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To Naples $18 From Naples $17 “ Genoa 18 “ Genoa 17 “ Messina 20 “ Messina 16 ' u “ Palermo 20 . Palermo 19 TICKETS CAN BE OBTAINED AT THIS OFFICE. # one resonance ‘3‘ H H 5. Wise Man Keeps his: Home Insured Against Fire.” on Ben oonrln as, nernnsenrnn W.H. erlnoaon. noon Lonzmtnunmnn, - - - - erroneous, coon 0U read this advertisement. If it had been yours and others had read it, how much goodlit might have done. Send in your adv. - Ail-55m. .7 tail and started on a run down and wowill drfithe ~rest.:Ratesl on application. _ I no to Mrs (.l-rlAZETTE.‘ THE FLAG THAT TRIPPED BOOT H. lh'nud Army of the ":."['-‘I})li(‘. ’fl runs it, in line Nation“ Hummus. Removal from one room in the Treasury Building to another of the flag which tripped-John Wilkes Booth and caused him to fall and break his leg the night he shot Abraham Lin— coln has raised the (located as to the proper disposition of that famous bit of hunting. Grand Army of the Re- public men want it sent to the Na- tional Museum, where it can be prop- erly taken care of. It is one of the most interesting historic relics in the country, and should be carefully pre- served. The flag happens to be in the Treasury Department‘becausc it was presented to the Treasury Light Guard along with another in 1804 by the wo— men of the Department. guard was of good use when Jubai Early was threatening the Capital, but it did not have any fighting to do. April 12, 1865, two nights before the assassination of President Lincoln, the Treasury Guard gave an entertain— ment at Ford’s Theatre for charitable purposes. The theatre was beautifully decorated. On the boxes occupied two nights later by President Lincoln and the White House party were the two flags mentioned. They gave the boxes such a prettty appearance that the manager of the theatre requested that the flags be allowed to- remain until the night of the 14th, when the Presi- dent was ex-pected to ‘be in attendance at a play. The request was granted, and on the arrival of the President at the theatre the fatal night, he com- mented with pleasure on the decora- tions, and expressed admiration for the flag which hangs in. the Treasury. In jumping from the box after the shoot'- ing the President to the stage below, one of the spurs on Booth’s boot caught in the folds of the flag, causing him to lose his balance and fall, there— by breaking his leg. The rent in the flag is shown to visitors, and has been on exhibition for years—Cor. Chicago Times—Herald: WILLIAM’S COSTLY PRESENT. The Emperor Displayed Great Taste in Designing. Kaiser Wilhelm, Emperor of Ger- many, has started a fad in jewelry which promises to become universal. He wished to make the Empress a rich present recently, and could&find noth— ing in stock lines of gems and man- ufactured jewelry to suit his fancy. So this man of ideas put his wits to work and originated a brand new de- sign in the shape of a novel bracelet, or “arm-band,” as the Germans call it. - . The bracelet is one of the most cost- ly as well as novel articles of its kind ever made. It is a jewelled miniature art gallery. The Emperor had minia- ture portraits~ painted of each of his six boys, his five-year-old daughter and himself, and, _ connected by wreaths of diamonds and bands of gold, these were made into a bracelet for the Empress. All of the paintings are oval ex— cepting that of the Emperor, which is heart shape and hangs as a pendant below the painting of little Victoria Louise, who holds the position of hon— or, with three brothers on each side. The pictures of August Wilhelm, Adalbert and Eitel Frederick are on the right, and those of Crown Prince Wilhelm, Oscar and Joachim on the left. The bracelet is set with 2:33 of the finest diamonds that could be pro— cured. The German jewellers and miniature painters are busy now malt- ing bracelets after this design, and the fad has extended to necklaces, es— pecially where families are so large that to get portraits of all the chil- dren in a row would make a bracelet too long to be worn—New York World. Dog Can Tell Time by the Clock. Carlo, a half spaniel, is the property of Walter W. Hunt, at newsdr‘ader, of Auburn, N. Y., and is only two years old. His specialty-is telling the time of day by the toWn clock. . “I want you to run up street. Carlo look at the town clock and return here again in just fifteen minutes." said Mr. Hunt the other day in the pres- ence of several men. Carlo trotted up street and at the expiration of just fifteen minutes had returned. He was sent out again with instructions to return in half an hour. One of the men present followed'him to watch his actions. The dog went up State street to a. point