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Digital page images are linked to the text file. trJ rt r11t fr j J L dI- Ii fit PD P CqoR IIUNTINO CASt I WATCHWlthn W Raymond Movement for 25OO iWitha VirstCIass l1uarinee at 11 JEWELtlYSTOUnI fr i O ililW of tL1 n NINTH YEAR EARLINGTON COUNTY KENTUCKY THURSDAY MARCH 31 1898 NO 13 i 1t 1 x Jul Text of the Report of the Court of Inquiry Based on Taken Interesting Extracts of Taken From Variousi Proven Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt but Cannot Be Fixed IT WAS A MINE Tho Mnino Court of In t A qulry So Reports to llio Presidenti t 1 1- I SPAIN IS NOT MENTIONED Captain Sigsboonnd thp Vessels v CrowAro Completely Exonerated FH1 MATtS BENT UPWARDS IrofcltlcntH Message to Congress DOCK Not Mont Ion t pssl blllty of War mntuilli the Heporl to Congress trllh No einrlllntr Statement nM lu IIU intentionAsk for De Hlicrnlo Co nil Itl era tlon I Weihlngton March WThe president Monday sent the following message U congress To the Congress of the United Stalest c For some time prlofcVo the visit of the Maine In Havana liarltor our consular rep rwientflllvn pointed out the advantages to flow front tho visit of national ships to the CuWfiiwalcr In accustoming the people tc th inei ee of Qtir flag as tho symbol ol go J1I anti cf our ships In tho fulfillment otKi mfcwlon prolcctlorflo American in tcTtite eyed thoUGh no need therefor might oxtxt Accunlingiy on the lIb ot January lastI uflcr conforeiico with tho Spanish minister I In which the renewal of visits of our Will veftsiI to Spanish waters was discussed and accepted tho peninsular authorities at- Mal1rloland Havana wcro advised of the of this government to resume friendly novil Visits at Cuban ports ansi that In thAt view tho Maine would forth with call at the port of Havana p L 3lnIuie nt linsahs fTMiJiiiT6uhecmentnr as receIved by the Spanish appcecintionof mhe friendly chacter of theVisit otthe Vulno and with iio1iflition of Jntcnllon I I to return the courtesy by pending Span p Uh ships to the principal ports of the United CtaIL Mtnnwhll the Maine en tereti tlie of Havana on thoMth of JaIlJi ryJit arrival being marked with no clauncldtnl besides the exchange ot- eUItomitr11111ulu I and cacmonlsl vWts The Mains continued In the harbor of a llnvnna during the three week follow Ins hir arrival No appreciable exciter mrnt aUtridcd her slayl on the contrary I a couch of rttt and confidence tho resumption of the long Interrupted friendly Intercourse So noticeable was this immediate effect of her visit that the consulgeneral strongly urged that the prsecnco of our ships In Cuban waters should be kept up by retaining the Maine at Havana or In the event of her recall by lendh11t there a vwsol to take her place The ratal Erenlnif 1AtG minutes past nine on tho evening 15th of February tho Maine was cTeilroycd by an explosion by which the entire forward part of the ship was ut I rly wrecked in this catastrophe two officers and SCO of her crew perished those who were not killed outright by her cx- ldoJon being penned between docks by the tangle of wreckage and drowned by the ImmediAte sinking of the hull Prompt assistance wiTi rendered by tho neighbor Ing veraela anchored In the harbor said being especiallY given by the boats of p the Spanish cruiser Alphonso XII and thc Ward line steamer CUT of Washington which lay not tar distant The wounded were generously cared for by the authori ties of Havana the hospitalsbeing freely opened to them while the earliest recov Ierr bodies of the dead were Interred by ttt municipality in a public cemetery In the city Tributes of grief and sympathy were offered from all official quarters of the Island A1 Cauiril Intense Tiscltjcnirnt I The appalling calamity fell upon the peo I do of our country with crushing force and for R brief little lfl Intense excitement pre vailed which In a community lest just and selffoplrolled thsn oUrs might have led to hasty acts of blind resentment This spir II however soon save way to the calmer processes of reason and to the resolve to In vestigate tho facts and await the material proof before forming a jUdgmept as lo the r cause the responsibility and It the facts warranted tho remedy due This course necessarily recommended Itself from the outset to the executive for only In the light of a dispassionately ascertained certainty could It determine nature and measure qf tta full duy Ih tho matter Tho usual procedure was followed as In all cases of casualty or disaster to national vessels of any maritime state A court bf Inquiry was at once organized composed of officers well qualified by rank and practical experience to discharge the onerous duty Imposed upon them Aided by a strong force of wreckers and divers the court proceeded to make a thor ough Investigation on the spot employing every available means for the Impartial b and exact determination of the causes ol the explosion Its have been conducted With tho utmost deliberation and 4 Judgment and while Independently pur sued no sourco of Information was neglect td and the fullest opportunity was allowed forlt simultaneous Investigation by the Spanish authorities The Vlnillnu of Iho Court The finding of the court of Inquiry was reached after 23 days of continuous labor On the 21st of March Inst and having 5 Seen approved on tho 22d by tho commander In chief of the United States naval force of the North Atlantic station was o transmitted to tho executive 5 U Is herewith laid before congress to aether with the voluminous testimony taken before the court Us purport Is In brief as follows IVhen tho Maine arrived at Havana she was by the regular governments pilot to buoy No 4 to which sho wee moored In from 64 to C fathoms of water The state of discipline on board arid the condition of her magazine boilers coat bunkers and storage compartments aret passed In review with tho conclusion that Excellent order prevailed and that WUP died tlon df any cause for an Internal cxpii tiop existed In any quarter At eight oclock In the evening of Feb ruary jevsrythlng had been reported BO t reandall WM quiet At 40 minutes past nine oclock the vessel oa idd nly destroyed Two I2iploslon There were two distinct explosions with a brief injjMVal between them The first hr l1Ie part Of the ship very tlI11 the second whIch wu more r is attributc41 by the court to the rartlaf exploilpn of two or morifi of the for- 1war3 agazIneL 4 3 rr rr d it st 1 t r r i- It The evidence of the divers establishes that the after part of the ship was prac tically Intact and sank In that condition a- very few minutes after the explosion The fqrward part was completely demolished Upon the evidence of concurrent external cause the finding of the court Is as follows At frame IT the outer shell of tho ship from a point 1114 feet from the middle line of the ship and six feet above the keel when In its normal position has been forced up so as to bo now about four feet above tho surface of the water therefore about 31 feet above where It would bo had the ship sunk uninjured Plati1 heat Inward The outside bottom plating Is bent Into a reversed V shape the after wing of vihinb UAIU IK broad and 82 feet In length from frame 17 to frame 25 Is doubled hack upon Itself against the continuation of the same plating extending forward At frame IS the vertical keel Is broken In alncular Plates This break Is about six feet be low the surface of the water and about 30 positionIn effect could have been produced only by the ex plosion of a mine situated under tho bot I IVI Qt torn ot the ship at about frame IS and somewhat on the port side of the ship Concluxlotm of the Court The conclusions of the court That the loss of tho Maine was not In any respect duo to fault or ncllgcnco on the part of any of tho officers or members of her crew That tho ship was destroyed by the ex plosion of a submarine mine which rausci tho partial explosion of two or more of her forward magazines and That no evidence has been obtainable fix Ing tM for the destruction of the Maine upon any person or persons I have directed that the finding of the court of Inquiry and the views of this gov eminent thereon be to the government of her majesty the queen and I do not permit myself to doubt that the sense of Justice of tho Spanish nation will dictate a course of action suggested honor and the friendly relations of the two duty of tho executive to ad vise the congress of the result and In tho meantime deliberate consideration Is Invoiced Signed WILLIAM MKINLEY Executive Mansion March 23 1898 THE Statements at Capt Sampson un His Associate llased on TeM tlmonr Taken Tho following It tho full text of there of the courtof inquiry United States Steamship Iowa Firs nate Key West Fla Monday March 2J IBM After full aJdmatura consldoratlo of all the testimony before It tho 50111 finds as follows tI teI 1 That the United States battleship Maine irrlvcd In the harbor of Havana Cuba on the 25th day of January JSOS and was taken to buoy No 4 In from five and a half to six fathoms of water by tho regular government pilot Tho United States consul general at Havana had notified tho authorI- ties at that place the previous evening of the Intended arrival of tho Maln- oUUclplInc Wnsi Excellent 2 Tho state of discipline on board tho Maine was excellent and all orders and regulations Ip regard to the care and safety of tho ship wcro strictly carried out Alt ammunition was stowed away In accordance with Instructions and proper care was taken whenever ammunition was handledNothing was stowed In any of the magazines or shell rooms which was not permitted to be stowed thera Tho magazines and shell rooms were al ways locked after having been opened and after the destruction of the the keys were found in their proper place In tho cap Iains cabin everything having been re ported secure that evening at eight p m Was Normal The of tho magazines and shcllrOoms were taken dally and reported The only magazine which had an undue SECONDCLASS 1itY1JllWr nto tnchto are responsibility communicated by governmentsIt one I amount of heat was the after tenInch mag- I trine and that did not explode at the time tho Maine was destroyed Tho torpedo war heads wero all stowed In Uio of tcrpart of tho ship under the ward room and neither caused nor participated In tho destruction of tho Maine Tho dry gun cotton primers and deton ators were stowed In tho cabin aft and remote from the sccno of the explosion Tho waste was carefully looked after on board the Maine to obviate danger Spa givenbyVarnishes dryers alcohol and other corn bustibles of this nature were stowed on Dr abovo the Malwulwk ni mnld not have had anything to do with the destruc tion of the Matno Tho medical stores wero stowed nft under ward room and remote from the Iceno of the explosion No dangerous stores of tiny kind were towed below In any of the other atoro rooms Coal flankers Tho coal bunkers were Inspected Of those bunkcrj adjoining the forward rung ailne and shell rooms four were empty namely D 3 134 D 5 and D 6 A 15 had I MIDSHIP SECTION OF THE I L Scale 110 ficli hO ono root JICOURTS REPORT 6 Temperature temperatures jeen In uno thdt day antI A IS tiU full of New River coal Thjs coal had been carefully Inspected bcfcro receiving It tn J board Thebunker Itl which It WitS stowid was accessible on three jUts at all limes and tho fourth vide at this time on no count ot bUl1ketsn 4 and n G bipg empty This bunker A 16 had been Inspected cothal day by the engineer officer on duty Tho lre alarms In tho bunkers were ID working order and there had never been a case of spontaneous combustion of coal on board the t After Holler Only In Use The two after boilers of thlllsblp wcro In rJ D d use at the time of tho disaster but for auxiliary purposes only with a comparatively low pressure of steam and being tended by a reliable watch These boilers could not have caused the explosion of the ship Tho four forward boilers have alnco been found by the divers and are In a fair conditionOn night of the destruction of tho Maine everything had been reported so euro for the night at eight p m by reliable persons through tho proper author Itlea to tho commanding officer At tho time the IAtn was destroyed the ship was quiet and therefore least liable to accident caused by movements from those on board Were Two Explosions I The destruction of tho Maine occurred at 040 p m on the 15th day of February IS98 In tho harbor of Havana Cuba be ing at tho tlmo moored on the same buoy to which she bad been taken upon her ar rivalThero wero two explosions of a distinctly different character with a very short but distinct Interval between them and the forward part of the ship was lifted to a marked degree at the time of the first ex plosion Tho first explosion was more In tho na Sure of a report like that of a gun while Iho second explosion moreopen pro longed and of greater volume This sec I THE I Sel11ow S I 6 i I r i Ind explosion was In the opinion of tho sourt caused by tho partial explosion of two or more of the forward magazines of tho Maine Condition of the Vreek 4 The evidence bearing on this being principally obtained from divers did not enable tho court to form a definite con elusion as to tho condition of tho wreck although It was established that the after part of the ship was InlAct and sank in that condition a very few minutes after the destruction of the for ward part Tho following facts In retard to the for ward part of the ship use however es tablished by the testimony I THE OF 133 one foot the Inspected was practically That portion of the port side of the pro tective deck which extend from about upIfrom about frame SO to about frame 41 vas blown up aft anti slightly over to starboard folding the forward tart of the middle superstructure over and on top of the after part This was In the opinion of the court caused by tho partial explosion of two or more of the forward magazines of the Mama riatca Forced VP- S At frame 17 the outer shell of the ship from tt point IVA feet from the middle linn of the ship and six feet above the keel when In Its normal position has been forced up so as to be now about four feet above the surface of the water therefore about 34 feet above whero It would be had the ship sunk uninjured The outside bottom plating Is bent Into a reversed V shape the after wing of which about 15- net broad and 22 feet in length from uponjtielfplating extending forward Intwosimilar to the anglo formed by the outside bottom plating This break Is now about ilx feet Kiow the surface of the water and about 0 fet abovo Its normal position rituncil by A Mine In the opinion of the court this effect rould havo been produced only by tho explosion of a mine situated under the bottom of tho ship at about frame IS and somewhat on the port side of the ship 6 The court finds that the loss of the Maine on the occasion named was not In any respect due fo fault or negligence on inu part df any of tho officers or members of the crew of saId vessel 7 In the opinion of the court the Maine was destroyed by tho explosion of a sub marino mlno whicH caused tho partial ex plosion of two or moro of her forward magazines 8 The court his been unable to obtain ov klenco fixing tho responsibility for the destruction of the Maine upon any person or personsW T SAMPSON Captain U SN President A MAIUX I outonant Commander U B N Judge AdvocateThe PlnilhifT Approved Tho court having finished the Inquiry it was prderodto malo adjourned at 11 n m to await tho action of tho convening au thority W SAMPSON Captain U 8 N President A MAIUX JUlgeAdvocMeU 8 Kingship Now York March 22 1S9S Off Key West Fta The proceedings and findings ot the court of Inquiry In the abova case arllapprovedJ sIcARn Rear Admiral Commander In Chief of the U S Naval Force on the North Atlantis Station u 1 i r iii1BY WITNESSES Extract cf Important Testimony JTaken by the Court Lieut Potrolioni Story Told on the Thirst Dny of the Sesulon Im- l urnnl Dlicovcrlci Blmle tin to Thnt Time Washington March SThe following are portions of the testimony Ensign WV N Powelson was called theiUhlrd day of the court lIe testified that he had been present on the Maine avoir day from tho arrival of tho boat Tern and during a great deal of the diving In reply to a question to toll the court lit about the condition of tho wreck ho lafd the forward part of the ship forward of the after smokestack had been to all ippearanccs completely destroyed The conning tower lay In a position opposite the door leading to the superstructure aft ind to starboard Inclined at about 110 do trees to tho vertical with the top of the conning tower In board Continuing ho described with close detail the condition under tho main deck en the port side The Oxtures were completely wrecked whllo fixtures In tho same position on the star board side wcro In eomo cases almost In tact Tho port bulkhead between the main and berth decks at tho conning tower sup port had been blown aft on both aides butt great deal moro on the port than on the starboard side The flreropm hatch imme diately abaft of the conning tower had been blown in three directions aft to starboard and to port The protective dock under tho conning tower supports was bent In two directions tho plates on the star board sldo being bent up and on the Iuboard side bent down to In repiy to an inquiry as to whethet he meant with reference to their original positions Ensign Powelson replied affirma Uvely The beam supporting the pro tective deck a few Inches abaft of tho ar mored tube to port of the midship line was berit up to starboard of the mid ship line Just forward of the conning tower underneath tho deck two beams met at right angles ono beam was broken and pushed from port to starboard A grating was found on the pcop awning Junt forward of the after searchlight A piece of the side plating Just abaft of the starboard turret was visible This plate was bent outward and then the for ward end bent upward and folded backward upon Itself This plate was sheared from the rest of the plating below the water line This plating below the water line has been pushed out to starboard The armored gratings of the engine room hatch wero blown off A strainer was picked up from tho bottom on the starboard quarter at a point about opposite the poop capstan and about 70 feet from It Tho chief engineer thought tho strainer was from the firemens wash room It was nob a strainer In the ships tide Near the piece of outsldo plating to which WitneSS reicrrcd above he said there WHO pieces of red shellaced planks On these planks was bolted a composition track two Inches wide and an inch thick Ensign Powelson then asked if the meant for Mm to say anything about what the divers reported or Just what he saw The Judge advocate replied that he would like to havo him state any Important dti joverlos which might lead tho court to Iraw some conclusion as to the cause and If a diver gave such information to itato tho divers name Before doing so the Judge advocatesked witness to stato X tho forward und after part of tho ship were In line Ensign Powelson replied that as far as 1e could Judge they were not Tho end where the explosion oc mrred seemed to bo pushed from port 0 starboard tOm lIve to ten degrees ho Ihould Judge with the apex to the starboard Tho divers reported to witness that it a point where the tenInch shell room Ihould be they discovered tenInch shells regularly arranged but the ship had sunk sown so much that some of the shells wire In the mud- Gunner Morgan reported that in walking on the bottom ho fell Into a bole on the port SMo and went down In the mud Ho also reported that as far as ho could Judcro everything seemeu to be bent the vicinity of this hole He also reported that tho plates seemed to have been pushed over to the starboard and then bent down Ensign Powelson then said that a six Inch powder tank that he saw appeared to bo an empty tank broken by the explosion as it was not badly dented and merely ripped the length of the seam A tenInch tank was badly battered out of any con ceivable the witness said tho divers up to the night before he was then on the stand had not been on tho outside of tho ship The mud was too deep for them to walk on tho bottom f c liii r What Is the condition of tho starboard turret witness was asked To my knowledge It has not been found ilr was the reply He understood something had been found under the place where tho turret formerly was but Its exact pharactcr had not been determined Impressions of Ensign Fovrclson What Impression Is produced upon your mind by the reports as far as you have uoted them 1 Ensign Powelson was asked From reports alone or from the appear anco of tho wreck T Either from such reports or the condi tions which you believe to exist The Impression produced upon me re plied the witness Is that an explosion took place welt to port of tho midship line and at a point In tho length about opposite the onnlng tower of things above water lie gave no weight gun might have been mistaken about IIReferring to his notes mado of things on the Maine Ensign Powelson said that tho aroottho engine room telegraph and tho shaft of tho steering gear coming down through the armored tube turret was bent from port to starboard The port side of LATE BATTLESHIP MAINE PRqFI the protected deck was covered with a riroasy deposit tho starboard side being free from ItTho forward smoke pipe between the main and decks did not show signs of the Internal pressure of gases On the main deck forward of the afterangleplatootwood was still attached to that part on the towerbasewould Indicate that the pressure lifted the protective deck up on the port side and the orctcctlvo deck on the starboard sideQ IIOJLD PLANS THE MAINE Scale inch MAINE