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The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31
MORE TORPEDO BOATS.
Preparations For Great Increase In Fight
ing Vessels.

Washington. March go = President
Mckinley is considering the adyisabili-
ty of investing 81, 1000, 900 in the construc-
ton of 100 torpedo boat destroyers and
| torpedo boats.
Should there be any evidence OF
failure Of the peace negotiations now IN
progress, there is no doubt in the minds
of naval officials that the president Will
authorize the expenditure of this sum
of money in order that the navy may be
strengthened at its weakest point In
anticipation of the decision of the pres
ident to build the boats, plans for their
hulls and machinery have been prepar-
ed and contracts can be let as soon as
the decision is formally announced.
The proposition to build 100 torpedo
boat destroyers aIsl torpedo boats arose
as a result of the failure of the agents
of this government abroad to purchase
a satisfactory number of vessels of
these types. Up to the present time but
| two torpedo boats, one a seagoing boat
and the other intended only for harbor
defense, have been secured, and the au-
] thorities admit that there is little like
Iihood that any further boats will be
purchased.
In view of this fact, Secretary Long
directed Chief Naval Constructor HIGH
born and Engineer In Chief Melville to
report to him the number, displacement
and cost of torpedo boat destroyers and
| torpedo boats which should be built by
this government. This report was sub
mitted to Secretary Long yesterday,
| and by him has been presented to the
president for official consideration.
1t is stated that the report of the Of
ficials recommends the construction of
about 80 destroyers of from 1926 to $50
tons displacement, capable of making
a maximum speed of 80 knots an hour
and to be built within period of four
or five months. The torpedo boats are
to be each of about 100 tons displace-
ment and capable of making a speed
of from 20 to % knots. The boats must
be completed within 90 days.
The department has selected the Off
GERS who will be assigned to command
the yachts which are being converted at
the Brooklyn navy yard into auxiliary
gunboats. One of these will be Lieu
| tenant W. H. H. Switzerland, now the
executive officer of the dispatch boat
Dolphin. His selection for the com
mand is a source of genuine satisfac-
| tion to his friends at the navy depart
ment and in the service.
Captain w 7 Sampson, commander
in chief of the aorth Atlantic station,
I has selected Lieutenant S. A. Staunton
as his flag lieutenant, and it is expected
he will nominate his flag secretary
within the next few days.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31

New York, March 20.
FLOUR-State and western was weak and
lower to sell; city mills patents, $5.75a6; win
ter patents, S4.e5a525; city mills clears, $5.50a
SOS; winter straights, $4.5Oa4.60.
WHEAT-No. red was weak and lower ow-
ing to bearish cables and disquieting news
from Washington; March, 9814a9Sesc.; May, 9s14
a9SAc.
RYE-Easy; No. 2western, 5sa5s14c., I. O. b.,
afioat, to arrive.
CORN-No. sold off under additional
liouidation May, 53ssa355sc.
OATS - No. 2 duh and weak; track, white,
state, 82aSec.; track. white, western, 82a38c.
PORK Quiet; mess s9.50a9.75; family $lla
11.50
LARD-Steady prime western steam, IS. 22515.
nominal.
BUTTER Firm; state dairy, 14a1sc. state
creamery, 16al91ac
CHEESE Quiet; large, white September,
7ISc small, white September, 6as14c
EGGS-Firm; state and Pennsy ivania, 10a
lOt4c. western, 101Sc.
SUGAR-Raw quiet and steady fair refin-
ing, size; centrifugal, 90 test, 4c. refined
teady crushed, 5ssc. powdered, 5 s. -l6c
TURPENTINE- at 325zaSS1zc.
MOLASSES- Steady; New Orleans, 2saS3c
RICE Firm domestic, 41Sa61zc. Japan, 515c.
TAfsLoW-s STEADY; city, ll-lee.: country,
sszasszc
HAY Dull; shipping aoasSc.; good to
choice, 55a7Oc.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31
Canal sale Plan Defeated.

Albany, March Ex-senator Pavey' 8
resolution proposing to amend the con-
stitution so as to allow the state to dis
pose of the canals to the federal gov
Iernment was disposed of in the senate,
when it was defeated on final passage
by vote of 80 to Is. Senator Pavey
urged the passage of the bill. Senator
Cantor, Senator Guy and others oppos-
ed the measure. When the final vote
was taken killing the resolution, Sena-
tor Pavey thanked his colleagues for
their consideration. He then made the
usual motion to reconsider but this was
tabled
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31
sagasta Wins the Elections.

