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Orcutt, president of the New port News Shipbuilding Co.; Mrs. Her bert sponsor for the Kear sarge. and her maid of honor; Miss Christine Bradley, sponsor for the Kentucky, and her maids of honor; Miss Anna Webb, of I'aducah. Ky.; Mrs. William <). liradley. Gov. Tyler, of Virginia, and staff, and a number of state officials of Kentucky; Lieut. Com mander Herbert Winslow, I'. S. N., the only surviving son of the captain who commanded the famous old Kear sarge in her fight with the Alabama; THE KENTUCKY—THE KEAHSAKOE IS AN EXACT COUNTERPART. members of the house and senate com mittees on naval affairs and other dis tinguished visitors from Washington. All preparations being arranged, a saw severed the pieces that held the Kearsarge in place and the splendid hull started on her journey to the water. As it started Mrs. Winslow broke a bottle of champagne over its bow and exclaimed: "I christen thee Kearsarge." The christening party then pro ceeded to the bow of the Kentucky, which vessel was launched at 11:35 a. m. This ceremony was an exact coun terpart of the former, except that when the critical moment arrived Miss Chris tine Hradley broke a bottle of water from the spring on the old Lincoln farm, and said: "I christen thee Ken tucky." Then as the vessel started down the ways several bottles of old liourbon whisky were hurled against her sides by Kentuckians who were opposed to the water christening. These ships, with a displacement of 11.525 tons, draw only 28 feet 8 inches of water, less than the armored cruisers New York and Brooklyn, which would not combined l.c equal in combat to one of these battiesiiips. Light draft on heavy displacement is only one of the many valuable qualities of these battleships Save the Indiana class, they carry the heaviest batteries in accord with modern naval practice, and with primary batteries fully equal to that class they mount secondary suns in such fash ion as to make the combination almost un equaled in naval architecture. The biff rifles, four in number, are mounted in two turrets. The armor is of liarveyized nickel steel. The Kearsarge und the Ken ucky at e :tfis feet in length. 72 feet 5 inches team and 23 feet 0 inches draft. Tncy carry normally 410 tons of coal but may take aboard 1,210 tons, and ill officers, sailors and marines are required to navigate each of them. The Keport Is at the Capital. Washington, .March "J5.- —Lieut. Com mander Marix and his naval com panions bearing the report of the Maine court of inquiry reached Wash ington at 11:35 last night. The crowd was so dense sit the depot that the party left the train outside the shed and took carriages for the Kbbitt house, where the oflicers spent the night. They were met at the station by an official of the navy department who informed them that the secretary of the navy would not receive the re port last night. The report of the court of inquiry will be read at to-day's cabinet meeting. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1898. A PATRIOTIC ORATION. inenstor Thunton Pcorea the Money Chso^" rre—The» Voice of tlie Stork Cismbler the Only One Rained Agalnxt Intervention. Washington, March 25. —A dramatic scene was presented in the senate Thursday during the delivery by Mr. Thurston, of Nebraska, of a speech on the Cuban situation. Not since the in auguration of President McKinley hare so many people been on the senate side of the Capitol. Mr. Thurston's tirst sen tence, in which he said he spoke by command of silent lips —a delicate ref erence to the loss of his wife on his trip to Cuba —commanded instant at tention. A hush fell over the great audience which hung with almost breathless attention upon every word. As he ncared the end of the speech he was almost overcome by emotion, but rallied and closed in a manner that thrilled his auditors. Staid senators turned away and wept and in the gal leries tears welled to hundreds of eyes. Mr Thurston said that ho had *rone to Cuba believing that the condition of affairs on the island hud been greatly exaggerated and that h<* had directed his efforts in the tirst instance to the exp sure of the supposed exaggerations. He had concluded, however, that any over statement of tlie horrors of the situation was impossible. Ho was prepared not only to adopt every word of the statement of Senator l'roctor. but he was even convinced that he bad understated the facts. Mr Thurston quoted the Cuban plank of the republican national convention of 1K96 to show that this nation "should use its influence and good offices to restore peace and