The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, June 23, 1898, Page 1

Increasing cloudiness tonight Fritay showers and warmer, | VOLUME f1—NUMBER 241 (Weer .88e DELICIOUS - FOUNTAN DRINKS! Creams, Ices and Lemonades, at SOULES _DRUG STORE! Open all night a ~~ @oods delivered. Telephone 318, Washington, June 23.—An inter- esting di tic question has been to the attention of the presi- dent and Secretary of State Day by Hartzell of the Methodist eburch. He is bishop for Africa and bis mission is to present an appeal on be- wh half of the republic of Liberia for an $y 53 American protectorate If the republic cannot get a joint protectorate, it will seek such pro- tection trom either the United States or Great Britain. The object of the Liberians is to secure support in the dealings with their neighbor COMMANDER SUCCUMBS. Sertppe-McKae Service Washington, D, C., June 23 Another commanding officer of a naval vessel engaged in operations in West Indian waters has broken down on account of the continued heat and strain. He is commander Joba F. of the gunboat Machias, Merry Gommander William W. Mead bas been assigned to the command of the Machias. SAMPSON’S DAUGHTER TO WED. Scripps McRae Service San Francisco, Cal., June 23.— Heary Harrison Scott and Miss Olive Farrington Sampson, the eldest un- married daughter of Rear Admiral Sampson, are to be married in No- vember, Scott is manager of the Jargest coal compan. aliforoia. SHE WON'T ABDICATE. Madrid, June 25.—The press of the city protests that there is no foun- dation for the reports coming from foreign sources, that it is the inten- tion of the Quen Regent to abdicate, At Ms semi-officially declared that her majesty is determined to unflinchingiy carry out the duties of her position. The government has no news of the expected attack on Santiago, but en- tire confidence is felt in the ability of 4Jen. Linares and Gen. Pareja to meet the emergency. It is reported that great enthusiasm prevails among @ the troops and citizens of Santiago. GOES AS INTERPRETER. Washington, Jane 23.—The Rev. W. H. Powell, of Tennessee, who has been a missionary from the Bap- tist church to Mexico for s number ‘of years, bas been commissioned by the war department as an official in- — to accompany the army to Cube.| ‘The appointment was secured for _ Dr. Powell by Representative Rich- ardson, at the request of the board of foreign missions of the Baptist church. The church had deciled to transfer Dr. Powell from Mexico to Cuba, but such s transfer at this time would be difficult and danger- ous for s private individual, so the church decided to ask an sppoint- _ ment. PER CAPITA MORE. Frankfort, Ky., June 23,—Super- intendent of Public Instruction Dav- W@W ideon has been delayed in making up the common school per capita by rea son _ the Louisville census just 8 it will be more than $2.20. Telephone 29 for'a load of manor ptawawoud, Awarded Highest Honors—World's Fair. Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. ‘DR D PADUCAH, KENTUCKY THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1898, NEWS, OF ¢ CBA. SHAFTER LANDS Havana Knows That the American Army The Whole Asset ‘hdr Is Now at Dar- Has Reached Santiago---Insurgent Sup- plies Seized by the Spaniards. | MADRID HAS AN OFFICAL CUBAN CABLE. The Landing ot Shafter's Army Progressing Rapidly Under Cover of Fire From Samp- son’s aaa Be Completed Today. TROUBLE IS EXPECTED IN THE SPANISH CORTES. Scripps-McRae Service. HAVANA, June 23.—The Spanish army is organized into four corps exclasive of the division holding the eastern trocha. Ten American warships are off Havana carrying on the blockade of the], “| harbor. A small Spanish vessel has seized a quantity of ammunition and stores left on the beach by the Americans for the insurgents. Advices from Santiago Lele forty-two American ships off Sigua, THE CABLE IS S STILL WORKING. Scripps-Mcltae Service. MADRID, June ‘The following dispatch, dated yesterday, was posted in the lobby of the chamber of deputies this mornin, SANTIAGO, June 22.—At daybreak it was observed that the fleet of American transports bad disappeared, but the rear guard was visible going southwest, the same as they did Tuesday, ‘Twenty-one vessels remain out- side the harbor mouth, including the ships that were here when Gauntanamo was attacked, DEMONSTRATIONS THREATENED, cripps-McRue Seryice, MADRID, June 23.