The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-22

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TON AS iET. IS 81
It is a noticeable fact that the current
ps official opinion Is beginning to follow
50 positively and lpersistently at Ha-
: vaaa and Key West, that the, cause of
Hasn't s Hp4es,ottf y % = - - ~ 'iie DIT
oficia1s nigh in the administration
stated to-day that while they were
wholly without exact Information as to
the findings OF the court OF inquiry, they
found themselves sharing in the appar-,
emily Intangible conviction that THE
CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION WAS
: NOT ACCIDENTALLY. Opinion express
cd by the Maine survivors who reached
here last Saturday doubtless has con-
tributsd largely to this view in official
circles. In this connection It Is under
stood that one OF the officers who ar
rived on Saturday, stated, NOT as opinion
but as his personal observation on rhe
night OF the disaster, that there were
Two distinct explosions, The tendency
OF this is 10. support the theory of ex-
ternal cause, as this IS based on the idea
that rhe first external explosion was fol-
lowed by q second internal explosion,
Intense interes. in the report & was
manifested to-day: at the white house,
and at the state, navy and war depart
ments. a. ~ ;s;;
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The government has made no further
purchases OF war sfips. but t+s n ,,,,,,i ee,,,a
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~ stia'' Z, itie - naSe V' oeef ProauctiEe productive
Oh tleast one important result, namely,
IN establishing that unless the battle
ship General y O'Higgins becomes tho
property OF the United States. 81 viii NOT
he sold sat ALL Spaip.. Ct Is confidently
asserted, Will not be able 10 secure 5this
war vessel. nor are her chances any bet-
terror as good as those OF the United
States. Practically the same condition
prevails as to the Argentine armnred
cruiser: San Martino, which Viii become
the properly of this goyern,uen. ir 81
passes out OF the hands OF ArsentIne
Aside from these facts, there was the
usual food OF speculative repor,. c1,rrent +
to-day, including renewal! OF the ,,aI,o,t
that Lieutenant Blow. one or ths
Names survivors who reached hero Sat. az
urday, brought a letter from AffmJraI
sicard containing the dnformation , +1,at
the explosion was external. but could o
government. Officials high In anthoritv %
ar are loath 70 make specific deMaIs Of
an3a, s1tse rspVF,s, s's, as So many OF them are
was dIsmissad 1 as ,,as .ne stltefnent
high ofi3JaIs who ,vn,,,d a. au' ILL.,. ~, One
know it e,,cb - ,nsnrm,JS,s mu 19 very ;a hhe,y 70
brought statea .ta4tts - naH oeen
the foct had nevar bnsr ~ WIS IN hatiu
MIN and he verv sorsnr on. ai.us hhoWn 10
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