©
A union between China aud Japan
at this time would force the whole
world to put gn the thinking cap.
It is only in France that the French
population does not increase. Tn Can-
ada, Algeria and Tunis its incresses
rapidly.
Nidola Tesla tells the New ork
Sunday World that he has ‘‘harnessed
the rays of the sun” and will compel
them to operate machinery and give
light and heat. The invention is still
in the experimental stage, but he de-
clares theres is not a possibility of its
failure. He has discovered a method
of producing steam.from the rays of
the sun. The steam runs a steam en-
gine which generates electricity.
The growing plea for technical
schools as an important factor in the
advancement of industrial art in the
United States has received unequivo:
cal recognition the State of
Georgia, pioneer in the Southern pro-
gress of post-bellum years, notes the
New York Mail and Express. On the
eve of the Legislature’s adjournment
an appropriation of $10,000 was made
for the establishment of a textile school,
on condition that this sum be dupli-
cated by popular subscription. This
condition, we understand, has been
promptly met; and Georgia thereby
promises not only to give a new im,
pulse to her own textile industry, but
to furnish one more example of manu-
facturing foresight provocative of emu-
lation by her sister States in Dixie.
from
In science the year 1897 has given
no one discovery equalling in brilliant
impressiveness that of the X-ray or of
argon, thinks Harper's Weekly, but
for the first time in history a steam:
aeroplane of any considerable size has
lifted itself and flown a considerable
distance without the aid of hydrogen
or other gas; the third-rail system of
using electric power has been applied
successfully in the suburban passen-
ger trafic of steam railroads; all rec-
have been broken
and what
ords on the ocean
by improved steamships;
seem to be really substantial advances
have been made. in telegraphing with-
out wires. This is only part of along
record of attempt and achievement in
physical and mechanical science, but
if there were nothing else it would call
for admiration.
A whipping-post for the correction
of bad boys has been set up in Evans-
ville, Ind. The judge of the local po-
lice court is responsible for the inno-
vation, He was puzzled what to do
with boys indifferent to parental con-
trol, and hesitated to inflict the pen-
alty of a fine, which was really a pun-
ishment on the parent. He discov-
ered that an old statute permitting the
flogging of lawbreakers had not been
repealed, and at once set up the whip-
ping-post. Now, when a boy is found
guilty of misdemeanor, his father is
sent for and given his choice of paying
a fine, seeing his boy go to jail, or giv-
ing him a sound flogging with a strap
in the presence of an officer, whose
duty it is to sce that theré is no sham
about this punishment. There is sel-
dom need of the mentor’s interference,
the angry parent wielding the strap
to good purpose. The Humane So-
ciety felt impelled to interfere, but the
judge stood upon the law, and there
has been a marked decrease in the
number of boys brought before the |
court,
———————
Without taking into account the le-
gitimate losses occasioned by the war
in Cuba, it is estimated’ that the dep-
redations committed by General Wey-
ler upon the property of the insur-
gents will closely approximate in
value the sum of $77,000,000. The
bill of charges against the Spanish
butcher is itemized as follows: One
hundred thousand country houses and
50,000 dwellings in villages and ham-
lets destroyed, $16,000,000; 800,000
cocoa trees cut down, -$5,000,000;
1,000,000 palm trees destroyed, $10,-
000,000; 2,000,000 “fruit trees de-
stroyed, $1,000,000; 5,000,000 banana
plants destroyed, $125,000; 1000
tracts of boniatas and yuccas de-
stroyed, $2,500,000; 4,000,000 coffee
plants destroyed, $480,000; 3,000,000
small cocoa plants destroyed, $1,500,-
000; 2,000,000 horned cattle killed
outright, $30,000,000; 2000 horses
killed, $200,000; 500,000 cordels of
fencing. burned, $3,000,000; 300,000
hives of domestic bees destroyed,
$1,450,000; 650,000 head of sheep and
swine destroyed, $2,3000,000; 500,000
tierces of tobacco appropriated, $5,-
000,000. = To this inventory of out-
rages inflicted upon property must be
added the wholesale murders perpe-
trated by General Weyler upon de-
fense'ess' women, children and gnva.
lids. ‘‘In the annals of civilized war-
fare,” concludes the Atlanta Consti-
tution, “there is nothing to compare
with the brutal record of the Spanish
ish:
THE MAINE HORROR
‘United States Battleship Blown
Up in Havana Harbor.
