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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-22

last came The welcome order to go into
action, and away with a whoop we
rushed, making detour so as to fall
on Johnston's flank. Just as my COM
pany swept up to the rattlesnalle fence
which edged an adjacent wood banked
high with underbrush, about 1000 of
the enemy arose with the rebel yell,
and poured one thunderous volley into
us. TO say the unexpected fire caused
a check is superlluous. 1t simply
caused il stampede. But in a few mo-
ments the confusion had subsidized and
l looked around to see how our men
had stood it. Gentlemen, / cannot ex-
press to you how gratilied | was to
find that every man under my COM
mand was still at my side, like faith
full hero. Wasn't that so, Bll?"
Yes" responded Bill with laugh
which could have been heard a block
away, Eve were all with you to a man
half a mile away, and fiat on our
stomachs behind stone fence"
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tation in the bill as to choice from
general being stricken out by the
committee.
The committe disclams the dea of
having any single military commander
i'll view and asserts the object is to
permit the selection by the President
to command the armies OF the United
States of one who should have higher
rank than any other officer as essen
tial to the efficiency of management.
While Major General Miles has fire.
Guently been urged for a lieutenant
Seneralship. the members of the com
mittee claim that his name is no more
than a suggestion and the resolution
leaves it open to the President whom
F, he shall appoint, the appointee. how
ever, being subjeced to confirmation
by the Senate.
1t was pointed out, today, by a rank
ing member of the committee, that il
there should be battle at Santiago
| for instance, in which Gen. Shaftel
| should figure and should perform somt
| heroic work, he would stand fair
show for the coveted rank and s.
| with other commanding officers or
| whose careers the selection might de
pend.
The committee also favorably re-
adjutant general of the army a pos
now held by Gen. Corbin. the rank. pay
and allowances Of a major general.
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EVERY MAN WAS WITH HIM.
a Volunteer Regiments First Experience
Under Fire in the Civil War.

