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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-16
Daily Horoscope Diawn bv Ajacchus
The Tribune Astroioger.

Astrolabe Cast: 5.O4 a. m., for Wedncs.
day. February 16. 1898.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-16

All finer numbers in proportion.
Special prices on Towels (For this
Sale).
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-03
MOST CLOSELY GUARDED,
The Court Of Inquiry Holds It's Findings with
tenacious Grip.

Key West Fla March 1.-The nued
States naval court OF inquiry ihto tlc loss
of the battleship Maine resumed us sos
sious here at 10 O'Clock this morning. Zen
more enlisted men were examined by tn"
fun board and Commander Forsyth" the
first witness not on the list Of tn" crew
of the Maine. was called and 1t Is under
stood gave tcstimoncy regarding Tho coal
ing of the battlship ut the navy yard
here
The torpedo boat Ericsson left here,
this morning, with mail matter Tor ne
fleet 1T Tortugas. She is expected back.
this afternoon.
The fact Is becoming more evident rs
the days pass that any information direct
from members of the nited States court
Of inquiry into the loss Of the hattl"shtp
Maine ana from those appearing before
IL is most closely guarded ana that, prac-
ticallN nothing of tn" testimony presenter
to the court has been disclosed. The rr-
StriCIiOuS are SO severe that the com
muncations between naval men VINO
have been before the court have been
before the court have been most guarded.
Naval officers at this station who are
moi connected with the court, express the
guarded view that Very it'll" testimony
has Yet been heard tending 70 show that
Tho explosion WAS the result ot con-
SpilJcY. or as to the exact cau-rS ~ the
disaster.
The court Of inquiry convened shortly
after , O'Clock and went out I" the BAR
racks whvr. All the survivors IF the
Main" were mustered The men were
asked ii they had any chrageS or further
statements To make. Not a word cam"
from tn. ranks and after a whispered
consultation Tho work Of the court of in
quifN III Key West came Ia an md.
Ihc ~'Up@raph"rS kept busy during tn"
rest of The afternoon aud caught up with
their notes ot the testimony. The pro-
c,vdjn,~ mt the barracks lasted about one
hour and were conducted with great phi
H3U.N. Judge Advocate Mark, in rerly ia
5l inquiry. said that So far a~ ne knew
. .t. lt.t1 ~, tt,f X ..t
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SHIPPING NEWS.
Maine Ports.

BOOTHEAY-March . ar. schs Henry
Wilmington. Portsmouth: Dreadnaught.
Portland; Ripley. Rockport for Boston:
Diadem, do for do: l. \ Paine, Deer Is
lana for Portland.
Sid. schs John j. Hanson, Washington:
Harry l.. Wilton, New York. Annie r
Cnnlon. Philadelphia John Francis. Cam
den. \ J { NJ Gilmore. Portland; r l.
kenney Rockland: Catalina do.
BELFAST-March >. sid. schs Maria
Webster and Jennie Howard Rockland.
ROCkLAND-March .. ar, br Caroline
Gray. Locke Portland: sch Mnetta,
Webster Searsport
SID, schs Island City. Nelson. New
York.
PORTLAND-March >. ar, sim Man
hatan, New York: sch Nellie 7 Sawyer.
Willard. Haggctts Cove for New York
John Perry, Rockland for do.
ca. sim Arcadia. Peitsch, Hamburg.
SD sch Augustus. Palmer Louisburg,
G. 3 stms Numidian. Liverpool: Carvana,
London; EScalona, Leith.
81 CkSPORT-March >. ar, sch Irving
Leslie Boston.
Observation-Disclosures ., sid sch Game
Cock. Belfast.
CALATS-March ,. ar. schs Clara Jane,
Portland; Addic Sawyer Boothbdv.
EASTPORT-March >. ar. sch VenIla,
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eulogY on the country editor He is
faithful To- the people as the needle To the
pole" he said. in the momentous cam
paign of 1895 when vast majority of
Democratic metropolitan newspapers
baselessly deserted their colorS and went
into the camp of the enemy, the country
WtcklicS with rare exceptions stood by
the cause of Bryan. Democracy and hu-
manity with unshaken fidelity. superb
courage and commemorative self abnega-
ton. thereby indicating the patriotism.
wisdom ana Independence of the Ameri-
can press. Upon this same country cdi-
tor W" must depend largely for honest
COURAGEOUS, patriotic press service in the
campaign now pending as Well as that of
1900 ana surely upon the Democratic side
OF the House we would be acting with
unWisdom to deprive him of any of his
prerogatiVeS. The Loud bill might not
unjustly he entitled an act to diminish
the supply of anti-F epublican campaign
literature Then it would be true to
name. Republicans having nine-t"nths
of the great metropolitan papers may lind
some reason for supporting measure"
which VIII SQu"lch tn" country Wceklics
hut certainly Democrats, PopuistS and
Free Silver Republicans cannot afford to
do so until they are meditatinS political
suicide.
Len,z. Dem. Ohio. in opposing the bill
declared that the deficiency in the postal
revenues was du" TO tn" fact that the
railroads were paid rNtrHNaGHut rates
for the transportation of the mails. The
other speakers were Erumwrl. Rep.
ohio. ana Ogden. DEM. la. in favor of
the bill aud Brown, Rep, Ohio. in pppo-
stint to it.
Gri%gs. Dem. Ga. gave notice of an
amendment to tho amendment of which
Loud gave notice. Yesterday. providing
THAI newspapers ana periodicals should
haVt tin" right to send out sample copies
at pound rates to the number of 1900
copies. AT 20 = NJ. thu House ad-
iDilrncI
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HAVANA IS QUIET.
No Bodies Recovered Wednes day-Many Of
Sailors Blown 10 Pieces.