'DISASTER'S CAUSE A MYSTERY.
with men, but the fourthjboak was swamped
before it could be utilized. “When the ex-
plosion occurred {Lieutenant Blandin ‘had
charge of the deck.
It is'said that the men who ecarried.out
the order fo flood the gun cotton failed to
.peturn, and the brave men undoubtedly
lost their lives in the performance of their
hazardous duty. ?
Several of the officers were down below
together when the explosion occurred, and
mediately lowered and I were filled
plosive from the outside. If, as is expecte
ed, the plates are bent outward, they
-declare it will be proof that the explosion
was in the interior. )
Laymen, realizing the folly of unwise talk,
as arule decline to discuss the explosion,
and follow the sagacious lead of former
President Cleveland, who believes the ex-!
losion was due to an accident, and asks
is fellow citizens to suspend judgment un-'
til an official investigation fastens the re-
sponsibility where it properly belongs.
Over Two Hundred and Fifty Gal-
lant Men Lost With the Ship.
Two Great Explosions — Undetermined
Mass Was Seen to Shoot High Into
the Air-—Captain Sigsbee Reports the
Number of Dead as 258 and
Survivors as 96-—Most of the Rescued
Men Have Been Sent to Key West—The
Administration Desires the People to
Suspend Judgment Until the Facts Are
Ascertained—The Country in Mourning
~Board of Inquiry Ordered—Gloom in
Washington—tWhite House Receptions
Abandoned—Xxpressions of Sympathy.
HAvANA, Cuba (By Cable).—The destruc-
tion of the battleship Maine by an explo-
slon in the harbor here on Tuesday night
proves to be the worst disaster in the na-
val history of the United States. The
splendid warship was destroyed, and latest
reports put the loss of life at 258. The
cause of the explosion remajns a mystery,
although naval officers generally believe
that in some unexplained way one of the
qhip’s magazines exploded. Up to the mo-
ment of that mysterious explosion, which
destroyed a first-class battleship, valued
at “$4,000,000, Spain and the United States
had each seven: vessels like the Maine—-
great ships, built to fight and destroy..
Now Spain has seven and the United States
has six.
Witnesses of the explgsion that destroyed
the Maine say that at t moment of con-
cussion a vast mass was seen to rise to a
great height. In the sudden and blinding
light no one seems to have been able to dis-
cern the nature of this mass or whether it
rose from beside the battleship or inside it.
From the nature of the disaster and the
testimony of the survivors it appears that
the line of greatest force of the explosion
was a little forward of amidships. It
is there that the ‘worst damage was
done. The chief officers were either well
aft or ashore. Thus they escaped unhurt.
The seamen and marines by their position
jwere forced to bear the brunt of the dis-
laster, and the frightful mortality was
almost wholly conflned to them. One of
the junior officers should havebeen on duty
jon the forward deck, and it may have been
thus that Lieutenant Jenkins, who is miss-
jing, lost his life. It is also probable that
‘Engineer Merritt. another missing man,
'was below on duty and went down withthe
ship. Lieutenant-Commander Richard
| Wainwright, who was at first reported lost,
is safe. -
Five of the crew immediately after the
explosion ran to the main ammunition
storage room with the idea that they might
save that from explosion. None of them
‘has since been heard of. It is almost cer-
tain that they:went to the bottom, ready
"at their posts for duty. -
+—When the roar of the explosion an-
nounced to the people of Havana that the
iwarship was blown up the city firemen
‘were at once ordered to the ship, but it was
‘found that it was impossible for them to
render any assistance there. Twenty-six
‘of the wounded were transferred to the
steamship City of Washington, where they
were properly attended to. Many of the
Havana physicians volunteered their ser-
vices!” o-.
