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that oven in the worst oases he is sure •there has been some improvement. Frank Fisher, who was saved by the Spanish 'tearner Colon, died on that vessel yeater3ay. live bodies were recovered in the harbor to-day near the wreck, but only one them, that of “Tennis," was recognizable. Consul Getfera! Leo will reward the tireman. Ugarte, who, at the risk of his own life, made a gallant rescue of a drowning sailor, Ugarte, who was badly burned about the head, persevered until he succeeded in saving the drowning man. He will be decorated by his battalion chief and by the municipality of Havana. Captain Sigsbec to-day said to the Associated Press correspondent that the men at work under water about the Maine are extort divers, but that the work requires time and patience. Most of the day was spent in getting the* divers accustomed to the work, and nothing of importance was found. A careful search will be made for the Maine's leg book, which will be of great importance to the court of inquiry. It is yet too soon to form any just opinion as to what the divers will be able to recover from the wreck. The day has been a tranquil one iu Havana. Rear Admiral Manterola returned the visit of Consul General and Capt. Sigsbee this afternoon.

DKAD AKD WOI VDED. Identified Victims and Ynme* of the Injnred in Hospitals. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19,-As the Navy Department is still besieged with applications for the return of the bodies of the Maine victims to the United States for burial, and as the matter has figured In Congress, it may be well to note that Captain Sigsbee, for at least a third time, in answer to questions, has expressed the opinion that the bodies cannot be removed from Havana. Ho has pointed out that their condition is not such os to permit removal: that embalming Is only imperfectly done in Havana, and that identification of the bodies in many cases is not even possible. This morning he telegraphed that the bodies of the two officers, Merritt and Jenkins, could not be found, and again repeated that it would be impracticable to remove bodies. Some of the surgical officers here say that they know by experience that Captain Sigsbee’s conclusion is sound, and they say that successful embalming Is not possible where the circulatory system of the body has been destroyed, as in the case of the mangled victims of the Maine. Captain Sigsbee forwarded another and revised list of the injured and the dead, so far as identified this morning, as follows: “One hundred and twenty coffins, containing 125 dead, now burled; nine ready for burial to-morrow." He gives the following Injured in hospitals at Havana: F. 0. HOLZER, ordinary seaman. G. W. KOEBLER. apprentice. JOHN HEFPRON, ordinary seaman. F. D. CAHILL, landsman. JAMES W. ALLEN. JEREMIAH SHEA. WILLIAM MATTISKN. ordinary seaman. T. J. WATERS. landsman. M. V. WEBBER, landsman. THOMAS MACK, landsman. Following is a list of tbo wounded jr.st arrived on the Mangrove at Key West. Ali arc doing well and are being cared for at the Army Hospital: EDWARD MATTSON, ordinary seaman. B. R. WILBUR, coxswain. J. C. WHITE, landsman. DANIEL CRONIN, landsman. JOHN COFFEY, private marine. J. M. BLOOMER, landsman. ALFRED HERNES, gunner’s mate. JAMES A. ROWE, ship’s cook. CHARLES PITCHER, ordinary seaman. WILLIAM M'GINNIS, private marine. Following are all the bodies that have been identified up to date: J. H. DIERCKING. drummer. J. A. GRAHAM, yeoman. W. U. TINSMAN. landsman. J. F. BROWN, sergeant marines. E. H. MERO, mechanic. IT. J. KEYS, ordinary seaman. WILLIAM COSGROVE. JOSEPH BEERY. J. If. ROBERTS, private marines. N. J. SMITH, apprentice. A. V. ERICKSON, seatnan (died in liospiial at Havana to-day.) J. J. M'MANUS. F. 11. KNIESE, machinist. HENRY GROSS, landsman. C. F. If A SWELL, gunner’s mate. WILLIAM J. FEWER. GUSTAVE HOLM. C. F. W. FIRM ANN. gunner’s mate. FRED JERNEE. • ’ARLTON JENCKES, gunner’s mate. F. C. PHILLIPS, apprentice. N. T. MUDD, seaman. T. J. JONES. SAMUEL LEES, ordinary seaman. L. L. BARRY. ANTHONY CONROY. < 'HARLEB CURRAN, coxswain. PATRICK HUGHES. WILLIAM DONOUGHY, ordinary seaman. FRANK SUTTON. DANIEL PRICK. C. F. JUST, apprentice. JAMES BOYLE. JOSEPH SCULLY. A. N. HENNEKB, gunner's mate, TRUBIE FINCH, apprentice. W. S. SELLERS. A. J. HOLLAND, coxswain (died in hospital.) There was a good deal of talk among the Navy Department officials of the need of speedy relief measures for the benefit of the ownilles of the victims of the explosion. Under tho treasury rules the allotments of portions of pay to members of their families made by the men who perished in tho wreck must stop at once. It is not doubted that Congress will do as It did in the case of the Samoan disaster, provide for a year’s pay to the families of the sailors who died at their posts. The difficulty, however, is that such a measure cannot be passed at once, and meantime some of the families of the dead sailors will be in great distress. The subject has been taken up by Mrs. Long, and she has called a meeting for Monday to initiate the movement. It happens that by the rare chance of au unexpected change of paymasters recently very little of the savings of the Maine’s sailors went down in the vessel. About two weeks ago Paymaster Littlefield, of the Maine, was relieved by Paymaster Ray. The former came to Washington and has settled tho accounts of the ship up to the time ho left. The record shows that Paymaster Ray had on hand in his safe only about $3,000 in cash, probably gold, and a check for $6,000. which, of course, is safe enough without his indorsement against loss. The Secretary of the Navy will ask Congress to authorize him by legislation to continue for three months the allotments of tile salatles of fifty-nine of tilt* members Os the crew of the Maine as made by them to their families, {tending the decision concerning tht; relief to be given the heirs of the victims of the Maine disaster. He has proposed a bill to tills end. and will probably send it to Congress next week.