Maine composition court shape- Continuing comparatively superstructure held fast and bent that deck downward Witness here exhibited two sketches to the court showing diagram of various parts of the sunken ship and explained them to the courtThe witnesss evidence about the strip rolled back was recalled to him and Pow elson said he could see pInto underneath It was bent outward as ho could see it as It was only two feet under water where the shear occurred Witness had taken soundings and had found five fathoms of water on both sides of the Maine down to the mud Taking a 14pound lead line and dragging with a wherry for abstractions on the port side dragging close to where he thought the wa ter ways would be found he found no ob structions whatever On the starboard side ho found obstructions for 20 feet where ho had reason to believe the waterways had originally been In answer to questions ho aald thero was nothing loft of the port plating at all lIe dragged along tho outside to seo If anything had fallen out and found nothing Wit ness thought tho ship on tho port side wits entirely gone opposite a point Indicated on a diagram handed the court It was entirely blown out This concluded Ensign Powclsons testimony on the third day A flyers Story Chief Gunners Mate Olsen of the United States steamer Iowa told how ho had been sent to Havana for tho purpose of doing diving duty on the wreck lIe had descended fQur times making about eight or nine hours of total examination Olsen told how on his first descent ho went over the forward part of the ship To use his own expression ho said I found the wreck all blowed up I found a lot of grate bars down there The second time ho went down further forward and there located a lot of tenInch shells For ward of those the plates were bent Inboard over them Asked If ho Imagined himself looking for ward ho stated that ho did Going over tho plates ho struck Into a lot of sixInch shells with the slings on them Going to the right wltntu stated ho found a lot of wreckage starboard Into tho cranks and brought out several sixpounder Shells The next tlmo he wenfdovrn Olsen testi ofthebottom along and found Uat the ships sldo was blown outboard and along the crane It could lie walked on At tho part whore she U blown up com pletely Witness said part of her bottom thobottomunderneaththebent In About three feet forward of thatspot there Is a piece of Iron laid the thedouhIper sternAmidships thero Is an ofthelIVer starboard completely It stands downItboard t c i i 5 I j i 1AIVOR RUPAIRINO TO f V 44 a D SisIt 3CIUICr 2TaSisoirniIk- j t j KIHCIIDOEHFFER who as bad 25 years t7 1 j Lexperience with lirslcla reference tt1 i Io V I 1 x HOPKINS PRESIDENTS MESSAGECONCLUSIONS OF THE COURT Testimony Important Testimony It1WitnessesTreachery Responsibility lrtherquestlonssaldhis tailingInlo platInG IKE INQUIRYTESTIMONY Facts Told by Witnessaa to Offi cers of the Maine Court THEY ALL POINT TO SPANISH TREACHERY Gapt Sleabeo Took Extra Procnn- tlonj to Guard Ills Ship from I Harm Coninl General Lee and Others TestifyI I Washington March 29Tho Immense mass of testimony taken by tho Maine court of Inquiry was sent to the senate Mon day and with the presidents message dud findings of the court referred to the com mlttee on foreign relations Thotcstlmony was taken on IS different days tho fourteenth day however being devoted to view ing tho wreck Every witness who was known to have any Information that could throw light upon tho great disaster was culled to give his testimony Tho story of tho destruction of tho vessel Is told not graphically but In a manner which gives all tho obtainable facts No technical de tail Is omitted Every movement and Incident connected with tho Maine from the lime sho left Key West until tho last diver examined the wreck slowly sinking in tho mud of Havana harbor Is given It Is n story Intensely Interesting to the people Those who read It could havo little doubt as to whether there was an Internal or ex ternal explosion Perhaps the most sig nificant testimony Is that showing the bottom plates on tho port side of the Ill fated Maine to bo bent inward and up wirrd a result that hardly could have fol lowed anything savo an explosion from tho outside A mass of testimony is submitted I showing the caro exercised on board tho ship by Capt Blgsbeo and his officers and the apparent Impossibility of tho accident occurring by any internal cause such as tho heating of tho bunkers spontaneous I based combustion or so many other theories were The testimony of Capt Slgsbeo Is of the I greatest Importance and perhaps Is of more general Interest than that of any other man called before the bottrd With great care and minuteness ho gives an ac count of the management Of the ship how she was handled what was done from day to day on board how she wined Into Ha vane her anchorage and what he knew about IIJ and In fact every point upota which the government and the country desires to bo Informed Nothing In Capt Slgsbecs testimony shows that the anchor age was changed or that It was considered dangerous by anyone Second to tho Importance of tho testS EnsignIand knew from day to day wHat these divers found This officer was minutely Informed as to the construction of the Maine and everything about her His testimony was to a certain extent tech nical bearing upon the construction of the ship her plates etc but It was from these plates and this technical knowledge that he was ablo to declare that tho explosion took jjjaeo from fhaoutilde The divers Morgan Olsen and Smith all contributed Important evidence They 1fI QEN FITZHUGH LEE testified that the plates were bent Inward on the bottom port side and outward on the starboard side The story of the explosion Is told by dif terent witnesses and ads little to what Capt Slgsbee and Commander Walnwrlght related Nothing In tho testimony fixes responsi bility no conspiracy Is apparent no knowl edge of the planting of a mine Is shown Capt Slgsbeo states that a somewhat bitter feeling existed against tho American Ship and Americans generally and a wit ness whOso name Is suppressed tells of overhearing a conversation among Spanish officers and a citizen Indicating a fore knowledge of tie destruction of the Maine by Intention to blow her up An official of the American consulate tells of Informa I tlon received anonymously tending to show that a conspiracy crlated But nothing is definitely stated which fixes any responsi bUlly upon Spain or her subjects Gen Leo Testifies Consul General Fltzhugh Leo appeared before tho court on March 8 Hla testi mony related to tho official formalities preceding tho Maines arrival On January 24 be received a message from tho state de partment saying that tho Mama would bo sent to Havana on a friendly visit to re sumo the regular status of naval relations between the two countries and hb was ordered to make arrangements at tho pal ace for the rtxclmnso of official courtesies Alter a call at tho palaco ho sent the state department a cipher message saying Authorities profess to think tho United States has ulterior purposo In vending tho ship Bay It will obstruct autonomy and produce excitement and most probably a demonstration Ask that It not bo dono till they can get Instructions from Mad rid soy that If for friendly purpose as claimed delay Is Important It was too late however the Maine had already sailed She arrived next day and leo reported her arrival to the state de par Imen S All llefrnlnlloiifi Curried Out Leut Commander TUchord Wainwright testified that tho regulations In regard to paints end Inflammables and all other precautions were strictly carried out on board ship Every possible caro was taken to avoId accident All visitors were scrutinized before being allowed to come on board tho ship Nobody wan allowed un arcnmmnlcd Socclal lookouts were ro i Aycrs Sarsnparllla is GOOD foralldlscnsentltatmnvotholrorigin SETTER than other cnrsaparlllas better made of better Ingredient anti by better mcthpds Its record of cures proclaims It tho I BEST S w The Roolls the rlghett grade bnoPowder known Aduol tets show It goes coo third rrUler then any other IIfId ROAiU4K 1 iAbsolutely ROYAL cuucm poworo co ktw YORIC quire at flight No unauinottzoa boats were allowed to apprdach tho ship There WitS fine discipline obedient crow quiet men 1I was In tho captains office at time of tho explosion felt a very heavy shock and heard nolso of falling objects on deck Thought the ship was being fired upon Was told by captain to seo boats were lowered Ho saw few men coming mostly officers Ho saw no reason to flood the magazine because water was coming up He taw fa forward Boats began to crod around the wreck Ho Induced boats to take tho wounded to different vessels He ordered a list taken of tho saved and wounded Thero was excellent discipline slier tho explosion Orderswero followed with promptness of a drill Tho only or der not obeyed was the order to leave the ship He first examined the wreck at daylight the following morning He took a gljr wllli- Meiit Mood and a tow men and attempted to board the wreck Ho was warned ort by an armed boata crow of Spaniards and then pulled around tho wreck There wero still somo burning fragments Capt Slciuea Testifies Capt Slgsbee In testifying before the court of Inquiry which convened in the harbor of Havana Monday February 21 said that he assumed command of the Maine on April 10 1637 and that his ship arrived In the harbor of Havana tho last tlmo January 24 1893 The authorities at Havana knew of tho Maines coming Con BUlGeneral Leo having Informed the au thorities according to oOlclal custom After lie took on an official pilot sent by the captain of the port of Havana the snip was berthed in tho manofwar anchorage oft the Machine or the Shears and ac cording to his understanding was 010 of the regular buoys of the place lie then stated that he had been luHA i I vana In 1S72 and again In 1S9S JHe could not stato whether the Maine was placed In the usual berth for men ofwar but said that he had heard remarks since the explosion using Capt Stevens temporarily in command of the Ward line steamer City of Washington as Authority for the statement that he had never known in all his experience which CAPT SIOSBEE covered visits to Havana for five or six years a manofwar to be anchor d at that buoy that he had rarely known merchant vessels to be anchored there and that It was the least used buoy in the har bor In describing the surroundings when first moored to this buoy Capt Slgsbeo stated that the Spanish manofwar Al phonso XII was moored in the position now occupied by the Fern about 250 yards to the northward and westward of the Maine The German ship Grlcnau was anchored at tho berth now occupies by the Spanish manofwar Legaspe which is about 400 yards about duo north from tho Maine lie then located the German man otwar Charlotte which came Into the harbor a day or two later which was an chored to tho southward of the Maines berth about 400 or tOO yards In describing tho surroundings at the time of the explosion Capt Slgsbee stated that the night was calm and etlll The Alphonso XII was at tho same berth Legaspehadberth occupied by the German manofwar Grlesenou which had left Tho steamer City of Washington was anchored about theMalnesTho Maine coaled at Key West taking on rogtlariyinspected unerallyIncelvcd from tho chief engineer that any coal had been too long In fho bunkers and that the lire alarms in tho bunkers wcro sensitive llcRulntloui Strictly Carried Ont In so far as tho regulations regarding In Signbeostrictly carried out In regard to storago had that the waste also was subject to tho seine careful disposition As to tho sit nation of the paint room ho fixed It as In tho eyes o tlid ship Just below the berth dock the cxtremo forward compartment As for the disposition of Inflammables they were stowed In chests according to tJorog InIaxcesslito be kept In the bathroom of the adralsg- abln Regarding tho elcctrla plant thq Memo Capt Slgsbee stated that there wan no serious grounding sudden flaring up of tho lights before tho explosion but n sudden and total eclipse As for regu temperaturoOfthero were no special regulations other than the uaual regulations required by tho temperaturohImselfofficer as qtM various temperatures and the content tnagazlnes and accord Ing to thO oplnI6fl hi ofliceras well as Blgsbee the emrerv1urellwero never at tho ftalncato Marl x Ho had no recollection of any work go ing on In tho magazine or shell rooma en the day of She explosion The keys were called fOlln the usktal way on the day In question and were prppsrly returned At the time of the disaster the two after boilers In the after tIre room were In usahe Cfl5sA th kviyl sotqma AipAnhnf CealiaBed on Fonrb Pajfe i IOQ l 3ee PAUL M MOORG Editor and Minieer BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY Incorporated Entered the Pctloffice It Brlhl ton ai Second CUM matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES Una Year atrletlylnadvance H oo Six Months 50 ThreeMomhs tI il 25 Single 3 Specimen coplea mailed tree on application Correspondents wanted In all parts the county ns for particulars THURSDAY MARCH 31 1898 flame and Kentucky We present today to the read- S ers of TilE BEE the full story of the tragic end of the good battle ship Maine with her precious car- r go of brave American boys sacri ficed oh the altar of heroism and the first chapter in the story of the majestic new Kentucky who was consigned to the arms of old ocean with the purest sentiment and the deepest strongest patriotism She is a firstclass fighter with a fighting name and as all hope a glorious career Truly if the hearts wish of the staunch citizens of this grand Commonwealth may- a in the slightest degree be realized her career will be gloriousalthough shernay not have part in early hostilities should they come But these weighty events are full of deepest interest to all Ken tuckians all Americans and TilE BEE has spared no expense no labor to give its readers both re ports in fullest detail possible and with handsome and valuable illus trations j Therejr are other weekly and ot semiweekly papers in this section 1 but none that give so certainly and so well the important special news features that occur from time to time Whiskey at the Christening TilE Kentuckians who committed a gross breach of propriety hy in truding themselves and their whiskey bottles upon the beautiful and distinguished ceremonies at the christening of the great battle ship Kentucky have since received slight comfort at the hands of the press of the country Indeed some of those who thus put a reproach upon the State and whose names have been mentioned have been given no little unpleas ant notoriety And they deserve it Most of those who broke their small whiskey flasks on the battle ship did it in a spirit of fun and with no intention of offense Some actedotherwise and all made a mistake Southern Corn Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is still pushing the introduction of American corn abroad and has asked an appropriation to make an extensive and creditable display of our chief cereal at the Paris exposi tion where he will endeavor to show our friends across the ocean the sweotness wholesomeness and low cost of corn in its various bread and food combinations If the Secretary wants to catch the palate of the fastidious he should use only Southern corn A COTTON factory is worth more to a town than a Congressman Ac One good industrial item is worth more than a column of po litical news or views In two sentences the Jackson Miss correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune condenses a volume of truth The sentiments should be kept at the head of I every editorial page in the South and followed literally To these might added a third A politician may be a detriment to a town a cotton mill can be only a benefit Manufacturers Record TilE sensational report charging Mrs Pickett with intrusion and with having broken a bottle of whiskey on the prow of the Ken tucky crowding the christening party etc is shown to be entirely without foundation and that lady the wife of G hfl Pickett the con federate hero was prostrated by the report She did not break the bottle given her but took it home i as a souvqnir There were many of these diminutive bottles and they were made to be souvenirs o- folhe occasion ko DISPATCHES say thatJhe Gravest County grand jury in session at Mayfield has returned something near three hundred indictments 1 and that a number arc against the ATmembers of the mobs that recently lynched the negro Dick Allen r 1 charged with burglary and whipped other negroes of that ji IOWA The mills sometimes grind I I S exceeding slow as well as exceed ing fine but outrages may notal ways be tolerated and it looks as if Mayfield mob makers are losing their occupation Gov BRADLEY in his eloquent speech at the Christian Christen ing of the Kentucky spoke of the christening of ships among the Vikings the highwaymen of the seas He said the Kentucky was not so christened but with spark ling water from the spring which quenched the infant thirst of him who gave freedom to a race and saved our country from destruc tion ALL young Americans have thought so and now a letter of General Grants has been discov ered which he wrote a few years ago and in which he declared that the capture of Havana would be a comparatively easy task for any firstclass power and especially easy for the United States in case of war with Spain Gov BRADLEYS graceful and brilliant response to the toast Kentucky at the christening of the battleship stirred the most en thusiastic applause from the listening multitudes and has been echoed with high praises from coast to coast This notable speechappears in Tilt BEE in full today CAPT RODLEY D EVANS well known as Fighting Bob Evans has been placed in commandof the Iowa the most powerful battleship in the navy He has only one good leg and is the only crip pie in the navy but deserves his name and is anxious for a brush with Spaniards ACTING Governor Worthington killed the anticigarettee bill on the ground unconstitutionally An unconstitutional law is worthless but is too bad that a bill could not have been so drawn as to stand the test and drive all the coffin nails at one blowout of the State Citizens of Elkton Guthrie Adairville and vicinity are torn and divided as to whether they trem bled with fear Tuesday morning at an earthquake shock or at the ragged edge of the Clarksville powder mill explosion It was probably the latter TIlE available cash balance in the National Treasury is 214710 577 The gold reserve has in creased to s1727t535 1 The war spirit rather increases than diminishes the governments comfortable supply of these necessary e sinewsEXSENATOR J S C BLACKBURN who was stricken by a severe at tack of indigestion at Newport News while attending the launching of the Kentucky is reported to have recovered Adjutant General Collier says Kentucky has about ten thous and welldrilled men we can furnish on a moments notice and could raise five times that many in case of war THE Louisville Commercial is making great strides in the ranks of the city dailies and is rapidly growing in popularity as a news gather JUDGE JOHN D WHITE of the Kentucky Court of Appeals says that Ollie James will not win the Congressional nomination in the First district TIlE President and Congress have put on the war paint as well as the White Squadron ExPresident Cleveland Compliments flcKinley ExPresident Cleveland sayseel think the Government at Washington is pursuing exactly the right course It could do nothing else and maintain the national honor SITUATION STILL IMPROVES No New Smallpox Cases at Ilk dlesboro for Several Days Middlesboro Ky March 29 No new cases or suspected small pox cases were reported today Seven inmates of the pesthouse and the detention hospital were released Next Sunday the various churches will hold services for the first time in eight weeks The pub lic schools and Middlesboro University will probably reopen next Monday It is thought the quarantine will be raised on April 5 Special Reduced Rates Over L N to Nashville The L N Railroad will sell round trip tickets to Nashville at one and onethird fares March 31st to April 3d inclusive limited to April 12th account of Spring Running Races Will also sell roundtrip tickets at one fare March 31St to April ist limited to April 2d account Opening Day W W ETHERIDCE Agent Earlington Ky White river in Arkansas is at a flood stage and the town of Newport is threatened Cd I Strong steady nerves Are needed for success Everywhere Nerves Depend simply solely Upon the blood Pure rich nourishing Blood feeds the rierves Andmakes them strong The great nerve tonic is Hoods Sarsaparilla Because it makes The blood rich and Pure giving it power To feed the nerves Hoods Sarsaparilla Cures nervousness iv Dyspepsia rheumatism Catarrh scrofula And all forms of Impure blood I t NO ARMISTICE President McKinley Tells the Spanish THAT CUBA MUST BE FREED Presidentss Purpose Firm and Unswerving New York March 29Special- A Washington special to the Press tonight says President McKinley has in formed the Spanish Government that no proposition for an armistice will be considered by the Govern ment of the United States which does not contemplate the ultimate independence of Cuba A demand was made upon Spain by the State Department to day for immediate response to the Presidents practical ultimatum uThis is President McKinleys method of determining the negotia tions which have actively been in progress between Madrid and Washington for the last fortyeight hours uThe correspondence has been of exceeding importance and when laid before