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VOL XLVlll.
AS'IOIUA, 0KK00X, THUIWDAY MORM.fv MJUtCH 8, 1H8.
NO. M.
We Wniil th
ATTENTION""
ON THE VERGE OF IA FAIR FIELD
Ten
A LAML
ill llin liiiaeva who arc iillalng I Miauls.
Closing out entirely the 11, R. Hawcs stock at a
....HACKIPICB....
In order In innliii loom fur 'Nla
AM' NTH Kill -
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A n way ore the eld real
To Klondike
Thia route bads you vl our storee In
Astoria, Sknjvay
and Dyen..
Where we ri prepared la furnlati you
wlih everything In lh way of an muni
that will protect yuu from cold. All
yuu In
Prospecting for Gold
km. I at I ho aama lima nunrlah I ho In
iim man for a lontf lime. Our alovea,
plika. ah'ivrla. ioI.I pma. rooking
til.-n.lla, and provlalona of all klnda,
in net a i oi.ipina nnraware m.il cong.
lug n.itnt for Alaaka. w. ',111 aril yol,
Foard & Stokes Co.
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Miuiilun!) anil nil nthrr linbilitios -Suiilus,
I per cent, stniulunl -I'nitl
Polit'V-IIoliWs in 1HH7
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Strictly Pure Lard
Cor. fourth and (illsnn St recta
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Kopp's
"Best
A DELICIOUS DRINK....
and ABSOLUELY PURE
Tlio North I'lioillo Browory, ot wliioh
Mr. Job u Kopp is proprietor, mnkra leei 1
tor domosMo nntt export triule,
Bottled Imer for family lino, or log
beer tiipplitul at nuy tiroo, tlolivory in
tbe city free.
NORTH PACIFIC BREWERY
KlklnslKlims a l(cI-H.t Simh lnjlirltih 1'oliticli.fiH Deny Thiit Spiin
the ScBiiic. ! Would Kci'clvc C.uroptnn Su ppnrt
CANADIAN I'ACUIC KAIIKOVDIIHOIT. IS NOT IN I t.KISTI.I)
It Ike h" torn ill Hit TiiinMc Alaskan j
RallaT (till ttiiiqa Out Sui iter ):-
caita ll'iud'-d (."',(! !
WiialiltiKion, t if- i i r1.,i.1y (Jcl,ii '. NVw York, Marrh 1 - A V'irW1 t-jt-rXM
In the arniit on llir Alnku,i h mirali-iKl from Iximlnn any;
ami rullway rliihl 'f t.lll vraa Tli aunicatlon In crtii.i d'.ra,,'nra
ilili illy aplrllMl. t r, of M'lrnuna, d-j th'it In Ilia cvo.it of nr lHticn th Tnl
llvrrnl a vlrmii i in r'- ly I" ihut i 'r'l ml nl itpaln ihr later innv r"
ninilr 'lurln Hik u ' v. 1iy tiy (liw- artlvc . ipM'.lnn frmn mime un
Una, i.f I'tah. In Ihi- ,-mt'r i,t wlihh hf!nnn-'1 Hnrnii-in fx,vr la Irrat'd with
nwnl a alr'ina- ilrfrnar i.f iho liotmr n t tf rnlr- lni'ntiillty In p'llltl'-nl rlrrli of
onarralnal commit t anil ( Itirlala In , I-"nil"n. A W irlil r T',-,nli.tlvi- lla
lh aevrral Blvrrnm. nt i. i irt m' nla. Ona r""l tin- In ua ?f ro'iunnna lobby with
.f thr avlal frlura if lhi tlrlwlp waa vt.il m-ml'-ra Af nirllnnn-nl hn are
hi- aiwrh di-llvaril hv Klklna, of t ulh'irMli-a on fnrvi-M nlfalra. All Cm
VlnrlriU'ln arJtk -tfllii.l Ihui th j nirrl In t, m !! ih- nplnlun that
(.aimcllan arifl- r i. " ixUv 1
rfiiiki' war nn Anirtlran inl-rraia .h l h" ' Htutra anil Hpaln la r.-lu'lon t'i Cutw both
ii ml why i hi r.,ni iltl.ni of t li.it srcut I l'ia wmil.l h.ui n f tlr fl.ld and no fa
rrillw.iy iii.lil li l.r i.. .., hy Ciilt'-'l s"r '" '',r " i'r M""n coumrka ar
Htutin Tin.' rpinh i nmiai'r 'I ')'
Hour, of MjiMilniirM.. Chilton of T '
oa. anl i lioii, ,,f M mn "l.i.
