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Arizona republican., 1898-05-24

army corps was received today by it's commander, Major General James H. Wilson. Although no particular dem onstration was made, yet it was spectacular scene. It began early i'll the cool of the day before o'clock. ion nine regiments, practically 5000 men, formed a line of battle, the right resting north of the historic field. Hence it ran a mile, perhaps, along the ridge, a portion of the command forming in the rear of the second line. as ii for reserve in an assault. The review was eminently satisfactory
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
A BRIT1stIER SEIZED.

Key West, May 23.-The British steamer Ardanahor, Captain Danu, came into port this morning in charge of the ensign of the auxiliary gunboat Osceola, by which the vessel was seized yesterday off Carnisfort light because she was acting in suspicious manner and was supposed to be try ing to enter Havana harbor.
 At 11:15 the Ardanahor was re- leased by order of Commodore Remey. There was good deal of mystery as to why the vessel was seized.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24

fantry United States regulars, and a detachment of California heavy ar tillery will board the steamship City of Sydney and it is very probable that the vessels will depart as soon as the troops and supplies are taken on board.
 Chicago, May 23.-A special from Washington says: It is officially stated here that three ships will sail on Tuesday from San Francisco to Ma nila, carrying in all about 2,600 troops Two other transports engaged will not be ready for some time Major General Wesley Merritt is in Chicago today on his way to the Philippine islands.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
RUNNING OUT OF COAL.

Washington, May 23.-Naval ex- perts believe that Admiral Cervera's $ squadron is rapidly exhausting it's coal supply and that as many ports are now closed against it, the Spanish squadron will not be able long to elude our fleets unless it gets coal at sea from cOlliers.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
NOT A FLATTERING OPINION.
Which the United States Army Officers
 Entertain of the Cubans.

Key West, Fla, May 23.-Cuban of feials are greatly nettled by the criti- cism of the United States army off, cers who say the Cubans are unable to make any offensive campaign. They declare that the Cuban army is about to distinguish itself by brilliant op- eration. The United States army and navy officers have poor opinion of the Cuban forces.
 The rank and file are brave enough and willing enough, it is conceded, and they are excellent bushWhackers, but they are believed to be without anything like real military training
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
NO WARSHIPS SEEN.

Kingston, Jamaica, May 23.-No warships have been seen in the neigh horhood of Mole St. Nicholas, or else where by the Haytien gunboat Pierot, which arrived here today from Port au Prince. The Pierot brought Mme Simon Sam, wife of the president of the Haytien republic, who is going to Paris
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION.
An Effort to Revive the Subject in the
 Senate at This Session.

Washington, May 23.-The ques- tion of the annexation of the Hawaiian islands has been revived in the sen- ate to certain extent since the Ha- waiian resolution was reported iii the house, and the friends of annexation have been quoted as expressing a de termination to press the house reso- lution in the senate during the present session in case it should pass the
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
THE ARIZONA CANAL COMPANY.

York, 23.-The bondhoders the
  provided of company capiaza o
 
 
 assenng bondhoders pay $2OO for $1O0o mortgage scrip mortgage
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
FOUNDATION OF THE FAKE. Heavy Cannonading Heard at Port de
 Paix Last Thursday.


 Port au Prince, Hayu, May a3.- The following dispatch has been re- ceived from Port de Paix, dated Sat urday last: Land telegraph commu- nication has been interrupted up to today. Furious cannonading was heard on the 18th (Thursday last) in the direction of the north of Cuba. Today (Saturday) the cannonading continues in a lively fashion. Port de Paix is in the northwestern part of Hayti and the firing may have been from any part on the eastern ex- tremity of Cuba.
 As the Spaniards claim Gunatana- mo was recently bombarded by Amer ican warships, the sound of the firing may have come from that direction.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
WHEAT DAMAGED.

St. Louis. May 2. A special to the Post-Dispatch from Dallas, Tex, says: Reports from a dozen or more counties in the wheat belt state that fullv one half of the crop has been destroyed by the tornado of Friday night and tine severe rains and winds that followed. Other grain suffered correspond inglv.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
QUIET AT ST. PIERRE.

