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B*? _*__..???* -S.T40. NEW-YORK. \Vi;i)Ni:ST)AY. MARCH IB. 1898.-FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS. PHEEHA1S NOT YET POT DOWN , Mss-rma eSx?> ?" "IS rXKM,KS ' ' cArrciti- hy jMrtTM* PK-UBD cMESR'l B-CR-TARl !__?* a M~. uaiunafl r~10_ thi: BOM that a new ,__?**_- WlU- atABtB KO DIf~?lS2?Ci IX THF. DMTRICTi fAlB0XAQ?w TliR -Kl atEJtt" HO?D A gPCOXD M11KT1N'-. i V TlIFlll OWN The uppB-airla of John C. BheehaB aa leader o* ihe Tammany or~mnlaa?loB l? tha IXth Aa gtmbly Dtattici w.>ro forolbly convlnced laat Ugrnt thai '- partlea ean plaj at the game of poUtlca when they found that what thay had pls.ni-.ed to ba an antl-Sheehnn nteettay had pent coBvartad mto an out-and-out B* IctaonatratloB by tha Bhrawd tactlca oi the leader's frler.ds. The meeting. whlch WBS BS : ln tha roomg of tba Peqnod Club, at Twenty fifth-Pt and Elghth-VC. wa* ralled by Thorr.as - Carroll oaa of tha aacretariaa of the Oea erai CommtttM 'if tho dlatrlct, for the pui cf eooaidertng the adrlaablllty of eelecttig ? merobar of ihe Tausunany Exaeutl-e Ccenmtttee ir. plaea of Mr. Bhaahan. wbo, it waa all< ? -.vas not baaklag m lha eonfldence of the leedera of the partv Thls actlon was taken i" tha eb aanoa of the chairman of the commlt., Barnard Courtnar aa ardanl Bheeban iupporter. The rrlenda of tba laadar howe*"-. B~ira on tha alert and a telegram waa Bant to Mr. Courtney urg ing hlm 10 return home, whieh ha dld on SUB day. A hastv irlnr.ee Bt the sltuatlon eon \.need Mr. courtney that Mr. Bwtbia'i laadarahlp wa? ta Jeopardy, so ba took thr otfei-lve at o?ea, and ita led a caE f< ? a tneetlng of the organlaatlon hcM laal nlght at T;r,<> o'eloek, a half hour earlier than tha meeting ealled by Mr Carroll M hahalf of tha antl-Bheeha_M?_. When the -Kickn-s." as they are ealled ta the dlatrlrt, reached the elubho i a laal nighi they found the room paek-d with th- adir.lrera of the preaent leader, and Mr. Courtr.ey fffltag the ehalr ta every aenee of tbe term. When the meeting was ralled to order the an gravelj announced that ihe only bual ncfj to be eonaldered wns tha "paymenj of duna ar.d the mat*-.- of i.itronage." A motioi to dlapenae wlth the rollcall. hi wevar, proved that there were thofrt preaent wbo ha.l other bual ptao on hai a Jamea MeCate. an antl-Shvehaa mar.. ptOteated agalnat tbe motlon, intimating that lt araa rr""' thai the meeting had leen paeked hy Mr. Bheeban'a frlewda. No attentlon was pald to McCabe'a remarke, however, nnd Ooaadlma- Frank J. Ooodwln obtalned the floor to explatn why the dlatrlCt had not ob? talned more petronag*. He had been delepated. he aaM, by Mr. Bheehaa to loob altar tho pat ronape. and he had every reaeon 10 betteve that the dlatrlct would get its ahare. THE FAITHKl'L SHOULD BE REWARDED. Mr. QoodwlB had hardly taken his seat when John H. Conway Jumped to hla feet and de? clared that he underatood that there were ru mors afloat to the effeet that the dlatrlct wns to le dlBCrlmlnated against as long as Mr. Sheehan r?ma1ned the leader. These rumors. he sald. had enianated from the fountain-hcad of Tammany Hall. Richard Croker, and he felt that somethlng should be dona to get places for the faithfu! workers. This deolaration brought forth a Btorm of ajJiOiauhu fron. the few anti-Sheehan men who had heen able tO get liuo the hall, and when, a moment later. Thomaa F. Smlth. Mr. Croker's prlvate aecretary, aroaa, the "kickers" fi-lt that they were to be sustained bf a pronunoiamento from the Boaa. Never were men more taken aback, however. f r Mr. Smlth's flrst wordfl were a sign that the leaier of Tammany Hall had determlned to take no side in the controversy. "Inasmuch as Mr. Croker's name has been mentloned," Mr. S.uith said, "I would like to sav that Mr. Croker never entertalned any aueh ser.'.iments as have i,(-en expreeaed by th--gentle man who preeeded me. He wanta It underatood ar.d he authorlaee me to say that thla dlatrlct has n.-t i.een and will not be dlacrimlnated against ln the matter of patronage. Any rumors t" the effeet that thls dlatrlct has not got patronage becauae John C Bheehaa is the leader ar. unfounded. He WlShea me to deny. wherever l near tbe matter dla luaaed and his nan.e mvPtloned tn oonnectloti with it. that he has evir. dlrectly or Indlrectly, aanctioned any Buch movement. He further states that it ls pot his desire, nor la lt hla practlec, to meddle arlth affairs of any dlatrlct lf the members of any General Commlttee of any dlatrlct in the clty feel that they have a grievance against ar,v of their ofllcera, elther executive or other arlae, the plaee for setll'.ng it is in the General Commlttee of the dlatrlct Itaelf, and the Tam many Ha1'. organlaatlon will not allow itself to he a partv to s*y tat< rfi rence ln dlaputea of the kind H>' bellevea in th.- appllcatloa <-f h-me rule prlncii'l*-'! ir. dlatli ta. He also authorizes me ti. say tha; r.o matter what ebangea mlght be eontempiated, (>r what leader you mlght bave ntemplatlon, no one would get any more recofnltlon than John C. iheehan." CR-XM '""l; rnoKV.li> DBCLARATION. Thls declarati'-'ri from Mr. Cr"ker was freeted wlth ehearfl by the Sh-ehan men, and a moment later Benator Munxtag*? moved the adjourn ment of the meetlm?. A storm of "ayes." coup led Wlth < h<- ra (01 Mr. Croker and Mr. Sheehan. was the reply 10 the chairman's Btatemeni of the question. and the meeting ende-1 wiihout the '?';'J::ylr^.i;dIed of th- ?klckdr-" hurnad over to Bhady'8 Hot-l. not even taking tim-; to patronlae the bar, which la far tbe most proml Bent par; of that reaort, The lndignati.?? of the iml-Sheehanltea galned ln etrength aa1 tney pppnoached their new meetlng-place, and by tne ttoJ they reacht II the, -ere at wh e h.