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Maine Disaster Rumors and Cabinet Talks on Cuba
Telegrams from observers report no boats nearby when the explosion struck the Maine. A second telegram expresses sympathy and sorrow for the accident. The president directs sympathy for survivors and dead and orders care. Cabinet discussed sending warships to Cuba, but no action taken. Senate committee on foreign relations treated the affair as a serious issue and called for Spain to explain the incident.
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Secretary Long
George Bronson Ren
Navy Department
Sigsbee
United States
Maine
Washington
Huyoun
White House
Rep
Senate Committee i Foreign Relations
Spain
Madrid
Fed
FL Dia
el Correo Espanol
New York
Imperial
Senor Sagasta
Miya
Ines
Epovs
Congress
Hale
Committee On Naval Affairs
Committee On Appropriations
Secretary of the Navy
Navy Depot
Department