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iNCENDIARY CIRCULAR.
An Indication of the Bitter Feeling
Against the Maine Among
Havana People.

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Medical Direc-
tor Wood, of the naval hospital, Brook
lyn, is in possession of the copy of a
circular, incendiary and outrageous,
which was passed about the streets and
other places in Havana. A translation
of this circular was sent to Medical Di-
rector Wood by an officer on the Maine
who picked it up while on a train re-
turning from a bull fight. The circular
is as follows:
Spaniards-Long live Spain and honori
What are you doing, that you allow your
selves to be insulted in this way. Do you
not what they have done to US in
Withdrawing our brave and beloved Wey-
Ter, who at this very time would have
finished with this unworthy, rebeIlious rab-
bic, who are tramping on our flag and
honor.
Autonomy Is imposed on US to set US
to one side and to give posts of honor and
authority to those who initiated this rebel
lion, these ill-bOrn AutOnomists, ungrateful
sons Of our belOve1 country.
And, finally, these Yankee hogs who
NEEDLE in our affairs humiliating to the
der to US one OF the ships of war of their
rotten squadron. after insulting US in their
newspapers and driving US from our
homes.
Spaniards, the moment of action has ar
rived. Sleep not. Let US show these
vile traitors that we have not yet lost
shame and that we know how to protect
with energy betting a nation worthy and
strong as our Spain is, and always viii be.
Death to Americans, death TO autonomy
Long live Spain. Long live Weyler.
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tions was concerned. We were friends In.
friendly or alleged friendly port and
could not fire upon or challenge the ap-
prOach of any boat boarding us unless
convinced that her intention was hos
tile.
II wish to heaven I could forget Ii.
l have been in two wrecks now and
have had my share. But the reverber-
ations of that sullen, yet resonant roar,
as if the bottom of the sea were groan-
ing in torture, win haunt me for many
a day, and the reflection of that pillar
of flame comes to me even when l close
my eyes"
Lieut.. HoInan's Story.
Lieut.. Holman, navigating second Of
ficer of the Maine, was sitting at ta-
bic opposite Jenkins and was among
those who were saved. He felt the ex-
plosion, and before he could recover he
found the ship going down. He was
pressed by the rushing waters against
the top of the room and put up his
hand to protect his head. He cut his
finger on the blade of the propeller of
a torpedo, and at once realized where
he was and swimming and feeling his
way along reached the hatchway and
escaped.
This illustrates his rare presence Of
mind, and also the rapidity with which
the big ship sank after the explosion.
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TREACHERY DIsCREDiTED.
Lieutenant OF the Maine Does Not
Believe the Story.


