The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-13

force, which took place a few days ago
on the retirement of General Menocal
andthe accession of Cardenas, has been
marked in many ways. Menocal was
an able man, well liked, popular and
hail fellow well met, with most people
of any rank or station in the city, and
his good nature very often interfered
with the strict letter of his own laws,
which did not improve the efficiency Of
the police force On the other hand,
CardenaS is a man of rather reserved
type and exceedingly strict, and the
probability is that if he had a brother
who disobeyed an official order that he
gave him, the offender would suffer
just the same as any other man.
The consequence was, Cardenas had
hardly taken over the reins of office be-
fore some prominent heads began to
drop-men who had been suspected of
taking brides from certain places that
they might be allowed to run in viola
tion of the law and other offenseS
against the good name and good man
agement of, the police force.
1t was only natural that the friends
of these men should commence to talk
about the injustice shown to their re-
spective chiefs, many of these men hav-
ing been Colonies, ETC., during the revo-
luton.
But it is an unQuestioned fact that
the police force to-day is in a more per-
feet state of discipline than at any
time since it was organized, and from
the material Of which it has been COM
posed compares favorably with similar
organizations in many cities of it's size
in the world. And it is generally adj
mitted to be far superior to anything
of the kind in any Of the South Ameri-
can republics.
A short time ago a young man ar
rived here from New York with letters
of introduction to several Cuban fam
lilies. He put up at a prominent hotel
and was we'll dissatisfied with it, tell
ing most of his new found friends what
he thought about it. After staying
| there a few days he paid a visit to
! Cienfuegos on business, returning a
| week later to the same hotel. That
| night he called on a Cuban lady and
! gentleman, and the lady asked him ii
| he liked the hotel any better than be
| fore, and he replied that he did not,
| whereupon she said, Spanish fashion.
"Our house and everything therein is
at your disposal" In his innocence and
| ignorance of Spanish customs, the
! young man jumped at the proposition
and said he would come the next day,
which he did, bag and baggage, stay
| ing there for two weeks, much to the
! disgust and chagrin of the man and
| wife, as, according to Cuban and
| Spanish customs, the man could never
leave the house, wife and guest alone
| therein with only the servants. Con-
| sequently whenever he had to go to
| business his wife had to go too, though
| he so arranged it that most of his bust
| ness was brought to his house to be
attended to. Before his departure the
| young man urged the hospitable couple
! to be sure and stay with him instead
| of going to a hotel whenever they came
| to New York. 1t is safe to say thai
| this family is not likely to be in
| hurry to again invite people to make
| their home with them, Spanish fashion
Storm on Florida Coast.
| PENSACOLA, Aug. u. 1:45 p. ma
terrific storm struck this city at
O'Clock this afternoon. The wind has
| changed in velocity until at this hour
| it has almost assumed the force Of q
/ hurricane. All shipping is tied up
and no serious damage is apprehended