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•as are under orders to prspars foe prac
tise wv:j them, wbi* h la expected to begin
wltblr. the next ten days.
Larg* quantities of ammunition have
been received at tae forts and Mors is on
tbo way The Pensesola division of the
cars militia hava just received from the
government a splendid IfotchkJa# rapid -
lire g-an and a full outfit of sot lasses, am-
Birini'loß. ate. and they ara realy to begin
practice.
BHIPB ABE BEADY TO BAH.
Work ,sa the ■lsatsseasli. Katab
<la. MlssssmM* aM tolssihia
Praedesll? Matsbed.
PHII-AT'KLFHIA. M*rui JS.-Th're
was a general absance at Le if ■ Jalaad
navy yard of the unusual activity which
prevailed last Burn Jay and the Sunday pre
vious. A few woramen were busy about
tho yard toid aboard th* sh.pa, but their
work was of a Qrush.Mr character. The
Mlfimnnomti. Mlnneepo"* and
Columbia are sow aUi but r«-ady to sa.l
within a day or two. tf so ordered, and
whatever additional rspaire maj to neces
sary can be attended to en route. A few
more nten ar*. n»ed«d for the Katahdln
and Minneapolis. and a detachment of ma
rinas under Unit Fuller is aspocted
shortly to complete th* Columbia's cam
plemect. All the warships ar« coaled and
have itkw of th« r stores aboard. and
about aii tliat remains to be done now is
to replenish th».r stock of »mmanliwn.
This will be den* at the government
magaair r a short distance below tho navy
jrnrd. and ail the vessels will then be
ready tor aalling at a moment's notice.
The Columbia Is anchored in the river,
and as soon as her marines arrive will
steam to the mag^ata*:
The government tug Leiden la expected
tomorrow or Tuasday and W.ll to* a I urn*
boat iutuJ of eoal to Key Writ. It 1# re
ported that Hi'- governnwnt la negotiating
for tlx purohaae of a large number of
barfti |n tbia city to t*- used Twr carrying
coal and auppliea The * jrk of receiving
lan da man, ordinary iramtn and metrhln
-Ima will oonttnua until further order*.
There haa been a rush of application#
for the army and inarlna branch** of the
service all week, but tha oft! era In charge
are accepting only thoaa who paa# a moat
rigid examination. In consequence only
• few are chosen, and these are men who
M«h> up to every requirement.
Comparative quiet also prevailed at the
other estabi.ehments In thla vicinity capa
ble of executing governme.it Work. The
oOcials of the Midvale Steel Works are
always reticent übout work going on
thtre. but It ww learned that the extra
forces of men have lately been working
on projective
No Sunday work is under way at Frank
fort arsenal. Last week an order was re
ceived there to work ten a day, but
wftgtever contract e as Involved haa prob
ably been completed, for the order was
rescinded last night The avert go daily
output of cartridges there is tV*Ki round*,
but during the ton-hour day thla could
be increastd by from S.t«" to lfl.tMO. It Is
the only arsenal in the raised States
where small ammunition la made. Th*
number of employes haa been gradually
increased of late to from fc>o to TOO woik
men.
At the H hti) lk.ll arsenal nothing was
folr.g t>f!. This arsenal merely make#
clothing and tents for the regular army,
and aometli-es fur the state militia, and
Its employee are about ninety-eight p«r
•ona.
There was work today at Cramp's sh'.p
yard, but It was v>n the new Klondike
etcamer# Indiana and Pennsylvania- Noth
ing was Iteing d oie on the battleship Ala
bama or the J ti>ane*o cruiser Kaaagl.
AT THE TORPEDO STATION.
The «ir#ale#t tellvtty In I'rrpsrlsg
« hsrget soil I'uaea for Ike
Shells.
NKWI'ORT. li t.. Mar h i.l There has
bean the *reat»st activity today at the
torpedo station in preparing charges fot
torpedo o art's, a :.l a's-a m t-erfet ting the
defense# at the «ntrame of Narragaaa> tt
bay.
