers are to be r tubed A PARIS DELUSION. Sticking to OI. lying in wait. At intrivals tin* cruisers Minimapops. Yah* and iliirvard won* in tin* vioinity. stopping day or two and going away. A number of newspaper dispatch boats wi le sighted, sonu* of thom ohasod. om* w hioh did not pay attention to a blank shot filed for her to heave t was considerably soared by a solid shot striking the wat-r near hor ami cairn to time in a hurry. Several vessels won* sight(*d and ohasod olio of thorn brim; an Italian bark. Tin.* only prize taken was Iho llritish coal steamer Ibsloimel. sineo j arrived at Key West. Tho case was a most exciting one. It occurred on May 2f». ami wh' ii the Rest' ttuel was first sighted she was already near tin* liar- bor going at a 12 knot gait.paying no attention to the blank shots from the St. raul to heave to. The St. Paul put on all siioed to oateli her and only sue ood'*d in rounding up her prey by a shell win n within five miles off the forts. (’raising on close watch every day. nothing had b* n dis. '>vermnkf was sight, «1 on tin horizon. 'Pin St. Paul -i.trt.ed_ with all sji. d in t: i direction «>f it. to Inal out it it was nit the Spanish licet so long looked for. and th. ship made r.ady for act ion. Presently von st.Miners were made out. then n nearer appt aeh it was dis OVefed 111 il (’ommodele Scilley’s fleet approaching Santiago. As tin .nuance of the harhor was apple o iled at the big warship was seen for the lirst time lying acres> the harhor inside tin- en I ram o. ami tin* stern of another. They had apparently dropped down from an anchorage further insid*-. where they had not heeii seen on amjunt of the high hills in the vicinity and tin- winding entrance. Tii. y were lielieved to be tin- Spanish ’hristol.nl Colon and the cruiser Maria Theresa r Vizcaya. Two torpedo boat: crept outside tin entrance a short dis *;ince lmdi r niv. r of the forts, ami th«-n hurried b ek into the harbor, where no -puti*s. today. I.i.-ut. (hrt. t'orr. i, minister of war. in p!> to an inquiry as to whether a Span ish expedition woul.l 1** s wing. The eorrespomletit 1 of Th- Assoeialed Pr.-issidt tit r.ms. i vaiiv. s, warns tin- French press not to indulge! tin* ilia i«.n that Spain will pureiias.- the j assistance of Fram e against tin* Pithed 1 States hv any alliance implying Spain's assent to a cession of Ceuta ami M« 1 i 11 a and tin- development of French prepon derance in Morocco. AT KEY WEST. Spanish Prisoners Cadet Jones May Find Himself in Trouble. Key West, June I!.- On shipboard and ashore, today, interest has been en tiiely focussed on the movement in south Cuban waters. Apart front this outside interest, the day has been dull, anil featureless. One incident of the day was the for mal paroling of III:’, prisoners of war. captured and since Ijeld on the prize ships. ft was announced some time ago that this would he done and the necessary decrees was entered, today. The prisoners wore the passengers and crews of the ships taken and will be sent back to Spain probably next week on the Catalina and Miguuel Jover. two prize steamers released by the United States court. The parol of course does not apply to the military prisoners in Fort MePhereson. Atlanta. After a thorough investigation Judge Locke of the United States district court has filed a decision in the matter of tlie charges made by Cadet Need ham Jones of the flagship New York, through Knsign C’risty, the prize com mander of the Catalina, accusing the deputy marshals and commissioners in charge of the Spanish vessels of brutal ity to prisoners and the theft of silver ware and other articles of value from the prize ships. Judge Locke dismissed the case and now it is said that charges will be pre ferred against Cadet Jones, although it Is considered likely that the whole al'lair will he dropped. No News From Schley or Sampson. Washington, Jure t.-The navy depart ment, up to an early hour this morning, had received no additional advices from either Admiral Sampson or Commodore Schley. The department officials have no information concerning tin- engagement reported to have taken place at Santiago, yesterday. Official advices are not ex pected before tomorrow. ON LAND AND SEA. Bits of News Irom Our Gallant Soldiers and Sailors. The new Russian cruiser Sve tlana, of :1H2X tons displacement, has been ordered to the I'neitir. She has a spr r t a. batter;. Ai.it Mr. A-0oi org,. n -.eng If* N■ lb for- having the pl.-o x of the m. n lamb d th»*r* were tilled 1 y sailors and marines from 1 in* tut\ y uni. It. th* eours*- of th. e -binct mo. fitijr. Fi id.:y. A11 or11, v i b »e rul ivg xpia jm to tin in• nil" r.' ih. tin v. i i! prizes e.. i t on -1 t Fait. .1 Stall s vessels, which llUVe Ju ell eol!