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ml - - -. ' -THE SUNT THWtSDAT, FEBRUARY 17, 1806 ' ;
J, , -
F& br tb direr, who will bt sob' down
?' to examine tbs Mains' huIL Admiral
( Bloard's order to appoint a board of Inquiry
T. v contain Instructions to employ direr and take
Jk. evry other meanof ascertaining how tha ahlp
j" ', u destroyed, so that tho greatest efforts will
Tpf' fa made to get at the real truth ot the catas-
B; trophs. But omo Officer think that the direr
will notVbe able td) throw any light on the mya-
' Ury.
tf "Dlrera eian't ses under water," aald one of-
fleer. " Thco" can feel, and may be ablo to find
f, whether the nlates and frames are bent out or
.si In, If tho plate are bent outward that will be
pretty good orldenca that the explosion came
r from Insldo."
& To (rot tho belt expert opinion as to the cause
(v of the disaster Secretary Long; summoned a
'' number of officers familiar with ordnance mat-
f tera to bis office to-day. Thore was no actual
si- decision reached, but tbo Secrotary was
WjjL Influenced In the belief expresssed In the
MP remarks quoted tbst there was an explosion
'kL 'n tbo 'orward magarino. Ono of thoso present
,KF rraa Commander W. SjSchloy, who had n thrill-
log oxperiance whllo commanding tbo crulsor
& New York. Hn told Tub 8un reporter that
n flro had started from spontaneous combustion
? In the coal bunjsors of the resist which
smouldorod from 0 o'clock In the morning
1 until 1 o'clock in tho afternoon without being
f. dlscorered. Itwnsnoar a inagaxlne bulkhead
R when Anally checked. lie expressed tho opln-
8 ion that a similar state'of affairs was responsl-
5, bl for tho Malnesllsnstcr.
' It Is obvious that tho oxploslon occurred In or
' under the forward part of tho battleship, whor
X the magazines contained 68.500 pounds of pow-
ff dsr. This consisted of 00,000 pounds of brown
4J prismatic and 8,500 pounds of black powder. An
f enormous quantity for a rossol to carry. In addl-
a tlon to tho amount stared In the magazine under
') tbo aft turret. The explanation slTenotthe
A prcsenco on tho Midno of such nn unusual
' amount of ammunition Is that when the battle-
A ship went to Havanaysho went prepared for any
t, emergency. Of tho threo magazines In' tho
?, 'Maine, tbo forward one contained most of tho
4 brown prlsmatlo powder to bo used In the 10-
j, inch guns. This powder will not burn
tllko tho ordinary kind and is exploded
by detonation, a fact which doos not
make unreasonablo tho theory that the
,V 'disaster was duo to mtorpodo from without. All
?i- 'the powder Is packed In hermetically tooled
at cases, and tho prlsmatlo kind Is capable of ro-
K ' - alsttng tho flamo of a match and cannot ba
-f ' ignited without tbo application ot heat ot COO
& 'Fahrenheit.
'&, - Theso facts, considered in connoctlon with
"5? tho great caro exercised to prorent explosions,
,' do not coincide with tho theory that tbo disss
M ter was tho result of an accident In one of the
;?w magazines. A fire recently In tho coal
, bunkers of tho cruiser Cincinnati ex
Si tendod to contact with known prlsmatlo
powdor without causing nn explosion. Powdor
fbl tho character had become red hot whon
carried out of the Cincinnati's magazine. Thero
I Is no reason to doubt that the regulations for
the Inspection of maglzlnes wero rigidly ad-
H'j herod to on tbo Maine last night. The
fcj night inspection takes place at 8 o'clock,
leas than two hours before tbo explo
de sion, it may do accepted as certain
hi that an inspection was made at that hour. It is
quite certain that Cant. Stgsbeo and his officers
j would not have been in their quarters In tha
' after part of the ahlp it anything unusual had
ie beon dlscoverod in tho magazines. If tho coal
hunkers next tho forward ammunition com
i4 partmenta were empty a fire might havo
W sained sufficient headway in less than two
hours to reach tho powder, but this is not prob
$ able, and thero is no evidence that tho bunkers
3 woro empty. An additional precaution against
rfj tho possibility of lire gaining headway without
5$ discovery was the presence of tho customary
M gentry near tbo entrance to the magazines.
:$ One theory Is that in preparation for an emer-
gency at Havana the gun cotton on tho Malno
;, was rearranged and not properly replaced, re
ft suiting in Its Ignition from spontaneous com
3 bustion. Another is that some fulminato for
8 use in firing torpedoes might aho haveexploded
y. from the same cause. It Is certain, however,
,v that thero was no warning of the catastrophe.
5i If flro had been discovered the compartment
E whero it existed would have been flooded.
p Capt. Sigsbeo would undoubtedlr have made
h mention of anything of the sort If It had been
I known. Tho general belief among officers that
;j tbo explosion came from wltbtn tho ship Is nl-
J most wholly based on tho belief that no torpedo
A could have been explodod under the Main with
sufficient force to reach tho magazines.
It Torpedo practice is still In the experimental
Jg stage, and rcBulis have not been adduced sufll-
Iclcnt to warrant the belief that a big moss of
iron and steel like the Mainecould be penetrated
by one of theso projectiles. Again, It is said that
a torpedo could hardly havo been sent under
tho Malno and exploded directly beneath the
forward magazlnos. Tho magazines aro remote
from the sides of tho vessel, and It Is contended
that a torpedo floating against the hull at the
wator lino would not h'avo had sufficient power
to ponctrate to whero the powder is stored.
Thoso who support the torpedo theory point
to tho precautions montloned as evidence that
thero was hardly any likelihood ot an explosion
from within. As a matter of f set nearly every
ltS body Is nt sea. and what issaldbyporsonswhoss
Wl opinions nro of valuo can glvo nothing but
ji theories based on no tangible evidence.
Sy Chief Constructor Ilichborn Is oneof those who
vi- thinks that tho oxploslon of a magazine caused
W: tho disaster. All tho accounts ot what had
Mi occurred pointed to that conclusion, ho said. lie
ft bollovei that no torpedo could have been ex
- plodod with sufficient force to roach tbo ammu
ii ' nltion compartments. Ho did not see, however,
M be said, how tho explosion could havo occurred
: with nil tho precautions taken to safeguard the
jQ magazines, but ho docllned to express an opln
, ion as to wliothcr there was any foul plj.
m An ordnanre officer of blgh standing. Corn
el mander I'ondleton, superintendent of the Waah--ft
ington ordnanco factory, thinks tho catastrophe
TC was caused by spontaneous combustion In tho
Jh coal bunkers. A coal pile may be perfectly cool
I on top, he said, and rod hot at tbo bottom. This
ft! would heat the metal bulkhead, between bunk
r ers and msgarino, and cause an explosion.
Commander Dickens cites as evidence ot the
hv correctness ot his theory that the explosion was
K: in the magazine that the Maine was afloat an
,' hour after It occurred, while If a torpedo had
f& been used beneath the vessel she would have
ii tuiikalmostinstantly,
H Th theory put forth by Captain-General
l Blanco In bis despatch to tho Spanish Legation
!k that tho boiler of tho dynamo onglne exploded,
M Is supported br LteuU-Commander Walnwrlgbt
yfi of tbo Maine In an Interview telegraphed from
t' Havana to-night. The dynomo engine was
j probably the only one at work on board the
jV vessel at the Ume.
' It Is used in operating tho refrigerating and
' electrlo light plants. A narrow passageway
ra leading from the boiler to the forward magazine
$V , ended In a thin bulkhead, which some officers
J- J think could not hove resisted the force of the
fy' explosion of the boiler,
W&A An officer who hue a gallant record, India-
I! cussing tho disaster to-day, said:
I"! "No mattor what theories there may be as to
13", how the Maine was destroyed. It Is peculiar In
connoctlon with the law of chances that this
fitt affair should hare been the first of the kind to
fetf occur In tho United Htates Nary since the war
j to a ship stationed at this rery time in tbe
3 place whero this country had reason to fear
treachery,"
WS Secretary Long told Tub Srjtf reporter to-day
f'" that no vessel would be sent to take the Maine's
tj5 placo at Havana at present.
b& avurirpjta or tub disaster.
I'm " r Ik OBnn ail Ma TTh awim
Sf I with Tfctlr Live.
