Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-19

~ men of the Sth Infantry who are going
10 Fort smelling. and one battalion of ~
men of the LIST Infantry who are going L,
fort LeaNenworth. The other messenger.
are 81 discharged soldiers ~ discharged
quarter masters employees % convalescen
soldiers. IL furloughed men and 10 indi
gent Americans returning home.
The war department made the state
Ment. Monday. that the total receipts
Of the Philippine islands for the month
Of July We're S732, $3.50, divided as
follows: Custom receipts at Manila
S3Yll41 custom receipts at Iloilo, $22,-
III; custom receipts at Cebu, S3l 043
To this should be added internal reve-
nue. receipts to the amount of $l06, 226
Inc remaining receipts consist of pro
NoSt court fines, water rents, market
ana slaughterhouse receipts. etc
Miss Amy Craven, granddaughter OF
Capt. I. a. NJ. Craven, has been named
as sponsor for the torpedo boat Craven,
which is To be launched at the Bath
Iron Works, Bath, Me, Saturday.
capt. Craven was in command of the
Tecumseh when she was blown up by
Il torpedo and lost his life while run
HinS the New Orleans forts with Far
raGunt because he insisted upon the
pilots preceding him in the effort to
escape from the coming tower.
At a memorial meeting. Sunday night
in Bejucal. Cuba. after the exhumatioi
of the remains of Gen. Antonio Mace
and Francisco Gomez. several members
Of the revolutionary party spoke strongly
in favor of Gen. Maxine Gomez as tn,
leader Of the CubanS in reurganizing III,
country. Gen. Pierra, however. said the
Cuban National League would not recog
llize any particular individual. being fully
convinced that there was no one now be
fore the public who represented the feel
ingS and aspirations of the whole populd
ton. These feelings ana aspirations. h,
declared, could only be focused in a col
lection of individuals representing var
Gus sections and interests. He made 2
strong appeal to the women Of Cuba e
make their political opinions felt
Governor Lowndes. Senator yelling
tonti, Mayor Master of Baltimore. ana
Gen. Felix Agnus called upon the Pres
ident, Monday. and formally protested
agaist the assignment of Rear Admiral
Schley to command the South Atlantic
station on the ground that it was not
commensurate with his dignity and
the service he had rendered during the
Spanish American war. The protest
was made voluntarily and without Ad-
niral Schley's knowledge. The Presi-
dent listened attentively to what the
Maryland Republican leaders had to
say. but gave no indication of what he
would do.
The American gunboat Pampango
has chased the British steamer Yuen
Sang from Manila to Hong Kong. The
gunboat sighted the steamer during
the night of Sept. -. about 80 miles off
the north coast of the island of Luzon
and suspected that she was filibuSter
The Pampango fired three shots. which
the Yuen Sang disregarded until the
third shell exploded near her. She
then stopped and the commander of the
gunboat boarded the Yuen Sang. found
that he had made a mistake, and apOl-
ogiZed. An American gunboat, name
unknown. followed the British steamer
Diamte, bound from Manila to Hong
Kong. The warship sighted the steam
ct near Subig bay. during the night of
Sept. Is. and whistled signals to stop
The signals We're disregarded and the
Cunboat ran alongside the DANTE. get
ting so close that the guns tore away
the Diamtes outrigging. Her passen-
gers We're thrown into panic. The
gunbOat, on learning the identity of the
steamer, sheered off.