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THE MORNING NEWS. Y
(itihllshed ISSO. - Incorporated 1888. -
v J. H. ESTILL, President. )
SOLUTION OF MYSTERY SLOW.
fOIUT'S ItKPOnT APT TO BE DE
LAYED FOR WEEKS.
jfnvy Debris Must Be Ilemoveil
prom tlie Wreck Before Anythin*
0 l xiubstnntlni Importance Can Me
Learned Concerning the Nature ot
die Explosion—The Derricks He
i, til red for the Work Not Likely to
Reach Havana for a Week at
Least.
Washington, March 3.—Secretary Long
w :,l at the close of hig day at the navy
department that no word had been receiv
fj from the court of Inquiry and that no
orders l)ad or would be given cus to the
movements of the Eourt from Key West,
„s the court is fully authorized to shape
jts own movements.
The original orders to the court were
is3U ed by Admiral Sicard as commander
of the fleet to which the Maine belonged,
ami it has the technical status of an ad
miral's court, rgporting directly to him,
botn as to its movements and as to its final
report on the cause of the disaster.
The understanding here is that the court
has not concluded its work, but will return
to Havana to take testimony which has
been delayed by the difficulties in the way
of the divers. That Admiral Sicard ex
pects this move back to Havana was
shown by a dispatch from him a few days
ago suggesting that arrangements be made
for a vessel to take the court back. As
the lighthouse tender Mangrove had been
doing this service the treasury department
■was asked to assign the Mangrove for the
return of the court to Key West and this
was done. With these arrangements con
cluded, it is said at the navy department
that the court will proceed without con
sulting officials here.
Arrangements are being made for the
trip ot the cruiser Montgomery and gun
boat Nashville to Cuban ports with relief
supplies. The navy department was ad
vised to-day that the Mallory line steamer
leaving New York next Saturday would
carry, free of charge, seventy-five tons
of supplies, to be transferred to the Mont
gomery and Nashville at Key West. The
Mallory steamer is expected to take about
four days in the run down the coast, so
that the transfer to the warships and
their start to Cuba cannot be made before
next Thursday. *
The two warships are poorly adapted for
carrying supplies, having scant quarters
for their own supplies of cordage, pro
visions, canvas and ship's equipment. It
is only because they can make the run in
daylight that any attempt is made to carry
the seventy-five tons of supplies. These
will be stored on the spardeek, and with
good weather the daylight run will not
subject them to any damage.
The relief measures are proving unex
pectedly successful, the supplies running
into the carloads and hundreds of tons.
The state department has had notice from
ihe Cuban relief committee at New York
that there were shipped on March 1 from
New Y'ork to Santiago 100,000 pounds of
relief supplies; on the 2d, to Havana, 75,000
pounds; To-day, to Matanzas, 100,000
Pounds, and to Sagua'ia Grande, 100,000
pounds. In these shipments are 500
grains of quinine, consigned to each of the
Ports except Havana.
The Maine relief fund, under Mr. Long's
management, to-day reached a total of
*3,113.
The only telegram relating to the Maine
disaster that came to the navy depart
ment during the day was the following
* r ° m Commander Forsyth at Key West:
“liache arrived. Brought one body un-
Ideniified and Paul Loftus, private marine;
Jeremiah Shea, coal passer; John Heffner,
ordinary seaman; Thomas J. Waters, or
dinary seaman, wounded, from Tbrtugns.
He wounded will be sent to the army hos
pital. The funeral of the body has started
for the cemetery.”
In the course of the inquiry into the n.iv
td resources of the United States, an order
has been issued to make a test of the
ina diinery of the old war monitors at the
League Island navy yard. These are sin
gle turreted craft that are armed with big
smooth bore guns in turrets that could
likely bo pierced by the modern high pow
ere l rides of the battleships, but they
would still be ot service in an emergency.
I'l're are eight of theso monitors at
“e igue Island, and the government owns
f'c'eial others that are now annexed to
'in- different state militia.
1 at Irf ague Island are.tne rollow-
Canonicus, Mahopac, Manhattan,
, " kill. Jason, Lehigh, Montauk and Na
ham. They are all between I.BCO and 2,100
or,* displacement and draw very little
".iter, so they cgn take up advantageous
portions on shoals commanding channel
approaches. The intention Is to turn over
io old engines and work the machinery
, lis made to turn the turrets, if it can
be made to work at all,
I hiring the course of the day similar in
-1 tries to that made by the Japanese le
’ ll: °n. as to the number of her subjects
e .OHrd the Maine, came to the navy de
partment from the German and the Swed
-i legations, and If is expected that oth
*r> w ‘ll follow. Nearly every nationality
es represented In the Maine’s big
Secretary Ixvng to-day authorized an ab
i"iu(e and positive denial of a report as
s rting that a partial or preliminary re-
P it had been received by the government
"im the Maine Inquiry board, indicating
< r declaring that the loss of Maine was
"lie to an external explosion. He said
.al no report of any kind had been re
ceived and thut the public had all the in
-orrnation that hhd come to hand.
