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HE OMAHA DAILY BEE. JESTAliLISIIED JTJisli ] 39 , 1871. TUESDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 22 , 1898 TWELVE PAGES. SIXGTJEpfir | FIVE CENTS , IRISH HOME RULE Important Measure ia Introduced by Gerald Balfour. INTENDED TO HELP THE EMERALD ISLE Most Valuable Bill Since that ti Gladstone , NULLIFIES THE INFLUENCE OF LANDLORDS District Councils to Bo Elected by Popular Franchise. TRANSFERS POWER TO THE CATHOLICS 11111 SnecpN lAway < hc Olil Oriler of ThliiKM AhMiIntely All Pnrtle * iu Ireland Arc Inclined to Accent It. ( CopyrlRlit , U9S , by Prci-n Publishing Compiny. ) LONDON , Feb. 21. ( Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The bill In troduced this evening In the House of Com mons by Chief Secretary Gerald Balfour for the relief of the Irish county government la tha most valuable and important measure offered for Ireland since Oladstonc'B homo rule. bill. Representatives of all sections of the Irish members , Dillon , Redmond , Healy and Ulster conservatives have accepted It , the former as a democratic measure in har mony with the spirit of the times , the latter ns the Inevitable though unwelcome sweep ing away of effete Institutions. Heretofore the Irish county government was entirely In the hands of grand Juries , bodies nominated exclusively by landlords. The Balfour bill abolishes this system , re t il placing It by county and district councils elected franchise In . by popular as England. Owing to the high franchise heretofore ex isting In small towns In the north of Ire land , their government has been monopo lized by Protcstanta and unionists. This 1)111 will transfer the power entirely to Cath- ollcn and homo rulers. Several leading Irsh ! members said this evening In the lobby : "This bill Is a revolution. It sweeps away the old order and absolutely releases the Irish pcoplo for the first time in a century from landlord ascendancy In the manage ment of county affairs. It gives a sure foot hold to the pcoplo for the near attainment of homo rule. " The unionists maintain the bill will kill homo rule and assert that It la at any rate an experiment of gigantic Im portance. LOCAL < : OVI2tXMK.\T FOR IHICI.AM ) . IiitroilniM-N KM 11111 til the Common * . LONDON , Feb. 21. TVio House ot Ccm- mnns was crowded today when the chief sec retary for Ireland , Gerald 'Dalfour ' , Introduced the Irlsli local government bill. In so > doing , Mr. 'Balfour ' said ho thought It prsslblo the now order ot things would at first seem to bo a failure , but he believed It would work through failure to the success which It lie- served. The government , Mr. Ualfour said , pro posed that the local administration bo dlsJ tributcd between county councils , urban nm' ' rural district councils , and boards of elec tion , the election of which would be by parliamentary franchise , with tha addition of peers and women. The qualifications and disqualifications for election of the councillors would be the sumo as In England , except that ministers of religion would be disqualified from sit ting In the county or district council , tha government acting therein in accordance with prccedtnts. For the Buko of convenience , Mr. Balfour further explained , the boundaries of the existing unions , and also of the counties , would bo modified and the county councils would take over the- duties of grand Juries , but only In fiscal matters , and would not include criminal jurisdiction , or questions of compensation for malicious injuries. ( Irish "Oil's. " ) The elections for country and district councils would be triennial and all would rotlro together. The county councils would bo the solo rato-collcctlng authority and would ccntrol the expenditures. They would also bo responsible for dealings with excep tional distress and would decide when the requests ot boards of guardians for outdoor v relief should bo granted. Dublin , Belfast , Cork , Limerick , Londonderry and Waterford - ford would bo constituted Independent coun ty councils. The county would bo respon sible for half the extra expenditures. Mr. Ualfour aso ! pointed out that the bill provided that the occupier was liable to both the county and poor rate , whether In a town or rural district , which would In volve a readjustment of rents , an equal sum to bo granted from the Imperial exchequer as an agricultural grant , Mr. Bnlfour said ho thought the bill wan based upon broad , democratic lines , adding that If extravagance occurred those respon sible for It would suffer , while they would reap the boneflU of an economy , John Morley , chief secretary for Ire land in the late liberal administration , wnl- coircd the bill as "being a genuine demo cratic effort. " Mr , Dillon , chairman of the I'lsh parlia mentary party , eald ho thought the measure was an Immenao advance over ho bill ot 1S92 and fulfilled the promise of the govern ment , but ho said it was not equal to the English or Scotch measures , He pointed out that the control of the police was not given to the councils. Nevertheless , ho mlded , the bill wculd do much good and Ills party would endeavor to execute it In good faith , John Redmond , the Parnelllto loader , cleo welcomed the bill , but criticised eoino poluta of the measure. He added that if It worked eucceaefully It wculd bo an unanswerable argument In favor of homo rule. Colonel Saunderson , for North Armagh ( conservative ) , said a majority of ( ho land- lorJn recognized the