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IRON washinston said that Mr., Roosevelt
and other bureau chtefs. as we'll ~ con-
gressmen. are absolutely certain that
trenchery was the cause OF the disaster.
while dispatch to the Morning Post from
New York says President Mckinley has
long been suspicious OF some atrocious foul
play, and is reported to have confidential
reports In his possession. which. II pub
lished. would cause immediate war.
The st. James Gazette says the conduct
of President Mckinley In the De LONE In
cident shows he is not seeking quarrel
and is unwilling to allow his hand to be
forced by the firebrands of the senate. Yet
q president of the United States, though
very powerful. may be driven against his
will.
Other newspapers comment on the dis
aster on the same line.
The Prince and Princess of Wales have
sent the following to the United states
embassy:
'The Prince and Princess of Wales re-
quest the charge daffaires to convey to
the president and to the secretary or the
navy the expression of their horror at the
terrible accident which has happened to
the Maine, and their profound sympathy
with them and with the whole American
nation at the occurrence"
The United States embassy received the
following telegram from Bagshot:
y tuS OAltcQ 6tdtcS <AAibuSSoect- ~
accept my most sincere sympathy for the
terrible accident which has happened to
the Maine. deeply deplore the loss which
has occurred to your navy and country
(Signed)
THE DUKE OF CoNNAUGHT."
Henry White, secretary Of the United
States embassy replied as follows:
II beg to express to your royal highness
most cordial thanks for the telegram of
sympathy of your royal highness with my
country in the loss of the Maine under such
appalling circumstances. 1 at once cabled
your message to my government The am
bassador is in Egypt.
(Sgned) "HENRY WHITE"
The lord mayor of London, Horatio Da-
vid Davies, sent the following message to
the United States ambassador, Col. John
Hay:
I'm behalf of the citizens of London and
myself personally, beg to convey to your
excellency our heartfelt sympathy in the
terrible calamity which has befallen the
American people by the loss of so many of
their gallant soldiers"
GERMAN CONDOLENCE
BERLIN. Feb. 17.-Emperor William ca
bled direct to President Mckinley, ex-
pressing his most heartfelt sympathy at
the loss of the Maine and so many brave
officers and men.
Admiral Knorr. commander-in-chief of
the German navy. called today at the
United States embassy and expressed the
German navy's sympathy.
Admiral Won Tirpitz. the secretary of the
navy, sent an officer on the same errand.
MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY
WASHINGTON, Feb IA number of
messages have been received at the state
department from foreign governments ex-
pressing regrets in connection with the
Maine disaster. Among them are the fol-
lowing:
London-Secretary of State: l have the
honor to inform you that am commanded
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coincidence to President Mckinley regard
ing the appalling catastrophe to the Maine,
and to convey an assurance that tho
French people. especially the French navy.
are deeply touched by the death of the
gallant officers and men who lost theif
lives at their post of duty.
(Slgned) PORTER.
London--Sherman, Secretary Washing
ton: | have received the following mes
sage from the duke of Connaught: Pray
accept my sincere sympathy at the terri
BILE accident which has befallen the war
ship Maine. ! deeply deplore the loss
which your navy and country has sus-
tanned"
(Signed) WHITE.
Havana-The municipality has passed the
following resolution: 1.-The catastrophe to
the Maine has found a sad echo In every
heart. The city of Havana offers to the
American people the expression OF its grief
and claims the sad privilege OF caring for
the wounded and giving burial to the dead.
The municipality requests you to express
to the president of the United States the
grief which is felt throughout the city
of Havana.
(Signed) MARQUIS EsTEBAR.
"Alcalde of Havana"
New York-Secretary Of State: Under
signed, committee of Spanish residents of
New York. respectfully tender sincere SYM
pathy and regret for dreadful disaster to
Maine, with appalling loss of life.
For the committee. (Signed)
JOSE F. NAyAREO. Chairman.
ANTONIO CUYAS. Secretary.
ARTURO CUYAS.
CVIADRO Z. CASTILLO.
Secretary Long received the following
cablegram from the. Russian minister OF
marine at st. Petersburg:
I have just received the news of the
Names terrible disaster. I beg you to
accept my own and the Russian navy's
sincere sympathy and coincidence.
(Signed)
VICE ADMIRAL p. TYRLOw,
Minister of Marine
Secretary Long received the following
during the day:
l regret with all my soul the horrible
catrastrophe of the Maine. and send my
coincidence for the victims and their fam
lilies. Spanish navy is in mourning for
American navy.
(Signed) SOBRAL,
Naval Attache, Spanish Navy.
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don to the role or England. Nearly all
<het newspape< csnaille which ewarm in
your hotel are Hnelish. and at the same
time that they are correspondents OF the
journal they are also correspondents OF
the best newspapers and reviews Of Lon
don. Thus 1t has been since the beginning
TO my mind, the only object OF England is
that the Americans should occupy them
selves with us and leave her in peace, and
IL there is q war, so much the better; that
would further remove what is threatening
her-although 1t will never happen.
1t would be most important that you
should agitate the question of commercial
relations, even though it would be only
for effect, and that you should send here
O man of Importance, in order that might
use him to make propaganda among the
senators and others in opposition to the
junta and to win over exiles.
There goes Amblard. believe he comes
too deeply taken up with little political
matters, and there must be something
very great or we shall lose.
Adela returns your salutation, and we
wish you In the new year to be messenger
Of peace and take this New Years present
to poor Spain.
Always your attentive friend and SER
want, who kisses your hands,
ENRIQUE DUPUY DE LONE.
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SLOWLY SINKING
Only the Mainmast Appears Above
the Water

