The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1898, Page 4

THE SA TREACHERY PREVENTED IN THIS COUNTRY. FRANCISCOD CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1898. ENTERS T HE HARBOR AND IS Now the City SALUTED of New York Is at the Tercy of the Vizcaya’s Guns. But the Visiting Cruiser Is Safe, for Every Precaution Is Taken to Prevent Any Attempt to Destroy Her. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—After several nights of peril and extreme discomfort in boisterous weather off Sandy Hook the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya steamed into port, saluting the flag of this na- tion on her way, and anchored off Tompkinsville at twenty-flve minutes to 4 o'clock this afternoon. As the clanking of her anchor chain | ceased the sound of answering guns | from Fort Willlam, Governors Island, | was carried down the bay, the concus- sion of the saluting cannon being feit rather than heard at that distance. Captain d’Antonio Eulate of the Vi caya, after receiving Lieutenant Aaron Ward, representing Rear Admiral Bunce, on the quarter deck of the | cruiser with due honors, and learning | officially from him of the disaster to the Maine, ordered his flag and pen- | nant at half mast and announced that | he and his officers would decline to participate in any social functiens and would observe a fitting period of mourning. The Vizcaya's commander will pay pay his respects to Rear Admiral Bunce in the Brooklyn navy-yard to- morrow and will exchange with | the Spanish Consul. He has received | through Lieutenant Commander So- bral, naval .attache of the Spanish Legation in Washington, instructions which awaited his arrival here. He did not care to say to-day how long | the Vizcaya would remain in port. | Lieutenant Commander Sobral said he thought she would remain here only a few days. It was not until after she had an- chored to-day that any one on shore | suspected the full measure of danger and annoyance which the Vizcaya's | company encountered in the fog and | storm off the Hook. Thickening mist, | increasing rain and a rising sea made | the cruiser’s anchorage a most uncom- | fortable one by 4 o'clock on Saturday | afternoon, and there was some anxi- | ety because of the great strain upon her anchor cables and the presence of other fogbound craft which were lying in her neighborhood. | Believing he could bring the cruiser | up In safety when the weather cleared | temporari. soon after 4 o'clock Pilot | Gillespie consented to Captain Eulate’s | proposal to get up his anchor and at- tempt to reach the anchorage off Tomp- kinsville. But &s the cruiser began to feel her way toward the city the mist thickened and her lookout lost the channel buoy. The fog closed about her in whirling clouds. With a ship under him that drew twenty-five feet of water the pilot decided that there ‘was only one thing to do, and that was to seek deep water. So the Vizcaya's bow was turned seaward and while the marine observers and waiting city sup- posed the fermidable visitor rode at anchor off the lightship she steamed geaward In an Increasing fog and dark- ness. She proceeded for an hour and a half under easy steam. As she approached Fort Wadsworth, where the stars and stripes floated above the works, the cruiser slackened her speed. The Government tugs Nina and Narkeeta, manned by marines, drawn up along their rails, moved down from the city and took up positions on either side of the cruiser, and the Un- dine, carrying Lieutenant Aaron Ward, fell in behind them, gleaming white in the visitor’'s wake. Uniforms of the TUnited States army could be seen on the heights of the fort and inquisitive hundreds lined the shore eager to in- epect the oft-heralded cruiser. The marines suddenly thronged the Viz- caya's spar deck and through her open ports could be seen the gun crews of her second battery busy with Hotck- kiss rifles. The whistles of the accompanying fleet were sflent. A command in Span- ish rang out from the Vizcaya. The stars and stripes rose to the top of the staff. A tongue of flame, burning red in the gray daylight, shot from her bow, smoke belched out in a great cloud as the flame faded, and over the water came the sharp report of Spain’s greeting to the United States. Regu- larly from port and starboard the guns thundered untll the cruiser was lying in a white cloud of her own making, and the watchers on the craft and shore counted twenty-one. There was silence at the forts. Many expected they would return the greet- ing, forgetting that Fort William is the saluting station. There was no ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ soap responds to wa- ter instantly; washes and