The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-20
THE WAR IN CUBA.
Tnc Rebels working Up TO the Havana
Dist rict Capture the Most ImuOrtant
ScnpOrt-Win Several More Victories
Pitfalls of by mantle for the Spuninr,ls.

= this week in which the rebels on the
= whole seem to have gained considera.
( BILE advantage. At Savigne Spanish
e column were engaged by Cameo for Il
day until Maceo who had watched the
> fight from the hill top swooped down
/, upon them with 4 force of 1900 men,
surrounded them and cut them to
t pieces. The Spaniarls admit the de
; feat in their official report but deny
, that they suffered heavy loss. AT
, Las Naguas on August 81, the rebels
! had prepared more than GO holes filled
{ with dynamite on the different roads
the troops had to pass. When the en-
gagement was over Il Spanish regiment
marched past one of, the traps, and the
, dynamite exploded. Col Rodriguez of
, Gen. Maceo's division. made an attack
on the 18th upon force of Spaniards
in the village of Caimanera, about 10
leagues from the city of Guantanamo.
After short engagement the insurg
ents were victorious, capturing 20
prisoners, POO stands of arms, 30, coo
rounds of ammunition, stores and pro
visions in large quantities and medi-
cines and clothing. The Spaniards
have evacuated Banes, the most i'm
portant fruit port on the northern coast
of Cuba and the fact is liable to inter
fere with the banana trade. Only boys
are left in the port to load and unload
the vessels. The bulk of the male
population have joined the rebels
ranks. 1t is also stated that all of the
rich planters are in sympathy with the
rebels. The rebels seem to have plen-
ty of money and the officers of the
Taft say that every vessel that sails to
Cuba is asked by representatives of
the insurgents to buy rifles and cart
ridges in the United States and SNUG
gle them to Cuba. They will pay in
advance for these, and it is well
known fact that nearly every vessel
that sails to Cuba smuggles arms TO
insurgents.
The Spanish commandment at Gibara
has his hands full, as the insurgents
are attacking his own soldiers every
day, and Gibara itself, which is one of
the strongest and best fortified cities
on the coast is in perilous position.
The Spaniards have between 1000 and
5000 soldiers at this point and two
men-of war in the harbor.
a despatch from Puerto Principe,
Cuba, dated the 18th, says that a rebel
force 800 strong, headed by the eX
bandit, Maribal, now second in com
mand to Gomez, attacked the govern
ment outpost in the suburbs of TIE city
that afternoon and hot skirmish |,
fight resulted.
The revolt has reached the extreme
western province of Pinar del Rio re-
Gently and now threatens to extend in
to the Havana district 1t is reported |
that Gen. Martinez Campos has writ |
ten to Senior Canovas del Castillo, the /
Spanish Premier. in which he declares .
that the Cuban rebellion is a great /
deal more serious than it was at the .
time of his last report.
Cyclone in Michigan.
The most disastrous storm of recent
years passed over East Tawas. Mich.
and vicinity at midnight Tuesday
night disabling vessels vrecking build
ings and leaving general destruction
in its track. The wind blew from the
northeast at the rate Of 100 miles an
hour Several boats in the harbors
were. capsized and large ships driven
in from the lake dismounted. Chin
neys were blown from houses. trees a
foot in diameter were torn off at the
roots and the windmill of the Point of
Pines hotel was blown to atoms. One
mile from the village of Pinnebog the
of |. Oils was demolished {
and three of the farmers children We're
instantly killed.
Mrs. Langtry. the Jersey Lily"
has brought suit for divorce against !
her husband. She claims a residence
of 10 years in California, and the suit
will be tried in this country, Mrs.
Langtry was married at the age of 10,
but she and her husband have not /,
lived together for years, since she be
came famods, though she has support :
ed him in manner which has enabled
him to keep drunk with considerable
steadiness. She asks for decree of !
absolute divorce and the custody Of ;
their daughter, whom he has not seen :
since she was an infant 1t is said
that Mr.. Langtry is preparing to bring
will be of a sensational character.
An unsuccessful attempt was made Y
Tuesday morning by a mob of - men
to lynch Harrison Fuller and Frank
Simpson, negroes, confined in the Jail
It Lexington. Tenn, for attempting to
outrage the Widow Pomeroy and her
lG- years-old daughter July II. They
we're given firearms by the sheriff for /
Jnelf protection anu opeHcu mt vi /
he mob, seriously wounding Hugh t
look and slightly wounding men t
famed Jones and Joiner The shoot "
ng caused the mob to dsband. Elk s
.itement in Lexington is intense, and Fl
serious trouble is eXpeced. e
Charles Poole, %, at Brooklyn, n. y, "
bout 40 O'Clock Monday morning, K
hot and fatally wounded Mrs. Jessie d
curtis. -. of 4:J2 Ninth street, South =
BROOKLYN. and then shot and killed y
himself. The cause of the shooting is y
matter of conjecture. Mr.. Curtis, y
he husband of the injured woman, II
aid that Poole, d former lover of his d
wife and friend of both, was insane as :,
he result of an injury he received on ~
he head some time ago. u
Jacob S. johnson, the colored evan +
elist of Somerville. n. j.. was arrest
d Monday charged with numbering -,
he colored girl, Annie Beekman, W
those body was found Sunday in the b.
FOODS near the Raritan river. Robbery a
) believed to have been the motive for cl
he horrible crime. The girl and all IL
er friends are poor people, and $40 is pi
great deal of money TO any of them. y
he murderer. in his feverish anxiety IL
, gain possession of the strangled
savings, ripped her dress in st
syeral places. knowing that she car in
led her money in beaded purse con- G.
ealed in her corsage. VI
The toy pistol did its deadly work in al
lew York again the other day when W
eopold Brueckman. seven year-old IL
~ vyas instantly killed In this case. IN