The herald., 1898-02-27
upon to do his whole duty. and to do
promptly.
A srrRvIyoR's STORY

l SURVIVOR . 0lORA
WASHINGTON, Feb 26.-Wiliiam
Gartrell the only surviving fireman OF
the battleship Maine, has written TWO ie'-
| ters home to his brother of this city.
| In his description of the explosion cart
rel gives the first authentic account OF
the death of Lieutenant jenkins, anu ne
describes the manner in when the heu-
tenant met his death.
about $40 o'clock" he said. was
crossing the third lower deck and was pre-
pairing to turn in, when of sudden a
terrific explosion occurred, and wneh
staggered to my feet found myseii III INT
dark, There was one light in the distance
and I made toward that. On the way !
met Lieutenant Jenkins and soluler
named Garnett. We made for the iaouei
and the ship was rapidly filling with water
We reached the hatch hole ana the water
was gaining on us fast. Garnet, salu
We're lost and seemed about. 10 give up
but Lieutenant Jenkins. who was the last
man to reach the ladder. and VINO was
following said: Go ahead; don't give up.
Garnett squeezed through and pulled me
after him. AS fell upon the deck hearo
Lieutenant Jenkins cry: My God, I'm
drowning and / remember nothing more.
"A ward room boy named Mccain saw
me lying there, and, picking me up threw
me overheard. The water revived me anu
[ swan ashore"
SUPPLYING THE FORTS
BOSTON. Feb 26.-The watertown ar
email is now engaged in loading 100000
pounds of ordnance and other war mate
rial destined for points along the Atlantic
coast This material will be transported
in twenty-six cars, which have been sup
piled to the arsenal on orders from Major
Riley by the Fitchburg railroad. The am
munition includes shot and shell for
eight-inch, ten-inch and tweive-lnch
rifles and twelve-inch mortars.
Norfolk-The monitor Terror left Old
Point at SIS for New York. 1t is stated
that twenty cases of ten-inch projectiles
will be sent from Fort Monroe to New
York tonight Mate f. NJ. Issac, L. S. N.
of the receiving ship Franklin left tonight
for Port Royal. S c.. in charge of draft
of fifteen men for the monitor Amphitrite,
now lying in that port
TALK OF BONDS
NEW YORK, Feb. 2e.-The Evening
World says that Senator Hanna was In
conference last evening with a number of
of financial institutions.
and he was given TO understand by them
that the administration could depend upon
all the money support necessary to carry
out any plan of action that might be de-
termined upon.
According to the Evening World. a series
of bond issues aggregating s500. 900 was
suggested as a possibility and was ac-
1uiesced in by the assembled financiers.
THE SPANISH ELECTIONS
MADRID, Feb. ga decree has been
issued dissolving the cortes,
The elections for the chamber of depu-
ties have been fixed for March 9th, and
those for senators for April 10th. The
cortes will meet on April 25th.
1t is announced that the Spanish cruiser
Almirante Oquendo will not go to the
United States, ;he Vizcaya's visit
being considered sufficient
NO CAUSE FOR WAR
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-Archbishop Ire
land. who is in this city, said in an inter-
view today on the Spanish question:
Il have fully considered everything that
[ have seen in the papers, and while at
Washington 1 talked to the officials of the
government, and in my opinion nothing
has yet come to light that would, in my
judgment, call for a rupture between the
United States and Spain.
"The attitude of the administration is
and worthy of this great nation.
War scares and the clamors of war do not
move it. 1t awaits the necessity of war
meanwhile making ready. Mckinley will
not rush the country into needless con-
flict Should the honor of the country
demand tnat MI. MchlHley SlSn tile proc
lamation of war, he will do 1t with the
same love for peace, the same courage and
the same trust in the God of our nation
that characterized Abraham Lincoln near
ly forty years ago"
A REQUIEM MASS
PARIS, Feb 26.-The members of the
British and American colonies here were
present today at a requiem mass cele
brated at ST. Joseph's English Passionist
church for the repose of the souls of the
victims of the Maine disaster. The Brit
ish ambassador. Sir Edmond j. Monson,
and his staff: the British consul general.
A. p English; the United States ambas-
sador, Gen. Horace Porter, and his staff;
j. B. Gowdy. the United States consul gen.
eral and the Japanese minister and Span
ish ambassador and their staffs were
present.