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The United States Negotiating for
Brazil’sNew Warships. '
No PURCHASES or JAPAN
Sen. Flagler Authorized to Reserve a
Large Number‘of Rapid-Fire Guns for 7
Sea Coast Defenses—Negotiation for
Small Arms and Equipments.
Washington, March 12.—Negotiations
ire proceeding for the par-phase of the
Brazilian cruiser Amazonas and her
sister ship, the Barbozo, by the United
States, but so far as the Navy Depart-
ment is advised have not yet been'
:losed. 1
The negotiations for the two Japan-
ese cruisers, new building at Philadel—
phia and San Francisco, are off, and
the present indications are that no fur—
ther steps will be taken toward acquir-
!ng them. The Japanese Government
appears to be even more desirous of
securing these ships than the United
States, and. owing to the present rela—
tions of Russia and Japan, it is felt
that the needs of Japan are quite as
urgent as those of this country.
{apid-Fire Guns.
Secretary Alger has authorized Gen-
eral Flagler, tht chief of ordnance, to
procure at once a large number of rapid
fire guns for sea coast defenses. This
action is taken wthout waitingfor the
allotment among the various'bureaus
3f the War and Navy departments of
the $50,000,000 voted for the national de-
fense. All the rapid-fire guns that can
be procured within a reasonable time
will be shipped to the seacoast forti—
fications. They constitute what is
known as the auxiliary defense for the
fortifications, and are a material assist-
ance to the big guns, which necessarily
are slower of movement and firing.
Contracts for the delivery of carriages
for these rapid-fire guns have also been
authorized, and the carriages will be
shipped to the fortifications as soon as
completed. The carriages, however, can
be made and delievered much quicker
than the guns.
Quite a number of establishments
throughout the country have responded
to the Department’s inquiries as to
making these guns. They include the
army gun factory, the Bethlehem Iron
\Vorks, the Driggs Ordnance Company
and the American Ordnance Company.
The guns‘are mounted without much
trouble, so that haste in their manufac-
ture is the essential in the present cri-
sis. It is now admitted that directions
have been given to the Government ar-
senals and armories to increase the
working force to the fullest practicable
extent. Likewise, all ordnance firms
having Government contracts have
been requested to work their men night
and day.
Orders for small arms and extra rim-
munition have been placed with the
Union Metallic Cartridge Company, of
Bridgeport, Conn., and the Winchester
Arms Company, of New York. N egoti-
ations for the supply of large numbers
of small arms, army equipments and
accoutrements are now in progress.
Fort McHenry, in Baltimore Harbor,
will be selected as the headquarters of
one of the new regiments of artillery
instead of Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., as
originally proposed. The selection of
Fort Slocum as the headquarters for
the other regiment will not be altered.
To Connect Fprts.
. General Greely, chief signal officer,
has received authority to proceed with~
out regard to ordinary restrictions in
establishing rapid telegraphic connec~
tions between the sea-coast fortifica-
tions. It will not be necessary, there—
fore, ot invite proposals for furnishing
supplies and to follow the ordinary and
slow methods. This rather extraordi-
nary authorization was conferred on
Gecnral Greely after a forcible presen-
tation by him to' the Secretary of War
of the pressing demand for modern
means of communication between the
forts.
He‘ showed that even in New York
Harbor, where the War Department
has devoted its best energies to the
perfection of the fortifications, it re-
quires three-quarters of an hour to pass
a message from one battery to another.
Fort McI—Ienry, Baltimore, is worse off,
while the only method of communica-
tion between the national capital and
its most important defensive works,
Fort Washington, on the Potomac, is
by means of a messenger.
The naval officers who are en leaver-
ing to buy ships abroad have encoun—
tered an obstacle in the difference be-
tween the calibre of the guns mounted
on foreign—built ships and the United
States Navy standards. Not only do
these guns differ in calibre from our
own in most cases, but they are almost
all designed for the use of smokeless
powder. This will require the procure-
ment in Europe of a. large quantity of
ammunition in special sizes for these
ships.
