The record-union., 1897-01-08
Joint Resolution Introduced In the .. S.
Senate by Mills Of Texas.
Will Come Up for Discussion on Mon.
day Next.
The Dauntless Refused Clearance
Papers by the Customs Collector
at Jacksonville, Florida, Until
Authorized to Do So by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IA joint res
olution was introduced in the Senate to-
day by Mills CD of Texas declaring
that the expediency of recognizing the
independence of foreign Government
belongs to Congress, and that the
President shall act in harmony with
Congress; also declaring that 'the in
dependence of Cuba ought to be- and
is hereby recognized and appropriat-
Ing $4,000 for the salary and expenses
of a Minister to the Government of
Cuba The bill lies on the table for the
present, and Mills is to speak ON it next
Monday.
ANOTHER FILIBUSTER.
JACKSONVILLE (Fla.), Jan. THE
little steam yacht 49, chartered by a
New York paper, and which has been
lying in this port for several days, sud-
denly steamed down the river for New
York, it was stated, but that is not be-
lieved. Runor has it that she is going
to aid in another filibustering expedi-
tion to Cuba. She arrived here about
two days ago from New York in charge
of Captain Thomas Morton of Commo-
dore fame. 1t is said that she will pro-
ceed to the south, and there join a mys-
Il ~.
very fast yacht, and proceed to Cuba
in her, letting the smaller boat come
back to port. The latter has been hid
den in the neighborhood of st. Angus
time for the past week, running in and
out at might and it is believed that she
has the load for the ''S3." The Junta
here now think that small, swift YES
sells have a better chance to elude cr1lis-
ers than large ONES.
REFUSED CLEARANCE PAPERS.
JACKSONVILLE (F'la-), Jan. Al
though the Dauntless is in custody, her
owner this morning applied for clear
ance papers for the steamship to go to
Neuvitas Cuba, with a cargo of arms
and ammunition. Deputy Collector
Hopkins, who is in charge of the office
during the absence of Collector Bisbee,
refused to grant the clearance until au-
thorized to do so by the Secretary of the
Treasury. Secretary Carlisle has or
dered the Collector to refuse clearance
until further orders. The officers of the
Dauntless still deny that they have been
ito Cuba. All that can be got from them
is that they transferred the men and
cargo taken from No Name Key to an
other vessel, presumably the Ber-
muda.
PRISONERS PUT TO DEATH.
ATLANTA (Ga.), Jan. THE Con
stitution" has a dispatch from Key
West which confirms the report that
General Gomez has began the work of
reprisal against Spaniards. In an at
tack upon the central trocha near Mo-
ron he captured the Spanish garrison
at Iagolaville of ia men. They were
hot i.
set by their own Government that they
should prepare for their fate. They were
given an opportunity of writing mes
sages to their friends in Spain, and then
in groups of twenty-five they were shot
to death.
Weyler's announcement of the pacifi-
cation of Pinar del Rio does not stand.
He left over 1000 insurgents in the
province. He took additional soldiers
from the military Gordon to Havana to
demonstrate that there were no insur-
gents there, when as soon as he re-
moved them Cuban Generals Raoul and
Castillo marched into the province, of
Pinar del Rio from Havana with 1900
more men to reinforce the 5000 already
there. This all goes to prove how much
dependence can be placed in the state
Enents of Weyler as to the attitude of
the Cubans They are not afraid of the
Spanish, and not one man has surren-
dered in the province of Pinar del Rio.
The Spanish have recently estab-
Hshed a military zone around the city OF
Havana, including a space of five miles
on all sides, for the purpose of cultiva-
ton for the existence of the people OF
that city, which shows still further to
what ends they are driven and how Lit