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women and children, were condemned to
die from hunger.
Wholesale Slaughter.

die from hunger.
Wholesale Slaughter.
From the date Of those decrees until
November, 1896, 100000 people were muir.
dered thus in Cuba. Since November, as
q result of Weyler's sanguinary orders,
the number has been increased to 400, 600.
What monster in history ever did SO much
against humanity and civilization? Nero,
Caligula, Tamerlane, Torquemada, Alva.
when compared with Weyler, appear mild
and humane. A poltroon, besides being
an assassin, he never offered battle to the
Cubans or took the field to fight. In his
He kept them inactive guarding the troeha'
from Mariel to Majana in Pinar del Rio
province or from Jucaro to Moron in
Puerto Principe. At other times from his
palace in Havana, following on map the
lima ginary positions Of his enemies, he or
dered his columns to make combined move
ments that always resulted in defeats.
One instance of the stupidity and cow
ardice of Weyler occurred on May 1, 1896.
He ordered one Of his favorite combina-
tions of columns against Maceo at place
called Cacarajicara in the province Of
Pinar del Rio. The result was that the
forces Of the Spanish Colonels Inclan and
Gelabert were shattered by the Cuban
leader, and the havoc made in the Span
ish lines was so great that the Spanish
soldiers, panic-stricken, threw themselves
into the sea to escape the Cuban machete.
Weyler, as in all other cases, accused his
subordinates Of not having obeyed his or
ders exactly.
On Dec. Z, 1896, Maceo, after having
crossed Weyler's famous trocha and en-
tered Havana province, was assassinated
in an ambush near Punta Bravo. The rev.
olution lost in him a great patriot and
heroic soldier. But Weyler soon under
stood that the murder of Maceo was not
the death of Cuba:s cause. In March,
1896, Gen. Calixto Garcia landed in San
tiago de Cuba. He soon replaced Maceo
as dashing fighter and a brilliant COM
mander. At the same time Gomez in
Santa Clara had won the important battle
of Saratoga and controlled the whole
province. The battle Of Juan Criollo in
February, 1897, was another of Gomez's
important victories, and in Santiago de
Cuba the latter part of the year was made
conspicuous by the triumph of Gen. Gar
cia at Victoria de las Tunas.
Weyler was recalled in November,
when, after the death of Canovas and the
fall Of the short-lived IAzcarraga cabinet,
Senor Sagasta was selected as prime min
lister by the queen regent. 1t is we'll
known fact that Weyler's recall was i'm
posed upon Spain by this country.
Gen. Don Ramon Blanco, who was to
change the Eanguinary methods of war
fare of his predecessor, entered Havana
Nov. 90, 1887. Spain granted to Cuba
an autonomist system, which has been de-
clared a mockery by all impartial judges.
The Cubans rejected it, and the new
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The most summary court martial preceded
the executions as mere formality. In
other cases the victims were murdered in
cold blood in their dungeons or thrown
alive into the sea during the night at the
entrance to the harbor to feed the sharks.
The horrors of the Council of Blood under
Alva look pale when compared to the
crimes of Weyler. In the country his
troops had orders to kill every non-com-
batant without regard to age. In the
cities he appointed as inspectors of police
the most infamous murderers and thieves
from the Spanish penal colonies in Africa.
In short time more than 100000 persons
emigrated from Cuba panic-stricken.
But Weyler was not satisfied. He in
tended to destroy the country and to ex-
terminate the natives. Seeing that the
executions in the forts were too slow
method and that the destruction wrought
by his columns was not enough to ruin the
island. he conceived one of the most mon
strous crimes ever committed against hu~
manity. On Feb. 16, 1896, he issued his
two famous DEGREES of concentration. BY
them every human being in the country
districts was compelled to leave his home,
after it had been destroyed by the Span
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Canovas, then in power, resolved tC fight
the revolution with the first of the Spanish
generals and with all tie resources Of the
nation. Gen. Calleja was recalled and
Gen. Martinez Campos was sent to Cuba
with 25,OO0 soldiers.
Martinez Campos landed in Guantano-
ma, Santiago de Cuba, on April 16, 1895.
His first impression was pessimistic and
the long chain of defeats inflicted upon
his command until December of the same
year proved how right he was in believing
from the first day of his arrival that this
war was to be more important than the
previous one of 1868. He wasted great
deal of time in useless trips by sea to Ha-
vana and again to the East. Maceo was
preparing in the meantime his men and
Gomez was formulating the plan of the
great invasion Of the West in order to
carry the revolution to all the provinces
and establish in each one a regular body
IF the Cuban army.
July 13, 1895, is the memorable date Of
the ha tile of Peralejo. The war had been
until tnen cuunn~1 -i--..>-A - +l.e prov Vince
of Santiago de Cuba, with some small
bands of patriots roaming through Puerto
Principe and keeping up only an unimpor-
tant guerrilla warfare. But Maceo had
