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Special eM Pupatca roTnx Ben.
PAWS. Feb. 24,-The new dictatorship of
race, confident of Its Power, has decided to
pprtM summarily freedom of spocch and
freedom of the pros. ThI. decision was an-
Monced In general terms by Prltno Minister
jfellne in the Chamber of Doputlos this after-
soon. Tho Government, bo declared, would
HOprMi tho aultatlon. nt all costa-by exist-
lI laws. If poulblo: If not, then by other
Beast.
Th, measures which the Cabinet hasdecldod
to adopt becamo public In somo dotall to-night.
four newspapers, tho SiMt. Aurora Droit dt
Jlsmme, and Lumiirt, were notlflod that unless
tier cease their Dreyfus campaign to-morrow
tley "HI bo rigorously prosecuted. MM. Yves.
Qorot nd Cleraencoau. and probably others,
r,Mlred a similar Intimation. Finally, a con
Edsrable number of correspondent of for
eign nenipapors were warned that un
lets they abandon their attltudo of hos
tility to Franco In their despatches ther
will be exrelled from Trance. Thcso corre
pondenta Includo the rcpresentatlrcs of the
Cologne Gazette and several Belgian and Italian
papers. It Is even asicrtcd at tho Palais Bour
bon that M. niowlls, tho correspondent of the
london Times, has olso been warned, nnd It Is
pjnJdently asserted that tho Timet will to
morrow chanjto Its tone In regard to the French
eriilt.
It Is true, though absurd, that tho French
politicians, or many of them, actually believe
that this intimidation of correspondents will
check to, unanimous condemnation of France
bytha foreign press and public opinion. The
American correspondents are not without ex
periences of the strange policy of the Fronch
Government, but this Is not tho moment to
discus them.
I The hand of tyranny has fallen heavily upon
Col Plcquirt, whose courageous action as an
offleerof the War Department and in tho Zola
trial excited the admiration of all lovers of fair
jiltr, A decree was Issued by tho Minister of
War to-night expelling him from tho army,
without a pension, and imposing upon him
) three yetrt' pollco surveillance. M. Leblols, tho
lawyer who advised htm, has been suspended
tram the bar and removed from the office of
alitor ol the Seventh Arrondlsement of Paris.
Major Count Esterbazy haB received official
pennlnlon to prosecute Mathleu Dreyfus,
wlora, by the way, he threatens to kill on light.
i It Is announced that raoro rigorous measures
It the same high-handed policy will soon bo
promulgated in Paris. Franco will welcomo
theit deadly blows at liberty, and the nation
marches merrily on to disaster.
Never was thcro such a pressuro to sccuro
admission to the Chamber of Deputies as at to
day's session, when a scries of interpellations
upon the Dreyfus and Zola affairs wcro dls
enieed. The Drltlth, German, and other Ambas
sadors were In tho diplomatic gallery, nnd all of
tte Deputies were present in their places.
M. Hubbard, Republican Hadtcal. was tho
8nt to offer his Interpellation. He naked if tho
Milliter of War had authorized tho partial
revelations which had been niado nt tho Zola
trial by Ocn. Pellieux. Col. Henry and Gen.
Bolideffre had undertaken In various ways to
IcUrfero with tho processes of Justice. M.
Hubbard denounced tho nssumptlon of an
tnorlty which had mado "Vive la IUpubllquo"
cry of sedition in Paris, nnd subjected thoo
who uttered It to the vlolenco of a mob. Why,
keuked, did tho authorities allow tho cry of
' Death to Jews" everywhere. The situation,
If declared, was big with peril, nnd it was time
tint the country rcallzod It nnd returned to re
publican principles.
Premier Mellno replied: "After military Jus
tics eiTll Justice has doclarcd Itself. It has pro
claimed that tho members of the court-martial
jere honest men, w ho obeyed their consciences.
Tie Zola trial hai ended tho confusion mado by
ttoiewho presumed to put themselves above
, laws of tho country. Thoso who appeared
Ueourt were not thcro bb subordinates of tho
Mlnliter of War, but as individual witnesses
nder noboay's order.
"Certain Oenerals may havo been led on too
ttf.but they were led on by tho defence. Ono
ueniral no doubt spoke a word too much, but
"member tho accusations that wcro flung In
is face. They ascribed to officers hlddon In
tentions to undermine our Institutions, but the
French Army cannot be an armr of one man.
"ereli not a single officer capable of an at
tempt against the country, for our officers havo
ouer dreams. (Applause.)
"I trust It will bo understood that If agita
tion continues rter yesterday1, verdict we
"ii be In the prcBonco of a party issue.
Me-ugb. erll has been done internally. The life
f...i na"0n has beon !. Part of tho
tk. lnP,rl"d!Dounco us- u wl lway be
pui.lsb.ment of those who speak evil of
'"ion. r'C"V U' PPlau f foreign
wV,.b..Ut10na conclu"0"- ThI. must bo
ttuitdeaTi?,?'.? elall0n, ',h0 "oornment
sell ir"n.t,h' wo,lni1 Mch it desire, to
ItWillM wl" 'mf0,e "lence u"on "verybody.
tW &,'UCh, dl8d"llna ""oa.ure. a. the
S w""11, Nl0,ly Cft" COntlnUO
Oo e r,ln,'t0?,d '"" and n'tcr o-orniW the
ernment will suppress all ttPt to con-
WlG0,rrw'.n0nU9n,'pI,,,e "' l"atlt.
m.k "I"1""'0""1""" " "I'utllclent It
th. Chin hr !"lr' Urcat t,lmult throughout
r0T.tha'b";1 T'"' ,0, 0f tM' "ouso will
M Cm " "a,r,"t,8' ' '"volved there
no parties. i-.,erybody rallies under the
tatudln""'1?00,11"1 wrro ""!) cries do
ua'nl, ""'"ling of the flair.
ltntho';M,,,,t?uW,""',',,d l'0 belonged
J'owedtorl , clT" ,,owtri ana no' be
The ChlT0lntOCOnmcl"lth " "public.
".IT m,od to close the dl.cus.Ion.
WbeirifofM ,0r,,cr" "' tl,u The ono
cold. '' ";""" wa. a.lmplo vote
Tber. U ,,a' "Trtcd, 410 to 41,
I the OoVei'm I" ?"VtU" tuat tl' opposition
L "HrttU nal Mnl, "M "CrelT "omlnaLand
1 fl4 tl ,'' JriIe' luo 8oc't loader.
1 Ch.mV tad 'B Mmim of liberty In tho
koeele Jn'ei. of ,undcr,too1' bowever. that th.
"tt.JuUtoJJ'' ',,re;ent dlKMei condition
Itlou tor lb.. , ' ,"C'" t0 le,er Pn onpo
K further ,flraent,a' ,u onl' et would
gW Th,,. ",lD,naW0 PUbllo passion.
