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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-08
UNScRUPUlOUs SPECTATORS
Already Planning 10 Fleece Uncle Sam With
Cheap and Flimsy Warshps

Philadelphia, March 7-Charles II.
Cramp, head of the shpbuldinS firm. to-
day declared that the widespread talk of
Spain buying warships abroad and the Sc
curing of options on these ships by the
United States, is part of Il scheme inSti-
gated by a syndicate of adventures.
Their purpose. ne said is to secure big
commissions by helping English and Ger
man ShipbuilderS to unload on this gov
eminent IA number of unsaleable vessels
built either on speculation or by con-
tracts with various of the second-rate
powers that are not able to pay for them.
Said Mr.. Cramp: THE total valuation
of the ships involved in this deal is about
$40, 900, eco The commissions which the
speculative syndicate would receive for
disposing of them to the United States
would be about Is per cent. of the selling
price or say 81 .225, 600 on the whole lot"
Mr.. Cramp declined to divulge the
names of the members of this syndicate
but said it was composed of an Anglo
American combination, embracing a large
manufacturing establishment in England,
one of the most noted contract brokers in
New York city and certain concerns en-
gagged in the manufacture of ordnance
materials both in this country and abroad
The ships in question. he continued, were
all cheaply and flimsily built and none of
them anywhere near the American naval
standard either as to workmanship or
material.
THE promoters of the plan" Mr.
Cramp said. 'have been at work for some
time in Washington, hoping through
manufactured public opinion, the strain
of the situation and powerful combina-
ton in Washington, to carry through the
| legislation necessary to enable the Presi-
dent to buy the ships on which the spec
ulators have taken options They have
made some progress. though they have
not Yet reached point at which they
dare show their hands by openly attempt
ing to procure the necessary legislation.
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WILL DO MY DUTY"
Gen. Lee So States and the American People
Will support Him.

Havana. March 7.-General Fitz
Hugh Lee. the United States consul
general. when questioned regarding
SPANS demand for his recall said: Il
shall continue to do my duty, which is
to guard American interests.
'Fitz Hugh Lee, my. son, came TO
visit me during the short vacation
granted him by the Chesapeake Il Ohio
Railroad He was here before, has
many friends. and will return to the
United States when his vacation IS
over. next week. Mrs. Lee is not i'll.
nor is she nervous. | have not writ
ten her anything to alarm her, have
had no need to do so.
AS previously cabled, the coast sur
Vey steamer Bache on her return from
Key West. will take the Ferns place
near the wreck of the Maine as quar-
tiers for the officers. The Fern is to 90
North to take on board supplies for the
concentrates, taking these supplies
direct to Mantanzas and Sagua La
Grande. Technically. the Fern is war
vessel. because she mounts one gun. a
6-;pounder. which is used for saluting
Only surmises can be made as to how
long the United States court of inquiry
into the loss of the Maine will remain
here. but ii does not seem likely that
the court will remain here much longer
Its members profess ignorance as to
the time of their departure for the
United States.
The Ward line steamer Concho arriv
ed here. this morning. from New York,
and the Spanish steamer Alphonso
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A SENSeLesS CONTROVERSY.
House Committees Fighting Over Control Of
Bills Calling Tor Warships.

Washington, March IA controversy
has arisen between the House commit
tee on appropriations and naval affairs
over the claims set up by each as to
jurisdiction over the bills introduced to
appropriate money for the purchase Of
Warships. The Speakers clerk referred
the BromWen bill to appropriate $40
100000 for the purchase of ships to the
appropriations committee. The bill
made the money Immediately availa
bic. \ similar bill to that of Mr.. Brom-
well, introduced by Mr.. Gibson of Ten
nessee. went to the naval committee
because the money was not Immediate
ly available.
MI Boutelle. chairman of the naval
committee. claims jurisdiction over
both bills. The controversy has not
yet been settled. but upon the issue Will
depend The determination whether the
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SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT.
Upheld by Everyone in Refusing to Recall
Gen Lee.

