| Show t AMEBICAIJTS AT HAVANA Court of Inquiry Work About the Wrecked ilaine Havana March SThe United t State naval court of inquiry Into the loss of the battleship Maine which is at present In session here pursued in some re pet a different course from L tl at adopted upon the occasion of the f former visit of the court to Havana I Is now not uncommon t se members mem-bers of the court on the wreck personally ally dlrwting the navy divers and ob taming fiom them direct reports on the structural condition of the submerged t portions of the wreck and making individual ef f f r i dividual notes for future consideration I Ail sorts of excuses are made to get on board the wreck but only authorized persons American or Spaulth are 1 It lowed to set foot on the remains of the battleship The resignation of Walter B Barker t United States consul at Segua la Grande was confirmed by todays advices 1 ad-vices I I Mr Barker has been on the verge of nervous prostration Alexander C I t Brice the United States consul at Ma r tansjs says he cannot stand much lon gee the strain under which he has I lived tho last two years I L The Bach loves today for the Tar tupaa Islands to resume her coast survey sur-vey work The Fern will be replaced by the United States cruiser Iontgomery fthich Is to arrive here tomorrow morning t morn-ing The crew of the Fern has been I unable to waah her decks recently owing I ow-ing to ths filthinees of the harbor water I and must clean up at sea In order to i avoid sickness among the crew I Ensign Powelson is to be detached f from the Fern and remain here doing I work for the court of inquiry t There is nothing known officially yet about the deportation of any of then the-n < spaper cirrespordert except Hon I ore Laine who was arrested on Saturday Li Satur-day last Fi Captain Everett diver of the Right Arm was very reserved concerning the It work has been don on the wrk < M th r Maine but he expresses the opinion I I F that I is now doubtful If the big guns j I an be saved so fast is the wreck sInkI I j ing In the mud of Havana harbor i The court of inquiry did little today Consul General Lee was very briefly 1 examined and also one diver Con sderablo time was spent on the wreck Captain Sampson listened patiently to Various theories propounded by newspaper I news-paper men and others a to the cause of the explosion and also to statements state-ments as to hawsers found In the bar sb 1la so t I Dor and boiler iron on the shore Evidently Evi-dently he attached little Importance tony to-ny of these stories but he intimated that he would investigate any that her he-r deemed worthy of ipvestisaUon f r I The Spanish divers put J a good rk days work examining chiefly the for i ward part of the wreck on the star j beard side Captain Peral of the Span j ISh court of inquiry was at the wreck j in a boat for some time during the j afternoon I The orders for the Bacho were I changed at the last mcment to the Dry iTortugas Instead of Key West I j there were significance in the chang it I was not made public Captain Sigsbec j has advised Admiral Manterola as i did also Consul General Lee of the expected t pected coming of the cruller Montgom eiy and a buoy has been assigned to her where the Fern was mopred The buoy is near the wreck for the convenience I con-venience of Captain Sigsbee and Lieutenant I i Lieu-tenant Commander WainwrIght in their supervision of the divers and wreckers wrecers I Senator Proctor Miss Clara Barton t Mr Parker and Dr Egan returned tonight I to-night from a trip to Saga 13 Grande I i and Cienfuegos Senator Proctor says he feels confident that he has induced I I Walter B Barker to withdraw his resignation j res-ignation as United States consul at Sagua In Grande and he will be very I much pleased if Mr Barker continues in that capacity as he considers him avery a-very valuable man I Senator Proctor with his friend Col onel Parker expect toJ ave for Washington II Olivette Wash-ington tomorrow a a passenger on the |
