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The Virginia enterprise., 1898-09-16
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
loFF1CIAL.l

Virginia, MfEn, August l7th, 1898
At q meeting of the Trustees of School Di.-
trict No. %, St. Louis county, Minnesota,
held at the office of the clerk.
Present: Trustees Fuller. Griggs and Eat
on.
.Moved by Trustee Griggs supported ty
Trustee Fuller that tho estimate for the Nc
Martin manufacturing Co. furnished by Pal
mer Hall & Hunt for Four Hundred Dollars
be allowed and the clerk instructed to draw
al order on the treasurer for the amount.
Motion carried as follows:
Trustees Fuller, Griggs and Eaton voting
aye.
Nays none.
Moved by Trustee Fuller and supported by
Trustee Griggs that the following bills be al
lowed and the clerk instructed to draw orders
on the treasurer for the several amounts:
Virginia Enterprise, printing s. Is
The Virginian printing G
Motion carried as follows:
Trustees Fuller, Griggs and Eaton voting
aye: -'.> -
Nays none.
Moved by Trustee Fuller supported by
Trustee Griggs that the following amounts
be spread ON the tax roll for the support of
tho schools for the ensuing year as follows
Teachers wages s11,1t0 90
Rehpaairss Oh Oh School houses & etc. 600 90
For the purchase of fuel l5Oi o.
- of school furniture 500 90
of apparatus 500 90
For building & repairing outhouses $50 90
For the purchase of library books 20 %
For Interest on bonds 500 GO
. ~. Total $4,000 co
Motion carried us follows:
Trustees Fuller, Griggs and Eaton voting
aye. *5.-
Nays none.
On motion meeting adjourned.
&E@ W. II. EATON,
s. District Clerk
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Pobfeini ochrany.

PoIosina zdokonAlenSch DEL hmo2diFh po
lfebuSch MIN podstaveh bnde umist6na ,io.
zcna do vhodne posice pied ukon6enim r 1875.
DaostFeleckg odbor eni neurtGle praklick6 vy
merry, tax daIece, jak re tyto tykajl armady a
zayedeni dostaeitelne moe yoienske ocbraue
naleho pobF.z, iak 6asto nalehano hylo na nasi
ylEda obchodmctvem pfimoFskych mtst, docili
tohnto prsmtne veikeho serieni Mezi tim
vsak stAy& spbsobu obrany PRED seisi fysickou
pohromou, jiz by nikdo, kdoz stizsn jet neryos-
nosti, neb nezazvnosti, nemal mijeti; obrana "a
spoeiv6 nzvani Hos,etteroEy zaludetni hoFke,
iez vraei tonIuu nervdm zaludku a sili celf
system Leei tea ipfedehAzi mnlariekSm, led
viuoysm rcvinatiekym neduhhm yyleti hlnu-
ieakn zGcpu. Jest znamenitym dodavate EN-
cbutl lidlu a vzbuzuje zdravJ odpotinek II
~ byjl ryls6eni ukivAnim Il, nemluyi ' pochyb'
nyeh sloyech vzhledem phsohivost tohoio w
hlAsensho leku nemoci lakoz lleeiveho siitele.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1898-03-02

KR0NiKA UDAL0STl.
serif pred soudem.

