The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-01
DESTROYED NSPANl|I2
Official Synopsis Of the Report !,
the Beard of Inquiry on
the Maine Disaster.
SPANISH kssScY CLEARLY sgosI
The Responsibility OF IN. co,.
However. Not Established IN. 49,.
denee. "a h said. h Much NJ
~lins to spain than the BAArd.. ,,,,-
tngs Suggest.

AJins To spain than the Hlar.i.. 49,,
ings suggest
WASHINGTON, March % The follow.
ing Is officially sanctioned as a >c,
SIS OF the findings ON the des,ru.,.....
the Maine.
The board of inquiry into tb.,,.
OF the Maine finds that the exn,,.t...
which destroyed the Maine wa, f-....
the outside. and does not tx the p.
sponsibility for the disaster. Ia,
not express an opinion a. 10 the cha-.
acter Of the explosive. but tia. ,.-.s.
mony goes to show that it was a r.,,v-
erful submarine mine. the exact ,,..,-.
actcr of which i not determined ~,
the testimony, though the belief y,,s
expressed that il was wha, j. san,,
as "a floating submarine nine .l.-,.
Were two explosions. the board Gn,l,
The first was from the ou,,'d. AKA
that set off one of the smal. DIR masa.
zines"
Authority for the statement tia, tins
Is what the findings show was --ir.a n
the White House late this Afternoon.
just before the second cabinet iue.- n.-
OF the day began. Il seemed b,.- \,
the president that the publ. saaa.l
know at once the substance OF tae re-
port Hence this action wa, ta.sea.
Report and flndinS,.
\ distinction must be made hr,se.n
the findings and the report Thl, wa-
pointed out Monday morning Ia thc
forecast which was then given. and
which is borne out 10y the official att
nouncement this afternoon. The
findings are the conclusions w.icA
the court felt justified in rsa s.
ing. The report is reg-v
and an explanation ~ the tcs-
tilnony. Ii is more sensational au
the findings In the testimony s..-,-
ments far more damaging 10 splash
authority than the findings inilt4te
we're made. Assertions were offered
and suspicious circumstances rsp1-.-
ed. which. however, were not sle.-
GENTLY well supported 10 warrla. .Ae
court in accepting them a. ps.en.
The report and the testimony @i4
make much graver inpI es,ion p -.e
public than the findings. The aye-a-t
reader VIII not stop 10 weigh ta-ti-
mony with the judicial discriminA-.1a
of the court. He will very quicss ae-
cept the drift of the testimplt IAe
American people will feel that u44.ie
Blanco and the higher officials 81 HE
government may have been ignaa.
of the plot. the Maine was dee..l. ei
with the connivance Of spanish -al-
Gals of sufficient rank 10 maHe
Spain more responsible than '4-
findings indicate. The findings -rs
I guarded The report goes far.ae.. r.
viewing testimony which seem, y
I have bearing on the conspiracy I-e
testimony itself is startlingly >l--e--
tive of the not fully proven details "
the shameful deed.
\ member of the cabinet sPcAs.ns
with close personal friend. this cT f.
/ ing. said. with manner most serlels.
The testimony is far worse than u
report 1t is very bad "
Unless there shall he a change ~ tie
presidents intentions. the hadHts.
the report and the testimony wli 4' "
congress al l. O'Clock on Mon Dag. iAe
papers will b. received and rs.et. X
To the committees on foreign r. 80
and foreign affairs without q. --''
The fac, that. with the reception V
papers. the Maine affair bcc"n. 4
business OF congress. has not aitFA
/ attention