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The herald., 1898-02-20

Naval history records many ca
lamities, but of them all the de-
struction of the Maine last Tuesday
night will in some respects take
precedence of all others. She did not
go down in battle; her disaster was
not due, like that of the Royal
George, to accident or negligence on
board; her fate was not brought
about by hurricane, like that in the
Samoan harbor, but she was the vic
tim Of what seems to have been a
secret plot hatched in town in
whose harbor she was a friendly
visitor Whether this plot was
worked out in the chambers of the
palace or in the slums of the city,
where are congregated scoundrels
ready for any evil act. is question
which the investigation now afoot,
but which at this writing is not con-
cluded, will determine. But 1 may
say with confidence, even now, that
villainy was at work. that the de-
struction of the vessel had long been
premeditated, and that although it
was carried out in advance of an
ticipation and seemingly premature
ly, it must nevertheless receive, in
one way or another. the punishment
due one of the darkest crimes in his
tory.
Nothing can be more beautiful than
the scene which the harbor of Ha-
vana normally presents. 1t is body
of water a mile and half in diam
eter, protected toward the east by
a high bluff, terminating at the en-
trance in Moro Castle, while oppo-
site lies the closely built city, shin
ing with l!ght-hued buildings, graced
with gray towers Of historic and an
cient churches. The shore here is
but little elevated abeove high
water mark, as are also the mar
gins to the south and southeast.
The space of blue water is crowded
with shipping of various nations,
the flag of our own country being
as often seen as any. The mercan-
tile vessels lie close to the wharves;
men-of-war and steamers of passen-
get lines lie out in the harbor.
When l entered the other day on
the Journals yacht Buccaneer /
found three battle-ships moored
there: The Spaniard, King Alfonso,
toward the west. standing high in
the water, but having an unknmpt
appearance; near her a French
school frigate of the old style. black
and powerful looking, and further
south the Maine, with everything in
and about her in perfect order, look
ing like an athlete ready for any foe.
Her great masts, with their fighting
tops, rose straight and strong aloft,
her steel sides glistened white and
smooth in the afternoon sun, and
the enormous ten-inch guns in her
two turrets thrust their long necks
The herald., 1898-02-20

hapened we may never know; 1t is
incompatible with the theory that
the Maine was deliberately moored
over mine or torpedo. At all events
the result was the same.
The heaven of peace and repose
was SUDDENLY transformed into hell
of destruction and human agony.
There was a dull, resonant roar,
partly muffied, as though coming
through a heavy veil of intervening
substance. simultaneously the
whole forward part of the ship was
partly lifted from the water. Then
followed a sharp explosion, without
a flaming of fire. The crash was so
portentous as to deprive some who
heard it Of their reason, to stun 9TH
ers, to astound many; but for the
two hundred and fifty gallant sea-
men, if they heard it at all, it was
the last sound that was to ring in
their ears in this world. The port
holes of nearby ships were
smashed in, as were the windows Of
houses facing the harbor; the lights
on the water front were eXtin-
guished; the water of the harbor
itself was rent as by the upheaval
of volcano. With a majestic move
ment the doomed ship reared herself
aloft, and then sank back into the
wild boiling of the maddened waves.
Great masses of her iron substance
were torn from her and sent hurl-
ing aloft and afar. Fresh explosions
of Titanic energy, though slight in
comparison with the first stu
pendous cataclysm, rived her
shattered hulk asunder and
twisted plates of proof into tortuous
fragments. The awful voices of her
dying agony appalled, and beat down
the power of human senses to ap-
prehend them. Down she came,
mountain-like, sending huge waves
across the bay, and as she settled
to her place other voices, feeble yet
more narrowing, became audible:
the groans and outcrys of dying men,
murdered in their sleep, smothering
beneath iron decks, drowning in foul
waters, crushed and pierced and
torn to pieces.
Their cries soon ceased for the
most part. and many victims never
spoke at ALL for death came to them
before they We're fairly conscious of
the catastrophe. A few instants of
time-while one might draw in
long breath and send it forth again
--sufficed for the accomplishment Of
this terrific tragedy.
1t was the forward part of the
ship, containing the sleeping quar-
ters of the crew. that had felt the
direct force of the explosion. The
stern portion, where the officers had
their abode, was left comparatively
uninjured, though structurally in
volved in the general ruin. Capt.
Sigsbee was struck on the head by
some flying missile, and plunged in
sudden darkness by the extinction of
the electric lights, groped his way to
the poop deck, where he was met by
the officer of the watch, who saluted
as If on parade, and reported that
the vessel had been blown up and
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
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Continued on Page Three.)
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INDEX
TO TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

