Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-06-22
MONEY FOR THE CIBANS
Nearly Three Thousand Islanders Are Paid
During Randalps Tour.
ynE WORK IS TO Be RUSHED
Soldiers Are Awaiting Payment Miles
from Home, Practically Modified, So
That Many Hardstiips Are Endured
The General Outlook In the Island.

HAVANA, June 20.-General Geo.
M. Randall has returned from paying
the Cuban soldiers. He rays he paid
almost $500 men. The majority de-
livered up their arms. which were
turned over to the civil authorities. A
few men were arrested for issuing boz
gus certificates of discharge and turn
ed over to the alcaides. The general
expects to begin paying in Havana to-
morrow. The additional payrolls will
probably not be ready for six weeks.
The Cuban soldiers at Remedies are
becoming anxious to receive their
money, as the proprietors of the ho-
tells and restaurants are unwilling to
allow them more credit, ewing to the
uncertainty of the mems inclusion to
the revised lists. General Gomez rea-
Lies the necessity for haste and is
urging the officers to hurry the neces-
sary data to him.
All the Spanish merchants approve
of the plans for the new docks and
have petitioned Major Bliss, the col
lector OF customs here, to include
piers.
Lieutenant Colonel Reber of General
Wilson's staff has arrived at Sancti
Spiritus. He finds the wires are being
more respected since the arrest and
punishment of the last offenders.
General Brooke's headquarters is al
ready on the move from Ell Vedado to
the palace formerly occupied by Mar
shall Blanco in Havana province. The
removal will be completed, it is ex-
pected, before the close of the first
week in July. 1t means a loss to Ell
Vedado of many who reside there. as
they will move also, so as to be near
headquarters. City residents are graf
flied because of the inconNenient train
service between Havana and Ell We
dado and also because at this season
the traveller is apt to be caught by the
heavy rains.
The various asphalt paving compa-
mics are watching with interest to see
the result of tests being made on two
or three blocks, where three different
kinds, block, rock and sheet have
been laid Each composition has it's
admirers, but before the contracts are
issued the government will carefully
investigate the merits of all. The COM
panies, it is needless to say, are do
ing their best work
Frederick w. Krause, who is in Gus
tody on suspicion of having been i'm
jlicated in the murder of Minnie Ross
last Saturday night, will probably be
released tomorrow, as the police inves-
tigation virtually clears him and all
other Americans involved as Witness
eS.
Spanish porter, whom many be-
lieve to be the murderer, has told sew
eral contradictory stories, attempting
in each to throw suspicion upon a diff
ferent person.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the tenn
perature in Havana wac 76 degrees
Fahrenheit.
General Maxine Gomez has instruct
ed General Rafael Rodriguez, has chief
of staff, to open an Office at Pinta de la
Molinas, and begin the preparation of
the new lists. The work was begun
today.
General Rodriguez mailed personal
notices and published in all the news
papers of the island instructions to
division commanders, brigade, and
company commanders, to come in as
soon as possible with complete data
the names of all their commands, with
the dates of their enlistment and the
periods of service. The preparation
of the list will be pushed forward with
all speed, because of the pitiable con-
dition of the soldiery, virtually mob
iliZed miles from home at the pay sta
ton.
Some interesting discoveries have re-
suited from the observation made by
the officers charged with studying the
tidal currents in Havana harbor All
the observations show constant out
ward flow, with only a subcurrent of
in-running fresh water. On account of
shoals at the extreme west end of the
harbor large deposits. of mud and 9TH
er filth have been made there, but it
is believed that with proper dredging
and an ordinary amount of attention
the harbor can be made clear, thus
doing away with the possibility of in
lection.