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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04
The Chapman National Bank.

The annual meeting Of the stockholders of the
Chapman National Bank will be held at its
banking rooms on Tuesday the 18th day OF Jan
uary, 1898, at 10 O'Clock a. H.. for the election
saction of any other business that may legally
come before the meeting.
CHESTER H. PEASE, Cashier.
Portland, Me-. lee. 10, 1897 deci0dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

FOR SALE-Three stored brick house, two
tenements, IS rooms. newly painted and
papered, new open plumbing and perfect drain
age. one OF the best houses and best location
on Lincoln street; rents $25 per month, first
tlme offered. Price 81, 500. w. II. WALDRON
81 w., lS0 Middle street. Al
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04
W 7 AND WISDOM.

Reflections Of a Bachelor.
The worm the early bird got had proba-
bly, been out all night.
The women set a lot more store by kiss.
ing than the men. They get more out of it
By the time the average woman has
learned what the referendum is she has
quit fussing with politics.
After man once begins noticing and
talking about girls hair he has to keep
it up all the time or she acts hurt.
The women are probably wearing hair
nets again just to see how much the men
will stand before they begin on the hustle
When young man makes up his mind
to be forgiying and gentle with his wife
in every@hing, he seldom thinks about pill
low shams.-New York Press
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04
nEATH OF A NEBRASKA pIoNEER

Lincoln. Neb., January 3.-Wm. Blake
". a wealthy Nebraskan pioneer, died
sandE at ns pa h4m9 ePsns this s S ga a
Odd Fellows.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04
ANNUAL MEETING-NOTICE
THE ANNUAL MEETING

OF the Cumberland County Agricultural and
hall, Gorham, Me-, on Tuesday, Jan 4, 1898, at
10 clock a. M, for the purpose OF choosing a
Pr sident. secretary Treasurer and six (e)
Vice Presidents for the ensuing year ana fof
the transaction Of any other legal business.
G. II. LEIGHTON, Secretary.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

NoR SALE-Lodging houses. newly fur
:, ~, t hShed $500, $3.50. $500 down. balance
!, 0J.Athly payments. Bakery and confectionery
,"f sale; aalso single and double
u uses IN BoStons and suburbs for sale on easy
I EIi5; Houses and suites for rent. C. G.
: Ai'N1 u 1856 Washington St, Boston, Mass.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

EHOR SALE On Hampshire street hntwaen
IL Newbury and Federal St, thorongbiV
built IL story house in excellent repair Two
and BATH cemented cellar, large lot and snnnV
exposure. A good home. cheap; terms EASY.
w. +. DRESSER. 80 Exchange street. ali
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04
NATIONAL BANK.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Portland National Bank Of Portland for the
election of doctors for the ensuing year and
legally be presented, win be held at their bank
ing house on TUESDAY the 1lth., day of Janu-
airy, 1893, at11 o'clock a. NJ.
CHARLES e. ALLEN. Cashier.
Portland, Maine, December 8. 1897.
deco dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

ooaSE f chancellor sale. the stock
tenement and stable connected; low rent. ST. It.
ua1ea N village at r r. ststion; good place for
sena goa b saPa satisfactory reason for
oChliiS. ooA o9o, oftidnu, Me. ALL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04
The Inference.

Knowall-In olden times they buried
people alive.
Guyer--Did they have vice presidents
then?-New York Journal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

NOR SALE-A thorough built house, rooms
Z and bath, in complete repair, heated WITH
hot water, set tupS and lavatories with hot and
cold water. large stable, nearly 5000 feet lard,
good central location: price $4,000. w H.
WALDRON & CO, 1870 Middle street. ST.
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PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT.
ARRANGEMENT.
UNDER q CLOUD.
The Story Of Lost M6moxy
BIN HERBERT RUSSELL,

BACK TUNNEL
]
BLAcKNA1."
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s4oS : SAIL New and second hand sleighs at
ctohGa sam, Call at Amer can Express Co.'s
0'S"io NiosS street., B. M. MITCHELL. 81
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DOLO STICKS, Skates. Skate Straps. Snow
Il Shoes, Ice Creepers, Ankle Supports for
Skates, Pocket Knives, Razors, Safety Guard
Ior Kazo5s, fits any razor, Carving Knives and
the city. wholesale and retail. G. L. BAILEY.
1853 Middle street All
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WANTED-To hire large pung or would
" buy set of heavy, second hand hub run
ners.. Address j. A. HAMPSON, 43s Fore
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

