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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-27

teel.Gg ana aalt,- " the declaration OF
Paris of 1896.
So lar as is known all the United
States consuls made their way safely out
of Spain. Consul ray at Dania has re-
ported to the department from Lisbon,
Consul Bowen at barcelona from Paris
and Cens9l Jarroll at Cadiz and Consul
Bartelan ut &aa q from Gibraltar. The
department. haa ssura.l tself that the
others are safe.
The army reorganization bill became
a law and the war department have be-
gun to devise the best means Of carry
ing out the purposes Of the act, which
Will result in an increase of the regular
army to more than 10000.
In the war department preparations
went on with ceaseiess energy for the
volunteer army. All the officers were
detailed who are TO be sent to the vari-
GUS states and territories to muster the
guardsmen into the service of the
United States.
The plans for the full organization of
the army were also perfected. To pro-
vide officers for the regular army and
volunteers Secretary Alger ordered the
assignment to duty of all the cadets at
the West Point military academy who
would III the ordinary course of events
have graduated in June.
Among the orders issued at the navy
department was one directing Captain
A. p. Mahan, the author and world re-
nowned authority ON naval tactics, to
report for duty at the navy department..
Captain Mahan is retired officer, and
will be assigned to position ON the
strategy board. Probably he VIII re-
place Admiral Walker, for whom the
president and Secretary Long cherish
the highest regard on account of his
professional ability, and who is to be
assigned to duty Of the highest import
ance in the immediate future.
1t appears that the assignment of Rear
Admiral Fl. Erben. retired, to relieve
Commander Elmer, in charge of the
Mosquito fleet, was caused by the ill
health Of Commander Elmer. More
than dozen retired officers were called
into the service by Secretary Long.
Commander Elmer has since died.
Spanish vessels, by the presidents
proclamation, have been given until
May 81 to leave United States ports.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-27
The steamer Paris Sighted.

QUEENSTOWN, April 27.-The steamer
Majestic passed the Paris at 4 O'Clock
Monday morning in latitude 48, longi-
tude 90
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-27
Union Improvement Go.
.SuppHeES Of Natural Gas 4 Water.
PLUMBING And GAS FITTING

All who contemplate having plumb
ing or gas fitting done should consider
that little saving in first cost is not
always economy. We buy our goods
at first hands, strictly for cash. We
have expert plumbers and will guar
antee all work, at prices as low as
consistent with first class material
and workmanship. We will be here
to protect our work as long as gas
lasts and people use water.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-27
NATIONS
WILL BE
NEUTRAL
Notices Have Come to the State
Department From Through
out the World.
ACTUAL WAR CONDITIONS.
President Issued Proclamation Regard
ing Seizure of Prizes.
BUENA VENTURA MAY BE RELEASED

The Impression Prevails mt Wash ington
That She VIII BE Considered No Prize
by the Prize Courts-AM the United
States Consuls, So Far AS Known, Have
Made Their Way Out of Spain Safely.
Army Reorganization Bill Became q
Volunteers Into the Regular Army.
West Point Graduating Glass Assigned.
Captain Mahan Called Home - Rear
Admiral Erben Placed In Charge of
the Mosquito Fleet-Commander Elmer
Dead-Retired Officers Called.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-27
WeIsbach Lights Reduced to Sl.25.

Large mica chimneys 40c extra. We
are the only authorized agents for
the genuine "Welsbach. +" All other
incandescent lamps are infringements.
$500 reward for the conviction of
any one selling spurious burners as
aWn
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-27

RICHMOND, April 27.-General Fitz-
hugh Lee is ON waiting orders and has
no present intention of going to Wash
ington until summoned there. He has
received no challenge to a duel from
Lieutenant Ramon de Curranza, the
naval attache of the Spanish legation
at Washington. He will ignore it.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-27

This is a point worth considering.
Remember everything first class and
work guaranteed to be according to
the most approved sanitary regula-
tions.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-27
New Fast Liner Purchased.

