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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-02
Would Buy Warships.
Bill to Give Secretary of Navy
32O,OOO,OOO to Buy Ships.

Washington, Feb. % Represents
tive Bromwel! (Rep.) Of Ohio, to-day
introduced in the house the following
resolution
That the secretary Of the navy be,
and he is. hereby authorized whenever
in his judgment it shall become expcdi-
ent for the best interests of the coun-
try to do so. to secure opsiobs upon
aud ooosummate the purchase Of such
battlesbi1s, cruisers. rams. torpedo
boats or other form of naval vessels as
are OF the most modern type and ready
for mr,ediate use 4; together with the
necessary armament and equipment
for the saue as in bis judgment are
necessary to place the laval strength
Of the country upon a proper footing
for imm ediate hostilities with any for.
eigu power With which the same may
be threatened !; and that for the pur-
pose of consumuatiog sucb purchase
there is hereby appropriated the sum Of
$40. coo, 600 to be Immediately avail
able"
The resolution ~as referred to the
navs committee.
Mr. Brcn, we'll said he introduced the
resolution to cal; fhe a,teutioo of the
naval committee ~ the necessity Of
p,ovidiog such cpu'iugent fluid in
the oaval appropriation bill. If the
committee does not iuclude such pro
VISION in The bill wben it is reported he
will offer it as au amendment in the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-02
Said that the Maine Cannot
4 be Floated and Rebuilt.

New York. Feb. 25.-The Mail
and EXPRESS this evening prints the
following dated at Habana TO day
The United States board Of inquiry
eontipued to-day taking the testi.
nony Of the divers WHO have been
uorking in the wreck of the Maine
Those who were sent here from the
bsstlesbip Iowa and cruiser New
York we're examined.
While, of coarse. the members of
the court will not talk for publication,
/ am informed on the highest authority
thar the evidence of Diver Morgan
as to the condition of the Maine
shows almost beyond possibility of a
donbt. in the opoion ofny informant,
the that Maine was blown up by an
outside agency.
Furthermore, Morgan's report was
verified BY the other American divers
who descended to day
The court will finish its work here
tomorrow, and proceed at once to
Key West to take the testimony of
the suryivors there. lthas also been
decided not to retufn to Habapa, all
.he information as to the cause of
the disaster obtainable here having
aIresdy been secured 1t is believed
that decision has been practically
reached The witnesses yet to be
examined will hardly change the
verdict:
The court has decided against any
attempt to raise the ruined battleship.
The members are convinced that it
would be useless as she could never
be kept afoat, and the Spanish anthori-
ties here will be informed that if they
wish the wreck removed from the
basbor they must attend to the work
shemselTes. This decision gives q
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-02
Ready for War:
Work Rushed in League Is
land Navy Yard.

Philadelpbia. Feb 27.-Leaeue Is-
land navy yard literally swarmed With
visitors to-day 10 consequence Of the re-
port from Washington that the crui
sers Colnmbia aud Minneapolis. the
double-turresed monitor Miaotonomoh
and the ram Katahdin, bad been or
dered 10: go io,o commission With dis
patch. Both cruisers have skeleton
crews aboard. While the mooitot has
heen lying at her dock for seyeral
syears aud Che -Kstahdin since last vim
ter.
None Of the naval officials .. the yard
would sag anything relating to the
future movements OF The vessels. but
from vorkmea it VAS learned the com
missiou orders had been issued This
was bornesous BY thesfact that all day q
large force of men 10 the construction
and repsir departments we're actively
al work on the. Miantouomob and the
Kasabdin. Visitors were kept of these
boats aud onlY those having friends
among the officers aud crews of the
cruisers we're allowed on board.
The repairs to the monitor are all Of
e minor nature aud will be completed
By mex. Tuesday. Oyer20 men bavo
already been detailed for her, aud is is
said her full complement Of $50 will be
made up as rapidly as possible A
large force of men we're busy on the
.Kstahdin. improving her ventilatlog
apparatus aud 6s.tieg her With steam
pipes This work will only take few
days. Sunday work at League Island
is very unusual. and to-dsy's activity
is taken to indicate that the navy
department. intends to get the vsssels
there resdy for sailing at g. moments
notice. Late this afternoon steam was
gotten up on the monitor for the purpose
of testing her boilers and machinery
II one oi ithe lofts nearly 100 men we're
At work on small spars and boat fittings
Everything Is shipshape 90 the Miooe-
apolls aud Columbia. and beyond 6ll-
ing up their complement Of ofhcers and
nen aud taking on coal and provisions
nothing remaius to be done. This vii!
consume about Eve days ct the most,
and then beth vessels will be ready for
acsise 5ervice.
The work Of enlissiDg men will CON-
time until orders to stop have been
received from Washington Capt Ca
sey, the commander, said he did not
know for what vessel the men pow
being enlisted are wanted. The roster
vas simply being filed up and he did
not know how many men we're wanted
or where the recruits would be assign
ed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-02
OMIN0US QUIET.

