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S LARGEST
? CIRCULATION.
Long Requests That the
Launching Be DoneQuietly.
MORE GUNS FOR THEFORT
Watch Dor of Hampton Komi? to Be Sup?
plied With Additional Fighting
Materlxl. Active Preparations
Making at Ul<( Point.
It is mot probable (that the double
taunohing- of Che foatt'leah'Jips Kearaatrge
and- Kentucky will be oltfcaaded wich
ainy unusual pomp tu?] ceremonial dis?
play. On the other hiaind, itfhe most no
itable event in itihe history of shipbuild
Ireg will be a quiet, unostentatious af
fla'ir. Two mighty men-of-war, Ohe most
[powerful machint? iof their class, will
Ibe launched with the simplest ceremo?
nies.
ThBid urtusua.1 pageantry ?will not
Bittend tthe haunch has not keen veri?
fied' by 'tihose in official position, but
yedt-erday's New York Journal pub?
lished the following:, which scums to be
ire'Kalble, from Its Washington eorres
pomdianit:
'?Secretary- Long has advised 'the
Newport New? Shipbuilding Company,
rhrough its president, Mr. C. H. Oreutt.
in Niew York ?City, ithat ft is advisable
tthe 'battleships Kentucky and Kear
sarge 'be llaunc-hetf as soon as possible
wii'?hout special demonstration. M.r.
Oreutt luad arranged 'to entertain aavt&l
offlci?)l? ?and others on the ocoasfon of
itnis launching, which was Ho have tak?
en place on March 24.
"?Secreiaaa-y Long's des-i re that there shall
(not. be the -usual festivities iis based
on 'the anxtety of 'the department to
push the -work on these sh'ii>s with all
speed. The Washington authoritiies
-have no desdre to call ?particulair at ten
Itfon or to introduce any unusual com?
ment by la >?emonstira:Uon ait Newport
News. It as likely ahat the secretary's
wishes will be 'Observed 'by the Newport
News contractors."
WUien seen last night by a repartier
far 'the Tteily 'Press 'Mr. 'Sommers N.
Smtl'h, general superintendent of Ith?
?h'ipyejrd. taa'id he had not been advised
of Secretary Ling's .request. nor had
he .recei-veid any '"hurry-up" ?vrders.
?March 24 was the date flxvd for the
launching and it was not probable that
It would 'be changed' to am euirlier date.
?Ab yet Mr. iSmi?uh saM the program
for .the event had not 'been arranged.
Preparations for tthe launching are
Hieing pushed. The work of dredging
tihe river at the point where the ships
?will glide from their cradles imtto the
water is nearly completed, and -timbvrs
erne 'being removed 'from cradles. Hun?
dreds of .men'are engaged in settling the
snips iready to make their first .plunger
hi bo the deep.
More Guns for Fort Monroe.
Within the. laat wm days a large
ntirrober of torpedoes, .satd to i\uml>>r
upwards of a h'uiralred, have bevn re?
ceived at Fdrtress Mrmroe aind nineteen
ten-inch rifles of the very latest pat?
tern are expe ted To arrive to-day.
The. order Instructing the transfer of
powder to SVrtress Monroe has not
yet bden filled and the several varieties
of explosives will o mtinue to conic f ? r
?wme time yet.
The masked 'battery In the Old gr.ive
yard near tthe fort, consisting solely fclf
the big mortars, !s aetiMuHy belong
placed! Dn fighting ?nwlfUfc ti. Before
the wai.i scare, 'it was understood that
this ibattery would be defended' by six?
teen mortars. Now It is -said that the
jiaimter will ibe increased to twenty
four at least.
The big disappearing guns now m
place behiind the parapets of sand and
concrete near the tort proper are hr-sns
?xer?lse?l, so to spettk, every day. ?in
Tuesitiy. ?;ne of the big guns was oper?
ated n daimh practica 'ind '.Mined to
cover'the Roatfc. The 'monster gun pre?
sented quite a formndi'ble appeirance
raised high ofcove the parapa: on .ts
carriage, w'lth its nose poked out on an
upwarl ?in*?, towards the Cipes.
It 4t sa'jl'. altthaugh there has bren
no authentic 'information to that ef?
fect, that the torpedbes-neeel'Vied at the
font' will be placed in readiness Dor use
In Hampton Roads and that sub-mar.n.
tnines wll arrive in a few tiays for the
same purpose.
The revenue eutteW HamulU'.n. now at
OM Point, is 'believed! to ibe the light
' draft vessel sent here b# the dex>uii't
menit tol lay off the squ?pes for thfe
plantimig of tr? submarine tajnes.
MUST CUT DOWN EXl'BNSES.
Conncllman Eipresise? Hl? View? Regard?
ing City AtTalrn.
The petition' of the Board. .?f SohoOJ
Trustees to the Common GcutuciK for an
appropriation of $2,000 to L>e used Sn
oomtouftgr *he s?hVjols df tin.- city M the
end of thte sessw-n of nine morjths has
set dorne of the Counoilmen to rhi'tiking,
and.It is prolxuble that an effH>rt wil'l "be
jnadk* to .reduce the city's "running t-x
t)ensciS.
Thlere 1s- mat a member of t he Cocindil
but wto- wH?hes to see tine city's schools
kept open, 'but there aiv.memi>ers who
thlink a Bbtta in-.*trenchn-?ent would molt
be out of oaUer.
'There .is not a fl*etter friend of thie
pu'olft; scliioo". system than I." said a
jnemlber of the Council to a Daily Press
Tepre^entative. "I want la s>;e the
pohodls contiimred thin.iuighout the pitm?
en t Bclnoiasric year, iliut there has got to
be o. cut somewhere!. There are too
many lofTkfcs in 'the tawtn-, aind lti-ie Citi?
zens are 'being taxed' to death to 'pay
the) peoplSe at tne public trough. For
imstance. we pay the superintendent of
Olm- sch.'?ols a salary In addition to the
salary ?Kawed' 'by the State. That Is
wrong. Why should we p3y the su
pe.rlntendetnit anything extra for the
?work (he does? Aga'n. I aim told 'that be
cleric vjir the Sc/hk>ol Boan.'i Is pa'id $25 a
month for bis services. II strikes me
tihat this official m?ghlt rib tht? work for
a great deal liess tar ?g'.-ntis.
