The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-23
lALuc4A AND LA DISCUSSION.
Oae Havana Editor Calls Another Down
For Remarks Concerning American
Charities.

Havana, March 22-The death OF
Henry williams, one of the diving force
of the American tug Chief, of the Merritt
Wreoking company. which occurred last
evening, YVES due, according to the
American physician who attended him,
to chronic hemorrages of the stomach.
1t was not unexpected. Mr.. Williams
was i'll before he left the United States.
The body will be sent to Key West.
The central relief station in this city.
is feeding IL, 900 persons daily. It will
be formally opened tomorrow, although
partially in use already. The system IS
admirable and food is plentiful There
are 1,085 tons of supplies now on hand
or afoat.
Advices from the country districts are
satisfactory and show the same condlt
ions as have been recently described.
La Discussion today criticises the edl-
torial of u. Lucha, referring contemptu-
ously to the charitable work OF the Anne
ricans in the island, g synnpEis OF when
has been cablsd, and says that the ed1-
torial was inspired by hatred of the Gu
han people. from whom La Luoha has
derived n large part of his income.
stThe editor Of La Luoha," says La
Discussion 'sknows that there are S00, 000
victims of starvation and would not care
II there were as many dead. He 1slgno,
rant of the great charities maintained
by the United States and also OF the great
gifts of supplies from the United States
10 other countries than Cuba in time of
need" 81.
La Lucha and La Discussion are politi-
cal opponents and their editors are per-
sonal enemies. Up to the hour OF clos.
ing the cable office tonight the officers OF
the Maine i'll Havana had not received
A hIJf,I Conn
mander Wainwright may be ordered away
at any time. He has been placed ofhcia!-
ly in charge of the wrecking in progress
under the contract.
Capt. Sigsbee and the other officers
were supposed to remain while the court
of inquiry was in session here; ana tney
are confident they will e ordered away
before April /, as after that date, string
ent quarantine laws against yellow fever
will be enforced more rigidly than ever
on account OF the outbreak last year in
New Orleans and elsewhere in the Unit
ed States.
The Younger officers are anxious to get
They feel badly handicapped in this re-
spect. all the records having been lost in
the Maine wreck.
Capt. Sigsbee 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. Chaplain Ohla-
wick has finished his mortuary report
which shows that 257 men and two otfl-
GERS perished in the ship; six succnmbed
to their injuries while lying in the San
Ambrosia hospital here, one died on the
Spanish transport Colon, Ill bodies have
been recovered from the wreck; 61 have
been identified. 161 have been buried IN
This is the official report made public
after careful correction. for the first
time, Ittis probable 3 that many more
identifications will be established when
the enlistment records are compared
with the notes in Chaplain Chidwick's S
possession of marks on the {. c1rpses; Move,
Santander Trutos of Havana, assisted
by Chaplain Chadwick, will consecrate
| the central relief station in Estrella
| street. -
Later in the day the floating dock with
the cruiser Alfonso Kill, arose with
out mishap. All the machinery IS work
ing nicely and her crew busy cleaning
| the bottom of the vessel, but the dock
will not be accepted until more fully test
| ed by heavier ship. Some minor de-
| fects in construction in the dock have
been noted, but nothing vital.
The wrecking contract divers have been
busy on the Maine today. raising Two
| six-inch gums from the after cabin with
sreat difficulty and getting ammunition
from from the magazine aft. In doing this
the divers are compelled to go down
through the turret in a narrow chute
and then along the deck to the magazine
opening. They are liable to be jammed
and great care is necessary. IL maybe
reouisite to cut hole through the decks
| into the magazines Moreover the divers
are somewhat nervous about handling
explosives.
! LOOKING OVER STEAMSHIPS.