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SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.
There Have Been Several Cases in the
Last Few Years.

Last Few Years.
Washington, Feb. 16.-The department
within recent years has been greatly
troubled with reports of spontaneous
combustion of coal in the ships bunk
ers. which have endangered the lives of
the crew and the safety of the ships.
The Cincinnati, twice at least, has been
obliged to flood her magazines to pre-
vent their blowing up during fires of this
kind and the cruiser Boston has been in
the same condition, In some of these
cases shelving in the magazines, which
separate the powder charges, has been
charred by the heat caused by the
burning coal in the adjacent bunkers.
In the case of the Atlanta some years
ago the bunlSers exploded with great
violence and the only explanation that
could be given was that it probably
was caused by the igniting of the VAL
nrs arising from the new paint applied
to the lining of the bunkers. The the
Org advanced by the Spanish author
tiles that the disaster might have been
caused by the explosion OF the boiler is
accredited at the navy department as
within the bounds of eredihility.
1nasmuch as suspicion exists in some
quarters that torpedo WAS used
against the Maine. II may he said that
the character OF the explosion was
hardly such as could be attributed TO
torpedo. 1t is said at the navy depart
ment that there is no lack of precedent
for such a disaster as that sustained by
the Maine, all of which can be traced
TO accidental causes. In 1885, the
United States man-of-war Missouri.
then lying ut Gibraltar. was totally
wrecked by the explosion of her maya
zinc.
Another case famous III naval history
is that OF her majesty's ship Doterel.
In 1887 she was lying AT anchor off
Pnnta Arenas In the straits pf Mppalz
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Larson. HaIIberg. Bullock, Melville,
Willis, Gaipin, Kushida. Noppin, Turpin,
Harris. Lutz Johnston. Holland, Her
bert, McDevitt, Foley, Hutchins, Rich
ards, Schwartz, Teackle, Flynne, Dress
Ter, David, Michaelson. Sohman, Fox,
Wilbur Waters, Anderson, Christianson,
Koehler, Ericsson, Mack, Williams, J.
White, Pauls, Coffee, J. w. Allen, Roe,
c. A. Smith, ]. Shea, Herness, J. Heff-
ron, Boomer, Johnson, Bergman, Matti-
son, A. Johnson, Pitcher. Hotter, Lof-
tus. McGinnis, W. Matiason, Furness,
Good, Darkins, Rau. McNair, Gabriel, A.
Hallock, Senock, A. Kenz, Benjamin,
Mckay.
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A TREACHEROUS PLOT.
The Names Sailors outspoEen in Their
Belief.

Jacksonville, Fla. Feb. ia special
to the Times Union and Citizen from
Key West says: The steamship Oil
vette arrived here tonight with large
number Of the wounded and many 9TH
er survivors of the Maine disaster The
officers were as a rule reticent and fol-
lowed in line with their chief, Captain
Sigsbee. in saying that the cause of the
explosion could only be ascertained by
divers, but many of the sailors We're
outspoken in their declaration of belief
that the explosion was a deep-laid plot
of the Spaniards. They are greatly in
censed against the Havana people, who
have shown them small courtesy, who
took their presence as a national af-
front, and who have published anony
nous circulars captioned, Down with
Americans" They believe that the au
thors of such expressed cowardly ha-
tired would hesitate AT no terrible VEN
geance such as the blowing up of the
Maine.
The sailors acquainted with the drills,
discipline and ensemble of a man-of-
war pooh pooh the idea of an internal
explosion
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A Total Wreck.

Teneriffe. Canary Islands, Feb 1.-THE
Compagnie General Transatlantique line
steamer Flachat. bound from Marseilles
for Colon. was totally wrecked on Anaga
Point this island, at l o'clock this morn
ing. Her captain. second officer, II of her
crew and one passenger We're saved.
Thirty-eight of the crew and 40 passen-
gers were lost The Flachat was built at
Stockton, England, by Pearse 81 Co., in
1880 She was a stern-screw iron vessel of
1.239 tons net and 2.175 tons gross register.
She was 300 feet long by 36 feet beam and
25.5 feet depth of hold.
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All Hone Given LIN.

