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NO INFORMATION AT WASHINGTON
Reports That They Have Bcen Full,
Advised Of an External Explos-
ion Without Eoundntfon.

WashingtonMarch 2.--There is abso
lutely no information at the navy de
partnent whether or not the Maine
court of inquiry will return to Hasan,
from Key West, or when it will finish
its work. 1t is believed the work i,
nearly done.
1t a be stated authoritively tina;
the navy department has received
nothing to indicate the cause of the ex
plosion, and that the reports that il
has been advised that it was by eXter
nal agencies is without foundation.
Captain Sigsbee telegraphed tina,
two more bodies were recovered today
One was unidentified, the other wa,
that of J. w. Johns. Holzer, one of the
wounded, died in the hospital.
Commander Fcrsythc at Key West.
telegraphed that he had Sc.
cured land in the cemetery
for the temporary intcrment
of the bodies brought from Havana.
The battleship Texas, which has
been at Galveston rejoined the squad
o at Tortugus. The Terror has III.
rived at New York. The Castine has ar.
rived tit Port Franco in the West In.
dies 4
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the KIND OF NAVY We HAVE
'Ei Ccrro, or Mad cid, Has q Tale on
the Discipline Maintained on

iaEU-A1 ANs y %gIaas@-H
I.ondan,M March 2..--The Carlist 2
81 Correo of Madrid, received by mail,
declares there is no doubt whatever
that the loss of the Maine was due to
. lack of discipline, characteristic of
the crew of n United States cruiser
ately at Venice, as they were pirates
.ather than sailors of Il civilized ma
ton 1t says: "i'he drunkards, in-
.ubordinates, thieves, fighters and sail
ors of the United States never set foot
ishore without. creating riots. Nightly
several of them slept in Jail, or were
..akcn on board under arrest, until the
municipality was forced to formally
complain to the commander and re-
quest him not to allow his men to land,
otherwise they would not be answer
able for the consequences. This naval
convict ship, which must be n twin
sister of the Maine, never was free
from the fumes of alcohol. 1t is a mar
eelous thing, in such hands, that one
Of their ships does not blow up daily"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-03-05
STORY Of THE PLOT
TO DESTROY TIE MAINE
The Destruction of the Vessel Was
the Work of Three Spanish
Merchants.
OBTAINED MINE FRoMGovERNaENT
Ono of the Men Employed Was Ono
of the Best Known Spanish
Divcrs---How the Work
WIS Done.

Chicago, March "A key west spe-
cial to the Chronicle says:
Private information is received from
Havana that the destruction OF the
Maine was the work of three Spanish
merchants. They have stores on Mu-
ralla street, between Habana and Viii
lagas streets.
These men obtained the torpedo or
mine from connected with
the Spanish government and gave it
to n of the three conspirators. The
four were to receive $4,000, although
only q part of the money has been
paid. One of the men employed was a
well known diver of Rcgla, the best in
the harbor.
The spot selected to place the bat
terry, connected by wire with the mine
or torpedo, was ove Il bank called
Bajo de Santa Catalina, close to the
mine.
This information comes. from n
source that gives it great weight.
There is every reason to believe that
this clew will lead to the detection of
the perpetrators of the Maine outrage.
The information that the mine or
fixed torpedo was operated from Santa
Catalina wharf comes from two
sources, us well as the statement that
the men engaged in the work were
poorly paid for the hideous success.
Santa C%atalane is n huge old hospi-
tai built out in the water across from
Havana. 1t has been abandoned for
some time, and its deserted vastncss
would afford all the opportunity want
ed by a set of skilled divers to operate
from.
Here the conspirators met night after
night and planned the destruction of
the Maine.
They had but n short distance to go
after leaving the wharf, and as the mir
pump was worked inside out of sight
and the ever moved beneath the water,
it was impossible for the watch on the
ship to observe the movements of those
working to place the mine.
On the night of the explosion the
torpedo or mine was affixed to the ship
and the conspiratcrs withdrew to their
headquarters in the old abandoned
hospital of Santa Catalina. Here the
electrical connections were made, and
one of the miscreants touched the but
ton that caused the lives of $50 men to
be snuffed out.
In the wild confusion that ensued in
the harbor all attention was diverted
from the black old building across the
harbor and the men who had wrought
such devastation sneaked away.
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KIABALL GRAPHIC
G. n TINAN, Publisher.
SOUTH DAKOTA

