The record-union., 1898-02-24
tional divers and apparatus, arrived

| The Names wounded are doing WELL
| The Olivette may take two bodies to
| the United States this afternoon. The
! identity of the corpses it not known.
1t is reported that five bodies, probably
of firemen, We're found under the hatch
leading to the freroom to-day.
Those engaged in examining the
wreck of the Maine hope to-day to set
tie the question definitely as to whether
| the ten-inch magazine on the starboard
side forward blew up.
1t is suggested that the public should
bear in mind that warship is not easy
TO get about in. even when afioat, and
the difficulties are much greater when
such a ship is wrecked and under wa
| ter. This accounts for the sloWness of
the divers work.
The survivors here of the Maine have
received their first mail advices from
home since the warship was destroyed,
and every one is Fastening to prepare
mail for the steamer sailing at l O'Clock
this afternoon Up to last night l3S
bodies of the crew of the battleship had
been buried. all of them with religious
services.
Senor Jose Poo. the lawyer, who was
wounded on Sunday by the explosion Of
bomb at the Irijoa Theater While a
masquerade ball was in progress, died
yesterday. The others who were
wounded at the same time as Senor
Poo are progressing favorably
General Altimira, Governor Of Fort
Cabanas, died yesterday
Ash Wednesday is passing very
quietly The churches We're crowded
with people and the ashes of forty Jes-
uit Fathers, which had been collected,
We're buried in tomb in the cemetery
of Columbus.
Thousands of the best people were
present at the ceremony Father Jose
Palacio, President of the Jesuit College
here, made an address.
The provincial Of the Jesuits, Father
Power from the United States, was also
present. The ashes represent the le-
mains of Jesuits buried in different
places within the past forty-four years.
The United States court of inquiry
into the loss of the Maine met at 10
o'clock this morning, and examined DR..
Heneberger, Paymaster Ray and Chiet
/ Engineer Howell of the battlesnip.
There was recess ordered al noon,
and it lasted until 80 p. N. Several
| witnesses, whose names are not obtain
able, We're examined during the after
noon.
Another visit was made to the wreck
| by Captain Sampson, President of the
court The Captain says he has no
idea of the length of time the court will
remain in session hare 1t all depends
upon the testimony. and new features
requiring further investigation may de-
velop at any time. Captain Sampson
added that sooner or later, every sur
vivor of the Maine will be examined
by the court, which seems TO imply that
sessions for that purpose will be held
at Key West. Although this informa-
ton is nieager, it is absolutely all Cap
tain Sampson will give the press. The
correspondent of the Associated Press
sees him by appointment twice daily,
but there is a rigid rule to observe si-
lence until the facts in the case have
developed through the testimony pre-
sented
The Right Arm, Of the Merritt l2
Chapman Derrick and Wrecking COM
pany is moored about 200 yards from
the poop of the Maine. The wrecking
tug looks powerful enough to move a
is not supplied, owing to her hurried de-
parture for this port, with all the ap-
paratus she needs for the work which
is before her. Captain Magee, the Cap
tain of the Right Arm, has reported
to Captain Sigsbee, as ordered by the
Navy Department, and will act under
Captain Sigebee's orders, which are not
yet formulated, or at least not made
known.
A strong wind made the harbor rough.
and this added to the difficulties of the
divers, as the electric lights are work
ed from a battery on board the light
house tender Mangrove, 200 yards dis
tant.
Captain Sigsbee is panied by the
comments on his conduct while the
Maine was ahoat made by some of the
papers here, but it is pointed out that
such papers are not of the better class.
The Captain has been so universally
courteous and is apparently so popu-
lar with all that it is surprising that
many of the papers of Havana should
seek to do him injustice.
4 A large quantity of clothing has been
I taken from. the wreck, and after it has
been disinfected it viii be given TO
the recOrcentradOS
The bodies of the missing officers
Lieutenant Jenkins and Assistant En-
gineer Merritt-have not yet been re-
| covered. The divers reached the for
mer's room, but ii was found that his
body WAS not there.
Thus far the sharks have given no
| trouble, but the vultures have left
scarcely anything but the skeletons of
three men who We're entangled in debris
very near the surface of the wafer.
| From the hand of one Chaplain Child
wick removed a deeply chased soId
ring for purposes of Identification
Chaplain Chidwick says that the to-
tai number of missing is eighty-five or
| eightysix, and five have died in the
hospital. OF the missing many doubt
less We're blown to atoms, no portions
of their bodies being recoverable. and
there is much doubt that any consider
able nun Der of those whose remains
are not being removed will be identi-
fed
Consul-General Lee, who has received
a number of dispatches to-day inquir-
ing as to the accuracy of the report
that he is arranging to go to Key West
on the torpedo boat Gushing TO meet
Senator Proctor, says he has no pres
ent intention Of doing so.
To-day has been the quietest since
the explosion. The wounded are all
doing Well except Frederick c. Hol-
ger. who is slightly worse. The divers
have been continually al work but the
results OF their labors. so far as they
throw light on the cause of the explo-
sion, are kept strictly for the Court Of
Inquiry