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Delightful location, large buildings and grounds, good meals, plenty of healthy exercise, excellent teacher and careful training this la what they all say of MT. A NOEL COLLEGE. Send for Cat alogua and apeolal term. P. F, PLACIDUS. Director, CHARGED TO SPAIN Destruction of Maine May Yet Involve Us in War. UGLY RUMORS RIFE There Is No Doubt That the Explosion Was Deliber ately Planned. CONGOSTO'S UTTERANCES i He Toll Central Lee There Would Be Ttoutle If the Maine Went to Haana and Talks of a Possible War. n u u- ii- ri;ln. nmre iiil irnlc wiiul'l niilv aluiir, it wuiilil lie ail S,in lias ('lit 11 j with than anv "llicr natinti ti in Mimlil have ili'tii-. I Ium wiiincil yuu (hat thcrr will In triiiililf i( the Maine -nines tn H av.nii Nnw lrinj ymir sl)i s liete. If mi want war )ini i an hae il. Vmi will Iiml Spam liai nut lurpitten how to lht." eimr t'otij;i.tii to Sylvester ovel. a New York WorM or res'niiileiil. Nrw York. Krh It -The Evf-nlng Wnrlil iimtiilns i i-iyrlihl"l rmili'ieritm from IdiMinii. ulitniil hy SylvntiT Soovrl. whlili r.iMitK riii.lil ally thf (tory nl Ihr liliiwfn up of lh.- l-ullli-iililp Maliw. uihI ay: "Tin- qimy iiml rliMk wrr,- jammi-n with mnitntiir ilurliiR thi nail irmwt hi! mill I mn InfurmMl unit Jul iUm rnylnui wrrn hi-nnl mnnni: the crow-il. mm lh.it Mini, of thr lwr rlrmnit r.-Joldil ovrr VnnkM' mn.nai-rx.' n thi-y trrmnl It. Vrminiil!y I mw nothlnit bin nynipulhUrri. Only In the pulac dlil i rr ilKm of riint. nt rtit.iln 8lghiv iM-iirn tlm mlmnlty Ilk.- Hn Amorlian oin orr mn! gfMlrmiin. Hr win not fvrn oulwnnlly nimiil hy tlu iwful calumliy. He rwrlved the Spenlfh rhlef of Kilh-e mi rnlmly though hl qimrterdeck wa not w-r.-i-k iiml hi mn munieliHl iiim drowned. Apropoi of thl U told of Cip- Ulu SlU that he til writing I letter to hi wife In hl port cnMn when Ihe eiplimlon occurred. All the lUhti were IniitHiitly etlnulthed. Pittubeo, runnlliK out, liunipiil Into prrtwuy niwiimii murine orderly, who. mnld ihrlek. KnuinK, llnnir. mid horror, ind In the iluik, Miluti-d. mid nld: Sir, I hiive to Inform you that the hip limi been Mown up ind l Inking.' ThU roolnen wn noticeable every. wln-re nmoiiK the men. In View of hl preient Ittltude. I uh.lll ....I.. !... now (piole W I1I m-nur v oiii". iictlim goveriior-Kenernt. ruinniiiK on- fmn-llonii of thut reiUH.iinlhU' poslilon. mild lo me the nlkht before the Mulno iin-lvcd. Connul (lininil Io hud toln him thut ufti-iiuion that the warship would come. CoiiKonto belligerently ob Jected. (lenernl l.i-e thi n mid: " Hi-nu-iiiber, If any trouble doei occur, I nbull have the whole fleet here lu four houri.' "Hhorlly iifierwnrd 1 'w Beerolnry t'ongoHto, und ho wan very mud. Ho wan iilmi liiillncr. eet. He aid to inc.' " 'If you people would only b t u alone, It would be nil rlnht. Hpuln baa put up with more than any other nation would have done. 1 have warned you that tlx-ro will be trouble If Hie Maine come hero. Now bring your shlpi here. If you want war you ran have It. You will And Spain him not forgotten how to right.' " WILL It A INK THU MAINE. Washington, Feb. 17,-Tho government has tet tied back Into a walling attitude hi respect to tho 'terrible mtiiino disaster In Havana harbor. The great shook caused hy the new has given way to a calmer nnd more Judicial stnto of mind, and, realizing from the events of tho day thut a court of Inquiry Is the lo de pendence In the search for tho cause ot the Mulne disaster, the navel officers are now resigned to await the result of that Inquiry by tho court opened today by the navy department. The wounded sailors In Havana ho- j pllnls, on tin- Spanish flagship awl !! I whe'r, whin mil In condlilon In I" brought t''k In Key West, will lie inn fully looked ufiT by Miss Clara liurton. who ha Iw-en given carle blanch" lo buy j m.y and everything necessary, food, ! II -iaiic, mill hire three nur anil phynlc i l.i m TIik wounded villi t-i get across I In Key Went will In taken cure of ill I hi murine hospital there. A for lh Maine h'-raclf, notwithstand ing Id" illri iiiiruuliifj ri'imrt from 1,1' o li'nunl Howe u.i to hir i uinlllloii, Hi' navy l.m rl miil will Iry fo raise hi r. While Ihln U required by every creditable ii 1 1 in- n l, they y lln'y urn bound to remove Ihi- hull from the mnull harbor In mi)- rmf, mill il limy be u easy or eusli r In raise It. r ii II would In- lo destroy the hull und mi" hlii -ry liy tin- uw of divers mill ilyniiiiillr. ll l If li'-v.