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DEATH LIST
Chicago Swelters
Showers Turn to Steam.
Total Deaths 300 More Than Pre
vious Week Stock Die on Ran
; ges Crops Destroyed.
Chicago, July 10. Fourteen more
deaths had been added to the appalling
list due to the heat at 9 o'clock to
night. The temperature hovered near
the 90-degree mark throughout the
day, but the humidity was more
marked than ever and intensified the
suffering. Dispatches from outside
points indicate that the two-days' re
spite from torridity had been ended in
many places and that the temperature
is rising again at all points. A
sprinkle of rain fell this afternoon,
but it was turned to steam the mo
ment it struck the hot pavements and
bindings, thus increasing the suffer
ing.
Chicago's death rate jumped to the
highest point in many years this week.
Burial permits had been issued for
842 persons up to Sunday night, and
it is considered probable that there
will be applications for approximately
100 more tonight. Not all of these
are direct victims of the heat, but a
large percentage is in that class.
Ninety of the number were stricken
dead by the sun. .
The total number of deaths was 300
more than the previous week, and the
mortality among babies was more
than doubled. One hundred and sixty
five babies died from heat causes.
The alarming infant mortality is
causing much anxiety in the health
department and special nurses and
physicians are being sent through the
congested districts to assist mothers.
Free ice is being distributed to all the
poor and posters printed in many lan
guages are placed in the Ghetto and
elsewhere warning parents of the need
of especial care of childen.
Advices from country districts say
the corn crop is again imperiled. Ok
lahoma reports that everything except
cotton is practically destroyed and ap
peals are coming in to the governor to
take steps to help people who are al
ready destitute. Rains and cooler
weather are reported in Mississippi
and Western Arkansas.
Dispatches from Galveston say that
thousands of cattle are perishing on
the Western Texas ranges, where the
long drouth has burned off the grass.
POTATOES NEVER SO HIGH.
Drouth Follows Frost in California
Government Pays Double.
San Francisco That good old stand
by, the potato, was never before so
high in price as this year, is the sad
fact gleaned from local produce men
who know whereof they speak. The
king of the vegetables, however, is
not the only exalted member of that
kingdom, for oranges, apricots, cher
ries and pears have advanced and even
the lowly and odorous onion has risen
to such heights that a small fortune is
necessary to buy a boiled dinner.
During the early part of the season
the crop of early potatoes was nipped
by an unexpected and unusual frost.
Immediately the demand for that veg
etable for home consumption and the
export trade greatly exceeded the sup
ply. Government contracts took
from the local markets enormous
quantities of potatoes. Now that ex
cessive heat has almost ruined the
crops in the truck-raising country in
the East, California will have to stand
the brunt of the demands for Western
fruits and vegetables. As the pick of
California fruits and vegetables al
ways go East, a more serious problem
will soon be confronting the local mar
kets. Prices paid last year for government
potatoes was $1.14 per hundred, while
this year the potatoes are costing the
government $2.53.
Castro's Course Mystery.
Caracas, Venezuela The govern
ment has not been able to confirm that
Cipriano Castro has landed in Venezu
ela or in neighboring territory. It is
not considered possible that the ex
president, even if he has secured a foot
hold in Venezuela, has been able to get
any considerable following. Neverthe
less, troops have already been dis
patched to the gulf of Maracaibo. Cas
tro is reported to have made his land
ing on the Goajira peninsula, in Co
lombia. Women Try Contract Suit.
South Bend, Wash. The first wo
man jury ever impaneled in Pacific
county was called this week to listen
to the testimony in Justice P. W.
Rhodes' court in a case where a Chi
cago advertising firm sued a South
Bend merchant for alleged violation of
contract. The six women on the jury
are among the most prominent in the
city and were apparently well pleased
with the opportunity of serving in
that capacity.
Dirigible Makes New Record.
Compeigne, France The dirigble
balloon (Clement Bayard IV, which
started at 10:50 o'clock Saturday
night on a 24-hour trial trip, flying
between Compeigne and Soissons, de
scended at 2 :45 o'clock Sunday after
noon, having beaten the world's dirig
ible record for time and distance over
a fixed circuit The dirigible will
become a part of the French aerial
fleet.
HUNDREDS DIE FROM HEAT.
Middle West Sizzled Under Torrid
Sun the Fourth.
