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COBANS FAIL TO CALL FOR THEIR MONEY
Those In Havana and Vicinity Were Not Present On the Day Set
Apart By Gen. Brooke For Paying Them Off.
THEY SEEM TO PREFER THEIR ARMS TO UNCLE SAM’S COIN
Several Cuban Officers Jeered At the Proceeding—Gen. Brooke
Disappointed At the State of Affairs.
Laftt Saturday was the day set to
l>gia the payment of the Cuban army.
Advicea from Havana state that seven
Cubans were paid $75 each as the re
sult of the first day's distribution of
tho money allotted by the United
Steles for the payment of tho Cuban
soldiers. Tlie cabul of the members
of the former military assembly to
prevent the soldiers from accepting
tho gift of the United States and giv
ing op their arms, is successful, there
fore, ho far as Havana is concerned.
It m too early to predict what will be
done in other cities and iu tho inte
rior, but the indications are that the
money will not be asked for to any
great extent. Some arms may possi
bly be turned in voluntarily.
The anti-Gomez and anti-American
elements are cheerful, thinking
that the Americans aro baffled and
angry, but Governor General Brooke
does not regard (lie event as set
tling the question or as especially sig
nificant.
A few privates in Havana and a
number of officers have had sufficient
influence to intimidate some who were
otherwise willing to accept the Ameri
cas terms, but different results are
expected in the country districts.
At three minutes to ten Saturday
morning, the hour set to begin the
payment of the troops, Major Francis
Dodge, of the paymaster’s department,
drove up in a four-mule team with
$3,000 in gold and $39,000 in silver.
•Six guards accompanied him, and de
tails of men from the eighth infantry
were under arms to preserve order
among the mobs which it was supposed
woahd gather.
Colonel Georgo M. Band all, of the
Right h infantry, was present as com
missioner of the United States.
General Buis Rivera, who was in
ducted into the office of civil governor
of Havana, was present to receive the
arms with a representative of General
Gomez, four or five Cuban officers and
fifteen reporters. Half a dozen Amer
ican clerks, with the rolls of the Cu
ban army, sat at a long table at the
headquarters of the Eighth regimeut.
A bag of gold was displayed, but j
there was no applicants for it. The !
spectators spent the time in discussing i
why no Cubans appeared.
General Rivera said that though j
there were 4,319 enrolled privates and j
non-commissioned officers in the
Fourth corps, few of them lived in !
Havana. He* explained that they were j
outside the city, and would probably
appear at other places in the province
aad get their apportionment. Nearly
ail of the officers, ho added, are in
Havana.
The representative of Gomez, who
has been acting with the latter in the
interviews with Governor General
Brooke, took a gloomy view of the
affair. He said the Americans had
made a mistake in stipulating the
Cabans must give up their arms, as
this had caused a bad impression among
the Cubans. A group of Cuban officers
who proved to bo some of General
Mayia Rodriquez’s staff, had iu the
meanwhile assembled.
They smiled at each other, twisted
their mustaches and grow confident as
RAINS l-AVOR RIiBCLS.
Wet Season In Philippines Stirs Them
To Greater Activity.
Tit© approach of the wet season iu
tin® Philippines finds tho insurrection
seemingly taking anew lease of life.
All along the American lines tho rebels
ana showing more aggressive activity
in their guerrilla style than at any
time before since the fall of Malolos.
They keep the United States troops iu
the trenches, sleeping in their cloth
ioff and constantly on the alert against
dashes upon the outposts, and they
make life warm for the American gar
risons in the towns.
HARRISON IN PARIS.
Ex-President Calls Upon Head of the
French Republic.
A Paris dispatch says; Former Pres
ident Harrison, accompanied by Hor
ace Porter, United States ambassador,
Saturday morning had in interview
lasting twenty minutes with M. Del
ca*ae, minister of foreign affairs. The
interview was oue of the most cordial
character.
In the afternoon Mr. Harrison and
Ambassador Porter called upou Presi
dent Lou bet. After a ceremonious
introduction, the former and actual
president dropped all formality and
conversed m the most friendly manner
awm tonics of interest.
the quarter hours passed and no sold
iers appeared. Finally they jeered in
r. quiet way at the whole proceeding.
