The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-27
THE WAR IN CUBA.
ssr..,, % Nebsl Successes Apparently
England willing Uncle sam Snou,,,
Sieze the Island Sam S"oui"

the insurgents were on The relreat mat
80. on .hc next day they were active in I'D
Mmu ,,Ie II, province of Cuba, and fought
S mn,G u! Canuclaria, with three battalions Of
spanish troops, who were routed. Durin,r mo
mseh the insurgents have also had number NJ
los "n IN ~, INC provinces of Havana and Matan
naa, ~ mat ten Wcyler's promise TO his nov.
ornient mat he would opacity" the three west
Mn provinces BY the middle of the month nf
;mdr 1M ",s tailed Of execution The revolution
lne thfee weeks of the month IL has over,~sod
~ lcast one light day for every day of It. and
w. f, cannot thlnk 1t has suffered many revcrses
i !, "ns ior thc havana censule has not, accord
!nS 10 MS usual CUSTOM claimed "A Snonish Vic
,ory III every engagement. The affair AT Boto.
a,,n c mhere an insurgent column successfully
fences, was bold one. The affair nj ycnes
anu mat NJ Cabanas, and that at Cayaiapas were
s s,uoGessGs Tor the Insurgents. When the reyolu
Rn hs Saceo entered the province of Pinar del
al ni1 ne was welcomed everywhere; but rs soon
| Us nc took his departure for another field. and
.u spanish troops entered 1t, the province was
might rean ny ~ us ,, own nhabanta that Spain
Every man capable of bearing arms TO enlist
uhuer the Spanish flag, but soon discovered thai
nrG Mouu REQUIRE his whole army to enforce the
9 , anu watch over the enlisted men, He or
| uvicu thc coniscation Of the property OF those
mo ia,aea 10 declaretheir allegiance to SPAIN
thess e pnf f OF inc spanish troops who arrived
tnt en III thc early part of this month had been
nelu IN ana around Havana casa precaution
against disturbances in the city," An uprising is
| 'i.oc W luke pace there any uuy.
- ur or live arms bearing vessels have left
american ports within the past ten DAYS; and
several OF them have made success full landings
SelItanly zen CaliNto Garcia has with the Der
hnuo eNpcuitiOn ana so has Gen Ruiz q veteran
OF the 10 years war, who has since been in the
tobacco business In Spain and FASTENED to this
country to offer his life and fortune to the pa
triotic cause. Both brought vast quantities Of
arms, ! his Is great thing for the revolution
which has always had much Difficulty in procnr
ing arms; and has had to depend almost wholly
| upon such military supplies as conld be can.
tureu from the Soanards In fight
Ever since the opening of the war Gomez has
sald that the only things needed for the success
OF the revolution were military munitions
Give me 100000 rifles !" he said, land viii mi
them into the hands of 100 900 Cubans, who viii
urlvc into Havana all of Spain that there IL on
ans Island; next give me some pieces of siege
artillery, and Havana will be the prize of the |
revolution" lie has always declared that there
were AT least vc applicants for every rifle that
The Spanish troops on the island now numbers
ABOUT $4,000 and the rebels "A 800.
Last week Wednesday two Spanish columns |
near santa Domingo blunderingiy fired into
each other and Il men were killed and 81 wound |
ed. Maceo is dcstroS ling all of the small inhah. |
ited places through which he passes and burn. |
ing all OF the sugar and tobacco plantations b, |
the use OF petroleum.
Great Britain has through an un ,tlical but |
reliable medium, as ii is believed, conveyed to |
PRESIDENT Cleveland ard Secretary Olncy an in !
timaton that il would not regard with disfayor I
any action which the United sta,cs might deem
wise to take In using its friendly offices to bring
the war in Cuba to an end.
There are thrcatenings of q revolt IN Porto
Rica,the last remaining Spanish colony in Amer
lea.
Two officers were shot and Dauiel McCoic, Il /
robber, was killed during an attempt to hold up /
the New Orleans express train al Tulare, Cal,
last Wednesday. The attempt was one of til
most daring that ever occurred in California.
one robber had informed the sheriff, who had {,
posse waiting. Three bandits boarded the train
AT Selma station and as the train left Goshen the
betrayer rushed Telegram saying that the plans
had been changed. The posse hurried back and
opened fire. Sheriff Daggot and Constable
Reed were fatally shot. McCoe was u former
member of the Dalton gang.
