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matter, and at a time when the Spanish
government had only vague telegraphic
reports concerning the sentiments alluded
to. That the Spanish nation, with equal
and greater reason, affirms it's views and
decisions after reading the words con-
tanned in the letter rejecting upon the
president of the United States.
"As to the paragraph concerning the de-
STABILITY of negotiations of commercial re-
lations; If even for effect. and Importance
of using representative for the purpose
stated in Senior Dupuy de Lome's letter,
the government expresses concern that in
the light Of its conduct, long after the
writing Of the letter, and in view of the UNI
answerable testimony of simultaneous and
subsequent facts, any doubt should exist
that the Spanish government has given
proof Of its real desire and Of it's inner
most convictions with respect to the new
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sP Ain ]. APoL oGlzEs.
Dos Not. share IN, De Lome,s Renec-
lions s0n the President.

-. =. tons ON the President.
Washington Feb. 10. Spain has Off
cially disclaimed in positive manner
the reflections contained in the De
LONE letter, and as officially announced
by the state department. Thursday the
incident is satisfactorily closed The
statement given out is as follows:
. The following is an abstract Of a note
sent Wednesday evening by the Spanish
soYernment to Minister Woodford at
Madrid: 'The Spanish government On
learning Of the incident in which Minister
Dupuy de LONE. was concerned ana be-
Ing advised Of his Objectionable .communi-
cation, with entire sincerity laments the
incident which was the cause Of the inter-
view with the minister states that Min
lister De LONE had presented his resigna-
ton sand it. had been accepted. before the
presentation Of the matter by Minister
Woodford. That the Spanish ministry, in
accepting the resignation of a.functionary
whose services they have been utilizing
and .Naluing up to that time, leaves it per
fectly: well established that they do not
share and rather >on the contrary, dis
authorize the criticisms tending to offend
or censure the chief Of a friendly nation,
although such criticisms had been writ
ten within the field of friendship, and had
reached publicity by artful and criminal
means; That this. meaning had taken shape
in a resolution by the council. Of min
listers before Gen. Woodford presented the
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The commander Of the Maine, Capt.
ment. For four years he was chief Of the
photographic Office, and by his energy
brought the office up to a high standard.
as the Il Maine, Considering HIS actual l rank a
which is that Of a commander, but i'm
mediately he justified the department.
Judgment in the selection by running his
ship straight into a dock in New York
harbor to avoid running down packed
excursion boat. This was a display Of
quick judgment, nerve and pluck that
pleased the department so highly that the
captain was sent a complimentary letter.
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GERS of the Maine fail utterly to account
for the disaster on the theory Of any
internal explosion; but they also agree
that no torpedo could have caused the
damage that this explosion wrought.
Then, too, the finding Of large dia-
mond-shaped piece Of cement which
went so high in air as to crash clear
through the deck of the City of Wash
ington in its descent adds another puz-
cling feature to the case. An internal
explosion would not have hurled it so
high in air.
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Revolt In Hungary, /. =, !.

