Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-29
Spanish War Notes.

months or any other period
Spanish War Notes.
Three bodies were recovered. Monday
from The Maine wreck and one was re-
coNcr"i. Sunday.
Eoatswain +. J.. Smith. l.. S n. of the
klttery navy yard. has pr-l ordered ~.
Portland, Nj, to open a ..rrinting STA
tl"h ana viii leave for Portland, Tuesday
II Is reported at Halifax. y. S. that
Col lSaacson who lately commanded the
Royal Artillery in British North America
HaS been offered command of the Viz
gluia militia.
Senior Sagasta. the Spanish premier. de-
clAres The Spanish government has not
sent note to the government of the
ht"d states on the subject Of the relief
II the tubdns.
WAN announced. Monday that the
nitod States gunboat Princeton. which
y Icing built at Dialogues ship yard
amden. n y. i rapidly nearing "a M
p'ti"h ana That she Will leave the ward
IN about week for League Island to ro-
celNt her FITTINGS preparatory to her final
tiIal "trip.
telegram from the secretary of the
EalY has been received by Moran Bros.
at Seattle. Wash. telling them 10 com
pi'io Inv torpedo boat Rowan at the
earliest possible moment. Under the con
tract. The Rowan viii have = speed of -
miles an hour. Ii j. fitted with three tor
pedo tubes
Lieut. Commander NibIock the United
States naval attache at Berlin. has re-
turned there from kiel 1t is understood
nr Hds c"hhiilonallN purchased for the
ohittH states government protected
'ulHor Huii"lHs al the trermanH yards
for South American government and
tht he Is considering the purchase of
vessel BENG punt at the Nohs yards at
Senior Julian Ascue, an agent of the
spanish government from HaV2ni. dnt
Ant"ni" Maestro OF st. Louis are in the
kansas city market purchasing mules
TOR the Spanish army. They have prac-
tltaliy cleaned the market of medium
SIZED mules. having purchased 6hp to lie
On the whlrf at New Orleans
hN April :. Another Spanish contract has
been secured for four carloads Of mu!es
her" lat week
Adutant General Strvcker of New Ter
sly received word from Assist,nt Sacre
tar, nf ~. NJ, Rnosa,-ilt Nnnd1t. :,
hnld a. ~ ~. NJ frC.,,. n.,,'I ,,".i,,.,,
II iN",'l'' II I" am ny I''II'ot .ioiIIduh
iand XII cav Voorhac. said th,t the
nr,1c. fro,, Vasbinotn, fnr tbo tr,ne
= ~ ~ " "@,ii,' ~ ~ ~" 3',.
POI ''ih - me ii"il4'0. IL c"Pt'VSH Wi'Hti
TWO or three days, The 20 men have al
ready ut"h selected.
Secretary Long has issued an order
changing The names OF vessels recently
i mas he he ma
in,,.1. VGb, Alt; =, ~ ,iilI unr,ct.
~ Hh'iItr 81 D' i',.r.u ~. liI ~
I,hA - oe tdled EaSIt, To Hiio,ie I" ne
cdlted wasp Jugs EuSdT + hu.hV,'pdSH
- pe caIled IeCumseh' waiter A. Luck
enb1Ch 70 he called | meas; winthrop 10
be called osCeold; t. ii. Wise to be Gale
Sioux: Eltoro to be called Algonquin The
torpedo boat built for the German navy
AMI recently purchased for the United
States navy has been named the Somers
,t,t, ,,..,,,.,, ,tuo, i.,.,,,,, a., I'D,
Moniay. transferring the HEADQUARTERS
ana six companies Of the nth Infantry
nov IN Tho denartmpnt of 1'olo,ado 10
Jefferson barrafk: Nd ana also directed
the commanding general of the depart
mont Of Tho t'oinr1,ln 10 order the head
STAFF mi nar1 of the 18th In
fantrv from Isort Ravard New Mexico.
Ia Fort Uuarhrru ARIZONA and one com
many of mo l5th Infantry frnn, Fort Raw
Ard ia Irort Ana,ha krizona orders we're
also issl,pd discnntiuttinn tho most at
Winnie barracks Although thev do not
seem ia III u thes, or,iSrs NAY have A
hearing ~ M nronosad report4d cnncen-
ration of tLr ,roo,,>, far Ma. Il, 5, possible
emergency
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tutt'i NNuuoulf atiiNeo a.
taiI'. lloiI 'dStllit. oatutudS nv INF,
~ 'l. o.IiCc.S Wefe sIeaeis su,P'is'5Iu e
INV! IN oi"ttS tldlSitiIl, ~ hea.ls ~.