Show SPANISH FLAG IB + RASE Spectacle That Aroused the Cubans r at Havana i I CASE OF FELLOW FEVER I INSPECTOR OF CUSTOMS DOANE I THE VICTIM I J Recently Sent to Havana By the Secretary I Sec-retary of War General Brooke Appoints a Secretary of the Treasury Treas-ury Santiago Still Excited Over Orders Prom Havana I t Havana Jan 8This morning two large Spanish flags appeared over the Clerks and the Asturlanos clubs facing fac-ing the paza Their appearance created cre-ated considerable adverse comment among the Cubans who it is said requested re-quested Governor General Brooke to have the flags removed No action was taken in the matter at headquarters where it is generally conceded that Spanish flags may lioat as well as those of other nationalities Today General Brooke appointed Colonel Col-onel Lasker H Bliss collector of the customs at Havana to be secretary of the treasury department subject to confirmation by Washington Colonel Bliss will begin his new duties tomorrow tomor-row Surgeon General Sternberg has recommended I rec-ommended the old Spanish camp known as Las Animas as the best site for a yellow fever hospital for the United States troops The proposed site is about two miles from the city on the heights of Jesus Inspector Doane who was sent hereby here-by the secretary of war to act as inspector in-spector of customs has been sick since Wednesday Yesterday morning he was visited by Surgeon General Stern berg and other medical men who diagnosed nosed the case yellow fever already well advanced The house in which he I is was immediately isolated Inspector Doane who was formerly in the New York custom house had been attended by Dr C C Joliffe The latter is a discharged army contract surgeon who came here saying he would establish a hospital He was arrested yesterday yester-day afternoon by the United States authorities and locked up on the charge of practicing without a license unlawfully lawfully wearing the United States uniform uni-form and failing to report that Doanes case was contagious General Brooke and hi entire staff moved headquarters today to the Hotel Ho-tel Trocha at El Veda do The battalion of the Second South Carolina regiment which ha been at Morro castle went yesterday to Buena Vista about nine miles out passing the night in the rain and entirely without shelter because of the lack of preparations prepa-rations to receive the men at camp Private Hughes company E Second Louisiana volunteers was shot and killed yesterday by Private Joseph Buckley of the same company The trouble began in a trivial quarrl yesterday yes-terday afternoon at Camp Buena Vista when Buckley threatened to kill Hughes Hughes paid no attention to the threat but Buckley later lay in wait for him and deliberately shot Hughes Buckley who is a New Orleans Or-leans man is said to have killed two other men No disorder has followed I the murder |