DIVERS AT WORK. The American Force Increased by Arrival of Wrecker. HARD TO FIND BODIES, It is Feared That Many Were Blown to Pleces - Spaniards in Havas Take Great Interest in the Viieaya-The Backbone of the Maine Reported to he Torn Asunder. A cable from Havana, says: —The city is qulet, though the public and private greet. ings to the Spanish erusier Vizeaya, which just arrived have not lessened in fervor. I'he officers of the Vizcaya paid ceremon- ial visits to Admiral Manterola and Captain General Blanco The wreoking { . J. Merritt, of Merritt & Chapman Wrecking and Dredging Company, nanded by Captain D, A Wolcott, arrived from New York Wednes- day. Later in the day, she moved a barge near the wreck and began work. Fred J. Sharp {8 here in charge for the company. The Merritt is a powerful boat, but another and bigger tug is expected bere shortly, The Right Arm will probably re- main as she can be usefu! wrecking company expects from now on to keep four expert divers at work, Two Spanish divers are at work about the wreck, and it is understood they will re- port to the Spanish board appointed to in quire into the cause of the disaster, Cap- tain Peral is the president of Board of Inquiry. It is reported that not expect to zones of the explosion, but bodies will be recovered from the wreck as the divers remove The divers, who rking ward, are encountering contin ties, and it is certain the new tional men 1 complete hasten the work of salvage. It is feared that many of blown to pieces, w the failure to find 1 pected, the comzy as long he Spanish ln rn find any r of are w tugs, nngrating apparatu KEEL SAID TO BE BROKEN, to The Backbone of be Torn Asunder. the Maine Heported A Havana des Says explosion or t warship, pa “The Maine was t« ¢ x pl y Its keel { pieces are separate ‘Experts on exple dition of affairs has been that the breaking of the ship could not § an {nside ex show the effect to starboard. tis present con of the bd its natural | keel by the first ward, The keel itself until it was lapsed in position i SAILORS GIVE TESTIMONY. Practical Close of the Inquiry at Kes Weat, A despatch from Key The United States Naval ( the loss of the cruiser ion here at 10 o'clock Wed Maine re Maine resg nesday m examined understoc conling « here, The fact is be days pass that any the members of the the loss of the those appearing t unusual Practically no the court has been tions are so severs that the ¢ between the naval men who fore the court have been most guarded, Naval officers at this station are not connected with the court express the guard- ed view that very little oy has yet been heard tending to show that the explo sion was the result of a conspira 'Y Or &5 10 the exact cause of the disaster, The testimony Wednesday practically cluded the fuquiry here, The board now return to Havana, CIOREneRs, disclosed, ymmunieation have who testimo SHIP BLOWN ASHORE, Against Vessel's Side, THE NEWS. capital stock of 25000000 and branches in nearly every foreign country. organized and will resist arrest for it did to society, Reports from Skaguay conflrm the rumor mit Lake, Skaguay and troops are there enforolng or- der, The Monetary Commission has completed the organizations in many of States of the Union, and in all the States organizations are under way, into Halifax with and thorwise the Alpha, Herbert A. Davis, postp at Va., was arrested for | her shaft broken disabled, She was Lroug! Meetze, wneellation E. S 1} t, Iministrator of Henry Shepherd, sue ys B. & © Martinsburg wouut of Shepherd's I'l mount of damages receivers at loath, claimed Is 10,000, had a r ithe Dan of the posse Five men in Bayard, Nel fight with baodits, who robb Bayard several days ago, Tw were shot, after whi glars thelr escape The American clipper ahip Tacoma ed at Tacoma, Wash,, winning a race 000 miles from Philadelphia to Wacom She defeated the Indiana arriy of 10.