Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-08-13
MUST MAKE BETTER Showing
Spain Weary Of Weyler's Do
Nothing Policy.
EoIcT ISSUED FROM MADRID
He Must Make an Effort TO Crush the
RebeIiion-sfore Raids by Insurgents
with Damaging Results to Spanish.


RebeIiion-sIore Raids by Insurgents
with Damaging Results to Spanish.
New York, Aug. "a dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says: 1t is
rumored that General Wevler's de-
parture for Matanzas was due to orders
direct from Madrid, sending him to
the front. Weyler made preparations
to take the field some days ago, but ac-
cording to statement made by an
officer at the palace, he delayed his de-
parture in order to mature plan to
sntrap General Castillo.
The captain-general is severely crit
icised for not having taken the field
earlier. For three weeks now bands Of
insurgents have been swarming into
Matanzas and even Havana. They
have raided small towns and made
demonstrations before large towns.
| They have raided landed expeditions
and had time to organize. Yet Cen
eral Weyler contented himself with
remaining on the defensive and only
retaliating on the insurgents by issuing
DEGREES that considerably aggravated
the sufferings of the unfortunate recon-
centrados. 1t was only when the insur-
| gents boldly attacked the suburbs Of
Havana that public opinion forced him
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Public opinion with regard to Wey-
ler's policy is beginning to manifest
itself. Business is at standstill, and
the merchants throw the blame upon
the government. They say General
Weyler's edicts practically restrict them
| from doing business with the interior.
The wholesale arrests that have been
| lately made and the terror of the people
on the outskirts of the city help to
swell the feeling of uneasiness and dis
content with the way the campaign is
| carried on.
Insurgents recently entered Esper-
/ anZa, railroad town of 5000 persons.
| There they met with some resistance,
| and there was considerable fighting in
the streets. According to official ac-
counts the insurgents left 30 killed
when they finally retired. The COM
mander OF the town was seriously
wounded. He admits that the insur-
gents robbed several stores. Bolondron,
| another small town about eight leagues
from Matanzas, was also raided and
many stores and buildings were de-
stroyed.
In Havana province on Sunday last
insurgents attacked Santiago de las
Vegas. five leagues from the capital.
A band was playing in the park at the
time and most of the citizens were out
promenading. A panic was threatened,
but the Spanish officers kept their heads
and took prompt steps to repel the in
surgents. There was brisk firing in
the streets for time, but eventually
the insurgents were forced to retreat.
Several on both sides were killed. The
insurgents remained close up all night
to keep fire on the forts.
Four hundred insurgents under Gen
eral Castillo attacked La Chora, town
three miles nearer Havana, on the same
night, but kept up fire on the forts
all night. He also used dynamite with
great effect, throwing bombs into the
town and destroying several public
buildings. Three bombs were fred
from dynamite guns which were landed
by recent expedition. The Spaniards
did not venture out of the town.
The authorities determined on the
following morning to be revenged on
some one, and arrested the family of
Morales Bottelas, because the daughter
: of the house was the affianced of Cas-
tillo's late chief of staff. Mr.. and
Mrs. Morales, their daughter and two
children were taken outside the town,
ordered to kneel down and were fired
upon by squad of Spanish soldiers.
Morales, his wife and one child were
killed at the first volley. The daugh-
ter and her 7-year-old brother were
wounded and left on the ground. They
will die.
: Several families have moved from
: the town.