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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-27

Overcharged electric light Wires
caused fires on st. Charles avenue. New
Orleans. Sunday morning. which de-
stroyed the residences Of Morris Stern,
J. b. Hobson and Jane Legend. LOSS.
$4,000; insurance, 100000. Many
other residences were damaged
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-27

The tie game between Lipschurx and
De Wiser for possession OF the Martinez
cup and the championship Of the Empire
state, was played at the Mani attain Chess
Club. New York. Sunday, aht resulted In
a draw after IS moves
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-27
!. sen, these nominations. 10 II.

Saturday. sent these nominations TO the
Senate: {4f 80 $50
William r. Day Of Ohio, to be United
states circuit Judge for the sixth judicial
circuit; Jeremiah J. Mccarthy, surveyor
OF customs. Boston and Charlestown dis
trlct. Mass: 9. Stillman Blanchard ap-
praiser of merchandise In the district Of
Boston and Charlestown, Mass Also a
number of promotions In the army OF the
United States. Z
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-27

Accidents come with distressing fr-.
nuency on the sarsa. Cuts. bruis.s. stt1kA
sprains. DR.. Thomas Eclectric OH relieves
me main instantly. Never sate without u
mon. wed. frtAW ky.0
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-27

case VIII be prosecuted. as Sheriff
Graves intends to prevent any possible
repetition Of such an incident.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-27
MAINE POSTAL CHANGES.

Washington, Feb. 26.-John W. Merri-
man has been appointed postmaster At
South Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-27
paesioemllAL somlMATIoss.

washington, Feb. ss.-rhe President.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-27
SHIPPING NEWS.


PORTLAND-Feb Is. sid, schs Chas
H Trickey. Parsons. Stonington, Me-,
and New York
AR. 26. sim tug Seguin with barge w
Beecher, Bath for Boston; bark
James H Hamlen, Havener, Brazil, via
Barbados.
Sid, sim Buenos Ayrean. Br, Nc
Dougall, Liverpool; tug Herald with
barge Annie NJ Ash. for Boston.
BOOTHBAY-Feb 26, ar. schs Cres-
cent, Boston; A Hayford, Belfast for
Boston.
Sid. schs Silver Spray. Rockland; tug
Seguin. towing barge VIM d. Becker.
Boston.
BUCkSPORT-Feb Is, sid, schs Mary
Langdon, White. Rockland; s Lindsay,
Mcintyre, do ys Fl''
WlNTERPORT-Feb Is, sid, sch Odeli,
McDonough, Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-27

HALIFAX. N S-Feb Is. ar. sch Onoro.
Sid. stms Delta, Kennedy, New York:
HALIFAX, I n s-F sHs: q. ar. sims Tom
skrimshire, Liverpool: Halifax. Pye. Bos,
chester Trader. Manchester for Halifax
and St John. (boilers leaking).
:, Sid. sim Lucania. Liverpool for New
LivERPOOI.-Feb &c. ar. sim Etrurla.
HAyRE-Feb ss. ar, sim 1.abratagene.
Marine Neiss.
Nantucket South shoal lightship No. &C.
Capt JOrgensen. which was blown on
her station. Monday. Feb. IL. and arrived
at New Bedford. Thursday. Feb. It,. com-
day. and sailed for her satt'on. The crew
say that this winter has been the most
severe for the last dozen years. Nf
Wreckers of the Merritt-Chapman Co.,
on the steam lighter CLIFFORD have been
at New Bedford lust month. and during
that time have had eight days working
on the steamer Fairfax, ashore on Sow
and Pigs reef: and have saved l5S bales
of cotton and other merchandise. The
cotton is worth $23 per bale. as saved The
wreckers have hopes of ultimately saving.
the fine steamer which they say has
wthstood the winter gales without fur
Their apparent damage.
H. NJ. Bean of Camden. has Just signed
a contract to build a five-masted keel
schooner for Captain ]. r. Potter Of New
York. This schooner will be 240 feet long.
"A feet wide and Il feet deep. and Will
carry about $500 tons Of coal. Sne win be
fitted with steam and have all modern
and will be bui,l on tie
stocks where the four-master Is now u1-'
der construction for CAPTAIN t"are"~e
Birdsall of Towe's River. N. J. The had
nine for the present vessel will arrive, the
first of March, About 200 men will he
employed in the Bean shipyard. the corr
ing summer The vessel now on the stocks
viii he launched the first OF June. AID
the new five-master the last Of October
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-27
Other Domestic Ports.

