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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28
COURT AT KEY WEST.
investigation Probably viii Continue
There Until "Wednesday.

Key West, Fla, Feb. 27.-The members
Of the court of inquiry on the Maine
disaster arrived in this city on the light
house tender Mangrove, today, and viii
begin their work here at 10 o'clock to
morrow morning, in the federal cour
| building 1t is understood that the only
| important witness examined here vii
| be Lieut. Blandin, the officer of tht
deck when the Maine explosion oc
cured The testimony of the other sur
vivors will take only a short time. Not
withstanding reports to the contrary
| the court has not arrived at any con
| clusion as to the cause of the disaster
Capt Sampson, Capt. Chadwick anC
Lieut.. Commander Potter came ashore
this afternoon and arranged the preli-
mnary details for the session Of the
court. It is expected that the investtga-
tion here will be concluded by Wednes-
day and that the court will then return
to Havana.
To a representative of the Associated
Press Capt. Sampson said: I'VE have
finished our work in Cuba to a certain
extent. There is, as you know nothing
1 can say regarding our opinions on the
Maine disaster. All reports purportlng
to express our opinions are false"
Asked with reference to the reports
lQdl Tile 3IdlIlG y ldLG WAS COUSlQGTeu- TO
have resulted from a mine explosion,
Lieut.. Commander Mark said "These
stories amuse. OF course, l can't tell
you what we have found out so far, but
these stories-why, they amuse us i'm
mensely.'
Martin Redding, the diver, returned to
Key West on the Mangrove, today. 1t
is said that he talked too much In Hava-
ma, and had been removed in conse-
quence Rear Admiral Sicard has had
frequent conferences with Capt Samp-
son and other members Of the court Of
inquiry, at 6hc hotel, this afternoon.
He remarked tonight:
81 think they ought to get away by
Wednesday. As vet there is nothing
that can be said about their work.
In reply to a question as to the ru-
mored removal of the warshtps TO Cuba,
Admiral Sicard said: The fleet is not
moving, and l know nothing about it's
going to Cuba. Still, you know, it has
steam up, and could go anywhere if Or
dered."
He was asked it anything had hap
pened to justify the statement that the
situation was more serious today than
1t had been. He replied: "They know
at Washington about that Just how
strained our relations are with Spain,
1 am unable to say
The excitement yesterday over the ar
rival of the Cuban flibusters complete
ly eciipsed all the doings and sayings
of the court of inquiry officers. Their
quick departure prevented very much
being learned as to the expedition: but
the Cubans here are elated An expe-
dition has been in preparation to get
away from Key West for some time: but
1t will probably be delayed, as the plans
have been discovered by Spanish spies.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28
THE IDEAL SCHOOL.
Principal Abercrombie Speaks of
the Aim of the Academy.
And Tells of Its Marvellous Growth Dur
ing the Past Is Years-lts Present
Strength and Financial Needs.

The 18th annual report Of Principal
Daniel w. Ahercrombie of Worcester
Academy, made to the trustees, at their
annual meeting, Saturday, was of more
than usual interest to the friends of the
school, and is fun Of information regard
ing one of Worcesters most prosperous
and worthy educational institutions.
We print below liberal extracts:
The uniform note of achievement
and success that has come to you now
so. many years, should in no degree dull
the keenness of your delight in the
schools prosperity, nor lead you to relax
your interest in it's further development
and fuller Strengthening. 1t is differ
ent responsibility that is ours today
from the one we faced when our work
began Is years ago. We have come by
nigh Ideals and patient courage, to the
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28
ready decided that the disaster to the
Maine was the result OF an accident"
THERE WERE MINES.
So chcagoan Just Home From Havana
SAYS.