RCK"c"" w1 occur two month.
WJF llubellB"."Ui.brala0J uiirtu
I. allowed to cool, that eanltr will perhap. re
turn before the people go to tho polls. Thon
justice wilt be allowed to re.ume hor throne, but
there I. no prophet wl.e enough to foretell what
will happen In French politic. In the noxt three
month..
TALKS 1T1TU ZOLA AXIi LABOltZ.
Th. Ravellat ! ratine., fbr tbe Time, I.
the Onlr Wl.dom.
Special Cavtt DttxMlch to Tn 8m,.
London. Fob. 24, David Christie Murray, the
novelist, to-day interviewed M. Laborl, Zola',
counsel, In behalf of the Daily Keict. M.
Laborl .aid that an appeal would bo lodgod on
Monday, but it was not llkoly that It would bo
heard .oonor than six we.ka. Ho had hardly
any hope of a revision of tno sentence, and none
whatever of a roveraal.
Mr. Murray also Interviewed M. Zola, who
looked fatigued and deeply distressed. M. Zola
aid:
"I am not grieving for rnysolf. I entered tho
matter with my eye. opon and counted the
most extreme co.t before I wrote a Una of my
letter; but I confess that I am cut to the heart
by the condition of tho country in which such a
verdict 1. possible,
"Iknowmyfato well enough. The Court of
Cassation I. no more able to arrest the courso of
event, than n fly on a wheel, but what will bo
corn o of this poor country I Sho 1. blinded and
her ear. aro stuffed. We offer truth, but
he will nolthor look nor listen. It I
wero alono I might begin to think that
mr judgment was fallible but everywhere
outsldo the limits of our own popular projudlco
I find mysolt supported. I am woundod In my
eoul when I see this noblo France afraid of
shadows, when I see hor starting at fl euros cast
on a screen. Tho public mind sec. ovorythlng
distorted. It has happened in our history bo
foroi and at tho present hour, at least, patlonco
i. tho only wisdom."
JUSTICE S3ZTT1I A CATHOLIC.
ftecelvrtf lato tbn Church br fllahop Parley
Kxtreme Unction Administered.
Justice Frederick Smyth of tho Supreme
Court, who lies seriously ill at his residence, IS
West Forty-sixth street, a. rocolvod Into tho
Itoman Catholic Church on Saturday by Mgr.
Farley, pastor of St. Gabriel's Church. In East
Thirty-seventh street, and auxiliary Ulsbop of
the archdloccso of New York. Justice Smyth is
the second of hi. family to become a Catholic,
hi. daughter having joined that Church two
years ago.
On Saturday morning tho Justice sent a mes
senger with n carriage to tho parish house of St.
Qabrlol's Church and rcqucstod HIshoD Farley,
who hag been his friend for many years, to call
on him at his earliest convenience. Bishop Far
ley responded nt once, and wbon he was shown
to the sick jurist's room Justice Smyth informed
blrn that ho wisbod to be received into the
Catholic Church without loss of time. Tho
request Burprlscd tho Hlshop somewhat,
as tho applicant is usually roqulrcd to
prepare himself for baptism by a course
of instruction covering several months. Upon
questioning Justice Smyth, tho Bishop, howover,
found that he was well prepared, and aftor Jus
tice Smyth had made a profession of faith.
Bishop Farley baptized him and anointed him
with holy oil. On Saturday evening Justice
Smyth's Illness took an alarming turn, and
Bishop Farley was again summoned to his bed
side. Ho found the sick man conscious, and
gave him extmmo unction. Justice Smyth was
reportod jeetcrdarto be tnlprovltitf.' "
aVESSISO ABOUT X.A C1IAMPAQXE.
he's Oat or tbe Steamsblp Trneb, Apparently,
nnd Thirteen Dnj. Out.
There wn. no new. of tho overduo French
lino steamship La Champngno when The Sun
went to press this morning. Sho 1. now four
dayB overdue and thirteen days out from
Havre, whence sho sailed on Feb. 12 with
48 first cabin passengers, 53 second cabin
passengers, 203 steerage passengers and a
crew of 170 persons. Her sister ship. La
Gascognc, was at sea sixteen dors in January
and February, 1805, before .be wa. heard from
with a broken piston off Fire Island. La Gas
cogne had drifted out of tho steamship lane
while her engineer and his assistants made re
pairs. Agent Bocando of tho Fronch line be
lieves that the engineer, of La Champagnoare
probably fixing her machlnory, some part of
which has given way.
Tho most common cause that dolays liner,
moro than three or four days Is the breaking of
a shaft. It takes a long time to repair a frac
ture of the thrust shaft or the Intermediate shaft.
Tho fracture of tho tall shaft, or thnt part of
tho shaft nearest to tho propeller. Is a more
serious business. Often the propeller Is lost
and that mesns. If tbe seas are heavy, that tho
steamship must heave to under sail, or keep her
head up with a sea anchor or drag, until some
steamship comes along and tows her to port. If
she carries enough sail Blio may manago to
make somo sort of headway toward haven or
toward tbe steamship track.
It may be that the Champagne has had worse
luck than a mero derangement of machinery.
In that case it is not unlikely that she mar be
heard from in tow of somo freighter
bound either east or wost. tho direction
depending largely on how far she had
gone on her vovngo from Havre when
she got Into trouble. Sho is probably out
of that part of tho steamsblp lano between
Sandy Hook and tho Bonks used bv westbound
steamships. None of tbe liners thnt have ar
rived here In tho Inst three days saw anything
of hor. It she broke down after alio had come
half way across tbe ocean, she may havo been
driven south of the steamship track by the
northwesterly and northeasterly gales of last
week.
The Champagne wn. built at fit. Natal re,
France, In 1890. Sho measures 7,087 tonsgross,
I. 482 feet 5 Inches long, D2 feet broad, nnd 32
fcetdeop. She was originally a "Sunday boat"
that Is, sho in ado tho thrco-thousand-mlle voy
age from Havre In eight days. About three
rears ago abowa. refitted with new engine,
hat were intonded to make hor a Saturday boat
In good weather, but she ha. teldom reached
port before Saturday night.
STOLE a OLD FltOXT THE MINT,
Three Men Arrested In nn frnnclsea for
Tbelr Operallana lu million.
