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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-29
THE MAINE.

opened; and after the destruction Of
tie Maine the keys were found in their
proper place in the captains cabin,
everything having been reported Sc.
cure that V at S p. m.
The temperatures Of the magazines
and shell rooms We're taken daily and
reported. The only magazine which
had an undue amount of heat was the
after lO.inch magazine and that did
not explode at the time the Maine was
destroyed. The torpedo war heads
were all stored in the after part Of the
ship under the ward room and neither
caused nor participated in the dcstruo.
ton of the Maine.
The gun cotton primers and deton.
aters were stored in the cabin aft and
remote from the scene OF the explosion.
The waste was carefully looked after
on board the Maine to obviate danger.
Special orders in regard to this had
been given by the commanding officer.
Varnishes, dryers, alcohol and other
combustiles of this nature were slowed
on or above the main deck and could
not have had anything to do with the
destruction of the Maine.
The medical stores were slowed aft
under the ward oOm and remote from
the zone of the explosion.
No dangerous stores OF any kind were
slowed below in any Of the other store
rooms.
The coal bunkers were inspected. OF
those bunkers adjoining the forward
magazines and shell rooms, four were
empty, namely B3, B4, B5, BIG. "A15"
had been in use that day, and "Al8"
was full of New River coal. This coal
had been carefully inspected before re-
ceiving it on board. The bunker in
which it was slowed was accessible on
three sides at all times and the fourth
side at this time on account of bunkers
s'B4' and ''B6' being empty. This
bunker "Al6" had been inspected that
day by the engineer officer on duty.
The fire alarms in the bunkers were
in working order, and there had never
been a case of spontaneous combustion
Of coal on board the Maine.
The two after boilers Of the ship were
in use at the time Of the disaster. but
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-29
ENSIGN POWELSON'S TESTIMONY
What He Saw For Himself and What tn.
Divers Told Him.

Ensign ". y. I. PowplSon was called
the third day of the court. iIc testified
that he had been present on the Naiu,
every day from the arrival Of the boa,
Fern, and during ii great deal of TN,
diving. He first gave IA technical drscrir.
ton Of the condition Of the wreck -.
nearly accurate rs possible from his owu
observations.
Ensign powelson then asked if N,
court meant for him TO say anythjn,
about what the divers reported or ms,
that he saw.
Inc Jlugt auVocatc replied that y,
would like to have him state any jmnnr
tant discoveries which might lead IN,
court to draw solnc conclusion AS Ia IN,
cause ana II Il diver gave such infornn
ton 70 state the divers name. Before ia.
ing 5" the judge advocate asked witness
1" state II IN" forward and after part OF
'he snip were IN line. Ensign powclson
replied That as TAR as h" could Judge they
were not. The end where the explosion
occurred seemed to be pushed from nort
L" starboard from five to ten degrees bo
should Judge, with the apex to the st,r,
board. The divers reported To wi,p,,s
that at Il point where the !O-inch ,h,,,
room should be they discovered ,o.inch
shells regularly arranged but the sbiu
had sunk down SO much that some of ,hn,
shells were in the mud.
runner Morgan reported that in v,lk
ing on the bottom h. fell into n hol. an.
the port side and went down in the mud
nc also reported that, rs far as he cnrlJ
judge, everything seemed to be bent ~.
Waru IN the vicinity of this hole. n. oli,
reported that the plates seemed IN h,,n
been pushed over to the stnrbn,r ri 49,,
then bent down.
Ensign Powelson then said tb,t ,c;,.h
po""or 'ahk mat he saw appeared to h.
IN empty tank broken by the explosion
"s IL was not badly dcnted and mcrcl,.
ripped the length Of the seam. A lnincI
tank was badly battered out Of ,nv nv
tcivable shape. NY on
continuing, witness said the divers -,
10 the night before he was then nm ~,
stand had not been on the outsid. ,r ~
shlp. The mud was too dccp FOR ,bn,,, ~,
walk on the bottom. '''' :"
"hat IS the condition Of the s,arl,,r
1urret: the witness was asked
10 my knowledge it has ~, 49,.
FOUND, sir. was the reply. wv"
ne understood something hnd ho.,
Iound under the place where ,h. ,.a
formerly was, but its exact ch, r,.,... ~,
not be n determined. ~"
What impression is nrod,o.
your mind by the reports sn f,r "p''
have quoted them?'' Ensi,, p yo"
was asked. i'"cis"h
''''''s alone orfron the appear.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-29
SIGSBEE'S TESTIMONY.
Commander Of the Maine Tells What n,
Knows Of tho DiSaatcr.