- 138 days. nlest, of Jamest Mayor Osear F, 1 has made a general assignme t of bis cre estate was the cause, Baltimore and has gh INCTaRse ti } passeng Hauger at Mont engther gragght Privat iifed St Robbery was he Invalid agreed on ¢ ¥ son bill extandis 27, 1890, the the SDOTL reported 1 benefits of June Gag nen nfederate army leas than six and who aot to who served I 5 £y th fs t months fn the ( 1864, and di Northern St Mrs, fe o rv left her hom d not enlist out of a prison ate, George Davidson, aged twenty e at St, Joseph, Mich. with her The woman with the ehil ed inio the river. The woman's bod; laybreak. The body tue Iake, two-weeks- Cyrus E. Breder, former cashier of the First National Bank of Bethlehem, Pa. who pleaded guilty on February 21 to the smbes- MINE Naval Opinion at Havana on Cause of Maine Wreck. FACTS HARD TO GET. Very Little Information Said to Have Been Galned from Members of the Court or the Witnesses Hypothetiesl tions Fut by Correspondents are Kaslly Evadeod, Ques A cable despateh fro: Without adding unnecessarily to surmises, conjecture, and cerning the finding of the court of it is falr to say that, as ms of the naval officers here and at Ke y lucline to the opinion that the court will find that the disaster to the Maine was caused by the explosion of a floating submarine mine under the port side of amidships, this mine was made of Havana, says the flood of prophecy, con inquiry, tter of fact, most West Me AOTWAI r as to whether high exg colton or ordinary Opinions dif 1 such yan ORIves, as wet and dry gun powder, exist that the bu y tha r, but siso ions ngree, not mines in the har laid near war r, and was fired by a flash sx } Hie Was purposely where foreign vessels were fron attery on shore, It is believed barely po on of the mine was carviessuess or Ignorance « mine circuit, but the } rharge of the station Koya the tter supposition y be probable Itis iurther re. | as settind by the ev tthe port side bull forward os. and Maine, Rinm eleiy i tha own Joie t explosion on the exonpt ‘AAes ( are great reserve + that their STRUCK BY A TRAIN Killed Two Beriously Injured. Persons and y the ah ME, SINGERLY DEAD, The Noted Publisher Stricken by Heart NDisense vart disease ioath, 8 fis In b ngeriy's Meredith, and two His son-in-law, James eft a low came, leaving Mr. Sing heaith, apart fr + ards fell over dead. time were Mr, Bi vants, moments before end in good ad freq Mr. Slogerly that his } fs a resuit of excessive smoking was to a “dry smoke, fev ¢ ioneaq his custom take Sunday, he it is thought that the smoke brought « coughing spell, the severity of which rp tured of the heart. Mz, Singerly leaves a daughter, Mrs, E. Singeriy Balch, who is at present touring Edrope, the A vesanj YOREIGN A¥FALIRS, Thanksgiving services were hold in Athens And other parts of Greece over the escape of King Ceorge from assassination, when two men fired at him while be was out riding In company with bis daughter, the Princess Marla, Food is scarce in many of the provinces of Bpain, and bread riots are of almost dally occurrences, Frederiek ol the de ad, Tennyson, poet, eldest brother lute poot laureate of England, Is A requiem mass for the repose of the souls of those lost on the Maine was celebrated in Paris, I'wo English capsized in a drowned ho ( government and sixteen cutters wero Hale, persons hinese government has agreed to open Yuen-Chau, on Lake Tung-Ting-Tu, as A treaty port, but d proposal ten clines to ling to the entertain any f abolit §} apontion of Likin dues M. Zola was foun iity and to one sentenced ne of manager of the whie Ape i : hi charges was year in prison and to frances, M. pay af ,000 Perreax, to imprisonment followed the trial, freser was require Zola { lL 3 MMleers of the er VO investigate § reported that tarvation and A decreas solving the SUNDAY MARRIAGES VALID, of the Supreme Court Mas an Important Sequel, Abou FED PREOYLE Bob “Dearer Yuosesn 8 or, and s marked by his memor- as Ham 1HT7R snes as Mathias and AL 20 lot: his Louis dates from March, and it will be f next De. Ly- years at the sad « Deoatme ruler the 16 trustees of Cornell Und ted Chariea De Garmo, Hege, to the the science and art of « cation. Albert Edward, of Wales, has beaten one pecord of his predecessor, George Iv. of the English time, Prince Free Masons for the 24th of interest at the next COM. W N Greece's Ruler Shot At Seven Times, HE ESCAPED UNHURT. Wonld-be Ambushed Carringe and Wounded Great Excitement Event His wn Footman the the Avnassing in Athens Over The First shot Missed, but Becond Wounded a Footman i attempt wa fissassinate King Geor I'he King was return 2 0 clock In the evenin the 1 } Were Ki anied v anied by rincess hidden | with “i fire party dashed creants The King dress ty declares he was FIELD OF LABUK, operative works to { Wheeling uni workers g thanks to Unionists have § of mail t Congressman sided the unionists The Amalgamated and Joiners « revented the intr cars at