Show TL fit A TORPEDO 111 There 1 Moors LIt of the Macy or lie Irt Key West Ha Feb 17A correspondent corres-pondent here ot the Associated Puss has Just returned to this Place I onboard on-board the Olivette from also scene ot Olt the wreck of the 1 S battleship l Maine In Havana harbor Divers who have bran working about her bottom have dlieovercd an eight Inch precusslon hole In her plate Admiral Ianterol has summoned ummoneo Captain Slgsbe to appear before Mllltnri Judge Ieral tn mnke the necessary depositlions All proofs I uf torpedo will be removied Another man 01 war Is I expected here tonight New York Feb IIThe Ibo bulletin bulle-tin from Iy Wet Indicating evidence nf the Ue ut 1 torpedo having been discovered In case of the man of war Maine wan written and sent by Mr athcrford regular Associated Press respondent at Key West who went to Havana recently and who left the later I city Yesterday Wednesday at 3 clock p I m on the steamer Olivette DISCREDITS TUB STORY Washington Feb HTh Key West bulletin regarding the finding nll hole In the bottom plate of the Maine and referred to aa the work of a torpedo torpdo was ent to the White House by the Associated Press und was shown toP to-P nt McKlnlei Ills only comment com-ment was that It was the first ho had heard of It The President does not wish to make ally statement concerning reports that come regarding the disaster hut he permitted the fact to be known that the administration hall no alvlce tending to confirm the Key West import im-port The navy deportment absolutely din credits the slori from Key West that divers found an shtlnch Percussion hole In the bottom of the Main See retary Long suit there Is J no such thing o 0 percussion hole that there I is I no eightInch torpedo and there Is I no other way In which such a hole could be accounted for I Is I of cue possible that a shell exploding Inside the ship pierced a hole of the kind In the outer skin but that would be readily revealed by the character of the angle and whether or not the skin was bulged In or out around the puncture I Is I mon likely If here Is I any hole nt all of the kind Brat It li I simply the Outlet oC one ot the numerous pieces Inside the Maine New York Feb 17Ont of the reg ular staff oorre pondfnH of the Associated Asso-ciated Press nt Key Wct cabled from there at 1135 this morning that the report ft finding a hole In the hull of the Maine evidently I caused MII nly au1 by 1 torpedo tor-pedo B sent from Havana Just be tam the Olivette sailed and from n source regarded a liable but It 001r rJrdd IN I cannot can-not be verified owing to the strict can rorlhip at Havana The report Is I not verified by the officers of the Maine Ilavana Who have arrived at Key West from |