Madrid, March 2S.-The result of the
elections yesterday for the popular
branch of the cortes is that Premier Sa-
gasta and the Liberal party will remain
in office. The indications are that the
government win have an enormous ma
jority, estimated at 800 of the 432 seats
in the congress. In this city the polls
were almost deserted and the elections
were conducted in an orderly manner.
There were serious disturbances, how
ever, at Bilbao, Barcelona, Biscay, Ma
varre, Catalonia, Valencia and Durango.
At the latter place one man was killed.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31
stole Nearly 600. 600.

st. Paul, March 24.-James H. South
all, chief clerk in the United States en-
gineer's office for the last Is years until
a few months ago, has confessed to the
president of the st. Paul bank that he
had swindled various banks and indi-
viduals to the extent of nearly 100000
by the issuance of forged time checks.
More than SO banks are interested,
half a dozen Of them being in st. Paul,
one in Hartford and others all over the
country, from Des Moines to Boston.
Southall was arrested last night on an
order from Washington and locked up
in the Ramsey county jail. Bail was
fixed at S25,000 but he was unable to
secure the sureties.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31

Drydock company yesterday in the
presence of an immense crowd. There
was not hitch in the programme, and
cheers from 10000 throats greeted the
latest additions to the United States
navy as they slid from the ways, the
prov of the Kearsarge sprinkled with
foaming champagne and the Kentucky
christened with pure water from a
spring at the birthplace of Abraham
LINCOLN
Miss Christine Bradley daughter of
Governor Bradley, christened the Ken
lucky, and Miss Herbert Winslow, wife
of Lieutenant Commander Winslow,
broke the t ADDITIONAL bottle of cham
pagne over the bow of the Kearsarge.
There are larger battleships than the
Kearsarge and Kentucky, but the two
vessels launched yesterday embody in
their design and construction the high
est develc pment up to date in offensive
and defensive warfare as applied to the
coast line of the United States. Into
their broad hulIs are packed all of the
engine power, the armor and ordnance
that the highest scientific ability is
able to concentrate in floating struc-
ture that is able to seek a base Of oper-
ations, a supply of fuel and ammuni-
tion and an opportunity to heal wounds
received in battle This consideration
was kept in mind by Chief Constructor
Hichborn when the Kearsarge and Ken
tuclxy We're planned. This is the ex-
PLANTATION of the fact-a new one in
naval design-that these ships, with a
displacement Of 11,525 tons, draw only
23 feet inches of water less than the
armored cruisers New York and Brook
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31
I. RREST OF A CASHIER
N. STEELE or TIE SINGER
LY BANK IN The TOLLS.


1t 1 Al'esed That l-e mace 's"ru'
Statements to tie Comptroller isezarsi-
;ny the Condition or the Now lsa.la..,i,st
,,..,a, rns..4.s.
Philadelphia. March 20. - Following
the collapse Of the Guarantors' Finance
company and the suspension OF the
Peoples bank there came last night an
other bank sensation in the arrest on
warrant issued BY United states Dis
trict Attorney Beck of Cashier Wllilam
w Steele Of the Chestnut Street Ma
tional bank, of which institution the
late William M. Singerly was president
The bank closed its doors in the latter
part of December, and Bank Examiner
Hardt Immediately took charge he
began an investigation, the result Of
which was the warrant for the cashier
arrest. Steele is charged with. making
false reports and statements TO the
comptroller of the currency. He enter
e} $1,000 bail for a hearing before Unit
ed states Commissioners Edmund.
The affidavit alleges that on March
g. 1887 he reported $s,sss.41 overoraIts,
whereas the amount was S4z,ozs 10,
should have been $5U 1885, July 70 oveI-
drafts reported amounted 70 s4'44z'll
and Oct SS.ooz.54' Wnen lne iotinel
really was $sS,25z.lS ana the latter oVsf
100000.
Peoples Bank Securities missing
Banking Commissioner Gilkeson has
given out statement showing the con-
dition Of the Peoples bank at the time
its doors We're closed on March rs. The
total liabilities of the bank are $1,559,-
s43. with assets amounting to $529,S0S.
In. the statement of losses, which are
set down as 81. .0s0, ,O40 Richard F. Loper
and the Guarantors' Finance company,
of which I.oper is the general manager,
appeared as debtors to the bank to the
extent OF $791, $50 $62S, 900 on call loans,
about s92, 1000 on bills discounted and
$71.764 on drafts carried as cash. These
items are classed in the statement is
sued as "doubtful.'
one item OF Indebtedness includes
missing New Jersey Consolidated Trac-
tion S per cent bonds to the value of
e145 mn Epeidee thaSe missing Securi-
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31
slGSBEES RETURN.


