The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 25, 1898, Image 6
THE COST OF
WAGING WAR.
Washington, May 20-Secretary
Alger bas sent to the Secretary of
the Treasury, for transmission to Con
gress, supplemental estimates of ap
propnations aggregating $88,638,
840, required by the war department
for the support of the regular
and volunteer armies of the
United States for the first six
months of the fiscal year ending Jane
SU, 1899, in addition to the amounts
appropropriated in the Acts of March
15 and Maj 4, 1898. The particular
items for which appropriations are
asked are given aa follows :
Expenses of the commanding gen*
erafa office, $1,000 ; contingent ex
penses, ins, ector general's depart?
ment, $1,000 ; signal service of the
army, $114,000; pay, etc, of the
army, $4,017,804 ; pay of volunteers,
$25,026,266; subsistence of the
army, $10,219,635 ; regular supplies
quartermaster's department, $6,000.
000 ; incidental expenses quarter?
master's department, $2,500,030 ;
horses for cavalry and artillery, $2,
000,000 ; bar tacks and quarters,
$750,000 ; army transportation, $20,
000,000 ; clothing and camp and
garrison equipage, $13,000,000 ; con
ti agencies of the army, $50,000 ;
medical and hospital' department.
$354,000 ; ordnance service, $325,
000; ordnance, ordnance stores and
supplies, $3,394.000 ; armament of
fortifications, $130,510 ; manufacture
of arms, $640,000 ; equipment of
engineer troops, $75,000 ; civilian
assistants to engineer officers, $40,
000.
Up to this time the estimates and
appropriations already made on ac
count of the war aggregate $295,*
210,840.
Starvation in Coba
PORT OF A CUBAN
OFFICER
Key West, Fla., May 22 -The tran?
quility of a tropical Sunday has been
undisturbed bj definite news from any
quarter. There are only one or two
* ships is the harbor, and they are coal?
ing with ail haste to get away to join
>i their fellows in an action which all are
convinced is ooly a matter of days, per?
haps boars *
Speculation is still concentrated on tba
whereabouts of Admiral Ger vera's
cqaaaron, tbe general opio ion favoring
some point OD the southern coast of
Cana. As both sides of the island are
now patrolled by United States war?
ships, tho naval authorities will oo? ad?
mit the possibility cf Cervera's escape
without the most desperate conflict io
the history of naval warfare.
Reports from Admiral Sampson's
squadron ssy that all is quiet off the
northern coast of Cuba Nothing from
Commodore Sch ley is expected before
Monday or Tuesday
A rumor reached here that four
American warships, while bombardiog
Santiago de Cuba, bad been driven cGr
by the Spanish fleet, but the story is
?saersllj discrcdi^d. Where ti ceo'
from ts a mystery.
Senor Ernesto Castro, a well known
lawyer, and president of the r?volu
tionary junta of Cardenas, arrived
here to-day on the United States gun
boat Annapolis. Dario g the recent
bombardment at Cardenas Senor Cas*
ero was in the bay ie a small boat, try?
ing to reach the American vessels and
get transportation to the United States
on an important mission He wu oom
polled to return to the shore, ?here be
saw and heard of the results of the
bombardment.
The Spanish gunboats that lured the
^United States torpedo boat Winslow
into the death trap were thc Aa tonio
Lopes, Lealtad and Ligera During
the fight the two former retreated be?
hind the wharves and the Ligera, be
hind the key. It wan thc Antonio Lo?
pez that opened fire on tbs Winslow
and decoyed ber into the channel. The
Spanish troops formed on the public
fqcare, not darioe to go to the wharves
AH the Spanish flags wera lowered, as
they furnished targets, and the families
all fled to Jovellanos.
Senor Castro says an American abell
exploded in the very entrance to the
Spanish casino, shattered tbe building
and setting it on fire The casino
which bad been used as a military
headquarters and infantry barracks,
and which was ' the largest structure
in the town, was utterly destroyed
Other baildings were wreaked. Some
of the shot? went so far as the IV i en tb
segar plantation, two miles io the in*
ter tor.
The Spanish loss of life Senor Castro
believes to have been very heavy, lt
was so reported. After the bombard?
ment eeased the military commander
pressed all able-bodied men into the
work of carrying sand to build new
batteries, and the next day 1,200 meo
were brought from Matanz-s and Ha?
vana to continue the work.