They are telling this story in Lon
don about the Countess Waldegrave,
who has married four times: One
evening she appeared at the opera in
Dublin, during her fourth husbands
occupancy of the post of chief sccre-
tary for Ireland. An audacious Celt,
catching sight of her ladyship in n
OF the boxes, shouted out, with real
Irish temerity, Lady Waldegrave,
which of the four did you like the
3best9" The countess was equal to the
occasion. Without a moments hest
5tation she rose from her seat and ex-
claimed, enthusiastically, why, the
3Irishman, of course" q remark which
naturally brought down the house."
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CHAPTER v.

TIE PROGRESS MADE by TIE PUPIL.
1t was a beautiful afternoon in June. May,
with 1t lilac and hawthorn, had passed away;
the roses were in fairest bloom, lilies looked
like great white stars; the fulness and beau.
ty, the warmth and fragrance of summer
were on the face of the land, and everything
living rel oiced in it.
Pauline had begged that the daily readings
miei-' take place under the great cedar tree
on tie L.wn. &
IF l must be bored by dry historical facts"
she said. 'let me at least have the lights and
shadows on the lawn to look at. The shad-
0w Of tho trees on the grlss il beautiful be-
yond everything else. Oh, Miss Hastings,
why will people write dull histories? / like
to'fancy all kings heroes, and all queens
helOines. History leaves lis no Illusions"
''Still," replied the goycrness, lit teaches
us plenty of what you love so mucll-truth."
The beautiful face grew. very serious and
thoughtful.
"Why arc so many truths disagrceable and
sad? I'll could rule, 1 would have the world
so bright, so fair and glad, every one SO hap
py. l cannot understand all this under-cur-
rent of sorrow.n
"Comte did not explain 1t, then, to your
satisfaction%' said Miss Hastings.
"Comtel' cried the girl, impatiently. 81
am not Obliged to believe ALL read! Once
and for all, Miss Hastings, l do not believe
IN Conlte or his fellows. Ionly read what
he wrote because people seemed to think 1t
clever to have done SO. You know-you
must know-that l believe in our great Faith
Ell. Who could look round on this lovely
world and not do so?!"
Miss Hastings felt more hopeful of the girl
then than she he'd ever felt before. Such
strange, wild theories had fallen at times
from her lips that 1t was some consolation to
know she had still q child's faith.
Then came an interruption in the shape of
Q footman, with Sir Oswald's compliments,
and would the ladies goto the drawing
room? There were visitors.
WHO are they?" asked Miss Darrell, alb
ruptly.
The man replied:
''Sir George and Lady Hampton"
Il shall not co. said Pauline, decidedly;
that woman siclsens Inc with her false airs
and silly, false graces. I have not patience
to talk 10 brr.n
''Sir Oswald will not. be pleased" remon-
strated Miss Hastings.
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In q kentucky court the other day
Miss Alabama Brown, a typical noun
tain beauty of II, known in the region
where she lived as the Merry Noun
tain Maid" was arraigncd for selling
whisky without o license. She APP
peared in court, the dispatches say,
"jauntily attired, with large, dark,
hazel eyes, cheeks rcdder than the
cherry, and a most innocent but Win
some smile" OF course, how could the
jury do otherwise than acquit her?
This the chiyalric jurors did without
leaving the box, and Miss Alabama
jumped up and wanted to kiss every
one Of them, but was restrained by q
rude deputy marshal.
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A JAPANESE o
Told by q Native of Japan to an Audiences
In Rochester.

