ribttue. cranttm TWO CENTS. SORANTON. PA..' MONDAY MORNING. MARCH' 14 1898. TWO CENTS. INSPECTING BATTLESHS Several More Vef!ls Are to Be Plr Ja in See. PROPOSALS ARE INVITED A Naval Intelligence Office to Be Opened. Gunboats Aro Ordered to llcturn lrom rornlgn Ports at Once--Ad-mirnl Howell Will Ho I.clt with but Olio Vessel nt the European Ktntlon. Sccrctnry Long Declined to Ho In terviewed on tho Subject. Washington, March 13. Today, un like last Sunday, when the published statements of the desire for the recall of General Lee and the protest of the Spanish government against sending war vessels with relief supplies to Cuba caused much excitement among olllclal circles, was comparatively quiet. There had been no Information bearing on the doings of tho court If inquiry on the Maine explosion received during the day or any other dispatches calculated to cause conferences between the heads of tho various departments. There were a number of the experts of the war department ordnance office at their desks for a short time during the morn ins to attend to some pressing matters, while at the navy department, the board of auxiliary cruisers held a final meeting preparatory to tho departure of the special board to New York. Secretary Long was at the navy de partment for a short while. He stated late In the afternoon that there was no news of any nature for the press and added In response to a specific Inquiry that nothing had been received from the court of Inquiry. The board of auxiliary cruisers met In Assistant Secretary Roosevelt's room during the morning. There were pres ent In addition to the assistant secre tary. Chief Constructor Hlchborn, of the bureau of construction and repair; Captain Frederick Rodgers, of the naval board of Inspection and survey; Captain O'Neill, chief of the ordnance bureau; Lieutenant Sergeant Recorder, of the board of Inspection, and Lieu tenant Peters, of the naval Intelligence bureau. Lieutenant Commander J. D. Kelly and Naval Constructor Towresy, the latter now on duty at Cramps' ship yard, were expected, but their orders to attend had evidently arrived too late to permit them to do so. Each of the bureau chiefs present was able to give the board some Information incident to work that may be required to fit out any ships that might be obtained. Sev eral of the members of the board as i-v originally appointeu to iook into me f ""matter are unable to leave the city at the present time, so it was determined that a special board, of which Captain Rodgers will be president, should be designated to proceed to New York to night to undertake the work In hand. An office will be opened at 26 Courtlandt street, New York city, tomorrow morn ing, at which owners and agents for ships will be invited to make their pro posals for turning over to the navy such vessels as aro of value for con version Into war purposes. HUNDREDS ARE AVAILABLE. The naval officials say there will be no difficulty experienced in obtaining all vessels that are desired, as there are hundreds available. i hanks to the careful work of the naval intelli gence office, the department keeps in close touch with the construction of all craft that could be utilized in the event of hostilities and just now it has a record of forty such ships of all sizes and classes which will be Inspected and examined if their owners desire to part with them. A number of these are ves sels which havo been constructed under the subsidy act of congress and are engaged In carrying the malls. The vessels to be examined will include all liners from vessels llKe the St. Paul to ocean going tugs Which can be of very material services for a number of purposes. Tonnage, draft, Bpeed, con ditions of boilers and machinery and other attributes will figure in the thor ough inspection which will be under taken by the board before any pur chasing or chartering will be recom mended. Both tho odnance bereau and that engaged in the work of construc tion and repair are ready to taKe their part in fitting out and equipping such vessels as may be acquired. At the "Washington gun factory there are now in various stages of construction no less than ICO guns of formidable char acter on which work is being done night and day with a view to their early completion. No new guns are be ing started but tho entire efforts of the factory aro devoted to finishing those now under way. A naval officer nald there would be enough of them when finished to constitute a fair arm ament for probably thirty or more auxiliary cruisers should such a large fleet be found necessary to supplement the regular warships. The gunboat Machlas, which has Just nrrlved at Norfolk from the Asiatic station by way of the Suez canal has been found to be in fair shape as a