KEY WEST, Feb. IA lieutenant
of the Maine, whose name is withheld
at his request, was questioned today
regarding the dispatch from Havana
saying that diver had discovered a
hole apparently made by torpedo in
the hull Of the Maine. He said:
why not make the hole 800 feet or
5000 feet? One story is as likely as the
other?"
IN short the cause of the explosion is
completely shrouded in mystery, and
the demolition of the battleship so COM
plete that it is probable that the seq ct
of the disaster will never be known.
II is believed here that the censorship
at Havana will now be made more
strict than ever, and that a postal su-
pervision will be demanded as a mill
tary necessity.
No boats except torpedo boats and
the cruiser New York here or near here
are suitable to send to Havana. The
Bache, coast survey is not likely to be
here before tomorrow. The Mangrove
or Fern, may come from Havana at
any time.
The American and Cuban ladies here
are busy preparing delicacies for the
wourded and supplying the hospital
with flowers Every one, from the
bootblacks to the wealthy cigar manu-
facturers, is animated by sympathy
and are anxious to do anything in their
power to relieve the wounded
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the battleship Massachusetts,, now at
the Tortugas. Lieutenant Commander
Mark is executive officer of the Yer
mont. He was formerly with the
Maine as executive officer, before the
detail of Lieutenant Commander VAIN
wright, who relieved him.
Admiral Sicard's board has ample au-
thority to make the most searching in
vestigatioG into the causes of the dis
aster The Fern and the Mangrove re-
ported arrival at Havana last even
ing. They are provided with diving
apparatus, and, as every warship's
company includes at least several ex-
pert divers, there will be no lack of
men. to make the necessary search.
These men can be depended upon to
report the exact facts. They, more
over, will be subject to orders Of the
court Of inquiry in every particular.
and, as they are familiar with the bot
tom Of a warship of the type of the
Maine, they are not likely to be led
into the mistake of supposing the out
let hole or pipe from the interior to be
a torpedo hole.
Sensational Story Denied.
The navy department authorizes a
denial of the statement attributed to
Capt. Sigsbee that he recommended to
the department, before he sailed for
Havana, that no other ship than the
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jury. in this case the gunshot wound,
and is said to invariably prove fatal
According to DR.. O'Brien the wound
partially induced and aggravated the
delirium tremens, but was not directly
responsible for Paufs death. DR..
O'Brien says that Paul was on the
verge of delirium tremens wher3 re-
ceived at the hospital, and developed a
serious case of the affiiction within sew
eral hours. Complicated with the gun
shot wound. the attack proved fatal
Paul is said to have been shot in
a South st. Paul saloon a week ago,
but, 1t is claimed that the wound was
accidentally inflicted. The story is to
the effect that Paul visited the saloon
in an intoxicated condition, and. in
walking back of the bar, saw a revol-
Yer lying on a shelf; that he attempted
to take possession of the weapon, but
that the bartender refused to let him
do so; when Paul insisted on examin-
ing the revolver, the bartender then
offered to remove the cartridges. and
as he was in the act of removing the
shells, Paul grabbed the weapon, when
1t was discharged, and the bullet en-
tered his thigh.
The wounded man was cared for bv
a South st. Paul physician for several
days, and when he seemed to become
worse, he was brought to this city and
taken to st. Josephs hospital.
DR.. O'Brien informed Coroner Mel
son of Paul's death yesterday. and
when the above circumstances were re-
lated to the coroner the latter accented
Dr.. O'Brien's report.
Later in the day, however, the prose-
cutting attorney of Dakota county, ac-
companied by Judge Stevens, of South
st. Paul. came to this city to investi
gate the case. After a consultation
with Coroner Nelson and DR.. O'Brien
they returned to South St. PAM last
evening. What course the Dakota
county authorities will pursue could
not be learned last evening.
DR.. O'Brien said that the Dakota
county officials informed him during
the consultation that the bartender was
under arrest at South ST. Paul.
The dead man was thirty-five years
of age and unmarried. He was en-
ployed at South st. Paul as a hostler.
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swered that he had run to help lower
the boats.
When I got there, though scarce a
minute could have elapsed, L had to
wade in water to my knees and almost
Instantly the quarter deck was awash
cool as if at a ball, and soon all the
officers except Jenkins and Merritt
Joined us. The poop was above water
after the Maine settled to the bottom -
Capt. Sfgsbee ordered the launch and
gig lowered and the officers and men
who by this time had assembled got
the boats out and rescued a number in
the water.
Capt. Sigsbee ordered Lieut.. Com
mander Wainwright forward to see the
extent Of the damage, and ifanything
could be done to rescue those forward
or to extinguish the flames, which fol-
lowed close upon the explosion and
burned fiercely as long as there were
any combustibles above water to feed
them.
Lieut.. Commander Wainwright on
his return reported the total and awful
character of the calamity, and Capt.
Sigsbee gave the last sad order to
abandon ship to men overwhelmed
with grief indeed. but calm and ap-
parently unexcited.
Meanwhile four boats from the
Spanish Ship Alfonzo XII. began the
work of rescue, soon followed by two
from the Ward line ship, City of Wash
ington. The two boats lowered from
the City Of Washington were found to
be riddled with flying debris from the
Maine and unfit for use.
Capt. Sigsbee was the last man TO
leave his vessel and left in his own gig.
No Theories.
'T have no theories as to the cause
OF the explosion. I can't form any. An
examination by divers may tell some
thing to a court Of inquiry. I, with
others, had heard that the Havana
harbor was full of torpedoes, but the
officers whose duty it was to examine
into that reported that they found no
signs of any. Personally / do not be-
lieve the Spanish had anything to do
with the disaster. Time may tell. I
hope so.
We were in delicate condition on
the Maine so far as taking any precau-
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Maine be sent to Havana because the
harbOr was too dangerous owing to the
number of torpedOes planted in the
bottom.
AS matter of fact Capt. Sigsbee had
not the slightest hint given him that
his ship was TO be selected for the visit,
twelve hours before, his departure. He
was then at Key West doing patrol
work and had gone to join the squad
orders from the department for his
ship reached Key West. The telegram
was dispatched after him by means of
the torpedo boat Ericsson and was de-
livered to him at Tortugas that night
Before daylight his ship was on the
way to Havana and there was no cor
respondence with the department be-
yond the acknowledgment OF the orders.
AS to the statement relative to the
number Of torpedoes planted in Ha-
vana harbor, it is said at the navy de-
partment that nobody aside from the
Spanish officers in Havana knows what
has been done to protect the harbor in
that manner.
1t is customary to divide all great
harbors into sections, and in plans of
coast defense to assign places for tor
pedOes on the bottom at certain inter-
walls. The location of these torpedoes
officers of the army being entrusted
with the knowledge. If their location
were known it would be easy for an
attacking enemy to remove or explode
them without causing harm to their
own vessels.
1t is not usual to keep the torpedoes
actually in their berths in the water in
times of peace; they are placed in the
positions assigned to them only as a
war measure.
There are some exceptions to this
rule, for instance, at Hong Kong, where
the torpedoes are at all times kept in
position, and 1t may be presumed that
the same precaution has been taken in
Havana harhor to guard against an un-
expected raid by swift steamer that
might fall into the hands of the in
surgents.
Not Contact Type.
These torpedoes are not of the con-
tract type, as are called the torpedoes
Continued ON Third
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at the navy department that the naval
court of inquiry which is to fnvesti-
gate the disaster can scarcely assemble
for the work at Havana before next
Monday. Lieut.. Commander Mark
who left Washington at II o'clock this
morning, can hardly reach Kew West
before the end of the week, and. as the
board must prepare itself for the work
before leaving Key West, a day is liz
tie time enough for that and the trans
portation to Havana.
It is not yet known whether the board
will hold it's sessions at Havana as
this detail has been left for Admiral
Sicard to fix. It may be. held at one of
the hotels, or perhaps on board the
Ward line steamer, the tender Fern. or
the coast survey steamer Bache.
The navy department received dis
patches this morning from Admiral ST.
card, in command of the North Atlantic
squadron, giving the detail of the court
of inquiry to investigate the Maine dis
aster, as follows:
Captain Sampson, president of the court:
Captain Chadwick. Lieutenant Commanded
Schroeder. Lieutenant Commander Mark.
Capt. Sampson, the president of the
court, is commander of the battIesbip
Iowa, now at the Tortugas. Can't.
Chadwick Is commander of the New
York at Key West, Lieutenant Com
mander Schroeder is executive officer of
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LURID PILLAR OF FLAME
LIEUT.. BLANDiN DESCRIBES THE DE-
STRUeHON OF THE MAINE
First Succinct Story of the Disaster
Told by the Officer Who Was in
Charge of the Ship When the Ex-
p1Osion Occurred-NO Theories
to the Cause.

