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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28
CASE AFTER CASE.
Plenty More Like This in Augusta.

Scores Of Augusta people can tell you
about Doan's Kidney Pills Many a
happy citizen makes public statement
of his experience. Here is a case of it.
What better proof Of merit can be had
than such endorsement. Mr.. Frank
Chase, police officer, of 143 Northern
avenue, says: In the winter of 1897 l
had an attack Of what was pronounced
lumbago. The pains in my back We're
incessant and the only relief I got was
when l rested my back against radi-
ator. In short time the kidney Sc
crctia began to show the kidney diff
culties, their color was high, they con-
tanned a large quantity Of brick dust,
and were excessive in quantity. l was
told to try Doan's Kidney Pills and
procured a box at c. X. cartridges
Old Reliable drug store opposite the
postofiice. Its use benefited me great
" and | got a second box. BY the
time I had finished this the pains in
my back We're ended. I cannot say
enough in praise of such a wonderful
remedy as Doan's Kidney Pills have
proven to be-"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo,
n. Y, sole agents for the L. s.
Remember the name Doan's and take
no substitute.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28
!
!. Dorchester
WOnan's,
Tribute

Mrs. Minnie E. Kennedy, of
No. 4 Holden Place, Dorchester,
Mass, is lady who has suffered
greatly from debility, but who is
now in perfect health as result
Of the faithful use of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. She
is enthusiastic in her praise of the
remedy, and will gladly tell Others
seeking information in regard to
the pills, just what they have done
for her. She says:
"About six months ago was COM
pletely run down and miserable. felt As
tired and WORKOUT in the morning as !
would Just after hard days work. ! lost
flesh rapidly and had no appetite.
IL was induced to try DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, and soon my
friends began to remark upon my improved
appearance. l gained flesh, my natural
color came back, and the wearied express
sion about the eyes entirely disappeared.
/ continued the medicine until had taken
four boxes, and can now say that am in
perfect health. have no more headaches
and no more WEAKNESS, thanks to DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People"
Mrs. MINNIE E. KENNEDY.
Sworn TO before me this 29th day of
August, 1899.
WINSLow A. WILSON,
Justice Of the Peace.
Al druggists or direct from
Dr. Williams Me,iicn. Co. schenectady. n. r.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28
DEPUTY WORKMAN SHOT
BY Two Escaped Prisoners 1t stockbridee.
W.-Large Posse in Pursuit.

Woodstock. VT. April 27-Ncws was
received here, this forenoon, from
sitockbridgc, small town, II miles
northwest of Woodstock, to the effect
that Deputy Sheriff G. Woffman of
White River Junction had been shot
and dangerously wounded by Frank
Shaw and Dustin Shaw, two desperate
men, who escaped from the Windsor
county Jail. last Monday. The ShaWs
were serving a term for burglary and
illegal killing Of deer. The injured
man is rapidly failing. a large posse
is after the Shaws
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28
New York Produce Market.

New York, April y.
FLOUR-Rcceipts. 1f,539 bbls.; exports
3oN9l bbls.; sales, 1909 pkgs.; active anc
steady.
RYE FLOUR Easy.
WHEAT Receipts, 4S. as bushels; ex,
ports. -. ti>j bushels: sales, 100000 bush
els futures 12o.No0 bushels spot; No. red
7Sas; M. , red. 1865 elevator: No. | North
ern Duluth. 1has fob atlOat To arrive.
CORN-Rcccipts. y. l5O bushels; exports
81. POO bushels; sales coca bushels futures
2oo.0Oo bushels spot; spot firm; No. ,, iGi
fob. atloat ana ii'S elevator.
OATS-RcrciptS ~. 400 bushels: exports
1885 bushels; sales. 1900 bushels fu
lures; spot quiet: No. >. p: No. 5, 27l9
No. , white, 2gi2: No. 3 white. %; tract
mixed Western. 2>U-9i4; track white, 2
1iget.
BEEF-Quict: cut meats. steady.
I.ARD-F'irmcr; Western steamed, $40
refined. firm; continent. $500; S. ~, $50
BTTTER1 Firm; state dairy 15Gl7i4
creamery. 154MiSi..
EGGS-Stcady; state and Pennsylvania
at market 12lzHl3l4.
POTATOES-Stc Jerseys. $l25Ii1.5n
New York, Sl.3i4ml.I5; Long Island, Sl.50
Jersey sweets. 81 75Gt3.25.
SUGAR-Firm; fair refining; Isis
centrifugal 95 test, 1-l6; refined, quiet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28
BETTER THAN THE KNIFE.
Pyramid Pile Cure Cures Files Quickly, Pain.
IessIy. Without Danger.

