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HOOK and LADDER Co. No. Regular
meetings on first Tuesday evening Of each
month at o'clock. f. @. Savage, fire chief.
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SOCIETIES.

SOCIETIES.
AT. & A. NJ. Dallas Lodge No. 12s-Will NEE,
at their lodge room on Saturday evening on or
before the full moon of every month al
O'Clock. Thad NJ. Carder, w. NJ; " Pertel
secretary.
MENA LODGE. X. of P. No. 100-Meets in
Castle Hall in Blocksoms block on Monday
evening OF each week. q. w. knowlton, C. e:
]. II. Hamilton, X. of S. r.
WOODMEN OF the WORLD, Camp No. Oh
Meets In regular session on Thursday evenings
of each week. j. &. Byers, q. c.; W. Ivan
Matheny. Clerk.
KNIGHTS OF EQUITY-Meets every Thurs
day night at Masonic hall.
J. G. ByEHs. S.K.C.
THE IRON HALL - Meets every FRIDAY
night at the X. Z. hall. ]. c. BYERs, Pres
MRS. ETHEL BLocKsoM. Sec.
CITY COUNCIL-Regular meetings at Coun-
eli Chamber on the first Tuesday evening oi
each month. Mark Whayne, mayor l. D.
Jones, recorder.
HOOK and LADDER Co. No. Regular
meetings on first Tuesday evening of each
month at o'clock. +. c. Savage. fire chief.
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CITY COUNCIIs-Regula meetings at Coun.
eli Chamber on the first Tuesday evening oi
each month. Mark Whayne, mayor; |. D.
Jones, recorder.
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MENA LODGE. X. of P. No. 100-Meets in
Castle Hall in Blocksonis block on Monday
evening OF each week. q. w. knowlton, c. Cs.
]. II. Hamilton X. of S. r.
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THE IRON HALL - Meets every FRIDAY
night at the X. Z. hall. J. G. BYERs, Pres
MRS. ETHEL BLocRsoN. Sec.
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MAY RESULT IN
 GRAVE COMPLICATIONS

The Maine incident formed the principal topic of consideration by the senate oos.1- mittee on foreign relations at It's meeting today. The affair was not officially be- fore the committee but 1t was allowed to dsplace almost all other business
 The opinion generally expressed by mem bers of the committee in this informal con ference was to the effect that the occur renee is of very serious import and that 1t may result in grave complications unless Spain can make it very plain that no Spaniard was in any way responsible for it. A prominent member of the commit tee said after the close of the meeting that Spain would be expected to make ex- planation that would entirely clear up the mystery, and that if she did not this coun- try would have right to demand such explanation. Most of the members of the committee refused after the conference to express any opinion concerning the occur renee.
 'It is too serious to talk about at pres- ent." said Senator Lodge. while Senator Cullom said: "I can't see how the explosion could have been the result of an accident and think the time is rapidly approaching
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Crowe's Contest Dismissed
IN THE SENATE.

