The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-03-05

gents working Toward the Cap
itaI of Cuba.
Chicago. March ?. A special to the
Chronicle from Key West says:
The fleet here. made up of the New
York, Iowa, Marblehead, Montgomery,
Nashville, Cushing and Ericsson, as well
as the three battleships Indiana, Texas
and Massachusetts,. now at Dry Tortueas,
received orders to hold themselves in
readiness to start for Havana at the tap OF
the drum. The Detroit has left here for
Dry Tortugas, where she will Join the
squadron.
The orders came from Secretary Long
in Washington to Admiral Sicard and are
said to be based on information wired
from Havana by the captain of the Bache
the United States coast survey boat
which left Key West for Havana Sunday
The captain of the Bache told such
story of the heated state of the Havana
public and the probability of riot at any
moment, and danger to Americans now in
Havana to follow therefrom, that Secre-
tary Long at once made the order indi-
Gated.
niario del Eiercito. the Spanish army
gazette, received here from Havana, says
that Spain has notified the United States
that the Names remains must not be re
moved and that the work must stop until
the government receives the report of the
United States court of inquiry
Gomez at Hand.
New York, March 2-On the day the
white squadron opens fire on Havana,
Maxine Gomez will begin an attack by
land. He will keep on fighting until Ha-
vana surrenders or nothing is left but a
heap of ruins.
These words were used in Tampa, Fla,
to a World correspondent by Emilio MI
nez of New York, who commanded the
flibustering expedition which has been
landed in Cuba from the steamer Daunt-
less. Captain Dynamite" John O'Brien
has returned to Tampa with Nunez. They
left for New York last night
81 am just back from Cuba Colonel
Nunez said-"Cuba which is now almost
free. Our little steamer carried two al
lotments of arms and ammunition. We
made one landing on the Orient, where
we left large quantity of rifles and dyna-
mite for Garcia's command. Then we put
about and steamed along the entire length
of the Cuban coast to Pinar del Rio prov
ince, here we placed the remainder of our
cargo, in the hands of General Diaz. who
commands our forces in that part of the
island.
Trouble with SpanardsY OF course,
but Spaniards are not clever enough TO
stop an expedition if they tried, and it
never seemed to me they tried very hard.
"At Key West | had long talk with
DR.. Guiteras, who is the surgeon attend
ing the wounded sailors of the Maine. He
told me that one poor fellow asked him
the meaning of the Spanish words 'Mata
To- The doctor told him that it meant
Kill him. The sailor shuddered and said :
L jumped overheard when the explosion
took place and swan to fishing boat. A
man in it knocked me off with an oar and
said "Mato 10 Yankee That shows
you the way the Spaniards love Ameri-
cans.
Everyone in Cuba knew of the Maine
disaster "a hours after it occurred. Car
ella is now besieging Bayamo. General
Panic, with $4,000 men, is trying to force
his way up the Cantes river to dislodge
him.
'In the open country between Marcia
and Havana, Gomez is slowly but surely
working towards the capital burning
plantations as he goes. AS Blanco recalls
10 Ia
draws nearer from the east and Rodriguez
and Diaz from the west. They all expect
that the United States will declare war.
The moment that happens they will mass
their forces and cooperate with the Unit
ed States fleet. Havana will fall and Cuba
will be free
Congressman 10 Inspect.
Chicago, March "a special to the
Journal from Washington says:
Senators Thurston of Nebraska. Calm
ger of New Hampshire, Money of Missis-
sippi, Gray of Delaware, Burrows of Mich
igan, and Congressman Amos Cummings
of New York will leave Washington at
once for Fortress Monroe, where they will
go aboard Henry M. Flagler's vessel and
take a cruise to Cuba.
Time enough will be spent there TO thor
oughly investigate, in an unofficial capac-
ity, the conditions as they exist. The
Maine, as she lies dismantled and sinking
in the mud, will be thoroughly inspected
and witnesses examined. After this it is
said, a visit will be made to the inland.
The party is made up of conservatives
as well as nronouoced DrO-C uban MON.