Indianapolis Journal, Volume 48, Number 93, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1898 — Page 4

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FALSE ALARM SPIMSH TORPEDO YET ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. , a . / */' Itrtiortrd Yesterday to Have Alriveil at the Cape De Verde Island". Oft the West Coast of Africa j ■ ♦— SPANIARDS MAY BE TRICKY *- NND TRYING TO MISLEAD THE WASHINGTON AUTHORITIES. , Some Naval Officer* of the Opinion that the Dispatches from Madrid Are Untrustworthy. . THE VIZCAYA AND OQUENDO % * THEIR HI RRIED DEPARTURE FROM THE HAIIDOR OF HAVANA. 0 -r* Both < rulsers Headed Toward Porto H!i* When Last Seen—Strength of Spain’s Navy. ■ ♦ r WASHINGTON, April 2.—The report cabled from Madrid last midnight that the Spanish torpedo flotilla had arrived at Porto Kieo proves to have been erroneous, according to a bulletin from Madrid to-day, which says: “The statement cabled last night that the torpedo flotilla of Spain has arrived at Porto Rico was taken from a newspaper here. Investigation shows the announcement to be untrue. The Spanish flotilla has arrived at Cape De Verde Islands, and it is said will proceed after coaling.” The Cape De Verde islands are off the west coast of Africa, south of the Canaries. The bulletin was read with a good deal of satisfaction at the Navy Department, which was without information of its own on the whereabouts of the flotilla. The islands are more than 2,000 miles from Porto Rico. As It has taken the Spanish flotilla nine days to make the Cape De Verde Islands from the Canary islands, which they left on March 24, It should, roughly speaking, going at about the same rate of take the flotilla about twenty-six days from now to reach Porto Rico from the Cape De Verde islands, supposing the flotilla was able to coal and start again to-day, which is very unlikely. Some naval officers, however, place little reM anco in the dispatches from Madrid, and even intimate the Spaniards may be purposely sending out false reports In order to mislead tho United 3tates as to the whereabouts of the flotilla. Date this aftenoon the Navy Department was informed of the sailing of the Svanish ships Pelayo and the Carlos V from Havre and Toulon, France, for Carthagena, Spain. The officials suppose that these vessels have been at the French •ports for some necessary repairs and are returning to • where there is a Spanish navstation, for such additional work on Hu m as may be necessary preliminary to any active service they may be called on to perform. The Pelayo is :J6O long and 66 feet beam and has twin screws, 9,000 tons displacement, has a speed of 16.7 knots and, besides a. formidable armament, carries aeyen torpedo tubes. Not at San Joan De Puerto Rico. i NTA\ YORK, April 2.—A telegram of in- ■ liiiry, addressed to the manager of the c.ibl.- station at San Juan re Puerto Rico nedo r< flnHii the , re i >ort that the Spanish torhad arrived there, to-night arrived U response that the flotilla had not

