Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-23
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Of men, a. we'll as the saving Of large
expenses to the government.
Some Of these policies are likely to
lessen Woods popularity in some quar-
ters, but nothing could exceed the en-.
thusiasm with which he was received
by the people. including the most
prominent Cubans. on his arrival. The
modr>ty Of the man was shown by his
attempting to avoid thu d"monstra
tons prepared for him at the landing
1t was 1 O'clock in :he morning. a.. t!u
coast. when we were boarded by some
, representatives of the Cuban Veteran
association asking the general to -rv
ceivp their public welcome After some
dclnurring. nc agreed to do SO. and
I then. aftcrhvjng advised by his friends
, reluctantly went below to his cahiN
and exchanged the ~citizen's clothes hp
had worn during the voyage for his
officers uniform. Then, about O'CLOCK,
when W.. had anchored up in the har
Dor, tus,i>oat came alongside, bring
ing Colonel Richards. representing
General Brooke; Colonel Scott. repre-
sentng General Ludlow. and other Off
GERS. who asked General Wu,I to corr,
ashore with them and participate "
the ceremonies which had been al
! ranged for his official welcome TO IT,
! island. Here was quandary. but Gen
eral Wood took the bun by the horn
; and declined to accompany ,leru. o.
; the ground that he had already give.
his promise to the Cuban Veteran asso
/ :iation. This gained the hearts of q!
+, the Cubans in the city at the We.
, start. who saw his career as comlAai.'
err begin by a!lying himself on the SIX
of the Cu!,ans. rather than with IT,,
military officials
AT the banquet given in the Tacon
tl.oater few days later. on Dec. %. in
hon,r Of Senor Kubens. attorney foI
IT, Cuban junta, every mention Of Gca
e.. Wood was received with the wild.
est cheers. l sat in one Of the boxes
and was never so moved in my life as
, at hearing the addresses made by, some
Of those griZzled old Cuban veterans,
expressing their JOY at the final sue
! cess of their long cherished ambitions
/ now that man whom they trust has
come to take command of the island
and prepare the way for final hand
: ing over of the sovereign power to the
| Cubans themselves.
ITO go back to the day Of our land
! ing, General Wood was installed at
high noon as governor general Of Cuba.
| and at 6 o'clock that night he had ar
rested eight custom house officers and
put them in Jail for embezzling the
! funds and robbing the government of
f, revenues. That is the sort Of man
General Wood is, and he will keep the
dry bones rattling in Havana until
! things are Of different complexion all
around the island.
IF were a young man looking for a
place to settle and make money!" con-
tinued Mr.. Hubbard, II would go with
out delay to Havana, which seems to
me to be fairly bristling with opportu-
mites. The Cubans are extending the
; most cordial welcome to Americans.
=! whom they seem to admire and regard
as superior order of beings and whose
habits and customs they are ready to
adopt for themselves. A Cuban COM
mission merchant told me that in the
80 years he had been in business in
Havana he had known no failures in
his line Of business. All accounts are
t squared up once week, every Satur-
day.
'Fine profits, with small chance of
loss. are obtained by lending money to
the planters, taking as security not
only Il mortgage on the land, but an adj
dtonal lien on the crop. When the
cane is brought to the mill to be ground.
it's amount is carefully registered, so
there is no chance for the planter to
! avoid payment and claim he had no
| crop. The young American men, in
! Guiding many college gradua ties, whom
l saw in Havana all agreed that it is a
/ fine field and were so advising their
friends.
'At my request General Wood Is 60
ing to select some promising young Gu
bans, perhaps the sons of some of the
old generals, and send them up to Mas
sachusetts to be educated at my ex-
pense. They are very bright fellows
and only need a little training in Amer
lean ways to become the best and most
! enthusiastic of American citizens.
Then. returning to their own people,
they will act as missionaries of Yankee
civilization and form the beginning Of
a strong bond Of union between Cuba
and the United States.'
GOLD IN A DUCKS CRAW.