The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-04
BLOWN UP FROM OUTSIDE.
FURTHER HT ON THE DEsTRU0-
EI0N OF THE NAME.

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fhe Ru,sSr That Gen. Nss tnrerunsS the
........ $500 --.- -. ~. a..
' % Aeo'sen' - oeA"r"es : '''''
Persons Who Are in . Petition 90 Knew.
w ,survoro, Mach a-Aitho,,h the Al.
n,iui.tration q, npaornt.5,v ,vi,bout anv al.
,,oos fror, ~. 49, p...5 ., Tnar,rr ,onain1
N sbovv yvbot a.. BrSine. ,v,u no there IA
rood raason for a.. b.,iof chat from
othor ofaciai .onrc.s ,rsormst,on baa beon
receivsa that N. .v,d.nc. tolsn Inv the
hoard viii sbor tina, tbe aissstsr was NOT
the re.ult Of an accident, Tho rnmoY that
Consul-qenoraI Teo bad sent d,rootlv tc presi.
dont McKinlev a stat.m.nt In rer,rd IN tbo
cars. q, m, ,,n,o,,on On tbo b.,t,sship mantion
NJ which yvss mado in rrur s,n mi p,orninp. was
cona,,.a 10 TER e1v yonortor 1890 tr,r, $40.
.rai diyy,r.nt eo,rco, Ai,ths,. n.rson. an. In ,
nos,,ion 30 tnov vh.jho, any m.s..o %. ~ tbo ,ort
has Gonna from Con. lee. Two of them said
that an, oou,nnurioat,on h,a ,on. d,reot "a tho
whit, po,s, from uaven,. Anotbsr would
mt Indicate m whom IN. nessapo had bean
eddre..od. All thos, from whom tbe ipforme.
tion yvaa obtaincd. bowever. .rreed In the as
aert,on that t3en. Lac bna made the etntement.
or At lenat expressed the opinion. that the
M,,na vas d.strovsd nv .an,aa which came
from the optside and that a. bnd been clearly
nroved that the accident theory was not sun
ported.
The information came tn TIE suN reporter In
auob , Uny and In one instanco from n pourco
an tborouobiy trpatworthv. that vere A. not for
the statements made BY ~oficials OF high stand
inU who have b.en frank and honest IN dealing
with the nsvnpapers sincs the disaster
there would bo no hesitation in making
the direct asaertion that ft IA abeo.
lutelv oorreot. Several letters received
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attachments that the Board of Inquiry could not
do otheryvisa thsn renort that the Mnino dis.
aster resulted from no fault OF ANYBODY on
board. These Ietters. however. were not official,
although ANNA Of them ware written by per.
sona IN of,c,nl MACE under tho IJnited states.
and even II Secretary Long and others In
,rtbori,v IN sneat knevv NJ them. they
,vsra instiaed IN thar announcements that
nothing vbateyer had been heard from
tbe Hoard AZ Tnou,rv, Cant slrsbee. ar other
comnetent nerson indicating the cause Of diana.
Tar. Can't. sic.bee IN his communication to the
Novv n.nortm.n, hae adhoroa atriutlv IN bia
arr n.rim. "sra,snd ,udrment" IN. has not
;ndrigcd In any th.ories or anv assertions about
Tho SesrrnctIon az his ship. He has shown all
Lave tho, bo w.a nsrfsct,v a,tisAea that
hs ,,toros,s no Tho Ma,n.,s commander
ana tbo.. NJ tho IInited statns Gov.
orru.nt ,v.r. In comnetept banda and
%. ,,,I,,r, to ,b,ae nv Tho andings of the
Roard ~ I~noriry. composed of brother
,moars Non, a, tbsse o8Hs, assertion.
ha. ;rc,rd.d IN. ronorts az A private and
n.r.onaI ohor.c,.r n.relv Giving Individual
srnro,,ton. ~ on,n,on and IN, rpmored mes.
ssr. fron CAV Isa NAV ne ~ this lind. Nat.
rr.I,v th. Admin,atrat,on vopld mot want tn
n,src rnbl,c AZ tb,a Critical t,mo anvtbinr that
10. moi hassd on actual evidence. and car con.
s,.t.n,Iv d.cIin. N oco,pt onin,ona even thoueb
sonnssa mn statemsnt, that sbouId nave yysirbt
ana sr,ssmitt,d nv nersona Of o6,eIal ntandipo.
-ast rn,.Sry Yrrr6 tbs t,oard AZ Ynon,rv AZ cant
s,..hn.
Tuv sr,x samaritan. WINS mt .ble tn ascerta,,
~hoth.r ~. a,Ieoea communicative from Con.
.n1.c.nsr.l oe cams nv teIeoraph mr. thropob
~. mail None of his informants conld or would
t.u MIN ANYTHING an that noint. although. an
msntion.d above ,vo Of them aaId that
a. c,me dIrectlv to President McKinlev.
Ths ,nf.rence from tho Information oivon
q. that conanl.General Lee wrote A
nsrsonal latter 70 President McKinley er-
nr.,sine Tho bel,ef. based on evidence at
n.na and The oninions NJ oficera of the Maina
tb.t ,be hattIsshin was blown nm from the ont.
sias This letter IL "a inferred. was not written
~ c.n "a. In bis oNicial canscitv hut nan