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Eagene City Guard. I. L. CAM PBRLL, lrrltr. EUG E.E CITY. OH FUO.V MS OF THE WEEK Intomtlng Oollx-llon of f'arrvnl T.fntm In f'ondena.! form from Both t'onllntntn. The secretary of the interior Iihh dm minted the appeal n( t lie state of Ori gan from the deciainn of the land ifTIr? , holding fur cancellation the induiiinity school selection n( land in The Dalle land district of Orison. Authentic rcpc.rm have reached Kliangtini of recent datn from all n-i;-tiom of the Chine empire, Indicating that riot and attack upon f r-if i r it the order of the day. Tim attacks seem to he tliioe of isolated ruffian rather than a concerted action on tin part of the jrfipulaco. Another rich strike in refuted an having been made in the lilue Jay In I in1, on Yorrinon gult-h, a tributary of Co (fee creek, Trinity county, Cali fnrnia, by the (Jravc brother. The new m ket in said to be worth c,'i, lino. It will he reini-mln-red that a f ID, (WO strike by the (iravn brother raiicd a ruh to Coffee cnrk hint numuu-r. the senate committee on education ami labor hai decided ,y unaiiimnu vote to report favoruhly the hill pre pared by the train mm of the country ami recently iiitrxlui'i in the m-nate hy Kylu, providing-fnr the arbitration of railroad utrikea hy a Uianl of arid, tration to be chosen hy the trikcraiid the interstate commerce in nn hi i t :. A npeolal froio Washington fay: A Cablegram received by the secretary nf elate from Minister W'innlf.ird, at M.i I rid, announce that the government of Spain ha disavowed the letter nf lie Inline to Kenor Caiiali'j.in. Thin dm rlaimer, a the atliti in if t ritt mmi official are pleased to rail it, in regarded ai ratinfactory, ami the president ha au thorized the announcement tint the incident il cloned. liev. V. O. llrown, the California mmialer who li(iireil in the (ivermaii cane, ha been formally dro.,e I from mc nittcrhip in the Chicago Congroga- tional Aiwiciatinn. The outlook in France in gloomy ami mnny prumiiieiit men fear a down fall of the government may ienult from the recent ablation. One writer tie Clare that anarchy prevail in the army, the law ami the ntreetn. Dlnpatehc trom lluittfiiiaht state that anarchy reign supremo through out the country, a a direct result of the ananinatinii of President I la rr ion ami the plotting of the Icadt f hi i- ou faction to get into power in tin1 republic. The bonne library commit! Ii.u niaile a favorable rcpoit on the hill to appropriate $10,00(1 to eiect a Miituo in Monterey, C'al., to Commodore. John I). Hloat, who, on July 7, I sin, himleil at Monterey ami declared Hie laud Uniteil Slate teriilory. A dispm.h to the New Voik World ii it rum Havana say: iteneini iiiancn llasoo In Lantern Cuba, the postponing ol the election, Do 1,01110 rethe incut, ami the recent activity of the in surgent make the outlook bin. k for aiilonomy and fur Spain. The failure of the icheme o( election w ill be pi oof to all nation that aiituiiumy i dead, and the government i naturally de laying the evil hour. There i a rumor in Havana that the palace authorttic have a letter written by 'oiiul- Jcneral Lee, the content of which are a ihtercntiiig, even cicitiug fur Spain, u the De Ixuue letter to Canilleja wa foi the the I'nitel Slute. Another rcnt win i m float that tlenearl lieo had reninivl. Thin, however, i known to be untrue. A Mrouif elTort i hciiiK made to p't (len eral U-n in the name liat uith De Inline. The niemhei of the nut in! cnbinet do nut like him. There i n general iinprecniun aiming the pun-American diplomat in '.ili. iniiton, nay a euircmmlcnt. that Coot a ICica and Nicaninua me very near war. Doth uuveriinn ntN have u- ainiied belliKcrent iitlitudcN, iti-coiding to mroriuatioii which hai reached WuidiiiiRton, and it i the expectation ol tetilral Amei lean in Wiodiimjton that I rcnidenl .claya will demand a diaarowal of (wta liicu' rcioiiiii bility in couiiection with the rcolu tion in San Juan del Sur. Two Uiitixh wamhipaare now in Nicarauan wa ten, and moiu are expected, tine of thene now in NicaraKua i.t at t'oriuto and the other at San Juan del Sur. The annual report ol the civil aervic ANOTHER RUMOR. A Womtil ftallnr ( lalm l !! a ihm TArirto. WahlnKlon, Feb. tl.B woundel nilor in the marine lumpiul at Key U'et ha told New York Herald Cor respondent that while luokliig over the Muine' bow into Havana harbor Jnt preriou to the battleship' deatruc tion, he aw an illiiiiiinated miile apparently a orvlo approaching in the water, and that before he could (five the alarm the explimion occurred. If true, (hi Ktory nettle til doubt a to the dentiO' tion of the Maine having been the work of an enemy of the Uni ted State. Jjiter diitche from Havana fail to Ooiilirm the rumor. Over Two Hundred of Crew Killed and Wounded. CAIKK OF EXPLOSION A MYSI EKY A joint retolution paowd