Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-01
new GOVERNOR
FOR CUBA
Brooke May Be Sent to the
Philippines.
UNFouNDED STATEMENTS
Cnbans Continue to Commit Ouirnges
I'm iPrOvInccs-Gen, Ludlow Conn
~
plains of Unf0unded Statements
About yellow Fevcr-Peoplo of ls-
land wnnt Ciyii Governor, but OBJ
tect 40 Portor-aiaJor Acosta'x Con-
fcssiOn.
By Telegraph to v,rgln,an-pnot.,

(By Telegraph to virgln!an-Pllot)
Havana, June 30.-The local papers
devote considerable space to the recent
troubles at Guanajay. deplore the ac-
ton of Il few unprincipled men and con-
graduate General Fitzhugh Lee upon
the prompt measures he has taken to
put a stop to them.
According to the Daro de La Marina,
at Matanzas, which hitherto has been
considered immune against crimes.
highway robbery and violence have
broken loose. Two armed Cubans have
held up the village of Bachlcha and
robbed the principal store after kill
ing the proprietor. The police killed Il
man, bound another unarmcd at Cabe-
zas, claiming that he tried to escape,
and two Spanards have been set upon
and killed by n body Of Cubans at the
Presto plantation, near Cardcnas.
Owing to the expressed opinion of
Brigadier General James II. Wilson,
Governor of the Consolidated Depart
ments of Matanzas and Santa Clara,
that rural police are not wanted, trou-
tfble is expected in the province of Ma
rtanzas for some time.
UNFOUNDED STATEMENTS.
General Ludlow, military governor OF
Havana. in the course OF an official
communication to Governor General
Brooke, complains of statements occa-
6ionally printed in American newspa-
perS regarding the existence Of yellow
fever here, which mtmates that the
authorities have reasons of their own
for concaling the actual facts in the
case. The particular statements to
which he refers appeared ten days or
30 ago, one OF which asserted that rer-
cons who had just returned from IIa-
vnna declared that there Mas more vel
low fever In Cuba that it was the poll
cy OF the administration to allow the
PUBLIC 10 know of, and the other that
Notwithstanding the denials of Ameri-
can authorities in Havana, there were
lifteen cases Of yellow fever here on
June End.
Both statements. General Ludlow
says. are entirely without foundation.
EXtreme care is taken to procure re-
ports regarding all cases known or
suspected. Every case is watched with
the utmost care by from three TO five
physicians, and there is absolutely no
grounds for believing he declares. that
nc is not In possession of every indi-
vidual fact relating to contagious or in
iectious diseases in the city of IIa-
vana.
There is not an atom of truth in
these statements" continues the letter.
and concealment would he as gtuDid
as 1t might be criminal. Every case
that can possibly be considered n sus-
pect is so treated; and it often hap
opens that q case is under treatment
Tor several days, in consequence of the
divided opinion Of the doctors Neither
on June I'd nor to-day IS there n single
case of yellow fever In Havana"
BROOKS WILL BE TRANSFORMED.
La Lucha publishes II dispatch from
Washington to-day which says:
1T is practically assured that Cen
eral Brooke will be sent to the Philip
pines command. with an increased
army, and that he will be succeeded
here by a civil governor of Cuba, who
will probably be Mr.. Robert p. Por-
ter"
DON'T WANT PORTER.
The English edition of the paper will
say editorially tomorrow:
while General Brooke has done as
we'll as, and probably better than, most
military men would have done in the
same position, and While he has at all
times evinced Il desire to secure justice
and has succeeded in winning the con-
fidence of our people OF all sides, it is
nevertheless the fact that army life
does not fit man to assume a civil
role. especially in such trying circum-
stances as exist here. a civilian Gov
ernor of Cuba is needed. Mr.. Robert
p. Porter, however, IS believed to be
prejudiced against the Cubans. They
have no confidence in him. and will pro-
test against such an appointment as is
indicated in our Washington dispa tch.
if the news should be confirmed. Cuba
wants as Governor an American CT
william of known ability, a statesman of
undoubted integrity and impartiality."
MAJOR ACOSTA'S CONFESSION.
The capture OF the rural guard of Ma
jor Jose Acosta at Guanajay, followed
by his confession of his own guilt and
his implication Of others. seems TO
promise the discovery of the leaders of
the numerous recent raids in the Guam
ajay district. 1t now turns out tha; the
proceeds of the safe robbery at Mariel
were some $1,000 gold and $1,000 in
Spanish bank bills. Enrique Herman
dez,s one OF the leaders. gave $1,000 to
Acosta Who changed 1t at Havana at
per cent. AcOsta is thoroughly fright
ened, and now keeps the guards busy
hunting the persons whom he exposes.
Three were caught to-day. He now
says that The party participating in the
recent robberies numbered forty-three
men.