Washington, Feb 16-A discussion upon coast defences was the interesting feature of the senate today. Many senators took the ground that thea appropriations should be for the full amount of the estimates by the war department instead of some $i000,000 less. Senators Perkins and Hale said it was the policy, of the appropria- tions committee to make an annual ex- penditure of $10,O0O0OO for Notifications Senators Stewart, Hawley, Chandler and Lodge spoke in favor of increases.
 In the early part of the day there was a discussion of the Kansas Pacific railroad sale but no action was taken.
 Mr. Gear. chairman of the Pacific roads committee, said he hoped the resolution would not pass, as the senate had no in formation scapcefntng, '. the sale. He be- lieved the road was worth no more than the principal of the governments claim.
 In the course of an extended argument in support of the resolution. MT. Morgan, of Alabama, said:
 q am sorry to say it, but within the last five or siv days the president has been forced to his knees on the subject by the compulsion of the New York combine the Fitzgerald combine. Let him take his course, but let him understand that he is responsible to the people of the country" |"
 Qualifications Bill
 The fortiffcations appropriations bill was then taken up. In the course of a state T the committee onsappropriations was unan- imous in its action in increasing the ag gregate sum appropriated by the house bill. Every member of the committee was in favor of peace, but all realized, that the best way to preserve peace was to prepare for war .-,54. 4# V4ts,,as..4
 Mir Teller believed the indications were strong for a general war and while the United States might escape by drawing its head into its shell like turtle, still we, as a great nation, should be prepared for any emergency ar s4 1lasii.
 MT. Teller made evident alluSion to the condition of affairs in Cuba, saying II was our plain duty when a nation was conducting a war upon our borders con- trary to international law and the rules of humanity, to step to the front and tell that nation it must desist, let the conse- quences be to us what they might. We would despise strong man who would not defend a weak child from a brute and on the same principle a great nation would be expected to defend an abused people under the. same circumstances
 An amendment offered by MT. Chandler increasing the amount appropriated fol powder and projectiles for reserve sup. ply for armament and Notifications from $650 SIS to $a50 SIS was accepted.
 This completed the consideration of ths bill and it passed without division Al f 6:O5 o'clock the senate adjourned.
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ARMOUR AND LETTER.
The Giants Doing Battle in the Worlds Wheat
 a5r' Maket.sei5

Chicago. Feb. 16.a-JOseph Letter has se- cnre,y cornered, the May wheat market. plays fast and loose with; the fears of a tremendous short interest and is showing himself to- be by all odds the most re- marlnable. facbor ever encountered in the local market. Once more the battle be- tween Armour and Letter is being wit messed tiF s-fT fs.st EEL
 Vague rlmors from the northwest, show ing that some big forces were at work there revealed themselves today in the shape or facts. Armour semt his brokers to the northwest section some days ago to buy all the cash wheat in sight. It is held that Armour wants to return an equivalent for wheat which, despite his denials tesis asserted .he borrowed from Peavy to deliverato Letter on December
 'No sooner did Letter hear of this flank movement than be began: to place a coup. of Letters brokers in the northwest to fol- low up.aArmevr's agents and bid 9 3 and cents higher than Armour on all whsat offered ssto@ tie laxtef.&
 Although Armour denies the report of borrowing from 1sF F,eayy,a leading broker is authority for the statement that Armour placed ascheck for $3.000 000 in the North western National bank, payable to the or der of Penvy,. to insure the return of a vast quantity of wheat which Armour's secured from Peayy to cover his December short line. To what extent Armour has obtained cash, wheat to Cancel these obli- gations is a matter of soonjecture. But one had to- pay a premium aDi1 had to wrestle hard with Letters agents. sto secure cash wheat 1iHo the northwest.s
 Today ,Julys was bid upt to 91 cents. The curb price made the n Advance for the day 5 to 7,centss erwhHsheknoP Puts ana calls
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 first one occur in 50 perfectly equipped a vessel as the Maine and under so capable a commanding officer as Sigsbeez Why should ft. occur in Havana harbor. where the vessel vas Tat the mercy of ian lenemy capable of freachery, we know the Span iard Is and has been as long as he has fig ured in history? Why should ft follow so closely the recent exposure Of the Spanish minister to the United States as despic- able time-server, who wore an affable de- meanor in Washington while giving vent to his hatred of our chief executive and our people in private letters to companions! The combination of facts is too strong to leave doubt, miss my guess if refriou- tion will not be swift
 Commodore Montgomery is familiar with Havana harbor. It would be comparatively easy he says, with small boats or other wise to set a torpedo to destroy the Amer ican vessel This Is his theory of how the Maine was wrecked.
 Browns Opinion
 Indianapolis Feb. 16.-Rear Admiral George Brown, who was the highest officer in the navy until his retirement last year. was informed of the naval casualty in Havana harbor. The admiral was exeeed- inglys surprised to hear of the destruction of the Maine, and from the meagre news was loath to venture any explanation or the affair. "'"I can offer nothing but vague conjecture as to the probable cause of the destruction of the Maine, although it would not seem to me at this time that when an investiga- tfon is made. 1t will be found that an ex- plosion occurred on board the vessel"
 The admiral was asked If 1t were possi- ble that a torpedo lying in the harbor could have been accidentally exploded under the ship He, did not think this would nave been possible. If a torpedo caused the ex- plosion it must have been sent from shore, for torpedoes are not lying around loose in Havana farbor. where hundreds of ships are in and out. A'
 .I am sure no official had anything to do with, it., if, a. torpedo was responsible TOT 1t. svsy7fisaf ss sq ..Oh. mo-. said he, "there could have been no explosion of a torpedo by the dragging of the Maine's anchor or anything Of that sort Nor are there any submerged mines in the harbor. I do not recall any similar affair of this kind in the history of the United States navy. either in time of peace or time of war"
 Speyers' Opinion
 New York, Feb. 16-Lieut. Commander Speyers, United States navy, was aroused
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FIVE FROM ALABAMA.