"Councilnten do not rteceive any cim
penea'tlon for tbei.r serv'ces, any yet
they leave t'hleir 1-risiness iirr ardter to
ferae thie city. If an office holder cli'mgs
to the 'offlc*' just for what We .an' g?t
out of It. 1w 'is not the man we want,
for "he <'? not a pu'hlilc spirlBfeli citizen.
Th^rifnces 'if Cflty Audlt-r anil OleKk of
thleJ Council shou'dl be consolidated-.
That w-r'-uiVl s-ive $fifi() a year to (hi- city.
OW. there are lots of places where cuts
sip^ 'ilM' lie mada
"iNolw the policemen tlwe r? 'til'ionei''
us for ?im increase of salary. TWos? fer.
lowfl who work ought to h?)ve tmore
momeiy. They are on dWy all night in
am toiTds of -B-ea'tiber. a.id hft.ve ? nwin
?dement tio- dea? 'W.Hh: but the Oh-'*!" of
PolKce Eiets' ipnongh. Tie d""e? -n^t eann
any mcire. Let us Ho the rlgiht ttfing."
The Jidbblest Wats ever shown Jn this
city wer? opened up by Wootfward &
Wor?ble this "weeK. The style? are
t*?U?ful. Ife27-tf
MONDAY NIGHT'S ATTRACTION.
??Said Pu8li?" Will He Presented for the
V.i'ii? lit <>r Charity.
The attraction at Johnson's Opera
Hwusk Monday wight will foe "Said
Pasha," which will 'be .pint on the
boards by the IWitbur-tKiirwin Opera
Company, for the Iben'eftt of the charity
fund of Newport News Lodge No. 315,
B. P. O. Elks.
'Hew is the comment made 'by the
Norfolk Landmark on the presentation
im that city recentily of the opera:
"Light opera, wTtih a good singing
oast, a 'fiatrge eihorus atmd1 at popular
pi-ices. Was the atitnaotion alt Che re?
opening of Uhle Star theatre Lust night,
when 'Waid Pasha,' tfitahlV tuneful mil
sioail .review, was presented by Miss
Susie Kit-win and the Wilbur Opera
Oomptny. This work Its not strange to
Norfolk theatire-goers, but its presenta?
tion on this occasion oan 'be very favor?
ably com'pamed ito any it has ever re?
ceived in 'iihii- section. The .principals of
the company can sins atid act, while
the ehon-us 'is aeoidledry above the "ordi?
nary. Asa popular price production, it
excels u.n:ything ever wen in Norf.dk.
while much worse 'haw 'been seen and
heard lait reguHair prices.
"Miss K'irwin and Mr. dl'arvey car?
ried i>ff itihe ihonlors. The former sings
exceedingly wen, knows -how to aot oinid
ihas a charmiing stage presence; the
latter 'is lai comedian of .i.he Ricthard F.
'Carroll order, who ist never ait a loes
and who does ihis work wealuly. Among
others worthy of mention are Will Ell
wanger. Charlie A. Fuller amid iMiss
MargU'rel Baxter.
"The perfonmainiee concluded wl'ih a
series of living pictures, which for
taste and fidelity have never been ex?
celled in this clt'ty."
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Judge) S.ms has returned to 'hid
home iw Louisa o.Ainty.
Mrs. John Head has returned to the
clty.lamd is now stopping at .the Hunt?
ington.
Mrs. J. "W. Tattum, of East Rad ford,
is the guest of Misses Susie la.nd Dora
Mein tyre.
Miss Mile Wells, of Richmond, is the
gueii.ti of Mrs. John Cr. Livezey, on
West avenue.
Rev. Mr. Boyd and wife, of .Newport
News, are the guests of Mir. and. !Mrs.
Joseph t'ulpeper, in Petrlsmouth.
Govwnor Tyler has signed the bill
inert iporatin.g the Newport News and
Old Point lte,iiway and Electric Corn
puny.
The only deed placed ort record
yesterday was tihait of M. B. Crowell,
trustee, to Robert P. Orr; considera?
tion,, jsno.
?Peter iMlainizl, tlhe young prize fighter,
has returned from Portsmouth. He
will appeaT before the Norfolk County
Court in April to answer 'the charge
against him.
?Attorney W. C. Stuart vi\}\ deliver an
address before the cadi is 'If the New?
port 'News Military Academy t >-night
on the suhj.-ot. "What Y< nr College:
Life Sh? nid Be."
Miss Fisiher, who has been the guest
of I>r. and Mrs. Joseph Charles Cor the
past two weeks will leave today
to visit friends in Philadelphia before
returning to her home in Canada.
Lieutenant Edwin S. .Tavoh. [I. S. N.,
retired, -who has hee-n traveling in the
North ever since Christmas, has de
c:d--d to locate in this city and will
arrive here1 thi- morning from
Washington, D. C. Lieutenant Jacob
and his two daughters, Misses Har?
riet and iMary. will reside at the Hunt?
ington, on West avenue.
Mr. Leroy IMYiitodorfer. of the firm of
'Miit'tledorfer & Soar, decorators, of
Richmond, was in the city yesterday.
He made contracts for decorating a
number of the 'buildings of Newport
News on the day 'the 1'itinching of the
baitt'lesh'i'pa 'takes place. Mr. Mittle
dorfer hats decorated buildings through- j
out 'tlhe Failed States for public cele?
brations, j
Police Court.
Tli.- following cases were dm-r.posea or
in the Police Courl yesterday morning
?by Justice Brown:
"Crab" Gatewood, drunk; fined $2
and costs.
Willie Black, disorderly: fined $3 and
costs.
Charles Rohdy, Jr., disorderly; fined
$3 and costs.
'Eddie Kinslow, disorderly; dismiss?
ed.
Chairley Jones (colored), disorderly;
du- missed.
Orion Literary society.
The Orion Literary Society (adored)
mot lust night ait tlhe Y. M. C. A. in
Rocketlts. There was a debate be?
tween 'members of the Hampton Y. M.