Congress will show to the world the active efforts of the President in behalf of the CubansPresident McKinley realizing that the climax in the Spanish sit uation has culminated he has been pressing the contention Of the United States for peace with vigorI and will hope for a peaceful settleI mant But Spain has not respond eerwith that promptness which the situation requires and events have been crowding each upon the other so rapidly that he realizes the American people have grown im patient to the point of revolt There probably is no better judge of public oplmonthan the President of the United States He has kept in touch with it from the beginning of the Spanish trou ble If his methods have seemed too deliberate they have been none the less patriotic and insistent There has been only a single pur pose in the Presidents mind from the startpeacably if possible but by force if necessary Spanish dominion in Cuba must come to an endHow soon the Spaniards can be brought to a realization of their danger in the present crisis can not be told but to avoid war Spain must right about face and admit the justice of the position which has been assumed by this country However this may be the Presi dent understands from recent de velopments that Congress no longer will wait upon Spanish rep resentations The sending of that fleet of min iature vessels is regarded as a mes senger of hostile intent If it be true that a second torpedo flotilla has departed from Cadiz for the Canaries to meet the Cristobal Colon with Weyler aboard it will be considered declaration of war by Spain The President will be requested to give warning to Spain that her flotillas shall be turned back They must not advance to a position where they can prey upon the vessels bf the American navy by surprise- If Spain fails to heed this warning instantly the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs will report a resolution declaring for armed intervention FirstThe independance of Cuba will be recognized Second Spain will be ordered to withdraw from the island uThirdThe President will be authorized and directed to use the army and navy of the United States to carry the resolution into effect Technically the plan outlined is not a declaration of war but in substance it is the same thing Spain can avoid the penalty im plied in the last provision only by I submitting to the other two J LOOKS WARLIKE Kentucky Called on for Arms and Ammunition Frankfort Ky March 29ColJ- ohn B Castleman of the First Regiment Kentucky State Guards has sent in a requisition for large number of enlistment blanks for new recruits Ho has also requested a big order of ammunition including equip ment cartridges etc He also wants an additional supply of guns and is getting the Legion ready for marching orders at Once as it is expected to be among the first reg iments called out in the event of warAre you a subscriber to THE DIE You should be I WATER USED By Christine Bradley to Christen tim New Battle Ship Kentucky Mr Winslow Christens the Jt narc1With Champagne First Time Is at Two Battle Ship Ilelng From the Same Yard In One Day NKWTOBT NEWS Vo March 25 Two more naval defenders of the na tional honor are proudly floating upon the mighty deep The Kentucky thoroughbred CHRISTINE BRADLEY the Kearsarge which is to commemorate the name and fame of the stanch old ship which swept frQm the seas the Alabama Title is the first time in the history of modern naval architecture that two immense battle ships of the first class have been launched from one yard on the same day and the Newport News Shipbuilding fc Dry Dock Co deserves credit for this striking illustration shipbuildersThe bosom of the lordly James opposite the immense plant of the company everydescriptionsignificant batteau up to the palatial yacht whoso every line told of speed and whose every motion as it rose and fell on the swell from the passing steamers told of grace and symmetry All the ships In the harbor had also been decorated in honor of the event ned white and blue bunting swung in the breeze from every point of van tageThe Kcarsargc had been selected to go off the ways first Shortly before 0 oclock long rows of workmen with Immense hammers took their stand on either side of the huge mass of steel plates towering high above them At a preconcerted signal each hammer was raised aloft and a momentlater the dull muffled sound of half a hundred sturdy strokes in uni son was borne upon the morning air As the wedges were gradually driven borne the huge vessel slowly rose to the proper position Suddenly the sound of the hammers leased as if by magic A hush fell over the vast throng who were push- Ing and jostling each other in their Efforts to get a good view of the launching and tho sound of the soli tary saw as It slowly severed the last bond that bound the vessel to terra firma was plainly heard MRS HEimEKT WINSLOW Who christened he Kcarsarge Commander Window her husband Is a son of tho commander of the old Kcarsargo when she sank the Alabama As the lust plank was sawed in two and a thrill of joyous freedom shot from the keel to the fighting tops of the marine monster Mrs Herbert Winslow wife of the son of the commander of the famous old Kearsarge reached forward and caught hold of the handsomely decorated bottle of champagne which hung at the bow of the vessel Then as the namesake of Capt Winslows famous old ship slowly and gracefully began Its first voyage she dashed the bottle of sparkling wine against the steel prow and exclaimed in a distinct voice- I christen thee Kearsarge Amid breathless suspense among the throng of onlookers the huge hull with streaming pennants and bunting fly Ing in the morning brcezo gently trav creed the wellgreased waysand leaped Into the laughing ripples that were ready to welcome it Cheer after cheer arose from the pa triotic Americans assembled Kcntuckians proud of the new bat tleship their states name were here Thursday by the hundred Qov Bradley the states first republican governor one of the l aders of hit party in the south an orator and oi commanding presence was next to the central figure at the lounclng and the luncheon given to 500 Modern Treatment o- fConsumption The latest work treatment of diseases writtenIt by forty eminent American J physicians says Godliver o oil Has done more for the con sumpthre than alt other reme p dies put together It also says I The hypophosphites f regardedIly 3 specifics for consumption Scotts Emulsion I lincombined with the ffypopfios phttesof time anfSoda This fremedy a standard for a I- iquadu ofa century is in V exact ordwlth the latest- vlewsoftheme4icalprofrssfon w Be sure you get SCOTTS fEmulsion Q SCOTT DOWNE istl socndSooJ or tno snips builders fIlet the ceremonies The central figure was lila daughter and only child Miss Christine Bradley a beautiful 18year old girl who catna with her mother and friends from Washington where she attends school to christen the yes sel The christening which many of ficials thought should bo done with wine or Kentuckys famous product was done with pure water Miss Brad Icy declining to use anything else and winning her fight for it after a private and hardfought battle with those who opposed her Carrying out her sontlmcnt in the matter silo had the water brought in a plain wirecovered glass bottle from the famous crystal spring on the spot where Abraham Lincoln was born in Larue county Kentucky Miss Bradley was an attractive figure on the boats bow with an emblem of purity from Its historic source In her uplifted hand surrounded by her six pretty Kentucky maids of honor She herself is a striking blonde and despite her youth has already attained unsought reputation in her native state as a lIterateur of great promise Kcntuckians proud of her cheered her act and the states general assembly recently adopted resolutions com mending her for her stand in behalf of pure water for the christening and a more deserved name for her state Her maids of honor all representa tive Kentucky belles were Misses Ab bio Ballard Alice Castlemon and Lil lian Stege of Louisville Miss Sallio Bronston of Lexington Miss Frances Collier of Lancaster and Miss Gate wood of Mt Sterling Lieut II S Whlpplo Seventh rcjrlment United States cavalry on detail duty in Ken tucky was master of ceremonies for the Kentucky contingent Gov Brad ley was surrounded by his staff in brilliant uniforms Adjt Oen Collier chief of staff Assistant Adjt Gen For rester Judge Advocate General Jas M i Bcatty Surgeon General Coo W Grif fiths Commissary General T L Lan i dram Quartermaster General C C I Mcngcl Inspector General Frank I Coles Aldesdecamps Wright Smith Conway Ahlerlng and Mulligan Add ed to these were most of the state of ficials Auditor S II Stone Treasurer tThe bottle containing water from the favor Ito spring of Abraham Lincoln at Hodscnvllla Ky which Miss Christine Bradley will break over the prow of the batUo ship Kentucky ban Innocent looking affair It cost Ore rents nod newer has held anything but water G W Long Register Charles O Reynolds and others First amonga the prominent citizens were hers of the state commission appointed by the governor to arrange for Kentuckys part in the christening The christening of the Kentucky was an exact counterpart of the former except that when the critical moment arrived Miss Christine Brad Icy broke a cut glass bottle of water from a spring on the old Lincoln farm and said I christen thee Kentucky Then as the vessel started down the ways several bottles of old Bourbon whisky were hurled against her sides by Kentuckians who were opposed to the water christening Water from the spring on the Jefferson Davis farm In Kentucky was also smashed on the vessels sides Both launchIngS were successful in every particular The invited guests and distinguished visitors then boarded the steamer New port News and proceeded to Old Point where the ship yard officials tendered a magnificent banquet Covers were laid for 000 persons It was entirely informal Among the toasts responded to were Kentucky by Gov Bradley and Virginia by Gov Taylor GOT Bradley said Which Kentucky Is It tho Kentucky whoso people with ono acclaim return thanks to tho distInguIshes secretary of tbo navy for tho splendid compliment paid them today and to tho builders of the ship for their kind and generous hospitality- Is It the Kentucky whoso name is written Indelibly upon every chapter of the nations his tory since her admission into tbo sisterhood statesIs tho Kentucky whoso brave bold plo leers rescued a wilderness from tho savage and made it blossom as tho rose DALE SHIP KENTUCKY Is it the Kentucky the eloquence of whose Clay Crlttenden Marshall and lirecklnrldgo shook the halls of congress and stirred tho hearts of the people on tbo hustings 7arystalof chivalrous men and beautiful women Is it the Kentucky of whoso gallant soldiers a 1whoseand christened heathen lands with their precious bloodaIt Is sympathize with the oppressed and downtrod den of every land and who earnestly desire that tho nation shall Intervene to provent further atrocities upon the suffering people of Cuba and if the Investigation should Justfy to avenge the death of our sailors not by demand Ing an indemnity In money but an Indemnity In Mood Of this Kentucky I can not fittingly speak In the short tlmo allotted But it is tho other Kentucky that calls for ipccch and poetry and long that Kentucky which today gavo its nThcrobetter name u When fully manned and equipped she starton her mission wo will all exclaim Ood bless Kentucky on tho land God speed and protect Kentucky on tho seal No ship has ever been christened as It baa been Not according to the custom of pirate Tquenchedfreedom to a race and saved our country frota flutruatlnn Anti wnen the great ship majestically moves to the glorious destiny which la In store for it It will bo sanctified by the prayers of more Christian women than all others thathave over moved on the face of tho waters Whether under calm and cloudless skies or struggling with tempeit ansi wave whether In peace or war there shall hover over it not the spirit of alcohol which has destroyed so many live desolated so manTborneetnd feauwd t L r4- r 5 r fo I J 111t 1 h shedding or so much blood ana so many tears j but the spirit of Kentuckys noblest son the grandest man in all the tide of time symbol ized by Gods gift to man that which causes tho earth to yield Its fruits and harvest which cleanses and purifies which quenches the thirst of the living and relieves the parched lips of the wounded and dying Purity and patriotism have today been blended In the christening of the ship which I predict will win more fame gather more lau role and accomplish more good than any that has ever swept the seas And In parting with the majeltle vessel iCcntucklans one vbtco exclaim In spite of rocks and tempests roar In spite of false lights on the shore Sail on nor fear to breast the sea Our hearts our hopes are all with theo Our hearts our hopes ourprayers our lean Our faith triumphant oer our fears Are nU with theearo all with thee ijrMISS FRANCIS COLLIER Of Lancaster Ky tho Daughter of Kentuckys Adjutant General She was one of Miss Ilradloys Maids of Hono- rCOMMODORE SCHLEY to Do rUeed In Command of the Eqnadron at Hampton Itoad WASHINGTON March 25Commodore W S Schley will in all probability be placed in command of the squadron it Hampton Roads This will consist Jf the battleships Massachusetts and lcxas the cruisers Brooklyn Minne ipolts and Columbia and such other hips as may be assigned It Is com lonly known as the flyIng squadron ho Idea being to make Hampton Roads ho base of operations and yet Lo give Commodore Schloy easy anti of cctlvc cruising distance of the entire weep of Hie Atlantic seaboard north of that point The two commands nder Commodore Sampson and Com icxloro Schley will be of equal dignity COMMODORE 8CJ1XET and will be entirely Independent of each other for the present at least ESTIMATED LOSS To IndIanapoLis Railway Lines by the Storm Will Not llo Lees Than 800000 INDIANAPOLIS JniL March 25 Conservative railroad men estimate that the loss to the Indianapolis lines alone because of the storm will not be less than 300000 including tho loss of damage to tho tracks dam go to equipment and personal In- jurIes TIle Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton got a train through to Cincinnati Wed nesday evening and trains are again running regularly The big Four gotI a train to Cincinnati at0 oclock Thurs day morning There are fears that the bridge at Valley Junction will go out Trains on that division of the Big Four are run from hero to Grif fits and then over tho Baltimore Southwestern into Cincinnati The Peoria t Eastern trains runs as far as Arcanum 0 on the east end Tho west ells all right Tim Indianapolis division of thn Pennsylvania is all right as far as Richmond and by Friday it is hoped to get through to Columbus Tho fast trains to the oust are run over the In dianapolis division of tho Big Four to Crestline and then by way of tbo Fort Wayne division to Pittsburgh the Big Four carrying the passengers for Columbus and Cincinnati There will be no trains through on the Louisville division for a day or two the trains from and to this city are run over tho Vandalia Monon and Baltimore and Ohio South western All trains on the Indian apolls and Vinccnnes have been abandoned and tho passenger train at JlyItrains will be running again The other lines are in fairly good condi lion Sank an Unknown Vessel IlAnwiCK March isThe British steamer Scamew on her way to lIam burg Wednesday evening sank an un known vessel off the Dutch coast Live Stock Values Brads ircels A marked increase in the value of live stock on farms is reported from almost every section of the country to the Agricultural Department In a bulletin issued this I week it is announced that the total I value of all kinds of live stock on farms showed an increase on Janu I ary i of 236162859 or 1427 per cent as compared with the corresponding date last year Farm horses increased in value 25iI3 011 mules 6729972 milch cows 65573833 oxen and other 4 cattle 104367213 sheep 25 00 191 and swine 8078639 horses numbered 13960911 decrease of 403756 milch cows 1584886 a decrease of 100841 oxen and other cattle 29264199 decrease pt 1244211 and swine 39 759 993 a decrease of 840283 On the other hand sheep numbering 3765696 showed an increase of 838319 and mules numbering 225766 an increase of 42011 The increase in value of farm animals generally in spite of the decline of their number in most instances points of course to a noteworthy increase in prices in ring to the benefit of the farmer CASTORIAFor Infants and Children he KindYou Have Always Bought Dears tho Signature cf i The greater includes the less Hcoda Sarsaparilla cures scrofula and may bodeIpended upon to cure boils and pimples To Core Conttlpatlon JroroyerI oItI 1 O 1 c 1 t r N I O rJ fltttttllttthttttItttttItttItttItIttItI2 CLOTHING I 111F m n OUR SPRING CLOTHING IS INI IL HAVE YOU SEEN IT J- j Some times in our hurry we fear we do not Ulk enough about our Clothing Now let ua say right here theres no part of our entire stock we are grander of No department that Is more complete We buyour Clothing from alt parts of the country srme from the South some from the West and some from the I East and putting the whole together enables us to 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GENERAL W STcItnO tz I t1t1EL- I1Ic STUCK E UPlluIIIuIul l z 1iuI If you looked over our new line I tJofPAPER HANGINGS you m- Q 1 would at once say that you 0 fz 4 would like them stuck up on your rooms It is a pleasure to tnW I COME IN AND ASK c E TO SEE ThEN m ST BERNARD GENERAL STORE WILLARDHOTELw MANAGER 1 BEST and 250 HOUSE IN LOUISVILLE FAMILY EARLINGTON SubSOFib fOr ThlliT w I Ii rI prClf I CI L e L d oIIIb dc P OPEN rACCOR IIUNTINQ CASU iL 1j VVA cajVLtti 0 W Rymond Movement fgr 4J 2500 ctISTUIE 1 MAWSONVILLI3 KY WAuTl r NINTH YEAR EARLINGTON HOPKINS COUNTY MARCH 31 i1 p p PeTailIi II 1TSI qIck 14 U IaII IU el Mhtr Mini Vft kp ft uMr fcnM all Ikt UM II WuII M bI vltkral ILMM II A ilmiin 111 MU 4I at r 4uth fj DR BEL- LSPineTar r HoneytIs sold by all druggists or sent upon I Qtp1c4candII ThLLIi41wt4wvwy it I Delays artt a with 1 taCough the old saying lIa tth ff time saves 4 I 1nIne A 25c bottle of 8 i OTTOSSpruce r Balsam S twut save you large fidoctor bills a long spell of 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the finest jind most IIIure van Itin bat saetlpa of Kentucky Dont Use Drugs unI M you need them and then only pure drugs such as are sold by reo g- srxJnslbU aruggUls We keep only laOiS trtinctioTiJI oraeathnl you need them LStastock NgmJ lime lolegln- t1afsVrln medicIstrsTilI = Y NOPPCR 11 Ie t k r oJhV 1898StJPPLMENTisr IDangerous c n SntDESTROYED forOfficial wathethe Maine Disasterqua SPANISH AGENCY CLEARLY SHOi SpeTheHowever Not E t blUlicdTho togsjlnglug Suggest WASHINQTOV March 25TIie follow- Ing is officially sanctioned as a synop la of the findings on tho destruction tho Maine The board of Inquiry Into the loss of tho Maine finds that tho explosion which destroyed the Maine was ft the outside and does not fix tbo s for tho dlsasier n ofoteter of the explosive but tho to any goes to show that it was a rlul submarine mine tho exact char bythebyxpresseds a floating submarine mncv There wero two explosions tho board finds T Qrohemogazlnes thisIscouiLejust before tho second cabinet meeting of t 5Ilineknow at once tho substance of tho rOo port nouReportA distinction must be made between tho landings and the report This was pointed out Monday morning in the forecast which was then given I which is borno out by tho ofllcial nounccmcnt this fi- C Signdingstho court felt justified in reach l nil Tho report is a review and an explanation of tho I cs tlmony It Is more sensational than the findings In the testimony state meats far more a beiuthoritywere made Assertions were offered and suspicious circumstances repc rt c beientiyl1rQvel1Thomako a much graver tmpi cssion on tho ublic than the theaderUho ony iroi1court thGrBlanco and tho higher officials of tho ignorlttnt o od with tho connivance of Spanish c Ill cials of sufllclcnt rank to makort I j At fi icendingsv g CaiewingraTO hearing ott tho conspiracy Tho testlllOl1f Itself Is qtartlingly uggcs ire qf the not fully proven details ofLie tle shameful deed A member of tho cabinet speaking with a claio personal friend this oven mibisworse It is very bad Unless there shall boo change lu tho residents intentions thu findings c hoongresspapers will be received and referred slika ito The fact that with tho reception of tho papers the Maino affair becomes tho business of congress tins not attracted attention Tho Situation negaias Decidedly irittio lest WASHINGTON MarcU sqTUo IftotI lalitettnUlsituation was discussed nt length butjpodellnito or fliml conclusions on lay liarllcul r point wllSTCached Tito sit uatlon is regarded as decidedly critical greatdifficultytom Woodford has been cabled on the ubjcot The Monitor BlonUnk Ordered to Port land lie WASHINGTON March 25TIne old singleturrcted monitor Montauk baa been ordered from the League Island navy yard to Portland Me A tirto New Haven Conn but remains un act edon looked Upon M an Act of War WASiimoTON March 2TIio send inS of tho Spanish torpcdqboats und torpedoboat tle troyera to American upatersequivalent of a declaration ot war that tho naval officers can havo their way this government will see to it that tho flotilla npver reaches Cuba The Nathvltlo GOM to Havana fleaKEYfrom the Nashville came ashore 1045 Friday night with orders for her crow to go on board Ho said e ship had Just received orders to go Havana Wrecks on the OanUh Coast