Chicago, ILL.,, saturday-John p Sher-
man, a native Chicagoan, in the EN-
ploy of large tobacco importing house,
has returned from Cuba, where he lived
for ten years.
He said today: ut is fact well
known to residents of Havana that it's
harbor was fortified with both torpedo
and submarine mines by order of Gene
raj Weyler. Early last spring Captain
General Weyler engaged the services of
Charles A. Crandal, an American tor
pedo expert, formerly a member of the
crew OF the United States ship San
Francisco, to lay out the mine and tor
pedo service of the harbor of Havana.
Crandal worked at night, and during the
time that he was in the service Of the
Spanish government he placed ten
mines and seven torpedoes in the har-
Dor.
'Crandal came to Havana in the lat
ter part of 1895, and was employed by
our firm as packer. He stated that he
had served as a marine and diver on the
United States cruiser San Francisco,
while Captain w. r. Sampson, now
president of the Maine board of in
quiry, was in command of that vessel.
''Crandal left our employ in May of
last year, and one day he came in and
told me he had entered General Wey-
ler's employ and was working on mines
and topedoes.
when General Weyler left Havana
the map showing the location of these
mines and torpedoes was transferred to
the custody of a spy, Known throughout
Havana as Captain del Pedro, who was
seen on more than one occasion on
board the battleship Maine in his ca
pacity as captain of the harbor police,
'The mines and torpedoes were con
nected with an electric firing plant in
the magazine diagQnally across the
channel from MORO Castle, and it would
have been one of the easiest things in
| the world for one of the spies to have
placed the switch and blown the Maine
out of the water.
"Weyler received in July or August a
consignment of ten large casks, which
myself saw in the custom house shed
Crandal told me these contained mines
which he claimed were to be placed on
the west side of the island to prevent fiji
| clustering When Crandal had complet-
| ed his work Of placing the mines and
| torpedoes in the harbor he was retained
| in the Spanish service, but when Gen
eral Weyler was recalled he took Gran
| dal to Madrid with him.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28
sAGAsTA SURPRISED.
scorns the Idea of Arbitration in the
Cuban Matter

Madrid, Feb. 27.-senor Sagasta, com
menting upon an alleged interview with
Prince Bismarck, in which the latter is
represented as suggesting that the Cuban
trouble should be submitted to the powers
for arbitration, expressed his astonish-
ment that such an idea could emanate
from Prince Bismarck, and declared en-
phatically that nothing but ignorance of
the question could inspire the notion that
Spain would suffer foreign intrusion or
submit to arbitration her indlsputable
rights of sovereignty"
Nobody. said the Spanish premier,
''would dare propose such an absurdity,
and the Spanish government would not
listen to or dream of such a proposal"
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The next meeting of the Worcester Phi
iatelie Association will be held at the Lin
coin House this evening at 7.45 O'Clock.
There will be an auction sale at this meet
ing.
Miss Wallberg will deliver a lecture this
afternoon a O'clock on '@Tolstoi and bis
writings at the Lorraine school, Day
building. The lecture will be free and a
affand
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28
TEN PERSONS KILLED.
Result of the Explosion in the Hall Chem
ical Laboratory

Kalamazoo. Mich, Feb. 27.-The total
number of known dead as the result of
last nights explosion in the Hall chem
ical laboratory, is ten.
The list is as follows:
George Halliday, engine driver; Pat
McHugh. pipe man; John Hastings, Jr.,
hoseman; Charles Whiting, spectator;
James Quigley, spectator; William Wag-
er fireman; L. L. Holloway. druggist
Frank Auwers, fireman; Eugene Dole,
fireman; Joseph Clifford, telephone line
man.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28
AN EPIpEMIc FEAREp.

Greenfield. Feb. 27.-Edward S. NcA-
tomly. aged q years, a car inspector for
the Fitchburg railroad, working at East
Deerfield, and going back and forth on
the trains daily to the Warner House In
Greenfield. is the third small pox patient
in town. He was taken to the past house
today. Fears are entertained that the
disease is becoming epidemic.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28
HORSE AND BUGGY STOLEN.

