The Atlanta constitution., 1898-10-24
ERUPTION AND
ROBBERY PREVAIL
Spanish Officers Lose No Chance
To Gather in Money
SOLDIERS ARE DISSATISFIED
DeseTii0ns Are Rapidly Thinning the
Ranks Of Marshal B|aDco's Army
AHTI-AMERICAN FEELING IS STRONG
spaniards Are Influencing Cubans To
Demand Full and Complete In
dependence and Are Advis-
ing Them Not To Lay
Down Their Arms.
AHTI-AMERICAN FEELING is STRONG

Havana. October %. via Key West, Fla,
October 23-Paz Y Tibertad. one of the
daily papers of CIcnfuegos published with
the sanction of the government, prints
manifesto with over three hundred sigma
lures, a great many OF which are those Of
spaniards, openly proclaiming Cuban inde-
pendcnCe.
owing to the fact that Spanish officers
are selling commissary stores at any price
obtanabIc army supplies are now drug
on the market In the interior, making legit-
innate trade impossible 1t Is asserted that
as the Spanish rule draws toward a close,
corruption plundcr and robbery become
daily more open and wholesale
The commission of transportation
charged with furnishing passage tick
cts to Spanish officers returning to
Spain, Charges arbitrary rate of $4
each for a berth.
If the victim refuses to give up he is
made Co wait for several steamers, the
commission claiming that there is no room.
7 Generally the officer is glad to pay IN
order to get away. This abuse is openly
spoken of, but the present situation Is a
| free-for-all rrab-as-grab-Can game, and
every one appears eager to make money
Nnllc lle otdnlSN sun SUI SllilI'F'
The official report of the nuiials In the
city Of Havana since the first of the pres
ent year shows that there have been 1851
interncnts. The average death rate keeps
on steadily at forty-seven per day.
Spanish Soldiers Dissatisfied.
Great discomfort prevails among the
Spanish troops because of non-payment In
some cases for six months; in others for
seven months. and in sull others for even
eight months, and the soldiers fear that
thev vii! be embarked for Spain without
receiving their pay. The poor quality of
che food supplied to nearly all the soldiers
has occasioncd much i'll feeling. and serious
INSTRUMENTATION is feared in several locait-
ties.
In the province Of Puerto Principe
Of the 400 members Of the civil guards
800 Have deserted and gone over to
the insurgents.
At Nuevitas the Tarragona battalion be-
came inSubUrdiuaje and attempted 70 JpH
the insurgents on account OF the snort
rations and thc Wretched quality of the
food slInplicd by the chief. General March.
in command of that province, on learning
or This occurrence went to Nuevitas and
succeeded in controlling the soldiers by
furnishing them with good and plentiful
rations.
ing. but General Blanco's decree regarding
disbandmeut has put a stop to the defec-
tions. over 5000 soldiers have been muster
cd out since the issuance Of the decree.
1he sanitary pFls1u'S oi lld' ana" '"''''"
pieoa I't'.. ' ,'it.to "'''i IN IIaana ,,royjnce
have pcttioned General Banco that they
he disbanded so they may remain in the
island. Some Of the engineer brSales have
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pest dr''Ieu 7"'ui'i'' oFt' i'"' ',u'I1, C., w -
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mus cH ou' III ~ ' 49, y
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alal 1,lg d, tlI1'' gl,''', a 'll' o,a,
'1''9'' ''iN @ 'sl
wen SuPPi'eu with Ioou anu |iothlnb' anu
are paid up 60 date.
Onnose American FLAG
About nifty cuban patriotic cIuoS nave
oeeh orsanlzeo III havana uh"eT ihe man
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wearing Ime O''tn anu A'Ile' 'r,'" H'HS
cr"SS'o' no lItSluIls o'iiGeIS o. SeN|l1
"l t"c ''u"9' noC'Nll'E 'i' iuSl7'I'' i'l 1"9
~ "U'o9 ol we I'"l' oI '"e lI1iii'o .,
oI"eIt" '""' III lu'uie Oily 'I' Nu"f" m@S
s"oUIp "9 NoIr, III itiI"S i"S'S'"0e9 '"'S
'i"S. was 'pi'4P'''' win.
The Cuban general, Rego, has ar
rived at Havana from Puerto Principe
o,d &c ,,rao ob;pcr i, +y,a Havana cofee
''iiNi 10 p IL ''Ao AA" '-i.' ~'
and the inSugent camps near the city
- 1,o1-, ,yo, oooine+ tho A,uaricaps
0lJ ~ 6
lie mas lhleFVleWeu many OF the IeauerS