I. Bulgaria protests against the hide :
+ Gus atrocities INDUCED in by Turkish .
+ soldiers in their treatment of Bulgar- :
/, ian villagers.
+ Judge Denny at Oakland spoils the .
1. coast record for four miles and close .
r ly approaches the worlds record;
+ other winners. .
1. English comment on Spanish-Amer- .
r lean affairs; union of Latin nations .
r contemplated to stop the advance of .
+ the greedy Yankee. .
r The passenger rate war on northern ,
1. lines now extends from coast to coast, :
r. and the Missouri lines will probably .
], be drawn into the battle.
1, Troops to keep order at Skaguay .
1. sail from Seattle; syndicate formed .
1, to work the whole Klondike district .
1, on lease or by purchase of the claims ,
r. Inspectors of the Nicaragua canal .
1. route report the scheme entirely prac- .
r ticable, and the contractors for the .
r Chicago drainage canal able to do the ,
1, work. .
+ German farmers go into politics,
r with a promise to support no candi--
r date who will not aid in paralyzing ,
r American competitions; the chief .
:. weapon to be used is a retaliatory :
r tariff.
r The sundry civil appropriation bill ,
E has been completed by the committee .
I, and it contains s40o 900 appropriation .
1. for the improvement of San Pedro .
1, harbor; four days debate in the house /.
r ends with the passage of the Hender- .
: son substitute for the Nelson bank 1
/, ruptcy bill. 4
1, Julian Hawthorne writes vivid ac- !
I. count of the destruction of the cruiser :!
!, Maine from the standpoint of an eye i
r witness; he believes the disaster to !
(. have been caused by treachery. which 1
/. calls for punishment swift and sure; !
1, navy department officials considering /
4, the possibility of raising the vessel; !
| 4 speculations concerning the cause of !
r the disaster. 4
+ RI 4 + + + + + RI + r + + + + + f*.ta
The herald., 1898-02-20

NEW YORK, Feb. t9.-(Special to The
Herald d.)-Julian Hawthorne, the noted
author who was an eyewitness to the
recent tragic events at Havana, arrived
from Cuba today. Here is his pen pic
ture of the destruction of the battleShip
Maine:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-06
ACCOUNTS $685. 900 SHORT.
Startling Discovery Follows Death
of a Massachusetts Cashier.

Startling Discovery Follows Death
Of a Massachusetts Cashier.
Following close upon the sudden death
of Cashier Lemuel 4. Terry of the Me.
chanics' National Bank, New Bedford,
Mass, comes the startling discovery that
lie was a defaulter and a suicide. Cashier
Terry was found dead in a chair in
the directors room, and the physi.
clans declared death due to apoplexy.
An investigation revealing a d%cfalcation
of sl25,OO0, an autopsy was held and the
medical examiner found that Terry had
died from cyanide of potassium, taken
with suicidal intent. Terry had made his
money in Calumet and lIccla investments,
and his speculatiOns wiped him out, and
then he used the banks money and some
$4,000 trust funds belonging To the Eylvia
A. Rowland estate, the income of which
has been paid 10 Hetty Green, Americas
richest woman. The bank is capitalized
at 5000 900 and has a surplus of $3.50 600.
William w. Grape is president, and the
directory comprises the wealthiest manu-.
facturers of the city.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-06
TO MAKE RUBBER FROM CORN
Claim a Process Has Been Found
Will Revolutionize Trade.

Claim a Process Has Been Found
Will RevoluttOnize Trade.
Chemists of the Glucose Sugar Refining
Company of Chicago claim to have dis.
covered a process for %vulcanizing the oil
from corn in such a manner as to produce
rubber. They say this will revolutionize
the rubber trade and give the control of at
least the manufacture of bicycle tires.
Five chemists in the employ of the com.
pany have been working OH this innova-
ton for some months past.
According to reports. the chemists have
found that the oil Of the corn properly
treated and v%ulcanized is superior to that
of the product of the South American rub
Der tree, is more resilient and more last
ing; and it is said that the manufacture of
rubber under the new process will become
an important part Of the business of the
glucose company. The process was ac-
~cidentally discovered some months ago by
one of the chemists of the company.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-06
IDEAS OF oees TAKE SHAPE
Cooperative Commonwealth Organ
ICED in kansas.

