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THE ‘MAINE ins-ASTER.
GEN. LEE WILL mvssnoA‘Tz-z.
Divers \Vill Inspect the Hull and Look
for a Buried Mine.
Madrid, Feb. 17.——It is now known
that out of the Maine’s crew of 354 offi-
cers and men only 96 have been saved.
The wreck of the mammoth naval ves—
sel is complete.
There is a report afloat that the ship
was blown up at the instigation of
Spaniards and that a submarine mine
was exploded. ~This, however, lacks
confirmation in every detail, though
should such be the case it will undubt—
edly come to light. '
The most thorough investigation has
already been set on foot, and it is the
Lee to
have the hull of the vessel examined
by divers, who will, while submerged,
find out whether or not a submarine
mine has been exploded.
One theory is that when the crisis
between Spain and the United States
became so grave wires which connect-
ed with the buried dynamite were
stretched under the harbor, and that
they'were overlooked when the Maine
'arrived here.
vessel had abeen lying next to one of
these wires, and that swinging around
with the tide she has snapped the wire
and brought about the disaster.
All of this is laughed at in official
circles, but it will be looked into nev—
ertheless. None of the few survivors
can tell how the explosion occurred.
So far as can be learned the explo—
sion took place in the magazine used
for the storage of gun cotton for the
torpedoes. The vesSel lies with her
bows wholly submerged and only a
part of her stern showing.
The explosion, which shook the city
from one end to another, created the
widest excitement. All the electric
lights were put out by the shock. Fire
engines rushed madly from one direc-
tion to another, and 110- one knew for
certain frOm Which direction the ex—
plosion came.
Consul— General Lee, who was at the
Hotel Inglaterra, received a telephone
message from General Blanco telling
him that the Maine had been blown
up. General Lee hastened to the
place.
Directly after the explosion the Maine
took fire and burned so fiercely that it
was only by exercising great haste
that the survivors were able to escape
from the ship.
Although there was great confusion
on the ship after the eXplosion, still
perfect discipline was maintained. All
reports agree on this point. Capta,in
Sigsbee himself was largely respon-
sible for this state of affairs.
It was between 9.45 and 10- o’clock
when the explosion occurred. Capt.
Sigsbee was in his cabin at the time,
but with the report of the explosion
he rushed upon deck in his shirt—
sleeves.
Thus attired he gave orders. Ef--
forts were at first made to save the
vessel, but when Ca. t. Sigsbee realized
the extent of the amage done and
that many casualties had occurred be
bent all his energies to assuring the
safety of his men.
The report was heard in the city and
crowds immediately flocked to the har-
bor front. Flames at that time were
bursting from the battleship. The
greatest excitement prevailed among
those on shore. '
The commander of the Spanish ship
Alphonso XII. immediately had boats
loWered and sent to the assistance
of the Maine. These boats picked up
several sailors who were swimming.
They also rescued several- of the
wounded. ‘ , “
The coolness and bravery of Capt.
Sigsbee amid the horrifying scenes
which immediately followed the explo-
sion has won for him. the highest
praise from officers and men. All but
two of the officers have been account-
ed for. Th'eSe are Lieut. Fred VJ.
Jenkins and Assistant Engineer Dar-
win R. Merritt. -
Lee Asks for a Court of Inquiry.
Vfashington, Feb. 17.——The following
cablegram was received by the State
Department from Consul-General Lee
last night:
“Havana, Feb. 16, 1898.
“Profound sorrow expressed by’Gov-
ernment and municipal authorities,
Consuls of foreign nations, organized
bodies of all sorts and citizens gener-
ally. Flags at half-mast on Governor-
General’s palace, on shipping in harbor
and in city. Business suspended, the-
atres closed. Dead number about 260.
Officers quarters being in rear and sea-
men’s forward where the explosion
took place accounts for greater pro-
portional loss of sailors. Funeral to-
morrow at 3 p. m. Officers Merritt.
and Jenkins still missing.
“Suppose you ask that naval court ~
or inquiry be held to ascertain the
cause of the explosion. Hope our p611-
ple will repress excitement and calmly
await decision. ' .LEE.”
THE INJURED SAlLORS.
Suffering Victims of the Explosion Do
Not llIurrnur at. Their Fate.
Havana, Feb. 17.—Twenty-nine man—
gled sailors of the Maine are being
cared for in the Military Hospital :11
San Ambrosia. The less severely in.-
jured are at Alfonso Thirteenth H1)"—
pital. The other injured men are yet
on the steamship City of Washington.
The severely wounded men will have
the best of attention also from the.
men and women of the American col-
_ony. All the injured men show great
grit and courage, and there is not :1
whimper from one of the twenty—nine
swathed forms.
The Spanish authorities are keeping
a stlict guard with three' patrol boats,
vigilant lookout being. kept for bodies.
The cause of the explosion is ascribed
to bursting boilers, a lamp explosion
in the magazine and the explos‘idn of a
Whitehead torpedo on board. Tie
.event is deplored and the general hope
'is expressed that false construction
may .not be placed on the event.
Capt. Sigsbee’a figures are: 35': on
board all told—26 officers, 239 sailors
and 39 marines.
Two officers; uninjured crew. 18:
wounded sav,ed 59; total saved, 10!