HAVANA, Feb. 1.-THE night of the dis
aster to the Maine light wind from the
southwest was blowing, and her head
pointed in a southeasterly direction. She
was moored in about twelve meters of
water forward. and drew abou< thirteen
metres aft The Spanish cruiser Alfonso
XIII was about 200 metres from the Amer
lean battleship.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press was in the cable office filing mes
sage when the explosion occurred. He
saw from the window of that Office a great
column Of fire shooting upwards, and he
hurried to he wharf and to the quarters
of Admiral Manterola. By that time the
flames extended over the whole ship, and in
a few moments the Maine sank.
The explosion so disjointed and twisted
the battleship that her remains now appear
like a pile of wreckage. All the upper
deck structure, turrets and guns, are in a
heap, and one boiler has been blown out OF
its place, and at o'clock yesterday after
noon was still smoking on deck.
The foremost and bow of the Maine have
collapsed, and now only the end of her
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Washington navy yard here for many days
before the breaking out and this, too, not
withstanding the fact that the piles were
visited almost daily.
Aboard a ship the taking of the tempera-
ture of the magazines daily is one of the
precautions to guard against such fires, In
the case of the Maine this observation was
usually taken at o'clock in the morning,
SO that it was entirely possible for bunker
fire to have developed sufficient heat during
the twelve hours that elapsed before the
explosion to have ignited the ammunition.
While the brown powder used for the ten
inch guns is difficult to ignite without a
detonator. still application of heat in excess
of 600 degrees for some time will cause the
explosion which the application of a
match would fail to bring about.
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by the queen to convey to the president the
with the American people on the occasion
of the sad disaster which has befallen their
navy by the loss of the battleship Maine
and of so many members of her crew.
request that you will be good enough to
transmit the above message to its high
destination.
have the honor to be. with the highest
consideration, sir, your most obedient
humble servant,
JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE.
Santiago de Cuba-Day, Washington:
Archbishop Saens expresses sympathy for
Maine disaster. HYATT.
Legation of the Republic of Hayti-Sec-
retary of State: The news of the sad ac-
cident which has befallen the Maine has
deeply touched me, and 1 beg leave to
express my coincidence and sympathy with
the families of the unfortunate victims
My government cannot fail to feel deep
concern on account of the loss which the
United States has just experienced. BE
pleased to accept, Mr.. Secretary of State,
the assurances of my highest considera-
ton.
(Signed) J. N. LEGER.
Berlin-President of the United States.
Washington: Let me express my sincere
sympathy to you and your country at the
terrible loss of the Maine and the death
of so many brave officers and men of your
navy.
(Signed) WILLIAM III.
Legation of the Greater Republic of Cen
trail America-I have received instructions
from the diet of the Greater Republic of
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main mast remains above water

