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VOL LXY.-NO. 183. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1898. -COPYRIGHT 1898, BY THE SUN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. PRICE TWO CENTST Jj
ST01TINGTHEWAIUNCUBA
OUR PLANS WILL REDEOIDED upon
WITH LITTLE DELAT.
The President Desires to Avoid War ir Possible
Hc Favors Ik Bolted lull Guarantee
ing the Payment or Road to Ro issued to
Iluy Cuba's Freedom from Spain Our Pol
icy la lie Announced !ot Later Than thn
llrpnrt or llio Roord or Inquiry la Cats
r War II I" "aid Ilolh Knsland aad
Franco Will Maintain Slrlot Neutrality.
Wahiiisotos, 1). C, March 4. While await
InK the report or tho N'nvnl Board o! Inquiry m
In the cause of tho explosion that wrecked tho
Maine. President McKlnloy Is giving most
careful nml serious consideration to tho
Cuban policy that ho had In tnlnd beforo
tho disaster occurred which upsot, temporarily
at least, all Ills plans. Ho was ubout ready to
decide upon somo definite plan of action when
the new came thot has since hrouRht tho United
Stales and Spain to tho vers of war, and It Is
uncertain whether ho wilt gu on with the pro
gramme that ho had In mind. Tho tlmo
has now urrlvoil, however, whon he must
tsko some action, and ho has given froauont
Intimations during thn past day or two that tho
Cuban question, which camo to him as a rolto
of tho Cleveland Administration, will bo Bottled
one way or another very soon.
Secretary ling's olllclal statement to-day to
the effect that tho possibility of Spanish partici
pation In tho blow Ing up of tho Mnlno has been
eliminated from tho problem is understood to
mean th.it the Administration Is clearing the
way for announcing what Its noxt uiovo
toward ending tho Cuban war and bringing
about Cuban freedom Is to bo. Tho President
himself does not know yet just what move ho will
nuke. Whatever It Is It will, of course, not be
announced until after tho report of tho Hoard of
Inquiry Is received; but If that report should bo
a surprise to tho Administration and glvo
ground for suspicion that tho Spanish nro in
in- sense responsible for the destruction of the
Maine, Congress might pass a war measure,
and thus mako it Impossible for him to put in
operation any Chbnn policy at all.
If, however, tho report of tho board Bhallshovr
that tho explosion was the result of accident, as
tho Administration now says, officially, it bo
lleves to be tho case, tho President may bo
readr to supplement the report of tho board
tilth tba announcement of bis plan for
definitely and finally Bottling tho Cuban ques
tion. The President is now in dally conference
with the leading members of both houses and
political and personal friends from outside of
Washington, and through thom something is
learned of the tenor of theso conferences.
Direct Intervention does not appear to strike
tho fancy of (bo President aa tho best moans of
accomplishing the freedom of Cuba, although
some of the ablost mon in both tho
Senate and House havo advised htm that
this is tho surest and safost method if
the Eagasta Ministry shall refuso to tako the
initiative in relinquishing Cuba. The President
li so desirous of avoiding trouble with Spain
and of having that Government acquiesce
In advance in whatever plan he may do
elds upon for ending tho Cuban war, that he
listens to every suggestion patiently, and with
like patience yields to the demands of Snain for
more time In which to test the efficacy of the
already rejected plan of autonomy.
President McKInley realizes, however, that,
ivlng sained a few weeks' time by tho de
plorable! accident to the Maine, he cannot much
longer postpone bringing the Cuban question to
a head, and he does not attempt to conceal the
fact that the report of tho Board of Inquiry and
the final announcement of his definite and final
Cuban policy will bo simultaneous.
Tho proposition which at present Is most
favorably considered by tho President and the
leading Republicans in the Senate and House
contemplates the purchase of Cuban free
dom by having the United States guaran
tee the bonds that will be Issued in
payment. The President has told his politi
cal friends that Cuba would readily consent to
this plan of settlement, and. Indeed, it
Is said that the Cubans are now urging
It upon the Administration. There la little
or no uncertainty in the President's
mind as to his ability to markot
the bonds, whatever price may be paid to Spain
for relinquishing Cuba. He has been assured
by thoso who have sounded financiers in this
country and abroad that the bonds could be
disposed of without serious difficulty.
Col. John J. McCooe of Now'York, who is the
most active advocate of this plan of settlement,
has been In Washington a great deal lately, and
Is here now. He has talked with the President
repeatedly on the subject, and so have members
of the Foreign Affairs Committee of tho House
and Senate, as well as other Republicans who
are as anxious as tho President to have the
Cuban question settled.
The Administration has undoubtedly sounded
the governments of somo European nations
with repard to tho attitude thoy would assume
It the United States should tako vigorous
action against Spain, but tho disaster to
the Maine has addod a complication to tho
ituatlon which did not exUt when these
diplomatic inquiries were made, and a desire to
retallato for the destruction of the battleship
might now be regarded as an additional justifi
cation for Interference by the United States.
The Government of Croat Britain Is known
to bo in hearty sympathy with any effort
the United States may make to bring
the Cuban strugglo to un end, and
would probably not attempt to binder
any steps by the United States against
Spain either with or without the added excuse
of tho destruction of tho Maine. Her Majesty's
Oovcrnment would probably, therefore, main
tain strict neutrality in nny phasoof tho con
troversy between Spain and the United Slates.
It Is understood thot tho attltudoof France
has changed since tho catastrophe that has
startled the world. When President Cleveland
was suspected of a design to interfere with tho
Cuban war, the Trench Government strongly In
timated that Spain would havo its physical and
moral support if Intervention were attempted.
It is now said, however, that Franco has lately
hinted diplomatically that Presldont McKlnloy
would bo Justified In taking tho most
radical measures to vindlcato American honor
If It should bo shown that tho Malno wnsdc
strojel through Spanish treachery. It cannot
be learned whether other Governments havo
been Bounded on tho subject.
The President Is, npparcntly, somewhat In tho
dark as to how Spain would recoivo tho proposi
tion for tho relinquishment of Cuba upon tho
promlBeof thu United States lo guarantee tho
Payment of the purchase price of her freedom.
There Is every reason to bolluvo, however,
that ho has broached tho subject to tho Hagasta
Ministry, mid that ho has unofllclnl us
surances that the proposition might meet
with favor. At prcHont Mr. McKlnloy
I strongly disposed to offer Iho gunruntuo
of tho United States for the payment of hondi
Issued to secure Cuba's freodom, but, ns he told
a Senator to-day, his mind Is not yol fully made
HO. Ho has decided to act toon and positively,
but he has not yet finally determined Just what
to do or how to do it.
ammunition Tor Fori Molt.
Wiluinotok, Del., March l.-A freight ear
from New York loaded with ammunition for
Port Mott arrived at Delaware City today,
i lie freight was transferred to the fort ou
lighters.