Condition of Injured lit Key Went. KEW WEST. Feb. 19.—The condition of the injured at the Marine Hospital and tiie barracks is slightly improved. The injured men who arrived on the Mangrove to-day in care of Dr. dendennin, from the barracks, an*- suffering- mostly from severe bums, but they are doing nicelv. The eleven very seriously injured who are still In the hospital at Havana will probably be brouglii here in a few days by the steamer Fern. I.lbernl Jrrfte) \len. NEWARK, N. J.. Feb. 19.—At a dinner given Attorney General Griggs at New York, to-night, subscriptions of $1,150 were made for the Maine sufferers. The money is to be placed in the hands of Attorney General Griggs and Vice President Hobart, wad is to be used either for bringing homo the bodies of the New Jersey victims of the Maine disaster or Is to go to their families. Distillers May Go to Wur. NEW YORK. T-Vb. 19.—1 tis rumored about Brooklyn that the Columbus distillery. one of the largest i-lastern distilleries, will wage war against the Western concern, the American Spirits Company. That there is some basis of truth for the rumor, the Brooklyn Eagle says, is shown by the fact that Internal Revenue Collector Moore has been petitioned to permit the Columbus distill* ry to set apart a building of Its plant for the purpose of selling aler hul direct to Ule druggists and retail trade.

THE LYNCHERS UNEASY RIPLEY COI STY OFFICER*, INCLUDING THE SHERIFF, SUSPECTED. Walinnli College Hoys Spend the Night in Rioting—Yew Castle Bnuker’* Wife Secure** Divorce. Special to the Indianaitolis Journal. VERSAILLES, Ind., Feb. 19.—Hon. Hugh D. McMullen, of Aurora, who has been employed by Attorney General Ketcham to assist Prosecuting Attorney Connelley in the investigation of the September lynching, was here yesterday. It was learned that, as the grand jury had found no indictments against any of the persons connected with the lynching, some steps would be taken by the state’s attorney next week to procure the arrest by bench warrants or otherwise of persons against whom they have sufficient evidence to warrant such proceedings. There has been an impression that Sheriff Busching, who was not at his residence the night of tiie lynching, would be arrested for complicity, and that some of the other county officials would also be arrested for participating in the affair. Those persons who are suspected of knowing something about the lynching have expressed them* selves as secure in the belief tjiat the statd will never convict a person charged with the offense. Public sentiment here is against any further agitation of the matter, but there is some anxiety to know just when the Governor and attorney general are going to let up on the investigation. TOWN TORY WIDE OPEY. Wabusli College Roy* Huixe Cain Until Police Appear. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 19.—’The forerunner of the celebration of Washington’s birthday was kept going until late last night by the students of Wabash College. The acts committed are charged, however, to the members of the sophomore and freshman classes, as these two classes are always clashing over this event. Broken shoulders and unconscious students only seemed to add zest to the battle and make each party more determined to outdo the other. The college campus resembled a howling wilderness for a large portion of the night. Bands were playing and students yelling like Indians. Processions, headed by a band, would form and take up a line of inarch around town, awakening everybody with their noise. Then a bonfire was made of fences, signs and whatever else could be found. The steps into the college campus were burned away, and it is charged that shutters were torn from houses to add fuel to the tires. A wagon with three saw logs was found this morning in front of the college chapel doorway, the wagon tongue having been run through the door. All kinds of signs over town are down and some missing. The two factions had a clash of arms about midnight in front of a restaurant, and the police had to scatter the crowd. Then the boys concluded to march to the 1:45 a. m. train on the Monon and escort President Burroughs from the depot to his home, the president having been at Linden last evening to deliver a lecture. But the police headed off the procession, and the president was taken home without an escort.. The students were out for a night of vandalism, and they tore everything loose that didn’t have roots. While the steps to the college campus were burning tlie band played “There’ll Bea Hot Time in This Old Town To-night,” and when the crowd started for the train the band played "Any Old Thing" until the police scattered tne mob.