rinses off in a twinkling. cheer from the shore. The Vizcaya, CAPTURE OF MORRO CASTLE IN 1762 BY THE BRITISH UNDER SIR her marines still drawn up on deck, | | The picture, taken from an old print, shows the advance of the Royal Scots Greys, who led the assault through the narrow breach made by the explosion of moved on to quarantine. There Dr. Doty ran alongside of the steamer Gov- ernor Flower and received the report of the cruiser’'s surgeon. All were well and had been since the Vizcaya left Spain, so the Health Officer exchanged salutes with his naval brother and de- parted. The Vizcaya's guns were heard in salute at five minutes to 3 o'clock, and it was just twenty-five minutes to 4 o’clock when she was safely anchored | off Tompkinsville. Then the Undine ran up from astern of the cruiser and the visitors’ sea ladder was placed in position. In full uniform, disdaining a great coat in spite of the downpour of rain, Lieuten- ant Ward went up her side. Captain Eulate received him saluting, and the rear admiral's representative saluted the commander and officers in turn, and then accompanied the former to his cabin. The way lay between files of sa- luting marines. The call lasted about twenty minutes. As the Undine moved away those who watched knew that the news of the Maine's loss had been offi- clally received on board the cruiser, for while the navy yard launch was | still near the Vizcaya's flag was low- ered at half-mast. It will remain so while she is in port. Captain Eulate will pay an officialcall to-morrow and will perhaps receive a representative of General Merritt, commanding the department of the East. Thousands lined the shore and piers at Tomkinsville to view the Vizcaya after she anchored. The patrol boats took up positions near her, and their | men settled down to their tour of eight hours’ duty in rain and spray. On shore the police kept watch for suspi- cious persons. As safe as if she had been under the of Spanish guns in the waters of that country, the Vizeaya to-night rode at anchor. When dark- ness began to dim the outline of the formidable man-of-war, lights from her deck and mastheads began to shine through the rain and mist. The in- creasing wind kicked up white-capped protection | waves about the vessel and the rain descended in torrents, but not for an instant did the small boats guarding her relax their vigilance from the mo- ment the Vizeaya's anchor was dropped. All_through the hours of night little boats cruised around the big iron-clad and all suspicious crafts were halted at a distance. The navy boat showed a red light and revenue cutter a green one, but the police pa- trol moved quietly about in the dark- ness, showing no light at all. Everything was quiet on board the Vizcaya after dark and the crew, save those on watch, apparently turned into their bunks and slept peacefully. Most of the lights on the big vessel were ex- tinguished by 10 o’clock. In an interview Captain Eulate said while his ship was in this port his of- ficers. would accept no invitations of any kind. The Spanish warship had come here on a visit of courtesy and friendship, and when the dreadful ac- cident to the Maine was learned the flags were put at half mast, and there would remain until the ship took her departure., He likened his visit to that of one intimate friend to another when disaster had overtaken the lat- ter, the same delicacy dictated what to do, to mourn with the friend and to avoid all festivity. No invitations of a social character would be accepted —this he wished to have understood. Referring to the catastrophe, he de- clared that he and his officers were greatly shocked and that the sympathy of all was with the beraved families. SYMPATHY EXPRESSED BY BRITISH MiNISTERS. Touching Words Spoken in the English-Speaking Churches of Paris Copyrighted, 1595, by James Gordon Bennett. PARIS, Feb. 20.—It is a noteworthy fact that in all the English-speaking churches in Paris to-day reference was made to the Maine disaster. It was to be expected that the preachers at two American churches would dwell on the catastrophe, but the unanimity with which chaplains of the English churches took occasion to express sym- pathy merits remark. At the English church were Sir Ed- mund and Lady Monson and the Em- bassy staff were present. Rev. Dr. Noyes sald: “I take this opportunity to express what 1 am sure is in all your minds, namely, our intense feeling of sorrow with regard to the calamity which has befallen the American navy. We are more than allied with America. We are related and any pain felt by her causes sympathetic blood in the hearts of the English nation.” Similarly sympathetic references were made at