The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-10-07
WEYLER is A FIEND
NEW KINDS OF T0RTURE ES0FIB il
TO TIE BUTCHER.
Prisoners are Taken Out of Their Cells AT
Night, Recorded i'm the Books as re
Leased, and Then Taken Ont OF the
Har:,or, Where the Sharks Lave no
Trace of Them-SsIt Goldfish and no
Water q Favorife Regimen for obsti-
nate Gases where Confession is Desired
Foreign News


Chicago. Oct. ga special from
Key West, Fla, says:
Rutcheries on an awful scale are pe-
Ing perpetrated in Havana according
~ letter received here from one OF
the most reliable correspondents IN the
Cuban capital.
Every night at police headquarters
prisoners are taken out and put on TIE
hooks as released. These individuals
In charge Of three policemen, are plac-
ed dn ?. boat and started off. They do
net lard anywhere but after While
the officers come back without the prls-
prers. This action has been watched
night after night.
From the first of September 20 the
Both. e;ghty-thre Prisoners have dlS-
appeared in this Wy. Five We're
drowned on the night Of September 70.
From the Cabamas and MORO castle
prisoners are taken out and drowned
In the same way The reason they are
taken cut of the harbor is on account of
the number OF sharks that get hold OF
the bodies and leave no trace.
La Barrera has five men under arrest
on suspicion OF putting dynamite
,5oflb under a gas main. They ara
kept ct the police station and tortured
to make them confess. The torture con-
sie.s Of fedeing them with dry Goldfish
end not iiowing them any water. NO
other FOOD Is allowed them and they die
os starvation if they refuse TO eat the
salt cod. This is said to be the means
ernplove5 by Weyler in Barcelona and
Il IS sad it never failed to produce the
desired effect.
CUBAN OPERATIONS.
Havana. Oct. 6.---There has been re-
raiyed here news of an gagement
which took place on Monday near Gu
amo, in the western part o fthe pro-
vince Of Pinar del Rio. between the
Spanish troops under General Bernal
ard Colonel NJ Romadoez. and the in
s-lrgeDts under Antonio Maceo. The
later is reported to have lost eighty
men ar5 % have retired with many
wounded. The troops lost over 100
men. No further details of the fight
has been received. In a second engage
rnert between tfae troops under General
Re~na1 and Maceo's forces the latter
lost 100 killed and had 200 wounded.
The Spanish loss was ninety-foUr men,
These are all the details obtainable at
present
VENEZUELAN COMMISSION.
Washington, Oct. 6.---The Venezue-
ian boundary commission. viii meet
next Saturday for the first time in sew
erlel months and it is expected that con-
siderable business VIII be transacted
At last a large quantity of matter per-
tanning to the inquiry with Which the
commission is charged has been col
u 4c -l,oJ h Iaa an
gagged all summer in this country and in
Europe, and much of this viii be in
shape for final consideration. The sec
retary of the body, Mailet Provost,
elone has carefully examined no less
tnaa 700 maps and ancient charts and
has Succeeded in dividing them into
several groups for easy comparison. as
TO general features.
Professor Baar and Mr.. De hann of
Johns Hopkins University have been
very successful in the collection of rec
ord5 in Great Britain and Holland and
hope to report upon their branch of the
work about the 18th instant, while the
inlividual members of the COMMITTEES
have spent much time in the prepara-
ton os reports on special lines. Mr..
Baar reports that he was treated with
the greatest courtesy in his work OF
e5arcnlnS and comparing the BRITISH
records. The foreign Office placed at
his service an expert clerk, and he,
with Mr.. De Ham. was allowed the
use during his absence in Amerca of |
the private Office of Mr.. Chamberlain.
FLOODS IN SINALOA.
Graudalajara, Mexico, Oct 6---Over- |
land advices received here from Mazat- |
Ian state that the damage wrought by |
the recent foods in the state of Sinaloa |
was much greater than at first estimat- |
ed. All the rivers in that state were /
flooded out of their banks and num- |
ber Of villages and farm houses were |
washed away. over 100 bodies have /
been recovered and many others are |
missing. The damage TO shipping in /
tsrests is believed to have been very |
great, but as yet reports as TO the 1
safety OF coast vessels are very mea-
gre. A full report of the damage done |
has been forwarded to President Diaz
and a public appeal will be made for
funds 10 relieve the wants of the storm
sufferers.
THAT JOYFUL FEELING
10 J, ;I.,, 81,