('. A. and members of 'the 'Newport
News Y. M. C. A. on the subject, "Re?
solved, That OapitiaJ Puni-hnien't Is Not
Justifiable." T. L. iMalnn, c. H. Jones
and in. Herber;, of Haimpiton, took
the negative while those for the af?
firmative side were T. Jones, J. H.
Ashby and RobeiU R?dgens, of this
city.
Norfolk vs. Newport NewB.
The sum of $2.714,262 .^.-presents the
difference "between the export values
Por Newport News and Norif'Jrk in the
month V>f (February.
Tlie flgures for the two ix>r>ta wvre:
!NVwi*.!r.t 'News_?.$?,,4-J0,0(>4
Norfv?Jk . 725.742
The exports (ram NorP.dk for Feb
uary, as comT?:!ed ait 'the t-Ueitom ihouse,
ainount to $7125,742, against $860.581 for
the same month in 1S97.
A RiHlng Young Politician.
Editor Daily Press:
Among the lights tihat sh-.me in 'the
House of Representatives during the
session jui-it tenmi;natei.l, there was none
thuit sent forth a surer, steadier glow
that* the Hon. C. 'ft. Jennings, of Wash?
ington aiunty.
A man of sterling Sntegrfty, firm,
honest, far-seeimg and clever; a pol i tri
clam unitrttmmeled by ithe sihackles of
self interes't Bind self aggrandizement,
untiring in his efforts to serve his oon
Btituenrts, constatotly on the watoh for
'their Imtorest, and through his genial
disposition and good fellowship secur?
ing that friendly aid which is so im
'Pontaimt am element in the chicanery of
poli'tics; bii democrat of the drst water,
whose coinv'ictions are ba-sed on deep
seated principle and a strict sense of
honor, i predict for hi m a useful
and Ibriiliamt career in the political his?
tory of his cotiirttry. Wai-hington coun?
ty may well be proud of her represen?
tative. Long may he .live to serve iher.
it a citizp;n
Wood delivered In any part of the
city. M. S. WARREN, 445 Twenty
niinth sitreiet. Phono 2615. feb6-3m
If the view team has not photo?
graphed your house, stop them when
they pass .or leave order at 3412 Wash?
ington avenue. fe27-eod
A Happy Woman
la the housekeeper Who buys her coal
and wocd from the Warwick Coal am'di
Wlood Co., Tweniiy-eighth street. Jall4-tf
Beauttful tin types at 2432 Washington
ftveaue. Branch gallery at Phoebus, Va.
BACK FROM KLONDKIE
Herman Snyder Returns from
the Gold Regions.
HE STAKES OFF A CLAIM
Owns a Strip of Land Near Dawsou City
That He Expects Will Some Day
Make Ulm a Rich Man.
Story of tin- Trl|>.
Heittman Snyder lias tietUimed' from
Klortduke.
Has't September Snyder. who con?
ducted the Baliimoiv House, iosn Twen
ty-chlrrd' street, in that section known
as "Hat- Harbor," disposed ut his busi?
ness, packed his grip-sack and started
for the gold Heidts of [Alaska in try bis
fortune. ~To-U'ay be owns a claim n-.ar
Daiwson U.ty thu-t he 'hopes and h is
reason 'to bellicve will s tnve 'day make
him a rich man. In a in-nth or S" he
'Will -return to the Klondike region and
begin delving in the .earth for the rich
metal.
To a reporter for true I>ai'ly Press
Snyder .told the story of his adventure.
f?-avilng Newport News, he went di?
rect to Seattle. There he puichased an
ou'tillt, which included a year's provi
si?ns, heavy cL'-thing, a cooking stove
U'i:d a tent. Th-. n,'With a pa*i'ty of three
.men, he started for Alaska, taking a
steamer for Dyiea. From there the trip
?was made oveiUaind on a dog train. Tn'ta
was a perilous journey. Many smu'rl
lakes hail to be crossed, and high
mountains climbed.
SnydKrand this party set foot in Daw
son Okty on November -', htaVing been
? ?ut twenty-thnee days. The next day
Snyder went in quest of god. He
staked off a claim und paid' the record?
ing'Pee of $15. Hut he did not attempt
to mine the yellow metal, as it was too
cold and the ground was frozen hard.
H'e intended to walit until warm weatn
er set__in, 'but Cmnd 'that his supply if
provisions' w.?u!d' run short, arid It
would be impossible to replenish his
lard r. He d'olermined to sell what
provisions he had1 left and go t" Seattle
and gel a new supply. No difficulty
was exi>eri'enced in selling the rations
at the market price o'_' $1 per pound.
He had 300 pounds. On January 2 Sny?
der st.irtvd' for Seattle, paying the
teamster $200 to take him to Dyea. At
Dye.v he Itiook passage on a steamer f. r
Seattle, arriving February 1?. Then he
concluded to come to Newport N- v..-,
anil reached here lust Saturday.
Snyd?.?:- is v-ry enthusiastic over th->
possibilities that the jgoid regions hold
out. Tiie country, lie ^iys. Is Imm-ti
ly rkth, but it costs to live in Daws n
City- All provisions sell at $1 a p und,
ni. matter whether they ate beans po?
tatoes, rice. Hour, cofQae or meat. Pen?
nies, nick-Is art!' dimes are unknown
there. Cold dust is generally the cur?
rency with which everything is beiu-ght.
K'."cry'c:JJy ctr-ies a jxtr'r of pcare= "nd
aft'eir mukting a bargalin weighs out the
price. Drink-- which are bought as frs
quontly as any cither commodities by
mining men, who. mostly have brought
an outfit ? .f other necessities with them,
standing at 50 cents, are pa. d for with
half a penny-weight of dust.
Da'wson l?ity has a population of
alx>ut 10.000 imhaliitamits. and the people
dwelt in tents, log and frame houses.
The elements of lawlessness, which
have invaniohCycharacterized other new
mining ramps, a tie entirely absent in
the new KM' rad'? of the gtreait N- ?rrh
west. There are sal.y us in plenty,
gambling irtooms and June halls, but
deeds of violence, and even of dishon?
esty, aire praatiteailly unknown. The law
is ail'ministere.l 'by the Oanud'ian au?
thorities in an ilmparit'ia!] and ahle man?
ner. The Domtini'on mourned r-a; o am.
pliy -keep o.lder, u.nd tit*1 minors them?
selves exhibit a conmendable spirit f
pealoefulness and good citizenship.
