| Show OYERN1NT IS WAITING G No New Developments Respecting the Destruction De-struction of the Maine I Vest il net U0dGtMicallit Wilt A1t aThud9b 111101reilon benlln1 Iwport UeII In order to answer Inquiries from nil sections of the foundry regarding sensational sen-sational rumors the following statement state-ment was sent out last night by I the Associated Press front its Washington nice Tho cruiser New York has not been rdered to Havana Consul Lee has not been assassinated there Ij no center nee of the cabinet Confess la not Jr In session tonight both houses having adjourned at the tnuul hour until tomorrow to-morrow President McKinley did not go to the capital and the situation la decidedly quiet I WnshlnKton Fell 1 1The govern merit has fettled buck 7jrohea waltlnu attitude In respect to the terrible ma Inn disaster In Havana harbor Tire great shock caused by the news has given way to n colmer and more judl clol state of mind and realizing from the events of the day that the court of Inquiry Is I the note dependence In the search for the cause of the los of the Maine navlll ol1lelal are now Ie iBned to Ilwalt the Jesuits of that In lulry by a court opened today by the navy department There wan little news to add to the sum of Information as to the disaster daring the forenoon No telegram ame rid all that could lie cleaned vns a denial of romc absurd story or other that had crept Into print or be lame current gossip AH the news of the do came In the Illle nllrnunn In he shape of Capt bigbees report of the authorization of the funeral of his Road sailor and Gen Les graphic tory of the terrible Struggle for life In the dark hull nf the Maine The officials of the navy department devoted the day to the effort of correcting cor-recting the list nf the living and dead to nnsnerlng frantic telegraphic np pool from relatives of men on the Stlcshipn and last but not least In meeting with unwavering courtesy anti patience the exacting demands upon the r time of the press reports The deposition of the survivors Capt Dickens acting chief of the navigation navi-gation bureau has arranged for as well aB Could he from this distance The wounded sailors In the Havana hospitals on the Spanish flagship and elsehre ihen not In edition to be hrollht back 10 Key West will he carefully looked after by MISS Clara Bnrton mho haD been given carte Blanche to buy any and everything necessary food clothing delicacies and hire ot nurses anti physicians The wllundd able to gt crooo to Key West will bo taken care 01 In the Ann fine hospital thrrc The sound urvl vori nlll be quartered In the Spanish army hospitals here AS for the Maine herself nnlhwlth Standing discouraging reports from 1Ieut Hood as to her condilion the navy department will make t he crtorl to raise her While this IB required fly every 011Iable sentiment theV tiny thy are hound to remove the hull from ho mall harhor In any cand It may he as ay or easier 10 mists hr us It would be to destroy tho hull and machinery by the use of divers and dynamite Is I believed this work can be done by private wrecking corpnr allon and negotiations are alrody afoot for placing the contract base I I I I I I eat incite on norl iv W a or a fill < r cost of 200000 At the navy department specific de Riot was given of the report mnatlng from Madrid that a torpedo flotilla WOR about to leave Ky Wt for Cuba It wa stated that only two torpedo hoot the Cashing and iheErlcsson iro at Key West und these Imp nod been no-d and will not be ordered according to the present I plans to Cuba It was strongly annertid that no present purpose existed of sending another warship there Senor de Dose the Spanish charge haM received no Instructions up to r p m as to going to New York and stopping the Spanish ship Vlsca from entering the port And reports 10 I his effect were dhered I led Bonlh Soy Coin Ilufthol hn1d stop Cincinnati O Feb IT Oen William Boolh 01 the Salvation Army today field The Cuban butchery should top It t should slop If need be by the Intervention of Ihe United States Tng land Is I not jealous of America The Individual Englishman would e young America prosper I do not thin that the fur nl the IIrlllh lion would roJo should Uncle Sam fight the Pono The Cuban war Should stop at tiny tiny cost nnd tint Is I admitting a great deal I for as conservative an Englishman English-man as I am |
