The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, February 17, 1898, Page 1

PEOPLE who read the Sun are always well post ed VOLUME LI—NUMBER 132 PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, ...balm ror te SKIN Can always be gotten at his It has won its drug store. way into its present compli- mentary popularity upon merit alone. It holds fast the many friends | number killed is two hundred and it made many years ago, and proves itself a perfect remedy and toilet article for the uses indicated by its title. Gold # Fish We ha 't received a new shipment « | fish in all sizes, from 15¢ 1» 7 We have only a few fine Japanese specials eft. Call and see them or tele phone 237, J.D. BACON & CO. Gold Fish Agents se apiece Druggists Established 1855 Johnson . Foundry and Machine.,. Company Incorporated 1583. Steam Engines, Boilers House Fronts, Mill Machinery And Tobacco Screws, Brass and Iron Fittings, Castings of all kinds, PADUCAH, KY —_—————————————————— May Be His Last Letter B Indianapolis, Feb, 17,—Harry J. eys, an Indianapolis boy, twenty- one years oid, was serving # three years’ enlistment on the Maine. Mrs. J. J. Turner, young Keys’ mother, Tuesday received a letter from her son. written from on board the battleship at Havana, in which he described the conditions as seen from shipboard. He said the feeling in Havana wes strong against the ‘n sailors, and that little lib- been allowed them, for fear His companions believed the Maine would be speedily called ack to the United States, and they were all pleased with the prospect of getting out of Cuban waters. In tue letter Keys said there were two big Spanish warships in the harbor, close to the Maine. Mrs. Turner is silmost broken down ander the suspense caused by the possible fate of her son, and has elegrapbed tue Department at Wash- ton asking to be kept advised. 1 ing Saoks Suspicious, Londony Feb. 17.—The Globe *, fernoon, commenting on yesterday a “ " the pi tot the United States bat- tleship Maine, oY “Lt is impos. the suspicion that the explosion have been caused by’ foul means. ‘Although anchored, the Maine would have had steam up in oe of her boilers for the dynamos aad wxiliary machinery. If an infernal nJachine 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 @ ansgazine. That this terrible event should have occurred in the harbor of Havana renders a solution of the mystery of international import- ance,” WE. es ble to cefrain f SHER REPORT, Louisville, Feb, 17.—Rain_ warmer tomght, Clearing Friday. Golder Friday evening. [SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, Nelson Soule’s|, Court of Engrery Will Examine Into it Immediately. The Latest Story of the Disaster. Washington, D. C., Feb. 17. p. m.—Capt. Sigsbee is said to cabled Secretary Long not to send any more warships to Havana (Sigsbee) feared treachery. The sixty; missing, thirty. Washington, .—It is ree ported from Hav been found in the hulk of the wrecked Maine. This circumstance is regarded as extremely suspicious, though the hole may have been caused by an explosion on board the ill-fated battleship. A court of inquiry has been or- dered to assemble immediately to make an investigation of the the Maine. There is nothing else new about the affair. Washington, Feb. The feeling is steadily that the Maine horror w dent. ther Consul Gene oor Capt. Sigshee have made any report today. Aun official investiga- tion will probably be held on Mon- Havana have the press and with re- anish officials at resumed censorship of of foreign correspondents newed and unusual vigor. Washington, Feb. 16.—Special to the Louisville Post.—The effort of the secretary of the navy to discover that the explosion was designed is precautionary merely The secre tary has no means of judging the cause of the explosion, other than sent to the general public, except the knowledge of the precautions taken on shipboard to guard against acc dents. To intimate that it had been anything but an accident would be a grave indiscretion on his part, and he must necessarily say that it was an accident until information shows the contrar, At the same time in- ferences based upon the meager in- formation received and the kuowl- edge of the department as to the lo- cation and contents of the magazine and the protection afforded, lead to the strong suspicion that the explo sion was designed. The feeling, not uttered above a whisper, but undoubtedly entertaio~ ed in the department, is that the ex- plosion was not an accident. The officers familiar with all the condi- tions on board the vessel cannot con ceive the possibiliy of an accident occuring, nor do they think that the explosion could have been caused by ‘a bomb or torpedo being exploded on deck. The magazines were aq protected that the carelessness of any of the crew could not have caused the ex- plosion, as there is no access by them to the vicinity of the magazine, An- other thing which makes still more doubtful the theory of accident is that the Maine, unlike other vessels in the navy, did not have on board her complement of high explosives, which might have accidentally been discharged. One suspicion 1s that a drifting torpedo was intentionally ex- ploded under the bow. Some sug- gest the possibility of a Guy Fawkes having secretly got access to the magazines, but this seems almost as usprobable #3 that an accident could have occurred It has been understood here that the Havana harbor is a checkerboard of torpedoes, and while there can be no official hint of such a thing, there has been a constant fear of treachery on the part of the Spanish, The decision of the retary not to send a leet is recei with dis- favor, and is known to be against th judgment of some of the :nostcapahle men in the department, It is re- garded by some as indiscreet to per- mit the situation to remain 9s it now, the survivors of the protected, and is extremely risky t« send our vessels there, ove at a tine ‘sgubject to an accident."’ The fact that Capt. Sigsbee did not ask for vessels to be sent other than the ten- ders is not regarded as sufficient war- Rain and] rant for the secretary to assume that the captain doer not regard the pres- ence of a fleet as desirable, The fact that Capt. Sizsbee sug- ve 3 he ana that a hole bas is Maine's erew on shore and the consulate un- gests in his dispatch that public opin- jon should be suspended until further report, is regarded as showing, not that he regards the explosion as acci- | dental, but thathe is suspicions of | t ¢ Yd something worse, but unprepared to Dainty a OED sis make & declaration. Were he satis- rd How much we appreciate the fled that the explosions were accident- dainty odors of dowere at this al, instead of suggesting a suspicion seasog! It isn't for all of us, however, | 9¢ public opinion, be would relieve i oon but hors fe pieheg tne via [all doubt by declaring it to have been We want you for a customer. tf New Cry Steam Launpry, —— “reated by perfumes—Csweet fragrance | an accident, cased in glass’ rr) ESS WON'T TAKE ACTION. May Bells, Vassar Violets, Senator Ha'e, chaiiman of the Crabapple committee on naval affairs, and a Cral Blossoms, member of the committee on appro- At&inson White Rose, etc. priations, said that be bad just come Carnation Pink * favorite with many |from an interview with the secretary LYWE & LYNE’S DRUG STORE very riengad last of the navy, aad that he felt confi- dent that the navy department would institute a thorough investigation in- to the disater, ‘*There is no occas- lion,’ said the senator, ‘for congress | to take the matter up. ly | thing should be lett ‘to the de ment, and thi one of the things | which, ia my opinion, should be so | left. It is, of course, impossible from the information received, to say | how the accident occurred but 1 feel confident that the facts when devel- oped will show that it was an }- jdent. The Maine was, of course, prepared for action in case action should be necessary, and had there- | fore many vulnerable points exposed. | A battleship is little less than a vol- } cano under the most favorable c’ cumstances, and when legislating for the increase of the navy I feel that a war vessel may prove to be almost as dangerous to those on board as to those whom it might engage in hos- tile conflict. For this reason I am sure the affair in Havana harbor will prove a genuine sensation in naval circles aside from any political as- pect of it.’’ CABLE DESCRIPTION, New York, Feb. 17-—A_ special copyright cable to the Evening Worla from Havana says the officers of the Maine state that the explosion was in the central magazine, and that the Maine was raised out of the water and then went partially to pieces. The dispatch continues : “All bat the surgeon were in the wardroom at the moment of the ex- plosion, Then came the stupendous shock. All the officers below rushed on deck, but could get no farther forward than the middle superstruct- ure on deck. Only a very pitiable few of the 350 sailors eyer got from below. The water rushed over them and many were stunned and drowned but pot mangled, It is not likely that more than forty sailors were . The officers on deck narrowly In the junior officers’ mess 1 to clamber out through water and wreckage waist deep, Ove Ind ler from the after torpedo compart: ment was jammed with men struggling up for life, All agree that a double explosion occurred from the natural result of an under-water explosion of the azines.’” ‘The dispatch says that the account of the passengers on the Ward line steamer City of Washington, which was lying 300 yards from the Maine, bears out the fore yy statement, Continuing, the cable says: “Brass pipe, angle iron, ete., fell in a perfect shower on the decks of the City of Washington, so injuring two boats, that when lowered they were useless, Out of the dense smoke came anguishing cries for help. Simultaneously with the ces- sation of falling fragments, search- lights were throwa wreck and its load of agony. Spanish boats from the shore joined those of the Washington alongside at ouce, but. the regular ferryboats, passing soon after the explosion, did not stop to offer aid.’ THRE BELLS, Been Found In the Hulk of the Battle- ship Maine. Has Ar- roused Feeling. THEN AN EXPLOSION. New York, Feb. 17.—A special to the Evening Telegram from Havana concerning the Maine disaster says; James Rowe, ship's cook, was the least injured of any that were brought in while I was there. I asked him how it happened ‘IT don’t know,” he replied, speak- ing with difficulty. 