Paris, May 22 -The Figaro pub
lisbes the important announcemeut
that the delicate Niger question,
which threatened to lead to an Anglo
French war. bss been settled, and
that an agreement between the two
governments will be signed this week
at the French foreign office
The Whits is king of sawing machines.
CHARLESTON OFF
TO MANILA
The Cruiser Ea Boote to Re?
lief of Admiral Dewey.
San Francisco, May 22-The
Charleston is well on her way to Ma?
nila. The big croiser passed through
the Golden Gate at S 20 this morn?
ing, after having been anchored in
the stream all night. She adjusted
her compasses at an early hour and
then passed up the bay through Rac?
coon Straits and passed the docks on
the northern frontage of the city.
Every steam vessel in the harbor
blew aa revoir to Captain Glass and
his crew. None of the forts in the
harbor saluted the vessel, but the
demonstration made by the 6,000
soldiers gathered at the Presidio was
tremendous. When the vessel was
sighted coming down the bay the
sol diera gathered on the beach to bid
her bon voyage They lined the
beach for a mile, and cheer upon
cheer Tang out from the men who are
to soo 2 follow the Charleston to the
scene of Admiral Dewey's triumph.
Ten thousand United States troops
are tenting here. 9,000 of this num?
ber "being volunteers. All the troops
from Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and
Minnesota which were ordered to San
Francisco are now here, but many
more troops will arrive from other
sections daring the next few days.
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The Great Monitor Monterey
Ordered to Manila. \
Washington, May 21 -The news
event of the day at the navy depart?
ment was the dispatch of the order to
the Monterey to proceed to Manila to
reinforce Admiral Dewey's squadron.
The Monterey is a tower of strength
in herself, and her addition to Ad?
miral Dewey's force, together with
the dispatch of thousands of troops
to Manila, is ample evidence that the
Administration has assumed no half
hearted attitude towards the Philip?
pine question, and is determined to
take no chance of dispossession until
such time as the United States have
arranged for the disposition of the
islands The Monterey is probably
the most formidable monitor in the
world. She is described technically
as a barbette turret, low free board,
monitor of 4,000 tons displacement.
She is 256 leet long by 59 feet beam
and 14 feet, 6 inches draft. She car?
ries in two turrets, surrounded by
barbettes, two 12 inch and two 10
inch gans, while on her superstruc?
ture, between turrets, are mounted
six 6 pounders, four 1 pounders and
two gatlinga. The turrets are 7h and
8 inches thick, and the surrounding
barbettes are 14 inches and II J inch?
es of steel, and against this armor all
the batteries in Manila might thunder
away without effecting an entrance.
Tbe Monterey's personnel is nine?
teen officers and one hundred and
seventy-two men, and once she is
safely in the entrance of Manila har?
bor nothing in the Spanish navy
would be likely to budge her from
her post.
Her dispatch, therefore; may have
important bearing upon the plans of
the Spanish government, so openly
published, of sending reinforcements
to Manila.
WILL PROBABLY GO IN CON
VOY.
The only doubt as to the feasibility
of sending the Monterey is her small
coal capacity. She has bunker room
for only 200 tons of coal, and though
more might be stored on her decks,
it is doubtful whether she could at
the utmost carry more than enough
coal to take her to Honolulu, one
third of the way to the Philippines.
It is probable that the Monterey
will go in convoy, and 8fter exhaust?
ing the coal that she will take on in
Honolulu, she must either be towed
about 2,000 miles on ber trip, or per
form the difficult operation of coaling
at sea
NATIVE CUBAN VOLUN?
TEERS.
An Expedition Reported to
Haye Sailed From Tampa.
Chicago, May 22.-A special to the
Record from Macon, Ga., says :
Uoless som3 accident bas befallen
bc United States transport Florida,
there are now Uoited Slates volun?
teer troops on the Island of Coba, or
they wilt be there within a few hours.
From accurate information obtained
here to-day, it oan be stated as a fact
that the first exp?dition toward Co
baa seil has started sod the outlook
is for a successful trip
Wednesday, May 19, the Uoited
States transport Florida left Port
Tampa with several hundred volun?
teer troops oo board. The passengers
belonged to the regiment of Coban
volunteers orgaoized io the lower ex?
tremity of Florida some weeks ago.