(1 e|Ji I! i I bv the mUlIt. rail h appropriateil u» tin- use oi‘ th- gov* in 111>• ijt witiioiii formality *.r any tl.-rn.- in volving ;nlv» rtis. mein ami sale. Milit.n v iii-1 civi. honors \v. r- a.-corded ill Lynn Mas 11 r e m f I r i v a t Herbert i*. Ciirnlunt of the city mi lit ami niilit ii bodies. Officers of the Herman man-of-w ir I ..ra atri\e-1 a! Mexico Pity. Thursd iv night. The tptain said the reason 1*. -li-1 not a 1 u f e the Amorii an li. «-t on! nt -ring Havana was because it is mu the rule among nations t*» sahib* when lie admiral's flair was not flying. N discourtesy was intended. Si nator Fairbanks ami Itepr. s-mat iv( La ndis and li. mimn w.i of I miia n.i. j .ailed on the President, Friday, and for in.li.v nr.a -1 tin appoint men: n. Lev. n or general ol Fit -id. nt Mt !\inh told ttieni In- had led Letn ral W .dlaet ’s i.arm nml. t eon imration fur a major g.-m ralship and might y* appoint him. Imp 1 i*l m»t t ..in tuit kina-ell. Fp to 11 oVle. k. th.- Ihvsi i»!ent had nv'iVrd no 11 is 11 eh t. r niita t ion. The Xu Hampshire Soldiers’ A 1 Association was formed at I'oneord. X. 1L. Friday. Pit) delegates being pres ent from all parts ve. n«»r Fcnge A. Ramsdell was chosen I pt csiilent. W illiam F. Thayer of Con eord. treasurer: and Misses IMith Far ter and Harriet Huntress of Concur l. se. r.-t.tries. The executive power was vested in a board of managers consist ing ef tit,, c.owrnor, his five council bus. the treasurer, the mayor of (’on eord. and It. S. Woods of Nashua. A vice president and several members *f an auxiliary council from each county were chosen and it was voted to add to Ibis auxiliary council the chairman of the board ol selectmen of every town, t lie commander of every (J. A. K. post and the' president »»f every Woman's Relief i'orps in the state. A RUSSIAN REVERSE. Turkestan Natives Attack Post at Andijan Russian Less Is Heavy. St. Petersburg, Juno ".—A sensation has been created in oflieiai circles lioro by tli,. nows nf an unexpected attack liv MOfl na tlvos oil a Russian post, garrisoned by titHi infantry, at (he town of Amlijan. pro vince of Ferghana. Turkestan. It is saiil 'bat 20 of toe soldiers were killed and that is others were wounded. No such reverse to tln> Russian arms has occurred in Cen tral Asia for many years. Maine Inter-Denominational Convention. Lewiston, Me., June 3.—The Inter Penominational Commission of Maine held its annual convention at Auburn, today, and elected the following ofli cers: President, T. PeWitt Hyde, Brunswick; secretary and treasurer. Rev. A. T. Putin, It. P., Walcrville executive committee, Prof. A. W. An thony, Lewiston; Rev. I. W. Webster. West Hampden; Rev. J. M. Frost. Ban gor. SAD BLOW TO BROWNVILLE. J. Lewis Son's Shoe Peg Factory Destroyed by Fire. Thursday Night. Brownvilie, Me., June 3.- (Special). The shoe peg and shank factory of .1. Lewis Son, at the end of tire bridge Iresides the tracks of tile Ham;or Aroostook Kairoad, were burned to the ground, Thursday night. The lire caught over tile boiler and was first seen by riie witch man, at 11.4 r., who gave the alarm. The blaze was communicated to the bridge and only by hard labor with buckets was it saved from destruction. The barber shop across the street, owned by John l-’oulkos was destroyed. .Mr. Lewis will not give any estimate on the loss but some of the townspeo ple and employes of the mill set it as high as $20,(MM) and $30,000. The insur ance was for $3000. The remaining stock v.ill be cut by one or two machines which will be set up, but the factory will not be re built, much to the sorrow of the people of Brownville, as it is the only real industry of the place. It is a branch of the J. B. Lewis A Son's Idg mill at Truro, N. S. I luring the fire Nelson Smith was relieved of his pocket book containing $50 or $00 and several mileage books. It was afterward found, empty. A number of hoboes were seen in the vicinity while the fire was in progress. The Bangor X Aroostook travel was delayed for sometime and several tele graph poles were detstroyeil. An en gine was sent from Milo Junction to assist the Brownville firemen. In tile excitement at the begning of the fire the suction hose of the fire en ::ine was put into the river without a strainer and the pumps were filled with gravel necessitating a stop for half an hour while they were cleared out. HAS SUSPICIOUS LOOKS. Indications of Accident or Murder Over On fhe Androscoggin. Livermore Falls. Me., June 3.