The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-15

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people are mellowsd by gratitude their
hearts speak out the truth. As q bus
lneSS man, | with 10 say tina Miss Bar
n methods Of receiving. caring for
and distributing the supplies are ad-
mirable. The American people may be
fully confident that all money or sup
plies sent will be conscienttously APP
piled. Could they see. as 1 have seen.
the suffering, starvation and death.
they would, as Whittier says, pour
forth wine and OIL"
THE RED CROSS ORPHANAGE.
Every one is much struck by the
of the American o~rphanage
which the Rec Cross Society has estab-
lished in a handsome villa in the sub
u1D Cerro, under the charge of DR..
Lesser and of his wife as matron. 1t
is for the orphan reconcentrados. AL
though open for a few days only, it
now holds thirty six happy youngsters.
In connection with the ~Orphanage a
daily clinic is held The Cuban doctors
are much interested in Red Cross
work, and forty patients We're treated
yesterday. DR.. Lesser has refused the
demand of the Spanish government
that he should pay $500 for the privi-
lege of ~practicing among the poor, say
ing that the Red Cross physicians are
allowed to practice the world over.
Thus far his work has not been inter-
fay,.aI with NOV ;- ~ lila1y 10 ha
There is a good deal of comment
about propositions to the insurgents
by the radical wins Of the autonomist
party. The ~Spaniards say the autono-
mists' programme offers nothing but
SORROW and Wtar while General Gomez
himself has offered. $50, 000, 900
and a favorable commercial treaty
with Spain if independence is granted
Moreover, they say that the autOnO-
mists' programme to disarm the volun-
iteers would he independence if carried
out, since the Insurgents would not be
disarmed.
COMPARING WARSHIPS.
AS an Indication of the estimate put
upon the ViZcaya and the Almirante
OQuandO, sister ships, by naval officers
here a, remark of one of them made to-
day is worth reporting. The officer
was standing with his correspondent
on the quay watching the Nizcaya
when she swung with the tide. Yes"
he observed quietly, "she is a beautiful
ship, but too big a mark. The Iowa,
for instance, could not miss her with
a single shot at reasonable fighting
range and would be likely to blow her
boilers out in the first ten minutes"
The same officer said: 1.-The Pelayo is
a really formidable battleship, but
smaller and less dangerous than our
Massachusetts,"
There is some talk here ito the effect
that the American government has ar
ranged for laying Il cable from Key
west to the TOrtugas, ais the latter is
the best rendezvous for the fleet, since
the largest ships are able to coal there
in all sorts of weather.
WHY LATNE WAS EXPELLED.
Henri Lame, the newspaper CORE
spOndent, was not compelled to leave
the country because of newspaper wOrk
but because Of written charges, ac-
companied by alleged full proof fur
nished to the autOnOmic government
by Senior BruZOn, governor of Havana
province, that he and Others Were in
volved in the conspiracy responsible
for locating twenty-five dynamite
bombs at various points in Havana.
Senior BruZOn demanded the expulsion
of all newspaper correspondents on
the ground that sensational stories sent
to the United States were liable TO
create riots in Havana. The Marquis
de MOntOro and Senior Cow opposed
a wholesale deportation, saying that
the matter was very serious and that it
was the duty of the autOnOmic govern
ment, not only to preserve peace in
II - no h1Jt tn nrny97nra GOOD faalinO
with the United States. Furthermore,
they contended that not all the cor
respondents should be under the ban,
that selections should be made of
the guilty. They concluded their re-
ply to Senior Bruzon by saying that it
would be unwise to except IN cor
respondent while the court of inquiry
was in session, lest it should seem tina
the Spaniards dreaded the publication
Of the truth about the Maine explosion
They demanded additional written
charges, with proofs, from Senior Bru-
ION. This was four days ago, and
nothing has been forthcoming. 1t is
probable, however, that certain cor
respondents will be asked to leave the
island when the American court of in
quiry finishes it's work.
New York, March 10.-A special to
The Evening World from Key West
says: Among the passengers on the
Olivette from Havana today was Sen
ator Proctor of Vermont, who Ia been
making a study of Cuba and the Gu
bans. With him was Colonel NJ. NJ
Parker, of Washington. As soon as
Senator Proctor had registered he at
once sent up his card to Admiral
Sicard. He was shown to the admiral's
room and was closeted with him for
two hours. The object Of the inter
view is presumably TO deliver the ad-
miral some messages from Commander
Converse Of the Montgomery.
SPANIARDS ADMIT THE MAINE
WAS BLOWN UP.
Colonel Parker said to an Evening
World reporter: The famine, suffer
ing ard awful restitution among the
reconcentradoS is something almost
indeScrIbable The alcalde of Maoan-
Zas told me that 5000 persons had died
CT starvation in that city during the