The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-28
REPORTS FROM HAVANA
About the Insurgents Struggle
oners Being Released

Havana, Oct. 2I.-Lieutenant of yolun-
teers Berna. with a detachment of twen-
ty troops. surprised an insurgent band al
Aeeau, ar the farm of Luisa. killing five
OF them and taking three rifles The plis-
on at Santa Clara is overfiowing. and
twenty prisoners confined there have been
released. a number OF incendiaries, who
were also among the prisoners, have been
sent to Cienfuegos. The insurgents nave
burned the plantation of San Rafael. in
the district OF Remedies. Senior Rivero.
editor of the Diarao Marino was last
night attacked by an unknown person
and received terrible blow from an iron
rod. which inflicted wound in the fore
head above the right eve. 1t is the gem
eral belief the cause of the assault Vas
the writing of attacks upon the reputa-
ton of others and anti-patriotic articles.
The president of the Red Cross society.
the Marquis Pinar del Rio accompanied
by Gen. ATderius, opened a fair last night
TO assist the work of the Red Cross So
ciety. The Marquis of Bal Balboa, San
tos Gazeman and Delven Blanche. Corfu
ciety were present. The Spanish casino.
where the fair was held. proved too small
to contain all the people.
Chief MueZ, with 200 insurgents attack
ed the village of Aureus, in the district of
Cienfuegos. They burned one store, and
one GillZen was ki1lSd ana one volunteer
wounded. The insurgents retired upon
the approach of the troops. Lieut.. Me-
lando of the battalion Canaris, at La Jas.
while laboring under strong mental ex-
citement. wounded three soldiers, one of
them seriously. He was imprisoned and
thereupon committed suicide.
The gunboat Carload, which was sunk
off Cardenas, province of Matanzas, as
exclusively reported in the Associated
frh In nzt hac
put afioat and the engines have been
found 10 have been damaged. Gen. Cam
pos has signed the sentence of death of
a soldier who deserted to the insurgents
and was afterwards captured The may
or of Quemados Guineas. district OF Sa
qua, with a force of twenty men. fired
upon band of sixty insurgents. who re-
treated. The force Of Capt. Mala, at the
plantation of Indio, district OF Sagua. has
captured twenty wounded insurgents.
Madrid, Oct. IA dispatch 10 the I'm
parcial from Havana contains an inter-
view with Gen. Canpos In which he says
that the United States will recognize the
insurgents as belligerents when II suits
her international policy. The prospect has
not alarmed him. he says, for Spain would
then know exactly how matters stood.
Tampa. Oct. 27.--Among the passengers
arriving from Cuba tenight is Senior Cor
brero, an influential Cuban lawyer of Ha-
Vana, who Is gong 10 washington city
with his family and servants. Later. he
will go to Spain TO engage in his profess
sion.
4 libel informatio was recently filed in
the north district of Florida at Tallahas-
gee against arms, ammunition and pro-
visions seized at Cedar Keys, August 2s,
praying for their forfeiture TO the govern
ment on account OF their intended use in
an expedition against Spain. Attorneys
of The place yesterday filed exceptions 10
the libel on the ground that there is no
United States statute providing for con-
fisCation of property where ii is intended
for such purposes. The properly seized
consists OF 100 Remington carbines. 100
cavalry swords, 900 Winchester cart
ridges, fifty-three knapsacks and large
assortment of provisions