iMith hoiiil ! nf oo n rem today, appropriatiiiK (.'oO, 000 for the purple of raining the Maine. Until thin ha been acvom plichml it i probuble that the manner of her dexlruction caunot be definitely learned. The feature of the day at the navy department wn the lire number of rumor of a warlike tendency that re quired attention and in every cae con- tra'licliori. r-o lonnnlai.le Ha l grown the lift that III the clone of uftVe hour Secretary lying wan induced to make a ftatemeiit, an the euniext mariner of disponing at one time of all thoe tone: "Iteally no information han been re ceived, once Cap!:iiri Si."bee'e Hint dinpatch, adding nnythinif to our know lede of the dinanter. All we know in that the Maine blew tip. There in abundant rmim fur ccnlalion, but no conclucion can be arrived at until an i examination han been made by the diver, ami more fact obtained. I rather think it wan accidental." lrajr NmiIih New tot a. New York, Feb. SI. Tim Spaninh I annore.1 dinner iz. aya I In York watein. She ilrupiei her big anchor five mile nouth id Sandy J.h k lightahiput fi:S0 I. M. When her I ollicer and men learned of the (.(aitlmg j omanier io ine American iulllle-nip j Maine, in Havana harbor ami nf the uowiuaii oi ex-.ti inihii r He lum-, they broke into a w ild uproar of talk. Fur couple o ininulen all dm. iplino on the great warnhip neeined to anili to the wind. Men runhed I low to tell their com r a len on the lower do I-. Every iMiliciumin in tin ei'y uanou duty today. l.tM niflit Thief M,('u. hill nenl older to all polo'.. eanl;.in notifying them to report ba k to their preiinetn immediately utter nnpper, and there to remain in nervice until fill ther order. Thinacti it in naid, wa taken in compliance a iripient made to the police department v Tin odore l!nocvei, anniftanl m-eiel n v of the navy, hint night, that pree.-ui ion Ihi taken agaiimt n Himlii Imhiile demoiintratiou iinui the ai rial of the Spaiunh ciiiiner Yiz uit. Hpnlll llujrllig I rlrlil;en. Nuw Yoik, Fell. 21. Aii order fur 3,000,000 Maimer rille eai ti liren, charged with untipyrilu powder, ha been placed with a ponder linn in thin city by the Spanish Koveruincut. '1 ho order wn given tlnuuh a c. enacting agent, w ho ban no far managed to (un real hi identity. The mwder, a It name implien, in nniokele-n It in n -. by the Kunnian ami England. I and I lei man unnici Allehipleit til l.lieli Im. Pari, Feb. 21. There were riotous proceeding after the adjoin mit-iit of court today, an. I Zola lunmulv ecnapej being lynched by u mob. On leaving the palace of junticeall theollicem were acclaimeil by a crowd outnide the build ing, and (teiierul 1'ellieux, who de- acemlixl Ihentepa baieheaded, Wan civeii a great reception. F-terliar.v wiim gieel ed with nhoutn of "Vivo I'uriuirt" The iHilice were (Niweilenn to niniiitain order in the imnieune ciow.li, mid several Jew were object of iiiMilt and nienace. there wan a general light. The mob threw ilnell on the Jewn, y llnii! "Death to the Jew," "Throw the Jew inlu the Seine.' Finally republican gnaid charged the riutern ami cleared the iimro. The crowd fell back after the charge ol the in my, ningiug the "Mar Rcillainc" ami nhuutiiig "Spit on.ola!" The authoi itien eie oblgird to pro twl .nla' can iage w ith u double cor don of Hilice. On reacliiui; St. Michael bridge, the mnbmade a iinn.len.u-. ru.li for the carriage, but the police threw tliemxelve li trtcen the vehicle and the moh, and a nerien of miniature battle cnniied. I'ltiniatidy, the police drove the mob back, ami M. Zola wa enabled to proceed w ithout luttlier iiiolcNlalion. A number of arreiln were made, but all thone who were taken into cuMody weie released later. inlh aallorn ami onlrl.l. A lit the lnJuril-Trouia Hrnl In lha Nrrna Ihm ahlp an Knllre I.iiii. Havana. Feb. 17. At quarter to 10 o'clock thi evening a terrible eiplonion took place on board the United Stati n battle-nhip Maine, in Havana harUir Many aero killed or wounded. All the boat of the Spaninli rr inner Alfonno XIII are aminling. Al yet tiie caura of tne explonion i not apparent. The wounded nailor of the Maine are unable to explain it. It i believed that the baUle-nliip i total ly dentroyed. The vxphwion nhnok the whole city. The window were broken ill all the IOUe. A pren correnindent lay that he ha convened with neveral of the wounded nailor, ami undeiniaiidii that the explonion tmik place while they were anleep, no tln'y can give no particular an to the c.iune. The w ildent connlertiation prevail in Havana. The wharves are crowded with thounaml of people. It ia be lieved the explosion occurred in a email Mwiler magazine. At a epiarter of 1 1 o'clock whut ro main of the Maine in mill burning. Captain Sighln e ami the other ofll- New ctr have been raved. It i entimated that over 200 of the crew were killed, but it i ililonnible yet to give exact detail. Admiral