; Thirty-five other wounded sailors re-
ceived medical attendance at the *Milltary
Hospital. The Spanish theory of the cause
of the accident is that a boiler exploded.
‘Many towboats and other vessels were busy
all night trying to render all possible as-
sistance. The wounded were taken to the
hospital by the firemen.
The wreck took*flre and sank, and soon
the harbor was lit up by the fflames, fed
chiefly by the inflammable cellulose con-
“tained in the forward and after ends. The
wreck burned the long night through, and
when broke the dawn, dark wreaths of
‘smoke were still curling upward from the
shapeless mass. At sunrise all flags in the
harbor were at half mast.
of |
pict
a
- Lt f : :
they thought at at once that the ship was
doomed. By the time they reached the
deck they saw at once that the Maine was
sinking. :
‘A large part of the crew were in their
quarters, and they were not able to get out,
but went down with the ship, which sank
bow first about 2000 feet from Fort Atares.
Captain Sigsbee, in all his comments has
been very careful not. to accuse any one of
causing the explosion. All he will say is
‘that a'careful investigation will be made,
and it will probably determine whether in-
terior or exterior causes produced the dis-
agter.
GCLOOM IN WASHINGTON.
The Awful Disaster to the Maine Puts
the Nation in Mourning.
WasHINGTON, D. C. (Special).—Washing-
ton is in a state of painful excitement.
The city has been all day a hotbed of start-
ling reports and sensational rumors. Pub-
lic business in Congress and in the Execu-
tive Departments was almost at a stand-
still because of the awful disaster in the
harbor of Havana. ’
President McKinley and the members of
the Cabinetrepudiate the theory that the
disaster was due to treachery or foul play
of any description. The news caused a
tremendous sensation and the loss of the bat-
tleship is regarded as inflicting an almost
crippling blow on the naval efficiency. of
the United States. Prompt and energetic
measures were taken by Secretary Long to
send relief to the wounded. A telegram of
condolence was sent by President McKin-
ley to Captain Sigsbee.
According to a'special correspondent in
Havana, of the Maine’s crew of 354 there
were 96 men saved. Of the 258 lost, two
were officers.
Despatches from Captain Sigsbee, the
commander of the ill-fated vessel, put two
officers and 256 men in the dead and miss-
-ing-Hst. It isofficially reported that twen-
ty-four officers and seventy men are saved.
While the cause of the explosion that de-
stroyed the Maine is as yet undetermined,
naval experts are inclined to the belief
that its Origin was within and not from
without. Theidea that the Spanish Gov-
ernment or Spanish officers had anything
to do with it is scouted in most quarters as
preposterous. .
Among {the members of both Houses of
Congress conservative opinions prevail,
and the inclination is to follow [Captain
Sigsbee’s request and suspend judgment
until an official report of the catastrophe
and its causes has peen received."
Resolutions expressing the sorrow and
sympathy of Congress were introduced in
the House of Representatives. Prominent
members of both houses express suspicions
that the Maine was destroyed by foul play,
but say they will await evidence.
The meagre accounts gathered from curt
official dispatches and censored press mes-
sages indicate that the officers and men
who were left alive behaved themselves
like American sailors, stuck by their.ship
and comrades, and were brave, cool and
HAVANA HARBOR—SCENE
OF THE MAINE DISASTER.
Captain Sigsbee was up nearly all the
night looking out for the comfort of his
men. He took a short rest before early
daylight, and soon afterward he stood on
the deck of the City of Washington, peer-
ing into the falling mist which was screen-
ing the wreck of his gallant ship.
