The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-22

fEYAREW WAITING
|. nppartment Officials DO
Not Expect Definite News
Immediately
! ,he Cause Of the Maine Dis
ker. Messages About Minor
Matters.
: for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Mar Vessel to GO--Spain's
Responsibility.

,sg,G1oN. Feb. 20. Several re-
came by telegraph to the state
kaavy departments from Havana.
the naval ,e.egrams. however.
date of sunday. while that from
nl Lee to the state department
hbv was sent late at night though
I'd $3.50 a. III. This message does
hrow any high, on the cause OF the
,sr and IN effect the officers In the
department. have about resigned
lselve. 10 the belief that nothing
6l;e upon this point can be known
kyeral days TO come. Their reason
bis belief is tina, the operations Of
|rers upon the wreck OF the Maine
e.ns confined AT present to the re.
b 0. ,hs bodies OK the dead still
bsei III the wreck. and their re.
r. Q. va.ua blc,. neither OF which
te neglected, while the other branch
wors, namely, the investigation
Z cause Of the disaster. may be
J pEoper.v left TO the conduct OF the
Q: inquiry.
treat Need Of IDiverA
E-e-a. Lees dispatch was aS FOL.
yea; need Of divers to get effects
tode, from wreck. Two arc now
eyed. but IL or Is could be used.
hundred aud forty.three bodies
leen buried. Very few were found
ls the day. but over 100 are sup.
10 be confined to the ship The
Is now in the two Spanish hospi.
lomter II. Visited them Sunday.
III recover except two, They are
o''able and well cared for"
Fuag Secretary Day made answer
le mad called the attention Of the
department. to tho request and
'u1a be complied with.
y department. believes that tho
y OF divers complained Of by
'A' Lee, probably has already been
'O@e BY the arrival Of the Bache
'orce OF divers from the North
~" ~ squadron at Tortugas. and
we Necessary apparatus.
f'an' For wreck,se the Msi.s.
pam Lemley. the judge advocate
-. -; " the navy department, with
|, ''a bradford. chief Of the equip
oureau, and Commodore Hich.
.Aiei constructor. were in con.
AVN ior some time with Secretary
|,or, porting to him the plans they
1ea Tor the wrecking OF tho
oaptain Lemley suggested
c'" a!'her changes in the details OF
- ,.'fac's . which are now being
!, y. WIN tho wrecking companies.
\ ,s. - expected that within a few
In" "'et congress shall have enacted
.sa,p president shall have signed tho
tar ry ,, oill, making an appropria.
"a 'ne r, work, the contracts will be
do,.e Inc incoming mail at tho
EEtin.' i'paftment brought . most in.
|bs bs : Contribution to the news
lnt Wy nt IN tho shape Of an ex.
NIa;np npAo'ograph OF the wreck OF
Dor ', "a as 1t now lies in Havana
e,a,u LUIS was for warded to the
d, lata,l ol tho navy by Lieutenant
v;a, v'y attached to the Maine. It
eral s s from the port side, and in
'snan 1o"'ures resembles the last
Low ~. cuts OF the wreck. Secrc.
paya : !. look it to the White House
II jn,a II TO the president, who was
he Se'eSted nv III the details as shown
ninnd navy :, department. has not vet do.
|s sba,, ,u,ehn,tely which Of our war,
Dor, M al,l replace the Maine in Havana
! as a aa'.nough it has been determined
j BE- saa. a''er Of policy another shir
seen th there. The choice lies
on he. e Montgomery. cruiser. now
West way from San Domingo "a
It Gs,saa saa the Nsshvil le, gunbost
hi Grs. t".' participating In th,
|lw quad a.sssss's P>,era