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OPINIONS IN NEW YORK.
ATine 70 Keep Cool. Says Con. ~Traey-"Dpai
Shouts tho Navy Yard.

ATine TO Keep Cool. says Gen. Traey-"0pain,
Shouts tho Navy Yard.
Flags hung at half-mast yesterday above pub.
Ito and private buildings all over New York.
The citizens neglected their ordinary vocations
to discuss tho disaster to the Maine. It was
the only subject about which men seemed to
caro- to talk. There were almost as many
views as to what the incident might lead to as
there were men to express them. As to the
cause of the explosion there were. of course.
but two opinions to express-that 1t was tho re-
suit Of accident or that 1t was the result of do
sign. A great many insisted that the de Itruc-
ton of the Maine had been accomplished only
by Spanish treachery. These had all sorts of
stories to support their theory. There Is no
way Of telling whether the personsholdinR this
theory were in the majority or not. A reporter
Of THE SUN sought tho opinions of many men
yesterday on this point. 1t was a noticeable
fact that at the navy yard the feeling against
Spain was strongest. Among tho officers at
the yard 1t was hard to find ono who was will
ing to say that the explosion was not the result
Of design. Elsewhere that opinion did not End
such unanimity OF support. Gen. Benjamin
=; Tracy. Secretary of tho Navy under Harri-
''This Is a timo for true American citizens 70
thought might Sc considered reliable. and 1
"a ~ VI thubCsTOpOrthI TO WAT
rant the conclusion that the disaster was the
resultSof.design In my opinion the explosion
was the result of an accident, caused, perhaps.
by the magazine becoming oyerheated. Even
u mad another. opinion. I should be very re.
%luctant. and ! think all good citizens should be
reluctant. to place the blanc for such a terrible
disaster upon any foreign Government, no mat.
ter what our relations with that Government
might be. until the, whole thing has been thor.
oughly investigated.
Then, again. there are SONS things that wa
would do well to remember. Suppose It should
be established, beyond any doubt, that a Span.
lard had stolen aboard the Maine and dropped A
fuse down into one OF the magazines. How ara
We To prove that the Spanish Government was
responsible for the mans acti 1t may have
been. II you like. that the explosion Was lie
nendish work of some fanatic and that that fan.
attic was a Spaniard. or q subject of Spain, II
doesn't then follow that this man was the agent
OF his. Government. Fanatics have mi
As serious, crimes before and may again, and vel
they acted on their own responsibility. All DIV.
my statement.
Suppose during the activities of the Fenians.
many OF whom were American citizens, with
whose cause we as a Government were in-sym-
y them; DO you suppose England would have
tnstoni ASH was depots and gas.works wero
blown up. and plots to wreck Parliament House
ana merchant vessels were dis covered, vat
the Government of the United States was never
oven suspected by.England OF knowing Of these
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NEwBURG. Feb. l6.-There were three Nav,
burgers on the Maine. ono of whom has eablad
his wife here that no is safe. but the other two
nave not been heard from. Tho one heard from
Is Lieut.. Albert w. Cat!in, whose mother ana
"ne and child are stopping at "The Oakley !"
on Grand street. Lieut.. Catlin graduated from
annapolis and became a Lieutenant in the Ma.
.lh: corps' After graduation he was assigned
Maine. "N1 transferred to the
Charles Bullock. % years of ace III = maine 10
i LotGlian; 9na l. . stepson Of Mrs. John FLOYD R1Ii-
ioeekk's OF sn H., broadway. this city. Young BSi.
EESMnuTe BOY. on the warship was WIiiisna ~
nolnes' son OF William HolmeA' who W. NH
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Marines A. cstiin. Assistant Engineer ,. n.
| Morris. Naval Cadet ]. II. Holden. Naval
Cadet w. T.. C1uyeriua. Naval Cadet
r. Bronson. Naval Cadet p. washington, Naval
Cadet A. Crenshav. Naval Cadet J. T. Boyd,
Boatsvyain r. Il. Larkin, Gunner J. Hill, Carpen-
ter J. Helmos, Paymaster's Clerk q. Mccarthy.
and these men: REDEEM, Larsen, Hallbere, Bull
lock, Melville. Willis, Galpin, Kushida, Noppin,
Turpin, Harris, Luts, Jertson, Holland, Herbert
MoDevitt, Foley, Hutchins.S chwartz. Richards,
Teackle, Flynne, Dresseler, David, Michaelson,
sohman, Fox. Wilbur, Waters, Anderson. Chris
tian.on Koehler Frireson Mach. Williams
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The Wiiaes: Rur,ors ia C.reuiatiou-stocL,
Fall Several Pointa.

