Deseret Evening News | 1898-05-02 | Page 2 | Maine Wreck Destroyed

uALMli E WRECK DESTROYED Spanish Authorities Have the Work Done In Havana Harbor Wr to be Contlnnrcl Till Spain TIHil rp tit lutl Who Cod the IWO Iiploilon New York May 2A dispatch to the Journal from Washington Pays The state department has learned through Its secret agents that the wreck of the battleship Maine lying In the Havana harbor has been destroyed by the Spanish authorities If Is supposed sup-posed by tho officials of the administration adminis-tration that this action on the part ot the Spanish authorities has been taken to prevent the raising of the wreck after the capture Havana A cabinet member In I auhollly for the followIng statement 10 the Journal Jour-nal We shall make a part of our first business after taking possession of Havana lo find out who were the per pelralors of that crime of the night ot February 15th It we Hnd that they have escaped from the Island and have gone back to Spain we will follow them there and we will tell Spain that the war shall not slop unlll they arc delivered up to us for punishment