Captain Sigsbee did not leave his sinking
ship till every man haa peen taken off, and
-he remained in a'boat in the neighborhood
as long as there was any hope of sav-
ing any of the men who were in the
water. He says he has not the slight-
est idea what caused the accident. He
was thrown from his bed by the explo-
sion and his head was slightly bruised, but
otherwise he received no injury. The first
thing he did was to go on deck and order
the flooding of the large quantity of gun
cotton on hoard. The order was promptly
(carried out, and it is certain that no dam-
age was done by this explosive,
Lieutenant-Commander Wainwright was
‘also in his room when the explosion oc-
‘curred. He speaks in the highest terms of
ithe coolness with which Sigsbee and the
:iother officers faced the terrible situation.
.| No sooner had two or three of the officers
jappeared on deck than an order was given
ito lower the boats. Four of them were im-
efficient in the presence of dreadful and
sudden disaster.
Of the survivors of the Maine, fifty-nine
have been sent to Key West, twelve remain-
ing to look after the bodies of the dead,
and twenty-five being hurt so badly that
they cannot he removed.
As to how the explosion may have oc-
curred, a host of opinions are expressed
both in naval and civilian circles. Some
navy officers believe spontaneous combus-
tion ignited the coal in one of the Maine's
bunkers, and that the burning fuel heated
the metal partition between the bunker
and a magazine, causing an explosion of
the ammunition. Others think some ex-
plosive substance in the coal caused the
disaster when the fuel was shovelled into
the furnaces. ;
Secretary of the Navy Long has directed
tlie commander of the North Atlantic
| squadron to organize a court of inquiry at
once to make a thorough investigation of
the affair. Members of the court will go
to Havana, and divers will help them in
reaching a positive conclusion.
Naval,officers say that if the divers find
the armor plates of the Maine are bent in-
ward it will be conclusive evidence that she
was sunk by a torpedo or some other ex-
DISPATCH FROM GCENERALY%LEE.
He Reports the Number of Dead Aboug
Two Hundred and Sixty.
WasrixaToN (Special).—The following
cable dispatch was received by the State
Department from Consul-General Lee.
‘““HAvANA, February 16, 1898. .
“Profound sorrow expressed by Govern-
ment and municipal authorities, Consuls of
foreign nations, organized bodies of all
sorts and citizens generally. Flags at half
mast on Governor-General’s palace, on
shipping in harbor and in city. Business
suspended; theatres closed.
‘Dead number about two hundred and
sixty. Officers’ quarters being in rear and
scamen’s forward when explosion took
[lace accounts for greater proportional
oss of sailors, Funeral to-morrow at 3 p.
m. Officers Merritt
missing. :
“Suppose you ask that naval court of in-
quiry be held to ascertain the cause of ex-
plosion, Hope our people will repress ex-
citement and calmly await decision.
LEE.”
Consul General Lee also reported that
all the officers and sailors who are now
alive greatly extol the conduct of the Com-
mander and sailors of the Spanish warship
Alfonso XII., who from the very first gave
all the help they could to the crew of the
Maine and placed a special guard all night
around the sunken battleship to rescue the
bodies of the American sailors.
The municipality of Havana also re-
solved to participate in the funeral and te
call on General Lee and inform him that
the city desired to pay the expenses of the
funeral and the entire cost of treating the
wounded,
The military newspaper Diario del Ejer-
cito is published in. mourning. All publie
spectacles have been suspended. General
Blanco will assist at the funeral cere
monies,
and Jenkins still
White House Receptions Abandoned.
WasmiNgroN, D. C. (Special).—On ac-
count of the disaster to the battleship
Maine the President announced that the
State reception to Congress planned
for Wednesday night would be aban-
doned. The reception -to the public,
which was to take place Thursday night,
was also’ declared} off. These were the
"last official social events of the year, and
the season, which was postponed in De-
cember on account of the President’s
mourning, has been curtailed by this later
misfortune,
TO DISMANTLE THE MAINE,
The Merritt Wrecking Company Directed
to Send Vessels to Havana.
