The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-28
A QUIET SUNDAY

At The Capitalize DliqnietIng News
hsoh' the aininr-Senor Dn Bo,c's Mys.
terinns Telc-ram.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 2T.-The
lEusl quiet OF Sunday was not broken
>ls'cay BY any important developments
" connection with the Maine disaster.
Eapia!n crownlnshIeld. chief OF the nav
lsst!oa bureau. came 10 his office in the
st'y department to open the depart
Heat and a few un!Hportant telegrams.
= oispeieh from Havana confirmed the
'ifess reports that the court OF inquiry
.sAI there on the Mangrove for Key
HcsL The state department received
Gothins from Consul General Lee dur
!"s tnc cay, aud the only dispatch Of
hqhtcquehce reaching that department
'TEo from Minister Rockhill. at Athens.
rho'! statlns that an attempt had been
:rsSs on the lie OF King George, but
|hEout serious results. Five shots were
I7ei oy the would-bc assassin, none Of
'a7'n taking effect. .s5l /
Up 10 c o'clock the dispatches Of the
feTy department were taken to the on
E!als OF the department, and were not
'e6IFdeu as OF sufficient consequence to
sshu 10 the secretary. Mr.. Long said
.L,.t u. court OF Inquiry would now proceed
S!tn us WORK at Key West, examining
~, ,me witnesses there. In accordance with
~ original plans. No definite informa-
,..h had been received as to how much
.,He would be taken with the Inquiry
."sfc; or What the next step would be.
, at. Long stated that the department
- .o-day in possession of no more In
..ISiMation on the GAUGE OF the disaster
.nah II was Immediately after the oc-
sas!shce, and that no evidence had been
teu up 10 the present time showing
r,a ,.aL Me disaster was caused by design.
,mMg the afternoon the secretary re-
na nss.!ea call from Assistant Secretary
,.;seEtll, who assured him that an cS-
,h';;..nation ,.;nn OF the map said to show
m'.es IN Havana harbor disclosed that
cSuCh mines were on the map,
A.. Gr nv, du Bose, the Spanish charge
49,. a'.es' To-day received n cablegram
noHl me minister OF state Mt Madrid.
,'-,,.s, Ihat the new minister to the
vii states, Scnor Polo y Barnabe,
"tn ,,t hali to-day from Gibraltar He Will
-" eHe or the German line trans. At.
;fnn ;sn'Is hieamers touching at that point.
h. .g credentials Of the new minister will
" " u presented soon after his arrival, and
mo % expected that his first attention will
bs even 10 the new commercial treaty
ri,S ii,Sesh zen the United States and Spain,
.,,'', ",% particular reference to Cuba. His
.E'ce 60 as chief OF the commercial bu-
rh,- ~ Of me foreign office has given
reso,s ,s.se OF the details leading up to the
roiDn rroei5"l'at!ons OF this treaty, and he viii
sn,ae sa.orh shaFing the earnest desire OF the
tbis tbiS"sa administration 10 put through
fJo I'0 matter with tho least delay pogsI-
mr. @ a.. ,i.tlater Woodford has been carry
1S ill., VI y, me negotiations with the auttor-
sa ;og.uS u; Madrld. and they are well along
""1Ed completion. ''.G' ?
sd,Sy n%yona m tho foregoing dispatches.
fForo sTUr 6, qIi Bose received no news to. day
rS,,a,ra y,h havana or Madrid. He cxprcsscd
tcn" tcTuSsaction "a nj tho more conscryn 1.-Two
fss tpsS Ga ., public sentiment wIthIn.the last
N. '%Ss s,s, reports from Madrid atated Tim,
recs,a @c authorities were 5ubIlant over the
p' OF Important favorable In nformu-