AT Y. M. c. A. hall the other after
noon Yeataso Okano, a Japanese, told
the following story to a large audience,
says the Rochester, Post Express:
Once upon q time there lived in a
little hamlet in Japan a young couple.
girl, whom both loved very dearly. 1t
came to pass while the Child was still a
baby girl that the father was obliged to
take a long journey to the far-distant
city. 1t vas too far for him to take his
wife and child. so he left them at home
and travelled alone.
aln that great city he saw many new
things which, having lived in the peace
full little hamlet up among the noun.
tains all his life, he had never seen be-
fore. He desired to take home to his
wife some Of these new things which
seemed to him so wonderful: And the
most wonderful gift he could take, it
seemed to him, was 4 mirror. He wished
to take home to his wife the pleasure aid
surprise he had experienced when he
first looked into a mirror. So he took
one home to mis- wife.
when he arrived home he gave the
present to his wife and for the first time
she looked into a mirror. What do you
seeP' her husband asked. She replied:
I declare! I see a very pretty woman.
She wears her hair just as l do mine
and she smiles and moves her lips as if
she were talking to me- Her husband
told her that the mirror was a present
for her and he hoped she would use it
every day. But the wife thought it
far too beautiful and rare and costly q
gift to use every day; SO she put 1t
carefully away and never spoke about
it to the little daughter, who grew more
beautiful and moro like her mother
every day.
@By and by a great misfortune fell
upon that little household. The wife
and mother fell sick and it was soon
evident that she must die. AS she lay
upon her deathbed she called her little
daughter to her and told her that she
was gong to lose her mother forever.
She could point to no future life after
death, in which they should be reunited.
But in the love and simplicity of her
heart she did the best she could; she told
hor little daughter about the wonderful
mirror. After l am Dead she said,
take down that bax and look into tho
mirror that it contains. There you will
see my face; and 1 want you to look into
the mirror every day that you may
never forget your mother and that you
may grow like lie, moro and more every
day.
$50 the mother died. The little girl
did as she had been told and in the won
derful mirror she thought she saw her
mothers face, young and beautiful, not
as she had seen her, pale and i'll as she
lay dying, but.fair and fresh us she had
looked before the fatal illness. And
the little girl looked into the mirror
every day and thought of her mother
and her many lovely ways, and SO it
came about that she grew to be more
and more like her mother as the Year,
went by"
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Stranger works IL Forged check

Stranger Works II Forged Check
Wall Lake, Ia, March "A clev-
er forgery vas pepetrated on the Wall
Lake State bank Saturday afternoon.
A farmer appearing young man pre-
sentcd Il check for $50 alleged to have
been drawn by w. II. Bieser of Ode
bolt, on the Farmers Bank of that
place, payable to John Nelson. Cash
Ter McFarlane paid the same, but as
500 as the check reached Odebolt it
was promptly pronounced a forgery,
The man who presented the check was
a stranger and has disappeared, ieav.
ing no clue.
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CARDINAL GIBBONS GOOD ADVICE
Counsc!s ii Suspension of Judgment
Until All the Evidence

Baltimore, March 2.-Requiem mass
for the repose of the souls of those
who lost their lives on the Maine, was
celebrated at the cathedral this morn-
ing. Cardinal Gibbons delivered an ell
oquent address. He praised the calm
ness, the tranquility which character
lied the attitude of the president and
other executive officers Of the govern
ment and congress in the ordeal
through which the country is passing.
He expressed n belief that the de.
struction of the Maine is not sufficient
cause for war unless it is shown Spain
was connected with it. He counseled
a suspension of Judgment till the court
if inquiry makes known the result oil
its labors.
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DAuNTLEss RETURNED TO ANCHOR
She Started Yesterday Supposedly
With a Cargo of Arms
y fn,. f,,.JNn 5

Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 2S.--The
steamer Dauntless, which left Ferna-
dina Sunday night and was supposed
to carry a large cargo of arms and am.
munition to Cuba, returned early this
morning. As soon as the fact was
known the dynamite cruiser Ncsuvius
went down the river aud escorted her
here, where she is nov anchored. No
steps have been taken by the govern
ment TO seize her.
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MINERS AGAINST THE RULING
Amount of Work Necessary to Gain