San Fhancibco, Feb. 24. For stealing gold
bullion In the milling depnrtmont of the United
State. Mint William Clarkson, foreman of
the department, was arrested to-day, and bis
accomplices In selling tho gold, Martin Kggers,
a grocer, nnd M, D, Caler, blacksmith, wore
also arrested. Thefts of bullion have been ob
served for two rears, but tbedotoctlvcs thought
Itwa tho work of "sweater.." Finally they
found thnt L'lnrkson had been Monllug flake,
from bullion when Ills rolled. ThI. amounted
to from $75 to $100 a month,
Clarkson took tho gold tn Rggers, and repre
senting It as n perquisite of bis position, got
him to hae it put Into shnpo forsolllng, Kggcrs
hired Caler to melt the gold In hi. forgo. Tho
detectives discovered tho mon by sale of small
lots of flnogold. Clarkson denlod everything,
but was held In $5,000 ball. Kirgoro has mado
a clean breast of the story.
n EAT 11 FOLLOWED WEDDINQ,
Thomas It. leount Illrs or Apoplrxy, Leaving
llrlde am Unr,
ItocKVlM.B Cbntiik, L. I Feb. 21. Thomn.
Illcbard Locounl, 00 years old, a widowor with
two daughters, was married on Washington's
Birthday to Miss Mnry Kniina Coroy, tho joung
dnughtcr of tho housekeeper at Tanglewood
Park, Mr, Isocount', country place. Mr. Iso
count died of apoplexy on Wednesday, and tho
notliosof tho nodding nnd sudden death wero
published In a local newspaper to day.
Mr. I.oiount uus a member of tho II rm of I.e
count Brothers, wholesale stttlonura, of Now
York and Han Fraucisio. Ho was prominent in
tho Matonlo order. Tho funeral will be held nt
the Iioubo of his daughter, Mrs. James It.
Denyse, 305 South Fifth street, Williamsburg,
on Saturday.
lll.h Art lu lUtlnny Bulpmeni,
The Ntw l'nn,rlTanla Limited la an example of
th blglie.t art In palace ear construction and deoora
Itoa. It I a club, bom, a bot.l, and an observatory
on wbttl. Th inol Btrftol pauuixu train la la.
worlO-dti.
ANXIETY IN WASHINGTON.
CRITICAL STAGE OFOUlt RELATIONS
trirn spa in.
Th Mind, or the People Filled with Intlma.
! or Portentous. ten and Porebodln.a or
War Tbe Altitude ol the Administration I
Is Wait for lb Beport or Ilonrd or Inquiry
Tho (I.TtVuneil'i Policy In Relation
to Cuba Unchanged Ugbre'. Dcooatche.
Wabiiinoton, Feb, 24. Owing to some in
explicable causo tho air of Washington Is again
surcharged with fevorlsh excltomont over the
extremely dellcato situation resulting from the
destruction of tho battleship Maine. At tho bo
sinning of the week, when the Naval Board of
Inquiry organised, thoro sccniod to bo a disposi
tion on tho part of Congress, tho Admlntstrat Ion
officials, and the publlo generally to repress
the excitement under which they had
labored during tho day. following th.
first now. of tho event, but to-day tho
bitter feeling seems to have broken out
afresh. On orory hand there is talk of war, but
the apparently gensral belief that tho relations
between the United States nnd Spain havo
reached nearly the critical stago can bo traced
to no direct causo, unless it bo tho speech
making In the Senate ye.terdny. Thoro has
been no news of any Importance from Havana
to-day, nor has Consul-Ueneral Lee sent to tho
Stato Department any information of Im
portance bearing upon the inquiry into
the causo of the explosion th-vt wreckod
the Maine. A. far as can bo lonrned tho
President ha. not given hi. numerous caller,
any Intimation that he 1. more worried over tho
situation than bo was a few days ago. This is
not strango, howover, as it i. woll known thnt
be ha. for a fortnight believed the United
States to be standing on very thin ice. Ho hns
so stated moro than once. No unusual orders
for putting the army and navy on a war footing
havo been Issued to-day, and still over tho
capital all day has hung a cloud of suspense
and Intense anxiety. It ha. been llko tho calm
stillness that precedes a summer thunderstorm,
and of those who went about predicting that
a crisis had at last been reached and that tho
situation could not be borno longer, not ono of
them could tell why his mind had becomo sud
denly Imbued with tho Idea that a conflict with
Spain Is Imminent.
The fact that no now. ha. como from the
Naval Board of Inquiry is. perhaps, itself
chiefly responsible for the opinion, fast becom
ing a conviction in the minds of nil publlo men
here, that the Maine was wrecked by design nnd
not by accident. Ab a matter of fact, no posi
tive, evidence has como to the knowledgo of the
Administration on which to base a charge of
Spanish treachery, while, in the opinion of
nearly if not quite all tho naval experts,
the Malno blew up by an explosion
of her magazines. But as each day goes
by and the mystery of the explosion becomes
deeper, the more Arm becomes the conviction
that Providence had no hand In the disaster that
has touched the hearts of the people of the civil
ized world. Suspicion In this caso 1. mado to do
the work of evidence. Thero can bo little doubt
that a vast majority of the people of the United
State, now suspect that Spanish malevolence
and treachery sent the American sailor, to
their death, and suspecting that, they aro
naturally anxious to eee the Spaniards
pnnlshed for their crime. In many ways
tho Administration has been .given to under
stand the force and intensity of this feeling
throughout the country, but tho President and
his Cabinet do not clearly eeo why it is 'bat tbe
people will not be content to wait patiently un
til the facts arc ascertained. Tbe President,
through the Secretary of tho Nuvy.haa moro than
once taken occasion to appeal to the peoplo to
suspend judgment until the verdlctof the Hoard
of Inquiry Is mado public, and a fow days ago
there was abundant reason to bollove that the
people would comply. Nothing has happened to
change tho situation Blncc, and yot there is
such a strained feeling in Washington to-day
that there Is some fear of the Administration
being unable to hold publlo opinion in abeyance
until the fact, aro mado public
During the past twonty-four hours the Presi
dent and Cabinet have had an opportunity to
appreciate tbe strength of this unrest in tho
minds of the people through the columns of the
newspaper press, which have, almost without ex
ception, echood the patriotic sontlments of tholr
constituents. Newspapers that have all along
been upholding tho Cuban policy of the
Administration, and pleading for n sus
pension of Judgment until the President
should be ready to take tho poople into his con
fidence and recommend action, aro to-day filled
with Intimations of portentous news nnd with
forebodings of war. In tho absence of any other
cause for such a state of things It Is naturally
cbargod to tho outburst of anti-Spanish oratory
In tho Senate yesterday. Even after thoso
significant Bpcocb.cs, however, tho Benate
as a body was mado to seo tho wis
dom of heeding tbo appeal of tho Presi
dent for patience and quiescence, and
to-day no Senator or Representative raised his
voico in denunciation of the Spanish peo
ple. Tbo speeches of yesterday had dono
their work, however, nnd today tho Ad
ministration was almost overwhelmod with evi
dences of tbe Impatience, unrest and anxiety of
tho people, and tbolr belief thnt the Government
Is preparing to punish Spain for whnt they think
It has done and for declaring tho Independence
of Cuba at whatever coat.
