The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-25
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Washington, Feb. 10. The govern.
ment has settled back into q waiting
attitude In respect to the terrible
Maine disaster in Havana harbor. The
great shock caused by the news has
given way to calmer. and more ju-
dicial state Of mind, and, realizing
from the events Of the day that the
court of inquiry is the sole dependence
in the search for the cause Of the
Names loss, the naval officials are
now resigned to await the results Of
that inquiry by court named by the
navy department. There was little
new to add to the sum of information
as to the disaster during the forenoon.
No kilograms came and all that could
be cleaned was denial Of some alb
surd story or other that had crept into
print or become current gossip. All
the news Of the day came in the late
afternoon in the shape of Capt. Sigs-
bees report Of the authorization of the
funeral Of his dead sailors and Gen.
Lees graphic story Of the terrible
struggle for life in the dark hull Of
the Maine. The officials Of the navy
department devoted the day to the eff
fort to correct the lists Of living and
dead; to answering
Frantic Tele1graphic Appeals
from relatives Of men on the battle
snip, and last, but not least, in meeting
with unwavering courtesy and pa.
thence the exacting demands upon
their time of the press representatives.
The disposition Of the surviy ors, Capt.
Dickens, acting chief of the navigation
bureau, has arranged for as we'll as
could be from this distance. The
wounded sailors in the Havana hospi-
tails, OH the Spanish flagship and else
where, when not in condition to be
brought back to Key West, will be
carefully looked after by Miss Clara
Burton, who has been given carte
blanche to buy any and everything
necessary, food, clothing, delicacies
and hire the nurses and physicians.
The wounded able to get across to
Key West will be taken gre of in the
marine hospital there. The sound sur.
vivors will be quartered in the spare
army barracks there.
AS for the Maine herself, notwith-
standing discouraging reports from
Lieut.. Hood as to her condition, the
navy department will make the eff
fort to raise her. They say they are
bound to remove the hull from the
small harbor in any case, and it may
be as easy to raise her as it would be
to destroy the hull and machinery by
the use of divers and dynamite. 1t is
believed that this work can best be
done by private wrecking corporations,
and negotiations are already afoot for
placing the contract, based on work
by the day, at an estimated cost Of
100000. At the navy department
Specific Denial Was Given
Of the report emanating from Madrid
that torpedo fotilla was about to
leave Key West for Cuba. 1t was
stated that only two torpedo boats,
the Gushing and the Ericsson, are at
Key West, and these have not been
ordered, and will not be ordered, ac-
cording to the present plans, to Cuba.
1t was strongly asserted that no pres
ent purpose existed Of sending any
warships there.
Senior du Bose, the Spanish charge,
has received no Instructions as to go-
ing to New York and stopping the
Spanish ship Vizcaya from entering
the port, and reports to this effect
were discredited.
The Dir Of Suppressed excitement
which characterized the movement Of
the employees and visitors at the White
House Wednesday was not noticeable
yesterday. On the streets was notice.
ably less excitement than Wednesday
when the people were 10th to believe
that under the circumstances the loss
Of the Maine could be traced to other
than Spanish sources. All the flags
throughout tie city, including those on
the capitol and the department build
ings, are flying at half-mast, and
among the others conspicuous that
that of "Cuba Libre'' which flies from
the staff on the hotel Raleigh, the
headquarters of the Cuban junta.
No News Before Saturday.
The evening in Washington was alb
solutely devoid of interest, so far as
official circles were concerned. At
the White House there was not
single visitor aside from the CORE
spondents III search of the news which
did not arrive. The navy department.
received but one dispatch, a message
from Sigsbee announcing the funeral
Of the victims in Havana, and every
where there is evidence of the relaxa-
ton following the preceding ~ hours
of intense excitement and suspense.
1t is said ut the navy department that
no news was expected before Saturday
when some results might begin to ap-
pear as a result of the court Of in
quiry at Havana. and meanwhile the
officials seemed well content to wait
ard get modicum of sleep which has
been luxury for many Of them since
tine first bulletin of Tuesday night.
Sympathy From Abroad.
A number of messages have been re-
ceived at the state department from
foreign governments expressing regret
in connection with the Maine disaster.
INsOLENCE OF THE CREW.
In Butcher Weyler's Opinion Was
the Cause of the Disaster.
Barcelona, Feb. 10. = Lieut.. y Gen.
Weyler expressed the opinion, in the