The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-19
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NORTH CAROLINA DAILY PAPER

the new Captain General Of that colony.
mas asked for reinforcements Of ten ad-
ditional batallions.
HURRYING ON PROVISIONS.
New York, Dec. 18.-During the com
ing week large quantities of provisions,
principally lard, hams and bacon will no
shipped from this city to Cuba in order To
be entered before January /. On tbot
date General Weyler's order raising the
tariff on imports FIVE per cent. goes into
effect and is to avoid this increase that
Cuban merchants have hurried their or
ders. Thousands Of tierces Of lard and
hams and boxes Of bacon are being hur-
ried off. This rush began Immediately
after Weylers order month ago. and
has increased steadily to the present
time. Some -four has also been shipped.
but not any great amount, owing to the
discriminating duty.
ATLANTA'S MASS MEETING.
Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 1S.-Two thousand
people gathered at the courthouse to-
night to attend a mass meeting in behalf
Of Cuba. The meeting was presided aver
by Ex-Governor w j. Northern and AL
bert II. Cox, Joseph Johnson, Jr, b. NJ.
Blackburn, Hamilton Douglas r. p.
Fielder and SenOr Castaverti. a Cuban
refugee, spoke. No such enthusiasm was
ever witnessed in public gathering here,
and volunteers could have been muster
ed on the spot. A hundred Cuban wO-
men and men, chiefly those who had fed
from Cuba, attended and added the shout
Cuba Libre," to the yells of the South
erners. Resolutions were adopted in
favor OF Cuba's independence, and con-
demning the method of Spanish warfare
A permanent Cuban club was organized.
GIVE BATTLE AND MOVE WEST.
Havana, Dee. 1S.-It is now established
beyond a doubt that the insurgents are
concentrating their forces in the province
of Santa Clara with the intention, ap-
parently Of moving westward to the pro- .
vinces of Matanzas and Havana.
The Zaragoza battalion at Sin Nombre
and Maraguaya, province Of Santa Clara,
has been engaged with a band Of five hun
dred insurgents under the leadership of
Ramon Alvarez. The enemy left Is
killed and the countrymen of that Vicin-
ity says that the insurgents carried away
80 wounded. The troops had one Cap
tain and FIVE soldiers wounded. The in
surgent Colonel Pena has been wounded
in the Manseinillo district.
DIR. Zertucha has arrived here and will
visit his brother who is imprisoned in the
Cabanas fortress.
WEYLER PRESERVES SILENCE.
Havana, Dec. 18.-The correspondent
of the Associated Press obtained an au-
dience Of Captain General Weyler at the
palace tonight, the Captain General hav-
ing been informed of the object Of the vis-
it and presented to him a copy of Sena-
tor Cameron's resolution agreed upon by
the foreign relations committee of the
Senate. Captain General Weyler read
the resolution very attentiyely, but in re-
ply to a request for an expression of his
opinion he said:
Il can0t say anything upon the pro-
position of thea Senate committee"
The correspondent urged General Wey-
Ter to say something, but he insisted upon
maintaining a strict reserve.
The Havana newspapers as yet have
nothing to say of the resolution.
ARKANSAS HEARD FROM.
Little Rock, Ark, Dec. 1S.-A largely
attended mass meeting held here to-day
at the board of trade, listened to speeches
by leading citizens on the Cuban question.
The meeting was attended by men prom
inent in all branches OF business and pro-
fessions. The following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we express our un-
qualified sympathy with the struggling
patriots and urge the immediate recogni-
ton Of the independence Of the Cuban
republic by the United States"
CONSIGNMENT OF ARMS.
Little Rock, Ark, Dec 1S.-Two car
loads Of heavy artillery passed through
this city yesterday for the south over
the Iron Mountain road. The conductor
said the cars were billed to a Texas port,
and that the artillery was consigned to
Cuban parties, but would not give their
names nor the port to which the cars
were destined. The conductor stated that
the arms were for the Cuban patriots.