Vienna, Feb. 16.--The agrarian social
list movement in Hungary is becoming
most serious. AT Kstrakany, in the
Kaschau district, a thousand peasants
are in open revolt. They have MUIR
#dered the local magistrate and are
holding the village against the troops
sent to restore order. At Agrad, in
the same district, in q desperate fight
between the gendarmes and the. peas
ants four were killed and 90 wounded.
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ascertained by divers, but many of the
sailors were outspoken in their declara-
ton of belief that the explosion was a
deep-laid plot of the Spaniards. They
are greatly incensed against the Ha-
vana people, who have shown them
small courtesy, who looked upon their
presence as a national affront and who
have published anonymous circulars
captioned "Down with Americans =
New York, Feb. ia dispatch to the
Herald from Havana says: The Off
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IL b. gtsH& ii = =. : -
the Navy Long issued;a statement in
which he positively asserted that no in
formation had been received ~ the gov
eminent that added anything to the
knowledge Of the disaster Of the Maine
beyond that contained in Capt. Sigs-
bees first dispatch. The secretary con
tinued:
been no secret cabinet meeting; that moth
ing has taken place in cabinet that the
public have not been Informed about; that
the whole policy Of this department has
been to give the public all the dispatches {:
that the department. has no more know1-
edge on the subject Of the cause Of the dis
aster or even Of the circumstances at
tending it than have the public, and that
the report which was to the effect that
Capt. Sigsbee had warned the department
that the Maine was i'm danger from sub
marine mines or torpedoes is utterly with
out foundation, no such report ever having
been received from him or anybody else"
Court of Inquiry Appointed.
The navy department received a dis
patch from Admiral Sicard, in COM
mand of the North Atlantic squadron,
giving the details of the court of inquiry
to investigate the Maine disaster as
follows:
Capt Chadwick, Lieut.: Commander
Schroeder, Lieut.. Commander Mark.
Both May Investigate.
While no decision has yet been
reached formally upon the application
of the Spanish government for author
ization to. examine the wreck of the
Maine to ascertain the cause of the ex-
plosion, the officials seem inclined to
regard her request asxone that could
not properly be refused, and it is like
~ that each government will make an
investigation Of this character concur
rently.
z The Wreck Inspected.
Cable advices from Sylvester Scovel
at Havana state that Capt. Sigsbee has
inspected the wreck of the Maine. All
evidence seems to point to the fact that
the magazines Of the big war ship are
still intact. It has been found that.it
gun cotton is unexploded, as is also,its
ten-inch ammunition. The explosion
on the Maine evidently took part amid
ships on the port or left-hand side
of the vessel. ~,
Results Of the Disaster.
Washington, Feb. 10. The navy de-
partment has compiled the following
summary showing the total results #
the Maine disaster from az available
official information up to the close Of
the department. Friday night:
Total officers and men on board Maine.
33555; total officers, 26; total men, 329; total
officers saved, "a: total men saved, 76; total
officers lost. 2;#total men lost. 246; total Of
fcers injured. 0 & total men injured, 81.
Doubtful men, Z. The seven men appear
ing as doubtful probably represent that
number, or less, whose lives have been
saved but who cannot be identified at
presentlo on account Of errors in the trans
mission of kilograms. The 81 appearing
as injured are included In the 76 appeag
Ing as saved. Two men reported as having
died in hospital are included in the total
of246 appearing above as haytng been lost
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some 200 yards from the floating dock.
The first explosion is said to have been
caused by over 600 pounds of guncotton
and the subsequent explosion is alleged
to have been caused by shells and car
tridges.
Lieut.. Commander Wainwright, of
the Maine, was half undressed at 9:45
p. m. and was smoking in his cabin,
next to that of Capt. Sigsbee, it is said,
when the explosion occurred and put
out the electric lights. Wainwright
then lit match and wentto Capt. Sigs-
bees cabin. The captain, it appears,
had been thrown from his bed, but was
uninjured. They both went on deck
and gave orders to flood $500 pounds
of guncotton which was on board. The
order was carried out, but the men who
fulfilled it never returned. Four boats
were lowered, all manned by officers,
and one of them was lost.
Tried to Save the Men.
Efforts were at first made to save the
vessel, but when Capt. Sigsbee realized
the extent of the damage done and that
many casualties had occurred he bent
all his energies to assuring the safety
of his men.
The report was heard in the city, and
crowds Immediately focked to the har-
Dor front. Flames at that time were
bursting from the BATHS ship. The
greatest excitement prevailed among
those on shore. The commander of the
Spanish ship Alfonso XII. Immediately
had boats lowered and sent to the as
sistance of the Maine. These boats
picked up several sailors of the Maine,
who were swimming. They also res
cued several Of the wounded.
Admiral Manterola and Gen. Solano
put off to the Maine soon after the ex-
plosion and offered their services to
Capt. Sigsbee.
Can't Fix the Cause.
Havana, Feb. 17.-Capt. Sigsbee, in
terviewed by correspondent with ref
erence to the cause Of the explosion,
said:
st cannot determine the cause, but com
petent investigators will decide whether
the explosion was produced from an in
terror or exterior cause. I cannot say any
thing until after such an investigation has
been made. will not and cannot con-
scientiOusly anticipate the decision nor
do I wish to make any unjust estimate Of
the reason for the disaster"
Lieut.. Commander Wainwright be-
lieves the explosion was due to- the
short circuit d ynanno.
The Cruiser Maine.
The Maine is a battle ship Of the sec
ond class and is regarded as one Of the
best ships in the new navy. She was built
at the Brooklyn navy yard and is SlS feet
long. rs feet broad, ZIG mean draught and
$3.50 tons displacement. a She carries four
ten-tnch and six six-inch breeeh-loading
guns in her main battery and seven six
FOUNDER and eight one-pouinder rap1d,hre
Guns and four Gatlngs In her secondary
battery. and four Whitehead torpedoes
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Moore Goes Free.

