The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-08
He Is Expected to Reach the Capital
on Thursday After "A Conference
with Senator Proctor.
POLICE FORCE ORGANIZED
JOHN MCULLAGH'S WORK IN CUBA
ALMOST COMPLETED.
Preparations for the Reception of
Report from Mr.. Porter.

HAVANA, Feb. THE United States gun
boat Nashville bearing the body of the late
| General Calixto Garcia. is expected early to-
/ morrow. The remains will be received by
| the City Council and will lie in the session
| room of the Council in public view with
! guard of Cuban soldiers Major General
| Ludlow, governor of the Department of Ha-
vana, has granted permission, in letter to
! Mayor Lacoste to five hundred armed Gu
bans to enter the city as a guard of honor.
He will also take personal part in the DEM
| onstration if possible.
Senator Proctor has received a dispatch
| from General Maximo Gomez saying that
| he will leave Remedies tomorrow for Ha-
vana, travelling by way Of Sagua and Ma
tanzas city and arriving here on Thursday
Mr. Proctor will leave tomorrow morning
for Matanzas, where he will confer with
General Gomez proceeding thence to Glen
fuegos. General Gomez has not communi-
Gated to Governor General Brooke any sug.
gestion regarding the plan for the payment
of the Cuban troops, but the details of the
arrangements will be settled after his ar
rival. Nothing has been done in the matter
thus far.
Commodore Cromwell says he will join
heartily in the plans of the American
women to decorate the graves of the vic
tins of the Maine on the anniversary of the
disaster. He explains that his delay in CO.
| operating with them was due to the fact
that he did not know whether Admiral
Simpsons squadron would arrive before the
18th, and therefore could not say what war
ships would be here. 1t appears that his in
action has been entirely misunderstood He
conferred to-day the subject with Mrs.
Estes G. Rathbone, president of the
women's committee. Detachments of ma
riEes and sailors from such war ships as
may be in the harbor will go to the Colon
Cemetery. The parts that Governor Gen
eral Brooke, General Lee and General Lud-
low are to take will be arranged later.
Commodore Cromwell sent an officer to-day
to Monsignor Santander bishop of Havana,
to ask permission for the cemetery, which
was readily granted, although the bishop
said he could not allow a Protestant service
in the cemetery without first referring the
matter to Rome. As all the ship chaplains
here are Protestants, no service will be held
Ropes of laurel and wreaths of immorteles
will be hung upon the military mast of the
Maine by sailors, in the presence of the
women's committee.
DR.. w. /. Drummer, of the Marine Hos
pital, received to-day from Washington his
appointment chief quarantine officer at
Havana. He has absolute sanitary powers
over incoming ships including transports,
but excluding naval vessels, and is inde-
pendent of the military administration. He
supersedes, therefore, Port Inspectors Agra
monte and Valiente, appointed by General
Ludlow, but they will probably be taken
into his service. A disinfecting plant to cost
$1,000 will be built and the barge protector
which was used at Montauk Point is now
fy..ax- pIiy hare fO ha tod in he
partment.
k.x- Superintendent John McCullagh has
virtually completed the organization of a
most excellent police service for tnis city.
OF 3400 applicants 2, fGJ were examined and
1,O00 admltted. Thirteen days after begin
ming his work Captain McCullagh had l,400
men drilling as Il regiment. Every street IN
Havana ana It's suburDs-a total distance of
l38 miles-will be covered by regular beats
day and night. one hundred and Iour miles
will be patroied by the Havana force proper
and The rest, which IS In the suburbs, py me
rural police. Twelve station houses have
been arranged for and properly equipped.
The policemen are fitted out with uniforms,
Colt reyolNers, mats, shoes, shields, white
gloves, belts, whistles and day and night
sticks. The rules and regulations are now
being translated into Spanish and the in
specIors captains and lieutenants instructed
regarding details. Six United States army
wagons will DO service as ambulance patrol
in the twelve precincts. Every arrest will
go first to the nearest station house and
then TO the central office. The system of
records and blotters is most complete and
simple, ana the dolngs OF the entlre force
will be promptly recorded at the central
office. A large proportion of the force con-
sists Of former Cuban soldiers and members
of the dissolved Orden Publco. Mr.. Nc
Cullagh's work has been efficient and ex-
peditous. What he has done for the city is
thoroughly appreciated by the inhabitants.
At a conference yesterday between Gov
ernor General Brooke and the Cabinet sec
retares the matter of spring elections was
discussed. The military administration is
considering a plan for taking census.
Edward May, a civil employe at the gov
ernment corral in the outskirts of Havana,
stabbed a companion in quarrel last night.
The wounded man lies in the hospital ana is
not expected to live. His assailant is held
to await the result Of the injuries.