The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-22
'0men Have Been Benefited by Mrs. Pinkham' sAdvice and Medicine

A MllllOn WOnleQ nave Been BencT1CeQI
Havana, March 1s.-Don Francisco
de Los Santos Guzman, to whom Wey-
ler's alleged letter was said to ave
been addressed, denies that he ever re-
cived such a letter. Francisco DiaZ.
the newspaper reporter who is alleged
to have given the letter to a Jorunal
correspondent, denies all knowledge of
it.
New Orleans, March 1S.-The crew of
the filibuster Dauntless, seventeen in
all, finding their occupation gone by the
seizure Of the boat Joined the United
States aVy today.
THE VESUVIUS GOES TO WASH
INGTON.
Washington, March 18.-The report
that the Vesuvius had been sighted
early in the day coming through the
Virginia capes headed for Washington,
gave rise to the rumOr that h was
bringing the report OF the naval board
of inquiry to Washington. This how
ever, could not be confirmed from any
official source. AT the navy depart
ment it was admitted that the Vesuv-
Jus was bound for Washington, but
it was explained that she was coming
merely for repairs to her II
ut was denied that she had on board
any mi of the naval board or that
h was carrying the report of that
body. The Vesuvius did not Ia
Washington tonight, bat it was report
ed at the navy-yard that she anchored
off the government proving grounds ait
Indian Head about 8 O'Clock, where
h was met by the big navy-yard tug
Triton, which returned to the yard
about 9 O'Clock p. m. 1t was denied
that the Triton brought any one from
the V~esuvius to Washington.
Secretary Long went to bed at 9
O'Clock, with strict orders not to be
disturbed, and Assistant Secretary of
State Day spent the evening at the
theatre, stopping for a few minute
! only at the White house, where he had
a talk with the president in the pres
ence of the other members Of the fam
lily.
THE SPANISH FLOTILLA.
The navy department. has the follow
ing list of the Spanish torpedo f1otilla
now halted at the Canary islands: Tor
pedo boat d~estrOyers Terror, Furor and
Pluton, each of $50 tons and a speed of
twenty-eight knots. Torpedo boats
AEON, 127 tons, % knots; Ragor, 12O
tons, % knots; Ariste, 12S tons, % knots
and Cuidad de Cadiz, 12O tons, % knots.
WHAT SENATOR GALLINGER SAW
IN CUBA.
Senator GaNinger was at the capitol
today for the first time since his re-
turn from Cuba. When requested to
make a statement as to his observa-
tions on the condition of affairs On
that island, he responded: You can
sign my name to any picture you may
draw of utter wretchedness, destitu-
ton and hellishness in that country.
TVna pOn6itjnn of q affairs c, for q @ r hoJ
opportunity to observe it and [ was
only in avana and Matanzas, is sim
ply understandable. With reference to
the military aspect of. affairs in Cuba.
l saw nothing which impressed ME with
the idea that Spain knows much about
modern warfare. The soldiers l saw
are not drilled as our soldiers are.
Indeed, they lack every element Of
soldiery bearing, whatever may be said
of their merits as fighters. The drills
that l witnessed were a traveSty or
modern ideas. While they were under
going their evolutions the soldiers were
talking to each other and smoking as
freely and unconcernedly as they
would do in their mess rooms. Natural
ly there was much talk about tha
Maine disaster, and 50 far as I could
ascertain from my conversation with
Americans and with those not entirely
under the influence of the Spaniards,
the opinion was universal that the
Maine a zen destroyed by an ex-
ternal agency, and almost every per-
son with whom / discussed the subjec,
In Cuba expects that the findings Oh
the American court of inquiry will
s~ubstantiate this view"
Havana, March 1S.-Circulars have
, been sent to the alcades of about 200
towns in Cuba. notifying them of the
new methods of relief, and also setting
forth that corn meal
to one pound per day per capita We AID
be the first supply sent.
GRAVES OF THE VICTIMS DECO
RATED.
Visitors to the Colon cemetery find
the graves of the dead of the Maine
! decorated with many flowers, while
from the central place of sepulture
waves a long streamer of red and vel
low, with an inscription showing that
the decoration and flowers were placed
there by the sailors Of the Austrian
warship Donau, "In memor OF our ur
fortunate fellow sailors Of the Unitet
States ship Maine"
=. One Spanish and four American
divers have been working on the wreck
? today.
= This afternoon two bodies were re