Mmteiola ha ordered that Imatn of all kin.li nliould go to the an HiNtance of the Maine and her wounded. The Havana fiiemen are giving aid, tending carefully to the wounded who are brought on nhore. It i terrible night. lencral Zol.ma and the other gen cialn have la-en ordere I by Captain (ieneral ItlaiKui to m'tid troop to help the Maine crew in every way milile. A pro eorreHuulent ha bi-en near the Maine in a boat of the cruirer Al fonno XIII, and has m en other of the Wounded, who coriolmriited the ntate ments of lliom Hist interviewed that they Were already iu.eep when the ex ploniou occurred. Captain Sigibeo ay the explonion occurred in the bow of the vensel. Order were given to the otllecr to nave themnelve an bent they colli Tim latter, who were literallv thrown from their bunk in their liiht cloth ing, gave the necennaiy order with great elf-Nina-aioii ami braverv. Al 1:110 the Maine cuntinueH burn ing. Tim firnt theory wan that there ha. been a preliminary explonion in the Santa llarhara mak'iu.ine of' powder or dynamite below the water. Admiral Mauteroht believe that the firnt explonion wan of a gicnado that wa hurled over the navy yard. The report that Captain Sisbee wm wounded i inaccurate. Captain Si bee, with other I'fllcern.weiit in u Nnmll Iniat to the Waul hue ntcaincr City of Wanhington. Two otlicer and more than 200 of the crew me mix ng. Some ol the crew who weie able to nnpport themnelve by m hniniiig were naved by the InhiIi. Six of the wound- el crew and one of the olliccm have been taken to the military ho..piul by Ociu ral lllanco' onlen. ONLY NINETY-SIX SAVED. at Hi ' Fipln r ib Wa THE NEVADA FOUND. kilgw la rominlnmon for the lineal year ended June SO, 1XU7, ha been piewnled to the piemdeut. It begin with a ntale 'lit u nnun imu tiller III) expctl ic of nearly 1ft year the hope of the ad vocate of the civil mtv ice law have Ihhmi largely realiel. In practice the law ha proved effective in the direc tion of economy, Conni.lei ing the few change in the nervico under the merit nyntcin, following the wholeialu re nioval yntem the economy and etllci ency of the one ntamln in nlriking eon trant to the extravagance ami Inetllot eney of the other. The rcoit npeak highly of the promotion nyntein, ti.o.ed on the etllciency record. Lord William Neville, fourth mm of the Marui of AtH'rgaveunr, who wa placed on trial in Uuidou, chaige.l with fiaud in ctuinectiou with the anil of "Sam" Iaad, the money-lender, agaiuat SHUioer Clay, pleaded guilty of iraud, tuit claimed he wan not guilty ot forgery. He wa entenced to live year' penal nervitude. The tockhohler in the Pacilio liaiU way Cunpany munt pay the creditor, and bondholder of the coronation lB mount of the inflation ol the ntock. The mpreine itiurl of lllinoi ban ren dered the decinion in affirming the do ciaion of ihe apindlate onurt, which held that the Mockholdcr were liable. The cane I remanded to the circuit oourt to prove up what in due the isuu lilittee, to H)niiK'l the itivkholder to how the true value of their itockn, and then to onmniand them to pay to the ere lilor the tialance due. The amount involved ia laid to Ins aoiiielhing like $1,000,000, thuuch the exact amount baa nevei lieen airtaiued. The cune naa iwii m tne court ol lllinoi for the Vervain .llieiv .l...trru.i aeveral yeara. An advero de. i.ion teiday by an rxphw'ion of tlre-dainu, wa at one time icuden-d. Thirty ueu at null in the ruin. Hill-noil In Die Vtatel'i I mi I hiihI. Seattle, rch. 21. Hie nteamer Ijneeii and Humboldt, which ai rived in Seattle Thuin.lay morning, brought continuation of the losn of the nteamer Clara Nevada. The little ntcanier Kinder, nenl out fioin Juneau to learn the fate of the minting nteamer, found the blackened hull, binned to the wa ter edfc-e, in about nix (athoini of water, but In two day' cruining along tBe tdcak nhore of l.vnn canal failed to dini-over a ningle mgn of a nuivtvor. I he iH-acti (or unlen wan found ntiew u with wreckage of all dencriptionn. Tnrllirril U.v Viiikn. London, Feb. 21. The New' cm re spondent at Conntantinople tells H ter rible ntory of murder ami toiture in the inont horrible fanhion of ltulg.iriaii in MiU'tsloiiian village. Many have died under torture. t'rlur Wetiiulvil In n Hurl. Vienna, Feb. 21. A duel n a fought Unlay between Prince l'liillip of Saxe Coburg and tlotha and Lieutenant Mil tachich. The prim-e wan wouiulcd everoly in the right arm. French knrnini-limrei n Hinm. Hong Kong, Feb. 21. The Hai Noi repor'a the mobilitation of 7,000 troopa to co-ocrt with the French n.piadion on the ar rrival of reinforvvmeiitn. Tim French admiral, Heaumout, ha arrived at Naigon with iuntructiou regarding Hai Nan. Scrioua French action ia apprehended, with potmble further en crxwehnu'iiU upon Siaiu. llercham.Prunnia. Feb. 31 s.