Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-28
THE WARM CUBA.
Several Small SkirmisheS Reported.
Prisoners Released-A Red Cross
Relief Fair in HaVana---An Insane
Officer.

Havana, October 27.-Lieutenant Of
Volunteers Berna. with a detachment
Of seventy troops surprised an insW-
gent band at Acea. at the farm of JuiseI
killed FIVE of them and took three rifles.
The prison at Santa Clara is over
flowing and twenty political prisoners
confined there have been released and
a number of incendiaries, who were
also among the prisoners, have been
sent TO Cienfuegos.
The insurgents have burned the plan
tation of san Rafael, in the district Of
Remedies
Senior Rivoro, editor of the Diario
Marine, was last night attacked by an
unknown person and received a ter
ribla blow with an iron rod. which in
ficted a wound in the forehead above
the right eye 1t was the general be-
lief that the cause of the assault was
the writing of attacks upon the reputa-
lions of others and Of anti-pauiolc
articles.
The president of the Red Cross SOci-
ETY., the Marquis Pinar del Rio, accom-
panied by General Arderius, opened a
fair last night to assist the work Of
the Red Cross Society. The Marquis
of Balboa. Santos Gazeman, Here's
Delvalle. Blanch COrugedO and al of
the elite Of Havana society were pres
ent. The Spanish casino, where the
fair was held, proved too small to con-
tain all the people.
El,frf NT-rr,av NTH Two hundred in
surgents. attacked the village Of Alb
reus. in the district Of Cienfuegos.
They burned one store. and one citizen
was hurt and one volunteer was kill
ed. The insurgents retired upon the
approach of the troops.
Lieutenant MelinedO, Of the battal-
ion Canarias. at Lajas while laboring
under strong metal excitement. wound
ed three soldiers. one Of them seriously.
He was imprisoned and thereupon COM
mitted suicide.
In Nueva Paz. in the province of
Havana. a band of thirty insurgents
has been raised.
The gunboat Carload, which was
sunk eff Cardenas, province Of Matan-
zas. as exclusively reported to the AS
ISOLATED Press on last Friday, has been
put aaCat and the engine has been
found to have been damaged
General Campos has signed the SEN
tence of death of a soldier who desert
ed to the insurgents at Baracoa, and
who was afterward captured.
The Mayor of the town OF Quemados
Guinas. district of Sagua, with force
Of twenty. fired upon a band of sixty
insurgents. who left one killed upon
their retreat
The force Of Captain Mala, at the
plantation Of IndiO. district Of Sagua,
has captured twenty wounded insur-
gents.
Madrid. October pa dispatch to
the impartial from Havana contains
an interview with Gen. CampOs. in
which he opines that the United States
will recognize the insurgents as beliig
erents when IL suits her internal pol
lev The prospect has not alarmed
him. ne SAYS. for Spain would then
know exactly how matters stood.
Tampa. Fla. October 27-Among the
passengers arriving from Cuba tonight
is Senior CorbrerO. an influential Cuban
LAWYER of Havana, who is going to
Washington with his family and ser
wants. Later he will 80 to Spain to
engage in his profession. A suppressed
supplement- Of La Discussion gives de-
tails of the sacking Of Hotonuevo. near
COrderos. on the twenty-secOnd in
slant. The insurgents burned twenty
seven houses. the depot, the Mayors
residence. Catholic Curch and fort. One
civilian. one guard and one young lady
were killed. The insurgents, number
ing eighty. under the command of Go
tide Garcia. then proceeded to Qua
mates. which they burned.