Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-24
NAMES MEDICAL RECORD.
\ Brine-FIavOred Tome-Tribute 10
DIR. Heneberger.

lhe navy Department to-day in the shape
OF water-stained and brine-havored
package enclosing the medical journal
OF the Maine This document came
through Consul-General Lees mail-pouch
to the state Department instead Of
through the mails. from which it was
probably barred by its weight.
The officials say the package must
have been under water for days from
ITS appearance, and IL still bears evi-
dence Of that fact. besides having an un-
pleasant, brackish Odor. The blue-mark
lines ruled on the paper by the govern
ment printing Office are nearly faded
out, but the reading in the journal. in
the metallic ink used by the navy, is
clear and distinct.
OF course there is nothing in the book
bearing upon the disaster, but 1t is a
tribute to the methodical habits Of Sur
geOn Heneberger. the Names medical
officer, that the record was brought up
TO the last moment before the wreck Of
the ship, the last entry being February
18th.
No orders have yet gone out to the big
dOuble-turreted monitor Terror, so that
the situation as to her remains as il did
yesterday, when Secretary Long stated
tlidA Snb WdS Dtin6 iciu lpl a.
Norfolk
SENSATIONS soUELCHED.
Consul-General Lee in the course Of
friendly talk in Habana with Americans,
may have expressed he view that there
are at present other places more desira-
bic as resorts for persons who have no
particular business there than HaDana'
but the State Department authorizes the
announcement that it has not yet been
advised that he has either officially or
semi-officially delivered himself of any
expression on the subject.
The Spanish legation also discredits re-
ports that General Lee has given any
such warning. and it is also said at the
department that no message has Deeh
conveyed to the owners of American yes
sells at New Orleans or elsewhere thal II
would not be safe for them TO Visit Cu-
ban ports at this time
The battleship Texas and the SuhpoaI
Nashville will leave Galveston, rex to-
dav for Key West, where they VIII re-
ioin the other vessels Of Admiral Sicard
SQUADRON at that point. No orders Tor
this movement were sent by the Navy
Department, as it is stated that II IS III
accordance with the orders gwen seVerdi
weeks ago. by which the two ships were
directed to remain at Galveston from
i'm the Mardi Gras celebration there, ana
return TO Key West on the latter DATE
This was before the Maine disaster, 80
that the present movement is SAID 10
have no possible significance as REGARDS
the recent occurrence.
sICARD's DISABILITY.
The noon mail brought to Secretary
Long letter from Admiral Sicard, at
Kew West. The Admiral wrote that ne
had not vet recovered his health, ana
yvould be unable to go TO sea win the
SQUADRON. He will remain on shore at ms
hotel I'm Key West. and retain commapo
OF the squadron from that place, so long
as it remains in harbOr there rellnqulsh-
ing ii only when it becomes necessary 1or
the vessels to go to sea as a squaoroh'
should the squadron be Obliged 10 90
IN sea with the Admiral i'll at Key West,
and the senior officer of his fleet, Captain
SAMPSON, engaged in the investigation at
Habana. probably the command or 'he
SQUADRON would devOlve upon Captain
Taylor, now commanding the battiesnip
and commonly regarded
as one of the brightest and brainiest OIL
GERS in the naval service.
simultaneously with the departure OF
the Texas and the Nashville from Gal
weston and Key West, the Marblehead
will leave Mobile for Key West. ~nese
are also part Of the orders
given early this month, before the Maine
disaster.
The Montgomery is also due at Key
West. having left San Domingo for Key
West on the 10th.
The result will be TO bring together
again the large number Of vessels under
Admiral Sicard at Key West and the
immediate vicinity-of the cruiser New
York. now at Tortugas; the Indiana the
the Marblehead' the
Montgomery. the Nashville. &c. The Du- |
,ont is i'm dry-dock at Mobile, and may |
,ot he ready for some days. The Brook !
vn IS also cruising in the West Indies !
A. nresent. en- route from st. Thomas for |
Vera Cruz.
Ar the Spanish legation affairs have re- |
,umed their normal aspect. Senor Du |
posc has received no reports Of any |
character concerning the Maine OF the |
,rogress being made by the Spanish au-
horities at Habana in investigating the
occurrence
PATRIOTIC LITTLE GIRL.
notwithstanding Roosevelt to-day re-
.eived a postai-order for 81 from the Eve
ling POST Publishing Company OF BRUCE
,or't. Conn, with a statement eXplainlhs
hat IL was sent ny d P"Nf- -,
. Ierideeport. Conn. who desired 10 help |
ome other little girl, orphaned by the
Iisaster to the Maine. The girls name Is
AHA Cook. 80,
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt wrote an |
of the receipt OF the |
,ono,, ia the editor of the Bridgeport |
evening post. and said: Through you
yant TO thank little Lalla COOK Tor her
tft and TO say that it shall be used Just
6 she desires. and that the people In the
90, ore clad that the little American |
srl should have thought Of the children
4 the American sailors. who were drown
n while doing their duty"
A meeting of the wives Of the chiefs OF
bureaus OF the Navy Department was
nola at tho office Of the Secretary OF the
,Javv at 1890 o. o'clock this morning 10 oe-
Use means for the relief Of the families
~ the sailors who lost their lives by the
wreck of the Maine.
THE newspapers Of the city were re-
,uested TO state that all persons deslrihs
n contribute 10 this fund should com
nunicate with Mrs. Stewart. at l5lo Ne"
Hampshire avenue.
form OF circular inviting Contributions
was submitted and approved, ana COPIES
Vere ordered to be sent TO all navy-yards
md naval stations and all vessels Oh the
navy. ..,.,o5 .he
Secretary Long this evening received .he
ollowing telegram from Admiral slca.u H'
.sKev West, February S.-Long' SER
ary OF Navy: Right Arm arrived al -
ana this morning Captain Masee s,' svei'o 10
q be an experienced man. VINO VIII %
bile 10 give good advice. captain oalnp
on wires me condition Of wreck Is such