The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-05-04


Old CASTLE, which nobody of the hated
race troubles himself to read. 1.-The
Times of Cuba,'' published by Mr..
Thomas Dawley of Leslies, is catering
to.Cuban taste by employing native report
ers. The result in cold English print is
sometimes funny. Below are few items
reproduced verbatim from yesterdays
Times:
"Senor Don Jose easel presented fright
full wounds of the right hand, having all
his fingers broken. He was conducted to
the emergency hospital, where the illus
trious DR.. Sanchez amputated the fingers
with consummate skill. The wounded
gentleman said that he had been monkey
ing with a printing press"
Don Julie Moleon, "a years OF age,
living in Gervasio street, had his head
badly damaged by the infant, Pedro
Casano, who let big piece of wood fall
on him from balcony. The Senior
Moleon is in a grave state, presenting seri-
Gus symptoms of connection inside the
cranium.''
The negro girls. Juana Alvarez and
Rosa Mendez, accuse four colored men,
whom they do not know, Of having tied
them to a window and martyrized them
with red hot iron. Their burns We're
annointed at the emergency hospital. The
savages have not been captured"
For many nights people living in the
Cerro have leen terrorized by ghost,
which walks there. They notified Senior
Hernandez, he police inspector, who sent
number of his men to arrest the ghost
One of the policemen saw it and gave
chase, but the spirit escaped. 1t is be-
lieved to be the ghost of butcher, who
recently died at "a Tulipan,''
A few days ago The Century Tramp"
Mr.. H. P. Whitmarsh, arrived in Habana,
having accomplished his self imposed task
of walking the whole length of the island
He is the we'll known author of The
World Rough Hand, who set out from
Santiago nearly three month ago, equip
ped with little else than credentials from
,
write his experiences, in a series of arti-
cles. With only his faithful dog for guide
and escort, he has tramped about 500
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
f they found him apparently poorer than
themselves.
! Brgandage in Cuba is still rampant, in
| spite of the conquering army. Up to six
ty years ago the coast was infested with
, pirates whose organized gangs We're final
ly broken up by the combined pressure of
the English and American governments
brought to bear upon the Spanish. And
then it appears that many of the bucca-
neers settled a little way island near the
t sequestered coyes where they formerly
carried on their profitable trade and left
to then children not only large legacies of
i'll gotten gains, but the same rowing dis
position which led them to plunder ships
on the high seas. Therefore, with suppress
sion of piracy, outlaws OF various sorts
sprang up in CUBA who went about as free
lances, or branded themselves together in
) lawess ferocity. Spain was never any
more successful in putting down the bri-
: gaudage than in extermnating piracy un-
aided-or subsequently in ending the in
Surlection. AS the latter developed,
Gomez and Maceo put an end to bragand-
age for time, by Incorporating the rob
hers into their own ranks Hardly was the
war with Spain concluded, and the Span
ish troops out Qf the island, before these
temporary ''patriots'' took to the woods
and resumed their old occupation The
local papers are full of accounts of atroc-
tiles recently committed by these Knights
of the Road some OF whom still wear the
uniforms officer of Cuban army. \ case in
point is that of Col. Pancho Dieguez, who
was lately captured in the province of San
tiago, for robbing a dummy engine of
: 5000, which was being conveyed to pay
employees, and on the same night attack
J ing the American convoy, killing two sol
diers and carrying off cart load of pro-
visions Instantly host of Cuban friends
) rushed to the prison and demanded the re
t lease of Dieguez, as gallant patriot. Col.
Wood replied that he had been caught Gin
fagranti, and should be hung ;and the next
day shut up in the same jail Cuban Maj
or, a Captain and lot of Cuban soldiers
all concerned in the robbery. The RE
concentrate of this city has since been
hurting bitter editorials at Col. Wood for
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