I DISH HISS Of WREGKHGL THE SUNKEN MAINE. Cipt. Whit layi the Sliaator Wat Caneei by An Internal Eiploilon-Bodiei Still in the Wreck. The Merrltt wrecking tug Under writer arrived tit Newport News from Havana, here she went with the der rick Chief, which Is assisting In the wcrli nn tho Mnlne. I'apt. N'lli-y will niiuln stint to Iliiviinn, with tin; bnrg" .l.i. lie fltnr. which In very much needed by the wreckers. In tumid to tho wreck dipt. Wiley en Ul: When I reached Hnvnnn T con vi": .-! with dipt. f-T.aip. Merrltl's t-x- JM I t 111 I'linfS" i-f the work, hilt could leM.l nothing from llit:l about the re nut of liln per-nnal Ir.vistkvtloii. While nt Huvnu.t I lieiinl no opinions 11:1 to tile ,11-c. llll 1 ll feeilli (I I 1 111" us If Him Ii' was a pine ihiy.- woni-t l.lovn iiv-r. The iiirivl of the T.I-I will fr.i iMtete the work of -li ai !iii; nv.-ny the w reck, n the lifu forty tons The ihcIK powder cast s. niul mi lls nie helnrj pinccd aboard lh;ht- i s. Tie- l.oni- Stir w ill return with thhi mni-.'ilul to Noi f '.lk, If she lines not cfiny It Kyi.nd Morn c.iMle find iluiiiV It Into the sen. H Is nil worthies. "Without having hiul opportunity to csnmhie the wreck hclow the wnt -r 1 w.-uM nay the Maine was blown up by tin Internal explosion. It In the most confused pile of distorted m- till l ill -nr.lnnble. There Ih one lieek above the water which Is turneil completely ovci l.y the explosion. The deck Is bottom ride up, with the deck frame on top. That looks to me ns if the destructive force came from within. If a mine did the work nnd plnyed so much havoc with the upper deck, where must tho bittern be? Can she have nny? Vet they say they have found some of the bottom intact. My opinion in that if the affair hod occurred in an Kngltsh hnrbnr, Euy Kingston, there would not be one man In a hundred looking nt that wreck an it In to-day. I heard that the Spanish divers found a piece of the forward turret. I do not believe a mine in the harbor would have broken the turret, while an Internal explosion would. I pnw a grent many exploded popper powder cases, but none Intact l'.efore 1 left it was stated that there wire still forty bodies In the wreck." NERVY THIEVES Rob a Bank of 510.000 and Then Escapo on Band Car. The Hank of Franklin. III., was rob bed of sio.WiO in cosh the other nlghl nnd the burglars were successful in mnkinjT their escape. The combination on the safe was wrenched off by an alligator wrench nnd a chew of nitroglycerine Inserted. The explosion must hnve been terrllle, for pnits of the safe were blown almost through the brick vault. All the mon ey except loe In silver and $1,000 in currency, was in gold. After the robbery the men stole a hand car and went to Jacksonville, the car being found near there, nnd also two safety deposit boxes stolen from the hntik, the chief of police of Jack sonville wired that three stranger were there looking for clothing, but none of the stores were open. No one heard the explosion, nor was anything known of the deed until the bank wns opened for business this morning. Although handicapped fot fund, the bnnk transacted business all day and will continue to. UKEXFI.ORED KLONDIKE FIELDS. A 8uccoatiul Prc;ioctor Claims That Then aro More Hichos V.'iMt of tho Yukon. V. Ci. Wallace, cf Snglnnw, Mich., ar rived nt Ke.Uti. fcurduy from Dnwsor rily, which pluee he left February ir. Concerning matters nt Dnwgon Mr Wallnee says that stampedes to tin ficveral creeks are of frequent occur rence. The prospecting work done tlili winter" is all turning out well. "There la no reason," said he, "why the country west of the Yukon should not prove- to be as rich as that on the east side. The west is practically an unexplored district. Discoveries f.av been made on Swedish creek thai promise well. "There have been several quart! ledjres hx-nted and the Indications aif that the Upper Yukon will be the field of operations in quartz work. "There need be no anxiety about th food situation. The companies that ar operating boats will furnish amplt supplies, besides, nearly everyone wht goes in over the passes calculates or carrying a year's supply with him." Mr. Wallace is credited with having brought out $4j.000 in dust with him. Etatuei of Patrioti. The steamer Myrtledene, fronr Havre, which arrived at New York las week, had on board the bronze statu) of Washington and Lafayette, present ed to New York by Charles Rroadwaj Rouss. The statue is by Frederick Augusto Bartholin. The figure or