In t'a# m.ic.iine at the station, th#
I vthe* cuttiriK the shell far faxes and
primers were i n to their fall caja i'y,
wlilie extra bar..la were In the fusa room
loading and pa s t.g. The g in cotton ard
amokelesa powder | ants ar.- also being
pash«d o their fall capav».,t)j. It Is
c!a.n.d :J'.at ad tils stir Is*. n*
nitl.ai r. a i.l .- •<!•.> tor f.e i -irpo-.* of
catching up »ith orders, but it ta known,
that while the orders for fusea and prim
er* * <te sultl ieotly numeroua to keep the
plant !:• operation In or 1 nary tins.* for
aome months, th j work had been por-
lut t«. :« ' '-d by the tin.e
-the s* ps l a* ft.iic r adj f % r
• tppliea. P.nee the W4 e » »re, there haa
I 4 n a lU(i# d* - a. -i f>r ' from the
eh!p* fitttnc out, a?>d *s "*.ere is i-a tk al
<y no reserve aii|»j»iy. extra w.-rk has
niade ocmpulsorj and that, too. Without
providing for regular order#.
In th.- r.agaatne at I'.ma luls l there
•re aeveral thoaaanJ pound# of Dupont
ts-tto*; parcha*ed at the time of the b.irn«
tag of th• fa t .:v l.ere T: :s .* tf r
the ' I r; .'a war h« .u T.vmor
r s a not *r , na'gntr.<nt > f Whitehead
'* v tr -m the T '>s Cms*
T " ««••*! b Cwje.n «• ! Talh. t
ha - up ' 'if to h« turned
ov rt the T rs sr i crew, who are e*.
*"* •« t." : - I ar;, toiug' : the tor
' " ' ' ' Unevpsrted'T
• s n « .-re she has been a I
tv at. rr : tef of h~r ell fcurairg f-r-
Isi '« i' S V, { V 4 { ,K„ , ■,
I von i
} HILL FIND
t i
l «.uativ kept itj so «p-tO» "7
j. date Jcwctrv Stor* at
I GRAHAM & MOORE. ::
| Jt #KURH. !!
v- 1 AvrtMMfc
V Use rsg>««ts| .*
For the cmbpM* outfitting of
■liners under ooa root the firms of
ludiAitntlKftCtq
Seattle Hardware (•>,
J. A. BaWaricaa,
Hire Incorporated the
Seattle-Alaska
General Supply Co., Inc.,
Dexter Hortoa Bank Bu'iling.
First Avenue South.
used for carrying smokeless powder to
Newport, a# It Is produced /.ere.
Klslsk Si-eysrt Harbor.
The fores of gunners b being greatly
reduced here, on account of an urgent call
for these trained nrv»n. The marine ward
at the training station, which now num
bers 7; men. Is now h/ld In reserve for
draft, and many of the service m'-n at the
station have already been detached For
tho d'fens* of the bay the mortar lattery
at Fort Adams and tho 12-inch battery at
Dutch Island, or. tho oth«r side of the
bay, are the principal points wh«ra work
la being rushed.
A vessel load of powder arrived at Fort
Adams today and another lot Is exported
by rail soon. This morninf there arrived
several cables for submarine mines for
both the middle snd west passage of the
bay. Mines, anchors and firing apparatus
arc already at hand.
MEN ALLEAGER TO ENLIST.
dlaadrads Have Brrs Taraed Away
Frasa Slavy lard*. Wl»r« Thora
Ara Km F.alletlag Bareaas.
PORTSMOUTH, N H . March 11—Plans
for me placing of aubmarine mines for
Portsmouth harbor have been mapped out.
and a larjce force of men have been active
ly at work near the fortifications ail day.
It is claimed, however, that thoee mines
will b« of little use. owing to the depth
of eater In the river, ft- ■* being over
teu fathoms in the channel from New
castle to within a snort distance of the
navy yard.
Hundreds of men have visited the navy
yard during the last week to enlist, but
as there is no enlistment bureau here valu
able men have been lost to the navy. A
request will be forwarded at once to the
navy department for the establishment of
aucfc a station for the enlistment of men
from Maine. New Humps.dna and Ver
mont.
NOT A NEWPORT TORPEDO.
The Maine Was .Not lllvnu I p By
Sncb a Projectile—There
la no Much ililna-
NEWPORT. H. I . March 13. Ueut. Com
mander McLean was interviewed at the
torpedo station in regard to the report that
the Maine had been blown up by a "New
port" torpedo. The commander la au
thority for the statement that there Is no
such thing as a "Newport" torpedo.