Patrick D. Foley who runs bakery
at 5S4 Southbridge street reported to the
officers Of Station ? Sunday night, that
his horse and buggy had been stolen
from Endicott street about 1130 o'clock.
The horse is black, recently clipped, and
was hitched to a Concord ruggy.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28
TO PRESERVE ORDER

Seattle. Wash, Feb. accompanies B
and II. 1lth infantry. U. $. A.. under
command of Col T. NJ. Anderson, sailed
today on the steamer Australia for Dyea,
Alaska. where they will be stationed to
preserve order.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28
FAIR WEATHER.

Boston, Mass, Feb. 27.-Local forecast
for Boston and vicinity for Monday; Fair;
northwest to west winds.
Washington, Feb. 27 - For New Eng
land and eastern New York: Fair; north
westerly winds.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28

STEAMER ARRIVALS.

Jesse Burkett has received orders To Join
the Cleveland base ball team March 4.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28

At New York, La Bretagne from Havre
at Queenstown, Canada from Boston.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28

Continued on eighth page.)
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-07-16

principles underlying the Declaration
of American Indepence as were their
ancestors in 1916.
They draw their entire political
faith from England, not from the hon.
est and intelligent democracy of that
country, but from its Tories, the mar,
rowest, most iDtolerant and least pro.
gressive in all Europe. They view
every question affecting the life and
prosperity of America through Brit
ish spectacles, and measure it by
British standards. They are what we
might call Americans by accident, but
Britishers by instinct and design.
Their idea of American independence
would be realized by an Anglo
American alliance. The American
eagle must no longer fix his gaze upon
the sun or sweep upon the storm
cloud over mountain or plain; they
tell us he must abandon his solitary
flight and seek shelter and protection
between the paws of the British lion.
What matters the degradation or
worse all this would entail? What
signifies it if the national bird should
be robbed of his instincts, or that
mere dunghill fowl be substituted to
his place and prerogativel Is there
not compensation for all this in the
fact that we are to be no longer plain
American citizens, like Washington,
Jefferson, Jackson or Carroll, like
Lincoln, Logan, Grant or Sheridan,
but that we are to find ourselves all
of sudden, we know not how, con-
verted into staggering, blathering
Anglo-Saxons3 Surely here is glory
enough and to spare. And what
metamorphosisl
The descendants of Scotchmen and
Welshmen and Irishmen and Ger
mans and Frenchmen, Swedes and
Italians, all, all in the twinkling of an
eye, as it we're, in response t, mere
sounding brass, casting aside the
flesh and blood which they have here
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-07-16

help in the chastisement of Spain,
England is that country.
England is much stronger power
than Spain, and the United States,
while still in boyhood, SO to speak,
whipped her twice, and now that the
United States have reached their ma
jority, what possible show has poor
old bankrupted Spain2
No, we do not need England's aid,
but she needs our aid, and is using all
the arts and Establishments her cow
ard heart can suggest to secure it..
England has not friend among the
nations of the earth. Her neighbors
in Europe are distrustful of her; they
know her to be hypocrite and a
plunderer,. whose only God is the
pound sterling and whose only code
is the bankers exchange. By her
avarice, selfishness and tyranny she
has made herself the Ishmaelite of ma
tons whose hand is against every man
and every mans hand is against her.
Her statesmen perceive and mourn
her isolation. Only recently Joseph
Chamberlain talked IN mournful tones
of England's friendless and desolate
condition, and of her great and press
ing need for an alliance with. some
first class power. He was more blunt
than polite in his statement of Eng
lands position. Here are his words:
$50 long as we THAT is England) are
without alliances it will be impossible
to preserve the independence of China
against inroads. A mutual under.
standing with one of the great powers
would save great addition to our
nay'" ~
Excellent reasons, indeed, why Mr..
Chamberlain would like to secure the
of the United States. Let us
analyze them:
First-Without such an alliance he
tells us that it will not be possible for
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-07-16

