The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-30
FEELING, AT HAVANA.
Spanish Naval Officers Confident of
Protecting the City.

Protecting the City.
HAVANA, via Key West, March 29.-It is
impossible to explain or understand the Sc
rene confidence of the civil, military and
naval officials here who, believing war with
the United States is imminent, declare Ha-
vana is impregnable They are pleased to
attribute this 'impregnablity' to what they
term the Concentration of a heavy cross
fire. referring ITO the number of heavy
guns Ga few twelve-inch guns. and the ma
jority eight AND ten-inch guns) mounted
along the horseshoe curve Of the shore
above and below the narrow entrance to the
harbor.
The election was as farcical as it was
supposed it would be. In many districts of
Havana not more than six bonafide votes
were cast out of hundreds which were ell
igible. In one province in the Interior with
a total of over 1850 qualified voters, the
number of votes polled was 50. 1t now APP
pears that the results show % Autonomists
and Conservative delegates were chosen,
the Conservative candidates losing in Arte-
misa and Cardenas, in spite of an agree
ment to the contrary entered into by the
government.
Sunday was day of much suppressed ex-
element among Americans here Every one
fears great events will transpire in the
United States without the knowledge reach
ing the Americans or the public in Havana.
There is no doubt the censorship Is more
rigid than ever, over both the incoming and
outgoing wires.
1t was announced at the palace to-day
that a Spaniard, Senior Teleforo Garcia, re-
siding in Mexico, had telegraphed to Captain
General Blanco informing hum that a Span
ish committee had agreed to remit him
$4,000, adding that he had promises of ST.
OOQOOO towards patriotic fund"
RumorS have been in circulation since last
night that there will be no war between the
United States and Spain. In spite of this,
owing it is said, to the report of the United
States naval court of inquiry on the loss of
the battle ship Maine, many families have
been preparing to leave Havana and some
of them will go aboard the Olivette to-
morrow.
While great interest is felt among the
Americans here, the report of the court of
by publication in the Havana, Madrid and
american newspapers as to it's principal
features that no special surprise was mani
tested on the publication of the findings.
Naval men regard the order not to talk
about the Maine explosion as still in force,
and they are, therefore. unwilling to discuss
the report or to throw side lights on the
testimony. Interest is now centered upon
the diplomatic doings at Madrid and Wash
lngton, with reference to a cessation of hos
tilitieS and the feeding of the reconcentra-
dos. The tone last evening and to-day has
been distinctly more peaceful. and the hope
is expressed and even entertained that
satisfactory solution may be found of all
differences.
Much satisfaction is felt at the election of
Lieutenant Colonel Mendez as delegate to
the Spanish Cortes on the Conservative
ticket. He is the military censor at Ha-
vana, and is sometimes compelled to refuse
to pass matter offered him. He is always
courteous, however, and as obliging as his
sense of duty will allow. The correspond
ents of the Conservative organs unite in eX-
pressing their satisfaction at his political
preferment. He is bound to cut a prom
inent figure in the Cortes.
Of the four bodies recovered from the
Maine yesterday none has been identified.
The wreckers have been at work to-day
taking out ammunition aft.
La Lucha publishes a communication
signed Silvius, asking number of ques-
tions. among them: What about the dis
content of the sailors of the Maine on ac-
count of their being denied shore leave?
Did the officers of the Maine say that life
on the United States war ships is hard, that
they hoped to see the whole navy blown
up? How about the dinner the steamer
City of Washington, where all the officers
lions We're taken when guns were loaded
and torpedoes primed? What about the
confusion after the explosion, so great that
the sailors did not lower the boats" La
Luchas correspondent says these are grave
questions that the American court of in
quiry should have settled before insulting
Spain by deciding that the explosion was
Later-The relief train carrying supplies
to towns in Havana province which left the
city this morning at o'clock, was wrecked
about II o'clock about twenty-one miles out
side of Havana. between Cienage and Be
jucal. No one was hurt even bruised.
Four freight cars left the track and one
was overturned in ditch. puff of smoke
was seen just at the moment of the wreck.
but the track was not damaged Commits
sioner Klopsch Leo Leander Redding. cor
respondent oe the New York Herald and
others We're in the passenger coach behind
the freight cars This did not leave the
track. The arlaored car with the soldiers
was behind the train. There was consider
able delay in clearing the tracks. guam
tity OF provisions was put off AT Bejucal and
the rest of the supplies will be delivered to-
morrow. A guard of troops was placed over
after
To-day the body of Frank Andrews, of
Chemung, N Y, was recovered from the
Maine Ii was Identified by marks on the
clothing 1t is believed that one Of the