Havana March Til" city is quirt,
today, though the public and private
greetings 10 the Spanish cruiser. which
arrived here yesterday evening. have
not lessened in fcrYor. The divers ar.
working hard upon the wreck Of the
Maine 1t is feared that many Of the
dead were blown to pieces which would
account for the failure 10 find their
bodies where expected. This however.
cannot be true OF Lieut. Jenkins and it
is hoped his body will be recovered.
Senator Proctor has gone to Mantan-
zas, where he will spend the day. He
was accompanied by Miss Clara Bar
ton and Mrs Ward The trip can east
ly be made in one day. and S hours may
be spent in Mantanzas.
Nine male passengers arrived here,
today. from the United States. on board
the Mascot. Among them was Mr. y.
Butler Duncan of the naval reserve Of
New York.
The Wrecking tug /. J. Merritt of the
Merritt Il Chapman Wrecking and
Dredging Co., commanded by Capt. ID.
y. WcScott. arrived here from New
York, this morning. and later in the
day she moved a barge near the Wrec.;
and commenced work Fred j. Sharp
is here in charge for the company.
The Merritt is d powerful boat. hut
another ard bigger tug is shortly ex-
pccted here. The Right Arm viii prob
ably remain as long as she can he use.
full. The .Wrecking Co. expects. from
now on, to keep four expert divers at
work.
The Spanish divers We're at work
about the wreck, today, and it is I'M
derstood they Will report to the Span
ISL board appointed to inquire into tn
cause of the disaster. Capt. PcraI is,
the president of the Spanish board of
inquiry
No bodies have thus far been found.
today, and there are no prospects of
any being recovered before night. Il
is reported that Capt. SigSbep does not
expect to find any of the dead in the
zone of the explosion. But he still be-
lieves bodies will be recovered from
portions of the wreck as the divers re-
move the debris The divers who are
working steadily forward are enc0in-
tering continual difficulties and il is
certain that the new tugs. additions
men and complete apparatus viii has
ten the work of salvage.
The officers Of the NizcaNa paid ct.l,
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EVIDENCE FOR DEFENCE.
Sheriff Martin and friends Explaining the
Shooting Of Strikers at Lattimer.