Chicago. From all over the Middle
West, dispatches are pouring In with
the message that this was the hottest
Fourth of July experienced since the
records were first kept. From West
ern Kansas to the Atlantic seaboard
the extreme heat exacted Its toll of
death, drove men to suicide and left
hundreds prostrate and suffering.
It was the third day of an ascend-
lug scale of temperatures and the
unwelcome news is offered that the
top of the hill may not yet have been
reached.
There was rain In the far North.
west and a temporary lessening of
the thermal stress, but from that re
gion conies information that six
deaths made up the tribute of mor
tality.
In Chicago, which seemed to be a
special victim, the official Government
thermometer in the lofty dome of the
Federal building registered at" one
time 102. With one exception, in
June, 1901, it was the highest official
temperature ever recorded In this city.
In street thermometers the mercury
at midnight stood firm at 94.
Chicago's toll of death was 28.
Horse3 seemed to suffer more than
their masters.
Despite cooling breezes which
sprang up over night, 20 deaths were
recorded in New York. Philadelphia
had nine and Pittsburg 15, and In
all three cities there were hundreds
of prostrations of a serious character.
In the death Hst3 due directly to the
heat no account is taken of babies
who are dying by scores. The coun
try at large reports an aggregate of
more than 50 drownings for the day,
which properly belong In the heat
casualties, as the victims were slain
while trying to escape from the tor
ridity. Kansas City reports four deaths
from heat and a score of prostrations,
some of them serious. Topeka, Se
dalla and Atchison, Kan., sweltered
under a temperature of 104. Texas
points came within the scope of the
superheated area and temperatures
went skyrocketing.
In St. Louis, street thermometer?
registered as high as 108 and 110.
Two men, driven mad by the heat,
took their own lives. The official
temperature was 101. Pittsburg ex
perienced temperatures quite as high
as those at St. Louis. All through
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Southern
Michigan, Fourth of July celebrations
were curtailed. Chicago shares with
many others the danger of a dearth
of ice. Emergency deliveries are
credited with saving many lives in
the hospitals, and the Ice companies
have sent out pleas to private fam
ilies and hotels to curtail the con
sumption of ice as much as possible.
It was a Godsend to the poor that
they did not have to work In fac
tories the Fourth.
TROOPS SAVE AIRSHIP.
Angered Cowboys Would Throw Ma-
chine in the Yellowstone.
Glendive, Mont. A company of the
state militia today, by quick action
and pointed bayonets, prevented an
angry crowd headed by a number
of cowboys from running an aero
plane into the Yellowstone River,
because it did not fly. Felix Schmidt,
a Chicago aviator, and his mechani
cian, Eugene Grubbin, fled panic
stricken when the cowboys yelled for
them to be thrown into the river
with the airship.
Major D. J. Donohue, of the Second
Regiment, Montana National Guard,
saved the day for the airship. Real
izing the seriousness of the situation,
he ordered the soldiers to fix their
bayonets and charge back the crowd,
which already had the machine half
way to the river, and was traveling
swiftly.
Several thousand spectators had
waited for several hours for Schmidt
to fly and when word was announced
there would be no flights, a cowboy
yelled to dump the thing into the
river. A lariat whistled through the
air. encircled Itself about the pro
peller of the aeroplane, a hundred
hands grabbed the rope and with a
cowboy astride his horse, a quick
trot was made for the Yellowstone's
bank.
Floods Cover Bulgaria.
Phillpopolis, Bulgaria. The damage
done by the recent floods is enormous.
The monetary loss is estimated at
$20,0000,000. Many buildings were
washed away by the rain swollen
streams and crops and market gar
dens were ruined in wide areas.
Now a water famine threatens the
city, as the mains have been uncov
ered and so torn apart that a month
will be required with their repair.
The inhabitants of many villages in
the south of Bulgaria have sought
refuge in the mountains.
Stead Lauds Washington.
London. W. T. Stead, editor and
author, presiding at the annual Fourth
of July celebration at Browning Hall
for the veterans of the Civil War,
said to no man did the British Em
pire owe thanks more than to George
Washington, "the greatest English
man of the ISth century."
Washington, said the speaker, had
Indirectly taught Great Britain how
to extend and maintain the Britiish
Empire.
Ely Faces Peril In Air.
