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Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-14
A CARD.

DR.. G. T. Fisk. Names successful spec
iaiist in rectal diseases, will be at Hotel
North, Augusta, next Tuesday morning.
Or. FISK is in attendance on several pa
tients in Augusta and, while here. can
be consulted free by any person afflicted
with Piles. F'istula or any disease of the
rectum: DR.. Fisk refers by permission
tWill give names when requested) to one
OF Augustus leading merchants. to two
Augusta newspaper men and to patients
IN nearly every city and town in Maine.
Or. Eisks method is easy and painless:
no khi1e usei and no detention from
work or business.
Consultation free. Hotel North, Tues.
day A. NJ.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-14
Of San Juan----First Land Battle
Soil Won by Americans.
BATTLE OF SAN JUAN.

Copyright, 1SaS, by The Associated Pressl
On Board the Flagship Iowa OF san
Juan De Porto Rico: May 12-Via st
THOMAS May 13.-Thes forts Of san
Juan de Porto Rico >were bombardei
by part of Rear Admiral SIMPSONS
fleet, this morning. The -enelny's loss
is believes to be heavy. The American
loss is two men Killed and seven IN
jured
After three hours firing the admiral
withdrew the fleet and. heading for
Key West, he said; Il am satisfiel
With the mornings work. could
have taken san Juan: but have no
force to hold it. / only wanted to sad-
minsted punishment. This has been
done. l came for.the Spanish fleet and
mot for san Juan"
The men killed We're: Seaman Frank
Widemark of the New York. Gunners
Materof the Amphitrte. The latter
died from the effects Of the extreme
heat.
or the Injured men three We're Qn
board the Iowa and four on board the
New York.
The names of those slightly injured
on the Iowa are:
Seaman Mitchell.
Private Marine Merkle.
Apprentice Hill.
The injured on the New York are:
Seaman Samuel Feltman. seriously.
Seaman Michael Murphy.
Two other enlisted men. slightly in4
iured
All the above named We're injured by
the bursting of d shell on the New
York. This is a complete list of the
killed and wounded
The American ships were uninjured.
Fhe engagement began at 5.13 A. NJ,
md ended at SIS A. NJ The enemy's
batteries were silenced and the
town in the rear of the Qualifications
,robahly suffered.
The ships taking part in the action
we're the Iowa, Indiana. New York. Ter
or, Amphitrite, Detroit Montgomery,
Nampatuck ard Porter. The enemv's
iring was heavy but wild. ana the Iowa
nd New York were probably the only
hips hit. They went right up under the
~uns in column. delivered broadsides and
hay 1:,.
front of the forts. pouring tons of steel
III shore.
1t is impossible to judge the amount of
he damage done To the buildings and
prts. They appear TO be riddled with
hot, but The Spaniards were plucky. The
fter turret of the Amphitrite got out OIL
rider temporarily during the engagement,
nut she banged away with her forward
guns
After the first passage before the forts
he Detroit ana the Montgomery retired.
their guns being too small to do muchI
damage. The Porter ana Wampatuck
also stayed out of range.
The smoke hung over everything. spoil
ing the aim of the gunners and making
Il impossible to tell whore our shots
struck. The officers and men of all the
ships behaved with coolness and bravery
The shots flew thick and fast over ali
our ships.
The men of the Iowa who were hurt
during the action We're injured by splin-
5ers thrown by an S-nch shell which
eame through a boat into the super
structure and scattered fragments in all
directions The shots course was finally
ended on an iron plate an inch thick
Morkle (MurteD was struck in the arm
md may lose it. All were hurt by splln-
-ers and a fire was started in the boat
,ut was quickly eXtinsuished.
Morro battery, on the eastward arm of,
he harbor. was the principal point of at
Continued on page p
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FIRST LAND BATTLE.