Along with this rcnowal of excltomont came
the revival of the charge that the Administra
tion was holding back despatches from Capt.
Blgsbee, telling of developments of the Board
of Inquiry. So porslstent wero theso rumors
and so damaging was tbelr effoct upon tbo
efforts of tho Administration for a suspension
of judgment that tho Secretary of the Navy
was again compelled to make n formal
statement, denying that secret despatchos
bad been recelvod, and reiterating what he
said last week, that tho nous from Havana is
being given out as fast as It is recelvod. No in
formation of value or Importance with regard
to tho work of tho findings of tho Board of In
quiry bavo come to Washington, and all of tho
many opinions regarding tho causo of the explo
sion are but theories. The Socretary did not in
this statement again express his belief that tho
explosion that destroyed tho Mnlne wns acci
dental, but it can be said with authority that ho
and President McKinlcy still Incline to think so.
Waiting Is tho word thnt characterizes tho
attltudo of the Administration, Tbo President
Is waiting with anxiety nnd fosr and somo trep
idation for what the Board of Inquiry may
reach. There can bo no doubt thnt ho will bo
ready to ait when that report Is received, no
matter what Its naluro may be. Should the board
report that in their opinion the Investigation
shows that the Government of Spain, or a citi
zen of b'paln, was responsible for tho destruc
tion of tho Maine, tho President's task will bo
easy, for no talk about a money Indemnity
would stop the people from tuking tho case In
their own bands, nndnlth his approval. Should
tbo board report that the Malno was destroyed
b) mi accidental explosion tLls would hardly
make n material chango in the situation us re
gards the policy of tho Administration, be
cause, ns Is vcrj well known, the President was
about ready to take dullnlto action toward
bringing tbe Cuban war to a close when tho tcr
rlblo disaster to tbo Maine turned his attention
to a new danger confronting him. When the
news came of that disaster tho President was
about to send to Congress the correspondence
culled for by tbe Senate and Houto of
nepreientatlve. from our consular agents
in Cuba as to tbo situation there. If
that correspondence had been published it
would undoubtedly hare been followed by tbe
passage ef gmlution rtcognliing tfct bt
Hgerency of tho insurgent army, nnd that would
have bcun followod by nobody knows what. The
President was fully nllvo to this stato of things.
Tho failure of Cuban nutonomy had bcon made
know n to him officially, and he was about ready
to tell Spain thnt tho Unllod Statos would be
compelled to Intervene In tho Interests of
humanity nnd Justlco, when tho now nnd fright
ful turn of the situation ramo nnd sot tho people
of tho country to thinking of tho moro serious
Indictment against Spain. Tho Cuban corre
spondence will probably bo withheld now until
tho Board of Inquiry reports the rosult of Its In
vestigation nnd makes It noccssary for tho Ad
ministration to dlsposo of this moro acute phaso
of tho Cuban question. Tho correspondence Is
now ready to go to Congress, and tho report of
tho board w 111 bo ready very soon. Both may go
to Congress together, nnd among some of tho
President's closrst friends thero is n firm belief
that with these documents will go tho Presi
dent's recommendation of a plan for bringing
Spain to terms.
While awaiting tho fateful day when this step
shall bo takon tho Administration olTtclals of the
army and tho nnvy nro going ahead expe
ditiously and porslstontly w ith tbo preparations
for putting tho army on a war looting and bring
ing the navy to tho very highest stato of em
doner. Theso preparations were begun several
months ago, and It renewed activity Is discern
ible nt present It Is bocauso the officials foci
that they must not bo found unprepared when
tho time comes for action, whether that tltno bo
near or remote
No news of importnnco camo to tbo Navy
Department to-day In regard to tho Maine
disaster, nnd nono Is oxpectod until aftor tho
Board of Inquiry completes Its investigation.
Cnpt. Slgsbeo sent two despatches, ono of which
camo this afternoon and another to-night. Tho
afternoon despatch said:
" Wrecking tug Bight Arm arrived yesterday.
Begins work to-dny. Much encumbering metal
must be blasted nwny In detail. Navy divers
down aft soven days, forwnrd four daj a. Dodlos
of Jenkins and Mcrritt not found.
"Two unidentified bodies of tho crow wero
found yesterday. Tho after compartment filled
with detached, broken and buoyant furniture
and fittings, mud and confusion. Spanish au
thorities continue offers of assistance and enre
tor tho wounded nnd dead. Everything that
goes from tho wreck to the United States should
bo disinfected. The wrecking company should
provldo for this. Tho surgeon of tho Maine,
after consultation with otbors, recommended
thnt all tho bedding and clothing should be
abandoned. They might go to tho acclimated
poor.
" Useless fittings and equipment, might bo
towed to sea and thrown overboard. Will tako
all lmmcdlato responsibility, but Invito depart
ment's wishes. Shall old metal of superstruc
ture and tho llko be saved 1 Friends of tho dead
should understand that wo aro In tbo tropics.
Chaplain Chldwlck charged with all matters
relatlvo to tho dead. His conduct 1. boyond
praise. Don't know what reports are bclnc
prlntod, but the Intcnsoly active representatives
of the press hero have been very conslderato ef
me and my position."
" Divers report moro bodlci In wreck," said
Capt. Sigsbcc. " Somo In hnmmocks Involved
in ddbria, probably not recognizable."
Tho wrecking company which secured tho
contrnct for railing tho Malno nro not losing any
tlmo In getting to work. Two telegrams were
received from tho Mcrrltt-Chepman Derrick
and Wrecking Company by Judgo Advocate-General
Leraly this afternoon. Tbcy said that tbo
wrecking steamer Merrijt nnd tho wrecking
lighter Sharp left for Havana last night, and
the Underwaters, with the chief wrcckmastcr,
would probably leave Boston on Saturday. The
assistant wrcckmaster w ill also go to Havana
by tbo Ward lino stcamor, leaving Now York on
Saturday. Thcro was a significant clause In
serted In tho contract between tbo Government
and the wrecking company.
The representatives of tbo wrecking com
panies wero unoasy about tho risks their valu
able vessels and machinery would run in Ha
vana harbor through the hostile feeling felt
toward tho Unltod States and the suspected do
sire of tho Spanish authorities to prevent ex
amination of tho Maino's hull and tbe waters
in which It Is lying. Tho Government repre
sentatives agreed to insert this clause, which is
in itself warning to Spain to leave tho wreckers
alono:
"Tho party of tho second part (tho Govern
ment) will protect tho parties of tho first part
(tho wrecking company) against Interference or
Interruption in tho progress of tbo work, and
will relmburso to them any port tharges paid
at Havana."