" Eolhth
Extreme uneasineSs prevailed on tho stock
market yesterday consequent. upon the news of
the Maine disaster. All sorts OF rumors were
In circulation. and information OF any definite
character from Havana or Washington was
eagerly seized upon 10y the operators in stocks.
There was a sharp dscline. extending through.
out the list, when business opened, the selling
being general; Advices Indicating that the dis.
aster might have resulted from an accident
first half hour. ''
Then came Washington dispatches to the ef.
iect that Capt. siRsbee's. messages indicated
that the affair was not accidental. These led to
renewed heavy selling. stop loss limits were
entire market becoming demoraliZed. To add to
the uneasiness IT was reported that the Cabinet
was IN special session considering the situation.
All the standard stocks were affected by the
general decline. and by the early afternoon
z points. A number of wholly baseless rumors
we're circulated along with those having founda.
tion In TACT. IL WAS reported via Chicago that
the cable TO Cuba had been cut. Another report
had II that, the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya had
10 come up the bay.
For the first time In ten days foreign houses
were sellers Of stocks and this helped the weak.
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"Ar LAST" SAID GEN. LEE
a Jack Tar's Account or the saaiue's Entrauos
TO Havana Harbor.

READING. Pa. Feb. 1e.-Harry Andrews, car.
riage painter of this city. has just received a
letter from his brother. Frank Andrews, aged
20. who has been a seaman on board the Maine
for the past three years. Mr.. Andrews's letter,
dated ct Havana. gives a description of the
way the United States warship entered Havana
fully prepared for action should abe have been
fired on.
when the Maine received orders to go To
Havana" Andrews writes. "we saw that ali
our guns were in good order. Cylinders were
filled. shot and shell broken out. and tho decks
almost cleared for action. Everything was
ready Tor business, and We turned in for a
couple or hours sleep. We sighted cub at
daylight, and all hands were soon on deck. We
had heard the Spaniards would fire ON us. so we
were prepared 10 return It with interest, W.
,o : orders were to enter Havana and 1t had
70 90 done; SO there was no half way about any.
thing on this outfit. As we steamed In under
inc guns OF MORO Castle, we calculated how
Long II would take us 70 silence It. Our turret
the turrets' ont Of s1lbfH ~ tneir guns under
rest res o. the crew was lounginE around the deck.
nave soon found their places, and we could have
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white House Receptions Abandoned.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1e.-On account of the
disaster to tho battleship Maine. resulting in
the loss of nearly three hundred lives, the Pres.
tdent announced this morning that the State
reception to Congress planned for tonight
would be abandoned. Tho reception to the pub
lie, which was to take place tomorrow night.
has also been declared Off. These were the last
Official social events Of the year, and the season.
Of the Presidents mourning, has been curtailed
by this later misfortune.
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CAPT. GLASs's THEORY.
Ne Thinks the Maine May Have Net the Eat,
tho Ciacinnnti Narrowly Escaped.

No Thinks the Maine May Have Net the Fate
the Ciacinnnti Narrowly Escaped.
VALLEJO. CAL, Feb. 16.-The terrible catas-
tropho in Havana harbor has shocked every ono
ct the Marc Island Navy Yard.
Capt Henry Glass. recently in Of
tho battleship Texas and now Captain Of tho
yard at this station. said he thought he had q
theory which might account for the explosion,
but 1t would be rash to form any opinion till
divers can make an examination of tho Maine's
hull. Capt. Glass then went on to recall an in
cident on board tho Cincinnati some two years
ago and believed tho same conditions may
have existed on Tuesday on. the Maine. result
ing in O great disaster, while ON the Cincinnati
. catastrophe was averted.
Tho Cincinnati was lying at Key West har-
Dor. and. tho weather being warm, tho coal
In the bunkers took fre from spontaneous COM
bustion. but being an alright compartment an
actual blaze could not form for lack of sui
oxygen.
Separated from the coal bunkers by Q steel
partition was the magazine. 1t is tho Same on
the Maine. After a while this bulkhsad became
red hot. generating an almost invisible stream
Of smoke. which issued from q small hatch load.
ing to tho magazine.
A sentry noticed this. and without waiting to
investigate water was flooded into the magazine
and bunkers. Later 1t was found that this was
not done q minute too soon. Could air have
gotten into tho bunkers the ship would undoubt-
edly have been blown to pieces hours previously.
Even as 1t was 1t was found that many of the
loaded shells had boon charred by tho intense
heat. 1t was q miracle. in fact, that any one
lived to tell the story.
In the case of tho Maine It may have been
heat from the freroom that caused combustion
in tho bunkers and communicated thence to
the magazine. assuming q little admission Of afr.
All the officers soon are united in regarding
tho bituminous coal now in use on warships
as dangerous. The danger. however. could DO
greatly lessened by separating the magazine
from tho bunkers.
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EXPECTED TIE NAIVE TO 90 SOON.
Letter from Harry ,. Keys or the Crew to mis-
Mother In indianapolis.

