The Portland daily press., 1898-02-25
MR.. BOUTELLE COUNSELS CALM
NESS,

NESS.
Washington, February "a. Represents
tive Bouteile, chairman of the House com
mittee on naval affairs, conferred with
Secretary Long today. Mr.. Boutelle SAID
that his visit was confined wholly to the
question of relief for the survivors of the
Maine disaster. The bill which he has
proposed will carry about S167 Ooo, IL
passed in its present form. How lar the
general law passed in 1895 will affect the
special relief extended to the Maine
sufferers has not yet been deter1mn eo,
but in any event it will cover only me
actual loss of clothing, ETC., whlle tn I1
relief measure is designed TO give a puiA
allowance equivalent TO IL months pay.
Referring to the rumors OF treachery
in connection with inc Malne ulsss'ol'
Mr.. Boutelle said:
or written utteranoe adds spark to IN
flame pubIic sentiment at this Junctura
is AS pIIilty as the man who would touch
a match to the powder magazine OF yes
sell. This is a time for the calmest Judg-
ment instead of unguarded talk, wholly
without basis, without established fact,
of a war which would entail the lives
of hundreds of thousands of people.
SUSPEND OPINION SAYS Score
TARY.
Washington, February 24.-Secretary
Long today, in answer to inquiries
whether the department was suppressing
information concerning the disaster to the
Maine, wrote the following:
Navy Department, Washington, D. c.,
February 24.-No Telegram has been re-
ceiyed from either Admiral Sicard or
since yesterday. and the department has
received no information with regard to
the disaster that has not already been
made public. The department is waiting
the result of the inquiry and public opin-
ion should be suspended until some Off.
cial information is received.
John D. Long.
DU BOSE LEARNED NOTHING.
Washington, February 24.-This was
diplon,atic day at the State Department
and brought the usual number of callers
upon the Sec rotary of State and Assist
ant Secretary Day. The Portuguese min
lister came early and was followed by MIR.
Du Bose. the Spanish charge d 'atfaires.
His stay was not long and it is believed
that the purpose of his visit aside from
such matters OF routine business as usual
Iy bring the diplomats to the State De-
partment on Thursday was to ascertain
| If the officials had any news from the
| wreck OF the Maine further than had been
printed that properly could be cOmmuni-
Gated to him. In this request he vas dis
appointed because there have been no tele-
graphic advices from Consul General Lee
of recent date while the naval dispatches
all have been made public from time to
time.
MINNEAPOLIS LEAVES DOCK.
| philadelphia, February 24.-The United
States cruiser Minneapolis was success
| fully fioated out of the dry dock at the
| League Island navy yard today. The
Minneapolis had been in the dry dock
since last December to avoid the ice in
| the river and to have repairs mace to her
| bottom.
Notwithstanding all reports to the con
trary there Is no unusual activity at the
ward beyond the extensive improvements
| that are being made to the back channel
| which is to be used as q fresh water basin
for vessels of the navy.
| Beside the Minneapolis there are now
at League Island the Columbia, the mon
| itor Miantonomah and the ram Katahdin,
all out of commission at present. There
ara also eight old monitors at the yard,
| all of them relics of the civil war, but
| which could he fitted up quickly in case
they were needed.
| GIVES US STILL THE SA ME.
Queenstown, February 24.-Seno1
Dupuy de LONE, former Spanish minister
at Washington, who was a passenger or
the Britannia from New York which
| touched here at Z o'clock this evening or
her way to Liverpool, was interviewed
with reference to the disaster to thu
Maine in Havana harbor. De LONE sale
he could only repeat his expressions OF
deep regret and that he knew 1t was quite
impossible for Spsniards to view it II
any other light. Spaniards, he declared
wanted peace and not war. He had many
friends among the officers of the Maine
and he loved them and America
whatever the cause of the accident,
said de LONE, cit could not have peer
due to the agency Of the Spanish people. ;
THE CINCINNATI AT BARBADOS
Washington, February 24.-The cruiser
| Cincinnati reported her arrival today a
/ Barbados. She ran over from Para, TIN
| reason assigned being the desire to TAX
on at Barbados large supply OF Engiisl
navigation coal News of the arrival o
the Castine at Barbados Ia expected q
any moment and the two ships probabl.
will remain cruising among the smalle
| islands of the Caribbean sea until Apri
/, when 1t is the present Intention to re
turn them to the Brazilian, coast.
THE TERROR PUTS TO SEA.
Norfolk, Va, February 24.-The moni
tor Terror left Norfolk at 1915 a. m. OF
her way to sea under sealed orders, Blu
will cruise in Hampton Roads at least
short time.
The vessel has been ready for sea sine
noon Yesterday. On leaving the yard, tn
Terror was saluted by the Franklin bu
did not respond.
Her departure created considerable ex
citement and thousands witnessed it.
There was, however, no cheering elthe
from the shore or the decks of the vessel.
PREPARED TO ACT AT ONCE.
St. Louis, Mo-, February 24.-Genera
William n. Powell of Bolleville, who wa
in command Of the regiment in whiol
President Mckinley served during tn
civil war and who returned from Wash
lington today, said that while at the CAPT
toll. he discussed the Maine incident ant
its possible result with the Chief Execu
tive.
/ "The President said to me- said tn
general, "that he was only waiting for
complete report of the naval board of in
curry AMI that should it report that GU
sailors had met their death through Span
ish treaohery, he was prepared TO act a
once and In manner which would NEE
the approval of every loyal American
citizen
A SIGNIFICANT SUMMONS.