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Will be cleared. The shel's to be used will
hold 200 poundsC Of guncotton. Expert
menfs made in New York showed that 200
rt unds OF guncotton exploded In the water
was capable Of destroying every torpedo
within radius or fifty feet.
1t is estimated chat the cost Of counter
mining with the>>vesuvius will be about
10000 mite. While the eountermining Is
continued the vessel could be protected by
the guns Of the 1zeet directed against the
shore batte9es. It is thought even If Ha-
vsrra should surryhder it would te dam
gerous thing to sahd a war vessel into the
hsrbor without Mking steps toward de-
stroying every hidden torpedo.
Bids Tor PsojeetiIea Opened.
Bids werg opened at the War Depart
ment yesterday FOR furnishing the depart
ment about 1. 900 cast-iron projectiles for
seacoast cannon. with which to man the
Notifications. The advertisement called for
1S7 ten-inch solid shot. go twelve-inch
mortar shells, weighing 800 pounds each,
and 500 twelve-inch mortar shells, weigh
ing LOCO pounds each. There were an I'M
usually large number of firms who bid for
the contract, and the prices at which they
proposed to furnish the projectiles showed
wide range. So far as figures are con-
cerned, the Petersburg Iron Works were
the lowest bidders. although other condi-
lions may exist, which, under certain cir
cumstances, m ght prevent them from get.
ting the contract.
Capt. barker Returns.
Capt. Barker. naval aid to the Secretary
of the Navy, returned to his desk at the
Navy Department this morning, after a
few days absence. Capt. Barker went to
Key West on a secret mission, the exact
nature Of which has not been disclosed.
lnasmuch as he conferred at length with
Rear Admiral Sicard, commanding the
North Atlantic squadron, and with Capt.
Sampson, president of the naval court Of
inquiry investigating the cause of the
Maine disaster. there appears to be good
reason for the il ference that his business
related to that affair and its probable
consequences. Secretary Long is authori-
ty for the statement that Capt. Barker
was not sent to Key West to get the re-
port Of the naval court and did not bring
It back with him.
Beyond making this positive statement,
the Secretary refused to say anything
with respect to the business that caused
Capt. Barker to Visit Admiral Sicard and
the other naval officers in Florida just at
this time. AS for Capt Barker himself, he
will hardly admit that he has been to
Key West, much less discuss why he went
there
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Wa.hinxton STOCK Exchan.e,

sales.resular call-l2 O'Clock m.-capital Trac-
ton 10 i, At 3sh; 10 a, , ssh neiropOlissn Rail.
type. 50 at lay. After csii-U. s. Electric Light.
District Of Columbia Bonds.-so,year fund IS.
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Misceilsneoes Bonds1Heiropolitan Railroad So,
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Sationsi Bank steci..Us s OF Warrington. Dis
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Safe Depssit and Trust -N.t,on.i
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CHALMErr FOR REPAIR SHOP.
Morgan Line Steamer to BE Selected
for That PurpOse.

NE" YORK, March 22.-Lieut. Kelly of
the board for the inspection Of auxiliary
cruisers said today that the Morgan line
steamer Chalmett had been decided upon
as a repair ship, in case she should be re-
Quired
The list Of steamers to be examined to-
Jay, Lieut.. Kelly said, includes those of
tne Mallory, Morgan and Old Dominion
lines. 1t is the purpose Of the board to ex-
anime into the adaptation for naval de-
tween New York and southern ports. The
special reason for this, 1t was learned. he
that In case of war these steamers vould
nave 10 aDahdon trading at least during the
period of hostilities In southern waters
In that case they would have to Law m,
and the naval officers deem 1t prudent 10
have them ready for equipment as auxil-
iaries should their services be needed.
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ENGLISH DO NOT WANT HAWAII.
Official Statement Made In the Hous
OF Commons.

Official Statement Made In the House
of Commons.
LONDON, March 22.-In. the house of
commons today Sir James Ferguson. con-
selvative, member for northeast Manches-
ter, questioned the government as to
whether there was any truth in the acc,,-
sations brought by the United States Sen
ate committee on foreign relations in the
committees Hawaiian report to the effect
that Great Britain was Plotting for the abb
sCrption Of Hawaii.
Mr.. Curzon, the parliamentary secre-
tary for the foreign office, in reply, said he
did not know whether the published state
meh of the accusations was authentic,
but. II such was the case. he added, there
was no truth at all in the allegations made.
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PUGILIsT BROWN Is DEAD.
Smith, His. Antagonist, IL in in,
without Bail.

