Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-21
The Gather.
Rain, turning into snow; colder; high
north to northwest winds.

Rain, turning into snow; colder; high
north to northwest winds.
mass If steel and iron heaped in the
Ter id part Of the ship was a particu-
la :, ret 81 attention. The experts
Who had FIRST vent. "a the theory of
bursting boiler as tn cause of the de
stF coon claim 20 tind strong reinforce
II. - ii the pictures for that belief.
III II al nass @ metal appears to be
T.. awa up over the boiler space and not
g. te onward magazine while the
- q the forward body of
4 ~ might have been ae-
81 - tae enormous expansive
'sa.a nigh pressure steam car
lit $. IT,. toiiers, with their shells
&C., ilan "a inch thick. As to what
eals- a hoiier to explode, whether a
ol=5 {. sea bonn ia the coal, low water
or fl ction. they do not now
uH arc O sly.
Vine rotary Long attention was
catlee I rel, Is Tat he had taken Off
e, enhance o The criticisms OF the
Aeefi al avy By h Spanish Captain
SeGrdl, he secaeterg and that he had
cali th ubGe to tie attention of
Inc SIT d aftment with view of
hav.ii.- aH inquiry -ade 10y that branch.
Tt '.r icular expression to which the
seers tar. had dl ected the attention of
tn tate dep3rtInea, was the following,
attributed 10 Captain Soblal:
al WAS the suit Of an explosion
insiaa OF the ship, which took place in
one q the forward magazines. The
tac, OF he matter Is that the discipline
ami Watca observed Oh tha ship were
yer la2, ms, as one English news
pafei declared the Other day, is the case
OF etlcs,n warships generally. This
sort ii NJ has occurred on previous
occts oHS on American war vessels"
/ H. secretary said that he had not
called att i.tion to those other features
OF Captain .5obrals alleged interview,
ia which he refers to the possibilities of
War aud to the information he had
gain hue naval attaehe of the Span
ISL legation.
~ Whole Mr.. Long did not treat
til srbsal matter as profoundly serious.
-ss toflt Secretary Day would not
discus IL s bral matter 1t is under
stood, hoSt ever. that the state depart
ment does lot attach deep significance
to the reported remarks of Sobral
sam ,me it is felt that he should not
b. rllaing such remarks as are at
tributed to him.
-, '5ecr ta-y Long has called official
attention TO them, the department
woulu doubtless take steps to learn
whether the interview was accurate by
making request on the Spanish lega-
ton 1t can be stated positively, how
ever, that reports that the state depart
ment made such request of the Span
ish legation are incorrect Nothing has
been zone thus far, and an unexpected
development SO changes the aspect of
the Soaral case that the state depart
ment may not feel that it is necessary to
proceed further
This Development was that Captain
SobraPs services as naval attache at
Washington were officially terminated
by SPAN about four weeks ago. 1t came
from Senior Du Bosce, charge d'affaires
of the Spanish legation, who, when his
attention was called to the SObral case,
gave the following authorized state
ment:
''As regards this reported interview,
| know nothing about it, beyond what
have seen IN the papers. | should
imagine Mr. Sobral far too prudent to
say anything calculated to offend broth
ers in arms. At the same time, l should
state that on Jan. "a last Captain
Sooral ceased to be a member of this
leGaaton, according to royal DEGREES,
which gazetted as his successor Lieuten-
ant hamon Carraza Regura, .
Owing to the royal decree relieving
Captain Sobral, it is said, he at present
occupies the position merely of a private
citizen. He is at present in New York,
meeting his old naval friends on the
Vizcaya, but his official status as
Spain naval attache to the legation is
sad to have terminated when the decree
was gazetted last month 1t is a usual
formahty 70 notify the department of
such a change, but owing to the excit-
ing events of recent days this notifica-
ton Of the Spanish decree was not con
veyed to the authorities here at the time
it occurred
THE PURCHASE OF CUBA.