The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-01
Cuban Soldiers Charged With KILL
ing Their Late Enemies.
CANNOT FIND BANDITS
LAWLESS BANDS ELUDE THE
CUBAN AUTHORITIES.
Cubans Enforce the Incommunicado
Imprisonment System of the Span
ards-Americans In Jail at Hav-
ana - Washington Government
Will Encourage Merchant Marine

Havana, March S1.-San !; OF. the al
calde of Pinar del Rio, was recently de-
posed by Senior Dolz, the civil governor
of Pinar del Rio, because of che fric-
ton which existed between the alcalde
and the city council, in which both
sides alleged misconduct in office. Ac-
! cording to Governor General Brooke's
decree of Feb. l, he alone has the right
to depoSe any civil official Therefore
the action OF Senior Dolz is ineffective,
and Senior Sanchez viii retain his office
until the governor general decides the
matter in dispute.
The steamer Montserrat sailed this
morning for Spain, having on board 2S0
Spanish passengers, formerly residents
of Cuba, and mostly small merchants.
There have recently been at least
three murders of Spaniards in the
country, and in come cases men of
property have been killed. If it is
known who the murderers are, the fact
has not developed, though there are
men in Havana who say there is evil
dence pointing to Cuban soldiers being
the guilty parties, and that since Cen
eral Gomez was depoSed from the post
of commander in chief of the Cuban
forces, the CubanS have not had a head
u TlSluiN enforce the QlSClpllQe anu
punish crime. In the past General Co
mez punished murderers of this kind
with death, but since his removal the
Cubans have been taking advantage of
the lack of discipline to retaliate upon
their war enemies who are still on the
island.
BANDIT SCARE.
The efforts of Generals Diaz and No
darz TO run down the Guanajay bandits
have apparently been fruitless, as no
traces of them are said to have been !
found in the provinces of Pinar del Rio /
and Havana, and the controversy re- |
Suiting between the two generals re- !
garding the existence of the band has !
now reached the phase of letters in the |
Havana newspapers. Nevertheless, !
there are occasional further reports of |
depredations and it is declared the |
scare was started by tobacco-growers |
of the district withthe object of fright !
ening small growers and forcing them |
to sell their crops cheap.
Major q. J. Rathbone, the postmaster |
OF Cuba, in selling stamps for Spanish |
copper coins, collected seVelar thousand |
dollars worth at so per cent of their |
value in gold. the original idea being to |
accommodate the poor. He learned, |
however, that spectators bought the !
stamps and copper and sold the gold. |
The postmaster has decided to no |
longer sell for copper.
INCOMMUNICADO IMPRISONMENT.
The whole question Of Imprisonment |
incommunicado by the Cuban authori |
ties has been brought conspicuously TO |
the attention of Governor General |
Brooke by such experiences as that of
the American doctor c. c. Jolliffee, re-
Gently arrested for practicing without
a license, and kept incommunicadO for
- -rF aTa-fsa
ing justice, with others equally harsh,
such as the arrest of witnesses and the
absence of trial by jury, is still -egll-
larry resorted to under the new regime,
and the very Cubans who used to COM
plain bitterly of the incommunicado i'm
prisonment under the Spanish domina-
tien, now apply it with all its rigors.
Chief of Police Menocal the judges
and the court jailers have been pro-
testing against the refusal of Governor
General Brooke to allow them to keep
DIR. Jolliffee and Mr.. Barton, another
American and a frieIA3 Of Jolliffee. in
communicate, and the military admin
istration now contemDlates issuing a
decree abolishing the incommunicado
system.
Former Captain General Castellanos.-
before leaving the island, signed DEGREES
releasing from Jail Spanish volunteers
confined on charges of crime. Some Sc
cured their discharge, but others were
overlooked, The latter have petitioned
the governor general to release them,
and he is about to issue a decree direct
ing the Cuban courts, as now cons5i-
tuted. to carry out the DEGREES OF Gen
eral Castellanos, as modified. The MOD
iication merely leaves to the Cuban
courts the power to declare whether the
DEGREES apply in a particular case. In
other words. those who are still in
prison are to be set free, providing they
establish, 10 the satisfaction Of me
court by proper documents. that they
were members Of the volunteer corps,
and are thus entitled to the benefit of
the Castellanos decree.
MURDER OF SPANIARDS.
General Gomez has received letter
from the Taladrid brothers, well known
here. reciting various cases
of recent murders of Spaniards in the
province of Pinar del Rio, as ALLEGED
by Cuban soldiers. asserting that the
bury the victims but take
no action to discover the murderers.
Senior Fernandez de Castro, president
OF the Planters Protective association.
sent dispatch 10 Secretary Alger at
CienfuegOs, saying that the planters are
alarmed at the delay in the publication
OF the decree extending the time for
enforcing mortgages and judgments. =
and praying him to hasten its Dublica
lion.
The present delay" says the dis
patch" renders impossible the resunlp- ,
ton of work throughout the island
Two thousand civilian Americans i,
have left Havana during the last eight !
days. IN order to reach the United /
States before the quarantine period be-
gins.
Captain Campbell of General Brookes
staff sailed for the United States today.
With other officers, he had examined I.
the consignment of Swift's refrigerated !
oeef which arrived by the TRANSPORT
Kirkpatrick, reporting it in excellent
condition.
CUBAN MERCHANT MARINE.