The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-04-04

HAVANA April 3-The overland tel
egraph lines connecting Havana with
Santiago were completed by the Signal
Corps yesterday, placing the command
ing General in communication with ev-
cry command in all the important towns
OF the island. The corps has construct
ed ZOO miles of wire in sixty days. The
trunk line extends from Pinar del Rio
through the center of Cuba to Baracoa,
the extreme eastern port. Nine lines
north and south cross the trunk line.
Brigadier General Greeley, Chief Sig
nal Officer, has cabled to Washing
ton, directing that this information be
given to the President, and adding:
''tThe construction and reorganization
of these lines is due to Colonel Dun
woody's executive ability and constant
application to work.
The Secretary of War, General Alger,
at Santiago, probably sent the first
message overland to the President.
A policeman arrested boisterous
Eighth .Infantryman last night for re-
fusing to pay chair hire in Central
Park and for threatening man with
a revolver. Many soldiers and police
men were in the dense crowd, listening
to the band. Three members of the
provost guard released the prisoner.
Other officers, who began to draw their
revolvers, were knocked down by un-
armed privates who We're off duty.
Thereupon the policemen became great
~ excited and held consultations in
groups, while the crowd rapidly dis
persed, fearing shooting was about to
take place. The men of the provost
guard took the captured infantryman
to their Corporal who released him.
Several soldiers were arrested for par
ticipation in the disorder.
A local newspaper has published a
letter accusing Cuban troops of the
murder Of several Spaniards, which has
caused &. storm of indignation in the
Cuban army, and Cuban officers from
the district where the murders are said
to have occurred declare that the state
ment Isl a. lie, and that the men referred
to as murdered are still alive. The let
ter is said to be of Spanish origin, and
the feeling aroused is more bitter than
it would have otherwise been.
Among military men the talk is of the
departure of the remaining volunteers,
which viii probably be delayed for a
couple of weeks until the Cuban army
question is nearer a settlement. As
General Gomez is unable to supply ac-
curate lists of the Cuban army, and
as the Cuban Assembly still retains the
official lists. the American military au-
thorities outwardly appear to be sim
ply waiting, but as a matter of fact
they are impatient and Disguised. The
whole attitude of the Cubans in this
matter is simply disgusting.
Meanwhile the report that the 5000,
coo may be returned to the United
States is being widely circulated, and
has increased the feeling against the
Assembly, whose members are appar-
emily Indifferent The next session of
the Assembly will be held on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, April 3.-The Cuban
Assembly must very speedily decide
upon the proposition of the United
States Government to pay SO. 900, 600 to
the Cuban troops. 1t was said to-day
that the entire matter is in the hands
of Secretary Alger. He has already
conferred with General Brooke, and be-
fore Leaving Havana fully acquainted
the Military Governor with his views.
If the muster rolls of the Cuban army
are not promptly surrendered by the
Assembly, General Brooke will order
the SO, 600, 600 returned to the United
States. Probably the Government also
will feel that 1t is warranted in with
drawing the support in the matter of
rations it has been extending these SOL
diers, in view of what amounts to a
practical declination on the part of
their officers. as represented by the Gu
ban Assembly, to- accept the terms held
out blythe Government.