Kf Wasihkotok, Feb. 10, a telegram waa r
Vfc celred from Capt. Blirsbee this afternoon saying
EM that tbe following officers and men were tared
Mffi from the Maine;
Jy Capt. C. D. Slgsbee, Lieutenant-Commander R.
Eff Walnwrlght, LleuU O, P. W. Holman, Lieut. J,
K, Hood, Lieut, C, W, Jungon, Lieut. O. P. niow,
WM Burgeon S. O, Hencbcrger, Paymaster C. M.
Kj JUyi Chlof Engineer C. P. Howell. Lieut. J. J.
i Blanden, Chaplsin J. P. Chldwlck. Passed A-
jk .UUn' Eoelneer P. O, Bowers, Lieutenant of
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TBBBB1S IftttlBlillWil fY ril- ?-'--- -'&. f fe'" "
Marine A. Oatllo, Atsittani Engineer 3. X.
Morris, Kara! Cadet 3. H. Holden, Naral
Cadet W. T. Cluverlns, Naval Cadet
R. Branson, Naval Cadet P. Washington, Naral
Cadet A. Crenshaw, Naral Cadet J. T. Boyd,
Boatswain P. K. Larkln, Gunner J, Hill, Carpen
ter J. Helroes, Paymaster's Clerk B. McCarthy,
and these men: Redn, Larson, Hallbenr, Bul
lock, Melville, Willis, Oalpln. Kushtda, Noppln,
Turpln, Harris, Luts, Jertson, Holland, Herbert,
MoDerltt. Foley, Hutchlns. Schwartz. Richard.
Teackle, Flynne, Dresselsr, David, Mlcbaelson,
Bohmon, Fox. Wilbur, Waters, Anderson. Chris
Hanson, Koehler, Ericsson, Mack, William,
WhltoJ.. Pauls, Coffee, Allen J. W noe, Cro
nln I)., Cahlll V Kano J., Jernes, Smith C. A.,
Shea O., Hemes. Heffron J Bloomer, John
son, Bergman, Mattlson, Johnson A., Pitcher,
Holtzer, Loftus, McQinnls, Matfason W Pur
ness. Good, Darklns, Rau, ,McNalr, Gabrelle,
Hallon A.. Sonetch. Kncse A., Benjamin McKay.
Capt. Sigsbeo telegraphed also to-night:
''All men whose names bare not been tele
graphed ns saved aro thought to bo lost. Hare
given up Jenkins and Merrltt as lost. Bodies
floating ashore still this afternoon. I keep nine
officers and Prlrate Anthony and Gunner's
Mato Bullock here with mo."
It Is probablo that tbVrlctlmi of tha disaster
to the Maine will bo cared for by the General
Government, as were tbe survivors of tbe vic
tims of the 8amoan disaster a few reara aco.
A special act of Congress was passed to provide
for the widows and orphans ot the 111-fatod
member of tho crew from the warship
Trenton, Vandalla, and Nipslc. which wero
swallowed up In a tidal ware at Apia. It is
not usual to grant pension to widow and
orphans of sailors wbodlo In time of psaco, but
in view ot tbo extraordinary circumstance at
tending tho Samoan disaster tho family of each
man who porlshed at Apia rocelred a sum equal
to ono year' salary ot each victim. It Is under
stood that a similar measure will be Introduced
In behalf of the heir of tho victims of tho
Main disaster.
TUB UAISK'S ORBIT.
Ust r tha Offleer ana Hen mm ITsre
Deard tha Battleship.
WABiriKOTOif. Feb. 10. The commander of
the Maine is Capt. Charles D. 8lgsbee. For four
year he waa 'chief of tho nydrographlo Offlee.
He Is a favorltivln tho Nary Department, Tbo
officer of tho Maine besides Commander Slgs
bee are: Lieutenant-Commander Richard Waln
wrlght, Lieutenants Georgo F. W. Holman,
John Hood, and Carl W. Jungon; Lieutenants
(Junior grade) George P. Blow, John J.Blandln.
and Friend W. Jenkins; Naral Cadeta Jonas IL
Holden, Wat T. Clurerlus. Amon Bronson, and
Darld F. Boyd, Jr.; Surgeon Luclen G. Hene
berger. Paymaster Eugene D. Ryan. Chief Engi
neer Charles P. Howell, Passed Assistant Engl
neor Frederick C. Bowers, Assistant Engineers
John R Morris and Darwin R Merrltt, Naral
Cadet (engineer division) Pope Washington
and Arthur Crenshaw, Chaplain John P. Chld
wlck, First Lieutenant of, Marines Albertu W,
Cntlln, Boatswain Francis E. Larkln, Gunner
Joseph Hill, and Carpenter George Helms.
All these officers, except two, wero saved.
Lieut. Jenkins and Assistant Emrtnaer Merrltt
were lost.
The following is a list of the men on board the
Maine below tbe rank of commissioned officer.
Adams, Jolin. Srawyak. Charles.
Aken. James P. Kruse. Hugo.
Alien, Jamos. Kalsujaburo. Keshlda,
Anderson, John. Lacld, Cbarles.
Andeison, Oskar. Lambsrt. William.
Anderson, Kalror A. Taoahan. Michael.
Anderson. Charles. Lancaiter, Luther.
Anderson, Oustars A. Laplerre. Ueorgs.
Anderson. John. Larson. Peder.
Anderson, Axel 0. Larsen. Martin.
Andrew, Frank. Lawler, Edward.
Anflndsen. Abraham. League. Jatnea W.
Aiifland. Bernbart. Lee, William J.
Aucbenbacb, Ilarry. Lseue, Daniel.
Awo, Flrsanlon. Lees, Samuel.
Barry. Lewis L. Leupold. Gustar,
Barrj, John P. Lewis, John U.
Baum. Henry 8. Lewis. DanleL
Becker. Jakob. Lleber. Oeorge.
Bell. John n. Load, John B.
Bergman, Charles. Lonmao, Claries A.
Blomberg. Fred. Lorengen. Jorgon J.
Bloomer. John IX. Louden. James W.
Bookbinder, John. Lowell, Clarence.
Boll, Frltc. Lund. Wllham.
Boris. Daniel J. Lydon, John T.
Bonner, I eon. Lynch, Uathaw.
Urlnkman. Ilanrleh. Lynch. Bernard.
Broteldt. Arthur. Maok. Thomas.
Burns. Adolph O. Malone, Michael.
Bullock. Cbarles H. Marshal. John E.
Burn. Edward. Marsden, Benjamin L
Burkbardt. Robert, Mariensen. Johan.
Butler, Frederlek V. Mason, James U.
Cahlll, Francis D. Mattesen, Edward.
Came. Thomas. Maitlsen, William.
Cameron, waiter. Matlasen, Carl.
Carr, Herbert M. Matza.John.
Cauldeld, William It. D. Metutrnp, Elmer U.
Chliigl.Buke. Melville, Thomas.
Christiansen, Carl A, Merr, John.
Christiansen, KarL Mero. Eldon IL
Clark. Thomas. Miller, Oeorge.
Cochrane, MIcbaeL Miller, William B.
Cole, Tbomaa M. Mobles, Oeorge.
Coleman. William. Moore. Edward H.
Coleman. William. Montort, William.
Conroy, Anthony, Morlmlere, Leus.
Cosgrore, Wllllana. Moss, Ucrhard O.
Cronln, Daniel. Moss, John H.
Ourrlan. Charles. Mudd, Noble T.
Dahlman. Berger. Murphy. Cornelius.
David, Oeorge. McCann, Harry.
Dennlg, Charles. McOonlgle, Hugo.
Donoughey, William. MeNannus. John J.
Dolan, John. McNalr, William.
Drury, James, flremsa. McNIve. Francis J.
Drensler, Oustav O. Nawamlno, Tomektcht.
Durckln, Thomas J. Nielsen. Nophus.
Edler, Oeorge. Nielsen. John O,
Elrnann, Charles F. W. Nlkkelien, Peter,
Ertcluou. Andrew T. Nolan, Charles M.
Kits. John P. Noble, William.
Erensen, Carl. Ohye, Mas.
Fadder, Charles F. J. Ordlng. Ouitava O.
Kalk. Ilandolph. O'Connor, James.
Faubel, Oeorge D. O'Hagan. Thomas J.
Fewer, William J. O'Neill, Patrick.
Finch. Truble. O'ltrgan, Henry IL
Fisher, Frank. Paige, Frederick.