Washington. March THE sentiment
at the Capitol, to-day, and especially on
the House side, was unanimous in sup
port of the action of the President in de
clininG to recall General Lee.
The gravity of the situation seemed
profoundly to impress the members who
stood about the Hobbies before the House
met. Without regard to party. all united
in commencing the Presidents firm stand
and the unanimous desire expressed was
i'm support of any measures he may deem
necessary to support the American con-
tcntion.
Representative Livingston of Georgia.
It minority member of the appropriation
committee. and Mr.. BOdin, a minority
member of the naval affairs committee
both declared that they would vote for
anything the President asked.
Congress ought to be solid behind the
President" said Mr.. Livingston. This
is no time for criticism or pickering of
any kind In the face of an impending
foreign war party lines should be for
gotten. We are Americans first, parti-
sans afterward.
1T can be stated on the highest author
ity that the attitude of Speaker Reed and
some of the other Republican leaders
who have sought to keep down the
lingo spirit in the House have been
misunderstood by the public. Their pur-
pose in delaying action on the bill Great
ing two additional regiments of artillery
was to prevent. as far as possible, any
undue alarm
While it is not generally known. it is
nevertheless true, that the Republican
leaders of the House have given the adj
minstration assurances that any emer-
gency action which may be deemed neces-
sary to uphold the dignity of the country
will be promptly ratified.
| The whole aim of the Republican lead
/ ers under the leadership of the Speaker
has been and is to avoid hasty action OF
| the possibility. so far as possible of in
! Cendiary utteranCes on the floor which
might make a diplomatic settlement Of
| the controversy more difficult But the
| administration understands that the ma
| iority in the House is behind it and that
money and men will be voted without
stint when they are called for.
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Spain was dissatisfied with General Lee
and might ask the President to remove
him. came to the secretary oil state. last
Saturday. through cablegram from
Minister Woodford. and that IN response
to the Presidents refusal to consider
General Lees recall, the Madrid authors
ties signfied their acquiesccnce and this
fact was duly cabled to the secretary of
state. 1t therefore appears that the
status is the same as before the incident
The correspondence. us understood here
did not show that Spain had made a de-
mand for General Lees recall or that the
Madrid government had gone so far as
to request his recall The extent OF its
displeasure was expressed in an intima-
ton simply that his presence in Havana
as the representative of the United
States government was not agreeable to
them.
The complaint against sending relief
supplies to cuba in war vessels was made
through Mr.. Dubosc. the Spanish repre-
sentative. but when the matter WAS fully
explained to him he freely expressed his
entire satisfaction with the present ar
ransement and intimated that he would
ithdraW his protest.
Az to the matter of sending supplies to
Matanzas and Segua. which has formed
the basis of objection by the Spanish gov
eminent although not in official form,
it is stated at the state department us
we'll that the programme laid down in
the statement given out by the President
is to be observed.
No attempt is made TO deny that the
attitude of the Spanish government to-
wards the entry of the warshipS into
cuba ports may be full of significance. 1t
is realized. and ii is conceded that vessels
of the United States navy may be, i'll
times of peace, excluded from MatanZaS
or Scgua. by the same rule they likewise
may be kept out of Havana harbor ANA
the administration would thereby not only
be prevented from redeeming its promise
al S.tNt,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-08

Property valued at $110O.GV0. having d
frontage Of 20 feet on Broadway and ex-
tending through TO Mercer street. New
York city. was formally accepted by the
board OF trustees of Columbia University
Monday. The donation will be known as
the "Gaillard-Lubat Library endowment
fund and be used for the benefit of the
library The donor is Joseph f. Loubat.
known in the courts of Europe as the
Due De Loubat. He divides his time
about equally between Europe and this
country. and when in America lives at
the Fifth Avenue hotel. Though not a
graduate Of Columbia University Mr.
Loubat has long been its friend and has
given il many valuable donations in the
shape of books. manuscripts. etc.
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THE LEADERS IN CONFERENCE.
Regardless OF Party Everyone Is Now for
Old Glory.

Washington. March There WAS a
conference, last evening. at the residence
of Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, which
was attended ny members of the cabinet
senators and representatives. Some Of
those known In he present are Secretaries
Long and Algrr, Judge Day, assistant
secretary of state. Senator Allison and
Representatives Dinglcy and Cannon. 1t
is also known that some Democrats were
present.
Assurances were given the representa-
tiVcs of thu administration that any
amount of funds that We're deemed nee
essary would be provided by Congress to
put the government in a state of defence
and that the administration would be
backed up in anything that would he
thought necessary.
The result of the conference, last even
ing, WAS a meeting of Secretary Algcr
and Speaker Reed. today. and a confer
encc at the White House, today. of House
and Senate leaders. followed by the in
PRODUCTION of the sol. 000. 900 defence bin by
Mr.. Cannon. today. 1t is expected that
the bill will pass the House, tomorrow.
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Foreign Ports.