The station here is largely for experi
mental purposes in the way of trying and
testing torpedoes, and it lias at various
times experimented with the Whitehead.
Howell and Cunningham torpedo*#. The
Whitehead, which is the projectile in gen
eral use In the United States navy, al
though the Howell is used to some ex
tent. is an automobile device. In the cen
ter of the projectile, which Is made In sue." l
of sixteen and eighteen feet In length, is
a cylinder for the reeeptwn of compressed
air. which feeds the mechanism in the
tail of the torpedo. In front of the cylin
der for cam greased air is placed the war
hesd. which usually contain* in the neigh
borhood of 220 pounds of gun cotton. When
the torpedo is prepared for action, it Is
placed In a firing tube The firing tube,
being discharged, thr »i the projectile a
dlstan e of fifteen or twenty feet, and the
air In the tank Is released and supplies the
motive power for the mechanism In the
it '. Knough eom;»r«**"d air is stored to
arry the tors:edo < •**> or 1 yard*. The
distance *hi h the torpedo is Intended to
travel may be gauged by the adjustment
of the mechanism in the tall of the pro-
J rtlle When the prove tile' strikes un
object the gun cotton !s exploded by de
t-'t:.- !•> mean* ' \ ar*.> < fulminate
of mercury In the form of a cap.
The force of the dls hars« of 220 po".n>!s
of |un cotton is suffli lent. If properly
placed, t# sink a *ar»hlp, as s«i demon
strated In the ltrxi *n insurre tlon. when
a single torpedo de-trey d four compart
ments on t r- i Aqi Itbu, sink
ing that vessel, •»'.* sh - 1 e was at un
der her <•» - - > K*t frctn her mo r
ings to t* >' d■' 1< i ' « • i-fJ yards a a ay.
Th# Howell torpedo differs from the
Whitehead oiiiy In me banisro. wh'le the
t snt. • gham * -r; pow t\\ and de
s'.ru.. tire, but unliable.
I'llttDl H H"ltK» HI VMM. M >|)U
Mill* Ktmntna on I ttf» time St >< W -
Ink (tixeinmrni tnimunlilos,
SANT A CRUZ, r. Man n U -The
ader n rk« w err .• ' II bia»' t lay mak •
"r±g government powder. It is unusual f r
the force to be at a- rk on Sur. lay, As
extra men are be;-*g t •_» pre
sumed t it -rders have bee?, received !;>
K :ea*e the
Far 'he pa«l ' <• mS . h.<« been de
i tf i es . - ve ;<r to the ma' '<*%-jure of
% e: • «- , r
VH.IIIIV<i 11 ll 't Ol'M OKPI Ht'.l).
% (arte t »«tr.rl H«. Hrf. t.lu. t«
a f'frm In t Irtrlinrl
CT.EVKT *Nr». siar-h :* Warner A
i s*#*ey, of tM# city, are ft? , -ge «r-
I der for tt-e gc\ernme-.-t *-r '•>>» pe<
ibe used an heavy g-j-a f C -r ♦ ght:r;g p,. r .
I
Th*v *i%& at wMt t*m % nvimVf <vf
f.r.sjkr* % * b** f*r
y rt M tn- • w they
t-e test ! w:th • <t daya
The Ineertor of t. a. fea* been here
st vera! weeks tapertr.terul the construe-
T—m i'Us Iv. '. i:.v. cZ ' * ;y
THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER. MONDAY, MARCH 14. 189&
aieo ftii:ng a. government order for deck
plate* Tor cruisers.
sew MACHIJE Cl*.
llimU Ttm gMIrK Three-Urfc
Creiertlle* Pee «!■■(».
SAN ANTONIO. Tex . March 11 -J. W.
Green, a mechanical eagiae-'r of this citjr.
is negotiating with the war department
for the purchase of as automatic ma
china for the fortification.* and floating
batteries, which he haa Invented and
patented. The department !a now making
a teat with a sua constructed on the lines
of Mr. Gre<ef*« patent, which wi;l shoot
**> three-inch prGjecuies per minute. The
fastest machine gun heretofore invented
throws bu! eieven three-inch shells p«r
minute. The Greer machine gun can he
constructed for heavy ammunition and
w.i> shoot faur-tnch projective at the rate
of 2S> per minute. .
