Evening star., 1898-11-07
LOST SOVEREIGNTY
Evidences Of the Passing of Spanish
Control in Cuba.
LAST OF LOTTERY AND BULL FIGHTS
Wealthy Cubans Are Returning to
the City of Havana.
A RIOUS BLEM
IcOpyrisht, 1885, by Charles NJ. pepper.l
pecial from a Star Correspondent.

Speclai from a stan Correspondent.
HAVANA, November 2, 1885,
"Manana juega-tomorrow the draw
ing
The voices of the lottery venders were
shrin and persistent. 1t was almost the
last call of the auctioneers. One or two
more drawings and the government lottery
passes into history along with Spanish SOW
ereignty in Cuba. Nothing on the surface
shows that it is going institution The
exchange houses where money is changed
still display the lucky numbers which they
nave sold These are past gudTaa;ee and
present advertisement. Some of the
shops continue to offer lottery tickets at
par as an lnducement to other purchases
Inc Venders-old men, women and little
cnlidren-haVe to charge a slight premium
nave noticed no lessenng in the number
OF persons engaged in selling lottery tick
etS. ihey come into the trains out in the
country ana throng the cafes in the city,
Ihelr chief customers are the Spanish Off
GERS ana soldiers, but everybody buys at
least the tenth part of a ticket. just as
ehseFyoooy IN Kentucky has stable tip on
the races and backs it,
Ihere Were 4312 tickets sold for the
ufdWihs which took place this week or
as the offcial announcement is, was veri-
hed The lucky number which drew the
sidhu prize was 1887 and was held in
havana. The government got its one
quarter rake off, or reservation out of the
iottery, as usual, and had the further ad-
vantage OF covering back into the treasury
the amounts of the second and third prizes
Whlch were not drawn. When the last
uraWIns has taken place a considerable
number OF persons will be without employ
ment Ihe CubanS declare that all the lot
tery Venders are Spanish. That may be
tiue, put the patronage is not limited to the
opanlards And when the lottery is gone
no one imagines that the gambling in
stlncts OF the people will cease to assert
themselves. Chance will still be the god
dess at whose shrine there will be no lack
OF Worshlpers. l asked Cuban what
would happen when the lottery was gone
He was rejoicing over it's disappearance as
government institution. Oh" he replied
there will be a great increase in what you
IN the states cali raffies. and there will be
more Smal gambling In the cafes. We
won't be able to stop that but we will be
tree from the lottery. That demoraized
and debauched our people because it was
oilclai Even the churcn tolerated it,
The Last Bull Fight.
The bull fight apparently. has already
gone. and the last of this Spanish national
institution has been seen in Havana A
bull fight was to have been given in the
plaza at Regla, across the bay. Sunday
Wth Peruano as the, star. Peruano was in
tke "cuodrilla, or support, of the great
Mazzantini, who was here last year, but
his laurels we're yet unearned. Mexican
bulls, which are not so valiant as those
sport. Everything Indicated that the per
f"rmance was not going. to be up to the
standard. 1t was with relief that the true
lovers of the pastime learned Sunday after
noon that Captain General Blanco had pro-
Eibred the bulIaght Failure to procure a
Incense was said to- be the cause, but the
prohibition was, attributed to the captain
generals fear that the discontented sold diers
would raise row. - ~
Compensation was found for the failure
or the bull fight. The crack jockey of Ha-
vana' who rides into fthe ring on a mag
nifcent white Andalusian stallion and re-
ceives the keys from the president of the
day, was enabled to parade up and down
the Prado. This jockey is a weazened lit
tie fellow. Perched on his steed, he looks
like a midget. l had been wondering wheth-
er he had dried up and blown away during
the blockade. His temperance was made
with eclat Only the effect was marred
when he drew up in front of the hotel for
Closer inspection and to receive the homage
always accorded him. The Mississippi man
who is in Cuba prospecting for land was
curious about the Andalusian steed So he
opened the animals mouth and looked at
the teeth "Humphr he said. with CON
tempt, twenty-five years old if he's day.
A baby could ride that horse" The pres
tige of the crack jockey of Havana was
eclipSed.
Cubans Returning.
However, the riders were not the ONLY
ones on the Prade Sunday afternoon. Some
SoiiihS Which, Hdu cFlUently not
se3n service for months were rolling along
with the cabs and coaches which were
seeking to monopolize the drive The mum
bel of persons taking the Sunday afternoon
stroll from the perque central to the wa
terS which were beating against the rocks
of MORO Castle was much larger than on
recent Sundays. In faint way il was the
Havana of former days when the Prado
was full Of life and animation. This i'm
preston was confirmed by a th1ban of
wealth. who had just brought his family
back from Europe. He complained that he
had not been able to find suitabl, house
either in the town or in the suburbs On
inquiry l was told this was correct For
the first time in three years no desira BILE
houses in Havana are Cor rent The stag
nation IN business continues, and it must
last till American control IS in force, but
the community Is preparing for the change
The misery Of a large portion of the in
habitants exists, yet even it is becoming
cloaked.
Spanish Officers Less in Evidence,
With the temperance If the Cubans,
the Spanish officers are becoming less in
evidence. Their numbers have not been
sensibly decreased by departures for Spain,
yet their presence Is not so prominent a
feature of the city life as formerly When
the Spanish officers have all gone back to
the peninsula. half the cafes of Havana
will be closed for want of patronage 1t
is to be said for these officers that their be-
havior is discreet. Whatever bitterness
they may feel toward Am ericans is masked.
and their feelings toward the Cuhans do
not betray them into public exhibitions
One evening this week there was stir in
one of the cafes, which was filled by
Spanish officers. Americans and Cubans
The latter were falling over one another In
their efforts to embrace hero of the in
sUrrection. He was sBrigadier Carlos Ma
cias. Three four Years ago Macias was
one of the young swells of Havana rich
and idle passing his thine in the cafes ard
tEeaters. Profoundysurprse was caused
one day when iu WAS known that he had
gone out into the tlOng grass" and joired
the insurgents I'm Puerto Principe province.
The Havana dandy ultima .sly became the
commander of aSbrigade of ragged soldiers
His welcome was effusive. but it did not in
terest me so mueh as the haste with which
the Spanish officers gulped down thei, ccf-
fee and d!sappesrsd-o In ten mpnutes not
one remainea' rrh at Vas e;s two hours before
thought that the delays in getting the
Spanish troops out ofths islanl would not
be so vexatious If a few hunll ed Cuban III
surgents were at the service o; the Anne ri
can commission right in the cafes
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