^ On rea.hinu Ihe room -here tho meeting ?a.s tVr^held'aibbona took the floor. and after denounclng Mr. Bhechan ln lanfuaBe that waa Snuwammatlcal ^ lt waa -'i-ai-^n ary. %_ I al m*awVka\nf T l | g MI,( .i I ' ' l\ .S (' H<1 ll " rr_n Mr. McCabS followlng ln tW JaMHOt Glbbona, alao made a Her-"- it?yv on Mr. Bheehan. inqulrlng dramatlcaUy what fonwth and Blfhth ar... S'lntb avea had recelved at ihe haada of tbe admtalatratlon, A .-i.oius of "Vr.fh'n^" wa^ the reoly, which ahowed a a~e*t ?SSmlfyoV.!i,r.K'.n theper. of thoaa xtho ..,.-? .,-itj ??? h( rina Mefabf tben wenl on to prove ihat Mr Bhechan waa responalbl* for the Sondltton of affalrg ta the ?i'^k-t .. ,,,.,,,. M a reward for hla enerrj ln Uadl 1 the 1 volt, waa aaade aecreury. thua pb ,,: inother eicuae for attacklnB the leader Jajnea firVeerlng, who la a heavywel~ht in th.* opnoM,.,; rollowed wlth a s,.e..ii whlch^waa J-JSSIS ta profaalty ihat H ebocked hla hear atVP_id !i ? McOoldrl --. of iba OeneraJ Commlttee. and aa arda ??fiier ci-t of Mr Bhechan. advlaed the "ktckera to go r? ??? S :r work ln an orderly manner There _ Lu ,nf. li'lng to d... he aald, and tbat waa ri-rke \r r-a:'"'r ?.'?*? ? ' Tammany E? - lustl". would be rlon< to all *'r _tc?i mm demeanor exaaparated V-.;;,.V'. ; -used McO bavlng ^;eri in Peauod Club meetlna ln the fnier,-t cf Mr st.* oari! an aecuaatlon whieh was nelther aen<e.l n.ii" c jpflrineil. , _ , P on - nv ? 1 attacka or th- Que. n'a Bng U.h 1 ' : Third C mmandment tt reaolutlon SSaSo-tedcalllni-forMr Shaehai a -;?'" tion and the e? 1 t ? :. in hlfl ? ? - . n< n.?a _T__e|%- and the appolntraent ol .4 comrolt ???'?./? ?in_ to i". before thi Tammany Kxecu feUSttV-aS m.1.1 on the ebajre. Th. eommlttee appolnted 10 '""% "-.r^.vM;.j^ ^ S ThomM ]? CarroJI, Wllltam IV NeUon, Kdward Cody, .lames Daly and Joaeph M I.; aid. Anothel commltl - of Hva ivaa W*?** to aecure permaneni he*\d-ua~trra and njak arrangem-nts for 1 ?? >w dlatriet organlaaUon, a:.d |be :;. etlog adjouraad, .-w~ y.iiltMN'.';, SOOM AXD KIOHT rou may leeva Grand Central -taUop for the \V-at tn on? of the ?r?a7 tnroiiKh tiali.8 cf the New __orfc Central-Juatly atyled "Amerleo s Greau tt ?rlliri'f"? *i 1"* DR. MAXWELL ELECTED. PROMOTED TO THE CITY 8CHOOD SUPER INTENDENCT. he is now m.Rorr.H prrF.RiNTENur.NT of imOORl.YS HFl i'.KTS El.EYEN OF THB nineteen votes t* thk hoahp iiF KntTATluN. Dr. AVIlilam H. Mawvell, DoroQgH Superin tender.t of Schools in Brooklyn. was yesterday elected Clty Superintendent of Schoola by tba j Board of BdOCBtlOB. whlch recelved thvouj-h it" , spfoiai eommlttea offletal notMlcatlon of the ro fu ?i of Presldent Aadrew B. Draner. of 19* \ Tnlverslty of Illir.oiE. tO accept tke place. Dr. Maxwell araa not tn- only candldate plaeed ln nomlnatlon for the offlce. the othera betog Keih T. Btewmrt, a former BrooUya acl??l ofncial and Aaa late Huperintendent in Manhat tan and Dr. Walter Oannlaon, prinetpal of tha EraamtU Hall Hlgh ?chool. in Rrooklyn. The vou- atood: Maxwell, 11 i BUrwart 6; ounni- | aon, 2. after mtirh routlne bualneaa wa? traneacted t? electlon of the Bupertntendent araa taken up, Firai came the repori of Prealdent Hubbell and Mr AfBT. who wem to Dr. Draper*B home al C*hampalgo IH. but were ??*?? W P^suad hlm to accept 'he electlon conferred on him at the Board*.-! iMt meetlng. Dr. Drapei- Ravr aa reaaoa for his rcfu.nl that ho had aaaumed obllgattona toward the Unlveralty that he could not aerer. Vlce-Fteeldent Bwanatrorr. in a te* mlnute Bpecch then nomir.ated Dr. Ilaawell. ??Ho is the hlgheet ty.n.- of a pubUi o?eer i ever know of," aald Mr. Suansirom. "He Haa th? courage Of hls convlctlnna. He ia a ro former. yet percelvea lha belance between the practlcal and the ImiaractlcaL Ha haa been called a faddlet, but those who do not belleve that hlgh s.hoois and Undergardena an- rada cannot belleve Mr Maxwell a faddiat H has _t.n Mld hJlB unpopuhu with B"?m Mch; era i answer that he poaaewe. th.- "?aiMl* i Sf tha btkb1 body of Broohljrn tearhera In < U.f an<1 BUpervlall, forces. ana. lt mignt ^4rn.Ee?-_St ln Meoudlnf the nomlna ti?r aald thal Dr. Maxwell was tb. man to ckriy St tb ? hlgh ideais for which the pteeeut ^ommlaaiiner Qwemmgb nomlnatad seth T. suw ,-'. and gav* a aketch of his awruan educator. Commlaakmer Rogara aeconded the nomlnatlon. , -. u'nitpr Commiaaloner Dresser nominaied Dr. walter c, n' i .1, nrinclpal of the Eraamua Hall Hlgh S2oU-t FluaWn,. Dfc~H? fg***g}m of thi' BchoolniaaterB* Club and of tbe rsen York Btate Teachera* Aaaoclatlon. Commla | aioner Thompaon aeconded Ihe nomlnatlOB. DR. UAXWWIAj'9 ADDRESS. After President Hubbell had announced that ! Dr Maxwe.' was elected City Superintcmlent ! the latter. who was present, delivered an acJ dreaa, in whlch he said: -if publlc edueation la to do its perfectjwork ! ror thla con.munlty, II muat b. the beetejaca i uon that modern clvlllaatlou afforde. To ??*?? : thla stindard we need not only the earneai ef 1 Srta of all the educatlcnal agendea under your . i.nir.i bil fhe hearty co-opejratlon;, the-M of the legialatlve bodlea-the Board of Rdueation and the Bchool Boarda; the prudence. honeaty JJd .ifl*.ance of the superv>..inK offleera. tbe akiU ? and enthualaam of the teaching forea. a ii toik I, * for a common purpoaa, all are needed. At tor myeelf. 1 need your symna'hy and suppor.. i need the aymnathy and aupport ol the 8chool I Bdarda. 