The Republican journal., 1898-03-10
-,-,s,, Day Happenings in Havana.

f,,tar can reach Belfast, IN the regular
rio cable will have brought you an
-5f he official funeral of our poor
the Maine the most splendid
lemonStration which Havana has
sad m quarter of century. You
7'8gine the 80 collins in a row in the
-t.on of the Captain Generals
-he lines of Spanish soldiers stand
Hry on guard, the thousands of
-ff-ut floral tributes and the tens of
uaa> Of sad faced people of all
.-a eS, many of them in tears, who
..r view the black boxes; the "a
Tie hundreds of horses with
plumes, the long procession of
.-~ md pedestrians, and the band
GLENN dirges. Every official Of
sh government participated, =
Bishop, who has taken part in
previous funeral. Perhaps the
laetc part of the procession was
Heconcentrados who brought up
Tagged, hatless, bare-footed
.. hardly able to walk from sick
-.alyation, they followed humbly
. knowing that the dead were
he United States-the country
- sent them food a1 on which
their hopes OF better days,
,ed their gratitude in the only
NEW.
" persuade you that Spain
Bile for the great disaster. In
..Hty it was an accident, which
aimed in the course of the
designations: or at the worst,
crime was committed by some
-ue Iunatic, like Guiteau, or
lie last assassin of the Presi-
fauoe. Everything in the power
10 for the relief of the sur
tn further the full investigation
me by the Spanish government
people of Havana. They bore the
If the funeral and nobody in
"ll accept any pay for the service
-..- Neither pains nor expense has
led. and the fathers and mothers
ueu could not have been kinder.
Ile> Of the Spanish man Of war
pugside the Maine in the harbor,
Bomberos (firemen) of Havana
s. r4t.c lives in assisting on the night
saster. and the doctors in the
.- - military hospital of San Ambro-
-sra many of the wounded were
4.lrLer slept nor ate for So hours,
.-Hituug care of the suffering OF
line of war, when feelings run
manner of stories are in cir
One of them is to the effect
nme time a strange man had been
- he United States Consulate,
General Lee to send the Maine
something horrible was about to
RIP Ler They thought he was
saeh As frequently visit the White
..-- and sent him away. again and
at now they are diligently hunt
inn. and he cannot be found l
the officers Of the Maine say
not possible for a bomb to have
ed beneath her, The keel lay
leet aud one half of the bottom
l10r and bomb large enough
the big vessel could not have
7ded between the mud and the
Aelmore, bomb Of sufficient
o have lifted the Maine, would
wrecked Havana and destroyed
A. ship in the harbor.
repeated canard as that the
~ officer of the Maine when
yplOsion occurred, sent five men
emoye the gun powder and dyna-
fe hold, in order to save the city,
lie men obeyed, knowing that it
eAth to them all; as matter of
few seconds elapsed between
alarm and the final explosion,
was no time for the giving of
crs whatever. | am spending a
every day with the wounded
remain in the Hospital de San
l, writing letters for them to
Tes and sweet hearts, and carry
n the grapes and cigarettes and
lIies which some of them crave.
have l been allowed to pay a
anything for the hospital; every
at n Havana is ready to place his
-'ock at my disposal. These are the
'- t,es among the living, all the rest
led here, or been sent to Key
'@f They are all patient and cheerful
Tearing their pains like, heroes.
- ID J'rribly burned, the severest in
~ me from being dashed with such
against the rocks. Among them
isl Holger of New York City, with
- leg and arms entirely helpless, be-
i-' .rTible burns and bruises. One of
Nos' pitiable cases is that of William
NtlIgly a handsome young fellow from
Michigan. His jaw is crushed,
| whole body mass of injuries,
'Aoruciating are his sufferings that
1T most of the time under the in
t opiates. The burned and pow
seued faces of all are covered
Of cotton batting, put on he'll
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