Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-26
NEWPORT NEWS, VA TUEsRAY, April ~ 1S9S
lard FOR duty on the composite gun

Is lard for duty on the composite gu,
oOal SlckSburS.
Il LieuleAant stewart has been u:
Slsneu 10 TOUR ships since the opeEln
d u the war scare. ~ is likely tIial Il
u VIII reHiain aboard the Nlcksours
MINES BEING LAID
& The work OF placing submarine. mine
! III CHAMPION iloaos was actively com
!. 'nenced Sunday morning ana IN
iifSl mine WAS put GOWN at AN earl
II uOur.
Inc governments tug Lucerne nm
): several other craft were plainly yls,
L oie from the wharf Sunday even
i .hs, carefully conducting the work.
Great care was taken in laying III
. mines 10 Keep them from exploding he.
~ eney We're deposited in the water
u the harbor. The mines are ln.,da,
WITH gun cotton and the men employ
81 ~ placing them in position wer.
Son.luually pouring water on them $,
tha. ehey would not go off. Once be
iieatn the surface OF the water an,
. IS no danger Of an explosion un-
Il foreign substance or the electric en-.
! ieHe from the shore is turned on
MORE DYNAMITE ARRIVES
! Ahotner carload of dynamite passad
niough the city about midnight Sun
gay night on the way to Fort AIonrna
accompanying the car carryin:, he
nlsh explosives was another bearing
quantity of machinery which will he
used at the fort. oe
Both cars were sent down to IN,
as soon as brought here. They
came from boswell on the Chesa uea 1xa
OHIO, where they were switcb,I
from the Pennsylvania
| ne dynamite Will be used in CON-
Junction with the gun cotton in load
| filled. ~ oe
| ~ THE MERRIMAC ARRIVES.
| Inc collier Merrimac arrived at Old
r 1,t yesterday from Lambert,s
noine' where she took on 5000 tons of
The Merrimac will accompany Tho
nSins squadron. as will the Saturn
ana Menemsha. The Saturn is alrcndv
at Old Point loaded down with bunker
coal. VIII ouhher
LIE CHATHAM PURCHASED.
ne steamship Chatham, OF the MGR
chants and Miners Transporta tion a.
mas been purchased by the Initial
o,ates Navy Department and will he
it,so up at once as repair Shin. she
WI leave Baltimore this morn
ing and go to the Charlestown (Mass
80; sard' where necessary altera
IONS Will be made and the varioms
machlnery and tools supplied for the
pa9t she is to play in war
me Chatham has been at tho Co
olloian iron Works, in Baltimore for
h. t,n2e undergoing repairs and
reat 80 heW noilers put in. She is os5
leet long 40 feet beam. and 5000 TON
mage While a slower boat tban ~
! !,la. Which was first purchased fo, |
vessel 10 staunch |
The Merchants and Miners TX
me price for which the yess., 49,.
soid. The company proposes 10 CO.. ~
elhue running its steamers as laratn
,prs' unless prevented from DOING ga
- ~ hlockade. and will also assume w,r
LII ,nhs on cargoes This, it is said. viii
r!sks. and all bills of laden win b.. so
stamped. ~ - W SO
- MAY RUSSsH1s SHIP
,.h;at German ste&Saship Catania.
wien ,',, arrived here Sunday from Ham
now ben. heid here 12Tk on With gfae esrro ss
naval officers from Portsh1ofir n rn ws;1 Of !!
view OF being converted into a collier
m the service of the United States
navy. The report of the board could
not be learned last night
CAPTAIN Muller yesterday r,ceivea
orders from the vessels owner To re-
nam mere until further Instructions.
ne saws that he confidently exnec1s
MS snip to he purchased nv the gov
eminent It IS one of the swiftest
. '',ip9 ~ the ocean and can average |
Twelve KNOTS an hour |
LUCEENBACH HELD UP.
The tug Edward Luckenbach. which
iNSo Sunday night at IL O'Clock
MAS held VI twice in Hampton Roads
Whlle Ell route to this port from Bal
The tug had hardly passed into
Hampton Rods before a government
eus, presumably the Lucerne, which is
at work IN taat vicinity, stopped her
and made am eHantit4a tioa of her
papers.
on proceedis, farther in. between
Thimble I.ightlnd Old Point, tho
Luckenbach Vas Iagain stopped by
cutter from orr Of the warships. and
the ensign in ommand would not b.,
satisfied with te captains statement,
out procured aHght and made an ex-
animation for Fnlsef.
THE SHENANDOAH.
No fears are elttrtained here for the
safety of the Chesapeake and Ohio
steamship Shenalaoah. reported cap
tured by the spaAsh irstead OF the
American ship bY,he same name.
The ShenandoaA!eft here April ~
the British flag interference CRY hv
Spain will probabi lead to ,ttla
trouble with Englad.
THE BENZ COMING.
ne spanish carg' ship Bonita is now
weston for coal M
+,,n+ sne comes nel now it is likely
III, -, slie WIZ ny tnfAmerican flag and
WI oe Ins Prize ohIame warship.
| IoM1 AN CGayOLUNTEERS
so =. =. burlington Rifles. will
| last night the thnet.om miss;nnaa 81
ficers and forty TIVE men voInnt sarad
to respond to the ca Of the Prasidant
| for troops. The coJ,anv Voc .ssan,
bled pursuant to thesollowing call re-
ceived from RichnioA vestar1a1..
Commonwealth of VIENNA Adiut,n+-
Generals Office, sz,icbn,on5 Anr;,
g. 1898. XII ~ -
General Order No. 20 ."
The commanding Eo.ars ~ s,cb
companies as will 3Vunteer for SER
vice in the volunteer 4mv OF the Unit
ed States will at one proceed to re-
cruit their respective smpanies to at
ieast elghtv-rour enHsd men. ANY
company volunteering,s body for
such service will be 1lstered in with
!, it's own officers.