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mm n c ° nvcnll3n in tbU cty Tho
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i0 General Orlgirg n iieawer to
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IrfiHt NIkIiIN Itcaillnc
Tho area of high pressure ls central over
tho lako region toulgbt with tho highest ba-
rometer readings MV0 Inches at St Paul
St Louis and Kansas City Tho area of low
pressure overlies tho South Atlantic SJtatea
tho lowest reading 1392 Inches at Jackson-
ville Generally fair weather conditions pre-
vail throughout tho territory reporting to-
night No raiufall greater than trace was
reported
tcncrul OlmcrvHtlnns
ObservatiouB tnken by tho United States
eatlicr bureau at S p rn seventyfifth me
ridian Utu p
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Jacksonville Ila
Atlanta Qa
Montgomery Ala
Vlcksburg Mies
New Orleans La
Palestine Texas
Galveston Texas
Corpus Chrlsti Texas
Memphis Tenn
Nashville Tenn
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Washington February 1C Eastern Texns
Generally fair variable winds
Western Texas Fair variable winds
ArkansasFair not so warm northwest
south Dakota Light snows warmer toutn
CINobraska Increasing cloudiness light snow
In northeast portion southerly wlndB
KansasFair southeasterly winds
Coloiado and Wyoming Threatening weath-
er with light rsiln In extrcmo northern por
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portion warmer In northern portion south-
westerly gales
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SANTA ANNAS SAVOUI
Texua llmiBMur of < U Hejiwlillc
Trylnir lo the Hellr
Cincinnati Ohio February 13 A letter
nddressod to tho mayor has been received
at tho city hall from an organization call-
ed the Daughters of the Republic of Texai
asking that this city turn over to It3
caro tbo sword surrendered to General
Houston Itt Santa Anna on tho field of
San Jacinto which was presented to Cin-
cinnati many years a6o T l tl
made as 11 token of tho appreciation of tho
action of this city In sending two cannon
to Texas for use In tho war between tho
tbonlimd Star Republic and Mexico That
WTn tho Cincinnati
In tho communication 10s fl aUJ
That X object of the eociely to lo collect
and
rolics of the war between Texas
Mexico and It Is particularly anxloui to
sword The letter will not be an
Mt tne
Mered until the return of Maypr Tafel
from West Baden which will bo ome time
next week
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MIhm WlUnril Very III
New York February 15 Miss Frances
of the Worains
president
B Wlllard
Christian Temperance Union baa been seriously
the last three
for
iously 111 la this city
weeks She ls suffering from a severe at
tack of grip
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M4ILAHLB EDITION
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Some Horrible Disclosures Ar c Yet
to He Made
IT IS ALL IN COKKBSPONDENCB
Ami thf Prpslilcnt Una Ileen Cnlled
On In Scml mid In in lie
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Wnshlngton February in In both
branches of congress tho possibilities of an
eruption on Cuban affairs arc tremendous
So far tho request of tbo chief executive
and tho members ot ho respective forclRn
committees tons been sufficient slnco the
publication ot the Dc Lome letter lo jve
vcut disorder Tho houso also baa calloJ
for Information In possession ot tho secre-
tary of state It wants to know concerning
the present condition ot the reooncontrados
In Cuba what zones nro In cultivation
what steps have been taken by the Span-
ish government to feed Iho starving Cu-
bans whether military protection has been
given to tho cane grinders whnt progress
has boon mado In Spains effort for the
establishment ot autonomy Tho state dc
Pirtment Is directed to bend coplm ot all
reports from consuls vice consuls and
commercial agents of tho United States In
Cuba concerning conditions on tho Isluml
since the advent of General Blanco
In tho senate resolution uud In that ot
tho houso the cxccutlvo branch ot tho gov
crnment Is permitted to exercise Its dis-
cretion In transmitting tho reports called
for Tho phrase If not Incompatible with
the public Interests Is Incorporated In
each
Tho simultaneous action of the senate audi
houso Is not n coincidence or an accident
Doth bodies havo relieved themselves of n
lot ot suppressed and dangerous material
nnd It is now w N tho president to uiaitu
any statement to tbo country ho cc s lit