1 need and Invlte ihe co-oi*ratlon of ?h. li.irouKh superintemients and prmclpaia. l n??4 ind invlte the co-operaUon of the cltlaena ' !; thi. Freat clty, to whom the publlc aeh<>ola i belona aiui who have the drepest Int'-iest ln ! Hr effir-iencv. I shall bea: qtiallfv your a-lon } davTf bBCOme the mean.4 of nnltln. all these I acencies for the uphuUdlng of a ayatem of pab STaSSla ttat ahall be eatistted arlth nothlwj but the bea* ln Ideal and ln practl-e. In thls ! way I hope to retaln your confidenre and de ' srrve your aupport." THE K?W PfPERINTENDENT'S CAREER. William H. Maxwel! waa born in Stewarts j town, County Tyrone, Ireland. In 1882. He re ! ceived his early edueation In a local natmr.al i achool, and later was praduated from Que-rs i olleae. Oaleray, and became a suh-master In j the Royal Aeademleal Instltutlon, Relfast. teach InB EnK'.lsh and the clas3lcs. In 1?74 he ob i tained the degree of lf. A. from the Queen'a ! Unlveralty, 1C_. Mr Maxwell came to Amerlca ln nii wnen be \vorke<l as a reporter on "The New-York Il^rald" and The Trlbune, and was manapine; editor for flve yeara of "The Rrooklyn Tlmea." In lt__ he was elected aaooclata supei Ini-nd i r-nt by the Broohlyn Board of Edueation. lvld i Ir.c thls poaltlon for flve yeara In 1ss>7 h" waa i elected auperlntend*nl aml re-electe,| four tlmes. At the cloae of the Board'a meetlng Dr. Max? well app'ated h.-fore BecTetary Palmer, of ;he Board of Edueation, and was sworii in. The Trlbune on Sunday last printed a portralt : and extended sketch of Dr. Maxwell. ATRLjETLC DI8PLAY AT PARIS. j or.OT-NPS PET ASIDE AT VINCBMN-i TO AFFORP AMFRICA OPPORTT'NITY TO MAKE A FINE BHOWINO Pari*. Marah _L?Themaa W. crinier. th* Bpeetal romtn!<?:nn?r of the I'nlteJ States to the Paris Bs poaltlon of 1900. and his eolleajjuee, visited lf. i Plcard. the Oeneral Comm!.-.slor.er of the Exiinsl ' tlon. to-day, and dlseussed Amerlcan representa ! tlon at the Exposltlon, eapeclally In reirar:) to th? ? athletle dlsplay. M. Plcard promlses that nothlm,' wnu'.d he nearlected to glve atbletlca, ln whleh the 1 t-r.'-iti?t Intereat ia tnken. the means of making a flne dlaplay He added that Rronnda for that pur > pose had been ?et asirla at VInr-ennea. YOX YBLTBBIB AX AMBRIOAJt. THE MAN WHO KII-I.ED BARNATO'R ttWF*** fiAID TO PI' KNOWN IM THIS CtTY. Jo^annosburK. Mareh IB? Von Voltholrn. the man who'shot nnd kllled Woolf Joel. the nepbew, part ner nnd more recently trustee of the estnte of thc lat. Himey Barnato ln h!a olHc- here yaaterday, when eharaed with the crlme raaid that he wns ari Amerlcan He is aald to be a former aoldler an.i to bave flgured In the New-Y.?rk newapaperi ln Sep tamber last._ OERMAN OFFLCE RS A88AULTED, CkTTAtn or rrsTOMS gi-arps rnosprs thf, rriNTiF.rt and Ifl nnivEN f.ack hv rBtBMCH workjii::; Nanry. March tt A Cermin capt?.in of C.istoma I Ouarda and one of his aubordlnatea ero?aed tha frontler < n Monday, a-ivam-inK flfteen rarda hryoml the boundar* Mna A bedjr of Praneb trorkmen at lampted to arreal tlie Oermana, one ef tho workmea ?triktna the fSerman oWcer w;tn o Mi'k The oflloer drew hlB .w n I, and er*.r.d bl. .ubordlnate to load hK rlfl. Both of thi- cuatoma om ers thi arlth drov.- ro the boundary, w,ifii they Btopped and con fronted Ihe Frenchmen, Tha affalr la being in , veetigated _ Nanoy la a town of Praace, capital of the T> _rtm_i of Meurtbe-et-Meaelle. altuatad ahout ihirty-'lv* mll*-. from Meta, and on the rallroad from P.'ir's te ?traaboffs. BONA wixs GOBLBT CUP AT 0ANNB8. ? annee, March tt?Tbe Duke ot Abntaafa yach* i Bona ? q, thi Ogden Ooelet Cup here to-day. eaB.hr ting a i> ClarkVa Mttnfu. ? WELL-KNOWN RBQKER i BUICIDE. London. Marcb tt?Wgat. Wenkhehn. n atock i,rr)kt-r and a -.n-il-known Boutb Afrtcar.i flnander, _nniited .uldde by haaglnj hlajaalf. ? - [NOTBEB DERYIBH POBT CAFTUBBB*. Landen, Marcb tt A ?epateb from Catro aaya that B det.n hment of frl-adly ratlvea from KBB aala baa eaptured another Deniab poat, Wwng twenty of :he ni.rmj. ? MOPSIaUMO IM U'A\ To-nlghf. Kv.nln, Pea. w... rom u,o, very b.ler eatlrifr Btory concernlr.K ?^Jxlf! ", ,,ow Cju.rn Vle I r0ftv^&e^WbVTw??dW "-.-Adv,. SPAIN WANTS MORE TIME. A BTATBMENT BBLISV-D TO ttEf-ECT THK VIBWfl OF THR CABIN-T. \v.\r. rnrrAHATioNs BT THI OTtTTBD tTATa SAir. to kf. PTDAWOBMMO THK ,-?* Of aitonomy BBHOH POMJ IH COWrEHEBCl WITH ABfltBT ANT IBCHBTART DAT Waahlngton, March 15.?A atatamenl whieh ls beltei .1 to reflecl eorrectly the eentlmenl of the spanish Cahinet in the preaeni emergency was made to-day by a man Intimat-ly aeeoctal rd vith Premler Bagasta and Beflor Moret, Mhiliter ot the Coloniee. n la not deaired to glve it the form of an offlctal utteranee, bul rather nn sx preaalon from ona whoae o~?port~nluea for m formatl n are complete .-n the rlewa rtnhnatlng ihe rullng authorHlea of Bpaln The Btatement i.-- as fullows "Tlie electlona in Cuba are aboul to oetur, | and the Government deairea them to be as free r.s poaatble. Naturally, however, the Ineutrec tlon nill prevenl many frun. votlng, and ii la felt alao thal renewed Inaurgeni actlvlty coming at such a moment mlght Jeopard?e the BUCceBetUl worklng out of tha autonomiet plan. Moreover, tbe attltude of the Unlted Btatea ta havtag * Bquadron bo near Cuba and the actlve war i rep arattone ta the Unlted Btatea nr.-1 f ;i nature tnat ; may exerl an tafluence agalaai a falr ixprea lon or publlc arlll nnder th i Mtcnomlet plan. u is thought tbal if the ITnlted Btatea were atncere ln its expreaaiona of fxleudablp t" Bpaln, even if lt thought that autonomy couid noi every expectation, it ahould by frlendly Bet* and not worda sh.-w thla aympathy wlth the llheral reglme Inaugurated ta Cuba. if ihe WaahlBg ton Oovernmenl made known Indlrectly to ;he Inaurgenta that ll meaal to have peace ta Cuba and that peace In Cuba may I"- had Wlth an autonosnlal Oovernmenl under Bpaln. the ii Bur rectlon would eertalnly dla out if later Ihe Weyler party wanted lo Interfere, tt would be time then for ;he rniied Btatea t.. take actlon, Ihat actlon would be then Justiliab'..