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The times., 1898-08-14
THE COAST SIGNAL SERVICE.
The Emergency Feature of 1t Has
Reen Abandoned

Orders have been issued to abandon the
emergency coast signal service. and its
volunteers are being mustered out. The
expense of maintaining the service has
been heavy. and since there is no further
necessity for more than the regular peace
time coast equipment. the department
was prompt to take action in the matter.
The following letter from Lieut.. J. w.
Bostack, commanding the Seventh Dis
trict Coast Signal Service. was received
by one of Gen. Greely's lieutenants yes
terday.
THE enlisted men connected with this
district have requested me 10 convey to
you their grateful acknowledgment of the
very conSiderate treatment they have re-
ceived from the coast signal service. They
have suffered none of the discomforts
and hardships which have been the lot
of other volunteers. While their duties
have been exacting and tedious with con-
siderable exposure to the weather thrown
in, they have been well housed, well
clothed. and well fed. They leave the
service with regret
This station has been of the greatest
value to me during the last few months
and l would urgently recommend to the
department that it be kept open perma-
nently.
Reporting of ships passing in Cape
| Henry is of great value to me- as it
enables me 10 anticipate work by a
number of hours, as well as the prepara-
tion of stores for delivery to vessels in
Hampton Roads, also enabling me when
coal is required for delivery there TO send
it down so that there is little or no delay
in coaling ships in Hampton Roads, thus
| expediting the public business.
''The telegraph operators attached to
the coast signal headquarters at this
yard have also been of most invaluable
! service to me after the regular office
hours at night. In my opinion my office
should be kept open at night and day,
and if the department can see its way
clear TO transfer for duty in this office
/ two of the operators now employed in
the signal headquarters, l will be able tC
so arrange ii that my office, so far as the
| receipt and dispatch of kilograms is con-
cerned, will be open continuously.
''Our stations are of great value to the
neighboring forts, as having men on duty
! day and night they are able to notify
! the forts whenever vessels approach the
mine fields, or whenever anything uncom-
mon is noticed. Capt. Patterson, of Fort
| Morgan. tells me that our men are of the
| greatest value to him, and without them
he would not be able to guard the mine
fields The mines to be laid in South
Pass will be entirely depended on fol
| Port Eads Station"
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GALLOWS FOR KAISER.
Difficulty in Procuring the instru-
mcnt of Death

Norristown. Aug. 13.-Sheriff Charles
Johnson is in a quandary as to what 10
do in reference to securing a galiows
upon which TO hang Charles o. Kaiser
the convicted wife murderer. Heretofore
the county has borrowed rne scaffo.d in
Moyamensing prison upon which to hang
its murderers.
Thursday the sheriff visited the Phila-
da.phia county jail with view TO max
ing arrangements for the loan Of the
scaffold. but he was informed that It
would not be loaned TO any one in the
future. An effort will probably be made
TO borrow one from the Mauch Chunk
authorities.
Contrary to statements made IN one OF
the philadelphia journals Thursday that
Kaiser IS happy and ready TO burst into
laughter at any moment the murderer IS
decidedly gloomy He realizes that there
is but a faint hope of escaping the gal
lows and as the time for his hanging
grows shorter he becomes weaker.
One of the watch set upon the doomed
man stated today that he would be great
Iy surprised II Kaiser did not collapse
before going upon the scaffoid. The
hanging has been set by Governor Hast
ings for September s, between the hours
of 10 and T. and Sheriff Johnson has be-
gun making preparations. He has not yet
appointed his death jury.
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SHOCKED BY ELECTRICITY
A Mans Straggfe With ali Electric
Light Conductor

Pittsburg. Pa, Aug 13.-During a Sc
we're storm yesterday afternoon. William
Condin. residing near Point Breeze. ran
across Penn Avenue. at the corner of
Lang Avenue, to secure shelter. An cleo
tric light wire broken by the force of the
wind and rain, fell from overhead and
coiled itself round his body as though il
had life Condin fell to the pavement as
if shot and began to struggle as though
with the pangs of death.
Horrifed people gazed upon him with
out knowing what to do. and fearful of
touching lest they receive the awful
shock of the electric fluid. Firemen at
No. Is Engine house telephoned and had
the power shut off. Condin's struggles
for freedom had coiied one section of
wire round his body so tightly that 1t
had to be cut to release him. Condin
was frightfully burned and may not re-
cover Doctors do not know how he es-
capped instant death.
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EDMUNDS AND OLNEY.
Much Opposition to Their Going on
the Peace Commission.

