Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1896 — MANIFESTO ISSUED [ARTICLE]

MANIFESTO ISSUED

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE CUBAN INSURGENTS. The Revolutionists Hare Not Burned Country’s Dwellings Kxcept Those Used by Spanish Troops as Forts and Garrisons. No Bandits or Outlaws. A manifesto signed by Salvador Cisneros, president of the insurgent Cuban Government, has just reached the United States. In it Cisneros says the sugar estates, which, in the eastern division of the island, have been permitted to grind, while all others in the west have, as he says, been prevented, do so simply because at the beginning of the war arrangements were made between the proprietors of said estates and some of the Cuban leaders whereby the former, in consideration of a “war tax" paid into the Cuban treasury, were granted the privilege of grinding under the protection of those leaders. The manifesto also says the insurgent armies have not burned country dwellings except when used by Spanish troops as forts or garrisons, and for the sake of the families, wives and children of non-combatants food is now allowed to enter towns and cities at present held by the armies of Spain on the payment of an import duty. Cisneros emphatically denies that bandits or outlaws form any part of or have any connection with the Cuban army, and proclaims that, notwithstanding the course being pursued by Spain toward captured insurgent soldiers and political prisoners, the Cuban Government will not retaliate.

ENGLAND’S DILEMMA. Larks Men and Ammunition in Her South African Work. It is difficult to obtain accurate information regarding the progress of the rebellion of the natives of Matabeleland. The Cape Town authorities, naturally, are withholding all the information possible, It is not denied, however, that the situation becomes darker every day. Advices received from Buluwayo show that the work of placing that town in a state of defense has been completed so far as the means at hand permit. But there is a lack of arms and ammunition there with which to supply the many settlers who have gathered from outlying districts since the uprising eommeneed. These men, in many cases, have rifles, hut they are of all kinds and makes, and the stock of ammunition procurable for them is small. Consequently it has been found desirable to replace these weapons as far as possible with the Martini-Henry rifles served out to the police, the stock of ammunition for the latter being fairly adequate. But the number of Martini-Hen-rys available is small, and it is now an open secret that nearly every good rifle procurable had been gathered up and smuggled into the Transvaal previous to the Jameson raid. Had matters at Johannesburg turned out as the manipulators of the expedition and uprising contemplated, things would have assumed a different aspect But certain persons there and elsewhere are now in the position of hunters caught in their own traps, with the additional mortification of the knowledge that the Boers have by the seizures made in the mines, etc., of many thousands of rifles, bayonets, revolvers and Maxim guns, completely turned the tables on the British. The Boers are aware of the predicament in which the British find themselves. CLEARLY AN OUTRAGE. Spaniard Fired Upon an American Schooner Without Cause. The American schooner William Todd lay becalmed six miles south of the Isle of Pines, her captain reports to United States Consul Eckford, when she was fired on by Spanish gunboats. Captain Campbell, her master, did not at first realize the importance of the incident and only reported the outrage when the consul drew the facts out of him by inquiries regarding his voyage. His vessel was fired on March 1G in latitude 21.12, longitude 82.42. First a blank cartridge was fired. Then came three solid shot, while the American flag was being hoisted. Two Spanish gunboats were engaged in the affair. The Todd was searched by men, the warship being held two hours for the purpose. The schooner had nothing contraband aboard.

bayahd not coming home. Friends of the Ambassador Do Not Believe He Will Design. Friends of Ambassador Bayard in Washington scout the idea that'the vacating of his house in Wilmington, Del., is to be taken as evidence of an intention on his part to resign his office and return immediately to the United States. They say that Mr. Pyle, the lessee of the house, gave it up voluntarily at the expiration of the lease, and that so far from desiring to obtain possession now, Mr. Bayard was casting about for another tenant when he was last in the United States. KOYAXi WEDDING IN JULY. Marriage of Princess Mand and Prince Charles Will Cost $?i,000,000. 'Hie dressmakers and milliners of the aristocratic portion of London are in a flutter over the announcement that the marriage of Princess Maud of Wales and Prince Charles, second son of the crown prince of Denmark, has been definitely «et for the first Wednesday in July. The' wedding will be a state one in the chapel royal attached to St. James’ Palace, and it is calculated will involve an expenditure in all details of . not less than S - 000,000. Favor Heed. New Hampshire Republicans held their State convention at Concord and elected delegates to the national Republican convention at St. Louis. United States Sen*tor William E. Chandler presided. The convention endorsed the candidacy of Thomas B. Reed. Ten Railroads Sued. Suit has been filed in the United States Circuit Court at Denver by the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce its orders against ten Western railroads. Depositors Hun oh the Bank. The shortage of William Shipp and Charles W. Stone, cashier and assistant cashier of the Deposit Bank at Midway, Ky„ has grown to SOO,OOO. Friday the depositors made a run on the bank and forced it into an assignment. Shipp and Stone are still at their homes. « Surrounded by Troops. Constantinople advices say the outbreak at Killiz is more serious than had been supposed. The town is now surrounded by troops, and no one is allowed to leave or enter the place. The officials of Bitlis are preventing the American missionaries from distributing aid