Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-29
CUBANS USED DYNAMITE.
A Railway Train Carrying Spanish
Troops Wrecked.

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Advices from Cuba via the steamship
Olivette state that near Cinen Rojas on
November 25 the insurgents, commanded
by Leonico Vidal, wrecked a train carrying
200 Spanish soldiers and quantity of arms
and ammunition. The insurgents placed a
dynamite bomb on the track, and it ex-
ploded with terrible force. The locomotive
and the car next to it were torn to kindling
wood and the other coaches derailed.
The engineer, fireman and thirteen SOL
diers who were in the coach were killed by
the explosion. Eighteen soldiers were also
killed when the rear coaches were dera1led,
as they went down high embankment.
About fifty soldiers were wounded, some
of them mortally. The soldiers who We're
uninjured were so Mortified that they sur
rendered to the insurgents without resist
ance. The arms and ammunition captured
were valued at many thousands of dollars.
In the Vuelta Abajo district hundreds of
men are leaving the tobacco plantations to
join the insurgents. The planters complain
that the Spanish authorities are unable to
protect them
Under an order from the Treasury De-
partment, the arms, ammunition and sup
plies that were seized at Key West, Fla,
three months ago on the supposition that
they were destined for the Cuban inSur-
gents have been turned over to the claim
ants. The value of the seized goods was
placed at $1,000. The government made the
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scintilla of evidence.
HOrsa's Officers Arrested.
Capt. Wiborg of the Danish steamer
Horsa, Jens P. Petersen, chief mate, and
H. Johansen, second mate, were arrested at
Philadelphia yesterday on a warrant issued
by United States Commissioner Bell, charg-
ing violation of the neutrality laws. The
affidavit was made by DIR. Jose Congosta,
the Spanish consul and specifically ayers
that on November last the defendants
set on foot a military expedition to Cuba,
in the dominion of the king Of Spain, with
whom the United States is at peace. The
prisoners were held in 81 500 bail each for
hearing today. The amount was entered by
Capt. w. w. Ker, owner of the steamship
Laurada, which has also been under sus-
picion a filbuster. Immediately after
the arrest of the men the Danish consul
gave them a private hearing in his office
when they emphatically denied the charge.
Warrants were also issued for the arrest
of Capt Syanoe and his two mates of the
steamer Leon. on similar charges. The
Leon recently went aground while proceed
ing down the river to meet, is alleged,
the Joseph w. Foster, and convey arms
and men for Cuba to the latter vessel She
is now undergoing repairs at Wilmington,
Del, and the warrants were placed in the
hands of officers of that place.
sansuiIy's Trial Begun.
The trial of Gen. Julio Sanguily, the Gu
ban leader, who was arrested on February
"a by Governor General Calleja on the
charge of illegal acts against the Spanish
government, was commenced at Havana,
Cuba, yesterday. Gen. Sanguily has been
confined in the Cabanas fortress.
There was a. great crowd in the court
room when the defendant was brought in,
unmanacled, decently dressed and escorted
by several policemen.
After the usual formalities upon the
ODenine of the trial had been gone through
with. Gen. Sanguily was called to the stand.
In his testimony he denied having made
any appointments with the inSurgent lead
ers. and also denied having written letters
to DR.. Betancourt of Matanzas demanding
funds to leave with his family while he
took the field in the rebel cause.