New YORK, April ~. - Hamburg
American line officials announce that
Fuerst Bismarck and Columbia have
been purchased by the United States.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-27
RELTIIlORE Z OBIO R. R.

L Passenger trains will leave falr-
mont as follows, on and after Sun
day. Nov. 16, 1897.
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DIVISION
For Rent.

Furnished rooms suitable for stu
dents or others, with bath room
also apartments suitable for light
housekeeping Apply to Miss Arab
J. Evans, Wiley street.
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lRGANTowN. APRIL II 1898
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-27

Let your enthusiasm travel with
you, but don't get it checked.
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Saved!

Good solid American 5 S by buying
your shoes from Waters & Whiting
ton.
Morris tribune., 1898-05-18
WeterWOrkS Meeting. j.

A waterworks meeting was held at
the opera house last Wednesday even
ing. The attendance was not large.
The meeting partook of an informal
character and was very harmonious.
Short speeches were made by several
prominent citizens in order to bring
out as it we're all the important points
in the situation. The plan is to lay
water works system which will cover
the city and furnish water to every
dwelling in town which wants it..
The cost for an ordinary house will be
from IS to $40 according to the num-
Der of faucets. These are not the ex-
act rates, but about hatthey will be.
The water rents, inclu ding what
can probably be had from the
railroads and the saving of $1,000 a
year in the fire department will fully
cover the yearly expenses of about
$500, and in later years will yield a
surplus to be applied against the water
works bonds. The outlook is thus
favorable for the city obtaining a
pure water supply at an expense not
great and when completed the users
will be wondering how the city existed
without Water-Works'
Morris tribune., 1898-05-18
said countenance doesn't light-it's
too sunburned.

said countenance doesn't light-it's
too sunburned.
But these boys are going to make
the best soldiers. They are active
and intelligent. They know they are
fighting for a cause. AS one of the
boys said, "What better can a man
do with his time or with his life than
to spend it helping the Cubans gain
liberty" With such soldiers as these
the ill-fed hordes of monarchial Spain
are not to be compared.
Sunday was day of farewells at
Camp Ramsey. Drill was omitted
and the soldiers were granted many
liberties. Adieus we're said by colonel
and private, to wives and mothers,
friends and sweethearts. No hysteri-
cal weeping was seen anywhere, but
as one watched mother preparing q
supper for her son, setting out on the
camp bench the dainties brought
from home, performing the last SER
vice it would be hers to perform for
many months-one begins to realize
somewhat of what war means and
somewhat of the sacrifices which are
being made to help Cuba, One moth
er was heard to say as she bade adieu
to her son, "John, be anything but
coward" and said in the manner it
was, showed that the sacrifices were
not alone by those who went.
Morris tribune., 1898-05-18
LIFE AT CAMP RAMSEY.
The Soldiers and the Daily Routine OF
Soldering.

