The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-03

HAVANA, March 9.-considerable
indignation Is expressed here in official
circles at the statements attributed TO
Senator Sherman In the United States
senate, charging Captain General Wey-
Ter with unlimited crimes during the
last revolution" ns the matter Is quoted
here, and wlen acting aa COMMANDER
OF a Spanish column. Tho friends OF
General Weyler claim II Is not true that
he committed the nets attributed TO
him, as, II he had behaved in the man
ner described, he would have been pun
ished by the general In chief.
Continuing. the friends OF General
weyler assert that tho policy OF the
insurgents now, as before, Is TO charge
Spanish officers who distinguish them
selves in lghting, with HbominnbIe
crimes in order that these officers may
be transferred to other posts or be sent
back TO Spain. General Weyler,s
friends insist that not one OF the acts
attributed to him has been proved to
be correct and they hold that not the
slightest shadow OF truth surrounds
them. They also claim II Is impossible
for his accusers to produce any respon-
sIble witness who can attest TO the truth
OF the charges which, Il " added, ara
concluslvely denied, II only by the gem
erals treatment OF the insurgents since
his landing here and OF his mild nd-
ministration OF atfairs in the Phillip
pine islands and elsewhere. They also
refer to his personal morality, energy
and impartlality In private and govern
ment acts. which, they say. has gain.
ed him the approval and esteem OF all
who have come In contact with him
through personal relations"
a friend OF the captain general, DIS
cusslng the situation to-day, said; En-
rIque Dondelro Is unknown here and is
supposed to have been In Chile when
General Weyler commanded ., column
here. Another Separatiat who has
written against General weyler was al
so absent from Cuba at the time the
events he claims TO describe are sup
posed 70 have taken place. No one here
has put forth q single proof OF the al
legged atrocities described in some OF the
American newspapers, and everybody
here is surprised that such an honor
able man as Senator Sherman has all
lowed himself to be led astray and Is
allowing himself TO be the instrument
OF the insurgents IN reading before the
United States senate slanderous articles
from pamphlets written bv men absent
from Cuba, and to brew In the minds
of the senators an KINDS OF cAiumntes-
" NnG CihAAAthAhH eAlAA bANNN ~.
them the contempt and hatred OF all
people for acts which are Inconsistent
with the proceedings OF the men OF
honor in question.
"Up to this very day the insurgents
claim that Maceo and Gomez did not
order the destruction by fire and the
laying waste OF the island. They say
that those crimes have been committed
by the government troops"
Small engagements continue. but
nothing Of Importance Is reported at
this writing.
LATER-The Indignation here over
the action OF Congress regarding the
beilIgerency OF the insurgents increases
as the particulars Of the debate in Con-
gress are received.
The editorials in the press. however,
are not offensive towards the United
States. The demonstrations Of patriot
ism are energetic and are displayed by
public conversation. Business circles
await the outcome with interest, as
may be Imagined.
Your correspondent Is satisfied that
the demonstrations OF patriotism will
be kept within prudent boundE, and
there Is no fear that the American con-
sui general will be in any way dis
turbed