The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-29

Correspondence Of the Associated Presa.
HAVANA, August 2O.-The follow
ing items have been transmitted bV a
Spanish correspondent In diary form
According to official figures 1t is shown
that prior to the beginning of hostiiit-
les between Spain and the United States
an aggregate Of about 5000 tons OF
provisions was imported monthly at all
the ports Of Cuba, but that since the
committeeman of the war the loss in
volume of these imports has amounted
TO 22s,OOO tons. The Menendez line OF
coastlnE steamers has lost hVe vessels
since the Americans invaded the island
as follows: The ArgoDauto, captured
by American Warshlps at cienfuegos;
the Reina De Los Angelas, seized at
Santiago De Cuba after the capltulation
OF that place, and the Jose Garcia.
Gloria and PurlsIma Conception. burned
during the bombardment OF the port OF
ManERnillo.
leader Juan Hernandez was Killed IN q
6Eht with a Spanish guerilla force,
which had ambushed his party. The
Spaniards had one soldier wounded.
on the 9th the insurgents had an en-
counter with Spanish troops near Place
tos, IN the province OF Santa Clara,
which resulted In the killing OF one in-
surgent and the woundlng OF nineteen
others, A Spanish captain was badly
wounded.
on July o a committee representing
A,tf NJ fhIa
city, presented request to the ciVil
governor that they be paid at least a
portion Of their long overdue salaries.
Desperate Situation.
Reports received here on July 2s from
the province Of Puerto Principe show
that the situation throughout that sec
tion Of the island was very bad. Pro
visions were quite scarce and the little
10 be had was held at exorbitant prices.
The civil employees had received no sal
ary for eight months and most or them
had resigned their places. Special ef-
forts were being made to maintain the
efIicIency OF the civil hospital, and the
civil governor had given orders that
everything possible be done In this dl-
direction. According to the data tnr-
nlshed By the civil government the
deaths in Santa Clara city during the
month Of May numbered 2.265. and our
ing the month OF June 2.b65, from July
90 I'd August !, many persons arrived at
Havana and Calbera from Puerto Prln-
cline. Nuevltns, Glbrnrn and adjacent
niaceE. which had been abandoned by
the Spanish forces The village OF Ji-
baro, near sancti SpIritus province OF
santa Clara was recently taken by the
Insurgents, who It is said, captured
eighteen Cuban guerlllas, whom they
machetted in q most savage manner.
merely because they were natives OF
Later adviees from Jibaro say that on
july 10 the place was attacked by In:
surgents under Brigadier Jose Miguel
Gomez, who employed cannon in the
assault upon the forts, which were de-
Tended by Spanish regular troops and
gueriIIas The attack was successful
and the insurgents captured the place.
or the Spanish forty were killed, sew
enty wounded and ninety taken prison.
ers.
Contributions Levied.
The governor of Matanzas on August
3 issued a bando establishment the con-
trIbutlon ito be levied on every person
who brings provisions and products to
market for sale" This contribution"
is to be given In the form of certain
portion Of each of the various products
brought by the vendors as follows:
For every twenty-five pounds Of BAN
anas, one-hnIf pound TO the municipal
itV. for every twenty pounds OF pump
kins, two pounds; every ten pounds OF
bread one pound. and for every twenty
l.. - a. - WN.naa
two pounds. The dealers will be al
lowed 10 send their goods to other parts
OF the province only when the local con-
sumption Is satisfied. and when this Is
done an extra contribution is TO be lev
fed.
on the night Of August a detective
In the city OF MntanZas visited kitch-
en- where food was prepared for sale
and discovered trunk containing 3IS
pounds OF horse meat. The owner of the
kitchen and his son were arrested and
have been sent to prison. Reports
from CaIbGrent say that on Juiy 22 an
American ship captured at Cnyo
Frances, the Norwegian steamer
Franklyn and the launches Dos Amt
Eos and Hemedito. The last named. be-
ing empty, was abandoned by the
Americans, but the Frankiyn and Dos
AlllbO9 NVAt hNAN ~ NHNaA N't'S''
A Matter for Inquiry.
La UnIon Constitutional referring to
the capture By American vessels Of the
Spanish steamer Humberto Rodriguez
asks In It's Issue OF August Z: How
would Spain have been Judged IL an
American ship. hoIsting flag OF truce,
had approached the port of Havana and
the cIty's batteries had fired at it?''
"The same Judgment" the paper
says, ought to be pronounced regard
ing the capture OF the Humberto Rod
riguez, which was effected by the
American fleet on the high seas, while
the steamer was towing two schooncrs
with sick and wounded under the Red
Cross soclety's flag"
In Union Constitutional further says:
1.-THE American fleet ought TO have rem
dered tribute to tho steamer and her
convoy and escorted them to Havnna's
waters. thus carrying out the rules
agreed upon IN this matter nt the Ge-
neva convention by the delegates who
framed the convention.
a naval tribunal may. as II IS logic
ally expected will be done, declare the
capture OF the steamer void, but viii
they return the lives OF those who died
during the long and dangerous voyage
on which they were carried by the
Americans7 The vnlue Of the captured
steamer Is very small. yet her seizure