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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-29
GUNNER'S MATE SMITH.
He Describes what He Found After the
Explosion.

He Describes What lie Found After the
Explosion.
Washington, March 2s.-Gunner's
Mate Smith described his first descent
which landed him in the 10-inch shell
room. The shells were there in good
order. but some toppled over by the
shock of the explosion. He crawled
over the bulkhead and down behind 1t
he found a 10-inch powder tank bent
and dented but not exploded.
ON his next descent he went down
from the port frame, following the side
of the ship down till he struck plates
that were blown from port to starboard
i'm board. He ollowed the plates down
till he came to the 6-incb shells. still I'm
the sings for sending them up out of
the shell rooms. The forward part of
have been blown away altogether. The
ragged edges of the steel floor to the
shell room were turned up.
Coming back from his trip into the
outer submarine world the diver came
across a lot of ~6-pounder shells and
shell cases. some Of them not even
broken away from the shells Laying
right across the middle of the 10-inch
shell room he found an armor plate
that had been torn away from the
ships side.
ON his fourth trip down he slid down
the outer edge of the ship by the port
crane. THE skin of the ship" he
said. lis i'm good condition till you come
to the Jagged open leading into the g.
inch shell room before mentioned. Here
the steel edges are blown inward"
Crawling into the hole he felt the dou-
BILE bottom and the jagged edges of the
cement turned up.
Witness was questioned very closely
as to the plates that he found blown
inward. and whether they might not
have been bulkheads. but he insisted
that they were the outside skin of the
ship near the bottom N located them
accurately on the plans about the mid
die of the 6-inch shell room, where lin
a big circle there is none of the outside
ship left at ALL"
He did not find the forward turret,
but il was missing from the place
where il belonged.
The importance of this testimony
caused IL to be gone over N over
again.
He old OF three trips down i'm diving
dress on Feb. rs. During n of these
he located the break in the keel where
the ships back was broken by the ex-
plosion. He there found a hole i'm the
bottom of the harbor about seven feet
deep and seven feet in diameter. The
mud bottom of his hole was harder
than elsewhere. and one did not sink
over Is inches in it.
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showing that the keel line was found
by him sloping down g. degrees below
the horizontal and to port.
If O consider the section of the
ship between frames is and 13," con-
inued Mr.. Powellson. and consider
that the part OF the bottom floating be-
tween frome Is and frame Is Is bent
out at a slight angle, and then that the
whole section IL turned orwar
through 80 degrees. you will picture the
position in which the plates are now
found. This plating could either have
been showed out from the after side or
IL could nave been pushed In from the
forward side. The only indication as
to how his was done is the wooden
boarding. IL the after part of the plat
ing had been pushed out from the in
side, the boarding would have been
brok at the angle which the plates
make. III the forward part of the plat
ing had been pushed in. the boards
woul W. been pulled away from the
after plating. as is the case with the
plates now"
Powellson said h regarded Olsen's
testimony I'm view of his knowledge of
the Maine and the drawings as ex-
tremely accurate.
The Judge advocate asked Mr.. Pow
ellison VIA he deduced from all this
testimony received from the diver that
forenoon, together with what informa-
ton as he had had before. Mr.. Pow
ellison replied that he thought the ex-
plosion occurred on the port side some-
where about frame Is. center of i'm
pact. The ship yielded at IL and also at
II. but il was pretty hard to say ex-
actly where the impact came. Frame
IL was blown in.
My idea is that after the ship was
raised up at frame IL the magazines,
one or all of them. after that were ex-
,xI.Ial for On. axxYla fapES 4 haze
seen were exploded, while others l
have seen were not exploded. i saw a
coffee can that was brought up this
morning which was as badly battered
as most of the powder cases that came
up. II locke i'm very much the same
condition"
Powellson said: ION the bottom
where the frame was blown up il would
seem to me that force was communi-
Gated some distance through the water.
because II was lifted up instead of be-
ing battered in. 1t was "A force that
was cushioned in some way. because
the diver tells me there was a bulge
i'm the plates between the two frames,
and such a force as that would be a
cushion pressure. So the plates i'm
that part of the ship having been brok-
en-. this explosion may have occurred
aft. and the frames forward of the
transverse armor being weaker than
they are aft. the ship might nav been
lifted up there by this cushion pressure
from further aft.
1T struck me-" continued Mr.. Pow
ellison. speaking of the same part of
the vessel, that the mine there could
not have been very close To those
plates that were lifted up, because, as |
say. the plates are not SO much dam
aged or BEN i'm the form of a V and
raised up a vertical distance. 1t seems
To me that the mine was somewhat re-
move s"d the pressure came through
the water. which produced that cush-
ion-sort of pressure.'
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COMMANDER WAINWRIGHT.
He Testified hat Every Possible Care
Was Taken To Avoid Accident.

