Show ltE r Ali El m II 1 o IN t 4 Is 01 Uls t 1 IS the > ca ta troiu is it Kftt Fh 1 21The udlng the hlonlng Injstry tie up I Maine a the IN Ing th defuse a oa t he day Thn > on It 1 the adMlnl3 plolon fhat Is I tho prmahl Imlnltralon at Late affairs nably I Is 1 a 8 Well Informed 3 It Rill I there unofficial al unonllol Ir at may lie ly dOVlopulent la 4 01 K wk 4 yeRterdy or II any ol n the 11red nature Aag to throw OPlon and cause 01 haVe 1 Anne 01 these facts 1 oa j or the treportold cither ahl lher to the lOr mpt 10 say il learn d spartrnenl To plat the the warlitno In I the Position 01 an nrk a per trial tht tho UIlr works 01 Omla or Is transit h In I orIgin PISIBIOn In UlAn Was Maine cra la lhout warrant at t a CrC n armor blower hall rle denth thIng let Mth than Iwo And but the that tber Ie WR 01 1 abot boll odiar thin hull On Inch r ed Al or the truelnral tnlo Drmr I 0 C the v I 1 I ven that rely teactit Irl Above Protctv dvck was th t lat macln I ea In ht 1 t e an ea17 hV tplOd the armor Ile 1 uPw The navy department has not been Informed of tho probable length ot time to be occupied by the court of Inquiry In-quiry In Its work Ruch a court It Is I said has the greatest liberty of acton much greater than a court martial ihlch Is I strictly limited by the naval regulation Of course It J in I Possible list the court will I eave 11 aoll In the course 01 a day or two for Ie West In order 10 take there the tI mony of such of the surviving olllcirs and men n are now quartered at Key West The latter are not subject to release re-lease from their position until the court has declared that It has ron r tided their testimony and as many of thce friarvivors are anxlou to secure short leaves 01 absene 11 order toe to-e their families and friends It may be that the court will cut shor Its stay nt Havana In order to arcommodata them I Is I believed however that In case there should lx unexpectedly significant developments before a Iglnconl oevelopmt befor the court leaves Havana It will return to that plan later on In order 10 asepr taTn from the work of the diver the cause oC the explosion In view of the many expressions of doubt regarding the ndvlvablllty of raisin the wrerk of tile Maine the message sent yesterday to the navy department by Admiral Morsel Ins name right The admiral reported that the court of Inquiry which Is I on the B And hA MI th Ivantng oC 101 IpTnlons t lit tit ere bell declared thai he most powerful appliances would be necessary to remove the wreck of the hip Th e latest exprenilnn Is I taken 10 mean th tit the cone t hn1 A far not concluded that It would lie Impnullili to again float thi Mnlnc eUe the Inn I uoge COhl seem tn have hpcn ounce lry an nnarront1 urolton In the case of expensive cablelams I can be toted that np to this time the Innl I officials hOe given n thought to the relief nf Admiral Slcnrd its commander 11 Chief of the naval forces on the North Atlantic Mutton They do not believe that the admiral health to I Seriously Impaired slid I tA par to Pay that no movement will 10 mad towards his teller Unless < n sug gentlest come f1rot Irom himself The eton Irt admlrl has been In command ot the Inndron less than a yar and 10 I by legal Practice entitled to retain that command for Another year at least II h I 01 d IS led Io happens that none oC the car Admirals on the list Is I re garded to Ie In place to aume this In1ol tnnt command owing to the lot I that they have had their tour ot Bea srvlce and are not entitled again tony to-ny heir lag at sea or else they are so placed other Ie as to ranks I ehalge II their assignment unlikely Admlrnl Bunce for Instance Is I so circumstanced being not only In command com-mand of the New York navy yard an eminently Important command In ordinary dlnar times and certain to be moro BO In rare of hostilities a nil also having hav-ing relinquished the North Atlantic squadron within less I than a year so as to be Ineligible for another sea com ntlber Toa cram attend lhln a ynr to 1he othee admlrl are situated In about the same way so that It Is probable that the command o the squadron In tho event that Admiral Icunl wre r 1e1 might devolve upon one of tin olmodur possibly Com nodoi < Hchley I now president or me light room board which post he probably l would be glad to relinquish for such a command roll n the North Atlantic squad There were no dispatches In the forenoon noon a the navy partmont from either Kl WpAt or lliwiiii und llo II r k only ansCri io mmt vorried wair a ho dripphg Wn fron the Noinlk navy yard to Hampton lloadi of the bU double turreted monitor Terror Thilo she will wait further orders of the de l partment Nothing hs been heard Irm Gn Ie at Havana Into day before 5ab terday In the shape 01 R cablegram and as the consul general hall ben Prompt heretofore In Informing the state department of any developments of Blgnllieani It is I supposed that there hatw seen lone since General Lees last report In the mail this morning tincopy form i him was a copy of a i condolence received by him from Captain General HRlro In the folloilng terms Mr Consul I becomes my painful pain-ful duty to express to j oil my profound sorrow for the misfortune which o cured YesterdaY on board the American Ameri-can ship Maine I associate mjself with all my hart to the grief of the nation And 01 the fit wartilles who have lot some 01 their members and upon doing so I do not only express my personal I per-sonal Sentiments hut I kml In the name 01 all thelnhnbltnnt oC Habana Witnesses of the catastrophe which has afflicted so many home God guard you a many years RAMON I1LANCO I Inbano Feb 16 1898 To mates the Consul I General of the United |