Havana, Feb. 28.-The city is
quiet, but the quiet is ominous.
People feel as if they were over a
mine which is liable to explode at
any minute II is feared that the
arrival in port of the Spanish war
ship which is expected here to, day
may cause tremendous demonstra-
ton and lead to an outbreak menac
ing the lives of Americans who are
in this city The authorities will
neglect no precauiion necessary to
their protection.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-02
Activity Amid Calmness.

Every day that passes in this Pc
riod of anxious waiting for the YER
dict of the inquest upon the ruined
hulk of the Maine reveals to the
American people cause for congratu-
htion in the conduct of the admins
tration President Mckinley is
faced with tremendous responsible
ties, but he preserves the placidity Of
clear eyed craftsmanship, regardless
alike of sensational war cries and
mlsinformed criticism. BE applies
to the problem that confronts him
that sound old maxim of Davy
Crockett-"be sure yon're right, then
go ahead ("
The three departments OF the gov
ernment upon whose co operation the
Chief Executive: must most rely in
the threatened crisis are also ex
amples of combined discretion and
activity. The Department of State
manages its affairs with an alertness
and vigor. with a promptness and
dignity. that are Characteristic and
in harmony with all the traditions of
onr diplomacy. The Department of
the Navy, without revealing its plans,
huns With those preparations which
are part of that. policy which is
guided by the doctrine that the best
way to maintain peace is to be pre-
pared for war It's shipyards and it's
ordnance factories are filed with life
and busy with toll, aud its chips in
commission are being inqeased in
number to the full strength of its
resources. The Department Of War
is in communication with military
post in the country, it's plans for the
transportation Of troops have been
perfected with marvellous celebrity,
and its examination into the reserve
force of the citizen soldiery has been
conducted With thoroughness, and
has met with response that is an in
spiring testimonial of the loyalty Of
the militia in every State to the cause
of National honor 1t will be en-
abled, by the creation of two new
regiments OF. artillery-there should
be ten new regiments-to place all
of it's veteran artillerymen in the
coast Notifications, thus giving op
portunity to distribute the new re
cruits for their necessary training in
caring for and 10 operating the cost
" and delicate machinery of great
guns
All of these movements and doings,
of which probably not one tenth part
ia known to the public. being very
properly concealed from American
eyes where Spanish eyes can see
also, are a splendid illustration Of
that quality of hustle so distinctive
of American energy, and of that re-
serve force which only displays its
strength in an emergency 1t may
be that all these preparations will not
be tested by the dire calamity of &C
tual war But the words of diplo
macy are made more effective when
it is seen that behind them rises an
nplifted arm. strong and ready to
strike.-Mail and Express.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-02
NO DEFINITE NEWS.
The Naval Department Claims
Ignorance as to the Cause Just
as Dense as the Night Of
the Accident.

Key West, Fla, Feb. 90 The
board of ioquiry, which has charge
of the investigation into the Cause of
the Msioe disaster aad which has been
meeting in Havana. resumed its session
here to-day.
A number of the surviving officers
and men of the Maine were examined,
but were giveo s,ric. Instructions to
preserve secrecy as to t6eir testimony
The cruiser Detroit left Key West
this morning for Dry Tortugas, which
will be the paval base of operations
against Cuba 10 the event OF compli-
cations With Spain arising out of the
Maine disaster.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-02