Cooperative Commonwealth Organ.
lied in Kansas.
The Cooperative Commonwealth Com.
pany is the name of a corporation organ
lied by the Social Democracy and
chartered under the Kansas laws. 1t is a
project to put into practical operation the
theories of Eugene v. Debs and the Social
Democracy, of which he is the head. The
company has an authorized capital of S.
500, 1000. The shares are valued at $40 each.
Each director will hold n share. All of
the remaining stock will be placed in
escrow In the hands of a board to be
selected. which will act as trustee for the
proposed company. The object of the
company is to purchase a tract Of land,
probably in western Kansas, and form q
great colony in which every line Of bust
ness shall he represented, but the business
methods shall he those of a purely social.
istic community, following in a great
many respects the ideas of Edward Bel.
1amv.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-06
WHEAT FOR CALIFORNIA.
The Movement Creates a Congestion
at Tacoma.

The Movement Creates a Congestion
at Tacoma.
There is a congestion of freight bound
for San Francisco, between Tacoma and
Anarcortes. It consists mainly of 10000
tons of grain purchased by California mill
ers because of a short home supply. Five
thousand tons of grain have accumulated
at Tacoma for shipment by the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company's vessels. The
warehouse being largely full of other
freight, much of the grain remains in cars
OH the track. Several extra steamers
have already been pressed into service to
relieve the tendency to congestion at Ia
coma, but even this increased service
leaves more grain in sight than can be
handled in several weeks. At AnacOrtes
another 5000 tons of grain awaits ship
ment TO San Francisco. Heavy wheat
shipments to California are proving a boon
to steamers engaged in the now depressed
Alaska trade, furnishing cargo for some
and thereby lcssening competition north
ward.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-06
the ono,r,o OF TRADE.
Hostilities Have Not Changed the
Situation Materially.

Hostilities Have Not Changed the
Situation Materially.
r. g. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review Of
Trade says: Hostilities have not yet
changed last weeks conditions. There is
much postponement of orders by men who
do not know what they are waiting for
and much restriction of loans by banks
which are abundantly strong. All this
checks new business and yet the volume
of transactions through clearing houses is
8 per cent. larger than in the same week
of 1892, with no foreign troubles. Rail-
roads are doing a great business. So per
cent. larger than in 1872 in April earnings
thus far.
Many have been asserting about every
day for the past two weeks that the wheat
speculation has eliminated, but the price
has in that time advanced 2lla cents, 81
cents within the past week. The govern
ment is buying many uniforms and great
quantities Of supplies, clothes, shoes, cop
per wire and iron for vessels and mi
ment, and the purchasing of many ships
compels building of other vessels.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-06
FIFTEEN ARE KILLED.
PACK TRAIN DESTROYED BY AN
EXPLOSION.
The Disaster Took Place Near San
Vincentc, State OF Linaloa, Mexico
Dead Cashier Found to BE $l25,.
600 short In His Accou....

Mexican Pack Train Destroyed.
News has been received of a terrible ex-
plosion of powder that was being carried
by a pack train TO Col. Dan Burns Candle.
lasa mine in Mexico. The explosion took
place on the road near San Vincente, state
of Sinaloa. The pack train was unusu-
ally large. 1t consisted of over 40 mules
and attendants numbering som forty
Mexicans. Part of the freight consisted
of ammunition caps and boxes of powder.
1t is reported that 2l8 boxes of powder
and 10000 caps exploded with such force
that fifteen men aud sixty mules were
killed.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-06
DEWEY'S BIG VICTORY
SPANISH FLEET DESTROYED BY
AslATIc SQUADRON.
Admiral Montejo's Flagship and the
Castillo Burned, and Others Sunk
Ono Spanish Commander Loses
His Life in the COnfict.
Spntu's Fleet IL Destroyed.


Lisbon, Portugal, May I, IL p. H.: Re-
liable news received here says that the
Spanish fleet was completely defeated in
an engagement with tile United States
fleet off Cavite, Philippine Islands, carly
this morning.
Madrid, May l, midnight: An official
telegram received at a late hour from the
governor general Of the Philippines says:
"Admiral Montejo has transferred his
flag to the cruiser lsla do Cuba from the
cruiser Reinr Marie Christina. The latter
was completely burned, as was also the
cruiser Castillo, the other ships having to
retire from The combat and some being
sunk to avoid their falling into the hands
of the enemy"
1880 u. M: The town is greatly excited
by the serious news from the Philippines
and there is az immense gathering in the
Celle dc Sevilla. The civil guards ON
horseback were called out to preserve
order aud all precautions have been taken.
There is much muttcring, hut up to the
present nothing more serious has Oc.
Cured.
London, May !: While it is quite clear
that the Spanish squadron las suffered a
crushing defeat, the dispatches leave out
the intensely interesting question whether
the United States squadron has suffered
material damage. All news thus far comes
from Spanish sources, but it seems evident
that Commodore Dewey has not captured
Manila. Unless lie is able to make an.
other attack and capture tile town ho will
be in an awkward position, having no
base upon which To retire and to reft.
Probably, therefore, the United States
squadron will be obliged to make for San
Francisco, as the entrance to Manila Bay
is heavily mined with torpedOcs.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-06
BROKE UP WEDDING FESTIVAL
Lincoln County Man Starts in to
Kill ON the Guests.

