The evening times., 1899-07-21
CONSTITUTING THE TREATY.
An Interesting Question Arises as I
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Havana, July 21.--Among the men pre-
senting themselves at the registry bureau
today to declare their Spanish citizenship
were two natives of the Canary Islands.
Superintendent Hevia refused to allow
them to register on the ground that the
Paris treaty granted that right only to
natives of the peninsula The applicants
appealed to Senor Sagrario, the Spanish
Consul General. who sought Acting Secfe-
tary of State Despagne and insisted that
the treaty be construed as including Canary
and Balaeric Islanders. Senior Despagne
declined to agree to such construction.
Another conference on the question will
be held tomorrow. Nearly one-half II the
Spaniards in Cuba are natives OF the
Canary Islands. and the question is really
an important one, as great dissatisfaction
will be caused if they are not granted the
same privilege as the peninsuiares. One
hundred and one Spaniards registered to-
day. Sharpers have been trying to get
money for aiding the Spaniards to obtain
registration. They have been warned away
by the police, who will hereafter arrest
them If they persist.
+ Advices from Guantanamo are to the
effect that there is much dissatisfaction
among the Cuban troops awaiting payment
there. These men are in the supple
mentary lists of the army. They say that
they left their work to obtain their money
and they demand Immediate payment.
They have Threatened to riot, but there has
been no serious trouble Reports of the
same character have been received from
many places in the island. There is also
considerable unrest among the troops
awaiting payment in Havana General
Gomez has advised General Brooke to
make no payments until the new lists are
all completed in order to avoid confusion.
This work will probably be finished next
week. General. Brooke has ordered that
each Cuban officer engaged in the prepara-
tion of the lists be paid $780, When this
work is completed they will be given
Government employment.
The appeal of the estate of Count
O'Reilly against the order Of General
Ludlow abolishing the estates right 70
collect fees for the slaughter of cattle
here has been overruied by General
Brooke. The estate, it is said. will appeal
to the Attorney General at Washington.
The news of the appointment of Major
Kennon to the coionelcy Of the Thirty
fourth regiment is received here with
IeSftt, dS ue IL very pOpuIdT Will sfiuSi :
leans, Cubans, and Spaniards, who do not
wish him to leave the island. He has
been of great service to General Brooke
by reason of his knowledge of the Span
ish language.
Captain Pitcher. who is the police court
magistrate here, recently unearthed evil
dences of crime which was committed
on the schooner Gallego last April. The
master of the schooner was murdered by
three negroes belonging to the crew, and
all the money aboard the vessel was
stolen. The masters grandson, who is
ten years old, was kidnapped by the mur-
derers, two of whom fed to Porto Rico,
while the other man, with the boy, went
to Spain. Captain Pitcher communicated
with the Spanish Consul General here and
the latter cabled to Spain asking for the
arrest of the negro who had fled there
and who, it was learned, was at Ferrol
with the boy. The Consul General has
now been notified by cable that the negro
whose name is Vigo, has been arrested
and he will be brought to Havana for
trial The other two men have also been
arrested. The kidnapped boy will be re-
turned to his mother as soon as possible.
The Sisters Of Charity here have writ
ten a protest to the Bishop of Havana
against the entrance into the converts of
sanitary inspectors acting under orders
from Major Davis. Many of them have
cemeteries within their walls where nuns
are buried. Owing TO their non-hygienic
condition they are considered dangerous
to the health of the city by Major Davis,
who is trying to remedy the evil. The
Bishop has not yet communicated the pro-
test to the authorities.