Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-06-02
PROVES A FLAT FAILURE.
Not a Single Cuban Soldier Presents
Himself to Secure the SIS
Allotted.
THE FIRST ATTEMPT MADE At HAVANA.
Better Results Are Expected In the
Country Where the Anti-GOmez
Faction Is Not So Strong-Cubans
Object to the surrendering of
Their Arms.

Havana, May 29.-Not soldier has
thus far appeared at Lapunta to re-
ceive the honorarium of SIS allotted by
the United States for the surrender of
arms and disbandment of the men COM
posing the Cuban army.
AT three minutes of ten Saturday
morning, the hour set to begin the pay
ment of the troops, Maj. Francis S.
Dodge, of the paymaster's department,
drove up in a four-mule team with $780,
900 in gold and $4,000 in silver. Six
guards accompanied him and details of
men from the Eighth infantry were I'M
der arms to preserve order among the
mobs which it was supposed would
gather.
Col. George M. Randall, of the Eighth
infantry, was present as commissioner
of the United States.
Gen. Ruiz Rivera, who was Saturday
inducted into the Office of civil gov
ernor of Havana, was there to receive
the arms, with representative of Gen.
Gomez. four or five Cuban officers and
Is reporters. Half dozen American
clerks, with the rolls of the American
army, sat at long table at the head
quarters of the Eighth regiment. A
bag of gold was displayed, but there
were no applicants for share of it.
The spectators spent the time in
discussing why no Cubans appeared.
Gen. Rivera said that though there
were 4,319 enrolled privates and non
commissioned officers in the Fourth
corps, few of them lived in Havana.
He explained that they were outside
the city, and would probably appear at
other places in the province and get
their apportionment. Nearly all the
officers, he added, are in Havana.
Americans Made Mistake.
The representative of Gomez, who
has been acting with the latter in the
interviews with Gov. Gen. Brooke, took
gloomy view of the affair. He
said the Americans had made o
mistake in stipulating that the Cubans
must give up their arms, as this had
caused bad impression among the
Cubans.
A group of Cuban officers, who proved
to be some of Gen. Mayai Rodriguez's
staff, had in the meanwhile assembled.
| They smiled at each other, twisted their
mustaches, and grew confident as the
quarter hours passed and no soldiers
| appeared. Finally they jeered, in a
quiet way, at the whole proceeding.
One Man VIII Get His Money.
Maj. Scott, Gen. Ludlow's adjutant.
sent word that man named Harris, a
| Cuban-American, serving sentence In
| the penitentiary, would be sent under
guard to get his SIS, SO at least one man
was sure to take the gratuity. About
400 men had been expected, and pos.
sibly many of these will come later.
But the scheme of payment. so far as
Havana is concerned. looks like fall
ure. Quite different results are expect
ed in the country districts, where the
Cuban military assembly and anti
Gomez influence is not as strong.
AT noon Gen. Rivera left, remarking
that it was wasting time to stay there,
and Maj. Dodge went to the trocha to
| inform Gov. Gen. Brooke of the state of
| affairs.
Four professed priyates appeared at
about 1880 without arms, but as their
names were not on the rolls they were
not paid.
| Refuse to Take the Money.
Sagua La Grande, Province of Santa
Clara, May 29.-The generals of the
Cubans in this district met here Friday
adopted anti-Gomez resolutions agreed
to disband their commands and to cause
their arms to be surrendered to the al.
/ caldes, but toaccept no money for them