The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-10-27

Santiago. Cuba. Oct 25.-The police
force OF the province of Santiago Is to
be reorganized and enlarged. Gen.
Wood will plan the work with the
help OF a council of eight which he
has chosen from the Cuban committee
OF 80 appointed TO recommend men for
office and to make suggestions on the
government The council OF eight Will
consult with Gen. Wood three times n
week. The other - members of the
committee may go TO different
points TO consider local applica-
tious for office. The members of
the council win receive salaries,
though the amount has not yet been
decided upon. Gen. Woods plan Is to
make the police force a semi-military
organization, in command of an in
spector general, with the rank of lieu
tenant colonel. having headquarters
at Santiago. The whole service will
be thoroughly drilled. The mounted
police will be armed with carbines and
reyolvcrs and the foot constabulary
with machetes and revolvers There
viii be a reduction in the number OF
police at Santiago, but Gen. Wood
contemplates adding IL American pa
trolmen for districts specially fire.
| quented by soldiers, teamsters and
Americans generally. Apparently no
men of the present force dare to arrest
| an American, even when the police
outnumber the offenders seven to one.
The school Board Sees Gen. Wood.
Santiago. Cuba, Oct ga commit
tee of members of the school board
called on Gen. Wood yesterday with n
request to have the limits of their au-
| thority defined. Gen. Wood Informed
them that they were virtually vested
with full power, subject in all matters
to himself, but he assured them that
he would carry out all reasonable
plans proposed, adding an expression OF
hope that nothing would occur TO
shake the confidence he now had In
them. Another committee, composed
of influential Cubans, called to express
thanks for Gen. Woods efforts on be-
half of the city. The spokesman OF
this committee assured him thai the
Cubans who made complaints were for
the most part those living in the
United States, with whom. throughout
the entire war, the ma jority of Cubans
in the island had little sympathy.
Free Lands for Cubans.
! Santiago, Cuba, Oct 25.-Several
wealthy Cubans have offered Gen. Wood
quantity Of land to enable him TO
carry out his plans of furnishing work
for anyone who desires It Any such
applicant will be given. for one year,
the use of piece of land, implements,
seed and rations until his crops grow.
to enable him to supply the Santiago
market with vegetables, fruits, fowls
or pork Gen. Wood believes that no
fewer than 500 men will accept this.
He has accepted the offer of coffee
plantation, without capital, TO find
work for so men IL the United States
authorities will supply rations for two
months Rations will be given week
ly in proportion to the number OF men
found actually at work. Lieut. Rooney
has gone with $50 pack mules to Bay
amo, distributing rations along the
roads. He carries %, 600 rations.
An VI. y Church for Santiago
Santiago, Oct. 25.-Rev. Mr.. Someil
Ian. a minister OF the NJ. Z church
here, is about to build a church and
esta blish a school, after which he vii
, visit the other Cuban cities for a SINH
, lar purpose. He is Of Cuban birth, bu'
, has been living in the United States
since he was a boy. He had been away
/ from Ct1ba IN Years