CorENiiAQEN March 37 Owing to tho severe weather provalllqlt in ssels havo been t thof 4hauiishHigh Val rat Owensboro Owensbbro Ky March 28 The river here will reach the high water mark of last January tonigltrl and two feet 0teamboatsarc 3rlyess along sutnnergcd lands aud ThQrlLouisviJlnlp Joats make last ip tpnijghtV y Subscribefor THE Bif J io PIPTYFIFTH CONGRESS s the senate on the 23J Mr flacon preservaUonsur pRsechoutcible speech descriptive of the horror- r In Cuba Tbo senate then resumed consid tion of the bill providing for civil gove In Alaska and later took up the natio- rantino blllIn the house by a st party vote of 151 to 230 It T Thorpe was gi tho neat from tho Fourth district of Virginia clltoVNthe scnato on the Slth the featUraofthe Inleasllyech of Senator Thurston of Nebraska Idelllpsicatetheir recent visit to Cuba During Its ry hundreds of his listeners among th weptlyfaintingspeakerhOUR the naval appropriation bill was liken- of UP and Its discussion oscuploJ the entire sion In T t thhetho naval appropriation bill during which Hartman silver rep Mont blockod business polltlcalcIlvomlnuto rule and as a result but four pages the bill wore disposed of The minor bytILVTUIUealite was nt In session on the zeth IIpproItlonrule I very utterance In favor of aggressive ochobyIncrease tho appropriation for tho naval serves but It fatleJ Anothererrort to have IIlsofUCUmberdrydocks objectwIK the senate on the 28th the presidents mcs sag e transmitting the findings or the Ma Throughoutding domoastrolion peecbupOnReprellontaUvoncod and the senate Immediately adjourned swcplfrom thenthoannounced the house adjourned lTO BE READY IN FOUR WEEKS nIficant Inquiry as to Two htevoasis Cutters Now llolnff Unlit at Cleveland and the Iteaponsc TheGlobeeel ved an Itfliulry from navy oflini cuttersbeingyard would bo completed a urging as much haste a possibo Voulqbotra foreo of men will bo put to work and it la possible tho boats may be completed than that cuttere now boats would bo very valua case of war The vcflsoLj In question aro 4ho gonquln and the Onoadago They er anl1t7feetknots an hour Both are equipped with torpedo boats I think tho Inquiry of the govern ment he said concerning the two ves tholakeThese boats cnn be classed with gunboats Newport Machlas nndI stine now in time fleet at Key West HAMPERED BY SPECULATORS utenuintCommntler NlbUok Nceatlat lug for Foreign Vftr Vessels Among Others Several Italian Ship HEniiN March 35 LieutenantCom nder Nlblack tho United States na val attache here and at nome who has returned from Italy Inns visited tho Schlchau yards at Gibing where bo is negotiating for a torpedo bo lie went to Kiel last night whore pes to find several available vesse heIsIpsSLieut Nlblack has been very riously hampered in Ills work by spec tilators Americans and foreignersho buildIng ns two to proceed with purcha owndiscretionCAPT SIGSBEE WAS Cnbau Cabinet Officer SsyA Capt Sljsboo Vfn Told of the KxUteneo of the Mine Under tho Molar HAJtrronD Cm Ind March 27EU Mayno a member of the cabinet the Cuban republic who is In this ci battleshl11Mnlnoand witnessed tine destruction of tho allSlgsbcc dothosuch a step Mayno says the mine was composed of nltroglyccrlno and g goIngriitigs2Jtw lig 1omplclnsvlllehave on the big steel lighthouse ten Armenia which is expected to bo tIered to either tho Norfolk or Bro torpodocsDeath of Ilejireientatlve John Slmpk Ins 28Represontalive district of Massachusetts died Saturday night at his residence in this city heart failure Induced by gastric c plications PlaiD Regulations 7PIlQuorcgulationshayo Jlddah where three deaths from plague have occurred Special Reduced Rates Over L N to Nashville The L N Railroad willsell und trip tickets to Nashville at and onetltirdfarcs March 1St to April 3d inclusive lim April 12th account of Sp- unntng Ffeces Will also sell roundtrip tickets at one Marchjlst to Aprtl tat limited to Apri12d account Opening Day W W Ftm WOE Agent 4 Earlington Kylp 0 o cL On IM ING GOOD PROGRESI s of Negotiations Between the American AlrnrictNej1CEInSende lie ThInks nnArmUtlco Can bo Arranged sIthatirill Result In Ending the War dur Caiin The Situation However a er defulsuTtingAla sos tion indicate steady progress in negotiations between tho government on of AndhleMr lagNoScalpres ent wish is to secure a cessation enby o a war States and that it is more than probable betweenute tho government of tho United States and tiadelint 1rehe the pro IsentlsoinWing and the indications are strong thoIqIe qUest extent that public opinion in ins Spain will allow In bringing ton end the hostilities in Cuba To what extent tho United State may go in assisting Spain in her p ent design of securing an armistice not yet determined but tho conserva tive clement in the administration con desireea temporary peace a direct re IUltof President di nayruacypresidenthouldleast to pursue a pollcy which promises much in tho way of preventing war AlicIiotics thioinnisInlIned in congres to continue to Ii 0I hcheolc and to prevent in ndmatory utterances there until this exploitedOn I It Is stated that the development of titeA greatlength potysIcwor blesident It is to bring tho Cut the ancst Alwai to a closo This will be accom iheti by pointed intervention if necessary but it is considered far pi ofthe srrablo that tho end should como ns negotiationsthan hostile demonstrations on the part of the United States Hence the disposi aftrrsecure an with tho Cubans and to allow her a reasonable time in which to come to an understanding with the Insurgents authorItythattine presidents intention to that tho ofwarclosed upon terms that will render tho Cubans practically a free people It Isthe not believed that they would ace C Vtha anything less nor that Americans trould be satisfied if we should encour a settlement weatIncunnlihoheanmiseNEW YORK March 2The United States sliCubans itsesr tersres terest shown by this country but would have DItedwit kindiiBy on armistice Spain would save tlOOOJOOO fthatofterIheQtLymostImportantorder issued Friday evonlng ivas that battleships cruisers and other vcs S under Capt Samson and Corn mo re Schley with the exception of tor o boats shall b3 black at once unThe Outlook U Serious goIitotvi the Herald from Madrid says teztintanythingIIO VorOfferedP II DoD of this city tins offered through industrial art department of tho Central art school a prize of 83500 for a color sketch which shall present tho most practical suggestions for the ice qofSiornKKLwaa W Va March 28It is stated on trustworthy authority that reonshave been Idle for four years will re isfromCurfew Law at flayfleld Mayfield KyMarch 2fThe curfewlawboys Under sixteen years of age required to be off the streets at n olv pennitiringI In InfareteWashington flIStm I 14 UI tostmaster KINSMAN GREETS KINSMAN John Dull Want to Lot Bygones bo JBy gone and 1coplo of One flood be Ono In Heart and Truth morningpapers citypearaw York dispatch recording a teeth Ig leagrWb teenivSentinelAnd say what tho volob may be InTIsL poroudballlIDISitTboInsAndracoheLet us speak with each other lace to faceAanswer as man to man loyally love and trust each other none but freemen can EhamrockAnd the star spangled banner unfurl wi ottheso WhageereverAnd wherever the war wind blows A message to bond and thrall to wake The I ondthroneAnd his menace be void and vain landAndploW08eyereo1 1110nlasAadI WORK UNDER HIGH PRESSURE front Now On Work at tho Various Yards Will be ContinuedSko sNlgh and yesterdarIstlS hIu ancfswork will bo continued night M Yell as day uldltlon to the largo amount of work for the yard in changes on the recent purchases i rachts and tugs for the auxiliary navy LI ammunition hoists of the battleship Texas bo altered Tlicse alterations Will proba require a week A story that the Texas nod T Garherepurchascdtor andAllcllikenbaclr W A Luekenbich El Toro WI a p and Atlas Tho two latter arrived at the 1T rar facthet sad ixarmaulentottide ratlon lit Washington Naval ColUtructOr construotlon warwithtirc Ttweek and yesterday 30 more men were put to T sionhoof aD1D1unltlon f m taeU 2erdaytransport It south to tho fleets Additional orders for shipment of stores tower various vessels In commission along tho cast was received at the storekeepers depart nent yesterday Tho tuj Trade carried a big onsccllancouscaco of stores for shipment at ier T UniheshipVermout CONGRESS IS DISSATISFIED Itndlcal Members Cannot be Held In Chock Much linger Wilt nem nl the Indepenilcnco Cuba WASHINGTON March 29Anumber senators and representatives of hotlaful parties conferred with the president at White House last night It Is said t tho opInion expressed by most of those who tnlked with Mr McKlnley was that congress was inclined too Ject to further towards IAentonilesnSureld In check At tho meeting of tho senate calInne tjdaycommittee remain in continuous scs a until the questions relating to the Ma ine Cuba and Spain arc settled Mr Foraker will introduco today a olution recognizing the indcpcnd cnco of Cuba Every LI CAthoNW YORK March 29A New Haven saysEverygovernmenttoll Islands where fortification work now going on night and day without In termissionSRLflraftingcadepartmentas engaged In drafting a note to Spain asking if she will voluntarily maIce jJbattleshiptliout being formally requested to LAsolly Unanimous Vote WASIUNOTOX March 23By nun nI mous vote of the executive committee of tho Society of tho Army of the Cum WIdesignatedcicty vice len llosccrans deceased unUlthenext annual reunion jjjNEWtho Herald from Paris says The Figaro publishes tin Interview with M llano taux ih which he said The Cuban uestion is not our business but that of mm and tho United States Necotlatlnr for tub Sale of a Vowel BcnLiy March 28The Vienna cor of tho si COysnegotiating for the sale of a war ves t to pairtiOI desire to attest to the merits of Cbam- berlalns Cough Remedy as one of the most valuable and efficient preparations on the market II broke an exceedingly dangerous ofconngh for me la twenty four hours is and in gratitude therefor I desire to inform you lushouldstgeneraI ab5YEarllng10nGeorR502 Mf MGapl i It J OTHERWISE VNNOlIOED fatallJwoundedPack candldnteydistricts over iedtosed to Russia DISnthnightIt trans passengers atteryed by fire loss unknown ltMaj Weasels commander at Jeff tboThirdwindstorm swept over Indian I ritory near Ardmore Sunday and rc livesExCitytbIn has been found in Chicago He will return nnd try to make good his short The 11 militia regiments in New Y city have been decided upon as the gorrlsonsdOrleansPrincessof t venhelateis d C eadlugS In command of ships at the naval ac emy at Annapolis Md died of heart dise asebotA stampede from Dawson city was rycau kdivideokum creeks ambassadoratGallon Sunday to which much import o is attached atISundaybethe street car strike theUnited 40000O1rlbaldlansrs Delta Parnell the mother of Avondalebur 1tnsG upeorgefurnlturofactory F beeloodshave done enormous damage They will be checked if tho cold wave thatcam domdhe British steamer Stymouth Castle yarywith tho British steamer Clan more bound for Cork evurul empty stable cArs of a south bound Missouri Kansas Texas tralahise ditched at Elliott Station Mo heavyrainsThe Rome Fanfulla says the Italian theUnited oflered price Sir Gladtones Illness Must Prove Fatal LONDON March 29Tub Westminster MrGladstonelear to say that Mr Gladstones IllnessI whely I informed as to his own condition Capt Slcsbee Starts Northward er UnOlivettebattleshlp 1I0ldenLleutcer 5 volgeonMadrid Newpapers Optimistic notwspapersir references to the solution of the an difficulty although they em phasize the opinion tho recrudescence of the far eastern question Is un favorable to Spain as diverting tho attention of tho European powers THE MARKETSAr ISDTLISNativesleers5 WFLOURWlnterWHeat 103COKNNPOUKNewMessST LOUIS HUKKVESSteersCA eldLVESperlUOUSFairloSeleoh 360 A 393 460FJJOUnPotenUClear end Straight 4 Oil U 4 U OTKCOHNNo I TSNo2 O 2Vr 49TOlJACCOLuirs 00HAYClearDairy U u IXPOKICIILA1UJPrlD1e 640UOOS CHICAGO I SHKEP Pair to Choice 860 4 FLOUIlWlnter lAtent 4 75 3 5 1140WHEATNo 01COnNNot4aIOItlCMessKANSAS CITY litiioasAliaradesLEAPNotlIard I t 5514 t1KLOICNNoORLEANSOURilIghOrado di 60 II 00 BinlIAvobOlco pACON8ldesf t LOUISVILLE baRNNoZMized HIOIUCNo gjJII CONCiCrIibbaMoving Out at Caseyville Sturgis Ky March 28ThcOhio river is still rising at tile rate an inch an hour and Caseyville already partly submerged preparing C prospect of the water coming to a iSandacbed The backwater is all out Sturgis which is five miles from tlIeOhioinSubscribe for TNt BEE I ddo t 4rIA IBIUNU YODR F ci +Watc1s anb jew lry+ IP0kRCPAIRINO TO I a D Sisfc 3 neler Zflablsoivjlfe D LlKENTUCKY THURSDAY iJI 0fIuIII pirbotubya FRITSCH CAMPBELL MADISONVILLE TH E FLYING SOUJURONIs Enthusiastic Reception of Commo dire Schley Upon Assum Ing Command CIPLINE NEARLY TOOK A HOLIDAY To the Accompaniment of Thundering Guns and Genuine American Cheers Com mander Schley Head liii Commission aadIerORT loN thAmerican flylngsquadronHarnptonO Roads March 8Moro than usual en thusiasm was displayed by the officers Isnnd men of that portion of tho Amer n flying squadron assembled hero when Commodore W S Sohley took command There is always a per functory duty to be done in such cases but the duty In this case was performed tl1atrDIelpllaoTpleasure at such a greeting find fault and tho men were allowed to give full t to their feelings The significance feelIng flghtlngliThe Men Apparently were Gratified h with the step and with tho choice of commanders for Commodore Schley nown as a conservative yet abso fearless and determined fighter Wl18hlngtonSunday roe early in the morning He was met by sai iflorsgage and received information that ho bo wo Keninnsber Illainlyn with somopetty officers took Commander Schley aboard a launch and nea ivas con Ctinequarters which aro more elaborate hovlngbeentho Brooklyn Visited England during tho queens jubilee Within a half hour after boarding ship Commo readytofleet were drummed to quarters with yards manned tho marines on deck and postHead bri fordgecommission as commander took pos atsessiondag was broken from tho Brooklyns gunsbelehedforthiwcrcd from tine Massachusetts lying near Tho Knthtulaim Brake Loose and there was a roar of applauso from the decks and yards Shortly after the officers of tine battleship Massachusetts came aboard and together with the officers of tho spe conetsThe second step in the formation cJointhe squadron will takoplace this sired when tho assignment of vessels Is completed TWAS AN ACT OF BARBARISM der Ordinary Circumstance the Do traction of the Maine Would Justify a Declaration of War sai repdwaj the result of a wellplanned conspiracy In hving many persons export In the use of iixagmi weapons and having access to the Inn governmentIt It were dutrInlaration ot war As the whole case now stand set duty to end the mlswy In Cuba by what thtthore fl rhe UnIted States Inpreme Court Docldo that Nativity Confer Citizenship cithoftsupremebanding down the opinion of the court Tlie case was appealed by the United States from the district court for itliinorthern district of California t personbornwhich had never heretofore been de 15ne citizenship of such persons Ordered to Command the Hosqalto Fleet I WASHINGTON March 28 Commander Ho race Eimers has boon detached from command of tine navy yard and ordered beJCastineWan13ruitjarMUNCIK Ind an duti300JohJU000 833000 insuranceplFatal Fall Downstair- TEnnE HAUTE Ind March 38 Prof M Seller who until two years ago v deanastairs at his home in this city Sun Pr day and died soon afterward from 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up Mrs WS Bramwell of Nash yille and Miss Sallie Farnsworth of this ty spent several days in St Louis 3 Patriotic feeling is at the top notch and our citizens are dis playing Old Glorybig and little from numerous places in the town Rev I H Tecl pastor of the beVence Monday evening The ser Ices are being in the Baptist hurch Mss Genoa Rich aged 13 and r Diljard Summers aged 15 rthof this city were married last evening at the home MooreIhouse of Sam Talbott at ercial Union county was d by incendiaries Two who were sleeping in the ouso narrowly escaped with fives F Ih Etheridge has issued some ig war bulletins the past- ESYS which have not been sub- uHently corroborated Unless wl changes his ways it will be uary for Barnett tow a cordonof police around is office to avoid attacking parties I and riots Miss Lizzie Sullivan daughter 4ofSupervisor jas Sullivan of the y 0 N Railroad is now in ther the St Bernard Coal Co 18ing hold of the work of sten giphcr and typewriter Mrs fcdcl Walker who has so well i acceptably filled that position r a number of years and whom I r employers dislike to give up- as been ordered by her phy- sicianI take a rest Tom Smith Better Titos Smith who jumped from firth story window of the Hop Asylum and was at first to be seriously injured is to be improving both physically and mentally He maybe in condition soon to return to I his home in this place cured Graduated Mr E L Long son of Dr Long of Madisonvillc was one ot the graduates of tb Louisville F College of Pharmacy class of 1898- rfThca commencement was held last afternoon in Library Sllall Louisville Mr Long re Reived honors in the following sub lOfts Botany Chemical laboratory 0 Nine Additions ilie meeting at the M E Church South closed Tuesday i night with an excellent service There were nine additions to the church during the meeting which was conducted by Rev S H JLovclace pastor assisted for the first week by Rev Mcll of offer ssontown Ky- Stockholders Meeting The annual meeting of the stock holders of the St Bernard Coal Company will be held in the gen l cral offices of tho company at Earl ington Ky Wednesday April aoth 18g8GEbC ATKINSON Secretary i A Deserved Compliment A committee of Madisonville citizens went over to Clarksville Sunday morning and found Mr Walker formerly of Madisonville who has just moved to Clarksville having been appointed L N I freight agent there At the Ar lington hotel Mr Walker was surprised upon the presentation to him of a very handsome gold watch and chain The presentation speech was made by Mr TI H Hol man Mr Walker was deeply moved this mark of the esteem In which he is held by the good Ipeople of Madisonville Hopkins xville NeY Era Gathering of Teachers jAt Hanson there are a number of young teachers in Prin McCulleys training classes Tuition and board imofit reasonable In the college ItO be established there next fall ituition wilt be free Only a limo uted number can be enrolled the Ifirst year Register early E MCCULLEY AM- Hanson Ky DR A W DAVIS Now a FullFledged Graduate of the Louisville Medical College The commencement exercises of the Louisville Medical College were held at MacCauleys Theater 2511Aone of he graduates There were seventythree in the graduating class many of whom were Ken tuckians Dr Davis was vice president of his class Mrs M Cain of Mortons Gap sister of Dr Davis was present at the graduating exercises STATE OF lLucASSS Frank J Cheney makes oath that be is the senipr partner of Frank J Cheney Co doing business la Ihi City of Toledo County and State aforesaid and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE FRANK J CHENEY Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence Ibis Gth day of December 1880 I lAW GLBASON I SEAL r Notary Public Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system Send for circulars and testimonials free FRANK J CHENEY Co Toledo O Sold by Druggists 750 Halls Family Pills are tho best Conference of Prohibitionists Held at Madisonvillc flnrch 26 08 byRobertVells county chairman By mo lion of T B Demarcc Robert Hill was elected permanent chair man and J J McGregor perma nent secretary Devotional exercise was held by Rev WJ Boone after which the program was carried out The subject Relation of the Ministry to Pro hibition was discussed by Rev J F Story and others The Cost of the Liquor Traffic was laid over until afternoon The house was called to order at 130 by Robt Hill Prayer by Rev D Whittinghilt then Tim Cost of the Liquor Traffic was discussed by Robert Hill Womans Work for Prohibi tion by Miss H E Brooks My Country and my Duty by T B Demaree chairman of the Prohibition State Committee Collection was then taken and the amount received was 125 Next on program was What Can I do for Prohibition Dis cussed by W M Likins secretary of the State Prohibition Commit teeRobert Hill chairman then re signed and C T Wells was re elected county chairman Resolved That we tender our thanks to the Hopkins county pa pers for their courtesy in ghing- our meetings so large a publication and that the secretary be instruct ed to furnish each paper with a copy of this resolution ROBERT HILL Chairman J J MCGREGOR Sccy YeLow Jaundice Cured Suffering humanity should be supplied with every means possible for It is with pleasure we publish the follow atterribleover six months and was treated by some of the best physicians in onr city and all to no avail Dr Dell our druggist recom mended Electric Bitters and after taking two bottles I was entirely cured I now take great pleasure In recommending them to any person suffering from the terrible malady I am eratefully yours M A Hogarly Lexington Ky Sold by St Bernard Druggist Both houses of the Iowa Legis lature have passed a resolution re questing Secretary Long to name one of the cruisers Des Moines A distinction without a difference amounts to nothing There Is a differ eocea real difference a vast difference between Dr Bells Pine Tar Honey and any other cough cold or lung remedy To see it or taste it proves this imme diately but the greatest difference is to be found In the results coming from its use Besides