Washington Is 10 feet in height anc that of Lafayette several inches less It represents Lafayette bringing ti Washington the good news that Franci has ent help to the American patriots The statue will rest on a granite base the whole to be 35 feet high. DISSECTING CHINA. Hov France Hakes a Demand for Privilege! in the Orient. The French made the following de mands upon China last week, that China shall not cede any portion of the four provinces of Hwang-Tuns, Kwang-Bi, Yun-Nan and Kwel-Chou; that the railroad from Lung-Chou-TIng en the Northern frontier of Tonquln lhall be extended via Pose Slam into the Tun-Nan province, and that a coal Ing station bo granted to France at Lal-Chou-Fu, In the Hen-Chou penln iula, north of Hal-Nan); furthermore, t'hat the director of the Imperial post office be a Frenchman, evidently with the view of separating it from the con trol of the Chinese Imperial maritime customs. The cessation of a coaling ttatien at Kwang-Chou is demanded on the same terms as Klao-Ohou bay, ceded to Germany, with railroad con cession to Include exclusive mining privileges. Eight days are allowed China in which to reply to the French demands, and threats are Interpreted to indicate the French occupation of the province Df Nai-Nan unless the Chinese comply, The mission cf Bhu-Klng-Chen, Chi nese minister to Oermany, who was sent to St. Petersburg in ftn effort to prevail upon Russia to modify her de mands upon China, has been unsuc cessful, and there is no alternative but to agree to the Russian demands. A proverb found In one form or an other In every European or Asiatic language having a literature Is "Fa miliarity breeds contempt." Its earli est form Is believed to be of the ban sjkrlt TILEOHABS lEBSELT TOLD. German has withdrawn her marines from the, island of Crete. W. M. Tsggart, a well-known Phlla delplila editor died lost Saturday. Chnrles E. French, a native of Ohio, committed suicide at Redlands, Cal. Plr Henry Bessemer, Inventor of Bessemer steel died Tuesday evening. Thousands of ncres of prairie land near Clmnrron, Kas., have been burned over. T. II. Puryenr, a largo tobacco denier and banker of Paducah, Ky., shot him self. Secretary Onrre nddrrssed the business men of Pittsburg at a banquet last Saturday. A plpr Iron pool hns been formed and prices will Immediately be advanced 50 per cent. I Mnil boxes In Pittsburg nre being robbed nightly, nnd tho police are powerless. i There Is enough food In the Klondike teflon to lust the present population two yours, V At New Orleans the other day hund reds prerented fiemselvi s for enlist ment in the navy. Unmane by frost 111 Sulsiin vnlleyj I'alliornla, In estimated at $lofl,WO and Yaca valley nt IS'iO.OOO. A ledge of gold-bearing nunrtss has been found by workmen grading one of the streets of San Francisco. The Cuban Junta at New York has Issued n proclamation Faying thut they want Independence or death. The accumulation of Ice at the Nia gara Falls liorge hn.i made it one of the most beautiful sirihls In the world. Masso, President of tho Cuban repub lic states that Cubans nre ready to pur chase the lslund and end the BlaughttT. The sudden starting of an elevator Is said to have caused the death of Mrs. Louise Llnlcker at Pittsburg last week: The Pennsylvania rnllroad station nt Jersey City was damaged by fire to the extent of $50,000 Sunday morning. Missouri supreme court has decided the Inheritance tax law, for the bene fit of the State university, unconstitu tional. At a conference in Philadelphia the other day the loyalty of all Methodists' was pledged to the support of President' McKlnley. , On request of President McKlnley, Oov, Icussell, of neorglu says his state can furnish 250,000 men In case of hos tilities. William Clny Wallace, who was the oldest living graduuto of Princeton col lege, died In Newark, Saturday, aged 94 years, A negro, and his white wife, whom ho had recently married, were murder ed by a mob at Muskogee, 1. T., a few days ago. Michael Serwlnskl was killed and Bartholomew Valentine fatally Injured by jumping from a burning building In Baltimore. President McKlnley did not attend church last Sunday morning, ns is his custom, but spent two hours In confer ence with his cabinet. Sanger Pullman, one of the twin sons) of the late George Pullman, was mar ried last week to Miss Louise Lander West, of San Francisco. Albert Lathwell, a barber, shot Ills wife. Miss Toomey and himself at Ni agara Falls a few days ago. Jealousy was the cause of the deed. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the well-known novelist, has Instituted suit for divorce, at Washington, from her husband, Dr. Swan M. Burnett. An explosion occurred in slope No. 2 of the Tennessee Conl, Iron and Hail road Company the other day at Pratt City, Ala., killing six negro convicts. To encourage the Idea of an alliance between Spain and Austria, Capt. en. Blanco will give a dinner, at which the Austrian consul will be the guest of honor. Judge Sanborn, sitting as a circuit judge, nt St. Paul, has confirmed the sale of the Kansas division of the Union Pacific road, which extends from Kan sas City to Denver. For holding up three men, Charles Hendricks was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor at Omaha, Neb., a few days ago. He used a revolver in the attack and secured only 10 cents. Mary Van Arsdall, aged 14, was killed Claude M. Baker, 12, fatally Injured, and several other children Injured by a fast freight on the Louisville & Nash ville railroad at Danville, Ky., last Sa turday. William J. Koerner, tho newspaper artist of New York who was convicted of murder in the second degree for kil ling his sweetheart, Rose A. Red gate, was sentenced to Sing Blng for life by Recorder Uoff Tuesday morning. Alfred C. Keene, aged 31, well known In the best circles of society at St. Louis, died Tuesday night from an overdose of cocaine, presumably taken with suicidal Intent. No cause Is known though unrequited love Is hinted at. Through an error In transcribing that fixed a constitutional amendment elec tion the first Tuesday In November In stead of the second Tuesday, when the mate election Is held, Texas will be put to an additional expense of 100,000. John H. Reidy, ex-treasurer of the Police Relief association and a member of the St. Louis police force, pleaded guilty to the charge nt embezzling 000 frpro the association, pnd was sen tenced to two years.' Imprisonment. There Is said to be a great lack of ex perts In the engineer branch of the navy. Many are needed for trnrrjedjaje service, some for the auxiliary cruisers' and for the two Brazilian vessels just purchased. The house naval committee has given much attention to studying the problem for a solution, but not as yet with much success, It Is said. ; The Talya-Klondike Transportation Company received advices from Talya that their upper tramway from Scales to the summit had been completed, and that freight Is now 'being taken over the Chllkoot pass. The prioe of trans porting goods from Talya to the sum mit is now about 7 cents per pound. The cable of the tramway Is about S, 400 feet in length. Bank Bobbed of 5,00O. The Bank of Nickeraon, at Nlckerson, Kan., was robbed recently. Five men did the Job and It required four or five hours to blow the safe. Citizens who were passing the building were held up and forced to go inside, where they were kept until the safe was blown and the money secured. About 5,000 was secured. The robers mounted horeea and fled. British iarcaim. Commenting upon the attitude of President McKlnley tho "Saturday Re view" of London say It Is a suggestive commentary upon "government by the people" that the only means of pre venting "what the President calls an unholy war" baa been for the govern ment to "face popular clamor in an at titude of indifference and content, Bucb as might be expected of Russia." Reading between the lines of the re assuring cable messages, the pessimist ic, "Spectator" thinks nothing hoe hap pened to Improve the situation. TRADE REVIEW. activity In the Iron Indnitry, and Ixport of Merchandise Increase. R. O. Dun A Co.'g Weeklv Review of Trade repoVts as follows lfor lost weekt Neither peace nor war reports have ?hanged tho onward current of busi ness. Orders for more than 225,600,(Hi0 gold from F.urope have blocked any drift toward stringency In rates for money nnd trensury receipts of about 11,100,000 per day have kept In check iny question about the currency, while xpnrts of products hnve continued nt a rnte considerably Increased, and the Jemand for products of the great ln- lustrles shows steady expansion. Prompt action by the s-nnte and house ins removed nil fear of embarrassment through rnnlllclltig purposes nt Wash ington. The government is making :cudy without nny waste of time, while frankly assuring everybody that It looks for a peaceful settlement, mid hopes that Its pr-.-parntlons may prow an necessary. The backbone of the situation In the "xecss of no rchnndlse exports, more than f tl,noe.