If the progress of the inquiry at Havana
1 epends ujgtn the work of the wreckers,
1 nich seems to bo the case, for nothing cf
substantial importance can be achieved
until the heavy debris Is removed from
t K, w rec k, considerable delay must inevl
‘ >ly occur. To tow the large derricks
Irom Boston and New York*to Havana Is
< r a Rn< l seldom a safe under
i’hi * ‘ A * * ma,, T of fact the derrick
i,i, at ■ sorfo| k, is now storm-bound Jest
tside of the Chesapeake capes, although
it was fully expected that by this time
•he would be far below Hatteras. This
■ ukes It improbable that the derrick can
-nch Havana harbor, and get at work
much before the middle of next week. As
the b is derrick Monarch, which Is re
" ured to raise the turrets and extremely
ivyweighls from the hull, the date for
r Sailing has not been set, although the
■ partment has inquired of the contractors
"| that point.
A most substantial evidence of sympathy
§3)e ißofttinu
for the survivors of the Maine and the
families of the victims came to hand at
the navy department to-day in the shape
of a check for *6OO from President Dole
of Hawaii. The money was turned into
the Maine relief fund.
It is denied at the navy department that
any request has been made upon the New
port News Shipbuilding Company to
hasten the launching of the battleships
Kearsage and Kentucky, get for the 24th
of this month some time ago. These two
battleships, the largest ever built for the
United States navy, are to be completed
and turned over to the government within
ten months, if finished under the terms of
contract. They are now under construc
tion by the Newport News Shipbuilding
Company, and are to be launched on the
24th inst.
The coal mining companies throughout
the country, especially those near the sea
board, have been prompt in their offers
to the navy department to furnish coal
in the event of trouble with Spain, and the
department has taken steps to ascertain
the probable supply and its location, etc.,
available in the case of an emergency
demand.
Mr. Dubose, the Spanish charge d’af
faires, has, it is understood, presented a
complete memorandum on the alleged fili
bustering trip of the Dauntless, with a
view to having the vessel apprehended.
While the Information is asserted by the
legation to establish the recent expedi
tionary character of the Dauntless’ trips,
it declares It was not successful, and sub
mitted evidence to the state department to
show that the expedition proper failed
to effect a landing, but that Gen. Agra
monte, a Cuban leader, got ashore in a
small boat and Is now wandering in the
Interior without having made a juncture
with the insurgents.
WORK ON THE WRECK.
The Tngs Merritt and Right Arm on
the Starboard and Stern.
Havana, March 3.—lt is believed that the
body recovered last Friday and buried here
was that of Quartermaster Robert Buck
hart, a German. It was identified by u
Diece of cloth and a paper bearing his
name. It is possible, but not certain, that
another body buried last week was that
of Charles A. Scott of Orange,• N. J., a
carpenter’s mate. It had Odd Fellows'
links tattooed on the arm.
The Spanish divers did not go down to
day, but the American divers got some
fixed ammunition out of the forward part
of the wreck.
Gen. Blanco returned to the Hotel In
glaterra the recent call of courtesy of
Senator Proctor.
Gen. Hyde, president of the Bath Iron
Works, Maine, called on Gen. Blanco
and Capt. Sigsbee to-day. He is on his
way to Mexico on a trip for health ana
pleasure, and says his presence in Havana
has no political significance.
The wreckers began workng with appar
ent vigor this afternoon. The Merritt was
anchored on the starboard side aft of the
Maine, with a big barge opposite her, on
the port side. The Right Arm was di
rectly astern of the wreck
One body was recovered to-day. It was
that of a white man about 30 years of age.
It was not identified.
The welcome to be extended to the offi
cers of the Vizcaya and of the Almirante
Oquendo, when the latter arrives, will con
sist of a grand ball at the Casino, which
promises to be a brilliant affair.
The correspondent of La Discussion at
Mantanzas says "Senator Parker” (possi
bly Senator Proctor, or Col. Parker, his
traveling companion), gave a check for
$1,500 to the fund for the relief of the suf
ferers of Mantanzas and its vicinity.
The steamer Seguranca, which has just
arrived here, brought additional supplies
consigned to Consul General Lee from New
York, for the relief of the destitute.
Gen. Parrado has assured the colonels
of the volunteer battalions, that the gov
ernment had no intention of disarming
them. A report to the effect that it was
intended to disarm the volunteers, caused
considerable excitement among the latter,
and disturbances were apprehended.
COURT NOT IN SESSION.
Hitch Reported to Have Occurred In
Its Plans.
Key West, March 3.—Judge Advocate
Marix was the only officer of the court of
inquiry on shore to-day.
Capt. Sampson remained on "board the
lowa and Cupt. Chadwick and Lieut. Com
mander Potter on the New York. Even
the stenographers took a holiday.
Some hitch has occurred in the plans of
the court, though it has l>een understood
that the members are awaiting orders
from Washington through Admiral Sicard.