BOUND FOR PORTO RICO. Route of the Vlxcaya ami Oquendo " “Whed by Correspondent. M<;\V YORK, April 2.—The Evening Vvorld prints a copyrighted dispatch dated April 1 on board the World’s dispatch boat Triton, via Key West, which says: “The Spanish war ships Vizcaya and Oquendo no longer lie like big black watchdogs across Havana harbor. They are on their w y to Porto Rico. The dispatch boat followed them until this was made certain. They left their moorings at 3 o’clock this afternoon and started eastward along the north coast of Cuba. For days both of the big Spanish cruisers have been ready to sail at an hour's notice. Their coal bunkers were tilled almost two weeks ago. Late last right a package of sealed orders were sent out to the two war ships from the office of the Almirante on La Machlna wharf. Early this morning preparations for departure were begun. Boat after boat, loaded down to tile gunwales with provisions of every kind, started out from Havana wharves for the Vizcaya and Oquendo. The Evening World correspondent boarded the Vizcaya at 10 o’clock. He was received most courteously by Captain Eulate in his cabin. ‘All I know about it,’ said the Vizcaya’s commander, ‘is that we are going away, but where 1 have not the faintest idea. Our osiers are sealed, and I shall not open them until I am several miles out at soa.’ ” A correspondent was put on board the Triton with orders to follow the cruisers. r lhe correspondent’s narrative continues: “As soon as the two ships reached the open gulf they turned to the westward and ran three or four miles down the coast in that direction. After they had reached a point on the coast about live miles westward of Havana they turned completely around and beaded for Mono again. The watchers on the Triton were astonished. Could it be that the Vizcaya and Oquendo had changed their plans and were returning to Havana. Under a speed of about eleven knots an hour they passed Morro for the second time, the Vizcaya leading the Oquendo by half a mile. Down the coast to the eastward of Havana the two men-of-war passed in procession. At a distance of seven miles from the land the Triton paralleled their course, sailing at about the same rate of speed. As the sun dropped down below the hoiizon the Vizcaya and Oquendo became lost to view in the shadow of the long green hills of the shore. The two ships had increased their speed a little by this time and were jogging along at a. comfortable fourteen knots. They kept well within the five-mile limit Most of the time they were not more than a mile from shore. The Triton foiowed the Vizcaya and Oquendo until they rounded Point Guanos. Point Guamis is twenty-eight miles to the eastward of Havana. Had either of the two meiuofvur had any idea of going to United States ports they certainly would have turned north at Point Guanos. But they did not. At a speed of sixteen knots an hour they kept on to the eastward. The course that they followed is the one indicated on charts as being the most direct route to Porto Rico.” Rumors at Havana. HAVANA via. Key West, April I—Yesterday it was reported at the palace that thr*o United States war vessels had been pa trolling the north coast, of Cuba. , Whether thl* i* true ar sat the eorre-

epondents here have no means of knowing, but certainly ft ,vns believed at the palace. H may have had something to do with the departure of the cruisers Vizcaya and Almirante Oquendo from the harbor, though it has been known for soma time that these vessels were getting ready to soil at any moment. The departure of the big ships was the signal for almost as much enthusiasm as was their arrivel. Huge crowds gathered on the docks and along the shores and cheered themselves hoarse as the vessels. within a few cable lengths of each other, the Vizcaya leading, steamed slowly through the narrow entrance to the harbor, passed the Cabanas fortress and Morro Castle and thence to the open sea, where their course was made to the east. It was reported at midnight last night that the vessels were standing off and on opposite the harbor of Havana. This report, however, was not verified. It was insisted upon that Admiral Manterola had hoisted his pennunt on the Vizcaya. This was a mistake, arising probably from the farewell visit of the admiral to the captains of the vessels, with the consequent salutes. The lower classes here think the vessels, which they deem invulnerable, have gone to Key West to destroy the United States fleet If war Is declared. The intelligent people here believe that the big cruisers are bound for Porto Rico to meet and if necessary protect and furnish supplies to the torpedo flotilla, now* at the Cape Verde islands. News was received at the palace late today to the effect that the Spanish torpedo flotilla has arrived at the Island of Martinique, where the destroyers are busy mounting rapid-fire guns brought on the transport which aecomi>anied the fleet. According to these advices the Vizcaya, and the Almirante Oquendo have gone to Martinique to meet the torpedo flotilla. The gunboat Martin Alonzo Pinzon and the other Spanish gunboats stationed at Havana go in and cut of the harbor and patrol the near-by coast. It Is fully l>elieved that a United States squadron of three vessels was off the north coast yesterday merning. The government is said to be discussing the question of declaring martial law throughout the Island. DESCRIPTION OF THE FLEET. A Deadly Flotilla Whose Whereabouts I* Not Definitely Known. NEW YORK. April 2.—The mysterious movements of Spain's torepdo flotilla are characteristic of the dread messengers of war. Ever since the fleet has set out from Cadiz there has been a feeling of uncertainty as to its whereabouts and destination. It has been scudding through the waters of the Atlantic to a destination that is absolutely known only to the Spanish authorities. It was reported recently that the flotilla consisted of only six boats and a collier, but this story may have had a Spanish origin. When the start was made from Cadiz it was announced the fleet comprised thirteen torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers with two transports. This W’ould constitute one of the most deadly collections of war vessels now afloat. While in midocean they are harmless, but their awful destructiveness is realized once they reach still waters. There their speed capacity is increased, and they are enabled to dart back and forth like the fly-by-nights that they are. The names they bear are exceedingly well applied. In the first division, which set out from Cadiz the night of March 13 under the guardianship of the City of Cadiz, are tho Terror, the Furor and the Pluton, first-class torpedo boat destroyers, and the first-class torpedo boats Azor, Bagor and Ariete. These were followed r.,iT^ e u ays L ater tlie second division, which leit the Pay of Cadiz the night of Atarcnl7. On the same day the commander of the fleet was ordered, not to proceed from the Canaries for Havana until further notice. The latest information of the relative posi- ;!! a n? Oie little snips was cabled trom Cadiz the night the fleet set out. That was " he n tne first division left the harbor. It YVlien the convoy steamed out. i e tor Pedo boat destroyers were close by her side to larboard, while the torpedo vessels were snuggling up to her starboard side. The boats of the second division must have taken position relatively the same until they joined the first division at ,_ the Canaries a rew days after March 17. March 24 the entire fleet set out from the Canaries for their journey to the west, prePorto Rico. From the nature of their construction the fleet is compelled to replenish its coal supply every few hours, so that its rate of speed, which is calculated to be something line thirty knots an hour is materially lessened in the average distance they can cover in a preseribeu time. In the high seas this rate is far under the average attributed to them, and under tile most favorable conditions the fleet was not expected to cover the distance of 2.540 miles between the Canaries and Porto Rico in less than ten or twelve days at the best. The difference-between the torpedo boats and the torpedo boat destroyers is marked both by their varying equipment and the uses for which they are intended. The torpedo boats are light, swift-saiiing vessels for projecting or placing torpedoes. They are unarmored and carry no guns. The destroyers, while equally light and speedy and ftiso unarmored, are armed with rapid-lire guns. In their construction everything is sacrificed to speed. The mission of the de-

