Potosi journal., 1898-11-02
w IIIIlItt4N IICFN IN DE-
BY the President:
JOHN HAY, Secretary OF State
NEWS FROM MANZANILLO.
Arrival of Gen. Wood, Commander of tho
Department - Lieut.. Young the
Hero of the Hour.

Manzanillo, Oct. 29.-The United
States gunboat Hist arrived here last
night with Gen. Wood, commander of
accompanied by Lieut.. Matthew Han
na. On landing Gen. Wood was clos
eted with Col. Petit and his adjutant.
and he was subsequently received by
Col. Pettit's entire regiment. Gen.
Wood then visited the barracks, hos
pitfalls, palaces. customhouse and post
Office.
Making Every Effort to Prevent the Dis
banding OF His Troops.
Col. Petit reports that the Cuban
general Rios is apparently making
every effort TO prevent the disbanding
OF his troops. The Cuban commander
wishes each sugar estate in the
neighborhood to tell him how many
men he can employ, and he will guar
aniee to supply all required on con-
dition that only soldiers are employed.
The planters unanimously refuse to
fall in with such an arrangement, con-
sidering that it would be a trades
union of the worst possible kind. and
would also tend to keep up the Cuban
military organization. which, in the
interests of the island. the planters
are very anxious TO break up. In their
opinion. it would be better to have no
commerce than to attempt it on such
conditions.
The Hero of the Hour.
Lieut. Lucien Young. commander of
the Hist. created more excitement on
landing than even Gen. Wood himself
Crowds gathered at the wharf to see
the Young commander who. with Lieu
tenants Holm and .Iungen. of the Iior
net and Wampatuck, defeated whole
tiotiIia of Spanish gunboats at Manza-
Milo ON July l last. The people of
Manzaniilo consider Lieut.. Young Il
hero and Il terror. and think he ought
to be an admiral. for. although the
Spanish shore battery in that memora-
bic engagement continued to lombard
the American gunboats, it is generally
admitted here that it was he shooting
of the Hist that caused the people to
flee to the mountains.
The Wrecks or the spanish war SHIPS.
Lieut.. Victor Blue, who has been in
spccting the wrecks of the Spanish
gunboats. considers it quite impracti-
cable to raise them. but he believes the
Spanish steamer PurissIma Concep-
cion. which the Spaniards ran ashore i'll
the hopes of saving her cargo when
pun sued by an American war ship, can
be raised. as she appears to be in good
condition. \ local merchant, however,
claims TO have purchased the hull and
its contents from the Spanish authori-
ties.
The Cuban general, Jesus Rabi, paid
q visit to Manzaniilo Thursday and was
enthusiastically received by the Gu
ban element.
Jealous of Gen. Garcia's Preferment.
According to reports from the Gu
ban assembly at Santa Cruz del Sur,
permanent chairman of the organiza-
ton. Gen. MaNimo Gomez is expected
there to-day or tomorrow. and it ap-
Tears that the Cespedes faction be-
lieyes that it can count upon the help
of Gen. Gomez to break the authority
of Garcia. The Cespedas faction eN-
poets Gen. Gomez to appoint a court
martial to try Gen. Garcia for offenses
covering practically everything from
murder to petty larceny, but the prob
ability is that Gen. Gomez. recognizing
Garcia's ascendancy in the assembly,
will not force the issue