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CHARGED
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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-
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W. 1rown t.
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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.
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wholesome aad delicious.
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