St. George's, at the Vic- toria Jubilee Church and the English Wesleyan Church. At the latter the dead march in Saul was played, the congregation standing. At St. Jo- seph’s . Church for English-speaking a well laid mine. the city surrendered. RALPH ABERCROMBIE. This assault ended the siege, which had lasted thirty days, and 0CLD RAISE ~ THE WARSHIP | Engineers Favored by the Shallowness of the W ater. j The Task Would Be Expensive, | but Quite Likely to Be | Successful. | England’s Experience in the Past With Warships Similarly Situated. The task of raising the Maine, while it woud be expensive, presents appa- | rently no insurmountable engineertng | difficulties, as she lies in a depth of | only forty-five feet, and divers, with " the requisite apparatus, can get access | to the hull. As she now lies, her weight does not exceed 5000 tons, and the re- moval of guns and other detachable ghea\')' weights would still further de- | crease the load to be lifted. The idea expressed by prominent na- val officials to resurrect the Maine and bring her back to the United States, and from the remnants to reconstruct the ship will be appreved by the people for patriotic as well as other reasons. In the first place, the wreck must be removed, and even if the entire for- ward part of the ship shall be found to be blown out.-the remainder of it, constituting two-thirds of the hull, and containing the engines and boilers, is likely to be uninjured. No recourse was had in her construction to stint | her scantling in order to gain displace- ment to carry other weights, and the hull is probably the strongest and best built of any ship in the navy. It is the universal practice of all na- tions not to abandon lost ships so long as there is a chance of recovery, and in | this instance conditions are favorable | for the resurrection of the Maine. Great | Britain has had some experience in this | line. In September, 1875, the Iron Duke accidentally collided with the Van- guard while maneuvering in the Brit- ish Channel, and the Vanguard, an ironclad of 5900 tons displacement, sunk in 120 fet of water and settled on her keel, with a slight list to starboard. It was not until the following March that efforts were made to raise the ship, during which time she had settled twelve feet in the mud and sand, and all attempts to raise her proved fruit- less. The great depth of water, In which the divers could work only from fifteen to thirty minutes, and the con- stant banking up of sand against the ship made the task greater than the wreckers could overcome, and the ship was left to her fate. In the early part of 1889 the Sultan, an fronclad of 9200 tons displacement, while at torpedo practice in the Medi- terranean, ran upon an uncharted rock in the Comino Channel and sank in sixty feet of water. Several unsuccess- ful attempts were made by British wreckers to raise the ship, but an Ital- ian company finally succeeded and car- ried her into Malta December 29, 1889, where she was docked and repaired. The sum paid to the company was $250,- 000, and it took $225,000 to repatr the hull and refit the ship. The difficulty in floating the Sultan was aggravated by the fact that she lay jammed in be- tween two points of rock, so that the divers were compelled to remove, hy blasting, these obstructions before they could get access to the wounded parts of the hull. Huge holes had bec.. made in the bottom and these had to be tem- porarily repaired by means of iron plates and timber, the whole made tight with many tons of a peculiar ce- ment, which hardened under water. ‘When all fissures and holes had been made water-tight, powerful pumps were brought into play, forcing air into the interior of the hull, and the ship arose to the surface and was made se- cure. In October, 1892, the British armorclad Howe, 10,300 tons, ran upon rocks while entering the harbor of Ferrol, Spain. A hole forty feet in length was ripped in her bott.m, and the ship settled down ‘with her bow under water. It took sev- eral months and $100,000 to raise her, af- ter which she was repaired at an ex- pense of $150,000. The Victoria, sunk in the Mediter- ranean on June 22, 1893, lies in over 200 feet of water, yet all hope has not been given up that the ship may be re- covered, but it will have to be accom- plished by unusual methods, for ordin- ary diving cannot be carried on at such a depth. Of these incidents, that of the Sultan Catholics, mass was said especially for | Maine, with the advantage to the for- the seamen of ghe Maine, bears some resemblance to that of the mer that the rents in the hull were such as could be closed up, while in the Maine the ship is apparently almost cut off at