The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-08
KILLS A GARRISON.
rur IA CAPTIvEs EXECUTED IN
GROUPS OF 20.

..ies of the Spanish-Ihe troops nt
,ro NVoIe the First to he Sum-
moriIv Dealt With-Spanish Sto-
- of Cuban Encouragement De-
clared False.
Atlanta. Ca, Jan. THE Constitution
enecial from Key West which says
4 .+ Cen. Gomez has begun the work of
orsal against the Spaniards. In an at
4 ct mon the central trocha, near Moron,
4 osntured the Spanish garrison of Iago
>voe, ia men.
nTbev were notified that, according to the
zraos5ent set by their own government,
4 ev should prepare to meet their fate.
sbsy we're given an opportunity of writ
4, messages to their friends in Spain, and
4 en. in groups of twenty-five, they were
stot to death.
#Gen. Weylers announcement of the pac-
8cation of Plnar del Rio does not stand
IN left over 5000 insurgents in the prov
4ce He took additional soldiers from
IN military Gordon to Havana to demon
erate that there were no insurgents there,
4ben as soon as he removed them. Gu
I'm generals Raoul, Arrange and Castillo
Marched into. the province of Pinar del
IN from Havana with 5000 more men to
Enforce the 5000 already there. This all
No. to prove how much dependence can
ii placed on the statements of Weyler
al to the attitude of the Cubans. They
ID not afraid of the Spanish and not one
nan has surrendered in the province of
7 nar del Rio.
s.rhe Spanish have recently established a
military zone around the city of Havana,
itcosing a space of five miles on all sides
IN the purpose of cultivation for the
81 stenance of the people of that city,
Nhch shows still further to what ends
MAY are driven and how little sympathy
m support they can depend upon from
In surrounding country; also that they
IN losing ground and so hard pressed are
itey that this is all that they can call
'ifer own, and that has to be maintained
81 a military Gordon from the attacks of
III insurgents"
Tampa, Fla, Jan. 7.-United States
al SKnator-elect H. D. Money of Mississippi
arfived from Havana on the Plant steamer
0tyette this evening, and is in excellent
Malth The mission of the senator to the
ISL Bnd was to study the Cuban question
al short range and by personal contact
vi those actually engaged In the con-
Tf The rigid restrictions thrown around
III cltuadon by the Spanish government
de his task exceedingly difficult, but
1f succeeded in obtaining a large fund of
uhpublished information that will prove
A liable TO the country in the halls of
eoh hgress.
He talked interestingly of his trip to
San Jose from Havana and says the island
i8 8being made desert Senator Money,
aNer taking a look at the Tampa Bay no.
f4 the Casino and grounds, left at 1850
o1 ock for Washington over the Plant
#tem.
lany prominent passengers came over
NJ b the senator, and from a reliable
7lrce many things of prime Importance
Wre learned. In regard to the story pub
N led by the New York World about the
NmpetitOr prisoners in Cabanas prison,
o gentleman said it was a base fabrica-
90 After it came out Consul General
III wrote 10 the commandant of the pris-
% to know if a press correspondent was
sEwed to see American citizens impris-
Wd there when the consul general was
'aen led the privilege. To this the command
aH replied that the World correspondent
never been inside the Cabanas and had
Nc seen Capt. Laborde.
hen asked now long the war could be
W facted by the insurgents, the gentle
#f replied: 'Thcy can carry it on in
HT ntely. The country is a perpetual sum-
and four crops year can be made.
nQ ldes this the whole country abounds in
ana fruit crops, which no device of
can destroy. The yucca, yam, melau-
ana sweet potato grow all over the
hd' The royal palm bears a kind of
e7 N which is crushed and used both by
and beast The plantain is
great food crop, besides
other varieties of tropical fruits
Hh which the country abounds. There
plenty of cattle, hogs and sheep every
re. These stories about the starving
lncos, no-combatants, women and chill
are the veriest bosh, and these
les of charity on the part of Weyler
WI eedinS them all falsehoods. Where
e people have been driven inside the
hlsh lands are parcelled to them and
XVI are ordered to grow crops. For a
time he finds them, and il was one
hese farms that he eNw York Herald
>1 eSpondent got his wonderful story OF
WI Starving poor carrying away soup In
...
led Weyler's expense"
Vana, Jan. 7-Dr. Botencourt, a den.
MY Oh this city, and a naturalized Amer
c'tzen, who was arrested here las
W VI as political suspect, will be tried
,.4 civil court. The charges which he
r nave to answer are that he is con
-, With conspirators who formed
Z. pS IN the Central park for the spread
a,.t Iepel propaganda, and received ant
ou,ed rebel letters.
tM spanish residents of Guanbacos
A. torehIght procession last night il
.. OF Col. Fonsdeivela, the military
s. lander at that place. A banquet wa:
S.I 'dter' at which complimentary anC
III ouc speeches were made and toast!
me proceedings ended with a bal
spanish casino.
t< \. inclan, while accommodating in tn,
fAI saga hills, dispersed a rebel party
,A&4 fourteen Of them including tn,
3 III sen's prefect. The troops destroye,
"a ana a plantation.
zen Weyler has refused to ALLOW
HIH mons ration in his honor that his ad
"au intended to make tonight.
o.