The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-09


tanned their kneeling positions, the exc
cutioners, by squads only, raised their
rifles. The officer pointed to the man
at the end of the line and four rifles
were raised to the shoulders of the
soldiers, the priest elevated his hands
toward heaven, the officers sword
flashed in the sunlight, a scattering
yolley followed and the prisoner
plunged forward upon his face. blood
soaking his white shirt to a bright
crimson hue. The smoke cleared away
and the squad stepped back. The sec
ond squad went through the same hor-
rfble maneuver and the second prisoner
was stretched upon the ground, fol-
; lowed by the third and the fourth.
When the butchery was over the de-
scendants of the Cid began their cruel
jests and laughed over it all. The
bodies We're turned over, faces toward
the sky presenting a horrible sight.
The troops were reformed, the band
struck up a lively air and the soldiers
were marched around the field and past
the corpses where all could get a good
view.
And so the butchery went On day
after day, and General Weyler became
notorious
VIII the same horrible example be
followed in the present revolution? I
believe not
HAVANA ALWAYS EN- FETE.
But while Maceo and Gomez were
knocking at the very gates of Havana
and the Spanish troops were being kill
ed off by Cuban bullets and island dis
cases. the people of Havana never
Jagged in their search for pleasure. AS
the shades of night gathered, the city
became brilliantly Illuminated Ha-
vana was then thoroughly awake and
by O'Clock the great public plaza was
crowded with promenaders. The cafes
surrounding the plaza were. well pat
ronized and one of the military bands
played. The people promenaded back
and forth. the Spanish officers ogling
the ladies and the Spanish girls flirting
1t was always a gay capital and lit
tie thing like a revolution did not dis
turb it.
The great church festivals continued,
and on the occasion of big functions,
the Spanish troops came out On parade
In their natty uniforms. And, of course,
all religious celebrations centralized
before and within the great Havana
cathedral, structure crumbling then
and now with age. Within was a niche
where the bones of Columbus were said
to be buried. Upon the chancel steps
were crossed banners and stacks of
small arms and three or four small
brass cannons. It looked like the
Church Militant. The professions with
floats were wonderful affairs. Trum-
pets blared, cuirasses of the cavalry
T.en glistened in the sunlight, cannon
deafened the ear and the great bells
pealed with discordant claugor. Digni-
taries, officials representing the Queen
Regent, the Bishop in gorgeous vest
ments. seminary boys in cassocks
carrying candlesticks and censors: the
lesser priests and clergy of the church;
the sandaled monks, with their cowls
thrust back, showing the disfgured
zeal of a city which seemed to thrust
war and care behind as trivial
ARREST AND DEPORTATION.
Then, finally, the Washington Post !
with the accusing article arrived L
was in a cafe with some newspaper
men and some Americans whose bust
ness in Havana just then was quite I'M |
known. One of the men read the arti- |
Gle in the Post and I was advised to
leave the city. Arrangements were
made for me to strike through the lines |
the following morning. At II D. H., !
however, my arrest took place, and 1 /
was detained in the guardroom Of the |
Palace for ten days. An order was is
sUed for further detention in Cabanas
fortress, when an official of the con- |
sulate obtained news of my where |
abouts. Intercession of the consulate !
gave me my freedom on condition that |
the order for detention be changed to !
deportation. 1 boarded the steamship
Seneca and arrived in New York. 10
learn there of General Maceo's death. /