Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-17
The Olivette Report Not Verified by the
Officers of the Maine.

"''ef' VI 'ne na'he
~" uih' rco' ne ieport .
luu'S nr;', q 'l''e ~ 'l1 nun VI ',ie patt'e
sntP nal,ie' oNluenliy caused .! .or
p,;,. MIuo, wa, senv liom havana py VIZ
liaho ''h hrt III, u t "aut m ,a,aGu ,G W uo Nv
10 thn t',t ~; us .a.pI ~ 'ui!neu =" , ~
ronort is not vnritiad br tho ni,inors ~ -,
the Maine who ba,e ,rriyoJ ~ 10,
Wost
"hat iheS ihink IN London.
London. Feb. THE Pail Mall Ga
zette says: captain Slgsbee behaved
with splendid contempt of danger,
worthy OF the best traditions of the
army or navy"
dispatch to the Chronicle from
washington says that Mr.. roosevelt ana
che ochef bureau chiels as well as the
congressman are aosolutely certain That
Ileachery was lile cause OF the disaster,
mnlle ulsPalch 70 the Morning Post
trolh NV ! ork says .hat resident NC
m,,ilGs nus ioiS peeii suspicious OF some
%o.os.ouaes %on 'o". P.".' anu ~ iepoiseu ~
uate iiah Ion'u1,i.iai ',, lepolts which, II pup
'ishou' "o''iu cause immaculate war.
injured at Military Hospital In Havana.
l"reu Sailors from liic Dattlesnlp Maine
1u"luelco "' Ine hliiltar! hosplthi' san
nmDiosio. many hlslciahs ana ASSIST
anus ~. ~ "'.e"""nce upon theli'
Mlshe nave heen Bomb.
New York, Feb. 1.-THE Evening
word has received from Sylvester SEQ
val, its correspondent at Havana. the
followlng reply to the inquiry, whether
strangers were allowed on the battleship
Maine, the day OF the disaster:
Yes, visitors were on the Maine all
ailernooh. "a Doho might nave then
peen u1pos,Ieo near 'he magazine as !
ha,. aa,o "linaus .a"'e"' v"o'es are m"eh
ou n're
"e"era' ''ahfo Expresses Profound SYM
pathy.
washington, Feb. 17.-Captain Gen
eral biahco To-Day caDled Senor Du Bosi,
IN charge, OF the Spanish legation, giving
formal action OF the insular government
OF Cuoa expressing to the president OF
the United States, profound sorrow over
the catastrophe to the battleship Maine
and the resulting loss OF life to American
sailors,
The Sailors Think, Explosion Caused by
Torpedo.
Key West, Feb. 17.-Reports today
from the wounded show them to he do
ing well, except Patrick Foley, an an
prentice. whose skull was fractured.
Regarding the explosion the officers of
the Maine are apparently under orders
TO Keep quiet. The men talk more
sistinu that tho axnloSion woe consnd NV
n large tornado whfcb h. ad hoon no n+oa
before tho Maine arrvoG at Hoyana
49,. w,..a.s na...,,s.. ua ~ n,asa."-
~, ''"'.'
MY nost, teo' 1.. oosv ~ ~ Mahh'
l,aseunso, w., U.i 'no Givy "ashlus 'on vi
.hc aru lile, NV wnieh was ihooIeo Iieal
lne M",.ie oh Auesuas n,shl q. ehc 'Inle
tronhy TODAY said:
while we were conversing in the
cabin loud report startled the COM
pany. we rushed to the port holes
and saw an immense flash shoot up into
the air. Debris of all kinds and large
OF bodies were thrown upward.
1t was at first believed that the Maine
was being fired upon.
Boats from the City OF Washington
and those OF the Spanish cruiser Alton
~, woie n'ii'o''y i""i'eiie" anu "e''' W
1.-TWO or three minutes later the CITY of
was converted into hos
pital. The explosion occurred forward
Of the midship section of the Maine"