Toward 11 o’clock an unarmed col
ored man in the Cuban uniform came
across the dusty square, attended by
all tho American spectators. He was
i shown to the paymasters, but turned
out to be an “assistant,” or camp fol
lower.
The American military men consult
ed together, and as it was thought he
was not entitled to a share of the
$3,000,000, and his name not being on
the rolls he was dismissed.
Major Scott, General Ludlow’s ad
jutant, sent word that a man named
Harris, a Cuban-Americau serving a
sentence in the penitentiary, would be
sent under guard to get his $75, so at
least one man was sure to take the
gratuity. About 400 men had been
expected, and possibly many of these
will come later.
Hut the scheme of payment, so far
as Havana is concerned, looks like a
failure.
Quite different results are expected
iu the country districts, where the
Cuban military assembly and anti-
Gomez influence is not as strong.
At noon General Rivera left, remark
ing that it was wasting his time to stay
there, and Major Dodge went to the
Trocha [to inform General Brooke of
the state of affairs.
Four professed privates appeared at
about 11:30 without arms, but as their
names were not on the rolls they were
not paid.
Two hours elapsed after tlie appli
cation of the four professed privates,
whose demands were refused owing to
their lack of proof of service, before
any applicant appeared who furnished
satisfactory evidence that he had seen
service in the Cuban army. Several
persons appeared, but were refused
because they could not furnish the
necessary proof. Some were musi
cians and others hospital attendants,
but all were without the necessary
vouchers.
It seemed for a long time as though
none would qualify, but early in the
afternoon one man, about twenty-six
years old arrived and gave his name as
lliiurio Esquivel Perez. He claimed
that he had been an orderly at Gen
eral Gomez’s headquarters. He had
no arms, but stated that his duty con
sisted in gathering forage for the
horses and hunting for food, etc. Af
ter some delay the papers were signed
and the money was handed over.
Colonel llandall found one man
threatening persons who wished to ap
ply aud ordered him off the premises.
Within the next two hours six more
men were paid. Not one of them had
a receipt for arms surrendered, but
each proved that he had been connect
ed with tho army in the capacity of a
servant.
Anti-Gome* Resolutions.
The generals of the Cubans in the
province of Santa Clara met at Sagua
la Grande during the day nnd adopted
anti-Gomez resolutions, agreed to dis-.
band their commands and to cause
their arms to be surrendered to the
Alcados, but to accept no money for
them.
FAVORABLE TO DREYFUS.
1 he Celebrated Prisoner Alay Now Be
Given a New Trial.
A special from Paris states that the
president of the civil section of the
court of cassation, M. Ballot deßeau
pre, has reported to the president of
the court of cassation, M. Mazenu, in
favor of a revision of the Dreyfus trial
and sending the prisoner again before
a oourtmartial.
It is believed the recommendation
is practically certain to be accepted by
the court of cassation and means that
Dreyfus will be brought back to
France aud retried.
MACABBES AS ALLIES.
Aluc Arthur flay Enlist Them To Fight
the Tagals.
Advices from Manila state that Gen
eral MacArthur is in favor of the ex
periment of enlisting the Macabbes
against their old euemies, the Tagals.
A delegation of the leading Macabbes
has visited the general and its spokes
man read an address assuring the
American commander of the friendship
of the Macabbes and of their willing
ness to transfer their allegiance from
Spain to the United States. They com
plained that the Tagals murdered them
and burned their villages, and they
asked to be protected and given arms
to protect themselves.
GHOST OF SHERMAN.
IT WILL NOT DOWN IN BUCKEYE
STATE.
The Repentant Sinner Threatens to
Slay the G. O. I*. In the Coining: State
Campaign —Glorious Chance for Fuslou
Forces.
Some unfeeling newspaper reporter
has been letting John Sherman talk,
and what is much worse, has printed
some of the sayings of that one-time
Republican leader. John announces
that he Is going back to Ohio to enter
actively into the political scramble,
and intimates that what he will do to
Mark Hanna and his gang will, in the
vernacular of the day, “be a plenty.”
The keynote of all the old mail’s utter
ances is a resentment toward Hanna
for ousting him from the senate. “I
abandoned a congenial for an uncon
genial post at Mr. McKinley’s urgent
request,” he says, and between the
lines it is clear that he charges up hi3
humiliation to McKinley as well as to
Hanna, although ho knows, of course,
that Hanna inspired the change so that
he himself might, by clinging to the
McKinley coattails, be switched into
the senate. That simile of the coat
tails belong to Governor Bushnell,
who has just declared that he and Mr.