We Wilkesbarrc, Pa, pokraco-
Govanb dtery We vyslechu sved-
kn pro obhajobu pfipade obza-
lovaneho scriia Martina 81 jeho
pfiruefch behem dne vyslechnu-
to nekolik panieek, jichz syede-
ctvim dokazovano byti melo ze,
stavkafi ozbrojeni chodili, ze rdz-
nc nasilnosti pachali, ze pred nj
mi vseobecny postrach panoval
BE nasililim sousedy sve k tomu
nutili, ably prhvodu k dolum okol-
MIN sc sdcastnili Nekolik jinych
svedeilo, ze stavkafi, kdyz k MIN
pfidati Sc nechteli, po mich stffleli
zc osrdny den, kdy tab ma
Lattimer podniknut kdy ku hro-
madnemu postfilenf stavkafh do
slo, zbrauG stavkafu vidGh. We
stfedu podavano svedectvf podob-
ne, co We dni pfedchazejicim, JIM
dokazovano byti melo, ze stavka-
ii rdzne nasilnosti pachali po-
koine ob6any pros;fedky nasilny-
mi do Fad svych vehnati Sc snazili
a dokonce zabitim jim vyhrozo-
vail. We etvrtek pfedvolano ne
kolik svedkn, jimiz tvrzeno, ze
bylo po mich stavkafi stfileno ze
klacky ztlu6eni byli a to jedine
proto, ponevadz odpirali dGlati to,
echo stavkafi 81 pfali. Veskere,
obhajobou uvedene svedectvf sme-
fuje k tomu, aby dokazano bylo,
ze pied stavkafi pro nasilnosti je-
jich vseobecny postrach panoval
ze tudiz serif jen povinost svou
konal, kdyz Sc zbrani ruce proti
MIN Sc postavil.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1898-03-02
DRoBNE zPRAvY.

V Reinbeck, Ia. zastfelil We
stfedu r5lcty X. Clausen dceru
sveho zamestnavatele, natez sam
samoyrazdu obesenim spachal.
Ueinil pry tax proto, ponevadz
sc domnival, ze mu zamestnava-
telem bez pfieiny ublizeno bylo.
Zvlastnf zasedani snemu illi-
noisskGho skoneeno We etyrtek.
L pfedloh, "a Geelem pfijeti jichz
svolan byl, nepfijata jedine ona,
davaifci policii chieagskou pod r.
zeni komise, guvernerem jmeno-
vane.
V Topeka, Kan, odbyvan We
stfedu a We 6tvrtek narodnf sized
maslafG, phi cemz vypsany ceny
ma nejlepsi maslo maslovny. L
500 vzorkn odnesl prvou cenu S.
Houghdal New Sweden, Min. a
druhou cenu Martin Martinson Z
Ames, La.
u Denver, Colo, oznamule
Sc, ze distriktu Grand Encamp-
ment nalezena byla bohata lozi-
ska rudy, kobalt obsahujici. Z
tuny rudy da pry Sc vyteziti "a
SI28 kobaltu, jehoz hlavne ku ho-
toveni modrych barev pouzfvano
jest.
V Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan
Illinois, Indiana a Pennsylvania
vzmaha Sc velice agitace proti
kontraktni praci vezehske nej
spfse ze otazka ia u6inena bude
jednim 2 hlavnich faktord pfi pfi-
Stitch volbach statnfch.
= We Webster City, Kan, Wy
loupena byla We stfedu V noci po-
kladna tamni spofitelne S27oo
ma hotovosti ukradeno.
Populiste statu Indiana odby
vail Gtery v indianapolis statni
konvenci, niz schvdlena posled-
nj platlorma narodnf. Mezi pfi-
jatymi resolucemi nalezala sc i
ona, pozadujfcf bezodkladne uzna-
nj neodvislosti Kuby.
V Chicagu vypatrani zatte-
nj itery Ch. Collins a ]. Water
man, ktefi as pred mesicem do IL
fadovny Texas & Southern drahy
We Phoenix, Ariz., Sc vloupali
ma $500 v hotovosti a as "a $4,000
lfstki zeleznicnich uloupili.
V Chicagu podafilo Sc ute
~ policii zatknouti znamy zlodGj
sky ttverolistek to praye po o.
loupenf Ch. Wustera Dawson,
Neb., $4,000 ma hotovosti O
$4,000 bankovnfeh poukazkach.
We Philadelphii udal sc IL
terg lomech ma 90. a Vine ul.
pfedeasny vybuch dynamltu, pfi
nemz italsti delnfci usmrceni.
Republikanska statnf konven-
ce Illinois svolana jest ma den
IA. tervna. Jelikoz ma kazdych
400 hlasu, pro McKinleyho ode
vzdanych, I delegat pfipadat bu-
de, zasedati bude konvenci vice
lax / 500 delegate.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1898-03-02
Dilo bidakl.

