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PROGRESS OF RELIEF WORK.
Dcstribution Seems Too Enormous for Or
| dInsry Methods-OnicinIs Helping.

Havann. March 27.-The relief tr,
has been heard from nj various place,
to-day by wire. All the reports show
satisfactory and systematic distribu.
tion. Tie train when heard from was
beyond Cardcnas. Before morning II
will he well into the province OF San
tn Clara.
a diet kitchen and dispensnry. wher.
2.O0D sick will he cared for daily. was
formally opened to-day. The kitchen
was built by the central committee
and serves It's purpose cxcellentiy. The
sick and feeble will find the tlislensary
great source OF comfort ana help,
United States Consul General Barker
OF Sng,c I.r Grnndc. arrived here to.
night. He comes 10 buy blankets foi
some Of ,nc most needy In his district.
He spenks well of the relief work In
his district. which includes thirty
towns. He needs more supplies, find.
ing that the number of destitute IL
greater than wns at first expected. The
central committee will send these a,
| once.
Consul Barker says the civil govern.
mcnt and the nlcnllcs OF SANTA Clnrn
province have given him all the assist.
ance In their power and TINT this up.
plies particularly to the civil governor
Of Saguc Ic Grandc.
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WITH q strange sense ~ insissi. .:.ss' s::!.|
idea that We. with ali 81 'onr ,s.! i,
cannot md . way TO reach irs,s.
localities. when the elemsrs. d. d
against U.S. In time. Alaska "a "a ~! j.
these extremely cold couptris.s I.
be provided with transportntior ~:
ties that win Be entirely ipdsp.ss.l. nv.
Of the weather. A road tnnr.ss
through a hill side. and PROVIDE %ssss
trestle and bridge work. oysr ch..s Z.
and valleys. might be built "a "a.
by the government. Such I rosd ,,.',s
be affected neither by cold or stcs,..
and coming and going would s. I,s.
and rapid. The enormous trens -
the next few years would 10 e, Y. N
ward covering the immense Con- \,
such an enterprise. The labor a hsl,s
Ing such . road could be perfcrns1
In part by the army. and would ~
nish them occupation, which vs.,s
bring great profit to the governms,S'
Private capitalists are already dincr,s.
ing the building Of such roads. "a 4
Is scarcely too much to say thsf ~.
fore many seasons have passed vints,
trip to the Klondike can be made Mn
safety. comfort and reasonable al.
patch.
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REPORT OF The BOARD.

Washington. Mnrch 2s.-Thc follow
Ing Is the full text Of the report Of the
court Of inquiry:
u. =. \. IOwn. Key West. Fla. Mon.
dny. March ~. 1sDS.-Afier a full and
mature consideration Of all the tcsti-
mony before 1t, the court finds M fol.
lows:
FIrst-Thnt the United Stntes bnttic.
ship Mninc arrived In the hnrbor Of
Havana, Cubn. on the 21st day Of Jim.
unry. 1s0s. md was inken to buoy No.
H. In from fivc md onc-hnlf 10 nix
fnthoms Of winter. by the regular gov.
crnment pilot.
The United Stntes consul general mt
Hnvnnn Ind notified the authorities nj
TINT plnce the previous evening Of the
intended arrival OF the Mninc.
second--Tlic stnte Of discipline on
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board the Maine wns excellent. and all
orders aad regulations In regard to the
care and safety Of the ship were strict
" carried out
AL ammunition was slowed away IN
accordance with instructions and prop
er care was taken whenever ammuni.
tion WAS handled.
Not'SRg was stored in nny one Of the
magazines or shell rooms which was
,ot permitted to be slowed there.
The magazines and shell rooms were
ilways locked after having been ex-
amined and opened; and after the de-
struction of the Maine the keys were
found In their proper place In the cap
tain's cabin. everything having been
reported secure that evening at 81 M.
The temperature OF the magazines
and shell rooms were taken daily and
reported. The only magazine which
had an undue amount of heat was the
after ten-inch magazine. and that did
not explode mt the time the Maine was
destroyed.
The torpedo warheads were all
slowed in the after par, Of the ship un-
der the warm room. and neither caused
nor participated in the destruction of
the Maine.
The dry gun cotton primers and de-
tonators We're slowed in the cabin aft
and remote from the scene of the ex-
plosion.
The waste was carefully looked after
on beard the Maine to obviate danger.
Special orders in regard to this had
been given by the commanding officer.
Varnishes. dryers, alcohol and other
combustibles of this nature were
slowed on or above the mdin deck. and
could not have had anything to do with
the destruction of the Maine.
The medical stores We're slowed aft
under the ward room and remote from
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rln.l pl.po..,lon Of ,hr ,..,n..

