DOGSOFWARGROWL
Belief that a Conflict with Spain
Is Inevitable
Iffl IDEE THE MAINE
Destruction Said to Be Beyond the Power
cf a Torpedo
DISASTER Ml 10 DISM
-American People Believe the Span
iards Are Cuilty
Most Reliable Advicc9 Pending
OHIciul Reports Are to the KflTcct
that the Ill Fatcd Ship IMct with
Poul Ilay Senators and licprcsenta
tivcBat Washington Ilccome Aroused
Governors of 211 any t tates Offer
Troops Crisis in Our National Ilia
tory
Since tne terrible destruction of thp
LattIeship Maine iu Havana Jrurbor the
United States has leen facing the gravest
crisis of the last thirty years of its his
tory The people have been stirred by
the disaster as they have not been since
ihe close nf the war for the Union From J
the South from the North and from the
far West have come magnificent outbursts
of national sentiment showing how pro
foundly this great nation is agitated
The Maine was one of the finest bnttie
ships afloat one of the most perfect in
-construction one of the most complete in
equipment All that modern invention
long cxie ienee and trained intelligence
rould do lo uiahe her etlicient and safe
Jiad beei done And yet tHs magnificent
vessel at anchor in the harbor of a friend
ly nation was destroyed with greater loss
ul life than would have followed an en
gagement with the whole Spanish fleet in
Cuban waters Had the Spanish cruis
ers and torpedo boats attacked the Maine
and eiit her to the bottom with the loss
of 230 lives the calamity would have been
liard to bear But to have the Maine de
stroyed as she was destroyed is calamity
unbearable It was useless to cry pa
tience when there was no patience It
was useless to ask for suspension of judg
ment when judgment had been given
That judgment was against Spain and if
Minnesotians nrc fighters and wfil only
be satisfied in the front ranks Gov
Stephens of Missouri declares that if war
is declared he will issue a call for 150000
troops
And so it goes and so it comes with
other warrior States to hear from There
is no lack of soldiers Spain can depend
upon that Old Glory was at half mast
because the tears were being shed for the
dead in Havana but it proudly and de
fiantly waves in the breezes that blow
from the north south east and west and
it will be well for the Spaniard if the
good ship Maine went to the bottom of the
Havana harbor as the result of an in
scrutable act of providence
This Washington correspondent whose
assertions are thought to be reliable says
that private talks with members both
of the Senate and House clearly indicate
that there is a volcano at the Capitol
which may burst into activity at almost
any time The pictures of the wreck re
ceived in Washington reproductions of
which are shown on this page coupled
with the general tenor of newsnaner dis
patches have gone far to convince mem
bers of Congress that the Maine was
blown up from the outside They are
willing to wait a reasonable length of
time for the board of inquiry to discover
something definite but as the general
opinion is iu favor of a torpedo or sub
marine mine failure to discover positive
evidence of an accident will only serve to
confirm this opinion
Several well known Senators talked
with say that they are being fairly inun
dated with letters and telegrams regard
ing the catastrophe in Havana harbor
and that uiuety niue out of a hundred of
them look upon the explosion as the result
of a Spanish plot and demand action ac
cordingly Conservative leaders are be
coming startled by these expressions of
public opinion and they Fay this is evi
dnce of a rising tide of popular indigna
tion which will sweep Congress from its
feet unless something is done to allay the
excitement
The newspaper reports indicate with
surprising unanimity that a submarine
mine destroyed the Maine If these re
ports are not contradicted promptly and
officially Congress will surely respond
with a declaration of war which is clearly
within its powers and vhieh the
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Where some of the wounded of the Elaine
crew are being cared for
dent will be forced to obey The people
demand that if ships and men are to be
lost it shall be in open warfare and not
in so called peaceful harbors Any police
magistrate would hold the Spaniards un
der the evidence now at hand on suspi
cion and require them to prove their in
nocence This is exactly the position tak
en by nine tenths of the members of Con
gress This opinion declares the corre
spondent represents clearly- the private
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wrong It has been suggested to the Pres
ident that an indemnity of 10000000
might be demanded from Spain if the
board of inquiry reports that the battle
ship was blown up by a torpedo or sub
marine mine Some members of the cab
inet are reported to favor such demand
but it is not favorably considered by men
in Congress with wider range of experi
ence in such affairs Should it be estab
lished clearly that the Maine was blown
up by a torpedo or mine placed in Ha
vana harbor for defense it is not proba
ble that this Government will present any
claim for damages It will be regarded
as a hostile act as the beginning of a
war in the most barbarous and treacher
ous manner
Had one of the guns at the fortress
opened on the Maine as she entered Ha
vana harbor it would have been regarded
as a declaration of war and the beginning
of war A Government torpedo explod
ed under the Maine by a trusted Govern
ment official is as hostile if not as open an
insult It matters not that the Spanish
officials in Havana expressed their horror
