The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-04
NEWS FROM The NAVY.

The North Atlantic Squadron AT Dry Tor.
tngas Torpedo Isoats Near hey
West The Formidable Marine Engine
| OF Destruction that spain Intends TO
Send TO American Ports-MiIl be Wei.
coined with Pleasure.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2T.--Secretary
Long, yesterday morning. received
telegram from Admiral Sicard saying
that the North Atlantic squadron had
gone into the inner anchorage vt Dry
Tvrtugas. The Telegram was brought
to Key West by the Fern. which is
serving rs a dispatch and supply boat
for the feet. The torpedo boats in the
vicinity of Key West are under Adj
miral Sicard's orders while near the
squadron, 10 serve also as dispatch yes.
sells aud TO give the vessels some
practice in the drills for repelling tor.
pedo attacks. This does not however,
Interfere with the standing orders TO
Observation-Disclosures kimball. the
commanding officer of the torpedo
boat lotilla. and the little craft Will
continue on their cruise along the
coast far west As Galveston. and
then returning 80 up the Mississippi
river in the early spring. The Porter.
one OF the fleet. sailed Tuesday from
\ Port Tampa for Mobile. in company
with the Ericsson, TO he present at
local celebration there. but they vii!
return 10 the squadron before resum.
ing their 'iongshore cruise.
substantial addition to the relief
fund being collected for the Cuban sui
fers at the state department was re-
ceiyed yesterday. through Senator
lloar, who handed TO Secret ary Sher-
man check for So Oh sent him by Geo
H. Lyman, of Boston. the trustee for .
public collection in that city.
Secretary Long said yesterday that
he had received no notice from tho
Spanish minister or from any other
source that Spanish men -of-war have
been ordered To visit United Sta ties
ports They were perfectly welcome
to come and go AS they pleased. he
said, and. as far as he was concerned.
he would be delighted To have them
come. Spanish war ships have fire.
quently visited the United States since
the insurrectionary movement broke
out in Cuba, three years ago,
without having excited the least un-
friendly comment and there was no
reason why any significance should be
attached to their coming again when
ever they felt disposed to do 50. The
Spanish flagship on this station. took
part in the ceremonies connected with
the dedication OF the Grant monument
IN New York, about year ago, and
also at the subsequent cele bration in
Philadelphia last summer. after which
the Spanish admiral and his staff Wis
tied Washington and paid their re-
spects 10 the president and the mem
bers of his cabinet.
Secretary Long said he recalled with
pleasure the visit of the party to the
navy department.
Secre tary Sherman also said he saw
no reason why the Spanish war ships
should not visit the United States; in
fact, he would be glad If they did come.
They would be welcome. All the adj
vices received by the state department,
and navy department from Cuba yes
tcrday were satisfactory. Gen. Lee, at
two o'clock, reported that all was quiet
and order prevailed in Havana
AT about the same hour a cabegram
came To the navy department from
Capt Sigsbee of the Maine saying that
general interest was manifested on the
arrival of the Maine in Havana harbor,
but there had been no demonstration.
lie had been ashore himself several
times officially and had been received
with the creates, courtesy. lie ex-
pected to visit the palace to-day.
The Information from Madrid that
the Spanish government had decided
TO send the war ship Vizcaya on visit
to American ports caused no comment
iii Official circles. She is formidable
craft. larger. faster and more power
full than the Maine. Her points as re-
corded here are as follows: Length
$40 feet. beam to feet, draught
81 feet q inches two propellers IL, 900
horsepower, with L. inch
armor belt aud barbettes lox
inches and an armored deck varying
in thickness from two to three in ches.
Her battery is made of two 2s-ccnti-
meter ten li-centimete ter. one 9-centi-
meter llonoria guns. all made in
Spain eight 51-lnillimeter. four-37
ter guns and two machine guns
There are six torpedo tubes The
ship was launched in 1891, cost 81, O00,-
OOu. and is capable Of II knots speed,
while the Maine is but lIl4 knots
Altogether the Vizcaya is a formidab bio
ship.