Show Why Battleship Maine Was Dispatched to Cuba The revolt re of ot the Cubans against Spanish misrule In 1893 caused such unsettled conditions In Cuba Cub that the American government believing belle th the e lives Is and property of or Its citizens to b bin be beIn beIn e In danger sent ent the battleship Maine to Havana on January 21 I The yes ves vessel sel eel was piloted Into the harbor by a an n official pilot of the Spanish government t and moored to the government buoy The customary of official lelal and interns interns- fond l cans cane ana aDd salutation were exchanged exchanged ex ex- changed between tile the Spanish authorities ties lies and the commander of the Maine and there were no Indications of ot the trouble that was as to toll follow ow The explosion ex took place at nt 9 40 p p. m. m on the tr th of February Capt CharI Charles ell Dwight commander of the Maine was aboard at nt the time The explosion resulted In the death of two officers and of fit the tile crew eight of ot the crew lIew sub subsequently died of ot wounds How Cole Coke Yields Liquid Fuel Fual German sCientists scientist are perfecting the process of extracting liquid fuel ruel from coke The Ruhr process Is a great grent advance over others that have been developed eloped by reason renson of the fact that flint only ordinary pressure and end medium temperature are required M All the products of ot the oil Industry from gasoline to solid paraffin parama are extracted I directly In pure condition Five Fire tons of ot coke are required to yield one long longton longton longton ton of gasoline |