The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 18, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1898. WRA TH PE THE SPANIARDS HAVE SL CAPTAIN SIGSBEE: | Correspondents Who Have Cast ANDERED Aspersions Also Upon the Character of Consul Gen= eral Fitzhugh Lee. NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—A special to | w With | he Herald from Ke and crew ship Maine the | men of the officers ttle y-nine of the {ll-fated 1 steamship Olive ved here from | Havana at half-past 10 o'clock last| £ two hours and a | val was occ vy slow progress fer in Havana Har- bor of the sick and wounded from the they had been taken af- | ng rescued from the wreck. The were made in small boats d the entire morning. | of the men were perfectly | account of their maimed | > greatest care had to be sval. An im- on the wharf the Olivette had in- to render my and navy e the landing | men. Nineteen | men with b and hands tied up in bandages came ashore, but the | ressing sight and one which 1 the hearts of y one present was at one of the after port hole where eight unfortunates, burned, bli tered and sca ted out. Cor der W ster Jewet igned t transfers and co ex ised ir mense crowd to greet the & l here. The Collector ¢ stru d his subor ance to the authorities and facilits f unfortunate uch her with Captain Mer- | ndant of the garrison, with | Stevens and other army | W present to receive them. | A company from the barracks, detailed | rt, was also on the dock. | red, wounded and half e brought out from the ced on stretch- taken to the United Marine Hospital and turned over to the tender care of Surgeon Guiterrez. vided for them, and where their every want will be attended to. The officers were quartered at the ho- el. Their appearance justified Captain igsbee’s statement that with several exceptions no officer had more than part of a suit of clothing and what they did have was wet with the filthy water of Havana harbor. Their appearance certainly suggested anything but the trim, well-groomed naval officer. He adds that more than an hour and a half previous to the explosion he had ‘losed the doors of the magazine and that the temperatur. therein was cool at the time. The unanimity of opinion of all the survivors on this point would seem to be justified by the re- quest of Captain .Sigsbee that public judgment be suspended until after the board of inquiry has completed its in- vestigation and submitted its report. Great indignation is expresed over the action of the Spanish correspond- ents in Havana, who filed dispatches here last night to the Imparcial and other Madrid papers casting aspersions on the characters of Consul-General Lee, Captain Sigsbee and his officers and the entire crew of the Maine. These dispatches stated that Lee, who was laboring in the interests of the in- surgents, and Captaln Sigsbee, in order to relleve himself of responsibility for the loss of his ship, had cabled the uthorities at Washington that the Maine had been blown up by the Span- iards, when, as a matter of fact, the accident was due to the carelessness and negligence of the officers. The dispatches also accuse theofficers and crew of the Maine of cowardice, saying they deserted the ship before danger menaced and falsely stated that Captain Sigsbee, at the time of the ex- plosion, was visiting aboard the Ward line steamer City of Washington, and that several other officers were wvisit- ing ashore, which is evidenced by three ship’s boats being uninjured. I have assurance that at the time of | OF THE A 1 ISLE of PINESY statuteMiles of Hayti. gal, French Africa, with Cadiz, Spain. rope. Cutting th there are a number to be found MERICAN MAP SHOWING CUBA’S CABLE CONNECTIONS WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD. Five cable lines reach Cuba. Two of which connect the world via Tampa, Fla.,, with Havana, two others Santiago de Cuba with Kingston, Jamalca, and the fifth runs from Santiago de Cuba to San Juan, on the island This line, by way of Antigua, Martinique, Paramaribo and Pernambuco, connection with Madrid, by way of the Cape Verde and Madeira Isles, and Lishon, or by way of St. Louis, Sene- Brazil, gives transatlantic By the Kingston lires Cuba could reach Panama, and thence down the west coast of South America to Val- paraiso, thence acrose to Buenos Ayres, and up the east coast via Rio Janeiro and Bahia to Pernambuco and Eu- Kingston and the Hayti lines would isolate the island. These lines lie in water comparatively shallow, and the work would not be one of any great difficulty to people experienced in cable grappling, of which on the Atlantic Coast. the explosion Captain Sigsbee was | aboard the Maine, and it was his coolness and the exercise of superior judgment in directing the men.under the trying circumstances that averted a panic and greater loss of life. The officers and men are also cred- ited with having obeyed orders im- plicitly and displayed traits of the highest order in leaving the ship when she was sinking and no possible hope remained of saving her. ——— To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if i* fails to cure. %c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. Others were conveyed in cars provided by the authorities of the United States Barracks, where tents had been pro- | [ -8 E-E-ER WASHINGTON, KILLED. gheny City, Pa. ton, D. C. raska, , Red Oak, Ia. SEAMEN. JOHN T. ADA JAS. P. AIK {S, Maryland. N, Edinburgh, Scotland. ANDERSON, Sweden. NDREWS, Chemung, N. Y. M ANDERSON, Norway. AUGI NBACH, Sheridan, Pa. FIRSTANON WAWO, Japan. LEWIS L. BARRY, Halifax, N. S. JOHN P. BARRY, Kerry, Ireland. HENRY 8. BAUM, Cincinnati, Ohio. JACOB BECKER, Hessen Germany. JOHN E. BELL, Alexandria, Va. FRED BLOMBERG, Chicago. JOHN BOOKBINDER, Brooklyn, N. Y FRITZ BELL, Brandenberg, Germany. D. 1EL J. BOYLE, Philadelphia, Pa. LEON BONNER, Malta. HENRY BRINKMAN, Oldenberg. ARTHUR BROFELDT, Finland. ADOLPH C. BURNS, Baltimore, Md. EDWARD BUR! Boston. ROBERT BUR! RDT, Germany. FRED'K F. BUTLER, Harrison, N. J. THOMAS CAIN, Portsmouth, Va. WALTER CAMERON, Providence. HERBERT M. CARR, Philadelphia. SUKO CHANGKI, Japan, THOMAS CLERK, Cleveland, Ohto. w MICHAEL COCHRAN, Cork, Ireland. THOMAS M. COLE, Philadelphia. WILLIAM COLEMAN, New York. WILLIAM COSGROVE, Buffalo, N. Y. CHARLES CURRAN, Ireland. BERGER DAHLMAN, Sweden. CHARLES DENNIG, Allentown, Pa. ‘WM. DONOUGHEY, Londonderry. JOHN DOLAN, St. Johns, N. F. JAMES DRURY, New London, Conn. GEORGE EDLER, New York. CHAS. F. W. ELERMAN, Germany. JOHN P. ETTS, Rochester, N. Y. CARL EVENSEN, Norway. CHAS. F. J. FADDE, Elizabeth, N. J. RANDOLPH FALK, Prussia. = . = B L [ TRUBIC FINCH, Raleigh, N. C. FRANK FISHER, Ann Arbor, Mich. ALFRED J. FISHER, Newport, Eng. MICHAEL FLAHERTY, Ireland. LEWIS FLEISCHMAN, Baltimore. JOHN FOUGRE, Arichat, N. 8. BARTLEY FOU AIN, Quebec. CHARLES FRANKE, Germany. FRANK GARD Matawana, THOMAS J. GARDNER, Brooklyn. WILLIAM H. GERMAN | Philadelphia. JAMES A. GRAHAM, Brooklyn. EDWARD P. GRAHAM, Jersey .City. PATRICK GRADY, Ireland. WM. A. GREER, Greenpoint, N. MICHAEL GRIFFIN, Dublin. HENRY GROSS, New York. REINHARDT GRUPP, Montpelier, Wis. X CHAS. A. HAMILTON, Newport, R. L. JOHN HAMILTON, Canandaigua, N. Y. WM. C. HANRAHAN, Troy, N. Y. EDWARD HARRIS, San Francisco. DANIEL O'C. HARLEY, Philadelphia THOMAS J. HARTY, Ireland. CHARLES HASSELL, Cuba, W. L CHARLES HAUCK, Brooklyn. H. B. HAWKINS, Bath City, Mich. ROBERT B. HENKES, Cincinnati. B J. H. HE GUSTAV HOLM, Norway. WM. J. HORN, Whitehall, N. Y. WILLIAM L. HOUGH, Philadelphia. B 2 B n " = & = - | .j- " = B ] = : NT G. F. HOLMAN, Cali- . JENKINS, Alle- ENGINEER CADET POPE, Washing- L CADET AMMEN BRONSON, ANT ENGINEER D. R. MER- ON, Christlania,Norway. ND, Osterwell, Sweden. WILLIAM COLEMAN, Petersburg, Va. ANTHONY CONROY, Galway, Ireland. GEORGE D. FRUBEL, Brooklyn, N. Y, WILLIAM J. FEWER, St. Johns, N. F. RIMAN, St. Marys, Md. Feb. 17.