stroyers is to prevent the torpedo boats of an enemy from approaching or injuring battle ships. By quick movements and by rapid dashes on torpedo boats, together with the use of rapid-ttre guns, they are calculated to be of great service to fleets of heavier battle ships. In the Spanish flotilla the Furor and the Terror are sisters. They are built with steel hulls, twin screws, displacement 370 tons and with a capacity of one hundred tons. Each carries two fourteen-pounder quickfire rifies, two six-pounder rifles, two onepounder Maxim machines and two fourteeninch torpedo tubes. These two vessels, as well as the Pluton, are manned by seventytwo men and four officers, all under the command of a lieutenant. The Rago, Azor and Ariete are not so large, displacing 120 tons, having on board twenty-six men and two officers each. The PlUton is a sister of the Audaz, Osada and Prosperina. The latter two are supposed to be in the second division that left Cadiz, while the former is the vessel that is laid up for repairs at an Irish port, having suffered an injury to her prow either in a storm or a collision. These ships are guaranteed a speed of thirty knots an hour, with an armament similar to that of the Furor and the Terror. All of the torpedo boat destroyers have been built by Spain within the last two years, when to the Spaniards the Cuban difficulties demanded all of their attention. Every one is of the latest pattern, positively seaworthy and destined to prove its efficacy in any and all engagements. So much cannot be said of the torpedo boats. Tlmy were built in 1880 and have suffered from time. They are not so speedy as is claimed, although capable of giving a good account of themselves when called upon. This is the nature of the individual members of the fleet Spain has sent to do her bidoing on this side of the Atlantic. It is not at all likely' that the vessels have met with misfortune on their Journey. The fleet has te_n scudding along under the protecting wmg of two strong and sturdy vessels, the armored cruiser City of Cadiz and a steamer converted into a fighting ship. Before they reached the still waters of a quiet harbor nothing was to be feared from them. A detachment of our American liners could have met them in midocean, and. without the slightest inconvenience, have sawed the tiny ships in two. In even water, however, the advantage is theirs. It is their province to sneak up to our big battie ships under cover of darkness and to sting and sink the vessels which could with safety meet them in ’ deep water. By virtue of superior numbers the torpedo-boat destroyers are expected to harry and wipe out of existence the torpedo boats and torpedo-boat destroyers upon which we are forced to depend for the defense of our battle ships. Spain is proud of the fleet she has dispatched in advance of other vessels. She has confidence in the commanders who are to direct them against us when the emergency arrives. It i? not too much to say that in a modern naval battle. these little death dealers will prove to be the most effective instruments of w r ar. The fleet has made its way to what may have been the intended destination presumably without mishap. That part of the expedition. most fraught with danger has been completed. The ammunition, the gun®, the torpedoes, the armor and the men on board are supposed to be in the best of condition. Whether they will be able to fulfill the mission of destruction upon which they' have doubtless been dispatched remains for the Spaniards to demonstrate when the'time comes for the first engagement, if there is to be a first. While the convoys are most serviceable In the deep waters they become clumsy and unmanageable immediately they are required to maneuver ‘n close quarters. The duty of the guardians Is practically performed when they have escorted the smaller ships to the quiet harbor. While there they must content themselves to act as supply boats, feeding the torpedo craft with fuel and ammunition while at the same time resisting attacks upon themselves by their guns and heavy armored hulks. * _ SPAIN’S NAVAL STRENGTH. Dons Can Master Over 100 Vessels In Case of War. WASHINGTON, April 2.—An interesting compilation of the naval strength available by Spain In case of war bus been issued by Colonel Wagner. Uie chief of the military.