IA very vigorous opposition has develop
ed to the appointment of at least two
men who have been, looked upon as pos
sible peace commissioners. They are ex-
Senator Edmunds of Vermont and ex-
Secretary of State olney of Massachu-
setts.
Neither of these gentlemen is regarded
as eligible by those who oppose them
Both. it will be remembered, were OPP
posed to the war, and both are said to
be interested, either directly or as at
torneys, in the Spanish debt, contracted
in an effort to maintain Iberian sover-
eighty in the Antilles
Mr.. Edmunds. it will be remembered,
called on the President only q tew rs
before this country was Gekaaliy q 81 ar
With spain and he report is that he
was most urgent in Lis arguments nat
America had DO easus beil.
Whomsoever the conlmissiouers re,
here IS reason - belisve chat they viii
aH be DRAW the ranks OF those wno
look lpor as fnzt one. and
Of course peeted thai they win
have into ed. directly or indf-
1 reotIy, b i debt.
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Ii MADE THE COMPACT.
He Promised Russia That China
Would Act With Her.

Shanghai. Aug. 1S.-The North China
Gazette asserts that Lii Hung Chang,
when in ST. Petersburg. upon the occa-
sion of his visit TO Russia to attend the
ceremonies of the coronation of the Czar,
promised the Russian government that
China would place the imperial customs
under the control of Russia
According TO this authority. Ii Hung
Chang is also said to be in favor of the
suppression of Sir Robert Hart, the
British director of Chinese customs, by
NJ. Pavioff, the Russian representative at
Pekin.
The emperor has issued some striking
DEGREES. ordering the viceroys and gen.
erals 10 act in concert in the formula
tion Of measures for the formation of a
new Chinese navy under foreign instruct
ors
His majesty has also decreed the aban-
donment Of the time-honored Chinese
ideas and ordered the viceroys and other
authorities to encourage the development
of the country upon European lines.
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Not n Question of Seniority

Boston, Aug. 19.-When asked why
Sampson was jumped over the heads of
all the rear admfrais and commodores.
and placed in command of the North
Atlantic squadron, Secretary Long said:
.It is not seniority that controls selec-
ton in times of war. If il did,I should
not wish to take the responsibility of
being Secretary of the Navy The ques-
tfon at such times is who. under all cir
cumstances is regarded as the ii
man for the work. For example, Adj
miral Dewey was appointed to the COM
mand of the Asiatic squadron last De
cember. when clouds were gathering, al
though there were a dozen officers his
senior, one or two of whom desired that
place. And yet l have never heard any
one say that there was any injustice
done. or any mistake made in that selec-
tion''
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MUSIC IN TEE WHITE HOUSE
First Merry Gathering since the
Maine Disaster

For the first time since the Maine disas-
ter there were sounds or music and mer-
ry-making in the White House last night.
The President and Mrs. Mckinley had
invited a few of their young friends to
the afternoon band concert and they
stayed to dinner. From the dining room
they went out and took possession of the
parlors, where revelry continued until 10
clock, enliyened by the Marine band or
chestra. The old Virginia reel was the
distinguished favorite Of the evening
Among the party were the Misses Bar
Der, Wilson, Monroe Dunlap and Mabel
Mckinley; Secretary Day and wife. As
sistant Secretary Allen and wife, Major
Goodman and Col Bingham.
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WOMAN OF MANY NAMES.
Thomas Nj Fields Petitions That His
COgnomen BE Restricted