not BE Averted.
Washington March 30-Captain Sigs-
bee of the wrecked warship Maine has
arrived in Washington from Havana.
He was accompanied by Paymaster
Ray, Chief Engineer Howell, Naval
Cadet Holden and DR.. Heneberger. Cap
tain Sigsbee called on Secretary Long
and later on the president.
Naval officers who talked with Cap
tain Sigsbee are more firmly convinced
than ever that war win inevitably come
out of the Cuban situation and that the
energy with which the army and navy
have made extraordinary preparations
in the last few weeks will not have been
for naught AS soon as the commander
of the Maine reported at the navy de-
partment he wasted no time in explain
ing to Captain Crowninshieid chief of
navigation, the intolerable attitude of
Spanish sympathizers in Havana har-
Dor and city toward Americans, and
particularly their animosity to Ameri-
can naval officers now at work on the
wreck of the Maine
He said trouble could not be avoided
much longer, and when collision did
occur, in his opinion. the local authori-
ties would be powerless TO protect either
the small American colony afioat or the
one ashore. All day long and well into
the night foul epithets. insults to the
dead as well as to the living and taunt-
\ ing threats are shouted to. those upon
the vessels around the Names wreck
from the numerous boats going to and
fro in the harbor. and these deInonstra-
tions have been steadily increasing for
the last ten days, especially since the
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31
DOINGs OF CONGRESS.
The Proceedings of Senate and House
During the Past Week.


During the Past Week.
Washington. March 24-In the senate
yesterday Mr.. Gallinger of New Hamp-
shire made recital of the horrors he
observed in Cuba during his recent visit
there. Mr.. Bacon of Georgia offered a
resolution declaring that the United
States, desiring peace and deprecating
war" will endeavor to do its duty with
respect to Cuba through peaceful agen-
cies and without unnecessary resort to
war and bloodshed" The Maine relief
bill was passed without debate or OPP
position. The house settled the election
contest in the Fourth Virginia district
by unseating Mr. Eppes and giving his
place to Mr.. Thorpe.
Washington March 25.-In the senate
yesterday Mr.. Thurston of Nebraska
delivered his promised speech on Cuba,
in which he depicted the horrors he wit
messed on his recent visit to the island.
He urged that it was the duty of this
country at once to intervene and take
measures necessary to secure Cuba S
independence. The senate adjourned
until Monday. The house considered
the naval appropriation bill.
Washington, March pa message
from the president, transmitting the
Maine inquiry report, was read in both
houses of congress. In the senate the
report was also read and the testimony
submitted and without debate referred
to the committee on foreign relations
Senator Money made a speech on the
Cuban question. In the house the mes
sage was referred to the committee or
foreign affairs.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31
THE MAINE FINDINGS.
Naval Court Declares Our Battleship Was
Destroyed by Nine


Destroyed by Mine.
Washington, March So-Th findings
of the naval court of inquiry appointed
to investigate the wreck of the battle
ship Maine in Havana harbor have at
last been made public. The courts re-
port was placed in the hands of Presi-
dent Mckinley on Friday last and was
on Monday submitted to congress, to-
gether with special message from the
president The message is simply a
recital of the facts connected with the
visit of the Maine to the port Of Ha-
vana and the subsequent destruction Of
the vessel and the loss of 266 of her
crew. No recommendation is made to
congress, but in conclusion the presi-
dent says:
Il have directed that the findings of
the court of inquiry and the views of
this government thereon be communi-
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31
shot Himself In His Store.

New London. Conn, March 3d.
Thomas w. Potter. aged about 80 years,
one of the best known grocers of this
city, committed suicide by shooting
himself with revolver in his store. on
State street. He had been in poor health
Of late and it is thought he became de
spondent.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31
Death Of Parnell,s Mother.

London, March 2s.-Mrs. Della Tudor
Parnell, daughter of the celebrated
American naval officer, Rear Admiral
Charles Stewart. and mother of the late
Charles Stewart Parnell, died last even
ing at Avondale, Rathdrum, county
wicklow Ireland, as the result Of the
burns received Saturday from the ignit-
ing of her clothing while.she was sitting
1,esfora a fire
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31

Kingston, Jamaica, March S0.-The
American bark Harvard, Captain Col
cord. from Santos Feb. 10 for the Bar
bados, Turks island and Providence.
has been wrecked on Turks island
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31
WARSHlPS LAUNCHED.