(ieii In February, with nn In crease of $L',:!i'ii,eoo in nilscclfnnt'oitt pr -ilucl: $.',1oo.iioii In provisions, $l,r.ni,no) In cotton and $7.ooo,nno (n breadstuff", I'ompurcd with Inst year, and ?!5.I0. .N In nil products. In two weeks of March exports have been 111 per cent larger than Inst year, nnd Inipoits h ive gained but S.7 per rent., nllhoutth es pecially swelled by receipts of India lubber, sugnr nnd hides. The out;ro of .-otton surpasses nil expectations, though the price wns stronger last week nnd the export demnnded nppnr I'ntly paid no attention to market fluc tuations. Receipts from plantations .'untlnue much greater than nt the cor responding date from the largest crop heretofore produced, so that guesses ibotit the future crop nrn now the mnln rellnnce of speculators. Wheat also moves In spite of nil (peculation. Atlnntle exports, flour In tituled, have been 1,821,569 bushels, Igninst 1.25a,HfiO Inst year nnd from Pa :lflc ports, 1.371,8.1) bushels, agalnrt J0S.6O5 last year, making for three rveeks from both coasts 10,650.125 bush sis, against 4,6;l"i,441 last year. The price has varied with conflicting re ports, but closed He higher for the week. Wool shows no change In quo latlons, though eastern markets are ex tremely dull and the Indifference nf manufacturers has made transactions anly 2,062,300 pounds, against W.Ml.liOO for the corresponding week last year, ind fi,0S8,20O for the corresponding week In 1S92. The London market Is rather higher, nnd holders In the Interior are expecting a material advance In prices. Bessemer pig and gray forge nre bath lllghtly stronger at Pittsburg, the pro nosed combination of valley furnaces iclplng, but pig Is not changed In price jlscwhcre, nor are finished products at iny point, excepting wire nnlls which re 5 cents per keg weaker, nnd steel alls, which are said to be sold at S17 50 it the Kast by some establishments. Contracts hnve been made for 10,000 tons with eastern works for domestic delivery, 12,000 tons for Australia, 8,000 tons with 7,000 tons bridge work for South Africa and the Illinois Steel Company is filled with orders for the year. The Carnegie Company has sold 5,000 tons of deck plates to ship bulld prs of Knglnnd, and several Chicago jrders for plates exceeding 1.000 tons fach are for railroads, ear and agricul tural Implement manufneterers and projectile works. The wire combina tion, having failed to effect the broader arrangement contemplated, Is seeking to complete control of about 80 per rent, of the wire output of the country. While activity Is great In the central and western region there Is leBS de mand at tho Kast. Failures for the week have been 209 In the I'nlted Ktates against 2l !nM yenr and 27 In Canada against 50 last year. CAPITAL GLEANINGS. Congress will likely adjourn May 1. Commander Belden went on the re tired list Tuesday by operation of law, Several survivors of the Maine visit ed President McKlnley last week. All believed In the external explosion theo ry. The President sent to the Senate the nomination of George M. Lukesh, of Ohio, to be an assistant paymaster In the navy. Pnlted States Minister Woodford vis ited the queen regent of Spain the othet day and presented the members of hie family. An official dispatch received here from Manila, on the Philippine Island, says 500 Insurgents were killed during the siege of Ballna, "The highest attribute of American citizenship, as I conceive It, Is the ex ercise of sober, dispassionate judg ment," said McKlnley a few days ago. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Dr. Kdward Bedlow, of Philadelphia, to be consul at Canton, China, and Isa dor Sobel to be postmaster at Erie, Pa, In a speech In the Senate last Thurs day Senator Proctor, who recently vis ited Cuba, confirmed all the horrible reports which have come from the is land lately. T. V. Powderly was confirmed com missioner of Immigration by the Sen ate In executive session one day last week by the vote of 43 to 20, Senatoi Chandler was the only Republican who east his vote against confirmation, while a largo number of Democrat! voted for Mr. Powderly. Two 10-Inch guns and mortars will be placed to protectthe channel at Galves ton and two carloads of torpedoes have Also arrived there. , , ,. - , i " ' The House committee on coinage, weights and measures reported favor ably the bill authorizing the coinage ol subsidiary silver coin from bullion pur chased under the