Show acciai 1 na ra 1 1 main n 11 was clown blown bip ty by i a ri floating 0 touch Tor jedo STORY VIA KEY V WEST this is said to be Sigs bees impression washington IS SO ADVISED navy department requested to send naval engineers find mechanics to investigate the er explosion plant line steamer olivette arrives at al key west list last night having left Ilav anao at 3 yesterday afternoon key west fla feb IG 16 the ein spon dint of the associated tiled press has as been assured in a reliable quarter that capt sigsbee la Is under ill alio impression that tile tho airship ar ship maine alne was mas blown up by a torpedo and that he be lias has communicated his impressions to washington tasking ashing at the same name time thal thai tile the navy department should send engineers and mechanics to investigate vesti gate the explosion the plant line steamer olivette did not leave havana until 3 this axtel loon and did not leach here after t if 10 DENIED AT washington I 1 wh whittlesey attlesey itt lesey doubts the press story from aiom key west I 1 washington feb 16 alie above dispatch wan shown to aleut WhIttle scy of the navy department i he bad been by secretary long lone to receive all dispatches on en tile the subject or of the disaster lie he said we have hod had absolutely sol lely nothing from rom haven havana or key west since tho the last dispatch of a anno announcing 11 acing lh illa tip dap arture of the thea C olivette I 1 1 I do not ill think rk k tile ilia torpedo theory and I 1 do not bileve b lleva capt elpi eased such much an opinion ailon THE ACT or OF AN ENEMY whitt what the journal dispatch sa says ys capt sigsbee telegraphed new york feb dispatch to the journal from washington dated 1330 a a in says ay capt sigsbee has telegraphed the hie navy department assing the all english n 9 1 as h cipher that in n hla big opinion th tho e destruction e qt r u c of the maine was the net act of an all enemy chis 1 I his dispatch has been suppressed by tho the department but it is known to lu have been received 11 requested an immediate invests gation and intimated that the reason lie he sent abent the survivors to key W wet e at wits that lie hy feared more trouble ahe washington correspondent of the herald aa a that he stood on in tile thu bridge bridee of the alaine fill cupl sigsbee a meek ago yesterday and the Capt captain alst suld said to bilm 1 I do not want to be obliged to tiko take any coal aboard from baana it be it a risky expedient not that I 1 suspect any one la in auth authority arity but there is uch much an irresponsible satiate heris I 1 in n I 1 lavaria havana and it would be an easy matter to pet get a couple of sticks ut or ny ely in the coal bunkers I 1 without our knowing it it was not an accident new york feb 17 the journal and advertiser r quotes assistant secretary of the navy theodore roosevelt as saeng 1 I 1 lam am convinced that the destruction st of the maine was not an akel accident dent sympathy from mckinley washington feb 16 Secretary lon fiona to for r the president has atts sent this telegram cleg gram a a n to capt Sl asbee sigsbee r U S S a havana tho the 11 resh ions directs mo me so 10 espre to for ahlm an bolt and elie people of 0 uie united slates hla his profound pro lound syn agathy alth tile the can canaro wro anil and crew ul tho the ainone and desires that nu lie ho he ampard in fix providing tor tho oun aurl ivors vors and tile ino are 0 tile dead JOHN 1 D barof I 1 long NC I 1 secretary |