Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-02-24
Number of Injured Was 81, Some of
Whom Were Brought to Key West.
1t is Believed by Many That the Vessel Was
Destroyed by the Hand of an Enemy.
o Of Wounded Unin-
jurcd Committee Appointed The Wreck
of the Maine Be Raised Divers at Work

I Late Wednesday night the following
! dispatch from Capt. Sigshcc, ut lIa-
vana. addressed To Secretary Long was
received:
"All men whose names have not been
sent aS saved probably are lost. Have
| given up Jenkins and Mcrrett rs lost.
Bodies are still floating ashore We'd
ncsday afternoon. keep nine officers,
one private and gunncr's mat, Bull
/ lock, here with me"
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. IA
special To the Times Union and Citizen
! from Key West, Fla. says: The steam
ship olivcttc arrived here Wednesday
night with large number of the
wounded and many other survivors of
the Maine. The officers were. as a rule,
! rcticent and followed in line with their
chief, Sigshec, in saying that the
| cause of the explosion could only be
ascertained 10y divers, hut many of the
sailors were outspollcn in their dccla-
ration of belief that that explosion
was deep laid plot of the Spaniards
They are greatly inccnsed at the IIa-
vana people, who have shown them
|
presence as a national affront, and who
have published anonymous circulars,
captioned Down With Americans. -
| They believe that the author of such
expressed and cowardly hatred would
not stop at an act of such terrible ven
geance as the blowing up of the Maine.
! These sailors, acquainted with the
drills, discipline and ensemble of n
man of war, pooh-booh the idea of an
internal explosion as the last thing to
be thought of,
WASHINGTON, Feb. l7.-The news of
the Maine disaster was learned at the
Spanish legation with horror and was
the occasion for many expressions of
the most profound regret and condoi-
ence. Early in the day Senior Du Bose,
the Spanish charge d'affaires, received
n message from Capt. Gen. BlSnco
which had been filed at Havana at =
o'clock Wednesday morning. 1t read
as follows:
with profound regret have to in
form you that the American ship
Maine in this harbor blew up by an
undoubtedly chance accident, believed
TO result from an explosion of the
boiler of the dynamo. Immediately
following the accident all the disposal
bic elements of the capital fastened tn
the spot to extend every aid possible.
These included the force of the marine
fire brigade and all the generals in
Havana, among them my chief-of-staff.
| There have been deaths and wounded.
I have sent an aide-dc-camp to offer
every assistance to the North American
consul that he may wish for. will
forward further details as they become
available. lSignedl "BLANCo."
Senior Du lose expressed the most
profound regret at the occurrence; he
said:
CHICAGO, Feb. l7.-Commodore j. f.
Montgomery, once of the United States
navy, a commanding officer of the con-
fcderatc fleet during the civil war, and
the man who raised the frigate, after
ward the ram Merrimac, was very
emphatic Wednesday in declaring the
sinking of the battleship Maine in
Havana harbor the result of trcachery
and an act without parallel in the
worlds history. In his opinion war
] must inevitably follow.
HAVANA. Feb. 1S.-The interment of
the martyrs of the Maine took place
! Thurs lay afternoon about o'clock.
! Shortly before the hour all Havana was
| in movement. The flags on the public
| buildings were at half mast and many
of the houses were draped in mourn
ing. All classes were represented in
the throngs that filed the streets along
which the funeral procession passed to
the cemetery.
The order of the procession was as
follows:
The municipal guards on horse back,
in full uniform; the city fire brigade,
the municipal employees, the aldermen
in seven splendidly decorated firemen's
ears; special ears bearing the remains;
nine bodies being carried on a SPLEEN
didly decorated ear. the clergy, depu-
| tations consisting of the chief officers
of the army, navy and the volunteers,
representatives of various official
bureaus and of the custom house, a
committee representing the chamber
of commerce, delegation represent
ing the grocers, the council of admin
istration, representatives of the treas
ury, the press and various political
organizations; then the chief officers
of the Maine, the representatives of
fereign governments, the city magis-
| trates with their mace bearers, provin-
cial deputies, employees of the general
and regional autonomic governments;
the municipal mace bearers; then Gen.
Parade, with four aides-de-camp,
representing Capt. Gen. Blanco (whose
personal presence was not allowable
under the law), having on his right
United States Consul Gen. Lee and on
his left the mayor of Havana, the
Marquis Larrinaga, Adm. Monterola,
Gen. Alamo and other officers, two
companies of marine and infantry.
The funeral music was furnished by
the bands of the Isabella La Catolica
and Porto Rico battalions, which ac-
companied the bodies.
The population that lined the route
gave every indication of the profound
est respect.
| WASHINGTON, Feb 1S.-The navy de-
partment Thursday night made up
from its latest cable advices the follow
ing list of dead, wounded and rescued
from the Maine. The names marked
doubtful" are uncertain owing to er.
r0rs IN telsgraphic transmission which