Tho vindication of Capt Slgsbee, his officers,
and crew will depend very largely upon the re
port of tbe special hoard now endeavoring to
fathom the mystery of the Maine disaster. The
utmost confluence In felt by all ofllclals of tho
Navy Department In tho conduct of Capt. Slgs
bee. both precodlngand following tho wreck, and
thero has been nn suspicion that thcro wu. lack of
discipline or of observance of every precaution
known to tho nnval service Tho investigating
board will most certainly refer to tho discipline
of tho vessel previous to tho explosion, and If
thcro is the slightest doubt that ltnasnotupto
tho requirements of the navy. It will most cer
tainly so report. But from official sources and
private Information It Is mado plain that not
only was tho Malno perfectly disciplined, but
that she was known to the North Atlanllo
fleet as one of t ho best offlcored vessels of the
whole aggregation. Her officers wero mon ex
perienced In various lines of naval development,
nnd had absoluto confidence in t heir commander.
Ofllclally ovory one of them and the sailors who
escaped death nro yot attached to tho Maine,
and will so remain until rellovod by
formal orders of the department. Just when
theso orders will be Issued has not been yet de
termined, but It Is moro likely that tbo Maine's
crow will still bo a port of that efblp until tho
investigating board completes its labors and
end. Its conclusions to tho Washington au
thorities. When this will be nobody knows.
Secretary Long sh) b tbo board may tomploto
taking tcstimouy nnd observations nt Havana
thU week, and in that eiont It will Immediately
thereafter nrnceod to Key West to hear addi
tional evldenco, Cnpt. HIgbbce. Executive
Olllcer Walnwrlght. tho surgeon, tho Paymas
ter, nnd tho others nt Havana have nil
told tholr story. Until tho divers, there
fore, bring to the surface something addi
tional, ami mure light Is cast on the
uncertainly thnt still exists as to the real
causo of the Maine's loss, tho board will re
main at Huvuna nnd await developments. It
Is regarded by tbo loading naval ofllclals here
thnt tho rrports of tho divers will bo far
mure impmtant in assisting tho board to
roach Hiiiiia conclusion than the toHtlmnny
of thoolllcersand men who uscapud. Poidbly
('apt. Hlgslxo hail somo Important opinions
which nono but mcmbcrH of tho board know of,
and Mr. Walnwrlght. his right hand man, may
havo boon abln to present somo facts which ho
would not ho Jusllllod In announcing Just now,
oven to tho Navv Dunartmcnt. It Is bo
llovod hern that. If cither of thcso olllrrrs
had discovered Hlnro tha Malno g.ink that
tlirougli somo fault of any limn on board
tho usual stops bail not been taken to
guard ngalnst accidental explosion thoy would
not have niinnuncoil such opinions to nnyono
except tho epi-ilal examining board. In nil tho
despatches that linn i unio from Havana to the
department ( apt. Sigslieo lion been careful tn Ig
nore refurciic-o aa to I ho probable cause of I ho loss
of his shin. The nnmo serrei-y hns been observed
b) thoolllcora lit Key Wrat, although tho en
list ed men I hnro luuo I it fire in giving opin
ions. This was tu bo cxpoi led, however. The
olllrlals appreciate Iho well-Know n fiuulllloiof
Jackles Iniixuggcrateoxdtiiiglntldcnts bikIi nn
thnt at Havana, nnd for that reasun place no
reliance In thUr remarks,
Just us ho was It-living tho Nnvv Department
for tho day Secretary long made this state
ment; " Nothing has como to-day except the dospatch
thnt hns tiren pusleil. ITIils referred to Capt.
Hlgsbeo's early tulegniii.l Iho department
knows no moro at this tlum than it did llvo
minutes nfter it reir-lwd Capt, Hlgsbeo's de
spatch reporting the disaster,
-Mr. Louuwoia tn r-trietary Alger's ofllco this
afli-rnoon. ltoferrliiglii thli llt liorald:
"I had n kecrnt imiferenio this afternoon
with tho Secretin) of War. I hoped to luuot
somo reporters on my return, so that I might
tell them allHlioiitlt. riiforluniitel)- I did not
seo one, whereas 1 have met nt least six uwry
tlmo I have gone nutslilu myolllep, .My )iur
poseln railing on Iho Secret nry of War was to
congratulate him on his restoration to health,"
All this was Intended ns a sly rap at the new
Journals, whoso representatives basts found
something algiilflraiit in every action of the Sec
retary of tbo Navy alnco tbo Malno disaster.
Halo Co,, Most Pradnea Ilsokaig,
Peak, at export prtoeii all styles. Ado,
THE SITUATIONS PERILOUS
PRESIDENT M'KINLEX'S VIEWS HE
POUTED DT A DIG II OFFICIAL.
It tbe tWard or Inquiry round That the Iot
or tbe Malno Wa. Cauaed by it lubmarlua
Mine, It Would lie lurrjelent to Cau.e This
Uovernment to Declare War on "pain
The Poople Would Mt Allow tbo Govern
ment to Tafae Any Other Course Prep
aration, for nn Bmenreaey Continue.
Washington, Fob. 24. President MoKlnley
and Secretary Long are .till Inclined to believe
that tho Malno met her fate through nn acci
dent, but thoy are by no moon, committed to
that opinion. What view, they havo will bs
abandoned if thoy do not agree with the finding,
of tho Board of Inquiry, in the Judgment of
which tho Administration ha. every con
fidence. Tho President ha. talked with
aoveral of hi. friends In Congress about
tho disaster, and has oxprcssod hliuiolf freely
to them. Among those with whom ho spoke on
tho subject to-day woro Vice-President Hobart
and Senator. Spoonor and Hale. According to
ono of tho callers, the President made uso of the
statonicnt that tho country was resting on a vol
cano which might erupt at any tlmo, and showod
very clearly that ho did not regard a resort to
war as beyond tbe limits of probability. If, be
.aid, tho Board of Inquiry ascertained that
tho losa of tho Malno wa. causod by the ex
plosion of a submarine mine, war would be
inevitable. It would pot matter, he said,
whether tbe mlno was exploded without tho
cognizance of tbo Spanish authorities; tho fact
that tbo Malno had been allowed to anchor over
such a dangorou. device that could bo fired by
some irresponsible ofllcer of tho Spanish .or
vlco, whose feollng. of enmity toward
the Unltod States might Induce him to
send the Maine to the bottom and destroy
much human life by moroly pressing a button,
would be sufficient to cause this Government to
declare war on Spain. The country, said the
President, according to The Bcn'b informant,
would not allow the Government to take any
other course.
