The San Francisco call., 1899-01-16
SPANISH FLAG
ENRAGES CUBANS
Act of a Hotel Keeper
Causes a Riot.
REGULARS TkKE A HAND
HAUL DOWN THE BUNTING AND
RESTORE ORDER.
Insurgents EXPRESS Great Displeas-
ure Over the Acceptance of Po-
sitions by Menocal and
Other Native Officers.
HAUL DOWN THE BUNTING AND
RESTORE ORDER.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

HAVANA, Jan. 15.-This morning a
Spanish flag having been raised over
q hotel on the Cabada del Monte, a
crowd of Cubans gathered and began
to throw stones at 1t. Company B,
Tenth Regular Infantry, was called and
proceeded to the scene of disturbance
at double quick and with fixed bayo-
nets speedily dispersed the crowd,
which was fast becoming ugly.
The officers in command informed the
proprietor that the flag ought to be
lowered because it was likely to pro-
duce further disorder The proprietor,
in reply, assured the officer that no
offense had been intended and that,
having seen the English and German
flags flying, he thought he would be
at liberty to raise the flag Of Spain.
Two members of the company lowered
the flag.
Corporal Francis F. Green, Company
K, Fourth Illinois Volunteers, was
drowned to-day while bathing in the
Almendares River. The body probably
will be sent home for interment at
Litchfield.
Yesterday boy who was called the
mascot of the Second South Carolina
Regiment was drowned in the same
stream. His home was In ASheVllle,
N. G.
At Marianao to-day at the house of
the Cuban chief, Leyte Vidal, private
meeting was held at which number
of prominent military men were pres
ent. Considerable displeasure was
expressed at the acceptance by General
Mario Menocal and other Cuban officers
of positions under the United States
military government, the criticism be-
ing that Menocal and others had prac-
tically abandoned the Cuban army,
leaving his comrades with less infiu-
ence to shift for themselves.
Mayor PerfectO Lacoste of Havana
called yesterday upon Governor Cen
eral Brooke, wired greetings to Presi-
dent Mckinley and General Gomez and
sent friendly message to the Cuban
Assembly at Marianao. The municipal.
offices are to be transferred from the
palace to the custom house, after which
General Brooke will occupy the entire
palace.
The Cuban general, Alfredo Rego.
formerly in command of the insurgent
forces in the province of Santa Clara,
declines to accept a position in the
customs service on the ground that he
might Crowd out some worthier per-
son."
The customs receipts yesterday were
S33, 400, making a total for the month
thus far of 1851, ,320
SANTIAGO, Jan. 15.-El Porvenir
publishes an extra to-day giving cable
message from DR.. Joaquin Castillo, now
in Washington with General Wood in
the interest of the Santiago Board of
Trade. DIR. Castillo says that complete
autonomy will be granted to the
province The whole city is talking
tonight of a demonstration to cele-
brate the prospect.
negro private of the Twenty-third
Kansas Regiment broke into store op
posite the police headquarters and stole
a diamond ring. The police were called
and the man was shot, though not seri-
ousIy The local press is making the
most of this situation, contending that
it is only another incident in the bad
history of the negro regiment. The
sentiment of the Americans. however.
is that it would be unjust to blame the
race for the act of one man.
Charges of a serious character have
been brought against an officer of the
Third Immune Regiment in the Guam
tanamo district More than thousand
dollars is involved. The officer is under
arrest.