ANTWERP-March :. ar. sim Berlin
New York.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. l. ar, sim Boil
via. New York.
LIVERPOOI-Marc :, ar, sim Cepha-
lonia. Boston.
GENOA March c, ar, sim Fulda, New
York via Naples.
Observation-Disclosures :. ar. sim Furst
Bismarck New York via Southampton.
GIBRALTAR-March !. ar. sim Ems.
New York for Naples and Genoa.
HAMBU RG-March :, sld,stm Armenia,
Portland.
KINSALE-March :. psd. sim Scotsman.
Portland for Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL-March 6, ar, sim Mem
non. Portland.
Mary + Corson, Baisley. Portland; Moiiie
Rhodes Dobbin. Jonesport
CID, sim I.iveuian. Whyte. London; sens
Rosa Mueller. Mclean, City island aud
c Shorthand. Mcintyre. Fall River.
HALIFAX. n. S.-March I, eli, sun
Maria Ricmars Weyer, Baltimore, nay
ing repaired Delaware, Davis. Philauei-
phia. -
Sid, sim Ravensdale, Luke, Havana
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Spanish War Notes.

The training shin Essex arrived ,t H,,y
York and anchored off TompkinsvIilc. at
q A. NJ Monday. The Terror il still
living OFF 81 George
,,, ~ ,,..
~ upt P''to """t i.9lo"' on M WAY
sp"nui"'i;; pu' nv ii'i ts0tVH' . -
~ ~ ~ J",'t wv MI 81 cAt.*titt nc
Moiiudy morning; on account OF hcaVy
Wca.heI. ole VIII proceed as soon as the
weather ''titiS-
Lieut.. Humphrey commanding Battery
-. 81 AruiltfE, stationed at San Diego,
at. mas f'C"lNtd urHrrS - Fthq ny
company OF aftiiitFE AT once l" folnt
Iona 70 mount th' J-ihch rliftS recently
aeiiN"ftu uitF' LOT Nh' deitHct OF TINS
hafb"f-
The Mallory Line steamer Alamo ar
rived at Key West Monday. from New
York with a cargo Of ammunition for the
United States tleet u greater part ~
which Is intended for the cruiser Cncin-
natl The steamer Each, has arrived from
Havana having on boarI rhc remains ~
six more victims Of the disaster to the
Maine They will be- buried with the
same ceremonies observed when the first
body was buried on Thursday last ana
me funeral ,rocazsiot was also in ,br
same order
,.tar., ,-,t,...,i II, fos,n,, Non,la,- Ia
passengers on thu Boston Fruit COS.
steamer Beverly from Port Morant, ia
General l.. Moriot and Doctors Alfonso
and Giibega of the Cuban army. The three
men landed as quietly as possible an 1
Immediately arranged for their trdnspor-
tation In New York. Gen. Moriet declln :
ed to talk ~ any way OF ms VISIT 70 inns
county. but II IS filnored that ih"li ms
SION mere ~ 70 cuilSuit WIN lle updIl
Juhta Il. Nt" foth' WIN VIZ" 81 Stiiu
nlE tfle largest 'Aptdi'io!i t.oii M .' ~
Try 20 IN" aSSIH ~, ~ 10 nc no
Yet netn attriilp'Su, A. N,,,''1 No. "
49, .el'iti ', ttt. ~ Ijttta ,ort ~ prb0
d. 1,. G,nniet tyrnboat
49,
one OF N. Ssdi rfPttS'tit"'is n - ~, NY
american nan o,'a'liH'i , -. " 't' !, 49,
f0, CARRYING Inc mails to Port Antonio
jamaica, was at the navy department.
Washington Mon lay i'm consultation with
the construction bureau. This contract
is under the subsidy act of Congress and
bV its provisions the vessels are required
to be constructed with a view to the con
vcrSinS Of the ships INTO auNiiltFy crul-
Sers. The company VIII construct l"ur
vessels each oi 1Ho TONS gross ail,' trSH
are to pe r1''IE Tor S'IN iCC' - T. iI'}
plans #ir'aoE nav ptti dGi'J" ui'''' ~ ~,
IN" htcl ~ w 49, II, III " ~ - a. I,;I
nun ~ w i'i'i,o, ", :" ,Iii ,,,.,-
ron! p,lnt S,.,'T 7, ti,,l - ,,nC.S.,trv III
nlVlt. ,9't,"'N - ~
"9N NV
Al "A meeting or Tue American '7"'I'tA
at London MONDAY steps WERE XIX" 70
contribut" I" fund l"F me pun "l
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SHIPPING NEWS.
N aiLe Ports.

