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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-29
ENGLEWOOD TRAIN DELAYED
One Car Jumps Track at a Dangerous
Place

An accident occurred on the Englewood
branch Of the Santa Fe yesterday which
might have resulted in the loss Of lie
and been one Of the mos serious on rec
ord. had Il not been that the train was
running under very slow speed at the
,o;nt where the freight car q the mixed
train left the track. Il was a. a point
between wetmore and Belvedere-
The front truck LEFT the track and the
rear stayed on. The train was stopped
ar.er running about loo yards. breaking up
SHY i!es and causing 3 delay OF about
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-29
WARWICK LODGE OFFICERS
Held Their Annual Election Last
Night

Warwick Lodge No. a. X OF ?, held
their annual election Of officers LAST night
IN their hall. The following were enc
sen:
=. C.-L s Trotte-.
Y &C. Jennings.
Prelate-T. i. Turner
NJ Of VA II. Ward.
* ef r. and S.-J. F. kirker-
NJ Of F.-Earle Blake.
NJ. Of Ed. =. Walker.
NJ a. AZ. Blake.
I. CIV. I. English.
O CD. i. Barnes.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-29

There passed through Wichita Thursday
last Mr.. George Doolittle, on his way TO
Cottonwood Valley, near Attica- Two
years ago Doolittle went to Arkansas to
buy cattle, and mysteriously disappeared.
He has been mourned for as dead. Fri
day he surprised his relatives and friends
by returning to them. He was sandbagged
and robbed of borrowed money and not
wishing TO return without 1t went on to
New Orleans and made the money ere he
returned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-29
FAIR MEETING
TO DEVISE PLANS FOR NEXT
YEAR.
VIII Be Held in the City Building
Next Friday.

The directors of the Wichita State Fair
association have issued cards, addressed
20 the business men, requesting them TO
meet at the city building on next Friday,
December ,, to discuss and provide for
an entertainment to be held in this city
next fan. Everybody is invited and a
special request is made that some repre-
sentative of each business firm be pres
ent. The meeting is called for 2:30 o'clock.
Mr.. G g. COIN was seen yesterday and ne
said that ne thought some new and origi-
nal plan at least for this part of the
country, would be adopted, if the bust
ness men took hold of the matter in their
usual spirit. Among the things mentioned
are two night carnivals and parades,
with races in the afternoon. Some advo-
cate the street fair, while others think
the Odd country fair is the thing. How
ever, every idea Will be discussed that IS
presented. There will certainly be some
plan adopted besides a mere fair. There
viii undoubtedly be a large attendance
OF the business men present.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-29
Sale Of Table Linens 5000
ALL WEEK

Now to be seen in our show windows, in a
tempting array of snowy wilderness, at prices
literally low. It's chance for wanters of
Table Linens to practice economy by laying
in their Table Linens now. For here is a
variety second to none, and the prices speak
for themselves.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-29
Napkins

NAPKINS. % inches square The regular
price is SIS per dozen This sale.... %
Napkins. - inches square, worth Si75
per dozen .......-................. ......Sl.5
Napkins. 27 inches square. worth 500
per dozen ....-....-.---,...-........ Is
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20

years. With regard to the practicability cf
raising the vessel it is to be remarked that
larger vessels have been raised which were
at sea, where they were exposed to waves,
while the Maine is in perfectly quiet har-
Dor, one end in the mud and part of the
other end above water. The Maine is in a
shallow spot as protected as mill pond
and she is only a 6O00-ton ship. The British
armor clad Howe, of over 10000 tons. was
raised off FeIrel. Spain, in the open ocean.
and her Majestys steamer Sultan. of over
5000 tons, was raised and saved after she
sank In the Comine channel"
Since the spontaneous combustion theory
has come so prominently to the front as ac-
counting for the disaster, the officers have
been looking over the records to find par
allel case, as near as may be. The flagship
New York was discovered to be on fire
March 8, 1896. Smoke was issuing from her
main magazine This was cleared of pow
der safely, and it was found that the wood
work had been charred deeply The cause
was not at first perceptible. but it was soon
discovered that an adjoining coal bunker
was burning When the bunker was opened
the coal on top was not hot but as the men
dug down irto the mass it was found to be
red hot inside. There was no manifestation
of heat on the top of the bunker save the
one side next the magazine. That startled
the naval officers, and the constructors
made a considerable air space between the
bunkers and the magazine. In the designing
of the new battle ships now on the DOCKS
the lesson was kept in mind and everything
possible was done TO insulate the coal punk
ers from the magazine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20
A SUBMARINE NINE.
What Correspondent ScOveI Says
About the Explosion.

