The herald., 1898-12-19
Affairs at Havana

HAVANA, Dec. lS.-The Spanish evacu-
alton commissioners informed the American
commissioners this evening that the Havana
suburbs OF Cerro and Jesus del Monte had
been evacuated The Spanish troops left
Jesus del Monte at o'clock this evening,
Immediately after which American and Gu
ban flags were raised, crackers were fired
and the usual demonstration made by the
large crowds in honor of the event. At
the hour of filing this dispatch Is p. m. J
it is reported that some of the troops of the
Cuban General Marion Menoca entered
Jesus del Monte. Probably the United
States forces will be sent there tomorrow
The suburb of Cerro was evacuated yester-
day.
About $50 last evening a crowd of Gu
bans of the lower class passed barracks
Ing Long Live Cuba!" and Death to
Spain" and firing shots into the air in
celebration of the evacuation of Cerro. The
engineers did not fire, but their guard was
doubled.
The crowd then passed from the Calzada
del Monte to the Calzada del Cerro, stop
ping the street cars and compelling passen-
gers to shout "Viva Cuba libre,." Among
the demonstrators there were a number of
butchers, who carried pistols and knives.
Jose Gancedo and his brother and Teodoro
Huertis, who were in the cars, were wound
ed with knives. Gancedo died today, and
Huertis will probably die.
Later the crowd met some engineers at
the Esquina de Iejas, and fired upon them,
seriously wounding some. The engineers
returned the fire, wounding street car con-
ductor, civilian, Isador Basolas, and John
Leonard, a colored man.
The rioting continued, many shots being
fired in front of the GAIA de Socorro, where
the wounded were assisted.
Spanish soldiers were ordered to the scene
and arrived about 0 o'clock. While march
ing through Cerro they were fired upon by
men concealed behind pillars. One Spanish
private fell wounded, and the battalion fired
into the air to scare the rioters. On resum-
ing their march they were again fired upon,
and another man was hit. The Spaniards
then fired and dispersed the rioters.
Among the wounded was colored woman
and 1t Is also reported that there are several
Others. The rioting caused great alarm in
Cerro and along Calzada del Monte, where
all houses have kept closed doors since last
night.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec. lS.-At the cola
ton of the officers OF the Third Georgia
regiment to Postmaster-General Smith and
the newspaper correspondents this after
noon, General Shafter had some interesting
things to say about Cuba and the Cubans
lie did not make speech, but in a conver-
sational way expressed himself, his remarks
being nominally addressed to Colonel Ber-
uer of the Georgians, though they were in
tended for the whole assenblage.
''It seems to me" said General Shafter,
"tlat great manNperspns have erroneous
ideas respecting our relations with the Gu
bans. As | view it, we have taken SPANS
war upon ourselves. We shall, in all prob
ability hear a great deal more about the in
surgents"
''How about self-government for the Gu
bans" General Shafter was asked.
"Self-government? the general repeated
'Why, those people are no more fit for
for self-government than gunpowder is for
hell"
In the same line General Shafter went on
to tell why the United States, in his opin-
ion, would be obliged to remain in the island
for some time and govern the territory by
military force.