The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-01
WANTS TO PAY CUBAN ARMY.
BROOKE ANXIOUS TO BRING THE
MATTER TO HEAD.

Washington, Too, Desires TO See the
Army Problem settled-Cubans Are
Worried About BriGnndaGc, Hut
the Outlaws VIII BE Quickly Rum
DOwn-LudIow Had the stores
CIosed on sundny--ArtilIerym
fake Up for Their COmradc.
Havana, April SO.-Gov. Gen. Brooke
purposes 10 bring the matter of the pay
ment of the Cuban troops to a head inn
mediately.
Yesterday he sent a request to Gen. Max
imo Gomez that the latter and the junta
Of consulting Cuban generals, should come
: at once TO decision as to whether the
Cuban muster rolls are to stand as now
made up or are to be reduced, as Gen.
Gomez has been expecting,
If he could consult his own desires, Gen.
Brooke would pay S1OO per man to such
as are entitled to share In the S3.OO0,000,
but If Gen. Gomez continues to vouch for
99,9S0 troops, payment will be begun with
out further delay on that basis
on Tuesday, May 2, three months Will
President McISinley's special commission
er,came 10 a formal agreement with Gen.
Gomez that It was of the first importance
that the Cuban army should be paid and
disbanded.
The Cuban people are pessimists. The
average Cuban is now whispering his
fears of a wild outbreak of brlgandage as
planters ore suspending Improvements un-
iii developments are known and projects
for investment are held IN allegiance.
Wants the Problem Settled.
Washington wishes the army problem
settled quickly as possible, so as to be
able 60 withdraw at least two more regi-
ments. American observers do not ex-
pect that there will be much outlawry.
Some, they think, is inevitable. but it will
be put down so promptly as 20 dscour-
age adVenturers.
Every business house In Havana, ex-
cept drug stores and cafes, were closed
at 10 o'c.ock this morning in pursuance
of Mai. Gen. Ludlows special order The
clerks. a thousand or more who petition
ed the military governor to issue the or
der, are much pleased at the result. Not
so, however, the storekeepers and the gem
eral public.
Mr.. Stockman. the weather bureaus
West Indian representative, has establish
ed observatories at C!enfuegos and other
cities, and is arranging also for elaborate
crop reports, especially regarding tobacco
and sugar.
High Price for Meats.
Meat is still 40 cents a pound here, the
same as when the import dulles on cat
tie and the market taxes were collected
although nearly 20,0OO head of beef en-
tered free this month.
According to a dispatch from Holguin,
province of Santiago the Cuban General
Salazar, who was sent after a band of
outlaws who had been raiding villages in
the Holguin district, has captured the
bandit Gonzales, one of the leaders. and
several others.
The non-commissloned officers and pri-
Yates of Company NJ, Second United
States Artillery, held an Indignation meet
ing at Camp Vedado last evening and de-
nounced the shooting, last Thursday. OF
Private f. A. Laconte of that company
by a policeman. Laconte is the fourth
member Of the regiment who has been
shot by the police, and the men are very
much exercised over the matter
At o'clock this afternoon the temDera-
ture in Havana was Is degrees Fahrep.
heit