The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-04

back. As the lighthouse tender
Mangrove has been doing thia
service. the Treasury Department was
asked 20 assign the Mangrove for The re-
turn OF the court 10 Key West, and TINS
was done. with these arrangements COM
cluded. IL IS said NJ the Navy Depart
ment. that the court will proceed with
out consulting the officials here
RELIEF SUPPLIES.
Arrangements are being made for The
trip OF the cruiser Montgomery and gun
boat Nashville TO Cuban ports with relief
supplies.
The Navy Department was advised to-
day that tho Mallory line steamer leav-
ing New York next Saturday would car
ry. free of charge. seventy-ive tons Of
supplies 10 Dee transferred 10 the Mont
gomery and Nashville al Key West. The
Mallory steamer is expected TO take about
four days I'm the run down the coast, 80
that the transfer 10 the Warships and
their start 10 cuba cannot be made before
next Thursday. The two warships are
poorly adapted for carrying supplies. hav-
ing scant quarters for their own supplies
Of cordagc, provisions. canvas and ships
equipment
II b. only because they can make the
run in daylight that any attempt Is made
10 carry seventy-fyo tons OF supplies.
These will be stored on the upper spar
deck. and with good weather The daylight
run will not subject them to any dam
age.
The relief measures are proving uneX-
pectedly successful. the supplies running
into the car loads and hundreds of tons.
The State Department has had notice
from the Cuban Relief Committee at New
York that there were shipped ON March
LIST from New York 10 Santiago. 10000
pounds OF relief supplies ON the 2d TO
Havana. 75Oo0 pounds. to-day to Matan-
zas. 10000 pounds and 10 Sagua Ia
Grande, 10000 pounds.
In these shipments are 5C0.Ojo grains Of
quinine consigned TO each Of he ports eX-
cept Havana.
The Maine relief fund under Mr. Longs
management to-day reached a total OF
S.ll3.
The only telegram relating 20 the Maine
disaster that came To the Navy Depart
ment during the day was the following
from Commander Forsyth a. Key West:
"Bache arrived. Brought one body, un-
identified. and Paul Leoftus. private ma
rine; jeremiah Shea. coal passer. John
Henner ordinary seaman, Thomas j.
Waters. ordinary seaman. wounded. from
Tortugas. The wounded viii be sent 20
the Army Hospital The funeral OF the
body has started for the cemetery"
THE OLD MONITORS.
In the course OF The inquiry into tho
naval resources OF the United States. an
order has been issued 20 make test OF
the machinery OF the old war monitors at
League Island Navy Yard. These are
single turretted craft that are armed with
BIG smooth bore guns I'm turrets that
could likely be pierced by the modern
high power rifles on the battleships. but
they would still De of service I'm an emcr-
gcncy.
There are eight OF these monitors az
League Island. and Tho Government owns
several others that are now loaned 70 the
naval militia organizations Of some Of the
States.
Those at League Island are the follow
ing: CanonicUs Mahopac Manhattan,
Catskill, Jason. Lehigh. MOntauk and Ma
hante They are between l.S0D and 2.iW
tons displacement. and draw very li;ue
water. so that they could take up adj
yantageOus positions on shoals command
Ing channel approaches The Intention is
10 turn over the old engines and work
them. and the machinery that Is made
to turn the turrets IL 1t can be made TO
work at all.
FOREIGNERS on THE MAINE.
During the course of the day similar
inquiries to that made 10y the japanese
Legation. as to the number Of her sub
iects aboard the Maine. came 10 the
Navy Department from the German and
Swedish legations, and " IS said thtt
others will follow. Nearly every nation
atty was represented I'm tho Names big
crew.
Secretary Long to-day authorized an
absolute and positive denial OF report
asserting that partial or preliminary
report had been received by the Govern
ment from the Maine Inquiry Board, in
dicating or declaring that the loss oil the
Maine was due To- an external explosion.
He said that no report Of any kind had
been received and that the public had
all the information that had come 10
nand.
II the progress OF the inquiry az Ha-
vana depends upon the work Of the wreck
ers as sens 10 be the case tor nothing
Of substantial Importance can be achieved
until the heavy debris is removed from
the wreck. considerable delay must IN
eyitablv occur. To tow the large der
ricks from Boston and New YORK I"
Havana Is never "a speedy ana seldom Il
safe undertaking. A. a matter of iact'
the derrick Chief, AT Norfolk. Is now
storm bound just inside or the Chesa-
peake Bay. although u was expected
that By this time she would be Tar be-
low Hattoras This make II Impossible
that the derrick can reach Havana har-
bor and get at work mulh before the mid
ole Of next week.
As for the big derrick Monarch. which
IS required 10 raise the turrets aud eX-
trcmelv heavy weighs from the hull. the
date for her sailing mas not been set. al
though the Department has inquired OF
the contractors on that point.
SUBSTANTIAL SYMPATHY.
most substantial evidence Of sympa-
thy for the survivors OF the Maine and
the families Of the men who We're victims
came 10 hand ~ the Navy Departments
to-day in the shape OF a check OF $500
from President Dole. Of Hawaii The
money was turned into the Maine relief
fund.
Tho coal mining companies throughout
the country. especially those near the