Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-02-22
STOR ES BY EYE WITNESSES.
Little Sympathy Among Spanish at Havana So
Far as They Could See,

New York Feb. 21-rho Ward Lie
steamer Seguranca arrived this afte.-
noon, from Havana. The Seguranca ar
rived at Havana a 10 A. NJ. on the morn
Ing after the disaster to the Maine. ana
passed close by the wreck.
The SeEuranca brought 30 cabin pa;
sengers, many of whom We're anxious To
obtain news from this country and To
learn the public expressions in relation
10 the disaster They said that great cN
element prevailed in Havana ana 1t the
time Of sailing the foreign population
were general in the opinion that the
Maine was destroyed by design. They
cited among other things that the Span
sh man-of-war which WAS anchored near
the Maine changed her moorings previous
to the disaster.
One of the passengers. William l.. Car
bin went 50 far in his statements as to
say that he saw boats go near The Maine
Il short time previous to the explosion.
and said he would go 10 Washington TO
make the statcmcn; before the inVcsl-
eating committee
&. L. Holcomb OF Newcastle. Del, gen
eral manager Of street railroad ii Phil
adelphia. one OF the passengers on board
the Seguaranca. was outspUken in his be-
lief that the Investigation at Havana
would reveal some startling circum
stances.
Il went to Havana" said Mr.. IIolromt.
mot at all in sympathy with TIM .ue.tr-
gents. but, on Wednesday, wl"n We @ot
TO Havana, h"lcV" amy of the Amer-
cans on board We're in a mood 20 commit
murder. Tn" flags of the Spanish wtr-
ship were not at half mast. The vessels
of All other natinudlitieS had paid thiS
slight trih1ltc to the dead. had a trle-
gram to bring back the remains of APP
prentic" GlaZicr, who is the son of my
bookk"epor. I found that h" was among
the saved The contrast between the
bearing of the Spanards and Cubans Is
strong At tn" funeral Of the MIiu,'~
~,
We're almost all dressed in mourn ns-
while the Spanish ladies Wore colorS. rh,
only American lags | saw in the whole
procession were two small ones about
:. by 6 inches. | went aboard the Alfonso
MI and was received politely. The only
expression uf regret | heard there WIS
from an officer who complained that tho
force of the Maine explosion had broken
his toilet bottles. There can h." II" mis-
taking tn" Indifference" of tn" Spani;trtiS
in Havana over the loss of tn" WarShip
and thoS" ON board. ON Thursday. when
driving to the cemetery with two .Nnrrj-
can friends, was assai,d with i"ers.
3nn someone tUr"W a idrC" stone at our
carriage"
=. ". Eobhrtt Of this city, who said
that Ia" was with Mr.. lIolcomh in the
carriage. added: "ThHt's perfectly true,
In fact. on" or two children yelled after
MS that they had blown up the am yricann
and they were CHAD of il. did not hear
Il single expression Of r""r,-t for th,. ter
rihi' toss "i ~" from any - iln'f' ''f-
iiiE thr nm" ' W. )h ''4ElH|
rf"iih N'hih'.h'f 90 ii'' my l'i 'f'
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