There are a number ?':' womien in Daw
son City, but Snyder says he only sow
one negro, and he was a sal mi 1? per.
IA'1 though Ohe mercury in the t hier?
in.meter plays a low down game dur?
ing the long winters. Snyder did not
find the extreme ci .I'd vsi y hard to h a.r.
on account of the d'ryness of the atmos?
phere. In the summer time, except for
the plague of m?squiiit?es, the climate
is qtiite pleasant, the t- mi>elratuire i iften
rising us 'high as SO in the shade. The
coldest weather he frit was last month
while en reute to Dyea, when it was
forty-five degrees below zero. "Hut I
sweated more then." said Snytier. "than
I did in Newpcitit News last August. T,he
air was d:y. and I was wrapped up arid
had to work."
Since Sny.-i-er's return, a .nunvlnir of
his .friends have became .Interested In
the Klondike regions, anli his pep i'ts
'have given some the. gold f ver. 1'- is
said that a party of alt least twenty
five persons 'will return to Alaska iwith
Snyder this, spring.
When asked tow much it ousts to
reach D.twson City well equipped, Sny?
der said a person should not start with
loss, than $1.500.'
It is se'ldom a newspaper is seen In
Donvson Oity. Not Ving sin e an ente'r
|?rising nieftVWaealeir carried 2.000 7>apdrs
into the camp and kUisposed of the most
of them at $1 a oopy.
Confidence.
You can havM confidence in a bicycle
that all your friends praise, a bicycle
that is n<ver in the repair shop, a bi
cyicle that we have so much confidence
in that we. unhesitatingly agrfee to re?
pair free even If 'damaged by accident.
Don't you think you ought to place con?
fidence in such a wheel? This wheel is
the BCLJPSE. Come and see It be?
fore you allow some giib-tongued sales?
man to Induce you to buy the lust as
good kind
NEWPORT NEWS CYCLE CO..
221 Twenty-seventh at.
fe27-tf.
Maine Victim Had Insurance Here.
One of the victims of the (Maine dis?
aster?J. T. Cordon-, of Portsmouth?
wa,i insured in this city. He heM a
policy ini the Lt.fi.i Insurance Corr.pany
of Virginia, anid that company paid
the face value of the policy to -Mrs.
MoT-lie G-orW'-n, the deceased's mother,
upon la receipt 'of a. letter received
f:\im Command' r Dickens, acting chief
of tlhe Navy Bureau, to tlhle mother,
stating that her son was one of the vic?
tims of the disaster, though it was im
posslhle Bo stay -whether his 'body iwos
aiwiTiff those recovvirtli or nob.
mirC-ltp
If you want pictures of any kind or
size see Wagoner, 2412 Washington av
For Rent?The Central Hotel, nlicely
furnished. Apply to -V.. H. Lash. 2S03
Washington avenue. feb 15-tf.
Dont forget the little house 2113
Washington avenue when you won'
pictures. ... fe27-t?
NO CLUE TO M1A RS* ASSAILANT.
Police Unable to Locate the Person Who
Shot the Young Mau.
The polSee have been unable to dis?
cover a eine u> the man who shot A. ,W.
M'iulrs twice near the "Casino laite Wed?
nesday night.
Sai'geawt J. W. Reynolds has b en at
work on the case, and he hopes to be
able .to fasten the onime on the guilty
penajin. Yesterday iMlars mode the foi
il wing" statemen t regarding the shoot?
ing:
"1 had passed in behind the Episco?
pal church on my way ito West ave?
nue, when I iheaird a pistol shot near
Hotel Warwiek. I continued ,,n my
way -and at the corner of 'West avenue
ami Twenty-sixth street I was seized
from behind by a mlaln who exclaimed,
"Now,- McAdame. I've got you
at last!' A hand was skipped over .my
mouth and 1 jat once oeoanie partly
unconscious and was dragged to the
Casino, powerlet-s to resist. 1 think I
was drugged. After that I only know
that I was shot." I
Who is iMcAdaims? If the p >1ice could
rocate him, he might ihe ulble to throw
some light on the case. Evidently the
man who "assaul t'ed Minis was looking
for M.-Ad,mis 'for tiie r>mrpose of set?
tling an old grUvlge.
Miars was o ?nisidanuibly b- it r y.-sulr
day ami sufficed very little l?alln.
St. Louis Out of tie- Dock.
The Ann.r.'ciin Line steamer SI. Louis,
which has been in the dry deiek for the
last three weeks uniiergoing repairs,
went out a; ihigh tide at 6 o'clock this
inclining. The finishing touches will
now 'be put on the ship, and she iwiCK
sail for iNlcw York next R day.
Live l'igcon "Shoot."
AI live !>ird "shoot" washeSdi t Point
Breeze yesterday aftenni mi under the
auspices of the Newport INeWs Gun and
Fishing Giulb. Three sportsmen took
part in thle "s?ioot." Twiinty Iblnds welre
released for each nv.wksman. The scare
was: Justice !B. B. Seinmes, 19; R. K.
Frankford, 19; Hunter Harvey is
Funeral of Mrt. II. E. I'arker.
The 'funeral of Mrs. H. E. Park .Jr.
wHw 'l ed sj'd.l roy at her residence. i,n
Twenty-severotlh sa:eet. Wednesddy
night, wil. lake place Brom St. Paul's
Episcopal Church at 3 o'clock Ullis af?
ter..i on. Rev. J. Fronds RJibbte, the
rector, will officiate.
SCHOONER SPEEDWELL CAPSIZES
Nine Persons .Drowned Out of the Thir?
teen on Board.
(By Telegraph.)
KEY WEST. FLA., March 3.?The
schooner Sl>eedwell, Captain Collier,
from iMlarco, Fla., for Key West, was
struck by a equal] today while off
Marquesas, eighteen miles" from here,
und capsized.
Nine persons were drowned, out of
thirteen, all told, an board. Among the
victims were the time children of
Capbaian Cottier, George, Tom and Wil?
bur, aged respectively four, six and
eight years, amd the entire Nicholson
fainiily. Bradley Nicholson and his wife,
theo i?il -arid ilw- iutte.rs wife ami two
grandchildren. The family was from
Bridgeport, Conin,
Those saved are: Captain Collier;
Samuel Cat-: Jesse Green, deck hands:
and J. R. Bates, of '.Myers, Fla., a pas
sen ger.