JEWELRY FOUND 1Y THE RIVER. Commercial Traveler’s Trunk That Wax Lost In the Hazeltou Wreck. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCETON, Ind., Feb. 19.—The finding of a trunk full of jewelry and clothing in White river, near Hazelton, this county, yesterday, recalls the railroad disaster which occurred on tho Evansville & Terre Haute road near Hazelton last March. The trunk was found by David Young, a farmer, who sold the contents to neighbors. William Thorn, a railroad detective, learned of the find and went to Young and demanded that he replace the jewels and deliver them to him. Thorn to-day found a book in the trunk which had tho name John Abbott Hathaway written on the flyleaf. This was the only mark of identity the trunk had. It may be that the owner of the book went to his death when the train plunged into White river on that dark night in March and five people were drowned. Well-Preserved lloosler Couple. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MORRISTOWN, Ind., Feb. 19.—T0-day is the fifty-third anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram W. Woodyard. Mr. Woodyard was born at Connersville in 1822 and came to this county in 1830. Mrs. Woodyard was Miss Mary Johnson. She was born at Urbana, 0., and came here in 1830. They were children and schoolmates together at tho first school in the county, which was in an old log house about a half mile northwest of town. They were married in 1845 and have never lived outside of the township. Mr. Woodyard is financially well fixed. His residence is just east of town. Mr. and Mrs. Woodyard are both members of the Old Missouri Harmony Singing Class. He was one of the trustees of the old congressional township, composed of this and Rush counties. Under the new Constitution of the State he was one of the first five trustees of the district. Then after thero was but one trustee to the township he was for thirteen years the trustee of this township, being re-elected every year. He lias always been connected with the road work of the county and was a member of the board that built the first turnpike in tho county. He has been connected with the Agricultural Department for years. All*Kel Miraculous Healing. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MORRISTOWN, Ind., Feb. 19.—At the Wesleyan Methodist Church, six miles southeast of here and about the same distance from any other town, there is a great deal of excitement over a protracted meeting now in progress. During the meeting quite a number of the participants have claimed to be cured of various ailments. One young woman had been an invalid all her life, but at the meetings she was miraculously healed, it is claimed, and now is as strong as any average girl of her age. Another example is that of William McMichael the largest man in Shelby county, weighing nearly four hundred pounds. He hud been compelled to use crutches for some time, but at one of the meetings threw them away and has no further use for them. This church is in the same neighborhood as the one in which “Daniel's Band” held forth a few years ago by falling into trances and having other religious paroxysms. YYullaee Hum Ills Horn** Committee. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind., Feb. 19.—The Republican county central committee met this afternoon and set March 12 as the time for selecting delegates to the congressional convention, and also the joint senatorial convention. The following wiis unanimously adopted: “To the Citizens of Indiana: The Republican county central committee of Montgomery county, Indiana, do hereby most earnestly recommend our illustrious soldier and citizen, Gen. Lew Wallace, as the ideal candidate to succeed Hon. D. Turpie in the Senate of the United States. Born in Indiana, and continuously a resident of this great Commonwealth, always interested In its development and endeavoring at all times to lift up to a higher plane the citizenship and the good name of our fair State, we unqualifiedly give to him our unanimous indorsement and confidently present his name for favorable consideration.” Divorce for Mrs. Bowden. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENSBURG, Ind.. Feb. 19.-Judge Hadley granted a divorce to-day to Alice M. Dowden from Frank M. Dowden, the banker. awarding Mrs. Dowden $9,000 alimony, custody of their daughter and $1,200 for her support until she becomes of age. She ac-

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cepts. in full satisfaction of the judgment for alimony, two pieces of improved real estate, one a conveyance in fee simple absolute. the other known as the Dowden block. In which she will have a life interest, with remainder to her children. The defendant formerly held the position of assistant cashier of the First National Bank, and was not present, being absent undergoing a course of treatment at Oxford. 0., for paralysis of the left. side. Mrs. Dowden has for many years been prominent in literary circles and is a member of the Association of Writers of Indiana. A Murderous Assault. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EAGLE, Ind., Feb. 19.—Perry Wilson and Marv City attacked Thomas McQuade, the new mine superintendent at this place, this morning, beating him almost to death with a billy and brass “knucks.” They met him near the shaft and asked him why he did not give them work, and without waiting for an explanation set on him as above. Two years ago this man City, with his brother, went to the home es Abner Bose, attacking him with knives, almost severing his nose from his face, and only a few years ago Wilson attempted to murder Tom Stevenson, knocking him down with a hatchet and stabbing hi n two or three times with a knife. Both men have left. I.et Loose and Shot Two Men. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., Feb. 19.—Ben Beal, of Dunkirk, a well-known “rounder” there, w r as brought to the county jail to-mght by Marshal Hartman, on a shooting charge, which may be changed to murder at any time. Beal had been drinking heavily and got into an altercation with Patsy Webb and William Thomas, the former a glassblower and the latter a flattener. Beal drew a revolver and fired five shots. The second struck Webb in the back, inflicting a wound like that which caused the death of President Garfield. He is suffering great pain and is in a serious condition. Beal then shot Thomas through the left arm. Covington Commercial Club. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON, Ind., Feb. 18.—A meeting of the business men of this city was held last night for the purpose of organizing a commercial club. The object of the club is to attract to Covington suitable business enterprises, especially factories. The officers elected for the year are the following: President, Julius I.oeb; vice president, S. I*. Gray; secretary, W. H, Miles; assistant secretary, M. Boord; treasurer. J. W. Sullivan; ways and means committee. W. W. Layton, Peter Ost, George Williams, N. G.\ Harlow and Julius Loeb. The club starts out with a membership of nearly one hundred. 200-Barrel Rich Valley Well. Sl>ecial to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Feb. 19.—The failure of seven or eight wells in the oil field at Rich Valley, this county, caused many drillers and prospectors to abandon that territory. The pool which was opened, up by the Rich Valley Oil Company was pronounced exhausted, but it seems this decision was premature, as to-day a fine 200-barrel well was drilled, and the interest in the field is reviving. Another well will come in Monday, and as it is only two hundred yards from the latest gusher it is expected to be a good one. Trenton rock was found at a higher elevation than at any other point, being struck at 865 feet. The Keliar** After Damage*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON, Ind., Feb. 19. The Clara Shanks case, like Banquo’s ghost, will not down. Two new damage suits have been tiled by plaintiffs in that case, ono each by Daniel Kellar and Nannie, his wife, against Luther Delf, a wealthy fanner of Parke county. Mr. Delf was one of the foremost in pushing the prosecution against the Kellars. The plaintiffs each bring suit for SIO,OOO. There is much bitter feeling in the neighborhood where the trouble occurred, and it will not be surprising if further prosecutions take place.

