The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-02-22

tam i"arl 20 pTAn IN inquiry into tae
cau~e # tie d&ya~tcr t. the Maine.
The government has reyelv.-i a cable
message from the Washington govern
ment thanking Spain for the assistance
rendered ~ I'd" Spanish authorities az
Havana after the disaster.
TIE NORTH CAROLINA DEAD.
Washington. II. G. F.b. 1.-THE
Navy Department tonight u4aic NJ from
il latest ,ajic advict.s ] Is. ~ the
dead, wou.sl.l ami rescued from The
Maine.
Among tAe liz; of tA~ dead arc four
from North Carolina, a~ follows: Tru
bt Finch. e Raleigh. John IL. Moss
OF oxford. Henry Williams. Of Eliza
ltth City. and John Warren. Of Ran
do.ph.
Key West. Fla. Feb. i7.-NImjral
Manttrola has summoned Captain Sigs-
lee II appear before Military Judge
peral 4, make the necessary drlo>.;ions.
HaNoIING THE DEAD.
Havana. F-h l.. The correspondent
Of tAe Associated Press visited the hos
pitfalls Of San Anhra>io aud The Alfonso
MI yy>ter !aE ard again today. and met
Miss Cara Barton ana John Eiwell. Of
the Red Cr#~s Society.
Tin ~et4c WIS heart breaking. and
tie lrc~~ia. Of the wounds uf the vic
-in0 was j horrible spectacle.
Some III them, however, arc already
much tier. lII they ary carefully at
tended IL ur. Ecrnarln Mas. Who's
treatment Is kindness itself. Two are
near death. Carl \ smith, whose lex
and jaw were broke. ana who i bad
II burned. and y. Anderson. who has
burns III! over his body. Both have re-
ccivcd the SacrameutS.
Elaborate preparations are being made
for tn" iutcrmrut Of the dead. Already
twenty-five bodies have t~cu brought 10
the City Hall, whore they rest in collins
covered with beautiful crowns Of silk
ribbons. With appropriate inscriptions.
Ilere IL Il handsome CROWN OF silk
ribbons in the Spanish national colors,
with the inscription: The Navy De
rartment OF Havana To the victims OF
the Maine
Among other tokens are one from
LaWtoa Childs. with the inscription:
To Our Brave Dead Sailors a flower
cross rom the New York Morning Jour
u"I and Advertiser. an emblem from the
Havana Yacht Club and floral or other
tributes from NJ. Garranza, Sonora
Emilia N.aas. Lucia IncoSte. Mrs. Il
Gonzalez. Miss Catalina Cassa. Charles
and George Barnett and a crow from
the firm Of Dalmon Rrotheers. with the
inscription: ITO the victims OF the
Maine
IIAItB0R FULL OF TOKPEDOES.
Detroit. Mich. Feb. Ia special to
the News from Bay City, Mich, says:
A letter was received to-day from FL
mer Mcilstrup. gunner Oh the battleship
Maine. dated February IL, addressed 10
his mother, in which MeilStrnp wrote
that he wouldn't be surprised If they
should he blown up any day: that tho
ship was surrounded with torpedoes and
could not leave the harbor without
consent and direction of the Spanish
authorities.
Meilstrup's letter says:
The Spaniards have Il couple of gun
boats and Il cruiser and there are two
German gun-hoats. The guns of Morrj
Castle are pointed at us Us | write. The
whole bottom of the harbor is covered
with torpedocs, so that if they didn't
want to let us out. we would not be
able TO 90 very well. We are lying
between the Spanish and German men
Of war, and they have picket boats out
all night watching Is"
In a letter Of January 10Th. Meilstrup
tells Of an accident aboard the crusicr
Marblehead. when five men were in
jured by a shot. Commenting, he says:
1t is a wonder some of the ships don't
blow up, they are so careless
NOT \ TORPEDO.
Key West. Fla, tcb. 1.-THE Asso-
ciated Press correspondent here has had
an opportunity to question Il number OF
the officers and men who were aboard
the war ship Maine, at the time of the
explosion. and it is the universal ol,in-
ion Of all OF them that the explosion
was due to some interior cause, and
not the result Of the explosion OF a tor
pedo on the outside.
MIR. WEYLER'S ESTIMATE.
Barcelona, Feb. 17.-Lieutenant Gene
ray Wcylcr, who arrived here today ex-
pressed the opinion, in the course Of an
interview, that the disaster which had
befallen the United States warship
Maine in Havana harbor was due TO
the to the Incidence Of her crew
He announced his intention to ask
the governments permission to go to
Havana and stand as II candidate for the
Chamber of Deputies for the Havana
district.