The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-02
SLOW PROGRESS BEING MADE.
agOoKE AND GOMEZ CONFER AS
TO PAYING SOLDIERS.

The Rolls as First Turned in Were
considered Too Large-BrOOke
wants to Pay the Army in "a Bust
uess-LiI1e Way, and as Quickly as
PossibIe-An Editor Called Down
for stirring Up TrOubIe-Bandits
Causing Much Alarm.
Havana. May 1.-During the last few
davs some of the local papers that are
printed in English have published sensa-
tonal stories regarding the disputes be-
tween the soldiers and the Cuban police
evidently with the intention of prevent
ing an understanding between them, and
if possible, of stirring up more trouble.
Gen. Ludlow, military governor of the
Havana department, summoned an Offend
ing editor before him and warned him
that he must deslst trying to embroil the
soldiers and the police.
Gen. Ludlow complains that one of the
nrincipal difficulties Havana is now suffer
ing from is the presence of many worth
less Americans"-men who come here
merely to change their sphere of idle
ness.
Governor General Brooke and Gen. Co.
mez both of whom are annoyed at the
slow progress made in arranging for the
distribution of the 100000 TO the Cuban
troops, held another conference to-day at
the Ho,el Trocha, Gen. Brooke's head
quarters. The latter emphasized the neces-
sity of disposing of the question at once,
and Gen. Gomez agreed with him.
Rolls Were Too Large.
Al their previous conferences Gen. Gomez
had freely admitted that the rolls as DRAFT
ted by the Cuban army assembly were too
large and Gen. Gomez undertook 10 get
the facts from the individual commanders
and 10 make the corrections accordingly.
In the meantime Gen. Brooke was 10 make
indepnedeut inquiries.
The results of the two investigations
are nowhere near an agreement For in
stance the agent of Gen. Gomez in the
4 province of Santiago, reports chat there
are 1850 Cubans there entitled to share
in the distribution. Gen. Wood, the mill
4 tary governor of Santiago department
does not figure out half that number. Gen
Gomez roughly estimated the entire army
al about %, 600 men.
The Governor General thinks 1t would
be an unbusinesslike proceeding. to begin
distributing until something more definite
is known, and he has been urging Gen.
Gomez TO collect more facts upon which
4 TO proceed.
The conference to-day consisted of an
exchange of oral propositions, several of
which were rejected, but ultimately Gen.
Brooke wrote out one which Gen. Gomez
took home with him for further considera-
ton.
DepredatiOns of Bandits.
According to dispatches from Puerto
Principe province, the village of San An
Il dres has recently been raided by a band of
forty outlaws led by Antonio Barcelo for
merly citizen of Holguin, Santiago prov
ince. The place was completely sacked,
the bandits carrying off twenty horses, a
large quantity of clothing and groceries,
and 81 200 in money.
Five mounted men, armed, the dispatches
say, attacked a store in the village of
Tena Azul, abducted the proprietor and
4 his wife and carried away $500 in money.
The people of the locality are franeti-
cally begging for protection and a force of
rural guards IS greatly needed. The coun-
Try folks are moving into the larger
4 towns for safety, while the planters, many
Il Of whom have bought quantities of sugar
cane in isolated localities. fear that the
marauders will destroy it before il can be
Il g9rhered