FOR SALE-1 IS cell Mcintosh Galvanic
Battery, cost $40. good as new. OXYGEN
Generator otmedioai books. F. o. BATi'FW1
g. CO, 46 Exchange street. al
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ANNUAL MEETING,

The annual meeting Of rhe stockholders of
the First National Bank CT Portland for the
election of Directors for the ensuing year, and
the transaction of any other business that may
legally be presented, will be held at its Bank
ing Rooms on TUESDAY, the 18th day of Jan
uary 1898, at 10 O'Clock a. NJ.
j. E. WENGREN, Cashier
dec6 did
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MUNYON'S

harIIoIaa Cure % guaIAntetu % pc aDsoIuteIy
and debiiftated It cures acute muscular rheuna-
si mn IN from one to five days Sharp shooting pains
prompt complete and ornament cure for laneness.
soreness SUN back and all pains in hips and loins.
Cnronc rheumatism. sciatica, lunabago or pain in
ne PACK are speedily cured. 1tsedoIn fails to give
reler from one TO two doses, and almost invariably
cures before one bottle has been used. The Munyoh
Remedy Company prepare separate cure for each
disease AT all drugglsts-2S cents vial. If you need
medical advice write Prof. Munyon, l505 Arch
Straat. PhllRdaln ha- il nhn nir1tni - -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04
ANNUAL MEETINGS
CANAL NATIONAL BANK.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Canal National bank of Portland will be
held ut their banking horse on Tuesday, the
18th day Of January. 1893, at IL o'clock a. m.
for the election of seven directors and for
the transaction OF any other business that
may be legally presented.
GEORGE G. PETERS, Cashier.
December 10, 1897. dec11dtd
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Merchants National Bank.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
OF the Merchants National
Bank of Portland Me-. for the election of seven
directors for the ensuing year and the transac-
tiol. OF any other business that may legally be
presented will be neld at their banking house,
on day the 18th day of January 1898, at 10
O'Clock a. IL. c. o. BANCROFT, Cashier
December o. 1897. decl9dtd
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Corner Park and Congress Sis,
~ Cents Per Pound
WANTED.

Forty words inserted sneier sais head
one week for 2S csnss Dash in advanee.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

FOR SALE-Res tauraDt centrally locat, in
Freeport village; ali newly fitted up and ID
DONG good business; wish to sell on account
OF poor health. A great bargain will be q en-.
FOR particulars address P. 0. Box 52S, ee4
port, me. 301
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WANTED-FEMALE HELP.

WANTED-Two chanlber girls. at once. at
THE SHERWOOD, No. sS Park st.
a7-1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

SITUATION WANTED-By a young lady;
has had experience in office work and as
travelling saleswoman; good pen1nan; willing
to do almost any kind OF work that will yield
Ialr remuneration. Address M. e., Box 1853,
City. 3O-I
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

goUsE TO LET-For boarding house. easily
AZ renovated Steam heat. bath tub, Sc
tubs. Call or Sddress No. 22l Cumberland ST.
POI
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

WANTED-To purchase an old fashioned
W, w two wheeled chaise; must be in fair con-
dition and price reasonable. Address P, O..
BOX 254, Yarmouth, Me. 30-1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04
FOR - -A.IE,

A pair bay horses weighing
about 1900 lbs. good drivers
and workers. A good team for
either farm or woods Apply to
JOSIAH II. GOULD, Freeport
deo23tf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

FOR RENT-Lower tenement OF "Kimball
4 property" l7s Clark St. head Of bradford
ST., rooms in good repair possession gwen
niture OF above can be bou lit AT 4 reasonable
price, BENJAMIN SHAW. 81 1-2 Exchan
St. 20-I
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

fBO LET-Rents with bath and other improv.
Il mentS. Nos, l72 and 295 . Bracket.
rooms each; No. III Neal. : rooms, steam heat,
Mellen ST., 8 rooms; High, and 8 rooms; Con.
Estate ONCE, FREDERICK S. VAIL. ri
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Forty words inserted under thts head
one week for S5 cents. cash in advance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR FARM-A
a two family house in center of city; al
modern improvements and desirably situated
Write for full particulars. w. z. CARR, Room
No. s. 1856 Middle street. 3oL1
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ITO LET-One-h half of double house No. a7
Il Bracket St, near Neal, contains eigh
rooms with bath and all modern conveniences
For further particulars inquire at 269 Bracket
St, or at LORING'S Printing Office, As E1
change st. 81
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

