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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-04

taken from the wreck and will be given
to the reconcentrados.
The Spanish anti-American feeling in
Havana is growing and Americans are in
suited openly on the streets.
The most intense anxiety is shown by
the Spanish officials in Havana, who are
i'll constant communication with Madrid.
Divers found the bodies of twenty men
in hammocks, where they had been in-
stantly killed by the shock of the explo-
sion.
Admiral Sicard issued orders f%orbidding
any United States official or sailor to talk
of the Maine disaster with outsiders un-
der severe penalty.
Significance is attached to the fact that
the wrecked ship was the first foreign
war vessel to be anchored to that par-
ticular buoy since the Cuban trouble be-
gan.
Sharks have given little trouble, but
the vultures left scarcely anything but
the skeletons of three men, who were en-
tangled in debris very near the surface
of the water.
A Spanish lieutenant openly boosted
that if any other United States warship
arrived she would be served the same
way. His brother officers applauded him
uproariously.
One thing Seems certain, if the Maine
was blown up by an outside agency, the
agent was a mine, and not n torpedo, as
no torpedo known could have produced
such tremendous results.
The number of missing is e%ighty-fve or
eighty-six, and five have died in the hos
pital. OF the missing many doubtless
were blown to atoms, no portions of their
bodies being recoverable.
Cubans claim that there are mine gal-
leries under the harbor leading from sub
terranean passages known to have exist
ed for years between Fort Cabanas and
| Moro Castle and Hayana.
Havana newspapers are not permitted
to publish any news concerning what il
going on in Washington, and American
papers have been called for by the censor
who SEXES all printing any disturbing
news.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-04
READY FOR A FIGHT.
In Case of Trouble with Spain the
United States Would BE Prepared.

In Case of Trouble with Spain the
United States Would Be Prepared.
In spite of all denials it is well known
that unusual efforts are being made to
arm and equip every sea coast fortifica-
ton, and that the regular army officers
throughout the country have beon quietly
notified to put their commands into the
best possible condition. The President
does not want war, and will go IL long
ways out of his way to avoid it, but he
fully recognizes the force Of public senti-
ment and is preparing rapidly for the
worst that may come. Press dispatches
from different points show preparation
that is being made:
New Orleans, lathe United States
cruiser Marbhhead has Joined the North
Atlantic squadron at Dry Tortugas.
st. Louis, Mo.-The war fever con-
thues undated, and already the work of
organizing companies here has begun.
AT Norfolk, Va, the Norfolk navy yard
received instructions to have the monitor
Terror ready for sea. Both the Puritan
and Terror have been shipping recruits
for the vacancies caused by the Maine
disaster.
Providence, r. 1.-The $50 officers and
men in the three companies of the Rhode
Island naval reserves are fully equipped
for any emergency and are prepared to
answer n call to duty on board any of the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-04

der Government supervision. Spain must
stand responsible for the men who could
gain access to that keyboard, just as she
is responsible for the men who control
the guns in her forts and on her big cruis-
ers. Governments do not have such Sc
cret agencies open to the access of fa-
natics, and if they do they must be held
responsible for their acts.
The work of the board of inquiry will
therefore end when they have examined
the ship and found the evidences of foul
play. There will then be left no alterna-
tive for this Government but war, unless
Spain sues for peace and asks for con-
ditiOns of pence.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-04

Since the terrible destruction of the
battleship Maine in Havana korbor the
United States has been facing the gravest
crisis of the last thirty years of its his
tory. The people have been stirred by
the disaster as they have not been since
the close of the war for the Union. From
the South, from the North. md from the
far West have come magnificent outbursts
of national sentiment showing how pro-
foundly this great nation is agitated.
The Maine was one of the finest battle
ships ahoat; one of the most perfect in
construction, IL of the most complete in
equipment. All that modern invention,
long experience and trained intelligence
could do to make her efficient and safe
had been done. And yet this magnificent
vessel, mt anchor in the harbor of a friend
~ nation, was destroyed with greater loss
of life than would have followed an en-
gasement with the whole Spanish fleet in
Cuban waters. Had the Spanish cruis-
ers and torpedo boats attacked the Maine,
and sent her to the bottom with the loss
of go lives, the calamity would have been
hard to bear. But to have the Maine de-
stroyed as she was destroyed is calamity
unbearable. 1t was useless to cry pa
thence when there was no patience. 1t
was useless to ask for suspension of judg-
mcnt when judgment had been given.
That Judgment was against Spain, and if
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BAKERS AssAssINs SOUGHT.
Rewards offered for Those Who Killed
the Nc.rrn i,osfI,astcr.

