The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-25
REPORT IS IN WASHINGTON
IMMENSE CROTVD GREETS OFFI-
 CIALS AT THE DEPOT.

Representative of Secretary Long Informs
 Commander Mark of the secretary's
 Intention Not to Receive the Report Un-
 til Morning-NTembers of Marks Party
 All Armed-some Jostling in the Crowd
 Causes Hands to Reach Backs to Hip
 Pockets-NIarix is Mum.
 Washington, March 24.-The report of
 the naval board of inquiry into the
 Maine disaster was received in Wash
 ington at 9:35 o'clock tonight. The
 naval officers who have guarded it
 since it's departure from Key West
 were hustled at once into carriage
 by an attache of the navy department
 and driven to the Ebbitt House, where
 they tried to catch a little much needed
 sleep and at the same time withstand the crowd of newspaper men who
 thronged the lobby in hope of securing some stray bit of information which
 had escaped numerous correspondents
 along the route. The party consisted of Lieutenant Commander Mark, Lieu tenant John Hood, Lieutenant Carl Jungen, Past Assistant Engineer Bowers, A. T. Mark, a nephew of the judge advocate, and Ship Carpenter Helmes of the Maine's ill-fated crew. There was an immense crowd wait ing at the depot when the train pulled in. The naval contingent was ill the last sleeper on the train and avoided
 the crush of citizens by alighting at the upper end of tht platform and go- ing out across tracks. All were thor | oughly tired and Commander Mark was asleep in his seat when the train pulled in. The party was met at the steps of the car by Cadet Ward of the navy department, who was the sole
 representative of Secretary Long. He | informed Commander Mark that the l secretary would not receive the report | tonight and he led the travellers to the | hack stand through the rapidly thicken- | ing crowd. Lieutenant Hood as the most muscular member of the party, carried the bulky report in white | canvas bag slung under his arm. It must have weighed ten or twenty | pounds without it's carrying case ana l portended endless reams of complicat- | ed testimony to be digested by the | administration before the next step in l the progress of the Maine incident can be taken. That the whole party carry l ing the report was armed was demon strated in rather theatrical way just 1 as they were about to get into the car l riage. The crowd closed around the party and jostled them considerably.
 Some one ran against the end of the
 mysterious canvas bag in which the re- l port was concealed. Quick as a flash 1 Lieutenant Hoods hand went back to his hip and Lieutenant Jungen laid his | hand on the butt of revolver that was sticking from his side pocket. The movement were sufficient to prevent | further jostling.
 l On being driven to the Ebbitt House l the whole party retired, first having l ordered some light refreshments tc | their rooms. It wasn't long before the
 report of their arrival spread and the | lobby was filled with a curious crowd | of idlers, while the negro bellboys | worked overtime carrying up cards | from the various correspondents ir l search of an interview. Young MariX was deputed as sort of a press com
 mittee and met all inquirers with the
 stereotyped reply of: T don't know
 to every question. It may be said l however, that the report in due pro. cess of law must first be delivered tc
 the secretary of the navy and this ac-
 cording to all precedents will be at the
 navy department. It will then be sub mitted to President Mckinley, upor
 whose decision its future migration! | will depend