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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01
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The times., 1898-06-23
DISPATCHES FOR CERVERA.
BInncO's Secretary En- Route to the
EntrapPed Spanish Admiral.

Kingston, Jam. June 22.-The Havana
newspapers of June IS, copies of which
have been received here, publish an edict
issued by Gen. Arolas, military command
er at Havana, governing the sale of food
articles. Twenty-four hours time is
given TO shopkeepers to report the guam
tity and character of their stock in hand,
and the prices therefor will be fixed by
the governor.
The Chamber OF Commerce has ap-
pointed a committee to see that rules gov
erning the sale of provisions are carried
out, and an order has been issued to pre-
vent merchants and shopkeepers from
charging eXtOrtionate prices.
The colonial government also publishes
a decree prohibiting the courts from hear
ing cases of landlords against tenants
where the amount involved is less than
81.
The Diaro de Cienfuegos of June IS
says that the Spanish government has
instructed Gen. Blanco not to enter into
any negotiations for the exchange of
Lieut. Hobson and the other Merrimac
prisoners
1t is now learned that Senor Lopez
Charez. Capt. Gen Blancos secretary,
who arrived here yesterday from Glen
fuegos, on board the steamer Adula, car
ries with him dispatches from Gen.
Blanco, to be delivered to Admiral Ger
vera at Santiago. Senor Charez is ac-
companied by Senior Ramon Pastor, Gen.
Pando's right-hand man, who has with
him two pilots, AS has been stated, ia
maica is the Spanish base of supplies and
Senor Pastor is here for the purpose of
chartering vessels of light draught TO load
with provisions and make a run into Man
Zanillo.
Senor Charez will go 10 Manzanillo on
board the first vessel that leaves for that
port and couriers will take his dispatches
for Admiral Cervera TO Santiago overland.
AT Manzanillo Senor Pastors pilots will
be used to conduct the vessels among the
keys to Tunas near Trinidad, whence
their cargoes of provisions can be sent
overland to Havana and Cienfuegos. The
blockading of Trinidad cuts off one port
which the Spanish had intended to use
and Manzanillo and Tunas should now
be included in the blockade.
Ii is also stated here that Senior Charez
viii epdeavor to arrange an interview with
the Cuban president. Maso, when he ar
rives AT Manzanillo
Prominent Cubans are of the opinion
that Maso viii decline to see Charez.
The times., 1898-06-23
ARMY APPOINTMENTS.
Another Long List of Military Nom-
nations Sent In.

