THE OMAHA i DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JTJNE 19 , 1871. OMAIIA , TUESDAY MORNING , MAKGll 22 , 1898-TWELVE PAGES. COPY FIVE CENTS.
FROM THE OUTSIDE
Teirlfio Force Which Wrecked Undo Sam's
Battleship ,
EXTERIOR AGENT DID THE BUSINESS
nineteen BeaEons Given in Support of the
Theory.
EVIDENCE DISCOVERED BY THE DIVERS
Besults of Oarefol Investigation of
Maine's Ruins.
SUPERB DISCIPLINE OF SHIP'S ' CREW
Heroic IlvnrliiK of Cmitnln Sln l > ee
JUnrliiK the MiiHt Trylnw Clr-
cuniNtnnrvM of III * Untlrv
Nuvnl Curecr.
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HAVANA , March 21. ( Now York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) From the
time the explosion shook Havana until the
Board of Investigation , full of facts and ex
port testimony , left Havana and up to yes
terday afternoon , the facts have been printed
In thcno dispatches. They are not hearsay
things , they cro not Imaginations , but cold
facts In Iron and steel and flesh. When
-with Havana's chief of police , Tagllcr ! ,
Oeorgo Broncon Rea end myself reached the
wreck at 10 o'clock on the night of February
15 , wo found Captain Slgsbeo Just b'epplng
from the etlll dry poop of the Maine into
hid gig. Our first queetlcn was , "Did the
magazines go up ? " Slgsbeo then , In tbo su
preme moments of a captain's agony , gave
* Ifio only pleco of Information ho has ever
given. Ho said : "It Is Impossible that the
magazines could explode. " If the big
twenty-flvo ton forward powder room was
intact everybody knew the other small for-
y ward magazlnea alone could not have annihi
lated that part of the ship. Something must
tavo helped. Iho thing was to prove the
condition ot that ono big deposit of ex
plosive ? . Daybreak next morning showed a
condition ot affalro which each succeeding
day has only seemed to clinch. Wo noticed :
First That everything movable and
wrenched arart ha-1 been thrown from the
loft of the ship to the right side. Had the
big magazine gcno everything would have
moved Just the other way. It was on the
right sldo of the ship and although nobody
can Uy down a law for the exact direction
that an. explosion of steam or powder will
take , everybody knows that nothing would
approach twenty-five teas of powder In the
ect of explosion.
Second The rear portion of the wreck
canted to port exactly at It would If struck
end .fractured from that side.
Third Three men had been sleeping in i
the ship's cutter moored to the starboard I
boom not thirty feet from the big magazine.
It acemed that had thla exploded the very
rush of gas would have killed these men.
Yet they wcro but little hurt and two left
lor Key West the next morning.
ESCAPE UNHARMED.
Fourth Another man had been sleeping
over the six-Inch service magazine forward
end lived. Although this powder holder was
too far forward to produce the effects ob
served , yet the Incident tended to prove that
not even It bad exploded.
Fifth -The rear vlslbld portion of the
Maine had been slewed away from Its known
position at the time qf the explosion by
ome great force applied from the left.
SUth Filled unexploded ten-Inch powder
caeca were brought up from tbo vicinity of
the big magazine. The highest experts here
enld It was Impossible that several such
packages ot 125 pounds each should explode
without all In the magazine exploding , and
that then the other rear magazines and all
the forward magazines would go off , the
Malno completely disappear and the Havana
water front bo badly wrecked. Yet no de
bris fell upon the nearest point. The ma-
chlno and tew1 gas lamps put out and a few
mirrors broken by the shock alone were the
only shore signs ot the Malno disaster. In
any direction but from port to starboard
In this direction articles were thrown a
quarter ot a mile Into Casa lllunca. An
other Indtcatlton ot a etroke on the port
Ide.
Ide.Seventh
Seventh Divers found the floor of the
magazine practically Intact and also large
portions of tbo walls. *
Eighth The ten-Inch shells that had been
stacked between tbo ten-inch powder room
and tbo reserve magazine were found thrown
unoxplodcd Into , the ponder room from left
to right.
Ninth There were many such shells In the
loading room just ubovo the powder. Had
they exploded the Havana water trout would
'havo been covered by fragments.
Tenth 'Both ' ten-Inch and six-Inch powder
cases were found empty , burned and 'dis
colored. Experts say that they might have
exploded , but they might also have gained
their appearance from exterior force and fire.
Some had plainly been split open by pres
sure ) upon the ends. This looked suspicious
it Interior force caused 'tho ' explosion.
Eleventh It was discovered that the re-
ccrve magazine probably did explode and
that empty powder cases of both sizes were
there kept. Experts said the ton of black
powder there stored could not alone have
EO eaten up the ship. By this tlmo tbo In
nocence ot the big magazines bad been thor
oughly determined. It was also discovered
that there might liavo bcn a few six-Inch
loaded casca In the reserve magazine , which
'would aid In the general destruction to some
extcofrfand would produce some ot the ap
parently exploded six-Inch caeca found.
NO BOILER EXPLOSION.
Twelfth The boiler explosion theory w
Anally dlemUtsed as the ones under stein :
. that night were found Intact In the wboli
portion ot the ship.