*. Now i-i make war on Bpaln would be a crlme, ami f.-r that crlme to clvillsatton and buraantty ihe Unlted Siat.-s would ba re-ponalble.'' The foreg.iinp statenient wai called to Ihe attentlon of Beflor r.-i-> d>* Bernabe, the Bpanlah Mtalater, and his vlewa on ii were reojueeted, bul he maintalned ;i dlplomatlc reaerve, After read ln| h careful ly, he sald it appeared t" be glven by one thoroughly converaanl wlth ihe eltuation. This afternoon the Bpanlah Mlnlster -all l at th. Btate Department, and had a confereiN ? laatlng two houra \\ i t ii Aaalatant Becretary Day. It was the ii-,-: ? call of Beflor Polo purely for bualneaa purpoaea, the former calla having i-.een or' ceremony. The Mtalater carae away looklng hlghly gratlfled, bul he aak< d to be excuaed from Alacuaalna the purpoaea of h:s call There Is llttle doubt, however, that lt p"~nltted a full dlscuaalon of the preaent Bituatlon. CSBAL_Ofl NOT BPAIJTB AGEN'T. PltlBKM of BAOABT8 DENT THAT 1IF ~"HT~D THB PHKSIDEHT AT THE OOVXHB Mi:N"i".- in-.-t;.: v. IOX Madrld, ICareh U, Thi frlenda of Beflor Bagaata, the Spani'-ri Premler, di il Beflor J. M. Co* h.illos. tho general agent o-' thi Bpanlan r-ri^M atlantlc Bteamahlp Company al New Tork haa ?e Ited Presldeni M Klnley ai the Instlgatlon ol the Bpanlah Oovernment. It waa reported on Monday thal Beflor J M. Cebel loe, one of Bpaln's commlaalonera to negotlata a coramerdal treaty wlth tbe L'nltefl Btatea and ?en eral a??ent In N'en-Vork o.' tbe Bpanlah Trnnsa* lanUc Bte mshlp Company, had auaaaeted to Preaa* der.t McKlnley and to Baeretary Queegde, of tbe I *""iil?.in d'-!ep;it!on, ? new plan of autonomy for Cuba, pra-tleaiiy amountiiu to Independence, being m effeet that Bpaln ahould wltbdraw all her troopa from the island. tbereby leavttig the Inbabltanta free to form whatever kini el government they mlght eonslder sultable, Bpain only Inalatlng on a rfn:o;.> alleglanee lo the mother rountry. The Prealdent la aald to have Informed Beflor Cehalloa ihat h? couid noi take hla propositlon under conslderatlon untll he knea In whal helir lt v.*<>uld be regarded by the Insurgents The Pret d.-nt is ..: io i ild to have *uggi ited * i ? Ceballoa should vlsll the Cuban Junta nnd escer taln the aentlmenta of thal body or the subject, whlch apo*ars l i hava been subaequently done. Becretary Quesada, of the Junta, Is reported to have replled ihat, whlle Beflor Ceballoa misht speak wlth full authorlty for ihe Qi.n i . and Premler B he couid noi poesihly aaaume to speak rbr thi ' ortee whlch wfll ba choaen al the coming e|e. tion. sefior Ceballoa, in an Irilervlew prlnted thla morn? lng, denled thai he ba I ".i.-.l wlth ihe knowledge ot the Bagasta Mlnlstry, whlle Oeneral Bstrada Palma. the Cuban delegate, is quoted aa say Ing Ihat the Cubana will noi eonalder any propoaltion for a Bettli meni ol tl ? wnr, unl "as iT ir- baaed upon absolute Independence "f Cuba addlng thai they were wllllna to paj Bpaln for thi- an Indemnlty <>f not more than $100,000,000. EX-PRi:SlDl-:.N*T C-EVELAND. VIEW_ AT BDCH A TIMR A8 THIS EV?RT I.OYAT, CTTIZB" BHOULD St PrORT THP. r.nVi-UNMK.VT. Prlneeton, n*. J. Mareh IS.?A repreaentative of the Aaaodated Preaa called al Weatlaad, near Prlneeton, N. .T., the home of ex-Pre dem Grovi cieveinnd, to-day for the purpoae of obtalnlng an Intervlew wltb Mr. Cleveland nn the Malne affalr and tbe r--l.-iti.-tis between this eountry and Bpaln Mr. Clevelar. i al Brel d. ell.I to expresa i ny opln? lon. "I should only be mlsunderatood." he said, I have been res'lngnere quletly elnce leavlrg Waah? lngton and l do noi wlsh to aa* or do anythlng whlch mi y be construed In any way aa a rmpmeni U] i .:: ? affalra " |-ii.ili.-. however, Mr. Clevelan ' made thi- state me,t- "Though l huve no wlsh to be Intervlewed, .-. for me that, In common all i others, i thlnk every patrlotlc eitlaen ought ta loj ill port tne Oovernmenl durina a perlod o ti i the prese'it, no matter wbat exlgenclei may arls*. 1 will alao say thal I hope thai the preaeni dllfl cultlea wll be Bettli l wlth >ui bloodshed. lt l- pos ?Ible thai >l ? way on; wll'i be found eventualiy, and thai ilvre will Le r.o wnr" Mr. Cleveland ?ald h* preferred to re?erv* nll e,.-nmeiit? on the posslblc and probal I. oi I rome af tne Malne iffalr untll after tha publlcatlon of the report of the Board of Inqulry. -4) SPANISH POURB STH.f, "ai.i.ino Londoa, Marrh U.?B] ? I opaned on the Stock Exehanga to-day at 13%. ?* advaBee of '. over yeaterday's ckwlng price, i"t thej off to" :."-. Thev later strengtbened and elosi I 81 ;;\ a net los* of -4 from yeaterdaj Parla. Mai i h li 'l-^ ! '? Boui -? thii i Simnlsh 'i" were quoted ai ' '. They weakened ,.,; ,.r ,!,-. ,,,., i ing, nnd di rllned to 5SB-16. Later ...y recovered and cloaed al w, uncbanged from ih. eloslna i rl ?? i m l< laj Madrld March 15.?Bpanlah 4* were quoted on the Bourae h'ere to-day al 18, agalnat 7AM yeaterday, CBAMBEB8 OF ' OMMERCE MEET. A RHBOLtmOS a-iainst THB AB8J iBPTIOH Of i HINCSS Tl BHXTOHT BV BCROPEAM -OWERI 8rX)PT~D London. Mareh U The thlrty-elghth bbbbbI meeting of tbe Aaaeelatlon of Chambera of Com? merce of the fnitf.i Klngdom epened to-day al the Whltehall Rooma of th> Hotel Metropole, wlth the ,- Mr H Btafford X< rth te, B u . M. )'.. th praaideat. In lha ehalr. The meattofl will elooa on Thuraday "'"*'? ifter a lor.K dlacuaelon the followlng r*?-j titlon. latrodueed i-y Hn Wt ' iBdlan i immlaatea, of London, waa '?? t* ati I ?.,,,. thla i,.-*oeiation rlewa wlth r*rret tha ; pre^.?