-veoi. four bodie hare been roveie.1 dom w nt lli Navy lenirliiienl. Wanhington, Feb. IT. The necretary uf the navy received the following from Captain Signbee: "The Maine wan blown up in Ha vana harbor at l':l.'i and ilcntioyol. Many were woumled, mid doubtlena many were killed ami drowned. The wounded and other aie on board the Spaninh man-of-war and the Ward line nteamer. Send the licht-houie. tender liom Key Went Tor the crew and the few piece of equipment null above water. No one had otliei- clothe than tlmne upon him. Public opinion nhoul.l Ih uiK-ndel till further re IMirt. All the ollicer are believed to be naved. Jenkins and Morritt are not yet accounted for. Many Spaninh otli cer. including representative of Hen- eral lilanco, are now with mo utid exprenn nympathy. SIllSPEK." The ollicer referred to in the above dinpatch are Lieutenant Frank W Jenkin and Acsistant Engineer Dar win K. Merritt. From the wording of the illnpatch, the navv deiurtnieiit h . . . . . ' rtliniks it in o.itil that they were on nhore at the time of the accident. 1 be necretary of the navv received another dispatch from Key Went at the name time a the am.ve, but it con tent were not made public. Secretary Day received the following itn-patcn Troin tieueral lee: 1 lie .Maine blew up at P: I0. The explonion occurred well forward, un Icr the men quartern, (Muneiiiiently many were lonl. It in believed all three offi cer were aved but Jenkinn ami Mcr rut, who are not a.HMiintecl for. The caune of the explonion i yet lo bt in ventigatevl. Ihe Spaninh c.iptain-ttcn eial and army and navy otlicer rcn dere.1 every aanrntaiuv. Captain Sig i i ... . . i i nee mo. loom or inn omcei are on Irnard the nteamer Citv of Wanhincton. Others aie on a Sianih guuUval, and in the city. I am w ith Siglee, who ha telegraphed the navy department." Time llaln' F.iilluii. Havana. Feb. 18. Out of 851, the total number of the crew of the Maine, &tt were naved Cantaiu-iJeneral Illamo' official cable nu-anage wa tiled at midnight Half an hoar after midnight JO ol the crew of the Maine had been carried to the military hoanital of San Ambrono. They were all nerioimly wounded Five other of the crew were taken to the Alfonno XIII honpital. On board the Spaninh cruiner Alfonno XIII 20 of the wounded Were triat'd, and Hit wero tuccored on board the City of Wellington. (leorge Cow ler, an accountant of thfl Maine, i among the men neriounly woumled. The crew of the nteamer Colon laved two wounded men. The Maine:, at the time of the explo nion, wa at amhor about 5"0 yard from the arnenal, ami nuine 200 yard from the floating dock. The explo. ion put out the n'.n-et light near the wharf and blew down telegraph and telephone wire in the city. Admiral Mahturola and (b-neral Salor.a put o!T to the Maine mnui after the explonion and offered their n-rvice to Captain Sjignbee. The lirst exploi-ion in naid to have been canned by over 1100 innndn of gun cotton, and the ubneipienl explonion in alleged to have been canned by nhelln and cartridge. The paengcr of the City of Wash ington gave up their Htatermim to the injured men. An iron trim from the Maine fell on the pantry of the City of Wanhing ton, lireaking the tableware of the ateamer. Lieutenant-Commander Wain w right, of the Maine, wan half umlrcned at let!) P. M., and wan Hinoking in bin cuhin next to that of Captain Signbee, it il Kaid, when the explonion m-curred and put out the electric light. Wain wright then lit a match and went to Captain Sig-ln e' cabin. The captain, it appearn, had been thrown from bin bed, but wan uninjured. They both went on deck and gave ordein lo flood 2, fiOU pouiiiln of gun-cotton which wan ou board. The demand wa cnnc.l out, hut the men who fullilled it never returned. Havana, however, wan navcil Irom a null more terrible explonion. Four boatn were lowered, all manned by officer, and one of them wan lo-l. Captain Sigsliee went in hi o-.n launch ou hoard the Spaninli cruiner Alfonno XIII to thank her captain and oflicern. He afleiwarl went on hoard the City of Wanhiuvtoii, where Lit u-teiiaiit-liem-ial V T. liiuiiner, acting nanitary itiHpector of Havana, and the corrennindeiitM of American papcin had already gathered. Captain Signbee, interviewed this evening by a corii'npoutieiit with refer ence to the caune of the exploi-ion.Mi'.l "I cannot determiiie the came but ColIIietelit investigatoi will decile wheiher the explonion wan produced from nn interior or cxteiior caune. I A COlIfT OF INOHRV Investigationlnto Cause of Maine Disaster Begun. MANY AIISIKD IM VIOIIS AFLOAT Wrerk Will It llal.e .l-Burlal f llratl antl arlu for Ihe Wouiiilrtl iireouit of ajriiiiaihy. Wanhington. Feb. ll.-The govern- t.i.