New York, May 13.-The Evening
Post prints the following special dis
patch; OF Cabanas. Cuba. May 12-Via
Key West, May l3.--In an effort to
land Cos. f and G of the 1st United
States Infantry on the shore of Pinar
del Rio, this afternoon. with 800 rifles
food supplies for the insurgents, the
first land fight Of the war took place.
Each side may claim victory. for if
the Spaniards frustrated Che effort to
connect with the Insurgents the Ameri-
cans got decidedly the better Of the
battle. killing l. or more of the enemy
and on their own part suffering not
wound
After dark last evening, the old fash
ioned side wheel steamer Gusse. OF the
Morgan line, with the troops and cargo
mentioned, started for the Cuban coast
she allowed the tug On which was our
correspondent to pilot her At sunrise
she felr in With the gunhoat Nicas-
burg on the blockadeof Havana. Other
blockading vessels came up also. The
converted revenue cutter Manning,
Capt. Munger, was detailed to convey
the Gussie, and three abreast. the
steamers moved along the coast.
No doubt Morro Castles defenders
observed the strange vessel and sent
.the alarm ahead. Spanish soldiers
We're seen grouped upon the shore near
Mariel, and the Manning's guns We're
trained upon them, suspecting mask
ed battery. No shots however were
fired
The Cuban guides on the Gussie took
their machettes to grindstone on the
hurricane deck. Our soldiers gathered |
around to see them sharpen their long |
knives. but only one could be induced |
to test the edge OF these barbarous in |
withdrew a While. to play craps until
a body of cavalry. to the west Of |
Mariel brought them to their rifles
For some minutes the cavalry |
watched us then galloped over the hills
in the direction we We're heading. BY |
the ruined walls of an old stone house |
further on Spanish troops We're gath
cred. Several shots We're fired by the
gunboat Manning and presently no
cided to land near there. but the depth |
of water was not favorable.
just west of Port Cabanas harbor
the Gussie anchored, the Manning
covered the landing place with her
guns and the torpedo boat Wasp
came up.
The first American soldier to step on
the Cuban shore from this expedition
was Lieut.. Crofton. Capt. OConnor
with the first boat load. having done
longer route. A reef near the beach
threw the men out. and they stumbled
the water up to their breasts.
When they reached dry land they i'm
mediately went into the bush to form
picket line.
Two horses had been led to swim to
land, when suddenly a shot. followed by
continuous sharp firing. warned the men
that the enemy had been in waiting
The captain of the transport signalled
to the warships, and the Manning fired
into the woods beyond our picket line
Shrapnel Kissed through the air like hot
iron plunged in water
The Wasp opened with her small guns.
The cannonale began at 3.15 and lasted
a quarter of an hour, then our pickets
Continued ON page %
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SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.

Plan of naval action changed and
Admiral Sampson leaves Porto Rico
to destroy the Cape Verde fleet, now
off Martinique, while Commodore
Schley sails from Hampton Roads,
either to join Sampson or to attack
Havana. The military expedition
frcm Florida will be delayed.
The 1st Regiment mustered into
the United States Volunteer Service
at Camp Powers. Col. L. II. Kendall
in command. orders have been re
ceived to proceed to Chickamauga
park as soon as equipped. Regi-
ment will probably be ready by
next Thursday.
Thirty thousand volunteer troops
ordered to at once concentrate at
p Chickamauga park.
to be off the New England coast
anu
MS ''''>N'' y ''''
St. Pierre, Martinique, reports
that SEVEN 7'''ii''''
SIN q ui''i7 a.
me Nhaile9'oii '''''''N
san hrai'ciSeo jew
MohuaS MIN
tiiiteu 8'''e' ~
tioii"i
protection u i'eN
the seas
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San Juan uS VI - N.Y.
work ny 'iie -'''''' GU
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hlah9hlP 'ii''' al
ships might be SAID TO nave pee''
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Was hington Forecast.

Washington, May 13.-Forecast for Sat-
urday: New England and eastern New
York: Fair weather; westerly winds.
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100000 Volunteers Ordered to ChikamaugaMame Troops All
! Mustered in and VIII Leave, Probably by Thursday
GENERAL WAR SITUATION.

Washington May 1a.-A complete
change has taken place in the offensive
plans OF our government. The receipt
of news from Admiral Sampson of the
attack on the forts of San Juan ana the
news of the actual presence of the
Spanish fiyinG squadron off Martinique
only 800 miles away from Sampson and
less than 1000 miles from Havana
caused the dispatch of the flying
squadron under Comodore schley and
the delay Of the army Invasion of
Cuha. il. is TO the navy that the gov
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-14

Many a loving pair have
courted IN poetry and after
marriage lived in prose-"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-14
At ST. PIERRE. MARTINIQUE.
Seven Spanish Torpedo Boats Seen and Six
Cruisers OF the Coast.

St. Pierre, Martinique. May l3.-One
Spanish torpedo boat is at Fort De
France and six others are lowering
around the coast
The American auxiliary cruiser Har-
ward will be allowed to remain here for
Continued on page 2)
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the yard or door of any house or
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FAIR WEATHER.

