The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-22
cARLISTS WORKING IN CUBA.
THEIR AGENTS ARE AFTER SOL
DIERS TO GO TO sPAIN,

PRESIDENT of The New Supreme Court
Is Prominent Lawyer-Two New
Cases of Yellow Fever In Havana.
Gomez Is Preparing "a List of the
faymasters-The Alleged Insults
TO Gomez Were From spaninrds in
Havana.
havana, April 21.-Two new cases Of
yellow fever developed In Havana to-day,
making five officially reported
Ihere are no Americans among them,
and as far as is known at he office of, the
ch'et surgeon, there is only one Ameri-
can in Cuba with the fever, man named
Biscomb, who had been working on a
Plantation near Pamlllas, Matanzas prov
ince. He is discharged private.
lhe Carlists are moving throughout the
island and their agents are trying to Sc
cure men. They prefer the Cuban soldiers
around Havana, Yesterday one agent was
openly offering $l5 a month and a free
passage to Spain as inducements to toln
the army of Don Carlos
La Gaeeta Carlista, a Carlist organ, re-
Gently established here, describes in its
latest issue the munificence of Don Car
los and his desire to rebuild Spain, as well
as TO 'eXterminate such men as Weyler."
Senor Antonio Gonzales de Mendoza
who has been chosen president of the new
~ constituted Supreme Court, is one of
the best-known lawyers In Havana. and a
man respected by all classes and all mar
ties. He is Ga years Of age and the head
OF the distinguished Mendoza family. His
great wealth consists largely of planta-
TONS and his interests were preserved
during the revolution owing to his CON
tribuuon to both sides.
To Pay on the Cubnns.
Gen. Maxine Gomez is arranging to
publish tomorrow a list of paymasters
ana assistants appointed at a meeting held
this evening. He will say, in connection
herewith, that owing to the necessity
Tor the establishment of a peaceful re-
pubic az the earliest possible date. the
only troops needed are those of the in
tervening power, with the assistance Of
the rural guards in Isolated districts
Therefore, he will contend and instruct
that soldiers of the Cuban army must dis
Dand, and deliver their arms to their Off
GERS, who Will deposit them In a suitable
receptacle or museum, where they win be
guarded as relics of a glorious strusele
The men are there to go to work immedl.
ately.
Officials close to Gomez say that ~ he
were offered the presidency he would prob
ably accept.
La Discussion attacks him to-day saving
that he Is not a representative of the
army or the people, and that he was only
elected by few generals who were
forced to do so by the tyrannical Amerl-
cans"
Spaninrds InsuIted Gomez,
Several reports are In clreulation-as ca
bled TO the United States-regarding the
affront to Gomez yesterday while he was
returning In a launch after saying fare
well to his two sons and daughter. who
sailed for San Domingo; but the exact
facts are these:
Gen. Gomez was hissed by some people
who were standing on the roof of a house
that overlooked the harbor They waved
Spanish flags, cried Long live Weylerp'
and Long live Spainp Death to Co
mez" Death to the Amerlcansv' and
Death to the Cubans!"
The passengers and sailors on board the
Alfonso XIII repeated the cries. Even
the papers that oppose Gomez denounce
the proceedings as an outrage.
Since Jan. ] 20,00J Spanish citizens have
left for Spain. The Alfonso XIII took enc
yesterday