A feature of the stun which recommend
it at this time is. the laveation can bo
employed oa the pun a now in use by the
department and car be manufactured in
a very short time.
DOtBLWO THKIR PLA*T.
* arpenter Cs. Ralldlsg \eir Farter*
lea to Maaafactara frsjeetllea
READING, Fa., March 13—The promise
of a contract for projectiles amounting to
over II WiM) to the Carpenter Steel Works
kept the entire plant In unusual activity
today. Work was pushed all along the
line of projectiles In the mam plant on
the erection of the three new buildings
begun yesterday, and in getting the Dia
mond Steel Company's works (which have
been leased* Into running order.
Masons, carpenters, machinists, steel
smelters and makers and a score of other
classes of workmen were on duty, and In
two weeks the company will have In
creased the plant to double Us capacity and
will probably employ 750 men. Mors ship
ments will be made tomorrow by order of
government officlaia.
THREE BATTERIES READY.
Will Start (or Their Kew Poata So as*
Time This Week.
JUNCTION CITY, Kas., March U.-The
three batteries of artillery ordered from
Fort Riley to the South are ready to
start, but a message received today mat
ed that Charles O. Ureal, ordnance
officer of the post, who was on a furlough,
cannot reach home before Tuesday, and
hence the guns and ammunition cannot
be taken a* -v till he releases them. He
was telegraphed yesterday to return to
Port Riley at once. However, though there
are many rumori afloat, there is no reason
to believe that the artillery will move be
fore at leaat the middle of the week, and
probably not till Friday, as at first stated.
Kach battery has been ordered to take
with it a full supply of ammunition.
Torpedoes far I lie t ruioer*.
NEWPORT. It. I March 13,-The tug
Leiden left the torpedo station at 12 o'clock
today for League island r.avy yard with
torp< do outfits oC projectiles for the cruis
ers Miar,ea;K»i!s and Columbia and torpedo
boat Ranger. The tug has been detached
from uhis station and will hereafter be
attached to League island navy yard.
Fllllna nn Order for Psirder.
WILMINGTON. Del.. March 13 -The
powder works of tho E. I. Dupont-De
moura Company is now working day and
night on a government order for hexag
onal powder for the big guna. with a daily
capacity said to be ten tons of powder.
Work Is also said to be hurri«d at the
company's plant in New Jersey, near
Giubftowa
Ten-lncli (inn for Fort *tes ena.
PORTLAND. Or, March 13-A ten-Inch
rifled gun for the fortification# at Fort
Stevens, at the mouth of the Columbia
river arrived here from the East today.
The big gun will be shipped to Fort Stev
ens tomorrow and placed in position with
in a few days.
Hiiililnit Work un Ills (inn#.
HETTHLKHEM r.i . M.irch 11-Th*
IJethlehttn Iron Company has# received or
d« !■» !•. *ll government « rk as yet
unfinished or. the l*> ten ar.d twelve-Inch
nun* an.l carriage*. and the force of
skilled mechanics in all departments are
working night and day.
Ilntlrrj Hrdrrrd to (•nlveaton.
SAN ANTONIO. T»\.. Mar h 13.-Light
batt<ry K. First artillery, mas today re.
al!ed frcm the tars, t range jt Ka-rvilie
and ordered to Galveston The order was
:»-vied by Gen. Graham, commander of the
department, on h structions r. reived from
Washington todir.
1 lorldi* "Ulr Troop*.
TALLAHASSE Ft a., March 13, -From
all report.4 (ming .nto the adjutant g. r.
erais o!tl>e here, ar.d letters from com
mandera of oomp-uu**, It Is Warned that
th Fluri-'a ?ta*» troi;v« 37* now rtsruit
• ' ;» * tba Mi t gr&' standard, wth offers
v f e-. .»*h men to put ax**' more in the
ri 1»n a we. k. In Tampa uid Ja« k-*m
\ !le . -piv.aJ'.y the war fever ia strong.
Mn«rmrMt< of \\ nr• h i |»».
KKV WKST Mar h v The bart Whip
1 « » arrived from th. Tcrtugas today and
an ! r d off h-re. T l » t >rpedo boat Du-
I Rt *JL.ied th * morning with mail and
•J'*l>it h<*s for tite fir She will reiKw
- 'f%
TO MU\K TMF. rHWiP*.