In default of bonds, George Kruger has
been lodged in the Lincoln County Jail on
a serious charge. lie went 10 the home of
a neighbOr where Il wedding dance was in
progress, determined to make trouble.
Hearing violent language outside, Matthias
Valentine opened the door, when two
boys who had been ut the barn rushed in,
pursued by Kruger, who fiourished a re-
volver and loudly proclaimed his inten-
tion TO kill everyone at the place. During
an argument between Matthias Valentine
and the prisoner, a brother of the former
rushed ur and dealt the latter a blow with
his fist. Kruger drew a knife and stabbed
Martin Valentine three times, two of the
thrusts we'll nigh proving fatal. The
wounded man was carried into the house
bleeding profusely, and the sight caused
all the guests but Matthias Valentine and
his sister to faint. Kruger waived exam
inatiOn and his bond was fixed at $75D.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-06
MARKET

ChicagoeCattle, common to prime.
$500 to $3.50: hogs, shipping grades.
$500 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50
to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.21 to $1.22;
corn, No. 2, 33c to 35c; oats. No. 2, 2Sc
to 30c; rye. No. 2. Soc to Coo; butter,
choice creamery, 1Gc to lie; eggs, fresh.
&c to lie; potatoes, common to choice.
soc to 75c per bushel.
1925; hogs, choice light. $500 to 1925;
sheep. common to choice. $500 to $3.50:
wheat, No. .. $1.O3 to $1.Ol; corn. No. 9
to 32c.
st. Louis-Cattlc. $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to S4.25; sheep. $500 to $4.75:
wheat, No. ., $1.1O to Sill; corn, No. .
yellow. Bic TO 33c; oats. No. 2, Doc to Bic;
rye. No. 2. 5Sc to 60c.
Cincinnati-Cattlc, $3.50 to $5.25; hogs,
$500 to S4.25; sheep. $3.50 to $4.75;
wheat, No. 2 red. $1.O5 to SLOT; corn. No.
9 mixed, 35c to 3Gc; oats. No. 2 mixed, 30c
to Bic; rye. No. 2. &c to G4c.
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to $3.50: hogs,
1925 to $500: sheep. $3.50 to $4.75;
wheat, No. 9, s1.O9 to $1.10; corn, No. 2
yellow, 35c to 3Gc; oats. No. 2 white, 32c
to a33c; rye. zoe to &c.
Tolcdo-Wheat. No. 2 red, $1.13 to
$1.15: corn, No. 9 mixed. Sac to 35c: oats.
No. 2 white. Use to 29c; rye. No. 2, SOC to
Gle: clover seed. $3.1O to $3.15.
Milwaukcc-Wleat, No. . spring. S1.1O
to $1.12; corn. No. 3, SAC to 35c: oats, No.
2 white, Bic to 33c: rye, No. 1, 59c TO Gle:
barley, No. 2. 47c to Sic; pork, mess,
$11.O0 to $11.5O.
Buffaio-cattIe. $500 to $3.50: hogs.
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $3.50:
wheat, No. 2 red, Sill to $1.13; corn, No.
2 yellow, 3sc to Soc: oats. No. 2 white,
34c to 35c.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep. $500 TO $500;
wheat, No. 2 red, 1923 to SIPS: corn. No.
2, 40c to 42c; oats, No. 2 white. 35c to
30c; butter. creamery. 15c to 18c; eggs.
Western, lie to 12c.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-06
Consolidate tho Two schools.

An important proceeding Of the recent
meeting of the Presbytcry of South Da-
kOta was the passage of a resolution rec.
ommending tile consolidation of the acad.
envy at Scotland with the university at
Pierre, and transferring both institutions
to some more convenient point. To this
end a special session of the synod was
called for some date early in June and en-
downing that body with power to take &C.
tion as suggested by tile resolution. THIS
proposition has been under consideration
for many months and now that all presby.
teries concerned are favorable to the con.
solidation of the institutions named their
removal seems almost assured.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-06
Declared Unconstitutional.