—About four weeks ago several French Cana dians employed in driving logs down i the river to Chrisholm's mills, claimed they saw the body of a man passing I under a boom m ar a sotting gap. but j the foreman of the crew did not credit tin* story. A few days later some of tie* men found a nearly new derb> hat and Hubsciiuently tin extension ease was found containing clothing. Although there are suspicions that it may lie a ease of foul plait, it is til-rally believed it is one of suicide created Viscount Hawarden. Large portions of the old royal castle in Berlin are to he remodeled to make it habitable. The Emperor's desire is to he able to offer a comfortable abode to his guests on great festival occa sions. who have previously been quar tered in various Berlin hotels at great expense to the imperial exchequer. BASE BALL. -1— National League Games. AT NICW YORK. 'Pin- lirot/klyrt;! xcored two runs in the fir.Ml, ami they proved cmoukIi to win. itouuhue wa« put out for kicking. 2 i r, t; 7 H u h.h.b Itrookiyn, 2 0 u 0 0 11 0 11 2 Chlciigo, 0 11 0 ip i) 11 h li>—17_o ifatteries t Jett Ik, If us ie anil Warner; ltamtnan, Hawley anti VaUKiin. AT P1I1LAUKRPHIA. Pittsburg easily ilefeateil the Phillies. Tin- Quakers were weak at ttie hat and their lidding was ragged. Attendance 3103. 1 2 3 4 a 6 7 H U H.II.E. Pittsburg, 0 10 2 0 2 3 0 0 s 12 j Phila'phia, 0 0 0 3 0 0 I 0 O 4 5—5 I i;« ft land Boston New York Baltirnor. Pittsburg Chicago Philadelphia Brooklyn _ Louisvilh- Washington Si. Louis Won. 24 IS 20 lv 16 14 13 12 11 Lost. 10 13 14 la 14 If# 20 is 20 20 Played. 38 .'is 33 30 34 34 4*» Per Cent .73ft .658 .632 ..1.% .576 .513 .474 .471 .413 .325 .324 ,297 New England League. All N'.-w Kngluml K.imes were prevented by rain. Other Games. At lb .i• 1 iriir ib *»15« a:. S: Allentown. 1 At Ibin o!, Paterson. 3: Lam-aster, 0. At Buffalo Syracuse 7; Buffalo, At Norfolk Richmond, 2; Norfolk, 1. At Hartford Hartford, Newark, 2. At Princeton—Andover. Princeton Fr. shm.n. 2. At lto. lu-strr- Wilkesbarre. s; Roches ter, 3. At Toronto-Toronto, Springfield. 3. At Montreal Montreal. 0: Providence, 7. Base Ball Notes. Herald: Fall River, with over lnO.1**1 in ha bit a n t s. shoo hi support i tlrst-class team like the uru Manager John Smith is now in charge of, and the clKine s are it will. Washington commenced its home sea son with a decided rush in taking four straight games from St. Louis. Washing ton is .mewing decidedly better form than it an\ time this season. Tile New Bedford Standard says that the eiir.tintranee of base ball in that city depends upon the support the elub re ivi s. tin next six w« ks. There have be'e;tr-oItl chest nut colt Bridegroom II. won the Carlton Maiden plate of ltd sovereigns. Mr. 'r tier's t-yeor-old hrown colt King Crow, hv Crow lit try. out of Queen of Hearts, won the Manchester cup of ‘-'000 sover eigns. The body of a man. who front a letter of recommendation found In his cloth ing, is supposed to have been E. A. Scanlon, a barber of Worcester, "as found on the New Haven railroad tracks, east of Fort Hill station. Bos ton. Friday morning. He was appa rently about Hft years of age. The voting in Victoria and Tasmania lias resulted in the adoption of the fed eration bill. The result in New South Wales is doubtful. Eight million pounds are computed to change hands in England yearly through betting on races. PILES RU0YS PILE is guaranteed to cur surgical operation retiuircd Try it an.! relief your sufferings. Send for list of testi monials and free sample. Only 50 cts. a l>o*. **or by druggists, or sent l-y mail on receipt of price. MARTIN RUDY, Keg, rtoiaacist, Laacasier.Pi.

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Daklv Rennebec Journal. [vraTERMS: S7.C0 PER YEAR. Ho notice whatever will be taken of unsigned communications. The Joornnl cannot be lielal respnn ■Ible for the preservation or return of rejected communications. Address all communication* relating to subscriptions and advertisements to BURLEIGH FLYNT, Publishers, Au fo will keep this nation in the right course. It is pointed out that when the new volunteers are all enrolled the I'nited States army of 27s,.TtW men will b larger than the present Mritish army on both home and foreign service of 220,(MOT. And yet with these 220,000 sol diers liritain manages to make her drum-beat circle the world. These words in President McKinley's letter to the Gettysburg Memorial Committee are worth ‘remembering. The living principles of undertakings worthily aecomplished for an unsel fish purpose abide forever, and guide us lo a nobler destiny and still greatei achievements us a nation." The declination of Senator Sewall of New Jersey to serve as a major gen eral is followed by the nomination for this rank of ex-Senalor llntl.