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information division of the adjutant general’s office of the War Department. It shows that the total number of ships, including those now building and such merchant vessels as may be impressed into service by Spain, to be over one hundred. The compilation, however, does not include coast defense vessels proper nor a number of small special craft employed by the Spanish government in special waters or under special circumstances. There are eleven armored ships of an aggregate tonnage of over 81.000, all of which except three have a speed of twenty knots or more. There aro thirty-eight cruising ships, which include cruisers proper, gunboats, torpedo gunboats, gun vessels, dispatch vessels and sloops of war. All except eight of these are of less than 3,000 tons. About twoLhirds are of less than 1,200 tons. None of the cruising ships have any armor except two or three, which have a slight deck protection. Thirteen of them have a speed above eighteen knots. There are three gun vessels and four gunboats designed “for service in Cuban waters.” They are of light tonnage and armament. There are also eighteen small steel gunboats for service in Cuba, carrying each one six-pounder Maxim-Nordenfeldt rapid-fire and one onepounder Maxim-Nordenfeldt automatic gun. In the torpedo boat destroy'er class there are six vessels w r ith a speed of twen-ty-eight knots or over. There are sixteen torpedo boats of light tonnage and a speed ranging from eight to twenty-five and a half knots per hour. Battle ship, unnamed, 11,000 tons, designed to make 19 knots; an armored cruiser, unnamed. 10,500 ions, 21 knots: two protected cruisers, the Reina Regente, of 5.372 tons, and the Rio de la Plata, of 1,775 tons, each of 20 knots: the armored cruiser Pedro d’Aragon, 6,840 tons, 20 knots; the torpedo gunboat Velos, 750 tons. 20 knots, and torpedo gunboats, the number? of which is not given. Thirteen vessels of the Compania Transatlantlea of Cadiz are designated as being available for arming as cruisers. They average from 3.084 to 6,932 gross tons each and have a speed from 13% to 17 knots. CHICAGO LAKE-FRONT CASE Secretary Bliss Decides Against the Holders of Land Scrip. WASHINGTON, April 2.—Secretary Bliss to-day decided the celebrated Chicago lake front land case, involving lands in fractional Section 10. The decisipn is in fortyseven pages and was prepared by Judge Vandeventer, assistant attorney general of the Interior Department.. It reviews the history of the land from 1882 to the present time, through the various contests which have been had respecting it in the Land Department and the courts, including the United States Supreme Court. In brief, the decision holds that the water line of Lake Michigan constitutes the eastern boundary line of the section; that by the patent to Kinzie the land to the wrater line was conveyed by the United States and that by conveyance of that patent the United States ceased to be riparian proprietor and had no right to the subsequent accretions which formed the greater portion of the lands now in controversy. In conclusion, It is held that the land in question is not public land, and that It. cannot be acquired by the use of scrip or otherwise under the public iand laws. The decision briefly states the proceedings had by Commissioner Lamoreux in thia case, and colls

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We have purchased at less than j Half Value the Entire Stock of ] Cathcart, Cleland <& Cos., i 6 East Washington St., and J Laz Noble & Cos., North Meridian St.]