The President yesterday transmitted
to the Senate the following list of War
Department appointments for confirma-
tion:
To be assistant adiutant general, with rank of
lieutenant colonel
MAI THOMAS H. BARRY, assistant adjutant
general, L. s. A.
To be Judge advocate with rank OF lieutenant
colonel
MAJ. ENOcH Fl. CRowDER. judge advocate,
u. 5. A.
To be chief engineer, with rank Of lieutenant
FIRST LIEUT.. CHARLES L. POTTER, corps
engineers, L. S. 4.
To be inspector general, with rank Of lieu
CAPT. CHARLES W. wHIPPLE. ordnance de-
partment, L. S A.
To be engineer officer. with rank of major
CHARLES J. ALLISON. of Tennessee.
Domination of Charles Allison for the above
Office hereby Yithdrawn.)
To be assistant quartermaster. with rank of
captain
OSCAR C. GUESSAZ, OF Texas.
domination of Oscar Guessaz for above ofice
hereby withdrawn
WALTER ALLEN. of Colorado.
Domination of Walter Allen, OF Mississippi, for
above Office withdrawn
WILLIAM NJ COULLiNG, OF Virginia
Domination of William l.. COwling, of Viz
ginia. for above Office hereby withdrawn.)
For appointment in the L. S Volunteer In
fautEy-
First Regiment:
To be assistant surgeon, with rank of first
JAMES GREENUP BOYD. of Texas
Second Regiment:
To be first lieutenant
HARRY p GAMBLE, first sergeant, Second
Volunteer Infantry.
To be second lieutenants-
HENRY b. ALLEN, of Nebraska.
Third Regiment:
To be captain
WALTER K WHEATLEY, OF Georgia.
To be second lieutenant
CAMPBELL KING, OF Georgia.
Fourth Regiment:
To he CAPTAINS
ALBERT A. FRANzHETN. of West Virginia.
ADAM C.. CARSON: Of Virginia.
To be first lieutenant
FREDERICK R. HUSEMAN OF West Virginia
Fifth Regiment:
HERMAN d. MONEY. of Mississippi.
JAMES NJ. TIDDELL, of Mississippi.
Sixth Regiment:
To be chaplain
JOHN T. PHILLIPS. oil Tennessee.
Seventh Regiment:
To he captain
ALBERT W LILIENTHAL. of New York.
Ninth Regiment:
To he captain
EUSTACE ]. SHEARMAS. OF Louisiana.
To be assistant surgeon, with rank OF first lieu
tenant
JOHN F. DUNsHIRE, of Louisiana
Tenth Regiment:
To be lieutenant colonel
CHARLES l.. WITHROW, of New York
To be major
WALTER b. BARKER, of Mississippi.
To be first lieutenant
JAMES 5. SMITH of Georgia.
To be second lieutenant
JOSEPH s. MCCLURE. OF South Carolina
To be assistant surgeons. with rank of first
lieutenant
GEORGE n SToNEY of Georgia.
JOHN c. DYSART, of Texas.
L.. S. Volunteer Signal Corps:
To be first lieutenant
FRANK II. BAILEY, frst-class surgeon, Volun-
teer Signal Corps.
Nomination of Frank o. Bailey for the above
Office hereby withdrawn-)
For appointment in the Volunteer Engineers:
First Regiment:
To ha chaplain
]. WARNER ToBES. of Rhode Island.
Second Regiment:
To be first lieutenant
TOWNSEND LAWRENCE, of New York -
Third Regiment:
To be majors
FIRST LIEUT. HENRY C. DAVIS. Seventh
Artillery.
FIRST LIEUT. WILLoUGHBY WALKE, Seventh
Artillery.
To be first lieutenant
CHARLES II. HAMILTON. of Minneapolis.
To be second lieutenant
DESHA BRECKENRIDGE of Kentucky.
TREASURY.
THOMAS B. STAPP. to be surveyor of customs
for port of Chattanooga Tenn
The times., 1898-06-23
DEPARTMENT OF TIE SOUTH.
The Administration Has Remedy
for Military AnnOyances.

The delays, miscaIculations and mis-
takes that have characterized recent mil
frary movements in the South form a
source of great annoyance to the Admin
istration and a very decisive remedy IS
near at hand.
The President has advised the estab-
lishment of new military department.
to be known as the Department of the
South. and his recommendation has been
handed over TO Secretary Alger for ac-
tion.
There has been heretofore a Depart
ment of the Gulf, with headquarters at
Mobile, Ala, but it has little or no i'm
portance so far as the present situation
is concerned.
An effort TO mobilize troops in the South
has resulted in many annoying and un-
necessary difficulties.
Tampa. Jacksonville, Chiekamauga and
Fernandino are all independent headquar-
ters, each with one or more major gen.
erals, and the entire situation is so scat
tered as to greatly impede military move
ments and hinder the prompt execution of
hurried orders.
All this would be changed with the
establishment of a Department of the
South. The executive affairs of the entire
situation would be concentrated and put
under one command, with the result that
future movements would be greatly expe-
dited. The efficiency of the whole service
would be increased.
This would be a most important move,
and the selection Of department head
quarters Is no light consideration. 1t Is
said that the War Department looks with
great favor upon Fernandina, Fla. as the
most advantageous point for the pur-
pose. Fernandina is twenty-five miles
from jacksonville, possesses admirable
seaport facilities and is of easy access
from any part of the East or South by
virtue OF its railroad connections. Under
instructions from the War Department
the Florida Central Railroad is laying
miles of extra sidings in and around
Fernandina, and II is clearly the inten-
ton of the department 10 make it a great
military center if not actually headquar-
ters OF a Department Of the South.
The times., 1898-06-23
Dodgirg Spanish Shells.

