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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-24

By direction Of the secretary of war
the contract of Acting Assistant Sur
geon Taber has been annulled. 1t APP
pears from testimony taken before the
investigating commission that he was
the medical officer referred to in con-
nection with the death of Hugh Par
rett of Ohio, at Camp Wikoff.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-24

Brigadier General c. P. Mattocks was
at the war department, today, arrang
ing for his retirement from the volun-
teer army before going to his home in
Maine. Brigader General Hubbard
also reported on his way home to Min
neSota to retire.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-24

SJuduEpll
ITO Gen. Shafter, L. S. A.
July 3-The sortie of Admiral Cervera's
squadron and its destruction has been
made the subject of a separate paper and
need not be repeated here. This event
closes the purely naval campaign, crown
ing with complete success the anxious
work of almost exactly two months.
1t is apparent from the following dis
patch from Acting Secretary Alien to the
commanding officer of the fleet and which
appears in the report, that the depart
ment felt some apprehensions regarding
the movements and designs of the Aus
trian gunboat Maria Teresa which APP
peared in the West Indies during the war:
washington, June -.
Austrian gunboat Maria Teresa in the
West Indies is thought to regularly visit
various bockades to see ii effective.
Upon the arrival of our troops send with
out delay as many as you consider neces-
sary of the convoy to Commodore Schley,
eff CienfuegoS, Cuba. and as there is SIM
ilarity between Austrian and Spanish
flags. caution your ships against possible
mistakes.
Apprehension by the department at one
time of the possibility of the escape of
the Spaniards from Santiago via Manzan-
lilo, Cuba, is shown in the following dis
patch to Sampson:
washington.
when the Spanish give up hope at
Santiago. they may attempt to escape vld
Manzanllo, Cuba. AS understood here
they receive supplies now via Manzanillo.
Cuba. (Signed) LONG,.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-24

Senior Quesada, charge d affaires of the
Cuban legation in Washington, Saturday.
received official notification from Presi-
dent Maso of the Cuban provisional gov
eminent of his selection as a deputy to
the Cuban Congress for the province of
Puerto Principe, at the recent election.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-24

IF the vessel is coaling, or is other
wise restricted in her movements she
must nevertheless keep within this dis
lance.
IF at any time the flagship makes
signal which is not visible to any YES
sci, such vessel must at once approach
the flagship or repeating vessel to a
point where she can read the signal.
Disregard Of the directions which
have already been given on this head
has led to endless confusion. Many
times during the day the fleet is SO
scattered that it would be perfectly
possible for the enemy to come out OF
the harbor and meet with very little
opposition.
The COMMUNICATIVE hopes that
strict attention will be given this or
der
The admiral reproduces the order %
battle incidental to the landing of Shat
ters army corps. June %, when ships
We're sent to shell the beach and cover
the landing of the men. In this order
the following occurs:
The attention of commanding off
GERS of all vessels engaged in blockad-
ing Santiago de Cuba is earnestly call
ed to the necessity of the utmost vigi
lance from this time forward both as
TO maintaining stations and READINGS.
Tor action and as to keeping a Close
watch over the harbor mouth. If thu
spanish admiral intends to attempt t.
escape, that attempt will be mad
soon.''
ne aumifal mere remarks that mucI
trouble was experienced in! landing q,
account OF the wandering proelivitie
III Oh some OF the Transports which ha,
~ 70 be looked up. The progress of die
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-11
Helm the Cubans.

Inst Sruday was noticeable for a renewal
of Secretary SHERMAN'sappeal to the Amer
lean public for aid to the starving Cubans,
and for the stalwart support given to this
charitable and patriotic undertaking by the
Governors of Pennsylvania, the Hon. AMI
II. HASTINGS. Gov. HASTINGS besought the
citizens of Pennsylvania particularly to
aid the victims of Spanish ~inhumanity,
designating the Mayors of Pennsylvania
chief cities as agents for sending contribu-
tions to Havana.
Secretary SHERMAN's appeal should be
answered in every State of the Union.
During the happy life of the United States
no struggle for what our Revolution
gained for us has been more worthy OF
the c%ountenance and support of the Ameri-
can Republic than that now being waged
by the Cuban revolutionists. They are
fighting against a despotism whose war
fare is the savagery and torture of the mid
die ages, with n heroism which has not
been surpassed in any similar endeavor by
any people. Help them! Send your con-
tributions to the Cuban Relief Committee,
R41 Fifth avenue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-11
AMERICAN TIN PLATE
Growth or the Industry I'm the United States
M shown in o Treasury Report.

