Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-16

| individual arrest the others in line
would simply march on, jeering and
yelling down with the policep
"Long live Gomez death to the as.
sembly.' When near Qunta de los
Malinas the demonstrators began tc
shove the policemen, pulling their
coats and attempting TO take away
their clubs The Tenth regulars, who
were sent at double quick with fixed
bayonets to protect the policemen,
charged down upon a crowd OF 1000.
Everybody ran, including the police,
and men, women and children tumbled
over each other in the rush. Two min
utes later the avenue wa, cleared for
blocks but not person was hurt by
the regulars
Eventually, without regard to the
police, an immense crowd collected in
front Of the residence OF Gomez, the
summer palace, cheering and waving
more than 800 flags and banners. Gen.
Gomez, accompanied by many notable
persons, soon made his appearance
upon the balcony and was greeted
with ong-continued cheering. Scores
OF bouquets were flung at him. lie
made brief speech along the line OF
his appeal to the Cuban army and
people Ind expressed his qualification
at such an illustration of public ap.
proval.
Gen. Gomez has not indicated to
Gov Gen. Brooke whether he will 90
ahead with the distribution of the
50, 900, 600 as if the military assem-.
| bly, did not exist, although his
dspo i'ion is to do So Should a por.
tion OF the Cuban army support the
military assembly in rejecting the
Gomez-Porter agreement and in refus-
ingto disband without larger sum
than S3,OOO,OOO forcble disarmament
in the opinion Of Americans we'll q dal-
flied to Judge. would follow. This is
the only grave fact in an otherwise
entertaining sequence Of incidents.
The United States is completely
committed to the arrangements made
by Robert ?. Porter with Gen. Gomez
and the details of the plan Of distribu-
ton are already far advanced. The
opinion Of Cuban civilians is that q
considerable portion OF the army,
probably the larger part, upholds Gen.
Gomez in his contract with the United
States and therefore the American
military administration sees no other
course open than the forcble disarm-
ing of any faction of the Cuban troops
which, after being duly warned,
should persist in keeping the field
REMAINS OF ADMIRAL vILLAMlI.
Santiago, March l4.--Gen. Leonard
Wood, military governor of the depart
ment of Santiago, in the presence Of
the adjutant generals of the depart.
ment and other officers, positively
identified the remains OF the Spanish
officer discovered few days ago among
the rocks on the shore about four
miles west Of Ell Moro as those of Ad-
miral Villamil, who commanded the
Spanish torpedo boat destroyers in the
naval battle which resulted in the de.
structon of Admiral Cervera's squad.
ron. Nearly opposite the point where
the wrecked torpedo boat destroyer
Pluton lies, Gen. Wood found an arm
chair with ropes around it. skull,
bones on the ground and the ragged
remnants OF the uniform of a captain
Of the Spanish navy. 1t was evident
that the buzzards had stripped the
bones OF flesh. 1t is understood here
that Admiral Villaml was taken
ashore from the Pluton in a diving con-
dition, tled in an arm chair, and the
supposition is that he died Immediate
ly on reaching the shore, the body be-
ing left abandoned among the rocks,
where II remained until few days
ago.
RED CROSS WORK IN CUBA.
Washington, March a. The govern.
ment having requested the Red Cross
to take up the hospital work in Cuba,
sheltering the homeless and caring for
the sick, Red Cross staff will start
for Havana to-day to join the Red
Cross agents already there. One of
the first matters that viii engage their
attention will be the establishment of
a hospital in Havana for the use of
Americans and other civilians where
they can receive the same attention
that they would in their own coun-
tries. Hospitals will be opened in aif.
ferent parts of the island as fast as
the agents can make arrangement is for
them, and doctors and trained nurses
will be sent from here as they are
needed.
mailman Leaned ESQ Feet.
London, March ia dispatch TO
the Daily Mail from Malaga, Spain,
says: A mailman leaped from the
highest tower of the cathedral of
Malaga, distance OF 300 feet from the