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. IS. The supreme
court has handed down an opinion re-
versing the decision of the trial court
in IL the case ofex-Auditor Eugene Moore,
and dismissed the case. Moore was
convicted of embezzlement and sem.
fenced to eight years in the peniten-
tiary. The supreme court declares the
status under which he was conyicteds
unconstitutional.
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De LONE Shocked.

New York, Feb. 17.-Senor De LONE
heard the news of the disaster to the
Maine at the Hotel St. Mare Tuesday
morning before sailing on the steam
ship Britannia for Liverpool. AT first
De LONE refused to credit the news,
but when the truth dawned upon him
he said:
''It is terrible pray God the news has.
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Madrid, Feb. 17.-Secretary Sherman
Have just received official communication
from Spanish minister of foreign affairs
that 1.-THE queen regent has signed decree
from Spain to the United States.
"WOODFORD." -
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been exaggerated. You may be sure, of
] Like myself all Spania9ds of i'm portance
entertain friendly feelings. toward this
country. There will be no war; there can
This ,appauing disaster FORCES me- to q /.
declaration that 7 love America as do
no Other country than my oWh.s. Z
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system and the projected

i + -"
commercial. system and the projected
treaty Of commerce. ..:...- ..4 D ..s
..That the Spanish government does not
now consider it necessary to lay stress upon
or to demonstrate anew the truth.a1d sim
cerity Of its purpose and. the unstained
good. faith Of its tntent ions.
ment Of Spain contra tied. before: the
mother country and: its! colonies a. respon-
sihility for the ,politi and tariff changes
which It has inaugurated In both Antilles
the natural ends of which, IN domestic and
International spheres, itspursues with firm
sness which 4 will ever pire its conduct"
Ambassador Instead Of, Minister.
St.Petersb burg, Feb. Is. he appoint
meht of Count Cassini, as ambassador
to the United States, instead Of min,
lister, is gazetted. s. s.
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The United States Cruiser Maine
Is Blown Up in Havana
Harbor.
the CAUSE. OF EXPLOSION A MYSTERY.
Sleeping Sailors Thrown from, r,1,o,,
buniSs Into the Cold Sea--Spanish
Admiral Aids IN the Rescue-De-
scriptton of the Bont and Her Arm
ament.

Havana, Feb. Is. - At e:45 Tuesday
evening terrible explosion took place
on board the United States cruiser
Maine in Havana harbor. ,aany were
killed or wounded All of the boats of
the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII. are as
:sisting. III.
... Account of the Affair.
Havana, Feb. 1.-THE Maine at the
time of the explosion was at anchor
about 500 yards from the arsenal and
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THE ri PRESID EN- BELIEF
Considers Maine Disaster Was
Due to Accident.
But Says Prompt and Decisive Steps
VIII BE Taken If Contrary Be
Found by Court Of I'll
Inquiry.