An unidentified body from the Maine
wreck was brought here this morning on
board t£e coast survey steamer Bachc.
One gun division from the United States
cruiser Marblehead, under the command
of Lieut. Anderson, escorted the remains.
Commander McCalia superintended all the
arrangements. Only a small number of
people gathered at the dock. A hearse
was In watting, but it proved to be too
small for the coffin, which was taken to
the city cemetery covered with the stars
and stripes, in a plain wagon. (
The order of the procession was: The
Marblehead gun division, thirty soldiers
headed by a drummer and a bugler, Chap
lain Royce of the United States cruiser
New York in a buggy, the wagon contain
ing the coffin, flanked on each side by four
sailors; Commander McCalia. Four
wreaths were placed on the flag which
covered tfie coffin.
The crowd present increased in numbers
as the procession passed and stood bare
headed as the remains were taken to the
cemetery.
At the cemetery, the chaplain read a
short service. The survivors of the
Maine were among those present at the
interment.
There were no demonstrations.
Lupkln, Waters. Shea and Heftron,
wounded men of the Maine, were brought
here from the Tortugas on board the
Bache to-day and were taken to the bar
racks. They are all do'ng well.
The five additional survivors who were
left at the Tortugas by the Bache are also
making progress toward recovery.
OUTFIT FOR THE LANCASTER.
Work on It Ordered Finished With
the Least Possible Delay.
Portsmouth, N. H„ March 3.— Orders
have been received at the navy yard to
make the outfit for the United States
ship Lancaster with the quickest possible
dispatch.
It Is expected that the Machtas and Es
sex will lie made ready for service at the
Portsmouth yard at one*. ;
SAVANNAH, GA.. FRIDAY. MARCH 4. 1898.
SPANISH EDITORS ARE SAVAGE.
UNITED STATES MISREPRESENTED
AND MALIGNED.
The Anti-Government Organs Bitter
ly Attacking the Sngastn Govern
ment For Its Alleged Weakness In
Dealing With the United States.
The laiparelal Still Asserts That
European Sympathy Is With
Spain—The Corrco Espanol Advo
eatea War.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
Madrid, Feb. 17.—Fierce indignation
characterizes the Spanish papers that are
not supporters of the government at its
alleged weakness in replying in gentle
terms to the American demand for expla
nations abotlt the Depuy de Lome letter.
The Imparcial says: “It is the hight of
weakness to suppose we are going to dis
arm the Yankees by means of patience.
From them we shall gain nothing by it,
and on the other hand we shall lose Ihe
esteem fbr the dignity and bravery of
Spain, obtained from the other nations.
Paraphrasing the never-to-be-forgotten
Spartan words of Mendez Nunez at Callan,
‘Suffer it to say Spain loves honor more
without Cuba than Cuba without honor.’
"We have sacrificed our youth, we have
sacrificed our millions. Must we also sac
rifice our national honor? Not the great
Antilla, not a hundred Antilles, would be
worth so great a sacrifice.”
The Imparcial then proceeds to argue
that all Spain's concessions will be useless
if the United States really seeks to break
off friendly relations, adding: “If a pre
text is sought, it will be found,for instance,
a hostile demonstration against the Span
ish warships visiting American ports or a
demand for a pension for the widow of the
Dentist Ruiz."
“In Europe,” the article continues, “ev
ery one has already perceived this. The
universal conscience is with us, and it is
really a shameful fact that the action of
the United States rouses more indignation
in foreign minds than in We
believe that we interpret better the spirit
of the Spanish people and we energttcally
protest against what has been done, in or
der that outside of Spain it may be known
that her rulers do not reflect the feelings
of the Spanish people in such acts as the
explanation to McKinley and also that this
nafion of brave men have not become a
flock of lambs.”
The Correo Espanol, after recapitulat
ing all the injuries, it alleges that Spain
has suffered at the hands of the United
States, says: ‘“The last affair—that of Du
puy de Lome—hai given the measure of
our decay and sufferings. Any other gov
ernment- than that we endure—ancient
mummies and she-men when drawing up
the note in yesterday’s council in reply to
the inadmissible, uncalled for and ruffianly
demands of the President of the Republic
of the United Slates would have accom
panied it with Mr. Woodford’s passports.
For it is clear that neither concessions nor
the humiliations of the Spanish govern
ment change in the slightest degree the
plan drawn up by the government and
people. We want war, and war will come.”
The Pais is not so moderate, for it de
clares that war Is already raging, (Esta
ya declarsda) saying; ‘‘The North Ameri
cans have not their soldiers and their
ships In Cuba, but among the insurgents
they have what is better, they have their
money turned into ammunition, guns, can
non and dynamite.”
“Why," asked the Pais, “should an offi
cial declaration be made when war already
exists, and exists under the most favora
ble terms for the United States. An offi
cial declaration might alarm the European
powers, who would not tolerate President
McKinley placing his hand on the Antilles.