give inde pendence to ihe island." Then he eulogized President McKinley s course during the past year, but said that it was now too late to rec ognize either the belligt rency or the independ ence of Cuba. He said he was opposed to an nexation Toward the close he said: Against the intervention of the United States in this holy cause there is but one voice of dis sent; that voice is the voice of the money changers. They foar wap. Not because of any Christian or ennobling sentiment against war and in favor of peace, but because they fear that a declaration of war, or the intervention which might result in war, would have a de pressing ♦•tTeet upon the stock market. Ido not read my duty from the ticker; Ido not ac c *pt my lessons in patriotism from Wall street. I deprecate war War wf'th Spain would increase the business of every American railroad; it would increase the output of every American factory: it would stimulate every branch of domestic commerce; , it would greatly increase the demand for Amer ican labor. But in the meantime the specter of war would stride through the stock exchanges, and many of the gamblers around tbe board would find their ill-gotten gains passing to the other side of the table, i Let them go: what one man loses at the gambling table his fellow gamblers win. Let I them take their chances as they can. Their i weal or woe is of but little importance to the people of the United States. Let the men whose loyalty is to the dollar stand aside while the men whose loyalty is to the tiag come to the front There are some who insist that the republic an party will not act. for they say it sold out to the capitalists and the money changers at the last national election. It is not so. God for bid. The 7,000.01)0 free men who voted for the republican party and for William McKinley did not mortgage the honor of this nation for a campaign fui d and if the time ever comes when the republican party hesitates in its course of duty because of any undue anxiety for the welfare of the accumulated wealth of the nation, then let the republican party be swept from the face of the earth and be suc j ceedcd by some other party, by whatever name | it may be called, which will represent the pa | triotism, the honesty and loyalty that the re j publican party exhibited under Abraham Lin coln in 1861. In the cable that moored me to life and hope | the strongest strands are broken. 1 have but : little left to offer at the altar of freedom's sac | rilic, but all 1 have 1 am glad to give. lam I ready to serve my country as best I can in the j senate or in the Held. My dearest hope, my most earnest prayer to God is this, that when ! death comes to end all. I may meet it calmly j and fearlessly as did my beloved, in the cause | of humanity, under the American flag. J As Mr. Thurston sank into his seat j and buried his face in his hands the gal [ leries were swept by a tumult of ap : plause. r'ive I.ivfH I.ost In the Flood. Zanesvillc, 0., Marelv 25. —Fifteen j hundred families are homeless, five lives have been lost and nearly $1,000,- ! 000 worth of property has been de j stroyed by the flood. Mrs. James Rrcn j nan and child and John Leach were drowned by the overturning of skift's; ! Mrs. Nancy Church was drowned in her home and Tim Jones fell from a bridge; ahel was drowned. Two thousand dol lars was raised last night for sufferers. Caused SHUO.OOO l.oss. Indianapolis, March 25. Railroad men estimate that the loss to the In dian:! polis lines because of the recent I storm will not be less than 8800,000. Trains arc now running regularly. Siajsbee Ordered Home. Washington, March ~'t. —Orders were issued yesterday detaching 1 apt. Sio-s --bee and other ollicers from the battle ship Maine at Havana and ordering them to proceed home and await or ders. Commander Wainwright. who is in special charge of the wrecking operations, will remain at Havana un til they are concluded. Is Out of Politics. Atlanta, (ia.. March U.">.