Growth or the Industry in the United States
AZ Shown In . Treasury Report.
Col. Ira Aver. special Treasury agent at this
port, has made q report upon the production of
commercial tin and terne plates in the United
States in the fiscal year ended June 80. 1897.
The total production was 446. 982, O63 pounds.
the previous fiscal year. or an increase of more
than 40 per cent. OF this quantity 446, 924, s55
pounds. or practically the entire output, was
made from sheets rolled in the United States.
The quantity of American sheet iron and steel
made by stamping and other manufacturing
firms into articles and waves timed or terne-
plated aggregated 1920. 06l pounds, against
10. $50, ITO pounds in the previous fiscal year,
and the production Of black plates amounted to
436, ABS, 035 pounds, against 334 Ola, 78S pounds
OF the hfty firms reported as producing COM
mercial tin and terne plates, one only used
foreign-made plates during q portion of one
quarter, the amount being 57.2os pounds, out
ter Of els, 667 pounds. During the previous
fiscal year. of the ffty-three firms reported as
producing commercial tin and terne plates, fifty
used wholly American-rolled sheets and three
used both American and foreign. with an aCgre.
gate output OF 15,5O3. 154 pounds. OF this
amount, 4. 1926, 523 pounds, or about 81 per cent.
Of tho output, was made from forcign-rolled
sheets.
The total imports OF tin plates and terne
plates in the fiscal year aggregated 244.4O7..
SOL pounds, while the total exports were 1885,
2a6.i50 pounds showing net imports Of 1O5,-
duction of AGO. s2, 083 pounds. the approximate
consumption In the United States was 552. l43.-
534 pounds. The average annual capacity of the
on June so. 1897. was about 100000. 900
pounds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-11
FISH OIL OOMBINE.
Changes ana Economics In the Monhaden In
dustry 70 ne Installed Mt Once.

Changes ana Economics In the Monhaden In.
dustry 10 ne Installed Mt Once.
The Incorporation on Saturday Of the Ameri.
can Fisheries Company completes one step In
the advancement and consolidation of all the
menhaden fishing interests Of the northern At
lantic coast. The company 10 q New Jersey
corporation with an authorized capital Of &c.,
100000. In It are united the thirteen firms
that have heretofore controlled the menhaden
fishing and oil production from Maine to Della
ware and q number Of outside American and
English capitalists. The new Stanley process
Of fish oil extraction is controlled by the COM
pany, and was one of the chief factors in the
projection Of the combination. Tho Fish Oil
and Guano Syndicate, Limited. of London. Eng
land. formerly controlled this process. and was
preparing to erect q large plant at PROMISED
Land, east of Amagansett, L. I.
The process is largely mechanical. The fish
are taken directly from the boats by elevators
and are not handled again. but are put through
the various preperers and extractors by auto
matte machinery emerging as fish oil and scrap.
promoters OF the process. though old-timers in
the business do not count on quite SO much.
be reduced about 40 per cent. An average
sized factory, handling about 100000 fish, or
s 1900 m Ss5F eGx! e~ W3lS ;b n s re RIslg a1ssa.s sn q
Varies s greatly SH fs as a barrel Of iRsS may Yield !.
on the condition of the fish and the amount Of
fat In them. The annual output averages about
$4,000 barrels of oil and from 1000, 900 to
fertilizer.
The American Fisheries Company will. tenn.
at Promised Land, L. I. N. b. Church. general
manager. Mr.. Donnelly Of A. Faber du Faur g.
Donnelly, engineers TO the company, and Capt.
visited Promised Land yesterday and plans for
the consolidation will be discussed to-day. AS
inaugurated Immediately. but for Its complete
installation rev buildings will be erected. 1t
Is proposed to establish seven or eight new fac
Except for the general manager the officers of
the company have not been announced. and Of
the outside capitalists interested only the name
of John (. Searles of the American Sugar Re-
filming Company has been made public.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-11