Kurtz and all their friends propose to
“do” Hanna at every turn. The Re
publican governor, once Foraker’s
alter-ego, now charges that gentleman
with having made a truce with the
Hanna hear, and there are many signs
of bitterness on the part of the men
who were formerly regarded a3 For
aker’s chief supporters. The Repub
lican organization in Cleveland is
against Senator Hanna, although that
is ills home, and the Republican or
ganization of Cincinnati is against
Foraker, although he lives there, and
this machine was once his main ele
ment of strength. These are, however,
but a few of the minor complications
facing the Republicans of Ohio. The
greater problem is Jones. A governor
is to be elected in Ohio this year. The
Hanna crowd and the Bushnell crowd
and the Foraker crowd had each been
grooming some favorite for'the nom
ination when there suddenly loomed up
in northwestern Ohio a man who upset
all their calculations. This is the
unique creature. Jones, who, as mayor
of Toledo, out-Pingrees Pingree. The
Republicans of Toledo discovered
Jones, nominated him for mayor and
elected him. The bosses couldn’t han
dle him. He had unique ideas of mu
nicipal government.-which ran directly
counter to all that Republicanism
stands for. He believes in the Golden
Rule —i3 a crank on the subject, ap
parently, After he had served one
term he stood for renomination, and
the Republican machine defeated him.
He believed he was cheated, ran inde
pendently, and got several thousand
more votes than his Republican and
Democratic competitors combined.
That’s Jones. Now be has announced
that he wants the Republican nomina
tion for governor. Net only that, but
he says he must write the Republican
platform. His strength with the work
ingmen of the state is wonderful, and
the Republicans are afraid to turn him
down; yet, can they afford to make
him governor? This is the problem by
the side of which all others confronting
the Buckeye Republicans pale into in
significance. To Jones, or not to Jones!
As compared with Jones, Sherman’3 re
turn to Ohio politics is of no impor
tance; the Hanna-Bushneu-Foraker
feuds are mere side-shows; even Coxie
Old Boy, the. Cincinnati boss, and the
turned-down McKlsson of Cleveland
are mere ciphers. There is all sorts of
trouble at hand for the Ohio Republi
cans, and all on account of Jones.
ABSOLUTE MONEY.
We are told that if free coinage Is
adopted the gold will disappear, and
that the currency will be contracted to
that extent. That is all for scare. The
same threat was made in IS7B, but
our then patriotic congress passed the
bill in the face of the threat, and
passed it over the president’s veto at
that. Gold and silver then came into
competition with each other, and pros
perity followed, and will do so again
when the country shows itself greater
than the great money-loaning power,
whose headquarters are in London and
whose hindquarters are in New York.
Let this country restore all silver as
well as geld to its full money legal
tender functions.
That being done, let thi3 United
States declare that so long as gold is
used as money 23.22 grains pure
or 25.8 grains standard gold shall not
be worth more than one dollar In the
United States. It is well known that
England enacted that an ounce of
gold shall never be worth less than
£3 17s. 9d. steriing. That law fixed
the price of gold in England. Now.
this great and grand United States of
America, with its great resources of
wealth, and with its fireat enterprise,
can, by law, establish and maintain
that 23.22 pure or 25.8 grains of stand
ard gold shall never be worth more
than $1 so long as gold is used as
money by any nation.
England’s standard of money ac
count is pounds sterling; the United
States’ standard of money account is
dollars. Now, is it fair to ourselves,
the people of this United States, that
we should take only so scarce a thing
as gold of which to make our legal
tender dollars or on which to base our
legal-tender money? I would say not,
and especially when nearly all the gold
of the world is now owned by people in
a foreign country and the great bulk
of gold production coming from for
eign soil.
Y/ould it not be far better for us
to enact that 371% grains of pure silver
or 412% grains standard silver shall
never bo worth less than $1 And es
pecially so inasmuch as so largo a
proportion of silver is a product of
our own soil? Were I to make it dif
ferent to that I would say 359 grains,
or a ratio of 15% to 1. Every voter
should lay aside party prejudice and
all differences, and look into this ques
tion, for the very life of our nation
depends upon the rightful settlement
of our money question.
