The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-26
Much Dissatisfaction Because They
dent Mckinley Consist.
WILL RATIFY THE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN HON. r. p. PORTER AND
GEN. MAXINIO GOMEZ,
Because S3,OOO,OOO Was Accepted Only
After Efforts to Obtain More Had
FniIed-Spanish widows.

HAVANA, Feb. 25.-Gen. Maxine Gomez,
accompanied by two aids-de-camp' called on
General Brooke at his residence, Alvedado,
at 10 o oclock this morning. He was received
by the governor general, General Chaffee,
the chief of staff, Major Kennon and Capt.
Page. General Gomez requested private
interview with General Brooke, and the
others, with the exception of one aid-de-
camp for Gomez and Major Kennon for
General Brooke withdrew. The conference
lasted an hour and a half. Gomez said
nothing to indicate that he does not ad-
here to the agreement arrived at with Mr..
Robert p. Porter for the payment and dis
armament of the Cuban troops, but he sub
mitted some considerations verbally to Gen.
Brooke Their nature was not disclosed.
The interview terminated with the under
standing that Gomez is to put the sub
stance of what he said in writing by Mon
day next
The uniform of a Cuban general which
Gomez wore yesterday on his entry into
Havana was presented to him at Marianao
by Spanish school teacher of Havana,
and the horse he rode was the gift of Gen.
| Torres who is now in jamaica
The citizens of Pinar del Rio have sent
a dispatch to General Gomez saying that
they accept his policy and begging him to
visit their city They have also sent dis
| patch to Major General Brooke thanking
him for the appointment of Senior Dolz as
governor of the province of Pinar del Rio.
| Governor General Brooke, General Lee,
| General Ludlow, members of the Cuban AS
sembly the members of the City Council,
| the secretaries and other officials attended
the banquet at the Tacon Theater to-day.
General Gomez spent the afternoon at
| Quinta de MoInas, where he received sew
eral visitors, among them General Diaz.
THE CUBAN ASSEMBLY.
The Cuban Assembly met to-day and
heard the report of the committee which
was sent to Washington some time since
to confer with the government regarding
Cuban affairs. The Assembly was clearly
dissatisfied with the doings of the commits
sion, inasmuch as its members had not acted
in accord, one day telling the President that
the Cuban army was composed of $4,000 men
and the next that it consisted of 45,000 while
the emissary who was sent to Cuba to ascer-
tain the facts on his return reported that
there We're 1900 men in the Cuban ranks.
The commission presented report of its
conference with General Alger, secretary of
to lessen the Assembly's apparent feeling
Of disgust. 1t was finally decided to have
the report printed and to hand copy of it
to each member of the Assembly in order
that they might study it carefully The fact
that 100000 on a basis of 500 for each
soldier, was accepted after efforts to obtain
more failed makes obligatory the Assem-
blys ratification of the acceptance. Gen.
Gomez did not attend the meeting; neither
did he send representative nor a message.
The next meeting of the Assembly will be
held on Monday.
Captain Greble has finished his inquiry re-
garding the widows of Spanish officers. He
found that eighty-nine widows with 120 chill
dren occupy government buildings and sub
sist on army rations. These and many
others who were self-supporting were Span
ish pensioners paid out of the fund main
tanned by deducting a percentage from the
pay of the officers. The fund has been ac-
cumulating since 1864. Captain Greble finds
that the cash and records have disappeared.
The books were probably carried to Spain
with other archives, and the widows have
not been paid their pensions for twelve or
fifteen months and have been left to be sup
ported by the charity of Cubans or Ameri-
cans. Most of them are refined women
whose hGSDdnQS uleu III the service OF SPAN.
YELLOW-FEVER CASES.
one case of yellow fever in the Fourth
Tennessee Regiment, stationed at Sancti
Spiritus, has been officially reported to the
chief surgeon. and it is reported unoficially
that there are three other cases there.
The owners OF four Havana tugs have
put in a claim of $4,000 in gold to the Ha-
vana agents of the Compagnie Generate
u, ffft4ra tn
! steamer Versailles. One tug returned here
with passengers and cattle, but the others
! accomplished nothing. The agents are
ready to pay reasonable sum for the serv-
! ives of the tugs, but they object that the
demands in this case are exorbitant. Mat
! ters Of this kind were formerly settled by
! the Spanish port captain, from whose de-
| cision the only appeal was to the Havana
| civil courts. Commodore Cromwell, cap
! tain of the port of Havana is prepared to
/ arbitrate the case if the Iitigants agree to
! abide by his decision. Two of the tug own
! ers have agreed TO do so and the others are
/ probably waiting to hear the decision in the
/ case of the first two. If they consider them
! advantageous they will then agree to arbi-
! trate the matter. Under Spanish rule there
/ was a marine court TO try cases coming
| within the jurisdiction of the harbor but
/ there is no such court now. Commodore
! Cromwell has spoken Of the matter to Gov
1 ernor General Brooke. but no similar court
/ has yet been organized. If a crime is COM
mitted on a Cuban vessel in the harbor
there is no court before which the perpe-
! traitor can be tried.
| The robbery of 81, 200 by United States sol
diers from Major Arthur, on the hospital
ship kIissouri. in Havana harbor has
brought up the question under whose legal
control Havana harbor is considered TO be.
1t is not considered to be under the control