Fisher, Alfred J. Palmgreen, John.
Flaherty. MIchaeL Panck. John H.
Fleishman. Lewla K, Perry, Ilobert.
Flynn. Michael. Phillips, Francis O.
Flynn. Patrick. Pitcher. Cbarles V,
Folsy, Patrick J. Plnkner, Jamea.
Fox, Oeorge. Porter, John.
Fougere, Jnbn. Powers, John.
Fountain. Hartley. Price, Daniel.
Franke, Charles. Uulgloy, Thomas J.
Furlong, James F. ijnlnn. Charles P.
Oaffney, Patrick. Kan, Arthur.
Uartrell. William. Iteden. Martin.
Oardnrr, Frank. Itellly, Joseph.
Oardner, Thomas J. Riley, Jonn W,
Onrman, William IL Richards, Walter B.
Gordon, Joseph F. Rleger, WUHara A.
Oraham, JamssA. RIslD),-, Newell.
Oraham. Edward P. Robinson. William.
Orady. Patrick. Root, Peler.
(Ireer, William A. Howe, James.
Orimn. Michael. Rush. Frank.
Oross, Uenry. Rushworth, William.
Orupp, llelnhardt. Kairord, Clarenee E;
llallberg, Alfred. Balmln. Mlcbael E.
Hsllberg. John Alfred. Bobwarta, Oeorge.
Hamberger. William. Bobroeder, August,
iiamllton, Cbarles A. Bcott, Charles A.
larallton. John. Bcuily, Joseph.
Ham, Ambrose. Beery, Joseph.
Hanrahan. William O. H.-llere. WalterB.
Harris, Westmur. Bhea, Jeremiah.
Harris, Mnsrd. Hhea, Patrick O.
Harris, Millard. Bbea, Thomas.
Harley, Daulel O'Connsll. Bhea, John J.
Harty. Thomas J, Gharlden, Owen,
llaisell, Charles. bhllllugoo, John TJ.
Haui k, Charles. Hlinraons, Alfred.
Hawkins. Howard B. Kmlth. Crl A.
HefTron, John. Smith, Nichols J.
Hennkes, Ilobert B. Mteveusoii. Nicholas.
Herbert, John, Bugjlsakl, Ita.
Hrrrlmaa, llenlamln H. buttou, Frank.
Ilernrss. Alfred II. Suzuki. Kashotora.
Holier, Frederick 0. Tabot, Frank O,
Holm, (lustar Teackle. Ilarry.
Ilomand Alfred J, Telian, Daniel J.
Horn, William J. Thompson, William IL
Hough. William L. 1 hompsou, Oeorge,
Hughes, Patrick. Tlgges. Frank U.
Hutrblurs, Robert. Tliuman. William H.
Iitilde, otoglra. Todoresrn, Constantla.
Jonnson, Charles. Topplu. Daniel O,
Johnson, John W, Troy. Thomas.
Johnson, Peter. Tuhey, Martin.
Johnson, Alrrrd, Turpln, John a.
Johnson, Ueorge. Walsh, JoiephF,
Jobansen, PeterO. Wallace, John.
Jones. Thomas, J. Warren, John.
Jeotson, Ilarry, Waters, Thomas J,
Jencks, Carlton. Webber. Martin V.
Jolnee. Fred. White, Cbarles O.
Just, Charles F. White, John E.
Kane, Joseph IL White, oeorge U.
Kane, Michael. White, Robert.
Kay. John A. Wiekstrom, JobnB.
Ke y, llugli. Williams. James.
j;cr, John. Williams. Henry.
Keaskull, Alexander. Wllmti, Albert.
Keya. Harry J. Wilson, Robert.
Klhlstrom, Frits. Waimer, Frederick.
Klnser. Frederlek K. Willis, Alonin.
K naells, Thomss F, Wllber, Benjamin H,
Kltogata. Yuklubl. Wilbur. Oeorge W.
Knelie, Fred, rick n. Zltgler. Johnll.
Kobeler, Oeorge W,
Including the marine guard, there wero 847
men on tbo Maine, of whom only thirteen re
main uninjured. Twenty-four offioers escaped
and two aro missing.
TUB X.OBT OTBICEXt,
Career r IAU V. W. Jealilns Bad Aasdstaal
KaataiMr Merrltt,
Wabdinoton, Feb. 10.-The two officer who
perished In th disaster wero both of high
standing In their respective branches. Lieut.
(Junior grade) Friend W. Jenkins waa a no
tlre of Allegheny City. Pa., where ho waa born
in 1805. He was appointed to tbe Naval Acad
emy In 1882, and waa graduated four year
lator. After a cruise on the Atlantlo her,
celvod final, crauuatlon in 1888. Ho mado a
tpeoIaltyofJordnaBce, on which robjsctherra
elaaaed a. an expert. Ha wrote an essay on
"Exterior BallisUcs," which was a simple
method ot determining tha range of guns, and
which ha been adopted a a text book at the
Academy. He served successively on the Ga
lena, Eearsarge, 8 warfare, and Bennington,
and for a time was attached to the Coast Sur
vey. Ho was on ordnance duty at tho Indian
Head proving ground from 181)3 to 1805, and
slnco the latter date had been attached to the
Maine. Ltottt, Jenkins la tbe third member of
tho small class with which he was graduated
who has met a traglo death. Ensign Itumsey
being drowned In tho harbor ot Yokohama,
and Hawke being killed.
Assistant Engineer Darwin R Merrltt was
born In Rod Oak, In,, in 1872, and was ap
pointed to tho Naval Academy In 1801, gradu
ating In 1H95 at tho heaa of his olass. He
was then attached to tho Araphltrlte, and after
ward to tho Indiana. After final graduation
last June he was for a time on duty at the
New York Navy Yard, and Joined the Malno
In September. Ho was one of the foremost foot
ball nlayers In his class, of which Cadet Breck
enrldgo, who was drowned from tho Cushlng
last woek while on tho way to Havana, was also
a member.
Two of the officers who were saved hare had
previous narrow escapes from death in the
service. Lieut. John J. Blandln was on the
flagship Tronton when she was wrecked in the
harbor ot Apia. Samoa. In the hunioane, when
many lives wero lost. John Hood was at
tached to the Kearsarge when ahe wan wrecked
on lloncador Koef. The families of Capt. Slgs
bee and Lieutenant-Commander Walnwrlght
reside in this city.
MFJtXtf'B BYMPATBT.
eaer Pa Bern Calls at lb lat Departmea
ad Give Eapreaalea to It.
WjjrnmaTOW. Feb. 10. Seflor Da Boso, the
Charge d'Affalres of the Spanish Legation, wa
an early caller at tho State Department. He
expressed to Assistant Secretary Day the pro
found sympathy ot hi Government over the
terrible affair. He sold personally that he re
garded the disaster as solely and simply an acci
dent, and quoted In support of this belief a tele
gram from Captain-General Blanco, which h
left at the department. Gen. Blanco put forth
tbe theory, then heard for the first time here,
that tho disaster came from the explosion of
tbo boiler ot the dynamo engine. This Is what
Blanco said:
" With profound regret I have to Inform yon
that tho Amorlcnn ship Mnino In this harbor
blew up by an undoubtedly chance accident, be
lieved to have resulted from an explosion of the
boiler ot tho dynamo. Immediately following
theaoctdent all tbe disposable elements of tbo
capital hastened to the spot to extend every nld
possible. These Included tha force of tbe Marine
Fire Brigade and all the Generals In Harano,
among them my Chief of Staff. There havo beon
deaths and wounded, I havo sent an aide-decamp
to offer every assistance to the North
American Consul that he may wish for. I will
forward further details as thoy become avail
able." From the State Denartment Sefior Dn Boss
went to Socrctary Long's office. Secretary
Long was nt tho Whlto House, bo the Spaulsh
Charge left bis card and a message of sympathy.
He also left the cards of oil the attache's of the
Soanlsh Legation. Lleutenant-Commandor E.
Joso Q. Sobral, the Spanish nnvol attachd,
called personally at tho Navy Department to
express his regret. Others who camo for the
same purpose were Sir Julian Paunoefore. the
British Ambassador; Mr. Cambon. the French
Ambassador, and M, Ploda, the Swiss Minister,
Sir Julian and M. Ploda spent some time ex
amining tbe model of the Malno and In discuss
ing the disaster with tho crowds in tho Navy
Department corridors.
