Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1905 — Page 2

THE DIAMOND RIVER

CHAPTER XX l l l.—(Continued.* The man knew nothing of any person wf-Hiat namer-Tror did he scenr-tir rei-rts-■ne the fat drunkard with an inordinate appetite for rum, even when Jethroe described him. “No such party as that along with oui crowd,” -said the man. At this point Harvey called out to signal the approach of the cart, which, when it appeared, turned out to be no more than a floor on wheels, the wily Jethroe having'stipulated that its front and sides should be removed, lest it Knight be utilized to conceal an enemy sufficiently numerous to overwhelm him at close quartOrsii The provision had been received with marked disfavor among the men of Little William's commando* but, learning that the appearance of the cart imniy other condtrirnr than that stipulated for* would be treated as proclamation of treason, and that the hostages would be shot at once as a consequence. they recognized—not for the first time —the quality of the men with •whom they had to deal, and gave an unwilling assent to his arrangement. So the two' wounded and the one dead man were quietly carried away. The carter proved to be an old acquaintance-*—a member of the original firm —and he and Jethroe had a talk together in memory of old times.

“You understand,” said Jethroe cheerfully. “that in case of a night attack I make it my first business to deal with I*ittle William.” “Quite so.” replied the desperado, as coolly as if they had been discussing a fractional percentage. “I’ll let ’em know ■what you say. So long, matey!” “We shall be left alone to-night.” said Jethroe; “but they're too strong for us. We’ve lost Sinbad's valley. Harvey. If it hadn't been for those blarmed nigers who delayed us last night we might at least have seen the promised land. Now I’m afraid we shan’t even get a look at it.” The half-breed called out something in his own language, and Jethroe walked toward him with, a grunt of inquiry. The fellow spoke again. “Harvey,” called Jethroe, “this scoundrel’s conscious. Come and have a look «t him.” Plain Mr. Smith’s eyes’were open, and plain Mr. Smith's lips were moving, but no intelligible sound issued, Jethroe knelt down by him, gave him a weak dose, of spirit and water and moistened his temples and under his ears with whisky. It was done quite business-like, without apparent emotion of any sort. “You know where you fire, I suppose?” he asked. “You know who's got hold of you?" To each question the eyelids answered “Yes,” and there was a cynical, truculent something fin the brute's face which showed that he was not yet subdued. Jethroe put an arm about the sufferer’s neck and raised him to a sitfing posture. The stanch villain went gray in the face, but 'ha made no sound, and when a reviving draught was set to his lips he drank it as if it had been milk. The color flowed back into his face, and he said in a seedy voice: “Prop me up a bit, and I'll talk to you.” A packing case and a few blankets peered the turn which was asked of ■them. “Now,” said Jethroe, shredding tobacco for his pipe, and kneeling beside his «nemy, “what have you got to say?” “We’ve licked you. Harvey,” said Little William. "We're the first in Diamond River, after all.” “Yes.” stiil Jethroe. “you’re first and you're last.” He paused so long before the two divisions of this brief speech and dropped the latter half of it with so much intention, that the wounded man stared at him in a kind of stupid wonder. “We’re first.” he repeated dogedly. "And last.” said Jethroe again. “What d'ye mean by that?” the other asked him, with a curse. “You may know it yn good time. If you get better.” said Jethroe, nodding his head very slowly and looking at him with eyes which fairly blazed, “I’ll show yon.” “Oh,” said Little William, “Pvo got ny dose —I know that.” He moaned feebly, and then his weakness overcame him and he fell asleep.

CHAPTER XXIV. In -qute of plain Mr. Smith's prophecy. he mended with astonishing rapidity. As sometimes happens, his forces rallied toward the end. and before he flickered out he wa* defiant. “That was a fine old trick of yours,” be said, in his husky, jeering whisper, “getting yourself buried. It might ha’ done with some of ’em. It didn’t work with me. though, did it? I was on the spot to look at things, and as a consequence we’re first in Diamond Valley. Harvey, we’re first in ” His voice failed him, and he made a grab at the tin at his side. Jethroe helped him "tb it in his commonplace, nnmoving way. as if there had been no enmity between them. The man drank and waged his feeble dying«head and gasped in triumph: “First in Diamond Valley!” “And last,” said Jethroe once more. And with the words he turned upon bis heel, ami, having saddled and bridled his pony. made a search for a certain weighty bag he had carried with him. »lung it by its own strap across his ehoulder. mounted, and rode away. Harvey watched him wonderingly, but forebore to question him. For days there bad been a complete suspension of hostilities. Jethroe hnd seemed to recognize tha Impossibility of approaching the river Led. and hts wncrtnwfnl compel ilrtts for <he prize had agreed to leave him unmolested ns long as he did not approach thorn. There had been. In fact, a tacit armistice. But a flag of truce had twice covered the person of a messenger who tiad been sent to inquire about the welfare of Little William, and on each occrjlion the ambassador bad been half «iad with news of the gathered spoil. There had never been anything like it. 4>a his second and last visit the messenger reported the possession of diamonds

