Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-31
HOLDS THE PROVINCE.
Gen. Weyler Says that the Cubans
Must Now Starve or
Submit.

Submit.
New York, Dec. pa dispatch to the
Herald from Camp Arroyo Grande, foot
of the Rangel Hills, Pinar del Rio prov
ince via Havana, Cuba, says: In an in
terview with your correspondent, Capt.
Gen. Weyler said: Il have twenty-siX
battalions ranging from 700 to 1000 men
each occupying all the hills of the prov
ince. These columns have destroyed
everything in sight and have been able
to subsist on cattle of the insurgents
which were found grazing in the hills
and with whose destruction died their re-
naming hope of sustenance. They must
either starye now or submit and some
may prefer to do the former owing to
their remarkable apathy"
but why are there so few presenta-
dos, general, III other words. persons will
ing to lay down their arms?'
THAT point is easily cleared up. l
know that they have held meetings with
the idea of coming in as presentados but
have been told that [ murder them all.
which is absurd, is it not? Certainly l
shall not harm them buts not knowing
that l hope to throw away their arms
and pose as pacitcOs still. When the
presentados began to come in crowds and
the rest find they are not killed there
will be general rush to surrender.
"You can tell pretty well by the num-
Der of arms given up how many have
been concealed, can't you:''
II am not sure. There are more arms
than those of the insurgents. To show
their desperate condition | can tell you
that. know positively that Maceo him
self went three days without food before
he was killed.
Says MaceO is Dead.
'You still believe him dead"'
Beyond a doubt. certainly. We even
know where his body is. but we do not
like to disinter it as it would SAVIOR too
much of PROCLAMATION of grave"
''Why has Arolas left the trocha with
5000 men to take part in the active cam
paign?'
Because the necessity for the trocha
as a defensive line no longer exists.
There is, however. a considerable force
there still. amply sufficient for all pres
ent purposes" -.
DO you expect to capture Rios Ri
vera % | asked. rather irrelevant
Il don't think Rivera will show him
self at ALL We never hear from him.
but sometimes do from one of the Du-
casse brothers,
Sensational Report Denied.
Washington. D. c., Dec. 26.-1t can be
! denied officially and authoritatively that
any European government either directly
| or indirectly has made any representa-
| ton whatever to the United States ID re-
| strain or prevent its free action in con
nection with the Cuban insurrection. A
| similar report was denied by authority
| several weeks ago and the latest denial
results from 4 publication of Paris dis
| patch in the London Times.
The London Times dispatch was de-
| MED not only at the state department
but in diplomatic circles. which de-
| clared the story to be newspaper gossip.
| A. Won Bruening, the secretary OF the
cniI fnIn Ia tn
| the statement that Germany was already
| prepared to espouse SPANS cause, that
| so far as the embassy here was con-
| cerned. no such limitations had been
received. He discredited the whole sto-
eve have not heard a word concerning
| Cuba" said he, ''for three months
Organize to Aid Cuba.
Ell Reno, l. r., Dec. 26-Cuban SYM
| pathizers here have formed an oath
| bound organization which contemplates
| fighting for the insurgents without vlolat-
| ing the United States neutrality laws.
The members composed of able-bodied
men are to go to Cuba as coloniZers and
to purchase or lease land for the cultiva-
ton, manufacture and sale of tobacco.
| After Cuba is reached. say the bylaws
which have been adopted, other civic
enterprises to be decided upon later. may
| be entered into. The minimum member
ship of the colony shall not be less than
100 nor more than POO, and the MEM
! bership fee to be paid after arriving in
| Cuba is set at 500. The colonists are
to provide themselves with firearms at
| their own expense for personal protection
| and are to pay their own expenses to the
| seacoast from which they shall embark.
| going as individuals.
No Naval Fight.
Key West. Fla, Dee. 26.-Much COM
ment was made today in Havana over
| the report cabled from New York that
| the filibustering steamer. Three Friends,
had been fired on by Spanish cruisers
and that the steamer had disabl
! Spanish gunboat. This report is positive
| ly denied in official circles, who affirm
that nothing of the kind occurred. but
that the story is made from whole cloth.
| 1t is admitted that the steamer landed
| on the south side of the island. but it is
| alleged that there was no fighting.
Mansur Released on Bail.
San Diego. Cal. Dee. 26.-Harry Man
| sur, the American who was arrested sew
| eral weeks ago by the Mexico customs
officials at Tia Juana for alleged infrac
ton of the laws governing the free zone
has been released by the Ensenada au-
| thorities. and is again at home on this
side. His release was obtained through
| intervention of Anthony GOdbe, Ameri-
| can yice-conSul. and cash bail was al
| lowed, which permitted Mansur to leave
| the country.
| Fight Near Tellechea.
| Havana, Dec. 26.-Maj. Barber re-
| ports that battalion of Cuenos had a
| hard fight near Tellechea with the insur
gent bands under Felino. Alyares and
Barrotti. Lieut.. Freirio was mortally
wounded and afterwards died. The in
surgents left four dead upon the field
| and carried away many others. They
also abandoned = large number of arms
| and ammunition. \ prisoner says that
! there were thirty-seven insurgents killed.
Talks in Delirium of NIaceo.
Philadelphia. Pa. Dee. 26.-Becausc
! he had not food or proper shelter for
three days DIR. Peoplctd LemeXymke, an
| agent of the Russian government in
| Cuba, attempted suicide by taking NOR
| phine.
In his delirium he often speaks TIE
! name of Antonio Maceo, the late leader
of inSurgent forces III Cuba. with whom
/ he served for nearly two months as one
| of the generals staff surgeons.