-.l thl work uii lif done by (irivuif wricking torpor itlotia, mi. I negotiations nr.: ilp'ily on fool for ilinliM lh." ronlrii'i, on work hy tin- rtiiy. t uii i (5m.ii'. ioi ui Hn Ihf niriiin lin n1 w.i mil Ic m lily 1 i . Hi M i ni limn yinli rliiy. whi n ifxipli-.-ri! lonlh to li-lli-Vf Ihiit Hn- lo." of tin-Malm- ioiiM l.f irm-riJ In olh'-r than Hpan lh kniiri.ii. All IIik ihroiiKhoul Hi- . liy, lin lmlliiii Hi....- mi ihi- rillol iiml ill i.irlmi-ni IiiiIIiIIiik'h. nri- rylfiK t hiilf-mi, .inn iiriioiiK tin olhi-rN In roii"ilrtioiiH th.it ol 'rutin l.lhfp." whli h fllin frmii lh uliifl on tin- Until IIhI.-Ik Ii. tin- hi-ailiuari'-r of tin- 1'uliun Juntu. I AITAIN HIWHHKirH OI'INImS. New York. Keli, 17.-. Journal dlpali h from W.'irhftiKlon a)-: fnpinln HlKlK.-a haa Icli urul'hcd hv na)- ilei,irtnient, iimok the KiiKhuh il pher. thai in bin opinion the rieatrudinn if lh- M ilne tm Ihe set of an enemy This dispatch has te-eti uppresei hy lh. department, but ll 1" known to have Ihi-i recriv.il. He rcnuentol mi immediate In- vcititfutlon und liiilni.iie.l ihi.t the r-u son the survlsota were win to Key West was that he feared mme trouble. The Washington rorresHmli nl nf the ll.-r.ilil .i) that he sioimI on Die bridge of the Maine with Captain Hlglcc u week iiko veiterday and tin- cnptaln act 1.1 to him: "I ilu not wuul to be obllh-ed lo take liny coal iilwiurd fpim Havanu, It woiil'l 1h- n rtsky eiedl.-iit. Not thai I uspect uiiy one In uulhorlly, bin I tor- Is such tin Irr -iixmslhle rabble here In Havana and II would h.- an easy matter lo k-et a couple of etliki of dynamite In Ihe coal bunk, ti without our knowing it " Tiiltl KlHi STiUtV Hiol TKH. Key West. Feb. 17 The story that a torpedo may have been concealnl In the coal furnished to the Maine Is moutcii 1 here, but an lnsccUoii of fuel coal for war ships will In- made hereuft. r. In Ibis connection It Is advisable to dlscoun. lenance the slurb s In circulation at Ha vana and here rccardini; the Maine, hav ing been blown up by a torpedo placed under the ship. The Maine reached Hu vuna unannounced and therefore It woula lie difficult. If not ltniosslble. to have placed a torpedo at the pot over which she was moored. yCKKN K.PHK8St:S BOKKOW. Madrid. Feb. 17. The queen regent pre sided at the cabinet meeting today. The subject chletly dlscussul was the loss ot the battleship Maine. The minister ot foreign affairs, Sermr Oullon, road a dis patch from Washington, and the qiuen regent expressed sorrow at the circum stance. WILLIAM 8KND6 RhMRKTS. Herlln, Feb. 17.-Kniveror William ca bled direct co President MoKlnlcy t-x-pressing his heartfelt sympathy at the loss of the Maine and so many brave nlhVers and men. SYMPATHY IX LONDON. London, Feb. 17.-AS the details of the hiss of the Maine are published there are renewed remarks of sympathy. They are not only In the newspapers, but nre to be heard on all sides. The Pull Mall Oan'ttc. alluding to the bravery of the American officers, says. Vuplaln Slgsbee, for one. behaved wUh splendid contempt of danger, worthy of ihe best traditions of army und navy." The Prince and Princess of Wales re quest the charge d'affaires to convey to tbe president and to the secretury of the navy nn expression of their horror at the terrible accident which hns happened to tho Maine and their profound sympathy with them and with the whole American nation. NOT AN ACCIDKNT. New York, Feb. 17. Tbe Journal quotes Assistant Secretary of the Navy Koose velt its saying: "I am convinced Hint the destruction of tho Maine was not an accident." 