The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-11-03
CUBAN ASSEMBLY MEETS
The Cradle Of the Islands Irde.
pendence Is the Desolate Fishing
Village of Santa Cruz.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM HAVANA.
Last Link of spanish Military and Social
Life In Havana soid-admirai sampson
wants the ve.uvius Sent to Havana as =
Precaution Against an Outbreak-Am-
pie Revenues for Federal Expenses

New York, Oct GA dispatch TO
the Herald from Santiago, Cuba, says:
The cradle of Cuban independence is
the desolate fishing village of Santa
Cruz, place with only 400 inhabitants
on the shores OF the Caribbean sea.
An old store is the Faneuil hall OF the
new republic. There the Cuban as
sembly was called together for the
first session on October "a. There are
eight deputies from each of the six
! corps of the Cuban army. The assem-.
bly, will appoint a commission to con-
suit with President Mckinley in re-
gard to the state of affairs in Cuba.
The commission will go to Washing
ton to see what can be done about dis.
missing the army. One thing is cer-
tain, the organization of the army will
remain as IL is until the commission
makes its report The commission will
endeavor to make some arrangement
by which the army will receive some
pay before dissolution in order to
avoid brigandage. Food and water
are scarce in Santa Cruz and the as
sembly will probably adjourn in a
week to meet in Mariana, a suburb
of Havana, where provisi ons and water
are more plentiful The assembly will
remain in session at one place or
another until a new government Is
formed by a general election.
Items of News from Havana.
New York, Oct GA dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says: The
American commission has rented a
large house in the rear of the trocha
which will be fitted up as a hospital,
where any persons in ill-health in the
future may receive proper care. With
the sale of the Circulo Miltar snapped
almost the last link OF Spanish mill
tary and social life in Havana. For Is
years IL was the home of officers and
was presided over by each succeeding
captain general, Blanco being it's last
honorary president 1t is worthy of
remark in noting the change in the
situation that the purchase will make
the old home of the Circulo Militar an
American Cuban club, filled with the
soldiers and officers whose uniforms
give Havana a Kaleidoscope appear
ance. Work upon the pier at Mariana,
where the first troops and stores are
to be landed, begins Monday. Work
on piers and warehouses at Mariet will
begin soon unless it is decided that the
wreck of the Alfonso XII. at the
mouth of the harbor is found to make
the entrance unsafe for transports.
Hospitals and a warehouse will be at
once constructed in the Guanabacoa
hills.
Fears an Outbreak.
Washington, Oct. 90. Admiral
Sampson has requested the navy de.
partment to send the Vesuvius to Ha-
vana. He desires the presence OF the
Vesuvius az precaution against any
outbreak on the part of either the
Spanish soldiery or the Cubans Ad-
miral Sampson asks for the Vesuvius
because he has learned since his ad-
vent to Cuba that of all the warships
of the American navy, the Vesuvius is
the one which strikes the greatest ter
ror to the minds and hearts of both
the Spaniards and the Cubans.
Ampis Revenues for Federal Expenses.
Washington, Oct 29.-Ample rev.
enues for the payment of federal ex-
penses and the maintenance of gar
risons seem likely to be derived from
the customs duties in Cuba, if the ccl-
lections thus far afford a test. dis
patch from Santiago states that $780,
900 will be collected in customs duties
during the month of October. This
does not appear to be a large item in
itself, but as it is at the rate of 81, 200,-
600 at that port it is believed that the
restoration of order and the develop
ment of trade will increase the amount
to 81, 500, 900 per year.