-t.t han settled back into a waning attitude inrenpect to llie terrible Maine dinanter in Havana harbor. The gn at nhock canned by the i.ew bus g.veii wav to a calmer and more judicial mite of mind, and, realizing from the event of the day that the court of inquiry! the note dependence in 'I1" "r, l '"r the caune of the Maine' dinanter, the naval officer are now renigncd to await the result of that inquiry by a court owned tmlav bv the navy department. There wii little m-w to add to the nun of informiitioii as to tn" ''r re ceived during the forenoon. No te'e gram came, and the only new gleaned wa a denial of nomo aimuM nroiy or other that hiel crept into punt orbi- come current goinip. All the Ucwn ol the day came iu the lute afternoon in the nhape of Captain Sigl ' report of the authorization of the finieial of hi ileal ninlori, and tieneial Lee' graphic ntory of the teriildu trngg!e for life in tlio dark hull of the Mail,' . The official ut the navy di nar tinetil devoted the day to the etlult of correct ing the lirt of living arid dead, to an swering frantic telegraphic appeal from relative of men on the buttlc-hip, and laHt, hut not leant, in lucHing with unwavering eouMc-y and pati-'ice the exacting demand Uui their time tiy the pren reporter. The dmK.itiun of the nurvivora, Cap tain Dickei!, acting chief of the navi gation bureau, ha arrai.ged for an well an could be done from tin distance. The noun led nailur in the Havana hont.italn, on the Spanish tla'hip and elnewheie, when not in condition to bo brought back to Kev Went, will he carefully limked after by Mi.-a Clara Iiarton, who ha been given carte blanche to buy anything ami everything liecennaiT, fotnl and delicacies, ami Inn nnrnc ami phvnioian". The woumled able to gel across to Kev Wot will hi taken care of iu the marine hi npita there. The noun. I nuivivorn will he quartered in the army banackn there An for the .Maine herself, not with ntan.ling umcouraging rejirtn irom Lieutenant Howe a to her condition, the navy department will try to raise her. They ay they are bound to ie- move the hull from the small lull It in any cane, and it rnav be a easy, or easier, to raise her a it would be to destroy the hull and machinerv bv the line of divers ami dvnumitc. It in be lieved the work can be done hy private wrecking corporations, mid iiegotia- ME LEFT T0l EXPECTED TO BE BLOWN UP. rn.llrll.ta of Oh. of Ihe Htll-lilP. Detroit. Mich., Feb. I9.-A njclal totheNewf.omiJaT(ty.M.cil.. ay: Fifly Believed to Hav. A letter wa received to-l- ro,o hlmer J ave PtT. r..;i.t,..n a ffunner on me jjainc, .-..v- ... viaia dated February ll. in which MeiUtrup ..... ih,.t ha 'woiil.l not be mirpriacl if theyahoul.l he blown up any day; JJEWS OF DISASTKU C'0NPiy that the aliip wa. aiirroumled wth tor- (KVEfi l.,ha? and coulJ not leave the harbor without the coiiciit and direction of Nevada. Accident I lauod Thouihl t Uf tX aa K.,,1,,..,,. Ihe '.)' Hull,,,, Nanaimo, Jl. C., Feb, 21 Al . 1 All I the Spaninh authentic. Meilntrup' letter my: "i'hesraniii'' have a couple of gun . . i .. -,,l ihem are two noan ami a ti in":, - - . "'-Aln:.i . 1.....1- T in eon ol .ilorro irom JUIicail. Alanka. 1. . ' "'i III-IIIII.U S i. 1 "" r n . -....:r QkU castle are pointed at n a I write. The ebriiary 12, confinrii the new, J 7 whole bottom of the harbor in covered Ion of the Clara Nevada, ami " i.,ri.,hH-. to. if they did not The oiiiiru of the dinanter ...V . want to let n out, we vyonl l not he leiii the fXiloion of her Imih-r. it lopioon uoaru none i l-ier" aide to go very well. i o urn ijim between the Spanish and Herman men-of-war, and they have picket boat out II night watching un." In a letter of February 7. Meilntrup nilVn nave own Mven. trie Wr,.,.k covered by C'liatnim Iipe.-tor i, quam, of Junei., who or,,re,i Kntlur to Lynn canal, where tl, k l.. U...I i Dura, inn vennei nan Deen een. u . , ' x'lected nhotil l hap-1 wa found, but thero wa Don't look for any trouble unlen bearing the name of the il.fMtej . .... ,...rr iieevnecte.l IOU il II lf wa lOllllll. Ulll IlierO Win .....IT " .how the iderttitv ,.f ... ':. " U i (-- : : : T' ri In a letter of January l-i, .vicimirup .i i umuKiu ne carried alioni . , ..... .1... ...iii.r tinnnt.tifrern. nf nl.m,, u.. ... ., loiioi an acciiitni no...!!., m- .......... or inr. M.irhlehea I by when a shot. live un-ii woe in- Co.nii.entin ', he I women. Several were boiin.l (Hf i atu it a it 1 1 4 Ink K.i In vh . uiinnnt i ir Frank "tney, of C.ipj.le v known lo I one f o.. Whitney, 41 d I vtiiu.- nn. Kitt.wii iu ..ha ..r .1 . ' t v ' "' ox- fortunate. AI Noye, of JuM T alno .upici lo have been on il.. v ....1. TI.U I. .11 .1.... . a- jure! ayn: "It i u wonder r'iino of the aliipi don't blow up; they lire no carel.