The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-19

ces attending the death of Commander
Maceo, of the Cuban army, have
aroused a feeling of intense indigna.
ton in this city. The stories pub.
lished in the morning papers were dis
cusse6 at the various clu bs and hotels
and the opinion was almost unani-
nous that congress would take sum-
mary action during the coming week.
ALI agreed that the assassination of
Maceo would do Spain more harm than
good.
MIR. Edward F. Cragin, chairman of
the Cuban relief committee of this
city, said last night:
If this news of Maceo's death is
corroborated, the effect will be to ruin
the cause of Spain. Maceo in death
will accomplish more than in life.
This treacherous, cold-blooded. dia-
bolical murder places the Spaniards
below the Cubans and removes the
last vestige of reason why we should
consider Spanish feelings. The con-
sentative spirit will not be strong
enough to hold Americans back. The
vote in congress where there were only
1t in the negative was a fair index of the
feeling then, but during the year that
has passed that feeling has been
growing more and more intense. We
may never know just what were the
persuasions used by the Spaniards, or
what was the motive of Maceo in go
ing into their hands to confer with
them, and thus trust to their honor.
l cannot think OF anything unless it
was President CIeveIand's message,
a. L can conceive of no message
from the Spanish government hat
would receive any attention from
him. But if the Spaniards should
have represented to him that
the president Of the United States
wanted the war to cease, and had sug-
gested That there might be some way
to bring it about SO that the honor
OF Spain could be maintained,
and at the same time satisfactory
~ ~ SOuAN oC hldl Will SuDd anu
peace secured, l "a see how such an
argument might influence him. Ihope
hat one result of this outrage will be
hat we will no more hear of the much
talked-of pride and honor of the Span
iards. Senator Cullom painted a pretty
dark picture, but he would have
painted a darker one had he known of
this ~treacherous murder"
The Spirit of Old Sam Houston Prevails
in Texas.
DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 1.-two thou
sand persons assembled in mass meet
ing at the City hall yesterday and or
ganized the Cuban Aid Association of
Dallas. More than 400 men put their
names ON the roll of active mem-
bership.
The meeting had been called by the
local committee OF twelve on Cuban
safety, acting under the state junta at
Galveston. Andrew jackson Houston,
a Sol of Sam Houston, the Texas lib
orator, presided.
Strong speeches in favor Of Cuban
Independence and war with Spain if
necessary were made, and resolutions
indorsing the position of United States
Senator Mills, as stated in his recent
resolution in congress, were adopted.
Also a resolution deploring the death
Of Gen.. Antonio Maceo.
Profound Indignation In San Francisco. |
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-THE report
that Gen. Maceo had been assassinated
by the Spanish officials was received
in this city with profound indigna-
tion.
The opening of the rebellion found
a large number of restless spirits eager
to take up arms for Cuban i~ndepend-
ence. A nephew of Maceo, a youth of
10, left Oakland on Wednesday last to
JOIN his uncle's command, and al
though the facts are suppressed, it is
generally understood that a consider
able party OF volunteers will follow
him. In clubs and ON the streets to-
day the reported assassination was dis
cussed with exceptional warmth, and
there is d remarkable unanimiJy of
opinion that the report should be thor
oughly investigated by the federal au-
thorities.
Indignation Among the Buckeyes.
CINCINNATI, Dec. I4.-There is but
one sentiment in this community re-
garding the assassination of Gen.
Maceo. Indignation is freely and en-
phatically expressed whenever aud
wherever the matter is discussed, and
there has been some talk of a mass
meeting for the purpose of giving
public expression regarding the kill
ing of Maceo, and the many barbara
ties perpetrated by the Spanish SOL
diers under the direction of Butcher
Weyler, and formulating a petition
asking that the United States recog-
nize the belligerency of the Cuban in
sugents. Maceo's assassination is re-
garded as an outrage and a violation
of the rules of warfare by everybody
here, and has intensified the feeling,
already strong, favorable to the Gu
bans
THE KILLING OF MACEO
May Result In Immediate Action by Con-