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tho Spanish charge, called at the State Department to express his profound regret, and the entire Spanish staff left their cards it tho Navy Department as a mark of personal condolence. At all o? the foreign establishments there was the deepest interest and solicitude over the aft air, and during the day Ambassador t'ambon of France, Sir Julian Pauncefote of the British era--1 -<ssy, and other foreign representatives • ailed on the President or at the State Department to express their regrets. The message from Captain General Blanco to Senor Du Bose was filed at Havana at 2a. m. It reads: "With profound regret I have to inform you that the American ship Maine, in this harbor, blew up by an undoubtedly chance accident believed to result, from an explosion of the (toiler of the dynamo. Immediately following the accident ail the disposable elements of the capital hastened to the spot to extend every aid possible. These included the force of the marine fire brigade and ail the generals in Havana, among them my chief of staff. There have been deaths and wounds. I have sent an aid-de-camp to offer every assistance to the American consul that he may wish for. I will forward further details as they become available.” Senpr Du Bose expressed the most profound regret at the occurrence to a reporter to whom he gave a copy of the foregoing cable from General Blanco. He said: "Os course, I look on the horror as due in every respect and solely and simply to an accident. That is the clear and unequivocal statement of the authorities at Havana, and all the evidence thus far available goes to sustain it.” Asked if the disaster possibly couid have any adverse effect on the relations between Spain and the United States, he responded with a decided negative and the statement that the affair was wholly an accident. Senor Du Bose hastened to the State Department soon after receiving the Blanco cablegram for the purpose of expressing his deep condolence to the authorities and of communicating the captain general's dispatch to Secretary Sherman and Mr. Day, the assistant secretary. To both of them he expressed personally and officially the most profound regret. The Spanish naval attache, Senor Sobral, who is in New York, sent a telegram to the secretary of the navy expressing his profound regret at tli€ news of tho loss of so many naval companions. A Spanish official of long residence at Havana stated that the hour of the accident was the one when excitement at Havana was at its height. Up to midnight the theaters, cases and clubs are crowded, and strangers find their greatest interest in seeing the city at the time. For this reason, he said, it was the time when naval officers usually secured their shore leave, the leave running from 8 to 12 o’clock. This, lie thought, would account for tho absence of the officers of the Maine and the consequent small death list among the officers. At the same time, the leave to the sailors was usually curtailed between Sand 12 for the reason that hours of excitement at Havana were those in which it was desired the seamen should not participate. SPANIARD* LOVS AMERICA. Senor Dupny Dp Louie Biijn His People Have Been Misunderstood. NEW YORK, Feb. IP.—"The Spanish minister and tho Spanish people have been greatly misunderstood in this country.” said Senor Dupuy Do Lome, the former Spanish minister, this morning. "They all desire peace. They all want peace with America and Americans, not only from motives of policy, but because they love America. I am forced to say now hy tills terrible affair what I should have been precluded from saying before. There is no country In the world that 1 love as I do America. I love the country and the people. It is with the keenest regret that I take my leave as the result of this unfortunate letter incident. Nearly all prominent Spaniards and men of influence in my country share my views in regard to America. “Spain cannot afford to have war with the United States. If only from motives of policy, they are determined not to have any war. There can be no war between this country and Spain. Such a thing is out of the question. “If the Maine has blown up in Havana harbor it is the result of an accident. That is absolutely certain. There will be no war.” . , Senor De Lome sailed on the steamship Britannic for Liverpool to-day. Complimentary resolutions were presented to him on board by a delegation of Spaniards. There was no hostile demonstration of any kind. Senor De Lome was accompanied by his wife and two boys. The party was escorted by detectives from the hotel to the clock. Four staterooms were in readiness for the ex-minister. A cabin set apart for a reception room was tilled with lloral emblems. Among the many friends who were present to bid the De Lomes farewell was Miss Pauncefote, eldest daughter of the British ambassador. Sho presented to Sonora Do Lome a magnificent * bouquet. An album containing resolutions of sympathy. signed by Spaniards in til's city, was handed to Senor De Lome. who. in a short speech, returned thanks, and said ho hoped lio would retain the highly valued good will of the Spanish colony in New York.