V Lake City, Williamsburg Co.
s. Co., spachan byl Gtery Q l..
h. ranni ten nelhroznelsf zlo6in,
jakyz kdy belochy statu onoho va
q cernochum proveden byl-- byl
totiz cernossky postmistr Baker,
pied 3 mesfci jmenovany, vypalen,
on sam decko, jez naru6f nesl,
zastfeleli a manzelka ; dcerami
postfeleny a ma do smrti zmrzaee-
ny maly hosik lehce poranen.
Lake City ma as 400 obyvateln a
okoli obydleno jest temef vyhrad-
ne cernochy. menovani Bake
rovo pfijato bylo od belochn ne
volf a kdyz zadost "a jeho sesaze-
nj vysledkem sc nesetkala, Wy
hrozovano mu rasilfm a nekolik
Gtokh nan skuteene ueineno. V
1terg 0 I. h. rannf byla budova
postoyni, nfz Baker rodinou
bydlel, zapalena kdyz ubozaci z
hoficf budovy 1tekem zachraniti
Sc chteli, bylo po mich shromazde-
nymi bfdaky poetem as 700 -
paleno a to vysledkem osud-
nym. Baker, sotva ze ku dveffm
dospel, klesnul S prostfelenou
hiavou podobne usmrceno ne
mluvne. Manzelka leho zasazena
nekolika kulemi, dvema dceram
byla ODE ramona kulemi roztfiste-
ma, tax ze odejmutf obon rukou
nutAym jest, tfeti dcera ranena
smrtelnG a maly hosfk vyvazl S
poranenfm lehkym. Mrtvoly Ba-
kera a decka uhofely pfi ohni j
veskery zasylky postovni zniceny.
Mad bidackym 6inem timto, pie
meme taste spachan3m, panuje v
okoli velke rozhofeenf obavy
jsou pied novymi vaznymi vytrz-
nostmi. kdyz bfdactvf tomto
zprava postovnim odboru do
Washingtonu d1sla, vypsana byla
bezodkladne odmena 5000 ma Wy
patranf tech, kdoz postu zapalili
a $500 ma vypatranf tech, kdoz We
vrazde 1eastenstvi NELL FARO
ven byla posta Lake City zruse-
ma.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1898-03-02
gYSE7ROVANt Y PROUDU.