Two veterans stood at the desk Of an
old Guard recruiting station swapping
"reminiscences for the entertainment Of
group of eager listeners. says the
NeW York sun.
"1'he enthusiasm displayed by YOU
young fellows in rushing to enlist ."
said one, reminds me IF the i'm
patience and high feather with which
the youngsters of my day hailed the
approach of hostiities with the Com
tcGcrates. You remember now it was
don't you, BiIl?"
Yes" replied the second old soldier
smilin&ly Il thought | was going
down South on picnic frolic. and the
only fear had was that it wouldn't
last long cnough-but it did, it did"
That was The way | felt about it,"
continued the first veteran, that Isl
until ! got under fire. and then for ten
minutes, I'm not ashamed to confess. !
was the worst scared volunteer who
eyer hankcred for war. There were
tens of thousands who experienced the
Same fright however. and they We're
not necessarily towards, either. But
the sight of a couple of thousands Of
rifle barrels suddenly and most unex-
pectedly rising out Of q dense under
growth in thick wood and all seem
inEly blazing away at your exposed
bosom, is enough 10 send cold shvcl'
down any mans back, no matter how
high he may stand IN the hard school
of courage.
1T was at Fair Oaks, May 81, 1862,
that Bill here and | first saw war,
actual. terrible war, after weeks of
golden dreams of Nalorous achievement
and no thought of battles grim hor-
rOrs. We We're in the same company.
of which ! was junior lieutenant and
Bill was sergeant. Our regiment was
held in reserve for some hours after
the fight opened. ana the chatting to
get at the Johnnies and spill gore was
intense, especially among the men of
nay raw company. Long standing at
arms. too. had begun to tell on them,
and they were muttering and appar-
entity on the verge of mutiny. But at
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genious. Some of these schemes require
the coliusion of the recruiting sergeant,
who generally conducts Il considerable
part of the examination for the surgeon.
me recruiting sergeant always wants to
see the old timer get through safely and
| he has, besi1es, a personal interest in the
matter, for The recruiting sergeant who
helps the old timer along in his examina-
t!on IS always generously blown off by
the beneficiary.
For example, the old soldier who feels
that his eyesight is becoming a bit dim
| has a word or two with the recruiting
sergeant before he formally applies for
re-enlistment. Now. the eyesight tests in
the army medical examination are very
severe. The applicant must read all man
ner of print. first with both eyes and then
with one eye a a time, at a considerable
distance. II he falls down in this attempt
more than twice It's all up with him and
ne ~ rejected on the spot.
The cards containing the yarious stvles
OF type are frequently changed in the re-
cruiting office, in order that they may
not become too well known to men apply
ing lof enlistment The old timer gets a
| copy OF 4 card from the recruiting SER
| @eaFt ami cons it studiously for a dav or
| two before ne applies for enlistment, fix
| ing me relative positions of the letters
/ flrmiN in his mind.
/ Thus, when he is under examination ha
/ mas The letters all pat according to their
! positions on The card. He does not read
/ mem of with rush, as this would be
! likely 70 excite the suspicion of the sur
seon' but falters occasionally in calling
/ the turn on the smallest type, alna,s
/ however, reading The letters correctly
4 after going through This bit Of acting
/ iha gets him through so far as his eve
! sight is concerned, and ne may be prettv
| confident rs to the remainder of the ex-
animation. for the old timers Invariably
| know lust wherein they are weak before
| they apply for re-enlstment and Droytue
! for contingencies.
The experienced swaddie who. before
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particular object of the minister's cli-
icisnS was the statements of the COM
alttec concerning the purpose of the
japanese government to interfere in
Hawaiian affairs.
Morgan Indignantly commented upon
such a criticism of the Senate com
mlttee. lie declared that no foreign
minister had any right to send to the
senate such an attack upon senators
White said the minister had not sent
the document to the Senate. H had
brought it himself and had adopted it
as his own
is it an official paper?" inquired
Morgan
1T has been fled replied White
1T is opposite to relevant to the con-
currence of the committee on foreign
relations
Morgan.
White declined to say whether or not
it was official
IF it is an official document filed by
the Japanese minister to this country"
declared Morgan, 1T is very serious
and very outrageous assault upon the
privileges of the Senate"
White said there was nothing mys-
FERROUS about the paper and it did not
infringe upon the rights OF the Senate.
Il do not object said Morgan, "to
the senator making use ofany material
he desires. l do object to what [ con-
slider the wrong of the department Of
state in receiving such a document as
that if it be an official paper.
Il do not say the document was GER
titled to by the japanese minister.
said White, but l have understood
that it was fled
We'll, what | complain Of" contin-
ucd Morgan. is that the secretary of
state should permit to be filed in his
office a paper imputng to a committee
of this body, ignorance at least and
perhaps Worse-prevarication l regret
we have come upon a time when other
departments Of the government will
permit such criticisms. Which is Incl
sive if not outrageous upon the Senate
of the United States.
At 4.30 p NJ. the Hawaiian resolu-
ton was laid aside. White not having
concluded.
! PettigreW. S. u. chairman of the
committee on Indian affairs, presented
a conference report upon the Curtis
| bill fer the protection Of the people OF
| the Indian territory ana ii was agreed
| to.
House bill granting the right to tho
| Niagara River Bridge and Tunne! Go
| to construct bridge across niagara
river. was passed.
| \ bill was passed to amend an act
! entitled An act to provide for tenn
! poralily increasing the military tstah-
| lishment Of the United States in time
/ Of war"
| Haw}ey. chairman Of the military
affair committee. secured the passage
/ of bill To protect harhor dcfences and
| Notifications constructed or used 10y
| the United States from malicious in
| jury. The bin provides as a penalty
| for maliciousy injurin& any submarine
| torpedo. fertilization or harh"r de-
| fence system, a fine If not less than
/ 500 ror more than $5Goo or imi#is"fs-
ment for not exceeding five years 81
| both.
At 5.25 T. NJ, the Senate went into
executive session and ADJOURNED "a
5f5 z. NJ.
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RockIand Democrats Choose Delegates.

Rockland, Me-, June 21.--At the Dem
ocratic caucus, tonight, the following
delegates to the State convention were
chosen: Samuel Bryant. S. w. Nc
Loon. Cornelius Doherty p. Z. Fuller
l.. NJ. Littlehale, j. T. sherman, II. d.
Lynn and Oliver Otis.
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a CARD.

