Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-07

. which was in Mobile harbor 10 days ago
was coaled with Alabama coal, and large
shipments have been going to Mobile
Pensacola. Tampa and Key West
The coal barge Lone Star. which the
Boston Towboat Go. intends 10 fit out for
five months service in Havana. To en-
gage In work on the Sunken battIeshiD
Maine, has been hauled out on Burn
hams marine railway to be cleaned and
painted preparatory to he trip. She
viii towcd from Boston to Newport
News. after taking on wreckIng gear, in
Guiding pumps and boilers, and from the
Virginia port she will be towed 10 Ha-
vana.
The Spanish first class cruiser Amir
ante OquendO. Capt. Joaquin Lasaga ar
rived in Havana harbor AT So A. NJ.
Saturday, from Spain She recaiyed :,
hearty welcome from the ferryboats and
tugs, on board OF which were the civil
and military authorities and different So
cietiea. which had been waiting for the
warshiDs arrival. The docks were
crowded with sightseers. rockets were
sent up and flags and other decorations
were displayed from the vessels in port
the public buildings and the palaces.
The steamer Nueces sailed from New
York. saturday, for Key West, with
% tons Of relief supplies for the desti-
tute in Cuba. AT Key West the stores
will be transferred TO the United States
ships Nashville and Montgomery A
telegram was received from II. Il
Lewis, secretary of the Oregon relief
committee, saying that the first section
of Cuban relief train, carrying 180. 0O0
pounds of food left there, Friday.
a l0-inch bore brecch loading rifle. q
feet long, weighing 81 900 pounds, passed
through Atlanta, Saturday night. bound
for Pensacola Fla The gun is heinp
shipped in an iron frame fiat ear especi-
ally built for the purpose, and is plainly
visible. II was in Atlanta 70 minutes. and
attracted hundreds of people Railroad
officials state that the war department
will ship through Atlanta, during the next
., days. several carloads Of heavy ordn-
ance for the fortifcations at Pensacola.
Fort PickenS and Galveston. There viii
b" At IN" same time a heavy movement
to the fortications at Key West and
other fortiicatons on the Atlantic coast
There is promise Of a new and unwel-
come development of the Maine affair
that in the end may lead up To an issue
between the government Of the t-nitel
states and the state Of Florida. If the
officials Of the state ndorse the stand
taken by the local officials al Key WeSt.
The latter have notified Admiral Sicarl
that on April they propose to enforce
IN" state quarantine law against ALI
craft arriving from Cuba, as measure
of prevention against the introduction
Of yellow fever.
a consignment Of gatling guns was
sent 10 Pensacola, Fla, Saturday. from |
the brooklyn navy yard. The guns |
ana their mounts We're put up In crates |
and were sent by the tug Traffic to the
Mallory steamship line pier. They are
intended for the naval militia of Flor
ida At the ordnance department it
was said that the guns were ordered
many months ago, and that their ship
ment has no special significance \
Of cutlasseS and other
Warlike supplies " ent with the gatling
guns.
In every department of the Brooklyn
navy ward there was a real business air |
Work on the Dolphin Is going
IN at rapid rate. New vcntilating tubes
are being put into place and her rigging
completed. On the Chicago Il large force
~ mechanics worked steadily all day.
'ier engines are being put in, and there {
IRE four big boilers 20 go into her Work
5 not 81 brisk on the Atlanta. The bat
cries Of both vessels are in the big ord
lance building, near the Cob dock About
W tons - Y and 10 inch shells were /
aiken 10 Fort Lafayette by government 2
iugS- The tug Narkecta, loaded with
stores for Fort Lafayette. left the ord |
nance dock at noon. She was directed to {
ow 4 lighter loaded with powder to the \
Mallory steamship dock. 1t was stated
hat this powder was 10 go 10 our South )
'rn fleet. he explosive was in big cop I
}er cylinders. ,
The Mallory line steamer Lampasas. =
which sailed from Key West. Fla, for
New York, Saturday. has on board five :
OF the Maine. They are Mas
ter-at arms Load Cooks SWartz and
Foplia. Rushida and Awo, stewards. |
They will be taken to the receiving ship
Vermont and from there will be trans /
ferred u other ships. All the other
marines and sailors of the Maine now /
here and iii for duty We're distributed,
saturday. among the vessels of the
leet. The Marhlehead, Montgomery, y
owa. New York. Detroit and Nashville.
n the harhor, have each received a I
contingent of the survivors, while the t
rexas and the Indiana. at the Tortu .;
gas. have also added few survivors Of !
he disaster TO their muster roll.