rebel army, as it was called-that fol-
lowing Washington-was made up Of
Irishmen.
1t was not, therefore, without real
son that the Continental Congress is
sued special address to the people
of Ireland in which we find the fol
lowing language:
"We are DESTROYS of the good opin.
ion of the virtuous and humane. We
are peculiarly DESTROYS of furnishing
you with the true state of our motives
and objects, the better to enable you
to judge of our conduct with accuracy
and determine the merits of the CON
troversey with impartiality and pre-
cision. Your Parliament had done
us no wrong. You had ever beer
friendly to the rights of mankind, and
we acknowledge with pleasure and
gratitude that your nation has pro-
duced patriots who have nobly dis
tinguished themselves in the cause of
humanity and America"
Every school boy knows with what
inhuman savagery England prosecuted
the war against Washington and his
followers. In violation Of all rules
of civilized warfare she armed the In
dian savages and let them loose with
out restraint or control to devastate
the hearths and homes of Americans.
She tried every means and exerted
every effort, fair and foul, to put down
the rebellion. The bride, the faggot
and the sword were employed in turn,
but fate was against her, and the
United States of America took their
place among the nations.
England, though forced to release
her tyrant grasp upon America, did
so most re,aC,antiy'iand grudgingiy.
She co1id not conceal her enmity of
the men who had Inundated her in
the eyes of the world. She continued
her war upon Americans by legisla-
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-07-16

England to preserve the independence
of China against inroads. Were SC
much cunning, hypocrisy and false
hood ever before embodied in 9
single sentence? Observe that it i.
the independence (1) of China Mr..
Chamberlain is concerned about.
Not a word about English trade OF
English interests. Such sordid con
sidera.ions are not to be named
Only the interests of the Chinese, the
independence (2) of China is to be
considered Generous England Gen
erous Chamberlain
She was not, it is true, always so
much concerned about the independ
ence of China. In 1889 the Chinese
Government found that the opium
trade was working great injury, moral
and physical, to the people of China.
Heather though it was, the Govern
ment of China determined to prohibit,
the traffic, but England objected be-
cause it affected her pocket, and when
the Chinese Government attempted
to enforce the regulation England
declared war upon China, and at the
lannon's mouth, with shot and shell,
forced the opium trade on the heather
Chinese and has maintained it to this
blessed hour. What an object lesson
this must have been to the poor, be-
nighted heathens of China, coming as
it did from the great Outstanding
and civilizing Government of England,
and is it not strange that with such
example of heroic virtue before them
fhe Chinese have not en- masse re-
n 2unced their idols and embraced the
religion or religions Of England, what
eIer they may be.
But this speculation suggests another
sqJ ally interesting and instructive.
Wol uld the English allow the Chinese
o 1,nounce their idols any more than
he'll opium, even if they were so in
,linIE d1 1t is very doubtful, for it is
iactI well known to the world that
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-07-16

ton hostile to American commerce
and claimed and exercised the RICH
of forcing citizens Of the United
States to serve in BritiS h vessels.
AT the breaking out pf the war IL
1912 hundreds of American citizens
were held in forced servics on British
ships.
In the contest that followed the
United States were again victorious
over England, and it is need less fol
me to say that Irishmen were as wei
represented in the second war las II
the first.
You remember Scanlon's lines:
"Whep Jackson fought at New Orleans
And round him stood the Jasper Greens,
You were then maiden out of teens
And can't forget the story"
England's hostility continued, howl
ever, and when the civil war broke
out in our country she saw, or thought
she saw, an opportunity to work hei
old game of divide and conquerl
That she would at least have att
tempted to enforce her policy and
would have made war upon the Fed
eral Government but for the friendly
attitude of Russia and France there
is little room to doubt.
All through the civil war England
took every means short of actual alpd
open hostilities to injure and insl bit
the flag of the Union. But in the last
few months we have been told thAt
England has experienced a great
change of heart and is now quitk
friendly to the United States, so much
SO, indeed, that nothing would please
her better than to form an alliance
with us. She is even, it has been in
willing to help us whip Spain
If we will but say the word.
True Americans can not be deceived
by such transparent humbuggery. III
there is one country in the world that
knows better than any other that the
United States does not need EngIand's
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-07-16

