Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-12-19
RIOTING AT HAVANA.
Evacuation Of Suburbs is Fol-
lowed by Disturbances.
The Cruiser Cincinnati Hard and Fast
Ashore in Santiago Harbor.
Reports Of More Murders In the Towns
about Santiago.

Havana, Dec. 1S.-The Spanish evac-
uation commissioners informed the
American commissioners, this evening,
that the Havana suburbs Cerro and
Jesus del Monte have been evacuated.
The Spanish troops left Jesus de!
Monte, at o'clock this evening, inn
mediately after which the American
ana Cuban flags We're raised, crackers
fired and the usual demonstrations
made by the cheering crowd in honor OF
the event. At the hour of filing this
dispatch, p NJ, it is reported that
some of the troops of the Cuban gen
eral Marie Menocal are entering Jesus
del Monte. Probably the United
States forces will be sent there. to-
morrow. The suburb of Cerro was
evacuated, yesterday. American and
Cuban flags We're displayed from the
house on the Calzada del Cerro and
crowds rushed through the street,
shouting Viva Cuba Libre.'
About $50 last evening, a crowd OF
Cubans of the lower class passed {.
Quartet Ingeniero barracks of Engi-
neers) of the Infanta Avenue, shout
ing Long Live Cuba" and Death to
Spain and firing shots in the air in
celebration of the evacuation of Cerro.
The Ingenieros did not fire, but the
guard was doubled.
The crowd then passed on from the
CalZada del Monte to the Calzada de.
Cerro, stopping the street cars and
compelling passengers to shout viva
Cuba Libre.'
Among the demonstrators were q
number of butchers who carried PTS
tolls and knives. Jose Gancedo anG
his cousin Teodoro Huertas, who WERE
on the cars were wounded with knives
from the outside. Gancedo died, to-
day, and Huertas will probably die.
Later the crowd met some Ingenieros
at the Esquina de TEXAS and fired up
on them. seriously wounding one. TIL
Ingenieros returned the fire. woundina
street car conductor, a civilian, whS
was hit in the stomach and a colored
man.
The rioting continued. many shot.
being fired in front of the Plaza d
Cocorro, where the wounded We're as
sisted.
Spanish soldiers We're ordered to tn.
scene and arrived about 8 O'Clock.
While marching through Cerro. they
We're 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 re
Stunning their march they were again
fired upon and another man was hiy
The Spaniards then fired and disparsel
the rioters. Among the wounded was
colored woman. and it is also report
ed that there were several others. TIL.
rioting caused great alarm in Cerr,
and along the Calzada del Monte
where all the houses have kept closed
doors since last night.
Gen. Clous called on Gen. Jiminez
Castellanos 't0day, by appointment. +
bring to the latter's notice the action OF
the Havana municipality in attempting
hastily to negotiate. during the last
days of Spanish control, a sewer con
tract involving the city in an Indebted
ness of millions of dollars. The pro-
ject underlying the contract was ap-
proved by the municipality, last Fri
day, without sufficient examination, and
the contract was to 0e executed a the
next meeting of the council. tomorrow.
Gen. Castellanos expressed his sur
prise, asserting that he had received
no previous intimation of the contem-
plated action. and thanked Gen. Clous
for informing him regarding a proposal
which was entirely without his sane
ton and Numerically opposed to his
directions and desires. He promptly
announced that his secretary would in
form the civil governor, Senior Fer
naniez Castro and the municipal au-
thorities that no contracts of this ma
ture must be entered upon and that
| whatever had been done in this line
| must be annulled.
He promised to issue general pro
hibitfon of all proceedings of a like
character during the remainder of his
| term as governor general.