result of the examination by tho naval inspection board. A thorough over hauling will be unnecessary In the pres ent instance and she will bo sent to Boston, where all necessary . repairs can be made to her in about twelve day. The ordering of the Helena and the Bancroft now on tho European station to the United States will leave Admir al Howell, commanding that station with but one vessel, viz., the San Fran cisco. No explanation for the action Is vouchsafed by the officials of the navy department, und Secretary Long when asked today declined to say anything nbout the step, further than that the two ships had been ordered home. ATLANTA EXCITED. Engines in tbo Ynrds All Steamed Up Itendv tor Nervlcc. Atlanta, Ga., March 13. Orders were received here tonight by tho master mechanics of all the railroads entering this city to have engines steamed up and ready for use at a moment's no tice. All round-houses In the yards are lighted up tonight and full force of men Is at work a very unusual thing for Sunday night. A trip to the round-house of several of the roads did not elicit any infor mation. Those in charge said the en gines were merely fired up for emer gency and that they always kept some ready to be sent out In case of a break down or putting out of extra trains. It was denied that any order had been received to have nny extra number of engines ready for use, although the re port was current nround the shops that a movement of troops was expected early in tho week. Acting under Instructions believed to have been received last night, tho West ern and 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 being overhauled and all rolling stock is be ing repaired. MINE UNDER MAINE. Tim Destruction of tho Ilnttlcslilp Wm Undoubtedly Premeditated. A Deliberate Explosion. New York, March 13. The Army and Navy Register, In Its latest Issue, says: The Register is in possession of Infor mation that certain evidence gathered by the court of Inquiry at Havana has come In a semi-official form to the president from two members of the board. The Information has been In the hands of tho president since Sun day and has served the occasion of unusual activity during the week. Tho Information Is that the Maine was de stroyed by a government submarine mine, planted In Havana harbor and deliberately exploded. More than this, it appears that the Maine was purpose ly moored In the vicinity of the mine, and that the explosion occurred at the moment when the ship had been oppor tunely carried by wind and tide direct ly over the mine. These facts have been hinted at and wrlten about In despatches from Ha vana, Madrid and Washington, and among the varied statements made tho actual conditions have been touched upon, but nothing authoritative has been permitted to escape from the court. That body is understood to have completed its work, but nothing Is like ly to be officially promulgated Jn re gard to Its finding for a week or more. There is obvious reasons for such an action, the objects of which cannot be defeated by independent newspaper statements. There can be but one outcome of such a report and preparation for the Inevit able result are being industriously and indefatlgably prosecuted. The work of the week, related In detail elsewhere In this Issue, show that the government at Washington appreciates the situa tion, and will be ready to meet what has now ceased to bo a mere emer gency. THE COURT OF INQUIRY. Will Probably Close Its Labors Dur ing the Coming Week. Havana, March 13. The court of in quiry did a good deal of work today, examining Ensign Powelson and such divers of the wrecking company as have been Investigating tho wreck. It Is said today that these divers have been released from further work of this kind and Instructed to pursue their labors under the wrecking contract. The court will have the services of the naval divers as heretofore, and, if necessary, can call again upon the civilian divers. It is thought that tho court will close its labors here dur ing the present week and will probab ly reexamine some of tho survivors of 'he Maine ht Key Wtst. This rumor, however, is not officially verified, the members of the court insisting that they can fix no date for the conclusion of its sessions or their departure from Havana. TO DEFEND PORT ARTHUR. Cicuornl Snug Say He Will Not Sur render, Eton to Russia. Tacoma, Wash., March 13. "The North China Herald says that a prom inent Chinese officer attached to the staff of General Sung, at Port Arthur, in writing to a brother officer at Shang hai, stated that, after a council of war, the venerable general decided to hold the forts at all hazards, and with out orders from Poking, In case any foreign power attempted to seize them. His staff