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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-06-02
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-06-02

Col. TYLER PREsENT.-C0l. Ira Tyler, OF
this city, one of the members of the staff of
the Governor, attended with others, at Baiti-
more, on Saturday, May 81, at o'clock, the
presentation of stand of colors by the
members of the Masonic Fraternity, to the
First Regiment, United States volunteers.
The presentation took place at Camp vii.
mcr, Pimlico.-Gutde.
FATHER REANEY, CHAPLAIN.-Rev. w.
H. Reaney, of the United States receiving
ship Vermont, has been appointed chaplain
of Admiral Dewey's flagship, Olympia, at
Manila, and has sailed for Hong Kong,
China, from which place he will 60 to
Manila. Father Reaney was for a number
of years pastor of St. Peters Roman Catholic
church, at Liberty, and the church at Thur
mont, this county.
A sharper has put up new trick on far
mers and he has been operating successfully
over IN Delaware. He claims to be an
agent for the government authorized to buy
horses for the army. He visits the farmer,
buys two or three horses, gives check for
an amount larger than the purchase price,
gets the difference in cash and then disap-
pears with the horses. The farmer presents
the check for payment and finds he has been
swindled. Gettysburg Star.
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The first meeting Of the officers and d.
rectors of the Frederick, Thurmont and
Northern Electric Railroad was held at the
City Hotel on Monday afternoon last. The
greatest amount of enthusiasm was manifest
ed by those present and the same feelings
are general throughout the sections through
which the road will pass. Committees will
be appointed to look into the probable cost
of the road and to decide upon the most
advantageous route, Meetings will be held
IN Thurmont, Creagerstown, and Emmlts'
burg, in the interest of the road.-Cittzen.
| In another column we publish the law
passed at the recent session of the Legisa
ture in reference to dairymen. The law
prescrbes rules for the location and keeping
of stables for cows by those supplying milk
to the towns, villages and cities Of the state
There are heavy fines for violating the rules
an6 every person SO supplying milk should
read the law closely. The Live stock SAM
tary Board are required to inspect the prem
Uses of every person supplying milk to thu
public once year, and they must do Sc
without notice to the dairyman.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-06-02

The outfit of an infantry soldier In
the United States Army in active SER
vice which must be carried in cam.
paign is as follows:
Two blankets, 10 pounds.
One rubber poncho, 2 pounds.
One-half shelter tent, 2 pounds.
One overcoat, 6 pounds.
One pair Of shoes. 2 pounds.
One cake soap, 3.5 ounces
One prir trousers, 8 pounds.
One shirt, one pound.
One pair drawers, l454 ounces.
One pair socks, 3.45 ounces.
One towel, "a
One blanket bag, pounds.
Hayersack and rations, 9 pounds.
Rife, bayonet, field belt, scabbard
2l.5 pounds.
Canteen, filled aud cup, As pounds
Ammunition, 100 rounds, 6 pounds
Total, 655 pounds.
This does not include the weight Of
the clothing and incidentals, as pocket
knife, pipe, tobacco, money, ETC., which
would make the total nearer seventy
pounds.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, MAY 30, 1898.

l. NUN OOh
WASHINGTON, MAY 80, 1898.
War news is just now exasperatingly
contingent in its Importance upon "if's"
If Commodore Schley has that Spanish
feet bottled up in the harbor of Santi.
ago de Cuba, as the administration con-
fdently belieycs that he has, The inYa.
sion of Cuba can be proceeded with, as
1t has been definitely decided and off.
cially announced that the invasion is
not to be postponed minute longer
than is considered absolutely necessary
to insure the safety from capture by
Spanish warships of the transports that
will carry our soldiers. The transports
to carry $4,000 or 10000 men are ready
and waiting, and that many men thor
oughly equipped for service are at the
points Of enbarkstion ready to start.
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There are some very interesting fig.
uses al to the amount of firing done by
our ships during the battle in Manila
bay. The Olympia fired 1894 shells,
aggregating Is tons in weight. The
Baltimore did even heavier firing, be-
ing called upon to reduce the forts
after the first engagement, and sent no
less than thirty.five tons Of metal into
the Spanish ships and the land batter.
les. The remainder Ct the fleet shot a
total of eighty tons of metal, making
grand total of l4O tons.
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Notice to Creditors.