Kolhlus lo actual II.
. .he.., eboolutely nothing- to equal Ihs luxury
anil Mi!d comfort of a ride between New York and
i aicaro on Iks now "Lake Shorn Limited" of tho
,V Xvtk Otntral-Lako "hero route. The greatest
, tr"ellcrs attaints (rfeUoa.-.4ti.
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M'KINLET WOULD PREPARE.
The President ladorara Assistant Meerolary
Roosevelt' Action.
Washington, March 1. Itoprcsentntlvo Bou
tcllo, Chairman of tho Houso Naval Affairs
Commlttoc, in announcing his continued oppo
sition to the legislation asked for by
tho Navy Department, authorizing the im
mediate enlistment of 1,000 mon, says
that "tho publlo can go to tho dovll."
Ho accompanies this with tho assurance
that so far as ho knows ho Is acting in accord
enco with lha doslros of Presldont McKlnloy and
Bccrctury Ixng In pigeonholing the depart
ment's letter urging tho cmorgency legislation.
In giving this nssuranco Mr. lloutolie Is mis
taken, as ho usually is whon ho undertakes to
block tho plana of the Administration.
Tho letter asking for authority to enlist Im
mediately 1,500 additional mon was written by
Mr. Iloosovelt as acting Secretory In tho Secre
tary's absence from tho department last week.
Tho next day tho President, whoso attention
was called to the matter, and Sccrotnry Long
approved tho action of tho acting Socrctary,
and stated his attltudo to bo that, although
ho hoped war would not come, and although ho
was Inclined to think It could bo avertod, yet ho
Indorsed tho policy of making complete military
and naval preparations to meet any emergency
that might arise.
A. XOVItlSX'S HAVANA NEWS.
Ctn. In on the Spanish Troops and Capt.
Slgobee on Taking OTorro Castle.
EuzAnrrii. N. J March I, Assemblyman O.
A. Squire of this city has just received a lettor
from M. IL Dlngoo, a friend, who was In Havana
at the tlmo the battleship Maino was destroyed.
Mr. Dlngeosays:
" When wo loft Havana on Wednesday it had
been found without any doubt that tho Maine
was blown up from someoutsldo agency, either
a torpodo or a mine. We saw Clara Barton.
Sho is doing n grand work, with all tho courtesy
possible shown ber by the authorities. lam
compelled to enter our humble protest and ex.
press our deep sense of humiliation at 00 per
cent, of all tho news sent from Havana. No
pcoplo could have been kinder, say whatever
clso you will about them.
" Wo mot socially all tho officers remaining In
Havana after tho Malno went down. den. Leo
Is a great hero, and, I being a Virginian, he did
everything possible for us. The Olivette haa
mado her last trip and U now boing cleaned and
armed.
"Tho Spanish troops are only boys 00 per cent,
of them and very Ignorant. They have an Idea
they conld land at Mobile and walk to Washing
ton. Answering which Gen. Lee says ho could
disperse them with our pollco force. In my
bumble opinion war cannot bo avoldod longer
than a week without dishonor.
"Capt-SIgsbce in my presence stated that with
a vessel llko the Malno ho would take Morro
Castle In less than six hours."
OUR WOUNDED LEAVE HAVANA.
They nave Alt Keen Removed lo Dry Tortaca
More IJnoxploded Powder.
Havana, March 1. All the wounded Ameri
can sailors who wero In Havana havo been sent
to Dry Tortugas. The last five left to-day on
board tho Bache. Washington Allen, Francis
Cahlll (colored) and William Matteson, three of
them, were removed from tho San Ambroslo
Hospital.
The othor two, Martin Weber and Thomas
Mack, were taken from tho Alfonso XIL All
have nearly recovered from their wounds er
eept Matteson. His jaw Is broken, and ho was
sent to tho Bache on a stretcher.
The Bache also carries a body not Identified.
Tho Bache will soon return to Havana to take
to Key West all other bodies that may be found.
The divers brought up to-day from tho Maine
anothor case of powder for the 10-inch gun.
Tho powder was intact. Some other small
things were also recovered, and some rifles.
Tho newspapers here print to-day an article
signed by a Spanish officer of the nary, Sefior
Ruiz del Arbol, in which the theory is main
tained that the explosion on the Maine was duo
to spontaneous combustion.
THE VISCATA AT HAVANA.
She Is Received with tho Greatest Enthusiasm
by tbo Spaniards.
Havana, March 1. At G o'clock this after
noon the Tlzcaya passed Morro Castlo into tbo
harbor of Havana, An immonse crowd gathered
at the Punta ana all along tho wharves, cheer
ing with the greatest enthusiasm.
Many tugboats decorated with Spanish flags
and full of Spanish enthusiasts went out on tho
bay to receive and welcome the cruiser.
As darkness camo on the bay was filled with
boats of every kind exploding firecrackers, and
tho people were shouting enthusiastically,
"LongllvoSpainl"
The Vlzcaya saluted navana with ten guns.
She Is now the flagship la Capltana. The
Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIL will leave shortly
for Key West.
THE MONTGOMERY'S HISS ION.
Probably the Will Transport Food to Cuba for
the noeoncealradoo.
Washington, March 1. Although no de
cision has been reached as to when another war
ship will be ordered to tako tho place of the
Maino at Havana, Secretary Long has practi
cally determined to send the cruiser Montgom
ery to some of the smaller Cuban ports with pro
visions for tho starving reconcontrados. About
fifty tons of food, clothing, and medicine, con
tributed by charitable people, are at New York,
and It Is proposed to transport thom In the
Montgomery to Matanzas, Bagua La Grande,
and Clonfuegos, where tbero Is great suffering
from starvation. Supplies havo not been shipped
direct to tho ports, and It has boon deemed
bost to make tho original Cuban deliveries
there, to do away with overland transportation
from Havana, Tho Montgomery recently ro
turnedSfrnraffrlcndly visits," such as tho Maine
made to Havana, to Santiago do Cuba and Ma
tanzas. Tho ship to Uko tbo Moino'a place
haB not been nolccted, and probably will not be
until tho buslnoes which Is being transacted
by tho Naval Board of Inquiry has been Anally
disposed of.
hurry work on oun oaeetaoeb.
Ultra Men Kniploxed In Iho Last Few Days on
an Ordrr at Plalnlleld.
Plainpibld, N, J March 1, Tho Pond Ma
chine Tool Company has recolved notlco to
hurry tho work on Its order for disappearing
gun carriages for coast dofence, and It is now
working extra men In order to finish the job.
Tho prcsont order is the second that has been
placed with tho Pond Company for theso car
riages In tho post year. The last order was for
eighteen carriage. Until a few days ago the
work was carried on In tho usual way, but since
then all tho available help at tho works has
been prrserd into scrvltoto finish tho carriages.