St. Pierre, Martinique, May 2S- There is no change in the situation here today. me hospital ship Ali cante lies at her mOoring and the de parture of the torpedo boat destroyer Terror is still deferred. Reports con- tinue current that Admiral Cerveras squadron will return here for coal. but they are without confirmation.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
SOLDIERS FOR SOMEWHERE.

London, May 2S.-A dispatch to the Daily Chronicle from Barcelona, dated Sunday, says: A steamer took 1000 soldiers from Cadiz yesterday (Satur day) for the Canaries or the Philip pines, and there are two transatlantic liners now in port here.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
THE HOUSE DAY.

Washington, May 23.-The day in the house was devoted chiefly to the consideration of District of Columbia legislation. Two bills of minor inn portance affecting volunteer military were passed.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS.

Washington, May 23.-Mustering fig ures received at the war department show that up to this time 106,000 vol unteers have taken the oath Of allie government.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
MOVING A SPANISH BATTALION

Gibraltar, May 23.-This afternoon the Spanish steamer Rabat of the Campania transatlantic line embarked battalion at Algeciras on the bay of Gibraltar, and sailed for Ceuta, Mo- rocco, opposite Gibraltar.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
RESERVES FOR SAMPSON.

Chicago. May 23-Two hundred and five members of the Illinois naval re- serve will be sent to the gulf coast to- morrow. It is said they will be given chance to serve with Admiral Samp- sons feet
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
NOT A CIVILIZED WAR
A Madrid Professors Opinion of This
 Government


 Government
 Madrid, May 25.-Senor Condre, pro- lessor of international law at Madrid university, warmly denounced what he has pleased to term the base proceed ings of the United States" declaring that if Washington authorized such a course it did not deserve the name of a civilized government.
 The professor then proceeded to un- fold lengthy indictment of tbe al- leged war methods of the Americans. insisting that they have shown mo respect for the right of people in the captured merchantmen and lombard ments, reiterating that the acts of the United States are not those of a civil Hzed country
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
BARNACEE CATERERS.

Savannah. Ga, May 2S.-Sixteen submarine divers from Norfolk ar rived here today en route for Key West. They say they have been or dered there to clean the bottoms of Sampson's and Schley's fleets.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
CHICkAMAUGA DEMONSTRATION.
A Spectacular Review on the Historic
 Battlefield.

Chickamauga National Park, Ga, May 23.-Major James F. Ward, re- gently in command of the Fifth corps at Tampa, reported here today to Gen eral Brooke, having been assigned by the war department to the command here. The first division of the First
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
HEARD SOMETHING LAST NIGHT

Boston, May 23.-The steamer Bev- erly, which arrived here today from Kingston, Jamaica, brought dispatches from the United States cruiser Mar blehead for the navy department. The dispatches were brought to Kingston by the steamer Adula from Cienfuegos and there transferred to the Beverly.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
ANOTHER CRISIS IMPENDING.

London, May 23.-Ine Madrid cor respondent of the Daily Mail says It is safe to predict another cabinet crisis. Minister Puigceiver, minister of finance, who, in the cortes, has ab- solutely declined to adopt an income tax, is expected to resign soon.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
GOING INTO REMEMBERING.

Madrid, May 23.-From discussion in the Spanish senate today it appears that Spain seriously contemplates having recourse to privateering in the near future.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24
DARK AT CADIZ.

London, May 23.-Lloyd's agent at Cadiz announces that buoys in and about that harbor have been removed
Arizona republican., 1898-05-24

and lights have been extinguished and that vessels are not allowed to enter or leave Cadiz at night.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

nation as he could. In discussing the
matter last evening, Mr.. Whitely. said
There Is no reason why the birds could
NOT be used. nave siss. augus ~ -,
many Of them trained. I Formerly had =
great many more, but have lost g great.
many. Ny birds would be especially
useful for fight from the ssufii or south
west. Most Of them have already been
flown from points as far distant as North
Carolina. They would return home 7
liberated anywhere along the intervening
coast. not at o greater distance than
fifty miles at sea.
"Of course the birds are trained to come
to my loft in this city" continued MI.
Whitley, and could not be used to COM
municate to any other point. Messages
TO be sent by them would have to be Sc,
cured after the pigeon had been captured
on It's return to my loft. It could then be
transmitted Nby wire to any point. IL
would be possible for those on board a
war vessel to despatch a bird at any time
under the conditions | mention. The
message could be sent in cypher. | have
now considerable time TO myself n
would gladly assist the Government in
this matter in any way that ! could. Mr.;
Colby, in his letter, asks for terms. |
would accept no pay. All of my honers
are at the service of the Government at
any fime.ts
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

