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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-03-18
CANNOT DE DESCRIBED.
Thousands Dying of starvation and
Want.

"The half has not been told. We
visited the hospitals at Matanzas
where hundreds of these poor human
being are collected. While we were
there five of them died Of starvation.
A doctor who was in our party said
that not more than half of all those we
saw could possibly recover, even with
the best of nursing and medical atteH-
ton. The Governor of the province
said that in and about Matanzas city
about 5000 had died during the past
three months, and $4,000 in the entire
province in the last year.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-03-18
A SIGNIFICANT INQUIRY.
How Quick Can the Navy Get Coal
at Portsmouth,

PORTSMOUTH, n. H-CSpecial0-
Orders have been received at the
Portsmouth Navy Yard from Washing
ton to ascertain how any warships
could be coaled here and the quickest
possible time which would be required
to supply a vessel The Washington
authorities have been informed that
four battleships and seven cruisers
could be coaled at the navy yaru mere
at enc time, and that 10000 tons couln
be supplied at once, The Navy 3e-
partment was also informed that all
nineteen warships could be handled
here in case Of an emergency The
work of equipping the fortihcations is
proceeding steadily.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-03-18
QUIET SUNDAY
sccretry Long at the Navy Depart
mcnt a short Time.

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-(spccIaD-
Sunday, unlike last Sunday. when the
published statements OF the desire OF
The recall OF Cen Lee and the protest
of the Spanish Government against
sending war vessels with relief sup
plies to Cuba caused much excitement
among oNriul circles, was compare
lively quiet. There bad been mo- iufor-
nation bearing on The dalngs Of the
court of inquiry on the Maine expo
sion received during the day or amy
other dispatch and there was no cause
for conferences between the heads Of
the various departments
Secretary Long was at the Navy De
parlment for a short while He state
late In tie afternoon that there was
mo- news Of any nature for the press
and added in response TO specific In
qulry that nothing had been received
from the court of inquiry.
The board on auxiliary cruisers met
room during the morning. Each of
,he bureau chiefs present was able TO
give tie board some information In
cdeut to work that may be required
to tit out any ships that might be OLD.
tanned. Several Of the members OF
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-03-18
PRESENT A PITIABLE SIGHT.
Worse Than Famine-StrickeH In
dia.

'"The reconcentrados present the
most pitiable appearance. have seen
pictures of the famine victims Of India,
but the living pictures l saw at Ma
tanzas were to me even more shock
ing. There were hollow cheeks ana
staring eyes, feverish, tightly drawn
skin covering bones upon which there
seemed to be no flesh. 1t was terri
bic sight
American Consul Alexander G. Brice
Of Matanzas gave Senator Proctor and
his party, which included Clara Barton
and her secretary, a valuable insight
into conditions. lie said that not only
were reconcentrados starving to death,
but many of the citizens as well here
tofore prosperous business men, whose
incomes had been shut off by the de-
vastating war.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-03-18

the board, as originally appointed TO
look into the matter, are unable to
leave the city at the present time so
it was determined that a special board,
Of which Capt Rodgers will be Presl-
dent, should be designated TO pro-
coed to New York Monday night to I'M
dertake the work in hand.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-03-18
BUSINESS sTAGNATED.
warehouse Closed Up and Shipping
Almost stopped.

The stagnaton Of business in the
provinces was made manifest by the
fact that there were but two sloops
i'm the harbor at the time. Ware
houses are shut down, and the ship
ping done is only a fraction Of what
the second city in the island has boast
ed of in more prosperous times. the
former wealthy inhabitants are many
Of them suffering in silence--too proud
to let their hapless condition become
known,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-03-18
THE UNTOLD SUFFERING.
No Idea OF the Condition Of the Is
land.

land.
Concerning the visit, the Senator
said to your correspondent: 81 had no
idea that Cuba was in such pitiable
plight. What was once a garden spot
has become a desert. We passed
through a territory that was once the
richest cane-growing and sugar-pro-
ducing section of the country. During
our entire trip we saw but two small
cane mills grinding.
But this paralysis OF the business
interests of the island is not the worst
feature. The most startling Observa-
tiontion we made was of the awful
condition Of the reconcentrados. And
| will tell you right here, the reports Of
starvation and disease among these
unfortunates have not been in the leaA
exaggerated.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-03-18
A NET WORK OF MINES.
Capt. CrOnmeyer Relates a Caution
Received Three Years Ago.

