Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-25
MARIN IN WASHINGTON.
Has the Report on the Maine for Secretary
Long.


Washington. March 24.-The report of
the naval board of inquiry into the
Maine disaster was received In
Washington at 1885 tonight. The four
naval officers who have guarded 1t
watch and watch since its departure
from Key West were hustled at once
into carriage by an attache of the
navy department and driven to the
Ebbitt house. where they tried to catch
a little much needed sleep and at the
same time Withstand the crowd of
newspaper men who thronged the
lobby In hopes OF some stray bit Of in
formation which had escaped the scrut-
my of numerous correspondents along
the route.
The party consisted of Lieut.. Com
mander Mark Lieut.. John Hood, Lieut..
Carl Jungen, Passed Assistant Engi-
neer Bowers, a. Il. Mark. nephew OF
the Judge advocate, and Ship Carpen>
ter Ho!ms of the Names Inflated
crew.
There was an immense crowd waiting
at the depot when the train pulled in.
The naval contingent was In the last
sleeper of the train and deity avoided
the crush OF citizens by alightng at
the upper end of the platform and go
ing out across the tracks. All were
thoroughly tired. and Commander
Mark was asleep in corner when the
train pulled in and WAS gently shaken
into SenSibility by his companions who
We're on guard.
The party was met at the steps Of
the car by Lieut.. Ward of the navy
department, who was the sole repre-
sentative of Secretary Long. He in
formed Commander Mark that the
secretary would not receive the report
| tonight. and gathering the tired trav-
elers under his protecting wing. made
| for the hack stand through the rapidly
! thickening crowd, which, baked of its
prey at the gate, had swarmed out
| over the pavement to get a glimpse at
| the outside of the much-heralded re-
| port.
Lieut.. Hood. as the most muscular
member of the party, carried the bulky
| document in white canvas bag slune
under his arm. 1t must have weighed
| ten or twenty pounds without the car
rying case and portended endless reams
OF complicated testimony to be dlgesteG
by the administration before the next
step in the progress of the Maine in
| cident can be taken.
The whole party carrying the report
was armed, as was demonstrated in n
rather theatrical way just as they were
| about to get into the carriage The
crowd closed around the party and
| tostled them considerably. Some one
ran against the end of the mysterious
canvas bag In which the report was
| concealed quick as flash Lieut..
| Hoods hand went back to his hip and
! Lieut.. Jungen laid his hand on the butt
| of revolver that was sticking out
from his side pocket. The movements
were sufficient to prevent further jost-
| ling.
on being driven to the Ebhitt house
| the whole party retired first having
ordered some light refreshments to
their rooms. 1t was not long before
the report of their arrival spread and
the lobby was filled with a curious
crowd of idlers, while the negro bell
boys worked overtime in carrying ur
cards from the various correspondents
in search of an interview. Young
Mark was deputed as sort of press
committee and met all inquiries with
the stereotyped reply 81 don't know
to every question,
II may he said, however. that the re-
port, in due process of law. must be
delivered to the secretary of the navy
and this according to all precedents
viii be at the navy department 1t will
then be submitted to President Nc
| Kinley, upon whose decision Its future
migration will depend. 1t will be rcno
at cabinet meeting tomorrow.