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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03
BOSTON DECLARES WAR on sPARROWS
CAMPAIGN TO BE OPENED WITH THE DEsTRuc-
TIoN OF THEIR NESTS

Boston. March 2--In answer TO petition pre-
santed Yesterday by prominent citizens. Mayor
Quincy has directed the Superintendents or Public
Grounds 10 begin the work OF extermlnating the
English sparrow What will be done just now.
however will be In the nature of an experiment.
William J. Kennedy. foreman OF the Department
Of Public Grounds will hrst try dslodging and
destroying the nests OF the sparrows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03
N'|ICS or APrfo 0Il4IoH BILLS.

.si,ington' March 2-1e .tatus Of the appro-
''.S''on bills tonight II as f,novs.
ths foiNy'r,'.,s r'.,s have passed the House All but
been on az are late i"sse4 The Senate and have
Coinmbbiioo bbio t1sfoor sundry Ciyn Naval District Of
BIN he's h.oa aDs.neiency ard Army The Deficiency
The pelng considered by the sensf@ committee
O'AeF four bills are in conference.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03
CONFERENCE OF WEST SIDE CLERGYMEN.

A private conference OF West Side clergymen.
schooI principals and citizens held last night
ar ,he rooms Of the New-Amsterdam Republican
Club No 30 West Ninety-sxth-st.. In regard 20
the Amsteriam-ave. four-track matter. Father
James Gallagher OF the Holy Name Church.
Niuety-sixth-st. and Amsterdam-ave.. presided and
among the clergymen present were Or. John Bal
com Shaw and Dr. John L Peters. Plans ,Or the
defeat of the railroad companies I'm laying four
tracks iu Amsterdam-aVe. We're discussed hut no
definite action vas taken.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03
ARMY REoRGlYHIUov ELL 4 LAW.

THE. .coMpRoMsE MEASURE SIGNED ny PREsr
DENT MKlNLEY
Washington. March 2-The compromise Army
REORGANIZATION bin was sgned by President
Mckinley 10 night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03
MAKING DEWEY Az ADHIRAL.
Rr11 SIGNED Ply THE PRESIDENT AND COM
MISSION MADE orr

Washington March 2-p~eedent Mckinney
signed the hill creating tho rank ~ Adnfa III"
the Navv ~ 11.15 o'clock mis- evening.
The commission ~ George Dewey AZ Noill'"'
was made out n tho Navy Department ','-"a'
49,, -. 90 +ba White House for the Presidents
signature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03
ropu ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED.
spANIsH COMMANDER AT SANTIAGO TO BE
TRIED BY COURT MARTIAL.

Madrid March 2-General Toral "ho com
,,,.dea tbe Spanish troops at Santiago De Cuba
tss haen arrested and imprisoned previous 20
he,ne tried by court martial. on the charge "i
conitulatilg to General shafter al that place on
Iulv II last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03
OTEEN OPPOSES SAGASTA.

HEP EFFORTS TO AVOID A DISSOLUTION
of THE CORTEs
Madrid March 2-The Queen Regent is max.
80. ,,o,,s efforts 10 avoid dissolution of
r,o Cortes which sehor sagasta asks for she
,r,s,-ed to-day with the Duke Of Tetuan
80. po.n.ro Robledo and other leading
fleU
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03

LABOR RIOTS At BILBAO
puhso March Fifteen hundred miners "ch' on
s,ril.e here to-day Serious riots took place Sho
the mob stoned the police
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03

ne heina Mercedes is steel cruiser, and was
'''' a. Cariagena ~ Iss7 she IS Of over thre"
thousand tons displacement 27s feet 10 inches
.'"t ana u iee' inches broad and she draws
~ 'ev' inches Of water. sne had 37Oo indicated
."e' and carried crew Of about three
hundred AID seventy men prior to the lombard
~, .'..'fs had given o.t and her engines
ert useless. WIN the Alfonso Nj
ttc. .. '..a p -Nna fhe Keiua Mercedes nad
~. Ol ne sran.ards a. lale years az a trans.
I. e.. u, DA. -rfgel has one sunokestack and
f..r,.,, .'I' propeller Her coaI capacity iS
e.. ~. A'+.-iec and six hundred tons and
Tee, ,,,. " nave speed ~ about seven
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-17

