Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-02-27
WITH AN IRON HAND.
Gen. Weyler Issues Three Rigor.
Gus Proclamations.
In Effect He Establishes "A Military Dea-
pOtism Over Unhappy Cuba-A
synopsis of the Severe
Documents.

Havana. Feb. 17.-Gen. VIEWER issue
three proclamations on Sunday. A
synopsis of the first is as follows:
1t warns all honest inha bitantS Of Cuba
and those loyal to the Spanish cau use. that
they must conform to the laws: COM
mands "all Inhabitants of the district or
Sancti Spiritus and the province of Puerto
Principe and Santiago de cuba to
concentrate in places which are the head
quarters of a division, brigade col
umn, or a troop. and to be pro-
v,ded with documentary proof o. identity
within eight days of the publication of
this proclamation in the municipalities.
ITO travel in the country in the radius
covered by the columns in operation il is
absolutely indispensable 10 have a pass
from the mayor. military commandments, or
chiefs of attachments Any one lacking
this will be detained and sent TO head
quarters OF divisions or brigades and
thence TO Havana, at my disposition, by
the first possible means. Even il a pass is
exhibited which IS suspected as not au-
thentic or granted by authority to persons
with known syrlpathies toward the re-
bellion, or who show favor thereto. rigor-
Gus measures will be taken upon those re-
sponsibls.
All owners Of commercial establish
ments in the country districts Will vacate
them, and the chiefs of columns will take
such measures as the success of their OPP
erations dictates regarding such places.
which, while useless for the country's
wealth. serve the enemy as hiding places
in the woods and in the interior
"All passes hitherto issued hereby be-
come nun and void"
The Second Proeia nation.
The second proclamation is practical
~ as follows:
Prisoners caught in action viii be sub
iected to the most summary trial. without
any other Investigation, except that in
cispensabie for the subjects of the trial.
Spanish soldiers only arc provided as
judges in such trials. When the sentence
is pronounced, if the sentence be depriva-
lion of liberty, the culprit shall be brought
20 Havana with the papers in the case,
so that the testimony can be referred to re-
Garding the penalty and the sentence be
ca FRIED into effect. Gen Weyler reserves
the right of promoting and sustaining all
questions of competence with other juris-
dictions. as also with military and to de-
termine inhibitions in all kinds OF military
processes in the territory of the island. He
reserves likewise the faculty of assuming
inquiry into all cases when il IS deemed
convenient The proclamation continues:
NO sentence of death shall be carried into
effect without the Acknowledgement under
my authority of The testimony of the judg-
ment, which must be sent to me immedi-
alely, except Wnen no means OF CpHliuui2l~
cation exists or when it is q case of insult
to superiors or of military seiition, in
which case sentence will be carried out
and the information furnished to me after
wards"
Third Proclamation.
A synopsis of the third proclamation
is as follows:
81 make known that, taking advantage
of the temporary Insecurity of commun'-
F~f. ffsal
rest of the provinces, notices which con-
vey uneasiness and alarm are invented and
propagated and some persons. more dar-
ing still, have taken advantage of this to
draw the deluded and the ignorant to the
rebel ranks. / am determined to have the
laws obeyed and to make known by special
means the dispositions ruling and fIe
quently applied during such times as the
present, through which the island is now
passing, and to make clear how far certain
points so in adapting them to the exigen-
cies OF war and in the use of the faculties
conceded TO me by No. IL, article Of the
code of military justice, and by the law OF
public order of April %, 1870. And make
known, order, and command that the fol-
lowing cases are subject to military law.
amongst others specified by the law:
Those who invent or propagate by any
means notices or assertions favorable In
the rebellion, whenever such notices ia
cilitate the enemy's operations; those " 10
destroy Or damage railroad lines. tele-
graph or telephone wires or aDpara tCs
connected Herewith, or those who inter-
rupt communication Dy breaking down
briu9eS or destroying highways. incen-
diaries in town OF country. or those who
cause de mage as shown in Cap s article
IL, volume of the penal code ruling III
Cuba those who sell facilitate, convey, or
deliver arms or ammunition TO the enemy
or SUPPLY such by any other means. or
those who keep such in their power or
tolerate or deal in such through the GUS
toms ana employees Of customs who fail
10 confiscate such importations will be
held responsble; those who being tele-
graphists diVulge kilograms referring to
the war or who send them to persons who
should not be cognizant of them those
who, through the press or otherwise, re-
vile the prestige of Spain, it's army, the
volunteers, or firemen, or any other force
that cooperates with the army; those who,
by the same means. endeavor to extol tire
enemy; those who supply the enemy with
horses, cattle or any other war resources.
those who act as spies. and to these the ut
most rigor of the law will be applied: those
who serve as guides. unless surrendering
at once and showing proof of compulsion
and giving the troops evidence at once OF
loyalty; those who adulterate army food
or eonspire to alter the prices of pro-
visions; those who by messenger, pigeons,
fireworks, or other signals communicat to
news to the enemy.
THE offenses enumerated when the law
prescriDes the death penalty or life i'm
prisonment. win be dealt with most sum
marty"
Prisoners Being Shot.
Tampa, Fla, FEB. I7.-One hundred
and forty passengers arrived on the
steamer Olivette from Cuba Sunday
night. They say that the rumor pre-
walls in Havana that the prisoners in
Moro castle are being shot. as the firing
can be heard in the city. Gomez has
i.otified Gen. Weyler that should he at
tempt to repeat his atrocities of the
former revolution that he would be
shot by Cuban assassins. A Spanish