OcCtWTCU
The supreme court of Illinois has filed a
decision in the case of William Mooney
VS.. William Hutchinson, county clerk Of
vii! County. asking for a mandamus COM
pelling him TO place MONEYS name ON
the ballot as a candidate for representative
from the old senatorial district, composed
of Will County, the new district being
composed of Will and Dupage. The SUI
preme court in its decision holds that the
senatorial airport ionment law passed by
the Republican legislature at the special
session is unconstitutional. A peremptory
writ of mandamus is ordered issued as
asked for.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-06
Money for Depnuw Untycrsity.

A meeting was held at Indianapolis,
Ind, under the auspices of the alumni and
undergraduates of Depauw University to
consider means for giving financial aid To
that institution. Charles w. Smith pre-
sided and a number of speeches were
made showing that the university is in
financial straits and assistance is badly
needed. The meeting WAS to devise some
plan for raising money. A popular SUBJ
scription among the Methodist churches
of the state is one of the suggestions.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-06
A ToRNAoo.s HAVOC.
First Twtstcr of the Season I'm This
Latitude.

First Twtstcr of tho Season in This
Latitude.
Specials on Sunday morning record the
disaster wrought by tic first tornado of
the season in this latitude. 1t was not
nearly so severe as some which have Wis
tied the northwest, only three fatalities
being reported.
The storm seems to have formed be-
tween 4 and s O'clock Saturday afternoon
in Dixon County, Nebraska, and crossed
the Missouri into Union County, South
Dakota, going enthusiastically. crossing
the Sioux at Akron into Plymouth County,
crossing the Sioux City and Northern at
Maurice. in Sioux County, tho Omaha
road at Ashton, in Oscc0la County, and
thence enthusiastically through O'lsrien
County and into Buena Vista County.
Another storm is reported at about the
same time in the vicinity of Otto and
Smithland. Woodbury. County, but no
news of important damage has been re-
ceived.
Near Elk Point considerable damage
was done. Many buildings were RACED.
John johnson, the oldest son of Lewis
johnson, was sitting on the north side of
the house. He was found twelve rods
from the building, lying dead in IL ditch
by the side of the road. A piece of timber
had entered his head behind the right car,
making a hole in which one could put his
four fingers. The storm then crossed
Brulc Creek, sweeping everything before
ii. II then crossed the Big Sioux River,
moving in the direction of Akron, Iowa.
The wind caused great destruction in that
locality, it is said. \ great many of the
hail stones were of the size of lemons.
Shade trees and windmiils and other
things in the path of the storm suffered
greatly.
At Maurice, Iowa, the depot was blown
down. Houses, barns and elevators suf-
fercd the same fate. Nearly everybody in
town had taken refuge in storm caves, or
there undoubtedly would rave been
numerous casualties.
AT Whiting the new house of James Me-
Claim was turned bottom side up and COM
pletely demolished. Mrs. McClain saw the
storm coming and ran out of its course,
thus saving her life.
The storm passed one mile west of Shell
don, demolishing farm buildings aud i'm
juring six persons.
Several buildings were blown to pieces
in the vicinity Of Alta.
Later dispatches from points in the path
of the storm show the damage was greater
than first reports indicated. O'Bricn
County, Iowa, seems to nave suffered
more than any other section. AT the
Lemkahls' place, eight miles south OF
Sheldon, two children were killed. No
other fatalities are reported in Iowa.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-06
spaniard Killed by a G erman.

Julius Baldasl, a Spaniard, dicdat Long
Run, a mining town neat Steubcnyille,
Ohio, from the effects of being shot
through the lungs by Louis Ship, Il Ger
man. The men had Quarrele,i over the
war and Ship took tile side of the United
States. Baldasll threatened to kill Ship
aud when they came to blows lsaldasll
started TO get a weapon when Slipp SHOT
Inn. Shipp was arrested.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-06
SOLID SHOT USED.

Pilot House of a Spanish Steamer
Riddled by the Monitor Terror.
The Spanish steamer Guide arrived at
Key West Saturday morning in charge OF
a prize crew from tho monitor Terror.
The prize is valued at $4OO, 900. The Ter.
ror sighted her off Cardenas, gave chase
and fired a blank shot order to heave to.
n attention was paidto 1t, and the monitor
began firing solid shot, with the result that
the pilot house was rildled and one man
injured. About this time the Machias
joined in the chase and the Spaniard hove
to. The amount of money in the safe is
not known.