of the destruction of the Maine and the
Queen of Spain sent her condolences to
the President
When the board of inquiry establishes
the facts that there are torpedoes in the
harbor that Blancos naval officer guided
the Maine to her anchorage and that a
torpedo was exploded by means of the
secret cables controlled by the Spanish
Government officials there can be no fur
ther investigation or inquiry This Gov
ernment will not try to find out who ex
ploded the torpedo The whole case then
rests with Spain On her rests the re-
sponsibility On Spain will be the sus
picion of having made another
THE WRECK OF THE MALEFROAI A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN THE MORNING AFTER THE EXPLOSION
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macazines is blown upward and to the starboard The forward smokestnck islhrown back and o
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reversed it would be only on the testi
mony of witnesses who had standing in
the court of public opinion
No foreign country can appreciate the
ifull depth of American patriotism writes
a Washington correspondent and it takes
an incident of this sort to show it up in
its full strength and magnificence
Gov Tanner of Illinois was the first to
offer the fighting forces of his State to the
nation Gov Mount of Indiana telegraph
ed that Indiana would make a generous
response to arms Gov Black of New
lYork sent word that militia of the Em
pire State numbering 14000 could mo-
jbilize within twenty four hours after or
ders were received The belief is also ex-
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END VIEW OF THE WKECKED MAIXE
pressed that there are GOOOOO men in New
York State available for service Gov
Atkinson of West Virginia insists that he
will furnish at short notice fifteen of the
best regiments that can be raised in the
Union Gov Holcomb of Nebraska will
supply 1200 well drilled men and pledge
200000 voluuteers Gov Wells of Utah
ays his State will do its full duty when
it comes to raising troops Adjt Gen
Sykes of Tennessee will enlist 1800 ex
perienced soldiers and raise 50000 volun
teers Gov JJougb of Minnesota wires
sentiment of Senators and Representa
tives They all say that the time has gone
by for any questions of belligerency and
that the only point at issue now is whether
the United States shall seize Havana
harbor root up its -submarine mines and
make it free -and safe to the navies of the
world The administration fully recog
nizes the dangerous -situation and is mak
ing preparations for wax War may not
come but the Government will be pre
pared if it does come
The suspicion that the Maine was blown
up by a torpedo or submarine mine has
grown almost to a conviction No one in
Washington says this -correspondent can
explain why sudh an act should have been
committed and many hope that it may be
proven that it was not committed by any
Spanish official out there are few who
any longer hold to the theory of an acci
dental explosion in one of the magazines
or have any assurance that a conflict with
Spain will not follow the development of
the fact that the Maine was destroyed by
an act of treachery
It is admitted that Consul General Lee
has warned Americans who are in Ha
vana on pleasure to leave because they
are not safe Cabinet members are talk
ing guardedly about indemnity Naval
officials admit that warships are moving
toward Key West and that work is being
pushed with all possible epeed on ships
now in the various navy yards Army
officials admit that fortifications are to
be manned at once and that other prepar
ations are making to place our military
arm in the best possible condition
Activity Is Significant
All these things are explained as only
in keeping with the plans formulated
months or weeks ago and that they have
no especial or immediate significance at
this time But they are in keeping with
the suspicion now almost a conviction
that the Maine was destroyed by a hostile
act of some one connected with the Span
ish army
It is not however the preparations in
the Navy or War Department or the
warnings of Gen Lee for Americans to
leave Havana that point to a crisis as
much as it is the feeling that the Maine
was destroyed by treachery The most
conservative men in Congress fail to find
any possible plan for righting this great j
ous assault upon the United States Those
who are most experienced in diplomacy
and the more delicate relations of Govern
ments express the opinion that the Presi
dent can do nothing but declare war on
Spain and send the navy to bombard Ha
vana Ho must accept the evidence be
fore him
Spain alone can prevent war under such
circumstances by making amends She
can express her regrets tender her apolo
gies lay hands on the criminals whom
Blanco must know because they must
have been in his employ and execute
them salute the American flag and offer
to pay an indemnity for the loss of the
ship and another for the lives of the 250
men who were murdered
It would remain for this Government
to make the terms of peace that would be
acceptable and the independence of Cuba
would be one of these conditions The
diplomats see no other way to prevent
war if it should be established that the
Maine was blown up by a torpedo or mine
They brush aside the suggestion that it
could have been the act of a fanatic of
either faction in Cuba No mere enthu
siast or fanatic could have access to the
secret keyboard which communicated
with the torpedoes laid in the harbor un-
ENTRANCE TO HAVANA CEMETERY
Here He many of the Maine victims
der Government supervision Spain must