- Hon. Thomas E. Watson, who was nominated for governor by the populists, is out in an open letter declining' the honor. He announces that lid is out 01' politics tor goo . SPAIN'S HOSTILE MOVE. Her Torpodo Flcr t Sails for Porto Rico. Admiral Klcarii I* Ki'!l<'vi k e (lltrn Comur.ilid of th« Sqtmilron in Fli riil* Water*— A Kor.'r:nt of rri'Hiil.'iil MeKiuley'4 Cuban I'olicy. Washington, March —Thursday was marked by unexampled activity in nil otMcial quarters. Adviees came that the Spaninh torpedo flotilla had sailed from the Canaries for l'orto Rico and from this moment energetic war like measures followed in quick suc cession. The movement of this fleet has been watched with tlie keenest in terest. as it was felt to involve serious possibilities which might compel our government to protest against the movement as of a hostile character. The fact was made known to the pres ident and a conference was held be tween him and Secretary Long and Assistant Secretary Roosevelt. The president was advised that naval strat egists regarded it as essential that this torpedo ileet should not be allowed to reach western waters. What conclu sion was reached is not known. C'Al'T. WII.LIAM T. SAMPSON'. Later in the day the Spanish minis ter, Senor Bernabe, called at the state department and spent some time with Mr. Day. It was inferred that the ap proach of the Spanish flotilla was one of the subjects referred to. Whether, however, there was any suggestion aggainst the move was not disclosed by either Mr. Day or the Spanish min ister. Following the flotilla announce ment important news followed rapidly. The first was this announcement by- Secretary Long, indicating the placing of our squadron and fleet on a war footing: "Admiral Sicard has been granted leave on account of his health, (.'apt. Sampson has been made commander of the fleet at Key West. Capt. Evans has been ordered to take command of the battleship lowa. The orders to the squadron in Hampton Roads have not yet been issued." It soon became known that Commo dore W. S. Schley was slated to c om mand the flying squadron now assem bling at Hampton Roads. This an nouncement wasof unusual importance. Admiral Sicard has been in command of the fleet at Key West throughout the critical period of the Maine dis aster. Capt. Sampson has been in command of the lowa, but recently has been conspicuous as president of the Maine court of inquiry. Capt. Kvans is,better known as "Fighting Rob." At the close of the day came the an nouncement that the navy depaitment had purchased eight steam yachts and four steam tugs, presumably at New York, for use in the auxiliary naval fleet. The boats are about 401) tons each and would be suitable as torpedo boats. The yachts purchased are among the fleetest along the Atlantic coast. The president said to several visitors yesterday that he would do everything consistent with the honor of the coun try to avert war and he still believed war could be averted. The president acknowledged that he believes the re port of the board of inquiry will find that the Maine was blown up from the outside. liis programme has been definitely decided. It is his purpose to treat the blowing up of the Maine as an inci dent. The report of the board will be sent to congress on Monday with a brief message relating the events lead ing up to that point and informing congress that the facts contained in the report have been cabled to Madrid to be laid before the Spanish govern ment by Minister Woodford. No de mand will be made upon Spain, but the laying of the facts before the Spanish government will be equivalent to calling upon Spain for an explana tion and such action as she .'nay deem proper. It is the purpose of the house leaders to refer the report and message to the committee on foreign affairs without debate and to this purpose it is be lieved the democrats of the house have acquiesced, reserving the; right to de mand action if a report from the com mittee is too long delayed. Much will then depend upon Spain's response, but there are those close to the president who believe that from the time the re port is sent to congress it will dropout as a factor in the situation. The second part of the president's programme reaches the main question and involves intervention on human itarian grounds within a week or ten days after the report of the board goes to congress. It will be intervention to relieve the starvation in Cuba and upon Spain's acquiescence in or objection to this act will liepend peace or war. I.c-ft « 10,000,000 to tier Heirs. New Haven. Conn.. March 25.