Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-16
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Captain Butler Of the Maine Signal
Corps. has yellow fever at Santiago.
His wife received telegram to that
effect. 2s.lois
During a reeeAeitMiiAtIer storm light
ming struck Camp Hobson at Lithia
Springs, Ga. Seven soldiers are in the
hospital seriously hurt.
A large searchlight with 3o-inch pro-
jectOr, was in the freight sheds of the
New York boats at Portland, Saturday.
1t was addressed to Major Hoxie of the
engineer department. and is destined for
use along the eastern coast.
According to information received by
Adjutant General Corbin. Monday. ar.
engagements have been practically COM
pleted for the abandonment OF Camp
Alger, near Falls Church. Va.
The repairs Of the deck Of the Montauk
are now about completed and she will
move to new anchorage on Cushing s
Island, Portland. The floating targets are
is likely to be offered the gunners to show
what proficiency they have attained In
this very important part Of their duty.
The box of comforts and necessities for
the Bangor soldiers at Chickamauga
which has been prepared by the members
of B. H. Beale Woman's Relief Corps,
with the aid of generous contributions of
citizens, was sent of. Monday. That the
boys will warmly appreciate the contents
goes without saying. They will simply
revel in them.
Belated mail Information from Ma
Mia to Hong Kong. received, Monday,
is to the effect that there has been re-
newed activity on the part of the Span
. To- j. 10 - ~ -
American resources have been exhaus.
ted and that President Mckinley IL
suing for peace.
A letter received in Bangor. Saturday,
from Lieut.. Stanley p. bennett, aide-de-
camp on Gen. Mattocks' stan. who has
been Ill with malarial fever. stated that
he was rapidly recovering and should
leave the hospital in three days. II his
prediction comes true he has resumed his
military duties by this time. His many
friends will be pleased to hear OF his re-
covery.
Rockland Star: A telegram was re-
Capt. Bird of Co. H, telling of the condi-
ton Of sickness In the company. It read:
Typhoid fever, Richardson. Graves, Lur-
veys Abbott, Hackett: malarial fever
Chute. Heal ]. L. Cross: convalescent,
9. Higgins. McMannis, Miller: measles,
Graves, Richardson, Lurvey, Heal Chute,
McMannis. q. Higgins and Miller. ]. L.
Cross. Abbott and Sidelinger Improving
very fast Hackett very sick; rest Of
company all right.
Surgeon General Sternberg has re-
ceived dispatches from Cuba and Porto
Rico, relative to the condition of the
troops in those islands. Surgeon Tor
ney cabled from Ponce. there are 1856
cases Of fever. mostly typhoid. Sur
geon Greenleaf cables from Ponce that
typhoid cases are decreasing and that
there were no new cases on Saturday
Surgeon Harvard. cabled from Santiago
that the Olivette would sail. Monday.
with 200 n0n-infected patients.
w. Rankin Good and Harry J. Price. the
Cincinnati boys who are raising a fund
to buy battleship to replace the Maine,
called on Acting Mayor Guggenheimer OF
New York, Monday. to explain their pur-
pose and seek his endorsement. Young
Good asked the acting mayor to recom-
mend them to the school commissioned.
Mr.. Guggenheimer explained that some
difficulty might be experienced on account
of a rule of the school board Of New York
prohibiting the raising of subscriptions Of
any kind among the school children. but
he promised to give young Good all the
assistance in his power.