Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-20
YESTERDAYS EVENTS
Survivors of the Maine Con-
fer With Mckinley.
TW0M0REFlNE WARSHlPS
United States May Acquire San MAR
tino and ,hc O'nisgins. Report
that Captain Pnndo II Been
Captured Not True.
u:y Te!rgraph.)


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| WASIlJ,Nt;TpN N,rh 70
val of s,4va,-,l s,,,.,.',. ~ % we are
and their ayt-nr,,,i 80, ~ .1'e '-i1.!ie
Pre.id,nt NrI<iu 80, =. Mi.ul
Long furptShIl ~ ~ Secretary
If.,1tt,r, IL, .,,1,',,.. =, ,, 80. i'teeiNS 'hilS
lSp ,nis,h si,r,,,ft, ,rh.' ny MS on ,''e
lNajna I,i..,rtI.,,,r,. - 'iiSeIS Oh ths
Lieu,ea..nt y:a,r",, p I,i, ii'ih !
t.nant w cs,,;,, oo" h"u Leu
tcorps a,co,nnan;at, h,. % - -. 10 .ale
loirs c,n,a ~ 49,, ~ >''il Lar
West. II was sai1 49, t.o'u MY
|pur,al. yolurtnrv IN ,,,..i,. - att Vas
are now on w,itinc ~ = as oi.eS
Hong conferences aa M, Ea,.r n ra,s.r
ne,nt and h,u,4,- AZ ,ib., WthS. Ii,
lied to much cam iac,s,,,a ~ nl'use
serted 1hat Il ia,,tsn,nt n,,, t "
with him the. rannrr ,,f ,ha 'n.,
INQUIRY. or at L,,st 49,, -. - .,, %
IONS reached hy i.,at ,,7n,t T. ,,, rs
stated 7,,s:,iy..lv hnwayar f,n, oe
thprativ.. s,n,rc,. ,h,, 49,, .' ,a ssl' a., a.,
not bring vixen th.,,n '.b'a ra,,n,.t Iai,i hlu
as whole or its geneluI conclusions.
1t is stated with equal positiven.ass
and authority. that they do not know
| what .lhe action of the court of IN
quiry is. ana therefore are moi in a M
sHtion TO convey any information to the
President or secretary of the navy on
that point. Their talks w.r. confined
IhSS1I
experience on the night Of the explos-
ION. In the course of this nar1ylt,ye
however. individual opinion as to th,.
cause of the explosion found ,Xpr,.ss ION
These opinions, as ALREADY stated w+,,.
purely personal and not founded on the
| proceedings of the court of inquiry
| These personal opinions, however. In
was learned reliably, We're strongly ia
f"ta bic to the theory of an external eX-
plusicn leading to the destruction of I'M.
| Maine Tbs. pf1ir.Ir-s
| ta4n the $rrictt-St reserve After TIM.
conferences with the President ard SEC
,etary of the navy. the Maine officers
did not return to the NAVY Department
and cGnSi4ieIra biz. care was .aS,-r,.j,.,1 in
| having their Whereabouts kept from
| public attention. Another Interesting,
! arrival of the day was Constructor
| Hoover, the technical expert sent to
Havana to identify the twisted Dlares
| in the Maine wreckage with a view of
| learnl;ng whether the explosion was of
! internal or external origin Mr.. Hooy-
err also maintained silence conce1-nine
Atihe wreck He made no report to the
v,n -, Ia, :, "a nj L an,
| BODY them in ;As1iIn.ny h,f,re IN.
| r,y41 c,n,,; ,c ;ro,.I,v
| Latte in nh, lay ,hx. ,r,sna4,s t,,.,.,,,,a
much, brighter for The acuuisitinn by
| hs. United States of Two aycantinnau,,
| fine Warshins name. rho :, va,
| cruiser San Martino h..lons,i TO IN.
Argentine Rep, Sic and tht. IA arr I..s,i,in
General O.Hir-ins. ,htLnrime 10 (,htli
The. hope of getting these ships had
| been almost given ,ln. but cabI,. rruns
received TODAY from C,mman,iar Rron
SON now in Eur.pe made thu n,,r
look more ENCOURAGING. I1p 10 ,h.. ,.l,,sa
of Office. hours an actual purcha -. mad
not been concluded, hut a high official
eummed up the situation by saying the
negoti.: IONS Were. getting very hot
THE Si-- MARITIME Was originally built
W. a. VI lea ca nal
then known as the Wares but since her
purchase by Argentine she has been
remained Her dimensions are:
Len 9Th. BPS
! Beam. 80.
Draft. "a.
| Displacement $50 tons.
| horsepower. $4,000 tons.
| Speed, 1885 knots.
| her Strnmn:r, IS Nv" S-i?th rap:
hre guns, mounted in birbettets and
| protected by hoods ten 6-inch Quick
i!lnS guns IN a central reduubt; six
| 4;'-lncsl quick IRE gums on the upper
deck af1d twen'y-tWo smaller quick
n ,',n Sui.S 'ii we UPPER ueck. All ths
~. -, .ri,S1 go 'N' 'A'e ~
! ~ S,.>,,'t,.',i S.1r; ,..,,;
~ Q ,nn ,n. rniI, Is = E, Nv. In
| ,;,,,.'nSi,,r, 49,. '''' so r. '''i
! Inn|,,L ,nn g..
| "a, =, 90 f,,-.,
| D,,,,eh, -. fo.t
| IIa. ,n,J.,,,.+ ,.,,...3 81 I l,,.,.. IJ,r
| , ,,,,,,, ,,,ss,,, y. go o i,,,.h 49,, ;ah
| fa,,. ,,,,st,,,.. 80 ait,,t 10
nmyn,7ars ten s.nm1ndtsrs and fS,Ir s,Il,-
| n,aroal7 torn.u9, rr,nS H. ,,rnt..cti,.s
deck is built Of Haryeyized sste..l seven
| inches thick Her gun, but for the
eight inch guns and the case me4ntS OF
| the six inch guns are protected by six
! inches of nickel steel.
| Roth nh.. NAVY and war d,.na ri mon s
| continue. their active. Dreuaratinrss fs,r
lemergency and contracts in ALI branch
es of armament are being made daily
| by the various bureaus. The naval bu-
reau of ordnance has contracted for
4.5OO,O 900 pounds of powder. which il
| probably the largest single order ever
gwen. This was divided between the
| California Powder Company and the
Dupont Powder Company. The order
IS sufficient in the aggregate to give
200 rounds for every gun af1oat in tine
| American navy. and with this large
supply ON and the li-v, for The first