RAN D-M’N ALLY’S ATLAS OF THE; WORLD ! Latest edition. Contains colored maps' of every country of the globe, with mar-' ginal index and historical, descriptive and statistical matter. Also city maps and| an illustrated review of the world’s peoples. Publisher’s price. 84; sale price,, 81 21). BEN-HUH—BY LEW WALLACE The regular standard 81-50 edition.' Hundreds of thousands of copies have; been sold, but never so low as this special sale price of 83 (*s. EPISCOPAL PRAYER-HYMNAL SETS Cathcart and Noble Stock* 81- sale price 1)0 cts. 82- sale price 81-25 83- sale price 81-75 An enormous list at a cut of 40 Per cent, on regular prices. TEACHERS’ AND POCKET BIBLES Cntlicurt Stock Stacks of them at less than half. ] A Teacher’s Bible, with maps and aids,' for 59 cts. ROYAL SCOTCH LINEN WRITING < PAPER J In pound packages (over 100 sheets), 14 cts. per package. , ROYAL SCOTCH LINEN ENVELOPES 524 cts. per box of 1 25 envelopes. LETTER COPYING BOOKS Cathcart Stock j 10x12 Size. 500 pages, 35 cts. each.) Regular B™-ct. books. ) ‘SECURITY LETTER AND INVOICE FILE ? Telescope cover, imitation Wood sides,) marble paper edges, wood back, alpha-? betlcal index. Regular 50-ot. file at 24) cts. (From Cathcart’s.) ) A POUND OF WRITING PAPER ? And Envelopes in a box, containing: ? 54 sheets of Superfine Paper and 50) Superfine Envelopes. A great big box for) 13 cts. S LEAD PENCILS Cathcart. Cleland & Cos. hexagon, rub-) ber tip. Their price 40 cts. per dozen;) sale price 15 cts. per dozen. ) Eagle Academic Pencils. An excellent) drawing pencil—formerly used In the city) schools. Has never sold for less than) 5 cts. apiece. While they last in this sale) they go at 13 cts. a dozen.

NOTES, DRAFTS AND RECEIPT BOOKS Noble Stock Regular 50-ct. lithographed hooka, containing 100 blanks each; sale price, ID cts. THE OS CT. TABLE Greut Valncs from Cntbeart Stock Dante’s Inferno. Publisher’s price, Jjtß. Dunn's Veterinary Medicine. Publishers’ price, #3.50- _ Night Song. Publisher’s price, $7-50. Tennyson’s Poems. Publisher’s price, Wild Animals. Publisher’s price, #4-50-Shippen—Our Naval Battles. Publisher's price, #3. Each OS cts. Till* table contains many tine gift books also. MERIDIAN BLACK INK Noble's Stock. In fancy bottles; 10-ct. size only 2 cts. CRAYONS White school crayons, 1 gross to box, 3 cts. Regular 10-ct. goods. SCRAP BOOKS 1 Cathcart Stock. I Mark Twain and Fancy Back at lessi than onc-half price. ( MUCILAGE Quart bottles. 2D cts.. worth tjO cts. Pint bottles ID cts., worth 35 cts. ( FAMILY BIBLES ( A big pile from the Cathcart stock at< half price. ORDER BOOKS Hano Manifold Order Books at 50 cts. on the dollar. ALBUMS From the Cathcart and Noble Stocks An immense line at 25 cts. on the dollar. ENVELOPES Noble Stock Extra heavy, 00-lb. XXX White Envelopes, 5, O and f{% size at 24 cts. for box of 250- Regular price 45 to 50 cts. COMPOSITION BOOKS Cathcart Stock 5-ct. Books go at 3 cts. 1 O-ct. Books go at 5 cts, 20-ct. Books go at O cts. DIXON'S SCHOOL PENCILS SM., M., MH. grades, ID cts. dozen. You paid 40^ cts.

Successors to MERRILL, MEIQS & CO., BOWoN, STtWAR! & CO., CAIHCART, CLELAND & C 0„ LAZ NOBLE & CO.