One of thu heavy guns from the Sandy Hook
proving grounds has been brought hero, and with
It tlie carriages nro tested as soon as finished.
Thoy aro being sent lo tho proving grounds as
fast ns ready, I'rom thrro they will go lo thn
puints where they are needed for coast defence.
I'nii't Heiid llodlt Howe.
Wasiiimuion, March 1, Senator Fairbanks
of Indiana asked tho State Department that. If
possible, it obtain permission to allow tho ex
humatlon of tho body of young Keyes, one of the
victims of tho Maine disaster.
The department instructed Consul-Qeneral
Leo at Havana to make an effort to secure this
permission, and Gen. Lee sent this reply:
" Most tmdles burled some weeks ago unrecog
nizable. Against Spanish law to exhume iiutll
expiration of Ave years. Neither steamers nor
authorities permit shipment of bodies unless at
once embalmed and in uiotallio rases. Cost of
enbalmlnn; and Incasing from KIHK) to 9800
each."
TO HELP THE MAINE BOARD.
CONSTRUCTOR HOOVER AND CARPEN
TER HELM BENT TO HAVANA.
They Co lo sire tho Court r Inquiry tho Ben
efit of Their Technical Skill la Idrntirjlng
Piece or Wreckage secretary Ions; Be
plodea st Canard-The Situation Quieter.
Wasimhqtow, March l.-Members of tho Cab
inet were dooldedly reticent about tbo Maine
dtsastor after the Cabinet meeting to-day.
When asked whethor It had boon considered nt
the session, they branched off Into an account
of a discussion by the Cabinet of tho ro
cont attacks on negro Federal officials In
the South. It was learned, however,
that tho Maine disaster had been a toplo of dis
cussion, but that nothlnst ot a sonsatlonal
character resulted from the exchange ot
vlows on tho situation. Everything now
depends on the report of the board of In
quiry, and the President and his advisers
agree that tho policy of taking no action beyond
preparation for mooting any emorgenoy, until
Capt. Sampson and his colleagues havo sub
mitted their finding, is tho only one that can bo
followed.
An attempt was made to-day to make It ap
pear that somo stmplo remarks of Secretary
Long In response to a casual quostlon contained
an official acknowledgment by tho Adminis
tration that this Government had decided
not to hold the Spanish Government responsible
In any way for tho destruction of tho Maine.
Secretary Long did not say anything that would
bear such a construction. Attor tho Cabinet
meeting ho was asked at the Whlto Houso by a
nowspapor man If tho situation In regard
to the loss of tho Malno had not
assumed a quloter phaso. Ho remarked
that this was true, and that In his
opinion the element of Spanish official partici
pation in the destruction of tho ship had bocn
eliminated. Later In the day, when wild ru
mors were In circulation that the Administra
tion had deoldod not to tako any proceedings
against Spain, no matter what the Board of In
quiry reported, Secretary Long was asked by
The Sun reporter to tell exactly what ho meant
by his remarks at the White House.
"Why," answered the Secretary, "I meant
exactly what I said, which amounted simply to
this: It stems to mo that things are growing
quieter. At any rate tho element ot official
participation ot tho Spanish Government in tho
blowing up of the Maine Is practically elimi
nated." "Does that mean," Mr, Long was asked,
"that the Administration has decided that the
SpanlBh Government will not be held responsi
ble for tho loss of the Maine If the disaster was
caused by the act ot a Spanish official without
the knowledge or sanotlon of his Government I"
" Certainly not," was the answer. " Tho opin
ion given was purely my own. It was not offi
cial. It was a casual question, and was
answered casually. I have been Influenced In
making it by the disclaimer of the Spanish rep
resentative hero that there wero any submarine
mines in Havana harbor."
It was suggosted that tho denial of the Span
ish Charg6 d' Affaires was merely personal, and
had been expressed only through the now
papers. "No,"saldSeoretaryLong, "it was official."
The Navy Department haa decided to send a
naval constructor and a ship's carpenter to
give the benefit ot their professional and
mechanical knawledgo to the Board ot In
quiry In the investigation of tho cause
ot the disaster. Naval Constructor Hoover
and Carpenter Helm, accordingly, have
been ordered to report to the board at Key
West. They will not bo members of the tri
bunal of inquiry, but will assist It In identifying
parts of the wreck and explaining what the dis
tribution of diibrls from the force ot the explo
sion indicates.
Only one telegram from Capt. Slgsbee was re
ceived to-day. It came late this evening. It
follows:
"Bache leaves to-day for Tortugas with all
wounded now here, five in all, names as follows;
MattUon, Caslll, Allen, Webbor, and Mack. All
able to walk about except Mattlson, whose Jaw
was broken. Baoho takes ono unrecognizable
body.
" Will probably take four wounded men from
Tortugas to Key West. Bocho will report to
flagship on Thursday morning before entering
Key West, Cannot tell when more bodies may
be expected at Key West, but Bache should re
turn promptly."
CONGRESSMEN OFF TO CUBA.
Three Senators and Two representative an a
Drier Tour or Ieapoellon.
Washington, March 1. Senators Galllngor,
Monoy, and Thurston and Representatives
William Alden Smith of Michigan and Amos
Cummlngs of New York left this afternoon for
Fortress Monroe, where thoy will embark for
Cuba to-morrow as guests on a private
steam yacht. They expect to be absent about
ten days, two ot which will probably bo spent
In an inspection, in their individual capacities
only, of the conditions of the island, or, at
least, that portion they will be able to visit in
tho limited time.
HA INE VICTIMS AT KET WEST.
Imposing Funeral Ceremonies Te.Day Work or
the Board r Inquiry,
Key West, March 1. Preparations are mak
ing In Key West for the burial of the bodies of
tho Maine sailors that aro expected to arrive
to-morrow from Havana on tho Bache. It will
be tho largest and most Imposing funeral pro
cession over soon hero. The band of the flag
ship New York will lead and the survivors of
the Malno disaster will be tho chlof mourners.
Only tho flag of the United States will be floated
during tho funeral.
Admiral Slourd has written a letter to Mayor
J. B. Moloney of Key West urging him to mako
all efforts to prevent demonstrations by tho
public The excitement hore is so lntenso, how
ever, that It will bo hard to check the popular
feoling.
The Unltod States gunboat Nashville Is coal
ing at tho Oovcrnment wharf hero. It is said
that she will leave for Havana to bring aver
sixty-seven bodies.
ThojDetroll is oipectoil hers to morrow from
Dry Tortugas, with coal for tho battleships
Iowa and New York. She left Koy West to
day, carrying provisions for tho fleet of Admiral
Slcurd.
Tho Board ot Inquiry to-day heard tho testi
mony of several enlisted men from the Maine
and of the battleship's engineers.
LIEVT. CARRAVSA'S CONDOLENCE.
Ills Loiter or Sympathy to Lleul. Cleavee For
warded la the Department.