cutting the phlegm and curing the cough or cold at once It soothes the irri tation heals the lungs and broncbials It fortifies the system against cold from the use of which no evil after effects can arise Sold by St Bernard Drug Store Eirlington Geo King St Charles An attempt was made to hold up up a Santa Fe train near Grant N M The express messenger opened ffre and the robbers fled On the morning of Feb 20 1895 I was sick with rheumatism and lay In bed until May aisl when I got a bottle of Chamber lains Pain Balm The first application of it relieved mo almost the completerelief and about agalnA T MORBAUX Lu verne Minn 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by St Bernard Drug Store Earlington Geo King St Charles lien T Robinson Mortons Gap Four men were injured by the collapse of an oven at the Penn sylvania car works in Allegheny doat Tobieco Spit and Kmokc Year Ufo Away To quit tobacco wily and forever be iimg jctlp full or life norvo and vigor take NoTo han the wonilerworltcr that makes weak men strong All druggists SOC or fI Cure gUllrnn teed Booklet and sample tree Address Sterling Remedy Co I Chicago or Now York The steamship St Paul sailing for Europe Wednesday will take 310000 ounces of silver Good Old Granny Metcalfe now 88 years old living at 1005 S Fourth street Padncab Ky stilt says that Dr Bells PineTarHoney is the best grip cure cough lung and bronchial remedy that has been sold during her lire For sale by St Bernard Drug Store Geo King St Charles i S it S I AN DY tATUADTIC URCOtI5T1PAT1OtL oj ALL I DfWGS15TS TIfflO V rlUtftia sure say eMIotrOU4aUOI Casearits are Ike IIeal isis u 4 OUL uuaI a MW ner trIp iwprlpIt cau 4 f itir1raUg clJMSS1It flU M8TNL1 SIUEPT CO bkus etreai Ca ertew Terk Sit 1 J rnV lULLED BY A TRAIN Charlie Brasher WhileUndcr the Influence of Liquor The Deceased was an Employe of Hecla Coal Company Information reached here early Tuesday morning that a man was killed by a train just beyond the Fleming curve about two miles north of this city Investigation verified the report and disclosed the fact that the dead man was Charlie Brasher who with his family has been living for some time past in Hecla Every appear ance indicated that while under the benumbing influence of strong drink he had sat down upon the end of a tic and was killed by a passing train The unfortunate man was about thirty years old and leaves a wife and two children to mourn his fearful death He was generally regarded as a peacable and Indus trions man but was addicted to oc casional sprees which usually lasted a week or more He had just be gun one of these sprees last Monday and was on his way home from Madisonvillc when he met his ter rible fate which should be a warn ing to all addicted to this dreadful habit Impure Blood in Spring experienceDimlnlsbed rich foods and close confinement indoors aresome of the causes A good spring medicine like Hoods Sarsaparilla is ab solutely necessary to purify the blood and put the system Inn healthy conditional this season Hoods Pills are time best family cathartic and liver tonic Gentle reliable sure LOCOMOTIVE BLASTS Railroad companies have been beayy losers In several neighboring States by the recent heavy floods Yard Switchman Spencer was called away from duty last week by the marriage of his brother who resides at Owensboro Several thousand ties were loaded and distributed last week by Supervisor Sulli van and crew on the Henderson and St Louis divisions While on the train between Slaughters and Earlington one day last week Mrs Margaret Bourland of Earlington lost a valuable gold watch There are few men of a kinder dispo sition than Conductor Shreeve but the usuallyfindThe only visible effect thus far that the war scare has bad has been the decline in stocks of all kind railroad stock going up and down as the reports would vary each day Alter spending several months I n the far West Harry Ogden has become tired of that country and is now at Slaughters where he will again take charge of the agencyProf Pfatenhauer now thinks it au amicable arrangement can be made with the uphisis one of the best towns in the State News was received hero last Sunday that Joseph Muir who now works on the P D ft E railroad bad met with an accident falling from a car and breaking his collar maoyfriendsThe comparative statement of earnings of the Louisville Nashville railroad for the third week in March shows an increase of 33915 The three weeks earnings amounted to 102050 in excess of the same last year The fiscal period shows aIncrease of 951 556 Judging from this clipping from the Courier Journal the L N Company Is a big taxpayer at Louisville The Louis yesterday Receiver Camp the extent of the companys companieshaveThe assessment is made by the Railroad CommissionersTo highly they appreciate his services as agent while at Madisonville the friends of E K Walker now agent for the L and N at Clarksville conceived the idea that they would make him a present to show their great esteem for him A fine gold watch was bought and a committee ot one dozen we are told wended their way to Clarksville last Sunday It was a com plete surprise to the recipient and so over come was be when the presentation speech was made by H H Holeman that ho could scarcely utter a few words of thanks Such kind act as this is a nice Introduction for an agent who goes among stran gers showing how he had endeared him self to those with whom he had been as sociated the past few years Certainly the rising generation should take warning from the fatal accidents which have occurred of late years along the rail- rOad between Earlington and Madisonville through the drinking too freely of intoxi cants Several deaths is the result The latest received from Joseph Muir is that the accident which be met with was caused by his out and while be was in the act of going over train to en gine to relight it be fell The Louisville and Nashville Railroad company will soon begin making extensive improvements on Its line between Mem Green Bridges are to- bit repaired and grades arc to be cut down The defects in stretches of trackwhere the road is troubled with water are also to be remedied The sum to be expended will be about 150000 A new roundhouse is to be built at Memphis at a cost of 26000 Improvements in the coal bins switches yards at Memphis are to be made About 50000 is to be expended at Memphis alone All of this work is to be begun at once Louisville CommercialConsulGeneral Dubois in a recent re port from Switzerland shows some Interesting comparisons as to European and American wages Among other things he says locomotive firemen in Europe con cider themselves well paid if their earnings ordinarylocomotive earn usually Go per month The average EuropeIsStates Ho says as a result those of Eu rope arecbmpelled to live cheaply their food being bread and p tatoesseldom using meat living in tenement houses and in every way I comfortably supplied than mustppayfortry DrOUos Spruce Oem Balsam tho most pleasant and reliable remedy for coughs cold croup and nil soreness ot time throat chest and ling Large bottles 25c and soc Sold by St Bernard DrugStore The total gold importations an nounced Tuesday mcUll to 3425000 NOToJJ o for rmy ticnU weakseeRCI I- J 11ctI z1 0 j 1 The Time of Renewal AU nature Is renewed in the springtime The sky takes on a fresher color the trees don their Easter garments everything seems glad and happy It seems a pity that at such a beautiful season so disagreeable 1k malady as the socalled spring fewer should unfit a great many people to enjoy the unac custorred aiflshloe and fressness that pre yalta What is spring fever It is that sluggisness and irritability which everyone takes a spring tonic for Bad blood some people call it A great deal of blood medicine Is sold in the spring of the year The blood the vigor the health must be renewed with the trees and flow ers and grass The principal difficulty Is which of the numerous spring tonics is the best Which will cure permanently and remove quickly alt the disagreeable symp toms Read what Mrs Adlin Adams Crafton Ky says of Peruna 1 was about to give up all hopes when I con cluded to take Peruna I believe it is the best medicine in the world I cant speak too highly of it A book contain ing several hundred letters similar to the one from which this is an extract will be sent free to any addres by the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company Columbus Ohio DOWN IN THE MINES Foreman Toombs of the St Bernard building crew is very busy getting things in fine shape for tile annual meeting of the stockholdersIf should get In a big hurry for coal and would call on the Hopkins County miners his order promptly filled W C Wilson who has charge of min- Ing machinery at New South Diamond was hero among friends last Friday and says he is able to keep machines in fine working conditionThe heavy and continuous pin have we are informed been the causa of considerable loss of time to some of the miners the water In the mines preventing their working rhe Providence Coal Company like many others are beginning early to feel the approach of warm weather in the fall ing off coal orders the mines not run ning half time A leading coal man said the other day that is it useless to send out men to try to sell coal such weather as this for it cannot be done as the supply is so much greater tban the demand From late reorts there seems to be a strong probability that the Chicago scale of wages lately agreed upon by miners and operators will be approved by the miners of Indiana and other states Mr Tbos Longstafl who works at the Barnsley mine says that the recent heavy rains have played havoc with some of their mine rooms seven of them will have to be abandoned on account of a cavein iA friend states that Moscow Croft be came so excited one day last week over the war news that he imagined a pile of lumber near his shop was on fire and straightway the lumber was moved to find not even the semblance of a fire Manager Ben W Robinson of the Whilley Coal Company made relatives and friends here a short visit last week Ben says they are nowdoingaTjood business and everything runs smoothly in that section of Kentucky Another excellent record has been made In machine mining This time it is Wiley Lowrey in NO9 on Second West He cut- IS rooms in five and has set a rapid pace for the other fellows both in cutting coal and earning wages The St Bernard Company has been awarded the contract to furnish the coal for the Nashville Waterworn for this verylowtheir miners with work during the summer seasonThe miners at Central City and vicinity recently held and extended meetingover preparedlorincrease of wages It does seem that our neighbor miners of Muhlenbcrg county have for some reason an unhappy time of it Perhaps they need more of the agitator and the disorganizer problbllion were J W Day and wife and J J Mc Gregor and they were very much enthused over the wise words spoken there and the way the saloon keeper was made to twist and wriggle in his seat when hot shot was fired at him Observation has taught these mine workers the curse of the liquor trams to their fellow men and they have enlisted in the cause with all their might and main against the curse Coal mining which suffered such a de pression under the low tariff rates and tegeneral manufacturing and business inac tivity accompaning the Wilson law is being greatly benefited by the higher tariff and reviving Industries of the Dingley law Reports from the Maryland mines say that the industry there is showing greater ac tivity at this season of the year than at any seasonin its history while reports from other sections are equally gratifying and show that the coil miners as well as others interested in the industries of the country protectionInWe fall to see in the following act which was passed by the last legislature any special harm done Those coal companies that have already had a regular pay day may have to change the date so as to comply with law while those that have not had a regular pay day will be compelled to establish one which this law justly makes then do Chapter 15An act concerning em I ployes and servants In mining works or in dustry in this Commonwealth House I Bill 170 The act provides that employ ers shall pay employes in lawful money on I the i6th of each month for the services of the month ending It does not apply employedDecomes signature 2SSpeclalPreparations zens of Frankfort to enjoin the Staleoffi cers having the matter in charge from removing the office of State Mine Inspector and Geological Department from Frank fort to the A and Mi College at Lexington The bill providing for the removal of the exhibits etc and connecting the office with the State school becomes a law to night without the approval of the Gov ernor The law amends the Kentucky orlRlnaltawnaming the amount in Ihe title of the act as revnired by the Constitution The citi zens will further contest the law on the ground that it removes an office from the seat of government all offices being re quired to be maintained here by the Con stitution Eminent lawyers say there are grounds on which the law has lata- ldefectsltglves the appointment of an Inspector to the A and M College Board lifter Jlie term of the Incumbent expires Bucklens Arnica Salve The best Salve in the world for Cuts Bruises Sores Ulcers Salt Rheum Fever Sores Tetter CbappedHands Chilblains positiVely guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or perbOxJprSle L THEY HAVENT GONE A Klondike Hoax on Three L N Boys Who Live at Earllngton They Travel to Further Promo tion But Not to Skaguay The following item which ap HopkinsvilleNew perpretrated on the three promis ing young L N firemen mentioned than of anything else Here it is Gone to Alaska A G McDowell E J Phillipps and James Becham employes of the N railroad shops at Earlington left a few days ago for the Klondike They bad tickets straight through to Shaguay for which they paid 193 each The names are somewhat awry but the boys meant are H E McDowell Edwin J Phillips and James Beckham all firemen for L N railroad and all Earl ington boys They havent gone to Klondike and are not contemplating such a trip So far from it are they that they have each recently been to head quarters to be examined for color Theyhaventget the latter in good time wantinginmento undertake the hardships of the journeybut Earlington men are generally well situated and satisfied to follow their sure avocations rather than to fly to evils they know not more than half of IIOPIiINSVILLE Negroei Attempt to Take tile Life 24HenryOwsleyhis coal house bound his legs and arms tied a rope around his neck and a rafter overhead and jumped off The rope broke but Owsley was badly choked He had been drinking and recently his wife left him These are the only known causes for the attempt He is colored Awarded Big Damages Hopkinsville Dy March 24After one hours deliberation the jury this morning awarded Miss Gertrude Lucas the pretty twentyyearold Caldwell county girl 25000 damages the full amount prayed for in her case against the L N road In February of last year she was run over by atrain at Pembroke and her left leg crushed and her hand cut off Order to Sell Hotel Latham Hopkinsville Ky March 2GAn order has been made in the Circuit Court direct ing the sale by the Master Commissioner of the Hotel Latham the fine new hostelry erected three years ago at a cost of more 100000 It was sold last year and brought only 10000 and the sale did not stand The hotel has been closed since December The work of recording the big telephone mortgage has been completed It took a week to do the work and there were over teu thousand words in the document Mr M O Cansler has been appointed postmaster at Kelly The appointment was made Saturday Jesse Long is the young colored boy agedabout thirteen who sbot and killed a companion of the same age near Longview this county The killing seems to have been the result of careless and reckless handling of loaded revolver There was no quarrel The coroners jnry said the killing was not Instlfiable Mr Moodys fleeting As before announced by TUB Bus Rev D L Moody will begin a series of meet ings at the Union Tabernacle next Tuesday moring April 5th at 10 oclock The song books have been hero for some time and every arrangement will be made in advance to secure the success of the meet ing including the organization of a strong choir Many visitors are expected from surrounding places The Odd Fellows Band has been or ganized with eighteen members W A Ward is director The Instruments have been received and practice has begun Mrs Louisa M Cox of this city widow of the late Merritt M Cox died at her yearsFuneralchurch aud interment at Hopewell cemetery Tuesday afternoon The Wooton murder case is attracting much attention this week in court circles and among the people generally Crowds of people attend daily The which there was great difficulty in gettingis made up of the following citizens W H West Murdock McIntosh At Elgin J M Foster Tobe Morris J N Long J P Sizemore R E Elliott f N Murphy J L John son William Cravens George Drake Discovered by a Woman Another great Discovery has been made countryDlseasOand for seven years she withstood its se verest tests but her vital organs were un dermined and death seemed imminent For three months she coughed incessantly and could not sleep She finally discov ered a way to recovery by purchasing Discoveryforlieved on taking first dose that sho slept all night and with two bottles Has been absolutely cured Her name Is Mrs Luther Lutz Thus writes IV C Hamnick Co of Shelby N C Trial bottles free St Bernards Drug Store Regular size 5oc and 100 Every bottle Guaranteed St Charles Notes Mrs Barton Crutchfield visited relatives Madisonville Monday Mr Mat Trotter and wife are visiting relatives here this week Mrs Dick Woodruff is spending this week with her sick mother Mrs J Nisbet at Madisonville Mr Claude Fox of Crablree was In town Sunday The protracted meeting at the Methodist church after a series of ten days closed last Sunday night Mr J D Atkinson of Eirllngton was In town Monday Mrs IL J Sisk is visiting relatives at Mortons Gap this week Axe Jottings We have bad a plenty of rain Mrs Charlie TUwls who has been very sick with pneumonia Is recovering slowly N G PPool who has been sick about four weeks Is no better Mrs Sarah C Walker who has been sick with la grippe is convalescent James D Cluck made an interesting talk to a large audienceat Mr Jack McCains Friday night Mr D G Housersold his mall contract lastSJturday toJ A Duress and the mail will be carried by Walter Duress a promi willbOdays Mr R L BarnM sail he registered a j feller to M Kink7 Monday l1uldbe if 1 f i- I i Fifty Years Ago PresIdent Folk in the White house chair AyerBothOne to govern and one to heal And aa a presidents power of will Bomellmea depends on a llverplll Mr Polk took Ayera Pills I trow for his liver CO years ago Ayers Cathartic Pills were designed to supply a model purgative to people who had so long injured themselves BeingI gredients adjusted to the exact andliverpopularity well marked In tho modal theWorldsSO Years of Cures moneyheWheat and oats crops look well and if nothing happens to it in the future there will be a good cropIRev Joel Hopson at his fathers last Sunday eveningI workingSaturday I I Mr James Lv White had a working at bis home Tuesday March 22ndIMessrs JamesShelbyT B Walker andI James Wilson Armstrong made a trip to goodsfor I I veryilllate is convalescingIMr James Wilson Armstrong bad aIwood chopping at his house today andI he anticipates a soclalatnlgbtI SophiaWalkerlast Monday and returned today I May luck an prosperity crown TUB liEsI SALMAGUNDII CROFTON Burglaries in TownSensation Over a Grave Being Opened A certain young man wtio was returning home Saturday night ran against a tree and thinking it a burglar shot at it three times and went home believing he bad killed a man W IL Keith started home Saturday night about 12 oclock and ran against a fence He returned to the depot told the operator that a burglar caught him by theI collar and after a tight scum be managed to get loose Bill spent the remainder of the night at the hotel Some citizens of the West Fork neigh openedBellevlog dered and buried in the same grave they reopened it but found nothing The grave had been opened as far down as the remains It is still a rnysterV why it was opened It was the grave of Fountain Mills who had been buried seventeen years The ball we didnt have was at the College ball Friday night Mr W E Keith cadet of South Ken tucky College was in town Sunday The boys are making their Sunday night reportedthatG M Clark of Cresent Mills made a pleasant call here Tuesday Mr James Rogers proprietor of the Hopkinsville Messenger was in town Sat urday soliciting subscriptions E E Earle has purchased a grapho phone with which he intends to travel very soon A FIRM DEMAND President Insists on Prompt An swer to His Demand FOR CUBAN INDEPENDENCE Cabinet Officers as a Unit Endorse the Presidents Policy- Washington D C March 29 Special dispatch to the St Louis GohDentoerat tonight says The President has asked for the independence of Cuba and has insisted upon an immediate reply This is the present status of the diplomatic negotiations Spain submitted the following proposition not in writing but orally through Minister Wood fordAn armistice until the ist of Oc tober during which efforts shall be made to settle on some basis of peace wifh the insurgents The aid of the United States to feed the starving The return of the reconcentra dos to the country- If Spain and tile insurgents fail to reach a settlement by October i Spain and the United States shall decide