NEW YORK, Feb. ia copyright ca
begram to the Evening World from Syl-
vester Scovel, under to-days date of Ha-
vana, via Key West, says: THE consensus
of opinion of those who have studied the
wreck closest is now that the explosion was
caused by a submarine mine. The forward
magazine, it is now generally supposed is
intact; also, the forward six-inch maga-
zines. This leaves only a few saluting
charges and few small caliber shells in
the pilot house which could possibly have
exploded aboard the ship. At the same
time the fearful damage is too big for any
but an extremely large torpedo. If it were
a torpedo, the divers will find the torpedo
fragments; but If it were submarine
mine, no traces will be found.
"All the American officers are internally
boiling. There is not one of them, from
Captain Sigsbe down, who is not fairly con-
vinced government submarine mine did it.
1.-THE Spanish dailies are loudly clamoring
Accident! Accident when even now the
fact is known that the whole middle deck.
which was blown straight up, never had
an ounce Of ships powder under it, and
that there was where the first flame was
Seen."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20
BY HER OWN TORPEDO.
Another Theory Regarding the De-
structiOn of the Battle Ship.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19-There is a new
theory for the destruction of the Maine
which is being discussed with great earn
estness by officers at the Navy Department,
says w. L. Curtis. OF the Chicago Record.
Some one has suggested that the ship may
have been destroyed by one of her own tor
pedoes. 1t is known that Captain Sigsbee
went into the harbor of Havana ready for
instant action. His orders were very brief
and unexpected there was no explanation,
and he did not know whether the commits
sion was peace or war until he dropped
anchor and reported to Consul General
Lee on shore. Among other preparations
four torpedoes were loaded and laid on the
deck ready for use IL neatssary. and one OF
them may have been discharged accident
ally that fatal night. If this could be de-
termined 1t would settle all doubt. but there
is a decided difference OF opinion among
officers as TO the probability. although most
of them admit that such an accident was a
possibility.
Torpedoes are loaded with gun cotton,
which is ordinary cotton fiber soaked with
nitric acid. When gun cotton Is wet It is a
nonexplosive except under certain peculiar
Continued on second Pagel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20
You YOurSelf....

Have admired SPRING OVERCOATS
they SWELL sma there dash and cspness IN
of artistic drawing Such Spring
distinguishes ITSELF the who
Such TOP COAT is the kind and want show
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20

The Administration Withholding NO
Facts About the Maine.

