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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-11
PARTISAN DYE HOUSE
French Dyeing and Cleaning.

Ths only house in the Northwest that uses the
French process, We guarantee our work 20 be
s,,irtly nrst class. We hAvs no solicitors or
branch Offices All orders should be left at
90 WEST dALENA STREET BUTTE. MONT
PAUNIE, Proprietor.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14
ACTIVITY AT NEWPORT.
Torpedo Outfits and Defenses for
Narragansett Bay.

NEWPORT Or. u, March 13-There
has been the greatest activity to-day
at the torpedo station in preparing
charges for torpedo outfits, and also
in perfeeting the defenses at the en-
trance of Narragansett Bay. In the
machine shops at the station the 'athes
cutting the she'll for fuses and primers
We're run to their full capacity. while
extra hands We're in the fuseroom load
ing and packing. The gun cotton ana
smokeless powder plants are also being
pushed to their full capacity
1t is claimed that all this stir has no
war significance. and is only for the
purpose of catching up with orders. but
it is known that, while the orders for
fuses and primers were sufficiently nu-
merous to keep the plant in operation
in ordinary time for some months this
work had been so portioned out as to
be completed by the time the ships now
building were ready for supplies Since
the war scare there has been large
demand for fuses from the ships fitting
out and as there is practically no re-
serve supply extra work has been made
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14
READY FOR USE.
Railroads at Atlanta Prepared for
Moments Notice.

ATLANTA (Ga), March 13.-Orders
were received here tonight by the
Master Mechanics of all the railroads
entering this city 10 have every engine
oiled up and ready tor use at mo-
ment's notice. All railroad houses ard
yards are lighted up tonight AMI a
full force of men at work, an unusual
thing for Sunday night.
A trip to the roundhouse OF several
roads did not elicit any information.
Those in charge said the engines were
merely fired up for emergency and
that they always kept some ready to
be sent out in case of a breakdown or
putting out of extra trains. 1t was
denied that any orders had been re-
ceived to have any extra number OF en-
gines ready for use though the report
was current around the shops that a
movement of troops was expected early
in the week.
Acting under instructions believed to
have been received last night, che
Western and Atlantic had on full
force to-day. Engines which have not
been used for year, and freight ears
abandoned some time ago, are to be
overhauled. and all rolling stock is be-
ing repaired. The conference of rail-
road men in Washington to-day lent
color to the report that emergency work
had been ordered on several of the
roads. Although it is denied that such
an order has been issued it is known
that information reached Atlanta last
night looking to the pushing of this
work.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14
EUROPEAN CAPITAL.
While We Are DalIying, Other Ma
lions Secures the Cream.

NEW YORK, March ia dispatch
to the Tribune" from Havana says:
Events in the United States indicate
that the tests laid down in President
McKinley's message for solving thu
Cuban question are soon TO be applied.
Testimony to the justice of these tests
is furnished from an important source.
II comes from the investment of Eu-
ropean capital. English capitalists
have shown more confidence in the cer-
tainty of American Intervention than
have some of the American people.
For months they have been making ex-
tensive investments.
Now, it is understood that English
syndicates control most of the tobac-
co factories The consolidation OF
the railroad system is under theiG
guidance. Other enterprises have
their direction. All this has been go
ing on during a period when the shal =
ON OF Spanish sovereignty over Cuba
was disappearing. No single circuu-
stance would have justified the risk of
a dollar il it had rested on autonomy
bringing peace or the hope of Spain
being able to guarantee q stable Gov
eminent, nor has there been anything
TO encourage the belief that peace
would come in the wake of the con-
quering arms of the peninsula or that
the insurgents would be able to drive
the Spaniard from the island.
The English investors have taken no
Wildcat chances of that kind They
have gone forward in the face of what
might have proved a temporary period
or anarchy, or even a sixty days war.
Their business judgment has been based
on the deliberate conviction that either
the mediation or the Intervention of
the United States was inevitable. 1t
was their belief that Spain would be
unable to meet the conditions on which
the. President would be supported BY
the facts in saying that the cause Of
intervention had been removed. In a
less pronounced way representatives of
the French capitalists who have re-
Gently been in Cuba have reached the
same conclusion. This has been in the
face of the French holdings of Spanish
bonds. The German commercial inter-
ests, long ago strongly intrenched have
looked forward with complaisance.
mingled with Impotence, to the time
when the United States should end the
struggle.
Doubtless the representatives of these
European countries have reported the
situation to their respective govern
ments Most of them have made a
careful study of the economic prospects
as we'll as of the political and militar1
outlook. Large enterprises welcome
peace or forcible intervention as the
means of freeing them from burdens.
The Government owes everybody. In
the cities the gas companies and the
electric light companies can collect
nothing. IT they press for payment
thear plants are threatened with con-
hscation. The railroad company re-
ceived promises of future payments for
the transportation of supplies. Wien
they press for compensation they are
met with the point that the Govern
ment may take the roads Other i'm
portant creditors are held off in sim
liar way.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14
ACCEPTS WITH THANKS.
King Oscar Feels Gratified for Mi
Wellman's Offer.