—Mr?, .lane Winchester, widow of the found er of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., died at her home here Thursday She was ill years of age. She was the richest woman in Connecticut, it' not in New England. Her fortune is esti mated at $40,000,000. Strikers Threw Ip the Sponge. Urunswick, Me., March The Cabot cotton mills, which have been idle since .January JO on account of a strike of the employes against a 10 per cent, reduction in wages, have started up. The operatives gave up the strike. A SUBMARINE MINE Maine Court of Inquiry Says It Caused the Explosion. The Spanish Naval Commission, on tin 1 Other Hand, Announces that tin 1 Disaster Was of Internal Origin. I'renldent Mi-Klnley and lli* Ad-.ine .Spend an Kv« a ntful I>ay and Orders are Given to JitMloubl** the l'ruparatioim for a Con* Ittst with Spain. Washington, March ;jftieially to Washington that the Span ish naval commission holds the disaster to the Maine to be of internal origin. The government of Spain, it can be stated positively, is not disposed to turn back the torpedo fl >tilla now pro ceeding from the Canaries. The foregoing gives the record of me of the most eventful clays the na tional capital has seen since the close of the civil war. The findings of the court. briefly stated, are that the loss of the Maine ivas due to an explosion from the out side, the court being unable to fix the responsibility for the explosion. The jourt does not express an opinion as to the character of the explosive, but the testimony goes to show that it was a powerful submarine mine, the exact character of which is not determined by the testimony, though the belief was expressed that it was a floating submarine mine. There were two ex plosions. the court finds', the first was from the outside, and that set oft' one of the smaller magazines. It was this result, expressed in detail anil with the precision of a court deep ly conscious of its responsibility, to gether with the evidence on which it was based, that occupied the attention of the cabinet throughout its sessions. There was no change in the plan of making the report public and trans mitting it to congress early next week, rccompanied by a brief message from the president. While interest was thus centered at the White House, the navy and war departments were hurrying forward their work of preparation. The ad vance of the Spanish torpedo flotilla continued to receive the closest atten tion of naval otlieiuls, and while so far as could be ascertained no definite line of action was determined upon, the need of intercepting this fleet was urged by the highest naval authorities. Hardly less suggestive than the ap proach of the torpedo flotilla was the information received by the military authorities that the Spanish govern ment had hurried to completion exten sive fortifications on the island of Porto Rico. The exact character of these new defenses has been made known here and they are being given weight with the military authorities as showing the disposition of Spain. Madrid, March "JO. —The report of the Spanish board of inquiry into the loss of the battleship Maine says emphat ically that the explosion was of in ternal origin. The report says it is ••scientifically and practically demon strated that the explosion was inter nal." Key West, March '.ld. —The bulletin that the court of inquiry had found that the Maine was blown up by a sub marine mine created intense excite ment here. It was read by eager crowds, which included Admiral Si card, elderly captains and younq cadets. Most of the naval officers at Key West have held to the opinion, shared by all the officers of the Maine, that the warship was blown up by ex ternal means. All were glad to know that the Maine's fate was not due to the negligence of her own officers. The most significant development that followed the announcement of the court's report—a development known to but few—was the sudden sailing of the lighthouse tender Mangrove for Havana. The Mangrove was lying quietly at the dock, loading buoys, when orders came about 5 p. m.for her to proceed with all haste to Havana and take on board all the American officials in that city with the exception of Consul General Lee. The attention of Admiral Sicard was drawn to the fact that Spain had offi cially denied that Havana harbor was mined. He replied: "If Havana har bor was mine I should certainly have mined it. The water there is especial ly suitable to such a method of de fense. 1 should not believe a state ment that Havana harbor was not mined." I'liminutcK t lm from I'olitics. New Orleans, March 20. —The Louisi ana constitutional convention yester day adopted a suffrage plan. The con vention is almost solidly democratic and the avowed purpose was to elim inate the negro from Louisiana politics. The measure adopted provides for edu cational and property qualifications and a poll tax is presumed to answer the purpose effectively. At the same time it was desired to let in as many white people as possible, and this is accomplished by exempting naturalized voters, as well as those who wera voters in 1807, with their sons. COL. HAMILTON, Of Colombo*, Ohio, L'aea I'e-ro-n» !• Ilia Family—'The Colonel'! 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