Facts About the Maine.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The admimstra-
ton has been at pains to give unquahheo
denial to the astonishing and unfounded
charge made by Senator Mason yesterday
that it was suppressing facts in connection
with the disaster in Havana harbor ana
that it was keeping the public in the dark
in regard thereto. These accusations nave
been effectually disproved, but the admin
istration is, nevertheless, extremely sensl-
tive to criticism as to its course AS mem
toned last night criticism is especially oi-
rected against Secretary Long for his open
espousal of the accident theory, 1T being
held that an expression from him might IN
fluence the court which he appointed TO
investigate the wreck. Those who know
the members of the court of inquiry under
stand fully that no such expression would
have the slightest effect on them, but the
general public has not this assurance, II is
claimed, and is, therefore, free to critlclse
as above. In explanation it may De salo
that this apparent espousal of the accident
theory must not be accepted literally. IL Is
one way of expressing wish for the puphc
to take the charitable view and to hold that
the Spanish are innocent until something
tangible can be offered to show to the con-
trary. For the administration to take any
other position would be regarded as an un-
friendly act. The administration desires 1t
fully understood and the policy which II
had adopted while not open to the construc-
ton that the President or his advisers have
prejudiced the case will have tendency
to put a stop to loose talk and unfriendly
comment by our officials of the government.
In all soberness some of the Eastern pa
pers announce that new Cuban policy has
been definitely adopted by the President,
based on the purchase of the island OF
Cuba by the Cubans with paper indorsed by
the United States. This scheme, which is
by no means a new one, and which has
been previously mentioned in these dis
patches as one of the speculative PROPOSE
tions frequently discussed, has been talked
over by the President and his friends, just
as they discuss dozens of other projects,
but it has not been directly or indirectly in
dorsed by him, and has not entered into
the construction of a new policy" 1t may
at some later day be adopted as the most
feasible plan of settlement, but the state
ment that the President is committed 20 1t
is absolutely without foundation. Powerful
financial interests are said to be striving to
bring such an adjustment to pass, and
there has been more or less gossip about
the proposition for months past. This,
however, is as far as it has gone.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20

All Are Positive the Blowing Up of
the Maine Was Accidental.

NEW YORK, Feb. ia reporter of the
Associated Press boarded the Spanish
cruiser Vizcaya4 at s:45 oclock this morning
in company with Commander Sobral naval
attaehe of the Spanish legation at Wash
ington; Vice Consul Mariana Fabregas
Setelo. Don Manuel De Suarez, secretary of
the Spanish consulate, and a detective de-
tailed by Chief of Police McCullagh. The
cruiser was then anchored off Sandy Hook
light. AS Commander Sobral was not in
uniform the marines were not lined up to
receive the visitors, and the formal welcome
was replaced by the exchange of hospitable
greetings in true Castilian style. Captain
Antonio Eulate shook hands cordially with
his visitors. Everybody on board knew of
the Names fate, and from the youngest
apprentice to the senior officer all the
Spaniards We're eager to express their sor-
row. An officer long in the Spanish navy
said: 1.-The loss of so many brave men and
so fine q ship is an appalling catastrophe
The American navy and people have our
sincere sympathy
The idea that the Maine was destroyed
by treaehery was scorned. Not an officer
on board would for a moment entertain any
solution OF the disaster except that it was
caused through accident. "Such things have
happened" an officer would say. 1T is
terrible. but it is part of the lot of the
battle ship. In peace her danger is often
times as great as In war.
No one could he found on board who
evinced the slightest anxiety as to the
safety Of the Yizcaya while in New York
harb9r. Expressions on the subject of the
extraordinary precautions taken for their
protection were guarded.
The trip OF the Vizcaya I,om Las PaInas
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20
NEW WORKERS ARE SAFE
FEARS AROUSED BY SENSATIONAL
lists FINALLY ALLAYED.
Mysterious Ship at Anchor in the
Bay-TaIk with Officers of the
Spanish Cruiser.

NEW YORK. Feb. 19.-There was good
deal of mystery here tonight regarding the
arrival of a war ship in the bay. AT 1910
tonight the observer at Sandy Hook report
ed that q war ship was passing there bound
in. and that it appeared to him to be an
American vessel. AT 1920 the observer re-
ported that the supposed American war ship
had anchored in the bay about half mile
OF shore between the point of the hook and
the government dock. The observer says
that she stands high out of water and is
well lighted up. She looks like a cruiser.
The Sandy Hook observer says that the
weather is so thick he can see but little,
but from her general appearance he thinks
ii to be the Brooklyn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20
COURT OF INQUIRY.
Naval officers Will Begin Examina-
tion of witnesses ON Monday.