BOSTON-Feb 26, ar, sim Boston,
Yarmouth, N S; schs Lavinia Camp
bell, Perth Amboy: H S Boynton and
Annie l. Wilder, Rockport Me- tugs
Joshua Lovett. New York. with barges
Hackensack from Edgewater and
Scranton from Weehawken: Robert A
Packer. Perth Amboy with barges
Burden Blizzard and Bluebird; Scran-
ton, Hoboken. with barges Hopatcong
and Cohocton: Gov H NJ Hoyt, Perth
Amboy. with barges Belize, Bristol and
Brunswick: Robert H. Rathbun. Perth
Amboy. with barges Brunette, Beacon,
and Boston; Nottingham. Port johnson
with barge c r r No Nrom Port
land): No 10 (for Portsmouth) and
No L.
Sid, Sims Norseman. Liverpool; Hin
doc, Hull; Mourne, Avonmouth, Eng:
Prince George, Yarmouth. N s; tugs
Gettysburg, Philadelphia, towing
barges Gilberton, Maple Hill and Burn
side; Nottingham. towing barges c r r
No 10 from Port johnson for Ports
mouth. and c r r No l from do for
Portland.
NEW YORK-Feb 26, ar, sim Umbrja.
Liverpool; Cutie. Liverpool
Sid. sims Furnessia and Pomeranian,
Glasgow.
HIGHLAND LIGHT. MAss-Feb se
nsd east. 5 NJ. sim Horatio Hall, New
CITY ISLAND-Feb 26, ar, schs Sewer.
st John; B. via Bridgeport: James l.
Mal0y. Rockland, Me; Joseph Eaton Jr
R%1eks I Abner Taylor, Calais, Me.
ar sch Ellen NJ Colder, Pools Landing,
Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-27

| tiai feature of the Hepburn substitute is
| in makine the canal exclusively govern
ment nndertakng bv nrnSass FROM th@
Nicaragua and Costa Rica the territory
necessary ito excavate: construct, con-
| troll and defend canal" exc. Such sum
| az IL necessary for purchasing the right
of way is appropriated. When the route
| is thus secured the President is author
| lied to have the secretary of war exca-
vate and construct the canal sai. from pc n;
| point near BritO on The raciflc.. The
sum Of Sis, 100000 is appropriated for the
completion of the work authorized.
| AS it was feared the lateness of the SEES
| sion might prevent consideration of eIth-
err the Morgan bill or :..e Hepburn plan
in the House, various plans were adopted
aetan Sy Sy OF The
| of this kind was when Mr.. Hepburn Of
! fered his plan as an amendment to the
sundry civil bill. After animated discus
sion. the amendment was ruled out of or
der. and on an appeal from this decision
the chairman, Mr.. Hopkins. was sus-
| tained. The next move was made in the
Senate. when at the instance e. OF IN, Mr..
I'd an amended form of the Hepburn plan
as an amendment to the river and harbor
bill. 1t is expected That the hnal success
Known until the closing hours of the ses-
s'T The canal amendment reported from
| Tho Senate committee as an amendment
- the river and harbor bill was agreed
- Nv tho Senate and the b.Il passed. II
;e now before the House committee oil
,ivers and harbors with the outcome In
doubt on the canal item and the bill as
T Mo Hill providing for taking the twelfth
/ o.nsus was first passed by the Senate
and provided a comprehensive plan fol
e,se s,naasnre reached the House a sub.
tM .s.,, ,leH was passed The House measur.
diners that Of s sns ssns,e %ala,
| IN Inaha lrasriza fion, not under the inrerio,
dena and in the method OF ap
p0int ments. .s,,,a which
hoth Houses ana dohb'iess ~il' become Z
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-12
Partisan Pres. Comments.

