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Arizona republican., 1898-03-25
Stirring Events Of Warlike Portent Trod Upon
 the Heels Of One An2ther Yesterday. TaE REPORT HAS COME AT LAST.

the awful scenes that I viewed in all their original ghastliness.
 "The pictures in the American pa pers of starving recOncentrados are true. They can all be duplicated by thousands. I never saw, and, please God, may I never again see, so de- plorable a sight as the reconcentrados in the suburbs of Matanzas. I can never forget to my dying day the hopeless anguish in their despairing eyes. Men, women and children stand silent, famishing Their only through which one looks as through an open window, into their agonizing souls.
 We are feeding these citizens of Spain; we are nursing their sick; we are saving such as can be saved; and yet there are those who still say it is right for us to send food, but We must keep hands off. I say that the time has come when muskets ought to go with the food. I shall refer to these horrible things no further. They are there. God pity me, I have seen them. They will remain in my mind forever And this is almost the twentieth century,"
 Continuing, the senator said: 'The time for action has come: No greater reason for it can exist tomorrow than exists today. Every hours delay only adds another chapter to the awful story of misery and death. But one power can intervene-the Unithed States of America" Referring to the Maine disaster, Senator Thurston said: eff the explosion can be traced to a Spanish official source, there will be such swift and terrible punishment adjudged as will remain a warning to the world forever"
 As MT. Thurston sank into his seat he buried his face in his hands, while a tremendous and overwhelming wave of applause swept through the gal leries. As Mr. Thurston's colleague, MT. Allen, led him quietly from the chamber many of his associates si- lently, but with every evidence of feel ing, grasped his hand.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-25

water line At the eXtremities of the thickest part athwart ship, bulkheads
 turn in board and end against the
 barbettes or heavy tubes of 15-inch steel, which rise from the protective deck and shield the ammunition hoists
 and the turning gears of the turrets.
 The forward bulkhead is ten inches thick, the after one 12. A protective deck of hardened steel 2A inches thick rests in the four walls formed by the a hwart ship bulkheads and the inner
 edge of the inlaid side armor. Under the protecting shelter of this heavy
 roof and many feet of coal lie the en-
 zines, the boilers and the magazines and the shell rooms-the "vitals," in fact, of the ship. A broad band of cellulose, extending from stem to stern and back of the 5-inch armor, which protects the sides amidships from the heavy armor belt up to the main deck, admitting water. The protective deck, covering the vitals amidships, is run slantingly to the bow and the stern and forward forms the backbone of the murderous ram which lies just below the water.
 Two sets Of triple-expansion engines, each in it's own water-tight compart-
 ment, will actuate the twin screws, while five great boilers, teeming with
 pressure of 1S0 pounds of steam, will
 supply the energy needful to drive
 those screws 120 times a minute. The
 turrets will be turned and controlled by electricity-t first instance on so large scale on any vessel, and the same power will bring the ammuni- tion from it's storerooms to the
 brooches of all the large guns-the c. pounders and less excepted. Each mast will be fitted with it's own sig nal outfit, and the lower half of each mast will form a vast wind pipe down
 which fresh air will be drawn to the depth of the craft. Eighty odd auxil- iary engines will reduce the tax upon the muscular energies of the crew, and add to the efficiency of the ship by handling and lowering the boats, rais-
 ing the anchors, loading the coal, dis charging the ashes, bringing the shot, shell and powder from the depth be- low to the gun stations. and turning the turrets, and, except for the guild ance of these mechanisms, manual la Dor is practically unnecessary.
 With 1,210 tonh of coal on board,
 and at cruising speed of 10 knots an
 hour, the vessels will be able to cover | 5000 knots, while at the rate of Is i knots an hour they can easily cover
 coal can be carired, yielding a crores- bonding wider range of action.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-25
IT IS ALL OVER NOW.
The Seasongood & Mayer Matter Is
 Happily Settled.