Thomas NJ. Fields yesterday filed suit
in the Superior Court of the District of
Columbia asking for the cancellation OF
a marriage certificate, alleged to be a rec
ord of his marriage with Wilhelmina A
E. Won Ohsen, otherwise known as Min
ME Roberts, and also to restrain her from
making the pretension OF marriage with
the complainant
In his affidavit Fields states that he
believes the defendant to be residing in
the city of New York and that at differ
ent times and places she has been known
as Mrs Fields. Minnie Fields. Mrs Minnie
Fields. Mrs. W. A. e. Fields. WilheImina
A. h. Fields. Mrs. Wilhelmina A E.
Fields. Mrs. T. NJ Fields. o. S. Fields.
Mrs. Tom Fields, Mrs. Thomas NJ Fields,
and various other names ending in Fields.
Further, he ayers that she has falsely and
publicly proclaimed herself 10 be his wife
and that he has in vain appealed to her
to cease using his name That he was
lawfully married to Theresa Agnes
Burke in Jersey City in July 1896. and
that they live together in this city as man
and wife. He also states that in 1891 the
defendant threatened that unless he paid
her $1,000 she would indict him for big
amy.
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TAKING RELIGIOUS vows.
Young Women Receive the Black
Veil Mt n Convent

Bordentown. " j.. Aug. 1S.-The follow
ing young ladies made their vows and re-
ceived the black veil of the Order OF
Mercy at St. Joseph's Convent today:
Ellie Hollihan. OF Woodbridge. y. J..
to be known in religion as Sister Mary
Cyril; Sarah Healey. Brooklyn. y. Y,
Sfter Mary Pauline; EmeIine McNeeIey.
Brooklyn y. Y. Sister Agnes Mary;
Mary. O'Nein. Newcastle. West Ireland
Sister Berchmons Mary; Bridget Crehan.
of ireland, Sister Mary Erastus
The following young laiies received the
white veil:
Julia Sheridan, Elizabeth. y. j. 10 be
known in religion as Sister Mary Eu:
gene; Elizabeth Sheridan. Eizabeth. y.
J.. Sister Mary Elizabeth; Rose Hama
gan. Philadelphia, Sister Mary Rosary
II: Mary Ryan. Phillipsburg, y. J., SIS
ter Mary Jerome.
Right Rev Bishop ]. A. McFaul offici-
ated together with number OF clergy
men, among whom was Rev. Father
Fahey. of Brooklyn, N Y, and Rev. P.
F. Connolly. of PhiIlipsburg y. ].
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WHY SECRETARY DAY RESIGNS
The Cost of Entertaining Too Great
for n Poor Man