Cik'na. wil l In, I l...n .iliin ilurinif , "" '""'"'"v ri.nn and th I'nl'
Ih k ' ' r imrt Hi. nft. rn . .11 for nn t.iti-a. il.it-l liu b-II. f tint no Ku
..criiiiilty l n., It. n , am.iti-. r -iM In r"l""" l"' T itnu'.l ml.-r-. i-if. lo rr-
Itir IhKuiiImk' i f lil r. niiitka th.t lit- a
Kl.id ' " ' - that an i IT 'it .ia l i lnii ma.lo
lo il.irt aofiiiMhltik' from I'.lll i.ll III Vli W
.f nil ih .t ih.- ih n.li : .n li.n r ruin, ill an. I
li . ... i...i ,i t ton- f '
Ht.it. t 'I hal ( .- I ..f
I li"in ihr rmt.'.l
...'.Ion 11 of lh-
. ii. lie hill to hi. h i:U!ti i- iril il.iriy
r f ii.-l ni.-l u. .ri will h In-. t ni.irki
in. I, .ill' I .1 ... .. a
ih.it
"lh.' j'tlvi;. i;. of . tit. riiu- y.M.u inul. r
U.ii.la or of il.i Ii. k th' mi in ."ti.l.-il war.
li... ii. at lh.- . .it of i in.-. 1 In the ill
111. t "f .l'iV) mi i.l '' ' i-,i k ih- ;ii,i
for ai-irt.ition to . In ; r 1 1 1 1
folinnhl.i or lh.' North 'at Tiuliory
with. ..it thr .ayin.nt of .Inv a i.r -by
vraittfl in ih.' ifov. riiiti. mi of tli.' ih.niln
Ion of I'.ninila hii.1 i .1!! ii. !,i n iii-ii
.r.Hliiiiitl..i l y i,.. .r.-..l.l nt ,f tin-
I'nii.il Hint. ii -Si ill pin ir Hint no
rki-luaiw irlll.ii' .f triimiiortliii;
tbrniiKh llrlilnh I'olunii'l.i or 'h.- N"rlh
i at Trrrllory k"o,. ,.r na. ni ra nr
rlvinu from or tl-ilti .) f r nibi-r porta In
AUnkn hua br.-n or will It nr uit'-il to any
piTaon or I'oriMirntlon by thi K-ivrriimi'til
of tin- ilonilnloti uf ran.iil.i,"
Kor Ionic vera." .aid Klklna. -faim.hi .
ha tak. n tbr l,Ualn.'-a Iron, our country
ami d.a,iollr.l tl.o Imalm-aa of our r.tll-
nm.la. and all tbl, without any ptopcr r-1
turn. In or.lrr to umb rninid b- tt.-r what ",r""" M,llr,, '"r"1
I hav u. aay. I U.-.lr.- to ..-fir imrtbular- ltutl" " "
ly In Ihi- t'anaillan IMi-lflo lliillroinl." i
In iinawiT to yiuntlon by Wllaun, of NlT A SPAN SM VICTORY.
Wnahliiiilon, aa to the .ff.'it Hip nboMnh x,.w Vork jrcl. t-Ucport of tl.t- ie
I "f ,n' -"lr nt Vancouver t t.,.m , h.ui n, S.inlni.'j do Cu-
would lutvr upon thr tr.ulr of the Hirta. ba nuV(1 loon rBC,.,vt(j ln Kcw yorn. jn.
