The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-21
Martinique Selected as Rendezvous of
Spanish War Ships That VIII
Convoy the Transports.
POLICE FORCE REORGANlZED
GUARDIANS OF HAVANA ARMED
WITH RIFLES AND MACHETEs.
HOIguin Occupied by Americans and
a Cuban officer Appointed AIcaIde
-ResienatiOns in Porto Rico.

HAVANA, Nov. 90 Captain General
Blanco received from Paris to-day a cable
gram authorizing him to draw on Paris
for 100000 gold to be applied in the pay
ment of the Spanish troops in Cuba. This
! amount is in addition to the proceeds of the
draft for 9425,OO0 sterling by the Madrid gov
ernment on London, which was sold here
last week.
The Spanish authorities are making stren-
uous efforts to complete the evacuation by
the end of the year. The transports Monte
video and Covadonga are expected Nov. "a,
the Reina Cristina on the 18th and the
Grand Antilla, Juan Forgas and San Ignacio
Loyola between Nov. 30 and Dec 4. These
will be followed by the Puerto Rico, Gal
lart Montserrat, Colon, Cheribon, Notre
Dame du Salut, Ciudad de Cadiz, San Au-
gustin, Chateau Lafitte, San Francico,
Alfonso Kill Los Andes, PANEL and Grand
Alicante. Ten other steamers have recently
been chartered to sail from Genoa, Mar
selles and Barcelona to complete the evacu-
alton.
Martinique has been selected as the place
Of rendezvous of the Spanish navy for evacu-
alton purposes. The Spanish auxiliary cruis-
ers Patricia and Meteoro, purchased in
Germany before the outbreak of hostili-
ties, are expected here on Dec. Is. and
will convoy the Spanish transports
from Cuban ports to Martinique.
where the Rapido, Ponce de Leon and
Concha, from Porto Rico have already as
sembled, and from which point all will sail
for Spain.
The remains of Generals Santocildes and
Vara del Rey arrived this afternoon from
the South Coast Railway and were escorted
to the captain generals summer residence,
at Quinta de los Molinos, where they were
deposited pending interment.. Generals
Solano, Marolo and Tejeda, with a number
of other high officers of the army, navy and
volunteer forces, acted as guard of honor.
Representatives of the best Spanish fami-
lies were present to receive the remains.
The temporary interment will take place
tomorrow morning, the bodies being depos-
tied in the mausoleum of the civil governor
until shipped to Spain.
w. w. Mohun one Of the stenographers
attached to the United States evacuation
commission, died last night of pneumonia
The remains were inferred to-day at the
Colon Cemetery.
Il. A. Hauxhurst, agent of the Pan-Amer-
lean Express Company, of Brooklyn, at
tempted suicide this morning by cutting his
throat in the Hotel Inglaterra- His condi-
ton is serious.
The remodeled police force was formally
constituted to-day and armed with rifles
and machetes. 1t will begin active duty
Immediately.
This afternoon thirty-two delegates from
the Cuban assembly at Santa Cruz del Sur
arrived by rail from Batabano, among them
Mendez Capote, Emilio Nunez and other
prominent Cubans.
A matinee concert was given to-day by
the Havana Yacht Club at Playa de Mari
mao in aid of the Cubans. Major General
Butler, Rear Admiral Sampson and other
American officers were present. The func-
ton was great success. American national
airs were introduced into the programme
and loudly cheered.
The gunboat Scorpion arrived this morn
ing from Matanzas. The quartermaster's
ocean tug Britannia has arrived from New
York.