Hnvnnn, March 2s.-The United
Stntes const survey steamer Bnclic.
which left Key West mt Z o'clock Inst
evening. arrived at noon t0-dny. She
brought Captain Chadwick. who. with
Lieutenant Commander Cowlcs and
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright.
now on the Fern. Will net nv board
OF survey to determine the flnnl dis.
position OF the wreck OF the Mime, M
fnr ny the United Stntes IL concerned.
The b0nrd VIII consider wlint IL best
70 be done townrd rnlsing the wreck if
II is thought such n thing In possible.
and nlsO If rnising the hull In not pruc.
tlcnblc. whnt In the most fcasible plnn
Of saving certain valuable portions.
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reCOVery OF $b9, ,7y6

and the appointment of the American
Security and Trust company rs trustee
for Mrs. Bell to secure her interest In
trust fund of s25O.OOO held for her by
her late father, Gardiner G. Hubbard.
All the parties to the suit are related.
Professor Bell Is the inventor Of the
telephone. Mrs. G. NJ. Hubbard Is his
mother-in-law. and c. ]. Bell is his
brother-in-law and president of the
American Security and Trust company.
The other two defendants are young
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Bell.
Behind the suit lies a story Of the
romantic attachment OF Professor Bell
for Miss Hubbard. which resulted In
their marriage and the securing of the
financial aid from Professor Hubbard
for the then newly invented telephone.
Many years ago Mr.. Bell was engaged
here as teacher of the deaf and
dumb, employing his leisure time in
experiments with the idea of trans
hitting the human voice over wire.
During this period Mr.. Bell became
acquainted with Miss Hubbard, who
was one of his pupils, and the two
were thus thrown into contact fire.
quently. They fell in love, and Mr..
Bell proposed marriage.
In order to protect the interests of
Miss Hubbard. who. as the daughter of
rich man. had considerably better
prospects than the young professor,
contract was entered into by Mr.. Hub
bard and Mr.. Bell. The terms of this
contract. as set forth in the bill Just
filed. provided for the creation of
trust. Mr.. Bell conveyed all his inter-
ests in his patents on the telephone
both at home and abroad to Mr.. Hub
bard to hold in trust for Mrs Bell.
Mr.. Hubbard was to pay the income
from these patents to Mrs. Bell as long
as the income did not exceed $1,000 a
year. When the revenue exceeded this
figure. 1t was provided that the excess
should remain In Mr.. Hubbards hands
until 1t reached the amount OF $780,
900. After this 1t was to be held as
trust fund. and all the income from
the patents ana the interest on the
100000 was to be paid to Mrs. Bell
The trust was to continue until the
death OF Mrs. Bell. and the fund was
then to go to her children, or. II she
had none. to Mr.. Bell.
The contract was executed on July
9. 1877. and Mr.. Bell and Miss Hubbard
were married. The bill recItes that Mr..
Hubbard faithfully performed his part
of the contract until his death In the
latter part OF 1897. He left a will In
which he devised his entire estate to
Mrs. Hubbard. his widow. without sny
qualifications and in fee simple. Mrs.
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BOARD OF INQUIRY'S REPORT.
MAINE BLOWN UP BY AN EXTERNAL FORCE.
Ineentesable Evidence That the First Explosion Came From
Below the Shp-No Evidence Of Carelessness on the
Part Of the Names Officers President Simply Reports
the Matter to Congress.

