Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-09-01
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Il Paris, August 25 Especial. )-Ernes
4 Joseph Possel, the German who hat
81 been trying to collect the claim of e10,
4 600 insurance On his late wife, an Eng
u lish woman, from the Urban Insurance
"a Company, which resisted payment or
"a the ground that he had thrown her of
OF cliff near Florence, committed
suicide last evening at the Duran res
8 taurant. Possel was under heavy bail
Il the authorities having ordered the ex-
]. humation of the tody of his wife,
II New York, Aug. 25.-(SpeciaD-The
| Thinghall Line steamer, Norge, arrived
this morning and rep ,rts having run
a down the sinking French fishing schoon-
Il er, Lacoquette, of Bayonne, France, on
Saturday last on the Grand Banks
The captain and eight of his seamen
were saved, while sixteen of his crew
were drowned. Captain Knudsen, of
4 the Norge. lays the blame on the captain
/ of the fishing schooner.
Jersey City. Aug. 26.-(SpeciaD y
Nearly one thousand soldiers belonging
to the New England regiments have ar
rived here on their way home, A large
number of them consist of the First
Maine volunteers. Over ha.f of the
total number of the troops were i'll
when they reached here. Two deaths
occurred since leaving Chickamauga
and several others are believed to be dy-
ing. The troops are all IN an emaciated
condition and look nothing like the
strong, robust soldier boys, who passed
through here few months previous.
They tell of terrible priYations caused
from insufficient food and exposure.
Washington, August 26.-(Special.) }
-Adjutant- General Corbin says there
is no complaint from any source regard.
ing want or destitution from lack of
supplies. He declined to discuss the
many stories on the subject which are
| af1oat.
The President has ordere d General
Boyton to report upon the condition of
the camps at Chickamauga.
In a telegram to the Cabinet today
Secretary of War Alger reported that
the conditions at Camp Wikoff are
satisfactory.
/
Surgeon-General Wyman has Off
cially reported one case of yellow fever
at Fort Point, near Galveston, Tex,
and four at Dry Tortugas.
Santiago, Aug. 2e.-(Special. )-The
Spanish transports, San Francisco,
San Augusta and the Colon, left here
yesterday afternoon with 4,56S Span
iards, including fifteen officers and
their family's and four priests. Eight
men died on the way to the ships and
their corpses were checked off as pas
sengers. 1t appears that many in
stances of this kind have occurred dur
ing the embarkation of the Spaniards.
The transportation company will be
able to collect their passage money as
the matter was managed readily under
the easy inspection of the Americans.
General TOral made short speech of
farewell to the soldiers. General Shat
ter and his staff sailed this afternoon
on the transport Mexico for the United
States.
Manila. Aug. 26.-(SpeciaI There
has been serious clash at Cavite be-
tween the United States soldiers and
the insurgents. the riot resulting in one
soldier being killed, and another serious
ly wounded. George Hudson, a mem
ber of the Utah battery became involv-
ed in a dispute with a native shopkeep-
er, and fearing trouble, fired his revolv-
er to attract the attention of his fellow
soldiers. A great crowd of natives ran
to the scene of the disturbance, and i'm
mediately began firing their revolvers,
killing Hudson and wounding Corporal
William Anderson of the same battery,
| who had also hurried to Hudson's assist
ance. A detachment of Fourth cavalry
was called out to disperse the crowd,
who slowly retreated, continuing to en-
ploy volleys without further damage.
On the same night soldier on guard
duty saw large body of natives strip
ping the wrecked gunboats at Cavite
Bay. A boat, with an armed force,
put aboard out from the shore. The
soldiers hailed the natives who failed
to respond. A volley was fired, killing
one native and wounding another.
Insurgent Chief Aguinaldo denies any
connection with these affairs. These
fights show sullen disposition ON the
part of the natives, and it is feared
there will be frequent and bitter up.
risings. Admiral Dewey has transfer
red his flag from the Olympia to the
Baltimore, the former going to the
Hong Kong dock to be cleaned.
Indianapolis.-E Mat
thews was stricken with paralysis at
the old soldiers meeting Thursday
1
Washington.-Senator Davis, it ii
said, was opposed to offering encour
agement to Jamiaca or any Other
colonial possessions to which England
seeks annexation. He thinks China
will fall eventually and that we mus
: keep our share of trade.
. Camp Wikoff.-Secretary Alger hal
expressed himself as being perfectly
satisfied with the condition of thi
camp.
D Washington.-The Fourteenth regi
ment of Brooklyn will probably spend
the fall in Cuba.
London.-J. E. Bramasten and Ad
!, miral Sir James ElpinstOne Erskine