New York City (S8pecial).—The Merritt
Wrecking Company was directed to send
vessels to Havana for the purpose of per-
forming the preliminary work of saving
Property pertaining to the Maine. If is
elieved generally by naval officers that the.
propesition to raise the Mainéis quite feasi-
ble. The battleship islying only in about six
fathoms of water. Probably no vessel of
the weight of the Maine was ever raised. It
is possible, however, tolighten the ship ma-
terially by removing her heavy guns and
appurtenances of the deck and hold. If it
should be found impossible to raise’the
ship, she fecould still be thoroughly dis-
mantled of materials worth several hun-
dred thousand dollars.
Expressions of Sympathy.
WasHINGTON, D. C. (Special).—The Spar-
ish authorities 1n Havana and Madrid bhava . |
profusely expressed regret and sympathy,
have tendered kindly offices, and have
bestowed them whenever possible.
The newspapers of Madrid reflect in their
utterances the course ofthe Government.
Expresgions of regret and sympathy were
officially made in London to the United
States representatives. The Government
of Spain hastened to express to General
Woodford, the United States Minister, re-
gret for the calamity that had befallen the
American battleship.
Description of the Maine.
The Maine is a battleship of the second
class, and is regarded as one of the best
ships in the new navy. She was built at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and is 318 feet
long, 57 feet broad, 21.3 feet mean draught
and 65682 tons displacement. She has two
ten-inch vertical turrets and two military
masts, and her motive power is furnished
by twin screw vertical-expansion engines,
having a minimum horse-power of 9293,
capable of making a spead of 17.45 knots.
She carries four ten-inch and six six-inch:
breech-loading guns in her main battery,
and seven six-pounders and eight one-
pound rapid-fire guns and four gatlings in
her secondary battery, and four White-
head torpedoes.
[Kansas Pacific Sale.
The Government lien on tho Union Pa-
ciflc was wiped out at Topeka, Ean.
when the Kansas Pacific road was bought
in by Alvin W. Krech, representing the Re-
organization Committee, for $6,803,000.
There was no competition at the sala. Mr.
Krech was the only bidder.
Forty-Five Dead Taken Out.
An explosion of firedamp has occurredin
the Vereinigte Carolinemgluck colliery in
Westphalia, Germany. Forty-five dead and
thirty wounded have been taken out, and
it is estimated that from eighty to one hun-
dred others are still ar
"Wheat May Reach $1.50.
Armour sald Léiter, the Chicago grain
speculator, éould “Send wheat ap to $1.50 a
bushel if he desired.” Leiter took .advant-
‘age of the high price of wheat and sold
Soo bushels, making a profit of $600,-
}«
An Ambiguous Query. .
Judge John F. Philips of the Federal!
bench has a peculiar dignity and sever-
ity of mien, but for all that he is a
great wag. In the Southern Hotel ro-
tunda the other day, relates the . St.
Louis Post-Dispateh; he met an old
Kansas City friend, Colonel John RicH-
ards. and said to him: AG
“Hullo, John! What are you doing
down here?”
“Well; Judge,” replied the Colonel, “1
am annaintad on this commission to
represent Missouri . at Omaha. I am
Serving as a patriot ‘just naw.”
‘“Humph,” said the Judge.’ “How
does it agree with wn"
—
United States Zinc Production.
The Geological Survey has prepared a
tabulated statement showing the steady
increase in the production of spelter (or
zine) in the United States from 33,763
short tons in 1882 to 99,980 tons in 1897.
Novel Exhibit For Paris.
A Southern husking bee, with slaves:
clave drivers and all, is to be one of the ex: :
hibits at the Paris Exposition in 1900.
Mh, me
Chinatown is in an uproar because off fae
‘ introduction of a compelling la -
men to make out wash checks in English.
{latter showed a profit.
THE TRAGEDY ATHAVANA
Stories of Eyewitnesses of the Loss of
the Maine.
JOURT OF INQUIRY NAMED.
The Officer Who Was on Watch on the
Maine Makes a Statement — A Roar
Came From Beneath — Followed by
Other Explosions and a Rain of Debris
=—The Ship Settled Fast—Officers Cool.
the “war alarms” throughout the country,
the views of President McKinley:
“Based upon information now in
possession, the President believes that the
Maine was blown up as the result of an ac-:
cident, and he hopes the Court of Inquiry
will develop that fact. Ifit is found that
the disaster was not an accident, prompt!
and decisive steps will be taken in the
premises.