she was conducted by The regular gov.
ernment pilot boat to buoy No. 1, tC
which she was moored in from five
and one-half to six fathoms of water
The state OF discipline on board and
the condition of her magazines, boil.
ers. coal bunkers and storage compart-
Inents are passed in review. with the
conclusion that excellent order pre-
vailed and that no indication of any
cause for an internal explosion existed
in any quarter
At o'clock in the evening ON Feb
rtary 18th. everything had been re-
ported secure and all was quiet
At forty minutes past . o'clock the
vessel was suddenly destroyed.
There We're two distinct explosions
with brief interval between them.
The first lifted the forward part of
the ship very perceptibly. the second,
which was more prolonged. is attrib-
uted by the court to the partial ex-
plosion of two or more of the for
ward magazines.
The evidence of the divers establish
es that the after part of the ship was
practically intact and sank in that CON
dition very few minutes after the
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caused by the partial explosion If two
OF more OF the forward magazines Of
the Maine.
Fifth AT frame 10. the outer shell OF
the ship. from point eleven and one
half feet from the middle line of the
ship ard six feet above the keel when
In its normal position, hns been forced
1 up 20 as to be now about four feet
above the surface of the water, hereto
fore about thirty -four feet above where
1t would he had the ship sunk unin.
jured. The outside bottom plating Is
bent into n reversed V shape. the af
ter wing of which. about fifteen feet
broad and thirty-two feet In length
from frame II to frame 25) Is doubled
back upon itself against the continua
tion of the same plating extending
forward.
AT frame so the vertical keel is
broken In two and the fiat keel bent
into an angle similar to the angle
formed by the outside bottom plating
This break is now about six feet below
the surface of the water and about
thirty feet above It's normal position.
In the opinion Of the court this effect
could have been produced only by the
explosion of mine situated under the
bottom of the ship at about frame Is
and somewhat on the port side of the
ship.
Sixth-The court finds that the loss
of the Maine. on the occasion named.
was not in any respect due to the fault
or negligence on the part of any of the
officers or members of the crew of said
vessel.
Seventh-In the opinion of the court
the Maine was destroyed by the cxplo-
sion of a submarine mine. which
caused the partial explosion of two or
more of her forward magazines.
Eighth-The court has been unable
to obtain evidence fixing the RESPONSE
bility of the destruction of the Maine
upon any person or persons.
w. Il. SAMPSON.
Captain L. :. n. President.
4. \. MARIN.
Lieutenant Commander L. S. n.
Judge Advocate.
u. S. Flagship New York. March -,
1898, of Key West. Florida.
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Patriotic Moy.m.n. IN rp.,r.

Mndrld. Mnrch 2s.-The lnicst intel.
ligcnce from the United stntcs Inns oc.
cnsi0ned Rrent patriotic movement
throughout Spain. A lnrgc number Of
persons have announced their Intention
TO give up dmy's pny In order TO rmisr
n fund to purclnss u wnr shin. A com.
mlttce over which tho BishOp Of Mn.
drid will preside. Inns been 0rgutIIzctl
to receive subscriptions made.
Special theatrical perf0rmnnnces nrc
announced. the receipts Of which ure
to be devoted to this purpose.
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neatly laid narrow track. On each side
Of the car there joys along an OF.
yoked to 1t by broad pole that passes
in front. The native driver leans pic.
turesquely out of the window and the
travel proceeds in a manner elegant
for its leisure. This quaint railway
yields handsome profit every year.
despite its slow rolling stock. Curl
ously enough the cars themselves were
built In this country. They are made
Of light wood. but very durable, which
they must needs be to stand the ter
rible jolting which the uneven tracks
occasion. -rf-fl
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ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL.

Hubbard and Mr.. c. j. Bell were
named us executors. without bond. II
was discovered after Mr.. Hubbard's q
death that the trust fund amounted to
s250.70s. and n list Of real estate and
stocks held by Mr.. Hubbard for the
trust Is filed. Mrs. A. @. Bell, there
fore. under the terms Of the trust, be-
licves herself to be entitled to $50, ,79s
at once. and asks that the American
Security and Trust company be SUBJ
stituted for the executors Of the will
OF Mr.. Hubbard. SO far ~ concerns
the trust. The value OF the estate left
by Mr.. Hubbard is given Mt S475.0 900 in
stocks and real estate. $4,000 In fur
niture and $4,000 due on notes.
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olft. md olver. d olea!


Kindness u not 70 much shown u
the cost Of presents. but In ths'ws os
presenting them. There u. - . ~.
maa proverb says. much homer - =
glass Of wine-which means that = gen-
tie nature will show much nore 1n'ehs
way sought to obligs than inqthe nag.'
nituds Of the gift. which mayadeDne
ON the means Of the sivsr au1 - -
his heartfelt wish 70 b. kinG Amaa
may be able to give a easie,ns -
charity. but may throw tie eo)d ,es.e'
10 M to avoid the touch ol tha.lnseoy
person. and. by humillatine hl1r =
min,sh the value Of the glftl ~ lesds
given only TO few people u aeeengney
the gift with . warm. ,sympeake&q -
or smile, or kind word 41lc9' ~
do more than the gift itsel@ cooneu1A
or comfort. ian.es b>rin'noe
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Roads to IN. k,o..,,k.. a.