Greenport, L. l., June 22-Monroe l.
Biggs, of this village, the commander of
the schooner yacht Viking, owned by
former Commodore James Smith of the
New York Yacht Club. received the fol-
lowing letter last evening from his son,
Joel It. Biggs, chief machinist of the
American cruiser Marblehead. It is dated
off Guantanamo. June 5, 1895:
I'm the bombardment of the fort and
the guns of Santiago de Cuba we formed
a half-circle with the ships. so we could
all shoot at the same time Nine ships
altogether opened fire at range of 5000
yards. They had the best of US shooting
down hill, but they could not hit a barn.
But they had some big guns and their
shells made US duck lots of times. 1t was
a sight the way our shells tore up tina
hills.
every time the Spaniards would shoot,
If 1t was coming our way, the officers on
the bridge would sing out, Low bridge!'
and we would drop on the deck. We
knew when they were coming near by
for we could hear them hiss. We were
all on deck that could be spared from be-
low, and those that were on watch be-
low were relieved, so that they could
come up and see the fight. Some did not
want 10 come up. Tor tney thought 1t
safer below, but L think one place is as
safe as the other. l want TO see all that
l can of 1t. 1t has got so that every one
laughs when we would all duck, and the
shells break with great singing noise.
when the Spaniards would fire from
the hill our fleet would train all their
guns on that spot, and then the dirt
would fly round that gun.
I'VE started for Guantanamo Monday.
and with US were the Yankee and the
st. Louis. We arrived at O'Clock Tues
day. The ST. Louis lay outside while we
went inside to look out for the gunboats.
The ST. Louis drove Spanish gunboat
away before we got in the harbor, and
another gunboat ran out and fired a
broadside at us. We returned the fire
and she went up the river as fast as she
could fly. We lay in the harbor all day
There were three gunboats in there, but
they did not dare come out That is
the worst of il; we can never get at them
1--WE left the harbor at $50 o'clock, the
Yankee and the st. Louis remaining
there. When we got away the gunboat
came out and opened fire on the Yankee,
but the Yankee has 5-inch guns. and /
guess by the firing she did she can at
tend to herself all right
The times., 1898-06-23
GLOOM In HAVANA.
Residents Move About without Ami
mmtion md Ayynit the End.

mutton and Await the End.
Key West. Fla. June 22.-Havana is
now very quiet and lacks the gay appear
ance of some weeks ago. The residents
move about slowly, and their faces lack
animation and life. They now seem to
realize that the end is near.
Strict blockade maintained by our naval
vessels is evidently responsible for this
state OF affairs and is producing the desir-
ed effect, slowly, perhaps, but none the
less surely.
Opportunities have recently occurred
for making observa tions inside the harbor
from near the entrance, and all observ-
ers agree that the city appears sad and
gloomy.
The gunboat Maple carried Capt. Lud-
low. of the Terror. in TO try TO effect
an exchange of Hobson and his men, but
he was told by the captain general that
ii would be necessary to refer the matter
to the Madrid government before il could
be arranged, and at least two days would
expire before an answer could be receiv-
ed. Blanco did not state whether he was
able TO communicate with Madrid by
cable.
There is absolutely no truth in the re-
ports that some vessels have succeeded
in running the blockade and getting into
Havana. The line of enclosing vessels is
so skillfully disposed that unless a balloon
or submarine craft can be utilized there
is no possible chance of success. In fact
the whole coast near Havana is effective
Iy blockaded, and not even a small boat
can slip in or out.
The times., 1898-06-23
Marriage Licenses,