WASHINGTON, March 13.-The
State Department has received from
the Government of Sweden and Nor
way King Oscars conditional accept
ance of the offer made through the
United States Government by Walter
B. Wellman to carry free of charge on
his North Polar expedition steamer
Laura, which is to sail from Thomso,
Norway, June 10Th, a party of Swedes
to search for their cOuntryman, Pro-
fessor Andree in Franz Josef Land
THE Government of the King does
not expect to send a search expedi-
ton" says the Minister of Foreign At
4, irs at Stockholm, but if no news of
-Andree is received by July, pleasure
will be felt if Mr.. Wellman will permit
several persons familiar with the Arc
tic regions to accompany his expedi-
ton for that purpose. The Govern
ment of the King has learned with deep
gratitude the courteous and generous
offer made by Mr.. Wellman."
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14
QUIET AT LEAGUE ISLAND.
THE BIG SHIPS ALL READY TO
START SOON.
Rush of Applicants for the Army
and Naval Branches, but
Few Accepted.

PHILADELPHIA, March 13.-!There
was a general absence at League Isl
and Navy Yard to-day of the unusual
activity which prevailed last Sunday
and the Sunday previous. A few
workmen were busy about the yards
and about the ships but their work
was of a finishing up character. The
Miantonomah, katahdin, Minneapolis
and Columbia are now all but ready TO
start within a day or two If so ordered
and whatever additional repairs may
be necessary can be attended to eli
route.
All the warships are coaled and have
most of their stores aboard and about
all that remains to be done now is I'd
replenish their stock of ammunition.
This will be done at the Government
magazine, short distance below the
navy yard and all the vessels will then
be ready for sailing at a moments no.
tice.
The Columbia is anchored in the river
and as soon as her marines arrive will
steam to the magazine.
The Government tug Leiden is ex
peeted tomorrow or Tuesday and Will
(C~NA y
West. It is reported that the Govern
ment is negotiating for the purchase
of a large number of barges in this<cty
to be used for carrying coal AMI sup
plies. The work of recruiting lands
men, ordinary seamen and machinists
will continue until further orders There
has been rush of applicants for the
army and naval branch all the week
but the officers in charge are accept
ing only those who pass a most rigid
examination in this connection. In
consequence only a few are being chos-
en- and these are men who come up to
every requirement
Comparative quiet also prevailed at
the other establishments in this vicin-
ity, capable of executing Government
work. The officials of the Midvale
Steel Works are always reticent about
work going on there, but from other
sources it was learned that the extra
forces of men have recently been work
ing on projectiles.
No Sunday work is under way at the
frankfort arsenal. Last week an
order was received there to work ten
hours day. but whatever contract
pleted for. the order was rescirded
last night. The average daily output
of cartridges there is $4,000 rounds.
put during the ten-hour day this could
be increased by from eight to ten
thousand. 1t is the only arsenal in
the United States where small anmu-
milton is made. The number of en-
ployes has been increased from 900 10
700 workmen
AT the Schuykill arsenal nothing was
gong on. This arsenal merely makes
clothing and tents for the regular army
ana sometimes for the State militia,
ana II employs about ninety persons.
There was work to-day at Cramps
yards, but it was on the new KIondike
steamers Indiana and PENNSYLVANIA.
Nothing was being done on the battle
snip Alabama or the japanese cruiser
Kasagi.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14
COURSING AT THE BAY.
Rosette, Cavalier and Chartist
Were the Money Winners.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.-At the
Union Coursing Park to-day Curtis &
Sons captured practically the first
three prizes and took S395 of the $500
stake. Rosette Cavalier and Chartist
were the money winners. The first
round was run OFF yesterday. The re-
suits to-day We're:
Second round-Coralie beat Chit
Chat; Rosette beat Santa Alicia; Com
modore beat Douglass; Grow Dog beat
Van Traille, in a bye, ST. Lawrence be-
ing injured; Bonita beat Sportman;
Chartist beat Mercy May; Tod Sloan
beat Green Valley Maid; Cavalier beat
Diana; Susie beat Gallagher; Terrona
beat White Chief; Firm Friend beat
Theron; Magic beat Mountain Beauty;
Rusty Gold beat JOY Bells Lissak beat
Waratah
Third round-Rosette beat Coralie;
Crow Dog beat Commodore; Chartist
beat Bonita; Cavalier beat Tod Sloan;
Terrona beat Susie; Magic beat Firm
Friend; Lissak beat Rusty Gold.
Fourth round-Rosette beat Crow
Dog; Chartist beat Terrona; Cavalier
beat Magic; Lissak lost a bye with
Rusty Gold.
Fifth round-Rosette beat Chartist
in bye, Cavalier beat Lissak.
Final-Rosette beat Cavalier.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14