^!llrl,* depreaalaa In tha I WTeai Indlei 'and wlthoul egpreaalng any optoton on the auea ? 7ion* of augar bountiea .-r ihi meana to be taken MT counterbaUnc* their eftecta, truati thal Her _a?>Bty'B Oovernmenl will be abl. .. ?yra uatnetlc conalderatlon to ihe expreaaiona of oplnlon '<' na it.n.ii >'. . a rtad |n I8~, un.-i "04* aome of tba mea for rellevtag ibeaa eol : "'"The' followlng reaolutli n waa thaa adopt ed: ??Thnt thcee cbambefa regard th< .... irntlon ef Chlneae terrltory bj Ruaala, rrance or Qermany with areui - on. era. i Injurli ua to tba Intereat* ut Urtllah eommei ? - ? ? - thoae I'. wei isel ,.'....,..nn ? dutlei -ti. *ctlv<. counti ?,| tl-.-ir coloaiea nnd d.'i'in.l'-i. ?< ; ?].., t B rapreaantHtlon of thi* * i-w be r i.-:<? ta ... Prlme Mlnlatei by ileputatioa or .,ther?!.-. " NoTIUNC BQUAL TO IT Thera 1s aliaolutaiy noihlug t" ?Q4ial Ihe luxury ?i?r-olll -o-nfort of .i rlde 1" tween New-Tork l d Chlcayo .... th. new LAR- BHORE I.1MIT ri) " <t the New-Torll Oniral-Lake Shnre P.oule. The createit travtllcr* ntttst ita perftctlun CAdvt. EXCITEMENT DYING OUT. iroPTIT.ITIFS WTTH SPAIN A FAR-OFF* POSSIBILITY. THP AIiMINIrTnATION. HOWEVEE. roNTINITtB T<> POaH DSfSNCg rRErARATIONS WITH t'NAIlATED VMOR-niO DUAFTS MADE un thk ta&oaajaa nsn [r.T ti'.i.iv.r.Ai'ii T0 Tiir TBiaCWB.] Waahlngton. March 18.?Tha proloiiggtkm hy the Bampaon Board of Inqulry of ita investlsa tlons ln Havana Harbor and the certainty that r. repori un the cause. of th*. Maine dlsaster cannot reach Washinarton for several davs to c me have operated to golet to an appredebla extent the eadtemenl caused hy the Cnvern ment'a r-cent hurrled measures to strenxlhrn the Natlonal defencea These mearures ronttnue to ba pnahed as ylgorouaty aa ever. bat ihey D0 longer seem to polnt po <learly to an lmme dlate outbraak of hostiiities. a erlrtn i" ?*? n laiimis hctween thla eountry and Spaln may he precfpltatad al any mommt If further fri-"ton la cauaed by a dtoagreement over the eoneluaiona announced In lha gampeon Beard'a report. But Um Presldent and hla advisera Btlll hope that dlplomacy arlll rofBca to Induce Spaln to make any reparath.n for the lOBB of the Maine which may ho held hy thls eountry to he just r.nd eiiultable. riV_ MII.UONS KOH FORTTFICATtONS. Preparationa however. to enforce, if necea? aary, the demanda which the Admlnlatrailon may feel called Ofl to present are multlplylng daily, and large drafta hav already heen nude n tha Natlonal defenca fund of ,$-0,000,000 \ ited last week l>y ConRreas. Yesterday Bbottt M.000,000 of that fund was apent In the pur chaae of iwo Braeittaa crulaera the Amaaonaa and the Almlrar.te Ahrouall. To-day .f&QCftOOO was net aside for the purcbaae of ordnance aup? pllea for the Army. and thr declaton has vlrtual I] been reached to uga 15,000.000 more at once ln puttliux the new harbor fortiflcatlona ln con? dltlon to recerve the guna and garrlaoaa totepd ed for thr ni Thls latter sum ls. of course, to he expended under the dlrection of the Fngineer Corps of the Army. In order to make at least one of tha crulaera purchaaed from Hrar.n avaflahla at once for aervlca In Amerlcan watera the san Francleco llrected to clear to-day from I.lshon for ithampton, whence she arlll proceed to New and furnlah a crew for the Ama-sonas. Both crulaera arlll probably then st.irt for the Unlted sutea leavrng the Ahnlranta Ahrouall to he taken poaaeaaton of auboeojuently by a crew aenl from here. The ?"?- ?"," ,0 ?" trom the Natlonal defenc* fund allotted for the uae 4,r the Army Ordnanca Bu , .-, -.. ni i?. naed in purchaalng awploalvea, pro l ctilea, amall arms and flxed ammunltlon. Thls amount fully covers the emerp-ency reipuisltlons made hv thal IMreau and re'.ieves the Secretary ,,f Wai of the responslhility he took last week ln ordcrlng tlie armament supply firrns to go thead al full .apa.itv nlght and day untll loM to Btop. NOTHING TO CK WASTED. Requfadtlona afrgregatint? ^OOftOOO tn be ex? pended hy the Army englneer* ln forf.1flcati.ns, au imarlne minr-.s and slmilar work are stlll under conslderation. althoiiKh much of the work I ror whlCb th- monr-y wlll he required l? aetually - pneaedlng with th- complete aequleacerjce of i the nu'horltlrs. It ls esttmatrd that up to this ' tim- not over ,?7.<>nrt,0n0 of the f5O.H0O.00O has i been actually allotted, aithough ohiia-ations in : volvlng abOUl twlca that sum have heen prac 1 tlcally incurr?d. At leaat 8^,000.000 has he-n rved for the purchase of auxlliary crulit-rs. Th" Prealdenl ls noi going to have a doiiar of the fund waated lf he can prevent It. nor la It apparently his lntention to spend lt as qul.kly ' as many enthuslasts would wlsh. Burgcen-aeneral Van Reypen, of th** Navy. has gone to Newport NeWB to inspeef I.a Urande Du.-hesse, thc 0,200-ton Plant liner, whlch was bulll there last year and is now In dock. This la th- reaael whlch it ls proposed to erjuip as an ambulance crulser. flying the Red Cross flag as a Kiiarar.teia ,,f neutrallty. The OhlO, which was lltted as a floatlng machinery repair shop durlng tha Chllian eadtemant, has heen sei-cted by I'.r.nmeer-in-rhlef Melvllie for slmilar si-rvtce ln the nexl imersimr-y, and lt Is proposed to uttlize BJ s..i in the same manner. These vessels wlll I.- fitted wlth tools, forgea and other shop appllanrea at varloua navy yards and attach"d t., th- Weal Indian and flying or coast llne aquadron. BICARD*! fi.ket mav nr divided. Tr I? a remarkahle faet that Admiral Rlcard Wlll hav.