our waters. For years they have been our
winter m~anoeuvring area, and II there IL
any part Of the world with which our ships
ought to keep constantly familiar it is the
part that Ia made up Of the Gulf and the
Caribbean Sea. Recently the winter cruises
Of the Atlantic squadron in these tropical
regions lave been given up in consequence
Of our relations with England in the Ven
eEuela affair, and with Spain In the Cuban
revolution but now it is time to renew the
evolutions. for which, In m~ldwinter, q low
latitude must be chosen.
Besides, In order to give no ground OF
fence or Of grumblinG, Admiral StcARD's
orders, II we understand them rightly, are
not to take his fleet south Of our own terri
torial jurisdiction at Key West. II, with
such precautions, Spain chooses to take
umbrage, she is welcome to do 80.
The strength Of the squadron will DO in
its armor-clads, the powerful bnttleships
Iowa, Indiana, Massachusetts,, Maine, and
Texas, the cruisers New York and Brook
Ign, and the monitor Terror. Under Adj
miral SIoARD's command are also the gun
boat Nashville and the despatch boat Fern,
while the torpedo flotille includes the Cush-
ing, the Dupont, the Ericsson, the Foote,
the Porter, and the Winslow.
We shall have other vessels cruising
about the same time in Gulf waters, some
being already there, such as the Detroit,
Montgomery, Marblehead, Newport, An
napolis, Vicksburg, assigned to patrol,
training, inspection, and other duties,
while the Columbia and Minneapolis are in
reserve at League Island and the Puritan at
Norfolk, the Amphitrite being at Port
Royal as a gunnery vessel. But for the
ships in reserve there are no crews, and in
any case the object is not to make the
largest possible show by withdrawing yes.
sells from other duties. Admiral SIoARp
will ave for evolutions the most powerful
modern feet our navy has yet collected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-11
The Wards of Staten Island.

Heretofore the designation of wards"
has been applied to minor municipal d.
visions. chiefly in large cities where the
population is compact. Under sections
1877 and 1873 of the present charter of
New York city the wards of New York
and the wards of Brooklyn are retained.
New York has tw~enty.four wards and
Brooklyn thirty.two. In addition to these
ffty-six existing wards, section 1880 es-
tablishes five wards on Staten Island cor.
responding to the former five townships of
Richmond county.
The area of Staten Island is ffty.seven
square miles. Territorially it is larger
than n Of the other geographical divi-
sions Of the new city, with a single excep-
tion. Castleton. On the north side of the
island, has become Ward l of the borough of
Richmond Middletown, the central town
ship, has become Ward 2 Z; Mortified, on the
New Jersey side, has become Ward g.,
Southfeld Ward 4, and Westfeld Ward
3. The use of the ward system In rural or
semi.rural districts, completely separated
by water from a large city, is a novelty in
the United States, but is not the first of the
innovations which have marked the attain
ultllOo VI thc greater Clty pIOJtCU.
New York city since 1912, when it's pop
ulation for the first time exceeded that Of
Philadelphia among American cities, has
been In respect of area the smallest Of the
great cities of the United States. Baltimore
has an area OF thirty.one square miles, Bos.
ton thirty.seven, Buffalo forty-two, Cincin.
natl twenty.four, Cleveland twenty.seven,
Denver forty-four, Detroit thirty, Hartford
seventeen, Milwaukee twenty-one, Mime
apolis fifty.six, New Orleans sixty, Omaha
twenty-five, Pittsburg twenty-seven, San
Francisco forty-two, st. Louis fifty.one, st.
Paul ffty-hve, Washington, d. c., seventy;
Philadelphia one hundred and twenty.nine,
and Chicago one hundred and eighty.
Compared with these, the twenty square
miles of New York, the area of Manhattan
Island prior to 1874, seemed insignificant.
BY the annexation of Westminster townships
in the latter year the area OF New York
was increased from twenty square miles to
forty-one by the further annexation of the
Bronx valley villages in 1895 New York's
area in square miles was still further In.
creased from forty-one to ~sixty-ive. New
York, the present enlarged New York, has
an area of three hundred and sixty square
miles, and is twice as.large territorially as
Chicago and nearly three times as large as
Philadelphia.
The Richmond county township names
which the new charter has lone away
with, for purposes of political designation,
were established In 17sS, with the exception
of Middletown, which was created In 1850
from portions OF Castleton n Southield.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-11
Tho List OF the High Pensioners.

