The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-03-22

n.rative. Those who nave ,:.od
- r., tbe intervention of the tnileu
-. will be necessary To prevent o"'-
a,c which will disgrace civhi%a''
- ,Lso IN protect American cltlzchs Il"
Cuba. from
Tnder the circumstances. news h"
~ .,oue of the conference Is a""i''
berc with the greatest Anxiety ,,.
~ sn;te of official and other deniliS'
Iol;ored that serious troubles lo.
Sn,;n in Porto Rico are imminent ~"
:. :, asserted Though rhe report can
no verified at present. that 'Hol
Sn,uish cruiser Nizcaya when sne ie',
Havana. will go to Porto hlco' III ~
to strengthen the hands OF the soeA
mcnt officials there. o-lav
Troops left MatanZas city ses.eIua.
10 make a ~reconnoIsallcc OF ~ ~,
.n,st TO the eastern extremity Oh ny
island.
Mis- Clara Barton. after calling upon
c,ntain General Blanco. at his suSS,~-
tion visited the heads Of the colohi',
government. The autonolllStS treated
her with such StlngulSh couI''HS
that She broachc1 to them the >upJs''
of the allotment of lands TO poor ou
hams engaging To furnish their houses
from America and also to Supcrlnt'1b
any colonies thu formed. Miss BARTON
was told that the mater world De cur
fully considered. After Shc ~
the officials sad:
I've are Spanish: does she thlhk >hc
.,r make Yankees Of US: Her desire
mnst he TO Americanizc the Creolcs.
Al = meeting held at the palace yes
terday of the committee appointed 10
secure funds for the Spanish Navy.
Captaiu General BEancu was elected
president. He said he would use all OF
his Influence to induce the officials, mill
tary. civil and municipal. TO MAKE
monthly contributions to augment lne
Naval fund. The function IN AID or the
Navy which takes place Tonight al lle
Tacon theatre will. it is believed. real
ize more than y III goa. rol q
single admission to the gallery q cigar
manufactures of Havana paid Sl,-oo.
The smallest price for general admission
is $40 in gold.
News of the result OF the interview
between General Pando and other del
ecates and General CaliXto Garcia.
senior Nasso. President of the Cuban
Republic and other insurgent leaders
is anxiously awaited here. There IS no
change in the belief held by the best
nosted men that all the propositions
looking 10 inc IdSuIiS uoNh " $500
arms by the insurgents were rejected.
There is no doubt that a conference was
held. but. owing to the distance from
Havana and also to the poor mail IA
cilities the result is not yet known.
Meanwhile all military operations III
that part of Santa Clara province has
been suspended.
PANDO NOT CAPTURED.
Havana. March 19.-The report circu-
lated here that General Pando, the
Spanish commander in Cuba, had been
captured by the insurgent General
Calixto Garcia, is untrue. According to
the latest advices General Pando had
left Ciego de Avila and was pro
ceeding to the eastward, probably with
Puerto Principe as his destination.
One six inch gun and a valuablc cable
were recovered to-day from the wreck
of the Maine. The bodies Of two of the
Maine victims were sent to Key West
this afternoon on the steamer Olivctte.
Chaplain Chadwick is revising the list
of the bodies thus far taken from the
wreck. He inclines to the belief that d
larger number has been recovered than
has been stated. but will know positively
as to this in a few days.
In u semi-satirical editorial entitled
\ for Humanity" La Lucha to-day
refers to that fact that Spain is enter
tanning the people with a carnival and
{; Cuba is deeply interested in the com
/. ing elections. while the United States
seems to be entirely devoted to humani-
: ty. The editorial says the relief work
is so widespread and so greatly varied
here that it is impossible not to suspect
/, that there is some other motive for i
than charity, and hints at a desire t.
: Amcricanizc Cuba.
! The paper says of Miss Barton's offer
to build houses for the sufferers that
in time these might grow into Yankee
: colonies with the stars and stripes float.
: ing from each house, The editorial j
= written in Il good humored tone.