The Caucasian., 1898-02-24
THE NAINE
ACCIDENT.
List o! Death Numbers 25s ana
Money Loss Estimated At
$4,000. 900.
ACoURrOF NAVAL INQUIRY

ACOURrOF NAVAL INQUIRY
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tie W.sss~s.
The d~straciion of the 4 nit~a STATE.
osttie-shsp Maine D, 90 ~,plo.ioa 30
The haroos cf Hasans To~.say riStt
has Resulted, sooordinG O.. tho ofhrisi
reposts, in fhe loss of 90 osslc~s. I.a.1.
tenant Jenkins and kns n~.r Merritt.
20 men, and over % ssgso tn non.,
TIE cause OF the dissst-r d. vrsptsd 40
mystery. ~ Uas decided that ,~ssnt,
or moe~ Of the survivor. are NOR. az
lees badly wounded. Tseniy-nlps IN
jur~d m~n are ~ the military hospital
of san Amososio. thirty -.in are e~inx
cared for on The CITY sf wa.htuStou.
and score mor~ are scattered about
In the Alfonso III bo. .pttai. tn santa
~ headquarters. and sboard the span
ish cruiser Alfonso MI. All but n,s
OF The officers, and . number of 10.
men vers cent To h~y we.i on tho ell
iyette.
rHE rhEsipEsrs orIaIos .rArrn.
The nrst taInouncenent of the di,s..
ter Vas coupled With Q general belief
In the public mind thsi the y, WhiIs
anchored In the bar bor. had b~en blown
up BY deliberate design. Thi. feeling
Wss given more and moe~ currency By
the statements Of the officers IN the
Navy Department. who dad nat h~si-
tate To express this opinion. ~hile IN
Congress many SENATORS and Members
were equally outspok~n In declaring
that under no circumstances could the
explosion have occurred through aoei-
Dent, and that NJ b~sf the coincidence
of destruction in Cuban waters was
suspicious.
In fact, this sentiment Was go vide
spread that it Was deemed best Thurs-
day TO make public Q semi % fficial state
ment from the W hite House, making %
clear that the President believed that
the destruction of the Maine Sas' not
an overt act. IL was admitted that tbe
accident Was inexpiicsbi~. but the be-
lief that 10 Vas an accident ~ss ~mphs-
sized In uumistaksbie words.
Red cnoss rEspxss AID.
NRw YoRK, Feb. ls-The foilowins
L instructions have b~en csbled 10 Mis-
Clara Barton, President of the Am~r-
ican Red Cross, now at Havana:
-Save neither trouble nor e,pens~
To render every possible assistance TO
our wounded sailors"
Miss Barton and her corps of Red
Croes aids are available for immediate
service in behalf Of those injured by
the explosion on the bsttieship Maine.
Their organization and the hid Cro.s
temporary hospital viii doubtless bs
placed It the dispossl Of Capt. sigs-
bee for his wounded crew.
| IxTRnhGNT or TBG DEAD.
Havana, Feb. 1.-THE inferment Of
the martyrs of the Maine took piscs
this afternoon about 8 O'Clock. snort.
ly before the hour all Havana wss in
movement. The flags on the public
buildipgs w.re at half mast and many
Of the houses were drspsd in mourn
ing. All classes we're represented in
the throngs that filled the street.
along which the funeral procession
psssed TO the cemetery
Elaborate preparations 0sr~ made
for the interment Of the dead. In ths
morning twenty-five bodies uers
Il unlt. tDs
rested In coffins covered with b~suti.
ful csowrs Of silk ribbons. with sp
p'oprisfe Inscriptions. The crows
from the City Council bears the in
scri ption, The people al Havana n,
the victims OF the Maine" There ga
o handsome crown of .ilk ribbons %
the Spanish national colors with tn
Inscription, THE Navy D~psrtmen
at Havana 90 the sictims 81 TIA
Maine
Among other tokens we're from Law
ton Cbilds, with the inscription. Il,
our brave dead sailors,-a flower cros
from the New York Journal an,
Advertiser, IN emblem from Havan
Yacht Club, and floral or oth~r frib
utes from N. CarranIa, Senora Emilia
NAM, Lucia Lacoste. Mrs. r. GoUxs
Leg, Miss Catalina Casa, Charles an
? George Barnett, and Q crown from tb
, dsm Of Daimon Brothers. with the in
scriptiou TO the victims Of th
Maine"
KoRTH cAkoLixiAxs on TBE nAIxE.
The Navy Department compiled an
!. gave out full list Of the men on %
= Maine, with the place of birth. for a
!. purpose Of local identincstion. Tt
Trubie Finch, of Raleigh, ~. &
!, John II. Noss, OF Oxford. N c.: job
Warren, OF Randolph, ~. C: Hens
!. williams, Of Elizabeth City. y q.
4 FLAGS AT HAL1 MAST.
el The President has ordered thl
y Thursday and until further notice "a
o nsgs af all navy yards and on nav
b vessels, at posts. army h~sdqaastes
AMI ON all public building. shaii
half masfed.
), New Yonx. Feb. Is-Mayor Va
u wyck has ordered the flag ON the CT
. Hall lowered TO half mast out of ~
II pect TO those killed on she Maine.
le coUKT or rxQcIky.
u Upon four naval officers, constifu
u ing Q court OF inquiry, nov rests Il
10 the responsibility of determining u
& facts regarding the explosion by Wbi'
10 the Maine Vas destroyed The office
,,l will proceed 90 Havana IN o Unit,
States Warsbip, probably the Monts
merry, and were named as follow
Capt. w. 7. sampson. Capt. ".
Chadaick, Lieutenant Command
Sestou Schroeder, Lieutenant Coz
g msnder Adolph Mark.
Haviog thus iptSosted 90 capal
h. and experienced officers the grs
n duty Of determining the cause of Z
!" disaster and fixing its sesp0nsibiii
the government has setil led down u
waiting attitude in respect 10 the Q.
rible marine tragedy In Havana hl
ix Dor. The great shock caosed By {
st appalling news has been succeeded
Ist o eaimer and more Judicial slate
re mind. the naval officiais secogpixi
Of that until the results Of the inquiry
Of made known there can be nothing
ITO speculation and theories.
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