People go along for years, suffering
with piles. They try this, and that,
ana the other thing. from carrying a
buckeye to getting treatment from a
physician. They obtain temporary re-
lief. maybe, but they are never quite
cured A little strain in lifting, excess
sive fatigue little constipation, or a
little diarrhoca, and the piles come
back.
They don't seem to amount to much,
but they Danish sleep and appetite. No
position is comfortable. There is in
tense local pain and that dreadful,
agonizing feeling Of weight in the
perineum.
Maybe in the early stages some of
the many salves on sale will afford
temporary relief. If the case is of
long standing there is only one speedy
and sure remedy. 1t is Pyramid Pile
Cure. Even in light cases ii is the
safest thing TO use. Other applications
may cure and may not Pyramid Cure
is always certain, always reliable, al
ways brings comfort at once. Its
prompt use saves months of
severe suffering. In extreme cases
it will save surgical opera
tions and their attendant dangers
and discomforts. 1t is better than the
knife. Will cure easier, quicker and
safer. Thousands have used it. Thou
sands have been cured by it. The cost
is triflng compared with what it does
The price is one dollar. Most anybody
would gladly pay ten dollars to be rid
OF piles.
Druggists sell Pyramid Pile Cure II
yours hasn't it, he will get it for you
from the Pyramid Drug Co., Marshall
Mich, sole manufacturers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28

Yesterday, Percy & Small leased the
shipyard at The South End known as
the Reed yard. from Augustus Palmer.
Esq. and will put a crew at work
Immediately to fix up the wharf and
yard for accommodation to build a five
masted schooner Of $500 tons carrying
capacity for out Of town parties. With
this yard Percy e. Small will have
three yards in operation. At their own
yard they are putting up a mammoth
-masted schooner Of 5000 tons carry
ing capacity. the largest vessel of her
type ever constructed. and at the Nc
Donald yard they are building a five
master for Capt Mitchell Reed Of
Eoothbay. now in command Of the Geo.
L. Walcott.-Bath Times, April p.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28
Chicago N irkets.

Chicago. April 81.
There was a change of sentiment to the
bun view, today. and the news was en-
couraging to that way of looking at the
wheat situation. Wheat closed l2@5s
higher. corn isHA to AM2s up, and oats
unchanged TO 1s@A lower. Provisions
closed 2'2 to 10012izc. improved.
The leading futures closed AZ follows:
WHEAT-April. 657s May, 653sa56; July,
81. ft619s; September, 6Sl2.
C0RN-April, 39"s; May. S95s@392i; July,
io7a; september. ne.
oATs-May, %; July, 2313; September.
225s.
PoRK-May, sl272!4; July, sl2.S7l..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28

LARD..-May, N3214; July S737]z: sep-
RIRs--May 1907; July. S7I2lz; septem-
Der, NO71z.
Cash Quotations closed as follows:
FLOTR-Steady.
WEGEAT-No. 2 red. 20.
GORNamNo. :. 395sa,$97i to lc4; No. 2
OATS-No. 2. 2r4m2i%i; No white. 27l
nZIh. No. 3 white. ~ zm2Al
RYE-No ? 53@i
BARLEY-No. 2, i1flflz.
$l.73 n IN
TIMOTHY SEED-Prime $235
LARD-S7. 20GI7.3i
PORk-Mcss. Sl1.75Ffl2.s0; short ribs
sides. %G.:Gn7.20; dry salted shoulders 81,
".; short clear sides, S75D1i7.G0.
GAk-Cut Loaf, $500; graduated,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28
"A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned"