-n." The-e letter were addressed to the writer' iiiothc:', Mr, .lumen Meilntrup. yada. Thia ia all that ia knuwii of ti. 1 ... ,....., Wanhingt.'n. Feb. 11). hlmer M. Meilslrup, of Went Hay. .Mich., tn cord ing to the naval recor In, wan not a gunner, but wan latcrt an an oiuinary dcamaii on the Maine. lion are already afoot for placing the cannot nay anything until after nnch contract, based on work by the day, nt an entimated cost of f'.'OO.UOO. At the navy department specific de nial wan given of the rtqiort emanating f i oin Madrid that a torpedo flotilla was about to leave Key West for Cuba. It wan ntated that only two torpedo boat, the Cashing and l"iics;on, are at Key West, and these, have not been ordered, ami will not be ordered, ac cording to the pre-ent plans, to Cuba. It was Htmogly asserted that no pres. ent purpose existed of nending another warship there. On the streets there wan noticeably len excitement than yesterday, when the people were loth to believe that the Ion of the Maine could be traced to other than Spanish murces. All the flag throughout the city, in eluding those on the capitol ami the de partment buildings, are flying at half mast, and among the others is con spicuously that of "Cuba lihre," which Hie from the ntatV of the Hotel Raleigh, the headquarter of theCuiiau junta. Itrtlrtrn a lliir.-jr Turiril.t IU.I It. Chicago, Feb. ly i:,i (ialhman the inventor, believes the .Maine wan dew roved by a Harvey totpclo. He i conversant with Havana harbor, and from personal examination is familiar with the equipment of the Maine. Mr. (iathnian served two years as a naval apprentice ahoaid the tiaining ship l'ortniuoiith when Captain Siyshe,. wan her commander. Three veatn ago he was a member of the engineering corps which conducted the second tiial trip ot the .Maine. nn investigation ha been made. 1 will not ami cannot conscientiously anticipate the decision, nor do I wish tn make any unjust estimate of the reason for tire dis.isler. " Lucuic nam-v oniinan i.t umw right. believe the explosion w as due tn the short-circuiting of the dynamo. ( ne of the olllcers of the Maine naid today that at H o'clock last night all the mngazincH on hoard the battle-ship .Maine were cloned, and the keys turned over to Captain Sig-ltcc. the com mander. The mutilated holies of :( mc:i were washed ashore at llivi.i and Ca.i Blanco, opposite Havana. Seven bodies were ideiiiilied hv Chaidain Chad wick a those of (iraliam. Mc- llonald, Kayand, Nero, Kinsman Dieiking and linmii. The olheis have not yet been ident i lied. They have been taken to the morgue and will he buried tomoirow at i V. M. A monument w ill be erected by sub scription, headed by the American newspaper corren pom lent s. The lllllihlt Main. (The Maine, which wa with theve el of the North Atlantic squadron off Iry Turing, wai orlerevl to Havana January 34 aud reache.1 the Cuban capital the following day. She wa battlo-hip of the .tn.i-cls and reganleti ai one of the bent ahipa in the new navy. She wa built in the Brook lyn navy yard in lsyo, and wai 318 leel long, 67 fis t bioa.1. 31.6 mean slraugbt aoJ 6,083 lop diaplacemeiit.) Alt lllllllelllat lllte-tiiiall.ti. Ilnl..r...l Washington, Feb. is. Seciei.nv Ioug has uiidoubte.llv sumiiiarized th general opinion of the majority of th. naval experts in limling it uiii.i-.ili!c just now to siate the cae.se of the de struction of the Maine There aic a great number of them i, s. hut most of them are of a chanicter that maLen ir any to prove or up-ct them bv a s.m;U- investigation by a diver. Secrit.nv Look ha taken immediate ntens to make thin investigation. He him tele graphed to Admiral Sic.ud. at Kev West, to apHint a board of naval officers to proceed at once to Havana mploy divers ami gcncieallv make such inquiries as the regulation of the navy department demands shall In made in the cane of the loss of a shin All Hags on department buildim." and ou naval vessels have h, en ordered at half mast. Fublic men express their opinion with reserve when approached, bat everywhere there was a demand for an investigation ami full details, iu the light of which the lioiror may be justly viewed. ap.lir.l nith r atal Cr.ulli. New York. Feb. 18. A tugboat said lo be the Fiankie casizcd ami sank in the lower bay. I is said nt least th, men were lost. Mr.rl l.f loolnleni n. Washington, Feb. 19 A iiuinlK-r of messages have been received at the Bt.ite department from foieign govern- inentn, expressing regn-H in connection with the Maine disaster, them are the following: "tiecretary t State: I have the honor to inform you that I am com nianded by Ihe queen to convey to the president theexpie-eionof her maj. rty'e sympathy with the Aiin-iicnn people on the ocasion of the sad disaster winch has befallen their navy by llio lon of the battleship Maine ami the mem bers of her crew. I reqm-t thai you will he good enough to t.ansiuit the above message, to it high destination. I have the honor to be, with th) high est consideration, your most humble servant, "JULIAN PAUNCKFOTE " Berlin, Feb. 19. To the Piennlenl nf the United State, Wanhington: "Let me express my nincere r-ynipithy to you ami your country al the teirihle los of the Maine and the death of