As THE Sun expected, the list of pension
ers which we printed on Friday last Is get
ting the widest publicity. Leading news
papers in different parts OF the country are
publishing those parts Of the list which
concern their respective neighborhoods.
This list occupied nearly fifteen columns
of The Sun, yet 1t contained only 3,58s
names, including those pensioners who are
drawing F4b a month or more.
There remain 972 .446 names which
equally require publication and scrutiny.
This publication must be made by Con-
gress. No n newspaper can undertake
the tnsk, for purely physical reasons.
II this stupendous list is a roll Of honor
throughout. II 1t will Withstand close In.
vestigation by States, counties, towns, and
neighborhoods, let It come out, for the
honor OF the 972,448 veterans and widows
Of veterans.
The publication may cost the Govern
e a few hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. The failure to publish in the past has
probably cost the Government hundreds of
millions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-11
GAVE UP HER SEAL CLOAK.
Unpleasant Experience or n Passenger on the
Montreal Enprcss-New Fur Ruie Enforced.

From the Boston Herald.
A Worcester young lady bids fair to become
an expert in the scaling controversy between
England and the United States before long. She
got tho first installment of information last Sat
urday night on tho Boston express from Mon
treal, under peculiarly disagreeable circum-
stances.
She left Montreal at s:25 o'clock. and toward
10 tho train approached the States" limo,
where the customs officials got on board. They
searched her travelling bag. and found therein
a sealskin cloak.
manded her certificate. She had never heard Of
said the official.
But I have worn 1t for over five years, and
even had it repaired in the interval. Surely,
you don't have to take away ones ordinary np.
Cant help It. madam" said the official.
accompanied with "A certificate"
sode agree in crediting the official with perfect
courtesy. He was obviously in u disagrceabio
position. but was carrying out what he appeared
tho lady that she stay over on the Canadian side
of tho limo until she could secure the necessary
certificates, but she pointed ont that her two
such a stay inadvisable. il for no other
reason than that they had already re:
It was cold up in that region, making the loss of
II a serious matter on the score OF health alone.
To make 1t more aGgravating, the customs on.
cial In tho BOnaVcnture station, Montreal, had
passed that cloak already, though she was wear
ing II then.
the car loanihg her II heavy cape from his over
coat as a substitute. Fortunately the weather
was mild here yesterday when she arrived. and
she ga not need the garment; sho went homo
TO Worcester as soon AS possible, ana VIII get l
paper certifying to Uncle sam that the fur IN
her cloak was not caught In forbidden waters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-11
Our Claims Against the Porto.

The st. Louis platform of Tune 10, 1895,
declared that Gin Turkey American resi-.
dents have been exposed to the greatest
dangers and American property destroyed.
There and everywhere American citizens
and American property must be absolutely
protected. at all hazards and at any COST"
It Is a fair corollary from this declaration
that compensation must be secured for the
American property thus destroyed; for,
apart from plain justice, one of the best as.
urances Of protection in the future is the
exaction Of full indemnity for wrongs done
to American citizens in the past.
The destruction of American missionary
property by Turkish mobs occurred over
two years ago, and our Government
promptly made its claim for redress. The
Porte procrastinated, as usual. and we, on
our part, had controversies pending of 80
much more moment with England and
Spain that it became injudicious just then
to push in any extraordinary way our de.
hands against the Porte. Our claim was
purely one Of pecuniary compensation, in
volving only about 800. 1000.
Again. when the threatened trouble over
the Venezuela boundary had vanished, the
Porte itself became involved in what
seemed almost a vital struggle with the
other European powers, and this, in turn.
was followed by open war with Greece.
Very properly, therefore, our minor claim
was held in allegiance for urging again
at a more fitting time.
It seems to us that that time has come.
The Porte has settled its affairs with
Greece, and under that settlement receives
q war indemnity. Moreover, the great
powers of Europe have presented their own
claims to Turkey, founded on losses suffered
by their citizens. Thus the urging of our
demand is timely, while, as has been
pointed out, the prompt and satisfactory
result which followed Austria's recent per-
emptory calling of Turkey to account is @
good suggestion for our guidance. Hun.
dreds of American citizens dwell in the
Sultan's domains, and they and their prop
erty must, as the st. Louis platform says.
"be absolutely protected at all hazards and
at any cost" Ofthat protection they cannot
be assured until reparation has been made
for past outrages.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-11

