Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-11
ON LAND AND SEA.
Bits Of News from Our Gallant Soldiers and
Sailors.

AAt SOHpcdt AldCIfiIts5 Has UeeIl Or
dered to the Kittery yard for compile
ton OF repairs begun at Charlestown
syord. Work has commenced on the
Lancaster.
Gen. ]. G. Breckenridge has been In
Guided in the LIST of major generals
to be mustered out and will return to
his duties as inspector general with tie
rank of brigadier general.
The United States dispatch boa. Doll
phin with Hon. Charles H. Allen, as
sistant secretary OF tine navy, on board
arrived at Newport, r. L., Monday
morning. Secretary Allen will inspect
the naval stations there and leave,
Tuesday. for Boston.
The San Francisco Call says that when
the Gaelic leaves that port. Tuesday, she
bound for Hawaii. Upon their arrival d
bank will be established In Honolulu
which will be called the First National
Bank of Hawaii with a Capitalization or
sl.o0e,000. The local bankers, whose names
are withheld. will be accompanied by
Fletcher s. Heath OF New York, who rep
resends several wealthy men in San Fran
cisco.
Lieut. Wilcox and six men from the
flagship Olympia have gone from Manila
to the northern provinces. AguinaIdo re-
fused. Sunday to permit q funeral party
heionging to the British tirst-ciass cruiser
Io"erful TO go 10 the cemetery. because
they carried rifles with which TO fire the
usual salute over the remains of a men,
her of the ships company. Representa-
tons were made to the insliree..t leader
Monday. with the result that the funeral
was held In the manner and at the place
proposed.
The naval conrtmartial in the case of
Chaplain Joseph II. Mcintyre has COM
p.eted its verdict and Captain Laueilei-
mer. judge advocate of the court, is on
his way from Denver, Col, to Wash
ington bearing the documents to the
head of the navy department. No por-
ton of it is to be made public until it
is given out from the proper authorities
at the National Capitol.
1t is said al Madrid, tina. the evacu-
alton Of the island of Porto Rico will
be completed, next week. and that the
evacuation Of the island of Cuba viii
be accomplished by the end of Novesn-
Der. The government is employing q
vessels in the repatriation of the troops
Tie latter have received their pay for
June. and before landing in Spain they
soldiers will also be given civilian
clothing and viii be mustered out of
service.
The special American commission
charged TO select camps for the Aneri-
can troops. to be sent to Havana, short
r.. visited Guanajay, Mariel and other
PAGES in the province of Pinar Del
Rio. Sunday. The commissioners
Travelled by a special train which re-
turned to Havana that night. They
located on the hills in the vicinity OF
Cuanajay and it is reported that the
first American troops will reach there
about Nov. 10.
Orders We're received at Camp Wikoff,
Monday. for the It'll Infantry, the only
regiment there, to depart from camp.
The regiment has been assigned to the
department of the lakes, and will do
garrison duty at Fort Wayne and Fort
BraGy, Mich, and will probably get
away within the next day or two
Five hundred mules, 29O0 horses and
lis army wagons are to be sent to the
government corral at st. Asaph, near
Washington. The Long Island Rail-
road expects to transport them all to
New York before Tuesday night.
Senatorelect Joseph Simeon of Port
land, Ore, in an interview regarding his
course on the leading questions which
viii come before Congress, said: II favor
group, and l should not agree to the
ratification of treaty that RENTS any
portion of them to Spain. i am for gov
eminent construction and control of the
Nicaragua canal and favor a Pacific ca
he. am for larger standing army and
q greter navy. I IN especially anxious
for the firm establishment of the gold
standard and reformation of the currency
by retirement of government paper obli-
cation and creation of a. banking cur
rency. These measures are of great ur-
sency, both because of our protective
trade expansion and because postpone
ment can only result in disaster when the
ncNt inevitable financial difficulties arise"
Rear Admiral Miller. who will retire
from the navy on Oct. IS, warns peo-
pie against going to Honolulu in the
expectation Of making their fortune
He says: THE simple fact that the
form Of government is going to change
has not opened up additional resources
or extended any which have been n
existence. There are no new positions
f3r people who go in and there are not
likely to be any" He thinks, however,
that there is great future in store
for the islands. The admiral win turn
his flagship. the Philadelphia, over to
Commodore kautz, VINO will succeed
him on the Pacific station. After being
cverhauled at the Mare Island navy
yard. the cruiser will probably be sent
either to Honolulu or Samoa.
The Associated Press has received
the following communication: Hunts
ville,s Ala. Oct. 9.-In contradictio of
recent statement published in the Gin
cinnati Post. this is to certify that
there is not. and has not been, case
or yellow fever or case of even re-
mote suspicion in this city of Hunts
vile. Ala. at the present time or since
TINS has been a camp; in fact there
has not been a case in the county since
1878. and then the city was made a
place of refuge for the citizens of Mem
phis. and then the only cases were
those of refugees from Memphis. Hope
you will give this the proper circula-
ton. (Signed) Jere Murphy, Mayor.
$. M. Gonzales, medical expert for
General Skaters army in Cuba ]. r.
Johnson. chairman board of health and
county health officer"