| Show Mm I oyic ni 11 in 11 MII D That part Woht 1m all tiilirnlthj bpot forui IKIII ar hH New York ru 2Tho Brooklyn Kagle today snlil At AVI net a Point precaution la being taken tu mike the Lost river ntronce to Nw York In I vulnerable A nocalled ckliinlih line of torpedoes la I projected from Ulllftn Point acrosi the channel to Fort Fchuyler 1 The torpedoes will he I anchored an-chored so close together that It may ho nude Impossible tor a hostile w 0 Iolown UI i The torpedoes will be connected with eltrlc l mires nnd to maki doubly ore that their plan cannot bo frustrated the inglnoeiH have arranged to t hve batteries located nt each end of the IIno all that In case nn apparatus was used by the enemy to sever the con nected wire and break the circuit I the torI xdocn mill could bo exploded from either end lit the line The channel Is already protected I from the Wlllets Point shore to the center nt the channel by two groups Pt submarine mines Each group vf the mines consists of twintjtwo tor Itdoea fortYfour altogether contain ing 120 pounds of plant powder At Fort SChuyler d1rectly opposite I Wllleto Iolnt conhlomhle engineer Ing work has been done A torpedo magazine and experimentIng gallery was recently completed 1 it I is consld end the ptroiiKcst magazine on any United States fortification Hrjnii Advl > r rnllrnrf > Topeka Inn Feb 2Wllllarn J Hr > an who was the principal speaker nt tho banquet of the Democratic club In this city last night Interviewed hI a State Journal reporter today con coming the Maine affair III my opinIon we hould he slow to act In the Maine affair especially un der the trying circumstances which confront ui lie said Another ft which In my mind I Imle1 ni tn exercise discretion Is I that the official Imestlcatlon of the ex 1lolon Is I now being made The United Strites cannot afford to be too hoty In thin matter International quosllon are Involved and It would Ie IL end umpllment to our government were We to open and malldouly bring still it at rained relations hI ouranxiety to locate thp lepponullity of the Bfulne dleater Nothing should h a done nnlll the Innsllrao Is I om pleted Cuul rer 11 HIt Key West Ha Feb 15On the steamer Miilcolte from Tampa for Ilav111a Ills nenlnu were Capt 1ver ett and John teJI ot tin I Ierrltt 1 Chapman Wrecking com Pliny who dro going to work on the Maill They take with them twn nslotnnt and n large quantity ot ureeking mrichInery I 31r Carlos Y2nogn United States consular agent nt Trinidad de Cuba Is also n passenger Ile left IInono two its ago vn IL three months I leave but In I now hurrying ham rrom New York to protect his nife nod chll dren lit Trinidad no he rer the Priem lards U10re will provoke n rlot After consullatlon with Consul Genrnl Le Mr Ycnam win decide whether to take his family from Cuba A 11 q mN WashIngton Fb 25At the 81nleh legation a dispatch was received from non 1IInno refrrlng to 0Il1mrlal questions nnd mentioning Incidentally that no change of any kind has oc curred In affairs In Havana Gen DUmofl latter statement Is I believed nt the legation to refer to the lick of definite and trustworthy news pending the private Inquiries now being prose cuted lij the American authorities In view of this attitude of those whose official insltlon Riles them the best opportunity for full Information Senor du Uosc and hill associates do not credit the icports of discoveries tend Ins to establish tile muse of tile Maine disaster |