tiOn of Witnesses ON Monday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The excitement
of the past few days has mostly disap-
peared at the Navy Department, and this
morning the overworked officials, particu-
larly the officers of the Navigation Bureau,
who have been working night and day all
most since the Maine disaster to meet the
inquiries of anxious relatives of the VIC
Tins, while keeping up the current work
of the office, were able to turn attention to
less pressing matters. The first dispatch
that came to hand relative to the disaster
was one from Admiral Sicard, dated at Key
West last night, speaking of the assembling
of the court of inquiry. The message was as
follows:
''The Bache sailed from Key West for
Havana with the divers and stores for the
Maine. The Iowa comes to Key West on
the 18TH and the Sampson court of inquiry
on the Maine assemblies on the arrival here
of Mark The Massachusetts and Indiana
are at Tortugas Fifteen officers and forty
seven men from the Maine have been dis
tributed at Key West Marine Hospital and
the army barracks More are due here on
the 18th by the Mangrove. l shall hold all
at Key West pending the court of inquiry.
No one of the twenty-one apprentices that
the Texas took from New York city for the
Maine was on board the Maine at the time
of the explosion. as no opportunity had Of
fered to transfer them from the Texas
where they still remain
Mark, referred TO by Admiral Sicard is
Lieutenant Commander Mark, now on his
way from Washington to Key West. who.
with Captain Sampson, Captain Chadwick
and Lieutenant Commander Potter, will
constitute the court of inquiry. Lieutenant
Commander Mark will be the judge advo-
cate of the court and lay down the line
of procedure being somewhat of an expert
in that matter. 1t is believed at the Navy
Department that he cannot reach Key West
Continued ON second Page.l
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20
NO DEAD FISH ON SURFACE.
How Admiral ManteroIa Supports His
Theory of Interior ExnIosinn

MADRID, Feb. ia dispatch received
to-day from Rear Admiral Manterola the
naval commander at Havana, says proof
exists that no dead fish came to the surface
after the explosion that wrecked the Maine
and that when the disaster occurred there
not the slightest upheaval of the
water. such as would inevitably follow
marine explosion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20
Jockeys Collar Bone BroIxep

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 19.-The carnival
handicap at six furlongs was the star num-
Der on to-day's racing card, and, like most
OF the stakes that have preceded it. was
won by John w. Schorr & Son, of Memphis,
whose good colt Sligo was first from start
to finish at the good odds of TO /. Dona
Rita, the favorite, fell in the first furlong.
and Caywood, who rode her. had his collar
bone broken.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20
AnofI,er Rumor.

NEW YORK. Feb. 1880 a m.-The
cable steamer Mackey-Bennett is anchored
in the bay off Sandy Hook. 1t is probable
that she is the vessel which was believed
TO have been an American cruiser.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The Spanish le-
cation has been advised of the arrival of
the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya, and Senor Du
Bose, the charge, has been in communica-
ton with the Spanish consul general at
New York and Lieutenant Sobra, the naval
attache of the legation, who is now at
New York, concerning the movements of
the ship. Mr.. Du Bose feels no apprehen-
sion over the presence of the ship in Amer
ican waters, but he has given instructions
for such precautions as may seem to be JUS
titled by the circumstances These will be
in the hands of the consul general, and Mr.
Du Bose and his staff have no present in
tention of going to New York The pre-
cautionary measures are merely those of
maintaining an efficient patrol about the
ship. Aside from the instructions going
through Mr.. Du Bose, the Spanish naval
authorities at New York are in communica-
ton with the minister of marine at Madrid.
In view or the feeling that there need be
no apprehension ii is understood by
the spanish authorities here there
VIII De no restrictions on visiting the
Nlzeaya beyond the necessary precautions
OF preventing an indiscriminate crowding by
the public at large. Up to this noon Mr.
Du Bose had not heard from the commander
OF the Vizcaya what his plans were as to
the duration of his visit at New York and
MS subsequent movement. His orders will
come direct from the Naval Department at
Madrid. Mr.. Du Bose called at the State
Department at noon and officially notified
the authorities of the presence of the Viz
caya in American waters
1t is expected General Merritt, command
ing the Department of the East at New
York, will make a formal call upon the com
mander of the Spanish war ship now lying
IN the harbor. While the strict letter of
naval etiquette would be satisfied by a call
from our naval authorities upon the ships
commander, the usual course is for the
highest military official in the neighborhood
to call either In person or through a member
of the staff 10 send his commitments
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20
snow by cold wave
There's There's ., only ;,,aSs Two OyerCOatS

