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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
LIEUTENANT WAINWRIGHT.
Describes the Excellent Discipline
That Prevailed On Board.

Washington, March 2S-Lieutenant
Commando Richard Wainwright testi-
fled that the regulations in regard to
paints and inflammables and other pre-
cautions were strictly carried out on
board ship. Every possible care was
taken to avoid accident. All visitors
were scrutinized before being allowed
to come on board the ship. Nobody
was allowed unaccompanied. Special
'lookouts" were required at night. No
unauthorized boats were allowed to ap-
proach the ship. There was fine disci-
pline, obedient crew. quiet men.
He was in the captains office at the
time of the explosion. He felt very
severe shock and heard the noise of
falling objects on deck. Thought the
ship was being fired on. He was told
by the captain to see that the boats
were lowered. He saw four men COM
ing, mostly officers. He saw no reason
TO flood the magazine. because the
water was coming up. He saw fire
forward. Boats began to crowd around
the wreck. He induced boats to take
the wounded to different vessels. He
ordered a list taken of the saved and
wounded. There was excellent disci-
pine after the explosion. Orders were
forwarded with the promptness CT a
drill.
He was at the wreck at daylight the
following morning. He took a gig with
Lieutenant Hood and a few men and
attempted to board the wreck. He was
warned off by an armed boats crew of
Spaniards and then pulled around the
wreck. There was still some burning
fragments.
On the sixteenth day. Commander
Wainwright said: Nearly all the pow
der cases show signs of having been
subjected to outside pressures. as if
pressed against the powder inside and
their ends are also crushed in. / saw
two 6-inch tanks that were opened at
the seams and were pressed down fiat.
as if by exertion of considerable force"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29

would Immediately give bonds to carry
out these offers.
The ingenuity OF stating the PROPOSE
ton as q statement of what the parties
would be willing to receive instead OF
putting 1t in the form of request Sor a
franchise may be appreciated when 1t
is known that by this means they got
their proposition before the council
without sending in the $40 check.
The Rocky Mountain Ben Telephone
company sent in two communications.
One was accompanied by a SIS eaeck
and explained that the company had
not understood that check was nsces-
sary when they sent in their proeosi-
ton last week. They stated that they
would Ike the franchise but said the
law would give them the right to oyer
ate thei> telephone system in OEaen.
franchise or no franchise, and they
purposed to do it, The other comrauni-
cation excoriated the franchise propos-
ed by Glasmann, pointed out that II
would be in the nature of a monopoly,
which the council was expressly pro-
hibited from granting. both by state
law and by the constitution. The fact
that he wanted il for so years was also
Ur~ed against it.
Mr.. Glasmann wanted the council to
adjourn until tonight and then settle
the telephone question, but IL was final
ly decided to lay the matter over tiIl
next Monday Meanwhile the subject
is referred TO the committee on laws.
which has instructions in accordance
with the motion made by Mr.. Ash, to
report franchise. leaving blank the
name of the grantee and the figures
pertaining to rates and to the amount
to be paid to the city. The ordinance
is TO contain a section providing that
the amount paid by the city may here
90 Tor h..r
take a certain percentage of the gross
receipts of any company which may
accept the franchise. There is to be
also a section reserving the right for
the city council TO fix the charges.
OTHER BUSINESS.
Other business of the session was as
On recommendation Of the commits
tee on laws the petition Of Pearce,
asking that he be allowed to use fire.
proof shingles instead of metal roof
ing on a building within the fire dis,
trict, was denied. Miscellaneous bills.
aggregating S2So.50 and pay rolls
amounting to about 1918 were ordered
paid. The claim of Weber county for
$3.50. wages of the election registrars.
last year. was ordered paid.
The petition of William Van Dyke of,
Salt Lake, asking that a certain war
rant Tor rebate OF paving tax be turned
over to him in place Of other claim
ants. was granted, he furnishing an
indemnity bond
The blank forms for poll tax receipts
and poll tax registers submitted by
the auditor were referred to the COM
mittee on streets.
). j. Allen asked for an appointment
as policeman. Referred to the mayor.
The sum of 500 was appropriated to-
the mayors contingent fund.
large amount of routine business
was transacted, and it was decided
that the council meet again on We'd
nesday evening to consider the pro-
posed merchants license.
The session last evening was at
tended by all the councilmen except
Cullen and Jones. The latter is re-
ported quite i'll.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
MEMBERS OF THE COURT.

