The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-19

Havana, Dec. 1S.-The Spanish evac-
uation commissioners informed the
American commissioners this evening
that the Havana suburbs Of Ccrro and
Jesus del Monte had been evacuated.
The Spanish troops left Jesus del Mon
te at o'clock this evening, immediate
ly after which American and Cuban
flags were raised, crackers were fired,
and the usual demonstrations made by
the large crowds in honor of the event.
At the hour Of fling this dispatch, g
p. m. it is reported that some of the
troops of the Cuban general, Mario Ne
nocal, are entering Jesus del Monte.
Probably the United States forces viii
be sent there tomorrow.
The suburb of CerrO was evacuated
yesterday American and Cuban flass
were displayed from the houses on Cal
zada del CerrO. and crowds rushed
through the streets shouting ''Viva
Cuba LibTe!
AT $50 last evening a crowd of Gu
bans Of the lower class passed a bar
| racks of engineers on the Infanta ave-
nue.. shouting, Long live Cuba! and
Death to Spainr' and firing shots into
the air, in celebration Of the evacuation
of Cerro. The engineers did not fire,
but the guard was doubled.
The crowd then passed on from the
Calzada eel Monte to the Calzada del
Cerro, stopping the street-cars and
/ compelling passengers to shout. Viva
Cuba Librer' Among the demonstrat-
ors were a number of butchers. who
carried pistols and knives. Jose Gan
cedo and his cousin, Teodoro Huertis,
who We're on the cars, We're wounded
with knives. Gancedo died today and
Huertis will probably die.
Later the crowd met some engineers
at the Esquina de TEXAS and fired Upon
| them, seriously wounding one. The en-
| gineers returned the fire, wOunding a
street-car conductor. a civilian, Isidoro
Bazols, and John Leonard, a colored
man.
The rioting continued. many shots
being fred in front of the Casa de So
corro, where the wounded were as
sisted.
Spanish soldiers were ordered to the
scene and arrived about 8 o'clock. As
they were marching through Cerro they
were fired upon by men concealed be
hind pillars. One Spanish private fell
wounded, and the battalion fired into
the air to scare the rioters. On resum-
ing their march, they were again fired
upon and another man was hit The
Spaniards then fired and dispersed the
rioters.
Among the wounded was q coIored
woman, and it is also reported that
there were several others. The riOting
/ caused great alarm in Cerro and along
the Calzada, del Monte, where all the
houses have kept closed doors since last
night.
General Claus called on General Cas-
teIlanOs this afternoon by appointment,
to bring to the IatteT'S notice the ac-
tion of the Havana municipality in at
. ) tempting to hastily negotiate. during
the last days of Spanish control, a
sewer contract involving the city In an
indebtedness of millions of dollars. The
project underlying the contract was ap-
! proved by the municipality last Fri
day. without sufficient examination an6
the contract was to be executed at the
next meeting of the council, tomorrow
l morning.
General CastellanOs expressed his
surprise, asserting that he had received
no previous intimation of the cOntem-
, plated action. and thanked Genera
Claus for informing him regarding {
: proposal which was entirely without
his sanction and opposed to his direc-
tions and desires.
He promptly announced that his sec.
retary would inform the civil govern
rnent and the municipal authOritie:
r that no contracts of this nature mus
be entered upon, and that whatever
had been done in this line must be an
nulled.