The Santiam News
RAILWAY
IN
WHITE
PASS.
English Company to Build From Head
of ILynn Canal to Lake Bennett.
ONLY
NINETY-SIX
SAVED.
Scenes in Havana at the Time of the
Maine’s Explosion.
' expected to be blown up .
I Prediction of One of the Men on the
Battle-Ship.
NONE LEFT TO TELL
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 19.—A special
Havana, Feb. 18.—Out of 354, the
to
the News from Bay Cty, Mich., says:
total
number
of
the
crew
of
the
Maine,
SCIO
OREGON
Over Two Hundred of Crew
Investigation Into Cause of A letter was received today from Elmer Fifty Believed to Have ¿ X Per-
96 were saved.
ished in Clara Nevada.
Meilstrup, a gunner on the Maine,
Killed and Wounded.
Maine Disaster Begun.
Captain-General Blanco’s official
dated February 11, in which Meilstrup
cable message was filed at midnight.
wrote that he would not be surprised
Half an hour after midnight 36 of the
CAUSE OF EXPLOSION A MYSTERY crew of the Maine had been carried to MANY ABSURD RUMORS AFLOAT if they should be blown up any day; NEWS OF DISASTER CONFIRMED
that the ship was surrounded Wth tor­
the military hospital of San Ambrose.
pedoes and could not leave the harbor
They were all seriously wounded.
.without the consent and direction of Accident Is Thought to Have Been
Interesting Collection of Current E vents
Spanish Sailors and Officials A id the ( Five others of the crew were taken to Wreck Will Be Raised—Burial of the
the Spanish authorities.
the Alfonso XIII hospital. On board ' Dead and Caring for the Wounded
In Condensed Form From
Caused by an Explosion of
Injured—Troops Sent to the Scene
Meilstrup’s letter says:
the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII 26 of
Both. Continents.
the Vessel’s Boilers.
—The Ship an Entire Loss.
• Expressions of Sympathy.
“The Spaniards have a couple ofagun-
the wounded were treated, and 36
The secretary of the interior has dis­
Havana, Feb. 17.—At a quarter to 10 1 were succored on board the City of
Nanaimo, B. C., Feb. 21.—A special
Washington, Feb. 19.—The govern­ boats and a cruiser and there are two
missed the appeal of the state of Ore­
ment has settled back into a waiting German gunboats. The guns of Morro from Juneau, Alaska, under date of
o’clock this evening a terrible explosion Washington.
gon from the decision of the land office,
George Cowler, an accountant of the attitude in respect to the terrible Maine castle are pointed at us as I write. The February 12, confirms the news of the
took place on board the United States i
holding for cancellation the indemnity
Maine,
is among the men seriously disaster in Havana harbor. The great whole bottom of the harbor is covered loss of the Clara Nevada, and says:
battle-ship Maine, in Havana harbor.
school selection of lands in The Dalles
The cause of the disaster was doubt­
shock caused by the news has given with torpedoes, so, if they did not
wounded.
Many
were
killed
or
wounded.
land district of Oregon.
The crew of the steamer Colon saved way to a calmer and more judicial state want to let us out, we would'not be less the explosion of her boilers. Of 50
All the boats of the Spanish * cruiser two wounded men.
Authentic reports have reached
of mind, and, realizing from the events able to go very well. We are lying people on board none is believed to
Alfonso XIII are assisting.
Shanghai of recent date from all sec­
The Maine, at the time of the explo- of the day that the court of inquiry is between the Spanish and German men- have been saved. The wreck was dis­
tions of the Chinese empire, indicating
As yet the cause of the explosion is i sion, was at anchor about 500 yards the sole dependence in the search for of-war, and they have picket boats out covered by Customs Inspector Mar-
that riot and attack upon foreigners is
quam, of Juneav, who ordered the
•not apparent. The wounded sailors of ■ from the arsenal, and some 200 yards the cause of the Maine’s disaster, the all night watching us.”
the order of the day. The attacks
naval
officers
are
now
resigned
to
await
Rustler to Lynn canal, where the burn­
In
a
letter
of
February
7,
Meilstrup
from
the
floating
dock.
The
explo
­
the Maine are unable to explain it. It
seem to be those of isolated ruffians
ing vessel had been seen. Wreckage
sion put' out the street lights near the the results of that inquiry by a court says:
is
believed
that
the
battle-ship
is
total
­
rather than a concerted action on the
“Don’t look for any trouble unless bearing the name of the ill-fated vessel
wharf and blew down telegraph and opened today by the navy department.
ly destroyed.
part of the populace.
telephone wires in the city. Admiral There was little news to add to the sum something very unexpected should hap­ was found, but there was nothing to
The explosion shook the whole city. Manterola and General Salona put off of information as to the disaster re­ pen.”
show the identity of the passengers.