Preparation, for an emergency continue,
although everything 1. done in the qutetoet
manner possible. Thoro was somo tolegraphlo
correspondonee to-day between the Navy De
partment and Admiral Bunco, Commandant of
Brooklyn Navy Yard, which is .upposed to re
late to the preseno. of the Vlzcaya in
Now York harbor. It wa. .aid this
afternoon that the Vlzcaya would bo
watched until .ho wa. known to be bound for
Havana or .ome port not in tho United States.
The telegrams to and from Admiral Bunco may
have related to that reported intention. The
monitor Terror, whose hasty preparation for
service wa. completed last night, loft tho Nor
folk Navy Yard early thl. morning, bad later
in tho day dropped anchor in Hamp
ton Road, to await order, in connec
tion with the Vizcaya. Secretary Lonr
said this evening that no new ordor. had bcon
Issued to tbo Terror. It is now more than prob
able that she will go to New York If theVixcaya
proceeds directly thenco to Havana. The reports
from sevoral States that inquiries have been
made of militia organizations a. to tholr gon
cral efficiency, the number of men who could
be avallablo for .ervlce outside their States,
and how many men could bo recruited in
twonty-four hour.' notion, are not based
on letters-Bent ouMHtb the knowledge of tho
Secretary of War. They may have been made,
however, by the Division of Military Informa
tion, which Is constantly gathering data in rela
tion to tho condition of the militia force, and
ascertaining how many mon could bo depended
on for service If war should occur. A meeting
of the Adjutant Generals of the various States
was held recently In St. Louis, and It wa. sug
gested at tho War Dopartment to-day that the
questions to commanders of militia organiza
tions may have been formulated at that meeting.
To-day tho Navy Department completed a
statement showing the number of men that
would be mustered by the naval militia at the
call of the Government. New York and Massa
chusetts were the .trongest organizations for
years, but the activity of the Chicago battalion
has resulted in its leading all others. Illinois
claims to have tho most perfectly organized and
disciplined naval reserve in tbe country, al
though tho navy people .ay that Massa
chusetts and New York, bolng older and
more experienced, aro better. Chicago',
fresh-water sailor., with officer, mustered
In, number 523 men, but tho report,
of the Governor indicate that this forco could
be largely augmented if necessity arose. New
York I. next in point of strength, with 472, thon
Massachusetts, with 441; California, with 880;
New Jersey, with 304; Maryland, with 240, and
the other Eastern and Southern States with or
ganizations varying from 225 In Georgia to 4-4
In Virginia, where an organization ha. just been
perfectod. Every Stato from Massachusetts to
Louisiana, following tho coast line, now sup
ports reserves. Tho inland States bavlng or
ganization, aro Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and
Missouri.
That thcro is plenty of available matortal for
enlarging the enllstod fores of the navy to an
unlimited extent bns beon so apparent In the
past weok that no doubt is entertained by the
naval ofllclals of their ability to sooura all
tho sailors that would be required to man
every ship that could be placed in .er
vlce, except auxiliary cruisers and mer
chant vessols. There would, however, be
a lack of regular naval ofllcer. for all those
ships, end an emergency would compel thonavy
to seek the merchant service or naval reserve
organizations for proper men to command and
officer some of tho smaller vessels. The Navy
ltoglster shows that In peace times there are
sufficient officers for tho ships completed, but
that with full complements there would be
necessity of drawing on the merchant service,
especially for englneors nnd minor deck officer.
An estimate mado by tho Navigation Bureau
of thenuiuber of ofllcer. that would bo roqulrod
with tbo present nnvy on a war footing shows
that, wbllo thoro would be sufficient for tho
Bhlpsathand, few If any would bo left oerto
fill vacancies caused by casualtlos, shore duties
or service on auxiliaries. The medical
corps Is already short by seventeen; tha
engineers hnvo complained for year, of a
dearth In their corps, aud tho pay corps wants
twouty moro. Of the deck mon, those who
would fight tho ships, the nnvy Is not much bet
tor oil In numbers. I'.issago of the pending
Personnel bill would materially rollovo present
conditions in this branch of tho service.
A DOT VA1U1HT IN INDIANA,
tin Mend. Ill "avlns.. HI Two-Cent Stamp,
lo Help Ilullil u llnrablp.
Washington, Feb. 21. In Socretary Long',
mail to-day w a. an en volopo containing ti euty
four two cent postage stamps and this latter
from Dan Wnlllngford,7 ) cara old, of 442 North
Penn streot, Iudlanapoll.;
"I hivo been wanting to do somoihlng for my
country. I think now Is tho time, so I send you
all Iho pennies I bavo to help build a new ship,"
Thero hub another nuto In the envelope from
Dan's mother. Sho said tho boy was n great
reader of American history and patrlntlo liter
ature, nnd had written the letter nnd nont the
stnmps entirely without suggestion from any
other peisun, Thustainps were purchased with
money from tils saings bank, and represented
nil it contained. An appropriate lotter of
thanks will be sent to tho joung patriot. The
Navy Department does not know what to do
with the stamps. Olllclalaof Secretary Iins'
olllce Bay that they think tho next battleship
oould appropriately be named the "Dan Wall
Ingforrt, but the law provide, that all battleship,
hall be called aftor tho States of the Union,
Perhaps the very smallest torpedo boat which
Cougrea. will nuthgrlxo this year may tit named
lit bJj hew
SPAIN WON'T BELL CUBA.
sVeadlaa- Hen la Madrid Receive tbe (
lion with Inclination.
Special Colli Deipatch to Tn Box.
London, Feb. 24. A .poolat despatoh to tbo
Standard from Madrid .ay. that tho corre
spondent of that paper ha. been gathering the
opinion, of statesmen on tho suggestion that
Spain should soil Cuba to the Unltod Btatos.
Tho correspondent says be found all parties,
including tbe Republican, and other, who
oppose tho Government, amazed and in
dignant at tho .ugge.tion, which, it
1. hold, would expose the monarchy
and Government to an irresistible popular '
movement, supported by the army and nary, re
sisting tho idea of surrendering Bpanlsh right.
in the island.
Financiers make the practical objeotlon that,
in view of tho fact that tho Cuban
debt, which already exoeod. 9300,000,000,
Is almost entirely held by Spaniards,
who in addition have a vast amount of
capital ongagod in tho Wost Indies, the price
suggested would not satisfy half the compensa
tion required.
None of the Mlnl.tora would entertain tho
.ugge.tion.
TI1E COItTES TO BE DISSOLVED.
flasasta Will Run Tblnr. fbr a Wblls Without
lha Aid or That Body.
SiHl CabU Deipatch to Tn. Bm.
Madiud, Feb. 24. At a counoll of tho Minis
ters to-day, at which tho Queen Itegent presided.