-i- of South Carolina. The croakers cannot say that President McKinley bus the least regard for sectional or political lines in making his high military appoint ments. Pennsylvania polities are about as interesting now as anything this side of Santiago. The crudest snub from fate that the volunteers have yet experienced is the outbreak of measles in Camp Alger. Any other disease might have been heroically borne as part of the sacritle made for one's country, but what sol dier could maintain dignity or made a show of patriotic display with the measles? t The l’.owdoin graduates residing in Augusta and vicinity should not fail to accept the invitation of ex-Senator J. W. Bradbury to moot at his house next Monday at 5 P. M., to organize an alumni association for this section. There arc about 25 graduates of the college in this city alone. They will do well to emulate the example of t'lw oldest living graduate in his loyalty to his college. It is pleasant to hear that the Geor gia hoys in blue whipped the Michigan hoys in blue in a private seutile for singing the old sour-apple-trce Civil War ditty. The lack of taste shown in singing "Marching Through Georgia" was bad enough in the hearing of Georgians, hut when it came to the musical hanging of their dead leader of the Lost Cause, no wonder those At lanta Yankees wouldn't stand it. Don't stir up the embers that way. hoys. When the censorship of the telegraph becomes so strict that an expedition, with hundreds of men and great sup plies of arms and ammunition for the insurgents, which leaves Tampa on May 21. is not reported until -May 31, and is then said to have landed its forces simultaneously at places TOO or soO miles apart, there does not seem to lie much danger that the Spanish will profit to any great extent by the in formation published. But if it were not for the censorship they would know ail about it as soon as the Amer ican people would, and probably soon er. i The women of America arc doing noble work in the present war. The patient, inconspicuous work of the great multitude who prepare “comfort bags.” and similar humble and useful things for the men i:i the field, and bandages, delicacies and similar aids for those in hospitals, can only be praised in general terms, but every now and then one of them does some thing so conspicuous that it attracts attention by its very magnitude. Such is the act of Mrs. L. V.. Loiter of Chica go, in buying a large hotel in Florida and presenting it to tile (iovernment for a hospital. Many a man rescued from death by her charity will bless her name hereafter. The fact that European opinion has come to the conclusion that it is not wise to antagonize the Euited States is most eloquently testified to by the Madrid Liberal. The paper may not be the best authority on the state of affairs on this side of the water, but when it laments tlicit the European pa pers that were at first full of sympathy and encouragement to Spain, "the French press particularly,'' are now either silent or favorable to the I'nited States, it knows whereof it speaks, it is beginning to dawn »n the Spanish mind tliat the forces against Spain are too strong to be withstood, although the Spanish mind will never rise to a full comprehension of the real causes of its country's downfall. American manufacturers of electri cal machinery liave sought anil ob tained a concession to provide $l,O0u,(iO0 worth of their products for the Paris Imposition. They were not deterred from this action hy any consideration of alleged hostility between Fram e and the I'nited Statcs;thcy had no thought of boycotting the exposition in revenge for fancied slights or assumed hostility on the part of France. They were there for business, and they went on the principle that whatever favor tln-iv might he in connection with their dis play would he given by the exposition management to them, and not by them to the exposition. This is the proper view to take. It is a world's fair, not any particular country's, and the cus tomers will pome from all parts of the world, not merely from France. Manu facturers who have goods to sell wish to display them there because of the J people who will come there to buy, i w ithout regard to their nationality,and the same rule holds good as l" our government's part in the display. It wishes to advertise this country, its re sources and its wares, and the more effectually it does so. the more profit may be expected from the resulting in crease of business. The argument is plain: it lias been repeated often, and it is familiar. Congress should not ad journ without making provision for a liberal display of American enterprise in connection