Show c HAVANA MOB + SUBDUE United States Regulars Hade a Bayonet Charge SPANISJ1FL4G RAISED t IROWD I OF USTCEITSED CUBANS STONED THS HOT 4 American Troops Dispersed the Mob and Hauled Down the Flag C ban Officeholders Criticised By Their Late Comrades Situation I Santa Clara Province Havana Jan 15This morning a Spanish flag havIng been raised over a hotel on the Cabada del Monte a crowd of Cubans gathered and began to throw stones at It Company B Tenth infantry was called and regular Infatr wa caHe an proceeded to the scene of disturbance at doublequicK and with fixed bayonets bay-onets speedily dispersed the crowd which wa fast becoming ugly vhic officer in command explained to the proprietor that the flag ought to be lowered because it was likely to produce further disorder The proprietor proprie-tor in reply assured the officer that no offense had been intended and that having seen the English and German flags flying he thought he would be at I liberty to raise the Hag of Spain Two members of the company lowered the flar Corporal Francis F Green company F Fourth Illinois volunteers was drowned today while bathing in the Almendares river The body will probably prob-ably be sent home for interment at Litchficld Yesterday a boy who was called the mascot of the Second South Carolina regiment was drowned in the same stream His home was in Asheville Ashe-ville N CAt vie At Marianao today at the house of the Cuban chief Leyte Vidal a private meeting was held at which a number of prominent military men were present pres-ent Considerable displeasure wa expressed ex-pressed at the acceptance by General jMenocal and other Cuban officers of positions under the United States military tary government the criticism being that Menoc and the others had prac tically abandoned the Cuban army leaving their comrades with less influence influ-ence to shift for themselves Mayor Perfecto La Coste of Havana yesterday called upon Governor General Brooke wired greetings to President McKinley and General Gomez and sent a friendly message to the Cuban assembly at Marianao The municipal offices are t be transferred from the palace to the custom house after which General Brooke will occupy the entire palace paa The Cuban general Alfredo Rego fuimerly in command of the insurgent forces in the province of Santa Clara declines to accept a position in the customs cus-toms service on the ground that he might crowd out some worthier person per-son The customs receipts yesterday were 33400 making a total for the month thus far of 357320 |