Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-07

been and is doing for her. And in that
We are all united. The delegation as one
man has been backing the governor up,
lIpholding his hands. making him strong
and making it seem to the Canadian COM
missioners that he has the support. not
only of the Maine delegation, but of con-
gress l hope the issue will go right. I
know it will go right if the governor is
spared. hope it will go right if he is
| taken from US.
II have been before the people of Maine,
| In one branch or another of congress. for
| 20 years. l could tell you very little
about myself that you do not know now.
/ could tell you nothing more about my
| opinions or sentiments than what have
| already told you. In closing l wish to
| give to you my profound heartfelt thanks
and gratitude for all the trust reposed
in me-
Washington, Jan. Safeguarding the
report from Santiago that the whole
| province has been inllamed by the re-
cent order of the war department CON
centrating all customs money in Ha-
vana," thus threatening to throw thous-
ands of Cubans out of employment, 1t
may be authoritavely stated that any
extreme excitement in Santiago is due
to misapprehension of the war de-
partment order. 1t seems to have been
taken for granted that the order con-
templates sending all currency collected
for customs dues to Havana and thus
cutting off the governor of Santiago
province from the employment of local
Labor The fact is that the officer in
charge of the customs at the various
ports of entry ale merely ordered "to
make weekly reports to the collector of
| customs of the island at the chief port
of all transactions at the sub port over
which he may have juris diction with
copies of entries Of merchandise duly
certified"
Berlin, Jan. 5.-The KreuZ Zeitung, in
an article, understood to be inspired by
the German foreign Office, says: Europe
is ON the threshold of new era. No
nation pretending to be great power
can hope to maintain its position with
land forces alone. The sudden and start
ling appearance of the United States in
the political arena demands that Ger
many should make fresh eXertions.
crime. The article will attract great
attention.
Washington, Jan. 5.-FOr the eighth
consecutive day General Henry at San
Juan reported by cable to the war de-
partment yesterday that there were no
deaths among the American troops
garrisoning Porto Rico This is most
IL l,ln yhn ;,,I
camps there are now healthier than any
city in the world
| Washington, Jan. 5.-Commodore Wat
son, at present in command at the Mare
! island navy yard, has applied for the
command of the Asatic station to sue
ceed Admiral Dewey. when that officer
shall have relinquished his command
Unless Admiral Dewey changes his rlinl
that date will not be much before the
end of the current calendar year, for he
has resisted all invitations to accept re-
lief from the onerOus duties imposed
upon him, believing that he could best
serve his country at Manila He will re-
tire from active service next December
providing the law is not amended in his
interest.
Boston. Jan. 5.-Lieutenant jeremiah
| q. Fennessy, quartermaster of the Ninth
Massachusetts regiment, M. V. NJ, has
resigned and been discharged. Lieuten-
ant Fennessy was the quartermaster W no
was charged with cowardice while with
the regiment on it's Cuban campaign,
and whom Il court of inquiry recently ex-
onerated. Lieutenant Fennessy assigns
business reasons" as his grounds for
leaving the service. The lieutenant
Joined the Ninth regiment in 1874 He
was appointed quartermaster July Z,
1897.
Madrid, Jan. 5--The official gazette
announces that on Jan. Spain's floating
debt amounted to 554,slO.595 pesetas an
increase of 1l,Sl2095 pesetas over the
figures at Jan. 1 of last year.
Madrid. Jan. 5.-El Correo Espanol.
the Carist organ says We are au-
thorZed to declare that Don Carlos
would never further his cause by ar
ranging for the cession of an inch of
Spanish territory. Other papers are
evidently beginning to abandon the idea
that there is any understanding between
Havana, Jan. 5.--The afternoon pa
pers yesterday sent thrill through the
city with the report that a torture and
execution chamber had been found at
the residence of the Spanish military
governor, adjoining the palace The
papers declared that there the Spanish
officials questioned and murdered po-
litical prisoners. According to their
accounts, the floor of the chamber
was covered with dried blood, and it's
walls were indented with machete
strokes.
An excited crowd soon gathered out
side the residence which was last oc-
cupied by General Parade. The re-
ported torture chamber is a room
about eight feet by eight, just off the
dining room. AS matter of fact, it
was probably used as u pantry. In
the wall there is a dirty iron bar evil
IDENTIFY used to hang meat on, and a
piece of discolored rope is suspended
from it. 1t is inconceivable that Cen
eral Pnrrado practiced torture in his
dining ROOM
Savannah, Ga, Jan. 1.-Two weeks
ago Hugh McClair, steward on the
transport Roumanian, was discharged
by the ships qtiartermaster. McClair
said it was because he had demanded
Of the quartermaster his share of profits
made from the ships storeroom Off
Gals have been making an investigation
and have sent report to Washington.
The sale of liquors at one time must