The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-11

HAVANA, March 10.-Capt. Con-
verse, Of the United States cruiser
Montgomery, in company with Consul
General Lee, called on Capt. Gen.
Blanco today and was received cor
daily and courteously.
The United States naval court Of in
quiry Is quietly continuing its work
and its members are as secretive as
usual. So far as can be judged there
have been no important developments
recently.
The Spanish divers avoid the noon
day heat, working in the morning and
evening.
Two divers were examined by the
American court Of inquiry today as to
their recent observations at the wreck
The work Of wrecking appears very
slow. If any real progress is made it
Is scarcely apparent from day to day.
Still it is hoped that when the upper
debris has been removed to the barge
more bodies will be recovered.
1t may be, however. that the last
body retaining a shape recognizable
as human has been removed from the
Maine.
The officers and men of the Mont
gomery are still refused shore leave.
They devote much time to drill and
setting up exercises, the latter excit-
ing much interest, especially to the
tactics are quite different
Consul General Lee called today on
Capt. Converse of the Montgomery.
The congressional tourists are likely
to remain ten days or a fortnight. as
the health regulations would prevent
an earlier departure, even if desired
Zen O'Clock tomorrow morning has
been fixed as the time for the call of
ceremony on Gen. Blanco.
Inc Spanish court of inc,1irv will
make its decisions public as soon as
reached s.:sTl =? =, sisia -,
Mr.: Bissell, stenogfapher Of the court
OF inquiry, has gone. to Key West. Both
oIflclal stenographers have now left the
court and it has only temporary
clerk. Ih1s leads many here to think
that It's work is practically done and
that it will return to Key West on or
before Saturday.
AS an indication Of the estimate mt
upon the ViZcaye and the AIniranta
Oquendo, sister ships, by naval officers
mere remark one Of them made TODAY
Is worth reporting. The officer was
standing with this correspondent on
the quay watching the ViZcaya as she
swung with the tide.
yes, he observed quietly, "she is a.
beautiful ship. but too big a. mari,
The Iowa, for instance, could not miss
her with single shot at reasonable
lighting range, and would be likely to
olow her boilers out in7 the first ten
minutes" yeF Al
The same officer said: ~ "The Pe1avo
is a really formidable battleship. but
smaller and less dangerous than our
Massachusetts" G"H
There is some talk here to the effect
that the American government has ar
ranged for laying a 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 all sorts of weather., .
Henri Lame, the. newspaper CORE
spondent, was not compelled to leave
the country because of newspa per
work. but because of written charges
accompanied by alleged full proof fur
nished to the autopomist government
by Senior Bruzon, governor of Havana
province. that he and others were in
voIved in the conspiracy responsible
for locating twenty-five dynamite
bombs at various points in Havana.
NEW YORK, March 1O-A special
from Key West says: Among the pas
sengers on the Olivette from Havana
To-Day was Senator Proctor, Of Yer
mont, who has been making a study OF
Cuba and Cubans. With him was Col
M. M Parker. of Washington. AS
soon as Senator Proctor had registered
he sent up his card to Admiral Sicard
He was shown to the admiraPs room
and was closeted with him for two
hours.
Col. Parker said: Every American
In Cuba is watched as though he were
criminal. The Spariards hate us and
do not hesitate to say so.
Every one in Havana knows that
the Maine was blown up. Spaniards
no longer deny it. They do not seem
to be very sad over it, either
Are we going to have war? Well, If
we don't 1 shall be surprised"