with the Paris exposi tion. For ten years, every military com pany in Germany lias Included its pack ef dogs, which are in charge of a petty "llieer, who is excused from all duties in tlie afternoon that he may train the aniriYTils for their work. The short haired German pointer, poodle and shepherd .logs are employed, and they are taught to carry messages or am munition, hunt up the dead and give signals. A Comparison Pleasing to Maine. In speaking of the necessary delay in getting the great volunteer army ready for the active service of war and the reasons why the Southern quotas were not ready so promptly as those from the northern states, the Boston Transcript has an editorial utterance that draws a comparison very pleasing to Maine, which is so proud of the splendid regiment now representing it at Chickamauga. From such a reliable and conservative source the compli ment is of high value in showing us as others see us. We quote freely from the article. on one day recently there entered tile Chickamauga camp three regi ments of volunteers, one from Maine, one from Arkansas, and one from Mississippi and their conditions illus trated tlie capacity of their respective states for organization and tile status of their ante Indium militia. The first Maine Infantry marched in nearly 11 strong, three solid well set up bat talions, completely uniformed and. equipped. Not a gaiter button was missing. lively man carried tiO rounds of ammunition, and the regiment brought with it all the tents necessary and ten days' rations. It had a baud organized on the army basis, and a hospital corps. All its field and staff were mounted. The regiment left the train which had brought it from Maine, marched at once to the place selected for its camp, pitched its tents and set tled down to business like regulars. Its surgeon reported a (dean bill of health. The 1st Maine Infantry was formed by recruiting the 1st Maine Militia Kegi ment up to the war footing at. Augusta, where it was in i amp until Friday last. The recruits were judiciously dis tributed among the existing companies, and four weeks’ drilling and setting up made the regiment homogeneous. The did Arkansas Volunteers, which entered camp in company with the 1st I Maine, was in marked contrast with it in every respect. The governor of Arkansas, taking time by the forelock, began to raise this regiment in March, judging correctly enough that war with Spain was inevitable. Yet it readied Chickamauga this week only partly armed, partly uniformed, with a band, but without sufficient tents to shelter more than half its men. The material of which the regiment is composed is excellent, but it will take weeks to lick is into shape for service in the fi d 1. The Mississippi regiment was. lik that from Maine, formed on a mili'.i tv giment. but the resemblance ende i here; for it came into camp without arms of any kind. It had to leave its rilli s in Mississippi to in" us.-d in drill ing another regiment now being raised. The state had not at (lie opening of the war modern equipments sutlh i■ nt for putting two regiments in the field. A study of tin1 militia data of th three states mentioned is instructive. Maine had an organized militia force of ltttiT officers and men out of 104,:i"7 males liable to military service, Jan. I. Isas. Arkansas with i'Ua.tlhT males liable to military service had an organiz 'd force of but IMS officers and men. Mississippi made as bad a showing, for her national guard actually in service numbered hut l?on effectives out of 23SJttNt liable to service. There were great differences in the personnel of the three forces and in their organiza tion as well. Tin Maine militia were pronounced recently by an officer of th regular army as physically the hand somest body of men he had ever sc n tinder arms. Fine physique and intelli gence were seen throughout the organ ization. Maine divided her militia into two compact infantry regiments capable of expansion to th war foot ing with little trouble. Kansas and Mississippi had all three arms of the service in their slender militia, organiz ations, with the result that no one j was strong enough to be more than a nucleus. The majority of the men in their regiments today are just so much raw material. That Southerners make soldiers nobody will deny, but save in Virginia there is little aptitude for or ganization in the South. Consequently the Southern states take more time than those of the North in organizing their military resources. The governor of South Carolina sent a message to the President that -00,000 South C.aro linans were ready to meet the Span iards should the latter he armed with such potent