It was thought best to send these men,
as they speak Spaoi-b and are more
acquainted with the topography of the
country which it is proposed to invade
lt canoot be ?earned what Uoited
States officers accompanied the regi?
ment of volunteers. If this expedition
is a succe*?, further troops wili be
rushed toto the ?Flaod as soon as pos
eible.
Annexation of Hawaii
To be Considered by Congress
This Week. The House
Program.
Washington May 22.-Dariog the
present week the.Hawaiian annexation
r?solutions ara likeiy to be ooo
j sidered io the House. No posi
! ti ve issue has been given that a
; special role providing for their consid?
eration will be reported, bot it is gen?
erally understood that in the eveot of
the revenue bil! beiog well advanced in
the Senate, the committee on rules wit?
respond to the majority demand io the
Hou?e for immediate disposal of the
Hawaiian resolution,
The report to accompany the general
banking and currency bili is expected
by the middle cf the week and that it
will be given to the House, lt will cot
be debated, bo7/ever, this week Rep
resentative Sherman will oall up the anti
scalping bill, nod he said to-day be
thought it would be disposed of during
the week. The naval personnel bili
and a number of minor war measures
will occupy some attention. The gen?
eral ce?oiency appropriation bill may
be reported late in the week and a con
ference report npou the sundry civil or
po6tof5ce bill may be returned.
Death of Edward Bellamy.
The Distinguised Author and
Humanitarian No More.
Springfield. Mass , May 22 -Ed?
ward Belbmy author and humanita?
rian, died early this morning at his home
io Ohicopee Falls, io the forty-oioth
year of his t ge Mr. Bellamy has
been in feeble health ever since be fin?
ished bis "Equality," eight months ago.
Indeed long before it was done he had
the most significant warnings that bis
vital energies were being undermtoded,
?{though it wa? oot till August that bis j
physicians definitely told bim that one of
his lungs was affected. At the earnest
solicitations of his physicians and fam?
ily, be resolved to try the effect of the
Colorado cl i ru aie, and early io Septem
ber last removed with his family to
Denver, Col., where be was wel?
comed by a host of friends. He re?
ceived, however, tittle or no benefit
from thc change, and since Jaouary
failed rapidly. Wheo he recognized
that recovery was impossible, he be?
came anxious to get baok to his old
family homestead at Chicopee Falls,
Mast., where he was boro and where
be bad lived his entire life. His broth?
ers .vent to Denver to help him realize
this wish, and on April 26tbvbrought
him baok, very weak but very peaceful,
to h s old home.
He was born at Chicopee Fails,
March 26, 1850, aod was the third soo
of Rev. R K. Bsllamy, for thirty five
yeats pastor of the Baptist Church at
Chicopee Falls. After finishing a
course at Uaion College, he completed
his education hy a year of Europeas
travel and study.
The Oregon's Wonderful
Trip./
The uavy department is proud of the
record made by tbs Oregon from ao
eogioeering point of "view
The reports to the department from
the ship show that she does not need
five cents* worth of repairs to her ma?
chinery after her 13,000 miles' con?
tinuous rna. The record is said never
to have equalled since tba building of
the first iron war ship. The Buffalo,
wb oh oomes with the Oregon from
Br? zii\ ts to be overhauled at Newport
Ne*s, furnished with armor, giveo a
gdc-d battery cf 5-inch guns, and will
altogether be made a very effective and
modern cruiser. This will take about
two months.
LITTLE BOY KING'S BIG
TITLES.
From the London New*.
Now that Spain seems abont to lose
all or nearly all the remains of ber once
proud empire beyond the sea,it is inter?
esting to note how the memory of ber
past grandeur is to be fouod in tbe
official designation of ber iofant kiog.
Here are bis names and titles in full:
Alfonso XIII-, Leon Ferdinand Maria
James Isidore Paseal Antonio, Kiog of
Spain, of Castile, of Leon, of
Aragon, of tbe two Sicilies, of Jer?
usalem, of Navarre, of Grenada, of
Toledo, of Valentia, of Majorca, of
Minorca, of Gol'cia, of SerilJe, of
Ceriena, of Co * ?va, of C?rcega, of
Murcia, of Jaen, of Algarra, of Al
gezira, of Gibraltar, of the Canaries,
of tbe Eist aod West Iodies and thc
oceanic continent. Archduke of Ans
tria, Dake of Burgundy, of Brabana
aod of Hapsburg, of Flanders, of
Tyrol and Barcelona and Lord of Bis?
cay aod Molina.
