Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-24
NOT READY TO REPORT.
The Court of Inquiry Will Continue Its
Work During the Week.
Preparations for War Continues with Una-
batcd Nigor-four Of the Maine >urytv-
ors had a Long Consultation Nuh
Secretary of Navy aud rrcsidcnt.

preparations Tor w ar Continues w TN
bat"d N,gor-t"ur Of the Main" >ur,w-
ors Had a Long Consultation Nuh
Secretary of Navy aud President.
KY WEST. March 2l-Thr court Of
inquiry, according la Hr. Adm. Sicard,
will continue it> work through the
coming week, as II Is not Yet ready Ia
make a report ON the Maine disaster.
The statement that capt. Albert =.
Barker carried the report tn Washing
ton il officially denied. The object ni
his dying visit la hey West WAS not
asccrtainCd outside Official circles I'M
! til SUNDAY. II can hr aulhoritatively
stated that Capt. Barkcr had nothing
la do with the court OF inquiry.
lie came here ON Friday from Tampa
ou a special mission Ia investigate the
harbor dcicnScS. following out some
lines suggested 10y General Wilson.
chief Of engineers, in his recent in
| ~pcctIon Of land Notifications. Capt.
Rarkcr> plans. When he left here sat
urlay night, WAS to confer with Com
mIndcr McCalla, of the Marblchcad.
Who Is NOW Al Tampa, and hc will
|
Capt. Barker formerly commanded the
Oregon
1t il impossible Ia say definitely
whether any synopsis of the findings
of the court up Ia date has been sent
Ia Washington. The notion prevails
here that this has been done, but no
official confirmation is obtainablc.
! That the hnal report has been sent Ia
Washington can hc definitely denied.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE keen,
est expectancy WAS apparent in AL Of
fetal quarters Saturday in anticipa'
tion of the early Receipt of the report
from the court of inquiry on the Maine
disaster NarlIl,r preparations con.
tIuucd with una hatcd vigor at the war
and navy department, hut the main
interest of Ollie ccntrrcd in the
forthcomin" report The interest was
- intense that many rcrortS gained
circulation la the eject that the Official
document would he in the hands al
the president within the next few
hours, hut ON inquiry in author
itative sources were found To hc in
accurate Persons in position To- know
bad little To add To the fact already
made public that the report is expect
ed within the next few days 4 cahi,
net officer stated that il would bc h, RI
early next week. Beyond this d,
| could not go. Ii was stated definitely
that no advance intimation as Ia III,
character of the report had been made
The rumor had it that Lieut. Blow
4 Ii
of the conclusions. hut this WAS dis
missed after Lieut.. blow had been in
conference with Secretary Long anc
other naval officials
The Grief development of the morn
ing was the arrival of four of the sur
vivors of the Maine disaster, who hclt
a long conference with Secretary Long
and later WAS taken by the secretary
Ia the white house for talk with tn,
president. These survivors are Lieut.
q. L. W Holman. navigator of tn,
Maine; Lieut.. George l.. Blow. Lieut.
A. u. Catlin, i'm command of the ma
rines on the Maine. and Boatswair
Larkin. one of the non-commisSionct
officers of the wrecked battlcship
These men had passed through
the fearful ordeal of the ex
plosion and had been at Havana
since il occurred There had been N,
announcement of their being detached
from Capt Sigsbce's command at lIa
vaua, and their coming was a complct,
surprise except To "a few officials Will
them came Naval Constructor Hoover
who was sent by Secretary Long from
Washington "a few weeks ago to maxi
a technical inspection of the wreck o
the Maine. lie was the naval con
structor who for months was engaged
in actual work on the Maine while sh,
was on the stocks, SO that he is in /;
position to know every plate and piec,
of CONSTITUTIONAL steel remaining o.
the Inflated ship. The divers hao
found great difficulty in identifying
some of the battered and twisted plate,
from the bottom of the Maine. and i
was believed that Constructor Hoover
technical knowlenge would be able I,
make this Identification complete.
The conference between Licuts
Blow and Secretary Long lasted fol
some time, Capt. Crowninshield, of tn,
bureau of navigation, and other off
cials being called in. II was state,
authoritativcly after the conference,
that the main subject of conversation
was the explosion itself comprising
detailed narrative of the officers, and
narrowing description of the calanity
Whether the cause of the explosion
was under discussion could not b
learned. 1t was naturally inferre,
that these officers, with thei
complete personal information of til
explosion. and their subsequen
visits to the wreck, would give Secrt
tary Long the benefit of their persona
views on the cause of the disaster. A
the same time with the court of in
quiry, having com. lete jurisdiction c
this subject. il was felt that the que.
tion of cause might be open to niue
reserve even as between these navi
officers and the secretary of the navy
, Recruits for Artillery Regiments.
CoLUMBUs, o.. March 81 Eighty r,
= cruits have been forwarded from I'll
. Columbus post up 10 date for the ne
, artillery regiments, and as many MOI
: are now at the post under instruction
n hlSh stahuaru LOT ehils'heht 10 hAe
. and fully four-fifths of those applyin
are rejected.
The Gar Increases the Naval Expenditur
, LONDON, March 2l.-The ear, a
, cording to special dispatch from S
Petersburg, has ordered an increase
: the ordinary naval expenditure of
600 900 roublcs yearly for six years.
!. addition to the special grant of 10000
900 roubles for naval purposes recent
, announced.
$ Two Unidentified Bodies Buried
KY MIST Lila AL ra.h ~ The IL,