The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-24
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Hsrss ~ Hts WAy.
rs Developments % the snesniag tor
gks s.sseas diverted assswsssa frsn TIA
r.@srt Of the cear. os Inquiry. which 10
row cs iss way 10 waES.Esson Ia eaaxxe
OF gaafs-Aesssase Mark. IL addition 10
ire press dispatches ooaseraing Lieut.
kSs5xs trip. Secretary Islux has reserved
his sxn asaesxi adviSss that sas ossseer 10
o. hie way The 1xy<cssfiea among TIRE
oGzicsxis IL inst Lieut. Mark viii arrive
Fr.dzy asosnins. He win come c!seet 20
Eecfeta=y Loux and place the report In
bis hands. The secretary viii convey IL
at once TO TIE r.essdsnt. This all give an
cpportanity FOR Ste confederation b. sss
cabinet ~ the regular meeting on Friday.
Asafns the Hesesse Custrss.
In addition to other preparations for pos
sibte trouble. TAG sasy department today
took steps toward utilizing ten Of the sea-
eulng revenue cutter. fer use along the
Atlantic coast. Capt. Shoemaker. cssssf OF
the ressnue cutter service. conferred wisa
Assistant sserstary Roosevelt during the;
dAy on the plans fer turning over these
cutters TO the navy. They will be arst
sent to norfolk, whera additional xuas
viii be mounted. ard then VIII pressed 10
KEY West ard become part OF the
sQuadraa there. .Thsr main ssrvlee. how
ever. viii be a. naval pscksts. a fleet of
these CATERS being maintain.d os:sssa. the
cruisers and bastleships The revenue cut
ssr serviss INV haa ready for instant and
active service tsi line officers. Is engineers.
80 enlisted men and 10 vessels. OF which
u are Oh the Atlantic coast. Two others
a14 In course Of construction. and vita
rush orders can be ready for service with
n three or four weeks. The Manning
che Gresham. the Algpnquin. tbs Onon-
haga and the W;adom ara all new. fast
snd efflcisn, yss>els ana could go any
where and perform any service that any
vessel Of their class could perform. The
Manning Ia cons.dessd an eightesn-knot
boat All Of th~m. IL IL said. could be
quickly converted into torpedo boats or
Dynamite cruisers. Whether this last move
will be maae 10 not yet definitely dscsdssi.
Secretary Long said today that II had be-
come evident that torpedo boats could not
be bought abroad. and could not be built
soon enough In this country. 20 that We
might have to equip other craft With tor
pedocs.
improvements ~ fePtugas.
The navy department opened bids today
for extensive improvements at Org Tor
n
tin treasury t. the war department. These
consist Of TWO solid steel piers to be con-
structed at Dry Toftugss with two exsen-
sive coal sheds and an elaborate meehan-
;caI equipment Ter leading naval vessels
with coal. At Key West the improve
sheds with similar machinery Cor loading
warships with COST The bids ranged from
&i,lsi.D 90 for the entire wussssdownto about
tto9ue. The awards win he made within
. day or two
TeS Qusstiens 90 he Treated Apart.
The prevailing impression among the
Republican leaders OF the house II that
the president will intervene In Cuba ON
humane grounds. but |, II positively stat
ed by one Of them who is close TO the
president that the Intervention viii no,
come an,E after the report of the board
of inquiry goes TO Congress.
The two questions viii DC treated sepa-
rateiy." said he today. and the message
relative TO Cuba will be sent to congress
soon after the report Of the Maine quss-
ton"
The Cuban message ~ forecas,ed by a
prominent Republican. Will waive the
question ~ the Maine disaster. aud put.
ting aside that awful occurrence win be
IN effect declaration 10 Spain that the
present method. of warfare IN Cuba must
cease, 1t VII. result in Intervention In
case Spain .feuurs. The message wfi he
accompanied by the report of the eonsuls
in cuba.
: Mr.. polliver tfteni says that interven-
sion on humane grounds will place oar
action up"n a moral level that would
command the bread sympathy OF the
world We eeu.d sfyerd he says. to waive
all question as 10 the Maine. IL the board
does not fix sae responsibility for the dis
aster on Spain, in order to make the
grsatsr issue
The n~eert VIII lie startling.
A prominent member Of tho heuse who
has hssu several times In consultation
with the president recently. and who pos
ss*ses as mach unofficial information Of
che cause Of the Maine disaster probably
as the esesisn; does, says tbat while the
fspnst OF the tsasrd viii NOS rS The 20.
speaslhglifs gor she explosion. n wsll be
startling IN ia nature.
Tno Information 8, shs capitol - saas
already 81 asn~n 81 the sesaso appro-
p~tatan for the national defense has eeen
expended ar contracts entered into Cor its
eNperdisurc.