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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
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Schedule In effect Nov. IA, 1887.
An trainS illuminated with Pbntaoh
Light
Cypress trains.
TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON, DEL
AWARE AVENUE STATION FOR
1924 a. m; r2.i9, '234 s359 'E2l, IA
'll.oo p. m. Sundays. s3.l3. 'sss. 'il.24 q.
, m; $3.50 %.2l, '741, I'll. 90 p. IN.
PHILADELPHIA. week days. s3.ls, $40.
go, '7.15, 1885, 'S26, 900 "yss s1024, l.M
a. m; 'l2 10. 1.2o. '23a. Ass. 40. 1871, $50.
TI, s.B 'llop p. m. Sundays. '3.1s, 7ss,
$50. 1888, 'll.A a. m: 'a.5s. 40, 'EH. $50.
S.4l. SIS. '1100 p. III.
CHESTER. week days 'o.13. $50. sN
$50 '2Si 40. '5.21, $40 '7.41, 9.15. III. 90 ..
m Sundays, 'alS 7.S5. s5c 1898. III IA.
N.24 a. m: 'S6s. 40. '5.21. $50. ia, 9.la
'II.0u p m.
ATLANTIC CITY, week days, '7.lb 4.
IN; 'l21e. 1884 p IN. Sundays. 7.s5 a. m.
CAPE MAY. week days, ESQ u. M; '2.A
BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON.
week days AIS. ITO. 's,S5. III 81 a. m;
p. m. Sundays. "4ls. 10. 1856 .. m:
sR.b7. 200. s.o4. a57. 800. 's.1l r. IN
BALTIMORE AND WAY STATIONS.
10 Il. m; 3.04 p. m. daily.
NEWARK, week days. AIS, 1lo, $3.50,
Ti.el a. m.; 'ls.57, 3.o4, aQ4. r.b7. '6ls.
I.a2. I'll. lO.55 p. IN. Sundays. '4.ls. TO-
S.s5 a m, 'l257. ao4 +.57. 7.S2, ell .. m.
PITTsBIRG. week days. ss25 a. m:
Sls p. I'll. Sundays. 's35 a. m: a.57 .. m.
CHICAGO Via CINCINNATI and IN
DlANAPOLIs, 1885 n. m. daily.
CINCINNATI AND st. LOUIS. SIS ..
m, 'l2M and 'a.1l p. m. daily.
TOLEDO AND DETROIT. oil p. m.
daily to Toledo and daily except Sunday
to Detroit.
NEW ORLEANS AND MEMPHIS via.
BRISTOL AND CHATTANOOGA. '6ie
p. IN. week days. '457 .. m. Sundays.
Through slecpers to Memphis and New
Orleans.
sINGERLY ACCOMMODATION, week
days ITO a. m: AGA 7.S2. 1855 p. m. Sum
days ITO a. m. 3.U4. 1852 y. m.
LAEDENBERG ACCOMMODATION.
week days. 10, 1000 a. m; 3.0A. 4.57 .. m.
Sundays, 1000 a. M; A57 p. m.
LEAVE MARKET STREET STATION
for.
PHILADELPHIA, week days. $50 p. m.
BALTIMORE. week days. GAS g. M;
ass p. m.
LANDENBERG. week days. s45 s0
.. NJ: 2.66. $40 p. m. Sundays, s.55 g. MI
$40 p. m.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA FOR villa
MlNGTON, week days. 20. Sc. 6.l0, 710 800
800 1925 ll.30 a. m. 'l2.20. 'l.H, 200. $50,
'420, $50, '5.l6, 'b.42. 800. CSC, 'I8O. 'y.36,
1000, 'l1.35 y. IN. Sundays 1855, 500. $780,
n.So u. m: 1920. '1.37. zoo. a.I2. sis. $50.
1.SO. 1886 1890 p. m.
Telephone No ls3
Rates to western points lower than via
any other line.
W. NJ. GREENE. d. B. MARTIN,
Gen. Manager Man. of Pass. Traffic.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30

LAURA ROOTH, daughter of Preacher
Booth, who at one time preached ut The
Delaware Avenue Baptist Church, and
who played with the Cissy Fitzgerald
Company, in our city on Friday evening,
committed suicide in New York ~unIuy
said she would die violent death. S''r
nal been twice married and twic' divorced
md was living with James :. Lee Il the
stricai manager II; his common law wife
At the time of her lra,h. Jos lhin' Bee. h
ran away with rr kerlloS, u married
mar, who left wife and several children
10 mourn his departure.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
Mine. Bonaparte's Huge Gong.

