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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
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