main mast remains above water
The boats of the Spanish cruiser Alfonso
XIII have picked UP quantity of wreck
age, including boats and a flag, end today
ten more bodies were found in the harbor
and taken to the morgue. 1t is impossible
to identify them.
Captain Sigsbee went on board the AL.
fonso XIII yesterday and thanked the
Spanish commander, Captain Manuel
Elias, for the services the Spanish sailors
had rendered upon the occasion of the
great disaster.
Contrary to the reports current here to-
day, the divers have not made any investi-
cation of the wreck and the general opinion
expressed in Spanish circles is that the OK
plosion occurred inside the Maine.
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THE CAPITAL is QUIET

"
r WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-In order /
r to answer inquiries from all sections i
+ of the country regarding sensational 1
4. rumors, the following statement is 1
r made: The cruiser New York has not 4
r. been ordered to Havana; Consul Gen. I
+ eral Lee has not been assassinated; 1
r. there is no conference of the cabinet; i
r congress is not in session tonight; j
r both houses adjourned at the usual 1
+ hour until tomorrow; President Nc i
r. Kinley did not go to the capitol, and /,
r the situation is decidedly quiet. Z.
r. i
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John H. Turpin H. Johnson
Alfonso F. Williams
Wallis ]. Mounere


THE FIRST FUNERALS
The following cablegram from Captain
Sigsbee at Havana, dated today, was re-
ceived this evening by the secretary of
the navy:
"Twenty-seven will be buried this after
noon; twenty-five found in harbor and two
died in hospitals. Following only can be
recognized: Dierking, drummer; j. S.
Graham, W. H. Tinsman, landsnen;
Brown, sergeant of marines; Nero. chief
machinist; Keys. ordinary seaman o.
Sheridan, Gaffney, Cosgrove. Seary fire.
men; Golphine, marine; Kane, coal passer;
]. Smith, seaman"
Elaborate preparations were made for
the interment of the dead. In the morning
twenty-five bodies were brought to the
city hail. where they rested in coffins COW
cred with beautiful crowns Of silk rib
bons, with appropriate inscriptions. The
crown from the city council bears the in
scription: THE people of Havana to the
victims of the Maine" and there was a
handsome crown of silk ribbons in the
Spanish national colors with the inscrip-
ton: THE navy department at Havana to
| the victims of the Maine" Among other
tokens is an emblem from the Havana
| Yacht club.
| General Blanco witnessed the passing of
the funeral procession from the balcony of
the palace The entire ceremony was a
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AN INCENDIARY CIRCULAR
Spaniards in Havana Are Incied Violence Against the
yankee Hogs"

Feb 17N1edca Director Wood of the naval hospital
of incendiary
other
Medical
while
froma folows
"Spanards-
honor!
insuted this
you
tramping
side and
those initiated this rebellion
beloved
finally these Yankee who NEEDLE in affairs humiat
still order Of
insulting their
worthy Spain will be-
o
%
Wy"
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sPECULATIoNs
Of Which Some Are Wise and Some
Silly

DETROIT, Feb. ia special to the
News from Bay City, Mich, says: "a
letter was received today from Elmer Nell
strup, gunner on the Maine, dated Febru-
ary II, in which Meilstrup wrote that he
would not be surprised If they should be
blown up any day; that the ship was sur
rounded by torpedoes, and could not leave
the harbor without the consent and the
direction of Spanish authorities.
THE Spaniards have a couple of gun
boats and cruiser, and there are two
German gunboats. The guns of Moro
castle are pointed at us as / write. The
whole bottom of the harbor is covered with
torpedoes, so that If they did not want to
let us out, we would not be able to go very
well. We are lying between the Spanish
and German men-of-war, and they have
picket boats out all night, watching u.s."
In letter of February 7th. Meilstrup
says: Don't look for any trouble unless
Do
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THE NAMES COAL
Is Not at All Likely to Combust
Spontaneously

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17-In connection
with the theory of spontaneous combustion
the character of the coal supplied to the
Indiana assumed some Importance. This
is supplied at present to the bureau of
equipment, and the head Of that bureau,
Captain Bradford, asserted today posi-
lively that the coal was the very best. He
produced the quarterly report required by
the regulations to show exactly the state
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NOT A TORPEDO EXPLOSION .