no many brave otlicer and men. "WILLIAM III." Secretary Long received the follow ing caidegraiii Irom the Kn-si.iii min ister of marine nt St. Petersburg: I have just received the new of the Maine's terriblo disaster. I beg yon to accept my own and the liussiaii navy' sincere sympathy. "VlCE-ADMlltAL P. TYKLOW. "Minister of Marino." Secretary Long received the follow ing during the day: 'I regret with all my soul the ter rible catastrophe of thu Maine, and send my condolence for the victim ami their families. The Spanish navy is in mourning for tlio American navv. "SUliUAL," "Naval Attache, Spanish Navy." WRECK OF THE FLACHAT. The first report of the IH 0 Chira Nevada wa brought ),Pre Monday evening, by the crew of th, steamer Islander, and wa to the tg that on Februnry fi the inhabitant, 4 Seward City, n town ao mile lonujj Skagway, nw tlio steamer off ,), ablaze from atem Iu tern, kn, while tlio witnesses to the awful .,, still watched the burning Veff,. , u.. Among report, a of un explosion of boil,,,, neurit, ittiu nun aiii'rwariKiiulhirj more wa ecn of the vcn,. or ih luck less person on hoard of her, bat t,a the follow itg day the beach in tly viciuiiy was M-rewn wiin wreckage. In the nbsenue of details of thecatu. trophe there ia now 110 way of learrtint the indentity of the pasnef.gert, Tin crew, according to a dispatch fmm 5. utile, w hence tho ntea:ner taileil on lt ratal voyage, wa made up nulithti,. ly a follow: Captain, C. II. Lewi, of PortlamL Pilot, F.d Kelly. First ollicer, Smith. Second officer, Hurry Bowen, of Sa francisco. Purser, Ooorge Forster Beck, ( Portland. Freight clerk, George l!evri. Chief Engineer, D. lieeil, j! Francisco. FirHt Assistant, Thomas Williami Second a'sistutit, Moner, of Seattle, Cnrpenter, W. A. Jacobs. AsHintant curjienter, L. Boyle. Steward, O'Donnell. Men boy, Frank Bowen. Two cabin boy, Perkin and Butler, also known us Tuscol. There were also aboard, whose nimi cannot be learned, four quartenni-t-n, two sailors, three firemen, thiee rout pussor, one iiightwatchmun, assistant steward, four cabin lioys, throe cm-ki (Chinese) and two helper. MISS WILLARD DEAD. 1'sMrd Air Founilrr untie W. C. T. I'. In Ntw York New Y'ork, Feb. 21. Mis Francis E. W'illard, president of the Woninn'l Christian Temperance Union, dirt shortly after midnight this (FriiUy) morning, at the Hotel Empire, tlm city. At the bedsido of Miss WillarJ at the time of herdeuth were her niece, Mrs. W. W. Baldwin; Mr. L M. LOSS OF THE CLARA NEVADA. Nw of lite IM.a.lrr U lotillriiiril Ity llti Irmtivr inrrn. Seattle, Wash., Feb. IS. A private telegram (10111 Nanaimo, B. C., says that the nteamer yueen ha arrived mere Irom Skagway, bringing eon iiriuaiory news of the lo of the steamer I lata Nevada. The owner of the steamer today re funded to the 1J0 nansenuer tx for her next trip the money naid for tickets. It is thought that th. -re w..r. at least !S passengers on the steamer wnen she left skairwar. Thi. u-iti. Her crvw of 40 would make 68 nernoiif iic rate 1 awattts with anxieiv The refunding t.f passage money is regarded a virtually the eivirii? 110 of all hope on the part of the owner. Trn. A,c tltramrr .0t. Teneritle, Canary Island. Feb. lt The Cainpaguie Oenerale Tran atlantio line nteamer Fbtchat, bound fnun Maraeille for Colon, w a totally wrecked this inoruimt on Anai.-a noini thi iland. Thirtv-eiirht of the crew and 49 paswnget were lot. Her cajitain aud 13 of her orew er aved. Thi. I1K0I..11, P f Wrylt-r. Barcelona. Feb. lil.-Lientenai.t-t.eueral Weyler, who arrived hereto- ray, expressed the opinion, in the. course of an interview, that the dis aster which had befallen the United state warship in Havana was duo "to the insolence of her crew." e an nounced hi intention to ask the gov eminent' permission to go to Havana and stand as a candidate for the cha n- ecru, uepiities lor the Havana district. tUr. ami YVrrt-kIng ;r. Key Went, Feb. l!.The cast sur vey steamer A. I). Hache arrived this afternoon from Dry Tortugas in com maud of Lieutenant Barnet. 1- irlv to morrow morning she will leave for'll , yna, taking divers and such wreckage gear as is obtainable. 'J..r l,r.,-k N. Hr,,rl.,.. Savanali. Uo Feb. lO.-Maj.., Johll Myrick. of Fort Wadswortli, N Y here attending the Carter court-ma tial, said today that ,e was ,,..t r- pr.nen hi ihe explosion on the Maine -m the Cincinnati came near sutTerin'g'a nun 1 hi r f:n , -1... . .. . 1 n- " .... ..... ... ,,,,, r,;,,.Uy t1(, fl . .1 . tier coal ontaneons eotiihnstion way almost to tl toring explosives. line igniting from "'id eatiiu irs compartment for Pallas, Tex., Feb. 19 a , , fm,.. 