Nine. Caroline j. Bonaparte, widow Of
jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, lives in
house on X street Immediately adjoining
tho residence Of John Addison Porter, SEQ
rotary to the president. Among the other
domestic parnphernalia of Nine. Bonaparte
is certain huge gong located in the sta
Bile at the rear Of her house. by means of
which sho summons the coaohluan and
other servants when she desires their as
sistance. Mr.. Porter's wife has been seri-
ously i'll for some time, but Nine. Bona
parte 5 desire for the comfort and company
Of her servants has been by no means loss
ened on that account. On the contrary,
the big bell has doomed out time and
again, day and night, until Mr.. Porter
had forgotten the Cuban situation, tho an
noyance OF Office seekers and everything
disc He ac"...---3Siy filed complaint
with the District commissioners, alleging
that the ringing of the big gong WINS
public nuisance and should be suppressed
by the police That department accord
ingly sent out Lieutenant Boyle, who had
on interview with the relict of the distin-
guishCd scion of the French imperial fam
lily, and us q result presented al official
report in which he said that mime. Bona
parte says she will continue to use tho
gong just as she has done for the last IL
years
Further investigation showed that the
police regulations could suppress bells and
similar nuisanCeS only when thcy were
rung in public streets and alleys. Secro-
tary Porter thereupon took an appeal to
Commissioner Wight, who has charge of
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
Messenger Drove Off Train Robbers

NesSeHReF DTOVe vi HOnB6F1,
Los Angeles, Cal, March 30.-Meager
details have been received of an at
tempt to hold up the westbound Santa
Fe passenger train near Grant, N. M.
The train was tagged some distance
from the lonely station and slowed
down. The engineer, however, sus
pected the cause of the tagging, and
was moving ahead when the robbers
opened fire and wounded the fireman.
The train was stopped and five masked
men approached. Express Messenger
Fowler stepped from the train and
opened fire with a brace of revovers.
The robbers were unprepared for this,
and fled One of them was severely
wounded by Fowler, but his comrades
got him away.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30

A DEMAND has been mAue Oh IleNt
Mckinley to free Cuba and Congress will
give him one moro day to act. if not then,
Congress will declare war and the WAR
editors and others will have chance to
show their fighting qualities by going to
Havana and helping to give the Spanish
navy complete walloping. Like Presi-
dent Mckinley, we were DESTROYS of sec
Ing the matter adjusted without resorting
10 W ar, but II it is deemed necessary, we
III on say let the war dogs loose and strike
terror into the hearts Of the butchers Of
The poor Cubans.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
Wants Childish Marriage AnnuiIcd.

Chicago, March 3O.--The romantic
circumstances surrounding the mar
riage between Mabel Evelyn Shaw and
Frank Fiske Farwell, at Providence,
r. l., in December, 1896. were recalled
yesterday by bill filed in the su-
perior court by her as Mrs. Maude
Evelyn Mix. formerly Miss Shaw" Two
months ago the plaintiff married H. L.
Mix, a student at Harvard university.
She now asks that the so-called mar
riage with Farwell be declared null and
void on the grounds that she was then
a minor, and that the ceremony was
understood by her to be a mock mar
riage. The alleged marriage to Far
we'll, it is said, was the outcome Of a
wager of a box of chocolates.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
NJ ISIS Barton to Return to Cuba,

New York, March 30.-Stephen e.
Barton, chairman of the central Cuban
relief committee, and Charles A..
Schieren, treasurer have returned
from Washington, after a conference
with the state department and Miss
Clara Barton. With reference to the
difficulty said to exist between Miss
Barton and Louis Klopsch Mr.. Bar
ton said: You may state positively
that no difference between Miss Barton
and Mr.. Klopsch has arisen. Miss Bar
ton will return to Cuba Just as soon
as she can finish the private business
that called her home"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
Shot Two, Then Killed Himself.

New York, March 30.--Joseph Skoda,
aged 43 years, a machinist, shot Theo-
dore Cerny, aged A, also a machinist,
and Cernys wife, and then killed him
self in a fit Of drunken rage, yesterday.
Skoda formerly lived with the Cernys,
but was elected because Of drunken
ness. He went to the house yesterday
afternoon and asked for something to
eat. Mrs. CernY told him that he was
drunk, and that he must not call in
such state. She said she would give
him nothing, and slammed the door in
his face. He came back soon after, and
the tragedies followed.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
Maryland Legislature DeadlOcked.

Annapolis, Md, March 30-The Mary
land general assembly is in n snarl
over the question of reOrganizing the
police force of Baltimore. which bids
fair to block all legislation during the
balance of the session, which has but
six more days to run. The senate yes
terday rejected a proposition from the
house to go into joint convention on
the subject, and then put upon its pas
sage bill providing for bipartisan
board of four to be appointed by the
governor.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30

Greensburg, Ind. March 30.-The loss
from the food in this county will reach
$150O00. The fatalities are larger than
at first reported. Three members of
the Walters family, in the Tanners
creek bottoms, are missing, and Alarm
hand, Albert Phillips, was a victim in
the cloudburst at Moscow. Claude
Shane was drowned at Westport, and
late reports indicate loss Of life on Flat
Rock, below St. Paul, at the junction
of COINS creek, where two members
Of one family persisted.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30

INSTEAD of peaceful solution, it looks
more than ever like war. The prcsid, nt
whether he wants to act or not will be
compelled to by Congress The Demo-
Gratis arc IN favor OF war to man. There
Is no North. no South, no East or West
bnt united country back Of him, who
will uphold him Or Congress in anything
they may do in the Cuban situation. Some
people think 1t is not bread that should be
sent to Cuba, but bullets for the Spaniurds.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
Killed by a Bursting Flywheel.

Scranton. Pa, March 30.--By the
bursting of IA ton fiywheel in the
Green Ridge Iron works Owen Davis,
aged 20, laborer. was instantly killed.
two other men We're Slightly injured.
and the mill structure and machinery
was damaged to the extent of $50, 900.
One piece Of wheel, weighing three
tons, was found on the Delaware and
Hudson tracks, over a hundred feet
away. The mill is owned by Ambrose
Spencer, who is now doing a years
sentence in the Luzerne county prison
for connection with the Phoenix con-
tract company frauds.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
THE NEW OBSERVATION CARS
Between Baltimore and Pittsburg
on the
RaItitnnre & lhio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

The new Observation Cars "Undine"
and Blanca on Trains Nos. and 6, the
New York ard Chicago Limited Trains
on the Baltimore & Ohio II. r.. are tho
latest cars of this pattern from the Pull
man Shops. They are magnitioenlly fur
nished with splendidly equipped buffet
parlor, state room and observation end
The observation platform is q special fea-
ture. 1t is six feet deep with extended roof
tho sides being protected by. large glass
nificent scenery on all sides in perfect ON
fort The buffet is ever ready to supply re-
freshments, land dining cars en- route serve
full meals. The cars are the hvndsomest
ever built by the Pullman Company, and
will be run daily between Baltimore and
Pittsburg on the trains mentioned.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
Alleged Crooked Banker Arrested,

Philadelphia, March 30.-Following
the collapse Of the Guarantors' Finance
company and the suspension of the
Peoples bank, there came last night
another bank sensation in the arrest
of Cashier William w. Steele, of the
Chestnut Street National bank, OF
which institution the late William NJ
Singerly was president Steele is
charged with making false reports and
statements to the comptroller of the
currency. Steele entered $1,000 bail for
a hearing before United States Com
missioner Edmunds.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
Three Names In One Day.

Major Josiah Harris, leading West
Kentucky lawyer, told TIC following story
t. sun reporter: ~ had a client not so
very long ago who had three names in one
day, and | venture to say ihat there are
few people WHO can boast OF three different
names IN single day II was simply the
result Of n divorce Judgment. Her name
in the morning was Eva Stone. In the
Afternoon she was granted divorce ana
restored to her maiden name, Eva Good
night, and that night married man
named Farris, and her name was then
Eva Eurris "-PndNcah sun.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30

San Angelo, Texas, March 30.-A
family named Lee, consisting of father,
mother and two small children, have
been murdered on ranch near Paint
Rock. A man who gave the alarm
states that in the early part of the
evening two men called at the Lee
house and asked to be allowed to stay
all night. They were denied accom-
modations. Later in the night he
awoke to find two men in the house.
and as he ran he was fired upon by
them. An ak was the weapon used in
killing the Lees.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
Buried Under a COLLAPSED Oven

Pittsburg, March 30.-While a force
of men was engaged in taking out the
center cone of new oven at the plant
of the Pennsylvania Car Wheel COM
pany at Allegheny the oven collapsed
and buried four men engaged in the
work under tons of brick and mortar.
At least one, 1t is thought will die.
The names of the injured are Albert
Neal, Morgan Smith, Thomas Farrell
and Fl. j. Cochran,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30

Clarksville, Tenn, March 30.--Three
terrific explosions occurred at the
Sycamore Powder mills yesterday, ia
tally iniuring John Morris, Joseph FL
ger, Pearlv Felts and James Cullom.
The explosion was felt for radius of
SO miles. The granting mill and four
magazines blew up, the rolling mill
and packing houses being also destroy
ed. The mills snployed nearly 200 men.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
Another Flood Mt PIttsburg.