—The following is a complete list of those lost with the Maine: PATRICK HUGHES, Ireland. OTOGIRA ISHIDA, Japan. CHAS. JOHNSON, Germany. PETER D. JOHANSEN, Denmark. THOMAS J. JONES, Brooklyn. CARL JENCKS, Farm Bridge, IIl. CHARES F. JUST, Charleston, 8. C. MICHAEL KANE, Pennsylvania. JOHN KAY, Jersey City. HUGH KELLEY, Sligo, Ireland. JOHN KELLY, Brooklyn. ALEXANDER KESSKULL, Germany. HARRY J. KEYES, Ellsworth, Ind. FRITZ KIPLSTROM, Sweden. FRED'K KINZY, New Haven, Conn. THOMAS F. KINSELLA, Brooklyn. YUKICHI KITOGATA, Japan. FREDERICK H. KNEISE, Troy, CHARLES KRANYAK, England. HUGO KREUS, New York. CHARLES LAIRD, St. John, N. B. WILLIAM LAMBERT, Hampton, Va. MICHAEL LANAHAN, St. Louis, Mo. LUTHER LANCASTER, Virginia. GEORGE LAPIERRE, Montreal. MARTIN LARSEN, Denmark. EDWARD LAWLER, Fall River, Mass. JAMES T. LEAGUE, Annapolis, Md. WILLIAM J. LEE, Attleboro, Mass. DANIEL LEEN, Ansonia, Conn. SAMUEL LEES, New York. GUSTAV LEOPOLD, Germany. JOHN LEWIS, Baltimore. DANIEL LEWIS, Albermarle, Va. GEORGE LIEBER, New York. JOERG J. LORENGI, Denmark. JAMES W. LOUDEN, New Kent, Va. CLARENCE E. LOWELL, Bath, Me. JOHN T. LYDEN, New York. MATTHEW LYNCH, Lowell, Mass. BERNARD LYNCH, Brooklyn. JOHN E. MARSHALL, Kentucky. BENJ. MARSDEN, Jersey City, N. J. JOHAN MARTINSON, Sweden. JOHN H. MASON, New York. EDWARD MATTSEN, Sweden. JOHN MATZA, Watertown, Wis. ELMER M. MEILSTRUP, Michigan. JOHN MORSE, Brooklyn. ELDON H. MERO, Augusta, Me. WILLIAM S. MILLER, New York GEORGE MILLER, Belgium. GEORGE MOBLES, Greece. EDWARD H. MOORE, Virginia. WILLIAM MONTFORT, Iowa. PIERRE MORIM, France. GERRARD C. MOSS, Norway. - JOHN H. MOSS, Oxford, N. C. NOBLE L. MUDD, Maryland. CORNELIUS MURPHY, Cork. HUGO M'GONIGLE, Ireland. FRANCIS J. M'NIECE, Mass. TOMEKISHI Nagamane, Japan. SOPHUS NIELSEN, Denmark. PETER NIKKELSEN, Denmark. WILLIAM A. NOBEL, Ireland. M. OHYE, Japan. GUSTAV C. ORDING, Cincinnati. JAMES O'CONNOR, Ireland. THOMAS J. OHAGGAN, New York. PATRICK O'NEIL, Ireland. HENRY H. O'REGAN, Boston. FREDERICK PAIGE, Buffalo. JOHN PALMGREN, Sweden. * ROBERT PERRY, Mobile, Ala. FRANCIS C. PHILLIPS, New York. JAMES PINKNEY, Annapolis, Md. JOHN PORTER, Ireland. JOHN POWERS, Cork. DANIEL PRICE, Stonehall, Mass. THOMAS J. QUIGLEY, New York. CHARLES P. QUINN, Mass. JOSEPH REILLY, New York. e . JOHN W. RILEY, Newport, R. L WILLIAM HAMBURGER, Jersey City. WILLIAM A. RIEGER, Newark, N. J. NEWELL RISING, Jersey City. - W. ROBINSON, New Brunswick, N.J. PETER ROOS, Sweden. WILLIAM RUSHWORTH, England. CLARENCE E. SAFFORD, N. H. ISA SUGISAKI, Japan. AUGUST SCHROEDER, Brooklyn. FRANK SUTTON, Galveston. CHARLES A. SCHOTT, Orange, N. J. KASHOTORA SUZUKI, Japan. JOSEPH A. SCULLY, Baltimore. FRANK C. TABOT, Bath, Me. JOSEPH SEERY, Ireland. DANIEL J. TOHAN, Rochester, N. Y. 2538588 -8--0--8N-8-8N-00 8NN ENuuus ; 2-5-5-N-N-0-0-E-E-N .—.—.;. 5-8--u THESE ARE THE MAINE’S DEAD. SROBERT WILSON, Glasgow. [ ] L | [ | PATRICK J. SHEA, Treland. [} GEORGE THOMPSON, Greece. | THOMAS SHEA, New York. [] FRANK B. TIGGES, Germany. ] JOHN J. SHEA, New York. WM. H. TINSMAN, Pennsylvania. OWEN SHERIDAN, Ireland. CONSTAN. LODORESCO, Roumania. J. H. SHILLINGTON, Chicago. | ALFRED SIMMONS, Petersburg, Va. | | THOMAS TROY, Conn. | MARTIN TUHOEY, Clare, Ireland. NICHOLAS J. SMITH, Virginia. NICHOLAS STEVENSON, Norway. JOSEPH F. WALSH, Boston. JOHN WALLACE, Lowell, Mass. JOHN WARREN, Randolph, N. C. CHAS. 0. WHITE, Georgetown, P.E.L GEORGE M. WHITEN, Virginia. ROBERT WHITE, Portsmouth, Va. JOHN E. WICKSTROM, Finland. ALBERT WILSON, Stockholm. FREDERICK WAGNER, Wilkesbarre GEO. W. WILBUR, Redbank, N. J. JOHN H. ZEIGLER, N. B. UNITED STATES MARINES. FIRST LIEUT. A. W. CATLIN. FIRST SERGT. HENRY WAGNER. SERGEANT J. W. BROWN. CORPORAL J. R. BURNS. CORPORAL JOSEPH SCHOENAL. CORPORAL A. H. RICHTER. CORPORAL F. G. THOMPSON. DRUMMER J. H. DIERKING. FIRER C. H. NEWTON. PRIVATES. WILLIAM ANTHONY. JOHN BENNETT. V. H. BOTLING. GEORGE BROSMAN. JOHN COFFEY. M. C. DOWNING. C. P. GALPING. C. W. GERMAN. C. E. JOHNSON. W. J. JORDAN. E. T. REAN. FRANK KELLEY. G. M. LAMIETTE. PAUL LOFTUS. P. A. LESKO. JOSEPH LUTZ. JOHN M'DERMOTT. WILLIAM M’GUINNESS. ED M'KAY. J. P. LONSHAN. T. J. NEWMAN. J. H. ROBERTS. H. E. STOCK, JAMES STRANGMAN. E. B. SUMAN. E. B.. FIMPANY. H. A. VANHORN. R. V. WARREN. R. B. WILS. WOUNDED. OSKAR ANDERSON, Sweden. AXEL C. ANDERSON, Copenhagen. KARL CHRISTIANSEN, Sweden. THOMAS J. DURECKIN, Corning, N MICHAEL