Boston, May 13-Local forecast: Fair
weather: light, variable winds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-01
Abolition of the Metropolitan
Police System
Proving Beneficial to the Cities
Where 1t Was In Force.
BIG SAVING ABE
TT. Scott Cracker Factory
Swallowed by the Trust.
Father Cunningham's COnsecra-
ton to Be an Elaborate Affair.

Wichita, Aug. lon the first day of
July the metropolitan police commits
sioners turned over all the effects of the
department to Mayor Ross and the city
council. The police department and it's
affairs has now been for one month I'M
der home rule and the change has been
quite beneficial to the business men and
tax payers generally. The first monthly
report will be made upon Monday. 1t
will not be given to the public until the
first regular meeting of the city council
which will be on August 8.
Mayor Ross said yesterday that he
thought the department would be able
to turn over to the city about $1,000 af-
ter paying the expenses of all the po-
licemen's salaries, lighting, ice, water,
meals for prisoners and such other in
cidentals that occur.
1t is a fact that no one can dispute
that the city has been as well protected
under the present home rule adminlstra-
ton as under the very best metropOli-
tan system that ever held supreme pow
er over the department here, and that
after diminishing the force, too.
AtchisOn, Aug. 1.-The police depart
ment under the new administration Will
for the month of July turn in between
thirteen and fourteen hundred dollars
clear and above expenses. If this IS
kept up, no occupation tax will be nee
essary 1t is more than double what
has been turned in heretofore.
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NEW REVENUE CUTTERS.
onondaga, Algonquin and Gresham
Nearly Ready.

Washington, Aug. 1.-The revenue
steamer OnOndaga, which was built by
the Globe iron works and was given a
contractors trial on Lake Erie, attain
ed a speed of Is knots an hour, which it
maintained for nine hours. An official
trial will take place some time this
week between Cleveland and Ogdens-
burg. During the contractors trip the
machinery was not clothed with non
conducting material in the shape of
asbestos, which prevents radiation. At
the official trial this non conducting
material will be used, and it is expected
that a 19-knOt speed will be attained
although the requirements are only 16
knots.
After this steamer has been formally
accepted by the government it will be
cut in half, bulkheads will be fitted in
either half, and it will be pOntOOned and
taken to the dry dock at Montreal
where the two sections will be Joined.
From there the OnOndaga will pro-
coed under its own steam to the navy
yard at Boston, where it will be fitted
out with guns and armament ready to
participate in the war if it not. over
before this work is completed. The
Algonquin, the sister ship of the OnOn-
daga, has been successfully cut in two
at Ogdensburg, and the bow is on it's
way to Montreal where the stern Will
be sent. The two sections will be join
ed and the revenue steamer will pro-
coed to Boston to be fitted out to take
part in the war. The revenue cutter
Gresham, half of which was sunk from
the pontoon, is now at Montreal, and it
except the bending of one plate, which
has been replaced; and these three cut
ters will be ready within short time to
proceed to Porto Rican waters.
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FEARLESS ROUGH RIDER.
Proved His Bravery in the Early Days
of Wichita.

Wichita, Aug.1.-Meagher,th the wound
ed Rough Rider, now at Key West, IS
said to be a son of Johnny Meagher, the
second sheriff elected for SedgW1cN
county. and who was afterward con-
nected with the police force of this city.
Johnny's twin brother Mike, was city
marshal during the cattle days, ana
two drawer men never lived Physical
". they were splendid specimens Of hui
mainly with cOld-Steel blue eyes, neltn-
er knowing what fear was,so the younS
Rough Rider comes of fighting STOCK
Mike and John, with a small posse
stood off a big gang of cowboys VINO
came down from Newton IN the winter
of II to paint the town The Meagher
bows met them near the present corner
OF Oak and Main streets and forced the
gang to countermarch the 80 miles they
had ridden that night.
One night, over in the Keno saloon,
present site of the Kansas National
bank. a cowboy set out to kill Johnny.
The desperate had his gun in Johnny 5
face and his finger on the trigger, tell
ing him that his time had come, and
that he must die then and there
Meagher, without moving a muscle or
changing color, smiled back pleasant
remark, which so threw the drunken
cowboy off his guard as to give
Meagher the fraction of the moment he
desired. Whipping out his own revol-
yer in the twinkIing of an eye, he
knocked the fellow senseless, whom he
dragged off to the jug to sober up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-01
KANSAS NEW BISHOP.
Father Cunningham'9 Conservation to
Be an Imposing Ceremony.