heartily concurred In the posi tion taken by General Sung, nnd nil married officers sent their families home, anticipating a conflict. General Sung says he will not sur render the forts to any power, not even Russia, notwithstanding special orders from Peking not to be rash, and thereby precipitate war. General Sung quoted to his staff tho adage, "The general confronting the enemy Is to be guided by circumstances, and need not, on occasion, listen to the commands of even the emperor." rioiited WorthlosN Check. Now York, March 13. Frederick J. Blair, said by tho police to -do a son of President A. G. Blair, of the Wheeling and Lake Erlo railroad, of Toledo, O., and who was arrested yesterday, charged with passing worthless checks, was held In the Jefferson Market court today. ('ovrriimeiit H'oiknt Iletlilelinin. Bethlehem, Pa,, March IS. The Bethle hem Iron company has received orders to push all government work as yet un finished on the one hundred ten and twelve Inch guns and carriages and the forco of skilled mechanics In all depart metns Is working night and day. Plutonic Kyinpinhy Only. ondon, March 1C Tho Piuls correspond ent of tho Daily Mall declares French support of Spain, "would not exceed pla tonlo Bympnthy" and that tho.ro Is no likelihood that the friendliness. of Austria or Germany would extend further, GOOD SENSE WILL COUNSEL PEACE Views of the Situation at Madrid and Elsewhere. REOARDINQ TUB ALLIANCE STORY A Reported Interview with Ambnssn dor White, Who Claim tho Alliance Htory to llnre Iloen Without Foun dation. Madrid, March 13. The view held in official circles Is that Spain will not provoke a war, because, If she did, she would find herself Isolated, but If Amer ica gives the provocation, Spain will not be alone In the struggle. The general opinion is that in the event of war Spain will not need to at tack American territory. It will suf fice her to pursue a war of privateer ing. As America's commerce is seven fold greater than Spain's, American Interests would suffer most. War would be madness, benefitting neither nation, and good sense therefore counsels peace. The Spanish torpedo squadron has not yet left Cadiz. Senor Leon Castillo, Spanish ambassador to France, has re turned to Paris. Paris, Maich 13. The Temps says: "Spain does not deceive herself when she counts upon the sympathies, 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 nlll ance. Before all she must rely upon herself." REGARDING THE ALLIANCE. London, March 13. The Sunday Spe cial publishes from Its Berlin corre spondent an interview with United States Ambassador White on the atti tude of the United States toward Spain and tho Cuban situation. Ambassador White, according to his despatch, declared the statement that tho United States had entered Into an alliance with England and Japan ab solutely without foundation. "The United States," Mr. White Is reported to have said, "will never bind herself by such an alliance. President McKInley's administration cannot act against the tradition which forbids all such complications In America's Inter national relations. Least of all will it do so for tho sake of American in terests in the far cast "The fear of war with Spain must not be taken too seriously. The $50, 000,000 credit Is no proof that the Unit ed States Intends going to war, since tho government has long demanded such a credit for the purpose of har bor defense. This, however, had been postponed owing to the niggardly pol icy congress had hitherto pursued." . Lieutenant Allen, the United States military attache at Berlin, Is reported as confirming Ambassador White's view of the situation, on the strength of private advices that have reached the American embassy alleging that the investigations of the American court of Inquiry clearly Indicate that the sinking of tho Maine was not due to accident, that substantial evidence to this effect has been discovered, but that, owing to the excited state of public feeling, these facts have been withheld from publication. ANDERSOFS CRIME. Pittsburg Negro in n Fit of Jealousy Murders His Wife--Atterapts Suicldo with Laudanum. Pittsburg, March 13. Because he said she had been too free with other men, Cenas Anderson, a negro ex-convict, deliberately killed his wife, Pauline, today. Tho murder came after repeat ed threats from tho vengeful husband to brlnj; retribution to his wife. Ar ter filing five shots Into her prostrate body, with his three year old daugh ter as the only witness of the tragedy. Anderson walked, nearly eight miles In his attempt to escape. After a sensational chase the mur derer was captured when he made two attempts to drink laudanum which he had purchased two days before with suicidal intent. AVENGES HIS OWN MURDER. Hooper, Though