Washington. March 2S.-Lieutenant
Commander Richard Wainwright testi-
fed that the regulations in regard to
paints and infiammables and other pre-
cautions We're strictly carried out on
board ship. Every possible care was
taken to avoid accident. All visitors
were scrutinized before being allowed
to come on board the ship. Nobody
was allowed unaccompanied. Special
''lookouts" were required at night. No
unauthorized boats were allowed tn APP
proach the ship. There was fine disci-
pline, obedient crew, quiet men. He
was officer at the time of the explosion.
He felt "A very severe shock n heard
"A noise of falling objects on the deck.
as though the ship was being fired on.
He was told by the captain To see that
the boats were lowered. He saw a few
men coming, mostly officers. He saw
no reason to food the magazine be-
cause the water was coming up. He
saw fire forward BOATS began 10
crowd around the wreck. He induced
the boats to take the to the
different vessels. He ordered a list
taken of the saved and wounded.
There was excellent discipline after the
explosion. orders were forwarded with
the promptness of drill. He was at the
wreck at daylight the following morn
ing. He took "A gig with Lieutenant
Hood and a few men n attempted to
board the wreck. He was warned off
by an armed boats crew Of Spaniards
and then pulled around the wreck.
There MAS still some burning frag-
mpntS.
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TO FORCE THE ISSUE.
of the House to Unite for Inn.
mediate Action.

Of the House To Unite for Inn.
mediate Action.
Washington. March 2S.-After h adj
journment of the house to-day, there
was considerable discussion over a pro-
posed consolidation of the forces in the
house who favor some form Of immedi-
ate action on the Cuban issue.
There was a strong feeling shown
over the avoidance in the message Of
any outline of any definite administra-
ton policy and a decided disposition
apparent not to await any further de-
lay nor resort to temporizing measures.
The project to furnish ad libitum relief
supplies to the Cuban non-combatants
is meeting with opposition to which
members on both sides of the u
have given voice In private discussion
OF the ground. first. that Spain alone
Is responsible for the conditions Oh the
island. and second. the extending of
such i'm large and probably continued
aid abroad is unjust To the people of
this country.
The steps taken to-day on this line
were of an informal nature. Repre-
sentative Hull of Iowa. chairman of
the house committee on military at
fairs. is leading the movement for
prompt action.
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General Lees Testimony.

Washington, March 2s.-Consul Gen.
eral F~itzhugh Lee appeared before the
court martial. His testimony related
To the official formalities on the Names
arrival. IN a "a he received a mes
sage from the state department that
the Maine would be sent to Havana on
"A friendly visit to resume the regular
status of naval relations between the
two countries, n he was ordered to
make arrangements at the palace for
the interchange of official courtesies.
After a call at the palace he sent the
state department a cipher message.
saying: Authorities profess to hin
the United States has Interior purposes
in sending the ship. Say IL will OBJ
struct autonomy n produce excite
ment and most probably a demonstra-
lion Ask hat IL be not don until
they can get instructions from Madrid.
Say that IL for a friendly purpose, as
claimed. delay is unimportant." 1t was
too late. however. the Maine having
already sailed. She arrived next day
and he reported her arrival to the state
department,
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A Declaration of War.

