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The times., 1898-04-12
THE LIGHT BATTERY.
The Artillery Arm of the District Ma
tiOnni Guard Is Rendy.


tionni Guard Is Ready.
The light battery now being recruited
to take the place of the comparatively
new foot battery, will he one of the
finest of its kind in the National Guard
of the United States. It will be remem-
bered that last summer prior to going
to camp. Gen. Ordway decided that it
would be easier to handle and on account
of the appropriation, the money required
to mount it could be used to better advan-
tage elsewhere. There was never any
question but that if the Guard was called
into actual service it would again be
mounted. A foot detachment is of little
use in time of war as the uncertain char
acter of the ground it would have to be
dragged over makes it very incOnvenient
to handle. At the first intimatiOn of war
Gen. Harries turned his attention to the
artillery branch of his command, and
decided to Immediately effect a reorgani-
Zation. First Lieut. J. III. Griffith. who
was then in command, received orders to
recruit the detachment up to it's full
strength. $50 men, and as soon as the new
guns were received to drill his men and
have them proficient as soon as possible.
Perhaps the most significant feature of
the change was the appointment of Mr..
Charles D. Hine, as captain. Mr. Hine
is n Washingtonian, and a graduate of
the Washington High School. He after
wards entered vest Point and on gradu-
ating was appointed second lieutenant in
the Sixth United States Infantry. Af-
teT a few years service Lieut.. Hine de-
cided to leave the Army. and entered the
service of a Western railroad as a brake
man, and eventually became chief clerk.
AS soon as the trouble with Spain became
serious he secured a long leave of alb
sence and came to this city and offered
his services to Gen. Harries, who, with
the consent of Lieut.. Griffith, placed him
in command of the Light Battery. Capt.
Hine Immediately took hold and with
the assistance of Lieut.. Griffith COM
menced to effect the reorganization
Lieut.. ]. II. Griffith has been in the Ma
tional Guard for a number of years and
is regarded as one of the best artillery
officers in the American Militia. OF the
$50 men required, us have already en-
listed, and the limit, it is expected, will
be reached this week. In speaking of the
character of the recruits, q gentleman,
who is well informed on the subject, said:
al was surprised, when looking over the
enlistment papers, TO see the names of
many men who are well known in social
and business life. Among them are men
who are known for their connection with
the various clubs and institutions of
learning in the city" They are all being
subjected to a rigid physical examina-
ton, as only men who are sound can
stand the handling of heavy pieces. The
battery will be armed with the most i'm
proved guns.
The times., 1898-04-12
THE REPORTS OF G0HsJLs
Long Delayed correspondence
Sent TO Congress.
SICKtNING
RECITAL

Sufficient Cause for Intervention
Separate ana Apart From the
Maine MaSsacrc - Spaniel. Soldiers
anu officials Prevent DISTRIBUTION
of Cnarity-Gomez's Manly Appeal
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y VNIIl IT u TIFf
WALTER B. BARKER, Consul.


The communications from Mr.. Brce,
consul at Matanzas, number only seven
or eight, and most of them are brief.
The correspondence from him begins with
the nth of November last and closes
with the Sth of February, 1898 Probably
the most striking feature of Mr. Brice s
communication is a distinct article writ
ten on the 18th of January last and de-
voted to Cuban destitution. In this he
notes the receipt of a circular letter of the
State Department dated ten days before
This" he says. "intimates that help is
to be extended by the United States TO
the starving people of Cuba. The news
of this relief has been known" he con-
unues, for the past two weeks and has
extended all over the province This con-
sulate has been overwhelmed with people
Of all claSSs asking to be remembered
when this relief comes.' Mr. Brice then
gives a number of facts Illustrating the
suffering of the province. He saws there
are IN MatanZas province alone 10000 peo-
pie who are in actual starving condition
and require food, clothing and medicines
Continuing, he says: In addition to tho
above are thousands OF families of the
better classes and formerly well-to-do.
who today are living on one meal a day
and that very scant They have sold or
pawned furniture, jewelry, clothing. &c.
to eke out an existence until all is gone
or nearly so. Too proud to beg. they suf
fer in silence. and many die of starva-
ton. The daughter of a former gov
ernor of this province was seen begging
on the streets dncognito) of this city.
Many of these people call on me private
ly at my residence asking and prayine
for Gods sake, to be remembered when
TINS relief comes from the United States.
one has to be here, know and mingIe with
these people to fully realize the terrible
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An Official Thug.