from his bed at the navy club and told of the Mafne's destruction. 1T cannot understand how such an ex- plosion occurred in the ship" he said, with the accent on the 'in." T am not, how ever Familiar with the location of the magazine in the Maine. Sometimes there are magazines both fore and aft in a war ship, and 1t Is barely possible that the for ward magazine of the Maine exploded. < But I do not understand how any am- intuition in the magazine could have ex- ploded at this time. There is no reason that know of why anybody should have gone to the magazine then. The keys of a vessels magazines are always kept in possession of the captain and when the captain leaves they are turned eversto the officer left in command. Not havifg full information, I cannot express any opin- ion on the disaster.
 Ex-PresideRt Harrison
 Indianapolis, Feb. 16.-Whenj ex-Presi- dent Harrison was asked by the Associat- ed Press for a statement regarding the destruction of the battleship Maine, he said:
 "The occurrence is a most terrible and shocking one. It is to be hoped that an was an accident If there should be any room for suspecting foul play it would be very unfortunate.'' e' 7a '."' Belknap Thinks It Was Plot
 Boston, Feb. 16.-Rear Admiral George Belknap, U. s. N, retired, said today he was inclined to think the Maine was blown up by a torpedo.
 'I do not see," he said, 'how an explo- sion of the, forward magazine could have occurred. The keys of the magazines are always kept in the custody of the captain. All the ammunition is carefully cased mostly in the form of projectiles, and their explosion by them is next to impossible. If. as the dispatches state, the whole bow of the ship was blown off, it is apparent That the explosion could not have been caused by the boilers, or the coal getting heated. I do not see how it could have occurred from the paint room, as every precaution isi taken to prevent the collec- tion of explosive gases in the paint room. and if such an explosion occurred 1t would have been more likely to have caused a fire than destroy the srip."
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commanders to empty the fore bunkers first, in which case the Maine's bunkers Tn that quarter were probably emptied owing to the length of her stay in Havana har- Dor.
 To Hear the News
 Probably not since the wreck of the American fleet at Samoa has so much ex- citement been exhibited at the navy de- partment as was shown today The beau tiful model of the battleship Maine stand ing before the door of Secretary Long was surrounded all day by crowds commenting on every feature of the vessel. At inter- vals telegraph messengers appeared pear ing messages from the main telegraph or fees. Upon the delivery of each message there would be a rush to the secretary 5 room to learn the latest news
 ' Up to the time that Secretary Long went over to the White House the news was Iree and promptly given out as 1t came. After that the messages were sent directly 70 him at the White House and the crowd was obliged to wait for knowledge Of their con- tents until they had been returned to the department The navigation bureau was beseiged with inquiries from friends of the ships company. seeking information as to the mortality.
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PRESIDENT AND CABINET
 IN CONTEMPLATION