where he could see the clock and soon engaged in play with several other dogs. The watcher noticed that Carlo frequently glanced in the direction of the clock. Suddenly he stopped short, wagged his the street. It lacked two minutes of the appointed time and at the end of that two minutes the dog was back‘in the store—New York World. Bare Feet and Two Steers. The “Bath, Me., Independent re- views the career of Governor William King, who when nineteen years old received as his share of his father’s estate a. pair of two-year-old steers and with these started out barefooted to seek his fortune, being too poor to own shoes and stockings; who first work— ed in a sawmill, then was a merchant, became president of a bank, a member of the Legislature, a major-general, and finally Maine’s first Governor-— and then draws this moral: “While, of course, the Governor owed his first successes to being steered right, his life victories were mainly due perhaps, to the fact that, being a barefooted boy, he was unhampered by the re- finements of society, and had to get a hustle on at an age when boys of to~ day are just learning how to play a fair game of billiards.” This banner ‘ Panel The President Does Not Permit Himself - to Donbt That Spain’s Sense of Jns- tioe Will Dictate a , Proper Course. FULL nan arias noon. The Maine Board of Inquiry Absolves Capt. Sigsbee and His Crew from All Blaine in Connection with the Destruc— tion of the Battle Ship, and Finds that :1 Mine “(as Exploded Outside by Seine Agency IInlmown——The Report. is Bar- ren of Conclusions and Does not Men- tion Spain or the Spanish. W'ashington, March 29.-—T'he Presi- dent yesterday sent the following mes- sage to Congress: To the Congress of the United States: For some time prior Ito the visit of the Maine to Havana. Harbor our Con- sular representatives pointed out the advantages to flow from the visit of national ships to the Cuban waters, in accustom-ing the people to the presence of our flag as the symbol of good will and of our ships in the fulfillment of the mission of protection to American interests even though no immediate need therefore might exist. Accordingly on January 24 last, after conference with the Spanish Minister, in which the renewal of visits of our war vessels to Spanish waters was dis- cussed and accepted, the peninsula au— thorities at Madrid and Havana were advised of the purpose of this Govern— ment to resume friendly naval visits at Cuban ports, and that in that view the Maine would forthwith call at the port of Havana. This announcement was received by the Spanish Government with appreci- ation of the friendly character of the visit of the Maine and with notification of intention to return the courtesy by sending Spanish ships to the principal ports of the United States. Meanwhile the Maine entered the port of Havana on January 25, her arrival being marked with no special incident besides the exchange of customary sa— lutes and ceremonial visits. The Maine continued in the harbor of Havana during the three Weeks fol— lowing her arrival. No appreciable ex— citement attended her stay; on the con- trary, a feels/lg of relief and confidence followed the resumption of the long in- terrupted friendly intercourse. So noticeable was this immediate ef- fect of her visit that the Consul-Gen- .eral strongly urged that the presence of our ships in Cuban waters should be kept up by retaining the Maine at Havana, or in the event of her recall, by sending another vessel there to take her place. At 9.40 on the evening of February 15 the Maine was destroyed by an ex- plosion, by which the entire forward part of the ship' was utterly wrecked. , In this catastrophe two officers and 264 of her crew perished, those who were not killed outright by her explo- sion being penned between decks by the tangle of wreckage and drowned by the immediate sinking of the hull. Prompt assistance .was rendered by the neighboring vessels anchored in the harbor, aid being especially given by the boats of the Spanish cruiser Al- phonso XII. and :the Ward line steamer City of washington, which lay not far distant. The wounded were generous- ly cared for by the authorities of Ha- vana, the hospitals being freely opened to them, while the earliest recovered bodies of the dead were interred by the municipality in a. public cemetery in the city. Tributes of grief and sympathy were offered from all official quarters of the island. The appalling calamity fell upon the people of our country with crushing force, and for a. brief time an intense excitement prevailed which in a. com- munity less just and self-controlled than ours miglnt have led to hasty acts of blind resentment. This spirit, how- ever, soon