Pittsburg, March 30-Anotlier food
Is sweeping toward Pittsburg. This
time it is coming out of the MOnon-
gahela river. Extremely heavy rains
fell at the head waters of that stream
Monday night. Heavy rains are re-
ported on the Allegheny also. The
small streams running into the Mo-
nongahela are out of their banks. The
indications are that there will be a
stage of 10 or 20 feet of water at ri is
burg
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30

A Swedish Consul's Arrest Ordered.
Christiania. March 30.-Orders have
been cabled to New York city to ar
rest Charles Woxen, the Swedish and
Norwegian consul general, who has
disappeared from New York, and who
is supposed to be guilty of embezzle-
mont
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
- -
Pullman Cars for a Shore Line

The Pullman palace oars Judith and
Theolura and the combined Car Antony
we're sent from the Pullman CIR shops in
this city yesterday to DO used on the
Pennsylvania Colonial Express shore
Lima
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30

Princeton, Ind, March 80. -- High
water is doing great damage to farm
property, highways and bridges. The
loss will reach over 100000. This city
is almost shut off from the outside
world The Patoka, White and Wa
bash rivers are still rising.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30

And Walthcr q Co arc still ut their old
stand where they are prepared to do tho
best and cheapest work in the city in their
line of building and repairing carriages
South of Market street bridge,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
TO HAVE A DELMARVIA
TELEPHONE.

1t is to your advantage to have
good service. Why pay Tor poor
service when the best costs no
more1 Stop and consider what
you have been compelled to pay
while the telephone was in the
hands ofa monopoly. What kind
OF service were you given7 Would
your ratehave been reduced New
er. Would it have increased 7
Possibly.
These are sober thoughts for the
telephone subscribers to consider
when offered are ductionto continue
with the corporation who forced
them to pay high rates and subject
ed them to petty annoyances. The
Delmarvia is not foreign corpor-
alton but Home Company. Pa
tronize home industry and you will
best serve your interests. Order
Delmarvia Phone put in at once.
You will receive immediate alten-
ton by addressing
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
The Standard Height.

Despite the most careful and painstak
!nS measurements Of scientists, the ocean
waves continuc to roll mountain high in
all vel. regulated wreck reports. ---Detruis
News.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30

FANNY DAVENPORT, the well known
actress, is lying very low in Chicago. The
chances OF her recovery arc doubtful She
Is well known in our city, especially among
the theatre gOers. She is the daughter Of
the deceased actor Il L. Davenport and Is
n cole hritv 1f tb, et,rn
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30

u . hRANI, grandson Of EXPIRE ,ident
Grant, Will be appointed to cadetship at
Vest Point, by President Mckinley. 1t
was the wish of the dead hero that his
grandson, bearing his name should follow
In his footsteps rs a soldier. He is IA son
Of Col. Fred d. Grant May he live to full
MI the expectations OF the name he bears
Now it Is Presiding Elder Watt. 1t il
an old and true saying chat kissing goes by
'avors.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
IOI East Ninth Street.
AMN Furniture, Carpets
0sbeVs~ " House Furnishing
Goods, Window Shades
HA Hn Oh Cloths Goods
QkI1 right Prices fair
tV6lbNNO Terms easy.
mlS.m w film
IOI East Ninth Street.


We have fine shud; arrive daily direct
from the nets and we always sell as low as
the lowest. Oysters 25, 80 and 40 conts per
quart Goods delivered Delmarvia
Phone $40 McClure's, corner Of Fifth and
King streets.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
DIX. S1MMS'
Vegetable Liver Pills

Elegantly sugar coa. 81. No taste II
swallowing. GriDenss and not nicksnlng.
Operate Erandly und yet you hardly
know you tako medicine. The finest
Liver. Kidney and Stomach madiNlns
known. WIN surely ours Liver corl.
plaiIte. Kidney disease and Stomach trou-
bios. Dyspepsia etc. Cures tired feeling,
skin affections, headache. dlzzinsss, gid.
dy.head. &U. Nice III every respect asa
real Liver medicine and family protso-
ton against diseases. 70 cents box. sig
lnops Tor I'll. Bold BY druggists inal tlss >
and country Depot 608 King street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30

The city market cigar is one Of the finest
8 @t cigars In the city. Manufactured BY
CA. Bourbon, 8. w. cor. "a and Shiplsy
streets. -. =.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
{. B. RILEY.
RIBBONS.