of Tni omii nnd Hi'.ittlr. Elklna r-pll l Hli'iul of lln buttle being a Spaiuah VIC
, that it would fill thoar porta with trail-' j ,r). r.,irra.ntol from Havana, It waa
I and It would at Ihr ame time Incroaae a dlaaalnma drf. nl f ,loweI by ft rvlltrat
(tho bualnraa of our rallroada and rtducu o , Hpunlsh tonra. Tina Information
the railroad . hnritra. cornea through Cum aourc-a and W tho
A n n misly for . xlatlng IMa, Klklna j of great rej . icing btcnus the gt.na
anld he would llrat almllah the bending and ammunition shipped from Lonvr lul
prlvllege and . onaular seala at Vntuou- J und ,.a than a manit ngo wero used In
ver. The effect of thla would be to ill- the tight.
vrrt trade from the Orbnt to Pan Kran- Major Ml.ai.Ki who landed an expell
cIhco. Sreondly. he would compel obe.ll- tin, reports the la without many dc
ei.ee to the li.teratate eorn'mTce atnlua , tua i,llt from nil. n letters whkl. cnn.K
by nil llnea connecting with the Crninllanl by the aaiiio mull tho story U told,
rnelllc. Thirdly, he would enforce section The Spanish iorvci wcro commun ie,l by
2 of tho present tnrlff law In acconlnm e i Genera! Linares, who lor omo time lias
with Ha meanltiK nnd us II lends. The 1 been al Holuln, tn.lil.is prop.irutlons to
roiiHiilnr aeala ut Van 'iviver, Klklna audi, mured to the oily of Santiago. Ills army
could be stopped In an hour by the see- Included cavalry anj nrttllerv. Prev'ous
rrlai-y of the treasury, ; bis starting 10 mu.vn ne boasted that
t'oiueiiilng tbe dlffl'Ullds In bringing j he would make I lie oust, a distance Ot
tibout what he deemed deslrnble changes, ; 01 ,es, In a direct line in lour days.
Klklna aald: . ma troops wero .he most valuable In tho
"The only .lllllcully shout slopping the, Spanish army, many o' the.n i.aving been
Aggressions of the Cana llan I'aclllc l ! the Island lor iluve years. A eek
that some local Interests In New England i before the starling . f the march, .ho J.ong
ami the northwest nre subserved. It Is
unfair that one-twentieth of the popula
tion should have these "dvantages nnd
nineteen-twentieth should not. New
Kngland has no right to get I er cu piles ;
cheaper than nny other section of the.
country. j
"If we had enfuived secllon 13 just as It
Bl.uuls on the statute Looks wo v. oul.l
have had t'anadn tod ly at our feet, suing
for terms to save the Cim.iilliii I'ncllle
Interests In our oo'inty Insten.I of sug
gesting what policy shouM goeo. n us
touching Oaim.lli.n mitters and iisHnif for
a reduction of Hip 1:.:IT lates n a condi
tion precd 'lit to the stopping ot the kill
ing of senlss,"
In conclusion Klklns said that we wtre
on tho thi"sih.ild of actual war nrioug !
nations for 'h ex'eii'uoii ot coniinercc.
Conillct Is 'ncvitnMe,
"It seems now," said ho, "as If tbe Uni
ted Btntrs would Imvo to meet her shnre
of tho war single hnndM, nsklr.g r.o fa
vors and expecting none. While wo do
not court such conflict wo nood not fchrlnk
from It. Tho conditions na U oib- shipping
nnd our convnarclnl rcbttiina with Can
mill rnnnot be rr.nde worse. Any change
will mnke them bot'er."
bld Vaf flicali Oat licucei tic tailed
Stale aid Siai tacit Wuald Oc So
litcrfcfcicc Sp.ii'n Uis ii Cad
ror.ri rii.il. Hir h i-lc I llk'. the hlKh-t
iiiMlmrlty mi i. u h hii.-mI hik m Knllsb
i(l.a hua ilnr.ly nn cir'v atn;p of
t'i : i .-.l tliiit vl' ir v . .
"Not ItliiK bua f-U'i'J lo alter in- ijiln
Ion iii thut rrc.irj ullh miIi I cannot b"
lh M' tint .ir la llk'-ly lo take lr. No
"""i""n hwt nu any iiipm t iufn-ai
l''l'!i' Hl'iln."