necessity of the measure ure- , which , ho added , offered an oppo-tutilty for all cKuses of Irishmen to unite for a common purpose. Timothy Healy , Irish nationalist , praised the bill , and Michael Davltt , Irish notional ist , threatened opposition to Uist part of the bill promising relief to the landlords lu the shape of an agricultural g ant. The bill eventually paued Us first read- Ing. Oem I'aul I'rviiari-N for War. LONDON , Feb. 21. The Capo Town corro- cpondent of the Dally Mall says : "Tho Transvaal government li mounting guns at Johannesburg and receiving Maxims , rifle * and cartridge ! to tliat polut In an fenstvo and ostentatious manner. During the week eight railway truck loads ot milt tary material were paraded through the streets of Johannesburg and carried undc escort ot an artillery detachment to th fort on the hill outside of town. " IXV.V5.IOX WOULD Oil U AN WAH iitul I 'ran IT- Will Hnvo ti Act C'tiiitlininl ) ' . LONDON , Feb. 21. Great activity I manifested by the colonial office , In th West African department , and among th high military officers who are going out t the Lagon Hinterland. The latter are In cllned to discredit the news which reaches Akasta , Niger coast protectorate , ycater day to the effect that two French cxpedl lions are advancing toward Sokoto , capita of the sultanate of that name , which Is within the British sphere of Influence , bu add that It the news should bo confirmed i must bo followed by a declaration of war. The St. James Gazette , commenting o the subject , rays : "If the Invasion of So koto U directed from Paris Ij. admits of bu ono Interpreatlon , and the scrlousnecoot the situation is Increased when it Is romcm bered that these Invasions ot British ter ritory must have been planned weeks ago before the present ferment In Paris eve Droyfus. It would appear that the Frcnc cabinet , foreseeing the revelations whlc should bo caused by the trial of M. 52ola had determined to bring affairs In Africa to a crisis to secure a. renewal ot Its popu larlty " Replying to a question In the Houro o Commons today Mr. Joseph Chamberlain secretary of state for the colonies , said ho received a dispatch from Lieutenant Pllcher commanding at Lokojah , stating that ho hai received Information that four French officers with 100 men had arrived at Argungu on the Sokoto river , and within the sphere of Brlt- toh Influence. Mr. Cham'berlaln ' added : "I cannot believe that pending the nego tiations the French government can have authorized this Invasion of territory over which our rights have been recognized bj the convention between Great Britain and France. " PARIS , Feb. 21. The government has no news ot the French having crossed the Niger Into the Sokoto country and It Is added any such unauthorized movement would bo disa vowed by the government. A scml-ofllclal note issued this afternoon says It Is quite untrue that French troops have entered the Sokoto region and that the etory Is merely the revival of an explodci rumor. DItEVKL'S IS SUIMSI.Y 1XXOCKXT French fiovorniiicnt I.OHI-M StrciiKtl Through the /oln Trial. LONDON , Fob. 22. The Paris correspond ent of the Dally News says : "M. Laborle's speech was a masterpiece. Its matter was equal to its manner. Ita style was ample and Its language copious. M. Laborlo U a clever , strong icasoncr , with a lively fancy und the jury and a hostile audience were visibly Impressed. The continuation of the speech tomorrow will be weightier than the first part. "After attendance at all the sittings of the trial , I Lave arrived nt the Irresistible con viction tdat Dreyfus Is Innocent. ' Evo'j deposition , whether positive or negative , leads to this conclusion , and the accumula tion of clrcumstatlal evidence Is so crushing that the anti-Dreyfus papers have not dareJ to present It In full to their readers. Only the great Dreyfus organs have published really verbatim reports. All others have been carefully edited. In fact , more lies have been told In Perls during this trial than In the nhole of Europe during the rest of the century. "But the very furore of this lying Is be ginning to defeat Its own object. The ad vocate general's speech gave the Impression that he feared M. Zola. Ho sca'cely as- faulted him with tlio tips of his fingers. Un doubtedly ho has received orders from the authorities to give no encouragement to fur ther controversy ever the Dreyfus case. " IIEIIEL UUIMCECVTES A LARGE AH.MV. Minister of War MaUrK Sport of the SoclallNt Lender , BKRLIN , Feb. 21. In the Reichstag today during the discussion of the army estimates Herr Bebcl , the socialist leader , deprecated a largo army. The minister for war , General von Gosslor , replied , saying : "Hcrr Bcbel appears to favor revolution , and ho who doen that Is an eternal enemy , Should this enemy eomo day proceed to action wo should advance against him without hatred , but with the same sang frold aa against a foreign foe , and If Herr Bcbcl wcro the generalissimo I could only regret that , In the Interest of him self and his troops. " ( Liughtcr and cheers. ) Herr Bebel answered that ho had not ad vocated force to revolutionize the existing order of , things , adding that ho had especially condemned barricade and street fighting , The deductions of General von Gozzlcr , therefore , were , ho said , incomprehensible. A violent altercation between Count von ICardorff , the rightist leader , and Hcrr Singer , thu socialist leader , ensued. i\ci.v.