letter from Harry ,. Keys or the Crew to Ms
Mother In indianapolis.
INDIANAPoLIs, Feb. 16.-Harry J. Keys of In
dianapolis, 81 years old, was serving a three.
years enlistment on the Malno. He has been in
tho service for nearly throo years. Ho was
transferred to the Maine from the Brooklyn Navy
Yard twenty months ago. His mother is Mrs.
J. ]. Turner Of 517 North Liberty street. Mrs.
Turner received n letter from her son yesterday,
written from on board the battleship at Havana,
In which he described tho conditions as seen
from shipboard. He said the feeling In Havana
was strong, against the American sailors, and
that little liberty had been allowed them for foar
OF trouble. His companions believed the Maine
would be speedily called back to the United
states, and they were all pleased with the pros
pect OF getting out OF Cuban waters. In tho
letter he said there were two Spanish warships
in the harbor close to the Maine. One Of them
had only recently arrived. and was filled with
Spanish soldiers and guns for the Spanish Army.
They, were. then. being unloaded.. The other
vessel was being loaded with wounded and sick
soldiers. Every day big barges filed with men
came out from Havana and the mon were lifted
TO- the ship.
Young Keys in his letters spoke in high terms
OF Commander SiRsbec. and said all Of tho men
respected and liked him. Though he was firm
and believed in strict discipline. he was kind.
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THE EXPLOSION ON THE FULTON.
othsr Naval Vessels That Have Been Blown
Up or linaly Damaged.

othsr Naval Vessels That Have been Blown
Up or H,na,y Damaged.
One OF the most disastrous explosions on naval
vessels that ever occurred was that on tho
wooden ship Fulton, known also as tho Demolo-
Cos. ut the Brooklyn Navy Yard on juno l.,
1929. Tho vessel had been converted into a re-
ceiving ship. On the day the accident occurred
the ship was moored in the Wallabout Channel.
In the early evening @ gunner descended into
the magazine with an exposed Light. An explo-
sion Immediately followed. Seveaty.dve were
killed and twenty-five were wounded,
few years before the destruction of tho Full.
ton. the British fsigate Amphion was blown up
of Plymouth, England. 1t was learned that,
Just before tho explosion. q gunner went down
into the magazine to steal some powder
to sell. and It was concluded that the
explosion was Cue to his carelessnees. Several
hundred were reported killed. among them
being several prominent persons in Plymouth.
including the Mayor of the city. who had gone
on board to dine with tho commander vf the
ship. Capt. Israel Fellow.
The British ship Dottrel was DESTROYED BY an
explosion in May, 1881, while in the Strait of
Magellan. 1t was supposed at first that tho OK
plosion was the work Of Irish sympathizers
and the belief was strengthened by hints
10 tGat eject printed In a Fenian newspaper
formation. owing to- the fact that nearly every
man on board was killed by the explosion or
rowned, the report gained credence that the
destruction of the ship was tho result of
a carefully laid Irish plot, A most
rigid investigation was made by the
British. Government. covering a period
Of oyer six months. The reports Of special de-
~tectives. employed to work In America, ireland.
and Australia. showed that the rumor was not
TO be relied upon. Then the British Admiralty
found that, the explosion was caused by the
bursting Of boilers, which fired the magazine.
me United States frignte Randolph. one of
the first of the American men.of.war. WAS
blown up on March 2. 177s.. At the time of the
expiosion the Randolph had engaged in battle
the ,74-gun British ship of the line Yarmouth.
In the engagement the Yankee ships magazine
exploded. Three hundred and fifteen men were
crew survived.
Spain lost the Cuba Espanol by an explosion
on Santiago de Cuba, on Jan. IL. 1880. Twenty
men were killed and 113 wounded. On Aug. q.
1898, the German ironclad Baden was dam.
aged by an explosion at Kiel. Seven were killed
and seventeen wounded. Prince Henry of
RUSSIA WAS standing on tho bridge at the time
injured. Nu ""'
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OPINION.
The Retired Admiral Says Access at Wight "a
tho Magazine Was Impossible.

