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/ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1898. e——‘m TO GREET A CRUISER OF SPAIN New York Preparing a SHALL PAY DEARLY FOR TREACHERY Spain’s Position if the Disaster Was Not Due to Accident. ' Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Feb. 16. asked a member of the Cab- to-night to tell me what would the probable or the proper urse for the United States Gov- to pursue if it should be ned by a competent court of I tnet be 2 ernment deter r Wwas responsible for the s destruction. At first he was ined to discuss this phase of the saying that the President and dvisers were most solicitous for welfare and comfort of the wound- nd suffering and were anxious that American people should suspend judgment until the responsibility for this terrible disaster was determined after a thorough investigation by a naval court; but finally, after exacting a promise that his words would be taken down verbatim, he sald: “Please preface your dispatch with the statement that President McKinley luctant to believe that the Spanish | Government had anything to do with this deplorable affair. Indeed, you may say that it is his belief that the explo- sion resulted from accident. At any rate, his chief concern at this time is for the comfort of the wounded sailors. | “In reply to your question as to the | of the Government should it appear that a Spanish subject or a Spanish sympathizer perpetrated this dastardly deed, T will say that the Gov- ernment would cer prefer a claim ainst Spain. This i, although the deed by an Spanish is course indemnity n would b have be lous or for = >mmitted irresponsible ““The was 80 cost th the battle-ship Maine | z over two and a half | - indemnity for loss of a | care to calculate. | perpetrator of thi five million dollars anded as indemnity. Remember | that all of this is based upon the | sis that a Spanish subject or a | <h sympathizer was responsible | Maine's destruction. And | my statement that | is inclined to be- { le disaster was the ither than design.” d be demonstrated by the terrible | might be | But if it sh a court of inquiry that a Spanish sub- responsible for the disaster, | t wa what ht the United States | Government take to enforce its de- mand for indemnity?” asked The Call correspondent. | “That is a question I decline to dis- cuss,” said he. I then saw a member of the Forelgn Relations Committee of the Senate, v spoke more freely, although un- willing to be quoted. He said: The m for indemnity against n could be enforced by taking pos- y)n of Cuban custom houses, in she refused to grant our de- d Suppose,” continued the correspond- | “that the naval court should show | that a Spanish subject was responsible | Would a mere claim fo in dollars and cents and it > considered as satisfac- tory adjustment?” | You rather anticipating things,” | sald the Senator, “but I will give you | y opinion. I think that if it is shown | t a Spanish subject or a Spanish | mpathizer was the perpetrator of the dastardly crime the Spanish Gov- ernment would be liable to a heavy claim for indemnity. But she is a| poverty-stricken nation and five mil- | lion dollars indemnity would mean a | good deal to the Spanish Government. | I do not think she could pay it. We would have to whistle for our money.” “Or else take it out of her hide suggested another Senator. “But if it is impossible to trace the responsibility for this occurrence, what ought Spain to do?” was asked. | “Why, nothing,” said the Senator, “except to send a mere expression of sympathy to the United States. This she will undoubtedly do, as her naval | officers in Cuba have already assisted in caring for the wounded seamen.” | “What do you think of the ‘story printed in the New York Evening Jour- nal to the effect that proof is conclu- sive that a Spanish spy caused the ex- plosion?” “I do not think anything of it,” sald he. of any matter that is printed Journal.” “In fact, I do not think anything in the THE SPANISH CRUISER VISCAYA AMONG THESE ARE THE MAINE’S DEAD. W Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, Washington. Lieutenant