Seattle, Feb. 16.-The owners of the
steamer Clara Nevada, which has been
reported lost with all on board in Ber-
ners bay, Alaska, to-day refunded to the
$50 passengers booked for the next trip
the money paid for tickets. 1t is thought
there were at least rs passengers on the
steamer when she left Skaguay This,
with her crew of Is, would make So per-
sons whose fate is awaited with anxiety.
The refunding of passage money is re-
garded as virtually the giving up of all
hope on the part of the owners.
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Highest Ever Known.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Wallace. Idaho Feb. 16.-Wires both
ways were down last night with all
streams rising. 1t turned cold before
morning. The small streams are falling
with the river at a standstill to-day. AT
Wardner the Oregon Railway & Naviga-
ton track was washed out. For several
hours the Bunker Hill and Sullivan con-
contractor was seriously threatened.
Stages could not reach Murray yester-
day, where the district court is in ses-
sion. Beaver creek is the highest ever
known by whites.
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May Cnuse Trouble.

Washington, Feb. 16.-The Maine in
cident formed the principal topic of
consideration by the senate committee
on foreign relations to-day. Opinions
generally expressed by members of the
committee in this informal conference
were to the effect that the occurrence
may result in grave complications I'M
less Spain makes it very plain no Span
lard was in any way responsible for it,
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self strongest Achilles never thought
he would turn his heel 10 an enemy, but
it was in that unarmored place the fatal
arrow was planted 1t is usually the organ
in his body that man thinks strongest,
that disease assaults and batters down.
Caution man about neglecting his
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No warship to BE Sent.

Washington, Feb. 16.-Among the
matters discussed by the president and
members of the cabinet to-day was the
question of the expediency of immed-
ately sending one or more war ships to
Havana to take the place of the Maine.
The conclusion is understood to have
been reached that at the present such a
course was not desirable.
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Bound for Copper River.

Seattle, WASH. Feb. 1.-THE steamer
Alliance sailed last night for Port Val
dez, Alaska, via Dyea and Skaguay, with
$50 passengers. The Keystone company
made up principally of people of Brad
dock and Beaver Falls, Pa, left on the
Alliance to go into the Copper river coun-
try. The party numbers u and is in
charge of Colonel Creighton, who took a
party of miners into the interior OF Alas
ka II years ago.
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Butler Thinks 1t Treachery.

Minneapolis, Feb. Ex-senator Marion
Butler of North Carolina, now In Min
neapolis attending the session of the
populist state central committee, is in
clined to view the loss of the Maine as
the result of treachery.
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An Accident.

Washington, Feb 1.-two members
Of the cabinet, who spent some time
with the president to-day, state every
thing SO far received indicates that the
loss of the Maine was due to an acct.
dent. Captain Sigsbee, In his kilograms
from Havana, states that he is not pre-
pared to express an opinion on this
point.
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win RuiId stean,s,,ins.

San Francisco. Feb. 16.-Captain A. NJ.
Hunt, superintendent of construction of
the Ward shipyards at Jeffersonville,
Ind, has just arrived from the East. lie
IS on his way to Unalaska to complete the
building of the four steamships for the
Alaska Steamship company. TO be en-
ployed on the Yukon. He was preceded a
few hours by Captain Foreman j. God
frey and 10 skilled workmen for the
same point.
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SHROUOED IN MYSTERY
Continued from Page Two.)

casualty in Hayan harbor. said: Il
can offer nothing but vague conjecture
as to the probable cause of the destruc-
ton of the Maine, although 1t would
seem to me at this time that when an
investigation is made it will be found
that an explosion occurred on the yes
sol
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Smiled for Hnynna.