THE LONDON PRESS. Hrttihli KditorK Think: There Uim Treueherj Somewhere, LONDON, Feb. 17.—The headlines of all Dondon newspapers lust evening hinted that the disaster at Havana pointed to treachery. either Cuban or Spanish, and the palters alluded to the excitement and re; sentment at Lite Maine's dispatch to Havana. The newspapers also published long descriptions of the Maine with the names of her officers. They described Captain Sigsbee as an eminent’ 1 officer and published accounts of his career. The Globe said last evening: “It is impossible to 'refrain from the suspicion that the explosion may have been caused by foul means. Although anchored, the Maine would have had steam up in one of her boilers for the dynamos and auxiliary machinery. If an infernal machine had been hidden in the coal and thrown into the furnaces, obviously there would have been an explosion of the boiler and as a result of a magazine. That this terrible event should have occurred in the harbor of Havana renders a solution of the mystery of international importance.” Continuing the Globo says: "The last serious disaster of this nature occurring in peace time was in I*H. when H. If. S. Petrel blew up in the Straits of Magellan. The verdict of the court was that it was caused by the formation of coal gas, another suggestion being that a substance called Xerotine. a siccative stowed in the paintrnom, was responsible. Upon this occasion there were two distinct explosions, and 14" out of the crew of 150 perished. In t lie* following year an explosion on lioard 11. M. S. Triumph killed three men. In this ease the disaster was iraced to the use of the Xerotine siccative.'’ The St. James Gazette of last evening leans to the supposition that the disaster was wrought by an explosion in the magazine, “which is beneath the forecastle and as far as possible from the engine tires,” adding: "It remains, however, to lie explained how a magazine, carefully guarded, could be ttred as bearing on this it must be borne in mind that the discipline on American war ships is usually, to English ideas, rather lax. Another possibility is that the disaster was produced by the explosion of a submarine mine or torpedo, caused accidentally or otherwise. This suggests the thought that the on*rage was perpetrated by a Spanish conspirator or • 'ubau insurgents conspirators against the United States.” The Dally News this morning srys: “The disaster reaches the very extremity of horror. The public feeling of the world, shocked by this dire calamity, will do well to imitate the restraint impo.<ed on that of trie United States by both the Washington government and the captain tl the ill-fated •hip. For suspicions of foul play there

seem to be absolutely no warrant, though naturally they haunt the minds of many Americans. They should be entertained on* ly on absolute compulsion. A spark of misdirected national feeling might cause terrible mischief.' The attitude of Spain at this agonising moment will either efface the memory of the De Lome Incident forever, or revive it with added circumstances of bitterness and exasperation that cannot, be contemplated without a shudder. The calamity sends a pang to every British heart.” The Morning Post, in an editorial of profound sympathy, expresses the ho,- that certain American Senators “who n * allowed themselves to talk rather w; will suspend judgment. The pqtter dc o' believe in the torpedo theory. and <.. the disaster the resuit of an accidei ; ;.nt it fears the real cause will ne* u be known. The Daily Chronicle says: “Bii-is- sorrow and sympathy are little :ess ,'ivid than if the causalty had happened to one of our own ships.” It thinks the ‘heory that the boilers burst absurd: and, after expressing the opinion that there is “no apparent justification of foul play.” it suggests that some new and dangerous explosive which was on board with a view of experiment should an occasion arise, exploded spontaneously after suffering the process of chemical decomposition, ami so fired the magazine. The theory that tho officers were overhauling the torpedoes at that time of night, the Daily Chronicle dismisses as “preposterous.” The Daily Mail says editorially: "The suspicion of Spanish treachery exhibited by a section of American opinion looks ili besides the accounts of the splendid gallantry of the suspects in saving drowning Americans, and it indicates an ugly temper toward Spain.” The Times editorially expresses profound sympathy with the United States. With reference to "Certain ominous opinions heard in America.” It says: “Fortunately for America and for the world, the United States is not governed by persons of this type. So far, not onlv the governments, but the people of America and Spain have acted with good sense, good feeling and dignity. It is fervently to be hoped the investigation will prove the cause of the disaster an accident, although "the conditions which can have led up to such an accident in such circumstances are rather obscure.” The Standard and Daily Telegraph contain simdar editorials. The Standard believes the casualty to have been purely accidental; but it suggests that it may be “even feasible to attribute such an outrage to Cuban insurgents, desiring by means, however unscrupulous, to involve Spain in a foreign war.” The morning papers all publish columns of telegrams, opinions, theories and the like. Kffect on London Stock Market. NEW YORK, Feb. 16. — Evening Post’s lamdon financial cablegram: The stock markets here were dull to-day. Americans were flat on the disaster to the battle ship Maine. The disposition here is to regard the matter as a lamentable accident, but it is feared the United States may think otherwise. Anyhow it is recognized that the disaster may show temporarily as a. fresh incentive to the jingo party and for this reason the market after a small rally closed at the Worst. The incident has revealed one fact, at least, namely, that the bull account here is much larger than had been supposed. Amsterdam has joined in Felling. At the same time there also has been buying of a distinctly good kind. Sympathy from Irishmen. LONDON, Feb. 16.—At a largely attended meeting of the Irishmen in St. James Hall this evening, convened to celebrate the events of ’9B, under tho chairmanship of James O'Kelly, it wits unanimously voted to send a dispatch of condolence to the American nation upon the loss of the Maine. Messrs. Dillon. Davitt and O’Brien were present. The speeches were generally very violent against Great Britain.

