The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25
CUBANS RESORT TO FRAUD.
FALSE IDENTIFTCh TIoN OF SOLDIERS
At THE PAYING sTlTIoNs.
Six Arrests Made Mt La Punta-Five Cuban
Omoers and tho Onicial Interpreter Got
% from Each Nun Who Fraudulently
Collected a1h.-Renarta of Rrignndh Eo.

| Six Arrests Made mt La Punta-Five Cubau
Ohhoers and tho Onicial Interpreter Got
% from Each Man Who FraudulcntlJ
Collected s7b.-Reports of BrigandaEo
| Specidl Gable Dupateh to THE Sun.
HAVANA. June 24-The suspicions which
have been existing for some time past OF col.
| fusion between the Cuban officers connected
with Col. Randall's pay corps. which Is paying
| of tho Fifth Army Corps and Cuban soldiers
seeking the S75 award. were verified to-day. six
| men being arrested for fraud. Col. Randall
became convinced yesterday that men were
| being identified as on the lists who we're not
| Cuban soldiers. and notified Col. Bacallao. the
head OF the secret police. who to-day sent de-
tectives to La Punta. where the pay
ment OF the Cuban soldiers was in
progress The detectives discovered that
the official Interpreter. Jose Elizalde; two
| Cuban Captains. two Lieutenants and one
Major had been collecting SIS a head for pass
| ing bogus applicants. All were arrested and
| locked up in the guardhouse on a charge OF
| swindling.
The pay corps paid 40 men at La Punta to-
day. The reports from the OUTLYING points
where payments are being made are favorable.
except from Santa Clara. where 2l2 men whose
names were not on the lists raised dlaturb-
ance when payment was refused. The Amer
lean troops quieted them without difficulty and
nobody was hurt.
Reports OF the depredatlons OF bandits were
numerous to-day. but none OF the cases were
serious. The Acalde. at Cebade Aqua wired
Gen. Rivera. the Civil Governor OF
Havana, reporting the occurrence OF u
fight last night between party OF
bandits and the rural guard. in which
one guard was killed The bandits escaped.
Press dispatches say the bandits looted two
plantations near Guaimara and escaped. The
guards are pursuing them. At Guanajay a party
OF nine men attacked a vino vault and were
chased by the guards. but the marauders got
away
Col. Cespedes sailed with his mother on board
the Ward line steamer for New York to-day
Clara Barton opened the orphan asylum at
Colon last Thursday
Gen Gomez has conferred with Glen. Brooke
as to the best way to satisfy the veteran Cuban
soldiers who have not been paid because their
names are not on the lists.
AS a result OF the conference Gen. Brooke
will probably pay those soldiers who present
certificates signed during the war or before the
$1,000 600 arrived by Cuban chiefs or mem bcrs
OF the Cuban Assembly.
The prevalence OF disease among cattle
which have arrived here from Texas Is causing
great deal Of public concern. 1t is reported
that two mon living In Luayano street have
tie. and two other cases are reported In Pinaro
A committee of doctors appointed by the
Secretary OF Public Works and Agriculture to
examine and report upon the disease declare
that the animals are afflicted with Texas
cattle fever. which poisons the meat and
that the deaths reported were due to eating
the flesh OF such cattle. Gen. Brooke has
ordered the Secretary OF Public Works and
Agriculture to make an investigation as soon
as possible and to take measures to prevent
the importation Of infected cattle
Secretary Of State Capote has submitted to
Gen. Brooke plan permitting the free i'm
portation Of milk cows from Honduras. There
IS now a duty OF $lS head on milk COWS.
while cattle for slaughtering purposes come
in free.
Chief OF Police Menocal has withdrawn his
resignation. learning that Gen. Brooke will
not appoint him Director Of Public Works.