The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-02-24
Number of Injured Was 81, Some Of
Whom We're Brought to Key West.
1t is Believed by Many That the Vessel Was
Destroyed by the Hand of an Enemy.
An Oha List OF the Names OF Wounded md rn
juTed An investigation Appointed The UrooL
OF the Moine May Be Raised at Work

CHr3Go. Feb 17-The Tri'l.,o.
" rg'on correspondent suNs: In
. official di>clai mers, the opin.
loa 3, rapidly gaining gronnd here
iaa, 'ac destruction of the battleship
Maine IN Havana harbor was not an
accident
Ihc excitement here Wednesday
l-.tHa, intense for, aside from the
a..a..e loss Of life, there is a feeling
t..' 'n. destruction of the Maine NAV
b. a''rr all. only the opening gun of
ac'ra. ho>titieS. fired in a way pecu-
larry Spanish and as opposed to the
Usage, ot modern warfare. as has been
hcrh".c course of events in Cuba for
mandy 'hrcc years.
United States government, pend
l- 'ac result of the Of
t,a. inquiry ordered by Sccre-
ir Long, assumes that the
Nt aa- destroyed by an accidental
Cr~.ou While this is the official
r.". '.. suspicion is growing in and
'l'@ a' navy department, that the
e a,..s was the work of the Spaniards.
iat .a'c where the Maine was an
'.'rc. na> chosen by the Spanish har-
'"r MASTER. and is said TO have been |
directly over the mine.
boy WISE Feb. l1-Capt. Sigsbee's
message to Commandant FORSYTH. of
&C. hava. station here, received We'd
h', los reads:
hA'ANA, Feb. l7-Adyisc sending
d. r'an vessel at once. The Maine
merged except the debris. Most
d. fDr divers. Jenkins and Mer-
'.'' missing. and there is but lit
'' .'rr '"rtncir safety. Those known
'' ..'c h"cn saved are the officers and
q N.ia .rca Of the crew. Eighteen I
wounded men are now on board the {
''"'' '.h' ,icamcr, in the city hospital !
'.. a. I'll" Na>cottc hotel % so far as
"h. Al. tine others went down on s
''' "r near the Maine. The total +
'r missing is .5S. With several 5
."n, uo officer or man has more II
"" ."'i %. asult of clothing and that v
".' WIN harbor water" q
WASHINGTON. Feb. l7.-After dav r
.'A'c excitement at the navy de- cI
".' ieni and elsewhere. GROWING ont C;
obstruction of the battleship Il.
"''' I'D Havana harbor Tues !ay 5;
-'''' 'De situation Wednesday night. =;
'-' exchange Of number o. "
grams between Washingion and
''."' can be- summed up in the words va
Secretary Long. when asked. as ne sr
~ "''n, - depart for The day. pr
'..''r Ae had reason to suspect that La
''>'>'cr was the work Of an enemy. ca
aacl. '' ~ my rl ~
j DO not In that ! am Influenced ex
'.' '"'' 'hat Capt Sigsbce has not no
. ported To the navy department gel
''' cause. lie is evidently waj,ino In
"'''e a full report. So lone rs he drI
"'' ,Arrc>s himself certainly ma
"'I should ;hink from tine in. int
.''"N however. tia, there was an lie
''" 'hat the ma az.ne exploded
.'"' came abOu, do not know. the
.... N' a. vast no Otncr war Spi
, VIII DIE sent 10 Havana. the
"'p'iing nature Of the disaster the
sac tiaNly Of the situation that enc
arise should Investigation pive the
'S ''r Tie undcrcurrcnt OF sps. a I
,' W '' 'rcacnery and foul play that viii
., ''" "'i minds, had SOLDERING o'clt
-" pubic men of an shades of ms +
'i "i'nion. The fact stands forth ~
''A' 'han remarkable. that form
,'''-'c resolution was introduced Mai
' speech made in either house und,
s''aS save one Of coincidence TO ,
WI, 'ani.lcs Of the killed. offered boil,
'''"'cI'e and adopted by the folio
..,..., ,.''V'ehtdt'Ves. Public men bic {
p. opinions with reserve the
,,, "'"'u Tor interviews, but Thes
.,,,... '''''e was demand for an fire
s"'oh and full details in the Hav;
.,y.1 '' 'ne horror may be just Their
rot. / ha
,l ,o'"ry Long undoubtedly sum. ever,
., 'ne general opinion of the cons,
W me naval experts in find forw,
81 ',"ie just now 10 state the avail
+. ara. .,'" o'i uc''oh OF the Maine. Gil
nos, - ,V"' nu'n'er OF theories. Mont
makes :, ." e are OF character navy,
by g ',.y 1"Sy 10 prove or upset feder
Sec,o,as4' investigation by Il the Il
Ne ,,.,. - long has taken inn ward
Lsie W " MAKE this lnvestiga- elaph
"''e Wednesday afternoon he sinki,