 "The president desires me to express for himself and the people of the United States his profound sympathy with the officers and crew of the Maine, and desire that no expense be spared in providing for the sur- vivors and the care of the dead.
 (Signed) JOHN D. LONG, Secy.' The president and several of his cabinet associates held an extended conference about noon It was not cabinet meeting, as no notices had been sent out, and only Secretary of the Navy Long, Secretary Gage, Attorney General Griggs, Postmas- ter-General Gary and Formor Attorney General McKenna were present.
 The disaster to the Maine was the only topic considered. It was determined to abandon the reception at the white house tonight, and also the reception to the gen. eral public tomorrow night.
 At 12 o'clock the cabinet officers came from the presidents office. One of them stated that the president had given direc- tions that all official information relating to the disaster should be given to the pub Iic He added that a private dispatch to Secretary Long, signed Req, stated that official, and MT. Long considered the estf- mate too high. This was before Captain Sigsbee's dispatch, placing the lost and missing at 25S, was at hand.
 Result of Accident
 The cabinet officer stated that there were many evidences that the disaster was the result of accident. Up to the present time, he said, no orders for sending another American ship to Havana had been given. Consul-General Lee had cabled that the Spanish authorities had expressed to him their profound regret at the occurrence. Another cabinet official stated that one dispatch stated that Captain Sigsbee was the last man to leave the ship
 At 12:30 Secretary Long still with the president. MT. Finney, private sec retary of the secretary of the navy, was admitted with an important dispatch just received from Captain Sigsbee, commander of the Maine. This was read by the president and secretary and then given out as follows:
 Advise sending wrecking vessel ,at once. Maine submerged except debris; mostly work for divers now. Jenkins and Merritt still missing. Little hope for their safety. Those known to be saver are:
 Officers, "A, uninjured crew, IS wounded, now on board Ward Line Steamer; in city hospital and hotel, 59, far as konwn. All others went down on board or near the Maine. Total lost or missing, 252 as s7.
 Without Clothing With several exceptions, no officer nor man has more than part of a suit of cloth ing, and that is wet with haGbor water. Ward steamer leaves for Mexico at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Officers saved are uninjured. Dame was in compartments of crew. Am preparing to telegraph list of wounded and saved. Olivette leaves for Key West at p. m. Will send by her to Key West the officers saved except myself and Wainwright, Holman, Henneberger, Ray and Holden. Will turn over three uninjured boats to captain of port, with request for safe keeping. Will send all wounded men to hospital at Havana.
 (Signed.) ''SIGSBEE-
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n T A CROWE'S CASE
 R. UNDERWOOD Dismissed by i',,e Elections Committee
 Yesterday.
 sssw ck TORREY BILL IN THE HOUSE Was Vigorously Fought by Representa-
 tive of Ninth. THE COMPLICATIONS BILL PASSED In the Senate Believes the Indications Are Strong for a General War Between s1 the Nations-A Strike for
 Struggling Cuba.
THE FoanEIcAHIoNs BILL PASSED
Special to The Age-fTeraid.