Amount of Work Necessary TO Gain
n Title.
Deadwood, March Probably nc
ruling Of the interior department has
eve stirred up such a general dissen-
sion among the mining element of the
United States as that recently made in
regard to the question of how much
work must be done on a group of
claims before a patent will be issued.
The new ruling affects especially these
whose applications are pending and
those who are about to apply for pat
cnt under the old ruling. The old rul-
ing was that applicants could secure
a patent on n group containing any
number of claims upon proper afi-
davit that $500 worth of labor had been.
done on n tunnel, shaft, incline or 9TH
err work when that work was intended
to develop the entire group. Para
graph SO of the new ruling entirely
changes the condition of things. If
more than one claim is included in the
application for patent an amount equal
to $500 for each claim in the group for
which application is made must be
shown to have been expended by the
applicant, SO that if a person applies
for a patent for a group containing five
claims he must show that So, 500 worth
of improvement has been done on the
group. Acting upon the former rul-
ing. which was supposed to be perma-
nent, a great many in the Black Hills,
as well as in other mining districts,
have purchased original locations and
have done All that was required under
the old ruling. The land Office SURVEYS
have been made up to the first of the
year and the claims Have been paid for
at the rate of SIS ar acre. In some cases,
where q large number of claims is in
Guided, as in several instances here in
the Black Hills, an outlay of several
thousand dollars has been incurred. A
general protest will undoubtedly be
made from the different mining dis
tricts to have the new ruling suspend
ed. for a time at least, to obviate prob
able trouble and expense to the min.
ers everywhere.
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There is woe on the banks and braes
OK bonnie Doom. The pipes give forth
2 sdolorons tone, and gloom has settled
inlargge, black clouds upon the brow of
every loyal Scot. And all because
American golf clubs have been found
superior to those made in Scotland and
5000 Of them have been ordered for
use in that country. That Scotland,
the home of golf, should have to send
to America for the implements of the
game is verify a queer circumstance,
but it proves that the canny clunsmcn
not only know good clubs, but also
where to get them.
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DOING MUCH WORK ON THE WRECK
Eight Divers Under the Water
imuItaneously--P
~ NXelnolnc tho Niannun -

Havana, March 2.-The day promises
well for the divers at work on the
Maine, securing bodies and salvage.
Including the Spanish divers, there are
probably eight men below the water
simultaneously. Great preparations
are being made to welcome the cruiser
Niscayn, expected today. Showers
later in the day interfered somewhat
with the operations. The coast survey
steamer Bache returned this morning
to Tortugas with four of the Mnine's
wounded. Five of the wounded are
still here unable to be moved.
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PREFERS THE AMERICAN SIDE
Capt. Hoenig a German Military
Authority Says the United
SInlnS L. All lSiuhf ~

Berlin, March 2.-Captain Fritz Hoe
mig, editor of the German Army and
Review, author of numerous standard
works, avowed to be the most reliable
and the most prominent writer on mil
itary subjects in Germany, granted an
interview yesterday. As his opln-
ion and approval of vital military
and marine questions are solicited by
the leading statesmen of the father
land, what he may have to say with re-
spect to the efficiency of the United
States army and navy is Of great inn
p%ortance. Captain Hoenig authorized
the following statement:
The very1best defense in New York,
and by far the cheapest will prove a
thoroughly equipped fleet of battle
ships. The United States, however,
cannot as yet boast of being able to
concentrate around New York a fleet
adequate to defend that harbor in case
Of war.
"As to Notifications around the
American metropolis, it would take a
ong time to arrange a chain of strong
;lolds SO manned and gunned as to rem
iaer it inapproachable for the enemy.
But it will be comparatively easy for
Yankee ingenuity to render the shore
mpregnable by n series of submarine
mines and other modern devices of
naval warfare. America is far ahead
II the European powers in the manu-
facture and practical application OF
submarine explosives, and this means
If defense will not prove so very ex-
pensive.
Comparing the United States navy
with that of Spain, there is no doubt
that the former is far ahead in the
number and quality of it's ironclad
men of war, though it lags behind in
its cruisers. In case of war, with even
chances, l would prefer to be on the
American side, though to the super.
fetal observer there seems little diff
ference in the naval strength of the
Two nations"
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Relatives of Mrs. Groves Brutally
Abuse Her Afiancod
HuahnMd..

