The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-19
FOOD FOR SHARKS
CRUEL SPANIARDS GUILTY OF
DROWNING THEIR PRISONERS
OF WAR. ~
THREE FRIENDS EXPEDITION
SUCCESSFULLY LANDED ON THE
CUBAN COAST ON TUESDAY
EVENING.
ISLAND HELD BY THE INSURGENTS.
Even the Territory Adjacent to
Havana Is in the Hands Of the
Rebels.

TAMPA, Fla, Dec 18.-Roberto So
lar, who has spent seventeen months in
the insurgent camp of Col. Raoal Ar
range in the provinces of Havana and
Matanzas, arrived on the steamship
Olivette tonight. Mr.. Solar in an inter-
view said:
Il was told before leaving Havana
that the last expedition of the Three
Friends had been successfully landed
on Tuesday night. / believe the report
to be true, as official circles in Havana.
were greatly agitated that night.
There can no longer be any doubt
that Maceo is dead I saw a letter
which should now be in the hands of
the junta at New York from Brigadier
Adolfo Castillo, who is fighting in Ha-
vana province, stating positively that
Maceo had been killed by Spanish
treachery. He did not give any par
ticulars, saying that he would forward
them in a few days or as soon as he
was satisfied that he had obtained the
true story. I also saw the accredited
agent in Havana, and he told me that
Maceo was dead, but that hisd eth
was surrounded by mystery. 1 cannot
doubt this proof
~The conditions In Cuba are such
that the Spaniards have dominion only
over that part of the island on which
they stand; this is principally the
cities. The entire country is in pos
session of the insurgents, even that i'm
mediatelyl surrounding Havana. The
talk Of the insurgents being starved
out is ridiculous.
'The world may not believe 1t. but the
Spanish authorities are drowning some
Of their prisoners at Playa del Chivo
(Beach of the Boat near Havana.
Those whom they drown they declare
belong to a secret negro society called
"Nanigos," but, as a fact, they class
any one as Nanigos If they wish to
drown them. The victims are taken out
in boats, their hands tied up to their
necks and weight fastened to them,
so that when they are thrown over
board they plunge head downward
into the water, which Is alive with
sharks"
KEY WEST, Fla, Dec 1S-Reports
from Havana say that soldiers in the
Pinar del Rio section are deserving
quite rapidly, that sickness on the
trocha and desertions have made rein
forcements necessary there. Weyler is
keeping all the troops he can in Ha-
vana. The news from Matanzas prov
ince is disquieting. The palace officials
refuse information as to the results Of
the engagements at TOGO and Purga-
torio this week. It is known that the
Spanish lost many men and much pro-
visions, arms and ammunition. +
AT. ,Neavaraz, in these engagements,
large detachment Of insurgents gath
cred Tuesday and the Spaniards under
Col. Jose Inglarez attacked them The
insurgents ambushed and outf1anked
the Spandiards, sending them flying
after two hours fighting. The troops lost
20 men and the Cubans 20. A large
quantity of arms were collected from
the field and taken away by the in
surgents. A reign of terror exists in
the small towns in that section, as
the country is full of soldiers of both
sides and the country people who are
disposed to remain neutral cannot do
50. More than fifty men have been
killed there the past fortnight by both
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