I, KEY WEST, Fla, Feb. 1.-THE As 1
+ ISOLATED Press correspondent here has 1
!. had an opportunity to question 4
1. number of officers and men who were 1
+ aboard the warship Maine at the time 1
r of the explosion. 1t is the universal 1
+ opinion of all of them that the explo- 1
+ sion was due to some interior cause, !
+ and not the result of the explosion of 1
|. a torpedo on the outside. 1
=
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UTTERLY DIsCREDITED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE navy de-
partment absolutely discredits the story
from Key West. Secretary Long says that
there is no such thing as a percussion
hole; that there is no eight-inch torpedo
and no other way in which any such hole
could be accounted for, except that a shell
exploded inside the ship and pierced the
outer skin. This can be readily revealed
by the character of the angle and the
condition of the puncture.
Secretary Long positively denies that
Capt Sigsbee has in any suppressed tele-
grams expressed the opinion that tor
pedo caused the disaster or that 1t came
from an external cause. The captain
said, on the contrary, that he could not
venture to express an opinion.
Th navy department received dispatch
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THE FIRST FAKE
Promptly Discredited by the Navy
Department Officials

KEY WEST, Fla, Feb. ia corre-
spondent of the Associated Press, who has
just returned from the scene of the wreck
of the Maine, on board the Olivet, says
that divers who have been working rpon
the submerged vessel discovered an eight
inch percussion hole in one of her plates.
Admiral Manterola has summoned Capt.
Sigsbee to appear before Military Judge
Peralto and make the necessary deposit
tons
All proofs of torpedo work will be re-
moved.
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Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
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cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each
tablet.
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DEAD AND WOUNDED
According to the Latest Corrected
Cable AdviceS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE navy de-
partment tonight made up from its latest
cable advices the following list of dead,
wounded and rescued from the Maine.
The names marked Doubted" are uncer-
tain, owing to the errors in telegraphic
transmission. which prevent their corre-
spondence with the muster roll of the de-
partment on file in Washington. The fol-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-11-09
Society as a ReforIner.

Swearing is growing less, decidedly so, y
writes Edward Box in Ladies' Home
Journal. GAN students of men agree in
this view, just as excessive alcoholic
drinking is falling into dsuse.
"The principal reason for the decline OF
both excessive swearing and drinking is
that men are getting more and more care
full to refrain from any habit which places
their selfcontrol in peril. Society is con-
stantly growing more impatient with a
man who lacks equipoise, while the
keener demands of business nece,sitate
men being more moderate in all things.
The basis OF the change may be more
material than spiritual, but the Grange Is
taking place irrespective of the character
OF The basis or motive.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-11-09
Christian Endeavor Societies.

There are now within the borders of
the United States II, 222 societies.
These figures do not include the junior
intermediate and other societies. The
total enrolment of worldwide Christian
Endeavor IS 81, 1871 societies, with an
individual membership of more than
3, $50, GOO South Africa is entitled to
the banner for the greatest proportions
ate increase III the number of societies.
The Junior societies continue to increase
rapidly. There are now nearly II, 900
societies in the world One thousand of
these are to be found in foreign lands
Russia is the only country III The
world without a Christian Endeavor So
eiety.
There are - mothers societies. 10
senior or graduate, societies, II socie-
ties i'll the United States army and IN
volunteers camps, 119 societies in the
United States navy and on board mer-
chant ships. During the last year a.
CSC juniors have become members Of
the church. From the intermediate So
cieties Isis have joined their home
churches and 1876. 800 from the young
peoples societies, making total re-en-
forcement of church membership during
the year amounting to 225, 754-Secre-
tary Baer.
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Unre,yarded Heroes of santiago.