Washington, Feb. 6-Representatve Underwood opened for the opposition to the Torrey bill in the debates on the bank ruptcy measure, in the hopse today He said he was opposed to any feature that forced man into bankruptcy whether he was willing or, not, and has offered an amendment to strike out that part of the bill. He also opposed in speech that part of the bill which extended the operation of the law to'corporations, and said at the proper time he would move to eliminate it. The present laws, which provided for receiverships, were, he said, good enough, and any plan to allow corporations to go into bankruptcy court, he said, would only help them to defraud their creditors
 Crowe's Contest Dismissed
 The committee on elections, by a unan- mous vote today, decided to dismiss the case of Dr. Grove. who has been con- testant for the seat held by Oscar w. Underwood. E >a.a
 The committee found that while some of Crowe's allegation as to fraud may have been true, there was not sufficient evidence, even admitting all the statements of the contestant to be true, to justify them either in seating Grove or declaring that no legal election had been held. Admitting all the claims of Crowe the committee found that Underwood was still elected by large majority, A report will be pre- scented to the house Monday and will prob ably be agreed to without opposition. There is general satisfaction expressed with the action of the committee. -.f.
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when this country must do something. :" z Senator Clark would only say. Tt is singular that such accidents happen at such opportune times"
 They Can't Agree
 The naval officers cannot agree upon any theory to account for the destruction of the Maine. Perhaps a majority are inclined to the belief that the explosion was purely accidental. Another considerable number feel sure that torpedo was exploded un- der the vessel and third theory is that some internal machine was smuggled aboard the ship and set off
 The Maine had three magazines. The one forward was used for the storage of am munition, weighing 10000 pounds This quantity of explosive is so large that the naval officers here can scarcely believe it were possible for any human being on hoard the Maine to have escaped alive had this magazine exploded entirely.
 There was no smokeless powder on board the ship, and the ten-inch ammunition was made up of brown prismatic powders. Not only is this powder most carefully packed in dramatically sealed copper cases. but It's heat resisting qualities are so great that 1t cannot be ignited by the flame iof a match. 600 degrees Fahrenheit being the strength of heat that must be applied to Ignite this powder. On the other hand it is readily ignfted, as in the case of the charge in a gun. by the explosion of a good quality of fulminite. Every precau- ton. is adopted aboardship to safeguard the magazine.
 Sentry Stands on Duty
 In it's vicinity sentry stands on duty continually. Tfls doors ana closed her medically except when the ship is cleared for action.
 At o'clock every night temp erajture Is taken and the keys of the lock door are pladed in the captatn's stnands for the night. FhegrecordsS Spf the navy department show that 7 degreeA was the maximum tenpsra> ture in the Nfainefs .rnagazine during the past month, a very low and safe tempera- tire. These facts make 1t extremely diff ficult to account for the explosion, par ticularly as no visitors are admitted under any circumstances to the magazine. Of course 1t is possible that there was spon- taneous combustion of some fulminths or gun cohton intended for use to to1pedoes. There were no steam pipes or furnaces near enough to the magazine to cause the belief that they might have exploded the powder. The coal bunkers there were in th,s neighborhood and it is just probable that in them might be found the origin of the accident. It depends on whether they were empty contained coal to some degree. It was said to be the practice or
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were traded in at Il cents spread on the

were traded in at il cents spread on the May option.
 Philip D. Armour said tonight:
 "Leiter can put up May wheat to $1.5 if he wants to. He has only tc keep still and do nothing; the shorts will do the rest. There will be good prices for wheat for another year at any rate These mat ters go in long runs, years of plenty and then of scarcity. This wheat will go out at $1.25. The turn has not been alone in wheat it has been in everything. We took shipping room for 100 900 bushels of wheat for export today. We bought wheat at Minneapolis and are buying everywhere we can. We are not hedging and to wait for the consumptive markets to follow. We expect to see them pass us."
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OPINIONS OF HIGH
 NAVAL AUTHORITIES

Chicago, Feb. 16-Commodore J. E. Mont.
 gomery. once of the United States navy, a
 commanding officer of the confederate fleet
 during the civil war and the man who
 raised the frigate, afterward the ram Mer-
 rimac. was very emphatic today in declar- ing the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor the result of treachery and an act without parallel in the worlds his- tory. In his opinion, war must inevitably follow. "When the divers go down and examine the hull of the vessel said Com- modore Montgomery, it will be found that if was stove in by torpedo exploded under the how with a diabolical intent To be sure, an accident may occur on shfpboard, l, a magazine or boiler may explode. But, consider all the circumstances, and you will not entertain the theory of accident : In the history of our navy there never has been such an accident. Why should the,
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WHEELER TENDERS HIS SERVICES.
Special to The Age-Henald.


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 hr.on Cuban still the greatest excitement v1soe dispatches received at the s.ate ueaA ~ unsettled One can see that public officials to the outcome All oa strain Not snce oe war mas ~ tf corridors of o- watching for bulletins disposition to suspend Judgment investigation known both vigorously lowering on the a public mind is unframed than 1t mas The members ta rstrn committee him With out dissenting and their representa- little to bring hotes until entered an unfrendy porttha accident occurred
 
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when this country must do something. ," Senator Clark would only say. Tt is singular that such accidents happen at such opportune times"