The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-01-27
THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA
CIVIL AND MILITARY AT PEACE
General Wood Has Issued His Or
ders-Oniy in Extreme Cases Ia
the Army to Interfere With Inter-
nal Anairs-Isrand VIII Prosper.


nal Anairs-Isiand VIII Prosper
Havana, Jan. 24.-The full text of the
order relating to the duties of civil and
military authorities has been issued The
most important provisions III addition to
those already cabed are that after Feb
ruary l all communications between civil
and military officials will be transmitted
through civil channels. Secretaries and
members of the cabinet having charge will
present the matters they have under adj
visement, which will require immediate
action, to the governor of the island per-
sonally for final discussion. Civil officials
are charged with the conduct of civil af-
fairs under the supervision of the military
governor alone. Department commanders
are charged with the maintenance of pub
lie order in the general sense of the term
Military officers, the order directs, are
not to interfere with the civil authorities
except under extreme conditions, where,
in their opinion, public order, life and
property are in serious danger.
In this case they are authorized to sus-
pend the offender temporarily, reporting
Immediately by wire and letter to the
/ governor of the island.
The military authorities are also
charged with the inspection OF prisoners
throughout their district at least once u
month, reporting on them Independently
OF the civil reports. Military officers must
not interfere with the public press, unless
such action shall be absolutely necessary
! by the publication of matter intending to
provoke serious disturbance Of the pub
lie peace, or unless necessary to prevent
obscene publications against public
morals.
The order declares that the civil law will
be found ample to right private wrongs.
The military authorities are charged
with the capture OK bandits, who are to be
turned over to the civil authorities, the
military supplying the judges with all
the evidence possible.
Department commanders shall cause,
once each quarter, an inspection OF the
public schools in their respective depart
ments by army officers.
The chiefs of the public works in each
province and the military engineers in
each department will be associated for
the purpose of instruction in the methods
employed by the engineering department
OF the United States in ting upon
construction and contracts.
After September l the public works in
the various provinces will be under the
direct control OF the provincial chiefs of
public works, a military engineer officer
| enla
ly for the purpose of inspection.
The bakers have gone out on a strike,
demanding S45 in gold per month, with
out food, instead OF $50 in silver with
food. Civil Governor Nunez says he does
! not think the strike important, and eX-
poets the difficulty will soon be arranged.
An American cattle importer at Matan-
zas, finding himself unable to sell his cat
tie, started in the butcher business, low
ering the price of meat from % to 10 cents
pound. This gratited the people of Ma
tanzas, but the other butchers promptly
bought up his stock in order to get him
out of the way. He says the undertaking
was profitable and that he may kill in
Havana. If he could succeed in lowering
, the price of beef here it would be very well
come, as the present prices are considered
f eXOrbitant.
: This morning $50 persons who had been
imprisoned on excessive sentences or had
= been held for an unreasonable time await
ing trial, We're released. On emerging
; from prison they were greeted by many
friends and an affecting scene ensued.
q General Wood has issued an order ap-
, pointing a commission to look after and
o TO control the archives Of the island. The
, commission will consist OF four members.