, 1898-02-26

Courts verdict Is til vt 1t WAS an a~Ccluent,
but this is impo 5siol, of knowledge yet, and
also inconsistent with the agreement that the
United States will make Il prior and indie
pendent Inquiry.
A .shington telegram states that Mr..
William Cobbs has been nominated Consul
ut Colon.
Aspe3ial despatch from the Havana cor.
respondent Of the New York World" states
that there is " conccnsus of o; iniou of those
who have stu lio the wr' elk, that a subma.
rine mine caused the explosion. The des-
patch adds that all the Amer lean officers aud
Capt. Sigsbe8 hoII that view.
Washington news states thai with the view of
setting at rest the ruimours alleging thntCapt.
SigsOee had expressed an opinion that the
Maine was blown up by II mulr, Mr.. Long
has cabled him for information ON the sub
ject. TIL belief is general that 10 such
statement has been niue.
Another Washington despatch reports that
Lieut.. Commander SoblA Il. nu attnche of the
Spanish Legation, may he recalled by his
Government owing TO his criticisms regard
ing the American navy.
Paris news states that two thousand per-
sons greeted Nj. RochefOrt on HE entering
Saint Pelngic prison to serve o sentence of
5 duys for lilelling NJ. Joseph Reinach.
A Bombay telegram reports that the plague
hospital has been destroyed by tiIe; also that
two more European nurses ale plaguestrick-
en-.
London, F4bry. 23rd.-The death is 0n-
mounced If Lord Combelmole.
New York. Fcbry. 24th.-London news
reports that in the House Of LORDS the Prime
Minister stated that Sir Edmund Monsoon,
British Ambassador at pari>, had telegraphed
that NJ. Ilanotaux was ignorant of the re.
,,,tnd Eronolr jpvoSip, 81 GOlyOIp ou6 fbAt
if any had taken place it was without the
orders and against the wishes of The FlencIf
Government, which was informed that there
we're no French troops IN that region.
The Foreign Office confirms the telegram
published by the Times" announcing that
China agrees to open all inland waters to
navigation wide bulletin 22nd inst), adding
that the Inspector of Customs for the Chi
nose Government will be British as long
as the British trade exceeds tiat of any
other nation.
London AMI Berlin journals credit a report
that the Chinese loan Of sixteen millions
sterling will not he issued by any Govern
mcnt but by the German Asiatic Bank
and The Hong Kong md Shanghai Bank
conformity. Also that further mercantile
Concessions and government reforms arc
included in the arrangement.
OlAFA AH0'OiH uWNS ACpOllo tUuA OHI'dl
having pressed China regarding Russia's
promise to evacuate Port Arthur, China APP
preached Russia on the subject, which replies
that they will remain longer than was frat
arranged, withdrawal being at present pre-.
judicial to Russian interests ia China and
COrea.
A severe snow storm of forty eight honts'
duration IIns taken place in the south west
of England. At Portsmouth, and in Somerset
and Dorset, streets and railways are blocked.
the snow drifts being four feet deep IN many
places,
The s. s. ASIA from Manila for Boston,
has Been wrecked at Nantucket, and it is
believed twenty lives have been lost.
--latest news from Havana reports that
the divers engaged on the Maine" are
recovering ammunition exploded and mnex-
ploded, and that experts draw different
differences. So far one hundred and fifty
bodies have been recovered, eight corpses are
being buried in IL single coffin.
Washington news states that tue Navy
Department has contracted with the MeIrilt
WIecking Coy. at ,37l dollars per diem for
the salvage of the "Maine', including her
hull for which one hundred thousand dollars
bonus will be given whom delivered at
Brooklyn.
The Madrid correspondent Of the New
York "IleIald' reports, aprOp0s Of the Wash.