Show telegraphic NEWS Vas washington dashington hington D C march 2 secre tofy A long has decided to send two uval naval vessels more to cuba with forty r fifty ty tons of provisions for the re fief of the suffering 1 to said an emergency exists that lea it necessary to despatch pro at once to succor the star starring aing montgomery will take supplies to bonzas zas an and d the nashville supplies to ag na la grande the vessels will rei after delivering their lies which were furnished by the york cuban relief committee Ua ind march 2 ten days little dan wallingford aged 7 I 1 son on of C A wallingford of this took from his savings bank 48 ajl I 1 it contained purchased post stamps and forwarded them to tary long with the request that anoney be used for building a new ip to replace the maine long has replied as foly dear little patriotic lad I 1 your letter and twenty four two postage stamps enclosed with it 3 b you have so generously taken your spending money and given ur country there is not so much so tor for help helpin in building a battleship here abere is for the relief of the poor rs on the maine I 1 have thereat given the stamps to mrs edwin swart 1315 new hampshire avenue Y D C I 1 who is treasurer of i society of ladies who are collecting ney for the benefit of those sufferers 11 have asked her to send you a letof q acknowledgement ac I 1 am sure a t le seven year old who begins by g so much interest in his coun try twill will gro grow up to be an honorable aa useful C citizen with W it h kind regards very truly yours JOHN D LONG 5 memphis TOM tenn march 2 pred fred the murderer of tom anderson taken from the county jail at jiam miss at 2 30 this morning aiming iming and shot to death by a mob of fifty persons anderson and moore dmd quarreled about some trivial mat moore followed his man and shot five ave times afterwards placing the y on the railroad track to hide the ie there were several witnesses rever r and soon moore was behind he bars the lynching lunching lyn ching caused little bement portsmouth rt march 2 the british kaat class armored cruiser australia 12 tons coast in southampton water had a narrow es oiw today two seamen were playing a e fuse in the shell room when they tay set et fire to some stores the flames V extinguished by the prompt flood UW of the compartment madrid iW adrid march 2 the spanish gov mt nent on n monday received a report X the spanish authorities at ha ng that the explosion which d I 1 the maine was due to internal adding that it was believed bellev united states experts will admit this without reservation of any kind london march 2 commenting on the letter written by sir edward james reed formerly chief of construction of the british navy which appeared in the times yesterday expressing the opinion that the battleship maine could be re floated for a tithe of her cost dark clark and the designers of the floating dock recently sent to havana tor for the spanish government have written to the times saying that the dock bockis is perfectly capable of dealing with the maine even in the waterlogged state it would be in when first raised lifting the ship therefore reduces itself merely to a question of placing collision mats over the tents in the bottom and a temporary timber and canvas bulwark raised above the decks sufficient to keep out the water while towing her across the harbor to the place where the dock to la moored chicago march 2 J A drerup and wife who were found starving in their home on la salle street where they had barricaded barricades barrica ded themselves against imaginary foes will be taken to kansas city tomorrow A brother of mrs drerup who lives in that city has notified the police here that he will come to chicago tomorrow and take the unfortunate couple with him key west pla fla march 2 the united states court of inquiry into mie h e loss of the battleship maine resumed its session here at 10 today ten more enlisted men were examined by the full board commander forsyth was the first witness not on the list of the crew oe c the maine to be called it is understood that he gave testimony regarding the coaling of the battleship at the navy yard here the torpedo boat ericsson left here this morning with mail matter for the fleet at tortugas Tor she is expected back this afternoon birmingham ala march 2 jule and joanna ponner who resides on the plantation of W S gulley near livingston went to prayer meeting leaving 5 children ranging in age from 2 to 9 years at home alone for safe keeping as they thought they locked the children in and left a blazing log fire to keep them warm returning home they saw in the distance their house in flames they ran to it breathlessly and reached it just a moment before the roof fell and could hear the piteous cries of the little ones as they beat against the door and cried for help in another moment the roof fell in and before the flames were sib dued the five children were charred corpses Wilkes barre pa march 2 when court opened this morning for the continuation of the trial of sheriff martin and his deputies fr for the shooting of the strikers at lattimer sheriff martins cross examination was resumed by counsel for the prosecution the main point established was that the witness denied making the remark after the shooting that he had merely taken a hand in the matter as plain james martin and not as the sheriff of luzerne county the defense endeavored to have the sheriff testify that he was unable to suppress the riot and disorder that existed in the region and that the civil authorities were unable to cope with it and had telegraphed to the governor of pennsylvania for aid and that consequently the governor ordered out the state militia on the night of I 1 sept 10 samuel price a contractor and commission merchant of hazelton testified that he was sheriff martins chief deputy at the time of the shooting he told of the sheriff giving all the ieru deputies i explicit orders to keep cool protect all property and maintain the peace new york tork march 2 A dispatch to the herald from havana says the maines back was waa broken latest discoveries made by divers not only support the information printed by the berald concerning the disclosures or of paramount importance by ensign but convince those in charge or of the submarine investigation beyond all doubt that a mine rent the united states battleship asunder the keel of the ship has been found in two pieces the nearest ends of which are now separated by a distance of from two and a half to three feet the sections axe are no longer lying in one straight line but show the effect of a force executed from port to starboard it is evident from the discovery of the present condition of the keel that the section of the bottom found twenty nine feet from its natural position was wrenched from its keel by the first exal ex f and driven upward the keel itself was forced in the middle until s it was broken in two and then co lapsed in two sections and then fell in the position the divers found them i yesterday reliable persons familiar with the results of high explosives and with th wreck above and under water say th chati the breaking of the keel as now now ata closed could not possibly have been done by an inside explosion alone in tact fact this last discovery of the manner in which the maines back wah waft broken taken together with earlier disclosures has convinced the men working about the wreck that further investigation as to the manner in which the ship was blown up is perfectly useless and they consider the question solved beyond doubt |