The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-06-03
CUBANs REFUSE OUR CASH
ONLY SEVEN SOLDIERS CAKE
A Large Amount % Meney wnaffna te
be Divided-If 10 wen onurdsa-Ths
Cuban Omeers Jesred the Aetien og
Their Soldiers.

Havana, May 2s.-OrIy seven colder,
have appeared at La Punta 10 rscefye The
honorarium Of $75 allotted by ths United
States for the surrender Of arms and dis
bandment Of the men composing the Cuban
army.
AT three minutes Of 10 O'Clock IN the
morning the hour Get to begin the pay
ment Of the troops, Major Francis s Dodge
OF the paymaster's department drove up In
q fourmuie team with $4,000 in gold and
5000 in silver. Six guards accompanied
him, and details Of men from the Eighth
infantry were under arms to preserve or
der among the MODS which It was sup
posed would gather.
Colonel George NJ Randall Of the Eighth
infantry was present ~ commissions of
the United States.
General Ruiz Rivera, who was today In
Quoted into the Office Of civil governor Of
Havana, was there TO receive the arms,
with representative Of General Gomez,
four or five Cuban officers and Is report
era Half dozen American clerks, with
the rolls Of the Cuban army, sat about .
long table at the headquarters Of the
Eighth regiment A bag Of gold was dis
played, but there were no applicants for .
share OF IL The inspectors spent the time
in discussing why no Cuhans appeared.
General Rivera said that though thers
were 1919 enrolled privates and noncom-
missioned officers In the Fourth corps, few
Of them lived in Havana. He explained
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
The representative Of General Gomez,
who has been acting for the LATTER in the
interviews with Governor General Brooke,
took a gloomy view Of the affair. He
Aid the Americans, in STIMULATING that the
Cubans must give up their arms, had
caused = bad impression among the Gu
bans
A group Of Cuban officers, who proved
to be some Of General MayiA ROdriguez's
staff, had in the meanwhile assembled.
They smiled at each other, twisted their
mnstaehes and grew confident a. the
quarter hOurs passed and no soldiers ap-
Peared." Finally they jeered in q quiet
way at the whole proceeding.
A False Claimant.
Towards ii O'Clock an unarmed eOlored
man in q Cuban uniform, came across the
dusty square, attended by all the Ameri-
can spectators He was shown to the pay
master, but turned out TO be an -assis-
tant" or camp follower. The American
military men consulted, and it was
thought he was not entitled to a ahare Of
the 5000, 600, and his name not being On
the rolls he was dismissed.
Major Scott, General LudlOWis adiutant,
sent word that a man named Harris, q
Cuban-AmerieAn, seTing q sentence in the
Penitentiary, would be sent under guard
10 get his SIS, 50 at least one man was
sure to take the gratuity. About 400 men
had been expected, and possibly many Of
these viii come later. But the scheme Of
payment, 50 far as Havana is concerned,
looks like q failure. Quite different ne
suits are expected in country districts,
where the Cuban military assembly and
the anti-GomeE influence Is not 90 strong.
At noon General Rivera left, remArking
that it was wasting time to stay there,
and Major Dodge went to the Hotel
Trocha, informing Governor General
Brooke of the state Of affairs.
Four protested privates appeared at
about 1850 without arms, but Is their
names were not on the rolls they were
not paid.
Paderewski La Married.
New York. May So.-A dispatch 10 the
World from Paris says:
The Worlds representative here learns
on unimpeaehable authority that IgnAee
Paderewski, the eminent pianist, was se-
cretly married last December to Nine
Eleanor Gorski, the divorced wife Of
Ladislas Gorsli, a wei known violinist,
formerly a member Of the La MoureAux
orchestra.
Nine. Gorski and Paderewsi are now
living quietly in Paris together, awaiting
the pOpes dispensatiOn before having an
ecclesiastical marriage.