BRIpGEPoRT. Conn.,. Feb. 16.-Rear Admiral
Gherardi. retired. speaking of the Maine disAs.
ter to-day. said he was loath to believe the ca
tastrophe could have been caused by a Spanish
torpedo. Admiral Gherardi said:
The keys OF the magazines arc kept in tho
Captains cabin. Each key 10 numbered and
kept in its order In a cabinet. If any key should
be absent from its place for ten minutes after
shutdown there would be an Immediate inyesti.
Gstion by the officers in charge. Any infraction
1T would be impossible for any person 10 get
az the keys after they are once IN the possession
OF the CAPTAIN. The cabinet In which the KEYS
are kept has a complicated lock which could not
S be ssdmp PER- 1 with bt -. In addition to this. s]entrics
II would be impossible for anybody to- Set into
the rooms without being noticed.
ADMIRAL GheTardi said that an investigation
would soon tell whether the explosion came
from n the inside or the outside. The fact that
me spanish officials were joining with the
as though the affair was an accident.
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CARE OF THE As.AGASINEs.
Havnl Constructor Reck on the 1mprebshilit
or an Explosion There on tho N1atns.

Naval Constructor Reck on the 1unprobebilit
or an Explosion There on tho Maine.
BALTIMORE. Nd. Feb. 16.-"A FIRE to cause
an accident or explosion such AS occurred on the
Maine must have been Of awful force. because
II would have had to cat its way not only through
the steel plates with which the magazine 10 pro
tected. but also through the steel boxeo," said
George H. Rock. United States Naval Con-
structor at the Columbian Iron Works, to q SUN
correspondent this morning. "This 10 only q
conjecture on my part, but I cannot understand
how the accident occurred. Tho Maine 10
equipped with magazines forward and at.
There are q great many people whit really do
not understand what a magazine on q war YES
sci Is Hike. They imagine it is a lnrre place PRO.
tected with steei plates, In which the powder
and p.o:ectilos are thrown about carelesaly. Al
a matter Of fact. the magazines on @ war vessel
ire almost the most important part Of its CON-
sts ~ ad m n = s.I p9Tdsr and projGctilr9 sro
are packed securely in the magazine.
Tho regulations OF Government ships s-o
very strict as regards ammunition. One OF them
Is that e general inspection IL made OF the ship
ct 9 o'clock, The magazines themselves are ex-
smined by the chief gunner at 8. he reports to
the t6or 1l could II h Snsr escn n No hrs hrs mah be ava Moa ma S SaTe
noticed 1t. Then. even had thore been no fire
noticed at the gunnsr's imposition the regular
discovered 1t /; there had teen one.
"A fret Oh. yes, they ere rather ordinary
occurrences. especially on n steel or iron vessel
carrying coal shipped in the tropics. OF course
down there Tho water is much warmer than 1t
Is here. The steel decks of q war vessel neces-
sar!iy act as o sort OF conductor to the heat.
The Maine was lying at anchor In the harbor
and the fire had been banked. What steam and
heat were necessary wers generated by an add.
tional engine. 1t Is not likely that the fire from
this engine caused :he blaze. If there was one.
"Ths water in the Havana entrance is shall.
low, and the Maine could not have been lying
in 9 very deep place. The water there is not OF
such torrid temperature. at this time OF the
fire from that cause Is possible. There Is an.
other reason that might he placed es the cpuso
Of the explosion or accident. That is The use OF
ono electricity would be the chief power
used. An electric mine may have been
yanG with such secrecy that It would be
impossible to detect It. Then It could he
sunk possibly at a great distance from the OBJ
Ject 1t would destroy. Wires could be con-
ne9ted with boats. one to the fore and one aft
o. II. These boats would not only be used as q
means Of propelliuE TIE mIne to position, but
Slso az a circuit with which to work the mine.
These boats could be used fully Q half mile from
The mine itself. The mine could be SO arranged
to pe destroyed 1t would explode"
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BOARD OF INQUIRY ORDERED.
A Report May Ne Made within Two or I'll
Days TO the Navy Department.

