The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-31
NOT % Be BOUNCED
Brooke Is Secure so Far as
Wood Is Concerned.
GENERAL BUFFERS VIEW
Havana Beef All Right--Sol-
dierS and HavaneSe.

Washington, Jan. SO.-Careful inquiry at
the war department discloses the fact
that the president has taken no action
toward supplanting General Brooke by
General Wood as governor general OF
Cuba and there Is also ground for the
statement that Re has no such intention
Ger erai Woods SPLENDID administration
Of civil affairs in Cuba has carmel ia
admiration Of the president, but = i 1nl-
practicable TO place him in command OF
the whole island, for that would lhvo.Ve
tie relief from duty there Of all the Die
fcers. ire uding General Brooke. General
Lee and General Ludlow, who can claim
seniority over General Wood. This would
amount 10 the degradation of those offic-
ers, Notwithstanding the excellent serv-
ices they have rendered, and there IS not
the least disposition on the part OF the
president to do them this injustice.
GENERAL BUTLER's VIEWS
General NJ c. Butler was given a hear
ing by the committee on military Affairs
in regard to aff1irs in Havana, where ne
mas Eeen recently stationed as one OF The
eva tuatjoa commissioners. He gave de
tailed statement Of the recent clashes IN
that city between the Spanish soldiers
and the Cubans. He expressed the op'n-
ion that General Brooke's order forbid
ding participation in the evacuation cers-
monies was a. necessary precaution, and
that If it had not been issued there would
have been trouble. The Spanish residents
were exceedingly nervous. At the same
I esbo 10
treated literally and allowed 10 partici-
pate to a considerable extent IN the con-
duct of public affairs. He believed that
the Cuban soldiers could De utilized and
if there was an organized force OF such
soldiers under American command they
| could be utilized in maintaining order.
even among the Cubans. He dweit at
some length upon the excessive taxes i'm
posed under the old system. AS an Illus
tration he mentioned that an importer Of
100 head Of cattle from Mexico had had 10
pay an average Of s27 per head on them
in the way Of taxes. General Butler ex-
pressed the opinion that in time the Gu
ban people would be capable of self-govo-
eminent, but that they should be given
an opportunity to quiet down and get used
10 a more liberal administration than
they had ever known. He said in reply TO
question from General Carter that a
census of Cuba would be advisable.
THAT BEEF is ALL RIGHT.
The commissary generals Office has re-
ceived a telegram from Lieutenant Abel
Smith, at Havana, concerning the beef
shipped on the Michigan, for which a
board OF survey was ordered. The dis
patch says:
mot a pound of beef condemned or
thrown overheard known TO me. On the
contrary. board called by me pronounced
beef to be fine.
Quartermaster unloaded part Of cargo
contrary TO my recommendation but was
stopped and ship held until meat could
| be properly handled. My calling the board
was unnecessary hut deemed wise pre-
caution. 0Signed) SMITH"
YANKEE SOLDIERS ON a DRUNK.
Havana, Jan. 30-There were three cases
| last week Of the abuse of citizens upon
the part of American soldiers. Upon two
| occasions soldiers took eatables from
street vendors, refused to pay for them
| and struck the vendors and citizens who
| took their part. Upon one occasion two
drunken soldiers insisted upon penetrat-
| ing into a private house. insulted the wO-
| men Of the house and only desisted upon
| the approach of a patrol.
| The local comment upon these incidents
! is severe.
| Mistakes owing to the ignorance Of the
Americans of the language and also ovg-
| ing to the fact that very many Of the
! Spamards and CUsans here do not speak
English fuently, frequently arise. Last
week patriot stopped the dancing in a
private house. supposing it TO be a public
hall. and insisted, wrongly. that all dane
ing must stop a midnight. The explsna-
tons were not comprehended by the pa
troll, but as the dancers realized that IL
was a mistake there was no ill-feeling.
Messrs Lanuzs and Jose Miguel Gomez.
members OF the Cuban commission which
recently visited Washington. have arriv-
ed here on board the Seg5Iranca.
Chief Surgeon Msus. OF the Seventh
army corps. has asked General Fltzhugh
Lee. its commander. 10 make the yaccinz-
ton Of every one in thep rovince % IIa-
vana compulsory. One hundred and six
ty-one cases OF smallpox have been re-
ported.