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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-02
SPAIN BUYS WARSHIPS.
SIZE RAISES THE CASH TO SECURE
THREE CHILEAN VESSELS.

Tho Purchase Practically Couploted-rhsy
Will ne Added 20 the Spanish Navy Uslsss
war with Uncle Sam Begins nsfore Ilssie
Actual Trnnaer-Th Cash Probably Raised
By Means Of the Petroleum Monopoly.
Special Cabs Despatoh to THE sux.
MADRID, March 1.-spain succeeded to-day. In
a manner not yet disclosed, In raising the cash
necessary to secure three Chilian warshipa,
which have been in the market for more than Q
year. The purchase is practically completed.
According to information which Ia entitled to
be considered authoritative. these ships viii
soon DO added to the Spanish navy, unless hos
tilities with the United States should break out
before their actual transfer to the Spanish flag.
in which case international law would prevent
their use by Spain.
1t is surmised that tho security for a loan
made to-day for the purchase Of the ships is the
monopoly Of the importation, refining and sale
Of petroleum and other mineral oils, which
monopoly, It has been announced. will DO sold at
auction on March %.
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WORK At WATERYLIEE.
Col. hIordscai InoreasinG His Force ana Rush.
ing Out Gun Carriages.

- WV Oe
TROY. N. Y, March l.-Col. Alfred Mordecai,
who Is now in charge of the arsenal at Water
vliet. Is increasing the force and pushing all
work on hand. Twenty machinists have been
ordered to report at once. A number of forg-
ings for ten.inch guns which have been on hand
some time are now being assembled as rapidly
as possible. Active preparations are now under
way to ship a battery OF twenty twelve-inch
mortars to the testing grounds at Sandy Hook.
1t is customary to forward all finished heavy
ordnance to the testing grounds to make room for
others. 1t Is gun carriages the Government
needs more than rifles. There are a large mum
Der Of guns R Pilsa up at sto Sand" n.S III Heck a%Hiting g
put around the remainder Of the 3. 10. and IL
Inch steel projectiles that have not been en-.
cased, and these with about 900 12-inch steel
projectiles that have been encased will BIO
several civilizations. Work is being hastened
on the 3. 10, and II inch breech.loading arma.
ment chests, which Will also go forward to New
York as soon as the equipment has been placed
AI2-inch jacket was successfully shrunk on
the tube yesterday afternoon. This Is the first
jacket that has been assembled in several
has been necessarily slow because Of the non:
arrival Of f~orgings for several months. 1t will
s be S %IIf b s,n rIi. II 4 II The S SSSspa SnsIa1 + Il lS, besS
OF more rifles OF large calibre there are three IL.
inch and several 10'inch guns that could be
completed in a short time. All that is necessary
TO finish them Is the completion of the breech
II has been customary to mako wood models
of the several different calibre guns and send
them to West Point, where the cadets are taught
the method OF assembling the several parts. A
model will DO constructed OF the l6inch gun for
the same purpose. As the parts OF this monster
country, the construction OF the model will be
quite O task.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-02
M'KINLEY WOULD PREPARE.
The President Indorses Assistant secrstary
Rosaeveit,a Actien.

WASHINGTON. March 1.-Representatiyo Bou-
tollo. Chairman Of the House Naval Affairs
Committee. in announcing his continued oppo-
sition to the legislation asked for by
tho Navy Department, authorizing the Inn
mediate enlistment of 1900 mon. says
that "the public can 60 to the devil"
He accompanies this with the assurance
that SO far as he knows no is acting in accord
ance with the desires OF President Mckinley and
Secretary Long in pigeonholinR the depart
ment's letter urging tho emergency legislation.
In giving this assurance Mr.. Boutelle 10 mis-
taken. as he usually Ia when he undertakes to
block the plans of the Administration
The letter asking for authority to enlist Inn
mediately 1900 additional men was written by
Mr.. Roosevelt as acting Secretary in the Secre-
tary's absence from the department last week.
The next day the President. whose attention
was called to the matter, and Secretary Long
approved the action of tho acting Secretary.
and stated his attitude to be that. although
he hoped war would not come, and although he
was inclined to think it could DO averted, yet no
Endorsed the policy of making complete military
and naval preparations to meet any emergency
that might arise.
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NOT HELD ron LYxon1xo.
A Justice In Indiana sets nuesskiah Hughes NJ
Liberty.