Marriage licenses were issued Yesterday
to the following persons: William B. Ran
dolph, Baltimore Nd, and Helen Rodgers
Dickerson. District of Columbia; Harry
E. Tabb, Portsmouth, Va, and Grace C.
ROLAND. District of Columbia; Arthur
Thomas Vaux, Tenants Harbor, Me.
and Loretta L. Dodd, Baltimore Md;
William T. Mack and Eleanor Stallard
District of Columbia; George Young and
Mrs. Ella Pritchard, District of Column
bia; Samuel S. Koomes and Mary E.
OHare, District of Columbia; Harry f.
Johnson. Hartford, Conn, and Mary Z.
Hoover, District of Columbia; Joseph e.
Glover, Forest Glen. Md. and Roberta NJ
Poore, Tenleytown, District of Column
bia; William NJ. Tuckey and Alice c.
McDade, District of Columbia; Nelson o.
Purdy and Ella R. Moxley, District of
Columbia; LemueI Franklin and Blanche
Lucas, District of Columbia; Hezel,ia h
Johnson and Martha Lonesome, District
OF Columbia; Benjamin F. Holland, Bal
timore, Md, and Cecilia " Jackson Ben
ming, d. c.; T. Newton Young and Cath
crime Schoeffer, District of Columbia ::
Berger Boyton and Clara jefferson, Dis
trict OF Columbia; John Thomas Gibson
and Anna Clara Mcmahon, District of ca
lumbia; Louis Roechiccioti and Mirie
Gull, Philadelphia, Pa: Joseph M. Pat
terson and Hanna E. Foley, District of
Columbia; Charles F. Hunter and Anna
Mulloy, District of Columbia; Jacob N.
Washington and Eliza J. Wooten, District
of Columbia: Graham Wine and Susie
S. Bell, Orange. Va; John E. Duff and
Lottie Gibson. Orange Va; Jackson r.
Monroe and Bette Payne, District of CO.
lumbia.
The times., 1898-06-23
OUR MUTILATED DEAD
A Correspondent Describes the span-
ish Savngery at Guantanamo

Philadelphia. June 22.-Of the mutilated
dead at Guantanamo Ralph D. Paine
writes the Press, of this city:
Il saw their bodies brought into camp
Ihey mad been shot with from ten to if-
teen Mauser bullets each. riddIed and
shattered. The rifle of one of them was
found broken and covered with blood
He had dubbed it and fought until he
dropped, and after these two American
marines were dead the Spaniards had
chopped them with machetes, stripped
them of shoes, cartridges, belts, caps,
coats, one of them of trousers.
"Machetes had then been used To ont
off the tops of these mems heads. after
they were dead, and scoop their brains
out. They were otherwise horribly mu-
tilated."
The times., 1898-06-23
Internal Machine In His Mail.

Mex York, June 22-B. A Rowland.
sales agent of large meat concern in
Gansevoort Market, has placed in the
hands of Postofffce Inspector Ashe an
Internal machine, which he received in
his personal mail Monday morning. 1t
is wooden box about nine by five by
three inches and Weighing about six
pounds. 1t was posted in the general
postoffice Saturday afternoon and ad-
dressed in large hand printed characters
Black gunpowder filled it. and a part of
the explosive was tightly packed in a
four ounce bottle. There was also a
handful of 1-inch screws wrapped In OIL
The times., 1898-06-23

Boston. June 22.-This afternoon the
repair ship Vulcan left the Charleston
SIMPSONS fleet off Santiago de Cuba.
stopping en- route at Hampton Roads
for coal and ammunition. With the de-
parture of the Vulcan, the only boats left
at the yard are the monitors Lehigh and
Wyandotte the revenue cutter Calumet.
the ferry boat Gov. Russell. the tug
Seminole. and the yacht Inca OF this
number, the monitors are the only vessels
on which any real construction is being
done, the other boats are being painted
and armed ready for service
The times., 1898-06-23
UNDERTAKERs.
SIGHTEERS HELD UP.
Thirty Passenger Trains Delayed by
a Freight Wreck