On December , Gen. Lee sent 10 the
State Department a communication re-
ferring 10 a cipher dispatch he had sent
two days previous, in which he informed
the department that he had learned from
The United States consul at Matanzas Of
IN extensive and dangerous conspiracy
under the ex-governor Of the province di-
rected against Americans, action against
them 10 be contingent on the movement
or the United States Government in favor
OF the independence Of Cuba"
Gen. Lee stated that rumors had been
more or less frequent regarding the riot
Gus intention Of some OF the dissatisfied
elements against American citizens there
and In other parts Of the island. Such
demonstrations, he said, must come from
Spanish nOu-combatants or from volun-
teer forces. He did not think there was
any danger from the former, many of
whom seemed 10 favor annexation rather
than autonomy or the independence or
the Cuban republic. Il am inclined to
think" says he. that If Gen. Blanco can
manage the volunteers as yesterday he
said he could the trouble from that
source Is diminishing
THE origin Of the mobs IN this city In
the past has always been located in the
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January Gen. Lee makes the following
report:
Sir: have the honor to state, as a
matter of public interest. that the recon-
centrado order of Gen. Weyler, formerly
governor general of this island, trans
formed about 100000 self-supporting peo-
pie, principally women and children, into
multitude to be sustained by the contri-
buttons Of others, or die of starvation, or
of feyers resulting from low physical
condition. and being massed in large
bodies without change of clothing and
without food. Their homes were burned,
their fields and plant beds destroyed and
their live stock driven away or killed.
II estimate that probably 200. 900 of the
rural population in the provinces of
Pinar de Rio. Havana Matanzas and
Santa Clara have died Of starvation or
from resultant causes, and the deaths
of whole families almost simultaneously
or within few days OF each other, and
Of mothers praying for their children TO
be relieved Of their horrible sufferings by
death, are not the least of the many pitt
able scenes which were ever present. In
the provinces of Puerto Principe and San
tiago de Cuba, where the 'reconcentrado
ofhet could not be enforced, the great
mass Of the people are self-sustaining.
A daily average of ten cents worth
of food TO 900 people would be an ex-
penditure Of $4,000 per day, and, of
course, the most humane efforts upon the
part Of our citizens cannot hope to ac-
complish such a gigantic relief and a
great portion of these people will have to
be abandoned to their fate
Il am, etc. FITZHUGH LEE"
Gen. Lee inclosed in this communica-
tion an editorial from the Diario del la
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The consular correspondence. for which
the country has been waiting long and
with the message yesterday. The Times
gives below an abstract of the let -ers >ld
reports which the President has held up
so long because he knew that their pab-
location would madden the American peo-
pie:
The times., 1898-04-12

Lansing, Mich. April 11.-Gov. Pingree
sent a war message to the legislature to-
day recommending a large appropriation
to put the state troops and naval reserves
on war footing.
The house passed a bill appropriating
100000 for the purpose and the bill viii
go through the senate on Tuesday next.
The times., 1898-04-12

New York. April 1l.-AH of the National
Guard colonies in Brooklyn met in Cen
eral McLeer's house last night to discuss
the proposed plan which would enlist in
dividual guardsmen as regulars
After the meeting General McLeer said:
',If the men of the Guard are called To go
with their own regiments hardly one will
stay behind. but If they must practically
break up their regiments, OF which they
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-18

