Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-13

iieoh touay, ana was entirely reaSSuring.
1t was from Secretary General Congosto,
and said:
Your excellency can affirm that the tu-
multi OF yesterday has had so little import
ance that not a shot was fired and tbera
Is no knowledge that ANYBODY has bean
wounded or hurt. The agitation was con-
nned to one quarter OF the city,
rms followed closely another official
dispatch from the same authority. filed at
havana about o'clock this morning 1t
said:
Complete calm. The city has recovered
Its normal condition"
The Spanish minister has been kent co,
stantly advised of every deyelonment With
IN the last twenty-four hours at Havana
ana ne sums up the advices by saying
that they show the uprising to have
to flet. pure and simple: that order
mas oeen completely restored and that the
authorlues have an ample force to AFFORD
every protection; that the tumult was con-
lEed 10 Spanish and Cuban residents and
that no lndisnity was put upon any Amer
-10t ii'eiest OF citizen. public or private
An UnorEani.ed Riot.
Inc olncial advices began arriving about
midnight last night. and have come unin-
'eiiupteoiy since then. The early ones
were IN cipher, and 1t took some hours tn
ipier them. They told the story of the
disturbance fully, and in the main corrob
N
clear that the demonstration was an unor
sanised riot, the participators being gath
ered up from the streets without arms or
oma!iiiuhitlon m II began when a few army
oihoers mobbed the Reconcentrado news
paper establishment. that paper being So
Iohewarm toward autonomy that IT was
suspected of having insurgent tendencies
aa'er, as the people We're leaving the shops
al the close of the days work, and the
streetS were filled with home-goers the
demonstration was begun again by an at
tack on the establishments of La Discus
sion and the Diario de la Marina
The dispatches state that a small ,,roun
raised cry against autonomy, some few
gave V1vas for Gen. Weyler while some
scattered shouts were directed against Gen.
blahco. IN the main. however, the vivas
We're Tor Spain and the army. The mount
ed police were brought into use and dis
persed the groups. that order was re-
stored, and the city was tranquil by mid
night.
Guarding the United States Consulate.
During the excitement it appears that
United States Consul General Lee was in
communication with the Spanish authort-
ties Neither he nor the officials appear to
have been apprehensive but it was deemed
the part of wisdom, In order to guard
against contingencies to send a guard of
soldiers to the United States legation and
10 the private residence of Consul General
Lee. Accordingly, twenty-five Spanish SOL
diers We're dispatched to the United States
consulate, and another guard OF twenty
five to the residence of Gen. Lee. They
acted as an emergency guard, and 1t ap-
pears that at no time were their services
brought into actual requisition. Through
out the disturbance, it is said, there was
not shout among all the vivas against
the United States nor a hand raised against
an American citizen.
Able 90 Cope With the Situation.
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the strongest possible assurances to Mr.
Dupuy de LONE that they are entirely able
To cope with the situation. They minimize
the demonstration, saying that it was moth
ing more than talk. They also make clear
that If by any possibility an emergency
should require it-which, however. they in
no way expect-the government authority
Is ample to protect every interest. A large
body of troops is Quartered in the city and
these are said to be more than enough 1or
all requirements. This statement is made
by way of assurance, however, for the au-
thorfties say the trouble is at an end AS
showing that normal conditions are re-
stored, one Of the late dispatches states
that an insurgent leader, Col. Lopez Marin
accompanied by two others, have turned
In their arms in Pinar del Rio, and have
declared for autonomy, and that Lieut. Col
Auretio Sambria, another insurgent leader
had turned over his arms, and those of his
companions, in MatauZaS.
The Spanish minister went to the State
Department about IL o'clock this morning
and conferred with Assistant Secretary
Day on the situation in Havana. He con-
veyed assurances of a restoration Of order
and of ample power to protect all American
and other interests.
All Quiet at Havana.
United States Consul General Lee has
reported to the State Department from
Hsvana. under date of yesterday. the facts
connected with the rioting there yesterday.
While the State Department officials do
not divulge the text Of the dispatch it
is said that it corroborates generally the
newspaper dispatches on the subject. Ac-
cording to Gen. Lees report, the disturb
snce had been qrelled for the time being.
but he was apprehensive of another out
break at any moment. Nothing has been
heard from the consul general today, so
1t is assumed at the State Department
that the situation remains unchanged in
Havana. Gen. Lee didn't ask to have n
warshp sent to Havana, and, in the opin-
ion of the State Department officials. that
is a sufficient reason for the assumption
that there Is no occasion for sending one
The officials are evidently not apprehen-
sive of any serious trouble in the imme-
date future that will require the forcible
Intervention of our government -
Condition of the Poor,
The disquieting feature of the situation
is the horrible condition of the poor in,
Cuba. According to General Lees advices
no less than 100000 people on the island are
in the last stages of destitution and are
wholly dependent upon charity To feed
these people on a 10-cent ration per dav
would cost $4,000 daily, which sum is
double the amount SO far received in con-
tributions during the past ten DAYS by the
State Department. In the opinion of Cen
eral Lee, no less than 20 per cent of these
poor people are surely doomed to death
from starvation and disease In such q
state of affairs the existence of any form
of organized government is threatened and
the autonomy plans of the Spanish gov
ernment cammand little attention.
Naval Authorities Serene.
The naval authorities here maintain their
serenity, notwithstanding many rumors of
radical action, such the dispatch of war
ships to Havana and like stories Secre-
tary Long was asked whether any of the
American ships had been ordered to be
made ready to sail for Havana. He replied
that while he could not discuss the matter,
he would say that he had not made any