—The republicans threaten a demonstration in the chamber of the cortes if the government attempts to close the cortes. The minister of foreign affairs, Senor Rio, conferred with the Russian and otber foreign ambassadors today, He also had a conference with Sa- gasta. It is believed peace negotiations are being considered. OFFICIAL SPANISH NEWS. Scripps-McRae Service. MADRID, Juve 23,—The government officially confirms the state- ment that the family of Governor-General Augusti, of the Philippine Islands, are prisoners of the insurgets, but discredits the report of the sur- render of the Spanixh columa under General Mone TO LEAVE MONDAY. \° onsequences, and all will probably over. Considerable excitement has been created as it The Third Deta nt Will Start for the Philippines on that day. can not be ascertained how the poison got in the well, Scripps: WeRue Service ' CORNELL WINS. Washington, D. C., The third ¢ ment of troops for} Is Victorious in the Great Inter the Philippin neduled to leave collegiate Beat Rhes. San Francisco next Monday, - Six thousand men will compose the | Scrpps McRae Service. expedition, going on board the Ohio, New London, Conn., June 23,— Indiana, Morgan City, Valencia, To the great intercollegiate boat race City of Para and Newport. here today between Cornell, Harvard The troops ought to be landed in|and Yale, Cornell won with Yale Manila before July 20. second. THE FRENCH AT MANILA. Sortppe: McRae Service Hong Kong, June 23,—The French cruisers Bayard, Vauban and Pas- call have joined the Freoch fleet at Manila. COMPULSORY SERVICE IN SPAIN Scripps McKae Service. Madrid, June 23.—Owing to the opposition of Senor Silvela, the con servative leader, the compulsory mil- June NO NEWS. Seripps M. Washington, June 2:,—No news has been received by the departments from Santiago since the report of the landing of the army of General Shaft- er. Itis not known what the plans of Shafter are. SPANISH FORCES. Washington, June 23.—The situa- , Fourth Kentucky, guira, Seventeen Miles East of Santiago. Seripps-Meltae Seryice, CHICAGO, June 23.—A special dispateh to the News says that short- ly after midnight (today) the landing of General Shafter's entire army was completed at Baiquiri. ‘The launches continue to remove the Spanish mines from the harbor. There is now no doubt but that the cable cus by the St. Louis yester- day was the last line connecting Cuba with the outside world, except the; cable running to Key West. The landing of troops at Daiguira, seventeen miles east of Santiago, has been in progress for two days, guns of the American fleet. ‘The vanguard was landed under the Scripps-Mckae Sexy ice. WASHINGTON, June 23, -The ceived a long report from General Shafter. All the troops have been landed. he hilis. One Cuban was hurt by the explosion 6f an American shell ; w Matera this afternoon re- he was up No resistance was made to the |inding, General Shafter is now landing his siege guns, horses und other Leavy supplies, Five thousand Cuban soldiers are around Santiago. A-HOT ROAST Given the Spanish Cabinet by the Editor of the Her- aldo Today. Says the Cabinet Is Responsible | For Cervera’s Condition-- Would Have a Dictatorship, Scripps MeRae Service. Madrid, June 23.—Senor Caneljas, the editor of the Heraldo, in today’s issue violently attacks the govern- ment. He says the government is responsible for sending Admiral Cer- vera to Santiago, and declares that the fleet was not supplied with the necessary ammunition, stores, coal, etc, The only plan to pursue, he says, is to close the cortes and sus- pend the constitutional guarantee. COLSON’S REGIMENT. ThetjFe Kentucky May Be Mobilized This Week at Louisville, Special to the Sup. Louisville, Ky., June —It seems now almost certain that the Col. D. G. Col- son's regiment, will be mobilized in this city this week. IT IS VALID. So the Court Holds the Bronston Prison Commission Law, Spocial to the Sun. Frankfort, June 23,—The court of appeals today handed down a deci- sion declaring valid the Bronston commission law, Judge Durelle of Louisville dissenting. A JUST SENTENCE. Scripps- McRae Service. Long Island, N. Y., Martin Thorn, the murderer of Gul- densuppe, was today sentenced to be the week beginning June electrocuted August. Mr. Andrew Weil, Jr., has been this day appointed manager of our tion at Santiago be as follows: Cuban couriers tell of the advance of Pando's army with 15,000 season- seems to itary service bill will not be passed by the cortes at the present session, THE BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS. Scripps McRae Service, Norfolk, Va., June 28, -— The cruiser Newark left Cape Henry yes- terday, going in a southeasterly di- rection. The first-class battleship Illinois will be launched about Sep- tember 15 ed troops in command, These men are nearly all from the best forces at Havana, and have just been taken across the island to rein- force and strengthen the Spanish for a desperate resistance when the Americans attack Santiago. The best information through Cu- ban spies is that Linares has nearly 40,000 soldiers with him at and arouud Santiago in all branches, ‘There are 12,000 in the Spanish infantry at Guantanamo. However, they are practically cut off from Santiago, Shafter’s after consulting with Sampson aud Garcia, was to prevent Pando joining Linares. We have 17,000 of our own men and 4,000 Cubans to do this with. ‘A BIG FIRE. Scrippe-McRae Servic» Lincoln, Neb., June 23,—The Fitzgerald block, the finest in the business district of this city, burned last might, The loss will reach $200,- 000. idea, OFF FOR TAMPA. Yerippe-MeRae Service. Norfolk, June 2 —Two additional Paducah branch, vice J. H. Pieper, deceased Annes June 23, 18 A YOUTHFUL COUPLE, Busou Brewine A 23) This morning a youthful couple came in from the country to be mar~ ried, They were George Howard, aged 16, und Susan Vaughan, aged 18, ‘They were accompanied by the father of both, and will be married today sometime, There will bean interesting case for trial in Jastive Settle’s court to- morrow. Itis against Mr. F. F, Gardner, of the county, for whipping a boy named Bruien, who has been living with them for the past two years. .He was taken out of the Baptist’s orphan home in Louisville, and claims to have been cruelly beaten. He came tothe city on a bicycle Monday bebind Rev. Penrod’s little son, who was staying out there, and became frightened at the alleged treatment of the boy, coming to town and bringing the boy with him. batteries of heavy artillery will leave for Tampa this week, They will probably g go to Porto } Rico. TWENTY PEOPLE POISON Scripps-MeRae Bervice. Norway Lake, Maine, June 2 60, 00 IN TEN DAYS. The Size That the vais at Chick amauga May Reach Sertpps Service Chattanooga, June 23.—The indi- 28.—| cations are that the army here will Twenty persons have been poisoned | reach sixty thousand men in the next Twenty-five hundred vol- by paris green, which was found in a|ten da well yesterday. Prompt discovery|unteers arrived yesterday and to- of the poison prevented any serious’ dry. The latter had large imprints on bis person, which he cluims were made by a whip. Mr, and Mrs, Gardener are prominent church members, and bave many friends who will take an Interest in the case, FUNERAL TCMORROW, The funeral of the late Miss Sar- gent will take place in the morning at i o’clock, burial at the Palestine cemetery. | | $151, 000, 000. The Amount 1 7 hos Far Sub- seribed by the People for the New Bonds. In Sums of $500 or Less—The Loan Is a Marvelous Success Above AILExpectations, Scripps: McRae Service. Washington, June 28 —Within a week bids for popular subscriptions to the new war bonds have been sent in to the amount of one hundred and fifty-seven million dollars in sums of five hundred dollars and less, This does not include the subscriptions amounts of over five hundred dollars. The success of the loan is unparal- leled. in OFF FOR DEWEY. Scripps McRae Service. San. Frencisco, June 23.—The monitor Monadnock and the cruiser Nero will sail at 1 o'clock today for Manila, The Nero has 6000 tons of coal, YUM! yuu Hobson the Hero Writes a Letter to His Best Girl. Tipps McRae Se Little Rock, Ark, June 23,—Lieut. Hobson has written a letter to his sweetheart in this city, Hobson says he is treated well by his captors. NEW MANAGER. Mr. Andy Weil, Jr, Appointed Local Manager For Anheuser- Buseh Association, Mr p in the here Andy Weil, Jr., bas been ap: ed by the Anheuser-Busch Brew sociation of St. Louis, to take managemeat of their business 1a the placeof Mr, J. H. Peiper, ased. Mr, Weil has been con- nected with the branch house here for several months as bookkeeper and has a thorough knowledge of the bus- iness. No