to meet him. Brooks knew bus modest
bit Of his story, andA what he knew he
kept from every man but Frazier, yet
had had to tell his wife. The Wins
were silent on the subject.
Winn himself was a man Of few init
mates-a young first lieutenant OF cav
alry-and the tie that bound him to
Lawrence was the fact that he and. Kit
ty Tyrrell were first cousins, their
mothers sisters, and VIM, tall, ath-
letic, slender fellow, frank, buoyant,
handsome and connected with some Of
the best names in the old army, was
one Of the swells of his class at the
Point and the beau among all the young
officers the summer Of his graduation
the summer that Laura Waite, engaged
to Brevet Captain Galbraith Barclay OF
the infantry, came from the west to
visit relatives at that enchanting spot,
spent just six weeks there, and, after
writing letters all one month to close
her absent lovers eyes, wound up by
writing one that opened them. She was
beautiful girl then; she was a lovely
looking woman now, but the bloom was
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-17
CHAPTER III.

In spite of what Colonel Frazier could
say Captain Lawrence had gone the long
and devious journey to Washington.
Those were the days when the lumber
ing stagecoach, once week, or rat
thing ambulance bore our army travel.
ers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
Another trundled and bumped them
away to the gulf A Morgan line steam
er picked them up and tossed and rolled
with them to the mouth Of the Missis-
sippi and unloaded them at New Or
leans, whence by dusty railway journey
OF 49 hours or more they could hope to
reach the north. The parting between
Lawrence and his tall slip Of daughter
and boisterous little Jimmy was some
thing women wept over in telling or
hearing, for only two looked on, we'll
nigh blinded-Mrs Blythe, who had
been devoted to their mother, and Old
Nanny, who was devoted to them
all. A month had rolled by, and the
letters that came from Lawrence from
San Antonio and Indianola and New
Orleans had been read by sympathizing
friends to the children. Then all await.
ed the news from Washington. Every
one knew he would wire to department
headquarters the moment the case was
settled in his favor, but the days went
by without other tidings, and the croak-
ers who had predicted ill success were
mournfully happy. February passed,
March was ushered in, orders came
transferring certain portions of Frazier s
big command, and certain new officers
began to arrive to fill the three or four
vacancies existing, but the new captain
of Troop D Of the cavalry had not yet
appeared. His fame, however, had pre-
oaded him, and all Fort Worth was agog
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-17

Is TOIC.'
had dreamed of, and Lawrence, spur
ring eagerly ahead, rode in at night to
fold his motherless little ones to his
heart and found loving army women
aiding their faithful old nurse in minis
tering to them, but read disaster in the
fearful eyes and faltering words that
welcomed him.
Then he was i'll fortnight, and then
he had to 90. He could not, would not,
believe the order final. He chung to the
hope that he would find at Washington
dozen men who knew his war record,
who could remember his gallant services
in dozen battles, his popularity and
prominence in the Army Of the Potomac
Everybody knows the favorite aid-de-
camp of corps commander when colo
nels go begging for recognition, and ev-
erybody has CHEEKY, cordial word for
him so long as he and his general live
and serve together, but that proves
nothing when the general isgone. Colo
nels who eagerly welcomed and shook
hands with the aid-de-camp and talked
confdentially with him about other
colonies in days when he rode long
hours by his generals side later passed
him by with scant notice and "always
thought him a much overrated man"
Right here at Fort Worth were fellows
who, six or seven years before, would
have given a months pay to win Ned
Lawrence's influence in their behalf,
for, like ''Perfect'' Bliss Of the Mexican
war days, Lawrence was believed to
write his generals dispatches and re.
ports, but who now shrank uneaslly out
of his way for fear that he would ask a
favor. .~.
Even Brooks, who liked and had
spoken for him, drew back from the
window when with slow, heavy steps
the sad faced, haggard man came slowly
along the porch. The orderly sprang up
and stood at salute just as adjutant' 8
call sounded, and the band pealed forth
its merry, spirited music. For q mo-
ment the newcomer turned and glanced
back over the parade, now dotted with
listle details all marching out to the
line where stood the sergeant major
Then he turned, entered the building
and paused with hopeless eyes and pal
lid, careworn features at the Office door
way. His old single breasted captain g
frock coat. with it's furnished silver
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-17