Tb -f " .!. M. I'., aanl.
"I "boiil.l ihmk It moat imhki'l lr,:i
"n r"r"l''i .-r "uM iiIitkhc to
n.in fi:iin. ..r on-r ai-. Tin rr u no
l"nroM .in nt -r vt ton. h. , by lli'n Mi nn
'bualiwaa I h it ivohU t.inpt any iiiiliy
. I i in. J.llr ivtih ;5
I Tli- iiii.n.Mi: ln.lli-.iif ih.- iiriinl
lr.n l of om-ii m ti.-r--. whl. b, vhllc r
K inbiiK Hi.- ,Ki.o,"i'y of war i rrmlt.
li. la am h an evcntuilltv nt jiun ly nn
i.Ralr for ".Iw t i i nnilri.it toii.'r:iiii.
" ' rU:l" '" ' 1 li-v.-. that H a
aki-plb lani llm'lt '- inis-il'illlty of v.nr
la not clmr-il In ill.iion I cln lra Mnn
bi ra of thr ,;t. J iim a -luh. vln r.. dtiio
matiaia iron.'rilly (rather atat- Hint rn
oftli lal bi'loivlnif in tb,. SpanUli embikry
aal.l to ii . Irvb' 01 frb'n.la:
"A ruplurt' may tako plive nny dcy.
Kpaln Iwliin noro llk-'ly to bring It bcut
,nx" ,n" ' nlr '" Hm"n
of thl '.""' Bov-rnmcnt Is N..-orolnB
nn.l -be Inat.mt i.ur cntlnct
Uwm''' "",:- "''l United 8tnt.-a
Island expedition ha 1 bee-t landwl To
protect It u force under (Ji m ral Garcia
had been sent to the southern coast. In
case of u d.'tmmsii.iilon. I'ol.iiiel Manuel
u0drRUei was left wlih a vanguard ot
,mn 0 worry I.imirea if tie shn:H tiy
, VtWV iM
yM0 til0 expedition, one ot M.t laigest
,,v,.r landed there, wn". being pictected
from attack, the Spa - Isl. ircneral marched
out from Hoignlii. Ten miles from llol
gutn the road buamo hilly und tho rocks
i. (forded protctlon equal to nny mo'U'n
fortlllcatliui. Uoiirig tea' men took thur
stand In this natural fortification near tbe
town of San 1'ianclsco. Owing to the
character of the cjun'ry, iess .nun JI8 ot
)0 Spnnwh ,ld,,p9 ,,,id be Drought Into
(.tlim wm.n tho Cubani opened Are. Tho
road, n winding omi. win a reguliir dot lh
trap, l.lnares used his nrtlllery as much
as possible, but the Cuban force of less
than a thousand men, could not be dis
lodged. Kntllng to mako prigross l.ln
ares marched a portion of hls command
five miles out to move by tho rond whldh
runa to Jlgunnn, expecting to follow the
(Continued on page six.)
WAS BROKEN
A .Mine Kent the Hatt!ehip Asunder
U Xow the Opinion
no iLKTiiiK investigation-
is .Nctdcd. Sr the Met Working Atmit ttr
w reck The Coart H Tel to Bear
TcMimasy-A Waraiii),
New York. March 1-A IleriW dlsintcli
from Havana says:
Th Mnlne's back was broken. Later
discoveries made by divers not only sup
port the Information printed by the Her
ald concerning the disclosure of para
mount Important by Knalgn Powelbwm,
but convince those In charge of the sub
marine Investigation that a mine rent the
battleship asunder. The keel of the ship
has been found In two pieces, the nearest
ends of whl.Ji are now separated by a
dlaunce of from IV, to I feC The sre
iUkis are no long.-r lying In one straight
tin, but fhosr the effect of a force exe
cuted from port to starbmird. U evi
dent that tbe dlacntry of the pr-nt
condition of (he kwl that the Bectlon of
the bottom found Z feet from its natural
poaltlon was wrenched from Its licit by
the first cxploalon and driven upward.
The keel Itself was forced In the middle
iinill It was broken In two and then col
lapsed In two sections and fell In the posi
tion tbe divers found them yesterday.