* The finding of the Naval Court will de-
velop the cause, and until that is submit-
ted nothing will be done.”
A board of navai officers has been ap-
pointed to learn the truth, if possible, and
it now seem probable that the public will
be compelled to wait until their report is
received to know the facts. The Presi-
dent still hopes that the American public
will be equally forbearing, so that the in-
vestigation of the direful calamity may be
pursued without prejudice, and controlled
only by a desire to learn the truth.
Spain has officially disclaimed in posi-
tive manner the reflections contained in
the de Lome letter, and, as officially an-
cident is satisfactorily closed.
Lieutenant Blandin’s Succinet Description
of the Catastrophe.
Key West, Fla.
Maine's survivors, who is at the Key West
| Hotel, gave a succinct account of the
| disaster, saying that not until now has he
|
hig' |
‘| the Maine with a few officers and men who
{- were rescuing their shipmates,
|
STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS.
Sceries in Havana Bay and Along the City
Water Front.
Havana (By Cable).—An American cor-
| respondent was in cable office when the
explosion occurred. Hesaw from the win
dow of that office a great column of fire:
shooting upward, like a big blaze of lire-|
| works, and he hurried to the wharf.
that time the correspondent oould
fiames extending over the whole ship, and
a few moments later the Maine sank. i
Mingling with the echoes of the wails of
| the wounded and drowning sailors were
heard the shouts of “Viva Espana!’~“Death
to the Americans!” “Manana tendremous
buena pesca en la bahia!” (“We shall have,
good fishing ‘in the bay to-morrow’) and"
such remarks coming from the Spanish
| rabble, who were congregating in great
| numbers around the wharves and seemed
i greatly delighted at the misfortune which
J i had be } ori
Wasitvoros. D.C. Gipeoial= tn view of | d befallen the Americans,
It was then that for the first time the
i suspicion of foul play came to the report-
the newspapers were authorized to make |
the Tollowits 7 | take nim to the side of the burning vessel
owing statement, which represents el
er’'s mind, Having induced a boatman to
the reportor saw a sight most horrible and’
| not possible to describe.
Near the ship were already two hoats of
The Al-
i fonso XII., not far distant, had also sent
some of her boats, which were assisting.
| It is marvellous how some of them could
swim, as they were nearly all very severe-
| ly hurt. One mnn had both legs fractured:
another had an ankle shattered, and near-
| ly all were severly burned.
One horror was saved. Havana Bayusu-
ally swarms with sharks. At the sound of:
the explosion they were frightened away.
Cannon were discharged all day to keep
i
| them from returning.
| Spanish officers,
all wish.
Later, as the reporter was going up the
steps of the Palace he passed a group of
One of them said:
or guess this will bring the war that we
BURIAL OF THE MAINE'S DEAD.
| Final Honors Paid in Havana to 27 of the
nounced by the State Department, the in- |
Victims of the Battleship.
Havana, Cuba (By Cable).—The burial of
twenty-seven of the martyrs of the battle-
{ +hip Maine took place Thursday afternoon
been able to recollect the sequence of events |
| in the awful ten
the explosion
| Blandin was on the Trenton at the time
of the terrible disaster off Samoa, in
March, 1889, when American and German
vessels lost 244 men all told. Licutenant
Biandin says:
“I was on watch, and when the men had
beon piped below I looked down the main
hatches and over the side of the ship,
| Everything was absolutely normal.
i “Iwas feeling a bit glum and. in fact, wae
| so quiet that Lieutenant J. Hood came up
and asked laughingly if I was asleep. I
said, ‘No, I am on wateh.’ *
*‘Scarcely had I spoken when there eame
a dull, sullen roar. * Would to God that J
could blot out the sound and the seen ss
that followed!
losion; some say numerous détonations.