Wikesbarre Pa, March when court
opened this morning, for the continuation
of the trial Of Sheriff Martin and his dep
utios for the shooting Of the strikers al
| Latt timer. Sept 10. Sheriff Martin again
| took the stand ANA his cross-cxamination
was resumed. The main point established
WAS that the witness denied making tho
remark after the shooting, that he had
merely taken II hand in tn" matter "as
| plain james Martin, and not ar the shcr-
! if of LuZcrnt county"
Samuel Price, n contractor ana commits
! sion merchant of iiaZclton, testified that
he was Sheriff Martins chief deputy dur
| ing the week. He told about the sheriff
giving All the deputies explicit orders to
| keep cool and not get excited, 10 protect
| property and maintain peace. He also
told them that they were not 70 shoot
unless for Srlf-prot"cttpn. The witness
| rprroborated Sheriff Martins testimony
from the time the deputies went on duty
at > o'clock, Sept. I, until the deputies
formed in line at Lattimcr.
The witness then gave Il straightfor-
ward account of the scene Of the shoot =
ing. He was standing in an alley to the
left of the line Of deputies. and saw the
sheriff halt the strikers. Then moment
later the strikers surged around the shcr-
if and began 70 jostlc and shove him u
the side Of the road.
He saw a striker IN the rear Of The dep
utics pointing a revolver at Linn. The
witness threw himself on tho ground ana
he heard the shot whistle over his head
He heard the strikers yell and the next
instant the vollcy was fired from about
the center of the line Of deputies
Ario Par lee Piatt Of Hazleton. manager
of the Pardec department store. who was
on" OF tn" deputies. told how the property
owners in liazclton and vincinity APP
pointed special Watchmcn to guard their
properties at night from the riotous mob
of strikers and how they purchased 100
Springfield rifles and brrech loading Shot
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Well. Have They Seen the Wreck?

london, March e Commenting upon
the i"ttrr written by Edward James
Reed, formerly chief of construction Of
the British navy, which appeared in the
times. yesterday. expressing the opinion
that the hattlcship Maine could be tloatcl
far 1.-THE Of her cost. MessrS. Clark and
Standhold. the designers of the floating
dock recently sent To Havana for the
Spanish government. have written to the
Times saying that the dock is perfectly
capable Of dealing with the Maine. even
in the wateroggcd state il would be in
when first raised" Continuing. Messrs.
Clark and Stan,lneld SAY; Lifting the
ship. therefore. reduces itself merely to
question Of placing collision mats over
the rents in the bottom and Il temporary
timber and canvas bulwarli raised above
the decks, sufficient to keep out the water
while towing her across the harbOr to
III" place where the dock is moOred.
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monial visits. this morning, to Admiral
Manterola and Captain General Blanco.
Crowds of people viewed the cruiser
from the points of vantage ashore ana
those who are permitted to do so go on
board.
The barge brought with the Wrecking
tug !. J. Merritt is proving of great
value in carrying away debris and in
the course of a few days much of the
wreck above water will be removed.
No bodies were found. today, and there
was no salvage Of any value.
Senator Proctor and his party re-
turned to the city, this evening, after
spending the day at Mantanzas. where
they were shown every attention by
United States Consul Bricc. The mem
hers Of the party expressed the deepest
sympathy for the suffering cubanS, Of
whom they saw many.
About 10 or T. miles out of Havana,
the train ran slowly because the in
surgents had cut the wires and Sena-
tor Proctor, on his return was told that
there had been a small skirmish not
many miles from the line. in which ave
or six men had been wounded.
Gen. Vidal DucaSse, second IN COM
mand of the insurgents in the province
Of Pinar del Rio, who was wounded In
the head during the recent engagement
near Candelaria with the Spanish UNI
der Col. Bilbas, has succumbed 70 his
injuries. His body was buried near
TacotaCo. province Of Pinar del Rio.
Last night. heavy explosions of dyna-
mite were heard near by The amount
of damage has not yet been asccr-
;aiDp1
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Proverbs Social.

AT a proverbs social" the guests are
seated in a circle and one is selected
10 write down each proverb as given
Beginning with any person, a familiar
proverb is repeated. the one at tn -ir
right giving another thus going around
the circle Gf players. Failing to give
one promptly in turn or 10 repeat one
already given, the player fOrfeits his
place in the game. The contest goes
on until between a few and finally
dWindles down 10 tWo players who %
their best TO defeat each other, the
winner taking first prize. There is a
charm about this entertainment intro
ducing as it does the clever and quaint
proverbs of different nations and i'm
pressing them upon the memory as apt
and forcible for future use
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A GOOD BEGINNING
Winthrop's Leading Newspaper Tells Of a
New Business in That Place.