INDIANAPOLIS, March l.-Ono Of the strang.
est scenes that ever occurred In an Indiana
courtroom took place this morning when Squire
Craig, VIII has sat for q week at the hearing Of
Hezekiah Hughes, ono Of the alleged Indiana
lynchers, announced his decision acquittlng the
prisoner. When the argumcnt closed yesterday
afternoon Justice Craig asked II he could take
counsel with any one regarding tho case and
was told that he could do 30 legally. 1t. APP
pears that the Rev. A. NJ. Lowden. pastor Of the
Methodist Church, who opened tho trial ycster-
day asking that the Justice might have divine
guidance, was with Justice Craig last night and
the bloodshot eyes Of the Justice plainly told
that 1t had been q ~sleopless night. Lowden Is
Craig's pastor and also Hughes's pastor. and
the Justice admitted that he had consulted him
regarding the case.
Hughes walked out of the court a free man, and
90 he rose from his scat a shout of deafening ap-
plnuse filled the room and fifty or moro persons
gathered around, grasped him by the hand and
Rugged him and some OF tho ladies threw their
arms around his neck and wept. The Justice
wal openly congratulated and James Mccoy
declared in the hearing of the crowd as he ad-
dressed the Justice:
III take back all tho mean things I said
about you, SQUIRE"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-02
OUR WOUNDED LEAVE HAYANA.
They Have All Been Removed to Dry TortuEi
More Unsxploded Powder.

They Have All Been Removed to Dry TortuEas
More UnsIploded Powder.
HAVANA, March 1.-All the wounded Ameri-
can sailors who were in Havana have been sent
to Dry Tortugas. The last fve loft to-day on
board the Bache. Washington Allen, Francis
Cahill tcolored) and William Matteson, three Of
them. were removed from the San Ambrosio
Hospital.
The other two, Martin Weber and Thomas
Mack, were taken from the Alfonso XII. All
have nearly recovered from their wounds OK
cept Matteson. His jaw is broken, and he was
sent to the Bache on q stretcher.
The Bache also carries q body not identified.
The Bache will soon return to Havana to take
to Key West all other bodies that may be found.
The divers brought up to-day from the Maine
another case of powder for the 10-inch gun.
Tho powder was intact. Some other small
things were also recovered. and some rifles.
The newspapers hero print to-day an article
signed by q Spanish officer of the navy. Sehor
Ruiz del Arbol, In which the theory is main
tanned that the explosion on the Maine was due
to spontaneous combustion.
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PURITAN ALMOST IN SHAPE.
Repairs on the BiG Monitor Practically Gem
pioted-Tho WinsIow Ready.

Repairs on the kig Monitor Practically Come
pfoted-Tho WinsIow Ready.
NORFOLK. Va. March 1.-Although the ex.
element attendant upon the Maine disaster has
subsidized here. interest in the outcome of the
event 10 sustained and the Government goes en-.
ergetically on with its preparations. naval and
military. Over at tho navy yard every one is busy,
and tho sound of the hammer Is never silent day
or night. On the monitor Puritan the finishing
touches are being put to her boilers. The smoke
stack 10 being made longer BY twelve feet. This
will increase the draught and speed of the ship.
To-day several Calling and Hotchkiss guns
were hoisted to the fighting top as
a permanent battery. They will hardly
be brought down until the war agitation
has passed. The Puritan will be dry-docked
within the next twenty-four hours. Speaking of
of the navy yard. said that 1t would probably
take two weeks to complete repairs on her. but
in case Of emergency she could be got ready for
sea in two or three days.
The two leaks discovered, in the hull Of the
Winslow have been repaired ana she was taken
and is expected to sail TO- morrow. 1t Is un-
d%erstood that her orders are to go to Key West.
The torpedo boat Foote will be taken out Of dry
dock in a short time and will soon be ready for
The additional precautions that are being
taken at tho yard in receiving visitors are sig
%niicant. Heretofore visitors entered the yard
unchallenged ana went where they pleased.
Now they are challenged at the gate and sent to
the Captain of tho guard. who, after instructing
them not to remain long at one place. not to talk
to any employees and not to smoke, gives them
permission to enter. The yard police have been
materially increased.
Mate 4. NJ. Isaac of the receiving ship Frank.
lin returned to-day from Port Royal. S. c.,
where he took a draft of sixteen men to the
monitor Amphitrite. The Amphitrite is ready
for service upon call. She Is now being used
chiefly in training sixty Of Uncle SANS boys for
gun Captains.
No more recruits are being received at
present at the Norfolk Navy Yard. the quota for
the Maine vacancies having been filled. Capt.
Dickens. Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Navi-
an inspection of the United States training ship
Essex, anchored In. Hampton, Roads: He may
not come to Norfolk. as his duties do not re-
quire 1t.
Lieut.. Bitter, U. s. N. in charge of the Naval
Reserves of Virginia and North Carolina, is In
North Carolina inspecting the men. The new
company of reserves formed here last week has
received q whaleboat and Hotchkiss gun from
tho Navy Department.
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CLEvB1AxD OUTFIT FOR WAN.
Capt. BurdIck or Troop A Suggests That Lii
Men Uae SIN Underwear.