Thirteenth Spontaneous combustion. Cos
thrown out aa coal lUelf was found by dlyen
Intact rud unburned. It wai so solid In fae
k- s to be mistaken for the turret upon pre
liminary aoundlng * .
Fourteenth Qua cotton explosion was loni
before dismissed as It was stored In the if-
( er and Intact portion ot the wreck.
Fifteenth Electric contact ae the causi
< waa not considered , because vvhcre the wire ;
went through the coal bunkers coal wai
found Intact and there were no wires tha
touched the magazine * .
Sixteenth The turret waa found-wlth IU
thin top Intact. Had the big magazine undei
U exploded It would have ripped the toj
p < e or blown U to splinters.
t a . . . _ 4k . . .w
gjjjfl ajlBUBltioB Vft
discovered. This magazine was Immediately
forward the big ten-Inch powder room , big
shell room and reserve magazines. It was
Just between these anil the nix inch nervlce
magazine away forward In the very eyes of
the ship. Most of the cartridges found were
whole. Some were exploded. All had primers
In them end evidently some had been hit
thereupon and some not. Also much of the
exploded nix pounder and ono pounder am
munition was probably remains of the liberal
supply of it that the alert Slgsbee had about
the decks ready for use In case of a night at
tack. The fact was fixed that but little de
structive force bad come from the "fixed"
ammunition magazine.
Eighteenth A protruding plate was Identi
fied completely as being the bottom plate o.i
the port side ot the keel about the frame
seventeen from bow to stern and at about
the ship's cecon.d longitudinal and seccnd
fore and aft keel counting from the center
of the bottom toward the port side. This
plate cad the corresponding plato ot the
Maine's Inner bottom were proven to have
been driven upwards by some- tremendous
force which could not have como from the
Interior of the ship. They had been close to
the reserve magazine and the shock which
toro them up also seemed surely to have
detonated the primers of the several boxco
ot loaded brass saluting catrldges which that
Iron room contained and this explosion
seemed to have fired the mentioned tea of
powder there also stored. Just such en oc
currence would have given to the bottom
plate its peculiar curl outward. The dis
covery of these platca seemed absolutely
clinching to all previous Indications. The
Maine had been torpedoed or mined against
the port bottom well forward as cabled three
days after the explosion , when the direction
and force of the explosion upon every visible
thing seemed fairly to cry out.
UPSTKETCHED ARMS.
Nineteenth Navy divers found bodice for
ward near the magazines not torn by cxplo
slon and all with arrris upstretchcd toward
the beams over their hammocks In the cvl
dent effort to Jump out. This seemed to con
firm the report of a double explosion tcstl
ftod to by passengers of the City of Wash
ington. The men were caught by rushing
water , the big explosion breaking up th
ship too soon to more than reach upward.
Twentieth Spanish divers confirmed the
navy divers' discoveries up to that time.
Twenty-first Navy men made the start
ling discovery that the Malno was broken
In two away from the blow against the port
sldo as first mentioned. The ram was founi !
out ot line and Spanish divers found th
starboard bow anchor Just where it should bi
and the ship slewed about from the shock a
described. Then the navy divers found th
port bow anchor In the proper relative posl
tlon. The peculiar direction of the intac
portion of the wreck has been explained. Th
mooring chiln aided to hold the ram and par
ot the boat In its original position , while th
other parts of the ship were blown off to on
side.
Twenty-second Spanish divers find th
Maine's starboard bow Intact from under th
bow anchor to "forward dead lights , " o
within forty feet ot the point of the ram
Then they claim to find a big hole where th
extreme bow and ram ought to be. Th
was yesterday and amply confirms the Amer
lean divers' work.
These facts are hastily thrown togethe
without tlmo for reference to a d'ay ' by da
memorandum. There have been many othc
aa against the parelcssncsa theory , whlc
alone could have allowed an l.t rlor explcslo
Wo hive the fact ot Slgsbee's past rccon
his coolness In trying situations and the fa
of his coming into Havana with ammunltlo
holsta in readiness , gun cylinders filled an
turrets manned , amply prepared for emer
gencies. Other indications are the double
guard constantly kept and the fact that no
visitor was allowed aboard unwatched or
unattended. As to the splendid discipline ot
the crew one need but note the individual
actions of the few survivors. Bill Anthony's
"Sir , I have to Inform you the ahlp has been
blown up and ! s sinking. " other marines loadIng -
Ing a rifle at the first explosion and asking
for orders afterward , etc , go to prove this.
Had the Malno blown Itself up the Indicative
facts must surely have leaked if not discov
ered by actual newspaper Investigations.
Members of the board , had they known It ,
woujd surely have ro stated to allay-the
great popular excitement and save much gov
ernment money.
Captain Slgsbee has known the course of
the board's Investigations. It seems Incred
ible that he could * o rapidly recover health
and keep up constant cheerfulness did ho
feel the board would report an accidental
cause and end his brilliant professional
career. For as bo says : "America doesn't
keep captains to lose battleships. "
EXT.3RIIOR EXPLOSION.
In short , not ono fact has appeared to
point to an Interior explosion alone as an
nihilating the forward portion of the Maine.
