The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-22

Cablegram from Vice Admiral Spann,
at Vienna. expressive OF sympathy for
the terrible disaster TO the Maine.
STORIES on; EYE.WITNESSES
orth oInine Di,n,,er-h mtrIrpu Trave.
lnr. fron, iIarnna Arriving In New York
Tell ofiii Iimi!Ir, rei,un aui iiais OF tho
srrniartis.
NEW YORK, Feb. cl.--The Ward line
steamer Seguranca arrived at quaran-
tine to-day. from Tampico and Havana.
The segudanca arrived at Havana at 10
o'clock on tho morning after the dlsas-
ter to the Maine and passed close by the
wreck. Her passengers said that great
excitement prevailed at Havana and a.
the time OF sailing, the foreign pnpula-
ton were generally of the opinion that
tho Maine was destroyed by design.
They cited among other things In sup
port OF this theory the fact that the
Spanish man-of-war Alfonso XIII,
which was anchored near the Maine,
changed her moor!ngs Just previous to
the disaster. One OF the passengers,
Will!amL. Carbln, went so far as to say
that he saw boat 20 near the Maine
short time previous TO the explosion. He
said he would go to Washington to make
4 statement before the proper authori-
Ties. .fIs5
C. P. Holcomb, of New Castle, Del,
general manager OF a street railway In
Philadelphia. one Of the passengers on
board the Seguranca, was outspoken In
his belief that the investigation at Ha-
vana would reveal some startling cir
cumstances. II went to HAVANA" eaid
Mr.. IIolcomb. mot at all in sympathy
with the Insurgents. but IN Wednesday.
when We got to Havana, believe all OF
the Americans on board were In a mood
to commit murder. The flags OF the
Spanish warship were not at half mast.
The vessels OF all other nationallties had
paid this slight tribute to the dead. I
had telegram to bring back the re-
mains OF apprentice Glazler. who Is the
snn OF my book-keeper. found that he
was among the saved.
THE contrast between the bearing OF
the Spanlards and Cubnns Is strong. AT
the funeral of the Maine's seamen the
Cuban women in the streets were almost
all dressed In mourning, while the Span
ish women wore coiors. The only Amer
lean flags saw In the whole procession
were two small ones about three by six
inches. I went aboard the Alphonso
Nil and was received politely. The
only expression OF regret heard there
was from an officer who complained that
the force OF the Maine explosion had
broken his toilet bottles. There can be
no mLstaking the indifference OF the
Spaniards in Havana over the loss Of the
warship and those on board. On Thurs
day while driving to the cemetery with
two American friends, was assailed
with jcers and some one threw large
stone at our carriage"
+. W. Boobett. OF this city, who was
with Mr.. Hulcomb, in the carriage, add
ed: THAT Is perfectly true. In fact, one
or two children yelled after us that they
had blown up the Americana and that
they were glad Of It. did not hear a
single expression OF regret for the terrl-
Bile loss Of life from any Span.ard dur
ing the timeI WAS In Havana"
Frank Welnneimer. OF this city. an eye
witness OF the explosion and a fellow
passenger of Mr.. Holcomb. told the fol-
lowing story:
"On Tuesday evening strolled down
to the river front for breath OF fresh
air. was about 300 yards from the
Maine. The first !ntlmatIon had Of an
explosion was n crunching sound. Then 1
there came q terrible roar. Immense
pieces OF debris flew skyward from the
Maine. Some OF them must have been
thrown at least 800 feet. It looked aa
though the whole inside OF the ship had
been blown out. Many persons on the
pier were nearly thrown from their feet
by the force Of the explosion. The air
became sitting with smoke"
Mr.. Weinhelmer said he heard an eI-
cited Spaniard declare shortly after the
explosion that IL the "Americanos sent
another war ship 1t would be blown up"
NJ. ]. Naghton, an insurance man, OF
Chicago. who was staying with his wife
at the Grand hotel. said he was seated
in front OF the hotel when the explosion
occurred. II was followed, he said, by
another and q much louder one. 1--WE
thought the whole city had been blown
to pieces" said MI. Nagh.on. "Some
said the Insurgents were entering Haya-
ma. Others cried out that MORO Castle
was blown up"
Continuing his description OF the panic
which existed in Havana shortly after
the explosion, Mr.. NaShton said: "On
the road is great cab Stand. The
minute after the explosion was heard.
the cabmen cracked their whlpa and
went rattlng over the cobblcstoncs like
crazy men. The fire department turned
out. and bodies Of cavalry and infantry
rushed through the streets. There was
no sleep in Havana that night The
Spanish officials were quick to express
their sympathy and acted very well as
a whole, but think their expressions of
regre. lacked the warmth which would
have been characteristic Of On American
city had such disaster occurred under
similar circumstances"
william L. Carbln. tho passenger who
professed to have important Information
about the explosion. refuses 10 make any
further statements than he made at
quarantine. The other passengers on
the Segurnnca did not take Mr.. Carbn
az seriously as he took himself.
Co Away from Homo to Lcnru Vows.
MADRID, Feb. 2l.--An official agency
says: The impartial publishes ds-
patch. from which It must assume full
responsibility, cs It docs rot accord
with the relations actually known TO
exist between the Spanish and Amerl-
I ~.