The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-04
BANDITS BURN S%UGARCANE.
Toss At SAGA ESTIMA X AT eOO,-
900 BAGS OF SUGAR.

President of the cuban flhnters orghniLa-
,iop Not Satisfied with the Mortgage De-
.e-Complaints Against Americans in
omrei in the Customs and Postal Service.
.Sp.cta, cabt Dttpateh to THE suS.
u,v.vA May 3.-The sugarcane fields on the
,.,ota Of Constancia Of Larronda. at SaRua.
vere burned Yesterday. The loss represents
900 600 bags Of sugar. The fire was unques-
.,,nahIv incendiary and is believed to have
been started by bandits.
Mrs. Brooke, wife OF the aforementioned.
will deliver to the Orphans Asylum the sum OF
81 600 received from the United States, which
ro. .ubsrribed by President Mckinley, Secre-
torv Of state Hay and Mr.. Vanderbilt.
p,vmaster Dodge has conferred with Gen.
prooke in regard to the distribution Of the
s3Ouu,OOO to the Cuban soldiers. and will ex-
nedlte tho work as much as possible.
fernandez de Castro. President OF the Asso-
sa,ion Of Planters. resigned to-day as a pro-
test against the recent mortgage decree. He
favored the original Lanuza decree. which. he
anil S,s best for debtors and creditors. In
~ letter nj resignation he says that the
,r,snnt solution is the worst one possible;
tb,, II will work harm to all parties.
and will hold back the material reconstruc-
ton Of the island for two years. Senior
do Castro openly charges that the decree
ia the work OF a political ring. and
that its purpose is to deprive present owners
nj their plantations. He declares that as Pres
ident Of the association the decree would i'm
pose upon him responsibilities which he does
not think he can accept because Of his disap-
proval Of the plan. The association accepted
the decree with good grace after its POSSIBLE
Tie. had been explained by Secretary Des-
yerpinc. uvon his return from Washington a
week ago,
There ia much complaint among the Cuhans
against what they call their crowding out ofthe
customs and lostal services in favor OF Amer
icaus. The IhhId to-day prints a long edito-
rial in reference TO the displacement Of tho
Iostmasters at Guanalay, Guines and other
places by Americans. whose salaries are double
those paid to their predecessors. The paper
saws this is a deliberate violation of the
promfs, made by the commission sent
here from Washington to investigate
the conditions prevailing in the island. 1t is
tru. that some Cubans have been displaced.
but the explanation offered by the Americans
Is that they were unable to do their work
properly, and that tho services OF Americans
are necessary to prevent the postal system
from retrograding to such an extent as to
cause public complaint. The Cubans are also
grunhling because all the signs in the new
Post ONE" are in English. They say they have
to carry dictionaries in their own country in
order to he able 10 do business.
The real explanation of the postponement Of
the dinner to Gen. Mayia Rodriguez and Senior
Cisncros is that the promoters failed to secure
a pr per attendance. The men at the head Of
the demonstration are so avowedly hostile to
Gen. Gomez and the United States that it was
feared Ivy the more conservative element of the
separatists that the demonstration would go
too far in expressed hostility to the interview
inG Government. Hence they siGniled their
intention to remain away in such numbers
that a postponement was deemed advisable.
The promoters say, however. that the dinner
vii! lie given tomorrow,
The Sagua and Caibarien railways. which
have been purchased by a syndicate repre-
serted by SeHor Castaneda. have been CONSOLE
dated, and are now known as the Cuba Central
Railway. Senior Castaneda Is pursuing his
scheme to consolidate all the railways OF the
island. He is now negotiating with the Car
denas and the jucaro companies. offering them
ahigh premium for their stock. The Cientuegos
and villa Clara line will be bought on May -.
the date on which the option held by Senior
Castaneda expires.
In lucia will editorially say tomorrow that
the American syndicate did well in refusing to
bu! the railways. because the prices demanded
FOR them were too high. The provinces crossed
BY the railways have been devastated and the
lines do not pay at present. The paper believes.
however. that tho investment will turn out to
be a good one when Cuba is reconstructed.
Gen. Brooke has issued a decree declaring
that the towns of Cicgo dc Avila and Moron. on
the borders Of tn" provinces Of Puerto Prin-
cipr an santa Cara. belong 70 Puerto Prin-
cipe, thus setting a long dispute between the
Civil Governors Of the two provinces.
SeNor Capote. Secretary OF the Interior. has.
by order of Gen. Brooke. drafted a despatch to
Washington asking for the full text OF clause
q of tn" treaty Of Paris and an explanation Of
It. especially rs TO how the Spaniards in Cuba
are to he registered to preserve their nation
atty.
Icrmin Aristoy. a Cuban policeman stationed
a. the "oal deposits at Tallapiedra. attempted
to-day to arrest some American soldiers. The
Americans beat him badly and put to flight a
number of policemen who attempted to rescue
him.
I'll" remova! from the main halls Of the
palace Of the portraits Of King Alfonso. the
Spanish coats-of-arms flags and other Spanish
insignia, began to-day.
The tests OF the crematory erected for the
burning Of the city's garbage have proved sue
cCs5iul. and Major Davies. the chief sanitary
officer. expresses himself as satisfied.
DR.. SollpZO, representing the American Red
Cross Society. has commenced the construction
o. an orphan asylum ard hospital at Guanajay.
The Cuban. Capt. WaIdcmar Schwayer. has
been appointed Chief Of Police at Matanzas.