Show w a Ill OP ij Deflnile p r Rat of Iho Causo of f Iho 11A16 I Disascr THINK IT AN ACCIDENT MANY JIIII incline to the View that There Must Have Been Foul Play UPTAIl SICSBEE REFUSES HIS OPINION Oltlelil tip Id If h Accident Laolloir ifee r Cnlltloil I I of if h > wounded 3 Cotioneut fan Mra Ulle ria Feb To The rorre I NYeat t tr AIlIoeiatc1 Press Ila of the Indent I that Iwevied ll in n reliable quarter I 10 SIwe is I under the Impression C41L Maine was Milk u I varsbip he I that a noting torpedo and hat he bY ill communlcad his hlllrelon to I Winston asking at the nrne time should Send that the navy f L7 mTchanlc unl I engineer And mechanics to In Plant line lon The the exloon allsate I Olivette did not leave Ho I steamer I until 3 oelock this IIUernoonnnd nrrE fa after until shortly did not reach here I 11 > 11 I sit a Tillable Theory uhlngton Feb 16Tho above ills i uihoino UeulWhlttliiey patch it department who had hen Ion I K ofth I navy deputed by Secretary Long to receive the subject of the dispatches on all I dl < aler lie saId We have had nb nothing from Havana or Key nlutelr ifet since the last dispatch of BlgBbee the Oil announcing the departure of tie i do riot think the torpedo theo a tenable and I do not believe Capl 1sbee > expressel such an opinion FA It lion 0 Torpedo iKVsonllle ria 1eb IGA special from Union and Citizen lj t the Tiroes KT West Fla saji The steamship mite arrived heie tonight with a jrjt cumber of the wounded and l I other sunlvos of the Maine Buy dliwter The officers were as a rule I tttlunt and followd In line with t their I thkf Slialieli 1 l la saying 1 that the cause d the explosion could only be ascertained ascer-tained tr Jlven but many of the Nation Vert outipoken In their declaration declara-tion ol belief that the explosion vas n top laid plot ot the S pan u t do They are greatly Incensed against the Havana people Alto have Bhonn them lasll roartar Mho look upon their preace u a no floral oIYront and ho tni JuWIhtd l anonymous circulars circu-lars captloitil Down with Americans TntjrMeiethat the authors of such eifiwetdcowardly hatred would heat late at no terrible I I vengeance such as tie Utnlnr up of the Maine not sallorB acquainted v111 the rill t discipline and insemhle holh n nunof ar poohpooh the Idea of an Internal explosion Omn T kiiUontt I Hsrsna Felt LieutenantCorn if I tiBidtr Halnnrlshl i believes I the exii r M k lun vas due to the shoat circuiting I It the dynamo h New York Fell 1GIlearAdmiral 1 if I I Fxko United States navy retired w aslil WAY athat lie was Inclined to bt r 101 llae that the Maine wits blown up of bliherown magazine Such things had droar iq b4pened 1 bet r is Cail CIT Mahan 10 that In the is J I rl niohentic information 1 he via unwilling to dlcu the matter In i 1 any light = |