President New England States Veteran Fire
mems League.
pant9s. Others are coming by trains
which will arrive ia the early morning.
L VIII be busy day for the Vets. I'M
lnediately after breakfast the work of
forming the parade will begin and from
then until 10 O'Clock the streets in the
centre of the city will be gay with the
firemen. At ten the procession will
move and after passing over the published
route will enter the park by the Green
street drive. The contests will take
place on the level ground near the Port.
land and Rochester tracks and thera will
be no yexations if foresight can prevent
them. The playing platform is SO con-
struoted that while one engine is at
work another will he preparing to take
Its place. AS soon as an engine has had
Its turn it will be hauled away and
taken to the train for shipment home.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-18


President Portland Veteran Firemen's AS
BeaIe, R. H. Ball, Frank E. Row, B. A.
Norton, B. L. Sawyer.
| Printing and observation-disclosures II.
Ray, Charles FL. FORD, j. B. Brown, A.
e. Knight, A. Wiggin.
Recsption-J. W. Plaisted, a. McDon-
aid, q. Fl. Leighton, N. Little1eld, A.
H. Hatch, R. w. jackson, r. Il. Ball,
J. E. Harmon, Geo. W. Beale. Charles
f. Dam.
Unloading and Hauling Engines-J.
B. Brown, John Bond, J. H. Fernald,
John E. Loring, J. w. Buck.
nsportation-James W. Plaisted.
Lester b. Bragg, John M. Stevens.
Grounds and Laying Out Samoa. J
Cummings, A. W. Small, A. Ii. Lehman, l.
e. Robinson, E. S. Griffin, j. W. Small.
Care and Storage Of Engines-James
Parker, G. H. Huntress, W. W. Ruby, G.
D. Skillings, Louis Castelle.
Barges for Judges and Committee
James e. Sawyer, Charles Fl. Leighton,
Philip H. Silva.
Entertainment of Visiting Companies
James Z. Sawyer, S. M. Hammet. Jos.
Maxfield, Jas. r. Jason, j. NJ. Farms.
worth.
Privileges-Charles r. Dam, G. e. An
drows, N. Willis Goold, VIM. 6. Hart, S.
NJ. Hammet
we'll. Boston, chairman; Chief r. B.
Moody of Deering, Chief Frank Morse of
Bath. Chief G. NJ Drake of Gardiner,
ex- Chief VIM. A Green of Boston, ex.
Chief Edward A. Mott of Taunton
official Time Keeper-David L. Adam
son of Boston,
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meQ'S ASSOCidblOl
She is trim looking engine but has no
notable muster record.
New London has sent ten inch Button
which will present clean appearance to-
day and these has also come to town the
Whaler l,y name and halls from New Bed
ford. This tub Is ten inch Button and
was originally the Alert Of Taunton,
Mass. Standing near her was the New
buryport tub, originally the Tiger Of
Bangor, and also the engine belonging
to the Fall River Vets, a ten inch Button
and the former well known "Gulf
Stream" of Canaan. Conn.
The tub just described includes only
those which lad arrived up to a late hour
of yesterday afternoon. Others are ex-
uected to arrive during the night and
early morning, enough to swell the list to
the number Of twenty-five or more.
Yesterday noon the visiting firemen be-
gan to arrive and all the afternoon and
evening they continued to pour into town
and all through the night.
The New Bedford association arrived on
the noon train and marched down Con-
gress street and then to the quarters of
the Portland Vets, where they were
warmly greeted and assigned boarding
quarters during their stay in town. The
officers of this company will be the
special guests of the local association
during their sojourn. The New Bedford
boys had fife and drum corps with them,
and they attracted considerable attention
as they marched along Congress street.
The advance guard of the White Angels
of Salem, Mass, arrived yesterday noon,
fifteen strong. Vice President Goldth-
waite says the engine, band and re-
mainder of the company will arrive early
this morning. The Salem veterans en-
loved a buck board ride to the principal
points Of interest in and around the city,
after which they went to Brunswick to
meet the Remedies with which company
they will return in the morning.
STARTED FOR PORTLAND,
lowell. Mass, August l7.-The mann.
hers of the General Butler Veteran Fire
mems association Iaraded the city to-
night prior to their departure for PORT
land, Me-. where they are to compete in
the muster tomorrow. Their tub. the
City of Lowell, was formerly known as
tho Founta Of Wilton, and has an nm
official record Of 28s feet. They left at
midnight on special train Accompanied
by large delegation of citizens.
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pieces and headed by the musicians they
down town. AS the column moved off
somebody set a lot Of red fire going and
the display was kept up until the Port
land Tavern and Swett's hotel, the head
quarters, were reached.
The veterans made the streets liye'y
last evening. They took rides on the
electric cars and they throneed the hotel
corridors while the house of the Portland
veteran was crowded with them until
II O'Clock, But the fire fighters aren't
as young as they nsed to be and SO it
happened that midnight found most of
them fast asleep and the town had re-
sumed its nightly quiet. The last to
arrive were the Hartford veterans who
came in at 1880 and went to the West
End hotel
The officers of the association were busy
with the preparations and at the head.
quarters at the Preble house occurred the
drawing for places in the parade. The
engines will later take their turns in
the contest in the same order so the draw
In : was q maUGer Oh d goou uoai VI iiApor-
tance. The results were not given out
last night, however.
The fakirs are on hand and there will
be lots of them today. Yesterday the
man with the badges was doing good
business. He had badges and devices of
all sorts. Little limitations of the fire.
mans hemlet and the familiar invitations
to remem Der the Maine were in his stock
in trade and the freInen were ready
purchasers.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-18
SPANISH OFFICERS FREE.

