The record-union., 1898-12-27
One Murder and Twelve People Wounded
Within TWenty-F0ur Hours.
Cubans Assault and Badly Wound
Spanish Merchant Who Re
fused to Kiss an Insurgent Flag
A Mob Also Threatens to At
tack the Residence of Span
3sh Evacuation Commissioners.

v
tero. a Spanish guerrilla, while walking
along Gences street to-day was fired
at from the roof OF a house and serl-
ously wounded During the last TWEEN
ty-four hours one man has been killed
and twelve have been wounded in dlt-
ferent parts of the city, and eleven
burglaries have been committed. Ihe
city is in a state of unrest.
Three more wards of Havana were
evacuated to-day.
La Lucha" says it can see no dis
loyalty on the part of Spanish resi-
dents in Cuba if they choose to MOIST
American and Cuban flags, because
Spain renounced the island without
consulting the Spaniards.
CAPTAIN General CastellanOS, after
formally turning over the island to
the Americans, on January 1st, will
leave for MatanZas, where he will re-
main a fortnight, going thence to
Cienfuegos.
A party of colored Cubans this morn
ing entered the wholesale grocery es-
tablishment at 113 San jose street,
owned by the Spanish firm of Mestro
& Mata, and ordered Senor Mestro to
kiss the Cuban flag, and to cry viva
Cuba Iibre" He refused to obey,
whereupon one of the Cubans cut his
head badly with a machete.
To-day a Cuban mob threatened to
attack the residence of Marquis de
Montero, Secretary of the Treasury in
the Autonomist Cabinet and a MEM
Der of the Spanish Evacuation Com
mission The house is in a part of the
city already evacuated. On the mat
ter being brought to the attention of
the United States Evacuating Com
missioners, a guard was sent to- guard
the residence until further orders.
Some disturbances have occurred In
San Lazare street, and a Spanish store
there having been sacked by the Gu
bans, the United States Commission
ers have sent staff officer, with
detachment of troops, to the scene OF
disorder 4sss
The Eighth and Tenth regular in.
fantry regiments are encamped near
the Hotel Trocha, the headquarters of
the Americans at Ell Velado.
The Spanish troops are evacuating
the city so rapidly that it is almost
impossible for the Americans to pro-
vide promptly for the preservation of
peace.
The proclamation of the United
States Commissioners appeared in ex
ira editions of the Spanish newspapers
this evening.
Major General Buffers mission to
Matanzas and Cienfuegos is in the in
terest of sanitation and order in those
cities, after January 1st. He will coun-
sci with the Cuban leaders. with
view to persuading them to exercise
prudence toward the Spanish troops,
who after January 1st will be the
guests of the Americans
The United States transport Michi-
gan. which left Savannah on Decem-
ber 23d, arrived here to-day with the
Second Battalion of the First Texas
Regiment Major General Chaffee ar
rived on the steamer Whitney from
Tampa
The French steamer Corrientes sailed
to-day for Spain with 1,313 Spanish
troops. and the French steamer Aqui
lane sailed for Santander with 1.697
Spanish troops. The Carolina will sail
tomorrow for Cadiz with 200 officers
and men.
RIOTING AT MONTSERRAT.
CHICAGO, Dec. pa censored spe-
cial cable to the Tribune" from Ha-
vana says: Rioting began at Mont
serrat tonight. A battalion of Spanish
troops hurried from the barracks on the
Prado to Galiano street, the dividing
line between Cuban and Spanish terri
tory Order was restored, but in the
firing which occurred before the troops
arrived an eight-year-old Cuban child
was killed by a stray bullet
Spanish territory in the new world is
now limited to a narrow strip of land
between Havana harbor and Galiano
street The flags of Cuba libre and the
United States are waving within two
blocks of the Prados a great boulevard
which runs through the center of Ha-
vana
Montserrat having been evacuated,
the place was alive to-day with Gu
bans and people from the United States.
The scene enacted at Cerro and We
dado last week and at Jesus del Monte
yesterday was repeated at Montserrat.
There was even q greater demonstra-
ton for Montserrat extends almost to
the city. Some of the flags almost leap
ed across the dividing line, and waved
on the Spanish side. The celebration
was begun on Christmas night, and to-
day reached its hight. Crowds of men
and women waving Cuban and Ameri-
can flags and carrying branches OF trees
paraded the streets shouting and sing
ing. Many Americans went to the
demonstration. They did not remain
long. Owing to the intense enthusiasm
the popuiace insisted on kissing ''the
brave Americanos" whether they want
ed to be kissed or not.
Several ARRAYS took place between
the Spanish residents and the Cubans.
A grocery keeper on Oquendo street
refused to put out the Cuban colors,
and was beaten almost to death with
sticks. As evening came on the demon
stration became noiser than ever, as
many of the negroes parading We're
drunk and greatly excited. The Ameri-
cans became fearful of another clash
with the Spanish troops like that which
ushered in Christmas day.
Francisco Luinteso. a Spanish volun
teer, patrolling the street near the
Prado, was fired at from a house top
and killed. A Cuban was killed in the
heart of the city. Half dozen Gu