81G8RF.E STAYED TO THE LAST, New York, Feb. 17. A Herald dispatch from Havana snyst Lieutenant John It. Hnndln, who was olllccr of the watch nt the tlmo ot the explosion, gives this version of his own experiences and of those who camo un der his Immediate observation: "I went on watch at 6 o'clock, relieving Lieutenant Wow. At !n minutes to ll) o'clock, whllo on the port side of the quarterdeck, an explosion occurred cem Ingly on the port side forward, followed Immediately by a second one. I waa Hlrtii k on the hd by flying pier of ! wn-i knge hut not Htiinnrd. 1 rdmlx-d on the poop ilerk wh'-rv 1 found the rieni live, orfln-r und in-vi-rnl other. The barge mul gig were lowered nd manned, thi-y j lM-lrig the only boat left. We pliked up I all the wounded that could be found and put them Into the ImiiU. The Hpunlnh ; uhlp Alfonno XIII. had ent fou n or nv tioaia very promptly to our ...land more; i.f nur wounded were lent lo the Al- fotiwi. One of our boat! pulled mound the Maine and picked up aeverul men who had len Mown Into the water. Tlm eieru- llve nm er went forward to nee If the ' nr rould hn put out and found It wan , iiei-lea to try to do anything lo nave the hip. aa h wa tola! wreck. The ejp- j lain then gave the ord.-r to abandon the bli and nioiit of u went In the tfi.ila lo Ihe Clly of Wanhlnglon. of the Ward I line, and we wi re mot cordially trwitid The i-aplulll hip." the hint to leave thv ! F.XTKItlolt KOHi'K TIIK r.V'WK. New York. Kib, 1", ' plain K-Iwnrl ' 'allrii k. inventor of the dynamite (run. ihi Inns thut lln- Malm- wee not blown j up from wllhln. j "Ai i Mi-ill", fari'leasm-w and nonta- ni-ouM loniliumloii." he eald lnl nlitht to ti I'rces reporter "hnve ln-en eiitntn.ili-d from the navy imd army. There win a llnic whin Ihn mi Mi lilal ilroppluc of a In II nilicht have blown a v. Into i ioin. hut that lime Ik pint. Then, Ihi! theory I. wl,d away st once when It I known that nil muiculm wen- under! be k and key at the time of the occur retice. The bout was not In action, but I vlriK -ui'.'fiilly st uni hor In still mater. The theory of carelessness musi ..Inn he diM-ri-dltiil. I know the discipline of a war Vessel loo well to Imuirlne any rare. I. is ml ihit would litnlte n magazine at that hour of the nlk'ht. or to believe that a spy or traitor coulil puss beyond the I Kuaids and enter Ihem. Why. a member of Ihe Maine's crew would not d.ir. han dle those i iplosivei ut that hour. "As lo sisititaneous combustion, that llioiry r.nist ii Ism. lie dlsmlsse.l hi once. There is no sui h thing known todiiy In tin- manufacture und handling of explos ive as Hiti1untiius combust Ion.' lo calise of the H-rfertlon in m. iHrl.il and Ihe thorough t.-sis It must undergo be fore iMlnK accepted by the governm.-nt. H .me years am. minor accidents were eunierou. hut they were prim (pally due Ol llir llllll.llloS "I .1.1. TV call one or two accidents In Ihose days, hut It is useless to soenk of them a ine lauses an not enter at an into the consiileratlon of what has befallen the Mulne. I ImiiKine some effort will be minle by the Spanish to conceal the real . ..use f ,he explosion by Mm" - Kun cotton in the muga.lne. This the- ory will not ilo. The uses and abuses of nun cotton are well understood on a man- of-war as In the laboratory. There no rri ut lieat In the miiKaxlnes. of rbe Malnr. Thermometers tell of no greit.-r ' heat than ?. nnd gun totton will not ex plode under 17 decrees atsive that. "Itut It must lie remembered that the ! gun inlton stond In the M.ilpe was most- ly wuter siakeil. kept thus for the sake ' of hr..ri ulliin ue.it : I..I i nf a.... .. ' there Is a little always kepi dry for d.-i tonatinc purposes, to net as a sort llf fulminate or cap In setting off the damp cotton: hut the dry cotton is such hiKh - class material, und kept under such per - f.-clly wife conditions, thut it could nt iKiilie ly Itself. The same can tie radii of every other ounce of explosive on 1 bourn the Maine. A torpedo from below I the water line might easily have turned In the plates and set tire to a mngaxlne or but I am theorizing on that. The .ondl tlon of the hull will tell the story. lUit l repeat, and I urn firm In my conviction, that the Mulne did not blow up from wllhln. The blow came from the outside af her magazines." 