I'oNtmnMter for Chairman. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., Feb. 19.—At the meeting of Rushville township Democrats this afternoon, Postmaster Meredith, of Rushville, was indorsed for county chairman. Walter S. Campbell, silver Republican in the campaign of 1896, was put forward for state statistician, and the Rushville township delegation instructed for him. The statement that Hon. Thomas K. Mull, of Manilli, joint senator from Hancock and Rush counties, will he a candidate for renomination is officially denied by Senator Mull, who says he w ill not make the race. The Field In Aguinat Steele. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Feb. 19.—The six Republican county chairmen of the Eleventh district have been called to meet in this city on Wednesday to fix the time and place of holding th< congressional convention. It is expected tl at all of the candidates for Congress and many of their friends will be present. With the exception of Major Steele, it is understood that the candidates are in favor of a late convention—in June. The opinion seems to be that Logansport will get the convention. U(*mocr<itx Didn’t Fight. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., Feb. 19.—When the Democratic committeemen of this county met here to-day to select a county chairman, William Chillson and his friends were on hand with knives up their sleeves, while the anti-Chillsonites w'epe armed for war. Cooler heads of the party got together and induced the radicals to agree on A. W. Turner, of this city, as chairman. After this* selection a love feast was held. Chillson and his opponents both confessed they were wrong, and a general handshaking occurred. Hon. Simon T. Powell’s Bad Fall. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE, Ind., Feb. 19.—Hon. Simon T. Powell, one of the best known ...en in this section, was dangerously injured to-day by falling down several steps at the entrance to the courthouse. Mr. Powell is almost entirely helpless in his lower limbs, and walks with crutches. In descending the steps one crutch broke and Mr. Powell fell down several steps to the stone walk, striking his head. He is a very fieshy man and a deep cut was made over his left eye and his head tv as badly bruised. Three Hebrew Candiilutr*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Feb. 19.—Three prominent Hebrews of this congressional district will be candidates for State offices before the Republican and Democratic conventions this summer. Leopold Levy, of Huntington, is out for the Republican nomination for treasurer of State; Jerome HerfT, of Peru, is an aspirant for the Democratic nomination for auditor of State, and Joseph Newberger, of New Cumberland, will ask the Democrats to make him secretary of State. Struck with a Crowbar. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Fob. 19.-William Hostetter, aged thirty-five, was probably fatally injured to-day while working with a stone crusher at the Adams brick plant. A stone had clogged and he attempted to dislodge it with a crowbar while the crusher was revolving. The crowbar was caught in the machinery and thrown from his hands and struck him on the head a terrific blow, probably fracturing the skull. Explosion in Albany Hotel. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALBANY. Ind., Feb. 19.—The Grand Hotel was badly damaged by an explosion of natural gas to-night which had accumulated under the lioor and escaped in tho dining room, igniting from a jf t. The plastering was shaken from several rooms and windows were blown out, but no one was in the part of the house most damaged. Captain Feriß is the owner. Jntltrc* Hackney Turned Down. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MORRISTOWN. Ind.. Feb. 19—The Democratic township convention here to-day declared against allowing candidates to select delegates to conventions, this being aimed as a blow at Judge Hackney. Democrats here oppose Hackney, strongly favoring Judge Hord. Murder in La port** Bad limine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE, ind.. Feb. 19.—James McClelland, a laborer of this city, was murdered In a disrepuLtblo house at an early hour

this morning. His dead body was found in the yard at the rear of the saloon by Policeman Bees**, and it is thought it was thrown out the back door after the tragedy. The man’s neck was broken, presumably from a blow on the head delivered with a beer bottle. The proprietors, Schoof fe Bark, with William Dust and three women, have been bound over to the grand jury for investigation. McClelland leaves a wife and two children in poor circumstances. Alleged Young Train Wrecker. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LIBERTY', Ind., Feb. 19.—William Smith, seventeen years old, has been bound over to tho Union Circuit Court on charge of attempting to wreck passenger train No. 38 on the C., H. & I. Railroad here, Monday afternoon, by tampering with the switch, turning the target and placing stones on the track. The preliminary hearing was held this morning before ’Squire Johnson, and the witnesses against Smith were three small boys. The evidence was not of a strong character, many believing that Smith is innocent, hut the authorities put him under S3OO bonds. ludiunu. Obituary. MUNCIE, Ind., Feb. 19.—Word was received from Cleveland, 0., to-day of the death there of Mr. Rudolph Sprankle, aged eighty-four. The old gentleman was the owner of the High-street flouring mill in this city, and for five years has resided in Muncie, until recently, w r hen he became afflicted with cancer of the stomach. He leaves a large fortune for his only son, James Sprankle, of Cleveland, who formerly resided here. The death of Mrs. Rebecca Anthony occurred to-day from a stroke of paralysis a few’ days ago. She has resided in Muncie many years, and was seventy-six years old. She was the widow of Edward P. Anthony, who amassed a fortune in thfe Florida orange groves. CR A W FOR DS VI LLE, Ind.. Feb. 19.Mrs. Mary Braden, wile of Hector S. Braden, died hero- this morning at an early hour. She was born in Crawfordsville in liS3, and was a daughter of Mayor Isaac Elsten, a pioneer of the place. Besides her husband, she leaves a brother, Col. I. C. Elston, and three sisters, Mrs. Aaron H. Blair, of Indianapolis, Mrs. Lew Wallace, end Mrs. Henry s Lane. Mrs. Braden was one of the most prominent members of the Crawfordsville Methodist Church, anti was a woman widely known for her rare intellectual gifts' and her charitable work. LIBERTY, Ind., Feb. 19.—Finley Egbert, for more than thirty years a merchant and postmaster at Cottage Grove, this county, died at his home in Anderson Friday, and was brought to Cottage Grove to the residence of M. C. Keffer. The funeral will take place from the Dunkard Church Sunday afternoon. Mr. Egbert had been a resident of Anderson about two years, where his daughter is employed in the public schools. MORRISTOWN. Ind., Feb. 19.—The death of Mrs. Naomi Whicker, a widow, aged eighty-four, occurred at her home southeast of town this morning. She was one of the pioneers of Ihe county. Peter Case, a wealthy farmer, aged seventy, fell dead at home, two miles north, this afternoon. GRBENCASTLE, Ind., Feb. 19.—Mrs. Jane Throop died tlfls afternoon after a brief illness. Deceased was the mother of the late Arthur Throop, whose death occurred a few days ugo. Indiana Notes. Miss Olive Poucher, assistant principal of the Wabash High School, has resigned and will return to her home at Greer.castle. She is succeeded by Miss Talbott, daughter of a Methodist minister at Evansville. The Decatur Journal was sold yesterday to C. M. Kenyon, late of the Kewanna Herald. The Journal has changed hands yearly for the past seven years. The paper is the Republican Adams county organ. The Rushville City Council has passed a resolution exempting from city taxes for a period of five years all factories locating there.