Washington. Feb. 28.-At the
close of Office hours telegram came
to the navy department from Ad
miraI Sicard at Key West in the fol-
lowing terms
key West, Feb. 26.-To the
secretary of the navy, Washington {:
Court of inquiry commences session
at Key West to-day must resume
session at Havana to obtain evidence
of divers after further work upon the
wreck"
The important feature of this com,
munication is the declaration that
the court will return to Havana 1t
sets at rest rumors that have been
afoat for some days past that
the court was not to return
to Havana for the reason that
it had discovered the cause of the
sinking of the Maine, which was
not an accident, and that consequent.
ly they bad no further business in
Havana.
One important deduction to be
drawn from the message was that the
report of the court of inquiry
can scarcely be expected for
several weeks to come The
court will be occupied at Key
West for some days at least
in taking the testimony of the sur.
vivors there Then upon the return
to Havana it is expected that good
deal of time must. elapse before the
divers can get through the mud
which now encompasses the lower
part of the wreck of the Maine and
examine the bottom. After this is
done the court must deliberate in Or
der to secure an agreement upon their
findings The prevalent belief at the
navy department is that up to this
moment the court has not once under.
taken to compare notes and endeavor
to reach such an agreement.
A Cuban mail was received during
the day. With the candor which has so
far characterized all his dealings with
the public in this matter. Secretary
Long caused it to be given to the
newspaper reporters as soon as he had
read it himself 1t was made up of
one letter from Capt. Sampson dated
at Havana Feb %, aud although it is
simply statement of events that had
already been reported by telegraph.
one fact is significant. viz the state
ment that the testimony of certain
civilian witnesses before the court
would be of no importance His letter
is as follows:
"Sir !: The court has taken the tes-
timony of all the officers of the Maine
such testimony as the divers have ac
cumulated. There are two citizeos in
the barbor who have testified their
willingness to testify, although those
have nothing important.
sAfter taking this evidence and
that of the divers l propose to return
to Key West and take the evidence of
the officers and men there 1t may
be necessary to return here after fur
ther progress has been made with
the divers
(signed) wv. T SAMPSON,
Captain U. S. N"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-02
Double Bottom Driven in
and Upward 10 Water
Line.
fhe Slx-Inch Magazine Seems
60 Have Been Exploded by
the Initial Blast.
me other Magazines Were Not
Exploded.

New FORK, Feb. % "A dispatch z
Fhs Herald from Habana says:
There Is. 90 longer any reason t
aoahs tbas the explosion which wrecked
she Maize came from underneath she
ssssel aud that her magssioes bad roth.
ipe 10 dc silh the initial explosion and
plssed s much scaaller part io the
Rensrsi disaster than Vas st 6rst sup
pssed
Ths evidence th.t has served to COG.
ssnse she boa11 wss obtained BY Eo,
sikn Pouelsoo. 40 ofhoer attached e
Fern.
Houelson vas fornely IN shs
sonstsuesion corps and took . two years
spe0ial course 10 the Glasgow school ol
aasas arebi.eeture. He is therefore 9
sesmpesent uiisness What he discov-
sas that the fotssrd part of the
fsine. uish 10 ribs md plates waa
satase upward g far that parts ofs the
skssssred double bottom shos out q
aser and 10 places socsiohs ct Che
sserss1 painted onser bull are Visible
cerrobofatise Of evidenpes by
asign Pawelson and Of sqgt signi6.
ssaaes and mpsrtsnne Is the resuls q
4Le close sxauipation made by the
ssyers What they found inaicased
aikasstSe explosion came from point
bsneath lhe keel a plumb line drop:
psd from . point Just forward of the
sonnipg tusef would have laid the lead
exaesly sn ths epo, where the explosion
oae1lTed sbat drove keel, plstes and ribs
I sIss6st % The snrface
ke main force 81 the explosion
saerassto hare been exseedly slight on
ia port side Of tie vessel. This is
sonsistens nth the facts hitherto as
seertzi1sd.
Collectively, these nov Indicate
sahat he contents of the reserve six-incb
nseaaiiDe we're nos exploded By the in-
isI blast and there vas 20 explosion IN
ssishss st tie other tuo. 10 she reserve
lsga5iipe VAS stosed 2. 500 pounds Of
oHder 10 copper tank $, each Of which
'scntsined 200 poands
esen Of tie tanks have been found
sy tbe divers, Ill ID crushed and shape.
Les nsasses It ssiis important TO Dote
sbss ii tie six iineh aud ten;inch tanks
reeoyefsd the excelsior used for pack;
ing the charges shows 10 injury from
1lns o. gases.
hs powder stosed 10 the six-iDch
|Iiesefsoir nagssine vas for salntiog
parposss only The magsziDeitself ap-s
Fesrs To have been utterly destroyed,
sealJ = few traces being left tosbow the
paint uhafe II WAS once located
ke Under part Of tue tensinch mag
ain axiinesis wholly iinaccesaible 20 divers.
Ip he upper part is eighty vedged
mass Of poxder c5lipders. too heavy
sfer d;yefs 20 exsrioate. but sppareosly
sseas.ining exploded charges OF pow
sdsr Tie Dow torpedo tube Of the
Maine has been located 10 the wreck
Is lies ID the debris forsard submerged
several feet cndes wafer
The hnil is nos. embedded IN the mud
Is the depth Of eight feel. The divers
ssiink q: their arm pits 1.-The mad and;
tass the greatest diihcnityia proseeus-
sss5s M a..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
PLANs OF THE DEMOcRATs.