A Report May Ne Made Within Two or Three
Days to the Navy Department.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.-In accordance with
tho Instructions sent by Secretary Long this
afternoon. 1t is expected that n board of inquiry
will DO organized at once by Can't. Sigsbec. A
report will probably be made within two or three
days to Rear Admiral Sicard, commanding tho
North Atlantic SQUADRON. and a simultaneous
report to the Secretary of tho Navy. The board
will bo composed Of officers from tho Maine.
Later n formal Court Of Inquiry will probably
be ordered by the Secretary OF the Navy. which
will prosecute a moro deliberate and searching
Investigation into tho cause of the disaster.
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ooMMAxDER sIosBEE,s BHorHEH.
NE Thinks If There was Treaohery at Havana
we'll Find nc Out.

wc'i Find nc out.
81. LoUrs, Feb. 18-L. p. slgsbee. brother OF
the Maine's commander. left here tonight after
receiving a telegram fron Secretary Of the Navy
Long, sent in response to a query wired this
afternoon. The Secretary's message said simply:
capt. SiRsbeo is uninjured."
l.. p. SlRsbee 10 en- route to his home ut Oak
Park, Ill. Before leaving st. Louis ho said:
"Tbere's a man down In Havana, however.
looking after the interests of this country who
cannot be blinded. he has moro sand than any
body I know OF. and II there's anything treach-
orous In this explosion we'll know of It without
delay. The man I mean Is Gen. Fitzhugh Leo.
I'm August Inst I had the good fortune to
spend q month on the Maine at Fishers Island.
A prettier ship never foated."
L. p. SjRsbee saw four and q half years. service
In the navy himself, leaving IL 1889.
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Flags at Half Mast IN Portland.

PORTLAND. Me-. Feb. 16.-The City Hall rag
was lowered to half mast To- might out OF respect
TO the victims of the Havana disaster. 1t was
In Portland City Hall that the presentation OF
the states gift Of a silver service to the Maine
TOOK place in November. 1898.
Two Portland men, William II. Tinsman and
John Bloomer. enlisted on the Maine when she
visited wss dior Portland hsrbor last August. Bloomer
~ elnong the landsmen reported as picked up
OF age. ~ We" ~
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shown them one OF the neatsst Yankee tricks
that was ever played.
However. nothing happened. and we steamed
ready for action until United States Consul
General Lee came on board. He looked proud.
ard, planking his foot down on tho deck, OK
claimed:
AT last
I'VE still kept our ammunition ready, and
stood night watches ready for business at .
nom snt'a notice.. Andrews ears thero wero q
number OF Pennsylvania boys on the Maine.
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TEXAS ORDERED TO sally

A Report That She ana the Nashville Have
Been Ordered TO Leave Galveston.
DALLAS. Tex, Feb. 16.-A private telegram
from Galveston says the battleship Texas and
the cruiser Nashville received orders from tho
Navy Department this evening to sail from Gal.
weston at once. Their exact destination is NOT
learned, but 1t is accepted by the public that
Dry TortuRas. or direct to Havana. The dc.
parture from Galveston of the two warships,
aside from adding excitement to the public mind
because of the Maine tragedy, will have the
additional effect OF injuring the Mardi Gras
celebration at Galveston. The naval fotilla
occasion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-17
Simply a Question
of Time
When all Intelligent People
will Admit
That the New Treatment for Diseases Of
the Head, Throat and Lungs IL the
Only Method by Which the Dis
eased Parts can be Reached
and Cured.

We all know that tho air passages in tho head
were made to heat and dry the air before 10
reaches tho bronchial tubes and lungs. We all
know that one single drop OF water In the wind.
moisture. of any kind cannot enter the bronchial
tubes, and lungs. How. then. can. you expect to
cure diseases Of those passages with liquid med.
tcines. which arc simply forced through the nos.
trils into tho mouth. and are prevented by ma.
turo itself from going further. This attempt to
drown the bacilli of catarrh. which thrive and
grow on moisture, would be- amusing, IL IL wcro
not for the serious injury which often results
from the use of strong liquid medicines forced
into the delicate air passages by powerful spays,
tho old and new method OF treating catarrh,
bronchitis and consumption Is 80 great that any
one can readily understand why the medical
profession throughout the whole country have
ment for those diseases. The first mentioned
being against all the laws of nature, the latter.
natures own remedy. carried to all parts OF the
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disease. All this without any effort on the part
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ness in the market. There was evidences that
prominent interests were endeavoring TO sup
port the securities In which they are specially
concerned. but their efforts were not sufficient
TO check the general decline. Nervousness and
weakness existed throughout tho afternoon,
with final prices only q small fraction above the
lowest Of the day.
The greatest decline. was In Metropolitan
Street Railway, which closed six points under
the final quotations Of Tuesday.