The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-02
Our Cuban Correspondence.

4lldlllj Vi AdId0ZdS. AuDd, he Se1QS
us someclippings from Cuban papers,
which we reproduce below. He also
states that much anxiety is felt in re-
gard to the fate of the steamers San
Augustine and Havana, which left
Havana on August nth and 18th,
respectively, for New York. Mr..
Morris Heymann, a brother of our
! correspondent, was a passenger on
the Havana, which was due in New
York not later than August 10Th. 1t
IS thought these steamers have been
caught in the hurricanes which have
prevailed along the Atlantic coast
for some time past.
CLIPPINGS.
The signs of the times in Cuba now
clearly indicate that the more intran-
sigente local element is fast losing
ground, whilst the influence of the
more liberal spirits gradually grows.
Indeed, even among the late Revo
lutionary leaders themselves, those
who have preached less radical ideas
are fast coming to the front, with
their policy of moderation, spirit of
good will and program of cordial CO.
operation in the great work of re-
building the island unitingits every
inhabitant in the effort to develop
the natural resources of Cuba and
make her people happy in peace and
prosperity. But, this is only the
natural courseof events. Extremists
seldom succeed; but, for men of Sc
r1ous character and common sense
for modern day economists, there is
always acommon ground upon which
the intransiente of either extreme
may eventually meet and unite with
cooler heads, for the common veal
And, while Radical platforms come
and go with the meteoric life of their
trainers, the true statist, with patri-
otlsm equally as great as that of his
fellow politicians of more extreme
views, will remain alive-as have the
Cuban Autonomists-to become, in
the end, appointment factor, if not the
real arbiters, in the final settlement
of political issues primarily affecting
the economic status of Cuba. The
signs of the times are more encoura-
ging than for weeks past. There
seems to be light ahead.
Residents of Cuba are warned to
be exceedingly careful in accepting
American Treasury notes of any de-
nomination. A very clever gang of
counterfeiters have been trying to
obtain footing here. Operating
from Allentown, Pa, they are mail
ing hundreds Of letters to Cubans
from Boston. The letters are in ex-
ecrable Spanish, evidently compiled
from dictionary, and signed with
fcticious Spanish name, which is not
even spelled correctly. Full direc-
tions are carefully given. Each letter
contains a special number, which is
to be used as the signature of the
party addressed, should he tele
graph as requested. AS letter 727
has been seen, there were probably
several thousand sent to this island
Among the total number of recipi
ents'there will undoubtedly be found
enough gullible idiots and rogues to
put a certain amount of the green
goods into circulation. The bills
are in all of the smaller denomina-
ton.
Rev. William George Emanuel,
the wel1-known African preacher and
educator. recently called on General
Brooke. The object of the visit was
to request of the Governor General
to be acknowledged as representa-
tive of the Africans of the island, as
he was by the Spaniards during the
former regime. General Brooke
promised to study the matter.
Thirty thousand residents of Ha
vana crossed over to Guanabacoa on
the feast of the Assumption. All en-
loved themselves immensely, and
not one incident occurred to mar the
equanimity of the revelers.
During the two months that Col.
Bacallao has been at the head OF the
Detective Bureau of Havana, 483 in
vestigations have been carried out,
which brought about 734 arrests.
The Department of Justice and
Public Instruction has given a favor
able report on, the petition of the
Rev. Ricardo Catalan, requesting to
be allowed to collect funds to found
school.
r>lo CDor;eb Government hoe de-