The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-10
GARCIA'S BODY AT HAVANA.
LANDED RON THE GUNBoAT NASH
FILE WITH MILITARY HONORS.

Cuban and American Troops Form n Guard
of Honor Mt tho City Hall. Where the
Body Lies In StRte-Interment on Sntur-
- Gomez Says He IL Very Poor.
Special Cable D,,pstch TO THE suS.
HAVANA. Feb. 9.-The United States warship
Nashville. having on board the body Of Gen.
Calixto Garcia. who died in Washington. ar
rived here at 1870 o'clock this afternoon. As
she entered the harbor she fired u salute OF
eleven guns. to which the forts replied. and
the flags in the city were placed at half mast.
Civil Governor Mora and a committee Of the
Board Of Aldermen went out TO the Nashville
on the tugboat Gonzalez. The body was placed
on the Gonzalez. and the warships in the har-
Dor fired one gun each at one-minute intervals
until the body was landed.
At the wharf were Gen. Ludlow, Military
Governor OF Havana, and the members OF his
stan. many other American military officers.
Commodore Cromwell. the members OF ths
Junta Patriotica. Il number OF Cuban clubs aud
an aide from GoVernor-Genera Brooke's stan.
Accompany otthe Eighth Infantry. with the reGi-
mental band playing a dead march. escorted
the hearse to the City Hail. where the body
will lie in state. The pallbearers were Capt.
.Tos6 Marti and Coils. Torriente. Lorie and
Arrange. who were aides to Gen. Garcia. The
latter's sons followed with the troops.
At the City Hall the body was identified az
AiluN VI N''Ils w " iiAo WIS 'AiN "eS
on a bier in the main hall. where it will he
guarded by Cuban and American officers. At
> o'clock the people were allowed to pass by
the coffin and thousands awaited themselves OF
the privilege. The funeral will take place on
Saturday.
Gen. Brooke recently teleGraphed to Gen.
Gomez, the Cuban Commander-in-Chief. ask
ing him why he had not replied by telegraph
to one OF his messages. Gen. Gomez has re-
piled by mail. saying:
Il am very poor. | have no money at all.
The telegraph office charges me FOR de-
spatches.'
Gen. Brooke Immediately ordered that de-
spatches from Gen. Gomez be transmitted
without charges Of any kind. Gen. Gomez's
answer has excited great admiration among
the Cubans. who know the opportunities he
has had OF enrichinG himself had he been so
inclined.
Bishop Santander has announced that he
will charge 500 for officiating at the funeral
OF Gen. Garcia. and that $50 will be charged
for the right to bury the body in the cemetery.
Mayor Lacoste said to-day that there would he
no religious ceremonies. and that the city
would give the moneythat the Bishop demands
to the family OF Gen. Garcia.
A. +. Woolf has arranged with Gen. Ludlow
the terms OF a contract. which Mr.. Woolf says
will be signed tomorrow. for the erection OF "A
plant 10 manufacture daily 100000 gallons
OF a disinfectant, which will be used in
the streets and cesspools. The houses
Of the poor will be washed with the
disinfectant. The contract provides that the
construction OF the plant shall he commenced
in the early part Of March. Fifty thousand
dollars worth OF material for the plant will he
ordered Immediately. Mr.. Woolf SAYS that
electrozone will be used until the new sanitary
system is established.