KEY WEST, Feb. 17.-Lieut. John ].
Blandin, Of Baltimore, one of the
Names survivors, who is at the Key
West hotel, this evening gave a sue
cinct account of the disaster, saying
that not until now has he been able
to recollect the sequence of events in
the awful ten minutes following the
explosion Tuesday evening
Lieut.. Blandin was on the Trenton at
the time of the disaster off Samoa in
March, 1889, when American and Ger
man vessels lost PA men all told
Lieut.. Blandin says: Il was on watch
and when the men had been piped be-
low, l looked down the main matches
and over the side of the ship. Every
thing was absolutely normal. 1 walked
aft to the quarter deck behind the rear
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suggestions made by the alarmists in

suggestions made by the alarnists in
Spain. These suggestions are:
First-To close the harbors of Cuba and
Spain TO the American vessels, even though
they come in the guise of courteous visi-
tors, and If they take it i'll, then declare
war against them.
Second-Withdraw the new form of gov
ernment to Cuba, raise the effective army
there to 100000 men, and go on as before.
The Liberal urges that patience and
calmness are the remedies now re-
Quired to meet the difficulties facing
Spain, adding that the reasonable and
practical opinion in the United States
is against war, in proof of which it
quotes from the New York press as
saying it is well known IN the United
States that ''once hostilities begin the
results will be very uncertain" and
that it is Just as likely that New York
and Boston may be reduced to ashes
as Barcelona and CadiZ"
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DEATH ON EVERY HAND.
The Harbor of Havana ThicLIy soyyn
With Torpedoes.