Kentucky and Kearsarge Glide Grace
fully Down the Ways at Newport News.
Newport News, Va, March 25.-The
twin battleships Kentucky and Kear-
sarge were launched from the yards of
the Newport News Shipbuilding and
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-31

New York, March 30.--KarI Woxen,
the consul general for Sweden and Nor
way, has disappeared Vice Consul Rayn
believes his mind is affected, but ca
BILE from Christiania calls for his arrest
on the presumption OF embezzlenent.
The Southern herald., 1898-04-15

At recent meeting of the Royal sor
ricty in London descriptionNva given
Of the change that occurs in the pene-
trative power of the X rays in proper.
tion as the air is more and more COM
pletely exhausted from the vacuum
tr6e in which the rays are produced.
At a certain degree of exhaustion the
rays penetrate the flesh and show the
bones of a human hand in shadow.
With a greater exhaustion of air the
flesh becomes almost perfectly trans
parent, while the bones remain Opaque.
With still higher degree of exhaustion
the rays begin to penetrate the bones;
and with the highest vacuum through
which the electric discharge will pass,
the bones themselves become almost as
transparent as the flesh. Similar yaria-
tions in penetrative power can be pro-
duced by increasing or decreasing the
power of the current, OF by varying the
electrical resistance of the tube
Youths Companion.
The Southern herald., 1898-04-15
New Varieties Of Potatoes.

In choosing varieties of potatoes for
spring planting it is advisable to select
those that have been recently produced
from seed, provided. of course, that
their quality and productiveness have
been tested and are generally known.
The variety that is newly produced
from seed is generally more vigorous
then than it is likely to be after few
years contest with potato bugs, and the
blight and rots which all help to de-
crease potato vigor and productiyeness.
But it is not advisable to plant potatoes,
however good, which are very unlike
standard sorts, and whose good quail
ties are not generally known. There
is so much difference in potatoes that
the mere fact that a potato is potato
is not enough with most consumers to
secure a market for 1t until after they
have given it trial.-American Gull
tivator.
The Southern herald., 1898-04-15
HE BROUGHT IT FROM THE
WORLDS FAIR.
And kept it two years.
How he lost it at last.

The great worlds Pair. AZ Chicago IN
Esas, while Il gave pleasure 70 many, gave
patn % not few as an indirect resau OF
their visit 70 the white City People wcre
Jared along the niles Of wonderful eKhlh-
is hy the new marvels that met the gaEe
81 every step, aud did rot realt1e their
cEhaustiou until they dropped into a
chair IN some breezy corner BY the lake
and cooled od.H That's what began thr
trouble in many cases OF one such case,
Mrs. l.. ". stevens, Fort Fairfield, Me-
writes:
MY husband took a severe cold and
cough tWo years aKo last October-uue ui
the worlds Fair. which We attended This
cough lasted over tEo years, vas accom-
panied BY splitting Of blood, and nothing
esuld be found 10 help him, although vari-
Gus remedies we're tried. Several DEBTORS
we're consulted. but their prescriptions
Afforded no relief Finally, saw an ad-
vcrtisement Of Or. Ayers Cherry Pcctoral
iu ny paper and prevailed upon uy hus-
band 10 get q bottle and try H. The very
frst dose helped him aud he was com
pisleiy cured in a short time. We feel
The Southern herald., 1898-04-15
FASHION NOTES
The Latest in Costumes and MILL

