Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-12-03
HAVANA IN A PANIC
AN ATTACK BY THE INSURGENTS
MOMENTARlLY EXPECTED.
SPANS CAUSE oEEMS LOST
Passengers From Cuba Bring News OF
the Real State OF Affairs in tie
lsland--A Rebel Hero to Be Shot
Tomorrow Spanish Premier Sus
tains Weyler.

New York, Nov. %. Officers of tn
steamer City of Washington whicl
has al1ived from Cuba, say tina
Havana H. In the worst possible stat
OF fear. NE residents are momen
tarily expecting an attack. by The IN
sllrgents. me prisons are fun, busi
ness Is at a sLandstilI and merchant
Of Spanish ideas are preparing Il
leave the country.
j. W. Brown, an Englishman re
Gently released from Cuban prison
where he spent a rit nth for shouting
i'm the streets of Havana ~cuba HIRE
ana who was expelled by order o
WcyIcr, was one Of HE passengers. lie
said. Cuba, in my mind, is lost u
Spain. The latter cot ntly is now OF
her beam ends and the storm ON tn,
little island viii soon engulf her.
Brown related many instances OF al
logged cIlclJics by Spanlards. Dr.
Taylor, another passenger, says tina
Splvin's cause is lost and that WeyIeI
has 80, 900 sick soldiers on his hands
Doomed to Die.
Antonio Lopez Cooma, who was thu
first insurgent leader to rise in Matan
HaS, will be shot tomorrow In thc Cab
ancs forest.
WeylGr IN faNor.
Madrid, Nov. 26. Premier CanOvaS
was questioned on the subject OF tn,
contradictory reports circulated as
result Of the unexpected return of the
captain general Of Cuba, Genera
Weylcr. to Havana from Pinar de
Rio where he had been personally
conducting the operations of the
troops against the insurgents under
Maceo. The Spanish premier sac
that there was no truth in the repol'
that WoyIcr had been recalled ana II
was equally untrue that his recA
was contemplated. On the contrary
he added, he had given WeyIer a re
hand in the task of suppressinS the IN
surrcrtion and he had confidence tina
he would be successful
havana. NOV. % The report O
the dcaGA Of Scrihn sanchez, the IN
surgrnt rAder, appears to be tnIll
cumrrmcd Adytces from Santa Spr
ilus say that his family has gone lni'
mourning.
Macco Sends Greetings
Philadelphia, Nov. % The first Ia
rect authentic news from the noun
tain camp Of Antonio Maceo thpt las
been received in this country since
Wcyler left Havana for the front two
weeks ago came yesterday by special
messenger who stopped in tins city.
The message was directed to the New
York ,luna and reads.
"Wo have wtthstood the enemy IN
many encounters and are prepared for
any move that he may make. we
have rendered him much injury and
will be able to withstand any of his at r
tacks for some time to come. Assure
our noble friends in the United States
that the cause Of liberty will not suffer
in pinar del Rio. 70 those who are
friendly TO our cause send greet
ings
"Anlonio Macco'
Cubans in this city are especially
catcd over the receipt OF the message
Tor they were fearful Of the position
occupied by Cuban forces during the
past month or six weeks, The carrier
Of the message whose name Is not
given by tine Cuban leaders, was wit
ness To the fight at Artcmisa, which
was first reported as great
Spanish victory and later rs drawn
battle
at was 4 splendid fight" said the
Cuban officer, and gave great hope
and courage TO the entire army. You
hero in the United States who read only
meagre and uutruthful reports can
have no idea Of the nature of things in
pinar del Rio But will speak more
especially Of Artemsa where enc OF the
greatest Cuban victories was won.
Maceo did not use his entire force
against the Spainards, but the latter
who numbered between 5000 and 5000
were driven back from the foot hills
and many of them slain upon the hard
plateau before the town AS night
came on Macco ordered two batteries
to the brow rf the Hill and shellcd the
town. The firing began at various
places In the city and the effect of the
cannonadng was something wonder
ful. The two dynamite guns did fear
full work, some which | had chance
to witness few days ago when |
passed through the city on my way to
Havana Artemisa was almost de-
stroNed The walls of the city We're
torn apart and many big houses COM
pletcly demolished. learned that
many had been killed during the four
hours bomhardment The loss to the
enemy in the city alone was IN the
netghborhood OF l60, according to those
with whom talked while my hriet
stay lasted.