Detroit. City Coune Carpenters ! iritain has a total | membership of 55,017 and 737 branches The Royal Arcanum of Brooklyn, is | sidering a plan for the formation of an em- Great SO DOINGS OF COXNGUHEAS, The members of the House Committees on Indian affairs visited the Indian school st Carlisle, Pa, A blll for the establishment of a govern ver homing Lis Was Representative of plgec MeFwen ment protection o introduced by i New Jersey introduced a {the United the Union y the House & for lution of vid olenes Maiope Senator Woleott, 1 ernest, bil establishing sub-treasuries o sates in a efty of ench Biate of ong sent t ut the appro A 3 ea Bh Blates rest reservation ' Montava ai reserval y embraces 418 560 ’ WORSE THAN ARMENIA. No Ench Suffering in That Country as is Now Seen in Coba. TRAIN WHECKEEKS AT WORK. Fartianlly Successful Atten pt on the At. Iannis, Knoxville and Northern LATE INVENTIONS, her suet i o the paper and boid while the circle is belog draws. the in folding umbrella ited with screw sox ved for packing the SL win f 10 bold an ear of b for eating a A gevice is cor oo neat han die Lies Bi and hold it ri; made of a wire bow, with in the ito grasg In a newly patented pair of pliers the jaws are pemi-cireular and bave notehes ut a4 ntervals to fit different wiz nuts, so the pliers can be used as a wrench, twisted centre and spring each or the ear For use in place of toe ciips on a Licvele s in which a projection on the pedal fits to A feature | hold the rider's foot In piace. FLAMES DEVOUR FIVE Had Beon Locked Home. zlement of over £20 000 from the bank, was for sentenced to seven years in prison by Judge Batier, in the United States Distriet Court Bartholomew B. Bradner was murdered woman's hatpin being the The steamer Topeka arrived at Beattie, Wash., from Junesu. The officers | of the Topeka report that during a terrifies windstorm at Juneau last Sunday the steam- | wr Oregon was blown ashore on the Juneau | In Chicago, a fiats, weapon, She was lying in Juneau harbor at ancher General W. T. Taliaferro, commander of when the gale struck ber, and after strain- | the Virginia troops during the John Brown Just mencement of Roanoke College, at Va, on June 15, will be the graduation one of the five students from Corea now at that institution-~Klu Beung Barhi, who will be the first Corean to take the degres of Bachelor of Arts in Ameriea, or ia the world, {| ployment bureau to provide work its | Salem, | PIO) ] eo hol o iaok al members, | To bold crayons for blackboard or draw. : : - ‘ ' | ing work a tube ia fitted wi ) Cleveland Balldiog Trades Council want | 8 kK a tule 8 fitted With clampiog jaws a tahine ta ta . { at one end and a sliding rod at the other end a labor lyceum of its own, ! : i Toled $ toni \ th { {| to foree the ehalk into position. ‘oledo unionists complain that very few | p ' a } neumati esrtire Is used to ri 6 ne of the pupils of the Manual Training School | , © . eS pr tre Is used to ring & new | door bell, the push button pumping air inte | in that city, are the sons and daughlers of . in that city, are & | & tube, which bas a piston at the other end Children in Their and Joanna Bonner, who resided near Livingston, Ala., went to prayer meet. ing, leaving five children ranging in age from two to pine years at home alone. Jules ing her anchors for some time, she began to drag and, then with a tremendous speed, she Was buried on the flats. Several diers were huried bodily against the side of the vessel and some were killed, All day she lay In that position, the pas sengers sufferiog terribly as during the gale a dense fog and snowstorm prevalled, The thermometer registered § the fierce wind was pierceing cold, the gale abated, the vesse) nately the fla sullered no 80i- floated, i were soft and LE] Uregon inary, + the Upset Price, tending southeast from Memphis to Steven #00, Ala, a distance of at public outcry, The Southern ders, Tle sale was made necessary becatse of default fo payment of interest on the road's bonded debt. The Memphis and Charleston Rallroad Whs bees fu the bands of receivers lor mary years, Cyrus E. Breder, defaniting cashier of the First National Bank of Bethlehem, Pa., was The Laplanders and the reindeer intend ed for tbe Klondike relief expedition reach- ed New York on the steamer Manitoban, Thomas Williams was sent to the Grand Jury in Norfolk on the charge of sttempted There are large tracts of coal lands near Ratiroad