l~iveliest kind of hustling to fill Uncls
Sans powder horn and shot pouch.
Agents were sent to scour~E Europe for
powder, American powder works were set
running night aad day, armories where
proiectiles are turned out were put on
double time and various other emergency
methods adopted. The officials decided
that. neither re had war or not, 1t was
unsafc to be caught without powder.
A natural question would be, ssWhose
fault was it, who blundered?" Well, it
wasn't exactly a blunder. 1t was partly
due to tho pacific policy which we have
maintained for many years and partly to
the fact that tho men at the head of our
army ard navy nave not kept fully abreast
of the times either from lack of funds or
enterprise.
Because we had not enough powder to
last our navy ten days does not mean that
we had stopped making or buying pow
der. We simply hadn't acquired it fast
enough to keep up with the demand Great
ed By the big guns which we baye been
making. Twenty five years ago the supply
we had on hand a few weeks ago would
have been sufficient TO last a year.
But tho big guns of modern days burn
an Immense amount of powder. DO you
know how mucbs Well, a battleship like
the Indiana can use so tons of powder an
hour. While all figures as to the amount
of powder that would be used in any sea
fight must be largely conjectural, it does
not take a mathematical genius to under
stand that If o modern battleship can use
from so to IS tons of powder in an hour it
would require mora Of the explosive to last
through a couple of naval engagements
than was once used to carry or an entire
war.
A good many persons think of all pow
der as being in the form of fine grains
such as are used in ordinary shotguns or for
blasting purposes. As a matter of fact the
powder of the present day is very different
from this. a grain Of the kind used in
the big guns is made in the form of a hex
acon about an inch in diameter with a
cylindrical hole through the center.
The smokeless powder, which is the only
kind used in the rapid firing guns and is
coming into favor for those of larger cali
Der, is made in fat yellow strips about ten
inches long, which look like a small paper
ruler, or in hollow cylinders for all the
world like pieces of macaroni.
In the factory the blocks OF powder are
packed into fat wooden cases LINED with
tin. Thence it is shipped to one Of the
government storehouses, of which there
are eight, in different parts of the country
-at Dover, n. j.; Portsmouth. N. H.;
Chelsea, Mess. Fort Wadswortb, in New
York harbor; Fort Mullin, on the Chesa-
peako; the Norfolk navy yard, Pensacola,
Fla, and Mare Island, Cal.
The Dover storellouse is the principal
one, and it is doubtful if all the others put
together contain as much as this one. 1t
is located on the governments military
reservation among the Dover mountains
ia northern New Jersey, eight miles from
the nearest town.
Of late most Of the work of actually
loading tho powder and projectiles into
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

Adventures in which Americans and
Spaniards have been concerned are now OF
special interest, and episodes showing the
characteristics of both nations are plcnti-
full. EARLY in tho present century the gulf
of Mexico was infested by pirates who had
their stronghold just south of Cuba. In
1924 an English brig from, Jamaica, bound
home, was taken off Cape St. Antoine,
her crew massacred and the vessel beached
on the coast of Cuba. Her cargo was
valued at over $500. 600. The British gov
eminent started an Investigations, and it
was found to be the work of a Spanish
Irishman named Cain. who had o fast top
sail schooner called the Esmerelda, with a
crew Of 200 men of all na~tionalities, among
them two Philadelphians named Brent
and Suppsee. 1t was also found thatin
disposing Of the plumber a Spanish coast
guard vessel had conveyed most of it to
Havana for sale and that many Spanish
officials were interested in the affair, get
ting a share of the plumber.
The British government went for the
Spaniards in a very vigorous manner, de-
manding indemnity for the past and Sc
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