y
Received Three Years Ago.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.-(Special.)-
According to Capt. Gronmeyer, Of the
steamer Castillo, from New Orleans to
Hamburg, which is now coaling here,
says there is a network of mines in
Havana harbor. Three years ago, he
says, his vessel was about to steam
into the harbOr when he was signalled
not to enter A pilot boarded the ship
and explained that engineers were
planting mines and that it would De
necessary for him to wait several
hours before proceeding into port.
Capt. Gronmeyer was then master OF
the steamer Albano.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-03-18
A NEW SPECIAL BOARD.
To Pass Judgment On Vessels Of
fered the Government.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-(special)-
The Board Of Naval Bureau Chiefs
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-03-18
ALI OF THEM.
ships at League Island Navy Yard
Prepared to Sail.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-(special)-
Island Navy to-day Of the activity
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-03-18

that he was robbed of his seat, and
he is very bitter against Patterson.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-30
Gallant Major
To Lead
THE FORLORN HOPE.


The citizens movement is coming to
life again.
There is a movement on foot in this
city to spring the Roosevelt trick in
Worcester's municipal campaign and to
run soldier candidate for mayor
against the regular republican candi-
date for that office.
The soldier whose name has been
mentioned times without number dur
ing the day just passed is Major Harry
B. Fairbanks Today, members of the
committee appointed by the democratic
city convention last night to find a can
didate for the mayoralty, and to join
forces with any movement of citizens
that may be at work in presenting a
candidate to oppose the regular repub-
lican candidate for the place, will visit
Major Fairbanks and ask him to be a
candidate on a citizens ticket.
Chairman James II. Melen Of the
democratic city committee will be one
Of the men who will visit Major Fair
banks and urge him to allow the use of
his name in this connection. Mr. Mellen
will be Joined in this movement by
Josiah b. Shattuck and other MEM
bers of the anti-Dodge movement and
the combination will labor with the
valiant soldier to get him into the run
ming.
The soldier candidate business, The
anti-Dodge men say, is the popular and
winning scheme this fall. They point
to the triumph of Private Hagbergt in
ward at the state election, where he
succeeded in defeating although by a
very narrow margin, one of the strong
est and most popular young democrats
of that ward, Representative James f.
Carberry They contend that any other
man but a hero of the Cuban war
would have been handily trimmed by
the sturdy young democrat who fell
just short Of the breastworks of success,
and that further they say, the
same trick can be played in the mayor
atty campaign.
All that they want is a chance to try
the game, and they are going to tell
the gallant major that he is an easy
winner the moment he announces that
he is III the hands of his friends. Incl
dentalIy it may be mentioned, or to be
more correct, it may be repeated, that
all the anti-Dodge men want is a can
didate to beat Dodge with, and that the
soldier game is resorted to as the last
play.
The anti-Dodge or citizens move
ment has been in state of lethargy
for several days. 1t has been given out
by those prominently identified with
the movement, that the deal was off
and that the anti-Dodge and citizens
movements had folded their tents and
like the Arabs silently stole away. But
this bluff has been carefully watched by
the friends of the present mayor. and
yesterday it was discovered that the
movement for Major Fairbanks as a
citizens and anti-Dodge candidate was
fairly on and that it was to be sprung
today
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-30
QUEENS Aims KNIGHTS.
The Order of the Military Knights of
Windsor.
(From the Quiver.)

