The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-05-11
MAJ. GEN NASNMqIBA
The Military Governor Of the New
Department Of Matanzas Dane
Ing His Way to Favor.
sOWTOBacCO BUYERS BEARTRi MARKET

RHrht paItr~ Unnere~snry--fnint-
Hearted bandits GoN-rRment
Funds 90 he Bankrd--nhRLs Care
fnt OF LoaH~-An Injustice De-
nouHrrd--s Din Laud purrhnsc.
Havana. MAY s.--jirn. Wilson. mill
| hry governor nf yhe nt.ss trnAriment !
Of Mniauyas, Santa Clara, has visited
Nithin the lsst ten days every railway
point In Santa Clara province, and seen
t'-iy rirni,i,. ju,isv, prtr-i, -yi',''i-
irarhrr, huukrr uui iiuPurluut planter
IN the luculitirH hr has visited. he uow
intends tu 20 uu horseback 10 muny uf
the communities of ,hr railway HEra.
Dancing His Way iHto Popular Favor
Hls experience has bs,ru To hnih re-
rrp,ions for the purpose ~ his inNcs-
I legations until ten or 81 O'Clock every
|u,rht. and then To dance until a. or
nuc Everywhere he hgs icrn the re-
-iTicnt ui complimentary attentions.
/ Hat dozen halls hnyr been given iu
bis honor, mud the people of the prov
nrr have evidently ircn greatly
pl,gscd M his appearance among them
In this way.
A Nrw WAY Go Bear che mUskrt.
At scyrrul points where hc received
reports of briHund1rr be- made IL "a
rtint tn investigate these personally F.
or through mpmIrrs uf his staff. While .
&" Wus near ,ulablsu hc was told that
E.y bandits had attacked ID, ios AU- .
&, lee estate and hrou driven on los the ,
police after sharp interchange uf T.
snuts llr sent Col, Rrb,r aud the /
Cuban general, jesus Muuicgrlduo, 20 I
make inquiry. They found that there I.
had b..ru mo- bandits near the estate I
rud the only basis for the story WAS .
that MIR. Mrtullnph, owner ui the .
n,Gus estate, had seen flashes OF
squad firing ia the direction of Los F.
Angelic. The theory o. that some 4
Spanish tobacco buyers bad arranged /
10 hasr shots 6rrd tn give color to I
rumors ~ the presence Of bandits,
scnsntlnnni Stories Exploded.
Gen. Wilson was told that two bClIcs .
~ men '.sidvutly murdered had been I
fnDnd at one point, bat it turned Out /
that ;hc find" was single skeleton /
with the skull marked by machctr, 4
obviously rrlir Of the Spanish 4
regime. Nor yus there any h,'ttrr .
foundation for the stories of disorder .
vliirh bad runr 20 his ears before /
ne started on the tour OF investigation. 4
Indeed, he found the province of Santa /
Csam ahsaiutriy tranquil
No Necessity far unraI Poticc,
Yesterday Gen. Wilson came 10 iia- 1
yana and conferred With Goy.-Gcn. /
lhcDkr, representing that there was .
mo- Necessity for rural police In the 4
new department, aud that 70 would be /
a useless expense tu arm 500 men Ia .
each ~ the provinces merely 10 catch 4
o. few chicken thieves. ~, said be- dc. /
sired to use the appropriated $4,000 a
rcnth IN other ways. Con, Bruoke .
auO pted hi. conclusion and the rural .
guards In Santa Clara will DE disband-
ed. Gen, MontegpadHa, their com
nlundcr. will aid Cen Wilson ia every .
way to keep the province quiet,
Banaits Appear nhd H-treat.
The local papers report that 20 ban
dts made thcirappcnrancr on the plan
iatiup of Cousiancia, led 10y mulat.
To banned Murron, a former captain oi
Lu,rillns. Warned by the alarm given
by the sentry, who called for help,
tl,y retrcaicd. closely followed by she
Cuban troops under Gen. Elpuerra.
Dispatches from Puerto Principe
ruy That five mounted negroes made an
atipck upon store owned by Enrique
l'uiv and carried OF $500.
The care of Government Funda.
President Mckinley, through Adju
innt Corbin. has instructed Gov.-ien
l'rc"kc TO make the North American
riust Go. here the depository of.all the
Vuryrnmrut funds In the island, ant
consequently the money now In the
strong room Of the ruH,omhouzr will
~ moved to the bank. Yesterday Of.
icrnoon 100000 was deposited, and to-
DAY 1880 600 will be- transferred,
Denounced 80 taiaat.
a prominent Havana banker called
Hpon Gen. brooke yesterday 20 report
that the owners of roasting vessels
wl,u have bcrn asking recognition aud
the right to Visitfureign ports are will
ug 10 use the United States ilag. The
A,;sador Comercinl says ihe Ameri.
cana are rrsrryiny fhis privilege to
themselves exclusively. la LuehA, In
y hong editorial on the subject, says:
"Whcther intentional or otherwise
q more manifcstly unjust arrange
u,nt could not be- conceived, II should
b. changed immediately"
Biw Land Psrehaae.
According Co special from puerts
Principe city. Hn American syHdieats
thN secured the electric lighting fran
chis, there for sTo.e00, and another
syndicate has purchased 30 eaiial
lrrias "a eahalierias Is about 80 l.;
acres of iandl for Si00,1O0, aud wil
construct u sugar factory.
Proves 90 ne An AIl Arsnsd Reggie
4. lioston, May IA msn arrested las,
week ON a charge ~ stealing sJ5 fr1Ia
Police Capt. Wnrrrn's pocket ia a par
lor car on the Boston q Albany rail-
road. was identified yesterday ln
nieans Of pictures and certified reeoisls
from New York and Chicago, as Est
ward Hsrxey. alias Albert ohiieo. alias
Simpson. he was convicted Of granS
iarerny at Eimira, n. v. in tssI. am
With stealing tray Of diamonds In tin
nane city twu years agD,
A., (sz,srasyt, No has fssss.ff ssfanviftfsd IA
charges Of picking pockets.