Key West, Fla. Feb 16-The light
house tender Mangrove sailed for Ha-
vana at o'clock this morning, having
on board several doctors. The steamer
Fern has also sailed for Havana, and
the torpedo boat Ericsson left at mid
night with dispatches for the fleet.
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Madrid Feb. 1.-THE Impartial pub
lished an extra edition, saying that the
news had produced deep impression in
Madrid. The premier, Senior Sagasta.
personally informed the queen regent of
the loss of the Maine.
The Heraldo remarks: Although the
Americans represent us as a people de-
void of virtues, we must face this hor-
rible misfortune sincerely and express
feelings of compassion"
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Removed to Key West.

Washington, Feb. 16.--The navy de-
partment tonight received the follow
ing from Captain Sigsbee: Every one
except nine officers, nine privates, one
Sunner's mate and 25 seriously wound
ed removed to Key West by Olivette
tSigned) "S1GSBEE."
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Admiral Erben's Opinion.

New York. Feb. 16.-Rear Admiral
Erben, Y. S. N, retired, said to-day
that he was inclined 10 believe that the
Maine was blown up by her own maya
zine. Such things had happened be-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-17
Purely nm Accident.

Madrid, Feb. 16.-The captain general
of Cuba. Blanco, cabled the authorities
here and has sent similar message 10
Washington, saying the disaster to the
Maine was indisputably due to an acct
dent.
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nIontann Meather.

Washington, Feb 16.-Forecast for
Montana. Light SHOWS, warmer in ex-
IRENE northern portion; southeasterly
winds,
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Tie weakest

place in a house
or fort, or any
place of de-
Tense, usually
turns out to be
t |, at W l1ic h
W a S thought
strongest. The
weakest place
in a III a n s
body is that
in which he
esteeuls him
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The Artist and His Work.
The life of a painter. above all of a
portrait-painter. is one long succession
The sun., 1898-11-03
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The sun., 1898-11-03
MISCELLANY.

Rudolph Wolff, champion wrestler of
Australia, challenges the winner of the
.Ienkins-Adali match, which is to occur
in New York next Saturday night.
Peter W. Latham of London, the court
tennis champion Of the world, conceding
the odds of half of fifteen for a bisque,
beat Thomas Petit, of Boston, Mass,
Tuesday, 3-2.
The quarter-mie run OF the University
Of Pennsylvania handicap track games,
which was postponed from last Saturday,
was run yesterday afternoon on Frank
lin Field.
The cross-country run between the
University of Pennsylvania and Cornell
will be held at Ithaca on November 10.
This is second time that Pennsyl-
vania team will have run at Ithaca The
first race was in 1895, and was won by
Cornell.
Pennsylvania will be represented in
the crOss-country run at New York on
Thanksgiving Day by the following run
ners: Grant, Little and Parry. George
Orton has gone into training and will
compete in the event.
Tom jenkins, who claims the title of
champion wrestler of America, and who
will meet Hall Adali, the "Sultan's
Lion" at Madison Square Garden, Satur-
dah night, has arrived in New York,
ready for the fray. He Gays he is in
great shape and is confident OF throwing
the Turk
The contention of the author of a re.
Gently published volume entitled Ere
spiratory Exercise" is that the erect
position assumed by man is injurious
and productive of much fatigue. This,
he says, may be avoided by cycling,
which also relieves the weight-carrying
upon the legs entailed by walking.
The sun., 1898-11-03

