The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-24
THE SITUATION CRITICAL
The Hotel Inglaterra, in Havana,
in Danger.
GEN. LEES ABIDING PLACE
a Spanish Plot To Blow Up the Tenn
porary Home of Many Americans
/ Exposed-Dr. Brunner, of the Ma
rine Hospital Service, sends His
Wife aud Chiidr rcn Home.

Key. West. FEB. 24-The arrival here
last nighr' OF The steamship Oiivette. from
Havana, with many American men, wo-
men and children. intensifies the excite
rnenf mat has been feft an day
II the oiivette's passengers are TO be
believed General Lee and other Ameri-
cans in Havana have been threatened
with violence.
All sorts of rumors are afioat here. A
story is current that 2.0e0 troops have
been ordered to this station Work on
Fort Taylor is being pushed vigorously.
No visitors are allowed inside the works.
The revenue cutter Mcfsane arrived to-
day-from Port Tampa. and tomorrow win
begin taking coal In the event of war
the McLane VIM be lrsed in the hospital
service. ..>-.-.s...
1t is expected that the lighthouse ten
der Mangrove WIN arrive here ON Thurs
day or Friday from Havana with the
court OF inquiry on board.
Some nervous soJourners in Key West
influence,l-hy-thes stories of the olivette's
passengers. are arranging TO leave here
for the Bahama Islands. These sojourn-
fast in Kex West streets
According to the OliVette.s passengers
the Spanish TROOPS in Cuba. much less
the volunteers, cannot be controlled.
These troops are bitterly opposed to
Cuban autonomy. ahtf feed that a weak
Spanish government has. been forced by
America TO propose II To the Cubans.
one Americzn.e who returned on the
OliYette last night, believes that trouble.
If any comes -Nf71 be ctrused by the Span
ish volunteers ip Cuba. These Nolun-
teers. he says. believe that they. @0o1O
strong can wi.Ip4-A t.aeEica. When riots
took place recently Ge4a. Blanco sent his
cavalry TO sunpre<<srt4seni. The soldiers
threw their swords to the rioters, and
did nothing.
Another rumor brought over by the Oil
vette is that the Americans at the Hotel
Inglaterra. in Havana. have been adVis-
ed by Spanish friends To leave. as they
were fearful a plot was Matching TO blow
il up This is the hotel at which Gen.
Lee and the American newspaper cor
respondents stop.
Foreign vessels entering Havana har-
Dor are not allowed TO go up to the
dock Under compulsory pilot regulations
they are taken u certain buoys- Under
each of these buoNs. according TO the OH
kette : pGSSsla-tiN. y 4 Dlllit sum may
have blown Hp the Maine. These mines.
il is said. were planted by Weyler and
are relied upon as an efficient protection
for the city should foreign warships get
past the forts in time OF war.
American officials in Key West. who
/ have made close observations. declare
/ that Havana would capitulate inside OF
thirty inmates after the American guns
! opened fire There il al the Havana fort
/ but one battery with ordnance of modern
| construction TO opDose American war
ships
! Mrs. W. L. Brunner. whose husband is
! in the Marine Hospital Service at Ha-
/ vana was one Of the passengers ON the
! Olivette DIR. Drummer insisted upon his
/ wife's going home az soon il became
evident that there was likelihood of
trouble. She has her three children with
her.
She was asked about the situation at
Havana. but refused To talk.