Bridgeport, Conn, June 22--Thirty pas
senger trains with more than 1900 passer-
gers, on the New York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad were delayed today by
the wreck OF a freight train on the Naug-
atuck bridge. eight miles from Bridge
port Many of the delayed passengers
were en- route for the big boat race today
at New London
Two men are missing. II is supposed
they were thrown from the rear section
OF the wrecked train. They are Brake
men Mccullough and Dean The wreck
was caused by the parting of a special
freight train of fifty-eight cars on a steep
down grade between Milford and Bridge
port, the rear section crashing into the
forward part when the engine was re-
versed 10 pick up the lost cars.
Fifteen freight cars. containing fine
looms and machinery for Western fac
tories. are piled in complete wreck on the
iron bridge The bridge itself is badly
damaged Passengers for New London
TO See the boat race. were transferred
and taken to their destination on special
trains.
The times., 1898-06-23

ed rags. which would have scattered in
every direction had the contrivance ex-
ploded. Seven parlor matches were fast
ened In the box in such a position that
when the I'D was drawn off a strip of
sandpaper wpula be drawn across the
heads. Mr.. Howiand happened to no.
tice loose grains OF powder on the outer
wrapper. however, and soaked it in wa
ter before he opened 1t. He says he
knows of no enemy but as he has been
in his present position only two months.
and has obtained some large contracts.
his only theory is that the plot may have
been inspired by business rivalry.
The times., 1898-06-23
MISS SAMPSON TO WE'D.
The Engagement of the AdmiraPs
Daughter Announced

San Francisco. June 22.-Henry Harri-
son Scott and Miss Olive harrington
Sampson. the eldest unmarried daughter
of Rear Admiral Sampson, are to be mar
ried in November. The announcement of
the engagement has just been made.
Both are popular and prominent in So
ciety here. Mr.. Scott Is the manager of
the largest coal company in California.
The times., 1898-06-23
Recruiting the Engineers.

Examinations Of applicans for enlistment in
the United State Solunteer Engineers will begin
this Thursday morning. from O'Clock, at
1923 + Street northwest, where Capt. Merritt H.
Smith. of the First Regiment, Yonker. N Y,
assisted by Surgeon Hickling and Lieut.. Wilson,
VIII conduct the examinations. Among those
required, and not now enrolled, are blackslniths,
railroad men, cooks, tailors, and shoemakers.
The first detachment win leave for Peekskill
Friday morning
The times., 1898-06-23
A Mother Seeks Death by Poison

New York, June 22.-Mrs Teresa Blan-
ca, twenty-five years of age, of No 234
West Thirty-second Street, attempted sui
eide yesterday by drinking ammonia Mrs
Blanca became respondent two weeks ago
when her thirteen -months-old baby died
of measles. She has two other children,
three and five years old. but she grew
more melancholy daily. Her husband,
who is barber, at No. 420 Eighth Ave
nue., was told by a woman who lives in
the house, and he ran home to find his
wife suffering intensely. She said she
wanted to die. She was taken to Roose-
welt Hospital
The times., 1898-06-23
4 NAVAL OFFICERS DEATH.
Lientenant Commander Herwig. Re-
tired. Passed Away Yesterday

Charlottesville. Va, June 22-Henrich
Leopold Julius Herwig a distinguished
officer of the American Navy. died sud
denly yesterday afternoon at the Uni
versity of Virginia. where ne had come
with his family to spend the Summer.
He was born in Hassfield-on-the-F
Germany. January. 1913. and came to
America when about twenty-six years Of
age He soon obtained. upon competitive
examination, a position as assistant en-
gineer in the American Navy. and rose
TO be chief engineer. with the rank of
lieutenant commander. As a naval con-
structor he had been concerned in the
design OF most of the new vessels of our
Navy. Two years ago. on board the Ma
rion. off the coast of Mexico he was
stricken with paralysis. He returned tn
his home in Alexandria, Va. and was
retired from the service. He married
Miss Wheat. of Alexandria. who sur
wives him, with three little children.
The times., 1898-06-23
New Internal Revenue omcer

Alexandria, June PIT is stated that Mr..
Ham Shepherd, of the internal revenue Office,
has resigned, and that Mrs. Leila NJ Tinsley, of
Lynehburg, who was placed the eligible
list last year, has been appointed to the vacancy.
Mrs. Tins!ey is the widow of William B. TInsley,
formerly United States Commissioner at LYNCH
burg, and prominent Republican of some
years ago. She has been residing in New York
recently
The times., 1898-06-23
Injured by an EAp1oding Shell.