already obtained some notabl triumphs,
and Martinez Campos decided to carry re-
endorsements to the Spanish towns in the
interior which were in great danger of at
tack by the insurgents. While Martinez
Campos was on the way to Bayamo, Ma
Geo offered him battle near Peralejo.
The engagement was a pitched battle,
and the Cubans, not numbering 5000, car
ried the day. Gen. Stantocildes fell dead
near Gen. Martinez Campos. The Span
iards lost all their ammunition and their
horses. Completely routed, body Of
them, availing themselves Of the darkness
of the evening, fed to Bayamo, carrying
Martinez Campos on stretcher borne by
four soldiers. He was exhausted by ia
tigue and filled with despair. More than
800 Spanish soldiers were left dead on the
field. With the splendid booty secured
by him, Maceo completed the arming Of
his patriots.
From April to October Gomez success
fully carried the war through Puerto
Principe province and laid his plans for
the invasion of the west. On Oct. % Ma
Geo, having received orders from Gomez,
who was appointed commander-in-chief of
the army, in September, by the assembly
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moose, deer and caribou up the morn-
tains to the snow line, where these ami
mails would prefer not to be in berry
time. They kill dogs, and even the big
brown bear, that is often miscalled a
grizzly, has succumbed to them.
Although the Alaska summer i5.
short, two broods of mosquitoes nafch
out each year, and are ready for busi-
ness from one to ten seconds after they
leave the water. 1t rains good deal
along the Yukon, and rain is welconl-
ed, for it drives the mosquitoes TO coy
er, but after the rain they are worse
than ever.
DR.. Almond Raoul, late bacterioio-
gist of the st. Louis Board of Health.
claims to have discovered q virus that
is death to mosquitoes. He is going ~"
Alaska to start a plague among tho
pests by inoculating some choice speci-
mems of them and turning them loose
to spread the fatal disease, which, he
declares, is highly contagious to alb
QiDtera
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of representatives, started for the east
with 1000 of his men. On Oct so Gomez
invaded Las Villas. Maceo joined him on
Nov. % near a place called Los Guayos.
From there they began their triumphant
march. On Dec. the Spanish Col. Sc
gura was defeated by the insurgents at
Iguara and had to leave his dead on the
field, together with a great supply of arms
and ammunition. On Dec 10 the Spanish
battalions of Canarias and Trevino were
routed by Maceo at Nal TEMPO, after the
most gallant charge with machetes of the
Cuban cavalry, led by Maceo himself, that
has ever been seen in the Cuban wars. On
Dec Il the victory of Ell Desquite cleared
the way for the invaders to the province
of Matanzas. Martinez Campos then
made desperate effort to check the two
Cuban leaders. Until that moment he had
been recoiling before the invaders with
his columns, hoping that they would stop.
But he saw that each step of the patriots
to the west was decisive triumph for
their cause. The enthusiasm of the revo-
luton was growing day by day through
out the country. The Cuban ranks We're
filled by volunteers from all the cities and
towns by which Gomez and Maceo passed.
Martinez CampoS rallied his almost dis
persed men and presented battle at Ell Co
liseo on Dee. 23.
The action was sharp and decisive. Mar
tinez Campos behaved bravely, leading
one Of his wings in charge against Co
mez, but Maceo, falling on the Spanish,
won the day for Cuba and compelled Mar
tinez Campos to retire. The captain GEN
eral hurriedly entered Havana, making
preparations to defend the city, and he
confessed his defeat to the astonished
Spanish volunteers and residents Of the
capital.
Spain Sends Wey1er.
On the night Of Dec. 27 the captain
general made that avowal. A few days
later the rabid Spaniards of the city COM
PEELED him to tender his resignation to
Madrid. They demanded from Canovas
captain general framed in the old iron
cast of the Spanish conquerors. not to
fight battles and risk his life on the field, |
but to exterminate the native population |
In their belief, women, children, every one
born in Cuba, should be held responsible |
for the situation. They did not like 8 |
soldier with gallant career and personal
courage. They wanted an executioner.
Canoyas satisfied them and appointed Don |
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well as the proposals of peace from the
captain general Of the island, Don Emilio
Caileja. The envoys of the captain gen
eral told Maso that the revolution was a
failure. The provinces of Pinar del Rio
and Havana were entirely quiet. A few
unimportant bands in Matanzas and San
IA Clara had been dispersed or had cur
rendered. Puerto Principe was unani-
mously in favor Of peace. But Maso.
knowing we'll how to receive such reports.
refused to yield. He had confidence in
the landing of Maceo, Marti and Gomez.
He knew the great moral effect that the
presence Of those leaders in the field was
going to have on the Cuban people; and
Spain knew it also. The news that Maceo
was in Cuba reached Madrid shortly after
the overthrow Of the Sagas:a cabinet.
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Effective Tin,