As bis little majesty will not be 12
years of age ootil the 17th of tbe present
oiootb of May, one is forcibly reminded
of old E'Cies' comment wbeu be hears
tbe long tafle of hi? little grandson's
aristocratic Christian names : * He
doesn't look big encugb to bold 'Oem
all"
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A Story of Arctic Horror.
mt
Which Bears Unmistakable
Evidences of the Work of
a Fakir.
San Francisco, May 22 -Much
concern waa caused in maritime cir?
cles here by the receipt of a letter
from Afognak, stating that a man bad
just arrived there, bringing the dis
tressing news that be was the real
survivor of the whalers who have
been imprisoned in the ice all the
winter. According to his story,
which is hardly credited among the
best informed whaling men, while the
whaling fleet was in the ice at Point
Barrow, the ships and ali the men
except one fell victims to the terrible
"pinching" of winter ice, which no
Arctic craft bnt the sturdy Framm
bas ever been able to withstand
The letter came from Pfaif, of Fog
Lake, deals principally with business
matters, aud mentions only as an
incident the alleged loss of the whal
ers. No details are given, nor is
even mentioned the name of the sup?
posed survivor, who is said to have
carried the news to the outside world
According to the letter, the survi
vor reached Afognak in a small sloop,
in which he crossed Sheikikoff Straits
from Portige Bay to Afognak. Whal
ing men and others familiar with the
Arctic place little fa th in this letter,
but the fact that PUff, the writer, is
in a responsible position is consider?
ed reliable, ?le is well acquainted
with the conditions in the far North,
making those interested in the wel?
fare of the whalers not a little anx?
ious
Two whalers from the fleet, Mate
Tild?n and one Walker, brought
down detailed accounts of conditions
at Point Barrow about six weeks ago.
Both stated that every vessel in the
fleet was in a safe position, and that
there would be no difficulty in get?
ting out when the ice broke In the
light of the statements of these two
experienced whalers, the story of
wholesale destruction seems impro?
bable, if not impossible.
It is surmised that the story may
have grown out of something said by
Mate Tild?n when he passed through
Afognak. Tild?n it first refused to
talk about the whaling fleet unless
weil paid, and it is possible his silence
was misconstrued oy the Afognak
people who were compelled to guess
at the nature of the news he carried
Pfaffak's letter a so announces the
I068 of the schooner Alexandria,
which sailed from San Francisco for
Ounalaeka, February 5, carrying sup
plies for the North American Bering
Sea Company . She was commanded
by Captain Avery &nd had a crew of
six men.
There Was no Naval Battle.
The Story Pufcdished Tester
day Wholly Unfounded.
Washington, May 22 -The rumors
of a great naval battle, current last
night, were disposod of by the navy
department early to day, in the fol
lowing official bulletin :
"No troth in the published state?
ment concerning an engagement off
St Nicholas Mole, Haiti, in which 12
ships were suDk "
This was posted uot oniy for gen
era! information, bst also to quiet the
alarm among relatives and friends of
those on board tbe American ships.
As a rule, the department adopts
cautious phraseology of stating that
no official information has been re
ceived, but to nuke assurance dou
bly sure in this case, the department
declared lhere wus no truth in the
reports Tbis indicates that the official
information is such as to warrant the
statement that the American and
Spanish squadrons have not met
TROUBLE IN RICHMOND.
Richmond, May 20 -There was
great excitement at Camp Lee tonight.
Oo the outskirts of the camp a negro
became very abusive to a scanil white
boy and started to ?trike him. A sol
dier interfered, some of the negroes
companions gathered, and a comber of
soldiers came to the rescue of theircom
rade The negroes fled to a stable, bnt
not cntil thf-re bad been a stone battle
and were r'oilowed by the soldiers, who
attacked the stable In the attempt to
force at entrance shots were exchanged
Finally one r.egro was captured and
taken to camp and would probably bave
beeo ioughiy handled if come of the
officers had uot interfered and proteoted
him with drawn swords. Liter be was
brought to tbe city under heavy guard
and lodged io one of the station houses
It was reported that another negro
bad been terribly beaten and left in
ao unconscious condition in the stable,
but this could not bs verified. Nor did
careful investigation verify a rumor
that got out tn the ciry thar a negro
had been lynched Af a late hour all
waR q.jiot. at camp and the offia^rs were
dispined to treat thc whole matter very
lightly.