The Spanish board' frankly states i't will
report Interior causes , but cannot and does
not explain why , except to claim that no
fish were killed and no water was seen to
bo blown Into the air. As to fish , there
are few about the spot of the wreck. No
dead bodies have shown their marks and had
there been J have expert authority who has
blown up many wrecks and who says that
even with fish abounding only the few Im
mediately In contact are really killed ; that
most of them always seen are stunned and
come readily to life and disappear ; that there
are always fewer fUh about the clean bottom
tom of a recently decked Iron man-of-war
than about weed-grown wooden bottoms ,
usually observed under similar circum
stances.
As to columns of water , experts declare
that if a torpedo or mine exploded so far
under the ship as the second longitudinal or
only a few feet from the keel there would
not necessarily be much water raised and
j"
particularly so If such explosion were almost
[
most Immediately counteracted by the Inside
explosion of the reserve magazine. There arc
fifty great and 500 small things , physical
and logical , which show that the battle
ship Maine was hit bard from the outside
whether by a mine or a torpedo is the thine '
for Spain to explain.
explain.SYLVESTER
SYLVESTER SCOVEL.
I'nmlnilvanciinr on I'ut-rlo Principe
r.ad
HAVANA , Marco 21. Generals I'ando am
ady.
Salledo , U U announced at the palace today
y.ea
"continue advancing with considerable forcci
of all arms toward Puerto Principe. " Thi
insurgents on Saturday ulgbt dynamited thi
Iron bridge near Madruga , province ot Matan
- ras , partly destroying the structure , and las
night they destroyed with dynamite a culver
between Roblee and Madruga.
Amrrlrnn Slilji Coaling : ,
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- KINGSTON , Jamaica , March 21.-New (
York World Cablegram Special Telegram.- )
The American cruller Cincinnati and gun
boats Outlne and Wilmington have arrived
t Port Antonio. They are coaling will
cuMtloat !
WILL SUBMIT IT TO SPAIN
Decide on Procedure with the Oonrt of
Inquiry Findings.
FORMAL DEMAND TO BE MADE ON MADRID
Ileiiort Will Then Go to CoiiKrruM with
lrcnli1ent'M McuNimr , anil Inter-
tuutloii IN Opcnl- Pre
dicted. .1 . U"-
- WASHINGTON , March 21. The proced
ure In connection with the submission of
the report of the ( Maine court of inquiry by
the president to congress Is now clearly
outlined and a cabinet officer today ex
plained the general line ot action at present
Intended to be pursued upon receipt ot the
report , -which Is expected to reach Washing
ton next Thursday.
A copy of It will be laid before the Span
ish government early , and as soon as can
be consistently done the report will bo sent
to congress and made public at the same
time.
The report to congress will tK > accom
panied by a message from the president ,
stating that after receiving the report the
conclusions were laid before the Spanish
government and appropriate action from that
quarter asked.
It Is stated positively that no part of the
report and no Intimation of the findings have
reached the executive authorities In Wash
ington as yet. At the same time It is
notlcbable that the current of official opinion
Is beginning to follow that of the unofficial
opinion expressed so positively and persist
ently at Havana and Key West , that the
cause of the explosion was external to the
battleship.
Omclals high in the administration stated
today that while they were wholly without
Information as to the findings of the court
of Inquiry , they found themselves sharing
In the apparently Intangible conviction that
the cause ot the explosion was not accident
Information supplied by the Malno survivors
who reached here Saturday doubtless has in
creased this view in official circles.
BELIEVE IN EXTERNAL IDEA.
In this connection It Is underload Ida
ono of the officers who arrived Saturday , wh
ctatcJ , not as an opinion , but as his persona
observation , on the night of the dlcastcr tha
there were two distinct explosions. Th *
tendency of this is to support the theory ol
external causes , as this Is based on the Idc.
that the first external explosion was followc
by a second Internal explosion.
Intense Interest In the report was rnanl
tested today at the White House , and at th
State , War and Navy departments.
The president received a number ot con
grcsslonal leaders , among them bcln
Speaker Ueed and Mr. Hltt , chairman ot th
committee on foreign affairs. Ttie visit o
Mr. Reed naturally attracted much attention
an he ( seldom makes a call on the cxccutlv
branch , and It was Inferred that the purpos
of his visit was to confer upon the Cuba
situation and Its future before congrcns
though neither he nor Mr. Hltt was commun
Icatlvc.
Secretary Long also had an extended con
fercnco with the president , but s > far a
could bo learned it developed nothing * ad
dltional relating to the Spanish question.
The army and navy preparations are con
ttflulng without interruption , although the
have now become so regular as to lapse In
routine en a gigantic scale. No further pu
chases of war ships were concluded toda
and the negotiations are not assuming
promising aspect , except in showing th.
the United States can command the mark
as against Spain.
OPEN BIDS FOR PROJECTILES.
The ordnance office of the War dcpar
mcnt presented a busy scene today whe :
bids wcro opened for the manufacture o
about 1,500 cast Iron projectiles for seacoas
cannon. The advertisement called for 18'
ten-Inch solid shot , 910 twelve-Inch morta
shells , weighing SOO pounds each , and 500
mortar shells weighing 1,000 pounds each.
