The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-04

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N,ak,v h improbable That the dprricl, can
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much hcratr the middle of next week
As faf thr dig derrick Monarch which Is
tNuuied 10 raise The turrets and OK
ttN,mely heavy weights from the hull, the
dafc Tor her sailing has not been set
although the department has inquired Of
the contractors on that point.
$500 FROM PRES DOLE
\ most substantial evidence of SYM
pathy for tho survivors VI the Maine
and tine families OF the victims came 10
hand ut the Navy Department to-day in
the shape Of a check Of $500 from ptesi-
dent Dole. Of Hawaii The money was
turned into the Maine relief fund.
1t is denied at the Navy Department
tina a.y request has been made upon
The Newport News Ship-huilding Com
pany to hasten the launch Of tho battle
ship KearSarge and kentucky, sci for
the oath Of this month some time age.
These two battle ships, the largest
ever built for the United States Navy
arc TO 10 completed and turned over 10
the government within ten months, If
finished under the terms of contract
They are now under construction by
tl1e Newport News Ship-huilding Com
pany and are to hc launched on the 2ith
instant.
The coal mining companies throughout
the country, especially those near the
seahosrl, have heen prompt i'm their Of
fers to the Navy Department. to furnish
coal in the event of trouble with Spain
and the Department has taken steps to
ascertain the probable supply and its
location, etc, available in the case OF an
emergency demand.
Mr. Du Bose, the Spanish Charge
d Affaires has. it is understood. pre-
scented complete memorandum ON the
alleged tilibuster trip of the DamtieSs.
with a view to having the vessel appre-
hended. While the information is as
serted by the Legation to establish the
recent expeditionary character of the
DauntleSs's trip, it declares it was not
and submitted evidence TO
the State Department to show that the
expedition proper failed to effect land
ing. but that Gen. Agramonte. Cuban
leader. got ashore in small boat and
is now wandering in the interior With
out having made juncture with the in
surgents.
SUPPLIES By THE BERGEN.
New York, March 3-The steamship
Bergen. of the Munson Line, sailing for
Southern ports tomorrow will carry the
following relief supplies to be distributed
among the suffering Cubans through
Consuls Brice, at Matanzas, and Barker,
at Sagua La Grande:
One hundred and sixty two cases of
milk; two hundred bags of rice: one hun
dred and twenty five bags of beams; four
teen thousand pounds of cod fish: twelve
thousand pounds bacon: four hundred
bags of cOrnmeal; twenty five tierces of
lard: SIX hundred thousand grains Of
quinine.
All has been purchased by the Cuban
Relief Society on donations received
from charitable societies, and persons of
disposition. The same
steamer will also carry miscellaneous
stock of goods in the shape of food and
the donations of outside com
mittees, aggregating about one hundred
tons III ALL