setIoVdnl namofnl kotnlse spolko-
We Z nejpfednelsfch dnstojnikd va
lcGneho lodstva naseno sestavajf-
ci ma ,spolkovem paniku Man.
grove zasedaiicf, plnem proudu,
co vsak vysetfeno, zahaleno jest
dosud experimentation rouskou
nebot clenove konise
zavazan jsou k nejpfisnejsimu
mleenf. Ami mas odbor namofnf
nema prdbehu vysetfovanf po-
drobnych zprav a cekati musi do
skoneeni vysetfovani, nacez pax
podrobne zapisky s nalezem ko-
mise odboru pfedlozeny budou.
Nasledkem toho ovsem nelze do
posud zadnych ur6itych zprav o
puvodu yybuchu podati jest
dluzno obmezovati Sc ma pouhe
domnenky a vyvody, tinene to-
no, co pfi dosavadnim vnitfnfm
ohledavdnf trosek cd potapecd Sc
znano.
Y troskdch pracuji ! potapeti,
k vale6nGmu lodstvu naSemu pfi-
nalezejicf a patrani Jeiich doposud
obmezeno hlavne ma vyprostovanf
. trosek mrtvol, jakoz rdznych
cenych veci, iednotlivych kabi-
mach Sc nalGzajicich. Mrtvol wy
loveno pohfbeno bylo do dterka
celkem 81, vecf pax, jez ka-
bin 1tery vyneseny, jmenovati
dluzno hlavne stffbrny pfibor, sta
TEN Maine lodi venovany, psacf
stroj kapitand, dennf zapisky lod-
nfho lekafe, n6kolik pusek rhz-
nych zbrani. Tez znacne nabo-
ja bylo jiz vyloveno, jakoz i neko-
lik praznych skffnf cd prachu
nabolf, jez vesmes vybuchem po-
skozeny tax, DC patrnym ma Mich
Jest, ze tlak pochazel vencf ze
poskozeni nikterak vybuchem OBJ
sahu jejich spnsobeno byti memo
hlo
We stfedu pfivedeno ma svetlo
dalsf zaqazne svGdectvi, nasvedcu-
jici tomu, ze nestesti nahodilym
pracharny spIsobeno
nebot podafilo Sc potape-
cum dostatl Z potopene pffde,
niz prdve nalezalo Sc skladiste,
iehozto vybuchem die tvrzenf lfa-
du spanelskyeh nestesti spdsobeno
byti mGlo, nekolik skffnf pra-
chem, tehoz pfedem jiz, aniz by
ma vyzdyizeni trosek eekati &c mu-
selo, vyvozovano jest - to j "
kruzfch nejpovolanejsich - ze
nesfastnou nahodu Sc nejedna,
nybrz ze jedna Sc tn o zlo6in, o
ztmyslne vyhozenf valecneho par
niku naseho do povetfi, necht 81
pax to jiz bylo torredem, ci po-
moci podmofskeho podkopu.
Y americkych kruzich dfadnfch
sc vfry tomu, ze by o
tom generalnf guverner
JIM yysoce postaveni Gfadnfci
spanelsti vedomost me-
Ii, veff Sc ale tomu, ze v dabel-
skem spiknutf onom nizSf ddstoj-
i ci spanelsti podilu nell. Po-
1ezfenf toto opodstathovano jest
hlavne tou okolnosti, ze Maine
oyla prvou cizou lodi valeenou,
lterez pfedem ustanoveno bylo
nisto, ma kterem zakotviti ma a :
ak sc tvrdf, vyhlednuto mfsto
mo prave tam, kdez jeden pod
iopu Sc aalezal Pffstavni tifady
,vsem popiraji, ze by pffstavu
lavanskem jakekoliy podkopy Sc
lalezaly, lee toto poplrauf iejich
-yvracovano jest plany, jez do ru-
lou statniho odboru naseho Sc do
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1898-03-02
NovJ roman!
Pied IA. dny vychazeti pocal
v "knihovne Americke" novy, We
lice poutavy zajfmavy roman
cd proslaveneho romanopisce

