Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-17

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during the day
NJ. Du Bose, the Spanish charge, called
at the state department to express his
profound regret, and the entire Spanish
staff left their cards at the navy depart
ment as a mark Of personal coincidence
At all of the foreign establishments
there was the deepest interest and solicit
tude over the affair, and during the day
Ambassador Cambon of France. Sir
Julian Pauneefote Of the British EN-.
bassy and other foreign representatives
called on the president or at the state
department. to express their regrets.
The disaster is remarkable in that
only two officers lost their lives and
these were Of junior grades. They
were Lieutenant Friend w. Jenkins
of Allegheny City and Assistant En-
gineer Darwin r. Merritt Of Iowa. The
former was unmarried and leaves q
mother and sister The latter, it is
thought also was unmarried, but the
department was unadvised concerning
his family.
Out Of 354, the total number of the
crew Of the Maine, 90 were saved.
The president has ordered that today
and until further notice the flag at the
navyVafas and on all naval vessels, at
posts, my headquarters and on all
publ nilcling shall be halfmasted.
The 4oiiowing disps eh from Captain
,-I2,b b at Havana, addressed to Secre-
taTT az, was recei ed:
All "a q whose names have not been
seut a ~ 6 probably are lost Have
given nxins and Merritt as lost
5etlc al tioat ting ashore this after
nao8 <cep nine officers, one private
a&d eunnerS Late Bullock here with
me.
3 dispatch from Captain Philip of the
Texas. DaW at Galveston, states that
the dfa.s u apprentices which they
calife 51aD New York fer the Maine,
are stsll o. board the Texas.
White .4oGse receptions for last night
and tonight were suspended owing to
the disaster.
Senator Morgan, in an interview, said
he would not venture an opinion, in
face o. doubt as to the cause OF the ex-
plos He favored building two ships
III place OF the Maine Said he:
Action Of that kind by us would in
dicate to the world that whenever or
wherever one of our tenacles was cut
otf,@ two would at once grow III its
place. 1t seems almost out Of the ques-
tloa that it was the result of an ac-
cidenl."
senator Perkins of California, who
has been a navigator all his life and
knows thoroughly every detail in the
construction and handling of great
ships, said:
Il cannot conceive that such an ex-
plosion as that which is reported to
have wrecked the Maine could have re-
suited from an accident. The chances,
1t seems to me, are 500 to / 200 that the
calamity did not result from accident. F"
The senator described how hard it
was for an accident to occur.
Senator Mills, of the committee on
foreign relations, expressed the opinion
that the occurrence was the work of a
torpedo. Il would not say" he said
that the Spanish were responsible
for it."
Representative Newlands of Nevada,
memle Of the committee on foreign
affairs said it would be very hard to
convince the American people that the
plosion was an accident.
Mr.. Cummings of New York, men,
Der of the naval committee, unhesitat-
lngly gave it as his opinion that the
ship had been blown up by floating
tornado