none of it had been blown out of the
snip on that side. He also found ten
inch tank and powder bags. whitA' he
sent up. He also found a bunch of
wires, about 80 of them in bunch"
In the afternoon he went down in the
same place and followed the armor
plate and found the break where the
armor plate ended. Here he found
string of heavy wire 10 feet long. Asked
as to the condition of the armor. he
replied: THE end was all twisted and
torn and ragged edges, and then they
all looked pointed inboard. 1 also ex-
amined the upper part of backing and
found the inside corner gone"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
What Wertheimer Saws.

New York, March 2S.-Louis Wer-
theimer, a tobacco dealer of New
York. who was passenger on
the steamer City of Washington in
Havana harbor the night. of the blow
ing up of the Maine, the moment of
the explosion was in the stern of the
Washington and was looking directly
at the battleship when the explosion
occurred.
II heard a report" said Mr. werthei-
mer, land at an interval OF anywhere
from to 10 seconds following the first
report came a great explosion. In the
burst of flames which followed 1 clear
" and plainly saw the vessel rise in
the water. apparently three yards out,
then settle down, before the light of
the explosion went out. The whole
thing was over so quickly that could
not hazard a guess at the length of
time"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
COUNTY sUPERINTENDENr,s
Salary Raised s2o-condition That

Se~i1iJ 1Ad1SSu 0SO-SOnQ1C10n That
He Devote All His Time.
The board of county commissioners
met yesterday and transacted the usual
routine business
In regard to Harrisvilie road matters
IT was reported that a man named
Hunter had fenced in about three
fourths of the roadway which had been
recognized as highway for years. 1t
was ordered that the road supervisor
notify Mr.. Hunter to remove the fence
within ten days.
Mr.. Harmon also reported that taa
lady named Ferrin. who had been re-
moved from the hospital by her brother
had returned, and was in extremely
feeble health.
The matter of fixing the salary of the
county superintendent Of schools was
reconsidered. and the same was fixed
at $1,000 year. il being expressly speci-
fed that he devote all his time to the
office during the school year, and that
ne furnish his own conveyance.
The report of the county physician
was read and filed.
The sum of S216 was appropriated to
gravel a certain road in Randall dis
tr1ct lying between Washington avenue
and the hill. providing the residents
donate Sos worth of work, said donors
to be furnished the employment con-
nected with the road work
Ten dollars per month was voted to
be paid to Mrs. John Gilmore.
The sum of S340.2 was voted as pay
for trial jurors.
Adjourned till Monday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
DIVER SMITH
Testified He Found a Hole In the
Bottom Earbor.

Gunner's Mate Smith described his
first descent, which landed him in the
10-inch shell room. The shells were
there in good order. most of them
nose UP, but some toppled over by the
shock of the. explosion, which had
wrecked the woodwork of the magazine
and blown the aft bulkhead over from
port to starboard. He crawled over
this bulkhead and down behind it found
a l0-inch powder tank bent and dent
ed but not exploded. 1t was intact,
with powder and cartridge bags. On his
next descent he went down from the
port frame, following the side of the
ship down till he struck plates that
were blown from port to starboard in
board.
He followed the plates down till he
came TO the 6-inch shells, still in the
sings for sending them up out of the
shell room. They were lying with their
noses up, pointing to starboard. The
forward part of the 6-inch reserve
magazine seemed to have been blown
away altogether. The ragged edges of
the steel floor to the shell room were
turned up and Smith walked over them
out into the mud. Coming back from
his trip into the outer submarine world,
the diver came across a lot of 6-pounder
SnellS ana smell cases. SOille VI liltiH
not even broken away from the shells
ARMOR PLATE INSIDE.
Laying right across the middle of the
10-inch shell room he found an armor
plate that had been torn away from
the ships side. The plate. on being
ripped loose by the explosion, had
turned a complete somersault and land
ed with the thick edge in the mud and
the plate leaning obliquely over the
wreck of the shell room. There were
S-inch tanks scattered over thc 10-inch
shell room. most of them split. A num-
Der of them were sent up, but more
remained.
on his fourth trip down, he slid down
the outer edge of the ship by the port
crane. 1.-THE skin of the ship" he said
is in good condition till you come to
the jagged opening leading into the
6-inch shell room before mentioned.
Here the steel edges are blown in
ward
Crawling into the hole, he felt the
double bottom and the jagged edges o.
the cement turned up He described IL
detail the 10-inch powder tanks found
here, none of them apparently exploded
but with the soldered seams split and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
THE BRAVE MARINE.
Private William Anthony's Story of
the Explosion.