Prime Minister Sagosta announced that tho Cab
inet had arrived at tbe decision that thoro was
nothing in domestic affairs or any International
question which necessitated the further post
poning of tho dissolution of tbe Cortes, particu
larly a. the preparation, in Cuba and Porto
Rico were sufficiently advanced to allow tho
elections for the new insular Assemblies taking
place concurrently with tho elections in Spain.
He said that he would therefore ask her Ma
jesty to sign a decree of dissolution, fixing the
eleotloni for Doputles on Marob 23, and for
Senators on April 3, and fixing tho time for the
meeting of Parliament on April 24.
The Queen Regent will sign tho decree to
morrow or Saturday.
SPANIARDS EXPECT WAR.
JM Iuba Advise, the Government (to Get
Beady to Fight the United State.
Havana, Fob. 24. An editorial in La Lueha
thl. afternoon advises tho Government to pre
pare itself for war with th. United Btates.
SPAIN IN FINANCIAL HOT WATER.
Bondholder near That the Coupon Went Be
nedeemod on Tlmo.
tptelal CabU Diiratch to Tn Sen.
London, Feb. 24. Tho Evening Jfetet say.
that tho holders of Spanish bonds are greatly
alarmed at tho serious news received from
Madrid to tho effect that tho Bank of Spain will
only tako tbo coupons duo on April 1 with re
course Tho principal Anglo-Spanish bankers In Lon
don, who wero interviewed on the subject thl.
afternoon by a StJN reporter, bollove that if tho
report that tbe coupon, due on April 1 will only
be taken with recourse is correct, it meanB that
the Government ba. not put the Bank of Bpaln
in a position to redeem the coupon.. If tho bank
la not indemnified by the Government, thoso who
have obtained the money will havo to repay it.
This, the banker, believe, I. a grave situation,
and indicates the Government's embarrass
ment. The bank is safeguarding itself, and will not
guarantee that ' 'o coupons will be paid. Possl
slbly they will be paid in pesetas or Spanish pa
per instead of gold. Tbe bondholder, are also
fearful that a tax will be put upon the coupons
or that the discount will bo reducod. One of
tbe leading Anglo-Spanish firms adds:
"Certainly there is a great question whether
Spain will meet tho coupons integrally. Tho
heavy fall in Spanish oxebango Is e-trong evi
dence of the difficulties of tho Government,
Thero Is no large amount of Spanish coupons
held In London, still tho firm has never consid
ered tbe position in which Spanish credit has
stood at the European capitals as Justified.
They havo largely watered tbolr currency with
notes, and will very llkoly ask tho bondholders
to wait or take payment on account,"
M'KINLET PREPARED TO ACT.
go Hay. G.n. W. II. Ponoll Artor an Interview
with the President.
Bbllbtiixe, I1L, Feb. 24. Gen. William n.
Powell, who returned last night from Washing
ton, say. that ho had several interview, with
President McKlnley about tbo Malno affair.
Gen. Powell was In command of the regiment In
which McKlnley .erred during tho civil war.
The two have been closo personal friends ever
since. As a mark of thl. friendship tho Presi
dent oppointed.Geu. Powell Colloctorof Internal
Rovenue for tbo Southern Illinois district In
spitoot tbo fact that tbe full strength of the
State organization was exorcised in favor of
State Senator A. J. Willoughby.
"Tho President said to me," the General said
to-day, "that ho was only waiting for a com
plete report from tho naval Board of Inquiry,
and that should It report that our sailors mot
tbelr deaths through Spanish treachery, he wa.
prepared to act ntonco and In a manner which
would meet with tho npprovalof every loyal
American cltlzon,"
(ion. Powill says he also had opportunity
to learn from tho highest sources that prepara
tions li.r war were being pushed with tho ut
most vigor,
"I havo no doubt," ho says, "that Havana
harbor win mined and that tho Maine was sent
to anchor over a bed of torpedoes at tho lnstanco
of Spanish (illlcluls. Whether the mine was ex
ploded under their direction I cannot say, but
Spain's responsibility Is just the same. I nm
coin inccd that President McKlnley Is tho right
man for tbo tnsk now before him, and that ns
soon " SuiiiIh1i tronchory is formally proved
lilspnllr) will bo rigid enough to lueot the ap
proval evtu of tho most pronounced Jingoes."
ThcUuicralwcntou to explain that President
Mi'Kinley at their last Interview was not satis
fled as to the prcciso character of tho explosion.
KPAN1SH LINER BUT,
Panama Wouldn't Let Iho Marine IleperUr.
Aboard at Uuuranllnr.
Tho Spanish line steamship Panama, which
arrived last night from Havana, dropped anchor
atQuarantlno at 0:110 o'clock, andtlio marlno
reporter, put out In n small boat to board
her. She bad two Spaniards as passengers.
Cant. Quovodo refuted to lot tho reporters on
tho ship. This Is thellrst time lu tho history of
tbe line that ono of its vessels ha. debarred tho
Quarantine reporter..
Ceu. Howard liUUa to Ballst Again.
MoNTl'KUSlt, Vt., Feb. 24. Gen. O. O. How
ard, U. S. A retired, said to-day that he I.
ready to enlist it tbe country needs his services
in a clash with Spain, If the Vermont National
Guard would not take him, be said, he would go
to Alain, whwa ha aulUtod (or tto rebellion.
RISING ANGER IN HAVANA. 9
SPANISH WITNESSES AT THE COURT jfrfl
OF INQUIRY CRT BAD FAITH. 'B
n
Tbry Hay tbe Court Tried to Get An.wera from 'xm
Them That Were Agnlnst the Aecldsas MM
Theory More Cairo or Unoipteded Powder 'wfl
rtfcovered Four More Hallor. Heat Rome. 'f !
Havana, Fob. 24. Thcro Is a groat deal of mM
excitement hero among tho Spaniard, on act- 'iiiM
count of the proceeding, today before tho Court '''IH
of Inquiry, which examined somo thirty wit- mW
nesscs of the Malno disaster. $iw
Tho Spaniard, declare that the question MM
put to thorn by tho court woro all in bad n
faith, and thnt tho court continually tried A
to obtain answers opposing tho theory bjm
that tho disaster was tho result of accident. YyU
There I. n great deal of excllod comment in tbe v'J
city at tho tlmo this dospatch is filed. vM
Among tho witnesses of tho dlsaBtor were two &'
passengers on the steamer City of Washington, iffl
which was anchored near the Maine. Their name) vfl
nro Rothschild and Whltmoro. Tholr testimony 'M
is said to havo been vory important. Capt, QM
Teasdale of the English sailing vossel Dlrawas ft'M
also a witness. "'i J
Another wltnois was Mr. Vanslcklen, manager $M
in Havana of tho Standard Oil Works. He la tym
said to hnvo seen tho oxploslon of the Maine) m
from Tall a Plodra, across tho bay. gB
Aftor taking all this testimony on board tha $m
Mangrove Iho Court of Inquiry wont to tha H
Malno and thero examined tho diver, again 9
and secured furthor evldenco that is declared to ,sj
bo of great significance. .iJ
Tbe dlvors brought up this afternoon several fcfl
moro cases of powder for tho ton and six
Inch guns. Tho powdor now appears to bo j'B
dissolved by tho action of the water, but tho J'jj
cases havo not tho least mark of an vM
explosion. Tho diver, say that many ' 'M
moro uncxplodcd cases are still under water. gM
and particularly of powder for tho 10-Inch (runs. $9
In that magazine twonty-flvo tons of powder &
wero stored. jjl
Tho diver, nlso brought up to-day two dress i'j-'M
uniform, bolonglng to officers of the Maine and '& I
soveral dining-room chairs. Tho wrecking tug j I
Right Arm suspended work to-day at 1:30 P. M. '1 I
Tbe soarchllgbt boat made some And. which T I
aro said to bo important, and which were jjl
promptly sent to tho Fern.
