The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-18
THE CUBAN WAR.
Numerous Small Engagements are
Reported from the Isle.
SPANISH LEAD CHARMED LIVES


WASHINGTON, d. G., April fI.-fhe
state department has received brief
cable message from Consul General
williams. at Havana, announcing the
arrest Of Protestant Bishop Alberto
Jesus Diaz who is wen known through
out the south and to many church peo-
pie in all parts OF the United States.
Diaz is a naturalIzed American and of
strong Cuban sympathies, but his
friends insist that his work in Cuba
has been confined to proselyting for the
church, and deny participation In the
rebellion on his part. The cable from
Consul General Williams contained no
details.
by the representatives OF the United
States, who will take the customary
steps 10 protect the interests OF an
American citizen. The consul general
will insist on a civil trial, should ,the
matter go to the length Of trial. 1t
may be that his release can be OBJ
tained without the necessity OF q trial.
but ON this point nothing can be said
in advance OF an investigation which
Mr.. Williams win make into the cir
cumstances leading up to and deVel-
oped at the arrest.
Three prisoners Of war, GTegorio Bor-
ges, Estaban Hernandez and Jose Ba-
callao, were executed at o'clock this
morning at the Cuban fortress. They
belonged to the insurgent band COM
manded by DR.. Bruno zayas, and were
captured by the soldiers of the Ara
pholis battalion during the attack
made by the enemy on Managua and
the burning Of property in that vi
cinlty.
At Camajuani, province of Santa
Clara, another tragedy in the history Of
the Cuban rebellion has been enacted.
A column of troops under Col. Lopez
Amor, operating in the Camajuani dis
trict, received information that Anto-
MO Bermudez, well known insurgent
leader, was concealed in the house OF
a woman who was his mistress. A
detachment Of troops, headed by the
colonel himself, Immediately started
for the spot. surrounded the house and
called upon BermudeZ to surrender.
The latter, taken by surprise, seized a
rifle which was handed to him by the
woman and fired two shots at the
colonel. missing him. Just as the insur-
gent chief raised his rifle to take an
other shot at the Spanish officer several
OF the soldiers fired and BermudeZ fell
back, pierced by n bullet, and died as
his mistress threw herself wounded
and in an agony OF grief, upon his
body.
The insurgents under AIaceo yester-
day burned a number OF houses on both
sides OF the railroad between San
Cristobal and Candelaria, in the
hanged an aged man In the presence OF
his family because the latter refused to
burn his home.
A dispatch from Matanzas says that
Manuel Dominguez, an insurgent, has
been tried by court martial there. The
public prosecutor has asked that he be
imprisoned for life.
Jose Maceo yesterday, was reported
to be between Rincon and Salud, this
From January "a to March 81 there
have been 7,Sll cases treated OF sick
ness OF NIL kinds in the military hos
pitals here, OF which number only SO
men died.
The Weyler guerillas were drawn by
n force Of insurgents into an ambush
at the Roglith plantation, Santa Clara
Eight insurgents were killed during the
fighting which followed.
A soldier named Eulogla Casado was
executed In Matanzas this morning for
having wounded his superior officer.
He met death bravely.
The guerrilla force OF Mayo Lace, the
vanguard of the column Of the bat
TALON of Luzon, shortly after leaving
the village OF Rodrigo. in the SaGua
district, came in sight of a group Of
men which they believed was also a
guerrilla force. Major GoIcoochea ad-
vanced toward the group, they also adj
vancing, and when the two were six
PAGES apart, the troops discovered that
the other force were insurgents. Some
one shouted. "RebelB!" A horribly
bloody combat ensued with the
machete. Twenty-one Of the Insurgents
were killed and eleven Of the guerrillas
were wounded, one seriously.