Sherman act, and the rocolnlng of damaged of worn subsi diary coin now In the treasury. At the opening session of the House Saturday Mr. Dlngley offered the bill reported from the ways and meant committee providing for the free entry Into this country of guns, ammunition and other naval supplies and war ma-, teiial purchased abroad until Januaj 4 I, 1S09. U tvaa rwwsed without division! Bate Wltn a Contingency. Mr. Gladstone and Lord Harttngton were driving home together, writes Grant Duff In his "Notes From a Diary," when the former remarked: "Well, I think the Turkish Empire la now at last going to pieces." Do you know the story," replied the other, "of Palmerston and Brunnow? Brun now said one day to Palmerston just what you have now said. 'Ah! an swered he, 'that makes me think of tvhat happened to .me the other day in the street. A man bustled up to me and said: 'My lord, my lord, you will lose your handkerchief!' 'Oh, no,' I replied, 'my good friend, my handker chief is quite safe If you don't take It.' " A year ago, when the Helta Glass Company, St. Louis, failed and the works shut down, the "pot" was left full of molten glass. Recently the prop erty was purchased, and now It is found that the pot oontalns a solid Piece of glass 66 feet long, 23 feet wide and S feet thick, estimated to weigh al most 600 tens. CHINESE INDIGNANT. trillih labjeets Approached With Induce ments to Join a Rebellion-Ruuta Abandons Port Arthur. The action of the Chinese govern ment In yielding to the demands of Eurnpenn Powers, hns nt last aroused ;he patriotism of various ofllelals In the Chinese Provinces. A rebellion Is said :o have spread to nil tho provinces jordcrlng on the Ynnk-Tse-Klang, and .'area are expressed that II may ptov; :o be the most formidable since the Tal I'lng rebellion. It Is professed to be a patriotic Tiovement to overthrow the Mnnehu iynnrty nnd save the central province from Ktiropenn control. Hut It Is su ip"i ted thnt the plot emnnntes from ;hc Mnndi lnos, who are alarmed nt th" : roHpect of n diversion of part of their pickings to pay the Interest on the new loan. The Pckln authorities Hte cog ilzant of the movement; but, distrust ing the loyallty of the provincial sat raps, they nre helpless. The conspirators nre said to hnve np nroaehed British subjects with Induce ileitis to Join In the rebellion, nnd they inve also offered Inrge sums of money (or nrniH. The recent Inactivity of the Russians It Pckln is explained by the fact that !he negotiations have again been trans ferred to St. Petersburg, owing to the Jllllcultles encountered there. The coincidence of tho French de TMirids being presented nn the eve of the emission of the Chines loan In London Is much commented upon, and ,t Is asserted thnt France and Russia ire trying their best to wreck the lonn. Tpon the occasion of the Inst visit of Ihe French ambassador to the Chinese foreign office the Chinese refused to a ede to the French proposals, and the ambassndor snld that when he next I'islted the olllce he would present stronger arguments, and would even threaten active operations from Tone King and tho forcible seizure of a coal ng station. The general opinion Is that It Is Im possible to disregard the persistent timors, circulated In well-informed clr :les, thnt Russia has abandoned her ittempts to lease Port Arthur, but has not ceased her negotiations regarding fa-Llen-Wan. THE TIE THAT BIRDS. limits From Withont Show theTender Feel ing Between Englad and America. Tho remarkable unanimity noticed In London of the approval of both class es and mnsses of the mere suggestion Df Anglo-American alliance, compels ullof In tho sincerity of the deBlre of the British public for nn entente with the United States. The fact that most Jf the cable dispatches from America have proclaimed that the suggestion ans been seriously discussed Is heart ily welcomed here, and Is regarded ns extremely Important and gratifying is evidencing a friendly spirit. "They are," as a diplomatist puts It, 'Inspiring hope thnt tho differences of Ihe past will be burled and that Anglo Saxons In the near future will be found issuing Identical notes to nil opposed to their common Interests. "It Is not any stretch of Imagination lo say that such a union hns been long-i d for by the best men In Great Britain for many years, not only because of the genuine wish for closer bonds of filend4 ship; but because it Is n known fact that all the statesmen of Europe realize that a close alliance