Show NEW YOUlS DWENSK I Submarine Mines Place In the Channel of Sandy Hook I WATCIE BY CURIOUS SPECTATORS I A CapItSyt 01 Foon TorpoI Is I 1 It Mr it Harbor lose cIIbl to Any 1 I I Nw York Marh 1Accordirig to the World Submarine mine tire being Placed In tile channel of Sandy Book I by the corps of engineers undtr the direction of Col I M Robert I The greatest secrecy has ben main tllined by tile officers and men In I charge of the work At first I W Impolbl to discern theexact nature of the work being done by the mn hi the government tug which hall bten Steaming about the lower bay till morning A ttt cope was procured hovoever and then the movement of the hoot and men could be cn lh ao and dl 8 aloofness The work ot placing the submarine man continued nit day At let twtv uteer and mn were Ihunrd the tug On the deck DC the boat vi r hnp of wire and cables ud In the con fr u CtIon of the submarine mine three hevy anchors and one floating or buoy torpedo After the prellm Inrl arrangements the diver was lowerd liver the side of the vessel To all appearances he was descend Ing for the Purpose or determining the nature of the channel bottom le WB submergPol for mlnnte When he came UI lie held a long convu lien with the otee The second time he otst down th anchor was lowered at the end of R heavy cable A few minutes later the floating torpedo wait cnt Into th water To the bottom or rp of the torpedo which was n great hnllk otalr a chain wa attached for the purpose of connecting the min with the anchor I was fully 16 minutes before the dlvr came up the second time To diver a 1 I nripealaric he had moored the torpedo to the anchor with Success 1 rem oved his hlmet and tile tug steeloned away Every few minutes n 3 I the boat stopped and the men dropped weights and lines Into the bay Thy wee evidently sounding the depth of the water II tin nIt Intended by the en glner to min the narrows but that scheme was abandoned owing to the great depth o the wllte of that point The engineers say that n compllo ylem ot floating torpedoes off Sandy look would render the harbor Inc cslbl to a hostile hlp CHILE WILL NOT ML To Dfiopeof Whl Wassail Ciatioass Outbreak In That cOIr New York Mnrh ISA dispatch to to the Ierhl from Vlllparlo PYS President Erzle moIeto the Persist crBrndnt In the presence of the ministers ot war Interior navy and public Instruction und Senor luloJlo Altlmlr the statement that Chile had no Intention of selling thc OHlggln or any other of her wArship Iromlnnt men declare that Chile would not dare to Sell the Olliggins I as the sale might cal an outbnk throughout the country against the government An evidence that Chile does not Intend In-tend to 1 any of hr ships I was mentioned th nt Colll Ira tried to bit y tile old woIn corvette PlIso in eye clerin afar 130OnO for hr The olle was flatly refused IT011O too postals 6111 Washington March 16Inry S Seat of San 1ranclsor late made the I fY m folloning emergency proposition to the I navy dopartm nt The Union lron Work will duplicate I the Monterey In nine months or build I two sets 1 of that type In twylo months turn out one torpedo destroYer des-troYer II eight month or four In I twvle and If the government will ward II contract for 100 big guns I erect n modern gun factory and turnout turn-out ordnance for those vessels 1 Find hat thlp now building an well not for completing the dens at Pacific mat pointm11 The Offer was taken undeF advise anent hy Secretary Long who I Stilt mil II to the cabinet and It 19 the copies Ion among some Californians that the President may order the work Inll Inraled under its defense NO > loIn 11011 lo-In ae such u tie S Ion ps I mlhle Mr Scott will carry back with him Mn taet lln lie leaves for Rand Francisco Francis-co Friday I of this I week and the Vomit wIll I begin tit once Should I the glass propost I ton be accepted the Union i Iron Work Will buy the Pacific Rolling Mi Prop ety and turn It Into a gun factor I XAYOizu n 11 N fly far I Pos9V br Center Xm I I g Nw York March 5A Special to the Herald front WaShIngton says President leKlnly and secretary ronl will unite today In an effort to start tile Roosevelt naval avoiganiza lien bill on Its > age through Con rresi Nr Was tile lerll for ro ornleton more apparent than now I In tile navy la maklnl Preparations for n possible conflict with slices In the first Plare the I service Is short I of 11 hfnI Haiti engineer lices and lit the second It Is reo nld that to Sol core hmnonlou action thee Should Its a willing out 01 1 differences Ile twen the line mad enlnr by the amalgamation between I lie two corps 1nglnelnChar lelYI rpr IUng the engineer corp a nd rpr Pentative officers of the line largest Upon till secretary the advisability of Impressing the pIInt the delr nlllV ot jolnlnA lt him In do rntlng the parmssagp or the loovel norganlzatlon 111 Vollith was drWI np hy n board ot ole representing rho Several factions Prnl or the two cargo This bill 101 for amalgamation of the line and engineers that whn the number o officers to be promoted in I so far In excess of the 8ranole as to eausp stngnntln In the hervi the rII number of aranclem shelf t1 rue 11 weeding ont thr Men Who are less lit for meeting the h avy ro 1IImnt ot modern naval duty anti Met the enllI1 mn aboard Pillp hn lie glen th Prime reward of pension 111 retirement enjoyed hy their hreth ten who light nhor white the uppermost mol machinists tire made warrant officers to rank With the gunner and carpenters Th San Frnu I IMIIIStal Matters March 1Te United Stated cruiser Ran Fnclsoaled from her thin morning In II 0Ulhwlerly dl r Mlon The wllr department hn decided incomplete in-complete the Mtn of the port 01 Motion a son Its readable Washington March ISI I stated t I I I at the navy department tht the Tis1 Francisco In I not going to tke a outh West rly course lout had Jseen ordered i 10 Great Britain hee ab 1 I makeup the Dra up a crew for the Amazon nr zlln cruisr purchned b the United States I I the rot IltnUon to have the San Irnero rn tho Amazonns across the Atlantic but this purpOse lot I not n 21onJVlt The 11 I Un Wahlnglon I Irch lNolhlng of special Importance was 3Vlop i ul toditys cabinet meeting A large Ilart 01 the time voism ocUpllidn a gnerl 1 discussion of the mMnre being taken to place the nlly ton a Proper footing I for defense tit case of tiouble I Tile question of t pur11111 or or ships where thy could to had P till I n t what prIce wa tnlkd or hut I wlhont coming to nny dennlt rnn clus 10 in any mw tape Is n forma lien lit poossesslon 0 41 b J 11 l I I anent Ill to the effect that UP to this time Spain ban not constinimatod the pUlhna o the Chien I 0 Jbpe i Higgins Till Indlrtontl 10 tated om to be that this hhIo will b I I ndde It Irregular to thc United States navy 1 I I a Pteiddathal olnolo I Washington March 1GlTho Prol I dent tile Senate today sent these nor > tlon 10 I I I L J ptJohn to be nrh put tic molaern at Dodge City Hansah 1 Cj Albert L Love ierCj the nnl land i office nt Doze man WarIrumotlon ontl rommlry I general sullen dpnrtnn 1utCol G P eugnn to be colonel Major J J Clagu to tie final Colt Captain A L Rmlh to be major First Lllllen ant 0 A 1 NIIrn Second Infantry tn he Pay director George M LukeBh ot Ohio to he assistant paymaster I |