The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-07
An Order Has Been Issued for Dis
tribution of the Money.
THE ORDER OF THE PAYMENTS.
Havana Province Comes First and the
Ofhcr. Follow in Rotation What
.'nmains VIII BE Distributed
long the Manned and
destitute Officers OF
the Army.

HAVANA. May 6-Forty thousand will
ne used as the divisor n liking the
shares of the soldiers in the 3.O9JoO) al
lotted by the United States government
10 be divided among the cuban troops.
and the payment Will begin at the end
Of next week 4 general order declaring
the payment and setting forth the rules
TO be observed. will Dee issued by Cover
nor-General Brooke on Monday next.
The Governor General and General
Gomez have decided that it would be
impractcable 10 try to verify further
the army rolls as submitted by the re-
Gently dissolved Cuban Assembly.
General Brooke to-day sent 10 General
Gomez a list of the commissioners for
The several corps asking if he wished 10
make any changes. The commissioners
one Cuban and one American for each
corps-wiu bee ordered 10 meet az once
in Havana To- take action as to the details
of the division OF the money
ORDER OF PAYMENT.
The order i'm which the payments will
be made d. as follows.
First I'M Havana Province, then In the
Province of pinar Del Rio. Matanzas,
Santa Cara, puerto Principe and san
tago.
The next important rule laid down is
that ole requiring the giving up OF all
arms as a condition OF the payment Of the
So each man is 10 receive.
After AN the privates and non-com-
missioncd officers are paid. some money
will be left. and this remainder will pro-
badly Doe divided among the manned and
destitute officers of the army Governor
General Ludlow Military Governor ot
Havana. recently asked SenOr Lanuza,
Secretary of Justice in General BrOokes
Advisory Cabinet, on arrange 90 allow
American lawyers 10 practice here be-
cause of the desire of the American SYM
dlcates and merchants coming 10 Havana
to employ Americans 10 defend their in
terests. Sen0r Lanuza referred the mat
ter 10 the Univcrsidad. which governs adj
mission TO the Havana bar and It's reply
which was approved hy the Secretary u
Justice. was a refusal of the request, II
being held r. would be Tor the best In
terests OF Americans 10 employ Cubans
with KNOWLEDGE of the local laws.
INFLAMMATORY SPEECHES.
Vtterances by General l.acret and other
n the Asscmbi.st leaders are pub
lished here to-day which might bee
regarded as tending 90 inhame the
minds Of the Cuhans against the
United States and incite them TO out
lawry
Gen. Lacret is quoted as saying that,
while he has no doubt OF the honorao. .
intentions or the United states towards
Cubans. troubles and misunderstanding
arise through the ignorance OF depart
ments as 10 the conditions In cuba.
The General is also reported 60 have
said that ne could not see how the lower
classes will be able TO live during me
year.
The crops are now harvested. the busi-
ness is dun end industries m a stand
still
The capital OF the ISLANDERS Is hoarded.
while foreign capital is timid. The gen.
cral said he was confident that starving
Cubans would soon be obliged T. steal
I'm order TO keep body and soul together
and that were they 10 steal his property
he could not blame.
As for the 100000 from the United
States for the payment Of the Cuban sol
diers that money would soon be spent in
saloons and would give no substantial
help.
Talk ike this which IS repeated ny
other prominent Cubans Is believed 10 be
causing outlawry.
Strikes are spreading. The stevelores
at Cienfuegos have again quit work.