The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-22
xet u Dispstckes Scat by Lee
ssd Slasbee.
INV LIGHT ABOUT TIE DISASTER
ivsrs' Work Confined to Recover
ino Bodies aud yaiuabics.
MOTHER SHIP IS TO BE SENT
|uwboat Nashville VIII Probably
Take the Grim Assignment In
Inc Trcacherous Harbor.


Hi washington, February 2l..-Ssyeral re-
n Slprts came by telegraph to the state aud
fSEayy departments today from Havana All
K'Sy the naval cablegrsms. however, bore
III 51ssfate OF yesterday. while tina. from General
WI Sliee 10 the etate department probably was
an lSSibnt late last night. thotgh marked as re-
n sss;hived today The tons OF these messages
II iSihrew no light on the cause OF The Maine
y, isaster, and In fact the ofiicers In the
6HEavy department have about resigned
X themselves to the belief that nothing ,iii-
Elf|iitc on this uont can b- known for several
BSIays to come The occasion for this be-
9Tf5cf Is that the operations of the divers on
sSshe work OF the Maine are being confined
llss#t present to the recovery VI the bodies
Sss III tho dead still entangled in the wreck
ind the recovery OF yaluables. neither OF
vhich can be neglected while the other
Il Branch ~ the work, mandy the invcati-
| 9sati0n Of the cause OF the disaster, may
be more properly left to the conduct OF the
ijcourt Of inquiry. General Lees dispatch
h was as follows:
ISsse:Ao q nj.
"a "Assigtant Secretary OF State, Washing
flor. Great need Of divers to get effects
II and bodies from the wrerk One hundred
snd forty three bodies have been buried.
3ss Very few were found today, but over ,te
II shnndred are supposed to be confined IN the
NEhp. The sailors now III the two Spanish
isss lscs,nr,ssr HI VIII racover oxcsnt tvo
iIhnv ars yc,i caraa lar .signea1
5s = ~ = @,e~,
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III N's,'.u nosp'tu tou"s' m.h huni'
nleaAsn 20 see me. hoenier NM iio'"sr hte
nj very Wv, , nnvn hopes OF iioi ye h0en'
III aef nas y hbnVhS cuanNe' oh'y mehipcIs
~ nou'es touhu anu buried to-day No
Nh snNes = set. nohV inc eSNosion.'
III .Neeu reElHar wrecklhS aiNfiS. ior lhat.
,.se spht 70 senerai bianeo telesram re-.
Al Mtlng 10 expected ~fecktns vessels
IL Is understood further BY zone the
Il explosion IN his dispatch means that part
II OF the wreck of the Malne toward the main
II mast that was affected meat. The din-
patch TO Blanco touches formal notification
10 the Spanish autheritics tire of the
Il coming OF the American vessels TO Ha-
n yana. Under ordinary circumstances there
might be some question OF the RICH, OF {,
Il foreign wreolting vessel to operate in the
8 harbor Of Havana nresu,ning TINT the
& Spanish Law Is identical with our own.
II But In The case of a National vessel like
tie Maine, tho rule would not apply,
though tho notice ia conveyed 10 Cnntnin
General Blanco MS n matter of co,,rteay
4 md 10 prevent possible DELAYS ,broIIrh tha
y intarfprenco OF some ,,ninstputtcl s,bor1i
rates In tho customs service an Havana.
Captain sigsbee,s last dIsnatch yesteran,
.xns I'D foiIn,ys, sr,VIu ,a,,'I ,,,o ,,,,,,,ilI
frnn, ~ hnsnita, ~, a. paohn ,ownrrn,y
! rhese ma iva northumberland ~ ~ IN rnr.
turas fornattn fn,m,a,n ~ y ~, " pesh,,
MI, re,or, ~ ad,,,rai so p"snV
Iiha navy department has ,o,iaad Admire
Elcard al Key West Of these facis cnn,
n,,nicatrd III canfnin si,sehno I, ,aa,a,
.nliynIy a. t,a e,ni,aj,s d,s,e, n ~
ASSIGNMENT ~ he wnunaea nrsiy,nsr frn,,
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Gantain Ie,nly ibn irdse adynca,a ,,on
erai al Tho navy scnartmsat MIR f,an,a,,
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