Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-04
'TELEGRAPHIC,
SAVAGE CRUELTY.
Women and Childfta Murdered in
Cold Blood By Soldiers
A PLAN TO DLy,srATE CUBA,


NEW ORLEANS, April 3-rho PIcay.
uup's special Havana letter, daed
March 27,h, gives this summary Of
evcuts personally Investigated by the
writer, which IL declared " be accurate
in uve'y Respect.
10 Bainoo d. vidal Sololongo made
an operation ON poor old man, and
when he was c1nvaie,conI uo was onB
night arrested aud taken TO the atmofy
Of Guarda Civile, where they lasncd
him all over the body ami ia spite "
his cries they laughed aud took hlm
on the outside Of tue town, whufo they
COM elled him to make gfay8 M
which they bufiuI hun af.er no died
~ m the iii treatment he hal received,
On the plantation Salvador OF tue
Count DO Baffeip, Lieut.. BB.auCOuu,a
Cuuan by birth, belonging 10 the troops
q Con. a idrcoa, shot ~ death, alter
hack ug HIM with n mbchetc, n de.
ttuet less CIlufed resident VINO Was on
hls way to DIN his family. Ga the drbt
mache.e biUw no lost au arm AMI the
second ME head.
La the city u Bataban) the chief o.
police anu other local autnuutlrs
Hfr,sted three IA iivldusls RnI tltk
them on tue outskirts, where thty
were bulchVfoi anu Left deaf on the
roadside, tue murIetcra bridging tue
report TO tue city that tue intufkcnus
had killed ihe men.
In the village ~ san Felipe, sol.
diru under command Of Col. GaIuis
and Col. LInaf, cppturd three In.
tneutive lAtUt1fH anu excl tuom o.
pieces, smII tAe laughter o the TO -,
who shouted Inst they could not suiv.
the Insurgents any more.
sue cay OF u iuui, Brig. Con.
CaiIX o Ruiz was waited upon by
teveu Cuban insurgents whI wished
u sutfuuuCt, Ne they were tunofiug
ifom blliuus ',vuL HU wuicumtu
them aud ussutcI them that tn
would not he u. ublet. However, the
following day they Wefu taken Uut aud
shot.
o. Colonel Marquee de Cotvera VIII
UluruniiJ ret tue uOuUt OF having tu.
tered u iOwu AuI giving bis allIirfs
thH order 10 shot every one, 10 mat.
ter wLO they were. A. result tue
women anu children, the SICK aud the
dying were butchrtcI with ttuel. Thi.
has hap cntd again nj Lugau', Ssu
Jose, CafaifalsO and Jesus del Monte.
10 Gualao alone sui iuiUTmed Uy
Reliable sources the number killuI,
iuciu hog men women anu chiuIUu,
was iUtIy.soven persons.
Lieut.. Corral PsdTosO OF cavalry
battalion made tue ststt meut In tue
Itesunce Of various Isfsuns that he had
ntuck down with his SWORD two
negtOes, anu iuituet added that WHOA
LIE lott Tor the titd lie killed every
Cuban he could yet mold OF, on the
rimpesl charge, ga every Cuusu Ngf
un insutgeut NJ heart, anu That deu,
Weylrr MAJ given instructions 10 the
commuters Of tue Operating Culumus
90 dispose Of NJ many intufgontlsy mpa.
thiLsfs a. pIssiuiv, aud thai he wuuli
stop any talK, ana would stand bttWt, u
tho tilicyrs anu the pubic, bu. the Ia
fursUhls muut be- put down a. all ha1.
ar ..
10 further appreciate the cond on
OF this country | will relate Wu.t
heard Ia thu city VI IrluuHd while
there n lew uays ago. the Rev. FaIhoT
Gu, ryJ , CAuOuigo sAi.:
81 uv,irye that all tue Cubius posi-.
ble uuUuu be killed OF Rud clear the
country, AMI 10 that manner maze
Z ON ir iumillcs which " uli be
bEUu. ht over from spain 10 tuUa.
Tue negroes aLd mulalloes III uid
bll DO gillrl on silently aud
without exciting any Goa ment, 100 Il
Their pTOpUy cOunscatnl. luru, when
We would bnug our families over irOm
spain anu cIlOuz, tue island, we
could giVe tatm this CInnsuated
properly and they could make 10 -
start Ia hie. Tue Luhans who ssud
their children 10 the U",tu states u
be educated, shUull bs taken hold OF by
the police Huu quIety Placed where
tnty cIull do tue Ioast haTm, because
IN Ne Amtfignus have republic Al ideas,
which aTU toe tta cause VI the pTeseul
desire Of tho CuuHuz TO revolt, The
Y naee- are t.r Ioope no sym ~
tuZs with the Cubans and they are
ttspsIa uef 80, isw.h
Whilu st IuutIsd paid vuil TO