The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-27
A LETTER FROM HAVANA.
The North Atlantic Squadron Is
Spending the Holidays in iarbOr.
THE DEPOSAL OF CAPTAIN [. YOUNG
lf Was Decided Surprise to Everyone.
Big Football Match for New Years.
Texes Personals.

havana, TUBA, lieccmner ~. i nc North |
Atlantic squadron is IN thr harbor and tho |
officers and sailors arc enjoying the hos
pitality Of tho Cuhaus. The adynrce guard.
the Alabama and the Massachusetts. mr.
rived Tuesday evening and were Welcomed
With salutes and tho blowing Of whistles
throughout the harbor The kearsaree gr
rived the day following and the balance Of
tho feet are expected at any time. Havana
is doing remarkably wen in her attempt
TO entertain Uncle Sans sailor boys, and
they are being shown attention and courte.
sizes in every direction The city council
has made q special appropriation for their
entertainment of 5000, and there is not an
organization In the city that will not lend
its help toward showing them royal time.
Tho first of the entertainments viii take
place tomorrow With grand review of the
troops stationed At Columbia barracks,
which will be followed by one Of thc grand
est society events of the season on Non
day night with reception at the military
governors palace, SATURDAY they viii he
entertained in grand style 10y The new
American club on the Prud0 Altogether It
Is 10 be n gala week in Havana, and the
sailor boys will have no cause to complain
Of their treatment in CubI. Rear Admiral
HlggiEson is in command ut the deer. They
expect to remain in Havana until the 2bth
instant.
A great mary of the American olony
were greatly shocked at the recont arrest
tor cmte2zlement If Mr. Howard Eg%lc
sion, the well. krowp contractor. Mr.. Ee
gleston has been in Havana for toe F1St
two years doing contract work for the gov
errmcnt Jnd private parties. ana had Won
the esteem and good win Of the residents,
and his arrest created the most profound
surprise. There are a gu an many who Ice.
lleyc Mr.. Eggleston innocent of the charge.
He was placed under arrest at the lnstis1.
ton of the representatives of the National
Steel Trust company. Mr.. EggCston stout
~ denies the charge aud says that he SIM
ply used some Of the FIRMS money in ad
vance that was justly due him.
! he deposal of Captain Luclau Young,
commander of the port Of Havana. was
great surprise to the Cubans as well as
the Americans In the city. There never
was a more popular officer stationed In a
foreign land than raptnin Young, and his
I sudden removal was surprise 10 his
many friends. The merchants of the city
held meeting at once and adopted reso-
! buttons requesting the president TO recon
slider his decision and that lie he rein
stated. Captain Young had Just returned
/ from leave of absence, and while passing
| through New York on his return "trip he
| was accosted by an Associated Press re-
porter and subjected 10 an, Interview. in
! the test came that the CuhRns were ca
| pablo Of governing themselves The presl-
| dent clearly outlined this as the cause Of
| MS TPTuoNul, anu tutHnWnllP AHIlHlN y -
| Foltz, supervisor of police. has been ap-
! pointed to take his place II is the wish
Of the entire American and Cuban resi-
dents Of the city that Captain Young he
returned TO Havana.
Havana is TO have a great football match
/ for New Years day. The cavalry and ar
! tllery are to he ptted against each other.
Great preparations are under way 70 in
| sure the success Of the game. and as there
! is great rivalry between the teams great
game may he expected. Both teams have
! Dppp 4 whole
as there are many old college players
among the teams real good game can be
| looked forward 10.
The Cuban does not celebrate his Christ
mas like the American He enjoys his tur-
| key In the way of great big pig. He
does not have 1t setting before him on
| Christmas day, as is the custom at home,
but Christmas Eve night at T. O'Clock he
sits down 10 repast OF fehsting lhat
would do honor to a king One would not
know that Christmas was anywhere near
did he not happen to pass around the post
Office some day this week The mail only
departs from cuba three times a week aud
every day this week the crowd buying
| stamps, mailing packages and getting
money orders has reached OUT into the
street and almost interrupted traffic, for
navmust well remember t1at the stress
of lower Uavsna are nothing more than
narrow little dingy thOroughfares that or
dinarly put one to the test to get through
them.
The Cuba theater is the onl. variety
show in Cuba that is strictly American,
One can 20 to the Cuba wnen On an out
ing aud see the woolly ways OF the fastest
ETY. In the world depicted in all its phases.
The Cuba advertised prize fight to come
off there last Friday night and. of course,
tho ehtire American colony responded The
theater itself is not hardly large enough te
Accommodates more than POO people com,
fortably. yet on The night OF the fight Their;
must have hcen fully 1000 squeezed I'm The
house The fight took place and was
found To he a fake Of the worst descrIp
tor one OF the principals laying down re-
pestedly although the managers did every
thing In their power to restore confidence
I'm the man. The crowd and the ll0uo,
that is sold at the place did not mix very
we'll. and the consequence Is that beror,
anybody knew what had happened som,
one yelled Rough house" and fired
chair over the balcony and the fun he
, gar. The proprietor complained Ia th,
pollcc The next DAY and at the Same tim,
! ayked permIssion Of the civil authorities t,
!, rebuild his theatcr such is life in Cuba
A stranger may ccme here and fnd am
, kind Of amusement. Iottery computes ar,
sprlrginC up daily all over the city. Tn,
custom house daily receipts are used as
drawing and weekly papers are published
which eniitle one to q chance in the draw
ing These papers are published SO as f
evade the law The gambling houses hav
I oil been allowed TO reopen their doors an,
+, are Hourlshing In every direction Tho
say that the political fight is TOO warm 4
4 oil ~ tben, 10 bp ptogpd Whof Igov1u