gave way to the calmer process of reason and to the resolve to investigate the facts and aWait mater: ial proof before forming a judgment as to the cause, the responsibility and the facts warranted, the remedy due. This course necessarily recommended itself from the outset to the Executive, for only in the light of a. dispas-siouate— ly ascertained certainty could it deter— mine the nature and measure of its full duty in the matter. The usual procedure was followed, as in all cases of casualty to a. disaster to national vessels of any maritime State. A naval Court of Inquiry was at once organized, composed of officers well qualified by rank and practical experi- ence to discharge the onerous duty im- posed upon them. Aided by a. strong force of wreckers and divers, the Court proceeded to make a thorough investigation on the spot, employing every available means for the impartial and exact determina- tion of the causes of the explosion. Its ope-rations have been conducted with the utmost deliberation and judgment, and while independently pursued no source of information was neglected, and the fullest opportunity was allow- ed for ' simultaneous investigation by the Spanish authorities. The finding of the Court of Inquiry was reached after twenty-three days of continuous labor, on March 21, and, having been approved on the 22d by the Co nmunder-ln-Chief of the United .‘tates naval force of the North Art- luutic station, vas transmitted to the Executive. . It is herewith laid before the Con- gress, together with the voluminous testimony taken before the court. Its purport is, in brlef, as follows: 'W'hen the Maine arrived at Havana she was conducted by the regular Gov- ernment pilot to buoy No. 4, to which she was moored in from live to six fathoms of water. The state of discipline on board and the condition of her magazines, boilers, coal bunkers and storage compartments are passed in review with the conclu— sion that excellent order prevailed and that no indication of any cause for an internal explosion existed in any quar- ter. '5 At 8 o’clock on the flexing of Feb-ru- OFF PEAS l any 15 everything had been reported secure and all was quiet. At 9.40 o’clock the vessel was sudden- ly destroyed. There were two distinct explosions with a brief interval between them. The first lifted the forward part of the ship very perceptibly; the second, which was more open, prolongedand of greater volume, is attributed by the Court to partial explosion of two or more of the forward magazines. The evidence of the divers establishes that the after part of the ship was 10 'actically intact and sank in that con- dition a very few minutes after the ex- plosion. The forward part was com- pletely demolished. Upon the evidence of a. concurrent external cause, the finding of the Court is as follows: At frame 17 the outer shell of the ~sh§p,~fro-m‘ a point eleven and one-half feet. fromjhe middle line 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; ltherefore about four feet above where it would be had the ship sunk uninjured. The outside bottom plating is bent into a reversed V-shape, the after wing of _, ich, about 15 feet broad and 32 feet'in length (frame 17 to frame 25) is doubled back upon itself again-st the continuation of the same placing ex- tending forward. At frame 13 the vertical keel is broken in two and the flat keel bent into an angle similar to the angle formed by the outside bottom plates. This break is now about six feet below the surface of the Water and about thirty feet above its normal position. In the opinion of the Court this effect could have been produced only by the explosion of a mine situated under the bottom of the ship at about frame 18 and somewhat on the shore side of the ship. The conclusions of the Court are: ‘That the loss of the Maine was not in any respect due to fault or negligence on 'the part of any of the officers or members of her crew; That the ship was destroyed by the explosion of a submarine mine, which . caused the partial explosion of ‘two or more of her forward magazines; and, That no evidence has been obtainable fixing the responsibility for the de- struction of the Maine upon any person or persons. . I have directed that the finding of the Court of Inquiry and the views of this Government thereon be communi- cated to \the Government of Her Majesty, the Queen Regent, and I do not permit myself to doubt that the sense of justice of the Spanish'na— tion will dictate a course of action sun'— \ Maine everything had been reported so- zure for the night at-8 P. M. by. relia— ole persons through the proper authorm :ties to the commanding officer. At the :imewthe Maine was destroyed the ship was quiet. and therefore least liable to accident caused by movements from shose on board. . 