Show CONTINUING TE INQUIRY Witnesses Examined by the Board at Key West Tntliuotijr Regarding the Coaling of the Ilattleihlp lit tho iMit Yard I I I 11 Wet Fla Marh Z The United Unit-ed States court lot inquiry Into he loss at the battle fehlp Maine resumed Its session here at 10 oelock today Ten more enllkted men were examined by thn full board Commander Torsyth was the first witness not on the list of the crew f the Maine to be called It is under stood that he gave testimony regardIng regard-Ing th Baling of the battleship at the navy J Jd here The torpedo boat Ericsson left I here this morning with mat matte for tho 1c ut Tottusas She Is expected Lock thIs afternoon I 11Talirtg4a A 1t Colorado Springs Col larch 2The largest mortgage ever filed In EI Iao county has bell placed on record II the county clerks allies I wan filed by the Chicago flock Island Pacific Itallroad > and Is I for the sum of one hundred million dollars In favor 01 the Central Trust company ot New York to secure the payment at certain bonds The mortgage Is I on the railroad and Its equipment A Wage Ouf tlon mottled Detroit March 2The state board of arbitration met hr today and reviewed viewed the testimony taken In the matter of the strike of the riveters employed In Wheeler Companys shipyard ship-yard at Hay City The boards verdict Is I that the 1S97 rate be paid to nil em ployes the riveters and setters wages to be 250 for n tenhour day The rate offered by the company was 1 2 23 Hath sides had Std to stand by the result ot the arbitration TooUo tat Rate Vr Chicago March 2A meeting of the Central Passenger association was held here today to consider the transcontinental trans-continental rate war May ot the roads In the Central PiMenger anent elation ar It is I sid anxious to hold nloof and Jake n part In the conlllct It Is believed however that the action of the Grand trunk In meeting the Canadian Pacific rates will force the competitors of the Grand Trunk to meet any reduced rates that may 0 put Into effect Manaptnl Nomination Washington March 2In the ex < cuIe sslon of I he Senate today Senator flair moved to reconsider the ate by which tbe nominaton at W Flanagan to be collector of Internal revenue for the third dstrlct of Texas was confirmed yesterday In W8 yeterday entering the motion Mr Balm old he had received cclved letters eajlnir that Mr Flanagan should not be confirmed and he mere ly naked reconsideration in order to permit nn Ineslaton Senntors Mills and Chllton of To TO opposed the motion saying that while they did not agree politically with Mr Flana San they thoucht his confirmation acted should upon stand The motion wax not A Dfcllmi llrtrnort New York March 2 Justice ChIn Ch-In the Supreme court today reserved the decision the application of dellon on applcaton Arthur Ar-thur Ianna1 for temporary Inunr ton restraining the rorganlzalol committee of the Utlon Pacific railroad road from issuing more than I76000 too worth of bonds for reorganization reorganiza-tion purposes The appllcatlcn was made on the ground that under the plan of reorganization as submitted to the shareholders In January 1S17 the committee stipulates that the amount of bond to be Issued for reorganization reorganiza-tion purposes was not to exceed 175 II 000000 In the road Mr Notion is I a ehareholder |