with tho opening Of spring, tho In
rush to the Klondike promises IN he
something prodigious. 1t will be In or
der Tor tho government to establish
posts at proper intervals along the
main highway to this region. There ara
plenty OF troops available for this pur-
pcrc. ana they could md no better en-
p'oyment than In looking after and
assisting those adventurous spirits vho
20 to build up and people new coun.
Try. II In suggested that a raiiron d
be built, either wholly or In part. In n
tunnel. cut out Of = hill side, When
one studies the amazing work Of ths
armies Of old. the roads they built. the
highways they prepared. the tunnels.
'hannelS and bitches they cut. II comes
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the scene of the explosion.

the scene of the explosion.
| No dangerous stores Of any kind were
slowed below in any of the other store
rooms.
The coal bunkcrs We're inspected. OF
those bunkers adjoining the forward
magazines and shell rooms. four were
empty. namely. B3. B4. B5, B6. and
Alb had been in use that day and A1G
WAS full of New River coal. This coal
had been carefully inspected before
, receiving !; ON aboard. The bunker in
which II was slowed was accessible
on three sides at all times. and the
fourth side at this time. on account of
bunkers B4 and B6 being empty. This
bunker. Al6. had been inspected that
day by the engineer officer on duty.
The fire alarms in the bunkers were
III working order, and there had never
been "A case Of spontaneous combustion
of coal ON board the Maine.
The two after boilers of the shin
We're in Use at the time of the disaster
nut for auxiliary purposes only. with a
comparatively low pressure of steam.
ana being tended by n reliable watch.
These boilers could not have caused
me explosion of the ship. The forward
boilers have since been found by The
divers and are in fair condition.
On the night OF the destruction of
the Maine all had been reported secure
Tor the night. nt = p. m.. by rrlIuble
persons. through the proper nuthori-
ties. to the commanding officer. AT the
time the Maine was destroyed the shin
was quiet. and therefore the least lia-
ble to accident caused by movements
from those on board
Explosions:
Fifth-Dcstruction OF the Maipc oc.
CURED at $40 y. M. on the 18th dny
OF February. 1s9s. in the hnrbor of
Hnvnnn. Cuba. being at the time
inoored In the same buoy to which she
iind been taken upon her arrival.
There were two explosions Of n dis
tihctIy different character. very short.
but with distinct interval bctween
them. and the forward part OF the shin
was hffed to II marked degree at the
time OF the first explosion.
The first explosion was more I'm tho
nnt,ire of report. like that Of n gpp,
wiiiIe the second explosion wns moro
open. prolonged nnd Of grcntcr volume
rms second explosion was. In tbe
opinion Of the court. cnnscd by the pnr.
'inl explosion of two or more OF tho
forward magazines Of the Mime.
Condition Of the wreck:
Fourth-Thc evidence bcarlnp mn
this. being principally obtniDed from
divers. did not enable the court \,
form n definite conclusion M Ia m,
condition Of the wreck. although, n wo,
established thnt the nftcr pnrt of the
: ship wns practically Intmct, md snnL
In TINT condition n very few minute,
after the destruction OF the forwnr1
part.
The Following fncts In regnrd tn m.
Forward pnrt of the ship nre. however
established by the testimony:
Tint portion of the short side of m.
protective deck which extends frou
about frnne 10 TO about frame ~ wn,
blown up Mt md over to mort. Th,
innin deck from about frnrnc M 4,
nl'out frame ~ was blown up nft. mn,
slightly over to the sfnrionrtl, foidin,
the forwnrd pnrt Of the middle super
structure over and ON top Of floor pnrt
This was, IN the. opinion Of the court
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SOUTH AFRICAN STREET Cans.

When next the cable breaks or q van
settles across the tracks use no hauh
language. indulge in NO profans r..
Elections. Think of this picture and
rejoice that you are not in South
Africa. where the unhurried OK ID ths
agent of rapid transit. This Is the
Cape Town substitute for the over.
head wire and the underground cable,
The curious little boxes of cars are set
upon low wheels and travel over !
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THE LAWS ROMANCE.
PROF. BELL IN a STRANGE SUIT
IN COURT.
rspers In the Case Reveal Contsset
Between the Inventor of the Teis.
phone and His Fathcr-in-Lsw. Mr. Huh-
hard, Previous to Mrs. Belle Marriage.
(washington Letter.)

hOFESSOh Alex
ander G r a h . N
Bell and his wife.
Mrs. Mabel G. Bell.
have brought suit
against Mrs. Ger
trude M. Hubbard.
G h a r ! es J. Bell,
Elasie May Bell
and Marion Hub
bard Bell for the
rerovorv nj S69 798
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-15

