The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-04-02
4 SPECIAL MESSAGE.
President Reviews Work of
Board of Inquiry.
Has Communicated the findings to
Spanish Government.


| Washington, d. c., March 2S.-The
| President today sent the following mes
sage to Congress:
To the Congress of The United States:
For some time prior TO the visit of the
Maine 10 Havana harbor our consular
! representatives pointed out the advantages
to flow from the visit of our ma
tional ships 10 the Cuban waters in ac-
cust0ming the people to the presence of
our flag as the symbol of good VIII and
Ill the fultlmcHt of the mission of pro
| lection TO American interests. even though
No immediate need therefor might exist.
Accordingly, on the 9th of January
! last, after conference with the Spanish
| minister, in which the renewal of visits
| of orr war vessels to Spanish waters
| was discussed and accepted, the pcnin-
sular authorities 1T Madrid and Havana
| were advised of the purpose of this gov
| crnmCnt To resume friendly naval visits
at Cuban ports, and IN that view the
Maine would forthwith call at the port
| of Havana.
This announcement was received hy
tn" Spanish government with apprcca
tlon of the friendly character of the visit
of the Maine and with notification of in
tention to return the courtesy 10y sending
Spanish ships t. the principal ports of
the United States Meanwhile the Maine
entered the port Of Havana on the 10Th
r.;th m u,|II;I ;ii,+ ;i +i %
h,,,,n Fs,,,+,i' " 'i - ,rI -
mai vi.itl
The Maine continued in the harbor of
Havana during the three weeks following
her arrival. No apprcciablc excitement
foI;,,.r ,i', a
~, ti Ir iun,oM ''i
s;I, '.oil VI '"e ''i- "l'''"
:. my ny i,',,i ".l ~ ;,,.,,;
- nu; "..I'l1 M"N ti'H LIlili,'llA'D chtct
~ ] iI,a III ,!ia{ ,e
Ii ,,tdr '',' lpIl - I ~, VI oui HIlLS ~
ii G,,m ~ n'i,'.-'t II ~ up ~ ~
u 1i,", Va, III 'i.e
t,In hon lIa,.o -
It fnrty ,,;nutos mast q nm tho ovon-
in-r &c ~ i5tb nf It"i,,,,,.,. .tm NIa;r,
w.1s dostrnvnd Lv an eyf,I"siGn Lv u.hinb
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! ". .i.'.lN ~ N'iJ "a! VI 'ht ShiP N"H
"ca,s a'd 3f6 Of bnr c"o ~
ttn,a NJ, 49,, ,i,+ liIInI o,ILt,i,,h+ L..
Lor cyrInsio,, Lainr nnnnaI Lntuonn
Inrl,. Lv Tho +an,rIa ~ y-rncl,a,ro onJ
,iroI,.noI IN, tho mnnaodioto ,inI,im,- f Ii, +h'
hnII pr,5nrt iglistoncn u,nr ror,iornI
Nv Tho nn;@bhnrin~ vessels an,.LorrI
in Tho harhor oiI bnin1 nSnariaII,
given bv the boats nf fhn Snanisi
cr,isor \lfnnco \IIJ o,d rho WI
I q
iav ,,ot far d;.tart rrhn r.n1nInd ,,.ar,
mtncror.jt. carnd fnr bl tho a,,tLn.;t;oS nf
Hayana the hosnitaII heinz freely onnncd
to them. while the earliest recovered
hodirs If thn dead were inferred nv tho
,,,,,,;;,,1it,. j., - ,,,,I,Iic .,,,,,to,,. =, th
c;t, tTriErtnl of trriaf and st,nIiath1
wnr,. offered from ali official ouarfrrs Of
tho island
The .noaIIing calamity fell unon the
pcople of our country with crushing force.
and for brief time an intense excite
mont nrnvailed which in = community
i"ss ss' inst and scIf-cortroIIcd than ours
,ib ba,-n ind ~ boStr artS of LI;nd &c
santmenr This snirit. however, soon
gave wav to the calmcr processes of rca-
San and tn the resolve To investigate
tbn f,cts and await the material proof he
fore forming Judgment as TO the cause,
Tho rcsnonsihiIity. and Gf the findings
,rarrantrJ ,t.p #, tbe remedy dne THIS
cnursa necessarily recommended itself
from the outsct to the executive, for
anIy in the light Of a disDa ssionately Hs
corfoined certainty could il determine
tha nature and measure of its fuIl duty
IN rho matter
The usual procedure was followed as
:, all cosas If casualty nr disaster IL no
tionaI ''lI vessels of any martins stotn ~
noyIi cnur, of inonii,v WAS NJ or,, nrgan.
;zr1 cnmpospd Of officers Vol ouoJifnd
hv ranL ana nra,.ticaI cynnrionce ia dis
charge tho onrrous duty irnooSod unoD
th"m Aidcd hy strony force of wra,t-
ers and divers tho comrt nrocnode1 n
make a ,hnrouch investigation on tho
snor cmnIovinc rvcry ayaiIaLia means
for the IMPARTIAL and exact dctcrmina
ton of the causes of the explosion.
lis apprations have been conducted with
thr almost drIiheration and Indictment
and while inIepenJenrIv nr,uei no source
of Information was neglected, and the
fullest oprortpnitv was allowed for a
sin,uItontdus investigation hv tho Sranish
authorities
The finding Of the court of INQUIRY was
reached after twenrv-three davs Of con
tinuous labor. on the DIST of March in
slant and having been apnroyrd ON the
o2d hv the commander-in-chief Of the
Tni+ai States naval force on tho North
atiaT+ic STATION was transmirtaJ - +ba
execntive.
Ir i herewith laid hafora tho CON
= ,bor III, ;-h liI tba T,i"I ,mv On
- 49, h.fnro +bn conrr H. ,,,,,,ort
- br;nf ~ foIfn,vs. i"' t''''
W. tbn Nai,o orri,-,a % Havana
~ t,,7,, H. ',,,i Ia
Tpo,r Ii1ot - bI,nv NJ - wbi,b ~
vas Dioorsa in fr6m -1i r. : f,thon1s of
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