r. .@.a
Washington, Ga, March coleman
Groves, r. L. Groves and DR.. j. N. Col
we'll, respectively son, brother-in-law
and friend of Mrs. w. H. Groves of
Lincolnton, Ca, terribly horsewhipped
i. X. Smith of this place midway be-
tween here and Lincolnton last night.
1t seems hat Smith, who is n we'll
known merchant, had become en-
gagged to be married to Mrs. Groves on
March Is. 1T is supposed that the rela-
tives of the wealthy widow objected to
n second marriage, and while Smith
vas returning from a visit to her last
night they fired several shots at him,
compelled him to disrobc himself and
'fearfully bastinadoed him.
They released the bleeding man,
with orders never to return to Lincoln
Ion. Smith declares, however, he will
claim his bride if he has to risk his
life
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-03-05

a German professor has discovered
that Freiherr Bernhard Won Parravi-
cini of Schloss Rundeck, near Meran,
in Tyrol, married for the fourth time
at the age of So years, lived to be 1o4,,
and had seven children, of whom the
last was posthumous, His eldest
daughter was SO years of age at her
fathers death.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-03-05

A Kansas minister recently preached
q sermon on How to Get to He'll" The
efforts of preachers heretofore have
been devoted to Il solution of the prob
lem of how to keep out of that place.
Napoleon c said to Tallyrand: II
wish l had the keys of hell, for l could
then put you in there" The reply was:
1T would be better, sire, that | should
have them, for then 1 could let you
out"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-03-05
PROMOTIONS IN THE NAVY
President Assists Several officers 10
Step Up Another
- Groslo

Washington, March a.-The president
has made the following nominations
for naval promotion: II. b. B. Robin
son, captain to commodore; w. S.
Chilly, captain to commodore; Il. Il.
Jewell, commander to captain; Vim.
Folger, commander TO captain, and
Andrew Dunlap, lieutenant commo-
aore to commanders: Richard Rush,
lieutenant commander to commander.
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"a woman" remarked the observer
of men and things, sis as proud of 4
husband who has no opinion except
her as she would be of a husband
who went around with one of her nice
pink ribbons pinned in his hair"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-03-05

Shc-I-I--think I like you, MIR.
Trotter. But I cannot marry and leave
my twin sister alone. Wait until she IS
engaged. He-Yes-but-er-that's
Just what she said when I proposed to
her.-Harlem Life.
Chesney-Women would never be
able to vote seriously. R~adbonrn-
Why notP Chesney - Because they
would want to 60 round and got sam.
Piles of the candidates iDefore making up
their minds-Harlcm Life
4 Is easier for some to cry than iol
othe1s to laugh.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-03-05

A Missouri maj complains that it
costs him $50 for extra Sus! each WIN
ter to keep his wife's $40 collection of
plants from freezing, and that the
flowers are invariably killed by being
set out too early in the spring.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-03-05

The establishment of hospitals in
Alaska rouses the hope that prospec-
tors suffering from impaired veracity
will get themselves cured before re-
turning to civilization.
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An Unpleasant Young Man.

Every little while we meet a young
man who has deliberately set out 10 be
president, after models found in the
school books. They are always disa-
greeab!e. A young man who attempts
to act like Abe Lincoln is little less than
q nuisance. Besides, he will never be
president. Abe Lincoln had no mode
apd he never set out to be presidents
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-03-05

The ground hog missed it so badly
this season that a good many of the
old settlers have decided to depend
hereafter on their corns for tips about
the weather.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-03-05

The Kansas City man who sat be-
hind a woman at the theater who got
up to fish n handkerchief out of her
dress pocket was able to see the last
act of the play.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-03-05
MOTHER AND BABE WERE DROWNED
While Insane She Leaves Her Home
ind Jumped Into the

St. Joseph, Mic;., Feb. 2s.--Mxs. Geo
Davidson, while insane, left her home
at midnight clad in her night dress
with a two weeks old baby in her
rms. She jumped into the river. The
woman's body was recovered, the body
of the bube was carried out into the
lake.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-03-05

The ocean contains several fish
which clothe and ndorn themselves.
The most conspicuous of them is the
atennarius, a small fish frequenting
the Sargasso sea, which literally
clothes itself with seaWeed.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-03-05

It cost a New Jersey lover $40 md
costs to kiss his sweetheart in the
presence of two old maids. But that
is not q circumstance to what it would
have cost him if he had kissed the two
old maids in the presence of his sweet