only by the United States and Great Brit
ain, the weight Of minerals raised having
increased 100 per cent. In twenty years.
Owing to the introduction Of better ma
chinery, two miners can now raise as much
a. three could In 1876. The value Of the
minerals raised, however, was but $3.50 per
miner against 1910 In the United States.
As regards merchant shipping, no country
except Great Britain has made so sig
nal an advance. 1t Is true that the
nominal tonnage Of Germany has In
creased but 40 per cent. since 1875, but
steamers have taken the place Of sailing
vessels to 30 large al extent that the carry
ing power has risen 150 per cent. The Ger
man merchant navy now has onc-seventh
Of the carrying power Of the British. and
one.third OF that OF the United States.
Nevertheless, more han one.half of the
trade of Germany is still o on foreign
bottoms. less striking has been the aggre-
gate increase in the value OF imports and
exports, because the fall Of prices has made
the nominal amount much lower than It
would have been. Nevertheless, whereas
the total value Of imports and exports In
1875 was 81 500, OOO, 900, 1t is now 3d.
$50, 600, 900. II, instead Of value, we con-
slider the weight of merchandise exchanged
between Germany and other countries, we
find that this has almost trebled.
The progress of industry has, Of course,
been followed by an accumulation of
wealth. Phenomenal has been the progress
Of savings banks all over Germany. In
Prussia, for instance, during twenty years
the number Of depositors has trebled, and
the amount Of deposits has risen 0 per
cent. The official tables Of the income tax
in Prussia show that, while the number Of
persons having annual incomes Of over
$3.50 was but five per thousand in 1875, 1t
was more than ten in 1893. TIL esti-
mate accepted by Mr.. MULHALL gives an
average income Of $119 per inhab-
itant for all Germany, and an average
expenditure Of about 500; the annual ac-
emulation of wealth in recent years has,
therefore, averaged $40 per head. The
total wealth Of the empire in 1895 was
$3e, 400, 600, 900, or, in other words, was al.
most equal to that Of the Western States
of the Union.
The marvellous development Of German
industry since the Franco.German wal is
attributed by Mr.. MuLHALL and by all
other competent observers to the advanced
state of instruction In every part of the
empire and among all classes of people.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-11
The Fleet for Bahama Channel.

The long-delayed repairs to the North At
lantic squadron are now approaching com.
pletion, and within a few days Admiral
SIcARD will start with the designated yes.
sells for the rendezvous in Bahama Chan
mel. This channel lies between the main
land of Florida and the Bahama Islands.
A space of about two score miles in all
directions furnishes an excellent field of
for the fleet. .
The suggestion has been thrown out that
the approach Of a powerful force to the
ncighborhood OF Cuba will cause alarm in
Spain, and that therefore we ought to look
for a training ground elsewhere. But the
waters of the Gulf of Mexico are peculiarly
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-11
An American Governor who Renounced Ills
Allegiance.
From the Kansas city Journal.

The most disreputablc Governor that ever oc.
cupied the Executive chair in Missouri was
James Wilkinson. He was tho second Terri
torial Governor. and the brst after the Territory
OF Missouri. as IL was then called, was organ
General in the army when "ppointsd hy
Mr.. Jefferson. then President OF the UnitHd
States, as the ruler of the new terri.
~tinction as an officer in the Revolution.
and, while a fearless man. was not only a traitor,
famous not only In the Territory OF Missouri.
but all over the country. He was one OF the
principal confedoratcs OF Aaron Burr in his
confederacy, and, while an officer of the Gov
ernment, was secretly in league with the Span
revenue laws OF his country. lie was tried
twice for treason, but escaped through some
the charges preforred, and, should have been
hanged, was a~ftsrward clearly proven. But he
there a subject OF tho King Of Spain, having re-
nounced his allegiance to the United States.