El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-16

to be the issuing OF statement RI
questinR that public opinion be sui
pended until full reports of Maine di'
aster are received.
The Spanish charge affairs Du Bcs
called at the state department tod
and offered the coincidence g of the Spar
ish government through Gen. Blanc
for the loss of the Maine.
NEW YORK, February 16.-Captaf
Summer, in charge of the Brookly
navy yard. said this morning: "Th
Maine could not have been blown VI
by an explosion in her magazine. 4
rule of the navy department is to clos
the magazine at sundown and it woul'
not be possible for combustibles stores
in there to have exploded accidentally
It was not an accident"
The news of the destruction OF th'
Maine caused the greatest excitemen
in New York. Few believe it was 81
accident and it is declared that war Il
row inevitable. Much alarm is fell
that the crack battleship Of the SPe n
ish navy, the Vizcaya, is expected tt
arrive in the harbor today, and there
ia not an American ship of her class
nearer than Hampton Roads.
AS the time for the arrival OF the
Spanish warshiD Viz ava approaches,
New Yorkers are beginning to canvass
nized that in ca of trouble the Viz
caya, once inside the fo-ts. could do q
great amount Of dana0e to property.
unless engaga d at once by an American
warship. With 100000 people and
hundreds of square miles of buildings
to shoot at, the Spaniard could destroy
$3.50, 600. 600 worth of property in a
short time. Buildings would be ruin
ed. fires would be started all over the
city and general panic would ensue.
Grants tomb. the statue OF liberty,
the. Brooklyn bridge.and the score or
more of handsome buildings that tower
to the sky in the lower part of the city
would be easy marks for the Spanish
guns. go
On the other hand. it 10 probable
that the New Workers. are giving them
selves needless concern. When the
Vizcaya comes to New York she will
have. to obey the Instructions OF the
hsrbor master in coming to anchor,
and q nice place has been picked out
for the visitor in the Hudson River.
is opposite One Hundred and Tenth
street, and there is enough dynamite
and nitroglycerine buried in the river
at this point to blow the Spaniards to
kingdom come 1t the first sign of aR-
gression. The mine is connected by
wire with the mainland.
A similar mine, it ia understood. has
heen laid insthe Lower Bay, off Staple
ton, and the harbor master will give
Vizcaya the choice of these anchor
ages If she comes to this port unaccOm-
panied by the Brooklyn or seme other
American warship.
half mast today. Many remarks Of
surprise were expressed that the gov
rrr ment building flags were kept at
the top OF staffs.
DENVER, Colo, February 16.-Peo-
pie here are little irclined to discuss
the disaster to the battleship Maine,
but areeaRerly awaiting the lat st par
ticulars. Never did extras" sell
more rapidly than they are selling to-
day. Missing 1t. Jenkins family live
here.
There is intense excitement here
over Havana news. Gov. Adams has
ordered flags at half mast. The COVER
nor declines this afternoon to express
an opinion on the disaster.
HAVANA, February 16.-It is thought
the bodies of many of the American
sailors who were aboard the battle
ship Maine are lost in the harbor and
will never be recovered. The Cuban
waters are infested with sharks and
many we're seen in the water this morn
i,R. All possible efforts to find the
bodies of the victims before the sharks
can get them are being made.
Tho list dead is increasing. It is now
known to be two hundred and eighty
may 90 over three hundred.
CHICAGO, February Is The grave
occurrence in the hsrbor of Havana
Great ed deep anxiety ON tho streets. An
hour before the opening brokers' offices
were crowed with people eager to learn
how London regarded the latest deve-
,opment in Cuban affairs Stocks tum-
bled rapidly, but reaction set in later.
LONDON, February 16.-There is
widespread fe,l'ng of regret here
over the Maine disaster. The British
admiralty cabled q message direct to
Washington. The Russian and Italian
attaches called on the American en-
bsssy today Offering sympathy.
TIE ST. James Gazette in this after.
ucon's issue regarding the Maine ex-
plosion broadly intimates that treach-
cry was at the bottom of the disaster.