ANNAPOLIS, August 17.-Orders were re-
ceiyed at the naval academy today releas-
ing Captain Emylio Diaz Moreau, captain
of the Colon, as prisoner of war, Capt.
Moreau will leave hero with Admiral
Cervera tomorrow for Spain. Admiral
Cervera, Captain Moreau and Lieut..
Ceryera arrived here this afternoon from
Portsmouth, N. II.
All the Spanish officers here expect to
be released in few days, but not all Of
them expect to return to Spain immedi-
ately. One of them intends to remain In
this country permanently and others will
visit Baltimore, Washington and other
places Of interest before returning to their
country.
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Old Time Apparatus Stored at the
Portland Auditorium.
FAMOUS FIRE FIGHTERS WHICH
WILL COMPETE TODAY.

Among Them Is the Momentum, Originally
WaterviIle, No, 3-The Newburyport
Tub Formerly Bangor Tiger-The
Whalers Are Here-Other Well Known
Tubs.
Several of the famous tubs which will
appear in the parade today arrived yester-
day and the auditorium made most con-
yenient place for storing them.
Boards were carefully placed under the
wheels so that the floor might not be in
jured and as the visitor entered, the first
engine to attract attention was the Bos-
ton, sur ely an old timer. and worthy of
note is the fact that she was the only
Zimmerman tub in the number. Another
Zimmerman is expected from Lowell and
these most likely will be the only two of
such make in the parade. The Boston,
now an old relic, was built in 1855 and
has a record of about $50 feet
The Red Jackets, that celebrated Or
ganization Of Cambridge, Mass. have not
brought their famous prize winner "Red
Jacket" but have in it's place their new
engine the Deluge. This engine was
built by Button and Blake, Waterford,
N. Y, and is the largest hand engine in
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existence. The cylinders measure 10 1-2
inches in diameter. She is o crane neck
sty1e. breaks measuring s6 feet inches
and there is room for 76 men, and she was
originally Deluge No. 4 Of Dayton, Ohio
Since the company has had this engine
they have taken part in only two musters
in the last of which the Deluge took
second prize. playing 222 feet 8 IL inches.
sNear by the Red Jackets crack engine
is the Nonantum of Newton, ana th1s
calls to mind the close contest between
these two companies in 1883 at Attleboro
which was decided by five-eigths of an
inch in favor of the Red Jackets. who
threw stream II 5-8, Nonautum l6.
The Nonautum has record and is
owned by the Newton Veteran Fire aFso-
citation. She won the league champion.
ship at New Bedford and has picked up
several other prizes. She was built in
1854 and was originally Waterville No. 8
of this state.
Then there is the City of Chelsea
owned by the Chelsea Veteran Fire asso-
citation. She is inch cylinder and 10
inch stroke and was bought somewhere
in Nova Scotia and has done service for
about three years.
Among others noticed yesterday was the
Watch City of Waltham. She is ten
inch Button and was originally the
Union of Ellsworth. She is fine looking
in fact might be called beauty, and took
a league championship at Hartford year
before last and other prizes are 20 ner
credit.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-18

