The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-04
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ARRANGEMENTS are being made for the
trip OF the cruiser Montgomery and
gunboat Nashville to Cuban ports with
relief supplies. The navy department
was advised to-day that the Mallory
line steamer leaving New York next
Saturday would carry free Of charge
seventy-fve tons OF supplies, TO be
transferred to the Montgomery and
Nashville at Key West. The Mallory
steamer Is expected to take about four
days In the run down the coast, so that
the transfer to the warshlps and their
start TO Cuba cannot be rDadc before
next Thursday. The two warships
were poorly adapted for carrying sup
piles, having scant quarters for their
own supplies OF cordage. provisions,
canvas and ships equipments. II Is only
because they Gan make the run In day.
light that any attempt Is made to carry
the sevcnty.flve tons OF supplies. These
Will be stored on the spar decks and
with good weather the daylight run will
not subject them to any damage. Tho
relief measures are proving unexpected
ly successful, the supplies running In
TO the carloads and hundreds OF tons.
Chairman Barton, OF the Central Gu
ban relief committee. has advised the
state department that donations arc
coming forward In great abundance,
not only In money, but moro particular
ly In the form OF provisions OF all de-
script!ons. The Oregon committee pro-
misses ten carloads and possibly twenty
and the Minneapolis and other western
committees are Offering shipments by
the carload. We had to-day upon the
pier OF the Manson line nearly one hun
dred tons ready for their steamer, SAIL
Ing Friday, which they had kindly Of
fered to take to Matanzas and Sagua."
The Maine relief fund under Mrs.
Longs management. to-day reached a
total o. ss.ll3. f II
The only telegram relating to the
Maine disaster that came 10 the navy
department during the day was the fol-
lowing from Commander Forsyth, at
Key west:" Bache arrived. Brought
one body unidentified. and Paul Lotus.
H.,
passer; John Hefrner. ordinary seaman;
Thomas J. Waters, ordinary seaman,
wounded. from Tortugas. Tho wounded
will ihe sent to the army. hospital. The
funeral OF the body has started for the
cemetery" 20
In; the course Of the inquiry into the
naval resources OF the United States an
order has been Issued to make a test
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tors at the League Island navy yard.
These are single turreted craft that
are armed with big smooth-bore
guns In turrets that could likely be
pierced by the modern high powered
rifles Of the oattlesh!ps, but they would
still be OF service In an emergency.
There are eight OF the monitors at
League Island and the government owns
several others that are now loaned to
the naval militia organizations OF some
OF the states. Those at League Island
are the following: 60
Canonicus. AIahopac, Manhattan.
Catskill. Jason, Lehlgh, Montauk and
Nahant. They are all between 1,S0O
and 200 tons displacement and draw
very little water so that they can take
UP advantageous positions on shoals
commanding channel approaches. The
Intention Is to turn over the old en-.
glnes and work the machinery that is
made to turn the turrets. II It can be
made to work at all. During the course
OF the day similar inquiries to that
made bS the Japanese legation, as to
the number OF her subjects aboard the
Maine came to the navy department
from the German and the Swedish le-
cations and 1t Is expected that others
Will follow. Nearly every nationality
was represented In the Names big
crew. g.-7iE g