81 cannot afford to retain this position
I am not a rich man and the social re-
sponsibilities which go with the place
are more than 1 can assume. Foreign
ambassadors and diplomats extend cour-
tesies to me as Secretary of State that
naturally feel called upon to recip-ocate,
and no man of moderate means can re-
turn the courtesies in a proper manner
and live on the salary attached 20 the
Office" Such is the explanation Secre-
tary Day offers for his contemplated
resignation.
Secretary Day will retire from the i'm
portant post that he now holds with
great credit to himself. He has the re-
spect of all his associates.
Secretary Day and Assistant Secretary
| of State Moore will both resign their
| respective offices during the next few
days Secretary Day will be placed at
| the head of the commission that the Pres
| ident will appoint TO settle negotiations
which are pending between this country
| and Spain.
| Assistant Secretary Moore will preba-
bly return to New York and assume his
! old position in the Columbia University.
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such a division of the prize to very
narrow limits.
The United States. of course. VIII
get nothing. as it wants nothing terri
toriaIIy. but it win inevitably be shut
ont of the markets which it does want,
except such as Great Britain will KIND
lv consent 10 share in the British sec
tion
There is one course open which not
even the Russian diplomatists dsny
viii prove effective If the United
states and Great Britain deliver
Joint declaration that they will not
hermit TIE markets of China to be
closed by any power, no country or
combination of countries will care II
accept that challenge.
The session of Parliament which
ended on August u, began on Febru-
ary u. and has not been so infertle
as the London press makes out. The
following measures are all Of first-class
Importance. some being quite new de-
partures The Irish local government
act extends to Ireland all the rights
and apparatus of elf-gOvernment en-
loved by Great Britain, and contri-
butes from the imperial exchequer over
s.. .600. 900 in relief of this years taxa
ton. Politically the measure draws
the teeth of the home-rule movement.
The vaccination act makes vaccination
a matter of conscience; the criminal
evidence act allows but does not com-
pei the accused to give evidence in h-s
own defense: the colonial loans act
places the imperial credit at the ser
vice of the crown colonies, subject to
certain safeguards, and makes for i'm
periaI federation; the London IN Ver-
sity act provides the metropolis for the
first time with a teaching university.
The session is also memorable. be-
cause it added % GOO men to the Brit
ish army, and to the British navy
seven hattleships. eight armored cruls-
ers. and twelve destroyers. Moreover
il showed a realized surplus revenue OF
over SIS, ,000, 600, but the session pro-
duced no new parliamentary reputa-
ton. and IN this respect was unusual
and disappointing.
Benjamin Kidd, author of Social
Evolution" a book which made stii
when il appeared a few years back
is about to visit the States. The sec.
ond of two suggestive articles from hi:
pen on the control of the tropics, ap
pears in today's London Times. Tbs
articles have a special bearing on th'
task the United States has to face il
Cuba and the Philippines
Much curiosity is felt as to Mr.. Cur
IONS successor a. the foreign office. H
viii almost certainly be n1r. Georg
Wyndham, member of parliament 70
Dover, a man Of many gifts, OF Srea
industry, an able speaker and Writer
and. like his friend Mr.. Curzon, a grea
Traveller. the most considerable ma
the British parliament has bred of lat
years. Mr. George Curzon made hi
exit on Tuesday fqr the highest offic
under the crown. Among his man
gifts is his keen and sure eye for men
Years ago, when Gen Boulanger wa
no mere than the officer commandin
the French troops in Tunis, and lon
before Paris fell in love with him an
his black horse, Curzon had marke
him down as a man who some da
might set all Europe on fire.
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BANKER BRowNsoN's GRAVE.
Stories Afoat That Is Hns Been
Opened

Bfnghamton. N Y. Aug. Histories
were circulated on the street today to the
effect that two insurance agents had en-
deavored to obtain permission TO open the
grave of D. L. Brownson. who was under
indictment at the time of his supposed
death and who was recently said TO be
in Europe. According TO ruufors the
agents were first locked out of the Gem
etery, but later the grave was opened
superintendent MeaehaTn. of the ceme-
terry. denies the story. He says he was
repairing the gates. under direction of the
trustees. and when the work was COM
pleted all who wished could enter.
AS to opening the grave. he said. the
recent highly-colored stories caused large
crowds to visit the place. and a depres-
sion ar the head was the source of much
comment. He accordingly had the mound
levelled off and reSodded.
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ENFEEbLED
DIGESTION,
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AN EXCEEDINGLY COMMON DISORDER
CAUSING GREAT SUFFERING, YET RARE
LY CURED BY THE AVERAGE PHYSICIAN
DR.. CLEMENS, CLEMENS
l4il Pa. Ave- Adj Wizards Hotsi,
! Cures these cases by getting at the true cause.
| The use OF pepsin and other so-called digestive
! agents do not The stomach must be put
| IN condition to do the work required of it, and
until ii is permanent benefit is gained This
done. constipation, stomach, headaches,
bloating, and other Symphonic disappear.
CHARGES MODERATE, MEDIClN: INCLUDED.
Daily Office Hours-10 A. m to 5 y. m Mon
! day, Wednesday. Thursday, and Saturday, to s
p. m Sunday, 10 to II nj.
CONSULTATION STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
CHARGES MODERATE, MEDIClN: INcLuDED.