TNHIS is to give notice that the subscriber
l. Alice M. Harbaugh hath obtained from
the Orphans Court Of Frederick County
Nd, letters testamentary on the estate Of
IGNATIUS BROWN
deceased All persons having claims against
the estate of the SAID deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same with the voucher
THEORETICALLY authenticated to the subscriber
on or before November Is, 1898, they may
otherwise be excluded from all benefit of said
estate. All persons indebted to said estate are
hereby warned to make immediate payment.
Given under our hand this 4th day of
May, 1893.
ALICE NJ. HARBAUGH,
Acting Executrix.
Samuel M. Birely, Agent
may IL st
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Additional Locals.

On Thursday evening Of last week, q party
OF seven young men came to our town feel
ing rather Jubilant over about halt barre
of beer. They seemed to think for short
time that they owned the town, and every.
thing seemed to be going their own way
until one Of them pulled down a small flag
for Charlie Hess; this raised racket, and
the young men beat hasty retreat under
the terrible storm Of eggs that were showered
at them, by number of our patriotic boys.
Harvey Letter in Carroll Record.
Rev. Jas. T, Spangler, professor of Greek
in the Lebanon Valley College Omitted
Brethren) at Annvlle, Pa, stated that the
United Brethren church would hold England
responsible financially for the massacre re-
gently In Sierra Leone of United Brethren
missionaries, as Sierra Leone was under the
protectorate of England. The Rev. Mr..
Spanger stated that the massacres grew out
of an uprising of the natives over the lmpes'
ing of the "hut tax" by the English govern
ment. which was objected to by the Africans.
He said the natives had entirely destroyed
their valuable mission, which had been es
tablished in the SOS and which had hereto.
fore never been molested. Formal damage
claims will soon DC filed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-03-31

bursting, rending and crashing sound, or
roar of immense volume, largely metallic
in it's character II was succeeded by
metallic sound. probably OF fallng 0ehrlS,
a trembling and lurching motion OF the
vessel. then an impression of subsistence,
attended by an eclipse of electric lights
and intense darkness within the cabin. He
thought Immediately that the Maine had
blown UP and she was sinking. He hurried
to the starboard cabin port, but changed
his course to the passage leading TO the
superstructure. Then he detailed the man
ner of meeting Private Anothon, which IS
much the same as has been published.
Lieut.. Commander Wainwright was on
deck when Capt Sigsbee emerged from
the passageway, and. turning to the order
". he asked for the time, which was given
al $40 p. m. Sentries were ordered placed
about the ship and the forward magazine
flooded, IL practicable. He called for per
feet silence. The surviving officers We're
about him at the time on the poop. lie
was informed that both forward and after
magazines were under water. Then came
faint cries and he saw dimly white float
ing bodies in the water. Boats were at once
lowered but only two were found avail
able, the gig and whaleboat They were
lowered and manned by officers and men,
and by the captains directions they left
the ship and assisted in saving the wound
ed Jointly with other boats that had ar
rived on the scene. Fire amidships by
this time was burning ferceiy, and the
snare ammunition in the pilot house was
exploding in detail. At this time Lieut.,
Commander Wainwright whispered to the
captain that he thought the ten-inch mag
azine forward had been thrown up into
the burning mass and might explode In
time Everybody was then directed TO get
into the boats over the stern, which was
done, the captain getting into the gig. and
then proceeded to the City Of Washing
ton. where he found the wounded In the
dining saloon. being carefully attended by
the officers and crew of the vessel. He
then went on deck and observed the wreck
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in the forward bunkers. No report was re-
Ceived from the chief engineer that any
coal had been too long in the bunkers, and
that the fire alarms in the bunkers were
sensitive.
Regulations strictly Carried out.
In so far as the regulations regarding in
fammables and paints on board. Capt. Sigs-
bee testified that the regulations were
strictly carried out in regard TO storage
and that the waste also was subject to
the same careful disposition. As TO the sit
uation of the paint room, he fixed II as in
the eyes of the ship" Just below the berth
deck, the extreme forward compartment.
As for the disposition of infiammahles. they
were slowed in chests according to the reg
ulations, and when iniiammables were in
excess of chest capacity they were allowed
to be kept In the bathroom of the admirafs
cabin. Regarding the electric plant of the
Maine, Capt. SiSsbee stated that there was
no serious grounding nor sudden fiaring
up of the lights before the explosion. but
n sudden and total eclipse. AS for regu-
lations affecting the taking of temperature
of the magazines, etc, Capt. Sigsbee said
there were no special regulations other
than the usual regulations required by the
department. He examined the temperature
himself and conVersed with the ordnance
officer as 20 the various temperatures and
the contents of the ma gaines, and accord
ing to the opinion of this officer, as well as
Sigsbee the temperatures were never at the
danger point. Il do not think there was
any laxity in this direction" said the cap
tain. in reply to q question Of Judge Advo-
cate Mark.
He had no recollection of any work GO
ing on in the magazine or shell rooms on
the day of the explosion. The keys were
called for IN the usual way on the day in
question and were properly returned. Al
the time of the disaster the two after boil
ers in the after fire room were in use be-
cause the hydraulic system was somewhat
leaking. Speaking generally of his rela-
lions with the Spanish authorities, Capt.
Sigsbee stated that with the officials they
were outwardly cordial. The members of
the autonomistic council of the govern
ment, however. seem to have brought to
the attention of the navy department the
fact that he did not visit them. ana that
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-03-31