Rewards Offered for Those Who Killed
the Negro Postmaster.
The most revolving crime ever perpc-
tratcd by white men in South Carolina
was committed ut Lake City. Williams
burg County. ut 1 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing, when Postmaster Baker, II negro,
and his family We're burned out of their
home, the postmaster and Il babe in arms
killed and the wife and three daughters
shot and MANNED for life. Baker was
appointed postmaster three months ago.
Lake City is Il town of 800 inhabitants.
and the negro population in the vicinity
is large. There was a protest at Bakers
appointment, but it was not Il very vigor-
Gus one.
Information of the killing of the post
master and the burning of his Office came
to the Postotiice Department at Wash
ington in a dispatch from Inspector Will
liams, in charge of the district, who has
headquarters at Chattanooga. The lat
tcr's telegram was very brief, and mere
ly told of the killing of the man and the
burning of the Office. He will send an in
spector to the scene of Tho tragedy ut
once to investigate and make Il full re-
port of the case to the department. When
this is obtained the Department of JUS
ticc will be asked 10 prosecute the per-
sons engaged in the crime. The Postmas-
ter General has offered Il reward of $500
for the arrest and conviction of the per-
sons who burned the postotlice. and n re-
ward OF 5000 for the arrest and conviction
of the persons who. murdered the post
master ut the ann time. Gen. Gary has
issued an order to discontinue the Office
at Lake City.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-04

GUS assault upon the United States. Those
who are most experienced in diplomacy
and the more delicate relations of Govern
ments express the opinion that the Presi-
dent can do nothing but declare war on
Spain and send the navy to lombard Ha-
vana. He must accept the evidence be-
fore him.
Spain alone can prevent war under such
circumstances by making amends. She
can express her regrets, tender her apolo-
gies, lay hands on the criminals whom
Blanco must know, because they must
have been in his employ, and execute
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lola IS FOUND GUILTY..
Sentenced to q Year in Prison and a
Zinc of 8.OO0 Erancs.

