The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-10
NEWSY NOTES FROM HAVANA.
fRY A. NJ. RAREsHIpE.l

The city was thrown into a great state
OF excitement yesterday morning when 1t
became known that a case of yellow
Jack" was reported in New Orleans. The
monthly statement of the American health
authorities, made last Tuesday credit Ha-
vana with only four deaths from this dis
ease since the LIST of January, something
unprecedented in the annals of the island,
This much for statistics. There may have
been. several deaths that the authorities
were not cognizant Of, and on my own
opinion am satisfied there were; but,
when all Havana wore beaming smile
| yesterday morning and when the report
| soon circulated that Havana was going to
quarantine New Orleans, one could UNDER
stand their self consciousness and their
exhuberant feeling. The very idea of
Havana being quarantned against New
Orleans bore it with the historical fact
that this had never happened for the last
four hundred years and naturally it
brought with it feeling of great satisfac-
ton, Notwithstanding their sympathy for
the Louisiana metropolis
| The paymaster, with his large stacks OF
greenbacks, and his shining bright gold
pieces, composed of a part of the now his
torcal three millions, has come and gone
I saw one delighted face. He was a
swarthy black patriotic Cuban lberator
who had received his share of the money
He had proceeded at once, to "blow him
self His arms were filled with bundles
of every description. In fact, he had so
many that a number of them had broken
open and his wits were occupied holding
them intact. Guady underwear, several
pairs of brogans, and rainbowed hued
colored socks could be seen protruding
from the packages.
This was one of the few who had fooled
Uncle Sam by paying 90 cents for some
CID decapitated weapon from some Spanish
soldier which he had turned in to the gov
eminent so as to receive his share Of
the benevolence OF the country who made
"a war for charity"
They say that some hundred came the
second day to receive their share Of the
spoils, and that they were so anxious to
receive the coin. that they crawled over
each Others heads in their effort to reach
ene pay inds'eI' nut Ihe huoWins ones VINO
the number wa sljg5tl, owaggcr aas ' tan
reasons. | have heard positively that
Sangully and his followers. who killed all
sne poll'icai ASPIRATIONS OF General Gomez
use intimidation with hundreds of the
poor ihtterate warriors who could have
appreciated SIS as God-sond from
heaven
me paymasters are now trying other
provinces to see II the spirit has become
unanimous TO refuse the American dol
lars' and the likelihood al present staring
them in the fact Is that most of the money
VIII nave to be taken back. The army is
rapidly dlShAndins and they are returning
Peseeaoly TO their homes, and the opinion
prevails that the most expensive part Of
Lne aHalr WIZ be the transportation Of the
Paymaster-s outnt through tho island.
| am Of the opinion that things will
quiet down now for SOME months until an
electlon takes place, when, even the Gu
uaHS ADMIT. that trouble can be expected
ne Iale contract Tor supplying beet to
'he- dlmy IN CUBA for one year does not
appear ike the Americans would with
urdw IN hurry.
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m, 'uo "a" "i.lout rear OF FAVOR.
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erai f,.r VI sne province oil Matanzas, Cen
pri.o "a PenseI Oh the province OF Puerto
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