~OsliuianueT > Sno "A"ihe AeiIS What liz
Knows Of the Disaster.
Captain Sigsbec, in testifying before the
court of inquiry which convened in the
harbor Of Havana, Monday, Feb. q. said
that he assumed command of the Maine
on April 10, 1897, and that his ship arrived
in the harbor of Havana the last time
Jan. IS, 1898. The authorities at Havana
knew Of tho Names coming, Consul Gen.
eral Lee having informed the authorities
according to official custom. He took in
the pilot sent bv the captain of the mort If
Havana and the ship was bcrthcd in the
mAn-of-war anchorage off the Machine
or the Shears, and according to his under.
standing, was one Of the regular buoys
6f the place. He then stated that he hnd
been in Havana in 1872, and again in Isos
He could not state whether the Maine
was placed in the usual berth for men of
war, cut said that he had heard enorEs
since the explosion, using Captain Stcv.
ems temporarily in charge of the Worl
liner City of Washington. authority for.
the statement that he had never known in
all his experience, which covers visits :,
Havana for five or six years, n vessel of
wal to be anchored at that buoy that he
had rarely known merchant vessels To h.
there. and that it was the le,st
used buoy in the harbor. In descrihir,
the surroundings when first mnnro5
10 thls buoy, Captain Sipsbcc
stated that the Spanish man.
0f-war Alfonso XIII was moo,.d
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STILL HOPE lFOR PEACE
Progress Reported in Negotiation, NJ.
the Spaniards.

the Spaniards. /
WASHINGTON. March 29.-Thc Il
velopmeuts of the day in the Crh,J
situation indicate steady progress ]
the negotiations between the royarrl
ment and that of Spain lookin. l., I'D
maintenance Of peace for the rrr>anl
at least. There Is good AUTHORITY , !
saying that Spa!n's present wish Is N
secure a cession Of hostilitics III CnfI
rather than to engage in a war wi,I
the United States. and that il is mo,l
than probable that the negotiations bal
tween the government, OF the United
States and the Sasasta ministry VII
take that turn III the immediate ipl
ture. The present Spanish ministry
has protested 4 pacific disposition ,rod
the beginning. and tho indication, arl
strong now that IT will avail Itself y
the good offices Of the United States ID
the fullest extent that public opu.od
in Spain Will allow III brlngin, 10 ad
end the hostilities III Cuba.
Mus. BE satisfactory to tulau.
1t can be stated upon high au'hor!t1
that there has been no abatement i
the presidents intention to see that nd
war is terminated. when II Is closed
upon terms that Viii render the Cuban{
practically Il free people. 1T not u
lleved That they would accept anything
less, nor hat Americans would L" al
lsiicd II we should encourage a ,elt.i
mcnt, that would not be acceptable 4
the Cubans. Ii there should now 4
an aImisticc il would be with the COM
cession made by Spain at the lnsianc}
Of tins country that negotiation
should be opened Immediately With IN
insurgents looking to the establishment
OF permanent peace upon iAes
terms.
The friends of the administering
feel that the situation is a very dfllca'Y
one and that much will depend uio7
the course congress may pursue. Y
the meantime the president VII!
Wednesday send his messaSe asA1A1
that an appropriation be mad ioF ~
aid OF the destitute Cubans.
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DECIDE THE NAMES FAlb
Captain Chadwick viii Settle the =
ton Of Further Wrecking N"r".

Captain Chadw wick viii Settle the ="
ton Of Further Wrecking N"r".
KEY WEST. Fla, March :" ~
learned that Captain Chadwich % -
New York has sailed on the BacNe y
Havana. His mission there, II i Son
is to confer with Lieutenant a
mander Wainwright and to " N
whether further wrecking work Oh '
Maine will be of any use. "a,
The harbor once more presents "1
like appearance. The Marpie' 'u
Montgomery. Detroit, Nash'ii'o' q
clnnati. Castine. Wilmington an" ,h,l
torpedo boats lie close in shore W." n
she Indiana and New York loom *
six miles out. The Montgomery
pected to go north shortly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-29
SENT TOCONCRESS
President Transmits the Report
OF the Maine Board Of
Inquiry,
Accompanying 1t With a Formal
Message Without Recon-
mendatiOnS.
The Maine Destroyed by a Mine.
Over Which She Had Been
Anchored.
Not in Any Respect Due to
Fault or Negligence Of
the Crew.