remember only one,
“It seemed to me that the sound came
| from the port side forward. Then came a
{ perfect main of missiles of all descriptions,
! from huge pieces of cement to blocks of
i wood, steel railings, fragments of gratings
| and all the debris that would be detachable
| in an explosion. :
“I was struck on the head by a piece of
| cement and knocked down, but I was not
| hurt, and got to my feet in a moment.
| Lieutenant Hood had run to the poop.
| When I got there, though scarce a minute
| could have elapsed, I had to wade in water
i
|
|
minutes following
to my knees, and almost instantly the
quarterdeck was awash,
“On the poop I found Captain Sigsbee as
cool as if at a ball, and soon all the officers
{ except Jenkins and Merritt joined us. The
| poop was above Water after the Maine set-
| tled to the hottom. Captain Sigsbee or-
| dered the gig and launch lowered, and the
| officers and men, who by this time had as-
| sembled, got the boats out and rescued a
| number in the water. z
i “Captain Sigsbee ordered
Lieutenant
| Commander Wainwright forward to see the
extent of the damage and'if anything could
{ be done to rescue those forward or to ex-
| tinguish the flames.
‘Lieutenant Commander Wainwright on
Tuesday evening. Lieutenant |
| ish-Army and Navy.
: : : {.ing.
] (Special).—Lieutenant |
John J. Blandin, of Baltimore, one of the !
at 3 o'clock. Shortly before the hour all
Havana was in movement, The flags on:
the public buildings were at half-mast amd
many of the houses were draped in mourn-
z. All clasgds were represented in the
funeral procession.
The bodies of the poor American sailors
rested in state in the Palace of the Spanish
Government in Cuba. The hall was filled
with wreaths and flowers sent by private
corporations,” banking and mercantile
houses, and Cuban and American ladies.
There wers also wreaths sent by the Span-
Tho public was: al-
lowed to pass through the hatl and see the
bodies of the victims. The utmost order
and decorum was o ve
The funeral procession started from the
principal entrance of the City Hall, then
turned to the right on Mercadores s
then up O'Reilly street, along the righ
of Central Park, and finally to the right
along San Rafael street to the cemetery.
The funeral music was furnished hy the
rved.
| bands of the Ysabel la Catolica and Porto
| Rico Rattalions which accompuapinad the
! bodies
Then came a sharp ex- |
MISS FRANCES E. WILLARD DEAD.
She Expires at the Hotel Empire in New
York City,
Miss Frances E. Willard, the President op
the World’s and National Woman's Christ-
ian Temperance Union, who had been suf¥
fering from an attack of influenza with
| ‘gastric complications, died early Friday
i City.
morning at the Hotel Empire, New York
At the bedside of Miss Willard at the
time of her death were her niece, Mrs. W.
\W. Baldwin, Mrs. Li. M. M. Stevens, Vice-
| President of the Woman’s Christian Tem-
| perance Union; Miss Anna M. Gordon, wha
| was Miss Willard’s Secretary, and Dr. Al-
| his return reported the total and awful |
| character of the calamity, and Captain
| Sigsbee gave the last sad order, ‘Abandon
ship,” to men overwhelmed with grief, in-
| deed, but ealm ang apparently unexcited.
Meantime four ats from the Spanish
cruiser Alfonso XII. arrived, followed soon
by two from the Ward Line steamer City of
| Washington.
“The two boats first lowered from the
City of Washington were found to be rid-
dled with flying debris from the Maine and
{unfit for use. Captain Sigshee was the
last man to leave the vessel and left in his
own gig. “I have no theories as tc the
| cause of the explosion. I cannot form
{ any. An examination by divers may teil
something to a court af inanirv *’
A PRISON ROMANCE.
| Married the Life-Convict Whose Pardon
She Had Secared.