CAPT. OZ ASS'S TJZBOnr.
Ba miaat the Statue afar Bar Hat tba zTat
the Claelaantl Xfarrowlr Escaped,
Valuejo, Cal.. Feb. 16. Tho terrible catas
trophe in Havana, harbor has shocked every ono
at the Mare Island Navy Yard.
Capt. Henry Glass, recently in command of
the battleship Texas and now Captain of the
yard at this station, said he tbonght he had a
theory which might account for the explosion,
but it would be rash to form any opinion till
diver can make an examination of tho Maine's
hull. Capt. Glass then went on to recall an In
cident on board the Cincinnati some two years
ago and believed the same conditions may
have existed on Tuesday on, the Maine, result
ing In a great disaster, while on the Cincinnati
a catastrophe was avertod.
Tbe Cincinnati waa lying at Key West har
bor, and, tho weather being warm, the coal
in tho bunker took Are from spontaneous com
bustion, but being an airtight compartmont an
actual blaze could not form for lack of sufficient
oxygen.
- Separated from the coal bunkers by a (teal
partition was the magazine. It Is the same on
tbe Maine. After a while this bulkhead became
red hot, generating an almost Invisible stream
of smoke, which Issued from a small hatch lead
ing to the magazine.
A sentry noticed this, and without waiting to
Investigate water was flooded Into the magazine
and bunkers. Later it was found that this was
not done a minute too soon. Could air havo
gotten into the bunkers the ship would undoubt
edly have been blown to pieces hours previously.
Even aa It was it was found that many of the
loaded shells had been charred by the Intense
heat. It wa a miracle, in fact, that any ona
lived to tell tbe story.
In the case of tho Maine It may hare been
heat from the flreroom that caused combustion
In tbe bunkers and communicated thence to
tbe magazine, assuming a little admission of air.
All the officers seen are united In regarding
the bituminous coal now in use on warship
aa dangerous. The danger, however, could be
greatly lessenod by separating the magazine
from the bunkors.
opinions ix jfEjr tobb.
A Tiasete Sleep Cool. Says Gen. Traoy "Ipalo"
Sboata tha Navy Yard.
Flags hung at half-mast yestorday above pub
llo and prlvato buildings all over New York.
The citizens neglected their ordinary vocations
to discuss the disaster to tho Maine. It was
tho only subject about which men seemed to
caro to talk. There wero almost as many
views as to what tho Incident might lead to as
thero wero men to express them. As to tho
causo ot tho explosion there were, of courso,
but two opinions to express that It was tho re
sult of accident or that It wo tho result of de
sign. A great many Insisted that the doitruo
tlon ot tbe Maine had been accomplished only
by Spanish treachery. Those had all sorts of
stories to support tholr theory. There is no
way of telling whether the porsonsholdlng this
theory wero In tho majority or not. A reporter
of The Sun sought tho opinions of many men
yesterday on this point. It was a notlcoable
fact that at the navy yard the feeling against
Spain was strongest. Among the officers at
tho yard it was hard to find one who was will
ing to say that tho explosion was not tho roeult
of design. Elsewhere that opinion did not find
such unanimity of support. Gen. Benjamin
F. Tracy. Secretary of tho Navy under Harri
son, said:
. "TJj!0 .'" ft ,lmo ,or. trao American citizens to
keephcir heads cool. 1 baro read all tho ro-
f;orts ot the explosion on the Maine that I
bought might bo considered reliable, and I
havoeeen.nothlngin any of those?reports.to war
rant! tho conclusion that the disaster ;was tho
rosult.of.doslim. In my opinion the explosion
was the result of nn accident, caused, perhaps,
by the uiagazlno becoming overheated. Even
If I .nnd another opinion, I should bo very re
luctant, and 1 think nil good citizens should be
reluctant, to place the blamo for such aterrlblo
oieastcr upon any rnreign uovemment, no mat
ter what our relations with that Government
might be. until tho wholo thing has been thor
oughly investigated.
"Then, again, there are soma things that we
would dp well to remember. Hupposo it should
bo established, beyond any doubt, that a Span
iard had stolon aboard tbo Malno and dropped a
fuse down Into ono of tho magazines. How ar
wo to prove that the Spanish Government was
rotponblblo for the man's actl It may have
been. If you like, that tho explosion was the
fiendish work of Bomo fanatlo and that that fan
alio was a Spaniard, or a subject of Spain, It
doesn't then follow thnt this man was tho agent
of his Government, Fanatics havo committed
as serious crimes before and may again, and rot
they acted on their own responsibility, All dy
namite plots, for instance, wltnos the truth of
my statement.
"8upposo during the activities of tho Fenians,
many of whom were American citizens, with
whose cause we as a Government wore lnlsym
Cathy, a British man-of-war had been blown up
bj them, do you suppose England would havo
charged the;crimo to tho Government at Wash
ington! As It was depots and gas,work wero
blown up, andplota to, wreck Parliament House
and merchant reesel wore dli covered, yt
the Government of the United States was never
even autpocted byngland of knowing of these
Haw Bataliy Travels.
It doesn't travel like the ereryday American who
uses the Pennsylvania Limited. The train Is maTch"
less to every feature, aad supplies every want of the
traveller. Jeavea New Vork.avery maliing for
ClndnnaU. Chlcaxo, aad St, Leulidti,-""" l"
plot, although th freedom of Ireland was and
1 almost aa dear to all Americans a to Irish
men themselves.
"Those who say that tho Malno vras destroyed
by design have not as yet an lota of orldenoe
upon which to base their statement. Only a
court of inquiry, after a most searching Investi
gation, can determine tbo causa ot thnt dis
aster. Perhaps It never will bo determined.
3ut until every effort bos been mode to dlscoror
the real cause, truo American citizens should
withhold Judgment, rofrnln from calling hard
namen, and, aa I laid boforo, koop their heads
cool."
Shortly aftor interviewing Gen. Tracy Tnu
Sun man met an officer of high rank, sta
tioned at Governor's Island. This man, like
Hon. Tracy, knows what war is like Since
tho days of tho civil war ho ho grown gray In
serving his country a a soldier. On account of
tbo ofllce ho holds, ho refused to bo quoted, but
thin Is whnt he intd:
"Tho destruction of tho Malno In tho harbor
of Havana Is most deplorable. Yet In the faco
of so tcrrlblo a disaster and with overy provo
cation toXattrlbulo tho accident to Spanish
tronchcry, thero has not como to us to-day,
from any part of the country, news of nslnglo
act on tho part of tho citizens ot tho United
States to which tho Government at Madrid
could tako exception. This furnishes to Spain
an example which sho would do well to re
inombcr and to follow. This great nation,
mora powerful In all ways than a dozen Spalns
rolled Into ono, Is animated by tho spirit of
peace. At this time It Is ldlo to speculate as
to tho cause of tho disaster which overtook tho
battleship. Until that causo has been definite
ly established by n court of Inquiry we must
continue to bo patient with tho sons ot Spain
and not think of charging the subject of a
friendly rtowcr with n crlmn mare dastnrdlr
than that ot him Mho stabs a friend In tho back.
When I came uptown I noticed flags at half
mast on nearly every building. This la tho
city' way of showing its sorrow for the men
who. In meeting tho death they did In the har
bor of Havana, aro as truly tho nation's horoe
as If they had died whllo standing by guns
that wore shelling tho fortifications of tha
Cuban capital. Let us mourn our dead and
not make.our mourning n sacrilege by calling
Bersons murderers until wo have clearly cstab
shed who was reponslble for their death,"
Over nt tbo Nary Yard officers stood In llttio
knots dteuusslng the explosion. As has been
sold, most of them held tho opinion that "Spain
did It." All of them, however, scouted the Idea
that the destruction of tbo ship was duo to th
explosion ot a torpedo placed beneath tht yet
eoL Lieut Ward of Admiral Bunco's staff
was one of those who was not willing to say that
tho Main bad been blown up by design. He
said:
"From the roports received, it would seem al
most ocrtaln that ono of the forward magazines
blew up. Thcsclma-raztnes wero directly be
neath tho berth deck of the crsw. This ex
plains tho fnct that all the fatalities were noons
the men. Tbo mon, or most of them, were prob
ably killed Instantly. The officers' quarters
wore aft, and thoy were less likely, of court e, to
bo affected by the explosion. The Mains h4
two turrets, the forward turret bolng on the
right or starboard eldo of the ship, and the cue
aft being on the port side. Uudor eaoh turret
was a magazine, and, as I have said, th re
ports indlcato that an explosion in the forward,
magazlno caused tho trouble.
