Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-26
HAVANA NEWSPAPERS
SCORE The CONSULS
Wake a Bitter Attack on the Ameri-
cans and Especially on CAL
houn and Lee.
NEYLER HAS BEEN CALLED DOWN
Madrid Authorities Anxious 20 Get
Rid of Him but Can Find No
One willing to Take
His Place.

Havana, June 2t.-El Diaro de LII
iarina is very bitter against the
lnited States and all its consular oili-
ers. Just now it is directing its bat
cries against General Lee and Mr..
,alhoun. OF the latter il says that he
night have written his report in New
'Crk, as he came to Havana with his
mind made up, and that his interviews
n New York, even before nc mai seen,
he president, showed that he was an,
i-Spauish at heart and that he deeply
pmpathizcd with and tried to aid the
Insurgents. Of Lee the paper has not
mough strong adiectives TO express its
iisplcasure. II scores the Americana
lonsul general for the premature pub,
ication Of his report and insinaates
hat Lee was paid $4,000 for his report
~ n New York paper. 1t adds that
as long MS Lee allows New York news
PAPER correspondents TO make his Of
ice their headquarters just SO long
Mil his reports be questioned"
It thinks that the Havana officials
ihould take coRni2ance of the many
'eports sent out ON the steamers by
veil known correspondents, "who are
said TO lie and who are well earning
heir money!
Regarding Weyler, il is not thought
hat he will he supplanted at present.
The Madrid authorities want to get rid
ST him, but they cannot find anyone
IS yet who will take the position of
governor general in the present crisis
Who is acceptable. Blanco has re-
used, il is stated, and the queen re-
rent is looking about for other mate
'ial.
1t is an open secret here that Wey-
Ter has been called down by the Mad
rid authorities regarding his brutal
methods and forcibly commanded TO
cease the many murders at once. 1t
is understood from a private channel
thai strict orders have been issued
from the palace To stop the indiscrim-
mate killing of paciticos and also in
treasing the censorship pressure. 1t
is rumorcd that the American CORES
p~ondents are TO bc again warned, cS-
pccially n or two. rose letters have
tecmcd with reports of Spanish utroc-
tiles, TO cease their reports or else
they must 90.
Joseph Dcvine, an American, was
run of his plantation in this province
and he complained to Weylcr of It.. lie
was given a safeguard in VIEWERS own
hand writing aud returned home.
Some days afterwards a guerrilla force
rode up and began burning his barns.
He showed them VIEWERS pass and il
took them aback. After some discus
sion they agreed TO withdraw if the
American would not complain of what
they had already done. This he prom
Used to do and they rode off with many
"adios" in very polite manner
Alarm is felt over the attitude of Nc
Kinlcy, as the officers here feel that
~Calhoun's report may have an effect
upon the president and that he may
do something that will encourage the
insurgents. Some of the papers make
fun of the American navy and decry
it's usefulness in Ease of war. They
compare it TO China, saying that Spain
would be the Japan of such IA war
and that the American iingoes had
better take warning from the fate of
China and not provoke the Spanish
honor, as then something might hap
pen that would humble the mcrcena-
rics of the American continent"