The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
To Be Established BY General
Brooke's Decree.
BASED ON SPANISH LAW
SEVEN JUDGES WILL RECEIVE
GOOD SALARIES.
Military Assembly Appoints Bar
tolome Masso to Command East
ern Forces-Assembly Has the
Muster Rolls and Can Delay Pay
ment of Troops.

Havana, March zS.-The decree es-
a supreme court for Cuba
will be published tomorrow. The court,
which is a provisional institution, neces-
sarily, is based upon the former Cuban
court of last appeal, which Madrid in
tended to operate until the laws of the
autonomous regime had been thorough
ly revised. 1t is adapted to the present
needs of the island. 1t will consist of
one presiding judge and six associate
judges. The salary of the presiding
judge will be $4,000 a year in American
gold. The law under which it is con-
stituted requires the presence of five
judges in rendering sentence in an or
binary case, and of all seven in case of
a sentence to death of perpetual pun
ishment.
The court will have Jurisdiction over
criminal actions against even its pre-
siding judge, as we'll as all civil Off
Gals and the military secretaries in the
provinces. It viii decide questions of
jurisdiction between inferior tribunals
and will generally supervise the admin
istration Of justice in Cuban territory
The direction and control of the court
is vested in the presiding judge, and all
its members must be Cubans or swear
to accept the new government of Cuban
territory.
General Brooke has issued an order
forbidding the sale or possession of lot
terry and rattle tickets of any descrip-
ton, under penalty of confiscation and
fine.
MEETING OF ASSEMBLY.
The executive committee of the Cuban
military assembly has appointed Cen
eT-1 Bartolome Masso, former presi-
of hn C11I
eminent, commandment -chief of the
Cuban forces in the Orient, or eastern
provinces.
The assembly was in session this af-
telnoon- The motion proposed yester-
day by Senior Gualberto Gomez for the
reorganization of the Cuban army was
passed, but under existing conditions
the action of the assembly in this re-
spect is unsmportant
A dispatch read from the Veterans
association OF Santiago, asking the as
se1nbly to restore General Maxine CO.
mez to the post of commander-in- chief
From General Masso a telegram was
received, recognizing on his part the
superior authority of the assembly, &C
knoWledgdng it as duty to sustain the
assembly, and lamenting the contro-
Versy with General Gomez.
The Cuban generals, Diaz, Monteagu-
do, Robau, Nodarse, Betancourt and
Peraza, who held a secret meeting last
night after consulting their command
with reference to the course to be taken
IN the controversy between Gomez anH
the assembly, reported today that they
had decided to accept the s., 900. 900 for
the soldiers, and also TO help to organ
lze a new Cuban army of 10, 600 men I'M
der the American administration.
MUSTER ROLLS MISSING.
Meanwhile the Cuban muster rolls
are not yet in the hands of General
Brooke. They were last seen by an
American officer in Guanabacoa, when
they were in the possession of General
Roloff, the Cuban inspector general.
From his hands they probably passed
TO the military assembly, and if the
assembly still possesses them, the pay
ment can be Indefinitely delayed mere
~ by the Withholding of the rolls from
the American authorities. If the as
sembly should dissolve next Saturday.
after ordering the disarmament of the
army, with permission to accept Amer
lean money, as it is asserted will be
the case, the Americans probably
would get the rolls Immediately. If
the assembly should not dissolve, it
would still hold the key to the situa-
ton, for General Gomez does not seem
~ Sc Ing Ioi!S NY peISudSlon, ana
his lack of official authority makes it
impossible for him to demand them.
the action of the assembly is
awaited with particular interest.
Governor General Brooke has notified
the department officers to hold them
selves in readiness to come to Havana
to meet Secretary Alger. They are
now submitting reports as to the num-
Der of Cuban officers holding positions
fha111 cir Of
shows nearly 400. The other depart
ments have not completed their re-
ports, except Puerto Principe, where
BriSadier General Carpenter reports
that Cubans held ninety-three out of
I50 offices.