oftuS H1Hs AHtsSBUuIBt, II In JUL
without Bail.
TRENTON. N. j.. March 22-Henry
Brown. the local pugilist. who was injured
In a boxing bout with Jack Smith at the
Palace Sporting Club last night, died this
morning at St. Francis Hospital.
Brown did not recover Consciousness from
the time he was taken to the hospital. The
doctors will hold post-mortem examine
cause of his death. The belief Is that he
died from conclusion OF the brain.
Smith Is still In jail. being held without
bail, 49,
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Mr.. Hitchcock at st. Petefsburg.
ST. PETERSBURG. March 22-Ethan
Allen Hitchcock, the United States ambas-
sador to Russia, had an audience with the
GEAR yesterday. and presented his creden-
ttals.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The following are the opening, the high.
est and the lowest and the closing prices of
the New York stock market today as re-
ported by Corson & Mccartney, members
New York stock exchange. Correspondents
Messrs. Van Emburgh & Atterbury. No. z
Wall st
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WILLIE DE ROME WRECKED.

Preach Liner lost on Port Naho,.
Balearic Islands.
AARSEILLES, March 2--The General
Transatlantic Compeny's mail steamer Vile
de Rome has been wrecked on Port Mahon.
Ba.earic Islands.
The French steamer Vile de Rome was
built at Glasgow In 1881. She in Of a70
tons gross register, Is 414 feet long. ana
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Truman r. Handy yery Iu.

Xrumah r. Handy very III.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. March 22-The VEN
cradle Truman p. Handy. widely known 10
probably ths Oldest active banker In the
United States. Il critically Ill At his home.
tN Euclid avenue.
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Bli.s.r3 -. kes Colorado.

DENVER. March PA blizzard
struck this .vtcsy list evening. The mer-
curry fell from - eerses to Il at mid
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GoyesnRena Deans.
rsy. hanksrk
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that the developments Of the next few
weeks justify such action The vessel has
already been rendered TO the state Of New
York for the free use OF The naval militia
OF that stale, and is nov being prepared
for such service. She will oe provided with
several 5-inch rapid-fire guns and possibly
two or more torpedo tufsas. She Is q twin
sciew steel vessel with ali modern improve
ments. and was built by Harlan 4 Holdings
worth Company Of Wilmington. She has q
displacement OF 1900 toms and is 272 feet
long. SO feet wide, with e. draught of 10
feet. Her bunkers will hold 4J0 tons OF
coal. sufficient for trip across the Allan
tic. and her speed IL reported at Twelve
knots. 1t Is reported that she can be made
ready for sea in about two weeks.
Arrangements have b.en made at the
War Department for the transfer Of about
one hundred soldiers OF he 4tb United
States Infantry from F,,rg Sheridan, ILL.,,
to Fort Slocum, New Yers harbor. where
they win be incorporated h,to the artillery
regiment stationed ut tina. place. All OF
the men volunteered for tir.s service
Favorable Report On tsi. Army 8aia.
The military affairs ccmrrht.ee OF the
House today completed consideration Of the
army reorganization bill and ordered q ia
vorable report upon 1t. As agreed upon,
only a few changes were made. The SEC
ton authorizing the PRECEDENT to recruit
the skeleton regiments In time of war;
was changed no as to make IT. more specific.
limiting such authorization to q time of
actual hostilities, after declaration Of war
had been made. An additional section was
added as a precaution pFovtiing that moth
ing in the act should be construed as an
authorization to increase the enlisted force
OF the army in time Of peace Section 8,
empowering the President to authorize each
regiment to draw its recruits from such
state or states as he might designate, Wa
amended 30 as to provide that each STATE
should Be entitled to furnish its Quota -.
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now on duty In this city as president Of
the light house board. and Captain w. T..
sampson. commanding the Iowa. In view
OF the circumstances Of the case. II Is more
than likely that the matter will be settlad
Immediately upon the receipt of the re-
port Of the board Of survey. which viii,
probably be submitted before the end Of
the week.
1t Is nearly as good as settled that in the
event that all the vessels on the home sta
don are divided into three squadrons the
command thereof will be divided among
Commodore Howell. Commodore schiey
and Commodore Sampson.
To Clear Out Spanish Torpedees.
1t Is stated now that the dynamite guns
Of the vesuvius are to be used to blow up
torpedoes In Havana harbor, ana that the
alterations being made to her at the navy
yard havs this purpose In view. The
changes are being made under the personal
supervision Of Commod6re Charles o.Neil,
chief Of the bureau Of ordnance, Navy De-
partment. The thrse 15-inch guns carried
by the Vesuvius are placed parallel with
one another at present. and the angle of
inclination with the deck Il II degrees. It
Is said that ths guns WIN be given q slight
spread In the direction of aim, being about
degrees from the center gun.
It IL further declared that the 0bjec. Il to
fire the guns simultaneously at an ordinary
range.
spaced about 100 feet apart, being parallel.
The fuses will be regulated % that the
shells win not explode until the bottom
Of the channel h reached. Every hidden
tCrpedo within radius Of nfty feet of
SHa~sk~
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Their Mean Occupation.