M . G---s--I-
cur1ty Tor the iutuTe. ine epaniafus
yielded n agreed 10 equlp q iorce 70
cruise on the south coast anu search .ne
Keys 1or narauaefs. lase saiiiis pris
OF war, III iofloor' carrying eon euns'
was put IN COMMISSION unuer oapeaih
Hermann. he was a me sailor ana an
honest man ana soon mace 40 very un.
pleasant ior the pirates anouS ene isie u
Pines and Cayo Large. Az 5nls am sne
United States had Meet OF MA vessels
aolng ponce GUY ~ 'he gul, pae ~
WHEEL oho nllseifalso, 49, 1870 I'D
Li~eucenano "nlse. was seiy go. ~
hau captured seVelai pirate oiate anu wv
up thelr crews; i,e Was = . sne "a ,a s;ya
tioh as I,e Iosluoi y 49, saith III,
oaplaln i1ernanl ~ ~ opslase @isi 49, -
ano = n Man. =. sss,Isal-.e : heaS
SNOW . slsi.al 'isnS q = - ~ Snan;sh
inlcsilao,oa nau uonee 4ha S y :
capeali oi.ao . oo' An, -. IVY I'D ~ Po.
very las1 saiiing scnoonsr oa. a,aas p;nto
nl1a; colhlianaeu " : nsg e Iarra has ~
III IBU IN OAE I1I tJlt lIZ Adf AU
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

ouaintance and friendship Of Wild Bill,
Texas Jack, California Joe, Buffalo Bill
and Prom palIerday. He served with dis
tinction as d scout under several frontier
army commanders and now has a $3.50
pistol presented to him by tho lamented
General Custer.
Still another adventure Of international
interest is related by a correspondent at
Key West. During the former insurrection
tho Spanish attempted to capture certain
Cubans in Florida by what they termed
diplomacy.(On a certain morning the
steam sloop of war San Juan, Captain RAJ
mon Picaoero, arrived in port with many
'colors flying and after the usual salute to
the American flag dropped the captains
gig into the water and with an armed
crow went ashore. Colonel Williams was
at that time in command at Fort Taylor,
on the east end of the island, and into
Fort Taylor went Don Ramon, accom-
panied by his aid. When there, after intro
.ducing himself, the Spanish captain said
hat he had tho honor to inform Colonel
Williams that the San Juan's mission IN
Key West was to gather IN a number OF
seamen who bad deserted from her IN iia-
vana and escaped to Key West. Would the
colonel do him the ereau FAVOR 70 assiso n
securing the deserters?
Colonel Williams replied that 1t would
be a very great pleasure to do anything
within the law to oblige Captain Plcacero,
but unfortunately for the spanish lnter-
ests there were no Spanish deserters on the
United States reservation, and beyond that
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

tain Picacero. ! know nothing of political
offenders. Pardon me, but you have com
mitted a grave offense I'M
"What? An ~ofense? You say offense
to a commandment in the Spanish navy?'
interrupted the captain.
81 said ~offense, and ! shall at once re-
port it to my government"
"Ofenso? You do not know the force
of my ship. commandment. / can lay your
town in ashes" said the captain.
II do not know anything about your
ship, Captain Picacero, and since we are
at peace with Spain I do not care what it
is. But / may be permitted to observe
that your ship is under the guns of the
fort, and ! have no doubt that your &C.
tions will be more prudent, captain-more
prudent than your wore"
The fiery captain cut the interview short
and took his ship out of the harbor with
all possible haste and no ceremony.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

IN the matter Of beds the French soldier
is said to be the best OFF. Each man has a
little camp bedstead, a straw mattress and
a wooden one on the top of that. Then,
he has sheets, a blanket and a warm
rug besides for the winter. The English
Tommy Atkins fares next best. His bed
is hard, for he has a very thin mattress,
but he is allowed plenty of warm cover
rough mattress on the ground, but he is
given a bolster. blankets and sheets. In
Austria and Germany he has only a hard
rugs, and no sheets or pillows. Until just
lately the Russian. soldier never undress-
ed at all. but had to sleep in his clothes
on a rough couch; now, however, the
giving him q proper bed.-London Sketch.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09
WE LACKED POWDER
Why Ammunition Factories
We're Put on Rush
Time.
NOT ENOUGH ExPLo IVES
Where Uncle Sam Makes and
Stores His Munitions of War
Torpedo Preparation.