If he should choose to send a messago It
can bo wltton in tho transmission ot tho
replies to the senato and house resolutions
respectively or to both It Is probable tba
executive will avail himself ot this oppor-
tunity to give the administrations views
on existing conditions
Spains disclaimer and apology not hav-
ing been received congress will be hard
to handle It will take all the persuasion
and authority ot Speaker Heed and tho
leaders of tho senate to prevent some dem-
onstration ot disapproval This feeling IS
so strong iliat tho president was apprised
of it After the Do Lome Incident In cbsed
tho administration will have to consider
how much it will make public Members
ot Iho foreign relations committee who
havo rend the Cuban Tcports are con-
cerned Spains treachery and deceit fn
herncsotliitloiis wth tho United1 States
government at Washington ore If is said
as nothing to tho revolallons which tho
consular correspondence gives ot a rapacity
nnd cruelty In Cuba which has no parallel
in the history of civilized nntlons Ex-
terminations has been tho policy of Spa u
toward Cuba Wcylcrs hornjlo irothols
havo bloUcd out tho livej of Imudmh nf
thousands
CABINET IGNORED SPAIN
Washington February 1C Contrary to
common expectations tho cabinet meeting
today did not discuss tho Do Lome letter
in any aspect The cltendancu was tniall
nnd there was little business transacted
Secretary Sherman who Is one of the most
regular attendants was rerortcd to he
confined to his room by a cold Secretary
Alger is at Kortrofs Monroo convalescing
flom his wovcre Illness Seemnry Bliss Is
In New York and Secretary Gage In Chi-
cago Whilo thore was no discussion nt
the relations with Spain tho members ot
the cabinet one and all are officially sat-
isfied with th situation nnd expect that
advices any moment from Madrid may
bring news of tho ending of tho epltole In
a manner satisfactory to the United States
and Spain
iv iiriHiiisiiii
Mr Merli Hun Vol Yd Ilecrn Ap-
pointed
Washington February IS Special
The president did not appoint Mr JJccls to
the new Texas Judgeship today This is
significant for one reason tho longer tbo
case Is held up tbo smaller Meeks chances
to get tho place grow while the oth > jr
candidate chances aro correspondingly
Improving
Waller Burns Is hero and Is making
many frtcnas In high places and strength-
ening his fences all along the line
A CtlSIIOUTAHIIJ IIEIITH
The Vlzcnyn lo lie Anehoreil Over n
Siihmnriue Mine
St Louis Kcpubllc Special
New York February 12 As tho lime
for tho arrival of the Spanish warship Viz
cava apprcachCB New Yorkers are begin-
ning to canvass the possibilities It W
gtnerally ic ognlzed that In case of trou-
ble tho Vlzcsya ones Inside the foru
could do a great amount of damage to
property unless engaged at once by un
Amc icat warship With 3000000 PtpPH
und hundreds of square miles of bulldlpKS
to shoot nt the Spaniard could destroy
1250000000 worth of property In a snort
time Buildings would bo ruined and a
general panic would ensue Orams tomb
tho Statue of Liberty the Brooklyn brWeo
and tho score or more of handsome build-
ings that tower to the sky in the lower
part of the city would ba easy marks for
tho Spanish gunn
On the other hand it ls probuble thai he
New Yorkera aro giving themselves mod
less cencern When Uio Vlzcaya < omes to
Now York sbo will havo to obey the In-
structions of the harbor raistcr In coming
to anchor and a nice place has been picked
out for the visitor In tho Hudson ilvcr
whore the will bo perfectly safe This Is
opposite One Hundred and Tenth f
Bmt Ihero I enough dynsralto and nlni
clycertno burled In the river at this point
10 blow the Spwlunl to kingdom comi at
the first sign ot aggression The mine
Is connected br wire with the imlnlnud
V similar mine It l understood hao been
laid In tho lower toy off Stapleton pid
the Harbor roas > r will give the Mzeajt
the fbolce of these anchorages If he comes
to this port unaccompanied by the IirooK
lyn or some other Amcxlca > warship
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ARE VERY HARD 10 HANDLE NOW
CRUISER MAINE BLOWN UP
American Warship Totally Destroyed in
the Harbor of Havana
MANY AMERICAN SEAMEN KILLED OR WOUNDED
It Is Believed that More Than a Hundred of the Crew
Perished in the Awful Disaster
THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE THE SAILORS SLEPT
Sigsbee Says Representatives of Blanco Are With Mini and Requests that
Public Opinion Be Suspended Until Further and Fuller