G. F. Holman, California. ASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The following is a complete list of officers of the Maine, with their addresses: Lieutenant-Commander Richard Wainright, Washington. Lieutenant John Hood, Florence, Alabama. Payma Past A Asst Axel C. o PR Copenhagen; burg, Pri er, Alfred J se Gardner, Thomas J., Brooklyn ham, Edward P., Jersey City ris, Westmore, Charles City. F., Charleston, S. Kelly, John, Brooklyn, 1 Conn.; Kinsella, Thom: & vak, Charle ahan, Michael Haverstraw, N. Y.; Mattsen, Elmer M., Osage, Mich Franc Valle Ohye, M., Japan; Ording, Gustav Boston; Paige, Frederick, Buffalo, Francis , Rochester, N. Y. Ireland; Price, Daniel, Stonehall gen, Norwa Reilly, Joseph, New Joser Pa.; Thompson, George, lonian Island: Susquehanna, Pa Simmons, Alfred, Petersburg, Va. Lynchburg, V L s liams, James, St. Thom: Wilkesbarre, Pa.; W The detachment of Unit L John Coffs Lesko, Jc nuRURYN son, Oskar, Sweden; Anderson, H. A., Christiania, Norway; Andrews, E rawo, Firstanon, Japan; Barr: Hessen, Germany; Bell, John E., Alexandria, V binder, John, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Bell, Fritz, Brandenburg, Germany; Boyle, Daniel J., Philadelphi Burns, Adolph C., Baltimore, Md.; Bullock, Charles H., Pine Bush, N. , Salem, Mass.; Cain, Thomas, Portsmouth, Va.; Cameron, Walter Willlam R. D., Marseilles, France; Changki Suko, Japan; Christiansen, Carl A., Norway; Christiansen, Karl, Sweden, Clerk, Coleman, William, New York; Coleman, William, Peters- feldt, Arthur, Finland; Butler, Frederick F., Harrison, N. J.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Caulfield, Thom: Newport, Eng.; Flaher: German, William H., Philadelphi. York; Grupp, Reinhardt, Montpelier, Wis. Hamilton, Charles A., Newport, R. L; Hamilton, John, Canandaigua, N. Y Va.; Harris, Edward, San Francisco; J., Dungarvy, Ireland; Hassell, Charles, Suba, W. I.; J.; Henkes, Robert B., Cincinnati, O., Holzer, Frederick C., New Yqrk; Holm, Gustav, Horton, Norway; Holland, Alfred J., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Horn, William J., Whitehall, N. ¥.; liam L., Philadelphia; Hughes, Patrick, Kings, Ireland; Hutchings, Robert, Norfolk, Pa.; Ishida, Otogira, Yokohama, Japan; stadt, Germany; Johnson, John W., Rahway, N. J.; Johnson, Peter, Sweden; Johnson, Alfred, Sweden; Johnson, George, Abingdon, Md.; Johansen, Peter D., Denmark; Jones, Thomas J., Brooklyn; Jecetson, Harry, San Franclsco; Jencks, Carl, Farm Bridge, Ills.; Jerne, Fred, New Brunswick, N. J.; Just,Charles Kane, Michael, Mansfield Valley, P y Kesskull, Alexander, Germany; Keyes, Harry J., Ellsworth, In Kitogata, Yukichi, Japan; Kneise, Frederick H g Japan; Laird, Charle t. Louls, Mo.; Lancaster, Luther, Fredericksburg, Va.; Lapierre, George, Montre Kane, Joseph H., Worcester, Ma F., Brooklyn, Kreus, Hugo Denmark; Lawler, Edward, Fall River, Ma: uel, New York; Leopold, Gustav, Schleswig, Germany; Lewis, John, Baltimore, Md.; Lewis Danlel, Albermarle, Va.; Lieber, George, New York; Load, John B., London, England; Lohman, Charles A., Sweden; Lorengi, Joergen J., Denmark; Louden, James W., New Kent, Va.; Lowell, Clarence E., Bath, ; Lynch, Bernard, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mack, Thomas, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Malone, Michael, Limerick, Ireland; Marshall, John E., Henderson, Ky.; Marsden, Benjamin, Jersey City, N. J.; Martinson, Johan, stiania, Norway; Matza, don H., Augusta, Me.; Miller, William S., New York; Miller, Montfort, William, Sydney, Lund, William, Finland; Lyden, John T., Edward, Sweden; Melville, Thomas, New York; Morse, John, Brookiyn, N. Y George, Ghent, Belgium; Mobles, George, Cephalonia, Greece; Moore, Edward H., Charles City, V: Moss, John H. Oxford, N. C.; Mudd, Noble L., Prince George, Md.; Murphy, Cornelius, Cork, Ireland; McGann, , Davenport, Ja.; McNair, William, Pittsburg, Pa.; McNiece, Francis J., ikkelsen, Peter, Denmark; Nolan, Charles M. Neil, Patrick, Ireland; Oregan, Moss, Gerrard €., Bergen, Norwa jo, Cal.; McGonigle, Hugo, Ireland; McManus, John, Nagamane, Tomekishi, Japan; Nie Pitcher, Ch Ma ell, Jersey