« onfrrrln* WHh Hatlroatl Officials
Trn n*porl n 11»«
V> AB!ilN< .TON, Maroh ii.-The f >vem
oiTt !« p*-rf*■'■?»:■c !t* plans tr make th*
movement* of troops to the onstst defease
CI.: :s r- Whioh w»re d by the war
,« . t-M on FrSday and pubiiabed at
that ? me,
V .v »%s h-id here tr day by
T » *" l *a >s of the following railroads
to arrays- far the trannWatico of light
** r Omen *cd their accoutrements:
*' * ** tu * »: the n
ra road, the SsS<*rd Air line and the
,v Ohio.
It was Stated that seve-ai compares of
.«■' :»» ymen, co-,»:#t:ng of about s *ty
CV * B <a "b. » *»d be transferred from
F rtre* to 'he for. mtng point*
r " ' '**- the Oa;» F*ar river.
G-■ :*,a, U Tlm. at*/ S*k*jui*b: •»
Fort Morgan, near Mobile, and to Sheri
dans Point, on the Potomac,
It was stated also that a company would
be moved from Fort McHer.rv. Baltimore*
to jome point on the Delaware river near
Philadelphia. The government wanted, it
was declared, the arrangements perfected
by tomorrow or Tuesday at the latest.
No bids have boen asked for regarding
the transportation of heavy guns, and It
was understood that the men were to be
carried to the different points simply to
man the ba-.teriea. It Is not known when
the contemplated changes will take place.
RAILROADS GETTING READY.
Rstlaes and Care Being Fixed lp
far Easfgeaer Work.
ATLANTA, Ga.. March 13.—Orders were
received ber<» ton.ght by the master me
chanic* of all the railroads entering the
city to hav« every engine stemmed up and
ready for use at a moment's notice. All
roundhouses and yards are lighted up to
night, and a full force of men are a*,
work—a very unuaual Uilng for Sunday
night.
A trip to the roundhouses of the several
roads did not elicit any Information. Those
in charge said the engines were merely
fired up for an emergency, and that they
always kept some ready to be sent out in
esse of a or putting out of
extra trains. It wan dvnlt-d that any or
der had been received to have an extra
number of engines ready for use, though
the report was current around the shops
that a movement of troops was expected
early In the week.
Acting under instructions believed to
have been received last night, the West
ern ft Atlantic shops had on a full force
today. Engines which have not been used
for a year, and freight cars abandoned
some time ago. are to be overhauled and
all rolling stock Is being repaired.
The conference of railroad men in Wash
ington today lent color to the report that
emergency work had been ordered on sev
eral of the hoads, although it is denied
that auch an order has been issued. It is
known that Information reached Atlanta
late last night looking to the pushing of
this work.
TI G RIIaHT AKM HETIKM.
•Her Crew Say That the Maine Was
Oeitrojred by a Mine.
CINCINNATI. March 13. -A special to
the Commercial Tribune from Portsmouth,
Va., says:
"The Merritt Wrecking Company's tug
Right Arm. having beeu relieved at the
scene of the Maiae wreck by ihe tug I. J.
Merritt, left Havana last Monday and
reached Norfolk today. Capt. John Ma
gee. who is in command, would not speak
of what his divtrs had seen and the con
clusion he reached from the reports. The
crew were more communicative and every
man said it was an open secret among
the divers and cflictrs at Havana that the
big magazines were intact and that the
Maine had been destroyed by a torpedo
mine."
A MILITANT SERMOI.
President MeKinley'c Pastor Tblaks
Thvre la No Cause for Fear.
