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A BLOODY and decisive naval en- gagement may be expected this week. The meeting of the Ameri- can aDd Spanish fleets can only be a matter Of lew days at most.
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The above we clipped from Sa tur. days Little Rock Democrat, Each of the contracting parties is well and favorably known in this city, where they have a multitude of friends. While they have been sweethearts for a number of years, their marriage, when it became known here Saturday morning, created great surprise.
 The GRAPHIC joins with the friends of the contracting parties in extending their sincere congratu- lations and good wishes, and trusts that their journey down life's path way together may be ever attended with health, wealth and happiness.
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IF sehley is sly and Sam pson is strong, we may yet Dewey" that Spanish Cape Verde fleet.
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Mrs. A. J. Clemmons went to Hens ley Saturday to visit relatives sever al weeks.
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TIE First Regiment of Arkansas Volunteers will leave Little Rock Monday or Tuesday for Chicka- mauga to 20 into camp.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
vERmoNr,s GOOD SHOWING.
Captain Clark and Admiral Dewey both
Montpelier Men.

Washington, May a. President NC
Kinley had an opportunity to devote
more time to the reading of the news
papers today for there were rev early
callers Up to ten o'clock the Congress
sional contingent intent on personal IN
terviews included only Senator Burrows
of Michigan and Representatives buUier
of Pennsylvania, circuit Of Vermont ana
Chickering of New York. Soon AFTER
wards Senator Platt of New YORK hau d
conference with the President and be-
tween that time and the assemblage OF
sion number of other Senators and
Representatives were in consultation, al
most all of them in relation to war APP
pointments
Both Senat r Platt and Representative
Grout presented names for HeutenRnts in
the army. General Grout is particularly
gratified at the showing Vermont has
made SO far in the war, his friends point
ing with pride to the fact that both Ad.
mander of the Oregon, came not only
from General CIRCUITS district, but also
from the same town, Montpelier.
Senator Burrows OF Michigan, was with
the President for some time, but on leav.
ing disolaimed any knowledge of any in
formation throwing light on the war
situation.
Senator Burrows, however, made no
concealment of his personal conviction
that there should be 100. 900 men prompt
iy sent to Manila to hold the Philippines.
Secretary Wilson was the first of the
Cabinet to appear at the White House.
Secretary Gage and Postmaster General
smith followed on the stroke of eleven.
Secretary Long, who had just returned
from his home in Massachusetts,, entered
the Cabinet room little late with Secre-
tary of State Day. Secretary Long, be.
fore joining the President and Cabinet,
said that the Press despatch from London
about the reported destruction of Admired
Ceryera's fleet was all the news he had on
the subject, and there had been nothing
official to confirm it. The report attracted
considerable attention among the Senators
and Representatives, who have been eager
for news of conflict between the two
navies. Several of them called the atten-
tion of the President to 1t, but succeeded
in getting no news concerning 1t.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.

Washington, May 24.-In the executive
session of the Senate today there was
some discussion Of the character of men
who should be chosen to command the
immune regiments. Senator Money ex
ressed doubt as to whether it would be
possible to raise regiments of men who
had yellow fever in case officers of such
regiments were taken from the Northern
States and were men who had not been
subjected to this disease.
Many nominations were confirmed, in
clu ding the following:
Colonies in the volunteer arm-Cap.
tains Patrick II. Ray, James s. Petit
First Lieutenants Herbert FL. Sergeant,
Charles S. Richie; Messrs. Laurence D.
Tyson Of Tennessee, Duncan II. Hood of
Louisiana.
!. Adjutant Generals Department-Lie
Col. Theodore Schwan, assistant adjutant
general, with rank Of colonel; MAJOR VIM.
II. Carter, assistant adjutant general with
rank Of lieutenant colonel.
To be engineer officer with rank of
major Charles L. Woodbury., Vermont.
4 First volunteer engineer, to be col )nel-
Eugene Griffin Of New York. 49,
10 be chief surgeons with rank OF
major-George o. Cook, New Hampshire;
James N. JENNIE, Vermont; l.. B. Amy,
Connecticut.
Collector of Customs Charles r. Stan
ton, District of Stonington, Conn.
Postmasters for Maine-Edward Brown
Thomaston; Thomas G.. Herbert, Rich.
mond; Frank B. Purinton, Fairfield.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25