Soldering.
To us in the far interior who hear
of the great naval victories and will
possibly soon hear of as great land
victories, the business of soldering
seems to be daily march of triumphs
in full view of an applauding nation
of 100000 souls. We at home are
wont to boast of victories and Vaunt
ourselves as if the fighting and there
fore the glory were ours
A good antidote to any such feeling
is to spend day at Camp Ramsey
and learn to know the soldiers point
of view. To do this was the good
fortune of the writer few days ago.
The 18th, 18th and 18th Minnesota
Volunteers have been encamped
there, the 18th occupying tents and
the 18th and 14th occupying the barns.
Four to six boys sleep in a tent-the
beds being we'll filled straw ticks and
a blanket for each person. With
these a half dozen fellows can spend a
very comfortable night. At = o'clock
the sharp "get up, get up" of the
bugle sounds and everybody must
roll out. Camp is Strengthened up
and breakfast is prepared. There is
lively scramble for places when
'fall in for mess is heard. Then the
line of soldiers file past the quarter
master and each is given quarter of
loaf of bread, pint cup of coffee (no
creamy and sometimes bacon for his
morning meal, The most of the fore
noon is taken up with drilling and
preparing for the same, At noon the
simple dinner of bread, beans, bacon
and coffee is eaten with the relish of
good appetite. In the afternoon
there is more drilling, a leisure hour
or so, then supper (bread, potatoes
and coffee), guard mount, roll call
and at o'clock every candle must be
out and the bugle sounds the good
night call.
Surprise might be expressed at the
apparent meager ness Of the food, but
while the food is simple it is nutri-
tious and is furnished in ample sup
ply. Sleeping in tents is possibly not
an ideal life, but tent can be made
warm and comfortable. The shoes
provided are by no means the rivals
of the patent leather in beauty, but
they are easy on the feet and adapted
to the needs of the soldiers. So too
the army shirts do not rank with linen
for evening wear, but they are withal
warm and, considering their color,
even have an attractiveness of their
own.
The changes that the few weeks of
. camp life has worked in the appear
ance of all Of the boys renders them
almost unrecognizable when first
seen. The young man-lawyer, stu
dent. clerk-who formerly appeared
in civilians clothes, lived in some
goodly home, growled when the beef
steak was too rare. was fastidious OF
his PERSONAL appearance, now
wanders about camp with civilians
clothes exchanged for the coarse
heavy soldiers uniform, his derby ex-
changed for an old slouch hat and
his patent feathers for army shoes
On his face he wears beard several
days overgrown, and when smile
lights up his countenance, the afore-
Morris tribune., 1898-05-18
Cemetery Day a Success

The ladies of Morris who donated
their services and their good things to
eat and the men who helped by con-
ributed either in coin or in kind,
made cemetery day a success. At
the cemetery the lots we're raked off
trees planted, gravel put on the walks,
flowers set out and many other little
improvements which will beautify the
place. In the Sutherland building
the ladies served their we'll prepared
dinner. The tables were filled sew
eral times over, About $50 was netted
to be expended in keeping the ceme-
terry neat during the summer.
Morris tribune., 1898-05-18

J. D. Good has just received car
load of Baker & Glidden wire; also a
car load of nails. Builders will save
money by purchasing of him.
The National tribune., 1898-05-19

was weaned for war The fighting at Manila
was not new for him. and his shipmates OF
the old war horse Mississippi believe that
when he went into the fight to ayenge the
loss of the Maine, he thought of the night
when the Mississippi went down with her flag
flying to the mast-for snch remembrance5
give any hero courage.
Dewey stayed by his ship doing his duty.
In the only small boat left to him he con-
veyed the officers ashore mid terrible fire.
The shots striking the water made the drops
come down like rain overhead. When the
last boat load landed. he was left in his boat
alone, the crew having left the boat at the
brink or bank Dewey spoke out to the
men:
'Come with me; let US return to the ship
for the Captain; he is still there. Let Us not
leave him alone"
Volunteers manned the boat, with Dewey
in the stern, and they pulled away, taking
Capt Smith from the ship, which was now on
fire. The writer swan ashore, having been
carried down stream long distance. On the
following morning Dewey with many OF the
Mississippi's men found themselves on the
Richmond, which, with others of the feet, had
been injured. compelling her to back down
stream in safety. He gave the writer orders
to obtain list of the missing. He afterwards
collected the men together aft, and compll-
mented them for their bravery. JAMES w.
KEsLER Honesdale, Pa
The National tribune., 1898-05-19
How Every Reader of this Paper Can
Make Money,