1 turned ix hammock at 8 o'clock and heard three bells strike, I don't remember anything more till [ felt myself turn- ing over and over and falling heavily upon the deck through a mass of smoke. I got on my feet and worked my way on deck, ‘When I got there the superstructure deck was dipping under water, and I jumped overboard to keep from being drawn down in the suction. “Twas picked up by a boat from the Spanish man-of-war. Four more were picked up by the same boat, They were Daniel Cronin, a lands- man; Charles Berryman, boatswaio ; Albert John, seaman, and Bloomer, a landsman,”" One poor fellow whose face was in- jured past all recognition was lying in a cot in the hospital. I asked him his name and he mumbled back through horribly swollen lips: ‘My folks would feel uneasy if 1 told you,"* So far as I can learn now the ex- plosion took place in the magazine used for the storage of gun cotton for the torpedoes, The vessel lies with her bows wholly submerged and only a part of her stern showing, The explosion, which shook the city from one ena to the other, cre~ ated the wildest excitement. All the electric lights were put out by the shock. Fire engines rushed madly from one direction to another, and no one knew for certain from which direction the explosion came, ‘The admiral was asked if it were possible that a torpedo lying in the harbor could have been accidentally exploded under the He did not think this could have been possi- ble. Ifa torpedo caused the explo- sion it must have been sent from the shore, for torpedoes are not lying around loose in Havana harbor, where hundreds of ships are in’ and out, YIRWS OF BENJAMIN UARRISON, Indianapolis, Feb. 17,--When former President Harrison was asked by the Associated Press for a state- ment yesterday regarding the de- struction of the United States battle- ship Maine, he sa The occurrence is a most terrible and shocking one, It is to be hoped | doubi ibet jt was an accident, If there should be any raom for sus- ipecting foul play it would be very unfortunate,”” Telephone No. 29 for a nice two horse load delivered promptly, Price, $i cash, Ohio River Spoke and Rim Co., K. &. bell, tt. that an investigation icy leave no! ‘|F. M. FISHER CONFIRMED. The Senate Acts Favorably on} Will Probably Pass His Measure His Nomination~Will Be in Paducah This Week, | C. M, Barnett Also Gets His Final} The Local Option Bill Postponed Papers—Other Late Wash- ington News of Interest. Washington, Feb. 17.—F. M. Fisher was last night confirmed by the Senate as postmaster at Paducah. The other Kentucky cases acted fa- vorably on were: Cicero M. Barnett, surveyor of port at Louisville. Post- masters—Kentucky: R. R. Perry, Winchester; W. Truest, Lancaster ; S. Stanfill, Williamsburg; L. F, Petty, Shelbyvill Moore, Princeton ; C, Matthews, Maysville ; J. A. Deboe, Clinton; W. S, Bure gess, Ashland. A Bold Robbery, Princeton, Ky., Feb. 16.—James Calvert, of Dawson, Ky., brother of George and Walter Calvert, tobacco manufacturers in this city, was, while on his way to the depot last night, waylaid and robbed of his gold watch and about $20. Several houses were also visited, but nothing taken, as the thieves were frightened away before anything was accomplished, SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY Was Upto Tell Where He Got Beer. Warrants Issued Against W, E, Busselland John Elrod, Lather Jones, the 6-year-old boy mentioned elsewhere a3 having bought beer for his older brothers and Arthur Johnson, was taken be- fore Judge Sanders after court and questioned, The boy was made to tell where he bought the beer, and said he got it from W. E. Bussell and John Elrod. Warrants were issued against them tor selling liquor to » minor, The father of the boy was in court’ this morning and stated that he had never given his son a written order for intoxicating liquors. Prosecuting Attorney J. Wheeler Campbell stated this morning that it was a disgrace to the community that boys of such tender age should be able to buy intoxicating liquors, and that be would hereafter prosecute everybody who sold it to minors. AT HALF MAST, The Navy Department Orders All Flags On Goyernment Buildings ‘Thus Rung, Surveyor of Customs J. R. Pur- year today received from the nayy department, Washington, a telegram ordering him to place at half mast the big flag on the custom house here in honor of those who met death in the Maine disaster. SUPERINTENDENT HARAHAN Writes Mayor Lang a Friendly Letter, Says the Refusal to Let Officers Search the Train Will Be Investigated, Mayor Lang today received a most friendly and courteous letter from Superintendent W. J. Harahan, of Louisville, in reply to the one he wrote last week relative to the man- ner in which local officers were pre- vented from arresting the three assailants of motorman Alexander, who passed through on the emigrant train. Superiotendent Harahan assures the mayor that the railroad com- pany’s desire and effort is to do all in its power to benefit the cities along its line and tributary to it; that the company upholds ‘none of its em- ployes when they act in a manner discourteous, and that a full investi gstion will be made of the affair. Fell In, Fished Out. 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Gardner Brothers & Company Telephone No. $96. to Make Kentucky Safe- ly and Eternally Democratic. { | i | in the Senate—Kepresenta- tive Moore Wants War With Spain. ‘rankfort, Ky., Feb. 17.—Senator ebel’s bill establishing an election mission was advanced today in the house. The vote shows that the bill will probably be passed. It will however be certainly vetoed by Gov. Bradley, and its passage by the leg- islature over his veto is uncertain, In the senate the local option bill wes postponed and will probably be defeated, This bill gives ass whole, including cities nufacturing towns the right to vote on the whiskey license ques- tion. 208-2065 South Third street. Wants to Fight. Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 17.—Repre- sentative Moore, of Ballard county, today introduced a resolution in the house that war should be declared immediately with §, THE THREE RIVERS, Items of Interest Gathered From the River Front for the Sun Readers. 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