The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-25
DOWN IN THE MAINE.
Continued from second pagcJ
GETTING OFT THE BODIES.

| night the Navy department. receIN6t
two brief kilograms from Captain Slgs
bee at Havana. One related to some
routine matter of expenditures an con
nectiOn with the work on the Maine
| The other is as follows:
Divers report more bodies i'll wreck
Some in hammocks involved in debris
| probably not recognizable"
| This dispatch indicates that the divers
have finally secured at least a partial
| entrance to the quarters i'll the FOR
ward part of the vessel where the crew
! were asleep when the explosion Occurr'
ed. and under which were the magazines
| The fact that the divers were unable
| to extricate the bodies shows the fearful
| obstacle against which they are labor
ing and bears out the belief that the
work of submarines investigation VIII
necessarily proceed slowly.
no FAMILIES OF VICTIMS.
Washington, ID. c., Feb 24.-Repre-
sentative Boutelle, of Maine, chairman
of the House Committee on Naval At
fairs, introduced "a bill late this after
noon providing for the relief of the
victims of the United States battleship
Maine. 1t follows generally the lines
and is the result of sevral days con-
ferences in committee and embodies the
views Of the administration.
The bill provides that the survivors
of the officers and crew shah be paid
for losses incurred by them respectively,
in no case the reimbursement to exceed
the amount of twelve months sea pay
of each, according to his rank. 10 the
,.1,t
est relatives OF the killed shall be given
twelve months pay. In case of death
resulting from injuries from the disas-
ter within "a year of its occurrence the
same provision is made If any arrears
of pay are due the dead, this shall be
given additional Alloments which
may have been made in favor of the
relatives OF the deceased win be con-
tinued for three months, provided that
the amounts are deducted from the
twelve months pay. No claim will bc
allowed if not presented in two years
from time of disaster. The, Secretary
of the Navy is given the discretion
Of having the bodies removed to Airing
ton cemetery The relatives who wish
SD may have the remains taken to
their homes in the United States. The
>lHlI Ol SlO,bOO. w 50 IIuC1 as IIuS bC
NEEDED rs appropriated for this purpose.
ACTIVITY A FORT MCPHERSON.
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 24.-Activity has
never been so great ait Fort Mcpherson
as mt the present time. The stir is at
tributed to General Merrtt's arrival.
Every thing is in readiness to move the
re giment to amy point that may be desig-
mated within few hours.
AT a consultation to-day between Col
onel Cook, commandment of the fort, and
railroad officials, Colonel Cook was as
sured that the men could he tranSpor-
ted ito Florida Within a night.
Amy reports to the effect that the regi-
merit is about to move is denied by the
officers at the fort.
General Merritt will go to the fort to-
morrow morning and inspect the troops
The munitions of war have been greatly
increased during the last few days.
General Merritt was seen tonight and
asked if his arrival in the city was an
Indication of immediate action on the.
part Of the regiment.
Ne" said he, 1T is a part of my duty
to inspect each post in my division every
year and | have come here merely as
part of my routine work. 1t is not Il
war-like move at all.
vIZCAYA OFF FOR HAVANA.
New York, Feb. 24-Unless some un-
expected order is received from Madrid
the Spanish man-of-war Vizcaya, will
weigh anchor tomorrow afternoon and
steam through the narrOws to the open
sea, on her way direct to Havana.
Arturo Baldasano. the Spanish Consul
General in New York, called on Captain
Eulate this afternoon and took to him
important dispatches, one of which or
dered him to leave this port without de-
lay
COMMAND HELD IN READINESS.
Kansas City. Mo-, Feb. PA dis
patch to the Journal from LeavenwOrth,
Kansas says great tension exists at
Fort Leavenworth, caused by the re-
ceipt of telegraphic orders to have the
entire command in readiness to move at
"a hours notice.
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THE HOLLANDS TRIAL TRIP.
Washington, ID. c., Feb. 24.-The sub
marine boat Holland, which was built
by Lewis Nixon, at the Crescent Ship
Yards i'm Elizabeth, n. j., is now lying
in deep water off that place. She has
not yet had trial trip, and builder
Nixon said he did not know when it
would take place. He said that his
firm had fulfilled its contract nearly Il
year ago and tnat whatever was now
done by the vessel would be under the
direction of inventor Holland. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Holland has been
working on the machinery of the boat
for coyrp1sol months onH that ibn IL. now
confident that the vessel can travel UNI
der wafer
Mr.. Nixon said to-day that he did
not know whether the present relations
between the United States and Spain
had anything TO do with inventor Hol-
land running the boat into deep water.
Mr.. Holland said last evening that if
his boat proved the success he was sure
it would, he would allow the United