Washington, March 1, The Navy Depart
ment has received from Lieut. Albert Gleaves,
commanding the torpodo boat Cushlng, which
recently made a trip to Havana with supplies
for tho Maine, a lottor ot condolence on account
of tho disaster to the American battleship
from tho commanding ollicer of tho Spanish
gunboat Diego Vnlaiquoz. The letter, which
is addressed to Lieut. (Heaves, is dated Cloii'
fuegos, Feb. 111. It follows:
"en tntntnrptdo boat CuiMng, llmwina:
'Kin: In the name of my otllcers and mon.
deeply allllctcd for the catastrophe ot your
urmored cruiser Maine, I havo tho honor to
tend you and brother officers and men the ex
pression of our true condolence. Yours, sin
cerely, Jt'AN 1)K G'AIIRAUSA.
"Ueuteuaut, First Class, in command ot II. Ct
M. gunboat Diego Valasquez."
Tho Man Who Blew Vp tba Malaol
A remarkably striking colored ploture entitled
"The Spanish Pirate. Is He at Work Again I"
is Issued with LttUt'i WttMy Maine Disaster
Number ot this week. Everybody should see it.
-At.
ItORRIttLK WORK IN CUR A.
Terrible flevelatleae Ibe Reports or Our Con
aula Will Make.
WA8IHNQTON, March 1. Tho State Depart
ment has received official advices from Consular
offices In Cuba that four ongngenionls
of considerable lmportanco havo oc
curred botwocn tho Spanish forcos and
tho Insurgents in tho last twenty-ono days.
In threo ot these, according to tho
reports, tho Insurgents wero victorious and the
other was a draw. As tho communications tell
ing ot these battles will form part ot tho corre
spondence to bo sent to Congress tbolr contents
will not be mado publlo at this tlmo. One ot the
consuls quotes as authority for his statements
about a particularly lively engagement, a Span
ish officer who is lying wounded In a hospital.
This fight occurred noar Holgutn on Feb. 18.
Tho story of the Spanish Captain Is that tho force
to which ho was nttached, about 7,000 in all,
had been to Holgutn and was returning, whon,.
about nightfall, tho column was attacked by nn
unsoon force of tho enomy. Tbo Spanish
troops were ordered to Ho on their faces
and to return the ilro of tho insurgents
whtlo In tint position. After a sharp
fusillade, tho firing ceased and tho Spaniards
withdrew under coror of night, Tho Captain
says that tho Spanish loss was BOO killed and
wounded. He did not know what losses tho In
surgents had suffered.
Stories of starvation and mlsory among the
wretched reconccntrados are being received at
tho Stnto Department in ovory Cuban mall.
They aro being copied for transmission
to Congress as fast as they come
in. President McKlnley's acknowledgment
that whon the reports aro transmitted
Congress cannot be restrained from taking ac
tion on tho Cuban question, has resulted In
many Inquiries ns to tho date when the corre
spondence will goto both houses, but nobody
can fix tho exact date, eron Mr, McIClnley. An
olllclal usually reticent said to TlIK 8uN re
porter to-day in reference to those reports:
"They toll o terrible talo, 1 have read ev try
lino of them, and 1 fool confldont that the hor
rors of the situation cannot bo col
ored too much and go beyond the
bounds of trntb. Tho pooplo of this country
do not know half tho awful facts. It Is the
most direful tale that could De told, and the
stnld, olllclal language of tho report does not
conceal tho hldcousness of what has gone on
and is going on right along our very doors.
"About '.125,000 persons, old men, women
and children, aro now literally starving to
death. Including this number, between iOO.
000 and 500,000 aro suffering from dls
easo and from lack of proper food.
More than 350,000 have dlod as a result
of the roconcentrado order Issued by Weylor.
The story ot Anderson vllle. with all its horrors,
is not balf bo terrible and sickening as that
which our Consuls have related. In Anderson
vllle the sufferers wero men, soldiers who took it
as thoy look tbo chanco of war. But In Cuba it is
not men alone but n onion and children who
havo been and aro being murdered by tho
thousands and tens ot thousands. Mur
dered, I say, for It is nothing short
of murdor. Mothers with unborn babes are
Included in tho list by tho hundred, and poor
little children havo wasted away, dying inch by
Inch. No wonder tho President believes that,
when theso reports go to Congress, action on the
Cuban question will follow immediately.
PURITAN ALMOST IN BBAPE.
Repair on the Bis; Monitor Practically Cent
pleted Tho Wlnslow Ready.
Norfolk, Ye,, March 1. Although tho ex
citement attendant upon the Maine disaster has
subsided hero. Interest in the outcome of the
event Is sustained and tbo Government goes en
ergetically on with its preparations, naval and
military. Over at tho navy yard overy ono Is busy,
and tbo sound of the hammer is never silent day
or night. On tho monitor 1'urltan the finishing
touches are being put to her. boilers. Tbosmo.Ve
stack Is being mudo longor Ay twelvd foot. "This
will lncrcaso tho draught and sncod of tho ship.
To-day several Gatllng and Hotchklss guns
wero hoisted to the fighting top as
a permanent buttery. They will hardly
bo brought down until tho war agitation
has passed. The Puritan will bo dry-dockod
within tho noxt twenty-four hours. Sponking of
her to-day Commodore Farquhar, commandant
of tho navy ynrd.suld that It would probably
tako two weeks to comploto repairs on her, but
in case of omergency ho could bo got ready for
sea in two or thruo aayB.
The two leaks discovered in the hull of the
Wlnslow have been repaired and Bbe was taken
from dry dock tbls morning. She coaled to-day
and is oxpectod to sail to-morrow. It is un
derstood that her orders aro to go to Koy West.
Tho torpedo boat Footo will bo taken out of dry
dock In a short timo and will soon bo ready for
sea.
Tho additional precautions that aro being
taken at the yard in receiving visitors aro sig
nificant. Heretofore vlnltora entered the yard
unchallenged nni went where they pleased.
Now thoy are challenged at tho gato and sent to
tho Captain of tho guard, who, after Instructing
them not to remain long at one placo, not to talk
to any employees and not to smoko, gives them
permission to enter. Tho yard pollco nuvo been
materially Increased.
Mate K. M. Isaac of tbo receiving ship Frank
lln returned to-day from Port Royal, S. C,
where bo took a draft ot sixteen men to the
monitor Amphltrlto. Tho Amphltrito is ready
for sorvico upon call. Sho is now being used
chiefly in training sixty of Uncle Sam's boys for
gun Captains.
No mora recruits nro being recolved at
present at the Norfolk Navy Yard, tho quota, for
the Malno vacancies having been tilled, Oapt.
Dickens. Assistant Chief of the Bureau ot Navi
gation, is at Old Point, and has Just completed
nn Inspection of tho United States training ship
Essex, anchored In Hampton Uoads. Ho may
not como to Norfolk, as his duties do not re
quire It.