compulsory, and that, too, without pro-
yiding for regular orders In the
magazine at Rose Island there are sew
eral thousand pounds of Dupon. cot
ton, purchased at the time of the burn
ing OF the factory here. This is used
for the loading of torpedo war heads.
Tomorrow another consignment Of
Whitehead torpedoes will come fcon
the Bliss Company's works at Brook
lyn.
The torpedo boats Gwynn and Talbot
had steam up to-day, ready TO be
turned over to the officers and crew.
who are expected tomorrow. Early
tonight the torpedo boat Stiletto re-
turned Unexpectedly from New York,
where she had been all winter for tests
of her oil-burning furnaces. 1t is as
sumed that she will be used for carry
ing smokeless powder to Newport, as
it is produced here.
A vessel load of powder arrived at
Fort Adams to-day, and another lot is
expected by rail soon. This morning
there arrived several tons of cables
for submarine mines. for both the midi
Gle and west passages of the bay.
Mines, anchors and firing appar atus
are already at hand.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14
THE MAMMOTH DRY DOCK.
WORK ORDERED COMMENCED
AT ONCE.
VIII Accept no Subsidy, and 1t
Will Receive Two OF the
Largest Battleships.

CINCINNATI (O). March ia spe-
cial to the Commercially Tribune" from
Newport News, Va, says:
Coils p. Huntington, principal OWL
er of the Newport News Ship Build
ing and Dry Dock Company. has given
instructions to commence work on the
mammoth dry docks at once. This de-
termination on the multimillionaire
part is the result OF conference held
in Washington last week between his
lieutenant Calvin Il. circuit, President
of the ship building company. and Sec
Rotary Long.
MI Huntington Will accept no sub
Isidy from the Government He viii. fur
nish the S1000.o00 or more, if neces-
sary. TO build the dock. and viii keep
in close touch with his aides from san
Francisco, whence he will go in a few
days.
The dock will be, when completed.
900 feet in length and ninety feet IN
breadth. 1t viii be constructed after
the most modern ideas, and will be ca
pable of receiving two Of the largest
battleships at one time. II is under
stood that 1000 men Will be employed
at once to push the work to compile
ton. All the necessary soundings have
been made. and the material viii he
ordered at once. The site for the new
basin viii be directly north of the pres
ent dock, which is now the largest in
American waters, although lacking l.
few feet of being able to receive the
tirst-class battleships of the navy. The
new dock win be the largest on the
continent
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14
A Mining Broker Shoots His
Wife.
He Then Turns His Revolver on
Himself.
Believed That the Shooting Was
Caused by Dispute Over Bust
ness Affairs Three Bullets
Struck Her and She Cannot
Recoyer-Her Husband Made
Sure Work With Himself.