BY DAVID MURRAY

enough to spoil the world's market. "But,” he had said, "we are not such fools ns that comes to." “Oh. dear no,”, said Jethroe, laughing like a man well pleased; “you won't spoil tire market.” The talk was in his mind as lie rode; He went leisurely, for it was at the heat of the day, and he had at present no occasion for haste. He meant to get out of his pony by-and-by whatever was to be got out of hifn to the very last ounce, but ifee time was not yet. He drew his flapped hat over his .eyes as a protection from the glaring light, and jogged.oh. thinking, with an immovable, fixed face, which would have Hold an observer nothing. He came in course of time to the spot where a slight movenl|ent, as it were, njfyNa Hire's little linger' had stayed inn moment the impetuous torrent which had run for thousands of years and had scored so deeply its course across the landscape. Here he hobbled his steed and clambered down into the dry bed of the old river. He crossed to the naturalwall. on the other side of which the waters were nowtcmifined, and inspected it closely and painstakingly.- He crawled all over .its base, and his inspection lasted full two hours. When at last he was satisfied he sat down by his bag. which he had laid aside at the beginning of his examination. It was tightly packed with cotton wool, and as his fingers gradually removed this it yielded a number of thick, short" tubes of tin. which in their turn were lined with cotton wool. There was a projecting nozzle with a -screw-worm upon it at the end of each tube, and the bag gave up a set of stringy looking tentacles which were fitted with caps corresponding to the screw-worms. Jethroe adjusted them all with patient and delicate nicety, and. handling the whole contrivance as if it were of eggshell, and eggshell were beyond all price, he bestowed the tubes one by one as far as his arm could reach, where lie persuaded them gently to roll over into a crevice in the rock. One by one he lowered them with infinite delicate care until all were out of sight, and buried, indeed, in some eight or ten feet in-the naturalmasonry. Now the tentacles wore all drawn together to one tube, and the length of this tube was carefully estimated. After a good deal of thought Jethroe cut off one foot or thereabouts, and then, striking a match, he set fire to the end of the tube. It caught at once and burned slowly, steadily. ami with sut-h regularity that the minute hand of a watch-night have been timed by it. ’

Meantime Harvey., unsuspecting of his uncle's dreadful purpose, lay idly on the . turf, with broadcast limbs, with his hat upon his face to shield his eyes from the overmastering glare of the sun. “There is no use in lingering here.” he was saying* to himself. “If we> are beaten, we are beaten, and it will be just as well to recognize defeat.” His thoughts fttruod toward home, and he was dozing in a dream of some peaceful scene of greenery when the halfcaste touched hint on the - shoulder and awoke him. The man's jabbering dialect. half native and half Dutch, had' no meaning in his cars, but the language of gesture is universal, and the man's linger thrust again and again toward the west sent Harvey's gaze in'that direction. He rose and shaded his eyes, and there, very far away, he could make out a little wall of dust, which came nearer and nearer as he gazed. The half-caste talked unceasingly in his own barbarous dialect, but conveyed no hint to Harvey's mind, until at length he shouted, “Plenty men —woman!” and then held tip a forefinger. “A woman?” said Harvey, st., still before him. and as yet seeing nothing through the dust cloud. ' » “Woman." said the half-caste; “one.”

