The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
MACEO MURDERED
Invited to a Council Of Peace
and AssaSsinated.
SYMPATHY AROUSED
The Assassination of Maceo Has
Created Much Feeling in Many
Places in This Country.
Helm Offared From All Ouarters---Men
Help Ofsred From All Quarters---Men
Enlisting to Fight For Cuban Indepen-
dence----Denver Will Send One
Thousand Men.

| JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec, r.
| The Citizen tomorrow will contain the
following relative to the death of An
tonic Maceo. Justeo Carrillo, we'll
known Cuban of this city, brother of
/ the Cuban general Carrillo, has re-
ceiyed the following letter from a
trustworthy correspondent in Havana.
concerning the reports Of the death of
Antonio Maceo and showing that he
was killed by treachery:
Havana, Dec. 9.-Dear Friend JUS
teo: Our brave general, Antonio Ma
Geo and the greater part of his staff
have been murdered by the Spaniards,
the Spanish major, Cirujeda, acting
the part of the assassin. with DIR. Max
imo Zertucha as his assistant. Wey-
ler conceived the idea OF appeasing his
| beastly instincts by a cold-blcoded
| murder: making the best of the secret
| relations between DR.. Zertucha and
Marquis Ahumada, he planned with
the latter his hellish scheme.
"Weyler took the field and, in his
absence, Ahumada proposed through
| Zertucha a conference with Maceo, to
| take place at certain place in the
province of Havana with q view of ar
ranging plans for the cessation Of
| hostilities.
ITO carry out the plan an agree.
ment was made that orders should be
given to the detachment of the troops
stationed on the trocha on the section
between Mariel and Guanajay, to allow
Maceo and staff to pass the military
trocha over the road to GuauaIay,
without being molested by the forts,
but as soon as he had arrived at the
place decided upon he and his party
was greeted by a tremendous volley
from the troops und r Major Cirujeda,
who lay conveniently in ambush.
Most of the officers of his staff fell with
General Maceo. Zertucha is alive be-
cause he was aware of the scheme and
remained in the rear. "a
sThe Spaniards know where the
bodies are, but are bent on feigning
ignorance to blot ont the vestige of
their crime.n
KANKAKEE, Ill.,, Dec. 13.-Sixty
recruits passed through here last night
on the Illinois Central. They were
gathered in from Chicago and Wis
consin points. During the night %
more arrivals were noted from Streator,
Spring Valley and other points, and
were furnished transportation to New
Orleans.
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 13.-It is learned
that company is being quietly or
ganized here to 60 to Cuba to assist
the insurgents.
men left mere this morning on the
Florida Central & Peninsular train in
two private cars for point near
Jacksonville, where they will embark
tonight for Cuba.
DALLAS, Tex. Dec. 13.-There was
a great meeting at the city hall this
afternoon in the interest of the freedom
of Cuba. Two thousand representa-
tive men and q hundred women were
present.
FAYETTEVILLE Ark, Dec. 13.-A
company of 20 young men in this city
has organized, and in a few days will
start for Cuba, to join the rebel army.
DENVER, Dec. 13.-It is claimed by
the lesders in the movement to send
troops from Colorado to fight for Cuban
independence, that more than lCOo
names have already been enrolled.
The old lady was right when she said
that child might die if they waited for