The fNicholsom family is said i>o have
been well to do. Ail hod been staying
for a month or two at a. small 1 riot.-]
kept by Caipt'ain Colliier. ai Marco, and
they were on their way home.
The survivors say the Speedwell,
which is a small vessel of ahout 25
tins, was making slow headway thi*
morning against a head wind. About 7
o'clock Captain Collier was at the
wheel and the Nicholson family and
the 'Colli.-T ormldiren were in the cabin
asleep. Suddenly a squall came up and
the fooa't was turned over.
Collier, the deck hands ami Mr. Bates
were s wept in? tiuc sea. ibut caught tlhe
rigging cm time to save themselves.
The men lashed themselves to the
rigging. After l.-iiig ifJhere for two
hour.-- the sei. subsided. Then Itihey got
the dingy dingy loose, baled her ..u:
with a hau. broke a thwart in two
pieces and with ithese for oars, rowed
toward Marquesas. After going 'three
miles they were picked up exhausted
by a. tishing sloop, and brought here
this evening.
Samuel Cate, one of the survivors,
who was seen an ihr'.s home here tonight,
said: "Oaipta'in Collier has been sail?
ing for twenity-ifive yeans 'in these wa?
iters. He is not to blame. Before he
knew i! we were lifted off our feet and
into the water. As for those poor peo?
ple down below they were pinned in
like rats. The wife of young Nichol?
son rose to the skylight. I was cling?
ing to the rigging. She waved her
hand at me and that is ithe last T saw
or-hei. When we got off two hours later
they were all dead. We did mot set- a
thing of the children or heair a. cry. We
had to bale with a halt all llhe .lime we
were in the dingy and often came near
Soon after being bright into port
CaptraSn Colliier and ease Green went
..in in th - yacht iBueoaineer, aceonvpa
riied by a diver, to try to recover the
bodies.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Inter sling News und Gossip from the
National Capital.
(By Telegraph.)
"WASHINGTON, March 3.?Several
Senators to-day gave notice of amend?
ments they wili offer'to the sundry civil
apptopri.uliori bill, providilnig for 1m.
rortaut improvements In rivers and
hairfbors, 'the most important of which
?was one 'by Sena'ttar IMorgam, approipri
atiinig $2<K1 000 for work iiu Mobile Bay,
and onij 'by Mr. Kvniv-y. appro'prSaicin'g
$100,000 f. r 'improvement of the inlland
waterway from Ch'i'neoteague Bay, Va.,
to Delaware Bay, Del.
&'na't*i IMason to-itiy inirodu'ced a
res Ctntion ifl?T thie relielf of the widow
of the "coToired pi sumaster recently
killed at LaWe City, S. C. It is the
same ds thtit ir.tro-.lii.-cli in the House
by Mr. While, of Nolrh Carolina, to?
day, exoeplt thai the amount is made
$10,000.
FATAL COLLIS TON.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. -March "3.?
A trolley car and la railway train both
tried to pass a crossing si.multetneousQy
today and as a result of the experi?
ment eight perstans were serio-usly in?
jured and two killed.
You may never hive another oppor?
tunity oif getting such pictures of your
homes or family grouis at such a low
price. See the view nun or leave order
at 2412 Washington avenue. fe27-3teod
Vox Lead*?Othorfl Follow.
Fox's NNXN Square Wafer Butter
Crack on*, are being imitated 'by com?
petitors. Do not Ik- deceived by these
interior goods, but insist upon getting
the genuine and original XXXX, and
see ithait the imprint "FOX" is on the
cracker. A trial will convince you of
the superiority over aill otihers.
Marllt
WANTED?THE TRUTH
Maine DisasterStill Shrouded
in Mystery.
CONFLICTING REPORTS.
Rumor that the Hoard of Inquiry Had
Wired Startling information to the
Navy Department Officially I>e
nieU--Sltuat Ion I' uehaiige?!.
(By Telegraph.!
WASHINGTOX, MiuiK-ti 3.?Secretcury
Iconic said at tin; chose *A his day at
the N'avy Department that no word h.ij
'been ?.rfwi from the court of inautry
aind tijat no orders had been or would
il*.- given us to the movements of the
court from Key West, as the court ts
fui'iy uutb Iriized to shape its own move- j
iiivnus. The original orders to the. court
were issued by A iimiruil Sicard. as oom
mandeJti of the fleet to which the Maine |
belonged, and it has the .technical status
of an adin.iira'.'s court, reporting directly
'to h'im, -both ?ts to its mi 'v.imonts and
as to its Undings on the cause of the
disaster. The understanding here is tbn.t j
the court has not ccineluaed its work,
but Willi return to Havana 'to take tes
ti'mony which has been delayed l>y the
difli. itlties 'in the way of the divers,
That Admiral Sicand expects this move
buck tlo Havana was shown by a dis
patch from him ai few days ago, sug?
gesting that cBtuainigements lv? made for
a vessel to take t'hte curt luck. As the
lighthouse ier41er IMangnov?. had been
dying this service, the Ttvasury De?
partment i was asked to assign thiei.M.ui
grwe tan this return ei:" the oourt to Key
West, anil thils was done. With these
armnjjemerits concluded, it 'is said at
the Navy IDepoii'timant that the eourt
will proUeed without consulting otll
c.ials ho.e.
Arrangements are'being made for the
trip nit the cruiser -Montgomery and' the
gunlboat NoshvULle to Cuban ports with
?relief supplies. The Navy [Department
was advised li.~l.Wty that the Mallory
nine steatmer leaving New York a xl
Saturday would caroiy, free of charge,
sevctaty-flve tons of supplies, to he
transferee*} t'o the iMontgomlery an i
NuShrvMle at K y West. The IMallory
steamer is exiiec'ted to take about fur
days in the run d\'wn the coast, so
that me t.ansfetr to the war ships and
their start to Cu!? eoir.ni t be made
before next Thursday Tho two war
ships one poorly adapP.fi ?o>r carrying
supplies, having want auarters for tbeJir
own supplied of cordage, provisions,
canvas and' ship's equipment. It is only
l>e.ause they can mate the ?'tili in day?
light than ?vny am-nipt la inadi- to curry
the seventy-flve tome of supp.ies. These
will lie st.crei on the spa:- deck, and
with gi od weather 'the daylight run 'Will
not 'subject them to alny damage The
relief measures are proving nunexpect
edily successful, the supplii s runinilng
into the car loads atn? hundreds of cons.