CHAPTER XXV. ••Harvey watched the approaching cloud with both hands gathered above his brows, and on a sudden lie discerned a female figure on horseback, who came toward him at a break-neck pace. It was hidden here and there in a hollow of the field, and streaming behind it came a band of mounted men. His heart rather than his eyes assured him that the figure in the van was that of Constance, but lie asked himself in wonder if her presence here were possible, and, granting that it were possible, what it might portend. As the headlong river breasted the last hollow, and rose above it a quarter of a mile away. Ids doubts vanished, and he ran to meet her. It was Constance beyond question, and at the very instant at which he knew Jier he was aware that he himself was recognized. The two raced toward each other, alike impetuous. and before the hor.-e she rode was fairly arrested in his pace, Constance was in Harvey's arms. The men who followed —dusty, sun-burned fellows, in a sort of rough uniform of boots and cords, slouched hats and shirts of red Hannel —swept right and left as they passed, and formed in an irregular ring about them. “What brings you here)" gasped Harvey. sobbing, half with emotion and half with lack of breath. “We came to Rio Janeiro," she answered, “father and I, for a more holiday, but there we learned that you wore being followed; that the funeral .•ft Barton had boon a mockery. We guessed the worst. But, oh, Harvey, you're safe, you're safe!" “Safe, dear?" he answered in bewilderment. "Of course I’m safe." They forgot the crowd about them. They forgot everything but each other. He took her in his arms add kissed tier tenderly and gravely. Then she remembered, and pushed him away until he stood at arms’ length. "We arc in time," she said to the horsemen gathered round. "This is my husband. Captain Hilliard. Harvey, this is Captain Hilliard, of the Mounted Police. I cannot tell you how good he has been to me. But you are safe, dear, you are safe!" She grew a little hysterical just then, and one freckled, unsburned fellow

among the troopers put in a word of sympathy. "Rode like a brick, sir,” said the freckled man. “Thirty-live miles from her last corn.” v Another-sunburned fellow, halfway between tears and laughter, said: "Three cheers for the lady!” And the cheers were given? “Hi-rib!” said Captain Hilliard, as the noise <i ! ed away. “Who’s that yonder?” I wouldn’t give twopence for that fellow's neck, the way lie tides.” ‘ “Why!” cried 1 Ltrvev. “that's m.v uncle! What possesses him?” • * » ♦ — * » * »

We return to Jethroe the elder. He stood unmove'd, ’and then, leisurely up the bank, he mounted his horse again and rode leisurely away, consulting his watch at the first pace. By and by he’ looked, at the watcl? again and quickened his speed. Then he drew rein cnee more and listened with backward ear and eye. “Too soon,” he said to himself. “Too soon. I'm growing as nervous as a girl.!’ 'He consulted his watch again. “Twenty minutes yet. Come, I shall hear that bang easily enough. How fast will the stream travel? I shall have a three-mile start in seven. That .ought to do it.” ' • Again he set out at a trot, still with that backward ear and eye, and once — he went so unwatehfuHy==-the pony stumbled, and was almost down with him into a breakneck hollow. This narrow escape made him more careful, and he rode wider from the brink of the old watercourse. But he listened as if his soul were in his ears, and at length his impatience and anxiety so mastereddjijm that he sat stock still, watch in hand, to await-' the expected sound. How the minutes crawled! Boom! The shattering roar shook the air even where he sat and made a wind about him. Now he turned and rode as if for life, with a keen eye on the untracked ground before him, but always with that listening ear. What was that? Could he really hear it, or was it fancy? That low roar-—did the wind make' it on his ears, or his own pulses? Or was it drawing nearer, louder, wilder? He rode like a madman. At times the forward-plunging waters —for he was sure of their manifold voices now —traveled with such swiftness that they seemed to overtake him. At others, where the bed of the old stream ran level, or even for a time opposed its breast to the oncoming Hood, the advance was.stayed. But when he had reached the landmark for which he had hastened his pony faltered and seemed barely to recover itself, when with a slip it fell. Jethroe threw himself, clear and tore afoot to the edge of the river stream. It was deep, and down below men were Working busily. He knew nearly all of them. As he gazed there, dragging his breath in sobs, terror seized upon t’.ie men beneath him. They clutched each other and ran, some (or this side of the river bed and some for that. But the awful, . splendid voice was in their ears. The terror of what doom they knew not was in their trembling souls. And round the bend a hu'ndred yards away came the roaring host* of waters, like a living sentient thing. The wall kept time and wheeled like a line of men. Then it dashed down toward the narrowed gap in which its helidess victims awaited it, because there was no hope in effort. Here in this deep depth the leaping stream howled against the strangling rocks which held it and spouted ..like some tremendous geyser. And there was no sternly exulting figure there where the advance guard of the groat column had gone by, for the waters Jethroe had rMden so fast to meet had taken him.

