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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-14
vice he had been absolutely supported by

vice he had been absolutely supported by
his superior officers.
Major Geo. w. Ruthers. commissary Of
subsistence. said the quality of the beer
was as good as could be expected. and
like all the food supplied. the aim had
been to get the best quality of every
thing, especially all the food supplies
were in good condition. -
Broderck Scott of South Omaha. Neb
employed by the Cudahy Packing Co.
said the beef there was inspected by gov
Major Jas. NJ. Arrow Smith, depot
cOmmissary at Chickamauga. testtiied
that there was nothing bad in the beer
supplied and he had heard no intimation
of chemical treatment until Col. Maus or
had ever noticed any indication of It. He
said that ne had not heard of 1t since
TIL he read the published statements.
The commission held no afternoon SEES
sion. 1t is now expected that the taking
of testimony. except that of Surgeon
DAILY, the author of the most vigorous re-
port on chemical beef treatment sub
mitted by Gen. Miles to the commission.
will be concluded by the middle of next
week. Or. DAILY is i'll and his testimony
vet been made that Gen Miles be rtcalled
as a sequence 10 the bitter attack made
on him. Yesterday nor is such step AT
all likely. though assurance was gwen
TODAY that the commission Will near hlHl
should he ask to be heard.
Gen. Humphreys, whose testimony AS
to the uuartermaster supplies, prior to
the Shafter expedition, has been anxious
" awaited. and who has been detained
on duty at Havana. is thought to be now
day. as very likely that the commission
will have framed and completed its re-
nor; and concluded its investigation IN
about a fortnight from next Monday.
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ECHOES OF THE WAR.

American notes and coin are selling at
Havana at per cent. premium over the
regular rate of foreign exchange for
Spanish and American gold. The pay
masters army pay roll is S7ao,to0 month.
The mayor and the entire city council
of San Juan de Porto Rico have resigned.
They claim to be unable to raise sufficient
funds under the present tariff and are
dissatisou with the alleged abrupt com
mands' of the military government.
Gen. Davis at Pinar del Rio. Cuba, has
investigated the reports to the erect thar
there are bandits in the mountains in the
name. and finds that they are unfounded.
one or two bands are reported TO be OPP
Grating in the province of Puerto Prln-
cipe where they have been raiding farms
and firing a few shots to scare the pro-
prietorS.
Brig. Gen. Frederick ID. Grant is or
ganizing police force in San Juan
Porto Rico. He has written to the pc.
lice department OF New York City,
asking for copies of the manual of rules
and regulations of the police force
which We're formulated and published
when he was a police commissioner.
Gen. Greedy. the chief signal officer,
has gone to New York. to look after the
execution of contracts for the supply OF
ocean cable for the philippines Gen.
Greeley expects that within one month
his specially chartered cable ship will
have started from San Francisco for the
Philippines. carrying the cable which is
to connect the principal islands of the
northern group with the American head
quarters at Manila
The laborers on some of the sugar es-
tates in the Guantanamo district. Cuba,
have gone and strike and the trouble is
likely to spread. The cause assigned by
the strikers is that the storekeepers
charge a discount on Spanish gold. TIL
men say they receive the same amount
now as under the old regime, but are
compelled to pay per cent. in their pur-
chase. Gov. Gen. Brooke. replying to
number of questions addressed him as to
currency ratios and values. says that
government collections and disburse-
ments in the department must be upon
the basis of American gold.
Capt. Douglas Ottinger, the oldest
officer of the United States revenue
marine service, died at Mount Holly,
N. j.. Friday, aged 81. He was the in
ventor of the life car used for many
years in the life saving service, for
which he received the thanks of Con-
gress and substantial award of
money. During his long career he saw
ed hundreds of lives and personally
saved "a vessels from shipwreck.
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GEN. MILES SAYS LITTLE.
But He Is Evidently Confident in the Position
He Has Taken.

