Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-02-17

dispatch this morhlns ftom Admiral
Sicard, In command Of the North
| Atlantic squadron, giving details Of the
court of inquiry to investigate the
"Maine" disaster, as followss Captain
Sampson, president Of courts Captain
Chadwick, Lieutenant Commander
Schroeder and Lieutenant Commander
Mark, Sampson is commander Of the
battleship "Iowa;" Chadwick II COM
mander Of the New York; Schroeder
is executive officer Of the "Massachu-
setts" and Mark is executive officer Of
the "Vermont."
BRITISH COMMENT.
LONDON, England, Feb. 1.-THE Pdll
Nal Gazette says: Gap tain SicsBee
behaved vita splendid contempt 0f
danger, worthy of the best traditions OF
the army or navy A dispatch to the
London Chromtcis, from Washington,
said that Roosevelt and other bureau
absolutely certain that treachery was
the cause of the disaster, while a
dispatch to the Morning Post from New
York says President Mckinley has long
been suspicious of some mysterious
plan and is reported to have confidential
reports, which, If published, would
cause immediate war.
CARE OF THE WOUNDED.
HAVANA, Feb 17.-There are twenty
nine injured of the "Maine' quartered
IN the military hospital at San Ambro.
sio. Many physicians sand assistants
are in attendance upon them. Charles
A. Smith, suffering from broken leg
and burns about the jaw, is very sick,
and it is feared he will die. The even
ing papers, of Wednesday, except La
Discussion, printed leading editorials
and sentimental declarations of sym
pathy with the sMaine's' survivors.
NOT VERIFIED.
New York, Feb. 1.-THE report of
the finding of hole in the hull that
had evidently been caused by a torpedo,
was sent from Havana by Olivett
Sailed, from source regarded as relia-
BILE, but cannot be verified owing to
the strict censorship at Havana. The
report Is not verified by officers of the
Maine who have arrived at Key
West. 4
VISITORS WERE on BOARD.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE Fleming
World received from Sylvester Scovel, |
its correspondent in Havana, the fol- |
lowing reply to an inquiry whether |
strangers were allowed On the "Maine"
the day of the disaster: "Yes, visitors |
were on the "Maine" all the afternoon.
Abomb might then have been deposited |
near the magazine as | have already |
,abled. Gables are much delayed here"
cRocKoDILE FEARS.
WASHINGTON, February 17.-.Cap-l
ain General Bianco today cabled Sen0r
iu Bose, in charge of the Spanish lega-
ion, giving the formal action OF the
nsular government of Cuba, express
ng 10 the President of the United
states its profound sorrow over the
catastrophe to the 'sMaine' and result
ng In loss OF life to Americans.
DIVERS REACH HAVANA.
WASHINGTON, ID. G., Feb. III,
ADMIRAL Sicard's board has ample
To make a searching inyesti-
alton into the causes of the "Mainen
isaster. Fern and Mangrave arrival
o Havana last evening. They are pro
ided with diving apparatus, and as
very warship's company includes at
east several expert divers, there will be
10 lack of men to make the necessary
earch. 1t is believed, under the most
avorable circumstances. that an inves-
igation cannot be made for several
lays. Lieutenant commander Mark
eft Washington today, by train, for
<ey West. He is supposed to be
ssigned to duty as Judge advocate Of /
he court.
CARE FOR FAMILIES.
1t is probable the families OF the |
,ictims of the "Maine" disaster will be
ared for by the government, as were
he survives of those lost in the
;amoon hurricane several years ago.
Mcclellan, ,ot New York,
Introduced a joint resolution apprOpri-
ting $l50,000 for this purpose in the
louse today.
TAKE YOUR CHOICE.
KEY WEST, Fla, Feb. 17.-An
Associated Press correspondent here
questioned q number OF officers and
nen aboard the warship Maine at
he time of the explosion. 1t is the
opinion of all that the explo 1
ion was due to some interior cause i
md not the result of the explosion Of /
orpedo on the outside. Another report
ays that regarding the explosion, the
ulcers Of the "Maine' are evidently
lnder orders to keep quiet. The man
ak more freely and are almost unani-
nous in insisting the explosion was /
,aused by large torpedo planted before
he "Maine' arrived in Havana.
AN EYE WITNESS.
KEY WEST, Feb. 17.--Jese G Msnn,
. passenger on the sCity Of Washing /
on Of the Ward line, which was
noored near the Maine Tuesday |
lrght at the time Of the disaster, today Il
aid: Awhile we. were conversing In n
lie cabin, loud report startled the |
company. They rushed to the. port=
loles aud saw an immense fash shoot
ID In the air. Debris ofall kinds and
number of bodies were thrown
1t was at fest believed the
Maine was being fred upon. The
,oats of the "City of Washington" and
hose of the Spanish cruiser "Alfonso'
we're hurriedly launched and went to
he rescue. In two or three minutes
he "City of Washington" was convert.
ID into q hospital. The explosion |
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