Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-26
WAR NOTES.

The Raleigh left her anchorage in
the North river at New York. ut 2.%i
p NJ. Tuesday, ana started for Phila-
delphia-
Gov Pointer Of Nebraska, Tuesday.
appointed Lieut.. Col. Cotton 10 b.
colonel Of the LIST Nebraska, in place If
Col. Stotsenburs. killed in battle. Thu
appontment was cabled Ia Manila.
Lieut.. r. W. Perkins. Sth Infantry,
was found guilty and sentenced to be
dismissed by a Cnurtmartial held in
Havana The President modified the
sentence to forfeiture of one-third Of
his monthly pay for - months.
The board appointed to investigate
| the destruction Of the beef aboard the
| transport Manitoba. last summer. in
| Porto Rico, have made its report to
! See. Alger. The report has not been
| made public.
Secretary Alger has sustained Gen.
| Henry. the military governor of Porto
Rico. in the controversy between him
and Lieut. Col. Hood of the 10Th Infan
try, who was reprmanded by the gov
ernor for his action in forcibly remov-
ing judicial officer from the court
| room.
The captured Spanish gunboats Alva-
RADIO and Sandoval arrived off the
! Charlestown, Mass. navy yard at 2.
NJ. Tuesday. after an uneventful day $
run from Wood Hole. They will re
main until Wednesday noon. when
they Will sail for Marblehead, on their
way to the Kittery navy yard, their
destination.
The armed transport Buffalo which
arrived at Gibraltar. Tuesday morning.
from Manila, on her way to New York,
with officers and men from Admiral
Dewey'S fleet whose time has expired.
and with n number of invalids. cOaled
, during the day and sailed. Tuesday
evening. The condition of all on board
] was reported satisfactory.
capt. Frank \. Cook of the cruiser
Brooklyn. who is on shore leave. fol-
lowing the death Of his wife, is visiting
his father, Gen. Cook. who is &c years
, Of age. ana who resides in Northamp-
ton. Mass. capt. Cook will return tC
Annapolis, Wednesday. and it is very
! likely that he will be ordered back "a
: the cruiser.
! The Spanish government has receiv-
; ed a dispatch from Gen. Rios. SPANS
principal commander in the Philip
, pines. asserting that Major Gen. Otis
\ has requested him not to withdraw the
e Spanish troops from the island of Min
n dance until the arrival of the Ameri-
!, can force of occupation. Gen. Rios
& asks the government when he may re-
K turn to Spain.
q The Abarenda has completed taking
o on coal and has dropped down to For
g Monroe, preparatory TO sailing for Sa
: moa. Besides the structural matera
: for the wharf and coal sheds at Pag,
Il Page, the Aharenda has on board 24O'
! tons Of steam coal which will be need
ed by the Philadelphia by the time
the Abarenda reaches her. The coal
+ ing station to be erected at Page Pae,
4; will be of the most permanent char
& acter. 1t will extend out from shor,
o to the 30-fOot mark. The station vii
II he equipped with machinery for hand
Il ling rapidly large quantities of coal
T II IS believed that about a year viii
10 be consumed in completing the worl,
l. at that station.
: The report of Col. Darlington of III,
~ coinmissary department of the army
l. which was. Monday, presented To III
10 Wade court of inquiry but not accent
ed as part of the record. was mad