Another rich strike is reported as
It is thought she carried about 20
In a letter of January 15, Meilstrup
having been .made in the Blue Jay
The windows were broken in all the i to^the Maine soon after the explosion ceived during the forenoon. No tele-
mine, on Yorrison gulch, a tributary
and offered their services to Captain .grams came, and the only news gleaned told of an accident aboard the cruiser passengers, of whom two ot three were
houses.
was a denial of some absurd story or Marblehead, when five men were in- women. Several were bound for Ju­
of Coffee creek, Trinity county, Cali­
A press correspondent says that be Sigsbee.
other that had crept into piintyor be­ jured by a shot, Commenting, he neau and the balance for Seattle.
fornia, by the Graves brothers. The
The
first
explosion
is
said
to
have
Fatal Blizzard in Alaska.
has conversed with several of the been caused
Frank Whitney, of Cripple Creek,
new pocket is said to be worth $60,000.
by over 600 pounds of gun come current gossip. All the news of says:
Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 17.—During wounded sailors, and understands cotton, and the subsequent explosion is the day came in the late afternoon in
“It is a wonder some of the ships Colo., was known to be one of the un­
It will be remembered . that a $40,000
the
last
four
.days
a
terrible
blizzard,
that the explosion took’ place while alleged to have been caused by shells the shape of Captain Sigsbee’» report don’t blow up; they are so careless. j >
fortunates. Al Noyes, of Juneau, is
strike by the Graves brothers caused a
has been raging along the coast from they were asleep, so they can give no and cartridges.
of the authorization of the funeral of
These letters were addressed to the also supposed to have been on the Ne­
rush'to Coffee creek last summer.
the head of Lynn canal to Fort Wran-
The passengers of the City of Wash­ his dead sailors, and General Lee’s writer’s mother, Mrs. James Meilstrup. vada. This is all that is known of the
The senate committee on education gel. Accounts differ as to the number particulars as to the cause.
graphic story of the terrible struggle
victims.
and labor has decided by a unanimous of the blizzard’s victims, varying from
The wildest con stern action prevails in' ington gave up their staterooms to the for life in the dark hull of the Maine«
Washington, Feb. 19.—Elmer M."
The first report of the loss of the
vote to report favorably the bill pre­ 17 to 27. There is no means at present Havana-. The wharves are crowded injured men.
An iron truss from the Maine fell The officials at the navy department Meilstrup, of West Bay, Mich., accord­ Clara Nevada was brought here on
pared by the trainmen of the country, of getting at the facts.
with thousands of people. It is be­ on the pantry of the City of Washing­ devoted the day to the effort of correct­ ing to the naval records, was not a Monday evening, by the crew of the
and recently introduced in the senate
lieved the explosion occurred in a small ton, breaking the tableware of the ing the list of living and dead,, to an­ gunner, but was rated as an ordinary steamer Islander, and was to the effect
Customs Regulations at Dyea.
by Kyle, providing for the arbitration
swer inglran tic telegraphic appeals from seaman on the Maine.
Ottawa, Feb. 17.—Mr. McInnis, of powder magazine.
that on February 5 the inhabitants of
steamer.
of railroad strikes by a board of arbi­
relatives
of men on the battleship,
British
Columiba,
speaking
in
the
house
Lieutenant-Commander
Wainwright,
Seward .City, a town 30 miles south of
tration to be chosen by the strikers and
Messages of Condolence.
At a quarter of 11 o’clock what re­
of commons, asked if the government mains of the Maine is still burning.
of the Maine, was half undressed at and last, but not least, in meeting
the interstate commerce committee.
Washington, Feb. 19.—A number Skagway, saw the steamer off shore,
9:45 P. M., and was smoking in Tris with unwavering courtesy and patience
ablaze from stem to stern, and that
A special from Washington says: A was aware that the United States au­
Captain Sigsbee and the other offi- cabin next to. that of Captain Sigsbee, the exacting demands upon their time of messages have been received at the while the witnesses to the awful sight
state department from 'foreign govern-
cablegram received by the secretary of thorities at Skagway and Dyea continue j cers have been saved.
it is said, when the explosion occurred by the press reporters.
ments, expressing regretsJn < connection still watched the burning vessel a loud
state from Minister Woodford, at Mad­ to compel all purchasers of Canadian !