Sentenced TO q Year in Prison and q
Fine of 5000 Francs.
Emile Zola has been sentenced to i'm
prisonment for one year and to pay a fine
of 5000 fraEcs. NJ. Pcrreux, manager Of
the Aurore, the Paris newspaper which
printed Zola's open letter to President
Fnurc, is sentenced to imprisonment for
four months, and to pay II fine of 5000
francs. Zola's appeal to the justice of
his country has been in vain. The spec
tators within The court and the mob in
the streets howlcd with joy when the sens
tcnce was pronounced. The mob yelled
death to Zola'' and Down with tho
Jews" Had it not been for the strong
guard of police the mob would have drag
ged Zola from his carriage and killed him
This result has been expected ever since
the complaint was filed. The charges
were skillfully confined to Zola's criti-
eism of the Esterhazy court martial, and
ignored the Dreyfus question. The court
steadily upheld this limitation of the is
sue. The jury was out less than half an
hour. The court promptly " lola the
limit of the law.
1t is inadequate to describe that dis
tracted country by saying that France is
no longer IL republic. 1t is better AID
,ruer to say that France has never neon
Il republic. No man dares cry "Vive la
republiquc!" in the streets of Paris. "Zola
has been condemned, and the army is
avenged cries the press and the public.
lola has been sentenced to Il year i'll
prison for %dcnouncing Il gross public out
rage upon justice. and Paris is gay and
light-heartcd over the belief that ut last
she has rid herself of the hated Incubus
which for weeks and months has tram
melcd trade and pleasure. The last day
of the trial saw the elimination of the
excitement and passion of the fourteen
days already passed. Ihe audience threw
itself from one spasm of emotion into an
other until. at the end. after %cNpcnding
its last strength in Il dciirium of excite
ment over the verdict and sentence, it
went way exhausted.
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tivity on the part of officers and men.
No longer do the officers deny that the
Government is making the most s%trenuou
preparations Ito meet my emergency"
Tampa. F1a.-The cruiser Montgomery
has been ordered to Havana, where she
takes the place of the wrecked Maine un-
til further instructions are received.
Columbus, O.-The Ohio militia is pre-
pairing to respond to the Presidents call
for troops in the event war is declared
between the United States and Spain.
At Charleston, S. c., work on the Gov
nme Qualifications is being rapidly
pushed. The navy yard force is kept
busy putting the guns in shape for war.
st. Augustine, Fla.-Captain Hubbell,
with one battery. has been sent to Sulli-
vans island, and Il few days ago Lieut..
Van Duzen departed for Fort Moultrie
with Il detail of twenty men to take
charge of coast defcnses. Army officials
here freely discuss the probability of trou-
bic with Spain.
AT Cincinnati, o., n recruiting Office
for soldiers to serve in case of war with
Spain was opened at Mersard's Hall.
Many men signed the muster roll. A
member of Nelson Post, G. A. r., issued
a dodser headed 'To arms, to arms"
Hundreds of white badges and buttons
with the words "Volunteer-On to Ha-
vana'' have been distributed.
New Neutrality-suspicious. for war, car.
ried on with the greatest secrecy, have
been going on in New York harbor. If
the United States declares war md Cap
| tain Eulate tries to leave porte by force,
he will find a barrier such as he has not
%bargaincd for. All that is necessary to
do 10 blow up the Spanish warship Viz
caya is to touch an electric button if she
tries to pass out through the narrows.
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wrong. 1t has been suggested to the Pres
idcnt that an indemnity of $10,O0O,O0O
might be demanded from Spain il the
board of inquiry reports that the battle
ship was blown up by a torpedo or sub
marine mine. Some members of the cab
met are reported to favor such demand,
but it is not favorably considered by men
i'll Congress with wider range of expert
ence in such affairs. Should it be estab-
lished clearly that the Maine was blown
up by n torpedo or mine placed i'll Ha-
vana harbor for defense. it is not proba-
BILE that this Government will present any
claim for damages. 1t will be regarded
as n hostile act-as the beginning of Il
wal in the most barbarous and trcacher-
Gus manner.
Had one of the guns at the fortress
opened on the Maine as she entered Ha-
ana harbor it would have been regarded
as IL declaration of war and the beginning
of war. A Government torpedo eXplod-
ed under the Maine by n trusted Govern
ment official is as hostile if not as open an
insult. 1t matters not that the Spanish
officials i'll Havana expressed their horror
of the destruction of the Maine. and the
Queen of Spain sent her condolences to
the President.
When the board of inquiry establishes
the facts that there are torpedoes in the
harbor, that Blanco's naval officer guided
the Maine to her anchorage. and that Il
torpedo was exploded by means of the
secret cables controlled by the Spanish
Government officials, there car be no fur
ther investigation or inquiry. This Gov
ernment will not try to find out who N
ploded the torpedo. The whole case then
rests with Spain. On her rests the re-
sponsibility. On Spain will be the sus-
picion of having made another treacher-
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sentiment of Senators and Representa-
tives. They all say that the time has gone
by for any questions of b%elligerency and
that the only point ut issue now is whether
the United States shall seize Havana
harbor, root up its submarine mines and
make it free and safe to the navies of the
world. The administration fully recog-
niZes the dangerous situation and is max
ing preparations for war. War may not
come, but the Government will be pre-
pared il it does come.
The suspicion that the Maine was blown
up by Il torpedo or submarine mine has
grown almost to a conviction. No one in
Washington, says this correspondent, can
explain why such an act should have been
committed, and many hope that it may be
proven that it was not committed by any
Spanish official; but there are few who
any longer hold to the theory of IN acct
dental explosion in one of the magazines
or have any assurance that u conflict with
Spain will not follow the development of
the fact that the Maine was destroyed by
an act of treachery.
1t is admitted that Consul General Lee
has warned Americans who are in Ha-
vana on pleasure to leave because they
IRE not safe. Cabinet members are talk
ing g%uardedly about indemnity. Naval
officials admit that warships IRE moving
toward Key West and that work is being
pushed with all possible speed on ships
now in the various navy yards. Army
officials admit that Notifications are to
he manned Mt once and that other prepar-
ations are making to place our military
arm in the best possible condition.
Activity Is Significant.
All these things are explained as only
in keeping with the plans formulated
months or weeks ago, and that they have
no especial or immediate significance at
this time. But they are in keeping with
the suspicion nov almost a conviction,
that the Maine was destroyed by a hostile
act of some one connected with the Span
ish army.
1t is not, however, the preparations in
the Navy or War Department OF the
warnings Of Gen. Lee for Americans to
leave Havana that point to a crisis a.
much AZ 1t is the feeling that the Maine
was destroyed by treachery. The most
conservative men in Congress fan to find
any possible plan for lighting this great
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reversed it would be only on the testi-
mony of witnesses who had standing in
the court of public opinion.
No foreign country can appreciate the
full depth of American patriotism, writes
a Washington correspondent, and it takes
Its full strength and magnificence.
Gov. Tanner Of Illinois was the first to
offer the fighting forces of his State to the
nation. Gov. Mount of Indiana telegraph
ed that Indiana would make a generous
response to arms. Gov. Black Of New
York sent word that militia Of the EN-
pire State, numbering $4,000, could mo-
bilize within t%wenty-four hours after Or
ders were received. The belief is also ex-
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war if it should be established that the
Maine was blown up by IL torpedo or mine.
They brush aside the suggestion that it
could have bccn the act of a fanatic of
either faction in Cuba. No mere enthu-
siast or fanatic could nave access to the
secret Keyboard which communicated
with the t%orpcdocs laid in the harbor I'M
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-04
Sparks from the Wires.