The State Department 'has hud notice
from the Cuban Relief Oomnmiittoe at
New York that there were shipped ?n
Mar h 1 ifrom New Yoi.ik to Santiago
'100,000 p mnds of relief supplies; -an the
2d. to Havana. 75,000 pounds; r.-iiy, to
Ma Lanzas, 100,000 pounds, and to Jagua
la (Trundle. 100.000 pounds. In these sih-P
Tnieivtis are 500,000 grullns of quinine,
consigned to each of the ports except
HavamaT
Tri,- Maine Relief iPund, uiiier Mr.
Longs management, to-day reached a
total , f s:i.i:k;.
Tile only telegram relating to the
Maine disaster thu't came to the Navy
1 >:? partin.in: during the day was the P -1
lowing fnom Commander Forsyth. at
Key West:
"Bach anrlv d. Brought one body,
unidentified, and I\inl Leoftus. private
mailt.e: Jeremiah Shea, cfoul passer;
John Heffiier. ordinary seaman; Thos.
J. Wafers, oil Mir.a.1 y sleamani w. unded
tro-m mii*..; mw.,.1.,! win be
s-.iu t.. the onmy Hospital. The funeral
of the ibodiy has studied for the ceme?
tery."
In the course of the inquiry into the
naval nesources of the Cn-itcd States,
an order has been issu-d to mak"- a
test of the machinery df the odd war
mion it oil's at the League Island Navy
Yard. These are single turre?c? craift
thai arte armed with big sm. oth-b t:v
guns Jn turrets that could Kkely be
piercii- by the -modern h'igh-pcftvdered
rifles on the battleships, but they would
still 1*? of service in an emeirgeaey.
There are eight ?.f these monitors at
Deoigule Island, and tine Government
?owns several uthors that are now
loaned to the naval militia organiza?
tions of" some of the Sta'tes. Those at
League Island are the following: Can
onlkus, Muhopuc, .MantVautan, Cats-kill,
Jason. "Li-high, iMon'taaik and Nahant.
Theiy are all hetwieeh. 1.800 and 2.000
Ions displacement, and diraw very li'title
water. **? thtat they could take up mi
vuntageous i< sh'fc.ns on shoals- com?
manding channel approaches. The tn
ten'tiUn Is to turn over the <?. 1 engines
and work the madhiinieiry that is moidV
to turn the turrets if it can be made to
work at all.
During the course of the day similar
inquiries to that made by the Japanese
Lega't'fon, as to the ntimlK-r ??f her su'h
J-cts n!l>oaivl the iMaiinle. came to the
Navy Departmenttfreirn the Germiain and
Swediislh Legat'ons. anld it is expected
that others "Will fc.liow. Nearly every
nn.t i--'nali t y was nepresented in the
Maine's big cretw.
'Secreitary TJo'ng -to-day authorize! an
absolute ami positive denial of w tieport
aswerting that a partial or preliminary
rep>>rt hltd l>e<-in reeeHvea by the Gov
ci'raiwuit filim the Maine inquiry 4? ?ii\l.
i mil. a fing that the loss <i?f the iMaine
was ?lue 'to an ex'ternall explosion. Hie
I said that no report of any kind had
been neoeTi'veil. aln'3 that the putblie had
alB t:\-je ihtoTmatiltn that had come to
hand.
If the prwsrress of the in-qu-iry nt Ha?
vana dei^ends tipon the work of the
wreckers, as s<-ems t>> be 'the case, fo.r
ni ithiing of substantial tmporitanoa can
be achiev d1 until the heavy debris fs
itemkuved fn?m the wreck, ootnisiderafblo
delay must Unevtituhliy occur. To tow
the lamge &e-rrlck-s from B.ston and
New Y. rk to Havana is r? .ver a speedy
and se'idom a safe undertaking. As a
im(attew of fact, the derrick Chief, at
N>-rf< -lk. is n. iw storm Iwmmd just in
sid'e of itlhe ChesaTi-lake capes, although
it was fully expected thut 'by this fmt>
she would he far below IHatteras. This
makes it imr>r-dwlble that the ?.Kwiclt
cam reach Havana hartbor oin'l get to
work much IbelSome the middle of next
w, ek . As P- t I'm. big derrick Monarch,
which iis'reon'iite? to nilse the t-urrets
ami c-xtremeiy heanny weigih.ts Prim the
hull, the date for h?r salBIhg has n<?t
beeln s -f. althl ugh the D -partment has
11 n-q't'ired of the contractors on that
poMt. .
iA most stilustamitial evidence of sym
psJflhy for the srj'rvivors of the Maine
and. the families- of the victims came Un?
hand lalt tho Navy 'DepaTtmeivt to-day
in the shape of a check for JijOO from
President Doile, of 'HoiwaTd. The money
?was turne1.! i'n*o the Maine Relief Fund.
It ils den?fcid! ot the Navy Department
that any request has been mode upOTi
bhe Newntuit News Shipbuitlkitaig Com
parry tj?~htas!ten ttu..; l.um- i> of. the bat
t'.t?h\ps Kearsainge and Kentucky, sut
for She 2-tth ot this month B."m.j time
ago.
These two boJttlesh?'ps. the largest
TIA v .
che Nov
trd. haw* been prompt tn their
ha Navy 1 ?eparlmen.t oa furn
Ln the event of troulbte with
d tihe Department lias tiaklen
' * i"'! 11 I s ii ?