Without exposing their soldiers on their
own soil, they send them in the guise or
insurgents to Cuba. To avoid a eatastro.
phe to their warships, they send men and
ammunition to the insurgents In merchant
vessels. American politicians would be
most foolish if they abandoned by a de
claration of war the favorable position
they have taken uptn Cuba against
Spain.”
“No.” the paper continues, "we cannot
hope for a declaration of war. Cautious or
bold, humble or "active, our government
need not fear that Washington will declare
war. It is already declared war. Already
it has caused havoc In Spain and in the
United States they laugh at the Idea that
they are capable of the folly of declaring
war against us, a war already entlamed
through them, a war fed by th/m, a war
in which they run none of the risks and
have all the advantages that would accrue
from an open war between the two coun
tries.”
The Carilsts have Issued a manifesto
announcing their intention to take part in
the coming elections.
DON’T DEPEND ON THE DIVERS.
(sort’s Verdict Not to Rest Solely on
Tlieir FlndliiMT.
Havana, via Key West, March 3.—A
naval officer to-day, In reply to a sug
gestion that it was a pity that such an
Important decision as the verdict of tlie
court of inquiry into the Maine explosion
should rest solely upon the divers, who
seemed men of only ordinary Intelligence,
replied: ‘"The court of inquiry has not
had to depend upon divers’ testimony
alone.”
Then realizing that he had said more
than he intended, ihe officer resumed his
habitual reserve. It is believed that the
testimony of Lieut. Commander Waln
wrlght was highly impootant ns bearing
on the question of the existence of sub
marine mine*. The government has em
ployed an expert photographer now in Ha
vana, who will send the department in
Washington photographs of tne armor
plates and portions of the wreck .Immedi
ately upon recovery from the water.
If the Spanish court of inquiry, under
Capt. Feral, has a definite plan of action,
which seems doubtful, it has not been
made public- The Spanish divers will, of
course, report the results of their obser
vation to the Spanish court of Inquiry, but
when or where has not been made
known.
Senator Troctor has seen much In a short
time and there Is good authority for say
ing that he will make the results of his
observations known In a strong speech In
the Senate on Ills return to Washington,
At Mantanzas, Miss Barton and Senator
Proctor, under the guidance of United
States Consul Brie© and Mr. Govas. the
British vice consul, saw such suffering as
they had never conceived possible. Four
persons died in one ward, while the party
was there.
Senator Froctor was reticent on the sub
ject. hut others of the party declared that
the whole east of the island was under
the control ot Gen. Maximo Gomez.
Rena tor Proctor, however, went so far as
to say to the correspondent of the Associ
ated Press: “Certainly a peculiar state
of affairs exist. A resident ot Mantanzas
told me that if I wished to correspond
with Gen. Gome* he would send my letter
to him and have an answer back in a
short time.”
HEARD TWO EXPLOSIONS.
First One Una Mullletl, Hut the Sec
onal Stunning in Its Loudness.
New York, March 3.—W. W. Howard of
this city, returned from Cuba to-day in the
steamship Yigllanca.
"I was in Armenia vvlth Miss Clara Bar
ton,” said Mr. Howard, ‘‘but nowhere in
Armenia did I see such suffering and fam
ine as that I have witnessed in Cuba
among the reconcentrades. Men, women
and children are so emaciated from priva
tion, that their ribs and bones almost
come through their shriveled skins, If
ever people needed relief, it is those
wretched reconcentrados.
“The insurgents are well dressed, well
armed, well horsed and well groomed—
indeed, they are sleek and live easy lives.
Cuba has been laid waste. Outside the
towns one rarely sees a building, for the
reason that all the buildings not in the
cities have been raised or burned. Grass
and weeds grow where once the highest
cultivation existed."
Mr. Howard said timl he was on the
wharf at Havana when the Maine hiew
up. He heard two explosions, a dull one
followed by a louder one, which shook the
ground and stunned him.
J. J. Murphy, another passenger on the
Vlgilanca, said; ”1 am positive that there
was two explosions. The first was some
what muffled, but the second was stunning
In its loudness.”
OUR SQUADRON AT HONG KONG.
Spain Might Attack New York If We
Attack Manillii.
Madrid, March 3.—The Queen Regent
has signed the decree reducing the duties
on wheat and flour.
The public is much exercised over the
piesence of a squadron of United Slates
warships at Hong Kong, as it is pre
sumed the vessels intend to threaten Ma
nilla, the capital of the Philippine Islands,
in the event of war between the United
States and Spain.
The Imparcial, in an article headed "To
Manilla, to New York," quoted an unnam
ed personage who scouts the idea of an
imminent rupture and says: "The pres
ence of warships at Hong Kong is only
Washington's policy, with the view of
contenting the jingoes.”
The "high personage” is said to. have
added, "but America has not so many
warships as to warrant such bold action.
If they go to the Philippines the Spaniards
will go to New York."
The Globo remarks the government Is
alive to the critical situation, and Is si
lently preparing for the worst. But, it is
too diplomatic to disclose the procedure
by which it is preparing for emergencies.
