The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

Y5lTonso, which had been nchore near,
was moved TO a safe distance away;
second, the fact that not once since the
day Of the eexploSion has any seaman
or marine from the Alphonso been al
lowed to go ashore The only infer
9 &c is that the officials are afraid the
sailors might become intoxicated and
ALI too much"
Colonel Chado has come TO New York
for medical and surgical treatment. his
right arm, side. and leg being paralyz-
ed from ~privation. exposure, and a
wound. He is a native Cuban and one
of the most active of the insurgents.
His wife and three grown children
still remain in Havana. He has served
as surgeon general under General
CaliXto Garcia for the past three years
LATEST HAPPENINGS IN HA-
VANA.
Havana, March 21.-General Spando
and Saliedo, ii is announced at the PAL
ace today, continue advancing with
considerable forces Of all arms toward
Puerto Principe.
The insurgents on Saturday night
dynamited the iron railroad bridge near
Madruga, province Of MatanZaS, partly
destroying the structure and last night
they destroyed with dynamite a culvert
between Robes and Madruga.
The United States consul at Sagua Ia
Grande, Walter B. Barker. in a letter
just received here, says he is not sui
fering from ervou p~roStration, but Is
in fine health and spirits, owing TO the
food supplies which are at last on hand
and sufficient to afford relief" Mr..
Barker adds: A consul, or ex-con-
sui, I will continue here, giving all the
aid in my power to these people, who
have won all my sympathies."
The surrender is in this
province of the inSurgent colonel Gull
lermo Sabato and Major Alberto Du-
busche, with eight unarmed insurgents.
divers are working to clear a pas
sage to the 10 inch magazine aft, in
order to remove the ammunition, but
a strong shore breeze, which has been
blowing daily for a fortnight, somewhat
delays the work all around.
The cruiser Alfonso XII is ready to
occupy the floating dock and TO be
cleared.
Captain Sigsbee and Lieutenant Com
mander Cowles entertained Consul
General Lee, Special Commissioner
Klopsch and Mrs. Klopsch this morn
ing at breakfast on the Fern.
Politics and the election mex month
are occupying local attention, to the
expulsion of most other topics, but the
cities and towns outside of Havana are
preparing for functions in aid Of the
Spanish naval fund.
Today seventy officers and 600 soldiers
who are on the sick list returned to
Spain.
Tomorrow morning Bishop Manuel
Trutos, of Havana, will consecrate the
Lee ~Orphanage, of which DR.. Lesser
and his wife are to have charge. The
institution will do an admirable work.
CONSUL Conaro1 Loo avpaatS IN no nrpS-
emit at the conservation.
Reports from MatanZas say that the
governor has postponed consideration
of the resignation Of members of the
relief committee. In spite of the fact
that more than $4,000 has been set
aside for the relief of the reconcentra-
dos there, it is said that many of the
sick have neither medicines nor milk.
There is a sharp rivalry among men,
beers of the relief committee.
Ell Core says that at the end of 1894,
there were on file in the Spanish navy
department 5000 petitions of men who
desired to enlist and that in case wal
broke put now the number ready for
enlistment would be found to exceed
200, 900.
WASHINGTON CITY DEFENSES.
Washington, March 21.-The prep
u dllOIlS uOI LIZ uCIcIISC vi IL ~
capital have been practically complet-
ed, so far as it's approach by water is
concerned. The battery at Sheridan's
Point, on the Potomac just above
Mount Vernon, is now completely man
ned, and will prove a powerful auxili-
airy to the main battery at Fort Wash
ington, on the opposite shore Of the
river carer this city. A garrison was
established at Fort Washington sew
eral months g 1t consists of a de-
tachment of h Fourth artillery from
Washington barracks, under command
of Captain Howe. The work of build
ing the emplacements and mounting
the guns at Sheridan'S Point was com
pleted only a short time ago and its
establishment as a post was accom-
plished only within the past few days
when battery K, of the Fourth artil-
lery, arrived there from Fort Monroe
and went into camp. There are sixty
five men in the detachment under COM
| mand of George G. Greenough, of the
| Fourth artillery.
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE.
An important conference was held in
the office of the secretary of war today
in regard to the fertilization Of Tortu-
gas harbor. There were present Sec
rotary Alger, Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt, of the navy department;
General Miles, General Wilson, chief Of
engineers, and Colonel Henry NJ. Rob
ert, corps of engineers. A troublesome
question has arisen in connection with
the proposed system of fertilization at
TortugaS. The engineer officers who
have been investigating the matter es-
innate that it will cost about 81, 900, 600
and take nearly two years to put the
island in a prope state of defense from
sea attack, and Secretary Alger and
his associates hesitate to embark on an
undertaking of that extent, unless the
navy department considers the work
absolutely necessary. Definite action
was postponed in order to give Secre-
tary Long an opportunity to investi-
gate the matter further and report as
to the advisability of the proposed en-
gineering works at this outpost of the
United States.
NEW CRUISERS RENAMED.
Secretary Long has issued an order
today THAT the Amazonas, the cruiser
recently purchased at New C~astle-on-
Tyne, from the Brazilian government,
hereafter shall bear the name OF New