The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-03

will selapse ere Cuba will be annexed
to or under the protection Of the INIT
ed States
There are no signs of demonstrations
against the Americans and stories 70
the contrary thus far are without
foundation Stin Havana is no place
just now for those who have no calls
of business or duty. This season Is IN
clement and the variations of temper
ature are sudden and violent, causing
much sickness. especially the grippe.
All idea of censorship is so foreign
TO the American mind that an Ameri-
can can scarcely appreciate the dill
Guilty Of sending news from Havana.
The Spaniards seem equally to under
stand why censorship is not exercised
in the United States. One experience
will serve as an Illustration of others
of daily occurrence. 4 correspondent
prepared an early bulletin for cabling,
giving such routine facts as could be
gathered before $ o'clock in the morn
ing in a city where the official business
of the day begins at 10 or later. Sick
ness happened to deprive him OF MS
interpreter. and he tried to get the dis
patch stamped" by the censor in the
original English. The regular censor
happened to be i'll, and Commandment
Norena was acting in his place. No
rena, who does not know word Of
English declined to give his approx al
until the dispatch was shown him in
Spanish. The correspondent hunted
some one up whom he could trust and
finally secured a Spanish version. No
rena scrutinized it carefully. crossed
out sentences perfectly harmless, but
which appeared to him contain a dOu-
bic meaning. and after emasculating
the dispatch stamped the Spanish veg
sion. The correspondent took the
English and Spanish copies to the ca
Bile office. where they were compared
by operators, who are held responsible
for their perfect agreement. The dis
patch. finally approved and butchered.
was then sent. Time consumed, two
hours and forty minutes.
Later in the day the same CORE
spondent may lose two hours Of valu-
able time III waiting for the censor. who
happens to be at lunch, while at night
the censor may put in an appearance
half an hour before the cable office
closes
Greater demonstrations of welcome
could not have been accorded the Viz
caya had she been the most powerful
battleship in the world. Her officers
and crew will be the objects of con-
slant and generous social attentions.
II has been prophesied that her arri-
val would be a signal for demonstra-
lions against this. that or the other
party Of officials, but as usual, this
was nothing but prediction \ few
shouted for Weyler but not enough
to attract the slightest attention from
the police.
News from insurgent sources is
scarcer here since the Maine eXplO-
sion than usual. No official declara-
ton has been received from General
Maxine Gomez as to the Maine dis
aster. so far as known, but of course
his followers regard the affair as due
TO Spanish treachery.
The fight in Puerto Principe. already
announced by cable was probably one
of the hottest since the opening of the
trouble 1t is thought when the facts
are known the reverse will be Spanish
rather than Cuban. This is believed
here among the Spanish themselves.
and the official reports admit greater
losses on the part of the Government
troops than in any engagement Of the
war The insurgents could not have
had 3.0s3 men engaged, as the Spanish
officials represent. Probably they had
a thousand or under.
The insurgents continue to burn cane
fields and destroy plantations wherever
the owners fail TO pay taxes to Presi-
dent Masso's Government. They loot
cattle from under the very walls of
Matanzas. Cienfugos and other cities.
To-day it is reported from apparently
reliable sources that General CaliXto
Garcia is in Santa Clara Province with
1900 men.
Early on the morning of the 10Th two
dynamite bombs exploded on the rail-
way line near Holguin. and 200 yards
Of track were destroyed.
Senator Proctor does not seem in the
least nervous over his trips into the
interior If he intends to see one or
more Of the prominent insurgents he
does not say so. In this, as in all other
matters he keeps his own counsel ana
observes closely.
The cit, is quiet to-day, but the pub
lie and private greetings to the Spanish
cruiser Nizcaya which arrived last
right have not lessened in fervOr
The divers are working hard upon the
wreck of the Maine. 1t is feared that
many of the dead were blown to pieces,
which would account for the failure to
find their bodies where expected.
The wrecking tug I. ]. Merritt of the
Merritt & Chapman Wrecking and
Dredging Company, commanded by Cap
tain Wolcott. arrived here from New
York this morning. and later in the day
she moved barge near the wreck and
commenced work. Fred J. Sharp is here
in charge of the company. The AIer-
rift is powerful boat. but another and
bigger tug is expected here shortly The
Right Arm VIII probably remain as long
as she can be useful. The wrecking com
pany expects, from now ON. to keep four
expert divers al work.
Two Spanish divers We're at work
about the wreck to-day, and it is under
stood they VIII report to the Spanish
board appointed 10 inquire into the cause
Of the disaster. Captain Peral is the
President of the Spanish board of in
quiry.
No bodies have thus far been found
to-day. and there are no prospects OF
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