TO BE REBUILT. (Concluded from First Page.) conditions. Dry gun cotton is very explosive, and wot gun cotton will explode if the dry is placed with it and subjected to a shock or an electric current or lire from a fuse. It is the {mbit on rnen-of-war to keep the bulk of gun cotton saturated with water and a small quantity of dry for priming purposes locked up in the cabin or at some safe place where it will not be subject to contact and can easily be inspected. It is usually stored in a red steei box suspended to the wall or to one of the ribs of the ship. In another red box at a distance from all other explosives are kept the fuses for the torpedoes, which are made of the fulminate of mercury. These also are inspected every day and are never removed except in case of action or target practice. Although Captain Sigsbee may have loaded his torpedoes, it is not believed that so prudent an officer would place a “war head,” as they call it, in position, because that could be done in a moment whenever necessary. At the same time it is possible that a loaded torpedo may have been exploded by a shock or by contact or by mischievous meddling or because of ,structural weakness. Such things have happened on other ships, not only in our own but in foreign navies. The torpedoes carried by the Maine were the Whitehead, the same as are used in tho British navy, and are propelled by compressed air, which is forced into a powerful tank inside the torpedo. The great danger in the use of the Whitehead torpedo is that in order to be ready for action they are always kept pumped up, and if there is the slightest defect in the material explosion is sure to follow, as the strain is very great. One can get an adequate idea of the energy stored in tho torpedo by the fact that it is required to make the first 690 yards at the rate of from twenty-eight to thirty knots an hour. It is just possible that Captain Sigsbee, anticipating trouble, placed one or two torpedoes In their launching tubes on deck, which tubes resemble the old-fash-ioned smooth-bore cannon used on board ship fifty years ago, and in order to be sure that they would carry their full distance if discharged had them pumped up to the safety limit of pressure. Though the greatest care is taken in the manufacture and inspection of torpedoes, structural weakness not discernible to the eye often occurs, and if it existed in one of the torpedoes on the Maine tho explosion is easily accounted for, as it may not have been able to withstand for any length of time the immense strain to which it is subjected. Tho war head of a torpedo carries 200 pounds of gun cotton, sufficient to blow any ship out of tho water. The practice head, which is substituted for torpedo practice, is filled with water, and is used to avoid any accidents iu the use of the torpedoes for instruction. —4 CALLOUS TO DANGER. Incidents Showing CareleNNiicNii of Men on Board YVnr Ships. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-W. E. Curds, of the Chicago Record, says: “Men-of-war’s men become callous to danger and just now in any room of tho Navy Department you can hear stories of accidents and carelessness and narrow escapes from death and destruction that chill the blood of a layman who is not in the habit of fooling with torpedoes, gun cotton and that kind of toys. Judging the Maine by what has happened on dther ships, you can see a thousand ways in which an explosion might have occurred. A veteran officer relates what he calls “a little incident” to show the nerve of an apprentice boy. A division of the crew of one of the battle ships was overhauling the after magazine one day, breaking out fixed ammunition, cans of powder and gun cotton, and cleaning house, as it were, under the direction of a lieutenant and a gunner’s mate. The latter stood leaning over the hatch, singing out orders to the men in the magazine, when he accidentally knocked his lantern against the steel side of the hatchway. The spring that held the lamp gave way and it fell into the pit, bottom side up and still burning upon the top of a large tin can of powder. The men in the pit were busy stowing, with their backs turned, and did not see the accident. The lieutenant, the gunner’s mate and others who were looking over the hatch were stupefied with horror, but fortunately that ship and its crew of five hundred men an apprentice boy had his wits with him and quicker than yuu can tell it ’shinned down’ the tackle, seized the lamp with his fingers, grubbed the heated can of powder in his arms and sang out: “You lubbers, haul me and this here can w

the deck and quick.” Two jerks upon a rope lifted the boy and his dangerous burden to the deck and in an instant he had cast it over the side into the sea. The commanding officer did not complain of the loss of that powder and the boy now wears the sword of a gunner’s mate. “It was only the other day,” said an officer yesterday, "that another gunner's mate by a bit of swift head and hand work saved one of the battle ships of the North Atlantic quadron. which is now cruising around Key West, from an awful peril in which it was placed by sheer carelessness. The ship was engaged in big-gun practice at sea, and solid shot was being fired from the main battery. The gunner’s mate referred to was stationed In the conning tower with the skipper. One of the big guns was loaded with a solid shot and the skipper was about to press the electrical button held in his hand when the boy noticed that the breech of the gun was not locked. He might have let loose a yell of warning that would have startled the skipper and caused a contraction of the muscles of the hand that would have pressed the button and discharged the gun, but he had too much sense for that. He did not utter a sound, but with a quick spring he seized the electric wire and broke it with his hands, thus cutting the circuit. Then he sank on the floor of the conning tower, without a bit of blood in his face and as weak as a kitten. The skipper thought he had fallen in a faint or had gone crazy, but the boy recovered himself in a moment and explained how near the captain had come to raking his own deck with a solid shot. If that gun had been fired very little of the ship would have been left and one hundred or two hundred men or more, including the captain, would have gone on the list of casualties.” WEAKNESS OF GREAT SHIPS. Insufficient Precautions to Protect the Magazine from Fire. WASINGTON, Feb. 19.