Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-18
SPANISH OFFICERS
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little or no difficulty in passing the
border into the United States. In many
instances. Mr.. Watchorn thinks this
scheme has been successfully carried
out.
He finds upon investigation that
much more stringent immigration laws
than formerly are being enacted by all
the new countries, including Australia
SO that practically this is the only
country now left open for the unde-
slrable classes. Nearly all of the old
COUNTRIES of Europe are also more
strictly enforcing their immigration
laws and at the same time they offer
little objection to the departure of the
INDECENT and criminal classes. Mr.
Watchorn finds that very large
number of emigrants receive help from
many charitable societies and institu-
tions in nearly all of the European
capitals.
The reference by the Sultan recently
in an audience granted to Minister
Straus to the proposition to increase
the rank of the mission of the en-
bassy has been noted here with salts
faction. For year past our govern
ment has been willing to be repre-
sented by an ambassador at Constanti-
nople and has intimated as much to
the Porte. The law does not permit
the state department to take the initia-
tive in such cases as the President
may appoint an ambassador only when
the country to which he is accredited
first sends an ambassador to the
I1ntfnd Sfofac Whom no mt f,n
was conveyed to the Porte it is under
stood there was reason of an economi-
cal nature for not acting upon it fav-
orably but in view of what has passed
between Mr.. Straus and the Sultan it
is now believed that the former will
soon be made an ambassador with the
result that his usefulness will be in
creased.
The subsistence department of the
army has statement refuting some
features of the testimony of Major
Seaman. surgeon, before the WARM
vestigating commission. Major Sea-
man said no one could get supplies for
the sick from the conmissary of sub
sistence, yet when he left Ponce the
chief commissary there had at his dis
posal $244.000 subject to requisition of
surgeons for just such supplies as Sea-
man said he wanted. Major Daily,
surgeon who came with troops about
the same time. made requisition and
secured $500 for the purchase of SUP
plies for the sick and turned the I'M
expended balance over to the depart
ment here when he arrived.
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days leave of absence with permits
sion to leave the United States to J. p.
Firing, chief clerk of the naval pay
Office, New York. There is a pathetic
story behind this action. Last summer
the wife and daughter of Mr.. Fireng
engaged passage ON the Inflated
French steamer Burgogne which was
wrecked off New Foundland. but just
before her departure from New York.
fortunately, concluded to make the
ocean voyage by another line. After
spending the summer in Europe, they
engaged passage for home on a French
liner, but at the last moment changed
their minds in favor Of the English
steamer Mohegan, and was among the
number who persisted on the rocks.
Friday night. Mr.. Fireng's mission is
to endeavor to recover the bodies of his
wife and daughter and bring them to
the United States for interment.
The treasury department., today.
made final award of the new war
loan. Subscribers for the sum of $4,000
will receive a percentage of that sum
amounting to $1,000. Subscribers for
s44SO or less will be awarded the full
amount of their subscriptions.
Government receipts from customs,
today, $601 ,421; internal revenues, ST.,
336,274; miscellaneous, $44,1S5. Expen-
ditures, $2,310,000.