The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
EXTENSIVE PREPARATION Ms
FOR WEYLER,G RECEPTION AT
HIS NATIVE TOWN
The Onicials Refuse . Petition to Name the
Public square After the Genera1-Dscrees
Signed by tho spanish Queen, Extending
Universal Suffrage and Other Privileges
to the Antilles - Insurgents
Increase of Rations for h RecOncentra.
dos To be Made

to the Antilles insurgents f0FOonSus
Increase of Rations for tho Reconcentra.
do to be Made
Palma, Island Of Majorca, November
26.-This town and its port are decorated
today in honor of General Weyler, who
was born here. Preparations have been
made to give the general a public BAN
uuet after his arrival here from BARGE
Iona.
The municipality Of Palma, however,
has refused the request made by the con-
servatives, carlists and republicans, to
rename the square in front Of the town
hall and call it Weyler square.
Madrid, November &.-The Official Ga
zette publishes this morning (Friday) two
DEGREES signed by the queen regent and
by Senior Sagasta, the premier. The first
decree applies to the Antilles the laws in
scribed in the first chapter OF the Span
ish constitution, with a guarantee OF the
application of the general W
The second decree extends to the An
titles the universal suffrage law of 1890.
According to the law of June 18th, 1890.
the electoral qualification was held by all
male Spaniards Is years Of age, who en-
joy all civil rights and have been citizens
of a municipality for at least two years.
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Vicente Manterola arrived today from
Spain and took charge of the admiralty
office. With him came also 300 soldiers
and 20 seamen.
General Blanco has authorized the
transfer of the bodies of Gustavo Aria
and Fernandez Galvez Posada, to the
private burial ground Of the Arizonas
family
Senior Barsrera, former chief of police,
now in Spain, has been by the
governor general to attend the inquiry
into the circumstances under which Senior
GalveZ, the Portuguese consul, and his
son, met their death on the Santo Venia
road while going to join the insurgents.
From today there will be a daily distri-
button of 1000 %rations, instead of 1000
among the reconcentrados at MatanZas,
and tomorrow an infirmary battalion will
be organized.
Several sugar estates near San Fernan-
do and in the Nativadad district of Sancti
Spiritus have been recovered by the Span
ish from the insurgents. The latter lost
several men and had several taken
prisoners.
Pardons have been extended to sixty
nine persons guilty of forcible resist
ance," in various localities of the island
Among these are ten women and also
twenty-six subjects of foreign govern
ments. The list includes Mrs. Clemencia
Arando, Matilde Ferrer, Maria Teresa,
Rosalia Garcia, Emilia Cordoba, Panta-
leona and I~nocencia Aragujo.
Major Roberts Echarte and Captain
HSndclO Ecnarte the latter a DrOtner-ln-
law of General Julio Sanguilly, nave
formally surrendered in the province of
MatanZas.
The governor of Santa Clara province
and the mayor of the city of Santa Clara
having advised the government that the
food which is being supplied to the troops
is of very inferior quality, the govern
ment, according to the official account,
has issued stringent orders correcting the
abuses of supply, and the troops will be
supplied with good rations in the future.
The government has ordered a regular
distribution of rations to the recOncentra-
dos at Sagua la Grande.