The Seasongood & Mayer matter has been finally disposed of Seasongood & Mayer are the New York brokers who thought about five years ago that they needed some territorial funding
 bonds. They were going to buy a large block of tham and so confident were they that the negotiations would end successfully that they deposited S10,000 with Col William Christy, then territorial treasurer. The brokers never took the bonds. The panic forced other openings for money, and Seasongood 6 Mayer began to try to draw down the deposit. About that
 time the territorial administration
 was changed and James A. Fleming succeeded to the treasury. When he was succeeded by P. J. Cole, Saasor-
 good & Mayer were growing more and
 more in earnest in their efforts to re- cover that forfeit. MT. Fleming nat
 urally retained it, for he didn't know which way the cat Was going to jump.
 AS long as he had the money he was safe. Suit was begun against him by
 the brokers and service was procured
 upon him once when he was in New
 York. The trial. of course, took place
 there and MT. Fleming obtained judg-- ment. A second trial there had the same result, and Seasongood & Mayer then discovered that they had been
 suing the wrong party.
 An action was begun against the Franklin administration and Treasurer Parish also began suit against MT.
 Fleming. The litigation between the
 brokers and the territory was of SO ! friendly a character that there was
 never a battle. A compromise was effected by which the territory rid itself of the claim upon the payment of
 s7,5O0. The suit against Mr. Fleming still stood, but was not prosecuted Yesterday morning on the return of Attorney-General Frazier from Flag
 staff he found among his letters one from Mir. Fleming containing a check for S10,000. He turned it over to Treasurer Johnstone, who transmitted
 it into gold and carried it to the county treasury. So the incident may be said to be ended The territory is ahead
 $2,5OO, but short $7,5oO of what it
 would have had if Seasongood & Mayer
 had been held hard to their contract oA Ayo 5vais aSo.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-25
TWO NEW MARINE MONSTERS
Ten Thousand People Saw the Kea1
 sarge and Kentucky Af1Oat.

Newport News, March 24-The launching of the two new naval mon sters, the kearsarge and the Kentucky, was witnessed today by a crowd of 10000 people. The Kentucky was the first to receive her baptism When the army of workers knocked the last shores from the cradle of the vessel Miss Christine Bradley, daughter of the governor of the Bluegrass state. grasped the cut-glass botte of cham pagne wrapped in a miniature Ameri- can flag, and crashed it upon the bow Of the big batteship, exclaiming: "In
 the name of the United States, I now chrlsten thee Kentucky" The vessel sped gracefully down the greased
Arizona republican., 1898-03-25
OUR MINOR COINS.
To Authorize Experiments With
 View of Using New Material.

Washington, March 24-The house committee on coinage, weights and measures has reported favorably tue resolution authorizing the secretary of the treasury to make experiments to determine the best material for minor coinage and to submit to congress new designs for coins. In the opinion of the committee the material from which our minor coins is made is not satis- factory. Their report says:
 "The cent, made mostly of copper, becomes dingy, dirty and dull in ap- pearance, and by corrosion becomes poisonous if taken into the mouth as is often done by children. Our i've cent piece, composed of 75 per cent copper and 25 per cent nickel, is too soft for durability, and soon wears smooth. Switzerland, Austria-Hun- gary and Italy have adopted pure nickel for their minor coinage with very satisfactory results. Coins of that material are hard, durable magnetic, velvety to the touch and retain their color, and do not corrode Japan and Russia are said to be experimenting with compounds of aluminium for their minor coinage. France is also experi- menting to obtain a better material for small coins.
 "The director of the mint made ex- periments, but not very eXhaustively, with nickel, aluminium and compounds thereof. Pure nickel was found to be too hard for satisfactory work on the dies. The government was not then possessed of the secret of annealing it. This it has now discovered, and it is believed pure nickel can now be worked successfully.
 "Of the experiments heretofore made, aluminium and the compounds of it submitted were found to be too soft. The Pittsburg Reduction com pany, the principal producer of alumni mum in the United States, has, how ever, been carrying on experiments and now claims to have a compound of aluminium, nickel, copper, zinc and manganese which has the requisite hardness and other necessary qualities for coinage material, and offers to fur nish this material at considerably less cost to the government than that now used.
 "The director of the mint is strongly of the opinion that full and thorough investigation and experiments should be made with the view of determining the best material for our minor coin age, as it is very evident that we have not the best. To authorize such ex- periments is the primary purpose of the resolution. The designs on some of our coins arc Eot c. ..:.--tic nor cu-t-
Arizona republican., 1898-03-25
THE SPANISH MOVING WEST.
The Torpedo Flotilla Sails From the
 CanarieS.

