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The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
of a Diver.

Havana. Feb. 24.-Many Americans
left Havana for Key West yesterday
on advice of Gen. Lee. 1t is expected
that the entire colony will be deserted
in week ns it is believed that war
is sure to fellow the report of the
court of inquiry. 1t is expected that
Gen. Lee will leave the city with the
members Of the court of inquiry, who
will probably remain not longer than
SATURDAY.. /. is said the experts are
cOnvinCts. .u;t the destruction of the
maine N,.> the result of a Spanish
fanatic. When the news of the report
is made public IL riot is expected here.
Havana, Feb. 24.-The court of in
Quiry opened at 1870. q. II. Holman,
navigator and ordnance officer of the
Maine. was examined at the morning
session. The court met for the after
noon session at 80. and Lieutenant
Commander II. wainwright, executive
officer of the Maine, was called to the
witness stand. Lieut.. wainwright has
been in immediate charge of the wreck
since the explosion.
-Four divers are at work. two in the
fore part Of the ship and two aft. The
task is most labOrious. and the men
are naturally extremely careful. as
they have had to work in complete
darkness, and several have had bad
falls. Electric lights from the Man
grove are n3w available and much
good is expected from them. Nearly
all the possible salvage has now been
made from the cabin aft. The efforts
to reach the ward and mess rooms are
frustrated by some unknown obstacle.
1t is expected to find bodies in those
rooms. Two cases of ten-inch ammu-
milton have been found. one having en-
plOded, the other full of powder.
These We're found forward. The work
of securing the bodies under the hatch
has been most difficult in the dark,
but it is hoped that the electric lights
will be of great assistance. The bodies
are much mutilated and some are
partially burned.
The officers of the court of inquiry
paid another visit to the wreck. Capt.
Sampson, after the visits of the men,
bers of the court to the captain gen.
eral and Admiral Manterola, said the
reception extended them had been pO-
lite and cordial The captain general
and admiral had expressed deep SYM
pathy and the hope that nothing would
interfere to prevent thorough in
vestigation. They offered to give any
help in their power. Capt. Sampson
referred to the visits us tending to
promote better understanding
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

assistant Wrecklng master was going
to Havana on the Ward Line steamer
Saturday and it was suggested to the
department that it's inspector should
take the same steamer. Inasmuch as
Lieut.. Commander Kimball who is now
ut Havana has been assigned to the
duty of inspecting the wrecking oper.
ations it will not be necessary to OBJ.
serve this suggestion.
The navy department gave out the
figures showing the strength of the
naval militia up to date. This shows a
total force OF 4,445, officers and en-
listed men, which is gratifying increase
from the 3,.O3 shown by the last re-
port. The number of officers and men
by states is us follows:
California. 1856; Connecticut, 165;
Florid:. 1856; Georgia, 225; Illinois, 523;
Louisiana. 262; Maryland, 24O; Massa.
cllrsetts, al: Michigan, 1913; New Jer-
sey, :s64; New York, 472 North Caro-
IRA. go: Ohio, PIG: Pennsylvania, ZIG;
Rhode Island. 13O; South Carolina, 1872;
Virginia, 44. Ttotal, 4,445.
New Brixasies Forming.
Aside from the forces shown in the
above list, new brigades are in pro-
cess of formation. which promises to
swell the total to much larger figures
ut an early day. The organization Of
this auxiliary arm of the naval service
is under the immediate direction of
Lieut.. Gibbons. y. S. ~, whose energy
has accomplished much in securing
state organization and in the harmonic
ing of the bodies into one compact
force, capable in emergency Of CO.
operating with the regular navy. IL
his last report Mr.. Roosevelt said that
the state naval militia in the event Of
u sudden emergency could be utilized
at once for manning thesmaller ma
tional cruisers. 1t could be depended
upon mainly, lie said as second line
of defense and also he used in placing
mines and the establishment of signal
stations for coast defense.
Thanks to the promptness and eff
cheney of the chief Of engineers and
the chief OF ordnance of the army, the
city Of Washington is now regarded as
being we'll nigh safe and secure from
attack by water. The Notifications at
Fort Washington and Sheridan point.
on the opposite side of the Potomac
are sufficiently advanced to be able to
repeal an ordinary fleet of invaders
and i'll case of necessity they could be
vastly strengthened in q comparatively
short time. These defenses are con-
sidered sufficient to keep all hostile
vessels beyond the range OF gunshot
OF the national capital.
Moreover the river has been blocked
off and prepared for mines and tor
pcdces ut IL point below the fortitica-
tions already mentioned so that it is
probable some of the ships OF an
enemy would be blown out of the
water before it would be necessary to
use the guns at the forts.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