There was an unusually largo number of
firms who bid for the contract and the
prices at which they proposed to furnish the
projectiles showed a wide range. So far as
figures ore concerned the Petersburg Iron
works were the lowest bidders , although
there may be other conditions existing which
may prevent them from getting the con
tract. The company offered to supply the
ten-Inch shot at $1,66 each , one-half to be
delivered In forty days and the remainder
In seventy days. The twelve-Inch shells of
SOO and 1,000 pounds each the company bid
to furnish at $21.28 and $23.97 , respectively ,
offering to supply fifty of each kind In forty
days and the remainder at quick Intervals.
The ten-Inch shot the Rdme ( N. Y. ) ma
chine worka offered to supply at $14.25 each ,
to begin the delivery In ono week , and they
agreed to turn over the entire amount in
four weeks.
The battleship Texas started northward
from Key West today , thus nettling the ques
tion as to the formation of a second squad
ron at or near Hampton Roads. It Is ex
pected the Massachusetts will follow in a
few days , but the final orders for that move
have not been mode.
Ttio Navy department received a prelimi
nary report today from ono ot its agents ,
who Is at Havana watching the progress of
the wrecking. It Is understood this refecc
mainly to the technical' work of salvage , and
not to the question of cause. The Judge ad-
general's office , where the report wua
received , will not dlacloae the details.
The short session of the eenatc today w-a
quite unusual for the first working day at
the week. That no ono was prepared to go
on with any prndlcg measure was given an
the explanation , but privately the opinion
was stated , by some of the senators that
while the Cuban question remained In such
suspense there was no desire to take up 1m-
portant legislation.
The outlook 03 to Cuba was dlacusseO
> among senators almost to the exclusion ol
other topics , and the belief was Quito de
cided that the administration la preparing
to take positive petition within the next
. week.
INTERVENTION IS PREDICTED.
. Several senators made the prediction thai
the United States would Intervene. Beinj
pressed for a reason , they said they bail
reached this conclusion after more or leee
. conference with executive officers , but al
the Fame time euylng quite emphatically thai
they had no positive Information on thli
point. Other senitore thought the recogni
tion ot Cuban Independence more probabl <
than intervention.
Almost all expressed the view that eorm
action surely will follow the report of th <
Malno court of Inquiry regardless of Ui
purport.
According to the orders to naval officers
iaaued by tbo Navy department today , tbi
katUetulp Maine i till la exUtitict. AI
least two of the orders would item to give
that Impression. They read i follow B :
Llcutennnt A. W. Catlln , U. & M. C. , de
tached Maine , and home , i
Lieutenant O. F.V. . Holfiian , detached
Maine , home nnd await onfers.
It is presumed that' the Ill-fated battle
ship will not be stricken from the naval
register until after It has been finally es
tablished beyond the possibility of doubt that
the shattered hull cannot bo raised and re
constructed Into at-least a semblance ot its
former self. Although there is scarcely
ground for the hope that the vessel can be
raised and restored to the navy , the depart
ment will not abandon Its efforts In this
direction until the wreckers now at work
upon It report that It Is Impossible.
The navy has particular need of first class
guns at this time and would regard the
recovery of the Maine battery as a consum
mation devoutly to be wished.
( MAY SAVE THE GUNS.
( Although there Is not much prospect of
raising the Maine with Its reported broken
backbone , thcro is good reason to believe
from the reports ot divers that many , If
nt all , of the guns may bo recovered
eventually from the wreck and put in places
where they may 'be able to render good
service.
Captain William P. Ouvall of the Fifth
artillery has reported at the War department -
ment under orders for temporary duty In
the olTlccs ot the secretary ot war and the
major general commanding the army. Mr.
Duvall Is instructor In practical military ex
ercises at the artillery school , Fort Monroe ,
and is regarded as an expert in all matters
pertaining to the artillery branch of the
service. He has been promoted to his pres
ent grade as a result of the recent Increase
ot artillery regiments.
Although not officially admitted at the de
partment it Is generally understood that he
was summoned to 'Washington ' to confer
with the military authorities on questions
involving the employment of the artillery In
active work along the Atlantic and gulf
coasts.
The enlistment branch of the navy today
Issued a largo poster advertising for men
for the United States navy. The recent put
ting into commission ot the cruisers Co
lumbia and Minneapolis and the prospective
demands that will bo necessary as a result
'
of the acquisition of the Brazilian ship
Amazonas and the American yacht May
flower , requires the enlistment ot additional
men.
Enlistments will bo rnadO'ttt the following
places : The navy yards at rioston , Brooklyn ,
League Island , Philadelphia , Washington ,
Norfolk , Man ? Island , No. 68 South street ,
New York City ; on steamship Michigan at
Erie , Pa. ; customs house at Now Orleans and
the customs housci at Gloucester , Mass.
The following classeo of men arc wanted :
Seamen 18 to 35 years of ago , at $24 per
month ; ordinary seamen , IS to 35 years of
age , $19 per month ; chief machinists. 18 to
35 years of age , at $70 per month ; machinists ,
first class , 18 to 35 .years o age , at $55 per
month , and machinists , , second class , 18 to
35 years of age. at $40 per month.
The requirements for t-nllstmcnt provide
that all candidates must r/dis / a physical ex
amination , showing' ' them to' be free from
disqualifying ailments. . Seamen and ordi
nary seamen must- pass examination in sea
manship and must have had experience at
sea. Machinists are required before cnliot-
mont to pasa an examination 'showing that
they arc machinists by trado.