SAN FRANCISCO March 13.-About
5 O'Clock this evening Andrew SCHUYLER,
a financial and mining broker, fatally
shot his wife and committed suicide
at his office, $40 California street. 1t
is believed that the tragedy was caused
by i dispute over business affairs.
SCHUYLER, who is 20 years old, had
been separated from his wife, we'll
preserved woman of 10, for over two
years She had been married before,
her former husband, Eugene Owles,
who died in 1892, leaving her valuable
estate. She frequently accused Schulz
Ter of having diverted the greater por
ton of this property to his own use.
and she stated this evening that the
object of her visit to his office to-day
was to obtain some money he had
promised her. What passed between
them in the office is not known.
Suddenly two shots fired in rapid sue
cessipn were heard. and j. c. Bunner,
a well-known civil engineer, occupying
an adjoining office, rushed into the
hallway just in time to see SCHUYLER,
pistol in hand purusing his fleeing wife
She fell to the floor, and as she lay
PROSTATE the enraged husband fired
three more ShOtS at nSr, efnptylnS MS
revolver. He then attempted to beat
her over the head with the butt of the
pistol but was prevented from striking
his victim by Bunner, who had prompt
~ interfered and who narrowly es-
capped being struck by one of the flying
bullets. SCHUYLER, who was excited to
the point of frenzy, exclaimed that he
was tired of being bounded by the
woman, to whom he applied the most
vulgar epithets He then returned to
his office, While Bunner assisted the
wounded woman TO the street door. 1t
was locked, and Bunner was surprised
to lind that Mrs. SCHUYLER had the keys
of the building in her pocket. How
she obtained them is a mystery.
The woman was at once taken to the
branch receiving hospital. while Bun
ner and a policeman returned to the
office of her husband AS soon as they
knocked at the door a shot was heard,
and on entering his dead body was
found on the floor, the shot he had fired
with suicidal intent having done It's
work instantly.
An examination made at the hospital
showed that Mrs. SCHUYLER had been
struck by three bullets, two penetrat-
ing the lungs from the back and one
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14
A PROGRAMME OUTLINED.
Mckinley Thought to be Willing to
Arbitrate the Question.

ST. PAUL, March 14.-The Globes"
| Washington special says:
The President and his Cabinet know
unofiicially the result of the Maine in
quiry.
They are prepared to act.
They have canvasSed the course of
events. so far as they can foresee them,
and have formulated a policy to meet
the emergency. Along its lines the Ad
ministration expects to move unless il
is swept off its feet by wave of
popular dissatisfaction.
| The Globes" special correspondent
is able 10 present the forecast of events
as viewed by the President and his
Cabinet. 1t can be outlined thus
First-The Board of Inquiry will re-
port this week that the explosion was
external.
Second-The President will immedi-
| ately through Minister Wooaford de-
mand from Spain an decentralization of
| sic. 100000
Third-Spain is expected TO reply, ex-
| pressing her Willingness to pay if she
! is responsible, but maintaining that her
own investigation shows that the ex-
plosion was internal and purely acct
dental. She will therefore suggest ref
erence TO an international Board of Ar
| bitralion.
Fourth-In such an event the Ad-
ninistration would be disposed 10 COM
ply with the suggestion, unless there is
an emeute in Havana or an irresistible
demand for war sweeps through Con-
gress.
Fifth-If Congress acquiesces in the
suggestion. the attempt will be made to
adjourn the body and leave the whole
matter in the Presidents hands.
Sixth-It is expected that large ma
jority of Congressman will claim that
such a matter of honor cannot be arbi-
trated. 1t is further expected that the
leaders of both houses, including Sena
| tor Davis of Minnesota, will favor arb
tration
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14
THE STORY EXPLODED.
There Is NO Such Thing as a New
port Torpedo"