Reports Have Been Received
Havana February 15 At a quarter of 10 oclock this evening a terribleexplosion look place oilboard
the United States Cruiser Maine in Havana harbor Aany were killed or wotmcled All the boats of the
Spanish Cruiser Alfonso XIII are assisting
As yet the cause of the explosion is not apparent The wounded soldiers and sailors of the Maine are
unable to explain it It is believed the cruiser is totally destroyed
The explosion shook the whole city The windows were broken in all the houses
The correspondent of the Associated Pnjsssays he has conversed with several wouhded sailors and under-
stands from them that the explosion took place while theywere asleep so that they can give no particulars as
to the cause
The Mnlnc Is a battleship ot tho second
class and Is regarded as one of llm bst
ships of tho new navy She was built at
the Brooklyn navy yard and Is 318 fo l
long 57 feet broad 21C mean draught and
CCS2 tons displacement She curries four
10lnch and six Clncli breechloadhg
cuns In her main battery and seven C
pound and eight 1pound rapid firing guns
nnd four gatllng guns In her secondary
battery and four whitehead torpedoes
The officers of tho Maine besides Com-
mander Sigsbee are Lieutenant Cstn
mander Richard Waywrlght Lieutenant
Oeorgo K W W Holnvan Lieutenant II
John Hood Lieutenant Carl W Ungcn
Lieutenants Junior grade George P
Blow John T niandln S y Jenkins
Washington Feb-
ruary lC Tho secre-
tary ot Ibo navy re-
ceived the following
telegram from Cap-
tain Slgbbce Maine
blown up In Havana
harbor at 010 and
destroyed Many are
wounded and doubt-
less more killed and
drowned Wounded
and others on board
Spanish menofwar
and Ward line steam-
er Send llghtuoUM
lenders from Key
West for crew Few
pieces of equipment
still above water No
one has other clothes
than those on him
Public opinion should
be suspended until
further reports A l
officers believed to be
saved Jenkins anJ
Jterrllt not yet ac-
counted for Many
Spanish officers In-
cluding roprescata
tlvea of Blanco now
Naval Cadets Jonas II Holdoii Wnlt T He wns lucky to get to Important a shin
Cluvcris M M Dronson David P Boyd tin tin Mnlnc eoiiolderlnc his nitual mile
Jr Surgeon Luclen H Ileiibergcr Pay-
master Charles Llttlefleld Chief IMrI
neer Charles I Powell Passed ABsl tivt
Engineer Fred C Bowers Assistant Uigl
wets K n Morris and Darwin II Mer-
rill Naval Cadets engineer division Pope
Mashlngton Arthur Orenslinw Chaplain
John P Cliodwjeh Flint Lieutenant of
Marines Albertus W Oatlln Boatswain
Francis K Lnrkln Gunner Joseph Hill
Carpenter Goorgo W Helms
The commander nf iho Maine Captain
Sigsbcp Is a favorite in tliu navy depart-
ment For four years ho was chief of he
hydrographlc pfneo and by hJ energy
brought tho offlco up to n high standard
which Is that of n commander but ho Im-
mediately Justified the Jr ritnont of Ills
selection by hlo conduct ill New York III
avoiding running down a packed oxcunion
boat This was u display ot quldf Judg-
ment cotirngo nnd pluck that pleased Hip
deimrlincnl in highly Hint the captain ws
win a complimentary letter
Tliu Mnino wns Imlli in NW Yprlc In
lSK nt n cost of JzKSSOOO She had a nice
hull and u complement of S71 men
Paymaster Charles W Llttlollnld who
U given In tig list ot offlcont on tho
Maine baa recently been replnvcd by lay
maslcr llyau Llttlefleld Is now In Wash-
ington
= AN OFFICIAL REPORT FROM CAPTAIN SIGSBEE
HAVANA IN CONSTERNATION
lliiitin Ielirnnrr I Tli Vl le i
n lernnlon irevull In linvnun
wllli
ermvJlril
Tlie svlmrvea lire
lliiitmuuilK Ml peuiilr
If Im bcllrrri Hie eiio luu t
eurrcd Ji aiunlj nornler inh fit ie
A lSl S oVInel svlml reiuulnit f
the Mnlsie Is still burning CwptMlu
HIWHliee mill llm olier orilfera linve
been snveil It in chIIiiiummI Hint
fiver Hi or Hiepreivivere Iclllcil but
II In uiiuMNllja iif > < < wive infl
lelnlln
Ailmlriil Mi i < er oa UUH rilr eit
tliiil ImiiiK of fill MniM nhoulil s <
lie n l nfter i > r Hie Sllllne mill Iter
roiiiiilrdi The ll nyunii renieii nrr
Iflviuii stiil leuaisitf vsirffullr
r A
wllh mo and cxpresij
sympathy
Sigsbcp
Officers referred to
In the nljove dlspulcli
are Lieutenant V
W Jcnkln and A
tlslini Unglncer Uar
wln t < Merrltt
fproin the wordlni
of tho dispatch tho
navy department of
flclalH think It Is pos-
sibly that theywru
on shoro at ho tlaio
of the accident
Tim secretary of
tho navy received
a n o t h p r dispatch
from Jvcy West at
tho same time Vltu
tbo above hut It
contents were not
made public