\n is Him.nixo WAH SHIPS. Severnl of Them An > for Sale to the HlKhcHt IlliliU-r , LONDON , Fob , 21. Six armored vessels , six protected cruisers , thirteen torpedo boat destroyers and five torpedo boats are now building In Great Britain for foreign gov ernments , of which a number are purchas able , although Japan is supposed to have an option on several of them. Three war ships which have been ordered for South American governments are considered as be ing for sale to the highest bidders , Thompson Brothers say that Spain has arranged to man tbo two remaining destroy ers of the four completed some time ago at the Clyde Bank yards , but not delivered , presumably owing to the lack ot payments , Neiul-I'aniu on ( ilnxKiMV Kvchaimc , GLASGOW. Fob , 21. On the stock ex change hero today a semi-panic resulted from the West African news. Largo liqui dating soles forced the bears Into complete control and there are apprehensions as to whether operators will bo able to meet the wide differences ut thu settlement on Wednesday. London Storlf Market Iciire NO < I. LONDON , Feb. 21.The etock market opened much depressed today , but tbero was no sign of panic. Foreign securities wcro dull , though they did not ubow the pro nounced weakness which they would show were the situation very seriously regarded by high financiers. IiulliiiiH Co to MONETT , 3Io. . Feb. 21.-A commission of Ivo Osage Indians , In native dress , arrived hero today on thulr way to Washington , where they mill ask President McKlnley to .alto steps to put n top to the depredations laily committed by whiles upon the re-serva- Ion. While passing through the Indian na- ton , Oncwnyo , the chief , was shot In the jack of the head by an unknown person , but only u scalp wound was Inflicted. The Indians r la charge o ( an Interpreter , STORY OF AN EYE WITNESS Description of tko Explosion of tb Battleship , TALE OF TREACHERY BELIEVED BY MANY on n SIcnmiT ilint I.cf lIitMinrv ( lie Dux < After the Ao- clilent llrlnlc Their NEW YORK , Feb. 21. Tlio Word lln steamer Scgurauca. arrived at quarantine to day from Tampico and Havana. The Sc guranca arrived at Havana at 10 o'clock o the morning after the dltuster to the Malno and passed close by the wreck. The Segu ranca's passengers said that great cxcltcmcn prevailed at Havana and at the time of th nulling the foreign population was general ! of the opinion that the Malno was destroyei by design. They cited among other thing In support of this theory the fact that th Spanish man-of-war Alfonso XII , which \\a anchored near the Maine , changed It moorings Just previous to the disaster. Or. of the iKissengcrs , William L. Carvln , wen so far as to say that ho saw a boat go nea the Matno a short time previous to the ex plosion. Ho btild he would go to Washing ton to make a statement before the prope authorities. C. P. Holcomb , of Newcastle , Del. , general oral manager of a street railway In I'hlla dclphla , ono of the passengers on boarvl th Scguranca. was outspoken In his belief tha the Investigation at Havana would rovta some startling circumstances. "I went t Havana , " said Mr. Holcomb , "not at nl in sympathy with the Insurgents , but 01 Wednesday when we pot to Havana , I bs Hcvo any of the Americans on boardi was In a mood to commit murder. The flags of th Spanish war ship wcro not at halt mast The vessels of all other nationalities hai paid this slight tribute to the dead. I hai a telegram to bring back the remains o Apprentice Glazier , who is the son of my bookkeeper. I found that ho was among th saved. CUBANS IN MOUUNING. The contrast between the bearing of the Spaniards and Cubans Is strong. At the fu neral of the Maine's seamen the Cuban worn en in the streets wcro almost all dressed In mourning , while the Spanish women were colors. The only American Hags I saw it the whole procession were two small ones about three by six Inches. "I went aboard the Alfonso XII and was received politely. The only expression o regret I heard there was from an officer who complained that the force of the Maine explosion had broken his toilet bottles. There can bo no mistaking the indifference of the Spaniards in Havana over the loss of the war ship and those on board. "On Thursday , while driving to the come teiy with two American friends , I was as sailed with Jeers and someone threw a large stoco at OUP carriage. " F , W. iBobbett of this city , who was wltl Mr. Holcomb hi the carriage , added : "That's perfectly true. In fact , one or two children yelled after us that they had blown up the 'Americano' and that they were glad of it I did not hear a single expression of regret for the terrible loss of llfo from any Span- lard during the time. I was In Havana. " Frank Welnhelmer ot this city , an eye witness of the explosion and a fellow pas senger of 'Mr. ' Holcomb , told the following story : "On Tuesday evening I strolled down to the river front for a breath , of fresh air. I \as about 300 yards from the Maine. The first Intimation I had of an explosion was a crunching sound. Then there carne a terri ble roar. Immense pieces of debris flew skyward from the Maine. Some of them must have been thrown at least 300 feet. It looked as though the whole Inside of the ship had been blown out. Many persons on the pier were nearly thrown from their feel by the force of the explosion. The air be came stifling with smoke. " THREATS OF SPANIARDS. Mr. Wo'iiholraer said he heard on ex cited Spaniard declare shortly after the ex plosion that It the 'Ainerlcsoos' sent an other war ship It also would bo blown up. " M. J. Naughton , an Insurance roan of Chicago cage , who wad etaylag with his wife , at the Grand hotel , said ho was seated In front of the hotel when the explosion occurred. It was followed , ho said , by another and a much louder one. "Wo thought the whole city had been blown , to pieces , " said Mr. Naughton. "Some said that the Insurgents were entering Havana. Others cried out that Morro castle was blonci up. " Continuing this description of the panic which existed In Havana shortly after the explosion , Mr. Naughton said : "On the Prado Is a largo .cabstand. The minute after the explosion was heard the cabmen cracked their whips and went rat tling over the cobblestones Ilko crazy men , The flre department turned out and bodies of cavalry and Infantry rushed through the streets. There was no sleep lu Havana that night. The Spanish ofllclals wcro quick to express their sympathy , and acted very well as a whole , but I think their expressions of regret lacked the warmth which would have been characteristic of an American city had such a disaster occurred under similar cir cumstances. " William L. Carvln , the passenger who pro- feracd to have Information about the explo sion , rctuMv-t to make any further statements ban those ho undo nt quarantine. The other passenger of the SeguranoL did not take Mr. Carvln as seriously as he took himself. VAV. L COIfHT IIKCIXH ITS WOIIIC. Se Nloil Will Hi * Ill-Ill llchliiil DiinrN lit I'reni'nt , HAVANA , Feb. 21. The board of Inquiry nto the Maine disaster met on the lighthouse endcr Mangrove at 10 o'clock this morning , with Captains Sampso'n and Chadwlck and .lieutenant Commanders Potter and Marlx with Captains Sampson and Cb'adwlck and Lieutenant Commander Marlx , recently ex ecutive ofllcor of the Malue , acted as re corder. Captain Slgsbeo , the commander of the Maine , was the firut wltnees called. Ho was under examination until 1 o'clock this after noon , at which hour an adjournment was aken. It Is probiblo that no further wit nesses will be heard today , 'but ' the board will make a careful personal examination of ho wreck , near which tbo Mangrove Is an chored. , t Captain Sampson said In tlio course of an ntervlew : "I would Ibe glad to give the news , "but " owing to the delicate situation ho board has decided to make nothing what ever public. I do not know what the testi mony will develop , and It la only fair to the SpacUfh government not to tell tbo public bo testimony until all has been received and all facts have been considered. "You * y Uili rule it absolute. Due care will be taken for the rigid enforcement of It , and all stories purporting lo como from the court should be cot down as false. I have no Idea as to how long" " ttie court will remain 1'cro. No ono Is authorized to fix the time , as the members themselves do not know. I shall give out such routine proceedings as Is proper. " Captain Slgsbee , on board the Mangrove , told the correspondent that lie was quite pleased with the examination and ho was able to answer all the questions Asked , not only as to his own nets , but as to those of his subordinates on the 'Maine. HliCUUlT .MUIIK MUST 1'XIH THIS XAVY. ( ioveriiincnl AVI II lloi > lnee TIiOHC I.iiHt In tin- iMnliuDlNiixtcr. . WASHINGTON , Feb. 2l. Steps have been taken by the Navy department to fill the vacancies in the enlisted branch of the navy caused by the loss of most of the crew of the Maine. The legal quota is now about 300 short , and arrangements have been made for Immediate enlistment nt about that number of men. Telegraphic orders have been sent to the recruiting , offlcers In charge ot the receiving ships at New York , Phila delphia and Norfolk authorizing them < o make the following enlistments : Receiving ship Vermont nt New York Forty apprentices , twenty landsmen , five shipwrights , six mechanics , second class , and twenty coal passers. Receiving ship Franklin at Norfolk Ten landsmen , two shipwrights , four machinists , second class , and ten coal passers. Receiving ship Richmond at League Island , Pa. Ten landsmen , three shipwright ) ) , four machinists , second class , < lnd ten coal pas sers. sers.These These enlistments are In addition to these previously authorized to complete the crews of the monitors Puritan and Terror and the dispatch boat Dolphin. In each case it was specified that the recruits should bo citizens of the United States. There will be no difficulty whatever In securing these men , Inasmuch as there are applications on file far In excess of the re quirements of the navy for some tlmo to como unless congress should comply with the recommendations of the department for an Increase of 1,000 men la the enlisted strength of the navy. IXCU'IUY IXTO MAIXU DISASTER. Senate IJfdiU'N to Tiiltc the Mutter Up mill Investwnto WASHINGTON , Feb. 21. The galleries wcro filled today when the senate convened , the crowd ol spectators doubtless being at tracted by the probability of further debate upon Cuban affairs or matters connected with the castastrophe to the iMalne. The Joint resolution providing for the re covery of the bodies of officers and men from the wrecked battleship 'Maine ' and for the recovery of valuable property on the ship , which was passed by the houfee of representa tives last week , was presented to the senate and passed. It carries an appropriation of $200,000. Mr. Hoar ( Mass. ) Introduced a Joint resolu tion directing the transferor valuable his