Economy is the lesson taught by this
saying. il is true economy to take
Hoods Sarsaparilla at this season be-
cause ii puritics enriches ana vitaiizes
the blood and thus prevents sickness
and puts the whole system in a state
0f health for the coming season.
Every bottle Of Hoods Sarsaparilla
contains 100 doses-positive proof that
it is economy to take only Hoods.
Constipation is cured by Hoods Pills.
&c
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28
IN THE HOUSE.
New Pension Bill Record-Hawaiian Bill Goo S
TO the President.

Washington. April 27.-Thc House
broke all records, today, by passing 81
private pension bills. Among them
was one to pension at the rate Of $40
n month the widow of the late Col.
John NJ. Stotcnsburg of the LIST Nehras-
ka. who was Killed in the Philippines.
The conference report on the Hawaiian
government bill was adopted and the
bill now goes to the President.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28

Richmond Corner. Sc to $40; Frederick
Bruce, Cumberland, so to $l2; Sumner
Fitzpatrick. Whiting, s14 to $17; John b.
Stowe. Saco, $12 to $17. Original.
widows Especial, April 49, Rachel NJ
Sands. Foxcroft, IS; Julia A. Ward, No.
Freeport. IS; Margaret Holland, Bid
deford, $S.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28
The Gold Medal Prize Treatise.
ONLY CENTS.

IHE SCIENCE OF LIFE: or seIf-pres-
ervation, 800 pages, with engravings. p
g. Sen no IN paper covers; cloth, full gilt.
M M ny man. sealed \ book for every
Non non copies sold. Address the Peabody
Medleal Institute. No. Bulnnch St RoS
toI, Mass, the oldest and best Institute in
SS; gu Prospectus Wade Mecum free,
=, Slx cents for postage. Write TODAY "a,
,Hess DOCKS. They are the keys to health
'isor' success and happiness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28
New York Cotton Market.

New York. April 27
Cotton futures closed firm April. gi7;
May, 9-i>- June. 3i3; July o. q; August.
a2>: Scp'cmi or, SIS; October. &2i: Noycm-
bcr. 80, December. 500; January, 500;
February N.ua; March. SIP.
Spot cotton closed quiet; middlin- T'p.
lands, l5-lG; middlins CUR, 10 1-lG. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28
BARRE GRANITE CUTTERS
VJte 10 Discredit Clause 1913, Calling for So
for 8 Hours Work.

Barre, Vt, April 27.-The result of a
meeting of the Barre branch of the
National Granite Cutters Union, to-
night, called to act on the wage qucs-
ton, was that it was, voted to dis
credit Clause 19S. which in effect reg
ulates that the wages of the cutters
shall be So per day of hours The men
by this action express their favor Of a
wage of % cents per hour as an aver
age
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28
MAINE PENSIONS.

Washington. April 27.-The following
pension changes in Maine are an
nounced:
Additional-Horace II. Gray, Ply
mouth. IS to $40. Increase-Ben-
jamin T. Bragdon. Berwick. Sc
to IS: John Vinal, Vinalhaven,
81 to 81; Charles l.. Goodwin
Caribou. SIG to s17: Ransom NJ. Rowley
Garland, SIG to ST.; Peter Nelson
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28

Arthur Hoplin. 16 years was decapi-
tated by an elevator which he was oper-
ton. Friday. A workman found the boys,
mead on the elevator car at the fourt II
hoor landing. a search for the body was
bottom of the we'll
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28
MAINE POSTAL CHANGES.