1 " AN ACCIDENT 1MIHS3IKLK. Washington, Feb. 17. "Under all cir cumstances," said Naval Constructor Phillip Hlchhorne. "It does not seem to me the Maine's disaster could have re sulted from an accident. Everything was quiet und orderly about the ship zs far as we have any knowledge, and the prob abilities are that only one if the four -engln.-a was being used. With all the safeguards Imaginable, and lying at an chor as quiet as possible, It seens unlikely that such an accident could have oc curred. Men were about the ship every where, hut none of the msehlnry was In motion, with the possible except! m of one of the smaller engines for neces-sary work aboard. If the Maine had been at sea or In action there might have been some valid reason for en explwon such as occurred, but not under conditions ex isting In Havana, Then, ioo, then' was no possible manner for the ammunition In the magazine to be exploded. Here was a vessel as stuunc .m wen nuut as anything thut ever left a shipyard end In an Instant almost Ihe work -.f years goes for naught: and we are told that there was nn accident at the bottom of the affair. Hut I will never believe any thing of the kind and I have the best of reasons for entertaining such i pinions from my knowledge of tin- nvuvier In which the Maine was constructed." THR WORK OF TIIK SPAN; V.!!8. Wllllumantlc, Conn., Feb. 17. -Captain Paul Hoynton, the swimmer, believes that the blowing up of the Maine was the work of Spaniards. Captain Hoynton said: The torpedo could have been floated from a skiff with a line and h catch that would stop It In the anchor chain; then, by playing out the line ntUetVd to the torpedo for tho distance that had already been determined between the anchor chain and boat, the torpedo could be brought alongside of the vessel and ex ploded In two different ways. There might have been n screw attached, sim ilar to the screw of a propellor. end the moment the torpedo stopped moving und was brought with head to the current tho screw would revolve and, after mak ing a certain number of revolutions would release a pin within the torpedo nnd cause the explosion Mnuher meth od would be bv clock mechanism. This could be done In a most lnnoce.it appear ing: way." WARSHIPS FOR HAVANA. Dallas, Tex., Feb. 17.-A telegram from Oalveston says the battleship Texas and tho cruiser Nashville have rocelwHl orders from the navy department to sail from Galveston at ones. Their cxMct destlna Hon has not been learned, but lt Is ac cepted by the public that they go either to Admiral Slcard's fleet, off Dry Tortu- gaa, or direct to Havana. 0rdin8nL.e ,Btrea5 ' Salary Postponed. JSTHFTTS TO I(K The Commercial Street assessneit tm firmed ad Other flatters fiptdi tiiKslv Dispoe4 ol. At the meeting of the city council lam i night Mayor BTgman pn-aMed, and all ; the eoiincllmen were pnwnt except Trul-! linger. A petition from the ladlm of the As- i,.ii. i ihr.rv ankinr f.ie month. ' lorla Public Library anklng for a month- , ' ''0nr in "u""ln th' fr" re;"lln I room, was referred to the committee on ways and means. A petition from W. J. Loomla. of Sea- ' . m , side, for the position of sexton of Ocean 'lew Cemetery, and offering bis st-rvlces ut ir. rar month, waa Disced on file. A pi-tltlon from the resldenta of Bea- , aide for the appointment of Caapi r Drll-1 ling as suf?rlnti-ndent of Ocean View j Cemetery. t a salary of f per month, j Norfolk. Va.. Feb. 17.