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/ HAS SAID NOTHING AS YET
|,v OR NAY NOT RETURN TO HAVANA


=, the Maine Investigations
.or u. c., Feb. Is
v,'odv at the navy department. l'o"
No'" ',,-s,ory down has any intorfna-
u' 'e, s.,oyer MS To whether the Maine
'lon WI ~ ,noniry will return to Ha-
cou,' ,rom KEY West, and in fact the
aus tho court are absolutely I'M
pll"s ,ore For this reason, 1t is saiu
A., ,Ss department, the report Is purely
n.snlotlye. 1t is very doubtful IN .he
49, =, tho officers here whether the
'aiues -, ~ the court themselves are
| ma IA pass an opinion at TINS tiine'
NJ. believed that the work so lar
a.aa from that relating TO
% ..ooysry Of the dead bodies ana
,],,onol property has been scarcely
more than preliminary ,
,n,sa Adyocte General Lemley found
s..rs this morning from the Mer-
"A 4 CHAIRMAN wrecklng company
5,,.s at New York, reading as fol-
hw'
.rbs tug Underwater, with the Der
- chIsf In tow. passed Sandy Hook
=. ,s,io nm, surday, 9th, bound FOR
u,y.1s Assistant Wrecking Master
TGosar was on the Underwater"
Assuming tina, fair weather prevails,
me tug with its tow should arrive
Havana about Saturday. with this
Derrick the Investigations of. the court
Of inquiry undoubtedly can he much
facilitated. for. although the Chief Will
be unable to lift the big turrets. her
! Derrick would still remove the smaller
guns and the greater part of the debris
which Is The source of complaint ON
4 The part OF Captain Sigsbee as interior
| Ing with the search for bodies and with
the examination into the cause of the
disaster
Captain Hawley, who is directly in
ton bgrau relating to the enlisted
men IN the navy. is directing the work
Of his office to the issuance of death
certificates to the families Of the dead
salots Upon these certificates the au-
dltOrs Of the treasury department are
| obliged 10 pay over to the legal repre-
seatailyes or heirs of the deceased any
sums Of money that may be due them
by the United States government on
account Of accrued pay or retained de-
l0sls. In the case OF many VIC
tins Of the Maine disaster, the depart
nert Is obliged TO certify to the death
o the sailors without being able to Sc
cure evidence Of the fact through the
| Presence of bodies. 1t Is assumed by
NE officials that man failing to report
| PHshed In the catastrophe.
IN letters reaching the department
non all parts of the country from al
fsed relatives of the victims, IL APP
leais that In numerous cases there are
many claimants for the same sums of
money or property that belong to the
9sad men 1t will be the duty of the
apartment to try and adjust these
cams and reconcile conflicts, and
WIZ ehort is being made by the Of
slals TO do this as speedily as pos
s9l,' consistent with the requirements
o. the statutes.
can be stated authoritatively that
me navy department has received
nNhlhg to Indicate the cause of the
,ipoSon, and that reports that 1t had
".sn ADVISED that II was by external
agencies are without foundation.
captain sigsbee has telegraphed
uAl Two more dead bodies were re-
Hstd Yesterday. ouc was unrecog-
.4.ele' hut the other was Identified
wat OF j. W. Johnson. The cap
AN also' announced the death in the
psl al Havana of Holzer. who
'Sse such gallant struggle for life.
Solnmander Forsyth at Kew West
,.esIaphtd this morning that he had.
execution of the departments or
~ secured a plot of ground in the
'ndsfy at Key West. In which will
uttered the remains OF such Vie
IN, snan DC brought from Ha-
IN ss, un'iisl sicard personally will
hs l.a,s me funeral arrangements
al E,.sneu mat the Spanish officials
rey,l ~ naVe consented to the re-
End Amy NY bodies hereafter recov-
tn H., S',htnty made necessary by
PER-. Ing. mat the Cuban law does NOT
tsniS, 'srn removals for fear of ex-
hat eontagion. II Is understood
matss,lr ienalns are not TO be per
tbs esS. inferred at Key West. and
o, sat,,s.,'s..landing gives a great deal
hsra M s,n To the naval officials
pas, IN nav, nave had trouble in times
IN prons rraihtainlng graves of sailors
filtration sohultlon owing to the in
IN he -, W large quantities of water
low lyins 'es through the porous and
mains s,o gpral strands. As the re-
SEALED yiro 'helosed in hermetIcallv-
that ,bsr Eases, 1t is not believed
bref InteyrWiil suffer during Their,
The hs,.,ent at Key West
been A, Scss,,eship Texas, which hos
gas yes,sras,eston, returned to Tortu.
ron. The nay and Joined the snuad :
NJ Tomnkirsnr reported her nrrival
arrived al p,s.lle today. The Costina
indies WI OF France in the West
Ne Ta ISe,,,,slsns, assistant chief =,
Norfolk sar9n bureau. has meno ol
MAT have hnuary to some renort 9
mas nothing Circulated, his visit
Tons. HI NJ ~ 90 with war prenarn .
training shin n to Inspect the ola
Just returned Essex. This vessel ba.,
.he apprentIc.i nom long cruise Will,
uons requlra anu the naval rer,,Ia :
WIS upon the such an Inspection ne
.ouniry. 1t v,,,i sturn Of n shin 10 tbis
70 ascertain y. be for Captain DIc,.nns
y heolthfu Indy that the vessel is
nave conductsS uilttlon. that the boys
suring the c themselves nroneriy
| lear Cofnni. use and gana,a,,