WASHINGTON. March 13.—President
McKlnley occupied his pew at the Metro
politan church this morning and listened
to a sermon by Dr. Hugh Johnson, his
pastor, which dealt at »mt> length and
quite directly with the problem which
most thoroughly engrosses the president's
mind. Ho took the Spanish question for
the text, and during his discourse said:
"One thing is certain, we shall not have
war unless there is absolute Justification
for St. The dignity and honor of the na
tion shall be upheld, and American loyal
ty and bravery rema.n untarnished as
ever; but the calm and Arm attitude of
the chief executive assure;* us thai neither
by prejudice, passion, popular clamor,
hysteria nor ambition will this nation be
involved in a deadly strife. Secure from
invasion, with Inexhaustible wealth and
resources, with a people full of martial
spirit and able to put 10,009,000 soldier*
into the field and coyer the seas with
battleships, what have we. to fear from a
bankrupt nation that cannot even subdue
20 0«) or 90.0rt) ragged, ill-fed and poorly
equipped Cuban ins intents? Or from an
alliance from Franc# or the Latin nations
aganst us*
" 'Come the three corners of the world
!n arms and we shall «ho-k them.*
"But this power is controlled by intelll-
Ken<-e. patriotism and Christian principle,
and only stern duty to Its humanity and
civilization, just relations with our fellow
men and national honor will lead us to
!r* !>o«e the deg« of war. Desiring and
praying firr j»ace. let us hope that th*
extent and v.gor of these war preparations
will avert the conflict and a«?ist tl. cause
of peace."
IRBITR %TIO\ I* SIGOESTED.
\n I: ft aJi •> b Paper Think* Dint War
t n n He Prevented.
LONDON. M irrfi II T> * Dally Graphic
fditoriaily suggests this morning that
there time '•till remaining that can be
utilised to ti> g- Mate an agreement to refer
the Maine matter to arbitration, to a>vr
'.Un the "true facSs" and to decide as to
the nature of the Indemnity, If any be due.
to the I'nit-d States.
"E* jh'and.'* -,:ys ".he Daily Graphic,
would sympathise with a war for the
v. - •! •:-> ,f «\j> I but if the it* «
go»" to wir it must rv» in a ju«* < -,auae and
aft r every efi rt to secure peace fas been
exhausted."
The Pans correspondent of the Daily
dee tare* French support cf Spa.n
"* aid not exceed Platonic sympathy,"
rd that there is no lik-lihood that tho
fri-'r '.ship of Au-'tr t or Germany wauld
• xtend farther.
Th-» T.me*. co mmenting u;- n the cordial
ity f the *n*-n.-« be-*-in Pr>--» lent Mc-
K c> and Seror I' > y p-r0..: •>. the r- v
Spar.tsh minister to Washington, and cotn
mending the president's policy, says;
' Mr M» K - |e> cannot mor» « arelj trnn
<jul!!se op'.e: ->n ar i «*-•••••* » -
field for his pfl ic endeavor than by con
vincing the Amer: sa people that 1,. is pre
pared for all contingencies."
*»'ll* LOOK!) Ft»R AIO.
1 latter* Herself That She tan Get
Knrnpeaa Help in Case of War.
MADRID Mir a IJL-The view held !n
r :r e* t« that Spam *. not pro
voke w t be au«e 5f she dsl she »■ , j
" 5 ■ f isalaVd. '• :t if Atae.-ica gives
the provoraf on rhe will not be alone !n
the ,*tr.:rgle.
The rencral op -ion u* that In the event
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America 8 commerce is seven-fold greater
than Spain's. American interests will suf
fer most. War would benefit neither na
tion, and good sense therefore counsels
peace.
Will Get Xo *ach Aid.
PARIS. March 13.—The Temps says:
Spain does not deceive when she
counts upon the sympathy, at least latent,
of European governments, but It would be
a mistake for her to expect any effectual
support from either Great Britain or the
triple alliance.
Before all she must rely upon herself.
HAS MAIMS ALLIAXIE.
Ambassador White Shows Why the
Story la Improbable.
LONDON, March 13—The Sunday Spe
cial publishes from Its Berlin correspond
ent an interview with United SUtes Am
bassador White on the attitude of the
I'nitrd States toward Spain and the Cu
ban situation.
Ambassador White, according to this
dispatch, declares the statement that the
United States had entered Into an alli
ance with England and Japan was abso
lutely without foundation.
"The Americans," Mr. White is reported
to have said, "will never bind themselves
by such an alliance. President McKin
ley's administration cannot act against
the tradition which hoids all such com
plications In America's international re
lations as wrong. of all will it do
this for the sake of interests in the far
East. The fear of war with Spain must
not be taken too seriously. The $50,000,0110
credit la no proof that the United States
Intends going to war, slnco the govern
ment has long demanded such a credit
for the purpose of harbor defenses. This,
however, has been postponed, owing to
tiie nigxardly policy congress has hitherto
pursued."