For several months I have noticed adj
vertisments in different religious papers
describing an improved Dish Washer. As I
had grown so tired of washing the dishes
the old way, 1 sent for information to Dept.
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as they said it would. 1t washes and dries
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myself Several of my neighbOrs came in to
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good agents, and anyone desiring to make
money easy should write them.
A CONSTANT READER
The National tribune., 1898-05-19

for operating them, and that the proper
number Of men are detailed 10 man them
Adi't-Gen. Corbin issued orders directing
regiments of volunteers ready to move to
proceed to rendezvous points as follows:
14th Kan, To San Francisco; 21st Kan,
TO Chickamauga; 1st w. Va, to Chicka
mauga; I'd and Sd Wis, to ChickamauCa;
1St and I'd Mo. TO Chickamauge; 3lst Mich,
to Chickamauga; 9th and I'd Ohio, and one
battery of artillery, to Chickamauga; Wyo-
ming, battalion of infantry, to San Fran
cisco; Colorado, regiment, to San Fran
cisco; Utah, two batteries and one troop, to
San Francisco; 9Th H., to Washington;
9Th, 18th, 18th and Sth Pa, TO Washington,
5th Md, To ChickamauCa; 65th and 9th
n. Y, to Washington; 1st n. H.. to Chicka-
mauga; 9th Mass, 10 Washington, and Sth
Mass, to Chickamauga; I'd Ga, To Tampa;
the Idaho infantry battalion, to San Fran
CISCO the 1st, Sd and 5th H., TO Chicka-
mauga; the 1st and 4th Ohio, TO Chicka-
mauga; the 1st n. j., to Washington; the
mauga. The orders to the 9th n. Y. oriei-
nally were for Washington, but later they
were changed for Chickamauga.
The 20 transport ships now at the dis
posal of the War Department on the At
lantic coast are capable in the aggregate
OF carrying %, 900 troops and 10 600 animals.
AS soon as the Department is prepared to
start the army expedition to Cuba the YES
sells will be concentrated at points on the
Southern coast, and the entire feet will
move to Cuba, as body, under suitable
escort OF war vessels.
The National tribune., 1898-05-19
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TRIBUNE.
The National tribune., 1898-05-19

State troops at Tampa began last We'd
nesday. Some ! 600 soldiers will be there.
Lieut. Andrew s Rowan of the 18th L. >.
Inf, arrived at Key West last Friday from
Cuba bearing important dispatches from
Gen. Calixto Garcia, commander OF the de-
partment of the east of the insurgent army,
for Gen Miles or Gen. Shafter With him
came five Americans, who have been fight
ing with the insurgents Lieut.. Rowan
had a long conference with the insrrgent
General regarding cooperation, who told
him that there were $4,000 troops IN his
command, scattered throughout the island.
These troops were, Gen. Garcia informed
him, well supplied with arms, but lacked
ammunition About 5000 were then fol-
lowing body of Spanish soldiers down TO
the Ceuta River.
Col j. L. Torrey, who has been authorized
TO raise one of the regiments of rough
riders, has opened headquarters at
Cheyenne, Wyo., and is making rapid prog
ress in raising his regiment. He has five
complete troops ready for service in Colo
RADIO, Nevada, Utah and Idaho, and recruits
enough in Wyoming to twice fill the quota
of seven troops assigned to Wyoming. Per
mission has been obtained from the War
Department to extend the hight limit for
cavalrymen, so that recruits over six feet
tall may be accepted The troopers are to
be armed with -Jorgensen carbines
and revolvers, and will carry no sabers.
selected for mounts.
Brig.-Gen. John L. Rodgers, senior off
Ger OF the artillery branch OF the Army,
The National tribune., 1898-05-19
Women Who Make Uuited States Flags.
1Short SkitSl

One Of the most interesting departments
of the Brooklyn Navy-yard is great sew
ing room, where 20 or so women and girls
of various ages sit among heaps OF many
colored materials, manufacturing all the
flags used in the United States Navy.
Change of Administration has no effect
upon their positions, for they are preferred
on account of their skill in needlework,
and not because of any partisan influence.
Some of them grow old in the service, and
year by year they sew together the stripes
and stitch on the stars that make the Star
Spangled Banner. Every star must have
so many stitches to the inch, and every bit
of work is rigidly inspected. Besides the
Stars and Stripes, flags OF every nation in
whose waters the American vessels sail
have to be manufactured; and these women
copy the English flag, and embroider the
Chinese dragon, and applique the varied
and fantastic symbols used in the flags OF
all countries. The work must be interest,"
ing, and it has one great advantage-it IS
constant, all the year round, and there IS
no fuctuatiOn in the rate OF wages.
The National tribune., 1898-05-19
THE OREGON AND HER COMMANDER.