Fayetteville, Ark , May 22 -The
tornado which passed through a por?
tion of Northwest Arkansas Friday
night did immense damage to proper?
ty and caused the death of at least
seven people.
The Volunteer Army.
States Behind in Their Quota
Will Not be Indulged
Much Longer.
Washington, May 20.-At 10:30
o'clock to night it was announced at the
adjutant general's office that 104,000
volunteers" had been mastered into
tbs Uoited States army. It is expect?
ed tbat from DOW until the remainder
of the 125,000 men called for have
been mastered the work will proceed
very slowly, lt is problematical
whether the government will wait the
slow motion of the States. Tbe proba?
bility is that if mastering of tbe re?
quired quota ia not completed by the
?rst of next creek, the cali, so far as the
delinquent States are coo cern ed, will be
cancelled and volunteers will be accept*
from other States.
Telegrams were received from North
Carolina this evening indicating seri?
ons difficulty in organizing the neoes
sary troops in that State. Many of the
examioiug boards aod ibe mustering of?
ficers will have great difficulty in filling
the Slate's quata.
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Philippine Revenues to be
Collected by the United
States.
1 Washington, May 22 -Io anticipa?
tion of the early occupation of the
Philippine blands by the military and
naval forces of the Uoited States, the
treasury department has already be?
gun the formulation of regulations and
a scheme of customs tariff which wi!j
be collected by the military authori?
ties and urned into the treasury of
the Uoited States as a "military con?
tribution." That the President has au?
thority to oolleot the Philippine reve?
nues under existing conditions is not
a matter of doubt. It was several
ti tn es done during tbe last war with
Mexico, and thc authority of tbe gov
ernment io the premises was sustained
by decisions of the supreme court.
The court, in a case w?ich grew out
the capture and occupation of San
Francisco and ali tho upper part of
the State of California by the Uoited
States troops, held that the President,
under the constitution, as commander
in-chief of the army and navy, had a
right to exercise the belligerent right
of a conqueror and to impose duties
on import? as a military contribution
for tbe support of the army
This view was the view held by tbe
court io another case, where it was
also decided that the capture cf Tam?
pico, Mexico, by the Uoited States,
forces, though sufficient to cause it to
be regarded by other nations as part
of our terrritory, did not make, in fact
a part of the United States7 under our
constitution. "It remained/7 said the
court, "a foreign oouotry within the
revenue laws of the Uoited States.
The tariff rates now being prepared
by the treasury department will close?
ly follow the Spanish easterns laws io
force io the Philippines. Just what
reveoue they produced is not known,
but tbe assumption is that inasmuch
as the home government realized from
them tast year approximately nioe mil
lion dollar*?, the actual amount collect?
ed was ?18 000.000
The government will assume control
of tbe reveoue as 8ooa as thc principal
seaports are in our possession, and
will continue to control them at least
until Congress takes specific action in
tire case or until peace has been de?
clared between tbe two countries.
An Anglo Japanese Alliance.
London, May 23 -The Vienna
correspondent of the Daily Tele
graph, says : Confirmation is given
in well informed quarters in Vienna
to the rumor that friendly advances
made by England to Japan have
already attained a tangible result. It
is believed that au Anglo-Japanese
understanding has been reached,
which not only comprehends all even?
tualities which can occur in the East,
but also contemplates all the conse?
quences that might result in the
course of the Hispano-American war
The understanding establishes a sort
ot Asiatic balance of power.
Cubans Coming to Coast.
New York, May 23 -A Key West
special says :
The Cubans are fighting their way
tn the coast, where they will join
with our forces of invasion.
Three hundred Cubans engaged a ,
squad of Spanish cavalry on Thurs
day 15 miles west of Matanzas. The
battle W88 fiercely waged in eight of
the ships on that blockade station,
and the Spaniards were forced to re?
treat.
The Cubans are pushing rapidly to
the coast to join with our landing
troops !
London, May 24.--The Daily. |
Chronicle commenting on a dispatch
from its correspondent at Kingston, i
Jamaica, who says that England has
thrown eighteen months supplies into
Jamaica, where all the officers have
had their leave withdrawn' asks if i
England is going to take a hand in
the Hispano American war, and ?
couples its correspondent's* report
with the rumor current in Liverpool j
yesterday that France is trying to
buy the Canaries for $30,000,000. i
Waiting on Result in Cu?
ban Waters.