He characterized as "quite untrue" the
statem»nt that the United States had
placed large orders with Herr Krupp, and
added:
"America possesses ammunition of all
kinds and war material In the government
factories sufficient for every emergency."
Lieut. Allen, the United States military
attache at Berlin, is reported by the Sun*
d;jy special correspondent a* confirming
Ambassador White's view of the situation,
on the strength of private advices that
have reached the American embassy, al
leging that the investigations of the Ameri
can court of inquiry clearly Indicate that
the sinking of the Maine was not due to
an accident; that substantial evidence to
this effect has been discovered, but that
owing to the excited public feelings thejre
facts have been withheld from publica
tion.
CRASPIXU AT STRAWS.
Spanish Think. Kirrjr Kiprrswlon of
Sympathy Means nn Alliance.
LONDON. March 14,-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Times says the state
ment of tho Berlin correspondent of !.a
Correspondencia de Espana, that Em
peror William at a private dinner last
week declared: "So long as William 11. Is
tho German emperor tho United States
shall not posses themselves of Cuba," is
not confirmed. The correspondent adds:
"Th«l report has stimulated a specula
tion in Madrid as to the support Spain is
likely to receive there (Berlin). This sim -
ulation, however, is marked by an inabil
ity to distinguish properly between moral
sympathy and material assistance, so that
the slightest hint of good-will thrown out
by foreign newspapers or diplomats is
clutched at as an earnest of impending al
liance. Bu f the prevailing conjectures are
v< ry wiid and appear to be based on no
definite information."
DAVITT WILL ASK «l FSTIOXS.
Will Inquire Into Heparin of n l*r<>-
poneri llllnnee With \intrlea.
LONDON, March li-Mlchael Davitt.
M P. for South Mayo, w.l question the
government in the house of commons to
morrow as to whether Great Britain has
offered to Joan men-of-war to the United
Stabs in the event of a conflict betw.«n
the t'nltfd State* and a Eur€pean power.
He will aiso pu; a series of questions,
w: h a view of -ileitintj whtih*r there
have been any negotiations for an alliance
between Knglar.d and the United States,
or whether England has off' r«d to m-dlate
in the Cuba., affair.
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establish peace in Cuba before March 1.
Recently, in response to the Spanish rep
resentations, the United States extended
the time to May 1. Both governments
refuse to describe this intimation as ail
ultimatum to Spain."
Gxpeetlsg the Spnnlsh Report.
MADRID. March 13,-The Impartial
says
"The government is momentarily expect
ing to receive the report of the Spanish
commission, which, it is understood, will
maintain that the Maine explosion was
internal. Although the American commis
sion may give another explanation, the
government will energetically uphold the
Spanish report."
Another Torpedo Squadron.
LONDON, March 14.—A special from
Madrid says: When the Spanish torpedo
squadron has left Cadiz, another will be
prepared.
Torpedo Squadron linn Sot Hulled.
MADRID. March 13.—The Spanish tor
pedo squadron has not yet left Cadiz.
ISSHIIIK Kail CnrtrldKes.
LONDON. March 14.—The war office, the
Daily Mail announces, has issued 100
rounds of ball cartridges to every volun
teer In the kingdom. In addition to the or
dinary provisions.
.So Orders to Move Troops Received.
EL RENO, Okla., March 13.—N0 orders
for the immediate movement of troops
have been received, as far as known, at
either Fort Sill or Fort Reno, O. T. The
troops at both places, however, are pre
pared to move at a moment's notice, hav
ing been placed on orders last week.
There is no artillery stationed at either
territory fprts.
I'urchnse of Ships Sot Settled.
WASHINGTON, March 13.—Secretary
Long tonight made the statement that the
matter of the purchase of the two Bra
zilian ships had not been settled.
LATE ORIENTAL ADVICES.
Ku-oln Tnkea ( barge of Korea'* Fl
aancei-Coal iroea I p to High
Prior In Jatinn.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.~The
st-am r t'h'.na. which wailed from Hong
ko'ig on February 12 and from Yokohama
on February 24. arrivid htrc today, bring
ing rh<- following Oriental advices:
Th« Korean finances will hereafter be
managed by Russian bankers r< siding at
the capital, All the monetary transac
tions of the kingdom will henceforth be
conducted by the Russo-Korean bank,
which w.ik opened at Seoul on February
13. with a capita! of s.VW },oo®. f)n the ttr«t
day that the bank wh.h opened fur busi
ness th*- Korean treasurer deposited
i.*jy with the Russian financiers.