Reno, Ner. After barely skimming
a clump of trees In the start, running
the gauntlet of cold and hot air strata
above the Trucken River and attain
ing a height of 500 feet, only to be
warned by grinding noises that the
machine was crippled. Eugene Ely
nade a perilous but successful descent
here July 4 In his Curtlss biplane af
ter a flight of five miles.
GENERAL NEWS OF NATIONAL HAPPENINGS
Washington, July C A more gen
eral sentiment for expeditious action
on the Canadian reciprocity, without
revision and free list bills, was appa
rent today after informal conferences
among various groups of Senators
and six hours of continuous debate
in the superheated chamber of Sen
ate. It was the first of the longer
sessions under the decision of the
Senate to meet one hour earlier than
usual to hasten action on the Legis
lative program.
Senator Gronna, of North Dakota,
insurgent Republican, after a long
speech in opposition to the agree
ment. in the course of which he
clashed frequently with advocates of
the measure, was forced to give up,
almost exhausted, at 5 o'clock this
afternoon and the Senate almost im
mediately adjourned.
The informal discussions among
Senators showed that the present
feeling is doubtless influenced by the
existing hot wave and debate may
be brought to an end within 10 days
or a fortnight.
The insurgent Republicans are still
holding out for other legislation.
Gronna, who is a new member of
the Senate, had a cross-fire of ques
tions from Democrats during his
speech, which was the only set recip
rocity effort of the day.
Senator Keen, or Missouri, a Demo
crat, asked Mr. Gronna whether he
believed the President would sign
the reciprocity bill if the House and
Senate passed It with certain tariff
revision amendments attached.
"Why don't you address your
queries to the President, under whose
banner you are operating?" Nelson,
of Minnesota, demanded, with some
heat, "You know that this agreement
passed the House by a majority of
Democrats and that if it passes here
it will be by the same strength.
Don't ask us, who are fighting the
measure, what the President will do."
Washington, July 6. A remarkable
defense of Christian Science and a
personal history of his family's ex
periences in that faith, including the
story of his own transition from
scoffer to devout believer, was made
in the Senate today by Senator
Works, of California.
His speech was in reply to one by
Senator Owen, whose bill for a de
partment of public health has met
opposition from many Christian Scien
tists and supporters of various schools
of medicine.
Works denounced the movement
for a National Department of Health
as an attempt by the American Med
ical Association to control medical
activities.
Works said that ten years ago he
had ridiculed the power to heal that
was said to rest in Christian Science.
For years, he said, he had suffered
from a complication of diseases. He
decided that death was approaching
and, since everything else had failed,
he determined to try Christian Sci
ence. Steadily he improved under
the science treatment, he said, and
finally was completely restored to
health.
The Senator said his wife, after
years of suffering as an invalid, and
confronted with the prospect of an
operation, was healed in three treat
ments through Christian Science. His
son, he said, after the drink habit
had "taken complete possession of
his," decided after one of his long
spells of drinking to submit to Chris
tian Science treatment. .
"He has not taken a drink from
that day to this," Works said, "and in
the seven years there has been no
recurrence of the desire and torture
of the appetite."
Washington, July 5. The Demo
crats of the Senate, with two or three
exceptions, are well pleased with the
legislative situation iu Congress
and they are the only ones who are
pleased. They figure that they have
things about where they want them.
The Canadian reciprocity bill is sure
of passage, sooner or later, and prob
ably without amendment. If they
get notihng more, they will feel that
they have gained a great deal, for
they are prepared to claim all the
credit for the enactment of President
Taft's pet measure, and the credit
coming from the ratification of this
agreement they count will help them
mightily in the next campaign.
As to the rest of the tariff pro
gram, the Senate Democrats are in
a position largely to dictate the terms
of whatever bills may be passed, oi-jin connection with other legislative
if no bills are passed, they are in ai'iiatters while Congress remains in
position to show their own readiness j session that the committee decided
to vote for them, and place the to continue its hearings in Washing
responsibility for defeat on the shnul-itnn instead of resuming them in
ders of the Republican majority. Then 'Chicago, deferring the trip until prob-
uKiiin. ii a couininauon or ueniocrats;au'y in August
and Insurgents is able to pass the
wool bill, free list bill, or a general
tariff revision bill, and the President
exercises his right of veto, then again
the Democrats can point to their
votes, and show that It was a Re
publican President who prevented re
vision of the unpopular schedules of
the Payne-Aldrich law.
