Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-25
AWAITING FACTS.
Continued from page IL

tPiDl OF the lITSl ilSDdtcn from taDt2 IN
Sigsbee."
The secretary's attention was drawn
to the published statement that Cant
Cr0wninsnield, chief OF the bureau Of
navigation. had lust arrived al TAMPA.
Fla. on the MONTGOMERY. from a trip to
Cuba. where he had been inspecting
prosDective coaling stations near Ma
tanzas The sacretarv's comment was
simply this. cant CroWninshield has
not been to Cuba He has been off
with his boat on matters NOT in any
wise connected with tho l,IIsincse of the
navy"
SECRETARY Long furtber said that he
rathe, avnoc+ad IA ss. CAM Crownin-
shield torourrov
untu Tho conclusion Of the jnvee.iga-
,;o,, Of the court IF innujry at Havana
tha nrinrirol busfpass of The navy de
nartnont IN connection with the Maine
r.flI rclo+,.. f., th... conduct Of the wreck
mo c,,n,.,tio.,. cam LArnIv the iudpn
.,,l,.,l..,., .,a,.,.ol n.bo has his branch
-, ,,.lr,, i,,,,,,a,Iiataf,, ir charoa today
roo,i,.aa taleora,cs from, tho Merritt &
,,bor,,,on Nvranlsino "a ~ Now Yo,,l,
ota,i,m mat tho steamer Merritt and
,,.,atl,i,,o tiubtor -harns han sailed fan.
,1a,.ona ana tbo+ rba tho I-ndar,,ri+a,
,,i,b tho chief ,yn1id leave Nov York
c,r,d.,. fo,. tba Sam. ,,tac. Tho AZ
si,.tant y.;acl.in,e ,,.s+.,. was aoina f..
1Ia,,a,,o ~, ~. JC,,d lima etao,,o,.
ca.u,da,. onJ II .o.ae c,ooastad ia th.
danar,nont thai its jnspertnr shonId
tai.a mo same s,,ar,ar
inosn,,,,h &c 1iaut Commanders kim
a,,;o,od - t,a d,tv of ipenactino no
,v,.clrino. onaratinns If win NOT ha nee
,...,.o,,. -, >i.c,.,,,.,, +bie s,,noo.tilp tn,
o,,v nv,,, inf,,.r,otio, received hv tho
r,,,',, aa,,ar+,,,,, fro,,, Ito,ana di,,ino.
IN. dov v.ae conveyed in Cant Sigs-
l,oo,. ,aion,.o,,,
secratarv I.onn innndiatalv answer
al cow cioslao onn,o,.inr all his
,ooo,,,na,5otiors Un vac diractod IN
hn,.."r;o, wairv.,icht Tho axaouti,a
oa;co,. nr ,hn Noi,,n make arrange
,,n,,. ,,i,h th,, ,,ra.taro far tn. di,.-
;,,,aat;o,, -, a,.or,thiru cont ia mo
Irnitad S,.,.. m rnoommanda,io,
no, al, h,,,,in. ana ,lntbipo no ahan-
to,,od an, if n..d no oivnn to tha ac-
,Iirno,ad roo,. was annrovad ,vi,hont
,.o,,,,nt,, Tbo .or,a annro,o, ,vac
,,i,,a, Ia ,b. .,,eqastior that useless
.S'NeA ~ Nv '"e7 ''''''
'it'iiSo anu '4"' " y" -
az 'ht "" ~ 's0''''n'" - ms ' ~
APP "is SUI JUS n'Vi'' ~ u, '''''i'
'''" la '"i' ''7'l wv '''''
ilVu vi
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sd ms VI ''' H'e'"i an l'"i - ~
9"pe'9t' u''"i@ Wv ii"" was 49, "
tiid' '7"Ni' III" - 'oi 40 VI ''' - ~
bureau Of equipments. II was !elt 20
Cant. SigShae to say what if this shat
.oro3 ,,a,oriot VOC ,,.orto ,raca,,i,,e,
a''N
AIS statement lhal nu'H hIdSiihS
would be REQUIRED to clear away en-
,.nn,herirc ,natariaI indicates thar II =
''''' Us ''-i
essential TO furthef destroy the upplt!
portions of the wreck in order to get at
,rbo, ic moro va1pab1a hanaarh
"i,i' - iii'i
capt SlRSbee statement thdt il!'
divers have, been down aft seven days
,,,1 f,,.,,.,,.l r,,,r dow. oa,.a tho nav.
anu i'i " hiN We. '"S -, - ''' -"
department me llrSl Information pl inc
time that the divers had been in the
,.i.;,,it,. Of ,t, ...,,a ,r .x,,,tnci,,, This
N'o4iI''S VI ~ N'''N
Zon" ~ conlIn"i to IN" forward part u
the shin
III, .ta +.,,,,,,, !, IN, .iY.I,.... dis
~ .'' - ~"
patch that FRIENDS Oh the dtau SAoGIt
understand that We are in ne tropics.