The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-26
MADE MAYOR OF SANTIAGO.
Gen. Wood Has Appointed Sener Ba-
eardi a Cuban.
FIRST ATTEMPT AT CIVIL GOVERN.
MENT BY CUBANs.

Gep.wood Has High Hopes of the Success
of the Experiment-Gen. Wood Has
Forbidden Bull Fights and Cock
Fights.
Santiago de Cuba, Novem bsr 25. some
time ago Major McLeary, whom Gen.
Wood had appointed mayor OF Santiago,
requested to be relieved Of his ayoraity
duties and return to his military post.
This request was granted today.
In the opinion of Gen. Wood, it is pre-
ferable to appoint TO the mayoralty
civilian acceptable to the Gubans, and
he has appointed as Major McLeary's
successor Senor Bacardi, am old resident.
He is anxious to give the may orally as
muoh authority as in com patible with
military jurisdiction. The new mayor
will conform to Gen. Wood's Ideas which
are to give the Cubans every opportunity
to show themselves capable of self gov
ernment.
Major McLeary as military mayor
gave entire satisfaction to all classes.
He has now been assigned TO the duties
of inspector general of the province and
will shortly take tour incl usiing aol-
guin, Jibara. Baranoa, Sagua de Tanamo.
and other points, making reports to Gem,
Wood.
The first official act of Mayor Bacardz
was to discharge the entire clerical force
in the mayors office and to employ
Cubans who had ssrved in the war. He
will shortly iss ne manifesto to the
effect that he intends encouraging the
city's Development and giving enaploye
ment, so far as conditio win persnie, to
worthy persons. He will presaise to
look closely to the general interests Of the
community and will call all Cubans to
obey the law and thus to promote this
prosperity of the country and to insure
the happiness of its people
Gen. Wood has high hopes Of these firsb
attempts at civil government under Gu
ban control.
Col Fl. D. Borrnp, having completed
his work in the ordnance department., is
taking over ell the captured armament
| in the province.
The regulation preventing the foreclo-
sure of small mortgages, issued BY Gen.
Wood, has proved great boon TO those for
whose relief it was intended.
Gen. Wood has approved movement Tor
a school for the higher education of wom-
en-, similar to the American normal
schools
Today he issued a notice imposingsa a
| fine of $1,000 upon any person promoting
bull fight and hne of $40 npon any
promoter of cook fight The rural po-
lice have been instructed to keep spec
ial lookout along the telegraph line be-
tween Santiago and San Luis,as the peas
ant farmers are still cutting the wire and
using il to bale hay and cope stone.
The civil administration OF the Tfov-
ince is now virtually complete. Ihe aD-
poiutment OF supreme court Judges Will
be made tomorrow and AS the local bar
association has put forward seyerat
names, Gen. Wood will probably select
from amoag these.
SANTIAGO A CLEAN CITY.
Washington. November 25.-Gen. Wcods
commanding the department of Santiago
has sent an official report TO the war de-
partment. of which the following Is an
abstract:
81 have sent rations all along the sea
coast and by pack trains into the interi-
or. using every effort to scatter rat1ons
about in such manners as to enable the
people desiring to return to their far ms
in the interior, to do so with reasonable
assurance that they can obtain food
while waiting the developments of their
first crop.
Santiago today is as clean and healthy
"a any town of its size along the Anae-
ricap sea coast south of Fortress Monroe.
Excellent order prevails; there has NOS
been q murder in the city since our oo-
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