Left Their Cards. LONDON, Feb. 16.—During the day the Russian and German naval attaches left their cards at the United States embassy. ♦ THE DISASTER AT APIA. C’HMiintty List AVa* Small Compare*? with the Havana Horror. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The only parallel to the Maine horror in the history of .he United States navy was the great Samoan disaster in March. 1889, when four officers and forty-six men of the Pacific coast squadron lost their lives in a hurricane which swept the harbor of Apia, Samoa, and surrounding waters March 15 and 16. When this hurricane started there were in the harbor of Apia the following war ships: The Trenton, Valid alia and Nipsie, of the United States navy; the British ship Calliope and the German vessels Adler, Olga and Eber and a few merchant ships and small craft. Admiral Kimberly, commanding the naval forces, mhde the department a long report, In which he showed that notwithstanding the utmost efforts of the officers and men and a display of the most expert seamanship, the Vandalia and Nipsic were wrecked on a reef. The Vandalia lost four officers and thirty-nine men: the Nipsic seven men, and the Trenton one man. whose head was smashed by an accident aboard shiii. The admiral’s report showed that the Adler had been thrown high up on a reef and was careened on her side; that the Olga had been beached in a good position. He said the Eber was nowhere to be seen and reported that the Calliope, having successfully run out of the harbor during the beginning of the storm, had returned, showing signs of having experienced heavy weather. In reporting on the disaster Admiral Kimberly said: “During the entires time Captain Farquhar showed great care and good judgment in handling the ship through this terrific gale and never left the bridge. He was ablv seconded hy his executive and navigating officers, who did all in their power to save the ship. In fact, so far as I could observe, all the officers behaved extremely well under the trying circumstances and performed their duties cheerfully, effectively and as well as could be desired. I his disaster I classify among the incidents and accidents inseparable from the prosecution of duty. Its magnitude, however, gives it a distinguishing feature, which, fortunately, the service is rarely compelled to witness.” Tlie New York at Key West. KEY WEST, Fla., Feb. 16.—The United Slates cruiser New York, with Admiral Sleard on board, reached Sand Key, eight miles out, this evening and anchored. She was ordered here to supply the survivors of the Maine with clothing and The light tender Mangrove sailed for Havana at 3 this morning, having on board several doctors. The steamer Fern has also sailer! for Havana and the torpedo boat Ericsson left at midnight with dispatches for the fleet. The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius left Jacksonville to-night for Key W eat to await further instructions. Red Cross^nstractions. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—The following instructions have been cabled to Miss Clara Barton, president of tiie American Red Cross, now at Havana: “Save neither trouble nor expense to render every possible assistance to our wounded sailors.” Miss Barton and her corps of Red Cross aids are available for immediate service in behalf of those injured hy the explosion on the Maine. Their organization and the Red Cross temporary hospital will doubtless be placed at the disposal of Captain Sigsbee for his wounded crew.^ Historical Documents Found. MONTREAL Feb. 16.—A discovery of great importance to Canadian history has just liven made at Quebec among the old manuscripts in the archives of the archdiocese. Vicar General MaroiS, while going through those the other day. discovered a document in three parts,Written in 1672 by Pore Francois de Creptcul. a Jesuit missionary who spent part of his life among the Indians of the Saguenay region. Historians have believed in the existence of this document because of allusion to and extracts from it. but no trace of it could he found until now. though it was frequently and diligently searched for. News of tfu\ discovery was at once sent by Mgr. Marois to the Burrows Brothers’ Publishing Company, now engaged in bringing out a translation of the “Relations des Jesuits.” The Worm Was I p Late. Detroit Tribune. A father was lecturing his son on the'evil of staying out late at night and rising late in the morning. “You will never succeed.” he said, “unless you mend your ways. Remember the early bird catches tiie worm.” "And what about the worm, father?” said the young man sneerittgly. “Wasn’t he rather foolish in getting up so early?” “My son.” said the old man, “that worm hadn’t been to bed at all; he was only getting home.” The young man coughed. \ is usual Congressuiitn. Washington Post. , If Congressman Landis continues to go about the country talking common sense be will soon find himself quite lonesome.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1898.

