Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-17
to bed unusually early. He turned owe,

to bed unusually early. He turned over
to Lieutenant whittelsey the receiving
Of all dispatches relating to the disas-
ter. Very little was received that
would throw light on the situation, but
nearly a hundred private kilograms
came from friends and families Of the
officers and crew begging for specific
news Of the loved ones and relatives
who were with the fatal ship. Replies
were made to such inquiries as could
be answered
1t was iopS1-by the department that
a list of .he injured among the surviv-
ors could be secured promptly, but
though a request for this was called
to Havana at 4 p. m. no response was
received. The names of the dead and
wounded were not obtainable elsewhere
with exactness. The following is list,
however. Of the saved. cabled by Cap
tain Sigsbee, and barring telegraphic
errors may be accepted as probably
correct: Ofiicers-Captain c. d. Sigs-
bee. Lieutenant Commander r. VAIN
wright, Lieutenant G. F. w. Holman,
Lieutenant J. Hood, Lieutenant c. w.
Jungen, Lieutenant G. p. Blow, Sur.
geon s. G. Heneberger. Paymaster c.
NJ. Ray, Chief Engineer c. p. Howell,
Lieutenant ]. J. Blanden, Chap
lain ]. p. Chadwick, Passed As
sistant Engineer F. c. Bowers, Lieu
tenant OF Marines A. Catlin, Assistant
Engineer ]. r. Morris, Naval Cadet ].
II. Holden. Naval Cadet W. T. Cluver-
ius. Naval Cadet r. Bronson, Naval
Cadet p. Washington. Naval Cadet A.
Crenshaw, Naval Cadet ]. T. Boyd,
Bcatswain F. +. Larkin, Gunner j.
Hill, Carpenter J. Helm, Paymaster
Clerk B. Mccarthy.
Men-Redon, Larson. Hallberg, Bull
lock, Melville. Willis, Galpin, Kushida,
Noppin. Turpin. Harris, Lutz. Jertzon,
Holland. Herbert, McDevitt, Foley,
Hutchins. Schwartz. Richards. Teackle,
F1ynne. Dresseler. David. Michaelson,
Sohman. Fox. Wilbur. Waters. Ander-
son. Christianson. Koehler, Ericsson,
Mack. Williams. J. White, Pauls. Cof-
fee. J. w. Allen. Roe. d. Cronin. F.
Cahill. j. Kane, Jerene, c. A. Smith. G..
Shea, Herness. ]. Heffron, Bloomer.
johnson, Bergman, Matison. A. john
son. Pitcher. Hotter. LOTUS. McGinnis.
w. Matiason. Furness. Good. Darkins,
Rau. NcNair. Babrel. A. Hallon, Sene-
tech. A. Knese. Benjamin. Mckay.
II Is known that the total loss OF life
will reach nearly 260.
Opinions among congressman are &C.
cording to neither the congressman is
one of those called a lingo" or one
who may be called an "anti-jingo."
The former are impressed with the idea
that TIE facts present a good cirOam-
star tial cIf.!irmation of the suspicion
that TIE disaster is due to Spanish
trsachery. The latter insist that it was
on accident sid will so be shown. They
say that sucn accidents have happened
before; that a battleshp is little less
than n volcano. anyhow.
a JaoksonI ill.. Fla. telegram gives q
special from hey West which says:
''The steamship oli..ttc arrived here
last night with n large number of the
wounded and many other survivors Of
| the Maine disaster. The officers were
as a rule. reticsnt. and followed in line
with their chief. Sigsbec. in saying that
the cause Of the explosion could only
be ascer;aincd by div rs: but many o.
| thc Sohois Ntit outSil"heil III tnell
\ declaration Of belief that the explosion
was a deep-laid plot of the Spaniards
They are greatly incensed against tht
Havana people. who have shown then
small courtesy, who looked upon theil
| presence as a national affront, and VIII,
have published anonymous circulars
/ captioned Down with Americans
| They believe that the author Of suct
expressed and cowardly hatred would
not stop at an act of such terrible ven
geance as the blowing UP Of the Maine
These sailors pooh-pooh the idea Of az
internal explosion as the last thing Il
he thought Of
Il 10 Thought NJ