The Maxim Chemical Co.. seems to be
getting into the swing of business very
Well indeed. No great stir is being made
that is to say they have not rushed into
business with u great sound of trumpets
but are bringing their remedy before the
public in quiet serious way. and the
public has already begun to respond with
orders Tor the medicine the secret of
tHG whole thing seems TO he that Mr.
Samuel Maxim has really discovered
something remarkable in the way OF a
cure for dyspepsia. Winthrop Banner.
The foregoing relates to what Mr. Sam
uel Maxim regards As by far his greatest
discovery. Mr. Maxim is Il brother of
Hiram Maxim the famous inventor. and
in him. also. the inventive genius of the
family is fully developed. It is sure
cure for dyspepsia. BY it Mr. Maxim has
cured himself. Send - cents for sample
box to Maxim Chemical Co. Winthrop.
Me.
naech 3dlt
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Bound for the klondike.

New Haven. March a party of Il
men started from this city, today, Oh u
journey across the continent to seek
their fortune in the Alaskan gold fields.
1t was made UP Of those who feared t.
round the Horn on the pilot boat Negus
which sailed from this port, several
weeks ago. They plan to join the orig
inal party at San Francisco. Their
was a large crowd of relatives and
friends at the depot To see the Klon-
dikers OF. Two Of the members came
from Hartford and few We're FROM
Meri1en.
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Governor LoWdnes of Maryland

Governor LoWdnes of Maryland
Wednesday. affixed his signature to the
bill changing the name of the Sheppard
Asylum for the Insane to the Sheppard
EnOch Pratt Asylum. in consequence
Of which the residue of Mr.. Pratts
estate. amounting to about 81. 800, 009
will go tn the institution named \
vigorous effort was made TO defeat the
Dill in the House Of Delegates ana fail
ing in that to induce the Governor to
withhold his signature. The Governor
also signed the Crothers anti-racinG
bill, " hich is designed 10 put a stop to
horse racing in Cecil county. where the
iron Hill. Barks,lale and EIliton racing
tracks are located.
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TIE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Pass Resolution Deploring toss OF Maine and
Affirming Their Patriotism.

New Haven. a., March 2.-rhr national
council Of me knights Of columbus,
which convened IN annual session at the
headquarters i'm this city. finished its
iIbots, this afternoon. and adjourned nm
til next June. when Il special s. ssion Will
he held, for the express purpose Of con-
sidrriug tin" proposed amendments to the
constitution.
A. the +, sult Of the deliberations of last
nights session, il was decided. today.
that the election Of a successor to the Re-
ccnty deceased supreme knight, jam,
l.. Hayes of Charlesiown. Mass. Ia, de-
t"rr"a until the regular meeting in March
Of next year and that Deputy supreme
Knight J. j, con" Of Jersey City. act rs
supreme knight for thu remainder Of the
term.
Directors Of the national council were
chosen rs follows: Philip Il. Hendrick.
Taftville, CT. l.. r. lIcrnc. South FRAN
ingham, Mass. j. w. Carnes, Providence.
X. j.; VIM. o Brien. Baltimore. James A.
Fltherty, Ihiladrlphia Pa; 7. f. kir-
nan. Chicago; J. +. Crowley, Bangor,
Me: G. y. Weber. BROOKLYN. \. y. ID.
W. Kenny. Holyolle. Mass: J. J. Delaney.
New York: John J. Cone. Jersey city; j.
+. Mcconnell. Fitchburs, Mass.
The committee appointed drafted the
following resolution of sorrow because
Of til" loss Of the cruiser Maine and her
crew: The Knights of Columbus in ma
uonal convention assembled, i'm common
with our fellow citizens throughout our
country. deeply deporc the destruction
Of the Maine. The men ana officers Of
that grand vessel We're true types of the
American sailor. Their chaplain is Il no.
Bile and heroic priest of our church. We
commend the souls of the lost tn the
mercy of God. We pray that the horror
of war may be avoided. but that i'm the
hour of need our creed will only be Il fur
thor incentive to our patriotiSm.
The convention was the most notable
one in the history Of the order. Three
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FLOATING NINE
Continued from page ~