We are glad to see that the "co-eds"
of the University of Michigan have un-
dertaken to reform the male students.
1t shows that woman is acquiring con-
fdence with her advanced education.
1t has not been unusual for one young
woman to undertake to reform one
young man, but until now we have not
heard of case where an attempt was
made to round up several hundred
young men and make one wholesale
reform job Of the whole batch. How
ever, we wish the girls success. We
sincerely hope that they will be able
to Danish tobacco from the institution,
but we have our doubts. Still, just as
q proof of their carnestness, they might
intimate that they are willing to have
chewing gum and candy go with tho
tobacco.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

"This part of the garden is the gov
ernment tangle." The speaker laugh
ed at the mystified looks of her guests.
Each year my father, voter, re-
ceives from our congressman three
puny grape-vines, one or two currant
and raspberry bushes, a few packages
of aster, marigold and pumpkin seeds,
and pint of wax beans. They are
thrown in here and left to live or die.
as they please" For like sarcastic
recipients this government annually
appropriates one hundred and thirty
thousand dollars; nevertheless, care
full review of the department reports
fails to reveal a single case of benefit
to agriculture from the free distribu-
ton of plants and seeds.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
ARE LESS FREQUENT.
Stories of Startling Discoveries In
The Mnine Wreck

SeOFlcS O1 DaAcONcrtcS hu
The Maine Wreck.
Washington, Feb. 26.-Isumors Of
startling discoveries in the wreck of
the Maine were less frequent. but there
were enough of them still atlOat to
warrant Secretary Long in making this
statement to the newspaper men as lie
left his office: Summing up the sitl,a-
ticn, l should say that the navy de-
partment knows nothing more about
the cause of the disaster than it did
five minutes after the receipt OF the
first dispatch from Capt. Sigsbpe.''
The secretary's attention WAS called
to the published statement that Capt.
Crowninshield, chief of the bureau Of
navigation had just arrived at Tampa,
Fla, on the Montgomery from a trip
to Cuba, where he had been INSPECTING"
prospective coaling stations near Ma
tanZas. The secretaryS comment WIS
simply this: Capt. Crowninshield has
not been to Cuba. He has been Oft
with his boy OH matters not in an3'
wise connected with the business Ct
the navy
Until the conclusion of the inves,ig::
ti0n of the court of inquiry at HaSana.
The principal business of the navy de-
partment in connection with the Maine
will relate to the conduct OF the wreck
Ing operations.
Wrecking Operations.
Capt. Lemley, the judge advocate
general who has this branch of the
work Immediately in charge received
telegrams from the = .rritt and Chap
man Wrecking company. at New YORK
stating that the steamer Merritt and
Wrecking Lighter Sharp had sailed
for Havana and that the tug Under
writer with the chief would leave New
York Saturday for the same place. The
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

London, March 2-The Carlist organ,
Ell Correo, of Madrid, in it's issue OF
Feb. 90. jst received here by mail,
says:
"There is no doubt whatever that
the loss of the Maine was due to lack
OF discipline" and cites the case OF a
United States cruiser which was late
ly at Venice, describing her crew as
being rather pirates than sailors OF
Il civilized nation Continuing. I'll
Correo says:
"Drunkartls, insubordinatcs. thieves
and fighters, the sailors of the United
States never set foot ashore without
creating riots. Nightly several of them
| slept in Jail or We're taken aboard I'M
der arrest, until the municipality was
forced formally to complain to the
commander ard request him not to al
low his men to lard. or otherwise they
could not be answerable for the con-
sequences. This naval convict snip
which is never free from the fumes or
alcohol. must be twin sister OF the
Maine. 1t is a marvellous thing. IN
such hands, that one of their ships
does not blow up daily
Ell Liberal Of Feb. 25 warns the peo-
misinterpret every act and word of the
United States" and criticises the ''et'
forts of the Carlists to block auton-
omy." which, it adds, 1.-The Liberals
are loyalty trying to put into effect in
Cuba. Let Spaniards remember that
Cuba is the key to our position. In
brief space of time we will succeed in
pacifying the island. the dagger of ex-
ternal war will forthwith disappear,
and though we do not for a moment
believe it will, should war break out.
Cuba will be the only battlefield
The Globe comments on the ''fricnd-
ly and even cordial relations between
the two cabinets" and gathers from
the recent speech of President Nc
Kinley at Philadelphia that the
chances all favor peace. 1t blames the
fierce jingoism of certain Spanish pa
pers for provoking similar bellicose
utterances in the United States. and
ad:ls: 'When Spanish papers con
stantly inform the United States that
war is imminent the latter cannot do
otl crwise than prepare for hostilitics. y
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