BY A TORPEDO. (Cnnelnded from First Paged complete; in fact',’ l noticed a few of our men struggling in the water. “Only three boats were left of the number we carried. These, the gig. barge and second whale boat, were lowered as quickly as we could get them into the water. There was a big hole knocked in the side of the barge, and it is a wonder that it did not sink with the few who had climbed into It.” “What did you think caused the explosion?” I asked Captain Sigsbee. “You will have to excuse me from answering that,” he replied. “In such cases it Is best not to think: it is best to know. That requires investigation and time.” Might not a small torpedo, these reasoners argue, have struck the side of the Maine and, exploding, set off one of the magazines, some of which are located forward? Still again, it was hinted that there was a Cuban mine laid, and that it failed in its mission, which was to destroy the Spanish cruiser, anchored near, and struck the Maine. BODIES WASHED ASHORE. Thirteen Recovered and Seven Identified ly the Chaplain. KEY WEST, Fla., Feb. 17.—Advices from Havana early this morning saj*: Out of 26 officers and 320 sailors on the Maine, 21 officers and 72 sailors were saved. The list ol survivors was wired to Washington by Captain Sigsbee yesterday. The mutilated bodies of thirteen men were washed ashore at Regia and „Casa. Blanca, opposite Havana. Seven bodies were identified by Chapplain Chadwick as those of Graham, McDonald, Kay, Nero, Kinsman, Dierking and Brown. Two other bodies had not yet been identified. They have been taken to the morgue and will be buried to-day at 3 p. m. The Marquis De Esteban, mayor of Havana, will head the ceremonies. Tiie burial expenses will be paid by the municipality. General Solatia will also assist at the funeral, representing Captain General Blanco. The bodies will be exposed in tho City Hal! after 1 o’clock. The funeral ceremony will be Impressive. Manuel Santander, the bishop of Havana, has donated ground for tho burials. High mass for the repose of the souls of the dead sailors will soon be celebrated in the Merced Church under the auspices of the Carlists. All the high officials and prominent persons, as well as the officers of the foreign ships, will be invited to be present. A monument will be erected by subscriptions headed by the American newspaper correspondents. Captain Sigsbee has cabled to Washington that it would be advisable to send no more war ships to Havana, but to send relief boats. The Mangrove lighthouse tender has arrived, and tho Laurel is clso expected. Admiral Manterola has summoned Capt. Sigsbee to appear before Military Judge Peral and the Marquis Ensenada, and has notified him also that joint committees of American and Spanish, naval officers will be appointed to investigate the cause of the explosion. “DOWN WITH AMERICANS.” Wlmt the Sal K-rs Say About the Sentiment of Spaniards.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 16.—A special to the Times-Union and Citizen from Key West, Fla., says: The steamship Olivette arrived here to-night with a large number of the wounded and many other survivors of the Maine disaster. The officers were, ai a rule, reticent, and followed in line with their chief, Sigsbee, in saying that the cause of the explosion could only be ascertained by tips divers, but many of the sailors were outspoken in their declaration, of belief that the explosion was a deep-laid plot of the Spaniards. They are greatly incensed against the Havana people, who have shown them small courtesy. and who looked upon their presence as a national affront and who have published anonymous circulars captioned “Down with Americans.” They believe that the author of such expressed and cowardly hatred would not stop at an act of such terrible vengeance as the blowing up of tho Maine. These sailors, acquainted with the drills, discipline and ensemble of a man-of-war, pooh-pooh the idea of an internal explosion as the last thing to be thought of. LATEST AT WASHINGTON. Advices Received Last Night and Early This Morning. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—Dispatches received here up to 2 o’cloc k this, morning do not clear away the mystery surrounding the blowing up of tiie battle ship Maine in Havana harbor. When Captain Sigsbee was interviewed last night at Havana he said: “I cannot determine the cause, but competent investigators will decide whether the explosion was produced from an interior or exterior cause. I cannot say anything until after such an investigation has been made. 1 will not and cannot conscientiously anticipate the decision nor do I wish to make any unjust estimate of the reason for the disaster.” It was stated yesterday that the Maine carried a crew of over 800 men. That was a mistake. It is said her complement was 354, and that out of this number only 96 were saved. Late last night Consul General Lee cabled from Havana that the dead will reach 260. His dispatch, which was addressed to tho State Department, reads: “Profound sorrow expressed by government 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 and theaters closed. “Tiie dead number about 360. Officers' quarters being in rear and seamens forward, where explosion took place, accounts for greater proportional loss of sailors. Funeral to-morrow at 3 p. m. Officers Merritt and Jenkins still missing. “Suppose you ask that naval court of inquiry be ‘•t’lJ to ascertain cause of explosion. Hope our people will repress excitement and calmly await decision.” The following dispatch was received from Captain Sigsbee, at Havana, addressed to Secretary Long: “All men whose names have not been sent as saved probably are lost. Have given up Jenkins aud. Merritt

as lost. Bodies are still floating ashore. I keei> nine officers, one private and Gunners Mate Bullock here with me. A dispatch from Captain Philip, of the Texas, now at Galveston, state;; that the drafts of twenty-one apprentices, which they carried from New York for the Maine, are still on board the Texas Very little other new* was received that would tprow light on the. situation at Havana, but nearly a hundred private telegrams came from friends and families of the officers and crew late last night, lagging for specific news of the loved ones and relatives who were with the fatal ship. Replies were made to such inquiries as could be answered. It was hoped by the department that a list of the injured among the survivors could be secured promptly, but though a request of this was cabled to Havana at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, no response was received. The State Department was on tiie alert for news both from Havana and from