franc. Ponsona du Terrail,
jehozto dfla pro svou zajimavou,
napinavou sensa6ni 6etbu vsfm
pravem mezi romany milovnym
ctenafstvem velike oblibe Sc tesi.
? Dilo toto psano jest slohem
ehkym, kazdemu srozumitelnym
] myslenky mem obsazene ode
ny jsou pfi tom zaroven rouchem
vabnym a pestrym.
V romanu tomto vylituje spiso-
vatel spdsobem mad miru zajima-
wynn ddmyslnym Izasne - ano
titanske boje mezi hlavnimi proti-
vami lidske povahy. Poctivost a
pfirozena dobrota zapasf tn da-
belskou lstf a lotrovskou ukrut-
nosti.
V rozvoji velkolepeho a dras'i-
ckymi obrazy pfebohateho deie
vystupuji pfedkem dive osoby, v
jichz veskerem jednani snazeni
, ty dive protivy spolu Sc stykaji.
Jedna z Mich, pravy to vzor
cnostne slechetne povahy, Ar
mand Kergazu, vytkla sobe "a
1lohu, ciniti skutky dobre a zlym
zabrafiovati, vynakladaiic ma TO
svdj ddmysl a sve bohatstvi bo-
jujfc neochablou vytrvalosti pro-
Il svemu protivnikovi, andreovi,
nevlastnfmu jeho bratru, vtelene-
mu to dablu, az do jeho pfemo-
zeni.
kazdy tech dvou protivnikd
kracf neodvratne "a svym 1celem,
pouzfvaje k jeho dosazeni lidi i
!. prostfedkn, jacf Sc jeho povaze
pro jeho snahy nejlepe hodf. -
Kdezto slechetny poctivec ku pro-
vadenf svych blahodejnych zame-
rd lidi dobrych poctivych "a po-
! mocnfky sobe vyhledava, volf ST
jeho protivnfk "a nastroie lidi
zvrhle, ku vsem spatnostem od-
!, hodlane kazdeho zlocinu schop-
ne, mezi temito vynika nejvice
jeden, Rocambolo, kteryz sveho
mistra pfedef koncGne CO n5eel-
MIX lotrovske handy dabelskou
i ''ychytralosti ukrutnostf hrozne
zloeiny pase.
q kratkeho nastinu vclepouta-
/ veho dfla tohoto zajiste pozna
kazdy ctenaf, ze oeekavati mono
tetbu ma nejvyse zajimavou dou-
fame proto. ze ctenafi nasi neo-
pomenou 6etby milovne sousedy
sve, kteff Knihovnu Americkou
dosud neodbfraji, ma vychazeni
70 anu tohoto upozorniti.
+ dotknouti dluzno jeste, ze
cel} roman sestava re sesti vel
kycl did nasledujfch nazvech:
l. dfl:- Move tajnosti paffzske,
aneb Tajemne dedictvi.
ii. dfl:-Klub srdcovych klukn.
III dfl:--Hfisna Turkyne.
Nv. dn: Rocambolo, galejnf otrok
v. dfl:-Rocambolo We vezenf.
vi. dn:-Provaz obesence.
Pfedplatne ma "Knihovnu Anne
rickou", vychazejfcf kazdych Ctr
nacte dnn 81. strankzch, obna-
81 pouze sr.oo roene pfedplatne
zasylano budiz pod jednoduchou
adresou:
KNIHOVNA AMERICKA,
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Parnik ut0nnI.

L Princetown, Mass, ozna-
meno We stfedu, ze anglicky par
nix Asia narazil behem pondelni
noenf boufe ma skaliska u Mantuc-
ket ze 2 muzstva, I'll citajiciho,
pouze 3 zachraniti Sc podafilo.
Nestastniknm temto podafilo Sc
kusu trosek zachytnouti toho-
to nebezpecneho postavenf sveho
teprve po "a hodinach byli muz-
stvem svetlaku Handkerchief "a
chraneni.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1898-03-02
Chystame Sc k valce.

"Neueinfm nieeho, co by zavi-
milo valku Sc Spanelskem. Do
posud nemyslfm, ze valka jest ne
zbytnou neb neodvratnou. Neko-
nal bych vsak svoji povinost, kdy-
bych Sc ma budoucnost nepfipra-
voval. Situace jest vaznou po-
litika administrace ur6ovana bude
Gas cd casu vyvinem veci. Neni
nutno boufiti lid, avsak kongres
pohotove byti musi podporovati
administered, aniz by pills mnoho
Sc ptal ma vyvin .beznych udalosti.
Slova tato promluvil We cvrtek
Mckinley k jednomu sendtoru,
k eryz S otazkou pfisel, jak ze
administrace pfipadu 'Maine'za-
chovati Sc hodla vysvfta Mich
jasne, ze vlada nase ma moznost
valky sc Spanelskem Sc pfipravu-
je tim take vysvetlovana jest IL
mnienf einost, jakaz odboru va
le6nem a namofnim v poslednfch
dnech rozvinuta byla.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1898-03-02

Frantisek Daitc, jenz dive by
HIeua sc dlel so. Omaze. kdohy mem
v6del, ,aneb on sam, ,ncchr lasknve adresn jeho
sd6lf Jas PorAk, Milton, ND. 4. Jl-3k
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1898-03-02