merry
A costume Of tuu-coi0Ttd satin and
olive cloth Is 40 imported novelty. The
skirt is Of Owe. the lower portion cut
into square tabs and faced around with
three-inch bands of olive velvet The
waist is Of the olive, with the arm-holes,
open square neck and lower edge Of the
waist bound with velvet; the open
square at the neck is filled in with rich
lace. which also forms a collar and an
outstanding rufle. The sleeves ure Of
the tan satin, and have peaks at the
wrists which fall over the back Of the
hands. Inside Of these peaks are
ruchings Of fine lace.
There is a decided tendency in mill
liRery toward elaborateness in the way
Of hat trimming Many Of the new
models have a brim az least half larger
at the extreme edge than would suffice
TO make a plain circle around the hat.
This fullness is crimped up and plated,
pinched over and twisted over each con-
yolution, forming a space for trim
ming Of various sorts.
Separate collars of rich fabric are
worn with dressy costumes. One OF
these is square at the back after the
fashion of a child's sailor collar. The
square sides extend over the shoulders,
narrow in slightly over the bust, then
spread in a wide tab which almost con-
ceals the front Of the waist.
A novelty suit has a rutlle Of en-
broidery set around the pointed bodice
at the back. The rutlle extends over
the hips, and instead Of following the
outline of the point in front it curves
back from the bodice on either side and
narrows to point about ten inches be-
low the waist lire on either side of the
front of the skirt
new ha. is so arranged that it rests
almost on the back of the head. The
front of the brim is rolled back ard the
space over the top Of the head is filled
with fine flowers. The trimming is oI
ribbon loops and blossoms.
A stylish hat has a wide brim made
very fun. so much so that it is folded
into large plats at one side. Inside oi
these plaits are clusters of blossom,
and fans OF lace. The trimming is oi
ostrich plumes and velvet flowers.
4 dress OF tan-colored cloth has q
bolero of white satin embroidered il
gold, There are shoulder caps Of th,
same embroidery and high faring col
| lar
Gold embroidery is extremely fash
ionablc, and passemcnterie, made up oi
metal threads, is favorite garniture
Parasols are profusely trimmed viii
lace, chiffon, silk muslin and all sorts ot
thin fabrics.-N. Y. Ledger
The Southern herald., 1898-04-15
cHloEo HER MOTHERS SPIRIT.
Practical Young Woman Didn't Want
to he Aroused at Night.

Kansas City has at least one young mar
ried woman who takes a very prosalc view
of ghosts and so-caled spirit manifestations.
She was forced 20 spend a night alone IN
St Louis hotel, her husband being detained
elsewhere by business In the dead OF the
night she was awakened out Of a sound sleep
hy a tremendous noise in the wardrobe II
was such sudden and unearthly uproar
that the woman, sensible and practical
though she was, was frightened. The noise
ceased. then returned The woman jumped
up, lighted the gas, and made a thorough
search both of the wardrobe and the room.
There was nothing so far as the evidence OF
the senses went which could account for the
racket. The woman put out the light and
went back to bed. The noise was not re-
peated
Six months afterward, however, the
woman was in San Francisco, and for the
first time in her life, and solely out Of Gu
riosity, she attended a Spiritualistlc meet
ing. Almost Immediately the medium, a
perfect stranger, turned to her and said:
THE spirit Of your mother is present mad
am, and she says that six months ago mann
ing the precise datel she tried to communi-
cate with you by means of the wardrobe in
the Blank hotel, st. Louis.
The woman's practical good sense did not
desert her.
"Well, you just tell my mother" she said,
that the next time she wants to communi-
cate with me not to make such anawful rack.
ct in the dead Of night and frightcn me half
out OF my senses. Chicago Chronicle.
The Southern herald., 1898-04-15
A FEW REQUISITES.
what Was wanted of Girl in One
Household.

The hired girl out Of job cast her eagle
eve over the want notices OF the newspaper
"iVontcd, Wanted, Wanted, she read N
one or two.lrne ads, straight down the col,
umn. shaking her head at intervals as II
disannointed in her search. Finally her
face Grhtened as she saw a loaded noilee
in another column of more pretensons thah
SIC turned to it and read eagerly, Then
she threw the paper from her, b.,
What's the natter asked the glrI with
her. A.,
sheet and handed it over to the other one,
who read this notice: d,
"Wanted-A young and strong woman OF
good disposition and habits, ohedient and
Knowing her place, willing and ready act
i've and efficient, to cook, wash and iron, DO
general homework and take care OF chll'
dren. Evenings and afternoons OIL when
possible. Apply, with references, etc, etc
"Weu!" said the reader.
"lts not well at ALL responded the one
looking for work. THAT man. whoever ne
Is, Is advertising for wife, should say
from the advertisement, and I'm not look
inc for that kind of job. just plain
hired girls place is good enough for me. '-
Washington Star.
The Southern herald., 1898-04-15
Agricultural Appropriations.

As compared with other lines of gov
rrment appropriations agriculture has
always drawn quite slenderly on the
public purse. The appropriations of the
past eight years show up as follows:
In 1890 the appropriation was st,669, ,77O.
In 1891 this was increased to 81, 1,796, ,502.
In 1892 a great increase was asked for
and secured, the figure being S3,02s, ,153.
This was again increased in 1899 to 49,
233,O61 In the next year, 1894, the
high water mark of agricultural appro-
priations was reached, the figure being
s., 3,323,500. In 1895 this was reduced to
s., 3,22e,915. In 1896 this was slightly in.
creased, the total being 1903, $50. Thii
was reduced last year to $3,255,532.