- nearly forty shlps of all classes under bia practlcal dlrection ln the next week or two. Twenty-etghl of these are elther In the nei?h ,. rhood ot Key Weal or voyaging toward that deatlnatlon. an.i thls unprccedented gatherlng of Amerlcan warahlpa is consid^red too unwieidy for a slnsle man to eontrol. It is therefore pro? poaed to dlvlde the fleet Into three squadrons, the "Red" the 'Whlte" ai.d the "Bluo." mie of them conalatlng of the hravler battle-ahlpa wlth crulaera; one of the other eruisers. and the thlrd to he the prOjected nylng sriuadron ,,, ler Commodore Bchley, Admiral Sicard com manding th" force afloal an.1 Captaln Sampson r'., heavy aquadron of battle-ablpa. The flying aquadron ha? been deflnltely adopted as a f-at ure of th" proRramme in the event of war, PROPOBKD AS AUXI-IABT CRVIBBRaV The Bureau "f Construetlon and Repair of the Navy Department, under the dlrection of Chlef natructor Philip Hl.'hhorn. has eompleted plana and apeclllcatlona for the conversion of Blxteen mercbanl vessels Into second-class aux? lllary eruisers to supplement the hlgher rate veaaela of tha Bt. Loula and Pt. Paal class. Thi -?? ahlpa which may he quickly adapted to naval liaea ln the event of trouble, are as fol lowa: , ,__ Bl Bol, '','t00 tens hullt at Cramps In 1800* Bouthern Paclflc Company, owners. I'I \',.-t4. U.300 tona hullt at Newport News u, isfu Bouthern l?aclflc Company, ownera. ' Vlxilancla ?"> 1?0 tons. hullt at rhester, Penn., in 1800; New-Tork ar.d Cuba Steamship Com i any, f,? nara _ Seeuranca R,n_0 tona hullt at ("hester. Penn.. ln 1800; New-Tork and Cuba Bteamahlp Com nany, o* nera , _ _ Cnncho ?",M>I> ,,1n!,? l'ullt at Cheetar, Penn., in is-ii c ii Mallory & co., ownera I a Grande Ducheaae, 8,300 tons. hullt at New? port Newa ln 1888; Plant .Steamship Company. Alllanca, 4.60O tons. hullt at Chester. Penn.. In 188(1' Unlted States and Brazllian Mall Com .,,'i 4.800 tons, I'tillt at rhester. Penn.. ln 1880; New-Tork and Cuba Mall Ptfamship Oom '?'??r e_tow? r,i.'',,M' "',,s' ,,ullt at C****** ln i,"iiV Old Domlnlon Company, ownera. aforktown. 3.800 tona, bulll at Chester ln 1MH. Old Domlnlon Company. o*??* ? I'I Dnrado r?,148 tona, hullt !>y the t'ramps ln lss-i Bouthern Paclflc Company. owners. ,,-|'|.,i :.. ,*i,148 tons. huilt hy the Crampa ln lafLi Bou'them I'acir.c Company, owners. !??? 'll ir "t 1 Is tona. hullt hy the Tramps ln \tjs\- Bouthern Paclflc Company, owners. i-"i Montf ."'.1?M tona bulll by tbe <'ramps In 1888- Bouthern Paclflc Company, owners. Hlll. .: ciaaa bulll al Wyandotte. Mich., ln uaa' weatern Tranall Company. owners '.,.,,, buiu ai Buffalo, N. Y., ln 188fl; l'nlon mboat Company( ownera. MORE TORI__K>-_OATl MAY UF. IH'H.T. Herreahoff. the bllnd UarpadO-bgat huilder, la - parapontng tn duplkate th.r Tatbol aml the Qwln, Whlch wi-re accepted by the Na\y a week ranHa?d to ?*ronii i'?b?'. KRKI.I. riANOS HAVE NO EQL'AL 174 Klfth Av., (22J St..) caah or Instalmenta. Ailvt. CUBAN INSURGENTS GAIXJNG COLONKL PARKF.R SAYS GOMEZ VIR THALLY CONTROLS THF, ISLAND. THE INSTROENT ARMY STRONC.ER THAN EVER PEFORE TERRIPLE BIFFERINC. AMONO THE RECOXrENTRAIJOS- ALTONOMT A C'OMI'I.KTE FAII.t'RE. Waahlngton. March lo.?Oolonel Myron M. Parker. who was Senator Prortor's companlon ln hls trlp to Cuba, In an Intervlew wlth a "Star" reporter to-day, sald: "You mlght belleve, but you could not reallze, the condltlon of the reconcentrados ln Cuba. It paFses the comprehenslon of a man accustomed to the usual phases of llfe. Their emaclatlon Is terrlhl<?, their sufferlng indescrlhable. We aaw warebonaea full of starvlng women and chii? dren. These people have been forced into th. villaaTes and towna hy the Spanlards. and th* whole eountry where they Mved has heen devas tated. "In the rlde from Havana to Sagua de la Grande, a dlatance of about two hundred mlles or more. the eountry pres^nted a plcture of deso latlon. For mlles and mlles the charred stalks of the burned augar cane sh.nved where the torch had heen applied by the Spanlsh and In surgents allke. At intervals are blockhouses OCCUpted hy the Spanlsh soldlers. Above each Moekheoaa ls a gapola where a Spanish soldier ls alway. on the lookout. If a reconcentradn attempt. to go out from the vlllage and cross the trocha he Is shot, and If an Insurgent tries to come In he Is treated llkewise. The trocha serves, however, to prevent sudden dashes by the insurgents into the villages at nlght to burn them. "The Spanlsh army Is Iarj??ly employed along the rallroad, but as closely as the road ls g iard ed the insurR-ents can do wlth lt as they pleas*. It is genrrally understood ln Cuba that the rall? road company pays trlbute to the Insurgents for ruonlng the passenger tralna. The insurgents do not want to bother the pasaenper trains, but they are alert to Interfere wlth freight and troop tralna. The day before we reached Matanzaa the Insurgents blew HP a sugar traln only three mlles out of that town. They cross the rallroad at any polnt they deslre. and whenevef they pleaae. In my opinion, Gomez vlrtually has con trol of the island. There is not an estate ln cul tivation, so I was reliably informed, that does not pay tributo to th" insurgents. The b?st peo? ple ln Havana told me that the young men of the best Cuban families in the island were ln the ranks of the Insurgents. Just ns the best representatlves of our best families were ln the Southern and N'orthern ranks durlng th- war. "My informant also told me that the lnsunjent army was never aa firm and aa sirong as It is to-day. It gets a very large proportion of Its rnedical auppllea right from Havana. and its dls clpllne Is sald to be aii that can he desired. The insurgents have complete oontrol of fhe prov inces of Santlago de Cuba and Prlnclpe. They claim to have all the aupplies necessary for their subsistence, havlng great herds of cattle besldes eultlvatlng