torical documents from thu' several govern ment departments to the national library. Mr. Allen ( Neb. ) Introduced the following resolution : Ilesolvcd , Thnt the committee on naval af fairs be and Is hereby directed to make a thorough Inquiry into the destruction of tlie battleship Maine In Havana harbor on the lutti hist. , and report to the senate. The resolution was passed without a word ot debate. CAX HAVE GOUM1 YACHT IP WAXTEP Xi'TV IMt'iisiiro Craft at Service of the Coveriiineiit. NEW YORK , Feb. 21. Howard Gould , the owner of the $500,000 pleasure craft , Niagara , which has been launched at Wilmington , Del. , eays that If necessary ho would gladly turn It over tu the government. "I do not know Just what good It might bo able to do , " said Mr. Gould , "but If the Kovornmcnt wants the yacht I guess It can have it. As a matter of fact I bcllovo that the war rumors have been exagccrated and I certainly hope that tfaero will be no need-for the Niagara or any other vessel. The yacht will not be ready for two or 'threo months and by that time I guess there will bo uo call for na > al reserve boats. "The Niagara Is not fast enough for a dispatch boat and I do not know just how It might bo used for government purposes , but it needed It will be on hand. " The Niagara not only la the largest steam yacht ever built In the United States , but represents the highest type of naval con struction as applied to a pleasure craft. In point of tonnage It is equaled by only three or four yachts In the whole world. MTTMJ IS LEFT OK TUB MAIXE. Olllaern Walt In r Aiixloimly for ItrxuKn of r.-vuiiitniidon , NEW YORK , Feb. 21. A dispatch to Ibo Tribune from Havana says : Ttio Maine Is actually lo ribbons , but cnbugh of the vessel remains to make possible a determination of whether the explosion carao from without or from within. The olflcers of the Maine do not publicly discuss the theory of a sub marine mine which may have been set off , but It evidently has weight with them. They are particularly anxious for points to bo gathered from the examination of Ibe plates of the hull. Their belief is that these will lave to establish whether the -cxoloslon came rom without or not. The nature of the damage to the port side box not been fully ottled , but the _ weight of opinion seems to bo that the lioio was madeby an external explosion. ' Captain Slesbeo thinks that the investlga- lon to bo made bv him will bo completed n three da > n and the result laid before tbo ourt ot inquiry. CL'IIAXS ' l.V MEXICO CCM3IIUATE. Ialii I.iff n lliirili-n to Sonic .Siiiinlbh Si-rciiaiUTi * . MEXICO CITYf Feb. 21. The Cubans of his city are making extensive preparation * or the celebration on February 21 of the filrd anniversary of the outbreak of the irt'sent Insurrection , A pa ty of youeig Spaniards , performing panlsh airs In the streets in the garb of ranlsh students , .on Sunday laat , wcro at- acked and stoned by the populace. This In.- lc.ites the state of popular feeling In regard o the Cuban question. IOMII KXI'LODES IX A T1IBATEU. ' 'our People Injnrecl , hut Xo Ono Killed , HAVANA , Fob. 21. At about midnight ast night , while a masquerade ball was In rogreas at the Irljoa theater , a bomb was xploded on the second floor , destroying win- ow blinds and the roof and wounding a awyer named Pou , and his father and two ther persons. The explosion caused great onfuslon and many of the masqueraders bandoncd the theater. OUiorj continued anclng. _ * _ TAKE TIME BY FORELOCK Spaniards Announce the Ecsnlt of Thoi Examination of Maine. SAY DISASTER WAS DUE TO ACCIDENT Co in in n ml I n pr Admiral n ( Havana Tcl- the * Xevtn ( it .Mmlrlil ami n Inj It Ileforc the ( Crpyrlfjil , 1S ! > , liy Prc * Publlthlnit Company. ) -MADRID , Feb. 21. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) The admiral commending at Havana telegraphs that the Span'sh ofllclal Investigations In the Mnlnc catastrophe terminated today tnd the first exploration made by official divers has shown that the disaster was quite accidental and not caused by cay exterior cause. Sagasta In person conveyed the official telegrams to the palace , whore the queen regent expressed satisfaction on hearing the result of the Investigation. The ministers say there Is no foundation for the pessimist rumors published by El Imparclal today con cerning the. relations between Spain and the United States. The queen will give au- tlUnce tomorrow afternoon to Minister Wood- ford , who will convey the thanks telegraphed by President McKlnley for the message of condolence from the regent. Considerable satisfaction has bcon caused la political circles 'by the telegrams from Havana announcing the victory of the rad icals hv the assembly of Cuban autonomists. Despite the resistance of moderates , led by the Cuban mlnlotor , Galvez Montcro , the government , It Is stated , Is disposed to tolerate erate not only the modifications of tbo In sular cabinet , but also such alterations In the colonial constitution as the radical au- tcuomlsts deem necessary for Instance In " the organization of the colonial tribunals. Such reforms could bo made only by parlia ment , In virtue of article 31 of the colonial constitution , and never by royal decree. The Spanish government will not oppose- ouch ccr.stltutknal reforms as the Cuban radical autonomists , with Glbcrga , Amblard , Govln and Dolz , m'ght consider useful to hasten pacification , on condition , however , that such reforms did not Infringe on the sovereign rights of Spain in the coicny. ARTHUR E. HOUGHTON. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. M'ADRID ' , Feb. 21. An official agency nays : The Imparclal publishes a dispatch for which it must assume full responsibility , as It does not accord with the relations actually known to exist between the Spanish am American governments. It Is dated fron New York and roads : "Great military preparations arc being made. The forts are being reinforced. Three hundred artillerymen have been sent to San dy Hcok and the naval reserves have been ordered to hold themselves In readiness. The guncotton and smokeless powder factories arc working night and day and It is gen crally believed that a great . .crisis In the relations between the United States and Spain la Imminent. " The Vlzcaya will leave New York tomor row or Wednesday. OPIXIOXS OF miixEXT DIPLOMATS Gimme to He Ptirmied If Mullee Were Pru von. CCoiiyrlRlit , 150S , by I'rops Publishing Compiny. PARIS , Feb. 21. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) Foreign Min ister Hanotaux , asked today his opinion as a diplomatic authority what action on the part of Spain would satisfy the requirements of the International situation arising from the destruction of the Maine , assuming It was blown up by design , but without respon sibility attaching to the Spanish gov.crn- ment , replied : "It is Impossible for me to give the opinion you require on the Ameri can-Spanish crisis , but speaking as a his torian I cannot at the moment recall.an > exactly parallel case for the guidance of those powers. They must bo guided by the facts as they arc ascertained. " VIENNA , Fob. 21. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) Replying to the Inquiry today Baron Jettel , first court councillor of the Austrian foreign office , n high authority on International law , said : "It la no question of International right ; only a criminal case to bo judged according to the laws of the country to which the offend ers belong. If the United States government Euspects that Spanish subjects committee ] the crime this suspicion the United States must hive exploded. " Admiral Field was equally non-commltal , and I saw plainly that these and other naval authorities were reticent lest any expression of theirs might favor the suspicion that the catastrophe was not the result of an accident. The hypothesis of mallco IB freely dlscutsed among politicians , indeed , was the first to bo advanced. ROM13 , Fob. 21. ( Now York World Cable gram. Special Telegram. ) Signor Flore , International arbitrator and a European au thority on International law , replies : "Spain Is not positively obliged to take any action except It bo proved Indirectly responsible. As for Instance , Spanish authorities , hav ing suspicion of crime , did not take fitting preventive measures. Meanwhile , Spain is not obliged to prove non-rcsponslblllty , In ternational law presupposing good faith. " BERLIN , Feb. 21. ( Now York World Ca blegram Special Telegram ) I received'the following reply from an eminent authority In the German foreign office , who , owing to his position , declined the publication of his name : "Spain Is responsible when ncgll- gcnco In watching can be maintained against her or when shown that her connivance had been cither active or passive or when the deed was done or promoted by any of her officials in active service of the Spanish government and not responsible ) If the act was committed "by a private citizen of Spain , Opinion as to the position of Spain and the amount of her liability Is not unanimous among German International lawyers with whom I have discussed the question , The United States , however , would In that case bo Justified in spurring Spain on to put all her criminal machinery in motion and ex haust every resource to bring the criminal to Justice , Tbo United States could even in sist upon Spain offering a reward It dissatis fied with tbo ordinary police proceoduro or doubtful of Its success. The first act of Spain would bo to apologize for the act of her citizens and assure the United States that the criminal or criminals , when dis covered , will be brought to Justice , " Woiiiiileil n ( Key Went Dolnur Well. KEY WEST , Fla. , Feb. 21. The survivors of the Maine at the barracks and Marina hospital are doing nicely today. The torpedo boat Ericsson called this mornIng - Ing for the Tortuges with the mall for the war ihlpa there , Aduilral Slcard is negotiat ing with tbo Merrltt Wrecking company for THE BEE BULLETIN. ' Weather Forecast for Nc-tirnskn Tttln Warinfri Southerly Paw. 1. Norr Homo Kuln Dill fur Irclnnd.l Cuban Traveler * Talk of thnMulti Spain 8 js It Win an Accident. lxi > lnrlng the Mnlne's Wreek , X , Indian COHRTCSS Will Ho a tin. 3. Stnte Auditor Will Not Accept Cnili , Personnel of Onmlm'fl Itnlt Tciini , Xola Mnkcs Ills Defence , I , IMItorliil and Comment , 0 , Cut Hntc < to the Klondike. Proportion for Vlenn Streets. New Policemen Not Yet Appointed. 0. Council 111ufTs t.ocul Slattern. Mineral Prodnrt * of Inwn , Hole * Ktnlirs to Ills ( ) n Dofemo. 7. ( Jeneml News of tlio rnrther West. Students Knter tlin MUnlonnry I'lcld. AfTnlm nt South Onmlin , K. Vostcr unit Clarkmni Tnko Hold. ixpoiltliii : Cliorim Ili-glu * Work , Oiniihii Women \VIll Lend n lliind. t ) . DyKono luon the llmrory , Defense In tha Knottier Case. Stute ARalimt the Dnrtlry Donitsmen. How the New Postorllco Wan Secured. 