The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-28
Precautions Taken by the Gov
ernors in Cuba.
CUBAN RI0TING FEARED
Spaniards Say Their Lives Are Not Safe
In tho Interior - United States
Troops Are in the City
OF Havana.

Senor de Castro, acting civil governor OF
Havana. acting in accord with Gen.
eral Ludlow, has issued an order forbid
ding any further firing of firearms or
the exploding of irecrackers in the pub
lie thoroughfares. He also prohibits the
assemblage of crowds in the streets or
parks after $50 p. m. orders the clos
ing of all places of entertainment. in
cludng the theaters and cafes, at IL
p. m, torbids people taking part in cer-
tain African dances i'm which the par
ticipants are dressed in devil costume;
forbids the meeting of nanigoes and
forbids all manifestations which may
produce conflicts between the Cubans
and spaniards. or between spandiards
and Americans. Those who violate
these orders are threatened with Sc
we're punishment
A detachment of American artillery
men were admitted TO Cabanas fortress
to-day by request of General Clous. in
order that the men might familiarize
themselves with the guns mounted
there. so as to be able to salute the
Spanish flag on Jan. l. Regla was eva
cuated by the Spaniards and occupied
by the Americans to-day.
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President Mckinley painted by Ar
mende Menocal has been on view in
| window in Obispo street, where IL was
| cheered by crowds of people. IL VIII be
sent to the president by representatives
of the Masonic lodges, who will meet
tonight and arrange for a patriotic
| demonstration.
A cab driver was shot last night for
refusing to enter the territory within
| Spanish Jurisdiction with Cuban and
American flags on his vehicle; an ON
| nibus driver and two women were shot
| by nanigos to-day. and the body OF
| lieutenant of guerrillas has been found
| near Ziba de Aqua, this province. lie
was taken from the town by a band or
| Cubans and killed.
The Spanish alcalde of Ziba de Aqua
has arrived here. and his son has ad-
| vised him not to return or he Will be
killed. Several guerrillas are reported
| to have been killed in Sancti Spiritus
after the evacuation of that place by
| the Spaniards and before the Amer
| lean occupation of the town.
The Spanish troops to-day still fur
| ther concentrated their lines and with
drew to the extremity of the peninsula
\ on which the city of Havana is built.
They now occupy scarcely two square
miles. The United States troops have
/ moved from the suburbs into the city
/
! trail park and the Prado. The Sth and
| 10th regular infantry regiments have
| been placed at the disposal of Major
| General Ludlow, military governor or
| the city, after January 1, and already
| six companies have been quartered in
| buildings within the limits of Havana
| proper and are doing police as well as
| military duty Senor Fernandez de
! Castro has informed General Ludlow
that the Havana constabulary were
| afraid to try TO keep order unless they
could rely upon the support OF the
| American troops and General LUDLOW
| Immediately issued Instructions to the
! American patrols when making arrests
| for misdemeanors to turn the Offenders
over to the ordinary civil authorities.
The whole population is in state OF
| unrest-the Spanish residents fearful.
| the Cubans eager to do something 10
| show that they have gained their free-
! dom. Bands of Cubans freely enter the
| residences of Spaniards. call upon them
TO hoist American and Cuban flags and
| to shout viva Cuba Libre" and terrify
them with their machetes. A dozen such
| cases were reported to the American
| authorities to-day. In all Instances
| American guards were sent to the mouse
| invaded, but the Cubans were invari-
ably gone when the patrol arrived, nor
was there any such thing as catching
| the offenders.
No attention whatever is paid to the
order against the discharging of fire
| crackers, and pistols are fired in the
streets continuously. Three persons
| have been killed and 29 wounded,
among the latter three women and chill
dren. The shooting has been for the
| most part indscriminate. As General
Ludlow was standing on the balcony OF
the hotel at dusk to-day watching the
scene in the plaza a man waved a Gu
| han flag Another cried out AN insult,
| an insult" whereat the man who was
waving the flag fired upon the obtector.
A Spanish company that was retir-
ing from Fort Principe was deliberately
| fired upon from a private residence.
Lieutenant Blount. an American officer,
who was escorting the Spaniards, broke
into the house. but the occupants fled TO
adjoining roofs.
While Brigadier General Clous and
| Captain Hart were returning from the
| palace to-day after an interview with
Captain General Castellanos they met
| a mob of Cubans carrying flags ana
shouting. A minute or two later the
crowd would have encountered a de-
tachment of Spanish troops. The stu
alton called for prompt action and Cap
tain Hart leaped from the carriage
faced the mob and ordered everybody to
go home Immediately.
Major General Brooke has this even
ing formally taken command of the
United States forces in Cuba and has
issued the necessary orders.
A crowd of negroes entered Spanish
cafe on the Gale Villegas. They refused
TO pay for drinks and in the dispute
which followed the proprietor of the
cafe and his assistants were injured
Sergeant Adams with Is men OF Com
pany NJ of the 10th regiment hurried
20 stop the row. on entering the cafe
however. they found no one in the room
but a minute or two later they were
fired upon from a room in the rear OF
the cafe. one bullet cutting the coat OF
Sergeant Adams. The Americans then
broke into the rear apartment. firing a:
they entered. and chased the negroes
out of the building and down tbs