T.eavenworth. Aug Elaborate ar
rangements are being made here for the
conservation of Father Cunningham as
bishop of the COncordia diocese of the
Catholic church.
Among the visitors from abroad at
the conservation will be perhaps three
archbishops, ten or twelve bishops and
about sixty members of the clergy to
take part in the ceremonies. 1t Will be
a part of the programme to entertain
those who come from a long distance.
Some of them will be compelled to re-
main two days. They will all be guests
of Father Cunningham, coming here at
his personal invitation.
The musical programme for the con-
secration has already been prepared by
J. N. JOerger, the musical director OF
the cathedral. Speaking of this feature
Mr. Joerger said: 1.-TWO experts will
be here August 16 to overhaul the ca
thedral organ, not to tune it, but to
give it a new voice, softer and sWeeter
than before. There will be 60 people in
the chorus, four vocal sOloists and three
instrumental SOlOiStS We Will have an
entirely new feature in the procession
from the episcopal residence to the ca
thedral We will have the Soldiers
Home band stationed on the thresh-
hold of the cathedral and 1t VIII play
an appropriate number. AS the process
sion enters the church the organ Will
take up the music and play the pOnu-
fical march to be written by Prof Hair
for the occasion. The chOirs at Topeka,
Atchison and Lawrence and of all the
Catholic churches of this city are re-
hearsing now.
.s1Tbe TODeka. musicians" continued
Mr. JOerger ARE coming over on
special train and have notified me that
thew have hired a tenor especially for
the ceremony. We have engaged Miss
Jessie Cole who has lust returned from
New York as soprano and will have a
f5rstcIass tenor and bass. The offer
tory will be entirely new by three first
class artists on flute, cello and organ.
1t will be a red letter day in LeaVen-
worth and the people will never see
anything like it here again.
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SUICIDE OR ACCIDENT.
Some Question About the Death OF
Bourbon County Druggist

Fort Scott, Aug. 1.-The citizens Of
the little town of Fulton, Il miles Qorth
of here, were startled when it W. re-
ported that Druggist F. Z. Kline, Of
their city, had committed suicide in his
store.
Kline was found by a customer in
dying condition on the floor.
A coroner's jury was empaneled by
Justice Dorsey and an inquest held.
1t developed that the deceased had
been drinking heavily for several days
and had been using narcotics to steady
his nerves. After hearing the evidence
the Jury decided that his death had
been caused by an overdose of some
narcotic, taken unintentionally and not
with suicidal intent.
Mr. Kline had but recently purchas-
ed the drug store from Leon Locke, hav-
ing lately been in business in Moran.
His wife had just finished packing their
household goods preparatory to moving
from Moran to Fulton, when she heard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-01
AN OLD MANS DARLING
Wants to Be a Darling No Longer
and Sues for Divorce.

Emporia, Aug. IA sensational di-
vorce suit has been filed in the district
court here today. The plaintiff is Jes-
sic Osborn, aged Is, and the defendant
is ]. W. Osborn, aged 62. The wife, in
her petition, tells a tale which, if true,
is, to say the least, shocking. She says
that her mother, poor widow, bound
her OUT to Osborn when she was very
young. Soon afterward OsbOrn's wife
died. That, when she was only IA years
old he forced her to run away with him
and get married. That he had since
treated her in a brutal and extremely
cruel manner. That, had she not been
wholly without friends or anyone to
assist her, she would have applied for a
divorce sooner. That, when she applied
for this divorce, she was compelled to
run away from him and now lives in
terror of her life.
Osborn is reported to be a rich farm
er and lives near Hartford. He owns
over 1000 acres of land and is said TO
be worth at least $4,000
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A FALLEN HERO.
Captain Dodge Formerly Stationed at
LeavenWorth.

