The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-09


was 10 have tsken place today. was post
poned owing 70 tie sickness % the pres
ident Of the court.
Washing :on. Nov. S-State department
officials say there win be no protest
lodged agains. the proceedings in the
case OF the Competitor prisoners at Ha-
vana al this time. Whether or no. q will
be necessary TO act a,er on win De deter
mined by the outcome OF the court mar
tial. Our government has no. assented
20 the claim by Spain 70 the eight 10 Try
the men in Havana. bu; OF course. IN ne
event Of an acqmttai Of the prisoners,
which IS not regarded improbable. there
viii be no occasion for remonstrauce.
ANNEXATIONISTS WARNED.
Havana. via Key West, Fla, Nov. S.
The annexa1ionist, have received
through the columns OF newspaper o.
this city hint that Il will be we'll TO
abandon their meetings The article in
question conveyed the animation tina.
tire club was 70 be proceeded against as
e gambling institution, under which pre-
text ii would be possible 70 cause is
members a great deal OF trouble withou,
going TO the length Of accusing them OF
conspiracy. These meetings nave there
fore been discontinued.
A CHILLY RECEPTION.
General Blanco's formal reception at
the palace week ago was very chilly
affair. Outside OF the officials and rep
yesen.atives Of commercial bodies who
attended there were on yabous thirty
people present. General Blsnoo is said
to be In poor health. to be constantly In
need OF medical attention and therefore
not likely to be able to endure the hard
ships o fan energetic campaign against
the insurgents.
Personally Marshal Blanco is well lik-
ed by the members Of all parties. includ-
ing the Conservatives. who owing TO
their wealth. generally succeed in sway
ing the masses of people IN Cuba The
AutOnomists and the Conservatives are
fer from being hand-in-glove. ana no
matter which the new captain general
favors he is pretty sure 10 have re nos
tility OF the other.
REVOLVING CRUELTES.
New York. Nov. S.-A special to the
Word from Havana says:
weyler has gfe, but his purpose 10
"eternsinate the breed" Of Cuban pat
riots is being fulfilled.
starvation Is killing The 'concenIa-
does by tens Of thousands. Hunger Is
doing what SPANS 200.O soldiers can
not accomplish.
'Women and children. the weak, the
old. are dying like sheep; the rural popu-
lstion, 'conoentrsdoes' in the towns. has
filed the graveyards and its dead now
lie unburied.
The frightful sufferings Of those who
survive. cry out 10 the mercy OF the civ
ilized world.
The physicians OF Havana are now
forbidden TO give starvation as cause
of death. Women and children st2rve
and the reports OF their death are fal.i-
fed"
A correspondent in the town OF San
Domingo writes:
"a multitude of sick fall dying upon
garbage in the streets here, and there
they lie until, after having served as ig-
nominJus spectacles for some hours.
they are collected and hauled away in
OK carts used for garbage. to the dump
ing grounds. II the bodies are admitted
TO the cemetery they reach there only in
this unseemly manner. The church
cemeteries are full So most Of these
dead bodies are thrown into the feds 70
. Q eaten by the birds and dogs"
THE MONTSERRAT.
Havana, Nov. s.-An official disDatch
Just received here from Porto Rico an
nounces that the Spanish steamer Mont
serrat, with General Weyler on board.
which left Havana on Sunday last for
Spain via Porto Rico. and which put In
TO Cibarro, province OF Santiago de Cuba,
owing 10 a mishap 70 her machinery. left
Porto Rico yesterday afternoon.
LEES NEWS OF BLANCO.
Washington, Nov. S.-Generai Fitzhugh
Lee VIII sail for his post OF duty on
u Wednesday. General Lee was reticent in
speaking Of Cuban affairs. but ne refer
red with satisfaction 20 his Interview
with President Mckinley last Friday.
1T was. OF course. gratifying 20 ma"
said the general, TO have the president
ell ne that my course as consul general
met MS approval He tod me that he
had received letters from representative
men from al sections who expressed /
heir satisfaction az my retention II Of !
ice. .. course can't say what my in 4
;tructions are. except that I an 70 look /
ut FOR me rights OF Americans. AS 10 I
President NcKinleys' wishes, al can /
-ay is tina: ne desires peace"
Asked as 20 TIE effscs Ot General BAn- /
-o's appointment 10 succeed General !
Teyler. Genera. Lee said:
"Of c0unee. when a commander e -e- I
,lscsd in the fed BY another Il follows /
hat this commander e 20 issue . new I
,olicy. The new captain general would 4
IN 1ersta "a tsat. even though Dc re i
elved no special ins.ructi5us Whatever. !
What General Blanco's policy WIZ be, I
IoTrever, 1 came. cay" I
THE NAVY-S PROGRAM
New York. Nov. s-A dispatch . tic
Herald from Washington says: A. fa--
her evidence o. the peaceful ooudlii1a
Z ne relations q ne United States All
pain. navy department oazcis-s point =
ne program s5o1ce5 ~ Rear Admiral
i>ard ss- tie mex; rDoath- Repairs .
ae SHIPS vii occupy sane weeks. b:
$ each IS put IN condition tor ss-vicc
Rear Admiral Ssca-i proposes - sen1 i
O sea f0r iadiT-i1sl d-sl I; = sx2ec--
j thai re sQGs5-1-. EIlI remain y New
-crk un.l e5out ne -oiddle y Dece1.te:
rhen g WI proceed 20 Hampton Roats
-ai-h Ill - ~ base % % sgEasron's
slntsr sv3l1-53as.
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