City, N. J.; Robinson, W. worth, William, Burnley, England; Safford, Clarence E., Keene, saki, Isa, Japan; Schroeder, August, Brookly V. Turpin, John H., Smithfield Randolph, N. C.; Wallace, John, Lowell, Mass.; White, John E., New York; Whiten, George M., Middleburg, Va. W. Alonzo, Keyport, d States marines : First Lieutenant A. W. Cattlin, Firs v, M. C. Downing, C. P. Galping, C. W. German, C. eph Lutz, John McDermott, William McGuinness, Ed McKay, Suman, E. B. Fimpany, H. A. Vanhorn, R. V. Warren, R. E. Wils. Lieutenant Carl W. Jungen, New York. er C. M. Ray, Washington. ant Engineer, S. C. Bowers, Brooklyn, N. Y. @ Engineer Cadets Pope, Washington, N. C.; Arthur Grenshaw, Alabama. First Lieutenant of Marines Albert W. Catlin, Minnesota. Chaplain J. D. Chadwick, New York. Engineers J. D. Morris, Oregon, Mo.; D. R. Merritt, Red Oak, Ia. Seamen—Adams, John T., Maryland; Aiken, James P., Edinburg, Scotland; Allen, James W. Portsmouth, Me.; Anderson, John, Liverpool, Eng.; Ander- Andgrson, Gustav A., Sweden; Anderson, John, Norway; An- Augland, Bernard, Osterwell, Sweden; Auchenbach, H. W. Halifax, N. S.; Barry, John P., Kerry, Ireland; Baum, Henry S., Cincinnati, O.; Becker, Jacob, Bergman, Charles, Westervick, Sweden; Blomberg, Fred, Chicago; Bloomer, John H., Portland, Me.; Book- Anderson, Charle: v, Lewis L., Cahill, Franci Cleveland, O.; Cochran, Michael, Cork, Ireland; Cole, Thomas M., Philadelphia, Pa.; a; Fubel, George D., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Fewer, Willlam J., St. Johns, N. F. Michael, Ireland; Fleschman, Lewis, Baltimor Flynn, Patrick, Waterford, Ireland; Fox, George, Chicago; Fougre, John, Arichat, N , Germany; Furlong, James, Logansport, Ind.; Gaffney, Patrick, Kendue, Ireland; Gartrell, William M., Washington; Gardner, Frank, Matawana, N. J. Graham, James A., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Gra- Harris, Hauck Y.: New York; Kushida, Katsusabur New York; Lynch, Matthew en, Sophus, Denmark; ork; Riley, John W New Brunswick, N. J.; Roos, . Mas Greece; Shea, Thomas, New York; Tigges, Frank B., Oelde, Germany; Sheridan, Owen, Longford, Ireland; Lodoresco, Constantin, Roumania; Shillington, J. H., Chicago; Toppin, Daniel G., Washington, D. C.; Troy, Thomas, Waterbury, Conn.; Smith, Carl, Hamburg, Germany; Tuhoey, Martin, Clare, Ireland; Smith, Nicholas J., Joseph F., Boston; Wallace, John, Lowell, Mass.; Waters, Thomas J., Philadelp rank, Chemung, N. Y.; Anderson, Abraham, Norway Pa.; Gerdon, Joseph L, Portsmouth, Va.; J.; Grady, Patrick, Ireland; Greer, William A., Green Point, N. Y.; Griffin, Michael, Dublin, Ireland; Gross, s.; Hallberg, Alfred, Hanon, Sweden; Hallburg, John, Guttenburg, Sweden; Hamberger, William, Jersey City, N. J.; Jam, Ambrose, Indian Fields, N. Y., Hanrahan, William C., Troy, N. Y.; Har- Millard F., Boston; Harley, Daniel O'Connell, Philadelphia, Pa.; Harty, Thomas ., Bath City, Mich.; Heffron, John, Freemanstown, N. Herbert, John, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Herriman, Benjamin H., St. Marys, Md.; Herness, Alfred B., Tronjahen, Norway; Charles, Brooklyn, N. Y. Lowell, neinnati, O.; O'Connor, James, Ireland; Ohaggan, Thomas J., New York; O : Palmgren, John, Helsingberg, Sweden; Panck, John H., harles F., Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; Pinkne: ; Quigley, Thomas J., New York; Quinn, Newport, R. L; Richards, Walter, Philadelphia; Rieger, William A., Newark, Peter, Sweden; Rowe, James, Tattenham, England; Rusch, 1.; Salmon, Michael, ¥ Sutton, Frank, Galveston, Texas; Schott, Charl h A., Baltimore, Md.; Tabot, Frank C., Bath, Me.; Seery, Joseph, Kildare, Ireland; Treackle, Harry, New Yor! Tohan, Daniel J., Rochester, N. Y.; Shea, Jeremiah, Haverhill Stevenson, Nicholas, Norway Lieutenants (junior grade) G. P. Blow, Lasalle, Iils.; John J. Blandin, Green- wood, Md.; F. W. Jenkins, Allegheny Naval cadets—V F. Boyd J Alabama. Surgeon L. G. Henneberger, Harrisonburg, Va. Chief Engineer C. P. Howell, Goshen, N. Y. s, Norfolk, Va.; burg, Va.; Conroy, Anthony, Galway, Ireland; Cosgrove, Willlam, Buffalo, N. Y.; Cronin, Daniel, New