We guarantee every bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy and will refund the money to any
one who is not satisfied after using it. 1t
is the most successful medicine in the
world for howell complaints, both for chill
dren ana 2dults.-John Coughln, Water
-. m,W,fly
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THE LIEUTENANT GENERALLY
To Be Revived. Appointment to Ee Left With
the President.

Washington, June 2L-The House
committee on military affairs. today,
favorably reported joint resolution
revising the grade of lieutenant gen
cral in the army. 1t authorizes the
Prcsid mt. whenever he deems it ex-
pedicnt, to appoint a lieutenant gen
cral to he selected from those officers
in the military service distinguished
for courage, skill and ability, the lim!-
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SUICIDE Ar WlSCASSET.
Miss Emma F. Knights. While Insane. Ends
Her Life by Hanging.

Wiscassct Me. June 2l.-Miss Emma r.
knight. the eldest daughter Of c. p.
knight, hanged herself from beam in
The barn. this afternoon. She had been
wildly insane for some time and had been
watched, but in some manner she cludcd
the family and before she was missed had
secured a rope, which she passed over the
beam. putting her head through the loop
and swung off.
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The common soldier in Russia receives
throo rtblcs per anuum-about s. "a The
DAY rationS consist of two pounds of
sle5ary. which is a very coarse kind of
bread made Of cracked rye baked hard
1t first, then cut into small pieces and
further dried in a heated even: a small
quantity of salt. ard some soup.
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SHOCKING ACCIDENT,
Two Hundred People Thrown
Into the Water.
Backwash from Albion When Launched
Causes Staging to Collapse.
Many Daring Rescues Made Thirty three
Bodies Recovered at Last Reports.

London. June 21.-During the launch
ing of the new British frst-class bat
tleship Albion, Of 1850 tons at Black
wall, today, the displacement of water
caused an immense mass of water to
rise on all sides. completely submerg-
ing one of the lower stages of the yard
and immersing hundreds Of people.
Up to last reports 33 bodies had been
recovered The victims were mostly
working people on holiday. who had
trespassed on the shipbuilding yard
where the launching took place They
crowded upon staging from which
they had been warned off, but the force
Of police on the spot was inadequate to
control the immense mob.
About 200 persons We're thrown INFO
the water when the staging was de-
molished by the backWash Of the huge
Warship when she plunged into the
water. Most of those rescued were by
means OF the numerous row boats in
the vicinity. but many were swept
away by the food tide which was run
ming and sank before assistance could
reach them.
About so of the spectators were in
jured and had to receive surgical treat
ment. Many plucky rescues of drown
ing persons We're made by onlookers.
The Albion is a first-class steel bat
tleship of 1850 tons, 800 feet long, "a
feet broad ana drawing % feet, inches
VI water. She Is to have 10, 500 indi-
Gated horse power had two pr0pellers
and cost about $4,000. 600 The new bar-
tleshp has eight inches Of harveyizeJ
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hundreds Of lives sa"ed every year by
having lbr. Thomas Eclectric OIL in the
hudS" Just when it is needed Cures
Group, heals burns, cuts, wounds of every
sort.
s-'''', wed. fri&vky,tf
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,uN2SiDnS INTO TIM Solln tVulliitS "t
Ipnnsyllania. The bill brought "n q
long debate. in which it was VIGOROUSLY
advocated and opposed.
The House. today, concuricd in TIL"
senate .ndmcnts to the bill amen
Gatoly If The acts of establishing a
court Of private land claims and t" pro
vide for the settlement Of piiVat" land
.laims in certain states and territories.
The House passed Il measure a}n'n nd
me the existing laws 50 as to make
,onsuis ana vice consujs amenahle IL
criminal prosecution ami requiring tAe
l,oudsmen IF such officials to be
Nnorican citizens. This legislation
VAS suggested. it was stated by Otj"n,
Rcd. Wis by the death of Francis
Hinton in Paris. ana the alleged en-
hazzIemcnt by Vice Consul Shropahir"
M Paris. of money and valuables left
hv Hinton. The case is we'll known
and when prosecution Of Shropshire
was contemplated, it developed that
existing laws failed to provide for il
and his securities. being aliens, no re-
c,,yarv from them could be made.
In committee of the whole. Mahon Sc
cured consideration of a bill to send L"
th, court Of claims alleged claims for
i,r,n..rt,, of citizens taken or destroyed lN
The Confederate troops in their several
illx-4+ions into the border counties Of
York Adams. Cumberland. Franklin. Ful-
ton. Radford, Somerset ANA Perry rem
syt1auia Tho object "a the bill, it was
pointed out. VAS merely 10 secure a de-
cjson from the courts. an appeal to the
ylitrernr court being provided for. upon
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'aa5. 1903.
SD ANNUAL STATEMENT.
OF THE ~
Mutual Benefit
Life Insurance Co.
NEWARK, Nd.
AMXf n0DD, President.
RECEIPTS IN 1897.
AMLf n0DD, President.