put lots OF life into their work. The
Varsity lineup found every man in his
place except Cochrane, left end; Donald,
left tackle, and Houghton, right tackle,
who were given rest. The coaches
rendered great help.
In commenting on the recent game
with Pennsylvania on his return to Chi
cago, the famous Herschberger said it
was remarkably clean game and that
the line held well for his kicks. Penn
sylvania made no attempts on rough
plays. 81 had one place kick blocked" )"
said he, zone of the end men came
around. Otherwise had no trouble
getting the kicks away. Penn did not
rough me at all 1t was the cleanest game
] ever played in"
In the way of goals from the field Hud-
son, OF the Indian team, and Hersch-
berger of Chicago, appear to be running
race. Hudson, the Indian wonderful
quarter back, has kicked four goals from
the field this wear, two against Blooms
burg and one each against Yale and Hai-
yard. In this line Of work he leads all
others, except, possibly, Herschberger,
the phenomenal kicker of the University
of Chicago eleven.
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for the match between George Dixon
and Oscar Gardiner at the Lenox next
month.
Austin Rice was matched with jim
Callahan to go twenty rounds at the Pell-
can Athletic Club on next Saturday
night Both lads are clever with
their hands, and as they are pretty
evenly matched, lively set is antici-
pated.
'Mysterious" Billy Smith yesterday
signed articles to meet Johnny German
in limited round bout at Rochester on
November Ii. A week later he will meet
Charley McKeever in Philadelphia and
on December 2 his opponent will be Joe
Walcott at the Lenox A. &.
Joe Cans, the Baltimore lightweight,
who boxes William kid" Mcfarland
at the Lenox Athletic Club Friday night,
for twenty-five rounds, is so confident of
success that he has prepared a def to the
world, which he will issue on Friday,
when he promises to post 81 900 as for
teit to meet George Lavigne or Frank
Erne.
The sun., 1898-11-03
CYCLING.

Ri yierre, the old French long distance
crack, says he has ridden his last race
and intends definitely to retire: Before
doing SO, however, he will essay Cor
dang's twenty -iour-hour worlds record
of GIG miles $40 yards.
The chairman of tine l.. A. W. Racing
Board has requested those who can
throw any light on the terms of the race
between Michael and McDuffee, contested
at Willow Grove, Saturday, August 6, to
meet him Sunday morning next at eleven
O'Clock at the Hotel Lafayette, Philadel-
phia.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Darwin McIlraith,
the world girdlers, began their ride from
New York to Chicago at noon yesterday.
Chairman Mott is out with another
bulletin of official l.. A. w. racing board
news s. in which he gives the standing Of
the men as follows: Tom Butler, 1S9;
Bald. 155; Major Taylor, l43; McFar-
land, 1873; Kimble, 1l2; Cooper, log;
Arthur Gardiner, l02; Watson Coleman,
81; Freeman, 70; Stevens, 80; Robert
Thompson, 10; Merten, 3S.
1t is rather noticeable that the three
French, American and English riders,
C. Huret, Fl. Elkes and A.. a. Chase,
who have respectively been responsible
for putting up the most marvellous record
rides in each country, have beens the
least successful in match racing, not one
of them having won tirst.cass match
race this season.
"Those cranks who have finished their
seasons racing" remarks an old racing
man, ''and those who are about to finish
should not abandon exercise on the
wheel too suddenly, but should gradu-
ally decrease their riding, as fleshv
person is apt to put on too much weight
in too short period if he discontinues
his regular exercise all at once.
Strange, indeed, are the ways of the
world, especially the cycling world. One
of the walls from the outlaw riders by
way of justifying their revolt was the
lack OF opportunities fer Sunday racing.
Now, according to the plan of action, as
laid out by Mr.. Gardiner, mo circuit
sanctions are to be allowed for Sunday
and no points are to be countefin the
championship race upon that day"
"Does an old bicycle run better than a
new one? BY DID," says cyclist, lis not
meant dilapidated machine, but one
which has been carefully used foi few
months. Engines of all types have to
find their bearings. and the question ie
whether bicycles do not run better after
they have been in use short time. 1t
is doubtful, therefore, whether the in
itiaI trial of Il bicycle is an infallib'e i'll
dex to its subsequent behavior. Any
how, | have found that really good
machine always run better after few
Ihundred niles work"
The sun., 1898-11-03
FOOT BALLER SET DOWN.
Gordon Clarke, who Made a Touch
down Againsr Pennsylvania, is no
Longer a Member ofihe Chi
cagO University Eleven.

