The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-19

,,,,lv, Take, Piacu-Thc Total Loss by
the Ca,s,roph. l. 2iG men aud = Oni.
GERS.
HAVANA, Feb. 1s--At s o'clock this
evening 1856 bodies had been recovered.
The bishop OF Havana telephoned Chap
lain Chadwick license to hear the con-
,4.slons Of our poor sailors. None has
complained. on the contrary, all have
EXPRESSED themselves as satisfied with
,hc assistance offered them In the cir
cumstances.
Captain Sigshee has expressed him
self as grateful for the offer OF help
from the divers, but prefers to await the
arrival OF the United States navy divers
so as 10 avoid friction. With Lieut..
Commander Wainwright, Lieut.. Hol-
man and Chief Engineer Howell. Cap
tain Sigstee went on board the. wreck
this morning. The big cat that was a
net OF the Names crew and that was
found yesterday on the wreck SO much
frightened that II apparently had not,
moved from Its hiding place. IL now or
board the fern. The captains dog,
Peggy, was also saved. The United
States navy divers are expected TO.
morrow.
A revolving Incident OF tho day has
been the presence OF vultures flying In
the air above the wreck.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.--The feature
Q, the day at the navy department. was
the large number OF rumors OF warlike
tendency that came to the attention OF
the officials and requiring attention in
every case = contradiction. So furm!da-
bic had grown the list that at the close
Of official hours Secretary Long was in
taced to make the following s,atemen.
as the easies: manner of disposing at
c1e time OF al. these stories: Really no
Information has been received since
Captain SIgsbee's first dispatch adding
anything 70 our knowledge Of the disas-
;er. All We know Is that the Maine blew
up. There Is abundant room for specu-
la.on OF all sorts. but no conclusion can
be arrived at until an examination has
been made by the divers and more facts
obtained. It Is s!mp:, thing to say that
slch thing might happen by design or
!. nigh; happen by accident. As yet
there Is no Indication OF design. There
lore my impression has been all along,
ana rather think the general opinion
pFepohderases In the same direction, that
must have been accidental.
Al the cabinet meeting to-day the
matter was not discussed. except as any
eouy Of men talk about an event OF that
kiaG and most OF that talk related to the
terFioie loss OF life and TO expressions OF
sympathy for the sufferers.
II certainly WAS very kind thought
~ tae PRESIDENT 70 send flowers to the
families Of Captain S!gsaee, Of the exec
"I!Ve eihceT Wainwright. and OF the lost
ington. -. Z = = - =
lou nay say abaolutely that there
nas oeen no sccres cabinet meeting; that
o'H'a5 mas taken place in
tne caoiae; that the public
nas not been informed about;
lhdt 'ne whole policy OF this department
cause OF the disaster, or even OF the cir
ins" ra'.s, tnat the department has no
nnu oUae HHVwieaSa on the subject OF the
en- nase u Ge disaster, or ever OF the cir
nuh,,s uSnsaiicss attending It than have the
pao'.s, aao' that the report which was to
.ns enecs That Captain Slgsbee had
a.Iea wa.t me department that the Maine
va. ~ uaIger from submarine mines or
~ peaoes is utterly without foundation.
suSn report ever having been received
A9n sri liin or from anybody else"
secretary also denied briefly md
tsoinplehehsively wild rumors that he
r4l requested the chief OF police OF New
tos" 10 guard the Vizcaya and that he
Ia selected Constructor Bowles to 20 TO
-'avaha and raise the Maine. The LAST
"plA o, Inc day for him was for him 10
Vnsuls inc Representatives Of the wreck
s cOlhpahles who probably will have
lse Vi this work and cndeayor to
n.tss !allse ior both OF them to work to-
es'Aet 81 rs 10 secure the use OF each
pIruIiar plant and to save tlme.
INC secretary, when asked what woe
6,raa,a 6,rrat .'nehts estimate OF the conduct
T,. p'aIn sissbee In the terrible sltua-
n,i.,. "a winch he had been placed, re-
y,:q; ~" D. \ mink express the feeling of
Is,., !. .ies'uent n as well rs my own, when
I'd WA, captain Sigsbee has Conduct
ss,,Te al ni,tsseit as an officer Of our navy
sS,. ru.n: nc was the last 70 leave his
I"p IL "hch She went down. His dispatch
.i, He mat night was so complete that
,Ia .Et tneN, l have thought of no u,ics-
,.'t ," oi Iact 10 ask him which Ia essential
s w we situation, and which he could an
r"eF. , winch Is not covered by that dle-
,r rt|h. its tone. too. Is that OF n dis.
ssei ~, anu ierel-headed man who realized
tb.. "intsSion any word from him at
rn,n, I'm: would have I'm the public
% n.ms; Nothlng Ia harder than for n
i"' isr" oiiner TO lose his ship, so that I
n,t,t n%se great sympathy for him. / await,
'"' coincidence. further reports"
DnrihG the Gay tfic department was in
i,I,seipt ,,,ipt Of number OF telegrnms from
hnao,s h"l parts OF the country asking in
,b,, ,b"t ~, VI relatives of the dead sailors,
T'",,.n9 I'M .,,9'r remains bebrought back to the
,s"," ,s",s'I states for intcrment. Among
,~n " dSl we're 1iierie5 from friends OF the
doa,.ie "" o,iieers, Merritt and jenkins. The
sIn,I,'tHefit sIr,, forwarded these to Captain
r,r, r,"F' whose reply was that the OIL
n. po'les have not been fourd; that
,,,.." w. !" many Others identification IL not
tps.S,plf, ntd throwing great doubt upon
'"S piaeucabilit? Of taking any OF the