Ths Worcester ten inch Button, W. B.
3. A., Gen. Butnam, was originally
from Danvers and afterwards went into
the possession of the town of Weymouth.
She was built in 1879 and her best muster
record is ZIG, 10 inches.
There is also the Peabody Unions OF
Peabody. Mass, who brought with them
engine Washington, originally the Wash
ington Five of Charlestown. She also Is
q noted prize winner and was built by
William LETTERS of Pawtucket, r. /. She
has nine inch cylinders.
Then comes the Hartford's, engine Col.
Ellsworth, and this tub was bought in
New York somewhere on the Hudson and
was built by Conwig of Seneca Falls.
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saturdays NAVAL PARADE.

Washington, August 1.-THE naval re-
view at New York will take place next
saturday, the parade starting from Temp 70 mp,
kinsville, S. l., at ten O'CLOCK IN tne
morning. Each vessel of the navy IN
these waters will proceed up to the Grant
monument, there fire the national salute
and return The President will be unable
to 90, but Postmaster General Smith,
Attorney General Griggs and others OF
the cabinet will represent the administra'
ton. The plans were finally decided on
at conference this evening between
President Mckinley and Acting Secretary
of the Navy Allen.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-18
PENSION ROLLS GROWING.

Washington, August 1.-THE annual
report of Commissioner Of Pensions b.
Clay Evans, will show that at the close
of the fiscal year 1898 there were 993. TIA
pensioners on the rolls of the bureau
This was net increase of IL, 96O over the
previous year. There were dropped from
the rolls during the year on account of
deaths SO, 65l and for re-marriage and
other causes IL. 900 pensions were discon-
tinUsd,
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-18
TWENTY sixth MAINE REUNION.

Bangor, August 1.-THE Goth Maine
regiment association held its annual re-
union at Winterport with an attendance
OF between 700 and 800. Many of the resi-
dences and stores were decorated with
flags and bunting. The procession, headed
by the Winterport band, marched from
the wharf to the G. A. r. hall at 1913
o. CLOCK.
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TODAY'S DOiNGS.

The Parade and the Play Out tn e Great
Events of the Programme.
The veterans will be up early this
morning. Many of them at this writing
are on the boun1less deep, for the Bos-
tho boat will bring number of the COM
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-18
AMER1oAN TROOPS cHEEREp.

Ponce, Porto Rico, August 16.-After.
noon delayed in transmission). Couriers
from General Henry, who have arrived
here report that when flag. of truce was
taken to Arecibo on Sunday only 100
SPANISH soldiers were there. The inhabl.
tants cheered the Americans in the
presence of the Spanish tr oops. A report
Il in circulation here that Aibonito has
been burned by the enemy. but the rumor
lacks confirmation.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-18
ROOSEVELT WILL RESIGN.

Washington, August l7.-It is reported
here that Col. Theodore Roosevelt WILL
resign his military commission in few
DAVIS but that before doing SO he will visit
to confer with the officials of
the administration concerning the situa-
tion Mt Santiago which resulted in for
warding the Ground Robin" petition for
the transfer of the troops to the United
States y
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-18
BOYS FROM BUNKER HILL.

Swett's hotel office was densely
thronged last evening, with red-shirted
fire men from Charlestown, Mass. They
brought along band with them and are
making the most of their stay in the
Maine metropolis. An elaborate menu
awaited them on their arrival at SWEET s..
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INDICTED FOR ASSAULT.

bangor, August 17.-In the case OF
State vs. Melville Mckenzie, the jury
brought IN verdict of guilty of assault
with dangerous weapon. with intent to
kill altar being out about an hour.