the EAplOSlOn.
Private William Anthony of the Unit
ed States marine corps, whose GOODNESS
at the time of the explosion in report
ing to Captain Sigsbee has become the.
theme of admiration throughout the
world was the next witness. He testi-
fed he had the first watch, from s to IL
o'clock. on the night of the explosion.
There was drill that day. and it was
not necessary to open the magazines.
In response to questions, Private An
thOny told his story.
4 was standing on the main deck,
Just outside the door. on the larbOard
side. l first noticed a trembling and
buckilng Of the decks, and then this
prolonged roar-nOt a short report, but
a prolonged roar. The awnings were
spread, and where the wing awning
and the quarter deck awning should
join there was a space Of at least IS
inches l looked out and saw an i'm
toward the captain"
Did you notice any perceDtible list
TO the ship at the first shock?"
At the first shock the ship instantly
that is, the quarter deck where | was
tanding-diDped forward and to port,
just like that Indicating it, 1t appar-
emily broke in the middle like Gndicat-
ing), and surSed forward and then over
to port"
Witness said the upshoot of the flame
he saw was well forward. It must have
been forward of the superstructure Il
could see the debris going up with it.
| do not know what it was, but L saw
firebrands going up
Was it on the port or starboard
side?''
1t looked more to port han it did to
starboard. Ii looked like II covered the
whole ship. 1t was an immense glare
that illuminated the whole heavens for
the moment. as much as 1 could see for
the awnings"
Did you see any water with it?''
Il did not notice that sir l start
ed for the cabin at once"
This closed the brave marines testi-
mony.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
AN ANONYMOUS LETTER.
Consul General Received Information
About the Explosion.

Henry Drain, a clerk in the United
States consulate. Havana, was exam
ired as to the receipt of an anonymous
letter received by the consul general
in regard to the explosion of the Maine
Witness produced the letter, the date
of which was Feb. is. of the present
year. There was TO signature. it being
signed An Admirer." Drain said 1t
seemed to be the document of a fairly
well educated man. 1t was written in
Spanish. The translation was produced
and was handed to the judge advocate
and read by him. The letter was re-
ferred TO in the record as being marked
IF" but was not appended.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
EVIDENCE OF A PLOT.
Significant Conversation Overheard
By "the Unknown Witness -

\ witness was introduced whose name
was suppressed by agreement between
him and the court He had to talk
through an interpreter. This witness
was crossing about 1870 O'clock on the
morning of the 18th from Havana TO
Peglas on a ferryboat. He was sitting
near three Spanish officers. two Of the
army, one of the navy and a citizen.
They were talking about the Ma ne
One of the army officers said: THAT
is nearly arranged
The citizen asked if making expio-
sions in the bay would not endanger
Havana. The officer said mo" 1t was
arranged so that it would simply ex-
plode, open the vessel and she would
sink Immediately.
The other man loosely exclaimed
"Oh, l will take plenty of beer on that
occasion" Someone came by and they
suddenly stopped the conversation.
They had said it was a shame she (the
Maine) should be in the bay and they
would blow her up anyway
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
TELEPHONE FRANCHISES
Considered By the City Council Last
Evening.