FLYNN, Dublin. ALFRED HALLBERG, Sweden. JOHN HALLBURG, Sweden. AMBROSE HAM, Indian Fields, N. Y. JOHN B. LOAD, London, Eng. CHARLES A. LOHMAN, Sweden. CARL MATIASEN, Christianfa. HARRY M'GANN, Vallejo, Cal. WILLIAM M'NAIR, Pittsburg. ARTHUR RAU, Germany. JEREMIAH SHEA, Mass. WM. H, THOMPSON, Philadelphia. MARTIN V. WEBBER, Maine. HENRY WILLIAMS, North Carolina. BENJ. R. WILBUR, Philadelphia. DOUBTED. CHARLES ANDERSON, Norfolk, Va. JOHN ANDERSON, Norway. PETER JOHNSON, Sweden. GEORGE JOHNSON, Abingdon, Md. ~5-2-8-u §-5-5-B-N-B-E | San Domingo to-day for Key West. It | | menace. CRUISER T0 GO T0 HAVANA Montgomery to Replace the Destroyed Battle- ship Maine. This Time Extra Precautions ‘Will Be Taken to Prevent Treachery. s Will Be on Hand to Enforce Demands If Necessary Vessels for Indemnity. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: There is every rzason to belleve that the ad- ministration is determined to send a man-of-war to replace the Maine in Havana harbor, on the ground that there is just as good reason for keep- ing a vessel at that point at this time as there was when the Maine was or- dered there last month. In all proba- bility the United States cruiser Mont- gomery, which 1is returning to Key West from the city of San Domingo, will be egelected. The Montgomery left is expected that she will cover the dis- tance within three days. There is a possibility that the Montgomery may be employed to convey to Havana the court of inquiry whieh will investigate the destruction of the Maine, but as the | court will not convene until Saturday, and will hold several sessions at Key West before proceeding to Havana, | there has been no action taken by the department looking to the expeditioa of the Montgomery's return. There has been some talk of dis- patching the Marblehead, now at Mo- bile, Ala., to Havana. If it should be finally determined to select the Mont- gomery as the vessel to go to Cuba, Commander Converse will be given in- structions with a view to preventing a repetition of the disaster suffered by the Maine. As was done by Captain Sigsbee, Commander Converse will be instructed to keep in close touch with Consul-General Lee and to act upon any suggestions for the protection of Americans and their interests that that officer may consider necessary. It can be authoritatively stated that a battle-ship will not go to Havana harbor. In the first place the admin- istration would not be willing to again risk a ship of this size, and in the sec- ond it is thought that such action might be considered by Spain as a This impression the authori- ties desire to avoid giving. Several insignificant orders were {s- sued to-day by the Navy Department, which are regarded as highly signifi- cant by some of the officers on duty at the Navy Department. Instructions were given to Captain Purcell F. Har- rington, commanding the monitor Puri- tan, and Captain Nicoll Ludlow, com- manding the monitor Terfor, to keep their vessels in communication. The Herald recently anngunced that formal orders had been issued by the depart- ment directing that these vessels be placed in reserve. It was explained to me by an official of the department that the action of the department. was not due to any suggestion of war, but that it was considered advisable to take pre- cautions and be ready to meet any emergencies that may arise. It is recognized by officials that if it should be found that the loss of the Maine was the result of an explosion an_indemnity would be demanded, and it is therefore regarded as good policy to be prepared to support a de- mand in’ case it should be made. The Puritan is now undergoing re- pairs at the Norfolk navy yard, and it is not expected that she will be ready for active service under two weeks. The Terror to-day is ready for service. These vessels would be employed as coast defense vessels. It is also proposed by the department to place the dispatch boat Dolphin in commission on March 24. Orders were issued to-day to officers and men of this vessel directing them to report for duty at the Brooklyn navy yard on March 23. The Dolphin