It liable person familiar with the results
of high explosives and with the wreck
above and under water, say that the
breaking of the k"'l as now disclosed
could not pon."illy have been done by
Inside explosion alone. In fact this last
discovery of the manner In which the
Maine's bark was broken, taken tngeth'-r
with earlier disclosures, has convinced the
men working about the wreck that fur
ther Investigation as lo the manner ln
which the ship was blown up Is peifrtly
unless nnd they ronsnlcr the unestl'in
solved beyond doubt.
The rourt of Inquiry will, of course, hear
evidence of the wrenching apart of the
k.ii. Plver und odlcers In charge will
titlfy. The feeling among American na
val officers In Havana Is that beyond tbe
recovery of the dead remi'ntng n the
w reck, all useful work in c nnectton with
the Maine w reck has been Jone.
letters have been sent iron, here to
representatives and sen .tors In Washing
ton warning them against voting for ap
propriations for raising the Maine, lay
ing the work would not only cost millions,
but would not add anylhl.ig to the Infor
mation regarding the nature of the explo
sion. A photograph was of itself cv'Of nc
of the nature of the ?xpio.,un It thows
the Maine's dog standing on part of the
wreckage still above water. The lact Is
that the plate on which I he Cog atands
came from the keel of '.he ship and was
the lowest part of the mass o! material
thrown upward.
NEED MACHINIST!
Washington. March 1 It h aald In the
navigation bureau that there Is a presslr g
need of able macnlu'sts for the navy
caused by the hitherto unnoted fact that
every one of the ma .-hlnista on the Maine
lost his life In the explosion. Ml cover,
all the firemen but one wero killed. The
bureau has Invited enlistment from men
ho have had naval service b.loie tn en
gine rooms, and as It .s said that a num
ber of these men are now enjoying a
three months' oeriod of time between en
listments, during wnlcn thev may tomo
again Into the navtl service without Ue
loss of the service record
In the ordnance bureau the Issue ot a
large order for prove' iles is Hie nivlt
of talks between Secretary rtlger, Senator
Hawley, of (he senate committee on mil
itary affairs, and wprvMnl.Ulvei ot the
house military oomm noes.
LICENSES REVOKED.
Ilwaco, March 2. At a meetl tg of the
Washington board of pilot commissioners
held here todtiv the licenses of Pilots
Woods, Malcolm and Tatton were re
voked, the reason being that they have
no pilot boat as required by law.
All pilots licensed are required to make
monthly reports to the board of the ton
nage taken ln and out of the liver togeth
er with tho pilot fees charged.
COTTAGE CITY ON A ROCK.
Victoria, B. C., March 2. A telegram
from Captain Irving of tho steamer Isl
ander, which arrived at Comox this morn
ing, states that tho steaner Cottage City
on her way north struck a rock in Hlklsh
Narrows nnd was beached at Swnnson
bay. Sho Is not badly damaged and her
captain expected to continue his trip
north yesterday,
THE EI.M'Ut'S -J-ARaO. r
rortlnnd. March 2.-Tho steamer George
W. Elder sailed for Alaska tonight with
371 passengers and 1000 tons of freight, In
cluding 51 horses and 65 dogs. Tho Elder
will touch at Victoria In order to allow
any ot the passengers who ay desire to
secure miners' certificates.
31
Canal Commission H.is Plnl-ibcd Large
I'art of Work.
ESTIMATE HI ADV. OF COST
billicaitiet That (tad to Be (hercosjc by
(tie Sarteynrs .laajr Uterntiog
Detail as to Cos itractiot.
New York. March t-A l'.ter -j tbe
Herald from Ultras, Ntcaragui, sas:
The canal commlMlon hit flnured Its
work on the division of lha can-il be
tween lake Nicaragua and the Pacific and
will crosa the lake . n a special trip trday
or tomorrow. Tbe revolutionary umbrenk
delayed the couiml4ljn five li.ii. the
Victoria not bring nvailahio, aj H e gov
emmeot was using the steamer fir i.m s
portlng troops:
A preliminary report on a earuil pio
Ject could be made should It be ir,ottrd.
for this session of enrfia. It would
state tcC tbe canal Ii who',iy feasibit, al
though specific rr ports is to t' in-. Im
portant future lould noi- ' iwtJe.
