The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-12-15
AND OLD oFFzEsEs WILL BN
FORGIVEN
Travel on Foot Will Be Found Reason
ably Safe, But Railroads Should
Be Avoided


ton to my cablegram Of November 81,
I now add that your excellency can
cause consuls to Issue passports for this
island to all persons. having emigrated.
who solicit them, without any exception.
save In cases of common crime. This
applies to all political emigrants, both
those who have emigrated voluntarily
and those who consider themselves
obliged to remain in exile for any purely
political motive. reason, cause or act.
In both cases your excellency can as
sure them that In this island their per-
sonal safety, their families and their es-
tates win be guaranteed with the eff
cacy with which the government today
protects and aids those who obey the
laws.
(Signed) "BLANCO."
NOT so VERY SAFE
HAVANA, Dec. 1.-THE insurgents
lynamited the railroad between Canases
and Dagene. province Of Pinar del Rio,
destroying the track and wrecking the
engine Of freight train. A force of
troops with a repairing gang was sent
to the scene OF the outrage, where they
found dynamite bomb and arrested the
men who caused the explosion. The line
was repaired.
The insurgents attacked the landing
place at Gibrara. 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 authorised the
free return to fortified plantations Of all
classes and Of tools necessary to work.
and will also allow the opening Of groc-
cry and dry goods stores. Grinding has
commenced at several plantations in
this. Matanzas and Santa Clara prov
inces.
CHARGES DENIED
NEW YORK, Dec. IA special to
the Herald from Washington says:
After an investigation extending over a
year and half, the Treasury Depart
ment Is prepared to deny the charges
made by Spain that this government IL
expeditions alleged to have been taken
to Cuba by the steamer Three Friends.
The report OF the legal advisers Of the
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1896. the Three Friends left Jackson
vile and that though the Jacksonville
authorities were warned no steps were
taken to prevent the expedition. The
Three Friends succeeded in getting
away from Jacksonville and the collec-
tor was removed for inefficiency.
REVOLVING TORTUEs
NEW YORK, Dec. A.-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 thorough the head in an
engagement with the Spanish troops.
and captured and sentenced by court
martial to be shot. The French Consul
appealed in his behalf and obtained the
prisoners pardon.
Captain Dumas explained to his
friends that cruel as the treatment of
Cuban prisoners may be in other pris-
ons in Cuba, the tortures inflicted upon
prisoners at San Severino Castle are too
revolving for description.
THE NAvY's NEEDS
MAD1lI, LIEU. Ill HS 01IIl8ISI Ol
Marine, Admiral Bermejo, Is paying
urgent attention to the improvement Of
the Spanish navy.
1t is announced that General Azcar-
raga, latefPremier and Minister Of War.
is to retire definitely from political life.
General Weyler received the leaders
Of the Conservatives and several Gen.
erals yesterday. 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 az
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 1t is believed he
intended to kill the latter, but owing to
his failure to do so. other anarchists
pinioned him and left him to his fate.
A CUBAN FORM CORK
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec IA tall,
handsomely built young man. wearing
the uniform Of a military officer. entered
the city today and unpretentiously reg
istered himself at the California Hotel
as E. p. Mahony, Las Villas, Cuba.
Las Villas Is the headquarters Of Gen.
eTdL OOuleZs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF the
Cuban Army. and the letters on the off,
GERS collar. IRE de c." mean Republic
Of Cuba
The young man, with a strange fire
in his dark blue eyes, says that he In
preaching 1.-THE glorious gospel of free
Cuba"
Captain Mahony Of Gomez: artillery
was willing to talk OF his mission in 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 pa
pers In almost every city in the Northern
States, and still wants to talk for the
cause In which he Is working.
He has been securing arms and am
munition for the case Of the Cubans ever
since he landed In the United States last
July, but he refuses to say whether he
came here under orders from Cuban au-
thorities or whether he simply offered
his services az a volunteer.
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