had been complaining of preference in
the matter of return given to the regu-
lars. The Ninth and Tenth Cavalry will
embark today on the steamer Rio Grande.
The Fourth and Fifth Infantry will go
Sunday. Gen. Kent's division has now all
gone. The town is quiet
There have been no disturbances, save
slight fracas among soldiers of the
Second Regiment of immunes last night,
resulting this morning in the closing of
four cafes and the issue of an order by
Gen. Wood that no liquors. save wine
and beer. shall be sold to the American
officers and soldiers.
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DIED IN AWFUL AGONY.
Sick Woman Drank Acid in Mistake
for Brrndy

Newark. Aug. 1S.-Poison taken by mis-
take for medicine caused the death in
the hospital here yesterday morning of
Mrs. Ida Gaal, thirty-three years old, of
No. IS Jay Street She had been suffer-
ing from cramps since Monday and at
o'clock yesterday morning got out of bed
to take dose of brandy. Cropping about
in the dark she picked up by mistake
bottle of muriatie acid. Applying it to
her lips she drained considerable guam
:tity of it before she found that it was
poison.
Driven half insane by the choking and
burning sensation she rushed shFieking
into the street and ran rapidly along sew
eral blocks to the canal, where she at
tempted to fling herself into the water.
Two policemen seized her just in time.
She suffered terrible agony until death
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Fatal Fall From n Train

Charlottesville, Va, Aug. 13-.H T..
Henry, aged "a, of Cynthiana, KY, a
passenger on a Chesapeake and Ohio ex-
cursion train from Louisville to Atlantic
City. fell from the train at Greenwood
about twenty miles east of this city, yes
terday and died from his injuries after
being brought here.
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srcTEcN SALES.
WALTER B. wMLl,us & CO.. auetfonssr.

WALTER B. WILLIAMS ( CO.. 4uetionasrs.
TRUSTEES SALE II Foa-. Nc asif st nw
Washington, D. C.-iiy r.rtra Il a decd oi
trust recosd in Li.cr III. TO 81. OF ths
land reeo ds q. TIE 3is--ict a. Columbia we will
sell at pHhii- GHetioH IN fyc..r % the p-erneises
on SATJRE.iy- U-t.ySF sG.-Is92 = ) O'CLOCK
p NJ, part q l5 - il. sjG1Tc N0 I2f8 in that
part OF tic city =, ss,.iIE-t = -.H=rl- knJygn
Gcorsetsen- II 81 ~ .r. g Columbia ths
same irontiT- "a i,ct i.sf % the >o1I-b zife ~
y Street, Uy dspth 10 f,r' and living naxt
east of the east - fsct II i-c es Of said lot s.
Terms OF SaIe-easI. 4 GcFasis OF 500 re,
quired AZ time OF sll2- Cou@ey2nciae. starnps
and recording at cost OF TsIrr Elsa-.
J. HOI.DSWORTII GORPOS
Trustee. :
CHARLES II. FICELING.
au9-d&ds-em Trustee.
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cLoUDBURsT IN cLARKsBuRG.
Floods in Which Several Persons
Narrowly Escaped Drowning

Clarksburg, W. Va, Aug. 13-A cloud
burst occurred here last evening. Water
ran feet deep in the streets. flooding the
whole town and causing immense damage.
Several persons narrowly escaped drown-
ing.
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AGED Man Seriously Accused

Pottsville, Aug. Blew Glassmeyer.
aged seventy-six years, was committed
to Jail here yesterday, charged with horse
stealing, despite his weight of years In
February last he is said to have stolen a
horse and carriage from Meyerstown,
Lebanon county
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NJ. HaIerx Is seriouslr I'LL