Washington, April 27-Thc Senate.
today, confirmed the following nominal
ton: PoStmaster-Maine, F. T.. G.
Robbins, Woodfords
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28
GENERAL ADVANCE
Continued from page ~

war office has issued the following
from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfon-
tein, Friday, April p: Gen. French
reached Thaba N'Chu, this morning
with cavalry. He met Gen. Ian Ham
ilton and Gen. Smith Dorriens brigade.
The enemy We're still holding the east
ern outlet of the town, where from
Gen. French and Gen. Hamilton were
proceeding to turn them out. Gen.
BUNDLES division was eight miles
south of Thaba NChu last evening.
additional casualties thus far re
ported: Ian Hamiiton's Mounted In
fantry, Lieuts. Barry and Hill, wound
ed, both of Marshalrs Horse: the for
mer severely, the latter slightly.
"A patrol from BchuIie came across
body of the enemy on Smithfield
road. April .. Private King Of the
Prince Alfred Guards, was killed and
two of the Royal Scots Service Corps
were taken prisoners.
The Yeomanry Cavalry under Gen.
Brabason. after accommodating as far
as Wepener, returned to De Vets
dorp, this morning"
a dispatch from Gen. Roberts, dated
BlOcmfontein, April a. gives Gen. Ian
HamihOn's report of the British cas-
ualties at Israers Poort. April %.
Among the slightly wounded is Col. w.
d. Otto Of Canada. Gen. Hamilton re-
ports that the Canadians and Mar
shall's Horse did particularly good SER
vice.
4 dispatch from Kimberly says en-
hot
the city officials are urging the mill
tary authorities to remove the camps
from the town and discontinue the use
of public buildings as hospitals, with
the view of better safeguarding public
health.
Pretoria, April 27.-All advices indi-
cate that the United States consul.
Adclbert s. Hay. has won 4 diplomatic
success. His position is exceedingly
difficult, but he is pursuing an impair
tial, determined policy and has sue
ccedcd in considerably ameliorating
the condition of the British prisoners
at Pretoria. including the colonials.
Lourcnzo Marques, April 21.-SwaZland
runners report that the recent visit Il
the Queen of Swaziland by Sir Ashmead
Bartlett, Conservative member of the
British House Of Commons has no
placed on the throne the former King :
brother, a boy of Is. She argues that "a,
| she will have to answer for the death Ol
scbusan, she may III well continue Kill
| sion to kill whom they please Throughout
inc wn"le OF Swaziland.
! The commanders ordered to the front
are reluctantly obeying. One burgher
| who has escaped injury in a number o
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28

Portland, Me-, April PA special
meeting of the Portland Board of
Trade was called, Friday afternoon. to
take action relative to rendering aid
to the sufferers from Wednesdays fire
in Hull Ont. The call was issued a
the suggestion of Judge Putnam of the
United States circuit court. A com
mittee was chosen to receive subscrip-
tons and promptly forward them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28

Washington, April 27.-prcsidcnt ana
Mrs. Mckinley arrived At Washington,
ut S o'clock this morning. from Canton.
Accompanying them We're capt, and
Mrs. Lafayette McWilliams " thicl-
go. Or. RiXcy, William :. Hawke Of
New York. George Barber Of Canton,
Private Secretary Coytclyou ana Stem
ugrlphcr Leonard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-28

London, April 27.-The newspapers
are unanimous in expressing the opin-
ion that it is the duty of Great Brit
ain to promptly and substantially as
sist in repairing losses occurred by the
ottawa fire.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-03
RECONNOITERED IN FORCE.
But Met Greater Force and Prudent-
ly Retired with Small Loss.

