Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-04
SPANISH CUBAN NEWS.
cob,u, Beat the Spanish Troops in a Hot
Fight.
,ul,oN DOLLARS STOLEN IN HAVANA,
.,,.,.,.r Tnyior's Article brings out
the Friendship of Cleveland
for Spain.

49,, YORK. Nov. IA dispatch to
40, usrald from Havana says me
Tic in the field are very active On
o.,ober goth the Spaniards sustained
r,ost severe loss they have met
vs., ror some time. on the borders
=, Mantanzas province General Mon-
was defeated by the insurgents
der General Betancourt. General
,t,Ilro was on his way to Havana
.,,,,panied by half n brigade OF
,,s to participate in General
n,arco's reception. At Aguacate he
ID the rebels were encamped In the
pur,atorio hills and broke his march
N attack them. The fight was lohs
sne and the Spanish loss was ire
ardous. He was finally obliged to
retreat. T.,
report apparently well founded is
,,,r,nt in Havana to the effect that
,,,t,,,in has been attacked and cap
,nred by the rebels under General
chroeo That it has been attacked
and seyenty-nve spaniards killed IS
eS,,ttted but the capture IL denied
"ui..,,,,roi I,uie. with heavy reinforce
won't left Havana yesterday Tor
h gn o'' hook on the Cuban war Just
tusbed here, General Weyler writes
,ba introduction. In one place ne
savs: THE system of warfare carried
on by me during TINS cainpa,sn 10 noi
now one 1t is the same as pursueu
a.. me americans of the North when
~, fought their brethren OF the
south"
MILLION DOLLARS STOLEN.
million dollars in paper currency
- ,nvsteriously disappeared from the
treasury here. The money was IN
tended for the payment of the navy
and the troops. This fact, coupled
with an attempt to deprive tine army
and navy of their pay for the month
az Anrii May and June, is causing
much talk.
CLEVELAND A FRIEND TO
SPAIN.
Madrid Nov. 3.-Senor Salvini has
,rritten a letter to newspapers here
II repIy to the article on the Cuban
4 "nestion published in an American
,nagazne. OF which article Hannis ray
or the former United states iliii,l h,,e,
IN snaIn. is the author. The senior
says ro,,,or,s mr.
ncle Continuing. he proceeds to tell
h the following story: - H.,
% met Mr.. Taylor last April IN
n street of Madrid, and, though OUT 9i
. nrudence ! asked him nothing, ne salu'
Swain must not suppress the Cuban
rsyoution by force of arms alone. she
A must carry out reforms. He did not
mention a word about autonomy, put
he added: Peace will then follow I'M
medlutely. Spain has friend IN .ne
white House whose term Is on the eve
NJ expiring and she ought to proht ny
Inc opportunity to obtain peace speed
nv for whoever succeeds him, he is
certain to he less favorable to spain
than President Cleveland.
II recognized the Importance of the
declaration and hastened to communi-
/ cate with my friend Canovas cine TOR,
mer premier), who warmly thanked
me in a letter which l have retained.
Soon afterward the reforms of CanoVas
began to be talked about and ! was
commissioned to explain them 10 Mr.
TAYLOR and to tell him that they
h would be published within fortnight,
as actually occurred. Mr.. Taylor en-
I hraced me, saying, You and l VIII
n bring about peace in Cuba, ana thus
powerfully contribute TO the goou OF
humanity and uphold the great inter
\ est of civilization by ending the war,
the prototype of crime and n return to
harbarlsm.' | again hastened to COM
municnte these words in the proper
quarter.
"Just prior to these events Mr.. Tay-
lor, at lunch In my house and in COM
II pany with Castelar, and others, warm
" protested his admiration and love
for Spain and expressing the desire to
n see us succeed in the work of paciiica-
II ton.
Shortly after the election OF Presi-
n dent Mckinley, when l knew Mr..
HI Sherman would he made secretary of
etotn Mr.
NJ would have reason to fear such n man,
n who In a speech in the Senate had eN-
n pressed such hatred of Spain. Mr.. Tay-
lor replied, Don't notice that, Tor
III Sherman as responsible minister VIII
III change his notions, Spain has nothing
N TO fear in this respect
Fl In conclusion Senior Salvini said;
These ideas and sentiments differ
III greatly from those attributed to him
4 now"
N FILIBUsTERERS LAND.
Ia Jacksonville. Fla, Nov. 3.-The steam
N tug Dauntless, which left savannah
4 under suspicious circumstances about
N two weeks ago, has been heard from at
IA Key West, where she put in for coal.
| The cruiser Montgomery has been pa
trolling the north coast of cuba for
I'VE days past in search of the Daunt-
less. dispatch from Key West tonight
III says The Dauntless landed two eNpe-
"a NiNlNIH lIbii1 tnt EllNtl pi' ~
m Cammeguay, another In Santa Clara
province, Both expeditions landed
safely and have gone to the interior.
III DEATHS IN HAVANA.
n Havana, Nov. 3.-During the last
"A three days 1876 persons have died in the
city Of Havana.
IN Over so per cent of the people gath
4 cred into the Matanzas district as a
"a Precautionary measure against the In
surgents, We're without meat today.
ID BLANC is UNPOPULAR.
~ Havana. Nov. 3.-CVia Key WesD-
Marshal Blanco's reception has been
marked by GOODNESS on all sides. This
IA Is due to the great dissatisfaction
I'll caused by his Notwithstanding have
dlgusted all parties.
III There is no public sentiment in favor
n OF Blanco's policy Everybody Is dis
satisfied and annexation seerns to be
me only solution of the problem.
IA ihe conservatives charge the govern
N nent with placing the rule of the island
M IN the hands OF autonomists and ex-
N rebels, and predict that there will be a
I'd return to Weyler's policy when the