Soldiers' Home Proposed.
Washington. Senator Foindexter
has Introduced a bill providing that
the buildings at Fort Walla Walla
and 73 acres of land surrounding
shall be reserved by the Government
and converted into a National Sol
diprs' Hnmo tho
reservation to be appraised and sold f"ith Dakota lands will begin Oc
in small lots. i ,er 2 f t the towns of the Chamher-
Polndexter also introduced a bill ,iiin- Das Gregory and Rapid City,
prohibiting dealing in grain, cotton ." J?ach ,of tnese registrations
and other futures by telegraph.
Will Try Case in Portland
Washington. Commissioner Frank-
lin K. Iane, of the Interstate Com-,
merce Commission, has departed for assigned to duty at Astoria from
San Francisco. He will be absent j August 15 to September 1. on ac
from Washington until October 1. count of the celebration. The other
Meanwhile he will hear cases at San four of the fleet will be stationed at
Francisco, Los Angeles and Santa j Portland during part of the time and
Rosa, Cal.; Portland. Or., and Ta- at Astoria during the remainder, be
coma and Seattle, Wash. The cases 'tween thfse dates. The boats are
involve questions important to all , the Whipple, Trnxton. Hull, Perry,
transcontinental carriers. Thev will I Hopkins, Paul Jones. Preble. Stewart.
not be determined until some time
early In 1912.
Indianapolis, July 4. Replying to
the contention that reciprocity would
be wholly at the expense of the
farmer and in the Interest of the
wage-earners of the large cities, Mr.
Taft declared that In his Judgment,
"the reciprocity agreement will not
greatly reduce the cost of living, if
at all.
"It is said that this reciprocity
covers competitive products of each
country," said the President, "and
that the reciprocity of the former
Republican leaders was intended to
include only a lowering or abolition
of duties on products of other coun
tries which did not compete with
products of this country.
"Therefore it Is said that the
Canadian reciprocity, as now pro
posed, is nothing but a Democratic
measure, reducing or abolishing the
tariff on goods or products from Can
ada that compete with those raised
by our own people, and that it is
especially injurious because it is so
drawn as to prejudicially affect the
farmers of the country as a class.
The Republican party in their last
National platform declared in favor
of tariff duties which would measure
only the difference in the cost of
production of articles here and of
articles abroad. The Canadian recip
rocity agreement squares exactly with
uns aocirme.
"Another answer to the objection
of Republican friends who denounce
Canadian reciprocity as a heresy is
that the amount of competition which
is to take jilace in our markets be
tween Canadian products and those
of the United States under this agree
ment is very much less than they
woum Dy tneir general statements
have you believe. In the first place,
uuey say uiai Dy tree trade in airri-
cunurai products we are giving them
a market of 90,000,000 people and
caKing oniy a market of 8,000,000
people for the same things, and that
necessarily they derive greater ad
vantage, as a matter of fact, in
the vast bulk of our agricultural
products, they can furnish no com
petition whatever, while this agree
ment admite all our products free
into Canada."
Washington, July 3. That Germany
will not be far behind Great Britain
in her acceptance of the principle of
unrestricted arbitration of all issues,
including those involving national
honor, is regarded here as virtually
certain in view of recent develop
ments.
When Count Von Remnr t,Q
German Ambassador, departs for Ber
lin, it is expected he will hf phartroH
with .a new presentment of the ques-
im uiai. wm insure favorable con
sideration. It appears that there has been a
radical misunderstanding on this im
portant point. The treaty provides
that even after the action of the
Senate upon a "pro-jet" or upon a
definition of the exact limits of the
matter to be arbitrated, the issue
shall not go to actual arbitration un
til there has been an exchange of
notes between the two governments,
and an objection by either to the
form would result In stopping the
proceedings. This point has been
made clear to the German Ambassa
dor, and now It is expected the wav
has been cleared for adhesion o"f
Germany to the convention.
Washington, July 4. Manv Sena
tors not engaged in the inquirv have
expressed a desire to observe the
demeanor of witnesses before the
Senate committee charged with the
investigation of the election of Wil
liam Lorimer to the United States
Senate. Their desire to watch the
witnesses, particularly the confessed
bribetakers who are expected to be
examined after the committee recon
venes, nine days from now, is with
a view to informing themselves in
connection with the case when it
comes to a vote in the Senate. So
great promises to be the attendance
of these outsider Senators that a
larger hearing room will be procured
if possible for the committee's ses
sions, to replace the present cramped
quarters.
