Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-10
No WARSH|PS BOUGHT
But Negotiations Are Already
Under Way.
PRAISE FOR M'KINLEY
NO Effort Now to Disguise the Fact That
the G"vrrnment Is Actively Prrpar-
Ing for 81 Possible War
With Spain. ......
By Nlegraph.e

By Telegraph.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-1lae fsa
t'ure of the days events was th,.
prHmlatitIde with which ,;lhe S,tu1;e
Iti,Sset3tIile House Iitl car,t-, ,;,,. ,he am
t.N-r:-atGn of $50. 900. 600 for the n, III mn II
Gs%Htse, anti t!n. haste with vnitih it
'Nsss PUT uni,1,is.l Lac formal proceed
'lnlSs. er.srossSti iml signed by ,lhe Prss-
Jitii;. N'tie n!re nn.,l ~ !Ia, be, n con-
| atitVed. 10 Ian b. >'.a.,i ti,ti,. the fund
LAS mot yti been lil, tied nt:r- the
VARIOUS b:tm:ohets Of u.,e government
S'ai'v:'e. Each of these E.tl, prepared
aHuGE!!H a':.'l tentatively 4a esstlnEsltt of
fhe funds it cCi,.I, Gktsposs. of 10 nlvan-
IaSe. but UPON lo1l1lrs over ,Jllc ground
tH2s. Prs-s.te"li CpnclIdCI u!Nm lit would
be w,A perhaps 80 avJpd anlk.n,r ,;t.,.
lr.stn, IT! untl the necessity became.
| 1IlIF,..t. THE reason back az THIS lis
mat Ing sum :t.,,'. Gum IRE proiiu,biy
ift'nL FIR Wtr!ss'l:D- c.:IH.N0t ,rs'a be
guessed al, VIII any Qppl'hX.ml,u Lon to
'''Gut1.y just NOV. AS lthe Ships are
TO be first Choice IN Che steps ,r,gr de-
TENSE. u1ll.l .',,s,r cost is ra.sc,rtainFll IL
5 most l'sessi!+.e ~ c. vide the re4nla n. ,..
If i'ile aINproIN'l4,.tn am'Jng rh,. q lhtr
b1aUl'hes Sf tine n!,liua!.y anil NAVAL
Stl-viCv!.
The Secretary of the Navy It's making
| very effort TO secure from our rlLv.M
ATTACHES ami tltpl-rnat.c officers silo.,3a'l
An differentiation phu.lrI,ble Wel1os, m.
she number of ships bu1,t,Grg l;h"r
i'r.ae and other i.lI,. THIS does NJ.
lE-t>sSiit~i.y Interfere. WI. II the tNEt.u, .-,
If sire p...mlS t,a!It.tI t., C&.,:utn BE-
St3l. who sailed for Sou irn,nptgn today
hut lafa.r promises to a! sLl, l3iim ma
el'l lily N mAh&nS speed With his ,ns,,ni-
r!es. Up TO u:?tlS moment mos only has
die / M =! States governn.i.m: l-sulrh,
10 Mt.rl t.,Is bt't II hala mot even Sc
cured t.n S72u.,a on ore. There "a. e man,
nfl.,GthSns coming to the Department.