V Cleghorn, Mimi, zavraz-
dila We sfedu 4sleta vdova E, Will
coxova navalu sflenstvf sveho S
leteho syna6ka; ostatnfch 7 dftek
jen dtekem pied podobnym osu-
dem sc zachranilo.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1898-03-02
Pro oloupeni vIaku

zatten byl We stfedu v Kansas Ci-
ty Oh. Merritt, byvaly postovni
zfizenec zeleznieni sice obvinen
Jest 2 dtastenstvf ma oloupenf Via
ku drahy Kansas City, Pittsburg
& Gulf, kteryz noci 4. ledna te-
mef ' samotnych hranicich mesta
dvema zakuklenymi lupici zasta-
ven oloupen byl. Phi loupezi
one odeimut byl zffzenci express
nimu revolver a tyz prave zatceni
Merritta pfivodil, nebot' u nebo
nalezen a dplne stotoznen. Poll
Gle ma pry ma usvedeeni Ieho j.
nc d1kazy podobne jest pry i
spolecnfku jeho ma stope.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1898-03-02
easy Sc Iepsi.

We zprave komisafe pro delnic-
ke zalezitosti I. McDonougha,
kteraz byla pocatkem tydne sne-
mu newyorskemu pfedlozena pra-
vi Sc, ze 81 bfezna IN. r. ohlasilo
927 delnickych organizaci r42,-
67o Glenn, dne so. eeryna ozna-
milo o75 unii I5I,2o6 Glenn 80.
zafi 1909 uni Io7,454 Glenn, me-
ri nimiz bylo 57o2 zen. Dne 81.
bfezna bylo bez prace 43,63I del
niku, aneb 900 proc, dne 80.
eervna 27,37S neb 1871 proc. 80
zafi %, 80 aneb 1879 proc. V
prvnim ctvrtletf pracovali organi-
sovani delnici IS dnn, delnice 90
dnn, druhem etvrtleti muzi oo,
zeny 90 dnu. Prumerne mzdy
organisovanych delnikd prvnich
3 mesicich 1897 obnaseny pro
muze sI55.66, pro zeny SIS. 63;
' druhem ctvrtletf pro muzeSI59. :
II, pro zeny $751;. 80 konecne V
tfetim ctvrtleti pro muze sI74.4o,
pro zeny soI.8o. V statni ira.
dovne pro obstaravani prace v
New Yorku pfihlasilo Sc praci
1915 osob a as petina jich obdr-
zelo zamestnani L nabytych
zkusenostf Sc zjistilo. ze muz, kite
~ As. rok veku sveho pfekroti,
jen tezf praci nachazi. kdezto
zena staff 40 roku, nenalezne
praci jiz ami jako posluhovacka.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-17
WORK, OF THE sPANIARDs."

New York, Feb. T.-An evening paper
quotes Horatio $. Rubens, counsel for
the Cuban junta, as saying: Taking
everything into consideration, / am
firmly convinced that the tragedy i'm Ha-
vana harbor was the work of the Span
iards. II is well known that there has
been a very bitter feeling among the
Spaniards in Cuba against the Maine.
Canalejas' own paper, The Herald, has
repeatedly stated that the presence of
the Maine was a menace TO peace, and
IL was To the editor OF this paper that
De Lone wrote his famous letter. At a
bull fight in Cuba a week ago Sunday
the Spaniards openly insulted men from
the Maine. and the feeling against them
has gradually grown TO be very bitter.
1T would have been comparatively
easy TO plant torpedo under the Maine.
If any Spaniards did it they certainly
acted in connivance with the Spanish
authorities. / feel certain il was not
the work OF the Cubans. because if they
had wanted to blow anything up they
would have directed their force toward
Spanish vessels or Weyler long before
this"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-17