Washington, Feb. 1s.--shortly after
midnight President, Mckinley decided
to make the following, statement re-
garding the Maine, which was given by
his secretary: "Based upon informa-
ton now in his possession. the. presi-
dent believes that the Maine was blown
up as the result of an accident, and he
expects the court of inquiry will develop
that fact. # it is found that the disas-
ter was not an. accident, prompt and de-
cisive steps will be taken in the prem
Uses. The finding of the. naval court
will developthe cause, and until that is
submitted nothing will be DONE"
Statement by Secretary" Long.
Washington, Feb. 19.-Owing to the
large number of rumors of warlike
tendency which poured in@upon, the:de-
partment officials Friday Secretary of
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-07-06
Troub,e Among rp.ursents.

Hong Kong, July According to pri.
vate letters from Cavite, dated June 27
the insurgents occupy the whole of Bull
acan province, occasional skirmishes oc.
curing there. The insurgents captured
the Spanish ship Bahul in Kayabo bay
while she was landing 500 troops. A stub
born fight occurred, in which the Spanish
commander, a lieutenant colonel, was
killed. The insurgents have captured the
governor of Bulaean, together with his
wife and children.
General Aguinaldo placed under arrest
the rebel leaders, Artachio and Sandico,
for having revealed the fact that the
steamer Passig, recently seized by the
Hong Kong authorities, was laden with
arms for the insurgents. Sandico appealed
to Consul Williams, and was liberated
He is now on board the Nanshan.
II is feared that the incident will cause
a split in the insurgent party, Sandico
being influential and the only insurgent
leader capable of administration. The in
surgents fear that General Aguinaldo will
shoot Artachio, unless Admiral Dewey in
terferes, as he is suspicious that Sandico
intended to form an opposition party.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-07-06
The Din and DaxEle of Fireworks
Make II Like Fourth of July.

"The days preceding Christmas are
punctuated at intervals with the sharp
tones of firecrackers, merely to keep the
world from forgetting that Christmas is
almost at hand" writes Julia Truitt Bish.
op Of "Where Christmas is Like Fourth
of July" descriptive of Christmas scenes
and customs in New Orleans, in the July
Ladies' Home Journal. "One firecracker
at time is set off, for it is sinful to
waste q whole bunch at once until Christ.
mas eve. Every night the tumult in
creases, kind of .jubilant applause in
mild explosives, mere intimation Of
what is coming later. Every business
house which can under any pretense
handle fireworks, handles them by the
ton. Even the windows of the grocery
stores are filled with them, for the grocer
has recognized that there are people in
New Orleans who may dispense with roast
turkey stuffed with truffies, but nobody
can do without fireworks. There are
hundreds of children who never hang up
stocking, but every one of them would
think the world was coming to an end
if there were no fireworks for him on the
one night of all the year."
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-07-06
LITTLE GUNB0ATS' VICTORY
OvershndOwed by the Great Success
but u Good Fight Itself.

New York, July A dispatch to the
Herald from off Santiago, via Playa de
Este, July 2, says:
Three vessels of Admiral Sampson.
fleet have just returned from an adven
turous expedition to Manzanillo, during
which they sank two Spanish gunboats
one sloop and one pontoon, disabled a
Spanish torpedo boat, considerably dam
aged several of the enemy's gunboats and
compelled the captain of troop ship tt
run towards shore.
One of Admiral SIMPSONS vessels, the
Hist, was struck ii times and another
the Hornet, was disabled by shell which
hit her main stem-pipe. She was towed
out of danger.
Admiral Sampson sent the Hist, the
Hornet and the Wampatuck to Manzanillc
to destroy four Spanish gunboats which
the admiral had been informed were lying
in that harbor. Instead of encountering
that number of vessels the Americans en-.
countered nine vessels, including tor.
pedo boat and cruiser. They also found
the most of the vessels flanked by the
land batteries and armed pontoons, while
a heavy battery of artillery was in posi-
tion on the water front to aid in making
warm the reception of SIMPSONS vessels
Hornet Hit by n Shell.
When the firing was the hottest shell
went scurrying in the direction of the
Hornet striking in the stem pipe of that
vessel, scattering over the deck and doing
great damage. As soon as the Hist and
the Wampatuck discovered that the Hor.
net was disabled their captains decided IL
would be useless to fight longer against
such superior enemy. Accordingly the
Wampatuck FASTENED to the rescue of the
Hornet, the Hist meantime keeping up
its sharpest fire. After the Wampatuck
had succeeded in getting line on the
Hornet she steamed out to sea with the
disabled vessel in tow. The Hist followed
close after, pouring shot at the enemy
until out of range.
During the engagement the American
vessels succeeded in sinking one of the
Spanish gunboats, one sloop and damag.
ing one torpedo boat. They also did much
damage to several gunboats in the harbor
and made a marked impression on the
Spanish land batteries.
As if this was not enough excitement
for one small auxiliary cruiser, the Hist
poked her nose into Neguira bay and dis.
covered Spanish gunboat lying there.
She Immediately opened fire on the Span
lard, which taken so completely by sur
prise, replied feebly and inaccurately. She
was sunk by the Hist in 10 minutes.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-07-06
AsuinaIdo Acts Humanely.