stand responsible for the men who could
gain access to that keyboard just as she
is responsible for the men who control
the guns in her forts and on her big cruis
ers Governments do not have such se
cret agencies open to the access of fa
natics and if they do they must be held
responsible for their acts
The work of the board of inquiry will
therefore end when they have examined
the ship and found the evidences of foul
play There will then be left no alterna
tive for this Government but war unless
Spain sues for peace and asks for con
ditions of peace
READY FOR A FIGHT
In Case of Trouble with Spain the
United States Would Be Prepared
In spite of all denials it is well known
that unusual efforts are being made to
arm and equip every sea coast fortifica
tion and that the regular army officers
throughout the country have been quietly
notified to put their commands into the
best possible condition The President
does not want war and will go a long
ways out of his way to avoid it but he
fully recognizes the force of public senti
ment and is preparing rapidly for the
worst that may come Press dispatches
from different points show preparation
that is being made
Now Orleans La The United States
cruiser Marblehead has joined the North
Atlantic squadron at Dry Tortugas
St Louis Mo The war fever con
tinues unabated and already the work of
organizing companies here has begun
At Norfolk Va the Norfolk navy yard
received instructions to have the monitor
Terror ready for sea Both the Puritan
and Terror have been shipping recruits
for the vacancies caused by the Maine
disaster
Providence H I The 150 officers and
men in the three companies of the Rhode
Island naval reserves are fully equipped
for any emergency and are prepared to
answer a call to duty on board any of the
LOOKING FORWARD PROM THE AFTER SEARCHLIGHT
Government
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war vessels within five
hours
Washington All the marines on shore
duty have been ordered to hold themselves
in preparation for service at the shortest
possible notice
New York Never bpfore since the days
of the war of the rebellion has the Brook
lyn navy yard seen so pronounced an ac 1 news
tivity on the part of officers and men
No longer do the officers deny that the
Government is making the most strenuous
preparations to meet any emergency
Tampa Fin The cruiser Montgomery
has been ordered to Havana where she
takes the place of the wrecked Maine un
til further instructions are received
Columbus O The Ohio militia is pre
paring to respond to the Presidents call
for troops in the event war is declared
between the United States and Spain
At Charleston S C work on the Gov
ernment fortifications is being rapidly
pushed The navy yard force is kept
busy putting the guns in shape for war
St- Augustine Kla Captain Hubbell
with one battery has been sent to Sulli
vans island and a few days ago Lieut
Van Duzen departed for Port Moultrie
with a detail of twenty men to lake
charge of coast defenses Army jfiicials
here freely discuss the probability of trou
ble with Spain
At Cincinnati O a recniing offioe
for soldiers to serve in case of vtr witi
Spain was opened at Mergants Hall
Many men signed tho mutter roll
member of Nelson Post G A It issued
a dodger headed To arms to arms
Hundreds of white badges and button-
with the words Volunteer On to Ha
vana have been distributed
New York Preparations for war car
ried on with the greatest secrecy have
been going on in New York harbor If
the United States declares war and Cap
tain Eulate tries to leave porte by force
he will find a barrier such as he has not
bargained for All that is necessary to
do to blow up the Spanish warship Viz
caya is to touch an electric button if she
tries to pass out through the narrows
NOTES OF THE DISASTER
Brief Bits of Important News Beariisgf
on the Horror in Havana Harbor
Tho wreck has sunk several feet already
in the soft mud
The Spanish Government will stake all
on the claim that the disaster was acci
dental
The main portion of the wreck as seen
from above and noted from below was
blown to starboard
A large quantity of clothing has been
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CAPTAIN W T SAMPSON
President of the Xaval Board of Inquiry
taken from the wreck and will be given
to the reconcentrados
The Spanish anti American feeling in
Havana is growing and Americans are in
sulted openly on the streets
The most intense anxiety is shown by
the Spanish officials in Havana who are
in constant communication with Madrid
Divers found the bodies of twenty men
in hammocks where they had been in
stantly killed by the shock of the explo
sion
Admiral Sicard issued orders forbidding
any United States official or sailor to talk
of the Maine disaster with outsiders un
der severe penalty
Significance is attached to the fact that
the wrecked ship was the first foreign
Avar vessel to be anchored to that par
ticular buoy since the Cuban trouble be
gan
Sharks have given little trouble but
the vultures left scarcely anything but
the skeletons of three men who were en
tangled in debris very near the surface
of the water
A Spanish lieutenant openly boasted
that if any other United States warship
arrived she would be served the same
way His brother officers applauded him
uproariously
One thing seems certain if the Maine
was blown up by an outside agency the
agent was a mine and not a torpedo as
no torpedo known could have produced
such tremendous results
The number of missing is eighty five or
eighty six and five have died in the hos