The disposition of the survivors, Cap­ with the Maine disaster,
It
is
estimated
that
over
200
of
the
goods
to
take
an
official
escort
while
and
put out the electric lights. Wain­
Among report, as of an explosion of boilers,
rid, announces that the government of
was heard, and that afterwards nothing
Spain has disavowed the letter of De crossing the disputed territory, and to crew were killed, but i't is impossible wright then lit a match and went to tain Dickens, acting chief of' the navi­ them are the following:
Captain Sigsbee’s cabin. The captain, gation bureau, has arranged for as well
Lome to Senor Canalejas. This dis­ pay $6 per day for such escort. Mr. yet to give exact details.
“Secretary of State: I have the more was seen of the vessel or the luck­
as could be done from this distance. honor to inform you that I am com­ less persons on board of her, but that
claimer, as the administration officials McInnis also wanted to know if some
Admiral Manterola has ordered that it appears, had been thrown from his
are pleased to call it, is regarded as arrangement had not been" made be­ boats of all kinds should go . to the as­ bed, but was uninjured. They both The wounded sailors in the Havana manded by the queen to convey to the the following day the beach in x»that
satisfactory, and the president has au­ tween the-United States and Canadian sistance of the Maine and her wounded. went on deck and gave orders to flood hospitals, on the Spanish flagship and president the expression of her majesty’s vicinity was strewn with wreckage..
2,500 pounds of gun-cotton which was elsewhere, when not in condition to be sympathy with the American people
In the absence of details of th d’catas­
thorized the announcement that the governments doing away with this “in­
The
Havana
firemen
are
giving
aid,
tolerable
discrimination.
”
on
board. The demand’ was carried brought back to Key West, will be on the ocasion of the sad disaster which trophe there is now no way of learning
incident is closed.
Premeir Laurier, in reply, said that tending carefully to the wounded who out, but the men who fulfilled it never carefully looked after by Miss Clara has befallen their navy by the loss of the indentity of - the passengers. The
Rev. C. O. Brown, the California
Havana, however, was Barton, who has been given' carte the battleship Maine and the m>em- crew, according to a dispatch from Se­
minister who figured in the Overman the arrangement referred to was an offi­ are brought on shore. It is a terrible returned.
cial
one,
and
consisted
of
an
under
saved
from
a
still more terrible explo­ blanche to buy anything and everything ber.s of her crew. I request that you attle, whence the steamer sailed on her
case, has been formally dropped from
sight.
necessary, food and delicacies, and hire will be good enough to transmit the fatal voyage, was made up substantial­
sion.
membership in the Chicago Congrega­ standing that regulations should be
General Zolaha and the other gen­
issued by the secretary of the treasury
Four boats were lowered, all manned nurses and physicians. The wounded above message to its high ^destination. ly as follows:
tional Association.
erals have been ordered by Captain- by officers, and one of them was lost. able to get across to Key West will be Fhave the honor'to be, with the high­
Captain, C. FI. Lewis, of Portland.
The outlook in France is gloomy, which would render effective the privi­
leges
of
bonding
Canadian
goods
over
General Blanco to send troops to help Captain Sigsbee went in his own taken care of in the marine hospital est consideration, your most humble
Pilot, Ed Kelly.
and many prominent men fear a down­
there. The sound survivors will b^ servant,
United
States
territory
at
Dyea
and
launch
on
board
the
Spanish
cruiser
First officer, — Smith;
the
Maine
crew
in
every
way
possible.
fall of the government may result from
Second officer, Harry Bowen, of San
“JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE ”
A press correspondent has been near Alfon’so XIII to thank her captain and quartered in the army barracks there.
the recent agitation. One writer de­ Skagway. These regulations, he said,
As for the Maine herself, notwith­
clares that anarchy prevails in the had been issued, though they had not the Maine in a boat of the cruiser Al­ officers. He afterward went on board standing discouraging reports from
Berlin, Feb. 19.—-To the President Francisco.
yet been officially communicated to the
the City of Washington, where Lieu­
Purser, George Forster Beck, of
army, the law and the streets.
Canadian government.
He believed fonso XIII, and has seen others of the tenant-General W. T. Brunner, acting Lieutenant Howe as to her condition, of the United States, Washington:
Dispatches from Guatemala state the regulations would prove satisfactory wounded, who corroborated the state­ sanitary inspector'of Havana, and the the navy department will try to raise “Let me express my sincere sympathy Portland.
Freight clerk, George Rogers.
you and your country at the terrible
that anarchy reigns supreme through­ to Canada.
ments of those first interviewed that correspondent» of American papers had her. / They say they are bound to re­ to
Chief Engineer, D. Reed, 41 San
out the country, as a direct result of
move thevhull from the small harbor, loss' of the Maine and the death of so Francisco.
they were already asleep when the ex­ already gathered.
From Denver to Dawson Afoot.
many
brave-officers
and
men.
-
the assassination of President Barrios
Captain Sigsbee, interviewed this in any case, and it may be as easy, or
First Assistant, Thomas Williams.
