Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-26
CHRISTMAS EVE ROISTERERS BE-
COME DiSORDERLY.
CHARGED UPON BY CAVALRY.
RUMOR THAT SCOVELL HAD BEEN
HANGED IS UNTRUE.
Condition of the Concentrates rs Fit-
ifuI NOv rs 1t Was During Wey-
Icr's Time-Insurgents Are
Operating in Havana
Province.

Havana, Dec. 25.-As is customary here on
Christmas eve large crowds of Spaniard5
assembled in Central park and indulGed in
dancing singing and other forms of amuse-
ment. y large number of those present,
becoming intoxicated. began to make DEM
ontratioi.s and shout Viva WeyIer.' viva
EsHdna." Viva union constitucionai.'
Down with autonomy. and other dis
turbing cries. The police were summoned
and. upon their arrival. ordered the crowd
to disperse. No attention was paid to their
orders. and, the officers being reinforced.
guards Were stationed in all the avenues in
the vicinity of the park. In the mean
while. the groups in the park continued
their shouting and demonstration. COM
peiling the cavalry. detachment of which
had been summoned TO the scene. TO charge
upon them. saber in hand and disperse
them Several OF the police were slightly
injured by stones thrown by the popuIace-
Eight arrests were made, but no shots
fired.
Rumors which have been circulated here
that Sylvester Scovell q New York news
paper correspondent, had been hanged by
the insurgents, are untrue. II is reported
that he and Senior Rafael Nadrisal. the
American consul at Sancti SpiritUs We're
the bearers of an important dispatch from
President Mckinley to President Masso
and General Gomez.
Generally Speaking. the condition of the
concentrates is as pitiful as it was during
the administration in the island of General
Weyler, despite Captain General Blancos
relief DEGREES. \ relief fund of s1d@,T0 will
hardly give the sufferers 20 cents each
La Lucha demands that the amounts eX-
pended by municipal authorities for the re-
lief Of the destitute inhabitants be pub
lished.
During the last month numerous rohber-
les and StabbinS anrayS are reported TO
have occurred in Havana These outraSes
are ascribed to the return to Havana from
Ceuta prison of the nanIgoS VINO nave
been pardoned Tor poNtical olIeEStS uilusr
recent DEGREES.
II is officially stated that many cane fields
in Havana province have been burned oy
th@. insurgents.
was at Guanabacoa night before last
\ party of insurgents. IL is reported un-
officially. recently dynamlted Il culNert anu
bridge on the railway between SaSut aEd
Remedies.
1t is reported that in various engage.
ments with the insurgents the forces OF
General Pando have suffered considerable
losses The column for several days was
short of provisions owing to the vigorous
resistance made by the insurgents to the
advance of the Spaniards and the many in-
pediments placed in their way General
Pando's exact losses are not known, Owing
to difficulty OF communication.
Eighty residents of Bejucal, in Havana
province. while foraSfnS n few days ago,
were surprised by a band of insurgents,
who stripped them OF their clothing
The insurgents have burned the cane
fields on TIE estate of Senior Cardenas. at
CalabaZa SagUa.
While a number of insurgents were car
rying a case containing dynamite in tine
province of Puerto Principe the dynamite
exploded. killing seven of the party and
wounding eight others.