ORDERED TO THE MIANTONOV!AH.
Lieutenant in the Hydrographic
OHlce Mast Go to Sen.
Philadelphia, March 3.—Lieut. Gill,
United States Navy, in charge of the hy
drographic office in the Bourse the past
two years, has received orders from the
navy department to report for active duty
on the Mlantonomah, March 10, The Mi
antonomah is in course of hurried prepara
tion for sea service and it is expected she
will join the Amphltrite, Monadnock, Ter
ror and others of her class at that time.
GEN. MERRITT’S INSPECTION.
He Expresses Himself ns Well Pleas
ed With What He Saw.
New York, March 3.—Gen. Wesley Mer
ritt returned to-day from his tour of In
spection of the Southern fortifications In
the department of the East. Probably
within a week he will start for Kew West.
Speaking of his tour, Gen. Merritt said:
“I am pleased to say that I find the troops
In excellent condition. The men were all
the picture of health, and the regulations
of the service working perfectly."
"I first went to Fort McPherson, at At
lanta, Ga. Then I went down to Fort Bar
rancas and Pensacola. From there 1 Jour
neyed to New Orleans, where I stopped
over two days to inspect Jackson bar
racks. I did not go to Fort St. Phillip,
for the reason that none of my troops are
garrisoned there.
“I may have a few suggestions for the
Improvement of some of the posts X vis
ited, but I do not care to discuss that now.
I have nothing to say on the subject of the
Maine disaster, more than it was lament
able and deplorable In the extreme.”
When asked as to whether It was the
intention of the war department to make
Atlanta the seat of operations In case of
hostilities being declared, Gen. Merritt
said he preferred to remain sl'ent for the
present. Under no circumstances, he ex
plained, would he go Into the details of
his proposed visit to Key West, nor would
he discuss the significance of the fleet be
ing there at this particular time.
RELIEF SI PPLIEB FOR CUBA. ’
Steamship flailing To-ilay Carry
Generous Donations.
New York. March 3.—The steamship
Bergen of the Munson line, sailing fr.r
Southern ports to-morrow, will carry the
following relief supplies to be distributed
among the suffering Cubans through Con
suls Brice at Matanzas and Barker at Ha
gua la Grande: One hundred and slxty-two
cases of milk; two hundred bags of rice;
one hundred and twenty-five bags of
beans; fourteen thousand pounds of col
fish; twelve thousand pounds bacon; four
hundred bass of corn meal) twenty-five
tierces of lard; six hundred grains of qui
nine.
Ail has been purchased by the Cuban Be
lief Society on contributions received Trom
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
CARVALHO AND THE CHECKS.
GREEN’S FONVER TO SIGN BANGS'
NAME AN ISfll E.
Cashier Burns of the American Ex
change National Bank Alleged to
Have Certified That lianas’ Name
Written hy Green Wits Written liy
Hungs Himself—Cnrvnlho Asserts
That Connolly Signed One Nnnte
W hen He Had No Authority to Do
So.
Now Y'ork, March 3.—C01. Barr announc
ed to-day that he had succeeded in getting
some witnesses, who had consented to tes
tify, and he will put them on the stand
to-morrow. YVho these witnesses are he
will not say until he brings them before
the court, but it Is presumed that he hr.s
prevailtfd upon some of the bank officials
he has been seeking, to give up what they
know. He promised the court to-day that
reveral of these witnesses would appear
to-morrow.
Though he was.referred to once or twice
to-day, M. A. Connolly had somewhat of
a rest from the prosecution before the
court martial, and Capt. B. D. Green was
made the special target. Davkl N. Car
valho, the writing expert, would not
use the word forgery in this connection,
but he swore that the nnme of Anson. M.
Bangs, which appeared on the back of
half a dozen of the Cumberland sound
checks of 1594 and 1895, was written by B.
D. Green. In one Instance, where the
check was turned over to Edward H. Oay
nor, treasurer, Mr. Carvalho said the
name Anson M. Bangs had been written by
M. A. Connolly. It was made to appear,
however, that Capt. Green was in the hab
it of putting Anson M. Bangs’ name on
the back of a check when
ever the pccasion made it
necessary, and in one Instance, where the
name’ was so signed, there appears an In
dorsement by E. Burns, cashier of the
American Exchange National Bank, who
guaranteed that the name Anson M. Bangs
signed by Capt. Green, was Bangs’ own
signature.
The objection of the defense to the intro
duction of the indorsements on thesp
cheeks on the ground that they never came
back Into the hands of Capt. Carter, and
that he could have had no knowledge of
the forgeries, and on the ground that there
was no evidence of their being forgeries,
was not sustained, and the whole list of
cheeks was gone through with. Gen. Otis
announced, however, that the court was
aware that these checks did not return to
Capt. Carter, and said the evidence would
be carefully considered.
“Who wrote Ihe first Indorsement upon
that check?” Col. Barr would asked.
