The herald., 1898-03-03

be recovered from portions Of the wreck al
u the divers remove the debris.
i The divers, who are working steadily for
i ward. are encountering continual Difficult
ties, and 1t Is certain the new tugs. add
| tional men and complete apparatus viii
hasten the work of salvage.
The officers of the Vizcaya paid ceremo.
nial visits this morning to Admiral Man
terola and Captain General Blanco. Crowds
of people view the cruiser from the point
| of vantage ashore and those who are per-
| mitted to do so went on board.
THE COURT OF INQUIRY
| KEY WEST. Fla, March 2.-The United
States court of inquiry into the loss of the
battleship Maine resumed its sessions here
at 10 o'clock today. Ten more enlisted men
were examined by the full board.
f, Commander Forsyth was the first wit
ness not on the list of the crew of the Maine
to be called. 1t is understood that he gave
| testimony regarding the coaling OF the pat
| tleship at the navy yard here.
| The court of inquiry convened shortly
| after 2 o'clock and went out to the barracks
where all the survivors of the Maine were
mustered. The men were asked II they nad
any charges or further statements 10
make Not word came from the ranks,
and after a whispered consultation the
work of the court of inquiry at Key West
came to an end.
| The stenoCraphers were kept busy dur
| ing the rest of the afternoon and caught
up with their notes of the testimony. The
proceedings at the barracks lasted about
an hour and were conducted with great
privacy.
Judge Advocate Mark, in reply to an in
quiry, said that so far as he knew the court
had no more work to do at Key West.
When this dispatch is sent, early this
evening. the Mangrove is lying a her dock
with steam. up, but it is said on good au-
thority that the members of the court VIII
not leave until tomorrow. They are await
ing instructions from Rear Admiral Sicard
from Washington as to whether they shall
return at once to Havana.
Apparently the court has gained little
information during the Key West sessions
which could help explain the explosion.
Mayor Maloney issued proclamation
to the citizens of Key West today asking
them to respect Admiral Sicard S wishes to
have the funeral of the Names victims
a private function. He said, however. that
when all the heroes had finally been in
tered sympathetic demonstration might
be in keeping Commander Mccall has de-
cided to reduce the funeral detail to the
smallest possible number. and 1t is possible
that only about twenty men will tomorrow
pay the last honors to an unidentified body
expected early tomorrow on the Bache.
Captain Hanlon of the steamer Mascotte,
which arrived from Havana tonight. says
that when the vessel left Havana there
was no sign of impending riot or of an anti
American demonstration On the contrary,
everything was very quiet.
The torpedo boat Ericsson returned late
this afternoon from the Tortugas with mail
from the fleet.
PROCTOR'S INSPECTION
HAVANA, March 2.-The barge brought
with the wrecking tug 1. ]. Merritt is prov
ing of great value in carrying away debris
and in the course of few days much of the
wreckage above water will be removed.
No bodies were found today and there was
no salvage of any value.
Senator Proctor and his party returned
to the city tonight. after spending the day
at Matanzas, where they were shown
every attention by United States Consul
Brice. The members of the party expressed
the deepest sympathy for the suffering
Cubans, of whom they saw many.
About ten or twelve miles out of Havana
the train ran slowly because the insur-
gents had cut the wires and Senator Proc
tor, on his return, was told that there had
been a small skirmish not many miles from
the line. in which five or six men had been
wounded.
Gen. Vidal Ducasi, second in command of
the insurgents of the province of Pinar del
ltlO WHO was WOuHucO III Tile utdu
ing the recent engagement near Candelaria
with the Spaniards under Col. Biltas, sue
cumbed to his injuries and his body was
buried near Tacatacota. province of Pinar
del Rio. He was cared for during his last
hours by Dr. Rubio.
Last night heavy explosions of dynamite
were heard near by. The amount of dam
age has not yet been ascertained, but it is
believed the dynamite was a portion of
that dpnosited hy Cen RodripI,eZ
AUXILIARY CRUISERS
NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. March Com
mander E. D. Buckland of the Connecticut
naval reserves has completed list of
steam and sailing craft in the waters of
this state which would form an auxiliary
to the regular army if occasion should
require.
Over 200 vessels of all descriptions are
included in the list.
A BUILDERS TRIAL
BRISTOL, r. l., March 2-The United
States torpedo boat Talbot was today given
her first builders trial trip over the seven
knot course. The trial was in every way
a success and it was announced at the close
that the boat made the record of twenty
two knots an hour.
COAST DEFENSE
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2-The second
of the pair of Pinch breech-loaofing
rifles. just received from the Watervliet
arsenal at Troy, N. Y, was hauled through
the streets to the PreGdio reservation to-
day The immense gun, mounted upon
heavy trucks and drawn by about fifty
horses, attracted considerable attention,
for it was not generally known that these
heavy pieces of artillery had been expected
by the army officials for some months past.
DANGEROUS SHIPMENTS
CINCINNATI, o., March 1.-Two tons
of dynamite were shipped from here today
to Pensacola, Fla. The shipping firm de-
clines to say whether it was shipped on
government account or to private dealers.