1 ... ,J A telegram " fiuu S.IY lexas and the 'be battle-hii. cuer Nashville her- received orders fr,im the n Mu..,ttMil ,rom tiaheston-a, Iheirexac, destination ha Sicarvl' fleet off Dry T Only Survlnj p Ser Tells ttf Ihr lliaillrr, Tene-iffe, Caniiiy Inlamls, Feb. 19. M. M111107., thu only surviving pas- fi nger ol the lamriignie (ieneiah-1 sin.vuoo !.n,u,;,tu,.irii,.v i T Transatlantic steamer ! laclmt. hound IT - i;L 1 m ri....i.... i;I.lVil. from Marseille for Colon, th.ir was lard'g aecrcta.y. and Dr. K. Hill, wrecked at Amiga point, this inland, Misa W'illard had been ill fur tlir early yesterday inunnng during thick weeki. Thero will he funeral wrvini weather, fays; , N,,w York anJ htur j,, Ev. lien the I'lachat grounded, her ton, III., Miss Willard's home, alirn engineer let off the steam ami thereby the body will bo taken, prevented tho boilers from Immtiiig. The passengers, under charfce of the (Miss Frnn'oes E. W'illard, fnnn.irt diMtor and the second officer, were shut a,K' or '",,r 'ei,r8 president of tl up iu the deckhour.0 under tho bridge. World's Woman's Christian Temprt The captain ordered the boats out, hut anue Union, mid president of theNV the vessel took a heavy list to port, tional VVomnn's Chrialian Teiiipr-ranii and three of the port bouts were car- Union 13 years, was bom Septembrf ried away by a heavy sea directly after 28, 183U' Ht C'lmrchville, N. Y. launching. An attempt was then made was a Kradate ol the Northwestern to launch the starboard lifeboat, and "iverity, Chicago. She took the dr ifter working steadily fioni 3 till U in Rrt'e ' from Syracuse university, the morning, it succeeded. I" 18ti3 she was professor of natural "Those on board made a rob ro science nt the Northwestern female col- jiltiipeil into the sea in nn ..n.l..-. . lege. Evanston. III. In lStUi-lStll ll reach the lioat. Only HI succeeded 's preceptress of the Genesee WesleT- and two of these were washed out' an seminary, Limn, N. Y., and in 1S6S The boat was full of water, and it wai 1870 8,18 traveled abroad, stinlyirr impossible to use the oars. After French, German, Italian and the b half an hour the steamer Susie mrived tory of fine arta. visited nearly ewrf and picked up the 14 iu the boat. European capital, and went to Hrwu. "There were still about 40 petu.de on 'l1' ttml Pult'stine. In 1871 Plieri the wreck, but when the Susie rt). president of the woman's college ol turned from Santa Cruz not a soul was "thwestern university, and protrtf" to be seen, and tho sea wa washimr of "esthetics; she was elected con-f oyer the w reck. The enntain im.l stiondinir secretary of the N. W. C. T- o t...n .1: 1 ai 1 . . . - : - . - .. m.i ineir nest, but. owing to the in, in., t.. ,,,c p,,as 11 was impossible to save the women ami children. All .'. "V'K". to jump to nave their vcs. the captain was in bed w.n the vessel struck, and the second oflWr was in charge." The fastest "the Flying Welsh, nan: extended around the globe. U. in 1871. and in 1877 was asso,'iW with D. L. Moody in revival work i Boston. She became president 0' tl' lllinoi W. C. T. U. and editor of the Chicago Daily Tost in 1878, and in 18"' was chosen president of the Natioin1 Woman's Christian Temperance UniCi -I..-..1. ... hnliL 1 : ., noun iiusii o 1 eiie naa nmr Milwad in the wnrl.l ;. mi m-m. ... . .. .. 1 mnd .,, . -uisB 11 1 1 laid was nn auinor 01 us iHine iius distinction, nn.l wrote a number 01 books. SENATE OPPOSES IT. to Havana. New York. 0 Admiral c-rtu5-as or direct Feb. 19 Tl. t ... quote. Assistant &wtT i i v H.HWvelta. sayi,, ' ,,w Nav-T i am convinoe,! that tl,. 1 . Of th. Main. , ' .! ,!.U '.a?,,u?''n v. au ai-viueni." I'at-inc S. Washington, Feb. 19.-fter ep.r.ted debate, ,H.-cpying ,." , ,an to hours, the senate t-vlav by a v " ;UJ.,0J Wltothe resolml10f T' ldeclaiingthenenate'sop,;, , ,?, o the sale of the Kansas Pacitic. tl. Xi"'tmnn ,lu" ,l,r to ' Mau.e disaster wa in n... t ...... - .ilKuin ihtrtmucedAi.;;;::; "Kesolved. That "vl affair, h. , i Z ...V Tn,noe " '"'"iiateaml thoro, , k ,:"""" to the o.,sne . """ugation "nJ t0 report to the genate " io 01 111. jnipathy to tatei ., and tl, KliioiU In Tallinn. Palouse, Feb. 21. The Palottse rif wus higher today than it lias been for years, and the lower part of the ton Wild flim liiil Tim n-iitai mill he.) the floor of the bridge on Main street ner the depot and covered the street to depth of nearly three feet for eeverai blocks from the bridge. House" barns on the flats were surrouuJed b. water, and one family living near tM depot was forced to move out, the wa ter reaching almost to the w hide1 01 the house. Itrtarrtrtl a Drvlout. London, Fh. 81. Tlie tli!T,cl" from the American correspondent the morning papers all comtncnteJ 0 the serious aspect of affair between the United States ami Spain, hot gej erally express the opinion that Preji dent McKin'ey's influence iii M sufficient to avert a conflict. Cincinnati, Feb. 81. Tlie Lisf toolworks at Hamilton, O.. i tn""81 "t 18-inch mortars for the go-'rB' went ships as fast a possible. W ttns the last two dav. the work h-n greatly hastened', to all appear"" "7"