Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-10-30
HONOR PATRIOTS MEMORIES.
Cubans Meet TO Pay Respects to He
roes Who Fell Defending
Their Flag.

HAVANA, Oct. e9.-At meeting held to-
Gay In Cristo of the local coloneIs of the
cuban League and the Cuban National
party, in honor OF Naximo Gomez and OF
the Perez family. whose head buried the
remains Of General Antonio Naceo and
svufS Gomez after they were killed al
bejucal. Senior Saya characterized the ac-
''oit ot the Perez family as most noble
ana said 1t was particularly fortunate that
the duty of guarding the remains sacred
10 all Cubaas mad fallen to one who had
50 AUno-ably fulfilled his mission
cuoahS, the speaker continued. must
cease shedding useless tears and press oi.
toward the goal. showing themselves a.
brave as those who had died Tor Cuba. lie
declared that the page OF history whiyn re-
corded the death of MaceU should be
stamped with letters Of gold, and he coz
Guided "y cNclaimiHg. The Cuban people
are absolutely bound 10 carry out the nooie
purpose of NiaCeo. Il thry do no; II Will
De 10 their eternal shame.
Sehor Sdra!HZ. VINO said that General
'ott.rZ was present II SPIKE of the fact that
ne |iS !-JJ Vel. asserted tl4J tAe CUBAN
It1ie4 "vdIu Always he cordially Received 10y
SubahS, a. he Was recognized ~ The ly-u-
ms tuodn. not TepreSeHJ.HS ANY particular
iactloh or even REPRESENTING an army.
rms speaker Jnen II;iuCct. General come
Z iaeda. with 4 request thst he ~tl1Uld pre-
sent II 10 Perez as token ot tn esteem
II: winch the latter i held DE the residents
Of CFlStO ware General Gomez pinned til,
Entdal upon the breast OF Perez ard tLvl!
made 4 brief address
''Whe l heard Of the death of Maeeo
and my SON he said. 4 did not think /
should ever learn where their remains were
lying. but, thanks To Senor Perez. to whom
not only !, who am douuly grateful -
hpth father and fellow soldier. hut all Gu
pans as well are able to honor The remains
OF those brave soldiers saved 10 Us
Senor Gonzales said The CUbdnS Went
in h.. l.
programme Of Independence, Gomez Marti
and MaceO will go into history a JAr
triangular kvyStUnes of Cuban greatness.
The Cubans are bound to obtain inde-
pendenCe, when they have such dates III
their annals as the 10Th of October ana
the. 2ith OF February and such men aS
Cespedes and Maceo. Cuba has only TWO
great dates. but she wants = third. II
will come with the day when her flag
floats over her forrresses. The sons OF
cuba owe gratitude TO the American WON
en- who are working 50 nObiy 10 help our
poor, ignorant and sick.
Many thousands sited Cabanas to-day,
the day selected u commemorate the
deaths of the Cubais who We're executed
there by the Spanior rdS.
y fac simile of a bronze plate to be placed
later was fastened Ipon the wall near
where the victims we1e shot. with the fp!-
lowing inscription: ''This plate is placed
here as an eternal reco d of those who died
for the liberty Of their country
The plate will be about eight By twelve
feet. Four tugs conveyed the people from
Havana free of charge. General Wilson
says there is no section of Cuba, labOrIng
under the same Gisadv tntageS- which i
more rapidly recovering from the effects
of the war than Manacaragua valley.
which is twenty miles from the railroad
and accessible only by almost impasSable
thOroUghfareS, yet Is 80 enterpriSIng and 80
rapidly being reconstructed thar in TWO
years in the opinion of General Wilson, its
tobacco output will su-pass that of an
previous year. Capital from Boston and
Baltimore has transformed the district
into quite an American setrl. u-nt. \ friend
0: General WilSOI. who visited the locality
recently after considerable interval said:
Il found a complete transformation.
Formerly there was less than Ialf i dozen
houses standing, and the Devastation OF the
district was heartreHding Now new houses
are 10 be seen in every direction. Several
hundred Cubans are employed and -Ameri-
can mules. moving machines and corn
planters have taken the place Of Cuban
plows and oxen
Taking into consideration the beautiful
scenery. the abundance OF water. th- rich
ness Of the soil ana the fact that good
roads are being built General Wilson say
he knows of no section that Yields quicker
results As to labor and capital offers =
better Illustration Of the possibilities OF
American enterprise in Cuba.
General Rios Rivera today received Off
ciai notice of his dismissal from the gov
erforShip Of the province of Hayaua-