I will put the following proposition
to any man advocating a single gold
standard for our country: Supposo
that every banker who had gold on
hand had been as patriotic as Mr. St.
John cf the Mercantile National bank
of New York, who, I understand,
turned over to the government $500,000
in gold and requested only that any
kind of paper money be sent them
with which to do business. Now, had
the whole $025,000,000 in geld which i3
said to bo in the United States been
turned over to the government in
like manner, then the government
would not have had to give interest
bearing bonds to get the gold. Now,
had the government let all of that
625,000,000 out to pay on debts owing
in England, It would simply have gone
where it belongs, where it is owing,
and interest would be stopped on the
$625,000,000. In that case the United
States would not have a dollar of
gold. Now, should we advocate the
chaining that $525,000,000 back with
us by giving an interest-bearing bond,
or take and use the resources of our
own country to prosper on and pay
our debts iu our own products as fast
as we can?
If it would be better to chain it back
with us, if at only 3% per cent inter
est, the next day we would be over
$500,000 worse off (the one day’s in
terest). Now, the fair-minded man,
who wants to be honest with himself,
would certainly say teat it would be
better to use the resources of our own
country—the products of cur own soil.
Very well, then. A part of the re
sources of our country is money metal
—gold and silver. Then let us have
this all coined into legal-tender money
-legal-tender dollars with which to
transact our business. It then comes
into competition with that English
gold, and wg will not need to buy it
back with an interest-bearing bond to
that great money-loaning power. We
want and we need competition in
money.
One United States dollar is just as
good as any other United States dol
lar. Then let us vote t.o have more
of them. Let us vote to have all gold
and silver metal free to be coined into
legal-tender money, good for taxes and
all debts. It would be just as reason
able for the people of the United
States to sell their gold bullion for 50
per cent of its price in the stamped
coin as to sell their silver bullion for
50 per cent of the money price in the
stamped dollar, so long as otner na
tions use silver as money and raise
cotton and wheat in competition with
us or manufacture goods in competi
tion with us.
AVliat Care the Exploiters? '"T'
What care the exploiters of expan
sion for the interests of labor? To
reach the additional wealth they seek
they would wade, without a qualm of
conscience or a care, in the very life
blood of the toiling millions of Amer
ica. Their God is more money; they
are devoid of patriotism or love of
country or of their fellows, though
they loudly prate that no foot of land
over which the American flag has
floated, or that has been baptized by
the blood of Americans, should be ever
surrendered. Their professed patriot
ism is, as Johnson termed it, “the last
resort of the scoundrel.” Blood has
no terrors for them. With the heart’s
best blood of men and women they
have cemented the fortunes which
they have coined out of the bone and
sinew, the groans and tears, the loves
and lives of the hewers of wood and
drawers of water.—Denver Industrial
Advocate.
The time has come when men with
hearts and brains
Must rise and take the misdirected
reins
Of government, too long left in the
hands
Of tricksters and of thieves. He who
stands
And sees the mighty vehicle of state
Hauled through the mire to some ig
noble fate
And makes not such bold protest as
he can,
13 no American.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Beware of Speaklug T a & cs
A medical journal i s now t
frighten us out of the use of ‘, *
tubes. We know that
everywhere, even iu the pages
medical journal, but it is Uo ° f
whether the speaking tube t U
found now in most flats as am*?,, 1 *
of communication between trad 133
pie and tenants, harbors more
than other places. It is ill-ventilate?
of course, as it is generally blocked '
each end by a whistle, and the s li!
boys of the neighborhood obtain n m i
gentle relaxation by blowing t vl
whistles, even when they have ?
message to send. But there is no nZ
to put the lips to the tube at all A
couple of sharp taps with the palm
the hand will blow the whistle at
other end, and one can stand a f oo t
away from the tube and make one’s
self comfortably heard. So we need
not hermetically seal all our speakinl
tubes Just yet—London Chronicle.
Italy now furnishes a larger numboi
of Immigrants to the United State*
than any other country.
Sixty Miles an Hour.
A steam motor car, designed for use on thi
railroads, recently made a, trial trip. f;oin? v
the rate of sixty miles an hour. This will
probably be as much of a record boater as has
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