Twenty-One Transports are at
Port Tampa.
Tampa, Fla., May 22-The Red
Cross ship State of Texas with Miss
Clara Barton, representative of the
National Red Cross Association of
America, and a corps of surgeons and
trained nurses arrived at Port Tampa
from Key West to-day and cast anchor
near the gunboat Helena The vessel,
which is fully fitted up fer hospital pur?
poses and carries supplies enough for
tbe equipment of several Red Cross
stations will, ic is said, follow the fleet
of transports into Cuban waters.
Io speaking of the Red Cross work
in Cuba, Miss Barton said to-day that
she had received assurances from the
highest Spanish official sources that her
hospital at Serro and her headquarters
were being carefully guarded and that
the Red Croso supplies left there were
being put to :beir intended uses. In
the hospital at Serro, where 60 children
are beiog cared far where Miss Bar?
ton left the island, there were now 160
children receiving medical attention.
"Gen. Blanco himself belongs to the
Red Cross society of Spain/' said Miss
Bartoo, "and I am confident that the
Red Cross work io Cuba will not be in?
terfered with.'' Mise Barton left for
Washington to night.
SUPPOSED SPY ARRESTED.
J. Gaste ll i,u os, a young mao who ar?
rived from Key West about three
weeks ago and who registered at the
Palmetto hotel as from New York, was
arrested to-day by order of Gen. S bai?
ter as a suspected spy. Gastellanos bas
been watched for two weeks. He was
plentifully supplied with money from
some mysterious source. Gaetelanos
wrote as acaoy as 100 letters a day and
this aod the discovery that he was trav?
eling under an assumed name resulted
in bis arrest to day. The case will be
thoroughly investigated
WAITING ON THE NAVAL
FIGHT.
Everything waits on news from the
American and Spanish fleets When
the loog-looked-for and long-hoped-for
meeting between Admirals Sampson
and Oervera takes place (and military
officers do not for a moment question
the result) it is the general belief that
orders will be given to put the army
on board the transports at once.
Should the original plan be carried out
of sending regular troops on the first
expedition, the fleet of transports at
Port Tampa is amply sufficient for chat
purpose.
TWENTY ONE TRANSPORTS
READY.
With the arrival to day of the Iro?
quois, Santiago and Cherokee, 21
transports are cow at the pier, every
one fitted out and ready for the em?
barkation. Tbese ships will easily ac?
commodate between 15,000 and 16,
000 men, somewhat over the total oum
bsr of regular troops in camp herc
It is thought that 36 hours after orders
are issued to embark, every man, horse
and pound of supplies can be placed on
board tbe vessels in waiting
FIRST BRIGADE OF VOLUN?
TEERS
The first provisional brigade of vol
auieert? has been formed lc consists
of tbs Tbirty-srcood Michigan. Third
aod Fifth Ohio and SecODd Georgia
regiments, with Brig. Gen Hawkins
formerly colooel of the Twentieth
United States, in command. All of
these regiments are in camp at Pal?
metto Beach
DEATH OP GENERAL
DUNOVANT.
General Dunovant, a veteran of two
wars, died OB the 12th instant at his
borne in Edgefield in the 78ih year of
his age. Many of our old soldiers wiii
remember him as the first colonel of
the Twelfth regiment of S C. V , in
1861 The men who made South Car?
olina history are passing away.
St. Pierre, Martinique, May 22.
Admiral Oervera's squadron, it is re?
ported on good authority, will re?
turn to these waters to coal It is?
known that a number of Spanish col?
liers are on their way to Fort de
France The British steamer Twick?
enham, having been refused the priv?
ilege of coaling the Spanish torpedo
boat destroyer Terror and the hospit?
al ship Alicante iu the Fort de France
harbor, it is thought the vessels will
coal from ber at sea. and that she
will then go to meet Admiral Cerve
ra's squadron for the same purpose.
The Twickenham carried 4,000 tons
of coal
Successful Physicians,
We heartily recommend Dr. Hathaway ? ."
of B Broad St., Atlant?, Ga., aa bv?i? ?>?r
fectly reliable and remarkably succ?s? f-.i ti .
treatment cf chronic diseases of men ar o wusser
They cure when others fail. Oar reade \s xi i.;
need of medical help should certainly writ
these eminent doctors and you will receive a fr-**
ind expert opinion of roar case by return aw .
without cost.
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