The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-29
REMOVED
ConclusiveIy How the
IL Was Destroyed
bslBlLlTY OF AN ACCIDENT.
Il IL. Testimony Taken b,
i. Inquiry Court.
kalLs ARE OMITTED En-
Am Plates Of the Vessel
tre Blown Upward.
MOORi.p OVER A NINE.
.x,cdge Of the Explosion
p.rt. Of spanish OFFICERS
,en by Testimony.
In Plates of the Vessel
E.re Blown Upward.
xooRiD OVER A MINE.
.,~Icdge Of the Explosion
part Of spanish Ofhccrs
4 proven by Testimony.

IKOv
,ou. March 2s.--T'he immense
..t,mony taken by the court OF
sent to the senate and with
.,,.s message and findings OF the
,,ed 10 the committee on foreign
,,rony was taken on eighteen diff
\. the twenty-fourth day. how
devoted to viewing tho wreck,
.ass VINO was known to have any
!, that could throw light on the
80 called. The story of the de-
!, the vessel is told. not graph
In a manner which gives all
..hle facts. No technical detail
Every movement and incident
with the Maine from the tine
key West ultil the last diver ex-
A. wreck. slowly sinking into the
havana harbor, is given. 1t is a
snsely interesting to the American
those who read it could have
hi as to whether there was an
Or external explosion. Perhaps
significant testimony is that
The bottom plates on the port side
Inflated vessel TO be bent inward
BARD, a result that could hardly
lowed anything save an explosion
outside. A mass of testimony
lifted showing the care exercised
the ship by Captain Sigsbee and
kr and the apparent impossibility
lsident occurring bv anything in
iuch as the bunkers. spontaneous
lion or from any other causes upon
b manv theories were based.
atimony of Captain Sissbee is of
hest Importance, and perhaps is OF
k1efal interest than that of any
5an called before the board. With
bft and minuteness he gives an ac-
kthe management of the ship; how
handled; what was done from day
|n board; how she sailed into Ha-
N anchoring and what he knew
and. in fact. every point upon
Pc soyernment and country desires
hlormed. Nothing in Captain Sigs
Fsimony shows that the anchorage
arranged, or that 1t was considered
~ BY anyone.
y 10 the Importance of the testi-
fcaplain Sigsbse is that OF Ensign
Fi WHO had charge CT the divers
X from day to day what these div
"a His testimony was, to GER
|sit technical, bearing on the con-
POI the ship, her plates, ETC.. but 1t
these plates and this technical
Es that he WAS able to declare that
FAlcn took place from the outside.
u'efs, Morgan, Olsen and Smith, all
important evidence. They
nat the plates We're bent inward
Eectlom port side aud outward on
iNard side.
worry of the explosion is told by
4tnnesses and adds little to what
'agsbse and Commander Wain-
a'a'ed and that it adds no respon-
~ knowledge of the planting of
shown.
y sigsbee states that a somewhat
sS'ng existed against the American
~Americans generally, and Wit
's'se name is suppressed tells of
A'ns a conversation among Spanish
'la a citizen, indicating fore
W Of the destruction of the Maine
'A'ention 10 blow her up. An Of
ae American consulate tells OF
''u received anonymously tending
'aat a conspiracy existed. But
- ceilnitely stated which fixes any
'H upon Spain or her subjects.
!. uenerai Fitzhugh Lee appeared
'.e court en- March s. His testi-
4 ea &c the official formalities her
4. same arrival. On January "A
~ message from the state de-
ang that the Maine would be
!. aha on a friendly visit to re-
euiar status OF naval relations
'"o countries and he was o.
. ~ arrangements at the palace
interchange of official cour-
call at the palace
NY state department a cipher
\. ''auns' Authorities profess to
Tue United States has Interior
, ssading the ship. Say it Will
NJ nrany and produce excitement
n, "opaply a demonstration. Ask
a. ~, s aons until thsy can get in
K ~ ,s -. maatsd. Say II for friendly
c'aimed. Delay is unimpor-
III, isie, however. 'rhe Maine had
vprtsd she arrived next day ana
Ii. h'r arrival to tho state de
mir sspee. In testifying before the
Ftb,,.o MFened in the harbor Of
4 H. Ty u, said he assumed eom-
B AL ar haine April, 10. 1897. and thlt
tIme m the harbor OF Havana
! II Va January "a. 1898. THE an-
Consul a n knew of The Names
tbe General Lee having IN
snsioms u'nerltins according to The
az The ship IVES berthea IN
ehs,,af anchorage of the Macbina.
{ n 49, a''n according TO his under
plass Il one OF the regular buoys
Ha-,n at then stated that he had
IA ~ ia IN ,s72 and again in 1888.
IA ~ cseribe whether the Maine
II ~. the usual berth for men 81
|iosion ne had heard remarks since
asins Captain Stevens, tenn