Minister Woodford at Madrid, hut beyond the message from General Lee, expressing the hope that public excitement in the United States would be repressed and detailing additional courtesies at the hands of the Spaniards hi Havana, nothing was received. The effort of the government officers to remain calm in the face of the shocking disaster sutd Its attending mystery was apparent all last night, and a number of naval officers volunteered theories in support of the accident hypothesis, all of which, in the absence of any facts upon which to base a reasonable opinion, were decidedly unsatisfying. At the White House the President spent last evening till midnight iri his office. There was no official conference on the disaster, however, and but one caller, Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, who merely discussed the Maine catastrophe incidentally with the other business which brought hint to the White House. The President displayed the keenest Interest in the appalling- story, and the deepest sympathy for the sufferers, and it was at his suggestion that the order halfmasting all government flags was issued. He was kept informed of the course of events by private dispatches and those of the press, which were sent to him from time to time through the evening. The President has ordered that to-day and until further notice the flag at all navy yards and on naval vessels, at posts, army headquarters and on all public buildings shall be half-masted.

DETAILS OF THE DISASTER. Rescue of the Wounded and Ininju red—What Officer* Say. HAVANA, Feb. 16.—’The following dispatch was written on board the W aid line steamer City of Washington, now in this harbor: One of the officers of the Maine said to-day that at 8 o'clock last night all the magazines on board the battle ship Maine were closed, and that the keys had been turned over to Captain Sigsbee, her commander. The explosion occurred at 9:45 p. m. The officer then rushed on deck, and assisted in lowering a boat and in trying to rescue the men in the water. The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII, which was anchored close to the Maine, also lowered her' boats and saved thirty-seven of the crew of the American war ship. Another officer said: “I was sitting with two more officers in the messroom when a heavy explosion occurred. It was so heavy that w© understood the ship would be lost, and we went on the upper deck and found she had been badly wrecked by an explosion, that she was on lire and sinking. All efforts were then directed toward lowering the boats and saving lives. The Maine settled quietly on the bottom of the harbor, only her upper works remaining above the water. A number of boats from the Spanish war shix Alfonso XII, and boats from tiie Ward line steamer City of Washington, came alongside and rendered assistance. Twenty-four men who were slightly wounded were carried on board the City of Washington and the rest of -the wounded weue carried on board the Alfonso XII, from which place they were taken to other quarters,and after receiving valuable assistance from the naval directors sent to the military" hospitals.” This officer said the explosion occurred somewhere in the forward part of the midships section of the, battle ship. Many of the crew who were below at the time of the explosion were unable to escape, and those who succeeded in reaching the upper decks saved their lives with great difficulty with the assistance of officers and men on Watch. At 2 o’clock in the morning, when the correspondent of tiie Associated Press was going ashore, there was anotner terrible explosion. At the same time boats from tiie Spanish steamers Colon and Mexico were taking eight, wounded men ashore after having saved them from the water. Up to 2 o’clock in the morning fifty-seven men and twenty-four officers had been accounted for. Paymaster Ray said that last Sunday there were 334 men on his list, all told. Lieutenant Jenkins and Assistant Engineer Merritt are among those who are not accounted for. Lieutenant Blandin was on watch at the time of explosion Some of the wreckage of the Maine fell on board the City of Washington and knocked two holes in her deck. The chaplain of the Maine, the Rev. J. P. Chadwick, went on board the Alfonso XII in order to administer to the wounded. A Spanish naval officer said that Captain Sigsbee was the last man to abandon the sinking ship, and that he remained alongside the wreck as long as it was possible to do any good in the work of rescue,* There is no truth in the report that Gen. Fitzhugh Leo and Vice Consul Springer have called at the palace to thank Captain General Blanco for his offer of assistance. MOST OF THE MEN WERE ASLEEP. The large number of deaths reported among the crew of the Maine is said to be due to the fact that most of them were asleep below at tho time of the explosion. Most of the officers saved were dining on board the City of Washington. It is reported that the disaster was due to the exof the boiler of the dynamo machine on board the Maine. The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII was for some time after the explosion in great peril, and her mooring tackles were slacked away and she was anchored at a greater distance from the burning warship, beipg assisted by’ other Spanish vessels. She- then lowered her boats and took part in the work of rescue. t Consul General Lee's cable dispatch to tho United States State Department, which was filed at 12:30 p. m., was carried to the palace by Vice Consul Springer as an act of courtesy. The first of ttitW American sailors to reach the wharf swam there. Stretchers for the use of the wounded were sent to the scene by the Havana fire brigade and the headquarters of the Red Cross Society was called on to send four stretchers. Men were sent to patrol the scene of the disaster and pick up the dead and wounded. The smokestacks of the Maine fell at 11:30 p. ni. Three sailors who escaped fell senseless just as they reached a place of safety. One of the Maine’s officers, who is being