The question of telephone franchises
occupied the attention of the city coun-
Gil last night, when the three PROPOSE
lions noted n The Herald of Saturday
came regularly before the council. The
first was the franchise proposed by
William Glasmann, which was accom-
panied by the required check for SO,
but the check had a proviso that it
should be returned if the franchise was
not granted. The recorder asked for
information whether he should receive
a check with such a proviso and consid-
er 1t as funds to turn over to the treas
urer. This created a considerable
amount of discussion. and Mr. Glas-
mann. who was present, finally with
drew the proviso.
George II. Madsen hal a communica-
ton stating that he and several bust
ness men whom he represents would be
willing TO accept franchise for a tele-
phone system in Ogden, and If it were
granted they would guarantee that rem
tails for business houses would not be
higher than $40 per quarter and for
residences not more than 81. MIR. Mad
sen further said he and his associates
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29

challenge all boats which approached
the ship near enough for Z challenge.
There was a picked man on the port
gangway. The cOrporals of the guard
inspected the ship lights below every
half hour, the patrol taking his place
while gone.
MIR. Catlin said he visited the sentries
twice every night. once before and once
after midnight. while in the harbor at
Havana, and always found them vigil
liant and attending 10 business. He
heard duh sound, a loud conclusion
and felt the shaking of the ship. The
lights went out and ne went on deck.
and as he did so the whole heavens
were fun of sparks. There was no
flame and he felt but one shock
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
LIEUT.. POTTER.

In response to the question as to
whether anything had been done to as
certain the truth of the statements con-
tanned in the letter, the witness said
that there had. He ...e6 General Lee
TO look into the matter and he did not
appear to know what to do, stating
he had no secret service money.
A man by the name of Pope Taco was
mentioned in the letter. Witness said
he had tried to discover the where
abouts of the man and the one to whom
he spoke said the man was a mistake,
that the man mentioned had died a few
days ago. before the explosion of the
Maine, and the letter referred to a
Pope Barquin, that he had also died
suddenly about two or three days after
the explosion of the Maine. The wit
ness declared that his informant was
DR.. Charles Carbonel, an American citi-
zen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
UNDERWRITERS EXPLOSION.
Testimony of Captain Converse, An
Expert On Explosives.

Expert On Explosives.
Captain G. A. Converse Of the navy.
summoned as a witness. testified that
he had made study of natural eff
fects of explosives. The largest guam
tity of explosives he had ever seen
used consisted of a torpedo containing
300 pounds of gun powder and 100
pounds of dynamite, all in separate
cases. 100 pounds in each case, securely
laShed together. Being shown a blue
print of the forward magazine shell
room of the Maine. and asked if one or
more of these should explode, or par
TALLY explode, it would lift the forward
part of the ship partly out of the wa
ter, he replied that he did not think
1t would.
After a long description of the eff
feet of torpedoes he was asked what
his experience was in the case of ex-
plosion of a submarine mine; what be-
came of the mine. He replied that it
was almost invariably ruptured and
lost; blown no and the pieces are rare
ly found. His experience did not allow
him to remember a case where he saw
any considerable pieces remaining from
a submarine mine or it's iron case after
the explosion. On one or two occa-
sions small fragments of cast iron
thrown into boat indicated complete
demolition of the case containing the
explosive.
When asked If a submarine mine eX-
ploded under the bottom of a ship and
containing enough explosive to COM
pletely destroy that part Of the ship
would be completely demolished, he re-
piled that violent explosion would
cut a hole in a ship, blowing out that
part of the ship in small fragments.
Being shown sketches of the forward
magazines, and asked if their explosion
or partial explosion would leave the
bottom of the Maine in that condition
as was shown in the sketches he stated
that the distortion of the keel of the
Maine was too far forward and too re-
mote from the magazine to have been
caused by their explosion.
He was of the opinion that the bind
ing of the plates on the bottom Of the
magazine was produced by the explo-
sion of submarine mine containing a
large amount of the lower explosive
gun powder: or sirnilar-not in contact
with the ship, but some distance be-
low it. perhaps on the bottom. Con-
tinuing. he said he had never in his
experience seen any interior explosion
that was equal to the effect on the
Maine
DO you think that necessarily there
must have been an underwater mine
TO produce these explosions %
indications are that an underwater
exr'Scion produced the conditions
there" was the reply With further
statements regarding the impossfbility.
IN his opinion. of an internal explosion
causing the Names wreck, his testi-
mony was closed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
AN HONEST OFFER.

