The record-union., 1898-02-25
BOARD OF INQUIRY.
Will Give Out No Indication Of the
Testimony Deduced.

Will Give Out No Indication of the
Testimony Deduced.
! HAVANA, Feb. 24.-The court of in
! Quiry held it's usual sessions to-day
Captain Sampson reports that Chap
| lain Chadwick was examined as to his
personal experiences at the time of the
disaster to the Maine, and that the
testimony was taken of the Captain
of British bark in the harbor, and TIE
| Superintendent of the West Indian Oil
| works, across the bay, at Regla, both
OF whom witnessed the explosion Mr.
Rolf, the British engineer of the doar-
ing dock in the harbor. wrote a letter
to the court, but it is said, did not add
| anything material to what was known
AT the afternoon session the divers
We're examined more fully than before
| Their testimony is taken from day "a
| day. The court expects now to finish
here to-day. and to sail on the Man
grove for Key West, where the other
officers and men will be examined
| The wrecking tug Right Arm did not
go north, as was expected yesterday. She
is now moored beside the poop of the
as far as possible in advance of the ar
rival of other tugs with better facilities
for heavy work. The hosting apparatus
must be capable of raising scores of tons
to be effective in the work to be accom-
| plished.
! Chaplain Chadwick reports that all
the wounded here are doing well, except
Frederick c. Holzer of New York, who
may die at an~ moment.
/ Neither the officers Of the court of in
CURRY nor the witnesses viii give the
! slightest indication of the testimony OF
| the conclusions deducible from it. and all
say that the men employed on the
wreck have been warned to observe an
/, equally strict reticence. This course
! is regarded as eIninentiy wise by the
American and all intelligent Spanish
officials, as there is no telling what pas
sions might be aroused or what evil
results might be brought about by talk
ing freely on official matters in the pres
ent state of public feeling in Havana
/ Thus far Americans are treated with
! the utmost courtesy and kindness, and il
seems the special care of the residents
Of Havana 10 show friendliness
! Consul General Lee says there is no
| truth in the report that he had asked
Captain General Banco to dismiss from
/ Cuba certain newspaper men for send
ing sensational stories to the United
States. On the contrary, General Lee
has never interfered with the American
newspaper men in any way.
| To-day the principal streets and build
ings are gaily decorated with flags and
! bunting in honor of the Spanish soldiers
2,029 infantry men under the command
of Jose Ameador, who arrived this
morning by the steamer Montevideo
from Barcelona.
General Solano, the chief of staff. to-
day returned on board the Mangrove
the visit of the court Of inquiry, acting
as the representative of the Governor
General Admiral Manterola personally
returned the visit paid to him by the
court. The Thursday reception of Gen
eral Blanco was resumed this evening.
The insurgents have raided the Smith
| and Fisher plantations, on the Canaan
bo, in the Trinidad district. and killed
one and wounded five of the defenders,
who numbered only seven They burned
all the buildings but the dwelling of Mr..
Smith and according to the Spanish ac-
count OI the toUh away OT ue-
stroyed 100000 worth of provisions
and merchandise and got $4,000 in
money.
| The session of the court of inquiry
this afternoon was devoted to taking
| the testimony of two civilians, Ameri-
cans, who saw the explosion from the
| deck of the Ward line steamer City of
/ Washington. that was moored a. few
hundrei yards from the Maine. and of
two divers, who have been at work on
the wreck for several days.
The coast survey steamer Bache. af-
ter many delays, left for Dry Tortugas
this afte, noon with three wounded. all
doing well. Owing to the American
| quarantine regulations, the wounded,
having been in hospitals here and ex-
posed to fever. must be taken to hos
pitals in the Tortugas for quarantine.
The other wounded are doing we'll
late tonight. Even Holzer. though Sc
riously wounded. is better. and is max
ing a gallant fight for life.
No bodies We're recovered to-day from
the wreck.
Recant orders from Captain Sigsbee
strictly forbid all officers of the Maine
to give out any information except to
those officially empowered to ask for il.
The order is generally understood TO
apply to official matters, though some
think it affects only matters connected
with the disaster.