York; Curran, Charles, Ireland; Dahlman, Berger, Sweden; David, George, Malta; Dennig, Charles, Allentown, Pa.; Donoughey, William, Londonderry, Ireland; Dolan, John, St. Johns, N. F.; Drury, James, New London, Conn.; Dressler, Gustay J., Germany; Dureckin, Thomas J., Corning, N. Y.; Edler, George, New York; Elerman, Charles F. W., Germany; Erichson, Andrew V., Sweden; Etts, John P., Rochester, N. Y.; Evensen,, Carl, Norway; Fadde, Charles F. J., Blizabeth, N. J.; Falk, Randolph, Konigs- nn, Michael, Dublin, Ireland ; Hawkins, H. 2K John, Jersey City, St. Johns, N. League, James T., Annapolis, Md.; Lee, William J., Attleboro, Mas Mass. attison, Willlam, Canada; Matiasen, Carl, Ch Mero, . Waltham, M Brooklyn, .; Thompson, William H., Philadelphia, Pa.; Shea, Shea, John J., New York; Tinsman, Willlam H., Walsh, phia R R R R R R R R R R R R LR T T. Cluverius Jr., Louisiana; Ammen Bronson, Nebraska; D. Bonner, Leon, Malta; Brinkman, Henry, Burns, Edward, Boston; nch, Trubic, Raleigh, N. C.; Fisher, Frank, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Fish- ; Foley, Patrick J., Cork, ountain, Bartley, Quebec, Canada; Franke, Charles, Kiplstrom, Fritz, Sweden; Kinzy, Frederick, New Haven, Troy, N. Y.; Koebeler, B.; Lambert, Willlam, Hampton, Va.; Lan- al, Canada; Larsen, Peter, Bergen, Norway; Larsen, Martin, Leen, , Boston, Mass.; Nobel, William A., Ireland Lynehburg, Va.; Perry, Robert, Annapolis, Md., Porter, John, Rau, Arthur, Schwartz, George, Hanover, Germany; Sugi- , Orange, N. J.; Suzuki, Kashotora, Japan; Scully, ; Webber, Martin V., Bar Harbor, Me. White, Robert, Portsmouth, Va.; Wickstrom, John E., Heilsingford, Fin.; Wil- Williams, Henry, Elizabeth City, N. C.; Wilson, Albert, Stockholm, Sweden; Wilson, Robert, Glasgow; Wagner, J.; Wilbur, Benjamin R., Philadelphia, Pa.; Wilbur, George W., Redbank, N. J.; Seigler, John H.; N. B. gned to the battleship Maine, according to the muster roll of January, compr Sergeant Henry Wagner, Sergeants Michael Meehan and J. W. Brown, Corporals J. R. Burns, Joseph Schoenal, A. H. Richter and F. G. Thompson, Drummer J. H. Dierking, Firer C. H. Newton, Privates Willlam Anthony, John Bennett, V. H. Botling, George Brosman, B. Johnson, W. J. Jordan, E. T. Rean, Frank Kelley, G. M. Lamiette, Paul Loftus, P. A. J. P. Lonshan, T. J. Newman, J. H. Roberts, H. E. Stock, James Strangman, E. B, City, Pa. Oldenberg; Bro- Burkhardt, Robert, Germany; Providence; Carr, Herbert M., Ireland; ‘Wilsenhau- Henry, New Hough, Wil- Johnson, Charles, Frederik- N. J.; Kelley, Hugh, Sligo, Ireland; George: W., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Kran- Daniel, Ansonia, Conn.; Lees, Sam- Me. Sweden; Mason, John H., John, Watertown, Wis.; Meilstrup, Ia.; Morim, Plerre, Vlouis, Charlestown, Henry H., Mobile, Ala.; Phillips, n, Ireland; Powers, John, Cork, ermany; Reden, Martin, Turn- N. J.; Rising, New- Rush- Cs Frank, Germany; ; Seilers, Walter, Patrick J., Chambersburg, Kerry, Ireland; ‘Warren, 0., John, ; White, Charles Georgetown, Fred- ed: CoE B R EEEREEREEEEEEEEEEREERREEEEEEEREFE R ERE A EEEEREEE R EEEEEREE PR R AR CAPTAIN SIGSBEE CALLED TO APPEAR HAVANA, Feb. 16.—Captain Sigsbee has cabled to Washington that it would be advisable to send no more warships to Havana, but to send relief boats. The Mangrove, lighthouse tender, has arrived and the Laurel is also expected. Admiral Manterola has summoned Captain Sigsbee to appear before Mili- tary Judge Peral and the Marquis En- senada, and has notified him also that joint committees of American and Spanish naval officers will be appointed to investigate the cause of the explo- sion. - TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT DEAD. KEY WEST (Fla.), Feb. 16.-— The United States cruiser New York, with Admiral Sicard on board, reached San K eight miles out, this evening and anchored. She was ordered to supply Notice to Our Readers.: O-DAY AND TO-MORROW are the last days in which you may order ‘Scrib- ner’s History of as offered by THE CALL at over 40 per cent discount from the regular price, in 5 massive volumes, 1600 illustrations. $1.50 on delivery, balance $2.00 monthly for 8 months; half morocco, $2.00 down and $3.00 per month Do not miss this We cannot sell you a 18. Telephone send a set to you. Out-of-Town Readers. Sets sent free of expense. State bind- ing preferred. Address “‘San Francisco Call, Scribner’s History Department.” ““Davis- 861 and we will No charge. the United States” Only for 8 months: grand opportunity. set after February the survivors of the Malne with cloth- [il\g and necessaries. Captain Sigsbee's message to Com- mandant Forsythe of the naval station here, received to-day, reads: HAVANA, Feb. 16.