a large proportion of the land in the provinces mentioned. What they need is aimn, ammunltlon and clothlng. It ls generall" under stood In Cuba that the itisurgents known as pre sentados, who came ln and gave themselves up to the Spanlards In response to the offer of pardon, were al! men who had met wlth the dls favor of Gome. becauae they had dl.regarded the dlselpllne he so rlgldly e'nforces in his army." "Dld your Investlaatlon lf_d you to form any opinion on the subject of autonomy?" Inquired the reporter. "No one wanta autonomy In Cuba," replled Colonel Parker wlth emphasls. "Even the Au tonomlst Governors do not favor It. I know of several alcaldes. or Mayors. of towna outslde of Havana, appolnted as autonomists, who are wholly in sympathy wlth the insurgentB." THE r.EATH OF MRS THT'RSTON. IIKART DlfiflASK. rFRHAFS AC'IRAVATF.D BT THK BIOHT OF ORF.AT SFFFERING. THF. rAUSE. Havana. Marrh IS, -A corro?pondent at Sagua la Orande telegraph* that Mrs. Thurston died at noon yesterday from heart disease, belleved to be heredltary. Hhe had been much affected hy the scenes of sufferlng whioh she witnessed at Matanzas. especlally ln the cnses of the skele ton-Uke children. Mrp. Thuraton. when consr-ious that her end was near. said: "I am not sorry to go to rest. but I am grleved that my own rhlldren will be motherless." Mr?. Thurston has worn a small Amerlcan flag next to her heart ever stnce the trlp began, and when she died the flag was clasped to her breast. When at Matanzas Mrs. Thurston saw a gaunt mother sadly embraring her dylng chlld. Her feelinsrs were much exclted by this sad scene. and probably this Inddent alone helped to haaten the end. The Congresslonal party had made arrange menta to Vlalt the hospltal? of Sagua la Orande. but the sad death of Mrs. Thurston has changed all the plans. Key West, M?TCO 15. -The Amerlcan yacht Anita, having on board the body of Mrs. Thurs? ton and the menibers of the Congresslonal party who have been rlaltlng Cuba, arrlved here thls afternoon from Matanzas. Washlngton. Marrh IS.-The Presldent and the Secretary of State have unlted in sendlncr to Senator Thurston through Consul-General Lee, eondoleucea on the death of his wlfe. . ? . a ? SHOT IX A WASHIXGTOX 8TBBBT. DB~n~B ?' CAHTT, FORMERLT A GOVFRNMENT ri.F.RK, KII.I.S QCOMB RYE Wasritnarton, March 15.-Dennls J. Canty. formerly a i-ierk of tho Interetate Comaierca I'ommission and later a partner of Herman Van Senden, prl vate Becretary to Becretary Carllsle _ the last Ad mlnlstratlon. ln the atock and *raln brokerage bualneaa, to-day shot nnd kilifd Oeorge Rya, a aperulntor. whose home i.i In the Weat. In front of the Ebbttt Houae. lt is aaaoaaed thnt the kinina nww out of some atock traaaaetlOBa, nnd perhapa BBay have been conneeted with ihe failure aeveral monthr- a*o of Canty * Van Senden The flrm w.is not a member of the New-York Stock Bxchaage, but dld a ronslderable buataaaa among the smaller cln*? of *r?eculators. It Is sald that there had bten bad tetHng between the men for aome tlme. and that Rye had threat ened Cantv's llfe. To-day whlle Canty wa* stand Inx near Fourteenth nnd F ata.. In front of the Fbbltt House. he wa* approaehed by Rye. who. ,-nr,,v'? frlenda *av mada a tBIc-tefllOg demon ?M*_S wHhAkBife. Canty drew a revolver. Aa !' Ml?na7, t ?_? Rv* backed away from hlm. an.l X -a fel Pl^d by two of the four bul feu Oanty had ared. he waa about twenty feet distnnt from hla 5lnyer. CBBty waa arre*ted and tnk-n to th* Flrst Prcrlnct gtatlon. FRIITLEHS DEBATE IX THE BOtBB. a rRorr.?Ai. to r.nwT iiojif. rti.e ai_ ARorsu stib* vr tiib nura membe-s I.ondon. Mnrch 15.-The House of Comrcons waa occupled for ?ome tlme to-day in a dlscusBlon of a nropoaal to gr.iut Home fluie all around. put forward by John Hrrbert Rohert*. Radlcal. Member for West Denbtgh, and *upported by the RlBht Honor.r.de Slr Henry Lautpiiall BanaaigiaajL Radi.-ai, Meaaber for Stlrltaa Hurghs. .md n few other radlcal.* Th? pr..pj*.il wa* opposed hy John Dlllon. Antl Par-ellKe, Member for F.a?t Mayo. Mlehael Devttt, ABti-ParnelUie, Member for Bouth kayo. and W. U. K Pedmond Pamelllta. Member f..r fcaat Plare. ad of *{oB.rfimal prlorlty for irtah Home Rule. Arthur J Balfour. Flr.t Lord of the TreaaUry and riovernmont lrsd*r ln the House, appoatd the pio ! n "aai wllh the v.ual I'nlonlai arg^menta. rharacter i lalna- li a* absurd and eceantrlc. ; The Houae was flnally counted out A. UBERAL NAVAL POLICY. THE HOT'SE COMMITTEE VOTES TO BUtUD FIVE NEW DRYDOCKS. IEVEHAI. TORrEDO ROATS AND TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYERS UKELY TO BE AUTBOftUHO IM AriDITION TO THE THREE RATTI.F. 8111*3 ALREADT PltOVIOEI) KOR. Waahlngton. March IS?There ls a atrong dhn poaltlon In ihe Houae Commlttee nn Naval Af falrs to increase the Navy, ln addltion to fhe three battle-shipa recently aufhorlzed. hy the constructinn of some nf the smaller vessels of war. It waa aald to-nlght that th. rommltf?a may authorize the bulldlng of about t< n tor pedo-boats and t-irp?do-boat destroyers. .?ostlng In the netghhorhood of ? 1..*??',? <"> for all af them. A movement (or thls Increase will h# made to-morrow, and Representative Pull, of Rhode Island, wlll submlt a motion aaWflg fof the conatruction of a number of holh of these clasaes of boats, probably six. Other membera of the commlttee favor the Increase, and soma important actlor. Is looked for. The Increasea ln the personncl askrd for hy Becretary I.ong also wlll be taken up to-morr._.w. The conatruction of five modern drydocka waa atrreed en to-day hy the committee. They ar. to be Iocated at Prrtsrnouth. N. II.. Rostnn. LeagTja laland. near Philadeiphia; Alglers. near New Orlrans. and Mare Island, near San B-*na_?