trbution where they will do the mos'
good Although the mission assigned
to the warshipS VIII take them botl
within short distance of Havana.
it is said that neither vessel Will visit
/ the Cuban capital.
TO remove thtc impression that had
gotten abroad to the effect that the
! relations between the navy department
! and the House naval committee were
not harmonious. Secretary Long, this
afternoon, said: congressman Bou
telle mas been misunderstood. The
congressman, who is one Of tn" most
patriotic men in the world. is always
ready to do everything that can y"
/ done for the navy. In his annual re-
port. the secretary RECOMMENDED that
+ 1900 men be added to the enlisted force
/ on account of the increase in the mum
! her in ships. The naval committee 81
/ which Mr.. Boutellr is chairman, has
already decided to grant this increase
in the regular naval appropriation bill
: Meantime if there should be any i'm
/ mediate necessity for more men. the
/ same committee and Mr.. Boutelle as
| it's chairman, are ready to make pro
| vision to that effect at once.
\ cablcgram came from Cen Lee dur
/ ing tn" day to the state department, pl'
| it made no reference to the Maine ai1alr,
being devoted to the periodical statement
OF the amount of tobacco that is being
| shipped from cuba to the lhited States
! ports, thus giving evidence 81 the actudi
/ removal of the EXPORT prohibition decree.
/ The telegram was as follows: "Filler to-
| hacco Feb 26 - bales Tampa: -. Key
| West: IA. Chicago: 10. Milwaukee,: Feb.
/ ~ 2~i Nov York
| cautain Chester. commanding the South
| ,,,nriran eouadron was also heard from.
/ his ga hIpnra,, relating to the docking Of
] ~. ,r,,,t,na, tastiun now III Port of
/ ,,,anrn tn department has sent him
/ mo necessary authorization ana tho ship
| viii .ro INFO thc dry dock there.
! :, n,,nau,I,.r for th. monitor NIantn-
/ ,,r,,,h m'hi''h vas ordered INTO commits
Slow Nos,nr,I.,v was selected. TO-DAY. i'm
,n ,e.,, f Gam Mortimer Johnson
~ ~ ~" ,,,l.,,t IN, waiting orders Sc
"ti' = - ~ ~. ~, ,r;..,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,
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The committee on counties of the
Massachusetts Legislature has voted 20
report resolve for the payment Of
$1,000 out of the treasury of Middlesex
county to Charles Sweetser of Chelms-
ford, who was buncoed out of that SIM
by John Reed The payment is 10
come from the money put up bv Reed
as bail. There are four dissentars on
the report
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mcnt at the ordnance department in the
navy yard at Brooklyn. today. Com
mandcr Swift. who has charge of the de-
partment received instructions from
Washington to forward the supplies as
soon as possible to Key West. whence
they will be distributed among the
United States war vessels now in that
ncit.hborhood Commander Swift said
that The consignment was not AN unuSu-
alIy large one Many of the projcctiles
were for guns Of large calibre.
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Relief Tor the Rcconcentrados.

Washington. March 2.-Secrctary Long
has decided 10 send u naval vessel TO
Cuba at once with 10 or - tons of proVt-
sions for the relief of the suffering recon-
crntrados The vessel will go to Matan-
zas or Santiago. 1t is said an emergency
exists that makes ii necessary to dis
patch provisions at one in order to sue
cor The starving. The vessel to be sent
will be selected this afternoon.
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Think We Will Admit II.

Ma rid March THE Spanish govern
ment. Monday, received a report from the
Spanish authorities at Havana. saving
that the explosion which wrecked the
Main" was due To internal causes and
adding that it was believed that the
United States. will admit this without
reservation of any kind"
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Santa Cruz Powder Works Busy.

Santa cruz, Cal. March AT the
powder works here men are busy night
and day. -Four new presses have just
been received for the manufacture Of
smokcless powder. The capacity of the
works is two and a half tons of govern
ment powder daily, am nine tons of black
powder
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Maine Pensions.

Washington. March The following
pension changes ar" announced:
Original, Albert \. Roberts. Turner IS;
John McFall. soldiers Home. kcnncbec,
s. Additional Especial Feb. l9. Eli
Busha Forl Kent $ 10 81 Increase,
Samuel r. Stevens, Monroe. $l0 to $12.
Mexican war survivors, increase. Samuel
Cone. SkoUhcgan. 81 to Sl2
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All Quiet al Havana.

Key West Fla. March Capt. Han
Ion o: Iii" steamer Mascotte. which ar
rived from Havana. tonight, says that
when tn" vessel left Havana there were
no signs Of impcn ling riot or anti-Ameri-
can demonstrations EcvrythiuE was nor
mailN uuiot