—Advise _sending American vessel at once. The Maine is submerged, except the debris. Mostly work for divers. Jenkins and Merritt are still missing and there is but little hope for their safety. Those known to have been saved are the officers and twenty- four uninjured of the crew. Eighteen wounded men are now on board the Ward line steamer, in City Hospital and at the Mascotte Hotel—fifty-nine, so far as known. All the others went down op board or near the Maine. The total loss or missing is 258. With several exceptions no officer or man has more than part of a suit of clothes, and that is wet with harbor water. The Ward line steamer leaves for Mex- ico (Vera Cruz) at 2 o’clock this after- noon. The officers saved are uninjured. The damage was in the compartments of the crew. Am preparing to telegraph list of saved and wounded. The authentic figures as given of the casualties are 104 saved and 251 dead. It was a sad scene at the dock to- night as the wounded sailors were car- ried to the waiting ambulances by ar- tillerymen and officers and tenderly place on seats for conveyance to the Marine Hospital. The brave fellows bore their sufferings admirably, and some limped through the lane of eager faces with their arms in slings, heads bound and blood-stained bandages on legs or trunks, SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE THE SHIP. HAVANA, Feb. 16.—George Cowler, an accountant of the Maine, is among the men seriously wounded. The crew of the steamer Colon saved two wound- ed men. The Malne, at the time of the explo- sion, was at anchor about five hundred yards from the atsenal and some two hundred yards from the floating dock. The explosicn put out the street lights near the wharf and blew down tele- graph and telephone wires in the city. Admiral Manterola and General Solana put off to the Maine soon after the ex- plosion and offered their- services to Captain Sigsbee. Vurnel, Burkhardt, Willlam McGuin- ess, J. H. Bronner, Alfred Johnson, George Bolsemet and Charles Bagnan were succored at the San Ambrosio Military Hospital, and James Rotire, Francis Kehet, Daniel Cronin and George Robert received attention at sanitary headquarters. The first explosion is said to have been caused by over 600 pounds of gun- cotton, and the subsequent explosion is alleged to have been caused by shells 4 and cartridges. Among the saved on board the City of Washington is a Mr. Dressler (Gus- has lost both his eyes. The passen- gers of the City of Washington gave up their staterooms to the men. An iron truss from the Maine fell on the pantry of the City of Wash- ington, breaking the tableware of the steamer. Lieutenant-Commander Wainwright of the Maine was half dressed at 9:45 p. m. and was smoking in his cabin, next to that of Captain Sigsbee, it is saild, when the explosion occurred and put out the electric lights. Wainwright | then lighted a match and went to Cap- tain Sigsbee’s cabin. The captain, it appears, had been thrown from his bed but was uninjured. They both went on deck and gave orders to flood 2500 pounds of gun cotton which was on board. The order was carried out, but the men who fulfilled it never returned. Havana, however, was saved from a still more terrible explosion. Pl SEAMEN SUSPECT THE SPANIARDS OF HAVANA. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 16.