Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-21
1t is Intact--- Explosion Must
Be From External /.
Cause.
DEAD SAIL LORS.
Thirteen More Divers to go to
Hayana-IOO Dead Still
in the Deep.
SPANISH CAP TAIN 20. X,

NEW York, Feb. 81 A dispatch Il
the New York Herald from Key West
says "Incredible as 1t may seem, it is
said that after partial examination o.
the magazines of the Maine divers
report that the one in which the explo-
sion is supposed to have occurred is
intact"
According to the Herald's' CORES.
pondent's informant, the contents of
this magazine are ufiharmed. II
This report reaching Key West, it is
said, caused the court Of inquiry com
mission to decide to proceed to. Havana
at once and begin the investigation in
stead OF organizing the court here.
The lighthouse tender "Mangroye,' =
with the members Of the court of in
quiry aboard. left for Havana yester-
day evening.
TWAS NofsTnE MAGAZINE.
HAVANA, Feb .2l Lieutenant Com
mandrr Barnett, of the Coast Survey
boat "Bache" said to correspondent of
the Associated Press to-day. there
are ninety-rve chances OutOfa huncred
that the investigation will show that
the forward magazine of the "Maihe"
did not blow up first, il it exploded at
all, and it was not the cause of the
terrific consequences that followed" !"
The naval court Of inquiry arrived
here this morning and VIII begiiiA the,
investigation Immediately. 80 (: Il.
RECOVERING BODIES CoNTrNU Es. 4
HAVANA, Feb. 2l. Divers today are
continuing in their search to recover
victims of the disaster to the battieskip1
"Maine." There is no truth in the re-
port that an explosion occurred at the
wreck of the Maine
SHOWS sPANIARDS' PRESENT SPIRIT.
HAVANA, Feb. 2l.--At about mid
night, while a masquerade bali was in
progress at the Lrijoa theater, u bomb |
was exploded on the second floor,
wounding lawyer named Pou, his
father and two other persons. sa"
GETTING DEAD BODIES OUT BEFORE
INvEsTIG ALTON
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 2l-Sev-
eral reports came by telegraph to the
state and navy departments FROM Has.
vana today. These messages throw no
light upon the disaster and, in fact, the
officers of the navy department. hav6
about resigned themselves tothe belief
that nothing denite or certain can be-
known for several days to come, as the
operations of the divers upon the wreck
are being confined to the recovery OF
the bodies of the dead and the recovery
of valuables, neither of which can be
neglected, while other branch work,
namely the investigation Of the cause
of the disaster, may be more properly
left to be conducted by the court of inT
quiry.
MORE DIVERS wANTED--100 DEAD
BELoW.
General Lees dispatch said: "There
is great need of divers to get the
effects and bodies from the wreck,
Two are now employed but twelve or
fifteen could be used. One hundred
and forty-three bodies have, been
buried. Over a hundred are supposed
TO be confined in the Ship Acting
Secretary Day made the following an
swer: II have called upon the navy
department with your request for
divers The request will be complied
with" Contracts are @now being
drawn with wrecking companies
The navy department has not yet
definitly determined which of our
warships shall replace the maine" in
the Havana harbor. although it has
determined that another ship must be
sent there. !.
SPANISH CAPTAIN IN NEW YORK. s--s
NEW YORK, Feb. 2tThree boats
having aboard police patrol and u. s.
marines. acting as guard over the Span
ish warship ',Vizcaya,' at anchor off
Tompkinavlle, have been Withdrawn
at the request of Captain Eulate, tile
commander Of the "Vjzeaya," WHO said
be would trust his ship to American
honor.
100000 APPROPRIATIONS FOR "aaAIBE'
PASSED.
N WAsHINGToN. Feb, 2l.--The senate
passed the house joint resolutions APP
propriating 100000 for the recovery Of
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