3. The destruction of the Maine oc- curred at 9.40 P. M. on February 15, 1898, in the harbor of Havana. Cuba. she being at the time moored to the same buoy- to which she had been tak- en upon her arrival. There were two explosions of a distinctly different char- acter, with a. very short but distinct in- terval between them, and the forward partVOf the ship was lifted to a marked.2 iegree at the time of the first explosion. The first explosion was more in the na- ture of a report like (that of a gun," while the second explosion was snares )pen. prolonged and of greater volume. This second explosion was, in the opin- lon of the Court, caused by the partial explosion of two or more of the forward magazines of the Maine. " The evidence bearing upon this being al‘incipally obtained from divers didnot enable the Court‘to- form a definite'con- Elusion as to the condition of the wreck, although’ it was established that :he after part of the ship was practical— ly intact and sank in that condition a. very few minutes after the destruction )f the forward part. ‘ The following facts in regard to the forward part of the ship are, however, established by the testlmony. That portion of the port side of the protective deck which extends from about frame 30 to about frame 41 was blown up aft and over to port. The main deck from about frame 30 to about ‘ frame 41 was blown up aft and slightly over to starboard, folding the forward part of the middle superstructure over and on top of the after part. This was in the opinion of the Court, caused by the partial explosion of the forward magazines of the Maine. 5. At frame 17 the outer shell of the ship, from a point eleven and a half feet from the middle line of the ship and six feet above the keel, when in its nor- mal position, has been forced up so as to be now about four feet above the surface of the water; therefore, about thirty-four feet above where it would be had the ship sunk uninjured. The outside bottom plating is bent into a. reversed V-shape, the after wing of vhich, about fifteen feet broad and thirty feet in length (from frame 17 to frame 25), is doubled back upon itself 5against the continuation of the same ? plating extending forward. * gestcd by honor and the friendly rela— tions of ‘the two governments. It will be the duty of the Executive to advise the Congress of the result, and in the meantime deliberate consid: eration 'is invoked. (Signed) WILLIAM M’KINLEY. Executive Mansion, March 28, 1898. The Naval Board’s Report. Key W'cst, Fla, March 21.—U. S. S. Iowa, lst Rate.-——After full and mature consideration of all the testimony be— fore it, the Court finds as follows: 1. That the United States battle ship Maine arrived in the harbor of He.— vana, Cuba; on the 25th day of Janu- ary,~18$;8, and was taken to buoy No. 4, _ in from fiVe and a half to six fathoms of water, by the regular government pilot. The United States Consul-General at Havana had notified the authorities at that place the previous evening of the . intended arrival of the Maine. 2. The state of discipline on board the ‘ Maine was excellent, and all orders and regulations in regard to the care and ' safety of the ship were strictly carried out. . . . , g All ammunition was stowed in accord— ' ance with prescribed instructions, and proper care was taken whenever ammu- nition was handled. Nothing was stowed in any one of the magazines or shell rooms whiCh was not permitted to be stowed the-re. The magazines and shell rooms were always looked after havmg been open- . ed, and after the destruction of Maine the keys were found in their proper place in the Captain’s cabin, everything having been reported secure that evening at 8 P. M. The temperature of the magazines and she'll rooms were taken daily and re— ported. The only magazine which had an undue amount of heat was the after the 3 At frame 18 the vertical heel is brok- en in two, and the flat keel bent into an angle similar to the angle formed by the outside bottom plating. This break is now about six feet below the surface of the water and about thirty feet above its normal position. In the opinion of the court this effect could have been produced only by the explosion of a mine situated under the bottom of the ship at about frame 18 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 to fault of negli- gence on the part of any of the officers or members of the crew of said vessel. 7. In "the opinion of the Court the Maine was destroyed by the explosion of a submarine mine, which caused the partial explosion of two or more of her forward magazines. - 8. The Court has been unable to ob- tain evidence fixing the responsibility for the destruction of the Maine upon any person or person-s. A. MARIX, Lieut.