on a basis of settlement This proposition was sent by Minister Woodford with the statement that the Sagasta Ministry desired to know if it would be accept able to the United States The plan was not offered but was held out as a suggestion It was in phrases unnumbered The President returned a counter proposition as follow- sI The feeding of the starving and the return of the reconcentra dos to their homes 2 An armistice of indefinite length with temporary home rule during its continuance soy Blanco acting as Governor General while a basis of settlement is be ing arranged 3 The basis of settlement to be selfgovernment with lair indemnity the United States et nding its good offices to aJlSiHc the terms of indemnity ImmedMfJpKrwPDeaiaiided I Minister oodforc cabled back I o oIf 1 tr S i s to know what was meant by self government The President re plied Independence The counter proposition was sent to Madrid yesterday Toda the President cabled Ministei Woodford to insist on an immedi answerThe y l1not disap point When the Cabinet meeting today was ended Secretary Alger for himself and the other members furnished this statement anydifferencemembers of the Cabinet they are all in hearty accord with the Presi dent and have been without a single exception When he read to them yesterday his message on the Maine there was not a dissent ing voice nor a suggestion of change It commanded the ap proval of every member How could the President have said more He gave Congress the re port at once and stated that he had forwarded it to Spain and is awaiting her reply He must take one step jU a tune It may be said further that there need be no fear that he will not take the next He has not lost a moment in presenting not only the Maine incident but the whole situation to Spain The country caa well afford to await the result of the negotiations which will be promptly made known whatever the result Educate Your Ilowelt With Cancnrets foreveriOc2c a a a a 6666 66 necessary convenient Room Laundry and Dairy J ft1Jpg1lQQ j O kroy whenSyrupand refreshing to tho taste and acts gently yet promptly on tho Kidneys system aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation Syrup of Figs is tho producedccptablo to the stomach prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects prepared only from tho most hcalthyand substances its many excellent qualities commend it and have made it tho most popular remedy known Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60 cent bottles by all leading druggists Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any ono who wishes to try it Do not acceptanT substitute CALIFORNIA FIt SW5WP CO SAN FRANCISCO CAt UUISYIUf aTlrEw rOIHC HT ssSSSft IiitIiA IjJIiMRS IJIIa MBRBKIEVi i iDonot forget the date IMarch 31 and April 1 and 2 itiMRSOM M i Ui jp ri E v TcyTi II- sII 1 MEW ENTERPRISEDAILY cvitr OMB oivinaB- ATtBPAGTIOH STOVES OVER uam 200000 They are made of Southern Iron by Southern Workmen who are sustained by the products of Southern Farmers S They last longer and make more homes happy than any other Stove on earth Fire backs guaranteed for 13 years 4 If your Dealer does not handle them WRITE FOR CATALOGUE PMllipsButtorffMfgCo NASHVILLE TENN COOK17ifiDIAANV OF STOVESC- HEATING Mantels and Orates Hbllowwtre Tinware Etc DCMZRIIN 4 tt Chinajgrockery and Qlassware Cutlery WOODEN AND WILLOWWARE Everything and for tho Kitchen Dining f agrocablo BICYGLES I A SPEOIALTYcrr 4IL U i IFls I Mesdames Baker Ruby 15- Madisonvillei Kentucky fc ofI =3Will have their Spring Opening of Millinery = fiGoods ijj Thursday Friday and Saturday 4 Match 31 and April 1 and 2 41 7 fi Ifl They have a fine assortment of Choice Goods4 4 and cordially invite all to come and see them i 41 YrfiEQWVVYWVVVW 9 fi t L C 0 ma- a 1fES COMPARED orldHernld Figures inn Product Values I rally Increased p fr lien may Take this 5 9 Conclusive 1 pondence on D C March 28 position of frc silver r orators to deny the im 2 in prices of farm pro I ii has occurred in the- steady7 t fall in the price- z lIed somebody to make 1 of the prices quoted 2 aha WorldHerald of r with its quotations at WI the adoption of the Mitform This table is- M ntercsting since it in fetically all articles ofi 4tion showing an in- K of every one Introverting the asser e increase in prices is rrkreadstuffs ad due toe abroad The table list been published in isional WorldHerald jff Mr Bryans nomina o 1896 with those tiat paper 21 months i 10 1898 and is fol g prl of farm products maha WorldIierad July i of Bryans nomination its quotations of prices ltnr10iibf 681 5434- r 415 40 L300 390- J 300 410 Wi 500 Coo i 375YIijderc3 SS 530 s 3 8- 5ii325 390 c8 Mfa salt dry 041 c- tff1O44 cGJ 04J O7 i 044 OS 7 nerican C9 IIY- c63 7 0S c6j 41OSflI O4 071 z03 c- 6tO 14 40 75 ozji 0234 r heavy 07 15 iilightC9 J8 25 L 18- 4s 30 id Dakota 53 82 carload 50 8o 30 40 7- 4rioolbs185 110 27- 0tp3t70 230 xv 18 25 15 25 800 II So 900 1250 900 1050 1700 2300 4 5G1 103 263 2J L 18 31 linstSmallPox I OlIn OF HEALTH t y March 25 1898 f Physicians and Peo I y gain gives warning s seripusly threat pitleniic of small onditions already Thitley and Madi l cases arc reported ison counties So las been almost ex id to negroes but of the white race loped for if it con conPI oards each com I tacked was unprc per cent of the unyaccinated and costly delays oc a character of the gnized and hos rovisions could be fJt and exposed n iws this expense i I the counties and L ad it can only be 14roper preparation ears Had Mid r 1 I county been thus U ready to care for I ousands of dollars hIsaved in actual F my in k and the officials Ii the mortification l outside aid todo Imply able to dot j facts the Board fit wn and city at loiuforce a compul 1 ordinance be colored race but I i ly that isolation Us and suitable location be se ring and vaccinated strange observation and rsicans practicing be instructed as recognizing mild Iand varioloid in I Ie importance of need counsel in suspicious case rpi work in hand I IJUt kindly with g that this work Rdhcir protection- the community ainst infected esort of unp- rench actual harm J4J false sense of q1 ding the work id preparation I Nlrced are much 1an the precau I I besides caus o E4 loss by interfer and commerce taining unau totri person in Ken I PI vaccinated orc I Tuperly protected I it takes there 4be vaccinationj done in three j places about an inchapart by a competent physician with cleaned hands and instruments upon a well cleaned arm by scraping off the scarf skin without drawing blood and should be allowed to dry thoroughly before the sleeveis put down and should he protected for a few days with it clean cloth or absorbent cotton This will give the best chance for a successful result with much less soreness and sufferingFresh reliable virus may always be had from the National Vaccine Establishment Washington City or from its agents The Henry Drug Co of Louisville Vaccination from a child known to be healthy is equally reliable This Board holds itself in readi ness to aid local boards to the full extent of its powers but liftta aid will be needed from it if each com munity will intelligently prepare to take care of itself By order of the Board J M MATTHEWS M D- President J N MCCORMACK M D- Secretary 125 in Prizes for Photographs of Bad Roads The League of American Wheel men desiring to procure photo graphs of bad country roads for use in its agitation of the Good Roads movement has offered Siaj cash in prizes as follows first prize fifty dollars second prize twenty five dollars third prize fifteen dollar fourth prize ten dollars and five prizes of five dollars each The prizes will be awarded on single pictures Any one can take part in this competi tion and send in as many plato graphs as he pleases but not more than one prize will be awarded to anyone person The competition will remain open until June i 1898 and every person able to use a camera and who knows what a bad country road is like when he sees it should assist the good work and enter the competition Photographs should be sent to Otto Dorner Chairman National Committee for Highway Improvement L A W P O Box 153 Milwaukee Vic One Way of Preserving Roads L A W Bulletin To protect and preserve the highways by withdrawing them from public use at times when they are likely to be injured by heavy travel is certainly a unique method of providing for the public welfare but this is what the Kentucky statutes say Any corporation company or indIVidualwho may by unusual use of a road materially damage the same shall repair all damages caused by the use of Such road or roads The supervisor or over seer of roads shall at any time when necessary notify said cor porationscompanics or individuals of their duty as provided in this section and should the said par ties so notified fail in a reasonable length of time to be filed in the notice to make such repairs such parties shall be deemed guilty of obstructing the public roads and shall be subject to a fine of not exceeding 100 to be applied to road purposes The Presidents Due Courier T ouraal While the American people are now practically united in the demand that hostilities in Cuba must cease and that the United States shall intervene to that end even at the cost of a war with Spain they are divided as to the WI- Sdom of the Presidents policy in not having already restored peace to Cuba There is however no room for division al to the Presi dents motives in following that policyHe has clearly been free from any selfish political purpose merely to advance his own or his partys interests There is no doubt that war would be popular It is be lieved both by the Republicans and by the Democrats that it would greatly strengthen the Republican party if it would not eliminate for a time all formidable opposition Maj McKinley was long looked upon as essentially a politiciapbut- he seems to have risen above politics in his treatment of the Cuban question There are many who deny his wisdom in postponing definite action so long but there are few if any who believe that he has been actuated by any but the most honest motives There are many who believe he should have been less deliberate but they do nol believe that if he had been seeking selfish and party advantage he would have been so deliberate nrOllo Spruce Cum Balsam Is a sclentlfl iemcdy luwd on modern discoveries and con jjoundcd by chemists of renown who have given llirnataiiilluntrdlseascfiallfeBtudy Ask you druirpUt to procure It for you If not lit stock in two sizes 25c and SOc Sold by St Bernard Drug Store NOTICE In ReAssignment of the Earling ton Wine Company To Whom it May Concern The Earlington Wine Compaq did on the fifth day of February 1898 make a Deed of Assignment te John B Atkinson as Trustee and thereby instruct and empower him to sell all the property of the Company collect proceeds of sale and collect all money due the Company pay all debts of the Company and distribute any surplus to the Stockholders and close and wind up the business of the Company All persons having demands against the Company will prove and purge same as required bylaw and file the same with said Akin sOIlTnulee at his office in Earling ton Kentucky on or before the Firs of April next where he will sit to receive same ThisiSpSEAULINGTONWlNE By JNO B ATKINSON Trustee t t rtJ J tJ i4 i t0 N Tl1 E SUNAY SCHOOL LESSON I SECOND QUARTER INTER NATIONAL SERIES APRIL 3 Text of tlio LesIon Mntli xv 3131 Dlemory erses 2333 Golden Text Math sv SB Commentary by tho Rev D M Stearns Copyright 1IJM by D II Stearns SI Then Tcsus went thence and do parted Into tho coasts of Tyro and Sidon Tho humid of Christ having been cut ofT antI thus lIlt own death humanly speak lug having been iniulo moro sure Ho seta forth tho great truth by tho only inlrocro recorded In nil four of tho gospels that Ho Is tho truo bread for tho perishing suffi dent for nil Ho only can stilt tho storms of this troubled life and Ho will in tho morning watch but Ho will not accept tho position of King till then Thoso who would mako Him King are moro occupied with washing their hands than their hearts They draw nigh with mouth and lips but their heart is far from Him and oven tho disciples do not understand that it is tho heart that God looks at and what Ho wants there is truth humility and faith In Him although this was plainly set forth In their Scriptures See I Sam XT 7 Pa 11 0 idle vl 8 II Chron xx CO 1 0 23 And behold n woman of Canaan cmno out of thosamo coasts and cried unto Him saying Havo mercy on mo 0 Lord thou Son of David My daughter Is grlov ously vexed with n devil It Is only in trial that faith shines brightest As in Gen i B it was in tho darkness tho Spirit la first heard of and seen moving So It is over Tho devil is allowed to work in order that tho works of God may bo mado manifest John Ix 8 xl 4 As far as wo know tho only place tho Son of God was seen on tho plain of Dura was In tho fur naco with thoso who had unbounded faith in Him 23 But Ho answered her not n word And ills disciples came and besought Him saying Send her away for sho crlcth after us Ho know tho case thoroughly anti how to deal with it SlUnco is not denial and delay Is not unkind Tho Lord waits that Ho may bo gracious blessed aro all they that wait for Him John xl G Isa xxx 18 Ho saw her faith grow oven ulllier Ills silence It was a good deal to her that Ho did not say no and drlvo her away The disciples wero llko most of us selfish and wanted quietness for them selves They hind not learned to livo unto others nnd forget self Havo you 24 But Ho answered and said I am not sent but unto tho lost sheep of tho house of Israel So Ho Iwjl commissioned tho twelve chapter x C Ho might now havo RIMed But they havo rejected Mo thereforo havo I como to you but it was not necessary Ho saw her faith still strong under all this and how it delighted hint I Did Ho not say Other sheep I have which nro not of this fold Them also I must bring and they shall hear My voice antI there shall be ono fold and ono shcphcnU John x 10 25 Then camo sIlo and worshiped Him saying Lord help np How His heart rejoiced in tho clinging of this helpless ono Ho longed to help her Ho in tended to but It was not qulto time Though tho need is not personally hers but tho daughters see how her cry still Is Lord help mol When wo by faith in Christ receive Him and arc assured by Ills word that now wo aro accepted TO deemed justified and that some day wo shall bo llko Him Eph I 0 7 Rom v 1 I John HI 2 is not all this In order that wo may ono by ono tako up tho case of others and bring thorn to Christ 20 But Ho answered and said It Is not meet to tako tho childrens bread and cast it to dogs Ills words look hard and oven unkind but God Is love and Ho wasGod manifest in thoflcsh and there Is naught but lovo in all this Wo must not judge Him Ho is tho Judge Wo must trust Him and wait patiently and wo shall ono day see that Ho has not done without cause nil that Ho has dono Ezek xlv 23 27 And sho said Truth Lord Yet tho dots cat ot ilia crtimbs which fall from their masters table Sho had addressed Him as Lord and Son of David and now as Master Let thin say what Ho will let Him do what sccmcth Him good sho will trust Him sho will cling to Him like Ruth to Naomi and llko Ittal to David like Klisha to Elijah Nothing can drive her away Sho has como for somewhat nnd sho will havo itit only a dog Ho shall bo her Master Ho Is so very great and sIlo so poor and needy 28 Then Jesus answered and said un to her 0 woman great is thy faith Bo it unto thee oven as thou wilt And her daughter was mado wholo from that very hour So sho triumphed her faith in Him gave her her hearts desire Ho in tended to do It I doubt not but that Ho took that journey in order to do It but there is a time that is always best If Ho keeps us waiting It is because Ho is say Ing to us as to His mother at tho mar riage Mine hour Is not yet como It is sometimes asked Can our faith bring blessing to others Let this case answer for wo havo no reference to tho daughters faith Ho said Great is thy faith yet tho daughter was mado wholo 20 And Tcsus departed from thence and camo nigh unto tho sea of Galilee and went up into a mountain and sat down there Ho took tho long journey to bo refreshed by great faith and to do wonders for His hidden ono Wo read of nothing else that Ho did at that time Ho sent Philip ono of thosoyen a long journey to bring joy to tho Ethiopian Ho sent Ga briel from heaven to Instruct Daniel and comfort Zacharlas Ho sent an angel to tho ship in the storm to comfort Paul There is nothing too wonderful for Him and Ho is always this same Jesus Acts 111 80 And great multitudes camo unto Him having with them thoso that were lame blind dumb maimed and many others and cast them down at Jesus foot and Ho healed them What a sample of what ills kingdom will be Tho Inhabitant shall not I am sick tho people that dwell therein shall bo forgiven their Iniquity Isn xxxill 24 It will bo Leaven como down to earth Ono docs not wonder that they wonted to tako Him by lorco and make IBm their King Tohn vi 1C for when hungry Ho could feed them When sick Ho could heal them and If they died Ha could bring them to life 31 Insomuch that tho multitude won dered when they saw tho dumb to speak Oho maimed to bo wholo tho lame to walk and tho blljid to soo and they glorified tho God of Israel But why did they wonder This was just what Isaiah said that their Messiah would do Isa xxxv 5 0 Why did thoy not welcome Hint and sub mit to hint as their Messiah that they might as n nation obtain joy and gladness and havo sorrow and sighing flea away No they wcro not ready for Gods thoughts and ways Llko their forefathers they wanted a kink like other nations OUR GUARANTEE 13000 IN OOLD We wilt pay Ono Hundred Dollarsln Gold totally and every case of cough and colds where no benefit Is derived Iron the ute of Dr Ottos Spruco Gun Ualsam It contains nothing in- Jurious nnd U so pleasant to take Vcwaro ot I imitations Sold by St Bernard Drug Store Strayed From Earlington last Saturday night one black horse very fat white spot in forehead Shoes on fore feet There is a bay horse with him and no particular marks about the bay Any person fur nishing information leading to the recovery of the horses or returning the same horses to me will be lib V erally rewarded J E DAY Growers in the Kentucky fruit belt say the early fruit was dam aged but little by last weeks frost The Kentucky division of Con federate Veterans will hold its an nual meeting at Lexington April 2 Subscribe for TilE BEE t V CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR Topic For tho Week Beginning March 27 Comment by Itor S II Doylo TOPIC Goda unfailing promlscsr xci 111 Tho Ninetyfirst Psalm has no inscrip tion and has been very naturally ascribed to David It most beautifully describes Gods loving and watchful euro and tho peace of those who trust in Him It is supposed to bo dramatic in character and to bo distributed among threo voices Tho first voico utters in place verses 1 88 lastolausoof Oto 13 tho second voico verso 2 and tho first olauso of verso 0 and tlio third voles speaking for God vcrsrfr 1410 This makes an intensely interesting arrange ment of tho psalm odds to its beauty and variety and it was probably sung in this way There aro many precious promises of God contained in this psalm Tho first two voices speak of God as n refugo and fortress as ono who shall deliver His peoplo from tho tmaro of the fowler and tho devouring pestilence from terror by night and tho arrow that flieth by day from sickness from evil from plague by giving His angels charge over them to keep them in all their ways All these blessings were founded upon tho precious promises of God and tho psalmist having learned from experience that God never failed spoke with assur anco when ho declared practically that ho would not fall Gods people in all ages havo learned that God never failed in tho koping of His promises This is tho most precious thing about tho prom- Ises of Godthoy aro unfailing God Himself is represented in tho third voice of this psalm and Ho makes a number of promises and gives Ills reasons for making them 1 God promises deliverance because of lovo Becauso ho has set his lovo upon Mo I will deliver him II If we lovo God as a kind and loving Father Ho will watch over us and deliver us from many things but particularly from sin and tho consequences of sin 2 God promises position because of knowledge of His name I will set him on high because ho knoweth My name If wo rccogulzo God and exalt Him Ho will honor and exalt us 8 God promises to answer prayer I When ho callcth upon Mo I will an swer him II Tho promise to answer prayer is ono of tho most precious and most often repeated of tho promises of Gods word Ask and yo shall receive seek and yo shall find knock and it shall bo opened unto you II 4 God promises long life With long lifo will I satisfy him and show him My salvation Thero is not only in Gods promise of lifo a promise of length of days in this life but eternal lifo beyond tho gravo Let us believe in Gods promises Let us livo upon them trusting Him and looking to Him for all things Bible Readings Num xxiil 10 20i Dent vii 0 Joshua xxiii 14 I Kings viii 60 Ps lxxxix 14 cv 8045 Isa xliii 20 Rom i 18i II Cor i 20 Eph Hi 0 II Tim i 1 Titus i 1 2 Hob vi 1820 X 23 n Pot ii 14 IMeued Are tho Uruacceufnl A littlo story poem tells of an eager throng of youth setting out in n race One among them excelled nil tho others in courage strength nnd grace nnd gave early promise of winning Tho way was long and hard and tho goal far away but still this favorite held his placo in tho lead But ab what folly Sco ho stops To raise a fallen child To placo it out ot