The editor of Nebraska paper says
he has reached the slope on the other
side of life" but never yet has he seen
woman with frost-bitten ear, and
never yet has a bonnet been built so
as to keep the head warm. Other men
have noticed that women dressed for
the party have ridden miles in the
eoldest night without particle of the
discomfort felt by their warmly
dressed escort. These are curious
facts. the scientists apparently do not
know how to account for them.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
DAUNTLEss NOT SEIZED.
Though Believed to Have Returned
From a Filibustcring Expedition.

Though Believed to Have Returhe'I
From a Filibustcring Expedition.
Jacksonville. Fla. March =. = The
steamer Dauntless. which left Ferllan-
dino on Sunday night at II, and is sup
posed to have carried a large cargo of
ammunition to Cuba. arrived here
etrly this morning. and is now tied at
one of the wharves. Commander
Pillsbury, of the dynamite cruiser
Vesuvius. having been informed by
telephone from Fort George of the ar
rival of the Dauntless. went down the
river at IN early hour to escort her up
the river The Nesuvius returned to
port along with the Dauntless. and Is
now anchored in the river. No steps
nave been taken by the government
to seize the DauntleSS.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

Mr.. Smalley will perhaps have things
SO arranged presently that every new
conner will be born in England. Not
that it is a disgrace to be born in
America; but one has to waste so
much time growing up and making the
money necessary to go to England and
die. Meanwhile the evacuation of the
country by men who are ashamed of
it will proceed as rapidly as possible.
-Smalley ought to get his passport
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

At a Japanese launching the specta-
tors see, as the vessel is named, not
flying bits of glass from broken bot
tie of wine, but the flight of a white
pigeon released at that moment. The
picturesque custom of the yankees of
the east" might we'll take the place OF
scattering champagne over the ves-
sells bow, to which many people have
a well-grounded objection.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
PUBLIC MUST WAIT
OF THE COURT OF
INQUIRY WILL DE DELAYED.

tire Country Must Be Endured
ity That the Maine Di~aster Was
due to Accident More NemOte
Than Ever-Nmvy Department
Needs Time and VIII Make Good
Use of It-COntemptibIe Conduct
of a Diver.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
Murdered in a Saloon Row.

East Liverpool. Ohio, March 9. -
Samuel ellison of Irondale. near this
city, was murdered by Fred Mosey, a
boy of eighteen. The two were in the
saloon owned by Mosey's father.
where an alteration ended in young
Mosey drawing huge clasp knife and
stabbiEg ellison fatally. Mosey sur
rendered.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
MASS FOR THE DEAD.
An Impressive Discourse by Card
nal Gibbons ut Maryland.


Baltimore. March .. a solemn
requiem mass for the repose of the
souls of those who lost their lives in
tho Maine disaster was celebrated at
the cathedral. Cardinal Gibbons
made an address and read the service
for the dead. A number of naval and
military officers We're present. includ-
ing those of the militia and naval re-
serves. The vocal music was fur
nslled by quartet from the Bride
Elect opera company. now perform
ing in Philadelphia.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

Those Chicago dental students ap-
gend. When they threw teeth in the
street a host of fully armed policemen
suddenly sprang up.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

It must be that the Alaskan atmos-
phere makes the gold output look big
ger than it really is. At any rate, there
is an immense shrinkage somewhere
before it reaches the United States.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
Mrs. Mantell Has a Relnu.e,

Port Huron, Mich, March 2.-Mrs.
Robert Mantell, who was taken seri-
ously i'll in this city Jan. 5, but was be-
lieved to be on her way to recovery,
has suffered relapse and all hopes of
her recovery have been abandoned.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
A Pair of Suicides,

Philadelphia, March 2-Mrs. Leonore
Cushman, a bride Of three months,
committed suicide by taking carbolic
acid, and DR.. Alexander Fulton, a
prominent physician, ended his life by
shooting.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
CALLS US PIRATES
SPANISH PAPER ATTACKS TKE
YANKEE SAILORS.