Harvey had heard the explosion faintly, but hail no guess as to its meaning. He had seen his uncle riding like a madman, and he had heard the roar of the advancing waters, not guessing what the noise might mean. He knew when the leaping wave caught Jethroe and swept him from his place as if he had been a straw, and when he stood breathless on the river's brink the river rioted along as it had done thousands of years ago, and will do thousands of years hence. (The end.)

BOOT TRADE SUPREMACY.

.Labor-Saving Machinery’s Effect in America. Why American boots and shoes find so large a place in British and other markets abroad is explained by* the British consul at Philadelphia, Mr. Powell, itrliis annual trade report for .1904, just issued by the foreign otlice. It is owing to cheaper production, due to the use of labor-saving appliances, of which, by the way, British manufacturers were slow to take note. Although only 197,000 workers are employed in the shoe industry in the United States, as against 290,000 in the United Kingdom, the United States makes more shoes than any other country in the world. This condition of affairs, says Mr. Powell, arises from the fact that practically all shoes are factory-made in the United States, and the use of the most improved machinery enables the workmen there to turn out a much greater number of shoes per head than is accomplished in the United Kingdom. It is stated that twenty-eight linns alone in the United States make an average total output of 200.1M.0 pairs a day. Two examples are given of the saving effected by the introduction of machinery. Thus, l(»0 pairs of men's tine grade, calf, welt, laced shoes, single soles, soft boxed toes, mude by hand in 1865, required 2.225 hours to make, at an average cost per pair of £1 2s 3d; the same number of the same kind of shoes were made by machinery in 1893 in 296 hours, nt an average cost of 3 s per pair. Then 100 pairs of women's tine grade, kid, welt, buttoned shoes, single soles, patent leather tips, soft boxed toes, made by hand in 1875, required 1,995 hours to make, at an average cost per pair of £1; the same number of the same kind of shoes were made by machinery in 1895 in 175 hours, at an average cost of 2s 2d. —London Chronicle. Every married man has the fact thrown up to him frequently.

PACIFIC CABLE LINES EXTENDED.

After many years of battling against difficulties, direct cable communications from the United States to China and Japan by way of the Commercial Cable Company is assured, and the project of the late John W. Mackay is on the eve of realization. AVith the signing of an agreement by M. Takalilra, Japanese minister, between the Japanese government and the Commercial Pacific Cable Company, landing privileges and connections in Japan are obtained. Landing rights were obtained by the company from China several weeks ago. Efforts to establish an all American Pacific cable to the far East were begun by John W. Mackay many years ago. Various bills were introduced in Congress, but always met defeat until President McKinley championed the enterprise, in 1899, and urged in a message to Congress the necessity for cable communication with the far East. At that time another controversy arose between the Senate and House of Representatives over government control of the cable, and the President’s message was fruitless. In 1901 Mr. Clarence 11. Mackay, president of the CommefelaKCable Company, went before Congress and offered on the part of his company to lay the cable as a private enterprise, unstibsidized and entirely under American control. His offer was eventually accepted, and meanwhile the Commercial Pacific Cable Company was organized and the cable was laid to Honolulu and the Philippines. Now it has been extended to China and Japan.

WORLD'S HIGHEST TOWER.

Huge Cylindrical Shaft to Be Built for the Amusement of New-Yorkers. Original always and in ail things, New York is sopn to have the oddest amusement enterprise on the face of the earth, in the shape of a tower taller than any structure in the world and equipped witli a larger variety of combined entertainments and utilities than anything that has ever existed for the edification of the millions who are constantly and hungrily seeking new pleasures. Called “The Weber Tower,” after its designer, Carl Weber, one of the best known experts in the matter of tall steel-concrete constructions, the building will be unique in many ways, and when it has been erected, either in one of the parks of Manhattan, or in some equally prominent spot, it will unquestionably be one of the foremost attractions of the metropolis. In the first place, it will reach the enormous height of 1,250 feet, just 258 feet taller than the Eiffel tower in Paris, and. move than twice as tall as the Washington monument, which, with 555 feet, is at present the highest permanent structure in the world. It will so far overto’p everything in New York that comparison is idle, the Park Row building, which now holds pre-eminence, being only 382 feet high, and the St. Paul building, ranking second, having but 308 feet. In Europe. after the Eiffel tower, there is only the Ulm Cathedral, with 528 feet,