Manning the Forts.
Orders were issued at the War De-
partment yesterday for manning the
newly established fortifications on the
Atlantic coast from Boston down to
Galveston on the Gulf. It is expected
that the movements of the troops to the
various places assigned them wili be-
gin within the next forty—eight hours.‘
The troops will be ordered to go into
camp and live just as they would in
case of active military operations
against an enemy.
The new fortifications on Long Isl-
and head ,at the entrance to the barber
of Boston, will betguarded by a battery
of the Second Artillery, now at Fort
Adams, R. I. For the operation of the
big guns on Sandy Hook, New York
harbor, two batteries, now at Fort Slo-
cum, one at Fort Hamilton and another
at Fort Wadsworth, will be utilized.
It is expected that the Sandy Hook gar-
rison will be established at once. Fort
Monroe, Va., is probably the strongest
and best equipped station on the At-
lantic coast, and the garrison there will
be called upon to man other fortifica-
tions, but not to an extent that would
weaken its Own efficiency. One bat-
tery of the First Artillery at Fortress
Monroe will be transferred to Fort Mor-
gan Ala. which in , conjunction with
Fort Cains commands the entrance to
Mobile Bay. . . .
Another battery of the First Artillery
wil be sent to Tybee, Island Ga, for
the protection, of ‘the ‘mouth of. the Sa-
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vannch River. The garrison hea qua-_
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tens band and one battery of the First
racks, St. Augustine, Fla., Will be
transfered to duty at Sullivan‘s Island,
Charleston harbor. The garrison at
Battery I of the Second Artillery will
be assigned to duty at Fort Caswell.
In Readiness for Service.
Vashington, March 12.——The develop-
ments at the War and Navy Depart-
ments show that the Administration is
expecting action in the Cuban matter
next week as already stated. .Orders
have been issued to the two torpedo
boats,'the Winslow and the Foote, to
proceed at once to Key West to join
Admiral Sicard’s fleet. By the first part
of the Week the largest and strongest
leet ever gathered as the North Atlan-
tc Squadron will be at Dry Tortugas.
The fleet .will be ready for anyorders
from W’ashington, and will be under
steam at all times. 1
The Two Cruisers Alm'ost Ready.
Philadelphia, March- 12.—The big
cruiser Columbia was taken out of the
League Island dry dock yesterday af-
ternoon. She will begin taking on stores
at .once. Ammunition will be taken
on board at Fort Mifflin. The Colum-
bia and Minneapolis will sail South in
a few days. Their destination is not
positively known, but it is said the
first port touched will be Hampton
Roads.
lil'ore Marines Wanted.
“’ashington, March 12.—The House
Naval Committee yesterday placed in
the naval bill, provision for an increase
of 473 in the number of naval marines.
This had been especially asked for by
the Secretary of the Navy, and was not
included in the regular recommenda—
tions. It brings the total number of
marines up to 3,073.
MORE NEW WARSHIPS.
Two M’onarclis of the Sea to Be Launched
at Newport News.
Newport News, March 12.—The work
on the two new battleships which are
being built for the United States Navy
is being pushed rapidly. Everything is
nearly ready for ther first plunge in
the water. The sponsors for the two
boats will be Miss Chrystine Bradley,
daughter of Governor Bradley, for the
for the Kearsarge. Mrs. Winslow is the
wife of Lieutenant Commander Wins—
the son of the late Admiral Winslow,
who commanded the Kearsage. when
she fought and vanquished the Ala-
bama.
It is settled that the Kentucky will be
christened with a bottle of water. Gov—
ernor Bradley has requested James
Speed, of Louisville, to get the water
from the old Lincoln homestead, in La-
rue County. Mr. Speed’s father and
Abraham Lincoln were close friends.