A hungry guest at a Chicago hotel
who had sat at one of the tables unno-
ticed for several minutes, called a wait
er to him at last, and said:
Young fellow. saw that man over
there hand you tip of half a dollar
just now"
Eyes, sah.'
you've got his order, have you?'
Eyes. sah''
''Well, now. I'll give you a tip also
which is this: Bring me exactly the
same order, served in exactly the same
style as his, and with the same
promptness, or I'll report you. Do you
get the idea, young fellow"
eyes, sah."
The two dinners were served at the
same time, and were precisely alike.
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GULF
OF
MEXICO

del Rio province. At CAIRO Jan. the
patriots routed Spanish column and en-
tered Pinar del Rio. Gen. Gomez then
withdrew to the east while Maceo proceed
ed to the west. On Jan. II he obtained
another victory at the very gates of Pinar
del Rio city and on Jan. % he took the
town of Banes at the western extremity
of the island, three months after his de-
parture from Baragua in Santiago de
Cuba. On Feb. II Maceo returned to Ha-
vana province. Gen. Weyler publicly de-
clared Pinar del Rio pacifed, and the gal
liant Cuban leader returned to that PROV
ince on March Is.
Before this Weyler had already shown
his sanguinary spirit and plans of mur-
der. Prisoners of war and innocent per-
sons unjustly charged with aiding the re-
bellion were shot every day in Havana.
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PLAGUE OF THE KLONDlKE.

Monster Mosquitoes Which Torture
Men and Even Bears to Death.
The Yukon mosquito is the most br'I-
tai and bloodthirsty Of its tribe-it kills
man and beast, even the ferocions
grizzly bear falling a victim to its
bites.
Prof. William Beutenmuller, of the
Museum of Natural History, has in
vestigated the mosquito and recognizes
some thirty kinds in North America. OF
which the variety found along the Yu
kon is the most pestiferous. These
swarm in long columns resembling the
smoke rising from a campfire. One
can hear their buzzing hundred feet
away. 1t is not sweet music. The
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valcriano Weyler Nicolau to succeed

