Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-16

The following dispatch has been re-
celved by London Lloyds from Manila
owing 70 the orders Of the recolutionists
all English employees have been forced 10
leave the rice mills ana to come here,
Native employees Will be left at the mills.
\ protest has been filed with the British
consul.
Eighty United States engineers arrived
! in Jersey City. Monday, from Fort Tot
Ten. Willetts Point, l.. l.. en- rou,e 10 the
Philippines, via San Francisco, from
which port they expect TO sail on the
transport sherman. May z. They are un-
der command of Lieut.. Charles Dofter or
| the FIST United States Infantry.
The cases Of the United States
against the steamer Dauntless. for al
legged filibustering. which was begun
against the vessel. three years ago.
We're dismissed in the United States
court at Jacksonville, Monday on mo-
tion Of the government.
Admiral Farragut's famous old flagship
idrilord, winch for many years has been
On me Idciflc coast, is coming East She
mas been selected as a training shin tnt.
iandsmen ANA will be placed under COM
mand n Capt. Hawley, at present at
tdtHcu 10 tne navigation bureau of the
navy department. The landsme1 to be
trained on The Hartford Will be recruited
almost entirely from the central West
and Lake states. The vessel has han,
completely muderniZed.
II IS expected at the war dcrsrt,,cr+ q.
Washington, that Gen. Otis viii AL once
take steps 70 replace the Spanish garri-
son AT Lamboansa with [ nIted States
FOODS. ne indications are thai COM
paralNe!y small force Will suffice. pro
NIdtd thdI IL Is supported by one Or tyyo
GuhDoatS. The place is one Of cgrpa I
stralesic IMPORTANCE. being the capital OF
the island OF Mandanuo. the second
largest in the Philippine er0un AMI -
good seaport The town is easily defen-
sible with small artillery force.
The United States supreme court
Monday. decided the prize money case
81 the French steamer Oline Rodriguaz
the iirst of the naval prize money cases
growing out Of the Spanish war III
reach the courts. The decision was an
nounced By Chief Justice Fuller ana
directed that the vessel which was
captured of San Juan, Porto Rico. On
july IT, last, and has been held since
by the government. shall be returned
10 It's owners on the ground that it was
not proven that the steamers officers
intended to enter the blockaded port.
The fourth ana last Of the s. 600 OOo
treasury warrants paid to Spain for
the Philippines islands was presented
at the National City Bank. New York
Monday, by a representative of the
French embassy. This draft will pass
Though the clearing house in Tues
days exchanges. Not 81 of the S15. 900.
600 already paid to Spain has really
gone out Of this country. the entire
transaction having been conducted on
the basis Of foreign exchange and as
there has been large trade balance in |
favor Of this country in about every |
one OF the continental money markets. |
the indemnity money has been charged |
against these balances.
A dispatch from Puerto Principe. |
cuba, says five armed men have at |
tackled store al Quinta NafvaIes. half |
a league from Puerto Principe. killing |
the storekeeper, Ysidro Fernandez. |
separating his head from his body with |
a machete. The storekeeper's assistant, |
Juan Parade. in defending Fernandez. |
received four machete cuts, from which |
he will die. The store was sacked of |
everything valuable. The advices from |
Puerto Principe also record the ap- |
pearance of several bands of armed |
men on the estates near the boundary
line between the provinces of Puerto |
Principe and Santiago de Cuba A de- |
tachment of 200 cavalrymen and a force |
Of rural police have been sent in pur-
suit Of these hands