Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-22

fslf'opmCnts IN the Name Heaster were
~ negative character. greatly to the
s..,rnolntment OF a considerable number
~ ,srsons who were looking for some
s..r,ling discovery by the divers working
q, fhe suuken hull
--n, state Department after learning
n,t Lieutenant Sobral was no longer
...,.nizcd as an attache Of the Spanish
,,,st.on. decided TO ignore the interview
attributed to him, which it at first was
disposed 10 resent.
p. is now learned that Secretary Long,
,..s saturday evening. called upon As
....ant Secretary Day, and laid before
Sim newspaper clippings containing the
rrorted interview.
Acting Secretary Day agreed with Sec
re,ay Long that there were grounds for
iraking into the matter. and calling for
enlistment Of the naval attache. 1t was
f,s,overed. however. that the Lieutenant
,ces. no longer an attache of the Spanish
l-sation. his successor having been ap'
,o.nfed January 18th. It is said that as
matter Of fact, there are frequently great
Jel,vs i'm the receipt of such information
81 changes among attaches at the State
Department.
RECOVERY OF BODIES.
For very obvious reasons. Captain sigs-
ice at Habana. IS making strenuous
,forts 10 hasten the recovery Of the
bo5ies. probably nearly hundred IN
number. stm imprisoned in the wreck
NJ the Maine. It was a knowledge OF the
contains desire that probably led Consul
General Lee to notify the State Depart
..,,,t of the need for more divers. This
t.6 the desired effect, for the Navy De-
,.,rtnent took action to send more heip'
,sr,iral sicard telegraphed from Key
West this afternoon that he had sent nee
divers to Captain sigsbee' and asheu Il
char nt.snber was sufficient. Ihe aclins
,,,.s of the Navigation Bureau, Captain
1,,.,,ens at once took the sensible course
= .,roctinv the Admiral to put himseil
a., communication with Captain sissOee'
...s ,sarn his needs at first hands
.r,.,. The Navy Department is gettlhs
,.ck 10 ns normal condition IS eFiies
I i, the order issued TO discontinue 'i''
enecia1 cablegram service when was
..,.,,sto5 with Key West. and hereafter
,,,, oe5ce at that place will close aO ~
o'clock al night. as formerly.
commander Forsyth, the commahuan'
-. Kev West. has also asked PERMISSION
~s .be denartment to stop his dafy bull
ietins. and this has been granted win an
understanding that he will report any
o0.atbs that may occur among the SUI
r,-ore I'm the hospital there. To-day ne
,.rorted that they are all getting along
ulcely. .,.os stm
,ontinpes. To-day Secretary Long sent
telegram as follows to Captain Eulate'
rcommanding officer of the Spanish cruz
scr vizcaya. Tompkinsville, \. " nave
tbe honor 10 acknowledge the receipt oi
your telegram Of coincidence on the loss
If tbe Maine. and thank you for the
similar response was also made TO
o,bieqram from Vice-Admiral Spanh' at
vienna expressive OF sympathy TOT lhe
sisaster TO the Maine
WAR RUMORS GROUNDLESS.
Inouirv at leading foreign embassies ana
the LEGATIONS to-day fails 10 conliIih lu-
mcrs that members of the dlploihau0
corps have reached the conclusion that |
crisis in Spanish affairs Is near AT naiu'
md that several Of the foreign repies0i,'"
ti,as have notified their governments that
,,., fg Inevitable. The rumOrs mentioned |
the French and British embassies az |
having advised their governments 10 TINS
effect but il can be stated positively that |
no such reports have been made from |
these quarters.
Several reports came by telegraph TO |
fbe State and Navy Departments to-day |
from Habana. All Of the naVal teie-
grams. however. bore date OF YESTERDAY |
while that from General Lee 10 the Stale
Department probably was sent last hish''
though marked as received this morning. !
None of these messages throw any llgnt |
upon the cause of the Maine disaster. and,
In fact. the officials in the Navy Depart
neuf have resigned themselves 10 the be- |
lief that nothing definite on this subject |
can be known for several days 90 come. |
Their reason for this belief If based on |
the fact that the operations OF the divers |
at the wreck Of the Maine are being con-
fined % the recovery OF the Dodles OF /
the dead stn entangled in the wreck, and |
the recovery of valuables, neither Of |
which can be neglected while the other |
branch Of the work Of investigation OF |
the cause Of the disaster may be more |
properly left 10 the conduct Of the court |
of inquiry.
LEE ASKS FOR MORE DIVERS
General Lees dispatch was as follows: |
"HABANA. February 2l.-Received 9:40
a. M-Assistant Secretary OF state, |
Washington.-Great need Of divers 20 get |
effects and bodies from the wreck. Two |
are now employed but twelve or fifteen /
could be used. one hundred and forty |
three bodies have been buried. Very few
were found to-day. but over one hundred /
are supposed 10 be confined IN the ship. |
The sailors now IN the two Spanish hos
pitfalls number eleven. Visited them yes
terday An will recover except two. |
They are comfortable and well cared for.
(sIgned) LEE"
The department believes that the |
scarcity Of divers complained OF by Gene |
ral Lee has probably been overcome by |
the arrival Of the Bache with force Of
divers from the North Atlantic squadron,
~ Tortugas. and with the necessary APP |
paratus.
REPORTS FROM sIGsBEE.
A dispatch Of last night from Captain
sgsbee was as follows:
Navy Department Washington Mine
more bodies buried yesterday, only two
~ which were identined-those OF William
Lund and NJ T. Harris"
Another dispatch was as follows:
Visited hospital to-day Men very
much pleased 10 see me. Goehler and
Hotter are very low. l have hopes Tor
Hotter. Koshlor has a lighting chance
only Members Of bodies found ano
A t..4 araf af