The barn of Capt. j. NJ. Cullers at Sher.
man, Tex. was burned, together with
seven horses.
Harvey r. Roller. n travelling salesman
for Il st. Louis drug house, died Of heart
disease at Marshall, Mo.
AS Il tribute to the memory of the late
Frances Willard, it is proposed to change
the name of the Woman's Temple ut Chi
cago to Willard Temple.
AT Huntsville, Ala., Mrs. ]. Withers
Clay dropped dead from heart disease.
She was a member of one of the most
prominent families in the South.
Advices from the City of Mexico state
that all the employees of the large Col
mena l. Barron cotton factories have gone
Oh a strike because of n cut in wages.
Gov. Stephens of Missouri has pardon
ea E. w. Bailey, who was sentenced at
the January, 1896, term of the jackson
County Criminal Court to three years
imprisonment for obtaining money under
false preteuses.
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MARYLANp's NEW SENATOR.
Judge Louis Il. Mccomas, Who Sue.

Judge Louis l.. McCo,nas, Who suc-
cccds Arthur =. Gorman.
Judge Louis Il. McComas, who has
been chosen to succeed Arthur L. Cor
man as United States Senator from
Maryland, like his colleague. George B.
Wellington, is n Republican, and when
he takes his seat Maryland will for the
first time in her history be represented by
two members of that party.
Louis Il. McComas was born in Mary
land in 1916. He graduated from Dick
inson College in 1866 and was admitted
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dent will be forced to obey. The people
demand that if ships and men are to be
it shall be in open warfare. and not
in so-called peaceful harbors. Any police
magistrate would hold the Spaniards I'M
der the evidence now at hand ON suspi-
cion and require them to prove their in
This is exactly the position talk
en- by nine-tenths of the members of Con-
gress. This opinion, declares the CORE
spondent, represents clearly the privatc
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-04

to the bar two years later. He prac-
ticed and lived ut Hagerstown. and took
an active part in local politics. In 1882
he was elected to Congress and served
several terms. being one of the conspicu-
Gus and able me- of the House. In 1892
he was secretary of the Republican Ma
tional Committee. President Harrison
appointed him justice of the Suprcmea
Court of the District of Columbia and he
still holds his place OH that bench. He
will retire to enter the Senate in 1899.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-04
NOTES OF THE DISASTER.

