The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-27

that place. expecting 20 be attacked by
Gomezs main army . T.,
Campos has armed all the civilians In
J0vellauOs, ana Is forcing thSH " w
Advices received by Cuban leaders via
Ohyette confirm the report OK the captuIc
OF the town OF HI Rogue by Gomez' as
announced last night. 60
With Gomez were Saat anu Ne.v~'
The troops at I'll Rogue SURRENDERED VIII
out firing a shot All OF them were ~"
rolled except twelve, who were cnarbeu
with having poisoned the water III .ne
convicted. and shot. After taking All the
arms, provisions. etc. found In the toWh'
the insurgents set FIRE TO II, ana theh iel',
going IN the direction or Qulh,ana anu
Jovellanos. They also destroyed tne su
gar plantations near San Vicente ana La
Antonio.
'rhe vanguard Of Gomez's forces under
the command OF Lacrete has entered the
town OF Quintana between Matanzas dhu
Colon and destroyed by IRE the largest
sugar plantation on the island.
The train that left Colon tor hatanzas
was detained ar Quintana by the lnsur-
gents. Columns OF smoke could De pam,
ly seen from Jovellancs. me SehSrai
suppositon is that all plantations IN 'hat
district have been destroyed.
Maceo and his forces have encamped AT
ithe plantation at Harmonic, and Gomez
has established his headquarters at the
plantation La Espona, belonging 10
Romero RoblsGo. of the Spanish Cabinet.
All telegraph communication between
Las Villas district and Havana has been
destroyed BY the insurgents. ana no
trains have passed over the road since
Saturday last.
The railroad stations at Madana and
Toca, belonging 10 the United Railroad
Company, have been destroyed by nre.
The insurgents under Nunez have en-
camped al the plantation Revido and de-
stroyed all the cane.
The forces OF Antonio Maceo and Quin-
tan Bandera compose the rear guard OF
the party under Gomez.
The Spaniards prohibited all public en-
tertainments on the 18th and ordered all
saloons closed at Y o'clock at night
Lacrete with a large force, is march
ing toward Guinez.
The insurgents assert that no crops will
be gathered this year
Gomez has notified Campos that u is
| his intention to destroy all the sugar cane
TO prevents it's being gathered. The sugar
belhs exported now - taken from the
warehouses, and Is part Of last years
! crop
The Other Side.
HAVANA. Dec. 26.-Despite the state
ments contained I'm the $500 word alleged
cable dispatch from this city, published
I'm the American papers taking the reports
Of the Chicago Associated Press that
Maxine Gomez, with 1900 Cuban pa
trlots. was marching upon this cEy,
driving everything before them, the fol-
lowing are the facts:
Gomez. with an army OF from 1000 TO
1000 men has succeeded. by avoiding any
engagement with the Spanish troops. in
marching 10 Colizeo, a point ninety
miles from Havana. He had burned a
number Of fields of sugar on his way, ana
at C0lizco and vicinity he burned some
more. bis acts Of vandalism creating
! great Indignation throughout the country
( devastated. When he arrived al Coli
geo. Gomez was stopped by Spanish
troops. vino checked his advance, and
prevented further burning Of cane-helds.
II IS believed that the rebels have greatly
injured their position, IL being apparent
that the only purpose OF their leaders
IS TO destroy the sugar crop.
This is the actual situation, and the
Chicago Associated Press cable had
no further foundation