jaSBIP MAINE BLOWN TO ! J
'‘ HAVANA HARBOR.
FRAGMENTS IN | |
I
fer One Hundred >Ien Were On Board and Many
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Of Them Were Killed or Badly Injured.
I astroehe occurred while the crew slept.
i uiid Havana Firemen Ho to the Rescue and Hive
l ms,l . A , n B Assistance Possitole-The Catastrophe Creates
Great Excitement Throughout the Country.
special from Havana says: Aqnav
o’clock Tuesday evening a
P 10 board
b ® i nisi on took place on
States battleship Maine in
[Tinted tilled or
&na harbor. Many are
fnded. Spanish . cruise . „
[]1 the boats of the
>nso XIII are assisting.
[ yet the cause of the explosion is
s
apparent. of the Maine .
'he wounded sailors
unable to explain it. It is believed
cruiser is totally destroyed,
he explosion shook the whole city,
windows were broken in all the
e
ses.
he correspondent of the Associated
|ss says he has conversed with sev
I of the wounded sailors and under
Lds from them that the explosion
k place while they were asleep so
| they can give no particulars as to
cause.
Intense Excitement.
'be wildest consternation prevailed
Eavana. The wharves were crowded
Ill thousands of people. It is be¬
lted the explosion occurred in a
[all kt powder magazine,
a quarter of 11 o’clock what re
lined of the Maine was still burn
Japtain Sigsbee and other officers
e saved. It is estimated that over
b of the crew were killed, but exact
tails are lacking.
Admiral Manterola ordered boats of
kinds to assist the Maine and her
funded. The Havana firemen also
ye aid, tending carefully to the
lunded as they were carried on
pre. ileueral Solano and the other
geuer
| were ordered by Captain General
*mco to take steps to help the
line’s crew in every way possible.
Captain Sigsbee says the explosion
furred in the bow of the vessel. He
leived a wound in the head. Orders
Ire given to the other officers to save
pmselves ‘ter, who as best literally they thrown oould. from The
were
eir bunks in their night clothing,
ve the necessary orders with great
!f-possession and bravery.
REPORT FROfl SIGSBEE.
i
ptain of the Blaine Nolifes the
Navy Department.
The secretary of the navy at Wasli
gton received the following tele
am from Captain Sigsbee:
‘Maine blown up in Havana harbor at
0 o’clock and destroyed. Many wounded
cl doubtless more killed arfd drowned,
lunded and others on board Spanish man
|war tenefers and Ward line steamer. Send light
use from Key West for crew and
’ Pieces of equipment still above water.
one had other clothes than those upon
^ u ic opinion s ould be suspended til .
[her report. All officers believed to be
ed. Jenkins and Merritt not yet account
l0r " ‘ H l’ anis b officers, including
r . cn atnes of General Blanco, now with
an express sympathy. Sigsbee.”
lie officers referred to in the above
>atch are: Lieutenant Friend W.
F^\ U r and erritt. Assistant Engineer Dar
" *
a rom the wording
of the dispatch
navy department thinks it is pos
e that they were on shore at the
e of the accident.
’he secretary of the navy received !
Aher dispatch from Key West at
same time with the above, but its
[tents were not made public,
ue orders for the lighthouse tend
^ere at once sent to Key West in
in language, thus avoiding the de
that would have arisen from the
[Oi cipher.
IMMENSE COAL POOL
er Way of Organization By Mine
Representati ves.
^ *“ eet ing at which representatives
nearly 125 local companies hand
g coal m St. Louis from the mines
^outhern, P» were central and eastern Illi
iuesday present, was held in that
for the purpose of form-
1 *!? 1 ;, Tb ^ Re companies which
*r < oi i all the mines in the districts
iet ” a f e considering an agreement
organize in East St. Louis, under !
uois Jaws, the Standard Coal j
>T, whieh com- j
wiH take the entire out
&t Ue mi ues. |
NEWS REACHES WASHINGTON.
The Catastrophe Discussed By the
Officials of the Navy.
Secretary of the Navy Long received
Captain Sigsbee’s dispatch but a few
minutes before the Associated Pi ess
dispatches from Havana were handed
him.
He received the news with apparent
calm, and his first act was to comply
with (Japtain Sigsbee’s request that
assistance be sent from Key "West.
He immediately wired Captain For¬
sythe, at Key West, to proceed with
the naval tender Fern to Havana har¬
bor.
Secretary Long then sent for Cap¬
tain Dickens, and the two discussed
Captain Sigsbee’s brief telegram.
The disaster is the greatest which
has befallen the American navy since
the disaster at Apia many years ago.
While neither the secretary nor Cap¬
tain Dickens are inclined to discuss
the probable cause of the accident,
several suggestions were ventured
upon. another tel¬
Later the secretary sent
egram to Key West, directing that the
tender Mangrove also be sent to Ha¬
vana.
Tlie Maine’s Crew.
The Maine is a battleship of the sec¬
ond class and is regarded as one of the
best ships in the new navy.
She was built at the Brooklyn navy
yard and is 318 feet long,57 feet broad,
21.6 mean draught and 6,682 tons dis¬
placement. six
She carries four 10-inch and
6 inch breech loading guns in her
main battery and seven 6-pounder and
eight 1-pounder rapid fire guns and
four gatlings in her secondary battery
and four Whitehead torpedoes.
The officers of the Maine, besides
Commander Sigsbee, are:
Lieutenant Commander Richard
Wainwright.
Lieutenant George F. Holman.
Lieutenant John Hood.
Lieutenant Carl W. Ungen.
Lieutenant Junior Grade Blow,
John T. Blandin, Fiiend W. Jenkins.
Naval Cadets Jonas H. Holden,
Watt T. Cluverius, Amon Bronson,
David F. Boyd, Jr.
Surgeon LucienG. Hensberger.
Paymaster Charles W. Littlefield.
Chief Engineer Charles P. HoAvell.
Passed Assistant Engineer Fredrick
C. Bowers.
Assistant Engineeers John R. Mor¬
ris and Darwin R. Merritt.
Naval Cadets (engineer division)
Pope Washington, Arthur Crenshaw.
Chaplain John P. Chidwick.
First Lieutenant Marines Albertus
W. Catlin.
Boatswain Francis E. Larkin.
Gunner Joseph Hill.
Carpenter George Helms.
SPANIARDS ARE ANGRY
Over Prospect of Apology to Our
Government.
A special from Madrid says: 4 . The
populace of this city is greatly enraged
owing to the belief that the Spanish
cabinet has apologized to the United
States. The populace,” the dispatch
adds, “are bitterly opposed to such a
course, are exceedingly hostile to the
government nnd may make a demon
stration. The people prefer war to an
apology, thinking that Spain will suf
fer the least thereby, as war would be
exceedingly disastrous to the large
commerce of the United States.”
MIDDLESBORO QUARANTINED.
Smallpox Declared to Be Epidemic In
Kentucky Town.
Smallpox has been declared epi¬
demic at Middleboro, Ky. There are
twenty-nine cases in the town, All
saloons and the public schools are
closed. No loitering on streets is
allowed.
The mails are fumigated and all sur¬
rounding towns are closed against
Middleboro.
SILVERITES ISSUE ADDRESS.
Leaders of Three Parties Make Appeal
to Voters of the Country.
A Washington special says: The
addresses on behalf of the democratic,
populist and silver republican parties,
which are the result of the conferences
which have been in progress among
the leaders of these parties at the capi
tol were issued Tuesday.
They seek to unite the members of
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of paramount importance, and are
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