They spent saceet hours together.
blest man she ever dreamed of except
her own dear old dad. For time Waite.
took heart and hoped for the best and
believed her and her mother, as indeed
they believed themselves and when
Barclay went back to Sanders at the,
end of January he was very happy,
man and Laura for week a very lone
" girl. Then youth, health, elasticity,
vivacity, opportunity, all prevailed,
and she began to take notice in very
joyous fashion. She did not at all recog-.
nize the doctrine preached by certain.
mammas and certain other damsels,
that she as an engaged girl should hold
aloof now and give the other girls, not.
SO pretty, . chance. The barracks were
gay that winter; Laura danced with
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-08-17


commanding a scout that took him
miles and miles away over the Llano
Estacado, there were inimical souls
who worked the story Of his indebted
ness to enlisted men for all it was
worth, and, aided by the complaints of
some of their number, to his grievous
disadvantage. He came home from q
brilliant dash after the Kiowas to find
himself .complimented in orders and
confronted by charges in one and the
same breath. The court acquitted him
and "cut" his accusers, but the shame
and humiliation Of it all seemed to prey
upon his spirits, and then Kitty Tyrrell
died. #<
IF that had only happened years be-.
fore," said the colonel, cit would have
been far better for Lawrence, for she
conscientiously believed herself the best
wife in the world and spent every cent
of his income in dressing up to her con.
ception of the character. Once the
most dashing and debonair Of captains
poor Ned ran down at the heel and
seemed unable to rally. New command
ers came to the department, to his regi-
ment, and new officials to the war Of
fice-men "who knew not Joseph, and
when the dragnet was cast into the
whirlpool Of army names and army rep.
utations it was set for scandal, not for
services, and the old story of those I'M
paid hundreds was enmeshed and serv-
ed up seasoned with the latest spice OBJ
A~:so Ia LL1 0I,.(- 4
that original court.
And, 10, when the list of victims
reached Fort Worth in the.reorganiza-
ton days, old Frazier, the colonel,
burst into string of anathemas and
more than one good woman into a pas
sion of tears, for poor Ned Lawrence,
at that moment long days. marches
away toward the Rio Bravo, was de-
clared supernumerary and mustered out
of the service Of the United States with
one years pay-pay which he could
not hope to get until every government
account was satisfactorily Strengthened,
and this, too, at time when the de-
sertion Of one sergeant and the death Of
another revealed the fact that his store,
houses had been Systematically robbed
and that he was hopelessly short in
many costly item charged against
him. That heartless order was month
old when the stricken soldier reached
his post and then and there for the
first time learned his fate.
Yes, they had tried to break it to him.
Letters full of sympathy were written
and sent by couriers far to the north
others took them on the Concho trail.
Brooks and Frazier both wrote to San
Antonio messages, thence to be wired
to Washington, imploring reconsidera.
ton, but the deed was done. Astute ad.
visers Of the war secretary clinched the
matter by the prompt denomination Of
others to fill the vacancies just created,
and once these were confirmed by the
senate there could be no appeal. The
detachment led by Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel Lawrence, SO later said the
Texas papers, had covered itself with
glory, but in it's pursuit Of the fleeing
Indians it had gone far to the northeast
and SO came home by route no mar
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-10
Our Nations Shame.