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Mich.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
Conference Rates

The indications are that conference
travel will be very heavy this season;
besides the heavy road traffic, a large
number of visitors will go by wagon
The semi-annual dissatisfaction is be-
ing expressed over the action of the
railroads in keeping rates up so high.
and the questions are being renewed
touching the reason why the companies
which carry small theatrical or picnic
excursions 10 miles for 81. insist on
charging conference visitors $50. who
travel in much greater numbers and
have consequently poorer accommodate
tiOpS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
FOUND THE WIRES.
Most Important Testimony Given By
Diver Rundquist.

Gunner's Mate Carl Rundquist, one of
the divers, said he went down in the
after part of the ten-inch magazine
and found a lot of empty ten-inch
powder tanks-dozens of them-with
pieces blown in all directions. They
did not look as if they had been ex-
ploded by a charge inside. 1t looked
as if a pressure from the outside had
opened them up. The ragged edges OF
the ship were bent in board. The bot
tom of the ship was all blown up.
Found a hole in the bottom of the ship.
Looked as If it was blown up from
the outside, because no explosion from
the inside could make q hole like that.
The pieces of armor plates also showed
that they were blown from the out
side from the way they were bent
Rundquist. being recalled. testified
20 the progress of his exploration. He
went down on March ! on the port side
and found the berth deck sloping aft
to starboard. There was coal seven
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
Ogden Briefs.

Five hobos were arrested yesterday
afternoon.
Edward Harrigan comes to the Grand
tomorrow in that delightful play, "Old
Lavender
Two boys arrested Sunday for jump
ing on trains were found guilty yester-
day of unlawful riding. They were
reprimanded by the city justice and
sentence suspended.
The funeral services over the remains
of Helen Winifred Driver will take
place today at p m. from the resi-
dence of Hon. William Driver. The
little one, who died at Butte, Mont, on
March 26. was the daughter of Willard
and Jose Driver and granddaughter Of
Hon. William Driver.
The police committee OF the city
council did not report its findings in
the matter of the charges against Pa
trOlman Sprunt at the council meeting
last night. A member of the commit
tee stated that the council wanted to
consider the matter informally and de-
eide on proper course of action before
presenting its report in open council
The report viii be presented at the
next regular meeting of the council.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
LIEUTENANT cATLIN.
Testified Concerning the Placing of
Extra Sentinels.

Washington, March 2S.-Lieutenant
A. w. Catlin. who was in charge of the
marine guard, said that when the ship
went into Havana harbor. two extra
night sentinels were put on, one In the
forecastle and one in the poop, armed
with rifles. They had special orders to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
A Two Hundred Dollar Fine.

George Barr appeared for sentence
before Justice Perrin yesterday morn
ing and the justice imposed a fine Of
$500 for assault committed by burning.
the foot of George Stratton. The case
will be appealed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
"War News. -

The Herald Ogden Office will tele--
phone to any of the county precincts
having telephone service such bulletins
as may be received from the main office
in Salt Lake, if parties interested viii
call uD 29S.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29

There is no truth in the report that Sec
rotary Gage has resigned or has any in
tention of resigning. In the course Of q
conversation the secretary said that there
was perfect unity in the cabinet on the
Cuban question.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-29
REPORTERS BARRED OUT.

At the close. Judge Marshall an
rounced the rule which Will hereafter
exclude from the railing all persons ex-
cept attorneys. their clients and the
officers Of the court. His honor ex-
pressly stated that the ruling included
newspaper men. The order was called
out by the large attendance yester-