weapons as buzz saws: yet his state is conspicuously back ward iu filling its quota. Its people be yond question are enthusiastic and loyal, but they prefer to light in tin irregular way, like so many forayers, to submitting themselves to discipline and organization. All the advantages the Southern troops possess in the way of acclimatization are more than offset by their unreadiness for immediate An important musical discovery is reported from Vienna in the shape of manuscript compositions by Schubert and Beethoven, which have come to light in the archives of the Peter skirche. Til esc consist of nine songs, a complete mass, a fantasia for four hands and a rondo, all in good condi tion, l>y Schubert, and a choral work, with full orchestral parts, by Beetho ven. The manuscripts will lie trans ferred to one of tile public collections in Vienna. In Chinese bonks the usual appella tions for foreigners are queitze (devil), yang queitze (foreign devil), fan queitze (barbarian devil), fan zei (bar barian dog), and la li lung (robber). Maine’s Second Quota. Now that tlu> 125,000 men called for by President McKinley In his llrst call for volunteers are all mustered Into the service of the United States, the wai department is perfecting its plans for tin enlistment and mustering of the 75,000 volunteers required under the second call. Maine, and especially the boys of the lid Regiment of our Na tional Guard, had hoped that under the second call the 2d Regiment would be given the coveted opportunity of fol lowing the 1st into active service. Gov ernor Powers and Adjutant General Richards have corresponded with the Washington authorities begging that Maine might furnish a full regiment under this call, but their efforts have been in vain and the 2d Regiment ineets with disappointment. It was first announced that Maine’s quota would be 7t;11 w.i rn fiownum Pat tow r’o; ship. >nly a i>r«i\ man -’♦..dfa-t grip To hear t In u a; l in la-a ns r* hah di**or.. tr ail .-halt fail. O halt 1*.-Jla.; of Ours. 0 lUP ous flay t1 i.HV. uphold*^. Spr* ad fr**> doin h thy silk* n folds. And Troth it.*! .To i if IV; r ftonnutt’s niMliny. Thu lo pul.lioans of old Kennebec will hold their minty «'.»nvi*nii«»n at An gusta. m \t Tuesday. The s.»da fountain nu n think that a hot wavo might appropriately lit in about this time. It. is fnar.-d that tin* mount rain will nearly spoil tin* turnpiking that has been done this spring mi the country roads. Because Cu]. Kendall lias been mail'' brigade commander many have sun posed that hf was promoted to briga dier general and newspaper headline.? have so announced it. Hut as a mat ter of fart he is still in command of his regiment and will so continue though acting as the head of the brigade. When the tun Maine National Guard reginn tits were in ramp at August t. last August and again last month. Col. Kendall was camp commander, or brigade eomnutuder if you -wish, of the two regiments, lie was not a brigadier general, however, and is not one now. His appointment as brigade command er is. nevertheless, a great honor, and all Maine hopes it is the first step to ward an appointment as brigadier gen eral. The assurance from Washington that Gen. ('has. 1’. Mattocks of Portland, will be appointed a brigadier general of volunteers is extremely pleasing to all Maine people. Gen Mattocks is a Vet eran of the Civil War. who lias sin e worn with grace and dignity in public and private life the laurels won on the battlefield. He is a Bowdoin College graduate, an enterprising business man, and one of Maine’s most popular and eminent citizens. The Village Improvement Society of a Maine town had an interesting sub ject for discussion at a recent meet ing. There was trouble, in progress over the place where the graduating i xereises of the high school should he held, there being a division of forces, some wishing it held in one church and some in another. As the teacher was in favor of the church that had the least number of members in the so (dety the society discussed the fact that the teacher had never in his stay in town, visited their church, though they knew that he was a member of the other one. The Old Orchard pier will be opened July 2. There is no doubt that it will liavo been completed by that time. In fact, the pier proper is pretty nearly done already. The opening of the pter to the public will be made one of the biggest occasions in old Orchard's his tory and should give the season an early boom. There will be yacht races in the afternoon, fireworks in lie- eve ning, and other attractions which will draw people to the pier. The running of a telephone cable to connect I he islands