Washington, Jan. 13.-Gen. Miles
when asked what official action. If any,
would be taken regarding Gen. Ea-
gan's attack, today, replied that he
had not made any statement on the
subject and did not intend to do so TO
forecast the proceedings of the war de-
partment. When it was suggested that
the war department was esstopped
from any proceedings against Gen. Ea-
gan on the ground of the protection
promised by the President to all wit
nesses in their testimony before the
war investigating commission. Gen.
Miles sail there might be some ques-
ton AS 10 the dividing line between
testimony and personal abuse: that in
his opinion, any court of justice, or tor
that matter, a police court. would have
stopped a witness who had used before
it such language as was used before
the way commission, yesterday.
Gen. Miles said: Il did not want %
appear before the war commission N
the first place. When they wrote ne
suggesting that l voluntarily appear
before them, | replied that | believed
it to be for the best interests of the
service for me not to volunteer any
testimony. When l was ordered be-
fore the commission and they asked
me concerning certain facts that l
then had in my possession. / was
obliged as matter of honesty to an
swer them and produced official COM
plants to me as my best reply.
Even then ] did not tell them all
the facts which / had discovered by
my own investig alton. This inquiry
was carried on quietly through the
proper branches of the war depart
ment and was begun as a matter of
Cuty by the commanding general after
the receipt of an immense number of
complaints.
{ THAT investigation is still being
| prosecuted, and l still think. as l said
| before that it would have been much
better had the officers of the war de-
part,,ent who have in charge the care
and proper feeding of the soldiers, been
allowed TO attend to this matter quiet
ly in their own way"
Gen. Eagan when seen laid he had
nothing to say. He regretted, he said,
the newspaper notoriety which it had
| already involved. The controversy
was not of his seeking and he should
decline to say anything further re-
garding it.
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SONS OF VETERANS. ORDERS NO. 6.
issued by George E. Leighton. the Maine
Division Commander.

General Orders No. 6. Series> 1885, Sons
of Veterans, Maine Division. have been
received, and are herewith promul gated.
The meeting night of a. f. Clark
Camp, No. 10. Belfast, has been hanged
from Monday to Tuesday evenings.
The meeting night of n B. Abbott
Camp, No. II. South Standsh. has been
changed from each Thursday TO the first
and third Thursday evenings of each
month.
once more we approach FEBRUARY L.
the day designated by our order as Union
Defenders day. Anniversary of the birth
Of the nations martyred President. Abca-
ham Lincoln The division commander
WISHES every camp to observe the day
this year. And as it occurs on Sunday
ne suggests that in addition 80 the exer-
clseS OF the camp room, each camp in
Nite the pastor of some local church to
speak: that day, upon THE Martyrs Of
our country. notable among which are
Abraham Lincoln. the hero s of Sits
he martyrs of the Maine and the dead
heroes of the Cuban battlef elds
IT is with feelings of reg ret that the
tivision officers are obliged 20 call the at
tention of the officers and brothers
throughout this division to the fact that
the reports of the last three quarters
since March, 1898. have shown loss in
membership.
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FIRE At eooowIm's POINT.
Cor soIidated Co.'S. Ice Houses Burned WI
$4,000 or More loss-No Insurance.

South Gardiner, Me-. Jan. a.
tSpeciaD.--The Goodwin's Point houses
of the Consolidated Ice Co. of New
York, located on the east bank Of the
Kennebec river just below Nahumkeag
island, were totally destroyed by fire,
Friday night, at a loss of $4,000 or
more as near as can be ascertained at
this time. There is no insurance.
The fire was discovered at about go,
Friday night, and was well under way
and as the houses were empty they
We're quickly destroyed, anu all that
remains of them is a part of the ele-
vator. and the shipping run.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
but there is not doubt that 1t was
due to one of two causes-either 1t was
the work of an incendiary or was acci-
dentally set by tramps. A reason for
supposing that the fire was of an IN.
cendiary nature was the fact that the
fire was discovered on the roof Of both
he north and south houses at the same
time. and also on the elevator.
The houses covered about 21s acres Of
and and We're arranged in two sets OF
rooms. the north set having FIVE rooms
and the south set four rooms. with a
total capacity of $4,000 tons.
1t is NEST unfortunate that the fire
should occur just as it has. as they
aad intended to have begun running
&c, Monday, and had a fine field Of -
inch ice scraped in readiness to be cut
ana housed. Many laboring men will
De temporarily thrown out OF employ
uent. but there is every indication that
ce will be stacked at the point before
the winter ends.
The Goodwin's Point south houses
We're built. about 20 years ago. by the
<ennebec Ice Co., and were later own
ed by Clark L. Chaplin. The north
houses were built, about 10 years ago.
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EAGAN CENSURED.
Investigation Board Refuses to
Accept His Testimony.
He Will Revise--GeneraI Miles Evil
IDENTIFY Not Much Disturbed.
Gen. Wood Says Beef Mas Good and Used in
His Own Family.