BELF'AST-March :. ar, sch Jennie
Howard, RoCkldnd.
BOOTHBAN-March :. ar. sch Bonnie
Doone tBr. St John: Lady Antrim, Bos-
ton; Carleton Bell. Boston; Charles l..
jeffrey, Boston, Il and Blenderman.
Boston.
Sid sch Dreadnaught. Philadelphia.
Cid. sch Fred A Emerson. Thomaston
ROCKLANDrMarc = ar, sch Morris
and Cliff. TORY. Provincetown Mass.
Sid sch Jennie Pillsbury, New York.
BUSCKSPORT-Marc :, ar, sch Wood
bury NJ Snow Port Johnson.
WINTERPORT--M March I, ar, sch Grace
T. Stevens. Portland.
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Polo Notes.

Bath Enterprise. March ): The many
Bath friends of Nick McGilvray, our star
second rusher Will be very sorry to learn
that he has probably played his last game
with Bath for this season. as he is threat
ened with typhoid fever and his physician
has ordered him to go home today if the
weather is fair and he is able. AS soon
as it was found that he was i'll. Manager
Donnell secured Murphy of the Rock
lands. to take his place in last night
game. 1t is unfortunate that he should
be taken i'll just at this time when he is
50 badly needed. and his friends hope for
his speedy recovery.
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THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS.
Prominent Men OF All Parties rendering Him
Their Hearty Support.

Washington. March Not since the
disaster of the Maine has the President
received so large a number of early call
ators Allison and Hale We're among the
first to arrive. They We're soon joined by
Secretary Long and Representatives
Dingley, Grosvenor and Cannon The
conference lasted nearly an hour. and al
its conclusion all left about the same
time.
1t was learned that the ntimation that
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y fire, which caused damage to the
amount Of s150000 broke out in s.
story building occupied by the Brown
ell & Field Co. wholesale grocers, on
Canal street, Providence. r. l.. at P.
NJ, Monday. The fire also got into the
adjoining building occupied by Arnold
Peck & Co, wholesale druggists, and
badly Quilted the fourth and fifth floors.
Insurance. $120000
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IN THE SENATE.

sion of the Senate was devoted entirely
to the consideration of the District IF
Columbia appropriation bill. At the
hour of adjournment the bill had not
been disposed of and its discussion will
be continued, tomorrow.
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appropriations committee OF the naval
committee will have Jurisdlctioh over
emergency bills carrying money for the
navy, where the money is to be expend-
ed before June 80 next.
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Polo.

AT rovidence--Providcnce 10; Salem. ,.
AT Wallingford-Wail . Meri-
den. 5.
AT New Britain-New Britain, 6: New
Haven ).
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Down Go the Spanish is.

Paris, March :. Il l.. M1.-Spanish as.
which closed Saturday, at ja5a sold at
J17s here, today.
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LEWISTON. 6: ROCKLAND. 3.
The Spindle Citys Have One Of Easiest VIC
tories Of the Season.

Rockland. Me. March THE home
team was easy for Lewiston. tonight, and
were never in the race. Jason and White
put up Il great game for their side. The
summary.
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LEWISTON.

Score-Rocklanl. 3; Lewiston. 6. Stops
Smith. IS: White, 81. Fouls-L. Jason.
Referee, John Bird. Timer A. T. Black
ingtOn. Attendance. 300.
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Died.
KNOX.

KNON
Friendship--March 2, Christina NJ VIE
of Franklin E. Simmons aged q years
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have discovered that everything | said
unfavorable to this scheme was carefully
omitted"
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All drug
,ists rcfuud the money If it fails TO cure. 2oc
The genuine has l.. Il. Q. on each tablet
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Born.

KNOX.
ship-March D TO the witc OF y.
W. Wallace. a daughter
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ROCkl..iND.
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The training ship Essex arrived at New
York. and anchored off TompkinsvIlc at
. 4. NJ, Monday. The Terror is still
lying of St. George.
The torpedo boat Winslow. on her way
squadron. put into Charleston s c..
to Key West to join the North Atlantic
Monday morning, on account OF heavy
weather. She viii proceed as soon as the
weather Gains
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-01-21
RESULT OF A DEBAUCH.