WASHINGTON, March 2a.-EXcept on
the occasion of the Inauguration of a
president, no such crowds as surged
through the corridors and stormed the
galleries for admission have been seen
at the Capitol in a quarter of a century.
Public interest in the findings Of the
board of Inquiry appointed to investi.
gate the disaster which SEN one Of
Uncle Sans noblest vessels to the bot
tom of Havana harbor and sacrificed
the lives of 2G0 brave American
sailors. was at white heat. At day.
light people We're already seeking
entrance to the Capitol and hours
before noon, when the house convened,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-29
WOODFORD DESIRES PEACE
Has Worked in That Direction ~
Since Ills Appointment.

since lis Appointment.
MADRID. March 29.-El Epoea pTlh'
in Spanish and English the iolIowi''
"full authorized statement hy N"e'
States Minister Woodford: "My on
clal position iorbids my saying 'H'
thing about tho diplomatic duties Gu
trusted to my care. The lre''''1A
desires peace between Spain ana ~
United States and peace III Cuba. L'v1
since l was accredited, l have "o'A''
by his direction and under his guldaH'
for peace and ! shall SO work 50 'o''
as l am accredited. :,
IL have been q soldier and kno" :"
horrors Of war and today as away
pray that peace may continue ba'"'',
the land Of COLUMBUS and the !""' :
Washington"
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Have Boon Idle For Four i'"'

KELLOGG. w. Va, March - II
stated on trustworthy authof"3 i,
tho Phoenix powder mills mere ii :
have been idle for four years "n,d,
sumo at once on account OF a DIX
from tho United States g%overnh'o"'
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-29
AuatrlA WI Sail to kpnln.

BERLIN, March 29.-The Nieha" mi
respondent Of the Frankfort A,,oep(
says the Austro.H Hungarian govern wI}
10 negotiating for the sale OF"
vessel to Spain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-17
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

The Topeka Dramatic club will soon put
on farce.
The -Arion society gave its opening ball
Saturday night.
Winter seems to have stolen march on
fall this season.
The Ice man did not make his usual calls
this morning.
The Committee of Fifteen deficit has
been reduced to $175.
This sort of a day makes one think of
Christmas presents
Weather Observer T. B. Jennings has
returned from Omaha
The telegraph and telephone Hnemen
have been busy all day.
The man who wears the straw hat just
had to give it up today.
Marshans band is making arrangements
for the annual concert.
The Cruiser Topeka model needs to be
overhauled and reprinted
There are IA applications posted for
membership in the 7. A. A.
The street railway power house shut off
the current twice yesterday.
The Socialist Labor party has a full
county ticket in Cloud county.
The dancing season is on snd nothing
The EIks are considering the advisable
ity of giving an annual benefit.
Yesterday was. a great day for. ducks,
"A Parlor Match will probably be the
next attraction at the Grand Opera House.
Topeka commercial item: Stoves went
up today and stove pipe experienced a rise.
Mr. John E. Frost. land commissioner
Of the Santa Fe, has returned from
The storm this morning caught nine
families out of ten in Topeka with empty
coal bins.
The true plutocrat this morning was the
man who had a pair of gum boots at his
disposal.
Those who pretend to know say the
snow began falling about 3 o'clock this
morning.
Some people tried to carry umbrellas
this morning, and some umbrellas went
| skyward.
The oId settlers are telling that this is
odd years.
County Treasurer H. NJ. Phillips used to
/ be a member of the national guard of
| Pennsylvania.
! One Topeka Touring mill keeps from 1O0.-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-17
The Kansas Senator Makes His
First Speech in Topeka.
The Freight Rate Bill He In
trOduced, He Says,
WAS THE LAW OFIOWA
In Operation There, and Should
Have Been Tried.
He Discusses Other Issues of
the Day.

