The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-03-15
Concentrating Relief S|0|IODS in Order
70 FQCi|iQ|e The Work.
ALL LOCALITIES 10 Be EMBRACED
Rum0rS Tint Another Hnttlcshtu
VIII Bc Scnt 10 Havana -AnOthe.
Unidentified Hody Discovered
Autonomisis VIII Not Take Part In
The Elections.
Havana, March If. 1898.


The day was sultry and cloudy. Dur
Ing the mon!ing there was NJ, session Of
the United States naval court of in
pu!ry into the loss of the battlcship
Maine, the members of the court sitting
ON the porp Of the Mangrove discuss
ing various matters in comaectLcru with
their work.
Arrangements &rc in progress to DIS
continue n number of the relief stations
IN IaVhna, which are open Ccpiy at
certain hours and to establish instead
rnc large central station. which will
he open f1r relief az all hours Of the
day, with four suburban stations.
Lists have been secured of the names
OF the towns near Havana, Of the
number of their Inhabitants md OF the
destiiution IN each. These lists will be
extended throughout Cuba, u embrace
all the localities where suffering exists.
y careful estimate, it is hoped Will be
made 'af the to;i2h number to be pro-
N.dcd Tor, so that the amount and
variety Of the daily rations can be fixeA
nccordi1G 10 the money available. 1t
is believed that the long established
hospitals and asylums Of Havana can
be made use Of If assistance Is judi
ciously given to their regular mama
gers. IL Is further hoped that by
spending $4,000 Las Cjsas, NOV the
principal plac. in Havana for the re-
lief of the recCIectnn2d'os here, can be
| made model refuge, with new beds,
good kitchens, etc.
Rumurs are In circula ion here 10 the
effect that Italian waTShps are about
20 arrive ut this port, and 1t is further
reported that the United States Gov
crnmcnt Will send either III. battlcshp
Iowa ~ Indiana, to this harbor, to
stay two or three hours No cause Is
assigned for the latter story, c.nr can
the report be confirmed officially.
One unidentified body was recovered
to-day from the wreck of the Maine
Important flct.OEis Of the AutonOmiStS
or Matamzas and Santa Clara repre-
sc.I.lng ali races, have agreed not ta
take part IN tht general or local else
tions nswt month. lia some political cir
clSs the opinion is expressed that rhis
agreement is the result of discOn tort
caused by the fact that thai Autono-
mist govcn.mcnIt has bten ur,libla to
give employment to the excessive num-
bcrs of people who have been asking
positions fH, the government offices.
Captain General Bhanco has ordsred
that the sum Of 1000 be spent rp re-
constructing the Pandl railroad bridge,
near G.bara. in the province ,of Santia-
destroyed by dynamite is rleeded TO
establish line of communication.
In the district of Whales, provinces cf
P!E'rr del Ra.t tobacco TO the value Of
100000 has alr2i2dy been gathered The
Other large crops have E,c,a baen har-
vested.
According 70 SpaC!sh advices, n gov.
ernment force. protected by the gun
boats Nenadltto and Galicia opera ti,s,
bawcen rortilIo. Niuuero, Ce,mar.mcs,
Fic2m= and Cabn Cruz. orr the south
weSL=n: coast of the province Of San
'IaSo de Cuba has be5m engaged with
a'2. insurgcnt force at Del Toro inlet.
The Spaniards are rslLrted to have
lost thres' mere killed and to have had
tw:!vc men wounded, while. 1t is ad-
dcd, they c2ptured "hsvcn prisoners, and
some arms and ammunition.
The Spaniards heNe, h! is arlnI3unced.
commenced military operations at La
Sierra l'a5stra, and on both sides OF
the riFSr Cauto h1 the plcNince of
Sant5zEo de Cuba. General Bernal ia
in command of th5, troops opera ting in
the direction OF Bairo ard Cantilados.
RctnforcemCmis to i:he number of 1.5no
n ops nave arrived at Santiago de-
Cuba from Spain
The military commander OF Sant7,
Clara reports that as the insurgent
leaders. Cayato, Alvarcs. Nunez and
others. were upon the point OF sur
r""ier!ng II The SpaniardS near La
Esp"ranZa, province of Santa Clara
they were surprised by the Insurgents
under Roberts Rarmudez, and a col
ls.on occurred. Later on the farm OF
lMzo. 81 force OF Gucr!llas found the
naked bodies of Alvarcs, Nunez and
Major Espt:eza, of the insurgent army.
VINO had evidently been killed by trhe
!rsurgcnts whn discovered their inten-
ZION OF surrender!ng to the Span.ards.
The bodies We're buried at La, Espcr-
ANA.
Louis Klcpsch, Of tn, New York
Christian Herald. has given $500 to-
ward the relief fuc.d
Havana. March 14.-The train from
Maianzas for Havana when nesc Ia
rnco, abCEt twenty-five miles out, MIS-
fred o.: tonight. Three men wen,
W'ou"ded. Gsp!ge Rarnum. an Arrr:
lean of Savannah. received a slight
iesh w1und in tGhe arm. THE secretary
O. the Mcmtanzas Provincial was more
severely woundcd.
This' Spanish surgeon o.. the train
was very kind. Mrs. Barnum was y,,th
her husband at the tin:,a he was shot.
AZ soon as tl:e firing began, all the
passengers threw themselves upon tha
floors of ths ears
According to a9Nices f:om Mat,S,zas
II Is hoped to g.tt some of the st1raa
Continued on Third PaaaA