The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-30

1.Iovv starvation more than third OF Cuba 5
termination and here DR.. Congcsto, the
MephfstopheIes behind the throne, prompted
10 andisclosed mischief. Here the infamous
plot to explode the Maine was probably
concocted and heaven knows what other
schemes that came 10 naught for wiping
out the hated Americans. 1t seems strange
indeed TO see the stars and stripes in con-
spicuous evidence in this holy of holes OF
Spanish rover en- this side or the world
and to note the entire absence or the
escutcheors and insignia, once so all-per-
vading. Of the late owners. II Is signincant
of popular feeling rather of the turbu-
lent nature of a race which does not hesi-
tate to kick man when he Is down.
that the throne has been split into kindlins
wood. its draperies torn to shTeds and all
the splendid portraits of the crowned heads
from Ferdinand down covered with spittle
All these interesting relics that were not
totally destroyed in the first fury OF the
populace or carried away piecemeal by
curiosity hunting American soldiers are now
securely locked in one room of the disman-
tied palace.
Every morning the query is. How many
American newspapers are there in Havana
to-day?" At last accounts there were
fore the morning sun. All are small sheets.
with an average circulation of perhaps 80.
dependent for precarious support upon
American advertisers. Most Of the Spanish
papers have also incorporated a couple OF
columns of scantiest cablegram news print
ed In English. Two or three OF the old
time Spanish papers keep on in the even
tenor of their drowsy way, as in ante-bellum
days, yelling their daily attacks on yam
kee pigs in the idiom of Old CASTLE,
which nobody of the hated race troubles
himself to read. THE Times of Cuba"
published by Mr. Thomas Dawley, of Les
lies is catering TO Cuban taste by employ
ing native reporters.
ENGLISH AS PRINTED.
The result. in cold English print, is some
times funny. Below are a few items re-
produced verbatim from yesterdays Times:
..Senor Don Jose easel presented frightful
wounds of the right hand, having all his
fingers broken. He was conducted TO the
emergency hospital, where the illustrious
Dr. Sanchez amputated the fingers with
consummate skill. The wounded gentleman
said that he had been monkeying with
printing press
don Julio Moleon, sixty-four years OF
age. living in Gervasio street. had his head
badly damaged by the infant, Pedro Cas-
ano who let big piece Of wood fall on
him from balcony. The Senior Moleon is
in a grave state, presenting serious symp-
toms of commotion inside the Uranium
THE negro girls, Juana Alvarez and Rosa
1fendez. accuse four colored men. whom
they do not know. OF having tied them TO a
window and martyrized them with a red-hot
iron. Their burns were anointed at the
Tba hau no
been captured"
For many nights people living in the Ger
TO have been terrorized by ghost, which
walks there. They notified Senior Herman
DEE. the police inspector. who sent a num-
Der of his men to arrest the ghost. One Of
the policemen saw it and gave chase, but
the spirit escaped 1t is believed to be the
ghost of a butcher, who recently died at "a
Tulipan"
few days ago 'the Century Tramp"
Mr. II. p. whitemarsh, arrived in Havana,
having accomplished his self-imposed task
of walking the whole length Of the island.
He Is the well-known author of THE
Worlds Rough Hand" who set out from
Santiago nearly three months ago. equipped
with little else than credentials from the
ACentury Company. for whom he will write
hfsoexperiences in a series of articles With
only his faithful dog for guide and escort,
he has tramped about five hundred miles,
being many times arrested as a suspicious
vagabond and detained in filthy prisons.
Thrice he was held up by brigands, who let
him go unframed when they found him ap-
parently poorer than themselves
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
Brigandage I'm Cuba is still rampant in
spite of the conquering army UP to sixty
years ago the coast was infested with
pirates, whose organized gangs were finally
broken up by the combined pressure of the
English and American governments brought
to bear upon the Spanish. And then it APP
pears that many of the buccaneers settled
a little way inland. near the sequestered
cove where they formerly carried on their
profitable trade, and left TO their children
not only large legacies OF nl-gotten gains.
but the same rowing disposition which led
them to plumber ships on the high seas.
Therefore with the suppression OF piracy.
outlaws Of various sorts sprang up in Cuba,
who went about as free lances, or banded
themselves together in lawlesS ferocity.
Spain was never any more successful in
putting down this brigandage than in ex-
terminating piracy unaided-or subsequently
IN ending the Instruction. AS the latter
DEVELOPED Gomez and Maceo put an end to
brigandage for time by Incorporating the
robbers into their own ranks. Hardly was
the war concluded and the Spanish troops
out OF the island before these temporary
patriots took to the woods and resumed
their old occupation. The local papers are
full OF accounts OF atrocities recently COM
mitted by these knights of the road, some
OF whom still wear the uniforms of officers
in the Cuban army. A case IN point is that
OF Colonel Pancho Diegusz, who was lately
captured in the province Of Santiago, for
robbing dummy engine OF $500. which was
being conveyed 10 pay employees, and on the
same night attacking the American convoy.
load OF provisions. Instantly a host Of
Cuban friends rushed to the prison and de-
manded the release of DiegueZ as gallant
patriot. Colonel Wood replied that he had
been caught 'in fagranti'' and should be
hung. and the next day shut up in the same
Jail a Cuban major. a captain and a lot
of Cuban sOldiers-all concerned in the rob-
berry. The Reconcentrado. Of this city, has
since been hurting bitter editorials at Col.
Wood for the so-called outrage, proclaiming
the red-handed bandits as patriots of stu
pendenous valor." and stigmatizing all law
abiding Cubans as miserable creatures
who have sold themselves for little Amer
lean gold" Yesterday it wound up its TRADE
against law and order with a burst Of en-
thusiasm for the imprisoned robbers, con-
rIudfnc with these significant words: eve