Mortnlly Wounded, Shoots His Slnyer. New Orleans, La., March 3. In Tangipahoa, a parish where dozens of murders, lynchlngs, etc., in the last ten years have been taken place, Frank Chandler shot James Hooper In the chest, inflicting a mortal wound. Chandler then mounted his horse and started off, but Hooper, though mor tally wounded, mounted his horse, pur sued Chandler and shot him twice. Hooper died in half an hour, and Chan dler cannot live. MYRTIE STORRER'S CRIME. A Sixteeu-Ycnr-Old Girl Is Charged with Murder. Huntsville, Ark., March 13. Myrtle Storrer, 16 years old, Is in Jail here charged with tho murder of her fath er, M. V. Storrer, Incarcerated with her la her mother and Oscar Moser, ilie. girls lover, both charged with com plicity In the crime. Tho girl's father objected to Moser's visits, but the mother favored the lov er and quarrels resulted. T Heimtor I'roclor Returns. Washington, March 13. Senator Proc tor reached Washington tonight at 10.35. Ho was met nt the station by friends and was driven at once to his residence. Sen ator Proctor said to an Associated Press reporter that he did not desire to discuss his trip at present and that further than to commond the good work of Miss Clara Barton was doing in Cuba, ho had said nothing in the way of an Interview, Duties ol Tub Lnyden. Newport, R. I March 13. The tug Loy den left tho torpedo station at 12 o'clock today for League Island navy yard with torpedo outfits of twenty projectiles for the cruisers Minneapolis and Columbia, and torpedo boat Rodgers. The tug has been detached from this station and will hereafter be attached to Leaguo Island navy yard. ENQLAND WITH AMERICA. Their Community ot Interests In Pending Questions Pointed Oat. London, March 13. Tho St. James' Gazette yesterday afternoon, in an edi torial headed "Together With Amer ica," says; Tho Cuban situation ennnot bo allowed to go on much longer. If tho Maine's de struction Is proved to have been due to an external explosion, It v,i then bo shown that Spain ennnot as much as keep order In the harbor of tho Cuban capital, and tho United States will bo Jus tilled In refusing to tolerate such a con dition of things any longer and in ask ing nur moral tupport to bring It to an end. In China, no doubt, it Is wo who aro chleflly concerned, but tho United Statei has genuine Interests there, and they oro Identical with ours. Wo both n9lccd for the open door and nothing else. Here, then, moral support may be given for tho moral support of tho American gov ernment. It has every claim to insist upon making Its volco heard; It nu-jt need have a scut at any conference on the Chtneso question, and wo can calcu late It will be found In agreement with ours. It has hitherto been tho ruling prlnclplo In American politics to abstain lrom alli ances with European powers. But tho time for alliances has coma for tho United States. They enn no longer afford to view the conflicts of European powers as something remote and of no concern of theirs. It may bo a fortunate thing for both that this should be tho case. Just when It Is so very possible for England and the United States to act together. On our side there Is every disposition, and wo can claim to have shown It In our acts. It Is for them to tako tho next step. They can now, by speak.ng a word In regard to China, make clear to tho world that the two Anglo-Saxon rom mun'tles ara prepared to act together. WARSHIPS HEADY. Four Honts at Leaguo Island Hnve Stores on Ilonrd--Tho Rush of Volunteers. Philadelphia, March 13. There was a general absence at League Island navy yard today of the unusual activity which prevailed last Sunday and the Sunday previous. A few workmen were busy about the yard and aboard the ships, but the'lr work was of a fin ishing up character. The Mlantonomoh, Katahdin, Minneapolis and Columbia are now all but ready to sail within a day or two If so ordered, and whatever additional repairs may be necessary can be attended to en route. A few more men are needed for the Katahdin and Minneapolis, and a detachment of marines under Lieutenant Fuller are expected shortly to complete the Co lumbia's complement. All tho warships are coaled and have most of their stores aboard, and about all that re mains to be done now is .to replenish their stock of ammunition. This will be done at the government magazine, a short distance below the navy de prtment, and all the vessels will then be ready for sailing at a moment's no tice. The Columbia Is anchored In the river and as soon as her marines ar rive will steam to the magazine. "he government tug Leyden Is ex pected tomorrow or Tuesday and will tow a large barge load of coal to Key West. It Is reported that the govern ment Is negotiating for the purchase of a number