-Commander U. S. N., Judge Ad- vocate. W. T. SAMPSON. Captain U. S. N., President. The court having finished the inquiry it was ordered to make, adjourned at 11 A. M., to await the action of the convening authority. W. T. SAMPSON, Captain U. S. N. President. A. MARIX, Lieut.—Commander U. S. N., Judge Ad- vocate. United States Flagship New York, March 22, 1898, off Key West, Fla. The prOCeedings and‘findings of the Court of Inquiry in the above case are approved. . M. SICARD, Rear Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the United States naval force on the North At— lantic Station. France llIay, Ask to Mediate. Washington, March 29.—-After the call of the Spanish Minister at the State Department yesterday. the ‘ French Ambassador, M. Cam'bon, had ten-inch magazine, and that did not ex- . plode at the time the Maine was de- stroyed. ' The torpedo war heads were all stowed in the after part of the ship, " under the ward room, and neither caus- ed nor participated in the destruction of the Maine. and removed from the scene of the ex- plosion. \Vaste was carefully looked af- ter on the Maine to obviate danger. Special orders in regard to this had been given by the commanding officer. Varnishes, dryers, alcohol and other combustibles of this nature were stowed on or above the main deck, and could not have had anything to do with the destruction of the Maine. The medical stores were stored aft a. conference with Judge Day. This re- newed the talk of European mediation, which is assuming tangible form. The speech of Minister Hanotaux in the Paris Chamber in last Saturday is looked upon as a. foreshadowing at least sympathy if not direct steps to— ward mediation by France and other continental Powers. There is good reason to believ Spain is ready and anxious for this move ,,. , . and has been encourag—ng ii; at the Eu— lue dry gun cotton primers and de- ' tonators were stowed in the cabin aft, « under the ward room and remote from - the Scene of the explosion. No dangerous stores of any kind were stored below in any of the other store— rooms. The coal bunkers were inspected daily. Of those bunkers adjacent to the ropean capitals. It would not be an offensive intrusion, but more of a friendly offer to mediate the differ- ences which have recently threatened to terminate in was between the United 'States and Spain It is understtod, however, that up to the present time M. Cambon has not received any definite instructions to take the initial step in such mediation. Gladstone’s End is Near. London, March 29.-—Tlhe Westminster Gazette, referring to the health of Mr. Gladstone, says: - “It is no news, we fear to say, that " Mr. Gladstone’s illness must necessar- forward magazines and shell robms,; four were empty; namely "B 3, B 5, B 6." “A 15” had been in use that day and “A 16” was full of New River coal. This coal had been care-fully inspected before receiving it on board. .The bunker in which it was stowed was accesslble on three sides at all times, and the fourth side at thi stime on account of bunkers “34” and .“B 6” being empty. This bunker, “A 10,” had been inspected that day by the engineer officer on duty. The fire alarms in the bunkers were in working order, and there had, never been a case of spontaneous combustion of coal on board the Maine. The two after boilers of the ship were in use at the time of the disaster, but for auxiliary purposes only, with a comparatively low pressure of steam B4,- ily be fatal in a comparatively'sh‘ort time. Mr. Gladstone is fully informed as to his own condition. He. asked the doctors to tell him the truth, and he was thankful when informed that he had no chance of recovery. His state of mind is one of complete hap- piness. His life goes on quietly and evenly. Music is his chief solace. It soothes the pain.” Croatians Willing to Fight. Pittsburg, Pa., March 29.——Ten thou- sand Croatians, living in Alleghany County, through their representatives, have proffered their services to Presi- . dent McKinley» as volunteers s‘hould ' war be declared between Spain and and being tended by a'reliable watch. 3 These boilers could not have caused the . explosion of the ship.’ The four for—: ward boilers have since been found by the divers and are in a fair condition. the United States. These men are iron handlers and coal and coke workers, and could be put into the field at short notice. The majority of them have seen service in the Austrian and Rus— sian armies, and their desire to come to their adopted country’s aid is bona On the night of the destruction of the , fide. .
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