n IN persons 'alti firms who desire to
sS.l SHOPS to the government. biz: in
III ! ri ll1sSe C.ESlS enc of two olst lxi.cS
@Ee c'rcoriI:ere'f TO TIE C,t,Sur;lIr4i., N
II The ta'l-: Either The craft offered
IS Ijot s@,ll55F.- FIR naval needs. tr the
l,';e of ljS,l .hlc o@n,Gt9riln Is, 80 dis
tiant, from three months upwards, THAT
= o1&:';l%'i be l,,saried as worthy of
purchase 70 meat an emergency
There Is less difficulty experienced In
@'si-E:' NJ, ter:als of way nIlai,erlal. such
as Nr:Gt and sL.-n. Gl.rI ,itrwder, lacI1 the
Navy Department. has 'alinttl, as' mre-i
-Esif of am acuG.' s.arl't supply of certain
ild.lds of fanlukeh5Ss powder abroad at
short nC.;ice. THE nffid1a.E eff the de
| '4a!ItmS;sit a.e dairy in correspondence
by NATL and Telegraph With agents of
AMIN unt4,pn houses, arvl be,s'..es are
nav fully ,acqugl'ruteI WITH the isan!s of
domestic Powder mia kerts for cnla r,.ng
the.r PARIS ~ inset AIN emergency
The l'si iSI'sSt E::'a:Nes of the ar.,lrr max
ing firms are in sul,G1t.-n with the
tie;'ii';lH :i't s',tatt!y. generality ,e!at tive
to t:lH SUPPLY of gun f1r'o-L!cS'S and such
n.atcl'L1. for Use in the guushnps here
and al NirtE,rN!Er:. l5u. the question Of
= rnH" = receiving l.tiFe aHle!lttn,n, as
the arnlor makers report th>rt they can
not undertake by amy known agency to
tu!fn 'al!t SnCI arnlDr as would be re-
uuired for q modern blttleSh!p i'm less
;;han seven mCnths. for Che reason THAI
tempcl.Iig and face hardening cannot
be fastened WI ,!!Cnr destroying the
value of the a,nnsr. Thrs, 1t has been
demonstrated tr the Navy Department.
that it VIII not be possible - make the
al"nor for the superb hl!n,!t4ss:,:ps three
in number. now budding at Newport
News. Cramps and at the Union Iron
Weeks in san Fll nciSt-p. tr, ,;'rIle. to rem
der THESE. slrins far better. it is cha.ims "a.
than offered from abroad Ter sale. avail
able for amy emergency 'u.1 II may gr:,sc
THIS year
The sta; ement was n.ra3a az the Navy
Department. today that the report Of
the Main. court of inquiry probably
would come To the department some
time next week. 1t did n,Jt appear
however, that this sl,lIciTSnt was four-
Old upon amy dIreut reprht from tine
court, but was RATHER AIN es!ilnia'te based
upon the. progress far ma de aus re-
| Nealied by the ci!.n n@e OF The methods
on the part of ;ine court.
Many pngl'a't'U l>l,t.nS are coming to
lie White House and ,the state depart
'merrt from all parts of the country up
an HE IA tl,4J,l.c sp:llt exhbit ed in deal
ing with the. latest phases of the Cuban
question. Most Of them are official IN
character, but many are personally
dHeC.od No the President
Admiral S>arl HAS bscn authorized
ID eni.slp suitable men for the navy at
Key West III he can find the natel'la l.
la. ,l.,,t, t,t,r
applj ationS from machinists and sea-
n<n c.ad was 'GrIrael.t .A,ely given the
Z Wer tor take tIe lre'n. The depart
n.cnt lis si..l striving vigorously to
si5srua>. MIA, h.n!Is''s. q Hl.cllr.y msn who
know how to nun stationary eng. mes
These Insln can be quickly l,anrG'!lt how
10 rum marine engines and it requires
Lutte i'iler t!.LniEG TO make them va5u-
a lie t.tot,tairds.:.!p.
| Off.ci.l rti},rrts '.B,La.Le tlIa,t the
autonomy s~3htme projected for Porto
ROO has been put eE.o successful
| 1p":-,L"n. This IS Interesting Mai My
h-ts Use of resemblance between the
| Project anil the pan wlcitih 1t is nov
Eusl.It to put in play IN Cuba
Tht. va" department. lis Arranging to
SECURE a .lrge supply of line most mod
ern rifles. sufficient TN 'Irns- of emer-
gency to arm a force of 100000 man
! SENIOR Mer'!@nca. the Brazilian MIN
| tste'r. Sli'i tUI,ly tii:et he has recc.vttd
no information as to TIE reprinted nes0-
t.SNGonS coward ,lhe purchase. OF Brazil
IAN WArS!ti,s. now i'm course of con-
lGructlon in foreign yards. In other
official Gia!rteas THE Einpl'e>s.y;n IS grow
| icg tl.Irt s,'hera tls better prospect Of
securing ships now buaEdE.S f'r .Argt.n-
It'r.la and ChEv. BraZI inns been ad,ive
II h..,e IN bul1.dfrlg up '.itsT navy and
tglsre is doubt as Ito her Willingness 70
part with any cf ,he siils n'2w bu:!d-