Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-20
MONEY FOR MANY CUBANS
Nearly Three Thousand Islanders Are Paid
During RaudalPs Tour.
REMAINDER OF LISTS WILL BE RUSHED
Soldiers Are Awaiting Payment Miles
from Home, Practically Modified,
So that Many Hnrdships
Are Endured.

HAVANA June 19.-General George NJ.
Randall has returned from paying the Cuban
soldiers. He says he paid almost $500 men.
The majority delivered up their arms, which
were turned over to the civil authorities.
A few men were arrested for issuing bogus
certificates of discharge and turned over to
the alcaldes. The general expects to begin
paying in Havana tomorrow. The additional
payrolls will probably not be ready for six
weeks.
The Cuban soldiers at Remedies are be-
coming anxious to receive their money, as
the proprietors of. the hotels and restaurants
are unwilling to allow them more credit.
owing to the uncertainty OF the mems in
clusion in the revised lists. General Gomez
realizes the necessity for haste and is urg
ing the officers to hurry the necessary data
to him.
All the Spanish merchants approve of the
plans for the new docks and have petitioned
Major Bliss. the collector of customs here,
to include piers.
Lieutenant Colonel Reber of General Will
sons staff has arrived at Sancti Spiritus.
He finds the wires are being more respected
since the arrest and punishment of the last
offenders.
General Brooke's headquarters Is al
ready on the move from Ell Vedado to the
pdldCe lOTlueIly occupied ny MdISndl bldnCO
in Havana province. The removal will be
completed, it is expected, before the close of
the first week in July. 1t means loss to
Eel Vedado OF many who now reside there, as
they will move also, so as to be near head
quarters. City residents are gratified be-
cause of the inconvenient train service be-
tween Havana and El Vedado and also be-
cause at this season the traveller is apt to
be caught by the heay rains.
Pavement Undergoes Test.
The various asphalt paving companies are
watching with interest to see the result of
tests being made on two or three blocks,
where three different kinds, block, rock and
sheet, have been laid. Each composition has
it's admirers, but before the contracts are
issued the government will carefully inves-
tigate the merits of all. The companies, it
is needless to say, are doing their best
work.
Frederick W. Krause, who is in custody
on suspicion of having been implicated in
the murder of Minnie Ross last Saturday
night, will probably be released tomorrow,
as the police investigation virtually clears
him and all other Americans involved as
witnesses.
A Spanish porter whom many believe to
be the murderer has told several contra
suspicion upon different person.
AT o'clock this afternoon the tempera-
ture in Havana was rs degrees Fahrenheit.
General Maxine Gomez has instructed
General Rafael Rodriguez, his chief of
staff, to open an office at Pinta de la
Molinas. and begin the preparation of the
new lists The work was begun today.
General Rodriguez mailed personal notices
and published in all the newspapers OF the
island instructions to division commanders,
brigade, and company commanders to come
in soon as possible with complete data
the names OF all their commands, with the
dates of their enlistment and the periods
of service The preparation of the list
will be pushed forward with all speed, be-
cause OF the oitiabe condition of the SOL
diery, virtually mobilized miles from home
at the gay station.
Currents Course is Outward.
Some interesting discoveries have resulted
from the observations made by the officers
charged with studying the tidal currents in
Havana harbor. All the observations show
a constant outward flow. with only sub
current of n-runnng fresh water. On
account of shoals at the extreme west end
of the harbor large deposits of mud and
other filth have been made there, but 1t is
believed that with proper dredging and
an ordinary amount of attention the har-
Dor can be made clear, thus doing away
with the possibility of infection.
The proposal to construct electric car
lines is meeting with considerable opposi-
tion, especially in certain districts where
the streets already surveyed for the line
are only twenty feet wide and are danger
Gus even for cabs collisions being frequent.
The opponents of the movement contend
also that the buildings along many of these
thoroughfares are high and crowded and
probably would become untenabe by night,
on account Of the constant changing of bells.
The companies desire to build single
overhead wire with the bonded rail system,
but this is disapproved on all sides. Eff
forts will be made to compel the use Of
the double overhead wire or the UNDER