Men Uso SIN Underwear.
CLEVELAND. March THAT part of Glove
lands population which lives without silken
underwear is having a great laugh to-day ct an
order issued yesterday by Capt. Burdick to the
members of Troop A, Cleveland's swell cavalry
organization:
Il. In consideration of q possible call for scr
vice in the field and recognizing the necessity
of promptness. should such a call be made, you
are hereby ordered to hold yourself in readiness
and report at the armory Immediately upon re-
ceipt Of orders.
"2. Upon receipt of this prepare and have
ready a field kit Of a few necessary articles as
suggested below. It should DO OF the least pos
sible weight and contain the lowest articles
compatible with the maintenance of health.
Comfort must be disregarded when men take the
Held, as 1t Is not only a personal matter, but eS-
sential that officers and men should keep them-
selves in such health as to be ready at all times
to do the hardest work.
In addition to the articles worn or carried on
tho person, the following can be packed on the
saddle and in saddle bags;
Zone overcoat with cape, l blanket, / pair
trousers, l pair heavy shoes with extra laces. Q
pairs worsted or woollen socks. ! suit under
wear tsllk preferablel, ! flannel shirt, 8 pocket
handkerchief, l woollen or silk nightcap, 2
towels, ! hair brush. ! comb. l tooth brush, i
small cloth brush. . candles. ! knife and fork
and spoon. / small sponge. j pair scissors, 1
soap box and soap.
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MIANroNoMoH AND xArAHDIM.
The Monitor and tho Ram TO 60 Into Commits
sisn Again en- March 10.

The Monitor ana the RAIN 10 go Into Commiss
sisn Again On March 10.
WASHINGTON. March 1.-Orders were issued
by the Navy Department to-day for placing the
monitor Miantonomoh and the harbor-defence
ram Katahdin In commission at League Island
Navy Yard on March 10. They probably will
be used for the defence of Northern ports.
The commander of the Miantonomoh has not
been selected. but the detail will probably BIO
given 10 Capt. Horace Elmer. recently pro-
NOTED. whose last ship was the Marblehead.
The other officers Of the Miantonomoh will
DO acknowledgements John c. Wilson.
executives: Lieutenant Edmund Il. Underwood,
navigator; Lieutenants William 8. Hogg and
william 4. GIN, and Ensigns Albert l. Norton
officers; Chief Engineer Wythe N. Parks,
Passed Assistant Engineer Clarence H. Mathews
and Surgeon Francis w. +. Weber.
The Kathhdin will be commanded by Com.
mander George =, r. wilde, the present naval
secretary Of tho Lighthouse Board. and will
Low, executives; Lieut.. Abraham =. Culver,
navigator; Ensign Campbell. watch officer;
Passed Assistant Engineer. Frederick G. Bieg.
and Passed Assistant Surgeon Brownlee Il.
Ward.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-02
MAINE VICTIMS At KEY WEST:
ImDosinG Funeral Ceremonies To.Day-work or
the Board or Inquiry.

Imposing Funeral m To.Day-work or
the Board or Inquiry.
KEY WEST. March 1.-Preparations are max
ing in Key West for the burial OF the bodies of
the Maine sailors that are expected to arrive
tomorrow from Havana on the Bache. 1t will
be tho largest and most imposing funeral pro-
cession ever seen here. The band of the flag
ship New York will lead and the survivors of
the Maine disaster will be the chief mourners.
Only the flag Of the United States will be fioated
during the funeral.
Admiral sicard has written q letter to Mayor
]. b. Maloney Of Key West urging him to make
all efforts to prevent demonstration by the
public. The excitement hore 10 so ntense, how
ever. that 1t will be hard to check the popular
The United States gunboat Nashville is coal.
ing at the Government wharf here. 1t IL said
that she will leave for Havana to bring over
sixty-seven bodies.
The:Detroit is expected here To- morrow from
Dry Tortugas. with coal for the battleships
Iowa and New York, She left Key West to-
day, carrying provisions for tho fleet OF Admiral
Sicard.
The Board OF Inquiry to-day heard the testi-
mony of several enlisted men from the Maine
and of the battleship's engineers.
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RECIPE FOR MAKING GOLD.
Il. c. Brice or Chicago Makes Public Hia
s1uch.Talked-of Formula.