.?>!?. Du Bos . the Spanish Cttiarge
dUffaires, has. it is uhdersto d. pre?
sented a complete miem. rand urn on tin.
alhgvd ftHbusterlng trip ..f t'h Daunt?
less, with a view to having the vessel
apprehended. White the Information
is asserted by t'he Legation to establish
the recent expedirl?ortary chaiacter of
the Dauntless' trip, it declares it was
n- It successful, and submitted evidence
to flie Stute Department to show that
the expedtibPon proper failed to effect ?
landing, but that General A'grami rite. ?i
Cuban leal.fer, got ashore 'in a mr.al!
boat and is retsw wundisiriing In the In
t. it! r without (having ma :,. a Juncture
vvii'h tlhe ins?argents
S< ?UTHU5?N FORTIFICATIONS
NEW York. March 3.?General!
Wesley Merritit returned 'today rromi
his tour of inspection of the southern
forLi'ficaitions hi the department of the
East. Probably within a. week he will
start for Key West.
Speaking of his tour General Merriitt
salM:
"1 am pleased to say that 1 found the
troops in excellent condition. The men
wer.- all the picture of health, and the
regulations of the service were iper
feet. I flret wenll to Font McPherson,
at Aitlarita. Ga. Then I went down to
Fort liara.neas and Pensacola. From
there 1 journeyed to New Orleans,where
I stopped over two dnys to inspect
Jackson barracks. I did not go to Fort
St. Phillip, for the reason that none of
my iiroops are garrisoned there.
:'l may have a. few suggestions for the
Improvement of some- of the posts I
visited, but I do not care to discuss
?that just now. I have nothing to say
on the sulije.it or thy Maine disaster,
more than th?xt it was lamentable taind
deplorably In the extreme."
COURT AWAITING ORDERS.
KEY WEST. Flu.. March 8.?Judge
'Advocate IMarix was the only t, ilTlcer ot
thr- coin of inquiry on shore to-day.
'Captain Sampson remained on b ard
the Iowa and Captain OhaUKvliok and
Lieutenant Commander Potter on the
New York. Even the stenographers
to: >k a holiday. Ss nine hitch 'has occurred
in the plans of the court, though it has
bean understood that the members are
awaiting orders from Washington
through Admiral Si card
An unidentified 'l*ody from the Maine
wreck was Ibrougftit here tihSs morning
on board the coast survey steamer
Baohe. One gum Idllvis'jctti 'from the
United States oruisor Maiiblehcid, un?
der thle eomlmanii of Lieutenant Ander?
son, receivedthe remains. Comimand1?:'
McOalla superintended ai'l the arrange
frwin'ts. Only a sma'lil nunvber of people
gathered at the dock. A hearse was in
wailing. bu|t it prow.d to be too small
fop the coffin, which wets taken to the
city cemetery. cKwered rwriHh Che stars
arti stripes, in a plain wagen.
The or! r if the i?o.-ess|on was: The
MoirW'.ehead gun divisii n; thiirtiy sailors,
henUvId by a drummier and a bugla.r;
ilia; lain Royce, of the United States
cruiser N. w York, in a 'buggy: the
wagon containing the coffin, flanked on
each side by four sa lors; Commander
MeCalla
Fi ur aths w.i ,. placed i n the Hag
wbkt'h covered the coffin.
The ercWi pre?tenl increased in num?
bers as the procession pas-el and stood
bareheaded as the remains were taken
to the cemetery. At the i emetery the
..?.., ohicmt strvtou. TSlore
were no demonstrations.
Lupkln, Waters. Shea und Heffron,
WOUnded men. ..f il.e S.I..O,..,
brought hare From Tixruugals on beard
the Baches-day and were taken to the
barracks. They are all i'f lug well. The
live u.Wuilon.v; survivors who were left
e.t the Tortugas by the Bacftie atre also
making progress toward recovery.
SI ? A N 1 A 1UDS IN DIG N A N T.
(Correspondence of Associated Piess-.)
MADRID. Feb. 17.?F.-iec indigna?
tion ehaiitiotenizes tlhe Spanish papers
that are in it supporters of the govern?
ment at its anjeged weakness in reply?
ing i'n gentle torms to the American
demand for explanations about -the De
Lome letter.
The- Imp.Uncial says: "It is the height
,f weakness to suppose we are gfcing to
isvirm ith'e Yankees by metans of iKt
tiene-e. From them we shall gain noth?
ing by it, and on the other hand we
sholl lose ^the esteem far the dignity
and bravery ?,if Spain, obtained flrom the
other nations. Paraphrasing the nevcr
to-l>e-f rgi mein Spartan woiriJe .if Men
dez Nuinlez at Ga Ian. "Suffer it to say
Spain loves honor more without Cuba
than Cuiba without honor,' we have
sacrificed our yoxii'h, we have sacrificed
nur millions. Must we also sacrifice
iur national hi'ri- r? Not the great An
tii.ln, not a hundred Antilles, would be
worth so great a sacrifice."
Th.- Fmparclal then proceeds to argue
that a'.ll Spain's concessions will be use?
less if the ITniilteJ States t-.ally s.-eks
to break off Crilendly relatiions, adding:
"If a pretexit is sought it ?will he
found. F. r imstance, a hl ist lie demon
stjrattion against the Spanish war ships
visiting American ports, or a demand
a p. nsl'on for the widow of the dent
i;it Ruiz.
"In Europe," the article continues,
'everyone has already perceived ibis.
The; universal conscience is with us,
and it is ready a shameful if act that the
ion of the United States rouses more
indfgnatii'r. En f reign minds than in
some Spanish. We bei eve we interpret
belttar ihe spirit of the Spanish people,
and we energetically protest against
what has been done, in Order that out?
side S; ain it may be known that her
rmllans do not reflect the feelings of the
Spanish people iin eudh oats as the ex?
planation to McKinley and also this na?
tion '"f 'brave men has nut become a
Hock of lambs."
The Carreo EspanoC, after recap!tu?
la tiing oil the Injustice lit alleges Spain
has siifi--red at the hands of the United
States, says:
"The last affair? that of Dupuy de
I?mie?has given the measure of our
decay an'J sufferings. Any other gov?
ernment thein that iwe endure?ancient
mummies and sthe-rnon? when drawing
up She mode in yesterday's council in re?
ply to the Inadmissibie. un-.alle<l-for
and" rufll.vni.y 'demand of the President
?f the Umibed States would have accom?
panied1 it with Mr. Woodford's pass
pcirts. Far it i's cliar that neither con?
cessions, nur 'he hum ilia talons of the
Spanish government change in the
slight,-st degree the plan drawn up by
CContinued, on Fourth Page.)