PARIS. Sept. 1f.-Commenting on the YER
dict in the Dreyfus case. the Temps to-day
says that all good citizens who had divided
on the Dreyfus affair "agree in desiring
that Judgment should reopen an era Of
peace and repose for France that is far
from being Incompatible with the judg-
ment." Continuing. the Temps says: I'VE
have strong belief that If the judges did
not give Dreyfus the benefit of the doubt
they implied it In the admission of extenu-
ating circumstances. Considerations foreign
to the affair. and, above all. the IMPROVE
dent utterances of improvised partisans of
the revisionist campaigns against the gen.
erals are tie cause of ii. 1t is, however,
possible that Dreyfus may not lose this
benefit. 1t would have been enough for the
chief of state to sign his pardon. This solu-
ton would bring about the pacification of
which France is In need"
The Journal des Debats says IL hopes that
after the Rennes verdict the sentiment of
humanity will find scope. even in the most
desperate of conflicts. Public opinion. it
adds. Is quite prepared for the eventuality
of Dreyfus's pardon.
Sebastian + azure and two companions
who were arrested for fighting in the Rue
des Ballots. were to-day confronted by the
witnesses Of the disturbance who failed to
identify the accused. There are still In GUS
tody two men who were caught in the act
of stoning cofamissary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-12
URGES GENERAL BOYCOTT.
Nova ScOfia's Attorney General Bitter
Against the Verdict.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept. III. W.
Longley, attorney general of Nova Scotia,
will issue letter tomorrow in which he
vigorously denounces the second condem-
nation of Dreyfus and urges the nations of
the world TO join in a general boycott of the
Paris exhibition. Mr.. Longley says: The
fabric upon which social existence rests is
justice. Every poor human being that is
called upon to tread this earth for longer
or shorter period is each moment at the
mercy of the stronger power of his fellow
beings, and his only capacity to enjoy life
and avail himself of its opportunities rests
upon the conviction that he shall receive
justice at the hands of those with whom
his destiny is united. 1t is not surprising,
therefore, that the world should stand
aghast at the spectacle of a human being
condemned absolutely without evidence,
after q public trial. in the face of the whole
world-condemned, indeed. in the face of
the fact that the evidence pointed almost
conclusively to his innocence. At all events
it established beyond question That lis
former conviction was the result of forgery.
falsehood and conspiracy. The puolic opin-
ion of the world has right to make itself
heard and felt in this and every matter
which outrages the tense Of justice. 1t
make France instantly and keenly sensible
to the moral consequences of this p;ostitu-
ton of justice. A great worlds fai" ic TO
be held in Paris in the year 1900 All the
nations of the world have been Invited to
participate in this great exposition. and
most of the great nations OF the worle have
engaged to be there, Great Britain, the
United States and Canada among the num-
Der. My proposition is that n view OF this
infamous moral turpitude Of the French
people, sanctioned by TIE government and
upheld by the mob. the other nations or
the world should, one by one, refuse TO par
ticipate in this great centennial slow. They
could very well allege hat they were afraid
to trust their representatives an a country
where an innocent man can be conacmned
without a shadow of evidence and Without
any manly protest from tie niit'on at
large"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-12
II the Verdict Is Not Quashed the
Friends of Justice VIII Prove the
Innocence OF the Captain.
L0UBET STRIVING FOR PEACE
MAY PARDON DREYFUS AND OPPOSE
MERCIER's PROSECUTION.
French Public Opinion Sobered by the
Fear of q Boycott ON Exposition
Comments Of European Press.

RENNES, Sept. 1.-THE judges OF the
Dreyfus court-martial. by mutual agree
nent. have expressed to the President of
the republic, through General Lucas, the
commander of the army corps at Rennes,
their sincere desire that Dreyfus would not
be submitted TO a fresh degradation The
formal recommendation for mercy was
signed this afternoon. Its only object Is to
eliminate the degradation feature of the
punishment. When NJ. Laboris secretary In
formed Dreyfus of this action. he was
greatly affected and said: Il still have
hopes"
A state of calm prevails here. All the
gendarmes quartered in the town and its
environs have left and the journalists and
others interested In the trial have departed
since Saturday. The cafes, which. for the
last few weeks. have been thronged with
excited crowds are deserted. This after
noon solitary gendarme paced up and
down before the military prison. and there
was not a policeman or a soldier n.9r tie
Lycee, which last week resembled a bar
racks Workmen were busily dismaailing
the courtroom and packing the chairs, ia
bles and benches on trolley car outside
Madame Dreyfus visited her husband in
the prison this afternoon, but not the
slighfest>fnterest was shown In their meet
ing by the population. She found him as
calm as yesterday. The prisoner smoked a
pipe to-day for the first time in many days
which indicated that he was in better spir-
Its than could be expeetsd =.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-12
ESTERHAZY CHALLENGED.
Captain Phelan Wants to Run His
sword Through the Frenchman

