The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
ALL QUIET In HANANA
CONSUL GENERAL LEE CABLES
RIOTS SUSPENDED

Minister DE LONE Gets Advlces Daring
the Night That Say That the City is Per
fectIy Ouiet-Blanco Strengthening His
BattaIions-Minister GOWN Arrives
His Route Changed on Accountof Prep
aratfons for a Demonstration Against
Him at Tampa.
Washington, January ia cable
gram was received at the state de-
par'tment at 1 o'clock this afternoon
from Consul General Lee at Havana,
stating that everything was tranquil.
The official advices from Havana re-
ceived by the Spanish minister con-
tinue to be reassuring. A dispatch
sent .at o'clock last evening said that
the city was perfectly quiet. Another
dispatch, sent shortly after midnight
and received early this morning, stat
ed that a few people gathered i'm the
public park about 10 O'Clock last night.
There was no demonstration and un-
der ordinary circumstances no atten-
tion would have been given to it, as
the park is the central public point of
Havana. AS a matter of precaution,
however, the patrol of soldiers on duty
asked the people to move away and
this thev did without demonstration
or the exercise of any force. By II
o'clock the troops were back in their
quarters. No surprise would be felt,
if there were sporadic gatherings of
groups i'm a city of Havana'S size, par
tfcularly Sunday when the streets are
usually filled with these otherwise en-
gagged during this week This custom
ary outpouring of the people doubt
less will occur tomorrow and it may
serve as an incentive for the congre-
eating of groups, but it is said that
this should not be misconstrued into
"a popular demonstration and no un-
easiness whatever is felt that it will /
the occasion OF anything more thai
a few vivas even if that much occurs.
Senator Gown, a member of the au-
tonomouS cabinet, arrives ait Havana
today and this, also it is said, may
serve as q text for some vivas by the
Ultras. Gown has been ait Atlanta,
Ca, since the autonomous cabinet was
formed. He lis regarded as the strong
est man of that body and for that
reason his appointment has excited in
and their friends. 1t led to a movement
to insult him personally as he passed
through Tampa, according to infOrma-
tion submitted to the Spanish minister.
This led Senior Gown ito change his
route, making a sea trip by way OF
New York. He sailed from there last
Saturday. In view Cf the movement
against him at Tampa, it would be no
surprise to tine legation here if the
Cly f7i
arrival as an opportunity for similar
expression against him.
During the afternoon the minister
was in receipt of advices from SagastO
showing that up to O'Clock the city Of
Havana had been absolutely calm.
The new minister of the interior, Senior
Gown, had arrived and had a respect
ful reception.
Havana, January ia dispatch re-
ceived from Spanish sources in Pinar
del Rio, says that the fnsurgent brig
ader general, Periico Delgado, has been
killed by his followers and that his
chief Of staff, Luis Lopez Marin, has
surrendered ito THE Spanish authorities.
Senior Antonio Gown, the Cuban law
yer who has been appointed minister
of the interior in the autonomous cab
met, arrived here today. The members
of the central committee and a num-
Der of his friends went out on three
tugs to meet him, received him ON his
arrival and welcomed him back to Ha-
Vana. Senior Gown afterward called
upon the president of the Cuban cabi-
net, Senior Galvez, and took THE oath
of office.
Captain General BlancO has issued a
circular ordering that each battalion
of infantry be strengthened by 125
men, to be recruited in their respective
localities by the generals Of division.
These recruits will be obliged to serve
six months, and will receive the same
pay as the regular soldiers. The cir
cular also orders that the local gueril-
las are to double their number under
the same conditions until organized.
A dispatch from San Juan de Las
Yeras, province of Santa Clara, an
nounces that the insurgent leader,
Loe.le Cepero, "a naturalized American
citizen, has surrendered to the Spanish
authorities.