Under the above caption the journal If
the Iniversalist young people, Onward.
quotes the solemn charge made by Rev
Carl +. Henry. in his parish paper. that
what killed the greatest number Of our
soldiers was. not lack Of medicines. not
lack Of food. but 1t was the presence al
most everywhere Of beer. rum or whisky,
the use of which 50 thoroughly diSar-
ranged the digestive organs that no food
gave nourishment. and the soldiers who
INDUCED in these stimulantS fell prey
to disease Rev Henry adds 10 the
above:
On the outskirts Of the little city N
Middletown. Pa, near which thirty thou
sand soldiers at Camp Meade are quar-
tered. three houses of ill-fame are being
guarded by United States soldiers, APP
pointed by the military authorities. The
guard is not there 70 keep men out, blu.
to maintain order and protect the wom-
en- from drunken soldiers" God in heav-
en-! Is il for this service that patriotic
fathers and mothers have given their
loved ones to their country, The situa-
tion justities the wrath of a Harrisburg
gentleman who, upon seeing a corporal
of eighteen or nineteen years on duty
there, said, AN officer who would put
an eighteen or twenty-year old boy on
duty a guard of house of prostitution
ought to be damned" Have | written
plainly? Do not the conditions call for
plain speaking?
Such conditions do call for plain speak
ing. and we are glad that this brother
has put in words the thoughts of the
mothers of those soldiers and OF every
informed and rightminded person.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-10
Damminq the Nile.

The English people are following up
the victories of their armies in Egypt
with even greater triumph along the
line of peace. One of the most re-
markable commercial enterprises the
world has ever known has just had its
beginning in Africa, the Dark Cont
nent," which IS likely to make that
name a misnomer within a quarter of
a century if the English succeed in
carrying to successful conclusion
everything they have planned. This
great enterprise is nothing more nor
less than the damming of the Nile
river with a great granite dam which
is to be one and a quarter miles in
length, &c feet high. and 40 feet wide
at the top.
A short time ago the Associated
Press dispatches told of the laying of
the first foundation stone of the great
structure by the Duke of Connaught,
and now the news comes that 1900
Egyptian laborers are at work like
swarm of bees. If the dam is COM
pleted, and who can say in this day of
progress that it will not be finished. it
will reclaim from the desert an area Of
land twice as large as the state of
fertility. The contract price for this
immense work is $24, OOO, 900. and it is
stipulated that the structure shall be
completed on or before July l, 1903.
When the dam is finished it will hold
back the Nile river so as 10 form
great lake or reservoir n mile wide, an
average of 40 feet deep. and IA miles
long. This great body of water will he
used to irrigate Il land that is now
nothing but a desert and then. too. it
will furnish great power for mills. fac
tories and every conceivable use.
Its cost seems an immense sum, but
ii is estimated that in one year the
profits from the completed enterprise
will be four times the entire outlay.
When completed the dam will be as
great wonder of modern days as the
famous Egyptian pyramids, not fan
from the site Of the structure. stand as
one Of the greatest wonders of days
gone by. 1t will be a different kind of
a wonder, however, for, as far as can
be learned by the scientists, the pyra-
mids We're never of any use beyond
furnishing burying place for royalty.
while the great Nile dam will add
500 900, 900 a year to the value Of the
crops of Egypt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-10

The Detroit which has been ordered
to protect American interests at Blue
fields is not unknown to our sister re-
publics in the South. AT the time of
the Brazilian rebellion in 1894 the De-
troit was in the harbor of Rio de
Janeiro and pumped two solid shots
into the hull of an insurgent warship
which tried to prevent two American
merchant vessels from leaving the
harbor. It was an eye-opener to the
American flag at once increased sew
eral hundred fold
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-10
SOMERSET SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
The March, 1899 Term-Iudge A. r. Savage
Presiding.