Havana. March 2s.-Deeper interest
is felt here in the news received to-
day from the United states. La Lucha,
in an editorial, says: The United
States note to Spain, demanding that
a date be fixed to end hostilities, is
simply Il declaration of war. 1t was not
issued until after the finding of the
United States court of inquiry a been
received. which finding is without
scientific basis and is open to question
even upon the part of the most pre-
JUDGED. President Mckinley has been
forced by lingo opinion and the sensa-
tional press to close the debate on the
question and to shield Captain Sigs-
bee. who Is one of the most popular
officers i'm the United States navy"
Continuing, La Lucia remarks: 1t
is well for Spain to know at last the
real purpose of money-loving Ameri-
cans. Spain now knows what to en-
pect and how to act"
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NOT YET PACIFIC.
The spanish Press Does Not Reflect n
Peaceful Feeling.

Peaceful Feeling.
London. March 29.-The special dis
patches from Madrid show that the
press there does net yet reflect the
more peaceful feeling of New York.
FL Heraldo says: IF we must resort
to quixotism, let us do 1t. The sooner
the better. before the Yankees can
gain ground over u.s.
FL Liberal admits that 1.-The day OF
trial has come for SPAIN but says:
Having worked for Cancellation with
all our might. we won't retreat n
line"
The Epoca says: Diplomacy has
not yet said the last word. but 1t Is.
duty to even repair for war"
The FL Correo says: These are the
moments when our people should show
that our glorious traditions of patriot
ism and war have not lost ground, and
hat we are still a nation of heroes and
martyrs"
Ell Naccional. the m~outhpiece of the
Weylerist faction. thinks the conflict
cannot be prevented and that the gov
m should act quickly.
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CONTINUED from Page One.)
temperature in the forward magazine
being considerably lower. There was
no loose powder kept in the magazine.
All the coal bunker We're ventilated
through air tubes examined weekly by
the chief engineer and were connected
electrically 10 the a~nnunciator near his
cabin door. The forward coal bunkers
on h port side were full. The for
ward coal bunker on the starboard
side was half full and IL was being
used at the time of the explosion.
Captain Sigsbee. being recalled. stated
that he had detailed Lieutenant Com
mander Wainwright, Lieutenant Hol-
man and Chief Engineer Holman. all Of
the Maine. to obtain Information in re-
gard TO any outsiders who might have
seen the explosion. Captain Sigsbee also
gave IL as his opinion that IL coal
bunker Ale had been so hot as to be
dangerous TO the six-inch reserve
magazine that this condition would
have been shown on three sides. where
the bunker was exposed. and that men
constantly passing To and fro by II
would have necessarily noticed any un-
due heat. Captain Sigsbee was recalled
and examined as TO the on
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board the Maine. He stated that there
We're no high explosives. gun-cotton. de-
fonators or other material in the maga-
gines or shell rooms. which the regula-
tons prohibited. He testified that no
warheais had been placed on torpedoes
since he had had command of the ship.
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Private Anthony.

Washington, March 2s.-Private Will
liam Anthony Of the United States Ma
rine corps. testified that he had the
first watch, from : to Il o'clock on the
night of the explosion. There was drill
that day and IL was not necessary to
open the magazines. II was standing
on the main deck just outside the door
of the larboard side. l first noticed a
trembling and buckling of the decks.
and then this prolonged roar-not a
short report. but a prolonged roar-I
saw an immense sheet of flames. n
then l started toward the captain. AT
the first shock the ship-that is. the
quarterback where l was standing
instantly dipped forward and to port.
II apparently broke in the middle and
surged forward and then over TO port"
Witness said h upshoot of the
flames he saw was well forward.
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Special attention to obstetrics, women
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Tel. 400. Office hours 3 to IL a. m, 2 to 4:D
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The pieces of armor plates also showed
that they were blown from the outside
from the way they were bent.
Witness also testified to having found
a bunch Of wires. about so of them
in a unch." In the same place he
followed the armor plates and found
the break where the armor plate end
ed. Here he found a string Of heavy
wire LIZ feet lnnR
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-29

Gunner's Mate Carl Rundquist. one
of the divers. said he went down in
the after part OF the ten-inch maya
zine n found a lot OF empty ten-inch
powder tanks-dozens of them with
pieces blown in all directions. They
did not look as IL they had exploded
by a charge inside.
The ragged edges OF the ship were
bent inward. The bottom of the ship
was all blown up. He found a hole In
the bottom of the ship. Ii looked as
IL il was blown up from h outside.
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NJ. Z. MAYER, Assayer-Samples by
mail or express will receive prompt and
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OCULISTS.
DIR. T. A. GRIGG-
OCULIST.