A certain incident connected with the
great Napoleon while he was III exile
in Elba is commemorated in the island
to his honor by an inscription affixed to
the wall of a peasants house. A man
named Glaconi was blowing when the
famous exile came along one day and
expressed an interest in his work. Ma
poleon even took the plowshare out of
the mans hand and attempted to guide
il himself. But the oxen refused to
obey him, overturned the pillow and
spoiled the furrow. The inscription
runs thus: Napoleon the Great, pass
ing by this place in MDCCCNIV., took
in the neighboring field plowshare
from the hands of a peasant and himself
tried TO pillow, but the oxen, rebeilious to
those hands which yet had guided Eu-
rope, headlong fed from the furrow.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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In the opinion of the court, this effect
could have been produced only by the eX-
plosion of a mine situated under the bot
tom Of the ship at about frame Is, and
somewhat on the port side of the ship.
G. The court finds that the loss OF the
Maine, on the occasion named, was not in
any respect due TO fault or negligence on
the part of any of the officers or members
of the crew of said vessel.
Z. In the opinion of the court the Maine
was destroyed by the explosion of sub
marine mine, which caused the partial eN-
plosion of two or more of her forward
magazines.
s. The court has been unable to obtain ev-
Hence fixing the responsibility for the de-
struction of the Maine upon any person or
persons. W. 4. SAMPSON,
Captain, U. S. N, President
A. MARK,
Lieutenant Commander u. S. N, Judge
Advocate.
The Findings Approved.
The court, having finished the inquiry 1t
was ordered to make, adjourned at II a. m.
TO await the action of the converting au-
thority. w. I. SAMPSON,
Captain, u. S. N, President.
A. MARK,
Lieutenant Commander, U. S. N, Judge
Advocate.
U. s. Flagship New York, March %, 1885,
Off Key West, Fla.-The proceedings and
findings of the court of inquiry in the above
case are approved.
Rear Admiral, Commander in Chief of the
U. S. Naval Force on the North Atlantic
Station
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for simultaneous investigation by tn
Spanish authorities.
The Ffndfux of the Court