NOR SALE-Ticlsets to dancing school FOR
IL beginners, anchester teacher, COM
mencing Friday night January Z; 10 lessons.
10 assemblies, Thatcher Post Hall, also
pupils, IL lessons, IL assem- blies for advanced
airy 5. Tickets at HAYES Music Store. 4I4
Congress street. is-3
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

EOR SALE-One Is horse power engine
& and boiler; also 2 radiators All in GOOD
condition. Enquire of II. II. NEvENs & Co,
1913 Fore street, ty. dec9tf
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WANTED-All persons in want of trunks
w and bags to call on =. D. REYNOLDS,
56a Congress street. one door above Shaw'S
grocery store, as we manufacture our goods
and can therefore give bottom prices
Trunks repaired Open evenings. We frame
pictures. 3S-2
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

FOR SALE-First class detached residence.
Is rooms and bath with ali modern i'm
pfovements; nearly 5000 feet land and choice
1rnlt; located between Neal and Walker
streets; one minute from Congress st. electrics.
FIRST time offered. A great bargain. WI
"ALDRON CO., 1870 Middle street. SOL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

W. ANTED-A house suitable for lodging
house. all furnished. Want a house in
good location and adapted for boarding or
lodging house. Answer stating terms, etc,
LODGING HOUSE" Box 1857, City. Ii
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Jelycon best desert
W out No sugar; made In minute. For
economy no equal For sale by grocers
Raspberry and assorted flavors in stock at H
:; MELCHER CO.'S and jobbers generally
Try 1t and will use no other. 3O1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-04

Gorham, January 5.-Hon. Isaac W.
Dyer has returned from New York, where
he has been spending the holidays.
Mrs. Charles j. Roberts died Sunday
evening at the home of Mrs. Marcia
Roberts, from congestion OF the lungs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-15
LOW DEATH RATE.
Natives Cannot Understand Condi-
tons at Santiago.

Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 1.-THE Reina
de los Angeles takes $4,000 rations to-
day to the destitute people of Manzan-
lilo and its vicinity.
Heavy rains during the last ten days
have been causing much sickness, es-
pecially among the members of the sig
nal service. OF the Is men, only seven
are available for duty.
PEOPLE who have lived here a life
time are unable to understand the ex-
traordinary low death rate, averaging
for October up to date 10 per day. Dur
ing the same period last year the deaths
averaged 1873 per day.
General Wood is interchangeable. He is
here, there and everywhere and his
friends fear he is overworking himself
But the result of his labors is apparent
in every branch of the service, civil
and military.
The 900 prisoners in Santiago prison
will, in future, be made to work on
building roads for the city. The rock
for this purpose will be hauled over the
railroad from the Sage quarries. 1t
will be delivered at the rate of 40 cents
per ton and the railroad companies Of
fered TO deliver 500 tons of rock free as
its share of the work of improving the
city. The criminals have been brought
here from all parts OF the province and
have been kept in jail without any work
m do
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-15

spinal meningitis, and the result is that
| was in bad condition when we landed,
and was sent to the hospital, in, what
ton. However. under their good care,
I pulled through, and for several days
my troubles have been boils only But
they have kept me confined to my bed,
and I have. therefore. been unable TO
write 2 letter to you. I have been
worrying considerable for fear you
would think something had haDpened
to me. but 1 expect to be around and
able TO write you a good long letter in
a short time. You will have this about
the time 1 am sitting at my own table
writing you another letter. 1 received
The 4eralds you sent me, and thank
you Cor them. Have received a num-
Der of letters from inquiring friends
All of them pleased me very much. The
weather here is very warm. The rainy
season is about over. Yours,
MORLEY"
With this letter came one from C. c.
Stull, CHAPLAIN of the First Montana
stating: It affords me great pleasure
to write this for your BOY. He has been
very sick; is now very weak, but l be-
lieve Cod will spare him to return TO
you. will gladly write you again if
I see any change.
Mr.. Hassard has been fearful of the
result of his boys illness, tut this let
ter gives him great hope. He believes
the young man will come out all right,
and his many friends think the same
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-15