which capitalists are beginning to A new road, about five miles jong, wiil Itisons of a by outside parties to develop hitherto jnae- ocessibin tracts of both conl and timber lands in Penns) ivania and West Virginia, Four persons Jost their lives by an ava. lanche which overwhelmed several houses, near Qu-oee, The damage to property will also be inrge. The John 8, Young Company's works, at Hanover, Pa., was burned, Four firemen were injured. Loss, $30,000; lunsuracce, $40,000, They locked the children in and left a blaz- ing log fire to keep them warm, Returning home, they saw in the distance their house in flames, They ran to it breath lesely, and reached the house just a moment before the roof fell in and could hear the pitecus eride of their children as they beat against the door and eried for help. In an- other moment the roof feli in, and before the flames could be subdued the flve ehiid- ren were charred corpses WEST VIRGINIA TRAGEDY, Boy Stabs His Mother Wha Was About to Chastises Him. George Collins, 12 years old, of Cairo, W, Ya, stabbed his nother tel times, while she was attempting to whip bim. Bhe ean not recover, At Mineral Wells, near Parkersburg, two old women, Edith and Linda « aplinger, lived together on a small farsi. The dress of Edith, who is 80 years old, caught fire and her sister Linda attempted to put it out. Both women ran to the yard ail ablaze aud feil to the ground, where they died, bu were pot discover Jd until two hours after- ward, the Queen of the Costors, She controls coster barrows and carte, and Is a woman, as wealth in ber class goes, park at the Spaulding Academy. it is the work of J. Massey DRhind, an sculptor, and represents the post home from the fleid after the his coat over one arm and a roll script In his right haad, Marie Gelstinger, who {2 now singing in comiog #ary to publish her certificate of baptism, ar the Berlin papers Were making her out much older than she really is. Khe born at Graz, in Austria, July 26, 1838 was christened, as a Calholie, 10 the names of Marte Charlotte Cecilia. Nieholas Geistinger, actor, drawing a pen= sion from Russia, President Dole a Contributor, A most substantial evidence of eympathy for the survivors of the Maine and the fam. files of the victims came to hand at the Navy Department in the shape of a check of #500 from President Dole, of Hawail. The money was turned into the Maine relics! fund, The experience of the New York State La- bor Bureau is that the ordinary | has passed his period of usefulness when he reaches the age of 45. SIX KILLED AT A FIRE, Terrible Explosion at Blase in Kalama. roo Deals Death te Firemen. Fire broke out in Hall Brothers’ labors. #ix firemen, While the firemen pul the fire oul in the second. i story, a terrific explosion took place, blow- {Ing up the entire side of the building. The | first expiorion was followed by two others, {| death of | were trying te { Firemen on the indder were blown in every | direction by the fenrful coneussion. MAN AND GIEL HANGED, Have Been Victims Cappers, An old Indian doctor and a little giz], whe kept house for him, have been found bang. ' jog from trees near their cabin at the bead of Itish Creek, near Morgantown, N. C. | The two came to Morgantown about a year ago, and spent most of their time in hunting { herbs, Threats have been made against the old man. | May of White A bandy garment banger which can be at’ tached to uny collar bas a chain in the cet tre, with a spiral spring on either side and pins at each end by which it is fastened te In a recently patented method of mount ing trolley poles on the oars a base Jrinmte carries four vertioal springs. which carry 8 plate on which the pole is Sounted on B pivoted joint with SPIinEs 10 press §t apninst the wire, the cushion base lessoning the shock to the wire of the ro#dking motion of Ted An accurate low.water alarm just placed rylag a piston, with a float at the outer end. which pulls the piston up as long as the water is high. but descends ang opens a valve, to give an alarm, as 000 as the Water gels low, To prevent accidents on trolley ears, the trucks are provided with forked frames, which extend on each side of the wheats and end in small wheels, resting on the track to push a person out of the way if he falls un der the car, the wheels being so small that they will not pass over anything Iviug on the track.
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