The Granite State Receivership.
ship OF the Granite State Prevalent association
and filed Il bond at Manchester n. H., of 800.
co., the surltes being Walter NJ. Parker and
l.. Nj. Toplif. Mr. Taggert has the privilege of
engaging as much assistance rs is needed, and
he will simply conduct an oversight OF the lpro.
cess of disintcgration. The first step in economy
was taken Monday morning when " Is
typewriters and clerks were discharged. J
small army of young women were employed in
the office. Some idea of the the tremendously
perpiexing questions arise in the proposed isso
LUTON of this association may be gained, when
the nice question Is raised as To the dispUs II
al of the funds which the association has de (
thousand dollars was deposited with the state /
of Maine alone. II
Fatal Riot at indianapolis.
serious labor riot which resulted fatally to Il
one man and In injury to several others occurred
at indianapolis Tuesday the rioters keeping up Il
a running fight for more than square and
causing much excitement. Nearly q year ago
of the Taylor & Chambers foun.
dry went out on strike on account Of n differ.
ence regarding wages and since that time there
has been periodical trouble, the strikers being d
that non union men should not work i
and the management being equally determined ]
to employ no other workmcn. The strikers (
proved so aggressive when non union men were Il
brought to Indianapolis that the firm were com
PEELED to place hunks in the shops. Tuesday :,
evening when the men left the shop for the day 9
a crowd of union men advanced upon them from :
every side. \ general fight ensued. Several i
pistol shots were fired and William Watson, +
Walker Davis, mont union men, and Hooker Lee, T
u bystander, were shot. Lee received two but {
lets in the neck, but neither of the wounds Is n
fatal. Watson was shot III the thigh, i
the bone being shattered and the wound may be I
fatal. Davis was shot through the head and WAS j
taken to his home in dying condition. num- h
Der OF strikers were beaten with stones and /
clubs and some were badly battered by the tin \
dinner buckets in the hands OF the employees. T
Several of the employees were also beaten with /
stones and clubs, but they scattered and ran i
when the pistol shots fired and the full list h
Of the injured could not be secured. The police b
juelled the riot. ID
Seven Murders for $500,
1t has been discovered that the family OF q +
Dollhouse, who were Crcmated in their burning
house lit Alma, Wis over two weeks ago, were
murdered, and their deaths were not accidental
Is was at first supposed. The family consisted h
If father, mother, and fivelchildren. 1t was gen
srally believed that an over heated stove caused b
he blaze and that the occupants mad been I'M +,
,ble to escape. In the head Of Clubhouse were CT
two bullet holes.' When the skull OF e
Mrs Clubhouse was brought out it was seen that RI
he farmers wife had been Killed by some punt L
instrument, as two holes, evidently made by II
hammer, were found back of the left ear. the L
bones of the children have not yet been found.
Dollhouse had $500 in the house day or two be- ,v
'ore the fire, and 1t is believed somebody knew cI
his and murdered the family to secure It, ~
Killed ut a.DOg Fight.
"Wednesday morning about three o'clock the A
Maiden Mass police descended upon crowd u
hat was witnessing dog fight in an unoccnpl"u
,uild.ng between Maiden and Medford and ar h;
er n hard fight arrested Al men. When they vi
vent into the building the sport assauHeu fc
hem with sticks an' other missiles. me ponce
ircI revolyers in the air to frlglltcn them ana
,ionalan was with others in the raiters OF Inc
1nilding and afterwards was found WIN Two
,nlict wounds in his body and the back OF MS
read crushed in.
Half the city of Colon in Columbia was laid IN
she's by = fire Monday evening. Inc : fell NJ
II the flames was aided by suohR WIN, 49,
vbch carried large pieces of burning smaterlal, L
mon the roofs of houses ana they were soon
DESTROYED The coniiagration at one unlc
TO wipe out the cntlre cu.. nc ~ u,
'r,gate of Panama came here ON q special tram.
III The bak eries have been burned ana 4 sciirci
' of food is threatened. Intense eNci'emeht
PREVAILS. A
There was gas explosion at me G
,erwind White shaft at the eastern limits ol Y
dubois, Pa Monday morning ,,h,c The com
any has been opening mp anu woIRihs cIcMs
n shafts TO push the headings out III various
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