between America nd Great Britain would constitute not only the suro guarantee of the peace of the world, but would afford proof thnt the reign of law and Individual liber ty Is to be extended, for the benefit of mankind, In spite of the efforts to ex tinguish It made by reactionary rulers nd governments." A Fowerfnl Britieh Fleet Great Britain has massed forty war vessels In Chinese waters, nnd Is pur chasing all the coal In sight. Jt Is certuln thnt Great Britain Is making almost as urgent preparations for war as the United States, although matters are kept more quiet. When public men are asked why they do not show mure Interest In the crisis in America they almost Invariably re ply that their own country Is confront ed by, such dreadful possibilities of peril In the Immediate future that no responsible British statesman could af ford to disturb the diplomatic balnce or to even indirectly compromise Eng land's neutral policy. A Bpaniih Cable. The Spanish government Is arranging for communication with Cuba over neutral cables In the event of a rupture of relations with the United States. This is feasible by way of Halifax, Ber muda and Jamaica, using the new British cable, but the French company, possessing an unlaid cable, offers to connect Spain direct with Cuba within a few weeks. Negotiations with this company are proceeding. CABLE SPARKS. Italy has sold the cruiser Corosa to Spain. Dynamite killed eight men at Mon tego Bay, Jamaica, a few days ago. Near Bilbao, Spain, troops fired on ft01V9 striking Iron miners, killing iree. r tf- .-.. Brazil has a deficit for the year of J2.676.0o0 and yellow fever has broken out in Rio Janeiro. The continued Illness of Lord Balls bury may necessitate a reconstruction of the British cabinet. Thirty-eight Dervishes were killed the other day by Egyptian troops while crossing the Nile to Shebalyla Island. The chief of Merere and 80,000 men are said to be In revolt against Ger many In Africa and armed with Mau ser rifles. China Is going to make an effort to retain the possession of Port Arthur. The garrison at that place haa been itrengthened. Spain Is now threatened with trouble In Porto Rico. The cruiser Vizcaya will likely sail there to Strengthen the government. Berlin police confiscated the anar chist papers Sozlalist and Armer Kon rad and searched the premises where they were printed. A London cablegram quotes a high British official as denying that Eng land has any designs on Hawaii, fully recognizing the prior claim of the United States. Trichinae have been discovered In several packages of American meat (hipped to Berlin recently. The Bun desrath has bgen petitioned to prohibit the Importation of American meat, Prominent Englishmen are favoring an alliance between Great Britain and the United States. England wants aid In China, claiming In return that the United States would be aided In case it war wltb Uuxlz, CRUELTIES ON A SHIP. Marine Beaten to Death By a Brntal See captain. The sorriest looking crew that evet sailed Into the harbor of New York rame In a few days ago on the British bark Aneyra, 126 days from Hong Kong. Bruised, blackened, weak from lack of food, some having broken bones and other touched by scurvy, they tell a story of hardship nnd brutality. Several bertha In the forecastle were occupied by men who called plteously for a doctor. Most of them were cover ed with unliPHled wounds, and Severn, had the sailors' signs of scurvy. The men charge this state of affairs to Cap tnln I. 1!. Morris, First Mate P. C Uoblnson, Second Mate N. Cuno and the bontswaln, Edward Shellnur. Edward Simpson snld: "Peter Han on was killed by brutality nnd starva tion. The second mate and the captain used to take turns knocking him about. Then they would do It together. Him ai n linnlly got rick and feverish. Ho was covered with black and blue murks, and was weak from lack of food. The officer snld that Hansen ivas shamming. They went t' his bunk nnd called him, but he wns too weak to get up. So the captain picked Mm up. 'You're sick, nre you'.'' calling him vile names. 'I'll make you sicker. When I speak to yuu move, and move quick.' "Then the cnptnln slammed hlvn down on the deck agnln. This he re peated three times, cursing violently all tho while. Hansen groaned, but ninde no unswer. In half an hour he was dead. The truthfulness of this narrative ivns vouched for by Sailors William Smith, Ed. Thomson, Pierre Daniel, Fred. Landstrnm nnd Fritz Streecy, nil of whom declared that they would nwear to the facts before the British consul as soon as they had tin oppor tunity. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. San Diego, Cal., will be defended by a torpedo system. Sub-mnrlne mines are being placed In Narraganset Hay. War with Spain would be sharp and ehort, says Gen. Miles. Two bodies were recovered from the sunken Maine Inst Friday. The defenses about New York will bo :onnected by telegraphic cable. Japanese election returns show a inutll majority for the government. Capitalists In Europe nnd America are doing their utmost to avert war. Orover Cleveland Is for peace and for hearty support of the administration. Commander Booth-Tucker hns offer ed to send a corps of speclul nurses to Cuba. The -pope will do all In his power to prevent war between the United States and Spain. The navy department last week pur chased 1,000 barrels of fumlly beef In New York. Twenty-five tons of smokeless pow der for the navy arrived from Ham burg a few duys ago. French bankers, holding Spain's se curities, are said to be willing to sell Cuba for $150,000,000. Tho expenditures for wnr material has resulted In n scarcity of copper In the English market. New York furnished 600,000 pounds ol dry salted bacon for the Spanish gov ernment a few days ago. The report of the board of Inquiry Jnto the Maine dlsnster will be given the latter part of the week. Richard Stevens of New York has of fered his yacht Alleen to the govern ment for use ns an auxiliary cruiser. The American flng wns hoisted over the cruiser Amazonns Inst Friday. Thlf hip was purchased from Brazil recent ly. Forty thousand dollars was raised at nn entertainment at Havana last week The money will be used as a warship fund. Divers have discovered that th conl powder and shell carried by the Maine Is Intact. Another evidence of external explosion. Howard Gould, the owner of the yacht Niagara, now nearlng comple tion, will surrender It to the govern ment In case of war with Spain. Tho firemen of Bridgeport, Conn., have contributed $2,000 toward the pur chase of a warship for the government The money bus been ordered at the dla- A Chicago regiment, In command ol Maj. Jas. W. Cooper, expects to be the first to strike a blow against the Spaniards. Declaration of hnstllltle! are awaited. A contract from the war department calling for $561.l00 worth of projectile! has been secured by C. Y. Wheeler ol Pittsburg. Mr. Wheeler says war Is In evitable. The final contract providing for the sale of the warships Amazonaa and Al mlronte Abruall to the I'nlted Statel has been signed. The price Is some thing more than $2,500,000 for both ships. American naval officers declined t attend a ball In company with ofllcen of the Spanish war vessels now anchor ed at Havana. Their reason was tha they were In mourning for the Malm sairbrp. "v- - - 3 .T In a letter, secured by a New Yorl newspaper correspondent before tht Maine explosion, Gen. Weyler admitted to a friend that he had ordered tin harbor at Havana to be covered wltl tlvnomlte lnlne Deaths From Plague. Two hundred and fifteen new casei and 216 deaths from he plague (wert reported at Bombay last week. Fivt Europeans have been attacked. Thi Mohammedans at Hunll, on the Soutt Mahratta railway, hearing of the rioti In Bombay, have decided to resist thi plague precautions and operations ovei tho line. The volunteers have beee mobilized, and the infantry has beet summoned, but as yet there has beei no conflict. Enriching Fenilon Attorneys. A statement prepared at tho pensloi office shows that the amount of mone; legally paid by pensioners to attorney) for prosecuting their eliiims during thi pa.it seven years was as follows: ISM, $2,1611,200; 1X92, $:t,112.321: 1803 $1,872,178; lSfJ-l. $022,775; lS'Jj, $581,(168 1806, $557,721; 1S07. $504,348. Betnrned te Duet William Peter Appleby, of Hemp stead, L. I., was dying several days ago ana he requested nis wire to nave nu body cremated, and his ashes on the first windy day scattered to tne ele ments. Accordingly on Thursday lust, that being the first windy day, tho tiged widow poured out on a stone all that remained of her late husband. The wind caught the dust and It alsap peered. Terrible Mine Explosion- A terrible explosion took place last Friday in the Santa Isabel mine at Bui bez, province of Cordova. Sixty corps es nave been recovered and many 11111 are as vet unaccounted (or. LOYELL DIAIIOHDS STANDTHE TEST. Board of Experts So Decide. lamarkabls Inrsstlgatlen