Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-03
ON LAND AND SEA.
Bits OF News from Our Gallant Soldiers
and Sailors.

Governor Holcomb of Nebraska. says
nc viii appoint Hon. w. J. Bryan col
onci Of the Sd Nebraska Volunteers
Mr. Bryan, who attended the opening
Of the exposition, said he would ac
ccpt.
In the United States district court at
Key West, Fla, Thursday, Judge
Locke rendered a decision condcmninr
the cargo of coal Of the British steamer
ltestormel seized, Monday. Judge
Locke's decision releases the Restor
mel.
At the request Of Adjutant General
Corbin, Gov. Ramsdell Of New Hamp-
shire, Thursday, named Major Edmund
Tctlcy Of LacOnia, as head recruiting
officer for the second call for volun-
teers. Tetlcy is at Chickamauga as
ranking major and will return at once
with a detail of three or four assist
ants.
The Spanish ambassador in London.
Count Rason. in an interview, Thurs
day, is quoted as supporting the asser-
ton made in Madrid that the Cristobal
Colon was the only important Spanish
vessel in the harbor OF Santiago de Gu
ba, during the recent engagement
there. One paper predicts that Admit
Ial CerVera's movements are likely TO
furnish startling news in the near fu-
ture.
Inspector General Carter at Boston.
received three new applications for
provisional militia companies. Thurs
day. TWO We're from Lawrence and one
from Lowell. The signers We're large
~ men who had previous training in
the militia. one of the Lawrence pc
titions is signed by an old member of
the Sth Regiment while the Lowell pc
ton is made up mostly of 9th Regi-
men names.
The Madrid correspondent of the
London Morning Post says: Senior
Leon y Castillo, the Spanish ambassa-
dor TO France, at his recent conference
with the Queen Regent and Senior Sa-
casta. was officially charged to ask
the Powers to intervene to obtain peace
on such terms as would protect the
amour propre Of Spain. The ambas-
sador Will urge as reason for such in
terventlon the danger of loss of trade
- the Powers themselves in the event
Of the continuance of the war. Polit-
ical and diplomatic circles in Madrid
believe that Castillo will succeed.
As result of the Spanish utterances
there is much speculation at London
as to whether Admiral Cervera's whole
fleet is at Santiago de Cuba. In fact
comments on this subject form the
most important feature of the war
news. The Pail Mall Gazette says:
The only certainty in the mass of UNI
It Santiago de Cuba and that is be-
cause the impartial says he is not
there. The Pail Mall Gazette is indig-
nant at the arrest in Cuba of its cor
respondent, Mr.. Robinson. and says
his release must be insisted upon.
The steamer Alpha, Halifax, n. S.
for Victoria. e. C.. has arrived at Cor
onal, Chilli. This steamer was des-
patched from Halifax for the Klondike
radc, but the war detriments makes it
possible that the steamer will be trans
tcrred to the United States government.
for Il Pacific transport. The Alpha was
formerly q subsidized mail steamer be-
tween Halifax and Bermuda and was
fitted under admiralty requirements
for the movement of British troops,
which work she frequently performed
The owner of the steamer, w. a.
Black, is now on the road to San Fran
cisco to meet the Alpha there.