pital Of the missing many doubtless
were blown to atoms no portions of their
bodies being recoverable
Cubans claim that there are mine gal
leries under the harbor leading from sub
terranean passages known to have exist
ed for years between Fort Cabanas and
Morro Castle and Havana
Havana newspapers are not permitted
to publish any news concerning what is
going on in Washington and American
papers have been called for by the censor
who seizes ail prmttng any disturbing
awawaigp
SAVED FROM HCHSELR
Pretty Story of Grcuzc the Famous
Portrait Pnintcr
A pretty love story without the usual
ending comes from the life of Greuzo
the famous French painter of the last
eenturj who was so successful in re
producing the beauty of children
faces
When he was a young man he gave
lessons in art Among his pupils wni
i lovely young Russian girl named
Laetitia the daughter of a graudduke
This child at heart if not in years con
ceived a romantic devotion fr him and
after an illnss when she was still
weak and not quite mistress of herself
she sent for hint to conn and see her
Too evidently she was under the mis
chievous influence of her nurse who
when the painter entered the room
kept urging her to speak whereupon
she said with a disconcerted directness
Yes Monsieur G reuse 1 love you Tell
ne frankly do you love niV
If he did nor he felt at least a great
generosity over the inuocencc of tho
avowal and received it so kindly that
the young girl began laughing and cry
ing together and exclaimed Listen ti
me you two here is my plan I love
Grouse and I will marry him
It was a simple nan but one not to
be adopted offhand
What about j our father asked
G reuse who knew what opposition
would be made by the family of a
cess to her marriage with one who was
not even noble by birth
I know he will not consent said
Laetitia airily but what then I am
rich through my mother I can dispose
of my money and I give it to Greuse
But after the painter had leR her
and his sense of exaltation had fled he
realised that nothing but grief could
come to the little lady through an Im
possible tie with him So in spite of her
teats and reproaches he bade her -farewell
and tore himself quite away from
her
This was an episode of the artists
visit to Italy which begun in 177
Eight years after he had emitted Rome
there came a letter from the young
woman
Yes my dear Greuse your old pupil
is now a good mother r have live
charming children wh m I adore My
eldest daughter ie woi tljy to be offered
as a subject for your happy brush she
is beuuiful as an angel My husband
almost convinces me that I continue to
be young and pretty so much does he
t till love me As I told you this hap
1 iness is due to you and I love you for
having prevented me from loving you
Liontr Vacation
Monsieur DArtout who filled more
than one important post under the
French government was a man of
easy going disposition which was
taken advantage of by those subordi
nate to him lie never punished and1
rarely reproved and the result was a
lax discipline notwithstanding the en
ergy which ho infused nto his own de
partment through the exercise of his
own influence and ability
In La Vie a Paris Yillemot relates
That when Monsieur DArtout was at
the head of the Ministry of the Interior
there was a clerk in the bureau who
could write a remarkable hand with as
remarkable speed and the minister al
ways kept him in his own offices as pri
vate secretary
One day the minister missed his sec i
retary and inquired where he was
He as not here to day His father is
dead
DArtout bowed and said nothing
A month afterward the minister again
called up the chief and asked him the
same question
He is not here monsieur was the
answer for his father is dead
The minister bowed again in silence
but went away with a puzzled expres
sion in his eyes Three weeks later the
same thing happened once more Up
on receiving the same answer DAr
tout spoke up rather sharply
What said he Is he going to
stay away from the office all the while
his father is dead
His Handwriting
Many stories are told relative to the
illegibility of the penmanship of Itufus
Ghoate the famous lawyer It is said
that he once openly congratulated him
self on the fact that if he failed to
get a living at the bar he could still go
to China and support himself by his
pen that is by decorating tea chests
He once asked that a case might be
postponed owing to his engagement fa
another court The judge replied that
the case was one in which he might
write out his argument
With a mock solemnity of counten
ance which he knew so well how to as
sume at a moments notice he said
I write well your honor but slow
ly
This was too much for the judge and
the assemblea bar and the court roorn
echoed with prompt and unrestrained
hilarity There was not a lawyer pres
ent who had not more than once seen a
specimen of what one of Mr Choates
f friends called bis wildcats tracksr
and the joke needed no explanation
Thing Are Cheaper Now
Some one has been looking orer an
American book published in 1872
tied The Home Wrhere It Should Be
and What Should Be Put Into It and
makes the discovery that the household
equipment costing L000 at that time
can be bought now for 400
The Odds Were Against Him
Customer Say that perfume slot
machine is a rank fraud
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xruggist v ny wnats wrong with
5 it j
Customer I dropped a nickel in itj
and only got a scent in return
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gether seem to like it all the better as
t they grow older
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