~HE cheapest thing in this war
with Spain is the babble of the
land lubbers who write news
paper editorials in criticism of our
navy's operations and OF the board of
strategy. This board is simply a stan
composed of men who are skilled in ma
val affairs and whose business IL is to
consult with the president and with
the secretary OF war in reg4rd % the
operations Of the fleets. The president
is a civilian. so is Secretary Long
They hav general executive charge
the president is commander-in-chief.
The three members OF the strategy
board are Admiral Sicard, Captain
Crownlnshield and Captain Mahan.
Admiral sicard oon goes into retire
ment under the age limit, although he
is young enough to command a fleet,
II his services were required. Until re-
Gently he was in command of the
North Atlantic squadron. He is a man
Of splendid abilities. OF long service
and Of admirable ecord The other
two men have an honorable name in
this country's naval annals. Crownin-
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fortnight later, IL was returned to
President Love with the notification
that TO mail to Spain could be for
warded. In the meantime the war had
become active. Places on the Cuban
coast had been bombarded. Spanish
vessels a been captured. and the
Spanish feet at Manila had been de-
stroyed. Political distinctions had been
forgotten and var supplies were
imously voted.
These things did not influence Mr..
Love. He tried several different plans
and finally he managed to forward his
letter to Switzerland whence h wal
sent recently to Madrid. Under the
constitution, IL is treason to lend aid
and comfort TO the enemies Of the
United States" II remains to be sees
whether the government cares to both
er itself with this crank. His conduct
has had one result in stirring up the
members OF the New York Peace
union. A meeting of that organization
was called.
Loves letter was denounced at his
meeting and resolutions were adopted
declaring hat peace must not be pur-
chased with d%ishonor." n Offering
the services of the New York Univer-
sal Peace union to the president of the
United States and to the Red Cross
society in It's work for the service Of
humanity. The probability is that at
the meeting OF the Philadelphia city
council President o will be notified
to vacate the Office in Independence
hall occupied by the national organiza-
ton which was disgraced by an un-
patriotic communication to the coun-
try's enemy in time of actual war.
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IN another page the Standard
~ quotes in pretty full summary a
statement of the mineral and
metal output of the United States for
the year 1897. These statistics have
been collected for the sixth annual vol
ume of 1.-The Mineral Industry, It's sta
%tistics. Technology and Trade" which
Is soon to appear and of which Richard
p. Rothwell is the editor. The work
makes up the most comprehensive n
accurate summary of this country's
mineral production ever issued. The
showing Is that the mineral and metal
production of the United States in 1897
here recorded was the largest in the
history of this or any other country; II
almost equals in value the production
of all Europe. The economic details
published in The Mineral Industry"
volume show that the United States is
rapidly attaining the point where ii
will be the greatest exporter of min
erals and metals of all the commercial
nations.
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Personal.

Thomas Towndrow, who has just died
In New York at the age of IS, was proba-
country. He worked with and for the elder
Bennett and Horace Greeley.
80
st. Georges church, Preston. England,
has had only two Wears in 100 years-Rev.
Robert Harris, who was vicar from Jan.
6, 1898. till 1862. and Rev. c. II. Wood, Mr..
Harris successor. who still retains the
post.
The new French commander-in-chief Is
General lamont. who Is a Breton. He Is
81 years Of age. and served in the Crimea,
Lombardy and Mexico. He was In Metz
i'm 1870 and in 1885 commanded the Ton
quin expedition.
After three successive failures in a cost
ly experiment. one of Mr.. Edison's associ-
ates. worn out with the strain, asked:
why don't you worry about 1t a little,
| Mr.. Edison?'' why should IT, replied the
inventor, you are worrying enough for
two
General Walker congressman from Nir-
ginia. had an unexpected caller the other
day in the person of an old body servant.
who had followed him all through the
war. The general greeted the decrepit old
negro as affectionately as he would a
brother.
The German philosopher Nietzsche. who
is now in an insane asylum, was never
noted for his modesty. In one of his books
he wrote: 81 am that predestined man
who stamps the value of things for thous-
ands of years. I might become the Buddha
of Europe
Don't call them rough riders" says
Theodore Roosevelt. land don't call them
cowboys. Call them mounted rifiemen. If
any man believes this regiment will go in
the hippodrome order he has made a mis-
take-particularly when We get I'm the
midst of the fight"
Count Tolstoi when he has a great work
in hand writes nearly all day, and some
times far into the night. Even in the sum
mer. during the children's holidays, he
rarely will leave his desk to spend a few
moments with them; the morning seems
to be the only time that he gives up to
his family.
Ibsen. the Norwegian dramatist. is an
extraordinary looking man. Almost a
dwarf in height the upper part of his
body is immense, compared with his low
err limbs. He has a huge head. covered
with bushy white hair. and his keen blue
eyes glare at his interlocutor with a
piercing glance.
Like her husband the general, Mime.
weyler is a native of the Balearic Islands.
Her parents were peasants, and when she
married the general. who was then a lieu-
tenant colonel. she could neither read nor
write. From the altar she went TO a con
vent, where she remained until her educa-
ton had been completed.
80
When Theodore Roosevelt. who learned
to ride bronchos in the West. mounted one
of the animals for the first time. a lot OF
people gathered about to see the tender
foot" discounted. Sure enough Mr.. Roos'
evelt went off at the first jump and fell
heavily. To the surprise of all he insisted
on trying II again, however, and this tims
STAYED on until the animal was conquered
Then. when he d~ismounted. he promptly
tainted. II was found that his fall had
broken one of his ribs.
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TWELVE PAGES.
THURSDAY. JUNE .. 1898.
The Colored Troops.