It was largely to afford these Sen
ators an opportunity of attending the
hearings and because of the commit
tee members wanting to remain here
600,000 Acres Are Opened.
Washington. Annroximatelv find -
noo acres of land have been opened i
to settlers under the registration
plan through a proclamation signed
by President Taft, 150,000 acres be
ing within the Fort Berthnld Indian
reservation, of North Dakota, and
4..0.000 in the Pine Ridge and Rose
bud Indian reservations in South Da
kota. These lands are to he opened un
der the regulation plan heretofore
followed. The registration for the
North Dakota lands will begin Aug
ust 14 nt the towns of Bismarck,
Minto, Plaza. Garrison and Rider,
N. D., and the registration for the
will continue for three weeks.
Torpedo Craft Assigned.
Washington. June "0. Eight boats
of the Pacific torpedo flett have been
Lawrence Rowan, Goldsborough and
Farragut.
THEY BELIEVE IN COMMUNISM
Shakers Get Their Name From the
Violent Contortions Introduced
In Their Worship.
New York. The Shakers are a
body of seceders from the Society of
Friends formed by Ann Lee (Mother
Ann) of Manchester, England, about
1757, and so called from the wild and
violent' contortions Introduced by
them Into their form of worship.
Their official title Is "Th United So
ciety of Believers In Christ's Second
Appearing." The sect emigrated to
America In 1772 and -settled near Al
bany in 1774. Their chief seats have
been at Mount Lebanon and Water-
A Typical Shaker.
vliet, N. Y. They number 15 societies
in the United States and have a mem
bership of about 1,728.
The Shakers believe In spiritualism,
practice celibacy, and community of
goods, oppose war, refrain from oaths
and denounce baptism and the Lord's
Supper. They are noted for their
frugality, integrity and thrift In
Mount Lebanon, their largest com
munity, there are several families
made up of 150 persons, Including 35
boys and girls. The other societies
are made up in about the same ratio
as the one at Mount Lebanon.
.IIP
"I!
The announcement that they areinterchange of opinions and informa-
windlng up their financial affairs in
Ohio and New York calls attention to
the final failure of one of the longest
existing of the many communistic ex
periments that have been tried in this
country.
In the years following the American
Revolution, more than a score of com
munistic sects and colonies were es
tablished in the United States. Some
of them appealed to the sensualities
and some of them were plain swin
dles. The Shakers held out no sensu
al or financial allurements and it Is
surprising that they have endured so
long, except on the theory that their
simplicity in living attracted recruits
and made them the sole survivors of
all these social experiments. With
their passing will close one of the
most interesting chapters of social
experiments in the history of any
country.
ANOTHER SACRED CALF BORN
This Makes the Fourteenth Which
Has Come Into the Chicago
Zoo Zebu Family.
Chicago. Another sacred calf, the
fourteenth born to Romeo and Juliet,
in the 14 years of their residence at
the Lincoln Park zoo, has made its
appearance. Hundreds or persons
thronged to the zebu's pen to look
at the new arrival.
"The Lincoln park zoo 13 getting a
reputation as a breeding ground for
animals, and we are supplying al-
Zebu "Juliet" and Calf.
most every zoo in the country with
our rare specimens," said Superin
tendent Cy De Vry. "Only the other
day we shipped a two-year-old zebu
to the Washington Park Zoological so
ciety at Milwaukee.
"Although the zebus have the rec
ord, the lioness and lion are slowly
gaining upon them in raising a family.
The lioness, as a rule, gives birth to
three at a time, while the sacred cow i
has only one offspring." j
The zebu Is a native of India, where'
It Is revered by the Inhabitants. It1
Is pampered and caressed, and to feed
It is deemed a meritorious act The
animal Is used as a beast of burden
and can travel from 30 to 40 miles a
day.
Horseshoe In Pine Tree.
Milton. Ind. In the heart of a pine
tree 18 inches In diameter a horseshoe
was found by M. E. Hubbell when he
cut the tree down. The position of the
horseshoe Indicates that it was placed
around the tree many years ago when
It was a sapling and In time had been
covered by the growth of the wood.