one-third of her length from forward. It thus becomes a task of lifting an inert mass of material which has no floating tendency whatever, and there will be little or no use for pumps unless the remaining part of the hull should be found to be in a condition to stand the air pressure put on by the pumps, and with its buoyancy restored be able to carry the wrecked forward part of the ship. At a depth of say fifty feet the air forced into a vessel would exert a pres- sure of eighteen pounds to the square inch, and this pressure, large.as it is, could undoubtedly be sustained by the Maine, and would, if all egress of water was excluded, raise her to the surface. In addition pontoons on each sile with chains suspended under the vessel could be made to take up a great load. Again, bags made of canvas can be dé- posited about the ship and inflated with air, thus displacing the water, and with their great surplus buoyancy assist in raising the wreck. Still another way would be by means of a “jack”—a pontoon with an open bottom, which are built with a lifting capacity of from 50 to 600 tons. They are floated alongside the wreck, and by letting the air escape sink to the bot- tom. Each ‘“jack” is connected to a pump by a flexible hose, which is ar- ranged alongside the el by the divers, so that the instant it reaches the bottom suction may be effected on it. When they are al! properly connect- ed and attached with chains under the ship, compressed air is forced into the pontoons, driving the water out through their bottoms: strain is brought on the chain and the lifting progresses. Such pontoons are inexpensive and weigh but little, one capable of lifting 300 tons weighing only fifteen tons, and should not cost over $1200. These contrivances are undoubtedly the most efficient and least expensive, and preferable to the old style of pontoons, lighters and hull. They have the further advantage of not subjecting the ship to the strain which forced alr into the ship’s compartmegts would bring about. It is a lifthhg process, in which the ship is entirely passive, and it is simply a computa- tion of so many “jacks” to lift 5000 tons, experience designating other details as to size of chains, etc. No doubt about it, the several Eastern wrecking com- panies will not miss the opportunity to recover the Maine and return her to her native country. Temee . MAINE'S SEAMEN CRY OUT FOR VENGEANCE. Will Never Again Set Foot Upon a Warship if Spain Is Not Punished. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 20.—A special to the Times-Union and Citizen from Key West says: Sailors of the battle-ship Maine, suffering from wounds in the Key West hospital, are smarting over the delay of the Govern- ment in punishing what they term a Spanish outrage. In their minds there is no doubt as to the cause of the ex- plosion, and they explain the delay in taking summary action by saying that the President is morally certain there was no accident, and, wishing to de- ceive the Spaniards with a feeling of security, is using the short time to make the necessary preparations to enforce his ultimatum. If no action is taken, they say, not a man amongthem will again pace the deck of an Ameri- can man-of-war; buf® if business is meant it would take a strong force to keep them from hurrying to the front, wounded though they are, to take a hand in what they look upon as a per- sonal vengeance. “We were warned not to go to Ha- vana,” one said to-day, being told that danger awaited us there. When we got there, we were again told, and it was a current rumor that the har- bor bottom was honeycombed with mines. We first chose our anchorage and rested there for several hours, but the harbor master compelled us to welgh and proceed to a mark marked by a buoy. We were reviled on the streets of Havana, sneered at until our blood boiled and found out for our own safety that it was necessary to make our visits to the city in force, No man dared to go alone. There was g? knowing what would happen to m. “The explosion itself is the best evi- dence that it was a mine or torpedo. There were two sharp and distinct re- ports. The first was like a peal of thunder close at hand—a sound as of ripping parchment, a quick report, fol- lowed by a tremendous and awful roar, and then darkness and chaos, made more horrible by the screams of dying men, the fierce shouts of those -who were hemmed in to die by fire or by drowning. The Spanish warship was lying close at hand, and Morro Castle was not a pistol shot away. Both have searchlights, but none was turned upon us to help the work of rescue, and, be- cause of the darkness, many brave men who could have been rescued went down to Davy Jones.” i Spain’s Cheerful View. LONLON, Feb. 21.