Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-12-19

sailing from the last named port. Dec,
9, arrived d. Valparaiso. Chile. Satur-
day. They will continue northward II
Callao. their orders 10 Honolulu re-
naming unchanged.
/ The Cuban headquarters in Washing
! ton has been notified that Col. Carlos
| Garcia. eldest son of the late Gen. Ca
! liXto Garcia has obtained leave of al
senee from his regiment, now stationed
under Gen. Wood in Santiago. and Will
4 shortly arrive in Washington. He will
arrange with the American government
and the Cuban commission for the re-
/ movai OF the body OF his father to Cuba.
/ for which purpose the Dolphin will In ali
( probability be selected.
! Members of the Cuban commission
now In Washington. under escort of Sec
rotary Quesada. of the Cuban delega-
lion. called, Saturday, on Chairman
D.ngley Of the ways and means COM
nittee and discussed the subject of Gu
I ban tariff. the general purpose being ID
secure a better arrangement than nov
exists, particularly as TO the impor;
products Of sugar and tobacco.
( Sunday. Rear Admiral Francis NJ
Bunce, L. S. N. commandant of the
( New York navy yard. and one of the
most interesting figures in the navy
retires from active service. having
! reached the age limit of 81 years. His
| retirement promotes to the highest
1 rank Commodore Albert Kautz, who
was Admiral Farragut's flag officer,
/ and who hauled down the Lone Star
! Flag from the city of New Orlenas.
Acting Postmaster General Heath, Sat
urday, received the following cablegrain
! from Maj. Gen. Greene at Havana: Mil
J itary post office established and ready
! for business. Can handle all the mail for
! the troops in the provinces of Havana
and Pin3r del Rio and when the Spanish
evacuate Matanzas can handle every
thing east SO far as the terminus of the
railroad at Santa Clara. Mail for Puerto
/ Principe and Santiago can only he
/ handled by water, and it is necessary u
| nave naval vessel or transport before
anything can be done with through Ha-
| wanna
! The New York Journal published.
Sunday, the following from it's Wash
1ngton correspondent: Secretary
of State Day and Whitelaw Reid will
receive at least 100000 each for assist
ing in the peace negotiations in Paris.
James Bassett Moore, secretary of tho
peace commission. will receive $50. 200
+, for his services in Paris Senators
Davis, Frye and Gray under the laws
'tliiiot uid" TWO SttfaileS, ana they
will have only their expenses paid IN
addition to their senatorial salaries.
The Portsmouth navy yard is making
preparations to rebuild the Spanish
Sunboats Sandoval and .Alvarado.
which, it is expected. will arrive there
within a few days from the South.
These boats will be refitted for service
IN Cuban waters. The Sandoval was
! sunk by her Spanish crew at Calman-
era to prevent her capture by the Amer.
leans. She was raised with great diff
Guilty by the auxiliary gunboat Poto-
mae and the cruiser Marblehead The
work was supervised by Capt Mccall
la of the Marblehead. The Alvarado
was captured at Santiago.
Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt late com
mander of the United States military
forces in the Philippine islands, from
! which post he was called to Paris to
| consult with the American peace COM
| missioners, reached New York Satur-
| day, on board the steamer Lucania
| from Queenstown. With Gen. Merritt
! were his bride, her mother, MRS. Nor
| man Williams, and Norman Williams,
| Jr., of Chicago, and Capt. l.. III. Strot-
| her, aide de camp on the staff of Gen.
Merritt. The general will resume
| command of the military department
| of the East, which position he held
when he was ordered to the Far East