The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-02-22

WAS to the effect 1naI captain 1ioo,
had warned the department mat Tue
Maine was in danger from sub-Inarlhe
mines or t~orpedoes is utterly without
foundation. no such report ever haFlns
been received from him or from anybody
else"
II think | express the feeling OF tht
President as we'll as my own, when J
cav that CAPTAIN Sigsbee has
himself as an officer Of Il Navy shoul@'
He was the last to leave his ship When
sha went down. His dispatch to lhe
that night was so complete that, since
then | have thought of no question o.
fact to ask him which is essential 10 'he
situation and which he could answer
which is not covered by that dispatch;
IT'S tone. too, is that Of Il discreet anu
~leyeI-headed man who realized the IN
nression any word from him, at fna'
time. would have on the public MIND
Nothing lis harder than for a Naval ON
Ger to lose his ship, so that have sfed'
sympathy for him. | await, with conn
dcncc, further reports.
WILD RUMDES DENIED.
The Secretary also denied briefly and
c,mnrchensiyclv wild rumOrS that he mao
reoucstcd the Chief oI Police OF Ne"
York TO guard the NiZ".!a ana that NJ
had selected constructor BoWleS 10 go
to Havana and raise the Name. me
last work of the day for hlm was 10
consult the representatives OF the "rech-
ing companies, who probably VIII nave
charge of this work and endeaYOr to ar
range for 10th of them to WORK together
50 as to secure the use OF each peculiar
plant and to save time.
The Secretary when asked what was
the departments estimate OF Ihe con
duct of Captain SigSbee III the tefrlolf
situation, in which he mad Deen paced
replied:
in receipt of a number of kilograms
from different parts Of the country ask
ing in behalf of relatives of the dead
sailors that their remains be brought
hack 10 the United States for inter
mont. Among them were queries from
friends of the two officers, Merritt and
Jenkins. The department Forwarded
these 10 Captain Sigsbee whose reply
was t. 1T the officers bodies have not
been found; that as to many others lten-
LITIGATION is not possible, and throwing
great doubt upon the practicability Of
taking any of the remains away from
Havana. While no decision has yet
been reached formally upon the applicG
ton of the Spanish government for au-
thorization to Xamine the wreck of thP
Maine to ascertain the cause of the eX-
ploSion the officials seem inclined to re-
gard her request as one that could not
properly be refused. and it is likely
that each government will make an in
vestigation of this character concurrent
ly.
SPAIN TO EXAMINE WRECK.
The miniature United States flag on
the model of the b~attleship Maine in
the main corridor of the Navy Depart
ment. was lowered to half mast during
the day by direction of the Secretary of
the Navy. The handsome model has
been a centre of interest for the throncs
at the department within recent DAYS
al the small flags have continued to fly
at tine mastheads in apparent irony of
the actual condition of the Maine. A
movement was started to-day to drapt
the model i'll mourning, after the manner
that the model of the British ship Mic
tory was draped at the Worlds Fair
Secretary Long did not approve of this
however, as it suggested an Ostentatiol
not fitting the circumstances. But hs
gave his assent to lowering the miniatur,
colors, and accordingly the stars anC
I AiI> l. 1ioiA LIN H1,Ah - Ill
Names miniature counterpart Were
lowered.
LEES DESCRIPTION OF FUNERAL
Washington, Feb. 1S.-President Nc
kinley to-day received Senior Du Bose
the Charge D. Affaires of Spain, VIII,
had been commanded by the Queen re
gent of Spain to bear in person to tn
President her expression of profoun
sorrow over the calamity to the Maine
The message was brief and heartfelt
expressing the sorrow OF he Queen an
her people.
The only abSentees from to-day's cal
met meeting were Secretaries Sherma
and Alger. During the meeting the di,
aster to the Maine was the principe
topic of discussion.
Although the President and the men
bers of the Cabinet await with interee
the result of the inquiry into the caus
of the disaster. there remains scarce
a doubt in their minds that it was Il
acciuent purely, and such as might hai
pen at any time. This view of the ma
ter however, will not influence the Pre-;
ident to stop short of IL most searchin
investigation into all the facts. preSe1
and remote, that may have any possibl
bearing upon the case or throw upo
it a single ray of light.
The President iN receiving a lar2
number of congratulatory messages con
mcnding him for the course he has pu
sued in this matter as well as in the cas-
of the late Spanish Minister De LON,
General Lee was heard from in til
shape Of the following cablegram +;
LOG O'Clock this afternoons:
Havana. February Is, 1898.
assistant Secretary of State, Washin;
ton.
Great popular demonstration at fun
cral yesterday. Military. Naval, tireme
and civil organizations generally repr
scented. Bishop of Havana. Gener
Parade, next in command to Governc
General, AutOnomistic Cabinet. civ
Governor. Mayor and other prominel
persons walked in procession part
route in accordance with custom
testify sympathy. Forty bodies burie
Many coming to surface water sine
but now difficult to recognize. Will !
buried with religious services as collec
cd.
lSigned) LEE,
THINK II WAS A TORPEDO.