The battleship Oregon has been an OBJ
ject of great personal interest for many
weeks. When the present war broke out
she was in dry dock in Puget Sound, and
was Immediately ordered to San Francisco
and thence down the Pacific coast and
around Cape Horn to join the Atlantic
fleet A good deal of uneasineSS was
manifested for her safety on this long and
perilous trip, but she astonished everyone
by reporting at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, having
rounded the Horn and reached this port at
an average speed of 15H knots an hour
This remarkabl performance proved her to
be good vessel, so far as seagoing Guali-
ties and speed are concerned at least. At
the present she is working along north
ward on the east coast of South America in
company with the gunboat Marietta and
the dynamite cruiser Buffalo, formerly
Nichtheroy OF the Brazilian Navy, recently
purchased by this Government. The
The National tribune., 1898-05-19
capture by q sudden dash Of Spanish

capture by a sudden dash Of Spanish
ships. L
Just after midnight the Bureau of Navi-
CATION received a cipher dispatch from
Capt. Cotton, of the Harvard, dated Fort de
France, Martinique, saying that the Span
ish Cape Verde squadron, "hulls down."
was off that place. ''Hulls down" meant
that the enemy's vessels were far enough
out at sea to distinguish only their top
works and spars. The entire force was
Immediately put to work, and kept so until
morning, preparing fer this new emergency.
Orders were sent toiAdmiral Sampson to
drop everything, and hasten TO intercept
the Spanish feet before it could pounce
upon the light VESSELS Of the blockading
squadron. Commodore Schley was hast
ened off on the same errand.
Through some means the Navy Depart
ment discovered that the telegram from
Capt. Cotton giving information of the
whereabouts of the enemy's Cape Verde
squadron had been delayed "a hours. 1t
should have been delivered at midnight on
Wednesday. An investigation has been
started by the Government, and protest
to the French Government will follow if it
is discovered that Cart. Cotton's dispatch
was held back in the French cable Office at
Fort de France. Another suspicious cir
cumStance is that no word about the
Spanish vessels has come from the United
States Consul at St. Pierre, Martinique.
TIC tOHSuI Is UeOIEc DdIte, d young man
from Pennsylvania, who has the Teputa-
ton of being exceedingly competent and
alert. ST. Pierre is a short distance only
from Fort de France, and Mr.. Darte IN
doubtedly knew of the presence of the
Spanish vessels at the latter place. It
was his duty to send this valuable strate-
gical information to the State Department.
Everybody at the Department believes that
Mr. Darte filed his dispatch promptly. That
it was not received is an additional reason
for suspecting that the authorities of
Martinique, French colony have shown
too decided sympathy with the Spanish
cause. Whether either of our SGuadronS
can reach Cuban waters in advance of the
SpaniardS is the anxious question of The
day. Admiral Sampson is 400 miles nearer
Cuba than Martinique, but the enemy has
a good start. The slow -Toing monitors with
SIMPSONS squadron arded his progress s
from Key West to San Juan. Unless he
leaves them behind he will not he able to
make better speed than one-third of that
OF which the Spanish ships are capable on
long voyage. Schley will require three
days at least to reach the Cuban coast. 1t
is race against time, with the chances
against the American fighters.
The Spanish vessels are all fast steamers,
but they have to coal every two days.
A dispatch from Cadiz by the way of
France says:
The reserve feet is being slowly pre-