dangers way With kiss and warning mild A fainting comrade claims his care Once moro ho turns aside Then stars his strong young steps to bo- A feeble woman guide And GO wherever duty calls Or sorrow or distress BIT loaves hU chosen path to aid To comfort and to bless So at last when tho race is over and tho victors aro crowned some with fames laurels somowith loves flowers some with gold circlets on their brows all unknown unheeded with empty hands and uncrowned head stands this tho real winner of tho race Earth had no crown for him but on his face shines heavens serene and holyllghtJ B Miller D D An Able Preacher Bov 8 Parkes Cadmium pastor of tho Metropolitan Temple New York is considered by Hugh Price Hughes as the ablest preacher in America Mr Cad man reports over 1000 communicants in his church when three years ago there wcro not 200920 having been received into membership in two years and eight months Far More Important Lifo is too short to wait until somo great thing can be done Little deeds of kindness littlo acts of charity dono day by day as wo go along through lifo aro far moro important than ono single deed however great Reformed Church Messenger Religions Notes It is stated that tho Mormon church has 1400 missionaries who receive no salary but travel and work for the mere payment of their expenses Tho agents and correspondents of tho American Bible society employed last year 882 men each working on au average of more than eight months It is stated that Rev Dr Hugh John son of Washington is a lineal descendant of John Tetzol Luthers goad who was said to havo sold Indulgences by author ity of Rome It is quoted of Rev Hugh Price Hughes that ho said the best definition of a revival was onco given by an idiot who said it meant a time when God makes now Methodists and mends old ones Abbo Boarder for 20 years a priest in tho Roman Catholic church of good standing and unimpeachable morality was recently ordained as a Protestant minister in connection with tho Estab lished Presbyterian church in Franco It is or should be ton highest aim of every merchant to please his customers and that the wide awake drug firm of My ers and Eshleman Sterling III is doing so is proven by the following from Mr Esbleman In my sixteen years experl ence in the drug business I have never seen or sold or tried a Ihat gave as good satisfaction as Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Sold by St Bernard Drug Store Earlington Ben T Robinson Mortons Gap George King St Charles It is announced that Livermore Ky is to have a beech timber manufacturing plant a large barrel factory and a new sawmill The manufacturing plant will have two structures 600x50 feet each The sawmill will employ about 30 men Everybody Says So Cascaroto Candy Cathartic tho most won derful medical dfscovory of tile ago pleas ant and to the taste net gently and positively on kidneys liver and bOwels cleansing the entire colds cure headache fever habitual constipation and biliousness Please buy and try a otO CC today j 10 23 60 cents Hold and guaranteed to cure by nil druggists Subscribe for TJIE DEEj 9ur E010tedE + iens All communications and matters of newt per UlnlnRto tbla column ihonld be addressed to Gsa AtiXAMDix Rarhn lon Kv John Radford visited bis sister In Illinois week Mr Wiley Lowery a machine man in No 9 mine cut fifteen and onehalf rooms in five days He says If il Is neces sary he can cut more Some of the boys SlY that going to war is hard on old clothing One of our young ladies went fishing lor the first time in her life last week She got a bite but In trying to pull the fish out she was pulled in Mrs Sarah Osborne Is sick at this writ lag Miss Baltic Alexander and Mr John Wynn of Providence were married last Thursday in Madisonville Miss Ella Patterson is visiting in Mor tons Gap this week Rev T H Merriweatber was in the Gap SundayRev N G Gatbreath returned from Greenville Tuesday There will be a grand concert given next Saturday night April 2 by the children and some of the older people of Earlinglon The sash drill alone is worth the price of admission You should not miss iL Ad mission adults IS children 10 Remember the grand rally at jhe A M E Z church next Sunday Everybody is invited to be present Rev Hunch and his congregation are expected to be present MORTONS GAP Misses Allie and Ellle Myers of Green ville are visiting here Rev Merriweatber ot Earlinglon was with us Sunday We are always glad to ses him Mrs Ella Patterson of Harlin lon at tended the opening Mrs Mary Fingers is sick at this Wilt lag Rev G 13 Walker D D President of Atkinson College gave a very interesting lecture here last Tuesday night He was accompanied by Rev Moore of Nebo scenery Rev Anderson of Madisonville preached a good sermon Sunday alter noon Come again Rev We should be very careful of what we say about other folks Mr busybody and Madame longtongue are forevrr try lag to ruin the character of some Chris tian That you sow you shall also reap Mrs Sharber and Mrs Dulin of White Plains were visiting Mrs Frank Sharber last week Miss Ida Belle Hamilton returned home Sunday Sweet Enough for You A little dream of white And a little stream of blue And thats the Easter bonnet That is sweet enough for you I A kiss beneath that bonnet Is as sweet as honeydew And the ribbon blue upon it Tangles all the heart of you A little dream of white And a little stream of blue And thats the Easter bonnet Our dear old sweethearts knew A kiss beneath that bonnet Made your glad lips wish for two And thats the Easter bonnet That is sweet enough for you I Atlanta Constitution If your arc not a subscriber to THE BEE you should be BEST TRAINS TO Kansas Oily Montana Colorado Pacific Coast Utah Washington Omaha St Paul Nebraska Black Hills VIA St Louis orChicagorVE- STIBULED TRAINS SLEEPERS DINING GARS OI2AIR IiIRS 8EAT8 FREE I F M HUGO TRAY PASSR AGENT ST LOUIS MR HOWARD ELLIOTT OENL MOR ST LOUIS UO L W WAKELEY OENL PA8CR AOT ST LOUIS MO Capital Sick Paid In Surplus Fundl 50000 120000 COMMENCED BUSINESS IN 1867 JNO G MORTON BANKERThe advantages of a bank account are numerous Itis not to busi ness mien we are talking they know all about Itbut to salaried men wage earners and lo women Theres safety If the bank Is a good one Theres convenience tbe money always ready and out of reach of your own petty squan dering too It Is easy to spend small sums when you have a large sum In your pocke- tMADISONVILLE KENTUCKY Young man dress up Dont be a fop but look well dressed Our Tailor Made Cloth ing is well and artistically made We have stacksofsamples Gen uine goods reasonable prices jSt Bernard Genl Storel il Fighting Bob Evans Louisville Commercial This government having by put ting Fighting Bob Evans in com mand of the Iowa enrolled that rattling warrior for duty let the conflict begin Nor is this said in a spirit of raillery He is the same Fighting Bob Evans that he was when wounded beyond complete recovery during the civil war he refused 16 be retiredeven on order of the retiring board and so stoutly rebelled against giving up his quarters in the Galena that Presi dent Lincoln struck by his tenacity kept him on duty He has the distinction of being the only lame man in the navy but that steel spike that holds up his stiff leg is no barrier to his fighting capacity- It was Fighting Bob Evans who defied all Chili seven years ago I He was ordered not to take his Yorktown out to sea from the Chil ian harbor but he told the men who were responsible for the edict to go warm up elsewhere for he was going to sail at 6 oclock and sail he did This same Fighting Bob Evans said a few days ago that if the government would give him the right kind of a vessel and turn him loose against the Spanishin Cuba he would make hell smell of gar lic for six months He has his ship and if he secures the territory we may soon count on a new odor in the nether hereafter Hats off to Fighting Bob Evans Subscribe for TilE BEt 0444SS ISOSI I U U S S S U USISS DETECTIVEWe ity to act as private Detective 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PITCHERS CASTORIA AS OUR TRADE MARK I DR SAMUEL PITCHER of Hyannis Massachusetts was the originator ofII PITCHERS CASTORIA the same that has b rzc and does now d on every bear the facsimtte signature of Mfflu wrapper This is the original PITCHERS CASTORIA which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the hind you have always bought d on the lnd has tiLe signature of 4 44 wrap- pel No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas H Fletcher is President March 8 1897 tP1JDo Not Be Deoeived- Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you because he makes a few more pennies on it the in gredients of which even he does not know II The EM You Have Always Bought BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF mI HavingThe You THE etNTAtin COMPANY TT MURRAY sTair MCWTORH CITY rs o 1 I MEDICINEfor MILLION tASold at for Packagethe step in a that may lead to a in the trade CompnnTIplaooduf comiireascd ft n ucer 10 oo of more general use UIIUPK ninllral men than nnjr other for the cure or at levUtkm of such Illi common lum ibelr origin In sn Impaired illgntlou or weakened capacity for UIabsorbing nourishment and eliminating waste Tno catnlosiio at Included under tMa li saId to Include pretty uenrly dUeau fur which tho physician is called to prescribe In Ibdralandard remedy fur tho acceptance ot the American ixople the company laid down Ibo principle that everything entering tho packet should lx of the cod K prepared and protected as to retain lu fiuainira InlocC anti unimpaired through any exittided Ipse ot tlmo any climate Only tho choicest drugs used their preparation should be In accordance with tbo latest ixrfccicd methods of modern sclenccllietauulei packed In gins protected by absorbent rctton and securely corked Kven the cork a used baycheenofA grade to high In III requirements that no mnnufoctuicr of three could upply moro tbsu a mn proportion from lila output that would mt the CXBCUUK Ejiccincniionii j no Iou TUUS wero In turn pocked In lon of quality not larpauedm beauty anti rHfccllonof workmanship ty thoui used Ly Ibo most Iitornamentsof gold n1ttheir hlghstandftro the proprietors retorted accepted modernluethodrmaldoghclr commodity and seven hundred dollar In Ied withIa ilvo years In newpaet advertain bu informed citizen- coneerutne Ibe and Rtpaas Doing thoughtful and painstaking DCof the changed condition that swrrp over the commercial nnd to note every circumstance MTIUK a upon the succnsf ul prosecution of their trade the manager of the company have noted that Utero It a preICot ot demand a prioo for c article that reecho or approaches an tmtrenci Use nod that the people although requiring the heat of everything resent being called upon for supeifluou I wrapplru packing or unnecessary lElJrVdeterioration that might re I years but U needless In the case of n urthase Intended to be consumed in a perlnetthntthTnbuleI cotience coin that might at flrt been expected Inasmuch III under favorable condition tboso that have drawer a traveling bag or pocket for several week or raqntLi are ai fresh and a efficacious a over I Acting upon these nutsefttlon end noting particularly the unimpaired prosperity of proit now told for n cent of old rate of five times that amount iiid the general tendency In all directions toward lOw rate anti Increased sale thecompany have upon the experiment of putting up Itlpan Tabulla pasteboard packageleingeoblbyf 1 proprietary medlclneFIVE doses for onehalf cent each A company will not discontinue tho manutacinre and sale In the form with which cheaperII being In the form and comparative cost of packing or putting up The llveent pack I I 1I0greoJr ew I good are thoroughly Introduced to the trade agents and peddlers will be supplied at a S price which them a fair margin of profit vlt t cartons tot 40 centa forIU IIbwT=I r A ela IS Cattleman ArtiturO Longhair Brcckinrldge Ii Royal Insurance Co 3 fIitxpcc1 3 The Largest Fire Insurance Company in the World 3 Does tho Largest Business in the Slate of Kentucky Does the Largest Business in the Southern States in Kentuckyinl896 24983103 II PAUL lvi MOORE EARLINGTON KY Resident Agent for EarlinRton ant Vicinity ev vevvvvvvvvsyvyvvywvwyyywvyvyyvy Medicine Retail direction revolution eAmerlnu fI ILosses Paid Barbee Castleman MANAGERS Southern Department Home OfflceLouJeIYJ 4 t tbIt ftHAVE SPARED JajNO EXPENSE To make our Funeral Equipment the best in Ithis part of the State Anything and every i thing you want in livery I PRICES ALWAYS t I THE LOWEST BARNETT ARNOLD L EAUNGTONKY Js fJ i I 5I Of JI fHE INQUIRY TESTIMONY I Continued From First Page leaking SpeaWg generally of hla rela CAPT SuJPSON tions with tho Spanish authorities Capt Slgsbee stated thai lh the officials they were outwardly dofdlftl The members ot the autonomlstlo EoiThcU of the government however scedi fa have brought to tho attention of the navy department tho fact that ho did not Visit them and that fact brought embarrassment to the government at Washington lie took the ground to the department that It was un known ctlquclto to 6all on tho civil members of the colonial government other than the governor Without waiting for such an order Capt Slgsbco made a visit afterwards and as ho states was pleasant ly received and hlg visit promptly returned by certain members of the council loiter n party of ladles and gentlemen called anti Iho president of the council made a speech which Capt Slgsbce could not understand but which was Interpreted to him briefly to which ho replied My reply said Capt Slgsbee was afterwards printed In at least two papers In Havana but tho terms mado mo favorau tonomlstlo government In tho Island I am Informed that the autonomlstlo govern ment In Havana Is unpopular among a largo class of Spanish and Cuban residents t havo no means of knowing whether my apparent Interference In the political concerns of tho Island had any relation to the destruction of tho Maine- Animosity Afloat When asked whether there was any demonstration of animosity by people afloat Capt Slgsbeo cald that there never was on shore as he Informed but there was afloat Ho then related that en tho first Sunday after1 tho Maines arrival a ferryboat crowded densely with people civil and military returning from a bullfight in Tlegla passed tho Maine and about 40 people on f oar4 Indulged in yells whistles and derisive calls During the stay In Havana Capt lgsbeo took more than ordinary precautions for tho protection of tho Maine by gentries on the fore castle and poop tiuaranUno and signal buoys on tho brldgQ nod on tho poop A corporal of tho guard was especially Instructed to look out for tho port gangway and tho officer of the deck anti quar termaster were especially instructed to look out for tho starboard gangway a quarterwatch was kept on deck all night sentrIes cartridge boxes were tilled arms kept loaded a number of charges of rapldflro ammunition kept in the pilot house and in tho spare captains pantry under tho after superstructure were kept additional charges of shell close at hand for tho second battery steam was kept upon two boilers Instead of one and positive Instructions were given to watch carefully all the hydraulic gear and report defects Suiccctcd Treachery He said he had given orders to the mas teratarms and the order to keep a care ful eyo on everybody thht came on board and to carefully observe any packages that might be held on the supposition that dyna mite or other high explosive might be em ployed and afterwards to Inspect the routes these people had taken and never to loso sight of the importance of the order lie states that very few people visited the ship Lieut Commander Walnwrlght be- Ing rather severe on desultory visitors There were only two visits of Spanish mili tary officers Once a party of five or six Spanish ofilcers came on board but according to the captain they were constrained and not desirous of accepting much courtesy This visit was during the ab sence of the captain lie said he made every effort to havo the Spanish omcers Visit tho ship to show good will according to tho spirit of the Malnos visit to Havana but with exceptions stated no military ofll er of Spain visited the ship socially Precautions in Force Capt Slgsbee then went Into details re gardlng tho precautions in force especially In relation to the quarter watches which ho said had never been rescinded One of tho cutters wan In the water at the time of the accident and one of the steam launches the first was riding at the starboard boom The captain said that tho night was quiet end warm and that he remembered hearing distinctly the echoes of the bugle at tattoo which were very pleasant Stars wero out the sky howover being overcast Tho Maine at tho time of tho explosion was heading approximately northwest point Ing toward the Shears Ho was writing at his port cabin tablo at the time of the ex plosion and was dressed Ho then went Into a description of the explosion when ho felt tho crash Ho characterized It as a bursting rending and crashing sound or roar of immense volume largely metallic in Its character It was succeeded by a metallic sound probably of falling debris a trembling anti lurching motion of the vessel then an Impression of subsidence attended by an eclipse of electric lights and intense darkness within the cabin Ho thought Immediately that tho Maine had blown up and she was sinking Ho hurried changedhiscupelstructure Then ho detailed the man ner of meeting Frlvato Anotlion which Is publishedLleutdeck when Capt Slgabce emerged from orderly as 910 p m Sentries were ordered placed magazinefloodedfact silence The surviving officers were about him at tho tlmo on the poop lIe was informed that both forward and after magazines were under water Then came faint cries and ho saw dimly white floating bodies In tho water Boats were at onco Jowcred but only two were found avail wereloworedand by tho captains directions they left tho ship and assisted In saving tho wound ed Jointly with other boats that had ar yUtlssparo ammunition In tho pilot houso was LioutCommandercaptain that ho thought the tenInch mag thathetime Everybody was then directed to wasdonethen proceeded to tho city of Washing thediningthe officers and crow of the vessel Ho wreckforofWashingtonin the captains cabin and dictated a tele VarIousSpanIsh accident and of tho admiral of tho station were among the Spanish officIals who tendered their respects About 81 or S5 men were thetUnedeck It was his Impression that an overwhelming explosion had occurred When practicallyblindedwas for the vessel and he took no note of the phenomena of tho explosion In re ply to the direct question of whether any blownliPficult to como to any conclusion The cen aIIllleport side In tho region of tho center or axis of tho explosion was the sixInch verylittleInch magazine was In 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YOUr DEALER FOR IT AND SAVE MONEY I i 551 I t1Wt ihtrtiiriei arfovm the adjointnir passage a number of tenInch shells were perma nently placed According to Capt Bigs bee It would be difficult toconcelvo tho explosion involved the tenInch magazlnebe cause of the location of the explosion and that no reports show that any tenInch shells were hurled into tho air because of tho explosion Tho captain went into details an to the location of the small ammunition Ho said that he did not believe that the for ward Blxlnch magazine blew up Tho location of the gun cotton was aft under the cabin The gun cotton primers and tho detonators were always kept in tho cabin Ho stated that ho had examined tho wreck himself conversed with other omccru ffnd men but as the Spanish authorities wero very much averse to an Investigation ex cept officially on tho grounds as stated by the Spanish admiral that tho honor of Spain was Involved ho forcborc to exam inc tho submarIno portion of tho wreck for the cause of tho explosion until the day tho court convened Ho cald tho disci pline of the ship was excellent Tho ma- rino guard was In excellent condition Tho reports of the medical department show that about one man and a quarter per day were on the sick list during tho past year In the engineers department tho vessel was always ready and always reeponslvo He paid a tribute to the crew and said that a quieter betternatured lot of men ha had never known on board my vessel In which ho had served Ho had no fault to find with tho behavior of any man at the time of the disaster and con sidered their conduct admirable On hUt examination by the court Capt Slgsbee said that tho highest temperature ho could re member was 112 but that was In tho after magazine the temperature In the forward magazines being considerably lower No Loose Ponder There was no loose powder kept In the magazine All the coal bunkers were ven tilated through air tubes examined weekly by tho chief engineer and were connected electrically to tho annunciator near his cabin door Tho forward coal bunker on the port side was full Tho forward coal bunker on the starboard sldo was half full and It was being used at the time of the explosion Coal Dunkcra Not Overheated Capt Slgsbee being recalled stated that he had detailed Lieutenant Commander Walnwrlght Lieut Holman anti Chief Engineer Howell all of the Maine to obtain Information In regard to any outsiders who may have seen the explosion Capt Slgsbee also gave as his opinion that If coal bunker A 18 had been so hot as to be dangerous to the sixInch reserve magazine that this condition would have been shown on three sides where the bunk er was exposed and that men constantly passing to and fro by it would have necessarily noticed any undue heat Capt Blgsbeo was recalled and examined as to