SkoWhegan. April I.
The jury returned verdict Of not
guilty on the Irvin-Greene case. The suit
was brought by oliver Irwin. who claimed
that the defendant, s. +. Greene hauled
six heavy loads Of hay distance Of 40
or 50 rods across field belonging to him,
which had not been mown, and over
which he had no right Of way in the
summer time. 1t was claimed that con-
bic damage was done 10 the field
and the standing grass, and the suit was
brought to recover damages. Walton AZ
Walton appeared for the plaintiff, and
G.. w. Cover for the defendant.
The Knights Brown case was on trial,
Friday afternoon. The suit is brought by
Amelia knights OF ,Monson, against X.
w. and w X, Brown Of this town, TO re-
cover for injuries received by falling
from team hired by her from the livery
stable owned by the defendants. The ac-
cident occurred in August, 1897. 1t is
claimed that the fastening Of the rear
wagon seat, which tipped and allowed
the plaintiff 10 pitch over backards,
ders, was defective and therefore should
have been seen by the defendant. II is
also claimed that since the accident was
due TO the defendants negligence, ne
should be responsible for the results. Suit
for $500 damage is accordingly brought.
The testimony for the plaintiff was given
and the case was then non-Suited. II. N.
Merrill, the counsel for the defendant,
claiming that since the team was hired
on Sunday, no contract could be legally
made. Forrest Goodwin appeared for the
plaintiff and E. N. Merrill for the de-
PENDANT Court was adjourned from Fri
day evening until Monday forenoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-10
Women Nurses.

In no sphere Of action outside the
and done greater work than in
nursing the sick and wounded. in both
peace and war. 1t is a great and
growing field. and no nobler work can
busy her hands. During the war with
Spain many of the officers We're OPP
posed to the presence of female nurses
in the hospitals near the front in Cuba.
1t was thought that men could do bet
ter work. Other officers dissented
these nurses did noble work at Siboney
and elsewhere in Cuba, and later at
Camp Wikoff and in other camps. And
now the news has come from Manila
that the young women have been al
most indispensable in the hospitals in
and around that city. Correspondents
say that they are tireless in their
efforts. and even in the operating room
the sight of blood is not appalling to
them.
The training Of nurses and the edu-
cation of women to be doctors, which
is now being carried forward in these
days with success, has brought about
wonderful change in women. They
feel especially in the capacity of
nurses, that they can do better work
than they have ever done, and that
they fill place which cannot be filled
| by men. A visit to any of the hos
pitals where young women are being
| trained as nurses will demonstrate the
value of women in such institutions
Ihey gain a vast deal of knowledge.
even outside Of their profession. which
later in life becomes most valuable
| Many of the nurses become doctors
ana not a few marry physicians, and
are able to apply in their own house
holds the practical knowledge they
have gained in a way not possible with
thousands Of mothers. The idea that
anything that is purely womanly need
be sacrificed in becoming a trained
nurse or a doctor has long been ex-
standing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-10
Don't Be MisIed

by substitutes Of the genuine imported
Carlsbad Sprudel Salt. For all dis
eases of the stomach liver and Kidneys
it's without equal. Especially bene-
fetal for chronic constipation and
rheumatic affections.
DR.. A. Horn of Bridgeville, Pa,
writes: II have been using the Carls-
bad Sprudel Salt for chronic catarrh Of
the stomach and bowels, and have
never before in % years practice found
anything to act 50 promptly. ! am
satisfied that it is the best remedy
known for those and many other dis
eases for which it is recommended, es
pecia,ly bladder and kidney troubles,
and dyspepsia. for which il is we'll
adapted"
Beware of limitations. The genuine
Carlsbad Salt has the signature of
"Eisner & Mendelson Co., Sole Agents,
New York" on the bottle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-10

1t is asserted that more than one
fourth Of the paper used for news
papers in the United States is pro-
duced in the Androscoggin valley.
This winter the amount Of lumber
which has been cut for pulp is larg-
er than ever before. and will exceed
113, 545, 900 feet. About 100000 more
has been cut for sawmills. All of this
been brought to Rumford Falls by
railroad. is yarded on the banks of
the river and it's tributaries. to be
f1oated down to the mills on the high
water of spring. The lumbermen are
feeling somewhat worried. for if the
water should be raised by freshet it
might cause damage of millions of
dollars. In some places. particularly
at Gilead and Bethel 1t is feared that
the bridges cannot stand the pres
sure of the ice and logs, even if the
water should be no higher than usual.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-10
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