Practice limited to Eye. Ear, Nose.
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Ing, rs East Broadway, Butte. Mont.
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Office half a block north of p. O.
430 North Main ST., Butte.
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Leading Business Firms Of Montana.
ASSAYERS.

BUGGY
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-03-23
PUBLIC SALE OF AVALUABLE TRACT
OF LAND, LYING ON BIG CALF
PASTURE RIVER. NEAR
GOSHEN.


Pursuant to a decree entered Py TIE ClseuIt
Court OF Rockbridge County on the 18th day
OF March, 1898, in the Chancery Cause IN said
Court depending, wherein Ella Lee Williams
is plaintiff, and Archer Williams Devisees
are defendants, the undersigned will on
SATURDAY the esd DAY Of APRIL. 1895.
at - o'clock NJ, In front Of the Court House
In the Town OF Lexington, offer for sale. at
public auction to the highest bidder, that
valuable tract OF land with the improvements
thereon Of which Archer Williams died
siexsd, containing seventy-hye acres, mPfe
or less, lying on Big Calf Pasture RIVER,
near Goshen. This land Is productive hnd
will make very comfortable home for apy.
one desiring small farm.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash IN hand sufficient to
pay costs Of suit and sale, and the balance
upon q credit Of six. twelve and eighteen
months. with interest from date Of sale, the
purchaser to execute his bonds for the
deferred payments WITH good personal
security. and title retained as ultimate
security; but the purchaser may have the
right to anticipate the deferred payments.
BENNETTN. BELL.
Commissioner Of Sale,
I.R. r. Witt, Clerk Of the Circuit Court
If Rockbridge County do hereby certify that
Bennett N. Bell, the Commissioner nemed In
he above mentioned decree has executed the
,ond REQUIRED Of him for receiving the funds
arising from the sbbveSssle,
Teste.
49, r. R. Witt
Clerk.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-03-23
TO THE SURVIVORS OF THE14th
VIRGINIA CAVALRY, G. s. A.

Our annual reunion will be held at
Lexington, Va, Wednesday, 18th day
Of August, 1898. You are earnestly
and most cordially invited to be present
and unite with your comrades in the
enjoyments of the occasion. Our place
Of meeting, Lexington, in kockbiidge
county, is peculiarly the home Of the
Confederate soldier. She sent to the
field renowned commanders, and the
name of her private soldiers stand as a
synonym of courage and fidelity. In
Lexington lies the dust Of two Vt the
greatest Americans that have ever trod
it's soil. AS the faithful Mohammedan
expects once in his life to make pill
grimago to Mecca, SO the faithful Con-
federate should once rest his eyes upon
the tombs OF Robert E. Lee and Thomas
J. Jackson.
There are at least seveniy-fve OF
your old comrades, members of Rock
bridge companies, on tlis side OF the
river. They will welcome ". and
assist in building the campfire anu
see that your stay is made pleasant and
profitable.
Officers and men are requested to
send their names to the adjutant, and
efforts will be made to secure low
transportation for them and a salts
fac! DRY hotel rate. This matter should
be attended to as soon as practicable.
An attractive program will be az
ranged while you stsy in Lexington.
By order of Lieutenant ColonefJ ohm
A. Gibson,
Address j. SCOTT Moore. Adjutant
Late 14th Vu. Cavalry, G. S. A.,
Lexington, Va.
Would it not be q good idea for Lee
Jackson Camp to invite all the Confed-
crate Veterans in the County to come
TO Lexington and take part in this
reunion?
Let the Camp take the lead and let
us give the old vets good dinner and
have n campfire reunion.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-03-23
Not Exactly Right
mot Sick Enough for the Bed or Well Enough
For the Table,"
Minister'S Wife Apty Describes Well Known Condition and
Tells How 4 Was Overcome.