The orders of General William M. Graham ,
assuming command of tha new military De
partment of the Gulf , have been received
at the army headquarters hero. It is said
hero that no immediate movement of troops
as a result of the change of the lines of the
military division recently put Into offset Is
contemplated , but that the movements for
the present will , be confined to the transfer
of artillery troops to man the fortifications
recently completed. ,
VESUVIUS FOR TUB"M2WI SQUADRON. '
Swift Dynamite Crulner Mny Go to
Hampton JIuiuU.
WASHINGTON , March 21. Lieutenant
Commander J. J. E. Pillsbury , commanding
the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius , which has
Just arrived at the Washington navy yard
from Florida , was at the Navy department
today .In conference with the officials re
garding the future of his unique craft. The
pneumatic gear used In operating the dyna
mite tubes Is undergoing repairs , which It Is
calculated will take about two weeks' time.
It lo considered probaule , In view of the
speed power of the Vesuvius , that it maybe
bo attached to the so-called flying squadron
which It Is alleged is soon to assemble at
Hampton Roads.
According to present plans the squadron
to bo organized at Hampton Roads will con
sist of the battleships Massachusetts and
Texas and the cruisers 'Brooklyn ' , Minneapo
lis and Columbia. The Vetv 'us ' would be
perfectly at homo In such company , being
faster than cither of the battleships and
nearly the equal In speed ot the pennant
holders , Minneapolis and Columbia.
Although no orders to that effect have
been given , It is generally believed In naval
circles that Commodore Howell will bo as-
algned to the command ot this fleet. - Commodore -
modoro Howell is now on the San Fran
cisco and will accompany It on its cruise to
the United States as the convoy of the
cruiser New Orleans , formerly the Amazonas
of the Brazilian navy.
ADMITS OU11A IS tOST TO SPAIN.
Should Itt'cnirnlxe Inilrpi'mlenre ut
One ' for Commercial Itt-iixoiiH.
BRUSSELS. March 21. A dispatch to Lo
Solr from Madrid described an Interview with
Scnor Pi y Margall ator e time president
of the Spanish federal republic and chief of
the m'nlstry , In which be Is represented as
declaring that Cuba Is practically lost to
Spain.
"Spain Is exhausted , " he Is reported as
saying. ' 'It ' must withdraw its troops and
recognize Cubcn Independence before It Is too
late. By an Immediate recognition It would
obtain payment of a portion of the war debt
and commercial advantages. "
Fnrrrnut of .SinnllKlrrtlmiN. .
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MADRID , March 21 , ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) On Sunday
the usual preliminary appointment of boards
to preside at the general election of deputies
on March 25 took place In Spain and the
colonies. The nomination of candidates was
also made according to the traditional cus
tom of the Spanish government and the
allotment of constituencies < was made seas
as to give what Is considered a fair share
of representation to all political groups. If
forecasts are confirmed by the polls next
Sunday the new House ot Deputies will bo
composed of elgbty-flvo conservatives ot dif
ferent shades , with Sllvela , Pldal , Tetuan ,
Romero and Robledo as leaders ; ten republi
can ! , with Salmcron Azrarate as leader ; six
, Carllsts , and 390 rolnliUrUl literals , under
Castelar , will bo elected.
ARTHUR B. HOUaUTON.
AT-
RIGHT MAN IN RIGHT PLACE
OOCBU ! General Lee Iqual to Any
Emergency ,
FILLS HIS DIFFICULT POSITION WELL
All Who Come In Contact Mlth Amcr-
lon'n lleiircmjntnttve nt llninua
Coiuiitlnu-iit Illn Alilllty nil a
tiood JiulKinvnt.
( Copyrleht , U9S. liy Press rubll hln-s Compnny. )
HAVANA , .March 21. ( New York Worm
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) A man who
Is well known In politics In Chicago arrived
In ( Havana Saturday with a verbal message
to General Lee from Frank D. Aldrlch , who
was appointed some time ago as his suc
cessor.
"Tell General Lee , " the message said ,
"that like every other American I feel that
the Interests of my countrymen are safer
In I his handd than In any other. General
Leo 1 may rest assured that I haven't the
slightest desire to take his place In Ha
vana until such tlmo as ho may deem It
expedient to leave and until the situation
cools off enough to permit him to be absent
without jeopardizing the lives of American
citizens. "
'Louis Klcpsch of the relief fund work ,
who has "been closely associated with Gen
eral Leo for a week past , summed up the
dealings of Americans In Havana when he
said last night : "Lee Is ono of the grand-
men In the world ; te ought to be prcs-
: lcnt of the United States. In the midst
f this Spanish ferment he has the cool
cad of an American. God bless him. "
Always courteous but always reserved and
Ignlflcd , General Lee 13 carrying the Amerl-
an flag through the labyrinth of an inltr-
atlonal crisis In u way that will make him
conspicuous figure In history , as his nn-
cetors have been. Ho seldom leaves the
Hotel lugleterra In the ! evening , but slta In
ho office , chitting 1n an easy , off-hand way
Americans who happen to bo staying
t the hotel. He Is an excellent scholar , and
n these days of suppressed nervous cxcltc-
iient Ma negro dialect stories of Old Virginia
ro a relief , for which all Americans have
o thank thcilr consul general. He never dta-
usses politics or even eo muca a : : hints at
.ho chances of war octwcen the two coun-
rles.