Rensburg, Cape Colony, Friday, Jan.
2G.--Gen. French re~connoitered yester.
day by Bastard's Mex, with a force of
Hussars, Inniskillings, four guns Of
the royal artillery, mounted infantry,
the Yorkshire, Wiltshire and a portion
Of the Essex regiments.
Turning to the northeast he ap-
preached the Boer position at Reitfon-
TEN, nine miles beyond Colesberg, On
the wagon bridge road, which the
enemy have been fortifying with u
view of falling back when they vac
uate Colesberg.
Cautiously approaching, Gen. French
shelled the enemy, who replied with
artillery and infantry fire.
The British, who were well protect
ed, suffered very little. An officer and
nine men were wounded, one of the
latter of whom has since died, and
three men are missing. AS the Beers
were found in great force, confirming
the reported reinforcement, and in q
strong position, Gen. French discon-
tiI .ueG the attack, and returned to
camp.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-03

A pro-Roer mass-meeting of c.s,zrns
was neld in Minneapolis, Mimi. on tho
.2stil, which was attended by about T.
600 people, despite the fact that the
thermometer was below zero.
The steel department of Phillips,
Nim;ck & Co.'S mill on West Carson
street, Pittsburgh, Pa, was damaged
badly by an explosion, on the goth,
and several men were injured. five of
them being mutilated almost beyond
recognition. One of the victims died
soon after being removed from the
wreck, and it was thought several 9TH
ers would succumb. The property
damage was enormous.
Six fishermen were carried out on
the ice, on the Goth, just north of
Merominee, Wis. When last seen they
were six miles out, and drifting to-
ward the lake rapidly. Prospects of
It scuing the unfortunate men were
considered small.
President Mckinley was 81 years old
on the Goth.
The United States supreme court
will take a recess, on the 5th, for three
weeks.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
F,ETY-stxTH CUNGREsS.

Il, the senate, on the I'D. the session was
devoted entirely to speech MAKING.
Messrs. Turner (Wash.) and Ross (vt)
spoke to the Philippine question, and Mr..
McEnery Gal on the race question OF the
south--.-.-In the house, in the presence OF
galleries packed to s~uffocation, the ma;
committee on the Roberts case. one. CT
which favored his exclusion, and the Other
his admission and expulsion, were dis
eussed. the applicant himself making an
impassioned defense that was both ap-
plauded and Kissed from the galleries.
In the senate. on the 18th, the urgency
deficiency bill, covering 5000. 900, was
passed without division and practically
without debate. A heated colloquy over
the race question in the south occurred
between Messrs. Chandler (rep., N. HI
and Money dem, Miss)...:..In the house
the case of Brigham H. Roberts, the Nor
which has occupied SO much of the atten-
ton of the house since the assembling OF
congress-, was decided by the adoption OF
a resolution to exclude him by a vote of
26s to so.
The senate was not in session on the
26th....-In the house the conference re-
port on the census appropriation bill was
adopted, and an attempt was made to pass
a bill; to pay the cost of repairing the Ma
Mia cable. which Dewey cut just prior
to the battle of Manila bay, but opposition
developed, and the matter went over. The
80 efoA az AAAS oAAN N1
ices of the late Vice-President Hobart,
attestIng the love. admiration and respect
in which he was held by all.
The senate was not in session on the
9th. In the house an hour was given to
eulCgies of the late Representative Baird,
of Louisiana, and beyond this nc business
OF Importance was transacted.
In the senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Mason
(rep., lid arraigned the British vice-con-
sui az New Orleans because, in an inter-
view. the vice-consul had aSSailed him for
the position he had taken in ehalf of the
TraEsvaal republic. Mr.. Hoar (rep.,
Mass.) deprecated any attack upon Great
Britain or the English people. Mr.. Till
man. dem, s. Co. spoke on the Philip
pines question, advocating self-govern-
ment under American .protection....::1n
the house the bill for the reorganization
and Improvement of the weather bureau,
with pensions for disabled employees, was
siGetracked on a test vote of 81 to SO.
The Sulzer resolution to investigate Sec,
rotary Gage, was sent to the ways and
means committee
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-03
BIG FIRE IN NEW YORK CITY.
Seven-Story Building In Cherry
Street Burned with . Loss Es-
timated mt $500, ONO.