Lieut. Hitler, U. S. N In charge of tho Naval
Bosorves of Virginia and North Carolina, is In
North Carolina inspecting the mon. The new
company of reserves formod bore lost week has
recolved a whaleboat and Hotchklss gun from
tbo Navy Department.
WORK AT WATERVLIET.
Col, Mordseal Inereatlna Ills Foreoand Rush
Ins Out tiun Carrlaaeo.
TitoT. N. Y., March 1. Col. Alfred Mordecal,
who Is now In charge of tbo arsenal at Water
vliet. Is increasing tho force and pushing all
work on hand. Twenty machinists have been
ordered to report at onco, A numbor of forc
ings for ten-Inch guns which have boen on hand
some tlmo are now being assembled as rapidly
as possible. Actlvo preparations are now under
way to ship a battery of twenty twelve-Inch
mortars to tho testing grounds at Sandy Hook.
It Is customary to forward all finished heavy
ordnance lo tho testing grounds to make room for
others. It is gun carriages tho Government
needs more than rlllos. There aro a large num
ber of guns piled up nt Sandy Hook awnlting
carriages, workmen are busy making casos to
fiul around the remainder ot the 8, 10, and 12
nch steel projectiles that have not beon en
cased, and theso with about 1100 l'-Mnch steel
projectiles I bat havo been encased will bo
shipped to Now York to bo distributed to tho
several fortifications. Work is being hastened
on tho H, 10, and l'J Inch brcoch-loadlng arma
ment chests, which will also go forward to New
York as soon as tbo equipment has beon placod
in them.
A l'-Mnch jacket was successfully shrunk on
the tube yeeteriliiy afternoon. This Is tho first
jacket that has boen assembled In sovoral
wcoks, Tho Mulshing of tho largo calibre rlllos
has been necessarily slow bocauso of the non
arrival of forglngs for aevorol months. It will
be somo tlmo in April before another lU-inch
gun will be rifled. If tho Government Is In noed
of more rifles of largo cullbro tbero are three 12
inch and noveral 10-Inch guns that could bo
completed In a Khort tlmo. AH that Is necessary
to finish them Is tho completion ot the breech
mechanism.
It haB beon customary to make wood models
of tho ccvcral illtfcrcnt cnllbro guns and sond
Ihom to West Polnt.whcrothocadcts aro taught
tho method of assoinbllng tho several partB. A
model will bo constructed of tho Ill-inch gun for
the snino purpose. As tho purls of this monster
uro tho largest that have ever been mado In this
country, the construction of the model will be
quite a task.
WORK ON THE PRINOBION RVSIIED.
The Launch or Ibo Uuuboat Sot for March as
A Use Tor thn f Iroboat V, IV Biroag,
Camden, March 1, John Dialogue & Sons'
shipyard In South Camden was olosed to visit
ors to-day to prevent any interruption to tho
work on tho gunboat Princeton. Work on tho
veasol is being rushed. The luunch of the ves
sel is scheduled for March 28, but It may occur
earlier,
Tho flreboat William L. Strong for New
York Harbor is also on the ways. She Is heavily
sheathed with steel plates, and it is thought
could be made an available Qovenuntat da
latcli boat u wanted.
WARSHIPS GATHERING.
SWARD'S FLEET TUB BTROKQESt
WE HAVE EVER HAD.
Three Flrat-Clase and One Second-Class Battle
ahlps and Pour monitors Prartlcallr as
flood a Battleship In It Drawing; on
Other Stations to Add to the Atlantic Float.
WAsniNOTON. March L Consideration has
been given to the advisability ot attaching the
monitor Amphltrlte to Admiral Blcard'a com
mand, that she may take part In any
coming drills that may be ordered, and
at tho same time be subject to the
direct orders of the commandor. Sho Is now
unattached to the fleet and has not been
with It during tho praotlco work around the
Dry Tortugas. With tho Terror, Amphltrlto,
Mlantonomoh, and tho Puritan In commission,
tbo navy will havo the most formidable number
of fighters on the station yet assembled. At no
tlmo heretofore havo there been more than two
monitors with the squadron. With tbo
Monterey and Monadnock on the Paclflo
at sea tho service for the first time
will have actively nt work every on
of Its new dofenco typo ot ships. Theso call for
smallor crews than mott of the 2,000-ton cruis
ers, but in fighting power ore exceeded only by
the first-class battleships. Buoh officers as
Admiral Jouott and a numbor of others promi
nent in the last war still adhere strongly to the
opinion that tho monitor typo will prove more
effective in battlo than high freeboard ships
offering greater targets, like the Iowa and
Indiana.
Whether these views aro sound or not the
fact remains that with theso ships under Ad
miral Slcard tho North Atlantto squadron bo
comofl mora powerful than at any time in tho
development ot the new navy. Consist
ing as It will then of three flret-class
and one second-class battleships, four
monitors and a ram, aside from the two armored
cruisers New York and Brooklyn, several cruis
ers and half a dozen torpedo boats. In two weeks
It will present the strongest aggregation ot
fighters an American Admiral has ever com
manded. Commander Hawley, the enlistment officer ot
the Navy Department, says that ho has the
necessary men now for the Mlantonomoh and
tho Katahdin and that he is Instructed to for
ward them from tho various recruiting
stations without delay. There Is nothing
to provont the Minneapolis and Colum
bia from following them In service but
lack of men, and as each of these
ships requires between 100 and COO it will not
bo practicable to send elthor to sea until Con
gress authorizes an lncreaso In the quota, now
allowed by law. The officers, from commanders
down to tho lowest junior men, have all been
selcctod. Tho captains have boen dlrectod to
hold themselves in readiness for sea service and
to be prepared to report on shorter notlco than
la usually allowed officers sent to ships.
In accordance with its policy of strengthening
tho home fleet and drawing-, if necessary, on sta
tions abroad, the department Is considering a
plan to retire somo ot the smaller chips In
commission in order that their crews may bo
secured to put in commission larger and more
effective vessels. A number of ships have been
In commission longer than tho period usually
allowed, and although in good condition and
requiring; little attention at dry docks or nary
, yards, tt has been suggests-' that they be placed
In reserve temporarily at least and other ships
take their plaoes at sea. The flagship Olympla
of the Aslatla squadron is one of those
which may be ordered home so that tba fleet
may have tho addition of this powerful vessel.
Sho has been two years with the China squad
ron and Is now duo to return to home waters.
The authorities probably will dlreet that
sho proceod to the United States through
the Suez Canal, and sond out tho Charleston
as relief. The necessity of a strong squadron In
Chinese waters is not regarded so essential as
several months ago, when affairs there were
rather disquieting, and it Is argued that tho
Olympla could bo withdrawn and brought to
this coast without the station being reduced too
low In strength.
