The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-20
SAMPSON COMING SOON
ADMIRAL AND HIS WIFE LEAVE HA-
VANA ON THE NEW YORK.
Cruiser Brooklyn i'm the HarbOr of
the Cuban CapitaI-The Cincin-
natl AAOat at Santiago.

HAVANA Dec. 19.-The United States or
mored cruiser Brooklyn, Captain Francis
Cook, which left Old Point Comfort on Dec.
15 arrived here this afternoon. The United
States transport Saratoga, from Charleston
Dec. II, has also arrived. The steamer Still
water has arrived from New Orleans with
timber consigned to the quartermaster.
The steamer Gallart has sailed for Santan-
der, Spain, with SO officers and LAO men, and
the steamer Cheribon has sailed for Valen-
cia Spain, with 63 officers and 500 men.
General Butler paid a visit of courtesy
to Captain General Castelanos this morning.
Crowds of people of the lower class at
Cerro, the evacuated suburb of Havana, in
vaded the residence or an ex-police official
named Prim with the intention of lynching
him. Prim escaped through the rear of the
house. Other officials were also threatened
with lynchlng. AT Pueblo Neuvo and other
places last night unknown persons fired sew
eral shots at the Spanish sentinels.
Cuban forces have entered the evacuated
towns of Calabazar and Santiago de Las
Vegas, this province, and have hoisted the
Cuban flag.
General Greene has approved ex-Chief
John McCullaghs plan to organize a police
force of a thousand men on the model Of
the New York system formerly under Nc
Cullagh's superintendent. Clubs and re-
volvers have been ordered from New York,
and to-day the selection of men was begun
by Colonel Moulton and ex-Chief McCullagh.
A detective bureau will be a feature of the
organization
General Castallenos will turn the palace
over to the United States authorities thor
oughly cleaned. The interior has been par
TALLY repainted, and new plumbing has been
put in for the benefit of the Americans.
General Greene went to Pinar del Rio in
his private car yesterday on visit to Gen.
Davis commander of the military depart
ment of Pinar del Rio. To-day he left with
General Davis and the latter's staff Tor
Guanajay, the headquarters of the TWO
hundred and-second New York regiment. AT
Artemisa they were received by the Cuban
General Diaz, who gave them breakfast
at which complimentary speeches were
made. The Americans then drove northWard
across the country to Guanajay.
The United States special postal commits
sion, sent from Washington to examine into
and reorganize the Cuban postal service,
called to-day upon General Wade and Col.
Clous and obtained data with respect to
service in this part of the island. The COM
mission will go to Pinar del Rio next.
To-day the Spanish evacuation colhlllS-
sioners. furnished the Americans with COM
plete inventory of the immovable public
property of Spain in Cuba.
A company of regular infantry will leave
tomorrow for Cardenas, where the COM
manding officer will take charge of the GUS
tom houses The United States troops this
morning took charge of Cerro and Jesus
del Monte, the Havana suburbs while a
detachment took possession of the Castillo
warehouses and the public property there.
Admiral and Mrs. Sampson sailed at sun
down for the United States on board the
armored cruiser New York, Mrs Sampson
going with the admiral by special permits
sion of Secretary Long.
Colonel Brown, of the Tenth Volunteers,
at Trinidad, province of Santa Clara, re-
ports that the sanitary condition Of the
town is excellent and that the health of his
men is good
w r. Carter, editor of the Metropolis, OF
Jacksonville Fla, who has just arrived here
from Cienfuegos, says that when he left
there on Dec. IA anonymous placards had
been posted saying: Blood will be shed on
Dec. "a. The Spanish asserted that the
pacards were put up by Cubans, While the
latter, in turn, accused the Spaniards. The
transport Whitney arrived this evening from
Tampa.