Rapids; Is. X. Wilbur A. Ericsson,
Sweden; John Il. White. Brooklyn: John
Heffron, Brooklyn: +. r. Holzer, New
York; william Matteson. Bay City,
Mich: III. Judson. st. Louis; w. Allen,
Brooklyn.
Lieutenant Commander r. VAIN
wright Of the Maine was half findressed
at 9:45 u. m. and was smoking in his
cabin next to that of Captain Sigsbee
when the explosion occurred and put
out the electric lights. He lit a match
and went to Captain Sigsbee's cabin.
The captain Il appears, had been thrown
from his bed, but was uninjured They
both went on deck and ordered the men
to flood $500 pounds of guncotton which
were on board. The order was carried
out, but the men never returned. Ha-
vana, however, was saved from a still
more terrible explosion. Four boats
were lowered, all manned by officers, and
one OF them was lost.
The Maine, at the time of the expIos-
ion, was at anchor about 500 yards from
the arsenal and some 200 yards from the
fioating dock.
Captain Sigspee, when interviewed
last evening by the correspondent of the
Associated Press with reference to the
cause OF the explosion, said: II cannot
yet determine the cause; but competent
investigators will decide whether the
explosion was produced from an interior
Or exterior cause. cannot say anything
until after such an investigation has
been made. / will not and cannot con-
scientiously anticipate the decision, nor
do 1 wish to make any unjust estimate
OF the reason for the disaster"
The Discussion says that fire broke
out on board the Maine at 7 80 p. M, and
that the crew were unable to extinguish
II. The first explosion is said 10 have
been caused by over 600 pounds of gun
cotton. and the subsequent explosion is
alleged to have been caused by shells
and cartridges.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-17
sIXTY-TWo SURVIVORS
Brought TO Key West From Havana
Last Night.

Last Night.
Key West Feb. 1.-THE steamer
Olivette. with 62 survivors of the Maine
on board. arrived here at 10: 80 last night,
seven and a half hours from Havana. OF
the number 20 are wounded 10 seriously
and one fatally. Company A. First ar
tillery. took possession OF the dock be-
fore the vessels arrival and kept back
the excited crowd. which included half
the population of Key West. No one
not in uniform was allowed to so on
board.
The Associated Press correspondent
say Purser Dennison fthe Olivette. who
gave the following brief account Of the
disaster: The explosion is an absolute
mystery TO everyone. 1T occurred in the
forward magazine. which is just for
ward of amidships and below the water
line. The coal bunkers are outside. but
separated by two feet of space. Ac-
cording to custom the magazine was in
spected at 8 o'clock in the evening and
the temperature found To be 40. The
magazine was locked and the keys given
to Captain Sigsbee. The men went to
their hammocks in the forward part of
the ship soon after o o'clock. The ex-
plosion occurred at $40, and hence the
awful and overwhelming loss OF life"
No one can yet give a connected ac-
count. About 10 men who were i'm the
forward part of the ship were saved,
and of these several men had their ham,
mocks slung on the loweT deck. The ex-
plosion split the big snip in two and
threw these and one marine who were
sleeping on the superstructure 40 feet
in the air and into the water. In the
magazine were 25 tons OF coarse powder
used for charging the big guns. there
being no dynamite detonating powder
nor torpedo heads, and nothing in fact
that could be exploded by conclusion.
In the main magazine aft the high ex-
plosives were stored, and this magazine
did not explode. There are no electric
wires connecting with or near the maga-
zine. 1t is not believed that the Maine
was destroyed by a torpedo underneath,
as If this were the case n hole would
have been torn I'm the bottom and the
ship would not have been riven to atoms
as was the case. The aft part of the
ship sank in three minutes. and the off,
GERS and survivors Of the crew escaped
half clothed. Pieces of the wreckage
few distance of 500 yards.
The officers, as rule. were reticent
and followed i'm line with their chief.
Sigsbee. In saying that the cause OF the
explosion could only he ascertained by
divers, but many OF the sailors were
outspoken in their declaration of BELIEF
that the explosion was a deep laid plot
OF the Spaniards. They are greatly in
censed against the Havana people, who
have shown them small courtesy who
looked upon their presence as national
affront and who have published anony-
nous circulars captioned Down with
Americans" They believe that the
authors OF such expressed and cowardly
hatred would not stop at an act OF such
vengeance as the blowing up OF the
Maine. These sailors. acquainted with
the drills. discipline and ensemble OF
Jnan-of-war. pooh-pooh the idea Of an
internsl explosion as the last thing to be
thought OF.