"Now tho question arises, how conld an ex
plosion In ono of thoso magazines oocurl Thoy
are always kept carefully locked, and, besides,
a guard is always stationed ncar'them. The
Maine was lying at anchor in a friendly port.
There was no occasion for the magazines to ho
opened. A look at tbo plan of the ship shows
two magazines under the forward turret. The
largest of these magazines was about ninety feet
from tho bow oft ho vessel and contained scv
oral tons ot powder. Tho other magazine was
about flfty-clght feet from tho bow. Whother
ono of theso magazines was opened shortly bo
foro tbo explosion remains to bcfound out. It
is possible that ono of tho boilers behind ono of
tho magazines burst and that that caused tho
exnloslnn."
Naval Constructor Bowles did not hesitnto
for a moment to say that the destruction of tho
Malno could not havo been tho result of an
accident.
"Such a theory," said Mr. Bowles, "is rot.
Tho Maino had bocn in commission several
years. She had had moro rough experiences
than fall to most naval vessels In time of peace.
Yet nothing of tho sort happened to her until
sho lay quietly at anchor in Havana harbor
with nono of tho elements, nothing. In fact, to
stllr up hor ammunition boxes to that an ex
plosion might bo expected. Tho magarlnes
Bliould havo been Incited nnd guarded. They
probably wero, for only during target practico
at sea nro they opened. Somo of tho petty offi
cers wero quartered near tho mngnzlncs. I
can't understand how such nn explosion could
have been tho result of an nccldent.
"It has been buggested that exploding gun
cotton caused tho catastrophe. That could
hardly havo been possible. Tho gun cotton on
our ships Is takon out overy month and thor
oughly soaked In distilled wntor. Although
this work Is dono as a precaution overy thirty
days, It Is always found that tho water has
evaporated but little. In many hundred pounds
of gun cotton tho evaporation usually amoun'.o
to about half an ounco In n month. Tbcgus
cotton Is nlBO always carefully guarded. There
fore I can't understand ho- thero could have
been an accidental explosion in the gun cot
ton." Several ot the nary yard officers were asked
what would havo happened Lnd o submarine
torpedo been! exploded near tho ship. Tiers
wos a diversity of opinion as to this. It wm
hold that the effect would dlffor in dWercat
cases. One officer had thli'to say:
"If a torpedo orothcrjsubinnrlnecontrivcnte
had been exploded under tho Malno, euch a hole
would havo been totn in her hull that she
would havo sunk almost Immediately. TLo
Malno kept afloat for sovoral noun after ths
explosion. This seems to me prorf that tho
explosion took placo insldo tho hull. Tbst
was. In my opinion, why sho took tiro so quickly.
Tocsc; two facts lead mo to believe that Jt is
qclto poselble one of tho bollors may havo ex
ploded. It is Alo possible that ths war heed
en ono of the eight torpedoes the Maine carried
may have explodod. Tho hrnds ore filbd with
wet gun cotton, which, should It become dry,
would explode from spontaneous combustion.
I don't tako much stock in thl thecry, how
ever.JasSthe gunjootton Is kept constantly wet to
avoid Just such an accident. The torpedoes of
tho Maino wero all kept la separate compart
ments. I am inclined to tho belief thnt the
explosion occurred In one of the two forwrad
magazines. Fifty thousand pounds of powder
and 160; loaded shells were stored in each
tYinr-nrlnn
"Of course. It lsn t clear to mo how such an
explosion could havo occurred. It seems to
mo also practically impossible that an infernal
machine tcould have been smuggled on board.
Aocordlng to tho reports which;! havo seen, all
lhat was taken on board tho ship yesterdav were
tome light rations. They were carried onboard
in broad daylight. Had an infernal machlno
been hidden among tho rations. It would either
have exploded early In tho day. or It would havo
beon found when tho rations woro Inspected."
Tho onglnes and boilers of tho Maino woro
built and Bet up by tho Quintard Iron Works at
712 East Twelfth streot. Tho sunorintendont of
thefe works Is Henry Mason. Ho and Assist
ant Superintendent Fisher wero askcrt about tho
llkollhood oflono of tho boilers oxp'odlng. Mr.
Mnson said iliat,ot course, such a tiling wns nos
slblo, but It wb hardly probablo. He Bald thnt
tho boilers wero mado of steel plates, 1 1-US! Inch
In thickness. Theeo boilers wero set nthwnrt
the ehlp, two on each side. Thoy were sur
rounded bv water-tight bulkheads nnd coal
bunkers, Tho bulkheads wcio of steel, about
three-eighths of nn Inch thick. Directly for
ward of the coal bunkers of tho forward boilnr
on each eldo of tho thlp was a magazine The
concussion from tho explosion of a boiler would
havo hod to pass through the bulkhead and
through tho coal bunker beroro reaching tho
magazine. Further than telling about the chap
ecter of tho boilers and their surroundings,
neither Mr. Mason nor Mr. Fisher had any ex
planation to offer for tho explosion.
Hear Admiral Erben. retired, had this to say
of tho disaster:
"It doos not seem probable that the Maine
was blown up cy tho Spaniards, because thoy
don t want war with us. Such explosives as
wreoked the Maine aro not lying loose about
Havana. Any Spanish eyainalhlrcr who wns
so Inclined could not have obtained the; mate
rial to do'so great damage for tho i.sklng. I
am Inclined to believe that tho ship was blown
Hp b? &?T. Tn "aga:ine. tfrivoral years ago
tho British shin Dottrel was blown up in tlio
Straits of Magellan, So much of hor as didn't
go to pieces wont to the bottom. Thero was
great loss of llfo. No ono ever knew JiiBt what
happened, hut it vtas supposod that her own
explosives did tho work."
At ths i Cuban Junta ftheyaid for publica
tion that they believed tho explosion was tbo
result of an accident, and then they cited In
stances of Spanish treachery from the time
Spain became c nation.
STOCK JZAHKET AFFBOTED.
Th Wildest nunera lu Circulation-Stocks
Pall Hevrral Point.
Extreme uneasiness prevailed on tho 'stock
market yesterdny consequent upon the news of
the Maine disaster. All sorts of rumors wero
in circulation, end information of any definite
character from Havana or Wabblngton was
eagerly seized upon by tho operators In stocks.
There was a sharp decline, extending through
out tbe list, when business opened, I ho selling
J? ffW-i. Advice Indicating that tbe ills
aster might havo resulted from an nccldent
usPd a rally, however, beforo tho end ot the
.I.be,1 calU," Washington despatches to the ef
;f..tl?'lt'C7p, SlRaboo's mossages Indicated
that the nffolr was not accidental. These led to
renewed heavy selling, Stop loss limits wero
reached and forced liquidation resulted In tbe
entire market becoming demoralized. To odd to
tbe uneasiness H was reported that the Cabinet
rf a in ypeclal session considering tbe situation.
All tbo standard stocks wore affected by the
fh?e.n?,'.d?fll,1. ndhy the early afternoon
there had been losses in them extending to 1 to
- points. A number of wholly baseless rumor
were circulated along with those having founds
tlon in fnct. It wi roported via Chicago that
the cable to Cuba had bceu cut. Another report
I.?- i ti?."t thi Panlah cruiser Yizcaya bad
been sighted and that ho wa not to be allowed
to come up tho bay.
For the first time in ten days foreign house
were seller of stocks and thi helped the Tweak-
j ' i i
net In the market. There waa evidence that
prominent Interest were endearorlng to sup
port the securities in which they are specially
concerned, but their effort were not ufficlent
to obeck tho general vdecllne. Nervousness and
weakness existed throughout the afternoon,
with final price only a small fraction above th
lowsstof the day.
The greatoit decline wa In Metropolitan
Street Railway, which closed six points under
the final quotation ot Tuesday.
COKHAXDEIt SIOSBEE'S JOnOTUEB.
H Think If There Was Treachery at Havana
We'll rind It Out.
St. Louis, Feb. 10. L. P. Slgsbee, brother of
the Maine' commander, loft hero to-night after
receiving a telegram from Secretary of the Nary
Long, sent in response to a query wired tht
afternoon. The Secretary' message said simply:
" Capt. Slgsbee is uninjured."