York volunteer infantry, in a public
speech in this city last night, made a
sensational statement concerning the
Twenty-fourth United States infantry.
and rejecting upon its conduct at the
battle of San Juan. He said, in the
course of his speech:
1.-TWO companies of the Twenty
fourth were lying down between my
men, and it was all their officers could
do to keep them from stampeding to
the rear. Yet no regiment was better
when they once got started than that
same Twenty-fourth colored. They
faced conditions never faced before by
either regulars or volunteers.
Our men were shot from both front
and rear, and it was at first thought
that the fire in the rear came from our
own men,
1t was a battalion of the Seventy
first New York, commanded by Colonel
Downs, that was charged, by several
correspondents, with cowardice at the
battle of San Juan, it being alleged that
the battalion refused to obey orders
to advance, the men lying down in the
road and permitting the regulars to
march over their prostrCtesbodies The
official report of Major General Kent
indicated that this battalion was "A a
state of panic at a critical stage of the
hattie
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-15
FOundered During Gale and Wrecked On Rocks
Off the English Coast
TWO HUNDRED SOULS ON BOARD
AND ONLY THIRTY-ONE SAVED
Steamer Encountered Stiff Gale and High Sea, and It
Is Believed Her Machinery Became Disabled.

blown ashore by the heavy east wind
after her machinery was disabled.
All the Falmouth tugs went out. but
none was able to approach the vessel
Later-A lifeboat has landed 80 of
the Mohegan's passengers and returned
for more. One lady died after she was
brought ashore
1t is rumored that the position of the
Mohegan is serious and assistance is
urgently needed.
$3.50 a. m.-According to a dispatch
just received from Falmouth, out of 200
persons constituting the passengers
and crew of the Mohegan, only 81 have
been saved. The vessel has gone ashore
off the Lizard.
The coast guards are watching for
bodies and wreckage. The lifeboats
have gone into Port Houstock.
The steamer Mohegan (then the Cleo
patra) arrived at New York on Aug. II
last on her maiden trip from London
She IS single-screw steel vessel, of
4,51O tons register; $50 feet long by so
feet beam and about Sc feet in depth of
hold. She has Cor had) accommoda-
tons for 125 passengers, and a ca
pacity for between 1000 and 5000 tons
of freight and 500 cattle
Her commander is Captain Griffiths
commodore of the Atlantic transport
fleet. She is one of the five vessels
recently purchased from the Wilson e.
Furness-Leyland line by the Atlantic
Transport company to replace the Mo-
hawk, Mobile, Massachusetts, Michi-
gan and Mississippi, which were sold
to the United States government to be
used as transports.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-15

terrific fire from the Spanish defenses.
This position was maintained all
through, from start to finish. There
was no. keeping the colored infantry
men back, even if such had been the
desire.
THE TWO COMPANIES.
Doubtless the two companies of the
Twenty fourth which Colonel Downs
states laid down and then showed
signs of stampeding to the rear, are
intended to mean company D and COM
pany F, commanded by Captains Ducat
and Brett, respectively. These two
companies were in the very front. in
the storming of San Juan hill. Their
losses were the heaviest in the regi-
ment
notwithstanding that Captain Brett
was most severely wounded and Lieu
tenant Augustin was killed; that Cap
tain Ducat of D company was shot
down by a Spanish sharpshooter, and
that his two lieutenants. Lyon and
Laws, We're wounded. and Lieutenant
Quincy was killed, the soldiers of the
two companies, so thoroughly drilled
and eager to fight, pressed on to vic
tory without a moments hesitation,
without a thought of retreat, without
fear or trembling or show of disorder,
all to defend the American flag.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-15

