The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-11
REBELS AEE sANGUINE OF SUCCESS
Plan TO Blow Up Havana BuiIding-Re
ported Defeat of Spaniards.

PC%aNo D$iSdt VI oDunld1QS.
Tampa, Fla, April IA large number,
of passengers arrived by the steamer
Mascot this evening from Havana.
From them details of late events in con-
nection with the revolution were
learned. A Cuban makes the statement
that an effort was made last Wednesday
night to plunge Havana into darkness
by cutting the electric lights at the CEN
tral lighting station in the next building
to which was stored a quantity of DOW
der. The wire-cutting conspirators were
surprised by the soldiers and police
and We're obliged to flee. Kerosene cans
well filled and other incendary ma
terial was found where the conspirators
mad been working near the powder stor-
age The supposition is that when the
city became dark the powder was to
have been exploded and other insurrec-
tionary acts done.
During the stay of the steamer at Kev
West Havana passengers learned of the
belief among Key West sympathizers
that plan was on foot to assassinate
Martinez Campos on his arrival at Ha-
Nana. This plan was being matiired on
the assumption that Campos will land
at Havana on his arrival about the 18th
instant. He will not do so, however. as
he will first touch Puerto Rico.
A full statement of the affairs on the
isalnd of Cuba will be sent to Puerto
Rico by government officials, who will
meet Campos, and from these he will
determine at what point in Cuba he will
land. He will probably disem bark at
Santiago De Cuba, where he will estab
ilsh headquarters and begin the cam
paign.
Among the arrived passengers is a
merchant of Hayti, who tlisembraked at
Santiago De Cuba, where he remained
TWO days. He saw much of the Spanish
troops camped there and arriving at
Santiago. He states that they are
mostly wretched appearing, many being
boys, some scarcely able to carry a gun.
rms merchant says that while he was
there 1t was reported that the rebels
were about to attack the outskirts OF
the town, and thousand newly arrived
spanish troops We're led out to meet the
rebls. An encounter occurred near the
city and only 600 of the thousand troops
returned therefrom. Three hundred
and twenty were killed, wounded or
captured by the rebels. No news of this
engagement had been given by Havana
authorities up to Saturday last. nor was
It referred to by arriving insurrection-
lists.
A Cuban from the eastern end of the
island, who is in close touch with occur
rences in the disturbed districts and
who-is advised of the plans of the rebel
leaders, in whose behalf he journeys.
states that Maceo's party is much larger
than is believed. He says the schooner
Honore, which landed the party, was
dlled with arms and ammunition. Gu
bans make the statement that Maceo
and his party landed on March 27, in
stead of the 31st, as given out by gov
ernment officials at Havana. Captain
Periquito Perez also has Joined the Gu
ban cause. He is a nephew of the Span
ish general known as THE Tiger"
SPAIN COLORS IT'S NEWS.
Madrid. April THE Cuban home
rule party here has issued a manifesto
condemning the rebellion in Cuba, ex-
pressing loyalty to Spain and proffering
assistance to crush the rising. The latest
official dispatch received here today de-
clares that the rebellion is exaggerated
by the local authorities in Cuba, mas
much as it is confined to mulattoes and
negroes, who have failed to extend theiI
operations beyond the eastern province