Once the witness answered: "That is
written in the engrossing hand of Michael
A. Connolly.”
Again he would say: "That name “An
son M. Bangs’’ was signed by B. D.
Green.”
Some times the signatures were genu
ine. "You used the word forgery," Mr.
Blair said. “Do you mean in its technical
criminal sense?”
"Yes, sir,” said Mr. Carvalho.
“If Mr. Connolly had authority to sign
these names would you say It was a for
gery?"
“No, sir, but in one Instance I know he
did not have It. I learned it from one of
the papers I had. In the other cases I
do not know whether he had the authority
or not. If he did it would not be u for
gery.”
“One of the signatures of Anson M.
Bangs, Mr. Carvalho said, on comparing it,
had been written by James L. Gallagher,
in his opinion. Gallagher was on the
stand for the defense In Savannah. This
signature was erased by three ink lines,
and under no circumstances could it be
mistaken for Bangs' signature, he said.
This concluded Mr. Carvalho’s testimony.
The whole trial before the court martial
ts liable to be disturbed by the proposed
congressional investigation, and the out
come of Congressman Hull’s resolution Is
being eagerly awaited. Congressman
Hull's resolution Is reported to have been
the result of a conference he had with an
army'officer, but who It was has not been
made apparent. The report is that he
will Insist on the passage of the resolution
providing for an Investigation of the ex
penditures in the Savannah district should
the Judge Advocate find here that he will
tne unable to get the witness called to tes
tify. It seems, so far as the matter Jias
gone here, that this will be the case.
The talk of war, ot which there Is about
as much here as there ts In Savannah,
with the exception of what is worked up
by one or two New Yoik newspapers, par
ticularly one, which Is now denominated
the “war cry" by the New Yorkers, bos
to a certain extent, taken up space which
would otherwise be given to the Carter
trial. As it Is, however, all of the reports
realize the Importance of it, and considera
ble attention Is being given it. There
were about a dozen reporters present the
first day of the trial, and they have been
there ever since.
The room occupied by the court is not so
large as that in Savannah, but the si>ec
tators do not crowd there so abundantly,
and there is room enough. It overlooks
the battery, and the East river. The
court Is arranged differently from what it
was In Savannah. Here it sits around a
long table, the president at the head, nrd
the other officers on either side. At the
foot sits the Judge Advocate and his as
sistants. The accused and his counsel are
to the left of the court.
The efforts of the New York newspaper
men to interview Capt. Carter were some
what unsuccessful. "I wish they would
get through and give me a chance," was
all he would say. The case seems as In
terminable as ever, the end being no near
er In sight. One of the papers character
ized Col. Barr aa “practically the presid
ing officer of the court,” but Gen. Otis had
not then been heard from to any extent.
Congratulations to Col. C. A. Woodruff
have been the order ever since the court
convened here. It brought the first offi
cial announcement of his promotion from
major to lieutenant colonel, coming by the
retirement of Gen. Bell from the head of
the commissary department. Col. Wood
ruff takes the place formerly occupied by
MaJ. Stanton, the second to the left of the
president of the court, Instead of the third
to the right, while MaJ. Stanton moves to
the positotn that was occupied by Col.
Woodruff. Col. Woodruff is located on
Governor's Island, so he Is at home here.
Ho is a hero of (he famous Custer fight,
for though he was not In Custer's isst
charge, from which no man escaped, he
was with the reserve force, and attacked
the hostile Indians following that slaugh
ter. He was wounded five times and he
killed a redskin for every shot that hit
him. J. F. U.
New York, March 3.—David N, Carvalho,
the expert In handwriting, who was recall
ed to the witness stand at the opening of
to-day's session of the court martial which
Is trying the charges against Capt. O. M.
Carter. Judge Advocate Harr handed the
witness a check for $20,577, payable to An
son M. Rangs on account of work done on
Cumberland sound In 1895. The check was
indorsed "Anson M. Bangs," and the
Judge Advocate asked Mr. Carvalho by
whom he thought the name had been writ
ten.
"By D. H, Green,” was the propmt re
sponse.
Mr. ll|alr, for the defense, asked the
Judge Advocate If he intended to claim
that this check ever came back to Capt.
Carter, or that the Captain knew of these
Improper Indorsements? If it was his in
tention to make such a claim, Mr. Blair
said he would object to the Introduction
of the check.
Col. Harr said (’apt. Green's name was
so connected with the case that the check
and the forgery were entirely competent
evidence.
Mr. Rlair said there was as yet no evi
dence of any forgery in the case. It would
lie shown later on, he said, that B. I>.
Green Imd the authority to elgn the name
of Anson M. Bangs.
"It is evident," Col. Harr said, "if Capt.
Green had such authority, he disguised it
most admirably. There is no such author
ity in the treasury department. This check
was thrown out of the treasury. It re
lates to the Hangs’ contract of ISIH, and
It has been shown that there was ho cor
respondence with Mr. Bungs about the
contract. The forgeries yesterday were
also In reference to this same matter.”