Brief Bits of Important News Bcarin.
on the Horror in havana Hurbor.
The wreck has sunk several feet already
in the soft mud.
The Spanish Government will stake all
on the claim that the disaster was acct
dental.
The main portion of the wreck, as seen
from above and noted from below, was
blown to starboard.
a large quantity of clothing has been
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-04

Government war vessels within five
hours.
Washington.-All the marines on shore
duty have been ordered to hold themselves
in preparation for eervice at the shortest
possible notice.
New York.-Never before since the days
Of the war Of the rebellion has the Brook
lyn navy gard Z 20 pronounced an &C.
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'Minnesotians are fighters, and will only
be satisfied in the front ranks" Gov.
Stephens Of Missouri declares that II wal
is declared he will issue a call for 10000

'sMinnesotians are fighters, and will only
be satisfied In the front ranks" Gov.
Stephens Of Missouri declares that II wal
is declared he will issue a call for $4,000
troops.
And so It goes and 30 1t comes, with
other warrior States to hear from. There
is no lack of soldiers. Spain can depend
upon that. Old Glory was ut half-mast
because the tears were being shed for the.
dead in Havana, but it proudly and de-
family waves in the brcezes that blow
from the north. south, east and west, and
it will be well for the Spaniard il the
good ship Maine went to the bottom Of the
Havana harbor us the result of an in
scrutable act of providence.
This Washington correspondent, whose
assertions IRE thought to be reliable, says
that private talks with members both
of the Senate and House clearly indicate
that there is a volcano ut the Capitol
which may burst into activity at almost
any time. The pictures Of the wreck re-
ceived in Washington, reproductions Of
which IRE shown on this pnge, coupled
with the general tenor of newspaper dis
patches, have gone fur to convince men,
bers of Congress that the Maine was
blown up from the outside. They are
| willing to wait a reasonable length Of
time for the board of inquiry to discover
something definite, but as the general
opinion is in favor Of a torpedo or sub
marine mine, failure to discover positive
evidence of an accident will only serve to
confirm this opinion.
Several %wcll-known Senators talked
with say that they are being fairly mum
dated with letters and kilograms regard
ing the catastrophe in Havana harbor,
and that ninety-nine out of a hundred Of
them look upon the explosion as the result
of Il Spanish plot and demand action ac-
cordinsly. Conservative leaders are be-
coming startled by these expressions of
public opinion. and they say this is evil
dnce of Il rising tide of popular indigna-
ton which will sweep Congress from it's
feet unless something is done to alluy the
excitement.
The newspaper reports indicate with
surprising u%nanimity that a submarine
mine destroyed the Maine. If these re-
ports are not contradicted promptly and
officially Congress will surely respond
with IL declaration of war. which is clearly
within IFS powers. and which the preSi.
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pressed that there are GOO, GOO men in New
York State available for service. Gov.
Atkinson Of West Virginia insists that he
will furnish at short notice fifteen. Of the
best regiments that car be raised in the
Union. Gov. Holcomb of Nebraska will
supply 200 well-drilled men and pledge
100000 volunteers. Gov. Wells Of Utah
says his State will do It's full duty when
It comes to raising troops. Adjt. Gen.
Sykes Of Tennessee will enlist l600 ex-
perienced soldiers and raise 5000 volun-
tcers. Gov. Clough Of Minnesota wires:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-04
MINE UNDER THB Maine
Destruction Said to Be Beyond the Power
Of a Torpedo.
DISASTER DUE TO DESIGN.
American People Believe the Span.
iards Are Guilty.

The Most Reliable Advices, Pending
Official Reports, Arc to the Effect
that the Inflated Ship Met with
FOUL lay-Scnators and Representa-
tivcs at Washington Become Aroused
Governors of Many States Offer
Troops-Crisis in Our National His
tory.
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them, salute the American flag and offer
to pay an indemnity for the loss Of the
ship and another for the lives Of the $50
men who were murdered.
It would remain for this Government
to make the terms Of peace that would be
acceptable, and the Independence Of Cuba
would be u Of these conditions. The
diplomats e no other way to prevent