FOEhuL1
CHICAGO. March lie. c. Brice, President
and General Manager of the National Metal
lurgical Company. made public to-day his So
cret how to mako gold. Mr.. Brice has sue
ceeded in making some people believe that he
can manufacture gold out Of baser metals.
His company has $15O.0OO of paid up stock
and owns a plant on Lowe avenue with retorts,
blast furnaces and other necessary equipment
for gold making. 1t also owns On antimony
mine in Utah.
The company held q meeting last night and
voted to appropriate 800. 900 more for improve
ments at the anthony mine. and Mr.. Brice
says that as the company has secured all the
rights to his process by patents. applied for in
all parts of the world, Il will no longer conduot
its operations secretly, but that the gold fac
tory will be open to public inspection at all
times. His reason for secrecy was that he was
not fully protected.
This formula is now made public:
Take Ct chemically pure anthony, 8 parts;
sulphur, 10 parts; iron, l part; caustic soda, &
parts: Place these ingredients in a graphite
crucible and expose to n white heat, or 5000
degrees, from eight to forty-eight hours. Pow
porate the metal with tho Stag. Combine this
with charcoal. l part; oxide of lead, 8 parts,
and caustic soda. 4 parts. Fuse the whole until
q metallic button is obtained. Scorify and cupel
this metallic mass and the resulting head will
be gold and silver.
MIR. Brice says that Robert w. Hunt, head of
the leading firm of metallurgical chemists in
Chicago. made a test of this formula for Secre-
tary Gage and reported that he got both gold
and silver. Mr.. Hunt realized only a few dol
features. will assay $1,000 to the ton in pure
gold and silver.
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HoRRIsLs work IN CuBA.
verribie Revelations the Reports or Our Con
suia VIII make.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The State Depart.
ment has received official advices from Consular
offices In Cuba that four engagements
Of considerable Importance have oc-
CURED between the Spanish forces and
the insurgents In the last twenty.ono daya.
In three OF these, according to the
reports, the insurgents were victorious and the
other was a draw. As the communication tell
Ing Of these battles will form part Of tho corre-
spondonco to DO sont to Congress their contents
will not be made public at this timc. One Of the
consuls quotes as authority for his statoments
about q particularly lively engagement, q Span.
fish officer who IL lying wounded in a hospital.
This fight occurred near HolguIn on Feb. ls.
The story Of the Spanish Captain is that tho force
to which he was attached, about 1000 IN all,
had been to HolRuin and was returning. when.
about nightfall. tho column was attacked by an
unseen force OF tho enemy. Tho Spanish
troops were ordered to lie on their faces
and to return the fro Of the insurgents
while in that position. After a sharp
fusillade. the firing ceased and the Spaniards
withdrew under cover Of night. The Captain
says that tho Spanish loss was 300 killed and
wounded. He did not know what losses the IN
surgents had suffered.
Stories of starvation and misery among the
wretched reconcentrados arc being received at
the State Department in every Cuban mail.
They are being copied for transmission
IN. President McKiniey's acknowledgement
that when the reports are transmitted
ton on the Cuban question, has resulted In
many inquiries rs to the date when the CORE
spondence will go to both houses, but nobody
can Ak the exact date, even Mr.. Mckinley. An
official usually ~reticent said to THE Sun re-
porter to-day in reference to these reports:
They toll a terrible tale; have read every
line of them. and l feel confident that the hor-
rors Of the situation cannot be col
bounds OF truth. The people of this country
do not know half the awfu facts. 1t il the
most direful tale that could be told. and tho
staid, official language Of the reports does not
conceal the hideousness OF what has gone on
and 10 going on right along our very doors.
About, 225,0O0 persons, old. men, women
and children, are now literally starving to
900 and 100000 are suffering from dis
More Nor thai than 5000 'S have q died ps as q result eSSHt
Of the reconcentrado order issued by ,Weyler.
The story OF Andersonville. with all its horrors,
Is not half 30 terrible and sickening as that
which our Consuls have related. In Anderson
willie the sufferers were men, soldiers who took It
as they took tho chance OF war. But In Cuba IL 10
not men alone but women and children who
have been and are being murdered by tho
thousands and tens q thousspds: Muir! MUIR.
OF murder. Mothers with unborn babes are
included In the list by the hundred, and poor
little children have wasted away, dying inch by
inch. No wonder the President believes that,
when these reports go to Congress. action on the
Cuban question will follow Immediately.
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WooDFoRD,s DINNER TO POLO.
Spain IL Surprised That Our Congress shoaia
Disapprove OF n.