Gordon Clarke, Chicago's crack half
back and Herschberger's side partner,
was yesterday debarred from further
participation as il member OF the Chicago
University team, by Professor Stagg, on
the ground of professionalism. Clarke
was the player who made a touchdown
against Pennsylvania at Philadelphia
last Saturday.
University of Wisconsin, champion of
the west for the past two wears, viii play
Chicago week from Saturday. 1t is the
most important game in the west and
the Badgers have left no stone unturned
to find flaws in the Chicago players
records, and Yesterday made formal pro-
tests against Clarke on the ground OF
professionalism, and Rogers, guard, on
ground OF ineligibIi,y under the four
year rule.
The charge is hat Clarke coached the
Tarkio College, Mo-, foot ball team for
one week in 1898 for $50, the western
rules then allowing coaching for money,
but since that time a retroactive rule has
been passed which rules out all coachers.
Clarke admitted the charge and was at
once barred.
The case against Rogers is not good.
Wisconsin is anxious to get even with
Chicago for its fight against Maybury,
which resulted in his disbarment from
Wisconsin athletics and his expulsion by
the A. A. [.
The sun., 1898-11-03
FOOT BALL.

The High School and North East
Manual Training eleven of Philadelphia,
will me It to-day at Union street grounds
in game Of foot ball. Tie locals will
no doubt have a cinch, as the DlexeI In
stitute team defeated the visitors Tues.
day by the score of 30 to 0, while the
locals played the Drexel team to stand
still.
Arrangements have b,en made to have
the Harvard. Pennsylvania game repro
duced at Franklin Field on Saturday
while the Harvard-Pennsylvania fresh
men are playing.
Pennsy took her last hard practice
prior to Saturdays battle with Harvard,
Tuesday, and Coach Woodruff an
nounced that the lineup on Saturday
will be exactly the same as against Chi
cago few DAYS ago. Yesterday morning
the Quaker kickers bade adieu to Slow
town and set forth for Auburndale, su-
burb of Cambridge, where they will com
plete their training.
1t seems impossible to develop team
work at Cornell, for the reason that the
entire Varsity team has not been on the
field at the same time in two weeks.
Brokaw Field, Princeton, was chris.
tened Tuesday by Princeton's practice,
and the Tigers showed that they will
soon get accustomed to their new
grounds.
"Brink" Thorne arrived at New
Haven, Conn, Tuesday and helped the
Yale coaches with the team. Frank
Hinkey arrived yesterday and Laurie
Bliss and kid Wallace are also on
hand. For the first time since October
81 all the veterans were on hand for
practice.
For the first time since Saturdays
game with Dartmouth, the Wesleyan
team practiced Tuesday, but most Of the
men wer5 stiff and sore. Great interest
is manifested over the game with Trinity
next Saturday, and Wesleyan will try to
keep Trinity from scoring.
Betting on the Harvard-Pennsylvania
game in New York and Boston iavors
the Quakers, who are expected to win on
endurance. In New York, the odds yes
terday were five to three against Har-
ward, and ten to seven against the Grim.
sen team IN Boston.
Coach Woodruff, of the Quaker eleven,
thinks his charges will defeat Harvard
Saturday if the team plays as well as it
did during the second half of the game
against the Chicago University. Wood
ruff says he doesn't underestimate the
strength of the Crimson eleven when he
makes the foregoing prediction.
The Marten Senate has organized for
the season OF 1893 and would like to hear
from any team in the State weighing
under ninety-live pounds. Captain Styd-
ham would like to get a chY'Ienae for the
coming Saturday. November 5th. No
venlber II, 10, %, aud rs are open dates.
Send challenges tn POS East Fifth street,
Wilmington, Del.
Secret practice was INDUCED in yester-
day by the Harvard team, and tie men