The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-19
THE EVACUATION COMMISSION,
LII VIII BE February Before All the Span
iards Leave Cuba.


Havana, Sept. IS, evening.-Rumors
that have been put into circulation to
the erect that General Wade, president
or the evacuation commission is i'll with
yellow fever, may be denied absolutely.
General Wade is looking the picture of
health. He breakfasted this morning
| with his staff at the Louvre restaurant.
Tomorrow the commissioners and their
| entire staff will remove to the Trocha
| MOTEL at Nevado, which has been put in
| excellent sanitary condition. The gen.
eral health on board the steamer Rcso-
lutte is good.
An official meeting of the Spanish
! commission to evacuate was held last
| night to consider the form of evacuation
by the Spanish troops and with the OBJ
Ject OF acquainting the Americans with
the positions and number of Spanish
| soldiers and the best method of en-
barking them.
This afternoon there were sent on
board the Resolute sealed documents
supposed to contain the statement of
/ the results of last nights conference 1t
is understood that it is proposed to start
| the evacuation from east to west en-
| barking the troops at the ports of Gil
| bara, Nuevitas, Cienfuegos and Havana
The official statement of the number
of Spanish soldiers in the island is said
TO place the aggregate at a hundred
is proposed the men can carry with
them their arms, ammunition, material
and equipments.
1t is estimated that the end of Feb
ruary will have come before the evacu-
alton of the island is completed. The
soldiers must embark in Spanish YES
sells. 1t is suggested that this will be
an advantage to both countries, the
United States having an opportunity to
acclimate its men during the winter
months. and 1t is proposed that the
American government shall land troops
to occupy each port simultaneously with
its evacuation, not leaving any port un-
guarded at any time.
At the Tacon theater last night there
was produced a play based upon the
Dreyfus trial, in which Dreyfus was
portrayed throughout as an innocent
victim OF conspiracy in the French
army. From the start the sympathy of
the audience for Dreyfus was manifest
ed. -Four Frenchmen, one of whom is
supposed to have been an officer of the
French gunboat Fulton, now lying in
the harbor, occupied a box in the first
tier. All of them carried boatswains |
whistles, and at the first insinuation !
against the honesty Of the trial they |
began to blow the whistles and 10 Loud |
ly hiss the players. A scene of inde- |
scribable tumult followed, the entire au- |
utaleIlSe OF DfeNIuS. Inc
Frenchmen were forcibly elected and /
the performance was continued without /
further interruption. One of the French
men, who was thought to be an officer
of the Fulton, refused to give his name
at the station house to which the party
was taken after being elected from the
theater and was locked up over night
General Blanco has prohibited the fu-
ture production Of the play in Havana
A difference of opinion between a Gu
ban and Spanish officer in a prominent
cafe here this morning resulted in an
exchange of abusive language and a
free fight. The disturbance was prompt
ly quelled by the police and the ring
leaders were arrested. The disorder is
said to have been provoked by the Gu
ban.
This afternoon a secret meeting Of the
officers of the Spanish warships now in
port was held at the admiral's palace.
The object Of the meeting is supposed
to have been the consideration OF the
question of returning 70 Spain, what
vessels and what portion Of the arma-
nent should be taken and what left.