—The Madrid corre- spondent of the Standard says: The go‘\‘r;:ng:‘e'::‘ln n:;; ecmvh;eed that the er, instead of estranging, .wln‘tgnd to improve the relations be- tweenhsum and the United States. - EXPLOSION WAS NOT N BOARD Opinion of an Officer of the Survey-Boat Bache. Cipher Code-Book and the Log of the Maine Recovered by Divers. 4 Friction Between General Lee and American Consuls Over Cuban Relief Supplies. Bpectal Dispatch to The Call. HAVANA, Feb. 20.—Lieutenant-Com- mander Barnett of the survey boat Bache said to a correspondent of the Associated Press to-day: “You want the facts. I can tell you there are 95 chances out of a hundred that the investigation will show that | the forward magazine of the Maine did | not blow up first, if exploded at all, and that it was not the cause of the terrific consequences that followed. The condition of the wreck when first studied, and a later, careful scrutiny make this an almost absolute cer- tainty.” Chaplain Chadwick has recovered considerable sums of money, with let- ters and other personal property from the bodies taken from the wreck. In one case the initials can be seen on the coat lining and may serve to identify the body of the wearer, but the har- bor water is so filthy that the marks are nearly illegible. Chaplain Chadwick is one of the hardest worked officers and upon him devolves some of the most repulsive duties of the situation. It is apparent that efficient work is not possible with the divers and ap- paratus at hand, and the arrival of ex- perts from the United States is anx- iously awaited. Father Power of the Jesuits arrived yesterday from Tampa, and immediately visited the Maine's wounded in the hospital. Some friction, it is stated, has oc- curred between Consul-General Lee and the other United States Consuls in the island over the distribution of funds and supplies sent from the United States for the reconcentrades. The <complaint is made that, though food and money have been coming for sev- eral weeks, nothing has been distrib- uted outside of Havana province. Con- sul Barker of Sagua la Grande and Consel Bryce of Matanzas, who came here to learn the particulars of the Maine explosion, left, it is said, with- out calling on the Consul-General. The reason given was that they feit they had not been treated fairly by the Consul-General. Each expected aid for his district from the American supplies, but received none. The statement is made that it is their intention to ap- peal directly to the American State Department and to ask that food be consigned to them instead of the Havana consulate. The incident has caused some com- ment among the Americans here, who regret it. Consul Bryce says he is sick at the sights forced on him during the last two years. He has reported the facts of the case to Washington and believes his district entitled to share immediately in the aid offered. Consul Barker says that a few days ago he found a man dead from want in the market place of Sagua la Grande. The Minister took up a collection, appealing to all classes, but so great is the gen- eral impoverishment that it ylelded only $2 50. Both Consuls sav this dis- tress must grow dafly and that death will keep pace with it unless relief fis afforded. Consul - General Lee, when these matters were brought to his attention, replied that there was not the slightest intention to neglect the reconcentrados in the eastern provinces. He had de- puted much of the work of distribu- tion to Miss Clara Barton, who has the confidence of all parties and who is al- most constantly at work in conjunction with the special agent of the Consul- General. The lighthouse tender Mangrove, with a court of inquiry and additional divers and apparatus, is expected here to- morrow. Neither Spanish nor Cuban divers will be employed. To-day divers recov- ered the cipher code book, the log book of the Maine and many official and pri- wvate papers. SRS . Requiem Service in Berlin. BERLIN, Feb. 20.—United States Em- bassador Whiteand the Americancolony in Berlin were present at church to- day at a Trequiem service in honor of the Maine. A commemorative discourse ‘was dellvered by Rev. Mr. Dickle, ‘modern fortress, with all ALIENATING : THE LATIN 'REPUBLICS Work of Spanish Emissaries in Central and South America. Have by Misrepresentation Created Bitter Feeling Against the United States Gov- ernment. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—A Washington ; special to the Herald says: Latin| American diplomats in Washington have heard something about the report cabled from London this morning to the effect that Spain is endeavoring to | ally the countries of South and Central | America against the United States. One | of them told me that he had known for some time that Spain had put forth efforts in this direction, and expressed surprise that the fact had not become public before. It is stated that Spain has agents in all the-capitals of South American re- publics: solely for the purpose of in- citing unfriendly sentiments toward this country. It is fu-ther stated that they have so far succ.-ded in their ef- forts that in case of war with Spain Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela are the only countries which could be depended upon to give their moral and practical support to the United Statés. It is also said that the note of Secre- tary Olney on the Venezuelan question was used as a great lever by Spain in South America to stimulate this un- friendly feeling. In that note Mr. Olney used an expression that indicated that the United States would assume a pro- tectorate over the entire western hem- isphere. When this note became public this particular phrase, it is said, was emphasized in all South American capi- tals by Spanish Ministers as showing the intention of this country to regard southern republics as anything but in- dependent nations—that they were, in fact, contemplating an actual protec- torate which would deprive those coun- tries of their individual standing before the world. There was, of course, no intention of conveying such meaning, but the let- ter and not the s-irit of the note was dwelt upon. So determined was the effort that in Rio Janeiro the Spanish Minister, it is said, secured the co-op- eration of English and French Minis- ters in an endeavor to secure the send- ing of a formal protest to this coun- try against such an utterance. There have been outcroppings of this anti - American sentiment recently which have escaped the observation of diplomats who are interested in these matters. For instance, it is recalled that the unfriendliness of Argentine was very strongly evident as long ago as the Pan-American conference, when the declarations of her delegates called forth a rebuke at one of the sessions. It may be stated also that when Co- lombia and Ecuador had a disagree- ment - over their boundary they chose the Queen of Spain as their efpitrator, and when Chile and Argentine settled their last diSpr.cé the arbitrator was again the Queen of Spain. It is a fact, it 1s said, that the faces of South Americans have turned toward Spain instead of toward the United States. CITY OF BALTIMORE AMPLY PROTECTED. Fortifications, Mines and a Sub- marine Craft Could Repel an Attack. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—A Baltimore special to the Herald says: Unusual activity is manifested at various points about the city where new fortifications are being constructed. Those at Haw- kins and North Points are being rapid- ly hurried to completion. The former is fast assuming the proportions of a the death- dealing machinery that makes up its equipment. While it is not claimed these two fortresses will make Balti- more impregnable, it is firmly believed when they are completed a foreign foe would have a deciddely lively time of it getting near enough to Baltimore to do any harm. It is also proposed to build a fort at Rock Point, at the mouth of Rock Creek, and the Govern- ment has purchased 130 acres of land there, but the work of building the for- tifications has not yet commenced. The North Point fortifications are about fourteen miles from Baltimore on the old North Point road. It was here that the historical battle of North Point of the war of 1812 was fought and the British vanquished. Three im- mense batteries will be placed and will guard the starboard side of the ap- proach to the city. The fortifications themselves are to cover several acres and to be of solid masonry, covered with earth. Foreign warships of hostile nations attempting to bombard Baltimore would be obliged to follow the ship channel and pass close to the forts. In the face of the fire directed from both North and Hawkins Points, to- gether with torpedoes and submarine mines, It is not believed any warship could remain afloat a half hour. Orders - have also been . received by the Columbian Iron Works to rush with all speed work on the three ves- sels now building at the yard for the United States navy. The orders from ‘Washington have caused a decided an- imation with the past twenty-four hours at that always busy shipyard. The sound of the hammer and the buzz of the carpenter's saw fill the air. The works are now building the submarine torpedo boat Plunger, a twenty knot torpedo boat, and are re- placing the engines in the twenty-four and