Washington, June 3o.-The navy de-
partment today made public the follow
ing cablegram from Admiral Dewey,
brought by the McCulloch to Hong Kong
and though undated supposed to have
been sent from Cavite June 23rd:
mo change in the situation since my
telegram of June II. Five German, three
British, one French and one Japanese
men-of-war are in port. The insurgents
are constantly closing in on the city.
Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader, with l3
of his staff arrived May 10, by my per-
mission on the Nan Shan. He establish
ed himself at Cavite outside of the ar
Benal under the protection Of our guns
and organized his army. The progress
of Aguinaldo has been wonderful. He
has invariably conducted the war hui
namely. My relations with him are cor
dial, but my conferences have generally
been only of personal nature"
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-07-06

Omaha, July 5.-ln all the l22 years
that intervened between the declaration
Of independence and the triumph of the
American navy over Ceryera's fleet the
national holiday was never more strTk-
ingly signalized than at the exposition
grounds yesterday. Not only the vast
throng Of American men, women and
children. but the Turks and Algerians
Arabs, Moors and Chinese participated in
the mighty salutation TO the Stars and
Stripes. The big celebration was witness
ed by a multitude that far outnumbered
any previous days exposition crowds, The
number Of visitors at the grounds wa,
estimated at 100000. sr4
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-07-06
Merritt on at Last.

San Francisco, June 30.-The steamer
Newport, with General Merritt on board,
sailed yesterday for the Philippines.
Great crowds had gathered to witness the
departure of the vessel. Many tug boats
and yachts chartered for the occasion ac-
companied the Newport down the bay
out through the Golden. Gate into the
Pacific, where the last farewells were
waved to the departing military men
gathered on the deck Of the steamer.
General Merritt is very anxious to avoid
an encounter with any vessel from the
Spanish navy and will issue orders to the
fleet at Honolulu to make all possible
speed to the islands.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-07-06
rovr k,Iled. Many wounded.

Shelby, Ohio, July 4.-A bridge crossing
the Mohican river here fell this afternoon
with 1000 people. Four were killed out
right and number injured, some of them
seriously. A public wedding was being
celebrated on the bridge as one of the feat
ures Of the celebration. just as the cere-
mony had been completed, the bridge
went down with crash, precipitating the
people distance Of IS feet Those killed
were: Cyrus Kuhan Of Shelby, aged so;
Mrs. Louisa Moahan Of Edison, aged So
Ada Bloodhart Of Shelby, aged IL; Frank
keickler Of Shelby, aged IL.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-07-06
Heavy LOSSES Of Officers.

Washington, July "a remarkable
feature of the fighting in Cuba, and one
much commented upon in military circles
is the heavy loss in killed and wounded
Of commissioned and nen.commissioned Of
fcers. In spite Of the distress which the
loss of so many officers has occasioned,
the army officials point to the list as splen.
did evidence of the dash and personal
bravery OF the, men who wear shoulder
straps Among the killed and wounded
since the first fight at ,Jumgua have been
officers of every grade, from colonel down,
and in numbers said to be almost unpre-
cedented in proportion TO the forces en-
gagged. The loss of officers in the two
days fighting around Santiago demon
strates to military men that the American
officers lead their men wherever they are
called TO go.