Washington, March 24.-The last day before the arrival of the report of the Maine court of inquiry was one of un- exampled activity in all official quar- ters. Advices came early that the Spanish torpedo flotilla had sailed from the Canaries for Porto Rico and from this moment the most energetic war like measures followed one another in constant succession.
 Immediately upon receipt of the dis patch from one of our naval attaches abroad announcing the sailing of the fleet, the fact was made known to the president and an earnest conference was held between him and Secretary Long and Assistant Secretary Roose- welt. The seriousness of the move ment was fully considered and the president was advised that naval strat- egists regarded it as essential that this torpedo fleet should not be al lowed to reach western waters. What, Ii any, conclusion was reached is nos known.
 Later in the day the Spanish min lster, Senor Polo y Bernabe, called at the state department and spent some time with Judge Day. Both main- tained the strictest ret1cence regard ing the conference and refused to speak concerning it.
 Following the flotilla announces ment, important news came rapidly. ! The first was an announcement bv Secretary Long indicating the placing Of one naval squadron on a war foot ing; Admiral Sicard has been granted leave on account of his health. Cap tain Sampson has been made com mander of the fleet at Key West.
 Captain Robert E. Evans. better known as Fighting Bob.'' who reached here this morning. was i'm mediately ordered to take command of the Iowa.
 Orders to the squadron in Hampton Roads have not yet been issued Al though the announcement does not state so, it soon became known that Commander W. Schley was slated to command the Flying Squadron" This announcement was recognized at once as of unusual importance at this juncture
 The next move was the determina- tion to create joint commission from
Arizona republican., 1898-03-25
KANSAS CITY STOCK MARKET.

Kansas City, March 24.-Cattle re- ceipts. official, 4,100; market active. shade higher; dressed beef steers, $3. 60 @5.15; range cattle up to SAYS; cows and heifers. S2.40@4.55; olad of fancy heifers sold at $5; stockers and feed CTS, $3.50@5.25; bulls, dull and weak, S3.15@4; southern steers, S4@435;, COWS, $2.60@3.75; sheep. official, $500, supply of muttons light, prices strong ranging from $S.90 to s4.5O; lambs. steady to strong. $4.25@5.30; largely. S510 to S5.3O.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-25

Washington, March 24-A scene dra- matic in it's intensity of interest was presented in the senate today during a delivery by MT. Thurston of Ne braska of a speech on the Cuban sit uation. His first sentence, spoken by a strong command of his trembling lips, delicate and touching reference to the loss of his wife on his memor- able trip to Cuba, demanded instant attention hush fell over the great audience. which hung with almost breathless attention and interest upon every word. Some surprise had been expressed that Senator Thurston should appear in public prominently so soon after the death of Mrs. Thurs ton, but the first sentence of his speech furnished the key to his ac- tion.
 It is true that MT. Thurston's speech today, viewed from one standpoint. was an unusual proceeding, but it was justified by the conditions attending it. Mrs. Thurston's dying request to her husband was that he should lose no time on account of her death to do his utmost to save and free Cuba and it's people. In accordance with this re- quest, therefore, Senator Thurston sacrificed his personal feeling and de- livered his speech-a speech that was a tribute to the memory of his wife. Without knowing the motive which animated Mr. Thurston and inspired him to his best efforts, his auditors in stinctive1y realized and sympathized with his emotion.
 The speech was very generally re- garded as a masterly one, and even those who could not agree with his conclusions conceded the power of his oration. As he neared the end of his speech his voice, which had been clear and ringing, noticeably broke. He was almost overcome with emotion. but he rallied with an effort and closed in manner that thrilled his audience. Staid and dignified sen- ators turned away and wept, and in the galleries tears welled to hundreds of eyes. It was a remarkable scene and the stiffness, until the last word had been pronounced, was as of death itself. As MT. Thurston sank into his seat and buried his face in his hands the galleries were swept by such tu- mutt of applause as has not in lone time been heard in the senate chamber
 MT Thurston's speech was in the main confined to the condition of the reconcentradoes. In detailing the fn- cidents and reciting the facts that came under his observations, MT. Thurstor said he had no desire to deal in hor- TOTS. eff I had my way" said he, 'el would shield the American public ever from photographic reproductions O
Arizona republican., 1898-03-25