arly in the eighties a young Mexican
| who gave his name Camillo Lopez
stabbed a man to death at Kansas City,
Kan., and although the deed was done in
! self-defense, tho Mexican, who had no
money to gel an attorney and no knowl:
| edge of English to assist him in making a
i defense, was convicted and sentenced ta
thirty years’ imprisonment. At the peni-
tentiary Lopez learned to talk English
i fluently. He worked at tho tailor trade
| but was sent into the library frequently
| and there met and became acquainted with
| the matron, Mrs. Mattie U. Peebles, 1'he
| matron beeame interested in the good:
{ looking Mexican, aud as they alter worked
| together she drew from him his story
Feeling positive that Lopez was innocent
! Mra. Peebles- set about te prove so to the
, Governor, She visited Wichita and gathered
i facts to show that the killing of Dodson
( was done in self-defense. Then she ob-
| tained the signatures of prominent men to
| a petition for his release. It was three
| years ago this month that Mrs. Peobles be-
| gan to interest herself in [.opez’s behall
and on January 19 of this year he was par-
doned by Governor Leedv. Inthe mean-
while Mrs. Peebles had left the penitentiary
and was living with a grown som and
daughter near Dispateh, Kan. Both of her
children have recently married and for a
time she has been living alone. When
Lopez was freed he wrote her along letter,
as
gas City Sunday morning, and on Tuesday
the two were married at a hotel in that
city. Then it came out that Lopez's real
name is Corpio, and that his father was a
millionaire and ex-postmaster-general of
Mexico. . The young man had not told
these facts at the time of his trial because
of his desire not to let his family know ol
his disgrace
The annual meetings of the Massachu-
were held in Boston. The reports showed
that the former were doing well, while the
It was voted to ip-
“crease business in Georgia.
Among the Phoenicians the, wearing
or earrings was a badge of servitude,
the same custom obtaining with the
Hebrews. The latter people said when
Eve was expelled from Paradise he
ears were bored asa sign of slavery.
It resulted in bringing Mrs. Peebles io Kan-
i Yo
fred K. Hill,
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MISS FRANCES E, WILLARD,
Miss Willard was born in Churchville, N.
on September 28, 1839, and her early
She af-
vouth was spent in Oberlin, Ohio.
In 1868
terward moved to Iivanston, Ill.
i she became President of the Evanston Col=
lege for Women, and from that position
i shestarted on her crusade against intem-
|- Secretary
i President.
{ same year.
! the Executive Committes
. tion party.
i In 1824 Miss Willard and some
Miss Willard was Corresponding
for the union until 1879,
which time she had beon its
Sha became editor of
Chicago . Evening Post in the
Since 1832 she has served on
of the Prohibi-
Jesides many pamphlets and
magazine articles she published several
books on woman's work and temperance,
of her 2o-
perance,
since
the
| workers made an extensive journey around
! the world, preaching temperance and ask-
{ ing aid from the heads of many Govern-
| ments.
END OF THE ' GREATER REPUBLIC.
setts cotton mills in Lowell and in Georgia
! The Union of Three’ Central American
States Is at an End.
Nows from Salvador is to the effect that
i the Greater Republic of Central America
has ceased to exist, the republie of Sal-
vador, the packbone of the union, baving
withdrawn. Tho eonsolidated republics
included the three States of Salvador, Hon-
duras and Nicaragua, and expected ‘the
other two two republies of Guatemala and
Costa Rica to join in time: but Salvador
has quarreled with her two neighbors, is
witnessing a rebellion in Niearagua and
opposing Honduras, and has therefore
secedod from the union.
Wyoming Republicans and Silver.
The Republican Central Committee of
Wyoming met at Cheyenne and discussed a
plan of campaign for this year, when a
"State Legislature and judicial ticket will
be elected upon the financial question. It
was decided that Wyoming Republicans
will abandon the free silver platforms
adopted atthe past three State Conventions
and indorse without qualification the plat-
form of the National Republican party as
adopted at St. Louis.
India's wW neat Crop.
Tho London Statist says the wheat erop
of India promises splendidly.
Mexico's Gold Product. os
Mexico produced twelvo per cent. mores
gold last year than she did in 1896.