—While the disaster to the Maine has created a temper in the House in favor of liberal appropriations for the navy, and while it is undoubtedly true that the House in its present frame of mind would not hesitate to vcte for two new battle ships, one to replace the Maine, this temper is predicated on the theory that the Maine was blown up by external agencies. If the result of the official inquiry should develop the fact beyond peradventure that the ship’s magazine exploded from tire or other cause within her hull, it is believed a sentiment in Congress will be created against the expenditure of millions in the construction of war ships that may blow up at any time. It seems likely that a congressional investigation will follow' a report from the board of inquiry attributing the loss of the Maine to an explosion of her magazine. No resolution for this purpose has yet been introduced in the House, however. A prominent member of the House naval committee said that he was absolutely amazed when he learned that the Maine’s coal bunkers abutted the magazine, with only a thin partition between. "When I learned of the fire in the coal bunkers of the Cincinnati, which charred the boxes in which the shells in her magazino were stored,” said he, "I did not consider it my duty to attempt to initiate congressional action to avert this danger due to her construction. I assumed, as a matter of course, that it was the duty of the Navy Department officials to effect such changes as would remove the clanger. The construction of a second bulkhead, leaving an air passage between the bunkers and the magazine, w'ould have removed this danger. Now I find that nothing was done either to correct the defect on the Cincinnati or on any other ship. This being the case, we undoubtedly will ascertain how many of our ships are subject to this danger. I do not know, however, whether it is advisable to have a congressional inquiry.”

NOTHING TO DO W ITH IT. Activity in Seacoaat Defense Work Not Connected with Maine Incident. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19.—The Call says: “It is definitely known that the department at Washington has wired General Shafter to use the utmost vigilance in guarding the guns of this harbor. The telegram from Washington to General Shafter is elaborate and gives instructions in detail regarding the desired preparation. In obedience to orders the guards at Fort Point, Limeport and at the mortar and dynamite batteries are doubled. The regular force of patrol guards has been largely increased.” WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—The officials of the War Department are annoyed at the circulation of rumors that seem to connect an activity now observable at the seacoast defenses with the Maine incident. The attention of acting Secretary Melkeljohn was, this morning, called to several such stories coming from wideiy separated parts of the country. He promptly declared that this movement had no connection with the Maine affair. There had been increases of tho garrisons of the seaboard posts, but this had been going on for six months, and only marked a step in the development of the scheme of coast defense planned by the fortification board some time ago. Said Mr. Meikeljohn: “it is following out the policy of the department which has been pursued ever since the ordnance department turned over to the engineers the modern guns which they had manufactured. When these are placed in coast fortifications it becomes necessary to have them carefully protected, and this work has been going on for six months. Guns have been sent to Delaware fortifications. Finn’s Point. Fort Moultrie, and other defenses on the Atlantic coast. Congress has been aware of this, and the department has called its attention to the need of at least two additional regiments of artillery to man these posts arid take care of these guns as fast as they are installed.” The letter of Assistant Secretary Meikeljohn is now before Congress and has been printed. Meanwhile, in the absence of specific legislation, the department is making the best possible distribution of its small force to carry out its policy. Kush Orders nt Fort NVarren. POSTON, Feb. 19.—The Evening Herald says: “In compliance with telegraphic orders received at Fort Warren this evening, a detail of one corporal and thirteen men has been sent to reinforce Lieutenant Ketchum, in command of the mortar battery at Grover’s Cliff, Winthrop. It is explained that this movement has no particular significance, but Is a part of the routine of the Navy Department determined upon long before this incident occurred. Rush orders have been received at the fort directing the commander. Colonel Woodruff, to send a. detachment of one corporal and eight men to Fort Winthrop, where they will get eight-inch converted rifle guns to the deck in readiness for shipment. The guns are to go to Mobile, Ala., where carriages from New York have been sent to mount the rifles on. The big guns will go all the way by rail. It was learned to-day that the orders received some time ago from the department at Washington hearing upon the equipment and efficiency of the men are being carried out at the navy yard, and that every marine remaining there lias been inspected, his equipment increased to that of active service, and extra drill is being held daily. The apprentices on the Wabash, as well as the regular seamen and recruits, are being given practice at the guns and with the cutlass.” Activity at Fort Sheridan. CHICAGO, Feb. 19.—Since Friday morning Fort Sheridan, where tho Fourth Infantry and tho First Cavalry are stationed, has been in a state of utmost activity. Soldiers have been polishing their weapons, arranging mess kits, grooming horses and preparing generally to march at a moment’s notice. Col. Robert H. Hall, in command of the fort, yesterday received one telegram among the many messages delivered to him daily which caused him to take action. He at once ordered that general preparations for a possible immediate summons be made. Accordingly every man at the fort was set to work. Every man of the seven hundred soldiers at the fort busied himself arranging his army belongings. Every man has been supplied with ammunition sufficient for one hundred rounds of shots. This is in both the cavalry and infantry. Orders were issued to the soldiers to turn defective weapons into the ordnance department and new ones have been supplied. To-day final preparations in compliance with the orders were completed and those stationed at the fort were in readiness to receive orders of any chearacter. No Furlough* Granted. JUNCTION CITY. Kan., Feb, 19.-Tlie fact that the troops at Fort Riley were busy all day yesterday preparing their equipment and pacgjiig personal effects and that all furioughw to officers and men are refused pending further orders, has given rise to report that orders have been received to be in readiness to move on short notice. Night Force at Work. NORFOLK. Va„ Feb. 19.—Orders have been received at the navy yard to keep tho force workl.-—. the monitors Furltun and