with Portland is now being agitated. Seth J. OarrabPe, Ksq., lias received a letter from inter ested parties who inquire in regard to Securing rights, but is not able to say tlint the matter has taken definite shape as yet. It is certain that no single improvement would make much for the convenience and comfort of tile summer sojourners in the har bor as the proposed inter-island tele phone, or tend more to increase th'-ir number, as its establishment would re move the only objection by quite a numerous class of would-be residents. i The Oxford County Advertiser ihus explains how Thompson pond got its I name: A man named Thompson, who I settled near it southern extremity, on j a part of the Phillips gore, afterward Thompson Pond plantation, was griev ously troubled with rats, coming in large numbers and uptimes nearly de stroying his entire crops. At last he trapped a large number in an empty hogstn-ad and drove them through the bung into a strong leathern bag, which he securely fastened. Thirsting for re venge. he plac'd the bag in a boat and arming liimself with a stout cudgel,] thought to have a good time killing them at his leisure after rowing a goo i distance from land. Put alas! he soon] found his mistake. As soon as re-] leased they attacked him. tooth and nail, biting and lacerating his fan- an 1 bauds in a most horrible manner, ubiig- 1 ing him to leap from the boat ami pud- die for life, leaving them in possession f the boat which drifted away an l j a i not r-ee\*.•:*»• 1 for a long tim*. Put the remainder of the rats not sent ofT in tin- boat departed in a body and never troubled him afterwards. Bid >n St. vent? in the Port land Ex-. “Mi i- M. N. Stevens, the eminent r^fnimer, one of the busiest w- i;.- n in this busy world, usually too j -r 1 h.-ad. with saucy bright ribbons tlgc •bit.I defiantly on the brim. She wa tiiiieii i-.itu ’-Mi1'1] over the consumma ti -n of some business arrangement, an i as she flitted rapidly in and out arnone li many groups of j.pie, she at tra. *,*-d tins:-!, rable attention. Fe .v great minds become so pre-occupied as to sivr ir eternal enmity to fashion." Washington Post: Senator Frye has! s ene information about the Baltimore *v 1 >hio Railroad, gathered from an i-s i:ing chase. Saturday evening, for a ttain bearing the volunteers from the) S'ate of Maine. It was the intention "f the entire Maine delegation to visit j th- Maine soldier lads and give them a In-arty greeting on their arrival in Washington. As tin- train did not run on schedule time, one could not t dl I tile exact hour of arrival, and tile re-i suit was that only Speaker (toed at.! Representatives Rout.dir and Burleigh! w.-re present to give the boys a send-..ft f"t' 'hie k.imauga. A telegram to Sen ator Hale was detained at tile Capitol, j and Representative Dinghy was un-j aide reach tile train in seas.in. S.-nator I Frye went to the depot about 11 j o'clock, and was told that the train would not come to the depot, but would j be transferred to the ••y," out neat j New Y ork avenue. This was a nee. locality to the Senator. But he lioarded the n--\t Kekington ear in great haste. "Rut me down tit the 'V.'" said the j S.-nator, breathlessly. The conductor j nodded and the ear moved on. Th- i ay, apparently. w as a bins one, but site senator watched for some signal j from the conductor. The great build ings of tile Catholic i'niversity cattle t view, and the senator began to have i some curiosity about ids journey. "Where is the 'Y?'" he asked. The! conductor pointed back towards i Washington. What the senator said is] not tecorded. but h- took the mxt cari back towards th city, with specific in structions to the conductor to let him off at the "V." When New York avenue was reached the senator alighted, with as much haste as he ha 1 hoarded the first ear out, and almost ran over the great form of the speaker. The rear lights of the Maine train were disappearing in the distance, and the iiiiis were echoing the cheers of the volunteers for the rulci of the House and his two colleagues. VOICES OF THE PRESS. Third-Rate Show. i Indianapolis Journal.) Zola is lioinp; tried again, but ho will not sin reed in getting a big American audience tills time. He goes into the background along with the Klondike, base ball. Kid McCoy and other erst while attractions. Horace Greeley Out of Date. (Florida Times-Union.) The changing phases of American lit j cannot lie better illustrated than by the fact that the young man who first i went West and then South will soon go Fast and stop at the Philippines. Should Stand by Their Guns. (Omaha Hoe.) Washington dispatches report that some members of Congress