Logan, Utahi Feb. 17.—A man giv­ plosion occurred.
"“WILLIAM III.”
and the plotting of the leaders of vari­
evening by a correspondent with refer­ easier, to raise her as it would be to
Secondassistant-, Moser, of Seattle.
ing
his
name
as
Benjamin
Caldwell,
Captain
Sigsbee
says
the
explosion
ous factions to get into power in the
Secretary Long received the follow­
ence to the cause of the explosion,said: destroy the hull and machinery by the
Carpenter, W. A. Jacobs.
who has arrived here, claims to be occurred in the bow of the vessel.
republic.
ing
cablegram
from
the
Russian
min
­
“I cannot determine the cause but use of divers and dynamite. It is be­
* Assistant carpenter, L. Boyle.
The house library committee hat walking from Denver to Dawson City
ister
of
marine
at
St.
Petersburg:
Orders were given to the officers to competent investigators will decide lieved the work can be done by private
Steward, O’Donnell.
made a favorable report on the bill to on a wager, made by Millionaire save themselves as best they could. whether the explosion was produced wrecking corporations, and negotia­
“I have just received the news of the
Mess boy, Frank Bowen.
appropriate $10,000 to erect a statue in Stratton, of Colorado Springs, arid an­
Maine
’
s
terrible
disaster.
I
beg
you
from an interior or exterior cause. I tions are already afoot for placing the
Two cabin boys, Perkins and Butler,
Monterey, Cal., to Commodore John other Colorado capitalist named Moffitt. The latter, who were literally thrown cannot say anything until after such contract, based on work by the day, at to accept my own and the Russian
also
known as Tascot.
from
their
bunks
in
their
night
cloth
­
The
-conditions
are
that
Caldwell
D. Sloat, who, on July 7, 1846, landed
navy’s sincere sympathy.
an investigation has been made. I an estimated cost of $200,000.
There were also aboard, whose names
at Monterey and declared the land must walk the distance, starting with ing, gave the necessary orders with will not and cannot conscientiously
At the navy department specific de­ “VICE-ADMIRAL P. TYRLOW,
cannot be learned, four quartermasters,
10 cents in his pocket. If he succeeds great self-possession and bravery.
United States territory.
“Minister of Marine.”
anticipate the decision, qor do I wish nial was given of the report emanating
two sailors, three firemen, three coal­
he
will
receive
$25,000
from
Stratton,
A dispatch to the New York World
Secretary Long received the follow­ passers, one nightwatchman, assistant
At 1:30 the Maine continues burn­ to make any . unjust estimate of the from Madrid that a torpedo flotilla
from
whom
he
has
a
card
of
in trod uc-
from Havana says: ’ General Blanco’s
was about to leave Key West for Cuba. ing during the day:
ing.
reason for the disaster.”
steward, four cabin boys,, three cooks
fiasco in Eastern Cuba, the postponing tion. No time is set for his arrival at
“I regret with all my soul the ter­ (Chinese) and two helpers.
It was stated that only two torpedo
Lieutenant-Commander
Wainwright
The first theory was that there had
Dawson,
but
he
is
expected
to
reach
of the elections, De Lome’s retire­
the Cushing and Ericsson, are rible catastrophe of the Maine, and send
been a preliminary explosion in the believes the explosion was due to the boats,
ment, and the recent activity of the in­ there by June 1.
MISS WILLARD DEAD.
at Key West, and these have not been my condolence for the victims and
short-circuiting
of
the
dynamo.
Santa Barbara magazine of powder or
surgents make the outlook black for
Klondikers from Texas.
One of the officers of the Maine said ordered, and will not be ordered, ac­ their families. The Spanish navy is Founder of the W. C. T. U. Passed AwayZ
autonomy and for Spain. The failure
Dallas, Tex., Feb. 17.—A veritable dynamite below the water.
today that at 8 o’clock last night all cording to the present plans, to. Cuba. in mourning for the American navy.
in New York.
of the scheme of election will be proof rush for the Klondike region started
“SOBRAL,
Admiral Manterola believes that the the magazines on board the battle-ship
It was strongly asserted that no pres­
New
York,
Feb. 21.—Miss Frances
to all nations that autonomy is dead, here Monday. Nearly 40 tickets were first explosion was of a grenade that Maine were closed, and the keys turned ent purpose existed of sending"another
“Naval Attache, Spanish Navy.”
E. Willard, president of the Women’s
and the government is naturally de­ sold from Dallas for Seattle at $45. was hurled over the navy-yard.
over to Captain Sigsbee, the com­ warship there.
WRECK OF THE FLACHAT.
Christian Temperance Union, died
laying the evil hour.
