The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-26
MASONIC COJvMN
SPANISH ourRAGEs ON THE ORPHANS AND
WIDOWS OF MAsoNs.

SPANISH ourRAoEs ON THE ORPHANS AND
WIDOWS OF MAsoNs.
The widows and orphans of Masons on
the Island of Cuba have been subjected to
cruel and inhuman treatment, and O move
ment is on foot to call an cmergent COM
munication of the Grand Lodge of New
York to take such action thereon as the OK
igency may seem to require.
In 1869 the Grand Lodge of Santiago dc
Cuba was placed under arrest, and the day
following without trial they having acknowl-
edged themselves to be Free Masons, were
shot, on a road outside of the city, since
which every man found to be Free Ma
son, has either shared the same fate or
been banshed to Fernando Po., and other
penitentiaries in Africa.
The estates of those thus slain or impris-
oned, were confscated to the Government,
their families left entirely destitute and all
persons under the penalty of death, were
forbidden to aid or succor them, either with
work or charity; and these dcfcncclcss
women and children, who had been living
in afiucncc, were compelled to flee to the
woods (they not being allowed to leave the
lower district without food or shelter to
escape a more fearful fate than death at the
hands of the Spanish forces and some of
them women without scarcely vcstigc of
clothing, were subjected TO the yilcst out
RACES.
These arc facts as vouchcd for by the fol-
lowing article in the New York Times of
November 10 1878, under the heading of
"Morc Spanish Atrocities"
Letters have been received in this city
New York") under date of Santiago dc
Cuba via Jamaica Nov. TO-" showing that
the Spaniards in Cuba, in addition TO the
bloody cruelty exhibited in the case ofthosc
on board the Nirginius, have also been
guilty of other atrocities. The facts are
thus related in one Of the lett ,rs.
1t says: 1t is known that on the night of
the 9TH of November, after the Nirginius
together with the crew of the Tornado had
been brought here, the volunteers, together
with the crew of the Tornado, wound up
their internal orgies by making an excursion
outside the city where the widows of the I'M
fortunate Master Masons, executed in 1869,
lived in poverty. Shortly after the out
break ofthe Cuban revolution, the Mason
ic Fraternity in Cuba were forbid to meet
in council. The then Captain General is
sued an order prohbi:ory the contemplated
session of the Grand Lodge at Santiago de
Cuba. The officers disregardcd the pro-
nounconents, and company of Spanish
Volunteers were sent to the Lodge-room.
They broke open the doors, seized the Off
GERS and placed them in irons. The next
day they were taken short distance from
the town and shot. The widows and or
phans OF the widows OF the murdered men
were sent into the woods and denied sub
sistence and clothing. They were also for
hidden to leave the territory, under penalty
of death. Since the year 1869, these out
casts have lived on what was surrcp,iously
sent to them by the humane Cubans. On
the night OF November 9TH, when the news
of Virginius reached Santiago the Spanish
volunteers, in fiendsh exultation over their
triumph, visited these poor creatures. The
ruffians brutally outraged the helpless wo-
men, and in the struggle four of them were
killed. Seven others have since died, and
several are in such a dangerous condition
that they cannot possibly recover.
Hon. John L. Flagg, of Troy, n. Y, has
been reelected Trustee to represent Delta
Lodge of Perfection in the Troy Masonic
Hall Association.
N. C. Petts of North Adams died on
Thursday morning last after long and Sc
we're illness of typhoid fever, at the age of
% years. He was a member of LAFAYETTE
Lodge at North Adams.
EASTERN STAR.
Tho Vermont Chapters of the Order of
the Eastern Star met at Masonic Hall,
Brandon, Wednesday, Nov. 10Th, for tue
purpose of organizing Grand Chapter for
the State. The following officers were
elected
Will + Lewis, G p.
Lizzie ID Rose, G M.
w Houghton. A G p.
Mrs ] N Scranton, A G NJ
S A Griffin, G S.
Mary c Deming, G T.
Sarah Engels, G G.
Mrs II j WhitcOmb G. W