The great joy of his life Is to receive let-
ers from homo. On each steimor dally they
re delivered to him at his little table where
o dines alone In the Ingletcrra. Hla wife
ml son forward to him letters from all sorta
nd conditions of sympathizers In the United
talcs. Here Is a sample the general showed
mo last night. It is from anan In New
York who has a patent bullet shield for
; alc :
"The price per shield Is $5 , " runs thei let-
er. "Wo eell a great many of them to do-
.cctlves who belluvo their lives to Tfu in
danger. The prince of Wales wears one on
elate occasions. It you decide to Order glvu
me the size of your shirt. "
SYLVESTER SCOVEL.
HAVANA WOULD 1IUY A CHUISEll.
[ Mtbllo Entertainment Given to Help
HfllMf FlimlX.
'Copyright ' , 1693 , by Press Publishing Company. )
HAVANA , March 21. ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Loyal Span-
Co had an opportunity Saturday night to
give play to pent-up enthusiasm. The scene
was laid at the Tacon opera house. The
performance was held under the auspices of
the patriotic committee to collect funds
to purchase a man-of-war to be named the
Isle do Cuba. The movement began about
ten days ago by a committee under President
nlanco. Committees for collecting subscrip
tions in various towns wcro Immediately
formed. The idea was taken up with en-
thuelasm by native-born Spaniards. The
Tacon theater was placed at the disposition
of the committee by Us owner. The favorite
comic opera troupe now In the city offered
Its services for a grand patriotic perform
ance. Fabulous prices were paid for boxes
and seats by people willing to demonstrate
tliclr patriotism In a practical way. About
$50,000 was realized.
Many Spaniards complain that the affair
was precipitated , as no tlmo was given for
the committees to work. If It could have
been postponed another week It Is possible
the receipts would have been" trebled. All
the boxes on the two lower tiers cold for
$530 each. Many were auctioned off and
brought as high as $1,500. It was feared
the occasion would be taken advantage of to
precipitate another American demonstration.
The play worked up to dramatical climaxes ,
arousing the enthusiasm of the audience ,
which stood up waving hats and handker
chiefs and rending the air with yells of
"Ylva Espana. " The temptation to make-
some disparaging shout against the United
States must have been great , but during all
that Ions performance , when the people lost
their heads In the frenzy of the moment ,
not ono remark could bo heard against our
nation that could be construed into an In
sult.
sult.Tho
The performance has at least demonstrated
ono glaring proof of Insincerity of the au-
tonomical government. They were all con
spicuous by their absence , and so much so
that everybody noted It and commented un
favorably. Many Spaniards lost control of
their calmness and said many things that
would have made the autonomists shudder.
"Oh , yes , they are always very anxious to
como aboard ships seeking the Invariable
ealuto which is duo them on departure , but
when It cornea to putting their han.ds In their
pockets to help us along they are suddenly
Attacked with an aggrevatcd raso of slck-
nesa , confining them to their homes. Out
It Is of little importance , their force Is about
ended , and our day will como soon , and
then " The face of the officer who was
speaking lit up with a sinister emllo which
boded no good for his autonomtcal associates.
General Blanco and members of his staff
sat through the entire performance. Spanish
merchants have agreed to pay their taxes
one year In advance , amounting to $4,000,000 ,
to place sufficient money in the bands of the
government to hurry the purchase of a
cruiser. Whether the proposition will be ac
cepted or not IB difficult to state , but It will
probably fall through If the action of the
members of the autonoinlcal government Sat
urday night may bo taken as Indicating their
true position toward the mother country. It
was a very undiplomatic proceeding In fail
ing to attend , for It has only tended to
tighten tension between < he factions and to
strengthen the popular suspicion thut their
loyalty to Spain is only feigned to accom
plish their ttnds.
Various autonomists explain the failure to
appear In the patriotic performance Saturday
night by the fact that it was the feoct day
of San Jose. As many lc 3 ° rs ot tbo party
arc named alter tb.U < ulot lb rank and flit
THE BEE BULLETIN.
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felt Impelled by sheer duty to pay their re
spects. Jose Maria Galves , president of the
council , and secretaries held a large recep
tions nt home. Various other shining au-
onomlcal lights rejoicing In the name of
Toso also held celebrations , by this means
.tttiMctlng . tholr satclltcs away from the
lore important patriotic demonstration. Sev-
.rat prominent gentlemen frankly told me
: hey would not permit their families to enter
i place ot amusement or any largo reunion
luring the piescnt critical period. They are
if raid of bomb tNplosons ! > . Thty also added
.hat they posltneiy know of various Borcc-
ona merchant ! ) who , after expulsion from
ipaln , have drifted here.
GEORGE BRONSON REA.
\V1UJCKIX "CHKW 1IIKS.
