Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-13
CUBA IS PEACEFUL.
General Wilson Visits Many
Points and Finds All Quiet.
RURAL GUARDS WILL Be DISBAyDED
The North Amerfe.p Trust Company
Made the Government Depository.
American Banking Methods
Are Bet3E Estabifshed.

HAVANA May a-Na3or General
Wilson. military Sovsrnor OF the new
department of Matanzas AID santa
Cara, has visited within the last ten
days every railway point In santa Clara
province md seen every afcaida Judge.
priest schooiteacher. banker ana I'M
roriant planter tn the localities he has
visited He now intends 20 60 OF horse
back Co many of the communities OF
the railway lines.
AZ several points where bs received
reports - arixRndage ~ made Il
point to investixate these personally or
threurh members ~ his star. While ne
was near Caiahassa ne Was told that SIX
bandits had attacked the Los Anreiss
estate and been driven on by the police
after a sharp interchanec 81 shots. lie
sent Lieutenant colonel Reher and the
Cuban grreral Jesus Nonteaxuto 20
make inquiry. They found that there
had been no bandits near the estate and
that the only basis Tor TIRE story was
that Mr McCuiiarh. owner % the Uni
dos estate. had seen flashes and heard
HrlnE in The direction ~ Los Angeles
The Theory a. that SOME Spanish tobac-
co buyers had arranged to have shots
hrei to size colCr g. ramora 90 the pres
encc ~ bandits in order O. cause timid-
ity among tobacco sellers and thus Sc
cure sales az low prices the buyers em-
phasizing the danger 20 the warehouses
being burned n there were any delay.
Very rreatiy Impressed General Will
son was with che doctuty 81 the people
iu thr country which he traversetl. and
n earnestly deprecates the acceptance.
without proper Investigation. BY the
newspapers ~ wildcat stories circuiat-
ed nv gossips or designing persons es-
recialiy hy those who wish a. eat iohs
AZ rural policemen" He believes. he
SAYS. that there IL no more ueed for
rural guards In his department for In
stance. than Ia the United States.
President Mckinley. through Adiu-
tant General CorDin. has instructed
Governor General Brooke 90 make the
North American Trust company here
shc depository of All the funds OF the
government ln the Island. and conse-
/ qucntly the money now IN the strone
rooms OF the custom house wiu Be Inn
metiatefy moved 90 the bank Ycster-
day S1e0 poo was Deposited. and today
$500 ooo VIII be transferred
IL is expected that American banking
methods viii increase Ia popularity Ia
the city. particularly thc check svstesn.
which was formerly practically un-
known Many customers 81 private
banks now demand the Introduction of
this feature The North American
Trust company ia ioaning largely on
bills % lading and other equally xood
securities. The Institution refuses at
present o. lend on mortgages. as the
laws resu'at.ng them are apparently
not Quife clear
During the month OF May $40 600 tn
digent rations VIII be distributed in Ha-
vana
According 90 a dispatch from Puerto
Principe city. an American syndicate
has secured the electric lighting fran
chise there for so. 600. and another syn
dictate has purchased about 3s Is acres
OF land FOR 100000 and win construct a
sugar factory.