Received for premiums. ... $S.606, 1911 8
Received for interestand rents 3,227,927 8
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-10
Gods
SarsaparilIa
Isthe!One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. 81
H. NIL cure Liver Ills; easy to
tJVOu = flllS take. easy to operate. $50.
The Mixed Menu.

The travelling men in eastern Maine
have added new story to their roper
tory, Hancock county man being
the subject. During the musical fes-
tival at Bangor, they say, John step
ped into Bangor hotel for dinner.
Now it happened that the hotel man
had leased the off side of his bill of
fare to local carriage manufacturer,
who placed an "ad" thereon, with il
ustrations. John sat at the table.
The waiter being in something of a
hurry, by mistake passed the bill
wrong side ont. John saw the wheels
put on his spectacles, curled his mus
tache with his left band, Strengthened
up, looked at the girl and said: III
tade scrambled eggs, Bangor buggy
couple of punts and a road cart.
Got any wheelbarrows?" The Girl
tiew.-LeW1ston journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-10
SAYINGS OF GEORGE ELIOT.

In every parting there is an image of
death.
I desire no future that will break the
ties of the past. "
Veracity is a plant of paradise, and
the seeds have never hourished ayond
the walls.
I've never any pity for conceited peo-
pie, because I think they carry their
comfort about with them.
When death, the great reconciler, has
come, it is never our tenderness that we
repent of, but our severity.
The greatest of painters only once
painted mysteriously divine child; he
couldn't have told how he did it and
we can't tell why we feel it to be divine.
The golden moments in the stream of
life rush past us, and we see nothing
but sands; the angels come to visit us,
and we only know them when they are
gone.
Errors look so very ugly in persons
OF small means-one feels they are tak-
ing quite liberty in going astray;
whereas people of fortune may natdFal-
ly indulge in few delinduencies. y,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-10
The Only English Thing.

The American friyate Constit u ton
was beautiful ship, AID wherev yer
she went excited the most favorable
comment. After the war of 1872 she
was visited by an English o;ficer Of
high rank, woo, after making an in
spection, said: "This is one of the
finest frigates l ever saw, il not the
finest; but must say that her wheel
Is clumsy and ugly. and unworthy of
the vessel" The Yankee captain re-
piled: "Sir, that wheel is the only
English thing in the ship. During
her action with the Java her own
wheel was knocked to pieces by
shot. After the Java was captured
we took her wheel Pnd fitted it to the
Constitution, and, although we think
it as ugly as you do. we have kept it
as trophy"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-10
He Was From Chicago.

Last Thursday man came to this
town from somewhere, and at supper
table the other men in the restaurant
knew he hailed from Chicago without
being told. The fact that he ate with
his knife and picked his teeth with a
fork did not alone betray his identity
for other towns now have their CASTRO
nomical acrobats. 1t was something
far different. 1t was his natural
meanness that gave him away. His
undeniable relationship to Shylock
was portrayed all over his miserable
Ratchet face. There was seated by
his side deformed man who had
more brains in his head than the Chi
Gage man had ever seen outside of the
stock yards. The deformed man also
had in HIM the milk Of human kind
ness. But fate had robbed HIM of the
free use OF his arms, and, not know
ing that the person at his left was
from Chicago, he made so bold as to
ask very small service.
"Will you kindly pass me the su.
gar?' he asked, indicating by his poor
deformed tingng that he could not
reach it himself.
The Chicago man turned in his
seat-not with his face to the cripple
but his back.
IL didn't come here to do house.
work" he snapped viciously.
"You must be from Chicago" re.
torted the cripple, with amazing intui.
ticn.-St. Paul Dispatch.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-10
PLATINUM IN RUSSIA.
The Rnre Metal Found Chiefly I'm the
UrnI Mountains. q.