'orctiiNtcof Wlint tlic Future Mny
Have In Store ,
CopyrlKht. 1698 , by I'm * 1'ubllsliln.j ) Compnny. )
HAVANA. March 21. ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) One of the
.lerrltt . Wrecking company's men died upon
ho barge Chief about three hours ago. He
had been 111 two days , at flut with hemorr
hage of the stomach. Dr. Dudley of the
United States marine hospital service
esponded immediately. The man seemed to
ally quickly. In the afternoon ho said
ho was feeling better and thought he was
ccovorlng , but died two hours later of re
newed hemorrhage. The men on the wreck-
ng work have been dispirited over their work
In such surroundings as the Maine , bo < tu
above and below water , presents. Today's
death , the first of the season , Is not yellow
fever , but suggests the results of that
speedily coming epidemic.
Captain Sharp , In charge of the wrecking
company , will ses Consul General Leo early
n the morning to ask a special permission
to ship the body to Key West , as his com
rades earnestly desire his Interment on
American soil. Captain Slgeboc will be asked
for ono copper lined box now awaiting what
ever new bodies como up' from the wreck.
The llttlo fleet of tugs and barges are all
in mourning , and the whole picture of the
wreckekl Malno and the newly dead with
these he was diving to secure.
Ramcndez , press censor , candidate cf the
conservatives In tliu Cardenas district , gives
'tho ' name of the man who died as Henry
Williams. No one knows where his home
was. Ho Joined the tug at Norfolk , Va.
SYLVESTER SCOVEL.
COM * AVAVE SKJXAI , IS HOISTKD.
Wentlier Huron" Sc-oron Attain on n
Northern Predletlon.
General Grcely's Justly celebrated signal
service scored another on the Omaha public
yesterday. It announced a cold wave bright
nnd early In the morning. People were gen
erally somewhat skeptical as they saw the
whlto flag with a black center stand stiff
as a board In the brisk southeast breeze.
All day long the mercury climbed the tube ,
till It showed summer heat. It wavered < a
llttlo about 4 o'clock , and took a fresh hold
at 5 , when the wind died out. What else Is
told In this second message of warning , the
first of even date and tenor being still due
and unrealized :
WASHINGTON , ( March 21. Hoist cold
"wnvo flag ; te-mporaturo will full thirty to
forty degrees by Tuesday night.
This was adding Insult to Injury. The
cold wave flag bad been up all day ; the
mercury had already fallen from. 61 at 8
o'clock to 40 at 9 , a drop of twenty-ono de
grees , and was still dropping , and the wind
had swung clear around the compass and was
blowing dead from the north and as cold as
Klondike's glittering glaciers. But It was
vindicating the watchtul eye of the wcather-
man-
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\V1NTI2R SITS IN SIMII.VR'S LAP.
Terrlllc SiinTiHtiirin In Siveculiitf Over
South Dakota.
ABERDEEN , S. D. , March 21. ( Special
Telegram. ) A severe storm la now raging
hero , the worst of the season. A strong
north wind U drifting the snow badly -Tho
temperature is dropping rapidly. Stock on
the range will Buffer greatly.
MILLER. S. D. , March 21. ( Special Tel
egram. ) A snowstorm , with unseasonably
cold weather , prevails here , the most severe
storm ot the winter for stock on the ranges.
PIERRE , S. D. , March 21. ( Special Tele
gram. ) A driving snowstorm has prevailed
hero all this afternoon and It Is drifting
badly. It Is a reminder that four years ago
tonight trains were stalled In the yards hereby
by drifts and tonight promises about the
s-i mo.
HURON , S. D. , March 21. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The temperature has fallen twenty
degrees since morning and a severe enow and
wind storm prevails tonight over the north
ern and central portions of the state. Special
bulletins from the weather bureau gave ample -
plo tlmo to care for stock und no fcerlous
results are anticipated ,
I1ARNESVILLE , Minn. . March 21. A ter
rific wind and snowstorm cet In today , the
wind blowing at the rate ot sixty miles on
hour from the north , accompanied by blind
ing enow and < vand. All traffic Is delayed.
Tbo etorm promises to last all night.
FARGO. N. D. , March 21. The first real
blizzard of tha sconon prevails In Fargo to
night. There has been quite a fall of snow
during tbo day and the wind U whirling the
snow everywhere.
DENVER , Colo. , ( March 21. A blizzard
struck this vicinity this afternoon. Tbo
mercury fell from 56 degrees at 3 o'clock
to 14 at midnight , with every Indication of
going lover befor * morning. The wind blew
ft 4lt f Hit ! * MM * I U.
CARING FOR CUBANS
Details of the Work of Saving Starving
Boconccntrados.
CHARITY POURS OUT FREE AS WATEr ?
America's Great Heart Opens to the Poor
Suffir.rj.
WORK OF M'KINL'.Y'S ' ' RELIEF COMMITTEE
Thousands of Lives Saved by Open-Handed
Liberality.
BLANCO COMFLLED TO OUTDO WEYLEff
Ciiptnln ( ifiicrnl Will .Not Allow Ifm
CIIUIIIIH to Till tin- Moll Tilth.
/
. TeeN l.'iirnlNlied by ,
AincrlfiitiH.
( CopyrlRht , 1EM , by Press IMibllJlilns Compnny >
HAVANA. March 21. ( Now York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) American *
re now feeding all the starving Cubans and
pain must now stop complaining or allow
hem to work. Tools and seed and ground ,
ro here. .All that la needed Is permission.
