Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-11

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| death, they would, as Whittier saws
| pour forth Wine and oil.''
EVERYONE is much struck by the sue
| cess or the American orphanaga whl CHI
the Red cross Society mas established
IN handsome villa in the suburb Ger
70, under the charge of DR.. Lesser and
| OF his wife as matron. 1t is fou. the or
phan reconcentrados. Although open
| for few days only, it now holds thir-
ty-six happy youngsters.
| In connection with the orphanage a
| daily clinic is held. The Cuban doctors
| are much Interested N Red Cross work,
and forty patients We're treated yesrer-
| day. DR.. LASER has r:used the demand
| OF the Spanish government that he
| should pay $500 for the privilege of
| practicing among the poor. saying that
| the tted Cross physicians are allowed
TO practice the world over. Thus far
| his work has not BEEN interfered with
| nor IS 1T likely to be. There is a good
! deal of comment about propositions to
| the insurgents by the ladical wing OF
the autonbmist party. The Spania rdss
| say the autonomist program promises
nothing burt sorrow and war. while Gem
erd Gomez himself has offered s15O-
100000 and favorable commercial
treaty with Spain if independence is
| granted. MoterNer they say that auto
| nomist program to disarm the yorun-
| teers would mean independence if car
| iISti oul, SlLlcS the insurgents wCghd
| not be disarmed
AS an indication Of the estimate put
| upon the Vizcaya and the Almf ra mite
| OQuendo. sister ships, by naval officers
here a remark of one of them made to-
day Is worth reporting. The officer
was Standing with this correspondent
on the quay watching the Vfzcaya as
she swung with the tide.
Yes, he observed. quietly 'she is
beautiful ship, but too big a mark.
| The Iowa. For instance. could not miss
her with single shot at reasrnal,e
ilSnuns range and would be likely, to
blow her boilers out in the first ten
| minutes"
The same officer said:
| The Pelayo is a fo1 midable battle
ship. but smaller and cess dangerous
than cur Massa cfusetts''
| ihere is some talk here to the effect
that the American government has ar
ranged for laying cable from Kew
| West to the TortugaS, as the latter is
the best rendezvous for the fleet. since
| the Largest ships are able to coal there
| IN Oil sorts of weather.
'HenIi Lame. the newspaper CORES
| pondent. Was not compelled to leave
! The country because Of newspaper
work. but because Of written charges.
| accompn MED by alleged full proof fur
n!Shvd to the autonomic government
ny Sem1r BruZon governor OF HaVan
| province. He and others We're involved
IN the onsrracy reSpons ible for israt
ing twenty-five dynamite bombs at va
r!ous points in Havana Senior Bruzon
demanded the expulsion Of all rewspa-
| per correspondents on the ground that
sensational stories sent to the United
| states We're riahle to create riots in
Havana. The Marquis de, Montoro and
! senior Gown opposed a wholesale Il =pur-
tatfln. saying that the matter was very
serious and that it was the duty of the
| asst nomlc government not only to pre-
| serve peace I'm Havana but to promote
good feeling with the United States.
F,urthermore, they contenIed that not
the pan but that sSiections should lie
made Of the guilty They concluded
their reply to Senof Bruzon by saving
that it would be Gnwise To expel any
corresp ,ndents wille the con,t OF in
curry was In session. lest 1t Should
SEEM that the Spanards dreaded the
publication OF the truth afrnt the
Maine explosion. They demanded ad-
ultlonal written charges. with proofs
from Senior Bruzon. This was four DAYS
ago, and nothing has been fort hc,mine,.
1t IS probable. however, that certain
correspondents will he asked to reave
the island when the American court OF
inquiry finishes its work
AMERICAN SHIPS FOR MANILA,
LONDON. March 10.-A dispatch to
the DAILY Mail from Singapore says it
IS reported from Hong Kong that the
American squadron has, sailed for Ma
Mia.
BLOWN UP BY A NINE.
w lLhESEARRE, PA, March TO-
The parents of Johnson Y. Hays, who
reside in Montoursvlle. have received
letter from him. dated on board the
cruiser Montgomery. at Key West, Fla.
March 3. Young Hays lis one of the
crew and has been in the navy twenty
TWO months. In his letter he says:
Wen, the fleet is nearly AM here
awaiting the end of the investigation on
the New York. which is lying about six
| nlfleS from here
More dead bodies We're brought from
Havana to-day on board the ,Bache.
ship now.
I'VE have TWO divers who were down
in the Maine and are waiting to give
their testimony at the court of inquiry.
They Will not be allowed to communi-
| cate with The shore TIN the court is
over.
Ono reporter who knew too much,
has also been brought aboard.
The Maine was blown up With a
mine-that is what both divers say"
DUPONT POWDER WORKS.
WILMINGTON. DEL. March 10
Inquiry at the Dupont Powder Works
this afternoon eicited the irforma tom
that "a comparatively smaM quantity OF
SmOkeless powder is TOW being man
ufactured for the United States.
a member of the firm said: "Our
works are not yet fully started ON gov
, eminent contracts and the quantity
turned out is small as compa rec! with
what We win be able to manufactu
when fully started. We are now turn
ing out about 1000 pounds OF srnokele:s
powder per day, but will turn out more
after a while when we are under way"
When questioned as to the capacity
of the works on this grade of powder
in the vent Of an emergency, ne SAID:
We can turn out about 1900 pounds
per day"
INFANTRY EQUIPMENTS.
NASHVILLE, TENN, March TO-
Major John f. Greer. commando i'm
charge of the Columbia arsenal. re-
ct4ive,i a telegram from the War De
parment at Washington, asking if he
was prepared to manufacture for the
government. on short notice, infantry
eq uipments amid artillery harness. He
replied that this arsenal was not equip
ped for that work at present. but that
upon snort notice. and with compare
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