The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-03-03
OFFICIALS ALERT.
The -Four Government Departments
Ready for ire Worst
WORK OF INVESTIGATION.
Chicago Ps@rs ss.ten.-t-Erp pio.ioa To-
ders~ash the Batsle-hip N.ine-C.siues
sessf-g- Gen- L-e ssys Ir Wa ~os
an sceident- Resell sage Tsik@

I Spain, IL rot probable. is at least pos
sibie. in the immediate futare- The
naval orders all sho~ the assembling
Of the ships for DEMONSTRATION in force
i The navy department is rushing preus-
( ratioos IN every direction The war
/ department has notified all posts that
troops must be held in readiness TO
move on - hours notice This j. sup
/ plementA-y TO the erOwding OF work
az the sescoast desenses and the dis
I tribztion of ammuuitiO1 The state
I dcpzrtuent has received = package Of
mail from Havana which is considered
I so important that the contents
( have not been sent 20 the in
/ 6ex room. but are KEEP, IN
the possession OF Assistant Sec-e-
tSry Day. They have been shown TO
I sue president There has been q per
/ csptible quickeninz of preparations
for trouble and = decided abandonment
/ Of the talk OF accident since :hese mail
a6Eiees came from Gen. Lee. Perhaps
the most siznifcapt developmeat is al
the treasury department. Secretary
Gage has until now been among the
! most eonSdent OF those who believed
/ there would be no war. IL IS a fact
! that Secretary Gage and his assistants
have been giving thought TO q war
loan Secretary Cages plan IL the
need arrives Is TO go right TO the peo-
/ pie Of the country with q popular loan
lie Says the money is in the United
States and that he will raise ali thatis
needed direct from ihc people without
going to the fioanciers at all
The worx OF Investigation.
HAVANA. Feb. a6--Patience Is neces-
sary on the part of the people of the
/ United States in the Maine investiga-
ton Notwithstanding vexations de-
lay real progress is being made by the
divers The decision regarding the
cause of the disaster ultimately rests
on the work Capt S2mpson's naval
board has been able to gain the fullest
information. showing that an accident
through lack of discipline was impos-
sible. The work of clearing out the
bodies under the hatch proceeds The
sights there are pitiful and beyond the
endurance of the divers accustomed
as they are to such experiences
| The boTrd has not yet direct
ed the examination of huIl
plates While the divers examina-
tions show that some of the smaller
4 cApAOQc0- tuG
fact that the Maine's ten-ineh maya
zines were not exploded seems to have
been eoneiusively established. The
story of the finding of a ten-inch cop
per cylinder was correct The Spanish
authorities adhere to the story of
fire in the ship FIRST and the explosion
afterwards The result of the divers
work is conclusive against that theory.
Though their reports are carefully
guarded. il Is known that what they
have found in the interior of the wreck
has demolished the theory of FIRE be-
fore the explosion.
The United States lighthouse tender.
Mangrove, is still here aud the naval
court of inquiry continued its sessions
to-day. Its members hope to get away
TO Key West late this evening or early
tomorrow morning. but they are not
sure which IL will be. The wounded
are reported TO be doing well to-day.
the Chicago Po.t'- statement
CHICAGO, Feb. 9G.-Mr. II. II. Kohl
saat. who is very close to President
Mckinley, publishes the following in
the Chicago Evening Post to-day:
Itcaz Be stated positively that neither the
president nor Secretary Long = in pua.essioa
4 o. . -lEEse Ia OF n 70 Name
disaster thai they have not made pubiia AID
while they rannoi cnnarm o. deny the SensE-
tionsl stories daily pub ishet th-ouxh0uf the
country a. IA the pr0gress o. iEe court 81 in
quiry. they knox that ncus O; the eyideuce
| or couclusion> Of toe court xiii be made
! public IN advance % tue report Ever
of1ciai eozrectsl WITH the invest ratscn into
| the cause o; the disaster 10 the Maine fr1m
I Capt sampson doEa 70 the divers and lins1n n
T. under ozih % se-rery. For the time hsinr
4 IA Al a In
facts account ter the remarkable elu1ninify
with Whieh the American people read the esilr
/ sensations frou Efsyzus aad tie sterE johh.ng
f0rthoiinES q aar from NeE York AMI wash
ingtoa This Eu-h IS Absolutely trle. PTesi-
doat McHinieg ka9E. n0thiHr about the wrerk
of the Maine or The tesainony - 10 lis cause
/ that be has not uls1e paniic
EIpIo-ian Uaaera-sth the Maine
NV YORK. Fen. %. Il dispatch TO
the New YORK Herald from Havana
SAYS: There is NJ longer any reason 10
doubt that the explosion which
wrecked the Maine came from under
meath the vessel. and that her maga-
zines had nothing 10 do with the in
iiial explosion. and played a much
smaller part in the general disaster
than was al frs. supposed. The
evidence that has served 20 con-
vince the board was obtained by
Ensign PowellsOn. an officer at
tached 10 the Fern Mr. POWELL
son was formerly in the construction
corps, and took a two-yesrs' special
course in the Glasgow School OF Naval
Architecture tie j. therefore a e0m-
petent witness What he discovered
was that the forward section OF the
lzeel Of the Maine, with It's ribs and
plates. was stove upward 30 far hat
parts Of the shattered double bottom
show out OF water. and in places sec
tions OF the green painted outer hull
are visible.
Cabinet Meeting.
WAsHINGToS, Feb 26- The first full
meeting Of tive cabinet in some weeks
was held to-day, both Secretaries Al
ger aud sherman. who have been sick
being preseut The cabinet talked
about the Maine disaster a; some
length a. a current topic of vital inter
est. but no action was adopted Nointi-
nation. il was stated. has yet come
from the court of inquiry As 10 how
long il Nill De occupied With itS WORK
and consequently no conclusion can be
reached as 70 when its report viii be
available. The situation otherwise,
/ a Z. ii.