While chronicling the movements Of
the queen, reference is now and again
made in the daily press to the military
knights of Windsor Nevertheless, but
few who read about their doings know
of what that order consists. They are
officers who have distinguished them
selves in some Of our innumerable lit
tie wars, and yet in their old age find
themselves solely dependent on a very
diminutiVe pension. From the queen
they served so faithfully and well they
receive an annuity and a lodging in
that vast palace, Windsor Castle The
order is, indeed, a pendant to that bet
ter-knoWn home for the veterans of
the rank and file, Chelsea Hospital It's
history is peculiarly interesting. When
that gallant warrior, King Edward III,
founded the Order of the Garter, he
ordained that each of the 26 com
panions should be allowed to present
an "alms-knight" to the provision made
for them by the king. According to the
original grant, these veterans were to
be such as through adverse fortune
were brought to that extremity that
they had not of their own wherewith to
sustain them nor to live 80 genteelly as
became q military condition" That
they might live "genteelly" they were
given a lump sum of 40 shillings a year
and IL pence each day they attended
the royal chapel-a small pension, it
seems TO us but 1t must be remembered
that money has vastly decreased in
purchasing power since those early
days
But evil fortune awaited the aims
knights. They had been placed under
the supervision of the canOns Of st.
Georges Chapel, and these priests seem
to have hullied them numerically. Un-
der Edward " the quarrel had grown
to such a pitch that the king inter-
fered. Monks carried long tales to the
monarch of the INSTRUMENTATION shown
by the stout old warriors to the rules
that had been made for their govern
ment. The aims knights replied but in
cunning they were no match for their
adVersaries; deeds not words" might
have been their motto. In the end they
were shut off from the royal bounty,
and as an old chronicler Of the times
remarks, "how they next subsisted doth
not fully appear. Bun King Hal,
however, took pity on the poor old men
that vet remained in the land Of the
living, and set apart certain lands for
their maintenance. Queen Bess added
to their lodgings, but issued a series
of strict regulations as to their be-
hayior which well became the maiden
queen, however distasteful they were
to the aims knights themselves Their
old enemies, the eanons of st. George
Chapel, were informed that they We're
to consider themselves responsible for
their behavior, and severe penalties
awaited a "haunter of taverns' or a
Keeper of late hours When the
queen visited Windsor they We're to be
ready to salute her; lastly, it was or
dalned that no married man could be
admitted to the order, bachelors and
widowers being alone eligible.
Until the reign of William ~ theif
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-30
GREAT HERoIsM
Crew of the Narcissus Rescued by
Schooner Hiram Lowell.

Gloucester, Nov 29-The schooner
Hiram Lowell, Captain Nelson, arrived
today from the shore fishing grounds
and brings the rescued crew and pas
sengers, numbering 20 persons, of the
British schooner Narcissus, Captain
William Mcintosh, from Boston for
Shelburne and Liverpool, N. s., with a
general cargo, Captain Mcintosh brings
a story of terrible experience and of
great heroism on the part of his res
cuers. The Narcissus left Boston last
Wednesday, and had got west of Seal
Island when the storm came on. She
was driven to the eastward of Highland
Light where the Hiram Lowell was
sighted. The latter stood up to her.
About the same time the ocean liner
Philadelphia hove in sight and offered
to take her in tow but the offer had to
be refused through fear that the addi-
tional strain would pull the schooner
open, as she was then badly strained
and full of water The Lowell launched
four dories and rescued the Nareissus'
crew in heroic fashion. The Lowell
then sailed for Gloucester. The Narcis-
sus was fast sinking when abandoned.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-30
EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS.
Portland Advertiser Says That Captain of
Steamer Portland Disobeved Orders.

Portland, Me, Nov. 29.-The Adyer-
tiser says this afternoon: Ever since
tine Portland has been missing there
have been earnest inquiries as to why
the steamer should leave Boston Sat
urday night when the storm was
threatening and there was every APP
pearance of dangerous gale near at
hand The Bay State did not leave
Portland that night Mr.. Liscomb, man
ager of the steamship company, said
this forenoon that Saturday forenoon he
ordered the Boston agent, Mr.. Williams,
to tell Capt. Blanchard not to sail on
time, but to stay at his dock until 8
o'clock at least, when he could consult
the weather reports and decide whether
he ought to go or not. The next day
when Mr. Liscomb found the steamer
had sailed, ne asked Mr.. Williams if he
had given his order to Capt. Blanchard.
Mr.. Williams replied that he had.
what did the captain say?" asked
Mr.. Liscomb.
HE said he should go at o'clock"
was Mr.. Williams reply.
1t is probable that Capt. Blanchard
would have been severely reprimanded
ne he had not lost his place, even if he
had been able to come through all
right. It was sad error of judgment on
Capt Blanchard's part that he should
leave in the face of explicit directions
to the contrary. Probably he judged
that the storm was not likely to strike
as soon as it did by several hours
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-30
BLOWN OUT TO SEA.
The CITY of Augusta From Boston Not
Seen Heard From Since Sunday.

