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

General Manning =. Force, commandant
of the Ohio soldiers Home q Saudusky.
ohio. IL critically ID! ana MS phys clans
report that he cannot recover
The gunboats Sanlnvll ana Alvaralp
arrived lit the kittrry navy yard from
Marb.cheal at l.35 a. ". Thursday. hay
ing made the pas-d-. in about 5i2 hours.
Gen. Chls. +. Eaean. eN-comm.ssary
general Of the army, sailed from San
Francisco. Thursday tpr honolulu Gen.
Eagan ANA his family Will spend several.
months Mp tHe ISLANDS.
a battery ~ N I4-Inch ritlcd mortLrs
are being put in place AT Fort Point. san
Francisco. and military engineers say
that when thcy are set The Golden Gate
Will be- !mpreSndbs'. Tia" moriaTs nave
an accurate range of Eve miles.
The Merritt 4 Chapman Wrcckins
tug Rescue sailed from New York,
Thursday. for Santiago to TOW the
Spanish cruiser Eeina Mercedes 10
Norfolk.
Admiral FarraguJ5 famous ola flagship
Hartford has been ass gued 40 the train
ing service. She has just been extensively
ovrrhaulcd at Mare Island. The Muhtcau
has also been assigned tu the same Srr-
vice, Is well aS the M0nlngIhciu. ur tH
Atlantic coast.
The framing of the monitor Con
necticut NJ the Bath Iron Works. Bath
has begun. and the yellow pine plank
ing Is being put On the practice ship
l1r the Annapolis cadets
Friday evening, Bath Co.. L.. r. X
p, viii give social ana dance at the
armory at Bath. complimentary 20
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rived from Havana.
p..... t,,,. t- ,... Nj,
miraI Dewey pnv. II rrcnrh rri,is.r
lesson in naval courtesy. recently When
the cruiser Jean Hart arrived It Manila
f',,n..d av,cri, S .i,,, H. b" '
an officer to the Jean Bart To call alten-
tIpn tn ms adm4ra1 p"nnant- which they
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HI rrrlr,I III tha rIrIiti,n III -G,. ,.,n,,
mat rrnnr,s tba, NIX ,,su,,f, ,r. .tnr,.jt,..
have heen cyacypr9r.d over Sl,r unI =
nunfb Is b.in., sre,,t nm Tbr r,,ls
lively. rbnus1nd mon ,ra ibus cr,rIn,.,..j
ami morn Nancy il ha;n., Iii, rit,,,r.I n
rcctlv to the ptupIq Every month tht1
there has been fur wears. A Iar.." NUM-
Ter who cannot work lrr being frd. Their.
IL 10 suffering. nature being HAN hnI,nI-.
fIIl far that IN pnrtn Rjrn
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M FI'hCh E"NSthmelI mas intimate"
10 ne spanish S3hlh'l That II would p
faxed or the rnfa NJ ,,tr.r rei'I..l H.
nrlu i m frtncIhmtn' such i measure
negotiations in TIL nnancinl mnrkat
should she again need assistance The
e,,eI rsot rt S, t1Gl NJ, G ri 80
plation such as step which have caused
much anxiety 10 aP'ih ioreish creditors
Brig. Ten Jphh 6. Bates, Y. ,. ".
VINO mas Just been detached from COM
mand Of the department Of Santa
cara, cuba, reported his arrival at
New York to the war department
Thursday. and was directed to proceed
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" MAMMA ny way VI San L ldHCiSCo ana
repOrt to Mai Cen Otis commanding
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tHe department 81 the racine. Tor as
signment to duty in the Philippines.
tol. Earr ana other officers OF the judge
auEQcate general once nave been work
~ l3r sFNeIhr uaaS preparing an ansWef
oral in no Gf - o NE 800 icy ~
brief contains i large nnmher III nrinr@d
pages. but ii is moi signed ana thu IAN
officers IF the war department dn nof
know ~ whon ~ vas nran1rad N IL nx