Tho Dacha left port at 5 P. M carrying to th '
Dry Tortugas tho wounded sailor. Waters.
Loftus, Heffon, and Shea. W
Mack and Wobbor remain on board tha 3L i
Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII. Cabin. Allen, f,
Matlason and Holtzer remain in tho Hospital ft
San Ambroito. At a late hour Uoltzer's con- ijj
ditlon was regarded a. very critical. ,'J,
WITNESSES IN HAVANA.
About Thirty Mm Toll Wbat They Saw at tha f
Maine fCxploslon Gen. X,ee Testifies. jh
Havana. Fob. 24. Tho number of poraons who
havo testified before the Court of Inquiry, not
including the officers and crow of tbe Maine, Is -
about SO. Many of them were eyewitnesses of
tho catastrophe, who wero near the battleship v
at the moment of the oxploslon, either while W
crossing the harbor or loosing at tho Malno ft
from tho Bhoro. jit
Tbelr top tlmony is kept absolutely secret and S I
confidential. Though It is impossible to oscer-
tain what its nature is, tho testimony 1. consld- h
red to be of great Importance as corroborating j
the conclusion, arrived at through the dlscov- - i
erios made by tho divers and the reports of th
officers and crew of the Malno. ';.;
The Government's divers yesterday gave their p
testimony boforo the board. Later in the day i,'
tbe divers of the wrocklng company appeared f;
before the court, and the correspondent has rea- f.
son to Bay that their deposition doe. not differ 1'
from that of tho Government's divers. ti
Consul-General Lee vialted the Mangrovo this Ju
morning to make his report to tho Court of In- .
qulry. It was a long ono, and at 2 o'clock in tho f
afternoon tho American Consul-General was .'',
still on board.
It I. generally bellovod that the Court of In ;
qulry will leave to-morrow or the day after for
Key West, where thoy will continue their In
quirlea and draw up their report. ,"
Flo diver, aro working to-day, and besides ,
tbem tho wrecking tug Right Arm has dono J
very good work. Tbo divers havo not made any fj
very Important finds so far to-day. Everything
they bring up Is carried to the Fern, and no f
quostlons by outsiders are answered. $
The Baobe will leavo to-day for Dry Tortugas, .;
taking tbe two wounded Bailors of the Maine, i
John Heffon and D. Shea. Four wounded sail
or. remain in tbo Havana hospital. Anions J
tbem Is F. C. Holtzer, and It is almost certain v
that he will soon dlo. .
Tbe Diario dt la Marina publishes to-day a v
fierce attack uponTiiE Sun and other New York i
paper, for tbolr roports on the Maine affair, and -
trie, to prove that tho catastrophe was due to ij
an accident, and not to any mine or torpedo.
Tho theory most generally advanced by th ''
Spaniards here is that tho disaster wa. due to ,
carelessness on tho vessel.
Miss Clara Barton enthusiastically continues ;
her charitable work in behalf of the reconcen- 11
trados. Bbe has sent to day thirty tons of pro- f
visions, clothes and modlclnos to Clenfuegos, t
around which city tho situation of the recsa- .'
centrados is reported to bo terrible. f.
TERROR IN HAMPTON ROADS.
Tbe Monitor Leave Kerrolb and Takes Stall, 1
orr Old Point. ft
Norfolk, Vn Feb. 24. Not sinco the famous
Confederate Ironclad Merrlmae steamed out of ,
tho harbor thirty-six years ago to meet tho mys-
terlous "choesebox on a raft" has thore b.sn
eo much excitoment hero ovor the calling of a 'i
war vessel as that which attended tho departure C
of tho Terror from tho navy yard to-day. Th i,
monitor swung out Into the channel at fifteen .
minutes after 10 o'clock and ualutod the com- .
inandant. Before tbo saluto could be returned i
tbo wharves were black with peoplo on both vt
Bides of tho harbor and all available roofs and
windows were occupied. The throng numbered '
many thousands. t
The Terror at a four-knot gait dropped down f
tbo river In alienee. Her crew.crowded forward, j
wero motionless. A little before noon sh ?
anchored oft Old Point, whore she remained all
the afternoon. ' D
It Is Impossiblo to loam hero tho vessel's final J
destination. Commodore Forquhar when asked J
about tho mattor merely said she had gone to ' I
Old Point, When asked whether she had sailed & 1
under scaled orders, ho said that he would not - 9
tell ovrn If bIio had. Ho intimated that th " .'
vessel had no ordors from here except to go to
Old Point. It Is thought that she 1. awaiting
furthor Instructions there. J
Commodore Farquhar, when asked as to th
availability of other vessels at tbe yard for ser- ,
vice, said that tho repairs to the torpedo boat
Wlnelow would bo finished by Monday, and that ' j
the delay In getting the l'ooto ready Is due to '
the non-arrival of tbe shaft Intended to re
place tbo one which gnvo way while tbo boat . )
was at sea, Tho shaft is being dupllcatodby 4
the builders. ;l
The Puritan will be bore for soveral weoks, as
necessary repairs cannot bo completed before
that time. A second company of naval reserves ' ,'
nus organized hero tonight. A battalion will j
bo formed, Tjy
uim
lore Npanlth Soldier In Cuba. 2
Havana, Feb. 24. The steamer Montevideo f,
arrived this morning at Havana, from Bar- !.
celoua, with 1.0HU Spanish toddlers, sent to re- f;
lulurco the anuy in Cuba. il
Tho Lnko Shore Limited. f I
Afternoon a hour train to Chicago, via New Tors: T I
Central Lake bUoro route. I.eaTet f.ew York 6 P. U. J.1
every day i arrlfe Chicago a l M, next day, Uot ;
luxurious train la th world-Aa. ,).
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