England has carried on thriving
business in the manufacture of idols
for the Chinese, and that the holds of
her ships carrying missionaries bound
for Pekin and Hong Kong have often
been packed at the same time with
brass gods and bibles for the poor
heathens.
1t is therefore quite probable that if
the Chinese Government had taken it
into their head to prohibit the impor.
tation of Chinese gods of British man.
ufacture they might have trouble as
great as was forced upon them when
they attempted to prohibit the impor-
tation Of British opium.
An American citizen, conscious of
the strength of our country and of the
enlightened wisdom and patriotism
which now, as in times past, inspire
those who hold in their hands the
great trust of the nations govern
ment, could afford to smile at
Chamberlain's suggestion of an
Anglo American alliance were it not
that we have among us class of
Tories and toadies who make up by
clamor what they lack in strength and
numbers, who reject the proud name
and title of Americans and delight to
call themselves Anglo Saxons, al
though most of them have not, it is
safe to say, the slightest idea of the
meaning of the term.
Although Insignificant they are
a dangerous faction.
They have, from the establishment of
the United States Government to the
present moment, constituted the
British garrison in America. They
are the political descendants of the
American Tories from whose ranks
twenty thousand traitors were secured
by King George to take up arms
against their country. They are at
heart as bitterly opposed today to the
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-07-16
History Reviewed and the
Absurdity of Alliance
Made Clear.
Patriotic, Eloquent and Wise,
It Was Received with
Great Applause.
GREAT ADDRESS GREAT OCCASION

The patriotic, eloquent and power
full address delivered by Hon. Matt
O'Doherty upon the occasion of the
annual Fourth of July celebration of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians at
Phoenix Hill Park was received with
unbounded enthusiasm, and at times
his great eloquence held the vast audi
ence spellbound. At its close he was
the recipient of one Of the grandest
ovations ever witnessed on a similar
occasion. Mr.. O'Doherty spoke as
follows:
We have gathered here to celebrate
the birthday of the grandest republic
the world has ever known.
To every American citizep/worthy
of the name this is the day of days.
'~sssssmsmoies csis rap. -5winas
love it inspires. What gratitude it
should call forth
Lexington, Bunker Hill, Concord,
Valley Forge, Yorktown and a hun
dred other battlefields, sacred to free
dom, consecrated by the blood of
martyrs, teach lessons of sacrifice,
trial and heroism which challenge and
have received the admiration of the
world.
Looking back gratefully and wist
fully through the mists of the years
that have rolled by since that Magma
Charta of human rights, the Declare
ton of American Independence, FIRST
offended the startled ears of British
tyrants, to the great characters who
participated in the struggle which
was destined by heavens decree to
give it force and life, we see many
whose devotion and heroism win our
love and esteem; indeed whole host
of patriots, soldiers and statesmen
arise like stars in the armament of our
vision and we instinctiyely bow in
reverence before the virtue which in
spired and the bravery which marked
their action; but among them all, yet
above them all, shining in native
splendor, with luster far excelling
that of all others, our eyes rest upon
the Father of his country, the very
sun of the revolution without the light
and heat of whose beams it must have
persisted in an ocean of blood, the
ever glorious and immortal Washing
ton
Next to him and forming with him
strange but pleasing contrast there
arises before us man inspired with
a love of justice and of human free
dom as pure and sublime as ever at
tested the divine origin of immortal
destiny of the human soul, a gallant
son of La Belle France, the brave and
generous Lafayette, without whose
timely aid it is feared that Washing
ton, with all his bravery and ability,
would have shared the unfortunate
fate of the no less gifted Robert EN-
nett. There can be no doubt that
the American Revolution was among
the most important if not itself the
most important political event in the
history of the world. Washington
and his associates represented the
cause of liberty and progress for the
whole human race, but no more GER
ainly than England represented then, y
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