Carlyle, H.. Oct. l0.-While a party
composed of Joseph Corcoran, Scott Crab
tree. Leila Shade and Rosa Smith were
rambling in the cemetery, Corcoran eN-
hibited revolver and the party closed
around him to examine it. Corcoran
playfully pointed it at Miss Smith. She
Jumped aside. but the iirearm was dis
charged and the bullet entered Miss
Shades thigh. She tainted away Cor
coran, supposing he had killed her,
walked away a few steps, placed the
muzzle of the revolver to his left temple
and blew out his brains The young
woman was taken home and is now in a
precarious condition Corcoran was 20
wears old and Miss Shade is 10.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-15

Omaha, Oct l0.-"The Minnesota IN
dams viii see that they have made a
great mistake in going on the walpath, "
SAYS Geronimo, the Apache chief, who ia
one of the Indians now in camp at the
interstate congress.
Il have never been in Minnesota, but |
hear that up there and for many hun
bred miles beyond the white men are as
many as the blades OF grass. If 50, "hat
can a poor Indian get in fight? They
are making a great mistake, and are
foolish. For years | fought the white
men, thinking that my few braves and
| could kill them all and that we would
again have the land our Great Father
gave us and which he covered with game.
| thought that the Great Spirit would be
with us, and that after we had killed
the white men, the buffalo, deer and an
telope would come back.
After / fought and lost, and after !
travelled over the country in which the
white man lives and saw his cities and
the work he had done, my heart was
ready to burst | knew that the race OF
the Indian was run.
"There will be no more big Indian
wars. The Indians fighting days are
over and there is nothing left for him to
do but be a beggar and live on charity
around the agency"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-15
NEED EXTRA COVER AT NIGHT.
The Blood CircuIntes Less at Night
Than in the Daytime.

The main use of the coverings at night
is to give the body the warmth that is
lost by reduced circulation of the blood.
When the body lies down it is the inten-
ton of nature that it should rest, and
that the heart especially should be re-
leved temporarily of its regular work.
So that organ makes ten strokes min
ute less than when the body is in an up
right posture. This means 600 strokes in
60 minutes.
Therefore, in the eight hours that a
man usually spends in taking his night
rest the heart is saved nearly 5000
strokes. As it pumps six ounces of blood
with each stroke. it lifts 10000 ounces
less of blood in this nights session than
it would during the day when man IS
usually in an upright position.
Now the body is dependent for its
warmth on the vigor of the circulation,
and, as the blood flows so much more
slowly through the veins when one IS
lying down, the warmth lost in the re-
duced circulation must be supplied by
extra coverings.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-15
MORE TROUBLE 70 CONE
ruE SITUATION IS CRITICAL.
FEDERAL and state Authorities
Are ut Last Working in harmony
an Minnesota.

,rrneapolis Oct. l0.--Thc federal and
alto authorities are now working in har-
n,onv toward quelling the indian revolt
conoral Bacon offered to confer with
Governor Clough, but the latter advised
conference by wire. He received the
allowing message from Bacon:
estimation bad. Conference yesterday
.,sulted in nothing. No Indian chiefs
tbere. Lumbermen all coming into
walker Troops needed at Cass lake
Construction crews on the northwest
o,+onsion of the Brainerd and Northern
pomadii and northward to Cass lake.
have Joined the refugees at Walker and
4 NAV be necessary to send them back
- work under guard, as these two eX-
,onsons in the event of prolongation OF
Tho trouble, would be of great strategic
value. The troops may yet be placed at
other places in addition to the present
forces at Fosston line points.
Fro Park river Governor Clough re-
ceiyed a personal statement signed by
Chief Ned Gag Bug Enanoway Rush:
pine Point, Oct 9.-We, the Chippewa
Indians at Pine Point, beg to state to the
nnblic that we are perfectly friendly to
the whites and have no i'll feeling and are
in no way hostile. We decided at coun-
ell not to take any part whatever in the
Leech lake trouble
Adutant General Muhlberg of the state
militia wires Governor Clough from
Deer river, on the Fosston line, as fol
lows
"Have sent scouts to get reliable in
formation The people more frightened
all along the line. More troops should
be stationed west of here. Bermadji very
much excited"
A special to the Journal from Cass lake
saws the armed bucks are undoubtedly
proceeding south. Calls were received
from Bermadji for troops, but none were
sent, as this was considered the more
critical point. There is considerable APP
prehension and undoubted necessity for
troops to allay the panic in towns along
the line