of large barges In this city to be used for carrying coal and sup plies. The work of recruiting lands men, ordinary seamen and machinists, will continue until further orders. Lieu tenant Commander Day, executive offi cer of the receiving ship Richmond, has received a communication from the Marine Engineers' Beneficial associa tion, Delaware harbor branch, offering the government the use of eight of Its members in case of need. The com munication was filed. There has been a rush of applicants for the army and marine branches of the service all week, but the officers In charge are accepting only those who pass a most rigid examlnatlln. In con sequence only a few, are, being chosen and these are men who come up to every requirement. Comparative quiet also prevailed at the other establishments In this vicin ity capable of executing government work. The officials of the Mldvale Steel works are always reticent about work going on there, but from other sources It was learned that extra forces of men have lately been working on project iles. No Sunday work is under way at the Frankford arsenal. Last week an or der wag received there to work ten hours a day, but whatever contract was involved has probably been completed, for the order was rescinded last night. The average dally output of cartridges there Is 38,000 rounds, but during the ten hour day this could be Increased by from eight to ten thousand. It is the only arsenal In the United States where small ammunition Is made. The num ber of employes has been gradually in creased of late from 600 to 700 work men. At tho Schuylkill arsenal nothing was going on. This arsenal merely makes clothing and tents for the regular army and sometimes for the state militia and it employs about ninety persons There was work today at Cramp's ship yard, but It was on the new Klon dike steamers Indiana and Pennsylva nia. Nothing was being done on the battleship Alabama or tho Japanese cruiser Kasagl. PRETENDER IN THE FIELD. Don Jaime, Son ot Duke of Madrid, Nny llu Will Proceed to Spnln. London, March 13. Don Jaime, the son of Don Carlos, will receive tho Car list deputies at Cannes, where he is staying, and he declares he will then proceed to Spain, declaring himself the pretender. If this is true, the news is very im portant; but the Spanish government professes to have no fear of a Carllst outbreak. Crazed by Cigarettes. Bethlehem, March 13. Crazed by cigar ette smoking, Frank Glerlng, son of for mer councilman L. F. Glerlng, set his parents house' on flro twice lost night and held tho police at bay for an hour. He Is In cubtody awaiting tho action of tho commission In lunacy. Twelve llend ofCnttlo Hurtled. Harrlsburg, March 13. Jacob Bretz's barn, east of West Farvlew, Cumberland county, was destroyed by flro last nlpht together with 12 head of cattle and a tot of farming Implements, The loss is par tially covered by Insurance. FORECAST OF THE WEEK IN CONGRESS There Is No Prepared Programme lor the Senate. DACON ON HAWAIIAN QUESTION Upon n Motion to Lay His Amend ment on the Tabic, the Munncers Hope to Secure a Voto on the Ques tionThe Census Dili May II o 1'ressod Tor Consideration, Washington, March 13. There is no prepared programme for the senate for the present week. If Senator Bacon Is prepared to speak on the Hawaiian an nexation treaty it will be taken up promptly, as indeed it will be If any senator Is prepared to go on with the debate. It Is not expected, however, that there will bo much further dis cussion of this subject In executive ses sion, and It Is the intention of Senator Davis, chairman of the senate commit tee on foreign relations, at a very early day to move to lay Senator Bacon's plebesclte nmendment upon the table. It Is upon this motion that the man agers of tho treaty hope to secure a vote, and Senator Davis said today that he was hopeful that this vote might bo reached during the present week. Sen ator Pettlgrew Is anxious and expects to get his live per cent, land bill before the senate early In tho week, and Sen ator Vest will make an effort to secure consideration of the quarantine bill. There Is also a possibility that the census bill may be pressed for consid eration. An entirely new census bill probably will be offered, providing for the immediate establishment of the census machinery Instead of making preliminary arrangements for it as the bill first prepared did. The committee on appropriations Is hopeful of being able to report tho Sundry civil bill dur ing the week and if it should be suc cessul this measure will be pressed up on the attention of the senate to the exclusion of everything else. IN THE HOUSE. The programme of the house this' week ns mapped out would be com pletely changed If any move Is made In