An Ohio Congressman. Name Not Given,
discovered beating His Wife.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. EARLY yester-
day morning the occupants of one of
the large hotels were startled by the
screams of the wife of an Ohio con-
gresham and, breaking into the room,
found the member of congress beating
his wife. With the assistance of a
couple of porters the statesman was
dragged into another room, thrown
upon a bed and held until his anger
had passed away, and then left locked
in the room. 1t developed upon in
quiry that for the last two weeks.
while the constituents of this member
of congress fondly believed he was
saving the nation, he had been on a
debauch, which ended in the wife
heating.
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A WISE PEpplER.
He Knew Very Well How to Dispose
of His Goods.

He carried a big load of brooms, and as he
zlgzaged along the sidewalk with his burden
on his back he cast his pale, gooseberry eyes
over the houses to see probable customer.
Then he assembled flight of steps and was
nailed Oy the woman next door.
gu can't sell any brooms there. The
woman in that house never buys at the
1oor"
de rang the bell and waited Sure enough
the woman of the house opened the door, and
when she saw the broom vender she was
about to close it again.
al don't want anything" she said
know it., said the man. ''The woman
next door said you wouldn't buy ANYTHING. %
She did, did she? Perhaps I'm as able to
buy things as she is How much did you
say your brooms were?''
She said couldn't sell you any-that you
never bought anything at the door"
Dear me, l wonder how she knew Give
me that broom with the covered handle and
.he one striped red and blue. And IN take
TWO OF those small whisk brooms So? I
never buy anything at the door! The ideal"
Then he called on the first woman who had
talked with him and sold out the rest of his
orooms at big advance over his original
prices. He had been in neighborhoods be.
tore.-Chicago Times-Herald.
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BY PROCESS OF COURT.

Parents OF a Girl at Kuhn. s. d., Secure an
Injunction to Control Their Daug hter's
Marriage.
CHICAGO. Jan. 1S.-A special from
Kuhn, 5. d., states that Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael Pruisner, well.to-do Russians,
recently arranged to marry their
daughter, Lena. to Nicholas Bataglea.
neigh boring farmer. But Miss Pruis-
ner loved Alexander HELM. From
faithless friend of Helms the Pruis-
ners learned that he intended to
elope with their daughter. The
aid of neighboring justice of the
peace was invoked, an injunction Sc
cured against the elopement, a copy of
the writ served on HELM and an Off
Ger stationed on the Pruisners' prem
ises to arrest him, should he defy the
law. He came and was locked up. Be
fore the pris oner could secure a bond
the girl was his rivals wife.
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THE "DEvIL" WAS THERE.
ne Appears in the Fiesh and Scarea Women
and Children Out OF Their wits.

ne Appears in the Fiesh and Scsrea Women
and Children Out OF Their wits.
BOURBON. Ind, Jan. 1S-Rev. Mr..
Akin. pastor of the flock of Bethal
church. Sunday night took for his
theme, His Satanic Majesty" He is
an eloquent man. and he painted the
arch-fiend in vivid colors. At the
climax of the description a being,
dressed to represent the devil, with
large head and switching tail, ambled
mp the aisle, blowing smoke from its
nostrils and believing: Il am the
devil and want all of YOU The au-
dience became panic-stricken. Men.
women and children were hurled to
the floor and trampled in the mad
rush for the door. In the confusion
the stove was upset and the building
caught fire. Before the Mortified mem
oers regained their senses the fire had
gained such Roadway that all attempts
to save the church were in vain. Yes
terday morning George Akin, son of
the pastor, confessed that he, with the
help of other boys, knowing the sub.
ject of his fathers sermon, rugged up
devil suit, concealed himself behind a
chair and awaited the arrival of the
audience
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Heroic ASSiA tRuCe.

LUMPKIN, Ga, Jan. 1S.-Miss Claudia
Worthington and Mr.. Elmer Wilson,
both of Alabama, have just been mar
ried here, and their union is the cul-
mination of a peculiar story of thwart.
ed parental objection. The two young
people lived in different parts of the
state, but determined to marry and
defy the wrath of the brides father.
They met at Eufaula, and would have
been arrested by order of Mr. Worth
ington, but Miss Wilson, a sister of
the groom, personated Miss Worthing-
ton and was arrested and detained for
her. The couple came here and were
soon made one.