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 11.-Capt. Thomas
Phelan. a broadswordsman and a pistol
shot, has issued a challenge TO Count Ester
hazy TO fight him duel i'm defense of Capt.
Alfred Dreyfus. Captain Phelan has en-
gagged in several personal encounters. and is
said TO be backed by several prominent
local Jews. who have guaranteed his pas
sage 10 England TO meet Esterhazy. He is
a veteran of the civil war. Captain Phel-
ans letter. which is addressed TO Count
Esterhazy. Upper Gloucester Place. Dorcet
square. London, Eng, is as follows:
''Sir-Beieving you to be the instigator
and arch-conspirator responsible for all the
miseries and fluctuations Of Captain Drey-
fus. again convicted as a traitor to his
country, and because he Dreyfus) is now
unable TO follow you and demand satisfac-
ton for the miseries you have heaped upon
him. i, as an Irish-Amercan, who does not
belong TO his race or creed and believing
that man should not be punished on ac-
count OF his religion. do volunteer to take
bis place I'm the field OF honor at any time
or place you may designate. the place OF
meeting to be on neutral grounds"
This challenge was mailed to Count Es-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-12
Miles Said to BE Still at Work At
tempting to Effect a Change in the
Head of the Army at Manila.
VIEWS OF ADMIRAL DEWEY
THINKS FILIPINOS WOULD MAKE
BETTER CITIZENS THAN CUBANS.
Says He Considers Them More Capa-
Periodical Report Of Deaths.

CHICAGO, Sept IA special to the Rec
ord from Washington says: THE friends of
General Otis are becoming hopeful they will
succeed in having him retained in his pres
ent command. Last week they were deeply
discouraged, and one, high official OF the
War Department, openly admitted that he
believed popular clamor' would result in his
friends recall and the assignment of Gen.
Miles or General Merritt to Manila. The
prediction is now being confidently made by
General Otiss admirers that he will be per-
mitted to demonstrate what he can do with
a large army before being censured for his
failure to make more progress during the
last campaign.
1T is impossible owing to the conflicting
interests at work, to state positively how
the contest for supremacy will terminate.
General Miles's friends are as confident as
are those Of General Otis. but the drift of
feeling now seems to have turned in favor
of the latter. Plans have been adopted at
the department, however. under which Gen.
Lawton and General Macarthur are each to
be given a responsible command of several
divisions and they will begin operations just
as soon as the rainy season is considered at
an end. The cavalry will be under command
of General Lawton, while Gen MacArthurs
command will be composed principally of in
fantry. One command will operate to the
north, while the other will probably cover
the south.
1.-The President has directed that the navy
cooperate with the army in the fall CAM
paign, but it is expected that its work will
be generally confined to blockading. A few
of the smaller gunboats WILL however, be
sent as far inland as the conditions will per-
NIT. The marines, too, are to play an i'm
portant part in the operations in the vicinity
of Cavite. Within a short time nearly 100
marines will be on hand in the Philippines
and they will be assigned to duty in the
southern part of the island of Luzon. which
is the hot bed of the insurrection. Gen.
Macarthur and General Lawton will be held
responsible for the campaign in their terri
tory
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-12
OTIS. Latest Death List.

WASHINGTON, Sept IA cablegram
from General Otis to the War Department
announces the death of Capt Charles l..
Collins. Company 1. Twenty-third Infantry.
He died at Cebu on the eth inst of APP
pendictis. General Otis also cables the fol-
lowing deaths:
Chronic Dysentery-Sept. 2, Henry Bueser,
Company II, Ninth Infantry; - Creelman
Company b, First Tennessee
Acute Dysentery-first Sergeant Joseph
Hogan, Company NJ. Fourth 1.ltantry, gun
shot wound, accidental Aug. "A. Daniel Ed
Sept. s, Thomas Guinan, Company X,
Twelfth Infantry: Sergeant Edward II.
Remand, Company l.. Fourth Cavalry.
Typhoid Fever-July 10. Henry Uppendahl.
Company X, First South Dakota; Sept. 6,
John Healy. Company X. Third Artillery.
mond ID. Louth, Company NJ, Sixth Artil-
lery.
Chronic Diarrhoea-Sept. 8, Owen Dunn.
Company f. Fourth Infantry; Sept. 6, James
Hogan, Twenty-first Infantry
Peritonitis-John NJ. Mccall, Company b.
Twenty-second Infantry.
Pulmonary Phthisis-Michael McGrath,
Company NJ, Twelfth Infantry.
Pneumonia Observation-Disclosures John.
Company +, Twenty-frst Infantry.
Gastritis-Henry l. Noble. Company G,
Fifty-irst Iowa.
Alcoholism, Acute-Sept. 5, William II.
kennedy, Company @, Ninth Infantry.
w. johnson, Hospital Corps.
Captain Charles L. Collins was appointed
to the Military Academy from Ohio. He
was at one time military attache to the
United States legation in Venezuela.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-12
A Disrusted Texan.