Last October 500,000 peaceable Cubans hail
tarvcd , and as many more were starving.
The farms set apart by Weyler for their
upport wcro not cultivated , except in to-
lacco and sugar. Absolutely nothing wna
clng done for the slowly , wretchedly , pcr-
shlng tens of thousandu of Innocent pcr-
ions , principally women and children. A1
ew bits of food from the few Cuban families ,
who had It to give and slim charity fronv
no out of 1,000 Spanish merchants was
omethlng and nothing. Slnco then hundreds
if the remaining thousands have died. Thcscv
fere too far gone for food to help. But
tlicr hundrcdfl of thousands have been
avcd. Those could cat , and within tern
ays and as fast as railroads and steam-
ihlps can carry It there will be American
'ood ' In Cuba for every destitute person In It.
Tlio total hungry and starving people will
10 fed by another people. For the llrst tlmo-
n history one .nation will be taking BOO ! and
: onjjcto ? care of the charges of another.
Other famous relief movements have suc-
jorcd many , but this feeds all. The very-
Spanish press admits It and Is bitterly at-
acklng the fact. La Lucha ot yesterday
laysVo : have been unable to find In hls-
ory this case of one state > vhlch sustains
ho ncccasltles of another state. "
What the Spaniards fearfully bate cml
what the meat brilliant Havana dally hero
first announces In an article Is not that tbo
starv'r.g Cubans are being n.adc well , It 1
.bat they are being made Into Americana. A
fitomachful of cornmcal U a ctronger bid for
allegiance than 20,000 bannered torts and.
200,000 soldiers and the fact that American
basics and corn meal arc now as general over
Cuba aa Spculsh flagn and bayonets mak.i *
: ho Cuban feeling universal.
COMPLIMENTARY.
La Lucha , after statlivj the sharp con *
: rast between the great Spcr.ilah govern
mental carnivals in Spain and the great
American succor to starving Spanish subjects
.n Cuba says : "Not only have our neighbors
not forgotten , but they have augmented
their charity , which Is Irumcrao and each
tlay It { iromlscs to be greater Ln attaining1
the ends \\blch Its beginners and supportcra
have in mind. Truth , as it began In a email
governmmt donation of $30,000 , later in the
distribution of email quantities of food , then
clothes , medicines cad other things and to
morrow tli 1.5 charity will have organized
throughout the Island a great economic-
iltchen and a hospital capable ot feeding tr.il
sheltering each Its hundreds of persona. How
beautiful is charity. Do you not think ro ?
And all this has bcrci realized without noise ,
without machinery of any kind , with modesty
which really causes admiration and respect
and which weall _ ought to applaud , that late
to eay , all of us who are not men of govern ,
ment , because wo ought not to sco In thcso
great humane actions which our neighbors
are doing with the greatest disinterestedness
and solely upon Impulses of their generosity
any other end than humane attention fre
quently forgotten In their own country. "
Editor Sea Miguel , no matter how llttlo
ho appreciates tl'o real cause ot America' *
cfcarlty , fully kaows Its International re
sults , for sotne time Spanish papers hav
been virulently attacking American charity.
All have repeatedly made the point that In
feeding tall hungry Cubans America la mak
ing permanent the great pauper class. This
In the ono great fact used by all to force tha
liberal DIanco to curtail the privileges al
ready granted and to refuse any new re
quests. And this wmo clamor has caused
the captain general to decline to allow
Americana to completely euro tbo 111 they
proclaim. Spain refuses to allow the hun
gry to work. DIanco refuses permission for
Cubans to use American , tools and American
purchased tioa-l In raising their own food.
Tlio soil Is not allowed to support the Cu
bans. Spain condemns every ono of the des-
tltuto to die or American charity must con
tinue. Spain forccti the very thing It ob
jects to by refusing to allow the Cubans
to eupport themselves.
BLANCO OUTDOES WEYLER.
And Blanco xcems to have becci compelled
to outdo Wcylcr. Wcylcr established zoned
of cultivation about the concentrated towns
and n Inn co so far has refused the American
Cuban relief committee permission to put
tools and seeds in the reconcentrailow' bauds.
Wcio Weyler'a zones of cultivation cnly cul
tivated , were Ihe people only allowed to hep ! >
themselves , then American ( fiarlty would
eoon become superfluous in Cuba , there would
bo no pauper class , as Indeed there never
was on rich Cuban soil in peace times , and
Spaniards could then demand withdrawal of
outsldo aeals'anco ' without Insulting human
ity , The present great work is the result
of publicity , knowledge , eymratby , money
and lately good vigorous management. Whca
Weylrr ordered tbo country people Into the
towns of Cuba , many prophesied gome of tbo
results , but not ono foretold tbo fact ot
Cubans having died by starvation and lla.
attendant dlicaie which lias really resulted.
No ono paid attention even to the facts sus
taining prophesies. It took the proofs of the
Spanish prelates , of Spanish statementsand
even of the Spanish prws to convince ami
conviction came after half a million unarmed ]
people bad died.
Out since then American charity has
poured forth to an extent , I believe , not
generally understood. H l true that within
j ten days no one In Cuba need hunger. Their
I food will be coarse , but enough. Prom tb
lima tvbcn lb bumiM CvhM 4wtt W H