Thecoet of the canal, bi I on lh study
and observation maule up to the ir.wnt
time h) reckoned at about )'.' .
Arriving at Ban Carlo ;i.e p(y 'U
go down the San Juan -Ivr u tir as
O.hoa proceeding from thenee to Crey
town over the ll.ie rf tl.o canal. The line
baa been ticaf'.'d an I aeveriil wrll pto
vlsioned camps es.iblisl.eil for the rso
of the party. The comiolsl'i', will nuiae
thorough obervati.His uf the lop". n;iry
of the country g-Meem . us we.l as ot
that immediately concerned in the citial
line.
J. W. Walker and bis party b..re moved
their camp from San Pablo on the I-.Jar.
and are now several miles further west
ward, tbe canal line b-iruf clear Inland
from the ia- r atxnrt it Tble. --The
party la working under in'trui.:' to
determine that the .-a .-til l'" a& laM tl
present Is the only line nnd te i-r "-sec
tions are being run IjuO f-t on either side
of the line. The canal compimv's rois
seetlons were run 500 feet. The present
survey will consequently rru-.lt in .'. tcfiO-
graphical map .howing 9'.H f'"-l width
across the western division, ae !n local
ities where the higher lani tu'i-IH The
present Is the dry seasm c.i the vtstern
side and It Is an open i lea-.! an winner
work on the rainy mt Mo or wcik on
the dry west side Is pretnble. V r'ker'
party has experienced -eit ditflculty ln
cutting Its way through tho very heavy
underbrush and Uie wir has bci re
tarded In consequence.
The Alert, whose unnerj arc l. make
a survey at Brtto, s'n. lai wor to that
now being done by the officers of the New
port at Greytown. ui.iv.-d ul a.n Jfa i del
Sur on the night of February The
Alert was detained i Arajiuico en her
voyage down from fcan Krarcirco for a
week in consequence ot the Illness of Lieu
tenant Toung. Lieut jna it Uanus In his
survey and surrounJii.gs ot the b.g lake
has made some Inle-est ng disco" :k a.
Surveys of the coast line hfve devcV.jcd
the fact that the si. ire linn ot (he kwer
end runa out into tne lake five ml.-s fur
ther than existing maps show it in
other words, ihe luke al hls point i fve
miles shorter than it has previously tn
held to be. Lleutenaot llanos has elso
found a 30-foot chann.d ri.nnln? H.ee
miles nearer to the Ban Juan rlcir en
trance at San Carlos than present ;ans
or charts ehow. This would m'tn a re
duction of three miles In H e amount of
dredging to be done 'rom the rl- er in
deep water in the lake.
While camped at La yior. ;te co-Tiini?-sslon
studied the coast lins ut I'r'to.
There Is no harbor at Tin.o. Tien is
merely an Indentation of the coast lino,
but the construction and mjluteni.ee or
a harbor are not regsrdNl ns JlilnMt.
On this point nearly ill the experts wl-o
have studied the ultuatl-m nre fgieert.
The details alone remain to bo worked
out and the individual of tho o.vnpany
to be wedded Into one. It will not re
quire nearly the time of the commission
to come to a conclusion n r'gard to tbe
harbor at Brlto that It will to Mr.ih a
conclusion as to the La Flor o; the canal
company's project. The Ludlow commis
sion of 1S95 refused to consider a dam al
this, point at all. ln consnfn?o of tie
unsatisfactory results of ilm canal com
pany's borings, and sugcestod pi.otl.er
route for the canal In this vicinity. It
will probably be .nonths befor the com
mission finishes ltd di.vusslons of hls
ture. The views of memb rs vary cot i Id
erably. An inlcrestlng eonipiinnlse of ioC
situation has been suggested. It would
construct two .Mms, ono at Ii Klnr and
one at a point 1n.it west of the dtvh'e.