BAY CITY, Mich, Feb. IA letter
was received today from Elmer Neil
strup, who was on the Maine. dafed
Feb. II, in which MeiIstrup wrote that
he would not be surprised if they
should be blown up any day; that the
ship was surrounded with torpedoes.
and could not leave the harbor without
consent and direction of the Spanish
authorities. Meilstrup's letter says:
The Spaniards have a couple OF gun
boats and cruiser and there are two Ger
man boats. The guns of Moro castle are
pointed at us as | write. The whole bot
tom OF the harbor IS covered with TO -peCso ss
so that il they did not want TO let US ont
we would not be able to go very well. We
are lying between the Spanish and German
omen-of-war, and they have picket beats out
all night watching Us.
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NOW IN WAITING MOOD
WASHINGTON INCLINED TO BE COOL,
AND WAIT DEVELOPMENTS
No New Light on the Explosion That
caused the Great Disaster, and
None Is Expected Until After the
Naval Court of Inquiry Completes
It's Work.

WASHINGTON, Feb 17.-The gov
ernment has settled back into a waiting
attitude in respect to the terrible ma
rine disaster in Havana harbor. The
shock caused by the news has given
way to calmer and more judicial
state OF mind, and, realizing from the
events of the day, that the court of
inquiry is the sole dependence in the
search for the cause of the Names
loss, the naval officials are now re-
signed to await the results of that in
quiry by a court named today by the
navy department.
There was little new to add to the
sum of information as to the disaster
during the forenoon. No telegrams
came, and all that could be CLEANED
was denial of some absurd story or
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Thorough Inquiry.
The death OF Robert Paul at ST.
Jospeh's hospital at an early hour yes
terday morning furnishes a mystery
which the authorities of both Dakota
and Ramsey counties are investigating
Paul was taken to the hospital
Wednesday night suffering from a
gunshot wound in the right thigh. He
fingered in a semi-Tational state until
yesterday morning, when death ensued
The cause of death is sa; d to have been
traumatic delirium tremens, but the
fact that the dead man is said to have
received the gunshot wound in a South
st. Paul saloon caused an investigation
to be undertaken by the Dakota county
officials, who were yesterday in this
city in consultation with Coroner Mel
son and Dr.. O'Brien, the latter hav-
ing attended Paul at the hospital
Little is known at the hospital of the
dead man, or how he was shot. 1t was
stated by the sister in charge last
evening that Paul had been brought to
the institution by a stranger whose
name was unknown to the hospital au-
thorities. The man had simply in
formed the hospital Attendants that his
companion had been accidentally shot,
and left the wounded man. Paul, him
self, the sister said, was delirious most
of the time up to his death and unable
to explain how he was wounded.
When DR.. O'Brien was asked con-
cerning PauPs death last evening. he
said positively that the man died from
traumatic delirium tsemens This term
Is technical, designating a condition re-
sulting from complication of deiirium
tremens and some other physical in
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NEW YORK-Safled Munchen, Bremen.
Arrived: Fulda Naples Lain Bremen.
BREMEN-Arriyed: Havel New York, for
Southampton.
QUEENSTOWN Belgenland, Phil
adelphia; Germannic New York.
LIVERPOOL-Sailed: Progressist, Charles
ton.
LONDON-sailed: Manitoba. New York.
ROTTERDAM-Sailed: Rotterdam, New
York.
AMSTERDAM-Arrive Edam. New York.
BREMEN-Arrived: Havel. New York.
GENOA-Sailed: Weimar. New York. Ar
rived: California, New York.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-Frances z.
Willard died at midnight at the I'm
perial hotel.
At the bedside Of Miss Willard a the
time Of her death were her niece. Mrs.
W. w. Baldwin, Mrs. l.. NJ. VI. Stevens.
vice president of the w. c. T. L.: Miss
Anna NJ. Gordon, Miss Wizards pri-
Yate secretary, and DR.. Alfred X Hill.
Miss Willard had been i'll for about
three weeks. DR.. Hill made the fol-
lowing statement:
Miss Willard had suffered some
years with profound anemia. and on
several occasions had been given up TO
die. Last summer she seemed to take
on new lease of life and gained in
weight and strength. so that she went
through her convention work at Tor
onto and Buffalo, which was most
arduous, and come out much better
than was expected, but on her arrival.
five weeks ago, she was much pros
trated and readily took the grippe.
which attacked the nervous system.
The disease progressed favorably and
in many respects she had greatly i'm
proved, when the fatal issue came and
overwhelmed the nerve centers."
There viii be funeral services in New
York city and later In Evanston H.
Miss Wizards home, where The body
Will be taken.
Churchyille, y. T., Sept. Is, 1899. SIZE was
graduated at Northwestern female College
Evanston, H., in 1893, became profess ? o.
natural science there in 1862 and was
principal OF GeneSsee Wesleyan Seminary
in 1s66-67 In lS7l-74 she was professor Of
Aesthetics in Northwestern university and
dean OF the Wom1n's c lIege. Mss Willard
left her profession in 1874 70 Identity her
self with the W0mans Christian Temper
ance union, serving as corresponding sec
retary Of the national o. ganiZsti II I.74,
and since that date as president.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17-At late
hour Miss Frances r. Willard was in
a precarious condition. Miss Gordon.
her private secretary, said Miss VIII
lard's condition was more serious than
at any time since her Illness. and the
worst was feared.
Or. Hills was in constant attendance
at the sick woman's bedside
A large number Of the members Of
the w. c. T. Z. remained at the hotel
until late in the night.
CHICAGO. Feb. 1.-THE National
w. c. #. U. headquarters has Issued to
White Ribboners all eyer the land a
call for seasons of special prayer for
the recovery of the president and vice
president Of the worlds w. c.. T. L.,
Frances f. Willard and Lady Henry
Somerset, as follows:
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SOME INTERIOR CAUSE.
view of the Officers of the Maine at
Key west

