Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-19

with the provisions of the act of August 5, 1883" etc., etc. If the supervision and in spection that has been had is bar that the department cannot go back and examine work passed and approved by it's inspectors and by the naval advisory board, that ends the consideration of the matter. If it is not 8 bar, how far is the contractor respon- sible for the speed, strength and general workmanship of the vessel and what are the remedies of the department under the cir cumstancess I the more willingly avail my self of the privilege of referring this matter to your judicial judgment and advice, lest that in spirit of resentment at the result should be unjust.
 have the honor to be,
 Very respectfully yours,
 W. c. WHITNEY,
 Secretary of the Navy. Hon. A. H. Garland,
 Attorney General.
 NEW YORK, June 1S.-Secretary Whitney arrived last night. He will take part in the ceremonies incident to the formal reception of the Bartholdi statue of Liberty. When asked regarding the Dolphin he said: "The Dolphin may be all wrong and this may not be MT. Roach's fault. On the other hand, if she is not satisfactory it may be his fault; and yet because all the work has been passed upon by government officials there may be hO l nave GIo lu1lo6t CoulllOAOC III the committee who have made the report I regard them as thoroughly competent"
 Report of the Examining Board.
 WASHINGTON, June 19.-The report of the board which examined the Dolphin considers three general subjects, speed, strength and general workmanship. First, as to speed the board says the law authorizing the con- struction of the Dolphin called for t'sea speed" of fifteen knots per hour and adds: ''That 8 boat of her size should possess this requisite speed, it is absolutely indispen- sible that she should have great strength and stiffness That the Dolphin has not the requisite firmness and stiffness to enable her to make the speed required under the conditions she must be prepared to meet admits of no doubt in the opinion of the beard" They say that during her trial trips under the most favorable circumstances the speed attained was not in excess of fifteen knots per hour-a result very far from promising a must always be ready to meet in active ser vice. As to strength it seems from the re- port that the evidence on this subject is somewhat meagre and rosts considerably upon opinion in the ab- sence of a sufficient sea trial. The opinion is expressed that the Dolphin has not the requisite stiffness. This opin- tions of the ship when under way and the yielding observed in her floors and the effect of an unequal load as seen when 6 small quantity of pig iron was loaded on her forward, causing her machinery to get out of line and her Journals to heat. Her last two trials, according to the report, were accomplished only with streams of water playing on her journals.
 These facts seem to the board to indicate great structural weakness, to what extent only sufficient sea trial will demonstrate. The general workmanship and finish of the Dolphin is criticised by the board, but the contractor has been steadily at work at this and has made the Dolphin much better ship than the board found her on it's first in spectlon.
 Rigid Quarantine Measures By The
 Various Governments.
 LONDON, June 18.-Much alarm is ap- parent throughout Europe on account of the reappearance of cholera in the South. Aus tria and Russia contemplate rigid quarantine measures at all their ports, and the prefects of the French departments on the Spanish frontier are urging the French government to establish military cordon against the in Aux of Spaniards across the border. Strin- gent measures of protection may be expected to be maintained all through the summer.
 Shot For Stealing Flowers.
 NEW YORK, June 18.-This afternoon while Francis Mooney, little boy of nine years of age, was picking flowers from the premises of Oswald Ottendorfer at Thirty fifth street and the Boulevard he was shot in the neck with shotgun by the. gardener, John Hector. The child's wounds are said to be very severe and Hector was arrested to await the result of his injuries.
 An old Dominion Steamer Sinks.
 NEW YORK, June 1S.-At 7:30 this morn ing the steamship Gyandotte of the Old Dominion line, while lying at her dock at pier No. 37 North river, was seen to settle and in few minutes, almost before those on board had time to escape, she sank. The accident is attributed to the carelessness of the two iremen, Samuel Lafland and Emil Frank, who by taking off the circular pump allowed the water to rush in and food the hold The loss to the vessel and cargo is estimated at 5000.
 BALL PLAYERS APPROVED. An Effective Cure That Made The
 Brooklyn Mine Play Ball.
 NEW YORK, June 19.-President Byrne of the Brooklyn base ball club called the men together today and sharply reprimanded them for their conduct in yesterdays game with the St. Louis club, in which they pur- posely made all kinds of bad play and allow ed the visitors to defeat them by score of IS to 5. The cause of their conduct seems to have been the dislike on the part of some members for the new pitcher, Smith of All lentown, Pa., but there have been internal dissensions in the club all the season and yesterday was not the first time that they had thrown away the game. President Byrne told the men plainly to-day that their con- tracts bound them to give their best efforts as players on the field; that he had humored them to the extent of discharging manager and in other ways and that the association had now determined to enforce it's rights. He imposed fines amounting to $500 and notified them that every member that failed to ssplay ball'' hereafter would be put on the black list which, he said, meant that they would not again get positions in this country. The men made no reply to President Byrne, but they defeated the St. Louis in to-day s game and played without error. Wheth- CT this was wholly on account of their fine and reprimand cannot be stated as Smith, the object of their dislike, did not pitch to-day. But the officers of the association hint that Smith vii. be put in the box at an early day and the club forced to support him or suffer the penalty.
 The Iron Mills starting UP Again.
 P1TTsBURe, June 4a-TWenty-A mills in this city have resumed operations since signing the scale, and notwithstanding the rumors of opposition to the conference com mittee's action, it is believed that three fourths of the mills in this district will be running before the end of the week.
 Cleveland,s Ward Graduates.
 AUBURN, June 1a.-Ehe seventeenth annu- al reimbursement of Welles' college at Au- rora has just closed. Six young ladies grad uated, among them Miss Folsom, President ClevelanEdf'a d ward; '-- '-'' ~
 A Bfg Fall in Property.
 LAWRENCE, Mass, June 16.-The Wash ington mills were sold at auction to-day to Fred Aver, of Lowell, for $225, ,00O. The real estate outside of the corporation is held at $103,O00. The property originally cost over $4, ,000, ,00O It was sold in 1859 in the