Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-11
MIR. PROCTOR'S TRIP.
HIS TWO WEEKS IN CUBA MOST
PROFITABLE, HE SAYS.
GENERAL LEES ORPHAN ASYLUM.
IL Already Shelters Thirty-Six
Happy Young Reconcentradoes-
Estimate Of Fighting Qualities of
Spanish warships.

HABANA, March Q, via TAMPA. FLA
March 9.-Delayed in transmisslon)-
Senator Proctor, before leaving for Re
West by the Olivette to-day. after wha
he calls "a most profitable two weeks &
Cuba" said
Il have not had an easy time: ] hav
seen all, from the richest merchant &
the neediest ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Off
Gals, and others. I have visited the mill
tary prisons. hospitals. relief depots, asy
lums, guard-houses, trochas, farms, of
fees, and homes. 1 have been in foul
| rovinces-Habana, Pinar del Rio, Ma
tanzas. and Santa Clara-and in the prin
| cipal cities of each. / am of an observan
| turn of mind, and l keep my eyes open.
81 have found out what could not pos
| sibly have learned without a personal
visit, while 1 have not, to my knowledge
! antagonized single person on the island
My trips with Miss Barton have been OF
great service, because, when the minds
Of people are mellowed by gratitude, their
hearts speak out the truth. AS a bust
ness-man 1 wish TO say that Miss Bar
toms methods Of receiving, caring FOR,
and distributing supplies are admirable.
The American people may be fully conf
dent that all money or supplies sent Will
be conscientiously applied. Could they
see, as have seen, the suffering, starva
ton, and death, they would, as Whittier
says, pour forth wine and OIL"
Every one is much struck with the sue,
cess Of the American orphanage which
Consul-General Lee has established In a
suburb Of Habana under the direction Of
DR.. Lesser, and Of the Doctors wife, as
matron. 1t is for the orphan reconcen-
tradoes. Although open for a few days
only, it now holds thirty-six happy young
sters. In connection with the orphanage
a daily clinic is held.
The Cuban doctors are much interested
In the Red-Cross work, and forty patients
were treated yesterday. DIR. Lesser has
refused a demand of the Spanish Govern
ment that he should pay 500 for the
privilege of practicing among the poor,
saying that the Red-Cross physicians ere
allowed to practice the world over Thus
far his work has not been interfored
with. nor is 1t likely to be. There IL q
good deal of comment about physicians
to the insurgents by the radical wing OF
the Autonomist party.
AUTONOMY A FAILURE.
The Spaniards say the Autonomist pro-
gramme promises nothing but sorrow and
war, while General Gomez himself has
offered $l50OO0,0OO for a favorable COM
mercial treaty with Spain, If independence
Is granted. Moreover. they say that the
Autonomist programme to disarm the
would mean independence, IL
carried out, since the insurgents would
not be disarmed.
AS an Indications of the estimate put
upon the Vizcaya and the Almirante
Oquends, sister ships. by naval officers
here a remark Of one OF them made to-
day is worth repeating The officer was
standing with this correspondent on the
quay, watching the Vizcaya as she
swung to the tide
"Yes," he Observed quietly, "she is
ship, but too big a mark. The
Iowa, for instance, could not miss her
With a single shot, at Reasonable fighting
'ange. and would be likely to blow her
boilers out in the first ten minutes"
The same officer said: THE Pelayo Is
really T 'midable battleship, but
smaller and LIS dangerous than our Mas
There is some talk here to the effect !
hat the American Government mas ar
-anged for laying a cable from Key West |!
o the Tortugas as the latter Is the best |
'endezvous for the fleet, since the largest !
;hips are able to coal there in all sorts
" weather. |
OF NEWSPAPER MEN.
Henri Lame, the newspaper correspond |
mt, was not compelled to leave the coun-
~ because Of newspaper work, but be-
ause Of written charges, accompanied |
~ alleged full proof furnished to the /
Autonomic Government by Seno. Bruzon,
Governor of Habana Province, that he
nd others were involved in a conspiracy
esponsibls for locating twenty-five dyna-
mite bombs at various points in Habana-
Senior Bruzon demanded the expulsion
{ all the newspaper correspondents, on
he ground that sensational stories sent
o the United States were liable 20 create
lots in Habana. The Marquis De Mon
orc and Senior GOWN opposed a wholesale
eportation, saying that the matter was
cry serious and that 1t was the duty
{ the Autonomic Government not only |
D preserve peace I'm Habana, but to pro-
lote good feeling with the United States.
they contended that not all
he correspondents should be under the
an. but that selections should be made
the guilty. They concluded their reply
D Senior Bruzon by saying that 1t would
e unwise to eXpel any correspondents
lille the court of inquiry was in ses-
ion, lest il should seem that the Span
lrds dreaded the publication of the truth
bout the Maine explosion. They demand
additional written charges, with proofs,
rom Senior Bruzon. This was four days
go, and nothing has been forthcoming.
is probable, however, that certain cor
sspondents will be asked to leave the
land when the American court of in
uiry finishes its work.