New York, Jan. 30.-The seven-story
building in Cherry street, occupied by
the Haywood Bros. & Wakefield Man
u~facturing Co., as q chair factory, was
destroyed by fire during the prev
alence of a ofierce gale, which made:
the work of the fremen extremely diff
ficult. When the fire broke out there
WEI about $50 men at work in the
building, but all escaped without in
jury. The bursting of a tank on the
roof of the building, which precipitat-
ed 10000 gallons of water upon the
fire raging beneath it, generated SO
much steam that the walls burst out
Part of the east wall fell upon the
Gerrish warehouse and carried three
iremen with them. For a time it wa
feared the men were lost, but they
were extricated without having s,is-
tanned serious injury.
The loss on the building and its cur-
tents, which were completely de-
stroyed, is estimated at $500, 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-03
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

IN the senate, on the 30th, Mr.. Ba-
con (dem., Ga.) occupied mor than
three hours of the session in a speech
upon the Philippine question, main
tanning that the United States owes as
much to the Filipinos as it does to the
Cubans, to whom, by resolution OF
congress, self-government had been
promised. THE house was in session
a little over an hour, and only bust
ness of minor Importance was trans
acted.
William Goebel, democratic contest
ant for the office of governor of Ken
lucky before a contesting board at
Flsnkfort, was shot from a third-story
window, and fatally wounded, on the
3Oth, by an unknown assassin. While
lying at the point of death, the board
met at night, and by a strict party
vote declared him entitled to the Office.
Il region fully ten miles square on
beth sides of the Detroit river, was
shaken by an explosion of 500 pounds
o. dynamite, on the 3Oth, which oc-
CURED at the stone works of the Sill
ley Quarry Co. Nelson Burbo, an ell
ploye, was killed, and Mrs. Thomas
Fitzpatrick, whose house is nea the
scene, was badly cut by flying glass.
From the senate committee on pub
Ii. lands, on the 3Oth, Senator Hans
brcugh reported favorablya bill grant
iny the state of North Dakota 10000
acres of land for the maintenance of
a school of forestry, and Senator Car
tec a bill granting $4,000 acres to Mon
tana for the maintenance of IN asylum
for the blind.
The big American ship Shenandoah
has been chartered to take from San
Francisco to Sydney the largest cargo
evcr sent to Australia from the Pacific
coast. She will carry 10000 feet OF
lumber, and about 5000 tons Of gener-
al cargo.
On the 30th the secretary of war
transmitted to the house a recon-
mendation for a general improvement
of the hargor at San Pedro, CAL, to Sc
cure "a feet of water from the ocean
to the head of the river basin, to cost
S55O,00O.
a special dispatch from Durham says
a refugee who arrived there, on the
3Oth, from johannesburg reports the
destruction of the Boer shell factory
al that place on January 20. The loss,
it is added, is ir~reparable.
Gen. Butler reports that the casual.
ties to the non-commissioned officers
and men IN the two actions of January
20 and 81 were: Seventeen killed, 233
wounded and six missing.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-03
UNKNOWN STEAMER ASHORE.
she In Aground Near the New Inlet
Life-Saving Station, North
of Hattefas.

Cape Henry, Va, Jan. as. L. Do
Eber, weather bureau observer at Hat
teras. furnishes the following infor-
nation:
IAN unknown steamship went
ashore, at IL o'clock Sunday night,
near New Inlet life-saving station,
about 40 miles north of Hatteras. The
steamship has n white smoke stack
with black rim around top, and large
letter X in black on the stack. She is
supposed to be light and bound south
Life-saving crews have been trying to
get the crew ashore, but the men seem
unwilling to leave the ship. They have
signalled for two tugs TO come to their
assistance. The tug Rescue, at work
here o. the stranded steamship Ariosta.
has been notified. The steamship is ap-
parently uninjured.