The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-10

management. has reached a total of
| SJ.ll3.
The only Telegram relating To the
! Mnine disaster that came To III" navy
! department during the day was the
! following from Commander Forsyth ut
! Key West: "Bache arrived. Brought
one body unidentified, and Paul Lof-
| tus. private marine: Jeremiah Shea.
coal pasSer: John Heffner. ordinary
| seaman; Thomas j. Waters. ordinary
seaman. wounded. from Tortugas.
| The wounded will be sent to the army
| hospital. The funeral of the body has
started for the cemetery.
| During the course of the day similar
| inquiries to that made by the japanese
| legation as to the number of her sub
| jectS aboard the Maine, came 10 the
| navy department from the German
and Swedish legations, and 1t is ex-
| pected that others will follow. Nearly
| every nationality was represented in
the Names big crew.
Washington, March Cit was de-
| vclorcd yesterday afternoon through
telcgraphic correspondence between
| Secretary Long and Admiral Sicard
| that the court of inquiry is unable to
| fix an approximate date of the con-
clusion of its investigation into the
disaster To the Maine.
Sharing the general anxiety for
some information on this point, Sec
rotary Long. at the instance of the
| cabinet, sent II telegram To Admiral
| Sicard asking him when it was prob
able that the report of the court would
be made, and late last night the fol-
| lowing reply was received:
Have talked with the president of
| the court of inquiry and agree with
him that il is not yet possible TO fix Il
| date for the finding as so much de,
ponds upon the progress of the divers
and wreckcrS and the results they OBJ
tain. Every effort is being made to
advance the inquiry. The court re,
turns to Havana this evening. having
about finished the investigation at
| Key West. -Sicard."
Admiral Sicard'S message is regard
cd officially as disposing of the re-
ports that the court has as yet OBJ
| tainca positive or conclusive informal
ton bearing upon the object of their
| Investigation. 1t is taken to mean
that upon the testimony or discoveries
the examination of the officers and
crew of the ship having been insult
ticient to enable the court to even form
an idea aS to what lines may be opened
up from the investigation of the wreck
itself.
1t is probable that the Olympia. flag
ship of the Asiatic squadron, and the
peerless queen of the cruisers, will
come home 10 San Francisco. The
navigation bureau has this movement
under consideration, and, in view Of
the fact that the ship has been three
years away from Il ncvy yard, en-
gagged in hard cruising service. even if
there were no other reason. it is prob
| able that the order would be given.
The olympia is Il protected cruiser of
! extraordinary speed and endurance
! with battery strong enough to over
| power almost anything short of n bat
tleShip, ard speed enough To run away
from that or anything else she does
not care to fight.
Naval officials are deeply interested
in the reports of the
| Purchase of Wnrships
| 10y Spain. and make the reports OF
| these transactions the text for com
plants of the inability OF our navy de-
partment to do likewise. However as
TO the report from London of the pur-
chase of the AmaZOnaS by Spain, it is
said at the department that this vessel
sailed for Brazil several months ago
aud has been delivered to the Brazilian
government. Her sister ship is near
completion in the Armstrong yards.
The other two ships building for Bra
| iii in France, which are also reported
to be about to pass into Spanish,
hands, are presumed to be the Deadoro
and the Floriana, which are building
at La Seinne. Touion. These are
small but powerful little battleships.
The London reports also caused COM
mcnt ut the state department In
some quarters the feeling was ey-
pressed that pending the finding of Il
court of inquiry on case having the
International phases of the Maine eX-
plosion, the obligations of neutrality
were as strongly imposed on Great
Britain and Brazil as in time of war.
The precedents apply only to a condi-
ton of war and not to conditions
which may eventually lead to war. In
the Geneva award. However. unfriend-
ly acts by Great Britain prior to the
breaking out of the rebellion coDsti-
tuted part of the cause on which
heavy damages were awarded against
her But as general rule foreign
governments are free 10 sell warshipS
either directly or through their citi-
zens up to the actual date Of HOSTILE
| lies.
| Things were very quiet. at least ey-
ternally. in the war department.
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