Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-31
SPANISH TROOPS
Called For Cuba aud the Philippine
Islands.
Weyler Is Stili Gathering Ca,,la-Prog
ress Ia the ALLEGED facin d
Provinces.

| MADRID, Aug. 30.-At cabinet
council held today 1t was decided to
summon tho next clsss OF so ,001 re-
serves, $1,000 Il whom Will b, sent
to Cuba anu $4,000 to tho Philippine
isiande.
The ministers when questioned
denied that the council was occupied
with tho subject OF loniul reforms 81
with political questions.
THE JAIL AT CEUTA.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30-The Times
seys: General Wsyier, in Issuing u
recent pronuucismento declaring tn al
three OF the CUBAN provinces wer.
pacihed, ordered that aIi psciGcos wi
had been held in durauce as suspects
should be released. This order gave
freedom TO thirty-tour young Cubant
who had been prisoners for two aud
half years at the Spanish peoal coll
0ny at Ceuta, On the cnsi coast OF
Morocco.
They were sent across tho otrnit to
Gioratter and lett there peunlless.
joe Pfnelles oil this city was provide
with subscription iund ami has lust
returned here with fifteen OF the re.
leased pacilcos, this oeing as many At
the iunJs enable him TO psy passage
for. Amosg thoss VINO have reached
here is Arturo Prlnsiles, a brother OF
ZEE. They all came in on tho steer
ave OF he steamship Kaiser Wilhelm
III. None of them, Mr.. Prinellrs
EuIn IA n d Ian
nearing, and being only suspecte, they
were not su b ected to the luil rlgor
prison uiscip pine at Ceuls. They
were, In fact, siloweutthe liberty OF the
tOwr, but they found 1t desirable to
avoid entonntering Spanish soldiers /
or oflicials, as TO meet one In the |
street generally resulted In their being |
lnsulteJ or knocked about.
They had to return to the prison, or |
castle As II 10 called, at a certain hour |
IN the evening md be locked up for |
tue night. They were fed on beans,
onions aud very bad meat, generally |
tainted. There were over 900 men IN |
the prison and many OF them were |
sick, but II one complained, he was
confined to q owl and ueuiel medical |
attendance, Instead OF being sent to |
the hospital.
The prl.ou they described as being
nlthy. attention WAS paid to SAM. |
tary conditions. The cells were |
gloomy. damp h9les, pusgent with |
muaty filth that incrGsteI the floors.
Oi the mortality In the prison the
pacihcos knew nothing. They |
thought Of the place with horror, and |
Mr.. Prlnelies said they did not ike to |
recall II.
BindovaI, smother ons OF those re-
leased, was arrested at Gabriel, an
hie hands were burned with red-hot
Irons to make him implicate Camps
with the revolution. 5snioval said |
that his uncle was dragged from his |
house AMI hanged on a tree while his
house was bel Y fired. Cssares was
also put 10 the torture with hot irons
to extorI a confession. In noue of the
cases, however, was a confession
wfung from the victims,
Referring to the liberty OF Ceuts,
which the pscifioos were allowed,
Casanova said That each man had q
guard OF two soldiers when on liberty,
and IL one dared to speak TO anyone
he was prouded with bsyonet and
'aken back TO the prison, where he
w-B SUBJECTED to a beating at the
bands of hslf dozsn Soldiers.
Many OF the returned men do not yet
know what the late Of the members OF
Iheir families mas been. Sumo have
o.en killed In battle, others Imprisoned
,Dd tortured.
GATHERING CATTLE.
HAVANA, Aug. 30.-Aitsr leaving
Havana yesterday morning, Captain
feueTaI VIEWER frpCpe1e1 IN q hpdar |