Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-07
WANT Two MILLION RATIONS
Eisdireoted Charitable Americans Give to
Cubans Unfortunately.
IN HAVANA $4,000 RATloNS ARE NEEDED
lNIembcrs of Cuban Assembly still
Playing for some Notoriety he
fore DIsbnnding-Ncw Poe
liticnI Party.

HAVANA March G-For the month OF
March the various provinces except the
province Of Santiago have made requisition
for two million rations. Thus instead OF
diminishing the requistIon has doubled
since that Of January /. This is due partly
TO the fact that the Cubans use every pos
sibe opportunity OF getting rations under
false pretenses and partly to the fact that
the American distributors are unable TO dis
tinguish between imposters and the deserY'
ing.
In fact, the Americans are almost giving
TO everybody who looks poor" The requl-
sition of Havana province for March Is sou
600 raticns. General Ludlow has given strict
instructions that the distributors SHALL SO
far as possible, give only to persons Ill,
unable to work or Of advanced age, and that
applicants who are proven guilty of misrep-
tesenting their condition shall be severely
dealt with.
The Comal. with million rations, will
proceed to Nunez to unload them.
Assembly in secret session.
The Cuban assembly held a third secret
session this afternoon, a guard being placed
around the house where the meeting was
being held. The assumption is that the
mysterious $4,000 900 proposal fathered by
senor Fares Is still under discussion.
General Gomez ignores the assembly.
With the disarming of the army the as
sembly functions will disappear. 1t Is ru-
mored today that the members are consid-
ering an early dissolution, but are trying to
gain further notoriety before the assembly
ceases to exist. In some OF the political
clubs talk still continues of forming po-
ltical party under the leadership of General
Gomez, with the specific purpose of leading
4, tNnN a
tained.
An unconfirmed report Is in circulation
of riotous disturbances by Cubans at Pu-
erto Principe.
La Discussion publishes an alleged inter-
view with General Wilson, military gov
ernor of Matanzas, which reports him as
saving to the Cuban general, Betancourt,
that he expects to leave Cuba soon and that
therefore the work of appointing new civil
administrators for the province must be
hastened
Governor of Santa Clara.
lose Maria Gomez has been appointed civil
governor of Santa Clara.
Major General Lee will have review OF
the Seventh army corps on Wednesday In
honor of Admiral Sampson and other naval
officers.
There are now sixty-eight cases of ty-
phoid fever in the corps, an increase OF seven
since the last official report.
At o'clock this afternoon the tempera-
ture was II degrees Fahrenheit.
During a general fight on Saturday night
among the men of Company E, First North
Carolina regiment, Private Frank James oil
Statesboro, n. c., was badly cut with a
knife and stabbed in the back with bayo-
net. Private Duckworth has been confined
in the regimental guard house, charged with
the stabbing. James will recover.
Colonel Tasker II. Bliss, the secretary
here of the Treasury department, has issued
q statement that the United States consular
agents are unable to obtain recognition II
foreign ports for the blue and white flag
recently designed for Cuban shipping anc
ho warns Cuban shipmasters not to proceed
to foreign ports flying this flag