The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-05
AIETTER FROM HAVANA.


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,io GAGGED the famous Plat amendment MONDAY py 'e
,oves, kind OF a vote Had it not been ior INC eo"
versv which arose in the convention Just before "
vas taken and split the radical element tnee Wouu
d4crcn tale TO tell As forecasted by The Post coespo
an, scyeral weeks ago the result remained in douot uu
the very last moment ard that the amenome.
been accepted remains 10 be seen what constructor
e,,r IL going 10 pace upon the in which the Nuoas
accented it as amended Gcner the Nationalist pesen eau
Adae for the mayoray voted against the amendment TOT
marty principles is claimed yet President Capoe VINO ~
accredited with being the fence was found among m
ayes The passing Of amendment has created but te
excitement In Havana as the election is overshadoWnE
everything else al present There is decidedly more interest,"
being taken in this election which takes poee SATURDAY a"
has ever evidenced here The candidate OIL n
democratic party Senior Garcia, Of one OF the most
famous generals Of the revolution is the favore although
Cener the nationalist candidate is making strong hsht
he republican candidate Senior Estrada Mora who was SO
badly defeated last year the Office does not appear 10
any although he held several meetings the last
week throughout the city that well attended
Election frauds bobbuR up in all directions and the
promise OF interesting times ahead very bright ne
democratic party had fesze pictures Of Senior Garcia hand
billed all over the city this way Of advertising their can
ddatc OF their adversaries and last nsh
the pictures we're deaccd and down The convention
still session and from present indications WIN pe
good while before they willing step down and admit
they arc willing forego their remuneration Of $40 day
and their per diem OF like They have the election
law 10 take up and General Wood has already advised them
this be given precedence over anything ana
settled quickly; but taking the amendment, as criterion
they are likely take several months longer to frame these
laws When this adjusted the convention has the
constitution to deliberate and as the delegates
have way with them Of not rushing Unfortunately INTO
until they fully with the subject the
convention probably in session for the
next months good deal OF talk is heard the streets
regarding the probable identity OF the first president Of the
republic Here is where the old warrior Gomez looms
up more prominently than anybody else His name is never
mentioned among crowd of Cubans that it is not received
- afei, that
man will yet come prominently before the people again
Decoration day in Havana celebrated by the closing
OF all government Offices for half holiday The graves
Of the Americans in cemetery Quemados pro-
fuscy covered with flowers and flags all government
buildings were half The artlerymen had series
Of field games their park in the Vdado aud the American
colony turned for the All kind Of sports
were INDUCED in and the crowd well repaid Two of
the leading baseball clubs Of the city who tied for FIRST
place in the for the pennant played Alemendares
park and the crowd that witnessed the would have
made the heart OF American baseball magnate green
with Fully people pushed and swarmcd within
the grounds They covered the three grandands the bleach
ers field the uproariest and hilarious
crowd that attended bah game in Havana. Billy
Earle the famous American baseball player has assumed the
management Of local nine called the Alemendares and
through his coaching has improved them much that they
have climbed from place the crack team
Of the citythe Havsnas The rivalry between these two
clubs intense that interest has pervaded every
hold in Havana and the the game past all de
scpton The coors Of the Havana blue and those
OF the Aem-ndares red adherents OF each
team carried flags with their coor The originated
the scheme Of these flags have coined little fortune on
the sale Of them for nearly every IN that vast crowd
waved in his hand. Tin horns whistles and in fact
everything imaginable evidence and while the Amer
lean people have often what baseball are capable
OF doing they have conception of the antics OF Cuban
ball crank He bets his money BY the certenes on every pa
and the that change on the game would star
ordinary individual The fans carry the PLAYERS around
IN their shoulders few moments after any good plav
and the small change that showered into the field fills the
performers heart with joy The game was an interesting
one the teams we'll matched The score at III. end
the rehabilitation Of the city Of Havana
he Nedado club, the leading society club Of the city
which as composed OF Cubans and Americans gave very in
eresne entertainment Saturday night plsv in Fnol;sb
was given and the affair was a most unousli6ed success
After the entertainment the large club rooms were cleared
Tor dancing and the ball that followed was the event Of the
season Several prominent Americans who are well known
in the colony took part the entertainments and odd
themselves with heavy honors as amateurs
The bids for the paving and sewerage Of the cit, 20
havana were opened here last Wednesday, Michael Dady
the large contractor the only bidder His figures WIRE
larger than his former bid but this Is easily ,,,d.toi
when it is explained that many alterations have been mad,
by the engineers in the specifications and that these
ada'u"n'i work Ills bid amounted nearly s1A 900 ooo
ana Il accented which seems than probable will mean
the rehabilitation OF the city Of Havana
was down at the Puua the other day L m. foo, t -
tfado where work on the great sea wall around the M ~
havana already started and say that this vor in -
1' Is ono OF the most mammoth undertakings Of the m
ne wall along the entire front around Havana e,
July eight TO ten feet above the waters level and ,,
'' wa" mere rs being made OF concrete one of N, 6nc
sc" duYes m the world The road viii be f,y a., 20
vide and will extend for about eight miles when
ms work alone will cost millions Of dollars but b
peted viii be unexeced any part Of the We,t. Io'
, "nen. N the course Of few years the sewer,g.
5 ''' - eonpie'ed havana may boast OF being b -
sanitary city in the world and may pride itssf ". most
ne hnes' parks and drives to be found anyvb having
nc end OF May has arrived and for the e., 49,
bics r e shy yellow fever that dreaded mslsdv sos
pcarauce, ~, make ITS APP