The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-26
SPAN|ARDS TRAPPED.
Cuban Insurgents Arrange a
Successful Ambuscade.
Three Hundred Government
Troops Walk Into the Snare.
A DEADLY VOLLEY.
DEADLY VOLLEY
Twenty-Five Were Killed at the
First Fire.

TAMPA, Fla. March 26.-Letters re-
ceived here by the steamer which ar
rived Sunday night state that insur-
gent bands are active in the vicinity of
Sante Svirite. Other letters state that
out of a band of 400 insurgents COM
manded by Perique Perez, eighty are
Spaniards. The government rumor
that Guilermon is dead is untrue.
Quintin Bandert, with $50 insurgents,
met 300 Spanish troops between Tia
Riba and Ell Cobro, killing twenty-five
Spaniards at the first volley from an
ambush. The Spaniards fed in dis
may, the insurgents con Sinuing their
march unmolested. About the same
time the Cubans took Moron, near
Santiago, obtaining all the arms in
that town. Letters estimate that in
two months there will be 25, 900 insur-
gents fighting.
La Discussion, published in Havana
March %, gives the following: SIN
Madrid the troops designated for Cuban
service have had their chiefs and Off
GERS assigned.by regular lottery. There
are four battalions and seven regi-
ments, aggregating about 5000 men.
The torpedo catcher Galacia will short
~ arrive in Havana, also the armored
cruisers Filipinas and Marquee de
Molins. The troops that embark from
Spain need no armament, for in Havana
there are 10, 600 Mausier and 10000
Remington rifles, with 1000, 900 car
tribes for the former rifles. Two mill
lion more cartridges are expected from
Spain
BISMARCK HAS MANY VISITORS.
FRIEDRICHsRUHE, March 26.-Three
special trains having on board nearly
400 members of the reichstag and of
the Prussian diet arrived here yester-
day and were received at the railroad
station by Count Herbert Bismarck
Count William Bismarck, Count Won
Rantzau, husband of Prince Bismarck's
daughter, and Viscount Won Waldersee.
The Populations proceeded to the cas-
tie front, where they were received in
a body by Prince Bismarck. Herr Won
Koerner, president of the lower house
of the Prussian diet, made a speech
congratulating Prince Bismarck upon
the approaching anniversary of his
birth The prince made a speech
thanking the deputies for their kind
wishes
Emperor William is expected here
to visit Prince Bismarck to-day
and brilliant military suite will &C
company him. A review of number
of troops will also be held here in
honor of Prince Bismarck.
THE BEHRING SEA FUSS
OTTAWA, Ont, March 26.-It is denied
in government circles that there is any
likelihood of a new treaty in regard to
Behring sea fisheries being negotiated,
as indicated in dispatches from Wash
ington. 1t is true that Canadian Off
Gals will probably go to Washington
soon to make arrangements for assess
ing the damages suffered by Canadian
sealers, as congress has refused to pay
the amount, but the general question
of Behring sea regulations is not likely
to be reopened.
Ii HUNG CHANGES ASSISTANT.
LONDON, March PA dispatch from
Kobe says: Ii Hung Chang is making
good progress toward recovery from
the effects of the bullet wound in hi:
face, inflicted yesterday by Moyama
Kokunosuki. The wound has devel
oped no dangerous symptoms. The
would-be assassin is reported to be E
| 1unatic. He has a criminal record anc
has served a term of imprisonment.