L. P. Slgsbee i en route to his home at Oak
Park, III. Boforo tearing St Louis he said:
" Thero' n man down In Havana, boworer,
looking after the interests of this country who
cannot ba blinded, ne has moro sand than any
body I know of, and if tbcre'a anything treach
erous In this explosion wo'll know of It without
delay, Tho man I mean Is Gon. FItzhugh Lee.
"In August last I had the good fortune to
spend a month on tho Maine at Fisher' Island.
A prettier ship never floated."
L. P. Slgsbee taw four and a halt years' service
In the nary himself, tearing it 18S0.
CAItE OF TUB XXAGABIHES.
Karal Constructer rteeb on the Imprabablltty
r an Explosion There aa the Main.
Baltimorh, Md., Feb, 10. "A flro to cause
an accident or explosion such as occurred on the
Maine must have been of awful forco. because
it would havo had to eat it way not only through
tho steel plates with which the magazlno is pro
tected, but also through tho steel boxes," said
George II. Rock, United State Naval Con
structor nt the Columbian Iron Works, to a Sow
correspondent this morning, "This Is only a
conjecture on my part, but I cannot understand
how the accldont occurred. Th Malno la
equipped with mog.izlnes forward nnd aft.
There are a great many people who roMly do
net understand what a magazlno on a war ves
sel i like. They Imagine it is a Inrve plaoe pro
tected with steel plates, in which the powder
and projeotllosaretbruwn about carelessly. A
a muter of fact, tho magazine on a warresssl
are almost tho most Important part of 1U con
struction. Tho powdtr and projectiles era
packod in small steel boxes, w ntcr tight- These
are packed securely In tho magazine.
"Iho regulations of Government ships are
Terr strict as regards ammunition. Ono of them
is that e genoral lnBpootionls mado of tho shin
at 0 o clock. The magazines themselves ero ex
amined br tho chief gunner nt 8. He reports to
tbo officer In charge. If this man did his duty
there could havo Leen no lire or ho would have
notlcrd It. Then, even had thoro beon no flro
noticed nt tbo gunner' Inspection tho regular
ship lnspoctlon at 0 would havo undoubtedly
discovered It I" there had been one.
"A flrot Oh, yes, they r.ro rather ordinary
occurrences, especially on a steel or Iron vessel
carrying coal shipped In tho tropics. Of course
down thero tho water Is much warmor than It
is here. Tho steel decks of a war vessel noces
sarllyactas n, sort of conductor to tho heat.
Tho Maine was lying at anchor in tbo harbor
nnd the Are bad boon banked. What eterm and
heat were novosBary en genrntoJ by an addi
tional engine. It is not likely that tho flro from
this cngluo cnusod the blare, tf there was one.
"The water In tho Havana entnmco 1 shal
low, nnd tho Mxtno could not have been lying
lu a very deep placo. The water thero Is not of
such torrid tumporaturo, at tills Ulna of tho
year especially, of courso e uch n thing as a
llro from that causo Is possible. Thoro Is nn
other reason that might be placed rb the ccuso
ot the explosion or nccidont. That Is the uao of
a eubmarino mine. Of course. If thero was
ono electricity would bo tho chief power
used. An olectrlo mlno may havo been
built right thero In tho harbor of Ha
vana with such socrooy that It would bo
Impossible to dotect it. Then it could lo
sunk possibly at a crrat distance from the ob
ject it would destroy. Wirea could bo con
nected with boats, ono to tho fore and one aft
of It, These boats would not only be usod as a
means of propelling tho mlno to position, but
also as a circuit with which to work tho mine.
Thesa boats could be usod fully a half mile from
tho mlno Itself. The mine could be to arranged
that the moment It struok tho object Intended
to be destroyed It would explode."
avjfcoTxoy ba&ex tuaxt powder.
Oapt. Blraer, leetclled at CrnreeV, on the Odd
eMtan UrclOBtSB Thesry,
FniLADSLFSlA, Feb. 16. Th Malno' acci
dent wa ths absorbing toplo of conversation at
O.-atnp' shipyard this morning. Edward S.
Cramp said: " It 1 an unheard-of calamity, and
w nro utterly atn loss Ui account for It."
N. P. Towns, chief eusineer of tho yards, said:
" It Is lmpesjible to account for It. If It is true,
as stated In the despatches, that tho disaster
wt caused by tie explosion of guncotton, then
it is something cslqus in saval annals."
Otpt. Elmer of the Unltod States Governmoni
Ordatnce Department was much affected by
the news. I? has many friends on board tho
Mains and Inquired for thn latest news. Ho
said he could not believe the despatches that
the catastrophe was caused by the explosion of
guncotton.
"Guncotton," ho said, "Is safer than gun
powder, and greater precautions ns to Its saro
keeping enn bo and aro taken. To begin with,
although guncotton Is a high explosive. It Is
only so when dry. It Is always storod on boird
wot and kept in that condition, oxcoptu small
quantity which is alwnj-B kept In tbo Captain's
cabin. This dry guncotton Is tho only thing
thnt will oxplodo the wot mass, and is bo U60d.
Guncotton is only used In torpedoes, and from
all these facts it is Incredible that tho dreadful
accident should bo attributed to It.
"Thoro aro otbor things on board that might
have caused It. Thoro Is, for instance, tho or
dinary gunpowdor nnd then thoro Is tho smoke
less powder. Both of theso aro considered by
the Ordnance Department as being far more
dangerous thnn guncotton."
In tbe yards nnd offices of the shipbuilding
Arm opinions wero freely expressed to tho effect
that It was no tlmo nor placo for euch an acci
dent to occur.
onrrcAiiDi's opiniox.
Tha Betlred Admiral Says Aeceaa at Klcht te
ths Mncntlno Was Impossible.
BniDOKPOitT, Conn., Feb. 10.-n.ear Admiral
Gherardl.retlrod, speaking of tho Maine disas
ter to-day, said ho was loath to believe tho ca
tostropbo could havo been caused by a Spanish
torpedo. Admiral Ghcrardl said:
"Tho keys of tho magazines nre kept in tho
Captain' cabin. Each key Is numbered and
kept In its order In a cabinet. If any key should
be absent from its place for ten minutes aftor
sundown thoro would be an Immediate investi
gation by tho officers in chnrgo. Any Infraction
of this rulo Is a court-mnrtlitl offence.
"It would bo impossible for any person to get
J5 iC krfr !,or U1.0' arfnco In tho possession
of tho Captain. The cublnot In which the keys
aro kept has a complicated lock which could not
be tampered with. In addition to this, sentries
guard tho Captain's apartments so closoly that
It would bo impossible for anybody to get into
tho rooms without bolng noticed. "'''""
Admiral Gberardl said that an Investigation
would soon tell whether tho explosion cirao
from the Insldo or the outside, tho fact that
tbo Spanish officials wero Joining with tho
Americans In tho work of succor msdo it look
as though the affair wa an accident.
"AT Z.AST," 8A1D OBX. X.BB.
A Jack Tar Aeeeant of the Maine' Xatraao
to Mavaaa Harbor.
Readwo. Po,. Feb. 10,-Harry Andrew, car
riage painter of thl city, has Just received a
letter from his brother, Frank Andrews, aged
20, who has been a seaman on board the Maine
for tho past throe years. Mr. Andrews' letter,
dated at Havana, give a description of tho
wav the Unltod States warship entered Havana
fully prepared for action should ahe havo been
fired on.
"Whon the Malno received order to go to
Havana," Andrews writes, "wo eaw that all
our guns wero In good order. Cylinders were
filled, shot and shell broken out, and tho decks
almost cleared for action. Everything was
ready for business, and wo turned In for 5
couple of hours' s cep. We sighted Cuba at
day! ght. and all hands wero sion on deck, wj
had heard the Spaniards would llro on us. bo we
were prepared to return It with Interest.
fnt21iir,or'ler,.er,,tocn,er.,,Tsnand It had
f2i.dnff f thf ". w 0.8D0 hslf wy "bout any
.inF.?nUli,,i,'.u,at',,A "a steamed in under
tho gun of Morro Castle, we calculated how
longlt would tak us to silence It. Our tur?e
guns' orews were standing at their guns under
BtVft61' out of ,,'h of eourte. while th5
rest of tho crow was oung ug around the deck
but at the first shot from tne SWnlsb thei vvoSld"
bavo soon found their places, and we could have
I lit Biliousness, sick bead-
illfOi SIlO acbc' Jaundice, indlgea
EalffUl IHO tl0n coUpatton aro
Kajjjjto take, easy to operate, Druggtats, "3c
hown them one of th. no test Yankee tricks
that was ever played.