Leavenworth. Aug. 1.-The news of the
death at Santiago of Captain Charles
Dodge, Twenty-fourth infantry, was re-
ceived with genuine sorrow in a good
many households He first came to Leav-
enworth in 1881 to undergo a course of in
struction at the infantry and cavalry
school. He graduated in 1888 and later
married the daughter of the late Major
David Taylor of the pay department. In
1886 he returned to Fort LeaVenWorth as
aide the staff of General Potter and
for several years was, on duty. al the
headquarters of the department of the
Missouri In 1897 he was promoted to a
captaincy in the regiment. He rose from
the ranks, serving three years in the gen
eral service detachment as clerk.
His wife and two children are now at
Fort Douglas, Utah, where the captain
was stationed at the time war was de-
clared. A sister of the sorrowing widow
is cashier at the new Coates House in
Kansas City, Mo. The late DR.. Squire
Taylor was also a brother of Mrs. Dodge.
Her mother resides in the east and she
has two brothers still living.
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BRoTHER-1N-LAw ROW.
Trouble in Leavenworth Firm Over
the Discharge of an Employe.

.Leavenworth, Kan, Aug. IAN injunc-
ton suit has been instituted in the dis
trict court that will probably lead to the
dissolution of the mercantile firm of Eft
tenson, Wolfe & Co.. who operate a large
department store. The members of the
firm are brothers-in-law and they have
been at outs for a year.
The present trouble, according. to the
petition filed in the injunction suit, grows
out of the efforts of Mr.. Wolfe to dis
charge Mart Thomas, a clerk, whom Mr.
Ettenson hired and wanted retained. In
the ptition it is stated that Ettenson owns
421a per cent of the stock, Wolfe 4212 and
Winning the balance.
Wolfe and Winning. join in the suit
to eject Thomas. It is allege that Mr.
Ettenson has been acting in a disagreea-
BILE manner for a year, since the firm re
fused to permit him to advertise his Films
hotel property in their catalogue free Of
charge and that he istrying to keep
Thomas, who is a dangerous man and has
threatened to brain Wolfe.
Thomas was formerly clerk in a KAN
sas City store and was shot and nearly
killed several years ago in saloon fight.
He is noted a fighting man. The filing
of the suit showing the lack of harmony
between the members of the firm created
a local SenSa ton.
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These peace overtures are hard
blow for Watson.
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reported that she was engaged to Lieu
tenant Hobson. She probably didn't
say right out cOldly and boldly that
they were good friends, and bIushed
and looked satisfied with life. Upon in
ouiries as to whether they were not
lovers, she probably blushed more, and
said, Now go way, and stop teasing
me- The mean Associated Press re-
ported this as an engagement, and the
distressed girl had to deny it. These
coy girls create many yellow impress
sions by blushing and looking shy.
CHICAGO NEWS PROVERBS.
A man loves to eat and a woman eats
to love.
Kentuckians to man are in favor of
war on water.
Many a man starves today while
feeding on tomOrrow's hopes.
Men are like rivers; the deeper they
are the less noise they make
About half our time is spent in doing
things we should have done before
Civility costs nothing. but it often
gets things that gold cannot buy.
It is easy enough to say bright things;
the difficult part is to think of them.
Three hundred years ago any man
absent from church on Sunday was
fined shilling. What a war revenue
that would produce today.
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oHANUEE GETS A FACTORY.
Hoods for Gas Lamps to Be Manu-
featured There.

Chanute. Aug. 1.-AIr. Newly of St.
Louis wishes to put in a plant here for
the manufacture of hoods or screens
for gas lamps. He has exhibited sam
pies of the invention and explained its
advantages to the board of trade. The
factory would employ forty or fifty per
monthly payroll Of probably $1,000.
The board has taken hold of Mr.. New
by's proposition in earnest, and COM
mittees have been appointed to make
all the necessary arrangements and
contracts.
The Floral hall at the fair grounds
will probably be used for the factory
building, as it is about the only vacant
structure in the town large enough to
accommodate the plant. It is desired
by Mr. Newly to lease it for three
years.
Mr.. Hurt, secretary of the board of
trade says that contracts will be drawn
up to the satisfaction of all parties and
that the deal is practically closed.
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BAXTER SPRINGS REUNION.
To Be on a Larger Scale This Year
Than Ever Before.

Baxter Springs, Aug. 1.-The seven
teenth annual soldiers reunion of the
interstate association opens this year
at Baxter Springs, August 18th and
closes September 4. The association
in the past has furnished accOmmOda-
lions for the thirty to forty thousand
veterans and their friends who annu-
ally camp for a week. at the now,
somewhat historic Camp Logan" ad-
joining the town of Baxter, and the
same ample provisions are being made
for the reunion this year.
Large and cOmmodious grounds COM
prising 100 acres of beautiful woodland
on the banks of Spring river have been
secured near the old grounds and ev-
erything will be on a much larger scale
than usual this year