oared for at the sanitary headquarters. Is seriously wounded. He is very young und is believed to be the officer on guard at the time of the disaster. He is said to have asked for a priest. Half an hour after midnight thirtyydx of the crew of the Maine had been carried to the military hospital of San Ambroslo. They were all moat seriously wounded. Five others of the crew were taken to the Alfo’nsu XU I Hospital. On board the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII twenty-six of the wounded were treated, and thirty-six were succored on board th<* City of Washington. George Cowley, pn accountant of the Maine, is among the men seriously wounded. The crew of the steamer Colon saved two wounded men. The Maine, at the time of the explosion, was at anchor about five hundred yards from the arsenal and some two hundred yards from the floating dock. The explosion put out the street lights near the wharf, and blew down telephone and telegraph wires in that vicinity. Admiral Manterola and General put off to the Maine soon after the explosion and offered their services to Captain Sigsbee. Vurnel, Backurt (Burkhardt), Win. McGuinness, J. H. Bronner, Alfred Johnson, George Bolsemet and Chas. Begnal were succored at the San Anibrosio Military Hospital, and James Route, Francis Kehet, Daniel Cronin and Geo. Robert received attention at sanitary headquarters. The first explosion is now said to have been caused by over six hundred pounds of gun cotton, and the subsequent explosion is alleged to have been caiysed by shells and cartridges. Among the saved- on board the City of Washington is Gustave G. Dressier, of the Maine, who has lost both his eyes. The passengers of the City of Washington gave up gheir staterooms to the injured men. An iron truss from the Maine fell on the pantry of the City of Washington, breaking the tableware of the steamer. Lieutenant Commander Wainwright, of the Maine, was half undressed at 9:45 p. in., and was smoking in his cabin, next to that of Captain Sigsbee, it is said, when the explosion occurred and put out the electric lights. Wainwright then lit a match and went to Captain Sigsbee’s cabin. The captain, it appears, had been thrown from his bed* but was uninjured. They both w ent on deck and gave orders to flood 2,500 pounds of gun cotton which was on board. The order was carried out, but the men who fullilled it never returned. Havana, however, was saved from a still more terrible explosion. Four boats were lowered, all manned by officers, and one of them was lost. Captain Sigsbee went in his own launch on board the Spanish cruiser, Alfonso XII, to thank her captain and officers. He afterwards went on board the City of Washington, where Consul General Dee, Dr. W. D. Brunner, acting sanitary inspector of Havana, and the correspondents of the American newspapers liqd already gathered. Lieutenant Commander Wainwright believes the explosion was due to the short circuit dynamo.

THE IVJIRED SAILORS. TwentyAine of the Wounded in San AmbruNio Hospital, Havana. NEW YORK. Feb. 16.—A special cable to the Evening World from Havana says: “I have just seen twenty-nine sailors of the Maine silently enduring tortqre caused by powder-skinned faces and bodies, broken bones and mangled flesh. They are being well cared for in the military hospital at San Anibrosio. The less severely injured men are yet on the steamer City of Washington. The severely wounded men will have the best of attention also from the men and women of the American colony. All the injured men show great grit. You •-annot hear a whimper from one ol' the twenty-nine swathed forms in San Ambrosio Hospital, nor from those anywhere else. “The heavy rainfall which immediately followed last night’s horrors still continues in a dreary, dismal drizzle. Out in the l)ay lies the wreck of the once proud Maine. Her steel upper deck forward has been completely lifted and turned over on her starboard side. None of the big guns in the turrets is visible. The Maine is slightly listed to port, and all forward of the massive cranes for unloading ship’s boats has completely disappeared. The big funnels lie flat, upon the twisted and gnarled iron braces and pieces of steel deck. From the funnels aft the ship seems to be intact. She has settled until the water has covered the top of her superstructure and the stern searchlight and the rapid-fire gun look over the water just below them. Most, if not all, the bodies will be recovered. Two bodies w T ere recovered this forenoon. The authorities say they are those of Lieutenant Jenkins and Assistant Engineer Merritt. A vigilant lookout is being kept for bodies. Out of fifty-nine injured not over four are likely to die. All but. live officers will go to-day to Key West. All the slightly wounded and all the ablebodied men will go also, with the exception of q, few who will be kept here to identify bodies when they are secured by the divers. The officers remaining will stop at the Hotel Inglaterra. The following sailors are in San Ambrosio. All but three will live; one man could not give his name. Dan Cronin, New York. Wm. McGinnis, Boston. John Soffcy, Boston. A. Hallen, Brooklyn. James Roll, New York. Francisco Cahill, Massachusetts. Joe Koer,a, Boston. Fred Gerne, New Brunswick, N. J. Chas. A. Smith. Jeremiah Shea. Alfred Herns, Norway. J. H. Bloomer, Portland. Alf Johnson. Sweden. Edward Mattson, Sweden. George Fox. Grand Rapids, Mich, B. R. Willbur. A. Ericsson. Sweden. John E. White, Brooklyn. John Heftron. Brooklyn. Fred O. Holzer, New York. William Matteson, Bay City, Mich. H. Judson, St. Louis. W. Allen, Brooklyn. CREW OF THE MAINE. Complete List of the Men and Their Place of Birth. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.