The herald., 1897-06-13
When They Are Dead But
Not Before
PRESIDENT CISNER0S' DEATH
ONLY A PIGMENT OF SPANISH
IMAGINATION
Spanish officials Still Insist That No
Intervention in Cuban Affairs
Will Be Permitted
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
NEW YORK, June 12-The Ward Lin.
steamer Valencia, Captain Skillings
which was fired upon by Spanisl
cruiser while leaving the harbor of Guam
tanamo, Cuba, on May %, arrived to
day. Captain Skillings declined to max
any statement regarding the encounte
with the cruiser.
Among the passengers who landed /,
New York today on the steamer valen
cia was DR.. Danforth of Milwaukee
Wis, who for fifteen months has beer
the personal physician of the presiden
of the Cuban republic, Salvador Cisne
ros, the marquis of Santa Lucia. Th'
doctor is in the United, States on siX
mont this leave of absence.
According to Spanish reports Presi
dent Cisneros died in February last, and
this news was semi officially con.
firmed in March last But DR. Danfortt
was with the president as late as April
9Th last, and has letter, which he
showed to a representative Of the Asso-
ciated Press, dated April goth, from the
president. When Danforth left him he
was full of enthusiasm and anima ted
by the most confident feeling for the
eventual success of the Cuban cause
DR.. Danforth said the seat of govern
ment of the Cuban republic is at Agura.
Puerto Principe, where the insurgents
have erected a capitol. The president,
however, is not now at Agura, but in
the province of Santiago de Cuba.
DR.. Danforth was asked to express
an opinion as to the numerical strength
Of the insurgents, being informed tina,
late advices placed the number at 5000
men. "It is difficult if not impossible.
to arrive at correct estimate but you
can say that the Cubans for certainty
have at least 10000 to $4,000 men today,
armed and in good shape. The Cubans
have been importing arms and ammuni-
tion right along. They are fighting a
desperate fight, and are in good condi-
ton to continue it. The Spaniards are
also engaged in a desperate contest, but
they are exhausted, or nearly so.
Il certainly think the Cubans will sue
ceed, not by reason of numerical
strength, for the spaniards have abous
900 men in the field. All the Cuban
leaders are sworn not to give up until
they are dead. They are sound by oath
to fight until the last, and they will
do So"
.et M'KINLEY'S NOTE
NEW YORK, June H. special to
the Journal from Madrid says: There is
much comment here oEsr the published
statement that President Mckinley will
send note to Spain, in which he will not
Only demand money indemnity but "in-
ternational satisfaction" for the treat
ment accorded Americans in Cuba, the
object being to frighten Spain into ac-
cepting intervention. The Ministers say
they know nothing about it; that the
Washington government has made no
formal claim, but has merely presented
and recommended claims of self-called
American citizens. Spain has replied to
each claim, declaring that all were un-
founded. The American government has
always answered, holding the affair in
suspense until it suited it.
All Spanish parties declare that Spain
cannot admit foreign Intervention nor
negotiations dealing, even hypothetical
ly, with the independence of Cuba
Premier Canovas said in an interview:
THE alleged Mckinley note is probably
a canard invented by the filibusters
The gravity of the International situa-
ton forces President Mckinley to main
tain great reserve. He cannot have an
nounced his determination to adopt
violent measure, even If it were proved
that insufficient ground existed for ar
resting Ruiz, as the affair will then be re-
duceG to the payment of indemnity to the
widow. My government will never ad-
NIT claims pretended to be based on
violation Of treaties, but 1 consider it
untrue that the American government
proposes to make claims of that Sort
WILL SEE ABOUT IT.
MADRID, June 12.-The Spanish Pre-
mier, Seror Canovas Del Castillo, in
an interview is reported as saying that
the alleged demands of the United
States in the case of DR.. Ruiz, the Amer
lean citizen who died in Jail in Guiana
bacoa, apparently from injuries received
there, must be exaggerated. The Pre-
mier added, however. that if the widow
of Dr. Ruiz demanded indemnity. and
her claim be shown to be justified, Spain
would see that justice was done.
HAVANA, via Key West, Fla, June
12.-Captain Foster r. Winn, M. D., of
st. Louis, a volunteer surgeon with the
Cuban insurgent hospital corps in the
field is reported to have been killed in an
attack by government troops upon an
insurgent hospital near Quivican, prov
ince' of Havana.
Upon his body were found papers au
thorizing him to proceed to the United
States as a special delegate of the Cuban
army hospital corps, with view of in
teresting the American Red Cross So
ciety in the suffeings of the Cuban in
surgenI.s.
DR.. Winn had beer for months with the
insurgent forces, acting as chief in
spector of hospitals for the Havana di
vision. When attacked, although taken
by surprise and having only handful of
poorly armed men at his command, he is
reported to have made most resolute
defense of the hospital. His resistance
was not entirely ineffective, for he held
the Spaniards al bay until ma jority of
the sick and wounded inmates had been
borne away in hammocks to places If
safety. Then he fell. His coat and
shoes were stripped off by the Spanish
guerrillas, who placed them upon exhi-
bition at the palace headquarters of
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