Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-18

+ AT tine Wnlte HOUSE,
Representatives and senators came in
4 twos and threes. When members of the
committee on foreign relations appeared
/ the interest without the presidents
room went up several degrees, but when
j Secretary Long and one or two other
I cabinet officers entered hurriedly that
I interest reached the pitch of excite
+ ment, inasmuch as several alarming ru-
mors had disturbed the center of the
/ city.
The president communicated with
members of the appropriations commit
I tee, saying that it might be necessary
TO call for an emergency appropriation
Of al millions fer additional ammu-
nition and wa supplies. The members
o. the committee promptly responded
thl taey would be ready for anything
when nigh. come.
sfci A. cage conferred Will the
plesldei;, an The report immediately
becatne eaffent 1hat &c vas co1muni-
CT ~ tlt Sew q. Gnenaiers, pre-
or ego,iats u war lean. The
- t.,zy would Mt Il ass the report
y eme viii at5- Authority that
PRESIDENT 4.aAin3ey Las caused DIS
pat hes 70 BE- scat TO tie governors O
All The 2te- akiny for information IS
e row ar paeentage Of the ma
s12i'''i euat- eoald p 8ceed an3er mafsh-
thE ofiet5 Wi,houa aa-ay at suoa9H
IN this conference it was decided thai
the wa { rtMent should mobilize TIE
Iaiilfia 81 he southern COST, probably
! al hey #ess, for immediate transfer 70
/ Clba, at Oh first "a OF hostilities.
Inc ira1dent was told that 10000
troops couId be concentrated at any
point IN Florida in the next four days II
they we're II eded.
assistant Secretary Meiklajohn OF the
We department was summoned 70 the
navy department. and held conference
With Secretary Long, the necessity OF
/ winch was withheld from inqulrers and
j che result Of which is equally secreted.
Nj. Meiklejohn has made arrange
ments to 80 20 Fortress Monroe aon
public business, as it is given ont at
III ~ o. tliAttib, diitl VIII nav " al
ing,on on Saturday. 1t was sud at the
assistant secratary's office that he was
sgoing on a visit to General Alger.
The boar Of ordnance and fortified
tions will COntinue in session i'll Wash
neton for some days. 1t has completed
the woik for which it receutlv met in
periodical convention, but the disaster
at Havana has induced General Miles,
the president Of tie board, to retain the
members III ssion.
The disposition Of The survivors, Cap
tain Dickens, acting chief of the navi-
cation bureau, has arranged for as well
as could b. from this distance The
wounded sailors i'll the Havana hospi-
tails, on the Spanish flagship and else.
where, when not i'll condition to be
brought back to Key West, will be care
fully looked after by Miss Clara Barton,
who has been given carte blanche tC
buy any and everything necessary, food,
clothing, delicacies and hire of nurset
and physicians. The wounded able tc
get across to Key West, which were
brought there ON the Olivette, will be
taken care of in the marine hospital
there. The sound survivors will be
quartered i'll the spare army barracks
| there.
AS for the Maine herself notwith-
standing Ctlscouraging reports from
| Lieutenant Hood as to her condition,
the navy department will make the eff
fort to raise her. While this is required
by every creditable sentiment, they say
that they are bound to remove the hull
from the small harbor in any case, aud
1t may be as easy or easier to raise her
as it would lie to destroy the hull and
machinery by the use of divers and dyn-
amite. 1t is believed that this work can
best be done by private wrecking cor
porations, and negotiations are already
afoot for placing the contract, based on
work by the day. at an estimated cost
of 100000.
At the navy department specific de-
MAI was given of the report, emanating
from Madrid, that torpedo fotilla was
about to leave Key West for Cuba 1t
was stated hat only two torpedoboats,
the Cusl IL and the Ericsson, are at
4 Key Yves. and these have not been
ordered, and will not be ordered, ac-
cording TO present plans, to Cuba. It
was strongly asserted that no present
/ purpose existed of sending any warship
! there.
SO far as could be learned, the only
! information us to the situation in Ha-
wanna that reached the president direct
came through the press dispatches. On
/ the streets there was noticeably less ex-
/ element than the day before, when the
/ people were 10th to believe that under
/ the circumstances the loss of the Maine
/ could be traced to other than Spanish
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