Croker Opposed to Putting on the State
9Ticket Amy Ono from Below the Bronx.
Richard Croker and all his friends were at
the Hotel Savoy last night. Senator Patrick
Henry McCarren. Chairman of the Democratic
campaigners. was at the Hoffman.
ALI conceded that Roosevelt is to be the Re-
publican candt 1te for Governor. and as a
matter Of cold act neither Mr.. Croker nor Mr..
McCarren has as yet the slightest idea as
to what campaign material they can hurl at
Talks with Democrats on this subject were
straightfoEwsrd; he is q brave man; It was
Cuba. and all that sort Of thing; hut. It
was added. he is .impulsiye and erratic,
and the German folks will not support
him because Of his notion that the laws Of the
State should be enforced. This was regarded
as a libel upon the integrity of our German
citizens. who will not. approve of the notion
that the citizens of the State should. regard
them as so many beer guzzlers in and out of
The German citizens will resent this inter-
probation of their character. 1t was said.
Some of the friends of Mr.; Croker, men who
arr, in, his confidence. said last nigh, that he
Bronx should be nominated for a State office
has adopted this course for the reason
that the responsibilities OF the present contest
should be divided. The Democrats. it was
added, have no candidate for Governor In sight.
They are willing to await developments at
Syracuse,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
INTO the .messroom and saw the

messenger into the messroom and saw the
steward receive it and suddenly become trou.
bled about something. ! asked him what was
the matter. and he Shove me the telegram
from Mr.. Jago. with the message. as near as I
remember: Search white pants pockets and
keep what you find for Mr.. Jago.' 1 began
to think he had some. other scheme n
so / volunteered to help the steward, who
said that the pants had just been sent to the
laundry to be washed. I Immediately de-
spatehed him to the laundry, / myself looking
In his cloth pants hanging up In the wardrobe.
i had put my hand int the pocket OF a pair OF
blue cloth pants. when l came across two
diamonds. 1t Immediately flashed on my mind
that these were what he, was after. Itook them
and. so that no one else would see them. 4
placed. them in my pocket, and from there !
shifted them to the lapel OF my sinRlet, and
went to the head Of the dock to await Mr. Jago
and tell him he'd broken his word and kept two
stones. While | was there the officers steward
came past. ! stopped him. and asked him 4 he
was in the pockets. At frst DC was reluctant
opened q bit OF paper In his HAND and disclosed
diamonds. J. said, 60 along. and until
you see Mr.; Jago keep what you know to your.
self, waited to see Mr.. yago at the head OF
the dock. finally going to look for him.. 1saW
him at a distance and sent q boy after him.
when he came back and told me he was In .
hurry. but that he had cashed the coupons in .
bank, and they had charged him half o dollar.
i told him / had something to say to him very
particular. but he sailed of. saying. Another
time Since then / have not seen him.. e.
about j Z. M. that same day / was In custody"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
WOULDN'T TAKE HIM IN AMBULANCE
Hudson Street Hospital Doctor Said Jones
Was Drunk-He Had Epilepsy.

Hudson Street Hospital Doctor Said Jones
Was Had Epilepsy.
James Jones'. % years old. OF 1882 Bushwick
avenue, Brooklyn. and his friend. Clarence
STATE Of 10 Woodbine street, Brooklyn. went
to Harlem yesterday to see the Speedway.
They left the elevated train at 155th street.
At the riverside Jones was taken i'll and stopped
at the Y. M. @. A. clubhouse for o little while.
Then he started on a train for home. He grew
worse. and the two men left the train at Cort-
landt street.
STATE went to the Church street police station.
half q block below. and sergt. Walsh sent In an
ambulance call to the Hudson Street Hospital.
The call was answered by DIR. Dodge. He
looked at the man. said he was drunk. and went
away, Jones and Statz denied that they had
been drinking,
Jones went to the station house and seemed
to be in great pain. Sergt. Walsh could see no
symptoms of liquor about him, and sent word
to the Hudson Street Hospital for the doctor
to come to the station. The doctor said that
he was willing to stand by his diagnosis of the
case. and refused to mako another trip. A
Gouverneur Hospital ambulance was then sent
for, and Jones was taken to that hospital,
where, the case was diagnosed as epilepsy
Gouverneur Hospital men say that they often
receive calls for cases that Hudson Street doc
tors refuse, SerGt. Walsh says TINT the Hud-
son Street doctors often complain that they are
called to the Second precinct to handle police
cases.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
CHICAGO AHEAD IN Steel.
A Contract for $500 Tons of shipbuildinG
Plates to BE Sent to Victoria, ID. @.