1 Tbo orders for tho
lighthouse ten dpru
were at onco sent to
Kcy West in plain
language thus avoid-
ing tbo delay ibiii
would havo art s n
from iho use of ci-
pher
rtf
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London Fchruary IS V Bpeclttl ftx > m
Madrlil says tho populace ot1 that city Is
greatly enraged owing to the belief that
tho Spanish cnblnot apologized to the
United Slnlta Tho populate the tlla
pslch addn In bitterly opposed to such a
cuurso and exceedingly hostile 16 tho kov
ctimienl ntiil may malic a deinonUritlou
Ill conclusion tho dispatch sayst Tlio pfo
plo prefer War lo an apdlogyi thlultlng
Spain will Buffer lefia ihereby as war
would ba decidedly disastrous to tho large
commerce ot the United Slaters
AN ArouotnMtnqniviJD
Washington FfbrtfCry 115 At midnight
last nlghl It was nnnoimceil at Ihu execu-
tive mnhfllou that Spain had ninilft a sails
factory apology for the utterances of
Seuor Ho Lome This Information It was
stilted has been brought to tint prcatdent
by Atnlatntii S crotary Day Judge Day
aubsetU nif dculcil ihat he hiitl received
any luHit Krnm Mlnlstei AVoodford or
had eoiivt wlntellisciica of tho character
InillcniiMl to tho president
Ho dcclnral the only new litformaUoa
ho halt In hi possesion tafi ldesu hulle
llnu from Madrid that tho cabinet ill Its
moetiiig had decided to make the dis-
avowal rcqucsto by llin United Slates It
Is believed Hint it misunderstanding has
arisen na to tho authority for tho lularma
llon furnished thopretsldonthy Judge Day
it having been rcgardiil as haed on eoiu
tiiunlcullciw from ieueral Woodfoid lu
Hltnd of prosit dispatches The curious co
incidence of thu Announcement and denial
aro accounted for Jn no other way
113 LOMB JIBIUDIATKI
New York February 15 In couvcrsk
Hon with a Madrid correspondent of the
Herald last nlght one Ofthu cabinet mm
iBtora said
Vou mny openly nay aa cimltig Ircm
Scjior Sogasuv nnd from each ot ua that
wo eetlrely rondrw nlCtlniinpBt ubsojutu
ninnfiir fitnor He Lomo rMW lV v < at0
athnnied grieved nd sorry thewlt The
mlnlsterH feel wore ariurluved than Ircsl
dent MeKJiiley van possibly be We am
linuiHt inert who have been placed In a
fnlso position by u fool
In reply lo further titicsttons tho min-
ister wyat CunaleJas Journey wis ab
solutoly private and in no way possible
did we mist or use hint
Tho Washington correspondent of the
Hotiild sayit that tho announcement from
Mudild that the Spanish ministry has de-
cided to reply In u Jlttliig manner to Mill
Inter Woodfords representations In regard
to ho He Lome letter U highly satisfactory
to I he officials No one Is more pkasn1
over Iho matter than tbo president him
Kelt He has never doubted from Hie vory
Orel Hint Spain would repudiate the action
of tti mlnlcler 11s only concern has been
that tho delay In cloning the liiMenl
might lead to some outburst lit congress
which would cnusn unibarnwrnont o u > v
iidmlnlslrtitlon before the BpJmsli govern-
ment had had an opportunity to make n
satisfactory response
Hopex lo I3iiiiic ApoloKv
London Februavy 35 The Madrid corre
kpondsnt uf the Times sayur In the offi-
cial acceptance of S enor Dilpuy dc Iomca
leflsuntlun the ulstial romidlmontary lurose
uppreelatlo or Mh rvHei wilt bJ onilt
U4 In this manner Hnnln honea to atisy
the Hnlted Stitesand u > end the nueStlOB
NO AlOIOCiy YET
WAshliiBion February J0 Up to n lato
hqtr tonight tho state department had no
additional word from AliilUtor Voodford
A mattern stand the only fuMier action
to he expected from Ppalu is a dlsivoyalot
the ectitlmeiita expressed l y He roma r on
cernluK Iresident MelCllilcV but this will
Jloro flnfl
cmiid as e vflluuMior rourwsjr
ullo ftniionncement Htan Uil has or ban
not be n made li the ordinary course of
eveMH Ik the next news expected
Deed Heei < teil oi Mnnlay Void
St I Jiils February 10 The appeal of
Hill Fontaine Vo ul St loul from tit
beeauoo cxceulcil on Sunday
THEY PREFERWII
The Spanish
1r Srv w 1
Populace4JtlrreiOtc 5l4
Apoloqy for Dc L6mei W
vf
TI1RY MAY MAKE A DEMON TRATON m
As They Think Spnln Voiitrf Gala kf
Hostilities
AIOLOGY HAS HBBM KBCBIVBD
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In inltl lint There 1a Vo Clcaur
Authority for hut StnteJ
men
decision of the United States circuit cotjrt JfiM
suit agalns Hctiry P nnd
Htte to forecloao a dceJ of tru t iuiJtitf
aiiltod in an orflnoatjvojUdBtuenL in fay6r j
in the appeal >
of the defendants crjiirtof
the court holding that the Jlce d wa void