| Show ACTIVITY AT IV Y ARSENAL The Supply of Ammunition Increased in All the Magazines i Tit Nflpplg or hhU aud Vrujoirtlbol to the Fortifications About tile liar but Coolouo I New York March 3Thre Is I a con tlnuance of the nltvly at the Nw York arsenal The shipping of shells and other projectiles to the fortifications fortifica-tions about the harbor continues onlnue At the army headquarteis there ore no new developments and 10 elders out of the customers routine are expected ex-pected I Isexpected that a battery of twenty 12Inch mortars will Ron be received re-ceived at bandy Hook for testing before they are forwarded to the points for Hhlch they ale destined There are a number of unmounted cuns nl the proving grounds awaiting the comjtriu UOI of carriages The supply of ammunition has been Increased In all the magazines and 8 arranged that It I can be Immediately available The men seem much more pleased at the work they have t do than when the guns lay Idle and In a condition unfit for active use I At Sandy look however there Is 1 blght complaint among the men who say that too much work la expected uf too small n force A large consignment 01 ommlnilon Is I ready for shipmentat the ordnance department In the 13iookln navy laid Commander Sl l iho line charge of the department superintended the I work of packing Commander Swift received Instructions from Washington Washing-ton to forward the supplies as soon as possible to Key WI Fla whence they will be distributed among the United States war vessels now In that neighborhood When asked It the consignment Tvas not an unusually large one Commander Command-er Swift replied that It was not end that Nihon It had been divided up between be-tween the several ships non of them would hove more than the regular om plemnt stowed away In her magazines Many of the projectiles were of not n-ot large caliber As yet no Information Informa-tion has been received as to what dls poIUon Is I to be moid1 uf the guns Mhlch have been recently shipped to the yard fiom Washington These guns ar of different sizes and as neither the Chicago or the Atlantic which are being oveihauled at the yard would he ready to receive Its rung for ot least six months Ils rumored that thy are Intended for the auxiliary vessels nnn ror bo Militia Springfield Ill March Adjutant General Items today received from Mare Island navy yard 60 bran new Lee rifles of 26 calibre hese titles arc rnmot In exclno for s similar furnished by Ihe United States KOV number of obsolete fifty calibre Springfield Spring-field rifles The new guns will be distributed dis-tributed among the various division of the Illinois naval militia It beIng the Intention L arm all troops with the late pattern arms Poldla Nmlolo Washington March 3The President I Presi-dent today sent the Collowlng nominations nomi-nations to the Senate Osgood C Baney to be assistant appraiser ap-praiser of merchandise district of rjos ton and Charleston Mass Edwin U Durham to be marshal for the western district oC Missouri Postmasters California J Ale Brlde Dixon Reuben Hunger Livermore Liver-more George M Francis Napa IdahoA F Caldwell Pocatello Elertlona In Irfimlon London March 3Th London 11don council elections are proceeding quietly today Theotlng Is I brisk and all kinds of equipages have been requisitioned Crom the coach to the donkey cart A turn of the tide against John Uurns tho labor leader Is I reported to have occurred In the Uatterseu district and even the liberal Westminster Gazette a fits reelection Is I doubtful The outgoing council consisted of sixty moderates and fiftseight progressives otherwise conservatives and liberals I Jnimn ao n ucUml HIp In Shanghai March 3The China 00 l ette says Great Prltaln will occupy Wet Hat Wel 1 In the event of Japan withdrawing from that port NomloaUo Net Slau Washington D C March 3 The Senate committee on com mere today decided by a unanimous veto to report adversely the nomloa ton It New ot Henry Orleans Demo to b navid Officer W I I I I |
