Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-09
vosTGONERY SAILS FOR HABANA.
She is Expected 10 Arrive There
Early This Morning.
THIRD REQUEST FROM SPAIN
-. ,,pcars That There Was Also u
pcsire to Ascertain the Nature of
rrowninshield's Trip-No News from
rourt Of Inquiry
Court Of Inquiry.

...,. with reference to the preparations
..,,, I'm progress on a large scale, to put
... country in a state of defence and
.r.- the outbursts Of patriotic feeling
.. congress. there was a feeling in the
Informed circles to-day that the
VAR situation in regard to Spain was
,,..A moro favorable than 1t had been
yesterday.
1rs,rmation received through the As
...s-rsi Press from Madrid, indicating
r.sesful purpose on the part of the
s-.r.sh Government, contributed in large
.r..sure 10 that feeling, or it may have
ban that the growing understanding of
,r. vast extent of our own resources
,.gis TO the belief that they would inn
.-.ss others with the futility Of attack
.-s the United States.
However that may be, the feeling pre-
vailed. and at the White House, too,
after the Cabinet meeting, whereat all
.f the facts that were known TO the
President as to the existing state OF
affairs were laid unreservedly before the
r.b.r.t members and discussed.
Perhaps one Of the best evidences Of
,r. confidence IN a peaceful outcome was
. declaration that while Captain
R-lVuson was going abroad for the gov
.-rrl.nt 10 learn what ships Of war are
.- sale. and their condition, he would
..rf necessarily make any purchases, as
- WAS hoped and expected that by the
time he arrived in Europe the present
r,yd would have rolled by. The OIL
deer left Washington tonight, and Will
t.ss the St. Paul 10 Southampton, sail
frr from New York. He Will re-
-grt his arrival Immediately at the
r-rited States Embassy i'm London, but
s,~ther than that the Captain declines
d. indicate the places he will visit IN
r-rone. He has been furnished all OF
tas Information in the possession Oh the
Navy Department. respecting the SNIP
-.... I'm course of construction in Europe,
-r5 mad a talk with Mr. Lane, who Is
s.t5 ia have some of these ships Tor
.sr. though he does not at present nave
t1e right 10 act I'm the case OF the TWO
small Brazilian battleships now DullulHs
.t La Seine, in France. AS 10 these' oi'
indeed. any Brazilian OF Chlhah war
ships. it has been discovered tnat brazll
and chile are parties to treaty, o! lne
.a-ns of which neither country CoA seii
.,,. Of its warships unle$ the other
.I.o sells a ship The reason Tor TINS
raculiar provision is TO be found III an
.uiance that is reported 10 have Deen
entered into by these two countries IoT
mutual protection against Argentina ana
,,ber southern nations. As TO the right
ii, buv foreign warships, all authorlues
-graa that such purchases may be uaue
.,.., after bostilities have begun, II the
r.-rral nation exercises strict Impair
-fsIifv between the belligerents, ana tne
stius are not armed and outhtted IeduS
f.r ssrvice. The trade of shipbuildlnS
b. racoruized as a legitimate one, WhlcH
nay be carried on at ali times.
WAR PREPARATIONS.
ooos deal IS being accomplished IN
..'' -. of nreparation in both the Navy
,-1 Var departments. The conference
. ,,a Navv Department to-day looked
into the procurement Of ammunition any
sgpulfes. touched upon the queSuoh u
gry-docks. and generally consldeIeu d
number OF other matters cohhecLeu VIZ VIZ
r-. oDeration OF a warship. Ihe war
r,.,srfrnept was not behind the navy
Gara~al Flagler. Chief of ordnance, Is
,.ry busv reaching out in every dlreclloh'
b.. means OF the telegraph ana the Ihdi'9
q, learn inst how far the resources ol
th. big manufacturing concerns can po
relied ON to come to the ala OF the SoE
eminent I'm arming and equipping WI
urtaer army. should one be fouhu heces-
sar-. .e.,,. +ta
Naior-GeneraI Miles is looking alter the
personnel closely, and TO-DAY Mas - - -,.e
Z, p.rfect the organization OF the TWO
now regiments OF artillery which Con
gr.ss has granted. According 10 MS
settlement two observation-disclosures OF eX-
l.tTnp artillery regiments Will be mace
. cg.oDeIs Of the two regiments. Inc
names OF the officers are withheld
THE MAINE INQUIRY.
Three weeks ago the Maine was blown
up and as IL was last week at this time
So ID is now-nOthing is known oihcially
ss IN The cause OF the disaster. The
court is at work, hard. That Is all that
S. known al the Navy Department II
ls not even known when the court may
be- expected 10 finish its work but 'Iie
Importance OF it's report does not uI
mlrish I'm the slightest degree by the
lD.e NJ time and i'm the midst of diver
Fons caused by more recent happehlhsS
tho more thoughtful officials nave not
lost sight of the fact that when the re-
port of the court of inquiry comes 10
he Navy Department in the hahas oi
some trustv naval oficer-proDably Lieu
talaut-Commander Mark himself the
luge-advOcate Of the court-the govern
maut may be face TO face with anothef
and q vital issue. ~.
Sanor Du Bose called at the STATE De'
partment late I'm the day and had nan
h1l-s conference with Judge Day. lie
brought no dispatches. and the talk dio
rgt relate TO the present strained colul-
zion Of affairs. but was rather an lnlor-
NAL discussion Of the condition OF anairs
ir Cuba
In the course of the visit II IS under
stood that Mr. Du Bose suggested thdl
some OF the newspaper correspondents ~
Habaua were trespassing on the pilNi
legcs which the Habana authorizes mao
accorded them.
The new Spanish Minister. Senior Polo
y Bernabe. will arrive I'm New YORK To-
morrow on the German-Line steamer. ne
is expected at the legation the FOLLOWING
day. and arrangements will then be maze
for The presentation OF his credentials 10
President Mckinley
NEGOTIATIONS FOR CRUISERS.
II is known positively that negotiations
are IN progress toward having the Cniteo
States acquire the two crack cruisers
Row building for Japan-one at the Crdinl
ship-yards at Philadelphia, and the othei
az the Union IRONY Works. OF San fran,
cisco. How far they will succeed cai'ho'
b. said al this time. IL is known posi'
lively. however, that no overtures nave
been submitted thus far 10 the autnori'
ties az Toxic, and Il would be for theh
70 give the final decision. Pending TINS
contract could not be made nor an opuoI
given.
The big armored cruiser Brooklyn start
td away from La Guayra to-day, unoei