GENERAL_?SSEMBLY
Short Sessions of the Senate
and House.
KIZER BILL APPROVED
Maunln Autl-l'uol .s..ui?K M. ?-?re Reject?
ed at the C?ut Minute. lUndionu
*<nl Kins i'reranteal ia
Clerk Button.
CSpeciSfcl to the Daily Press.)
RICHMOND, VA? March 3.?Both
uid It,.
snort setsiuns
today, and, contrary l,i general cxpec
ttttionis, both rxiuscs transact-antr aoaic
business. Among otlher tn.njjs both
nouses adopted cert&nn amenanients to
Che Kizc.f laoor bureau bo,, suggested
by i ne Governor, ana wnicn ut was nec-i
?ssary to pats before ithe bai met his
ipprovtal. The bull, it will be remem?
bered, passed both houses pracucnuy
without objection, but a delegation
Crom Lynch'burg arrived yesterday and
appeared before Governor Tyler to pro
rest ?BR-rnat h.s appoval or the bill. :
Mr. Canter Glass, editor of the Lynch- i
burg News. Hon. Randolph Harrison, j
ex-member of the Generali Assembly. !
and e'.lio. > were of the par^y. Tnley
suggest, ,i vanout minor defects in the
oil! and one important one. viz: Truat 1
the bill did not limit! 'the term of the
commissioner of labor created by the :
bill. This was amended by fixing 'the
term ?t two years. Another provision
of the bill required the commissioner
to answer "any lawful question." This
was amended 'by striking out the word
"lawful." which would have been trou?
blesome to construe. The bill was then
signed by Hie Excellency, and Mr.
Kiser is now serenely happy.
The Semite ailso passed the pension
bills originating in that ibody, as
amended by the House, or rather con
,-urred in ithtj House amendments.
These Senate pension bills appro?
priated ?30 dach, whereas the House
had steadfastly fixed all its bills at $15,
in order that as large a number of
beneficiaries as posible might be
provided for out of the small amount
available for the relief of the old sold?
iers. The delegates objected to the dis?
crimination made by the Senate hills,
and amended them so as to make theim.
$15 each. The House peremptorily de?
fused to recede from this position,
leaving the Senate no other alternative
than to pass the bills as amended or
to have thorn fail and Bake upon itself
responsibility for the failure. As it is,
however, about twenty pension bills
originating in the House were not act?
ed on by the Senate and therefore failed
of passage.
Thie Parks generali i>nsioni bill, pro?
posing a reorganization of the system
and establishing a commission of ex->
aminers in every county to pass upon
pension applications, passed the House,
but failed of passage in the Senate.
The bill is therefore dead.
Among the other hills that failed in,
the East moment is the Maupltr'siBB-^
pool wiling bill. This measure was
passed, but lits title was decided t'o 'be
-eitive. It was amended by the Sen?
s' i as to cure the defect, but under
a rule adopted by the House, that only
bills to which no objection was made
uld be considered in its closing
hours, this measure met objection and
therefore failed.
The Senate bill imposing a tax on tel?
ephone, telegraph and express compa?
nies, passed the body in which it orig?
inated, bin the House committee on
courts of justice, to which the bill was
referred, failed to report it. thus kill?
ing the measure. It is claimed that the
bill, it" passed, would have yielded an
annual revenue of about $i>,000.
Among the important bills signed by
the Governor and are now law, is the
Whartoin bill prohibiting insu???
eenuemies prom combined to raise or
uvniintaln rates. This is the bill aimed
at the South astern Tariff Association,
and to whi.-h thai association so much
objected; e...
Tie- i io-ing session of the Senate to?
day was marked by the presentultion to
Clerk Jos. 'p.h Hutu ? on the part of his
?assistants ..f a handsome seal ring.
The presentation was made by Senator.
Poster, of Norfolk. Mr. Button Is also
secretary of the State Democra?c com?
mittee, and is very popular throughout
the State. He is a son of the late
Charles W. iButtfctn, the well known
Lynohhurg editor.
The Hood Government League, an or?
ganization within the Democratic par?
ty In this city, whose platform is econ?
omy in appropri itiotis. is creating =ome
consternation among candidates ' f-^r
counciilmen and aldermen by refus'n?
to endorse certain candidates. Amone
those blacklisted by the league are
those who voted for a,n extra appro?
priation to eniatole the public schools to
, onipletc the 'ul' term. The primary
which will settle the hopes and fears
of the oi-pinants for honor and dollars,
will be held on Mar,-* 15th. Nomina?
tion by t.he primary is equivalent to
election.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon an acci?
dent occurred at the Virginia peniten
tiairytiilairy which may cause the death
of Joseph Klinik, a negro convict.
There were two barrels of na.pt.ha. ce?
ment, on one of which Faulk was seat?
ed smoking. Some discussions ensued
as to whether or not the cement was
explosive. The inquisitive convict
doubted it and concluded to decide the
matter by striking a match. In an in
stsatn't both barrels exploded and Faulk
struck the ceiling, sustaining injuries,
will Ich it is believed will prove fatal.
The two harrels of cement were, at
course, destroyed.
James W. Crailg, for twenty-five
years toll taker on Mayo's bridge and
an old mud esteemed citizen, died 'to?
day, aged about BO years, at his home
in 'Manchester.
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
(By Telegraph.)
RICHMOND. Va., Marc* 3.?At am
early hour yesterday nio.rning. Mr.
William Gill", a prominent citizen of
Lancaster county, was shot at from
ambush twice toy someone unknown,
,1 badly, though not dangerously
?und. d.
JUDGE HENDERSON ILL.
(By Telegraph.)
RICHMOND, Va.. March 3.?Judge
John Newton Henderson. the lost
treasurer of the Southern onfederaey.
?is critleull ill at his residence near
Summon. Augusta county. .He is suf?
fer ng from kidney trouble, and owing
to his advanced age little hope of his
recovery is entertained.
War.
Is probably coining, and it would be well
to have those pictures made now. We
make caihinet photos, as weE as others.
Call at 2fT2 Washington avenue.
Our "LI tele Wonder" taTcoa thie.
whiskers off your collars and cuffs stick
and clean, and it don't cost you a cent.
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