GOTH[?]M's PROPOSED TOWER.

but this is excelled by the City Hall in I’hihidelphin, with 548 feet. Height alone, however, will not be the chief recommendation of the Weber tower. It will be a skyscraper of universal invitation. If you are n business man you will be able to rent offices inside its tall but lofty stretches. If you want an evening's frolic you will be escorted to the highest roof garden In the world, 1,100 feet above the sidewalk, which is so high that every other roof garden will look like a pigmy patch of light without form or substance. If you are an astronomer you will find all the paraphernalia for the study of the heavens at such close range that you will hardly need a telescope. And, above all, there will bo the necessary precautions to prevent you jumping off if you are one of those persons who get that Impulse whenever they reach the top of a high place. Although virtually nothing has been known of this remarkable project except by those most intimately associated with it, the plans have so far progressed that In all likelihood It will be an accomplished fact in a reasonably short time. Several of the most influential capitalists In New York have taken it up and have been so much impressed with it that the vast sum required for It Is practically ready and actual work will probably begin before the winter sets In. So thoroughly has the scheme been

worked out that the whole structure can be completed and ready for use within a year after the beginning of the operation. In design the tower will be entirely novel. Its main part is to be cylindrical, in tlie form of a shaft of thir-ty-five feet inside diameter, the lower 300 feet reinforced by a system of ribs, while the largest outside diameter will be 140 feet. Balconies for the accommodation of visitors will be provided at various heights, and the highest platform accessible to tlie public will be 1,200 feet above the street level, where there w ill be space for as many as 1,000 persons at one time. According to present plans, eight elevators will run in the main shaft, with a capacity of about 1,250 persons every hour. Tlie main platform, however, where there will be a roof garden that can be inclosed when the necessity arises, will be 1.100 feet high. Here there will be refreshment stands, a post office, telegraph office, public telephones, toilet rooms and about everything else that modern exigencies demand, while well-informed guides will lie in attendance to point out and explain the wonderful views from every side and to furnish field glasses when required. Another novel feature will be provision for a United Stales weather observatory, which will be higher than any now in use, as well as several rooms applicable to private scientific research. From the base of tlie tower up to tlie 300-foot balcony there will be eighteen stories, some of which will be utilized for office purposes and some for entertainment. There will be ample room for a theater, as well as for a museum and other exhibitions. As a matter of fact, half a dozen distinct entertainment enteiprises may be included in tins great space without conflict. Tlie second floor, however, will be reserved for a restaurant of the first class, with about 10,000 square feet of floor space, and, of course, the most up-to-date improvements in tlie way of comfort and decorative effect. On the lower floor there will lie stores, but only such as will lie in harmony with the purposes of the entire edifice, and here also will be located the electric machinery for the operation of the elevators and the power for the light, heat, ventilation, apparatus, and so on, although this will be of such a magnitude that a part of it will go below the main stairway.

Although details of the architectural ornamentation have not yet been perfected, it is promised that the entrances especially will be extraordinarily elaborate, with marble columns, spacious stairways, promenades, reception rooms and other features of luxury and splendor. So far as may be possible this effect of richness will be striven for from the base of the building to the top of the tower. Whatever other attractions the building may contain, the top of it will be the greatest, by reason of the Immense height and the magnificent view to be had there, to say nothing of the quality of the air in any kind of weather. Before the eyes of the spectator there will lie the whole city of New York, the Atlantic Ocean as far as the sight can reach, the Hudson river and the surrounding country to n distance of 250 miles. It has been estimated that tlie view will take In a territory of 20,000 square miles.

Pushing the Old Folks Aside.

