The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-12-05

Is Second St. S.. Minneapolis
Telephone callf 1851 Answered at all hou
WEYLER THE BUTCHER.
Said to Have Killed 1900 Women and
Children. -
Washington, Nov. 30.--Gonzalo de Que
sada, the Cuban represented ive in the
United States, has returned to this city.
and3has taken up his quarters at-the RAJ
leigh. He will probably remain here for
some time, and it is expected he will be
formally appointed by the Cuban govern
ment in charge of its affairs here.
IT have just received letters from people
in Artimesia,' he said, Gin which they tell
me that the reported massacre OF l,5OO
women and children in different sections
is true. I can easily understand 1t, as
Weyler ordered that all the country peo-
pie should either go into the towns or to
the mountains with the Cubans, and at
the same time another order was issued
that people in the towns who had relatives
fighting with Maceo should not be given
any rations. The result was that thou
sand of women, children AMI old men took
their chances with Maceo rather than face
starvation in the towns. When Weyler
went after Maceo and did not get him he
took his revenge by killing these helpless
people.
GA Communication has rsslntly been re-
4 ceived from Maceo that his friends In the
+ United States need not fear for him; that
with the ammunition he already has, he
can hold out for several months yet. All
. he needs to fight Weyler and defeat him IS
more artillery. We need arms and coula
easily put twice the number OF men IN the
field if we could arm them
When asked why he believed that Gen.
Weyler had again taken the field, he re-
n piled: Gen. Weyler, after saying repeat
eddy that he would not leave the capital,
took the field on receipt OF orders from
Spain, because it was necessary to 90
something to prevent the American gov
.ernmens from taking action In December.
He went into the field and saw how hope
less it is to continue, but on returning to
Havana he was again ordered by the nome
government to go into the field.
s:s.& Havana, Nov. ~30.-(via Key West; FlaJ
The insurgent leader Lopez Coloma,
who first raised the cry of revolt in the
enced to death by court-martial tor the
crime Of rebellion, homicide and horse
theft, was shot on Thursday. Thousands
of persons witnessed the execution :!
s Private advices from Artemisa, prov
:ince. of Pinar del Rio, say that on NOV
1913 Nfaceo was in camp near Consolation
del Norte.
New York. Nov 3o.-The Sun Havana
correspondent writing under dafe OF NOV.
%, says: -.
'"rhe Cuban war has now reached it's
climax of devastation and boodske4 Gen.
4 Weyleu, as acknowledges by@Asasef In
interviews with prominent Spaniards III
his palace at Havana, has resolved 70 eS-
terminate all the Cubans in the province
Of Pinar del Rio not engaged as soldiers
+ in the Spanish ranks, no matter how
peaceful and harmless they :. appear,
H "they must go to one side OF to the other,
Is he. said land neither women nor children
will be spared because these people, as
innocent as they look, act as spies for the
insurgents in Pinar del Rio"
He said also that it was o necessity OF
war to destroy the whole province, burn
ing every house which may be made
shelter for the insurgents and every PLAN
tation which may give them food.
'"The Spanish soldiers" added Weyier,
.have all their provisions from Havana,
they find iE the country Not a. single
animal, not even rat, will be left 70
Maceo if it can he helped.
The plan Of campaign Of Gen. Welyer
has thus been changed He shrinks from
attacking Maceo in his strong but
prefers to let him and his men perish Of
starva tion 1t is doubtful if he can re-
alize this plan better than the other. as
Maceo has provisions enough for one year
and in December Gen, Gomez will start
again on his march to the west. Maceo
il also we'll provided with arms and am
ID ,?1Hnition received from recent expedA-
- lions. "
There is no. foundation for the runlor
x1,ilI vol OF rrp
any, effort to assist Maceo in Pinar del
.$3 Rio, as Maceo can take care of himself in
the chain of mountains known as Sierra
!. de Arganos.
.3'se- Gomez is preparing ms lnarch LOT D e
< l.eeynber This is not the right time for
~ him to start, because he might sacr1tlce
5Ekfuse!essly men and munitions needed to in
,,terfere with. the harvest in December 1 ne
Twill carry with him the avenglng torch
and will not leave 2, sing:e sugar cane
field which might yield a direct or in
direct revenue to the Spanish government t.
Nothing like an attack on Havana can
.ass!AEe: expected for the present. The real sit
uation is that Spain is unable rosovercome
: -5the revolution and pacify the island. al
though, with her regular army Of 1880
~ soldiers and 10000 volunteers, and d :strong
!. navy, she can Still hold her well fortified
.Hi9cities and seapcrts. No end is near there
i fore, if the unitedsStates does not inter-
& x fere to stop this ,butchery. Spain may
If ight to her last man and the Cubans will
4 ;ssaH die before they will surrender their
3 sscause.
The cruelties imposed upon American
citizens and. Cuban political prisoners in
the fortress OF 1.abana are terri bls.. Not
!, Notwithstanding all the promises made by
IA the Spanish to the American government
ssS.the condition Of these prisoners is worse
81 'sfslan ever Their families are not allowed
Rs to visit them in the prison. They are I'M
able to send line to the United States.
w hoover dares to approach within six
yards of the gates risks instant death:
Their food is bad and, what is more ter
SEsFlrible, they are in a constant. agony, 5ex-
" specting death from one moment to am
other, as any. day may bring them the
news of their ia ral sentence.
Political cl,atter.S:
gs5 AT the last session of thes1eazslkture q
@ bill was introduced by DR.. Kier-prbvid ina
Ag for the adjustment of capital punishment
within our state. After much discussion