results. With the approach OF spring he
has had an Undesirable feeling Of Ill
health. 'Not sick enough for the bed or
well enough for the table! Ina few words,
He Became Run Down
each year from constant mental and ply
steal action. Hoods Sarsaparilla has re-
lieved and invigorated him In every In
stance. Last month we purchased four
bottles of the medicine, took two OF
the bottles, being weak,
Vithout Appetite and VIgor.
After 1 had used half a bottle OF
Hoods realized quite an improvement
and soon felt quite comfortable. / gained
so much that recommended Hoods Sar-
saparila to my nearest neighbor, who has
had maiarial symptoms. She has also
taken the medicine end Its effect upon her
for good was almost magic, She has now
prevailed upon her husband to take 1t tc
build him up. have also given Hoods
Sarsaparilla to my two little girls, one
nearly years old, who is not strong, con-
sequently languid, and the other, Is years
old, for pimples which indicate bad blood
and disfgure her complexion, Both have
been helped by Hoods SarsapariIIa which
am glad heartily to recommsnd.n MRS.
G. HUNT, 10i West 31st Street, N. Y. City.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-03-23
GILMORE GATHERINGS,
(Gazette Correspondence. J

Gazette Correspondence.)
,Gilmore's Mills, Va, March 21.-
Getting out Of sight, "The Muiphies.
Gardening the pastime now.
Miss Kate Thompson returned home
Saturday from visiting her brother, Mr.
r. W. Thompson, Of Rocky Point.
MIR. VIM. Barger, of Gala, Va, who
has been staying with his uncle, Mr..
John Barger, of this place, returned
lone Saturday.
Miss Mary TySrett an aged lady Of
Arnold's Valley, died at the home Of
her brother, Mr.. Robert Tygrett, Satur.
day, and was buried Sunday,
Mrs. Jas, Braford, Of Natural Bridge
is critically i'll with typhoid fever.
Messrs, H. VI. Swartz and II. b.
Howard werc in Grecplee Sunday.
TIE little child of Mr.. and MS. Cbasr
Mitchell has been right sick for the
past few days, but is much better at
this writing.
-nJAKEYp
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-03-23

When wear begins to exceed repair
in your body you are going to fall
sick. The signs of it are; loss OF flesh,
paleness, weakness, nervousness, etc.
The repair needed is food, You think
you eat enough, and yet you feel that
that you wear out more tissue, energy
nerve-force, than your food makes for
you. The difficulty is that you do not
digest enough. And this is SO serious
it is worth sitting down seriously to
think about. Ifyou can't digest what
you eat, take few doses Of Shaker
Digestive Cordial. The effect Of it will
be to increase your flesh and make you
feel stronger. You won't fall sick
Proof that 1t ia In control OF your re-
pair apparatus. It's easy enough to
test this for yourself. Take q few
bottles of Shaker Digestive Cordial.
Sold by druggists at 10 cents to
$1.00 per bottle.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-03-23
GENERAL pr.Axuo's TOAST.

General Blanco, at the banquet in
Havana last week to the officers Of the
vizcaya and the Almirante Oquendo
toasted "The king, the queen regent,
the army and navy Of Spain" He said:
"The present generation will never see
another banner than that Of Spain at
the entrance TO the gulf Of Mexico.
That banner, representing civilization,
progress, liberty, humanity and religion,
will be eternal like that Of the first
American nation" These sentiments
were received with shouts of approval
and cheers. Admiral Manterola, re-
spending on behalf Of the navy said
"In union the army and navy will al
ways be indestructible."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-03-23

There are thousands of people in all
walks of life, particularly at this sea-
son, who are "not exactly right" and
yet are not sick, for whom single
bottle of Hoods Sarsaparilla would do
a world of good, as it has done for
others. Business and professional men
as well as the busy housewife are cs-
pecially susceptible to this debilitated
feeling. 1t is the peculiar combination
of the best tonic, anti-bilious, diuretic
and Alternative agents Of the vegetable
kingdom, carefully and scientifically
combined, which enables Hoods Sar-
saparilla to reach simple as well as
serious ailments when all other medi-
cines fail. Read Mrs. Hunts letter..
&C. /. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass:
"Dear Sirs:- trust that the publica-
ton Of my testimonial may serve to intro
duce Hoods Sarsaparilla to many who
need physical improvement, and lead
them to give 1t a trial. My husband,