valcriano Weyler y Nicolau to succeed
Martinez Campos.
The question may be asked why the pat
riots, after so many victories, did not in
vest the city Of Havana and end there
with the Spanish dominion. The answer
is very clear. After the battle Of Coliseo
Gen. Gomez reviewed his troops and
found that each soldier had only three
cartridges. The Cubans in the United
States were making vain efforts to send
big expedition to the patriots. But if the
Spanish army was defeated in the fields OF
Cuba, Spanish diplomacy was triumphant
at Washington. At Guira de Melena On
Jan. 4, 1896, the patriots had to fight with
their machetes to enter the province OF
Havana. For such state of affairs Gen.
Gomez considered his best plan to be to
organize armies in all the provinces invad-
ed, so far as his resources permitted him
to do, and try to raise the war in Pinar
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SOUND is run-n-n-n, run-n-n-n, run-il-p-
n, and that is just what the prospector
does the second time he hears tiff
there is any second time
The first concert is his last some
times, for nervous temperament can
not endure an attack of the pests, and
though a miner should not have nerves.
some miners do have them and ind
them sadly in the way in time of
trouble. The mosquito posters such a
man until he sinks from exhaustion,
never to rise again.
The Yukon mosquitoes drive the
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BORN A SLAVE.

Ee Won His Way to a Commanding
Position in American Life.
The career Of Blanche X. Bruce, who
died recently in Washington, was one
Of the most remarkable in our history.
Although he was born and lived to the
age of 20 years a slave, he died in his
second term as register Of the Treasury,
after having served a full term as Uni
ted States Senator, and he honestly ac-
quired a comfortable fortune and a
strong influence in the politics and poll
cies of the country.
Bruce, who was born a slave in Vir-
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NEWS FOR ASTRONOMERS.
An Instrument Which Will Bring the
Moon Within PistoI-Shot.


Herr Johann Mayer, royal and i'm
perial first lieutenant in the 63d re%i-
ment of Austro-H Hungarian infantry,
claims that he has invented an insLru-
ment which will bring the stars with
in a few hundred yards of the earth
and the moon within pistol-shot
Briefly summed up, Herr Mayors
telescope consists of a huge paraooilc
mirror in whose focus he suspends a
small convex parabolic mirror which
throws the rays received by the large
mirror upon the lens of the microscope
connected with the apparatus. This
combination of the large and small
mirror is shown in the drawing The
original feature which Herr Mayer
claims for his apparatus is, of course,
the use of the enormous parabolic mir
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hon, contain no counterpart. 1t is mar
rative which had its beginning in the dis
<overy of America; it was rooted in Span
fsh tyranny, transplanted into centuries
of treachery and oppression, reared in in
ternicine strife, and matured in this re-
voting war and it's attendant horrors,
which have wrested from Cuba the proud
title, pearl of the Antilles" and earned
for her the name Of Isle of Blood"
The revolution was organized by Jose
Marti, q Cuban exile in this country and
man of genius and courage. He organ
lied here what is called the Cuban RaEa-
- -~.;o VI SiuDS
of Cuban political exiles, for the purpose
of raising money to free their country.
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spies all the Spanish agents sent to them
to propose such scheme. They rejected
with scorn the offers of money made to
them by Blanco. The death of the Cuban
Gen. Aranguren, near Havana, did not
discourage the patriots in the least. They
kept up the war as enthusia stically MS
ever, adopting as their motto '1ndepen-
dence or Death"
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Oldest Piece of Furniture.

What is probably the most venerable
piece of furniture in existence is now
in the British Museum. 1t is the throne
of Queen Hatsu, who reigned in the
Nile Valley some 1,6OO years before
Christ.
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ish columns, and go to one of the fortified
towns under the vigilance of the Spanish
soldiery. With the homes of the recon-
centrados their cultivated lands were to
be devastated and around the towns
where they had to live not piece of
bread was to be given to them. IN this
manner. under pretext of military opera
tion, half million people, most Of them
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regime inaugurated in Havana on the first
day of this year by Gen. Blanco was as
complete failure. The patriots declared
the acceptance of autonomy an act ca
treachery to their flag. They hanged as
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When a boy gets hurt, it can never
be told how badly he Is bruised until
after he has been given bis Saturday
bath.
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| !5as. ea osss rs IS :, a
Il tragedy, a
tragedy so black
that the pages Of
history, not ex-
cepting those up
on which is writ
ten the diabolical
doings of the
Spanish Inquisi-
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A first-class price doesn't always in
dicate first-ciass hotel.
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The achers of the farmer yield thsA
dentist an income.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
A Vicious Attempt.

