The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-03-17
Other Nations Besides the United
States and Spain Interested.
SECTION or SUBMARINE CABLE
Active Preparations for War Being Made All
over the United States. The Presi
dent Preparing a Special
Message.

The immense strain under which the
people Of the United States are laboring
rs result Of the Maine disaster has con
continued another week with out any Of
ticial information to relieve it. |; las
been announced that the court of in
quiry acting under the authority Of tire
naval board would report this week but
up to the present writing they have not
done so. The discovery has been made
that Capt. G. A. Hamil, general manager
OF the Dit mar Powder company, sold to
Weyler's agent 5000 pounds Of dynamite
$50 miles of rubher-covered insulated
copper wire were purchased and sent to
Cuba on the ship carrying the dynamite,
This might have been used in the de-
struction OF the Maine three weeks ago,
as it was pretty well established that
Weyer WIS using this powerful explosive
to form the most terrible naval destroyers
of modern times.
\ press dispatch from Key West says:
i shattered section Of "a submarine cable,
containing seven conductors for setting
off mines, is in the possession OF the
Board of Inquiry The cable led to n
mice under the Maine. The discovery
was made 10y divers at the Maine wreck.
This proves that the mine which blew
up the Maine Was connected with
switchboard ashore which vas in charge
Of trusted and responsible agent.
Three.new hs,tleshirs of the staunchest
type aloat have been authorized by the
house. committee on naval affairs and
provision for their construction inserted
in the naval appropriation bill. The
question OF. establishment Of the new dry
docks has been laid over. With the
amounts TO be paid for drydocks and for
armor plate in the aggregate not yet de-
termined, the bill, as it now stands, ear
ries in all something like $4,000, 900
which, however. will be largely augment
cd by. the other committees.
The Emperor of Germany is reported
as having said publicly that the United
States should not take Cuba while he
could prevent it and England is consider
ing in theIHouse of Commons the advisa-
biIity of placing the services of the Brit
ish fleet at the disposal Of the United
States IN the event of complications be-
tween the United States and any foreign
power. 1t is said that communications
on the Cuban question have been ex-
changed between the British Ambassador
at Washington and the Government #
the United States.
Enormous contracts for coal have been
made blythe government officials, and
reports came from our battleships that
thev are expecting orders every day to
paint the vessels sea green from stern
to stern.
A special dispatch TO The Chronicle
from Washington City says: President
Mckinley has completed the draft of q
special message to Congress in which he
recommends the recognition OF Cuban in
dependence. 1t is his intention to send
this message to Congress within two
weeks. To support his claim that the
time has arrived when the United States
should intervene and stop the devasta-
ton in Cuba, the president will submit
the correspondence received from Con-
suls in Cuba and Minister Woodford OF
Madrid.