On the streets there was noticeably
The M., K. &. T. sold 20 tickets and
mander.
The
report
that
Captain
Sigsbee.was
less
excitement
than
yesterday, when Only Surving Passenger Tells of the shortly after midnight this (Friday)
There is a rumor in Havana that the the rest went to the Santa Fe and the
The mutilated bodies of 13 men
morning, at the Hotel Empire, this
palace authorities have a letter written Texas Pacific. Passenger Agent Cady wounded is inaccurate. Captain Sigs-, were washed ashore at Regia and Casa the people were loth to believe that
Disaster,
city. At the bedside of Miss Willard
the
loss
of
the
Maine
could
be
traced
to
by Consul-General Lee, the contents of says that since January 16 at least 600 bee, with other officers,went in a small Blanco, opposite Havana.
Seven
Teneriffe, Canary Islands, Feb. 19. at the time of her death were her niece,
other
than
Spanish
sources.
which are as interesting, even exciting, tickets have been sold for the Klon­ boat to the Ward line steamer City of bodies were identified by Chaplain-
All the flags throughout the city, in­ —M. Munoz, the only surviving pas­ Mrs. W. W. Baldwin; Mrs. L. M.
for Spain, as the De Lome letter to dike.
Washington. Two officers and more Chadwick as those of Graham, Mc-
cluding
those on the capitol and the de­ senger of the Campagnie Generale Stevens, vice-president of .the W. C. T.
Canalejas was for the the United
Donald, Kayand, Nero, Kinsman
than
200
of
the
crew
are
missing.
ACCIDENT
PLEA
SUSTAINED.
partment
buildings, are flying at half- Transatlantic steamer Flachat, bound U.; Miss Anna M. Gordon, Miss Wil­
States. Another report was set afloat
The others
Dierking arid Brown.
from Marseilles for Colon, that was lard’s secretary, and Dr. K. Hill.
Some
of
the
crew
who
were
able
to
that Genearl Lee had resigned. This,
have not yet been identified. They mast, and among the others is con­ wrecked at Anaga point, this island,
Miss Willard had been ill for three
howfever, is known to be untrue. A Important Decision by Judge Sanborn support themselves by swimming were have been taken to the morgue and spicuously that of “Cuba libre,” which early yesterday morning during thick
weeks.
There will be funeral services
at St. Louis.
flies
from
the
staff
of
the
Hotel
strong effort is being made to get Gen­
saved by the boats. Six of the wound­ will be buried tomorrow at 2 P. M.
weather, says:
in New York city, and later in Evans­
Str Louis, Feb. 17.—In a decision of ed crew and one of tfie officers have
eral Lee in the same boat with De
A monument will be erected by sub­ Raleigh, the headquarters of the Cuban
“When the Flachat grounded, her ton, Ill. ,- Miss Willard’s home, where
Lome. The members of the autonomist the United States court of appeals been taken to the military hospital by scriptions, headed by the American junta.
engineers let off the steam and thereby the body will be taken.
affirming the lower court wherein Mrs.
cabinet do not like him.
newspaper correspondents.
Believes a Harvey Torpedo Did It.
prevented the boilers from bursting.
General Blanco’s orders.
There is a general impression among Sarah Smith obtained judgment against
(Miss Frances E. Willard, founder
Chicago, Feb. 19.—Emil Gathman, The passengers, under charge of the
An
Immediate
Investigation
Ordered.
and for four years president of the
the pan-American diplomat's in'Wash­ the Western Travelers’ Association for
News at the Navy Department.
doctor
and
the
second
officer,
were
shut
the
inventor,
believes
the
Maine
was
Washington, Feb. 18. — Secretary
ington, says a correspondent, that $5,000 for the death of her husband,
Washington, Feb’. 17.—The secretary Long has undoubtedly summarized tht destroyed by a Harvey torpedo. He up in the deckhouse under the bridge. World’s Woman’s Christian Temper­
Costa Rica and Nicaragua are very Judge Sanborn gives the judicial con­
ance Union, and president of the Na­
of the navy received the following from general opinion of the majority of the is conversant with Havana harbor, and The captain ordered the boats out, but tional Woman’s Christian Temperance
near war. Both governments have as­ ception of the word “accident.”
the
vessel
took
a
heavy
list
to
port,
from
personal
examination
is
familiar
naval experts in finding it nn possible
F. M. Smith died from blood poison Captain Sigsbee:
sumed belligerent attitudes, according
with the equipment of the Maine. and three of the port boats were car­ Union 12 years, was born September
“The Maine was blown up in Ha­ just now to state the cause of the de­ Mr. Gathman served two yeais as a ried away by a heavy sea directly after 28, 1839, at Churchville, N. Y. She
to information which has reached- in 1895 as the result of a sore toe, the
struction
of
the
Maine.
