The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-31
.CUBA'S HISTORY.
Up to Date Information Regard.
Ing the Unfortunate Island.
FOUR HUNDRED YEARS or RULE
Ny Spain Have Keen -Four Ctnturiss Of
nIissry-Grapl,os sketch OF the Richie, or
tho Country-what the People Have Ae-
con,pi,,hed In the Way OF rrogre,. Has
Eesn Through Their Own Efforts.

Il thc lhNrNUlGliSuH NNHhAt0Ss VIVA ."
. n rich coun,rv. prp,lIgaliy endowed by
S., 80 hor ,,r,Iu,,Ior. ,ro
ha'u'e' oo'"e VI W. p'ou"s'''"~ "' =
unriValeu; tooacco, lor instance n
hundred pounds OF fine Vucltn Aba
a., .,i,,,. ,,-,,,r,,, h,Inr ,hout S2oo
~ N'e' -
2 morS 'hah the ees' OF Any o'ner 'o"n-
try. Tho principal productions are gu
par tobacco corfcr. cocoa. bananas,
,s,,,..,a,r,. ,,,x .od,. m,hor,,,. md
soaso"''"''' ""N' 's'"'' '''',"'S'""' w."
other WOODS. some yearS the TOTAL eN'
ports have amounted to So, 0O0. 900 OF
which some s6S,OooOoo were obtained
80. 49,, so hhn nno
from molasses anu sugar anu S9'ooV'OVo
from tobacco In various forms.
TIL. total populntIon IN cuba before
: az, ,,,r h,co, r,s co,nn,sel
8 IuS present war osh"" ""' >o'r
OF l,63l,eoo souis-S5oVVV whlte CuOa'lS'
zoo 900 colored CubnnS and i60, 900 Span
t.rI, l,r,,,o b,,,,,rrl vc,rs after Tho
'S w ,,,,a,t,. ~,
!. conquest OF Iuou' "ct popu'aV'" N'u
not exceed 10000 souls; one hundred
wears, lotcr II did not reach 100000.
z r1nrIng her rr,Ie on 400 wears, SpaIn
hns no, taken n single s,cp tending
10 The dayeIopmcnt OF the country or 10
the well being OF her people. Her CEN
sraI,yet complicatcd and. inefficient
characterization dominated by IA blind
Snir,t az routine. has always looked
urnn trrocm Ms A dangerous expert
ment The SnanIsh government, un-
willing and iucomperent to act, has
bcrn a perpetull obstruction TO all In
dIyiduai action, even In private mat
ters
Eor ,hree centuries Cubn was con-
demncd 10 neglect ThrouEhout the
fourth. the mother country's manage
ment may be characterized In three
,vor,Is. Violence. s,lbiec;lor and plua
der" There was nm uprising In 1929,
another In 1895. upSIsings I'm 1880, lSlS,
'sISbO iS55 and then came the awful
uprisInc In 1865. There was another
IN 1Ss5. The present began on the eth
Of February. 1885,
The revolt In 1865 was prolonged ten
wears and. ac.S)rClirr TO III, official
renorts submitted 10 the Spanish WOW
arnr,ent cos, 1900 lives md over
>si 600 COO 900 Spain lost br her own
shoruinry 90 900 mon In thusp Ten Years
1 the rrroter nOrtIon succumbin.. 10 ais
ease Then. az now. The forces en-
ninyrJ were mere bows, The climate
n-ovNd n tbousand- fold more destrur-
ftye ~ the Invaders than the lnsur-
,-S,,s
In rhosc Ron wears lSOOO estates be-
IonCinr. 70 Cuhans were CDnfiscateL
1satwasD D.cp,nber & 1855 and No
vsn,her 10 lisa, mo- less than 1921 pollt-
! teal nrisnners were executed and be-
tween March l. 1869. and November :.
zrsT2 SO r4rsons were reported can
,ursa nv the Snsni,rds and no+binr
baS cve- bcar heard Of their fate
,rhesn ar,rres have he4n rornoIIed from
Snsnish official documents.
THE SnanIst, government has assert
oil time and o-a,n thnt whntevcr ,rov
have bean the political condition OF tho
f~nhon neonI. previous 10 1S7s since
,hen ,bev have NOT only brer allowed
70 ssnd rcnrasepta,lve1 10 the Spanish
cortes but th.y have enIoved mauv
lihertIesNoInos: ns manv they
hove said aS are enjoyed bv
~. naonIe az Tho Tinted Sto,eS
HOY far tho resident Standards mo
rono,,-. +ba eIac+o-nI f-nnchJsa &c
sf,pu,n bv IN. sInrIa fact i'm, nj
fSo,,rb IN everv one hundred Of thu
nonnir,io, tbcr. are only ten Span-
10 rae against 90 T,>IbenS for every rem
ro.an,o,Jva elected b,- the Cub1ns rho
Snaniards eINct nj least seven and
--o-,a,I,,as "a, !, o,ba- ,vor,is tbn
AZ 90 c,bsns ,ta ,cnrssentea whsn
r,nst surrassfnI h., seven drnnt}es
sor1s,I,,es onIv ,bre. wbiIa thn Snnn.
Ian sinnp,, bavc bes- ranreSrntrd bv
rom tU.sn.v..brne IN ,wartr.s nvan ma
tatni ,,,,t,'h,r ~ Ga,,,,ios hair,, Sor,,,
pn-eonaI IIher,I. IN tra sansr tbay I,
Go .rercISs1 S,. n,.ort. InI,vII,,,I en- th,.
TTnjted S,otes has never hem known In
Smbo Tha laws ns thcy me- nnrorcrd
r,orG,s tLav ,,.s,.a onToycad barorn ~.
,loM ,Irryxr, - no. S,orT,', r.
tIo,n ~ ,oco,I,n.Io, In Tho ,nIdst ~ mo
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