When the babies are cross and a man would like a quiet retreat there Is none for Idm. Hut in a few years, when the children are grown and ho is in the way, tiie daughters aud mother put their heads together and originate a den. There is no den for the mother because she gracefully eliminates herself by sitting in the kitchen or running over to a neighbor's. It Is her natural disposition to hide in a corner or remove herself entirely, and it Is not the natural disposition of the father. Hence the den. It has a couch and some pipes and tobacco and the books which the neighbors haven’t got around to borrowing as yet, though if father begins a story to-day the book will be found to b? loaned out when he wants to finish It to morrow. The den is a fashionable way of pushing the old man out. If there Is one in your house, Mr. Man, don’t be deceived.—Atchison, Knn., Globe. No, Alonzo, a man doesn't neciMsarlly work because be has a Job.

CLOUD HOVERS OVER CUBA.

Washington Officials Look Upon the Situation with Bread. Officials of the State Department, according to a Washington dispatch, are looking at the Cuban situation with feelings akin to dread. Ther£ is strong apprehension in Washington that Jose Miguel Gomez., governor of the Cienfuegos district and liberal candidate for the presidency, may take 4t into his head to communicate with the United States government and declare that popular government in Cuba exists in name only. Supporters of the Cuban administration declare that if troops are sent from the United States into the island they will simply be used to put down insurrection and to restore peace and quiet,

PRESIDENT PALMA.

and that then, with a lesson taught the revolutionists, matters will go on as before. There are leaders of both sides, however, who say openly that if the American flag is ever carried to Cuba ngain it will remain. There are many members of theMiberal party—some of them the most influential men in the island—who wish the United ..States to intervene in Cuba for the sole purpose of ultimate annexation. If Cuba became involved in civil war it would Be endless, in all human probability, unless the American government landed troops and 'punished the rebels, or, as they would call themselves for sympathy-making's sake, “patriots.” History has shown that civil warfare in Cuba would be guerrilla warfare—the hardest kind of a conflict to put down without a large army. The liberals are angry to the fighting point over the arrests of their leaders—arrests made by the order of the Palma government. What will conic of it no one can say definitely, but there is sharp fear in Washington that complications are ahead that may go be.fond the realm of mere peace-making diplomacy.

CORN CROP NEARLY ALL SAFE.

nig;h Temperatures Aid in the Rapid Maturing of the Grain. The weatiier bureau in its weekly bulletin summarizes crop conditions as follows: The temperature during the week ended Sept. 25 was favorable throughout the country, being nearly everywhere above the normal. Rains caused some damage in portions of the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys, while a considerable part of the south Atlantic and gulf States is in need of rain. Damaging frosts occurred in the middle Rocky Mountain regions and light frosts, with little or no injury, "Tii portions of tlie lower lake regain and interior of the middle Atlantic States. Except in limited portions of the Miss sbttri valley, corn has experienced a week of conditions highly favorable for maturing the crop, from 75 to 90 per cent of which is now safe from frost, the remainder requiring only about a week of favorable weather. In Nebraska considerable corn has been blown down by high winds, but this will only make harvesting more difficult, without reducing the yield. Some corn in shock in Missouri and Kansas has been damaged by moisture, due largely to rains of the previous week. The thrashing of spring wheat in the Dakotas and Minnesota was interrupted by rains during the first half of the week, but shock thrashing and stacking are not yet finished. In the Dakotas the yield and quality are variable and generally disappointing.

The Comic Side OF The News

The army sideboard outeanteens the canteen. Japan Ims fastened upon Russia the peace-tliat-won't-come-off. Good-by. old Zemstvos Sobor. You were about the ouly sober thing in Russia. Eugene Field's eloping son possibly grew tired of childhood verse as a breakfast food. Chicago I'nivcrsity professors seem to discover everything except wlint fools they are. The Taggarts probably thank heaven every time they rend the motto, “There is no place like home.” Don't begrudge some of those gentlemen their presidential booms. It is as near /is they will ever get. The Graft Hunt in the Department of Agriculture might possibly cpmc under the head of Scientific Research. At this distance that big British squadron in tiie Baltic looks suspiciously like a chip on the shoulder of John Bull. All the worse Wild West hold-ups, robberies and murders are now occurring on the streets of Chicago ami New York. Feminine headgear this fall will be ■ n iridescent dream. Its commercial accompaniment will b« a reality in blue effect. “We are overrun by fads." says Prof. Ross of the Nebraska University. Home of those univers ties ought to use insect powder. Much to the amazement of the “business interests" the Chinese boycott ttocs not nrottse the same resentment that followed the blowing up of the Maine.