connection with the Spanish crisis involving legislative action. But as at present arranged it includes simply the consideration of the postofflce ap propriation bill and the Virginia con tested election case of Thorp vs. Eppes, with the possibility that the naval ap propriation bill, which will be reported on Monday or Tuesday, might bo reached at the trla.1 end of the week. There will be a conflict for preced ence between the election case and the postofflce bill. Chairman Walker, of the elections committee, and Chairman Loud, of the postofflco committee, aro each firmly contesting for the right of way. If Chairman Walker Insists the con tested election case being a question of the highest privilege will take pre cedence under the rules by the house by a vote would give the postofflce bill pre cedence. The Democrats Intend to con test the election case bitterly as upon the decision in this case they believe will depend the fate of the other two cases from Virginia, another of which was reported yesterday against the sit ting member. It is expected that tho report of the committee will also be against Mr. Swanson from the Dan ville, Va., district. JUDGE AND THE CRANKS. Letters Received by Hon. Stanley Woodward During Uartin I'riiil. Wllkes-Barre, March ID. Some of the anonymous letters sent to Judge Woodward during the Lattlmer trial are being made public. Following Is a sample of the letters received; To Judge Woodward. Sir; 1 am or dered to Interview or communicate with vou. I have chosen tho latter method. My purpose Is to warn you of the fate that awaits you. I am a member of a ho cret organisation sworn to end your life and it will carry out Its purpose even though Its last member dies in the act. I have been chosen to follow you to tho ends of tho earth. My fate Is as nothing to me. Should I fall another will be chosen. (Signed) Justice. Elmira, Feb. SO. 1&0S. To Judge Wood ward. Dear Sir: Information reaches the public that you recelvo royalties on every ton of coal mined and that you aie in sympathy with mlno owners ns well as with Shorlff Martin and his deputies. Tho public Is deeply interested in the pro ceedings of this trial and wish tho mur derous wretches, If guilty, punished. "Vou aro accused of being bias in favor of the defense. Your life Is In jeopardy If you aro not Impartial and absolutely free from bias. Do your duty and there can be no com plaint. Threats are being made; bewaro. (Signed) From a Friend. Pasadena, Cal Feb. 27. Judge Wood ward: I havo traveled much and my sympthy has been aroused In favor of tho too much abused foreigner. See that Jus tice is done. The above letter was written by a woman. Another woman writing from Ma hanoy City, Pa., makes a plea for Sher iff Martin and his deputies and says the men at Lattlmer were on the same footing nt the "Molly Magulres." A crank at Rome, N. Y., writes: Tho trial was a farce from beginning to end. Yours, Ezra, the King, United States. Heaven. Several of tho more threatening let ters are withheld in the hope that their authors may fall into the handa of detectives. KLONDIKE BOOMER ACCUSED. Georgo McCoy Arreslod on Charge of Using the Mnlls lor Frnud. Portland, Ore., March 13. George AV. McCoy, of this city, has been arrested by a deputy United States marshal on a charge of using the malls for fraudu lent purposes. McCoy organized the Alaska-Klondike Mining and Transportation com pany, and announced through circu lars which he sent through the malls that his company would carry passen gers from Portland, Tacoma and Se attle to Dawson City. It Is alleged that McCoy fraudulently entered Into cor respondence with various persons to Induce them to buy tickets, knowing that neither he nor his company had any means of transporting them to Dawson. THE NEWS THIS MORNINU Weather Indications Todays Fair; Colder; Westerly Winds. 1 Gunboats Ordered from Foreign Ports. Elovcn Perish In tho Bowery Mission Flro. Forecast of Week In Congress. Tho Sentiment In Madrid. 3 The Tribune's Popular Want Columns. Financial and Commercial. 3 Rcltgtous Senso of tho Republic. Estimates Committee Will Fnlsh Its Task Tonight. 4 Editorial. Bryan Runs Against Hard Facts. 5 George Matthews' Sulcldo. Tho Psychology of Shokespeare. G West Scranton and Suburban. 7 The News Bound About Scranton. 