- RICTION has been felt in the
r enlistment of colored soldiers.
A good manv colored men have
expressed a wish to serve in the war
but although his cou 1.ry's colored
population includes about ouo-eishth
Of the total and would entitle II to fur
nish about nfteen of the Los regiments
accepted under the first call. the col
pred men. so far as we know. have not
yet furnished a volunteer regiment.
There are colored men in the service;
Montana's regiment of regulars was
made up of them. and 1t is universally
admitted that the regiment OF regulars
that went to the front from this state
s. Of first-class merit. The officers of
this regiment. as is the rule in regular
army service, are white men.
For reasons tina are perfectly well
understood-they are the old. old rea-
sons-it has not been possible to make
up mixed regiments. In the southern
states there are. we understand, nu-
merous organizations. but none OF
them have been accepted by the row.
ernors Of those states. in filling their
quotas, because of the disposition of
the white troops to resent the mixture
OF the two races IN the same regiment.
AT one time II seemed feasible 20 ar
range matters by organizing compan-
ies Of colored volunteers into colored
regiments, under white officers. as is
the rule in the regular army. but in
this movement an obstacle was en-
countered. Some of the Spokesman for
the colored people insisted upon coll
ored officers for colored troops. the
government appearing to prefer the
plan under which the four regiments
OF colored men In the regular army are
organized. These spokesman have an
organ in a Richmond newspaper which
argues that the colored men have been
insulted. that their resentment IL
aroused that the "colored man isn't
going to be obedient to his master"
and that mo officers. no fight"
To the Standards mind. this sounds
like unwise talk: IL appears to be the
assertion Of men who are not so anx-
ious TO serve from patriotic motives
as thousands Of colored men are will
ing to serve-but who have both eyes
on Offices for themselves OF course.
there may be all the merit in h world
IN this slogan of colored officers for
colored men But the plain. hard fact
is that our government does not &C
cept volunteers. black or white. who
D to dictate any conditions, and
the effort to impose conditions simply
postpones the day when the coloret
man will see service.
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THE PHILIPPINES.
What the Future May Be-The Interim
tionnl Jealousies.

what the Future May Beth Interna-
tionnl Jealousies.
From the London Graphic.
The fate of those islands (the Philip
pines) now lies in the hands OF the Unit
ed States. Admiral Dewey's dispatches
not only describe an overwhelming nav-
al victory, but proclaim h death-knen
of Spanish sovereignty in Eastern Asia.
Within a few days transports freighted
with a strong military force will leave
San Francisco for Manila, and there
can be little question that as soon as
they arrive, or very shortly after, the
stars and stripes will float over the
seat of government of the Philippines.
This will be the beginning, however, OF
a diplomatic problem, the solution or
which Is not easy to see at the present
moment. Will the United States keep
the Philippines? Can they restore the
to Spain? Is ii likely that the powers
interested in the far East will permit
their transfer to a third party? THESE
are all difficult questions which for the
moment seem to admit only OF negative
answers.
Washington's famous warning against
becoming involved in the affairs of the
European powers Is still strong In
America, although the currents against
1t are daily becoming more powerful III
is by the struggle of these domestic in
fuences that the question of American
retention of N Philippines Will be de-
cided. IL the answer is in the negative,
what will be done with the islands? To
return them to Spain would be to give
away the who'll humanitarian cause for
the relief of Cuba. and hence for the
war itself. The Philippines in Spanish
hands have suffered quite as much as
Cuba. and 1t will be impossible for the
United States to hand them back to q
regime the evils sof which are the sole
Justification of the present war.
The alternative is to cede them to 9
power friendly to the United states
But here the jealousies of other powers
have to be reckoned with, and a new
and angry phase of the far Eastern sit
uation would thus be opened. On thu
other hand. the Philippines as an Amer
lean colony will not be al~toghether pal
atable to any of the powers, and 1t re
mains to be seer how the economic as
poets of such a transaction will com
mend themselves to the craftsmanship
of this country.