Ell PASO. Tex, Sept. 11.-General Man.
ager j. A. Eddy, of the Ell Paso & North
western Railway Of New Mexico had agreed
to furnish splendid mineral exhibit of one
Of the richest mineral belts In the world for
the Paris exposition. On account of the
DTeyfus conviction he to-day wrote F. j. v.
Skiff. of Chicago. who is collecting the min
eral exhibits, declining. canceling his agree
ment and saying: I'VE are so filled with
disgust and adherence for people whose
conscience makes no response to justice that
we decline to contribute in any manner
towards any measure tending in the least
10 association or intercourse with then"
Business men here will hold mass meeting
Wednesday night to protest against the
United States government contributing an
exhibit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-12
Minnesotan. welcomed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. n.-Governor
Lind and staff. of Minnesota, arrived here
with many prominent citizens of that State
TO welcome the returned Minnesota volun-
teers. The party was met at Oakland by
representatives of Governor Cages staff
and escorted to this city. where headquar-
itors were driven to the camping grounds
at the Preside later in the day, and were
welcomed by the soldiers. The Mime
sotans will make arrangements while they
are here to have the soldiers returned to
their homes In two divisions, one over the
Northern Pacific and the other over the
Great Northern. At Minneapolis the sol
diers will be banqueted. Governor Lind will
review the Minnesota volunteers some day
this week in Golden Gate Park.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-12
Chicagoans to Protest.

CHICAGO, Sept. ia monster mass
meeting to protest against the sentencing OF
Captain Dreyfus in accordance with the de-
cree of the court-martial is being
planned in Chicago. Prominent Chicagoans
are said to be concerned in the movement,
which was started yesterday at mass
meeting held in the Jewish section of the
city. The proposed meeting Is to be held
next Saturday and among those who are
expected TO take part are Judges Dunno,
Gibbons and Stein, States Attorney Dineen,
Harry Olsen. an assistant states attorney,
Rabbi Emil Hirsch, John j. Finnerty and
Nober Gottlieb. II is the intention of the
organizers Of the movement to send let
ter representing the voice of Chicago to the
President OF France requesting that the
famous military prisoner be given his
Z. 49,.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-12
A CALAMITY FOR FRANCE.
st. Petersburg Press severe I'm Criti-
cising the Courts Ruling.

CISi1S the SOurts hultn8.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 1.-THE Vie
doaiosti comments follows on the Drey-
fus verdict: THE policy of this journal in
regard 10 the Dreyfus case has been alb
solutely impartial. il not Indifferent. We
regard this struggle of hate, this night
mare. as a great calamity for France. Many
details of the Rennes trial have evoked
doubts here as TO the righteousness of the
verdict. the exalted stations of certain wit
nesses influencing the judges. The unloos-
ening of brutal anarchistic passions against
the Jews under the pretext of defending the
ideas of justice. true patriotism and the
honor cf the army has caused a profound
loathing among those who aspire to see
the dawn of the triumph of humanitarian
ideas and a higher order of things and TO
transform the social and political world of
old Europe"
The Novosti says: "Dreyfus has been con-
demped at Rennes on the question OF the
bordereau, which the Court of Cessation
attributed to Esterhazy. This conflict of
judgments will be appreciated on its merits
by the whole universe. Against Dreyfus
there was adduced no fact. no compromis-
ing illusions. The proceedings have been
conducted by Generals Mercier and Roget.
The court, having admitted the evidence
of the foreign adventurer Cernuschi re-
fused the testimony of Colonies Schwartz
koppen and Panizzardi who have irrefut-
able proofs as to the real traitor Ger
many's official explanation. taken in con-
Bection with the vaporings of General Mer-
cier and General Roget. effectuaiiy disposes
of them 10 the impartial minded who are
seeking only light. truth and justice i'm the
name Of humanity. The Rennes verdict is
not the closing scene OF the tragedy. Drey-
fbs's innocence Is demonstrated by the pro-
ceedings. No verdict will alter this fact.
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