the ammunition on board the Maine Ho stated that there were no high explo sives gun cotton detonators or other ma terial In magazines or shell room which the regulations prohibited He testified that no warheads had been placed on tor pedoes since ho had command of tho ship PoircUon Again on the Stand Ensign Powelson was recalled on the sixth day when he said that since hit last testimony ho had received a book of specifications of tho Maine Refreshing his memory from those records he said the plates of tho protective deck were one inch thick weighing 40 pounds per square foot Ensign Powelson wishing to give some testimony regarding the condition of the wreck Ounners Mate Olsen the diver was admitted In order that he might correct any erroneous statement the two having worked together Mr Powelson said that on February 26 Diver Olsen reported to him that on coming up from below ho had followed the forward and after wings of the Vshape made by tho bottom plating at frame 17 and said on tho forward wing of the V tho plates ran down on a very steep slant and then turned under and out under the starboard side that just above where the plates turned to go under the starboard side he found two dents as If tho plating had been bulged In between the frames from outside In Tho court asked the size of these two dents Mr Powelson replied they were about two and onehalt feet long and bulged In about six inches He further testified that Olsen again went down and again came to the surface at H oclock say Ing ho thought he had found the flat keel Olscn had reported that the keel was slop Ing downward about 45 degrees and to port with the after part of tho keel uppermost Ho said ho had explored the after wing of the V and had found a semicircular hole about two feet In diameter with rivet holes all around It Ho said that semicircular holo was about 20 feet from the top of the V made by the bottom plating lIe said the plate presented a jagged appearance as it- t had been torn and that a crack had extended from the bottom edge of the semi elahtIncheswere bent away from the green side of the platingMr continued to say that Olsen told him ho had found a holo cut In a plato 23 foot from the angle ot the V and exhlb Ited a sketch showing that the keel line degreesbelowThe point whero ho had found the keel was about 20 feet under water He had not followed the keel at that point as the platlnga between which he was wedged opened out so that he had nothing to sup nprt him tI Mr lowelson said Oluen tcstlllcu hint about ro feet from tho sluice valve he found an opening In the ships side Ho hall found boarding near tho sea suction In apartment A 10 about 21 feet from tho elulco valve In an almost vertical position although It was originally horizontal If you consider the section of tho ship between frames 18 uhd IV continued Mr Powelson and consider that tho part of the bottom floating between frame IS and frame 15 Is bent out at a right angle and then that the wholo section Is turned for ward through 80 degrees you will picture tho position In which the plates are now found This plattug could either have been shoved out from the alter side or It could lmvo been pushed In from tho forward llde The only Indication as to how this was done is the wooden boarding It the after part of tho plating hail been pushed out from the Inside tho boarding wouM havo been broken at the angle which the plates make If the forward part of the plating had been pushed In the boards would havo been pulled away from tho aft er plating as Is tho case with tho plates nowTho judge advocate nskcd Mr Powelson how he looked upon Olscns testimony In view of his knowledge of the Maine and the drawings of tho vessel 110 replied that he regarded It as extremely accurate The Judgo advocate asked Mr Powelson what ho deduced from all this testimony received from the diver that forenoon to gether with what Information as he had hud before Mr Powelson replied that ho thought the explosion occurred on the port sldo some whero about frame IS center of Impact Tho ship yielded at 17 and also at IS but It was pretty hard to say cxactly where tho Impact came Frame 13 was blown in now do you account for the immense damage dono abreast of tho reserve mag azine whore there Is nothing left whereas between frames 16 and IS you have found damaged plates r Mr Powelson was asked Exploded ravrdcr Tanks My Idea he replied Is that after the ship was raised up at frame 18 the maga zinc ono or all of them after that were exploded for sume powder tanks that I havo seen I think were exploded whllo oth ers I havo seen wero not xploded I saw a coffee can that was brought up this morning which was about as badly battered as most of tho powder cases that came up It looked In very much the same conditionWhen you Gay somo of the powder tankhad In your opinion exploded and some had not do you refer to sixInch tanks only or twoInch tanks also refer to both as I have seen a sixInch tank that was very little ripped open and I saw one this mornlng that land been first opened and flattened out with evidences of burnt powder on it I saw one tenInch tank that was scarcely battered at all and only the head of It gone I also saw ten inch tanks with tho packing which looked opiqion sixInch charges were exploded laadI membered seeing was exploded and burst out so that the case formed almost a plane surface The tenInch tank hat Its head removed but It had preserved Its approximate shape When questioned further as to what he regarded as the cause of the Injuries Mr Powelson said On tho bottom forward where that frame Was thrown up It would seem to me the force was communicated some distance upInsteadforce that was cushioned In some way be bulgeIna forco as that would be a cushion pres sure So the plates In that part of the siiip not having been broken In this explosion may have occurred after and tho frames forward of the transverse armor being mighthavepressure from further aft It struck me continued Mr Powelson speaking ot the same part of tho vessel that the mlno there could not have been very close to those plates that were lifted up because as I say the plates are not so much damaged or bent in the form of a V and raised up a vertical distance It seems to me that tho mlno was somewhat removed and tho pressure came through the water which produced that cushion sort of pressure Plates Identified Ensign Powellson was recalled on Feb ruary Id and showed the plans of the Maine from which ho had Identified the bottom plates that wero blown up through the upper deck Tho finding of these plates on top of tho wreck clear above water was among the first and most important points of evidence clearly dis proving the possibility of an Internal ex plosionAfter minutely describing the bottom plates with their green coating of paint and the other marka by which they wero identified Powellson stated that they must have been blown up U or 80 feet to reach their present position i Beside the bottom plato Powellson found some powder from tho bottom com partment lodged In the angle of tho bot tom plates that protruded above the water The berth deck oyer this bottom compart ment was also on top of the wreck and 20 feet forwortl of the plates while this section of the main deck had disappeared Tho 41ver who hail been working for Pow fJ ellson on this Investigation inrormea win he lied fomd the ammunition for the tic Inch magazlno pushed over to the stir board side- Hnsign Powellson was recalled on Uie 11th day and described the reports made to him by the divers which were afterward directly testified to before the board loivell on Sketches Ensign Powellson was recalled on Maixh 15 and explained how he got the data for his sketches which played such an Important part in the work of tho court Ho said ho sent divers down at various points along the lino of the keel as It lay broken and twisted on the barbor bed Then he coL- In a boat and located the point on the keel by a lead line On the wreck he established stations at the main mast the port crane the smokestack and so forth and front these hazes ho would got the bearings by angles of his lead line as It rested on the keel and other points of tho wreckage under water Thus he was able to plat a map of tho wreck both above and below water that was mathematically correct lly comparing this with theoretical plans of the vessel It was possible to tell just how much and in what direction any part of the Maine had been distorted by the explosion without relying on under water estimates by tho divers March t testified Iowellson I sent Olsen down to the piece ot keel the vertical keel to mako further explorations of the tenInch magazine He went down to where the keel became horizontal at frame S3 walked aft about 23 feet and climbed over n lot of wreckage consisting of plates and bulkheads standing upright Thouppcr ends were ragged and ho crawled over them to whcro ho thought was a part of a Vollcr Ho could not give definite detail but ho thought It was a bolkr- A little after this ho walked out to port clear of the ship In tho mud lIe was at this time forward of tho break of tho ship at frame 41 Itcturnlng about ten feet In ho found wreckage Ho examined this plate and found It curved as If it were a part of the ship It pointed toward the starboard bow but It wan so dark ho could not distinguish tho color All tho edges of the plating were rough The compartment cccmcd to bo about 25 or three feet wide Forward from this point he found a six inch tank It was intact and was sent up It proved to be a full tank lIe found a lot of broken tanks split up on the seams and In one tank at tho cover which has holes in It Ho found a lot of mud which was brought up and which looked like dissolved powder There was any quantity of sim- Ilar mud In tho same place The mud around the tanks was black that of the harbor Is gray- Tefitliiiuny of Private Anthony Private William Anthony of the United States marine corps whoso coolness at the time of the explosion In reporting to Capt Clgsbco has become tho theme of admira tion throughout tho world was tho next witness He testified that ho had the first watch from eight to twelve oclock on the night of the explosion There was drill that day and It was not necessary to open the magazines In response to questions PrI- vate Anthony told hits story I was standing on the main deck just outside the door on tho starboard side I first noticed a trembling and a buckling of tho decks and then this prolonged roarnot a short report but a prolonged roar Tile awnings were spread and whero tho wing awning and the quarterdeck awning should join there was a space of at least 18 Inches I looked out and saw an immense sheet of flamo and then I started In to warn tho captain Did you notice any perceptible list to the ship at the first shock instantlythatstanding dipped forward and to port just like that indicating It apparently broke in the middle like that Indicating antI surged forward and then went over to portWitness said the upshoot of flame ho saw was well forward It must have been for ward of the superstructure I could sea the debris going up with It I do not know what It was but I saw firebrands going up Was It on tho port or starboard side It looked more to port than It did to starboard It looked like it covered tho wholo ship It was an Immense glare that illumined the whole heavens for the mo ment as much as I could pee for the awn Ings Did you see any water with 1t7 I didnt notice that sir I started in tho cabin at once This closed tho bravo marines testimony Au Seen by the Chaplain Chaplain John Chldwlck of tho MaIne was In his room on board tho night of tho occurrence Ho saId I heard a loud report and everything at onco became dark Tho lights went out and there was a crashing sound of things tall Ing I rushed on deck and got to tho cap glvlnhismen who were crying out on tho water for gnintotIm ship anti picked up ono man Then at tho orders pf the captain we pulled for the City ot Washington Asked how many shocks ho felt witness said he remembered only one Saw Two ISxploiloni Louis Werthclmcr a tobacco dealer of New York who was a passenger on the steamer City of Washington In Havana bloingupofthieMalnothQmornCnt O tnd ttrtfor tile Washington and was ioo Ins directly at the battleship when tho oIInplosion occurred I hoard a report aId Sir Wcrtholmcr and at an Interval of nnywliero from flvo to IS seconds following the first report canIto a great explosion in the punt ot flam which followed I clearly and plainly JUtW lythreelight ot tho explosion went out The whoIII thing Was over BO quickly that I could not hazard n guess at tho length of tlmo Outside Testimony Slcmund llothichllJ one of the paster Ken on tho City of Washington was an companylibaboard the City of Washington on the night of February 8 qi she lulled Into Ha vana harbor lie was on the stern of tho Washington which was oiern and on the port side of the Maine The voise were about 100 yards apart IIMainecould get a Good look at her Just as I had taken his eyes off her to move his chair there was a sound like a cannon shot In the darkness lie Immediately looked toward the Maine Ho saw the htIThis seemed to burst from the Interior of the vessel forward In a dull flame at gdebriswater after the force ot tho first detona quicklybeganule her bow had disappeared Tho wreck look Ire and burned for two hours There were slnglo reports that kept up through all that time as the fixed ammunition was reached by the flames but these were not to be confused with the two big explosion which had destroyed the Maine There was no doubt about the separation of these first two explosions an Interval of two seconds at least separating them The muchdiscussed section of cement that fell on the deck of the Washington was poundsTbeto Mexico Pieces ot Iron stove In some of the Waihlngtons boats and delayed the work of rescue Other wreckage was hurled clear over the Washington The boats of tho Spanish warship Alphonso XII ho said were prompt to go to the rescue and were aided by the searchlights Kxtru Coords rut OUt lleut A M Cntlln who was In charge of the marino guard said that when tho ship went Into Havana harbor two extra night sentinels were put on one In tho forecastle Theyhadwhich approached the ship near enough tot a challenge Thero was a picked man on cuardInspectedhour the patrol taking his placo whllo gone Elcclrlo Wire All U IB tit performedofficer and was In charge of the electrIc plant testified that all possible precaution was taken to prevent accident The tyn pcraturo of tho magazines was taken dally The clcctrlo wires were separated from glassJIoplosion to indicate that anything was the matter with tho electric works The examiner referred to Holmans largo experience In matters of explosives and aalllrJloMy Impression not yet vorrlflcd by divers findings Is that a very heavy mint went off under tIle Maines bottom The wouldbopracUcallyonoForetold tlie Tragedy Henry Drain a clerk In tho United States consulate Havana was examined as to receivedbyexplosion of the Maine Witness produced Februaryisnature It being signed An Admirer Drain said It seemed to be the document of a fairlywell educated man It was written In Spanish Tho translation was produced and was handed to tho judge ad vocate and read by him Tho letter was referred to in tho record as being marked F but was not appended- In response to the question as to whether anything had been done to ascertain the truth of the statements contained In the letter the witness said that there had mattert lo do stating that he had no secret service moneyA by the name of Pepe Tate was mentioned In the letter Witness said he ofthosaid the name was a mistake that tho man thetholetter referred to a Pepe Dorquln that he threej1anatter MeCharlesAn Unknown Witness A witness was introduced whose name himtlnI rossingabout I lag of the 18th from Havana tq Reelas pn a- lI II IOlmbrmfltJfA1ltIt officerll twO They WttO a and a citizen the Maine Ono ot the armY oflIeeB arranged a 0- tizen id That Is nearly asked tt melting eXPlosions in the J would not endanger Havana rhteo ttimy t a- ould arranged soIt wassaM No nd- Ite veuelsImplY open the would slnlt immediately ThOIOka- osclnlmcdi Oh I w a e Jocosely ome- aine ont 1 beer on that occasionlent ot 5toppcd t 0 and they suddenIYby They had paid It w a onversation shnme she the Maine ahould lieZ t the- ay anti they would blow her tip anyhow UlTect of lixploslYcI ot the navy summoned Capt O A converse witness testified he had made i till a study of the nature and effects of explo slves The largest quantity ot explosives of a tor- l ho had ever seen used edo containing 200 pounds of gun powder ot dynamite alt In lIeparate and 200 pound cases 100 pounds In each cllle securely lashed together Doing shown a blue print magazine und shtelI0Om ofot the forward the Maine and asked It ono or inoro Of these shOuld or partially explo II- IIt would lilt the forward of the ship partly out of the water Ito replied list lie did not think It would After a long description of Ihe effect ot torpedoes lie wu asked what his exp rl- onco of tho explosion ot awas tn the cllle submarine mine as to what became of mlno Jle that they are ai rict variably ruptured and lost blown A UP and pieces of them are rarely found This experience did not allow him to re member a caso where lie saw any consul crable pleeell remaining front a submarine mine or its Iron case after its explOsion On one or two occasions small fragments of east Iron thrown Into a boat Indicated complete demolition of the case containing the explosive When asked It a submarIne mine ex ploded tinder the bottom of a and containing ace iu enough explosive to completely ayastvu destroy that part of that ship would be similArly demolished ho replied that the rlolent explosive would cut a hole In the ship blowing out the part that was cut In small traltmenls Delng shown sketehes of the forward magazines and asked If their explosion or partial explosion would leave tho bottom of the Maine In the con dillon It was as shown In the sketches ho stated that the distortion of the ken of the Maine was too far forward and loo tat remote from tho magazine to have been caused by their explosion He was of the opinion that the binding of the plates on ccbytaming a largo amount plosive cun powder or similar not In by contact with the ship but some distance below II perhaps on the bottom Continu ing he said he had never In his experience seen any Interior explosion that was pos stble to produce the effect upon tho Maine Do you think that necessarily there must nave been an underwater mine to produce these explosions indications are that an under water txploslon produced the conditions there waa the reply with further statement retarding the Impossibility In his opinion of tn Internal explosion causing the Mslnea wreck Uls testimony was dosed netter Thin A Klondike Cold Mint Rood health Is priceless when once loaUv When you bare a slight or coaII isrest XSclti a txrtllo ot l r Otoa Spruce Cunt lIalf ana the returns are arrafcr than a Interval tacit MaakagoidmitraignlIcadUOIbUlleit I health beware of a slight cold 1 Sold by St Uernard Drug Store Ready If Nceedcd XV J Lampion in New York San Up on the coasts and hills of Maine w IWbelo the spruce gum is a source ot gain the ice crop in the rivers grow And the pine forests splendors hide in snow Evety man is read I Down in the totemn Kverplades t the orange orchards nlf anl shades i S IJy the river still and dark anti deep Where the lazy alligators lrrp Ever man h reads Oil in the Texas collon fields Where the earth her snowy fibre yields PIC Where the plains Utelch out and far away From the dawn 10 lie goinr down of dajl Uvcry man is read I There in the big Mrong Keystone Stall Whose muscle and brawn live made her great Where the sturdy miner and mill band erlymal To the Labor the heart that maLes It lUw T S TIlE Every man is ready Out in the bltzzudous cold Northwest 4 Where the zero wealberuill stand the tnt aI Where tho lops of tlie mountains tcrape thin 1 I hIaLlei LA eEeryprize man it ready f tRl Out on the California strand Where the tun shines fOCI on a Promitfd Land fllaughWith the fruit ubcte blood the Gods may quail S gHerr man is iradyl Still on to the Iucet country where The mountains loom through the misty nir 52 Where the great primeval forests stand As the scnlicelt who guard the land AL Every mah is ready I Up in the fields where the dairies Woom2 IloPItiss OC Down in the citys dingiest room Out on the plains or in the hills Deep in the mines cr in the mill t Prom everywhere they re riting turn f I Ten thousand rrglmenls of men And every man is tead I i 1illhi Four ilen Fatally hurt In an Px 1 LO- ploslon Iii Tennessee 4A Clarksville Tcnn MardI 29 IIsThe Sycamore Powder Mills blew I 20 up at 730 this morning The graining dcparlmcnt and magazine exploded Four men hurt The mills arc twentyfiveCOMImiles from here but tile shock was plainly felt citizens thinking it an P I K earthquake Origin unknown The i mills caught fire and arc now burn lug The loss will Im linom The names of the injured arc Morris Felts and Cullom white and Fizer colored all employes There were explosions ill 11111 grainhig mill and magazines 2 ande4 were blown up Tile mills em onlyblastinglately Tile explosion was felt for sixty miles around OelS RDVES an ibonot 4ransacts TA5TELE5B iktns am as thai CHILL Section TPISJMBASCOODFORADULTS pete141ATrAnrisMedieinoco ttrteulsio i ui3IlltOYIdlougittiltreo grcesalrcadythlycar mall fl ericne If years lii the dfugbuelnou flivtioverstlt an article ti lueb Iiaeega asu icUou M your Tqnlo yours As11srPARRftca It t S I id

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