There
are
a
Washington, and it Js the expectation skin of which had been abraded by a vana harbor at 9:45 and destroyed.
naval apprentice aboard the training- launching. An attempt was then made was a graduate of the. Northwestern
of Central Americans in Washington tight shoe. Mrs. Smith attempted to Many were wounded, and doubtless great number of theories, but most of ship Portsmouth when Captain Sigsbee to launch the starboard lifeboat, and, university, Chicago. She took the de­
that President Zelaya will dem'and a collect the policy, but was resisted by many were killed and drowned. The them are of a character that makes it was her commander. Three years ago after working steadily from 2 till 9 in gree of A. M. from Syracuse university.
disavowal of Costa Rica’s responsi­ the association. A jury in Judge Ad­ wounded and others are on board the easy to prove or upset them by a single he was a member of the engineering the morning, it succeeded.
In 1862 she was professor of natural
science at the Northwestern female col­
bility in connection with the revolu­ ams’ court gave her the full amount of Spanish man-of-W’ar and the Ward investigation by a- diver. Secretary corps which conducted the second trial
“
Those
on
board
made
a
rush
and
50
tion in San Juan del Sur. Two British the policy. The association appealed. line steamer. Send the light-house­ Long has taken immediate steps to trip of the Maine.
jumped into the sea in an endeavor to lege, Evanston, Ill. In 1866-1867 she
Judge Sanborn held that the death tender from Key West for the crew and make this investigation. He has tele­
warships are now in Nicaraguan wa­
reach the boat. Only 16 succeeded, j was preceptress of the Genesee Wesley­
graphed
to
Admiral
Sicard,
at
Key
ters, and more are expected. One of of the defendant had been brought the few pieces of equipment still above
The Insolence of Weyler.
and two of these were washed out. ! an seminary, Lima, N. Y., and in 1868-
these now in Nicaragua is at Cor into about by an external agent and it was water. No one had other clothes than West, to appoint a board of naval
1870 she traveled abroad, studying
Barcelona,
Feb.
19.
—
Lieutenant-
an accident. What is not the result of those upon him. Public opinion officers to proceed at once to Havana, General Weyler, who arrived here to­ The boat was full of water, and it was French, German-, Italian and the his­
and the other at San Juan del Sur.
impossible
to
use
the
oars.
After
employ
divers
and
genereally
make
The annual report of the civil service design -or prearrangement, said the should be suspended till further re­ such inquiries as the regulations of the day, expressed the opinion, in the half an hour the steamer Susie arrived tory of fine arts, visited nearly every
European capital, and went to Greece,
commission for the fiscal year ended judge, is.accidental. No man inten­ ports. All the officers are believed to navy department demands shall be i course of an interview, that the dis­ and picked up the 14 in the boat.
wears the skin off his toes,' be saved. Jenkins and Merritt, are not
Egypt and Palestine. In 1871 she was
aster which had befallen the United
June 30, 1897, has been presented to tionally
“
There
were
still
about
40
people
on
made
in
the
case
of
the
loss
of
a
ship.
States
warship
in Havana was due “to the wreck, but when the Susie re­ president of the woman’s college of
the president. It begins with a state­ and such injury must be considered ac­ yet accounted for. Many Spanish offi­
All flags on department buildings the insolence of her crew.” He an­
cers, including representatives of Gen­
ment to show that after an experience cidental.
turned from Santa Cruz not a soul was Noth western university, and professor
eral Blanco, are now with me and and on naval vessels have been ordered nounced his intention to ask the gov­ to be seen, and the sea was washing of aesthetics; she was elected corre­
Sealing Outlook Not Encouraging.
of nearly 15 years the hopes of the ad­
at
half
mast.
SIGSBEE.”
San Francisco, Feb. 17.—The sealing express sympathy.
vocates of the civil service law have
The captain and sponding secretary of the N. W. C. T.
Public men express their opinions ernment’s permission to go to Havana over the wreck.
been largely realized. In practice the fleet this season is very small, and the
The officers referred to in the above with reserve when approached, but and-stand as a candidate for the cham­ officers did their best, but owing to the U. in 1871, and in 1877 was associated
law has proved effective in the direc­ outlook is not encouraging. Captain ! dispatch are Lieutenant Frank W. everywhere there was a demand for an ber of deputies for the Havana district. mountainous seas it was impossible to with D. L. Mocfdy in revival work in
tion of economy. Considering the few O’Leary, of the schooner Geneva, re­ Jenkins and Assistant Engineer Dar­ investigation and full details, in the
save the women and children. All Boston. She became president of the
Divers and Wrecking Gear.
changes in the service under the merit ports that seals are very scarce and win R. Merritt. From the wording of light of which the horror may be justly
were obliged to jump- to save their Illinois W. C. T. U. and editor of the
Key West, Feb. 19.—The coast sur­ lives. The captain was in bed when Chicago Daily Post in 1878, and in 1879
system, following the -wholesale re­ wild, and the weather very unsuitable the dispatch, the navy department, viewed.
vey steamer A. D. Bache arrived this the vessel struck, and the second officer was chosen president of the National
movals system the economy and effici­ for sealing. Captain Nelson, of the thinks it is possible that they were on
afternoon from Dry Tortugas in com­ was in charge.”