one-half knot torpedo boat Rodgers. The Plunger, if necessary, might be able to steal into any harbor unseen to examine its bottom for submarine mines and torpedoes, destroy them, if ordered to do so, and depart unseen The Plunger is a cigar-shaped steel vessel, 95 feet long and 11 feet in diam- eter. Her buoyancy is almost overcome by admitting water to the ballast - tanks, and a slight reserve buoyancy 1 overcome by inclining the horizontal rudders at the stern and driving tha engines forward, when the boat will dive out of sight. She may come near the surface and project a mirror above the water, which reflects down into the vessel, the position of any warship on the surface. In the bow of the Plunger are two torpedo tubes. From ghese torpedoes can be sent out while thd vessel is sub- merged, and, if they strike an enemy’s hull, it will be the last of her. The plunger is propelledd by twin screws. She gets the power from steam over petroleum flames of electric stor- age batteries. She has steel cylinders in which sufficient air may be stored for a submerged run of twenty-four hours. - The Rodgerg is a surface torpedo boat. She is driven by twin screws, and has shown a speed of 25 knots an hour. She has four torpedo expulsion tubes on deck and three one-pound rapid firing guns. She is propelled by two sets of quadruple engines. On a recent trial trip she wrecked one of her engines, and new machinery is now being substituted. The twenty-knot torpedo boat is similar to the Rodgers in design, but is smaller. She now has her hull plates on deck laid. It is understood here that Mayor Mal- ster, who is president of the Columbian Iron Works, and who is now spending his honeymoon in Florida, has been re- quested by the President to take a look at the sunken warship Maine and sub- mit an opinion as to the condition of the vessel. Several letters were re- ceived yesterday from the executive addressed to the Mayvor and marked “important.” They were at once for- warded to Florida. G gl PRESCOTT SENDS CASH. TO THE CUBAN JUNTA. One Dollar for Each Victim of the Maine Disaster in Havana Harbor. PRESCOTT, Feb. 20.—Prescott has chosen its own way for an expression of its sorrow at the sinking of the Maine. There is on its way to New York, addressed to the headquarters of the Cuban junta, a draft for $258— $1 for every victim of the Maine dis- aster. The idea was that of Mayor O'Neill, and the committee that col- lected the amount in a few hours was headed by the local Catholic priest. Captain Mahoney and Lieutenant Cordier of the insurgent army are in the city, and through their efforts a score or more of well equipped Ari- zonians will soon leave to cast their fortunes with the Cubans. Deep black rings around the eyes are not ai- ways caused by dissipation, nor by fast living. It often happens How Many Black Rings Have You? HeHad3 z that the deep Around His student has them. But even Ire. he is abusing na- ture's gifts. Ex- cess of any kind will produce them. ‘When you see them very pronounced in a man you may be sure that he is a sufferer from debilitation. A man to all appearances well—with this one ex- ception—called on a well-known physi- cian here a few days ago. Those who saw him at the hotel saw nothing wrong with him except his sunken eyes, and yet the fact was that he had come to get help, if he could, for one of the most insidious diseases in the world—failing manhood. He was no longer able to perform the duties of a man; he had become a weakling. It was with no small degree of wonder that his friends heard that he had gone to a celebrated institute for help. But no surprise was expressed, he said, when he was seen by the physician whom he had come to consult. It is now known that he was treated for nervous debllity at the Hudsonian In- stitute with wonderful success. In a week the eyes had assumed an alto- gether different aspect. Twooutof three deep rings had disappeared, and there was a very great improvement in his general appear- ance. Whenspok- en to about the matter he said that he did net care so much about the ap- pearance of his eyes, but he felt twenty years younger in a few days. = Manhood returning. ~ At the junction of Market, Stockton and Ellis streets there is a big white building. It is the Hudson Medical Institute, where this man was so very success- fully treated for debilitation. He got the “Hudyan” remedio-treat= ment, which is a specitic for all forms of nervous and general de- bilitation. Circulars and testi- monials about it are free to you for the asking. It has cured 20,000 men in America alone. Ask for free advice from the physicians when you write. Air and sunshine cost no more. Write for help. 5