-A representative was placed nn file. jf Nr'"!k '" rnt ,0 014 A p- tltlon from Martin Olson asking for Point Comfort and was granted an Inter a reduction In the auctioneer's license view with Secretary of War Alger. Gen from IU-1 to K vt year, was placel on j eral Alger has been seriously troubled ni, i for eight weeks with a severe case of th. A petition from Nelaon and Goodtn, ask- ing that the time be extended for the I ; m,,rov,.rn..m f Eighth street and Nlag - I ' ' t j public ways, A petition from property owners own - Ing property aojaceni 10 isi;-ninin street and Franklin avenue, from Frank ; ln avenue to Grand avenue and from orand axventM. t Twwntr-ntntla. and rratm -......., , Tnlr,v.,hlrd .,ki that I ' . . . . . ! ,n" f,ank,n nf lh" ,,rw'l,.D' a:"" A0 ... I width of It feet, was referred to the street 'committee. A report of the ways and means com- mlttee on the ordinance for raisin the ' salary of the city oniclals was read, lt I stated that the estlmat.il receipts of the cltv would not justify the propos.il ad- ; vance In salaries and recommended that the ordinance be Indefinitely postponed. j Th" rirt waa mdnpted. ftxlnger ana "ansen sotinr . o. . A "ort from the same committed rec- ! n,lln ,h' " ,"" ivf- i mn, lnsn.-es referred to them at j """"'n- H" an-, , laims. and also a repon -eeomme-ndlng o.-.. ...... Ihe tiling of the nnni(.il rer if te- lty treasurer, were adopted The street committee reported favor ably on the pay mil of the city surveyor for the month of January- Accompany ing the report was a communication fron. the city surveyor a-tvlng a detnlled state, ment of the work performed on th Young's Bay Improvement md the change that were found necessary to be made In the work of his predecessor. Ob jection was made to the adoption of the report on the ground that the city sur veyor was not authorized to do the work hy the committee on streets and public ways, and for the further reason that the late city surveyor. Mr. Bell, had per formed tr-e work nnd was paid for doing so by the city. The motion to adopt the report was amended so aa to Instruct Mr. Bell to report on the work which h. per formed. The motion as amended waa passed. A report from the afreet committee, ac companied hy a report from the West Shore Mills Company, that the expense of moving the electric light from Sixth and Franklin avenue to Fifth and Frank. Hn avenue would amount to 179.20. were referred hack, with Instructions that the light be moved. A report from the same committee that the request of the Clatsop Mill Company for s ten-year lease of that portion oi the street occupied by the power house be denied, ns the leasing of a street or pny portion thereof was In violation ot the city charter, was adopted. The report of the city board of equali zation on the assessment of the t om- merclnl street Improvement was rend nno on motion placed on file. An ordinance was Introduced appropri ating 7S for Lennder l.ebeck for the Im provement of the crossing on Seven teenth and Commercial streets and pasM the first reading. An ordinance contlrmlng the special ns sessment for the Commercial street ex tension ns equalized by the board of equalization, said assessment to be duo and payable April SO. passed the first and second reading and on motion waa turned t ack to second rending, nnd amended so ns to read "first day of April." It was then passed as amended. An ordinance empowering the commit tee on public property to make altera tions nnd Improvements In the city hull to the extent of $125. was read the third time and passed under suspension of the ruled. The following ordinances authorizing the auditor and police julge to Issti" bonds for the Improvement of the follow ing streets wore read the third time and passed uniHr suspension of the rules Dunne street between Thirty-fifth and Thirty-seventh: Wnll street between West Sixth and the west boundary line of the J. M. Shlvoly donntton land claim; Thirty fifth street between Franklin avenue ano Dunne street; Thirty-seventh street be tween Dunne and Commercial; Bond street between Forty-second nnd Forty fifth. A resolution was passed reducing tlif salnry of the superintendent of the Ocean View Cemetery from $43 to $30. The matter of Instructing the street rail way company to improve the street be tween tho track was referred to the city attorney. i:J- Councll then adjourned. AN INVEHTIOATION NKCKtWAIlf. N'twton, Mai., Feb. 17.