Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-05-24
ALLEGED LIBERAToRs STILL RE-
FUSE TO GIVE UP ARMS.
A BLOODY WAR PREDICTED
GENERAL BROOKE HOLDS AFFAIRS
WITH FIRM HAND.
Decoration Day VIII Be Observed by
GarIanding the Graves of the
Soldiers Buried at Quema-
dos and by a Military
Display.

HAVANA, May 23, 1915 a. m.-Some OF
the late insurgents aver that they will not
give up their arms, but Governor General
Brooke has no present intention of max
ing a house-to-hou search in order to
seize arms. Ii the Cuban soldiers are not
willing to bring in their arms and thereby
get the 80 allotted to each man as his
share of the 100000 the matter will be
passed over.
Mrs. Estes Grathbone is organizing Dec
Grafton day exercises. The graves of the
forty-nine American soldiers buried at
Quemados during the winter will be dec
GRATED with flowers and General Fitzhugh
Lee will issue an order on the subject OF
the usual military display.
\ special train has been arranged for in
order to take people from this city to
witness the Decoration day celebration.
Senior Mora, the supreme court fiscal in
an interview, is quoted as saying he agrees
that Senor LanuZa, head of the depart
ment of justice and public instruction. was
wrong to abolish the incommunicado sys-
tenn before reforming the entire procedure,
According to the present method 1t is
pointed out, a prisoner cannot arrange to
have his friends testify favorably or sub
sidize a lawyer The Spanish code pun
ishes perjury severely, but the people here
have not the respect for an oath which peo-
pie have in the United States. This is owing
to the corruption of the Spanish officials,
who had the idea of profitins from every
thing done. Therefore, Senor Mora added,
the matter requires careful study, and in
the meanwhile l will allow of no change
until prepared TO complete the reform
process"
The collector of customs, Major T. H
Bliss, explained at a meeting of Spanish
merchants "a nf
bonded warehouse and dock plan that he
had origina ted. 1t appears that 2,O00. 900
is now spent on the antiquated lighter sys-
tenn, and it is the collectors design to
build two docks, slightly longer than the
New York piers used by the transatlantic
steamship companies, with double stories
electric cranes and electric railroads. 1t is
estimated that they will save their cost in
twenty-seven months.
La Union Espanola says editorially to-
| day: 1T is easy to see the near approach
of war between Cuba and the United
States
La Discussion, which denounces this SEN
timent as absurd and malicious" says:
Against the statements of such enemies
of Cuba are Cuban patriotism and the de-
termination not to delay or endanger the
republic by single imprudence."
| The ciShtieth birthday Of Queen Victoria
will be celebrated here by a banquet given
| by the British consul and the principal
| British residents and British visitors to
| Havana. Among the guests of American
nationality will be Governor General
Brooke and Generals Lee, Chaffee, Lud-
low and Humphreys. and many other
Americans of prominence, and Scnor Per
fecto Lacoste, mayor of Havana, and Sc
nor Federico Mora, the supreme court fs-
| cal.
All the army funds and the Cuban reve-
nues are now in the hands of the North
American Trust Company except the pay
| masters funds, which, by an order issued
| to-day, are to be deposited Immediately
with that institution.
| The striking dockmen are giving some
| trouble, and orders have been issued to
place military guard on the wharves, as
precaution against possible outbreaks.
Captain Greble, who has been in charge
| of the distribution of INDECENT rations, has
returned to duty with his regiment
There are still many deserted wives of
| Spanish officers on the relief list, with
| numerous children and what TO do with
| them is a problem that puzzles the officials
several arrests have recently been made
| wearing an undershirt without shirt a
| coat.
Among those arrested are several Amer
| lean teamsterS. The working class of Gu
| bans are fast adopting the practice of
discarding both coat and undershirts and
| wearing instead very short outer shirts.
| leaving several inches of skin showing be-
| tween the bottom of the shirt and the
| trouser band. This costume. which is cool
and comfortable, though not exactly ele-
| CANT, complies with the law
Major General Wilson, military governor
| of MatanZas, Santa Clara department, will
| make an allowance of $4,000 a month for
| the purchase of oxen and implements to en-
| able the poor to cultivate the land and
| rebuild homes in the interior of the pro-
vince of Matanzas
| At 2 o'clock this afternoon the tempera-
| ture in Havana was S4 degrees Farenheit.