Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-23
WAS IT TREACHERY
 OR ACCIDENT /? The United States ArnOrpd Cruiser Maine Blown to Pieces in Havana Harbu Last Night Under
 Suspicious Circumstances AND WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS!! Two Hundred and FfN-Thee of Her Grew Either
 Killed, Drowned OF Wounded. The Disaster is Openly Chargel to Spanish Treachery-Great Excitement Prevails
 Throughout the Country.

OtO not believe IT was an accident. hut cause not yet fully determined. All the country is still greatly ex- cited. Latest reports place the loss of life at 275.
 WASHINGTON. Feb. 16-Special - The cabinet has been in session nearly all day President Mckinley wired Captain Sigsbee to give every attention to the wounded. The list of dead now reaches 2S0.
 Naval officers here declare that the explosion could net possibly have resulted from accident.
 WASHINGTON. February I6. 2 D. ID. Special. The outlook here al present is ominous. Excitement is at fever heat. It IS more intense than it has been at any period since the assassination of Garfield.
 The Navy Department declares that it is ready for any emergency, and the general feeling seems to be that crisis Is at hand.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. l6- Special. The announcement this morning of the Maine disaster, while creating considerable excitement in Congress, occasioned no action in regard to Cuban or Spanish affairs. Congress is disposed to await definite informa- tion as to the cause of the disaster before taking any official action in the matter. The official report as to the cause of the disaster, trough, is being awaited very impatiently.
 WASHINGTON Feb. l6.- Special. l Secretary Long received another long dispatch this morning from Captain Sigsbee, of the Mair.e. He describes the disaster as being fear ful in the extreme. The total num- Der of lost is now placed at 253. ont of the full complement Of 500 men on board the vessel. Scores of bodies have Lot been yet recovered. Man eating sharks are filling the Havana harbor. The disaster has caused the most intense excitement in Havana as well as at Washington.
 LONDON, Feb. 16.-l Special l-The St. James Gazette this afternoon very broadly hints that the Maine disaster at Havana was caused by the treachery of the Spanish officials. The British government wired to Washington today its sympathy over the disaster.
 HAVANA, Feb. I6. Especial. 1-l Most of the officers of the Maine left for the United States on a steamer sailing this afternoon.
 Washington, Feb. 16-GSpecial l ] The fact that neither Consul Gen ! eral Lee nor Captain Sigsbee will state the cause of the accident | creates great uneasiness Tn official 1 circles, The Cabinet officers state 1 that the United States is ready for ! trouble. It is rumored that the ! White Squadron will be ordered to i Havana immediately and hints are freely thrown out that no official re- port of the cause of the disaster will be received till ample and cer- tam protection is assured to those l making it.
 HAVANA, Feb. Is. Especial. l-I Opinions differ as to whether the l occurred in the magazine | or under the vessel. Of the entire 1 crew only 24 officers and Is sailors escaped unhurt. The wounded num- Der 59. Two officers are still miss ing.
 Government officials in the state department are very silent.
 
 From Thursdays Daily.
 Washington, Feb. l7. Today's news from Havana makes the situa- tion here very grave. Further de- velopments are expected during the day.
 KEY WEST, Feb. IA telegram from Havaua this morning shows that the Maine was destroyed by a torpedo from the outside. This was demonstrated by the investiga- tion made by the divers last night. CaptHin Sigsbee has demanded a strict investigation. Captain Sigs-. bee and four oth 1T officers of the Maine are still in Havana and will probably remain until the investiga- ton is concluded.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-The gov ernment this morning offers a reward of S50,000 for the apprehension of the party or parties who destroyed the battle ship Maine.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-That the Maine met her destruction by out side means has been fully demon strated. Treachery on the part of the Spanish is now surely apparent.
 HAVANA, Feb. l7.-The city is in mourning. All flags are displayed at half mast. The theaters are ali closed, The funeral of many of the victims of the Maine disaster oc- cured at o'clock this afternoon.
 NEW YORK, Feb. l6.-A core spondent of the Evening Telegram telegraphs as follows. "So far as !