Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-17

tions Adopted.
Washington, May 16.-An enthusias-
tic audience of men and women, many
of them well known in Washington,
packed the Columbia Theater to its
doors this afternoon at a monster mass
meeting held in behalf of the cause Of
the Cuban insurgents. The theater was
appropriately decorated. Seated on the
platform and participating in the exer-
cises were Senators Gallinger and AL
len, ex-senator Butler, Of South Caro-
lima; Rev. Hugh Johnson, pastor of the
Metropolitan Methodist Church; Rev.
Howard Wilbur Ennis and a number of
others identified with the interests OF
the insurgents. General William
Henry Browne President of the Cuban
League, called the meeting To order
and introduced Senator Gallinger as
THE PRESIDING OFFICER.
The latter made a brief address and
read a number of letters and kilograms
or regret, among them being those
from Senators Chandler. Frye and Bur-
rows and Commander Clarkson, Of the
G. A. R.
Senator Chandler, in his letter said
he believed Congress and the President
would soon recognize Cuban belliger-
ency, and he advocated the sending
without delay of a fleet to enter the
harbor and an army to land upon the
soil of Cuba to protect the lives and
property of American citizens and stop
THE ATROCIOUS METHODS.
CT warfare adopted by the Spanish gen.
erals.
Mr.. Karl Decker, OF Washington, who.
as correspondent of the New York Jour-
nal. spent some time in Cuba, much of 1t
with branch of the Cuban army in SAN
IN Clara province, gave description or
the condition Of affairs existing and OF
the pitlable plight Of many of the people
suffering for the necessities Of life. He
ridculed the claims set out by Gen. Wey-
Ter that the island had been pacifed, and
said that If the Cubans were granted bell
ligerent rights by the United States they
would certainly win. Mr.. Decker has just
returned from Cuba.
In the course of some interesting re-
marks Senator Allen. Of Nebraska, hu-
morously declared there
WAS no DIVISION
in tho Populist ranks on the question OF
Cuban liberty.
In this whole matter, he thought there
had been too much sacrifice to a spirit
OF commercialism ard It was time this
government had little more humanity
and "a little more Amoricansm. He de-
clarod that the United States could not
afford to have n decaying monarchy with
a foothold on this continent. and he would
be delighted to see Spain and the Ottoman
empires wiped from th- map of Europe.
If the President were to send a fleet to
Havana, the war in the island would
CEASE IN THIRTY DAYS.
and it would not be necessary to fire
gun. If the United States should say to
Spain: "You shall not war upon the hos
pitals upon women and upon children
Weylor's occupation would be gone.
Ex-senator Butler. Of South Carolina,
read a series of resolutions, which had
been prepared. and these were unani-
mously adopted. They earnestly protest.
ed against the "barbarous and innuman
methods of Spain in conducting the war
in Cuba. declared that this government
should recognize the insurgents as bel
Tigerents and that Cuba had demonstrated
that It was her manifest destiny that,
like Mexico. she should b. free and inde-
pendent without the payment to Spain OF
any indemnity.
DETAILS OF HIS DEATH
A private letter received i'm this city
yesterday morning from IN American res
ident in Sancti Spiritus was read. which
gives the following details Of the death OF
Col. Carlos Aguirre, a Cuban officer, resi-
dent Of New York for twenty y.drs, whose
family is well known in this city.
Il is dated at sancu spirltus May 7th'
and the portion referred to reads as fol-
lows:
Il send n letter to YOU with the request
that YOU will be so kind as to send it 20
col. Aguirrc's wife and children in New
York He was killed last week by the
Standards. and half alive was dragged
bv the guorrillas with n rope around his
neck into the town and to Gen. Obrogon.
Aguirre had silver watch with his pic
ture in it and about $500 in god, which
the soldiers took from him
Coy. Aguirrc was a brother of Major
General Aguirre. the Cuban leader, Who
died i'm the field last winter a few days
after Maceo's death.