1 THE KENTUCKY.
These two new additions to the Navy
belong 'to the same class as the Texas
and Massachusetts. They will cost
nearly five million dollars each. They
will be larger and stronger than the
other boatsof the same class, and will
carry heeavier battery. The main bat-
teries will carry 13-inch breech-loading
rifles, four 8-inch breech-loading rifles
and fourteen 5~inch rapid—fire breech-
loading rifles. The secondary batteries
will consist of twenty 6-pound rapid
fire, six 1-pound rapid fire and four
Colt machine guns, two field guns for
landing and four torpedo tubes for long
\Vhiteheads, two on each broadside.
These are the most powerful batteries
on any battle ship afloat. The heaviest
guns carried by any foreign war vessel
are 12-inch rifles.
Each ship will have two double—deck—
ed turrets. In the lower deck will be
mountd the 13-inchguns. and the two
8-inch guns will be placed in the upper
deck, making the heavier battery cor.-
sist of four 13-inch guns and four 8-
inch guns in two turrets. These turrets
are to be protected from a distance of
four feet below the waicr line to the
top of the upper turret, by solid nickle
steel, Harveyized and retempercd ar—
mor.
SPEAKS FOR PEACE.
Spain’s New Representative Declares
That Neither Nation “'ant-s \Var.
Washington, March 12.———Senor Luis
Polo y Bernabe, the new Spanish Minis—
ter, spoke for publication last night for
the first time since his arrival in the
country on the relations between the
United States and Spain. Asked if the
present conditions indicated war, he
hesitated an instant and then gravely
replied: .
“I am sure the United States doe
not want war, justas I am that the
Spanish Government does not want war
and will do everything honorable in its
power to aVert such a calamity.”
Since the Minister’s arrival he has
received a cableg’ram from Captain-
General Blanco, stating that the Cuban
Cabinet had designated Senors Seval-
lies, .of New York, and Barilla, Secre-
tary of the Havana Chamber of Com-
merce, to act with Senor Angulo in ne-
gotiating a civil treaty between the
United States and Cuba.
The Minister referred incidentally to
this fact as another evidence of the
complete autonomy which Spain has
granted to Cuba. Although Senor Polo
will be the. plenipotentiary in arranging
the Cuban treaty, the Cuban delegates
above named, chosen by the Cuban
Cabinet, will have entire control of the
terms of such a treaty.
Death of President-Elect.
W'ashington, March 12.—-The Senate
Committee on Judiciary yesterday com-
pleted its consideration of the proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, providing for the succes-
sion to the Presidency m case of the
death of the President-elect before his
inauguration. The amendment
modified so as to empower Congre‘ss’tc
,legislatean the,‘subje,,ct.-., ' '
Artillery stationed at St. Francis Bar~1
Kentucky and Mrs. Herbert Winslow:
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ALGER’S orricinn ORDER
Changing the Territorial Limits and
Designations and Headquarters of the
1 Army Department, to Take Effect To-
day—Situation is Grave.
Washington, March 12.——Following is
the first order of the War Department
ities with Spain: .
By direction of the President the fol-
1 lowing changes are made in the territo-
rial limits, /designation and headquar-
ters of geographical departments, to
take effect March 12, 1898:
First—The Department of the East
will embrace the New England States,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, District of Colum-
bia, West Virginia, Virginia and North
Carolina, with headquarters at Govern-
or’s Island, at New York.
Second—A department is hereby es-
tablished to be known as the Depart-
ment of the Lakes, to consist of the
States of Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennes-
see, with headquarters at Chicago, Ill.
Third—The Department of Dakota.
embrace the States of Minnesota, North
so much of Wyoming'and Idaho as is
embraced in the Yellowstone National
Park, with headquarters at St. Paul,
Minn.
Fourth—The Department of the Co-
lumbia will embrace the State of Wash-
ington, Oregon, Idaho (except so much
of the latter as is embraced in the Yel-
lowstone Park), and the Territory of
Alaska, with headquarters at Vancou-
ver Barracks, Wash.
Fifth—Th Department of California
will embrace the States of California
and Nevada, with headquarters at San
Francisco, Cal.