11. L'omnierrliil and I'liinnclul News. Itt. Thu Liitest Thtnir In Portraits. Strange Denth of a Steer. the services of the tug Right Arm , which arrived hero yesterday lo tow a leaking ves sel north. The Malno court of Inquiry will probably bo at Havana ono week. DIPLOMATS TlO XOT I'll EDICT WAIL Denial of Story They Have So Ailvlseil Their OoverniiientN. WASHINGTON , Feb. 21. Inquiry nt leadIng - Ing foreign embassies and Jr-gallons today falls to confirm rumors that members of the diplomatic corps have reached the con clusion that a crisis In Spanish affairs Is oiear nt hand and that several of the foreign representatives have notified their govern ments that war Is Inevitable. The rumors mentioned the French and British embassies as having advised tholr governments lo this effect , but It can be stated positively that no sutti reports have been made from these quarters. Ot the other foreign establishments It Is said by those In a position to speak intelligently that while the progress of evonto undoubtedly has been communicated to the home governments tho'o Is no knowledge ol any reports being made that war Is Im minent. It Is pointed out that diplomats nro guarded In their official reports in making conjectures on the future. HAUL DOWX THE SI'.AXISII rmr.s. Work men Olijeet < < > an International IluntliiK DlHiilny. DAYTON , 0. , Feb. 21. Great Indignation .wao shown toward the Spaniards today. A convention Is betas held hero with represent atives from all over the world , and , nmeiig other countries , Spain Is represented. In honor of the varloug nations the different flags were d'aplayod. Objection was mnuo to the SpanUh flag by the workmen tud twelve Spanish flags displayed about the works wcro pulled down and torn Into shreds. John H. Patterson ordered twenty- four Spanish flags put up to replace the ones torn down. This made- the 2,000 work men angry and trouble is feared. MOXI2V UEAlTv TO llAISli TUB MAIXE Senate I'IIHSCH Hie ItcNOliitlnit Sent Over from House. WASHINGTON , Feb. 21. The senate has passed the house joint resolution appropriat ing $200,000 for the recovery of the Maine and It will now go to the president for ao- iroval. Saliral llenles Ills DIxinlKMal. NEW YORK , 'Feb. ' 21. Lieutenant Com mander Sobral stated today that ho Is still the naval attache of the Spanish legation in Washington. WASHINGTON , Feb. 21. Notwithstanding the statement of Lieutenant Sobral that ho is still the naval attache of the Spanish le gation , his recall was regularly gazetted on January 24 , and he is not regarded by the legation hero iw connected with It. PRESIDENT IS IX PHILADELPHIA. i-H the .StiiilentH of < lir Ilnl- verNlty of Pciinx ) Ivinilii Toilny. PHILADELPHIA , Fob. 21. President Me- K'nley , accompanied by his secretary , J. Addlson Porter , arrived hero" this afternoon In the private car of President Frank Thom son of the Pennsylvania railroad. The pres ident was met by Frank Thomscn , Charlea Harrison , provcst of the University of Penii- syh'EiiIa , and C. Stuart Patterson. Car riages wcro entered and the party was driven to the residence of Mr. Harrison , whoso guest the president will bo during his stay In the city. The president will tomor row deliver an oration at the Washington birthday exorcises ot the University of Penn sylvania at the Academy nt Music. The Pennsylvania station and the strceta adjacent thereto were crowded with people eager to BCD and greet the chief magistrate. A double line of policemen kept open a passageway from the train to the street and tbo president , with his hat In hand , ) owed his acknowledginenf'of the hand- clapping and cheers. Two companies of nountcd policemen escorted the carriages o Mr. Harrison's residence. Chccrlnj crowds greeted the president along the en- Ire route. Tonight an Informal dinner was given in ho president's honor by Provost Harrlspn. In view of the condition of public affaire every arrangement had been made to keep ho president In touch with all the depart- ncnts at Washington and to keep him fully r/armed of developments at Havana , Direct elegruphic communication had been ar ranged between Washington and Mr. Har- rlson'u bouse , and In addition to this a long distance telephone was placed nt the dla- > osal of the president , Both the front aivl rear of Provoot Har rison's residence are guarded by policemen ailght , and In all his movements while In his city the chief executive will bo clott-ly allowed by a cordon of officers , MoreincntM nt Oeenii VcNuelx , Fell.I , At New York-Salled-vMoblle , for London. Vrrlvcd Massachusetts from London , At Naples , Feu. 20. Arrived Aller , from New York. At Havre Arrived M Oascogne , from New York. At Gibraltar Arrived Normannla , from New York. Balled Wcrra , for New York. At Alexandria Arrived Augusta Victoria , rom Now York. At Genoa Arrived Scotia , from Naples , or New York ; Kaiser Wilhelm II , from New L'ork , via Naples. At MargclllcH-Arrivcd-Vlctorla , from New Yorfe ROTTING TO PIECES Bodies of the Maine's Bravo Eojs Fall ! Away Piecemeal. SCORES OF THEM SHUT UP IN THE WRECK Divers Ecu Fearful Sights While Plying Their Occupation. VULTURES PICK SAILORS' BONES BARE Delay Prevents tlio Recovery of Onif Hundred Bodies. SURLY SPANISH OFFICIALS AT HAVANA I'ny No Attention < n Iteqiiei ! Made liy Cmilnlii MKTMhee for PeriitlxNlim to i\ninlne IIIN Sunken Ullfflexhln. ( Cow rlRht , 1EOS , by Press Vulillflilnff Oomrnny. ) HAVANA. Cuba , 1-Vli. 21. ( New York World Cablegram. Special Telegram. ) It lies been mining today and dark. Very Ilttlo work , comparatively , could bo do no on the wreck by Captain Slgebec's dl\ors. They nro not accustomed to this water , which Is Inky even In bright sunlight. The bodies of Lieu tenant Jenkins , Assistant Knglncer Merrltt and about a humlro.l others have not been recovered. The Alungrovo arrived at 0 n. in. today with the olllccrs of the Naval Court of In quiry. The tug Albert 1' . Dcwey has also arrlvoJ. The , arrival of the court of liuiuiry gave the diving a frrah Impetus , as It brought the Iowa's divers. Yet the naval divers are not equal to the requirements. The divers worked today in the forward part of the shattered hull with Warrant Olllcer Morgan of New York and the chief gunsior'u mate of the Iowa , tmdor the charge of 13n- slgn iBaumly. The Maine's diver , Hcddln , and fisher of the New York were working- In the undestroyed stern of the Maine. Lieu tenant Commander Wnlnwright still Is lu general charge. IN CAPTAIN smsBEirs CAHIN. From the cabin of Captain SlgBbco , which , Is the meat accessible part of the wreck , numerous artlclcy have 'been ' recovered , among otheii * a bicycle , BOIUO awards , , the enlistment iccord of Noble , a fireman now dead , and Captain SlBsbco'n silver service plate presented by the state : of Maine. Still further down In the ship \\ere found halt a , dozen packages of chewing gum. The worlc has been almost done by torch , although now I am Informed the Mangrove Ima run an electric wire over the wreck , rigged with lamps. The forward divers had perilous work. The Malno really la chewed up there , and there was great danger of the air hose 'being' ' cawed by the ragged plato edges and of the life line getting afoul of wreck- ago. Thoillvenj nay this part of the ship Is awful. Dodiea are packed between tables , 'boxes ' and 'beamy. They fall out almost to pieces when touched and many of them can never bo taken out. Neatly nil could have 'been ' saved Intact 'by ' divers on ThuiaJny and Friday. Several cases of canned goods wcro found , their contents mingled with coal and an awfully complex debris. Nothing has been done today toward as certaining the cause of the explosion. The real cause cannot bo actually proved until It is learned whether the top of the forward turret Is on or not. It was over the main magazine and was thrown Into the harbor , away from the ship. The divers worked to day from 9 o'clock till IIODII and from 1 till 3:30. : The now outfit consists of ono double air pump und l\\o diving suits. SPANIARDS IGNOIin SIGSIIHI- : . Captain Slgsbco sent day before yesterday n formal request for the privilege of be ginning diving on the United St-ites second ! class battleship Malno. The inebsengep wont to the Spanish war ship Alfonso XII , then to the admiral , then to the captain of the port , then to the admltal and failed to get an answer. Cnplaln Sleabeo asked yester day for permission to Investigate the outiildo of the wreck , but the permission was not granted. Consequently , no absolute proof has been nccurt-J yet ua to whether the for ward magazine exploded or Jiot. The Chapman-MarrlU company's powerful wrecking tug Ncptuno Is expected early to morrow. It has big pumps and heavy cranes for hoisting up the Maine's big guns and the turrets , too , perhaps. It will bo iisclc2s unless permission is granted for It to work outside the wreck , for the turrets are there. About fifty men Bleeping in the center of the Maine In the berth deck proba bly will never bo accounted for. They muot have been blown to pieces , The divers al ready have BCMI some skeletons of bodleH which the vultures haJ picked cleun while floating under the ruhia where the .Spanish patrol boats could not gel at thorn. Consul General Leo hag notified General Blanco and the Spanish admiral that the American naval court of Inquiry -will call odlclally at 10 o'clock tomorrow , explaining that they have como hero In such a hurry that they will have to appear In plain clothes , Kallnskl'a theory that chains will bo found on the bottom of the wreck IB not bolluvcd. The torpedo theory Is not entertained. No known torpedo could do such havoo over such a wide area , Thu Investigation of the Insldo of the wreck and of the ousIJc If Spain's kind permission Is given will bo pushed tomorrow. Conflicting rumors will ccasu teen , and just what caused the Maine's annihilation will bo known , WITH TUB WOUNW-M ) . Kochler and Ilolzcr in the San Ambrosia hospital are very low , Koehler IB dcllrloua all the time. Ilolzcr has received the last sacrament from Chaplain Chadwlck. The six others In that hospital are doing well. Some cjn read and smoke when eomo ono holds the cigarettes for them. All have burned arirui and bands , but all are bravo and patient. In thu Alfonso XII military hos pital , a now sanitary ( structure , Micro are three of the Maine's wounded , each ara doing well , Ono , named Weber , said to * Chaplain Chadwlck today : "Oh , no , chap lain , wo are not afraid of dying hero except from the gout , " They are being well looked after. Surgeon Hcmioblzer explains the rea son why Clara liarton's houno In Duenos Ayres Is not used for the wounded instead of San Ambroslo hospital by stating that tba patients could bo moved aboard a ship by ) water much easier than to Mlis Ilartou'a house athore. Each will ibo moved , he eny t when ho la ublo , The graceful courtesy of tbo Spanish ur- Ktono is ebown ) > y a sign ported at the en trance to the hoipltal ward where the Maine's sufferers aro. It reads ; "Tako off your hak