Says the Loss of the Maine Was Due
tn Lack of Discfnlinc-Descrtb
the Crew of a Cruiser Lately ut
More Like Pirates Than Sailors OF
Free From the Fumes of Alcohol.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
CRUELTY TO A SEAMAN.
Officers of n Naval Vessel Arrested ox,
Il Serious ChMrEc.

IL Serious Charge.
Portland, Or, March 2.-Capt. Eben
Murphy and First Mate George Har-
vey. of the American ship George
Stetzon. were held to answer before
the federal grand jury by United
States Commissioner McKeon on the
charge of gross cruelty to Amos Stone,
an ordinary seaman, who, since the
arrival of the ship in port and in con-
sequence of the brutality of the of
ficers, has been in the hospital for
treatment, his condition being that of
Il mental and physical wreck.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
wAsHBURN, NORTH DAKOTA

A corn conference" is to be held in
Chicago. Agriculturists have been in
vited, but the chiropodists were over
looked.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

Some Parisians hate the Jews so
much that they refuse to pay their
debts to them. They seem to think
they are ruined by cheap Hebrew
labor
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Ca
thartic cleans your blood and keeps It
clean by stirring up the lazy liver and
driving all impurities from the body. Be-
gin to-day to Danish pimples boils.
blotches. blackheads and that sickly
bilious complexion by taking Cascarets-
beauty for IL cents. All druggists. satis-
faction guaranteed 1Oc. 25o. SOC.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

It ought to be understood that there
is no substitute for the enforcement
of the law against murder. AS long as
the murderous spirit exists and is not
adequately restrained weapons will be
found with which to commit crime.
Legislation against concealed weapons
may or may not be useful, but it is
entirely inadequate. We must punish
the men who use weapons, Of whatever
kind, unlawfully.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
SPAIN HUNGRY
There's n Scarcity of Food in Nnn1
PROVING

Madrid. March 2.-There is an aD-
palling scarcity of food i'll many prov
inces of Spain. The price of wheat is
unprecidentedly high Bread riots are
of daily occurrence at Salamanca. and
it is feared that martial law will he
proclaimed.
Senor Polo Barnabe. the new
Spanish minister to the United States.
has started for Gibraltar Ell route to
New York. He is fully empowered to
continue the reciprocity negotiations.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

FITS Pe-mane"tlyCured. Motifs or rnervousness after
first days of DIR. kline's Great Nervo fsstorsr
DR. R. H. KLINE. Ltd. 93l Arch St. Phladepi,s, Pa
When Il woman tries to capture 4
wealthy husband she evidently believes
his mems will Justify her ends.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

The Jockey Club and other superior
society having rebuked the prince OF
Wales because of his loyalty to Mrs.
Langtry, the two ought to go of to-
gether and pull the wool of oblivion
over their faces, the same to remain
there for forty days and nights. We
do not say that they will do so, mark
you! for they have been hardened
against rebuke by years of contempt
for it.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

The proportion of blind people in the
world is 800 to every 100000, but If
blind pigs in Hyde Park are counted
these figures will not do.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

The fullest man in the world is not
above c-itlciSm.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
SENATOR pRocroR IN HAVANA.
His Visit Causes Mlich Excitement
Among Spaniarila.

His Visit CauHeH MNch Excitement
Among Spaniarla.
Havana. March /. - The Spanards
know that Senator Proctor, who has
just arrived here, is a close friend of
President Mckinley, and, despite his
disclaimer of a political mission they
continue to attach considerable i'm
portance to his visit at this juncture.
Some think that he has been sent here
by the president to make a report on
the situation as Mr.. Blount was sent
to- Hawaii by President Cleveland.
The Spanish, who, in the main, are is-
norant of American customs, why
former secretary of war should come
to Havana, and there are many ex-
pressions of surprise that Senator
Proctor is not in uniform instead of in
civilian dress.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
Beauty 10 Blood Deep.

