78 per ton,
the Government would no longer pay $558 to benefit the pockets of
private individuals.
Further than this, Congress declared that if the Carnegie and Bethlehem
people would not make the armor for $300 a ton, the Government would go
into the business for itself, and leave these two companies with their
machinery on their hands.
The committee appointed to examine into the cost of establishing
government armor works is to be ready to hand in its report next
December.
In the mean while the three new warships that are building will have to
wait, and no new vessels can be commenced until this very important
matter is settled.
* * * * *
Startling and terrible news reaches us from Spain.
Senor Canovas del Castillo (_Casteelyo_), the Spanish Prime Minister,
has been assassinated!
The whole of Europe is greatly excited by this dreadful news.
[Illustration: Map
The shaded portions are British possessions. Islands owned by Great
Britain have names attached.]
Senor Canovas had overworked himself during the last session of the
Cortes, and this, combined with the worry of Cuban affairs, had broken
down his health.
In the hope of regaining his strength he had gone to the baths of Santa
Aguada, at Guesalibar, on the Bay of Biscay, not far from San Sebastian,
where the court is summering.
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