The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-02-28
THE MAINE
INQUIRY !
Investigators Have Sent No News to the
Capital.
SPANIARDS TALKING WARLIKE !
An Ex-Captain General of Cuba, Presuma-
bly, Campos, Predicts That War
Between This Country and
Spain is Now Inevitable.

Washington Feb. 2S.-The usual Sun
day quiet was not broken yesterday
by any important developments in con-
nection with the Maine disaster. Cap
tain Crowninshield, chief of the navi-
cation bureau, came to his office in the
navy department to open the depart
ment mail and u few important tele-
grams. The state department received
nothing from Consul General Lee dur
ing the day, and the only dispatch of
consequence reaching that department
was from Minister Rockhill, at Athens,
briefly stating that an attempt had
been made on the life of King George,
but without serious results. Five shots
were fired by the wOuldbe assassin,
none of them taking effect
Up to o'clock the dispatches OF the
navy department were taken to the
officials of the department and were
not regarded as of sufficient conse-
quence to send to the secretary. Mr..
Long said the court of inquiry would
now proceed with it's work at Key
West, examining the witnesses there
in accordance with its original plans.
No definite information had been re-
ceived as to how much time would be
taken with the inquiry there or what
the next step would be. Mr.. Long
stated that the department was today
in possession of no more information
on the cause Of the disaster than it
was Immediately after the occurrence,
and that no evidence had been received
up to the present time showing that
the disaster was caused by design.
| During the afternoon the secretary re-
ceived a call from Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt, who assured him that an
examination of th'e Fr.aD said to show
mines in Havana harDor Gsclosed that
no such mines we're on the Iran.
Senior Du Bose. the Spanish charge
d'affaires. Yesterday received a cable-
gram from the minister of state at
Madrid saving that the new minister
to the limited States, Senor Polo y Bar,
nabe, would sail today from Gibraltar
This will bring pm TO washington
I'm about ten days. AT Gibraltar he will
| take one of the GArman line of trans
| atlantic steamersI touching at tina
point. The credd initials of the new
minister will be presented soon aftel
his arrival. and IL Us expected that hi!
| first attention viii ibe given to the new
| commercial treaty. between the United
States and Spain, win particular ret
| erence to Cuba. minister WoouIorC
| has been carrying on the negotlatloh'
| with the authortles at Madrlu' ahC
| they are we'll along toward completion
Bevond the foregoing dispatch Seno
| Du Bose received mo news from Ha
vana or Madrid. He expressed salts
! faction at the more conservative tom
of public sentiment, Wlthln the last lev
| days. Press reports from Madrl'
stated that the authorities We're Jupl
liant over the receipt of important ia
vorable information from havana MI
! Du Bose could shed no nght on TN
nature of this Information. In othe
quarters. however the impression pre-
vailed that this Information did no
refer to the Maine inquiry put con
cerned the general conduct of the in
surrection in Cuba Ihere nave peel
strong Indications e)f late that the au
tonomist cabinet 1fnder the Leadership
of Gown. who Is the recognized fore
of that BODY. would endeavor to max
terms with the Separatlst wing ana II
| turn secure the co-pperatlon OF the In
surpents in a noyement TO conclud
the war. How far thls is possible l
not known here, although 1t mas peel
exnected that Gown would succeed il
effecting a reconciliation. There ha
been added reason for thls pellet Wlthll
the last few days owing to the fierc
attacks made on Gpvin by some Of tn
irreconcilable elements