The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-16
FOR CUBA LIBRE.
Republic Proclaimed and Provisional
Government Orgnntzed-Successi Of
Rebel VictOries-Seyernl Towns Capt.
ured-SpNnIsh Troops Spiritless.

u~red-Spnhish troops spirbtiess.
Notwithstanding the difficulty o
getting reliable new from Cuba it |
evident that the rebellion in progress
there is succeeding far beyond an,
previous uprising and the prospec
now is that it will succeed. The in
surgents are gaining ground every day
They have proclaimed a republic ant
organized a provisional government
with Gen. G. Maceo as president anC
his cabinet will consist of three mel
IA minister of the interior, a minister
of war and a minister of foreign rela
tions. The recent important battles
fought in the east have given to The
revolution a new and strong impulse
throughout. Nearly every engagement
fought lately in the east has been won
by the insurgents. The successive de
feats of the Spanish have sent many
recruits into the revolutionary ranks.
The towns of Barre and Jiguani have
been captured by the insurgents.
Guantanamo is completely surrounded
by rebel forces and will soon have to
capituate. Gen. Jose Maceo in fact
rode through its most crowded streets
with his staff the other day. Sixty
Spanish soldiers were captured in Barre
and they since joined the rebels. Sa-
bana east of Baracoa, not far from
Point Maysi, is also surrounded. In
Las Villas the revolution is becoming
quite as serious and important as
in the Santiago district. No more
trains run on the railroad telegraph
and telephone wires have been torn
down and all bridges have been des-
troyed. Santo Espirtu is supposed to
be in the possession of the i%nsurgent
forces, or at least surrounded by the
forces of Roloff and Serafin Sanchez
Communication with that city is com
pletely shut off. 1t is now certain that
Gen. Quesada's expedition from this
country has landed. Gen. Mello is said
to have fought a fierce battle with
Gen. Gomez while the latter was pro-
t%ecting the landing of the much-talk-
ed about expedition. In the last four
months the Spanish forces have lost by
disease, drunkenness and killed in bat
tie fully fifteen thousand men. No re-
ports are allowed to be circulated con-
the losses in battle, but
authorities admit that in this period
10, 600 have died from disease and ex-
CcSSlNt lIuulStICc. IIllIlv llouSdlu
insurgents are known to be in the field
overruning the country and making
their camps in the mountain Businesses
whence they sally to strike a blow and
to camp, depending on their
rapid movements to d%isconcert the en-
Gen. Canpos has cabled to the
home government not to wait till Sep
but to send the 30. 600 reserve
troops as quickly as possible. He says
they will have 100, 600 troops On the is
land if necessary. Spain is now
utilizing its reserves for use against
the Cubans, and according to the cable
it is being compelled to have volleys
fired over their heads to induce them
to move. Among the measures adopt
I'd by the Spanish government. to aid
in the suppression of the rebellion, it
IS said, is the formation of IA battalion
IF order, made up of robbers, bandits.
and convicted criminals, recruited
rom the penal settlements of Annabon.
Ceuta and Corisco, in Africa. and in
he Isle of Pinos. Gen. Campos is said
be Matching out a problem of press
ny into military service all Spaniards
the ages of seventeen and
twenty-five. The government will send
.wo or three cruisers to the Florida
coast to watch for filibustering eypedi-
ions. Ever since the terrible disas-
er,' as the people in the island term
he defeat and rout of Gen. Campos at
the banks all over the San
iago province have suspended payment
md a general panic is imminent. This,
f added to the misery, already raging
the island, will produce the most
horrible results. At the battle of Bay
Gen. Campos' force was cut in
;wo, and to reach one division from
he other he was obliged to resort to a
rick. He lay on a stretcher and had
lis aids cover him with blankets.
Members of the ambulance corps then
ihouldered the stretcher and carried
lin through the lines. a complete
outfit has been set up in the
nsurgent camp, and the official insur-
paper, Ell Cubano Libre,
will soon be issued. Admiral Mello' of
Brazil volunteers his services to organ
a naval squadron to run the Span
sh blockade. Though Gen. Campos
that he had set all politi
al prisoners in ManZanillo free on the
saints day. it has now been
scertained that there was simply an
xchange of prisoners between the two
orces. The prisoners confined in
1anzanillo were exchanged for those
aptured in the battle of Valenzuela.
len. Campos wanted to show his CRATE
illness to the soldiers who bravely saw
his life, and in order to recover
hem he had to submit to all the con-
itions imposed upon him by the rebel
General-in-chief Maxine Go
leZ has sent IN appeal to Gen. Camp
. begging him to carry on the war in
soldierly. and civilized manner Gen.
saws he will protect and respect
II the prisoners he takes, and that no
xecution will take place unles he is
bliged to retaliate. s
William r. Foster. who absconded
! 1888 with s193, 600 belonging to the
York produce exchange, has been
,cated at Zurich, Switzerland, and
cps have been taken for his detention
ntil extradition papers can be sent. 1
Max L. Gutman, a prominent Demo {
-atic politician and retired jewelry !
I%anufacturer at Rochester, n. Y. at ]
.mpted to commit suicide by shooting {
after he had vainly endeavor- !
| to kill his four daughters. He was /
ting in the parlor of his residence t
,nversing with the girls. went to a c
,ok-case and took therefrom a four s
pistol. He wheeled suddenly c
ound. locked the door and attempted I
lie killing. The women escaped and A.
the alarm and when the police ar /
we'd Gutman was found lying on a t
ID in his apartments with the revol-
n in his hand and blood streaming
ON a fatal wound in his temple. |