Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-02-19
THE MAINE HORROR.
The Number Of Dead Seamei Now
Thought to Be 200.
Some Survivors Reach Key West. Fia.: and
They Pooh-Pooh the Idea That the
Disaster to the Battieship
Was an Accident

Of intense excitement ut the navy de
partment and elsewhere, growing on
of the destruction Of the battleshil
Maine In Havana harbor Tuesda,
night, the situation last night, ate
the exchange OF .a number OF cable
grams between Washington and Ha
vana, can be summed up In the word
Of Secretary Long, who, when asked
rs he was about TO depart Tor the day
whether he had reason to suspect ina
the disaster was the work OF an enemy
replieI
rhive not ~ that am Influenced os ,a !,
, ,SS' arS Ssnar,msn, ON the ca1se Ho Is evil
IDENTITY waiting to write full report So lonl
Us no does not express himself Ieertainly can
not should think from the inaicauons, now S
rve, ins' .s sr How TIM, came about
do not Know For the present, at least, n,
other warship will be sent to Havana
The large majority OF naval ofiicer'
are inclined to the belief that the ex
plosion resulted from spontaneous com
bustion OF coal bunker, the over
heating of the iron partitions between
,ho ho;iors ard tho n,yaz;ne mr. from
'"S 'o''s': "" 80 ~. a.,
Tue eNPiosion VI oo'iei' '"o.sA -,
last theory finds little support Ihs
news of the disaster created q pro
to,nd ;unr.ssiop Mt tho canitol. Sem
.o""" :,
tors uno hcnoei" VI s"e q,
rule, expressed the opinion Ior pupii
cation that the catastrophe was the re
sr,t ~ ,cc;dont md not of DESIGN
- .,.;o.. ,o,or
put thcrc were sohhe w.,
ally expressed under the Dreatn, WIZ
the admonition not to publish, to the
effect that the affair looked very mys'
terious and doubtful. As rule sena
tors expressed the opinion that the de
partment would and should make thor
ough investigation and added that FOL
the present it would be unnecessary
for congress to take the matter up.
TELEGRAMs SENT AND RECEIVED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE follow
| ;no roblcoram was received bv the
% l...f,,,C onsr, Canaral
e'"'e "e par '.ue"' A'o'AA
Lee last night:
HAVANA, Fen io-Proiounu sorrow OK
pressed by government and municipal au
,norcs, eonsu's =. nmS ni,'nsns Uesarai,v
a,,a'., y, h,y ,r,s, an ,,overnor general,s nal.
49,, a., s,,I,,,,n,, q, h,rhor ami In city pusI.
no.s % .,snan,cJ. ,hen,ers closed Dead mum.
hor ,honi sSo oe,csrs, quarters beInr In rea,
~, so,,,,on.s ,,r,r,rd ,vhero oxniosion tool
,,,a.e accounts for creator unconditional loss a,
saJ,nrs EnnoraI ,o.dnv M three n m. On,cer.
Merritt and Jenkins still missing Suppose
you ask that naval court Of inquiry be held to
ascertain cause Of explosion. Hope our people
Will VIII, repreSs c"'''c'nen' ""u '"' "" 1,rr 70
The president has ordered that TO.
day and mill further notice the fac nj
oil novv yord. and on naval vessels M
nosts army beadouarters and ON ali
nubI;c buildings shall ne half masted.
late Inst NIGHT the following dis.
r.tch from Cant S;osbee MT Havana.
addressed N Secretary Long. wa, re.
oo;vod.
An man whose names have not been sen. as
saved probably are lost Have given up Jen-
kins and Merritt as lost Bodies are stili aoat-
ing ashore thus M xeep p ann Ssrs
v with me- me. "N ' y '''O
Secretary Long, for the president,
sent this telegram to Can't Sipsbee:
Slgsbce. United States steamer Maine. Ha-
vana: The president directs me to express ior
himself ana Inc people Of ,ne Unsea s.a s a.,
~ pT me Maine mi desires that NO expense be
spared in providing for the survivors and the
care OF the dead JOHN D. LONG, Secretary.
SOME SURVIVORS REACH KEY WEST.
KEY WEST, Fla, Feb. lI.-The steam.
ship Olivette arrived here last night
with large number OF the wounded
and many other survivors OF the Maine
disaster. The officers were, as rule,
reticent, and followed in line with
their chief, Sigsbee, in saying that the
cause Of the explosion could only be
ascertained by divers, but many OF the
sailors were outspoken in their declara-
tion Of belief that the explosion
was q deep laid plot OF the Span
iards. They arc greatly incensed
against the Havana people, who have
shown them small courtesy, who
looked upon their presence as q ma
tional affroDh and who have pub
lished ANONYMOUS circulars captioned
..Down with Americans.n Thew he.
-. A.. a.. .,,,i,o,. "a .,,,h o,,,rossod
heVe '""' tne Su."o, Va o1S 80
and cowardiy hatred wonld not stop
ut an act OF such terrible vengeance ns
tho blovino nm of the Maine. These
-. ,',a;,,.d ,,,;,h tho dr;ll. dis.
s;ni;no = nj onsorntle ~ n man-of.wor
nooh.noob the idea of an internal OK.
piosion ne the last thing 70 be though,
Of The correspondent of the Asso.
cia,ed nress has been assured in a re.
I;ahIe nuartcr that Can't Si0sbee Is
under the innression tbat the warsbir