Mr. lilnlr submitted that there was no
evidence of any forgery as yet before the
court, and thul the statement of the Judge
Advocate was entirely gratuitous. He said
that the accused never saw that check
after It had passed from hla hands.
The court retired, and after a few min
utes deliberation, refused to sustain the
objection of the defense.
The cheek was then Introduced as an ex
hibit In evidence.
Col. Harr next calk'd the attention of the
expert to a check drawn by Capt. Carter,
on the assistant treasurer in this city, for
$21,287.05, to the order cf Anson M. Bangs,
Among the Indorsements on this check
the expert found forgeries written by B.
D. Green.
A second check upon the sub-treasury by
Capt. Carter to Anson M. Bangs, dated
April 5, 1895, and for the sum of $29,059.82,
was next submitted to the expert, who tes
tified that among the Indorsers the name
of W. T. Gaynor was written by U. D.
Green. A third check for $1,009, drawn by
Capt. Carter, to the order Of Anson M.
Hangs, 'waa submitted for the Judgment of
the <xpert, who stated that the indorse
ment of Anson M. Bangs was written by
Michael A. Connolly, the clerk of Capt.
Carter. The witness further found In this
check a name stricken out, and ink'd
over, which however, he had made legible
enough to read "Anson M. Bangs" In the
handwriting of Michael A. Connolly.
Checks payable to Anson M, Hungs In
1895 as follows: No. 2119,455 for $7,500; No.
209,466 for C 523,599.92, and No. 269,472 for $25,-
991,16, were Introduced.
The witness said the entire indorsement
on the first check “Pay to the order of
John F. Gaynor, Anson M. Hungs, John F.
Gaynor,” was In the handwriting of B. D.
Green.
On the second check, the words ".Pay
to the order of" and the signature, "Anson
M. Bangs,” were written, air. Carvalho
said, by Michael A. Connolly. The sig
nature of Edward 11. Gaynor was genu
ine. but the words beneath “Treasurer At
lantic Contracting Company,” were In the
lignd of MlchViel A. Connolly.
The witness wus then turned over to the
defense. Mr. Biair conducted tbe cross
examination.
"Mr. Carvalho, you used the words
‘forgeries’ and ‘simulated’ In speaking of
some of the signatures you said Wert; made
by Mr. Connolly, tyld you use the word
•forgery” in Its criminal sense.?”
"Yes, sir,” was the reply.
“Did you have any information to the
effect that Mr. Connolly had no authority
to sign any of these names?"
“I have, from one of the patters I ex
amined.”
“Have you that same Information with
regard to all tthb dther papers."
“No, sir; I have not."
“When you used the word forgery, then
It was without knowledge of the facts.”
"You do not understand me. I had that
Information with regard to one name
wherever It appeared. I knew he had no
authority to sign It.”
"You have not used the wofd forgery
this morning.”'
“No, sir.”
“Was this deliberate on your part?”
“It was, sir.”
Mr. Blair had some discussion with the
witness about simulation of handwriting,
after which' he took up voucher No. ,
upon which appeared the signature of An
son M. Bangs with three lines drawn
through it. This was compared with the
signatures of James L. Gallagher,
which appeared twice upon the docu
ment In question. Mr. Carvalho
thought both signatures had been written
by the same person. Mr, Gallagher, who
was bookkeeper for the Atlantic Con
tracting Company In Savannah, was dis
charged by Kd ward H. Gaynor. He has
appeared as a witness for the prosecution.
The witness was asked If It would af
fect his opinion ns to a forgery having
been commltlted If the person whose slg.
nature had’been imitated were to come
forward now and say he given author.
Ity to another to sign his name, although
the treasury department had no record
that such authorization had been mado.
He replied <hat It would not.
’’You ore an expert on handwriting, and
not on law, are you not?” Mr. Blair asked
Mr. Carvalho.
"Yes, that's true.”
”I)o you know anything about the re
fined points of law in relation to forger
ies?”
"No, sir.”
"That signature of Anson M. Bangs,
erased by three lines, could never have
been mistaken for the genuine by any one
familiar with Mr. Hungs' own signature,
could W?*’
"No, sir, it could not. Nobody who
knows anything about Mr. Bangs’ hand
writing could be deceived by It.”*
Tills ended Mr. Cavalho’s testimony, and
the court adjourned until to-morrow.
( DAILY, $lO A YEAR.
J 6 CENTS A COPT.
I WEEKLY 2-TIMEB-A-WEKK $1 A TSAR
NINE DROWNED IN TAMPA BAY.
81.001’ CAPSIZED nY A SQUALL AXU
ONLY FOUR SAVED.
The Vessel on Her Way Prom Marcel
to Key West—Three of the Victim*
Children of the Craft'* Captain.
The Other* Drowned a Family
From Bridgeport, Conn., Who Had
lleen Spending the Winter in the
State.
Key West, Fla., March 3.—The schooner
Speedwell, Capt, Collier, from Marco, Fla.,
for Key West, was struck by a squall to
day while off Marquesas, eighteen miles
from here, and capsized.