Sixth—The Department of the C010—
rado will embrace the States of VVyom-
ling (except so much thereof as is em-
braced in the Yellowstone National
Park), Colorado and Utah, and the Ter-
ritories of Arizona and New Mexico,
with headquarters at Denver, Col.
Seventh—The ‘Department of the
Platte will embrace the States of Irma,
Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Ar-
kansas, the Indian Territory and 1:10
‘Territory of Oklahoma, with headquar—
ters at Omaha, Neb.
‘ Eighth—A department is hereby es-
tablished, to be known as the Depzzst-
ment of the Gulf, to consist of tho
States of South Carolina, Georgia, Flor-
ida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana
and Texas, with headquarters at Atlan-
ta, Ga. The departments of Missouri
and Texas are hereby abolished. The
records of the Department of the Mis-
souri will be transferred to the Depart-
ment of the Lakes, and those of the De—
partment of Texas to the Department
of the Gulf.
Major General John R. Brooke is as-
signed to the command of the Depart—
ment of the Lakes, and Brigadier Gen—
eral William M. Graham to the com~
mand of the Department of the Gulf.
The ofiicers of the several staff depart-
ments now on duty in the departments
of the Missouri and Texas are assigned
to like duties in the departments of the
Lakes and Gulf respectively. The travel
required under these orders is neces-
sary for the public service.
H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General.
B. A. ALGER, Secreary of Vv’ar.
War Department, Washington, March
11, 1898.
“ KEEP HANDS OFF CUBA.”
Kaiser Says, “As Long as XVilliam II. is
Emperor Yankees Shall Not
Take Possession.”
Madrid, Spain, March 12.—The Madrid
Correspondencia printed last night the
following telegram from. Berlin, receiv-
ed late this afternoon:
“I know from a sure source that
Thursday night at a family dinner par-
ty in the palace, at which was present
Princess Irene, the wife of Prince Hen-
ry, the Emperor’s brother, who is now
in command of the German squadron
in the far East, William II. uttered the
following really startling words in con—
sequence of the conversation having
turned upon Cuban affairs.
“The German Emperor, placing the
hilt of his sword on the table, said:
“ ‘What I declare is that as long as
William II. is Emperor of Germany the
Yankees shall not take possession of
Cuba.’ ”
The President Concerned.
“Tashington, March 12.——The Presi-
dent is said to be exhibiting considerable
uneasiness about the safety of Ameri—
cans in Cuba. It is regarded about
Congr '55 as reasonably demonstrated
by Senator Proctor’s course in Cuba
that he went there in a manner as the
agent of the President. The President
shows anxiety not to form an exagger-
ated notion of the desperate condition
'of affairs in the island, and took the
opportunity of receiving a personal re—
port from Senator Proctor, in whose
.friendship for himself and in whose
judgment he has great confidence.
Opposition to I’owderly.
Washington, March 12.—The Commit—
tee on Immigration has reported ad—
versely upon the nomination of T. V.
Povderly to be Commissioner of Immi-
gration. The nomination was held in
committee for several weeks, on ac-
count of the absence of Senator Chand-
ler. He having returned to Washing-
ton, the matter was brought up, and.
the vote being taken, Mr. Chandler
united with the Democratic Senators to
secure an adverse report. It is believed
that the report will be made the basis
of an animated controversy in the Sen-
ate.
Says Catholics 'Are Loyal.
Chicago, March 12.——”No true’Ameri-
can Catholic will think of espousing the
cause of Spain against that of this
country because the former is a. Catho-
lic nation,” said Archbishop Ireland
in an interview here yesterday.
do that is to set one’s self doWn as trai-
torously‘ inclined to the teachings of his
religion, as well as to the country which
it is his bounded duty. to defend against
all hernias, both internalas well as ex-
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reorganizing the army in view of hostil-
Dakota. South Dakota, Montana and
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GEN. ROSENCRANS DEAD.- 1., _, . ,
Expired at His Home Near Lns Angolés,
California. _ _ ‘ .
for. Angeles, Cal., March'12.—C€-neral
‘1‘. Rosecrans died yestercay at his,
..u.‘nu near Redonda. He has. been in
a precarious condition during savers.
lays, and was unconscious since T. .5-
day, All the members of his family
were presé‘nt when he died.