Ammunition had been accommodating in
a large pile Of boxes, and mule pack
train was doing its utmost, with fair
measure OF success, TO keep the troops
supplied with bareback and bacon and
coffee. The monthly wage OF those pack
ers MAS probably only few dollars; may
hap they were even classed a. mere ships
stores" by the commanding generals; but
the accomplis hments OF that train, only
half the size it should have been, were
enormous. l saw nothing OF the kind to
equal il during the campaign. | have
never seen such extraordinary efforts any
" here by men and mules. Literally the
army would have starved but tor the in
defatiga BILE labors of those packers-and
the only reward | heard of their receiving
was curses from headquarters, and fever
from exposure and over exertion.-CGS-
par Whitney, in Harper's Magazine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-11-09

At this time Of public excitement and
upheaying, when all are thinking and
talking almost constantly of the war
and its results, we must not forget chat
there is d God upon the throne, whose
right and province it is to direct and
determine the destiny of nations as
well as of individuals He rules in the
armies of heaven, and among the inhab.
itants of the earth, using this and that
nationality for the accomplishment Of
His purposes. All events somehow fur
Their the establishment and extension Of
His kingdom. lie has permitted the
present crisis for some wise end and
Christians ought to beseech Him to
bring out OF it such results as will be
most for HIS glory and for the good Of
humanity. Presbyterian
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Embellishments.
STORIES OF RELIEF.
Two Letters to Mrs. PinkhaIIl.

Mrs. JOHN WILLIAMS, EnFlishtown,
n. j., writes:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:--I cannot be-
gin to tell you how | suffered before
taking your remedies. | was so weak
that could hardly walk across the floor
without falling. | had womb trouble
and such a bearing down feeling; also
suffered with my back and limbs, pain
in womb, inflammat ion of the bladder,
piles and indigestion. Before | had
taken one bottle of Lydia +. Pinllhams
Vegetable Compound felt great deal
better, and after taking two and one
half bottles and half box of Your
Liver Pills l was cured. If more would
take your medicine they would not
have to suffer SO much"
Mrs. JOSEPH PETERSON, 513 East s.,
Warren, Pa, writes:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM;-I have suf-
fered with womb trouble over fifteen
years. | had inflammation. enlarge
ment and displacement of the womb.
| had the backache constantly. also
headache. and was SO dizzy. | had
heart trouble. 1t seemed as though my
heart was in my throat at times ehok-
ing me could not walk around and
l could not lie down, for then my heart
would beat SO fast | would feel as
though | was smothering. | had to
sit up in bed nights in order to breathe,
/ was so weak l conld not do any
thing.
Il have now taken several bot
ties of lydia +. Pinlsham's Negeta BILE
Compound, and used three pack
ages of Sanative Wash, and can say
l am perfectly cured. do not think
l could have lived long if Mrs. Pink
hams medicine had not helped me :"
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WIDE TIRE TESTIMONY.


Testimony on the value of wide tires
comes from all sections of the globe. A
correspondent of paper in Sydney de-
scribes a road in which heavily laden
wagons with narrow tires sank half
spoke deep and i'll places to their wheel
hubs. " and vet load of five tons car
ried on 6 inch tires sank but two to four
inches in the worst places. In dry
weather, he says, the roads are cut up
by narrow tires until the dust is foot
deep, and then the rain will not make
the dust set hard again.
A good material for roads is gravel,
"but no gravel roads will carry loads of
10 and IL tons on 3 and inch tires.
An experienced teamster will not speak
about the tonnage his team can draw.
He will say, / think the road will carry
five tons, or, more, as the case might
be. | have heard read suporintendents
say that enormous sums of money could
be saved annually if broad tires were
used, The only objection have heard
raised against the wide tires Is that
they do not fit into the ruts cut by the
narrow ones, which makes the draft
heavier upon the team. That is partly
true but the ruts would not be cut IL
all the wagons had wide tires. Portable
engines VARYING from six to eight horse
power and weighing five tons and over
are drawn by lighter teams than Wagons
which. with their loads, would not
weigh more. This is owing to the broad
tires always used ON engines. The ash
pans en- engines are seldom more than
about ten inches from the ground, but,
owing to the wide tires, these engines
seldom bog deep enough to allow the
pans to touch the ground. "