The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-26
lniards Continue the Work y
fortifyino Havana.
!NTs STILL IN THE interior.
lniards Fear an Attack Upoa
MantanEas.
ARMIES on THE QUIvIvr
scitsnssnt in the City Of Havana
IND Among tho People
Generally.

/. December T,--rhe excitement I
IS prevailed hero since the insure
ny. under Gomez ana Mnceo. en-
~ province OF Mntanxns continues.
ad is heightened by the mcaEer-
ssN the news from tho front. Tile,
41nuthor!tics insist that the inDur-
In retreat, and yet Captain
Martincz dc Campos is still hero
~ work OF fortifying Havana and
continuas without an hours iii
}n In any direction.
Ing 70 official adv,ces, Maceo IL
plantation OF OLYMPIC, near the
Cimmarcncs, y little way north
Ianos. the town from which Cam
eatcd upon Idmonarc. Clmma-
about forty-flve kilometers from
OF Matanaas. capital OF tho
of that rawe.
n Bandera Us said to be with his
at Sum!doro. about twenty kiio-
from Matanzas, and only a little
IN Limonnre, where. according to
announcements. Canpos defeated
rgents ut Colisco. But Sumidcro
TO Matapzas than Coliseo, which
OF seem to confirm the story that
Is column was defeated,
10 Gomez, according TO official adj
still at the farm OF c!crvon. dis
Javegry Grandc. and In the dlrec-
s5the Grand Cicnaga Occidental do
III I'M immense stretch Of swasnp
TO which he could retreat TO Tho
trd II necessary and possibly avoid
upon tho part of the Spanish
thus be seen that the three Cu-
3umns are accounted for--one 10
fth ut Sumidero under Bnrdera.
jthc center Mt Cimmarones under
aud ono at the south near Ja-
gf'rande under Gomez, all In the
ID OF Matansas and to the west
n Colon. -
sknct position Of tho Spanish col
Ipcing concentrated to meet tha
pts Ito pursue them. according 10
pnish officially Is not known. bis,ts
\ reports received had IL that Il,
1ps wcrc concentrating NJ unN
y tansns every preparation In beiSt5;s
~ resist the attack OF the insii | e
4 hrce iieidpicces have been mounI
fre the palace OF the governor AZ
ps; The WINDOWS and dears hava
fricnded and the building is flllcd
oops aud volunteers. Troops and
pfs nre also stationed at ail the
2 points and two warships are
be on their way there to reinforce
nj contingent already on duty al
authorities claim that hundred OF
from tho. province of Matansas
cking to the capital In the pars
country while the Insurgents as-
at they have been strongly REIN
from the population OF Matapzas
neir columns entered that province.
ithorities of Mntanzns are busiiy
nrresting people suspected OF he
sympathy with the Cuban army
T'y ,onar Psople, ,' we're taken into
sympathy with the insurgcnt cause,
that there Will he n popular up
In Matanzas II Bandcra approaches
nongh to that city to warrant II.
and In this vicinity IN spite M
ported bad position OF tho insur-
OF Havana In being pushed Win
vigor possible and NIL the regular
y and volunteers who can be Bparcd
ing hurried to tho front. Provi-
are being collected: cattle arc he-
lvcn In and every thing denotes tho
.irs not MT nll in keeping with the
X reports Of Spanish victories ana
ant defeats which are announced
Many people are convinced that
,ez succeeds In pushing his forces
,in, Il reasonable distance % Havana
rising. OF tho friends OF the insure
hero Is not at all unlikely. Every
no seos In the streets seems to 10
tate Of great nervous excitement.
march OF the insurgents
10 have q great effect upon tho
ce. The merchants Of this city.
still Loyalty supporting the govern
ole forward with d great den, q
10 tho prospect of On uprising here.
. entry Of the insurgents into Hlav-
which, II II claimed. In certain to y
signal for wholesale looting ana
serious disorder In face OF AL
alarming ,Ss rmSrs aa eapr sns,ss
here Is absolutely no danger TINT
win ever get any distance beyond
zas, and they continue laughing at
,re mention OF the insurgents get
sight Of Havana. They Insist that
his forces nre In retrsAt ind that
= Tor tHe ltSuFstHuS WIN oy.u ~
eek into the province OF SANTA
are very slim. indeed.
'URrAL OF a CARDINAL.
ne, December 27.--Thc rcrnains OF
i Paul Melnhers, who died IN Roma
ember II, were accorded an impoe-
,cral here today. The procession
ne church of st. Geon, where tho Y
lxtf, cfr hrns1avht
ONE, to the cathedral and thence
tomb, included all the clergy and Y
from the near towns. Cardinal
X rcmentz. archbishop OF Cologne,
led the pontlflcal mass and the
OF T'revers delivered an GRAFTON.
EARTHQUAKES SHOCK.
d, December N.--An earthquake
has been experienced In the dis