The Rnre Metal Found Chiefly I'm the
Urnl Mountains. 90
The steady and rapid increase in the
demand for platinum has resulted in a
sharp advance in price, and consequent
ly in Il somewhat corresponding in
crease in production, although the
metal is so rare that the production by
10 means keeps even pace with the
growing demand. At present the
price of crude platinum at the mines
in Russia is 900 marks-about e45 or
nearly $225-a kilogram, a kilogram
being two and two-tenths pounds, says
the Philadelphia Press. H.
The Russian ministry of finances has
recently issued a report on the produc-
ton Of platinum in Russia. 1t has long
been. known that Russia led all other
countries in the production of this
metal, although it was first discovered
in America, and the report shows that
Russia at present furnishes 40 times
that produced in all other countries
taken together. It is not vast amount
either. In the year 1880 the quantity
produced in Russia amounted to 2,946
Kilograms; in 1895 it reached 4,413 kilo-
grams. This rare metal is found in
Russia only in the southern Ural, where
in mining for the metal the still rarer
metal iridium is found, but only in
small quantities. Last year the quan=
tity of iridium obtained did not
amount to more than four and one
tenth Kilograms, or about nine pounds.
Platinum is refractory metal, and the
methods of working it are not known
in Russia, so that the ore is exported to
Germany and to England, end Russia
reimports so much of the worked-up
platinum as it requires.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-10

a correspondent writes to the Grass
Valley Tidings from Penn valley, a
small settlement near Nevada City,
complaining that they cannot keep
any tea cheers at the school there; they
all get married right of. No less
than five teachers have quit teaching
to get married. We predict an exo-
dus of teachers towards Penn valley
when this news circulates suific-
iently.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-10
GOLD STANDARD TIE CAUSE.

Senator Chandler. Republican, in
his paper, the Concord, N. H., Even
ing Monitor, says under this caption:
"The reduction OF wages is caused
by the gold standard; work for silver
money, saws Senator Chandler"
"a good New Years resolution for
Republicans is to demand and dur
ing 1893 struggle for bimetallsm.
Every man who works for wages
should fight against the single gold
standard @? money, which is the most
potent cause OF the recent reduction
in wages made in all the factories of
New England. The demonstration
Of silver and the consequent appre-
citation OF gold, which measures val
ues, have contributed to 80 reduce
the price OF. commodities that goods
which would once have brought the
producer 500 now brings HIM only
500. This is a worldwide condition
where gold prices prevail, and be-
cause the manufacturers cannot get
the old prices for goods, they say
they cannot pay the old prices for
labor. But if it had not been for the
decentralization of silver, the wages
of labor everywhere lii recent years
would have risen, because each la
borer has been able, year by year, to
create larger product, and he has.
therefore, been entitled to larger
wages as his share Of that product.
This legitimate rise in wages the
adoption of the gold standard has
prevented, and instead of a rise comes
a fall.
"Here is the whole case in a nut
shell and it is impreg liable. The
unanimous position of organized la
Dor III America and Europe is, there
fore, against the single gol standard
and in favor Of the restoration of sill
Yer to its old position as standard
money.
american labor now has a protect
i've tariff. Let all Republicans fight
to keep the green backs in circulation
and to get rid of slavery to the gold
mer, who are trying to drive out of
use the silver money of the wage
earners of the world"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-01-10
Little Men
and Women

They have IDEAS and
ways all their own. For
tunately they soon become
fond of cod-liver OIL when
t, is given to them in the
form of SCOTS EMUL-
SION. This is the most
valuable rcmedyin existence
for all the wasting diseases
Of carly life. The poorly
nourished, scrofulous child;
the thin, weak, fretting
child; the young child who
does not grow; all take
SCOTS Emulsion. 1t seems
as If they knew this meant
nourishment and growth
for bones, muscles and
nerves.
SCOTT & BOVINE, New York.
- II