Nver look a gift pipe in the mouth
piece.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS

AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We are asserting in the courts our right to tho
exclusive use OF the word 'CASTOklA, ana
"PTTCIIEIS'S CASTORIA,' as our Trade Mark.
l, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, OF Hyannis. Massachu-
setts was the originator of 'P1TCHER'S CAS-
TORIA," the same that has horne and does now
bear the fac-simile signature OF CHAS. h
FLETCHER on every wrapper. This 10 tho
original PITCHERS CASTORIA" which has
been used in the homes OF the mothers OF
America for over thirty years. Look carefully
at the wrapper and see that it 10 the kind you
have always bought, " and has the signature OF
CHAS H. FLETCHER on the Wrapper. No
one has authority from me to use my name
except Tine Ccntaur Company OF which ChsA
II. Fletcher is President
March s. 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER. u. y.
Grasshopperss in Argentina are whop-
pers, many OF them being four inches in
length.
sALZER's GRASSES AND CLOvERs.
Are warranted. They produce! We are
the largest growers in America. Low
est prices. Seed Potatoes only $1.50 per
barrel. Big farm seed catalogue with
clover and grain samples (worth $1,000
to get START sent you by the John A.
Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse Wis. upon
receipt of 1Oc and this notice. w.n.p.
An editor in Huron. Kas.. in announ-
cling the arrival of his first baby says:
1--WE wouldn't take $4,000 for him nor
pay 80 cents for another
Dealt Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lie Away.
10 quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full OF life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worier. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists. SOC. or 81. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co.. CE:cago or New York.
Pensioners are blessed with immortal
vitality. In the United States in the year
1883 there We're 303.G5S pensioners; in 1897
they had increased to J7GO14.
NO-TO-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure. makeo
weak men strong. blood pure. SOC. 81
All druggists
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

some of these steps border very close.
ly OH war, although they are regarded
as the movements just preliminary to
actual hostilities, and as amounting to
threats that force will follow If repair
alton is not made.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
ll-I1- Sapsa.
OOU 5 parilla
Is sold by all druggists. 81; six for S.
Hoods Pills floods I sarsaparilia. CSC.

The japanese postmen use bicycles
when their routes lie in the rural dis
tricts.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

UcI't I6baCc0 SPILL and SMOKE TOUT CH6 AWay.
10 quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full Of life. nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worker. that makes weak men
strong. Alldruggists. SOC. or 81. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free Address
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

No-To-Bac for Fifsy Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure. makeo
weak men strong. blood pure. SOC. 81
All druggists
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12
Americas
Greatest
M edicine

GREATEST, Because it does what al other
medicines fail to do. As an instance
of it's peculiar and unusual curative
power, consider the most insidious
disease, and the disease which taints
the blood of most people, producing
incalculable suffering to many, whtls
in otAsrs it is latent hre liable to
burst into activity and produce untold
misery on the least provocation.
ScYofula is the only ailment to
which .i.e hunsn family is subject, of
which the above sweeping statement
can honestly be made. Now, medi-
cine t!.at can meet this common enemy
of mankind and repeatedly effect the
wonderful cures Hoods Sarsaparilla
has,-clearly has the right to the title
of Americas Greatest Medicine.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

Pensioners are blessed with immortal
vitality. In the United States in the year
1883 there We're 303.65S pensioners; in 1897
they had increased to J7G,O14.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

Grasshoppers in Argentina are whop-
rers, many OF them being four inches III
length.
The Washburn leader., 1898-03-12

An editor in Huron. Kas.. in announ-
cling the arrival of his first baby says:
I'VE wouldn't take $4,000 for him. nor
pay 80 cents for another"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-16
FIRST BLAST MADE.
Visible Signs Of Progress At the Dam on the
MessaloRskee.

Half "a dozen irregular pieces of trap
rock decorated one of the desks in the
Office of the Union Gas and Electric Light
Co., yesterday, being relics OF the first
blast made at the plant of the company.
yesterday noon. The blast was made at
120s. A very few were present. these be-
ing men who are connected with the COM
pany.
The blast was made near where the
sluice way is to be. and was the first step
taken toward doing that part Of the
work. For a few days a company of men
have been at work preparing for the
work that is to be done. Their work has
been to put UP derricks and erect other
apparatus necessary for carrying on thu
work.
The arrangements for doing the work
had been carried far enough, yesterday,
for the blast to be made. Only few
were present, on account of the danger
from the flying rock. Ex-Mayor Meader
at once gathered in bits Of the flying rock.
These rocks now serve as paper weights
at his Office.