Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-16

make a desperate fight Attorney Ham
blett has not yet seen his client,
but VIII come here tomorrow. Mr..
Hamblett was informed today that Or
Ames was on the verge of collapse,
Dr. Ames Is wonderfully changed
from the description of him sent out
by the Minneapolis police he has
grown a fun beard ana his hair Is all
most white. He is G2 years old, but he
looks over TO- His flesh is much vast
ed away, and from a physical stand
point he Is helpless.
Just how long the parsonage has
protected the prisoner and his wife Is
not known, and none OF the family to-
day was inclined 10 talk II is be-
lieved however, that Minneapolis de-
tectivcs, who followed him TO Boston
were thrown Of the track there, and
that he came directly to this town,
Before going TO Boston he was reported
to have been in Louisville, KY, and
West Baden, Ind, and It Is thought
that he came east from the latter place.
As soon as the Minneapolis officers
reach here and they are expected on
Tuesday, the matter Of DR.. Ames eX-
tradition Will be taken up before the
governor and council. Developments
tonight indicate that Or. Ames still
has many friends and abundant flnan-
clal resources. and that every move TO
bring him to trial in Minneapolis will
be bitterly contested,
Havana, Feb, l5.-Four hundred
Americans this afternoon observed the
fifth anniversary Of the destruction Of
the Maine, proceeding 10 where the
Maine nov lies with flag draped with
crepe and a wreath which was hung
on the wreck as u tribute 10 those who
lost their lives In the disaster Repre-
sentatiyes of the Cuban Veterans assoc
citation took part in the ceremony and
brought the finest Of all the floral Of
ferings. The exercises were purely
memorial references calculated TO re-
yiye animoslties being avoided, The
United States legation was not repre-
sented Minister Squlers holding that
any possibility OF stirring up the feel
ings Of the Spanish residents by public
exercises commemorative OF bitter in
cident in the war ought TO De avoided.
The Cuban government officials finally
decided not to attend, but a govern
ment launch accompanied the process
sion 20 the wreck. United States Con-
sui Ruble Vice Consul Springer and
some representatives Of the United
States army were present A United
States quartermaster's launch led the
way to the wreck. followed by the two
small steamers loaded with Americans
and numerous little craft.
All about the harbOr American and
Cuban flags We're flying al half-mast
The strains Of the dead march played
by the band of the United States artil-
lery corps floated across the water as
the procession made It's way to the
Maine After completing the decora-
tion OF the forlorn wreck the boats
clustered around the quartermasters
launch, the awning deck Of which was
utilized as a platform. After a prayer
offered by the Rev Mr. Mcpherson.
Gen. Nunez the governor Of Havana
province who also Is the president Of
the Cuban Veterans association, spoke
In Spanish, TO the effect that the Gu
ban veterans would never permit such
an occasion 10 pass without testlfying
their regard for those whom the Cuhans
We're proud to regard as comrades.
Ernest Conant delivered the mem
orial address. He paid tribute 20
the victims. but commended the mu-
tual respect now existing between
those who for a brief period fought
each other and I'm his reference 10 the
late Admiral Sampson the speaker
eulogized the Spanish Admiral Cervera.
other speakers urged the cooperation
Of Cubans Spanlards and Americans In
working out Cuha's destiny The cere-
mony concluded with the sounding OF
taps"