The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-10
REBELS ARE ON
THE WAR PATH
MRS. J. l.. RARTLESToN or CAIRO
RECEIVES LETTER FROM
CUBA.
CRISIS EXPECTED SEPT
President Palma Cannot conquer
Rebels Who Demand A Reflect
ton or United States
Intervention.


Mrs. ]. l.. Bartlaston Of 82l Twenty,
fifth street received an inteestlng let
ter Saturday from her sister Mrs. II.
r. Gates, who resides in ALriete, Cuba,
(which tells of the insurreasion now IN
progress there in a more graphic man
| ner than the newspaper accounts.
Mrs. Bartleston kindly permits the
Bulletin to publish he letter here.
/ with:
ATriete. Aug 30, 1906.
We are all weell and SO far have
only lost a kettle that The rebels boas'
rowed and did not bring back
/ Spanish sabre they took out of the
corn crib an old gun that wont shoot,
few shot. and a matchete. They
came one day to take the horses but
Bert happened along and stopped
them. Another day they took htH
mare but he took her away from
them and put her In the pasture.
Then they took Two horses which
they will send back"-but when
anyway We viii be paid for them.
From Mr. Allen they took a sl25
horse, saddle and bridle-then made
the cattleman get off his horse and
give up the saddle. Then wrote a
note borrowing a SITE horse, then bor
rowed horse for one day" That
has not come 70 an end yet ald COW
hours have passed The hors
c.. $500 and | didn't know how
much more he is worth now.
Our fences were cut six cattle TAX
en-, one COW killed and eaten here
day before yesterday.
There camped right In our yard
and about here $500 men day before
Yesterday. They were very orderly /
friendly and jayial SO We had a regr
lar picinc and met all our acquaint |
ances. We have our flag up now and /
the railroad company has the English I
flag on all trains and depots but the |
rebels hold up the trains just the |
same
Four of the leaders in this province !
are friends Of Bert's This morning
one came through with 500 men and
be says Come what viii, if the war
d0fe not end by September 10, they
will burn everything belonging to ev
cry foreigner and force the L. s and
other coun ries 10 intervene"
We are mol alarmed Mr.. Allen
family and ours are the only Am nj
cans right here ana Mr. a. has helped
the people in the past war But there
are right here that we know of NOR
rebels than thEre gre soldiers In the
islanl They will never give up nm
iii the 4. s. interyeDes and If Prisi
dent Roosevelt wants TO prevent
blood he'd the quicker he gets here
the better The rebels don't want &C.
fight until September l3, hut they
have plenty of men and forces,
"C-nstancia." an American pugar
mill, asked for protection and Pre- j.
dent Palma could no give it because
he has not enough soldiers to guard
the principal cities.
Constancia is worth several million
dollars, quite a loss if burned, 10 say
nothing of the other mills. sugar and
tobacco plantations and cattle. The
two store in Arriet5 threaten To
close because rebels seized goods.
deeply sympathize with Cubans on
both siles and deeply as We may sym
pathize with Presiden; Palma a. can
not conquer the rebels Unless a re
election Is granted or the United
'Stutps interyenes before September
10 the rebel. will begin war In eames'
aud they so far outnumber the sold
iers and are 20 determined Ia involve
the foreign countries-tbe conse-
quences can scarcely he mag ned.
have just counted mp and find
that so far the rebels have taken
81 .O25 worth Of stock from Mr. Allen.
Tho annual Iafua Nf1ffprcF aVeur.