RIBBONS.
One hundred and twenty-five
pieces of Ribbon, Nos. 40 and
80, Roman stripes and plaids.
Is cents a yard, worth % and
IS cents.
rs pieces assorted styles of
ribbon at l9c. Gros-grain
with satin edge, striped plaids,
&C., No. 40.
New designs and co1ors in
No. 60, fancy ribbon at % cts.
and % cents.
Roman plaid sash ribbon
IS cents.
Fancy Roman striped ribbon
rs cents, regular price SO cents
Double-faced Black ribbons,
all widths,up to 7 inches,prices
lower than ever before.
Four-in-hand ties tied from
any of our Ribbons without
charge.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30
Delaware Division.

For New Castle sis. 1l.04 A. n, 16l.
at and SIS p. M
For Loves, s.l3 A. M, AZ p. NJ, week.
days.
For Dover, Harrington and Delmar.
s.l3. E04 A. M. AK. 6.5S and 11.66 P. NJ.
Sundays, u.66 P. M.
For Wyoming and way stations. Isl p.
NJ. weekdays.
ExpresU for Cape Charles, Old Point
Comfort and Norfolk. 11.0i A. M. week.
days. and n.b6 P. M. daily.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30

THE papers are fun of war, war. The
people are talking it on The streets. Some
Very uncomplimentary remarks are b,ing
made by hot heads against The President
because he has thus far refused to order
our navy to fire upon Havana and thus
Tree poor down -trodden Cuba. We hope
there will come time some day when our
soldiers will beat their swords into plow-
shares and do their fighting like the ed-
tors of the New York yellow journals.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-30

A REPORTER Of The Rtrl HIICAN called
On Captain Andrew i. Nelson, Of El%hth
and Madison streets ana said he had hCan
lent to get n sketch Of thu InhSSarre Of thu
Americans, which took playc AT Sau,iag',
Cuba, in 1871, and of which he was an cyo
witness. The captain veg politely refused
10 grant the interview, for what reason 80
IRE not informed He has since given it
10 another paper, and evidently mis-: have
given him more genial reception than
that which he give the repre- rntntivo of
Ihis paper. We hereby take this method
Of thanking tho captain for his treatment
pf our rcpprter.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-04-30
PATRIOTISM ABOVE ALL.
The Great Federation of Labor Post
pones its Demand, for Eight Hours,
Because of the War.
THE COUNTRY BEFORE SELF.

| WASHINGTON, April 30. = An i'm.
portant announcement is made at the
national headquarters of the American
Federation of Labor, in this city,
which, in effect, cancels all the elabor-
ate arrangements completed by that
organization for the Inauguration of
the big movement for an eight-hour
workday.
In accordance with the de-
cision of the last gen.
eral assembly of the Federation,
held at Nashville last December, leade
ing trades throughout the country, in,
volving more than 100000 men in all,
were TO simultaneously demand an
eight>hour day, and tomorrow was the
date set for the Inauguration of the
movement. During the last six months
Mr.. Gompers has visited New York,
Chicago and other large cities and per-
sonally superintended many of the ar>
rangements. 1t was fully expected by
the leaders that great strikes would be
found necessary before the battle could
be won.
The war, however, has changed all this
Without dissenting voice the board
of directors of the Federation has come
to the conclusion that to stir up strife
between employer and employed at the
present time would be both inadvisable
and unpatriotic. Official notice has
accordingly been sent the International
Association of Machinists and the In
ternational Pessmen's union, which
organizations had been chosen as the
standard bearers of the movement, that
the strike which they were expected to
declare tomorrow has been indefinitely
postponed.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-04-30
STARTING FOR PRIZES.
Three Big Flyers to be Rushed Away to
Sieze Rich Prey.

WASHINGTON, April 30.-It is en-
tirely possible that The operations Of
the American fleet in Cuban waters in
The matter of seizing Spanish vessels
will soon be completely eclipsed by the
performance of the swift ocean grey
hounds recently purchased by the Gov
ernment from the American line
These vessels, st. Louis, st. Paul and
Harvard, have been fitted with armor
protection over all their exposed ma
chinery and have already received good
batteries. 1t was the intention of the
department to considerably supplement
these batteries at the navy yards. But
owing probably to the receipt of infor-
nation from abroad of the movement
of some very richly laden Spanish
vessels, the department does not con-
slider that time remains to complete the
work in an ordinary manner at the
navy yards, now overwhelmed with
other work, so the transformed liners
are to be rushed to sea.