8 Religious Senso of tho Republic (Con cluded). Tho Psychology of Shakespeare (Con cluded). ABOUT EXPLOSIYES. Llcutcnnnt Cominnndcr McLcnn Snys There Is No Such Thing ns n 'Newport Torpedo." Newport, R. I., March 13. Lieuten ant Commander McLean was Inter viewed at the torpedo station today In regard to the report that the Maine had been blown up by a "Newport" torpedo. The commander is authority for the statement that there Is no such thing as a "Newport" torpedo. Tho station here Is largely for ex perimental purposes In the way of try ing and testing torpedoes, and it has at various times experimented with the Whitehead, Howell and Cunning ham torpedoes. The Whitehead tor pedo, which Is the projectile in general use In the United States navy, al though the Howell Is used to some ex tent, Is an automobile device. In the center of the projectile, which Is made In sizes of 16 and 18 feet in length, Is a cylinder for the reception of com pressed air, which feeds the mechan ism In the tall of the torpedo. In front of the cylinder for compressed air is placed the war head, which usually contains In the neighborhood of 220 pounds of gun cotton. When the tor pedo Is prepared for action It Is placed In a firm tube. When the firing tube la discharged It throws the projectile a distance of 15 or 20 feet, and the compressed air in the tank Is released and supplies the motlvo power for tho mechanism In the tall. Enough com pressed air Is stored to carry the tor pedo 1,600 or 1,800 yards. The distance which the torpedo Is Intended to travel may be gauged by an adjustment of the mechanism In the tall of the pro jectile. When the projectile strikes an object the gun cotton is exploded toy detonation by means of a charge of fulminate of mercury in the form of a cap. The forco of the discharge of 220 pounds of gun cotton Is sufficient, If properly plied, to sink a warship, as was demonstrated In the Brazilian In surrection, when a single torpedo de stroyed four compartments In t!je bat tleship Aquldaban, sinking that ves sel, although she was able, under her own steam, to get from her moorings to a dock a few hundred yards away. The Howell torpedo differs from the Whitehead only in tho mechanism, while the Cunningham torpedo Is pow erful, swift and destructive, but un controllable. DEN0UNCINQ MARTIN. ThcLnbor Union ot Now York I'nsses Resolutions Censuring Him. New York, March 13. At the Central Labor union meeting today a strong protest in the form of resolutions was entered against the acquittal of Sher iff Martin and his deputies by the Jury at Wllkes-Barre, Pa., and against the court proceedings. The resolutions are as follows: "Whereas, organized Iabftr, as rep resented In the Central Labor union, of New York, has learned from the dally press of the result of the stupen dous farce called the trial of the sher iff and deputies at Wllkes-Barre, Pa for tho wanton and premeditated mur der of twenty men at Lattlmer. "Resolved, That the Central Labor union, In the name of organized labor, and as citizens of the commonwealth, protest against the outrage perpetrat ed in tho name of law abridging the liberty of every citizen, and warn all citizens that If this outrage Is permit ted to pass unnoticed It may form a precedent from which they themselves, at some future time may suffer, and be It, further Resolved, that we counsel the sur vivors of that terrible massacre to re spect tho laws that no longer protect them, In the hope that in the near fut ure a long suffering people will take such action as will render even hired murderers amenable to such laws as will secure protection to all who seek It In this hitherto free country. TO SEARCH FOR ANDREE. A Party of Swedes Will Probnbly Ac company Wrllmnn's Expedition. Washington, March 13. The state department has received from the gov ernment of Sweden and Norway King Oscar's conditional ncceptanco of tho offer made through the United States government by Walter Wellman to car. ry free of charge upon his north polar expedition steamer Laura which Is to sail from Tromsoe, Norway, June 20, a party of Swedes to search for their countryman, Professor Andree, In Franz Josofland. "The government of the king does not expect to send out a search ex pedition," says the minister of for eign affairs at Stockholm, "but If no news of Andree is received by July gratitude would be felt if Mr. Well man were to permit several persons familiar with tho artlo regions to ac company his expedition for that pur pose. Tho government of the king has learned with deep gratitude tho court eous and generous offer made by Mr, Wellman." m Tho town nt Key West. Key West, Fla., March 13. Tho battle ship Iqwa arrived from the Tortugas this morning and Is anchored off hero. The torpedo boat Dupont sailed this morning with mall and dispatches for the fleet at Tortugas. She will relieve the tor pedo boat Porter, cow at tho Tortugas, ELEVEN MEN ARE CREMATED Awful Conflagration in x a Bowery Lodging House. BODIES BURNED TO A CRISP So Disfigured That Identifica tion Is Impossible. One Hundred nnd I'llty Lodgers in tho llcds--Mnny Uccnmo I'nnlo Strlckcn--Tho Majority Rushed Into the Streets nud Lonvo the Greater Portion of Their Clothing