some miles east of La Flor. Th? eai lern
dam would be on higher groand and r.lout
10 feet high. By this unmpronuse two
basins would be ;reatod Instead of one
and the I.a Vlor dam vvoull become a
much less formidable undortaV pir. The
tax upon Its strength a:ul permeanlllty
would be much loss d6ct eased If m ivp
gests a compromise; when worked out,
may possibly become b commission's
solution of the proolm of t"ie western
division should it dova ..po that It is f.as
Ible In all Us aspects and no bt.Hor tolu
Hon be found. Final conclusions on this
point, however, s v- 'll us on otl.ir im
portant features, will not be leached until
the reports of the various parties viicse
work bears so material'y w.ion the whole
canal project have been made.
LAID PURPOSELY
Maine Explosion Probably Was Not
the Ketult of Accident.
FACTS CARF.FL'LLY GUARDED
Officer ef the Coart Reticestasotner
Wretlerot the Scese Mpiaish Divert
at Work -Relief for Cabj,
Havana, via Key West, March 1 With
out adding unnecessarily to the flood or
surmises, conjectures and propheclea con
cerning the finding of the court of In
quiry, it Is fair to say that a a matter
of fact, most of the taral officers here
and at Key West Incline to the opinion
that the court will find that the disaster
to the Maine was caus-nl by the explosion
of a floating submarine mine under the
port side forward. Opinions differ aa to
whether the mine wis made of high ex
plosives, such as wet and dry gun cotton,
or ordinary gun poarder. Opinions agree
not only as to the existence of mines In
the harbor, but also tint this one waa
laid purposely near the buoy where for
eign vessels were dlr-oted to moor and
wis fired from an electric battery on
shore. It 1 believed hardly possible that
the cxploalon was the res nt of careless
ness, or the Ignorance of the Bpanlsh om
en In charge of 'he mine station keys
when testing the circuit, but the laiter
supposition Is felt to b? pribiMo. It Is
further regarded as settle by ihe evi
dence before th court thu the port side
of the hull forward was compViely blown
to pieces and that the o.ily exp!calon on
the Maine, except of iso.ated caitrs ot
fixed ammunition, waa that of Si a p-wnds
of saluting powjer stored farvarj and
ot which no trace can bv foan.I.
These views are gither-Hl from cillcers
who talk with greit reserve and only on
8minr thai their Ident'ty will neve
be revealed. . The fact remains that only
the members of the court of inquiry know .
all the testimony elwtvd and no one Is
authorised to make kiwwj matters In ad
vance of final adjudgment
CAREFULLY G I' A P. I -Hi).
Key West. March 1-Tae fact is iieooin
Ing more evident as the d iys pass th?t
any information direct from inemi-era of
the court of Inquiry Into Hie loss of the
battleship Maine and from those appear
ing before It is guarJod with unusual
closeness. Practically no Inlormutlon pre
sented to the court has beeu disclosed and
the restrictions are so severe that the
communications between naval men who
were before the court have been guarded.
The naval officers at this station who are
not connected with the court expresi the
guarded view that very Utile testimony
has yet been heard tenUtn to show that
the explosion was the result of a con
spiracy or as to the exact cause of the
disaster.
SPANISH DIVERS AT IVUHK,
Havana, March i Tne wrecking tug
Merritt. ot the Merrill & Chapman
Wrecking and Dredging Company, com
manded by Captain D. A. Wocott,' ar
rived here from New York this morning
and later in tbe day she moved near the
wreck and commenced work.
Two Spanish divers were fct work about
the wreck today and it s expected they
will report to the Spamsn b-.wd ap
pointed to Inquire into (he cause ot the
disaster.
TO SEND KFLirir'1 TO CUBA.
Washington, Ma.;!. 2.- (S;)eclol to the
Astorian.) The decU'on .f ihe navy de
partment to send two ships to Cuba with
supplies for the suitori ir r-jconctntnilna ,
caused some commaMon In olflclnl clr-ita
until the real purport of :be shl.is ca-ne
out. The cruiser Mout.;i nry una" the
gunboat Nashville wer? wi?:tcd for tho
purpose and orders were sent to Admiral
Slcnrd to put them in shape for tho r
qulred service.
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