"However, nothing happened, and wetteamed
In and moved to a buoy. Wo kept tbe ship
ready for action until United State Consul
General Lee came on board. Ha looked proud,
and, planking his foot down on tho dock, ex
elalmod: "At last.
"Wo still kept our ammunition ready, and
toed night watches ready for business nt
moment's notice" Andrew T there wero a
nmnber of Pennsylvania boy on th Maine.
EXPECTED TUB MAINE TO OO SO OX.
Ittrr rrera Flnrry 4. Keys or the Cram to III
Mother In Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Feb, 10, Harry J. Koys of In
dianapolis, 21 year old, was serrltig a three
year enlistmont on the Malno, Ho has beon in
tho servico for nearly thrco yoars. Ho was
transferred to tho Maine from th Brooklyn Navy
Yard twenty months ago. Ills mother Is .Mrs.
J. J. Turner of 017 North Liberty streot. Mr.
Turner received a letter from her son yesterday,
written fromon board tho battleship nt Havana,
In which ho dcscrtbctl tho conditions ss seen
from shipboard. Ho fluid tho feeling in Havana
was strong against tho American sailors, nnd
that littlo liberty had been allowed them for fear
of trouble ills companions bellovcd the Mnlne
would bo speedily called back to the United
States, and they wero nil pleased with the pros
pect of getting out of Cuban waters. In tho
letter ho said thoro wero two Spanish warships
in tho harbor closo to the Mnlno. Ono of them
hnd only recently arrived, and was filled with
Spanish soldiers and gun for tho Spanish Army.
Thoy wero then being unloaded. The other
vessel was being loaded with wounded and sick
soldiers. Every day big barges filled with men
came out from Havana nnd tbe men were lifted
to the ship.
Young Keys In his letters spoke In high terms
ot Commander Slgsbee, and said all of tbo men
respected and liked him. Though he was Arm
and bellovcd In strict discipline, he was kind.
TUBT BAIL FROM BROOKZTX.
Machinist faubrl. Carpenter Helmes, ana Sea
man Ilarry HoCann,
George D. Faubel, machinist, a son of George
Faubel, a saloonkocpor at 07 Jamaica avenue,
Brooklyn, was 27 years old, and entered the
nary In July, 1805. Ills onllatmont expire noxt
July. Mr. Faubel Bald last night that his son
had been compllmonted on his work by Capt.
SIgsheo, who had advised him to reCnllst. "I
wrote to Georgo only a weok ago," said Mr,
Faubel, "giving my consent to hi roBnlist
laent." Mr. Faubel said bo had not received
word from olthor hi son or tbe officer of tbe
Maine regarding the disaster.
" I guess Georgo will bo all right," he said.
He was on tha Malno a year ago in tho
big storm off HattcraB. whon six men were
washed overboard, and .ho telegraphed to us a
ocn as possible notifying us that ho waa not
sne of the victims."
Georgo Helmes. the ship's carpenter, has a
wlfo and three ohlldren who llvo at 1313 Bush
wick avonuo, Williamsburg. Mrs. Helmes be
came prostrated yesterday when sho learned of
the disaster. Her 14-yoar-old Bon last night
said that they had received word that his father
v;ns safe. Carpenter Helmes Is 37 years old.
Pollcomnn McConn, who is attached to the
Lo A venue Pollco Court squad, Williamsburg,
end Hvos at 104 Pulaski Btreot. is tho fathor of
Harry S. McCann, a seaman. Mr. McCann re
ceived yesterday a lcttor wrltton by his son oa
board the Maine a week ago. Young McCann
wrote: "Everything Is oulet in Havana at
present. No more rlotB. Tweatv-flro thousand
soldiers nrrlved yestorday from Spain."
TUB BXPZOSIOX OX TUB FTTX.TOK.
Other Rnval Vessels That Have Dean Blawst
Cp or Ilndly Daman-ad.
One of the most dloostrous explosions on naral
Tassels that evor occurred wn that on the
wooden ship Fulton, known also as the Demolo
gos, at the Brooklyn Nary Yard on June 4,
1829. Tno vessel had been converted into a re
ceiving Bhlp. On tho day the nccldent oscured
the ship was moored In tbe Wallabout Channel.
In tho early evoalng a gunner descended into
th magazine with an exposed light. An explo
sion immediately followed. Serenty-flro were
killed and twenty-flvo wero wounded,
A few years boforo tho destruction of tho Ful
ton, tho British frlgato Amphlon was blown up
off Plymouth, England. It wa Itemed that.
Just beforo the explosion, a gunner went down
Into the nis.ff.ir.lne to steal some powder
to sell, and It vas concluded that the
explosion was due to his carelessness. Several
hundred were reported killed, among them
being several prominent porsons In Plymouth,
Including tho Mnyor of tho city, who had gone
on board to dine with tho commander of the
ship, Capt. Itrael Pcllow.
Tho British Bhlp Do Urol was destroyed by an
explosion lu May, 1P81, while In the Strait of
Mngollan. It was supposod at first that tho ex
plosion was tho worst of Irish sympathizers
and the belief was strengthened by hints
to that effect printed In a Fenian newspaper
of Now ork. In tho nbsonco of doflnlto in
formation, owing to tho fact that nearly overy
man on board wns killed by tho explosion or
drowned, tho report gained crcdcnco that tho
destruction of tho ship was tho result of
a .carefully laid Irish plot. A most
rigid investigation was mndo by tho
UrUisn. Government, covering a period
or oyer six months. Tho reports of special do
tectlyos, employed to work in America, Ireland,
and Australia, showed that tho rumor was not
to bo relied upon. Then the British Admiralty
found tnnt tho explosion was caused by the
bursting of boilers, which tired the magazine.
Tho United Stntos frigato Randolph, ono of
the lirst of the American men-of-war. was
blown up on March 7. 177H At , tin.. ,i,-
explosion tho Itandolph had engaged in battle
the . 74-gun British ship of tbo lino Yarmouth.
In tho cngacomont tho Ynnkeo shlp'B magazine
exploded, ihrce hundred aud fifteen men were
killed or drew nod. Only four of tbe officers and
crew survived.
Spain lost tho Cuba Esponol by an explosion
off Santiago le Cuba, on Jan. 11. 1880. Twenty
?JSI!.we;0 Hlllca Bni1 113 wounded. On Aug. 3
181)3. tho Gorman Ironclad Baden was dam'
agod by an explosion nt Kiel. Seven woro killod
and seventeen wounded. Prince Henry of
Prussia was standing on the bridge at the time
ta king with Vicc-Admlral Schroedtr and was
injured
A SIUIZAIt CASB
Admiral Delbnap Telia or tba Wreck r a Brit,
lah Warship or lriTo.
Boston, Feb. 10.-Rcar Admiral Belknap, re
tired, said to-day regarding tho Malno disaster:
" When I read tho first account of this terri
bio affair I was Inclined to think that this was
a matter which would involvo tho Spaniard
andobltgo us to Bend our fleet over, but now 1
do not think so. I do not know Just how the
magazlnos were located, but I do know that on'
tho Now York wo were obliged to make some
changosln tho magazlnos becauso of tho con
stant heat and their getting too hot. It may
havo been so on the Maine.
"In 1873 tho British sloop-of-war Dotterel
was blown up at Sandy Point, in tho Straits of
Mngollan. Tho explosion in that caso took
placo in tho bow. nnd was quite as mysterious
as this until It was found upon Investigation
that tho affair appeared to havo started from tbo
paint room. Tho British Navy was at that time
YZl2RZ ISCU k "1 f Paint which was found
i V.ur.Vnlnl rciniB nro usually In tho bow hut
In nil ships that I havo had experience up?n we
always carried tba turpentine on dock, TheS
theroaro tho olectrlo wires. Your modern cruiser
!h,"!i f tbe"u ,mu- Should hard"" aupposS
that there would bo any electrlo wire allowed to
paBs through the magazine. If there wero twS
explosions. I ben the first was undoubtedly 2
small parcel which set off tho rest It would
look as If the first explosion was In thtTeheii
room, and that It started the forw rd magaJln "
were it not for the tearing away of iho bow Ir
this explosion bad been around the boller'r In
the flroroom thin you might assumo that Bom
bpdy had introduced somo explosive . I Ttho 2oat
In"8i1'e "Klne. Tho tearing away of the
entire bow would be caused by tho explosion of
the v,.."o? lmmodlatelr '"""lb thV portion" of
lPhxX boards. IftMt
Three Newbarcer aa tha Maine.
