Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-23
PAND0N0T RECALLED
wREcKERs RAISE TWO GUNS FRox
THE MAINE.
FAMIHE-RELIET WORK IN HABhEA.
Central station to he FormaIiS
Opened To-Day-Spanish News
Papers at War with Each other--
A Norfolk Diver Dead. 4

HABANA. March 22-1'he rumots that
General Pando has been recalled. and Ia
awaited here. with 600o men, are pro-
nounced 10 be without foundation. Gene
rails Pando and Salcedo, II Is given out.
are continuing their operations In tho
Province OF Puerto Principe.
The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XIII er-
tered the new floating dock to-day, in
order to have her bottom cleaned. Later
in the day the dock rose without mshap.
All the machinery Is working nicely, and
the vessels crew are busy cleaning tho
bottom of the ship. but the dock will
not be accepted until more fully tested
by heavier ship.
The wrecking-contract divers have been
busy on the Maine to-day, raising the
two 6-inch guns from the after-cabin
with great difficulty. and getting ammu-
milton from the magazine aft. In doing
this the divers are compelled to go
down through the ;urret aft in a narrow
chute and then along the deck TO tho
magazine opening. They are liable to
be jammed, and great care is taken. IL
may be necessary TO cut hole through
the decks directly into the magazine.
Moreover. the divers are somewhat ner-
vous about handling explosives.
ChaSiain Chadwick has completed his
mortuary report, which shows that 81
men and two officers perished I'm tho
catastrophe. six succdmbed to their in
juries i'm the San Ambroslo Hospital
here; one died on the Spanish transport
Colon; Ill bodies have been recovered
from the wreck, OF which 81 have been
Identified; le0 have been buried In Colon
Cemetery, and IL at Key West This is
the official report, made public after
careful correction, for the first time. II
Is probable that many more identiflca-
tlons will be established when the enlist
ment records are compared with the
notes I'm Chaplain Chidwicks possession
of marks on the corpses.
Tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock Bishop
Manuel Santander Trutos, OF Habana,
assisted by Chaplain Chadwick. will con-
secrate the Central Relief Station, In
Estrella street
The death of Henry Williams (of Nor-
folk-Ed), one OF the diving force OF ths
American tug Chief. Of the Merritt
Wrecking Company, occurred at O'clock
last evening, due, according TO the Amer
lean physician who attended him. to
chronic hemorrhage of the stomach. IL
was not unexpected. Mr.. Williams was IN
before he left the United States. The
body will be sent to Key West.
FEEDING THE HUNGRY.
The Central Relief Station In this city
is feeding 1900 persons daily. It will be
formally opened tomorrow, although
partially I'm use already. The system is
admirable and food IL plentiful. There
are Loss tons of supplies now on hand or
a1oat. Adyices from the country districts
are satisfactory, and show the same con-
ditions as have been recently described.
La Discussion to-day oriticiscs the edi-
torial of la Lucha, referring contempt-
uOusly 10 the charitable work OF
Americans In the island, synopsis OF
which editorial has been cabled. and says
that the editorial was inspired by hatued
OF the Cuban people, from whom la
Lucha has derived large part Of its in
come.
THE editor OF La Lucha," says La Dis
cussion, knows that there are 3Oo,e0 vic
tins OF starvation, and would not care
IL there were as many dead. He is igno-
rant of the great charities maintained by
the United States. and also of the gifts
of supplies from the United States to
other countries than Cuba in time OF
need"
Ia Lucha apd La Discussion are poliu-
cal opponents. and their editors are per-
sonal enemies.
ITp 10 the hour of closing the cable
office tonight. the officers OF the Maine
I'm Habana had not received orders to 80
north. All but ieutenant-Commander
wainwright may be ordered away at any
time He has been placed officially In
charge of the wreckng in progress. under
the contract Captain Sigsbee and tho
others officers were supposed TO remain
only while the court OF inquiry was I'm ses-
sion here, and they are confident
they will be ordered away before April
lst. as, after that date the quarantine
laws against yeilow-fever will be en-
forced more rigidly than ever, on account
OF the outbreak last year In New orleans
and elsewhere in the United States. Cap
tain Slgsbee Is not very well. He -
anxious to go north. but. OF course says
nothing on the subject. being willing I'd
wait patiently for orders.