The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-21

their own weight, so IONS apiece, with
out carriages. but to the enormous tur-
rets enclosing them with 100 tons of
steel. 1t is doubtful if the tops of
these turrets can be removed as was
first supposed by cutting off the bolt
heads that fix them to the sides, as
these large bolts are probably counter
sunk and the holes below the surface
of n metal, while the confined space
within the turrets would make it very
difficult to operate there on the side
ends under the water. 1t is hoped that
it may be feasible to raise h turrets
entire with the guns, if lifting appara-
tus of sufficient power car be applied.
OBJECTS OF ATTENTION.
The newspaper reproductions of pho
tographs taken of the wreck were stu
died with much interest by the naval
officers here today. Great surprise was
expressed at the extent of the work and
the vast mass of steel and iron heaped
in the forward part Of the ship was a
particular object of attention. The ex-
perts who had first Ventured the the
DRY of a bursting boiler as the cause
of the destruction, claim to find strong
achievements in HI pictures for that
belief. The great mass of metal ap-
pears to be thrown up over the boiler
space and not over the forward maya
zine, while the forcing apart of
the forward body of the hull,
they say, might have been ac-
complished by the enormous ex-
pansive power of the high pressure
steam carried in these boilers with their
shells more than an inch thick. AS to
what caused q boiler to explode; whe-
Their a disguised bomb in the coal. low
water, or faulty construction, they do
not now undertake to say.
ASSEMBLIES TO-DAY.
Secretary Long said this afternoon,
after looking over his Geographic and
mail correspondence, that it contained
nothing of Importance beyond the dis
patches above given. The secretary
referred with satisfaction to the dis
patch stating that the court of in
quiry woul assemble at Havana to-
The plan has been for the
to gather at Key West, and then
proceed to Havana. But Mr.. Long
thought it was desirable to have the
court proceed at once to Havana, where
the inquiry could begin or the. actual
scene of disaster. and where personal
inspection would aid in an intelligent
On this account, the sec
rotary sent orders yesterday for the
court to proceed direct to Havana and
the response of Admiral Sicard is in
accordance with these orders.
SPANISH CRITICISM.
When Mr.. Longs attention was
called to the reports that he had taken
official recognizance of Spanish Cap
tain SobraTs criticisms of the Ameri-
can navy, the secretary said he had
called the subject to the attention of
the state department with the view of
ar inquiry made by the branch.
The particular expression to which the
secretary had directed the attention of
the state department, was the following
attributed TO Captain Sobral:
1T was the result of an explosion
inside the ship, which took place in one
If the forward Magazines The fact
II the matter is that the discipline and
observed on the ship were very
This. as one English newspaper
he other day declared. is the case on
American warships generally. This
sort Of thing has occurred on previous
occasions on American war vessels"
The secretary said he had not called
attention to the other features of Cap
ain Sobral's alleged interview, in
var and to the information he had
;ained while naval attache of the Span
sh legation.
NOlttlNd SERlOOS-
AS a whole, Mr.. Long did not treat
Sobral matter as profoundly seri-
Assistant Secretary Day received no
dispatches from Havana during the
arly part of the day. He would not
iscuss the Sobral matter. 1t is UNDER
TODD, however, the state department
oes not attach deep significance to the
eported remarks of Sob-al, owing TO
is minor position. AT the same time,
is felt hat he should not be making
UGH remarks as are attributed to him.
AS Secretary Long has called official
to them. the department
doubtless take steps to learn
Thether the interview was accurate by
a request on the Spanish lega-
1t can be stated positively, how
yer, that reports that the state de-
artment made such a request of the
parish legation yesterday are incor-
ect. Nothing has been done thu far
an unexpected development of to-
ay so changes the aspect of the Sobral
ase that the state department may
OF feel that it is necessary to proceed
f,
This development was that Captain
obral's services as naval attache at
Washington were officially terminated I
Y Spain about four weeks ago. It {
anne from n Dubosc. charge daft :
of the Spanish legation, who. I
hen his attention was called to the !
obral case, gave h Associated Press I
ne following authorized statement: {
ONLY A CITIZEN. I
LAS regards this reported interview. 6
know nothing about it beyond what {
nave seen in the papers. | should /
nagine Mr.. Sobral far too prudent to q
~ anything calculated 10 offend '
in arms. At the same time, / /
lould state tina on the gath of jan /
last, Captain Sobral ceased to be e
member of this legation. according
royal DEGREES. which gazetted as his [
iccessor. Lieutenant Ramon Carrazay (
u~errae."
Owing to the royal decree relieving .
Sobral, it is said he at present a
couples the position merely of q pri- 0