tiful. On some the significance and appropriateness of the design has been destroyed in an unsuccessful effort to improve it's appearance. On most of them there is too much work, the devices are too elaborate, and the effort for artistic effect is overdone
 ''The designs could we'll be simplified and their beauty be thus increased and the csins remain brighter, and afford less chance for the accumulation of dirt"
Arizona republican., 1898-03-25

the war and navy departments so as to bring them into harmonious action on all measures. Captain Barker, naval aide of Secretary Long, was designated to represent the navy de- partment in this common plan of ac- tion. The representative of the war department has not yet been named. The navy department has succeeded in purchasing eight steam yachts and four tugs for use in the auxiliary naval fleet.
 The president said to several visit CTS today that he would do everything consistent with the honor and dignity of the country to avert war. He said he believed the government of Spain was also anxious for peace. The pres ident acknowledged that he believed the report of the board of inquiry will find that the Maine was blown up from the outside. His programme has been definitely decided. It is his purpose to treat the blowing up of the Maine as an incident.
 
 to congress on Monday. A brief mes sage relating to events leading up to that point and informing congress that the facts contained in the report have been cabled to Madrid to be laid before the Spanish government by Minister Woodford, will accompany it. No demand will be made upon Spain, but the laying of the facts before that government will be equivalent to call ing upon Spain for an explanation and such action as she may deem proper.
 It is the purpose of the house lead CTS to refer the report and message to the committee on naval affairs with out debate. The second part of the presidents programme touches the Maine question and involves interven- tion on humanitarian grounds within a week or ten days after the report of the board goes to congress. It will be intervention to relieve starvation in Cuba, and upon Spain's acquiescence in or objection to this act will depend peace or war.
 A prominent member of the house said that in his opinion the next two weeks would determine which it would be. Such information as exists here leads those close to the president to believe that the Spanish government will go to any length it dares to pre- serve peace.
 SPANISH DESTROYERS.
 Queenstown, March 24-The Span ish torpedo boat destroyers Onardo and Audaz arrived here today. They encountered heavy weather in the Irish sea. They will coal here and then proceed to Ferrol, Spain.
 NAVAL APPROPRIATION.
 Washington, March 24.-The naval appropriation bill was taken up in the house today and an arrangement was made to close the general debate to- morrow.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-25
MUNITIONS FOR TORTUGAS.
Schooner William T. Parker Leaves
 New York Heavily Laden.

New York, March 24.-The schooner William T. Parker, laden with muni- tions of war, sailed at noon today for Key West. On the Parker's deck were two revolving gun carriages and in her hold were a number of projectiles, which were manifested to Dry Tortu- gas. They will be landed at Key West and taken to their destination by government tugs.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-25
The Spanish Torpedo FlOtilla is Headed
 Westward. MOVED THE SENATE. A Dying Woman'S Plea Against the Awful Inhumanity
 of Spain.