The theory that Spain is about Ito
change its programme by abandoning
Cuba and concentrating it's forces to re-
cover the Philippines, which is said to be
getting some credence at Washington.
does not appear very probable. The
Spanish government is not so firmly in.
trencheG in power that it can determine
policies without consulting the wishes
of the people, and it may be safely as
sumed that the latter are not ready to
abandon the thing which they went to
war about, until they are compelled to
by superior force. 1t would look to them
like an exceedingly pusillanimous policy
to abandon Blanco and the Spanish army
in Cuba to their fate, and the govern
ment that should undertake such a policy
would not exist a great while. An at
tempt may be made to recover the Philip.
pines, but relief will be sent to the ever
faithful isle if it is possible to get it
there. But while it is unlikely that Spain
will concentrate her forces at the Phi ilip-
pines, and doubtful il she sends single
ship or a single regiment there it is
incumbent for other reasons upon our
government to hurry troops there as
quickly as possible. Admiral Dewey is
in an anomalous position there. While
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
PRICE OF ARMOR HIGH.

Washington, May s4.--Bids were opened
today for supplying the armor for the
three battleships Illinois. Alabama and
Wisconsin now in course of construction.
ment has endeavored to secure bids for
supplying the armor for these ships. For
the illinois the two armor companies
Bethlehem and Carnegie divided Their
bids, one taking the lighter armor an
the other the heavier. For the Alabam
the Bethlehem company bid 81, o22, 504,
While the Carnegie company did not bid.
boz the Wisconsin the Carnegie company
bid 81 ,023, 504. The rate in each case was
$500 per ton fiat for bolts and arInor. the
maximum amount allowed by Congress.
The bethlehem company undertakes to
begin deliveries of the armor within seven
months after contract and to supply three
hundred IONS. monthly. The Carnegie
company will begin December first next
and supply the same amount monthly.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY. MAY %.

The rumors of a battle in the Windward
Passage that gained currency yesterday
both in this country and Europe probably
were only revival of the story of Satur-
day night, and the only basis of that so
far as appears was the fact that heavy
cannonadlng was heard in the neighbor-
hood of Mole st. Nicholas last Thursday
and Friday. 1t is clear, however, that if
a battle had really taken place as long
ago as that we should have had definite
and trustworthy reports of it by this
time. 1t is practically certain therefore that
no battle has occurred. and it is greatly to
be feared that the Spanish fleet will be
able to dodge about the Caribbean sea for
sometime to come. if not indefinitely,
without our fleet intercepting it.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25

= We observe that according to the Cuban
Junta the insurgent army is about to
demonstrate that it exists and that it is
capable of doing some effective fighting.
We hope these announcements will be
Justified by events. We confess however.
that we have little faith in them. The
Cuban army had it been half as strong as
the jonta has told US in the past could
have rendered Us already material assis.
lance, by cutting off Spanish communica-
lion and harnssing in various ways the
Spanish troops. Not only has it done
nothing Of that kind but even in the
parts OF the island where it has been
claimed that it was practically supreme it
has been unable to muster force enough
to get to the coast to receive the arms
and ammunition that we have tried to
send it. 8
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
IMMENSE SIGNAL SERVICE.
Observers Are Stationed Along Entire At
lantic Coast.

Washington, May 24.-After several
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, the Navy
Department has completed the most COM
prehenslve and efficient system for observ-
ing the approach of a hostile fleet that has
ever been put in operation. A new
bureau has been created for this purpose
known as the Coast Signal Service, in
charge of Captain BARTLETT. VINO attends
to this as we'll as the work of the naval
board of information. The system has
the services OF 1900 Iuen stretched along
the coast from Bar Harbor, maine, to
Galveston, Texas. These are divided into
| "a central stations about sixty to one
hundred miles apart along the coast. The
stations are in turn connected directly by
| telegraph with the coast signal office of
| the navy department and operators are on
duty night and day keeping tho navy
department in constant Geographic touch
with the entire stretch of Atlantic and
| Gulf coasts.
| Secretary Long projected this plan a
month ago and SIS, 900 was set aside to
establish the points of observation along
| the coast.
| Thus far the reports have been at times
alarming. The observers, at the start be-
| ing alert and new to their work, reported
every suspicious light seen off shore and
| frequently attached serious Significance
| to it. The observers have become more
| cautious, and the reports now show evil
dences of careful observation. With the
system in it's present perfected condition
the navy department. feels assured that it
knows exactly the condition of affairs
| along the entire stretch of Atlantic and
Gulf coasts. The system is simply pre-.
cautionary one as the department has had
no reason to believe that Spanish ships
were msnacing points along the coast.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25