-tlodr.Admlral LoiJla A. Klmbery, who commanded th United fltatei qu.idro.i at Apia, Samoa, at the time of th dlaaater then, wu ern at hli horn. In Wt Nnwcon. Aaked for an opinion on the M line, h said: "One thing to m. aeemi certain: Th. le that I (aid agalnat Spain and th. Hpanlth government at thli time, thi bai ter It will be and the leal eauaa for trou ble there may b hereafter. It leema un- I reaaonabl. to connect tha Bpanlnh gor j ernment with the dlaaater. and In Jua- IMI'KOVH) 'otn to "''a'n tni t0 ,n oUc'ra of Ihe Maine, public Judj.nent should b ! tuapended for a time. An explosion of th. i magazine might have occ irred, cr ther. might have been some exploitive In th. hlp'i atorea. The exi?t causer of th. illKter will not be known until the Toa a l Is rained and a court of Inquiry haa In vestigated the matter." MR. CLKVKLAND SHOCKED. New York, Feb. 17. "I am greatly shocked and horrWeil at the lamentable dinaater to the battleship Maine." salil ex-Prenldent Cleveland, at Princeton, "and I sincerely hojx that the later Infor- matlon will erv. to mltlgnte Its horrify- '"g detail. I waa not iiersonally ao quulnted with any of the ahlp's crew, but regret that the navy rhould suffer th, loss of such a ship and so many live, (had to be sacrificed. Of coune, I could J "of. expreaa an opinion as to what th. I disaster wa due to. an accident or i gpanlh ,, ,JU, meag-r j particulars hav reached me. I sincerely ; hone, however, that Investigation will show It was accident, pure and simple." ALGER'S REMARKS GUARDED. grippe, dui is reeling wmt.w mii..orU. Asked as to his Idea of how tha explosion . I i .... nn k U nln. h- 1 I.I ! that It was perfectly Inexplicable to him., Th. .utMnei,t that the shock of th. ex- all over Havana he regarded witn in- ! credulity, stating that he did not see how j an explosion of a battleship out In Ha- I.. ... . i ..i ,iuh in.-h i.u. - result. To me question u n were uvi - u.i . ih.i uim. nnm nf the ultra-flrian- I eleInen. ha been concealed on board ! tbe Maine and exploded a quantity ot ivnamlte. or caused an explosion of th. i '. . l. ! v ' ma."n-. he said that such a j thing as the coming aboard of one of th. Spaniards disguised as a United Btatea sailor was not Impossible, and that on;. .board he might have remained eonceaiea 1 for some time. Gim rnl Alger dlsci.iaed the matter of explolon whether from within or without the ship. He r.tated i that probably no Intelligent opinion could : be formed until divers moke an Investl- Ration of the f hip. , . FOP. RELIEF Or WOl N jE.. . Washington. Feb. 17-Upon receipt ot intmnct from Hava.la lt the ; marine hospital bureau an order was to- !. ""' . . ...,.,, 8,,,. Tt W. 1rown t. . - of the Maine ars cared for. 8urgon Brown Immediately left for the south. Reports from Havana were of such a character that lt was deemed Injudicious to have the wounded sent to any of th. hospitals near the scene of the disaster. LOSS OF THE NEVADA. Fifty Persons Went Down With the Ill Fated Vessel. Nanatmo. B. C, Feb. K. (Bpeclal to th. Astorian.) A special from Juneau, Alas ka, under date of February 11, confirm the news of the loss of the Clara Nevada, and says: The cause of the disaster was doubt less the explosion of her boiler. Ot th. fifty people on board none Is believed to have been saved. The wreck was discov ered by the cus terns inspector of Juneau, who ordered the Rustler to Lynn canal, where the burning vessel had been seen. Wreckage bearing the nahe of the Ill fated vessel was found, but there waa nothing to show the Identity of the pas sengers. It Is thought she carried about twenty passengers, of whom two or three were women. Several were bound for Ju neau und tho balance for 8eattle. Frank Whitney, of Cripple Creek, Colo., was know n to be one of the unfortunates. Al Noyes, of Juneau, Is also supposed to have been on the Nevada. It takes a lot of genuine moral courage to pny for "dead horses" when there are many live needs at one's very elbow. Though Impecunious gentility is better than affluent vulgarity, even tho highest bred Individual, If harassed for the where withal to meet financial obligations, would be willing to trade a little blue blood for some ready cash. Royil makes the food pars, wholesome aad delicious. POWDER Absolutely Pure mm imoho. rowta ea,