The herald., 1895-10-22
But Controls Every Important
Point in Cuba
TONGUE AND PEN WARFARE
Is tine Only Foundation for the Foolish
Tale
The Terrors OF the Hurricane Are Add.d .,
the Horrors Of War In the
Matanzas District
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire
NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Dr. William
Shaw Bowen writes to the World from
the city wnere he is staying for few
Gays, saying: "The report that General
Campos is insane is probably unfounded.
Its value from a news standpoint is on a
par with four-fif of the news of the
Cuban revolution. If thers has been any
departure from the normal in General
Cumpos' condition, the change has &C.
Cured since l saw him last, a fortnight
ago. The same report had been circulated
by the Cubans for several weeks before
my last visit to him. 1t was whispered
in my ear at Santiago and at Cienfuegos.
L afterward hsaru the same thing at
Havana.
The story of Campos' insanity has
been circulated with specific object.
Warfare with thn tongue and pen pre- walls
quite as much as warfare with the sword
in wretched Cuba.
To-day Campos controls every seaport,
every town, every hamlet, every point of
consequence on the railways. In fact,
nearly every crossroads in the district in
revolt. He needs more troops for his
policy of guarding every important point.
The total number of men IN the Spanish
army in Cuba is less than SO, 900, innlud-
ing all classes. Considering the difficult
ties OF the country, prudent commander
should insist on having at least so, 900
more soldiers. At the present time
Campos is supreme"
HAVANA, Oct. 2l.-A cyclone entered
this island Yesterday through the Cienaga
probably pass through Mantanzas anc
over Havana If the wind does not change.
AT 10 o'clock today it had attained an
average velocity OF seventy eight miles
per hour. During the past twenty -four
hours 144 milimetes of rain have fallen.
| The latest word received here as to the
| progress of the cyclone, of which warm
ing was given yesterday, is that it has
caused havoc in the province OF Santa
Clara. the wind blowing with hurricane
force at the rate of ninety miles an hour,
| uprooting trees blowing down houses and
| laying waste cane fields. The damage
| which has resulted is enormous, and the
| people of the villages il: the interior are
| probably discouraged at so many success
| i've calamities. There are fears of an
other disastrous flood in Vulta Abajo and
in the provinces of Havana, Matanzas
and Santa Clara.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2l.-Under date of
October Dist the Cuban Junta has re-
ceived advioes from Havana by special
messenger as follows: A dispatch comes
by way OF Santa Espiritu stating that in
Medidas the principal buildings on the
plantation of Don Enrique Merino have
been destroyed by fire. In the city Of
Santa Espiritu alone fifteen houses be .
longing to the Count of Lershundi, anu ong
| them the private residence on his plan
! tatiou. have teen destroyed within the
| past week. A IN essage has just been re-
ceived from Mantanzus stating that many
fires of incendiary origin have occurred
in that city also during the past week.
The aggregate losses will reach many
| tn ousa nds of dollars.
The houses burned in each case be-
longed to wealthy Spanisrds.
Three handsome suburban residences in
the Santiago district, VIzcayu, Pinalte
and Tejamana, the property OF wealthy
Spaniards who had been contributing
money to the government havs been
burned by insurgents. Loss, SIS. 000