Nine persons were drowned, out of thir
teen all (old on board.
Among the victims were the three chil
dren of Capt, Collier, George, Tom and
Wilbur, aged respectively 4, 6 and 6 years,
and the entire Nichols family, Bradley
Nichols and his wife, their son and tno
latter's wife and two grand-children. That
family were from Bridgeport, Conn.
Those saved are: Capt. Collier, Samuel
Cats, Jesse Greene, deckhands; and P- W,
Bates of Myers, Fla., a passenger.
The Nichols family Is said to have beet*
well-to-do.
Ail had been staying for a month or two
at a small hotel kept by Capt. Collier at
Marco, and they were on their way home.
The survivors say the Speedwell, which
Is a small vessel of about twenty-five tons,
was making slow headway this morning
against a heavy wind.
About 7 o’clock Capt. Collier was at tho
wheel, and tho Nichols family and the
Collier children were In the cabin asleep.
Huddenly a squall came up and the boat
was turned over.
Capt. Collier, the deck hands and M r -
Hates were swept Into the sea, but caught
the rigging in time to save themselves.
The men iHShed themselves to the rig
ging. A tier being there for two hours tha
sea subsided. Then they got the dingey
boat loose, bailed her out with a hat.
broke a thwart In two pieces, and withi
these for oars rowed toward Marquesas,
After going three miles they were picked
up exhausted by a fishing sloop and
brought here.
Samuel Cats, one of tho survivors, who
was seen as his home hens to-night, said:
“Capt. Collier has been sailing for twenty
five years In these waters. He is not to
bbime. Refore we knew it we were lifted
off our fact and Into the water. As for
these poor people down below they were
penned in like rat*. The wife of young
Nichols rose to a skylight. I was cling
ing to the rigging. She waved her hand
at me, and that's the last I saw ot her.
When we got off two hours later they
were all dead. We did not see a thing of
tho children or hear a cry. We had to
bale with the hat all the time we ’.vers
In the dingy and often came near being
swamped.”
Soon after being brought. Into port, Capt.
Collier and Jesso Green went out on the
yacht Buccaneer, accompanied by a diver,
to try to recover the bodies.
Bridgeport, Conn.. March 3.—Bradley
Nichols Was one of the most prominent
real estate dealers In this city and was
very wealthy. His son Warren, who was
uiso drowned, was associated with him in
business. The wife of young Nichols was
the daughter of United States Prooecuting
Attorney Olddlngs of this city.
REVOLUTION IN VENEZUELA.
Tlie Trouble Breaks Out 200 Mile*
From the Capital.
Washington, March 3.—The state depart
ment has been Informed lhat a small rev
olution has broken out at Valencia, algout
200 miles from Caracas, capital of Vene
zuela. No details are given.
This Is evidently directed against Presi
dent Andrade, who was only a few day*
ago Inaugurated us the successor of Presi
dent Crespo.
The navy department was promptly In
formed of the advices received by the
state department, which came from United
States Minister Loomis at Caracas. How
ever, there was no necessity for action by
the navy department In the direction of
ordering a warship there, for, perhaps. In
anticipation of some trouble at the lnaug.
uratton of President Andrade, the depart
ment had arranged the movements of tno
cruisers and gunt>oats In the West Indies
so that the big cruiser Brooklyn and tho
gunboat Annapolis reported her arrival
at La Gnayra, the seaport of Caracas, the
Venezuelan capital, as the news of the
outbreak came. In addition, the gunboats
Wilmington and Vicksburg are cruising
within little over a day’s steaming dis.
lance should their presence be required.
GRIGGS AS A DEBATER.
Georgian Makes n lilt In Ills Malden
Speech In the House.
Washington, March 3.--Judge Griggs,
representative from the Second district of
Georgia, made one of the hits In to-day’s
debate on the Ixnid postal bill In tha
House. It was his first appearance ns a
debator on the floor, and he made a splen
did Impression. He spoke particularly to
an amendment In the Interest of the coun
try papers. In the course of his remarks
he had to run the guuntict of interruption
on both sides of the House, which drew out
not only his familiarity with all matters
relating to postal regulations, but devel
oped real power as a debator, which
brought him the heartiest kind of congrat
ulations from both sides of the House.
SLAIN WHILE RESISTING ARREST,
Victim Seized u It I lie and Wn Killed
Before He Could Use It,
Mobile, March 3.—Near Monroeville, Mon.
roe county, Alubaroa, last night, Jeff Sal
ter (white), was shot and killed while re
sisting arrest. During* the day he passed
three counterfeit silver dollars In Monroe
ville and was pursued sixteen miles by
officers, who found him and demanded hla
surrender. He seized a rifle and was shot
through the head.
England May Occupy Ael-Hal-Wel.
Shanghai. Mnreh 3.—The China Gazette
says Great Britain will occupy Wel-Hal-
Wei in the event of Japan withdrawing
from that port.