Terror and torpedo boats Foote and Winslow at work to-night and ail day to-mor-row. These vessels will be ready for duty by Wednesday. It is understood that the Terror was expected last night to go Into ordinary, but this morniqg she was ordered to get ready to go to Hampton roads. Her crew and officers will be here in a few days. Over fifty extra men were taken on at the navy yard this morning. Garrison Inspected. FORT LEAVENWORTH. Kan., Feb. 19In accordance with orders received from Washington, the troops of the garrison here were inspected to-day in heavy marching orders, and it is stated the articles of war were read. The heavy marching inspection is unusual for this time of the year. It is remembered that a similar Inspection was ordered just prior to tin* moving of the troops to Chicago during the memorable railroad strike. Torpedo Boat Heady for Service. BRISTOL. R. 1., Feb. 19—The twentyknot torpedo boat No. 16, known as the Guenn, was launched, alt complet 'd, at Herreshoff’s yard to-day. The boat was launched unfinished several months ago and then hauled out again to be completed. As soon as she was put over to-day steam was got up and her engines were set at work. CONDOLENCES AND REPLIES. Sympathetic Messages from Abroad and Answers l*y the President. WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.—Expressions of condolence still continue to flow in at the State* Department from sympathetic foreign nations. Notable among them was one that came to the President last evening from the Queen Regent of Spain through Minister Woodford. It follows: “Her Majesty, the Queen, has just sent one of the gentlemen of the royal household to express through me to your Excellency her profound sorrow and sympathy in the sad accident which has befallen the United States steamer Maine at Havana.” President McKinley this afternoon forwarded the following reply through Minister Woodford to the condolences of the Queen Regent of Spain: “Convey in appropriate manner my sincere appreciation of her Majesty’s message of condolence and sympathy as conveyed in your telegram just received.” Acting Secretary Day has sent the following telegrams to Mr. White, secretary of the United States embassy at London: “The President is deeply touched by her Majesty’s sympathetic message conveyed through ambassador here, and charges you to express through the proper channels grateful appreciation in name of the government and people of the United States,” “The touching message of the Prince and Princess of Wales has been laid before the President, who charges you in the name of the American people no less than in his own to express grateful appreciation of this tribute of their royal highnesses to this Nation in its hour of grief.” "Please convey to the lord mayor of London the President's deep appreciation of his message expressing the sympathy of the citizens of London in the terrible bereavement that has afflicted the American people. In their name the President returns the grateful thanks. The President directs you to convey to his royal highness, the Duke of Connaught,deep appreciation of his sympathy and condolence by reason of the appalling disaster that has befallen this government and people in the loss of the Maine and her crew.” Condolences continue to reach the President from prominent persons all over the world.

ENGLISH SYMPATHY. Sincere Regret Expressed by Our Cousins Across the Atlantic. LONDON, Feb. 19.—The newspaper opinions expressed and the official messages sent convey only a partial idea of the universal sympathy for the United States, felt on account of tho terrible disaster to the battle ship Maine in Havana harbor. The official world is, naturally, deeply inter T ested, and every opportunity has been taken to express regret to the United States charge d’affaires, Mr. Henry White, in the absence of the United States ambassador, Colonel John Hay, who is traveling in Egypt. But in addition to this, many private Americans diving here are receiving letters and calls of regret and sympathy from their English friends. On the day of the funeral of the victims whose bodies were recovered the flags over the consulates were half-masted, and at Southampton many of the ships, following the lead of those of the American lines, half-masted their ensigns. A high naval official writes from the Admiralty to a friend: “I am grieved to hear of this lamentable accident to the Maine, which will move with sympathy every man who has lived aboard a man-of-war. When our little Doterel was similarly destroyed the feeling was strong in England that it was a dynamite explosion. 1 was employed on the inquiry, and it was with a feeling to us of relief that Prof. Abel testified that he had ample reason to believe it was the explosion of coal gas which caused the powder magazine to explode. Later he discovered that the dryer, known as zerotine siccative, was the probable cause.” Spaniards Not Auctions. NEW YORK. Feb. 19.-A dispatch to the World from Madrid says: Less anxiety is felt here since the government caused the newspapers to publish the reassuring semiofficial statement that the Foreign Office and Premier Sagasta continue to receive from the Spanish legation in Washington and from the authorities in Cuba information showing that most of the American official departments are becoming more convinced Unit the catastrophe to the Maine was accidental. The exchange of courtesies between the two governments is considered to point in the same direction. The precautions taken on the arrival of the Vizcaya at New York give satisfaction. The Vizcaya and her. sister ship, the Almirante Oquendo, now on the way across, will stay only a short time in New York. Both are ordered to go to Havana. The American government, it is reported, does not intend to send any more vessels to Cuban waters. May Have Been NVliite Torpedo. