Show JIUTC1IEIUES OF 1873 I HOW SPAIN TREATED HER LIB > I EllTYLOVINQ 8UDJBCTS 1 7h etsry of IIw hlloh Masere oe TloI In 1011 t paps or nI j a Italy etnppl an tee liar 715 acts ttgn to Itstlle I 1i U reproduction ti on this pigs ti from Prnnk ta J lIes llluetrtttd j Newnpaper ot the j year 187 iii tra1 the horrible wiywfisiit mnaaacro of Ike I VlwMjSj crow of lice ABrl I 7 < V can stcamiT Vlr Yf ijlnlu will be viewed with a sail Interest by the majority ol reeled The pictures will brine homo to hem nt n glance thus extreme barbarity of i Spains method of warfare and will justify tho denunciation launesfd ngalnit that retrogrado nation In the highest legislative council ot thIs country for It la linnlly to be w poaml that the bloodthirsty hllslio tins undergone any change of heart In I the past twenty j nr In fact there are renaona to believe list If anything the practice of the prevent autherl tie In Ciibi oven Iurplse for reds mcnt of cruelly the dark deed of their ptedecemoni of tho eor ntlee I The story of tin Vlrglnlus briefly SPANISH SOLDIKItS I1LOWINO OFF Till IIKADS m MIIMIIIIRS OF I I Tiin viuaiNiiiB1 CRIW L r r 1I f s I f summed up la I aa folio vi Tho vessel a sldo wheel 1 Iron atiMiiicr nuns par chased In New York In WO by the Cuban reolutlonary Junta and was tiled for tho transport of men and mu nlllona to tide cant of Cnbi She woe entered na an Amerlnm vessel however how-ever and continued fly tho slats nnd atrlpea on her Mirlous cruise Her last trip wu In Iho autumn of 1S73 when aho left Klngiton Jamaica with ono hundred and aotcnty live volun terra and n compteto Armament and turned her helm toward Iho Cuban coast Her captain Joacpli Try win A native pf Ixiulilanii and had been apeclally engaged for the occnilon Her crew for the moat part were Now Yonkers and were unaware of the object ob-ject of she expedition Unfortunately a damage to her machinery obliged the Vlrglnlua to seek temporary I suet tcr In tho harbor of Kindlon Jamaica a delay which aulllccd to put Iho Span lab authorities on her track and when she mlle her second start the Upanlin manofwar Tornado aaooped down upon her and after a long chase stud rewind In forcing her to surrender It ahould be Bald < I however that before this every object that might In the Icnit exclle auiplclon such na horses arms and munltlona had been thrown Into the wa ao that when the boardIng board-Ing party stepped on her deck they found theniHlvoa on board an ordinary ordin-ary merchantman carrying the atara and atrlpea and eloarel l for Colon with n 1 clean bill ot health In aplto ot tbla and of the apparent fait that the cap ture had been made In Hrltlih waten tho Tornado lowed her prize to Santiago San-tiago do Cuba arriving there the following fol-lowing day Nov 1 The ordinary procedure under atml tar clrciimitanccd when cvldeneo of 1 wrongdoing was aa alight aa In thin present eat would have keen l to undertake I un-dertake a thorough and painstaking I judicial examination Governor fur del of Santiago thouRht otherwise and no did his adherent the Hpnnlih Volunteer On Nov 2 a drumhead eourtmnrtlal vtaa convened l on board Ilia Tornado nnd Ibo four leader < of the oxpnlltlon Uncrola W A 0 Ryan of New York Jeu del Mill Ilernabo Vnrona and Pedro Ceapedex l brotlier of the preeldent of thin Cuban republic were condemned to death on tho charge of piracy Tho sentence vane cnrrlod Into effect lice following morning Hardly had Iho smoke I elm red from above the corpse of thwin four lover of liberty when n nccond courtmartini narcmbled to try tho rank and file of Ihu expedition Including Includ-ing Ibo captain and crew of Ibo Vlr glnliin Hero again the chargo was plrncy on the high teat and again the mime awful ecntcnco was pronounced It being I Impracticable I I to cxecuto tho I entire body of prlacncri at ono time the unfortunntf were divided Into batelie and on the morning of Nov 4lb tho first one conaUtlng of Captain Fry and thirtynit ot hla crow many of them being boy In their tcena marched In solemn procession from thin jail to Iho alaughtorhouio half n I mile away to fall victims to tho vindictive vin-dictive halo of Iho Spanish tyrant Here 1 quote an eyewitness do icrlptlon Tide sail procraslon halta ulien It haii arrived at Iho place of doom and forma n hollow iquaro with the victim In the midst Tho lino of soldier next tho alaughtcrliouso then I open and Ibo prisoner nro placed on tile edge of the trench or moat kneeling and bound but not blindfolded blindfold-ed and having their faces turned to tho wall Tho clergy after having con teyed to Iho miserable lnncra their Master mesaago ot Traco on earth and goad I will towards men and havIng hav-ing recommended their souls to that mere y In another world denied to them In huts one retire to tho center of tho equare where they take their place betide tho colonel and true regimental ctnft Tho commanding officer give tho fatal algnnl by waving tins sword the men fire nail the wretched object of Spanish hale and Acngcanco fall headlong Into tho shallow trench some dead soma dying and othera wounded but alive Then cornea tho crowning barbarity n company of artillery till now kept In rescrvo gallops forward and crushea wllh tho bread and heavy heels of tho guns dying dead and to p di aid 1 I i I l ar 4 t I a t AiTiit TIII siiooTiNd ot THI citrw OP TIm ViiiaiNius NKOUOIIS OP THI CHAINOANO TIMIIMNO THI DKAU 110Uli8 OP VICTIMS INTO MULUCARTS Prank Ieslloa Illueslrnlcd Newspaper December 20 1S73 wounded 1 Into ono Indlitlniiulalmblo mass And tides horror tho Spanish governor gov-ernor proposed to rcpeit day by day until the bat man of tho two hundred odd prisoner of tho Vlrglnlti had been done to death I Hut on Nov C n tow hours beforo Iho tlmo flood for tho third orgy of blood a Urltlih warship the Nlobe appeared In the harbor and her captain promptly Informed the governor that ho would tolerate no further fur-ther bloodihcd until Ibo matter had been referred to Iho homo authorities who wero then engage In n similar business In Ireland The Spanish governor gov-ernor referred to current events In Ireland and was about to carry out his nwful work when a United States cnil err steamed Into port with decks clearer clear-er for action The gun wero at once trained on the city and a request sent to tho governor that tho remainder of the Vlrglnlua prlionors be surrendered nllhln halt an hour Tho request Will promptly compiled with The American Ameri-can vlco admiral then Bent word to tho omccra of the Tornado that they ahould fire a salute of apology aa this American war ship steamed out of port This they refused to do until ordered by superior authority They wero then shown Iho American flag which was floated from tho main mal Tbla la aupcrlor authority Mid our officer referring to the Mara and stripes Mlnto It or I shall open fire Tho Spanish captain did so Then the government gov-ernment of Spain was compelled to apologize Rut npolonlca lira uioloss t No apology however abject could < bring to life again the poor mutilated forma In tho trench at Batillago de Cuba none could ever atone for the hideous cruelty of Governor Juan Nepomureno Ilurrlel their butcher faIt fa-It any wonder that tho people of the United Slates with this ghastly tragedy trag-edy staring them In the face refuse to believe the firmnlih prolmtatlon that they are conducting their preeent war against the Cubans upon bumnnn principle V Irlbayedod In Leslies Meekly |