for simultaneous investigation by the
Spanish authorities.
The Finding of the Court.
The finding Of the court OF inquiry was
reached, after % days OF continuous labor
on the 2ist OF March inst, and having
been approved on the 22d by the com
mander in chief Of the United States naval
force Of the North Atlantic station. was
transmitted to the executive.
II Is herewith laid before congress, to-
gether with the voluminous testimony
taken before the court. Its purport is, in
brief, as follows:
When the Maine arrived at Havana she
was conducted by the regular government
pilot to buoy No. 4, to which she was
moored In from JiA 10 6 fathoms of water.
The state of discipline on board, and the
condition of her magazines, boilers, coal
bul-kers and storage compartments, are
passed In review, with the conclusion tina.
excellent order prevailed and that no IN
dication of any cause for an internal explo-
sion existed In any quarter.
AT eight o'clock in the evening of Feb
ruary 10. everything had been reported Sc
cure and all was quiet.
Al 40 minutes past nine o'clock the vessel
was suddenly destroyed.
Two Explosions.
There were two distinct explosions, with
a brief interval between them. The first
lifted the forward part of the ship very
perceptibly; the second, which was more
prolonged, is attributed by the court to the
partial explosion of two or more of the for
ward magazines.
The evidence Of the divers establishes
that the after part of the ship was prac-
ticaly intact and sank in that condition a
very few minutes after the explosion. The
forward part was completely demolished
Upon the evidence of concurrent external
cause the finding of the court is as follows:
AT frame II the outer shell of the ship,
from point liz feet from the middle line
Of the ship and six feet above the keel
when in its normal position, has been
forced up so as to be now about four feet
above the surface of the water; therefore,
about 81 feet above where II would be had
the ship sunk unnjured.
Plates Bent Inward.
THE outside bottom plating is bent into
a reversed V shape, the after wing of
which, about Is feet broad and 80 feet
in length (from frame Il to frame 20, is
doubled back upon itself against the con-
tinuation of the same plating extending
forward.
AT frame IS the vertical keel is broken in
two and the keel bent into an angle singu-
lar to the angle formed for the outside
plates This break Is about six feet be-
low the surface of the water and about
80 feet above its normal position.
In the opinion Of the court this effect
could have been produced only by the ex-
plosion Of a mine situated under the bot
tom of the ship, at about frame is and
somewhat on the port side Of the Ship
Conclusions of the Court.
The conclusions of the court are:
That the loss Of the Maine was not in any
respect due TO fault or negligence on the
part Of any of the officers or members of
her crew.
That the ship was destroyed by the ex-
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The dry gun cotton primers and deton-
ators were slowed in the cabin aft and
remote from the scene of the explosion.
The waste was carefully looked after on
board the Maine 10 obvate danger. Spe-
cial orders in regard to this had been given
by the commanding officer.
Narnfsbes. drivers. alcohol and other com
hustibles of this nature were slowed on
or above the Maine deck and could not
have had anything to do with the destruc-
ton of the Maine.
The medical stores were slowed ART IN
der the ward room and remote from the
scene of the explosion.
No dangerous stores Of any kind were
slowed below In any of the other store
rooms
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Arbitration viii probably settle that
Alaska boundary question between the
United STAGES and Great Britain. In
the century and a little over the ma
tons existence the United States has
had more than a dozen exciting contro-
vcrsics with England, but in only one
instance did war result. There will be
no conflict in this case. Both countries
NNnnt nence
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The up-to-date girl, as fully equipped
and caparsoncd for tile season Of 1895
Is said TO possess an unusually attrac-
tive figure In these times anything
that contains two or more ciphers, fol-
lowing even the most ordinary numeral,
has elements of attraction that are ir-
resistiblc.
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Coal BunlSers Inspected.

The coal bunkers were inspected. OF
those bunllers adjoining the forward mag
namely 8, 4, b and 6. A 10 had
been in use that day, and A l6 was full
of New River coal This coal had been
carefully inspected before receiving It on
board. The bunker in which 1t was slowed
was accessible on three sides at all times
and the fourth side at this time on ac-
count of bunkers b and b being empty.
This bunker, A 16, had been Inspected
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Dr. Willis +. Everett, of Tacoma,
Wash, chemist and expert in the treat
mcnt Of ores, ended 20 years Of expert
menting with the statement that under
great heat accompanied by explosions,
lie had produced gold, silver nickel and
copper from a combination of chem
ically pure sulphur, sodium oxide, anti
mouy. iron, lead, oxide and carbon, with
lime, silica and alumina.
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plosion Of a submarine mine which caused
the partial explosion of two or more Of her
forward magazines and,
That no evidence has been obtainable fix
ing the responsibility for the destruction
OF the Maine upon any person or persons.
have directed that the finding Of the
court of inquiry and the views Of this gov
eminent thereon be communicated to the
government of her majesty, the queen, and
do not permit myself 10 doubt that the
sense of justice of the Spanish nation Will
dictate a course of action suggested by
honor and the friendly relations OF the two
governments.
1t was the duty Of the executive to ad-
wise the congress of the result. and in the
meantime deliberate consideration is in
yoked.
(Signed) WILLIAM M'kINLEH.
Executive Mansion. March IS 1898.