'"rhe Republicans say that we did not
pass a maximum rate law in the last
legislature, and they hold that fact as
sufficient to offset all the good we did
do" said Senator Harris in explaining
the things which the Populist party had
promised and performed, in his speech
at Lukens' Opera House in North To-
peka Saturday evening.
when the Abilene convention" he
continued, passed that plank concern
ing maximum freight rates, it did not
care so much for legislation as it did
for relief from railroad oppression and
the doing away with Determinations.
Much against my will I was made
chairman of the senate committee whose
business it was to look after railroad
rates by Lieutenant Governor Harvey.
Several decisions were handed down in
different courts before the legislature
met, which proved that an inf1exible
maximum rate law would not pass
muster in the courts, so began to look
around to find the best law I could.
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last legislature and StanIey's statement
that they did not amount to anything,
and he challenged any Republican can
didate for the legislature to stand be-
fore an audience and say that he would
vote to repeal those laws.
Senator Harris eulOgized Boyle, Nc
Nall, Stryker, Breidenthal, Morris and
Bush, but he forgot, or neglected, to
say anything about Leedy.
when we see what these men have
done, what does Stanley mean by re-
deeming the state from the disgrace of
Populism?" demanded the senator.
His description of the Republican party
reminds me of a pedigreed pig. He goes
away back and gives its history in the
past. When I send east for a pig L get
a pedigree with it a yard long, con-
tanning the names of q hundred or more
illustriOuS "has-beens' Then I look
down into the box and there is a little
runt about six inches long. It's another
case Of all pedigree and no pig"
In closing Senator Harris said ne
feared the senate would have a gold
standard majority in the next congress-
and it behooved every friend Of silver to
see that silver congressman were
elected.
After Senator Harris had concluded,
Judge Doster was called on but on ac-
count of the lateness of the hour he
did not speak.
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ed that a high protective tariff will not
supply the wants of our nation even in
a time of peace. Tom Reed aclxnowl-
edged this in his speech of acceptance
of his last congressional nomination,
when he told his constituents that we
would have to enact a tariff for reve-
nue. to pay the bills of our government,
and that some of the stamp taxes had
come to stay a long time.
Cuba must be garrisoned for a time
I hope only tempOrarily-but Porto
Rico and Hawaii must have permanent
garrisons. They guard the approaches
to the Nicaragua canal, and must not
be left unprotected. We are reaching
out into new fields, but we must go
slow. I do not say that we must not
soon turn over new leaf and begin
on a new national life, but let US not do
so hastily.
zone great difference between the Re
publican party on one side and the
united silver forces on the other-I shall
be glad when they are known under
one name-is in their method of tax
alton. When the war revenue bill came
up no one expected that the war would
last more than five months, nor that
it's cost would be more than $50 million
dollars Yet the Republican house
passed a bill to issue 600 millions OF
long time interest bearing bonds, and
100 millions of short time bonds, besides
providing for a stamp tax which would
bring in $50 millions per year. The sill
yer forces in the senate did not agree to
this and got the bond issue reduced to
400 millions. The Republicans, how
ever, got a tax on the poor mans tea
and tobacco, but Rockefeller's II mil
lion dollars income was not touched,
nor was Russell Sage, nor the Wander
bits nor Astors. That's the difference
between the Republican and silver par
ties
After talking about the money ques-
ton for a short time, Senator Harris
came to state issues. He took issue with
~ Ill 1Fv,er 172F a.
publican party was a party of perform
ance, and quoted from the Republican
national platform to prove that that
party had not fulfilled it's pledges con-
corning international bimetallism, the
old soldiers, and several other matters.
He spoke of the laws enacted by the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-17
CAN TELL IT ALL.
Alger Says Witnesses Need Have No
Fear.

