The record-union., 1897-12-15
viii! Demand of the Cortes That He
be Put Upon Trial.
Alleged Intention Of Anarchists to Put the
General Out Of the Way.
Of the Man by Other
Anarchists for Failing to Garry
Out the Plot-The Treasury
Department Disclaims Respon-
sibiIity for the Three Friends
Eilibustering Expedition.

MADRID. Dec. II. The Minister of
Marine, Admiral Bermejo. is paying
urgent attention to the improvement OF
the Spanish navy.
1t is announced that General Azcar-
raga, late Premier and Minister of War,
is to retire definitely from political life
The newspapers here say that the
Cuban reformists at the opening of the
Cortes will demand the trial Of General
Weyler
A supposed anarchist disguised as a
woman was recently found with hands
and feet tied in ditch near Saragossa.
The man travelled on the same train as
General Weyler, and it is believed he
intended to kill him, but owing to his
failure to do so other anarchists pin
ioned him and left him to his fate.
DISCLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-After an
investigation extending over a year and
half the Treasury Department is pre-
pared to deny the charges made by
Spain that this Government is response
BILE for one of the filibustering expedi-
tionS alleged to have been taken to Gu
ban by the steamer Three Friends
The report of the legal advisers of the
Spanish Legation states that on July
II, 1896. the Three Friends left jack
sonville, and that though the Jackson
vile authorities were warned no steps
We're taken to prevent the expedition.
The Three Friends succeeded in getting
away from Jacksonville and the Col
lector was removed for inefficiency
A To
vile Collector expresses grave doubt
that at the time mentioned the Three
Friends really conveyed an expedition
to Cuba. Attention is called to the fact
that at the time of the alleged expedi-
tion the Three Friends was under libel
proceedings. The Collector also states,
whether or not the Three Friends really
violated the neutrality laws, the Span
ish Vice-Consul at Jacksonville was re-
sponsible for the failure of the United
States authorities to capture her.
PRISONERS TORTURED.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Captain Victor
Dumas, French citizen and surgeon in
the Cuban army, has arrived here in
the steamship Orizaba from Havana
He was recently released from San
Severino Castle in Matanzas, where he
had been confined as prisoner of war
He was shot through the head in an en-
gagement with the Spanish troops and
captured and sentenced by court mar
tial TO be shot. The French Consul ap-
pealed in his behalf and obtained the
prisoners pardon.
Captain Dumas explained to his
friends that cruel as the treatment of
h. ;,,
ons in Cuba the tortures inflicted upon
prisoners at San Severino Castle are too
revolving for description
GATHERING ARMS FOR CUBANs
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.-A tall.
handsomely built young man. wearing
the uniform Of a military officer en-
tered the city to-day and unpretentious-
ly registered himself at the California.
Hotel as Z. p Mahoney, Las Villas
Cuba. Las Villas is the headouarters
of General Gomez, Chief
of the Cuban army, and the letters on
the officers collar, Re de c." mean
Republic of Cuba,
The young man, with a strange fire
in his dark blue eyes, says that he is
preaching the glorious gospel Of free
Cuba
Captain Mahoney of Gomez's artillery
was willing to talk of his mission to the
United States. He has been talking
of it throughout the Northwest for the
last five months. He has addressed
mass meetings and talked columns for
the papers In almost every city in the
northern states, and still wants to talk
OF the cause in which he is working
lie mas been securing arms and am
munition Tor the cause of the Cubans
ever since he landed in the United
States last July, but he refuses to saw
whether he came here under orders
from the Cuban authorities or whether
ne simply offered his services as a VOL
unteer.
INSURGENTS DYNAMITE A TRAIN
HAVANA, Dec. 14-The INSURGENTS
oynamited the railroad between Canases
ana Dagene province of Pinar del Rio
destroying the track and wreckiner tba
engine OF freight train. force of
troops with repairing gang was sent
TO the scene of the outrage. where they
found a dynamite bomb, and arrested
the men who caused the explosion. The
line was repaired.
The insurgents attacked the landing
place at Gibara, province of Santiago
de Cuba. but We're repulsed with loss.
according to the official report. They
are also said to have fired upon the
town of Ceupecilleas. without result.
The Government has authorized the
free return to fortified plantations of all
classes of tools necessary to work them.
and will also allow the opening of gro
Gerry and dry goods stores.
Grinding has commenced at several
plantations in this. Matanzas and Santa
Clara provinces.