Within a few monthB threo ships at Mare
Island will be in readiness for sorvico, ot which
the Philadelphia and Charleston aro both avail
able for flagships. The Paclflo station Is
already as strong as the occasion de
mands, and realizing that If there Is to be
action for the navy. It will occur on tho Atlantio
soaboard, the authorities have deemed it advis
able to proceed to the extent of reducing tho
strength of othor stations in order to brine to
gether ot home its most offectivo fighting ships.
Within two months several ships of the fleet
will require the services of a, dry dock. The
New York, Massachusetts, and Iowa have boen
in the water many months, and their bottoms
must be painted soon. Constructor Illchborn
does not regard it as Imperative that any
one of them should be brought north now, but
says that the early spring should not go by
without all these ship being docked. By tbo
time the fleet comes to Hampton Roads again
the authorities are hopeful that dock No. 3 at
Brooklyn will be in readiness and no necessity
will exist ot sending the ships to Halifax, as In
the case ot tho Indiana, docked there last
autumn.
HIANTONOMOH AND KATARDIN.
Tho Monitor aad tbe Rain to Co Into Com mis
alan Again on March lo.
Washington, March 1. Orders were Issued
by tho Navy Department to-day for placing the
monitor Mlantonomoh and tbe harbor-defence
ram Katahdin in commission at League Island
Navy Yard ou March 10. Tbey probably will
be used fur the defence of Northern ports.
Tho commander of tbo Mlantonomoh has not
been 'elected, but tho detail will probably bo
given to Capt. Horace Elmer, recently pro
moted, whoso last ship was the Marblehead.
The other offlcora of tho Mlantonomoh will
he Lleutenant-Commandor John C. Wilson,
executive; Lieutenant Edmund II. Underwood,
nnvlgator; Lieutenants William S. Hogg and
William A, Gill, and Ensigns Albert L. Norton
and Noah T. Coleman, watch and division
otllcers; Chief Engineer Wythe M. Parks,
Passed Assistant EngineerClarence II, Mathews
and Surgeon Francis W, F, Wlober.
Tho Katahdin will bo commanded by Com
mander George F. F, Wilde, the present naval
secretary of the Lighthouse Board, and will
have tho following offlcere: Lieut. William F.
Low, executive; I, lout. Abraham E. Culver,
navigator; Ensign Campbell, watoli officer;
Passed Assistant Engineer. Frederick O. Bleg,
and Passed Assistant Surgeon Brownlee It,
Ward.
ARHOR EOR THE NEW SHIPS.
That for the Hoaraarse and Kentucky to Bo
Trsled .Veit Week.
Washington. March 1, Armor for the big
superposed turrets of tbe battleships Kearsarge
nnd Kentucky will havo its balllstlo tests at tho
proving station down the Potomao river next
week, when it will bo subjected to the territlo
fire of a twelvo-lnch rlflo.
This armor will represont a large lot, and Its
acceptance depends on the result of the coming
trials. Two shots will be II rod at the solected
plate with velocities of 1.450 feet per second
and 1,785. and If it meets requirements the
armor will bosblppod,to Newport News tor in
stallation. ,
Its thickness ranges from 17 inches to IS
inches where tbo turret is not so exposed to fl ro.
These turrets are the first ot their type ever
designed for warships, and some apprehension
has been felt that tbey may not prove what is
exoeeted of them.
Tbey aro the design of Cant. Sampson, Presi
dent of the Maine Investigating board, and ware
put on tbe now battleships against tbe advice ot
the Construction Bureau and other officers.
Worth Seeing.
Simpson's now Lean Offleo and Date Dtpoall Taolla,
lie West 414 st Bar Uceadway 4,
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JVOT HELD FOR LINOUINQ.
A Justice la Indiana Sets Hnektah Hsihrs at
Liberty,
IrtDlANAroLiB, March 1. One of tho Strang
est scene that ever occurred In an Indiana
courtroom took place this morning when Squire
Craig, who has sat for a we'ok at tho hearing of
Hezeklah Hughes, one of tho alleged Indiana
lynchers, announced his doclslon acquitting the
prisoner. When tho argument closed yesterday
afternoon Justlco Craig askod It ho could tako
counsol with any ono regarding the case and
was told that ho could do so legally. It; ap
pears that tho Iter. A. M. Lowden, pastor of the
Methodist Church, who opened tho trial yester
day asking that tho Justlco might bavo dlvlno
guidance, was with Justlco Craig last night and
the bloodshot eyes of tbo Justice plainly told
that It had beon a sloepless night. Lowden Is
Craig's pastor and also Hughes's pastor, and
the Justice admitted that ho bad consulted him
regarding tho case.
Hughes walkod out of tho court a f roo man, and
as ho roso from bis seat a shout of doatonlng ap
plauso filled the room and fifty or more persons
gathered around, graspod him by tho hand and
hugged him and somo of tho ladies throw their
arms around his neck nn wept. Tho Justico
wal openly congratulated and Jntues McCoy
declared In tho hoarlng of tho crowd us ho ad
dressed tho Justice:
"I'll tako back all the mean things I told
about you. Squire."
COREA'S KINO ASKS PROTECTION.
Oar Minuter Replies That lie Doesn't Serm ta
Be In Iford or It Russia orended.
SAN Fiiancibco, March 1. Ad vices from Coroa
say that tbe weak nnd vacillating monarch has
lately glvon countenance lo tbo whisperings of
the anti-Russian and pro-American faction and
he secretly sent a mlBtive to tho Amorican rep
resentative to ask the legation to give him pro
tection lu caso of an outbreak of hostilities be
tween Jnpan and England on the ono hand and
nussla. Franco, and Germany on the other.
Tbe American representative replied that ho
did not recognize tbe probability ot such an oc
currence, and so escaped compromising negotia
tions. Tho Russian Legation, on hearlngof this move
ment, took Immediate aotlon, and strong pres
sure has boen brought to boar upon tho Em
peror. Ho was compelled to allow Imperial
treasure, to a largo amount, to bo conveyed to
the Russian Legation.
DRUNK ON ALTAR WINE.
Ondrrklrk IVas Caught Helpless In the Church
Rn Went to Rob.
Amsterdam, N, Y., March 1. Early this morn
ing the sexton of St, Mary's Church found Ed
ward Ouderklrk lying in the church in a drunken
stupor. An investigation reroalcd tbe fact that
in the night tho church bad beon visited by van
dals. Ouderklrk was arrested, and later con
fessed that a man namod Bulger bad accompa
nied him. The poor box was robbed.
Considerable damage was done to the marble
altar, somo of the brasswork having bocn pried
off. When the thieves were ransacking the
closets wbore tho robes were tbey camo across
a bottle of altar wine. This they drank, and as
a result Ortderklrk wab unable to get out ot tho
ehurcb. Both men were so drunk to-day that
their examinations had to be postponed. Tho
garments of the church thieves wero covered
with grease from tbo candles tbey had used in
going about tho church.
