Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-03-17

with the police. Long live Gomez"
Death 10 tie assembly"
Colonel RIoul arrange, a mounted in
speCtur. took an American flag away
from man who was paradlng. Immedi-
ately surrounded by a meuacing crowd.
b- ,lUbbed one OF the demonstrators t!u
the blood flowed. Then. dismayed bv
The savage y-l,s OF the wounded mans
companions. he withdrew To another
point. Chief Menocsl was Knocked b.
III. crowd In the TaeOu walk When
near Quinta d. Los Moiinas the der.on-
strators began 10 shove the policemen.
pulling their coats and attempting 10
take away their clubs There were more
than 100 police within 10 blocks. hut they
did not at together. Indeed they were
thoroughly scared and enc policeman
ran to Central park where the Tenth
regulars We're Camped. The Twentieth
regulars, who We're sent at double quick
with fixed bayonets to protect the po-
lic=men, charged down upon a crowd Of
1000. Everybody ran. including the pu-
lice. and men, women and children
tumhl"d over each other i'm the rush.
Two minutes later the avenue was clear
FOR blocks bat not person was hurt by
the regulars.
Eventually without regard to the po-
lice, an immense crowd collected in front
of the residence Of Gomez, the summer
palace cheering and waving more than
500 flags and banners. General Gomez.
accompanied by many notable persons.
soon appeared upon the balcony and was
greeted with long continued cheering.
Scores OF bouquets We're flung at him.
lie made d brief speech along the line of
his appeal to the Cuban army and peo-
/ pie, and expressed his qualification at
such all illustration Of public approval.
From all over the island comes telc-
graphic censures OF the assembly, and
expressions OF loyalty to Gomez. and
faith in his motives. Tp TO late hour
last evening the people were CunEregat-
ed in front of QuiHta De los Molas ac-
claiming the venerable patriot.
Washington. March l4.-The admin
istration has decided to take . census Of
Cuba as complete and careful as that
taken in the United States. y census is
found nee sssary to determine who are
citizens and qualified to vote at eleC-
tions, before an election is held to estab-
( lish a representative government. This
/ censue will not hc taken through or by
any organization claiming to be repre-
sentative of the Cuban people, but by
the authority and under the direction
4 OF the military authorities OF the United
.
/ GERS as may be necessary to carry on the
work.
The government of the United States
. has not recognized any assembly or or
/ ganizatiOn, person or faction in Cuba as
authority to speak fOi the Cuban people
/ II will continue 70 deal with individuals
/ and municipalities as it finds them,
7 No government has been recognized. and
/ none win be until one has been con-
sututed which is representative Of the
/ citizenship Of the whole island.
| The action of the Cuban assembly"
| has given the government at Washing
/ ton no concern whatever. Il is known
! that the s. VD1 Geo nov on its way to
/ Cuba will be acceptable 10 the soldiers
Of the Cuban army. Il matters not
whether Gomez has been depoaed or not,
or whether he accepts his deposition
The government VIII deal with the iudi-
viduals of the Cuban army. and the
money viii be paid 10 the Cuban soldiers
oy United States officers. Gomez mas
been the agent through which the nego-
uauons We're carried on. Tho acQuiesc-
ruce OF the Cuban assembly" was not
sought, nor in any way considered.
The payment OF the s., 000, 900 to the
/ Cuban soldiers will form basis of the
/ proposed census, as considerable in
formation concerning the Cubans will be
taken at that time. The name, resi-
dence, proposed residence, and other
personal history Of each Cuban soldier
VIII be taken when he gets his money
and gives up his gun. This information
also viii be Of use in the future, should
1t happen that the men who are thus
paid fail to KEEP their parole and maintain
the peace. The muster rolls and pa
pers connected with all the Cuban or
ganizations also will become the prop
erty of the United States, and be re-
tdlllC'i 4Ol LuNuI I use. w IltIl me COM
plete census is taken the same informa-
zion concerning each citizen will be on
Gained as that obtained from each SOL
dier.
! Washington, March lit is said to
be the intention of the navy department
to send 1000 marines to Cavite TO take
care of the navy's interests there 1t is
the purpose to send a colonel in COM
mand Of these men. This seems to be
a very large number of marines to sta
ton at one navy yard but the explana-
ton is that the CaVite station is the
largest in The possession of the United
States including about 10 square miles
of land, with Is miles of water front.
On the government lands are many
squatters and small towns, and large
number Of men will be required to
! thoroughly police this territory. The
work of repairing the three Spanish gum
boats raised in Manila bay is reported to
be progressing rapidly al Hong Kong
| The vessels are said to he In ayra1Iant