Received With Such An OutburSt Of Senti- ment as Had Never Swept the Floor and Galleries of the Sem ate-Launching of the Kentucky and the KearSarge.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-25
PRICE OF COPPER

New York. March 24.-Lake copper. quiet, with s11.S71z bid, and SIP asked.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-25
WHEAT.

hicago. March 24-May wheat closed at $1.04.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-25
THE METAL MARKET

New York, March 24-Silver certifi- cates, 563s; silver bars, 56; Mexican dollars, 45.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-18
EASTERN BALL.
Cincinnati Beats Cleveland and the
Colonels Beat the Pittsburgs.

CINCINNATI, April 17.-Kelb was
given miserable support in the first in
ming and this, together with two triples
and a single gave the Reds five runs.
Hawley was in fine form and had the
visitors at his mercy. Attendance 10
600. Score: Cincinnati II, hits IL,
errors l: Cleveland /. hits 3, errors A..
Observation-Disclosures and PETIT; Kelb and
Criger. Umplres-oWartWoou ana
Wood
LOUISVILLE, April f7.-Tannhill
won his own game to-day. Besides
keeping the Colonies hits scattered he
hit a home run which brought in the
winning run. Attendance $4,000.
Score: Pittsburg D, hits 3, errors o.;
Louisville 4, hits II. errors l. Batter
Iies-Tannhill and Schriever: Fraser and
Wilson. Umpires-Cushman and Heyd-
Ter.
ST. LOUIS. April 17.--Following is the
score of to-day's game: Chicago Il,
hits IL. errors 2; ST. Louis /, hits q,
errors IL Batteries-Thornton and
Donohue; Carsey, Daniel, Hughey and
Clements Umpires-McDonald and
O'Day.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-18
CUBAN DEMONSTRATION.
Irving M. Scott Addresses One at
Santa Cruz.

SANTA ROSA, April 17.-One of the
grandest demonstrations ever held here
took place tonight The occasion was
an outburst of patriotism over the Gu
ba matter. At 7 o'clock a band led
Company E of the California National
Guard, to the headquarters of the
Grand Army of the Republic. From
there they marched to the Grand Ho-
tel where Irving M Scott of San
Francisco orator of the evening, was
welcomed and escorted by a commit
tee of prominent citizens to the Athe-
MUM.
The vast audience which had already
assembled arose when the old soldiers,
militia and speakers entered. Mr.. Scott
was introduced by Mayor James S.
Sweet. Mr. Scott delivered an eloquent
address, the subject being America and
her defenses, his remarks being illus
trated by a powerful stereopticon. He
showed a picture of the Maine which
evoked tremendous applause. He said
that it had always been the policy of
the United States to acquire territory,
whether contiguous or not.
At the close of the meeting the audi
ence cheered the speaker and the
United States 1t was one of the great
est demonstrations ever held in Santa
Rosa, and showed conclusively that the
people here are all for war with Spain,
if war is necessary to free Cuba.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-18
CLOSES THE DOOR.
Vote of the Senate Causes an I'm
favorable Impression in Madrid.

LONDON, April 1.-THE Madrid cor
respondent of the Standard tele-
graphing Sunday night says:
The vote in the Senate has caused a
most unfavorable impression in Mad
rid, as closing the door to an under
standing of any kind being arrived at
between the Spanish and American
Governments. Should President Nc
Kinley indorse either the idea of rec
ognition of Cuba, or of armed interven-
ton. no Spanish Government could toll
crate either of these courses without
risking the gravest consequences IN
Spain.
The unseemly precipitation of the
American parliament leads Spain TO
believe that such an aggressive and
provoking policy simply aims at max
ing a rush into a conflict before the re-
suits of the suspension of hostilties
with the insurgent chiefs and to pave
the way for their submission, even at
the price of considerable concessions.
A decisive turn in the relations be-
tween Spain and the United States is
expected to be reached toward the end
of the week, when resolutions having
been finally adopted by the Senate ana
House of Representatives, President
Mckinley will lay the American pre-
tensions before the Spanish Govern
ment, demanding a reply on the prln-
cipal points for settlement in the Gu
ban question and a cessation of all ma
val and military reinforcements, whlch