| Show CAITAIN M051IIK TALKS Krlatn III I Mf rlrurn at the Time of the IIIO > GU Ulltctte at llalnna Havana Fell 18 Captain C D Slgsbc of the battleship Maine In un Interview today with the correspondent correspond-ent of the Associated Press describes < 10 detail the explosion which destroyed the great ship 1 On the night of the cXII < lon said Captain Slesbm I had not retired I was writing letters I find It I ImpOst tile t describe the sound or shock but the ImprtsFlon remains of something aweinspiring terrifying of noise rending vibrating all pervading There Is j nothing In the former expert face of anlo on board tu meou tile explosion by l After the first great shock 1 can not inmeif recall how man sharp de tonations I hd not more than two ur threfI knew my ship wan gone In such 0 structure as the Maine the ret of ouch an explosion are nol for the moment In doubt f male ny way through the long assageway In the dark groping from side to side In the hatchway and them Into the poop being among the earliest to rah that spot As won ILS I recognized rec-ognized the officers I ordered the big explosives to be Hooded And I then dn Iatlo n directed that the boats available i be lowered to rescue the wounded or drowning Veplne In perfect measure pre valed Th ere was no more nfuRon than a Call to general quarters would produce nor no much I the light of the names I soon sam by lht 10me that all my officers and crew left alive lei 3 lc lifo I anti on board suoroundoill file I cannot furm any Idea of the tlrne but It Formed fire minutes from the time I leached the pool until I left the last man It was possible to reach having Leon saved I must have been three Quarter Bve an hour or more however from the otount of work cone J remember the officers and mn worked together lowering the boats and that the gig took some time to lower I did not notice the rain of debris dc scribed by Lieut niandln or others who were on deck at the time of tile first explosion but I did observe the explosion of the fixed ammunItion n1 wondered that more were not hurt therein Without going beyond the limits of what was proper In the harbor of 0 frendly power I always maintain precautions pre-cautions against attack and the quarter quar-ter watch was ordered to have ammunition ammu-nition for the smaller guns ready to hand so that In the Improbable event nt an attack on the ship I would bo found read I was this ammunition which II exploded ns th heat reached Captain Blgsbeo and all officers here from the are ery anxious for new United States an to the public opinion there The captain has don all he coal to closer thc excitement In the Unlld State and to Induce the public to wait for the results of the Investigation before be-fore forming 0 Judgment as to the conga of the explaili to the OIeU cnte1 the harbor early this morning the parAtengern oded t her upper docks to e the yellow for And long lines of voells 1 inarined by soldiers the beauties of palmcrowned hills or the thousand Bights new to many eves All Interested Interest-ed centered In the first view of the wreck of the Illfated battleship and the tight was ghastly enough when reached to satisfy all who were delimits de-limits of WltiuHslng horrors The wreck IB I the central figure of an otherwise bright picture and It Is I as pad as it Is I terrible Tho huge mans of Homecharred debris forward looks an though It had been thrown up from I ubterrneul lNhoue of fused cement steel woo and Iron Further oft one military mas protrudes at I slight angle from the perpendiculn while the poop on which gathered till band roP 0 resting Plao for tin woodmen or dive Of the predominant predomin-ant nhlte whIch mark our war vessels ves-sels nol R eI remains In III and Plane death to I the blackness of desolation it in I Imown that UouL Jenkins who in I among those missing was alive after the explosion A colored faces attendant attend-ant now at Key West met Jrnklni running forward He evidently thought In the contusion that the Main had ben fired on and he weirs rushing to the forecastle where was located the slxlnch gun of which ha was In charge Th ITtitted stnten fag In I floating at half mat fm the Poop or the Maine hal anti two diver V Ih six alt ftnts are at wok shooing the m rock under at tire direction of Caplan Hlgl It ppears that Ihe preliminary work of flue divers wi too directed towards ohae onlY Whn tire Investigation Into the cause of the dlalr om mence the Spin all government I Is I aid he will co Operate Lamgwrt retire It Nowl TrIal Chicago Feb 19A motion for anew i a-new trial write made to Iay on behalf of Luctiftert the sausage manufacturer I sentenced to life Imprlonntnt for ulfe murder The court room ws crowded Several Jurymen wr prevent 10 defend themselves I necessary uIert tip patentil INAS far from hopeful Lust pnl attorney atokNl th court ger the Jurors had been claiming that juror bn pre judleed by judge 101 remarks counsel gave twentyth other reasons reas-ons of 11 technical nature why a new trial should b granted Arguments oC several hour duration followed Judge Gary denied the motion for < n I 11 new trl it and formally cnlned Luoti gert t life Imp1ormont An opal ve i be little to the state upreme court LK Ito I r V vt ou Toll WIIshr 1 Feh IGlntoR oC lolng who ommoneAlh Ido of tire Lattlmer case toda Y ns hail bee ex 18lcd I niitrltt Attorney Martin was obliged to ak the court to adjourn until un-til Monday He said that attachments hud b n leaned l for twn Important vvlt iusse hat I thc > could not be found It nil Probably would not be produied until Monday Only two witnesses were hoard this Morning John A Quazzo who was hot In the foot at Lattlmer Bud Mrs Cary lallaghcr the moth er MIN Grace IS Cojle the school Im portant her heir testimony was not Im New 010 Counterfeit Washington Pcb 18Tho secret per vie Ia 1 e d R nV counter o I SIO national bank note I Is I on the Illbernla National t Rink of New Or Ian sellewt HS2 check letter B His < Hi-s reRlst Nebke Ireourr I I 1con photographic reduction of poor workmanship printed on twopleces of paper pasted together The coloring Is applied only In spots I and no attempt half been Made to Imitate the ulllc threads to lie for will In the genuine Chilean Complaintow are leepl Lima Peru vll Galveston rel 1 The Press I oC uona Ayres Pays the complaint as to the Inefficiency of tho Clillimn army published In the Chilian n a paper lies > Intended a I rue to dol tho rgentine government Arlutne ruvernmnt Vice President Hlll hurt of Peru limit left Valparaiso for Vlnamar and there TH I considerable anxiety to asr talno IfIhTdlspSef between Item I disposers Per Held Chill have been satisfactorily adjusted |