The building of a first-class Japanese
cruiser Is abf-ut to be !•. gun at Yottotnikaa,
for the M;k»do'a government.
Th ■ Japan- « • standing sfjuadr n held
naval maneuvers off th»- city of Shimidu
for u. fortnight from February 15 to F» b
ruary 29. Toe r-suits wer- highly sat
isfactory to the Japan* - government.
The Japan'-»«» Mall 'imprecate* the id<>a
f any disturbance of Oriental peace re
lat -ns through the posslbl- failure of
China to pay th»- instalment of the In
d< mnlty due in May, and amounting to
17.taels. No difficulty is anticipated
ruling this amount by m«.u>* <«f the
<*h .*.« "win • ri'y bonds " wht-h ar-> rtr
tuaily compulsory to the nihility and to
civil and military otfi'-ials. all being «*-
pecfed to sut>scribe for tbrsc bond* In
proportion to th' ir rank and income. Th"«e
bonds are to be guaranteed by the land
taxes and salt duties.
C >nflrnr)atlon ha.* been received of the
en fire .k Manila, from which the I— • <
«'e »>timated at S3 '.•»),«*:, with 11.W,W
Insurance.
Ow.ng to unexpected and continuous
d« msrida from Hongkong and Shinghai
f'ir coal for naval requirements the price
of Japanese coal has rieen enormously in
pri'-e.
Since the adoption of gold mono-meta!-
lism in Japan on October i, ]k<*7. up to
an>i including February 17. 1588, tbr
amojnt of silver and notes exrhmged fot*
rold has
which one-seventh was silver. la ord-r
•o facilitate th« alju.-'rr.ent of coinage,
the government ha* resolved to shorten
the period f->r exchanging th» yen piece,
which Will 1* I:tinted to June next.
A dastardly attempt at train-wr . king
between Aaihl and Yokkalrhi stations re
suited in 'he derailment of the train and
-! rv < f "v# pas* nsers. It was found
that the raw* bad been tampered with and
the entire train w-* wrecked None of
the injured were fa'aiiy hurt.
r"hln* has agreed to p*y an ini mnity
f•- the kidnaping cf a. Fren hman in
Li- Ctiiua* hriMiidt.
MOREL SPEAKS FOR SPAIN.
The Statesman*! Remark* at a Baa*
quet Define the Attitade of
Hta Country.
NEW YORK. March 12.—A dispatch to
the Herald from Madrid says:
Senor Morel's eloquently simply speech
at the last banquet on the occasion of the
Grand 'Cross of Carlos 111. being conferred
on the governor of this province, may be
tak< n as the reply of the government to ,
the American outbursts and the exposition
of the attitude of Spain in the whole mat
ter. Among the most pregnant expres- <
sions were these:
"What is the great difficulty against ,
which we flght? Civil war and insurrec
tion in Cuba, to which there are several
corollaries. The most prominent are tha
forces at work to sustain it. We, I affirm,
are entirt-ly confident that we can termi
nate the insurrection and that we are near-
Inr a soiutlon of the problem.
"It has been said that autonomy Is a \
failure. This faU-e and mendacious.
The policy of the Liberal government is
giving grand and evident result*. As a ,
proof of it. Cuba i» being converted from
a devastated into a productive country.
Production hi being augmented, cultiva
tion is extending, property la Increasing la
value and prosperity i* returning.
< ontrary to the statements of thos«
who have an interest In perverting truth, '
in tha oriental provinces, our gallant
troops are chasing the rebels at the bav
om-t point with cries of "Viva Eapani,'
and moral order has been restored sine*
Ir t , k ° f .J he con!,, 'tution which is sup-!
poni«il by old reconcilable*.
nJ Wlt » i >ea ,f* ln Cuba wUI corno triumph
over all doubt*. and It lies m the hands of
the Spanish people on One side. with tha
«o!dlers on the other. By patriotism I
f°,r ,at # herland w,n not *n Inch
of territory, for I believe that success will
crown our efforts, and Bhould there arise
a supreme moment we will rail upon the
sons of Spain that they may rally la the
road of duty and show all foreigners that >
rlht/"* " 0t " trons enou * l * to usurp our
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