NEWPORT R. -, March 13.-Lieu-
tenant Commander Mclean was inter-
viewed at the torpedo station in re-
gard to the report that the Maine had
oeen blown up by Newport torpedo
The Commander is authority for the
statement that there is no such thing
as Newport torpedo" 4las
The station here is largely for ex-
perimental purposes in the way of try
ing and testing torpedoes and it has at
various times experimental with the
Whitehead, Howell and Cunningham
torpedoes. The Whitehead torpedo
which is the projectile in general use
in the United States navy. although the
Howell is used to some extent. is an
automoblle device. In the center of
the projectile which is made in sizes
OF sixteen and eighteen feet in length
is cylinder for the reception of COM
pressed air. which feeds the mechan-
ism in the tail of the torpedo. In
front of the cylinder for compressed air
IS placed the war head which usually
contains in the neighborhood of 900
pounds of gun cotton. When the tor
pedo is prepared for action it is placed
in firing tube.
Inc Hrlng TUBE being discharged
throws the projectile a distance OF fif-
teen or twenty feet and the compressed
air in the tank is released and supplies
the motive power for the mechanism
In the tail. Enough compressed air
IS stored to carry the torpedo ] 800 or
l.So0 yards. The distance which the
torpedo is intended to travel may be
gagged by the adjustment of the me-
chanism in the tail of the tornado.
When the projecti1e strikes an object the
gun cotton is exploded by detonation
by means of a illuminate of mercury
In the form of cap. The force of the
discharge of 22O pounds of gun cotton
is sufficient, If properly placed to sink
Warship, as was demonstrated in the
Brazilian instruction when a single
torpedo destroyed four COMPARTMENTS
on the battleship Aquidaban. sinking
that vessel, although she was under
her own steam to get from her moor
ings to the dock a few hundred wards
away.
The Howell torpedo differs from the
Whitehead only in the mechanism
while the Cunningham torpedo is pow
erful. swift and destructive, but I'M
controla Bile
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14
CLUTCHING AT HINTS.
spain is Glad to Hear Amy Express
sion of Good Will.

LONDON, March lathe Madrid
correspondent of the Times says the
statement of the Berlin correspondent
OF La Correspondence De Espana /"
that Emperor William at a private dim
ner last week declared: $50 long as
William II. is the German Emperor
the United States shall not possess
themselves of Cuba is not confirmed
The correspondent, however, adds:
The report has stimulated a specu-
iation in Madrid as to the support
Spain is likely to receive there Der
mn. This speculation. however. is
marked by an inability to distinguish
properly between moral sympathy and
material assistance, so that the slight
est hint of good will thrown out by
foreign newspapers or diplomatists is
clutched at as an earnest of impend-
ing alliance.
Bat the prevailing conjectures are
very wild and appear to be based on no
concentrated information"
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14
ARIZONA PRESS.
Resolutions Passed Indorsing Nc
Kinley's Course.

TUCSON (Ariz.), March 13.-The Ari-
IONA Press Association in session I'M
animously adopted the following reso-
luton, offered by l.. c. Hughes:
That in view of all the facts the
press of Arizona believe that the time
has come for our Government to rec
ognize the belligerency of Cuba. We
commend the prudence and wisdom of
the National Administration in the
course being pursued with reference to
the terrible calamity in the destruction
of the cruiser Maine and her gallant
crew; and that the press of Arizona will
loyalty sustain President Mckinley in
any measure he may adopt to main
tain the honor, dignity and rights of
our republic, both at home and abroad >
A. 7. Bird of Oasis, was elected Pres
ident of the association and Charles
w. Pugh, Secretary.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14
A LIGHTNING GUN.
1t Far Outdoes in Efficiency any
Former Machine Gun.

SAN ANTONIO (Tex.), March 13.-J.
w Greer, a mechanical engineer Of
this city, is now negotiating with the
War Department for the purchase of
an automatic machine gun for fortifi-
cations and floating batteries, which
he has invented and patented. The
department is now making a test with
gun constructed on the lines of Mr.
Greers patent. which will fire 800
three-inch projectiles per minute The
fastest machine gun heretofore invent
ed throws but eleven three-inch shots
per minute. The Greer automatic gun
can be constructed for still heavier
ammunition and will fire four-inch pro-
jectiles at the rate of $50 per minute.
A feature of the gun which commends
it at this time is that the invention can
be employed on the guns now in use
by the department and can be manu-
featured in very short time.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14
CoURsING AT INGLEsTDE.
Moondyne Beat Patria and Old
Glory Beat High Born Lady.

SAN FRANCISCO. March Is. The
results in the all-aged coursing stake
at Ingleside to-day were as follows:
First ties-Glen Roy beat Van Nida;
Victor a bye; Johnny r. beat Occlden-
tai; Moondyne beat Gilt Edge; Long
Boy beat Princess Marie: Right Bower
beat Rapid; Bendalong beat Just Ec.ips-
ed; Swinnerton beat Sly Boy; Patria
beat Van Media; Van Cloie beat Black
Prince; Magnet beat Fireball; White
Lily beat Senorita
In the second ties, Glen Roy beat
Victor; Moondyne beat Johnny R.; Log
Boy beat Right Bower; Bendalong beat
Swinerton; Patria beat Van Cloie;
White Lily beat Magnet.
In the fourth ties. Moondyne beat Log
Boy; Patria a bye.