The CITY of Augusta From Boston Not
Seen Heard From Since Sunday
Philadelphia, Nov 29-The members
of one of the many crews of the yes
sells which were wrecked off the New
England coast during Saturday and
Sundays storm are safe, and are to-
night domiciled in the Quaker city.
These men are Capt Dobbin of the
schooner Maynard Sumner, and his
full crew of five men. The captain and
his men were rescued from their dis
masted and waterlogged vessel yester-
day afternoon by steamer MackinaW,
which left London Nov. II and arrived
here tonight. The rescue was accom-
plished by Capt. Finley of the Mack
NAV, sending a boats crew to the
wrecked schooner, which the lookout
of the Mackinaw sighted at o'clock
yesterday afternoon rs miles south
southeast of Montauk Point
In one trip of the Mackinaws large
boat all were landed on the steamer
without injury, although the boat it
self was crushed and broken in dashing
against the steamer while the transfer
was being made
The rescued crew are Capt. F. j. Dob
bin Of Rockland, Me. and five seamen,
w. p. Stewart Of Rockland and Will
liam Carter, c, r. Valsen, P. L. Quinn
and F. w. Mooney. The last four are
foreigners.
The tug A. McCalley reported to the
Delaware brealtwater station today
that while she was towing the schooner
City of Augusta, in the Delaware bay,
Sunday afternoon, the hawser parted
and the schooner was blown out to
sea. She has not been reported since.
The City of Augusta hailed from Bos-
ton.
The steamer Indian, which left Bos-
ton last Friday, and for whose safety
some fear was felt, arrived here today,
not far behind her scheduled time. She
experienced much of the gale, but she
suffered no great damage.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-30


Here is an amusing old handful some
what similar to the one reproduced in
these pages week or two ago. This bill
also was printed and circulated in Cum
beTland early in the century:
a. James Williams, parish clerk, sax
tone, town cryer and bellman, make and
sells all sorts of haberdasharies groceries.
ETC., likewise hair and wings drest, and
cut, on the shortest notice. Also
IN B.-I keeps an evening school,
where / teach, at reasonable rates, read
ing, writing. singing and sums.
IN, B.--I plays the hooboy occasionally,
if wanted,
IN. B.-My shop is next door, where |
bleed, draw teeth and shoe horses all
with greatest sell.
IN. B.-Children taut to dance, if agree
able, at six pence per week, by me, J
Williams, who buy, and, sell old iron and
coals-shoes cleaned and mended.
IN. ,B..,,A, hat and pair of stockings to
be cudgelled for, the best in 8, ON Shrof
Tushdey. For particulars INQUIRE within,
or at the horse shoe and bell near the
church. on tother side of the way.
IN. Book over the door for the sighn
of the pigeons
IN. b II sell good ayle, and sometimes
cydeT-Lodgings for single men,"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-30
STEEL RAIL INDUSTRY.
Manufacturers Have Received Big
Orders From Many Railroads

New York, Nov 29.-The Times to-
morrow will publish the following:
President f. H. Cary Of the Federal
Steel Company said yesterday CTues-
day. that since the middle of last week
the manufacturers of steel rails have
entered into contracts to supply 100000
tons of standard rails. Through the
Illinois Steel Company, the Federal has
booked orders for 255,000 tons, the Car
negie Steel Company has engaged for
about the same amount, and there have
been large orders for girder rails for
street railway construction, the bulk of
which have been booked by the Lorraine
Steel Company OF the Illinois Steel
Company, the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railway Company has ordered
75, 900 tons, and the Illinois Central $4,000
tons. Over 100000 tons of standard rails
are to go to Honolulu. At $40 ton the
new price, the orders represent 100000,
600 of active capital. Orders now under
consideration may double the output,
as it is estimated that there are 1000
miles of new railway trackage to be
constructed before the fall of 1899.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-30
A DUBIOUS COMPLIMENT.

