New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-16
COURT LEAVES HAVANA.
GOOD RpsuIrs OBTAINED FROM THE
EXAMINATION.

QOOD HNDOAl0 OOAAAA~~D
EXAMINATION
ru1rzua TESTIMONY NOT Considered 60s-
yrcrprsr TO JUSTIFY LONGER srAr-sIrr7Nos
TO sr CONTINUED AT KEY WEST
NAY BIZ HELD ON THE IOWA.
Havana. March 15.--Tho Mnngrove, With the
Court of INQUIRY on board sailed this evening
for Key West. Captain Sampson. presioen' "a
.he Board. assured the correspondent 'na' VI.
decision TO leave Havana was not reached UNI"
this afternoon after q consultasionsoi the mem
bers. II was decided that, while fnrtner 'eS'''
mony might be obtained here. TINS was no'
suf.icientiy likely 10 Justify longer stay, Inc
Court can return u the wrecxers make o''oo'-
.,.s that add to the stock Of knowledge now
gathered. The plans Of the submerged w'ecA'
IN the preparation Of which Ensign Powelsoh
b.. hnd q largo share. are elaborate. and Cap
tain Sampson says that the tee'''i'o'' ""N
records Of the divers re very !uli.l
Captain Sampson hopes the court VIII Do al
lowed TO resume its sittings on the batte-ship
Iowa. now near Key West. with the hasship
Sew-York All the officers Of the court except
judge Advocate Mark stationed on 'hc
Iowa or the New-York. ard on the former the
court could be absolutely free from Interrupt
ton The greater part Of the investigation mat
remains Will consist. unless the court returns
here Of a careful! study of the plans IL II no'
thought that IL vii, be necessary again TO sum
mon the survivors of the Maine officers or men'
now at Key West. or scattered throughout 'he
feet. CAPTAIN Sampson said however, tha' any
such would be summoned II the revision or tire
testimony showed missing links in the chain
that they could supply.
The Court has no prophecy TO make as to the
further duration Of It's sittings or as to when ana
where the findings Will be promulgated. captain
sissbee viii probably remain here win Lleu'eh-
.n,.conmander Wainwright to superintend the
wreck.ns on beha. Of the Government Chap
min Ch,dwick is expected to remain TO care for
any bodies that may be recovered Az least no
orders had been received to the contrary when
this dispatch Is sent.
The Court called upon Committeeman Lee inns
Afternoon 20 bid him farewell, and subsequently,
Connin Sigsbee said yoodby to the Court
r.. vrecking derrick CHEZ. Of New-York. ar
rived here to-day In tow Of the Boston tug IN
derwr;ter Il is understood the latter VIII re-
turn 20 the United States for 3.OW-ton barge
Az three vessels are 10 be used In the contract
work on the wreck.
II is reported here that the Spanish cruiser
vlyca.a 81 the request Of the Spanish residents
Of Mexico vii. visit Vera Cruz. 1t Is further
-aoo-teA tina, the Spaniards OF that place nave
d.e,,os 70 rresen. 10 the Spanish Government
a war.nip Of the same size as the Vizcaya'
Tho body az another victim Of the Maine dis
sster was found late last night floating near the
United States cruiser Montgomery The body
has not bean identified
snsntsh troops to the number Of 400 arrived
here to-day from Spain.
sesor Rafael Arazosa n prominent resident
Cvn1 rSoh
rert the coasting steamer Pillar. IN order mat
she may be armed as warship.
Rolf the English engineer in charge of the
floating dock, denies in this mornings papers
that he has given an interview al any time TO
m American newspaper the subject OF the
wreck of the Maine.
Commissioner Klopsch Is developing great
activity in pushing the work Of relieving the
COR sufferers all oven the island. lie is taking
rs,ps 10 establish Immediately RELIEF headquar-
IA S at pinar del Rio. Havana. Matanzas car
mas Sagua lie Grande Caibarien, Cienfuegos.
Inidad. Manzanilio and Santiago de cuba, SO
AS to provide for more prompt and direct rcnet
10 those who suffering In the small towns
in the interior Of the island. where there Is
great distress. The Commissioner is also col
iect.1g statistics regarding the reconcentrados
az each Of the towns mentioned. 50 as to enable
the relief workers 10 send the quantity or 1000
needed daily. About four hundred ana sixty
Ave tons Of supplies are expected by the Com
missioner this week. and next week he expects
about three thousand tons OF provisions. which
will supply the sufferers with food for about
twenty days
FREE ENTRY FOR NAVAL SUPPLIES.
Washington March l5-Representative Dingley.
Of Maine chairmer of the Ways and Means Com
rni,tec Of the House. introduced join: resolution
to-day providing 70. the temporary admission free
Of duty Of naval supplies procured abroad. 1t is as
follows.
Resolved. That such guns ammunitior and other
naval supplies as may DC purcnased abroad by ms
in the United States free OF duty.
The bill will be reported Immediately by the
Ways AMI Mears Committee. TO which II was re-
fsyred.. 1t was introduced at TIC request OF the
CREWS FOR THE SHIPS AT LEAGUE ISLAND
PHILADELPHIA March i5.-Aoou, two hundred
men and marines who will form a part OF the crews
Of tho cruisers Columbia and Minneapolis, arrived
a. the League Island Navy Yard this afternoon
from Washington. Boston. New-York and Norfolk
The men were taken board the receivng-ship
Pichmord and later IN The dry transferred 10
their ships.
The Government tug Leyden. which sailed from
Newport yesterday. reached the Navy Yard to-day.
She had on board twenty Whitehead torpedoes and
thirty six hundred pounds o: un-co.ton. The tor
HTnsS0ziHes OF the Two pis cruisers. Each Of the
cruisers VII De EQUIPPED WIN ten lOTpcuoeh tEOuSn
:he usual complement Is only four. When the
Ieyoen has transferred the ammunition TO the
cruisers shc will make fast 10 the coal barge
Ee.h fiowes and soil FOR Key West.
4 DENIAL FROM GERMANY.
Berlin. March 1.-THE North German Gazette"
This afternoon denies that Germany has received
eny inquiry from the United States IN regard 10 the
formers attitude IN the event OF war.
SENATE MAINE INQUIRY POSTPONED: