The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-29
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own and also the Spanish authorities
refused the necessary permission. That
is all there was of the matter"
The result will naturally delay the
work Of removing the debris and also,
it is possible, necessitates the use of
more hosting apparatus. 1t is prob
able the wreckers wished most to use
dynamiter or dynamite tape, to get the
top off the wreck so that the 10-inch
guns could be hOisted out.
The Fern. it is believed, will stay
here and afford quarters for Lieutenant
Commander Wainwright. A letter ron
Consul Brice, at MatanZas, says Mr..
Saynor, his successor advises him that
he expects to arrive in Cuba about
April 1st.
Pittsburg, Pa, March 24.-The body
of Lieutenant Jenkins, which was re-
covered from the wreck of the Maine
today, Will be brought here next Tues
day or Wednesday. A military funeral
will accorded the dead hero.
CEASE WOBBLING.
london, March 25.-The Daily
Graphic say editorially this morning:
I'VE think it time that Washington
cease WObbling. Weeks ago it was
said hat the starting of the Spanish
torpedo flotilla for the West Indies
would compel America to declare war.
Today the f1otilla is steaming straight
for Porto Rico. Meanwhile acute SEN
ators in Washington and over clever
journalists in New York are planning
ingenius plans to fix the odium of de-
claring war on Spain. Surely his is
unworthy of the American people. Two
clear lines of policy are before Presi-
den Mckinley: Either to cooperate
with the Sagasta cabinet in making
Cuban home rule a reality or to give
Spain premptOry notice to quit. To
avoid both courses is to turn the ter
rible Maine disaster into a sort Of grew
some red herring. If President NC
Kinley does not mean wal let him say
so, and the horrors in Cuba will soon
be mitigated."
Washington, March 24.-Orders were
issued today-detaching Captain Sigs-
bee andother officers from the battle
ship Maine at Havana and ordering
them to proceed home and awai orders
Lieutenant Commander Richard Vain
wright, executive officer of the vessel,
is in special charge of the wrecking
operations and will remain at Havana
| until they are concluded.
| Paris, March 24.-The Figaro pub
| fishes an interview with M. HanOtaux,
the foreign minister, in which he is
represented as declaring that the re-
lations of France with all nations are
| cordial. Referring to the relations be-
tween the United States and Spain M
hanotauX saidhe could see no necessity
for a conflict and that france desired
above all things, the maintenance OF
| peace.
Washington, March 24.-The navy
department is informed of the depar-
ture of the cruiser Cincinnati and the
! gurboats Castine and Wilmington
from Port Antonio, ia, last evening
but the officials decline to safe where
| they are bound. 1t is regarded as a
| probable theory hat when next heard
from they will be at Key West or some
| other port in the United States.
London, March 24.-Tha imminence
Of the Cuban crises has promoted
financiers to make efforts to avhrt war.
A movement to this end is on foo in
Lombard street, and American
bankers who are leading it are suppoS-
| ed to have the sympathy and perhaps
| the cooperation of the Rothschilds.
london March 24.-Business was done
at Lloyds today in war risks, to cove
| speculative accounts, ten guineaS pei
centum being paid against war being
declared between Spain and h United
States during n next six months.