One of our citizens, c. II. Burnett,
had narrow escape from an assassin
recently. He was returning home late
one evening and was midway on the
sidewalk between the Vandalia and l..
E. & w. tracks on Madison street when
he felt hard rap on the back and
heard a noise as though someone had
brought his foot down forcibly just be-
hind bin. He looked back, but 1t was
too dark to see more than few inches
and he could discern no one. When he
got home he discovered a rent in his
coat, which had been cut by some sharp
instrument. His natural conclusion
was either that someone had hurled a
knife at him. which made the noise re-
ferred to while dropping, or that an
assassin had hid in the ditch beside the
walk and struck at him when he
passed
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
Dead Drunk but Not Dead.

Last Friday night while Z. Spangle
was driving southwest of this city in
the neighbOrhOod of the Bethel church
he met four men who had dIsmounted
from their wagons and were perambu.
lating up and down with lanterns
When he questioned them, they anwered
they were in search of dead man. 1t
afterward developed that they had met
a driverless team of horses and a beer
wagon and supposed rightly that they
would find the man who occupied the
seat somewhere along the road. After
half an hours search they found him in
the middle of the road, unconscious
and with his face turned toward the
pale stars which, however, were at that
time obscured by clouds. He was in
an exceptionally good position for in
slant death or mutilation from the
hOofs of any passing horse. Mr.. Spang-
lie states that bis own horses would
have run over the poor incorrigible had
not he been forewarned. Upon his dis
covery he was aroused and his life thus
probably saved from being frozen out
In this uncommon game of "freeze out"
If not from worse death. The indI.
vidual is citizen of Plymouth and
has driven a wagon here for years.
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Two churches were used and Stanley
would talk in one awhile and then 60 to
the crowd in the other.
An Elkhartan, who is in position to
know, says that no more race meets
will be given in the Barney Park in
that city as the two attractions already
given there have not paid expenses. As
a matter of fact it seems as though har-
ness races all over the country have
been poorly patronized.
The business men held meeting
again last evening 10 aid in securing
subscriptions for the Dunksrd Publish
ing House. That establishment will no
doubt be under way, in our city within
the next month. As has been previous
ly stated, the Dunkards have been in
formed to come and their advent in our
city is no longer question with us, but
only with them.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
Novelty Works Reduces Debts.

We believe that it will interest your
readers to know that during the past
SIX months our mortgage indebtedness
has been reduced about $4,000. About
$4,000 of this was paid by other people
who had given us their notes which we
discounted and for which we are liable
only as endorsers. These were secured
by our mortgage but were paid by the
makers, which reduced the mortgage
| that much.
We feel that this is a very good show
ing especially when 1t is remembered
thatsthis payment was made after the
six dullest months of the ear. We are
now just entering upon our busy season.
We now have on our pay roll 236 hands
and the last pay roll amounted to about
$4,000,
We have the trade of the largest BIZ
cycle manufactures in the United States
including the Western Wheel Works.
who take 1000 rims per day now and
iofC hOIilCu JudJ IDey Will want
l,5OO rims per day by the middle of
December; also the Gormully & .Jeffery
Mfg. Co., Monarch Cycle Mfg Co., A.
Featherstone Il Co. and the Ames &
Frost Co, which are practically all the
large manufacturers of bicycles in Chi
cago,-also the Crawford Mfg. Co. of
Hagerston, Maryland, Overman Wheel
Company, Hartford Cycle Co. and
other large eastern manufacturers be-
sides large foreign trade. These con-
tracts assure us of a market for all the
goods we can produce for the rest of the
season which ends the middle of June.
We have have also made very favor
able contracts for our supplies of
material and everything indicates
very successful business during the
coming winter and spring.
INDIANA NOVELTY Co.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
Lassitude.

Lassitude, "that tired feeling" is one
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preventing long illness.
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pains and soreness III the head and
chest, coughs and sore throat. AT
druggists or sent prepaid; price 20 cents
and 80 cents; large pocket flask 81 co.
DR.. Humphreys Manual at druggists
or sent free. Humphreys Medicine
company, corner William 81 John Sts.,
New York. 1d1w