Washington, Jan. 13.-There was
no abatement in the interest
exhibited here. today. in all the in
cidents connected with the bitter at
tack made yesterday, by Commissary
General Eagan upon Major General
Miles, AS might have been expected a
matter of this official consequence was
sure to attract the attention of the
President and in consequence a greater
part of the session of the cabinet, to-
day. was given to it's consideration.
The principals of the case. Generals
Miles and Eagan, contributed little
during the day to the controversy, but
the war investigating commission, to-
day, acted promptly to redress the Of
front put upon the board itself as the
members regarded it, contained in the
excessive language used by Gen.
Eagan.
Their letter returning the latter's
statement may not indicate positively
whether or not they would receive X
as evidence even though the objection
able Language were eXciseu nor did
Gen. Eagan himself give any sign Of
an intention on his part to avail HIM
self of the offer made by the board
HIS friends did not hesitate to init
mate that he would eXpunSe the OBJ
jcticnable language. but he would say
nothing for himself and any intimation
on that score must be obtained from
the board itself
The war department officials are not
clear as to what will be the effect of a
withdrawal or modification of the
statement One element holds that
officially, the record failing to show that
any objectionable language had been
used, there would be no legal offence.
Another takes the view that while the
amendment of the statements would
mitigate Gen. Eagan's offence, it
would not be wiped out.
Another aspect of the case is the
bringing forward of the plea of exemp-
ton which guaranteed the name of the
President all of the witness before the
board from the consequences of what
they might say. But again the officials
were divided and this was also true of
the members of the cabinet as 10
whether the exemption could be claim
ed in this particular case.
Meanwhile ten. Miles is apparently
waiting for the war department to act,
taking the position that it is incumbent
upon it and the war commission to
protect the army from such attacks.
In the excitement created by this in
cident the pending issue before the
commission. the quality of the army
beef, was we'll nigh lost sight of. There
were however. two piquam additions.
today, to that part of the proceedings,
one consisting Of the testimony of Gen.
Wood to the effect that no one who
amounted to anything had made any
complaint as to the rations and the
other of a letter from Theodore Roose-
Welt making a very severe complaint
regarding the beef.
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the CABINET
Commends Commission Action in Returning
Gen. eagan's Testimony.

Washington, Jan. 13.-At todays cabinet
meeting a large share of the time was
consumed in discussion of General
Eagans testimony before the war inves-
tigating committee. yesterday. The cabi-
net members. however, were unusually
reticent with respect to what was said
and declined to express any opinion as
to what. if anything. would he done in
the matter. which is now in the hands
of President Mckinley and Secretary
Alger.
Nevertheless all members of the cabi-
net commend the action of the commits
sion in declining to receive the manu-
script of Gen. Eagan's testimony until
the Objectionable epithets have been ex-
purgated.
There is no doubt that the President
deeply regrets the incident, and 1t is all
most certain that official cognzance Will
he taken of the matter very soon. The
Question was discussed of how far Cen
eral Eagan may be entitled to immunity
from punishment under the recent public
statement of the secretary Of war, by the
direction of the President, to the effect
that all witnesses appearing before the
commission would be protected in their
rights and positions. If in the service OF
the United States. regardless of whom
their testimony might be directed against.
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ATERRIBLE BLOW.
Lewiston People Can Hardly Believe News o.
Mr.. Dingiey's Death.

Lewiston. Me, June 13.-tSpeciaD.-
The news of Congressman Dingiey' 6
death which flashed over the wire just
before IL o'clock. came as a terrible
shock to the people of the two cities,
having been so encouraged and hope
Sress toward recovery.
Frank l.. Dingley. a brother. receiv-
FL the news just in time to take the
ll.a0 Pullman for Washington.
President Osgood of the Board OF
Trade. will call a meeting. Saturday
To take necessary action, and the city
governments of Auburn and Lewiston
will do the same.
Of course 10 arrangement can now
be outlined for the funeral. but it will
doubtless be public.
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The Knickerbocker and New Jersey
Athletic Clubs, which are soon to De
lmalgamated, held a joint athletic
meeting in Madison Square. New York.
Friday night, and most of the promi-
aent athletes in the East took part IN
he various events. The last contest
was 5mile race in which Is runners
started from scratch. Dick Grant OF
Harvard. held the premier position till
he last lap, when his namesake from
Pennsylvania, passed him and crossed
the tape about a yard in front OF Dick
who was nearly IS yards ahead OF NC
i:-r
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NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from North. East.
South and West.

The American Steel and Wire Co.
capital. 500, 900, 000 and the Pressed Steel
Car Co.. capital. $25000,000, filed in
corporation papers at Trenton. n. J.
Friday.
The English government has just dis
tributed to various British firms order
for the remaining battleships under tn
naval programme and also. it is said
fer two extra battleships.
The Derby Silver Co. of Shelton. CT.
las entered the newly formed syndicate
If silver companies. the final arrange
ments having been made. Friday. The
minority stockholders are given the
privilege of turning in their stock and
'eceiving preferred stock of the Interna-
tional Co., or of turning it in for cash.
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FIRE At WArERWLlE.
Cyrus W. Davis House and Contents Oamaasd
by Fire. Smoke and Water.