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPOHT, Ind., Feb. 19.—At the time tho steel armorplate used in the construction of the battle ship Maine was made Mr. George Nlgliman, now of this city, was an employe in the Carnegie works, he being an expert chemist. Mr. Nighman also acquainted with the general construction and operation of war vessels, such as the Maine, lie scouts the idea that the destruction of the Maine was due to an explosion in cither of the magazines. In a conversation yesterday ho stated that; lie was of the opinion that the destruction of the battle ship was due to a white torpedo, floated out from the shore by means of a compressed air machine, such as are now in use on war vessels and for the protection of coasts and harbors. Mr. Nighman is firm in the belief that the destruction of the ship was the work on an agent of the Spanish government. Patriotic Naval Veteran*. NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—The Monitor Association of Naval Veterans, port of Brooklyn, has adopted a series of resolutions on tho subject of the Maine disaster, which, after expressing sympathy with the friends and relatives of the victims, says: “Resolved, That the same spirit which led us to de’ense of our country in 1861 to 1860 is still alive within our breasts, and if any wrong has been done, which God forbid, but, if such is the fact, we hereby offer our services to our beloved country and its flag.” Change in the Junto’* Policy. CLEVELAND, Feb. 19.—Senor D’Arango, the head of the Cuban Junto in this city, is in favor of stopping the agitation of the Cuban question. He says also the Junto in New York is in favor of the same policy, as all the Cubans are satisfied that President McKinley is persuing a policy which will eventually; bring about the freedom of Cuba. Senor D’Arango Isas received no recent communications from the New York Junto, but he says he was advised some time since to abandon the agitation. Want War with Spain. CINCINNATI, Feb. 19.-An anti-Spanish free Cuba meeting at Freeman and Liberty streets to-night was attended by neurly two hundred people, all of whom shouted till after midnight for war with Spain. An enlistment roll of volunteers was opened and over a hundred names were signed. Another meeting will be iieid Monday night and will be followed by a street parade. Plugs ut Half Mast. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Feb. 19.-In view of tho disaster to tho ba’tle ship Maine. Gov. Build has requested all citisans auu direct-

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COLLIDED IN A SNOWSTORM. Two Train* Wrecked. One Man Killed and Many Other* Injured. ROCKFORD, 111., Feb.. 19.—Two passenger trains on the Chicago, Milwaukee & fc>t. Paul road came into collision during a blinding snowstorm this afternoon, resulting in ono death and injury to a score or more of .persons. The accident occurred in a deep cut six miles south of Rockford, and both engines* were demolished. The dead: ENGINEER R. C. TILDEN. The injured: CONDUCTOR KELLY, of Quincy, arm broken,- internal injuries, probably fatal. FIREMAN GEORGE STEVENSON and FIREMAN D. T. DAVIS, both thrown, from the cub and seriously injured internally. Other trainmen were slightly hurt and twenty passengers received bruises and cuts, but none was seriously injured. NO MEDDLING. It'onclnded from First I’nurJ^ early to-day from Tampa, owing to the lack of a regular boat, but it is thought that he will be there in time to conduct the investigation when it opens next Monday. While the court is entirely master of its own proceedings, the department does not doubt that after a preliminary session in Key West, which will lay the foundation for further investigation through the taking of testimony of survivors now at KeyWest, the board will proceed to Havana. At that place the work can be conducted rapidly to a finish with the assistance of Captain Sigsbce and the information gathered by the divers from the wreck. Touching this question, the examination of the wreck by divers, the naval officials believe that there is no cause for apprehension as to the fairness and completeness of tlie investigation. Captain Sigsbce has telegraphed that he has made an arrangement with the Spanish officials for the prosecution of this inquiry, and that there is no friction, so that the officials believe that there is no reason now to interfere with the naval officer in the diaehurgo off his duty. A dispatch from Key West says: “The battle ship lowa came up fioin the fleet today. She had on board the commanders of the Massachusetts and Indiana, who will bo members of the court to inquire into the disaster to the Maine. Rear Admiral Sicard came ashore from the New York.” One’s physical feelings, like the faithftfl setter, search and point out plainly the fact of disease or health. If a man is not feeling well and vigorous —if he is losing flesh and vitality, if he is listless, nervous, sleepless, he certainly is not well. The down hill road from health to sickness is smooth and declines rapidly. At the first intimation of disease, the wise man takes a pure, simple vegetable tonic. It puts his digestion into good active order and that puts the rest of his body in order. The medicine that will do this is a medicine that is good to take i:t any trouble of the blood, the digestion, or the respiration, no matter how serious it mav have become. The medicine to take is Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery. It is a remarkable remedy. It cures diseases in a perfectly natural way, without the use of strong drugs. It cures by helping Nature. It has a peculiar tonic effect on the lining membranes of the stomach and bowels. By putting these membranes into healthy condition, stimulating the secretion of the various digestive juices and furnishing to the blood the proper purifying properties, it reaches out over the whole body and drives disease-germs before it into the usual excretory channels. It builds up firm muscular flesh, makes the skin and the eyes bright Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery has been found wonderfully efficacious in the treatment of skin diseases -ecxAna, tetter, erysipelas, salt-rheum—from common pirnplts or blotches to the worst caso of scrofula.