The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-21

Whien VIII require immediate action to
the governor Of the island personally
for final discussion; civil officials are
charged with the conduct Of civil af-
fairs under the supervision Of the mill
tary governor alone; department com
manders are charged with the main
tenance Of public order In the general
sens. Of the term. Military officers, the
order directs, are not b interfere with
the civil authorities except under ex-
treme conditions. where. IN their opin-
ion, public order, life. and property are
IN serious danger.
In this case they are authorized to
suspend the offender temporarily, re-
porting Immediately by wire and letter
10 the governor Of the island.
Tile military authorities are also
charged with the inspection Of prisons
throughout their districts al least once
a month. reporting on the same inde-
pendently Of the civil reports. Military
officers must not interfere with the
public press unless such action shall be
absolutely necessary to prevent the con
tinued publication Of matter tending TO
provoke a serious disturbance OF the
public peace, or unless necessary to
prevent obscene publications menacing
public morals.
The order declares that the civil law
sill be found ample to right private
wrongs.
The military are charged with the
capture OF 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 de-
partments by army officers.
The chiefs Of the public works in each
province and the military engineers in
each department will be associated foI
the purpose OF instruction in the meth
DDS employed by the engineering de-
partment Of the United States in esti
mating upon construction and con-
tracts. After April /, the public works
in the various provinces will be undel
the direct control Of the provincial
cniefs OF public works, military en-
gineer officer continuing on duty in
each province solely for the purpose Of
inspection.
The bakers have gone out On strike
demanding s45 in gold per month, with
out food, instead Of $25 in silver with
food. Civil Governor Nunoz says hs
does not think the strike important and
expects that the difficulty will soon b
arranged. An American cattle importer
at Natanzas, finding himself unable tC
sell his cattle, started in the butcher
business, lowering the price Of meat
from 25 to 10 per cent a pound. Thi:
gratified the people Of Matanzas. but
the other butchers promptly bought ur
his stock in order to get him out Of the
way. He says the undertaking was pro-
fitable and that he may kill in Ha
vana. If he could succeed in lowering
the price of beef here. i; would be very
welcome, as the present prices are con
sidered exhorbitant.
This morning one hundred and fift.
persons who had been imprisoned OF
excessive sentences or had been he'll
for an unreasonable time awaiting tria
We're released. On emerging from pri
son they were created by many friendi
and an effsctlng scene ensued. Genera
Wood has issued an order appointing
the commission to look after and control
the archives of the island, The com
mission viii consist of four members.