Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-11-20
him OF the fate Of the four principal
prisoners.
THE CUBAN COMPLICA-
TIONS.
WARLIKE MOVEMENTS.

Vic SOtu luStdIit.
The Secretary of War has ordered
Fort Jefferson, Florida, to be put in re
pair, and the garrison will be strength
ened tss8E
1.-The United States steamer Kansas
has been ordered to sail Immediately
for Santiago de Cuba
ACTION OF OUR GovERNMENr-coND
NATION OF THE ACTION OF THE CUBAN
AUTHORITIES, ETC. ~
WASHINGTON, November Is. The
news received yesterday was so start
ling in its character, not only from its
atrocity but from the fact that the Gu
ban authorities were ordered by the
Madrid government to stay further ex-
ecutions, that it created at first in otfic-
ial circles doubts as to its truth, but
these have now been removed, and
while the credit Of good faith is given
the Madrid government, emphatic con
demnation of the Cuban authorities for
their swift revenge and disregard of
the commands of the home government
is everywhere expressed.
The Secretary of State yesterday, on
the receipt of the dispatch announcing
the wholesale xecution at Santiago de
Cuba, telegraphed to consul General
Hall at HAVANA to instruct the Vice
Consul at Santiago to enquire into the
matter, and to enter an earnest protest
against the haste of the trial, in face of
the orders Of the Spanish government,
for delay until a further examination
could be made into all the facts attend
ing the capture Of the Virginius.
Mr. Hall replied that the vice-consul
had already protested in the strongest
terms against the proceedings, but that
his action was seriously obstrueted by
the Spanish officials, all avenues of
communication being closed against
him. The telegraph line between San
tiago de Cuba and Havana being in
terupted he was prevented telegraph
ing to Kingston in order to make in
curry relative to the Virginius when
she was brought into port There was
nothing left to him but the slow pro-
cess of the mails, and this mode of
communication was Of no advantage
under the circumstances.
immediately on the receipt of Con
sulGeneral Halls dispatch the Score.
raa;fy OF State instructed Minister Sick
les to enter with the Spanish govern
ment strong protest against the pro-
ceedings at. Santiago, characterizing
them as an outrage on civilization and
humanity aid an insult to the Ameri
can government
General Sickles has replied that he
had an interview with the Minister of
Foreign Affairs and acted in accord
ance with his instructions and further,
that the Spanish government, duly i'm
pressed with sense of the responsible
ity, had promised to act in such a man
ner as would show its disapprobation
of the proceedings at Santiago, and at
the same time manifest its friendship
for this government.
The above refers to the latest cores
pondence on the subject. I'D
ACTIVITY AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD.
New YORK, November 13.-The
officers of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
profess ignorance in regard to the re-
ceipt of orders from Washington, but
at the same time every man that could
be obtained has been set to. work on
the war vessels Powhatan, Kansas
and Juniata. The Kansas received a
supply of stores this afternoon, and it is
thought she will sail to night. The
Juniata will be ready to sail to morrow
night.
The Brooklyn Eagle SAYS that Exc
cutlve Officer Ransom of the navy yard
i'll an interview with reporter this
afternoon, said that orders had been re
ceived from Washington about fitting
out vessels, but he was not at liberty to
make them public. lie thought that
there was a prospect Of war with Spain,
and that the government would I'M
doubtedly proceed to take Cuba.
The Spanish trigate Arapias, now
undergoing repairs at the Brooklyn
navy-yard, has had her plates removed,
and could not possibly be gotten in
trim for service in less than ten weeks.
New York, November 15.-Exten
sive preparations are being made for a
Cuban Indignation meeting on Monday.
" illiam Cullen Bryant will preside.
Messrs. Banks, Beecher, Wilson, Sum
ner, and Allen, Governor elect Of Ohio,
have been invited to speak.
The Spaniards are preparing to con
vert the captured steamer Virginius
into gunboat.
The Times takes the grounds that,
Spain being unable to control Cuba,
the United Statss must take control
there.
HAVANA VIA KEY WEST, November
I5.--There is great anxiety here to
see the comments of the American pa
pers OIL the recent occurrences.
The Constanci0, newspaper, says:
''No matter how much our country has
fallen in the last five years, the Spanish
people have not become degraded to
such an extreme as to be frightened by
those who might have to pay dear for
their temerity and lnsolence in the ev-
ent of intervention.
The mails per steamer Frankfort from
New Orleans have been seized here.
Their distribution has not yet been per
mitted.
LONDON, November 15.-The Daily
Necs, edi,orially, on the annexation
of Cuba, says: ''The execution of the
Virginius capitives has virtually decid
ed the fate of the island"
The other morning journals contain
articles similar in tone.
The Spanish loan has reached the
lowest figure ON the stock markat