Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02
THE NEW YEAR UsHERED IN
WITH ToRCHLIGHT PRO-
CEssION IN HAVANA.
CUBAN GENERALS BANQUETED
cOLORED PEOPLE MADE RIOTOUs
DEMONSTRATIONS.
Havana Society Went to the Races,
Where Editor GayoI Won the
Principal Event-The New Cab
met to Meet To-day-A Wonderful
Change Has Come Over the Cuban
People.

HAVANA, January 1.-The new year
was ushered in with a torchlight pro-
cession which, forming just before mid
night and preceded by a band, left the
lower prado and made the circuit of the
principal streets. Almost the only tune
played was the Cuban national hymn.
Everybody seemed to be awake and
awaiting the advent of 1900. The
strains Of the popular hymn drew the
people everywhere to windows and
doorways and the procession was greet
ed with the widest enthusiasm. In
Vulnerable small boys kept up fire
cracker fusilade along the entire line of
march. All the prominent Cuban gen
erals were cheered, although there was
no doubt that the vivas were chiefly for
Cuba Libre." President Mckinley and
Governor General Wood came in for a
liberal share of popular applause.
The procession having returned to
the Prado and the band having once
again played the Cuban national hymn,
some Americans who were present call
ed for the Star Spangled Banner"
The band Immediately complied and
the crowd cheered Justify.
While Generals Maso, Rabf and Lara,
who are here to attend Gen. Woods
counsel of representative Cubans, were
passing through Cienfuegos, they were
escorted from the vessel to the hotel,
where a banquet was rendered them.
Meanwhile large crowd of colored
people had gathered to demand from
the authorities that the remains OF
Dionisy Gil, the colored brigadier gen
eral in the Cuban army, who had been
shot and killed the previous day by
the police, after he had shot and
wounded two policemen who were in
the act of arresting him, should be
exhumed and buried with proper hon
ors. The demonstrators marched
through the town, unfurled a black flag
and raised riotous cries against the
authorities. The chief of police was
fired at five times. Gen. Maso and
Mayor Aleman addressed the crowd,
which at first would not dispense.
Eventually, however the police sue
ceeded in restoring order and calming
the people.
The Jockey Club races to-day were
largely attended. Cuban society was
out in force, a large number of per-
sons being in carriages. Havana vir-
tually deserted the Prado for the races.
Eighty per cent. of the American
colony was present, including Gen.
Wood, Gen. Lee, Gen. Chaffee and Gen.
Ludlow, with their families. The prin-
cipal event was the officers and club
members cup hapdieap, three-Quarters
of mile, five starters, which was won,
after splendid race, by Mr.. Guyo, the
one armed English editor of the Lucha
beating Lieut.. Healy on Hoomlah, by
a length, and beating Gen. Ludlows
horse Adoris by two lengths.
The hurdle race, with ten entries, was
a capital contest.
The newly appointed cabinet will
hold it's first meeting tomorrow, when
the following secretaries will meet Gen.
Wood:
Secretary of State and Government
Senior Diego Tamayo.
Secretary of Finance-Senor Jose
Enrique Varona.
Secretary of Justice-Senor Luis
Estevez.
Secretary of Public Works-Senor
Jose Ramon yillalen.
Secretary of Education-Senor Juan
Hernandez Barreiro.
Secretary of Agriculture, Industry
and Commerce-Senor Rus Rivera.
One of the secretaries, who displayed
the customary reticence of the best
class of Cubans in respect of giving
their names for publication in connec-
ton with interviews. made the follow
ing statement to the correspondent of
the Associated Press to-day:
"A wonderful change seems to have
come over the Cuban people during the
last few weeks. 1t would have been
impossible, on December /, to have
aroused the enthusiasm which was dis
played last night during the playing
of the Star Spangled Banner" Such
cheers as were given for President Nc
Kinley while the procession was pass
ing through the streets could not have
been raised for him or any Other
American a month or 81 ~
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