The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23
PANDo IN PUERTO PRINCIPE.
REPORT THAT HE HAS been CALI
ED BACK TO HAVANA DENIED.

Cruiser Alfonso XII in the New Dry~
docI<-TwO More 6-Inch Guns
Raised From the Maine-MortunrY
Report OF the Maine just COmplet-
ed shows That 257 Men and Twa
Officers 'Perished.
Havana, March 22-The rumors thas
Gen. Pando has been recalled and Is
awaited here with 5000 men, are pronounc>
ed to be without foundation. Gems. Pan~
do and Salcedo, IL is given out. are con-
tlnuing their operations In the provinces
of Puerto Principe.
The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII enters
ed the new floating dock to-day in orden
to have her bottom cleaned. Later in tha
day the dock rose without mishap. All
the machinery is working nicely and res
crew are busy cleaning the bottom Of the
vessel, but We dock will not be accepted
until more ftNly tested by a heavier ship.
The wreckng contract divers have
been busy ON the Maine to-day, raising
two 6-lnch guns from the after cabin with
great difficulty, and getting ammunttion
from the magazines aft. In doing this thu
divers are compelled TO go down through
then along the deck to the magazine OPEN
Ing. They are liable to be jammed ana
great care is taken. 1t may be necesscaY
10 cut a hole through the decks direct
into the magazine. Moreover the divers
are somewhat nervous about handling ex-
ploslves.
Chaplain Chadwick has completed his
mortuary report, which shows that 251
men and two officers perished in the cats
astrophe, six succumbed to their injuries
In the San Ambrosa hospital here ona
died on the Spanish transport Colon. sew
enty-one bodies have been recovered from
the wreck, sixty-one have been identified.
100 have been buried In Colon cemetery
and eleven at Key West
This Is the official report, made public
after careful correction for the first time
ii is probable that many more identfica-
tlons will be established when the enlist-
ment records are compared with the notes
In Chaplain Chadwick's possession OF
marks on the corpses.
Tomorrow morning at o'clock Bishop
Manuel Santander Trutos of Hanava,
assisted by Chaplain Chadwick will con-
secrate the central relief station In Es-
trela street
The death of Henry Williams, one of the
diving force of the American tug Chiec
of the Merritt WreckIng Company, occur
red al O'Clock last evening, due, accord
ing to the American physicians who at
tended him, to chronic hemorrhage OF the
stomach. IL was not unexpected Mr..
Williams was III before he left the United
States. The body win be sent to Key
West
The central relief station in this city is
feeding 1900 persons daily. It will ba
formally opened tomorrow, although par
TALLY in use already. The system Is ad-
mir 4la and 10 saIa II
l,0S5 tons of supplies now on hand or
ahoaf.
Advices from the country districts ara
satisfactory ana show the same conditions
as have been recently described
La Discussion to-day critcises the edi-
torial of La Lucha, referring contemptu-
cusly TO the charitable work of Americans
IN the island a synopsis of which editorial
has been cabled, and says that the edi-
torial was inspired by hatred of the Gu
ban people, from whom La Lucha has de-
rived large part of its Income.
''The editor of La Lucha." says La Dis
cussion, knows that there are 300 900 vic
Tins Of starvation, and would not care if
there were as many dead. He is ignorant
OF the great charities maintained by tho
| people Of the United States, and also or
the gifts OF supplies from the United
! States to other countries than Cuba in
! time of need"
La i4ucHd ana La DISCUSSION are DOiiti@
| cal opponents.
| Up to the hour of closing the cable Office
| tonight the officers of the Maine In Ha-
vana had not received orders to 20 north.
| All, except Lieutenant Commander Wain-
| wright may be ordered away at any time.
| He has been placed officially i'm charge OF
| the wrecking work in progress under cons
! tract.
Capt. Sigsbee ana the other officers were
| supposed TO remain only while the court
| of inquiry was in session here, and they
are confident they will be ordered away
before April !. as. after that date quaran-
| tine laws against yellow fever will be en-
forced more rigidly than ever on accouns
! of the outbreak last year in New Or
| leans.
! Capt. Slgsbee is not very well. He is
! anxious to go north, but, of course, says
| nothing on the subject, being willing to
| wait patiently for orders.
| Cuba Is the land of the outstretched
! hand, and II is good to know that ths
hand Is not pushed aside empty anymore.
Great strides have been made In relief
work within the last week. The orphan
| asylum which Gen. Lee started and Is un-
| der the care of DIR. Lesser and his wife,
Is doing wonderful amount of good ana
| Mrs. KloDsch's SOUP kitchen and relief
| station will soon be IN state of effec-
| tiyeness, which Spaniards and Cubans did
| not believe possible. So far as may be
| every needy family on the island, recon-
| centrado or otherwise, Is being scheduled.
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