will probabiy Join the North Atlantic squadron. CONGRESSMEN TALK OF WAR Even the Conservatives Are Aroused by the Calamity. They Say That American Honor and Liberty Must Be Vindicated. It 1s Time That the United States Drove the Spanish Soldiers From Cuba. s Speclal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Feb. 17 At the capitol end of the avenue there is the same feeling of suppressed ex- citement that prevails at the Navy De- partment, but very much to the sur- prise of everybody there have been no outbreaks on the part of those who have heretofore lost no opportunity to criticize the administration’s foreign policy. The only way the Maine in- cident figured at all in the day’'s pro- ceedings in Congress was in the Allen resolution calling for an investigation, but there was very little of this, for it went over under the rules. It will be | called up to-morrow, but will probably | be sent to a committee, the majority of the sentiment in the Senate being that nothing should be done at this juncture that can possibly interfere in | any way with the plans of the execu- tive department. But off the floor there was talk, and plenty of it. A few members of the Senate and House cling to the accident theory, but the great majority inclines strongly to the bellef that a torpedo did the work, and that it was sent agalnst the American man-of-war by Spanish hands. Perhaps the most significant indica- tion of the growth of this feeling is found in the attitude of certain Repub- lican members of the House Commit- tee on Foreign Relations. That com- mittee held a long session this morning at which the whole Cuban situation was gone over at length. Representa- tive Adams of Pennsylvania, who |is chairman of the sub-committee having charge of the Cuban end of the com- mittee’s work, has all the time been en- gaged in sitting down on all efforts of the other members to get at the facts in the Cuban situation, and in this he has had the active assistance of Quigg of New York. Indeed, Quigg has been regarded as the most conservative member of the committee, not except- ing Chairman Hitt. But to-day Quigg, Pearson and Smith of Michigan, all Re- publicans, gave strong indications of a purpose to do their part toward forc- ing the administration to aggressive action. Quigg was particularly out- spoken cutside of the committee room. He declared that not only he but the business men of New York are now convinced that a war cannot be avoid- ed, and the sooner it was entered upon the better. 1ln view of Quigg’s close re- lationship with Senator Platt this talk was regarded as most significant. This is, however, but one indication of the general feeling that the terriblé disas- ter to the Maine is the spark that will’ ignite the war spirit. i But the conservatives belleve that no | official expression of the administration lor of Congress should be given until something defipite is ascertained as fo the cause of the . explosion. ‘For this reason most Senators and Repre- resentatives are. guarded in. their ex- pressions. to “interviewers. As one of the most conservative = Republican members of the Senate Committee .of' Foreign Affairs’ put it this -eVening, “We have been working along . for many months with a lot.of live wires crossed and recrossed and_touehing- at, many points. So.long as we were able to keep éach .in.place and all properly. insulated there was no danger. But we have all realized that were the insu- lation to wear off there would be a flash that would only mean war.” The same Senator declared that if in- dications of a torpedo's. work. were ADMIR the sunken warship Maine. Housatonic. two explosions. Now, in the harbor of Havana. contact with its object. deck. gested. GHUOOOBOVOVUOROVVDO0VIDONOVATHRVVTABEBTOY are the days of miracles. space into the other papers? EEEEELE PEEREEE LT J- “But the possibility of disaster having been caused by a torpedo is not to be left out of reckoning. The torpedo boat David, which in 1863 came near sinking the Ironsides, did a few weeks afterward sink the She was on the blockade outside. concussion, by