Waterville, Me-, Jan. 13.-(SpeciaD.-
home of Cyrus w. Davis in this city,
today, to the amount of $780, fully COW
cred by insurance. The fire caught
from coal ashes which had been re-
moved from the furnace by the chore
boy and dumped on the cellar floor.
When the firemen arrived at the
scene the cellar was so full of smoke
that they were forced to cut hole
through the hall floor and fight the
flames from above. The fire was con-
lined to the cellar. Much of the valua-
BILE furniture was damaged by being
too hastily removed.
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Is at stake in this controversy. u mas
been charged that sickness mas been
caused by the men INDUCING IN the use
WINGED is a base SANDER on the men;
i am satisfied that much OF the SICK
ness and debility among the men WAS
caused by a want OF good. wholesome
fsnd Of which at times we know they
were frequently deprived. ] would be
glad to have any statement made by you.
as well as the statements OF any OF dne
with the facts, and also the statements
Of the soldiers who can TESTIFY on this
subject. a. -, 49, sr,,.
limo AZ Vance. where you were rehdering
excellent service in campaign that was
full OF good results, but which mas not
attracted so much attention as some
NELSON A. MILES.
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In the Cumberland superior court at
Portland, Bonney. j.. presiding, Thurs
day in the case against: George IL. An
drews and Sadie Andre rs. his wife. for
the larceny OF $40 from the coat pocket
latter was at Andrews. house. the hus-
band retracted his plea and pleaded
guilty, and the indictment against his
wife was mol pressed. Andrews has had
long criminal record About 5000 of the
money has been returned
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-14

Willis Salisbury of Otis was arraign-
ed before Judge Peters at Ellsworth,
Thursday. charged with hunting deer
with dogs on the Goth of December.
Complaint was entered by j. M. Her.
rick, game warden of Z 1dington At
ter examining three witnesses. Judge
Peters fined the prisoner $40 and cists
He was committed to Jail in default of
payment.
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BY the burning out of fuse. an cleo
trio car was stalled on the 3. & NJ
crossing at Everett. Mass, Friday, and
IS struck and demolished by train.
The passengers had escaped.
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Disasters.

London, Jan. 13.-The German steam
err Europa, Capt. Belle. from Bremen
for Reval, is ashore at Oesel. an island
of Russia in the Baltic. Her engine
room is full of water. Assistance IS
with her. The Europa arrived at Bre-
men, Dec. %, from New Orleans
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-14

Hon. A. W. Gilman was taken sick
ut FoXcroft. Wednesday night. It is
hoped that it is nothing more than a
touch of the grip, but indications point
strongly toward pneumonia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-14

EXECUTIVE VIldI1FUeI,
Albany. N. y, Jan. y 1889.
Gen. Nelson \. ,tiiles,
War Department, washington:
My dear Gen. Miles:
do not distinctly understand
about this beef controversy. nut pos
s.5ly what | nave to write may oe OF
some use. The canned corned beef we
found to DE good. The so-cailed can
ned roast beef that was issued to us
for travel rations, both on the trans
port and on the train and which we
occasionally got even at the front. was
practically worthless. Unless very
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EAGAN'S TESTIMONY REJECTED.
Commission Will Not Receive Such q Mess O.!
Abuse and vtuperation.

Washington. Jan. 1.-THE war in
vestisat,ng commission, today. passed
q resolution of cenSure on General Ea-
gan, for the language he used. yester-
day, VIII he appeared to answer the
charges made against the commiSsary
branch of the army by Major General
Miles, and returned to him the careful
ly prepared typewriter statement
which he left with the commission at
ter reading it to that body. With its
return was sent letter explaining the
reasons for this action and a copy Of
the resolution. The following is the
text of the letter:
Washington, Jan. 10, 1899.
To Brig Gen. c. 2. Eagan. Commissary
General War Department.:
Strive respectfully inform you that
after your testimony was read. yester-
day, the following resolution was unan-
imously passed:
Moved that the commission receive
General Eagan's testimony without
comment, that it be not printed at once
but held for the consideration Of the
commission. Carried.
Having now considered the questions
involved. we have determined That in
many instances the vituperative lam
gnage by you was not such as ought
to have been addressed to this board.
We think that the personal attacks and
prevalent statements contained in the
papers submitted should be eliminated
and before receiving 1t as testimony we
request that you will revise its Ian
guage and if you choose re-submit It
for our consideration. We herewith
return your papers.
Very respectfully.
CHARLES DENiRY
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Signature H<AZNE@

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slients. All rels1sA fscs sto.ss.
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Harry. is in Mexico. two others, Edward
ana Arthur. are here. and fourth, AL
bert, Is In Colorado.