The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-22
THAT HAVANA RIOT
Bad Condition of Affairs Now
Prevails in That City.
PEOPLE STILL STARVING
Necessity of the United States
Sending Aid at Once.

| because the departing forces had bee
ordered to take no back talk" from in
surrectos. By order of lieutenant-colo
mel, whose arm was in = sling, :hos
shots were fired which killed two Cuban.
| and from which one other is at this mo
ment dying. II all began n the TacoI
| Cafe. where, from the most trustwor. hy
| accounts, it appears ;ha: 4 Spanish Off
| Ger said something offensive To a Cuoar
officer. CubanS assert that the Cuban.
began it, but one may have misgivinss
about that. The Spanish, however, fred
the first shot, the Cuban having struck
him with walking-stick Ee fired K a;
the floor, and it did nothing except alarm
the neighborhood. Thence the quarre
crossed the street to the Inglaterra, where
Cubans rendezvous. All the officers in
the Tacon crossed with it, belligerenIly
and drove the Cubans from the Inglaterra
cafe to the Inglaterra diningroom, where
a second and mortal shot pass I'd through
a Cuban and made a clean round hole IN
young men mostly, sonic of them officers
ia iiic pOdHdEu uD stairs.
When Spanish soldiers entered almost i'm
mediately detail followed up to the floors
above. The Cubans had fed to ;he roof,
but on, on the third floor. was late. and
he was shot in the hip by - Sparjhs pri-
vate.
He fell without a sign, then arose and
went to lie upon settee, saying TO one
of General Greenes staff, who came into
the corridor at the sound of firing that
he was hit and would ike A DOCTOR a
surgeon from a recently arrived II; rs
port happened to be wi;f.h call, and he
bound up the wound Meantime taere
was tn Customary wild riot consterna-
ton in neighboring cafes. and ooors had
to be closed. Spanish O:~cars cams from
all directions, afoot and in coaches. Where
was the commanding American officer?
they wanted to know. He was in his
room, where he awaited whoever would
see him. Would he not come down AMI
speak with the Teniente-Colonel? He
was in his room. the answer followed,
awaiting whoever had business with him.
No officer took it upon himself te-can on
General Greene until an aide arrived from
the captain-general. He went dire lily up
stairs. met General Greene in the second
generals compliments and asked for in
formation. There was little information
TO give, except that there was a disturb
ance, and General Greene was curious to
know if measures had been taken TO pre-
serve order in the cii|. pleasures lad
been taken, the aide assured him. and
order would be maintained, "perfec.a-
mente." With that he saluted General
Greene and returned 10 the palace in 2
cab
Between the time of the shooting and
the arrival of the captain generals aide.
the Spanish soldiery had been retired TO
a stree two blocks away Not a Cuban
was to be seen when they started--only
Americans and Spanish soldiers. Except
for these the pavements were deserted
Three soldiers at three different times
came and patted me on the shoulder to
show their amity towards Americans.
Still. some Americans, as well as CT
bans. ran away: and five Of them, officers.
sad TO say. in the blue uniform Of The
United States suddenly disappeared into
the hotel porter'S closet. One could ex-
cuse them only by saying that they We're
"ouartermaster volunteers" for there
was nothing 10 be afraid of. They came
out again when il was quiet: and as the
first troops left the streets. the vanished
Cubans also once more popped into view,
ma gicaly, in swarms. and went 10 the
hotel TO carry away their wounded and
dying. They scowled. while almost Weep
ing; and il was pathetic, in the pulsing
silence. to see them bearing out their
one of the young creole aristO-
Gratis Of the town, look upon his face
that those who had seen battlefiel]s knew
meant the end OF LIN. They Carried hin
or a hotel set;ee 10 his home. where, this
morning, he is dead. and a1oJher besides
Promptly in answer to General Greene's
inquiry as 10 whether the captain-general
to maintain or1er, a battalion
Of regulars and an increased civil guard
arrived in the Parque Central. There
were two fusiladeS. short and sharp: all
the groups Of chattering citizens scatter
ed on the run, and the hundred or -ao-e
cabs standing about the park suddenly
darted in as many directions. rumblIny
loud. their lights flashing Ike frightened
eyes This was a spectacle one would
not have missed--buJ why is it the most
exciting thing one sees in Havana are
and retreats? In French
city" remarked an American railroad
builder there would have been popu-
lar uprising after those shots" But here
no: noise is disagreeable to a Cuban. and
so long as the soldiery fired now and then.
whether in the air or not. It was suffi-
cient to keep the peace. Individual SCI
diers seemed to fire when they pleased;
on e Of their shots struck down a Cuban
standing in our group on the corner He
made no cry--just fell with a hole in his
breast II was mere luck that no Ameri-
can was wounded; and ;hat calls atten-
ton to the probability that II these con-
nicts are permitted TO go on some Amer
can will suffer from stray bullet and
then the amity professed by the Spanish
Soidiery viii receive z jolt.
Havana i made TO endure much during
this interregnum between peace ard svac-
uation. Why. for example. does the
United States. II dispensing benetactions.
pass by 50 ha<l-up and troubled city,
Surely il Is possible now to- a govern
ment ship 70 enter here and put ashore
food for the hungry and helpless waom
war has brought 70 ogr charge. Govern
ment ships are looked u9an Mn different
from Rel cross ships. md
1 am assured hat there womb - no or
position o.. ,-i1I Ivy. WisA &c MS 81, %
OF provisions graf god r7s seea &C. n
2lsshed a, Marianne. 2Ea:snzss. S-.sIs.
AMI otrer towns. shr1.s.sa tne
systematic sa3 personal n sraS..1l-,.t of
Nr Gould q he bad q cssrss -lcrs %
the Evacuation Commission II shi--e=a
or fourteen ;oN-us BY and hack from -.
rnrth cnast he rs fn-rned nattye cnrnnlt