Evening journal., 1898-10-24
AN iNclPlENT RIOT.
Danish omciaI= In Havana CIamor
FOR Hack Pay.

HAVANA, Oct. 24-Another demon
3tra.ion Of the displeasure Of the city
officials at the nonpayment Of arrears
&C salary took place Saturday. when
about 200 entered the city hail. a ciam-
orous mob, and demanded payment.
The regular guard being unable to
disperse the crowd and fearing to take
drastic measures, the civil governor, Sc
nor Fernando de Castro. was advised
Of the situation He appeared on the
scene. addressed the crowd and ordered
immediate dispersal under threat Of
loss of present positions in the munich
pa service. His energetic stand had
the Clsired effect, but unless back sal
Br'cs axe paid there will be more serious
trouble
Reports from various quarters tell Of
heavy transforms for the last 10 or 12
days all over the island. Bridges have
been washed away. cattle have been
drowned and there has been great dam
age to crops, TO say nothing Of the loss
from retarded traffic on the railway
lines.
/ The Spanish authorities estimate that
the total cost of the evacuation win be
about $4,000 900. Twenty -four vessels
win be employed TO embark troops Of
which six are hospital ships. The French
mail steamers Cheribon and Notre
Dame du Salut, which have just ar
rived, have been chartered by the Span
ish Transatlantic company as trans
ports.
A dispatch from Baez. province Of
Santa Clara, says the Sbaniards evaou-
ated that place on oct. IL.
The board of harbor works, of which
the civil governor of Havana is presi-
dent, has presented a petition to Cap
tain General Blanco calling for payment
Of the $4,000 due, under contract, for
placing the Havana floating dock at its
present site.
Colonel Hecker and his staff will go
tomorrow to the province of Pinar del
Rio to select camp sites. Yesterday
afternoon General Wade and Lieuten-
ant Colonel Clous visited Colonel Lee
and Colonel Liverman to talk over the
proposed sites for camps and questions
Of transportation and sanitation
A committee of the leading citizens
of Matanzas visited the United States
evacuation commissioners yesterday
afternoon to complain as to the dis
tribution of relief supplies there, which
according to their representations, do
not reach those who need them. Gen.
eral Wade promised a thorough inves-
tigation.
During the last week or ten days
there has been a great Improvement in
tile health Of the Spanish soldiers. II
is pointed out that the hospital entries
for that period were co per cent less
than thay We're at one time.
The Spanish evacuation commission
has notified Mr.. J. 3. Hamel, the sue
cessful bidder at the recent sale at the
artillery depot, that if he does not re-
move the articles purchased they will
BE delivered to the next highest bidder
and his deposit of $4,000 will be for
rcited
Charles Smith. colored. who volun-
teered to nurse the late Major Beebe
during his illness and who contracted
the yellow fever and has been in the
Quinto del Rey hospital, is much better
today.
An anti-Catholic meeting wSs held
here yesterday afternoon under tho
craftsmanship Of the Rev Justin Full
ton. The attendance was small. moi
more than 300 all told with many chill.
dren and only 25 or 30 who understood
4 English.