The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-12
ASKED TO GIVE THANKS
CJBANS REMINDED OF THE DIVINE
BLESSINGS THEY ENJOY,
And Requested by Governor General
Brooke to Observe Nov. 30 as q
Day of THANKSGIVING.

HAVANA, Nov 11.-Governor General
Brooke has issued a Thanksgiving procla-
nation, in which he says the custom pre-
walls in the United States to set apart one
day I'm the year for thanksgiving to the Su-
preme Being for the many blessings vouch-
safed, and the designation of the day and
the invocation to the people to observe IL
have been made by the supreme authority
Of the government, thus giving material i'm
portancs 10 the patriotic observance Of the
day. The governor general, mindful of the
sacrednesS and propriety of thus acknowl-
edging and returning thanks for the bless
ings bestowed and of invoking divine aid.
protection and direction for the future and
believeing that no country or people have
more 10 be thankful for or greater. oppor-
tunities to look forward TO than the inhabi
tants Of Cuba, deems 1t proper to call them.
to a realization of the situation, and with
this in view he names Nov. so as a day of
thanksgiving and prayer. 1t is recommend
ed that the cares and labors of life be laid
aside and that all persons convene at their
places of worship to give the Supreme Arbi-
ter of Destinies the thanks and praise just
ly due.
An attempt has been made in Pinar del
Rio to lynch an old man named Arteaga.
a former Spanish guerilla, who, under the
Tinar del Rio. Arteaga went to. Spain
sfter the war. but recently returned to see
his son. When it became known that he
was in town a mob formed and went to the
hotel where he was staying. The mayor ad-
dressed the mob, and Lieutenant Metcaf,
of the Havana police, who also was pres
ent, confronted the crowd and took charge
of the man they sought to lynch. The mob
retired before the determined attitude as
stunned by Lieutenant Metcalf, who took Ar Ar
teaga 20 Havana by the next train. The
people Of Pinar del Rio declare that Lieu
tenant Metcalf saved the old man from be-
Governor General Brooke is considering
the advisability of giving $500 each to Gu
ban officers who were incapacitated during
the war. out of the remainder of the army
1t is understood that the Havana papers
which have lately been attacking Senior
Sagrario, the Spanish consul general, and
which have recently ceased their attacks on
the Cubans, have been Influenced TO this
course by the rich Spanish commercial ele-
ment of Havana, who have refused to sup
port such a policy. 1t is also understood
that the shareholders in Spain of these
papers have protested against the policy.
ernor general to issue immigration regula-
tions forbidding the landing of an imm-
grant with less than $50 in his possession
and barring completely Turks, Arabs and
Chinese.
Secretary of Finance Desvernino intends
to present to Governor General Brooke a
proposal to construct twenty small gun
boats for coast guard service at cost of
$4,000.
The lower part of Havana has now been
disinfected and 1900 houses have been
thoroughly cleaned. A force of inspectors
are going over the ground TO see that the
occupants of these dwellings keep their
premises in sanitary condition.
The Diario de la Marin 4 says editorially
that Cuba should make every effort to
have good exhibits at the Paris exhibition
of 1890, especially as Mexico is using all
means in its power to supersede Cuba as
the producer of the best cigars in the
world. The Diario quotes an article pub
lshed in a Mexican paper which says that
there is a golden opportunity for Mexico
in this connection, as Cuba is in bad con-
dition as result of the late war and that
Mexican cigars now are second only TO
those of (tuba.