Newdbbo. Fob. 10.-Thero woro three New
burgers on the Maine, one of whom ha. cabled
hi wife hero that ho 1. afe, but the other two
havo not been beard from, Tho one hoard from
w.f.'andcbil'r W C""". mother an"
wife nnd child ore topp!ng at "Tho Oaklev "
a.''"', Lleut-Ct' Tduated from
Annapolt. and became a Lieutenant In the Ma-
l t?8, . A,ter "Tliiallo. he wa. assigned
to the Cincinnati. While in Turkish ...
wHh the Cincinnati he'lrLVferrod'X.
,
Simply a Question
of Time
When all Intelligent People
will Admit
'That tho New Treatment for Diseases of
tlio Head, Throat and Luna; is tha
Only Method by Which the Dl.
eased Tart can bo Iteaohed
and Cured,
Wo all know that tho air passages In tho head
wore mado to heat nnd dry tho air beforo It
roaches tho bronchial tubes and lungs. Wo nil
know that one slnglo drop of water in tho wind
plpo will almost oauso strangulation, nnd that
moisture of any kind cannot enter I ho bronchial
tubes nnd lungs. How, thun, can you expect to
cure dlsesses of thoso passages with liquid med
icines, which aro simply forced through tho not
trils Into the mouth, nnd nro prevented by na
ture Itself from trolmr further. This nlfnmnt tr.
drown tho bacilli of catarth, which thrlvo nnd
grow on -moisture, would bo amusing. If it wero
not for tho sorious injury which often results
from tho use of strong liquid medicines forced
Into tha dolloato nlr passages by powerful spa) s,
douches and atomizers. Tho dlffercnco bctn ecu
tho old nnd now method of treating; catarrh,
bronchitis and consumption Is so great that any
one can readily understand why tho medical
profession throughout tho wholo country have
accepted tho latter ns thn only natural trcit
raent for thoso dlseasos. Tho first tncntinnen
being against all the laws of nature, tho latter,
nature' own remedy, carried to all parts of th
head, throat and lungs by ths nlr you brentho,
and killing nt once tha germs which causo the
disease. All this without nnv effort on tho part
of tbe patient, except tho slmplo act of breathing,
BTOnmn Cure by Inhalation alone.
There I na danger, no risk.' Year money la
refunded If It mils f relieve.
"Hyomei" outfit. 11.00. Extra bottles, BOo.
"Ifyomel" Balm (a wonderful healer), SDc. Scld by
all druggists or sent by mall. Bend for the Biory of
"Hyomei." Mailed free.
FREE TREATMENT
by a local physician with Hyomei" gtren dally at
the office, 2 East VOtb St., bstwtrn the hours of S
A. B. and a P. M. (Sundays axeeptad).
R. T. BOOTH CO.,
23 East gQtli St., JV. Y.
3
recently employed a engineer at tho United
State Hotel. Holmes was transferred to the
Maine from thoschoolshlp Newport about two
week before tbe battleship wns orderol to
Havana. He was born and brought up In New
burg, and was 21 years of age.
HOARD OF IXQVIRT ORDERED.
A depart Mar Be Mada Within Two ar Tbrea
Says to the Wavy Department.
Washington. Feb. 10. In accordance with
the Instructions sent by Secretary Long thl
afternoon, it isoxpectcdthat a board of Inquiry
will be organized at onco by Cant, Slgsbee. A
report will probably bo made within two or threo
day to Rear Admiral Sicard, commanding tho
North Atlantic squadron, and n simultaneous
report to the Secretary of tho Navy. Tho board
will be composed of oftlcors from tho Maine.
Later a formal Court of Inquiry will probably
b ordered by the Secrotary of tbo Navy, which
will prosecute a moro dolibcruto and searching
Investigation into tho causo of tho disaster.
TEXAS ORDERED TO 8AIET
A Report That She nnd the JVaehvllle nave
Been Ordered to Leave Galveston.
Dallas. Tex., Feb. 10. A private telegram
from Galveston says the battleship Texas and
tho cruiser Nashville received orders from the
Navy Department this ovening to sail from Gal
veston at onco. Their exact destination Is not
learned, but It Is accepted by tbo public that
they go either to Admiral Sicnrd's fleet, off tho
Dry Tortugas. or direct to Havana. The de
parture from Galveston of tho two warship,
asldo from adding excitement to the publicmlnd
becauso of the Maine tragedy, will havo ths
additional effect ot Injuring tho Mardl Gras
celebration at Galveston. Tho naral flotilla
was to bo the most interesting feature of tb
occasion.
White House Itaeeptlea Abandoned.
Washington. Fob. 10. On account of th
disaster to tho battleship Maine, resulting In
the loss of nearly threo hundred lives, the Pres
ident announced this morning that the Stats
reception to Congress plannod for to-night
would be abandonod. Tho reception to the pub
lic which waB to t-iko place to-morrow night.
has also been declared off. Thoso wero tho last
official social evonta of tho year, and the season,
which was postponed in Deccmbor on account
of the President's mourning, has beon curtailed
by this later misfortune.
An Offloer and a Marina from Newark.
Passed Assistant Engineer Froderlck O. Bow
ra, who Is among tho saved. Is a native of New
ark, N. J., whero his mother. Mrs. Emllv a
Bowers, lives. He is 40 years old; entered the
Naval Academy nt 10 year of age. and had
erred on the Mnlne since Bhe went In commis
sion. He Is married and his home Is In Brooklyn.
Thomas Clark, a marine, son of Michael CInrk.
Janitor of the South Market streot publlo
school. Nowark. N. J., enlisted about twenty
months ago. He was then about 23 yoars old.
Machinist Ulasey Wa Coming Item aa s ck
Laave.
Fxederlok E. KInsey, machinist. 30 year old,
wa married nnd hi home was In East Orange,
N, J. His wlfo received a letter from him a
weak ago. He Bald he was coming home toon
on lick leave. Enlisted two years ago.
Fonr nailed Trans Raw Brunswick.
These hallod from Now Brunswick, N. J.l
Naral Cadet David F. Boyd, Jr.. who Is among
the saved: Fred Jerneo, 21 years old, n eon of
ex-Assemblyman William It. Jernee; William
Hoblnson, a cook; Johnll. Ziegler, eoaman.
flan Ordered at Hair-Mast.
WAsnrNOTON. Fob. 10. The following exera
L tire order wa issued at 7 o'clock to-night.
"Tho President ha ordered that to-morrow
and until furtbor notice the flags ot all navy
yards and on naral vessels at posts, any head
quarters, and on all publlo buildings shall U
half-masted."
Flara at Hair Maat In Portland.
Pokti.and, Me., Feb. lO.-Tho City Hall flag
waa lowered to half mast to-night out of respect
to tho victims of the Havana disaster. It was
In Portland City Hall that tho prescntat.on of
the State's gift of n silver servico to the Mams
took place In November. 1R03.
t-WOi,. ortand men. William II. Tlnsman and
t? i!' 5 ,.on?fr' enlisted on tho .Maine when she
visited Portland harbor last August. Illuomer
was among the landsmen reported as plrlid up
by a Spanish gunboat. Tinsmnu was 21 )ein
of age.
"las at Ualr-Maat In Cleveland.
SLKVI-liA"D- O.. Feb. 10.-.Mayor MrKlsioa
SJifiw fl"fs n all publlo buildings In this "ty
fj; ?f .lnaf ' to-1., owing to tho great tru-edy
to tno Maine at Havana.
0am Xi'tth Jcct I
Bring on coH A ja it- I
and sickness, VtxJ&S-T&j&'J UJ
shoe and stock- Vfcy iV
jngi are changed XJuif j)2l
immediately) W J I
dampness, it often I jJ fop '
Ignored. Our " -nC1
'Hygienic Shoe" sffeg'
ha a foundation of fell that kteps out mint-
vl' V" chUI, and lmur dry ittl.
1 Here t no heavy sole to miks it awkwiri
$2.35 to $3.75.
60-62 West 23dSt.j 1

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