Washington, Oct. 17.-Secretary AIger
was asked if it was the purpose of the
war department to take any official ac-
ton concerning the statements made by
Major Seaman. surgeon Of the First vol
unteer engineers.
mot at all. replied the secretary, mot
at all I want 1t to be understood dis
tinctly that any officer or man in the
army may speak freely and unreserv-
eddy concerning his observations of the
war without the slightest fear Of pos
sible consequences. While am secre-
tary of war no man shall be the sufferer
for speaking what he believes to be the
truth. Above all, the witnesses who ap-
pear before the war investigation COM
mission shall be protected to the fullest
extent. The commission and the coun-
try want the facts, and no obstacle
shall be placed in the way of getting
them We are all interested in having
the clearest light thrown upon the con-
duct of the war, and the standing or
promotion of no enlisted man or COM
missioned officer shall be affected in the
slightest way by any testimony or other
assistance he may give the commission.
We mean to keep absolute faith with
the commission and with the witnesses.
I cannot be more explicit than that"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-17
ONLY TWO MEN ABSENT.
The 22nd Kansas obeyed the Fur
Tough Order Remarkably Well

Leavenworth, Oct. 17.-With the ex-
ception Of two men absent without
leave, all of the Twenty-second Kansas
is in camp and accounted for. This, out
of a total strength of the regiment of
1,275 men, is a very good showing. There
are 40 men of company NJ absent, but
these were held at Manhattan to attend
the funeral of a comrade, who died
there.
The boys have improved greatly af-
ter their trip home and many is the
yarn spun around their quarters of how
the soldier boys were received by their
friends and relatives at home. Many of
the men will enlist in the regular army
after they are mustered out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-17
STORAGE.

Topeka Storage and
Warehouse Co. formerly Topeka Stor-
age Co, 305 kas. ave-) store stoves, house
hold goods etc. On June. 1 removed to
new dreproof stone building, 212 and "a
Kas. ave. c. D. Skinner, Prop.
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Pennsylvania Back From Manila.

San Francisco, Oct. 1.-THE United
States transport steamer Pennsylvania
has arrived SO days from Manila, via
Honolulu. The Pennsylvania brought
back nine soldiers from Manila and 16
from Honolulu.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-17
Wheat Shipped From Portland.

Portland, Ore, Oct. 17.-Foreign wheat
shipments from this port for the week
just ended amounted 70 40O.eS0 bushels.
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DANCING.

~~~-@-~~~~~~~-~-0~~4~-~-
MR. AND MRS. J. H. WETHERELL
have secured their old hall in the Ma
sonic building. Adults class Monday even
ing at s clock. Children's class Saturday
at 23O D. m. No cards. Hall for rent.
For terms, call or address at hall, 623
Jackson st.
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srAMPs. SEALS AND STENCILS


THE J. c. DARLING CO, 7s4 KAN. Av.
High Grade Rubber Stamps; prompt work.
low price. Catalogue free Phone 2SZ.
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PIANO.

~~~-~-~~~-~---~-~~~-~~~
and Harmony. 407 Greenwood ave..PotWin.
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEONS

l. A. RYDER, IA D.
OFFICE and residence corner Gordon st.
and Central ave. North Topeka. Phone
s14 Uses the Brinkerhom system Of rec
tai treatment. a successful and painless
treatment for piles, hstula, fshIIre. uls
cerations etc
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MONEY.

LOANS on pianos. typewriters. bicycles.
guns watches diamonds and any per-
sonal property. L. Biscoe. 523 Kansas ave.
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BICYCLES.

-I~-7~-~~-NJ-|@-@-"-19<71777
TOPEKA CYCLE CO., liz W. 9Th st.
Bicycles and Sundries; bicycles and
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s. e SHELDON. NJ. D.
Surgery and diseases Of women. with
private hospital Office No 20 Kan. ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-17

MILO NORTON. at 4Os West Sixth ave.
will make farm loans Of $500 or ovel
at per cent interest.
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MATCHMAKER.

WATCHES cleaned, 75c: clocks. Soc
mainsprings, 75c; crystals. 10c. Cash
paid for old gold or silver. Ali work guar
anteed. Old jSWelry exchanged for new.
If hard up. see Uncle Sam, so Kan ave
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of a number of Topeka young
red in the pictorial portion of
City World of yesterday over
GA Group of Topeka Society
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JAMES B. HAYDEN, Jeweler and CD
tician. Complete stock of watches. dia
monds silverWare. etc. Eyes examines
and spectacles properly fitted
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Frank Sherwood waa down town today.
tho rrst time since he had his tuHslc with
cholera morbus, lie says he drove thirty
miles after no was taken, and never came
30 near dying In his life, After this whch
ho goes out In the country no VIII take
a bottle OF Chamberlain's Cole. Cholera
and DlarrNoca Remedy with him.-Mis-
sourl Valley dowa) Times, For sale by
Charles Rogers, Druggist