1t is not at all likely that Spain will
supply US with any accurate information
about the movements or intended move
ments of her fleets if S he can help it.
When therefore despatch is sent out
from Madrid saying that certain vessels
are going to the Philippines OF to the
Caribbean, or one announcing officially
that Admiral Cervera's fleet is at Santi-
ago the chances are that it is stating
what is not 0le fact nor the intention.
We shall never get any information In
regard to Spanis5 war vessels that we
can rely upon by way OF Madrid 1t is a
pity that the converse can not be said
with equal truth. But the eagerness of
our newspapers to publish all the news
they can get, without much regard to
consequences, preoludes the possibility of
that.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
Deafness Cannot Be Cured.

by local applications as they cannot reach the
way to cure deafness and that is by constitu-
Eonal remedies. Deafness Is caused by an i'll
famed condition of the mucous lining OF the
Eustacnlan Tube When this tube is infiamed
you nave rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
we Will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness caused by ca.arrh) that car,
not pc cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free.
+. j. CHENNEY CO. &Toled. o.
Sold by Druggists. Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25

If, as Gen. Miles asserts, the army is
not ready to move to Cuba that is the
best reason in the world why it should
not move. To throw an army in state
Of unpreparedness into Cuba would be
the worst way in the world to make the
war short. The postponement of the in.
vasion of Cuba until the army is thor.
oughly prepared for the business that
may be before it does not mean thai
operations against the enemy are to stop
The feet can be active meanwhile, ant
IL 1t Is successful in destroying the Span
ish squadrons it is among the probabilities
that an invasion by troops will not b.
necessary. With her fleets swept from tn,
sea it would be foolhardiness for Spair
to attempt to hold on to Cuba.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25

If Congress is hunting for sources of
prevail it might as well abandon the
quest. 70 tax and to please Is impossible.
People specially interested in the thing
taxed will cry out that some other thing
(some other thing that they are not spec
tally interested in) might have been Sc
lected more equitably to bear the burdens
of the war. Everyons will be able to show
that in taxing his particular pet the gov
eminent is striking severe blow at the
poor and lowly, and letting the rich and
influential escape. The brewer will point
out that by taxing his product the gov
eminent is unfairly discriminating
against the beverage of the poor man in
favor of wine and champagne, the favorite
tipple OF the miilionaires and bankers. It
will he easy to prove that most laboring
men either smoke or chew, and that tax
on tobacco will constitute a severe blow
at that class. And so it will go. Moth
ing will he found that can be taxed with
out imposing an unfair burden upon
somebody.
The proposition to lay tax upon the
premiums and assessments collected by
insurance companies ia coming in just
now for g good deal of criticism, especial
ly as regards life insurance companies.
1t is said it's effect will be to discourage
life insurance and reduce the provision
made in this way for widows and chill
dren. That may be true, and it may be
that the tax is not altogether a judicious
one. 1t must be borne in mind, how
ever, that a good many life insurance
companies have not hesitated to make
insurance more costly than was necessary
| by paying extraordinary salaries to their
officers and making the business in other
ways needlessly expensive. Some
economies which might be readily made
would perhaps largely take care of the
tax proposed SO that little or none of it
need be imposed upon the insured.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
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The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
EXPRESS TRAIN HELD UP.