IL may seem incredible to many people,
but tho fact is that when the possibility of
war with Spain was first officially realized
and steps were taken to put the army and
navy on a war footing it was discovered
that we did not have suficieSit ammuni-
ton on hand for ten days. fighting.
OF course those in authority kept the
matter as quiet as possible, but since that
alarming discovery was made, something
like three weeks ago. there has been tho
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

oovEHNMENT EXPERT TESTING DYNAMITE.
shells has been done at Fort Wadswortn in
New York harbor, where about 200, 600
pounds Of pos7der.is stored in b~ombproof
vaults in the hillside.
The greater part of the work on torpe-
does is dona &c tho naval station IN New
port harbor, where gun cotton Is manu-
factured and experiments are made by
government experts with dynamite, mel
bnita ana various other kinds Of high OK
olosi7es. This station, as well as all the
rest, Is now running at full blast, and, no
matter how orr trouble with Spain turns
put will continue to run until we have
,nough ammunition on band for any
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

Ay1 he exDeriemens OF having special BIZ
sgeIe vans with straps to secure na-
shines. adm otherwise specially fitted up.
III certain rains to suburban and neigh
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

The Committee on Pumping n Reser-
voirs presented the following
Resolved, That 5000 be paid to j. f. In
derhfli, on account of contract No LOIS
for furnishing and delivering oils.
Charge water account, p and r.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09
municipal lighting.

The foregoing were each separately
adopted by the following vote on a call
for the ayes and nays
Ayes-Ali the members of the Board.
FIVE 80 in number.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

Resolved. That s16.25 be paid to Charles
Wagner, on account of contract No. 1044a,
for furnishing and delivering hay, iced
etc.
Charge water account. P. and R.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

Resolved, That the City Clerk be di-
rected to cancel warrant heretofore or
dered drawn to the order of Thomas and
Isabella McRae for lands taken for the
opening of Baldwin avenue, amounting
to 1882. 50, and draw one for same amount
for like purpose to the order OF the
estate of Thomas McRae.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

Resolved. That 1925 be paid to John
Boyd for cash expended, services as
Lamp Inspector, March, 1898, claim No.
103
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

Resolved, That 81, 047.S6 be paid to Henry
Byrne on account of contract No. 1867
for sweeping and cleaning streets of Jer-
sey City.
Charge cleaning streets n removing
ashes and garbage.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09
Charge special street account.

Resolved, That $685. u be paid to James
r Harrington on account of contract No.
,066 for removing ashes and garbage from
streets of Jersey City.
Charge cleaning streets and removing
ashes and garbage.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

The Committee on Municipal Lighting
presented the following
Resolved, That 800 be paid to John
Boyd for services as Lamp Inspector,
March. 1893, claim No. 702.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

Resolved. That one special improve
rnent certificate for ninety-one and 26-lW
dollars be drawn in favor of VIM. Byrnes,
being retained percentage for work done
and materials furnished on account of
contract No. ISL, for construction of an
1S-inch v~itrified pipe sewer in Central ave-
nue., from Thorne to Bowers street.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

Resolved, Th4 $5S.2 be paid to James
Coyle on account of contract No j, 045, for
furnishing and delivering coal and wood.
Charge water account, A x E.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

Resolved. That the Specifications. as
presented by the Chief Engineer, on this
date. for repairs and maintenance of mac
adam roadways. First section, north of
C-ommunipaw avenue; Second section.
south of Communipaw avenue, be and
the same are hereby adopted and ordered
filed. and that the Clerk be directed to
advertise for proposals in conformity
herewith.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

Resolved. That one special improve
ment certificate for two hundred and
twenty-seven and N-100 dollars be drawn
in favor of Edward O'Neil, being retained
for work done and materials
furnished on account of contract No. 99S.
Boulevard to Nelson avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

Resolved. That one special improve
ment certificate for five hundred dollars
be drawn in favor OF Edward w. Conlon
for work done and materials furnished or
account of contract No. 1.056, for construc-
ton of a 15-inch vitriied pipe sewer in
Graham street, North street n the east
erlv sidewalk of the Hudson Boulevard to
and connecting with sewer in Graham
street. west of Hudson Boulevard.