Arizona republican., 1898-02-22
The Court of Inquiry Entered Upon Its Work Yesterday
TESTIMONY OF SIGSBEE
The Proceedings Will not be
 Immediately Published
So Far the Divers Have Discovered Nothing of Importanee-The Inn parcial has Learned that this Country is Ready to Mix T Tnirgs.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Today's de- velopments in the Maine disaster were of a negative character, greatly to the disappointment of considerable number of people, who were looking for some startling discovery by the divers working in the sunken hull.
 The state department after hearing that Lieutenant Sobral was no longer recognized as an attache of the Span ish legation, decided to ignore the in terview attributed to him, which 1t was at first disposed to resent It is now learned that Secretary Long late on Saturday called upon Assistant Secretary Day of the state de- partment, and laid before him news paper clippings containing the re- ported interview. Acting Secretary Day agreed with Secretary Long that there was warrant for looking into the matter, and called the attention of the Spanish charge d'affaires to the publications The charge d'affaires, however, promptly declared that the naval officer was no longer an attache of the legation, his successor having been appointed and gazetted Decem- Der 24 He further explained that it was owing entirely to more import and and pressing matters of business before it that the legation had over looked the sending of the proper mo- tification of the change to the state department. It is said that as a mat ter of fact there are frequently great delays in receipt of such information of changes among the attaches of the state department.
 For very obvious reasons, Captain Sigsbee at Havana is making most strenuous efforts to hasten the recov- cry of the bodies. Probably nearly a hundred in number are still impris- Oned in the wreck of the Maine. It was the knowledge of the captains de- sire that probably led Consul-General Lee to inform the navy department of the need for divers.
 This had the desired effect for the navy department to O. K. the action to send more help. Admiral Sicard telegraphed from Key West this af- ternoon that he had sent five divers to Captain Sigsbee, and asked if that was sufficient. Acting chief of the navigation bureau, Captain Dickens, at once took the sensible course of di- recting the admiral to put himself in communication with Captain Sigsbee and learn his needs at first hand.
 The business of the navy department is getting back to its normal condi- tion, as is evidenced by the fact that an order has been issued to discontinue the special telegraph service which was established with Key West, and hereafter the office at that place will close at 10 o'clock at night as for merly. Commander Forsythe, the commandant at Key West, has also asked permission of the department to stop his daily bulletins, and this has been granted with an understanding that he will report any deaths that may occur among the sufferers in the hospital there. Today he reported that they were all getting along nicely
 The exchange of official condolences still continues. Today Secretary Long sent a telegram as follows to Captain Eulate: Commanding Off, cer of Spanish Cruiser Vizcaya, Tomp- kinsville, N. VI have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your tele- gram of condolence for the loss of the Maine and to thank you for your ex- pression of sympathy" A similar response was made to cablegram from Vice Admiral Spann at Vienna, expressive of sympathy for the terri ble disaster to the Maine.