Out of fifty-nine injured not over full!
are likely to die.
. London Suspects Plots.
{it is thought that the
.tion when the news
-=.Xpress a like desire.
.Dead now reported: '
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ritig'g.to-‘-t:h_e disaster to the Uni Ce'd .
States battleship Maine, 1 says:
“It is impossible to refrain from the “
suspicion- that the explosion may have
been caused by foul means. Although
anchored the Maine would have steam
up in one of her boilers for the dyna-
mos and auxiliary machinery. If an
infernal machine had been hidden in
the coal and thrown into the furnaces
obv'iously there would be an explosion
of the boiler, and, as a result, of a
magazine. That this terrible event
should have occurred in the harbor of
Havana renders a solution of the mys-
tery of international importance.”
' The headlines of 'the newspapers
here‘ all hint that the disaster points
to treachery, either Cuban or Spanish,
and the papers refer to the excitement
and resentment at the Maine’s dis-
patch to Havana. ‘ The newspapers
also" publish long descriptions of the
Maine, with the names of her oflicers.
They describe Capt. Sigsbee as an em—
inent officer, and publish accounts of
his career.
. Was Not an Accident. ,
New York, Feb. 17.—Capt. Sumner,
who is in charge of the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, says: “The Maine could not
have been blown up by an explosion
in her magazine It is the rule of the
department to close the magazine at .,
sundbwn, and it would not be poS‘Sible‘
for the combustibles stored there to
have exploded accidentally. It was
not an accident.
Maine’s Mission to Havana.
New York, Feb. l7.-—There. was a
feeling of relief throughout the? na-
was published
that the Maine had been sent to, Ha-
vana.
several days off the Florida coas os-
tensibly to participate in the mafioeu—
vers of the White Squadron, .but in
reality to be within call of Consul- Gen-
eral Lee, was suddenly 'sent to Ha-
vana Jan. 23. The riots in the Cuban
capital led the Consul- General to feel
for the safety of the American resi-
. dents.
The cider was giv en in response to a
cablegram from Gen. , Lee to President
McKinley. The sending of such a mes-
sage was an extraordinary departure
from custom. Ordinai ily Gen. Lee
would communicate with the State
Depai tment.
The departure of the battleship
caused considerable excitement in
Madrid. It 'was announced most em-
phatically that” her mission was V a
friendly one, and this explanation was
ostensibly accepted.
Operation on Mme. Bernhardt.
Paris, France, Feb. 17.—Mme. Sara
Bernhardt was operated upon yester-
day morning at Dr. Pozzi’s hospital.
The cyst from which she suffered was
removed with complete success.
A JAPANESE WALT WHITMAN.
A Budding; Poet of the Orient Accused of
imitating Our Western Sage.
Yone Noguchi, a. young Japanese liv-
ing in California, and educated in this
country, is beginning, to be recognized
as a true poet. He has been accused
of imitating Walt Whitman; but as
the Chrysanthemum, a Japanese-
American publication of San Francisco,
says “Coincidence is not necessarily
alagiarism, and Poe and Walt Whitman
borrowed from the vague Orient.”
Noguehi’s muse is much influenced
by Buddhism, and naturally he has the
spirit of the Far East. The poetry of
the young Japanese shows every now
and then the crudities of youth and
breaks (“it occasionally into a morbid—
ness such as is found in the poems of
all young men with the “divine af-
flatus,” whether they are born in
Japan or London.
Noguchi is a prolific writer; perhaps
it would be better if he wrote less and ,
devoted more time to “polishingupl’
what he did write. An example of how
much young poets all over the world
are akin is afforded by a recent poem
1f Noguchi’s called “The Night Reve-
rie in the Forest,” recently published
.n the Chrysanthemum.
He begins as follows:
‘Buy my tears that I sucked from the
breast of Truth—tears, sister spirits
of Heaven’s smile!” sobs the Wind.
l‘hou pale W'ind, tear-vender of the
hideous night, no one welcomes thee
with thy unsold tears!
l‘hou Gypsy-Wind, my fellow-wander-
er who fears light, cease thy plain-
tive strain of the" sweet home, ever
lost!
At the end he walls:
ilake my rave under the greenest
grass, an carve this 'line: “Here
sleeps a nameless poet.”
’Now there never was a youthful poet
m the world who at some time did not
0f cohrse the
Fulfillment of the wish is the last thing
the young man wants, but he takes the
greatest possible satisfaction in per-
suading himself that he does. ' ‘
Yone Noguchi has the true poetic
touch and apparently a. future before
11m which will prevent his self-selected
epitaph from "appearing on his tomb-
s.tone, Here is a poem of his from
the Chrysanthemum called a “Frag
merit”:
Dh. weariness, where my soul sobs in
ecstasy! The gray-robed fogs stray
as fairies from a forgotten grave.
Ah, my heart throbs on in fantastic
dieam as when my love’s shadow
sweetens me! '
The sun has sunk. The unresting si—
lence fills the heart of Eve', who be-
gins to sob under the mantle of night.
i, a shadow of the stem, guard the
earth, a shadow of the Heavens, With
the power—an echoed powe1 of God.
1366.4,1897.
Yone Nogunchi.
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