The record-union., 1897-02-17
Spanish Attempt to Capture the Field
Piece Much to Their Sorrow.
Several Hundred Moved Down During
the Engagement.
General Weyler Issues an Edict Com
pleteIy Prohibiting Speculation in
Exchanging Bank Bills for Coin or
Vice Versa, Persons Violating Its
Provisions to be Dealt With as As
sisting i'm the Rebellion.

sisting i'm the Rebellion.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14-A World
special from Key West says: The dyn-
amite gun General Maceo thought so
much of has been doing remarkable
work again. Letters from Candelaria
Pinar del Rio, report it could not be
used lately, as the ammunition was
out, but an expedition just came with
a new supply.
A detachment of 700 Spanfards un-
der Colonel Sanchez attacked one of
General Goriano's camps last week,
hoping to capture the gun. 1t was
known to be slowed there and the
Spaniards had heard there was no am
munition for it. The insurgents We're
we'll protected by intrenchmemtS and
knew the enemy's plans AS the Span
ish troops advanced the insurgents met
them with a rapid fire of musketry and
then retreated, as if in disorder up a
marrow gorge to "a second net of works.
The Spaniards, thinking victory was
within their grasp, rushed forward de-
spite the orders of their officers, who
fairly entered the cul de sac than the
dynamite gun opened on them.
The first shell killed dozens in the
front rank. A second shot did still
more damage. and then a third and
fourth BY this time the troops had
managed to get out and an inslmgent
charge completed the rour.
More than 300 Spaniards are said to
have been killed, wounded or captured,
five officers being killed. The Cubans
lost seventy five men. The Spanish
prisoners were sent to the Spanish
camp a Candelaria. with a note from
the insurgent commander asking the
Spanish officer to deal as hunanely with
innocents who fell into his hands.
WEYLER'S LATEST EDICT.
HAVANA, Feb. 16.-Captain-G General
Weyler has issued an edict completely
prohibiting speculation in exchanging
bank bills for coin or vice versa in the
exchange houses where this has been
the practice; and secondly, ordering
these establishments to affix the edict
to their doors over the national colors,
with the number of the matriculation
subsidy and quotations in the exchange
Of gold and silver. The edict also pro-
hibts the quoting of bills, and orders
the use of the day book to record oper-
ations, according to the stamp Act.
In addition, all establishments buying
and selling effects and industries of all
kinds are obliged to receive bills at
their full value and change them for
small bills, the only condition being
that buyers must spend at least one
dollar in each five dollar bill rendered
or receive / per cent. discount while
small bills are scarce.
The Captain Generals edict further
prohibits on the Island of Cuba the re-
selling of Government lottery tickets
Only Internal Revenue Collectors are
authorized on their personal response
bility to allow persons to sell lottery
tickets in the streets. These sellers
must. however, carry a badge showing
the number of the Collectors office to
which they belong, and they must show
this badge at the request of the people.
In no case must a ticket seller ask a
premium Of over 10 per cent.
Finally, any persons violating the
provisions of this edict will be dealt
with as assisting in the rebellion, and
W Ill uN tT4eu ny Llie ultHUdIy court
The edict is dated February 18th of
the present year, and is issued from
the Generals headquarters.
A FILTHY WOMAN'S PRISON.
HAVANA, Feb. 16-A local news
paper described the Las Recogidas
House of Refuge, the only woman's Jail
in the city as a filthy and improper
place in which are found black and de-
graded women and criminals with blood
stained hands. together with ladies of
high social standing, arrested on politi-
cal charges.
All of the inmates of the Jail are COM
PEELED to associate during the day in a
large court, where the washing and
cooking is conducted. AT night they are
gathered in dark, nasty rooms, without
any sanitary convenience. In these
rooms seventyfour women of all sorts
are quartered, though there is space for
barely forty The prison has cells and
stocks constructed in plantation style.
The newspaper which calls attention
to this condition of affairs pronounces it
q disgrace to the city, and says it ex-
poets to see steps taken promptly for the
purpose of correcting the faults of the
Jail and preventing honest ladies from
living in this manner with degraded
criminal women. The paper says it is
to believe that the authori-
ties are aware of the facts. otherwise
they would remedy the defects of the
prison, which are repulsive to human
sentiments and contrary to morality
and religion.
The Union Constitutional publishes
an article violently attacking the cor
of the New York daily
papers for the details which they have
published concerning the situation on
the Island of Cuba.
AGAINST SCOvEI.. |
NEW YORK. Feb. 16.JThe Worlds
in Cuba cables to-day
that four indictments have been found |
against Sylvester Scovel, a correspon-
dent of the New York World" recently |
arrested by the Spanish authorities. The |
first accuses Scovel of an act of rebellion |
in having travelled in the field without a |
passport: the second, of having |
n his possession false papers; the third |
having procured, and the fourth, hav-
ing used the alleged false papers.