the explosion of the torpedo when it strikes the vessel. “The reports published regarding the Maine state that there were if a torpedo were to strike the vessel and ex- plode it is perfectly possible that the concussion would affect the mag- azine, and thus a second explosion might be caused. “But there is a possibility that the Spaniards may have torpedoes Such a thing might be used in the harbor of Havana, where the waters are very still and the tide never falls or rises more than six or seven inches. seen, but it ran so swiftly that even if it were seen there would have been no possibility of saving anything before it would have come in I do not say that this was done, or could pos- sibly be done in the case of the Maine, but the Havana harbor favorable place for such an occurrence.” There have been numbers of cases where the man at the bow has taken rum on board, even without the knowledge of the It is not at all impossible to approach a vessel in the way sug- Admiral Belknap said that he believed if the plates of the Maine could be inspected they might show, possibly, just how the dis- aster occurred, but if a torpedo struck the vessel from the outside he would expect the plates to be completely shattered, rather than hav- ing a hole or holes bored in them. fegegegogegegcgeg-R-23-3-F-F-F-F-3-3-3-F-3-3-F-F-F-F-F-F=-F-F-F-F-F-3-1 LR R R R R R AR R AR R R A LA R AR R AR AR HERALD AND CALL NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—The Herald will say to-morrow: Telegraphic experts declare that there are only two telegraph wires leading from Key West to the outer world. The United States Government is reasonably sure that it held one of these wires on Wednesday night. The Herald is equally certain that it had undisputed sway of the other until 5 o’clock yesterday morning. . How then did all dispatches In the other papers yesterday under the Key West date line get through? the morning or floated on the afternoon mist? Were they megaphoned, semaphored, carrier-pigeoned or stolen? & They were in the Herald all right, but how did they .get through BRRBREERRBRRERRRANURRRLNRARNIRRIRRURIRS OPLE AL BELKNAP UPON TORPEDOES IN STILL WATER The Harbor of Havana Is a Very Favorable Place for the Use of These De- stroyers. BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 17.—“I must confess I do not understand it. do not know what could be called a ‘percussion hole, except it be the hole made by the point of a torpedo. serewed into the point of the shell, and when it strikes the vessel the shell explodes by percussion or concussion. that kind has happened, it would indicate the presence of a torpedo. But the terpedoes in use by navies are much larger than that and would not have been likely to leave an eight-inch hole. have been blown to atoms if a torpedo came in contact with it, and, besides, a torpedo is not for the purpose of penetrating but of exploding when it strikes them.” This, in brief, was the comment of Rear Admiral Belknap, when shown the Key West dispatch this afternoon, in which it clared that an eight-inch hole had been found in one of the plates of I The percussion top is Of course, if anything of The plate would the Dplates, was de- That was done by Of course, it ought to have been iIs a marines on These E R R IE RS R T T =g R =R v R e oS e oo R - Fog 2 - F -3 o R oo - - F-F-F~F-F-F -3-3-F-3-3-F-F=-F-F-3-F-F-3=3 -3 1] ‘Were they borne on the wings or kS found he did not believe anything or any power could prevent war—no mat- ter what steps Spain might take to punish the perpetrators of the deed, and no matter how much indemnity she might offer to pay the United States. Of the Republican Senators Mason of Illinois is doing the loudest talking for the papers. “‘Spain is responsible for this, and in a sense our own Government is re- sponsible,” said he this evening. ‘‘The disaster to the Maine could not have come from the inside—naval experts agree to that. It was a blow dealt by an enemy, and Spain is responsible. “When I say that our own Govern- ment is responsible I mean this. The Maine was sent there on an alleged friendly mission. The administration lied, to use the language of diplomacy, when it said the Maine was going to Havana on a friendly mission. That was not the object of the visit, and every precaution should have beens taken. Had she gone as she ought, as an enemy in search of a foe, the ship would have given a different account of herself, and would not now be at the bottom of the harbor. I want to see the administration order the whole fleet to Havana, and I want to see the fleet go there on business other than that of a ‘friendly visit.’ If T had my way, we would send 100,000 troops to that island and drive the Spaniards off of it. There will never be any peace until Cuba is free of those fellows.” Republican Senators who have con- tended that the time for action had not arrived now incline to the belief that this Maife horror will in the end prove the casus bellf which all have expected would in the end come, no matter how strong the efforts of the administration to prevent it. " Senator Perkins of California, a mem- ber of the Naval Affairs Committee, who is usually very conservative in his expressions, states it as his positive belief that the Maine’s destruction re- sulted from design rather than acci- dent. Representative DeVries said: “From present information concerning the re- cent lamentable disaster at Havana to the Maine, I am not sufficiently up on which to base a definite expression of opinion. Vague rumors are equally un- certain and unreliable upon which to offer an expression touching a matter of so grave and serious importance. But certainly, in the face of disclo- sures leading to the confusion of a pre- meditated = destruction of our ship, traceable to Spanish origin, nothing can further restrain American indigna- tion and action. It must strike the American people that the Government has in a great measure abdicated its mission on earth (the establishment of liberty) to mankind by sitting idly by and permitting the butcheries that have been perpetrated by the Spanish upon Cubans at our very doors. CAPTAIN SIGSBEE WAS WARNED BY A SPANIARD Continued from First Page. cular of warning. He had simply placed it in the letter which he had sent her. From Paymaster Charles W. Littlefield, who returned from Havana a week ago, having been relieved from the Maine by Paymaster Charles M. Ray, | learned that Captain Sigsbee had received the circular while going to a bullfight which he attended on January 30, in company with other officers of the vessel. Mr. Littlefield was unable to witness the sport on account of some pressing work, but in talking with Captain Sigsbee during the evening he learned that while that officer was forcing his way through the crowd the circular was placed into his hand. Captain Sigsbee mechanically clutched it and brought the paper with him to his ship. “The captain paid no attention to the circular,” said Littlefield, *“except to joke about it.”" No one for a minute thought it a warning, and | do not believe it was. Captain Sigsbee took every precaution pos- sible to prevent any attempt to injure his vessel. From my knowledge of the ship and of the conditians which prevailed in the harbor, | believe the disaster was due to an accident precipitated by _an interior cause. The circular, with the warning in English, was’ simply coincidental with the catustrophe.”’ 8gaooo 9298583888588888888838388888888888323 g KEY WEST, Feb. 17.—Every effort to ol?tain an ex- gg @O pression from the officers in regard to the explosion has @© 6% proven fruitless. The‘sa}!@ reticence which has character- Og . go, ized the utterances of Cgptain Sigsbee and Consul-General gc ©9Q . Lee was manifested by the officers.: The crew, on the other' ©9 g ‘hand. made no Cm.u:ealment whatever that the Maine was gg \ ‘00 - blown up by a torpedo or otHer destructive missile placed g9 gg . under the battle-ship, and some give substantial reasons gg 00 for their assertions. ) ; (+] °g . They assert that an examination of the ship’s bow by gg\ go a diver will demonstrate the fact that the holes in her ©Q 08 plates are inward indentations. gg