A Contract for $500 Tons of ~shipbuilding
Plates to Be Sent to Victoria, u. @.
CHICAGO. Sept. 19-The Scully Steel and Iron
Company closed q contract yesterday for the
delivery OF $500 tons of steel plates at Vic
toria. B. O.. to be used in the construction Of
Ave British steamships by one OF the largest
Che contract exceeds 500. 900, a sum which on
fits face may not carry the full Significance Of
iron business. When. this figure is taken in
consideration with the, fact that the contract
largest steel firms. In the country. England
and Germany. it tells a story OF Chicago COM
mercial activity.
The shipment to Victoria will follow closely
after g notable performance by the Illinois
Steel Company. This company has Just COM
pleted the delivery OF 5000 tons OF steel plates
at GLASGOW, Scotland. at a price per ton which
While engaged In the delivery OF these steel
plates, manufactured for bodybuilding .pur-
poses. the company was also delivering light
7 rails in Germany.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
aLARnrAeE xoTrCr IArB, BR1DE NE.
Frank SRyin's Daughter WEEDS y Russian
She Met Mt Saratoga.

She Met Rt Saratoga.
Aman rushed into the Coroners' ofice on
Saturday and ske to see the Official in charge.
Chief Clerk Cook responded. The visitor was
we'll dressed.
Have you received a report OF an attempted
suicide at the Hotel Grenoble n he asked.
mot yet" replied Clerk Cook.
We'll" continued the man, that's strange
What's the name 2" asked Cook.
"Zarembu," replied the stranger.
I'VE have no such name here.' replied Cook.
referring to the records; but It often happens
that a suicide is not reported here until several
hours have elapsed,'
Maybe It was only an unsuccessful at
tempt" unused the stranger. I'm much
obliged" he added as he turned and hurried
out OF the office.
The clerk. suspecting that some one was con-
cealing information from the police. called up
the West Forty-seventh street station by tel
ephone and told what he had heard. The police
investigated. and found that DIR. Marion de
Zaremba lived at the Grenoble with his wife,
but that neither ofthem had committed suicide.
A Sun. reporter who called at the hotel was
Informed that DIR. de Zaremba was away and
that his wife was seriously i'll. The clerk said
he had received instructions to send no cards
sources It was learned that q physlcian had
been hurriedly summoned at 10 o'clock. The
clerk denied this and declared that there had
been no attempt at suicide In the hotel.
because OF these incidents q curious interest
attached to the following notice which appeared
In the newspapers on Saturday:
DE ZAREMBA-SAVIN.-on Aug. 20, 1893, at
Saratoga. by the Rev. J. J. Mcdonnell, Josephine
sayin to Dr.. Marion do ZArembs.
No one was found yesterday who could tell
why this announcement had been delayed for
more, than. three weeks. The bride Is the
daughter OF Frank Savin. a stock broker, whose
wife has brought suit against him for divorce.
Miss Savin spent part OF the summer at Sara
toga, where she met DR.. De Zaremba, who Is
said to be a Russian count and very wealthy.
Mrs. Savin and her son. Frank, Jr, are also
stopping at the Hotel Grenoble.
MIS-: De IaTemba figured In q case at the
she and, her brother, Frank, were accused OF
cruelty by her mothers. English maid. Agnes
Tidy. The maid swore that Savin and his sis
ter had taken off her clothes. and. after paint
ing her Q brigh green, had made her do gro
tesque dances. She declared that Savin beat
less. she obeyed him and his sister. The Savins
withdrew. 1t. with the result that the Savins
were discharged.
Mrs. Frank Savin is now suing her husband,
who is said to be in Europe. for divorce. She
is receiving $1,000 a month alimony by order
Of the Supreme Court. TIL correspondent in
the case is q woman who alleges that she is an
actress. 1t, was this woman whom young
Shirley Tuck married In the summer OF 1897
after a champagne supper on the roof garden
OF a house in Fifth avenue said to have been
rented by Savin. Subsequently Tuck secured
a divorce from her.