The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-18

other that had crept into print or be-
come current gossip.
All the news of the day came in the
late afternoon in the shape of Capt.
Sigsbee's report Of the authorization of
the funeral of his dead sailors and Gen
Lees graphic story of the terrible
struggle for life in the dark hull of the
Maine.
The officials at the navy department
devoted the day to the effort to correct
the lists of living and dead; to answer
ing frantic teIegraphic appeals from
relatives of men on the battleship, and
last, but not the least, IN meeting with
unwavering courtesy and patience the
exact demands upon their time of the
press representatives.
Tender Care.
The disposition of the survivors.
Capt. Dickens, acting chief of the nav
igation bureau, has arranged for. as
we'll as could be from this distance.
The wounded sailors in the Havana
hospitals, on the Spanish flagship and
elsewhere, II not in condition to be
brought back to Key West. will be
carefully looked after by Miss Clara
Barton, who has been given carte
olanche to buy any and everything
necessary, food, clothing, delicacies
~ tHe nurses ana physicians
Inc wounded able to get across To Kev
West will be taken care of in the mar,
me hospltal there. The sound survi-
Vors viii be quartered in the cnoro
army barracks there. 'ps't
AS Tor the Maine herself. notwith-
Standlng discouraging reports from
Lieut. Hood as to her condition thl-
navy department will make the effort
TO raise her. While this is renIifrad h,-
that they are bound to remove the bt1iI
from the small harbor in any case. and
II may be as easy or easier to raise
her as 1t would be to DESTROY the h1II1
ana machinery by the use of divers anJ
dynamite. 1t is believed that this work
can De best done by private wrecking
corporations and negotiations are AL
ready afoot for placing the contracr.
based on work by the day. at an asti'
mated cost of 5000, 600.
At the navy department specifo do
MAJ was given of the report emanatfne
from Madrid, that a torpedo fotiIla
was about to leave Key West for C1,ba
1t was stated that only two tornedo
boats, the Gushing and the Ericsson
are at Key West, and these have not
peen ordered, and will not be ordered
according TO present plans, to Cuba. II
was strongly asserted that no present
purpose existed of sending anv war
ship there.
No Sensations.
Senor du Bose, the Spanish charge has
reclVed no instructions up to 6 D. m.
as TO going to New York and stopping
the Spanish ship Vizcaya from enter.
ing the port, ana reports to this eff
feet were discredited.
The air of suppressed exciten,an+
al Zn1 H.
the employees and visitors at the White
mouse Yesterday was not noticeable to-
day. There were comparatively few
visitors during the morning hours and
for considerable time in the middle
of the day the White house bore an AZ
most deserted appearance. Only a linn
lted number of members of congress
called during the morning and the in
terv1ews were brief. Postmaster Cen
eral Gary was the only member of the
cabinet who called, and his business
related entirely to departmental mat
terS.
Assistant Secretary Day saw the
president for a few minutes. but he
had nothing Of Importance to commun-
fcate until after 4 o'clock, when he car
ried to the White house official tnfor-
nation of the closing of the De LONE
letter incident. So far as could be
learned, the only Information as to the
situation in Havana that reached the
president direct came through the AS
sociated Press.
On the streets was noticeably less ex-
citement than yesterday when the neo-
pie were 10th to believe that under the
circumstances the loss of the Maine
could be traced to other than Spanish
sources.
All the flags throughout the city, in
cluding those on the capitol and the de-
partment buildings are flying at half
mast today, and among the others con-
spicuous that of Cuba Libre," which
flies from the staff on the hotel Ra-
leigh, the headquarters of the Cuban
junta.
COURT OF INQUIRY.