better appointment could have been made, as Mr. Weil is a good business man in every respect. Good Bye Old Headache If you use our Good Bye Head- ache Powders—4 doses, 10c. J.D, BACON & CO, PHARMACISTS Gold Fish Agents, Seventh and Jackson ACCURACY rescriptions able to thore recarious health. as well iat who values his repatation 3 ‘exact. ph We use nothing but the drngs, and we compound physicia Viows iu the most careful aud exact manuer, DRUG STORE TH Be BROADWAY, Io citliay COMPLETE RUIN Stares Spain in the Face if the War Is Pro- longed---It Means the Total Loss of Her Territories. THE MONARCHY WILL BE OVERTHROWN. A Rumor Frightens the City of Cadiz—Thought the American Fleet Was Coming—Spanish Cortes the Scene of Demonstrations, |CRISIS IN SPANISH AFFAIRS SEVERELY THREATENE Scripps-McRae Service. PARIS, June 23—-The Madrid correspondent of the Temps sends a statement by a leading conservative politician that peace has become an ab- solute necessity for Spain; that a continuance of the war under the present | i conditions means the sheer ruin of Spain, and her whole colonial empire will be irretrievably lost ; that by longer continuing the war the government will commit and unpardonable crime against the country. Peace is the only means of preserving the monarchy, of averting a civil war and the appalling ruin which now stares Spain in the ee THE SPANIARDS GETTING FRIGHTENED. Beripps-Mcktae § Service. CADIZ, June 23—This city was the scene of an anti-British demon- stration yesterday as the result of the apprehension that the Americans in- tend to bombard Cadiz and other Spanish ports. The immediate fear was caused by the arrival of a merchant vessel which reported that it had been chased by an American warship in the English channel. A MEMENTO OF THE BATTLE OF MANILA. Scripps-McRae Service. CHICAGO, June 23—Senator Mason has received a Spanish flag eap- tured at Cavite on May 1 by Admiral Dewey. It was sent to him as a token of the high esteem of the ship's company on the Olympia for his pa- triotic utterances in congress. MILES MAY GO TO SANTIAGO. Scripps-McRae McRae Seryice. NEW YORK, June 23.—A Washington special to the World says that Miles may go to Santiago and take command of the American army now there. SEEKING A NEW CAMP SITE. Scripps-McRae Servize KEY WEST, Jane 23,—Major Daly, the surgeon of General Miles’ staff, is bere seeking a place to locate a camp for fifteen thousand men. He has also inspected the country about Mobile, Fernandina and Miami, Itis supposed that he is seeking a suitable camp for the reserve force: GROVER PLEASES ENGLAND. Seripps-McRae § Service, LONDON, June 23.—The Globe today approves the opposition of ex= President Grover Cleveland to the policy ef expansion of American terri- tory. The Globe says that the traditions of Washington diplomacy show tiat the Ameriean government is incapable of studying the interests and the prejudices of other powers. TEN CENTS A WEKK Nor BY S SPANISH. Waahttigti8i June 23 —Surgeon |General Van Reypen, of the navy, has received full reports from the surgeon with Admiral Sampson’s fleet, who cared for the dead and wounded participants in the Guan- ianamo figit, Their important feat- ire is a definite statement that the corpses were not mutilated, but that the severe wounds attributed to mu- tilation were the result of a Mauser rifle ball. Reliable young man for office work who has some knowledge of book-keeping, Address in own hands writing, P.O, Box 326 23j2 Mesdames H. E, Elliott, J. J. Me Nish and S. W. Dobbs, of San Ber- nandino, Cal., arrived this morning on a visit to their parents, Mr. and Mrs, G, W. Robertson. Fruit jar rabbers at Hank Bros. & Jones Mayor Lang today received from the committee on reception an invi- tation to the Second annual conven- tion of the League of American Ma- 8, Which will be in session tfrom August Ist te 2d. The mayor and council are invited to attend. | od sealing wax 2253 Bros, & Jones’, HERE'S TO THE AMERICAN NAVY! In a glass of good old Broox Hin. You couldn't toast it in anything bet- ter, and nothing is too good to toast it in, for it has done us proud! Here goes? If you haven’t any Brook Hitt in the house, don’t miss laying in some for future victories, or for sudden illness, colds, internal com- plaints, or as an invigorator, You can’t beat it! 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