—A special to the Times-Union and Citizen from Key West, Fla., says: The steamer Olivette arrived here to-night with a large number of the wounded and many other survivors of the Maine disaster. The officers were, as a rule, reticent and followed in line with their chief, Sigsbee, in saying that the cause of the explosion could only be ascer- tained by divers. But many of the sailors were outspoken in their declara- tion of belief that the explosion was a deep-laid plot of the Spaniards. They are greatly incensed against the Havana people, who have shown them small courtesy, who look upon their presence as a national affront and who have published anonymous circulars capticned “Down With Americans!” They believe that the authors of such expressed cowardly hatred would not hesitate in terrible vengeance such as the blowing up of the Maine. These sailors, acquainted with the drills, discipline and ensemble of a man-of-war, pooh-pooh the idea of an internal explosion as the last thing to be thought of. LIEUTENANT BLANDIN’S STRANGE EVIL LUCK. One of the unaccountable incidents of the disaster is the fact that Lieu- tenant John I. Blandin was the officer of the deck when the Maine quivered under the forces of the mighty power that shattered her great steel frame to pleces. He was standing well aft in the superstructure, when the solid deck under him sprang upward, throwing tave G. Dressler) of the Maine, who | injured | | him backward with considerable force. It was not the first time that Lieu- tenant Blandin had felt his ship go down beneath him. When the great hur- ricane burst over Apia harbor, he—an ensign then—was deck officer on board the United States ship Trenton. All his watch he had walked the deck and seen the barometer go down, down till it seemed that the. mercury in the glass would disappear through the deck. The British steamer Calliope wag preparing to run for the open sea while there was yet time, but Admiral Kim- berley, watching the anchored German ships, refused to leave the harbor till the gale swept down and held him in its grasp. So Blandin walked the deck, watched the glass, while the American admiral waited. x The storm broke, the Calliope slowly pulled out to sea, while the Vandalia, Trenton and Nipsic, with the German shu;s they were watching, went on the reef. Blandin, washed from the Trenton's shattered deck, floundered through the breakers and was heaved ashore, bat- tered and bruised. He recovered from his injures, and thought of resigning, believing he had passed’ through enough horror for one man’s life; but he remained in the service to catch the Maine. —e— SPANISH NEWSPAPERS REGRET THE DISASTER. MADRID, Feb. 16.—The United States Minister, General Woodford, did not re- ceive news of the loss of the Maine from Washington. His first intimation of the news came from the Spanish rear admiral, who called at the United States legation to express, in behalf of the Spanish Government, regret of the disaster which had befallen the Amer- ican warship. The details then reached General Woodford in the dispatches. The Imparcial published an extra edition, saying that the news had pro- duced a deep impressfon in Madrid. The Premier, Senor Sagasta, personally informed the Queen Regent of the loss of the Maine. F The Epoca says: ‘‘Whatever the re- lations between Spain and the United States, Christlan feeling and humanity compels us to regret the catastrophe. The spectacle of 80 many lives sudden- ly launched into eternity inspires com- passion.” The Heraldo remarks: “Although the Americans represent us as a people de- void of virtues we must face this hor- rible misfortune sincerely and express feelings of compassion.” The Heraldo adds: “In the face of provocative Americans we shall always remain proud people; but in the face of men in misfortune of whatever na- tionality our hearts are always full of pity.” & Reception for the Vizgaya. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Preparations are being made for the reception of the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya, which is daily expected here. If the Spanish cruiser 1s hovering near these coasts gshe would have found it difficult to approach on account of the off shore gale which was blowing all day to-day and to-night. It is thought that she will put into Bermuda for coal before she comes to an American port to salute the flag of the United States and to exchange in- ternational courtesies. 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