Capsized With Fatal Results.
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union,
ency of.the one stands in striking con­ schooner Mary Taylor, lost seven of ! shore at the time of the accident.
mand
of
Lieutenant
Barnet.
Early
to
­
which position she has since held.
New
York,
Feb.
18.
—
A
tugboat
said
trast to the extravagance and ineffici­ his men by death, and had to put into
The secretary of the navy received
The fastest railroad in the world is Miss Willard was an author of much
ency of the other. The report speaks port for repairs. He also says that few another dispatch from Key West at the | to be the Frankie capsized and sank in morrow morning she will leave for Ha­
highly of the promotion system, based seals are to be found, and predicts a same time as the above,, but its con­ the lower bay. It is said at least five vana, taking divers and such wreckage “the Flying Welshman;” its fame has distinction, and wrote a .number of
extended around the globe.
gear as is obtainable.
books.
men were lost.
light catch.
on the efficiency record.
tents were not made public.
Floods in Palouse.
Secretary
Day
received
the
following
Working
Double
Time.
Lord William Neville, fourth son of
LOSS OF THE CLARA NEVADA.
SENATE OPPOSES IT.
Major My rick Not Surprised.
Palouse,
Feb. 21.—The Palouse river
dispatch
from
General
Lee:
the Marquis of Abergavenny, who was
Reading, Pa., Feb. 16.—The Car­
Disaster Is Confirmed by
Savanah, Ga., Feb. 19.—Major John
was higher today than it has been for
“The Maine blew up at 9:40. The News of the
placed on trial in London, charged penter Steel Company, of this city, is
House on the Kan- years, and the lower part of the town
the Steamer Queen.
R. Myrick, of Fort Wadsworth* N. Y., Action in the sas Upper
with fraud in connection with the suit working on double time, with a full explosion occurred well forward, under
Pacific Sale.
was flooded. The water reached the
Seattle,
Wash.,
Feb.
18.
—
-
A
private
here
attending
the
Carter
court-mar
­
the
men
’
s
quarters,
consequently
many
of “Sam” Leads, the money-lender, force of 250 men, and there is a report
Washington, Feb. 19.—After a floor of the bridge on Main street near
against Spencer Clay, pleaded guilty of that it has received an order from the were lost. ..It is believed all three offi­ telegram from Nanaimo, B. C., says tial, said today that he was not sur­ spirited debate, occupying more than ! the
and covered the street to a
fraud, but claimed he was not- guilty navy department for 27,000 steel pro­ cers were saved but Jenkins and Mer­ that the steamer Queen has arrived prised at the explosion on the Maine, as two hours, the senate, today, by a vote | depth depot
of
nearly
three feet for several
there
from,
Skagway,
bringing
con
­
ritt,
who
are
not
accounted
for.
The
of forgery. He was sentenced to five jectiles.
the Cincinnati came near suffering a of 34 to 29, agreed to the resolution of,
cause of the explosion is yet to be in­ firmatory news of the loss of the similar fate in almost exactly the same Turpie declaring the senate’s opposition- blocks from the bridge. Houses and
years’ penal servitude.
Bethlehem, Pa., Feb. 16.—After an vestigated. The Spanish captain-gen­ steamer Clara Nevada.
barns on the flats were surrounded by
The stockholders in the Pacific Rail­ idleness of three months, the Bethle­ eral and army and navy officers ren­
water, and one family living near the
The owners of the steamer today re­ spot in 1895, her coal igniting from to the sale of the Kansas Pacific.
Thé only reference, thus far made to ' depot was forced to move out, the wa­
way Company must pay the creditors hem Iron Company’s steel mill, giving dered every assistance. Captain Sigs­ funded to the 150 passengers booked spontaneous combustion and eating its
and bondholders of the corporation the employment to 1,000 hands, started up bee and most of his officers are on for her next trip the money paid for way almost to the compartment for the Maine disaster was in the form of ter reaching almost to the windows of
a resolution introduced by Allen, as the house.
storing explosives.
amount of the inflation of the stock. today.
board the steamer City of Washington. tickets. It is thought that there were
follows:
at
least
28
passengers
on
the
steamer
The supreme court of Illinois has ren­
Regarded as Serious.