Paris. Aug. 13.-M Ludovic Halevv. the
dramatic author, member of the French
Academy. is so seriously i'll that there
is only the faintest hope of his recovery.
His age is sixty-four
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The best evidence of the popularity of
Heurich's beer is to see the people enjoy
Maerzen, Senate. Extra Pale. or Lager
Beer at the different hotels and restau-
rants In the city. The most susceptible
evidence that Heurichs beer is the best is
by ordering a case from the Arlington
Bottling Co. Phone 634
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SPECIAL NOTICE. viii sell you life
insurance and guarantee the premiums
to be less every year. The policies VII
contain guarantees for their sale for
cash. or their pledge for loans. after two
% years / will negotiate a limited
amount of insurance. up TO 0.000 on th5
lives of persons who have made appIica-
ton TO other companies and been ec.ined.
T. D. HADDAWAY, 519 Fourteenth Stree.
northwest or P. O. Box SOC. apI7-tf
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE PUBLIC is HEREBY NOTIFIED
that all bills and money due r c. Ste
vens & Co. are payable only az store. no
F Street northwest. R. c. STEVENS
aul3-St
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john Lane Narries ann Americnn

London, Aug. 13.-John Lane, the Lon
don publisher. was married to Mrs. Eich-
burg-King. an American lady, at Sell
borne, Hants. today.
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Senator Gnrn,un

Laurel. Md. Aug. 13.-Senator German.
who came home at the end of last week
to spend a few days. has returned ta
Saratoga. accompanied by his son. Mr..
Arthur p. German. jr
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SAILING FOR HOME.

The Volunteers First Landed at San
tiaSo Have Departed.
Santiago, Aug. B.-With the departure
of the steamer Mobile with the Second
Massachusetts last evening, together
with the Twenty-second and Eighth regu-
lars, went home all the volunteers first
landed with the army. The volunteers
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BLANc0 TRIES TO ESCAPE
The Captain General Anticipates
an American Invasion.
SAMPSON WAS on HIS TRAIL
The Rear Admiral Makes Trip to
Jamaica to Intercept Him, But Is
UnsucaessfuI-Detai Difficult to
Obtain Because of the Censorship
at Playa del Este

Playa del Este. Aug. 13.-Several days
ago. Admiral Sampson received dis
patches which caused considerable ex
citement on the flagship. The New York
got up steam and sailed for the coast of
Jamaica.
1t was learned today that the object of
this trip was for the purpose Of inter-
cepting Captain General Blanco. who was
supposed to have escaped from Cuba on
board the Spanish steamer Montserrat-
Nothing was seen of the Spanish ship
by the New York during the hunt
A steamer was sighted inside the three
mile limit of Jamaica. but she was not
spoken.
The steamer Acone. from London and
Cape Verde for Mobile. was stopped by
the New York and the shot which caused
her to heave to may have been the last
shot of the war The Acone was allowed
to proceed. She had heard nothing of
BIanco.
The information regarding the alleged
escape of BIanco appears to be meager.
but the admiral has not given up the
| chase. and the Yankee and Dixie are
cruising off the north coast in search Of
the distinguished fugitive.
Returning TO Guantanamo this morn
! ing Admiral Sampson was notified Of the
J cessation of hostilities. The New York
will start for Tompkinsville, New York
harbor with the Brooklyn, Iowa, Indi-
ana. Massachusetts, and Oregon tomor-
row.
| The Brooklyn. in starting from Glen
fuegos on the same mission that took
the New York 10 Jamaica, ran aground
Thursday night in trying to avoid collid-
ing with a transport which was leaving
the harbor She was Hghtened by the
removal of her ammunition, and yester-
day the Oregon pulled her off. She sus-
tanned no injury. The departure of the
feet is conditional upon the ships carry
ing no troops This is recommended by
Admiral Sampson.
Admiral Sampson on the New York. on
his way back from Jamaica, visited the
wreck of the Spanish cruiser Infanta
Maria Teresa, the flagship of Admiral
Cervera. on Thursday. The Spanish ship
had been lightened by the removal OF
her guns and whatever else could be
taken out OF her. and her condition was
such that it was expected she would be
fioated within week.
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The News Heavily Censored

New York, Aug. 13.-The dispatch from
Playa del Este telling of the chase after
Gen Blanco. who was supposed to have
escaped from Havana, came tonight in
such bad shape as to indicate that the
censor had been at work and had cut
out great deal of the message as flied.
del Este had not yet heard that an armis-
tice had been declared, and, for purposes
best known to the naval authorities, had
mutilated the dispatch