— I The Navy Department this afternoon compiled Rnd gave out a full list of the men on the Maine with place of birth for the purpose of local identification. It is as follows: Adams, John TANARUS., Maryland. Aitken. James P., Edinburgh, Scotland. Allen, James W., Portsmouth. Va. Anderson, John, Liverpool, England. Anderson. Oskar, Sweden. Anderson. Halvor A., Christiana, Norway. Anderson, Charles, Norfolk, Va. Anderson, Gustav A.. Sweden. Anderson, John, Norway. Anderson, Axel. Copenhagen. Denmark. Andrews. Frank. Chemung, N. Y. Anttndsen, Abraham, Norway. Auchenbach, Harry, Sheridan, Pa. A wo, Firsanion, Japan. Barry, Lewis L.. Halifax, N. S. Barrv, John P.. Kerry. Ireland. Baum, Henry S.. Cincinnati. O. Becker. Jacob, Hesse. Germany. Bell, John R., Alexandria. Va. Bergman, Charles, Westervlck, Sweden. Blomberg, Fred. Chicago, 111. Bloomer. John H., Portland, Me. Bookbinder, John, Brooklyn, N. V. 8011. Fritz, Brandeburg. Germany. Boyle, paniel J. W.. Philadelphia, Pa. Bonner, Leon, Malta. Brinkman. Heinrich. Oldenberg. Brofeldt. Arthur. Finland. Burns, Adolph C., Baltimore. Md. Bullock. Cliarles H., Pine Bush, N. Y. Burps. Edward, Boston, Mass. Burkhardt. Robert. Germany. Butler, Frederick F., Harrison. N. J. Cahill, Francis D.. Salem. Mass. Caine. Thomas. Portsmouth, Va. Cameron, Walter, Providence. R. I. Carr. Herbert M., Philadelphia, Pa, Caulfield. Wm. R. D., Id a it.eil lies, France. Chingi, Suke, Japan. Christiansen. T*arl A.. Bergen, Norway. Christiansen, Karl, Sweden. Clark. Thomas. Cleveland, O.

Cochrane. Michael, Cork, Ireland. Cole. Thomas M., Philadelphia, Pa. Coleman, Wm.. Now York. Coleman. W. P.. Petersburg. Va. Conroy. Anthony,' Galway. Ireland. Cosgrove. Wm.. Buffalo, N. Y. Cronin. Daniel. New' York. Curran. Charles. Ireland. Dahlman, Berger, Sweden. David, George. Malta. Dennig, Charles, Allentown, Pa. Donoughey, Wm.. Londonderry, Ireland, Dolan. John. St. Johns, .Newfoundland, James. New London. Conn. Dressier, Gustav J., Germany. Killer, George, New York. Durekin. Thomas J., Corning- N. Y- *- Eiermann, Charles F., Eberbach, Germany. Erickson, Andrew V., Helsingborn, Sweden. Etts. John P.. Rochester, N. YEvensen. Carl, Norway. Fadde. Charles F.. Elizabeth, N JFalk. Randolph. Koenigsburg, Prussia. V Faubel, George D., Brooklyn. N. Y. Fewer, William J., St. Johns, N. K Finrh, Trublc, Raleigh. X. C. . Fisher, Frank, Ann Arbor, Mich. Fisher, Alfred J., Newport, England. Flaherty. Michael. Ireland. Fleishman. Lewis M., Baltimore, aid. Flynn. Michael, Dublin. Ireland. Flynn, Patrick, Waterford. Ireland. Foley. Patrick, Cork. Ireland. Fox. George. Chicago. Fougere, John, Ariohat, N. S. Fountain, Bartley, Quebec. Canada. Franke, Charles, Witzenhausen, Germany. Furlong, James F.. Logansport, Ir.d. Gaffney, Patrick. Kendue. Ireland. Gartzell, Wm. M., Washington, D. C. Gardner, Frank, Matawan. N. J. Gardner, Thomas J., Brooklyn, N. Y. Gorman. Wm. H., Philadelphia. Gordon, Joseph F., Portsmouth. Va. Graham, James A.. Brooklyn. X. V. Graham, Edward P., Jersey City, N. J. * Grady, Patrick, Ireland. Greer, Wm. A., Greenpoirtt, N. Y. Griffin, Michael, Dublin. Ireland, Gross, Henry, New York. Grupp, Reinhardt, Montpelier. Wis. Hallberg, Alfred, Hanon. Sweden. Hallberg, John Alfred, Guttenberg, Sweden. Hamberger, Wm., Jersey City, N. J. Hamilton, Charles A., Newport, R. I. Hamilton. John, Canandaigua, N. Y. Ham, Ambrose. Indian Fields. N. Y. Hanrahan, William C., Troy, N. Y. Harris. Westmore, Charles City, Va. Harris, Edward. San Francisco. Harris, Millard F.. Boston. Harley, Daniel O’Connell, Philadelphia. Harty. Thomas J.. Dungarven, Ireland. Hassell, Charles, Saba. W. I. Hauck, Charles. Brooklyn, N. Y. Hawkins, Howard 8., West Bay City, Mich. Heffron, John, Freemanstovvn. N. J. Hennkes, Robert R.. Cincinnati, O. Herbert, John. Brooklyn, N. Y. Herriman, Benjamin H., St. Marys. Md. Herness, Alfred 8., Thromjen, Norway. Holzer, Frederick C., New 1 York. Holm, Gustav, Horton, Norway. Holland. Alfred J., Brooklyn, N. Y. Horn, Wm. J., Whitehall. N. Y. Hough, Wm. 1,., Philadelphia, Pa. Hughes, Patrick, Kings, Ireland. Hutchings, Robert. Norfolk, Va. Ishida, Otogira. Yokohama, Japan. Johnson, Charles, Frederickstadt, Germany. Johnson, John W.. Rahway, N. J. Johnson, Peter. Sweden. Johnson, Alfred, Sweden. Johnson. George. Abington. Md. Johansen, Peter C.. Denmark. ' Jones, Thomas J.. Brooklyn, N. Y. Jectson. Harry, San Francisco. Cal. Jenks, Carlton, Farm Bridge, 111. Jernee. Fred, New Brunswick, N. J. Just, Charles F., Charleston, S. C. Kane, Joseph H.. Worcester, Mass. Kane, Michael, Mansfield Valley, Pa. Kay. John A.. Jersey City, N. J. Kelly, John, Brooklyn, N. Y. Kelly, Hugh, Sligo, Ireland. Kesskull, Alex., Germany. Keyes. Harry J., Ellsworth, Ind. Kihlstrom, Fritz, Sweden. Kinzy, Frederick E., New Haven. Conn. Kinzella, Thomas F., Brooklyn, N. Y. Kitogata Yukishi, Japan. Kneise, Frederick H., Troy, N. Y. Koebeler, George W.. Brook' yn, N. Y. Kranyak, Charles, England Kruse, Hugo, New York. Kushida. Katsusaburo, Japan. Laird. Charles. St. Johns, N. B. Lambert, William, Hampton, Va. Lanahan, Michael. St. Louis. Mo. Lancaster. Luther. Fredericksburg, Va. Lapierre, George, Montreal, Canada. Larsen, Peder, Bergen, Norway. Larsen, Martin D.. Denmark. Lawler, Edward. Fall River. Mass. League, James W., Annapolis, Md. Lee, William. Attleborough, Mass. Leene, Daniel, Ansonia. Conn. Lees, Samuel, New York. Leopold. Gustav, Schleswig, Germany. Lewis, John 8., Baltimore. Md. Lewis, Daniel, Albemarle, Va. Lieber, George, New York. Load, John 8., London. England. Lehman, Charles A., Sweden. Lorengen, Jorgen J.. Denmark. London, James W., New Kent, Va. Ist well, Clarence E., Bath, Me. Lund, William. Finland. Lydon, John TANARUS., New York. Lynch, Matthew, Lowell, Mtfss. Lynch, Bernard, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mack, Thomas, Brooklyn. N. Y. Malone. Michael, Limerick, Ireland. Marshal, John E.. Henderson, Ky. Marsden, Benjamin L., Jersey City, N. J. Martenson, Johan. Sweden. Mason, James H., Haverstraw, N. Y. Mattsen, Edward. Sweden. Mattisen, William, Canada. Matiasen, Carl. Christiana. Norway. Matza, John, Watertown. Wis. Meilstrup. Elmer M., Osago. Mien. Melville. Thomas. New York. Merz, John. Brooklyn, N. Y. Mero, Etden H., Augusta. Me. Mikkelson, Peter. Denmark. Miller, George, Ghent, Belgium. Miller, Wm. S., New York. Mobles, Georjfe, Cephalonia, Greece. Moore. Edward H , Charles City, Va. Monfort. William, Syflney, La. Norimiere, Louis, Havre, France. Moss, Gerhard