e-S.H-
Disapprore OF n.
SDecfui Gable Despatch to THE Sun.
MADRID. March 1.-The resolution presented
q fow days ago in the American House of Repre-
sentativos censurinR Minister Woodford be-
cause of the farewell dinner he gave in honor
Of Senior Polo y Bernabe. the newly appointed
Spanish Minister to the United States. has
caused surprise here. 1t Is felt that the dinner
afforded no ground for offence any where in the
United States, as 1t was simply a customary
courtesy.
Senior Dupuy do Lome, who at the time was
the Spanish representative at Washington.
gave a dinner in honor of Gen. Woodford when
the latter was appointed Minister to Spain, but
this fact occasioned no remark here, where Il
was well known the dinner was in line with
diplomatic precedent.
Minister Woodford carefully fulhls all his
social duties. thus greatly helping him in the
difficulties OF his position ut tho most punctil-
ious court Of Europe in matters o. etiquette.
Moreover. he observes the greatest promptness
and accuracy in the discharge of his diplomatic
duties. to which is ascribable the avoidance Of
friction. and opportunities to seek peace and
Justice for Cuba and protection for the inter
ests of the United States In the island.
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CoREA's KING ASKS PROJECTION
Our Minister Replies That ne Doesn't Seem to
ne In Need OF It-TsuSsin OHended.

Our Miuister Replies That ne Doesn't Seem 70
Ne In Need or It-RuSsln OEended.
SAN Francisco. March 1.-Advices from Corea
say that the weak and vacillating monarch has
lately givon countenance 10 the whisperinRs of
the anti.Russian and pro-American faction and
he secretly sent a missive to the American rep
rescntative to ask the legation to give him pro-
lection ia case of an outbreak Of hostilities be-
tween Japan and England on the one hand and
Russia, France, and Germany on the other.
The American representative replied that he
did not recognize the probability OF such an oc-
currence, and 30 escaped compromising negotia-
tons.
The Russian Legation, on hearing Of this move
ment. took immediate action, and strong pres
sure has been brought to bear upon the En-
peror. He was compelled to allow imperial
treasure, to q large amount. to DO conveyed to
the Russian Legation.
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BALTIMORE. March l.-Charley Sing Lee. a
Chinese laundryman. raised q point to-day
which sorely puzzled tho marriage license
clerks OF tho Court OF Common Pleas, He
wanted a license TO marry a woman OF African
descent. The law prohibits the marriage of a
white person TO a negro or to any one OF negro
descent, The clerks thought Charlie was white
and refused him a license They have since de-
cided that the statute docs not refer to China
men. Leo will get his license tomorrow morn.
ing when he calls for IT. He will DO entered
upon the books as yellow
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Can't send Bodies Home.

WASHINGTON, March l.-senator Fairbanks
OF Indiana asked tho State Department that. II
possible. 1t obtain permission to allow the eX-
humation of the body OF young Keyes, one of the
victims OF tho Maine disaster.
The department instructed Co~nsul-Genoral
Lee at Havana to make an effort 70 secure this
permission, and Gen. Leo sent this reply:
Most bodies buried some weeks ago unrecog-
nizable. Against spanish law to exhume until
authorities permit shipment of bodies unless at
once embAlmed and In metallic cases. Cost of
enbalming and incasiDS from 5000 TO $500
each"
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THE MoNTGoMERY's MISSION.
Probably She Will Transport Food to Cuba for
the Recommendation.

WASHINGTON. March 1.-Although no do
cision has been reached as to when another war
ship will be ordered to take the place Of the
Maine at Havana, Secretary Long has practi.
cally determined to send the cruiser Montgom-
cry to some of the smaller Cuban ports with pro-
visions for the starving reconcentrados. About
fifty tons of food, clothing. and medicine. con-
tributed by charitable people, are at New York,
and 1t Is proposed to TRANSPORT them in the
Montgomery to Matanzas. sagua La Grande.
and Cienfuegos, where there ID great suffering
from starvation. Supplies have not been shipped
direct to tho ports, and IL has been deemed
best to make the original Cuban deliveries
there, to do away with overland transportation
from Havana. The Montgomery recently re-
turnedsfrom:: friendly visits" such as the Maine
made to Havana, to Santiago, dc Cuba and Ma
has not been selected, and probably will not be
until the business which Is being transacted
by the Naval Board of Inquiry has been finally
disposed of.