KY WEST, Fia., Feb. 1.-THE Asso-
Glazed Press correspondent here has
had an opportunity TO question a num-
her of the officers and men who were
aboard the warship Maine at the time
OF the explosion. and it Is the univer-
sal opinion OF all of them that the ex-
plcsion was due TO some interior cause,
and r0t he result Of the explosion II
a TORPEDO qn the outside.
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OPPOSED TO CONFLICT.
Madrid Journal Points Out That
Neither Nation Desires
War.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
MADRID, Feb. 17-While admitting
that the visits paid by United States
men-of-war to Cuba are Annoying"
and that those proposed to be paid to
Spain will be still more annoying
should they take place, and that it is a
matter of regret that since the new
regime has come into force in Cuba,
all insurgents have mot yet submit
ted the Liberal of this city points
out the "absurdity" of following the
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CAPITAL OUT OF CATASTROPHE.
The JingOists Blamed by Madrid
Cabinet Minister.

MADRID, Feb IA Spanish minis
ter. who declines to have his name
used. said to the correspondent of the
Associated Press here today:
"AIl the official dispatches agree that
the loss of the Maine was due to acci-
dent We keenly regret that the jingo
element with palpable bad faith is en-
deavoring to make capital out of the
catastrophe
The United States minister, Gen.
Stewart Woodford, accompanied by his
secretary, and the naval attache of the
United States legation, Lieut.. G.. L.
Dyer, called at the admiralty today to
thank the government for the proofs of
consideration it has given, and for the
assistance of the Spaniards of Havana
in saving the survivors of the Maine.
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turret, as is allowed after o'clock in
the evening, and sat down on the port
side, where L remained for a few min
utes. Then for some reason, l can't ex-
plain to myself, / moved to the star
board side and sat down there.
Il was feeling bit glum, and. in
fact, was so quiet that Lieut. J. Hood
came uD and asked, laughingly, if I
was asleep. I said No, I am on watch ;
Scarcely had 1 spoken when there
came dull. suilen roar. Would to God
that l could blot out the sound and the
scenes that followed Then came "A
sharp explosion; some say numerous
detonations. I remember only one. 1t
seemed to me that the sound came from
the port side forward. Then came a
perfect rain of missiles of all descrip-
tions, from huge pieces Of cement to
blocks of wood. steel ratings. frag-
ments of gratinss, and all the debris
that would be detachable in an explo-
sion.
Quarter Deck Awash.
'I was struck on the head by a p;ece
of cement and knocked down, but l was
not hurt and got to my feet in a mo-
ment. Lieut.. Hood had run to the poop
and L supposed, as 1 followed, he was
daZed by the shock and about to jump
overheard. I hailed him and he an
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TODAY.
ATLANTIC LINERS.

Metropolitan-Tim Murphy. Sis p. IN.
Grand-''The Adventurer," S:15 p. m.
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FRANCES WILLARD DEAD
HEAD OF THE w. C. T. u MOVEMENT
IN THE UNITED STATES

Sudden Turn for the Worse in the
Case of the Noted Temperance
Advocate, with IL Fatal Termina-
tion at MidniGht-Friends About
the Dying WOman's Bedside.