One YOURSELF the SPRlNG
OVERCOATS showing there three thinge third being
that ndefnabe something distinguishes them from the
horde of Overcoats.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20

to New York was not without incident
Between the Bermudas and Cape Hatteras
she ran into a series of minor cyclones
which ended in a hurricane. Captain
Eulate, speaking o. his boats behavior,
said: She is a magnificent sea boat, and,
despite thirty-four hours battering of
heavy seas no accident occurred, nor was
a man injured"
This hurricane explains the tardiness of
the Vizcaya's arrival here. The trip across,
however, was taken leisurely, and no at
tempt was made to test the remarkable
coal capacity of the cruiser. Her bunkers
hold coal enough to enable her to steam
for twenty consecutive days at the rate of
twenty-one miles an hour, an accomplish
ment possessed by but few war ships. The
hull Of the Vizcaya is graceful. Her lines
are easy. terminating forward in one of
the most vicious looking rams ever seen in
these waters. Her free board is low, leav-
ing little as target. The guns in the fore
and aft turrets have an effective range of
ten miles. On the upper or main battery,
two fore and two att, a direct fore-and-aft
fire is provided The guns adjoining these
have a midway range between fore and
aft and broadside fire. ITcre is the usual
main deck broadside pi fling battery
The lower deck has a some. - imilar ar
rangement, including Nor seldts and
other modern engines of destruction. The
marines and sailors are fi> specimens, and
the order which prevailed ca board to-day
was excellent. The sailors are hardy lot.
The complement OK the Vizcaya consists of
10 officers, naval cadets, 420 blue jackets
and marines, making total of 44S
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-23
Fighting the Mohmunds.

Private Lever of the Bluffs tells two characteristics of the fight in which be was hit when General Jeffery, with the mountain battery and escort, was hemmed in village all night by thou sands of Mehmunds. The wounded were lying under wall exposed to torrents of rain and to showers of stones which the enemy hurled down at them from houses near. 1t seemed impossible that any relieving force could come to their aid before daybreak or that the mere Handful of Bluffs could hold out much longer. Their ammunition was running short Then Lever heard one wounded officer ask another, "How many shots have you got in your reyolyer?2 "Only two." '"rhen don't waste them, old chap; keep one for me, the other for yourself. !"
 When ammunition was so nearly ex- hausted that no orders were given to fire until the enemy could be distinctly seen, 8 sudden rattle of irregular fire was heard on one side of the village, followed by savage yells, but no other sound. The few Bluffs holding post in that direction stood with rifles leveled ready to fire volleys directly rush was attempted. The eommotion came near ST, and just as the noncommissioned of ficer in charge of that post had the command to "present" on his lips the flame from native gun flashed on bristling steel. British bayonets had been doing their grim work there in the darkness so silently that nobody thought friends were so near. The relief had come. The enemy gave way, and a min ute later Major Worlledge, with his companies of Sikhs and guides, entered she Yiliage.-IIondon News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-23

party of Jefferson county for Sheriff and Collector, but each time has been defeated and defrauded out of his nomination by the unfair meth eds, bull-dozing tactics, and trickery and chicapery of the Mccoy parti- sans and hirelings.
 But justice will prevail. for the people will not tolerate anything else, and in the end all of these wrongs will be righted.