XREABURT TAKES OOLD IN AOAZN.
Revocation of tbe Order Barrlna Such De
posit Asraluot Currency Shipments.
Gold is Again being received at tho Sub
Treasury against orders placed here for the
shipment ot currency from Washington to other
points. This revokes tbe order which went Into
effect on Feb, 15, forbidding tho receipt of gold
against shipments ot currency. When the
order was lssuod the Treasury's available stock
of greenbacks hnd deereased to $27,030,282,
but owing to Increased customs receipts and
the transfer from depository banks of Union
Pacific monoy tho stock has slnco Increased to
(133,252.630. It was foared nt tho tlmo tho
order was Issued that tbe Treasury's net gold
holdings, now aggregating $107,000,000, was
becoming too largo compared with the holdings
of greenbacks, but tho lncreaso In tho latter has
dissipated this fear.
WOH AN POUND MURDERED.
Ill Edward of Jamison, Pa., Who Lived
Alono, Killed In Iter Home.
Dotlestown, Pa.. March 1. Miss Annie L.
Edwards, who resided at Jamison, this county,
a short distance from Doylestown, was found
murdered in ber bedroom lost night. Tbo wo
man was beaten to doath.
There Is no cluo to the mnrderer; neither is
there any evidence as to tho time when tho mur
der ocourred.
Tho last time the woman was seen allvo was
on Friday night, and as she lived alono in tho
house, the perpetrators of the crlmo bavo had
time to cover tbo evidence of the butchery.
The motlro for tho crlmo was doubtless rob
bery. Tbe County Commissioners have offered a
reward of 81,000 for tbe arrest of tbo murderers.
This Is the second murder in this county within
a week.
RUNAWAY AT A FUNERAL.
Fear Person Hurt Duroro a Trlecraphi Polo
Stopped the Frightened Team.
Trenton, March 1. While on the way to a
cemetery this morning tho horses attached to
tho first coach In a fur.orsl procession ran away.
John Crawford, the driver, was thrown from
his seat and so badly bruised that be had to bo
taken to a hospital. Herman Brand, an occu
pant of the coach, attempted to jump out nnd
was seriously hurt. Mrs. Katherino Marline,
while crossing tbe street was struck by the
coach and knocked down nnd her arm was
broken. Further down the street ono ot tho
horses ran against Mls Mary Cubberlcy nnd
knocked her down. 8ho wnn badly brulsod
about the head. Tho team was brought to a
standstill by running against a telegraph pole.
DR. PARKER LOSES TWO COATS.
He Mot the Tbler Loavlas Ills Houso with
Them, but Could Not Hold Him.
Just as Dr. Do Wilt L. Parker was ascending
tbe stoop of his houso at ISO Montague street,
Brooklyn, about 7 o'olock last night, a strange
man came out with two overcoats which ho
recognlzod as bolonglng to thu houso. The man
brushed rapidly past him and reached tho
street In n Jiffy.
Dr. Parker grabbed the tails of his coat, but
the fellow broko fren and mado his escnpo with
tbo stolen coats, Entrance to tho hotiBe is sup
posed to havo boon efftctod with a falso key.
THEATRE LlOllTS OO OUT.
Temporary nnrbnru Causes Riollemrnt In the
llarlrm Simla Hall,
While a song and dance team were doing their
best last night at the Harlem Music Hall a fuse
In tbe eloctrlo light plant blew out. All tbe
lights were extinguished. Home of the women
In tbe audience screamed. Within two min
utes tbe gas was lighted and tho performance
wont on.
Will Enter lha Chlumnan a Yellow."
Haltimoiie, March 1. Charley Sing Lee, a
Chlneso Inundryman, ralsod a point to-day
which sorely puzzled tho marriage license
clerks ot tho Court of Common Pleas. Ho
wanted a license to marry a woman of African
descent. The law prohibits tho marriage ot a
white person lo n negro or lo nny ono of negro
descent. Tho clerks thought Charlie was whlto
nnd refused him a llccnkc. They have Blnco de
cided that Iho Btatute does not refer to China
mrn. Leo will get his llceiisit to-morrow morn
ing when be rails for it. He will bo cutcrcd
upon the books us " yellow."
Was Robbed as He Preaehed.
PononaTEKrsiK, March 1, While tho Rer.
Thomas Burrows, rector of the Church of the
Holy Spirit In Kingston, was instructing his
parishioners on Sunday evening in tho wars of
righteousness, a thief was busily engaged In tho
rectory In gathering together all articles of
valuo In sight, He got two, watches, a number
of ring ani bracslsts. and a small amount in
cash. Thai Is no clue to the Identity ol the
thief.
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SPAIN BUYS WARSHIPS. '9
I
SUE RAISES THE CASH TO SECURS .19
TUREE CHILIAN VEBSELB. $
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The Purchase Practtrnlly Completed ThJ sfl
Will n Added lo the Spanish Savr Caleos ',jj
War with Uncle Sam Beslu Beror Their '(
Aetna! Transfer The Cash Probably Raised
by Mean or ibe Petroleum Monopoly, nW
Bptetnl CaM Detpatch la Tat Sex. yM
Madrid, March l.-Spaln succeodod to-day, In iwM
a manner not yet dlsclosod, In raising tbe cash &M
necessary to secure threo Chilian warships, ''
which havo bocn In tho market for more than t 1$(
year. Tbe purchaso Is practically complotod. Sj
According to Information which is entitled to) iKj
be considered nuthorltatlvo, thoso ships will tffl
soon bo added to tho Spanish navy, unless hos m
tllltlcs with tho United States should break out S
beforo their actual transfer to the Spanish flag, Mm
In which caso International law would prevent M
their uso by Spain. ,;
It Is surmised tbnt tho security for a loan
mado to-day for tho purchaso of tho ships Is the Jk
monopoly of the Importation, refining nnd sale. jM
of petroleum and other mineral oils, which ;'
monopoly, It has beon announcod, will be sold at 'K !