General Rosecrans had been sick for
~~everal weeks from a comditaticn of
diseases, brought on chiefly by'his ad~
vanced age. More than a week ago it,
was thought that he could no: recover.
and Bishop Montgomery visited the old
hero of many a battlefield and per-
formed in part the rites of the Roman
Catholic. Church. ' - ‘2
William Starke Bosécrans was conn-
sidered one of the most efficient gen-
erals on the Federal side in the War
of the Rebellion. He was born sin -
Kingston, Ohio, on September 6, 1819.
He was graduated at West Point :in
1842, but resigned his commission in
the army in .1854, after attaining the
rank of first lieutenant. He volunteer-
ed as aid to General McClellan '(then
in command of the Department of
GEN. w. s. ROSENCRANS.
(From a. war-time photograph.
Ohio) at the beginning of the civil war,
and soon received a commission. as
brigadier-general in the regular army.
He gained the battle of Rich Mountain
in July, 1861, and was appointed com-
mander of the Department of Ohio in
the same month. In September, 1861,
he won the battle of Carnifex Ferry;
took part in the siege of Corinth in
1862; gained, as commander of the
Army of the Mississippi, the battle of
Iuka in September and of Corinth in
October, 1862. ~ '
In October, 1862, he was transferred
'to the command of the Army of the
Cumberland; gained the battle of Mur-
freesboro on December 30, 1862-January
2, 1863; crossed the Cumberland Moun-
tains and Tennessee River in August,
1863, and was defeated in the battle of
Chickamauga in September, 1863.
He was relieved of the command of
the Army of the Cumberland in Octo-
ber, 1863, and, as commander of the
Department of Missouri, repelled
Price’s invasion of Missouri in 1864.
He resigned from the army in 1867;
was United States Minister to Mexico
in 1868-68; was Democratic member of
Congress from California in 1881-85;
and became Register of the United
States Treasury in 1885. He was reap-
pointed a brigadier-general in the army
and placed on the retired list by a spe-
cial act of_Congress in February, 1889.
A BIG SPORTSMEN’S SHOW.
Grand Exhibit Planned by the New
England Sportsman’s Association.
Boston, Mass, March 12.—Sportsmen
from all parts of the country have
shown a great deal of inteerst in the
big exposition which is to begin here
Monday at the Mechanics’ Hall. Among
the prominent features the artificial
lake in the main hall of the Mechanics’
Building will take the lead. This will
have 20,000 cubic feet of waterfwith the
entire surrounding made into a sloping
shore, with rocks, groves and clearings
faithfuly reproduced. At the stage end
there will be located a camp of Indians,
peoples by men, women and children,
who will follow the calling of their
daily life just as they do when at home
in the camps of Maine and New Bruns—
wick.
Among the other features of the exhi-
bition will be the following: Game
park, with superb specimens of live'elk,
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moose, deer, caribou, and other noble
game. Log cabins and. tents occupied
by' guides and hunters, practically
equipped, and exemplifying life in the
woods. Indian camp, inhabited by Ind-
ian guides and hunters, with their fam-
ilies, making snares, traps, weapons
and canoes. Antonio Apache, the fam-
ous Indian scout, will be personally in
charge.
Game birds, including fine specimens
of live birds, collected from all sections
of the country. Revolver and rifle con-
tests, including military rntach‘es and
tournaments, for valuable trophies. En-
tries for this event have been received
from all parts of the country.
An extensive loan exhibit of mounted
specimens, trophies from forest, field
and stream, will also be one of the most
interesting displays. Mr. George W.
Dutton, president of the New'England
Sportsmen’s Association has done a,
great deal to make the exhibit a suc-
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Governor Leedy, of Kansas; has is- -
sued alpublic statement severelycriti-
cising the recent decision of the United ‘
States Supreme Court on the Nabraskh ‘
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