London, Oct. 14-The Atlantic Trans
port company's steamer AIohegan, for
merly the Cleopatra, of the Wilson &
r Furness-Leyland line, which left Lon
don for New York yesterday with 80
passengers and a crew of $50, is ashore
off the Lizard, between the Manacles
and the lowlands.
1t is rumored there has been a great
loss Of life. a coast guard message
reports that the passengers are
drowning like rats
Another account says. Bodies are
washing ashore, one being that of a
lady, lashed to plank, with both legs
severed"
Particulars of the disaster are diff
cult to obtain 1t appears that when
the Mohegan struck, a gale was blow
Ing and the sea was running high.
Lifeboats put off from the Lizard and
from Falmouth, one returning filed
with passengers. Several were drowned,
however. it is reported, on the passage
of the lifeboat to the shore. Another life
boat saved six persons.
The coast at that point is extremely
dangerous and has been the scene of
numerous wrecks. Some years ago
there was a movement set on foot to
get a lightship placed there, but it
failed.
A dispatch from Falmouth says the
Mohegan foundered and was probably
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-15
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Ten carloads of beer arrived at Seattle
from the east to be shipped to Manila.
The Duchess of Marlborough. formerly
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt of New York
City, gave birth TO a son yesterday.
Mrs. Sherman, wife of Former Secre-
tary OF State Sherman, is still in a crit
icai condition from the effects of a stroke
of paralysis.
George Wilson Phillips, aged 70 years,
who invented most OF the machinery
which was used in the first match factory
A. w. Francisco, collector of the port of
Los Angeles, was found dead in his bed.
Heart disease is ascribed as the cause of
death. He was once manager of the Gin
cinnati Tribune.
The telephone line between Tacoma and
San Francisco, with branch lines 10 Brit
ish Columbia and Mexico, is just com
pleted. making the longest telephone line
in the United States.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-15
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR ADJOURN.
Plan to Establish Headquarters In
Washington Voted Down.

Pittsburg, Oct. 14-Executive bust
ness occupied the fourth and closing
days session of the grand encampment
of knights Templar at Carnegie hall
today. The special order of business
was the consideration of the proposed
revision OF the constitution The most
important amendment proposed was
the one TO locate the grand encamp-
ment headquarters in Washington. thus
providing Tor the storage of all arch
ives of the encampment in that city
This was voted down, and a compro-
mise amendment adopted providing
that in the event of a city not desir-
ing to entertain the grand encampment
on the occasion Of any future trienniaI
conclave, the grand encampment will
meet IN washington. The date of the
meeting Is TO be decided by the four
r.chief onlcers of the grand encampment
r SAn Amendment TO the constitution
was ea3so adopted providing for a re-
duction ~ The per capita tax from 5
to 3 cents.
The new grand officers were then in
stalled with impressive ceremonies. af-
ter which Grand Master LLOYD an
nounced the io,lowing appointments:
Grand r eleIe--J W. Cox of Iowa
Grand Standard bearer-Iee S.
Smith of Pittsburg.
Grand rd-bearer.-Arthur Near
thur of Troy, \. Y.
Grand Captain Of the Guard-Charles
c. Vogt, Louisville.
Crane Warder-Harper NJ. Orahood
of Denver.
Committee on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
II. Hopkins, Washington, D. G.; Enoch
2. carson Ohio; Joseph w. Fellows,
New Hampshire; H c. Witt. Ken
lucky; Nicholas r. Ruckle, Indiana.
Conlinlltee On Foreign Relations
Johnston smith, Ilonois: r. E. With
ers, Virginia; J. P. S. Goblin. Pennsyl-
wanna; Hugh McCurdy, Michigan; War
rem Larue Thomas, Maryland.
tiIaIce Committee.-W H. Solt,
Massac nusetts; George W. Kendrick,
PennSyI Vanla; julius L. Bevan, Geor-
ga, =. a. NetherwaX, Washington; A.
II. Wagner, Wisconsin.
Tne conelave then adjourned sine
die.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-15
SKATER IN SELF-DEFENSE.
Says 1t Was Impossible to Land
Troops at Aguadores.

Chicago. Oct. 14.-General William r.
Shafter, in an interview here regarding
the Santiago campaign, says regarding.
the suggestion that the landing should
have been at Aguadores:
ANY commanding general who would
have landed his troops at Aguadores in
preference to Baiquiri ought to be court
martialed and shot for incompetency 1t
was not a good beach on which to land.
The ground was densely covered with
vine or plant more deadly than the pois-
onous ivy. Through this soldiers would
have had to cut their way. The point was
strongly defended and there was no water
between Aguadores and Santiago. RThe
etrable. Had I landed at Aguadores and
invested Santiago the Spanish would have
had a road over which they could have
retreated from the city if they desired.
My army went over in the hills and cut
off the Spanish retreat"