Key West. June 22.-Armorer Hender-
son and Gunner's Mate Herman, on one
of the gunboats in the Havana bIockad-
Ing squadron, We're opening one-pound
shell in the ships armory when the shell
exploded. Hendersons arm was slightly
lacerated. Herman was wounded III the
side. Both will recover They were
brought here today by a dispatch boat.
The times., 1898-06-23
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK

pont give fnefn tea or coffee. Have Won
uled the new food called GRAIN-O? It 10
uehclous and dnourIShing and takes the place
cnIuren The more health you Distribute
through their systems. GrGin-O is made of
pure grains, and when properly prepared
tastes like the choice grades OF coffee but
costs about one-quartera as much. All grocers
sell it. ! &c and go fa3TEf
The times., 1898-06-23
international Chess Tourname,t

Vienna, June 22IThis mornings re-
suits in the chess tournament were as
follows: Pilisbury, Janowski, Tschigorn
beat Walbrodt, Alapin and Halprin, re-
spectively. Marco and Caro- drew.
The times., 1898-06-23
Aid for Massachusetts Troons

Boston. June 22--CoL Henry L. Higgin-
son. in charge of the funds of the Massa
chusetts Volunteer Aid Association. re-
ports that $S.S52.45 has already been Sc
cured. This will be used TO aid the
Massachusetts, troops at the front. In
the list of contributors announced today
is the Massachusetts, Women Suffraos
Association. which gives S36.
The times., 1898-06-23
Do You Smoke 81 Pipe
The Vulcan Leaves Boston.

When broken carry to Henderson's Cigar
Store, Ninth and F Streets. he will fix it.
The times., 1898-06-23
Iwas ssrinuslv afflicted with %.

1 was seriously afflicted with a cough for
several years, and last fall had a mora
severe cough than ever before. I have
used many remedies without receiving
much relief. and being recommended m
try a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. by friend. who. knowing me to be
a poor widow, gave it 20 me, tried II
and with the most gratifying results. The
first bottle relieved me very much and the
second bottle has absolutely cured me.
have not had as good health for twenty
years. Respectfully. Mrs. Mary A. Beard
Claremore. Ark Sold by Henry Evans
wholesale and retail druggist, 93S f Street
northwest and Connecticut Avenue and
Street northwest and 1928 Maryland
Avenue northeast.
The times., 1898-06-23

Your credit is good at Lansburgh's Fur
niture House. 18th and T sts. oc3-tf
The times., 1898-06-23
DIED.

MURPHY-suddenIy. on June 20. 1sos WIZ
LIAM MI RPHN- in the 32d wear Of his age
Funeral rom residence of her aunt. gs2
Street northeast, Thursday, June % 10 a m 1t
The times., 1898-06-23
SPECIAL NOTICES.
On Pa. Ave-, 9l6=9lS NV

CHARLES D. GIBSON: YOUR NAME
does not appear in the Washington Di-
fectory- Send me your address; other
wise, consult DR.. GOdding- Thank you.
je22-It-em ]. T CLEMENTS.
SPECIAL NOTICE.-PoIcies or Life IN
suTance bought for investment Mozsy
loaned on tbs same as collateral
Applications for insurance on rejected
lives up to $4,000 entertained --
HADDAWAY & DOUGLAS.
ap11-O 6l9 Fourteenth Street
The times., 1898-06-23

Charles D. Gibson. read special notice. Item
The times., 1898-06-23
CHARGES MODERATE, MEDICINES INCLUDED

Daily Office Hours-l0 a. m. to p. IN. Mon
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, to
p. m. Sunday, 10 to IL m.
CONSULTATION STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.