The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-04

NEW YORK, June s.-A special TO the
Herald from Havana, Cuba, June 2, via
Key West. Fla. says:
Mr. Calhoun comes home puzzled. He
is to soil on the Ward line steamer.
Many contradictory Stories Of the inSur-
rectlon have been poured Into his ears.
He declines to be interviewed, but your
correspondent has an absolute aSSur-
ance a. to the nature OF his views.
Mr. Calhoun Is for peace, II peace be
possible. and II need be for war He will
recommend that the war here be stopped
at all hazards. He will urge in support
OF this position the conditions Of Ameri-
cans and American interests here and
With more force the friBhtful condition
OF tho country folk, which h0 knows
from personal experience. And 20 In the
long run. Mr.. Calhoun will SEQ President
Mckinley and With whatever weight he
has as the Presidents personal repreSen-
tatlve here. will suggest that Spain be
told that war on women and children in
the Island Of Cuba must cease.
Personally Nj. Calhoun is not in sym
paIhy with the jlngoeA But hiS hGart
has been stirred by the woes OF tho
Wrctched, starving reeoncentrHdeG He
has said as much. and WHEN he getS Mr..
McKinley's ear, he win urge that Spain
be asked dipIomnticnlly 70 stop ths war.
He will dwell upon the possibility Of the
good omces OF the United States govern
ment. but In the end, MT. cAlhOun. With
the memory OF AiatanEAS upon him, with
the memory OF the dying and The lack OF
collins. will suggest that President Nc
Klnley uRe what means ne can TO stop
this war Of eEtsrnlnatlen.
The Americans who INST mf. Calhoun,
and for that master the Spanish. feel
that ne will tell President Mckinley
what he felt when he wanI into recon-
ccntration hut nt hRtanEas. where a
man was dying. and learned that the
weeping woman and her children were
not given food because II was reported
that th1y had relatives among the rebels.
Mr.. Calhoun said that while-he was
merely counsel to General Lee IN the
Rdis case. he could not be supposed 70
remain here with eyes and ears closed.
That means that no Is to report on the
progress Of the InHuTTectIon, the cundi-
ton Of the country and FuEgegt a posi-
bic remedy for the evils which have fall-
en- upon stricken Cuba.
The Ruiz investigation 70 closed. As
predicted, the matter Il exactly where
General Lee left Il In February last. At
II - N0Faa
CoBgostp prepared q TgpoFt which he re-
oueSted General Lee 20 sign. In Il he
said that Ruiz had been treated as q
guest Of the nation. hAd . mattress and
plllowB good food. che attention Of
nurses and In fact oil that any man
could wish. This IN reality was based
upon evidence which General Lee de-
cllned to consider. So General Leo de-
clIned positively 10 sign the report which
DR.. ConGoSto submitted.
Then General Lee submitted q report
setting out strongly the fact that Ruiz
was kept 3l5 hotira incommunicado: that
II was known that he was an American
citizen. and that such solitary detention
was in absolute disregard Of the treaty;
that he died while 80 held tneommunt-
cado and that as these facts are admit
ted the claim must hold Good, DR.. Con-
gosto declined 20 Hlgn this report,
Then ns each had declined to elgn the
others report, an attempt was Ennda 20
draw 1p q report which would merely
cover the acknowledged facts. This
was done. the report embodying what
every ono knoWS-tbat Ruiz was arrest
ed on a certain date and died on q certain
date. This both signed. but with the un-
derEtandlnB that each would Immediate
Iv report to tiis goVeFnment his VerHion
Of the investigation.
General Lees report goes 70 WaEhlng-
ton at once. He says that ABSOLUTE evil
dence bearing upon the manner IN which
Ruiz received the blow which killed him
Is unobtainabie because Of ruling condi-
lions. hut As he would have been alive In
All probability had he been kept seventy.
two hourB incomInunicado, as the treaty
provides, tho American claim is proved
That Is the whole Etory OF The Ruiz In
yestIRalion. AfF. Calhoun Will support
General Lee absolutely.
The war for food has begun In Hava-
mn. In Anton Reclo street on May 81,
four small shopkeepers were murdered
most bT1tAlly, one being decapitated
and the skulls Of the others crushed with
4 hammer. The money was left IN the
tllls. The crimes were committed for
4 captain, lieutenant and hfty-eIEht
soldiers have been brought here is pTls-
oners from Campo FiorllO and con-
denlned to ha shot, because they sold
arms and medicines to the CuhAnS. II IS
GaId that the selling OF cartridges to the
Insurgents II common In Havana PROV
lnce, as the soldiers lack money for
cigarettes and food.