The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16
Bodies Sent to Native Land
= With Impressive Mill
tazy Ceremonies
wreck OF BkTT(ESA|P seste u1,,
BURIED N M|D.ocEAh
An That Remains Of the Weasel Sent
70 tho Bottom Of the Sea With
Smoke Of saluting Guns ~ Her Fu-
neral shroud.

Havana, March 16.-Solemn funeral
rites connected with the sinking Of
the battleship Maine and with the
consigning to their last resting place
of the bodies OF many of her gallant
sailors were" held heer today.
The old battleship was sunk in
the waters of the Gulf Of Mexico. the
smoke Of the saluating guns of the
war vessels serving for funeral
shr0ud, while. all the pageantry and
pomp Of national mourning. the bodies
Of the sailors are being sent back to
Washington.
Followed In the procession by the
president of the Cuban Republic and
by all the other high dignitaries Of
Cuba. and amid q vast concourse OF
all classes of Cuban and American
citizens. the dead of the Maine were
borne on the shoulders of Cuban sail
ors and artillerymen through the
streets Of Havana. The Cuban infan-
try lined the sidewalks on which a
great multitude stood reverently az the
bodies passed from the mortuary
the harbor. The bodies were formal
ly placed in the keeping of the officers
Of the United States navy, in the serv-
ice Of which the victims Of the Maine
disaster had given up their lives.
Hundreds Of wreathes and crosses
and other flower emblems were sent
to. be placed on the cofins.
At the harbor itself stood the guard
OF honor composed of Spanish war
veterans. and facing them was another
guard Of honor Of Cuban soldiers. At
the wharf the caskets were taken
on board an American war vessel. ev-
cry craft In the harbor dipping it's
colora.
The other great function. the sink
ing Of the wreck of the Maine, took
place this afternoon. when the old
great masses of floral offerings and
escorted by warships belonging to the
United States, was to.ved out to sea
and sunk amid all the .pomp and
grandeur Of a military ceremony. Il
Covered with barnacles,. rlgt-sa&en.
twisted out Of all semblance Of the
magnificent fighting craft which sailed
into Havana harbor on a peace miA.
sion fourteen years ago. the hulk OF
the battleship sank into the gulf OF
Mexico, enshrouded by the smoke Of
the booming guns aboard the several
United States and Cuban war vessels
firing farewell salutes.
The seacocks on. the Maine were
opened, the escort backed away, and
once the proud craft, now helpless,
slowly disappeared from view be-
oO0s
AS the vessel sank. the myriads OF
roses which have been strewn on the
deck. covered the water. the bugles on
board the cruisers North Carolina and
Birmingham which were standing by.
sounded taps, and as the last note of
the call echoed over the waters there
was nothing visible of the former
pride Of the American navy.
Circling slowly about, the funeral
cortege headed north and steamed
away with the floral wreaths floating
in the vessels wake.
solemn Attention.
New York. March 16.-Flags are
at half mast on the public and many
private buildings today to commem-
.oratr the burial of the battleship
Maine at sea-. which was towed out
from Havana harbor into the Atlantic
and sunk in its final resting place in
the sea this afternoon. The bells in
Trinity church and its nine chapels
were tolled and a st. Patrick's day
parade Of 10000 halted and stood at
attention for five minutes with their
colors trailing at the time set for the
burial of the Maine of the Cuban