Uchlnd ThornLoss 97,000. New York, March 13. Eleven men perished by fire In the Bowery mission, at 105 Bowery, early this morning. The bodies were recovered, but so dis figured as to make identification in most cases impossible. Tho only body positively Identified is that of John Foran, ot Stapleton, Staten Island, a machinist, 28 years of age, vhlch was claimed by his two brothers. Anoth er body Is thought to be that of Wil liam McDermott, of Brooklyn, a paint er, 28 years old. The register of tho lodging house does not aid In tho In vestigation, for Bowery lodgers as of ten as not register under assumed names. Again, such lodgers are often friendless, and leave none to miss them and search for them. At first it was rumored that the loss of life was much greater, but after searching the ruins carefully the police and firemen discovered eleven charred bodies and removed them to the mor gue. No. 105 Bowery Is one of the best known lodging houses of that thor oughfare. It Is called the Bowery mis-, slon lodging house, and Is conducted by tho Christian Herald. In the base ment of the building there is a cheap restaurant, while the ground floor la used exclusively for mission purposes, gospel services having been held there dally for several years. Tho four up per floors are fitted up as a cheap lodging house, with accommodations for 150 men who pay 15, 20 or 25 cents, according to the location of the rooms. Last night almost every bed was oc cupied. At 1.30 o'clock this morning one of the lodgers discovered flames coming from a wash room on the third floor, but before he had time to alarmi the house the lire was noticed by passers-by on the street. By this time the flames had eaten their way to the top of tljo building and were bursting through the roof. When the alarm wa3 given and tho Inmates aroused, a wild scene of ex citement ensued. Many of tho lodgers became panic stricken. They rushed Into the hallways and fell over each other In their efforts to reach the street. Those on the lower floors got to the street safely by the stairways, while those on the upper floors groped their way through the blinding smoko to the metal fire escapes In front of tha building. The majority of them saved: only portions of their clothing, and several of them were naked. THREE ALARMS SENT. In the meantime three alarms of fire had been sent In and in a few minutes the flremen were busy deluging the building with water. They succeeded In confining the fire to the three upper stories of the structure. Many of the naked and Injured were cared for by the people in the vicinity, and about fifty of them were accom modated at the Everett street pollco station, some threo blocks away. Several of the most destitute were brought to the station house in patrol wagons, and on their arrival there were partially clothed by members of tho forco and kind-hearted neighbors. After the fire had been extinguished sufficiently that a search of he placa was possible, the police and flremen entered tho building and the search for, victims was begun. Several bodies were found near the windows on tha two upper floors, where they had been stricken down while attempting to make their way to the fire-escape. So many bodies were found In the early stages of the search that It was esti mated that over forty persons must have been killed. However, the officers: had overestimated the loss of life, and only eleven bodies were found. Soma of these were discovered in the small rooms they had occupied, whllo others were found In the hallways and on tho stairs of tho fourth and fifth floors. All of them were baked, and most of them were burned and charred beyond rec ognition. Manager Sardlson, of tho Christian Herald, who ha3 direct charge ot tho mission, and the lodging house, called at the Eldrldge street station later and told the officer In charge that he would bury the dead. Tho loss on the building by flro ii estimated at $7,000. and tho contents were damaged to tho extent of $3,000 more. o Htemnhip Arrivals. Now York, March 13. Arrived: La Normandle, Havre. Queonstown Balled: Campania, (from Liverpool), Now York. New York Arrived: Umbria, Now York. Southampton Arrived: Krledrtch der Qrosso, New York for Bremen. Tho Ilrral.l's Wonlher Forecast. New York, March 14. In tho middle states and New England, today, partly cloudy weather will prevail, preceded by rain on tho coasts with slightly lower temperature and fresh to brisk, varlablo winds, followed possibly by clearing In this section. On Tuesday, In both of those, sections, partly cloudy to fair weather will prevail, with nearly sta tionary temperature nnd light to freah, variable winds, mdstly aouiheily to west erly. w.
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