STEEL IN UNITE
Foreigners Anxious to Join "Gold
en Rule" Association.
Head of United States Corporation
Says Unjust Concerns Would Be
Driven Out of Business.
Brussels. The steel interests of Amer
ica, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Italy,
Austria and Spain, were represented by
160 delegates who met In conference
recently preliminary to the formation
of an international association,
broadly similar to the American Steel
Institute. E. H. Gary, chairman of
tee United States Steel Corporation,
presided.
Judge Gary explained his views con
icerning co-operation in business.
"Suppose," he said, "that a com
,pany of men engaged In business
and possessing much capital, power,
and influence should by their con
duct, unjust and oppressive, secure
i universal disapproval, disgust and an
tagonism on the part of the public
in a brief time these men would be
driven out of business."
"There should be established and
continuously maintained," Judge Gary
said, "a busines friendship which
compels one to feel the same concern
for his neighbor that he has for him
self. It is no less in principle, than
the golden rule applied to business.
"If it is, it will be certain to pay.
True it is that sometimes, and too of
ten, deceit is practiced and that
advantage has been taken by those,
who have been given confidence by
others, but this fact should dishearten
no one."
Judge Gary sketched conditions In
the United States, where, he said, ad
vantages had been given to the steel
men. Americans, he said, were anxi
ous to be and keep near to their Eu
ropean friends.
It is the expressed wish of many of
the representatives present to form
an international association ior me
tion between iron and steel producers
of the world concerning all questions
relating to the industry and organi
zation distinguished from and broader
in the scope of its activities than the
existing great institutions.
Herr von Bodenhausen, of the
Krupp works, speaking for the Ger
man group, warmly supported the idea
and one by one the members repre
senting all the nations and groups
fully accepted the project, M. Kes
tranek for Austria; M. Didex, for
France; Sir Hugh Bell and Sir John
Randle, for England, and M. Greiner,
for Belgium. All present had known
by correspondence the purpose of the
meeting and had decided in advance
to join the "golden rule" movement.
Another meeting will be held to
morrow at which a committee will be
appointed, representing all the groups
to consider a plan of organization.
The conference then will adjourn to
meet at the call of the committee.
SURVIVORS BACK OFFICERS.
Passengers From Steamship Spokane
Thankful for Escape.
Seattle. "Survivors from the
wrecked steamer Spokane, particu
larly from the East, after they were
safe on the beach, instead of being
overcome with a spirit of thanks
giving at their rescue from imminent
death, acted very much as if they
expected the officers of the vessel
to serve them with pink tea and
chocolate eclairs, and a number of
them were loud in their objections
to the ship's biscuits and condensed
milk provided in the face of the fact
that they knew they would be taken
away on board the Admiral Sampson
in a. few hours."
Such was the statement made by
T. J. Richardson, of Pacific Grove.
Cal., one of the rescued passengers
of the ill-fated Spokane, before the
Federal Board of Steamship Inspec
tors, which is making an investiga
tion into the sinking of the ship.
Gold Output $6,000,000.
Seattle. Advices received by Se
attle banks from their correspondent!
at Fairbanks. Alaska, state that the
season's gold output of the Tanana
district will be at least $3,000,000
and may reach $6,000,000. exceeding
by $1,500,000 the estimates made two
months ago. With plenty of water
and enough men to enable operators
to work unhampered, $1,000,000 worth
of gold had been cleaned up from
winter dumps by June 1. The second
consignment of $5,000 gold has ar
rived at the assay office.
38 Lives Are Sacrificed.
Chicago. Revised figures on the
number of deaths and injured in the
United States, due to the celebration
of the Fourth of July show mat to
date 3S lives were sacrificed and 1217
were injured, as compared with 44
killed and 24S5 injured last year, and
02 killed and 3310 injured reportel
in 1009.
Fireworks claimed IS victims; fire
arms 12; gunpowder, 5; and toy pis
tols, 3.
Bixby Exonerates Spain.
Washington. The loss of the bat
tleship Maine was caused by the ex
plosion of her three magazines. No
such effect could have been caused
by an explosion from without. Sucli
Is the opinion of General W. H.
Bixby. chief of engineers. U. S. A.,
who has returned from a personal
supervision of the work of raising
the Maine.