Show this information was in the wn lan of du bose bosc he had no per knowledge of the facts it was ted to him early yesterday by IV tentative menta tive of the asso associated I 1 IL ted fech that in many quarters positive tive were being made that existed within havana harbor 1 in the vicinity of the maine un tuch mch circumstances he was asked taht a direct statement bearing on this with ith a view to clearing up any juip that might exist 11 A sst view of this request senor du jose bosc set on foot an inquiry by cable la the inquiry was distasteful to ta the charge and to the spanish au as they deeply resent any 4 von implied imputation that the catastrophe eata strophe to the maine would be due 0 to o anines or other external influences sat for the purpose of giving the one essential statement of fact in the cledge of those having the only information on the subject the 1 statement was secured and public by senor du bose bosc it is lat however it is explained at the legation on a statement of the spanish ment for the government has felt git called upon to repel insinna insl nua which from its standpoint gross it ct upon its honor the purpose enor r du bose bosc was to make the spent nt as one of fact established establish ea the best official advices advises and not ike ake it as a government utterance 1 he regarded as unnecessary As ab ement of fact however it Is chwa b by I 1 senor du bose bosc with the adest t veness and from sour Pi information whose auis not open to question he t e n 1 seen today senor du bose no details to add to his state with emphasis he expressed that he should feel it e this his duty to repel the insinuation statements ants that havana harbor mined which were inspired he by those anxious to stir passion between the two nai re be considered such suggestions tumult bildt to spain and without deign ato answer them he submitted as a te fact that there were no mines submarine ne defenses of any charac 10 or about havana harbor ten en the attention of prof philip p of the bureau of ordnance navy rement ent was called to senor du a statement he said he had been ng fw few some such expression as med emed the natural thing for the leh haul authorities th 0 s to make such a iram e t I 1 in n case cas no mines existed exma tj the first he said saad he had maln main the view that the explosion of thil afi mawe maine was probably the result of AW accident and if senor du boses bolcs could be proved to be true auld yuld in his bis opinion render the 60 theory untenable 0 ot tw Ith withstanding standing the repeated ex I 1 nat lojis of captain sigsbee couched i V louage r as broad as consideration the feelings of relatives rel tives of the de apap om aled sailors would permit to show i I 1 kt VIA lt Is practically impossible to WS VW the e remains of the victims of A explosion to the united states tor for some of the relatives per WW la III their efforts to overcome hiede recently an application was riS Ste through the trends frends of Keye sone 4 ice faxe IC 1 e victims to the state department jr permission tW mission to have his remains 4 ht to the united states keyes deyess 13 had already been interred for days his body being among i to be recovered the re otest was wa referred to consul general ES who has just replied to the state ent that the spanish laws ford for file exhumation of dead bodies egl obstacle in addition to th serious objections that have cde to the removal of bodies mhd danger of bringing con 7 faglon into the country the impossibility of accurately identifying the remains and other reasons will probably be sufficient it is thought to deter further applications of the kind judge advocate general lemley has received telegram from W F humph rey president of the boston tow boat company one of the concerns engaged in the wrecking of the maine stating that the big tug underwriter sailed from boston yesterday for havana to join the merritt companas comp anys boat now at that place the underwriter W liter is to stop at new york on her way south and pick up the merritt and chapman floating derrick chief and later the big derrick monarch will follow the principal function of the latter craft which is specially engaged at large expense will be to undertake to lift off the turrets and big guns of the maine a weight beyond the cap capacity ity of the smaller derricks to handle no word has yet come from the court of inquiry at havana touching the time when they will leave havana for key west nor in fact fac thas has the court been heard from in any manner since the last published report athens feb 26 an unsuccessful attempt was made today to assassinate king george of greece madrid feb 26 the cabinet cabine t has considered the situation and no incident was reported as altering the cordiality of the relations between spain and the united states though the ministers expressed regret at the I 1 passion which has crept into public opinion during the present incident A million pesetas was voted to develop the navy A decree has been issued dissolving the cortes Sala salamanca mamea spain feb 26 A crowd of about workmen accompanied by groups of women with flags paraded the streets today shouting for work and bread many houses were stoned and the railroad station was stormed and considerable wheat was stolen the authorities promised to find work for the unemployed and as this dispatch was sent they were restoring order madrid feb 26 the impartial cial today warns warna spain to distrust the pacific speeches of president mckin mckan ley and gen woodford at the recent banquet here adding america is actively preparing for the war which to is inevitable if the rebellion in cuba Is in prolonged beyond may the spanish government it to Is said Is equipping its forces at the different arse arsenals nals and to Is organizing its maxine marine and infantry |