Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-04

- ."- NIL IN uIHH
the Newport News ~Shipbuildirpg Com
Iany to -h&lsten the launch of the bat
t"Shtps k~earsarge Hnd Kentucky. set
Tor the Nth of This month some time
ago.
Thes%, tw" b~o,ttleshfps. tn. h,r,-,.st
ever built for th@ Uuited States navy.
are TO Ire completed and turned over to
the HoNeflGtINailt wi3hM9 ten months. if
finished under TN terms If contract.
IhSy are now url'5r corsit.uctiun by
'he Newport News Shipbuiid ng Com
parry ana axe to be launched on the 2ith
instant.
Inc coal mining companies through
%,"1 tiHe country. especially thlse n~.r
the S@ohbrard. have beer prompt in their
oilers To uhe Navy Department to- furn-
ish coz IN the event of trouble with
SPAN. alrd the Department. has taken
steps TO ascertain tire p1fbabsa snpnlv
"!Na IT'S l"cat"n, etc, avafoh.e in the
case OF an emergency demand.
Hlr: Du Eose the spanish Charge
dtAffairvs, has. it is underSto d. pre-
Sehttd q romnIste memorandum. on The
aIisSeI fiFInustvTsng trip of I'll DauJt-
less. with a view to having the vessel
appiethendad. White the fnrormatio,
IS "sseriei by the Legation to establish
me recent expeditIpnary character of
tfe A'auatiesS trip, 1T declares it was
hro successful. and submitted evidence
20 the State Department to Shy1w ma,
ehe expectation proper failed to effect ,
InidEhS. but that General Agram2nra a
49, a, .iH'-F', Sot ashore IN a small
80 ~ ~ IU," Wahdsa>@ng In the in
wi ~, 49, Ni'S tnaie a juncture
SoI~Ier. seIIts;
NEW YORK. March 3.-Gener,,
Wesley Merritt returned today rr,,m
MS Jour or Inspection OF the southern
E,,st pr,l,,, m II ueParttlent OF the
sta,t rnr ~ W. nn.'"" d week ne Will
Sne,, kinr ~ bts ,I, .
said: ''"' "eheral NlerfNtt
II am ,>a,ss, =, .,
,,t,nS In axna1I.n, - 'nuiNu ule
were all tbr, njctn- 90 t-o .ne men
rer1,lat ions az thn sar,ina ai'o ~
feet. first Won't To No., -
at Atlanta, GA Th4.n want dnwn -,
Fort Raranoas and p.ns,rni, E,nr "
there bourne we'd TO New 0rtza,s v-hara
l stopped over two DAYS 10 tnsr,ert
jackson barracks. / did not so to Fort
ST. Phillip. for the reason THAT none of
my troops are ga rriSOnei there.
II may have "a. few suggestions for the
Improvement of some of the posts l
visited. but I do not care to discuss
that just now. I have nothing to say
on the subject of the Maine disaster.
more than that it was lamentable AMID
d-plora BILE in the extreme"
COURT AWAITING ORDERS.
KEY WEST. Fila, March %.-Judge
EtuN'Nitt -'it N N$S Iib ofiiS NilNei ~
th-a couat of inquiry ON shore to-day.
Captain Sampson remained on beard
the Iowa and Captain ChaNihHiok and
Lieutenant Commander Potter on the
New York. Even the stanypraphers
toJk a holDlay. Some hitch has occurred
in tho mans of the court ;fh0,,o-h " has
fn+n und,.,sto5d thar me members a re
awaiting orders from WASHINGTON
through A,lmjrs Sicard
An u~nidentiia1 f.A3y- from, .be. N,ina
wreck was brought here. this morning
ON baurd the coast survey steamer
Bacne: One gum Gsvisllul from the
,.Ln. 49,, 800, "a ~ - nnu"Ien. ua-
~, raran.iI r. ~ -Ntiust-
HEnc,aIIo Li.s ,oaaHa M So'r.li'lloe'
on bara7 ar +ba. Il.,n. a. ha,, o.t nc
wairi,r l,Nt +, urn,s.d =, ~ =, nan1 \.
for tth, ,,,tn, ,,,hirh ~ :, ,,an - H.
~, - ne,ar 1891, ""D' "a ~ ="
anna snrines n . Main Nv, CO, @~ -"
nm OWL. ,r tbt. ,...,ossLn nh
MARTY ,b,.a,j r,rn af,iSh "a. ', hi r.,. ~,t,a.N
hn,{.I h. 1rI,,r,a. ~ ~ go.
Cbar,ajr pn,-c. - ~, Irn;,as S77a -.
r,s,'sar Nv ynrl. in n,,,rnr. 49,
wagon cnn, ,i,tnc. ~ con, In2SSI' ~
each sf1. NV fnI,,, :, 80. rnn,n,on 1D ,
NcCafj, ~
Err p7,.s,ths v,. ,1,,aa d, .ha r,u
w.a,,h coy@re3 m ,,otin '9
The rrrv-F n,s~.n, frcr.as, (, INV,
beers as the prcra-s,r, nassau ,na sra,,1
haraheada4i as ~. rar'at,- 49, -
to the cemetery Al tha S.m,n,erv ~
~i.",,r~~;.. .s~s a shNrt s.ryina rhe,a
Were no demonstrations
Lupkin. Walters. Shea and u,frron
wounded MEM. of Che ,raine, were
brought here from TUn-tuSas ON board
the !Baeha ot-day and Were taken to the
barracks. They are all NbinG Well. The
ilve nddIt."nT survivors who were left
at me IortuGaS by the Batihe are also
hiakiff& progress toward recovery.
SpANIAPnS NDJcN,\-r
TtnpIu, IN 9Sostiteu fress.)
.fan 49, r.<tce Lltrisl'a-
,hat nrs 49, wtS ols'ntah papers
n,an, ~ ~. ~. i. ,Ttrarn rwiS t II govern
inc in' ~ - ~ 80 " N.rSss W iepty-
div ds7 ~ ~. g ,,a ar', y" tlre A'ns"ltIl
fIn,a"M ~ eApfa'-n''"ais ABOUT the De
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