Others are on a Spanish gunboat, and
Men'and Supplies.
Dallas, Tex., Feb. 19.—A telegram . “Resolved, That the committee On
when
she
left
Skagway.
This,
with
dered the decision in affirming the de­
London, Feb. 21.—The dispatches
Fernandina, Fla., Feb. 16.—A tug, in the city. I am with Sigsbee, who her crew of 40 would make 68 persons from Galveston says the battleship naval affairs be directed to make an
cision of the appellate court, which supposed to be the Dauntless, slipped* has telegraphed the navy department.”
and. the cruiser Nashville here immediate and thorough investigation from the American correspondents of
whose fate is awaited with anxiety. Texas
held that the stockholders were liable. to the steamer ■wharf here at 10:30 last
received
orders from the navy depart­ into the cause of the disaster to the the morning papers all commented on
The refunding of passage money is ment to sail
The case is remanded to the circuit night, and took on boxes .and supplies
The Battleship Maine.
from Galveston at once. battle-ship Maine in the harbor of Ha­ the serious aspect of affairs between
court to prove up what is due the com­ supposed to be ammunition. About
the United States and Spain, but gen­
(The Maine, which was with the ves­ regarded as virtually- the giving up Their exact destination has not been vana, and to report tp the senate.”
mittee, to compel the stockholders to midnight 70 Cubans arrived by special sels of the North Atlantic squadron off of all hope on the part of the owners. learned, but it is accepted by the pub­
erally express the opinion that Presi­
Washington, Feb. 19.—Captain-Gen­ dent McKin]ey’s influence will be
show the true value of their stocks, and train and immediately went on board. Dry Tortugas, was ordered to Havana
Trans-Atlantic Steamer Lost.
lic that they go either to Admiral
then to command them to pay to the Colonel Nunez, was in charge. She January 24 and reached the Cuban
Teneriffe, Canary Islands, Feb. 18. Sicard’s fleet off Dry Tortugas or direct eral Blanco and the mayor of Havana sufficient to avert a conflict.
have cabled to Senor du Bose, acting
creditors the balance due. The amount went to sea at 2:30 A. M.
capital the following day. She was a —The Campagnie Generale Tran s- to Havana.
Cincinnati, Feb. 21.—The big Niles
Spanish minister, the action of the in­
involved is said to be something like!
battle-ship of the -second-class and «»as atlantic line steamer Flachat, bound
New York, Feb. 19.—The Journal sular government in extending manifes­ toolworks at Hamilton, O., is turning
$1,000,000, though the exact amount
The combination of a lamp, bell and regarded as one of the best ships in the from Marseilles for Colon, was totally
has never been ascertained. The case brake for cyclers’ use has been patented, new navy. She was built in the Brook­ wrecked this morping on Anaga point, quotes Assistant Secretary of the Navy tations of condolence and sympathy to out 12-inch mortars for the govern­
the president of the United States, for ' ment ships as fast as possible. Within
has" been in the courts of Illinois for' the bell being set in the back of the lyn navy yards in 1890, and was 318 this island. Thirty-eight of the crew Roosevelt as saying:
“I am convinced that the destruction the destruction of the Maine, and the the last two days the work has been
several years. An adverse decision damp
.
in position to be struck by a clap­ (feet long, 57 feet broad, 21.6 mean and 49 passengers were lost. Her
greatly hastened, to all appearances,
terrible loss of life.
was at one time rendered.
per attached to the brake plunger.
draught and 6,682 tons displacement.) captain and 12 of her crew were saved. of the Maine was not an accident,”
Montreal, Feb. 17.—C. H. Wilkin­
son, representing the British Yukon
Company, says the construction of a
railroad through White pass, from the
head of Lynn canal, to Lake Bennett,
will be begun immediately by his com­
pany. The road, which will be 45
miles in length, will be completed
within 90 days of the beginning of the
work.
The British Yukon Company, of
which the Duke of Teck is president,
also holds a charter irom the Dominion
government for the construction of the
road through White pass. The an­
nouncement, some weeks ago, of the
government’s having negotiations yvith
Messrs. Mann and Mackenzie, deter­
mined the British Yukon Company to.
build the road over White pass at once.
The width of the track will be three
feet six inches. The grade over the
pass- will be three per cent, and at-
points where the grade is the steepest
what is known as the “A. B. T.” rail
will be laid. This rail, which is used
in the Hartz mountains in Europe, has
notches for the grip to a cogwheel, and
is a part of the locomotive. Mr. Wil­
kinson says the road will be completed
by the middle of the summer.