are dialling under the restraint put upon Congress by reason of the war. and members of the lower House especially are anxious to get away from the National Capita!. Hut they ought to bear with an en forced stay in Washington quite as cheerfully as the boys of the army of volunteers look forward to a summer in Cuba or the Philippines. It is just as essential that Congress does its duty as that the men under arms stand firm for the right. The Obstinate Rural Mind. (Baltimore American.) The movement for good roads is like many other things in this world, obsti nately opposed bjr the Very ones to whom its accomplishment as a fact would do the most good. In a genuine reform such as this the crusade is long ALWAYS KEEP ON HAND Jam-Killer] 2 THERE !S NO KIND OF PAIN ONI ,ACHE, internal or external, THAT PAIN-KILLER WILL NOT RE LIEVE. LOOK OUT FOR IMITATIONS AND SUB- 1 STITUTES. THE GENUINE BOTTLE 1 BEARS THE NAME, PERRY DAVIS A. SON. RRil arduous, and disheartening to any 'nit the most determined advocates. The wheelmen have done good mission l ary work, hut apparently they have not convinced the rural mind that the ad vantages they are contending for would hId Party (to sobbing urchin) My little lad, y >u shouldn’t cry that way. rrobin—'What other way kin I cry? IViore Woes for the Hub. (New York Press.) Here is mm- trouble for our bean-fed army. A f’.erman doctor has dis •ver. -1 tilt i is a “bean fever," similar in its effects to hay fever. It Looks Plausible. (Columbus Press-Post.) There are many women’s bicycle suits which would be handsomer if they were less attractive. Our Boys. I you remember, jpomrades, How 1"! anti long ag\). \‘t HI! Caruimr saw her sons arise, Tak- 11, tiit ir arms and so? Ti 1»11-i. .-ailed ••Assembly!” r\ W. answ. r» d on th;:r s\vt t n. arts clu«r* d is as we went, The Toys of Sixty-ora I he years have Kon*-, and come, and gone: The bugle sounds again; Our h'-aris main answer as of old. I he hearts of loyal men. W“ m;i\ not march with them afield, 'i’hrough wind and rain and sun, hail til- Il.iysof Ninety-eight, 1 ’.o\ s of Sixty-one! ile l• i: 11• t steps before his son. Tin- rill.- in his hand; And Thus." he says; a di. thus, and t hits. 1 h* anke>- soldiers stand, I he Hag erhead. the drums before,— J'-'-1 front! good-bye. my son! Iv.is thus. Hoys of in.-t >-eight, m nebed in Sixty-on* marelied: and some am.- back no more; r Wi- k.-ep their feast today. I heir wreaths of green nr>‘ fresh and SWeet. Their spring-tide flowers are gay. \'v '•.St th* in ever fair and young, W gr. -t them, oil*- by one; f-.'.’k! !hn-\ i i I'.oys of Ninety-eight. W. stood, in Sixty-one! 1 he vj.-don fades; the lads have seen; I’.aptiz. d to manhood lit>w. 1 fIi,l tie y wait tiieir Country's call. With bright and steadfast brew. A nd v.. t;.k>- up our task an.*w. lie task that ne'er is done. Fur men must work in Ninety-eight, As then in Sixty-one. l’.ut h t all toil 1>. lightened now V. i‘!>. high and holy thought! !e love and faith and purpose firm Into a eh task be wrought. Tie ake ar.- black with storm and wreck That^ veil rb, peaceful sun; lb.-.y tor tin- Hoys of Ninety-eight, o Hoys of Sixty-one! (>ur Hod. in whose almightv hand The nations lie like dust. 1'.- with our Sons, be- with our Land, As w«- in Thee shall trust! Strengthen cur hearts, confirm our faith, And still, till life be done. S;ill bless the Hoys of Ninety-eight, The Hoys of Sixty-one! —Laura E. Richards. They begin to soothe and absorb the pain and soreness the moment you ap ply one. Hop Plasters. The oure is per manent and pleasing. Your medicine dealer will supply you. Railroads and Steamboats, To Alaska GOLDFIELDS Seattle to St. Michael t>v now Empire Line 3.700-ton steamers Ohio, Pennsylvania. Indiana, Conemaugh. Specially fitted with Steam Heat. Elec trio Lights, and all modern improve ments. Appointed to sail about June 15, 22, 29; July 13, 20. 27. These large Ocean Steamers so well known in the Transatlantic business in connection with our own fleet of IS new vessels for the Yukon Kiver traffic fur nish by far the best route to Dawson City and all other Yukon River points. “ALL WATER ROUTES.” Remember that this line enables pas senders to ream the heart of the Gold Fields without enduring the hardships, exposure, severe toil and danger to lif® and property encountered on the Overland routes. Apply Empire Transportation Co., <107 First Ave., Seattle. Wash. Or to International Nav. Co., fi Howling Green, New York; SO State St., Boston. BOOTHBAY. Sunday. Tuesday. Friday. Steamer Gardiner will run *11 the I hm,Is every day to Bath leaving at A. M. inayffi.dtf

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