auction on March 23. 'rfl
WOODFORD'S DINNER TO POLO. j
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Spain Is Surprised That Our Congress Should
Disapprove or tt, V(
Sofclal Cable Dtipatch to Till 8 UK. l
Madrid. March 1. Tho resolution proionted vM
a few days ago In tho American House of Ropre- '
sentatlvos censuring Minister Woodford bo- ' 5
causoof tbe farewell dinner hogavo in honor 'it
of Sefior Polo y Bornnhi5, tho nowly appointed ijfc
Spanish Minister to tho Unltod States, has n)
caused surprlso hero. It Is folt that tho dinner Sj
afforded no ground for offence unj where in the M
United States, as It was simply a customary "?;
courtesy. 'A
Beflor Dupuy do Lomo, who at tho time was Q
tho Spanish rcprcsontativo ot Washington, $
gave a dinner in honor of Gon. Woodford when '
the latter was appointed Minister to Spain, but
this fact occasioned no remark horo, where it S
was well known tho dlnnor was In line with '3
diplomatic precedent. .$
Minister Woodford carefully fulfils all his "4
social duties, thus greatly helping him In tho M
difficulties ot his position at tho most punctll- ft
lous court of Europe in matters of etiquette. t&
Moreovor, ho observes tho greatest promptness 'X;
and accuracy In tho dlschnrgo ot his dlplomatlo j
duties, to which Is ascrlbablp tho avoidance ot y
friction, and opportunities to seek peace and 'A
Justice for Cuba and protoctlon for the Inter g
ests of the Unltod States in tho island. to
RECIPE FOR HAKINO GOLD. K
B. C. Brlce or Chicago Make Publlo Bis A
Mucb-Talked-or Formula. -g
Chicago, March 1. E. C. Brlcc, President
and General Manager ot tbe National Metal- $.
lurgical Company, mado publlo to-day his so-
cret bow to make gold. Mr. Brlco has sue- $';
ccodod in making some people bellevo that ha
can manufacture gold out of baser metals, 'M
His company has $150,000 ot paid up stock Ji
and owns a plant on Lowe avenue with retorts. !'
blast furnaces and other necessary equipment jj
for gold making. It also owns an antimony J
mlno In Utah. '
The company held a meeting last night and, ;.
votod to appropriate 520,000 more for improve- A
ments nt tho antimony mine, nnd Mr. Brico h
says thnt aa tbo company haa secured all the
rights to his process by patents applied for In
all parts ot the world, ft will no longer conduot ''
Its operations secretly, but that thn gold fao- "S
tory will be open to public lnsncctlon at ail i;
times, tlis reason for socrccy was that be was &
not fullv protected. -i
This formula Is now made public: ,
Take cf chemically pure antimony. B parts; "ft
sulphur. 10 parts; Iron, 1 part: caustic soda, 4 ii
parts, Placo theso ingredients in a graphite 3
cruclblo nnd oxposo to a whlto heat, or 8,000 -M
degrees, from eight to forty-eight hours, Pow- w
der tbo resulting mass and mix it welt tolncor- 1,
porato tbo metal with tbe slag. Combine this V
with charcoal. 1 part; oxide of lead, 0 parts. i;
ond caustic soda, 4 parts. Fuse tho whole until
a metallic button Is outalnod. Scorify nnd cupel $.
this metallic masB and tho resulting head will
ho gold and uilver. 'jt
Mr. Brlco says that Robert W. Hunt, head of ft;
tho leading firm ot metallurgical chemists in ,i
Chicago, mndo a test of this formula for Secre- pj
tarv Gngo and reported that ho got both gold A
and sliver. Mr. Hunt realized only a few dol- Si
lars to tho ton, but Brlco Bays tho ore ho menu- VJ
facturcs will assay $1,000 to tho ton in pure S
gold and silver. ?i;
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CLEVELAND OUTFIT FOR WAX. "&
Capt. BurdlcU or Troop A Suggest That His V
Men Coo Silk Underwear. '$
Cleveland, March 1. That part of Clove- w
land's population which lives without silken jf
underwear Is having a great laugh to-day at an "
order lssuod yesterday by Capt. Burdlck to tbe it
members of Troop A, Cleveland's swell cavalry 0
organization: s
"1. In consideration of a possible coll for ser- g
vlco in tho flold and recognizing the necessity 4'
ot promptness, should such a call bo made, you
are hereby ordered to hold yourself In readiness t
and report at tho armory Immediately upon re-
eclpt of orders. 3J
"2. Upon rocclpt ot this prepare and have
ready a field kit of a few necessary articles as Jf
suggested below. It should bo of the least pos-
Blblo weight end contain the fowest articles i?-
compatible with tho maintenance ot health,
Comfort tnuBt bodlsregnrdod when men take the J
Held, as It U not only a personal inntter, butes- i
Bential that ottlciirs and men should keep them- i
selves in such health as to bo ready at all times iT
to do Iho hardest work. . v
In addition to tho articles worn or carried on ,V
the person, tbe follow I ntr, can bo packed on the '
ladrtlo and in saddln bags: f
"Ono overcoat with cape, 1 blankot, 1 pair
trouBcrs, 1 pair hoary shoos with extra laces. 3 C
palro worsted or woollen socks, 1 suit under-
near (silk preforahloi, 1 flannel shirt. 3 pooket- $i
handkerchiefs. 1 woollen or silk nightcap, 3 ej,
towels, 1 hulr bruBh, 1 comb, 1 tooth brush, 1 v.
small cloth brush. 1! candles, 1 knlfo and fork -
and spoon, 1 small sponge, 1 pair scissors, 1 t
soap box und soap. '4
LIFE-SAVISO MEDAL FOR A WOMAN. J
4
Preseutoa at the Council's Session and PInnrd
On lj I he President. h
ti'
Mrs. Ida Clark ot 1 013 Second avenue, a young ,f i
woman drcseod in black, was ushered to the &
floor of the Council Immediately after tbe roll f,
call of that body yestorday, ProBldont Guggen ,
liolmer deBcendod from the President's seat and t
led ber Into tbo opon spneo bofore the clork's '5
desk. Ho then made a brief spocch, In which he '
Informed her that tho Volunteer Life-Saving ff
Corps ot Now York desired him to present to 4
her a gold medal as a token of tbo society's
recognition of her distinguished bravery In i
saving the Ufo of Josio Brown, a child. He re. K
ferrcd to tho action of Mrs. Clark, who Is a ekll- ft
fill swimmer. In Jumping from Iho Battery sea H
wall lust June to rcscuo tbo child, whom she VI
had seen fall Into tho water. . . . . j
At the rnd of his spocch tne President pinned .0
tho modal to Mrs. Clark's dress. Everybody In Jl
tho room applauded heartily, Mrs. Clark M
thanked Iho President briefly. Ab sho turned tfj
to leave the room the applause waa renewed. -4
and Increased until many of those present ,j
cheered. ji
Shot Ills Former Friend Dead.
Colcmiiia. S. 0.. March l.-Dr, 8. J. Blvlngs, , j
a dentist of Spartanburg, wnlked Into the store f
of T. J. Trlmmlcr this oveulne and with a pistol '1
in each hand began firing. Trlramler fell ''
dead with a bullet through his heart. ;
His son, a young roan, was shot in A
the arm, Trlramler conducled tho largest book. j
store in upper South Carolina and was one of .
tne most publlo-splrited and popular citizens In h
the city, JDr. Blvlngs was one of hi InUmats
frlsndsV The cause of th. i tragedy myst8j). .
Blviaici surrendered and I la Jail, I.
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