From Whlol tha Lovell Diamond Bicyclt Cami Out ahead of All Competitors. IVTiere there are so tnnnymnkes of bl evoles on the market, all of which at first sight seem to be on un eipinl footing to the (asiml o'janrver, and still tho fact is well known that tliura Is no nrtlelo )n oomtnon usn TrTinrn ft Is so onsy for the manufnetur er to eovur up tho Imperfections as In the l.lflyHe, both In miitorliil nnd workman- hip, and which ennnot be deteeted nntll the miielilno lias beon given a test on the rnnd, such an InvoillijRtlon as has just been eonipluted by the belt experts la the country, nnlr the supervision of the Western llovlew of Commerce, is llkelv to be of grmt value to tho riiilng- public . The honor of producing the best wheel among the thlrty-seren well-known makes that were tested fell to the old established honse of John P. LotcII Arms Co., of Boston, Mass.. tnanufaetursrs of the celebrated Lovell Diamond. The Investigation was made In n thorough manner by competent ex perts in the construction of wheels, and before them were placoi thirty-seven of the p .ml COLONEL BENJAMIN S. LOVELL. President of the John P. Lovell Arms Co. leading makes. The machines were al) marvels of tho most reoeot Ideas of me ohanleal construction, and were brought together without the slightest Intimation or knowledge to the manufacturers that such s test was to take place. The practical experts Composing tho Investigating board gradually Weeded tho machines down to a small num ber, and, after several days of careful tost Ing of the relative merits of the ma chines, they were unanimous in theif verdict that the Lovoll Diamond was tin doubtfully the best wheel made and so re ported to the paper, the president of which Immediately wrote the J. P. Lovell Arm Company informing the latter of the Investi gation made and the decision reached, and this was the first Intimation that the Lovell Company had of the matter. The Statement that the Lovell Diamond Is the best bicycle built Is based upon the fact that every part of the machine Is made at their own fuotory. Previous to and includ ing 1899 the machine bearing the name Of the Lovell Diamond wae. manufactured for the John P. Lovell Arms Co. by out side parties, but beginning with the season of 1807, every part of every machine hearing their nnme plate has been constructed at the faotory of the John P. Lovoll Arms Co. at Bouth Portland, Maine. This fact easily acoounts for tho proven supremaoyof the "Lovell Diamond" over all other loading makes of tho world. The Lovell Arms Com pany have three stores in Boston, Washing ton street, Broad street and Massachusetts avenue, nnd brnnoh stores In Worcester, Mass., Providence, K. I., Pawtuoket, B. I., Portland and Bangor, Me., besides having gents In nearly every city and town throughout tho country. Their new cata logue, "Famous Diamonds of the World," free on application. VLre Admiral Makarow of the Rus sian navy Is on his way to this country to look Into American lce-breaklng fer ryboats. The Russians want to keep some of their harbors open In the win ter. Chew Star Tobacco The Best. Emke Sledge Cigarettes. ' To light the Are In a stove at any de sired time an obsorbent roller 1a set al the top of an Inclined surface, to be fentted and rolled under tbe fire-box jfvben set la motion by tbe clock mechanism. America's Qreafest Medicine Greatest, Because la oases of Dyspepsia (I has a touch like magio, which just bits tbe spot, brings relief to tbe sufferer, and gives tone and strength to tbe stomaon as no other medicine does. Dyspepsia and Liver Trouble "For many years I suffered almost oon jtantly with dyspepsia complicated wltb ' liter oomplalnt. I tried -ret one thing and than another and sometime resorted to regular medioal treatment, but derived bo sabstantlol benefit. I read about Hood's fiarsaparllla and Pills and concluded to give them a trial, and tbey effected a per manent enre." F. Cao.TES, 111 "W. Boule vard, Mew York, N. Y. . Bemembei Hood's Is Amerioa's Greatest Medicine, ffesis for fa. Bold by all druggists. Gat only Hood's. Unnri'o Pillo are the beet aftwr-dfnnot nouu 9 nils Bins, iaieuou. . SEND FOR A BICYCLE CRKAT CkBARINO SALB ot tl Mid aj.pi-.n-aj mllku-l a " isn 'i '-Tmo5.u i.im.tir fXl?1,1! ok. wt,t-ii. A,,,,evn.?i. ?sf ME HA NO WOMEN WAKTE0 lB'l'1'U-Vi:L, for old Mt-ullihwl heuM. I'et l'liuuDt iMiaition. SOU pr munih end all - . wm. .W .1EMI i tiU US Lovuu et fhU - mm
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