(From the Detroit Free Press.)
"TlI tell you a story about President
Cleveland that you probably never
heard" said a prominent Detroiter the
other day. zone Of those rascally loaf
ers in Washington who sometimes find
their way into office, rented the house
of an aged widow who was dependent
on that source for her entire income.
He put her off from month to month
and finally laughed in her face as he
told her that he wouldn't pay, and that
she couldn't make him pay. He would
not go out till the law put him out, and
he would avail himself of all the delays
possible. She consulted a lawyer who
had been a friend of her family for
years, but the loaferish office holder
was even more impudent to him. The
case was so hard that he went person
ally to the president, who heard the
facts and then said in an indignant
tone: Get the fellows note.
But his note isn't worth the paper
it is written on.
No matter. Get his note and bring
it to me-
There was no trouble in carrying
out this request, the debtor expressing
his delight at being allowed to settle
at the trouble of writing a worthless
obligation. The lawyer took it to the
president, and said: Now whatH
This, replied the president, as he
wrote his name across the back. I
indOrse it; now demand payment
THE Office holder was in leading
hotel when the lawyer walked up to
him and asked a settlement as he
handed him the note. The fellow
sneered until he turned the paper over.
Then he turned purple, stammered out
a request that the lawyer wait there for
ten minutes. and inside of that time
he was back with the money From
then on he was smart enough to pay as
he went, and now plumes himself on
the fact that the president of the Unit
ed States once Endorsed his personal
note"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-30
DEATHS.

ESTEY-In Cambridge, 23d, Mrs Mary
e., wife of Rev. Jonathan l.. Bstey,
81 yrs.
REMILEY-In this city. 2Sth Charles II.
Remiley, % yrs. mos.
Funeral services will be held at his late
residence, No. 50 Chandler street, Thurs
day, at p. m. Relatives and friends
are invited to attend.
DUNNE-In this city, 29th. Mrs Mar
garet (Smith), wife Of John NJ. Dunno,
10 yrs.
Funeral from her late residence, No. 17s
Millbury street, Thursday morning at
o'clock, Requiem high mass at ST.
Johns Church at 9 O'clock Relatives
and friends are invited to attend
MCINTYRE 49, In this city, 29th, at her
nome, 10 Sever street, Mrs. Mary QKel-
leyl Mcintyre, widow of the late Daniel
Mcintyre
Funeral notice later Boston papers
please cOpy.)
GfLT-In this city, 10Th, Mary A.. widow
of Jonathan Gill, IS yrs. 10 mos.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend funeral services at her late resi-
dence, y Lowell street, Friday, at 10
a, m,
dunno - In this city. 29th, Margaret.
Wife of John NJ. Dunno.
Funeral services from late residence. 17g
Millbury street, Thursday a. m Re
QUEEN high mass at st. Johns Church
Mel NIYRE-In this city, Mary, widow of
the late Daniel Mcintyre.
Funeral announcement later.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-30
EDW. L. SMITH co.

are waterlogged and probably total
wrecks. Sohooners Mabel Hall and
Wesley Abbott rode out the gale, drag
ging but slightly. The schooner George
A. Pierce edged down upon the schoon-
er Cathie c. Berry Sunday morning,
causing the latter to ground on Chap
paquiddiek. She is leaking badly The
Berry is coal laden, for Boston, and has
lost her false keel. Capt Clayton has
discharged the crew and the hull must
be lightened of the cargo If it is of value
enough to float. Capt. Clayton got his
crew ashore Sunday afternoon on the
island
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-30

pale Of mistakes and errors, even after
the coaching they received at the hands
of the clerk of the democratic city COM
mittee.
1t is safe to say that the caucuses in
the future win be called strictly in ac-
cord with the law, and that future
chairmen of city committees, republic
can or democratic, viii hardly offer the
lame excuse that because the caucuses
have been called in this way, IA out Of
l6 times, the caucuses last so called are
legal and regular.
And it is safe to say that officials of
both committees will in future devote
more attention to the calling and hold
ing Of the primaries than has been
shown during the present municipal
campaign.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-30

uniform was more ornamental than
comfortable. Indeed during hot wealth.
er it must have been we'll nigh intoler.
able, consisting as it did of a flowing
red mantle, decked with a "scutcheon
of st. George upon the shouldes
Since the reform Instituted by that
king, however, it has consisted of a
red swallow-tail coat, dark blue trous.
ers, cooked hat with red and whita
plume, crimson silk sash and leathe.
belt for a sword OF course, it is onll
on full dress occasions shat the veter
ans thus gayly bedeck themselves. Re-
markedly well they then look, with
their kind old faces beamihg above tho
rows of medals that proclaim their past
achievements. They still mourn the
discontinuanoe of their famous banquet
on St, Georges day, but presents of
game from the royal preserves doubt
less reconcile them to the loss of their
annual feast.