C.. Bergen, Norway. Moss, John H.. Oxford. N. G. Mudd, Noble T.. Prince George, Md. Murphy, Cornelius, Cork, Ireland. McCann, Harry, Vallejo, Cal. McGonigle, Hugo, Ireland. McMannus. John J., Davenport, la. McNair, William, Pittsburg. Pa. McNieee, Francis J.. Charlestown, Mass. Nagamine. Tomekishi. Japan. Nielsen, Sophus, Odense, Denmark. Nielsen, John C., Denmark. Nolan, Charles M., Boston, Muss. Noble, William, Ireland. Ohye, Mas, Japan. Ording, Gustav C., Cincinnati, O. O’Connor, James, Ireland. O’Magan. Thomas J.. New York. O’Neill, Patrick. Ireland. O’Regan, Henry H., Boston. Mass. Paige, Frederick, Buffalo, N. Y. Palmgren. John. Helsingberg, Sweden. Panck, John. Lynchburg, Va. Perry, Robert, Mobile, Ala. Phillips, Francis C., Rochester. N. Y. Pilcher. Charles F., Mt. Pleasant, Midi. Pinkney, James, Annapolis, Md. Porter, John, Cavan, Ireland. Powers. John, Cork. Ireland. Price, Daniel, Stoneham Mass. Quigley, Thomas J., New York. Quinn. Charles F.. Waltham. Mass. Rau. Arthur. Stettin, Germany. Reilly, Joseph. New York. Riley, John. Newport, R. I. Richards. Walter K., Philadelphia. Rieger, Wm. A.. Newark. N. J. Rising. Newell, Jersey City, N. J. Robinson, Wm., New Brunswick, N. J. Roos, Peter. Kristlanstadt, Sweden. Rowe, James, Tattenham, England. Rusch, Frank, Dantiz. Germany. Rushworth. Win.. Burnley, England. Safford, Clarence E., Koene, N. H. Salmln, Michael E.. Brooklyn, N. Y. Scwartz. George, Hanover. Germany. Schroeder. August. Brooklyn, N. Y. Scott, Charles A.. Orange, N. J. Scully, Joseph, Baltlmp-.v. Md. Seery, Joseph, Kildare, Ireland. Sellers. Walter S.. Chambers burg, Pa. Shea, Jeremiah. Haverhill. Mass. Shea, Patrick J.. Kerry, Ireland. Shea, Thomas, New York. Shea. John J., New York. Sheridan. Owen. Lungford, Ireland. Shillington. John H., Chicago. Simmons. Alfred. Petersburg. Va. Smith, Carl A.. Hamburg. Germany. Smith. Nicholas J., Lynchburg, Va. Stevenson. Nicholas. Norway. Sugisaki. Isu. Japan. Sutton. Frank. Galveston. Tex. Suzuki. Kashotora. Japan. Talbot, Frank C.. Bath. Me. Teackle. Harry. New York. Tehan. Daniel J., Rochester. N. Y. Thompson, Wm. H.^Philadelphia. Thompson. George, lonian islands, Greece Tigges. Frank 8.. Oeldc, Germany. Tinsraan. Wm. H., Susquehanna, Pa. Todoresco. Constantin. Ibrial, Rouinanla.l Toppln, Daniel G.. Washington. D. C. Troy, Thomas. Waterbury, Conn. Tuohey, Martin. Clare. Ireland. Turpin, John H.. Smithfield, Va. Walsh, Joseph F., Boston. Wallace, John, Lowell. Mass. Warren, John. Randolph, N. C. Waters, Thomas J., Philadelphia. Webber, Martin V., Bar Harbor Me. White, Charles 0., Georgetown, I*. E. I. White. John E.. New' York. Whiten, George M., Middleburg, Va. White. Robert. Portsmouth. Va. Wlckstrom. John E v Helsingfors. Finland. Williams, James, St. Thomas. W. 1. Williams, Henry. Elizabeth City, N. C. Wilson, Albert, Stockholm, Sweden. Wilson. Robert, Scotland. Wagner. Frederick. Wilkesbarre, Pa. Willis, Alonzo, Keyport. N. J. Wilbur. Benjamin R.. Philadelphia. Wilbur, George W., Redbank. N. J. Ziegler, John H., New Brunswick, N. J. List of Survivor*. W ASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Captain Sigsbee has reported in answer to a cable message

of inquiry that the following officers and men were saved from the Maine: 'Capt. C. D. Higgbee. Lieutenant Commander IT. Waiuv/riaht. Lieut. G, F. Holman. Lieut. J. Hood. Lieut. C. W. Jungen. Lieut. G. P. BlowSurgeon 8. O. Heneberger. Paymaster C. M. Ray. Chief Engineer G, P. Howell Lieut. J. J. Blanden. Chaplain J. P. Chidwlck. Passed Assistant Engineer F. C. Bowers, Lieutenant Marines A. Gatlin. Assistant Engineer J. R. Morris. Naval Cadet J. H. Holden. Naval Cadet \V. T. CiuverV Naval Cadet R. Bronson. Naval Cadet P. Washington. Naval Cadet A. Crenshaw. Naval Cadet J. T. Boyd. Boatswain F. E. Larkin. Gunner J. Hill. Carpenter J. Helm. Paymaster Clerk B. McClarthy. —Enlisted Men.— Redon, J. White, I.ai\son. Pauls. Hallberg, Coffee, Bullock. J. W.'Allen, Melville, Roc, Willis. D. Cronin. Galpin. F. Cahili, Kushida, J. Kane, Noppin, Janeer. Turpin, C. A. Smith, Harris, G. Shea, Lutz, Herness. Jertson, J. Heffron, Holland, Bloomer, Herbert. Johnson. McDevltt, Bergman. Foley, Mattison Hutchins, A. Johnson, Schwartz, Pilcher, Richards. * Holtzer, Teackle, Lottos Flynn, McGinnis. Dr'esseler, W. Matiser,, David, Furness, Miohaclson, Good. Sohniun, ' Durkins, Fox. Rau. Wilbur, McNair. Waters, Gabrelle. Anderson. A. Gallon, Christianson, A. Km se, Koehler, Scratch. Ericsson, Benjamin, Mack, McKay. Williams, THE MISSING OFFICERS. Brief Sketches of Lieutenant Jenkins and Aaalatant Engineer Merritt. WASHINGTON, Feb. IC.-The two otlic. rs unaccounted for and who it is feared arc dead are Lieutenant (Junior grade) F. V. Jenkins and Assistant Engineer Darwin R. Merritt. Mr. Jenkins was born in Allegheny City, Juno 26, 1865, and was appointed n.tv. l cadet Sept. 2s, 1882, by Representative Thomas M. Bayne, of the Twenty-third congressional district. After a short cruise on the Atlanta he was graduated in June. 18SS, after which he served successively <*u the Galena, Kearsarge and Swaturu. Be was next attached to the coast survey and served with it until February. 1890, when ha was again ordered to sea on ihe gunboat Bennington. From June, 1893, to September. 1895, he was on ordnance duty at flu: nu\.d proving grounds. Indian Head, Maryland, and in September, 1895, he was ordered to the battle ship Maine, arid has since hr. a attached to that vessel with the exception of a short interval In the spring of 1997. lie reached his present grade of junior lieutenant in January, 1897. He had many friends In this city and was regarded as a most capable and efficient officer. Assistant Engineer Merritt was born at Red Oak. Montgomery county. lowa. April 12, 1872. He was appointed to the Naval Academy Sept. 10, 1891, graduated at the head of his class four years later. He went to sea on the Amphitrite and was subsequently transferred to the Indiana, receiving his final graduation July 1. 1897. 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