__ Thc-- do.-ka, all of whlch are p* be entirely n*w structurea, are ro be of wood except those at Alglers and Portsmotith. The materlal f<ir theae wlll not be determlned untll to-morrow. Th. indlcatlona are that the dock at Portamouth wlll be built of stone from o,i:arrles near by, and that at Alglers of ateel. The decislon of tlie .inunittee was the nut eoma of a protracted and at times anm.ited dia cusslon. The final rota hooslng the pointa named was 7 to .1. The opponents of the pr.jj ecf first oontended BgalMl 'he consfructl<,n of the docks on general prlnclplea, and then n"p arately oppoaed the slie. that were aalocte_ They argue.l that the docks should Le loeatoi wher' the approaches and d. pth of wataff B 'ra BUfflclent t-i admlt the lngre-s and egres, af th. larses; hattla BfllBe. or wbefe steps alr-ady hav. been made und'-r Government direct'.on to put the approachea In readlnaoa to racefire th. larg e.t vessels hy the Increase of botb depth and wldtl) Of channel, or that the work on th. chaanela should be undertakeii al the same tlme as that on the drydocka it was agreed, however, that the docks aracted should ba made rapaWa ot accommodatlnir the largaet class of w.irshipa. The prtaclpal reason for the dadatoa to buHi of wood was economy, but It v as aiso aald that docks so OOBBtrttCted might remalti ln g..nd .an ditlon long enough fnr all practb-al purpose., and that by the time their usefuiness ceaagaj developments In the struetural fieM or B chang. ln the character of present dock ld?as mtght arise. A motion to vote on the docka separafely was defeated by ti to li, and then they \> era Mited on as a whole and authorlzed Secretary Long to-day sent to I'halrman Routeiie a provlsion to he iCJerted in the Naval hill incorporatlng the recoinmendatlon'' he irad. yesterday as to assintant engineers or skilied machinists, asststant paymasters and assl'tant surge? ns being Inorcaard in number. Yesterday when Secret ary I.ong was befor. the committee he reoommended the passage nf the bill for the reorganlzatlon of the pereonnd of the Navy, whlch was prepared hy the B o-ird of whlch Assistant Secr.Vary Ho isevelt au prealdent. Ho sald It would be a good time to end the atrlfe which has been cauaed for ao many years between the offkvrs of th* llne and staff by the existlng condltious and alao to provlde some addltional offleera BOW urg-T.ily needed for the ships which are going Inte .om misslon. But the matter waa not parfl< >i!arly pressed. Nothing was sald about the p.-eal* dent's Indorsr'ment of the measure. CABINET DISCI'SSF.S DEFENCF PLAN8. nopr:s to PUBC?UM MOM w__MIH nothimO) IIEARD FROM THE MAINE COl'RT Waahlngton, March 16. "The general exp.eta tlon of the membera of the Cahlnet," sald one of them after the meetlng to-day, "Is that .om. report wlll he received durlng the preaent week from the Court of Inqulry examlning Into th. cause of the Malne exploalon. Yet," he added, "it would not be surprising to us lf the report should be delayed for a longer time. We have nothing on which to base thls hope that I know of. only the feellng seems general that what I have sald wlll be th* case. There ls nothing at hand as yet to Indlcafe what wlll he the nature of the dndlnga of the Court. "To-day our tlme waa occupied In a general discusslon of the measurea under way for the Natlonal defence, notably ln regard to the ao qulsltion nf now veaaela of war. We are keep Ing an eye on the two shlps under conatruction for Chlll and the Argentlne Republtc. but It le not probahle we can get them. If we cannot nhtaln the shlps. lt is a source of eatisfaetinn to know that Spaln wlll not b* able to purcha.e them elther." THE ADMINISTRATION NOT ALARME1X I.ITTI-E tMDkVkK* 9V*o*M T? REPOKT8 99 **:**> PFAN INTERVENTION IN REHAI.F OF SPAIN. Waahlngton, March |fc- Not much concern la expressed bv . ftVers of the Admlnlstratlon over the reported intentlon of European Oov.m ments, at the tnstigation oC Austria. to inter vene between the I'nlted States and Spaln In the settlement of the question pending between them. So far lt can be sald that thi* mutt*T has taken no oflidal shape, or. at leasf. M in dicatlons of such a deolgn have reached 'he State Department. What the attitude of thi. Government would b. If representations In that I Hne were addressed to it by Kuropean Powers la j a question that the offlclals do not ca.ro to I answer In anticipatlon. The suggestlnn that th* i SpanlPh Government has protested agalnst the ! sale by Hrazll of the two crul.era to the Cnlted i States llaewtaa f-iil*" to cau.e any feellng of onn cern. naval offlcers holding that there can b* no question of the rlght of the Cnlt-d Stitee to Increase Its Navy at any tlme. ?? A SECOND FLEET FOR HAVANA. THK ag| WHIi'll SAII.KIJ 90* PORTO R|. O WII.l. ONI.Y C_IA Fttn IMlOViaiON'-a Madrld. March 1.*v- The Spanlsh torpedo flo tilla, whlch aailed from Cadiz nn Sunday last. natenaihly for Porto Rlco. wlll only call there fnr prnvlslona. etc. ar.d wlll afterward sall for Havana A second Spanlsh flotllla wlll aoon stari for Cuban waters. and wlll probably h* ata?lnn*d at Porto Rlco. ? PH1LIPPINE INSURGENTS DEFEATF.D FIVE Ht NDRED SAIP TO HAVE HEEN KIIIEO AT THE BTMg 88, BAI.INAO. Madr'd March 15. Aocqrdlng to an offlclal dla paich recelved here trom ManlU, caplt.l of th. I PhlllPP.ne I.land.. to-day. flve hundred ln.iure-.nt. ' w*re kllled durlnK the al**e of Ballnao. Th. dle ? patch adda that the Inaurg.nt forc. h.v. not i offered any reaistance to the Bpanlah troopa aent te the rellef of th. ?arrl*oii. ,-_-tr?-? ' i>ni iN!) WATER IS 8TANDARD FOR PJJWTJ ,^i^^_!feB_?l_4W -Adrt.