| Show A G REPORT negation that W L his has reported disisto ilia ol of an U ERMY w binion inina that the th gagl was waa oey Das destroyed troyed eatery effort to suppress iasa the deport bata ald bartl ard to minimize 26 its importance imholt ce increased concern connera ameal public meu met scale Is S tory joerz ai special chicago feb 26 A times lerald erald washington special says bay consul general lee has made winal report to tl the a president that 1 is ie his hia opinion that the maine alaine was delibe deliberately irately destroyed I 1 every very effort has been made to keep this information from becom ng mg public even where privately circulated the friends of the ibe ad ars are trying to minim ie e the importance of the report tv lir saying that it il ii 41 only an aa expression of opinion by the consul ameral unaccompanied by bv evi ence the fact that lee his has never lade iode a mistake in cuba however adds much to the importance of u aport port and liaa has indrea increased el the i 1 icem ern among public pubic men w 0 feb 26 A spec special ial 4 cablegram to t the ai a horld irom from sylverter A Hiva work f r es tn til a aiji witten i iad bit 1 0 o damaged the ship is W u plodded the hides and r aid aia magazine are i iiii fc ind and in 10 such shape as aa i in I 1 p ill had an explosion w hm bin 0 burred sy i ork divers have so sworn taday to the investigating board it is now believed by experts hat a big torpedo or mine aided y pounds of saluting powder B n tile the reserve magazine next to tile the big lin magazine abazi ne might have prod produced aced he actual results found in the neck collapsed powder casks aund about the magazine have hexagonal marks in the thin copier coper where the external pressure forced it into its ita contents of hexagonal powder ACCIDENT THEORY UNTENABLE special to the journal washington D 0 feb 28 98 nothing is so ao far known as to whether the members of the court fin f inquiry in ia the maine disaster ire yet able to pass an opinion on muse of explosion they consider ill 01 done so go far merely preliminary nothing has yet vet been received at the he navy department autho authoritatively ri ta tat ively ind indicating eating the cause and all reports to the contrary are in in or A resolution was introduced today in the house author zing the secretary of the navy to purchase all necessary war ves vessels Lel nid md place the navy in proper con for war prom from madrid and havana all arices show that the feeling against americans americana is excessively vely itar ator the naval inquiry board has hab shifted itt its eeB gions to key wt west divers diters are still working on the maine and expect some parts pana of the vessel to be raised it is learned from outside sources that the naval board court of in joto the maine disaster hare proof sufficiently strong to make theory of accident a growing im EIGHT BIGHT TIOU R DAY special to ta journal gilt lal lake e feb 28 the sn fu prune preme court of utah today decided 1 that the law declaring eight hours a days dava work in ald and terp is ie constitutional A FAT FAK LR ira special to Jo journal vraal salt lake fell 26 11 II palmer alias 1 1 A aclei n ens made an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide this ibis morning by the ajor morphine route while confined in the county jail on a charge archarge of forgery he look more than thirteen grains and the quantity was so large it acted as an emetic LATER feb 27 palmer made two separate attempts at suicide this evening lie ile unscrewed the gas gaa fi fixture sture arid and attempted to die by asphyxiation discovered in ia this attempt he afterward tried to choke himself with a ahoe oe string tring ii this effait also wa bilked balked b aud he was removed to another cell where there was wag nothing to assist his aftem attempts apte to die I 1 SIX KILLED INSTANTLY Y chicago ch icare feb 27 an omnibus containing nine persons per eight of whom were you young nu A men and women who were on their way wa to attend a party in the hotel at ulue blue island were truck struck r by a grand cy rand trunk passenger train at the western IVet torn avenue crossing cros slag south of blue island at 9 tonight and six eix of the pleasure seekers were ere killed almost instantly none escaped feriola ferio us injury |
