Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-03
! SUBMARINE MINE
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susul ded view that very J.rtle tes .pllouy
, las ys'l been neAlL4 uenU.ng To SHOW
mat tE'a eXplUS!Cn wuS utDe result OF u
Conspiracy CT as TO tbs exact cause ~
ti.c Q.suSlei.
len ennsted men wer1 examined by
thl. BOARD th-S afternoon, sisS WIS u 50
Commander Forsyth. IL is untierst. o,I
he gave testimony regarding the cCul-
t4.S c. tx batuI5s..lp al rtl. navy yard
leI
oap,.si.. fIanlon. of the steamer Mas
cote, wA.cn arrIvei from Havana to
night. says that when the vessel left
havana '!--re Vas no signs IF impeud-
.nS NO. %. Of AN anti American demon
StlatIC.l. On tn, century, everything
VAS normally quiet.
'tle court of ln1ua'y convened shortly
A.ier o'clock and Went tUut 10 The bar
lucks, wi:vre all the survivors hy.f the
Maine were mustered. Thu men w-,e
asked IL they had any charges or lur-
thet stl.eIlantS % make. Not a word
c.ntre ft1m the ranks. ami After a whls-
ierVd COILS Iltati"n the work of the court
OF inquiry at Key West came to an
end.
Judge Advocate Mark, i'm reply To an
inquiry, said that 50 fa,n as he knew
uhe court has rs more work to do u
Key West
When this dispatch is sent, ,ary this
evening, the Mung'lovt, is lying at her
DOCK With steam up. but it is sold on
COOS authority that the members of tn.
court VIII not .Save until tomorrow
Ehey are waiting instructions through
t&ear Admiral SJcBd frum washington
as TO whether they shall return at
oES'e 70 Havana Apparently the court
mas gained little Information during
the KY West sessions which could
help eNpla N the explosion.
Ma" Naloney issued Il proclamation
TO the cit,ze Vf Key West today ask
v a =.
wafes to HAY. thu funeral of the
Names victims a pnivat. function. He
sara. however. that When ail the heroes
htri' finally been interrt+i some. pub ic
osfn"nstration might be in Keeping
q lmmanden iMcCalla has decided 70 re
Uuce the funeral detail to The. sm~!.est
POSSIBLY number. and it lis rrobah.s ,hat
only gu nut twenty men VIII ;4.-mo. xw
pay the rlst honors to an uni<i ntifftl
n"dy expected early tonne row on the
Bache. '''e
SUBMARINE NINE.
HAVANA. via Key West March .
wit hout adding unnecessarily to tn
tltiJh OF surmiSeS, conjecture AMI
prophecy concerning the finding of the
| court of inquiry. ii is fair to say that
| as a liter of fact. most of the naval
't'in|ers here and at Key West incline
! to the "pinion that ttl- court will find
that the disaster to tine Maine was
| caused by the explosion VT a nCat,uc
| submarine mine rlnrltsr the forward cart
side OF the ship. Opinions differ as 10
| "h@ther this mine was made of high
| explosives. such as wet and d,,y gun
cotton ar cldinary gum powder,
| OPINIONS agree not only as to TIE ex-
! !Stence i@f mines in the tl.;N'bor, but also
| that this one was aid purpoSely near
| tina buoy where foreign war vessels
We're DIRECTED to ml:-T aul was fired l,y
| a flash from an electric battery ION
| shore.
II lis believed barely possible, that the
| explosion of the mine was the result of
t.Ielessness 'or ignorance of Spanish
piticerS IN charge of THE mine station
| Keys wit,7n testing the circuit, but til,
'altet suprositiHn IS N It felt t. he prof,
able 1t is Eurullr regarded as sett ed
ny the evidence before this. c urt tS,,t
| me porc side of the hui forwa.,l was
| completely blown to pJec5s, AMI that
me only eNpiosLn on the Maine, except
OF isolated c'lses of fixed ammianition
was that OF 1000 pounds If sa!uthns
powder stHred forward a.ti OF which
no trace can be found
These viS'ws are gathered from Off
GERS VINO talk with great reserve and
tn!y upon the assurance t,1at thi,,
identity WE'LL never he u,eve,,,i4a The
lact remains that only tht. members Of
IN" court III inquiry know an the. i,4sti
.'io1y elIited, ami no one. is uth,,ri2al
I" make public matter in advanc. of
the final judgement
\ SpCd deal OF surprise Was eXpreSssl1
| by Americans here az lea.r}jlr ms
spanish divers We're to he permitted 70
make am examination of this. wreck pf
The Maine. especially as II was alsl
| sa!a mat American naval officers H.,
| W"uHd give suc!s t'ivers all o1ns:stent
| lacltltleS Ind would throw no obstacle
| m the way of thorough submarine. in
| sPe'tHon. 1t was not at first unis-rs tool
! us II came IT, be later that the Spanish
| search was to he t-nti,%ly iniependent
and that while it was being made the
.AnleMenn investigation w1smld proceed
| under Captain Sigsbee's su:szry;sjon
AS Understood here, t,h1. Spanish re-
Quest maize Immediately after the dis
| aseer' tor a JOINT Investigation was
promptly refused at washington. but
| alter "a Cabinet crrlsulta tim II vas
as5 AZ, uhat the Spamards hal a mora
| ana International right to discover. rhs
| caust. OF tn wreck for themselves if
| posSSpNe Therefore permission for an
| tiAependtnt examination was @rantaI
on the ground, as understood ke.e, thar
10 conl0 NIT he refused to a Friendly
poW:r IN her own harhor. That per
| HMSs'ch was not accorded Until after 4 H..
court or inquiry had finished its work
mere and gone to Key West ana is re-
saraed as Significant 1t opens a w,dA
ned for specula tiu,n.
some assert that the court now ha :
| - J->''oii ~ a. spanish INQUIRY Tor
ONE or TWO reasoAs-eirfler th. court ha :
Suilioient evidence already If accident
| or Inaht'e--evidence that cannut be CON
| trcNeFted by the Spania rtts-or. after,
ii d.llgent search. the mystery remains
as deep as ever. and THE court does not
| think the Spanish VIII reach a cGnclu-
| SION where the Americans have failed
Or course all this refers principally
70 nspfctl m Of parts of the ship 0ther
IMAM the 'huh Until the guns, decks
engines and debris OF all kinds nave
been removed and the mud has been
Tnmpei fr2'm the hun it cannot be .x-
am!ned thoroughly by anyan,.. Snma
good authorities think ii will be naces-
sary TO build Golfer dam around the
week. plies being driven. etc.
| That amy important testimony before
,Ae q urt has found it's way to the pub
NC is very unlikely. Some of the wit
neses' have tN!d certain correspondents
| a. aiIeSe1 testimony. but in every cas-
! !nvestigatiUn has showed than to be
wildly improbable and ontrov-.ft=.i bv
| facts or else absolutely irrev ..nt S me
| of the corresIi tents have tried 20 ex-