Albuquerque, N. NJ, May 24.-Informa-
ton was received this morning from
Baien, q small station on the Santa Fe
about thirty miles south of this city, that
the Santa Fe train number twenty-one,
the south bound California express, had
been held up by bandits who boarded the
train at Balen and compelled the engineer
to bring 1t to stop about five miles
south of that station. They gained en-
trance to the express car anil threw the
safe out into ditch, where, with the aid
of dynamite, they tlew it open and
pocketed tine contents. The robbers
escaped The sheriff at Las Lunas, with
large posse started in pursuit.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
SCOUTS NOT DOING GOOD WORK.

meeting today it was stated that no news
of any Importance HAD been received from
any quarter. The rumor current in Lon
don that the American and Spanish fleets
had come together and that the Spaniards
had been destroyed is not credited by
m smbers of the Cabinet, who apparently
have 10 reason to expect an early engage
ment. The fact, however. that the gov
ernnent has no knowledge of the present
whereabouts Of Admiral Cervera's fleet
leaves the question of the time when the
Spaniard may be overhauled a matter of
doubt. News is eagerly awaited md some
irritation is expressed that some of the
comparatively large number OF swift
scouts which we have in the southern
waters has not been able to locate the
enemy and SO bring about collision be-
tween the fleets.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
WATERVILLE MAN HANGS HIM
SELF.

Waterville, May 24.-Mr. George 3.
Healey of this city committed suicide to-
day by hanging at his home on Front
street. The body was found by his wife
hanging by a rope to small beam in the
shed. She Immediately called a doctor
and the coroner. but life was found to be
extinct. No cause has been assigned for
the deed. Mr.. Heaiey was about As years
of age and leaves wife and two daugh-
tarS
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
WAR MAIL REGULATIONS.

regard to mail for and from soldiers have
been issued by Postmaster General Smith.
One order takes the Philippine islands
out of the category of places where mail
communication with the United States is
suspended and tine other revives a regu
lation permitting soldiers, sailors and
marines to send letters. postage upon
which is to be collected on delivery.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
HANNA's YACHT AT PORTSMOUTH

Portsmouth, N. H., May 24.-The Com.
manche, Senator Mark A. Hanna's steam
yacht, arrived at the navy yard just be-
fore noon today, and was formally turned
over to the government. The yacht is OF
steel, 1856 feet long and she is to be con-
verified into an auxiliary cruiser. When
mounted her battery will consist of four
6-pound guns. An order has been issued
here to prepare for shipment sixteen g.
inch guns, which have already bee.,
loaded on the cars for distribution al
several points along the New England
coast
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
PAIL BEARERS AT GLADSTONE'S
FUNERAL.

London, May 24.-Ihe pail bearers at
the funeral of Mr.. Gladstone will be the
Prin ce of Wales, the Duke of York, the
Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Kim
berley, the Earl of Roseberry, the Arch.
bishop of Canterbury, Mr.. A. j. Balfour
and Sir William Vernon Harcourt.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
"A CASE OF Suicide.

Fairfield, May 24.-The body of Joseph
Pellet was found this morning in the
Kennebeo River near the cornshops by
two small boys. 1t is supposed to be q
case of suicide.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25

commanding the town and able to de-
stroy it, he cannot occupy it. If disorder
breaks out he cannot repress it. The peo-
pie there are in constant danger of attack
and massacre by the rebels, and he is
powerless to prevent it. For humane
reasons it is our duty to change this con-
dition as soon as possible by sending a
force adequate to keep the peace and put
down any outbreaks that may occur.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25

It's folly to suffer from that horrible
plague of the night itching piles.
Doan's ointment cures quickly and per-
manently. At any drug store, so cents.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS.

Having consolidated with the Portland
Safe Deposit Company. the Portland
Trust Company now offers its patrons
and the public unequaled facilities for
storage of bonds, stocks, valuable papers
and silver ware.
The security offered is the best in
Maine, and the location is the most CEN
trail and convenient in Portland.
The utmost privacy is afforded by sep
arate entrances from the street, while
the arrangement of Offices of the CONSOLE
dated company is such that all financial
business can be transacted under the
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The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
RESOLUTE STARTS SOUTH

New York, May %. The United States
transport Resolute left the navy yard
bound for Southern waters this afternoon
IN com mand of Captain Eaton.
The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25

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The Portland daily press., 1898-05-25
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